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Siibscrtptib’n Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year 11.60; Six Months 75 cents; Three Months 50 cents Entered as Second Class MAil Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C. i^M-eM\^ociaIs Clark dinmred, The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the publisher will at all times appreciate wise susrgestions and kindly ad vice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when thej- are noi of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper-is-not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. FUt Rock Wce- t miss judie lou Clark dinitered, sup. I pered and breakfasted with her gram- paw, mr. mike Clark, rfd, last Sunday and monday ijK>ming. she left early tp visit her uncle mudd Clark, acrost the street. homed to mr. and mrs. pete Clark, CLINTON, S. CW THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1936 HARD TO UNDERSTAND Senator Byrnes, who is up for re- election in this state, has stated^ that the depression is behind us. ing about 12,000,000,000 ' into the hands nf 3,51,8,000 ex-service men during the past week. The bonus ha^ been passed by every Congress in ev- If that be true, there are millionrW admmjstratKm siiwe WiUon^and who would like to know why it is nec-j been vetoed by Presidents Hard- jr., a boy who will ancer to the name of mike at the hosspittle in the coun ty seat, both it and its ma and pa and the dr. are gettihlB: along as wejil| as possible considering the Weather. married at the home of the groom's aunt sallie, scoop Clark and rudy valle Clark, both being secont cuzzins to each other, last friday night, rev. will waite, pasture of rehober church. esaary for the government to stillli*'*^’ Coolidge, Hoover and Roosevelt, offishiating for $1. only close friends spend ten million dollars more each day that it is'taking in, a rate of ‘‘nine thousand million dollars a year. Or why the public debt of the Unit ed States keeps steadily climbing un At this session of Congress its advo cates were able to muster the two thirds , majority and passed the bill over the veto of Roosevelt. ^The coun try is generally satisfied with the and her daddy were pressent. til it has reachfid the staggering to-1 payment of the bonus. ' lions who feel that if the federal tal of 1(34,331,366,887, an uhprece^ dented figure in the nation’s history? We don’t'understand all We hear. govemrhent is able to spend and waste biWions of dollars on every con ceivable project or experiment, it is able and should pay this obligation. ’The bopus rush started with the delivery of the bonds which immedi ately can be' convertecfx into cash by their hokfers. This enon^ous aniiount of money .is now being turned^ into the channels of Jiusiness and will be spent in many ways, reports indicat- that the principal beneficiaries i V THE COST CAl)(lE HIGH The recent session of the general assembly, the longest on record, cost 32.56,326. The eighty-eight legislative^ Ays cost an" average of 12,912 a day.' Each law’ passed cost $22 Had the members of the general assembly gone to Columbia and acted its business in the designated, , . forty days and adjourned, the cost of | automobile, dothing, the /^ssion to the taxpayers could i lw)mes, furniture and household equip- haVe been cut in half. Such a long ■ ^ . Aawn, wasteful session, for which'have on economic the members and governor were re-1 known. Whethei^ sponsible, places an added and un- j bonus will ac- recessary expense upon the people, ^jelerate or retard business recovery The voters should elect a general as- remains to be swn. It is aure to be sembly that will do its work and go beneficial in tiding the bustness of home. Short sessions should -be em-j*’^'^ nation over the usual suihnier phasized in the campaign this sum-i-’’^^^P^— ——-- . * mer all over ihe state. f Doubtless a fair proportion of the It would be interesting to know ] veterans will save their bonds. But it how~many people there are in South too much to expect of human na mr. and mrs. mike Clark, rfd, wor shipped at cedar lane last sabbath, but onner count of a puncture they goT there too late for the collection, they et dinner with their soni spudd Clark, who runs the (all nite one stop supper service garrage in that place, he is doing fairly well to have started with nothing, he is holding hks own. noroe orioinateo so or the most important FEATOREO M lAOOEIW mi^MQERATIOII I THE HOLLATOR cold-iwklns iHtdianta —ln!ioduc«d In 19i6. modern fTYUNR-lirtfodnctd In 193i. CORIFLETILY fEAUD l« COMPART MENT—Introductd jn 1926. Carolina (members of the legislature ture that the majority will be so pru- excepted) who thi^ the recent rec- dent. The American people are a ord-breaking session was worth what' ^P^'^ding people and cannot stand it cost. prosperity. Economic conditions being what they are, it is reasonably certain that a high percentage of the recipi- OUR SPENDING SYSTEM , , - , ,, , Much tutk 18 herd from some, that f"*' themelve compeUed^ the American ayatam i. out of date. one with the in the absence of the pasture, mr. piike Clark, rfd, took charge of the Wednesday night ^ayer-meeting which was hell friday night onner count of everboddy forgot about it be ing change<i from thursday night, a fair attendance was on hands, but verry little intrust was took< in the services rendered. crops are 10 wwks late in our midst, due to the drowth, and‘canned stuffJjj^ being et verry fluently by' all. no green trucki is availaible either for ma nor beast, scoop Clark-flames the lack of rain on the republican party who is_trying to whip the dimmer- crats into their folds, sevvral of same who have benn cut from direct relief are wavering in the ballance of in decision. - yores trulie, mike Clark, rfd, corry spondent. li such charges apply to the spend ing /f money, they are altogether erroneous. Our government is spend- proceeds of their allotments. In this country “easy come, easy go” is much axore than a mere catch- word. It expresses a philosophy appli- Jng more money at present than ever , , ,, , , a / * u- . ■ . -.u • .• r cab e m a wa ks of ife, based upon ^in its history either in time of peace or war. But not only is the govern ment on a_spending spree, but so are IndividuaLs. _ - XApplying that yardstick, here is what we find to be the prevailing con dition today: In the United States, there is 1 ra dio to every 6 iwrsoris; in Europe, in- cludingvmuch-talked-of Russia, there is 1 radio to every 17. In the United States there is 1 mile of„railroad to each 500 citizens; in Europe, there is 1 mile to.Vach 2,000. "nie United /States has 1 telephone for every 7 persons; Europe has 1 for every 35 10 Years Ago Items of Interest Fron The Chronicle of June 24, 1926 a sound understanding of human na ture. Fe\^i)eople can resist the temp tation to s|)end when they find them, selves in the possession of money. And so it is safe to expect, that in a short while, a rery large proportion' of the two billion dollars will have been expended and reflected consider ably in all lines of busiiness. Nobody’s Business By McGfc .. The United States has 1 automobile for every 5 persons; Europe has 1 for each 59. Ten out of_each 50 Amer icans use electric lights; 10 out of er’ery 75 Europeans are electric light School Conditiona Are Badly Un settled In FUt Rock the town of flat rock ik mought nigh tore all to peaces, our scholl CTnsim,et8. Tn the United States, life I'‘"r* * .*«“•. *'*>* ^ insurance averages $864 a person; in Europe it averages $69 a person. It will be seen that Europe ^hasn’t anything on this country if tl]fe suc cess of our form of goverimiertt is to be determined upon the basis of ■whether it supplies its citizens with luxuries as well as necessities. We are the greatest spenders in the world. the^fniit tree agent is a-sparking her with a vim and^ggerlarity’nev- ver befoar witnessed in this pre cinct. he is a widdower onner count lifsiint dn Y-tif 8 yf. JAKES MCXR£n:£DWfiR. ^ ^ ^ ^ > Thia yeara bought "2-dw and he ^ tains a new section which is supposed to come as an aftermath to the recent ^tion of the newly appointed sheriff in announcing a change in the person nel of three deputies cohn^t^ with h’s office. • _ The powers thaT~be (the delega- t.on) immediately got busy in Coluni- 4)ia and stopped what the’^heriff had pirf)licly stated he inten^d doing, then when the supply bill was finally passed it provid^ for the appoint ment of the former deputies by the ciple thereof, misa Jennie veeve smith, who has teeched here 15 yr. is now wearing a big diamont ring, and it is feared that ahe wUl get married en during the summer vacation, and if she do, we are ruint. has benn seen verry frequently taking miss\ Jennie veeve smith to ride with on«*'of his childrens setting in her Up and tlW 4' others in the riire l%at. -the Mholl 'bored"Te-elected miss Jennie VMve as our teecher for the enamng term of hext session and her place woul^ be" hard to fill if she merges with the fruit tree "agent and hi^ family, this seems verry probable at the pressent riting; however, she .... , , . , will be talked to with the bark on by e^ ion, er y ^ taking the ap- (certain citizens of this community. away' ffom. the pointment entirely sheriff, We are not interested in, or discuss ing from any angle, the personnel of the rural police force, But we do con tend that the sheriff (whoever he may be) charged as he is with the respon- including yore corry spondent, mr. mike Clark, rfd, the chairman of the bored pro tern. C. M. Bailey has been elected pres ident and treasurer of Lydia Gotton Mills", succeeding hijS father, the late M. S. Bailey. i Dri J. W. Davis is In .Philadelphia where he is doing special post-gradu ate work for two weeks. Friends of Goyne Simeon will be interested to kno^e he if a patient in a Charleston hospital, Mr. and Mrs. Gua Masdn left this week for Laureng where they will make their futi^ home. Miss Martha Pitts has gone to Lake Junaluska where she will spend the summer. / Mrs. Felder Smith is visiting rela tives m Vidalia, Ga, . Miss Agahtg Davis has returned from a visit to her sister, Mrs. Charles Akerman, in MacoiT, GiT Miss Leonel Smith has gone to Ath ens, Ga., where she will study music this summer at the University of Georgia. On WednesAy afternoon Mrs. E. J. Adair ent^rtaln^ in quite a hospit able manner in' honor of Miss Nan Copeland, a 'bride-elect of tills city. On Tuesday' evening at the Bois Terre country club Mrs. D. W. Mason and Miss Dorcas Mason entertained in honpr of Mrs. A. I. Mason, a re- cent onde Bins Ze4ime Davis has gone to Win- throp college where she is attending summer-school. ^STOCKHOLDERS MEETING The regular annual mating of the Stockholders of the Libeity Building and Loan Association will be held Friday afternoon, July 10, 1936, at 4:00 o'clock, in the office of the Com mercial Depository of Clinton. F. M. BOLAND, Secretary and Treasure. 7-2-3tc. art'^equare wants to take out an in junction against miss smith getting' married, she has alreddy excepted the ability • of heading the ewnty’^ liw posish as teecher next" rear in flat enforcement forces, should name the officers who work und^r him, and not n delegation, regardless ofwho may compose its membership. A merchant, banker or other type of business man, selects the employees who are to be « part of his organization. How would it A for the people to abolish all elections and have the county offiekUs appointed by the <iele^ gation? Why elect a county treasur. •r, or clerk of court, or jud^ of pro bate, or magistrate, or any officer? THR BONUS PATIIBNT Tha iKmna qaastion long before tba -mmiarf, baa ^ftmily baen aattlad <mee ni4 IflMD by tba rock, and he thinks sh'C ought to stay single and teech. holsum moore sug gested a mandamus ag^nst her, but it costs too nrdch, so the injunction is our only hope, she will be a bad loss to the pupils of the flat rock scholl; she has helped to raise nearly aU^f them> but it now looks Ark. it will not only break the hkrts of some of the men of flat rock to pee her tie herself up for life with her pressent sweethart, but as they fell out 2 yt. ago, and maA up again, H is a verry suspicious cas4 of intended maftri-mony. be is a poor pervidmr, and If do net dsR^ waya and tp support fahn'aiid kit dOI- FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice, that on the 10th day of July, 1936, I will renAr a final ac counting of my acts and doings as .Administrator of the estate of- D. M. 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