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>l'T' m.- ■■ ;/ ■ . '.'^ tr ■ '■«vrr' 7- PACSK srr ^JCHE C1.1NT0N CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S.,C. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 14. 1933 ■^,K r- ^ i* ' *-s ^ ¥MHI DORIS DUKE SHOULDERS HER 5HARE OF RESPONSIBILITIES I , ■ ': ■ - / ( I harbor, on which the jriprantip statue jof Liberty stands I ^ What reminds me of the tncideni" o - / < ► .1^ was the announcement a little while ago that Liberty has been taken out of tended the meeting of the trustees, i the custody of the army and put under She became a member of the board a!the care of the department of the in-| fortnight ago, at the same time she tenor. It is a part of the economy; URGE SUPPORT Green\ille, Dec. 11- — Mi.ss I>oris ‘ •> Duke, in a happy spirit, today shoul dered her share'of the responsibility jl^ssession of $10,000,000 of!pI*ns of the gove^ment. W^ashingtonj • of administenng the huge endowment-^ ^0*000,000 tru.st fund left her from .‘thinks the army is rather ..extrava-j estaidished by her father. her fath«‘r’s millions. j^nt. , It was a seriou.«-minded. but fre- mother, with the 14 j quently smiling .America’s Hche.st »ther trustees, were guests at exer- Washington. Dec. 11.—The program heiress who came from New York to tonight at which distinguished vrh'ch the next session of Congress participate in a celebration here of the ^^^kers lauded her fathers benefac-^ OHJi A will follow, according to those who "‘nth anniversary of the founding of t«nnf- . . - . , a u »' F AKM I KUtlKAM , the $10,000,000 endowment and attend earing a brown fur coat and a hat 1 have made the most careful .study of ^ of the same color, Miss Duke stepped » the probabilitie.*^, will he mainly one ..j having a wonderful visit— 'I^^^ial car at the railway Continued from page one) enjoying every minute of it,” she shortly after noon. A motor-' j,m.h tjme asj?international trade can m w-inen in a brief int(l*rview. “I hope police escort roared ahead of he increased-j/’He suggested that the tha* I may come back again.” her automobile to the hotel and 4 ► J of smoothing off the rough edges and stopping up the gap.^s in the Pres ident’s program which was enacted into law last spring . Of course, there will be an exceed ingly large volume of hot a.r spilled by orators on both sides and in both houses. Most of it will Ik* for narti.^an political purpo.ses'or to get even with somebody. Not much of it will have any real effect on legi.'-lation- though it may make startling headlinf*!^ One of the first things on the Cop gressional agenda is a measure regulation of stock exchanges. N(>th ing very drastic is exi>ected, for it is, recognized that it is esential to keep an open market for securities. But some trade custom?- of brokers are un der suspicion,.and the effort will be made to .<et up liars against the dis honest and lin-icrupulous without ham- jH-ring honest business. Closely allied to that will be some minor amendments to the Securities^ -Act- .A- jias-ed last summer it is so drastic in the jKiss.ble penalties for honest mistakes that most distributors of securities have refused to take a chance under it. It is recognized here that one of the imgcirtant things nec- essa'-v for recovery is to provide new and ac- ^ system of proce.ssing taxation might the hos- pventuallv be abolished in favor of .^^^'owir.g the same spirit of philan- conipanied her on the visit to the "os*'eventually be abolished in favor of *h;tp5* that characterized her multi- some other method of obtaining funds n' 'lionaire fcreliear, the late James remarked casually to a meniber to pay benefits in holding down pro- B Duke, power and tobacco magnate. party she .spent nearly an hour vi.sitir.g the L*"** outside of New \ ork she had a v-iungsters at the .Shriners’ hospital police escort • , . farmers to remain .squarely behind the 'vr crippled children, one of the par- ‘ jarrival, she at-j declafing himself doubU ticlpanla in her father’s Wm^ficencies, .landed a luncheon in honor of the en- extremes, Wallace said .Many of the children had written <^ownient tru.stees. She planne^' tOip^^eful consideration should be given that it was the first ductiJn. \' — Both farm leaders pleaded for the COUNTTTAX r NOTICE! *, Ycur attention is respectfully called to the fact that only a short lime is left in which stale and county taxes may be paid without penalty. - •- The penally goes into effect dfter December 31, 1933. Jly paying your taxes early, you avoid the rush of the last few days. D. R. SIMPSON County Treasurer •r e for the anticipation of her visit. .She ' other hospitals and institutions ‘‘licensing every plowed ^ Noth-^^®"*‘**‘* thoughtful- sharing in the endowment tomorrow ^ assuring that nes.s. and left during the afternoon on the As the tall, blonde and strikingly return trip to New York, beautiful visitor prepared to leave, a ““ ' score of the young.-^ters stcwwj up and I.IBFItTY — In New Hands gave her and the other Duke trustee.^ , A go<»d many years ago a colored' commodities, wheat, cotton, corn and a cheer in collegiate fashion. ;man who served a.s doorman in a popu-' hogs. “.Such lovely children.” she told her lar New York .store, and who.se cour-..AAA. mother, Mrs. Nanaline H. Duke, as tesy and unfailing smile made him As for federuL financing of farm farmers stay within their crop allot ments.'He said beef cattle and sugar 'might be added during the next ses- .sion of congrc.ss to the list of basic SILK DRESSES capital tor ;r.da.-i.y. The cu.stomary .i. u .l j . i ' , . 1 - I .u even though thev were opposed to sil- (if get;rg new capital is by the — * ' ’ way sale of ‘t.on.is or mw issues of stock. Tliere i.- plenty of capital ready to in vest a- ^<^on as the financial .skies clear, but 'he present law makes it . ’ , , . f stability unles.s we restore silver to its to undertake the flotation of , , , , she left the hospital. “I enjoyed my |>opular with- all the customers, told'loan.®, W'illiam I. Myers, governor of visit with them ever .-'O much.” nie he had taken a federal civil ser- the farm credit administration, told After a brief rest at her hotel, the vice examination for the position of the 1,000 agricultural leaders that the ^ ymmg heiress with iier mother at- elevator operator. loans were being, made as quickly as " ^ "■ ~ ' A little later 1 saw him and aske>J |K>.ssible. He said federal machinery .®erv-ative tradition ' has been ever ijj,„ alniut that government job. “They had Iwen set uji to provide 35,000 since, that anyone who* wants silver ,ione appointed nie to go ’way out loans each week. West," he said, ‘‘and 1 can’t do that, ; nohow. So I turned the job down.” “Whereabouts out We.st did they want you to go?” I asked. “Fort Wood, wherever that is,” he replied. He wa.- chagrined w hen I told ^f|||nton FIOWCT SHop . .. get thorough cletining and pressing at this plant that gives ycur garments a look of newness which is required of distinctively dressed women. recognized a.® money must be a dan gerous radical. Rut the men who have )H*en studying the subject clo.®esl. ver at first, are now coniine out an*! saying that, so long as silver i.® the money of half the world’s |H*ople. we him that Fort Wood was the official! Everything In FLOWERS HAVE YOUR CLOTHES CLEANED FOR THE YULETIDE SEASON • • • • • • cannot restore international monetary n^me of Bedloe’s island, in New Yoi ki Member F. T. D. I’hone 33 too n.®ky new security i.ssues. to Ih- remedied. Bank iN'posit Thus IS ex|M*cted Hill old monetary position of only seven years ago. So an announcement by the Piesident that the government will buy silver may Ik* expected -at any .Some amendments pmbably will In* made to the bank deposit insurance tke international price of the bill, to make it simpler and safer. Now jn gold will be stabilized nobody that bankers have had a chance not even the President- The stwiv it. many iLstlui suggestions have pr,..,,.nt deprtKMation of the dollar in l*een made. It will take effect foreign tirade is having a gt)o3^ up- January 1, and a minor bank cri.sis in effect u|>on the prices of Anieri- some communities is e.x|H*cted because export cAimniOilities. Internal pric es are rising in many directions. When prices have reached .something like the some state t»anks have .so far been un able to ipualify for iiieml>er.ship in the insurance agr**ement. The RFC is watching, iht-se. however, and the purpo.sf 1.' to let no bank close its iloors, un!*-s> it is too far gone to l>e saved. There i>-a-<fmqH.sal under eonsiileia- tion by .A>iminisliation leaders f<m soine form «»f (»ov«-rnment sharing jn\ank loan-, uniil the finar^'ial figures. l<M»k for stabilization of the dollar at whatever level it has then reach«*d. H. D. HENRY F. M. BOLAND H. D. Henry & Company INSURANCE STOCKS - BONDS - REAL ESTATE LOAN8 NEGOTIATED Workman’s DRYCLEANERS WHERE EVERY SUIT, DRESS, COAT, Etc. that enters our plant g^ the experienced attention of Itoc Dan Hollis, the new mahager and operator. Your Business Appreciated and Good Workmanship Guaranteed firm V ha? foundation. U'en wtrrk- strucluie i> on a Niithing very deftn ed out on this line. It sot-m.-' to Ik- on the cai«ls that the K.K.t . w .ll S* given aiithonty to make diit-c* nioi tgage U an- lo indivi lu-il>. The -aIumo- < f sett ng up lo« 'il tnor*- gagr- r^mipani*-' t»* opt-ta’e with 1 jnil' is «.‘>t -.vork pg -at .ifav.oi ily. In some la.-f- ttu-M- bji' '!<een e.ldent too much giit* i on -he |ta’t of local iiiiii- il'.enu n, *.■-><» the bioiower. those w n« r.i.ny atlenipts to s»|uee7.e ^ *.i laige a rak«off fori : '.tale the loan®. Fhe j purpo-e 1' t- «*ach uv,ortgage borrower qi.ect.y ie®|«»n.sil»!e to the (iovi I nt. th ouvh Its agency, the Kectm.st Uk.tr 'll F.nance Forporation. Iiirome isv |{e\r®i«m There a'e due many revision® of th*- income tax Taw. de>.gnt*<l to close some of th«- loophoU ® through which wealthy n-en have e.®cai»ed paying tax- , es. Kecent investigations showed the need of tha?. Tlu-re \va® tmthing ille gal about th« *av evasions of the Morgari par tnei-, .\'»ert W Iggm arul othei ®, but th«* Ova is to make such evasion.® illegal. N f ot SO long ago practically all cigarettes were made by hand Now, (UR*slerlields are made by high-8|>eed machines a munic.pal bankruptcy bill, so that communities which canmit meet their bond issues, interest and principal, when due. can that turn out 730 eij^aretles a minute, and the jcigarettes are practieaily not touched hy hand. get a breathing s|»«*!l and an extension ; of tire.e. There i® ex|H*clati<m of large appro- ]p)Y the use of long steel ovens -^drA'ing machines of the priations for Government financing of h< using, both through building homes of the “subsistence homestead” tyi>e in the suburbs of industrial cities, and in slum clearance in large cities. Four billion dollars is the figure most talk ed of. 'That IS about w hat is s|a*nt every year, in normal times, ftir pri vate building enterp^i4l*es. It would stimulate the lumber and building materials industries and put a mil lion or two artisans in the building triMks back to work. This i.H the .sort of “capital goods" expenditure which economists agree^ia necessary Xo com plete recovery. Money HarmOny Brewing -JT' ■most motlern type aiul hy ajje- ih^ tlTc leaf tobacco for 30 moiitlis - like wine is a^ed — Cbesterheld tobacx'o is milder anti tastes better. Only pure cigarette paper— the best made — is used for Chcsterlield. And to make sure that every* in any way inahe manufacture.^ Cbesterhelds are matle and packed in clean, ujvto-date fac;^ torics, w here the air is changed cver\’ 4V2 minutes. The mois- ture-pHKjf packaj^c, wrap^xrd in Du Utmt’s Nt). 300 Cellophane —the best made reaches you just as if you uem hy the fac- tor>’ dtH>r. In a hotter lo iis, an emi- Economists arc beginning to agree on some other things on which they disagreed sharply only a few months ago. One of th^ things is the money ^ question. One by one the outspoken ^ opponents of the plan to dex'aluate; gold dollar are coming around to a fealization that, so long as the fed-' gnU credit is good, it will have no ef-. fart on the value of the dollar of com- { Biefce, but win have a ^mxI effect on foraifn .trade and lead to the eariy re- tVB to a midif ied r'gold standard by the world. Aaether* monetary subject which ^ERliHy opposed, a few months U uher. The taboo against silver the fact that t^ free eoili> pr .was a major partisaa tiling tliat gtkrs into C'hcsterHcId is just right, expert* cliemists test all materials that are used nent scientist says: Chesterfield Cigarettes are just as pure as the water you drink. » esterii 7f are just O I as pure \ ■J ;i .. \- .7 \ . V: rx' *