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■TVWSl’'- *;/-i ■'T. 4 4. THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CL /£ PnbliAtd ET«r7 Tbundfty By THE CHRONICLE PURUSH^O COMPANY SalweriptioB BaU XPayablt In AdnOiai) : Or.e year |1.60; Six lAontki ;T5 .cnnu; ThrM Honthi 60 canto. Bnteri^ as Second Class Mail Ma^r at tbs Post Oflldi at plintoa, S. C. rhs Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its sobeer<bers an^ readers--tbe pnbilislie: wiH at all tiptos apprecia^ wise suggestions and kindy wl- rice. 'The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous commhnications will not he noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or epinions of ' its correspondents. j T front of yore eyes while asleep? 26. have you ever had bow-leg^, |n- somnia, or a rye-nake, or both? 27. who fed yoij^||)efoar'the govver- ipent took yoU oypr? ? INTQN, S. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 19S5- nie last Thursday afternoon./' ‘?.!:**?Tz4i2 /, 2$( does annything\ever bite you at night? , •, 29, if yore back i^ts better, could IVou plow and hod agger-^ulture ?' 30. what is the collar of ^ore eyes,, and of yore shoes and hat^? \ us. 3t how would you lilw to g<^^^to the leggis-lature ? t . < v 32. do you wlieve in the bonVus, lie had his 2 aweet (?-!;*• ?xi?!)2UL^Jittle boys With hiip> Lester and.James. I had not seen >Leck in 15 yehip and (fortunately) I-*had neyer met Lester and James at all. I whs glad to^e Ledc at-^st. / Lester and James were into every* thing in my office in less^than 5 min-' While the former was tearing up the adding machine, theiatter was operating on the typewpter. They pulled keys off of those things just JaineshaF^cr^ed into it and had [and 9 t&t werenaken off tihe adding got hung,>ibi|t Lester got him out by-machine, and we have not, yet located tearing off^one side of i|t.> Ther werej^he Z and the 7 and the Y and ^he K / using iny eifctra fountain ^n for a and the R keys that belong to the ■ squirt gun. Ihk was plentiful, l am ftypewriter. The ^janitor woriced over- very sorry to sfiV.{ Every drawer in-time the "^xt moriiing. ^getting the my filing cabinet was open and thejtirings adjusted so’s J cbuld sit down *^ys. were using them for stair-steps. at my desk: If those boys aii^ on the . . to g^ on top of my “system.” chaingang in 3 more'months, justice Half of my correspendence was on_the; isjdead in this country. 4' ‘ floor: one of them had found a piece | " ^ ^^~ ■>-- th. old i/e pension bills and a 'T..,* after ? 33. do you think mr fair trial? " insult got a They biffed them, slammed them, and did everything else but stomp this of fice equipments Leek didn’t seem to 34. if you, »et too mucK, are you »''<>"* «« <a candy and the other guy thought Do All Kinda of he would find another piece if he’d;' PRINTING tear uo everything. • i Except BAD +■ willing to decide same with the poor. all of the above is kept private by holsum moore and is not Intended to 1 keep annyboddy from getting what -Jr'"' If. CLINTON. S. C... THURSDAY, JANUARY 10^ 1935 THE APPALLING SLAUGHTER South Carolina needs to. become aroused on this highway accident problem. If our general assembly convening Tuesday wishes to render a real service to the state, here is its they want enduring the last few on. (??!!••-?’*). ^ Lester had a pice sling-shot, but he never busted out but 3 window panes and broke only 2. lamp globes. While this was going on James amused him- 'self trying to worknhe combination w^eka of the depression, folks; with‘I one foot in the bread-line can get travel and to conserire and protect without govverment aid, accord- opportunity by the passage of traffic laws and regulations that will get reckless and drunken drivers-off the highw'ays. , During the pist year, insurance human life. . Such carnage as,we ab^ now wit nessing equals that of Nwar and j amounts to a public disgrace. What isj going to be done to end this needless ing to our [poleesman. " yores trulie, mike Clark, rfd, Each one of these darling angels (!!*-?zx!*’) rang my We^rn Union and Postal call buttons^"times each. ’ had messenger /boys ^ swarming on my safe with a claw-hammer. They JO SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE “The Paper Everybody Reads’* finally located the desk drawer where) around the place exchai^ge. ^fofe e it was a cotton I could stop him,j Lester' had^fulled the telephone loo.se from its^ mooring and had the cobd tied around James’ nwk, leading him about and telling him to “gid-dap.” I was sw^ting blood, but Leek was un- screw-drivers, scis- I keep my pliers, koTs, paper clips, and _pther things' useful around a wholesale place. 'They^ scattered those things about like a fanner sows his wheat.4 ? 1* ?’•*:;*!)> \ slaughter? Boys Will Be Boys Leek Dillard, with whom I gradu-ldiMurbed: guess he was] used to it ated in the seventh grade in\a coun- Iry school long, long ago, came\to see had a table-type waste basket, I like Leek all right;’but he will never succeed in getting into the In terior of my o-ffice a^in if Lester-j and James are with himL^.»A cyclone' ain’t nothing compar^ with those; brails. It took, my stenographer and me 3 days to find the 3 and 9 aad 4! £. Mood Smith, O.' Dtr " ^ Felder Smith, O. D. Drs. Smith & Lilith ' OPTOMETRISTS SPECIALISTS Eyes Examined, Glasses Prescribed LaborCTi^ for Prompt "l^epair Service.. 15 W’est Main Street Phoae Itl CLINTON, S. C 10 Years Ago statistics show that more than 86^0(>O^Hteitts of interest From The Chronicle b of January 8, 1925. J. I. Coleman has sold the Book Store to J. D. Jeanes of this city. The following new’ county officers have assumed office: C. L. Owens, sheriff; M. L. Motbs and W. H. Barks-j dale, county commissioners. persons were killed in the United States in automobile accidents. The figures further reveal a steady rise in fatalitie.s from year to year, the jump from 1933 to 1934 being 16 per cent. One person wa.s killed eVery fif teen minute.s during -34, We haven’t seen South Carolinats..record for the year but judging from the past, we know that in proportion it is equally appalling arid still showing a substan tial' increase. , ~ - | In the nineteen months of the world war, about nd.-WOO Americans ^ere killed in battle or died of wounds. By comparison therefore, it will be seen that automobile killings are proceed ing at about the same ratio and that K. W. Ferguson returned yesterday unless a means is di.scoveivd of pre- from Charlotte where he attended a venting the fatalities,-/ the annual convention of Ford dealers, deaths from automobiles in only a Friends of M. S. Bailey will be glad to know that his-condition is improv ing at the Columbia ho.spital where he ■ has been a patient for .several weeks. few years at the rate we are now go ing es in war. — When we look at • this needless slaughter, any thinking man must Miss Pearl Blakely has returned to will outnumber the annual loss- Texas after a visit to her sister, Mrs. C. P. Robinson. , ' Miss Sallie Anderspn has returned 4..^ ....... ...— ^ Columbia after a visit to her sister, .II- 4'"*' r H 'Mrs. I). 0. Bhame. ^ ' to check this epulcmic of road tiagc- As we pick up the paper each' aiul uflernoon, we read of dj^s. m'.)rning fatalities, injuries and accidents to ! accid such an alarming extent that many drivers now lic.-^itate lu ventuVe out on the highway.-i. 'to W’inthrop college, after .spending W’.e holidays at home. - Misses Frances and Rose Williams .and .Master Keese William.s, are the ror nine-tenths dr more pf ‘ these j their grandmother, Mrs. P. de.alh.s. there is only one cause care-/j^ Bailey. le. a or reckle.ss driving. It is rarely '^ .. the fault of the machine; it is almost] tli.ss May Owens has returned ahvay.s^the fault of the driver "bo where she teaches, slrike.s a pede.strian, collides with an-j - • ■ . other- car, or attempts to beat a tiain, Kate MUam entertained a! acro.s.s a grade crossing.— j number of her former classmates atj For carele's.s driving thei'e are sim-'a lovely party given on Thursday af- p’.e and effective rentexiies if the|ternoon. states wbuld apply ^em. One is to; restrict, the driving of autqmobiloa i ^ ^ ^ persons who/fiave lieen given li-' to censes afler .sp^'ere tests of their al)il-| ity to drive. /In this^state, as well as] many other place.s, anybody may drive As we look out our window Nobody’s Business By Gee McGee a car.y just BOW a car is (Axssing with a small lad at the wheel entirely incapadde of meeting an emergency or dange rous situation .should one abruptly arise. All licensed drivers should be required to 'carry their licenses wit^ them at all times, arid every accident involv^ing violation of - traffic rules should be noted on the license by a police officer or other authority. After a few such citations, the driv er’s license should be suspended, or re voked. In ca.se of a death due to a motor drivcT’.s negligence there, should .\dmiiiiMtrative Changes In Flat — • Rock> our local govverment relief head quarters have got out a questionnaire in regards to givving out food and be prompt, .swift and severe punish-|foar and why? ment, and permanent revo’catio^ of the drijVor’.s licen.se. 4. give name ' of independents be sides you and yore own familey. As long as they feel/that they can' &• howlold are you and yore .chil- get away with it, inesponsible persons j drens ? > ^ will drive their cara-uecklessly and men, who have had one drink too many lirill take chances on the road, endan gering not only those in their own cars, which is bad enough, but every body else on the highway, regardless of how careful and law-abiding they 6. do anyboddy besides yore wife work, if .so — who and when and where? r - 7. what did you have to pay for yore 1935 ottermol^el licents plate? 8. if the govverment will furnish you with rations, can you buy yore may be. The drunk€n driver. is not:own gas? _ ^ such a menace .a?i the driver who has] 9. can you make out on 5 changes . had driillts bu® not. i^ctUsHy clothes per person per week? - ;-5ntqxi«i^r Nothin/<Jalls Yor ttych. 10. Jo you^want a job with or with- complete, instantaneous coordiqjSttion j^nt w^rk? of eyc,Train and hand as driving a . ..1 Lichen would you be willing to modem high-speed automobile over a/Start to work if you had to? . ' smooth, paved highway. That coordi-! ,.l^why did you quit work when you natioB hi lacking under even a.mod*4^^t where the relief agency wax? orate alcoholic influence. ] 13- which d<j(^ydullke better, bam This morning’s paper tells of an ac-. imd or and bisketo? cident in which several young men andi 14. are you A^^mercratj^and will women were killed. “A quart of li- you remain Ane fs long as you are qnor was found in the demolished.car,ifed? - the sheriffs report stated.” This isj 15. how is yore heaVth since you Iwppening every day. This reckless- quit work, aind dp you sleep wpti? ness and drunken driving must bei. 16. are you a nieaebem--Pt 'amey* stopped. 'The sUte should not tole-1 thing, such afr the k. k. k. and the rate for one minute, the endangering |d. f. s.? of the lives of innocent mpn, women! 17. which would you ra^r l^ve and little children because of reckless leash or groeeriea,! or both? inditferenee of those who will not' 18. are you willing to help yore wife obey the law. A man at the steering Wheel with liquor in him is a menace to human iffd on the highways, and it is a mockery of law to let him go loose and unpunishtd. Contrul of road accidento ^and an tote the rations out to yordcar?^' 19. how manny miles do you get to the gallon at 60? 20. do you like a full'floating axle or a air-flow the best? 21. can you get cuby and mftxico end to the killing of a huttJ¥e^ per- and neftr york oa yore superhetrodine? Born a day, one every fifteen rain^i 22. are you a^id of woik, if so vtos/ia a'mattpr of adequate policing why? luid strict enforcement of rigid laws mHI nMriakions. It will cost money, tha WMtoy shookl be provided and AttmMBMLeffort mde to Hireatyf •iittllpf the danger of aotoraebile . tE ere yon troiMed vkli spots 28. why don’t you all'go,,ti|v.chnrch as you BOW have dothesTt a. .how do you stand on teie 6-6-t * *• \ y- groceries ansoforth iri the future, and eveiyboddy who gets^'annything will h%ve to sign and seal the followeringj statements, to wit, vizsly: 1. what is yore name and how many childrens have you? -St-are you marred, if so—when and who to? 1 3. have you ever benn married be- VNl • • • • • i. ^ i ^ y 'y > > - /nr.* . A >' ' :>> r aiid an Impioved Low fliced EIGHT V.’.'.-.Vi- •’■vV .v; \ .Miss Catherine Blakely lias returned! s 4 % ^ ^ *< \ 4- •. 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