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> *, rdint S - /* ■ THE CLINTON CHBOWICLE, OUNTON. d. & ■H- i -:^- THURSDAY, FEteUARY 2a. 1955 y 'f> /• $t|r (Siitttpn 1 BMMMii im WfLSONlw, HA&RIS, JEdhor and PnbUtMr T 4 pMaliad Erary Tlrantey By JHINO .^; / " THE CHRONICLE PUQMSHINO COMPANY . . '■ ■ ' I : — k SabMrij)tioB BaU (Payabla In AdTunca): One year $1.60; Six Montha 75 cental threa Montlii 50 eanta ^Entered as S^ond Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at CU®ton, S. C. The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its snbscHbars and readers—the publiahe.' wiH at all times appreciate wise augsrestions jmd kindly ad vice. 'The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatory 'nature. Anonymous commpnications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for.^ the views or opinions of its correspondents. —i* Joanna MiOiNeWs CLINTON. U C., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 28, 1935 ^ OUR CLERK OF COURT In reading our contemporary the ' pa?t week, The Laurens Advertiser, (as we always do closely and "vvith ‘interest) we ran across this para graph: “Clerk of'Court Bennett’s pen chant for remenAering names and faces was commented on by Judge Stoll in court Monday morning when Mr. Bennett called the names of all the jury by their given names and nodded to them as they answered, have seen clerks before,” he said, “who ^ould call off the names from memory, but Mr, Bennett is the first ona. I have observed who not only could call them off but would recognize'-each juror when he answered.” - - '' , It might be added that this is just one of the many accomplishments of Mr. Bennett who, in our judgment, hasn’t a superior in the state as a clerk of court. Those who know and appreciate his work generally agree that since assuming office he has given the county a most courteous, accommodating, "efficient and capable administration. By the character and quality of the services he has rendered, Mr. Ben- TH’tt has made the county a valuable officer and should be kept in the post he now holds for.niany years to come. .. KEEP LIQUOR OUT The senate has before it this rweek a bill to legalize liquor sales through a state store system said to be pat terned af^r Virginia’s plan. The re vised so-eal)ed control bill has been given the approval of the senate ju diciary committee. The main features of the bill are: Create~a supervisory state board of control of three full-time commission ers appointed by the goveimor; and establish “at least” one liquor store in e'very county. It would further require Goldville, Feb. 21.0^1 Mrs. W. C. Moore returned to her home in Gaff ney Sunday sifter sjpending jk tehr weeks with her daughter, Mn. R. G. Carr. ' j ' Mr.^ and Mrs. Jimmy Bridges, Miss Audrey Prady and Mias Freda Sum mers spent Sunday with Jdrs. A. G. Hazel in Saluda. ^' Mr. and Mrs. Roy TempletSm Mr. and Mrs. Cecil OdpH, Mrs.J. D. Odell and Miss Tootsie Odell visited friends in Lyman Sunday. Mr. and Mrs, Horace Poag and Mr, and Mrs. C. E. Harrelson and son spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. FVank Farmer in Lockhart. Mr. and Mrs, W. L, Hazel of Green ville, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Sweatt. Mrs. Dessie Bryant is spending a few weeks with relatives in Green ville, of thbse present, aira W. T. Spires won the ‘*yive dollait Aill” for telling the- biggei|t “story.” I>r. J. C. Roper, pas tor of Broad ^treet Medhodist churqh of Clipton, was introducedTand madg a very interesting address. He con- trUsted conditions in the ' industrial villages today with conditions a few years* ago. He declared that, both em ployers and employees must work to gether for the betterment of indus trial conditions. - * . yrjr been applied ^to Small Tgrains, shquld be put on small grains at epee, j Ex periments show that from to 200 pounds of\ ammonia should be uaed per acre, sOattering same by the 15th of MaivK ke Da An Kfada af / / wwnu'rvw/v Birtha Bom to Mr. and Mrs. James Harrel son a son, on Sunday, Feb. 17. Bora to Mr. and Mrs. dames Green a daughter, on Monday, Feb. 18. Bora to Mr. and Mrs. Ben Dean a son, on Thursday, Feb. 14. Valentine Parties JPhe World Wide circle, under the direction of Mrs. C^il Odell, enjoyed a ^Valentine party at the community uniform .liquor prices and employes’!building Thursday afternoon. Appro- ^^^***7 I* Heard \ Rfv. John Mo^ison, who is home on furlough from' the mission field in Africa, gave an interesting talk to members of the Woman’s Auxiliary Monday evening. He described the conditions in Africa and told some thing of the work of the! missionaries there. W. M. S. Meeting ' The Woman’s Missionary society of the Baptist church met on Friday eve ning with a good attendance. An in- Jeresting part of the program waa a playlet by members of the Sunbeam Band, under the direction of Mrs. L. H. Poag. Farm Demonstration Notes \ C. B. Cannon, County Agent ■4: ■- salaries 4ft liquor stores. Iniforihatioir came to us some time back through the grape-vine .ipute that if liquor stores are established in the state by the legislature that* a suggestion had been made that at least three be provided in this county, one at Gary Court, Laurens, and Clin ton to raise revenue, the income to be divided one-third to the state and .q Ikie portion to the counties and mu nicipalities where sold, « The Chronicle, as a citizen and tax payer Is strongly opposed to the es tablishment oir a state-operated liquor store in Clinton and believes that this iS" the feeling and 8entimenk_of ^he great majority of odr people. If. th^ bill as now proposed in 'Columbia should pas.s and it be made compul .sory that liquor stores be set up in this as well as other counties, it will be a .slap in the face of the majority . ^ of the people of this county who in HK-ent fiasco of an election voted ^ . ,dry. The legislative delegation^hould Spartanburg, who, according to (,he wishes of the.majority of ports, rec«*ived - his appointment luiate games and atones were, enjoyed by all present. » - The Sunday school classes of Mrs. Farmers’ Meeting At Court House, Tuesday, March 5, 10 A. M.* The service of'0. M. Clark, agricul tural economist; Clemson college, has been secured for Tuesday, }/lkrch 5, at Be^sie^ Hamm, Mrs.. Rqth .Feltman, at the court house in Lau and Miss Nellie Hamm celebrated St Valentine’s day with pkrties "that were quite happy pffaii:8 for the little folk. Good-Will Association Meets The Joanna Good-Will associntion m«t in the community building Satur day evening at 7:00 o’clock. A fish-fry was enjoyed by tha large crowd pres ent. “Fish tales” were told by some rens. Mr. Clark will discuss the out look for 1936 on jcrops and livestock. This is an important meeting and all interested parties, whether farmers or business men, are invited to be pres ent. By having first hand information on the outlook for 1936 a fanner ’^11 be fn a better position to plan his qrpp. Topdrcaoing Small Grains Topdressing, upleu it h§^ already NEW RELIEF HEAD The sUito has a brand‘new adm.ini||L'at6r, Miller Fo.ster, anbi lluough Governor-J(»hnston. .Ml. Foster is highly spoken of by those who know him intimately. He is a maft-i)f integrity, natural ability amj'fine training in his chosen pro- fes.-ion. His appointment seems to have given genertrl satisfaction and our people. What the outcome of the lii^uor quest-ion now up in Golumbia will be is' not now known. But our people should keej) their eyes open and in form themselves. We should use our influence to-keep the liquor business .out of this county. We should fight along with many others we express | ^ ^ ^ ^ j ^ ^ ^ j y uncompromisingly the hope that in this difficult move that may be mad'e tion he will act feailessly and jnipar-ij^ establi.sn a liquor store in Clinton, lially, withoutA favoritism and freej path^^rs and mothers espwially, from political influences and roancu-jthemserveir against such ,la menace being legalized and set be- if we are to have a continuation of this ridfef program the aid should go to those who need and deserve it. Tho.se who are not entitled to such help should la* kept off the rolls. Dis- jiensing charity is a difficult under taking, and if .Mr. Foster thinks he can handle this job without criticism, be will be disappointed.. He will be unable to satisfy everyone, of course. No matter how good. Santa Claus is, more i.s expected of him each' yefir and hi.s army of admirers steadily in creases. You who read these lines—suppose spine one should place a thoysand dol lars at* your disposal with the earne.st request that you donate it ^ually to the ten most netnly and deserving families in the county. If you went, about the task in a t-houghtful, con scientious manner and -attempted to do exactly what the donor had asked —you would be confronted with the most difficult job you ever tackled. fore their children. RAILROAD ABANDONMENTS Since .the coming of the new y^r, ^several branch linos of large railroads in the Middle W^st have been aban doned. The abandonment was forced ^as has been the case with thousanda of miles of such lines during the past few years by inequitable competition and regulation that caused destruction of railroad revenues, which made it 'financially impossible"to keep on op erating. ’ To the outside world, the abandon ment meant littI?? To the communi- 'ties affected, it was tragedy. Men lost tlieir jobs. Others were transferred to different placfs7 throwing thetF hemes on^the market at bankrupt prices. Property in a town without a railroad is usually the next thing to wQiHiless. Businesses in these commu nities have announced liquidation of their assets. And so the story goes. The towns "and* counties ' affected will lose a substantial part of their tax revenue which came from the rail roads and the businesses which have been forced to liquidate. That ;can only mean heavier taxes on all other property. The inevitable consequence there, as it would be in this commu nity or elsewhere should such a thing happen — is retrogression — ghost towns spring up in the places that promised to' be forward-looking little cities. A stacidid railroad policy, which penalinea, the railroads on one hand with taxes and iron-handed regulation and lefiMation^ and pampexx ihMr oompetRow oa tha other, is vasponii- Ua far tha abiadeiBnanU baeoitiliv m’Mmmom hi fsaMt ymx*, Na policy doaa mars ta pmeta dapsaiiaa. WHAT A BRAVE WOMAN DHL We take off our hat to Mrs. Irene Davis of' Greenville, Alabama. We pass our especial compliments to the citizens of her community who were so understanding as- to recognize in her an example of the fundamental American qualities. They gave her a silver cup, a couple of weeks ago, on which was ^nn^ved the sentiment that Irene Davis is one of Alabama’s grrea'test women. She didn’t lead any campaign to abolish anything, nor run for public office, nor win a prize in a Jbeauty contest, nor any of the other things that so many women do to bring themselves notoriety, if not approval. Nobody ever heard of Irene Bavis, outside of her own neighbors, a year ago. Only the relief workers -knew that she was a widow, with three chil dren and a Jot of debts. She didn’t ask for -any-“Fetief” except a chance - To dig her own subsistence and that of her children out of the ground. So she was fixed up with an eight-acre piece of land, with a tumble-down house on it, and went to it. Reliel Administration provided seed, feed, fertilizer, groceries and clothing on the chance that she could ^pay for them out of what she got ;^f the lit tle farm. She borrowed a mule from s Tieighbor to do her plowing. Rather, she rented t^ mule by the day, for every day the mule worked she or her 14-year-old boy worked for the mule’s owner. In the story-books, that sort of de- ter-minatipn always wins. Tliere are a lot of folks these days who have the idea Hiat patience, industry, thrift and the old-fashioned virtues don’t pay any more. They do pay, and they paid in Mrs. Davis’ case. Besides a living for herself and family, she got enough out of^ the soil the first season to pay off the advances made by the relief administration' and leave some thing over. And when the story of her achievement got around,'"the citizens bf Greenville and other parts of the state got together and gave her that silver cup. , - - To us there is the strongest kind of an inspiration in Mrs. Davis’ feat So long as that spirit of independence, ot 7, willingness to face hardship and. toil rather~ than to be a burden upon the community continues to exist, even in a smallMiegree, among American wo men; we have no fear for the nation which their eons and j daughters will inherit' y 4 THE NEW CHEVROLETS • \ ■ the seniiMe answer to your motor car needs in PRICE • • ECONOMY PERFORMANCE \ ^CHEVROLET CHOOSE CHEVROLET FOR QUALITY AT LOW COST TIE lEW STMMII CIEVIOLET \ *465 AND UP. Li»iprit»otlf«w Dfantfcitf KomtUtf aE Flint, Jthh.. $4tS. 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