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(Thp (Ehnmtrlp PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY \ . CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. WILSON W. HARRIS .it ----- ■ Editor and Publisher Entered at The Clinton Post Office as matter of the Second Class. Terms of Subserlplkun One year .. , 4 -......$1^0 Six months 75 Three months - .50 X Payable in advance. The ChroniHe seeks the co^opfera- tlon of its subscribers and readers— the publishers will CMH times appre ciate wise suggestions ftt^d kindly ad vice. The Chronicle Is not responslblffsjfor any unsolicited manuscript which not plainly marked with the name and address of the sender and accompanied by stamps for return. Make adl remittances to THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CC. Clinton, S. CL < CLINTON, S. C # JULY 31,1919 18 PAGES HIGH PRICES PREVAIL. Today’s prices aye going to con tinue high as long as the people are willing to continue to pay the high prices. And our people are willing to pay the prices as the following paragraph from Dun’s Review will show. “The present extreme pric es apparently do not discour age purchasing where sup plies are urgently required either to fill immediate wants or for replenishment purpos es, and consumption of staple articles and luxuries, £ven in sections where crop indications are disappointing, continues of notable dimentions . . . The cost of footwear is mount ing steadily, but» trade con tinues active, and for some time past it has not been neces sary for manufacturers to so licit orders.’’ If needed, further evidence of the same sort is found in the Com mercial and Financial Chronicle, which tells us: - “An active demand prevails for woolens and worsteds, and, according to. selling agents, they are unable to fill the enor mous inquiry for men’s and dress goods. Manufacturers are reported to have scaled down orders and are under stood to l)e preparing to make allotments for spring business' , r with buyers getting only part of the goods they require.” z State Home and School for Feeble-Minded Begins Construction The Board of Regents which con trols the State Home hnd School for the Feeble 'Minded recently lo cated at Dover, near Clinton, has contracted with C. L. Rounds Con- -st ruction Company to CFfect two dormitories, which are expected to cost in the neighborhood of $30,- 000 each. These two dormitories will be of brick, one story high, and about 140 or 150 feet long each They wdll constitute the first tw’o units of what will ultimately be come quite an ^extensive village, for the needs of the state in the way of the care of the feeble minded are as great as the needs already >ped in the case of the in sane, th^re being more feeble mind ed peopl^sm the state than there are insane .pbqDle, and greater necessity for seghsjmting them. This gjjeat charityNppon which the state o/ South Cimslina has embarked will depend in no spiall -degree"-for its rapid devel and its successful management up on the sympathy and enthusiastic support of the people of Clinton and the surrounding country. The played by Clintonians and the peo ple of the eomniqnjty surrounding. One man, after giving an option on his land refused to execute the op tion because he wished to retain the more valuable corner of his farm, and have the Boa/d of Re- •4 ‘ > gents pay the full option price for the remainder which was less valu able. Another man who gave an optima declinod tion. In both eases these gentle men knew that the options were be- k ing sought in ordfr to secure the establishment of a school for the feeble-minded. * They knew that the people of Clinton 1 and * sur rounding country were giving ab solutely free of their gneans to buy the land for that purpose, yet instead of • throwing themselves whole-heartedly into the t purposes and spirit of the community these Board of Regents and the Finance t So the story goes in all Jines— it is one of increased prices and lit tle hope ahead of any relief. But there are plenty of people who are willing buy and Huy freely ev en at the present prevailing prices. In other words there are plenty of people who have plenty of money, who have more money than they have ever had before, and who are Committee of the Senate and Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives have already Ifben very much impressed with the enthusiasm which Clinton citizens have shown in putting forward an effort to secure the loctftion of this institution near Clinton, and also an" effort to secure an enlarged ap propriation for its more rapid de velopment. Clinton has made a profound im pression by her remarkable public spirit and enterprise in seeking the location of this institution, and in uridertakfog to give it support in the legislature. Much remains to be done in popularizing the ideals and purposes of the institution with the people of the state, so that in the future, ample means will be 9ya^ble for the full development of the institution to the large pro portions to which it should aspire, for it is certain that in the course of time, at least a thousand feeble minded children must be taken care of in this institution. The first two units are proposed to accommodate about 100 children, provided additional general build ings can be had so as not to necessi tate using one of {he dormitories for dining room, kitchen, Clinton business men have done great credit to themselves and to the community in their liberal pub lic spirit in raising the $18,000 which was offered and paid to the Board of Regents to secure the lo cation at Dover. There were only two incidents in that connection which marred the splendid record of public spirit and enterprise dis- two men held back for thejr own personal advantage, and after ae- iiTIy agreeing to sell their land a certain figure in the options whick, they gave, and which were transfemd to the Board of Re gents. they bave attempted to back down from thmKagreement t/r> the great discredit of tbp community y in -the beginning of the crectiorr-qf the buildings for the School for Feeble-Minded. This long delay (is ehaxgmbUe Jargely jfo these two gentlemen^ and the people of Clinton who worked hardest and who gave most liberally to bring this institution to Clinton and to advance its pur poses. and whose unselfishness final ly secured the institution, will not soon forget the two citizens, who failed them and showed a selfish ness which even went the length of disregarding a legal obligation in curred in the options which they gave. The community has a right to ex pect of evenA citizen some degree of unselfishness'in the interest of the general profit and benefit of the community, and it will not be able to forget at an early date that two citizens of the community, though not 'hemselves Clintonians failed to measure up to the high standard which other Clintonians have set in local patriotism, public spirit and liberality. Among .those who wehfe most liberal and most energetic mention should be made Chronicle ielc have, been crowned with suc cess. The buildings are now^bout to be built and they will be a credit to the community, and lead to additional const ruction next year and the year after, and in the fu ture years until the institution has reached to the full capacity re quired in solving the problem of the feeblc-rriindod in this state. “J.” > of the Clinton Chronicle which loyally gave of its space, and edi torially supported the enterprise from the very beginning, and whose editor gave no small amount of his time in efforts with the leg islature and with the Board of Re gents. The Chronicle is to be con gratulated that its efforts and the efforts of those public-spirited citi zens who labored with The Chron- able to “live better” as the ex pression goes, than ever before de spite the diminished nurchasing power of the dollar. These people are spending their money freely on the things that they desire and the people who sell those things are charging as much for them as the people who want to buy those things are willing to pay. So long as the latter are willing to pay what they are paying now, the pric es will not come down. This is not especially encourag ing for the very considerable body of people who have not shared in the flood of gold that has filled so many pockets. They have no more money than they had five or ten years ago, and for them the high prices are in many cases prohibi tive. There is no relief in sight for them yet, except in the sense that prosperity for great classes of the nation, such as the farmer and the wage-earners, benefits in the long. run the nation as a whole. But in this thought there is more than a grain of comfort. GOODRICH TIRES AND TUBES ADJUSTMENT Fabric • • • • 6000 miles Cord • • • • • 8000 miles EIlis-Hatton Motor Co. 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