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THE CT.Om>N dffRON^CLE. CLINTONr5^ C.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 18f3S
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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-
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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 -
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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
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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. .
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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
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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;
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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,
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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
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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
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Cash Books
Commercial
Envelopes
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Filing: Equipment
Folders
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Index Tabs
Ink
Ink Stands
Letter Heads
Letter Trays_
I.d>ose Leaf Forms
Mailing Labels
Mimeograph Paper
Moisteners
Paper (^ips
Peit Holjjers
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Pencil Sharpeners
Reinforcements i
Ring Books
Rubber Bands
Rulers - *
Second Sheets
Stamp Pads ‘
Notary'Seals
Steni^raphers’
Note Books
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Cash Books
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ubber Stamps
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