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THE CLINTO?r aiRONICLfc. CLINTON. S. C.
THURSDAY, JUNE 29. 1933
ul!|f (fIlintflit4El|raritrU
19M
^V^ILSON W. HARRIS. Editor and Pub»i*her
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j up at 12$ per a^er and you hire me to!
jplow it up ai 2$ per aker and i will
. jhave the rights to pick out where to
. liema of interest Fronv The Chronicle'* ’-^P* ' hs^e neyver got the 2 fields
/lO Years Ago
of I92.r
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I FLOWERS
Clinton Flower Shop
' Member F. T. D. Phone 33
pre.sident
club.
of the local Hilly Sunday| you will owe me 64$ for the land:
^ _ /' jj’ou will take over, plus 12$ for plo^'-1
, ing same up. so kindly send checks at j
j Miss Lucy: C opeland of Portsmouth, ^^ce .for net amount due me. vizzly; .
.Va., is the. guest of her parents, Mr. ; ^^on’t care for a option on anny
^and Mrs. Frank Copeland. cotton; cash will suit me better and j
J ^ I'j hjjyp alrcddy picked out a nice sec-
^ Getirge Mason has gone to Char-,ont hand car to buy with my plowed
lotte where he ha.s accepted a posi- up cotton monney. ♦
tSon. •
~ I have tried foi 10 yr. to get a gov-
Tom Robertson of C harlotte, is ' «verment job but to no avail.' if you
iting has sister, Mfss Kmniie Robert-1 me on now as a boss who will
hirre gangs to destroy crops, you will
,get a fine man on.yore staff, if you
Mr.s. Klla Riddell has returned fiom ,yj]| furnish me with good mules and
.sUy of .several weeks with herl-pj^^^ty hired hand.s, i will plow up
jilaugliter in Charleston. _ miore cotton in a day than anny other
- I ' . r 1 4 4 4 U 4 dimmercr&t in the country, i will boss
The farmer wl^» uses his brain will, released a few days ago states that j The following C’linton'girls have re- the rates of 75$ per month and
• government a cotton ci^i.of 14,000,000 bales is tn^{turned their studies-at Winthrop r.t>l-1hored. ]
Prti.^pec^ tni?\year. ^ i li.s'e after beinc at- —'■
B. D. HENRY
P. M. BOLAND
son.
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CLINTON. iS. C .. THURSDAY. JUNE 29, 1933
H. D. Henry & Company
INSURANCE
STOCKS - BONDS • REAL ESTATE
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i \ LOANS negotiated ,
md hesitate
cotton plan.
Kverybody cxpecl.s Vourtttsy, but not
so many are willing to give it."
to. sign the
lege after being at home for the
A.ctuipbCfils size, in addition to car-■ Christinas holidays: Misses Nell Hun-
ry-over cotton on hand, will make ter, Rinily and Martha rhillijis, Col-
inore than 26,000,000 1^108 to be sold i )ette Griffin, I..ois and Loree Adair,
I this year, as big a crop as a year ago 1 Frances Godfrey, Marie Cozby, Ethel
You'.b IS bettei than wealth; but the unle.ss definite .steps are taken to re-’ (’unninghain, Hattie ^ae Horton,'
unfortunate fact i>. youth doesn’t ,luce this year’s acreage and produc-’Mary and Louise Bond and Margaret
knew It, rtion. The administratio.n program i-'^'Motz.'
— — — ^ theiefore attempting to decrease the; i
HOUF RI:IM..\CIN(. FKAR present year’s prospective supply .so Mis.ses Emmie Pitts, Ixiuise David-*
Aftev suffering through a panic for 'kat with an increasiil consumption of .Martha David.son, Mary Henry
the part three years, the day of re* carry-over will be brought and Mattie L. Copeland have j-eturned'
ou aiul therei‘h>wnrto a inofe normal leveL aach a‘to C'blunibfa ‘college after” spehdingi
that a .solid and,*«'K<‘ crop this season moans cheap the holiday.s at home. -1
business is pcice.s and more stagnation for the.j [
" ; rt Southm can mean milTiing else, tblfut ^fiss Tula Gt We Bobo of this city.h-PA-YfNG--€Ol^Y^ Cl.AIMS
M is a situation we face and these facts; and VV. Has.sell Miller of Whitmire,!
must be admitU*<l and reckoned with. ^ united in marriage Monday af-! B. Y. Culbertson, clerk to the county
If thirty to forty per tent of the.ternoon at the Baptist parsonage by,board of commissioners, has been
LESMEN WANTED
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i would like to have the plowing-up
rights in my home county, if anny-
boddy tries to shoot me i will tell them ,
the govverment is behind me, hut i '
don’t want you all to stay too far be
hind me as i mought get hurt, .send,
the-monney for the crops i will plow j
up and i will send you an afferdavit
that i have done so on reseat of same. ,
yores trulie.
The Largest
to employ a represenTj’.^q
necessary. Handsome ouri7^
workmanship, and at attractive
acturer of Monuments in America wishes
e for this territory. Experience not
of original designs, superio.r
ars.
MLOMPANY
THE McNEEL MAKBLr.**
>' In the Heart of the Granite and Marble Qu-
' MARIETTA, GEORGIA '
in.
present crop can tie plowed up and j Rev. Edward Long.
(From files of
will Im* fell in cotton prictrs. Succes.si.lanuary 4, 1P23>.
cov:ei;y^ is now
arc increasing sign.-
substantial p+ck-ufL
going f(v|'>‘‘>'d
Ib'uplc are feeling better. A more
hopeful note is in the air. Fear is dis-
app<*anng, and ttiis has been one of
our great t:•ouble^. i , , . , -n j
For the Fiast feu years the people I planted to other crops it will reduce
of the United Stated have been the tbe stimulating effect
prtv of fear. They have been afraid ,
that "the both.m had dr(>,.r.ed out of <>/ the plan means giKKl times for the
everything.’’ They have feared that ^outh,
never again would they have a job.i
that the factories that have shut dowO;
and "Curtailed would never start up, farmers everywhere to respond to the
that they would never be able to sell! a|)|M“a! for rediici'd ac’-e-ifre. It i-s a
the products of their farms tho.se and ' sound dollars and cents pro[io.dlion. It
a thousand othei fears which wereji.s giKid bu.siness judgment measured
ba<lly exaggerated, have had posses-'bv m»'v •.'♦ondard and since the gov-
Mon*of the majority o'f tli.* people. icrnment is putting millions ioto the
^Viul -ihut li oiu* Ilf the reasons wej venture certainly cotton - farmers
have bemi so slow in coming hack, or should show all n<“ccssary co-oper-
t'..tkinL’- II start, at least, from the eco- ation and siniport.
govver ment agent. |
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with con.sequent better husi-,
ne.«s for the entire country.
<’onimon Hcn.se .should induce cotton |
Nobody’s Business
busy the jiast several days making
! out warrants to pay off county claims
The Chronicle for for the first five months of this year.'
Payment on the warrants was made
I [xissihle through a $V,I),(K)P loan se-
- — — cured by the county.
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iSUBSt RJBE TO THE ( IIRONK'LE
nomic crt.-is, Wc havi*
use oui inttdligerice
SI n-t‘. have fooled
painting condition- vvorsi
arc.
ami common made and is now going forward for
OUI'-elves by carrying out thi reduction plan with
than t liev^ I comniitt<*es designated in the j/espec-
live districts to explain it and invite
rjTml cT IT-ar is now ilis- fiinncrs to join“wtiolelie«ite\lly in su1»-
n a slioi' while, and it will scriliing the county’s (juota. The plan
iished i’eojile an‘ waking is a common .sen.se method. t<» improve
the hills for the,coUon“ prices. The cotton farmer
l)Ut IIU.s
ai peiM ing
all li:Ui‘ va
Up and looking o\ei
sunrpf. Hope and cmu'itgt* ar.-
n.iig H place fear, and as a result, | nily
we have madi- a goorCstart toward the-his real tempcraiiimit as tlu' govern
retu’n of better times, toward solving j ment .-offers to give
the
Da ,
OUR NATIONAL BIRTHDAY
many perjilexing troubles
(icpiession brought us.
the i^coU(in"
Iksgin,-; kjioulil give hLs suppoii .-the opportu-
is now confronting him to show
as till' g(
hiin .something
which < and in turn pay him to take it.
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For DomosHc ('onsumption
‘ 1 think Uncle Sam ought to compro-
mi.st* tho.sc war (l(*'bt.s with oui' foreign
friends (?). They are not ahk* to pay
in ftill and k('.e|) up such immense ar
mies, navies and unemployed . . there
fore, 1 sugg(*st that we settle with the
K. .Vlood Smith. 0. I).
Felder Smith. O. D.
Drs. Smith & Smith
(JITOME'IRISTS
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Toy-; or the follow^ing Imsis, ana give
them a receipt in full of all accounts,
bonds, notes and other evidences of
debt or ohi igation r
Great Britain 3 pound.s .sterling.
SI*K(’IAIJSrS
F.ves Fxamini'd, (ila.sses I’rescrihed
Lahorator.v for IVompt Repair
”Franee 11) francs.
Germany 2 marks.
15 West .Main Street Rhone 101
Belgium 8 kroner.
China—-2 ven.
CLINTON. S. C.
FOR SALE!
Several desirable farms for sale in Laurens County.
VUe will assist you in financing seventy-five per cent of
the value of the farm over a period of years, at a low rate
of interest, if you can raise twenty-five^per cent as cash
payment. Call to see—
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VV. S(OIT FARLEY, RECEIVER
Jhe-JiiLsI^Nalinjia|. Bank. _
('linton, S. C.
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Receiver^ The^ Farmers National Hank, Laurens, S. C.
OFFICE—( LINTON, S. ( .
Poland^-It) hit.sTT - ^
Russia -6 rubles.
All otburs 4 dollars.
We will Io.se only about $12,555,325,-i
150.00 lin making these settlement.s, j ||
i()Ut you see, we will get everything
Then* are many who are inclined to{ straightened out so’s we can loan them' l|
think that AmeriiainK take their na-^a few more billions, if the House of i -i
tional like their own birthdays, as a .Morgan w ill hel|) us. You .see, Mr. j j|
lOriO.N PLAN IS SOI \D AND
( Al l s FOR ( ()-Ol’KRATION
ill a nutshell, tlie -access of the cot-
ti.iiivnp ptudvution plan is up to fhe i course, that the anniver- Morgan knows nearly everybody over,
faimeis, T(ie government has set up, their patriotic favor and there, and he can tell us wdio to let*
til. plan and on tlte. fainiers it has to its lowesrt common de-, have money. I
p ; ced the re-pon.-ihility as to whether I Fourth of July w hen ii \ ^ j
lb IS to sutceed atid become operative. around next week will l»e lorl \ Uotton Letter
I; IS a new cxpeiiiirent, designed sole- ,oost persons a day on which they will .New York. -Liverpool came in 1);
ly to help get rid of the yotton sur-' have to work a (lay on which to points lower than due in sympathy ^
plus. We repeat.'it i,- a plain and ><itn-j“|ay off” and devote themselves to with the weak dollar. The market fluc-i
pie propositfon up to the cotton grow- recreiltiun. tuated modt^i^tly today and eased off
ers of the South to take it. or to re-j should Ik* true universally rtu*ar noon or^ pos.sibly later. Demand i
jeet It. A- Senator Smith literally,-it would lx; unfortunate. ai)peai(*d predicated by politilcs,. and ,
irig r in his speeches over the stale,partly so, then per-j^sp did stocks and bonds. New Orleans
haps the situation is not so had after was easier on advice from Hoo-ey
all, lH*cause in truth Inde|M*nd(*nce Day l^otig who can’t be sued for anything,
does stand for a litth? of^^at sort of but tin y say that I.ong was short af-
thing, relief from the daily gi ind or ter the election. Spots sold lower on
the royal grind that the "mother of boll weevil and rain news from Texas,
the rolomea” imposed on her children. Some.plowing uii jif cotton ha.s taken
No other nation in history was horn liiace in piipr sjiots by the department
as ours waslKirn; no olher^ation was ()f agricultuW and at least 25 acres
'•7 : (ieilicated to (luite the ideals to which will lie destroyed during the growing
ours is dedicated; and no other nation season which will reduce cultivated
is following (luite the path that ours acreage to 18,338,1)01), including the
following. the pig pen.,
(lid
r in his sp(‘(*i'h(*s ov(*r the stal(*,:
“the larmers have everything to gain!
and nothing to h.-e" by taking up the
retirement jiroposit iori.^ ^ ■
.South < arolina has been a^ssigned]
.OiHi.OUO acres of coltoii for reiirt^iient.
In I,aui'en.s county, with about i0,()()()
acres planted in cotton. 10.0»H) acres'
must h(' eliminated if the plan i.^ pitl;
ihi'iiigh. There is every imlu a’mr.. * hat
th« state will leach its (pio*'!
gemiHic Ttithusia-m uow.vheing soowrl
l»v faiiucis everywhere over the idea.
Here are the' jieituu'ut facts Oil the_i_‘.
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Notice T0
Clop reduction plan:
The goveinment will pay tanners
OnwTtlTngTy, dlfr torufath(*rs
than .U-clara |H,litical in.l(-|..'n- ll»-i...a„. tvvo reason., why some
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1 The government will pay laimeis . poralions had to “lay off" so many l|
a rvasopahh* sum to cover the cost t they d<*clar(*(l the men. vizzly: First, the president. aSeo-, j,
planting an.l cultr.ation thus fat J rf,.seendants,‘)nd. the president’.s salary of $100,000. (|
the ( ottun aneage to be letiied. ' .from poverty,^ "I be IntersUrte* ('ommerce commis- ||
fanners at six cents from from un- '^■‘in has certainly he<*n a friend to the
.piuntity of lint^cotton ^”7 .1''^*'^’, •• * blindness of mind D uck and Iius operators. It cefusiKl^.
nably expect to harvest remitting toil, from blindness of mirui .
2. 1: will sell
p« r po ind, tin
tl'.ey (.an iraso
fnmi the uaandoru'd acreage. , , ,, . ^ w..
3 I he fanner is assured Ji price of!pa«nfuIly hut none the l^s sun ly, wt
pound or mote for his are making our way.
mis operators,
,nd spirit. To suoh » K0.I, slowly «n.l,h-t railroads cut faros and froighl
■ rates or meet competition otherwise.
Statistics show that 85 per cent fewer
3 cent.'
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We are richer
.> piT I»l»UI|tl Wl IIIWIT- iwi II. . 1 L vv-...
rott-un. ,f tir.^aoa,«ot .vduol.on is oar. than any, othor ,«o.plo; "'T
leisure, more time pecreati£»ii_8n(1.
ri«3 out.
4. An altornativo plan to tho ^Kivo-Wyment; and dimly wo an
dll l it loaso of the aiiandoiiod I ninKCo roaliio that this is “
Kovdinmont at from possiUo for us U botU-r. hap-
aocoidinit to iho [pior,"stron(tor mon than othor iH-oplo.
Happiness—perhaps there, after all,
is the one word that t*xpn*sses our
begin-
IS th(
acr-eag'e -I y the
$7 fo $2<* per acre.
p,r()duction outlook at the time the cot-
autometliihis ran intij trains or vice
versa in 11)32 than in 11)25. That is due m
UMhe fai’t that we~RSve'lt5 'pedrA'eM' |I
fewer trains to get in our way. Yep,
they’ve just about busted the rail
roads. * . I
flat rock, s. jun^ 26, 1938.]
culture,
ton IS plowed up. V ih«t ronies through seeker-terry wallase,
5. The ahandont'd acreage niu.st goa • PP ‘ . . . through department of agger
ranKO botwoon 7.5 and 10 por corit of ro omio ''T'T Washington, d.. c.
the farmor’s ontiro cotton crop. *''• sir
6. The estimated yield wi« bo based poss.on,
on last year’s proiluctTon on the land • f»r of poTerty-tappiness that eomw,
in question and the opinion of a dis
interested committeeman from the
farmer’s own community.
7. The contract which the farmer
will sign is not valid unless a mini
mum of 6,000,000 acres of cotton is,
‘abandoned. Final notification to farm
ers will be made about July 10.
8. No farmer will be forced or even
preased to enter the agreement, but
the government has made it known
that if this effort at farm aid is not
accepted no furl^r attempts at re
lief will be forthcoming.
While the'i proposed program is a
ilgaatie measure it is needed ip help
ai^ down the cotton supply since mpre
has been produced than the world can
consume. The government eH^mate
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from perfect fr«»do«aiaI perfect self-[nate passed a law a few-days henM |
jto cut down the akerage on cotton to'
^'^We hare not reached this. yet. Not the tune of 10,000,000 so’s the fleecy
by man^-^y years of struggle. But staple would fetch more for us poor
we are heading toward it It is in'<Jowm troddmg farmers who
t of us-ahining a beautiful vis-frothing 0“''
drawing us on forever. | brows ansoforth.^'
so, we repeat, the average “7
Amerion ii wiKr thin he know, I '( >'»“ I'l""' ^ ‘""V <>[ "ly '™P>.
when he nuikee Independence Day “I> ‘•'o patch of cotton bo-
day of recreaUoB and cert. Hia action ""<«•» »"<* “w PMtor;
symbolises the freedom and leisure * k bad stand on same and it didn t
that thb American, more than anyone up verry well as the land is^
poor, you can allso destroy ever third
row in the* field behind the smoke-
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In accordance with the by-laws, fines will be
charged oil all delinquent payments on stock
installments and interest. Fines will be imposed
if pa3rment is not made on or before the fif
teenth of each month; and in the event U}at
the Association-4)as to -pay theymsufanCe or
taxes for any stockholder, to protect loans
made by the Association, a chsu’ge will be made
for this service. -f
All stockholders are requested to make their
payments to the Associations on their due date,
As well as pay their insurance and taxes prompt
ly, i|0 as to avoid these fines which will be strict
ly eliforced. ^
else, enjoys.
WHAT DO , .
VS. aleanes
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house as it aint fertylized.
DO?
plese let my good cotton
have 20 skers all told and i will lease
you the. patches in question to plow
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