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-4- - -t XT tm CLINTON CHBOmCLR I^HKTON, 8. C €lUttan (Et^rontrir .^EatabttslMilffOO i , . WILSON HARRIS, Editor and Publiahor ■'x PublUhed ETery Thnraday- Ry • THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING l^JHPANY . X- ,Subscription RdCe (Payable In Advance): On© Year|1.60; Six Months 76 cents; Three h^onths 60 cents Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C. 'TT The Chronicle seeks'" tlie cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the publisher will at all-times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly ad vice. The Chro^Le jgill pubILllr letters of general interest when they are not df -a‘defamatory nature. Anonljnnoua communications wTU hot be noticed. This-’"paper, is not responsible for the views or opiriTbns of its correjspondents. Ndbo43r*8 Business By Gee McGee ' Baseball In Flat Rock - , u u the baseball season Opened up with -grand .lam iMt Mtturd.y ,ft«rJ a _ noon betwixt flat rock and cedar lane with scoopy dark in the box for the fonher and skinny rivvers on the j^ mound for the latter. i Friends hf R. A. Steer and Mrs. R. S. Gaskill orXthis city,'will regret to learn of the ^ath of their father, Lindley Steer’, 9iXwhich occurred last Thursday it Winona*,, Ohio^ where in- and Mrs. Steer the'" funeral services. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CH >,“The Everybody the game was started by the em pire on tim,e, vizzly: 4:00 p. m., by his watch, which, according to yore coi^ry spondent's watch, was 46- min- nets too fast, he had 3 balls in his pockets-at the' beginning and the pitcher had-one, making 4 balls all ' ■told. CLIJITON, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1937 DONT BE FOOLED. |Chronicle is read regularly in their With large numbers of salesmen in homes,rv^ettreT-“they agree or not the field to sell their ’offerings to^witlTbur views. A paper that^s^^- prospective buyers, it is essential that the small investor and, the public fdl)y appreciate dangers of blind spt-^lation. Ix*ssons of the late twen- "'ties. had bette-r not be, forgotten. An orgy of speculation and artificial prosperity is inevitably followed by a period of deflation and .severe depres sion, Everyone suffers, particularly the average in<iividuaF with" linflited resources who. i.s caught as a sucker. Depres.sions cannot be legislated out of existence in s|)ite of what the Washington spender.'^- say and do. The •public as a whole and individually must heed the les.son.s of the past if severe future depressions are to he avoided, for iiT due time they always come. During the period through vyhich - weihayfcheen- pas.4ng when, nearly all thought bas hc-en turned_toward at taining confi)]ete economic .security through Washington, it mu.sl not be forgotten that? in the last anajy.sis it is the initiative and common sensei, of the imiividual ujron which the welfare of the nation finally depends. This is as it -has always bt»en—it la jy law. ways unanimous, that is spineless and never has a conviction or the courage to express it,’is the kind that is not w'orth sub.scribing for. MOTHER’S DAY Next Sunday, designated through out the country as Mother’s Day, will be observe<l in thou.sands of homes, churche.s and Sunday .schools. Since the birth of the idea in the heart and mind of Miss Anna Jarvis, (^Phila delphia, the -4ay ba.s become almost universally observed. We are asked to \year white flowtTrs for mothers w’ho have gone to live forever in the presence of the King, and rc'd flow- by the time the third ending had come to the bat, all of the balls were lost 'over the fence onner count' of judd clerk hitting so manny home run.s..time was called out by the" em pire and everboddy went on the out side to help Jiunt -the iballs- all of them was finally at last found except 2, which mought have bcnn stole by 2 cedar lane fans who looked suspi cious in their hip-pockets. mothers, though ' a’’great many sons and daughters fail to expre.ss it, are worthy of all the hcmaagc their chil dren can bestow Ami why shouldn’t w-e honor her? In her loyal and undying love and de votion, in her heroic and sacrificial life, in her untiring devotion to duty, yea, in her vicarious suffering, mother is nearest like the Son of God than it the game Was featured by fowls, muffing of' balls, outside pitching, hitting the batters, wild throws, 4 j fights, and sevveral fines by the'em pire which will newer be collected, ever time A player would cuss him to his face, he would say—“i hereby fine you $1, and if you cuss m? 3 or 4 more time, i will rule you out of the game.” th(x wind blowed the lally-card out of the hands of the tally-ke<>per e.n- ers for living mothers. These living,durnig the seventh cmiing, and he that cannot )k? changed. SANTA PACKS UP Ts" pb^sible^Tof aTl7~othpr^hxnnnn to-be. 'f?oqic .one ha.s said that-every day should he mother’s day,-but humanity ^ • 1 -"o J)rone to taktHhings for granted, The ouslom has Won growinK" ,n | ,„ this ami othor statos m roeont yoara^„,„^ i#*TeW noo.l for a spooiat day had to make a new one from his mem pry which is verry l)ad, and that cau.s- ed more serious t-rouWe. -it . starU'A off with flat rock 47 and cedar lane 55, bt|t he was forced to vicy-versy this .score !)ef()ar it had lK*nn called out to the grandstands ansoforth. MOTHER'S DAY-. Give Flowers! THE ftiFT OF TRUE ’SENTIMENT — Roses ^ — Carnations ' — Snapf’rai^ons • — Gladioli All Seasonable Potted Plants.- Pleasing;^ You Meaiis Our Success. Phone’ 210.'! EASTSIDE GREENHOUSE On Goldviile Hij^hway ot counties, cities, schools and others ■going to the federal government ask ing for' hand'outs. Anderson county i.s one of the latest .seeking such gifts, a petition having Iwen filed there ask ing a large* government grant to con- -..iitri’Xt^a new courthouiH*, new's- paper reiH>its from that 'city state that such .\ their possibilities for are extremely remote. memlK*r the delegation landing from that county ejudled in an Ander.son oU’d paper-j^esterday, .k^id he ‘‘had been informed by Senator Byrnes that, Santa Claus has packed up and left Washingt(Vn;” which put another way, means that time for applying the spending hrakt>s has arrived, and that a day of rtHrkoping has come. The federal government has, no husrhes.s erecting a courthouse, school- other or house, commuinty building project for Anderson county,'or any other county or locality. If a com munity really needs and wants such impfroveinents ^it should jrixrvide the fund.s itself arrd npt stand as pauper^ with outstretched hands, asking alma in Wa.shington. The federal govern ment has no business in the field of local government enterprise. The com munities^ that ,have been asking for this ahdithat hayfc been fooling them selves into i)^fieving they are get ting something/for nothing. But thPy will pay in the long run through mul tiplied federal taxes, with a heavy interest charge added to principal lo. hi* shouldered upon the taxpayers. An ..end should-he-put-Ao this practice V through a -restoration of a greater sen.so, of Jocal responsibility, for in no other way can the expenses of the government In* substantially reduced. It’s time to give over-worked Santa Claus a vacation. Long ago he should have packed-up and left Washington. OUR PAPER IS READ In the ho;H* of helping to promote safety on the highways. The Chron icle since the first of the year has ht'en carrying a display box on its front page urging careful driving in the -hoiH* of averting automobile ac- cid>*nts ami deaths in onr eommunity. to jl)e set aside for us all to halt an^l to appn>ciate theXruth that the Chris tianity of Mothers is the power that has, and always will, sustain our world. On many days we pay homage to heroism, patriotism, self-sacrifice, wisdom, purity,-faithfuines8 and love. On tKTs day let us grasp them alPand pay tribute to their dearest • kicai^na- tion—Mother, is...,. Therefore, 1(A us honor the mothers^ both Jiving and the dead. We would honor her by* reoMgihacing bar love, and from her spirit we receive a new vision of the love we must’give; w'e recall her’unnumbered .services to us, and straightway Jn our hearts there springs up the demand that we .serve others as she served us. We think of her infinite patience and are lifted up by th(? resolve to be kindly. We re member her purity, her faith, her gentle goodness; ;Bnd in our the torch of unqdenchahle desire for g^od is lighted f/om the steady flame of her soul. I.sn’t it a pl^casant thing to think that we commemorate .Mother’s Day by wearing /a flower; by going to church; by aoing and thinking kindly things! The very manner of our ob- .servance e6cpresses Mother—her love of beauty, her pure, quiet devotion to God and His work; her simplicity; her eternal dedication of herself to kind- iKKJ&gfitle service foft. others. the game would of lasted thru the 10 endings if it could have benn proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that 'They Xvere tied op; Tmtr-after pitching head.=i or tales to see who would win, flat rock called it heads and was declared the victors with a tally of 92 to 91. there are 0 teams in the riiud-cat league and 0 games will be jiiayed out of the total serious in flat rock. Help Wanted — mr. John lewi.4, c. i. 0. oggernizer, new york citty. ■ the loaferers of flat rock want you to come down at once an doggernize them intol .set-downers and require the citty hall ito furnish Chairs for them, the poleesman was requested at recent of th« town counsel! to remove the 3 benches from in .front of the town #hall and that forced.the loaferers to stand up an.soforth. . ' - our loaferers pcKsitively won’t put up with their rights being took away from them and they allso refuse to loaf^ if they have to stand up and heaftrflean against somethingx^to do so. kindly put' a claws in thoToaferers ogganization whieh will reqtdre the mayer of flat rock to bargai^ with yoixj clients and, if necessary, three him to put nice, soft cushions in th^ seats. D. E. Tribble Co. FUNERAL DIRECTORS EMBALMERS Licensed Embalmers, Complete . Modern Equipment Day Phone 94 NORGE Night Phonee ?4. 2SJ or 256 Clinton, 8. C PRATMER-SIMPSON COMPANY *.Ahi liighrx. I cannbt count the many times — You've ministered to me, Nor can I number all the joys Your love has helped me see; I cannot count your tender smiles^ Nor tears that you have shecl. No more than I can count the pray- '^ers That for me you’ve said. But though there be a- thousand • things That I can ne’er repay. My life, my heart, my love is yours, ^ Dear Mother mine, today. the loafeix’rs do not have as much to talk about as in the past onner count of the suppreme coart getting back- into the hands of the dimmer- crats, hilt no labor union ought to i let its strikers stand up and talk when the world owes^them a livving and plenty seat.s:-to .set down on. you have benn verry smart with labor and it has jumped ever time you popped yore whip, congratulations. to ten day.s ago a perfecrTecord had been made by thd^ public in that not a death had occurred in the coun ty by accident for the first four months of 1937, But last week that perfect recoixi ' was broken when we were called upon to carry jn our news columns an ac- -epunt- of "Ihe -first automobile acci dent of the year in the county result ing in death. Through an oversight the figure ”0” in the box on the $ame page on which the account of the ac cident appeared was not changed to **1” to represent the first fatality of the year. Hardly had the paper been put. in the hands of our stibscribers before a number of them began re- Thinding us of our error, and these reminders continued to come for Sev eral days. If a publisher gets the idea that his newspaper is not read, just make a slip or mistake and he will hear about it. And while we always regret »to make errors and take pleasure in cor recting them after they occur—at the same time it gives us the satisfaction: of knowing that the paper is closely road. We are proud of our large and loyal imaiij of subaeribera, are appreeiate tbiv Bar more thaa'tW avar veaKie, nd sw are glad to kno# that The hgreemeat. Delays Ruling On Major Act Washington, May 2.—The\upreme court delayed today at least until May 17, a final decision on-constitu tionality of the federal social security act. — This-action made it possible that the court will decide at the same time separate cases involving the unem ployment insurance and old age pen sion’prowsions of the security law. Arguments on the unemployment set-down strikes are not verry pop ular in the south where the workers is both hard to lead and hard to drive by outsiders who get pay to do so; in fact, it looks like the southern workers are doing most of their own thinking, but as. our loaferers are asking for. nothing but chairs ancT a right to trade with our mayer, it will not hurt you to., line them up with yore a, w. w. and c. i. holsum moore has a cuzzin in 'de- a troit who set down thru one o|- yore strikes, his name is justa little moore. he rote his pa about the strike and told'' him that him and more than three-thirds of the others newer did find .out what they were striking for. the c. i. o. simply told him tO set down and down he and they set. ?^ we will look for you to come down as soon as you .,finqjsh getting ean- nada and l^nry ford lined up so’s they can s4t .down ip, their plants when called upon by you to do so. insurance aectiom already have beentjplese make "the loaferers dues as heard. The justices will listen to de-umall as possible; they don’t want to bate on the old age pension provis ions tomofrow or Wednesday. They then will adjourn until May 17 and devote their entire time ^o writing opinions preparatory to ad journing for the summer early in Jui)e. By a unanimous vote, the court held coQstitutiMial a provision of the J^984 revenue act imposing a process- mg tax of three cants per pound on cocoanut oil imported from the Phil ippines. In ,the only othbr decision delivered the justices held the right of the fed eral goveikiment to sue in the courts for recovery of money in this coun-^ try assigned to it by the Soviet fov-^ erhment under the 1983 recognition pay as much as yore others strikers are paying, in fact, they would like to get in on the free list. yores trulie, ' _ mike Clark, rfd, ~ conry spondant. CLUB NAMES WINNERS • The following winners have hem announced in the recent Woman’s club contest for the most* improved yards: First: Mrs. W. S. Pdrter. 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