The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, February 16, 1933, Image 6
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News Review of}CuiTent
, Events the World Over
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Econpiny in Govcmnient Gets a Boost—Senate Ousts
Sergeant at Arms Barry for Traducing It—Roosevelt
Invites Governors to Parley^
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
__PCONOMY fiven a real bonat bj
the aenate when It paaaed the
treasiirj-poat oflice bill, for It Irifteriwl
In the words of Sennfor Dnvld Heed
of Ivnnia. the Keiiafe “lumle a
holy show of if self.” Harry did not
Into the measure provisions plvlnp the \/\»rk defenders, the wannehi ut these
IIAl Iturrj «ter he acthllies uf
I S '.xjiliani f . ^•iilllil, Mho wa rfiKni
led In Knn«|*e as to'iin: h sernd reore^
j aeiifati^e nf .ir ^•*«is«‘\ell m nl. 4ner
to d«*ril with Hie ifoe-
eniiiieiifs «»f iialiona
tinit owe WMr de!>is !•
ft»e L'ldied Statea,
l»rotiahly ims hhiwa
over for ko<m1. itiiliiit.
who WHS « State tie*
iwnriieiit n*|in*>MMita-
live under \V<MNlrow
Wilson. alMi w«a
thought hy Some
French ofllclals to ba
an emissary of I'oL
W. C. Bullitt Rdwitrd M. House. He
rjsited London Furls {inquired around for the
and other nipMals and c-<inrerred with
various hl^i irersonases, and our Slate
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 16. 1933
I borhood, who h*d never heard of thetis notified and required to make pay-
j experience of his contemporaries with
the new patron. He jT*bbed Bill with
open arms. Out of this doctdr. Bill got
a couple of tonsillectomies, 'two ob
stetrical services and several bed.side
influenza cases, before the doctor
I awrakened to the real situation.
Every physician that ever touched
'IBill came awray with a water-haul!
HOW BILL GETS BY ! At last Bill moves to anotl^r town.
Bill lives in my town,—-in yours, 1^“^* invectiva fqr his last place* of
too. If the Bills in *his land were or- a\ick town, with the
Igranized, they would make a formi- meanest people in it in the world!
Sen. Bratton
incomlnj: Fn-sideni h
most dlctnforinl |mi\v
er In reorgMnlzIm: the <
structure of the fed
era I povcniment. co-
ordlruiliiij;, c«ui8«didat
InR or rcduclns the
ouniher of HKcuri<*8
and eliiuiiiatlii^ over
laiipiuc mid du|ilica
tion of duties, **ln or
der to further rcdtu*«*
expenditures and in
crease efficiency In
governmen t.” Tlie
measure w ithholds mithorlly to ahollsh
or transfer an executive department In
Its entirety, thou;:h Senator Norris
urged that this iirivilege also be given
-- the *htef i5v«njttve:“=Hl* pwpnial wm*
rejected lu'cnuse senators feared It
wight lead to the coriihlnlng of the
army and navy Info one dei>artmeiit
of national defense, as has often been
suggested, 'flie hill as iiiiprored by the
senate grmiis ilie new Fresident miich
greater latitude tlinii was asked by
President Hoover for the same pur
pose. 'J'lie executive orders will not
become effri'ilve until sixty days afler
heing Hiiluuitted to congress noloss
congress itself proAldeg by law for an
earlier efleetIve dale.
Be.sid»*s this grant of power to reor
ganizo the ferleral estahllshment the
fwMiate moved toward further econ
oniies hy adopMng an amendment of
fereil hy Senator Sum G.^Bratton of
.New Me.vlco, one of tlie leading Dcim*-
crafs lu^ilie matter of savings. It re
quires all department heads to cut
llieir eT|,..iiiliiLiie« f.ie.JirfI hy B pi»*.
iM‘ing Senator Otis fSlenn of ll’.iiioia ■
Hidl Senator .M M. Logan of Kenmcky
Mr. Olenn. being a lame dmk was
••<•1 afraid to sav wliut he thought,
■lid he had a lot of hot thoughts on
ilie mat ter. He iMtUiied out tliiii wliai .
F.iirry tiad written was but one smiiM ,
voire ill a cliorus of criticism of the »
*•0111116. and continued: ■
“I cannot distinguish very material |
ly between at tacking a tssly of this
klml, as Ims been done In the preMuil i
instance, and the privilege wlih*h Is I
exercised nearly every day In commit
tee roonu of tlie senate ot tirowheat
Ing a witness, licensing liliii. attacking
him as lie sits iliere. called In respimse
to a summons.
. •*] do - not distinguish between the ,
•tittcks made ufion this txMly and I lie -
attacks made in this body day afler :
day by dlHliiignlsIied mcniliers of this '
body, ultacking, abusing, condenuiing
blackt'ning peoples names and reiaita
th'ns. knowing that tiie next niorniiig I
upon the front pages of the respiuisl ;
tile newspapers ot this country thos**
charges, unsiisialned, will be broadcast
to file World.” j
'Hie debate was lively and rather '
vitiiperiilive. and was imtuenseiy eo
Joyed Ity tlie occupants of the galleries.
Une of liesc was henrd to qimte:
"The lady doth protest too much, lue
thinks.”
dable political party. \
Theie are some fifteen doctors in
my town. When Bill moved here he
most popu
lar doctor and retained him as his
family physician—as long: as the doc-
departnient called on Amlmswidork-l-tpr would do his work without pay,
which wa.s over two years. The doctor
became too insistent about his pay to
suit Bill. I
Then, our hero .sought the fo!*mi-.
K«lge for Infon lation. Tlie amhiissa
dot replied that Rullitt was acting uo
his uwu res|Mins'bllity as a writer in
terested In foreign affulrs and was
rej•resentIng no one In the United
Sisitea.
Mr. Kdge. It la underst<K»d. rei*4»rie<l
that this is only one of many similar
Incidetita. Kver since Mr. Booseveft’i
ridmimitlon, the embassy has had re
fsirfs of a long succeslun of such ."em
issaries.”
Those of my readers who wre ac-
quamted with Bill, know that he can
tell you just how the United Senate
ought to perform! It will take a long
time to educate some folks to the point
of getting above the tactics of Bill—
the fellow that public opinion alone
can remove from our mid.st.
^ FINAL SETTLE.MENT
Take notice that on the 28th d,ay
able competitor of the leading doctor]of February, 1933, I will render a fi-
and recited the two years of “rob-; nai account of my acts and doings as
cent, though tills must be dune with
out cutting wages—tills being Insisted
upon hy Senator Uostlgnn of Colorado.
Mr. Bratton estimated that bis plan
would result In the saving of about
f 140,0(KMKK) Ip the cost of ojxeratlng
the goTeriiiiieiit during the next flsca'
year. Ollier economy measures at
ladled to the hill, It was said, would
realize 8(»ine 2U uilHtons of additlotuil
savings.. One of these includes tlie en
listed personnel of the arnty, .navy and.,
ninrine corps In the present per
cent salary cut alTectIng all othe^ fed
eral emidoyees.
In the house all kinds of attempts
to economize were beaten during con
slderafion of supply bills. The rep
n*W‘nfatives even declined, hy an over
wlielming vole, to reduce Ihdr own
salaries to $7..''iOO or opixuients
of the proi>o«al arguing that thev
c<uild not alTcrd the cut and that hiw-
ering the pay would make the house
a “rich man's club” and make It Ini
posKilile for a poor man to enter con
gre.ss. The proponents of live redac
tion wore denounced as demagogues.
W HII.K the Fresident-Fllect was
.*ruisirjg about the Carlbbe;)o try
ing to catch fish the umuteur cabinet ! supported
builders kept right on working. I,ate
goadfr iWjg thllt...Willi
Ham 'll. Woodlo of
New York would be
J«ss« H.
Jones
VV
ITH grave formality the senate
and iionse niol togclher*tn the
bouse cIuiiiiImt and Matched their offi
cial tellers extract from a mahogany
chest tlie rei*ort8 of state electors on
last full's election. Tlie reading clerk
lotnily announced tlie state totals, and
when tliese had lieen set doM n on tdg
tally sheets and addeej up, the con
gross MHs solemnly Informed tiia»
FntnkHn I>. |{«K)sevelt and John N: Gwr-
iier had ln‘en elected President and
Vice 1‘resldetil of (he United States
by a vote of 472 against 59 for Hoover
and Curtis.
secretary of com
merce ; Henry Stev
ens of North Carolina,
former conitgander of
the American T^egton.
secretary of war. and •
Archibald McNeil of |
(’onne<-tlcuf or O. Muz !
Gardner of North I
Carolina secretary of
Jesse I.
Straus, .New York r
iiienduint. also was j
l>ut In the running for the eoniiiierce~
(H>rlfolio. More definite than these .
minors mus the reinirt that Jesse II. ’
Jones, eminent Democrat and huainess '
man of Houston. 'I'e.xas. would be
made head of the It econ si ruction Fi
nance c<*r|Miration. He would succeed
A flee Pomerene. M'hose aftpointment
as clialrinan hy Presiilenl Ibiover was
blocked, Mith nil otlier nominations,
in (he senate. Mr. H«w>.se.velt will rely ■
i greatly on the Iteconsfructlon Flnuro'e
cor|M»ra(ion and Its vast credit In car
rying out his pljins In the “new deal”
and would re<-elve strong and nt>le
j su|»p<»ri from Mr. Jones Its Its chair
i man.
V .AfllDUSpInns'for the regeneration
of the itei»ut)lican party have lK*en
discuKseil. and one already has been
startfsl. This is the organization of
the National Bepuhlican league. wMth
Vice Pri*sident Charles Curtis at, Ita
iu‘ad aAd4ieadqi4artvrs In VVaKliington.
Three vice chairmen have been named
—Senators Kelli Hebert of Bhode la
land and Daniel O. Ha.stings of Dela
ware and former Itepresentntlve John
tj. Tilson t»f Connecticut. The make up
of the league appears to be strictly
regtilar Bepublicari.
The new organization announced by
J«*liii A. Campbell of White Plains. N,
Y., who win be Its director. Is designed
to carry on a vigorous camimign for n
comeback md only in the ISKIO Pre«l-
dentlal election hut In next year's con
gressional races also. It is (irofessed-
ly neither for nor against the Interi'Sta.
of any one candidate.
The senate Bepuhlican organiuith>n
seems determined to cj^tUiue in grstd
standing in the party riiucus the liisiir
Itooserelt last
falL Senator Oiarlea L. McNary of
„Pregon. the probable new Repubih-an
Teat^er"©# thV senaTe^* dwflired Thlit *a'
proposal to read out of the party Sen
ator* George W. Norrii of Nebraska,
llolieii M. I.a Follette of Wlaconkin.
Illram Johnia>Q of California, and
Bronson I'utting of New Mexico, had
“not a cliaD<*e in the world" to suc
ceed.
Suggestions were heard recently
that Secretary of the Treasury Milla
Would be umde chairman of the R«-
pubiican luitlotiHl committee, but he
anid he would not accept the place.
“I've had a lot of politics in the lust
25 yenra and I don't intend to step o>jt
of here Into the chairmanship of any
(Militlcal con unit tee.” Mills said.
■bery” that he had endured. The am-
j bilious competitor swallowed the
hook, line and sihker! He treated
. Bill’s infirmities as long as he could
affoid to without remuneration; some
'competitors are that way.
! Then Bill sought the doctor that
lived farthc.st away from his neigh-
Administrator of the estate of John
Griffin 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 tru.st as Administra
trix.
Any person indebted to .said estate
ment on or before that date; and all
persons having claims against said
estate will present them on or before
said date, duly proven, nr be forever
barred.
MRS. IRE-\'E ADAIR PITTS,
Jan. 21, 1933.—2-16-4C.
Administratrix.
The new Octagon Soap Pre
mium is a good one. Bring 100
coupons from Octagon pn^ucts
and get one.
Prath^-Simpson
Furniture Co.
Clinkers Wanted
VVe will exchange coal for all
the clinkers to be found after
burning our DIXIE GEM coal.
You just don’t get any — that’s
why.
No waste in our coal—it is the
right size and needs no break
ing up.
CLINTON
COTTON OIL CO.
Phone 62
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P i.K.NTY of exi>crt H<lvU*e oo-wa.v*
of pulling the inilloii uut «tf ttie
slough of desiMiml is to l>e offeied
soon, Fir.vt the senate tlnance commit
lee Invited more than half a hundr>*<l
of (he nation's leading men in all lines I ^^'K**^®*^®****! circles upheld this view
to present their views on the causes
OllEAT BRITAIN'S cabinet in three
8«'K.sion8 gave final approval to
the British p<*IIcy for negotiations with
Mr. Roosevelt In the debt conference'
to be held in Washington. Of course
the cabinet's conclusions were not
nuide pultlic. but it was nuderst<Nid
Ambassjidor Sir Ronald Lindsay wouhl
bring back a plan providing for a
lump sum itayment of between SLl’.-id,-
(XKi.OOO and $'2.000.(K)0.000 as settle
ment for (he entire debt of almut $11,-
0(10,000,0(10 which the European na
tions owe the United States. This,
. the debtor nations think, would be la
acrord with toelrjown I^usanne agree
ment on German reparations.
Representative Rainey of Illinois de
I dared: "The United States will not
; acceiit any such slash,” and opinion In
i < I
S UNATDRH. despite their rules, can
find ways Pt wiy some mighty mean
of the economic depresshm and the
nee<h*d legislative remedies, and those
views presiiniahly are now being for
mutated. Then President-Elect Roose
velt sent to the
'states Invitations to meet him In the
White House on March 0 to discuss
means of solving national problems
Id w hich the governments of the states
and the nation ha^e a common vii.nl
Interest.
In Ills letter .Mr. Roosevelt siiid:
“It Is my thouglit that we should
discuss for (Mir mutual benefit certain
subjects, such as:
“(a) Conflicting taxation by federal
and state governments;
”(h) Federal aid for unemployment
relief;
* (c) .Mortgage foreclosures, especial- j
things nIhmii one another; but an out- |
aider mustn't cast aspersions on their '
Integrity. D n v I d 8
Barry, wlio has been
sergt'ant al arms of
the senate fttr 14 ^ * ■
years. h:is found this
out and iias lust his
Job. The seventy-three
year old otliehil W’rote
an a r J I r I e for .Al
Smith's Now OiithMik
the o|»enlng paragrapli
of whhli was:
•■(■ontrury. i»erhai>s.
to the popnitir belief, O. 8. Barry
there are not man.v
crooks In congress—that is. out and
i*Ml grafters, or th«»se who are w’illiug
to be such; there are not many sen
atom or re|> resent at Ives who sell
tbeir votes f(»r money and it is pretty
wrcJI known who those few are; but
IlMre are many demagogues of the
ly heeause they think that it will help
t|tolr polilU*ul and social fortunes."
' Indignant senators were swift to
call Barry to nct'ount. Sitting as a
Irlal court, they beard biin admit be
WM unable to (wove that there were
iNibc takera and grafters In congrefs;
■Ad tbgy rtfuBPd to consider his pleas
dHU B^oator Gliss had otid aboui os
■Micb congemlBg the fight agulnat the
McFaddea banking MU, and that tn
roBfity bit article wa» meant to de
(fiid tlw refiutattoo of congress de
■pKfi Iti ln«oC irordifif. By ■ vote ot
it IT fbt ftMt# deprived Burry ol
i fift tt Hit ground that ht bad
Moreover. .Mr. Rooaevelt’s plan of
dealing with each nation separately
will give the British small opportu
nity to put forward a proposal for aiJ
of them.
\ ly on farm lands, and
“(d> Better land use by afforesta
tion, elimiiiaiion of marginal agriciil
turn I land, flood |*r«‘veniIon. etc.;
"(e) Re<*rganlzaliun and ronsnlida-
tlon of Im-al government to decrease
tax costs.” ‘
It Is believed alt or nearly all of
the governors will acfvpt Mr R<M»se
velFs Invitation gladly All but
G ERM.AXY’S new government un
der Chancellor HUJiW* is not to ^
have smooth sailing by any means and i
may be ufiset at the coming elections. |
1 The Socialists and Communists were i
trying streiuioiisly to lay aside their '
j differences and join In the fight against
■ the Nazis, and it seemed likely they ’
\ would succeed In this.
Vice Chancellor Von Papen, armed
with a decree signed by PresTdent Von
Hindenberg. assumed the premiership
of Prussia, dissolved the diet of thai
state and ordered new elections on
March 5. Premier Braun and the other
old Prussian ininistem were summarily
ousted. The government also Issued
a new 8i*t of severe laws curtailing
the right of assembly and of free
iqieecli and gagging i^the press.
I
P REMIER nAI.AniER postponed
the d(*wrnfall of his new French
grtvernnumt f<*r a time by temimrurily
fen ! abandoning the attempt to'balance the
of them are n«*mmT;its and mighi lie
expected to be In WasliingtMii for liie
W
ITI I cottsiderable fitHiKHTulic i
sup|i<.irt.^.-the government s pr»»
grain for aid tu the unemplo,ved whs
•freally lironilenfMl ll provhhni. Hinoiig
other things, for an miditlonai Kttsi.
fiOO.lMO direct relict loans to staiiw.
and iq W'asiiiiigtun there whs a liclier
that ll had a gutMl chance of puiMige
during the |>resent session. The bill as
drafted also would libemlixe the law
under which the It F. C, makes lonns
for selMIquIdatlug consiriH'ilon pMj
ects; and It makes pnivlsion for toons
to privule oorporulloiia for the devel
.jsltineni of romuiiintty faniiliig and
•cts are aelMiqii Ida ting.
\
budget. The cabinet rejected a pro
|mnmI to reduce the pay of employees
•t the state, and approved measures
whirli would sljghtly Increase (he
faxes on gasoline and hunk cbecka
.All (old. It .approved fnensures ihF
>dgn«*<i to provide .t232.(NHMMSJ. half of
wldeli w«Miid be in new taxes and half
resulting fniiM ec«>notiiies In civil ez-
tM'fiiliiiiri'S. This measure will be op
erative until nnotlu>r budget pn»jecl
can l*e drafted.
R KCEX'I
of Dr
NT desiths of note were thnsr
law-reiice F. Abbott. f(*r
lucr iwetcldent and publisher of the
*Niit«M<k Mild cl*«se friend ot Tt^eodorr
Koosexcll; aiel t'ljMinl AHierl A|»{H>nyi
of Hungary, (be iUdesI rinteMiwn of
Jitatimia awlHt
»dllbvil figure in hla.ewuiilry.
A ifXX Ww«i«,a
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rwn 1 •
Taking
The Cheme
Out of
Purchase
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< Advertising benefitfthe man who Iniys as
well as the man who sells. It is part of the Gold
en Rule of Business and it works both ways.
Don’t miss the advertisements in this news
paper. Many of them are interesting just be
cause of their news and educational value
alone.
But more than that: Advertisements take
the chase out of purchase and make every
penny do its full duty.
This last statement is one particularly to be
remembered when conunon-sense economy is
not only a national duty, but an individual
necessity."
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