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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./'
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/, 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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