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C- = 1 _.; - v-y; _^v '•,.;_.■ n ■ . h\' ' ,'i- ,- ' . ■ ' . A ' •■ i / ^ - !■ ■/ ^' v; f ■■ ‘ PAGE FOUR ;^‘ T ■/ ''^ ij <■ THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, 6. C i . I . p 1- ^ ■fj ‘ ' '•'. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER ,1^4 , \ .-1,. (Slyr Clinton Clirnni^U ^ BaUbUM im • r WILSON W. HAREIS, Editor and I^blither r r PnblUhcd Every Thursday By i THE CHRONICLE PUBUSHING COMPAfiy Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): Ore year $1.60; Sii liorfths 76 cents; Three Months 60 cents Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton* S. C The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the publisher wiH at a]! times appreciatis [wise suggestions fud kihdly ad ietters of vice, 'fhe Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when they are not of a-defamatory nature. Anohymous communications will not he noticed. T^is paper is not redponsiole for the- views or opinions of Its correspondents. / - f i^obody’s Business By Gee McGee CX' HcZl Official Business, deer mr. eddito^:— our mayon^tas^asked this Smnuel Insiill RANKS HIGH AT CAROLINA ^George Alfred Browniitf, of this cfty, was the only Laurens/^ounty stu dent and one of the lOd/in the state to be listed 1n .^e repoi^t of Prof. W. * ' IC. ^cCa|I, chairman of the student Dollar Mail Fraud; Much Re-' pcrsonhei office; as CLINTON, S. )C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1934 OUR WiisH FOR YOU ■ The Chronicle extends to its large .three states picked the same day family of readers best of wi.shes forj -The'real “Mother of Thanksgiving joy and contentment on this happy !l>ay’’ was Mrs, Sarah Josepha Hale, family day. (who was the editor of the first maga- : zine published especially for ^men, KETI ER BE SAFE THAN . . . ? | Godey’s-^Lady’s Book. Mrs. l^le, be fore ISTjO, tried to get the m asKeu inis corry, - i_ spondent; mr. mike Clarke, rfd.^^t^ JO Cing In Courts •put a notis in yore paper inf arming-!-.''^ _ . T the publick that the jobpf poleesman! Chicago, Nov. 24.—After two hours of flat rock will >e vacant after the i of deliberation, 12 next meeting-of the town counsel, jurors shattered thp govera- his'badge will be tooy aWay from charge, of a hundred million on that date for the following reasons ‘against Samuel In- to wit: 16 associates with a verdict I of acquittal today. ' ; I r> V.1 * I ' Be^tween lunch time and the dinned , —8 e.ping on duly while at work j^e ease against the ruler of the and leting^mebody tote off the type- ‘w« *>»»<"> ^o'htr Mtilitiea writer of ^e city hall which was , .on the desk Iw was laying down on at j„ j , | the time of the highway robbery an- at the breath-taking speedi * I jof the verdict, Insull eiiclaimed, “This] I is the start of the clearing of,my rep-‘ 2—sampliW 7 fruit jars full pf corn i utation.” v ! licker that He had ketched a bootleg-1 The jury’s verdict, read in a hushed j u 1 wL a au a. aMittst tHo pease and dig- courtroom bv Foreman ,Iohn P laenf dom happened that more than twoeor'„..„ . „„ri Jvof foreman jonn r. uent, ai -a_a-_ J au- j_.. towtt and state aforesaid., came with a rapidity startling to dc-i making high scores jOn scholastic aptitu^ ■ aqd placement tests at the University, where he is a. member of the fresh man class. Alfred, who has iltany friends. here,' was a member of last year’s graduating class at, Clinton high school where he made an out standing record. . Colds That Haog On Don't k| Uism gol startod. Rfhl them ^niickly. Cwomnlswn combhMS 7 belpo in Pa 'otrerful bnt hanaleaa PlesnsnC tn talcn^Ifo narcodcs. Yom; dmggiat ia antbof iaad ta refyd yoor money on the spot il yov conghM ooM ia sot relieved by Cran> malrfw *7 (adrj "7- 1- i’ . ■W SPECIAL OFFER American Magazine — 2 years for $S.5a. JAMES W. CALDWELL Anything In the Way of ^agazinen/ / =J The hunting .soa.son in South Caro- 1 ini -Opens today for partridges or quail. Th^3^ means^ that thousands, armed with shooting paraphernalia, will daily sally forth to the wood3_^[n of the United States to issue a proc he sampled lit early ever night for 2 fense attorneys and prosecutors alike , weeks and then it was all gone. Ae the case, developed five-'tona ofj! business records were^^brought out but^j^l 3—receiving a cash bond for 4$-when the jury r^ired to their room from judd Clark for being under the they sent thit forTinly three letters, intoxication of strong dri/ik, and not ^ U. S. District Attorney A. T. Wight, turning the same into the treassujefw ho had wnrlfpH fnr nonrly twn yg>«y . of the town counsel in 1929, all assi^ .soTor to obtain a different result heard the verdict without emotion, ‘ rfie~g6vernment presented its case lamation for a national Thanksgiving' , ^ day. Mra. Ruth ^Finley^ - bombarded p^re^dt'nt''after ^'Jelideit i working agaa^f^he pressentjthe young prosecutor, scorch of game for the next weeks^to Imand^until. in IRg!}, Presi-1"^^yer enduring Jhd^st niuny-cipa!j“'^^«jave^7^eryth^^^^ dent Lincoln i.ssued thekfirst national i campane, and ^ ^ _ Irk*. come. ting on the other fel- The huriting season always brings jproclani^o^t iiamintT’*’’’ at the of 3 to 1, allso for loud anew the danger of injury from^ fire-last Thursday in November as its «W<‘arin|;xwhile trying to arre.st 2 ce- ariiris by those who are''amateurs, or From that time on every presi- ‘^ar latie boys for* speeding on mJ’.n careless. It renews the story often, iJ^J^ucd such a proclamation, related of a life wiM out by the dis- j^j^j jrovernor of- , , charge..j^f an empty gun. (every state has also - proclaimed' o—for swopping off his pi.siol whicn Here are twelve mighty good sug-^ jg,,t^hur.sday in November as Thanks- belonged to the town courr.sel with- . v, i i i i .• from .Stftte. Game VV'arden' o.;,,;,,,,;' ,i„„ )gin«'P tVn.rp hns npver holsum moore for a cheajx'r pistol building, expecting The case in which the Chicago utili ties builder qnd bus associates were charged with bilking hundreds of in vestors* of huge sums, went to the jury at 2:21, after a two-hour charge b.v Federal Judge James Wilkerson. At 4 :23 the jury sent'out word that it ha<i agreed. The prosecutors and'^ Sincere Thanks On Thanksgiving ■vL< X f. • As, ThanksKiving rolls around again, we hasten to thank our friends ant^ customers for the liberal patronage given us this year. We extend our siincere appreciation for your .business and go^ will.'On this glad day we dedicate our regular advertisement towards making our thoughts of thank fulness and appreciation known to all. To you and yours on this Thanksgiving day, we extend the best of wishes for happiness. f Buchanan'S DRY CLEANERS AND LAUNDRY “THE XWLD RELIABLE” Phone 28 / gestibns irom .'state, me v\ araen ■ day. Since there ha.s never . . , . Richardson. Read them, thoughtfully, congress on the sub-^ bad check for the difference, ( speed, I and then paste the-m In jwur huntingijp^.. Thanksgiving 4ay is not techni-'®"^ turning in anny monney'forj U wa.< a blanket acquittal. A che^rj Jial: - ii,l|y a „a,i„„al holiday, but it siould,»»"»' »"".■■■ ™unt of ho could not crowd,-only family 1, Do not loail your gm until youl^a difficult to keep the |.eo|>le of any|it '-"hed: .qh'otoJ hy the banging of the clerk’s! reach your hunting grounds. i from observing it, even if the 2. Do not carry a loaded gun in an, governor forgot to issue his procla- -antomobile or on your horse. *lmat1on. 3. Unload your gun before getting , . yw u .. i In a boat and do not load your gun in gavel. i am directed'no saynhat appleca- In 'recent years there has been a tendency to take Thanksgiving day lightly. We are all too much inclined. A moving boat. 4. Always unload before climbing,. , . y y i j* y- — e I 1 ici iTi Koo<l times, to take credit to our- over . fence, and never lean a loaded' whatever gun against a support. . they may Iw, while in limes of dis- , „ 6. Never point your gun at any ob- ^ inclination to aJ'l-mmistration. jret unlc,s» yon expect to shoot. . | ..what have I got to.ho thankfuD 6. Never pul your hand on the hear this .piestion askeil by tions will be rceiv^d by the undere- signed in his own hanil-writing for 2 weeks from tonight, all backed up, and everybody who applies 'must be. with 1$ in cash as an act of good faith,' fairly soiier, reasonably honest, mostly' truthful, and (5 foot tall anti a friend' SUBSCRIBE TO> THE CHRONICLB zle of the gun. 7. Never carry your gun with the jots of peOjple, biit ore of the iM'st Social News From Flat Rock ple.-e correct the report made in my colluni last week that tillie wilkins cures Tor pe.ssimi.sm is to lilop think- wiiKins !: r ........ I.W.I- o».T frv. ;.np dillard got marned at the k. .Never pom a gun at anylrndy I ,he • good things,f the hri.le s mother., , m the, 9. Never lest the muzzle on the lasll''^^ ‘t 'Itf Thqnksirivina isecont place, sam dillard is alreddy. if we compare what w« have to be "’■fried, and in the third place, tillie' ground. 10. Never jump a ditch with ii load- c<l gun says‘herself that it i.s a mistake. iT n 'f 1 1 zinr .gun in f},*. ^bankful for with what our foroliears nc.-Nfu^inai ii i 11. Dp. not load your.gun in Thankagiving ' dav "“'■''ter know. ,t house, 12. Never shoot at a — it might be a man. day vjuKiitcr Kiiuvv. u was turned in by . ,l„a m.el'bad, we cau count ourselves immeas- ™-rt'' "rchie ,ball Uppina, the.town gos- duestion nt«rk ^^_^yy T E. Mood Smith, O. D. Felder Smith, O. D. DrsJ Smith A Smith OPTOMETRISTS _ SPECIALISTS Eyes Examined, Glasses Prescribed Laboratory for Prompt Repair Service. 15 M'est Main Street Phone 101 ^ CLINTON, S. C. \ Notice -for Payment of City Taxes - Notice is hereby given that Town Tjkxes for the Town , of Clinton will be due and collectable! between October 15th and November 30th, for the year 1934. The Tax Books will be opened for the collection of taxes at the t office of the Town Clerk on October 15th, and will re-j main open each day thereafter, Sunday excepted, up to 1 and through November 30th. ' ’ A penalty of ten (10) per cent will accrue on all taxes not paid on or before Friday, November 30th, which pen alty will be in force through Mohday, December 31st, after which an additional five (5)(per cent will accrue. The levy for current fiscal year is thirty-seven (87*) mills; twelve (12) mills for current operating expenses and twenty-five (25) mills for interest and sinking fund on various Bon4 Issues outstanding. The foregoing notice is given pursuant to Ordinance passed by the Town Council, October 1, 1934. Dated Oct. 1, 1934. D. C. HEUSTESS, Town Olerk. AMBITIOUS JAPAN literally '7 nothing to be thankful for except that I | , for a whole year they had escaped ® jnan by the name of bert The fear of famine was working his Nothing that we have read or heard always present before them. Here inj''^®^. college la.st week with mag throws a stronger light uppbn the dif-; America nobody has been permitted to suckceeded in ference between the Japanese and ev-j^Q^ie within imagining distance check on-the dfug eiy other nation in the world than the j starvation, and one of the great prob-i*^°^*^ V® Xot 9$ of same in consternation in Japanese officialdoni ^ len^s we have been trying to solve this I?®®"; * nice[ powder puff for miss because the.police guard attemling the, year is-how to reduce our national veeve smith with 1$, and some Mikado took the wrong turning the | ,urplu3 of food. ofher day and piloted the imperial [ Compare our situation with that of candy for jud alien’s youngest darter, c49, and he took the 'ballance in cigar- car along-a street which had not been'the rest of the wofid and we can find bubbert gi^n |s on the he properly prepared for his coming, A (plenty of evidence that it is every, ‘f *^c^ched police insi>ector attempted suicide to j American’s duty to give thanks this | ’^®'jXht have to work his way thru the wipe out the dishonor he felt over (.Thursday for greater‘s measures of <^”**nx*ng for 12 months. * the incident. Other officials were j comfort, liberty'and~the means of hap- ** locked up to prevent them from kill- piness ing themseh’es. At. last accounts it > seemed as though the cabinet minis ter responsible for the police would have to resign his office, if not even!that the.great majority of Americans, to commit hari-kari. . | by whatever name they may call their That is a situation incomprehensible^ religious creed, still believe that there to the citizens of a democracy. Back- j, g Divine Providence which - has of it lies the insurmountable difficulty; guided and still will guide our nation, a Jbelled buzzard flew over flat rock lajt week on' his journey down south to a certain dead town called cedar There are some people who have lost their faith in spiritual things. i They are to be pitied. But we believe according to our poleesman. this same belled buzzard flew over our lit tle town ever year for the past 12 years at exactly 3:20 p. m. on the same day of the week, which is thurs- day, and is always 62. feet from the I of dealing with Japanese^diplomats' ggd when we consider the state of 1sh^es his head and of the rest of the I bis bell 8 time^ at the; .same set- OD level terms. They are-a superior ^ of the people race, in their own estimation, superior j world, we feel that there, is ample ground for a National Thanksgiving to all the rest of the world. Their emperor is the direct descendant of the Sun god, and is far superior to- any earthly pow^r. Every! Japanese owes his life to the Mikado, (Whose will is the sole basic law of the land. What the .Mikado wills his subjects will gladly lay down their lives for. Just now Japan is demanding nayal equality with Great Britain and the United States. It has refused to rec ognize the right of any other nation or of the League of Pj!/i^ona to raise any question about its occupation of Man- Day. These are things to think about today. 10 Yenrs Ago Itemz of Interest From The Chronicle of November 20, 1924 ont. this report was handed in by holsum.jnoore who has lived here only 3 years, but got it from one sid oz^y, who has lived her 6 years and owes everyboddy in town. Miss B. Copeland has resigned her position as a member of the Lydia , , , .school faculty. Mias Helen Bailey of churia. Withdrawing from the League,schools has been transferred J.p.n 1.111 not ,.y yo.s or no to the ^ ;;,V't;irtho ^xr^y hnd Miss Essie Young succeeds Miss '' a highway robber entered the fill ing station of judd Clark,in the night time last week and toted off his cash reggistenr ad nearly cfs.. his finger! iprints have benn took off the door-, knob which was left unlocked and the size of his shoe was no. 11. he did not drink, as he never teched 2 fruit jars of licker setting on the counter where judd left same and forgot to lock up everything, he did not get home his- inquiry whether it is or is not fj)rti- fying the Ladrone Islands as a naval base. It begins tftjlook as if Japan were ambitious to occupy tihe position which Germany, under t(he Kaiser, used to hold, that of tlW potential trouble-maker of the world. Bailey^. the gowemment cows who have THANKSGIVING 7^- The institutfoi}^ of our American Thanksgiving day dates back almost ^ ISe ts^hnings of the”s^tlement of North America by newcomers from Europe. The firat Thanksgiving day WM oelobrat^' by the Pilgrims of Plymouth in’^623. After a day of The Clinton Billy Sunday club will enjoying our southern hosspi- hold a banquet on Friday evening atjulity and green pastors frbm out “west the Clinton hotel. fgj. the past 2 or 3 months are now Mr. and Mrs. William Henry, who, being hilled and slitHctered and canned have been residing in Uurens, havel*| the iwte of about 6(nieads per day. moved back to Clinton and Mr. Henry,they will soon be returned back to' is now connected with E. W. Fergus3. their o^-ners to be et up as foast beef Ford dealer Miss Annie Lou Norman is visiting her sister in Lancaster. Mrs. Parks Adair and daughter, Vivian Parks, have returned from a stay of several months in St. Louis. Mr. and ^Mrs. Guy Copeland and children of AbbeVille, are visiting the parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. prgyer and fasting the Pilgrims feast ed and gave thanks to Almighty God' former’s for the bountiful harvest which en- Rhett Copeland. . abM them to look forward to a wintei;| Mrs. Harvey Brannon of Statee- <of ampin food. , ' jboro, Gm, is^visiting her mothq/*, Mrs. Thanksgiving day hai become such Emma Little a qghrcraally observed'national holiday thal iew people realize that its gen- azal ^baervaace on the lasft Thursday pk Nasrember is quite a re^nt devel- opmmL All of the ztatea of ,New Eng- laii4 a—I zome of the other Northern ati^ip, had an annual, <My of thanka- ^ ^ prodiuaation of tha bat while, thia euatom cama Thursday when the honorad the sixth hirtWay of bar little gfiuHleoa, Wil- colonial Huj^, H j»eL|Ranii Awdareofi, of GreeirriHe. Mrs. C. L. Rounds is at home from an extended visit to her son in Florida. Mn. B. H. Boyd entertained with a luncheon Friday in honor of the Wives of the ainton Kiwantanb. Mrs. R. L. Bailey delightfully en tertained a number of little tots on instead of t-bone stakes and Uvver. \ E take pleasure in announcing that our Yv Depositor is now a member of the Fed eral .Deposit In^ance Corporation. ■Ml All Deposits Insured Up to $5,000 In'addition tp offering Government Insured to our customers, we are prepared to -X ‘ transact regular banking business such as handling bills of lading;, draftaior collection , - , A and remittance; in fact, aO functions of a KanU except the making of loans. *1 no preeching will be hell at rehober next Sunday onner count of the pas ture, rev. waite, h asbenn called tbj see a rich uncle that he hopes will getf along verry well in north georgy. but' if he do die, rev. waite is the only] ancestor he has and expects to inhariti! everything, the church is vacant. yores trulie, * mike Qark, rfd, town clbrk. '! 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