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"^LSO^^ W. HXBIIS, Editor and Publi*h«r Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payabre In Advance): One Year ll.&O; Six Months 75 cents ;-vThree Months 50 cents Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C. "hie Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its su^cribers and readers—^the publisher will at all times appreciatev^wise suggestions 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 notfced. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents, o - This ks the end of a perfect, day that I promised myself and family (the.night before) that I would spend in my room at the hotel, iir bed to rboot. It is exactly If:45 p. m. If I iHve tnr^mdmihg TO Wake up sur prised. Why, all of us were up and {had-vralked 8 blocks to an Auton^. by 7:30, daylight saving time. /Tto} children enjoyed poking nickfle into! the food slots and turning the knobs so much that a meal there was more expensive that at the Astor-Bilt. CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY. JUNE 11, 1936 WASTING MONEY The general assembly recently ad journed, stayed in session almost five' We began taxi^iig and subway-ing and ell-ing early. We climbed up and went down nibre stairways than the average-town of 25,000 inhabitants; can boast of. We saw this and that till my he^d swam. Everything from tl^ Al. Smith-pire building Coney' Island passed beneath our eager reti nas. My^ folks are the going-ist bunch of humanity I ever saw. They land^ of opportunity, that there are no I ^ meals today, patronized 14 so- such chances in our capitalistic in dustrial scheme_jof things as there months and broke all preSnous rec-l^ere under a more primitive and ords'. What the sfession cost, the cuulization. - pie do not know. As soon as this in-j The plain truth, which these young da fountains, and never skipped but 2 gum and candy vending machines. (They were out of order). After a late dinner-supper (6.:35), formation can i)e obtained The Chron-1 graduates will learn soon enough, i» i J?-— ici.- will IT for It, readers’ that there is - ready^ntade opportu-,^; Jtm information. ' "'tv fnr anvhnnv Tfu*rp nevpr nas _ . ® u But in addition to this long drawn out affair, there was the extra ses sion caPed before Christmas by Co'.’- nity for anybody. There never has ornor Johnston at much expense'to character, there are greater oppor the taxpayers and which accopi- tunities than there ever were before, plished nothing. , [Each, however, must find his own op- Not only in'its long|vity, but in the porTunity for himself and stand on wasting of money thei recent session'^hjs own feet. conspicuously stands bufT j If the schools and colleges have I developed those qualities of in- . . u ■ ■ / • 1 Only. She would have lost business been, under any scheme of social or-t, . r i n I rr.,. ^ known that all of the seats ganization. But for men and wameni . , , , , , » • .• • j 1. ^ . were takeiu. The old lady and chil- of initiative, courage, industry and'. - . ^ . |dren were given vseats by the good? looking flapper, but she passed a rope betwixt me and the isle just as I step ped one foot^ forw’ard, There were about 760 others herded up around me 1 and against me, forward^xnd afL , I guess the show was going on. I ^ WHAT WILL THEY SAY Idustry, Courage, initiative and char-iy^ard an occasional yell, and saw This summer in this county we will acter, then there is something badly I ^ woman's head once and a man’s doubtless hear much from some of wrong with the schools. But even thej^ightop hat twice. They were on the the politicians about economy. The w’orst of schools cannot stifle the am-|j,tagg about 3 blocks east of me I emphasis needs to be puf^on funda-! bition or kill the i»pirrt of adventur-i on my right foot awhile and a mental principles of government af-.ous youth. It is to the ambitious andj^.Qjnan stood on my left foot at the feeling the people, rather than on a | adventurous that the w’orld has al-j^gn,^ time. I swapped feet with her tax receipt. [ways offered its greatest opportuni- But while we will he^ much from ties. The world today, up-side-down candidates ! about state and county'as it is, offerSN^i>ortunitie5 tb those economy, w’e wonder if there will ..be' w’ho take courag^^ their hands and complete silence as to -^'ashington’s go forth Jo seek the spending spree. * I ! The federal government is now' Kpemding nine thousand million dol-^ lars a year. It is spending each day ten million dollars more than it is, colfecting. In the-i^.st threfe,yeara it! g has collected' in taxes and borrowed and spent $22,541,245,376 and has Nobody's Business By Gee McGee occasionally. She weighed about 330; and begging your pardon, she was the softest woman I ever leaned up against. Every time the crowd would breathe, she would stretch up and down. The show finally ended. I .never ^.got closer than 45 feet to a seat. I wbtil^ have paid 25 dollars for a set of gb? T ook hi^h and look low throughout this > srr’ft and spirited Buick Spbcial, rnd you’ll find only one thing about it that’s anything but big. It’s big in its inches, length and breadth— big in the ample, stretchout space it sup plies to driver and passengers alike. It’s big in its power—it hasn’t found a hill i couldn’t easily master, oi* ^ driver it. couldn’t thrill by the fervor of its quick response, the smoothness of its stride. ft’sbiginthe measure of its quality, seen and ^ unseen—every nut and bolt and stmt and part is eloquent testimony to Buick’s insist- ■ ence that the best alone will do. th'sn mere ♦r'^r'^'^or^ation requires. Wooden legs. I was ruint Ten Days Vacation Without Pay it. I^Was para- It’s big in the pleasure it gqp bring yn run behind $11,306,8H1,1.")H. Nearly half of my pre.-«cribed va- It will be interesting in the ap- cation is over. The doctor told me lyzed frrim my^hips down. I would have left -the sh^wv if I could have turned around. I wks never so dis- untled, anTlxdevastated. hen the distre?«mig act tnat comes from handling 0 sparkling and superior- performer —pleasure that’s yours from owning a car so obviously better It’s big in the satisfactions it yields — from the smartness of its valid stream line stylepfrom the surety of its comfort, and your knowledge that the family couldn’t be safer in a car. _ It’s big in every way, until you reach for the tag that names the price—then you find that it’s only a short step up from the lowest- priced field to the Buick of your dreams. ^65* and up, list at Flint, the price tag on tlye; Buick Special. Series 40, reads, and the terms are within anyone’s reach. >__ ★ ★ ★ BUICK tmwUm fm H hmr CUm McCarthy cad B4wi. C. HiH rha lOUIS-SOWaiNG nCHT etd9Blm0N0tw^,N.B,C. Hifkt •/J*"* ( - A OINilAl MOTORS PRODUa* whether they will altogether ignore such facts. New York, but I had never attempted If economy should be practiced at I before to "take home, why not away from honie7. GOBBLING UP OFFICES The recent general assembly ran wife and 2 children along. After bargaining for an interest in a good up-town hotel, and getting true to form -when it came to filling stuff properly put, we decided to ^ offiees and creating new jobs for a ' I wanted to borrow j able to get very many things off: We got a taxi to roll up right close to^ 4he- cttrfe; With tJ-polTcemenV as"-“ sistance I got inside. Everybody thought I was drunk, I suppose, ex cept a few i>ebple nearby. . , . who thought I was a corpse. I was car ried to my room by my faithful wife and childi-en who undre.ssed theniv THOMASON MOTOR CO. EAST MAIN STREET LAURENS, S. C. large number of its meittbers. Long "less-than-one-per-cent- ago the legislatui’e’ became a "closed IH*r-annum money. . . . that I had .«hop,’’ not offering the slightest about. The old banker chance to those on the outside (re-;"'^om I knew very well, said: ‘‘Yes—' health! Ouch") gardless of qualifications) to get on have some 3 percenl, money that the inside and i«rticipate in the dis-i<»«J ’Jffular customers can borrow, _ FINAL SETTLE.MENT it didn’t matter. I knew I’d be dead by morning anyhow. (And me on a tribution of the prize jilums. The law’- "llh Liberty bonds as collateral, plusi Take notice that on the 10th day of makers took twenty-fiTur state offices ^ percent balance. (If I had Lib^July,^ 1936, I will render final ac- for then\selves during the session just bonds, I wouldn t need any mo.n ended, a number of them carrj’ing handsome salaries. . j The general assembly is now’ used We visited the cotton exchange by many of the members as a step-' where outsiders used to gamble or ping stone to land jobs. If there is not speculate with the insiders (and lost, one in sight the practice! has grow’n' of course). That place is tamer than of creating new commissions, offices, a game of checkers. The S. E. C. has committees, or .something else. The put operations of the king on the B. -recent, session w’as an outstandingTu. M. No suckers w’ere biting this, example of such tactics. . I morning, and the man said very lit- ment on or before that date; and all There are "rumors” that certain j tie nibbling had been going on for | Persons having claims against said lawyers in this section are holding i the past year or so. The folks in that I estate w’ill present them on or before counting of my acts and doings as Administrator of the estate of D. M. Wadsw’orth, deceased, in the office of the Judge of Probatjp of Laurens County, at 10 o’clock a: m., and on the same day will apply for a final dis charge from my, trust as Administra tor. Any person indebted to said estate is notified and required to make pay- their seats in the legislature in the j exchange reminded me of a bunch of hope of landing a judge’s job when a j unemployed or W. P. A. workers. . , . vacancy occurs. The legi.slature has largely become a "gobbling up” game. IBs members grab every job they can for jthem- selves. The goveniOr likewriae craves power to make appointments and place his crowd in ofhee. It ie a dis- gracfeul practice and one that the Uibl MUot box ajiould put To an end. 1 YOUTH AND LIFE 'Commencement season has come, to - close. From the nation’s universi ties, cottegea-AJid- high Ichools hdn- -dieds of thousands of boys and girls “"“Y»ave poured out this montkr te se«^ their placet in the world of reality. Their formal education is finished. Their real education is just' begin- mag.’ They have, if they have been idiHg^t and receptive students, leam- that had choked down. Mebbe we need such institutions: it’s powerful dull without some kind of uncertain trading. A vacation ain’t no time to talk- -and-nose-afound about politics, Sut I felt the pulse of big and little busi ness ^ somewhat sympahetically and advisedly. The"blgT)rokers and bank ers are about 80 j^r’cent against tke -said ^ate, duly proven, or be forever barred. CLINTON * H. WADS-WORTH, Administrator. June l()th, 1936.—7-2-4tc. S£rs THE PACE! -\ & SCRIPTO Automatic Pendl is tha Jmt. 10cvalue in the. world. Get one §t the Chroiiicle Publishing Company. /- tn fact. Wall Street ahi^ I’t so strong for the "ins;* Nevr Deal, vicinity ain that i^—the bosses of the firms. The golf courses are crowded with anti- administration-ites, and so are the best night-idubs. But thie eastside and the west-side (some on relief, many off) are still aboqt 98 per cent strong for the democcats. (Whoop ee!). «d a great deal i^ut most of the fun- Roosevelt won’t ^rry over 33 per damental principles of life. Now they cent of the supreme court vote, and me about to try their hands at the practical application of those prin ciples to the problems of life itself. The first thing these young men and women are going to learn is that there is no easy or'safe road to suc cess in Hfe- Many of them, because they have diplomas, may have got the impression that the world owes them a living. They are dead wrong. They are due to discover very soon that tha obligation is the other way aroond. They have to prove them- Mlves u^ul members of aonaty be fore they can claim oonaideration for thamadves. Tltere are. too many peo- irfa in the worid already looking for aomhthing for nothing and expecting Santa" Glana every day. Iliere Ife a school of thought which that 4t k the duty.of the eoeial to provide opportunRiaa for all of dltS. SMITH tt SMITH - - . OEEfflIEnUSTS __ Specialist In Eye Examinations OflBce Hours 8 to 6 Daily Phone 101 for Appointmeiit Clinton, S. C. even the large railroads’ don’t like him; they hate trucks and busses, too. The Reds are on the fence; the blacks are about 65-36 for the present crowd . . ./. while we know that all of the Blue will go G. 0. P. Tha south is gettin^accused of being in the best shape/she has ever been in; in other wor^, Northerners and some West- erners believe the South has hogg^ everything except the tax-,paying privileges. * Well, after seeing many old and new sights, we returned to our ho tel 'I am so tired, so worn out, so weak, and so limp, I don’t think I’ll ever get rested again, and me on vacation. My feet are sore, my head aches, my blood pressure is doing the shimmy, and that pain in my chist has returned. If somebodr calls has retume^ If somebody ybnag paofkH Ukoaa ihk trip a.va^on, a convict eertain. ImM tlMit view art prena to da- ly ought to anjoy life, But I*m not lea k BO lottgar tha (oing: to bodge over 3 blocka from Watch Your Kidneys/ with a motor so oig or—the bebiod l»- will h»»« power trnhe Notfe mswt -"ebes them d„Notg«Wo«r>»K’ i~.. 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