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3* —1 I jr ♦s. / :!: mE canwow ca^oktciiE, cuMsotti & c raUBEDAY, MAy iTr 1M7 ■i^ Sl|r ^itoiirn (ElyrottirU Ertibltohed IftO WILSON W. HARlUS. Editor and Publwbar Pnblished Evary Tburadiy By • THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subacription Rite (Payable In Advance): One Year $1.60; Six ^Months 76 cents^JChree Months 50 cento Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the^Poet Off ice at Clinton, S. C. - . ■ ■ The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the published will at 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 hot be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondent. % CLINTON, 8. C., -^URSDAY, MAY |7. 1937 THE CARNAGE GOES ON i So far as we know, there has never T>een such ah ‘official as the TobFkilK er, but in modem times it seems that ’the automobile has attained consid erable efficiency, in that respect. The tragedy of it is that the killing so oftcji ihvolves others along with the fools. —V I I I I* ^1 THE LINE HAS FADED —"One of the main causes of hard times is that the people are too of ten much inclined to convert luxuries into necessities, being aided in that orocess by the installment purchases. The line between the poor and the well-to-do has faded to an extent which is not justified by common .sense or the finances involved. While there .may be a difference in the brand or model, there are very few things owned by the rich which are jnot also duplicated in the possession of the poor.' While such a condition, is odtwardly an approach to an ideal, it must always result in unnecessary - hardship when possession does not de note ownership. not always come with brass—hand.. music and deraonstraUons^ T hey 'slelTthtly approach, they seldorp ad- vertise. They -corne like successful burglars, when we'expect them least. “If only we had known," we cry with vain regret. But they i)rorap,UyNvent where others were waiting for, and ready to seize, themi ^ ' What is luck? Most of the time i^ means to be in the right place at the right moment. The 'one who is there is the wjnner over one who is else where and can’t be found. A sentinel may be at his post, but he is futile if he sleeps. To recognize and impi'ove opportu-j nity,-one, must be broad a-wak^e to it with the keen edge of the senses ■W'hetted. The worker who watches the clock, or who brings only part of his mind to his task is not W'orth the whole of the pay he draws. He u’ill miss chances not t<ily for himself— those that quickly seized may promote his own fortunes—but,for the concern that when it employed his .services suppo.sed it was getting every bit of the man he is. He must not expect a workej'*.s pay unless he serves with all COLLEliE COMMENCEMENT .Saturday afternoon will usher in the commencement season at Presby- ter-iaa^UoUege to continue through Monday morning when sixty-<lwo can didates for degree.s will leceive their diplomas. As is always the case, a ' lai'.ge number of friends and relatives of the graduates frorti all parts of the / state will come to Clinton for the in teresting closing exerci.ses. Commencement with the graduates is*^always an important event, a red- letter day, so to speak. It means for those who are rtveiving their coveted sheepskin.s the beginning of new and uiitried battle.s, the into lif(‘'s* competiti(tns, . disappoint- nieiils and achievements. .As for the pa.st half century, citi- of this eommunity, irrespective of ilenoniinjaXimi, are invited to atU’hd tlH\ closing, exercises ^s'speciaTty’ kr- lanjicd M;_honor of the young men and women who have completed their _ four-year courses' and an ha^xtood uPf^tbat is—if the leadiers have get their coftunMaions for pgger- nizing tip to that time, the first strike will demand time an three-thirds time for over time, 6 - days for the Atir of jbly, and 8 wecSts-for Christ- mus and .aajnt vallentines day, *and 5 days off virith pay for all fiinner- als of workers, and free tobacker-and snuff and cega^etts while we are set ting' down. our working conditions will allso j <be improved by the c.i.o. leaders, we! will have ice^ater all the* time,' swimming pools ibetwixt our looms,! face powders on ever tbobbin, lip-^ .sticks attached to ever picker, and chewing gum served at intervals of- 5 minnets betwixt quids, after this the a.a.w. there will be no more sin, link-up with the c.i.o. and r.f.d. and nO* more sorrow, no more dets to pay, no more hard work and no more pain, yep, good times will be here as soon as, i.c.i.o.u.jnore than i can pay, then we’ll set and stay set if the seats are soft. ’ To Get pe^gree Page Dr.' Townsend, Please- deer mr.’edditor:— what has bec^e of our “shear the wealth" friemlfnon. doc. torwp.send? plese rite or foam his whereabouts as soon as you receive this and a.sk him when we can start on spending the 200$ p^T month which he has not et started sending to us. Mr, and Mrs. A. G. Galloway. , < " ■ Paul Martin aniP Paul Jr,, were Vis itors in Camden last weqk,^ where Paul Jr„ participated in an am|tour program. ^ ' Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Smith were visi tors in Newberry Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Queen visi- home on Gordon street on evening after jk brief illness. deceas<^ is suhrived by his paz Mrs. Bently Davis,, ono' brother, Hugh/ his maternal and pa ternal grandparents. Funeral ser vices were conducted Sunday after noon fron; the Pentacostal church by the Rev. Harley Gauae and burial ted Hr. Queen’s mother who is a pa- '.tient in the <^umbia hospital Sun-. followed in Rosemont cemetery. Ldiy. Alex Wihstett of Gaffney , spent j SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLB kRSHALL W. BROWfF ! the past -week-end with Mr. and Mrs. rjoe Terry. Messrs., Alyip Trammel and Sam my Snelgrove spent the past week- jcnd in Lexington. , I Bom to Mr. and Mre. Leslie (^in- ton a son, Cecil Wayne, on Saturday, [May 15. ■ ^ . Birthday Enjoyed Miss Helen Bagwell, who was cele brating her ninth birthday, was hon ored. with a party on Saturday ever ning. A number of little friends were [present and many different games 1 were played after which refreshments Were served them. “The Paper Everyhody Reads* his 'sense.s awarer And ..wjien ^ so serves, he should be awarded that which is his just due. A COMMUNITY LOSS The .sale of the local silk mill at public auction the past week spelled Tints ‘for this enterpri.se which while, in operation was of great-benefit to the community. It.s bankruptcy means a complete loss of fifty thousand doU lars invested by Clinton stockhohiers in~addition to a like amount put in the' corporation by Northern inter ests. Why did the mill go, bankrupt? . f**Vu!That question has often been a.sked. \N hile there are several elements that (huihtless entered into its disastrou.s faHtmrj-The Chronicle \Vill not at tempt to go into the reasons, -s-inee .such (li.sfiission vvould serve no good purpose. It is too late to h)fk the iiarn door after the horse is out. Suf- fice. it to say that the oULcome is ex- s on to i l egretLalile ahd vvil4 luit leave Jh good feeling with those who jmt oc townsend’s plan' got some of i our'^ammilies in flat riKrk mixed up a right .smart, as .soon as they felt sure that the old folks would re ceive from the govvermehi 200$ ever month, they commenced to move into the homes <>f each other, that is— the young folk.s all moved back with their paws amrxmaws, if you will pUW take" this matter up with dr. towr^nd, you will do a verry heartfelt thing for his old followers who sent hi^^ever cl0,they couhl get holt of. if \e can’t force uncle<sam to pay us 200$ per month for being over 0.’) yr. old,- tell him we will except 100$ jH'r month and call it square, E^own To Receive Davidson. Degree ♦ .y j' Presbyterian Gollege Dean Toj. Be Awarded Honorary Defirree' of Doctory of Pedagogy. Dean MarshalV W. Brown will be awarded the honorary degree of doc tor of pedagogy by the faculty and board of trustees of Davidson college at its ytgular commencement exercis es on Tuesday, June 8, according to an announcement made yesterday in The David.sonian. On Monday,“"June 7, Dean Brown will represent Pre.sbyterian college at the Davidson centennial program. On Tuesday, at 10:30, the regular commencement exercise.s. of the col lege will take place and at that time Dean Brown will receive his doctor’s degree,-.-^— —— \ Roy Davis Roy^avis, 6, succumbed at his JAMES W. CALDWELL Phone 38 •.i I'hd ii-nart h-ym oUrtanulst. Oin-.’mesence; . ^ ... i, * ...V • ’■ »•> ^11 iLheir money m the mill from puhlic- at “their cuinniPmJijK'nl .will give I . • 1 er ' I I , I spirited motives and the belief that evideiu-e .of-* our nuerust mid best ,, - , , , . , • • , , ,u 1 . ^.. Mt wou d iirove succe.ssful and furnish- wishes, and cause the graduates toj , ' , , . , • , , , ■ employment for a large nimiher of with them nut- only jtleasant * , cany memories of their alma iuater, of our city and people as w.qir but THE NEW SUHOOI. LAW The ge4ier.al assembly at its recent session pas.sCd an act amending the law as regards the election of trus tees for Ahe school ilistricts of,Lau- leiis county. The m^asure is county- "AvuTe. as it should be, rather than .special legislation pertaining to cer tain districts such as thi.s district has been subjected to the past few year.s during which the .schools have been -controlled by a legislative delegation rather than by patrons and trustees of the district. A majority mem- hei'S of the present delegation stated throu^jhout the county when offering for election, That they were opposed to meddling with county school af fairs and favored the enactment of legislation that would make such practices impossible in the future. This they^ have done in the passage of an act that places the managemept of county schools entirely in tke hands of the people and trustees with out ilictation from the deJegation. The new county-wide law gives to ■white 'patrons and frce-hdlders of each district a right to petition the county board"of education fqr an elec- - tihn as vacancies oeetir'from time to time in their board’s personnel. In the Clinton district there will soon be several trustee vacancies due to the expiration of terms. The amended lay? gives to patrons and free-holders of the district, if. they so desire, a • right to vote for their trustees. It simply mean.s—do the people of the district desire to elect their truSlees, or do they prefer to lea.ve this to the county hoard of education, r The present delegation also took the matter of fixing levies for school purposes out of the hands of the dele gation and turned it back to the peo ple whiere it belongs. There ^an be no sound objection ta such provisions. Certainly the people ' of a district should have if right to express themselves as to those who are to direct their'schools established snd operated for their children. MISSING OUR CHANCES A man does always know h^ chance when it omes to him, but if he lets It pass, he will learn in time that it went by. Then, too late, he will averwheha himseif with reproaches for not aeiainf the golden opportu- Wa moat learn that onr chances ^ our own people The silk mill experience we have had i« one that multiplied town.s and eitie.s have experienced in recent, year.'^ where^new; enterprises have siirung up, a large number of which failed to-survive daring the depres.sed business period of recent yeals. The failure of this concern is unfortunate and is bound to react a.s a hindrance in the matter of creating ent^husiasm and support for other .new enterprises everboddy down heiif that~ was Mr. Brown wa.s an honor graduate counting on the old age pensions of | of Ca.s£ie Heights Military academy. 200$ iver month from dr. townseA^d He did undergraduate .study at the| University of Missouri and at the gummer session of the University of M^ichigan, and attended Centre col let the last tW'o yeara of his under-' graduate career, receiving the degree | of bachelor of arts frem that collcgif in 1921. I - t ‘ He did postgraduate work in his-j tory at the University of Vienna in j 1922 and 1923, and received his m.as-; ter of arts degree from the Univer sity of Wisconsin in 1929. At ('entre he was a member of Beta Theta Pi, so^a^ fraternity; Omi- crom' Delia Kapp^ national, leader ship fraternity, and Houride Table, hoped that he would be our ne pressidentr but it seems that rosey- velt beat him everywhere except in maine and cally'-fornia. in a pinch, he ^ould .start off with only^ 59$ per month (inner count, ballance to fol low. if that feller by the name of lan- don out in kansas could of benn elect ed, who run on the sunflow’er • em- bl'em, it mought havv^ tuiTied"out ver ry different for the “shear the wealth’ inemberx, as he appeared to lean to wards d(K' townsend several times when he was grabbing at straws, the new deal .sterns on its way to take the j college scholastic fraternity wpa and ccc from u»r much less our 200$ }H*r month from doc t. yores trulie, mike Clark, iTd, corry spondent. 10 Years Ago Items of Interest From The Chronicle May 26, 1937 j K. O. iNelsoi), for the past year principal of the ThornWell orphanage" schools, has< resigned his position to head the Due We.st schools the coming year. He will he succeeded by B. S. Pinson. - \ iMiss Helen Bailey was in Sumter yesterday where she was a brides maid in the wedding of Miss Caroline Dick and J. Rion McKissick. The friends of Miss Florence Bai- proiposed in the future for this com munity. RECEIVER’S NOTICE OF SALE To Mjhbm It May Concern: ' — Pursuant to authority of the Comptroller of the Currency of the United States, the underugned, C. H. Dixoii,' as Receiver of < The First National Bajnk of Clinton,. South Carolina, will offer at public sale to the highe.st bidder or bidders for cash,__at 34 ^W. Main Street, (Receiver’s 8ub-office)\rjinton, S. ('., on Thursday, June 17, 1937, at 11 o'clock A. .M,, th^ remaining assets of. the said The First National Bank of CIinton,^NSouth Carolina, consist ing of (real estate, bills receivable, judgihents, overdrafts, and other choses in action and chattels) less suclixhems (or articles) -as may be paid or otherwise disposed of prior tVlhe said date of sale herein mentioned. A descriptive list of the regaining assets so offered for sale may be -inspected by prospective purchaser8~al The Commercial Depository. Clinton, S. C., and at th^x^ffice of the R^eiver of The First National Bank of Clinton, SouthsCaro- lina, on all busineaa ‘neluding (|te date of-tb^ sale between the hours of 9 a. m. and 2 p. m. According to law, said^ remaining assets cannot be ^old other wise than without recourse and without warranty of any kind or character, and subject to the approval of the Comptroller of the Currency of, the United States, and subject to confirmation by a court of record of competent juri.sdiction. — C.H.DDCON, -q RECEIVER ' —^ FIRST NATIoi^AL BANK CLINTON, SOUTH CAROLINA to which only the upper ten per‘cent of the student.s are electoil. He was head of the history depart- jnent of McCallie school in 1921-22 and from 1923^25. He has been pro fessor of history at Presbyterian col lege since-1923 and dean of thK col- legt'srfiV'e, 1928. \ He is' a itfember of the AmericXn Historical association, the Historical .association (Englaml), and a charter j member of the South Carolina His torical association. He was a member of its executive conunittee from 1931- r.'jri and was president in 1934-35. BELK’S WEEK-END SPECIUD hacked by local capital, ^-that may bejjgy interested to know she ha.s returned home from Greenville where she hps hetm a hospital patient sev eral nvonths. Prof, and Mrs., A. V. Martin ar? in Rome, Ga., where , their son, Taylor, is a member of the graduating class at the Darlington School for Boys. Miss Christine Feldef of >^t,_ George, is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Mood Smith. Rev. George -B.'Boho, a memfcer of this year’s graduating clas« the Louisville, Ky., Baptist Theological seminary, is on a visit to his parents, Mr. ar^ Mrs. D. 6. Bobo. Mrs.'R. iL. 'Plaxico of Blacksburg, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Tribble. j The following Chicora college girls have reutrned to the city to spend the summer w»tir .tbeir parents: Mi«s«s Rosalie Jones, Cleon Pitts, Elise Hen ry, Margaret Copeland, Marion Cope land, Janie Lois Lynn, Alva Wilson, Ellen Copeland and Dudley Cosby. Ellen (Copeland, ESfhel Copeland, and Dudley Cozby» Medical Group -t-; Holds Meet! Won’t You Sit Down, Neighbor? the c.i.o. ogger-nizers have been in flat rock for 2 weeks 'ogger-niz- ing everboddy into the union, and we are all happy, our little mill is 100 per cent union now and we un derstand everthing about lidior and capital and' aowy-et .- russia, who seems to be the smartest folks in the W'orld. ... ^ . the^i,p. leaders has certainly fixed us members -up in fine shape, for only 3$ down payment, they have agreed to half-sole our britches so’t we can enjoy a set-ddwn strike of verry long duration, and for only,2$ more, they wilt furnish ever charter membet with a soft cushion to set on anaevo^th. ^ ' the pickets will allso be accom-’ modated to tKe fullets extent of the union, each picket will be givven a folding chair to set down in for only 4$ extry, and rocldng-lehairs for wimmen pickets will be given all wnmmen in the lines who is over 75 aj^ under 17. for 5| additional each and ever charter'member will receive a ther- mosity bottle ^that will keep vittles cold or warm for 38 hours and all the strikers, w<ho pre setting ddwn and can’t go nowhere’s to get any thing to eat, will have the rights and privvileges to hiuid their bottles oiut the windsre to loved ones and nabon to be fUlwl up and returned full of stuff. - West Clinton News .Mr. and Mrs. \\. B. Cause of Buf-^ failp vi.sited Mr. a'pd Mrs. A. J. Har vey Sunday. *1 Leonell Sanders of Fort Moultrie spent a few days with his parents.' Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Sanders last week. Me.ssr.s.-=WilI Bu.sbin and Sloan Ev ans of Spartanburg visited Mr.' Ev ans’ brother, L. M. Evan.s Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hainey and Miss Vera Parkman were visitors in Green ville Saturday. ^ Mr.s. Mrytle Sullivan was a visitor in Greenville Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Lanford and small ''son of LouisVille, Ky., Mrs. Josephine Lanford and Walter Bish op of Greenville spent Sunday .with V J the new union will pay our wedge# in full enduring the cet-down, idf- ter the atrlke ia oitr, 4nd crerboddy The regular monthly meeting of the Laurens County Medical society was held tMondny evening, in the new county hospital at Laurent. The meeting was presided over by Dr. Il S. Chance of this city, presi dent /of the oiganisation. The pro gram was devoted mostly to discuss ing, the organization .of the hospital staff and formulating rules. Besides the president *Dr. Chance, other members present were , Drs. Shealy, Davis, Itoper aiv4 Blaloelc of (Minton, Drs. Teague and Hart of Laurens, Dr. Fennell of Waterloo, and Dr, Pace of Gray Court.. WHAT Da . ... ^, IG\& JIanes ■ > ... DOT 45 STATES RCTIFYJOB 4- The Social Security Board re ports 18,520,000 employees are eligible for benefits of job in surance, as the act has now been ratified by .45 states, the' District of Columbia and Alaska. ' . ^ Everj^ family we serve re- ' ceives the full benefits of our modern equipment and the full attenjiance of our higl^Jaadned staff. Each service is one of perfectly appointed dignity, ev ery comfort and convenience being provided for the family and friends. i The cost meets every desire and requirement and is decided V upon by the family when ar rangements are made. 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