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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
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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
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C. B. Cannon, County Agent
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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'
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