The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, October 28, 1926, Image 6
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1826
Letters To the Editor
HURRAH FOR LAURENS
Editor, The Chronicle:
In the last issue of The Laurens
Advertiser on the front page, appears
the following brief article: “LAU
RENS DAIRIES AFFORD GOOD
MILK.” “Laurens dairies are furnish
ing their customers with milk of much
better analysis than dairies of many
other cities, according to t statement
by City Health Officer W. D. Franks,
based on a report from a chemist of
the U. S. Heallh service. The follow
ing dairies are said by Mr. Franks to
be delivering grade A milk to their
customers: Mosely, Hillcrest, Cope-
standard of the town as a consequence.
Nevertheless, he feels that the town
ftas been fully compensated. Can you
place him, dear reider? ^
So much for the Recorder. Now for i
a little light upon the floating debt of
the town as passed up to the present
council. It will be borne in mind that
when Mr. Jacob® and his council went
into office the floating debt of the
Sin.pson administration as passed, on
to them, (the major portion of which
was inherited from the administration
of Jas. R. Copeland, of which Mr. Ja
cobs was also a member) amounted to
*27,228.91 together with some con
tracts which had been made and work
which was in progress, making a to
tal of about $35,000.00. Mr. Jacobs,*
upon assuming office, stated that his
land. Crescent, Hellams, Moore an d [ could not accomplish
Babb.” ! nryth'nT under such a handicap and
Laurens is to be congratulr.tjd on ^dvocaL’d a bond issue for street and
taking the progressive step of pasa- rewor CX ‘ e nsion and to take care of
ing the milk ordinance approved by! T ^jj. ;-yj e l,tednes» a.id so relieve them
the U. S. Health Service and recoin- u f ca tying it, which was done, and by
mended by the Department of Health action his administration was re
fer the State of South CafoTTnar By jj. (u 0 f fjoatng debt and was
the passage of that ordinance the da - f, c , t6 begin with a clean slate, the
ries are put under regulations which g C tic man’s statement to the contrary
assure high grade wholesome milk. | j- v,withstanding. In addition to tnis
Their grade A milk sells better, pro- j),? Simpson administration had on
tects the public against disease, and i ian d j n the banks $61,000.00 in bond
CLINTON-FRIDAY, NOV. 5
saves the lives of many children.
I recommended that the Clinton
Town Council pass this ordinance some
months ago. Clinton ought to have led
Laurens in taking this step, but she
didn’t. Greenville and Laurens both
have this ordinance, and are both now
able to boast grade A milk on sale by
their local dairies. Clinton may have
some grade A milk, or milk that might
class as grade A, but the dairymen
can’t promise or guarantee the grade'
because there is no law to require
them to meet the necessary conditions
to produce grade A milk, and if they
do meet those conditions they have
money. As you will see by reference
to the figures as furnished the public
by the editor of The Chronicle from
which paper we take them, just what
the financial condition of the town is
and I am submitting them again for
the information of the public.
The city owed in note®, *87,811.00.
The city owed in open accounts, $6,-
192.87.
The city owed accrued interest, $8,-
780.78.
The city owed the file department,
*291.74.
The city had on hand in banks for
The Chronicle does not necessarily
endorse or commend all of Mr. Bris
bane’s views and conclusions. His ed
itorials are published as expressions
of opinions of the world’s highest sal
aried editor.
DRIVING OUT LABOR.
RUSSIA’S FRIENDSHIP.
HUNTING THE FLEA.
k POUT, SNIFF, LOOK ALIVE.
* HAPPY TEACHERS
GOOD SCHOOLS
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Mr. Green, able, conservative and
respected head of the American Fed
eration of Labor, was invited to speak
before the Young Men’s Christian, As
sociations in Detroit, then told that his
speech could not be delivered in that
institution. Labor leaders were asked
to speak from various Detroit pulpits,
then told the churches did not want
them.
not the backing of the law to enable fte heral purposes, $797.96
them to grade it as grade A, and
therefore give the guarantee to the
public of grade A milk. It would be
hard on the Clinton dairies but it
would be good for the Clinton people
if Laurens dairies would come to Clin
ton and offer grade A milk for sale.
They would sell ’it in quantity; at
least until the Clinton city govern
ment passes the necessary ordinance
to enable Clinton dairies to furnish
what the public needs—clean, whole-
seme, graded milk, guaranteed as to
its wholesomness by its grade. Of
There may be good reasons for these
sudden changes. But Christ, who
drove the money changers from the
temple, might be surprised to see his
modem representatives driving labor
ing men from the pulpits.
It looks, according to the union mert,
as though money changers were “on
top” once more.
SOdoims
The city had on hand as bond funds,
$27,625.98.
There is owing to the city in notes,
$341.72. ~
There is owing the city in accounts.
S4.442.46.
It will be noted that in accounts ow
ing to the town there will be, as there
always is, a considerable number
which are not worth anything and
which will tend to increase the town’s
obligations rather than help them.
The audit shows further irregulari-
ities in the conduct of the town’s af-
course this means inspection, and i n " t fairs which are as follows:
rpection means some cost, but it would i “if f um is for the city’s sinking fund
profit the dairymen very much, and had been set aside and invested as re-
Professor Jerome Davis, of ^ ale,
reports an interesting talk with Stalin,
the real ruler in Russia. Stalin says
Russia is willing to pay the money
that foolish American bankers lent to
Kerensky. Stalin really should do
nothing of the kind. Those childish
bankers grabbing at usurious interest
rates and discounts, ought to digest
that lesson.
They are now lending billions of the
American people’s money tc various
concerns in Europe. Many of these
billions will never come back. ,
500 People 500j
300 Horses
10 aefes
L
Open Dens
of
Wild Beast?
Riders 60 5
Aerialists 30 3
Acrobats 60 2
Bauds
Rings
Stages
Herds
of /
Elephants .
enormously protect the public health
ii the slight expense were incurred.
Again we say, “Hurrah for Lau-
iens:
in this matter.
J. F. JACOBS.
P. S. Wouldn't it be well to go one
better ^han Laurens, and apply mod
em regulations through ordinance in
the sale of milk, meat, fish, etc., so
as to protect the food of our people at
all points in a guaranteed wholesome
ness, as other progressive cities do?
J. F. J.'
A REPLY TO MR. JACOBS .
Editor, The Chronicle:
In your issue of the 21st, Mr. J. F.
quired, there would now be in the
sinking fund $71,084.30. The city hall
or store building is set up as a sink-
!” The writer hopes it won’t be; inp fund investment at $15,000.00 and
long before wo can Hurrah for Clinton ■ tfce w E. Owens vacant lot at $5,000.-
as following Laurens’s excellent, lead (*>. The city owns $8,500.00 of Lydia
Mill 7 per cent certificates and has
bought in $1,000.00 of the city’s own
bonds. These total $29,500.00 which
is $41,584.30 short of what the city
should have in its sinking fund.”
From the tone of the gentleman’s
article he would have the public be
lieve that the present financial
plight of the town is due solely to the
actions of his council, while just the
reverse is the true status in the case.
If the same precautions that were used
in the last year of the past adminis-
■ tration had been applied from the be-
Jacobs, ex-mayor of the town of Clin- ginning there would be another tale
ton, seeks to reply to my opinion as bg an d the tax-paying public
U) the establishment of the office of wou ] d ^ vastly better off for their
Recorder as stated thru the columns ef f ort wh en Mr. Jacobs and his
of The Chronicle, but as usual, is try- council went into office he was given
a free reign and the running of the
town was left almost exclusively to
him, and the other members of coun
cil supposing everything to be going
along the proper line went on attend
ing to their own affairs until sudden
ly they woke up with a start only to
find that the situation was past rem
edy as far as it had gone. However,
the $325,000.00 bond issue passed,
steps to remedy the situation were
promptly taken. A finance committee
was elected by council to handle these
funds and no money was paid out
without the approval of council and
the signatures of this committee. Had
this policy been in force all along the
However, that’s another story. The
important point made by Stalin is
that it might pay the United States to
be friendly with Russia. Stalin said,
“Russia now needs the United States.
Possibly the day might come when the
United States might need Russia’s
friendship.”
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The Pan-American health confer
ence declares war on the bubonic pla
gue flea, from the Arctic to the Ant
arctic.
This means killing rats, ground
squirrels, flea bearing creatures of all
sorts. Samples of fleas captured will
be sent in for identification.
ing to pass the same old stunt upon
the public that he has tried so many
times on the town council while may
or, that of disregarding the subject un
der discission and trying to befuddle
and becloud the real issue by quoting
a mass of figures which had practical
ly no connection with the point at is
sue. Whenever council had him in a
corner upon any matter he would in
variably use this method to try and
save his face before the assembled
citizenship, a great many of whom
were always on hand to see the
show. Mr. Jacobs seeks to try to
brush aside the establishment of the
office of Recorder for his private ben-
efit as if he did not want public sen-; financial status of the town today
timent to become aroused over the ^ would be in fair shape instead of like
matter, and puts up the statement: it is.
that it is justifiable on the ground that j I have never contended that the
the returns from the police depart-; town has not gotten value received
ment have increased in the past two | for what it has spent, but only w'ant
years to the sum of $2,500.09 which jt 0 show up the utter disregard for the
C0 l! ,pe “^ S to ™ frr | ^nances of the town and those of its
citizens who have to carry the load.
As to Mr. Jacobs’ statement that the
town is $200,000.00 better off, if from
an expenditure of some $400,000.00 or
more we do not realize any more than
that it is high time to take stock.
Respectfully,
H. D. RANTIN.
Nothing permanent, however, will
be done until man completes his con
quest of the globe by removing from
it, mercifully, all animal life other}
than his own.
The gaping crocodile from whose
gums and tongue the tsetse fly' ex
tracts the germs of sleeping sickness,
must go, also dear littly pussy, tnat
carries diphtheria germs in its fur to
the little girl’s face.
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Giichi Kitazawa, of Tokio, disap
pointed in love, tried a new way, and
ate himself to death. With his hard
hearted adored one across the table
from him, he deliberately stuffed him
self with rice, curry, eggs, pouring
down whiskey and a worse drink, sake.
Soon he was unconscious and in a few
hours, dead.
the $600.00 expended for the office cf
Recorder. He points to this. with
pride as a great achievement on the
part of him and his administration,
unmindful of the fact that this in
crease represents a decided increase in
the lawlessness of the town and also
means a decided drop in the moral
Let us remember, for our own good,
that what Mr. Kitazawa did in a few
hours, nine-tenths of us do in about
half a normal lifetime. Too much eat
ing or wrong eating or both will kill
the great majority. Senator Copeland, | »-i
who is also a doctor, says “Half of 1 ||
what we eat keeps us alive, the other
half keeps the doctors alive.”
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NOW ON
WARMTH- BE AUTY-VALUE
Over one thousand pair to select from. Every one fresh/ new
stock—bought this fall at new low prices.
BUY NOW
At These Special Low Spot Cash Prices.
The United States Supreme Court states
“Good Will is the disposition of the custom
er to return to the place where he has been
well treated.”^
That is the foundation on which we are
building our “Good Will”—well-treated
customers.
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j Greenville Belting Co.
i TELEPHONE 2218
New York’s university for young
women, Barnard College, intends to
set aside one million dollars to in
crease teachers’ salaries, a wise de
cision.
Well paid, satisfied teachers, their
services appreciated, are more impor
tant than new buildings or any sort of
'fine collegiate monument.
The real menace to American, cotton j
is not the present low price, but im
pending competition from abroad.
More dangerous than cotton at 12
cents are the great dams that Britain
is building to supply irrigation for
more cotton fields in Egypt and else
where in Africa.
Russia proposes to produce cotton
and will do it. Cotton growers and
colored cotton pickers in America
will not be able to compete with cotton
grown in Africa, picked by native Af
ricans.
The solution might be found in cot
ton picking machinery. It should be
possible to harvest a field by passing
a “vacuum” cleaner above the crop at
certain intervals. One small air pump
might take the place of a thousands
cotton-picking fingers.
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