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■Tt'-y—I' ■ «F’W(!!i-^.»^',)i(-.»;. ^r - I■■ ■ f"1 PAOl FOtm THE CUNTOI* Cfl^NIO^R^JMTON^j^ €13 THURSDAY, MAY 14/ 19ZB f'- t’' k' ■ S' : (Siinton (Sliratti^ BsUblfe^lMO WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Pid)lwlier^ .mtiUm Published ETvery Thursday By ' THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHIN<i COMPANY T , , , Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year $1.50; Six .Months 75 cents; Three Months 50 cents . Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C. The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly ad vice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when they nature. Anonymous communicationa will not I be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents! , hope out the grass roots in georgy later about making a poke root sup by a nice subscription, our poke root, political, cluii i^,jnat. rock ds almost a fac-simpilli’e of the grass roots when it eom^ to 'fightiiw..the^|nressent so;* called dimmeroratie party, ' the_puppose of this letter is to siH- licit yore favors in a monney way"tbf the poke coots, and anny checks from I 50$ up to 5000$ will be thankfuHy re ceived *by the undersigned leader of |the poke root movement, vizzly: hon. mike Clark, rfd. don’t send anny^mbn- ney thru mr. a. muse of the roots, as it mought' not reach the proper headquarters. porter jout of him.. the soon^ we hear from you all, the quidcer wenean »nnineiipe to^t the screws, under the dimroercats. we. iviother’s Day. Observ^ Here , .. Hundreds of (Tlintonians joined are alreddy v^rry bizzy with a whis- in the celebration of Mother’s {and song ai^ sermon lifted, mother, hoodi^ next tb godliness. Lovely flowr ers, white and red, were worn b7 Clinton sons and daugMers, while tokens of dove were eagtreased penng campahe about the pressident -not ketching anny fislL- we have not started on their mentallity yet. ^we are holding off for a reason, plese, send monney at once, or we mought | have to disband: yores trulie, • mike Clark,'Kd,' treassxire, p: f. day. In the churches and Sunday schools special exercises were held through flowers, gifts and cards of lovely sentiment. -1 Sabaeribe To THE CHRONICLE is .4. m poke root oggana-zation is full of virus and activity, and it plans to defeat the brain-trusters and- the IN MEMORIAM ' In loving memory of my dear moth er, Mrs. Corrie Adair, who passed away August 0, li>3d. ro8ey-velt follower,. buHorfo.o--i«I,„ th, church yard eweetly .leepin* most have verry libberal support j wave," CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1936 __ THE GRADUATES’ MONTH May—the month of roses and grad uates is here again. It-is abeays an interesting and challenging month, a time when the graduates must step forth into' the competitions, struggles, sacrifices, disappointme h t s and achievements of life proved by the senator and a majority ,of the house members. Many' are asking, and rightly so, why a supervisor or county board of commissioners? If the delegation is I from the diegnintled diramercr.t8^ Lie, the one we loved so dWrIy, who ere lean,n» towards the repnh.|[„ dark and silent »rave. • Ucans and the hbberty league, down I • “ irrthe south, we have to call ourselves | ^ precious one from us is gone, poke roots; the republicans ain’t ^ voice we loved is stilled, looked upon with so much favvor ip our midst ansoforth. but poke roots is only a allibi. . going to run the whole show, why not' if you will send us enough monney abolish these offices? If a super-} to opperate on, we will let you and visor and board of coutity comfhis-lmr. rass cobb put as manny planks The’commencement^season is the sionors (whoever they may be) are| as ,you want to in our flatform. we A place is vacant in our home. Which never can be filled. Gon^from sorrpw, gone ^rom pain. Gone where loss is turned to gain; mwa VILLAZStS KISSES AKD HUTTSKSO fWf iinggr Cam* Xtm, eZJLUSSSK’S a»ija / *W*jr back whaa avary **aonr houat'’ Gone where faith is turned to sight,! Gone where wrongs are all made] right. bugle note that calls for a race to lacking in sufficient judgment, intel- will fight for the defeat of ewer-i^°"® where tears are'wiped awa/, be run by thousamis of young menfligence, ability and integrity to un- thing the dimmercrats start except and women who are-to receive di-jderstand and provide for the county's the soil erosion and the direct relief plomas and go forth to do their bit. road needs, then they have no busi-jand the townsend plan and the in- May their enthusiasm and ideal-j ness officially existing. Why employ j come Ux; all of these bills seem to ism serve them well. May they avoidisuch officers only to play “second} be in favvor of the masses, and the the pitfalls now so common in an un-j fiddle” for_the delegation. . poke roots reppersent them settled and wicked world. | Framers of the constitutioa set up — ! our government under 'three depart- •COrR)N WEEK” AGAIN If you think it w'ould help to get ment.s, the administrative., legislative, i gov. tallmadge to o. k. our poke root Gone where night is -turned to dav, Gone, the lovely spirit’s flown.' Ye.s, our mother dear is gone. .Sleep on, our precious mother,' Till life’s dark days are o’er; Some happy day we’ll meet yoii And pari Ing shall be no more. ' Her Son, JAMES I. ADAIR. r ■’•w •ounded to thuadoroiM ofylm— overy time tb* dJSlMnc. yfaik-cliockod Hero roocuod protty PriacOte from rb« clutciuio of the hor rid old VlUoio . k . ovoa w lon{ 020 u IMI . , . CLAUJSEN’I BKXAD war hiab ta iavor . . . Wck ia food aAatgyl ~ TRY Cl^USSEN*S OPEN TOP LOAF- TMar /A *•« MAW CQNDITIGKSLW eXJLUSMMK)S MAEJLD 7*m tXnUL f June 1-0 has l>een designated judicial with the intention that ^lubs, w'e w'ill try to as.sociate himjf’linton, S. C., May 13, 1936, throughout the United States as “Na tional ('ottbn W’eek.” The event will they should be kept distjnet and .that there should l)e no over-lapping from be sponsored by the Cotton Textile in-1 one branch against another by im stitute by special promotional and jP^operiy arrogated power, merchandising pf\>grams with more i ^nt not so in this county. The than 40,000 retail establishments,i<l**leKation (intended under the epn- large and small, in all parts of the stitution as purely a legislative body) with us. we feel that you all mought rite larger figgefs in yore checks} with him liner! up with u^, he has a Bread FOR ENERGY till FM ri( Ilf if HI Kuii ilifru CLAUSSEN’S aR.^AJ it BOW AIR-CO*:!- DITIONED! Brought floni tho ovans and cooled immediatrly in ■ctentific. modem co-jI- ing rooms, where rhe a r ie dry, pure, wash>d then wrapped q-i.kly tj inaurc freahne.i I We carry a complete line of blank: okk, I/edgers, Cash Books, Journals,! one-man state on hU hands at pres--Da^ Books. etCi Call 74 "for your* sent, so we will rite or foam you * needs. Chroni^e Fubliahtng Co. i Diaemr e hiad fob <i2cdut~r. -r has made itself an administrative board of the county’s varied affairs and the people are resenting such country, participating in the obser vance. The iniriK)se of Cotton W’eek as the caption indicates, is, to bring; P»’a<^t‘ces and infringement upon ioicibly before, the people the many {their rights and upon those of county a<lvantages and economic soundnesfMi officials whom they have ;ele^e(i. to of making a still wider use of home-y<li-‘'PAtch their businekss. (Jet a copy grown and home-manufactured .cotton 1 your county supply bill ami pro- gooils. C-ertainly it behooves the Po-^vd road bill and read them. They .south, mort* than any other sectionj^^^ openers. -o4' the--cmmtry,-to-Isoul th®—world in C itizens - all over^-the. county-are IH*r capita consumption of its native [.**^king, whera. are the right-s, pre- product. We are asked to think cot: I'ogstives and privileges of the jieo- ton, buy cotton, wear cotton, use cot- P^^ through their duly elected offi- ton, 5oost cotton. The whole idea is to increiff^e the consumption of cot- ' y * More and more people are buyini the ii? ^-9 ton ami cotton goods. It should ap-: Co wake up and put peal to the common -sense of all-—isuch dictatorial tactics as now cials? It is time for Lauren*_county citi- ml to exist the grower, tho shipper, the mer chant, the manufacturer.^and the con sumer. ' in this bounty. DROUGHT CONDITIONS 1 It ia reportesl from Washington, that drought conditions tbi’oughout a large .section of the wheat countiyt of the Weat. are .very fur from ch^r-|- ing. It is a little too early, perhaps, to be definite about it, but there has btnm a serious shortage of rainfall Nobody’s Business By Geo McGm .. ^ ^ Wi A Tree-Silting Marathon I.s On In —Rock ..X spring has started off in flat rock, with a tree setting marrathon with skinny, moore in the tree, he startthi generally this spring, the department i his racket on top of a post, bpt the of agricultuiv reports, with a l>ossi-jsun burnt his nake aright smart, so bility of material crop curtailment he picked hisself ou-t a nice'oak tree unless there are ample ruins before the early part of June. "If the weather is normal in the' and has started to set. he hopes i6 get some .setting aid great agricultural regions the farm- from the advertisers of-fiat- rwk. and er s income this year will be cl6.se to^o.vpects stay up as long as anny- i?H.(H)0,(M)0,000. government estimator.s I thing ^mes in. the drug *stoar will i)elieve. This would mean suhstan-1 furn;Xh him one of his cellebrate<l tial pro.spenty and business 'imprtive-niW^r cushions to set on provided he ment. A .serious drought on the other its merrtis to the publick ever hand, might weJU,. result in a severe yncerin a while. sttb.'iCA to the .steady jirogress of th6; * *■ cmmtry. People’s memories ai^_short. Few ntrtk' think of the drought of droujjdit c 1930-31, which wa.s one of tjte most important elements that contributed to the economic depressj<)n of this he will come down for his meals, allso to spend the night, mrs. moore|_ won’t let nobpddy take nothing up to' him, as she thinks this setting up in a tree is just a poor excuse to get out country. Nature has jdways had a {of manual labor, he ha> not done great deal more ro with economic changes th^n politic^. WHY COUJ^TY OFFICERS? Phil D. Hjuff, representativ'e from this county, , wa.s quoted in The Lau rens Advertiser la.st week as saying, '^‘that the $50,000 road measure intro duced aeveral weeks a|^-by himself hand’s turn About the house since he! first club that tree* / the boys and girls furnish him some pleas.sure and delUnicies ever '1SAw' and then by roasting winnies on “the .{ground and letting him pull one up to his mouth very frequent, they allso' send up a-'hunk of bread and a bqttf?' of so<iy W’atter ever now and then.' ami Representative S. J. Hunt,, had passed in the senate and had been* he has"lost no weight so fa"r. signed by the governorJ’^ - ' ' ■ -■ This bill as shown by its text, isi skinny'has his gittai| and juice harp to authorize and empower the Ws-^p -m the tree with him and he plays urer of the county to borrow $50,->tht.hj ^ right smart to draw’ crow’ds! 1^4Q-be. used for .surface treatment ^ bee stung him friday in the -of public Juihways in the county, and lo-pro^e for the payment of sanW, the treasurer being authorized to 'Tkiitow funds as needed by issuing notes payable one-^teac after datej-there a few nights, with the privilege of renewal until.! pants and he alr^t lost his foot and hand holt on the tree . . . he is think ing of building a cot betwixt 2 limbj and tie hisself to same and sleep up said notes and interest thereon are| he. meaning skinny, the tf^sett inwf ind vi .. --i-setter, I wants all concerned to conw? and view We quote a part of Sec. 2 of House, his boddy while setting, ahd anny on {ill ^0 K■ W1:L..,.-J * * Bill county papei's 206jk as published in the ring to have him advertise anny pei^ a few wrecks ago; lof tb^ir nnvt.iMa “That the roads authorized to be of this act shall bd* distributed over all the townships in Laurens county, but not exceeding ten rftiles 'of sur face treatment shall be made in^ any one township, unless specifically'^ au thorized by the Senator Apd a major ity of the members of the general zweemibly from Laurens county. . The roads selected for surface treatment by'.the county board of commisaion- eoT8 shall first meet with the appro val of the senator ahd a majority of the members of the general assem bly from Laurens county before any work thereoH'ts begun.” What doe.s such language mean? It means that in the contemplated road program the delegation sets itaelf up, and del^ates to itself, road imildncr power. The roads selected for hnprowment must FIRST be ap- of t’neir products, such as medison. fried chicken, wrhiskey, litterature. surfac^, treated under the provisions' beef market, or ahny other substance! will kindly fetch him a libberal sam ple and he will trade with them. skinny hopes and expects and prom ises to win the tree-setting pendant, he has alreddy benn up in it for near ly 4 days, off an on, so he won’t have to remain there bdt about 9 weeks longer to get his name in the papers w the champeen all^ime trw-setter of'v^he world, the poleesman flung a chuiiflEs.^at him tuesday; he thought he was A billy goat up there. The Poke Rodtf^ Are Looking Toward 1 " the EasA for Help mr. perry diiponts, care of john j. rass cobb, new york citty. deer sir:— i notis by the TiBpeiA where you all —J GILES CHEVROLET COMPANY Clinton, S. Car. ■ 1 r ..X \