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/ \ . I I 11 V. r PAGE FOm THE CLINTON. CHRONICLE, CLINTON. 8. C, 1 /-. ■ / THURSDAY, JANUARY 13. 19S8 r* r Ulifr (SUntan ^lirnntrU EsUbUfthcd i»oo WILSON W. HARRIS. Editor »nd Publisher Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year |1.60; Six Months 75 cents} Three Months Do cents Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Poet Office at Clinton, S. C. 'The Ghrofttcte seeks thr cooperation of its subscribers and readers—^the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suirsrastions and kindly ad vice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. Nobody's Business Bj Gee McGee Flat Rock Latest Briefs mr. slim chance has bought haff in trust in the sanni-terry bcff, meat •and fish market from yore corry j spondent, hon. mike Lark, rfd. mr. Lark will remain the bizness manna- ger, boss, buyer, seller, charger, col lector, overseer, hirer, firer, and as sistant clerk. Slim will have charge' i of cutting beefs and porks when anny of same is on hands, come one, come Clinton In 1865 A Summary of This Com munity At Close of Year In Diary of W. P. Jacobs, Then 22 Years Old. A Three Days’ Cough Is Your Danger Signal all. . No matter how nmny medicines you Mve tried for your eoi^, cheat cold, or bronchial irritation, you can relief , now with Creomulalon. Serious troul^ I may be brewing and you cannot afford to take a chance with any rem^ less I than Creoiftulsion. which goes Clinton IS improving. It now has | right to the seat of the trouble and aids the'following public buildings, etc: i nature to soothe and heal the inflamed Stores — Drygoods — Phinney and “ucoiu membranes and to loosen and ^^est. Hayn^Wilhams, Huett. ! If SKr^eS<fiS*Kve failed. Groceries—Copeland and Bearden,: don’t be discouraged, try Creomulsion. t^Wm. Rose. Tour drum^ is authoriwd to refund Assorted—Craig and Tobin, Mess: yon are not thoroughly i ytlsfled with the benefits obtained tr—w T-T 1 mam inn myflrsthotUe^Ckeomulslmiis Vv. L). Johnson. i one word— W. J. BENMMIN SERVICE STATUm Standard Products Cars Wash and Greeeed Your Bouinesa Appreciated ; Bailey. Buggy Tactory- CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 13. 1938 another big bizness change in flatj Wagon Factory—Robert Huett. | in it. Ask f«r It plainly, see that the rock is the transfer of the right, title,! Harness Factory—Richard Huett. 1 Crecwmlaion, and intrust and 2 gas pumps of the all-t Blacksmithies — Johnson, Huett,! rifiuf waS!^(Adv?^'^ ^ nrte filling station to the “we-nevver-j Young's. • ! sleep companny." it has benn room-! Carpenter Shops—George Davidson.] 'ered that the latter has hell a paper' Steam, Saw, Grist and Flour Mill—, on the former ever since it was built 1 Joseph Crews KBpp & ChandDor Clothes f(Hr Men and Boys Your BnaiiicM Appeudatad j ncrost the sireei from the red-hot dog{ Shoe-shops—D. T. Compton, George | , .... . ..... . Lvtand on,'main at forth. iSimpson (colored), Nelson Todd. i THE CENSUS FIGURES jliving conditions, more facilitie.s forj ^ | gehools-JVUle school. Rev. Theo.! The report of the national unem-folk to receive proper me i-i the candy-pofe barber.s>hop ha.s clos-1 Hunter. Female .school—Mrs. R. Dun-' .shows 7,822,914 to attention, jand the stamping out| ^ his barber chair 1 lap. ployment censu.s r -a • 10,870,000 j<»ble-ss persons in the Unit-j of epidemics Report of Conditiou of Cemnercial Depository of Clinton 666 GOLDS and FEVER first day , Liq«iA Tabkta HEADACHE, Salve, Noae Drops 30 minutes Try "Rub-My-Tiam’*—World's Liuiment. The public health cam- communicable diseas- the increased knowl- esl State.>i. Ij^ findings, the adminis-. Pa'Jfus against trator .stattsl, were base<l ufMm the haekeil by yohintary regi-^tration conducted in and improved re.sources of me<l- jNi'ovenilnm which showed thi.s numberr'^'al seience have by their own testimony, out of woik.’j*^'' aveiage jiei.son Even the figuies enumerates! by the <•« ri'^us were said to represent only wa« jre-po8sessed on a recent date, he tried to shave hi.s customers standing i helped enable live longer. ’ p<T cent of th()s«* out of woi k. Out of the 7,882,91 1 who were jol)- .only 2,()(»1.877 wero doing \V’P.\, .\A .A, t I ( am other alphabetical f«*dr- ,1 - , , 11, baby was 19 ye era emetgmicy iclief work de.spite . ,, , . nioif .Americans !th** outpouring of literally billions of dollars by stales arrd—Hie national ^’overrummt. ’) bat proves that the an- wer of the uiiemplojljnent jiroblem j i-ri't the afipropriafing and wastirigj «>f adilitioiial billitms, Init a re-creut-i ing of confidence- in business so that the slack may Ik* tak<*n up gradually Afi conditions imprerve. Only in this wa>’ will p»*rmanent improvement <*ome, or can we brok for busini'ssi expansion 'and the providing of addi-j tional joks in piivate employment. abso to result is the raising of the av-j erage age of the population at any given timcir-Not many years ago «ta- t tistical reports showed the majority of thi* jreople were under 25 and the ' e'Xi«*ctati<tn of life of every n«*w-horn ars. Now there are over 30 than under that age, and the expectation of life is 50 years. One t ff( ct, bound to soon make it self manifest in new and perhap.s surpri.^ing ways, is the increased at tention which farthers and •mothers j up and sitting down on a swly keg, but after catting 2 or 3 of .same verry bad, I who knocked him down once and in- .sulted him twice, he surrendered all, give up the gost and made a tx*e-line for hi.s mother-in-law’s residence at the county-.seat. Churche.s—^Presbyterian, Methodi.st. Hotel—Joel T. Foster. .Masoni(f*'Ix>dge—-No. 44. _ Physicians—Dr. Tom Harris, Eh*. \V. H. Henry, Dr. Richard Dunlap. ^ Millinery — Mr.s. Burgess, .Mrs. Huett. Tailoring—Mr. Butler, .Not to mention a railroad which un fortunately i.s not in running oper ation. , The Negroes—though Tree, are .still well about here. TO STAY IN THE RED President UiKusevelt’s message to ( ongre.ss dealing with his budget es timate f<»r 1939 forecast' a deficit of $950,000,900, aa compareil with an e.'^timated deficit (tf $1,088,000,000 foi* l!t.38. Total federal expenditures for 4939 were estimated at $<),8t»9,009,000, .1 .<ieclease of $.539,000,000 from the J'.».'!8 figures. Revenues for 193'.» wen* «'limati.sl at $5,5*19,100,000, a droji of $401,071,000 from 11*38 because of the business rwessiim. In spite of an e>-timated (lecre*as«* in the deficit, the fact statnls out tloit nint- y<-!ti*'< aftiui give* to the education and upliringing of the young. A’outh is scarcer and so more highly pri/.isl. The danger in all of the scwial effort and experi menting we are now witnessing to help youth solve its problems is that too many of the young are being encouraged to look for hand-out.s, ex pecting .s(nm*thing foi* nothing at the expense of taxpayers. .Such will grow to. maturity lacking in self-reliance and iiirtiative, and more likely to be a handicap than a blessing to socii-ty. mrs. ih<*lsum rnoore’s i p«M>dler dog ha.s fully recovvived from her recent illness, she took her to a dog doctor' hrhaving tolerably 125 miles away fr*)m hcmie for treat- 3'hey attend church ment, but when mr. mooro hisself was ' ^ sick last, summer, she refused to send ^ LKCIISLATl RE for a dfH*tor till he got a swimming in his head onner count of high bloo<l pressure and slow pulses and weak slutnmick. his bill was 2$ but the dog’ l>ill was 14$ plus buss fare and a|HR‘ industry, meal for b(>th of them at a caffy-' The two houses tery.^ Located at Cliaton. in the SUte of j South CaroUna, at the Cloee of Busi ness on December 31, 1937. ASSETS: Cash, balances with other banks, and cash items in process of collection $123,35.'L50 United States Government obligations, direct and fi)lly guaranteed State, county, and munici pal obligations Loans and discounts, C. ('. C. loans on cotton BEGINS WORK 90,000.00 30,000.00' 30,072.12' (Continuefl from page one) work week for employes in the tex- mr. fKlditor, plese put a notis in yore ^Iso face the job of filling vacancies in the ciixruit court bench in the 11th and 12th circuits. The terms of .seven other circuit i ju'lk’**'* aod one supreme court justice TOTAL ASSET.S $273,425.621 LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ! Deposit.? o f 1 individuals, ' partnerships, and cor- ' porations: (a) Demand deposits $234,987.54 State, county, and munici pal deposits Certified and officers’ checks, letters of credit and travelers’ checks sold for cash, and amounts due to Federal Reserve Bank (transit account) Dr. Felder Smith of^ DRS. SMITH & SMITH OPTOMETRISTS Specialist In Eye Examinations Office Hours 8 to 6 Daily Phone 29-W for Appointment Clinton, S. C. 32,618.401 235..50 into the y»‘ar to the g<)vernm**nt first went r*(l it expwts the coming spend neai ly one billion dollars above its income. Tin* nation’- gross debt on Decem- b-1 :n last, was $37,279,18)0,000, and A FAR-RKAt IMNG A unanimous (brision of the preme couit of the United Stat*“.s hi'ld the right of the fedenil govern ment to provide funds to finance the construction of |)ul>li<*ly-owned elec tric j>lantf. The decision was based on the ehalletige of two largi* tax- lost and found coll urn that the mule, 7 bands high, ancering to thelalso expire this year, and the a.HSem- name of "beautty" white spot on leftibly will elect men to these posts also, hind Uif, red place on shoulder, black. Five new niemlM-rs of the highway place on back blue place on nose, j comm i.ssion must also be elected, but"^9T'^^'’ ^^-POSITvS—$267,719.44. without no halter on, minus gears and'these wlij be chosen by the legLsla-1 declared but not harnes.se.s, .sti^jed away from the [tive delegations from the judicial cir-' yet bayable ... 78.00 home of mr, ju<l<l skinner 2 nights ago; cuits repre.sented by the commission-!’^^T.AL LI.ABILTTIBS EX- and went in yore diriftion. if found,jors whosr DE( ISIDN {pIese_-fetcbJiin^home,. .or- rite or foam su- jfit-j. Jic will rewaid wlua*ver d<H‘S up-1 this and will allso pay for this notis ansoforth. terms expire. 'TOTAL i- (LUIHNG CAPITAL :AcmuNT miss Jennie veeve smith, our af- ficient .scholl principle, has henn of- fen‘d a |K>si.sh with the government. paying power compani«“s. ('oming af-!•''*’ •‘‘be says, at 12.5$ pi-r m<»nth hut .she ter a long and str enmnis fight by will stay (»n-in flat rock if the scholl Report of ('ondition of iJCapitab Account: M. S. BAILEY & SON, i 'iT'*'. ’“"N *;■* _ _ J capital notes and de- l>&nk6rs I bentures $2,500.00 (b) Surfdus 2,500.00 (c) Undivided prof- ifar SOfi.lH $267,91».44^ INSURANCE We think we know the best Fire and Life Insur- anre policies. We think we know how’ to advise the best plans for you. We think we have the beet companies. Consult me. B. H. BOYD, Agent Clinton Realty & Insurance Co. 4 of Clinton, in the State of S. C. At Close of Business on December ;ic<*(ii(ling to tlu* President’s t>stimate1 of la't week, will amount .on .lum* 30, l!'3l*, to $38,528,000,000, u record high IInd an increase of $22,343,000,000 in t' * nine yi*in m*rio<l 1931-35*. If «*vety family in .Ameriea was e.’illed uj)on this wt*t*k to pay its share o! this m.nmting, -taggering <leht,| « .ich would liave to put up $1.180,! ru w t*stiniati>-< of tin* i-ensus Inireau! o*' tin and tr(*asuiy financial slatcmi*nts di'close. 'This new debt figure, whi*ni(),j.^ compared-to the |n*i family dt*bt -ban ' Greenwood organizations and individ uals, the decision settles,the lUizznrd Roost pn>|K>.sHl and rrmkes its con struction within the next year a cer tainty, it.s udviH'atc's state. Secietary Ickes, the publie works administraUir, said that the ih^’ision would afG'ct construction of 52 })ower projects costing $81,026,288 ftu* which his s|»ending agency has ailotte*! $30,- *15*1,9 11 as loans to In* repaid, and $21,674,408 as free fedeial grants. The Huzza rd Roo.sl project will be (irt*< iiwood, Laurens and countie;, the laig(*r tia**! age lying in the bounds of county, we are tobl. With the bored will dubble her pr«‘s.sent sallery and mako it 40$ i>er month;* she *lo ikO. si*em U» cure for gbvvei meal work, and it will lM»h(M)v«' everlMxIdy con- eerned to see the seholl iKUed if they want the finest and best looking ti'ccher that we have .s;iw n-Uined on ln‘r faculty an.soforth.' 31, 19.37. ASSETS Cash, balances with other banks, ami cash items in (d) 'fotal capital account 5,506!’l8 process of coliectiun. Corporate stocks Loans and di'Count.s Overdrafts R(‘al estate owned $413,033d>5, TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL On Dec. 31. 19.S7, the $273,425.62 j required le- ‘>‘r iorno‘ ’ n-quiretl ic- sral reserve against deposits of this ' $26,791.95. Assets imported 6.702.23 28,200.37 above which were eligible as legal re- Other as.-t*ts serve amounted to $273,425.62. Clinton Finance Co., ln& t Auto Financing Fire Insurance Office: JACOBS & CO. BLDG. I..ll6..).,j 'pijj., bank’s capital is represented W here will such --pending cany us V Where are we headi*il for, millions of. l.tvnayt*i> ate asking. Tlow can bu.'^i-l n< (*\i'i he put on a sound basis or . * I know how to formulate (tlan-- for ex-j with mounting taxes which' I • ■ • : wav now made clear for such activilv <0 ,15*25*. shows the tax burden lms|„„ l•u•rea-ed more than two-fol;l during j, reasonable to expert that'won' t '•* pa't nine \eais. ('Tuiother big proi*>ct in this stat,'. thejing S.*mtee-(’o()p»*r sclu'ine, will soon 1k'- coine a reality also. Regardless of the a(lvanlagt*s to 1k‘|.j1| derived in the area in which the big j,,,, diim will Ik* built and seivei the di pan-ion witli mountmg taxes which; f, .ire to continiit*—)Hh mount with anniuilj difieiL- I'iK'd up of one thousand mil lion dollars (if yon (*an take in such Flat R«»ck Starts .\ lloxcott j onn/r count of jappan taking over; chinna without anny right oh reason,| everluMbly in flat rock has startini a big boycott on the former, each hourj fetches a new thing to boycott: it. startl'd out with silk stiH'kings and t hen come nitting needles and cUh'-< •trie light bulbs and dolls. TOTAL A.s'SETS $1,358,8.54.04 gov- •dera the hydro- on ' a large . Tigmeis-L--——— ... .'such unprecedented .-pending, re- gaiille--; of what Washington tells the I I ople, will never bring permajient f(r.ispe) ity. It’- not common sense, ami -tupid to < xpeet thinking people to belieie -neb -pouting. If an indiviiluul c.uinol make himself jirosperous by 1 ding uj) debt and spending more than he make-, how can the govern ment. which fs a mere colli'ction of individuals, solve its problems by such -pt*nding tactic-If private busi- m ss were as_^ rtvkless as the govern ment, it would have hi*en destroyiHl long ago. In one breath we hear that the tax load w ill be lightened, and I hardly before such words an* uttertKi we arc told of the necessity for a continuation of wiisteful stiending of: "the nation’s wealth. You can’t make' six out of two and two. ri *al es- was .'ilmost broke means ernment is going into I electric power business -call* as it has entered the jtlttC 110(1 almost cvvty ot her Tteid 7>T^*'*‘d to be hell business, a indicy to w biidi,Tbe Chron- coiiMden’t , iclc does not sub.scribt:'. We iM'lievo in .sound i»rinciples of busines- in gov- ,ernment, and not government in bus- int'ss. .\nd it should be understood moiore found out that thi japtian” was rot** stick and he broke wife’s m*w xmus vase made over there allso. mought tiigh of onr toys have been hunted nji tore to piiH'es. as I'vei* one of same bore the words “made i \ “jap- paii." LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL Depo.sits of individuals, partnerships, and cor porations; (a) Demand deposit- $7r.*.l.s2.71 (b) Time deposits evi denced by savings pass books . (c) Other time lieposits on his walk-'State, county, and munici- il ucrost his pal depo-i;- which was j (’ertified ftrjd (>ffirer-’ checks, letters of credit and travelers’checks -old for cash, and amounts due to Federal Reserve 1'ank (transit account) NONE 11>*»,50‘2.‘2.5 58.2.53..58 1.4S0.*'k3 onner count of the boycott, a party up whn b was ivian-; hell by mrs. art su.tare. she find iio footi-hness, such As whissles. horns, confetly, puzzRvs ansoforth, except what was made in jappan, -o she just went ahead and had a sensible party, everbihldy be- 3A)T.\L DEl’OSITS $5*45.4151.17. Bills payable, rediscounts, ami other liabilities for borrowed money Other liabilities NONE NONE by 25 shares of common stock, par} $100.00 per share. i I, F. M. Boland, Secy-Treas., of the 1 above-named bank, do solemnly swear i that the above .statement is true, and I that it fully ami correctly represents I the true .state of the several matters herein contained and set forth, to the iH'st of my knowledge and U'lief. | F. M. BOLAND, j (.orrecl.—.Attest: Jack H. A’oung, O. 1. Shcely, \V. I*. ('ope(and, H-. D. Heiny. Directors. .State of .South Carolina, County of I.aurens. ‘ Sworn to and subscribed before me this Sth day of January. 1938, and I hereby certify that I am not an of ficer or director of this bank. VERA P. WIUSON, j Notary Public for S. C. j .My commission expire.? at the pleas-! uie of the Governor. j D. E. Tribble Co. FUNERAL DIRECTORS EMBALMERS Licensed Embalmera, Complete Modern Eqaipment Day Phone §4 Night Phones 24. 253 or 25S Clinton, &c that every dollar spent on such pro-jhaved so well it proved a verry dull ji*ets will come out of the pockets of Hine to all those pressenl. I the public— the taxpayers, so don’t I let the politicians fool you. $915,419.17 ..) The Chronicle, as it has In'fore stat- isl, dotvs not believe in subsidies or grunts of any kind, or the placing of tax-exem|>t competing plants trr en terprises liy the government in com- jpetition with jirivate business, made 1 possible largely with hand-outs for that purpase at the expense of tax payers. For. as has been a.sked, if the gov ernment can lend and give away the money of taxpayers for the purpose of building a i>ower plant to compete i nearly all of our manny-factured trash, which it seems we can’t keep' house and children without, is made in jappan. now it looks like the u s. will have to teivh oui citizons how to make the fiinin articles so’s we can keep on hoycotting this war-mad nation, it is going to hurt the wim- men folks worser than the menfolks: legs don’t bx)k so smorvthe and plump lift cotton hoses or sox. and de- italy is in favvor of jappan tak ing chinna and manomiry and korea and russia; .«>he is guilty of grabbing and TOTAL LIABILITIES EXCLUDING CAP ITAL ACCOUNT Capital account: (a) Capital stock capital notes and bentures $20,201.40 (b) .Sulmnlinati'd de posits 379.Ilfs.60 (c) Undivided prof its 13,434.87 413,434.87 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL $1,858,854.04 On Dt'o. 31, 1937,'the required le gal reserve against deposits of this bank wa.s $.59,519.25. .Assets reporte*! THE WOULD GROWS OLDER ..... ar.. all (tattinc ..l.lar. Kvary-P.l'l'"*'''’'’''■‘''J' “<1.<« I-' h...lv lias bean iloiiiK tiuit. aver shiaa l''”'. (* thci'i’j of (ha sama collor. sha moufrht allso li.,,; la-aao. but noo- tba abola k«'l' ll«' t-tu ).;n.linB want soma othai- countria.s on the man raca is ^aWiny ol.l...-, in tba P''’''*''* «f tW ro.sldar-tonanian sansa that tba avaraKa u|!a of tba I'l»nt'*. niaraant.la o.staBI.ah- and if sba do, jappan will likowisa paopic of tba l-nitad .Slataa ia bteha, "iP>’ •If" "ith her than it ever has been, reports show. The proportion of old people in the ai>ove which weie eligible as legal re serve amounted to $413,033.25. Memoranda mi'rcantile estamisih- anu ii sne do, jappan . agree with her again, germannv is other bu.simxss. If it should be set up looking ai-ound for her old collinies, and argued, for insiance. that a cot- and she will jine mussylena and hio- total of population is increasing, and that of children decreasing. On April 1, 15*35, -when the last census bureau count was made, there ton mill is charging too much fot its rito if he picHluct.s, as has been charged against ansoforth. the power companies in this fig'ltt.i then by the .same reasoning what is there in the light X)f-this far-reaching gets by 'W’rth his robbing Assets deposited with State authorities to qualify for the exercise of fiduciary or corporate powers, or pledged for other pur- purposes Deposits secured by pledg ed assets pursuant to re quirement of law 85,000.00 26,706.95 busines.s, on *od were 4,349,200 pci-soivs over 70 years i i ... - 11 *11 » / 1 • dtvcision to keep the government from old, or .14 out of every thousand in-, • •• .1, 1 *u I • ■ .* lJfo*ng in the cotton mill dividuals. At the beginning of this .p- u * 0-7 ^ •f’y other field.* century 37 years ago, there were only 23 in 1,000. In any average'OECE.MRER HONOR ROLI. group of 1,00U persons there were 240 children under ten years oW;* now there are only 100 youngsters' iMist grade; Carolyn Young. of that ago, or only ten |)er cent of j Second grade: S. C. Tinsley, Ann the total. Williams. I, R. C. Adair, Cashier of the above tom head wanted to be in line, solemnly sw’ear that he throwcHl away his spectickles and above statement is true, and that his nake tie and his musstash cup'‘‘ correctly represents the his false teeth: the poleesman ^«'^«*'al matters here- One impo.'^tant reason ^r this change in the balance of ages, we are told, U a declining birthrate; an other U the general improvement in public health aa a result of better told him they were made in jappan, contained and set forth, to the best and that’s all he wanted to know. | knowledge and belief, he found out the next day they were j ADAIR, Cashier. FOR W.ADSWORTH SCHOOL; all produced in the u. s. but it was' State of South Carolina, _ then to late, the boycott is bad en- i bounty of Laurens, ough: there ain’t no telling what' Sworn to and subscribed before me will happen if a girl-cott gets started, yores trulie, mike I.Ark, rfd, conry apondent. Fourth grade: Johnita Horton, Bru- na Jean Williams. . Sixth grade: Jim Crawford, Edna Putnam. Seventh grade: Omega Monroe. ' this 10th day of Jan. 1938,. and I here by certify that I am not an officer or SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE “The Paper Everybody Rcede’* director (rf this bank. ROBERT S. OWENS, j Notary Public. My commission e:q)irea at Hw pleasure of the (xovemor. SERVING CLINTON HOME OWNERS SINCE 1909 HOME LOANS AVAILABLE FOR ' —Purchasing —Building —Refinancing —Repairing 6 Per Cent Interest Our budgret monthly payment plan keeps cost low and gives you a long term to repay just like rent. Each payment makes you progress to ownership of your own home. Your Savings Are Safe Here o WE OFFER Easy Payments INSURED SAFETY IN THIS ASSOCIATION FOR YOUR Long Terms FUNDS UP TO $5,000 -K..j| IFederal *AVINGS (AND LOAN ASSOCIATION Phone No. 6 “ Clinton, S. C.