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r PAGE FOUR .i THE f - _ f* I WILSON .W. BASRfiS, Editor ami PubHaho' f ^^PabUalMd Ihrfiry DiuraiUj By ' TrfE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANT Ore d ^Sabeeription B«U (Payable. In Adraaea): yin |t:50; Six, tfontbi 75 cents; Three Months 60 eeata Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, 8. C. The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its snbser^bere and readers—the publisher* wiH at all times'appreciate wise anfgestions and kindly ad> vice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest wb^ they are not of a defamatory nature.' Anonymous eommuaioatione friD not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the eiews or ppiinipim ef Its eorrespondents. / % I-* . r I m CHBONICLR CLOnOW. & c.' THUBSDAT, AUGUST 8,' IMS Bryte Daniel and F^nk L^i turned .yesterday from a two at Myrtle BeachV ^ otte re- o weeks Mr. and Mrs. Horace Payne of Lake land, Fla.,‘'are the guests of the let ter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. George A. Copeland. ‘ V the subject. Sot that he was a coward and would not come out in the open and declare bis full filiform. / ' Dr. and Mrs. George H of New,Orleans, are the guests of rel- ^ives in the city. , our pressent mayer hf^ newer stat ed from the stump that he does not agree with the add-niinistcatipn in its ‘sock the ritCh” plans, but he said that Comlwili' taxes, they would not have no monii|ey to meet the de-ficcits with, as poor people barely ham-enough mohney to place of business”; and “no radio, pho- nographl'slot machine or ether’'^vice for amusement shall l>e kept” at liquor laiotabs ■ Mi« Uo«ll Smith h.. 0“ from Athens, Ga., where she has just corhpleted a two-year bourse for her degree in music at the University of Georgia. CLINTON. 8. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 18S5 ^ GOES TO LANCASTER After fifteen years of faithful and Mohammedanism constructive work in thtr-community ^or the boys and girls of our city school system, former Superintendent J. H. Witherspoon leaves this week I including primitive African voodooisni, I MohMmnM for a new and larger field of work in Lancaster county. He will have super vision of all schools in that county un der a new county unit set-up. His job primarily will be to see that every boy and girl in the county is given the same educational opportunities and advantages, and that the county has a school system^second to none in the state. Those familiar with’ his work here, his un.selfish services, and his ability to get results, know that he is will ,*ualified for the place and have confidence, in his ability to give satis faction in this difficult position^- This community regrets in the de*, parture of Mr. Witherspoon and will always remember and appreciate the deep and conscientious interest he has manifeste<i in the training and devel opment of its boys and girls. No one who is informed has so much as hinted that the schools under his[ supervision, aided by an able and conscientious teaching staff, have been incompetent ly operated. It is not neces.sary at this time to go into a discu.s8ion of the “how and why” of his leaving Clinton. This po litical chapter is well kndwti and un derstood here, and will not easily be forgotten by our people. But as he goes there are thousands of boys and girls, fathers and mothers, who ap preciate the work 1ie has done for thepi far more than he will ever realize. There is genuine regret that and Judaism. The tradition that the royal family of Ethiopia is directly descended froim King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, wh(^ visit to the most famous ruler of the Israelites is described in the Bible, is firmly believed by the Ethi opians, without very much Ividence to back it up. —^ Miss ^izabeth Young gave a lovely party Friday afternoon complimenting boddy-gards around two brides-elect. Misses Anne E. Hat ton and Cornelia Blake of Spartan burg. yibi Nolwdjr’s BaaineH * Wf Gee McGee .everthing seems to be quiet this morning, but it is circulated from re liable soarces that ,both the pressent nikyer and holsum moore is carrying.. with them forlfj. protection, so far, no serious dainmage has benn committed, bqt aome cussing oottottd iM^benn going on. i smell fish a-frying'for supper, so will close. ! yores trulie, mike Clark, rfd, corry spondent Why Mussolini seems bent on.mak-< ing war on Ethiopia is not quite clea^ to anybody. The best guess 'seems to^ be that he is facing a popular upris ing at home, which threatens his dic tatorship, and embarked on this Ethi opian venture to divert the Italian people’s minds from their domestic troubles. It is still less clear, from this dis tance, why England does not put a stop to Mus.solini’s warlike gestures by the simple process of preventing the shipment of Italian soldiers, mu nitions and war supplies through the Suez canal. The timidity with which'European statesmen seem to m tackling the problem of preserving the world’s pea^e suggests that the danger of an other general war i smore imminent than we have been led to believe. Ev erybody seeips to be afraid of every body else. We are lucky to be on this side of the Atlantic, and will be luck ier still if we do not get dragged into the coming war. v AIDING THE FARMER The government through its AAA program is pouring millions of dol lars into the pockets of the American farmers in the hope of speeding re- I VacationiBg la CMifcreace spent last week . . , on vacation ... at a mountain summer resort . . . where a large religioW conference waa in''operation . . . and t learned that such conferences have very full and extended programs . . ; and the funny thing about it was . . . everybody (in cluding poor me, on vacation) enjoyed every minute of this most remarkable assembly. They were in action about 23 hours per day and night. —^ establishmei , Retailers were instructed that , no si^es should be made “oi^ ieleph^Tiies, Oral .<or written orders” and that pur chasers should “pment themselves' within the enclosure of the liquor store and the liquor must be sold and delivered therein and not elsewhere.” To witolesalers the commission points^ out that tbe>act prohibits sales after sunset i|nd asserted ^hat no “de livery’’'should be made between sunA set and sunrise. . It also asserted that “any licensed liquor dealer engaging in or permit ting such practices as are prohibited the rules and regulations of the tax commission, or any other practice which makes it diffiralt to enforce the provisions of the law by inspecti(|n*’ was guilty of a misdemeanor.. Liqiior Store Musk Banned In State No Amusement Deyiees Are To Be Used, Says Tax Comnds- sion In Making New Rulings. Whenever a program or meeting or caucus or a gathering was scheduled^ . . . a bell would ring 5 miniftes be forehand . . . and that beiT rang nearly all the time . . . but it w^ts especially good at ringing too early every morn ing . . . but the “before dawn” prayer meeting rarely ever started before dawn . . . and it always broke up in time for the “sun-rise prayer-meet- • 99 ^ ' ing. Then the bell rang for breakfast . . . and after singing and asking the blessing for 15 or 20 minutes ... we sat down to cold food and‘luke-warm coffee . . but it was all steaming hot when the bell rang . . . and nothing was doing between breakfast at 8 and the first service, in the main hall at 8:30 .. . ai^ the rest period of 30 min utes gave most of us (men) to shave i V and the women time to paint and powder up. his services have terminated in this'covering in this basic industry which community and hundreds of friends [affects all other industries. If federal and patrons who rate him as one of money spending js to continue as at the very be.st school men in the state. |present, why shouldn’t the farmers be The record-of hLs work here stands—jhelped as businesses of other kinds it cannot be .broken down or up-rooted, that have been and still are-the re- Many friends here regret MV. With- cipients of huge funds from the treas- erpsoon’s going, both as an educator'ury. wish for and useful citizen, and and for his family, all .success: happiness. ' ' him and According to a bulletin issued by the Department of Agriculture, the cash income distributed to farmers during the month of June amounted to $487,- THE MODEL ORGANIZATION The American Red Cross stands as a model institution for the whole world. The peculiar function of the or ganization is to bring aid to sufferers from phj’sical disasters. The disaster may he due to the incidence of war. 000,000, this enormous amount cover- i: ing the sale paid of benefits the form ments. The bulletin adds: Income from farm of farm products and by the government in rental and other pay- The other meetings and conferences and caucuses took place . . . whei; the bell rang ... at 9 and 9:30 and 10 and 10:30 . . . and when the bell rang at 10:35, that "meant the regular confer ence and preaching and talks and church histories began . . , and when the bell rang at 1:16 p. m., everybody hurried to luncheon . . . and after the usual long songs and semi-long re turning thanks ... we ate hurriedly so’s we would be ready for the 1:45 gathering in the main hall to discuss . . . “Are we going forward or back ward?” products alone or the calamities such as are usually ""’us $438,000,000 in June compared termed ‘‘acts of God.” In the popular:with $483,000,000 in May, and $422,- mind, |K‘rha|)s the.relief .service of the!900,()00 in June 1M4. Rental and bene- Ued Cross in war stands out as typify-;fit payments totaled $49,000,000 in ing its work. Hut the greatest service June, compared with $36,000,000 in of the Re<l Cross is to suffering ha-May, and with $29,000,000 in-June last inanity in times of peace. One has but to look nl-its record in recent years to! The bureau has revised its estimates see its long arm of mercy stretched 1 the first six months of this year. out to aid sufferers in all parts of the!Gash income from sales of farm pro-.,jj^arly ten minutes . . . then the bell country. __ There is no delay about Red Cross aid in times of emergency. No red .tajH' has to be cut^ No politicians or other self-stH'kers have a fing^'r in the pie. .No ineath of scandal has ever impugned either the motives of the Red Cross administration or the integ rity of those who handle its funds. Its monpv comes from voluntary contribu tions by niillion.s^of American citizens. Its organization is kept alive and flourishing by the Voluntary labors of tens of thou.sands of devoted men and •women—mainly women. It has at its call trained, efficient, medical and nursing talent, and able administra- toi s competent to take charge of any j^ituation. It cooperates with all gov ernment agencies but is under the con trol of none of them. We belii^e that the administration K)f the huge relief filMls' set up by federal and state governments iif times past could have been entrusted to the Red Cross for administration 'ducts during this period lare estimated at $2,670,000,000 compared with $2,- 466,000,000 in the first six. months of 1934. Rental and benefit payments from January 1 to June 30 this year Nearly everybody was present at the 2:15 to 2:45 round table on for eign missions . . .^but the bell rang at 2:50 calling the home-missions class to the .study hall . . . but that only lasted one hour and while we were chatting on'the way out . . . the bell rang . . . and we hurried to the large auditorium to hear a fine lecture on “Whither are we drifting” r-. . but we had a rest period of 6 minutes after that and i^e all got a drink of water. r Everything remained very quiet for rang for a 5-minute discourse in the central hall . . . and after it adjourned . . . the next meeting started in the lower auditorium . . . where the busi ness affairs of the churoh and Sunday totaled $305,000,000 compared with i school were discussed at length"-. $150,000,000 in the same pepriod last year. Inconie from marketings of^ farm products in the second half of 1935 is exi)ected to exceed somewhat that of the latter half of 1934, but rental benefit payments may be less, so the total from both sources is likely to.be about the same as last year. A tentative estimate by the bureau puts the total income frona marketings and that and government payments at' about $6,700,000,000 for 1936, compared with $6,887,000,000 in 1934. lA 10 Yean Ago / with more fairness, efficient and eco .nomical results than have been the case under political management. That, however, is beside the point. It is very much to the poin^ however, to suggest that it should be a matter of •pride to every citizen to be able to feel that he or she has colitributed to the support of “the greatest organi- xation of mercy in..the world.” Items of Interest Prom Tke Chronicls of Augnst 6, 1925. Chsrles B. Csnnon hM arrived the county to accept the position farm demonstrat,or, succeeding €. Vaughn, resigned.. ‘ THE ETHIOPIAN SITUATION We are informed by the National Geographic Society that the proper name of that African kingdom against whiefc Italy is makii^ threatening ges tures is “EXhiopia.” We are^rlnd to get that information. It is much easier to write “Ethiopia” or pronounce it thanrto say “Abyssinia.” Ethiopia .is an insignificant little country, inh^tod eioclasively by dark- skinned people of several different ra cial oriffais. QffiHally it is a Chris tian nation, the raiigion of the ruling daaaes being Coptk, whkh 4s the, old- sec^ Arttfally stmrMng t|Mi EthkpinM « ngay relifioas; in of L. .suddenly the dinner (supper) bell.rang ... we ate after the songs and soforth . . . and hurried to preaching at 7:30, thence to the laymen’s program at 9, and the midnight services at neArly 12, after which we went to bed and slept till before dawn’s” bell rang. Mike Returns From His Vacation deer mr. edditor: ' yore corry spondent, mr. mike Clark, rfd, has just returned back from bis 2 days vacation on a fishing trip to lake jerry, apd he feels verry much rested up and is full of pep and fish, he had good lueek, as he ketehed by hisself 26 brims .lhat weighed 15 pounds each, 17 big mnd^turkles and 1 gar fish and 2 s^harks, but they got away. Mrs,. G^rge R. Weir and daughter Vleft this week for Kerce, Fja., where they will their future home. little Fort make earth. the race, was a scum of the was runout of cedar lane enduri; war for claiming he hid flat dodigge the draft Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Copeland are at home from a several days stay in Baltimore. ‘ ^ Miss Georgia Brookcr'is at home from a three weeks stay in New York and /Cleveland. Carroll Pitts and Aldine Blakely are on a “vacatfon trip to Atlantic City, on a "I N. . Tan Ray has accepted a poiitioB with L. B. Dillard as salesman. Mrs. George OdionM and aons, Miss the town of flat rock was found to be in another bi^. political flurry and everboddy is stirred up. the pressent encumbrance for mayer insinerat^ that holsum moore, his competitor Jin they^met up in front/bf the.drug stoar and a fight ensmia, but the po- leesman finally at /iMt sepparated them befoar anny^^lcws -were struck, they were walkii^ around each other most of the time^with their fists balled up ,and whiclF^hey shock at pne an other under tM nose, but it seems that mr. moore/was scared to fight and the prespint .mayor was glad of it the tnM>le commenced to brew when holsum moors expressed kissdif in favor ot “socking the rich" in sym pathy with the dimmercrata, mod he pointed out thait ' i»easeiit amjer was not only uon-eompost mentis on Columbia, August 5.—The state tax commission prepared today to mail to South (Carolina liquor dealerT copies of regulations for the conduct in liquor trade in the state together with copies of the new law. The rules, embodying the salient features of the liquor act and a num ber of supplementary regulations pre scribed by the commission, were made public today. Separate sets were draft ed for wholesalers and retailers. The commission set forth that they were “intended as an aid” to dealers in carrying out the provisions, of the liquor act and commission regulations. It meanwhile announced the licens ing of three retail stores .and disclosed that it had received a petition signed by nearly 200 citizens of North, in Or angeburg county, asking that np liquor store be licensed there. The petition .said, “The sentiment and wishes of pract‘*^^^y entire citienship is opposed to such a store” and added that the town’s charter for bade the sale of alcoholic beverages. Commissioner F. C. Robinson said the petition would be ^‘given consider ation” although no application for a permit had been received from North. 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