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-V THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE i_ You Don't Get the Newt Volume XLVII Clinton, S. C„ Thursday, December 18, 1947 Number 51 FURNITURE! FURNITURE! BEDROOM SUITES $119.95 to $299.95 ’ LIVING ROOM SUITES (3 pieces) $159.95 to $249.95 SOFA BEDS ' $79.95 to $112.95 LAWSON SOFAS $139.95 to $169.95 CHAIRS All Kinds — All Prices DINING ROOM SUITES (9 Pieces) Walnut or Mahogany —TABLES —LAMPS —DESKS —CHAIRS And Many Other Pieces. ^ Come—See—Buy Priced Right—Terms Easy MORRISON Furniture Co. Phone 425 BABSON BELIEVES SCHOOLS ORADUATE MANY SIUDENIS UNABLE 10 SPELL OR READ By Roger W. Babson Wellesley, Mass., Dec. 11.—The other night I attended the Men’s club of a local church. On the program indefinitely. It most certainly is so if the child has to go to school until he is eighteen. Most teachers are allowed 10 to 15 per cent “social promotions’’ by many school com- was singing by the high school glee mittees. As an old teacher tells me club of 50 students. It was wonder ful music. After ; the meeting, I sug gested to one of the teachers that it would be more interesting to the businessmen present—most of whom students are promoted from class to class and finally “graduated,” without the ability to read or write correctly or to do simple mental arithmetic correctly. They are vo- Pulpwood! We Buy Pine and Hard wood Pulpwood Loaded At Nearest Railroad Siding On Stump or Cut in Woods GOOD PRICES! PROMPT PAYMENT For Full Information, . . Write . - S. M. WALL LAURENS, S. C. were employers—1<3 put on demon- 1 mited out on an unsuspecting pub- strations in spelling and in mental^lie as “graduates,” with fourth arithmetic. The teacher replied “T-rn] grade educations. This must be cor- sorry but it would be a failure.” | rected if our public school system is Now there is, no objection to high' to command respect schools having glee clubs, bands, i ^ hockey teams, etc.—but why not al so give exhibitions in spelling, arith metic and some of the other things in which we businessmen are also interested? We especially would like to see the school teachers them selves give such an exhibition! I am very serious in making this suggestion. Yet if you as a reader pass these thoughts along to your high school principal' he will pass CREDITORS’ NOTICE All persons having cljfims against the estate of Mrs. Minnie Reid Bai ley, deceased, are hereby notiftd to file the same, duly verified, with the undersigned, and those indebted to said estate will please make payment likewise. "RUTH BAILEY, Executrix, Clinton, S. C. December 13, 1947.—25-4cw. CREDITORS* NOTICE All persons having claims against the estate of Blanche P. Durgin, de ceased, are hereby notified- to file the same duly verified, with the under signed, and those indbeted to said estate will please make payment likewise, G. N. FOY, Executor. November 26, 1947.—18-3c. MclNTOSH'S SHOE SHOP Send Your Shoes To Us for Best Materials and Workmanship. Dr. Felder Smith Optometrist Laurens, S. C. 126 EAST MAIN STREET South Side Public Square HOURS FOR EYE EXAMINATIONS: t oo to 5:30 Wednesdays 9:00 to 12:30 Phone 794 for Appointment **•»»*? *' -L A' By W. J. DRYDEN A good chick is determined them off with a laugh. He does not ra P id fathering, as shown by long recognize that you and others a re'* eatherin * of win * s and tai1 at 10 paying his salary. Voting of more money for schools will accomplish little. It even may hasten the break- to 14 days of age. This hieans rapid weight and early egg prdouction. The wedge shape of the cow on the down of our entire economy through I left proivdes width in the rear ,(juar- overtaxation. Most all communities I ters, which gives room for a^arge 'appear to be in this unbalanced p re-Rapacious udder—which means more dicament. Do not think that Welles- mi l k at Jess cost per kuart. Use this i ley is any different from other places. Most teachers all employ the same jaonuseful systems which are taught at the normal schools. Too many businessmen have em- test in selecting dairy cows. Fodder fed whole, chopped or shredded can be used by farmers in their grain saving prgoram. No mat ter how it si handled, cattle are still ployees who are high school grad-: getting the whole*crop. I uates, and who can neither rgad nor Matreials to keep potatoes tfiom write correctly. The manager of a, Sprouting when stored are now 1 a"vail- ' large-sized grocery chain had occas-' able at most farm supply stores arid i ion to use high school help Fri- j most drug stores, day afternoons and Saturdays. This' An experienced poultryman can help was hired at headquarters and | often tell, by the look in a turkey (sent out to him. About one in ten hen’s eye, whether or not she’s a >of those who were sent to him had i to return to the school because they either could not read his writing, dr he could not read theirs. As for sim ple addition, subtraction and multi plication, they were impossible. I suggest that readers contact some' I. Craine, P. O. Box 5023, Chicago,, old grade teachers and see what 111. $1.50. they will say. Many believe thej Young cattle are especially sus- present day system of emphasizing ceptrble ot the effect o fparasites. Large amounts of grain and by good egg produever 1 . One hundred equipment items from airplanes to windrow attach ments with brief description of farm applications, are contained in “Farm Labor Savers,” compiled by Robert " I nonessestials will not stand the test , t of time. Don’t blame the teachers. They must teach as their superiors BILL’S ESSO Goldville 24-Hour Service Day and Night Esso Products Bicycle Tires and Tubes —Washing —Greasing —Polishing A-l SERVICE— Your Business Solicited and Appreciated BILL’S ESSO SERVICE BILL DEES, Owner On Clinton-Goldville Highway at Goldville e product feeds are used annually to fatten cattle beyond the average of j ordef. When you finally trace down good slaughter grade. Iwhy your graduates are so ineffici-' Do not purchase baby chicks from I ent you will find that the fault is sources other than those known to be {with the school committees. They {free from pullorum disease. Keep are looking for votes apd hence wour flock clean by putting up an make courses to please the children and avoid courss in which the child- v dren of .their voters might fail. Dishonest Promotions Another serious defect in our school system is that school com-; mitteemen rate teachers by the per- { centages of failures in any one class. | If this is above a certain fixed basis, the teacher is penalized for ineffi ciency. In other words, the commit tee blames the teacher rather than the students and the parents. This causes each teacher, in turn, to pass pupils from one grade to the next, rather than be downgraded on her | own records. i Recently a brilliant school teach- j er contacted my friend John Walmer I in an attempt to get some sort of a , petition signed. He kidded her about ; working with any group that would i turn out graduates who could neither read or write correctly. When she sought to deny such is possible, she I was given definite names of grad- I uates. The teacher replied: “Very jwell, they may not be able to read or write now, but they could when they graduated. They have forgot ten how!” Social Promotions I learn that many schools com mittees permit social promotions iron curtain” to bar imporation of diseases. Cows should get one pound of salt for every hundred pounds of grian. Tire Recapping. Battery Charging. Firestone Batteries. Radiator Boiling. Car and Truck Repairing. TIMMERMAN MOTOR CO. Phone 119 Gary St. . PENCIL SHARPENER — Dixon y° u i ust cannot put a quart of milk Pointer, precision built. A new *" 1 ® a half ' pint bottle -. And school . . j committeemen state it is just as ob- handy item needed m every office. | vious that yQU jugt cannot keep Chronicle Publishing Co. 117-year-old child in the third grade WHITE GAS AVAILABLE ’ AT ALL TIMES JOE’S ESSO Phone 128 Notice For Payment of 1947 City Taxes Notice is hereby given that Town Taxes for the Town of Clinton are doe and collectable up to December 15th for the ydar*1947. The TRx Books opened for the col lection of taxes at the office of the Town Clerk on Octo ber 15th, and will remain open up to and through De cember 16th. A penalty of five (5%) per cent will be added on all taxes wot paid by this date, and an additional ten (10%) per cent shall be added if said taxes and penalties are not paid on or before the 31st day of December, 1947. The levy for t current fiscal year is 37 mills; 12 mills for current operating expenses, and 25 mills for inter est and sinking) fund on various Bond Issues outstand ing. WM. B. OWENS, City Clerk. GMAC 'uni 1 “ GILES .. CHEVROLET CO. Sales and Service >