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/ .t ■ • -- - 1. '/ - ■' ■■ " ;J': ‘ .j ■ ^ ♦ / • ■•'•.r ■'f" ‘'■''#'>'‘"v. !v PASS'Fotm r'\' '-•■:■ Ji':'":^ THE CUKTON CHRONICLE. CLDfTON. 8. C. (Z[l;r ®imta (Et^onirlf EiUbUnhwlim: WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher . Published Every Thursday By * THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY raaft- Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): ' One Year $1.50; Six Months 75 cents; Three Months 50-cents Entere^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 wilVat all tinies appreciate 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 noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions'Of its correspondents. ' ^ " • a man may accumulate in his own lifetime, 'his great-grandsons will have to ip work to build up their own fortuneii. Sometimes the process is speeded Up. The irery jjch fhfint Aot^ £Bd thursday night under the auspices of the ladies Aid, but verry little cash was took m at the door onner count of noboddy coining out. a free medi- son show was being hell on mam aao-raimstration is reducing expenses ♦v,. kj». mu, street,by ^cIownifnd«'lp1bler,ahrtniJteTth«i7erWrionii^rtt^ more difficult to keep their fortunes j ^^erboddy was on hands under his i intact. It is a sound axiom that it )Sj spejl. Ji® bottles at $l^per always harder to keep moneythan iti®*cb» but it will cure evferthini^ from is to get it. And the more intelligetU the dropsy to saint vitus dano^. I the temporary possessor of -great wealth is, the less, concerned he is about keeping it. a sight to behold was saw on our streets monday. squire Wilkins fetch- The late Andr^ Carnegie said that l ed a coilard to town that he growed it was a disgiwce for a man to diejhisself this year, onner count of the -r DAY, AUGUST 20, 1986 / who is hungry for green truck allso. Holyoke classed as a female sem- / —- . 7 /inary, anp it cost less to live and! direct relief has fell off to ^meUtudy in the college for a year than extent in our midst, it looks like the it averages for a month now in m<Mt add-ministration is reducfi ' - f- everboddy will be given enough food to vote rightr it the poles in novem- ber. *holsum moqre says everthing is ok now except the peeple. .yoi^* trulie, ^ ^./mike Clark, rfd, -corry spondent. taught after leaving Mount Holyoke. She now lives near Columbia univer sity, New Yoric. rich; and a "recent court procedure ^drowth, noboddy else had benn able The oldest living alumna of the oldest college for women in the Unit- disclosed that the trust fund w-hich hejto produce a single vegger-table; and'ed States, Mount Holyoke college in set up to provide for his wife and J his coilard excited a good deal of ex-1 Massachusetts, is/Mies Laura John I -T i.-J i._ 1 A.1 1 .. daughter aihounted to less than one-; citement. it will be et by his family I son, nearly 99, who was graduated in tenth of his fortune; the rest he gave land dr^^willwaite, our local pasture,'the class of 1859. At that^ime Mount away during his life or left in his! ; , '■ i . ’will for public and*philanthropic The Genuine “Fnbray" WINDOW SHADES Ready to put wHh rollers ctfmplet4 Special, each isobPi ELLISONS CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1936 ARE YOU WET OR DRY? [of the county, rangnips: from matters There are thousands of men and women In this' county, as well as in others, who opposed the state going into the liquor iiusiness a3id their op position is just as strong and decided now as it was when the law was of the merest detail to those of the greatest importance, must await the approval of the members of the leg islative delegation is contrary to our form of jjrovbrnment as set up in the constitution and an end should be put poses. ' When J. P. Morgan sailed for Eu rope recently he remarked to news paper men that in another thirty years there would not be any more great fortunes left in America. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., returning from| France, where he had been receiving the thanks of the French government for gifts of many millions to restore some historic edifices, told ship news passed by the present general as- ‘o »uch •practice, and * . When the question of voting on the Do the people desire titat the eoun- liquor question came before the peo ple, Laurens county by a large ma ty shall continue to be governed by reporters that he thought Mr. Mor gan was giving present-day fortunes, ftr-prett-y long tin^to-lrve: But the history of humanity i.s that new nien of ability and force are al- officials elected for that purpose, or j way.s rising from the mass, building jority voted dry. Of the large that the county shalL new fortunes for themselves,’, which . . 1 I hp trnvprnpfi hv fl (Iplpcrfltion that has tnpv nnH t.npir fnnnilips pninv -fnr a her of precincts'in the county, only!''' tfov"-"''' by a delegation that hasjthey a small handful fell in the wet co!-! P'*’" not given 1 gener and their families enjoy for a ation or two, to be in their turn umn. And yet in spite of this expres-jby the people’s constitution and made dissipated. So it has been from the itself into an administrative board beginning and so It will always be. Nobody’s Business By Gee McGee .vion from our people, liquor stoies i . . • , g were authorised in this dry county "'"' superv,s,on over the varied af- and the sentiment of the majority I of the peoide ignore,I and brushed;""""" Particularly). Where did the ^ j presumptuous idea come from that “'The voters of the eounty who stand''"“"'y , responsible to fot^ prohibition an,I are opposed to d'i'gjt'"" rtlther than to he the legalisation of the whiskey bus,., P''»r" these o f.ctals? «ess, should viiUrfor men in the ap- K'"'' proaehing'aecti^whoarc known be-!"I'''"'y .'"fortned. yond a .loubt, to he both personally; .Th' Chromcle ,s opposed to a per- . , , an.l p,ditieallv dry. .So long as we!""'""' P>>l''y super-government'is a mule heaven. If there is, 1 don t A Memorium To a Gee-Haw Companion I don’t know whether or not there .s, n,l men to the. general assembly II'',think old Pete, the hard-tail that I who drink li,|Uor, a»n,l who by their P'"'"-'"' »'■ voles an,l influen«> help to make and, "I'P"/"! 'on'l''"' S"'',- keep the stale wet. we may expect"'’"I' f""- jio concortfd effort or fearless fight on their iiart agenin.st the traffic. eminent to the legislative delega^^ion. It is a system that' reeks with ma .used to plow and ride to the mill on' with a half bushel of corn, will l>e there. ' ^ Old Pete was the hard-headest ani- The expression of the majority poHt'cal dangers,^ono which^ created up to that! 1 rr^ If 1 v I\f II \»i viiv ^ . .. . . . - — — — — —I the votei-s of this county was com-1should stop by electing : ^^en, a few politicians pletely ignored when the liquor ques-l'”***/ to represent tliem in the gen-j^^ve sprung up here and there that lion came liefore the legislature.;assembly vvho under.staiul what ole-Pete’s reputation for What will be the attitude toward this'^'f duties of a legislative office, j down-right obstinate and in is, uu-when-it comes up again, as it is ^ pre.sumptuous that a board of, V, , , schoo trustees by an amendment toi A The voters will decide this (lue.^tion^'^*^ general state schoo! law made ap-| ojj, j>^,^ gg ^ard to bridle ev by The type of men they elect in next; county, should be ly-ej-y morning as Coughlin’s tongue. Tuesday’s primary. ! <iuire(l to go hejore a delegation to|^y|^gj^ j finally got the bridle over j what its mUlage may be. This law ijjjjr t*ars. and the, bits in that! gives to the delegation (whoever it mouth, it took me and my ,4] may he) the power to raise or lower■ 3 hired hands to drag. .St HOOL (H ESTION BOBS UP AGAIN school levies with complete disregard out of the stable. He wasn’t! Hardly had the county legislativeT)f trustees, patrons and taxpayers of;jjf,.jji,j anythii :andidates reached t'linton on their , the ie>|reclive di.strict3 who know possibly, I ' .* * . . ^ ^ ^ __ _^L ^ X .Jk w WA AA .. M AV W ^ AA .A AA M ^ f fl ... ing in the world ex- camlKlates reached lunion on ineir,t!u> ie>|reciive (ihsiricis wno anow possibly, I might say “whoa,” itinerary before the question of the j their needs and the willingness and wouldn’t hear it. election of trustees in a city-i\i(le jiri^ ability of their peojile to provide ade-[ niary last year and present finances qiiate funds for the operation of their ^yould bite'^off more corn and' 0/ the district came to the front. •schools in an open and business-tike coltonstalks in plowing a single row| One of the members of the present) manner. [than any other 10 mules in our town- <i*'Iegation, Phil I). Huff, as soon as ’Ihe'idea of a contingent fund ^*7 ship. He wa.s rougher to ride than a he got the floor at the Clinton cotton he spent “solely ,liy the written fdd-f jjjg backbone was as’ mills began talking about what he sent of the senator and a majority of gharj) as a 2-edged sword.' When he! termed as the “l linton school row the house delegation, lathei fkan■ j always bounced up* n,hout ll the telegrams he had received through the supervisor’s office where o f^ct and would meet that scythe .1 \ VOTE FOR IF YOU DESIRE A YOUNG, CAPABLE, HARD-HITTING SOLICITOR WHO WILL GIVE EVERYONE THE SAME CONSIDERATION Born in Hart County, Ga., May 28, 1904, and reared on a farm near Lavonia. Ga. A graduate of Furman Univerait) with degrees of B. A. in 1927 and LL.B. (Cum Laude) in 1929. Worked in one of the leading law offices in Greenville, S. C., for two years until admission to Bar .in 1929. Began independent practice of law in Abbeville in 1929 and has practiced in Greenwood INDE PENDENTLY since 1930. Married and has three children. Criminal Docket, Greenwood Clerk of Court’s Office, .shows that for the past two y^eirs Ending June 1, 1936, Hugh Beasley has handled one-third of the paid criminal defense practice in Court of General Sessions during that time. If elected Solicitor, will prosecute all cases vigorou.sly and will give equal consideration to everyone. • f ai^l _ _ __ (be mentioned two particularly) ask- it belongs, is contrary to law and a „jy ^y^y (jown. ing for a Irqstee election_which he dangerous policy which smacks of; When I yelled “Gee, you big-eyed gave the people, ’with an added ■cmn-- iwlitics through and through. Offi nient on the re'ult of ‘the election, cials of the county ahe bonded undet! he most generally “hawed.’’ kSeiiator Nance also referred to the law, as are all men intrusteil with fheljje stepped on every pretty goober Clinton school ipiestion both at the spending of public money, yet under j yjpj, j just 1 mill and in the city. Representative our present sy'.stem an unbonded del-; ^pQ^her sound to him. A hard slap onj Hunt did not touch upon it in his re-iegation has taken to itself the power , j^jg hips only made him wiggle his marks, while the fourth member of to sjiend the people’s money if. asjj^arl and look hack at me and wink, the delegation, J. I). W itherspoon, j and when it so desires. I He wouldn’t stand close enough to the w:»s Absent. I The county supply-bilh, for exam-L^pp^p f^j. p^^ to jump on him, and I Following figures released recently, pie, provides that no county official, frequently let the others eat up my by the county superintendent of edu-imay exceed the appropriation made cation for the year 1935-36, the qugs-lfor its particular office, yet the leg- tion of the finances of the Clinton schools for the past year has also bohbetl up, incomplete figures from the books of the county treasurer’s islative delegation can authorize a violation of this sound business prac- ti.ee if and when it desires. Some of the candidates in the sen- dinner while I was trying to get him to the house. office showing that the schools op- ate and house race have spoken plain- crated wjlh a deficit. W7th the schools being financed the last three mon'ths of the school year outside of the of fices of the county superintendent of education and treasurer, jio complete statement i^s available as to the fi nancial statbs of the district. Neither docs a taxpayer in the district- know .what the school levy for the coming year is to he. The taxpayers and patrons of the district are not particularly interest ed in what the politicians say or think, but they are vitally interest- -«d in the operation of a good school system for their children “and with the providing of the necessary funds with which to operate the schools in an open and business-like manner. The people want to know, and haw a right to know, how their school money is being spent, to what extent. ly against such practices. Others have conspicuously remained silent and the public must infer what their attitude on such questions will be. There has been absolutely no force dr dijc^tness in the statements of a nurriber of the candidates as to their position':-Many of the statements heaid in the cam paign have been puny and meaning less. These issues involve an important governmental principle which the vot ers should intelligently and fearless ly meet. They are*vastly more im portant and far-reaching - than the question of building a road or some of the other questions that have been discussed during bhe campaign. The constitution clearly sets forth that members of the legislature are elected to take part in the passag^e of laws, that county officials are elected Old Pete enjoyed kicking at me when his trade-chains struck his an kles. If he wanted to walk out of the field at the end of a row, all I could do was to follow him until I could hang the plow under a big root to choke him down. He did’nt care any thing for anybody. He would bite me, had I not been quick on the dodge, as quickly as he would gnaw an 'ear of com. He wm even meaner to the wagon. Nope, old Pete wouldn’t feel At home in mule heaven; and folks who act 44ke old Pete actad would likewise be out of^place on pearly streets. if any, the expenses for the year ex-;by the people to run the county’s ceeded the income. It is their busi-1 bMineaej that school trustees are ness, this is -iafermation tfeat should) elected (or -appointed) to run the not be withheld from them. THE MAIN ISSUE BEFORE THE PEOPLE The government of South Carolina is divided into three independent and aeparate branches—the legislative, the executive, the judicial. As the voters go to .the polls next Tuesday, they should not permit the main issue to be obscured. It is the question whether Laurens county is to be govemed-by-officials elected for that purpose, and with the under standing that the responsibility of ^vermnent is theu^ pr Jdie county shall continue to be a mere p«wn la the hands of its legislative ddiegstioii. The situation new existing and in’owing worie (as shown by the couo^ supply bill and actions of the In which the management schools without meddlesome interfer- News Items Prom Flat Rock dr. gre^has put a nice electric fan in his stoar onner count of the hot weather, but the loafers have got so thick where it blows, he can't geU thru to his subscription counter with out crawling over 8 or 19 of same, he is planning to put it out dn the side walk for his convenience, or expose of it to the Jiiithest biddefi another fight ensued in front of ence, and thi^ each shall have Ml, t^e post offis last friday p. m. jim power and responsibility in their re-i » ^oy on spective fields without the overlap- his caff and he refused to have hds ping of authority.^ head cut off and sent to the state The voters should go to the polls informed of what is going on, and with their eyes open, l^^should put 1. W^sh( allto a an end once and for alT to a practice in this county on the part of certain public officials of emulating Hitler or Mussolini. RICH MEN’S MONEY r~ capitol to be examined for mad-dog rabbits, a few words were passed and’ then upper and lower cuts to the jaw follow^, the poleesman got there af ter they had made up. miss Jennie veeve emith, our af- ficieht scholl principle, has returned back from a bus trip out west for $14. she saw mjuiny sights of much + . P''® of the most popular subjects ’ fame and fetched back, a string of jit discuss^n Ja_ tHat-of. the sfircallgd.beads-and a blankgU which was wove redistribution of wealth. Few stop to' by hand by a squaw with her papoose think that the pi^eas is going on all ^ hanging bn" her back, according to the time, and has been from the be ginning of time_ There is an old say ing that it is “only three generations the postal, card pitcher, she enjoyed herself a right smart on this vissit from ahirt-sleeves to •hirt-8leeve8.”| a-music program was giwMi at In othar words, no matter hpw much'the high scholl . audy-torinm last THE WORLD’S BEST “LOW-PRICED” MODERN STAPLER Used in Offices. Public Institutions and Stores of Every Description Also by Professional Men and Students. THE 1936 IMPROVED MARKWELL “RX” FASTENER IS READY FOR DEUVERY. “ THIS MACHINE HASTEN RE-DBSIGNED WITH MANY BASIC IMPROVEMENTS: / Markwell “RX” Fastner can be used as a Desk Type or Portable Type Fastener. 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