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arsi ujiiiia^agEiiiiga^ S’-- , B\ h. m-: PAGE ft)UR I THE CLINTON CHRONICLIS, CLINTON, S. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1933 oPlfp (Ulttttiitt (E^ronirU IfM WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and PobHaW Pabliabod Etoit Tburaday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING GOMPANT Subscription Rst« (Psynbio In AdTnnc«)r Ore >’esF (150; Six Months 76 cents; Three Months 50 cento Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Poet Office at Clinton, S. C. JUDGE UPHOLDS | CLERK OF COURT Act of Le8:islature Affect- 'In? Fees and Salary In Clerk cf Court’s Office Declared JJh- constitutional Bv Greene. I! The Chronicle .^eeks the cooperation of its rtibscribers and readers—the publisher will at all times appreciate wise aufjcestions and kindly ad vice. The Chronicle wiU publish .letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the riews or opinions of its correspondents. Laurens, ^pt. 1.—That the abolish- jment of the fee system in the office l.of the clerk of court for I..auren.s jcounty and the substitution of a salary j83rstem therefon under a special act' of the legislature during its last ses sion was “unconstitutional and of no! force and effect” was the gist of an j I order handed down last Friday at An derson by Judge G, B. Greene and re corded in the clerk of court’.s office here Tuesday morning. CLINTON, S. C.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 7. 19.TI The order was explaine l by R. E. i I Babb, county attorney, to the county j - board of commissioners et their meet- j the wheels 1 faster until of the commerce will turn ing Tuesday but no action on the mat- great depression b«*- comes merely a memory. Incidentally, the ^consumer must ter was taken. It was .stated at the supervi.sor’s office later that there was no appropriation in the county play his part—a very .important parti*iipply hHl on which the board could at that. Every purcha.se marie now Ls an investment, the dividends of which will come out of future prosperity. Moreover, the encouragsment the con- draw for expenses if it desired to car-' ry-the case ^o the supreme court. The suit to test,the constitutionality of tho act was brought by Thomas W. sumer can give to the businesses that j Bennett, clerk of court, in July. His comply with the requirements of the complaint which went before Judge C. NRA will not only encourage him bu^lc. Featherstone at Greenwood, was will be a warning to those who are ^referred to Judge G. B. Greene, of the | unwillmg to do their part in this great loth circuit, for adjudication. Argu- WELCOME TO SYNOD For the fouith consecutive year, the patriolj[c and far-reaching movement. Jrnents in the case were completed be- Presbyterian Synod i.s convening in We all have an opportunity to heipjfoce Judge Greene on August 22. our city on the hi.storic campuses of, thi^roimtry come out of the grip of i 'The order of Judge Greene not only the Presbyterian college and Thorn-1 the wor.st“depresaion the world haalfomid unconstitutional the section of . w^l orphanage. This torthe- clerk- of | this week at least, Clinton is the ' icourt’s office, but also the act of 1923, ^ mecca of .'^outh ('arolina Presbyte- PROSPERITY COMES F*ROM THE as it applies to the clerk’s office, nans. On behalf of the |>eople of (3intnn, The Chronicle wishes to extend a most cordial and sincere welcome members of Synod now in session {the internationaK^ wheat here. We bid you welcome and want you to know that our gates, our homes, our institutions, our hearts, are thrown wide open to you. which also abolished the fee system in i m- Laurens county but w’hich was found in the 19.32 code. An act intended to! SOU. . It may turn out that the rhost (>ortant thing that ha.n happened in to the i the world in the past three years is abolish the 1923 act was passed dur-1 agreement ing the 1924 session of the legislature,' which has been signed by the repre- but in some way the old act was re- sentatives of 21 nations. We believe tained in the code. "" ! that Mr. Frederick E. Murphy, the Quoting five decisions of the State' ^head of the American delegation to supreme court on previous similar' Wo hope that you will profit groat-wheat conferonco. is right when he ca.ses. Judge Green said “In the light, Iv from vi.ur slay in our midst as youJ^^Y^ ^^at the records for a ‘hou.sand of these decisions, it does not seem to come to consider the work of a greatiY^®” ‘"‘‘"“'■‘Y that wheat me .that the question of the constitu-{ church. Entertained on the campus of'ha« been the index to the pnee • tionality of the acts can be seriously j the cllogo. loved by all our people othco commodities. .debated.” irrospoctivo of dononiination. we know' «tber words, as Mr. Murphy puts' After going into the various phases that vou will bo well cared for. And.i't. “prosperity aimes from the soil. ,of tho_questions raised. Judge Greene Ix)ndon ordered “That the Act of the I.(*gisla- S- 1933, as attempts to change price of not the amount or manner of jilaintiff’s jjjjj. ^ jow'n acreage down to or below present ed Jiy the Legislature of 1933, and af)- Wo are o>pocialIy happy that you b‘vols and u.so every po.ssi4)le measure proved by the Governor undoiMjate of are mooting in uur'city .since it will to ‘nrTea.se the consumption of wheat, give vou an oppurtunity to gain first- ‘“‘d they agree to pay a hand infoi Illation of the progress and b'ss than r^r, cents gold, rising to G3.02 compensation. referre<l to in the plead- (lovolopmont. a.-iwoll as pressing prob-,CTnts. At the pre.sent value of the dol- ings in this cause, be and the same loins, of mil two splondid institutions.;'a/ in foreign exchange that wDuld hereby are dei'lared unconstitutional, the cnilogr and orphanage. Thoro can bo no doubt of ('linton’.H jiloasuio in having you as our guests. ,Wo want to know that you are among friends, and that you are wel come. thrice wolconio. ri.MK TO ACT four month.H, the importing nations This year tho govornin«*nt has done agree to reduce their tariffs, to fur- Jii'^t about everything possible to help ther stimulate the importation of cotton grower', of tho .South. Produc-' wheat. give an equivalent of about 92 cents and of no force or effect, and that the for American wheat. And since the (iVfendants, theVr servants and agents, trend of the dollar is downward, it and all other {wrsons whomsoever, he j .seems, as Mr. Murphy points out, that and they are hereby restrained and en-1 we can look for “dollar wheat” as the joineni from taking any action or minimum for years to come. For, any proceedings at law or in whenever the price has b«^n main- equity against the plaintiff under or tained at the (ki.02 cents minimum for jjy virtue of the terms thereof. No part of I^aurens County Supply Bill for 1933. except Item 2. Section 1, above referred to, shall be taken to tiori sh ttply curtailed through de- .sti lie; ion of approximately ten million acres and farmers are to be paiil for tht'ii cooperation. ' Kvi n with three or four million l>a!es taken out of production there will still he a cop exceeding 12,900,- iK:'l li;'!e>. acco’.linij to the govern- The importance of this to every man, woman and child in America may not be apparent on the surface. But it touches the pocket-books of all of us. It will cut down the surplus of wheat above the present world demand in two ways, first by regulating produc tion, second by increasing consump- be in anywise affected by this order, or to be in any respect involved in the pre.sent litigation.” '•i.ci n' c.-; nv nt with tin ‘-'ca'-ons. makt timatt*. This. tog«*1 her j tion. it should not take long to absorb ai',p* c i' t y-oNer f-om i>ther ^ cotton than more cun the present world surplus of .some thing like half a billion bushels. Even be c insnmed even with manufacturing j l><*fore that is absorbed, however, speeded up. : money at a rate that is profijtaliie to It is to the future that farmers must |bhe wheat grower will begin to flow !o< k for an effective remedy fo insure into the farmers pockets; and that bettiM' prici's. I’lans ere' b(*ine made ^-should he the hreak in the vicious cir-• for the years VXU and tttM.'i. With {de of economic depression that isj p^„iu„pnts of the office from th > end in view. l*r. W. W. Long, ag-' .start the world back to ■ licullir’n! eytension director for this prosperity, state, is issuing a call for a state-wide TO TEST ( ASE !.;uirens. Sept. r» —The Laurgns County legislative delegation at its regular ^^nthly meeting .Monday, in^ stnicted fne county attorney, R. E. Babb, to appeal the Bennett fee case to the supreme court. This refers to the recent decision of rircuit Judge (J. B. Greene in favor of Thomas W. Bennett, clerk of coin’, as plainriff, .against the Laurens county board of commissioners to test the ,, , . 1 constitutionality of the act in chang-• that IS I fai>"'—mooting in Columbia at an ea' ly date to consider all phases ofj a A rc'dictinn of tin* cron next year and to lU A Ctta 5 , (Wide upon a definite plan upon which I on^^t From the farnKos inay build. Every cotton g -iwcr in the cotton of ms. state, and in all other j states vvheie similar confer-— ences a*.- to be hebi should line up{ Harry G. I.ayton, member of The s(;!idl\ 1)'hind th“ plan to limit pro-1Chronicle staff, left Saturday for Mil- di'icMoe I* '’Ot a hit too early to waukee, W'is., where he will spend the niak(' ji’ans foi the crop ne.xt year, and coming year. ■ . the sooner a (|efinite oolicy containing * teeth of enfo'cenfent is announced, the salary and fee basis to a straight salary. The delegation at the last ses sion of the general assembly placed an act in the county supply bill taking all county offices off the fee system, I and the measure was intendei^ to re-! quire an accounting of collected Teea^ loathe- c<junty treasurer 666 be'tei for all conc/oned. T)ie farmer fj^st prize, a 1923 model Hupmobile can no longer <o, alone and hope t(> get touring car, in The Chronicle’s big cir- anywh(‘re with his problem. culation contest that clo.sed Saturday Present prices are disappointing. i ni^ht. Second prize, a mahogany bed- They are way under what we had ail room suit, w’aa won by Mrs. V. B. hoped for. But.think what would hilve Melts of I.jiurcn.s, and the third prize, happened if qo ciHton had been d^- |j;o in cash, was captured by Mias stroyed. \ i Annie B. Adair of this city. It is time now to do soom harill ‘ LIQl'H) . TABLETS - SALVE ('kecks Malaria in 3 day.s. Colds first day. Headaches or Neuralgia in 30 minutes. rs. Iona York Burdette won LAXATIVE AND TONIC !«.>•> u..- Speedy Remedies Known. thinking and careful planning for the future of agriculture in'the South. THE NRA AT WORK It is stated that already the NR.\ program ha.s taken more than two mil lion people off the unemployment lists Mrs. A, O. Bi-ay of F3kin.s. N. C., is Tho’^ue.st of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.! y. L. Bailey. , | an# put them back to work. This means, conservatively figured, that a billion dollars a year is already added to the purchasing power of the Ameri can people, and the movement is only beginning. This fact alone ought to be Mi-s. W. S. Bean left Wednesday to; vi^it her son. Dr. W. Bean, in Wash ington. PHILCO Radios & Tubes Smith's Pharmacy Mis.s Louda Copeland of Chicora college, spent the week-end with her father, Guy L Copeland. On Wednesday evening Mr. and Sufficient assurance to those timid i Mrs. George A. Copeland entertained people who have been doubting the a number of friends at a lovely course success of the great experiment j dinner. k needs no statistician to demon strate that~^very decrease of unem ployment brings us closer to the end of economic depression, for every man or woman who is^aming a living in directly contributes by what he buyk to th^ employment of others, and so ..A . , • \ Mrs. £. B. Slofn and Kttle son have returned from a visit to her sister in Columbia. |From fUes of March 15,'19eS). The Chronicle E. Mood Smith, O. D. Felder Smith, O. D. Drs. Smith & Smith OPTOMETRISTS SPECIALISTS Eyes Examined, Cllassee Prescribed Laboratoi^ for Prompt Repair ” Service. 15 West Main Street Phone 191 CLINTON. S. C. Saved / Made Ey Special. 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They want cars that run for thousands of miles with scarcely a cent for upkeep or repairs. And that’3 the kind of car they get in the new Chevrolet Six. Companies that own big fleets of cars report that Chcvrolets cost less to run than any other cars on their list. Owners every where have du^vered the same thing—and they don’t hesitate to spread the good word. That’s why more and more people go straight to a Chevrolet dealer when they want, without question, the most popular and economical car in the world. Giles Chevrolet Company Phone 26—Clintont S. C. y- . \ 4f J