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/. / 7 /1 r-^ -f I ■j »AG»,TOro 1 THE CLtNTaN CHBOWICIJ!. CUNTDW, 8. C V JULY a, life ./•I / i X' (ZII|r (fllfnton IfM \ WU^ON W. HAMUS. Editor nd PabttoWr PoMiahod Erorjr Itrarfday By THE CHBONICHE PUBLISHING COMP ANT Sabseription B*t« (Payable In Adranca): One year Sabse I1.W; Six Months 75 centii;.ThrM Months 60 eenta Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C. The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscHbers and readers—tlrs pnblishe^' win'at all times apprecUte wise snfgestions and kindly ad> vice. Th* ChroWcle will publish letters; of feneral interest when they are not of a defamatory natore. Anonymous eommonications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for tk^ views or opinions of ita correspondents. _ ^ Nobody’s Badness By Q— McGee Good Momhif, Judge our mayer, who ^allso serves as judge and jury of the muny^ippal edart, bad 7 cases beifoar him mo^ay morning, as followers: CLINTON,'S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1W5 BUSINESS IS GOOD We are toldjhat the hotel business in Washington is extra good. Literally hundreds of representatives of-states, cities and towns are sitting around the holels day after day waiting, to get their slice of pie from the huge five billion dollar relief fund^ for which distribution machinery is now being set up. PROFIT ESSENTIAL There must be a desire and opportu nity for profit if there is to be busi ness progress'. Although many today attempt to attach cnliums to this mo tive, the fact remains that therern lies "the secret of America’.^ great wealth, which, more than incidentally, pro vides more, wealth for the workers of this country than for tho.se of any other nation. When this desire for le gitimate gain ceases to exist, America will cease to progress. Every bu.siness enterprise is entitled to, and must have a legitimate profit in order to stay in existence. Men of the Covered Wagon hoped to find gold or richer soil. . THE ANSWER IS "EASY . " The approval in this state of anoth er huge public power project at a coat of 537,000,000, is just another case of the government going into competing boainesa with its private citizens. Thia policy being put into effect throughout the oountiy in all lines of industry, naturally raises the question, "Wlio is gmng to pay the taxes when private industry is put out of business ■with duplicate, tax-exempt govern ment competition?” ■ There is only one answer. Those tAxea, plus the additional taxes re quired to finance tax-empty business, must be added to any remaining tax able property. ~ CONGRESS WORN OUT Long legislative sessions are the or der of the day. Qur own state law makers hung up a length record at the recent session as well as an unpre cedented expense amounting to $343,- 075 for seventy-seven actual work days. ^ Congress has now been running long overtime. In spite of the repeated ef fort rhade to “go home,” tf piling up of unfinishe<l legi.slation keeps the members on the job in the hot capital with no immediate likelihood of ad journment. \ , We have \ an idea that congress could best help the nation by closing the “bilj hopper” and coming home to explain reform bills already enacted to a troubled constituency. — . HARD TIMES Times are hard. Conditions are dis tressing, we are told each dky, with no money in circulation, no business, with the whole iiicture ahead a gloomy, discouraging one. But in- spite of these “hard times,” people are able to bu^ liquor. State revenue from liquor'stores since the present law became effective in May has amounted to $306,683. This rep resents license fees and the tax im posed upon liquor offe^x?d for sale. f Mathematically, what does' this show. It mean.s that on the basis al ready set of about $100,000 per month for liquor, state revenue from t-hii source will likely be more than a mil lion dollars a year. While it is imfK)s- sible now to accurately estimate what the total consumption will be, indica- tions point to an enormous sum. If the annual revenue should reach a million dollars it will represent in “depres sion times” the sale of ten million pints. What would it he in prosperous times? I It would he both interesting and en lightening to know what percentage of th^ $306,683 liquor revenue report ed since the law l^came effective has been made possible by money fur nished through government relief and employment channels. __ FIFTY YEARS OF SERVICE Our friend, neighbor and contem porary, The Laurens Advertiser, has reached its fiftieth birthday after rounding out a half century of con structive and helpful service to the county. The interesting story of its founding and management during this long piriod appears in the news col umns of today’s paper. The Chronicle extends congratula tions to The Advertiser that it has weathered the storms and stands well- established today as one of the best weekly papers in the state. Those who started the i)aper in face of difficul ties, and those who have stepped into the gaps from time to time as changes bave come in the management, have shown a loyalty to their work ^nd Have carried on faithfully and well. WHAT WOODROW WILSON SAID People who wonder what other great leaders of the day and generation would have thought of "biireAucratic government such as^ is growing up over the world, can study with inter- e.st the views along the.se lines ex- .pre.ssed by the late President Wood- row Wilson. He once said: “I do not want to live under a phil anthropy. 1 do not want to be takeh care of by the government either di rectly or by an instrument through which the government is acting. I want only to have right and justice prevail so far a,s I anv Concerned. Give me right and justice and I w-ill under take to takCvCare of myself. I will not jive under trustees if I can help it. I do not care _how wise, how patriotic, the trustees may be. I have never beard of any group of men in whose l^uids I am willing to lodge the liber ties of America in trust.” f ^^ The^ paper today, "under the editor ship of Mr. Lee, is a force in the life of tjie county. It is conducted on a high plane, with an earnestness of purpose and breadth of view, uphold- in^-and fighting always for the things that arc of value to the county. The Chrohicle wishes for The Ad vertiser many more-years of useful ness and Success. The county, and the city of Laurens, are far more indebted to the paper than it is likely they have ever realized. dudd iClark, «alt and botirrey of a high and aggervated nature upop the person M 'thq poleesman in the night time with a blunt instrument .which felt like a pair of brass knocks, but looked I like a heel bolt, he come clear; the poleesma will be out of the hoas- pittle next week, yore corry spondent, mr. mike Clark, rfd, was dudd’s only witness. art square: dnying a sterrage awheel while under the influence of strong drink at high speed tkni the streets of flat rock with his bom wide open and his cut-out a-blowing and hollering at the top of hia voice, ollso cussing, re- yisting amoffiser, and running over a telegram post, he wts fined 1$ but an appe^ to the aup- preme cpart which killed the n. Tt a. mike Clark, rfd: uttering and^pass- ing a worthless check with mallis- a^thought on the drug stoar in the night time with the intention of get ting monney under false preenses an- soforth against the pease and dignity, of civvil code 43, page 24, vol. 84, sec. 23, paragraf 33, entry 67, subject; bad checks, he pllso come clear,, as he prpved that the drug stoar was trying to get him to cash a check on them. penny moore: bootlegging unstamp- e<l bottled in barn whiskey which was ketched on him in a patl\ which led from a still on his wife’s farm betwixt .sun-up and daylight bn the morning of june 29 in sum of 2 pints, mr. moore proved hisself an allibiv scudd Clark swore that him and penny were in the county-seat jail (at the time ha was report^ ketebed) for apeeding without a license plate, and running over 2 men. he come clear.. ‘ the inaywr got so disgusted with the everdence in the cases he hod tried to try, he -nolI-pressed the otiier 5 cases after he'saw who was going to swear for them, vlizly: the Clarka. he knows th eClarks have always got the proof of the innocence of their many friends, he said he flet more like |t was his duty to pay the prisoners at the bar 1$ each than it wi« to waist fhny time trying them. • \ Social Nws From Flat Rock our little town of flat rock con boost of hawing some unusual and ^nderful citizons in our midst os well as seweral who have moved off sikI become famous, for inotanta;. hiram cheap con digest a cucumber, he has been knowed to eat a hole cu cumber (wifh nothing on it but salt) Kqd live, it do not seem to bother him. nfman who can do that will no doubt live to an over-ripe old age. flat rock has furnished 2,lbggisla- tors and 1 foreman of a jury and 2 depputy cheriffs and 2 furrin mission- nrries enduring the past 15 years, she allso has 1 boy in the movies in a mob sceen and 3 in the army and 4 in the navy and 6 in the penny-tentry. flat rock has always voted dimmer- cratic /lOO per "cent except, the time holstim mobf8"ian<l art square cast their ballots for; mr. hoover onner count of ol sm^ bdbnging to the catholics, bert bqits voted Tor a oo- ciolist in 19S2, but he diddCnt know it at the time.V vtom head, aldermairfrom Ward no. 1 can sinoke the same cigar longer than amij^bther man-who evyer inhabtied flat rock, he has-benn knowed to use a two-for cigar for 4 weeks, it rarely ever stays lit. he gets a fejv puffs now and then from it, but it is mostly used for chawing purposes. Hbmber 1141 for five shores of sUx^ in the Citizens BuUding and Loon As- socia^n of Clinton^ S- C., series num ber ^ issued •'June 15, 1983. The aferesaid - stock certificate nuniber 1141 bf which I on the owner has ^ been lost or desmyed; -V 8-l-«tp ; WILiyiBD'L.nTONES. Subscribe to the cHRO^heui mrs. sallie patties can pick up more gossip ht l day than she can 'dispose of in 3 weeks, ahe has the world skint on locating, hatching up, and distrib uting scandal, she is sought after by all of our wimnten, os they enjoy her sweet morsels to some extent their- selves, she was the cause of our last posture of rehober church leaWng us. allso she has busted up over 17 homes. yores trulie, mike Cjark, rfd, corry spon^nt. H. D. HENRY P. M. BOLANP 1898-198l>> . H. D. HENRY & COMPANY • . K , , -- J ^ Insurance STOCKS — SONDS — REAL ESTATE . LOANS NEGOTIATED .r Telephone 121 ^ ^ • •• YOUNG LAD PASSES Dewey DeWitt Shipman, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Boney ^ipman, who re side near Clinton, died at the home of his parents on Sunday. Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at 4:30 frpm Old Bethel Baptist church near Woodruff by the Rev. C. L, Boyter, with inter ment following in the church ceme- tery. Besides his parents the deceased is survived by three brothers and a sister. NOTICE OF LOST STOCK CERTIFICA’TE Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned will apply to the Citizens Building and Loan association of Clin ton, S. C„ at the office of said As sociation in. Clinton, S. C., on Friday, August 2nd. 1936, for a duplicato eer- tificats to take the plaea of oartilleato Felder Smith, O. D.- B. Mood Smith, 0. D. brs. Smith & Smith T OPTOMETRISTS SPECIALISTS IN EYE EXAMINATIONS Phono 1$1 for Appointment CLINTON, S.C. 4 I Tiei D. E. TRIBBLE CO. \ A handclasp of understandinsr is stronger than * legal agree ments. The Brotherhood of Man is founded upon something deep er than wdrdy resolutions. Real friendship is a partnership in the Business of Lite: \ Ours is' a sleepless service — always at the phone night or day. Our suggestions will help^ you plan a ceremony of moder ate exii^nse. O.f .Twbbu Cq.Inc V -PuBeral Directm Day PhmM t4^- Nifht PkoaM 24, SSI, 2S5 CLINTON, 8. C S P E E D Y ” 4^ By Clinton Motor Co., South St aMTONim KVMOUTH h CHRYSLEI We have a number of good elean used care. It will pay you buy. - OUR CHANGING AGE We live in a fast world of change. We have seen the wagon train give way to the railroad and the railroad all but give way to the truck and au tomobile. The shop which use<L-to be one of the busy places in the country town has been forced to get into sidelines and novelty business. The blacksmith shop has been turned into a garage. No business seems se cure. Just now it appears as though the airplane would one day do away to a large extent with the railroad and the.automobile. But some morning we will wake up and find a railroad on which the cars travel 100 to ISC’ miles an hour and the bus lines will be abandoned. The .movies ruinM the legitimate theatre but television which might appear any day now would atiike a tremendous blow to the mov ies. It isn’t safe for anyone to settle back nnd say that he is secure. Any azoni^ k apt to bring forth a new peeovgry tbnt will ehknge business gnd make certain business •ad miprefitable. WORK RELIEF STARTS As the huge PWA prograju gets under way throughout the country, of ficials to*head it are urging that the work be expedited in every possible way. President Roosevelt, in speaking to the state directors in the capital recently, said to that group, “Remem- l>er that speed is of the essence. We want the work done, but we want it done now.” With this policy the pub lic will bejji hearty accord,, and is hoping that the money Will not be wasted and spent on useless projects as has been the case in many instances in the past set-up. If we are to spend the money, it shoiuld be applied to worth-while, needed, permanent and helpful purposes. Inforination comes from Washing ton that the relief program ha? been delayed because there' wasn’t enough money to go around. The original ap propriation , was for $4^880,000,000, from which it was designated' that 3,500,000 unemployed people were to be provided, with jobs. It became ap parent at Washington recently that only about $3,450,000,000 could be used for that purpose; the original $4,880,- 000,000 had been reduced by $900,000,- 000 already spent for direct relief and rural rehabilitation. It is now estimat ed that about $500,000,000 more will be n<)bded fqr direct relief in the^fi^l year 1936. . The president’s original pla cording to the Works F istration, was to spend in the reemployment d projects already appjrdved ^or which funds have been s^R^tod, and thous ands assigned mains in thb fund, it is stated. $821 per man to be hire^, and that leaves a small amount for the worker once materials are bought. The short age indicated from Washington comes from the fact that the projects already^ y-A- ■ THI most PINILY SALArtoiD LOW-PRICID CAR IVIR BUILT YOU WILL FIND THAT NiW CNIVROLIT INTUUORS ARI MlfCH MORI LUXURIOUS AND MUCH MORI COMFORTABLI THAN IVIR ^ ' / V . 'A SiVVf You will find many things to delight you, mtny advantages that yon can not find in any other low-priced cai^ when you accept your Chevrolet dMler*s invitatkm to drive the new Master De Luxe Chevrtdet! 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