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■ 4' r a 1 , / THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. 1933 • /■■ r ■. THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. - '■7 '; ' / ■ ■ •■A' T I PAGE nVB TWO AGENCIES WORKING FOR PROTECTION OF CONSUMERS IliiiWiB! ^ Personal /Mention Washington, Sept. 18.— The agen-ltract prices attributable to processing., cies through which the legion of con-K^^^^ employment costs, sumers now turned into actual buyers 4. Highly competitive nature of re tail textile business, plus willingness throughout the country will get pro-1 merchants to cooperate, has afford- tection from unwarranted price rais-}ed consumers protection ing are exerting themselves in a man-1 price gouging. wide approbation from' Instances found in which manu- facturers voluntarily absorbed part of R. D. HENRY r. M. BOLAND ner to gain wide approbation many Civic and women’s organiza- • processing tax cost. tions. In the NRA the Consumers’ Ad- 6^ Increase in farmers’ purchasing visory board fights valiantly any sug-' povi-er, still far short of A. A. A.’s gestion at code hearings that bears' goa^, nevertheless reflecting itself in upon unfair price fixing. Inasmuch as | improved demand for cotton goods, codes of some of the industries are, Proceeding on the basis of the price J. F. Jacobs is spending a few days] Harth .\ble of Olemson college, in North Carolina on business. spent the week-end here with friends. * Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Freeman visite 1 Mr. and Mrs. R. VV. Wade and son, ♦ fi*iends in Columbia on Monday. [Bill, were the week-end guests of rela- X against > j ^ Bailey spent Thursday in Chester. i ♦ {Greenwood with friends. . Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Cooper an-! I Mrs. W. D. Boyd is visiting heri^<^«>ice the birth of a daughter, Su- isister, Mrs. Fred Culbertson, in Wood-1'**®Sunday, Sept. 17. j ruff. Mrs. W. D. Hollis of Moiintville, has! I Mr. and Mrs. C. D, Pitts are now spending a few days here with' making their home in the Tribble daughter. Miss Margaret Hollis, apartments. Mrs. J. H. Stone has returned from H. D. Henry & Company INSURANCE STOCKS BONDS REAL ESTATE LOANS NEGOTIATED ha’ndled by the agricultural adjust-j increases being the priming charges | Columbia, {where she has been spend- mentment administration, the same to get industry back on full time,^ the' ing several days iwith her brother, zealous care is taken by the consum-(Consumer’s Advisory board of NRA isj Frank Godfrey left last \Veek for er’s counsel of A. A. A. to 'safeguard { exercising due caution in reaching the farm recovery program from IBe- conclusions as to whether retail costs ing jeopardized by unreasonable j are exhorbitant. In very many cases prices. I there is evidence that the President’s and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Jacks have ri-j turned to their home in Brooklyn, N.; Y., after spending two weeks here relative.^. { Greenville, where he has accepted a Mr. and Mrs. R. C. .\dair were ih position with the First National hank,_Cross Hill Sunday for the funeral of Miss Mar>' Jo Rheney spent Sunday Mrs. Adair’s uncle, William H. Lea- in Augusta, Ga., with her parents, Mr. man. . j The same steps which were taken ! admonition to business management to , and Mrs. H. G. Rheney. i Dr. L. R. Lynn is spending several j to prevent gouging on bread prices {“give first consideration to the im-j Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Pratt, Mis.ses 'days in Bradenton, Fla., in the mter- from ofCsetting farm benefits are be-; pj-ovement of operating figures by'Dolly Pratt, Mildred McGee and Rus-j^st of the orphanage, ing followed in checking the price .greatly increased sales to be expected j sie Beaudrot of Greenwood, spent Sun-j ^\ibert Williams and WilliaM Mon structure under codes of fair compe-{from the^ rising buying power of the j day with Mrs. Mary Prather. jfredo of Spindale, N. C.,'were i^uesis of friends here Friday. I Chick Ray, Ray Pitts, Posey Watts | ' * •'<- 1 •<- - M. Selb'a'nd’chil- Prosperity with ' Atlanta with friends. ^ ! Louis Thornley and .Mr. and Mrs. j F. A. Neal of Charlotte, N. C., spent: the of fair compe tition already in operation. The coun- ■ public” is not being followed. Through Charles McDaniel and Harwood Nel selor’s staff of economists has com- the thousands of local boards busi-! i«on spent Sunday in Augusta with the pleted the first pha.se of a study^of ness men are being reminded that this j former’s sister and brother-in-law. textile prices, summarized as follows;!course defeats the purpose of the re- Mr. and Mrs. T. 1. Examples of apparently unrea- cQvery program7 for one thing, and'dren spent Sunday in sonahle profit-taking have been de-|that it is extremely poor judgment! Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sease. •tected. for another. The President’s statement i Mr. and Mrs. John Wallace Copeland mORI flllUME From Your Tires on concrete roads than on rnacadam. Of course you want Concrete. FOR FURTHER lit. FORMATION WRITE THE CEMENT SERV- ICE MAN. CARE OF: Portland Cement Association Hurt Building, Atlanta, Ga. n Vast majority of the trade, how-jop signing NRA continued, “this js|of Greenville, spent the week-end with j ever, deserve praise for fair play. {good economics and good business.”.the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. |other Wide desparity exists in billing jyjerchants as well a^ manufacturers {Dave W. Copeland. ahd 3. merchants for increases above con- PHILCO Radios & Tubes Smith’s Pharmacy are being told that the goal is re-{- Miss Pearl Hitt left Monday for sumjition of normal conditions, and ^ Lake City to resume her teaching po- profiteering is no more pernii'’sihle i.sition in the city schools, fhan is racketeering. Mrs. A. E. McIntosh is visiting her Besides beinu a guardian against daughter and s«n-in.law, Mr. and Mrs.' with the former's i.arents, gouging, the board is educating con. .U. R. Roberts, in Columbia. * >a. om or man. ^ sumers through the multitu.ie of or- Friends of John W. Finney wtll be Bearcy Elliott of IjiGrange, ganications with which it has ostab-'irlad to know that he is able to be outispcnt the week-end here with friends lished contact, in budgeting for the!again, after having been a patient in 1 _ Mrs. W. E. Neighbors has returner the week-end with Mrs. Thornley relatives. Elizabeth Lynn and Harth Able spent Sunday in Newberry with relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Workman of Marion, N. C., spent the week-end Mr. and I' ► Ga.,; lished contact, in budgeting family and in quality buying, ned I lii-. Hays’ hospitallhe past two weeks, from a two weeks visit to her daugh-j|{ Reid Lockman of Lockhart, spent ter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. A.' SCBS('KIBE TO THE CHRONIC LE “The Paper Everybody Reads” NOTICE FOR PAYMENT OF CITY TAXES I Notice is hei’ehv j^iven that Town Taxes for the Town of Clinto” will be due and collectible between SeptemlxM' 1o‘h and November 15th, for the year 10,The Tnx Books will be opened for thi‘ collection of taxes at the Otlice of the Town Clerk on September 15th, and will re main open each day thereafter, Sunday excepted, up to and through Novmber 15th. A1 taxes paid between September 15th^ jind October 1st win carry a two (2'f ) discount; between October 1st and October 15th. a one (jl'f ) jK'r cent discount. .\ penalty of fTteen (15'« ) per cent, will accrue on all taxes not paid on or before Wednesday, November 15. The levy for current fiscal year is thirty-seven (37) mills; twelve (12) mills for current oi)erating expenses and twenty-five (25) mills for interest and sinking fund on various liond issues outstanding. The foregoing notice is given pursuant to Ordinance passed by the Town Council August 29th, 1933. U. C. HEUSTESS, Town Clerk.' Monday with friends fn the city. Mr. and Mr.s. Robert L. Longshore W'ere called to Newberry Saturday on account of the death of the former’s brother, Walter T. Longshore. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Caskey and little [Dugan, in Hartsville. S. W. Sunierel has returned from' Chicago, where he attended a regional' meeting of the (Aetna Life representa tives. ' i Rev. S. P. Howies anil Rev. S. P. 'son of Seneca, spent the. week-end {Fulton were in Fountain Inn .Monday,. With .Mrs. Caskey’s parents, Mr. and ..attended a meeting of Enoree{ I Mrs. T. L. Cooper. ~ . '• presbytery. —igjur~ N>»ighTTiVi^r~1^y»onr the-,,-lM±._lAnd:-MriL:- "week-end.in Hartsville with her sister the week-end in Atlanta with .Mrs. ,and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. Spratt’.; sister and hiother-in-law, .Mr., {and .Mrs. William James. A. Dugan. I Mr. and Mrs. Addition Neighbors of Mrs. R. VV. Henn left VV’ednesday ! Williamston, spent the week-end with for Ml. Sterling. N. C.. where .she will ithe former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Lioin .Mr. Henn, who is stationed there E. Neighbors. 'I'u government work. I Mrs. T. U.‘ Holland was called to' Miss .Mildred White spent the week- VVinston-Salem. N. C., last week on'end in Charlotte, N. C., with her [lar- i'.ccount of the illness of her daughter, ,ents. Mrs. Henry Hearn. i B'H I’lessly, Earl Carr, and Gvorge Clyde Lankford is spending sev- i Chisolm of Krskine college, Due West, hisispent Sunday with friends at the or- Established 1886 i ♦ i: THE ABILITY TO SERVE ALL Among the most democratic of all cur institu tions, your bank works alike for rich or poor, Ikrge or small. Equivalent service for all within our range is a jjolicy that makes hanking advantages as eiusilv available to the a\erage man-aji-i! does for the man of exceptional means. In fact, small depositors and investors find greater pro|Kirtioiiate protection and value in the fullest use of a hank’s facilities. You will find it advantageous to acquaint yourself with all of the benefits a g(M>d bank can afford and use them to the fullest capacity.^ era! days at Glenn Springs for health. .Mr. and .Mi-s. D. C. Heu.ste.ss. Mis.s Sarah Thomas and Mr. and Mrn. i George (’arlisle spent Sunday in the I mountains of .North Carolina. I Mrs. J. F. Jacobs. .Ir., and Miss [Clara Duckett were visitors in Spar tanburg on Tue.sday. I Mis.s Olga Cannon, of Mountv'De, jwas the week-end guest of Miss Mary Stone. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde McCrary, Mr I phanage. Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas of Carlisle, were the guests Sunday of iMr. and Mrs. D. Heustes.s, and .Miss Sarah Thomas. I Mr. and Mrs. (’arl Chandler an- 'nqunce the birth of a son, Paul Ander- json, on Wednesday, Sejit. Hlth. i Mias Hattie Boyd spent the week- 'end with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and •Mrs. P’rank Simpson. I NEW BUSINESS GORDIALLY INVITED $. Bailey & Son BANKERS OLDEST STRONGEST 1 A NO. CAh rgo Bartlett Pears ? tot Campbell’t Tomato Soup ^ CANS 250 BestXJrade Pure Lard LB. 70 Jewel or Vegetole Shortening t-B. 70 J Ctrctu Flour 24-LB. BAG n Rogen No. 87 ^ Flour 24LB. BAG > 99^ Flo Ro$a Flour 7 24-LB. ^ ^ ^ Gs BAG 9 A • JL 9 Trojne Nut ^margarine ‘ LB. 30 Stokely*t Finut Party Peat CAN A Ubhy’e Potted Meat 3 CANS 100 FoiUr*i Lunch Tongue CAN 12Vi0 Mi, Plowboy or Wild Roe* - Syrup NO. 5 CAN aEi9F ArgoShced or Halve* Peaches . t2V20 Red Wing Preserves 1M>Z. O ^ JAR aCAp ..... Mrs. J. D. Jeans and son. Jack, are and Mrs. Froe Wier and Irby S. Hol-lvisking her sister, Mrs. Edward Soil- land spent Sunday in the mountain.s [ vain, in Concord, N. C. of North Carolina. " ' and Mrs. L. G. Benjamin of Mrs. T. M-.Sease and children and | l^aBington, spent the week-end with Mrs. P. H. Adair spent yesterday in and Mrs. C. P. Robinson. Silverstreet with Muh. Sease’s par- Mr. and Mrs. W. 1). Armstrong and 'children of Gray Court, and .Mr. and Miss Josie Pitts returned yesterday Floyd Hitt and little son of Kdge- from Atlanta, after completing her fi^hl, spent Sunday v\dth Mr. ami .Mrs.,, three-year nurses’ course at (Irady Lugene Hitt. hospital. . Mr. and Mix Bonner Harvley Mrs. L. B. Gossett of Cross Anchor, Greenwood, spent the week-end of with Saturday with Mrs. Metta spent Stone. Mr. and Mrs. William .Montjoy an nounce the biith of a daughter, at the local hospital, on Septemhei;^ 2()th. Mr. and .Mrs. Wade Sperry an 1 lit-^ tie daughter, V'irginia, left last week Misses Jackson and for Chicago, where they will make I-<inie.stone college, their home. { _ __ ^ .Judge Miller P o.ster of Spai tanburg,| - Felix Goudelock of ('olumbia,.--aiGu34.- IVlUf the latter’s parents, .VIr. and Mis. H. Blakely. Mrs. VV’eldon Jackson, .Mr.s. T. J. Jackson, Charles Beatty, and .Vlisse.s .Vnnie I.ee Jackson and Paulin** Rob erts sjient .Monday in Gaffney, 'vli'oe Roberts entered Harry Arthur ^ of Tue.sday for the supper. Union, were here American Legion HP' lyinp.,...^. 1^, Goldville, Sept. 13. — Miss'(lladys Mr. and Mrs. TommyiDominick and Kehnedy of Spartanburg, is vd.-^itlng little daughter are making their home Miss Dot-is Abrams. nn Owens street, ijp.the residence for merly occupied by J. H. Hinton. James VV, Caldwell left yesterday for p;disto Island, where he will sj>end {several weeks with friends. Mr. and Mrs. PL J. Adair left last week for Chicago, to attend the Cen tury of Progress exposition. Miss Martha Wier Davi.s of Ijlu- |rens, spent the week-end here with relatives. ' ' The many friend.s of Mrs. W. S. Bean" will regret to know that she is confined to her home on North Broad j street, suffering from a fractured {wrist and other injuries sustained inj 'fall a few days ago. ( The many friends of J. M. Pitts,-who' MeSWAIN TO BE HANDS OFF has been confined to his home for sev- ^ IN REPEAL CA.MPAIGN eral weeks on account of illness, will Miss Pkleene Rickard of Buteshurg,' spent Sunday with .Vlis.< Stella j Be^kani. Mrs. Docia Singleton of Abbeville, is spending the week with .Mr. and Mrs. H. 1). Dudley, Mrs. J. C, Purkerson and little daughters spent the week-end with her parents in Savannah, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Turner of Buf falo, spent the week-end with .Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Turner. W' W. Cole and Sam Strickland of .Ninety-Six, visited Mr. and .Mr.s. C. W. Golden Sunday, be glad to know that he is still im proving. Mr.^ Pitts has been able to come to his store in a rolling chair during the past few days where he is being cordially greeted by friends and acquaintances. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bozard, who spent part of their vacation with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Washington, Septt Id.—Representa tive John J. Mc.Swain, of the P’qurih South Carolina district, said today^he would take no part in the campaign in the state preceding a vote on prohi bition repeal. “I voted to submit the amendment in provision with the platform of the Democratic party,” MeSwain said, Henry, left Tuesday for Ithaca, N. Y., {“but people of South Carolina are just | 'where they will spend the winter. Mr. as able as I am to pass on its merits., : Bozard has obtained a year’s leave of' I will not undertake to advise them; [absence from Furpian unjv^sity and'one way or the other. { I will pursue post-graduate work for his!” “If there is any question the people, NRA Emblems 1 Imprinted On Your Statippery .\Nn OTHKR IMtINTKI) MArjiRIAI. AT NO KXTRA ('(*ST: I _ . These emblem.s' imprinted on your present supply of stationery or other printed matter at ^ilnaU cost. 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