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.' ' ■ * ■ ' '• -.V " '. ' I ■. wm •/■ . , - 'i ; ■' THE (XDTTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S. C i i. TflURSDAT.1 FEBRUARY 27. 1936 ,1 -—I V ®hr ^Sltntpn (Itirontrlp ' ' Established 4900 • WILSON W. HARRIS^ Editor and Publisher • ■. • ■■■' — '•n , , Published .Every Th^jr-sday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate^ (Payable In Advance): One Year $l.IiOlf"Six Months *75 cents; Three Months 50 cents Ente’*ed-us Second C lass Mail flatter at^the P.os.t Office at Clinton, S. C.»- ‘ ‘ / * — ■ ■ . ; “ ^ The Chronicle .seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the publisher will at all times appreclate'^'ise .suggestions and kindly ad vice.' The ( hronicle will publish letters of general interest when they are;not of a defamatory nature.'.\nonyAiau5 communications twill not be noticed. This jiaiVer is not responsible for the v^iews or opmibns of iis correspondents. ' 1 [get a bett^ understanding betwixt ieach other, it don’t do no good to ! make a law if someboddy else can tear it up. it is sorter like childrens mud dling up one another’s play house an- soforth. C. W. Stone, line on south siiie ' 105 feet, and on the west” by lands pf^ W. E. Nash and measuring on this side 210 feetA_ Tenf|.s of S'ale: Gash. The suPcess- ful bidder will be repjuired to deposit at once with me the sum of Five (5%) per centum of his bid imme- J. 0. Barnett by deed dated May 7tly, 1927.” .- The bidder at such sale'‘,^ther than the^-plaintiff iti this action shall up^ on* the bid "being knocked down make a deposit either in cash or by cash ier’s check or certified check with*the Clerk*of Court of 5 per cent of the. I if you can learn annything from larvnybo'dy worth passing on to my in-^dijiteiy Vikm th4 conclusion of the bid-, guaranty of good faitH in the: quiring farmers, plese rite or. foam said deposit to be in cash said! event Tlhe highest- |the same to me at^once^ as they are jum to be applied on the bid'should bidder at such sale fails to make the getting a yerry di.stressing look on there be compliance with same, oth-*‘^‘t'PO'it required forthwith I will im- j their faces, and a good manny of erwise to be paid to plaintiff for cred-reseH the said premi.ses on them have rolled their fords under the on the indebtedne.ss. In the event ^be same terms at the ri.sk of the Je- sheds till further notis from the gov- thp successful bidder shpuld fail to faulting .bidder. 'At .said sale the bid- verment or the supprenie coart. comply with the terms ‘of sale the ding not be closed* upon the date — ‘ . said lands shall be resold on the of .«ale but will remain, ojien until Flat Rock Ih PJanning For a same or .some subsequent Sales Day noon—of the 30th day after the jale Safety Drive . on the same terms at the risk of the excIu.sive'--of the day of sale within flat rock has ogger-nized a .safety defaulting purchaser. The purchaser: "^hiCh thirty day , period, any person club and all otter-mobeel drivers, both to pay for papers, stamps and re- other than the highest bidder at the mail and femail, are hereby asked to cording. i sale or any- representative- thereof jihe the same at once, ail childrens Since the plaintiff is nut asking for ^®y onter a higher bid upon comply- under 0 ^’ears of age who drive cars a deficiency judgment the bidding the terms CLINTON. S: C., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 27, 19^6 / of the sale by are allso" desired to be fetched in by shall close on the date of the sale. ' niaking a deposit of 5 per cent of the their mothers and daddies for sannity THOS. W. BENNETT, bid as guaranty of good faith, and tests, nursing bottles and teething' ‘ Sfieclal Master.,^bereafterwithin suchperiodanyper- DRIVE CAREFULLY —SAVE A Jdemonstrates that since tht^ general rings mu.st be left at home. Dated Feb. 14»th, 1930 3tco other than fuch highest bidder life jadoption of machines in industry the — . j .1, iiat the sale or any representative town not so far from Proportion of employment has steadi-j the ‘‘don’t thinkers” will be put in- NOTICE OF SALE , theieof maj^in like manner raise the last highest On-entering a ,, i . u , , . ^ _ _ here, ttm pteeautionary highway sign j ■>' increased ami wagtM have also,^ clas.^-tO-t1Ieii-3^es. -tTYvin cover The .Satte of South Carolina, in large letters is seen: * ji.sen. That is broad.y true for all in- 7.5-m.p.h. corner-turners, and top-of- County of Laurens, “Drive Slow —Our Children Want! (lost ries. ^ i the-hill pas.sers, and side-road ignor- In Court of Common Pleas. The effect of the introduction of ers, aji w’ell as the careless drivers Citizens purchaser shall be deemed to be the Salesday in March next; being Mon day, the 2nd day of the month, dur ing the legal hours for Euch sales, the fojlowing described p^rpfp^rty/to wit: "“All that certain plec*;^^ parcel or tract, of land, containing 528Vi acres,'more or iess, situate, lying and being on Calhoun highway, about 6 miles northeast from the Town of Clinton,, in Jacks Town ship, County of Laurens, Stafe of South Carolina, having such shape, metes, courses''--and dis tance.?. as' will more fully appear by refere/ice to a plat thereof made by E. P. Jones, sur\'eyor, November 23rd, 1880, which safd plat^was recorded i^ the-office of the Clerk of Court for Laurens County, in Plat Book 2,- at page 102, and being bounded on the north by lands of T, P. Weir, on the east by lands of Mrs. J. R. Adair and Mrs. J. F. Bell, oh the south by Jands of First National Bank of Clinton, estate of P. M. Pitts, Dr. Taylor and J. H. Stone, on the ,w^st by lands of J. M. Pitts, Auston Peter,_and Ralston Weir. This being the same tract oTTand theretofore convey^ to To Grow Up.” Building and Loan Associa- person who submitted the'last high est bid witKin said period and who A timely warning indeed, for every '“'‘‘cbines has been, in almost every who hug and kiss at full peed ahead,-tion, plaintiff, vs Cager Bragg, the necessary deposit, provid- towh not only to adopt, but to de- case, to stimulate the demand for, the with neither one of their hands on the fendant I falls on Sun- ■ " . . ! Pursuant to order of the court ini'**)' the above entitled matter. I will ,ell!"“0" ?!> Monday immediately fo low, to the highest bidder for cash either!'"/' '‘“■""I' **'* mand that motorists obey to avoid the product by malting .it cheaper, and,steerage wheel, they will be classer-J Pursuant to order of the court ini crippling of children or snuffing out this stimulation, instead of throwing fied as unsafe 100 percents of an innocent little life. 1 out of work, has led to the em- 30400. killed in 1935 in automobile' Payment bf more workers. In the accidents. I*k3.519 killed during the! thirty-year period ‘ 1900 to 1930 the the fools who don’t think that there the .said William E. Bell by Mat- tie L. Bell and John D. 1^11, as trustee, on the 4th day of March, 1924, by their deed recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court for Laurens County. in Deed Book 51, at page 171.” v-r .... 2.93 acres of saiJ lands adjoining in or at the Court House at-Laurens, j successful bidder will-jands 'now or formerly of Negro „ _ . - _ _ nEE frk /*/MinrYlv tx.*irn rriA rEkv*vM« t % % . % rt t * past five year.s. What startling fig-^ number of jobs increa-sed by more .sides theirselves will be ear-marked,; the same being M’onday, March 2nd, ..n ....I-.... 'T,..!... .u.. T-..licenses during the legal hours for such are other fools on the highways be- q ^ j^^les day in March next '^® required to comply with.the term* church lot and S. F. Vance, shown bg f i t/AAQ tartTI K/a aao o **lrAa/l ' \ i i i i forthwlth ATlci 111 SUC* A 1 I « n xJ A ^ A gj 1A A A A W urt*5. i lA*t the cry ring out than 20 million. Today, the Institute -a concerted, i''eporJ_s, employment is more nearly tremendous burst of sound from the i normal in the highly mechanized in-■ them after they have killed their third ty to wit: forthwith and in the event the sue- pi^t of G. A. Ellis, dated December - - ..uu.,-, gvy. comply with 7th, 1929, on file with Federal Und to drive a ford will he ab.sconded from^ales the following described proper-terms of the sale within ten days 3ank of Columbia, have been released lip.s of every motorist—“Drive Care-, dustries than in those in which little, victim by their careles.sness ansoforth. fully Save a Life.” > j machinery is used. ithis will- allso cower red-light pass-, j With the general adoption of un-jers, both mail and femail who make- TWO CHANGE.S NEEDED iemployment compensation systems by like they didden’t see the said lights.: The general'assembly now in se.s-'^!’*^ .several .states, we shall be able injtljey will be classerfied as 90 percents, aion with much spare time on its ^^e ctmrse of a j4ar or two to find [ un.safe. , hands awaiting the outcome ot tne , . a„ . „„„ unemployment. At- present-it .seems governor sr highway row which con- i- .. ^ ,.1 f. . , . prudent to dustrust most of the so- tinues to show him up as a small:* ,7 , . , „ .. , . r;ii „ „„ cbI ed statistics on unemployment for man attempting to fill a high po-' * '. 8ilion, could give some of its atten-.‘>>.7" are . too many conflicting or tion to aeveral matters of importance and benefit to the state. .f This we Jo l^ow — future employ- It should set machinery into oper- '"'7. »» >>0 based nu.re and more on «tion-to Change the present laWmak- “b‘l"y and efficiencji. ing the term of the governor’s office two yeal-8 instead of foiir. The state TALKING ABOUT THE WEATHER could Jie saved much humiliation by n»ay fiave been longer period.s euch an amendment. severe cold weather than we have t The law pertaining to solicitors of i bad. over most of the United States circuit counts should be amended mak-; this winter, but few people can re- ing it prohibitory for a solicitor to .member them, and the weather bu- be affiliated with a. law firm practic- reau confirms the belief that, taken ing in the criminal courts of the state, by and large, this has been the worst If the remuneration now paid these sea.son in many ->'ears. There have offices is inadequate to enable the been lower temperatures, but seldom state’s solicitors to give their entire, «uch. prolonged cold spells and such a time to\the dutie,s of the offices, the succession of cold waves. .salaries should be increased by the j- The amateur weather prophets and legislature. l^be long-range forecasters are putting| Here are \\vo changes —the* baekers-out-without-looking wiir[ be put in a sepperate cla.sserfications ' known as the driving morons; this I bracket will like wise take in the fender awipers and the bumper boya i who try to stop without brakes, the; curve-passers belong in this class, and: their rating will be 80 per cents un safe. ■ I the smarj-aleck who pays more at- j tfentJon to the speed-dometer than he I do to the roads, and caHs the attention I to the other folks in the car (which he: will possibly kill by contacting a treel or a tellegram post) to the fact that he is making 85 m.p.h. is one of the dangers now infesting our highways, his rate is betwixt 75 and 125 per cent as to unsafety on the public roads. two laws that shoulj be made. But know- i tions which don’t explain, and predic ing the legislature as we do. it’.s a i tions which are more likely to be safe bet to predict that nothing will : wrong than right. A favorite explana- b<‘ done in either instance. I tion for unusual weather conditions . ' I is tItBt'-sun '^pots have somethinpr to I'ICE l*HESS j *lo with'th'PTTi. But the' th'Oory that th^' •■.A fi'« lirv'ss staml. one of great irtierjireters between the gbv- the above meeting was presided in pre.sent‘forward the usual variety of explana-{over by mr. hurt moore, secont son of sun spots affects ^terrestrial"weather, - w liPtlrer farorab- •■rnment ami the iH-ople. To allow it to’o'' unfavorably, haa not lieen borne [out by the records of the weather be fettered is to fetter ourselves.” That is the language used by Ju^-, , . ,, . # au it * j tice .Sutherland of the Su|.reme Courti“7 ^ ‘."o-*" ! bureau, which have been kept cohtinu- of the United States in delivering the I since 1871. unanimou* opinion of the court that’ “I,' the tax on new.,paper ..IvertiainK, .‘“■'.'[/'[[[’".."l" which .the state of Louisiana had un dertaken to' impose, was unconstitu tional. This decision is the latest of a long .series of ruljngs by the high court upholding the .specific provision' of the Constitution guaranteeing free dom of si)eiech and of the press. From the time when the first print ing press was .set up there, has been an almo.st constant fight for the right to print and publish without control 1S48, which u.sed to be referred to as ‘"the yea^ without a summer” in the northern states. Another school of thought holds that a severe winter is always followed , by a hot summer. The fact is that nobody knows enough about the weatheV. and the causes of its violent changes^to forecast it for mure than a week or so ahead. Nev ertheless, the weather is, always has been ai^d alya^a will be the most in- by authority. Sometime, irh.'/'h'^n j‘"P'" converea- authority of the church which has attempted to curb the pre.ss; some times the authority of government. In th^ long run, so far as the English- speaking woHd is concerned, the press has eventually won every battle. That is not true in most of the rest of the world. Outside of the United i^tates, the British Commonwealth of Nations and the Republic pf .France, there is no important country in the world in of holsum moore, and brqther to han som moore who has alreddy had so manny wrecks he has benn nicknamed wreck more, it is a good plan to begin at home with this movement; charrity always begu|j^ there, but we all ho|)e that there won’t be anny more wrecks like hi.s last one. she dide of a broke nake. yores trulie, niike Clark, rfd, corry spondent. FEDERAL TAX MAN HERE MARCH 3RD A federal income tax representative will be in Clinton on March 3rd for the purpose of assisting taxpayers with the preparation of their income tax returns, • The period for filing income returns for the calendar year 1936 will end at midnight March 16, They are to be filed by *single persons w'ho had a net income of $1,000 or more or a gross income of $5,000 ^o1r~more, and marrie.d couples who had combined net “income of $2,500 or more or gro.ss Nobody’s Business By Gee MeGee renters have called on yore corry •which newspapers are free to report i spondent, mr. mike Clark, rfd, to ask the acts of public officials and com- him what in the world tbej^ will do income of $5,000 or more. ■1 Mike Is Seeking Farm Information deer .mr. edditor: a delly-gation of farmers and land' Coi\V^~ kt ciinto'i' sJ ^"pTaintifi; NOTICE OF SALE State of South Carolina, County of Laurens. In the Court of Common Pleas. Board of Trustees qf Presbyterian ment upon public questions, Tbe Lr.st step that a dictator takes to make .secur^ the power which he ha.s seized is to suppress and curb the newspapers. So long as the new'spa- pers .of a .-nation remain Tree fronu about making a livving by tilling the soil ansoforth. / the suppreme eqatt killed the trip lets- “a” which keeps them from get- ting-atmy gov^erment rental or par- political control in any form, democ- rity checks,y^and then the addminus- vs Susie Alexander Ruth in her own right and as executrix of estate of G. C. Alexander, Pecea.sed, G. C. Alex ander, Jr., and T. L. W. Bailey, De fendant. Pursuant to a decree of thre Court in the above stated cks^, I will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder in frorft"wf the Court House door, or . . , , . , , in the Court Room of said Court racy is m little danger. Whenever a tration tivade up its mind that the, House, in the City of Laurens County government 'or’a public official at- bank’s bead bill would-meet a bad.of Laurens. State aforesaid, on Sales tempts to suppress or , influence the fate with the said coart. so they stole Day in March, 1936, next, being Mon opinions of a newspaper, that fs "a a iirartch on them and killed it their-1 day.the 2nd day of March, 1936, du- “All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, together with the im provements thereon, lying, being and ,situate in the corporate lim its of the Town of Clinton, Coun ty Ami State aforesaid, contain ing five eights (5-H) of an acre, more or less, and bounded and de- •scribed as follow.?, to wit: On the North by lands now or formerly Ireloitging to the estate of B. M. Henrys two hundred sixty two (262) feet, more or less; on the East by lands formerly belonging to the estate of G. H. Davidson, one hundred five (105) feet, more or less; on the South by lot now or formerly belonging to the es tate of Edd Stephens, two hun dred ^ixty two (262) feet, mare or les.s; on the West by Musgrove Street, one hundred five (105) feet, more or less. Said lot of land conveyed to Cager Bragg by production of Clerk’s deed. THOS. W’. BENNETT, 3tcw C. C. C. P. & G. S. -LAND SALE The State of Sooth Carolina, County of Laurens. In Court of Common Pleas. The Federal Latid Bank of Colum bia, Plaintiff, vs. W'illiam E. Bell, J. D. Bell, et al. Defendants. Pursuant to a decree of the Court in the above stated case, I will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder, either in or in front of the Courts der should fail to make such deposit, or should fail to comply, with the terms of sale, the said lands shall be re-sold on the same or some “ subse quent salesday on the same terms, at risk of the defaulting purchaser. The purchaser to pay for papers, stamps and recording. THOS. W’. BENNETT, C. C. C. P. & G. S. House, at Laurens, C. H.i.i'S. C., on i February 10, 1936.—2-26-3tcb. Only One Low Priced Gar is FIRST in EveryHiipy TiwH Cennts -...TERRaPiaNE —4UST COMPARE— THIS mtA THIS , Torrapleae edeae among ell popn- lor low pricod con givos jron tUsi • Full 115'inch wheelbase. • 195 inches over-all Length. ~ • Most power—88 or 100 horsepower— ]with freedom from vibration at aU speeds. <1 r • Body aO of fteej* with seamless roof of solid steel. / •g Most inside room—145 cubic feet— more leg and shoulder room, and widest rear seat. • Completely new style—best insurance . of the imvfstment value of your car. g The only rear opening baggage and tire compartment on 5 and 6-pasaenger models that can be had in any low priced car tvitbmt extra cast. Spare dre lies flat inside. rg DuO'Automatic Hydraulic Brakes (patent applied for), two braking systems operating aettomaSically from ome brake' pMai. Amd t third biwng system from the easiest operating patkiag brake in the world. g Extra deep **V-type” windshieid—for added beauty and wider vision. In owery otker pegnlnr lew prioe4 eev lUs !• wkot yon goti g 2 to 6 inches less wheelbase. 5 CO 12H inches less over-all length. g 3 to 18 for horsepbwer dian Terra- plane’s 88—and not nearly as smooth. g Body only ptrdy "body with ’’soft-top.” of steel—or steel g Less inside room-rless shoulder and leg room—narrower rear seats. g 1935 styiing, changed only in details. Far more likely to be out of date by 1937. g No rear opening bagga^ and dre compartment, except in cars where trunk models are available—is/cMsdyims3/s extra cost. Spare dre mounted ontdde on all, odier modds. g SmgU main braking system-either hydraulic or mechanic^—««/&««/ com plete reserve braking system and with out Terraplane’t type of easy acting . prlfiAg K^lr^ g Nothing like Terraplane’s deep **V-type” windshield in any odier low priced car. danger signal not likely to be disre-'selve.s. g’anled.. ring the legal hours of sale, on the terms specified below, the following! ’The list of Terraplane ^vantages doesn't sto In there is nothing left but the tva described real estate, to-w’it: THE LAIK>R QUESTION |and the wpa and they all look like Much is heard and read about un- they are on the verge of stopping employment from labor leaders, the their bizness of putting out. nobJddy government and private business. It knows whether or not to try to buy ie aT^uestion about which there is ap- 'anny ferty-lize, or keep on feeding parently, a great lack of knowledge' the^ mule, or try to plant a crap, if and accurate facts. There never was the govVerment stops its ebb and flow a time when everybody was employed, j of cash, we mought as well get reddy just as there never was a time when for anoth^ depression, everybody wa.s employable. Manufacturers in many lines today are complaining that they cannot find enough akilled workers to meet the needs of industry. The American Man agement association reports ' that in the automobile industry particularly they are trying to train men -to fill t&e skilled and semi-skilled jobs but are facing an acute shortage of com petent woikers.. .. A gnat deal of bunk is heard about maeliiiiery thitming men out of woik. A eanragr vseeatly made by the Ma- dflgiiy aad Allied Products lastituU sen. 'borah looks like the republican hope, if they railly have anny hope ercat-republican that anyboddy ever saw, it mought pay the demmercratics a-tall-, and as he is the nearest dc'm- to let al smith and talmadge bolt over to him, and in case the pressent add-> ministration drops out, we could call on them to carry out a new program and put us back on our feets. there is something irrang. it looks like we don't need both a eongrsas and a sopprs^ eoirt unless th^ can “All that lot of land (with dwell ing hou.?e thereon) in the Town of Clinton (County of Laurens and State of South Carolina) ly ing in the western part of said town on the south side of Green Street (now West Carolina Ave nue) and €. N. and L. Railroad, lot being the ‘‘Home Lot” part of the land formerly known as the Dora V, Wofford land and fronts on Green Street (Now West Caro lina Avenue) 105 feet, and run ning back 210 feet, containing about one-half acre, bounded on the north by GrOen Street (Now West (Carolina Avenue), and C, N. and L. Railroad, 'on east by street not named (Now Tribble Street) on the eaat side 210 feet, on the south by lot of D. E.' Tribble and StlBSCRItt TO THB CHRONICLB “He Paper Kvarykedy with those listed here. There’s greater rugged- ness, proved by owner mileages of 125,000, 150,000 and more. Greater economy, too, cer^ dfied by thousands of sworn ownpt statements ... emphasized again just the odier day in the Los Angeles-Yosemite Economy Run when a Terraplane averaged 23.95 officially'certified miles per gallon over a tough 352 mile stretch on mountain roads; And dozens of odier features... all at a price down widi die lowest for the model you want. Come in and see and drive a Terraplane. 88 or Ido H. P.— 115-ioob whoolbaso $ 595 mmJ mp fer De^Lomt MedrUj. e. 5. Detroit. Staadard groap of aoeasaoriaa extra SAVE . . «t|ith the now HDDSON-C. I. T. 6% Tiwo Payiaaat Plan ... low monthly payments c—. Clintoin Motor Co. MmiT Clinton, S. ;G. niJuijuDL tm m Wt wnmom m mam. mm and up. r.a.% tmnau ."I- ■ ■ next ensuing after the closing of the'from the lien of said mortgage, and - bids, the property will- be re-adver- _ g^re not affected by this proceeding, tised and sold at the,risk of the for- Terms of sale: Cash. TTie success- mer purcha.ser and the deposit madejfuj bidder, other than the plaintiff ^by such defaulting purchaser shall j herein, immediately upon the conclu- be forfeited. . Uiojwof the bidding, shall deposit with The purchaser to pay for stamps.; the Clerk of Court the sum of ffve deeds and recording and will be lei}.f5//^ y centum as a guarantee of into possession of the premises upoujhis, good faith in the bidding; ’The I same to be applied to the purchase I price upon his complying with the' i terms of sale, otherwise to be paid to [plaintiff for credit on the ihdebted- i ness. In the event the successful bid-