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THE CUNTON CHRONICLE, CLHmRI^f^C.
TOUR8PAY, APilL 18, tM
(iltfr (Slintim QllirnnteU
EsUblished 1900
WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher
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I borry it, better than we do the daiL
they miss it allso.
les.
tODAy
have colds unless they catch them
from white men.
Nobody knows what causes colds
and'Hir-noljody know? how to 'cure
them. My old doctor used to say:
as assistant, was elected police chief,
with David Powers as aasbtant chief.
Other poRce officers reelected were
Jtm Powers, Thad F. MOo^ Hayne'
Corbett, Guy L. Watson, Leroy Kee-
*T can give you something to cure ble and Luther l^iddle. Sam Reid and
a cold in three weeks, but if you
leav^ it alone you’ll be well in twen
ty-one days.”
Earle Roland were named as new pa
trolmen of the city police depart
ment.
what is the war news doing? since
you stopped our paper we do not
know nothing, it looks like the big
rich folks are trying to keep us poor- J
folks in the dark, has finland whup-
ped russia yet? what has become of
hitler’s lightning arpiy? has he took
great brittan yet? you see we must
jail suffer because you stopped my|
• paper, i think if you will verrifyt
yore n^rds Uwt you will find that* ^advertised. Ifeven one of them were I Bramlett. jMitor;’Maxey feinptoton
I the load of wood i took you last fall Nobody knows how many employ- a sure cure the rest would,have to goUnd W. M. Switrer, fire truck driv-
, paid me up to June 30. but you stop- able^^ns are un^ployed in the out of business and the solitary cure- crs, with Mack Davis added as a new
ped It in april. ..
• TO.gt
I . The best evidenre, to my, mind, Frank H. Caine was reelected cHy
j that nobody has discovered a cure, clerk and treasurer, as were John F.
for colds is that there are so many ^ Montgomery, street supedntendenti
different cold remedies constantly} O. L. Xxn^, city attorney;' Dimk
, United States today. To be sure, there, all wouldn’t have to advertise
.is an official estimate that between'
CLINTON* S. C.. THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1940
IT S A CLEARING HOUSE
fhe nc\vW elected officers of the for future reference:
t
we have nothing to curl the girl’s million and eleven million peo-
^air with since the paper quit com- ‘ willing to work
i ing. i'wore it on my chist enduring i f**^^ jobs. But nobody hai
[the cold weather and it I is lucky that Iconfidence m official govern-
you* did not stop it in febberwary or j statistics, so some private insti-
‘i mought have ketched my death I have been checking up on un-
. , <T- u —with a cold and the newmony: i u^- emptoyment.
et or place jt in the office or home, paper i What they have found is that there
every week, they would of lasted fare {Kobably not more than three
Taylor Takes
Laurens Oath
man.
Alderman James H. Moore from
, Ward 4 was given the honor of being
J named as mayor pro-tem.
Mayor Taylor is general manager
jhere of the Squthem Cottons^ Oil
T....... niiUi.L. D 11.. plant and is identified with the
Tow n Oinciais and Police Are church and civic life of the commu-'
Reelected By New CouncilJnity
Police Chief Retires. ! —
Ch.iinber ol Commerce have a^umed APRIL 27'(Saturday): Democratic | longer, but you see i sjept in them, j million and certainly no more than.
oil ICC and already club meetings in each^ precinct. This I and allso got gravy spilt on them, j four million employable people whOj Laurens, April 16.—L. Hayne Tay-|
lor, elected last Tuesday as mayor
their duties. They hope to enlarge jg the foundation of the whole party vvhen you issued 8 sheets instid of'have not got jobs in private employ , ....wo.... iwaTu.
a depleted membership they state, organization, and every one 21 years.4 sheets i went without my vest, but*ment, and that includes about two!of Laurens for a two-year term was
and and in such a drive will aUempt old and over should attend. Elects j fojjjs got to crowding in front of me (million who are working for the inducted into office Monday night
to enlist as many business and pro- (j) club officers, and (2) delegates jq bad reading yore paper i had tojWPA. together with six aldermen who had
to the county convention
lessional men as possible.
This organization has no selfish 6 (Monday): County DemO-^
reading yore paper
put my vest back in.
together with six aldermen who had
If these figures are correct, and I' been named in the same elet^on.
think they are much more likely to] Lee S. McMillan, the retiring may-
mot i\es behind it^ it jcratip convention meets at 11 a. m. in[- mFi Cditi^r, start her up again, andjbe accurate than any government es-jor who did not offer for re-n^lna- .
4i.>’ tA onH offr^rtc fnr tFiP T ^ ——• —mi , aboi t ujj aKcttit, ciiiu avvuiaw viiaii airj^
use Its iniHa i\ . ,u„ ^be court house. Only delegates speak keep thbm coming every thursday as timates, then the country is not
progiess an v p _ land vote. Elects (1) delegates to the. the past, tell yore old lady that ly as bad off as we, have been told
community. yo . . state convention, (2) the county ex- jf jsjie is not at home when my turriby the calamity howlers. Things are
side looking m. you should get on ecutive committee. ‘ ^ -i ^ ^
the inside and help do your MAY 15 (Wednesday): State Dem-, left on her back steps, how about j lion more people in the nation than
. , . f , f *0 rvro ^ vr>itr ocrutic convcntion meets at 11 ajn.,'some young onions? we are. plant-1 in 1930, there are only seventy-eight
should feel free in the Capitol at Columbia. Only del- j ing them this week.
nipsallet gets there that it will be j picking up. While we have ten mil*
R A A VT 1C C? 4 A F^a _
It you are already a member, you
,4 . „ ..ritK thc Cupitol at Columbia. Only del-I ing them this week, they will go on
t " .h - tinne vt ill ho oirc- spcak and vote. Elects del-'our newspaper prescription allso. our
fhp nfficprs and agates to the national Democratic I address is rote out below, we have
u y consi i b. , convention at Chicago meeting July | not moved since last december. i
oar o ir 15. Also adopts rules for the party hope you are all well and up and
Commercial organizations are sue- . ^ , 11-1 i. . t .
f, , forganization and primary elections, about, rite or foam if you want
ce.'^.'^ful in exact ratio to the enthu-' ,• . , ,
,4 and elects the state executive com- some extry news from flat rock,
siasm and co-operation of the citi- i
thousand fewer people in private jobs
than there were ten years ago. ‘That
is not nearly as bad a situation as
near- tlon, opened the council meeting and,
presented his successor, to t^dmm the
oath of office was administered by!
City Attorney O. L. Long, Mr. Me- j
Millan took occasion to express his i
appreciation of the support he had:
b^n given by copncil and the people |
generally during his term. He be
spoke a successful administration for{
most people have been taught to. the new mayor and his councilmen
believe.
zen.s of the community which they.
serve. Four hundred dollars an acre'
yores trulie,
mike lark, rfd,
corry spondent.
mittee.
JUNE 4 (Monday-July 22: Each'
farm land wilf produce nothing un-[citizen expecting to vote in the pri-'
le.'^s labor and efforts and intelli-' mary must enroll his or her name in ^
gcnco are put into it. The same is the club roll book in his precinct and
trui' of commercial organizations, some time between the above dates, i
they get nowhere if they are mere AUGUST 27 (Tuesday), first pri-^
eating clubs and unless theyJioljd the m^ry eleptiop: Polls.open at 8 a.m.j
unflagging co-operation of their and close at 4 p.m. Persons ill or ab-j
communities. Included in the mem- sent from home can apply at least 5 i
ber.'^hip of this organization should days before the election date to the **^'^*^»^*^»"'***^**®**t»<''^»*«***»««"«*
be every business and professional secretary of the local club for am
man of the city. 'absentee ballot, but must observe
The time for unsound boosting s^-ictly the rules governing same.
DALE CARNEQE
Says-
and false confidence has passed. SEPTEMBER 10 (Tuesday), second
HE DIDN’T HAVE A SHEEPSKIN!
Very soon about 150,000 young peo
ple
in the United States will be
Clinton needs to wake up. we might primary: This is a fun-orf election
as well be honest and face the lacts
We need to get down to construc-
101 tnu.'e oilices that were not filled
by a majority vote in the first pri-
tive work on a sound, merit basis if mary. A third primary will be held
we are to take advantage of the qj ^ ^jg
awarded college degrees. Think of
opportunities that are ours.
A chamber of commerce or what-
that! Degrees! Sheepskin that will
tell the world how smart they are!
Would you like to hear what one
(college graduate did with his degree?
i He had to work incredibly hard to
NOVEMBER 5 (Tuesday after the gg^ fjg studied so late at night.
over such in organization mav be Monday in November), general j^ith a poor light, that he almost
ealkd: is a clear’ing house .so to went blind. His ejes^.^ bad that
speak, in the community. It is an
may vote any one oi the party tick-j he had to give up study and get a
agency through which we can “pool
our interests more effectively than
in any other organization.
ficers. [outdoor life helped his eyes, but did
I QUALIFICATIONS: (1) Go in per- not cure them. Finally he went back
son to the court house on some first to college and hired another student
THir avxKvttM' iiMFi I’FKrr Monday of any month and get your: to read to him.
Among all religious sects the Sq.i‘‘^Sistration certificate (good through. He graduated from Ohio univer-
cie«”f you reside in the;,,,^ „ had taken him sik
Quakers, has the widest reputation of |years to get through. He took the col- „
lor living in conformity to toe fun-taxjj^ duxloma home wUh ..
riKtian belief in , I threw it into the wastebasket! Then
Nobody’s Business
By Gee McGee
damental Christian belief in the
brotherhood of man. Its membership,*
although srhall by' comparison with I
other sects, has been foremost in
every effort to relieve human suffer-[
ing. regardless of the race, creed or
nationality of the sufferers. |
Forbidden by their religion to take , ,
part in war. the Quakers have been ^*wyer dewey,
quick to render e\ ery possible service york city,
to the victims of war. Under th? candy-date for pres.,
leadership of the most distinguished i .... •
living Quaker, Herbert Hoover, thei you have sevveral addmirers m flat
American wprk oX iMief for the civil-^ome of us believe toat you
lan population of Belgium during j good man m the-white
firft W'orld war an€l-“»f- the papplesi*^0 you think, mr. hol-
of all the rest of Europe after the «
war. stands out as one of the greatest' pressident. we should get
humanitarian achievements - of all they have to off^, and
time - .. . all fingers are pointing towards you
It is not surprising that a sect so writing,
famed for humanitarian efforts
should lately have gone on record in! a libberal republican with new
Its yearly meeting in favor of com- iders will suit us dimmercrats o.k.
bating racial hatred and religious in-, turned al-loose on the world from the
tolerance in America. The written i a large number of us have benn
he said, “Now I’m going to start out
and try to learn something.”
Well, that was America’s greatest
living inventor — Charles F, Ketter
ing.
His salary is $353,755 a year.
His official title with General Mo
tors corporation is “vice-president in
charge of research.”
All his life he has had a passion
for knowledge—yet when he-was go
ing to a little tumbledown, one-room
school 50 miles north oi Columbus,
Ohio, his teacher said he was dumb.
Not only that,. l;iut that he was “the
dumbest boy in school.” He had his
own way of getting information, and
it did not coincide with the teacher’s.
Finally he became a country school
teacher. One day an early x-ray ma
chine was brought to one town near
where young Kettering was teaching.
He told his pupils all he knew about j
it, then said, “That machine is going
to be important. The way for you to
POLITICS—Exaggerate
Politicians of both parties will tell
you that there are many times more
people unemployed than even the
government figures indicate. No poli
tician wants to admit that he has
been wrong in telling his constitu
ents about the seriousness of unem
ployment.
It is a very funny situation, in
which both Democrats and Republi
cans are concerned in trying to make
out that conditions in business and
industry are worse than they really
are. '
The Democrats want to keep the
public sold on the belief that the
government must keep on spending
great amounts of money to provide
for the unemployed. The Republicans
want to keep on pointing to the huge
volume of unemployment as proof
toat the Democrats have fail^ to
make a dent in the problem, though
they have spent billions in the at
tempt.
There never has been a time when
there were not some people unem
ployed. There has seldom been a
time when a man who was able to
work and willing to work could not
find employment of some sort. And
the talk about people starving is, all
bunk.
An interesting incident marked the'
preliminary proceedings when the j
retiring police chief, James T. Crews, |
was invited in and informed that his j
resignation, filed last week, had been i
accepted by council. Following a few {
well chosen remarks on his long ser-;
vice record and his unfailing fidelity I
to duty, it was directed that the vet- 1
eran officer be given his badge as a,
testimony of esteem and gratitude. 1
The presentation was made by Al- i
derman James H. Moore and R. Mill- '
er Brown. Chief Crews has been giv
en a retirement status, effective May
I, by the S. C. Police Insurance and
Annuity Fund commissioners.
Four of the aldermen of fhe pre
ceding administrati(m, Plato Roberts,
J. V. Timmerman, R. M. Brown and
J. H. Moofe, entered on neyz terms,
while George Y. Ferguson and J. D.
Williams are new council m^bers.
Following the induction ceremonies
council went into executive session
for the purpose of electing police and!
other city employees. j
James L. Prince, who had served 1
really btihe 116
^ right to if yon
get mined by a ooady
automobile accident.
After aU, it’s your fimh
that you foigot to
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S. W. SUMERBL
Aetiui-izer
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Clinton, S. C.
creed of the Society ot Friends is [belief rolls and w.p.a. and we are ^ ^
verv brief. Plans are under way totf^ow looking around, the matter of 1
add a section specifically urging all [Changing from one party to another j
tjuakers to avoid political and re-1 don’t mean nothing to us. what we!
machine was ten miles away.
He locked the school house door
ligious discrimination against any want is service, the new deal had itl®"^ walked with the children the ten
FACTS—^Few
Fac^ are the hardest things in the
world to find and it costs more to get
them than to buy diamonds. 'That is
one reason why there are so few un
questionable facts available to any
one who wants to find out the truth.
Even the reports of the cemus are
not one hundred per cent true,
though they conae closer to being
facts than any other statistics I know
of.
We will undoubtedly get a new set
of figures about unemployment when'
the census enumerators finish their
jobs sometime this spring. But after
the facts have been collected and
tabu la ted, the resulting statistics may
mean one thing to one set of experts
and something else to another set.
If the census includes as unem
ployed all the people who never have
worked, or who may have worked
once but don’t want to work any
more, it will present a much different
picture tham if it counted only the
men and whomen who have had the
habit of working, are still physically'
able to work and who can’t find jobs
of any kind to work at.
J. M. DeYOUNG & SONS
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ESTIMATES FREE RESIDENCES A SPECIALTY
, No Job Too Small (mt Too Large
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f
T. C. Johnson
Plumbing, Heating and Electric
Contractor
' OVER so YEARS EXPERIENCE
CLINTON, 8. C. PHONE S81
CENSUS—Objectors
clii.^.s or sect, and to'use their influ-,up to lately, but they have slowed
cnce to prevent such discrimination down. (p.s. we will tell you confi-,f^ ^ere hopping^ad No mach nej My gyess u that not more than one
bv others »dentially that f. d. r. won’t seek a ■ world was worth walkin kids, person in a thousand will follow sen-
^ i A . f .. V I th;)t far tn A lor:)] nrp^irhpr fFntlfxfrw T'^Kav*cp av\A mFsiba 4/h
The influence of the Quakers is ex-
3rd term).
tremely great in proportion to their
numbers. It may prove to be the most
potent force yet enlisted in the battle
against prejudices based upon re
ligious or racial grounds.
There has not been a time in years
when the gospel of the brotherhood
of man needed the support of good
if you will increase slim chance’s | agitation to fire the nitwit school
welifare check from 7$ to 10$ he (teacher. Fortunately he didn t suc-
will vote for you. if you will let mr.
that far to see! A local preacher got j ator Tobey’s advice and refuse to an
so mad about it that he started an [ swer census questions. Most people
citizens .so much as it does now. Con-
tom head plant less cotton and com
and give him a bigger farm parrity
check at the same time, you will have
him hog-tied, if you will work tow-
[ards getting another bonnus paid to
sidering how effective the work of
the Quakers has been in the past,
their reaffirmation of that doctrine
at this time is most encouraging to
everyone who sincerely believes in
tolerance.
the soldiers of the world war you
will get all of the lark and skinner
boys, they have benn broke ever
since 30 days after their last bonnus
was paid.
mr. art square will go republican
you. can assure him that he will
riON YEAR I head of the f. h. a. in flat rock
This Ls election year, and while jjjg follow suit if you
chief attention will be centered in theipiagg ^er boss, in the local sowing
ceed.
Every time you start your car, you
make a little bow to Charles F. Ket
tering. He invented the self-starter.
He did right well with his first or
der, for two million dollars’ worth.
He has been instrumental in the
invention of the electric cash regis
ter, Delco ignition. Ethyl gasoline,
Duco paint, an airplane that will fly
without a pilot and drop explosive
bombs on an enemy.
Recently he was working on an in
welcome a chance to tell all they
know.
There are some religious sects who
take the Bible literally and regard it
as sinfuf for the government to ask
or the people to answer census ques
tions. Five farmers who held that
view were arrested in 1930, but after
a night in jail they decided to put
their scruples aside rather than pay
a fine. *
The ground for this religious ob
jection to the census is found in the
Bible, in the twenty-first chapter of
the first book of Chronicles. It was
[Satan himself who incited King Da-
vention to make the i^s of the sun,
run an automobile. Dont call him!
presidential contest, a wide interest
room.
Vk uVu '^"“'•imany times,
think these matters over and 1 „ . .
. u 1 J * u- * .counted, the first census of any kind
crazy. That s been hurled at him too I hlsteiy
David appointed Poab as director
may also be expected m county poli- -ite or foam the undersigned yore! thing in his Ufe was that of‘the census. But Joab counted the,,
tics. In the state there is no race views, naturally we all suppose that i t^® resized that a coUege degree people of some of the Jewish tribes ’
either for the United States senate or<you continue all of the goodi*"®®"t little; that it was just prepa- andnot the others, because he'^
4 things of the preasent add-ministra-
tion as they relgto to the poor man.
governor, with six amgressional rac
es, however, to'be made.
In Laurens county» number of of- j we are not interested in the s.ex
fices must be Xilled this summer,[and the t.v4i. and the p.w.a. and the
state senator, house members, sher-1 finance, to railroads ansoforth: what
iff, clerk of court, supervisor, com-1 h.o.l.c. and tlje surtax and the war
missioners and coroner. The other of-,we want is something for the guy
fices are hold*-overs for the next two
years.
The coming of campaign year al
ways arouses interest on the part of
the voting public. It also calls forj^®®*’ mr. editor:
the setting in operation of election! i nottf that you have my
machinery with the club ixrecinct, paper again, you surely did hot get
meetings and going right on throui^ my letter of last week wbnart i told
the general election next November. | you that i would fetdi you aoine nice
who raiBy needs |ielpw
Am AMPeal for iMUreet Reliff
rations fqr study and achievement.
I though the kii4 was wrong. David;
(himself admitted that he had sinned|
Young Man Dies
In r'BlifnmSn I x"** world, but *lK> oUht
in v^ailinrillA'sects who take the Old Testaromt as
t in ordering a count of die people, and;
not only orthodox''Jews in many
literal history still believe it is wrong
Henry Lowell Davis, 40, died at {to number the people.
1^11, California; several days ago,
It is the duty of every citizen to vote.
The following is the election calen
dar for the year prepatnd’hy the ex
ecutive aacretary of ^ prohibition
and law enforcaraewt Iga)^ of this
stated HWi put in M four pock^,
mattgr-milUons and a few messes of
tumipgreens nfd k$Bg« start It back
up at <mce ang lodgaiit for the stuff
i will send' to fta. yeu certainly
have a nice ttttih aswqpiver; we like
ij meiMilng t aiM- nahon who
where he had made his home for the
past ten years.
The b<^ arrived here on Satur
day’s vestibule and thc funeral seri>
vice was held from the graveside at
Bellview cemetery near here, on
Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock.
The deceased is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Anna Davis, and four
children; his mother, Mrs; Lula Fv-
ris; and two sisters, Mrs. Dors New
ton of Omvillt, N. C., Mtd .Mri.
ChsriM NMMm of near Cttaton.
COLDS-^revalent
I’ve been laid with a cold, a
fact vdiich brhigs me into the com
pany of practically everybody else.
Very few peq;>le in Amcrkea have es«
cap^ colds in tihe hard, chilling win
ter we have just gone through.
1 sat at dinner not long ago qext
to Vilhalmur Steflanssom famcais
Afttie oxpjonr who ttveid lor two
years in an XUdmo now bourn dooo
to Iha l&hjSrSSmSmtaSSSi
a eaUL He t^ aae MdaMi anvar
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Meuw SPEEIl-^BCONOMY-SAFETY
As yon oia teU siiieerity Ik a hand ihaiw, so can you
judge our teal friendly son;ico. . . a friendly retathm-
ship that helps yod. Loan ag^lkations are preinpUy con
sidered; beat moner b availabie ghnost imaiediateiy.
You deal directly srith the managenent ngkinf your
loan ... often their advHe can save yon SMney. you’re
pfauining to hay, build, niddemise, or refinance, test this
friewBy plan ffni.
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