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THB CLINTON CHRONICUt, CMlWTOt. 8. C.
TBUR8DAY. AUOUSf 6, .1936
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EsUblbhed 1900
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plunder pa's and ma’a bed at'night. It
held 6 children betwixt 2 and 6 years
I of /age, or .6 children from 8 to 12.
Then we had a ‘‘company” room with
II bed in U. The other room was used
I for a combination kitchen, .dining,
! breakfast and pantry room,making 3
rooms in all in pur residence.
We rarely ever had anny company.
. Kinfolks, were not. counted gr called
Cash Com Rises
To^ 11-Year Peak
jreather by^«au^ meanwhile, predicted
looler Weather but no general rwhs
for the dropght-bumed north central
region.'
Cereals ^Advance To High htVf
els.. GoTerAinent Buys Cows*
As Result of Drought.
' “compawy.” They had to eat com-
WottM^-Arokl Stock Sales'
Topeka, Aug. 8. — Kansas business
men were urged b,y Governor Alf'M,
liandon today “to work out practical
bread and molasses just like the rest
I of us, but the preacher paid us a visit i
i every 6 or 8 months, and he was real- i
' ly [ and truly highclass company. He:
slept on the feather bed, ate chicken |
at nearly every meal, and all of the j
children had to wait while he wasi
poking along with his eating and con-j
versation. He was mighty slow at the |
table, that is-^we hungry younguns
thought so. And there were no 5 bas-j
iketsful -of fragments left when he
I got thru. * ■ 7
Chicago, Aug. 3. —An eleven-year' cooperation with farmers
high for cash corn and first govern-]*” saving valuable livestock herds ii
.ment purchases of livestock signar*^ireas.
Jn a radio talk, sandwiched in be-
ized today the prolongation of the
three months old drought.
Leading^ grain prices to further
^ official^‘and other pQliti<ial ad
visers who met wMth the piresident
for two hotirs in the of the
library of his hOgie here, Farley said
campaign plans had not been dis-
chssed down to minor details,' but
only in a general .way, and that th^re '
wi|s no, talk bf when,or to what ex
tent the president personally would
plunge into the^drive.
Fer nearly an hour. Early saicg the
president talked over the drought jiiU
hation with Secretary Wallace' and
Chester Davis, former AAA adminis
trator, and as a result Mr. Roosevelt
tween political conferences and a dis-
^ cussion of farm problems with n’a-'
pwkriif&VV week pnimMtVteady officials, the
advances, corn climbed almost four
cents at the ^tart’of trading on un-
official Mtimatcs July’, dama*. iff"* "1“'''*A"
fionAonAnn shortage on a livestock farm de-
said: | ed.^p€rsonal survey of the effects, of
We have always been a jSelf-ithe drought in several states and the
progress,of steps under way to help
amounted to 700,000,000 bushels. It
CkINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1936
COVERING_SOME GROUND . ^ jlem of re-financing and saving their
It is noted that several candidates homes and lands. Thl«e“'faTmers in
fini%hed in a flurried market, 1 to
3 3-4 cents up from Saturday’s close,
September $1.09 1-4. , .
Cash No. 1 white corn was quoted
at $1.20 a bushel, the top since 1925'
mands
prompt
n /$ ^ WaI « M
action
It is my
farmers-in’ the stricken area.
That would- mean. Early said, a
throughout the .state have declared
themselves 100 per cent for Governor
Johnston.
That is covering a wide scope of
ground. It shows._that they are spine-
My First TdET"
I learned to telegraph when Iiwas
19 years~'of age, having quit school
when the school quit me during 'my!
hope and bejief that it will hot be ’ through regions in Ohio, Penn
necessary to sacrifice any'large num-1 ^yivania. New York and Connecticut
ber of valuable breedihg animals by swept by floods last spring would be
sending them to market . . . I “somewhat postponed.”
“I want to call the attention of thel -
and equal to the best.current price , .. # i t u u ■
for No. lJatsl.wh«it. The trade tuid*''*
turn have. paid large sums into the
county treasuries, thereby helping efforts to pull thru the seventh grade.
reports that Kansas farmers were
I of commerce and other civic organi-
getting 7 to 10 cent, a bu,hel morel?*““"/ *“ **’* they now
for com than for wheat.
have to render a' service, not only to
bring about increased tax collections 11 walked 4 miles to and from the de
which has further helped to improve!pot where I^Was a student, a truck
the financial conditions of the coun
While other cereals advanced to,
i their neighbors but to themselves
new high levels in some cases not!
“Livestock has always been regard-
creatures, possessing-uo mind -of f.ties,—- -
thi'ir own, and willing to be kicked] In recent years in this county, par-
about and used as a rubber stamp ticularly 1933 and 1934, several hun-
or ink pa<l by tHF chief executive, re-1 dred loans aggregating thousands of
gardlesS of what he does. j dollars, have been made to farmers
All of which reminds us of this in-[through the federal loan bank and
cident. prominent city school super-j other agencies. This has necessitated
intendent in thi.s state wrote a gen-ion the part of the borrowers, a clear-
tleman asking him if he could recom-j ing up of all back taxes and obviously
mend a certain young woman apply-[has made for a steady gain in' tax
ing to him for a teaching position 7ollection.s.
100 iH'i- cent. The gentleman in ques-1 Let’s give credit to all to whom
tion forwarded an excellent recom-' credit'is due. ^ i - -
mendation for the young woman with;
' hand, a billing clerk, a cotton Weight
and a baggage agent, each day
€qu.lled since 1929, the heaviest rum"* " “’V**’* ' 15
of cattle reoeivSd at- Chicago
while absorbing this Morse.
yard, in three year, brought j f', “li^^ocrMxt ‘ *'"*
the added notation, ‘‘I do not know
anybody 1 would recmiAnenU 100 per
cent for'any job, not even myself.”
REVOLUTION IN EUROPE
The turmoil in which the whole
world, more or less, has been involved
After being a “ham” for 6 or 8'
months, I received a wire from the
railroad superintendent offering me a
job as day operator at a small water,
melon station (for 40 days) in the^
lower part of the state. My boss, the,
local railroad agent, hated to have to]
go back to work himself, but he help-j
ed me to get away. 1 borrowed the
cash from my father to makej
the tijj). . I
ration of another governmental meas--7'i‘*7
urc to aid drought distressed farm- f P»«''>'p
‘livestock men to hold on and for their
NUB CRASH SUITING
54*Iiicli
' ^ A Reap Value
ONLY 25c YARD.
ELLISON’S
ers.
Under contracts recently negotiat
ed packers were authorized to pur
chase for the federal account 4,793 ,
head. The animals were bought at the* *
FINAL SETTLEMENT
Take notice that on the 2Ist day of
August, 1936, I will render s final
communities to cooperate with them
in holding on . . . 1 , , , .
“All our, other interests, which' and doing as Ad,
t ministratnx of the estate of A. V.
^•r
SO much from a prosperous,
deceased, in the office of the
prevailing prices at Chicago, reservine the verv foundation of a Probate of Laurens county,
N. D., St. Paul, Omaha and Sioux Preserving, the very foundation of
^ • n . ’ XU .. I prosperous agriculture. u tiota «. m., anu on ine sarass
City, loWa. Prices on the types pur- * *
One hundred jK-r cent fbFJBhnstoji, years'and more, find.s its
or Roosi'velt, or Byrnes, or any olherij^^^^^ mamfestation in . the bloody
politician is covtying a lot of tern- ,.t,voiution now in progress in Spain,
tory. loo much for us. 7From all reports, France, too, seems
The first thing I had to do was!
go 100 miles to the superintendent’s!
chased broke twenty-five cents be-*
fore the government action was an-i
nounced. |
At. Chicago, President F. R. Wil-j
cox of the federal surplus commodi-
Roosevelt Hears.
Campaign Plans
A REAL OPTIMIST
^senator Byrnes lays his chief claim
for re-election on the fact that he is
a one hundred per cent New Dealer
and champion of the administration.
By., many he has been labeled as a
coat-tail swinger.
In a campaign speech the.^ others!
to be on the verge of a popular up
rising. '
It is difficult, from thi.s distance, to
place a proper value upon the news
that the cables bring. VVe have noth
ing in our American temperament,
our .methods of life or our political
system, with which to compare the
office and stand an examination. I;
had never been over 22 miles from
home in alf my life. I had rhdre down-j
right common ignorance in my head
than any person in the country run-!
ning loose at that time. I had never
worn a store-bought suit of clothes
till I got the one X wore off for $4.98.
day the senator was reported as say
ing, that all the money being loaned
situation in Europe.
I Apparently the conflict in Spain is
(and wasted) by the government for
between two conflicting concepts of
government, neither of
evvqr conceivable, fad Project will headway
be paid back in full-and that there
in
which" has
America. It
need be no alarm or concerir by the
.seems to be a struggle l)etween Com-
I finally found the head man’s
place of business, but before doing]
so, I went into every-shop and-de-l
partment in the railroad yards. I wasj
so -scared and nervous J wasn’t fit for ]
anything except shaking off of apple
and peach trees. I had never contact
ed a really big man before". He was
human though, and sized me up and
ties corporation, conferring with fed-
etal-state crop observers from ten
states of the drought-harassed north
central region, said that agency was
ready to start purchases this week to
meet the problem of seed grain for
1937.
The crop observers brought latest
estimates of probable yields and re
vised daU on drought. damage from
President Approves Setup Out
lined By Farley; May Go Into
Drought Section Earlier.
Hyde Park, N. Y., Aug. 3. -- The
Democratic national committee (b-|
day obta-ined President Roosevelt’s I
official OK on arrangements to itaft
immediately an “aggressive cam-
their areas. From North . Dakota, | paign” for his reelection,
where the earlier stages of the! Aftefi a two-hour round-table dis-
drought virtually ruined the spring! cussion of current political conditions
wheat crop, came the word through | James A. Farley, national committee
H. L. Falster, director of extension' chairman, to,Id reporters:
day will apply for a final discharge
from my trust as Administratrix.
Any person indebted to said estate
i.^ notified and required to make pay
ment on or before that date; nnd all
persons having claims against said
estate will present them on or before
said date, duly proven or be forever
barred. ,
MARY B. MARTIN.
July 21, 1936.—8-13-4C.
“ “ / I , , r ^ Fniunism and Fascism, complicated by
people over the federal lending and;^,,.^„„ on,i Kv an I gently with me.
asked the chife dispatcher to deal
spending program.
There are few
people who will
agree with the senator in that statej^j
ment. We doubt if he believes that'
himself. There are millions and bil-
strong anti-church feeling and by an
[effort of the monarchists to bring
about a sTluation that would result in
King Alfonso being
throne. *
The
'I took the telegraph key firmly in
restored to the iiiV hsind and began to dash and dot.
sweating so, ..my whole body
I was
. . . X X..’ 1 -uv: only thing certain i.7 that ia dripping piece^ of humanity. I
lions going into this spending armed forces on both sides are killing "'‘th my’’Sending fairly well,
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that will never be paid back.
But alJ will agree that the senator
is a^real optimi.-it.
people by thousands, and looting thei^ut when “DI” began poke about
churches and the big estate,s of thej'^''’ words per mipute at me, f found
[ ^-A^TLMELY ISSUE*
The Saluda Baptist associatiph,
in
nobility. The .‘Situation ha.s been liken-j to write it down intelligently,
ed that which existed m Italy be- M thought once of jumping . Out the
Ftiri^ Mu.ssolini took charge; with thelwindoW and going home, but I stuck
exception ithat no strong leader has: well enough to get that fine
session the past \veekj, j^lopteii a I'e^-j yet'^ajipeared. to .seize power and re-' l^*’ month, with board only
vlution placing it oh iVcortl as oppos- <,tiler. - “S ^ 1 $7 -ownth.
mg the legalization of intoxicating xSpain differs from, myst other na- . —
buvt?ra^j<?s and to its tions in that it has no ^froat com-! man, b6 prt^.sident^ prcniictj
fUience to bring back prohibition. Jt niidifle'elas.s. Its populationever appreciated a posi-
fuither aiKleiFTliat all candidates rh ^'onsists on the one hand of laborers | than I appreciated mine. I
Anderton county seeking seat.s in the -md peasants and on the other of the i had never heard of $30 liefore. I
generhlias.sembly in August he ques- ,q';,.eailed up|>er class of nobles and [worked hjird, and tried to please
tioned as to their attitud**' in this’■ The upper class suppliestitho.se melon shippers who received
matter. ^ the officers of the army, but the rank fi'iui $5i to $350 per car for their rat-
1 he action of tliis chuich bodj is mj^j fji^i come from the lower class,[ tlesnakes and Tom Watsons. Markets
tiniely »nd jirojier. The voters have a
I and the present xSituation began with.l nearly always glutted and they
.a rA’’olt of soldiers against theif of- tiad to take what they could get.
ficer.s. ,j Biit, listen, folks: if I had had as high
It is possible that the other Euro-; hlood pressure w-hen trying to land
perfect right to kno>v how the men
who .st*ek their suffiage stand on the
liijuor question, as well as all other
issues. The peojde should ask ques- nations, particularly Great Brit-;l^at first ;job as I have now, every
tions anJ seek information l>vrtain-(n\ay seize this opportunity to i'’vin and artery in my anatomy would
4ng to the record of officials alreaily^ in.'-and “pacify” Spain. It is have blow’ed out during the process,
in office and those who are offering. h^rjlyj likely that any of Spain’s
for seats, in the SToneraL will be happy to see a new
nation
by a big margin
them.'elves
assembly.
Ixaurens county
voted (fry in the recent referendum,.,
but we have legalized liquor forced
njipn us regardless of the sentiment
of the majority of the people. Should
the wishes ef the majority of the
voters as exjiressed af the ballot box
be respected or the opinions and
wishes of the county delegation given
precedence over a free peop*le?
All voters who are opposed to le-
FasciiSm or a new Communi.st
ilevelop so close to them.
‘galized liquor in, the state should
know how every candidate offering
Nobody’s Business
By Gee
McGee
Looking Backward ^
I was born and raised (not reared)
6 miles from a railroad, 2 miles from
a public road, 5 miles from a school,
and 7 miles from a church. There
ier the senate and hottse stands on | were 4 washholes ]rad 1 river‘and 2
this issue before making up their I creeks within 2 mile.s of 'our house,
ballots,
nearest neighbor (white)
TAxX COLLECTIONS GAIN
One gathers from reports .of county
camjiaign mw'tings over the st^te.
.Men really appreciated a r2-to-16-
hour-per-day position back then, but
they wanted at least $25 per month
for such services.
'16. Years 'Ago. ^ '
Items From The Chronicle
* of "August ,5, 1926,
Our nearest neighbor twhite) was
Cal Black, who lived 2 miles to the
south, and our nearest neighbor i Miss Collette
, . (black) was xSlim White; he lived;Miss Sarah
that some of the legislative t|elega-{down the lane in our cow pasture. We ^urg.
tions .seeking re-election-, point toltoted water from the spring, (three! Mrs. W. H.. Workmart and Mrs*
many-of * their accomplishments andffourths of a mile away) during the Ella Johnson are at home from a
Miss Julia Ferguson is visiting her
sister,'Mrs. W. S. Archer, in Atlanta.
(ieorge W. Bailey is at home from
a stay af aevaral weeks at Dry Ridge,
Kentucky.
Aldine Blakely and Carrpll Pills
are spending several days in Bir
mingham, Ala. —
Griffin is the guest
Harvin in Spartan-
cite as. one that
in their respective counties dre in well was dry,
good condition. That is all well and —
good, and as it should be. Expends Our house was an ideal
"tures should be kept within the au- home. It let the wind and
thorized *. appropriations in* every flies and mosquitoes and
county. * -
- But while these gentlemen are
braggkig about w*hat they have done,
they should in fairness, not claim all
the glory. Retrenchment all along the
line in all business has been the uni
versal policy" pursued in recent years.
The state and counties have done no
more than the business man, farmer
or individual.
Much credit, Jiowever, for t
summer
.sun a/id
candle
moths in and out without hindrance.
latter’s daughter at New^
port News, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Hunter have
returned from Atlanta where they
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A.
C. Daniel.
for the state agricultural college, that
only 15(),0()0 'acres were expected to
produce com now compared with a
normal from 1,000,000 acres.
The meeting was called to arrange
a,"unified and coordinated” attack on
the problems of feed»and seed for the
territory.
The central forecast office of the
I reported that we are prepared
to conduct an aggressive campaign)
from now until November. We are]
not losing any time. We’re ready to
go.”„
Stephen T. Early, one of the Roose
velt secretaries, said the president
had approve these arrangements.
Acting as spokesman for commit-
Gray -
Funeral Home
Clinton, S. C.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
and
EMBALMERS
Ambulance Serrice
Phones 4lJand 399-J
L. RUSSELL GRAY nd
V. PARKS ADAIR, Gen. Mgra.
1
u/Uii> each
pflimER
•VAIANTIIO tY X
Good Hou^^ng fl
Al Aomnsn THf If IN
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Burdette
But jKhen winter came, sf* built a big and Mrs. L. A. Barrow of Savannah,
fire in our only fireplace, and all 10 Ga., are the guests of relatives in the
of us children and pa and ma and city*. ^
grandpa and our 3 dogs and 4 catS’ Dr. L. R. Lynn'and family-have
huddled up as close as possible to the, returned from Montreal where they
blaze. j spent the mont)i of July. t
I Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Todd and fam-
But our home didn’t have glass [ ily of .Greenville, are the guests of
provement of financial coijd
im-
windows in it, so we had to keep the. Mr. and^ Mrs. R. Z. Wright andlfam-
window shutters and the doors open
t&e counties belongs to the federal
government,^but we haven’t heard an
office-holder admit it. The , govem-
xnept 1ms poured millions of dollars
into this ai^ other states for various
'purpoiips. Ag enormous amouht‘*bf
tbl# baa been distribu^
federal farm agencies to
’itanttn to help them with the prob.
8 in so’s we cbuld get light. At night, we
lit our small tin lamp and put it on
the fire-boafd. We could tell each
other from the tother all right from
that smoking wick at a distance of 3
or 4 feet . “.
We had 3 beds in the room where
the fire-place was, but that included
the “trunkle bed” which we rolled
ily.
Mrs. Goyne Simpson delighted her
little nieces. Misses Lucile and Ruth
Logan of Albany, Ga., with a party
on Wednesday afternoon. +-
A lovely party was given yester
day morning by Mrs. Blakely Tribble
annouacing the approaching marri
age in October of Miss Elizabeth
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