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'/ /? PAGE FOUR THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, SL C. f TEUBSDAY. JANUAMf 2^, 19S8 (filirtton (ElirontrU BsUbHshed mo WILSON W. HARRIS. Editor and Publlabar Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY ' Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year |1.60; Six Months 75 cents; Three Months 50 cents Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Poet Office at Clinton. S. C. The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the publisher will at all times iHjpreciate wise suggestions and kindly ad vice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature." Anonjrmous cotnmunications will not be noticed. This paper is npt .responsible for the views or opinions of its^orrespondents. portion of families in South Carolina whose children are not iii school be an “unhealthy” political situation that should not be allowed to exist. This is a plea for simplification of when a car gets in sight of them. That’s why no speed limits exist in cause parents are unable to provideithat country; nature takes care of new or second-hand books. Too often your unlawful speediness down there. I the trustee eTeetinn i«w ennn •this is an excuse for parents. Such'A 200-pound yearling can wreck alty and hw no Xrior^m^^^^^^ talk is bally-hoo for political pur- 3,00-pound car. We saw a few de-| “n HTSlTOvrav ” poses. Iceas^ carcases awaiting the arrival* * ^ ’ But if we are to* play the role of]°^ Buzzard eve^ day. philanthropist as a state and pro- j Father Coughlin is back on the^ Just off-hand, having forgotten all ^iit as yet no sign of his Union RUBBER STAMPS—2i-hoar All siaes aa^ types. CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO, vide free «*ool up to hlrhj, knew about ge<ir.phy, I nev-i'P'rty >>uddiei of 1936. school, there should certainly be one » » »- .v, i restriction pertaining to that great er expected to find Mexico a coun-j - . a u itry so mountainous. The Rockies army of persona who are able to .ppendik,' liquor. Why do they need or desetwe mounUins. En^ free books? If their Children are de-! FINAL SETTLEMENT I Take notice that on the 11th day • of Febmiary, 1938, I will render a Hipp & Qiandler Clotheg for Men and Boys Toar Buaiaesa Appradatad prived (and to an elevation of ias'Executor of the estate of W. T. j iWtelMiig'This* to. Wolfe, deceased, in the office of the; CLINTON, 8. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1938 .should be used for such ' there is no sound reason under hea ^ven why taxpayers should bn called upon to provide funds for free books, nowhere. I ror the past year period July L' 11936, to June 30, 1937, the amount 'of $13,173,670 was spent for legalized altitude viz : liquor in this state. Bringing .thfe D?*jiand), tierra ™-«,r naxxa/faa/i Mexico City, we wcttt from'final account of my acts and doings i IV . , , ^ 'v ; V "«*'• level to an elevation ofi “ I books and clothing for school because, ^ wqq parents spend funds for liquor that hundreds of folks who visit thatj'Judge of Probate of Laurens county, tioned for the benefit of my Uncle,day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as Executor. Any person indebted to said estate ... . ^ a . a. -is notified and required to make pay- Mexico, in fact, has three t»"<»|„,ent on or before that date; and all tierra ca len e, o | having claims aitainst said 666 Liqoid, TaUeta Salve, Noae Drops Try ^Rub-My-TIsm?—World*! Liniaent Chocln COLDS aad FEVER ^firat day HEADACHE, Si aainatea A C1A)SED SHOP the matter was before U^peratej^g^^^jjj them on or before^ ures closer home, Laurens county had'-i.„jx’ onH Tr^d landl i and truck accidents. The figure estimated sales of $235,591.40, divid-i ^Ve visited all three of these areasT®**^^^^®’ proven, or be forever tf.k- ...-6b.. waa. appearing in the box the first twojcHl Uurens $129,114 70, Clinton $106,- ^^^^jbarred. Cnneral A.^sembly last week of elect-, >3 changed tMay 476.70. ^ fairly good installment plan' ILLI.AM J. BAILED, ing two circuit judges for existing,to the figure “2 a.s the re.iult of an, SucI '' When ( ing vacancies, th two nieniti<^ ship. -Against such practice has almo.st become an unbroken voicial over the I Such figures are convincing argu- much criticism is . , a , 1 which mak&s 75 or 80 when the law i offices were filled by jautomoliile accident near Laurens j ment again.st free text books or other, ^jn't looking. Mexico City has a I fi>*m its own member-two Negroes were in- hand-outs. The adoption of such Hys-1 winter climate .something like our4 toms would mean that a larjfo | October, but it very cool, if not| 1 We rthoulfl resolve as pedestrians! of people, t>oth white and colored, j night, but warm.s up early "" that,.m.i.ich more tnjttrg 2-3-4C Executor. law,] the year hut is bad slate each year hut it does no good. The custom is bad both in practice I year at a low, figure. Three hundri'dj A peojile who and tuit one that with cer-^ptniple were killed on the highways | ,iiore than thirteen t-Tinty may be expected to continue. • and strwts of South Carolina in motor: ygar for liquor are not too poor to names after i warped my A large proportion of lawyers who. accidents the past year. In the United supply their children with .school'making "Tamzunchale spell ffer and are eliK'ted to the legisla- States 40,000 human beings were i yf,,. proposal sounds like non-l ‘Thomas & (.barley.” Some .Ameri- and motori.sts, to take every precau- will have_ JuAt . lion to keep the “death 1m)x” for the i spend at liquor stores. in are able million to spend TtHy: I didn’t try to speak any Spanish dollars ^*‘y pronounce any of those O tiH«‘, have a judgeship or some other slaughti'rcsl. offit'e-holdirig ambition before them, cause u.s They ''e. in such inenib*'rshij) the j.ossibility of fuming it into a st(*p- I'lng stone to !'it''l>ench or some othiT desirable po-t. Tliere are mi*mbers in that body now who are waiting, watching, hoping that tlo'y may “land” wiien an imexpected opiior- tiinity present> itself. SiK-h concern^, as figures should individuals and as a stale ova-r this human waste caused by spe(>d,^reckh'ssness, care lessness, and the increasing i»reva- lence of drunken drivers on the higlr-' way.s. A'ou read of an accident or persons killed. A’oii note the names of the vic tims, pass on hurriedly to other pi^rts sense. In the matter of elections the leg-j of the paper and forget all ulaiut i-latuic i.< strietly a “closed shoi)” for it" membership. OCR TAXK.ATKRS ARMY The figures <if wages and salaries ]iai<l to public servants, local, .state and, f**deral em|)loye«-s, in 19.36, have been com|>il**d by the Civil Service A«sem4>Iy. 'I'hey come to the appall ing total of $.'>,1 l.o.i^Td.lMtO, not includ ing the persons on work reliiT. The figures for 19.‘I7 have not been re leased, 'I'hey will doubtless l>e as huge, or even larger. 1 hat figures out to $160 for each .American famliy of four persons. I'liat figure does nid. sound good to ihiiiightful persons, and shows that we are toji lieavy with alphalietieal agencies, Imreaus and whatnot. 'Fhe Nobody’s Business By Gee McGee I can told us we could find accommo- (iation.s at “Vy-yes,” So we went to “Vdlles” and found out that was the place he was talking about, and su^e enough we got all that we were ex- t peeling for less mtmey than we would j have to [lay for something about half so nice in the States. -FRYERS- VVe have several hundred milk-fed fryers ready for market. Come by and Ret several. Thorawell Orphanage Poultry Farm Dr. Felder of DRS. SMITH & SMITH OPTOMETRISTS Specialist In I Eye Examinations '*»■ OflSce Hours 8 to 6 Daily Phone 29-W for Appointment Clinton, S. C. them. Next tirni* you see such a htiad line—whether you are a motorist orj pedestrian — juat reflect that your name, or the name of a dear friend| or loved one, may be in the rn‘xt simi-j lar death list. Then it won’t be .so ea.sy to forget. HUII.DINC; THE MONUMENT . HIGIIKK A groui^ of mayors of the large cities (political) told congress yester day there should Ik* m> siiending re- ti«*iKhnu“nl. 'I'o th<* contrary, they urged a continuation and expansion prf relief work to take care of the mul- |tiplietl thousands who have flocked from the rural ar»*as of all sections 'to the im;tropolitan centers and un- ; abU- to fiml work, exp»*ct the govern- > Sojourning in Old .Mexico fSpaam No. I) .My family of 6 lincludmg me, cided a few week^ ago that should .spend the Holidays in .Mi'xico. I did very little of the ciding. All I ha<l to do wa.s to rai.se the money for the trip; that’s why I sold my 6 bales of cotton for H cents, per pound. " ^ (le- we de- Clinton In 1873 A Summary of the Church Familie.s of the Community Sixty-Five Years Aro As Taken From Diary of W. P. Jacobs, Then 31 Years Old. unthinking may say it doesn’t touch |nH‘nt th< m. that it. is paiil by the rich—a|The.sr —rtitpid statement—mdeed; E very hv^heory ».s I expense care of overseer We packed up the night before < hristmas. Kverything bhat tl^ l»ack-| Our tittle town is~mip~rovihg slowly. end of a 1937 model Ford would Tiid(T| have every house filled up. was .s*|ue«^z in. VVe carriesi along j)p j j Boozer -has moved over to coats and overcoats we diiTiiT ne<*d. I VV'e t<M»k heavy underwear with us that we <iid not everr unwrap. VVe lugged a 4-gallon Therm(*s jug a dis- tancii of ri,‘29() miles and did not drink bu( 3 sips of ice water out of it. Ac first 3 day.s weie spent be tween our home and livable, Tex. 'Fhat’s the home of Uncle .John (iarnej*, lotir- fvice-pri*sTdmit; guess Clinton Finance Co., Inc. Auto Financing Fire Insurance ( Office: JACOBS & CO. BLDG. D. E. Tribble Co. FUNERAL DIRECTORS ...&fld..« EMBALMERS Licensed Embalmera, CempWto Modem Eqaipmeat Day Phone 14 I I Nifht PhoBce 24, 253 er 255 Clinton, s.a t« lligent person knows that the tuxes | out of. which this huge payroll is met come out of Uie piK'kcts of ordinary citizens. It is substantially true that the smaller a family’s income the higher percentage of its goes for the taxes which arc included in the price <\i every article of merchandise which r.r;TiT.Tdy buys'. - When the .American taxpayer hiiys fiM(l for lii> family, he is also buying It for some of this immense army of taxeatt-i- wiiicli, due to political in- llu-iiee, experimenting, and extrava gance, cioi: nines to mount higher. V. :t!t I'Vciy family kicking in $169; «'.e)y ycai Just for the wages of its! pulilic <eivants, exclu-ive of all otlu'i m.iltiplie.l g"\'i rnmeni costs, it will init be long bef4)re there are moi*' lax'at.rs than laxpayins. to provide for their livclihoiMl. city office hobbu's hold to the Abai- tin* gsm*Frvmt‘tvt,- «t- Thc^ of taxpayers, should take everything, anil,act as an for business. The budgid which President Roose velt rt'ceiitly .sent to congress called for the spending of $13,159 a min- mte in th<‘ next fiscal year. On a daily basis, here are compara-(country stores ti-w f4g«r**s: | Average spent last six months, $20,.,_ "’e u.se.l pretty eIo.se to the be.st pm;,000 ,|„y_ ' hottils, eafes, cafeterias, and drug .Average estimated next .six months, f<" food and rest -tmuirenients Will. R«)se’s. N. Pyles has bought out Dr. Tom Harris. Dr.. VV'. (’. Irby is jo going Tnti) the Holland house. R. R. D ] Hlakely is going to "marry and fire up generally. Jim Pearson is going to move in. 'Fhe following will be aj list of the families according to re-i ligion: j Presbyterian: .Mrs. Jones, W. P. J*e<>l>s, R. S. PhiniH*y, Ttt It. West, some of you have heanl of him. Half! A. M. (’opelanck J. T. h'oster, Dolly of,our time was used up in .buyingj ^V'illiams, Mrs. Patton, .Mrs. D. T. gasbiilne and having our windshield' Uompton, Mrs. Nancy B. Owens, R. R. | wiped, and the other half was wasted j Blakely, R. .N. S. Young, Dr. J. J.! hitting the highway.s ‘ here and; Uoozer, L. H. Little, K. T. Uopeland,' in there. We saw' 2 speed cops enroute; Indh of ’em were playing checkers at K. R.. Williams. VV. B.. Bell, M. S. j Bailey, J, S. Craig, P. .Montjoy, N. I Pyle.*<, K. H. Bourne, ('.-K. Franklin, l o LxLifeiW-L—Rf Ifatviilson. <‘rag<‘ est $I9,7I(MHMH) a day. .Average estimated cal y*>ar, $19,367,999 .'such figun's are 19.39 fIs on the way out; we thought we had plenty money, but that stuff melts worse’ll Imttei in .August. VVe jiassisl' v .'sK.SSlON it alHMit pre PROMI.dKD appears to tin .dHUlM' 'I he Icgi on looker, lia the intention 114 *-s in a vluut jouniing aiii' <xactly what it has not dmit—in naaort ynrnr tb*se probmgt'il ses.sions and added ♦ xpense, tlu‘ btxly has been criticisixl goo*l as our own homett/ivn. “fill rill cimntrv” t»n dif- Wej the I ft alHMit Its j4ib with of dispatching its bmsi- length of timi', ad- going home. That is it shoubi tlo, but what For ami rightly .S4». -A '^hort term 4iirir«‘Iy (lo-sibl* reasons for the 1 ."t'Sions is "ptKiitics of thi- game by tin* .'-cnncl of the filling of ji^bs or to he filb'c for the a day. a niotiumeiit (o'lhru one or two towns in 5 or 6 < debt. When a st^und |)tx>|)o.saI is made'U’rent states that baiked in'arly haffi that the brakes be aiqilied, then‘|**''' comes-strong opposition from poli-i *“•**'’•’*‘*1 licians, esptvially from the hu ger; “f the ft^rth day. cilios where billions have been |toui»‘di in for almost every concefvable pur- |)ose or pnijivt. Our guess i.s that the spending spree will go right on iiinler the false pretense of bringing in osperily. The ' ’ .(‘‘“J 9Ul niter giving us the once-over, we suspect they decided that, we did not have anything worth sinqggling either in or out. But to be on the safe peo(»le have been mortgageil. their children and their chibiren’s children,! to bondholders. There exists waste,' iiveiln(4»ing and extravaggru'C. Roliof i and politics have become synonymous. VVe are told that the emergency has jiassed, and yet we are h«>ing plunged is de«‘|)er and deeper into debt as a peo ple. Siiending, ami more spending of taxiiayers’ inoney, regimenting busi ness, regimenting farmers, regiment ing lalMir, regimenting everything and htvusi* and S4*nate. The everybody, and the centralizing of 4'ither already existing j more (Kiwer in Washington — is the following the creation! ordev of the day. We bought all necessary papers for tourist travel at the bordei. (lot our.selves fully lookisi over. into, atid itispm-ted. They diiln’t seem to care ;v»*iy much what we took into Mexi- but after giving us the A’oung, T. D. .Newman. F. A’. Harris, lo Dr. VV’. ('. Irby. j .Methixlist: .Mr.s. ButJer, .lim Pear son, T. Sloan, VV’. .A. .McKeIvy, (A M.j Ferguson, .A. Clark, VV'. L'. Leake, , S. Harris. Baptist: VV. .A. Rose. .Mrs. Uarrett. Jew: .A. <"aspary. Writes Of Present School Trustee Law.:; In The liaurens .Advertiser of the past week, th(^ following communica tion up|)eared addressetl to the ixiitor by “Clintonian,” pertaining to the side, we slipped our gobl bridgi-Nvork ’P''«'’iding tor the election o i>f the legislature One of the chief long stretchml-out *’ and the playing governor and jM'r- back into our mouth while crossing the! bridge. Didn’t want to lose our masticators a-tall. i of school trustees in the county: of new departim*nts, bureaus or com- mUsions. make* for lielay, hesitancy, lonfusioii and a lack of action. “All tin* ducks must l>e g4»tten in the r(*w” befiu e there can Ik* V4ti ing "roll calls and consideration of other imiHirtant issues. .All of this r*'quires time and involves aibled exjiense. FREE BOOKS PROPOSED The .state is expevtiKl to have a sur plus in its general funds during the current fiscal year of a million dol lars. .As soon as the discovery was made (rovernor Johnston came for ward with a recommendation in his Editor, 'Fhe Advertiser: .A.s the time draws near for the meeting oif the legislature there is a matter I think should come to the attention of the I^aurens delegation. It has to do with the law enacted last Kveiyi>0(ly was nice ami pleasant and agreeable. VVe never understood a word those Mexicans were saying. One of them said, "Si, Senor.” I said: "Sigh yourself, I ain’t sleepy.” .Afterlyear, providing all of theni got thru reading our | school trustees, various and sundry bills of lading, | The act has the provision requir- auto-ownership, documents, and iden-|ing the submission to and signing of for the election of tification slips, they up and asked me: ’’As your car fully paid for— (that’s when you spoke American): George Washington like, I couldn’t led by the county bi>ard of education. a petition by a qertain num^jrof patrons and taxpayers in a given dis- trict before an election can be order- MORE INCOME ON YOUR SAVINGS 4 Per Cent CURRENT DIVIDENDS EACH ACCOUNT INSURED UP TO $5,000,00 Certainly, your saA'inRs should be earniuR the hiRh- est income consistent with safety of principal and income. This is the time to, take full coRnimncp nf thi» fact that here is a financial institution which offers you safe, con venient plans for savinRs, safe and profitable income. This is the time for a wise revision of your investment proRram, Come in and discuss these major features of safety for your savinRs with our manaRement. LET US HELP YOU OWN YOUR OWN HOME. O Long Terms WE OFFER Easy Paymoits -:- EDERAL Savings |AND LOAN ASSOCIATION Phone No. 6 Clinton, S. C. 1#^ l/4't the gi'iitlemeii of the (JeneraUannual me.ssage to the legislature that time jieopK' in politicing. want to .*ee than spend their That is what hti* done. VVe have been promised a .•♦hort, busine.ss-like .•session, which is pos sible and desirable. On the other hand, siich a diclaration coming from the state house may in the end amount to only meaningh'ss, empty-words. .Assembly get down to business rather.i it be u.sed for the installation of a system of free texbliooks for the first seven grade.*; of the public schools. What the cost of such a tell a lie, so I said: Yes, sirree. And then we moved away. Sojourning In Old Mexico (Spasm No. 2) Nobmiy has ever been able to de cide what the land is fit for for the This 8eem.s rather silly to me. No petition is required for the calling of an election for any other office. It is just as reas<^nable to require a petition signed by 150,000 citizens of South Carolina before an election for governor could be called. It is plan wouldlO miles south of Neuvo Lare-|ju<^j reasonable to require a pe 1h* wo arc not infornunl by the gov-1 Mexico. There are a few mes- »*rnor. Suffice to say it woufd go into! bushes, plenty of sand, a few adobe huts, and a gopher hole ever I Automobiles tition signed by 5,000 people in Lau-i rens county before an Section for j state senator, or clerk of court, or | sheriff, or any other office, could be that neighborhood. | called. ' THE l.m'LE "DEATH BOX" Of course your eyes have fallen often upon the .small warning carried on the front page of the thousands The proposal, which has been heard then before from others, is largely a polit- •'■ther scarce in leal, vote-catching gesture. M'e met 18 cars during the first one) Why not place the responsibility Why supply textlxwks and stop hundred miles traveled, and only 5 for calling an election*for school trus books are necessary of these were branded Mexico. - -- Soives your INK PROBLEMS A SMART CARTER CURE FILLED WITH FMEST fOUN> TAIN PEN MK, .,,PLUS A NEW DESK SrAW THAT FITS yPUII FOUNTAIN nni there? If free why not furnish free clothing and ho* gasoline to carry the children by mo- Thcitor to school? If our people are able (’hronicle the jrast year, and contin- to buy automobiles, radios, gasoline, uing to ajipear regularly with the i tobaccos, cigarettes, snuff, etc., at- coming of 1938. I tend picture shows, ba.seball and foot- .'The caption of the box is, "Drive ball games, and spend for everything Carefully—Save a Life.” It is carried I else in which they are interested— '.n ^he hope that it will warn drivers | then why should the state at the ex- to be careful and cautiou.s, and thatjpen.se of taxpayers rush in to supply k11 will give their moral support to a,free book.s? If the children are to cairiiaign to make this year a safe have book hand-outs, then there year on the highways of Laurens county, as well m other counties. Daring 1937 there were nine fatali- tit-s ill the county from automobile should be accompanying free pencils, tablets, ink, satchels and other school room necessities. There are an extremely small pro- teee where it belongs? Upon the About noon we ran into some pret-' board of education. A^en the ty good looking territory. If there! ^j?**”* a trustee expires, make it were as many cows, billy-..and nanny duty of the county bt^i'd to as- • • • • • • j certain that fact and, within a rea-1 i sonable time before jt expii'ee, call an election for the new term. In my j opinion that is the simplest and •'most j logical w»y to handle it, | It w’ould save us the spectacle of • seeing those who want the job of trustee endeavoring to have an elec tion called, and those who are trus tees seeking to prevent it. Besides, it involves a great amount of work to pass around the petition for which there is no necessity. Too, it creates goats, jack-asses, donkeys, and sheep! back in the wroods and bushes as! there were grazing in the middle of the highway on the pavement, and on boht sides ef the road, Mexico must indeed be a great live-stock country» But somebody told us that nearly all of the animals did ,their nibbling on or between the road shoulders. We didn’t even kill a calf, but fend- ered a lew of them to one side. They all take a notion to cross the road OR STEEL PEN J / % _C BOTH FOR- CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY 39