'■/■‘I ^ ''>!■> ' ' ' ‘ ' '\- PAGRFPUa Al- '■"■■■wg Ilff JC{llitttim (Etonirl^ 2 * / SaUUiskMi IMO WILSON W. HABRIS. Bditor i^ Publi*h*r Published Erery Thurwtay By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY —* —— ."-. - — ‘Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One-Year $1.50; Six Months 75 cents; Three Months 60 cents Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Olfice at ClintoU) S« C. The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of i^subscribers and readers—the publisher will at all times appreciaU wise suggestions and kindly ad- ^ 1 •!« eerlassea vice. The' Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when they »(ni8 are not of a defanfatory nature. Anonymbu^s communications will not be noticed.^ This paper is not responsible tWr the vi^ws or opinions of its correspondents. . 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 desecrateouth 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,,anal taxes on the govei nmeut furnishing financial, business, it goes right back to the a.ssis'tance. There are many eusine8 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, anM* 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. ! ^ FOR THE NEW YEAR OFFKE SUPPLIES CHRONICLE PUB. CO. pants BRUCE BARTON 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»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^ 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; Gutstandfaii OMidiU •— fm will need ti^reraJ of dNst frocks (or now and Uteri Neamst iashton trends! .12’4\ tiw el |W Spring r* wardrobe if ye«*re ttytueon- eridiia AND fhrifry) U4i. ENGRAVED VISmNG CARDS Jest what Avery lady ♦ X’