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i^FOUR > THE / 7 '7 •r CagONlCLR CUNTPN, &. C THliRSDAY. DECEMBER 12, IMS •.-\ < <:■ n. , WII^ON W. HARHIS. Editor sad PabHikw PnUUhod Every Thurtday By THE CHRONICLE PUBIJSHXNG COMPANY V ' Sab«criptio|i Bate (Payable In Advance): Ore year 11.60; Six lionths 75.cents; Three Monthe 60 cents Entered a-s Second Class Mail Matter at the Poet Office at Clinton, S. C. \ \ |\fhe Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subset here, and readefe—the publish^.' wiH at all tiihes appreciate wise auggestions and kindly ad vice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature." Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not .responsible ‘for the views or opinions of * . .X its correspondents x week latter'si -j r account of tha death of the father, John C. Davis. D. Copeland is visiting in Greenville as the.ghest of her sister, ” I. li F. McSwain. CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1935 WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS dation of an orderly and safe govem- Now comes again in the swing of nient. , yon I S another Christmas season. Ev- The demoralization and.' harmful K-hj country and every people have fntuation in Columbia has been Business By Gee McGee iW Wi' 'iW 'ii^ ^ -■» Church Woric Is Being Pushed In deer mr. edditor:— will you plese get in touch with the red cross or th% salvation army and have them supply the followering flat- rock gentlemen.s with .the artick- Wit: . I mr. mike dark, sfd. hon, holsum moore mr. art spuare the opleesman the mayer mr. tom head. 1 like the NEW the best of all v and every people have their i)wn special holidays, both na tional and religious, but Christmas i.s a day for all countries and all iieople. )t ).<? the world’s holiday. As it should he, Christinas is a day <wf gladne.NS, commemorating as it does, the birth of Him who brought 1o’ the world the greate.st gladness,it has ever known or will ever know. It gives us all, once a year, the oppor tunity to be born anew. No matter how weary, how discouraged, all'of the foregoing citizoms were well supplied with under clothes and^ , L. L 1 , .L ,extry sox and \~jst 2 extry pairs of’ brought about solely by the gbvernor.^^^j^,,,, lt\/W self-cent^reth how narrow, how^shriv- dcnl or how engros.sed we have be- He can’t pass the buck to the legis lature, Supreme Court, or anybody else. He is responsible for the mess which is causing the state humiliation and unnecessMiry expen.se. When the Supreme Court unanimously ruled against him on all points brought in the litigation, his response was to call out additional soldiers and ma chine guns in orderho hold the high- how way depart^ient and conduct its busi- ne.ss. Such tactics, his ignoring and defying the law^and trampling it un- hober church hell its annual rummage .sale which took place yestiddy ]). m., and a killing frost took place that night. <nme in the twelve months’pursuit of dor foot if allowed to continue can money, glory or succe.ss, the opportu-1 only lead to anarchy and .should re- _nity comes at Christma.s for all of us |.suit in his imi>tachment. The gover- toi become new men'and women. [nor called the legislature together, he Selfish gain may dominate our lives' .stated, “to pas.s temporary legislation for eleven months and two weeks, but!to allow the highway department to for JLhe fortnight before Christma.s at continue to operate.’’ The action was of the 6 ro$n named above, each of same has only the things left that he happened to have on enduring the skle; everything yore corry spondent, mr.- mike Clark, rfd, look^ forwards to with warmth and comfort i.s now on its way to the furrin mission board or the mounting children.s at crow’.s nest, up in the iblue ridge. Vast un.solfi.'^ love should be the tri umphant nf^d. * . T^e Ki^ of the Christmas .season essentially the- child. Grown-iyis hnuld ^ever forget thi.s. The Christ season celebrates the birth f lias taken, he further added, “that the department’s affairs might be admin istered until legislation can be passed tjiat will allow the people of South Carolina to se'lect its highway com- of I missioners at the ballot box.’’ Another <.neNyho was given a name that re- absurd idea, and purely political. Why "oiains io thi.s far-off day above every I not agitate the election of the Su- /.fher nahie. The child puts his inno-jpreme Court members,, tax commis- cenl heart\|nto Christmas and takes sion, and nil othel boards, trustees a Ik ait fuirs>f'love with him when aiKl cominissions in a primary? Fur- fhe day is done. How much happier ithermore, if the legislature does not we would all be iiw’o could grasp his do his bidding, what assurance does carefree spiiit. \ fit have that he will respect new laws <’hri.stmas is the tiW’to remember.j that may be pa.s.sed'| If he wbuld not nil the big and little kirones.ses which ,re.speCt the Supreme Court’s ruling, have been bestow'd uponAjs through out the year, and howeveKyoii re- memlH-r it — whether with am-expen- •■ive present or with a greetingNcard remember it with love. why be so stupid as to imagine he will pay heed to what the General Assembly may say? The whole fighjt i.s “01 in’s.’’ He has we men will have a hard winter, and no changes is likely to take place in the weather or our under wear till about next martch or apull, but wung foo' and ching wang will rest in peace these cold days with our heavies ansoforth. they took in about 3$ after selling al^ut 55$ worth of clothing belonging ,to the afore mentioned. in other words, they claim to of cleared 3$, all told; but all was not told at the said sale. P'or no matter h.ow much mone ■you spend, you can give no more than eye .Stocking touches every heart in which send all ohf clothe.s that mought be donated thru yore paper to the un dersigned, and after fleeting what ever will fit him, he will turn the bal- lance over to the poleesman to be scattered among.st those who have benn denuded by the above disscribed rummage sale, we hid our things last year and saved them, hence our predickerment, as we Had no notis of the comming robbery. given most of liis time since assum-1 _ ^ ing office to a fight to get rid of the! * Rock Sch«>ol Situation Is hwuy COn^ii.ssioners and (Vmmis-| I..eBding Toward a ( risis ^mir friendship or love with each~gift. sidher Saw^^'. He says that his fighi; wanted; a good female scholl»tee- \VV shouhl not let this season pass is to\mas|* “ring” rule, to restore the ;*^^®*^ finnish out a term if ^^jpivs- vvithout making happier some of those i highwaV “to the people,” whatever SenJ teecher, miss Jennie yfievV smith, for whom life has been les.s easy. You [that nie^abi^ The jMJople knoi^ thaT-his k®!'* married; must be robust, single, otK'd not go far today or tomorrow’ to fight is onb. for more authority, an in -fig?^r and face, a colledge find a chihi with sorrowful, longing ambition’to beiRome a dictator, to experienci'd, and not the and perhaps'an outstretched ftrol/the highwaK department himself I ^Hat takes on with men. if you ^ ... can’t come in person, plese send pho- tograff to the under-signed. — —- mike Clark, rfd. jecker-terry of bored. hand. The . tragedy of the Empty by allowing on itV membership only “key” Johnston men\;He is* mad for Vhere lives an element_of human kind-^1d)wer, iPdtsease’ noT coi^hed'ld him jjfss. ' - / I altogether, however, but, preyalent You will, fiml easily some man brj with many members of thVGeneral .v.omun, void andVpooi. non*! Vass'Assembly who Imve .set them.sclyes up without putting at least a moment’s'us executive boards or dictatoi^ for liriglitness into the tired faces andithe management of county affair.s\ faded eye>. Or there may be some { This extra session is an added useV frienrl or avtjuaintance cohfined^at lless expense when-the regular session home or in hosjiital bec^se of ill-[would have convened in just a few ness. .Send him or her a Christmas! w’eeks. To hold this august body in \ ard of cheer. The kindness of {-he I session, the public is told, costs two individual inake.s lify possible in a ifbousand dollars a day. It is pos.sibIe world that i.^: hard wr ho many. [that the session, which promises to An<l, we .should/hot forget as we, proV^ long drawn out, may cost from <at, (Iriivk and /hiake merry, that [fifty to a hundred thousand dollars. ^liristmas i.s, aCter all, Christ’s mass, and' i‘t does* mean squandering, folly, gluttow — but a happy and i>eautifut thing. As we lolik at our town in its beau- and all for the purpose of carrying out a personal political" obsession "of the^ govemor. W’hat does Representa tive Witherspoon, self-styled econo mist of this county, say to such ex- (towuaii Yulotid/ season, as we read the many appn^riate and suggestive things in Jodi’s and next week’s paper telling /the celebration that touches the ?art.s of the whole world, it seemis (hat we might all easily catch the true Christmas spirit as does the .'ittle child. To the extent we grown ups'^nmTsli'imTIirvdness and fears andrintereste'd in: the-outcome of the row. tiful decorations suggestive of the travagance. I)<%s- it meet with his approval ? The rcsiwnsibility is up to the gen eral assembly.- The governor wants the highw'ay department put entirely in his charge. Will the legislature turn it over to him, or will it rpake him uphold the law as he has solemn ly swom-to do. The people are deeply hates, and open our hearts to kind- r<*ss and love, wv. will approach the celebration with .-plrits alive to its true significances. Is the state’s Constitution to be wiped out by' machine guns and bayonets undfr tHe chief executive’s control? Are we to have a complete collapse Four hundred-year.s ago, an almost [of civil government (Inder the dicta- forgotten- poet, Thomas Tusser, wrote ll»ese lines so appropriate now as w'e approach another holiday season— ■ “At Christmas play, and make gooxHholds? • cheer,.. - i For Christmas comes but once n 1 ^ ^ year ” torship of a man of Johnston’s cali bre w’ho has clearly demonstrated his unfitness for the high office THE BIG SHOW IS ON Govemor Johnston’s- big highway -how, unnecessary and ridiculous, which ojH'ned in Columbia .Tuesday with the convening of the General 10 Years well, mr. edditor, you have no doubt guessed that we are about to lose miss Jennie veeve smith, our .scholi principle, it looks like ma- b^imoney betwixt her and luke skin- ncrythe widder-wow whoj^ secont wife 'dide 4 months ago. they are getting’ \thicker and thicker ever day. luke h^\ took up the babbit -of going to the H,holl house nearly .ever afternoon and 'f^tching miss Jennie veeve to her boarding house, they drive aroundatown for &bout 2 hours and never come stjraighVto her lardg- ing place, it is getting tp be veiry ugly looking to all concerned. BTDBAUUC BERKEB. Nm amd imnothmilMvr d«v*/op«d SOUD BTEIL aM-fUM THIBET TOP a cr««« ot b»Q¥ty/t tortnss of safoty mraovED ouDws ffca $ofotf rido o4 9II . •Boeoioor btbeb»6* laaUiig drMog oosior and' $ofar Ikon 0¥or batoro "I the moment I laid eyes that this beautiful new 1936 ^^rrolet was the car I wanted to own. ’'It’s so good-looking, so comfort able, so safe and ao thrilling to ^ve —withdnt being the least bit expen sive—that I can readily understand why so many people prefer if to aU others. Toll’s just what Chevrolet aays it is—the onlyiiompUte Itnc-priced car— giving all good things at lowest cost. ''I’m certainly glad I bought one. it suits roe perfectly. I ithink you will like it'bctter, too.” CHEVROLET MOTOR COMPANY HETRort’, MICHIGAN In Kaor BodUs By: ■'Jkt moil boovHM bodht ooor ero^od for o lom-prkod tar VJUVMMUB CMBIBB gMas avM boltor porfonoameo Imi go* and oil MIL TRBBB rilTUBBS AT oavmoLtrM Lom raiccf «49S Li«f prim V /Vn« Stmmlari 6 Aett Creatty Reduced a.lLA.C TIMI PAYMINT PUN Tkr hmirtl financing conlinC.M.A.C. hi%tarr. Cmnparr C.tjrtnlH'* loit • drtiirrrj prim.. AND Uy. UM arte* of Campt af FUtu, Mkkignn. O'iih hmmptrt, iporo tin and ti/o ImA, Hm lUt prim it $20 oddUtmoL *Kntm-/4etitn on Mrnmtr Mtdrtt antXf $20 odMimnl. Priam gmutd in dkit mdmnitmmmti art lit! mt Flint, Uieki^n, and la tfiangt witkamt matim. A Cmmral Af«Mrt f 'mttm. GILES CHEVROLET COMPANY one of his little younguns comKinto the drug stoar last satturday where miss Jennie veeve was enjoying a chockerlit soday with the under- signe<l seeker-terry of the bored to! buy herself a ice-cream comb, and { when she saw miss Jennie veeve, she hollered out—“hello, mamiVia.” and did miss Jennie’'veev^ turn red? no, she did not; but she smiled. THE GIFT THAT WILL BE TREASURED LONG AFTER OTHER GIFTS Hi^VE BEEN DESTROYED OR FORGOTTEN In our ChriHlma^ Gift displays the new, the smart and the unusual in Jewelry find'full expression. Whether yoU pay much or little you are sure to obtain full value for every dollar spent here. ^ Come in today—tomorrow", every day beforeT^ristmas—and inspect our complete Christmas displays. Every item is of the dependable^quality so essential in a gift. \ dame roomer says she thinks luke has monney and it has run to her hart and head, but everthing he has is mortgaged from 2 to 5 times, in cluding the coopay which her and him rides around in to the disgust of the citizonahip, and the sch^l bored, she do not keep her mind on her bizness of teeching and has grad^ fiome of the childrens as high as'^185, 2 ofij luke’s. ' SUGGESTIONS FOR “HER” Mother, Wife. Sister. Sweetheart Diamond Rifigs $.5,00 up; Wrist Watche.s $2.50 up)-98c uji4/Bracelet& $1.60 ...Bar Pina $1.00 up; Ulng.s $1.00 up; Cigarette Caaea $1.25 up; Lig^H^rs 25c up; Toilet.Sets $4.96 up; Bridal Sets^ matched, $9.75 up; Fountain Pena $1.00 up. t Start Your Sjlver Now—Add To It Later— Sterling Silver Gi)l)lets, Sugar and Cream, Sher bet Sets, Candle Stk-ka and many other useful iFtfts. Items of Interest From ’The Chronicle of December 10. 1925 Geo. W’. Young ha.s been elected A.ssemhly in extra session, did not get, president of the Bois-Terre country /iff with a big bang as he'doubtles.1 jelub succeeding W. P. Jacobs, re- 4ixpected but i appeared to have run signed. into a deadlock from the very Jump. | f> Resloutions) offered in both houses, John Calhoun Davis, 92, died at his ae .soon as the session opened, called [family residence near here on Satur- upon the governor to remove troops day morning, from the highway department before any legislation will be considered. That was a proper and sensible move and one that the legislature should stand to without compromise. It should do nothing until the- soldiers are sent home, rifles and machine guns put back in the armories, civil government restored in the state and thg ]»w upheld as interpreted by the Bilpmme Court, a ruling against the gworpor whkk he has-openly and de- fWuKty ignored. Resp^ for the tfovti ‘Rad cnmpllnaoe with their ful- •nd dechtiMis is the Very foun- Prof. H. E. Sturgeon is in Jackson, Miss., attending the meeting of the S. I. A. Association. plese run the above “add” 5 or 6 time, and if she do not change her : mannei*s tow'ards him, we will hire' another woman and fire her forth- 'with. she do not treat yore corry .spondent, mr. mike Clark, rfd, with common deoentcy. flat rock wont’ put up with anny suchT coartships in its teecher force, rite or foam if, anny wommen call at yore offis ask- jing about the'aforesaid job, and let us know how she looks ansoforth. yores trulie, ? mike Clark,' rfd, /seeker-terry of bored. SUGGESTIONS FOR “HIM” Father, Husband, Sweetheart, Brother Rings $2.50 up; Wrist .Watches $2.^6 up; Clocks , 98c up; Comhination Cigarette Case and Light er $5.75. up; Fountain Pen Sets $2.60 up; Bill Folds 76c up; Watch Chains $1.00 up; Traveling Sets $5^75 up; Belt and Buckle ^ts $2.00 up; Tie Holders 50c up; Scarf Pins $1.00 up; Pocket Watches ^ up; Military Sets $1.50 up. _ FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE — OUR STORE WILL BE OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL CHRISTMAS SHOP EARLY flections Are Better A SmaH Deposit Will Hold Any Artide Until Wanted Mrs. W. M. McMillan's visiting,herjCONGREGATIONS TO daughter, Mrs. Abbeville W. A. Galloway, in Rev. Edward- Long is attending the State Baptist Convention irf session in Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ackerman of Macon, Ga., were called here this UNITE SUNDAY The congregation of the Thornwell Memorial church win unite with the First Presbyterian church for the Sunday morning hour of worship. A special “Bible Week” program will be pres^ted at This time under the aus- rices of the college Y.M.C.A ' FRONTIS JEWELRY STORE rarawwT a . f X CUNTON, S. C. PHONE NO. 41 f-, '.■v - !. » , .jL k-..- \' .e-