The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, April 06, 1933, Image 8
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S. C.
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THLTISDAY. APRIL 6. 1933
Lynn Is Selected
Blue Key Head
Bids Issued To McFadden
Plowden. Other Matters
Attention At Meeting.
andj
Getl.
WHILE ROME BURNED
BY REV. WALTER L. LINGLE. D.D.. LL.D..
In The Christian Observer
Tradition, savs that Nero fiddled i lives, in the hearts and lives of those
while Rome burned. Whether the tra-
At its meetinp "Wedne.sday nipht the Edition is true or no» Nero has become
Blue Key. honorary fraternity ati^^ip emblem of all those who spend
about us, and in the hearts and lives,
of the whole nation. By the way,s.when I
we set out to put.the Kingdom of God
mnsHiiraoii
1 There is.a good deal moi'e to the|whitb?would not do the United !<tr;tos
I international situation than is aoparw . any good. Germany and France seem
; eht on the surface. The settlement of'.ready to leap again at each other’s
the wir debts ^wing to the United | throats; Italy probably would attack
States is only on^ item, likely now to ^ France from the rear in that case, and
I be brought to a bead very soon.’Dis-• Poland is itching to fight' it but with
^armament is regarded here as of Germany. Another foreign matter of
j’grave importance, for ynies.s some | importance is the questiqfi of the rec-
' agreement is reached soon there is de-' ognition of the Russian Sovnet gov-
cided danger of a new European war,|»ernment, /
f
t
Presb-j’terian college, elected a presi-'their time on trivialities or in merri-| and His righteousness first vve Chris- Washington, D. C., March 27.—
be-
His
the
congress in Res.sion until it has enact-1
ed the major “policy” measurc.i
which the new admini.stiation decides,
cames as a surprise,.j but is in line
with the. President’s determinaTion to
move w'lth the utnipst poss’*]e speed
dent for the coming year, issued bids' ,;^hile some great tragedy
to two rising seniors, and gave atten-. enacted before their, eyes,
tion to several other important mat-j jhe first week in March is one of do it.
ters. j the most tragic w(*( ks our ciiuntry | The Kingdom of God and
Bob Lynn was elected as the next; known. On Saturday, March Unghleousness! Rightef)ustje«-'S if
president for the group. ' v |‘l, the governor of N^wiJuojiJssuedj greatest ni^eiU of the rmtion at this
The men to w;hom bids were issued^’^ closing every bank in' moment. Our Iroubti^s" are largely
were f harlie Plmvdon and I>o.,s<.y Me-- : ^^eat i.ivotal ..tate. On Sunday,; moral and ethieal. "“'etudes have , ^
Kadden. Both are juniore and have, j,^ s. >he new President of the lost^,th m bua.ness men and bank-1 -fhe mam reason for his canceUation
shown themselves possessed of quuli-j j tt;t.ales issued a proclamation j eis;. This loss of faith closed the banks i ^
ties of leadership which entitles ^q(,sing every bank in the land. 1 pick-1 of the 'na^tion. They have last faith
to the distinction, of mcml)ershli|. ''i'; ,..) up daily Fmfier on Monday i because .so many business men and
Blue Key. v /fflltig March ffjiv and liankers have'not onlv violated the
A formal banquet is to be. held .April » p,^^niin'g
at the Olinton hotel, to he foilowei! -
therefore, is struggling
tians 'might ask ourselve.s just bow j Roocevelt’s decision to hold !
[rnneh beer and repeal will help us to
for
a recess of several
by a social at the Lakeside country
club as guests of Pi Kaptm Phi fra
ternity. .At the ttatuiuol, the oath o'"
nienibership will he formally admi**-
istered, to the new nien and offices
will be offieially turned over to the
new holders bj' the outgoing officers.
Dr. Mt‘.‘>\veen will make the principal
address, and H. II. Ferguson, former
^»t4uloot VboUy^.,... - ^^
talk on the founding of Blue Key.
the plan
, , . . weeks was the insistence of the farm
„H„.r on Momlayi because so many business men and anvthinjt is to be ac-
(J, wilb fear and, bankers have not only ‘J'^lcompli.bed in the wav of farm relief
- There were iarpe head- laws of the land but also violated the. now, before this se'a-
•» heraldinK the President spr.K'la-|.simplest principles of honest} There cropy ere in the (notind. Con-
.iiation. The front pape was folk ofneed of a prea revival or reforma- uLeforc. is struE-lih? with
esrriptions of khe unprecedented dis-1 tion thatwd^^^^^^^
:i.^ter that had overtaken our country. i and low places back to the first p^in-
There was jukt nne pii^rre on thejciples (tf truth ami honesty and honor-
front page of the paper, it was the ' It is not beer that we need, but men.
picture of the new speaker of the na-f'A pa.s.sage from Moffatt’s translation
tional House of Representatives. One; of .Jeremiah is tremendously appro-;
udukl hav.e expected Hiat along with priate at this time: “Scour the .streets
in
create and pay the farmers for keep-; i ►
out of cultivation, without
i,.n'
picture therei would be
■the ■ 'pa’I
iuranccsiof .lerusalein, search the sq’uares anu
jiaiting ai new load on the taxpayers
or too heavy a burden upon the con-
i sumers of farm ]> oducts.
ihe adusinist'aL.onV- bill, -ubmitterl
would act
on me Tounnmg oi niue iyc.v. ' that . ('ongress
Bob Lynn, the liew to restore order out of chaos
recently elected president of the Y. M., ^
tV A. lutter mi-n in track an;4xwentv-five million
basketball, master sergeant in the K. face of ili^aster. In
t). T. € amt,.an4v^.me^^r . accompanied
Kappa Alpha social . fraterity. Fu.-], ^uicment in large
man Pinson is the retiring president. | war all.
Dossey McFad.ien is .secretary thinkirtg of Nero an
hundred and
peonle who ,stt>od
of
oath is perjury . ; . But these are the
poor, I said, mere Ignorant folk, who
never learned the rules of the Eternal
or the religion of their God.. I will
letters: “He+turh to the upper classes, 1 will talk
tiT them, for they have learned the
' .i* A £ * to con^TO'^^s bv th6 Prosinont with the f
d.nte..4iw^,yoii i-an find » ^
mimi and of integrity. They may statement inat-i k ^
swear, As the Ktcrnal lives! but the ''“I l'“y "’“5' ‘1’;
the Block “P" (dul). and a member of
the athletic council. He is a first ser
geant in th»“ Iv. (). T. eaptain of
the swimming ■'team and a numher of
Chi P.eta Phi scientific fratmnity, and
Kappa .Alpha social fraternity.
<*harlie Plowden is business man
ager of the Ib'M PiiC-.SaC, first ser
geant in the Ik. (). 'P. C., a memlier of
the hascbail sipiad. Pi Kappa Alpha
social fraternity and the student
council.
'/'he eriteitaipmerit originally plan-
iK'fi for .April 1 t has been postponed
until the first week in .May liecause
»-f t^‘ banquet.
1. to them, for they have learned me ^
n+ruhvs of the Kternal, an.l the religion "> 'l'<‘ commodities which the
„f their Coil. But they had flunir off
- . . • ••' }jt*fore the war. The '-‘IT'
hoped-for results, would giye the .sec
retary of agriculture extremely broad
jiower to regulate production and dis
tribution of farm products, in the ef
fort to give agricultural products the
same purcha.sing power with respect
farmer
ve years
basic agricultur-
the Iturning of Home*.
i not be writing about this if all re,straints and broken every bond. , • , i.- ». au i
I uouid nut commodities' to 'vh.ch^the new plan
r business men and their bank-
not typical of
on in this country for many, in the
may l>e applied are wheat, cotton,
corn, hogs, cattle, .shceji, rice, tobacco,
and dairy pnxlucls. j
it wen
monhts. When the great natiimal con-'-ers. but they have lo.st faith in their
ventimis were held to nominate Presi-' rulers. By this I do not mean to say
(ler.tial candidates the country was in that all rulers or any large part of!
of a deep dcqiression and' them are eorruytt. But they are full'
ith a great crisis. Mil-[ of fear. Perhaps they are more afraid ! , . - , i
Yet when vvebf ihe ,»rty lash i.r hlncs i.f vnleis I "'-’■ '■"■'J >-nd..r tins lull to make aKree-.
to tfie pro-'than of anything else. As a result, a
Congres.s will meet and fiddle while
the whole financial and social order is i
u
WOI'K.
NOriTCK OF SAI.K
I'LFASK ^KK NOTB'E. that pur-
suant to tlie auUioi^y contained in an
Order of Hon. Tr S. Sease, Fircuit
Judger in the case of \’. O. Garrison,
et ill again.st Ward-Garrison Fom-
puny, et al, I will reiell at public auc
tion to the highe.st bidder for cash,
at th • iDue Biixl Icc Fieam .Store lo
cated at Clinton, S. on Monday.
April lt>. P.'.SS, at four o’clock P. .M.. I peal
the mid.-t
i face to face w'
j lions were out of
listeru'd over the radio
Iceedings of those great conventions
'almul all that we could heai' were the
shouts of the galleries: “We want
beer,” or “We want repeal/’ It all
Uounded like irrational pandemonium.
jiWhen a man like the kSecretary of
i State tried to speak sanely he was
rbooed and shouted down. Theie_coul(l
Pow.er With Secretary
The secretary of ag:icu!ture is au-
Nevsr Patterns
I r-'t
For Easter
SUITS
$10.50
The latter with 2 pr. Pants
ALL SIZES. MODELS
A.ND P.ATTERNS
i
RIEGEL SHIRTS
SI'RIXG I».\TTERNS
$1 each
disintegrating before their very eyes.
ihents with farmers to pay them rent;,
for land kejit out of jiroduction or to'|
h benefits for reducing pro- ,
ductibn in other Ways, an<l to obtain '
I haw nvver .seen a Ih.U,-|' Uvsc iplion' fumis fm IhU |.un>os.. by a.^scsin^a !
of tho kilKl of rulors that a nation i't'x >'1“" nrawt-fwia nf farm |>ro.lu<-t» ,
naada than that fount! back in the ll»- “""■“"I vaah hanafita ami..
Book of Kxodus; "Brovitla out of all H’v amount of tha tax baimr laft in .,
thajiaojila nWa man. auch asfaartioti.jt'vary ansa to tha sacralary to ilatai- ■
covetoushe.ss mime. ■ - '• : i
In other words, corigress is asked to '
GET THAT EASTER
HAT
SWEATERS
WitH and Without Sleeves
$1.50, $2.95 and
50c, $1.00, $1.50
$3.50
and $1.95
issues
Then
paign.s
came
During
all of the furniture, fixtures and
etjuipmont belonging to the Ward-
Garrison Company doing business in
saMt htor-e under the name of the Blue
Prii'd lee ( team Store. Tlie right to
re.iec'. ony and all bids is leserved,
ami the sale shall be held sijtliject to
the cbnf'iiination of th(:^'ouid.
IcI* F. il. CAINF. Keceiler.
be no rational discu.ssion of the great j men of truth, hating
that faced the American people. 1 bribery in any form, and place such, i j . o.i
that cam-lover them.” If all official positions in I cj-legate as broad powers to the ad-
the campaign the 1 this country were filled by men of! .r^'nistration m the matter of farm re-
iTiuhrnf the milliunx without employ-; that kind our country would aoon Ket! Bvf «.x .t ha.- K.ven the president in
m .m Lk a ""rndary place. The! out of the mess into wtiioh we haveithv matter of redue.nK government
nainen,lslwa»upoLLrandre-!,.„Uen„^ expenses and ,n reorp-amxin* the'
the brink of*a great na-1 est needs just now. We are at the end
We fiddled while, of an era. .As a nation we need to
we were on
tional catastrophe.
Rome burned.
Congress met. The hopes ot
who were in, distress ran high,
felt sure that measures for
m.'^t.
those-
They
relief
: enter upon a great constructive pro-
^ gram which will not only get us out
of this situation but keep us from
falling into such a situation
said that in this
like
ever
It is not exaggerating to say that;
congres.s is afraid of this proposal. It',
is entirely'^ different from anything!
which has heretofore been discussed
under the head of farm relief. Mem
bers don’t know how the “h«>ys back ;
home” like it, and are afraid of thei^
DRESS PANTS
EASTER .SPECIAL
69c, $1.00, $1.50 to $3.95
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N(HI( K. DF l.N(( turn MCA MON
.Notice ;s hereby given tluit the un
dersigned will apply to H'lii, W. 1*.
Blacl.well. .'"fcietaiy of State, on Mon
day. .'pril KHh. Ib'rt, to is.sue cimru r
to Fllisun's Incoi ported. The corpor
ation to lie focmeil for th«“ purpose
of carrying on a diy gooils, n<ition,
readv.-to-wear, i^hoe store, and general
Anil so
to Mavcli. Beer
mercaii'.ri iiusiness.
R. .1. FIJ-ISON’.
.IKSSIF M. KLl-ISO.N.
Incorporators.
J.el in
the Breeze
# K (‘<*|» A our fret
eo inf or table in
(lhaiM|)ion venti
lated sluH's. I nlined
\arnps and perfora
tions let your feet
breathe in lliis well-
.vl N ledSuiniiierslyxt.
lt*s "/wi7t hy Free.
'riiat means
genuine calfskin
leather and skilled
workmanship. ll’»
■ i
Champion in value.
us
more
the lirst
effort to
through
hatl takeiidime to notify
tha' Congres.s was in session
il was from Di'cemhei
and -repeal held the center
The months passed hy
and }.raetieally nothing was done ' )
avert tlie crisis. 'Hiey fiddb‘'l while
the worhl was on fire. Th«*n came the
crash, and the first
we picked u|i the morning paper was
the pivtmise
eoiiie f-TT'^t M'e listened 'over | again. Somebody has if
H Li Wheu C.mye.s me,, lu.pink ! dep,eesipn we are like Chiistophe,-: luk p..i,l,eally.„,-,ran,xe<i fa, n, *,.,up.
r h . L aV ,,utP .nxmA-d. 4^ ^ I4,luml«e .m hm vuyaKC uf d,se„ve,y.; who do no, «. e,n to have any .nke,- ,n
1 ma .Mhe docket was an; lid not khiw whe,e he was koiny., h,s pa,',eula.- p,e. Also they a,-e
didve a lYpeal nieasm e I Wh. n he ai nved he did not know; heai-rnK from nnilcs. paekeis. tooae-
th,-Hou-e ewn-Wfoie they ' wlieie he was. kUien'he retuined home -o, manafaetuie,'.s eottoll spmneis,
the l•l■esident i■hl^di,l not know whe,-e he had I.eerr.rt-,ean,er.es amF rfn^e-make,;,. and
Our great need now is for men who I other "processors who don t like the
know whei e wc* aie and where we
have be<‘n, and where we are going.
We need men who have vision enough
to .see that we are face'to face with a
new day and intelligence enough to
plan for it. In that new day men will
thing we saw as • not be so many machines which can , * .u .
, a '..oduc. so many Koods and so muvh.ms h.oe a,e w.llmk to la-t that th,-
,v a-arvat national l.-ad-; p,„fi,. n.achinos which van he scrap-' Ini . nut much chanavd ,n pr.ncpie,
^ *• _ U..4 Will I
•s • . - •
Hipp 6UAdair
We Sell For ('ash—(’asfTT^vs- Next Door To Book Store
I
ami wine
I of i|ie stage
idea of ha'ing to pay this tax.*
Iheia* semns likely, as thus is wi'it-!
ten, to be more open opposition to
Bresitlent R(K).<eveIt in the debates on
•his relief measure than has been ihcj
case with any of his other proposalst
so fare But the wise political observ-!
will ha'-e beer soon.
er that vv<
Surely ir is time for those of us | wi
' ped upon a momen s notice, hut they
be immortal souls ma<le in the
who profe.ss’ to he Christians to come image of God
will be passed.
to our senses. We are not
tians but Christian citizens, and we
have our duties as such. 1 do no insist
that the liiiuor problem should be
handled in any particular way. U cer-
tiiinly should be handled in a w-av ’hat
will^ best temperance and
! igliteousness. But it is high time foi
to put first things first. There are
than twelve million people «>u.,
af wmk.- AILof^thein ai-e begging .for
woik; many of them are begging-’or
bread, ami we ^re offering th-m beev.j
onlv Chris-1 it looks as if we are going
The Patronage Whip
to have Pre.sideiit Koc.-evelt is no amateur
to’take the way of the Goiden Ruledn politics, as anyone km.ws who has
and of the Sermon on the Mount, that followed his career from the time
is Jesus’ way. or find ourselves en-! when he was making trouble
gulfed in revolution or chaos. No, it is
not beer or liquor that we need. They |
can w'ait. We need to .seek first the
Kingdom of God and His righteous
ness.-Tliat includes all that 1 have
out i been talking about and vastly more.
7^
in the
New York state senate Kmg nefore the
war. He knows how the game is play
ed as well as anyone jaIio ever sat in
the White llou.se, better than most of
his recent piedece.'.sors. And t^e Pres
ident knows t'nat the time to get what
he wants out of congress is now, be-
(’()l ■ NTY- tbe-iaba^ya beea
■' ihe books of the County Treasurer Not even a start has been made ttv
will oe open for the collection of taxes ward the distribution of patronage.
Oui excus<> IS that we must put at the Treas-land senktois and representatives who;
the
urcr-s office from October l.’ith to I)e-i want to get .some of tho.se
their
on boer ami sell it to balaiue
get. The b'rowe's are, saying that they
\vill havi* to i)ut on a
ami educational campaign to teach one » n w „ n
As a matter of-January Jl, twojier cent will be add-
considered thejod, and after h’ebruary 2Sth, see-en,
itum, por cent wiy l>e added until the loth
to|<Jay of .March, 1933, when the books
for I will he closed. —jiw
All persims owning property in
more than one school district are re-1
,U„.V vollvv, .torn, tnv^v f'"" to vail for r,-cei|>,s in vach of!
tlie .several school districts in which j
l.'iO.OOO fed-
purpoikg.
man divert
great advertis- cember 31, 1932. After December'31
per Cent will be added. After
mg ;
people to drink
fact, beer is usually
poor man’s drink. Our
is, to Muike the poor
beer the money that is needed
bread in his home in order that we
ollect from these poor people
Mnillions in taxes to balance the
get. The Words of Isaiah eome to me:
“Wherefore do ye spend money for
that which i.s not bread, and your la- J ’
hor for that which satisfieth not?”
! Falling umler the spell of high-
ixavered propaganda, we have lost the
sense of projiprtion during the pa
'twelve months. We have forgotten to
])ut fiist things first. Tinv.-s are out
( of joint. The whole world is in the
iqidst of such a crisis us this gener-
iUtioH has not known before. Beer and
repeal will not cure our ills. They
‘ will probably increase them. .At any,
-|iate, they can wait for the present,'
'until times are more nearly normal
! and until we have returneil to sanity, name of tow'nship and number pean
jit might be well for every thoughtful school district.
D. ROY SIMPSON,
County' Treasurer
eral appointments for their const’tu-
ents aiV* much more willing to play'
hall with the Pre.^ident now thaijf they
w ill lie aftei- the jobs have been passed
but. For they must get the ijohs for
the hoys back home or stand a chance
PENNEY’S SPECIAL
===FOR====
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
ONLY
Flat Crepe
<•
reaches a new low price
with this all-silk Quality
election. That is
, and President
of losing out nepet
elementary ptjjitic:
Roosevelt knows it.
'Ihere are stiU oCner major meas-:
ures which the President wants to get'
the''H)roi)erty is located. This is im-! through congress and into his own;
as additional cost and pen-1 hands before the boys on Capitol Hill
lalty may be attached. I ko home. One of the most important
All alile-bodied n\ale citizens l>e- of-these is a program for enforced
tween the ages of twenty one (21) consolidation of railroad systems. On
■' and sixty*(<jO) years of age are liable ly the immediate exigA-ncy of farm re-
to pay a poll tax of $1.00. Commuta-j Hef prevented the President fi^i
tion Road Tax $1.50 in Keu of road sending this to congre.ss a couple of
duty. All able-badied men between weeks ago.
the ages ef 21 and 55 are liable to Foreign .Affairs Soon ^
road duty except those in military Foreign affairs ai-e beginninjJ to
school trustees, school teach- get closer attcnWjn from the new' ad-
servioe,
eis, ministers and students. minislratiopV now that the more pres.s-
Proper attention will he given those ing domestic problems seem on >,lieir
who wish to pay their taxe:^, through way to solution. The appointment of
the mail by check, money-order, etc.,. Norman H. Davis as a-general F.uro-,
representative of the govern
ment, with the rank' of ambassaor, is
hailed as indicating Mr. Roosevelt’s
appreciation of the good relation*^
which Mr. Davis has established in
Europe in the past two years as the
.American delegate to the disarma
ment conference, the world economie
conference and other international
'gatherings.
! Christian to tabulate the things that
should be given first place in the
thinking and planning of the nation.
Here is what Jestus put first: “Seek
ye first the Kingdom of Gpd and His
righteousness.” That means we should
seek to establish His Kingdom and
righteousness in our own hearts and
tf
" — Try —
COPELAND CAFE
PLATE LUNCH^ 25c
Last Fall it Sold,
for 69c
Yards and yards of aina/mg opportunities ir
silk! Gorgeous 39* creprs in a rahge of lus
cious colors They nuke adorable frocks
undies, blouses!
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PAaTMBNT• STOa
CLINTON, SOUTH CABOLLNA
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