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(Si^pntrU f*K J ^. ’??- "*«■ / -■ I ; Ljf <JW> • ' 7 ■ r- WILSON W. HARRIS. Editor and PubliaW 1 ■ .11 —-— Pablished Erery Thonday By > ^ THE CHRONICLE POBLISHINO COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advi^): ‘ - ^ One Year 11.60; Six Months'76 cents; Three Months 50 cents Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C. • '»v » The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers And reailers—the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly ad vice. The Chroniple will' p\;d)lish letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views Or opinions of its correspondents. ' u. mmittee To H^p Fund JT^— (Written for The Chronic^ The Democratic National Commit tee is making jM effort to raise suf ficient money ~to pay off the deficit left over by the recent presidential liss^; on fke east by lot of E. L. A rLlHliewoodr.223 feet, noore or less;^ on the south by an i^Uey, 223 feet more or less; and on the. west .by S. Bell Street, 236 f^t, more or less.** The same' being levied on as. the property of Estate of , Mamie C. Grant. ' Th^^ above described property will be sold subject to the . lien of any , campaign. Many; cities are having | outstanding • and unpaid sUte andj j Victory pinners on March 4 th to pro-i county taxes thereon. Purchaser to. vide funds for their contribution. jpay for stamps and p^per. ' ^ _ GEO. R. HOLLAND, j ' . ' Chief of Police of the Townj ■y iof. Clinton, S. C. ~ j Dated “at Clinton, S. C., this / ' 4th day of February, 1937. * 2-28-3teo CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1SS7 THREE CLASSES OF PEOPLE Citizens of this country, roughly speaking, may be divided ^pto three classes. One class i.s made^ip of the unempl^ed, many of whom do not trant to work; another class compris ... > e.s those who are living beyond their means; while the third clas.s include.s those who live within* their means, meet their obligation.^ and are regard- as tightw'ads. writh the possible ^danger of making sheriffs and their deputies lightly weigh their responsibility. It gives them an opportunity or loop-hole, if they so desire, to assume a more or lesa-ondifflrent attitude toward dis- e< THE DISEASE SPREADS " Says The .Manufacturers Record: "Ihdiistry and .\merit*an labor aie confronted by a serious situ ation. A minority refusing to work, may occupy plants and keop out the majority which wants to woik. It is j)r()poseii to make t re.'pa.'sing debatable, while th<).*!e who defend pretperty rights are rebuked.’.' • . That is exactly what happened in the iecen1~C[eneral .Motors strike and ha.s cau.-^ed the' di.sease to spread throughout the United States, as pres.s l eport.H^-show. It is becoming <}uite popular for illegal sitters to march into plants, .seat themselves, .•rtop operation,, and proceed to take charge of the other fellow’s property. The General Motors trouble, on the part of a very smalj minority, did not end the sit-down problem. .Seeing the way that .situation was handled, the attitude of Madam Perkins, and the failure of law officers to enforce e<)uil_eject+on orders pertaining to .'seizing private property, the practice ■will grow and bring heavy losses to employees, employers aiuLbusiness in general . The governor of New Jersey, un like the governor of Michigan.—has come forth with a warning that he “will promptly us4‘ ail the state’s re- sourci'J^ to 'foil and jiunislj' any siL down attempts.” Unless, the govern charging their duties and thereby heaping upon themselves the opposi tion of certain voters who must faced when they come up for re-' election, it makc-s it ea:sy for County officers to say, “Ivet the governor’s men handle that case.” "N'o“‘“state constable Is needed to .stoj) the operation of slot machine^! in violation of the law, or to put an end to other prevalent forms of law vio% lation. The sheriff of a county, aided by. hisL_deputies, can and should dis charge these duties which they have sworn they will jierform. There are certain cases where plain clothes detectives are -needed, an<l whore thiy can render valuable as sistance to officers of a county in which a complicated investigation .may be under way. But the 'practice of setting up a>,large constabulary force ^as assistants to the governor and law enforcement agencies m the respective counties is unnecessary, and" should not exist. LONG SESSION iJOOMS ‘ .The general a.sseinbly this year has shown a disposition to get down to business and with little delay tackled the big job of -drafting the sta^ .ap propriation bill. The measure totaling $9,700,000 has been completed in the house and is now in the hands of the finanire committee l)f“the senate where it will be argued and amended for several weeks before going back to the lower body and then into the hands of a free conference commit- tee. ^ liv^^ite of the flying start in'Jan uary, the progress made pn the ap- ^;^■■At .the request of the National Committee, made through Mayor P. S. Bailey, a local comn)ittee was named to handle this matter for Clin ton. The committee decided not to have a Victory Dinner in view of the additional cost to the citizens of this community, and .instead fixed the time from March first through March fourth for direct solicitations of funds in order to raLse the quota for .this vicinity of 1160.00. • ■ Every true Democrat and friend of President Roosevelt should join wholeheartedly in thift nation-wide party rally. Not only is it honoring two very great Americans, but it^ j is solidifying the ranks of the party) and at the same time raising money ' for Li ' • H. D. HENRY ^ ^ ^ ^ 18^8-1937 F. M. BOLAND J HD. HENRY & COR|PAP^ j -- INSURANCE \ _ ■ -i - ' ^STOCKS — BO^DS — SEAL ESTATE | • / . LOANS .NEGOTIATED X ,, 1 1 A V .. H Telephone 121 "V ^o every Democrat rejoicing over the tremendous victory of last Novtml^r. Please make your contribution to the foMowing committee: H. L. Eich- elberger, B. R. Fuller, Jack H; Davis, Jr., Willard Jones, G. N. J^oy, /and R. li. Plaxico. Thi.s committee is re questing contributions of $1.00, and' a list of the contributors will be for warded to the National Deni(K*ratic 4'oinmittee. / . NOJICK OF SALE OF l*ROI»ERTY , FOR TOWN OF ( LINTON TA^ES By virtue of certain tax execution to .me directed and lodged in my of fice by_l). C. "Heustes.s, Clerk of the Town of Clihton, South Carolina, I have levie^ on and will sell i-n front of the City Hall in the Town of Clm- ton, ('ounty of I^iurens, State” of South (’arolipa, on the first Monday in March, 1937, the same being the I first day of March, within the legal, hours pf sale, the following described i liroperty, to wit: “All thaj piece, parcbl or Tot of land with the rmprovements thereon, situate, lying and being on the south side of W. Carolina Street in the Town of Clinton, County of' Ijaurens,*- State of .South Carolina, fronting for a distance of 171 feet, more or less, on the south side of W. Carolina StreeT'ana“i>eijag boupded as fol lows: On the north by W. Caro lina Street, 171 feet, more or ■ - . * \ ■ \ r-.- -'-"A • NOHT ON SALE! The most usable refiriger* ator in RoUatoc history. Interior arrange ments are fUxibU to suit the needs of erery family—9 d^erent cQmbinatkms in every Deluxe Norge. Other adrancemeots include a further improved Rollator Com pressor^— even lower current costs — hew beauty. Come in today and see it yourself. _PRATHER-SIMPSON FURNITURE CO. ^ THt ROULATOI* COMFRCSSOR... •xcl«s/r« N*rf« 1m bimt Aini dbiAr H caplays mooth, " Miy^follkis pewrcrlMtcW of konhd fcsdr —d forth set/on. More eoU for currtot » . U. t. I>AT OTF. YOURS FOR AS LITTLE' AS 15c e I incnt, federal and slate, assumes this j l’*'‘'P*‘'Ation measure, and the absence common sen.se, fair attitude, there is of controversy and fighting over the highway or . other issues, indications now point to a long ses.sion. The prtn- cipa'I rea.son for thie^^lay will be the new soOial' security measure which few {woplo, if any, understand. To mcet'This program providing for the m*t*dy aged and others, more than $2,000,000 'wHl be needed. Where is this money to come from is now the perplexing question since not a dol lar for its operation is included in the appropriation bill. Somebody, or some industry, will have to be soaked to meet the huge cost. Who* will it be ? This is the question that will make for a prolonged session. The jiolitifat bo.s.ses at Washington as- .‘‘•ume their pivsqnt attitude—has the riRhi of trespass been sub.stituted in America for ,the right of property? likely to be serious trouble ahead. People who do not want to work have a perfiHit right to strike. No- b<><ly questions that position, but while they are out of employment be cause of their own fault, they should not he fed and cared for by the fed eral government with taxpayers’ money. On the other hand, the man or woman who wants to work for an honest liviujf and the support of his or her family—should be permitted to do so vrithdiit interference or coer cion. In the light of what is now hap pening over , the nation, the question wiN keep coming up so long as the j voted for the measure, now it is up to the legislature to find "the money with which to put it into op eration. - One -of the 'bill’s enthusiastic sup porters says that in providing the state set-up (which is bound to be ex pensive and create new jobs ami-bu reaus) “politict” will be kept out of the administration of the law. That should be done, of course, but it takes a real optimist to even hope for the realization of so laudable a desire. If it is admini.stered in a degree similar to the federal relief agencies in re cent years, it will >be full of politics, with many getting aid wh^ do not deserve it. It is to be hoped that South Caro lina will not have the experience with social security and providing for the needy aged, that other states are hav ing, As an example, a dispatchJaJThe New York Times from St. Louia, in WHY THE DUBLICATION? When the state appropriation bill leached the floor Of the house the past week. Representative Wanna- maker, a prominent Johnstonite and defeaUnl candidate for the .speaker- ship, made a proposal that the gover nor’s constabulary be given $139,028 rather than the $60,000 provided in the ways and means committee. Mr. Wahnamaker, aided by others, argued that the increase was needed to pro- U*ct “legal w'hiskey dealers ami stamp .<'lit illegal liquor.” An opponent of the proposal from'Cherokee county maintained vthat the constabulary is being used for “fighting a candidate for the legislature at the expense of the .state.” That’s what'they did in dtsetisting their old age pension act. —my counrt',, he said. A heated debate, lasting .six-hours, resulted in an in- - cr^se of $22,000 to this-item in-tbe bjll.- *The state constabulary entirely un der the personal control of the gov ernor, smacks of polities. There will always be so long as it exists, re quests for an enlarged personnel and more money for its operation. That 'has been the record over a long pe riod of years since the system was t>atablished during the state dispen sary days. _ We have never been able to see why the governor of thq state, who ever he may be, should assume to himself responsibility for law en forcement thYough a private organi sation of his own. We have enforce ment officers in every coimty in the state, sheriffs, deputies, constables, nagiatnites and city police systenis..It ia Che sworn duty of these** officers to enforce all laws, liquor included. The slifriff of each county is respon sible imj^ the Jaw for law enforce ment and the soppression of crime in hie mrm. V he fails to do his duty, anA he ee shoin^ the governor liM fifMr to remora.* him from of- fiee glpd hboold exerdii^ that ai^r- fli MhH aWaaMaiii IMnre to tL. ii<b;t|#iraimr, it ^ mioftded states that^hia form of relief has re sulted in “political ^voritism to such extent that it generally is, termed a racket.” The situation there Shows that the deserving poor “have been victimized by a? host of undeserving applicants for pensions who, through political manoeuvers, have been able to get their names on the list. When the act went into effect in 1935 in this state' after an overwhelming state-wide vote similar to South Car olina, it was estimated, that • about 20,000 persons would qualify, with the federal government matching the state dollar for dollar for this pur pose. On this basis the legislature ap- propriateil $2,500,000 to start the pro gram. As soon as the date for receiv ing applications was announced, pros pective pensioners presented them selves in droves, the report added. The expected 20,000 figure was reach ed and passed within a few weeks. To date 94,944 applications have been received, the report concludes, 68,000 of the number having been certified by the state board as eligiMe. Many are asking, wHl South Caro lina-face a similar problem? Our gueas is that it will, and that many who actually need rslisf will nOver get it, while others, through ^^itl- cal puH^ will become replants of such fimdi. ENGINES TO FIT YOUR NEED Here if mew eeanoiiiy f or the been improved to ghregmter farmer* The new *^60” boree* economy. 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