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' THE CLINTON CHRONKXB, CLINTON, S. C.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1940
(Slmtan (El^ronirU
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Nobody’s Business
Bjr Gee McGee
I says if he gets anny pay it will come
j from the state, a case of small-pox
j broke out in our midst last thuraday,
but later on, he dog-nosed it as pizen
ivy which the man got while on a
[fishing trip that is all he ketched.
The Friend'ef the Ftflh Celnmnists - but vaccineilors will go on Just the
Spoke Hto Mind
[>||tr
sleeves
same, everboddy pull up yo
mr. holsum moore was telling the I and grit your teeths
boys at the citiy hall last tuesdayj
about heai^ing a radio talk a weekj miss Jennie \tove smith, our af-
or so s^o by an italy-an from new ficient schuU principle, is getting
york citty, who happens to be in'reddy for her next semester, she
[congress, he understo^ his name to took a post-gradurate coarse in
'be mark anntonio. he was tnad at;something ip virginny this summer
{the u. s. congress for passing a bill and will broaden her views add ac-
requiring all aliens to reggister and tivities in the fAture. she lost some
be finger-printed, it looks like he is ^weight While away, but is still verry
'going to see that the govverment'robust ansoforth.’she thought of try-
I nullifies that act, even if he has to ing to diet herself down to 175, but
i^et mussy-leana to help him. jthe doctor advised against it. she is
^ fond of sweets and star;hes, and
CLINTON. S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 15. 1940
, mr. anntonio said in these u. s. all usually eats all she wants,
men is equal, much less all wimmen, i
agent has benn viasittng his collat
erals and he do not seem to smile as
much as he smiled Isist year when he
paid a trip to look them over, be
lost 45$ on holsum moore, Jr., last
season and it looks like he is going
to lost 45$ again this year, plus what
he put back into him. he wont work
and it aint the boll weevil, so his
wife says.
yores trulie,
mike lark, rfd.
Pre-School Clinics
Here August 27
dence sdtool Lydia, at 9:30 am., and
at Academy Street school at 11 am.
As smallpox vaccination is expected
of all children entering sriKwl, pv-
ents are lu'ged to have ffiem vacci
nated at one of these clinics, orsby
the family physician before the
opening of school.
; he considered it a sin and a shame: crops in our midst are not as
1 lina, last year was $25,000,000, with ^ disgrace to make furriners [ promising as they appeared to be a
THE WAR IN EUROPE , , _ „ . _ .
When the terrible war in Europe 'ess than $3,000,000 of the aniount and tell who they are and few weeks ago. the govverment loan
and how its outcome might affect coming to the state in revenue. Con-^^at they are doing over here, he,
America is discussed, there are. us- sumption of ^alcohol is increasing at j stated that these furrin-bomed men|
iiallv manv expressions of opinion, alarming rate in our state (and and wimmen came over here and;
but very few fa^ts brought out. WhOja" .«ver the United States) as sU-;^orked hard for a livving, but he
(PoUUcsl Advertisement)
will win ’ Most folks reply Germany.I t's^cs and police records reveal. The failed to say that uncle sam diddent;
We frankly don't know, but England 'aMSe increase m violation of law.
frankly
is proving beyond a doubt that she
is ,aQt._ another France. What will
send for them and beg them to locate
cases in Laurens county according j america. they came over on their
to the sheriff, is due to increased o^vn accord, possibly in the steerage.
haDD^nlo the United States if Hitler."quoT drinking. Consumption- fig-‘tut now. mr. moore said, they arc
conquers Britain'’ We don't know'^res show an increase every month getting cocky ansoforth.
that either, but we do know that alf'nce repeal, the nation over. Sa-j *
vei v larce number of people who. especially in the large cities, mr. moore diddent like mark ann-
ar. eS^"rexpre"^E beliefs ar. b,e*dmg centers for law uu. a-UU. he »aid that it,
are orettv nervous about the possi-ia^f* P'ying youth and adults, those italy-ans, in whose behaff he
• I throughout the nation with the vin^,^as speaking, diddent want to reg-;
.u„ of anarchy and disorder. What do jster and be finger-printed, why,
It IS ea.sy to say mat the Germans today? One saloon for every [they could go back to deer‘old italy
could not land an arrny big enoug farnilies in the United States; two land become, one of mussy-lena’s
to bother us; across .saloons for every church; five s?-' own. they din’t only finger-print the
miles of ocean. We dpnt ue'‘.^ve joons fof- every three public schools; folks in italy and germanny and oth-
they can. or ever will. But against dollars spent for liquor forj^r european .countries: they own
, them; boddy and sole, and use them
italy and germanny
. v.vc— for'er european .countries: they own
this belief siand.s the fact fu ev@ry two dollars expended for edu
Ignited States acfuallx in our state therc ^rc-more[just like we use mules and hos^si
than 500 liquor stores. The nation’s and other domestic annimals over
%i niy oi
ine .men in Europe 22 years ago.
We
drink bill exceeds five billion dollars j here, except our u. s. annimals have
were and continues to climb from year to,5;ome freedom at night.
was spent i
advertisings such polliticians as mark anntonio
refuses to and John i. lewis and that feller
our allies had control of the Atlantic 535 000,000
ocean. German submarines and cruis- f^j. jjquor
CIS fried to .stop our troops from ^ Chronicle
cros.sing the .sea, but were ”ot_nu-. increase salesf mdueej-brid^-irwhat makes"^Tt"UTfficult-for •"
merous and powerful enough. They j drink more, and to edu-{our democracy to remain demmo-
made a poor .Rowing, as we all re- young generation, our boysicratic. mr, slim chance, sr., says the
call. But If Germany should gam drinking habit,
control of the Atlantic, by a victory ^ among girls and women is
over Britain, who is to stop Hitler'
day is comming over here when we'
will have to do more than finger
print a few furriners. an honnest
on a steady increase. In many sec-
from invading any part of this con- ^f fhe country conditions have 1 citizen doesn’t object to complying
tinent. A t'niely. sensible question, hecome so shocking, a report states,[with the law: it’s crooks and rascals
' that even the wets have introduced
wc must agree.
The plain fact is that we prevent wdmen and
been relying upon the British rra\y young girls from drinking at public
to guard our Atlantic shores wnile ^gj.g Traffic accidents due to liquor
our warsljips kept_w^tch_tp^the west- drinking have enormously increased
ward. W e have w’aked up to the repeal of prohibition.
of a two-ocean navy, but we are.
, . . ,, , * I Don’t be fooled by the “tax talk”
told oy those who should know, that jjgjfjg spread by the so-called Asso-
it will be five o*" s'^ ciation for Prohibition Reform. The
it can be built. What will the 1 truth is
tor powers, if they are victorious'
that fear the open, mr, moore said
he coulddent understand why thej
raddio would let folks like that'
italy-an talk over it. this is time for
fr|ee ^sp^ech oJc., but it is allso the
"time to be careful how you talk and
what you say.
’ paid
in 1939 South Carolinians
^ . , J . , , $57,000,000 state and local
over Britain, be doing in the mean- .jg^es. Liquor, including beer and
, .. , . . ! w'ine, paid only four and one-half
The vital question for the Amen-; ^^is
can people to consider now is this:
What are we going to do about it if
Items of Very Little Interest From
FUt Rock
the wedding which was advertised
to be held enduring july was put off
indeffinite. this was to have took
I place in flat rock, something went
What do such facts and figures j wrong, the proposed groom left the '
week befoar. it is best not to discuss
a foreign enemy decides that the;*"®''®.®'’ I it on hAr fathAr «aiH Ka waa worth
time has come for the conquest of, "'others, sitl her father
America before we are ready to stoo ®o"'P'®®®"tly refusing to raise les^ so fv as a. husband wn-
Amenca, oetore we are ready to st P voices and cast their baillots 1 cerned. she has benn livving off of
them from landing an excieditionary 1 , .v • ^
force:’ Will we wait until they start,*" P"'>'*® P*'otest. T^e pity of it is,her parronts and can kwp on
before we call for volunteers and that so many people are afraid ^ she says, this is her secont
.start to train them in the use of'**P®®'' "" for fear they will hurt| failure,
modern fighting machines" Or will ^ome one s feelings or do injury in
we begin now to train our young |^"*® '''®y to their business,
men to defend the^r country, at the! PubUc sentiment is strongly turn-'
same time that we are building the^'Og against the liquor busmess. Peo-
implements of war for them to use P'o who use their eyes and inform
Through the cooperatloo of the
Laurens Cqunty Health deportment,
the local schools have arranged two
pre-school clinics for the vaccination
of all children who have not had this
protectipn against smallpox, on
Tuesday of next week, August 27.
The county nurse will be at Prori-
Gray
Funeral Home
Qintoflu S. C.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
EMBALMERS
Ambalaaee Senriee
Phonm 41 and S99-J
L. RUSSELL GRAY and
V. PARKS ADAIR. Gen. Mgrs.
Send Him Back!
ROBT.CWASSON
For Re-election
, House of
Representatives
FAITHFUL—CONSISTENT
REGULAR
Having been your representa
tive for four years (two terms)
I will deem it an honor to rep
resent yon again. .
against those who would destroy the
liberty upon which our American
system is founded.
Every American hopes that we
themselves, ^an readily see that con-
dr. hubbert green has agreed to
vaccinate all scholl children betwixt
the ages of 8 and 14-for nothing, he
LAND SALE
ditions are growing worse daily toj
breed crime and lawlessness. I
The State of South Caroliina,
County of Laurens.
Court of Common Pleas.
shall never have to use the fighting lina being in the liquor business for
equipment which we are now start- varied reasons, go to the polls
ing to construct. This is no time for, next Tuesday and vote YES. Don’t
war hysteria or propaganda. But it .be confvised by the superfluous and
would be time and money wasted if {improperly worded ballot. And while
we did not know- how to use the'expressing- ourselves on the impor-
tools we are now spending billions Uant question, we should take every
for if we should be forced ■ in the+preipution to select nren from our
future to do so to protect our nation, couhty to the general assembly who
I both politically and personally, are
VOTE “YES” IN THE LIQUOR dry. And what applies to these of-
If you are opposed to South Caro- j 3 Townsend, Plaintiff, vs D.
REFERENDUM
I officeholders
When the voters of South Carolina elected,
go to the polls next Tuesday they
will be given ballots to exnress'
ficials should equally apply to all; property, to-wit:
Workman Johnson and Mrs. Alice
Smith Worthy, Defendants. ’
Pursuant to a decree of the Uoiut
in the above stated case, I will sell
at public outcry to the highest bid
der, either in or in front of the
court hopse at Laurens, S. C., pfi
Sales Day in ^ptember next, l^ing
Monday, the 2nd day of September,
1940, during the legal hours for
such sales, the following described
WHAT WILL THE
LOAN COST ME?
That Is a Sensible Question and
We C!an Answer It D^nitely >
You will know in advance exactly what your monthly
payments lor principal and interest wlH be for the dura
tion of the loan . . . There will be no future renewal or
commission expenses.
Before you commit yoursdf to ANY home LOAN,
come in and get the firil particuiars about our simple and ,»
■y——I ’ ml I I -t^Tj.TiAi»»n n« f ~nft fiOA»r»T~Ti ft, fnii-|yii-iTi'll I iiii I iiMii mil iiyi i ■ iii k
economical loans to boy, build, modernize or refinance
your own home. We can help you as we have hundreds
of Clinton home-owners.
Each Account Insured Uti To $^,000
EDERALMVINGS
[AMO LOAN ASSOCIATION
Tclephona N*. $
A Clinton Institution Serving Clinton People Since 1909
V
CFetltfaU AivertisemMiQ
(PelMml
of the county to be
^ In facing the wet-dry issue the;
' State Federated Forces for Temper-'
themselves yes or no. m a liquor ref- ^aw Enforcement has cTll-j
erendum. r ,u v. n J®<^ "PO" people to vote “Yes,”i
uJ ^ ''**"°Nciting the following convincing facts!
(on the side of the drys:
! I, Alcohol (in beer, ale.
to be u.sed:
wine,
brandy, whiskey, rum, etc.) is (1) a
poison, (2) a narcotic, and (3) a
habit-forming drug. No alcoholic
beverage shoi^ be drunk by any
person.
2. The traffic in 'alcoholic bever-
uge.c is a bad business and hurts all
good business. It we South Carolin
ians would keep at home the $25,-
000,000 we now epend each year for
beer, wine and hard liquors, we
n-)uld have $100:000,000 more busi-
Do you favor discontinuing the
legal .>^ale of intoxicating liquors,
wines, beers ,or other intoxicat
ing beverages and the imposi
tion of new taxes to replace lost
Revenues as a result of the re-.,
peal of the present liquor law?
YES
NO
(Vote for one, scratch other).
There is considerable dissatisfac
tion, as there should be, with the
wording of the wet-dry issue. The
ticket is ambiguous, and the “drag- ness.
in” as to taxes is superfluous. The| 3. The revenue argument is not,
issue is a moral question, not one of .sound. Liquor only pays 5 per centj
taxes, and the talk being dissemi- of our state and local taxes. About
nated about revenue by the alcoholic i2c comes back in revenue, while
beverage industry is altogether mis-188c goes to the liquor trade, most of
leading. With the spending of every.u clear out of the state and so is a
dollar for alcohol, 12 cents goes to dead loss to us. Crime has increased
the state, and 88 wnts to the liquor 40 per cent since repeal and the vio-
trade. The decision should be a lations of the liquor law 51 per cent,
clear-cut vote on the legal sale of This means much more courts and
alcoholic drinks. The ticket ought to jail expense paid by *taxpayers.
be worded vote “yes” if in favor of 4. Uquor is not a friend of the
discontinuing the legal sale of alco- farmer, nof of the laborer. None of
holic drinks and “no” if not in favor. South. CaroUna’s grain is sold to the
The question of revenue should be Hquor industry. And labor has lost
left out entirely. The ballot has more Jobs here than they have gain-
probably been thi^ worded with the ed by the return of liquor,
idea of, influencing the people to 5. No home or community is made
vote “no” for fear of losing revenue, happier or better by alcohoUc bev-
which will mean the imposition of
other taxes to replace the revenue
that would be lost.
The liquor traffic has recently
been described by the national pres-
erages. No person is any healthier
by drinking. But thousands of our
people and homes and communities
are wrecked and ruined by liquor.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink
ident of Woman’s Christian Temper- is raging, and whosoever is deceived
ance union as a “most dangerous
fifth column” menacing the nation’s
welfare: “It is not a totalitarian foe
from the outside but one entrenched
behind millions of invested capital
and behind federal and state laws
iwittwi under its political pressure.”
Legal liquor sate ia South Caux>-
thereby is not wise.”—Proverbs 20:1.
WE DO ALL KINDS OP PRINTIKG
—EXCEPT BAD
CHRONICLB PUBLISHING CO.
BUBBtt BfAMPS
AH Siasa — Qtek Ssette
All that piece, parcel or tract
of land situate, lying and being
alxiut five (5) miles southwest
of the Town of Clinton, in the
County of Laurens, State .of
South Carolina, containing seven
(7) acres, more or less ,and be
ing bounded on the west by a
Laurens County public road that
leads off from S. C. Highway
No. 7; and on the south by the
same above named public road;
on the east by lands formerly of
Carl T. Chandler, now of D.
Workman Johnson; and on the
north by lands formerly known
as the S. T. Bailey Place.
Also the rights and privileges
of water from a natural spring
located near the line of this
property on the north. The said
tract of land is the same and
identical property acquired by
D. Workman Johnson, by deed
of Dr. T. L. W. Bailey and Annie
D. Bailey dated Sept. 3, 1937,
and recorded Sept. 6, 1937, in
Deed Book 72 at page 91, in the
office of the Clerk of Court for
Laurens County, South 'Casp-
lina.
Terms of Sale: Cash. The success
ful bidder other than the plainUff
heroin, immediately upon the con-
cluaion of the bidding, shall deposit
with the Clerk of Court the sum o(
five (5%) per centum of the amount
bid as a guarantee of his good faith
in the bidding. The same to be ap
plied to the purchase price upmi
complyhig with the terms of sale,
otherwise to be paid to plaintiff fbr
credit on the indebtednm. In tte
event the successful bidder fhaR
fail to mate such deposit, or should
fail Ip coiiwly with ffie term of
sale, the said lands shall be re-ac^
on the same oc some subs^uent
sales day on the same terms, at ^
risk of ths defaulting purduwtr. The
puiThasei' to pay for papers, stamps
and recording.
VIC R, FLEMpVG.
CleiiE of Court, Launms Counigr.
RE-ELECT
To A Second Term
He has co-operated fully and actively with local law eaforeement officials, and has prompt
ly and efficiently disposed of all cases for. trial as early as possible. •
He has been fair and courteous .to wituosses teotifying In Court and has realised that his
duty b to protect the Innocent ss well as to see that the guilty are pnaished.
He has prssecuted and not persecuted and ha$ refused to pomU the offlee of SoHeitor to bo
used as a tool for any faction or claas.
He hat refused to allow his poUUeal ambitions to outer Info or bo fionddcrsi In earryfaig out
the duties of Uib office and has tried to keep even the scales of iustte. making doubly sure
that no fate weights are naed.
In cases where young men or boys are first offondero .he has always had as hit nltimato
object the idea of making good eittena oat of these first offeaders by gtring them auuttier
chance, as far as the law allowed, and he holiaves that this hat proved saoeoastul la a large
percentage of eases.
He has called for trial non-tnpport and sther Uko easts, which are far the benefit af wam-
en and helplem ehlldrea, as sarly as poarihls.
la addttloa to what he had to affbr the $ttisens of this ChMalt tour years hs asw sHen
the benefit of tev^nable experience and trslnfcag which ha has aaqtead daring Ida flrri tern
of fear years as SsHeltor.
If re-elected, te will eoatlnuo to devote his host efforts toward fdUllilag the iattas of thto
affice.
Following is tUspooition of casaa for the period froM Jaiiiary, 1937, to June Ist.
1940:
LAURENS COUNTY
Numher of cases called for trial. ...399
neas of guilty .173
Direeted verdict of not guilty
at the ipqoest of the Solici
tor because of insulleiont
evidence to sustain eonvfe-
tion
Num^r cases tried by Jury....
Verdicts of iruilty by Jury 59
Verdicts of not guilty by
Jury 35
2
94
4^
CHtcurr
Nnunbi^jof cpses calM for trid]...:ai0
PlMto Jr tiply....,.:....:....... ,.598
Directod voilet of uot guilty
at the rouucst of the Solic
tor hacauig of hmiMdoBt
ovidiiBBi to sastaih convic-
tiuii - - 14
Numite cases triad by Jory....228
Verdiets of guilty by Jury..165
Verdicts of not guilty by
•Iwy 9i
Make (Jse of That Valuable Training and Experienee By Vot
ing for and Re-electing Hugh Beasley Solidtwr.
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