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■ r- THB CTJNTOW CHBONICLE. CUNTOr^ 8. (V THUKSDAY, HIAY 28, |»86 !. " EMabIbM 1*00 WILSON W. HARRIS^ tedlt^r and Publisher Published Eveiy Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLIMING COMPANY Nobody’ll Biudnem ZL Bf Gm McGaa ■?r . ^ Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): 'One Year *$1.50; Six Months 76 cents; Three Months '60 cents Enteredvas 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 sujrgestions and kindly ad-' rkrAi»i/»le wiH publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature, i Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or’opinions of its correspondents. . \ wa'Wi'w'»e>’wrwwr^"WF'Wi »g. Ffait Raek-itea Ara JTkni W(tk the —- Dec Tawaaaad Pfaw the townsend plan club of flat rock has broke tip, dishan<%d, and ^luit, each mem^r has rote a letter to ds. towssend asking that- he send them back their monney, as fblloyrers: 10 Years Iteaa ef Interaet Fram Hm af May 27, 1020 D. W. A. Neville has been elects president ^ the Commercial club for the coming year. F. M. Stiitts and C. P. RobinimiS are in Charleston attending the an nual sessions of the Knights of Pyth ias grand lodge. \-i Dr. L. R. Lynn wiH deliyer the bac calaureate seranon before the gradu- mike Clark, rfd 16c scud Clark 10c '"f?’ uur«i« high Khboi .. i(kt/ Sunday evening. —^ '* Rev. C. B. Betts is at home from the annual meeting of the A. R. P. her pa' his ^amwia CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 2B. 1936 COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT The commencement season at Pres byterian college will J>c ushered in Sunday morning with the baccalaure ate sermon by one of the outstanding ministere and leaders of the .Presby- terian church in the state of Geor- everboddy had fnebdjld^ s^at thi fa>th in dr. town send till somebdjld^ foamed in from the county s^ax that he had got so rich on hijk|>lan that he had stopped talking^^^ry much about same, near ly inpt the members thateommenc- To use crutches and look as old as possible have throwed same away and K. the “unemployment situation” can be arrived at. - In the absence of any such oOiintibave drifted back towards their nor and cla.s.sification, it is the/easiest j mal health, thing in the world for political dema gogues to assert th^-^ere are ten. ' art square hTd moved his wife’s or twelve million/P^rsonS who oncerma and pa and his gramma into his gia. The list of candidates for de-|had jobs but ape^now uhmpToy^‘ATiousF to With thertr'HTtd^ hit Vrifrf^; grees is sixty-two, the largest class! little thought will demonstrate that^so’s they could help th>m spend in the institution’s history, and for thjs canpof possibly be true. ’ | 600| per month they would get, but continuing* Inciuitry at its peak,' using the; since dr. townsend’s bill will not func- synod held in lOw West the past week. Miss Collette Gn£Rn is at home from Converse college for the sum- mer. Miss Elizabeth Lynn is at home from Agnes Scott college, Atlanta, where she has been a student the past year. On Tuesday afternoon Miss Sarah Hunter was an attractive gue^t of honor at a lovely party given by Mrs. Roger Coe. Mrs. A. V. 'Martin entertained with luncheon .lli^day in^Jio^or of Greenwood, May 26. — W. Charles, Greenwood attorney, . an-i nounced today he would be-a candi date* for solidtbir of the eighth judi cial circuit compriainsr the counties of GrMnwood, Abbeville, Laurens and Nev^iry in the August primary. He will oppose Solicitor Homer S. Black- well. Mr. Charles is 43 years of age and a native of Tinmionsville. He received his literary and edoca.tion in law at the University of South Carolina, yad^tlng in 1916 and on the forma board of stewards of Main Street Methodist church of Greenwood, ds a Mason and Shriner and a mimlwr of the of Red Man. For several years ho has been/a^rve in jihe woilc 'fthis of Uons eloibt, oF this state and fqiy the i)a8t Wo years has serVed as a mensber of theWard of directors of Uons International. tion of HoCornficlt county located i there for the practice of his profes sion. He has been a practicing attor ney-in Greenwood since 1981. Mr. Charles is chairman of the[ Dr. Fdd^ Smith 0* DBS. SMITH S SMITH OPTOHGtBISTS Socialist In Eye J^aminations OnceU^ 8 to • Dtoy Phone 101. for ApiiointBiMit Clinton, S. C. rginia Neville, who has just ,re-| .1, in its strict sense of manufac- tion, he has asked them to moVe else- unng, never employed as many as! where at once, his house is not big' the closing program through Tuesday, a large number of friends and relatives from -all part ^ of the .state will come to Clintoiy^ i ten million workers, and the National 1 enough to take care of 3 famileys. C<.mm<-nc™.-nt with the giiiuates | C>»>'^rence^ Board _ reports : — is always an important eX, a red-i‘h“t indusfy »» « '* now em-! tom head has sent his ma and pa letter day so to spefaji<^t m^ans for'P^oy'"*? •^^re than 80 pej cent of its; back to the poorhouse-from which tho.se'who are recot^g their covet-1 high. Those figures are borne j place 'he moved them enduring <he c<l sheepskin.s.ihTbeginning of new!‘>ut by a survey which one newspaper, | hottest part ' ’ and untried^ difficult battles, the the New York .Sun, has been making, movement, steppingXforth into life’s competi from a two years’ stay in China with her daiighter, Mrs. L. H. I.^ncaster. Mrs. R. E. Sadler and Miss Mae Owens entertained at a lovely tea Tuesday afternoon in honor of Miss Sarath- Hunter and M’iss Nan Cope land. tionsXdisapimintments and achieve- among all the large manufacturers and business houses of the United States. An amazingljvhigh percent age of them report that they are now employing more- workers than they were in 1929. Who, then, actually constitute the Clintonians, irrespective of denom ination, are invited this year as they have bwn for the past half century, to attend the closing exercises unemployed? Well, there pecially arranged m- honor o ®!*re the farm workers who have lost young men and women who are soon | of droughts and to <lepart from our reduction of crop acreage. Their,-num- four-years residence. Our presence estimated variously up to two will giv. evictenc. of our interest younger best wishes aad cause the young of the ol(f age pension but he found that his hou.se was too small allso for 2 fam- iley’.s. he .had already invested in a few need-cessities when he counted on aiding and abetting his folks in getting rid of their 400$ per month. graduates jsow leaving us, to carry with them not Only pleasant mem ories of their ahna mater, but of our city and peo'ple as well. The service? general assembly potential workers who have been un able to land jubs since they reached working age. No reasonably approxi mate figures of their number is avail able, but it may run to a couple of million. A high percentage of* these. I however, is being absorbed in retail night began the twentieth week of the present session, already the long est on record. The session has sur passed the l3l-day record last year, with members of the body expressing themselves doubtful as to when ad journment will come. A report from Columbia further states that fifteen edunty supply bills are still to be adopted, Laurens} county being included.in the tardy; list. ■ ' 1 on Monday! trade, which is running ten per cent higher in volume and in number of employees than in 1929, on the na tional average. All in all, the Sun comes to the conclusion that there are only a few more than three million employables in trade and industry who are a^Ual- it looks more like state aid at this riting than it do federal aid. our leg- gisLature mought work on a bill to give us old folks a pension of 39$ per, month in lou of the 200$ per month of the townsend plan, but they have benn so bizzy at the state capitol Revival Services At Bailey Memorial A series of revival services will be gin at Bailey Memorial Methodi.st church on June 9th, with the Rev. W. Earl Armstrong, pastor-evangelist of Gastonia,, N. C., as the leader. Mr. Armstrong comes to Clinton highly endorsed by ministers and lay men alike. He has been highly suc- ces.sful in evangelistic work .in a numlber of states and the .local church fussing about the highway depart-{and pastor have expressed themselves ment for the past 5 months session, they have nbt thought of annything .sensible up to this riting. we want to have dr. townsend took to law if pos- sible. yores trulie, mik^ Clark, rfd, corry spondent. as very fortunate in setcuring his ser vices. As a preacher Mr. Armstrohg has a winning personality. HU work in Gastonia at th^GospeTlit>ern«cle and his programs over the Charlotte radio statipn have^eeh heard here by many who are looking forward V ly unemployed. TOO POOR TO nm books The state has nqw gone into the business -of renting texUxtoks and a Z.JlawU this for service on the part mem her of t)ke legislature (running of the county delegation? VV’ay back {true to form) placetl at the head of yonder in January the bill was in- the plaTt^ith a three thousand dol^ troduced in reason some the house and put to sleep. then for liar Mike-Clark Has Baen Selected To Serve On the Jury deer mr. edditor: yore, corry spondent, mr. mike Clark, rfd, has benn chose to serVe on the petty jury at the county seat next week, and he will call around ever day to set and talk frith you, and he mought be prevalljed upon to stay at yore house enduring Wa services in the coart. / with interest to his coming to Clinton. The pastor, Rev. B. S. Drennan, has announced that prior to the re'vival services cottage prayer meetings are to be held in the Clinton Mills com- fnunity beginning next Monday eve ning continuing /through the week. 4* Come in and see the PROOF OF ALL FIVII 1. LOWU OPtIUTINO cos? Z.SArai rooo piioncnoN 3. PAsm mizmo-MOiiE 4> MOM OSABNJTV ♦ » I 5. FIVl-YIM PMTEC- TION PLAN Baldwin’s Grocery Headquarters, Clinton, S. C. — W. C. Baldwin, Prop. Counties Covered: Abbeville, Greenwood, McCormick, Laurens, and Part of Newberry. a group of inspectors'. if you;»dll kindly use yor^infly(^p|(;.e Informa-' to assi.st him at $ir)0 each per month- lion from I-aurefis thi.s week s£ated4The rental plan furthea' contemplates. \ that it has gone from the housiXto the senate but has not yet/been a«lopted. Twenty weeks i^-<sed and yet no supply bill for the" county apd its officials elected by^the Conduct their aff^iCs. »tate, “the sup^ people IT t^’KEI) PEKI-'ECTI.Y The^-^ate convention last we tjipCd out to be a love feast. a/,most hdrmoniou.s show, a cut and, dflgd af- Columbia disimtches plying to the .school chiMren oSAhe state textjlH)oks without ciiarge at the earliest jiossilde date." One county in this section has already gone the state one better Uie past week, by pa-sinje a bill ^uiuiorizing its board of/education xrto filrnish free text- ooks for/dse in- certain grades of their schools. " AVefl, if books are to bt* furnished to get. the undersigned to be named byrthe jedge on the l>ench as foreman of all ca-ses that mought come up for trial ansoforth, he will greatly appre ciate the favvor, as it will help me in my race for kurriner of our local county this coming summer. . , „„ , , , , , why not be philanthropic and fan. Ihe lamb and the hop \\eie ^^oon supply the necessary pencils, tablets, ink, crayons, scissors, hot lying down peacefully'togbther and everything was lovely, ,A-iuiiaIi band of politician-office-holders viTTo had arranged everything the night befoie, manipulated the convention as they would have handled a delicate ‘ma chine. They had everything planned in stereotyped form as to what the delegates were to do, and what they were not to do, with Senator Byrnes down from Wa.shington as the master of^ ceremonies. It was interesting to note how ex tremely careful the convention was wot to ste^) on the gQveroor’s’ toes. lunches, bowls of soup and If we are unable to furnish our chil- dicn with the necessary books, cer tainly on the same reasoning we are unable to supply them these other needed class room requisites. The idea strikes' us as expensive, impractical and unnecessary. There are few people in South Carolina who are not able (if they so desire) to provide achool 'books for their children. There are thou sands. of.course. who are unconcerned whether or not their children are in i have had a right .smart of ^peri-i ence in coart work and underi^tand ^l civil and criminal laws{-allso legal statutes on nearly ever .subject, such as—nullum bonum, e pluribus unum, count of monty cristo, and habeas corpses, i have servtnl as witnesses on a large number of important cases, and was the star witness in the Jones lothing. I vs smith dog law'suit which the de fendant shot for suckinjf-his eggs an soforth. he* came clear: ^.rjifcody Wl b,to« him in «id who .tend-'ready for ..tionate love and support. He was pi<|^ M tho state’s ido.1 »entl™«ir of Santa'CSus, for the post of national committee- nan and r^orts state, given an ova tion when elected by acclamation. Johnston got exactly what he wanted and said he “happy.” His oppon- convention ents and frieritds in the (up for re-election this tiupnier) were afraid to mention the highway row, hiFTmagined “insurrection,” or many acts of tyranny. Nobody was allowed to shoot a firecracker. Resolutions it speaks verrj’ high for flat rock to have a juryman set in the coart house, verry few have ever benn chose from our local precinct to rep- persent our town on this honorable boddy, and a big supper will be ten dered the undersigned juryman next satturday night to show their appre- «iation of his standing as a eitizon ansoforth. " . . hand-out/ if the state or epuntx will That is one of the country’s serious troubles now (for which-the govern ment is largely responsible), too many people are .wanting something for nothing af the expense of the tax and ar^ getting it. 'The poll- pease and dignity of the prosiy- pnyers ticians responsible for such legisla tion should acquaint themselves with the jojurce from which the advocacy, of flee books comes. It would be both ... . ,, (interesting and illuminating to know were offered end •!>‘l>“s'«tm.lly; how much ,uch edvocte, ,re ,pend- passed without permitting debate, and then everybody wept home happy. The convention clicked as perfect ly as a good football team artd rail roaded things through smoothly and without a hitch. It was a spectacular affair arranged solely by a small band of “inside, politicians,^” most of whom it is observed are driwing down big salaries from the national or state government BBIPLOYMBNT FIGURES technically, of course, everybody adio isn't working is unemployed But whether he is unemployed because he does not want to Cleric; because he'is unable to work, because, he never did work and does not intend to begin DOW, or whether he is actually a vic tim of the depression, having once been a habituml worker And now tin- dble to find employment, are qt»a- ttooa whleb need to be Answered ioteUigeojt iraderstAading of \ ing annually for beer, liquor, cold drinks, snuff, tobaccos, gasoline and other non-essentials. Yet we are told by some that our people are unable wants , to. net on the. brown vs, green case, as h4 has everdence of his own to prove that green turned his cow into the pastor of brown mallis- aforethought, and it did not butt down the rail fence and intrude of her own free will and accord asaiast «y- cutor, vizzly: brown, and that the ally-gatioii that he struck the first lick is false and untrue, and he, be ing a secont cuzzin of the under signed, knows him to be a truthful genterman. ' as soon as i land in the citty, i will rite or foam you a note so’s you can have yore old lady put my name in to provide their children with school | her pot for dinner, that is—-if you see books, this same sUte that for the fit to invite me to yore hoss^itable first year it has been in the whiskey buklnesB spent $1,365,446 for liquor. On a cold day a few weeks ago a man walked into a Clinton store with two little barefoot boys. 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