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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
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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*"
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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(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.
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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
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