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- f .-f \ gAGRTOPR THG fcUNTON CHEOWICtR \ N. S. C V ^ THURSDAY. MARCH 7. 1W5 : -- ■ y :y. -L i' Km WILSON W. HAUtffi, Bditor an^ PobUihtr -«v . PaUiahad Erary llrarsday By THE bHBONICLE PUBUSHINO COMPANY . . - * ' .'- ' ■ ■ ■ - —— Sabacription Bata (Payidda In Adranca): f Or.a yw |1.50; Sin Montha 76 eanU; Threa Months 60 cants ' .'1, I ‘ ! ' I I 11 I ■ ■ ■ I ^ ■ ' Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Poft Office at Clintony S. C. The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its snbaenbars and readers—^tha pnblishe.' wiH at all times appriCiata msa snggastioqs and kindly ad vice. The Chronicle will publish letters of gaiferal interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not’Responsible for U^e views or opinions o^, Its correspondents. CLINTON, S. C., THURSPAY, MARCH 7, 1935 WELL RECEIVED The Chronicle is now carrying a regular feature under the caption, “Clinton Folks You Know.” Its object ie to give a skeU^ ’ eaeh''*wigigk of a Ibcal citisen (without his knowledge) and thereby more, fully acquaint our readers with the business and pro fessional men of the city. ; We are receiving quite a number of comments on this feature —all of which, are favorable. TO OUR READERS We conservatively eatimate that from eight to_.tcn thousand people in Clinton’s trade area read The Chron icle regularly. We want them to tell ,us "Why I Am a Subscriber aiul Reader of The Chronicle.” Letters ansirering this question are invited, an announcement ■\ of prizes offered and details of the contest appearing in the news cjol- umns of today’s paper. Get in the cont^. Send in your let ter stating why the “family newspa per” is welcomed .into your h^e »ch ' week. i A USELESS BILL > A bill now comes forward in the legislature to give the governor the name authority over state-wide codes- lo be enac^ that Washington has over national codes! It is a useless bill and oifie that should be killed in short order. The outcome of NBA is now un settled and undecided. From the pres ident’s recedt message it is evident that there are to b^vrevisions that will liminate certain unfavorable con- ,«^ditions. If we are to have.a recovery law in the interest of the economic welfare of the country it should be uniform in it^ scope and not augment ed by .state set-ups for which there is no need. The country is now top- heavy with legislation of all kinds, with the tax-exempt government in competition with private enterprise When business begins to run itself without extreme regulations that han dicap it will go forward, toward re- covery_ at a more rapid ajnd.satisfac- lory jate.' able fact-^linton’s future depernia in a large measure on its business men. We can’t get away from this conclu sion. If there is to be growth and progress, or if there is to be retro gression — the\reeponsibility is upon our business m^. It is well to realize and understand that we can’t shift our responsibilky by placing it on the shoulders of others.^ ' — There are scores of business and professional men and’property own ers in Clinton who say they want the city ioygo forward and yet Ahey will not turn their hands or eper^ a dol lar to assist in this’^forwaid pi One of our biggest troubles right ia the spirit of apathy and ence on the part of our own people. VOTE FOR “MISS CLINTON” The contest starts tx>day to select “Miss Clinton” to participate in the annual Charleston Azalea Festival the latter part of this month. The names of twelve young ‘ ladies who have been placed in nomination by readers of The Chronicle appear in an advertisement in today’s paper, and from this group a repreaentative will be chosen for this city’s “queen” of the festival. ^ Quite a large number of merohanta are participating in the contest as will be seen from the advertieemeni They will issue voting coupons with all purchases^, and the young lady re ceiving the greatest^, number of Votes will win the honor of attending the festival. This simply means that in your buying from the paticipating concerns you- are to request tickets Ho be voted for your choice from the group placed in nomination. It is expected that fifty towns and cities will participate in the week’s festivities. The young lady selected as “Miss Clinton” will go to Charles ton without a penny of,cost to her and will be K guest af one of the city’s finest jiotels as she takes part in a five days elaborate program of enter tainment. The one fortunate enough to be'chosen queen of the festival, will be awarded a free trip to Washington during the cherry blossom festival. This is a Jovely trip for a Clinton girl. The interesting question is, J’^ho Will Be Miss Clinton?” THE LOCAL SILK MILL A meeting of the common and pre ferred stockholders of the Stutz-Had- field Silk (Corporation of this city, has been set for March 12th. The meeting should be largely attended by those who own the 690,000 of local stock in this enterprise and efforts made by the officers and stockholders to adopt some workable plan by which the mill may be put into operation without further delay. . i The mill, established here six years ago largely through the efforts of the Chamber of Commerce, has' been a valuable asset to the community in spite| of depressed business conditions of recent years. Until it began cur tailing and later suspended^ operation, it was giving employmenf to a large group* of people and creating an an nual payroll of approximately $50,000 which went into local business chan nels. _ Industries of this kind giVe needed employment to a large group qf fam ilies and’ create payrolls that arc ben eficial to the community. While it is true the stockholders have not re ceived the dividends guaranteed under the organization plan, and which tiMy had a right to expect, nevertheless wtih the mill operating these share holders were in^rectly benefitted, as well as the entire community. This community is not particularly interested in management disagree ments that may have arisen (which are to be regretted). But H is vitally interested in seeing a closed down plant coifVerted intq active machinery giving local employinent and creating needed payrolls. The community hopes that the approaching meeting will result in formulating feasible plans of some sort by which a now dead plant may become a real and live asset. \ Vfith virtually * nothing accOn||plished. Vital kdininistration measures were las^ruhming in committees. Hostile legislative propoeals were boldly push ing forward- A spirit of revdt was 'jh the air. / . f;.,JThe*' president’s congressional chief tains did little talking publicly, but privately expressed confidence that beginning Monday, whqn congress turned into its third month and the chief t‘xecubree began his third year, they could soon get the legislative ex- press.hack on the tracks. Over the weel^nd they planned to work desperately to break a deadlock over the all-important work-relief bill, realizing that future success oi their leadership was largely depend ent upon the outcome of that conflict. Republican minorities in the two houses, watching with-some glee the break in Democratic ranks, sat back to await results. ^ Democratic leaders, for their nart, could draw only a particle^ of satisfac tion from reviewing their efforts of the past week to get things going. No material progress was recorded for any of the major administrative proposals. The senate appropriations committee, where the .woric-reKef bill was reposing to await the outcome of backstage negotiations, did not even meet to consider it. With no major legislation ready for them, both house and senate nibbled away at routine matters and recessed frequently in an eePfort tqu,speed up committee consideration of the presi dent’s program. As the stalemate continued, mem bers of congress increasingly express ed the belief that the chief executive’s program would have to be curtailed or congress would be in session long into t^ summer. Looking over the recommendstdons he hss made al ready, they foresaw months of work ahead. - 10 Years Ago Item of Interest From Ths Chronidd of Msrek 6, 1925 - Mrs. John T. Ballenger, before her marriage two months ago Miss Em mie Robertson, of this city, passed away last Wednesday at the home of her father-in-law, J. J. Ballenger, of Seneca. The funeral"servee was held here Thursday from the home of hter aunt, Mrs. George Davis, with inter ment in the Presbyterian cemetery. . WE MUST HELP OURSELVES ' We understand that a plan is on ■foot in the city to secure the services of a full-time salaried secretary for the Cumber of Commerce. While the idea is commendable and has many advantages, it is question able whether this is an opportune time for .such ah undertaking to suc ceed. Business today is uhstabilized, labor conditions are unsettled and un til business can. get on a more stable basis we are not going to see new development in towns like ours from outside capital. The position of secre tary of a Chamber of Commerce is most difficult, and if ,wr are to try eneb an experiment the greatest ckre should be exercised i^n the MlbctiWof the official. A paid'8ecretu7- -iq ex pected to be a sort of magic wo^er- worfceA If be^can land new enterpris es, create payrolls and. build additkm- ^'smdDe-etida he appkud- ed. <If he can't aeoompBeh these things he is soon bnadpd as *4io food." While eomididag ths unisHoii we should BOi loot Mffat af tUs iadispot- The Joanna Mereantile company of Goldville has been organized. Offi cers elected are: H. W. Hack, New York, president; C. R. Workmfin of Goldville/vice president; S. Gary Dil lard of this city, secretary and general manager; W. A. Moorhead,Areasurer. -The country residence of W. Watte Davis in the Rock Bridge section was completely destroyed bjr fire last Thursday night. Mrs.'- Frank Kelfers was called to Augusta Monday on account of the death of her father. An attractive George Washington party was given by Iktie Je& Doland when he entertained the boys of'his grade. Roosevelt Has. Balky Congress Exercise of Magnetic Leadership By President ^(|«ded To Halt Spirit of Revolt. .Washington, March 2. —- Presideiit Roosevelt fac^ congrsMioQal mud dle tonight that many in the capital felt would require from him the —m* kind roagastic leadership he had dispUyed when he had maMhed into th^M^dte Houm two yaara ago. had eomplftod two montha Feb. Honor RoU ThomweH School grade: Robert Grubd, Juanita Hillhoiiito, , Frances Little, Charles Woodside. ' Second' graded Margaret Pete^, Adrian Collins. . —^ j Third.grade: Sam Morse, CJ«Olyii Murphy, Douglas - Parker, Jean Gra ham. ' Seventh grade: Sara Davis, Judson Keen, Madeline Smith. Eighth grade; Mary Hughes. 'Ninth grade: Bessie Fortner, Ruth Ryan, Elizabeth Tucker. Eleventh grade: Robert Campbell. 1 f. To Call For Dividend SPECIAL EXPIRES MARCH. 10 Better Rupies and Gardens with My Garden Heliwr, both IT months for 11.00. Y JAMES W. CALDWELL Call Sk at 12:30 Tlie Commercial Bank recently an nounced the payment of an additional dividend of ten per cent, effective Feb. 14th. It was stated yesterday that a number of deposits have failed to call at the bi^ tO)(^uro their dividend now available. ' They are asked to do so at once, bringing with them the conservator’e receipt for proper credits. If You D(0ii*t fUhd — — THE CHRONICLE ' Yon Don’t Get the NEWS E. Meod Smith, O. D. Felder Smith, O. D. OPTOMETRISTS SPECIALISTS Byfs Examined, Glasses Prescribed Laboratory for Prompt Repair Service. Phone 101 for Appoiiitment CLINTON. 8. C Ako o)p Thanks We’Vish to thank our friends and i. neighbors for the many deeds of kind ness shown us daring the recent ill* ness and death of our mbtheir an^ sis ter, Mrs. Emma. Monroe. The floral offerings Were lovely and 4e«ply ap preciated. Mr. and ,Mr8. Dowiri Monroe.^ .^’Sistera , SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE^ " “Hw Paper Everybody ftonds” r- • I YOU ARE • . . 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