The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, November 01, 1934, Image 4
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Its correspondents. * • A , ^
hubyrented to^holsum ntoore, jr., who
plans to run the “all-nite-long*’ caff
for the benefit of the night-riders/late
Bell Street Choir
traweler.s,<^love-birds, and Ahe polecs-
till
man, who stays‘on duty till nearly 9^
m. he has'alreddy ordered his hot.
do^.and mustard.
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j ,mr. winski plans to use the-vault toi
j sleep in by hisself, as he is not mar^-1
•ried at pfessent, and the shelfs where j
bank's customers kept their lib- j
Groyp of Local Nefcro Singers
Give Program At Y. M.p. A.
Meeting At College.
<From The Blue Stocking)
The Bell Street choir (colored).
[erty banU,.private papers, and other , 1®*^ Thursday sang before a large
, collatrey, will be
were sung not only reverently butf also
entertainingly and were received "by
Ahe group sHfh much appreciatoin and
aj^lause. ^
The quartet -opened their program
vit^i “Kneel and Pray,” and “Keep!
Me From Sinking D^wn.” The double-^
mixed quartet then sang “My Lord Is^
Waiting All the rfme.'.^iFhe old farnil-
far thoughts of “Rock^of Ages” were
brought to the audience in a solo by
Eugene Gary, was follov^Efd
’Don*t Last /Always.” A^ter the male
quartet' had iung “Kentucky Babe,”
the octette" concluded the program
with two spirituals, “Down by th^
Riverside”. and “Swing Low Sweet
Chariot,’^-- "
The meeting was presided over by
C. M. Hudsqn, who read the Sefiptare
and introduced the. ^ visitors. Hudson [
expressed the Y’s appreciation to their
colored friends and deemed it a privi-
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Tl^ was folloi^ by [lege to have them present. Mims ac-
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-■ » - three song, from the fem«te,qu.rtet,.K-nowledjed the introductory remnrkni
_ icolitt V M r / Pf“‘>5'“"*"|"Trnm Around,".“Poor Widow in Bar:land. deciar«i it a pleaaur. for, hia
candy,‘seegars, and othef small no-]CO“«are r.- M. rel” and
Itions, which he will have in .stock with!, J- T, Mims, i^ho. acted as spokes-i
fruit.
“He Got AWay to Heaven.”
man, had a 'w;ii"'<hTxra'‘ .“d’^H^d i C'”'* Trouble
presenting in t^e
group to appear befdre the college or-^-
gaoization. \
program.
order'
the cashers'cage will be used for^^^amed: a male quartet (in which our ^
hanging up bunches of %annannas;Own “Gene" and “Cblumbus” were]
which do not happen to be ripe enough; very much ip evidence), a double-'
to sell and eat. the precedent’s offis is,mixed quartet, a female quartet, and’
where mr. winski wiil do his cooking! I'vo solos. The hymns and spirituals;
and eating, as he is an old batchaIor, J —
Land has no one to hire a cosk to cook
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1934
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WHAT IS POPULARITY?
Many folks, particularly young peo
ple of reserved nature.s, do not under
stand why they do nqt readily make
friends or are not populkr as:the term
is generally used. Many people, of Su
perior intellect look down on popular
ity. They say it .shows a tod easy
going natuie. The latter hold that if
a person Is to live sincerely and do
hw duty, he must"’often antagonize
others, or rub them the wrong way,
and make himself unpopular.
rests, were directly attributable
to whiskey does not come as a sur
prise. The truth is, with prohibition
repealed, and the approval put on le-
Newspapers'Caryy
Bulk of Advertising:;
the boek-keepei*s room (where
turned-down checks were added up)
will be mr. Winski's ward-robe to j New York, Oct. 26.—Approximate-
hang his coat up in while he is atjly 90 per cent of the advertising ex-1
galized liquor, drinking is steadily in-1 workT,and allso for keeping his fly- pendi^|! of chain stores goes toi
creasing, as statistics from police swatter and his extry aprons. , the|newspapers, a survey by the Bureau'
adding machine tables will serve as j of Advertising, A. N. P. A., of a rep-
fruit stands ansoforth. t-resentative group of chains shpwedj
::— .! today.
courts show. Liquor has always been
a crime producer. The people of this
nation have been struggling with this
the ipeceiver will continue to wind; New.spaper advertising volume had'
up the affairs of the bank in an or-j risen—Trom $137,00,060—in 1900 to
problem for 150 years and it is yet
unsolved. Not only the United States
.“i^ut every nation in the world derly manner and mr. winski will let |'$S(iO,000,OCO._yearly in 1929, the bu
is trying to find a solution to the] him set at a table in the comer with re«u added. * .
problem. .All over the world alcohol I his books and out-of-date notes, and | “It'is’'estimated that chain stores
Popularity comes^ in dinerent j defies every effort to regulate it. It, will help him to wind up everything} spend some $200,000,000 yearly in the
ll. Uie ol^ d,y« <rf fr«. liquor a lot lawlenanriia, it oor-
p«,pl* acquired PoPol-rity by tllc ^ and politicians,
freruioin with which they P«»«<1 at the police, and make, a joke
around the bottle. traveling|
salesmen would carry a flask with
them as they called bn merchants
the hope of landing orders. With few
at an*early date.
yores, trulie,
mike Clark, rfd,
corry spondent.
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newspaper advertising columns/’ the
survey concluded, “6r probably half
the tortai retail expenditure in news
papers ”
.linked with the criminal elenient,^
'alway.s has been so, and always will.
exceptions, such tactics followed in
the business world today would be re- , . ..u t. *u ox«.xrxuB
and mean the lo„ of bueinCT, P condition, confront-
for the aolicitor,. Thi. wa, al,o, the, ^ remember,
which many politicians yot' * '* , /
1 Should you be walking down ^the
Get the picture as portrayed by this I street, and suddenly espy your gro-
faithful sheriff who has courageously [cer coming up the street, you must
immediately imagine that you have
business on the other side of the street
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basis on
their start. They were always ready
to line up theii* friends and support-
ersTn-front of the brass rail and have
several cocktails at their expense. To
day many people win popularity by
free spending, by Living extravagantly
and attempting to put others under
obligation to them,
There are other people, .iu«^t the op
posite to those described above, who
acquire popularity by devoting them-
that when repeal was advocated we
werb told that it would clean-up and
iniprove conditions that it would
eliminate, liquor lawlessness and
crime. How easy it is to. fool th#
people.
Our officials whose duty it is to
the law should like Sheriff
SmitJ’ take a-t-firm. fearleqs, uncom
promising stand against the spread of
crime and lawlessness over the state.
uphold
selves to some
worth-while public'And they should not place too much
c.ir.sc. Many acqujj’e popularity by
■giving a great deal of effort to public
servic^ Many acquire popularity by
the friendly interest they show every-
boily, hy a winsome smile and cordial
manner. *
People who live selfish, self-cen
tered, self-absorbed lives are never!
popular. Nobody admires the selfish j
man or woman, the one whose sole |
thought^ or oohsideration is self, the
one absorbed with the idea of always
getting and never willing to give. But
any person, mart or"^ woman, boy or
girl, can make and keep friends and
^acfpJiro a certain amount of popu-
confidence in the honesty and good
intentions of the liquorhnterests. Past
history unmrstakabljr shows that they
are not to be trusted.
Liquor and crime are inseparable.
and jay-walk over, being careful .to
let on like you never «aw him a-ta!l.
(You’re not trading with him now of
course.) _ ~ ,
2 While out riding on a beautiful
Sabbath aiftemoon, you .see your doc
tor coming down the road—the doc
tor—that attended you (hiring your
last pneumonia, or your wife with!
something worse, as he approaches j
you and you approach him, you should |
lean over.and make-like you ire ad-i
justing your universal ioint near yourj
right foot;, don’t let him catch your
eye. That’s the way I do. . !
PHILCO
Radios & Tubes
Smith’s Pharmacy
10 Years Ago
Items of Interest From The ’Chronicle
of October 30, 1024
F. Luther Riddle of 'this city, has
been named by Sheriff-elect Columbus
L. Owings as deputy sheriff of the
larity by*nianifesting interest and do- county.
ing helpful things for others—by per
forming service for his fellow men.
A SHERIFF SPEAKS
In Sheriff B. B. Smith, Greensville
Mrs. J. A. Bailey is attending
has a man-of the highest infegrit3r[syno(ii,caI meeting in Charleston,
ard an officer who-is waging an un
compromising fight against lawless
ness” and* crime in that community.
His task is a most difficult, trying
Mrs, R. E. Ferguson has gone to
New York where she was called on
account of the death of her father.'
3 Always cIo.se your ipyes in slum
ber at church while the collection
plate is being shimmied under your
nose. Salvation is free, you know—
and the preacher doesn’t eat or wear
anything except salvation. If you
want to dodge chipping in some other
way, why, er, just stay At home and
cuss the pi'e^her and the'hypocrites
who go to church regujarl5ff I use the
former method.
E. Mood Smith, O. D,
Felder Smith, O. D.
Drs. Smith & Smith
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Laboratory-for- Prompt Repair
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CLINTON,-& C.
Notice for Payment of
City Taxes
Notice is hereby given that Town Taxes for the Town
of Clinton will be due and collectable between October
16th and November 30th, for the year 1934. The Tax
Books will be opened for the collection of taxes at the
office of the Town Clerk on October 15th, and will re
main open each day thereafter, Sunday excepted, up to
and through November 30th.
4 penalty of ten (10) per cent will accrue on all taxes
not paid on or before Friday, November 80th, which pen
alty will be in force through Monday, December 3l8t,
after which an additional five (5) per cent will accrue.
The levy for current* fiscal year is thirty-seven (37)
miUs; twelve (12) mills for current operating expenses
ana twenty-five (25) nhlls fbr interest and sinking fund
on various Bond Issues outstanding. ,
^The foregoing notice 14 given pursuant to Ordinance
passed'by the Town Council, October 1, 1934.
Dated Oct. 1, 1934.
D. C. HEUSTESS, >
Town Clerk.
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.4 Or, if your dry cleaner, or your
- -newspaper delivery- boyv-presents you
with a bill, face to face, before you
have a chance to give, him the .slipi, as
sure him that you have already paid
the said bill twice, or that he will
catch you again. Playing off “deef”
one, for stalistic.s revegl that Green-j
ville is the third worst county in the I
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Steer of Barhes-
ville, Ohio, are the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. R. A. Steer.
mtg^it-help you out of the-dilemma;
it has hojH? n)e out of a great jnany
close places like that.
Dr. and Mrs. George R. White of
Uniti!(i-States from the standpoint of t Savannah, were the gue.sts this week
of Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Copeland.
Miss Saraih
visiting' her
Hunter.
Hunter of Columbia, is
mother, Mrs. Myrtle
crifae. ^
The other.day Sheriff Smith-was
invited to address one of the service Rev. John MeSw-een and family of
clubs of Greenville on crime condi-jcjenison college, were visitors in the
"tions in that county. What he had to'city Saturday,
say not only profoundly impressed his’
hearers and caused them to open their
eyes, we ar^ told, but his challenging
words }<hould be read by every citizen
in South Carolina.
In the course of his addre^ the
Sheriff told the members of the club
that last year he and^ his deputies
ma^e 2,622 arrests, and of those he
could trace more than 1,400 directly to
whiskey. According to his report, for
the 8*me period 39 murders occurred
in bis county, and thus far this year
41 Twve occurred, but to date not on$
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Miss Emmie Pitts has retunwd to
Columbia c<(flege after visiting her
i parents,.
5 The toughe.st guY in all the world
to hide from or keep out of the way of
is your filling station operaltor. I’ve
used every kind of sluething to shake
him off, but--he simply won’t shake.
When i''^cros.s the stiiet, he crosses
too;-when I bend over to fix some
thing in the bottom of the car, he
eets me head-on, and T have to stop;
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MEN’S NEW
Slashed In Prices
me
when I tell him that Ive paid that bill,
he tells me I am lying. (N. B., he usu
ally weighs betwixt 210 and 250 in the
shade.) Nope, you might as well pay
for part of your gas; you’ll have to
do so sooner or later.
Ralph Blakely has returned from
NortiHem markets where he purchased
fail goods for the new Blakely Bros,
■tore.
person has been senieiWed/ pT dMth WeddbeHay" afternoon Hlu
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for any of .these killings in 19313 or
thiis year. “Since I have been sheriff
of your county,!’ Said Sheriff Smith,
“we have had^some murders as cold
blooded as a|iy people ever saw, yet
not one murderer has been accorded
cmpVtal ptrnrehmfent for the crime. I
am going'to stand before the people
of Greenville county as- long as I Am
an officer and teli them on every oc
casion that presents itself, as long as
I am physically able, of the outrag
eous injustices going on in Greenville
county.”
What, a fearless statement. It rings
dear, just the kind of talk that is
, needed all over South Carolina today.
Conditions he speaks of in his c<nuity
Clara Duckett entertained her bridge
club with a lovely Hallowe’en party.
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are found in every oounty in the state,
eertaiin crimes going unchecked, crim-
. inala unpunished, and the law defeated
by kwp-hotes and technicalities.
And thMi this telling statement
from' Sheriff Smith:
“When we do convict et criminal,
St is not 90 da|ys until tome one ap-
proaehes me WKh" a petition to sign
aafcSng the gavemor to pardon or pa-
mlf- Oh, we need education all right,
hot even more we need lass maudlin
aantiment in behalf of . those who tres-
paaa against society.” x
Such challenges ua Sheriff Smit^i
(ponndt Aottld heatir and A^use our
f$aop]a to give thdr influence and sup-
•mii to the obaervanca fjad^ enforce-' — ^
; "" His «Ut«i|»eift that out of 2,622 ar- alwaya met to jpass on loans) has bean
On" “Friday afternoon Mm. E. J.
Adair entertained a number of friends
at a lovely party. In a clever rhyme
the engagement of Miss Emmie Rob
ertson and John Ballenger of Seneca,
yas announced, the wedding to take
place in December. ^
6. Landlords also pretty Imrd
to avoid. Playing off sick will get
you out occasionally, not being at
home will stall him off once or (twice,
but you can’t always prolong hit
agony, as he has a first, second and
third lien on the installment fui!!^-
tore and stuff 4n-yottr ■ house. Nos^
when it comes to getting out of paying
your water bill or your light bill or
your, p^one bill or your gas bill^'that’s
the impossible. They not only have
the law and judges (>n their side, they,
have the monkey-wrenches, plye^,
and fuse blowers. The only frilow
that ever skipped one of these bills
died before the lOth of the month. <
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Nobody’s Business'
By G«(» McGas
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Flat Rack News >
dsfunst Hat lack bank;
the dsfunst Hat lack bank; wiiiah
defuncted in 1924, haa*behn opened by
izzi winski, a furriner from new york,
with a big line of bannannas, turnip
greens, fruit and oranges, he will oc
cupy all of the fiont.of ^
rented
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the
mr. winski has rented the entire
bank bHding from the receiver of tiie
said bank who has padd the followiag
diverdends since he was installed 10
yetLT ago, viMl]|: Atockholders, liarbil-
ity, 2 per cent in 1928; from sale of
land owned by the hanky 1 cent in
1930; from general collections; 3 per
cent in 1933, ballanoe due, leas salksr-
ies,' 94 per cent, X
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Boy Scouts
Name Leaders
Every Suit must go — brand new stock,
guaranteed quality, smartest styles, in
choice patterns and colors — single and
double breasted; j
$22.50 suns.
Cut to
S17.95
$19.95 SUITS,
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514.95
$12J») SUITS,
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$1.95 to $2.95
The Florida Street Boy Scout troop
held its fourth weekly meeting on
Monday nlgbt and «f)acted the follow-
fag effloers: PrstuW, Sppe Davie;
scribe, Charles Yaiboroogh; secretary
and treasurer; Zugene Pinson; doer-
keeper, Rufus SuHivan.
!%• troop is composed of three full
platoons, with Epps Davis, Chariee
Yarborough and Lee Andersoa ae pla*’
toon leaders. ^
Plans are oa foot for hikee and out^
Inge of other kinds in the near futura
The scout work at Florida Street
school is under the direction of W. T.
Henerey, one oT the seventh grade
teachem.
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^N*S OXFORDS, $3 95
^ Other good grade SIL^ HOSE—
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HEN’S WORK PANTS, Qfi* '
PIEDMONT SHIRTS!^
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first QMlity, 19
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SWEATERS—
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LADIES’ FULL FASHION AAe
SILK HOSE, pair .uST
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