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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. a iNTON. S. C.
THURSDAY, MARCH 9/1933
CLINTON PARTY ENJOYS .
WASHINGTON TRIP
A party of five from Clinton joined
Spartanburg Herald and Jour-1
D. Roosevelt inducted into oirice Sat
urday as the 32n3 president of the
! were: Mrs. Hunt Franks Mrs. Mar-
gress. Lincoln memorial, Arlington
cemetery, the Cathedral and many
Lnited States. Those in the partjt othei* interesting places. On the last
t»bn into the presid^
them with a cattHor and a decision
which the present situation of .our
nation impels.
k the t^uth. the
frankly and holdly, nor
shrink front honestly facing,, condi
tions in our country today. This great
nation will endure as it has endured.
Wishihirton, M»rch 4,—The text ofltraitedy of the (rrowiiiK loss throufth Ml’* '"“dfruratiop tour and "’'"f
President Rcisevelfs inaui-ural ad- foreclosure, on our small i homes and W ashm^ton where they saw Frankl.n
dress Saturday follows: oui: farms. It can be helped by insist-
“1 am certain that my fellow I fMe that the federal staU and local
Americans expect that on mjtJndue-
nil address that their cost be drastically
reduced. It can be helped by the uni
fying of relief acti'vities which today
{ are often scattered, uneconomical and
. unequal. It can be helped by national
Tht is pre-eminently the ^^jpjanning for and supervision of all,
►le l forms of transportation and of com-1 their need they have registered a
need we, j^u^ications and other utilities which j mandate that they want direct vigor-
[ have a definitely public character. { ous action. They have a.sked for disci-
There are many ways in which it can pline and direction under leadership,
ibe helped, but it can never be helped They have made me the preaent in-.'
will revive and will prosper. .So first
of all let me assert my firm belief
that thie only thing w’e have to fear is
fear itself^ nameless, unre'iso-'ip'e
d teiror which paralyzes resumption
moral values: w'ith the clean satisfac
tion that comes from the stern per
formance of duty by old and young
alike. We aim at the assurance of a
rounded and permanent national life.
“We do not distrust the future of
es.sential Democracy. The people of
the United States have not failed. In
unjustfied
merely by talking about it. We must
act and act quickly.
“Finally, in our progress toward a
of work we require two
jorio Stevens, Mrs. W. J. .Adair, Mrs.
W. ^C. Groner and Miss Annie Lee
Jackson. ^
Along with a congenial group of
others fi*om Spartanburg, Greenville,
Union, Laurens and other towns the
Piedmont section, the Clinton party
made the trip to the nation^s capital
on a special train which left Spartan
burg at 3:45 p. m. Friday and reached
! Washington early on inauguration
I day. Headquarters were maintafaeii at
! the well-known Mayflower hotel,
whore the meals were enjoyed during
the trip. The Pullman car w’as char-
fae used
j night, following the last meal at the
! Mayflower, the group explored the big
hotel where they had maintained
headquarters, visiting the kitchen
where 135 cooks prepare meals for the
hotel; the grand ball room where the
inaugural ball was held; the Chinese
room and other parts of the hotel
w’hich is considered one of the finest
in the world. It was here that Presi
dent Roosevelt had his headquarters
and it was.from this hotel that he left
for the White House to meet Presi
dent Hoover just prior to going to
the Capitol,\o take the oath of office.
tered so that it could
strument of their wishe.s. In the spirit - quarters.
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reeded efforts to convert retreat into
advance.
**In ev^ry dark hour wxour national
life a leadership of frankneks^nd vig
or has met ■with that understanding
and support of the people thenvseKn^
which is essential to victory. 1 a'lr
convinced that you will again t'i’c
that support to leadership in thos','
critical days.
“in such a spirit on'niy port ami on
yours we face our common
They concern, thank C*od, only .Jovim’iii states.
this
■f guards against a return of the
ils of the old order; there must he
strict .supervision of all banking ^ni.
(•'•edit investments; there must be an
(r,d to speculation w’ith other people’s
Money, and there must be provision
f<ir an adequate but sound l^yrrency.
hese are the lin<*s of attack. 1
*hall^>resenlly u'g<* upon a new con-
gr(‘ss iii^*p(*cial session detailed meas
ures for thfdr fulfilment, and I shall
difficul-1 ask the immedluie as.sistance of the
of the gift I take it.
In this dedication of a nation we
humbly ask the blessing of God. May
He protect each and every one' of us.
.May He guide me in the days to
come.
The Clinton group report that thej'
were able to obtain a place very near ‘
the stand on w’hich the inauguration
In addition *0 witnessing the inau- exercises took place and viewed the j
gui-ation exer^i.ses and the mammoth | parade from an advantageous point,
parade w'hich followed, the tour p?irty i on Pennsylvania avenue. The party ,
spqnt .Sunday sightseeing, visiting! saw the big fireworks exhibition .on
Mount Vernon, the Franciscan monas-1 Capitpl hill at the W’ashington menu- !
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Ring Champs '
1 ' Are Selected
At the finals of the R. 0. T. C.
boxing tournament held Thurs
day night, following prelimi
nary elimination bouts on Mon
day and Tuesday, the followdng
champions were selected.
Bantamweight: R. H. Cobb,
Featherweight: C. W. Adams.
Lightweight: Johnny Robin
son.
W’elterweight: M. K. Lowry.
Middleweight: Paul Yearout.
Light-heav>'weight: Roy Fore
hand.
Heavyweight: Frank Holli
day. *
Extra special: X. G. Barron.
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tery, the Capitol, the Library of Con-j^ment. or .Saturday night.
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ties.
material things. Values have shrunk
en to fantastic levels; taxes have ris
en; our ability to yiay has falbm; gov-
ernnient of all kinds| is faced by se-
xious curtailment of income; the
moans of exebangt* Ifri
currents of trade: the withered leaves
of industrial entorpci^^v li<^‘ dn every
side: farnUMs find no markets for
,their produce; tlie savings of manv
vear.s in thousands of families are
of action
p’ut.ting oip-
“Through this prog
we a'ldiess ourselv((S, to
own national house in order a
ing income balance outgo. Our iiTt<jr
national trade relations though vastJi^
areia puiflt 4dl-.-tJLnu‘..
necessity secondary to the (‘stablish-
ment of a sound and national econo-
ofy. I favor as a practical jtolicy the
putting of first things first. I shall
spare no effort to restore world trade
.-.|by international economic readjust^
of unem- but the emergency at home can-
gone.
“More important, a ho.st
ployed (• itizens face the grim* prob- ^vait on that accomplishment.
1( ni <if (•xi^ten(•e. and an eiiually great l,asic. thought that guides
number Iml w th little return. Only a specific means of nations reenv-
fouli h (ijitiimist can deny' the dark ^,,.y narrowly nationalistic. It is
realities of the moment. Ithe insistence as a first consideration,
“Yet our'.distress comes from no j ^jp„„ intei’deperdence of the vari-
failure of substance. We .jire strieken , (.len.ents in and parts of the Lnit-
bv no iilague of locusts, compared ^ j.j .States — a recognition of the old
wiith the yiefils which our forefathers j ptuuianently important, manifes-
eon(iuered because they, believ(>d- and Nation of the American spirit of the
Mere not afraid, we have much to be
thankful for. .Nature still offers her
bounty and human efforts have muTti-
plied it. Plenty is at our dobrstep, but
a generous use of it languishes in the
very sight of the supply.
pioneer. It is the way to recovery. It
is the immediate way. It is the strong
est as.surance that the recovery will
endure.
“In the field of world policy, I
would dedicate this nation to the pol-
“Primarily, this is because the rul-j jpy of the good neighbor—the neigh-
ers of the exchange of mankind’s | vv)io resolutely respects himself
goods have failed through their own and because he does so, respects the
stubbornness and their own incompe- j i-iy^hts of others — the neighbor who
tence, have admitted their failure and j respects *hjs obligations, respects the
abdicated. Practices of the unscrupu-. sanctity of his agreements in and
lous money changers stand ir^icted in with a world of neighbors,
the court of yiublic oyiinion, rejected' “if I read the temper of our i>eople
by the hearts and minds of men. ! correctly we now realize as we have
“True, they have tried. But their, never realized before our interdepen-
efforts have been cast in the pattern! dence on each other; that we can not
of a worn tradition. Faced by failure {tnerely take but we must give as well,
of ("•(mMI they have proposed only the that if we are 'to go forward, we must
leTiding of more money, .^tripyied of' move ns a trained and loyal army will-
th<* lure of profit by which to induceThg “to sacrifice fm" the-good~oL—a
ou - iieoTile to follow their false lead-1 common discipline, because without
er: hip, they have resorted to exhorta-j such disciyiline no progress is made,
-4ioM'^, pleading tearfullj’ for_restqred .no leadersjiip .beconies e^fecUve^ We
~co'TftrTerq'tr^only the rules-■are', I know, ready and willing to sun-
of a generation of self-.seekers. They mit our lives and yiroperty t(i such
have no vision and when there is no | disciyiline because it makes yiossible
vision the yieople jierish. !a leadership which aims at a larger
“The money changers have fled jfood. Tl.is I proyiose to offer; plead-
from their high .seats in thb temyde ing that the laiger purposes will bind
of our civilization. We may now re-1 uy)q{i lis all as a sacred obligation
store t'lat temyile to the ancient vvith a unity of duty hitherto evoked
truth.s. The measure of the restoration I only in time of armed strife,
lies in the-extent to \Mhich we .ayiydy *, “With Xhis pJeiige taken, I a.ssume
social values more noble than mere ^ unhesitatingly the leadership of this
monetary yuofit. 1 great ai-my of our yieople dedicated
“Happiness lies not in the meie pos-1 to a disciplined attack upon our corn-
session of money: it lies in the joy of; mon yiroblems.
achievement, in the thrill of creative! “Action in this image and to this
effort. The joy and moral stimulation I end is feasible under the form of gov-
of work no longer must be forgotten | eminent which we” have inherited from
in th(‘ nrid chase of evanescent prof-j our ancestors. Our constitution is so
its. TTiese dark days will be worth all simyile and practical that it is jios-
sible »always to meet extraordinary
they cost us if they-teach us that our
true destiny is not to be ministered
unto 1 ut to minis'i(M- to ourselves a’hd'
to our felloM ^iien.
“Recognition of the 1 falsity of ma
te meet
needs by changes in emyihasis and ar
rangement without loss of essential
form. This is why our constitutional
j system has proved itself the most 8U^
te' ial •'Wealth as the
eess hand
in
’Standard of sue- perbly enduring political mechanism
hand with the'any modent world has'►produced. It
abandonment the faTsCij>vlief tnit' has met every’ stress 6r“yast exyian-
yniblic office and high political yiosi-jsion of tei’ritory, of foreign M-ars, of
tion are to lie valued only by the ^ bitter internal strife, of M’orld rela-
standards of yiride of place and y)er-| tions.
sonal yirofit: and there must l>e an' “It is to lie hoyied that the normal
end to. a conduct in hanking and busi- balance of executive and legislative^
nes*; which too often has given to a authority may be wholly adciyuateito
s|icred irusT the likeness of callous meet the unyireoedented task before 1
and selfish wrong-doing. Small wun- us. But it may be that an unprecedent-
der that confidence languishes, for it | ed demand and need for undelayed
thrives only on honesty, on honor, on action may call for temporary de-
! the sacredness of obligations, on partuie from that normal balance of
faithful yiroteetipn, on unselfish per- public procedure.
^ ^rmance; Without them it cannot “I am prepared under my consti-
live. ^ tutionai duty to recommend the meas-
Restoration calls, however, not for ures that a stricken world may re-
changes in ethics alone. This nation J (juire. These measures, or such other
asks for ac^^^ion and action now. | measures as the congress may bui'd'
Our greatest yirimary task is to put out of its, exyierience and wisdom. I
people to Mork. This is no'unsolvablef shall seek, within my constitutional,
problem if we face it wisely and coui- authority, to bring to speedy adop-i
agcbusly. It can Ik* accomplished in tion. j
part by direct recruiting by"the gov-; “But in the event that the congress
emment itself, treating the task a.sUhall fail to take one of these twoj
we would tr(%t the emergency of war. cbur.se.s, and in the event that the|
but at the same time through this national emergency is still critical, Ii
employment accomplishing greatly ghall not evade the clear course of|
needed projects to stimulate and reor- duty that will then confront me. Ij
Hanize the use of our natural re-1 shall ask the congress for the one re-^
Bources. 1 maining instrument to meet tht cri-1
^Huid in hand with this we must I sis—-broad executive pawer to wage a'
frankly recognize the overbalance of'war against the emergency, as great
p<^ukition in our industrial centers! as the power that would be given me|
nnrf„ by engaging on a national scale > if we w'er^ in fact invaded by a for- i
hi a radiitribution, endeavor to pro
vide a better uae of the land for those
beet fitted for the land. The task can
be be^^ by definite efforts to raise
the eiilliae' of agricultural products
ami ‘witll tbia jUie power to purchase
the \ ovt|^ of our cities. It can be
realiatically the
eign foe. |
“For the trust reposed in me 1 will]
return the courage ^nd the devotion
that befit the time. I can do no less. '
“We face the arduous days that Iie|
before us in the warm courage ofj
national JUjdty; with the clear con-j
sciensnes^ft^
seeking, old and precious'
N W LOW in UT
EFFECTIVE MERCII
We are annouDdng today new low li^ht
rates for our'eustotn^rs in Clinton. These
rates show approxim^ly a 20 per cent
saving to all our customers and are made
possible through lower contract rates, lon
er operating costs of the local plant, other
economies inaugurated and the decision of
the City Council to have .the Water and
Light j^lant absorb a part of the reduction.
have endeavored to render a service that
has been of the type to warrant your sup
port and the goodwill of all the people. The
profits, if there are profits, go to the oper
ation of the municipal government, there
by lowering Clinton’s city tax rate.
The Clinton Water and Light Plant, mu
nicipally owned, is operated for the benefit
of the ta^ayers and patrons in Clinton
and vicinity. Being municipally owned, we
It is with the greatest pleasure that we
announce the new light rates, effective
March 1,1933. It is our hope that these new
low rates will enable our customers to use
more current as well as to interest new
customers. Our light rate will now start at
8c instead of 10c as heretofore.
New Rates
First 50 K. W. H. at ^ per K. W. H.
Next ISO Kv W. HrlatTr.TT.~^^ per Kr. W. H.
Next 300 K. W. H. at....... ' 6c per K. W. H.
Next 500 K. W. H. at 5c per K. W. H.
Next 1000 K. W. H. at 4c per K. W. H.
All over 1000 K. W. H- at...... 3c per K. W. H:
Minimum Charge Light, $1.00 per Month
Rural Rates Reduced from 12c to 10c K. W. H.
NO CHAlteE IS MADE IN COOKING AND REFRIGERATION, MANU-
?ACTURING^AND WATER MTES
Federad Tax of 3 Per Cent Will Be Added auiid Not Absorbed By City As In
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the Past.
Electricity
Safe - Certain - Clean - Economical
Clinton Water and Light Plant
Clinton, Soutjh Carolina
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