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whoever put out the report tiiat a
scholl Sy file grand-childrens of yore
ccrry spoodent,~'fltr. mike Clark, rid,
will be . took to law for rlander and I
criminal liable, sudie lou Clark had|
washed her ^ hands and face in a neW|
male-order soap for the skin, that's
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CLINTON. S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER IT, 1936
* THE CALL TO COLLEGE j shown so much promise that large
Fitmi all over the country come re-j amounts of capital were put up to
ports that the colleges and universi-j-huild them and try them in the field,
ties are filled with students for the| 'There is an old story, still popu-
new year’s work just getting started, j lar, about a race that was staged be-
In this state, both with the state and i tween a mechanical cotton-picker and
denominational colleges, large fresh-1 Sam, a veteran Negro field-hand.
a sad accident happened at rehober
church last . Sunday enduring the
preeching hour. hirs. art square lean
ed out of the window too far to t^l
I her little boy to quit throwing sand^
into same and fell out on her head
and sprung her knee verry badly, the
little boy escaped everything, but rev.
waite's sermont was cut short by rea
son of the commotion ansoforth.
manurlassea are being jnatiiculateik
It has become the stylish and prop
Sam started
overy boll that was ripe, and the ma-
er
thing to go to college, though edu-.chine started down the next row
eators who should know tell us that a
large percentage>of the young men
When the white man running the
machine got to the end of his row.
and women now enrolled in our insti-j there was Sam, sitting on an up-
tutions are misfit.s and have no busi-j turned basket, waiting for him!
ne£« there. Many go to college withi \ couple or weeks ago thev latest
an honest desire and intention to I cotton-picking machine was demon
work, others go for a general goodjstrated at Stdneville, Miss., in the
time and a four-year periiid- filled j presence of a large crowd of cotton
with social and other activities. {experts, and with considerable pub-
Many words .of advice at this sea- jiicity and showmanship. It picked
son are always said to these thou-1 cotton, all right, but cotton-growers’
sands of .studeuts, but much of itjepinion is divided about it. Some eon
another nvad-dog scare took place
on main street Sunday p. m., and a;
stranger got so scared, he failed to
slow down, when he regained his
sense, he was lying in the show win
dow of the come & gitt grocery store
with cabbages, beans, squashes, and!
lard all -over hia. face and boddy^ it4
will cost him 14$ for a' new plate!
glass, but he had only 75c on his per- '
sons at the time of the cattastrophee.
the citty counsill passed a non
cattle-grazing audience at its last
meeting-and hereafter no cows, caffs,
mules, or other live-stock will be al
lowed to eat grass on the foll^owering
streets, to wit: main, short, long, fifth
avenue, boolyvard, and railroad, who
ever is ketched grazing on these thur-
rowfares will be locked up, impound-
falls on deaf ears and fails to^ make i tend that H picks too much hull andl^’ 1$. tom head s wife and
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even a slight impression. Ho^^ver, j trishT“"wlnch "stains cOIton and
whether the advice they are givetrin j impairs its quality. Everyone agrees
college does good or not, the undis- that many-more largeu-scale field tests
putable fact remains that the world Svill be''necessary before the cost of
now wants and needs trained intelli-^^^nning the machine can be figured
gence, and that never before has it and compared with the cost of
placed so much emphasis on effici- ht^d picking. And many are con-
tney as at the present time. When the cerned about the possible economic
axt .5quax«!*. plese take
notis. there is some talk oiT cutting'
off their tales. X
young man or woman s^ta out^seek-
ing employment in the face of pres
ent di^urbed social and economic
and social results which may come
about if a large number of Negroes
are deprived of their principal means
conditions, they soon discover that! of livel'hoodxby the new machine.
training and efficiency are demanded.
While our young people are acquiring
At lea.st, hdw'ever, the Rust broth
ers-Qf-.Mem|:mis\ are entitled to credit
knowledge, ^ich is well and g(^,‘ ^^eir ingenuity and persistence in
they would better not forget the lea- ne^nvachine and staking
sons taught them in their quiet home ^ capital on N^s success. It may
circles at their mothers knees. 1*1 do~what none of ra predecessors has
well for them to remember and jj^ doing; that is, to revo-
dersband that the world is not oon-, agriculture and indu.stry in
quered primarily by learning, but by
the unselfish spirit of service, by in
tegrity, by initiative, fidelity to duty,
high ideals and character.
the cotton belt.
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COMMON ERRORS OF LIFE
A prominent' London judge haa
hsted what he considers the Thirteen
Great Mistakes of Life, as follows:
10 Years
itema of Interaat From The ChVpiiieb
of September 16, 4926
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John Griffin Pitts was elected Clik-
1. It’S a mistake to attempt to set ton magistrate Tuesday over A. B.
your own standards of right and
wrong and expect everybody to con
form to them. —
2. It’s a mistake to try to measure
the enjoyment of others by youjLown.
3. It's a mistake to expect conform
ity of opinion i:i this world.
4. ^ It’s a mistake to look for judg
ment and exjierience in youth.
Blakely
Misses Frances and Rww Williams
of Lancaster, are visiting their grand
mother, Mrs. P. S. Bailey.
Miss Lucy Bailey left yesterday for
Spartanburg where she will enter
Converse college.
Rev. G. B. Betts is. at home from
' Salem, Tenn., where he has been con-
5. It’s , misiakc not to yield to, un-j evan(celi..tic sern
important trifles*
r'lces.
James Edmund "Ferguson left yes-
6. It's Sa mi.stake to look for perfec-' u^i^ersity whera
tion in our own actions.
7. It’s a mistake to worry ourselves
_«id others about what can be
remedied.
he will be a student this winter^
Messrs. Delmare Rhame and George
versity. New York, where they will
8. If.s a mistake not to alleviate, if
little jimmy skinner was shocked
by lightning last friday when a bolt
come down the tree he was setting in
top of* for the* puppose of / keeping
away from scholl and running a-tree-
setting contest, it knocked him and
his dry goods box out, and he landed
on his head and that’s all that saved
him. he had benn up 6 hours, .count
ing minnets as seconts, and days as
weeks.
a wave of prosperity seems to of
come over flat rock here of late, near
ly everboddy has traded his or her car
for a new one, radios are playing
louder and longer, new dresses jtre
on evre corner, and the girls are put
ting on 2 coats of paint where they
wore only one heretofoar. that will
help, the dimmercrats to stay in. oth
er bizness has picked up allso.
yoree trulie,
mike Clark, rfd,
— ■ corry spondent.
S-h-s-s-h! There’s a Robber Down
StaiN
Someboddy tried to rob our hoiue
last Friday night. The boss <eaaed
over to my twin-bed an4 whispered
into rtiy good ear, “There’s somebody
in the basrtnent; they are trying to
come upstairs.’’ Being awakened sud
denly by the noise or mformation of
a burglar !^ mighty hard on my high
blood pressure.
we can, all that needs alleviation.
9. It's a mistake not to make allow
ances for the weaknesses of others.,
10. It’s a mistake to consider any
thing impossible which we ourselves
cannot perform.
11. It’s a mi.stake to believe only
what the finite rriind can gras'p.
12. It’s a mistake to Hve as if the
moment, the time, the day were so
importanrt that it would live forever.
13. It’s a' mistake to estimate jieo-
pie by some outside quality, for it ia
that withm -whiclr
Lasts have been made by all sorts
of eminent men, including Wfsl^ng-
ton and Franklin, for the conduct ot
life, and they are all more or less
useful for the ordinaiy man.
The-ant^of^-life 4a steeraig the mid
dle way, avoiding errors on both
and it is - interesting to-have
theee reefs pointed out upon which
many a human bark' has been
wrecked.
It may repay us all to examine this
liet offered by the judge and see
wheirein .we have been mistaken in
Mrs, J. M. Pitts and “Uncle Press’’
Adair have returned from a visit to
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Galloway in Ab
beville.
Mrs. Henderson Pitts is visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Byers in
i^partanhurg. f
Miss Sallie B. AnM^n and Miss
Kitty Coker of Col.ui^ia, are the
guests of Dr. and Mrs. D.- 0. Rhame.
Mrs. Harvey Branpon of States
boro, Ga., is visiting her mother, Mrs.
Emma Little
Mias “ EITzaheth ’TrihneT^'Q'^bw ’hedrdoor,
bride-elect, was given a shower Tues
day by the menqbers of the Y.P.C.U.
ot the A, R. P._churclu
FINAL SETTLEMENT
Take notice that on the 28th day^
September, 1936, I will render a final
account of my acts and doings as Ex
ecutrix of the estate of.Drr E. Mood
Smith, deceased^ in the office of the
Judge of Probate of Laurens county,
at 11 o’clock a. m., and on the same
whispe roiTTrfe mbTihgTy~Baclc “I6*lhe
old lady, “That ain’t no intruder—it'a
only our cat.” She replied, “We ain't
got no cat.” I nervously informed her
that it was our dog. “She shook me
harder than ever,.. and\ stated, “You
know we ain’t never ^wned a dog
since our last one went \nad during
the World war.”
Well, 1 made up my mind that 1
had to either^ill the-guy that Waa^ in
our cellar or be di.sgraced for life, I
chose murder. I got out of bed after
untangling myself from the sheet
which had become badly ' wrapped
around my nether end, but it seems
that^ I crawled, out on the wrong side
and was making my way toward the
BjI 'the time I located my bearings,
sweat was.running down my forehead
day will apply'for a final discharge
the paat and to avoid mistakes ™y trust as Executrix.
Any person indebted to said estate
Fs notified and r^viiied' to make pay-
ment on or before that date; and all
persons having claims aghinst said
•state will present them on or before
said date, duly proven, or be forever
the future-
There is nothing positive mboiR the
list. They are all things not to do,
and not things to do. 'They are omie-
aions, and not commissions. But the
awoidaace of these mistakes may save
m much embarraaement.
life is a perilous path at best and
to niake the journey oafely from the
cradle to the grave involves much
ehcttmepeetion, and perhaps this may
b* Mp.
into, my eyes so bad, I couldnt
beyond my eyelids. I hunted for the
pistol awhile, but was informed we
had no pistol., Then 1 tried to locate
our shotgun, but recalled that I swap
ped it for a fSdio in 1929. I would
have preferred to shoot the impu
dent rogue down stairs, that was
making more fuss than ever, but
finally, decided to go after him, fist
and skull.
QUALITY RULES'*
Goods Are ShowiM
^ALL-WOOL suns
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Ngw In Every Way
$17.00 -T- S18.00
DRESS OXFORDS
$3.00 $3.50 1
And.Low As $1.98
Mm’s Lounging Robes
; ' FKnrieb and Silks
$4.95 - $5.95 - $7.95
- SHgtre
Latest Colora ' .
$1.00 $1.50
, Snappy —Flashy
TIES
Hand-Made
50c -t- $1.00
UNDERWEAR
Union Suits .... 50c, $1.00
Shorts, Vests . 25c, 50c Ela.
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HATS - HATS - HATS
(CORRECT BEYOND M ORDS)
$1.49 $2.50 $2.95 $3.50
All Stetsons —$6.00
LEATHER BOOTS
FOR MEN
$3.00 $3.95
Small Boys’ $1.95
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Boys’ flannel Jackets
$2^50 up
LEATHER JACKETS
First Grade — Latest Styles
$7.95
EVERYDAY SHOES
For Everybody
All'Kinds and Prices
DON’T FORGET TO REMEMBER — “WHERE QUALITY RULES”
Copeland-Stone Company
‘YOUR CLOTHIER FOR 30 YEARS'*
CLINTON, S. C.
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tumn. They bring good cheer to your windows, both
from the inside and outside, view.
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NSWOmON PICKING MACHINE
Ever ainee Eli Whitney invented
dbe eottoo gin, in 1'794, and no made
aottoB a great commercial crop by
the labor required to sep-
•nbe the fiber from the seeds, }n-
ventori hire been trying to perfect
a madiiBe whida will pick cotton and
K> col-out the faurgeat remaining ele-
jnent <xf labor coot in Ha piroduction.
fliaea 1850 mora tfaaa 1,400 patents
hava been gnuited on nwichankal cot-
Bomo of jbheee have
barred.
MINNIE F. SMITH,
Executrix.
Aug. 26, l936.-^9-I7-4cs.
Dr. Felder Smith
of
DRS. SMITH & SMITH
OPTOMETRISTS
Specialist In
Eye Examinations
Offico Hours 8 to 6 pally
Phone 101 for Appointment
Clinton, S. C.
tip-toed to the basement door^ I
was shaking so, it took a few min
utes to locate the door~k:ndb. I ex
pected to be jumped oq when the
door was opened ^and commit Uia
murder on top step, but he hap
pened not be in reach of me when I
entered with blood in my veins and
bone in my head. Before I knew what
had happened, I stepped into a coal
scuttle and landed at the foqt of the
stairs, all by myself.
By that time, the neighbors had
been phoned and had the house sur
round^. When I came to and Mid,
“Where is he,” the IHfe switched on
the light. I discovered that the radeet
and noise and distuibanoe was caused
by the motor on the automatic coal
stoker had suddenly made up its mind
to begin doing its winter work, and it
was certainly making good headway
toward firing the furnace. I was glad'
the life of t))c burglar was saved.'I
went limping’y back to bed. but never
slept a w’ink that night
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