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THE CLINTON fcHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1933
Forces To RaDy For Prohibition; Govemor^s Race
TREASURER'S NOTICE
1953 .
books o^^lhe County Treasurer „
will be open for the collection of taxes
for the fiscal year, 1933, at the Treas-1- ^
iirer’s office from October 15th to De
cember 81, 1932. After ’December 21
one per cent will be added. After Jan
uary 81st, two per cent aiU be added,' Dr. j. c. Roper, chairman of the'at the jrovemor’s conference at Sac-
Dr. J. C. Ropo* Calls On Temp^ifance iMike Clark In
Chapman Heads
Legion Post
Urges" All f Citizens Opposed To Repeal of 18th Amendment To
Register for Election of November 7th. ]
Former f‘Kurriner’s’’ Hat Is .At the election of officers meeting
Thros n In Ring By Gee the Copeland-Davidson Legion post
held last Tuesday night, the following
officers were elected for the coming
year:
fr TglEPHGt^E
SWITCHBOARDS
COULD TALK
Gee. Will Debate, “Wrassle’
or Fight.
and after February 28th, seven per South Carolina Forces for Tamper- ramento, speaking on the national re
cent will be added until the 15th dayProhibition, has sent the fol- covery act, said: “States’ borders, ^n^jg^gon Sept 18 — Gee McGee
of March, 1984, when the books will lowing, addressed to “Fellow Oti- must be to an extent disregarded and humorist, who writes for many
be closed. zens,” for publication: the United States must be Uken as an decided that Mike Clark,
.All perst ns owning property in more Qn the seventh day of November economic area. rfd., his character in “Nobody’s Bus*-
than one school district are requested, pvery citizen will be weighed in the Th3 South Carolina state contention • jj^ggg »» ghuU enter the race for gover-
to call for receipts in each of the sev- ijujnoce. God and duty are on one side w’as opposed to repeal and its dele- McGee reached (his decision
eral school districts in which the prop- and political expediency on the other..gates at Chicago went contrary to its learning that “Mountain Kitty’’
erty is located. This is important, as necessary to refer the re- * majority did so., . . Sloan, self-styled favorite son of
additional cost and penalty may be amendment to the' It becomes the duty of every man Greenville, was going to run.
attached. people, it_(;ertainjy is not democracy and woman who loves temperance, Mike Clark, rfd, former “kurriner”
•All able-bodied male citizens be- foj.'thg’administration, or any one con-1 morality and righteou.sness to go to of Anderson county, today announced
nected therewith, to use coercion^ to the court house on the first Monday 1 ; ^ j
cause them to vote a certain way. in September and October and get
With all the failure of prohibition their registration certificates and then j
1. has resulted in the drinking of less !?(* to the polls on the seventh of * o-^
ouor than under any other system, 'ember and vote against repeal.
According to the government esti- Three ex-governors of this state, at ,
one-third as much is con- members of both houses of
umed as under legal sale. Crimes legislature will do this thing, .s^
‘lom drink have decreased 54 per cent, a senator has .said, .A bhnd tiger in
In England where there.is legal sale i a swamp is le.ss hurtfu.^than a .saloon,
of liquor, the crime w'ave shows an in-a prominent corner. <,
crease of 300 per cent. Death from al. Registration books will be open in
coholism has decreased in the United the court house September 1-20 and
States 42 per cent since prohibition, the first, .Monday in October, ^^omen
tween* the ages of twenty-one (21)
and sixty (60) years of age are liable
to pay a poll tax of $1.00. romniu..a-
tion Road Tax ?l.r»0 in lieu of road
duty. .All able-bodied men betwei*n the
ages of 21 and 55 are liable to road
duty except those in military service.
schiKil trustees, school teachers, min- *'\*_*_j
isters and students.
Proper attention will be given those
who wish to pay -their taxe.s through
the mail by cheqk, riioney order, etc.,
giving name of township and number
of school district.
The tax levy is as follows:
Stale Deficit
State .Appropriation
<'onstitutional School
Ordinary County ^
Road Bond (County)
Past Indebtednes.s (County)
Weak .School.s (('ounty)
mills from alcoholism has decreas-
mills '■<'
.3 mills* United States, under legal-
5'te millsl**^^ liquor, there were 97 Keely insti-
Tti mills^THtes] they tiave~bt»en reduced to- 11
3 mills the I8th amendment, a decrease
I mill i‘’^ b***'
do not reiiuire a tax receipt. Men must,
have their tax receipt.
Regi.«ter now I |
J. C. ROPER I
('hailmen South Carolina Federated
Forces for Temperance and Piohi-t
hi lion. - i
I6‘y
Total — _ --
Ijiurens SchiMii I>iK(rirtK
No. I. Trinity Ridge
No. 2. Pnispect
No. 3, Harksdale-.Varnie
No. 4. Bailey
No. .5. ('i»peland-Fleming
No. r>. Oak Grove
No. 7. Watts Mills
No. 11. l.4iurens
No. 12. Ora
There were 275 institutions in all
25 mills fur Treatment, of aTcoholic di.seases;
now there are only (>8.
l)ccrea.se in
Hi mills drunkenne.ss cau.sed 207 to cb>se. In
12 mills Chicago during legalized liquor the
1.
mills VVashington Home for men, for drunk-
7 mills afds, had 700 to 1,000 patients at a
K mills
. () mills
8 mills
22 millji
ll'-s mills
able. There is a very sti-ong element!
among the group of administrative ol-,
ficials here which is frankly in favor]
of thi building up of a “I.ahc.r Party,” j
composed cf unionizeil workers and}
thiir sympathizers, and who are tiy-l
ing to utilize the present situation to
R. P. Chapman, commander.
W’. E. Dillard, adjutant.
J. L. Davidson, finance officer.
Dennis Sowers, Chas. Alexander and
J. L. Phillips, vice-commanders.
Rev. S. P. Bowles, chaplain.
A. W. Brice, historian.
T. P. Owens, sergeant-at-arms.
W. P. Burdette, publicity officer.
The meeting began with a fish sup
per, after which the veterans assem
bled in the Ma.sonic Temple to hearj
j inspirational addresses by State Com-
imander Foster, St^te Adjutant Goude-
tlock, Past Commander Arthur, and,
[others. Judge Foster presente"d the fa-'
! mous Purple Heart medal for military
I merit to R. C. Adair, Chas. Alexan-j
der and Claude’Revels. !
Past .State Commander krthur con-'
ferred an unexpected honbn on Judge
Foster, the new state commander
when he presented him the badge of
! Department Commander for South
Carolina.
By G. L. McCullough,
DISTRICT MANAGH)
Southern Bell
Telephone^and.T«lefrRph C«.
How interesting ft would be if ft
telephone switchboard eoald talk.
Wci would get a picture of the inti*
mate daily life of our community.
.A signal appears
rope around my nake and make me ^
give them everthing the state has a.s |
heretofoar, and the lower part of the i
mought a.-^ well get reddy to pay
laxes7' too, as - the' peWmount!
{.seckshun can’t keep them up no
' longer.
state
-. -T
- Home
7 -
J. MIKE ( LARK
4. i will send the leggislature home
in 3 week.s. if they have not finnished.
their work, i will finnish it myself at
my own expense which will not be j
lover 3$. •:
5. i will force all lobbyists to sleep
time, and had treated 300.000 drunk- workers class-con.scious, as they his platform, and like Senator S%an,*wRb the leggislators they are trying I
ards. Since the 18th amendment, jp EurojH*. he is running on the economy ticket, to influence either by the word of i
crea.se of 90 per cent. Soone • or later the President w ill However, Mike promi.ses that he will •«outh or the tingle of the pocket or
Ih* eonipelled to intervent personally adjourn the legislature in three weeks the lieading of the fruit jar or other i
Youngs School Districts
i|^ Sc
Klship
(D-5)
No. 2, Friendship
No. 4. Bethany
No. 5, Grays
No. Central
No. 7, Youngs
Np. 8, Warrior Greek J.
No. 10, I.anford
No. 3-B, Fountain Inn
Dials School Distrirta
No. 1, (ireenpiond
No. 2, hxlen
No. 3, Shiloh (Sul. 17)
-Vo. 5. Gray C'ourt-Ow’ings
Moreover, bootlegging is less
than‘then. Under legal sale ^**'R*'**’‘*. in|*this situation. In approving the au- and will not allow any of his six sons stuff.
agents located^ 208 ^spn^akeasie^ ip code, which provides that;or 20 grandchildren to work for thej 6. i will cut out graft if i have to do
24 milU Charleston, S. C. In 1908, under legal "j.n,pioyt.,-s jn this industry may exer-; highway department or railroad “com- so with a razor, and sepperate the
11 mill.': sale. The Minneapolis Journal cise their right to .select, retain or ad-i mish.” highway department from the offis of
17 mills thei-e were 4,000 blind pigs m Chat eniployt-es on the basis of indi-1 Mike’s platform follows: *govvernor and cut their pay so much
lOVs mills,vidual merit, without regard to their! flat Rock, a. C., 9-18-33. they will hafter quit and go to the
15‘t mills} wets claim the prohi^ion aw ,„j.^j^her8hip or npn-memhership in any to the voters of s. C.: ;faim—where they ought to of stade.
. J5 mills . *** ^he ^tnrif tuj rnuptwm* moat of tha reaUara oi tha,. fallow-eity»TDgrTftm-4hfr
IK ® ^ 4 I have aIiKn<:*d himself with the operJ newspapers saw in same last week faVvorite of flat Rock, niv home town.
24 millsl^'erage criminal law. where i had a-nounced myself as
on the switch
board. “Number
please,” says the
Operator, and
conies an excited
voice, '.“Operator,
please, quick L want 476 — Dr.
Brown." Therels a'flash of quick
moving hands and “central” has Dr.
Drown on the wire. Another signal,
and it’s Johnny Green calling Mary
Doe. and it’s likely those lines will
be busy for some time.
“Number please,” and thli Ub*
a stock buyer, is filing a distant
city about a carload of hogs. Then
It’s Farmer Brown calling in m
hurry for the town veterinary. His
prize jersey cow Is sick.
Then come a string of signals 1ft
quick order. Several women are
catling frfende to organise a ebttreh
socir.l. In the midst of this flurry
a Jong distance call comes lot
Mrs. Jackson. Her married son,
a hundred miles away, Is calling to
give tbs news that “It’s a boy.**
Si on and on in never ending
Hucrcc.-.Jnn the signals come tn
while “central" sits at her post and
v.;;:i deft hands and sympathetic
c::;*.2r3trndlng weaves them togeth
er to form the fabric of the social
nnd business life of the community.
A;: c.^r.:2 one so well expressed it,
’Gwn.ral and her Switchboard ara
the nerve center of our
community’s ’life.’”
The telephone play*
a leading part in ev
ery phase, station and
activity of life. We
-iiirn to ft in imi«s.
The effort to drive dry voters to
10 mills under u party whip iif not
17S inill.s uhdcmocratic hut it is unworthy,
22 mills The; cry of the states’ rights does
24 mills reach far when Secretary of War
where i had a-nounced mysell as a
in the general candydate for governor of the grate
shop element.
I One of the hitches
application of the recovery code is the'palmetto state of .s, ('., and i hereby how.
inability of many small employers, notify them that i am in to win.-
first
and my county is behind me, i will file
for the peeples rites and reduce taxas.
i challons anny of the candydotes
who hav.. boon barely gettinK by wllh-l i stated ly fiatform in mV ■•••■ a jint debate on annv questions that
. .. out banKruptcy during the period of a-nouncenient but i de.sire U) add the . j* , .
No. L-3. Barksdale-Narnie IRS mill, ftP'-*-nt.nR the adm,n..stral.^.j^j,_.^,_,.^__ followinit |,lanks"to aame: - iTTe on
-expense which the application of the 1. i garrantee not to pardoin over 5, ^ ... .»
No. 8, Merna (Sul.'17)
No. 3-B. Fountain* Inn
22 mills
24 mills
Sulliian School DistrictM
No.
1.
Princeton
22
mills
No
•>
•Mt. Bethel
ID
mills
.N'ti.
3.
Poplar Springs
25
mills
No
Brewerton
IG
mills
No.'
'it
. Hickory Tavern
22
mills
Rail
Iroi
ad Tax
3
mills
Malerloo School 1
Districts
No.
I.
.Ml. G.nllaghcr
mills
No.
*>
Botiicl (iro\»* /
1
mills
No.
3.
Kkom iSul. IT)
mills
No.
4.
( enter I’omt.
] 1
mills
No.
5.'
()akvi!lc
8
mills
No.
G.
Muutil| Pleasant
II
mills
No.
< ,
Mi>unt 01i\e
21
mills
No.
14
. Wateiloo
8
mills
(
ross Hill Scluad
Di.stncis
N<»-
13
. 1 1 o^.■- lilll
.
IT
mills
-
Hunter SchiMil Distrid
Is
■
N...
.3.
U'K'h Bridge
<V
nrdis
Ntu
4.
U rid."wort h
s
mills
No.
.5.
< lin'.on
F
r‘v
mills
No.
* odd, die
13
mills
No.
t .
Belfast
8
mills
No.
K
19. Kmaids
8
mills
No.
R
■42. Reederville
13
nulls
No.
1*
Mount ville
21
mills
Jark.s School District
s
No.
1.
No w'hite school
1
mills
No.
2
.8)utdy Grove
11
mills
No.
3..
Renno
It)
mills
No.
4.
'.\i» white .sehotd
3
mills
No.
6.
O’Dell’s
10
mills
No.
« «
Gavlington
3
mills
No.
. Hurricane
>G
mills
code impo.ses u|M>n them, when their conYicts a day wRilt incarcierate^ in.
It*
and if I
the I
; stump i will meet them ih a prizc-fite '
. , ... . u i ’Viup (0 It) endings and who ever excepts'
business has not picked op to a point thb governors oheer, and none of should make his'
of profit (.eneral Johnson s demond them will be for non-»up|>ort or Steel- ,,eppi„g i„ to the ring,
upon the banks to l*e more liberal with ing or selling likker. i wont pardon
credit has had no effect except to^ nothing but murdeiers apd highway
cau.se con ’derable resentment among icidjers. |
bankers, who ask how they can lend 2. i promise that i will not lei either
their depositors’ money to husiness'one of my d sons or 2<) grandchildrens
irten who are not yet sure tiiey can re- work for the- higliway de,/aitmenti or
re iciiii. It is a means of banishing
1 )'’.c!inc.s8'. a comfort and protec-
liou at all times. Probably that’s
vAy p.-'oplo say the value of tel^
p .one se: vice outweighs the small
co.'it. Aok for our free 64-page illus-
t-ated liook. Ma.glc of €ommunlcft-
1. ;:i. ft tells how the ihlephone.
ra iio aiirl television work, and other
i—... e.*c .jiv.,..} S thlnga. *
yores trulie,
mike (^ark, rfd.’
next govvernor of s. C.
nil
coi
Washington, Septemlier 11.—Frank-
pay the loans. the railroad commish or the tax com-
Will Credit Bring Inflation? mish or anny of the power companies
.Methods of providing funds to busi- or otiier copper-ritions that mOv.gh’,
ness directly by the Recon.strection t'i- expect me to protect them w'ith my
Ijn Roosevelt has been President of ('orporation are under consid- vote ansoforth.
the Vnited States for si.x month.s In ****«Gun, to carry good business men 3. i allso hereiiy warrant that i will
that half year hi* lias started more tui- enough peiqde' are back at not let that columby. .s. G. ring put a
merous arid more drastic reforms than wages tj^create the add-
any President ever initiate*! in hi.> Imying power w Inch is the main
whole term-of office. He has a J>ui po.se of the recovery, program.
under thiee years left—that is, iiptil ^ ^ the financing of industry un-
the early summer of ’l9:>(j to make will make .some sort of
his reforms work. His successor will 'uni^ncy inflation absolutely neces-
nominuted in June or July of that i-"^ the growing opinion of ob.serv-
If the recovery progium as laid Rn»^'ness cimnot run witln^ut
Radios, Repairing
and Tubes
at
Radio Exchange
NOTICE t
(Jood Until Nov. 10, 1933:
('usmupolitan, 2 years, $3.75.
(•ood Housekeeping, 2 years, $3.75.
('osmopolitan and <i(N)d Housekeep
ing, one .year, $1.00.
JAMES W. ( ALDWKI.L,
WHAT DO
P. S. Jeanes
DO?
IH'
year
out has succeeded by that time in pull- fuufits. Profits cannot te eaiii'*d
mg the nation hack to its pro.speroms "itliout higher prices, especially when
condition of 1925.27, noInMly doubts have. been increased by hiring
that he wi/l be renominated and re- niore workers and raising wagts. The
elected. No man and no party will l*e puidic cannot pay higher prues with
able to stand against him. dollars at their prese:it l.igh value.
.lust at the moment it Ioo’ks as if *he Therefore the only way out is to
administration's major ex|H‘riments cheapen the dollar at home, as ii^has
were going to be successful. The peo- ulx'udy been cheapened abroad
pie of the United States havy rallied the inflationists.
Blue
Thus
Scuffletown School
No. 1. Long Branch
No. 2. Musgruve
.No. 3. Langston
No. 4. .'>andy Springs
No. 10. I anford
N<i. 12. Ora
Pei .sons sending in
Districts
8 mills
8 mills
3 'mills
4 mills
24 mill.-*
11 S mills
of names
WANTS
G-room house on .Acade
my street. Apply to J. .A. Hailey. ■
lists
under the ensign of the Blue Eag'ii^
as they have never rallied before if(>r'
any cause in time of peace. But Jliere
are still many industries and groups i’qi; itFNT
of industries which have not accepte«l
the recovery code in all its implica-
tionsv and there are plenty of signs of NOTijGE TO F.ARMER:> If you want
trouble ahead. a wagon, we have it. V\e trade or
Collective Bargaining s H. J. I, C'opeland & Bro., Hard-
. , , , Perhaps the most seriou.* trouble in ware. tl
. . . .* . . the application of the code'will be a KENT—Furnished 7-rooni house
siiarp confiK’t in-tween orgamzAni la-»
and garage. Mrs. W. G.
' tf
aji employees of any iniqstry the
right to organize and to bargain col- hGR RENT
lectively through representatives of
their own choosing. This may mean
them early arid give the township and
school district of each, as the Treas
urer
l>et
I). ROY SIMP.'^ON.
Treasu! er.
*
I J ’ .1. .1 ^ bor and the management of jndustry. .
r is very busy during the month of i . oallMOoms
•ember ^itterms, gives
tf
Everything In
FLOWERS
that the employees may organize a
“company union' or join an outside
u^iion affiliated with- the Federation
Two apartments, with
all conveniences. .Apply to D. E.
Tribble. ' 9-21-2tc
be
FREE — Free circus tickets will
given this week to all jiersons mak
ing a purchase of 25c or more. Good
^^ 4 ^^2 —T-- — tiijC «• |iur Aui ifatJA. VI iiivic.
Clinton Flower Shon foi-biddeh to ^llen Bros. (Nreus—Saturday af-i
_ . »7 compel them to join company unions, ternoon or night. We invite you to be
Me«ber F. T. D.
Phone 33
Going Away To
College or To
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Paper Everybody ^ads"
night. We invite you
ird the Federation of Ubor is seizing guest at the circus. J. 1. Copeland
the opportunity to attempt to oigan- ^ Hardware. Itc*
ize every industry and so extend its -* —; — ;
membership to include all of the'na- I'^R SAl.£ A complete outfit for
lion’s workers moving houses. Heavy timbers also.'
Many of the industrial leaileis have G*. A. Owens.
tried
Itp
to write provisions into taeir FEDERAL LOA.NS—4 4Vi for farm-
codes declaring their right to mam- *.,-8. See Clyde T. LYanks, agent for
tain an o|)en shop, regardless of the Farm Ijoan Commissioner and Federal
union affiliations of their employ‘es. Und Bank, Laurens, S. C. 10-19-4c
General Johnson has refused to tier
mit the words “open shop'’’ to appear
in any c >de. His labor advisory boftrd
ha.« gone farther than that and insists
that only by joining naticmal union.s
can the rights of employees to collec
tive bargaining be safeguarded.
Mention of laibor i'arty
There have been several strikes al
ready in different indu'stri#*s arising
froth conditions under the codes that
WANTED—All farmers to know that
we are authorized International
Harvester Co. dealers. It is harvest
time—see our new line of mowers.
Let us furnish your repairs for mow'-
ei-s, rakes, tractors, harrows, or any
other farm machinery. J. I. Co|>eland
& Bro., Hardware. tf
have been adopted. That there will be
many more,^ and perhaps serious i
strikes, ie regarded as more than prob-!
WHAT DO
P. S. Jeanes
DO?
IJ
Away To
COLLEGE
To Teach?
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