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, Ti;- T^'-^ p JJ^ T- "T ricSsnc THE CT.Om>N dffRON^CLE. CLINTONr5^ C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 18f3S .4 -• •\ Oiir Grim Visitor I write this, thinking of old Winter —grim to most of us who live in the ^o-csl|e\l ‘*Temperstel Zone.” Winter icertaimy adds to ^the householder's^ responsibilities as well as to the du-j ties of the family doctor. The kiddies are going to school What a blessing. Have yeu , imn\u- , .. ..; ■ ^ =-—. ■ V , netm ran like wjldflre. Though focllnA I lives for swift ^transportatioh on the pany, to bo scandaUzed at flrat, tbo whola I highways. Fatalitres last year totaled town Iffiughed. It cam# to /do MnM4>' 30,00(K - -r -.-v* Hartford, ^onn., said they fciOt of>as many persons as constitute woUjld total at least 36,000. With a-city the size ofi Tuscon, Arizona, around 1,000,000 injured in 900,000 ac-( On the averag^ a person' haj^beoa ored a capital joite . ir nevw < j TWo inderjendentagencies agreed cidehts. ^’ -Jcilled every 15 minutes of the year i w * jclosely today in their estimates of th^; That death toll means | that the and sdfheone injured every 3 seconds. Twenty minutM befpra^nldfllght tiM 11934 accident toll, based on prelimi- nunrAer bf persons kiiled on the high-i, In the la.st 10 years, more than Janitor la his cubbyhole found hlmMlf narjr reports. - vriiys in this'one year visually js. as 290,000 persons have been killed^ bound, and not tool fhe American automobile associ- large aii'the number of unlisted‘men - nized your little dears against; pos-1 sibi^ contagions -they may encounter^ working in thfe- little army ? — Diph theria may put in its ,ugly. appear-] ance. Scarlet fever .‘fhould be pro-_ .vided against. And, there is a. good, imtnupizer against wHooping-couglv It’s nice-to be^ Safe, yoU know. ; 1 shall not attempt to advise yiu in this iijfiportant procedure; I’m ju.st re tninding you that it’s lime to .see Dr. Coodheart, your family doctor. Ho baa all the things you need. Now is a good time to take invoice, j as it were,—of the children’s feet. Give tho.se toe-nails k going-over. Sec j that each little terminus is in proper] shape for -tW ' winter’.s housing— Tho.se little fee^ that take a thousand ■ sUps to your one! Select s-hoes for| winter wear with capable soles that' give a natural casing for the growing foot. Above all, do nothing that will ] cramp the toes. Also* insure against cold or wet feet. . I do not 'believe in “darning-needle loes” for shoes, either' juvenile or adult. The feet are very important organs. They are tlu' Ih'sI of servants if properly resp<*cted HE town hall of the imall | village of [.anders had no] clock, hut a bell in the cu- l>ola. The janitor was oue of those fus^ fellows who make a positive^ creed of do ing everything' on the dot. He kept his watch s^t “rali- “ ad time,” consequently when the old piau entered the hairin the morning, 1‘very one knew it was exactly one minute of seven. The selectmen met Uiere. The offices of. the probate Judge v\ere on the second floor. The town hall had to be kept warm. When the Janitoi; left at night It was exactly five minutes past six. At six the hell pealed out Its only ringing | for the day. and peo pie set their watches j by It 1 Old Foxtun had a I cubby hole of b i■ j own where he could j rest snd smoke when he wasn't! busy. It was the i ^ figTired the year’s fatalities at Df the A. E. P. killed in action during; Subscribe for The Chronlcie 35,^00. The Travelers! Insvpince com-Jhe Wosld war. It means the wiping] _]!TI»e f*aper Everybody Reada" watcb waa removad from his pocket a’nd heldbefui'e his eyes- The^minutes ticked tbemseJvea ' a w a y until twelve. The old man writhed In -his bonds. Note sound from thei -s —— -T' 'v / ,! ■ ^ Lir A- -R- r t X i no TY UlVC^i DjT ti* "7 t ' , steeple. ' Five minutes past . . . ^en minute.^ past the hour. Th«*ni the slow clanging of twelve strokes. F^xton neves discovered w;lio kept him dn his chall* or who rang the boll Bandit-wise a handkerchief swathed all bu;t the eyes of his Jailer. When the last stroke aaunded, the stranger un tied F'oxtoh’t arms. He swiftly left, lobked the door, and threw the key through the transom. By thg time the old man had freed himself there.wnsn't BO much as a sonnd In the entire hulM Ing. '.VtS' “It's s good ld4‘a. Just the same,' remarked one solemn youth to unotlier, •‘for a person not to be right all of the tfme!” And then they laughed ... but never told. . '( Johnston Hopes For Better Days Be'levra 1935 town hall bell to ring out St midnighr.; Vifill Brinff More For His State. Th<Migh many enthusiastic youngsters ; New Year Statement. 1 perhap.s ne<*d to.: say this hat my! would have liked to send the Joyous! big, parent-heart is right. I do not .believe in, nor endors<* in any degree, the cute little nothings that I see worn by my ladies and little daugh- Uffs out on the streets in wintei'. And J look at feet often. _ . clanging out over the roofs of the ^ Spartanburg, Dec. 31. — Governor town. OM Foxton would have none of ojjn D. Johnston’s New Year’s* It. TI.I.I ,1a, ...enleenJiotir. mes»a|[e to the people of South Caro-1 to the town ball. BiS nothin, !. nM ,, ^ ,,j3.i tie,I or aure. e,en In . .mall. »el|. ^ , , regulated village. 32,000 Claim b >(me of the youths who had long cov ti eted the fun of New Year’s eve bell- ringing held a conference with Is vperity to the state. I.ssued at his office today, his mes sage said: . ... a. .. n “As time draws down its invisible Filnn#! R« nnan^lv ’f""- ‘h®"*';.'- •f'" eurtnin on the 1934 acene of human riled By Uendy, ■ * ex-.atenee, . acene fra, Joke It would be to have the whole Father of Net-ro Taken From' r. hi. onm. J&il At Clinton and poaslhle for one Indlvldiml to Seeks Restitution. ' x^nd the lives of a thousand (tenple i litfo a tail spin of iinpunctuallty . . . laaurens, Dec. 27. — A claim was »ver a mere matter of ten minutes.’' fraught with many, and varied e^mences, from the tFeep-j ost ."lorrow to the fullest Joyrand the sta’ge is prepared for another drama, cntRIed the Now Year, 1935, I wish' to extend my heartfelt greetings to! the citizenry of the state, and to wish I for every ciizen at hajypier, fuller and j more joyful year in 1935 than the one' filed tmlay with the Imard of county Htared at each other, a alow grin cmnmissioners asking for recovery, as growing on tln*ir fsces •'You pull the ..... , . prdvided by state law, for the death '•‘'‘‘r »'.on watch. In this just coming to a close j of Norri.s Dendy, Negro, who was ah lever la old Foxton.” , /hough depression beset us m Hh 4| They w'ent into a huddle of secret and the wolfs scratching was loudly pl.'ii.nlng. h<*ard at many doors, I think that we| At twelve thHtjilght they were Jo hold can look forward to 1935 with a| esiteclal celehraflou. They,could count brighter and fuller assurance that our on old Foxton. The moment the big happiness will exceed our sorrow, and l)»‘ll began to clang . . . that would that the state a.s a whole will enjoy aj lie the flrat Inaiaiit of the first minute larger degree of prosperity than it- of the .\ew Year. Exactly 1 There was has in many years. the boaitl of commissioners by W. R ! fine and dependable In the | »Such is my earnest prayer for the legedly .slain at> the hands of a group of men after being seized and 'drag ged from the city jail at t'linton, July 4, Wd3. , ' The claim is? being hrough't against Inisurens county by J. F!. Y. Dendy, '-father, and administrator of his son’s estate, and was, represented before -K’chey, Sr., attorney fat I.aurens. , , Dendy’s counsel informed the com- misaioncM-s that a settlement of the cai^e on tin* hasi.s"" of the minimum F-J.OOO, as provided by law, would he acceplable. Otherwise, it wa.s indicat ed, suit wiypld he hrtuighl in the \ ■ thought of Old F’oxton, they sold, (lave, •people of our commonwealth and in yon e«)nfidence in the human/race. He every walk of life.” courtsi^ \ The Imard re^Mved the proposal as information after \iiggesting to coun sel that no Hcliori tH^uId lie taken in the matter until the County attorney hud beeh eon^nlted. i.iitor in the day, R. K. Bahh, eminty atboi lu^y. appeared iK'fore the hoard and advised r<-j«‘c- tiori of the claim. The stale law. ’VIi. Bahh said itrdis- cu.skirvg- the matter in4'ormally, ooe.s provide for reeoveiy in pioved eases of lynching, the mininuim being plac ed at 3‘J,0( 0. Su+t for,a larger amount may he entered in any ease o-f like im- p<»i1, in the county in which an e.stah- lished .lynching has ivccurved. In the ea.se of Norris I>endy four men were ehargcil /hi indictments by tin* solicitor, hut the gr^nd jury on was as right ns Fa ther 'rime liimself. At one inimite of tw«*lve. where par ties w*‘re In prog ress. every o n e stoppl'd talking, riie.v^ waited expei-- tanll.r. 'Itie ipimiP* hand crept itn to twelve, hips were *ipeiied In r»'adlm*ss to sliMiil with the first ringing of tile great hell, lint lio sound caim* elung- liig over the roof- Christmas Lights Are Taken Down •^For The New Year one occasion returned the bill with out taking any action. At the next session of the court a “no bill" ^as returned, whereupon Solicitor Black- The ('hristmas lights covering the' entire business section of the eityi were taken dAwn Tuesday by the water and light departmeyt after] burning ev^^’. night since lX‘c. l^th to add to tmrlieuuty and impressfve- ness of the Christmas season. The dec orations have bPen a source of pleas- ur.' to visitors as w'ell as to Clinton people, and have heen.^^termed by many tops only tlvp"KTnaTl tinkles ot tlielr the-city as the prettiest pwn cliicks ehiining jibe hour. 3^“^- .si l.i:.\( '!■;! Nutliiijjg more. ' lie\ otMildiVt -ladb^e it. For forty yeaiXiluit hell hatblwen rung preersely oil tlie\bit. The Utile cloek-liells ceased tlielr <li>tjie8. 'J'he minute hand ere-.it by the hiW. All the awaited tliriU'}' ‘ : eollap.sed m^rahly. , Hipp & Adair, one of the afy's ••ril tell. you\w hut It Is. ’ cfTed some and enterprising gent’s fur- one, “We're wroi^ . . onr time js .a a ; • ;nishings stores, ani;vounces a sp<‘cial They waited, x^leu iulmiu*s past to<Jay’s paper, starting this the hour the big ^11 sonndeii its moining and c9ntinuing through Fri-I twelve- deep notes. tVeks were day and Saturday. They^ are offering ' A well-equipped office is essential in fhe con duct of every business—it saves time and worry and makes for efficiency. Here you will find everything you need-in Office Supplies for the New Year. 1 . Hipp-Adair Starts . Big Sale Today, TIMELY SUGGESTIONS well made the statement.in court that x he hHd ,l„ne all he couhf to brin, the, KveaNhoee .eiluce,! |„-,ees ,n t^,r advev • action of Horn their sloeiC looked at : ^hat are sureTo atflact man; » For Help In Starting the New Business Year ^htly icaac into court and that4he the gland jury, so far as enJed the ease. he knew, . , I cht .with IN AIM’REC1ATI()N . In behalf of the South Carolina Tu- b.T^Io.sis association, we wish to thank tho.se who bought Christmas .•wals this ycajir, thereby as^dsting to reduce deaths from tutierculosis. In tabulating the result of this year's sale it was found that thci pro- <9ecdK almost doubled that of 1933 and the number of contributors increased also. » " Thi.s generosity on your part is gi-eatly appreciated by the association , and by the mwhbeVs bf the^^aTchap- t«r of United Daughters oi the (Con federacy. who had the work in charge this year. their watches and 8i*t tliein ri the hell. _ .Vevi day couHislon ^reigned iX eu aunu>Uig hut uut serious. Uudio p^ graiirs-were tuned lu ten mlnntes alter tlieir hegiiiuiing. many buyers during-the big three-day event. Blank Books Two Highway Deaths Show Huge Gain] sideiuQ youths, uuuaturully gr.-ue, were evhlbltlUg their watches to this anil that uuoonvluv'ed cltl/.en. “But you'rs wroug, both of you," deidared every uns. “Wo wert all wrong. Wo' kuo^U because w« set our clocks by the oiidulghf bell.*'^ 'I'lio boys raised surprised oyebrowa "Bia we," thoy said, “havo” correct W'kshington, Dec., 30.—Upwards of! 35,UOo\)ersons were killed in automo-1 bile accidents this year, the greatest, price this\;ountry has ever paid in/ i American Boy $1.00 per year. Tallroad time. Nobody in landers is j2.00 for S years, right . . . but ssr ' It came out sb last It had to, of oourso. Old Foxton sputtered to his aftfa. His wlft to)d ^ neifhbor._Thj| JAMBS W. CA Anything In the Way WELL Siagnsines \ I COUGHS Hon’l liM ihrm grt Sir laaif 'uJd. F'lzht them quickly. (YrwninU^'in ctimhinea? helps iasae. rowerfpllrut liatliilrHs. IMrasani to take. No aarcotics. Yocr own drupxi^t it aatbomrd to refund mur money on the spot if your cough or cold is nut rriieved by CieomoUioo. ' • (sdv.) WAN T S , FIRE SALE on ice boxes an ! F”igi- < daire.s. See me at once. VV. liald- ^win, at Baldwin’s Grocery. Itc FOR RENT iT . ' *7-.. 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