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! size. Although Washington ha.s about half a 'million population, it has no industries. Its commercial life is lini- I ited to’ the production and distribution of food, clothing and shelter and the concomitant to the people who get their living by working for Uncle , Sam. While government salaries have j been reduced, the reduction has not j been anything lik# as great as it has I been in most commercial concerns. It j figures out a little less than 10 per | cent.. I . Washington, D. C., Jan. 23. — The spectacle of a new senator holding up all legislation by insisting upon his Still Good Times right to talk continuously has turned The ' average pay of government j attention once more to the antiquated j employees here is much higher than ■ rules of the United States senate, un- the average wages in any large in-j der which one man can hold the floor! dustrial community. So a 10 per centj as long as he is able to talk, and two. reduction has not cut the purchasing | or three senators working together ; ,po\\'er of government employees down j can keep any measure at all from,'’<^iy much. The retail establishments|< coming to a vote. ! which they make their purchases The new congress will have more a'‘e doing as good business as ever. ( new senators who want to show off|ThD landlords are getting their rents J than have ever been*sent 16 Washing- —3ud incidentally, W’ashington is al-i ton at one time before. If they all fol- 'ost the only large city in which lowed the example of Huey I»ng of there has nobeen a great slashing I Ix)uisiana, they could prevent any-' f rents. j thing l)eing done. Democratic party The people in Washington whoj managers are working with the le^el Ikave suffered from the depression; headed senators of their partj’ in this are the ones whose prosperity de effort to frame a set of^rules for the pemds upon the tourist trade. senate which will jujt a check ujH>n such filibustering in the future. • Surviving Presidents’ Wives Whether the new senate will adopt; ^vith the death of^Mr. Coolidge the such a rule is another (pie.stion. The Qjjjy surviving ex-President passed senate and the house make their't!)Wn fi-om the earthly scene, but there are rules and no outsider has a word to j ^ number of Presidential widow’s, say. The hou.'^e rules put a time limit, tj,ese is Mrs. Thomas F. on debate. ^ Preston of Princeton, New Jersey, " I who wa.s Mrs. Grover (develand. Mrs. l.egi.slative Outlook | Henjamin Harrison, whom the former Partly because of Senator I>ong’s j Presidentmarried after he left the filibuster and partly b«*cause of^ a! White Hou.se, lives in New York. .Mrs. growing desire to leave everything to the new administration, the outlbok for any kind of legislation of conse quence between now and March 4th i" veiv doubtful. There seems to be William McKinley is dead, but Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, now seventy-one, arrived in Manilla a few weeks ago on a visit to her .son, Theodore Roose velt, governor-general of the Philip-1 little chance for any kind of farm re-1 ptnes. Mrs. Taft is living in retire-* libf legislation. Tliere seems to be still 1 ment in Washington, Mrs. Wowlrow le.ss chance for any kind of -wonomy Wilson is still an active and well- legislalion. It looks now as if all of j known figure in Washington. She is a the proposals for new tax measurest great traveler and,goes everywhere, were going to jierish before the legal Mrs. Harding died not long after her [ (l«“ath of this congress. husband, but Mrs. (Coolidge, of course, ('uriou.sly enough, the only two leg-! survives. ’ • islative proposals on which there average duration of life of seems to be anything like general agreement in Inith houses, are two re- <iuests which came from the Presi dent. He asked for the enactment of average Presidents gets shorter and shorter as time goes on. Every one who is fa miliar with the work that is put upon the President declares that it is al- a law giving the Executive wider au-i impossible for any man to live thority to prevent the exploiUtion of through even one Presidential term military armaments, and he urged a revision of the bankruptcy laws to give debtors better chance .An Inaugural Show Washnigton shopkee|>ers and hotel men are so a^ncouraged by the increas ing numUws of Democratic office seekers arriving in Washington since and ever be in really good health | , , . again. Many of Mr. Roosevelt’s i ^ who are in difficulUi^ a even though they, believe lhati! ce to work out. good physical condition, are*' expressing concern over his physical welfare in the strain of the Presi dency. It is thought probably that he will delegate a great deal of authority to members of his cabinet. This, of course, would be to relieve him of de- New \cai s that they have decided ^h^ responsibility to go ahead and put on an inaugura-, ^^e tion celebration of .sorts whether or j^e laws do not rec-| no. .^ubscriptu.ns are Inung taken members of the cabinet; now to a fund of $100.IH)() to cover thePresident’s personal' expense of building grandstands fort or .sw ret a lies, tlu' inaugural parade, the ilecoiations, ^ j atui-uui-su:~fur-iiu* unaugujral baUs,_set ting off fireworks down on the river, front. .Naturally, there will b<‘ a loti of fieojib- who will come to Washing-! ton to see President-elect Roosevelt i take oflue, and if the merchants can j>rop<'rly advertise the event around the country as a sp«*ctacular show, ai great many more people will come to , town and the local business men will make- a little money, which is decid-i edly useful in'times like these. j ,\s a matter of fact. Washington ha'- probahly suffered less from the! depression than any other city of its Muscle SfioaS “ To Be Re-Opened R<o.sc‘ve!t Sees Karly Operation of Power Plant With Cooper ation of New Congress. Sheffield, .Ma., Jan. 21.—Beginning Ian inspection of the gigantic .Muscle! I Shoals, .Mahama, power ami nitrate ; project. President-elect Roosevelt told ! a crowd hei-e today “I am confident I congress will work with me and we can get something practical done,” to , —r— - “Muscle Shoals back on the map.” Ihe ( ounty .\uditoi s office it i significance was attached to his rens. S. ( wdl be open from I .ulement that “we are going to treat day of Jajiuary to the 20lh day of .ASSESSOR’S NOTK'E Februa-ry,, llb'i.’l, for the purpose of taking tax returns for the en.suing year; and for the transaction of all business |H*rtatning to the office. For the convenience of the taxjiayers, either the ('ounty .Auditor or an a.s-1 sislant will be throughout the county * on the dates nameii Ixdow'to take re-• turns for ll*3.‘l; i iWmy—t^urtr Thurstiayr J«n- b A. .M. to 1 P. .M. Owings, Thursday, Jan. 2t)th, 2 to 4 P. M. John Jones’ .Store, Friday. Jan. 27th, 11 to 11 A. .M. .Muscle Shoals from a national stand point.” ' ■ -'i,. Senator Norris, of Nebra.ska, whom .Mr. Roosevelt introduced to the crowd at the station here as “the father of Muscle Shoals,” is preparing t6 push his bill for government operation next ses.sion. The president-elect al.so introduced Senator IHIL ojL Washington, tiower , expert; Frank P. Walsh, .New York power adviser, and E. .A. Scattergood, a leader in the power fiehl in the southwest. Governor Miller inti'oduced .Mr. Roosevelt from the rear platform Stephens & Gooper’s store, Friday, of*'his siKH-ial train. After the speech Jan. 27th, 1 to 3:30 P. .M. the party left by automobile to inspect I^anfoid Station, Wednestlay, Feb. the project. Ist, 9 to 11 .A. M. Driving across the long Wilson dam Robert Harris’ Store, F'ch. 1st, 1 to bridge. Mr. Roosevelt visited Florence ^ P- M. ,on the other side of the Tennessee Only personal proi>erty has to be river am( again was welcomed by! returned this year, but it is absolute- chc^ering crow’ds. ly necessary for you to make a return. Stopping for a moment in the heart If not convenient to come to Auditor’s ^ city, he spoke through an am- office in the Gourt House, please meet pRfier, |K>inting again to the future me at one of the above named places, hope.'^ and i>o.s.sibilities of the titantici S. R. DORROH, Auditor, i |H>w’er project, tf- Laurens County. | “j hope to come back again and then ' find the great pow’er possibilities of • this valley being u.sed to the utmost,” he said. ”1 am impi’cssed by the po- , tentialities and size of this project. It | is a nation-wide project and will be NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY Several residences in town. Several farms, prices at tractive. "Houses for reilt, Broad St., Owens Hill and College View. Clmtcm Realty & famiraiice Co. mr & a BOYD treatcil as such.” 1 j Through the unused buildings of the • nitrate plant the motor caravan led. | Informeil that the whole tremendous | , scheme—idle since the war days when' I it was constructed for manufacture | of nitrate for munitions^—could be put in operation^ again on an hour’^ no-! itice, the preaident-elect expseasikl hisj admiration for the unkeep. ”I am greatly impresMd by the manner in which the army is keeping the project in proper preparedness,” jhe remarked at Florence. ‘‘The army is to be congratulated.” Die ADVERTISE THE CONCERNS THAT ARE BEST SURVIVING THIS TOUGH TIME / ARE THOSE WHO HAVE NOT PERMITTED THEMSELVES TO LACK FAITH IN PERSISTENT NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING. You see what concerns with stock listed that are paying dividends this year. Most of them are the tobacco manufacturers, who were the jiest newspaper advertisers last year. The nation’s chief advertisers during 1933 are increasing their advertising appropriation. ONE EITHER GOES AHEAD, OR PERISHES. THEY DO NOT PROPOSE TO PERISHI Why? By Simple Philosophy This old country of ours continues to eat, drink, wear clothes^ ride, go to school, attend shows, go to church, sit on chairs, sleep in beds. --.-n Prices are in instances lower than since the Civil War. A WONDERFUL TIME TO BUY. 60 per cent of the people have money — not as much as in flush years, of course, but the dollar goes fsu*ther.~ - ^ V .... WELL, WHAT’S TO BE DONE ABOUT ALL THIS? YOU WILL GET REAL ACTION IN 1933 FOR EVERY DOLLAR YOU SPEND IN / * TtlEj /• ‘The Pa^ ^vorybody Reads” •» 0 1