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THE CUNTON CHRONICLR CLINTON. 8. C
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 9. 1937
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(Utfp (dluttiin OltpronirU
EstabUabcd tMO
WILSON W. HARRIS. Editor and Publisher
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It:
Nobody^s Business
By Gee MeGee
Church Affain
the ladies aid hell its yionthly meet-|^<» ‘^eir pupils.
I ing at the pallatial home of hon. jhon ^
[skinner on main street last friday p.
I m. at 4 o’clock in the afteimoon and
a large attendance was on hands to
enjoy the refreshment.s ansoforth.
t mrs. .^ki.nner has the repper-tation of
.oerving wdlid /(Mxis a.s well a.s dellica-
cies, and that’s why evveirbtsldy iurns
t4)Ut at her house
The govemm^jit has broken up a' DR. STl”rTS SKRACH-NO-MOR
new inheritance ,swindie in which the 3e-niuiatr Itch TreaUacat. Oaly
promoters were the only bepeficiaries. applkataoa acccaaary Na grease; ao
Bless; BO sailed dathiag or- bed liaea.
Vanishing era note: Salt-Lake Ci!ty\\o tiae lost froa arh^. At good
teacher,-s will no longer be allied di^agstores everywhere.
' YOl'NG*S PHARM.ACY '
notice:
» —
Gift Problei
Why not solve your
b> giving Biagazines?
1 have some Special Gift Offers.
JAMES W. CALDWELL
Call 38
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CI.I.VTO.N, S. ( .. TIICKSDAV. DKCK.VIHEK 9. 19.17
l.rrTLK HKAI.TH SKAI.S '
Christmas 'oai.s an* now on .sale'
»verywhon* in .Anirrica. Th»*y co.st aj
Cl nt apiiH-i*. No Chris* rna.'i letter orj
package i.i really coini»lete ijnl<*8s itj
i»t«ione oi more af,.thi*.se evidences^
of the >.«*iider’s contribution to a great
Iihilanthropy having a.^ il.s puriiose
the reducing of tuberculo.'^is nior-
talitv.
I the followcring dui - were paid:
? mrs. hoi.*<0111 m<M>re, clO; inr.*?. tom
head, 1 rooster to be delivered*on the
night of the church oyster supper,
mrs. art .square, I pound cake without
icing, mrs. hadd lark, c.». two papers
were lead by the |»roa.sident and .she
4JVYaii encored once or twice enduring
same, her .subject wa.s: has japjian a
right to take over chinua, if !»o, whx
not?
.•^AM V ( I
Whoi voi the *”
in 1hi.'^ day
i.nci** n.iiiit y.
id« r ti*"!! d a
i< i.ne mail.
1 ..y- i;i Uir.
I id t I .
d t bt*
of
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M
no
,Al.S AI.W AV.S
ogotten man may be
experiipeiitation aii.t
cei-liiinly caniiot be
Saiit.'i (Mails, 'rhere
IS ii iiieinbered /•very
turn would Ik* timely—‘*Why in the'’
name of .<«>und rea.Honing .should'
.South Carolina be called . uiKiri to!
e<*onomize in its government if thoj ^
great extravaganei* in Washington i.Sj y pianno solo wa.s s*jng by' mis.s jen-‘
to continue, if we are still to havejnj,. veeve smith, our afficient schiK)!
an unhatancprl budget through high | prfpj(.{p|p_ voice w'as rather]'
hoar.'f onner count of a bad cold
which
party
sjiending anil plunging of the coun
try deeper and deeper into debt.
The governor should be consi.stent.
If ts-oiuituju iw. Ui.’uei'Sary (and it-i.s)! vlre-ss without Hli*eves,
tn the .State Mouse at (’olumhia, then' strop to hold it iqi with. - ..j
it is ecpmlly essentia! that such meth-jverry masculine to her audience ari-
ods be practiced mrder the national | siiforth. it wa.s :"in the evening by
she .ketchisl last week at a
when -he wore a low-nake
ami only 1
she soundisl
lome- ill 'Washington'.
-'+lhe imsm-iight
ifs a-singing.”
w
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ii
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may
.V‘"ing“'1eis ,„ih.c:
not be w bat lie
IIIK (O.S'I
In llie first
the paymeiil'
OF
mni’
ItKI.IKF
months of
cm hear them da^
1
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, ' I lit
iiappia*
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let tliat
us
he
ire) 1)11* it isjf deial, state
will be on bis ' I 11
than in the eorre-
pi,.ii »!;iig faitli and joy' -ponding periml of Ilttb, the S<s‘ial
' ub.i'ii t !ie,tim<*. for bi.^; .’'ecurity Hoard reports, 'rhe total of
.. i*>d on leeembei J.'sh. i.'iieli payments is still high enough,
• fuimiyg^ to a bit more Hum a billion
.SI’ENDINO roit HOO’/li land a half dollars, or over $177,0<bl,*
South ( arolina the past y<‘ai .spent | ()(»() a month. 'I'be lowest month in
td.l 7 t.'iTtttKl for legal liquor. This, two yi*urs wa.s .Se|)teml>i*r, 1917, when
^ mr.-'. early bird, the 'ecker-teny,
C repofted that a |)!an was on feetj
to needy person^ from) to rai'-e a .xniHs ba-ket fur the furrin
and local tax funds was j ,„j <vi(»n-nee»iy who is at home .suffer-*
ess than in the eorre-ij|,g w ith a furloiTgb f?:om brazill. it i
; -
..It
;*.\<'i'0!^ ' i)f $*').•
1 ; for I'vciy
man,
• in:
Ill an i
,'ii ! ii
1 till* Mtati*
Thi*
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•ipi'a 1
nr cha-i*
in Lauri'tis
conn-
t\
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t .
Wiifti t hi
* stato’s
Ii'gal wim
ami
It
< r
'all >
art* aili
li‘(l to its
huge
. if
|U(*.
bill.
wi* havi
*• the staggoring
t(
.*;i!
of $1
s.l71.r.7()
pllll I’oi
alco-
h
*'ic
lii|llnt
ri*|Mi
sonting appmxi-
.,t.
y om*
1 hi III of
ihi* combiiii
*(J in-j
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of thi
>t ati*’^
major crops
, cot-
was voted to let her rai-e fumLs for
Ibis purpose outside of the member-
■ship of the ladii s aid, a it alreddy'
has more than it can say grace over.]
he will except annything of value
from annylMaldy regardless of race,]
color, religion or previous plight oft
servituile.
the l(K*al
liildgit
the relief <)i»tlay was 1.59 millions.
These figures include wages, paid
to U’l*.'\ workers, siihsistence gnmUs
under the Farm .Security .Administra
tion, old-age assistance to the blind,
aid to defiendent children, old age
leii.-iflii.; to nearly a million and a
half ag.sl men and women. amiatatei"r preecher s sallery for*
wa.-
no rnonney
and there
this
in
condition of the church.
received a.s information.*
is now in the .trea-ssure,i
■ is not much out.side of same,
community, .some mention'
ami i
( ever
t
1. and Lubaccxr/- .
Hut this is only
a dollars and cents
estimate of the ex|)ense. It is only u
fniction of the cost of liegrading the
s.tate along with the nation. Is it too
much to hope that mankind some day
will come to its senses to realize that'
you cannot weigh dollars again.st
ciiTiif, heart-aches and wasted lives.
and local relief |)ayment.s to everyone
unahle to earn a living. The total for
Lhe year, at that rate, W’ill run about
ftvr(T“tlTi)Trsaml million iToTlarrs~"Tf ]^u
July and august hut nolKxidy seemed
/^evroUeT
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pw
asiis
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A
the ( Hlil.STMAS CITY
'A m n till* colorful celcluation is
•R
< \ . Kriiiay. Clinton will have lH*en
: ..11 foim.'tl into a lovely (Miristmas
,c,', to add to the plea
, ‘i«* nt of our people
da' , \ -ea-on.
can comprehend .such ciphers.
'Fhese figures reveal that Uncle
Sam certainly takes goml care of his
dependent nephews and nieces. ’Fhe
question in everylrody’s mind is how
long he can keep it up on the pres
to know what
same, and the
the side-hoarxl.
to -sa.v in reganLs to
motion was tabled on
after .sevveral short talks on va-l
rious .subjiTts of no ini|H>rtanee, thej
pre.*i.sident stomi up and sung a song I
Iby herself which wa.s entitlini: "shall!
|i laml on that iM'autiful short'.” shej
i took voice hack yonder in the 20s,
Clinton, S. C.
1
ent sJ^e-....|Mob«Kly wants anyhinly in j hut it has .sunk down some since then, i
Amerieit 4o starve. VVe have never i anti she i-oiild not keep it tuniHl to]
the accemjtuniment of the organ, af-i
ter there wa.s nothing else to eat on
nin
dui ing
let anybody starve, if we knew it.
I.ong Ix'fore the federal government
went into the [ihilanthropic enter
prises in which it is now engagisl,
and en-'^^**'’*^** and puldic imiivhiimls and or-
fhi
S
talk about, the meeting adjourned.
\ vv ;’i;it a holid iy apjieuiance has
^rnnireil charities sow to it that no-
Ihxly in theio re.s|)ective communities
was allowed to suffer for the ni'ces-
Flat Kwk Dumhies
time.s must he gidting hariler. there
has not iH'en a single new filling
.sitation built in flat riK*k during the'
the
i Sunday
h..M r.ikeii on. < l.i.lon im-icha.its are!^''*'’^ ’*tati'S; 10 day.s.
f... ti... v..i..,i.i.. .....I .,...v..,had taken upon thennelves responsi
bility I’oi maintainiiig the needy ob
jieople in eoinfoit. l»iit when the gov-1
ciiimiiit took the Tt.'ld, Individual am
eommuiiily charity was largely killed.
.Most of liie ciiticism of the pres-
V I'll tlic Viilelidc and to >ervej
tb« im.Ning public. Mere you ma.v!
i'»inpb't'‘ line of lioliday goyils
and a c •urt« ou --ales force ready to
>«r.) then cii-tomers.
•\ good 'I'og.ui Tor all to adojit
. ' I be. “Oo your
do If early
c: ll-b. Mi ll
-'to. k
tove which fell down last
at leholHT church enduring
Im»s henn set hack in
place with 1 legs under it iivsteud of
2 legs and 1 brick as in the-past.
the sermont
be.
bom*.” ami
!a l•ullu:(
sbop|iiiig
to avoid
wide
you
vai ieiv
r i:'
iv :
TTU!'.<‘ '!o. I\-. a
and olil favorites, and a
.ir-mTn'Tr'lbiif' wilT please.
an
-of
rrrxr
-ei vice
at '*'i'l relief system is Uised ii|M)n
the, •'*1’><•;*d and wen-foundi*d su.spicion.*^
as-[that (loliticians are being lienefittiHl
even more than the }M>or. and tdmt
mi.ss jennie viwe sinnh, our
ficient ^ss'holl principle, who has
(ill with bad tonsils and a sore
, nix, is up and alumt again and
names of returned back to her classes with
A^ EU 4H.dF M TKANFI^
.\ uiio'.mccincHl is made bv
the relief rolls contain the
liiiuiVy who ^li'e iiiK "realTy^ In” need, and risUfTanheT bn" her nslte atld Thtst.
the feeling that it i.s not the duty of
Avholr t iT proVide tu xu -
lies as well as niressities for the
.Ituulr.v is j:rc-er.unpn!l> fhe fa\or^ nif f r Christmas because uood jewelry lasts
fureviT and tFt‘“i<htd rr.are b\ its wearer everv year thrtiugih life. Yet in our large
anil \aric;' .sleek there are appropriate gif - .f jcwchy within every,person's budget,
(dor mtHTc on the p'tcka:':e means somethin^ Lv e^ery gift jpver and receiver . . . our
Ill.’IT ('hristaias (lift displays are raody f.r vniir rhnmiginy
IS maiie ny Chief
Molland of ;bc city police department,j |>oor. Truth is, the relief busihess has
that the .'hooting of fireworks of all j become a political racket. .—-
kind- on the 'treets and in the busi-j ,.\|| fact.s al>out relief costs and
nev- scs'tion will In* [uohibitinl dur- who In'iiefits by relief expenditurt's
mr, and—mrs. U'rl skitmer. twm-of
our oldest eitizbns, have benn turned
down by thi' local Imard for old-age'
ing the ( hri'tmas season. Such a de-
ci'ion wc are sure meets with the
gim -ral approx .il of the pul»lic. Now*
th;;* ' ich warnings have been sound
ed. the ruling shoubi In* enforced
ought to
.s.h(>uld be
be public property. There
no swrivy in public busi-
pensions onnor count be gets a eivvil
war |H*nsion and she has a marriinf
darter who nm.s a beauty parlow.
the fruit-'-triH' agent, who has his
eyes on a certain mnWIe-ag^l young
how
up 11 all alike without excejition, andjtbeir money is spent. When such in-
\itdatoi> punisdicd by tine. .formation is sought as to relief
spending the abi'cwhirian chief.s in
ness, national, .state, country, niunici- lady in flat ix>ck. is hack in town fo>r
pal or schiKil. The pinrple who foot I a few days, he seems to have more
the bill have a right to know
The practice of di.scharging fire-
wo.k' on the 'treets w'here there is
inm h congestion during the pre-
Chn-imas pcrunl is extremely dan-
gtrou-s,—a hazard—to—4fe—and .limh,-
and a source of irritation 'to shop- .su.spicion a-s
pel-', cspecudly^dadie- ami little chil-1agency which Harry Hopkins insists
tfmv -Tben the ho!iday^i*as4m hasi rnttst .be made a permanent citpemii-
Washington tell the people that their
ri'coi'ils are none of the public’s busi
ness. Is there any wonder, therefore,
that there ts
so much criticism and
regards this spending
intru.st in the .said lady than he has
in selling his wan*st. she give him
back his dmmont last year, but is
wearing it again at present.
the c. i. o. oggan-nizer who haa
benn working in the flat rock com-
mwnity has left town onner count of|
nightman* on account of jture levied against the people
inccs.saut shooting ivery conceivable form of taxation.
cX|di>sives has l>e-; - ■
imconic a
the noi't*. Such
mr tTu* 'treets oi
conn* a nui-ancc. The [iractice should
hav«* tH-eii stopped long ago. and now
that we have a warning from the
city, wi* hope 'Oincthing is really go
ing to be done atnnit ft.
in
DoiTitOUGH
the k.k.k. she found a white robe and
a mask in her bed-room Ia.**t week
with a suggestion rote on same as
followers: “you might as well move
on. or else, when we need you we
will send for jtiu. she has g»»ne with
the wind and a unpaid hoard bill.
' STKA.NtiF ItKASONINt; .
(lOVenior .Krlinston tells the budget !
commi-ssinn m (’olumbia that econo
my should l>i* practicisl in prejrju'ing
the appibprTati.m hill for the i*oming
year. The governor is dead right and
vTe hearti!y-endo>-se what he ha.s said
and h(q>e that it is not mere political
talk. Bui isn’t such a declaration
i-ather strange and questionable com-1
ing f^om one who with pride Ixiasts ’
that he h a IlMt-per cenU^Vw Healer'
and supporter of the I>enuK*ratic (so-j
'called) administration now in power. i
How can 'he tell South Carolina in one ■
breath to be economical when he has,'
and still champions an unpii*cedenteil
spending org>’ on the pai1 of the feil-
eral government which has broken
the world record in waste and ex
travagance. .And it should be remem
bered that these incomparable taxes
being piled up do not represent the
spending of the New Deal crowd, but
the funds of all the people.
The governor's answer to thfs ques-
fis.
evei-hoildy
xmus. tha
they are able
meaning that
getting ready for
they are doing all
to do financially,
they are waiting for
dsk for MENTHO-MUISION
IF IT FAIl^ TO STOP-YOUR
COUGH DUE TO COLDS ASK FOR
YOUjl MONEY BACK only 69f
SMITH’S PHARMACY
it to come, sandy claws wont need
much of a sleil to fetch what is be-
j ing expected, in fact, he mought
'Send his package by parcels post thisi
time, there rs barely enough cash,
in sight and on hands to buy the
' nece»sa.r>' hooze much less other stuff.'
I yores tnilie,
i mike lark, rfd,
I iHirry spondent.
.Clinton
Finance Co., Inc.
Auto Financing
Fire Insurance
OIBce:
JACOBS & CO. BLDG.
Dr. Felder &nith
of
DBS. SMITH & SMITH
OPTOMETRISTS
Specialist In
Eye Examinations
OiBce Honrs 8 to 6 Dsilj
Phone 29-W for Appointment
Ginton, S. C
SPARKLING NEW GIFT IDEAS
CII-TS TO BE TKE.VSI'RED EOR A LIFETIME
FOR HER—Ixickets and Crosses. I'endanLs. Wrist .Watches —
whether you wish to spend $3.00 or T-V. Genuine Gut Diamonds
in solid ^old mountings as !ow as $5.00 and as high as vou wish
P»> - Ask to see our unusual Diamond Dinner Rings from $9.75
up. Bracelets. Bar Pins. Rings, ( igarette Ca-ses. Lighters. Bridal
matched. $9.75 up. Fountain Pens.
Set
START YOUR SILVER NOW
ADD TO IT L.ATER
^teMing Silver Goblets, special. $5.00. Water Pitcher, Sherbets
Sugar and Grenai. Vases. Candle Slicks. Juices—this is the Christ-
aias-ta atart year ailver and mid to it on birthday s and aimtVCT^
sarics. Gifts of Silver mean a lifetime of pleasui^ and are gifts-
that bring happing every day in the vear.
THREE OPEN STOCK PATTERNS
Goblets, Ice Teas, Sherbets. Cocktails, Finger Bowls.
Plates. Juices.
Salad
CHINA
You will be able to make your selection from our beautiful
and varied open slock patterns in China. Priced to suit vour
pocketbook.
FOR HIM
AND WHAT HE WILL APPRECIATE
Wrist Watches. Rings. Pocket Hatches. Combination Cigarette
Cns^a^lighters. Fountain Pen Sets, Tie Sets,.Military Sets.
TWIing Sets. BeH Buckle Sets, Bill Folds, Key Rings, W atch
Chains.
$5 to $10
allowed on your old Watch in exchange for a new-
one.
A Small Deposit WiB HoU Any Article Until Wanted.
FRONTIS JEWELRY STORE
Open Evoiings
CLINTON. S. C.
I’HONE no. 40
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