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T * », THE CLINTON CHBONICLR CUNI^N, S. C New F^eral Home / Opals In Clinton To Beirin Business Jftnii Under Direction of L. GrayH Equipment Is Modc^ V ■ CH^ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1934 QUALITY OF PRODUCT . IS FIRST WITH PONTIAC The question, “Which_is the most I important factor in the sale of a mo- points FIscwhere in this i??ae appear^' tmge advertiseuiewr^ announcing? the ^ opening of Gray’s Funeral Home, Inc.J. ^he mo^intelligent humjin (>eing in on the First day of January,! 1935. jthe^Vorld, according to ^He Stanford The new establishment carries th^ tevislbn jof tfte famous Binet Simon name, and is under the ^erson^ di-; test^^ iVa seven, and a half year old reetkm of L. Russell Gray, well known boy in Bi^ldyn Vith ah intelligence and experienced undertajter. {quotient oF 230, which is" 25 Mar. Gray .for several years was thanN^instienV^ charge of undertaking for the D. E, l.^ V Tribble company of this city. When’ York ner^spapers^ rar ^ he sold his inters to the Tribblethe story of ^e decision uphold-and hierchaqdising where I firm a year, ago he retired from the compulsory military ti^ining inijmy^ spent so many years, but frank- undertaking business un<ler an agree-1 the land grant Univ^sity of*"^alifor-j jy^ j'jj carf'my vote in f^vor ment made at that time^ He has now|**>®* . V to ^e two .youths ^ product itsekf as the most imr portant factor in influencing the sale of automobiles. tor CMt: (1) The excellence of design and engineering^'(2) The quiUity and efficiency of manufacture, or (3) Mer-> I chandising?” was the subject^ of an ' interesting discussion ‘recently “^in the office of H. JV Klirigler, president and l^eeneral managrer Of the Pontiac Motor ^mpany. ' ’ ^ykening it to the everj debatable que^ion, “Which comes first, the egg or thb^n?” Mr. Klingler was con vinced timt the quality of the product comes firi^t I “It may k^m strange,” h4 said, “for front 1 n[,g to go bahk on the cause of sales- to ebtiin the n^essary sales people to place the cars ip the handsi of will ing buyers. Advertising, thef varioui methods of merchandising and the word of mouth message of the satis fied, owner will spread the gospel of quality to millwirw motorists in short ord^r. To t have the product rigbf, of of perfection in their engineering. ‘'ll! the san^e ^way, otfcer manufac* turiera, who put everj^ing they had]/ into design and engineering, we^ faced with the handicaps of old plants, vnth the^^alt that costs were above what the public would pay. . “'pi® kind of an automobile that thb public has flocked to by the millions “7~" W A N T S LOST — One tirs and wfa^I from ^ Eagle Bus Line between Clinton and Lake Thdmas. Liberal reward if returned to^Kellers Drug Store. Ip courae, requires the finest factories depression is pne which and the best engineering taidints ob- combing the finest design with the talQable. ' “Through the foresin^ktedness of the AOCIDENT Insurance Tickets—coat only 25e a day; pay im to $6,000. S. W. Sumerel, phone 80 m^d.S^ L iity or*\aiiror-j ]y^ i»jj ^y^ cup'my mvni, im»w ai ni»c iie iiao iiuv* j , two .youths prodUCt itsekf aS moved his family back lo Clinton from expelled for declining thelraming, for Laurens, and, as stated,'will assume; I.through my milltary^there, If^e - \' on the firs^t of i^be year the persona direction.of ^be hew firm. ^ Mr. Gray and. family will live on the second floor df the funeral home. The:-first Goor has b^n remodeled and ^-quipped with the newest and most modern acce.Hsories, and made into a complete ideal funeral home.'T^ es- tiih'ishinen't is located in the ho B.'.st < arolira avenue formerly pied by. J. I. Copeland. The home will contain a funeral chapel and reception room, a family C - CP „ V p'the majority of the others- ly. rudgin$\| “If..,a car is properly designed and inanufactured it wili not be difficult In spite of cool weather, horse lahoe enthusiasts continue to play in Cent Park. They have-a club there whic is self-sustaining, requiring no finan cial assistance from the park authori ties. It includes croquet and racque. The husband of the fojmer Barbara "Wtton, Prince Alexis Mdivani said, “WeNjon’t think it fitting to spend Her birth- ^ontiac management before the de pression, the most modem and . effi cient plant in the'industry was built. Thoae officials realized how important a part a plant plays in the quality and the price of a car. This factory is cap able of building the finest automo biles that engineers can design and of doing it at the lowest coat. ‘^Manufacturers with good, efGcient plants never had gotten the maximum out of the wealth of engiqMring aibil- ity in the way of the highest quality for the lowest price. They thought that their modem planU made it un- ncc&isary to achieve the same degree A ^ ^ most efficient factory to get the most pQR SALE — Ladies diamond dependabfle car at the lowest cost. j white gold setting, at a “That is the kind,of fn automobile’^rjee. See "R. C. Adair, at M. S. Bailey Pontiac has beoi able to build in its A Son, Bankers. Ite new six and its improved straight jp^ CLEANED OR e^t in 1935.” Pontiac is 8ol<i in this territory by Thomason Motor Co., of Laurens. pressed. Royal can do H. Royal Dry Cleaners. South Broad Street, Phone 77. ^ tf q\ClSS oijQp . >. Real Throat relief 1 Medicated with ingredi ents of Vicks VaooRub The Harwood Beebe Co. ENGINEERS BLUE PRINTING SURVEYING SPARTANBURG, S. C. 208 MoatgMiery BMg. Pheae 4t$ room, “ mu>h in the.se time.s r(K.m, it .slim>'K‘r room, an embalming I j room, an off.cc, a‘C'a.'<ket display room i ^ «iaaoa \- ?play Sind other features. The caskets, gen- ii'ral fnne.al supplies, embalming '<*(iu'pment, hear.se and ambulance all ref>.e<ent t<he very latest in funeral ..sjuipirent. .Mr. Gray he assi.sted in em balming an<l general funeral direction by V. Parks ,\dair, well known young i'lintoh hiis'ines.s man,._and one who h.as h.ad exi>eriencc in such work. The Womanly touch of af lady assist ant will be supplied by Mrs. W. Hugh 'Workman,* who.se good taste and.sym- slightly inor^Ns^an $10,000. She re cently returned To New York. The new Social Agister of New York’s elect 40,000 is oUt, and much to-do was made of the omis^ons such as that hf the mother of John Jacob A.stor who has married an Italian box er, and Rosamond Pinchot who is in Hollywood hard at work oii a picture. If you saw the movie, “Lady for a be interested to * know Annie” was a character Day,” you’ll )that ^Appte j.,-,lh..tic attention ha» '»'• >;Sf J. A-1 by Helen McCarthy.who uaed *1 Vr .sei vK-ee to bereaved fam.lie.l^^ r, efj’linton. Mr^. Wor’.vman will also be a.ssisted by Mrs. L. R. Gray, popular young w.fe of the general director. While the now organizatio-v ir, built F.'ound the personality of .\tr. Gray, the list of stockholder, puri)osely re- icted, i.s representative of several f: of ^’lin'tbn’..> prominent families. The officers of the corporation are 'P. Silas Bailey, president; W, P. Ja- vice-president; John T. Young, treasurer, and Horace 1). Payne,\sec- „ T V ' exactly the way he does when The establishment will open JanV ^ , ary first. A formal opening will the A.stor Theatre near Broadway. She had a nodding acpuaintance with thousands., She died early in De cember. Ihe light flashed, the audience ap plauded, the announcer uttered hrs last syllables, and everyone, clients, actorsj advertising agents, directors, and master of ceremonies breathed a sigh of relief. “Town Hall Tonight” was off the air. Imagine my surpri.se fwhen Fred Allen walked into the room i where I heard the program andRalked iftn He always does!^ the tl><?jf way 0 0 1 R 0 held early in January. The people ofi , ' • <h,n.on a.e ievUed to a.op 'n'-d in.-'. Fpictpt e ome. ■jairlina recommrtids reading a book , . —1 with a title that might hkve been IF IT IS A MAGAZINE YOU, written wHth the view from on high in W'ANT^ SEE— ' mind’. It’s'Little Soldier of the Plains, JAMES W. CALDWELL' l® two month.s journey west by wagon I by Marion McDonough, and tells of What con- \ PHILCO Radios & Tubes Smith’s Pharmacy train just 50 years ago. trast with the luxury of air liners! ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS APPROVED UNDER ACT The^time honored proverb that says' it is an ill wind that blows nobody Just the thing For Your NEW YEAR TRIPS A food New Tear’s rfsolutkm to make, and a food on#‘‘to'ken -* '“Make every trip by Atlantic dray- hound Lines.” Thousands .of ex perienced, thrifty trsveiers find fills . oervice equsUy convenient for tripe tOrt nearby or distant cities. Pio- qnent daily schadnlaa, oootroOsd hast and venfilafioa, iw-cnahiocMd reclininf chairs. CaH our atatioa below for fall informafioo oo sof tr^ yon plan. Sample Fares COLUMBIA $1.60 GREENVILLE $U0 -i CAMDEN' ASHEVILLE ... KNOXVILLE .. AUGUSTA SAVANNAH ... GREENSBORO 12.25 $2.40 $4.50 $1.85 $4.85 $3.65 Bm TerminAl KELLERS DRUG STORE Teieplioiie No. l' I \ \ 11 ( IfllOllIKl good now can be thrown into reverse and sitill be of great benefit to marf- kind, according to W. C. Baldwin, local Frigidaire dealer. - “It’s a mighty good wind that blows nobody ill,” insists Mr. Baldwin, “but the ill that T am thinkipg ot is con cerned with man'S greateiH enemy the invisible’ micrororganisms which con- I stantly surround him.” Into this conflict with the “invis ible bug empire,’-’ th® United States government has pro^<;ted itself and is playing a strong hanX. he said. “When the Federal Housing Act was launched, it was made p^in thkt its purpose was to help pronib^ bet ter homes through the medium ^ re pair, improvement and" moderniza tion, and tha:t such help was to be ex- vended to all who needed it and wVu) were worthy citizens,” Mr. Baldwin .said. “Incidentally, this very act, so helpful to humans, was destined to tear down and destroy many of the heretofore “houses” of the denU zens of the microbe world. r “This rome to pans because the housing act now approves the pui> chase of electric refrigern^rs under the exjBcptionally easy terms applying to the other items oF modernizatioi^ Most everyone knows today that one of the most 'prolific ‘^tources, of mi- cre-opganisms is in perishable food not kept under -proper conditions. When kept sufficiently cold, 50 de grees or less, and in most cases in dry, clean air, foods will keep for long periods of tiije. These conditions have been almost impossible to main tain with many of the obsolete re frigerators wihch still are beit^ used, with the resuH that the ‘invis ible’ army thrives and much food-is wast^ through spoilage; “Recognizing w value of the more m^ern methods of food 'preserva- ition, tha federal government has ap proved jthe purchase of electric re frigerators under the terms of the hoosing'act so Tong as they shall permanentlly attached to the electric wiring of the-house. This meant that bilHons of microbes, heretofore reeponaible cf much economic and ill health, will he forcibly ejected front thehr happy homes while potential, other muHiptied , biUkins will never enter the wbrW at all.” 0 0 0 0 gaitgaifsalfsaifsarsarsar =JrgJt=ji::iif=sJr=sir=ira:itS5lrsaiis3lfssitaajtar I We hope that 1935 will be filled with joy, contentment and pi^oxperity for our friends and customers. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 n 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HAPPY NEW YEAR ^ } Those of us at Thomason Motor Company, whose pleasure it has beeh to serve you during 1934, hasten to wish for you and yours a Bright, Happy New Year. . Your patronage and oohfid^ence have been large ly responsible for the success we have enjoyed in the past and we want you to know th^t we ^11 ear- ne.stry endeavor to merit the business you place with us in the future.* THOMASON MOTOR CO. Buick Oldsmobile — Pontiac LAURENS, S. C. \ . HAPPY NEW^ YEAR As the New'Year dawns we send our friends and customers everywhere our sincerev Greetings and Be.st Wishes. We wish to thank you for your support the past year. We appreciate the patronage which you have given us, and now, on the threshold of the New Year, we dedicate ourselves anew to the continuance of of feting you the best sepice possible. ABRAMS BEAUTY AND BARBER SHOP 0 0 0 i I >0 IMgerlbe for The *nM Paper TBvfryli^ Reads” HAPPY NEW YEAR The'old year is almost gone—the New Year is here. Tt is the Reason at which we think of our friends, and are grateful for them. It has been a pleasure to serve you in the past. We want to tell you that we have appreciated your friendship for us, your confidence in us, your loyalty to us. We extend to each of you our warmest Greet ings for a Happy and Prosperous New .Year. ROYAL CLEANERS 44 Where Quality Reigns** Y|APPY new YEAR May 1935 T^ing the fulfillment of your fondest ichiqvei dreams, the achievement of your highest ambition. The most cherished gifts we possess are those memories of the pleasaqt relations with those’whom we have been privileged lo serve, and we hope for a continuation of this pi^ilege for many more years to come. -.e'l SPRATT GROCERY CO. Wholesale Groceries and Produce HAPPY NEW YEAR We pause today to express our deep appreciation of the many courtesies received and friendships made in the past, and to extend Sincere Greetings for 1935. . We all look forward with courage to the New Yeiur, count our blessings, and take a fresh start, ^and-alLpull together for a still better community in ^which to live.' THE TEXAS CO. Texaco. Gasoline, Motor Oik and Greases HAPPY NEW YEAR Closing our books for the year without thanking you for the business you have given us would leave one of our principal debts unpaid. We publicly wiaih to express our gratitude for this patronage imd ybur good will. ^ _jr " ’ We cordially extend to you our wish that health and happiness may be yours through the coming New Year. ' INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CO. Everything In TexUle Supplies HAPPY NEW YEAR ‘S'- As another New Year^rolls around we think bn^ on our many years of pleasant business associations with the good people of this community. We Appre ciate the patronage you have extended us and send you our sincere, thanks. Kay your happiness in 1935 be as certain as our wishes are sincere. COPELAND-STONE CO. **Your dothier for SB Yean** X' 1 • ' ' If we could, we would take the fanners and oth- we hav^ served by the hand, one by one, with the clasp of sincerity, and make you understand our appreciation of your patronage in the past. Since we are denied this privilege we send you this id appreci '* - wwji avifu jruu tiuB men- sage of thanks and appreciation, and express the. nope that these pleasant relations continue for many years to come. ' ^ We hope that the New Year may be one of hap piness for you and yours. C:UNTON MILLING CO. Ginners — Fana Machinery ft' -I fft N ^ “/la ‘