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mimw: THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. 8. THURSDAY, AUGUST 18. 1938 Political Notice Having Wonderful Time” Notic^ of Election.- The first Democratic Primary will .l>e held on Tuesday, Aufrust 30, 1038, Second Primary' will be held two weeks later ^>n Tuesday, September IS, 1938, if necessary. The same man- will serve in -both the first and second primaries. in case any or all manafrers fail to[ nppear to hold the election, the Execu- [ live Committeeman, or other officer.s^ of the club, or such precinct shall ap- j point managers to take their places. | The polls are hereby directed to | open promptly at 8 o’clock in thej morning and to close promptly at 4 ©Wock in the afternoon, eastern stan-‘ dard time, except at the following, l>oxes which .shall remain open until | 6 o’clock: Daniel’s Store, Ekom, Hick-' ory Tavern, Mt. Olive,' Mt. Plea.sant, i Poplar Springs, Princeton and Tip Top. , ,, The County Executive ^SM j ww«r A vacation —. • aw > WOTTA VACATION H MoyeorroKS, LsaKYQooF,14^00 bed, SAeixy s««cts. Punk Thousand ($65,000.00) Dollars tnatPr- ■ing not more than twenty years from the date of the issue thereof, bearing .Stale of South Carolina,. ' ""Z interest at a rate not to exceed six County of Laurens. .j . annum, payable annually WHEREAS, a petition -has been'or semi-annually, at such time as the filed with the Board of Trustees of Trustees may determine, which bonds I Hunter School District No. 5, of Lau- ^^hall be sold by the Trustees of the rens County State of South Carolina,] said School District at not less than 'asking that the said School District'Par. and the proceeds of which shall I do order an election submitting the I . used for the purpose of erecting , question of issuing and selling cou-J buildings and—or additions to pres- j pon bonds in the sum of Sixty-five^‘^nt buildings and for equipment for Committcf’ is hereby called to meet in the Court House. Thursday, .September 1, 193S, | at 12 o’cliick noon, for the purpose j of canvas.sjng the ballots and for thej transaction of such other busine.s.s as 1 may come before the committee. j The f(*llowing are the managers j appointed by the 1.4iurens ( ounty Ex ecutive Committee, ujion the recom mendation of the Executive Commit- teiman from each precinct to serve the various iKtxes throughout Ijiurens County at the First and Second Pri mary elections. ManagerN of Election Barksdale-Narnie: C. H. Burgess, W. R. Power, W, R. Traynham. t'linton; L. B. Dillard, Frank E: Wilier, S. A. Pitts, I. Mac Adair. <'linton .Mill: Eugene Pinson, Clyde Bigtiee, .Marvin Stewart, Louise Smith. t'ook's Store: L. C. Patton, .1. T. Edwards, K. H. C(K)per. 1 Cross Hill: W. P. Culbertson, M. C. I’inson, Miss (Jertrude U'aman. •' Daniel’s Store; (J. T. Odell, .1. B. Odell, E. D. .Madden. Dial.^: \N. K. Harris, P. H. Harris, Senator IVIake.s Reply To R(M)sevelt’s Parting Shot and De thousand ($65,000.00) Dollars, of said Public schools in said District, and.the j School District, to the qualified vot- election shall be held on the 23ra I ers thereof, the proceeds of said bonds August, 1938, and at such elec- I to be used foe the purpose of erecting only qualified voters ^residing in j building's and—or additions to present! ^^ool District No. 5, shall buildings and for equipment for pub- he allowed to vote, lie schools in said District; j SECTION 2. That notice of the said AND, WHEREAS, the said Board published m The of Trustees have canvassed the aaidlp'"*™. ^ petition and find that it is signed by more than one-third of the resident-"Otfr" for a electors of the said School District; P'""? P""’'v‘?j. and by more than oneithird of the I '■'re'nabove fixed for the holding resident freeholders of the said School!^ 9” xv ♦ \v o a a D^^^t-ef-th. oge-of^-year^andjj^S^T'O^ «■ i be and they hereby are appointed above; AND, VN HEFtEA.S’ a sun’ey of managers to conduct the said election .said . SchPol District has been made same shall be conducted by by a competent surveyor and plat managers under the provisions of thereof ju»tle, which is now^ laws relating to elections in this state. SECTION 4. That ballots be pre pared on which shall be printed the in the office of the Clerk of Court for [.auren-s County; AND, WHEREAS, the issue of said words “FOR BONDS’’and “AGAINST bonds, together with ail bonds and BO.NDS’’ and said ballots shall be past indebtedness now against • the .said School District, will not exceed the limitation provided for by law, placed with the managers of the elec tion and the qualified electors voting at such election shall use the said and will not increase the debt of the_ ballots thereat. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT MISLED BY CANDIDATE ON TRAIN,FROM Elconomist Takes Optimistic View .1. Odell, L. R. Hellams. Kkfim: L. Phillips. T. J. T. Burton. Goldville: .1. P. Byars, Clyde Fran cis, '.Mrs. K. H. .Mi'Gei*. GEORGIA SENATOR SMITH SAYS Rottom of I)epres.sion Reached In Ji Show Improvement. nies Remark. (’ongre.N.sional Ret*f»rd Show.s He Did Not Say “.Man ('an Live On 50 (’ents a Day.” Statement Tsed Only In Plea for Pay F)quality As Illustration. Gray’fh: E. T. Fincher, C .E. Mcln- tire, Sloan Westmoreland. Gray Court: .lohn B. McCuen, Ray mond .A. ('ani|>l)ell, W. D. Owens. Hoi>ew«‘ll: .Munson Buford, T. J. I>avenport, .Ir., W. P. Dick.son. Declaring that “I know the people^ of South Caiolina beliiwe in fair play and they will not approve a candi-: ilate’s misleailing a great president of] ©111 Thompson,'L. H. lA)tt. Hickory Tavern: .1. ('. Roper, W. A. Baldwin, M. L. .McDaniel. I.anford: Mrs. .1. S. Higgins, .1. W. .Johnson, G. M. Harlan. laitigslon; Bryan Goodwin, .Steve Clark, K. L. Donnan. Jr. luiiiii'iis City: B. M. Wollf, Gladys KopiT, Mis. Lena Hill. I.ong Branch: Herhert Chaney, Will Gunntnghatn. Will Brown. luiiireiis .Mills; ('. B. .Mnains, Mis. M.iyhell ( t>hh, ('lan nee .lones, W, 1.. tlaston, .li., i'. A. Baldwin, elerk. l.auM'Hs Mills; C. B. Adams, .Mrs. Coleman, ' ail .iohiison. .Meina' /. C, Kec\es, ' alvin Iheis, .1, !•, riiinhliii. ■Ml. n!i\i ; .lidin !•. Kmght, W. (>s- wixal- M.iitin, .1. llio.’iiiii' Hill.' Meiint\ ill*'; II. N . .loiU ', Watt Bry son. D \. Ilu'luiiilsKii. Mt. I’lea'ant: C. \V. .Madden, T. F. F. .Mooif, Burts NeKon. Oia.**!'. .M. Mi'('lintuek, .'s. 11, Byrd, John- Blakely. Owings: F. S. Stoddard. IC .1. Bry- •son. .1. C. Owings. Pleasant .Mound; C. K. Bimlette, Ray Garrett, Is'e Wi-st. Poplar S|»iings; Guy Elledge, IV Walker. L. C. Taylor. A. Hughes, clerk. Pnmeton; W. I. Freeman, K, Ridgeway, Wi.star Cooiier. Keiino: Tan M. Kay, .)#mes 4'<'peland, .Mrs. .luhn Bell. in the hope of gaining a jiersonal po litical advantage.’’ | Clevelaml ii'onomist ileclared; ^ “The present improvement in bus iness is unmistakahle, but it has not , , , , • , ■ , I lyt lastefl long enough to let us know Roosevelt s remark in his South ( aro-1 producing the de- lina speech yesteniay about P‘*oP ,vHopments that would insure a dur- living “on .Ml-'cents a day possibly .. ning for reelcK-tion, Friday issued the to a speech made by Senator ' following statement: Smith of .South Carolina opposing the territory covered by the said School District, or portions, of it, whether placed upon the same by the said School District, or other political di visions, or municipal corporations cov ering or extending over the said ter ritory beyond the limitation fixed by the Constitution and Laws of the State of South Carolina. I THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Trustees of Hunter School ' District No. 5, of I.Aurens County, State of South Carolina, in' session lassembleil, this the 10th day of Aug- In June, He Says. Business ust, 1H3S: SIX’TION 1. That an election be and the same hereby is ordered to be Cleveland, Aug. l.'». — “It seems held in the High School Building in [irohahle,’’ (Ol. I.A-onard P. .Ayer.s said the^ Town of Clinton, Hunter School to<iay, "that the bottom of this re-: Di.strict No. 5, County and State I iiewetl <lepies,'*i('J^ was reached in above named, on the question of ia- ..hintu^- - - • j suing rotipoit bomls trf the-aatd-School Writing in the Cleveland Trust] District in the amount of Sixty-five ! Co.’s monthly business bulletin, the SECTION 5. Ana upon the ciose of the election the managers shall make a return thereof to this Board of Trustees so that it may declare the result in accordance with the law in that behalf. Done and ratified in meeting as sembled this 10th day of August, 1938. W. C. OXLEY, ROBERT S. OWENS, E. D. CRAIG, C. E. GALLOW’AY, C. N. MAUNEY, Trustees of Hunter School District No, 5. Attest: ROBERT S. OWENS, Clerk of the Board.'' 18-2c SUBSCRIBE TO 'THE CHRONICLB —tTbe^Taper Exerybody Reads’* SMITH’S REMARK OKFK'IAI.LY (JIVEN FROM REtORD Jones’ .Store: Hitch Bagwell, Har-'the United States in the hope of gain-J Wa.shington, Aug. 12.— President When HEADACHE ing a personal political advantage,” Senator Ellison D. Smith, who run-' recovery. “One inijiortant fundamentai ele-i , , , ,, , , .,,, nient in its favor is that we are prob-| The president, speaking in Green- wages and hours hill July .10. l.'-L. ' The senator said New England cot ton mills had movetl to .S»»uth Carolina when U'ille Thursday night, .said he did not I believe any family or any man could live on rid cents a day. I am in hearty accord with the' statement. The prest- material and railroads dent should not l»<' criticized by my interior points. “God <lid it." .Smith agricultural harvests in The prices will be low-} the largest re there was raw material water |;|'’’,^^^;;''|',^; power facilities for shipping constitute a most foi .sending_it factor in iconoinic outlook. 1« Due To GMittipatiofi Often one of the first-felt effects of constipation It m headache. Take a dote or two of purely yegetable Black-Draught I That's the sensible way —rellere the constipation. I^Joy the refrefh- Ing relief which thousands of people • have reported from the use of Bla^- Draught Sold in 2S-cent packages. 1 ! Dr. Felder Smith talked to train and only one candidate evidently he was friends for intimating that such a slateno’iit had lieeii made iiy me. We nnist rmnemher that the Pn’sident * > on th«' milled into making this statement which on several oeiaNioiis have been made l»y that candidate and on each (K'easion lias hcmi denounced by me- as untrue. Mad tile president read iny statement in the ( ongressional Record, which merely stated a hypothetical case by way of illustration, 1 am confident he wiiuld never have rnadt* his statement {last night, and Record, 1 am sun d. “I did not. ,jj •Th an lie gave us a climate that di( «|uiie much clothing and did iu>t re- qui^e very much heat dining the win- (tangor not re- oH. rit.' factor in iconoinic ino-^t thn-atening factor is the of another, great war in the BliCIC-DItAUCHT A GOOD LAZATTVB of DRS. SMITH & SMITH OPTOMETRISTS Specialist In Eye Examinations Office Hours 8 to 6 Daily Phone 29-W for Appointment Clinton. S. C. i ter', where something eilihle grow< tlie 12 month" ar-tuinl. where the windows can he opened and healthy luee/.e.s can ventilate the faetoiie"; -'.i the textile liiills came .'south. It did not require as much to support either employer fj,,. j,, upturn few sign or employe in my section as ij did in jncieases have appeared. the less fortunate climate of the .Northeast. "This hill proposes, by a process of higher wage.s an<l addeil expense, to On the gloom.v side. Col, .Ayers said "all our inqiortant business' re-^ COM i n " fimn deprc'sions have been sii."t;H'nerl by increased expenditures hy hti-iiu".' enterprise for enla?gt*<l plants, imtuoved equipment, ami the linaneing of imw undertakings. J^o of SlK'h H.i K. M. State of South Carolina, County of l.aurens. . . - . , . .1. k. 1 i- V .u Court of Common Pleas. 1 when he reads the counteract the handioiup of the North- SUMMONS 1 he will resent hav- east . . This whole hill, whether in-| linx '..■.■I, or oth.y,.,.. b«s.,l „l,ninik<r.t«r of tho K.,tatc of •■I nn, in hoarly aa-or.l with tho'on tho pnnciplo of ch..ckin|! tho in-|j,,.j, y. Doooajod, Plaintiff, ! vs. Be.ssio Garvin McMurray, Mrs. of checking the in-1 sentiment expressed by the president, 1 evitable rise of the South from the that no person could he expt'cted tol lowly condition in which the ( onfi“<l- live on .'it) cent.s a day. During my en-;crate war left it . . . ’* 'Mrs tire vears service senate “In other words, if South Carolina Conyers Mayer, Mrs. Florence Ingram. Miss Ingram, Defendants, ABOVE Cook, W. D. Sti*wart. Tip Top; W. R. Sims. H. L. Bag- well, Rufus Oxner. Trinity-Ridge: Norwood Martin, C. D. Wilson, Oscar Bolt. , . , . V u SUMMONED ceived the endorsement of the Amen- have windows in the houses so oon-j^^^j required to answer the complaint [can Federation of Ubor and the on- struct^ th»t pet>^e-will not sufferr-^^ this action of which a copy is here- dorsement of 23 other labor organiza- then the wage in South Carolina sha.F ^ tions, including the great Railway , bo raised to $1.50. ^.jeopy of your answer to the said com- **’ ' plaint on Robert S. Owens, one of the Brotherhoods. Waterloo: .1. f'oleman, L. Watts Mills: Knight, Lirry L. Fennel, Jr., Tom !/ .Moore. R. E. Sorgee, Palmer Weeks, Minnie I>ee ‘I was the original author ‘You may be a]jle to (orce thi and thing on the Soutli, hut a false prin- altorney’s for the plaintiff, at his of- sponsor of the Smith-Burnet immigra- ciple wrought inUi real life will work at Clinton, S. C., within tw'enty Brew’ington. .'"♦xTetary. WfMHlville; L D. Armstrong, Grady Babb, ,1. E. Wham. Youngs: W. W. Wallace, Homer At lercrombie, John Dewey Manly. tion law, which began our policy of itself out in disaster restricting importation of cheap for- ^ eign labor into this country to com- MRS. AGNES RICE SWYGERT pete with .American labor “During my entire service I have Laurens, Aug. 15. ailvocated higher wages for all cm- Swygert, wiN* of Captain Brooks' ployes. In 1934 1 rt'alized that rt*cov- Swygert, died at her home here this cry could not be had by rtnlucing the afternoon following a long illness. RUBBER STAMPS Any kind, to fit any business. 24-hour ser vice. Reasonable prices. Telephone 74. The Chronicle Printers • Stationers purchasing power of the people and, She was a native of I^urens county,' I voted to restore the wages of gov- a daughter of the late William G. ernment employes which had been re- and Sarah Eliza Simms Rice, and duced as a. result of the president’s had been a prominent resident of this I'conomy program. I did this because * city since 1902. 1 know the wages of government em-' Mrs. Swygert was a member of St. ployes affect the wages of employes John’s Lutheran church of Clinton in private industry and 1 have always and a life-long member of the mis- advocated improvement in the wage | sionary society of her church. She scale of workers in South Carolina and the nation. "In like manner, when the president as part of his economy program, brought about a reduction in the com 666 eurea MALARIA in 7 days. Relieves COLDS first day prehension of veterans, I did not be lieve that they could was also a member of Henry Iau-i rens chapter, D. A. R., J. B. Ker- sha'W’ chapter U. D. C., Adah chap ter O. E. S., the Laurens Civic league days after the service hereof, cxclu-' sive of the date of such service and if you fail to answer the complaint j .within the time aforesaid, the plain-' Am. Agnm action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded jn the complaint. ROBERT S. OWENS, ALAN JOHNSTONE, Jr. Plaintiffs Attorneys. Dated at Clinton. S. C., this iTth day of December, 1937. TO THE DEFENDAxNTS, MRS. JUUA CONYERS MAYER, MRS. FLORENCE CONYERS BATEY, AL BERT INGRAM. MISS EDNA IN GRAM, MISS MINNIE INGRAM, H. E .DIGBY: TAKE NOTICE that the complaint in this action together with the sum mons, of which the foregoing is a copy, was filed in the office of the and the Wednesday club.^ Besides her husband ^e survived Court'of Common Pleas of live on the.by a daughter, Miss Sarah Eliza Swy- La^^ens County, at Laurens, in the , d I voted tolgert, Uurens; one stepson. Thomas, Laurens. State of South I restore the amounts that has been I. Swygert, Columbia; one sister, Mrs. Carolina,' on the '26th day of July taken from the veterans and when the.R. L. Stuarl of Coronaca; a brother, : president vetoed the 'bill, 1 voted to l the Rev. A, Q. Rice of Spartanburg,} ROBEIRT S OWENS HEADACHE, 80 ainatM lifoid. Tablets Halve, Neat Drop# Try -Bab-lly.Tiaa*»-Warfcra BaH Uahaeat I voted tol the Rev. A. Q. Rice of Spartanburg,, ov'erride his veto. He was just as con-! and a number of nieces and nephews. 1 ALAN JOHNSTY)NE Jr .scieniious in his position as I was in! Funeral services were held at thej Plaintiffs Attorneys mine. i residence -^sday^ afternoon at five ^ August, 1938. ‘ o’clock conducted by her pastor. Rev. M. R. Wingard. Burial followed at the family plot in the Laurens ceme- know the people of South Caro- lina believe in fair play and they will not approve a candidate’s misleading a great president of the United States jtery. Snlwcribe Te THE CHRONICLB **Thc Papw Bverybedy Reads’* OFFICE SUPPLIES THOSE SMALL.... BUT ESSENTIAL THINGS . . . about the office — trays for your desk, blotter pad, waste paper basket, letter files, pencils, ink welLs, rubber bands, carbon paper, second sheets, etc.—are very useful when you need them. Let us keep you supplied with all office accessories. 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