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box) for $.'>,000. The fellow ahead ofj
me held a' mortgage* for $.'1,000.- Hej
took over that tract of land in 1929. J
It .?vas sold for taxes last fall. The |
j house and bam on it-cost $2,.'>00.
j There's something wrong with our
‘ currency or there was .something bad
ly wrong with me and that other fool |
i who loant oui- money on this farm. !
Everything Looking Up As European Envoys Sail Home
: The taxpayer noted with much'in-
jterest and concern that^our'ldw-niak-
* ing and tax assessing bodies have (so
they say) rut expenses from 25 to 50 I
per cent, birt ni’ither taxes nor the{
tax h>vic.; hiive bee.n rcd’jced In other |
words, il you were lo get your 2 legs •
and yoin- head ciit off, you weigh just:
I exactly the same number of pounds i
(thut you weighed before you got hurt,;
yet, you wouldn’t have nothing- left |
it but your arms and body. That’s poli-1
tics for you. !
CLINTON. S. C.. THCBSDAY, MAY 4, IS5.1
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’ .\L‘ke Is On the Verge of Wealth j
flat rock, s...r. may 1, 1933.;
u, s, pattent offis, 1
Washington, d. C. j
deer sir; !
plea.se issure me a pattent for a rat j
trap i have made which beat.s anny-
thing ever saw up to now and i w-ill
'nt ir.to"thft»T^uii«i'i.n yoli haff intrust in same for .50J,i
Varii’ty is thr sjiicr “f iifr- it isiil irninK to holli that buainoas and all I mnnnoy order,
also the s|)ico of tiusinos... Thoso who'other business when the farmer can Personnel cheeks expecte y ^'
acknowlrdcc (hat fact, are the ones, ayain have a surplus to .pond, I' “f tank JuSlI.day
A new era of ^development is dawn-1 get eight to ten dollars for a cowhide;
ing for the city' of ambition. - j now he is lucky, most places, to get j
j fifty cent.s. And, one cowhide will
This i.H always true the merchant make eight pairs of shoes,
or city that use.s publicity, gets the In normal times nearly half the out-
busines.s. ' Lput of the U. S. Steel (^orimratum
•put
tw'enl
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who are the leaders today.
We know of farms that have been
sold for taxes; we have heard of farm-
Ali the statistical fireworkir - injpT^-yiviny their farms away to escape
America will not alter the fact thaUj responsibility. We do not'think any
commodities cannot he sold forever at’kind, of inflation could make oondi-
less than cost of production. j tion* we.se. —
with restricktions.
MAN OF M'TiON
President Roosevelt has thus far
shown .himself to In* .somewhat of a
superman in shaping and bringing
about the enactment of new legisla-j
live measures to help the country re-1
cover from its business sickness, and
with il all he appears to be demand
ing justice and equal opportunity for
all. It remains to be seOTT,
what will be the result when his poli
cies are all put into operation, but
there is strong indication now that he
IS placing into practicf* a new political
gospel which is being heralded as good
news, and w’hich is going to bring
13 Years Ago
ttcMs of latersft The Ckrmdtfe
of 1tit
this trap is made out of a peace *of
w’ire which has a fish hook hid under
a small^uhk of cheese and is a dubble
acting trap, you swing the trap on a
stln^ng tied ai-ound a chair rung and
|Hlt a little puddle of tar or soma kiad
of glue G inches away.
’’Everything ap]>eart to be looking op".. . wu the gist of comment, semi-oIBcially sad otiMTwise, ss Prime
Minister, Ramsay MacDonald-of England, right, and Edouard Herriot, France's envoy, left, waved adieu and sailed ‘
borne, following their separate informal conferences with President Roosevelt, in which it is predieted agreemencs
were reached which will considerably advance the prospects of succees of both the Disarmament Cooifveaee and Inter
national Economic Conference within near future. It is hoped'that stcps'have'been taken-under wUch a free inter
national gold standard may be restored.
issue a large nrAount of new Federal, cies; to accept as much as $100,000,-jCCfi OQ^ A9
Reserve bank notes on colateral not *000 of any foreign government’s debt V^OIllCo
heretofore allowed as a currency base.! in silver at not more than 50 cents an
—llndw thn m^nnnnmy j Qunce. and to use that silver as the
dent is given and has exercised the
power to abolish the entire structufc
of veterans’ benefits, and he. has sub
stituted a new pension system, in
base for new currency.
To Orphanage
Under the proposed farm mortgage
plan the President will haVe the right
to issue $2,000,000,000 of Land Bank
when the., rat comes up close to the
baft, he will stop and hessitate a few
seconts befoar biting the cheese and j which he fixes the rates and the clas- ^ bonds, and to lend money at 5 per cent
^ ^ I getting the fish hook ketched in his sifications. The sam< act gave him'from R. F. C. funds to prevent farm
Kobel^ Dillard has iwrerteif m p*«i- throte and w'hile making up his mind, I sole power to reduce all federal sal- ‘ ‘
tion with the E. M. DuPre company ofj^^ naturally wiggle his Uil and it'aries by as much as 15 per cent, to
gets stuck in the tar or glue and you| consolidate or eliminate any govern
This Amouht Received By Local
Institution From Duke. .En
dowment Since 1924.
r 1 , yrt. L. , , ; Charlotte, .April 27.—.Appropriations
foreclosures. The home owner:; loan. . / . - > t i'
act sets^^up a two billion dollar fund'®^ endowment for ho.i^piuls
for refinancing mortgages over a orphan homes in North Carolina
:i:
Mrs. William Bailey Owens
sjiending ten days in Wa.shington,
D. ('.
j hare a change of ketching him at both j mental agency or bureau, and to irh- ^ teen-year period, with broad execu- j and South Carolina since it was estab-
I pound the money saved thereby in thejtive discretion. jlished in 1924 have amounted to a to
il i.s he.st to have 2 or 3 |.iies of g|
or tar so’.< you can ketch a whole fi
Miss lieila Edwards of Union, and jiit-y of rats and moles, but the hunl
ahout^the financial salvation of many W, IL Simpson of this city, were I of chel‘se must l>e neduevd to fit the
treasury. j employment bill w-'nich is likely i 1x1 ®f $7,114,658.73, according to fig-
In the farm relie bill itjs provid-jto be passed shortly will give the’ures relea.sed yesterday by Dr. W. S.
ed that the President ‘ may - «‘duce President virtually complete control | R»nkin, director of the hospital and
acreage, specify the gi'owing of farm I over industrial production, hours of'orphans section of the endowment.
produ<^s. on certain terms, employ the labor and rate of pay of industrial These figures are for the eight
w ho have been in the realms of thej unrU'd in marriage last Wedntrsrlay i si/.e of tW mice’s mouth and increas- allofment, land-Iea.sing and cotton- workei-s. The securities bill, also pend- years the endowment has been in
\ and
profitle
in
t he hus-iness of the
evening' in the Grace Methodist to fit a rat’s mouth,
ehurch of Union,, the R<*v. J. W. j
In th' ^'irmula
nmineet, we salute
lion.”
;7f" the radio an- I'd’takL uffitialing^.
this “man of ac-'
ex
option plans or any of them, as he ing, would give the administration istence and thftis include .appropria-
pleasps; levy taxes on proce.ssing and complete control of all stock.s and tions for hospitals and orphanages in
it is lyst to pour the glue or tarjpuni.sb tho.se who do not conform to^ bonds i.ssued inter-state commerce. 1933.
Of the amount appropriated, $5.-
(»n top of a ehi]) and nail it to the floor | His oftlfri-’; enter—fntn—milmnd pn)*
It is announced! that l>f. Dudley |„„(i that will keep thr* f!oo>- clean, if | agreement.^; decide/-\’^en the enter- cohudete control of .the whole rail- 086,481.73 was given toT hp^nilion
r.rdhes, pastor of the First tc-1 you h.|n))pT) To keU'h him by the^ -tft414gency has ended and prwlaim it4--con- road situation in the President’s and $2,(128,177 for construction work.
and themouth at the same time, un- .trol thef di.strihution of ba.sic farm, hamls. The prospetdive tariff an-d Aid has been received by 51 NortlT
rian ehurch, will teach iwirt.,of the
Hihle classes at Pivsbyterian college
lor the coming year.
loose lus tai
annimals.
I ()|{( F.S I H \T ( (U N r
\\ (‘ ate iroiiig foi uard in the things
W'hieh really couri! ; for somet hirig in
the life of tin* raee. tt'gardh is of our
lemporaiy moiu‘_\ (Pfl’icuJlies. .\othj
ing tun stop „our gieal . tuog.reus.
Imagimitiot{ ' and courage still are ............ i ,,,, , . i - i
more pow erful than wt-ulth. immense-i ^^<’V-|and a bottle of glue or tar. anny kind
ly Ttio.'t'- poteiP than war.
The olhei
fir.'t to avoid cruelty to ^ commodifies in inter.^tate .and foreign trade jwwers to be granted to the Carolina counties, a total of $3,0.38,-
commerce; buy t’ne K.nrm Hoard’s cot- President would give him fhe sole 721.21 for oirei-ation r.nd .$1,429,177 for
ton and all cotton held under go.ern- right to change tariff rates by execu- con.struction. The 23 .South Carolina
Miss Rebecca Addi.son of Due West,! t^e .co.st of this new. invention is[ment loans, and organize- a nation- tive proclamation. ;<-ounties receiving funds have been
and Rev. W. H. Steveniwn of this cky,i les.s ilcin Ic if you hajipen to have; wide policing system to see that his. Those are only the more important appropriations of $2,047,7.56.91C;
were united in marriage at DeFtmiak some old fish hooks about'the house, agricultural ordei>- nre carried out. grants of power to the President, al operation and $.599,000 for con-
enson has recently accefiU'd a rail tOjof .string will do just so it w'ill hold al In the cn^mey logislati
. i., th<* i>a.storate of the local A. R. P. rat, but use a small string for a mk-e.led to the fnnn relief bill th<
f'g'u.hur<-h. ■ do„V let the ,»t er n>iee see the fish
hie unplane i.t . ..peed .>f 410 mile,I ^ hunk in the cheese;, they have sense
an hour, more lliun six miles a minute., . i
Miss Emma Adams is visiting Mias
.Mary King in Washington. I>. C.
a mile in under It n secomis! Twice io (
the past month daring young British-! vj'**"
, n .1 .c.io ..flcharge from govermnent sarvicea.
ers have flowu ovei the peaks of i ^ "
Mouru Kverest, seeing and photo-J
graphing a stfl^t .heretttftue unseen by '
madi.'TIve great airship' Akron was^
wirt'cked. ''ul the greater Macon starts
out on her maulen flight yvith her
crew undaunted. And astronomers dis
cover cosmic lights, in the distant
realms of space which may Iw unseen
danets signalling to unktmwn worlds
ackpKs the \^astness of the universe.
"upaginal :on can keep us young
ferevtV,^" a g'x*at teacher saitl 'a few
days agn- imagination anyC^iurage
an*.the i^l forces in thi> world of
<'ars. and tliH.' have not failed;‘>Tt.
\V, K. Dillard has returned from j just like you. only more when it comes
where he received Ws dis-, to gcml: ketched in a trap.
send the .50$ at once and if you will
make it 60$ in cash i will sell out to
you entirely, this will save the coun
try “.T.000.000,000,OiHl.OOO bushels of
Gurrenry, .Mortgages, Employment
lution attach-
the Pi-esident
is empowered to d^irect credit exjian-
sion through the open-market pur
chase by,the Federal Re.serve of gov
ernment pajier not to exceed three bil-
ready nuide and proposed to lie made*. - .
to congress. ! l^^^h Carolina counlie.s receiving
„ .. j appropriations are: .Abbeville, $21,743;
.humming I p j A iken. $38,600; Anderson. $49,006.20;
The reason for this shifting of ! Berkeley. $,55,0(W; Charleston,''$♦>49.-
thority to the President is the Ifrave ^ Dorchester, $10,298..50; Flor-
national economic emergency. Th-rej^n^^. $214,641; Greenville. $,’126,182.-
lion dollars, to issue gi-eenbacks up to d-'ibt that that exist.s, and eyen^^ j. Greenwood, ?73.66S.67; Horry,
three billion dollars if the credit ex- '|he Pi-esident’s critics profes: uo fear $47,453;' Kershaw-, -$38,778.28; Ijiu-
pansion plan doesn t._ work, and use ^,^]| exercise these powers ^x-
tho.se greenbacks to repurchase gov- , 7* »• j/
♦ , ^ ' f t cept w ith the greatest caution and for
emm^nt bonds; to i-eduee the gold
Miss Mercer Vance of Lucy Cobb corn and w heat and flodr and oat.s j content of the dollar by any i>ercent-: common goo<i
college, i« spending aevcrml dxja ait
home.
Mrs. Jack H. Young entertained
Tuesday afternoon in honor of Miss
Marie Smith of Glenn Springs.
Mrs’. K. C. Briggs and Mrs. Emma
Little^are visiting relatives in Spar
tanburg. '
ami pa|Kr bags jier year.
yores trulie,
mike Clark, rfd.
! age he pleases up to one-half and to
K.) I'L'orLc;!' DEi'osrroRS
New-, that '> 'iijre'-s and the White
Hou-t- havt at la^t X>me to an agree
ment t'li H .seiienie fi>r tAvieral guaran
ty* of bank dept>sits ik, sure to be
tuM-.ei* enlbusi.-i tu ally i»y\ank tleposT
iters air ovtM the eountry. I Hi'rlhodox
'^tn 'ue'U It may !>e. ,il will jbobably
>N .n i^e suppiu't v>f '.euders in bvisiness
■i'n'.T cib——^
It IS a
From files of TYie Chronicle
OetolK-r 2,3. I‘ll9^. ’
Nobody’s Business
By K^ee Mc<4e«
base it on any ratio he chooses in pro- SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE
liortion to silver and to other curren- “The Paper Everybody Reads’*
ren.s, $66,993.02; Lexington, $27,088;
Marion. $33,881; Marlboro. $64,8?3^;
McCormick, $23,763.92; Newberry,
$7,125; Pickens, $9,022; Richland.
$529,596.50; Sparta:.burg, $225,865.’41;
SUniter, $133,195.12; Union, $6.42i>;
.York, $20,970.59.
WushiiigloM. May 1. President.
'■ ~ T" * ^ ^ Ivoosevelt’s crities are beginninirto he*
Mysteritr* of Modem Timeti 'heard, and the chief ground of their'
. fewdayS'Tigo; firm rcceivrd-‘"ci strcvin is'~ t h;xt he is'srekmg and ha»-}-{
ti uism that businesy won t ^ ^ ahipjier located i obtained powers w hich heretofore I
recever until confidence is restored: exactly 483 miles, as the snake have been iealur.sly retained by con-j |
ar. l th* vc-y co*ner-tonc of cenfidence c-^wls, from our, warehouse. For givss. making the I’resident far more'
must In* c implete t|ust ^'und-^ ^jjujing these 11 tons of hay, the rail- of an Hctual director of the nation’s*
jae.*>:x$I00.M and the ahipper.fttiytdnrs-fhtTmrny "Prgside'nt has evei }
lean n.'ople have lutd their f>ngers-j $64.23 for the car of hay. Is
pretty ludly burneii in the last year
;H“en e\en .n war time.
, , . jf I it any wonder that they ain’t hauling: “Shehing the Constitution,” some
t a go nl bit of their ftust much? icritics suy. .Mr. Kooseveh’s friends ad-
itnit that the Constitution is being
V- sii. i‘n*l
^»as eva|>ora<ed it is hardly surprising
This new measure should restore
that trust. Once let ■'every dejiositor
know ’hat hi^' money is safe, and we
ought to gel a rastoiation of confi-
tlenc*- which would aid trade revival.
So far the ‘‘new deal”, has not beert streached, buj^they tw>int to history
a misdeal to jinyhody except the to justify the o|>eration. ‘‘A rigid Con-
crooks. We have beer a-plenty and it’s #titution ties the hands of the pres-
amazing w here the money come« from I out w ith IhuiXs iriiposed under past-
, to buy it, but 1 haven’t aeen a single conditions, l y qioliticians now long
A guarantee of deposits, however.: j^^son shy of enough cash to give the aead,” said one of these friends. ‘‘We
must be accompanied by more *irxn- R„„y anliThink \he country will be^
gent superviaion and i-egulation thann,,y]y ^ tastes sorter like beer. jthe hands of a live statesman than in
in the past. The government cannot - jpoliticians.”
fubsiuizc bad banking. . . ' If the cotton farmers Buccet>d with Before (his is in print the Presi-
Buy Until You Have Driveri The New
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If the cotton farmers succet-d with,
their endeavora to grow another big
crop, the 'R, F. C. might as well make
plans to camp in * the South for at
govern
dent will have received power from
congrosm to change the nation's whole
cun eiH'y system in almost any way he
pleases. He will not be instructed by
INFLATION AND THE FAR.MER
We have heard folk argue that in
flation of the currency, bringing high-; least' three more jemre.
vr prices for farm commodities, wilt ntent is helping tha fanner ao*t it will j ingress as to w hat he shall do. but
not do the farmer any good because j have to help him agaia aaxt jraar and {p^nnitteil by ci^ngress to do any one
it wiH increaae the cost of the things mehbe the year following. Naarly all of several things, as his judgment
be buys by just as much as it increas-j of them are plowing vp the path to Qmy dieftate.
e« the cost of what he sells. We do not i the back-house and planting H in cot- Banka, Penaiona, Farms .
think that is true. j ton. , Under the emergency banking law
In our opinion, the farmer will bej, " " —
thd first as well as the greatest bene- Rubber bathing amt* are upon us
the Piesident regulates rredit, curren-
c/t gold, silver and foreign exchange
Longer Wheelbase
‘03 Pro<^ Pistom
Roomier Bodies
Greater Economy
Smoother Performance
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More Power
THE ONLY LUXURY IN THE LOW PRICED LINE
fkiary of any change in our currency I rubbered hard epaongh at last year's transactions. He fixes reatricUbhs on
syatem which diminish the purchas-j modela Theae. hew dadgaa cha bejUie banking buimess of Federal Re-
ing power of the dollar. The farmer’s, carried in a compact er a vert pocket, serve memberSi^ppoinU conaervatora
eost of production has notjTallen any-; It,slips over the head and shouklers for any bank when that w necessary:
where nearly as much as the prices he and adjuata itaa$ to^ kody,^and it! to protect ^posilors, guarantees 100'
gets for hit products have fallen. U--^- even show whft •» your per cent li^uiilily on accounU opened I
bor eott on the farm la down, feed and ’ anatomy. The fleah-cniocpd patterns' after a cerUin date, passes on the re- ^
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JeitUisara art chaapgr^but insurance,
interest on mortgages, and Uxes have
Ineranaed* while prieea of Jerm pro-
are very deceptive indeed.
organizafion of national banks,, per-!
mits the purchase of preferred hawltt
. . . , power-1 stock "hy tl^ Reconstruction Finance
dueta have stendUy gooe down. A* an j fui. I came aeroea a aeeand mortgage corponition. regulates bank loans
axamplt, net long ago a fanner could j the othef day (ig my ■•My deposit i made the corporaUon. and may
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