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.T ' I • /. .A ’,’T’'-xii-'o'. ,■'*'■• ■■••■ •••■■-• If PAOBTODB tHE GUNTON CHRONICLE^ CUKTOK tL C =^=r^ \ . Oltfie (Elint(in (EI|rontirU EiUblUhcd 1900 i WILSON W. HABRIS, Editor ami Publieber • T T ■■ ( Pablisbod Eveur Tburaday By * THE CHRONICiJE^PUBLLSHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable Advance); 0ns Year $1.50; Six Months 76 cents; Three Months 50 cenU Entered as Second Class Mail flatter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C. The Chronicle seeks the cooperation nf its subscribers and readers—the publisher will at all times appreciate wise juggestions and kindly ad vice. The Chronicle will'publish letters of general -interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous conjipwucations will not be noticed. This paper is not resp-»nsible for t^^^^ews or opinlonx of its. cpTrespondente. a high grade f^ur that we would save about two-thirds of our Im;^!, bill, so*^ we took his advice, as we had no nioney left to buy lard with, we saved the difference betwixt and between, btft the bread tasted^ven|j|r dry onaer count of its absence, we allso kaved 3c when our local taxes were cut 1 mill., all tolled, we are dn a verry handsome position and mought soon be called a tycoon or smething. —- With the A^Ul ^iuid a Codidl (The News and Courier, Charlestcm) The gifts and legacies of the tete J. B. Duke have aggregated 180,000,000. Since his death in 1924, Iwapitals in South Carolina have had from the Duke foundation $3,467,163, and' of THURS0AY, DECEMBER SI. 1M6 and federal. Thet is how they vote. (Sooth Oarplina would not have shared in the7inhentance tax; Mr. a citizen of i Duke wa# not 4 citizen’of S^uth Oaer- cdina). Had the money gone to gov- erj^ents, podHiemns, especially sena tors and representativea, would have M. Copeland, deceased, in the office of! the. Judge of Probate of Laurspa County, at 11 p'clock a. m., nnd aa the eiune day will apply for a flaal discharge from my trust as. Adminis tratrix. _ Any person indebted to said I', j- been happier. ‘They would have di-jia notified and required to make pay- rected' tlw spending k, and poH- ment on or before that date; sqyf aD the railroads have allso come to the»Charleston have relief of the suffering public, coal ^^22338. Orptenagw and divers that once carried a freight rate benefici- $3.10 p4r ton, is now hauled for only i By ^‘S ^1 Duke university was $3.05 per ton. we-save 12c a year nchly endowed, and in a that item; we use neariy 2 tons, whenj ^ the procesting tax went off, we saved CLINTON, S. C., TpURStoAY, DECEMBER SI, 1936 THE 1937 OUTLOOK. The people of the United States have a right to look forward to the new year with great expectations. Many signs upon the eco*M>mic horiz on inchcate that th^ co\intry has en tered upori^a new 'era,_which, while it has not yet reached the proportions of ten years ago, nevertheless seems to hold promi.se of continuing better times for some time to come. We are told by those who should speak with authority, that the year just ending, on the. whole, has been the most gen erally prosperous year since the bot tom of the depression was reached in 1931. Indications*'point to a still more prosperous 1937. Nobody can apprai.Ve the relative yveight of all of the different factors which make for economic prosperity or which cause eoonomi?' depre.ssiohs. Nobody knows what the new year holds’in .store, where it will lead, or what Jts outcome wiil be. Your guess is probably as goo<l as that of any body else. But conditions on the sur face of thing.s iikiicate that we are now recovering from the last depres sion, and we can all express the hope that it will be a permanent recovery, and not Therely a flash, in the pan. strive to be a better paper every week of the year, that we will bring you clean, Constructive, wholesome news, and that we will serve our generous and patient and appreciated family of readei-3 the very beat we know how. We will keep before our eyes the Star of Hope with confidence that we are marching forward to .still better days, that eventually we will over come distressing economic conditions which we have faced the past several years. _• And , so ending ’36 and beginning ’37, allfof US engaged in making THE CHRONICLE pause to wish for our readers, advertisers and friends — a New Year filled to overflowing with Health, Happiness, Peace and Pros perity. ‘ Ic on a pur of overhalls, the loaf of bread which cost* 10c while this tax was on dan now be bought for a dime, yep, folks, the bizness world is cer tainly looking out for us citizens an- soforth. yores trulie, mike, Clark, rfd, corry spondent. Arthur Brisbane - Buried Monday Nobody’s Business By Gee,McGee*" <«|V* WHERE DO YOU STAND? The coming of a new year is an em blem of opportunity. It gives us a chance to write a better page for the next 365 (jays and to profit by the mistakes made in the past. When a year ends, business and so cial life come almost to a halt artd it is a fine time to cut out errors and follies and make a new trial. It i.s entiiely proper to pau.se and ask, what have you been doing with yourself ? Have you worked, hard and well Excitement In Flat R(Kk Has Abated our little citty was completely flus- trated with excitement last monday morning when dr. hubbert green give out notis that he possibly had 2 cases of .sleeping sickness or infanteel pa- lalysis among.st his patience. everboddy commenced goggling their throte and wearing cotton muz zles over their mouths and would dodgs everboddy that tried to meet them on the streets, bizness was stag nated by 10 o’clock, and by sun-down it was null and void. ard faithfully? Have you done your duty? Did you know there i.s such a thing as duty? Have you used ques tionable or unclean busine.ss methods? Have you bben ja good citrzen? Have you livtsl. actt‘(l and thought ^aiiso'.orth. lisht? Have you been alive to the fact that you owe something beyond' mrs. hol.sum mewre fQf(.jiied. to all the nahors That sleeping sickness was ketching.and that infanteel paralysis was contagious, and that anyhoddy who had benn exiM>sed to same should be exonerated and hell to his.self or her.self till they had become immune ) miss Jennie veeve smith, our af- the payment of your taxes to yourjficient scholl principle, would not let communiity? anny of her pupils into her scholl .SupiK>se that with the New Year [house until she had swobbed their here, we take time out to discover j throtes and brushed their teeths and whore we stand. If we are going for-! examined their tonsils, .she allso^ used ward, up, r('fl(“("tion will give us new [plenty )of hose drops where^ no.s(n( courage and yisj)iration. We will want to "fight all the harder. If we are .slipping, going down were red and iiiflamed. grade,-perha-ps a i^eview of our past the afflicted persons were Jim skin- misiaktw and actions will inspire us to make the mosit of our body and brain. Another New'Year. A time for self inventory, a time to stop and think and act. Right now—on the threshold —as a go<Kl time to register a vow to dig our toes in for a fresh and new start, to resolve to climb upward cau- ner and Judd huskins, both newcom ers in our midst.-they dived over the peoples cash store in a 4-room de partment' and had a bizness occupa tion of peddling hair-straight anao- forth to folks who are getting tired of wearing kinks. tiously and strive with ail our senses later news; dr, hubbert green re ported that he: had failed tolJropperly to avoid the tragic pitfalls of the past. WE-LIGHT ANOTHER CANDLE Ever mindful of the favors of our friends, and the cordiid interest and good will of a wide-flung family of loyal readers, many unknown to us except by name, Th^ Chronicle sends to all alike the compliments. of the season and wishes for you and those near and dear to you — a New Year the best of good things an^ without the bad. dog-nose the 2 cases of Jim skinner and judd huskins, and looked them over the secont-time and found that they had benn drinking shoe polish and rub alcohall to excess w'hich had gummed up their spinnal collums. they are o.* k. now and looking around for more shoe polish; the quarrantine was lifted at 4 p. m. Everj^thing Is Cheaper In Flat deer mr. edditor: the big-'harted copper-rations and Du||}lic;.SDerrited bizne^^^ cut and slashed their rates anopnees This is the" twenty-fii^.’time that^sb much etnduring the ,past~yeat'oT. wo, it looks like ^ore corry spondent, hon. the publisher has paused to send greetings at ithe new year season and to rededicate the paper to the service in spite of high taxes ansoforth of 'this <6bmmun4ty <ind the people .il. B^pre mike Clark,"rad, is going t(> get ritch A is privileged to serve. What the new year holds for you or for us we do not know. But ^e do know that H is a brand neW »j^ear, tranocribed with hope—that it offers us all an oppor tunity to be helpful and useful. While the New Year is one of hope —it brings problems and difficulties that must be faced. We need not fo<^ • ourselves into believing tlMit 'all our troubles are gone and that there will be no black letter days. They are as sure to come as the red-letter days. When ydu tear down the last sheet of your 1936 calendar today, it will not mean that everything has changed for the better. This isn’t pessimism, but common sense, it is an honest at titude of facing conditions as they exist. The New Year will have its problems and peridexities, there will come with it battles that must be fought with determination and cour age. A good resolution for all to make woidd. be to imee the New Year with faith in the future and a willingness to woric. We have again written a New Year reeoiotion, one that we have made before, and one tfaf|kt'daring the odm- iag year we will etzive to keep with year help. Here it ia—THE CHRONI. CLif is reaolYed that it will untiringly onner <iount of the big reducktions in telly-foam rates, we bought a fine otter-mobeel with our savings, our rate before jthe cut was $3.40 per month, but after the slash, we had to pay only $3.30 per month, this did not cower the reductions on long distance charges beyond 240 miles from home, we neVver u.se same, as we don’t know any furriners. Hearst Newspaper Executive Is Laid To Rest On New Jei^y Estate. Allaire, N. J., Dec. 28, — Arthur Brisbane, noted journalist, was given the burial of a country squire today. His body was placed in a vault on the highest Tcnoll of hrs 5,0(50-acre estate. Watching the rites from the six-story tower on the hill were mem bers of his family. been and will be helped. A few months ago Jesse I. Strauss, who was ambassador to France by President Roosevelt’s appointment, died. He was not as rich a man as J. B. Duke, but he had some, millions and was a philanthropist. When his will was read it was found to have a codicil cancelling legacies to eighteen institutions aggregating $1,000,000. The testator gave his reasons, in the codicil, for the cancellations. The in crease of federal and state taxes were the reasons. He wrote that he wiriied to provide for members of his family. When governments take a great share of a private fortune, there is less for colleges.and hospitaii!,. ^ Had J. B, Duke lived until 1935 ticians Jike that. The Dpke fortune was founded by Washington Duke, a poor boy of North Carolina, many years ago^ He was a tobacco manufacturer. J. B.: Duke turned to electric power devd-l opments. jPerhaps $60,000,(KH) was ex pended by his companies on tiie con-^,! struction of plants in South Oarolina. | This work began about a third of a; century ago. Do you think that it was persons having claims against «tld Mtaie will inesent them <m or bcfqgrs said date, duly proven or be forever barred. HRS. LENA B. COPELAND, Administratrix. \ wrong that J. B. Duke was allowed’ to do these things? Anyway, the people seem to be re penting mtKe Dukes. They apparent- .iy do not want any mqre colleges, iKwpitals, orphanages nnd pension systems for aged preachers created by rich men. They have adopted preventive measures. The measures are working. See the codicil to the will of Mr. Strauss, Democrat, New Dealer and Roosevelt man. . i Let the people rule. Or let them think they nde. The time is now "come * wlwn the ppl iticiarMs rule them irithj money that they first take from the^ FOR THE NEW YEAR DAY BOOKS CHRONICLE PUB. CO. A “in -A Duke university would not bb one pockets. . the country's wealthiest institutions.* rwn The hospitals of Charleston would not] have received $723,000 in ten <>r twelve years. Mr. Duke would not have made the bequests that he did if the laws by which his fortune would be shrunk had been enacted be fore his death, EXo you think so? It is said that in the last three or In the* tower, with its new of the | four years more gifts for benevolent (le!»erted village of Allaire, vvhichj objects by wealthy men have been cut Brisbane had re-'ctored to life as jjLioff than in fifty preceding years. ' Boy Scout camp, and with its sweep of the Manasquan river to the sea six miles eastward, ^the former editor once loved to study and write. Although Brisbane traveled widely, the e.state and its huge mansion had been bus sanctuary in life. Few jper- sons ever passed through the gates. So, too, in death. Five automobiiea accompanied the hearse, which brought the body from New York, and they carried their passengers away 26 minutes after they had entered the estate.' In them were pallbearers, who in cluded: William Randolph Hearst, Governor Herbert H. Lehman of New York, Walter Chrysler, Alfred Knud- .sen. Senators A. Harry Moore and W. Warren Barbour, Mayor Fiorello H. laGuardia of New York and oth ers prominent in finance, business, I>olitics and journalism. The only other mourners , were the family, a few old friends and 12 vet- emn servants. The Rev. Dr. C. W. Kidd, (if Lakewood, read the Presby terian .committal service. }■ If one leave an estate of $10,0(^,000 consisting of factories, mines and the like—except $2,000,OW in “liquid” bonds and .several million dollars shall be required "to pay the inheritance taxes to government, the bonds can not be turned over to colleges. The cash and quickly convertible securi ties must go to payment of taxes. Governments are club-wielders. They take what is coming to them when it is ^ue. Factories and mines are not usual gifts to colleges anTTospitals, and if they ere not to be closed they mu.st have operating (>apital. ’ Whether it is wi.ser for government to gobble and spend a great part of an estate or for the man to give.it t<) hospitals and (colleges The News and Courier will not debate. What would be the us'e? Presumably our people would have preferred that the Duke will had not taken effect until 1936 and that the money that went to hospitals, colleges and orphanages ha<l gone to the governments, state CCC TO ENROLL 350,00a Washington^ Dec. 23. Director j Robert Fechner of the civilian conser-1 vation corps announced today 50,742 men woul<l be enrolled in the corps between January 1 and Jamuiry 20, to bring the enroled strength to SSp*,*-' 000. ' Enrollment quotas annourveed by states iiwluded: South C^arolina, 964. FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 19th day of 1 January, 1937, we will render a final' account of our acts and doing as Ex ecutors of the estate of W. A. Henry, deceased, in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens county, at 11 o’clock a. m., and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from our trust as Executors. Any person indebted to said estate i is notified and required to make pay-j ment on or before that date; an(i all J persons having claims against saidj estate will present them on oy before said date, (iuly proven, or be forever barred. H. D. HENRY, - JOHN C. HENRY, Executors. December 47rT936.—l-14-4ch. T FINAL SETTLEMENT ^ake notice that*<5n the 8th day ,of i^nuary, 1987, I will render a fii^ ’account of my acts and doings aa Administratrix of the estate of John HAPPY NEW YEAR At this season we are thinking of our friends and wishing each of you a Happy B n d Prosperous New Year that will be good to,, you and those whose happiness depends upon you.. The year just ended brings to a close fourteen years of professional ser vices in CLINTON, so at this important milestone we-pause to thank you for your patronage and to ac knowledge the many in spiring messages of friend ship and good will that 'have reeached us during this time. In a deep and abiding sense of gratitude we ex press our warmest wishes to our many friends and patients, and. we pledge during 1937 to continue to meet this ever higher stan dard of requirement dlf OPTOMETRY. Dr. Felder Smith , OPTOMETRIST Clinton, S. C. . 56 . 61 . 44 . 37 . 49 . 53 . 81 149 156 158 . POLICE DOCKET LEAPS 4 (Taken From Ijast Week’s Issue, » The-IiEui'ens Advertiser). Iklitor, The Advertiser: A check-up of drunkenness in Lau rens, as r»‘vealtHl through the police (H>urt records, has just been complet ed, -through thejcfliurtesy of your city clerk, Mr, M. J.’Simpson. The annual tabulation, .for a number of) years back, is-as follows: 1926 1927 1928 . ; 1929 ■ 1930 — 1931 : 1932 1933 : 1934 1935 1936 (11 months only) 236 The average number for the first six years given was 50 per year. Thus it will be seen that the present an nual rate is over 600% Of this av erage. The climb, which J^gan so mildly in 1932, 'has gone on ever since, is not peculiar to Laurens, but is part of a general climb of much the same extent all over fifouth Carolina, other towns not.varying greatly from the same perebntagee. Perhaps hil thinking people may wqULiflBSlC®; J?hether we are going where we want l^gQ.^ 7 ' _ _ -,/ Yours very truly, , / ' J. Lowry Pickett, St4te Superintendent, South Carolina Anti-Saloon League. Spartanhung, S. C., Dec. 12, 1986. _ Editor’s Note:—The re<5ord of Lau rens is general over the state. If Mr. Pickett will make a check-up on Clin ton, and furnish it to The Chronicle, we will be glad to give it publication for the information of our peoplei. 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 f After Christmas y SPECIU 0 0 0 1 0 0 Sample SUITES — odd pieces in fur niture - TERY BLANKETS - CHINA - POT- - SILVER - GLASSWARE. Here is your opportunity to pjA up_some r^Lbargaitix in quality merchandiiM. our electric light Sills show our most momentous sawings, where we useter have to pay $2.48 per month, we now have to ship in only $2.34 per month, we have started a nice bank account with these funds, and hope to h^ve nearly $3 saved by 1942, when the old-age pensions will take charge of us. SCRIPTO Automatic Pencil it the beat 10c value in the world. Get one at the Chronicle Publishing (^unpany. by using the best gassoline at only 2c per gallon higher, we have laid away close 't6 30c enduring only 7 months, we have allso saved 9c on our oil, as we use notiiing but the “knock- kmKik”^ kind which we have; to change only ever other month, times were pretty Imd^till big bizness rescued us from poverty by trimming down their incomear^ my grocer ibid us if we\srould buy RUBBER STAMPS Any kind, to fit any business. 24-hQi)ar ser vice. Reasonable prices. Telephone 74. ♦ The Chronicle Publishing Co. Printers - Stationers J I SALE CLOSES SATURDAY, JAN. 9TH. I ial5il«;.»aHnnn«!SSi5Hi8gHaai55iH«EIS:Un;a5i«!S5^^^ WILKES & (To. *)• Clinton—Two Stores—Laiiirens > ,1: ■r