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/- / < J / 1 ' V' r f / f 4 Vf THE aJNTON CHRONICLE, „^INTON,^ C. p- . l4iV..r . f%-. ! V . . s . J:. ®l|F (Eltntnn (E^rnturb Bstiibliahcd 19(»0 WILSON ,W. HARRIS, Editor ^and PublisheT >lialied jEvery Thursday By THU CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY SabscMption Rata (Payable In Advance): Ofe year |1.60; Six Honths 76icents; Three Month* 60 canta Entered a* Second Clasi Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C. fhe Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscrberi and reiiders—the' publishe.* wiH at all times appreciate wiU aug^stions and kindly a^-. vice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when th4y are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This pa^r is not responsibla for the views or opinions of Its correspondents. , - fo»r the 4}Mnml>ia high schXji 'gradu ates. on Jan. 30th. ma I r I 'paid'the attoiTieys, bdfore the findln|^ of 'nTTTst'ef it at Gastoliia. / THURSDAY, JANUA^M^^ ton hi^h school wun...their first tilt j of the high school, wi^h seven points, on Tuesday evening at |he P. C. gyip-J Playing for the all-tars weire Bill Members of the first gr^de hon roll in the ^ity school.s for Jahuaryi^-i^® aref^ Sara Frances 'Baldwin, Mice nation, made the Charlotte attorneys Wade, Todd and Henderson. Ro^^.Gaines, Agatha Jones,, ^hristina' could not be paid, j . High'scorer of the game w’as Grady Substitutes for the high school: Sojvers, Lucile Wilson, Walter Toddj; part of the'stolen money.'Adair for th<» all-stars, with pic'ht Bodv. Wnrkmnn'^F<ironiann S/Imv part money. I Adair for the all-stars, »^h eight Body, Workman; Ferguson, Adair, j Clarke Meadows, Eloise CtoaV, Rosa-i^t once, Lawyer McD6\<’ declined to^ points, and Second was TenclTlJwens, i King, Donnan, T.-Elliron. j bell- Grant, Maybdl Trammell, Ruth ^bepome attorney for the bandits in]. a . ■ ' j r Barnes','Mae McCIfendon,-Mildred Me- any way, and the Charlotte firm of ‘ i ' - -- ' ^ ^ j , jClendon, Olive DeYoung. Lawyers! Refused ~ Fee In One Case attorneys joined him in this and so notified the prospective clients. < ' This seems to the first published Instance ofTawers cimforming to the urge of the United ^States attorney Hiomas F. McDow," of York, general, the Roosevelt administration, j the American Bar Association, and -many state bars, that attorneys dq Wanted Proof It ^Vas Part of Stolen Money. Not not participate in the distribution of 4 J I Thos. F. McDow, leading lawyer of bandit loot, by taking stolen money from crooks as /ees. “.Some people think a lawyer can be hired to do anything by any CLINTON, S. C.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1935 TO AID SUFFERERS 1 reason. the public Has not been in- Again this year on, January 30th, previous onler was ap- the nation will observe the birthday P^^'^ntly rescinded, and the slot ma- of .Preside-'.t Roosevelt With halls and ,openly appeared .again in a parties given in .several thousand-cit-' of places and resumed opeb- ies and enmmunities. The occasUm wUl -'fow, following the govemor'.k^ be a drive for Ttinds for sufferers|'‘sheriff, they'have from infantile j>aralysi.s, {particularly been discarded, children. This y ar, it is stated that seventy per cent of all the .York, and known in Clinton by a num-l ^^^nkety blank anybody, but that isn't Iber of people, has refused to defend' comment of Attojmey tlie Miller boys^charged with holding confronted with the up the Uncaster cotton mill pay rolL^’^o'y declining a fat fee from becau.se they cobid not prove to hisjfhe bandits arrested for the payroll satisfaction that the fee he had fixed recently, was not to be paid out' of money al- these cel. j,''ations will go to hospitals and .“anitaviums in the territory where the money is raised. This is entirely leged to have been taken in the hold- up. The story of this refusal - i.s from The Vorkville Enquirer in the foflow- FAST CAGE GAME AT COLLEGE GYM D. E, TRIBBLE CO. It is gratifying to know that these jing: ^gamKling devices are being driven out I Manuel and Jim Miller have con-i of the state ami are. not. to be tolcr-iie.ssod- enough to officers to indicate i ated in violation of the law. We are; that they will plead guilty when ar The boys’ basketball team of Clin- Everything In . FLOWERS Sympathy i.s practical—pity, is akin to love. Kindly gestures are prompted by friendly thoughts. Kind actions are the only proof of spiritual progress. in sympathy with the new governor j raigned at Uncaster long. in his drive to |)ut them out of com-j They live in Charlotte and got a\^' right and pro{H*r. There are some cy^b'sion. Our people, es{>ecially paronts with children, .should demand that the city he kept clean. It is a pathetic sight dollar contributed will ena'biel^^’ ^^ys yet in their early teens to exumd their care to thovse hanging over these slot machines with the odds against them and iiT favdr op their^ owners,-losing and wasting needed for the necessities hospitals iH{uii){H.‘d to care for the 200,000 or more children who are vic tims of this frightful disease, and every them wh6.se parents cannot afford to i>ay for treatment. , The other thirty per cent of the *]ioney of Charlotte law firm, Cai'swell and Er yin, for their attorneys. That legal i firm wrote Attorney Ttiomas F. .Me-! Dow, of York, past president of thej state bar association and chief ju.sticef of the ad litem supreme court jjecid-l ing the judges’ salary ca.se, asking! to have him associated as counsel-at 1 - : , , , -J * Member F. T. D. Phone 3.“) Cur counsel to those who need it is free. Our\^dvice will .save you from troublch and overbur- den.some expense. - *« *• i funds raised are to go to pay for further research work into the cattses S-nd prevention of infantile paralysis. It is still obscure to_ the medical world, the precLse method by which children are infected; and no effec tive means of prevention has been discovered. Hundreds of able research workers are studying the problem, and the better they are supported and equipped, the better the chance of binding out how-to curb the ravages of t)ve disease" which makes cripj^ee of tens of thou.sands of children each year. • We can think of no nobleF’cause' for which funds may be raised and expended. life. These young boys practicing and indulging in the fascination of gam bling are forming habits that' most likely will follow them to manhood, and oftentimes through life. (Jenerally speaking, the axiom is true, “as the boy, so the man.” It pays a city to fight for high standards, to suppress gambling, and liquor violations, to cut out that which is immoral, unclean,; degrading and harmful. As ^itizens we should .stand fqr, and demand a clean town in which to live and rear our children. Lancaster, to„ make an argument to the court. The preliminaries went smoothly, the fee, was. agreed upon the then Lawyer McI>ow imposed a "condition precedent. It was that no part of the msney paid him could be part of the loot of the payroll, car. 'The Charlotte lawyers at once agreed with his posi tion and started an inquiry about the source of the money promised to be E. Mood Smith; O. D. Felder Smith, O. D. Ors. Smith & Smith . OPTOMEl'RISTS * - SPECIALISTS- - - Eyes Examined, .Glasses Prescribed Lsborstory Prompt Repair Senrica. 15 West Main Street Phone 101 CLINTON. S. C. Funeral Directors Day Phone 94 Night Phones 24. 253, 255 CLINTON, 8. C. PASS THE BILL bill has. been introduced in the general assembly to curb the gover- OL’R NATIONAL DEBT por’.s\)ardom'ng {lowcr. The new gov- Uow much money can the United'ernor has .^id that there will be no States government owe l)efoTe its'pardon i^cket during his admihistra- but \ega CHOOSE credit liecomes impaired and it’can’t | tion, but yegardless of ‘this declara- horrow any more? This queMion isjtion, the pri^^^posed amendment should l)eing a^ked i’e{)eatedly by millions oflhe passed if ive are to avoid in future people. . • I years a displaV of the executive par- We ddn’t protend to' know the an-j don power in thV rtate that ha.s been pwer, but recent jestimates from' witnesstKl in recettt year.s. Cole Blease Wa.shington place the figure a gi’eatjstajrid.s. at the top Vith 1,708 clemen- deal higher than u.sed to 'be thought cies.’ Blackwood, iX’ho\ju.st left office, CHEVROLET FOR THE GREATEST PERFORMERS V 4 ffiat ever bore the Chevrolet name • • and the MOST ECONOMICAL to operate ond maintain lE PREPARED for a possible. At the lieginning of the depression th«‘ national debt was about 16 bil- handed out more thkp a thou.sand. Other governors also, diitdng the {last twenty years, have usedXthis power lion dollars. That was'about IQ bil- freely. Governors Mann1ng\and Har- lion dollars less than the |>eak of war- vey have been the exceptions'pver the •time; we had |>aid off more .than a period of"yeajis. There are im^nces, third of the national debt in ten years, j of course, where pardons and c^mu- At the end of 19.34 the national debt, tations-should be granted, no ene\|is QUALITY -was about 28*1; billions, or 2','2 bil-' lions above its previous highest level. At the present rate of borrowing the <k‘bt is increasing at the rate of a^ut four billions a year. . 1 putes that fact, but the releases should copie on the strict merit oL each case, and merit alone, and not by political influence or other reasons that often times arouse suslpicion. It should be krio'wn 16 lawyers, as well AT thrill , when you take wheel of a 1935 Chevrolet. TTiese new Clievrolets are faster on the get^ nnwy ,than you’d be w'illing to believe if you didn’t actually see and feel their abiliticst They are equally impressive in power—speed —smoothness of operation—and -1 driving safety. Most surprising of all, this new performance is accorn* panied by a9.entirely new economy of* operatiem. Your Chevrolet dealer cordially invites you Jo drive one of these cars ... and prove its greater performance... at your earliest convenience. We sug gest that you see him—today.' A year ago we were told from Washington that the natiof^ could * as to all other classes of citizen.s, that 35 billions and not be pardons and i)arole.s are not up for stand a dei)‘v of harmed. Now'from the .same sources we are told tlvat a Federal debt of 501 billions' would no re.su! t in barsh~ taxalToh [o -pajTThe; remedy pardons ITTsitribution. The law should be. changed now. t be unbearable on'Already we have .waited'Jong to a vaTTJTn Tn"M;r{r~TR«i fKT^ 'cbndnTohr'whole^lrT' LOW COST CHEVROLET MOTOR COMPANY, DETROIT, MICHIGAN Compare Chevrolet's low delivered price* and easy G. C. terms. A General Motors Value intere-t. .\l the ‘ {iresont rates of in-j granting of clemency to {persons con- ter<'st on govei-nment loans,-4t w ould | victed of chime is a deliberate‘slap-in take about I billions a year to pay | the face of the law, verdicts of ju,ri^, the iri'teie': on 5() billions, and the ten-1 and rulings of judges. It unmiatakab- dency of in't'rest rates is downward. | ly has been in this state, one of the If we Hill! to tht‘j)ossible 50 billion I contributing causes to the increase oL of Federal debt the 20 billions of .state, lawlessness. and municipal debts, the .burden upon} the entire {H'ople of the total load of ^ 70 billions would be, about $560 for 10 Yearsi Ago ^ about every man. woman and child. The preser’t per capita Federal debt is i about $225. In Great Britain the na-j ^^***'** Iiitej*est From The Chronielt tional debt burden is about $973 a! of January 22, 1925 head; that 4>T F'ranee is $470, while! ^ mi ^rmany; which repudiated and liqui-' dated most of its debts by inflation, carries,a deb: load of only $94 a head. How large a debt a nation can carry depends u{>on how’ confident its peo ple are that they can pay the interest. It also (lei)t.nds ufMin how soon the honj^^fall ’4qe. The grocery and hardware store of J. - A. Bailey has been purchased by Ferrell Milam. SLOT MACHINES GO (^Qver:'.o.' lohnstoft is to be eom- meried 'on t'le action he has-1 a kern to lid th;4 ^^taiT of slot machines ond [bookkeeper other -{letty rambling devicc.s. County [ • - ' Mrs. Mary Prather is Visiting her daughters in Greenwood* iss Helen Wallace is the guest of hersister, Mrs. John Holland Hyjiler, Mi.ss Esther Holland has accepted a position with Blakely’s Oiwery as sheriff.s were notifie<l last week that their oliera.ion a violation of the law and that they would be expected to enforce the state statutes on this subject vigorpusly and impartially, without exceiHions. . t r.'The Chronicle upon inquiry made yesterday, learned that a number of , slot’fnachiIKS in operation here have vanished within the past few days, word having been brought here, as well as ^throughout the county by the Mr, and Mrs. J. Hamp Stone left this i^eek for an extended' stay in Florida 465 i/- rAv AND UP. list price of New Slnirdord Rooditet of Flint. Mitfi $465 With bumper>., spare tire and tire lorlc fhe list price is $20 00 ndctitionol Puces ssrbject to change without notin- Th« New Standard Chavrplat GmcIi /CHEVROLET ..r~ 560 AND UP. list price of M^ster^De luxe Coupe ot Flint. Mich , $S6W' With bump- cis, Sparc tire and fire locfc._ the list pri<c is $25 00 ndditionol Pn<Pl '.yhioct to fhonq« without notice Knee* Action optionol nt $20 00 « xttn J 'vf f A ^'5^' I- // 'Nt* M^ and Mrs. J. I. Coleman-have gone to Miamr, Fla., for a stay of several months. TIm Matter De Use Chevrolet Coach DKALER ADVKimSKIHENr Miss Lois McMillan of Lockhart, is the guest of Dr. and Mw. B. H. Henry. Miss Gladys Adair and James H. sheriff rthat they would be seized and j Cato were united in marriage Sunday destroyed, and their owners, gunished hfternoon at the First Baptist church for violation of the law. Orders went out, so we are in formed, soon after the present ad ministration assumed office in Sep tember, that all slot machines jfatfaeeed up and tKeir operation stop ped m the city. This ‘position of the to dear them out was heartily UDended handreda of citixene. AhI' WUkt ‘dsHtdr* the * donaimeneeimat ^addseas parsonage, with officiating. Rev. Edward Long , The D. A. R. chapter met oil Thurs day afternoon with Mrs. W. B. Parr as leader. ,• I Miss Ir^ Dillard of this' city, deaa of women at the State University, will ' -i-j ■"W- •j. Clinton, S. C.