University of South Carolina Libraries
4 v’iv- Ji J k: ' W: THE CLINTON CHRONIC^ CUNTON, 8. l\7 • \ 1 > i ^ , v: t. :f t t Ullyp (Elintnn^OI^rntitrlp B>UUiih«4 IfOf WILSON W. HARRIS, E<Utor and PobHih 5 Pablishad Evary Thurtday By THE CHRONrCLE PUBIJSHING COMPA Subscription Rate (Payable in Advance): ; L Ore year |1.50; Six Ilo^ths 76 cents; JThree Months 60 cents Entered as Second Class Mail Jistter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C. X fhe Chronicle seeks the cooperation of* its subscribers and readers—the pnblisher will at all times appreciate wise suK^estions and kindly ad vice. The Chronicle will publish letters of g^eneral 'interest when they are not of a, defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be' noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions Its correspondents. , , of j- 4. Nobody’s, B usinesH By Gee HcGec Public Speaking of Long Ago. The hardest thing I ever, undertooJe 4 up in the front seat and 6 up tn the rumble seat of their daddy’s car,, and go places, and ‘don^^-Jtnow Mything about the pleasure-of killing snake- doctors, robbing hornet nests, or other types of fun oi|long ago, but not so ' M you -r-r very long ago m you mvght be think- jito do was to 'afternoons whet a speech on Friday I teacher say i len I was a boy. Our always exepected | either i !speeches or compositions once aVe^k, an^ when she expected them, it meany that we would have them and not ex-1 icuse.s. ! Methodist Church Fire Telephone tJsers, Consider Quality •and Dependability ot Service ^ , - • as Paramoont”^ My favorite recitation wa.s “Six lit- I>aurens, Xov. 12. — Trinity Metho- di.st church, located near the Laurens- tie rabbits went out to run,” but highway, six miles west of; frequent!^get badly mixed up in try- destroyed by fire Mon-j ing to say It verbatiml et literatim. afternoon. The church wm a I couldn’t always ~remember howi/^^ structure^ It is in the Gray many little rabhits'ithere were; I rare-pastor is Rev. A. ly ever missel^ it* over four rabbit.s,i^' jbut did get as high ws 20 rabbits once or twice. MASONS TO CLLNTON, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1934 MEET TOMORROW NIGHT TO ( UR'B CRIME Attorney General Cummings has re cently infoime<l the American people' of his future plans and determination to wage war against crime. He will be applauded for .such a declaitition. The drive .should include lawyers, doctors and nurees associated with criminal.s. for in the home. Surely Clinton, the ' , home of the in.-ititution', .wilb show a ® -^Nancy Va- caper and| My second choice was- por, full of vise; cuts ja goes.” I thought those similar interest by doing its |mrt, and ‘“a famous doing H gladly. l poem, but found out Later on, when I In the Book .of Book., these word., have run: are- found: “Pure religion and unde- filed before God and the -Father i»l“ T”', ‘’T’" this. To visit the fatherleaa and wid-'™' ‘hmg hack yonder. Camppbell Lodge No. 44, A. F. M., will hold a regular communication Fri day night, Nov. IG, at 7:30 o’clock. M. M. degree wifl‘'*Bq "^c^rmlferf^.' All members are urged- to ,be present. By order of W. M. V. P, Adair, Secretary. ows in their affliction, fiHd to keep hitn.self unspotted Jrom the world.” and everybody in our .school and com munity had an over-supply of it. i , OUR CITY CIuERK A newspajM'r in another town ex- rr««sing il.s approval over the re- election of it.s city (reasuier, .states “that he is one of the, most efficient officials in the stale.” Well, sini’e the (pu\wti,on has come up, we want to,say that (dinton has a city clerk and treasurer who will stack up pretty welt against the of ficial in question, oi any other hii“ may be pitched against. Since assuming Ihi.s responsible position" he has dis charge its dutiqs m a manner entire ly sati’sfactory to the public he serves. On hi« job he is always courUK)us jjind affable, mixing character, ' enterprise and a dear head with efficiency. By the quality of his work, and his inter est.in the city’s affair;^, he has won and holds the eD<lorsement of the com munity. In the machinery of the city’s mu- nieipal governmejit there is no more appreciated or valuable co" Lira;': il.-,’ clerk and trea.sur<T, 1). > C. Heustess, pcpularly known as “DickyJ’ ; I could alternate on the 2 speeches I referred to above, but used them con- [stantly for about 5 years—w’hich rep-| ! resehts practically the full time that I attended school. Mine was the old log .school house for the first 2 years. hut later—windows in it; that i.s—it had glass windows in k for the first 1 or T) day.s after school .started. GILBERT BLAKELY Sunilay was a day of preuiiar .sad ness in Clinton on account of the funeral of Gilbert Blakely a ii-;''ful. noble-hearted citizen, a sinceie friend f and upright gentleman. { Mr. Blakely was one of the city’s mo.?r^opiilar and useftil young men. He loved hi.s coniiriunity, he loved his fe-ilowman. he loved his home and . . family, be love,I hi, church, he Ic.ved ‘'L'"'"'' those speeches; my his Master. Hi. loyalty knew neither]''»«■ f*"- "f these spasm., of ora-, variablenes.. nor .shadow of tu,„jng. ‘'''J''’’■“’-'' '’'■.‘''"'t ‘h'i He stood always for what he thought 1'‘“'"'.'’"th an.f a enck imhe neck. If usually bored a hole in the floor with' was right. His word was his bond, he. , . , , , , knew no compromise with wrong, he "'y''■K toe while reo,tmg. ..r scratched hared pretense and hypoci isv. He was ‘h-’‘h'" »ff <>f the calf of my left leg so whule-rouled, so bright, so jolly, so ''"'h the to.-nail,s of my right’ foot kind, so ehai-itable, .so scrupulously I could mil stand at,H; Ma-gan to itch Telephone eervice ii such an mtimate, personal service that anything adversely affecting it at once becomes e subject of individual interest to the millions oi users Because .this service has such an important part in.your every day aocla^ and business lifg. Its quality and dependability are matters ot serious concern to vou Service inferior to the high stamdard to which you are accustomed would not be acceptable, even at a towei otice Recognizing thie tact, the Bell System naa always so shaped its sohey ss to insure the oest and moat dependable service Ifhat scieiice and careful farsighted management could produce, at the lowest ooasible cost consistent with financial safety. Due to thie constructive policy, the telephone business naa" never earned eoeculacive profits. ^ In the oest veers of the Southeni Bell Telephdne Company’s history and during a time when other businesses were earning large profits on soaring prices, the cost of the telephone service was kept at a level*''where the return on the investment-was never more than 7% in 1930 when the depression was first felt these earnings declined rapidly, and in 1933 they shrank to about 4% on the investment 'It IS obvious that further reductions of auch already adequate earnings would seriously endanger the financial soundness ot the business, and be reflected in the quality and dependability of the service. D. E. Tribble Co. FUNERAL DIRECTORS and EMBALMERS Licensed Embalmer, Complete Modern Equipment Day Phone 94 so cnarilanK*, so honest in his ilialings with his fellow- men. In the course of his sho;. life, marked by unselfish service, time and again 'll'* .har.ivcl with positions oi tru.sc and iniportHnee. an 1 Tif in-^^ variably kept thie faith. His name am) j the name of his firm wa.s a household: woi'd in this <‘ommun'i4y. All all over just as soon as the wouhf say: ‘^Now we will have a speech by little Gee McGee.” er fine LIABILITY LAW KILLED ^ Hiked toTtrr-bu si ness with him, he wasl State tabulations comjiiled yest<'r-j fair, so courteous, so considei ate,! day revealed that several of the s‘nie-i so accommodating. ' One o( the out-| wide amendments to the coristitulion; standing i;haracleri.-t!cs of the young I haven’t outgrown that uneasy, I scared fwling yet. When somebo<ly calls, on me without notice to get up ami say a f^'V words, I almost faint, I my'heart In-ats at least .'>00 revolu tions |H‘r minute, sweat just pours out of the top of my l)ald head, my mouth beeom.s as dry a i)otato chip and my eyes run water, my nose be- Night Phones 24. 253 or 255 Clinton s. c. SOUTHER^N -Ttlephon-2 snd Tclegraptr InCORPORATKD comes .stop|>ed up, my ear.s-wiggle, ami of Souh Carolina were given electoral | man was his fidelity to duty-r-his thor- approval-in the* general election of | oujrhness. In his business, the «L’ivic November Gtb. ' ' I life of. th< • community, his church.!'"VMy child- I my whole diaphragm-In'gins to shim-; One of the amt'ndments that "as, ^.y^cni-vcr a duty yvas assigned him training wasn t strenuous en- adopted, as it should have l>een, was I was always discharged willingly to.jnake of me a chronic public to Section IK, Article 9 of the t^onsti-jj«ffj,(.Hvcly. Frerjuently tiiVn werei^i^*^^^*'^’ * But neailj ever other lution, relieving stockholder in hanksjh<.ard to .say. “If Gilbert Blakely is youngster in school wa.H as frightened ,1 ... „ o,.„, asked to do a thing it will be attend- E. Mood Smith, O. D. Felder Smith, O. D. Drs. Smith & Smith optometrists’ SPECIALISTS Eyes Examined. GlasAea Prescribed I.aboratory for Prompt Repair'^ Service. . Li West Main Street Pfione 101 CLINTON, S. C. Notice for Payment of City Taxes Notice iaS hereby given that Town Taxes foT* the Tow'n of Clinton will be due and collectable betweeaX^ctober 15th and November SOth^ for the year 19^4r"^The Tax Books will be opened for the collection pf'^axes at the .office of the Tow’n Clerk on Octoberjl^th, and will re- indav main open each, day thereafter, Sunday excepted, up to and through November 30th. A penalty of ten (10) per.cdnt w’ill accrue on all taxes not paid on or before Friday, November 30th, which pen alty will be in force through Monday, December 31st, after which an additional five (5)-per cent will accrue. J. The levy for ^rrent fiscal year is thirty-seven (37) mills; twelve. <12) mills for current operating expenses and tWenty^^five (25) mills for interest and sinking fund on various Bond Issues outstanding. The foregoing notice is given pursuant to Ordinance paTssed by the Town Council, October 1, 1934. Dated Oct. 1, f934 D. C. HEUSTESS, • ' Town Clerk. of liabitity t(> dopositars in a sum t-qual to the fact* value .of their .stock. Thi« means that the way is now opened up for the organization of «tate banks, an impossibility Ih the past because of lio .such proviso per taining to national Ivanks since their law wai^ drnemied. The atiH-kholders liability require ment ha.s worked a hardship on thou- a ed to and done well.” Not only was Mr. Blakely a useful citizen and a sincere friend, but he was a Christian gentleman, the high est tribute that can be paid any man. Siib^ibe tp The Chronicle -- S1.50 a Year at speech-making,'as I was; that was some consfolation. When Boys Were Boys When I was 10 to 12 yeai-s of age. I spent my Sundays in a manner He loved his church and supported all!which differs materially with the Sun its activities devotedly. He loved the cause of Christ with an unyielding de votion. He exemplified the Christian (oxods of hono.-^t, innocent men and wo-jiife jjj ^ quie^, unassuming and digni- rom who have been cru.shed with dhs-lfj^vd way. He lived by the Golden Rule, flstrous financial assessments because j r^^ver wronging anyone knowingly. lie of bank failuiw for which they were noL responsible. Tlve law was unjust; ii simply meant the penalizing of a man or woman for practicing thrift and attempting to .save something in the way of bank investments. That it has been'removed fro nr the constitu tion, as indicatwl from incomplete re turns, will bring general approval to' the public. ** was An'APPEAL FOR THORNWELL^ The Thornwell orphanage of thfs , citjy, an imstitulion that our people loije, irrespeeitve of. denomination, is molding' oul its u.sual sm'cial Thanks- 'giying appc^al in the three controlling sjAiod^, Georgia, ’Florida and South "Carolina. It is diixM'ted to young and; old alike,, in the hope that a substan tial gift will conie.^to the institution to help relieve its pressing and dis- tresaing financial needs. This insti tution, fike all other agencies of the ehojne^ has suffered by the depres sion which ha.s had a telling effect upon its receipts. The hope thereby expreeaed by the management that with exHiditions considerably improved over kMt year, that there will be a kind and good. to everyone, a friend^ to all, an enemy to nopfe. The passing of Mr. Blakely in the flower of manhood |s a loss to this community aVid cast a jiall^of sorrow over it. His memory will alw'ays be cherished by hundreds who admired him for his Solid aYid aifhiirable treits of character, his uprightness, honest and clean living. Gilbert Blakely was one of the fin est character it has been our privi lege to know and aasijciate with. He was a first^-ratc citizen whoso influ ence will l>e gTeatly missed in Clinton. His life, ifi so many respeetk. is wor- day practices of the youth of tmlay. Of coui*se, all of us went to church every fourth Sunday morningj but we had no Surwluy, .school or other kinds of inteferences in our community. Wo lived only 6 mile.s from a church, just a pleasant hour walk in .AVigust. .My plajnnates consisted of 4 broth-! ers, 3 -little neigblior niggers, and 1 white boy, all of u.s b<*twixt 6 an<l 13 years of age. VVe .started out every Sunday morning (excejit the foui-tii Sunday morning, when we went toj church, as prt'viously statedL about! 7 o’clock and In'gan to ramble. The | firet thing we did was follow the. brancii in the pa.stuieNfor and kill snake doetoi-s.i If the sun was shinirng, lizzard ami streakfield.s we;v .plenitiful on rail thy of emulating by the young men of! fences by 9:30 o’c'oek# we muidered' this community. —.God ivst him. them for awhile and llH‘n;^we com- 10 Years Ago Items of Interest From The Chronicle of November ISi, 1924 I menced to rob wasp and yeHow-jackel 'nests for an hour or so and, having finished that' business, we rushed home and ate dinner. -The next move was a run of about 4 miles to our wash hole, and an hour of swimming, divmg, ducking, summersaulting, leap frogging, etc., wound up that job. Rev.. L. E. Wiggins, after complet ing the u.sual four-year term as pastor _ of Broad Street Methodist church has httaif, liberal response to the appeal returned to' the city for a fifth mm b^ng mad^ at the Thanksgiving charge, eeason. * ' For a number of years, under the direction of the--late Thos. C. Scott, and tliea by o^tbers who succeeded him, a cHy-wkle canvass was maderof Clin ton to give all an opportunity to make a contrib^ion to tbe orphanage who desired to do so. During the past two years this custom has not been fol lowed, but it I is to be renewed this yesur.. A news item in today’s paper etatea that on next Monday, Noy. 19th, a eanyass pf ^he'^cofutnunityv will fa^ iniide by^ve/al officials of the insti tution. No high pressure methods.aiv Ao be (ped upon anyone, simply an op- portnimy given to merchants, busi- neaa houaes and a vohiatary offering to Thornwell. Gifts ef provisions, clothing, food, hi fact anything thi^ can be XMPtd for ibe cai'e and maintenance of the ehildimi will be gladly received and sinoerely appreciated. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. MiLam and Mr. and Mrs. John Griffith attended the Methodist conference 4n Laurens on Sunday. We invaded plum and peach and apple orchards aher that an^ cleaned ea^ of them out. before starting on the muscadines of the community. Af ter getting fairly well filled up, we went to the creek and grabbed’ for fish, snakes, mud-turtles, tad-poles, craw-fi^hes,' and any other varmints co|mmon to a water habitantf^then we took up throwing rocks at birds, cows, mules, each other, and anything e|se Mr. and Mrs. U. Lowndes Browning'that looked like it wanted to live, and of Sedalia, iiuid Col. C. B. Smith of the next two hours were employed in New York, were the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. George A Copeland. Mrs. W. J. Bailey is the guest of Mrs. Walterj.^Hunt in Newberry 'and is attending the state D. A. f erence. R- con- .» »• I t. Mrs. J. J. Peake is visiting her par- indiViduals to makelents m Columbus, Ga. 0)\ThuT8<|ay afternoon Miss Emmie Young'^as guest of-honor .at a lovely climbing trees and skinning cats. ^iley, Mr«. E. G. Fuller Coleinan are atteliding feeing "w|)en the opportunity comes i the D. A. K. conference in .sessMn in Other towns and cities Newsb^riyif ' * It ia to; ^ hoj^-that Cliatoa willi - .MPV J- X B to % |^hnd''nfaTce.‘^-li«eraFbf-j^iTti>Mft%’ J. J. rinv' «li«n the oDDortunity comes the D. A. R. c shower .given by Mrs. Lonnie McMil- I-an. . . - , 1 sta^ are interesting 1 for the three hundred bright atid ^ .s ' , -.-.A her hdinle in jLeesville, after a vSnU v«- M’*** Jo«<»pW'n«» Brodie. ' We enjoyed making ppfp-gui^ from elder bushes, picking sweetgum, chew ing alickery-elm baric, smoking* rabbit tobacco, seeing who rould spit the fur- therest, playing hop-acoitch and stink- base, standing on our heads, walking on our hands, blowin|; our fists, whist ling with bur fingers, turning our eyelids wrong^kide out, chasing grass hopers,' catching jacks with straws, and digging doodles. We were not handicapped with an excess Of clothes, and really and troiy were happy in the midst^of our ighorance ahd pov-v erty. • ■‘ - ' nl of good print ng over mediocre printing be cause of the vptly superior'results obtained— and results, of course, are paramount. . J ' • Chronicle Publishing Co. printing is not,'in anyC^ense, cheap printing. It is produceLf^by skilled craftsmen to meet the exacting Irequire- ments of its users. But, measured by the stand ards of real service and satisfaction, it is after all, the least expensiver ' But to<biy'Yt*8^d^«rent. Guc boys are gro^*ai.l2,'4m9k€ cigarettes jit tfhcy77tobacc9Vrf’j'|^^li>sS' at '5,. ta^ on Sunday and dniw i^ kbda wAter, wink at the giria wHo might i»8g, ^ck 0 e E B B E n. 7'“ t * if A.’ K * “All Kinds of Printing Exc^t Bad” J I 1—'J r-7-^ ri—^ ;i. . 'A. 4« 4 441 r 1 i(n 4A *1 <H