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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C.
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people will "provide the needed funds
when they tlearly understand the sit
uation and have a sujvey and collec
tion of-facts before them from experts,
with the_fentire plan of procedure care-
Tiinj^Nrorked out. It is further our
)elief that if the improvement is un-
Wlertaken, a recognized city, engineer
should be employed and a contract let
for the work on a competitive basis.
The water question is now before
us. To solve it—vision and sagacity
should be duly exercised. Our people
should come together in a citizen’s
meeting and give serious consideration
to the question. The time is here when
as a community, we must interest our
selves in this public improvement un
less we expect to drift along and soon
find ourselves helpless by a municipal
water shortage.
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OUR UNUSED ASSETS
We are having considerable talk in
and around Clinton about new enter
prises to help our town and surround
ing country. The depression period of
the past few years has proven the
need for such.
NEW BANKING RULES
The advertising columns of this pa
per are carrying an annoilncement
signed by the presidents of the three
Clinton banks, setting forth several
new rulqs and regulations governing
AUGUST 4, 1927- "banking which are to become effective
the first of September.
Briefly, they call for a service
charge on all accounts that fall below
a $50.00 balance during the month, the
paying by customers for the printing
and binding of their check books, and
deferred credit on all out-of-town
checks.
The new rules adopted by our banks,
are, we take it, made in the interest of
better banking. There is no doubt that
banks are imposed upon in many ways
and that this practice is continually
is the element of adventure in it. ! ing the renomination and reelection of
When you have committed suicide! Mr. Coolidge, ~tKe reply was, “How
you have taken the step which pre
cludes all further adventure and .you
have extinguished the-Hamp of the
sould and the light of Jife. j
What may happen in the next world
we do not know, but we know that in
this world something is bound to hap
pen tomorrow. Why not stay alive and
see it? If you are feeling pretty bad,
perhaps it may comfort you to think
that whatever happens it cannot be
worse than what has already happen
ed, therefore it will probably be bet
ter.
j Keep 'trudging along and surely
some opportunity will come to you to
get away from the hated routine.
could I be loyal and say anything
else?”
That was a fair, if not very judi
cious, common-piece for the presiden
tial spokesman’s observation about
Hoover jn connection with the portfo
lio of Istate. The analogy is made even
ihore striking by the reported subse
quent explanation of the secretary
that he had answered the query hur
riedly as he was boarding the train,
and htat he regretted that his hasty
answer had been published. He didn’t
say, however, that he hadn’t said it.
But Secretary Hoover cannot go
two ways at one time. As long as he
stays in the cabinet he is bound to be
for Coolidge and for the re-nomination
of Coolidge. He couldn’t prevent 'ft
anyhow. Hoover may reflect, even if
he t-ied; and he may be soothed by
midsummer rumors that the president
Of Presidential Statue, But Put On is going to side-step the nomination
POLITICIANS SNAG
HERBERT HOOVER
THURSDAY^UGUSJ^MZT
new
something already here and ready for
operation.
Specific reference we are making to
the potato curing house which did a
good business one year but prices were
so low that our farmers seemed to
drop all idea of curing their potatoes.
Of course for the past two yeans we
have had no potatoes to cure. \
Also we have reference to the mo
dern cannery located adjoining the
potato house and both near the ice
• factory. This concern has up-to-date
equipment and is prepared to care for
& large volume of business if our
farm.-rs and gardners would supply
the fruit and vegetables.
The Thomwell orphanage had an
oversupply of beans last week. The in
stitution was not prepared to do the
work and made arrangements with >Ir.
Spratt to take the beans to the can-
nerv Fridav afternoon. In a short
But in looking afar for something
we may overlook and neglect ^ g row i n g. There is the other side to
the question, however, that banks are
public servants, not organized and op
erated solely as money-making ma
chines, but that they have responsi
bilities to discharge and a service to
render without which no community
can properly develope. They cannot,
however, expect to receive remunera
tion for everything they do^any more
so than a merchant, doctor, law’yer,
newspaper or other individual or in
stitution.
We do not believe for a moment
that our banks are prompted in their
action by purely selfish motives. They
know and can see the many banking
defects and haniships that now exist
and they are attempting to eliminate
these defects as far as possible. The
public should receive their new ruling
in such a spirit and cooperate as fully
and cheerfully as possible.
With all the wild-cat banking we
while Mr. Lynn and his farm boys had i have had in our state in the past few
put up 745 number three cans. Num
ber ten cans should have been used
but they could not bp secured in time.
One of the neighbors came along about
that time and saw the work going on
so he had gathered and strung a small
quantity of beans from his garden.
They gave him seventeen cans and
otherwise his beans in all probability
would have been lost.
Dr. Cornwell tells in his famous lec
ture, “Acres of Diamonds,” of looking ! institutions.
years, the numerous bank failures and
corruption that has been exposed in
many instances, one can clearly ap
preciate the fact that the successful
operation of a bank today is more dif
ficult than ever before. The banks are
under obligation to do their part in
their respective communities, and in
turn the public is due them fair and
honest treatment ami should be check
ed in its custom of imposing on these
afar for diamonds when often
are lying at one’s very feet.
they
THE ENGINEERS’ REPORT
The report of J. E. Sirrine & com
pany, Greenville engineers, after a
preliminary survey of the city’s pres
ent water supply, substantiates the
before expressed opinion that we are
now faoiwg a water shortage that is
liable ‘to- become serious at any time.
The ; r repbrt published in today’s pa
per. states that the Beard fork stream
is entirely too small for the city’s
present and rapidly increasing require
ments and carries the subsequent rec
ommendation that the line be extended
to Duncan’s creek in order to solve the
problem and to put at the city’s dis
posal an abundant water supply, not
only for present needs, but built in an-
ticpiation of the city’s requirements
and growth for years to come. The re
port should be carefully read and se
riously considered by our people who
are soon to be called upon to act upon
the issue in a bond election.
As The Chronicle has before stated,
this water problem is of paramount
importance just at this time and calls
No community can get very far
without well organized and managed
banks, able and willing to provide for
the needs of their communities and
Treadmill. Is Prodigious Worker,
But Lacks Political Instinct.
Washington, Aug. 1.—Consider the
case of Herbert Hoover. It is one of
the outstanding ironies of contempo
rary politics.
For more than a decade this notable
American has been “working his head
off” in the public service, much of the
time without any pay at all and al
ways at a financial sacrifice, and with
such brilliant efficiency that he has
long been a world figure.
Hoover has never failed at any bus
iness or administrative task he has
undertaken—and he has undertaken
some of the biggest in history. He
takes care of small matters in ipulti-
tudinous number with the same relia^
hie industry and efficiency. His range
of information and application is mar
velous. He is personally agreeable to
deal with and sets up organizations
that operate with a minimum of fric
tion.
But Mr. Hoover simehow does not
make political headway. He is very
obviously inspired by a strong and en
tirely creditable ambition to be presi
dent. Millions of his fellow country
men and women would be glad to vote
for him for that exalted position if he
could get himself properly placed be
fore them as a candidate. But he lacks
the political instinct and training. Ma
chine politicians naturally do not like
to see such a man in supreme control
of an administration with which they
are identified. From their viewpoint
he might easily be a Frankenstein.
However, the politicians who are
“in” are always afraid to leave such a
force as Hoover lying around loose.
They fear htat some of the reckless
“outs” might pick him up to help them
break in. So, their ideal disposition of
such a man is to get him on a nice,
busy administration treadmill. And
that is just where the Republican pol
iticians have put Mr. Hoover. They
have had him there ever since the time
—when identified with a Democratic
administration and having a Demo
cratic presidential nomination within
his grasp—he was so foolish as to de-
clar ehimself a Republican.
This was in 1920. The G. O. P. Old
and throw his influence behind Hoov
er.
Of course, few seasoned Republi
can politicians see anything to the Re
publican situation at this time except
Coolidge wanting the nomination and
gettingg it, and the controlling powers
in the Republican party wanting him
to have it. In the second place, it is
altogether unlikely that Coolidge could
throw his mantle to Hoover. Coolidge
could not even throw the vice-presi
dential mantle to Hoover in 1924.
Dawes got it because he had the po
litical instinct; and Dawes would prob
ably get the presidential nomination
if Coolidge were to refuse it in 1928.
Hoover thought in 1920 that the way
to get the presidency was to proclaim
himself a Republican when he was
really standing in the Democratic sun
shine. Then he advised Republicans
favoring our entrance into ‘he League
of Nations that the royal road to that
goal was to elect the Republican v ick-
et. His judgment seems to have been
about equally wrong in each instance.
Normal human blood ia too thick to
be drawn through the mosquitoe’s
small piercing tube. They must first
inject a thinning fluid. In that way
disease germs are set afloat in tjie
blood stream—bacteria of burning fe
ver and crippling disease. There is
also danger of streptococcic infection
(blood poisoning) from scratching the
bite. Mosquitoes must be killed.
Health authorities advocate Fly-Tox.
Simple instructions on each bottle
(blpe label) for killing ALL house
hold insects. Insist on Fly-Tox. Fly-
Tox is easy to use. Safe, stainless, fra
grant, sure.
Renew Your Health
by Purification
Any physician will tell you that
“Perfect Purification
is Nature's Foundation
Health.” Why not rid
chronic ailments that are undermin
ing your vitality? Purify your en
tire system by taking a thorough
course of Calotabs,—once or twice’ a
week for several weeks—and see how
Nature rewards you with- health.
Calotabs are the greatest of all
system purifiers. Get a fanu y pack
age, coiitaining full directions. Only
35 cts. At any drug store. (Adv.)
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holding in a large measure the confi- Guard poker players who had tricked
dence of their patrons. Clinton is in
deed fortunate in the character of her
three banks and the personnel behind
them. They are successfully and safe
ly managed and are rendering an in
dispensable service to our community.
As they attempt to put into practice
improved and essential banking meth
ods and further strengthen themselves
for increased usefulness—they are en
titled to our whole-hearted support
and cooperation.
Dr. Frank Crane Says—
Hoover into the blunder chortled with
glee. No longer fearing his nomina
tion by the Democrats they went to
work and nominated Harding them
selves and fixed up a first-class sec
ond fiddle for Hoover. He took it—in
the circumstances it was that or noth
ing; and he has been playing the fid
dle assiduously for more than six
years. He is probably very tired of
the performance and to some extent
aware o#what it means; but he simply
hasn’t the political nerve? to drop it.
Hoover had a fine opportunity to
free himself a short time ago when
the late lamented “presidential spokes
man” remarked that Secretary of
State Kellogg wasn’t going to resign,
! but that if he did. Hoover would not
THINGS WILL TAKE A TURN
“I would rather be dead than a fail-;
ure,” said Belle Anderson, a thirty-‘'“TVt
year-old post-graduate student at the
University of California.hospital the
other day.
Faux pas or not, this was generally
regarded as a Coolidge snub to Hoov-
So she mixed herself a death potion er ‘ '^ le P rea |dent laboriously explain-
which her own knowledge as a chem
ist had taught her to make and com-
for ,.mediate and intelligent cons.d- n , itt( . d aukiie out „„ a |onc| road , i(1< .
♦ration on the part of our people and where her bod WM found an hour
eity goyernmen Fortunately, we have |ater b a , on( . ttamster
not suffered this summer from a » # *1. < ( ui
drought and for this reson the 81tua * I wortunot*
«ion has not fully been appreciated by . ' 0
n..a au- a:J_ u— I "hy hurry-
ed that no disparagement of the sec
retary of commerce had been intended,
and the official spokesman was.sunk
without trace. Though unquestionab
ly pained and humiliated, Hoover “ac
cepted the apology” and went on play
ing his second fiddle.
There has not been the former cor-
Jhe public. l ,ut tht time has now i no ^ wa jt and see what itme will diality between the president and the
eotm*, regardless of what we think of L1 * u „a
3ond issues and
• do ? Time solves more problems than
secretary of commerce since that me
morable incident. The state of affairs
was ilustrated in the circumstances of
their meeting at the summer White
House in South Dakota ^he other day,
after Hoover had scored one of the
most conspicuous successes of his ca
reer as the president’s special erais-
high taxes, #vhen i ,,
, . x 1 J * ^ i a l' our wit.
something must be done, for we can-, w t * . . . ,
^ , * j , I Most of us who have reached nper
not nope as a town to develop or even , , . . u . ' j
. . V, a , ... y , years can look back over our lives and
^.exist without an unfailing water sup-, ^ ,, x * u
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'W ply adaptable to future expansion. , . ‘ ,
r ’ 1 ! pened to us were the frustrations of
As the water shortage is now faced, ;our desires oftentimes.
the problem must be solved bv the ' . j ^ .u- i _n'
* . -r. , | ' *. e wanted something badly. We; ,,
property owner.,. They are the rnily , for „ and slrov(1 for jt ^ an . aary to Ihe flood-stricken region, of
the Mississippi valley. It is repoprted
that the president met the secretary at
the railroad station in advance of the |
„ x xl- . i . nwespaper men, but without a smile
But something else came along af-: a „ d r , rcsumabls ; with the under|yjri(f i
purpose of making sure that Hoover j
should not talk extra session to the i
press representatives. When the sec- !
retary was leaving and was asked if he
had been correctly quoted as predict-!
omi* who have the power of ordering ./ . .. . . • m. xi_
. .. x- rrn. • i other got the coveted prize. Then the
an election on the question. The in-' , , „ . , ,
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question
stallation of the line and plant to r Dun-
ran’s creek if such a course is decided
upon, will probably call for the ex
penditure of from $75,000 to $100,000.
Funds for the work are not available
as every one well knows, and this
means that a bond issue to provide the
necessary funds the only solution.
In other words, ir\tiie city wants an
adequate water supply, for the present
.and future, funds must be provided
with which to make this expansion.
It is therefore incumbent upon city
<owrcil, and extremely important, that
/etailed facts and information be
gj^thered and given the public and ev
ery precaution taken to avoid mistakes
•r make an unwise move. There should
be no guess work but a thorough and
accurate presentation made of the sit
uation in order that our people may
and understand what our prob-
and how it should be satisfac-
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It Is The Chronicle’s opinion that the
world all went dark and we were ready
to give up.
ter a while and further experience and
wisdom showed us that it would have
been very bad for us to have succeed
ed in getting the thing we wanted.
When we get to Heaven, if we ever
do, I think that in looking lack over
our earthly career we will value our
kicks more than our kisses.
We will be able to truly say that,
“with our jjtripes we were healed.”
Because things do not come your
way do not lose heart. Wait. Some
thing beter is probably just around
the corner.
It is this attitude of cbnstant hope
that keeps the soul lighted up.
It does not do to act Rashly. No one
can tell what tomorrow may bring
forth. x
; Tomorrow is the great adventure.
About all that keeps life worth living
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all times. Phone us the
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