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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON^ 8. C.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9. 1933
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WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and PobtUWr
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« week. The^oid man and his 2 sons
smoke cigarettes and chew -tQb|u:co.'
The old lady dips snuff. They all drink'
Ian* dCcasional soft drink. They ride
around frequently in an old car.. Their
taxes last yearn amounted to about
$83.00. I
1 I know another family, one wife,
‘ one husband, one poodle dog, one Ger-;
I man police dog, one chauffeur and. no j
jmother-rn-Iaw. They live .here andj
there and yonder. All that they have
I is invested in non*taxable government
I bonds. Their income from liond sourc-
jes is about $31,000.00 per year. Their
(taxes last year pos.sibly amounted to
TODAY an<i
niCTAlX)R
.A.dolf Hitler, leader of the “Nazi”
movement in Germany, has become
cb?r.cel!or of the Ge man republic,
o' ■
CLINTON, S. C.. FEBRUARY 9, 1933
.A. pint of whiskey get.s many a man
into a bushel of trouble.
Don’t .sing
‘umrrfer^and be
rose/of no'f
and poiK'ful.
ab'iut tla*, last ro.se of
sad. Think of “the firs;
.summer and bo choerfrJ
sonable .salaries in line with other
counties and with pnvale businesses
$225,000, but no more. The man hotj^j.^ government. Thi.s
^ able to pay is paying nearly all niakes the third European^ation to
I the taxes except income and inheri- come under the control of^a virtual
Itance taxes. 'dictator. Stalin in Russia. Mus.solini
j jin Italy and now Hitler in Germany,
I Arthur Deterson owns a large farm, manifestntion.s of the failure of
(that is, its in his name. He p^idhj^p people of those countries to man-
1 down^ on this farm n 10.?0 the their own al'faii's succe.ssfully.
I of $3,500.00. He borrowed $3,500.M, j ^ great d&al of loose talk to
from the man from whom he boug'nt that “what America needs
is a dictator.” I don’t think we need
anything of the kind, and don’t think
that the vast majority of .Americans
fort.s at aelf help which are being
, made in all parts of the United States.
Some will succeed dnd some will not,
but out of them may grow some valu
able lessons which can be applied |
when good times come again, and,
which will make it easier, because of,
this experience, to nieei the next eco
nomic crisis.
1 heard from an English friend the
other day that the members of the
great British cooperative society are!
getting through the depression much 1
easier than the general run of the;
people. ' .
The hardest thing for most Amori-
can.s to learn is teamwork.
the farm. Arthur still owes '$3,500.00
on the farm, or one-half of its (one-
in-
K .\ou get tirod of a man hanging |
aro'ird you, lend him money and hc’l*!
not bother you any mo-e.
r !
Have 3’o ' ever shopped to figure |
out V. he>e vou vvo'iid be if you had i
followeti a!" the advice you have re-j
ceivisl?
A small f oy can carry almost a
many f«^l’-^b things in his iiocket asiToree*! W work for
u
in the county who have emp.Ioyees en- time) value. He has kept up the
gaped in a similar type of ^ork ard|terest on this obligation, but has near-
carrying the same reapon.sibilities. i |y starved himself and his family to
Whr.t the county wants, or certain- Arthur pay.s $164.25 taxes on
!y should want now above all otherfthi.s land, but the man who owns the
times, is efficiency in the dispatch of! other half (by mortgage) pays noth,
jts business and men of ability and in-1 in taxes.
tegrity to direct its affairs. The re-;
muneration of - these offices should
therefoie be sufficient to afford a fair
margin of living and to insure a con
tinuation of the same ty;)e of efficient
service that i.s now offered.
After all, it is a question of what
the work is worth to the county rath
er than of how little peojile can be
want to be organized, disciplined and
controlled in the way that people liv
ing under a dictator have to submit to.
We hive never failed yet in Ameri
ca to work our own way out of our
troubles, and I think we are on the
way out Tiow'.
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woman can cany In her hnadba;
UE’* (MiUTION—AMERICAN I
.STYLE . I
A couiile of weeks ago a Senate!
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13 Years Ago
i The proposed state and federal
i salts tax will just be another tax lev-
ied on th'e weak and weary and worn-
j out. W’e don’t need any new taxes. \Vc<
'need to eliminate some of the levies
t already squeezing us to death, and re-i
'.luce the other taxes. No matter whatlth^V romn.unis.n or a dictatorship.
jit takes to cut expenses and save thej»“»
taxpayer fnim uttvr destrucuon, that
"thing must and will —
SOCIALISM
e are ni'ich more likely in .Atr en-
ca to come tO .-ome mil l form of so-
cialirrn than we aie io arrive at ei-
(Ibne
Hut we aje not
ism any more than England calls her
Interent From The Chronicle
of 1919
Mike and Evolution
Mike Clark, RED,
ago a ^enau* I Items of
committee in Washington was warned
that there would be a revolution ini i^— irlij~i^~gi~ 'W ^ *
America if the farmers did nut fret chairman of the board of re-'„,
immediate relief from their di ficul- g,„ts bf the SUte Training sehool has | care Cee McGee,
|cai»led for bids for the conslr'iclion of ^n(jj.rson S. C.
We don’t agree with this point of dofiuitory bui! lings t.o lx* erect-
view. All the indications are that tl e|(.(| j,,,. (;pnton’s new insiii . i ui.
revolution in America has already be-j
gun and Ihul it will go on regardle.Asi appropriation bill r^port-
by the folks the folks in power or the
folks not in power—now. (This is sug^-
! posed to be ah^ article telling just
! what one business man thinks of
thrifgS).
ed to the hou.He laat Friday, contained
an item of $39,.500 for the completion
of the Clinton po.stoffice building.
'This additional increase brings the ap-
piopriation up .to $89,()<)0 and bids
h^e already Been call^ for. - 7
Mr, T. Duck Leake, one of the city’s
oldest citizens, passed away Saturday
morning, June 21st, after l>oing in ill
health for several months. The fun
eral .service was held Sunday at Dun
can’s Creek church and conducted by
Dr. W. S. Bean.
eral days in Asheville.
of thv-* (jucstion of farm relit
f)f c turse, what the g«uCieman in
W’a.'^hington was talking about was
the kind of revolution.s we read about,
in Russia and Spam and South An~er-
ica, where -an armed To fee seizes the
government and proceeds to reorgan
ize It at the poynt of the bayonet. Wt., president WiLson has announced
don t think there is the slightest dan-.^j.^jj^ ^,jj| p^rry his fight for ratifi-
ger of that kind of a revolution in I^eague of Nations cove-
United .States. | nant directly to the people in a coun-
What we arc talking about is levo- ^^ry-wide Hi>eaking tour.
lution in-, the American style, which
consi-^ts of changing the methods and
operations of oar government by j
what the Constitution calls “due pro-t
cess of law.*’ We have been going
through revolution after revolution of
that kind ever since the armed revo
lution of 1776, which won us our
national independence. Our whole
scheme and system of government is
as different from anything whigh was
imagined by the gentlemen who
framed ouv Constitution in 1787 as
chalk is from cheese. .Sometimes by
the Intel pretati'on of the Supreme
('ouit, sonielimcs iiy actual amend-
m« ni. we have i-hanged that document
and its applications into something
that Franklin, W’ashinglon, Adams
and .Madison and the rest would never
IM-oyp zr.
W hat i'- going on now, as a result
of the widespread distress and the
inulti|)lieation in the numl>er of debt
ors, may ea.sily amount to another
rel ies of radical changes in our en
tire governmental scheme. The peo
ple are in the mood for change. The
resistance of the creditor class to the
demands of deldors foi* renef is weak
er tlian it has la*en at any jirevious
time. The debtor class today includes
not omy farmeis but industrial work
ers, business men and gi'eat corpor-
ation.-^.
In tlie light of this state of affairs
i' is natural to expect that Congress
w ill rc'spoml by carrying the new con
cepts of the functions of government
Dear Mike:
Plea.se let the
ideas and views
public have your
on evolution. That
seems to be one subject you have not
touched on since I have been follow
ing you up and down the linotype.
Your admirer,
Albert Grey.son.
Fayetteville, Terin.
FeblG7Ty33r
deer nir. greyson:
i newer did believe verry mutch in
evverlution until i vissited our state
capitol a few years ago and saw our
leggislature in session, ever since
then, , have felt a right smart of
sympr.tliy for the monkey and now i
alway.-^ takes up for him.
4^
Stic which it practically is.
All the* signs of the time are point
ing to increasing governmental con
trol, if not owner.ship and operation of
public utilities, natural re.sources,
mc-aii..i of transpoilation and com
munication, It would not .Hui-prise me,
,f 1 were here to see it, to find the
United States twenty j'oars from now-
ow'ning all of the mines, oil wells, rail-
roa(f, telegraph and telephone lines,
I'adio broadcasting sy.stem.s, electric
light and power plants, steamship
lines, and other enterprises which are
essentially monopolistic in their na
ture.
And, incidentally, if any more peo
ple .stoii paying taxes it. won’t be long
before the nation or its governmental
Huh-divisions own all the land.
TREASURE
If all the money that has ever been
buried and it.s whereabouts forgotten
could be dug up and put into circula-
t:oi|, there might be enough To e?.se |
the depre.ssion materially. (
I learned the other day from a Rus
sian friend that he knew the evict j
.spot where ten million dollars was^
buried just before the Bolshevik army,
arrived, and if thebe were any possible!
way of getting the mortey out of Rus- j
sia he could lead me to the spot. I de- j
dined the offer, but I was reminded;
of it when I heard from down on the
Eastern shores of Marjdand that a I
voung man who. had bought an aban- j
doned graveyard‘as a site for a fill-i
ng station had found an iron pot can-1
taining thirty thousand dollars in oldj
coin.' buried in the ground. And fivam,
out in Arkansa.s come.s the report
that workers for the Antericin Red
Cross have turned up nearly six
thousand dollars that u'^as hidden by
an ancient liermit who committed sui- !
cide a few weeks ago, after w'dling
-mstrtict4©i»s to ttie Red Gro.ss^ woi’kers-i
"hovvlb’ iitid TWTbTiiddf Trcafrarr. 1
.Adventurers are still searrhiug for
pirate gold on various i.slapds of thej
West Ipflies, and dredging the deep |
seas for sunken treasure ships. It isj
the most fa.scinating game imaginr hle, |
but those who play it seldom win.
FINAL SETTLEMENT
Take' nbtice that on the 28th day
of February, 1933, I iwill render a fi
nal account of my acts and doings as
Administrator of the estate of John
Gri/fin Pitts, deceased, in the office
of the Judge of Probate of Laurens
county, at 10 o’clock a. m., and on the
same day will apply for a final dis
charge from my trust as Adihinistra--
trjx.
A.ny pei'son indebted to said estate
is notified and required to make pay
ment on or before that date; and all
persons having claims against .said
estate will present them on or before
said date, duly proven, or be forever
barred.
MRS. IRENE ADAIR PITTS,
Jan. 21, 1933.—2-1G-4C.
Administratrix.
FINAL SETTLEMENT
Take notice that on the 1st day of
March, 1933, we will render a final
account of our acts and doings as Ex
ecutors of the estate of Carrie Rook,
decea.se<l, in the office of the kludge of
ProbaJ-e of Laurens County, at 10
o’clock a. ^m., and on the same day
will apply for a final discharge from
our trust as Executors.
Any person indebted to said estate
is notified and required to make pay
ment on or before that date; and all
persons having clbiins 'against said es
tate will present them on or before
said date, duly proven, or be forevCr
barred.
EUGENE GARY,
THOMAS ROOK,
Executors.
Jan. 24, 1933.—2-16-4c—P.
SECURITY
My friends of the American .As.-^oci-
j ation for Old Age Security report that
1 efforts are being made by politicians
in several states to abolish their old
age pension systems, on the plea of
economy, and go back to the horrors
of the town and county poor houses.
It seems to me that this is about the
last place to practice economy. Of
course, the poorhouse.-^made jobs for
1 fb
KISSEI) BY GHOST
_ HU&aANxD -
Her Spook Husband Kissed Her
Hand and Hot Tears Fell On It—The
Weird Experience of Lady ('aillard,
as Told by Her in The American
Weekly, the Magazine Distributed
With the Next Atlanta Sunday Amer-^
ican.
“Buy American” Labor
i do not say that some men sprung
fiom the monkey while others did
not, as the chimpanzee seems to of
had something to do with- certain
faniilie.s i happen to associate with.
Dr. S. C. Caldwell is spending sev-1 my wife’s brother’s aunt could not of
Raymond Pitts, who has been in
overseas service, has returned to the
States and is ex{>ected home in the
next few day.s.
got where .she is in looks without the
use of a chimpanzee back yonder.
\ Miss Vivian Padgett has accepted a
clerical position in Greenville.
Mi.ss Blanche Martin ha.s resigned
her position with Atlair-Sutnerel and
returned to her home in Greenwood.
Eugene Galloway, of the U. S. navy,
sailed Saturday for an IS-months trip
to ^pain, France, Russia, China, Ja
pan and other points.
as to a horse once being a rabbit or
a bird a fish, don’t ring me up. a fish
was horned a fish and a horse started
off a horse, but it’s different with the
mule, and there’s evverlution for you.
a chicken id not spring from anny-
thing except a hen, and that’s their
ancestors to l>egin with.
cooperation
A group of sixty-three unemployed
New York business men are opening
up a cooperative store with the aid of
niimufacturers and jol-'oers of mer
chandise of all kind.s. They are get
ting their rent on u percentage basis
of sales, airJ their merchandise on
con.signment.
This is only one of hundreds, per
haps, thousands, of etsiperative ef-
John F. Bell of Arkansa.s, is \dsit-
ing his aunt, Mrs. Bluff Henry.
Bob Sim|)8on and Jeff Willis have
received their discharge from the
arniy and returned home.
mr inestine stands high because no-
boildy knows what he is talking about
and therefoar can’t raise no dispute
with him. he believes in relly-tivity:
i suspose he means by that that he
believes his wife’s relatives ought to
stay at Iheir own homes occasionally,
i agixe with him on that.
Much merriment was caused Thurs
day afternoon by a group of little
into fields of whiclt the founders ol4-
folks when little Virginia Kellei-s cel
eb laled^^Tffthlrttthday.
the Republic never dreame<L If they i
rfo, it will, in exxence, .mount to .1 John'willi.m Dillard colo-
rovulution; but It will m.roly bo “"J birtM.y Wednoxd.y
other revolution Ameri^n .tyle, m | ^ ,„t.rt.in«d . num-
the long .series of revolutions through^
which wc have ,come i.ucce.xfully. o ^.^y
her of his friends and playmates at a
(tOING TOO I'AR (tVom fil^. of The Chronicle for
It begirts to look like that law jyne 26, 1919).
schools in order to be modern must
include in the regular course the
study of insanity in order that the
lawyers may more readily determine
whether the taking of human life in
particular cases should be regarded |‘«4pTiyiii^ ^
as murder which should be punislie J j Ownership Once Meaat Wealth. But
Nobody’s Business
By Cl«c McGee
no, sir, i ain’t no evverlutionist. i
newer have had none of these here
evverlutionist explain to me how
come it if a man and a woman sprung
from the monkey, why did man haf-
ter spring from an ugly monkey while
the woman sprung from a pretty one?
i know lots of wimmen who has made
humti^s oiit oTrlwtFTiui^Ta^
them is cases where evverlution back
fired. no|>€, i don’t believe -nothing
has ever benn annything excepp what
it is now, monkeys and babboons not
withstanding.
yores trulie,
mike Clark, rfd.
or whether the deceased was only un
fortunate enough to cause his slMyei
to become erratic and thus bejrond the
bounds of the usual penalty. It may
coma at laat to the question of wheth
er the law should protect the sane or
thoae who employ the plea of in-
MBlty.
OUR COUNTY OFFICIALS
LAttrens eetn^ haa. been fortunate
hi dM type iY amb who fill its offices
•t the court house, and as eontemplat-
" ed raduetioa ia their salaries are now
by the eaunty delecation, they
should not be so drastic as to bring
abo^ Imam to ths comity Io ths char-
mtmmai fm ai mm chm aru to fill
ihtio- oMIpi aam ood ior .future
yuan. All govanma«t coots should be
todoeed, oi eouiao, and tho hoavy bur-
tho taxpayor made Ikhter^ but
" ‘offidals should be p« oa rea-
<r
THIS WOMAN
LOST 35 LBS.
OFFAT
Miss M. Katner of Brooklyn, N. Y.
writes: “Have used Kruschen for the
past 4 months and have not only lost
35 pounds but feel so mush better in
_ ^ every way. Even for people who don't
who run our public affairs fail or re-1 ffJ* ^?!**!**5'^
fuse to cut expenses sad reduce taxes,
this thing will be done automatically
—when folks quit paying taxes.
New It Means Poverty
Everybody ev"rywh»»x» \n talking
about high taxes and extravagant
governments. Folks have a. riglit to
talk about these things. If the men
COUNTY TREAaSURER’S NOTICE
The books of the County Treasurer
w'ill be open for the collection of taxes
for the fiscal year, 1932, at the Treas
urer’s office from October 15th to De
cember .31, 1932, After December 31
one per cent will be added. After
January 31, two per cent will be add
ed, and after February 28th, .seven
per cent will be added until the 15th
<ay of March, 19S3, v.hen the hooks
\.'ill be closed.
AH person.s owning property in
more than one school district are re
quested to cal! for receipts in each of
i the several school district.^ in which
the property i.s located. 'This i.s im-
poitant, as additional cost and pen
alty may lie attached.
All able-bodie<i male citize.as be
tween the ages of twenty-one (21)
and sixty (60) years of age are liable
to pay a poll tax of $1.00. (Commuta
tion Road Tax $L.50 in lieu of road
duly. All able-badied men between
the ages of 21 and 55 are liable to
road duty except those in military
service, school trustee.s, school teach
ers, niinisterii and students.
Proper attention will be given those
who wish to pay their taxes through
the mail by check, money order, etc.,
jpving name of townahip_and number
of Bcho^ district.
D. ROY SIMPSON,
tf County Treasurer.
DISTRESS AFTER HEALS
R*Imt«4 Bj Black-Dmiht
“I had tour atomach and gaad*
wrltaa Mr. Jaas Higglna, of Daw*
■onvllle, Oa., “and oftan I would
hava bilioua tpalla. 1 raad about
Tbodford’a Black-Draught and ba-
gan to taka it It raliavad ma of
thla troubla I keep It atl the time
DOW. 1 conetder It a fine medldne.
1 take a plneh of Black-Draught after
meels whea I need it It helpa ta .
prevent elok headache and to keep
the syeteon to good order.**
Get a package at ttie gtora Try It t
Now you can Ahwh-Oraaght m
tAe fmrm af a MYttVP, for CsuMum.
j politicians and profits for local trades
I men supplying bad food at hig1i pric
es, The experience has always been
. that almshouse support of the huli-
gent poor costs twice as much a.s pro-
! viding the small pension of five or six
j dollars a week to every needy person
I of advanced years.
I Twenty legislatures have old age
I pension hills up for consideration now.
j I hope and believe thai tjui time will
I come soon when every .\niericah can
i look forward to have at least enough
I to live on after reaching the age of
j sixty-five or perhaps seventy,
j If ‘hi.'s be socialism’make the most
’ of it.
“LADY GODIVA” GOES f
TO ARTISTS’ BALL
Chicago’s First Artists’ Ball and
the Strange Steed of Naked Lady
Godiva. An Amusing Illustrated' Ar
ticle in The American Wei'kly, the
Magazine Distributed With the Next
Atlanta Sunday American.
“Buy American” I^abor
LONG LEGS betray
PRYING HUSBAND
Betrayed by His Long Legs When
He Tried To Get Into His Estranged
Wife’s Home. See The American
Weekly, the Magazine Distributed
With the Next Atlanta Sunday
American.
“Buy .American” Labor
e66
' BUY COLLIER’S
j Collier’s Magazine—$2.00 year.
In rluba for $1.75.
JAMES W. CALDWELL
LIQUID - TABLETS - SALVE
Checks Colds first day. Headaches or
Neuralgia in 30 minutes, .Malaria in
3 days.
666 SALVE for HEAD COLDS
Mont Speedy Rcmedien Known
JuTbsCRIBE to the CHRONICLE
”The Paper Everybody Reads’*
The Comforts
of the
The only way to reliove the citizen
ship of this country is relieve them of
their debts. Over 99 per cent of our
trouble is debt. These so-called gov
ernment relief schemes won't amount
to a thing in the world in the long
run except more debt and more taxae.
I know a family that owns a email
»r, there are ftve children, one wif)^,
one husband, aad om precious moth-
er-in*law. The gross income of this
entire family is less than 20 dollara
to keep the system healthy. I being a
nurse should know for I’ve tried so
nutny things but only Kruachen an-
awei^ all purposea.” (May 12, 1932).!
Tb lose fat SAFELY and HARM
LESSLY, take a half teaapoonful of
Kruschen in a glass of hot water In
the morning before breakfast—don't I
miss a morning—a bottle that laaU 4
weeks costs but a trifle—but don’t take
chances—be sure it’s Kruschen—your
health comes first—get it at Young’s'
Pharmacy or any drug store in Amer
ica. If not joyfully satisfied after the
Hrat bottle—money back.
SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE
“The Paper Everybody Reads’*
NOW IS THE
TIME TO BUY
Several residences in town.
Several farms, prices at
tractive.*: "
Houses lor rent. Broad St.,
Owens Hill and College
View.
Clinton Realty &.
faipurance Co.
a H. BOTD
American Home
YT is a well-known fact that, home for home, the
^ American household has more comforts and con
veniences than that of any other nation.
1
In foreign ianda the modernised dwelling-is found
only in^the better sections of the larger cities.
In America, even in remote rural districts, you
find the radio, the t^uum cleaner, washing ma
chines, up-to-date heating systems, telephones and
numberless labor-saving appliances.
’There is a well-kept look about residence, store or
out-buildings with an atmosphere of prosperity and
content.
Did you ever stop to realise why this is so; how
this condition was brought about?
It is largely due to advertising. And a* big share
of the credit.Manga to newapopar.adeortiaing.
Stop and think how many of the foods yon cot,
tho things yon woar and othor irtlckn entering into
your every-day Ufa, yon fint heard of throngh newa-
pnper adveriiaementa.
You win then realise what a part they do play, or
ahonld play, in your daUy Ufa, , ,
^ '"'r-
Read the advertiseaienta regnlarly and thoronghly
in THE CHRONICLE if you are not already doing
so. They mean |nQi% to yon than yon can teO.
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