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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, December 16, 1948
(Eh? (Clinton (Elfnmtrl?
Established 1900
WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher
HARRY jC. LAYTON, Assistant
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holders (preferred, mostly) will en-
ijoy the fruits of these cash takings.
Common stock-holders are growing
, more common every day. ^ ,
l „ ' i
| Boll weevil emergence next May
is expected to exceed last Spring’s
emergence by 25 boll weevils per
evehy 20 stalks of cotton in any and
all fields. Poisons will be used as
usual. Weevils enjoy some of the
mixtures very much and seem to
work better when they eat more of
them. We look for lower prices af
ter the parity is cut, but until then,
hold on. that is—if you’ve got a good
“holt”.
( LINTON. S. ( . THl RSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1948
Wanted: A Job
po«;t office dpeartment
Washington, d. c. -
deer sir: ' .
mr. bert skinner, jr., is making a
application to yore department for
the job of r. f. d. carrier on no. 2
out of flat rock, as you know', this
r. f. d. circles around by cedar lane,
and goes to and fro all ' thrue the
community and is a verry poplar
route with many home-owner res-
serdents livving on same.
Is There A .
Santa Claus?
Twice (.luring
Iginia, in all this world there is
the past ten
the undersigned hartily recom-
, . . . , , . mends bert skinner for the job in
nothing else real, and abiding, question, this opening will be cre-
“No Santa Claus! Thank God, ^ ted by ,i he P re *fent r. f. d. carrier,
... j ,• r- * bein S old enough to retire on 100$
years THE CHRONICLE has ~ he lives—and lives forever. A per month ansoforth next april.
republished the editorial ap- thousand years from now, Vir-;skinner has his own fprd on wh
pearing in the New York Sun Ofinia. nay, ten times a thousand ^ ‘ mL lL made.
i vears ago, written in answer years from now he will continue with his car already
mr.
in hands,
Virginia O’Hanlon’s letter to to make ^ la(1 the hearts of little and Wlth his nice high scho11 educa-
:o
the editor asking, ‘Is there a
Santa Claus? ”\Ye have received
Mural requests recently that
children.”
tion, he can read and rite just as;
plain,, he will make a good servant
of the people and his sattisfaction is .
The editorial was written by 1 u-mm® 3to a ” concer " ed -
t.'. • ,, , i t-> i de 15 "‘‘ling to except this posish at
At publish it again at this holi- vi'nncis 1. Church, and Edwin the pressent sallery, viz: 2,000$ per
Mitchell, an editor of The >' ear -
Jay season, and we are glad to'
:omply. Here it is:
‘‘Dear Editor:
”1 am 8 years old.
Sun, in his “Memoirs of An Edi
tor.” tells I
be written:
mr. skinner can handle all kjnds’
; tor.” tells how it happened tb of tools and is considered a good
mechanic hisself. in case his ford
breaks down, he wall not have to
“Some of my little friends say “One day in 1897 I handed cab in these here 3$ per hour gar-
there is no Santa Claus. him a letter that had come in f age .! Tler I to fix it -- he wil1 do
..T, , Tr • ♦-U -I * L-11 « hisself. h estands High in his com- 1
1 apa says If you see it in the mail trom a child of 8 say- hisself. he stands high in his com-1
The Sun it’s so.’ ing, ‘‘Please tell me the truth, ber and frequently takes up the :
“Please tell me the truth, is ! is there a Santa Claus?” Her ^ ec ^ n as a pl J^^ r bim ^ he
there a Santa Claus? little friend had told her no.; yores trulie,
“Virginia O’Hanlon. Church bristled and poo-poohed^^ holsum moore, rfd,
‘115 West Ninety-fifth Street.” at the subject when I suggested notice of seizure, levy and
that he write a reply to little ( _ TAX sale
“Virginia, your little friends Virginia O’Hanlon, but he took County f o^°Laurens° Ima ’
are wrong. They have been af- the letter and turned with an
tected by the skepticism of a air of resignation to his desk.
Please take notice:
That I, R. A. Babb, under and by
i , • , ..., , , , T , • , , , , virtue of certain tax executions ts-
kept leal age. They do not be- In a short time he had produced sued by the treasurer of Laurens
lieve except they see. They the article above which has County, to me directed as Delinquent
think nothing can be which is probably been reprinted during ^ Coun ":
not comprehensive oy their lit-, the past quarter of a century as taxes, with penalties and costs there-
tle minds. All minds, Virginia, the classic expression of Christ- on lor the y ear and amounts shown
whether they he men’s or chil- mas sentiment, more millions of Jave^ day levi^upo^^iz^dlnd!
dren’s are little. In this great times than any other newspaper taken exclusive possession of as the
universe of ours man is a mere article ever written by any P r °P ert y °f the said defaulting tax-i
msect, an ant, in his intellect,, newspaper writer in any lan-. scribed property located in the Coun-1
as compared with the boundless ! £uage.” i & ari d State aforesaid, to wit:
worlds about him, as measured! It should, and will, live for- AU that l °L piece or parcel of I
by the intelligence capable of ever." !oTLur^ c^nS!
grasping the whole of truth and * ing one-half acre, more or less,!
knowledge.
“Yes, Virginia there is a Santa
Claus. He exists as certainly as
love and generosity and devo
tion exist, and you know that
they abound and give to your
life its highest beauty and joy
Alas
world if there were
NOBODY'S BUSINESS
By GEE McGEE
1 bounded on the north by .10-foot 1
; street, on the west by lands of W. B.
i Owens, on. the south by lands of W. 1
B. Owens, on the east by lot Will
; Duckett.
Levied on as the property of E. N. ^
Metis, .formerly Eveline Melts As- j
sessed for taxes in name of E. N.
Metis.
Record of taxes due on one lot in !
name of E. N. Metis: 1938, £4.51
Business Notes
the flat rock town counsell met in
exy-cutive session last thursday
how dreary would be the night to formy-late a license tax to,
nA Qo n to do business on for the year of 1949.' J939, $4.J5. 1940. S4.4I: 1941, $4.41
c they decided to dubhle all license $3.82; 1944, $3.82
( laus it Would be as dreary as rates and increase the charge to 1$ 194(f, S5.I2: 1947, $5.13
if thefe were no Virginias. There i >er ° v er the basis rate. ,°L5I noun ^ due cost, $n.oo
uould >e no chlld-llke faith then, | transient- fortune tellers will be , And 1 wil1 sei:i same tu. the,
no romance to make tolerable charged 5$ per day. peddlers carry- highest bidder at public auction
this existence Wo would Viavp in S th eir wares will be charged 10$ Wlt hin the legal Flours of sale at Lau-i
V n<l ' e per day. book agents will have to rens Court House ' S - C - on Monday,
no enjoyment except in sense pay 2$ per day. rail estate agents,! ^ rd January, 1949. Terms
and sight. The external light local, will be assessed 50$ per year, of sale: Cash.
with which childhood filk the IWItb 1$ exLry for €ver * 500 ^ worth, A - BABB,
1 , unitn ( - nilun OO d nils the of sales made. Delinqt«nt Tdx Collector for
world Would be extinguished. j j Laurens County, S. C.
merchants will be charged 100$ for ■ Bated December 3, 194€.—30-Ufc.
Not believe in Santa Claus? the first 10 ^ 00$ WO rth. of bizness
l OU might us well not believe, they transact and 2$ per l.OOOS over
in fairies! You might get vourl tha t- everboddy will be taxed re-j
.xi- , i 1 • 1 gardless of what they are doing and
i a{ a to hue men to watch in jf their bizness is not kivvered by!
iill the chimneys on Christmas 'the rates shown, they will be listed i
eve *> ratclwSanta Claus, but if, a - s miss-seylaneous^ ansoforth.
they did not see Santa Claus extry monney is needed to pay the
coming down, what would that raises in sailary of the. mayor and' =
.. x , . , o , the poleesman and the aldermens.!
prove . Nobody S e e S o a n t a anc j treassure and. the clerk^l
Claus, but that is no sign there allso for the sani-terry waggin. it
is no Santa Claus. The most real ™ [U cosl about much 'to do
il bizness enduring 1949 as rt cost enr
things in the world an? those during 1948. some of the places
that neither children nor men mought not open on j^anuwary the. l.
can see. Did you ever see fairies »' hile m '> 1 u s hl mov '
i an occ. j „ ; town, the tax Levvy is alreidy
dancing OH the lawn . Of course benn raised a right smart,
not,, hot that’s no proof that
they are not there. Nobody can
i
Cottoa Letter
New York. Cotton futures were
conceive or imagine all the won-i influenced to-day by Southern buy-J
ders there are unseen and U n- in s and N o rth er.“ S P°^ were.
seeable in the world.
up 5 points while March was down
10 points. Import concessions, are be-
“You may tear apart the ba-! e ran , t , ed to s P ai * and Pakistan.
, , , x i They will use whatever Uncle S*m
by’s rattle and see what makes
feels disposed to give them pn
“here it is” basis. *
the
the poise inside, but there is a
veil covering the unseen world,' j a p an j s making print cloths and
which not the strongest man, or j competing with the U. S. in all for-
even the united strength of all,eign markets, and that is one reason
. x why clath 5s sh low in price (“over
the strongest men that e r j there”. Mills are still coming South
lived could tear apart. Only; in spite of Tobey & Co., and it is ex-
fnnrv noetrv love, ro- P lain ed that saUsfied labor and
laith, tancy, poetry , , ; wilUrv g is the cause of this
mance can push aside the cur- movement,
tain and view and picture the ♦
supernal beauty a d g y e- aroU nd for some charitable
yond. Is it all real? Ah, Vir- trusts to do business with so that the
OUR CUENTS
SLEEP WILL
Our insurance survey and
analysis service makes
certain that there are no
loopholes for loss. We’ll
be glad to explain how it
will benefit you.
S. W. SUMEREL, Agent
CLINTON, S ; C/
Jacobs Building—Tele. 80
; The Mtn* Caoulqr mi
ny of Hiidoed. Goon.
GIFT HEADQUARTERS FOR THE FAMILY FOR QUALITY MERCHANDISE.
PRE-WAR QUALITY IS BACK AND PRICES ARE REASONABLE.
SUGGESTIONS
-Fine Candy
-Beautiful Stationery
-Toilet Sets
-Perfumes
-Dusting Powder
For Her
-Ronson Lighters
-Bill Folds
-Bibles
-Electric Irons (G.E.)
-NyloifHhir Brushes
For Him
-Congress Playing Cards
-Boxed Fine Soap
-Toni Wave Set
-Razors
-Pipes
-Lighters
-Fountain Pens —Wrist Compas
-Shave Lotions —Electric Pads
-Shave Kits —Flashlights
—Bill Folds
—Poker Chips
—Boxes Cigars
—Thermos Bottes
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