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TOUB8DAY. FEBRUAEY, 4^ IW
There wer^ 177,779 ^lieemed saloons
in pM-prohibit^itt-daya.’^ These poht-
prohibiwn'^^oona tell to women m
well aa to the and many' of
them to minors. Alio thouaamlir'^f
them “gloiifyl^ the*American* girl as,
barmaid, a feminine role nsYsr'
wn before in the United States^i
rt manufacturers even went ao
far lit the past Christmas season aa
to diWibute colorful advertising;
and I
Ce
^ can be but one
CLINTON. S. C.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1937
^ pLwer in the hands
traMzation
of the'federal government. States.conditions if it so desires?
FighLs has become a joke. It’s time
filVING TO SUFFERERS
> A proposal sprang up in Green
ville last week, as well as in other
cities, to hold Sunday ' afternoon j to call a halt, ^
flood-relief picture shows, the pro-i vr thp rnv<3lTMRR
ceeds to go to the sufferers in thei SOAKING THE CONSUMER
Ohio valley. Plans in that city weref Each session of the legislature
posters lowing Santa 'Claus
children grouped together and depict
ing them a^riends. |
What doesHhis all mean? There
wei*—the spread of
drunkenness, lawlessness and 'crime
as police records tnroughout the na-
\ tiorv unmistakably mow. It means
I that legalized liquor is leaving its |
path of destruction, ’ glowing daily
I from’'bad to worse. j
1 What are the people^' going to do
I about it with such 'figures before'
them ? What is the concern of fath
ers and mothers for their boysX^nd
girls? What says the legislati
which can take action to remedy sucl
Where arf-we headed for 7 God
only TeSows.
abandoned howexer, when minis
ters and others expres.sed strong pub
lic disapproval and termed the pro-
IKi^al “as an opening for com-mercial
J^^iinday movies later.”
The position of tho.se who- protest
ed i.« correct. The Sabbath is already
being openly desecrate<l, with_ the
■ common practice giXwing of turning
^he <lay1hlo a holiday.
When the Red Cross soumjs an em-
eigency appeal" to the people to help
those who have been stricken by
:<ome great catastrojihe like that
which now exists in the flood dis-
ti’ict.s, the respo^is^^hould 1)6 whole-
brings forth many useless or what
might be properly termed as fool
bills. Some of them unfortunately,
jfef by and'are enacted into law, while
fortunately, a large number of them
meet a deserved death.
One of the fool kind showed its
head in the house a few days ago
w'hcn a member intrixluced a bill to
chain store tage«r for the
increase
Notice: We Will Be Closed for the
Next 60 Days Making Tax Returns
We want the public to know that
we will be ready to serve them in our
usual capacity after MarclMS, 1937. j
From now thru thoHr we will be busy
purpose of raising revenue to l)e used! working for the government, making,
for social security purposes. ; compiling, indexing, and executing
Thejegislative problem now is to'the various and sundry tax returns]
raise revenue to foot the social se
curity expense the state is about to
assume. Sbmebody jpust be soaked
hearted anti voluntary, prompted only! to get the several hundred thousand
by-a brotherly feeling of helpfulness dollar.s needed and the chain stores
and concei n towai'd those in need -be-
cau.-if of no fault of their own. It
is u reflection on any people or com
munity ‘tluit they^ should have to at-
"Tend a, Sunday show or some other
amusement before contributing for
the benefit of f lood^sufferers. - .We
should gladly give to such causes
expecting nothing in return but the
satisfaction of knowing 'that-^ our
gift.s are being used by the Red Cross
-to help th(tse who are in need .and
distre.ss regardless of the section
f) oni Avhich the appeal may come.
FEDERAL SCHOOL AID
A report of the National Youth Ad
ministration shows that thifere'were
in this -^r-tkular instance w*e
singled out in.stead of power compan
ies or' some other tax-paying inter
ests.
If such a tax is put upon the chain
stores, or turn it ai^bund and put it
w4he- independent-Mores, or on both
classes, who must foot the bill?
There’s , only one an.swer~the con
sumer. and unle.ss one be dreadfully
.stupid he can jiee what this will
mean. It Will mean that the consum-
and tax. reports.
Up to this writing^ we will have toj
make only 17 different, di.stinct and
separate tax returns, but this does
not include-the., weekly and monthly
records we will be called upon to
keep,-make, maintain and enjoy. Af
ter we finish these numerous and nec-
es.sary matters/(or jail), we will set
tle down: we/t»n’t settle up.
gr^eries till the neg{^ fall when he
got a few more bales of 5-cent cotton
ready for the market. A good tele
graph operator /drew about $30 per
month: I know/^I was one. (My boss
.said I wasn’t^*worth that much).
H’hether the amount' of water I can
sa\e will make ahy difference—these
are^^^ the questions. ^
“1^ only question is: Am I doing
my beH7”
This Can’t Be the Goal!
er must pay more for what he buys.
that the few rich pay the burden of
the tax load is altogether erroneous
The gfeat proportion""of taxes are paid
That jkAs -not “good times,” No| T-j-emeanher- the Cairiatmaa dajpKhen
’ — ^ matter how cheap anything is, .it’s my father presented me my first
Natura
our Jan(^ary, February and half of
our
hav
W:
rch business. We simple won’t
ime to listen to a customer who
ts to buy something or pay some
thing on account. Ue will have to
The idea a gi’cat many people')f^fhve/Wait: our federal and state govern
ments won’t wnit on us. It’s the cus
tomers’ fault anyhow: why
they attend to these matters in De
by the masses of laboring people. 1 cember ?
too high if you haven’t got the money
to pay for it. The chaingatig or the
penitentiary is heaven compared to
trying to grow cheap cotton and
cheap wheat and cheap other stuff.
It’s pleasant to think back, but it! was twenty-one
. , ain’t right to overlook the bad sides! I remember how m;^, wife and I
' Tmd pick out only the goo<l . . . w'hile
reminiscing.
124,SIH stmiehts enrolled in Decern-,! When added taxes are levied on mer-
ber 'on so-called NYA^^projects ih l,-*chandise, the consumers are the ones
schools throughout country, pwho are penalized by lieing forced to
In ,'>outh tJarolina there wqre thirty-! pay more for what they eat, wear apd
five schools, 1,751 studentsXwith ajuse.
monthly allocation of $26,240 V^tax-| We show our ignorance when we
payers money to help pay theNix-, allow Che politicians to fool us on this
|K>n.ses of .students. A similar rM^ tax question. Everybody in
prevail.srt1m>ughout_alI the states. Country is a consumer, everybody has
'This means that the federal gov- a vital intere.st in the cost of living,
ernment is now in the education field. The invisible tax-eater collects the
as wellalmost every other con-'bidden taxi^s w'hich on the sui-face are
ceivablc-li^ of business. It i.s mak- not .seen. But they are there. When
ing it ea.xy and popular for boys wmlj such contemplated legislation is en-
girJs to go to .school ami college, with 1 actwl to "placer,,a<lditk>nal taxes on
the govei nmeut furnishing financial, business, it goes right back to the
a.ssis'tance. There are many e<luca-' consumer. It would seem that he
tors, howeveis wiio doubt the wisdonuwould rebel against such legislation
of thi.s j)olicyj —[which can only mean more raids on
We know a young man who re- hi»j already Yhin pocketbook. //
ccntly was planning to enter col- ^
lege. A friend interestisi in him of- FIGURES THAT SI’EA^
fered to pay his expenses. “No, sir,I A .statement in today’s paper by
the young man replied. While ijRev. J. L. Pickett, superintendent of
det'ply appreciate your interest and the South, Carolina anti-«aloon league.
If very many more tax demands
are made upon us, we will be in line
for the old-age
selves before we
making drudgery is bearing down up
on us so hard, we look like- we Are
this 72 years of age now. The -few
hairs that were serving as a fringe
around our bald pate a few months
ago are turning grey, also turning
loose, and it won’t be long now.
watch—a big silver, affair that he
himself had carried for years. I was
ten years old, and the gift amazed
me. It had never
I should ever
er owmrred
own V wa
i. \ -
direct, and fine. 'Only sometimas 1
wonder— ~
I wonder when, on my way home
at night, I pa.ss a big house in which
Jjives one of New York’s famous neu-
rologiets. It’s an expensive house,
paid for by nerves. Limk>usine8 axe
alwaya atadeed up in front of it.
ft would seem ahnoat as if the
prize of life in America is to own a
limousine and park it in fropt of a
nerve specialist’s door. Every ooe
to me that * seems to be racing to get there,
watch until I
saved up patiently to btiy our first
car—a second-hand Ford. I remember
our first antique, which we loved for|*®**Gia far $4.00.
SPECIAL OFFER
(}ood Uatil Fabruary 10, 1937
’ American Magazine, The Woman'!
Home Cempanion, an<I~^oiiiara, 15
■ months before we could finally ac-
The .production of everything else
is controlled: why not let that control'quire it. And the joy of seeing a say-
pension payments our- extend to agriculture. A cotton_nulljings account grow slowly; and the*
we are 65; -this tax- o'" f»c^ry of any Idnd won’t k^p thrill of building, a library, one book
Sae me for other bargains.
JAMES W. CALDWELL
kind offer, 1 prefer to work my way [shows an^enormou.s increase in ar-
Ihroiigh college though
and hard digging.”
It
If that .sprrit had hoW of more
of our college students there would
not >M* 124.818 receiving monthly
kx>vi*rnmenl help at the expen.se of
require' rests for drunkennes-s since rci>eal of
the 18th amendment in 1933, and the
legalizing of alcoholic liquors in this
state, "nie article should he read
and studied by every man and woman
who is interested in this alaiming
taxpayers. .Neither would college en- condition at our own doors which
rolhnents Ih‘ .so laigv. legalization of liquor has brought.
Mr. Pickett has recently made a
A BAD BILL KILLED
\ news dispatch yeMeixlay report-
•■d that the North Carolina house
«f represtjntatives had defeated _a
on weaving and spinning and makir^at a time.
We note other conditions that are
sprouting old age appearances and
temlencii*s, all caustnl by taxes and
taxes, viz: our goozler is hanging
down .about two inches and is refuting
oil our collar button, and our ears
that once were small and crisp are
becoming soft and flabby and droopy.
We observe further that our feet
grow tiiyd and iialnful by 4 p.m;, and
that female tiggers do not Have the
apfieal that they once had. Cause:
Taxes and tax i*eturns. _
cloth and mattirials that they will! Now the kids smash up a dozen)
have to sell below cost. There’s no ' watches before they are six^ And they'
more harm in controlling crops thail Mart life with cars, and with furni-[
there is in controlling fhe output of|ture; and at twenty they have rushed l
automobiles. The farmer is truly the , through all the emotional experiences
forgotten man: yet, he deserves first.: that la.sted us leisurely through for-
coneideration from every person who ty years. t
lives and brehthes and has his being.! Don’t miaUke me. I’jw a booster for
But the j>ay he usually gets for his j the new generation. 'They are healthy, [
pains is a kICk in the pants. ! ^
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SAYS...
Yep, it’s state, county, city, school
district, income, unemployment, old-
age, payroll, personal property, to
bacco, city license, corporation, and
inheritance taxes that are crowding
us and forcing us onward toward an
untimely deaV* and an early grave.
We hope the time will soon come
when We can settle our tax niatters in
Only One Big Contest
I,ast summer there was a water
shortage in a town where I was visit
ing. I happened to be chatting with,) |
my host, while ho was shaving, and I ‘
noticed how careful he was to use
veiy little water. ,
“It seems sort of silly for you to
be so conscientious,” I remarked.
“It may not make much difference
in the final result,” he said, “but it
makes a lot of difference to me.”
the fe<leral child labor amendment.
This speak.s well for that body.
Their action .should be followed by
the South Carolina general assembly
when this pmposal reaches that
t)o<ly as it doubtless will during the
preae'nt session.
Thj.? amendment, filled with dan
gerous possibilities, should be voted
resolutioB proposing—>»atificatien—oL-ness. His -survey showW. that the-m--
survev of a number of "cities andl^^** when he graduated
Lrger towJinX stato J government, and the other six^'-^*" » quarter of a century
larger towns the state to ascertain for
ourwIvM and our creditors. All the «-c.lled - "wial
tax-payer will have to do is count up
what he 'has earned and turn it over
to the tax-gatherers ia a lump sum,
and let'them divide it.
whether the present liquor laws are
decreasing or increasing drunke^-
crea.se in drunkenness amounts to as
high as 500 and 600 per cent. Ih
Chester, the increase was over 600
per cent fin Greenw’ood 50P per cent;
in Columbia nearly 300 peh cent; In
Spartanbui*g more than 400 per cent;
in Laurens over 500 per cent. ’The
tow’ns he cites may be taken as a
fair average mod by way of com
down. It means as we have before'son with other towns not listed, are
service." Science had begun to intro
duce wonderful new inventions for
increasing hiunan haM>inesa. Men
were stirred by the hope of a quick
lenakiwa
with the notion that a few years of
earnest effort would transform the
said, the centralization of more power
doubtless no worse. Figures are not
in Washington giving Congress ^available for the town of Clinton, but
the right to prohibit all labor of all j it is a sJfe bet however, that just
person.** in the United States under [as much liquor is being consumed
IH years of age. That is a clear'here as in othe'r communities, and
invasion of the home, taking as it that our record is as bad as that of
does from parents the right to .say! our neighbors. - 7
-.whether their children shall work. Itj Who is surprised by the’ survey?
, means the encouragement of idleness j Nobody. Every thinking person
and loafing on the part of boys and | knew that the nation and states in,
ipris, ^hen everyone knows that the liquor business and urging people I t*'® ^3.60 or the 6 cants needed
wrt is preferable, that the boy or'to buy and drink in order to rause|^ purchase thoee necessities.” I re
Those Good Old 'limes of Long Ago
A few days ago I read an article
that was written by sinnebody. I do!world.
not now recall whom, deploring the! My friend was'one of the moot
a^ul fact that the govemiheht was eager of the reformers. He organized,
helping the farmer to make a living, ond vote^ and s^ptateo, and did all
^ — ♦ the thini^ that he ahould. But noffc-
This wnter went on to recite » . . ing happened. Hie good caussa iWI
how the fanner used to grow all the which he cast his vote-ware dafoatsd
cotton and com and ^uff that he j Htmian nature showed a disoouraging
could . . . and bow fine it was to be. unwillingness to change. 'T!! went
able to buy a barrel of flour for $3.60,; through a period of deep dtsfllurion.
and good cW fat-lmcks at 6c a pound, Uent,’' he said. “I thought to mysalf,
etc; etc.
He should^have gone on and said:
Yep,* that’s true, but very few folks
firi who early in life learns self in
itiative and shows a willingness to
contribute to his'or her support is in
almost every instance the man or
woman who later succeeds in life.
put 42,000,000 boyU and girls under
revenue would mean an increase in I womber all about those fine low pric-
liquor consumption and more drunk- [ ^ also^remember that a good clerk
ernwH. The li^l advocates even*'" got $23 per month for his
went so far as to boldly promise that
legalized liquor would decrease drink-
Tbis amendments-if .adopt^, would 1ng and promote temperance. lYe
services of around 16 hours per day.
were told by these .same people who
the heels of Washington where there'were bent on repealing the 18th
ia a growhur desire ^01* mnro i mimasv/lvMzzi^ ^Ksa^
growing desire for more die
taring power and Authority. H would
mean that your home is subject to
moqe of these federal investigators
wfth control o^er the youth of the
. land. This is a social and economic
qu^ion that should be handled in
the itete, wmd nowhere else. We
^n’t believe fathers and mothers in
Ihla state want any such legislation
which has os dir^ relationship to
in iadastry now: adequate-
id t^r iwr.
too great A cm-
amendment that it would balance the
budgM and help unemployment. The
further brazen piiomise was made
that booriegging and the speakeasy
were children of prohibition, and
would go into exHe forever, once the
law was repealed. AMany other mis
leading promises were raade^ wl^tch
the'figures of Mr. Pickett eonvind^-
ly prove were j^alse.
There are today more than 400,000
places in the United States engngad
ia ths liquor busiaaso» Mvecal hon-
. Our cotton miH woricera pulled
down axqund 10 Hdlars .every two
weeks. Our preachers Uv^ <m wind
and the gospel. Our children were
half naked and went to school four or
five months during ithe year ... to
a eehod teacher that dxw a salary
of $25 or $30 per month. There was
not enough money in eircutetkm to
provide a couple of half ddlars to
lay over the eyes qf the few oorp^
that came -and went in otw oon^im-
The airetage farmsor xarsty ever
few halas of ebtton in tha fal
drsd of thoM being in-our own'state.' paid lor hie #uiino and lor Ua Amp
saw a dhna from rim thna ha sold Ua far ti
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what’s the use of doing anythiag
when one's single effort seems ao
futile? One day while I whs in this ;
mood <1 discovered these words of;
j^rates^-- " f .
therefore . . . consider hxm i \
may exhibit my soul before the judge
in a healthy condition. lyheroaA, dl»-'|
regarding the honors that men
value, and RKdriag to ^ troth, I
shaH endeavor in reality to live m
virtuously as I oani And when I die,
to die>8o. And It invite all other men,
to the-utmost ef my powm*; ... to
this contest, which, I aifirm, aurpaza-
ee all contesta : here.'
"Thai fkahed across my mind like
a boljU of lightning,’” my friend con- J
tinued. “It. clarified everything. I j*
;:A^alized that I am not responsible for '
my own, beat effort in that cause.
Whether my vote be effective or not;
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tiw
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