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Constitution of the land ^hich he
swore to vphold and defend. V * ,
Perhaps to no other character in'
history is ilike homage given. In the
lengthy annals of England there is
no natoe held in , reverence by the'
English a* the iwme of j^aahington
Is revered by Americains. The
French people and /the Geiroans
.'have no such hero'. ~ '
In America long ago this Wash-
Inyton be<^e iiKOmparabk. W,
have had other great men of course,
,b« Ve_^mk <rf none of them » of,
Washmirton. He w« above party, i j, ,h<. ( of her ,unt, M™. 1
No man now would think of saying,!^ g Vance
"lir«hington the foanaer orj g .MeCormiok, ha»
leader of my p^y,” but every
on account of fhe|
zen has the right to thnll at the
6. H. Boyd is in Columbia attend
ing a meeting of the Board of Public
Welfare.
P. B. Feri^on has returned to
Renno after being_ connected for
HAMPSHIRE CHICKS
f Wc aresmalchiR a special price on'^chi^ iuttchiiig
February 3)and 10 if called format the hatchery: Our
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own breeding, U. S. approved and U. puBorgin tested.
Hatching, each We8iM^dy>
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^Farm
CLINTOK, s. c.
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thought, ‘‘Washington was the father
of my country.”
' George Washington. There is no
heroic figure in our national hall of
I fame Whose memory transcends the
Valley Forge commander.
Mrs.
^LINTON. S. C., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 18, 19S7
WHY THE SECRECY?
A Clinton taxpayer inquires of The
Chronicle:
“Why is it that the taxpayers
are given no information pertain-
nig to the finances oT the city?
Are we not entitled to thisjnfor-
mation?” ' —
The Chixmicle cannot answer this
production of all cars. The subse
quent announcement followed that
100,000 idle employees of the na-, , ■ *u it -a
Hon', lnree.t motor cr Drodueer'C”; "L"-™
are returning to their work this
NATION’S EYES ON SUPREME
COURT
The nine judges who sit on the su
preme bench are the most talked
week. -
Lewis who directecj the strike, and
who is a labor dictator and trouble
maker, issued a statement after the
truce was signed saying that “the au-
timely question, but passes it on to workers had won
‘ .1 , . 1 Liiiimum; vvuiivfia iiau wuii a major i ... . . . „.u_
„the city administration. For_.^e |of these mem^iers past seventy who
today duf to President Roosevelt's
reoi^anization proposal of the court.
Six of the gentlemen have passed the j Yowng.
70-yeaf mark, and if the president’s !
serious illness of his mother,
Mary E. Gwens.
.Miss Sunshine Bailey is a patient
;in Or. Tyler’s hospital in Greenville
for several weeks.
Mias Kathenn^ Day of Frostburg,
Mdl, bait arrived in the city to again
bead the millftiery department «f B.
L. King A Son. ,
Dr. and Mrs. Bolling Jones of Pet
ersburg-, Va., are the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. J. F. Jacobs, Sr.
Mrs. J. X. Davidson^ of. Chester,^ is
th» guest of her f is ter, Mrs. J, Lee
I am stUI buying PEAS, large or small
lots. You don’t have to ship them collect.
I have the cash ready for you when deliv-
er(^ in CLINTON. You 1^ if you don’t
SM me before you sblL
J. ELLISON
Glinion, S. C.
R.
At EDison'g Store
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plan Ls approved by congress it will
give him authority to appoint an ad-
dffiona!J judge to the bench for each
that the taxpayers know nothing of
the city’s finances ami oiveiation, only
the members of rity'^eo^mcil are re-
spon.sible. jThey have the power to
supply this information. Why they
writhhobrit, the public* would like to
jenow,
rublit* officials, whether they are
handling county, inunicipa! or .sehcKil
^ affairs, should be made to understand
by ttu‘ taxpayers (who must foot the
bill) that they have a right to know,
and exiicH't to he infoniic'd haw their
money is Spt>nt. While it is the duty
of these officials to transact the peo-
p]e’.s business,the people, in turn,
should be infornjed how the varied
activities of “their” city .government
' are being cariied on. When no finan
cial reports are furnished the taxpay
ers (it baa been nearly five years
" since they have been given such a
' “sXalc* ni ent), wberT audiTs'are made at
wide intervals and then pigeon-holed
ation, at dagger points with Lewis,
refuses to resign.
Since the court fight instigated by
came forth with a pi-ompt reply that! , , u *• i i v*,-
• u J 1 ku- 1 u I the pre.sident has stirred ami divided
“f.c‘wis had gained nothing and had L, ' . -,.1/:. i u .u
, f , , I 0 I the nation, with the people both con-
b<*en forced to .surremler, ’ ' '
The truth i.s, neither the automo-
LQSES HER BROTHER
demning and endorsing the plan, the
41ut\stion is natui-ally being asked,
Friends in the city of Mrs. Eugene j
B. Pinson will sjrmpathize with her in I
th« death-of her-brother,-Earl -A.i
Hart, 34, which occurred at his home' ,
in Greenwood Monday afternoon. Fu^ j
ncTal .services were held yesterday
morning at Thanquil church, with in
terment following in the adjoining
c(“mc^tery. He had been sick only ten
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nous
accomplish ?
What did the strike
What did it cost?
It threw*' 13.7,000 ipcn out of work
who desired employment, for a peViod
of, 43 days. •
It cost the strikers $882,000 a day,
or a grand total of $37,9^6,000. It
cost General Motors millions of dol
lars and directly and imlirectly,
brought disruption ami loswes to all
business.^
The trouble is not over, we fear.
Lewis ha.s already publicly hoaated
that the .steel industi-y and coal mines
bile inu.stry or the sit-downers won.,,,,,, --.r -’..v..
There fs-never a victory irra strike.' -^ i* ^ i days, his condition becoming ser
Both sides always l,kse ! legal body. Are they all Kepuhlicans. a,,^
iiiquiies an enthusiastic Democrat [. deceased
A chcvc*k-up of the personnel oLthe,;^ survived hv his widow and three
court shows that It con-sists of four j ^
Democrats and five Republicans, ivtrs. W. S. Hart of Greenwood, a sec-
of Its members coming from the .j^ter, Mrs. R. J, Bell. tw8 broth-
er cities, as would he expj^ted Mr.
Butler, Mr. McReynolds, Mr. Bran- Greenwood
deis and ’Mr. (’ardozo are the Demo-
%
without passing their infoimatiou on
to the taxpayers, they naturally re
main ignorant as to the co.st of the
city government. They are unable to
say with any degret' of accuracy
whether it Ls being efficiently or in
efficiently opcratiMl, whether there is
-^he practice of sound busine.ss ineth-
^:^X)r A'xtravagance and useless
af'en^ng, ot whether they are entitled
to a Veduction in the tax levy which
they have not Inam given. There should
hr :he fullest publicity of city affairs
•With detailed audits made at the
clo.se T)f each two-year adminiitratioCL
in order that tax{»ayers may have an
intelligent knowledge of how* their
money is lieing spent. Banks, cotton
miils, corpoi-ations, institutions fur
nish their stockholders and trustees
such information. Why not a munici-
The ('hronicle is opposed to' evei7-
ihing private in public affairs. * .\nd
we know there are hundreds of tax
payers in this community whiTToel
the same way.
are next to have attention. His
iliivC will he to organize all tbo
tion’s mass production imlustries
into one big-man union headed by
himself as chief. .
Jf such .strikes Ciintihue to' occur
the (luestign will keep bobbing up
as it did in the dispute, just settled—
whether or rvdt the right of trespass' Taft went
shall be substituted in America for
the. right of property? A most se
rious, far-reaching question this i.s.
crats. Mr. Hughes, M-r. Roberts, Mr.
Sutherland, Mr, Van Devanter and
Mr. ^.Stone belong to fhe Republican
group.
The only Southerner on the court
is Justice McReynolds, who comes
TronT^Te n nesseeT ah<r~was.. a ppoi hied
by President WWson. Two members
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CHOCOLATE CAKE
^ -draSStitt oan maii it!
oif the court aro of Jewish faith, JU.S-
tices Caixlozo and Brandeis.
There have been eleven chief jus
tices of the United States and sixty-{
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A JUIMIE SPEAKS
Juilge M. M. Mann in general ses-
aions court in Anderson a few days
ago in declaring himself for states’
rights, said:
“The federal government takes
many times over as much as it
gives. I am in favor of states’
rights-but about the only one-^ we
have left an' what the federal
government doesn’t ,j\'ant." /
Continuing, he said:
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“We aro still permitted to lig/ht
a iire in the stove in the m^rii-
ing, and put it out'at night/We
can still legally feed the /mules
three'Cimes a'day. But ^e day
may come when the federal gov
ernment will tell us wither or
not we are permitted to take-a
avrith to an offemiing child.”
There are thousands of people in
South (Carolina who feel like Judge
Mann and who whole-heartedly en
dorse the sentiment be has expressed.
More and moro/there has been, and
atill, a strong concentration of
IS
PQwer in Wi
further e
n which means Hi
chment of the federal
upon the individual
4Povermnent
atates. Comgress has assumed a dicU;
iorial attiture by which the American
jpeople are being regimented. The Bill
of Rights, upon which human rights
and Rberty are based, has almost been
deployed. Should the federal child la-
amendment pushed by
TOngrets ah? the president be ap
proved by the necessary number of
states, it will be still another far-
reaching and drastic step toward con-
jcentration of power and placing our
children below eighteen years of age
afafar a dire^ and despotic control
oC the federal government.
South Carolina needs thousands of
puhlk officials and private citizens
who'will proclaim from the house
tops, the language that Judge Mann
wpta^
AN UNSOUND POLICY
If the' federal debt wa? divided
equally tomorrow betweert all the
individuals of- the nation,- each fndVi,
woman ami child would he' called
upon to put up $267.36./
The nation’s debt pow stands at
thirty-four thousand/ five hundred
millions .of dollars/ or thirty-four
and a half billions/
Few, if any, take this in, the
figures are too^ staggering. This
rapid climb ha.^ been going on since
1930 until noy according to the fed
eral troasurv' ledgers, it i« $8,000,-
000,000 ovei/the 1919 war-time high.
There is np indication of a balanced
budget.- IjJow the politicians in Wash
ington ^e talking about spending
five t^usand millions on “public
work.s./ Most every day brings
forth/a new spending proposal.
T^ere are million.s of people who
endorse rfuch an unprecedented
spending spree, holding to the theory
mat spending and wasting make for
prosperity. We have never belonged
to this group. To the contrary, we
hold the oppoaite view.
No business, Jarge or small, can
continue on a'sound basis with its
outgo exceeding iU income. For a
while one may pursue such a pol
icy and get by with it, but the in
evitable result is. disaster. The
business er individual^ that borrow?
and spends more than he makes is
headed for trouble when finally he
must meet Mr. Pay Day.
We know a number of successful
business firms .and in^viduals in
Clinton that we might "mention by
name, who have succeeded by pur
suing just the opposite business
methods to those of the federal gov
ernment. Should they adopt the lat
ter—it’s a safe bet that their good
landing in Bradstreet would soon
dnFpK'to a low rating.and financial
embarrassment would be their fate.
THB STRIKE 8BTTLBD1
The aeeeptance of peace terms
doling the week ended th^- most
atrike ever to pamlyae
the Amerkan aaUM»>bile''~in<hiitz7.
KoldHq» lasted fpr/. foe^-feor
dgrs hetbre tlM ait-iloim strikere
pritfple! ynpEkrij N*
Metora oMperallea
ef ifa bsore
GEORGE WASHINGTON
..The whole nation on* next Monday
will joib in celebrating the birthay
pf_G^Ege-_Waaluiigton^--w haa
achieved immortality. He not only
is ‘‘first” in the hearts of his coun
trymen, he is enshrined there. It
nine a!«*oci»tes appointtnl difring the
150 years of the court. Tu PiXMiidentr
went the distinction of having'
more influence than any other chief
executive. He nominated a chief and
five aa«ociate» justices and later was
himself name<l chief justice by Hard
ing. G«K)rge Washington had more to
do with the personnel of the highest
court than any other president. He
named the first three chief juatkesr—/
Jay, Rutledge and Ellsworth, anri
nine associate.^. There has been ms
vacancy during the four years Presi
dent Roosevelt has been in office anif
for this reason he has not made air
appointment to the bench. '
Harlan F. Stone, 64 years old, wat
appointed in 1925 by President Cool-
idge. He is a Republican and/native
of New Hampshire.
James Clark McReynolds, 74, Dem(»
ciwl, wa.s appointed by President Wi'l
son in 1914. He is a native of Ter*
nessee.
Charles Evans Hughes, 74, Repuls
lican, wa^appointed an associate ju^^•
tice in 1910 by Pro.s.ident Taft. He nr-
signetl in 1916 on becoming the Re
publican presidential nominee, and
was ap|K>inted chief justice in 1930 l>ir
President Hoover. He is a son of New
York state!
0^^’en J. Roberta, 61 years old, was
appointed in . 1930 by President Hoof'-
er. He is a R<^publican, a native ef
Pennsylvania.
liOuis Dembitz Brandeis, 80 years
old, isla Democrat. He comes frerm
Kentucky and was appointed in 19t6
by President Wilson.
Pierce Butler, 70 years old, was ap
pointed by President Harding in 19t2.
He is a native of .Minnesota andi a
Democrat.
WiNU Van Devanta^r, 77 y^ra oid,
waa appointed in 1910 by PraddaiA
Taft. He is a native of Indiana and
a member of the Republican paitya ^
George Sutherland, 74 years aid,
Republican, waa bom in Buckinghamr
shire, Eng&nd. He was appoinied. by
President Harding in 1922.
Benjamin N^ Cardoso, 66 years laid,
is a New Yorker and D^ocrat, Fkee-
ident Hoover appointed him to the
bench in 1932.
X)r. Felder Smith
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Thomwell Chapter
To Meet Monday
The Clinton-Laurens chapter. of
Thomwell alumni wiH meet at the
will be many years before any other p*®"*® •’'d Mrs. L. R. Lym at
great* American aoldHH* or stateeman*'^*^® o’clock Monday evening. Mrs.
becomes such a figure of national Charlton Benjanun, newly-elaeted
honor. Indeed,--we doubt whether,
even after the lapse of ages, oar na-*^
tion wjll ever have produced anoth
er character commianding such uni
versal respect and esteem. '
Mjrth and tradition have concealed
mixA of the true Washington. But
tha* people^ millions of them, know
WaaUnj^n as 4kay want to know
him. They attribute to him those
qualities w^h they Maalixa as
tbfoac of a fraat and good man. He
eoiAd not tell a Ka; ha would not be
king; ha kvad tte tell;' he -loved
paaea; ht loved Gpd; ha Reared an*
tending mlliaiioM; ha hated tyran
ha deprecated faettaifaKaai; ha
priaad Om chqpla Ufa hhova tfea ^onp
president of the chapter will preside
It is planned to have a towri ahbw-
er for one of the homes on the cam
pus, and everyone is asked to bring
a towel.
An interesting program has been
arranged for the meeting.
te «t^{af bitkki poMoa. Ha loved
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