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Bids Invited For Road Construction' 10DAYM Calhoun Highway Paving I*ro-^ ject Included In Contracts To Be Let December 19. Columbia, Dec., 4.—The State Hiph ■way department tonipht called for’j bids December 19' on nearly $900,000 j * of road apd * bridpe construction, People Asked To Oh^ey Law puirihases of alcoholic Di^verasres jly to licensed dealers. ! "The policy of the, government will jbe to see to if that the .social and po-! ilitical evils that have existed yn the Taxes On-Liquor a levy of 30 cents a gallon on rec-^ itified spirits, ■whiekies' known to the' liquor." 1 vOlV OLuCIIGO^ Rectification was practiced, but not (widely, before prohibition. Now% of- 1»Iea For Temperance and Non-ipre-prohibit^n era shan not be re- Present Levies Likely To Be In- .flclak say, it promises to beconie the Patronage of I^olleggers Is.viye.i „„r pe™itWd again to exi.t ” he creased By Congress Immedi- Xh-v" "t'co“nsistr principally’of ad- said. We must remove forever frbm . . ^ ^ t y t' j Made By President. ^ j * .u * i^ur midst the menace of the bootleg- ; iger and such others as would profit Washington, DVc. 5.—A doubly expense of good government I'lNE-For Newsprint I Americana to help restore respect for quest for purchases solely from licens-t For the present'they will be, for The tax effective on stiH *>"«* Since wood-pulp paper was first wag issued toniefit by „ T 7*. a' the most part, the same as those im- *uu^d “““tdmg to the.r alcohol.t ma.de in mv home town of Stock- “ ena » ufr was issueu^ionignt o> sonally to every individual and every po,ed in the days before prohibition, content: Less than 14 per cent^ four ^ _ President Roosevelt. l family" in the nation and would result v-ut Congress will be meeting ^oon cents a gallon; 14 to per cent, 10 program to the neighborhood of $3,- b«n"belioverthuronIyl.nrucX’>ir ^ Proclamation, an unusual one,!in consumption of beverages which ^nd the' rates ai% to be increased cents; 21 to 24 per cent, 25 cents; ^ ..VtAylr\0C>0£k/VT XX/V 1 l n C5 ir^niTlt’nO iv> more than 24 per cent, $1.10. Cham- an pagne and other sparkling wines are bringing the total advertised or un- dertal:en under the federal recovery (Mass., sixty years ago, it has nly .snr-ace, fir and > ^ j • .u 400 000. ihemlick fibers were .suitable; pine had was signed by the chief executive materially. J. ' ^ • 4. , • too much pitch in it. One result 1 shortly after Acting Secretary Phil- break-up and eventual destruction of President Rpose Three of the 1- projects belief was to .send the big pa- lips had certified that 36 states had ^be ‘notoriously evil, illicit liquor inter-departmehtal committee at work taxed 12 cents for each h p Spartanbirg, Charleston and .Green- ‘.ppwspnnt," or approved the repealing amendment. traffic," and payment.of reasonable jptermining just how high the levies fraction thereof, with artificially cai- ville counties, ■ among those f'oni jy,.tiinary newspaper, farther and far- The national' recovery act made it support of the government. s}iould run^—trying to find the level bonated wines assesse a a ra . which delegations went to W ashing- ther into the Canadian forests, as the mandatory that the chief executive The proclamation directed which they would discourage the ^ ton several weck.s ago to protest the more .southerly supplies of sp.-ace j proclaim the (^d of prohibition in or- attention to authority given the goy bootlegger and still yield the .covr'^n- highway comniissioirs alloca jon of ware exhaasted. der to abolish a series of special taxes, ^'mment by the repeal amendment uO an^^pje return. From this the $5.50().()()() federal fund. k All the time there were millions of The president made a special plea prohibit tran.sportation or importation committee’s reports recommendations Charles H. Moorefield, state high- acres of fust-groiwing’‘‘slash’’ pine on that no state authorize return of the i"l-«^>cauing l\quo.rs into dry states, cubmission Congress will be wav engine-r, said the projects did the sandy lands of Georgia, Alabama saloon either in its old form or in a concluding, the president said, formulated. not include any of the $200,000 addi- and Florida, mostly going to waste., new guise and said the objecti»-e being * POOd seme oi th- >*0 official announcement has yet tional ^^\onvy promised five counties My in -which large cities are located, mous *11115 fund will be distributed later, to do friend, l>r. Charles A. Herty, fa-^sought through a national policy was American people that they will | not been made, but Wa.shington gene'-c’- s chemist began some years ago'education of every citizen toward bring upon themselves the curse of jy believes the tax on w'hiskey will o .some experimenting, aiid he dis-1 greater temperance. excessive use of intoxicating liquors betVeen $2.20 and $3 a' gallon. Z ENITH—AT WATER KENT RADibS, Radio Exchange Tubes Tjested iFrfee. WHAT DO P. S. Jsanes DO? (juiremi nis. That one was the s’neet fiulp, made from young fiines, secret- asphr’t resu'faein.g of ap})r()ximately ly td) a big Canadian paper mill. It'; 1.2 mill; of Ihf.-it .North street and fabricated fierfectly on the fast ma-j the I.au’ ciis road at that city. cliines and .seven Gc'irgia dailies print-j The entire lef.tii'g will einbrace ed their entire editions of one day j a'ound i.'. miles of hiLuin.ino‘us sur- ^ _ j fat'mgv-C.4' miles of itavlng and- Dig-———'' ' ^^ bridges. The |*()WFR~Man Made I’eofilc think of Ihuilder I)am and “hK ttif' grP3t" s^oTifees of enormous power. Rut the other day const ■ uetion of ihrei proji'cts follow. SpH I t a n I»a' g Jt-O u illj’ Tio of 2.miles of Kmate 176 from* . viltrtllltfUin a •\A 4. x mte- iect'on wi.h .North ('hprch street completed ,in Rrooklyn' the I Ijo intersection .single power Unit in the world, | ^ [except Niagara Fall.-. That is the new] plain plant of* the Rrooklyri Kdison! ^ ' company, which can generate more ok: in .^’(lurtarburg lo old Route 176 at llayne. Charleston widening with concrete of .‘klob miles of route from Intel.>ection willi kolly Reach p„Y^.,.r than anybody ever dreamed -of road near Ashley river to .Seaboard ^r,.LLing from the (ioiorado river or the railroad near Dupont .slatiop. iTemiessi’e Greenville Resurfacing with sheet | a "fa! e no* lon t':-!' water- asphalt of l.‘20l| miles of Ka.st North pov^■,.r is either pleaiiful or cheap. C. street and Laurens road in Greenville ,, sieinmetz, great electrical engin- from Main street to Richland creek |o me that if every, and widening with plain concrete <'f ,,7'; p of wtiLei that falls ,on the sur-j Laurens road from Richland creek to states were to eastern city limits, 'generate power all the way from the Dorchester -Rituminou,^ •‘surfacing the total of 8 miles of Route iH fiom Oiange- p,,\\>^i,. j)’-(jdue<‘d would not hi* a.s much ■ burg county line at Dorange through produced by .Ream. Reevesville to St. (leorge. Any wal.er-powi'r project cxp’pt the 1 Airic.as‘air—Lit uipipi'ijs ve-ty laegesl, and few of t hoM", 'tekry hi •7 miles of Route 2(>;i. f'om Ker- (huch cafiital investment tliat the:'; iw to intersection with Route 1)92. i>ii I'll interest on the capital alone amounts,! i'cio -tfituminou- .-iirfacin)!; of ,,ft(.p, (o moie than fuel wo.uld have i .7 nu!e^ of Itoute 7 ft'oin Cjiiitpii po^^,!-. j I .\(\\l,cii.v county line. , j^^t 1 suppose politicians trying to ih-or’i'c I'Mliirninous surfacing ^'^get af)propriations for local' projects | (> tr'ili" of luiute 18 from Wbst- making the pu*l)lic believe; that it will benefit by water-power. THEN COME TO Where the Greatest Selling Event of the Sea son Is Going On. Just 14 More Shopping Days Till Christmas. Hundreds of Satisfied Custom ers— Our Best Advertisement. developing | KNEES—In Automoliileti Koine of the new 1934 automobiles will have a new sort of front wheel iMii'^tcr to Oak way. Mai’boio Riluininoius surfacing < *■ 7. 6 miles of Route 3-K from Ren- r '*’.s.iiU’ lhio'a,gh Rlenheim to Fot- t I '. 'mtm c’'»‘ek. Vo-k laving with concrete and r..,,l,alt ,.r M uf KouU- 5, Main anma briKhl preaa- : veniu' to ea.stern city limits. Hamilton -<'onsti uetion of 501- foot creosoted timber, reinforced con- iM'ic and sLi lu t ural steel bridge over <’oosa\Natchii‘ river on Route 63 ap prox; matt’y two miles south of Hamp- t( n. ■ ■ Dtxchcs'ci <hmstruction of 201- foot bridge of same tyjie over Ashley liver on R kute 61 near Summerville. Pickens 4lonstruction of three re inforced concrete culverts on Route 1H3 near Pickens. Open Meeting agent has de.scribed as ‘‘putting knees in the car’s front legs.” Instead of a front axle, each wheel will be inde pendently supjiorted with its own spring arrangement to take up the shock. The idea is that bumps will to the whole chassis, t othe whole cha.ssis. There is no doubt it will work, for .se\eral European manufacturers have been using the same idea for years. Indeed, most of our new automobile ideas come from Euroj>e. They had (four-wheel brakes, high-speed, small- bore engines and streamline bodies jlong before we did. I'he reason for that is that Euro- At Clinton Hi |)ean cars are made in small quanti- ities, as a rule, and the makers are free to experiment with new engineer;- An open meeting of the Wodrow designsi They get Wilson Liicraiy society of the ( b'R^^'enough for their cars so they can high school will be held in the high chance. .‘-chooi auditorium Tuesday evening,-!— - - - ■ — ' Dec\ 12. at 7:30. The following pro-i gram will he given: ! TALKIES—There’s Hope Invocation ’ ponular “talkies" that ReatfiiTtg;vr^-7i_: . .jii^esrAmertcan- motion picture^ qjfiopTej ‘•Fortv Kmging .Seamen,” Klliotte .^l»ve product in a year are "Little Dobbins W’omen" and "Thre^ Little Pigs.” Ar- ‘•Mi.-tei .SLner’s, Hoi.se,’’ Rebecca Optically, the best motion picture that 1 have seen, is Henry the Eighth, ".A Rallad of Reading Gaol,” iilar- English film. . , . , . "garet HugtT?.<^- - Hollywood is still po.5.se.sse(l with | Music i.v high school glee club. ^he ’.lea that to be .successful a pic-j Declamations: . . ^5^" * J"**'® “Tear Away the Mask." W. P. Raid- ^decency. Yet the proof that the pub- lie is not as sex-crazy as the movie l "NVw l)e<laiali..n of in,i..jK-n.l, “"-y ‘"T''f .ub WilTian, Wada. th.;ni are themsaves-ls found in th« “.VliMiun of America.” William '"'‘“T; a 1 am lieginning to be hojicful about; Music by high .school gIee“Ttu1}T . The movi“'». ^ Debate: v "Resolved, that the UtRied .Stales RADIO—Something New should adopt the Rrilish system of Something new in radio music is radio control." promised soon. Nobody who listens lo Affirmative: Elizabeth Huzhanll a great orchestra over the radio to- and Alfred Browning. day gets the music as it sounds to Negative; Irene Dillard and Jack:tho.se in the room with actual players. Street, Sunday Night and Parly Blesses ^ All the jirelty shades, all size.s, ail new —just came in for ('hristmas .selling. Priced^ at— $3.&5 $4.95 S6-95 o' oJ Knit and Wool Flannel SWEATER SUITS $^.98 SWEATER AND SKIRT, Ail wool .... $^.98 SUEDE JACKETS, all pi;etty $0.98 Hhades, three styles. Only .... Li BATH ROBES— $2.98 $3.98 $4.98 Ladies’ KIMONAS, For - $|.98 See QUj Full-Fashion, first-quality SILK HOSE, UA< All colors DU Other Styles and Quality . . 98* MEN’S DRESS OXFORDS— $1.98 $2.98 $3.98 ■■ - " I "I ' —.1:^1— -.1 -I .1 MEN’S and BOYS’ NECKWEAR— 25c and 50c HHEN*S-HALr^flOSE^^ 15c and 25c BEAUTIFUL FURRED-GOATS B’ack, Navy, Brown. Handsome Lininj^ 310.95 $12.95 116.95 POLO COATS No fur. Beautiful lining— $10 to $12.95 GIRLS COATS $5.95 $7.85 $g.95 SlLK NIGHT GOWNS, For $ 1 SILK PAJAMAS, For *1 DANCE SETS, For 1 MEN’S DRESS SHIRTS, For $ 1 MEN’S PAJAMAS, For $ 1 BOYS’ PAJAMAS, For 1 MEN’S SCARFS, For MEN’S RAIN COATS, For T $ 3 Witherspoon. Rebuttals. Decision of judges. Davy Products Edward B. Martin PHONX 27S-J Delivery at 6 A, M, The reason for that is that the radio picks it up from one spot while the listener in the rorim hears it with both ears and gets the basses on the left, the strings in the middle and the horns and tympani op the right in their true relation to each other. A radio engineer who has been I working on the prcfclem for one of : the big broadcasting chains told me I the other day that the solution has \ been found. It U only a queation pdw I of waiting until the big auditoriuma I in which the great symphony orches- , tras perform are equipped wjth the I new system of picking up the music as it really is produced. SUBSCRIBE TO TBls CHRONICLE ^ The, Paper Evf7body Reads SHOES! SHOES! Thousands of pairs to select from, for Men, Women, Boys and Girls. Good solid leather Shoes—best of all. they are so reasonably priced. They’ll never even pul a dent in your pocketbook. CHnJ:REN’S SCHOOL SHOES— $1.25 and $1.49 WOMEN’S I.EATHER OXEORDS— $1.49 and $1.98 MEN’S WORK SHOES, $ For 1 .50 Ladies* liast-Minute - in - Style DRESS OXFORDS — Pumps, Ties and Straps. Medium and French heel— $1.98 and $2.98 BOYS’ SHEEP-LINED COATS4 4 to 16 years .. $0.50 3 BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ RAINCOATS $0.98 2 COME FOR YOUR — Christmas Shopping YOU WILL FIND WHAT YOU WAN’T AND YOU WILL LIKE THE PRICE. K^O Maternity Corsets SOLD HERE ASK OUR SALES LADIES REMEMBER- "IT WONT BE LONG NOW” COME SHARE IN THE GREAT FEAST WITH HUNDREDS OF OTHERS. 1. 21 WIN THE CHEVROLET Ycu may be the lucky one— save your tickets. You get one with every $1.00 purchaise. Of the first 100 drawn, 21 wei-e given out by us. Look at your numbers—save th^m. EILLISON’S J **A Good Place to Trade” ,INC Clinton, S. C. •r- ately On Convening. ding pure grain alcohol, distilled wa- , — . ter and , a few other ingredients to Washington, Dec. 3.—With renrrl. ]iquor. The latter can be multi- posed proclamation, putting an offi- . and law and order.” government intends, to help its piieS five or six times by this pr,q| cial end to prohibition and callinft on. He said the observance of his re- revenues *l,ong with taxes on liquors, cess. / ■1 p' "l* . I . - .1 ■-•it.-'’.