The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, July 31, 1919, Image 6
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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'
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with buyers getting only part
of the goods they require.”
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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-
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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
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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.
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