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"t/- /- y PAGE FOUR THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON. *8. C THLUSDAY, JULY 29, 1957 (diuttim (EtprdnirU EsUbbsiMd 1*00 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor tnd Publisher Published Erery Thursdsy By ’ • THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rete (Psyeble In Advance): One Year $1.60; Six Months 76 cents; Three Months 50 cents Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C. —t— . The Chronicle seeks the'cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly ad- •vice. The Chronicle will publish 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 correspondenta. : _ D. [we agree with Senator E. jof this state, that this trimming I should not start with the farmer who I needs as much relief, and is entitled I to as much aid, as any. other class. Smith I years of opportunities that-have been | the supreme «court vacancy created byjent members of the bench come from squandered. “He would" have been!the retirement of Justice Willis Van New York? r dead in ten minutes <f we had not found him,” was the doctor’s verdict reported to me this week concerning ] During the past week, with Senatorja gifted young man who was thus jSjnith leading the opposition, the sen-jbarely saved from the almost fawlj Devanter in June. The death of Senatqi^ Joseph T. Robinson, Democrat, of Arkansas, be- Little rredence ,has been placed.hi^ a new^ suggestion that Senator Robert M. LaFollette might be the nominee. ate lieved to be the leading choice for j He is not a lawyer. There is no re- V’an bevanter’s place, has thrown the; quirement that members of the su- party.{field open and any number of per- preme court bench be lawyers but the in-1 Van Devanter was regarded as im- ^ iporunt from a new deal standpoint. Over-rode, 71 to 19, the presi-1 consequiences of a drinking j dent’s veto of, the farm^ mortgagq^ bill ] And a friend who should be-a leader’sons with economic and social’views j senate might look askance at such jwhiich he said would add several mil-'in business, as was his father, who similar-talMi;. Roosevelt’s have been a nomination. jlion dollars to this year’s outlay andiwa.s also my friend, has sacrificed mentioned. j Early .selection of a successor to (threaten his belated budget-balancin^g^me and business and reputation for. Those prominently advanced plans. Y I whiskey,-and the bride who marrieid elude: ^ j The measure continues the 31^ peri him in faith and .hope has had herj James M. I^andis, chairman of the If the name is not submitted before cent i,5terest on loans made by thel^"’’^ wrecked a.s well as his. And ssecurity exchange commission, soon congress adjourns the president .Federal Farm Loan Banks, loans onl*® it often is—the woman pajfs also,!to become dean of Har\’ard law would be obliged to make a..recess I*which the original Interest of 6 to 6 and often more heavily than the man.[school. ' |appointment or call a special session • per cent was reduced four years- ago. j Bight alongside Longview Farm at, Fn-nklarter, also of Harvard of the senate to confirm the nomi- |Had the bill been abandoned the ratea^' o"® point is a house in which onlya^jaw school, a veteran liberal and an nation if he wished his cafididate to iwoulld have reverted to their origi-jfo''^ months ago a man of «5^cellent, in the fall. nal level this year. While farmers!'Social connections first shot the wife policy matters I ?qurt itself looks askance at ’h.v, f.r«l well .t the h.nd5 of the|he h.d two™ to.love .nd protect,.- Br.tton orthe^te'iitl. feder.1 government-m recent year, “nd_‘hep killed himtelf. circuit court of .ppenl,, named to the bench by Mr. Roosevelt after a lib- CI.INTON. S. C.. THfBSDAY, JULY 2», IS,37 ;in crop aid and 'special benefits, we agree with Senator, Smith and the .seventy colleagues who voted with him to over-ride the veto, that it was THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC At the end of the fi.sdal year there were unfair to the farmer to* deprive him If a scarlet tomibstone marked ev ery grave to which drink had brought its occupant''hr* defeat and disaster, the record would stagger humanity. Yet it is the shame of our whiskey (advocates that - they never mention recess appointment.s. Failure of the senate to confirm a nomination after the nominees had sat on several im- > Mn«or‘from-NVwlP“"*"*. throw the v.!i- eral career as I .Mexico. I Justice Ferdinand Pecora of the ! New York state supreme court, for- dity of some of- these rulings question. into millions upon millions continue-to be| traifedies like these, but treat prohi-| of the security exchange. imperfections and' poured into the large cities through' bition as if it merely restricted legiti-t and counsel for the sen-1 political I niate plea.sures. Or -the argument is | banking committee in the bank- NA.MED ACTING SUPERVISOR Cha.<. S. Pinson of. Cross Hill, has m^nt was determined to force it up , .. ^ _ on the .American people, regardless j of Ibis' pittance of interest help while 131 retail liqupr stores licensed "f f®®f>ng or desire, it should to do business in South Carolina, ac- P® purged of its , i . , , nf tan unni-' "lade fair to ail alike in its applica-1 Hopkins the spender and ...v—, . .. . .. . • »; _• mission each naviriir the stipulated ^ ^‘^n. Certainly, the mo.st stringent! pressure and influence. If others are; j^’ade that ‘prohibition does not pro*j n . ° , * « —- • — Iicen.se fee. Applications for fhe I *af®>fuards against injustices in ad-jto get a billion and a half ■ ■ WelK j n, Robert F. Wagner, Demo-j supervisor, from .serious injuries re opening of new stores.are constantly which have character-i from the government, then the farm- '’®^®’’.®'’^ j cently received in an automobile been appointed acting farm resettle-^ ment supervisor of Laurens county pending the recovery of C. B. Owings, being received, with indications that the number of licensed liquor sellers will show a gain from year to jb'ar rather than a decrease. The public is informed that $10G,- has been paid so far into the state treasury by liipior stores for the right to conduct their,business dur ing the I'.i37-.3S .fiscal year. — Ibit -wr ajji- not told what the li- qia.i' tslirfic—is costing in crime, loll of death, broken homes, destroyed .vTrrmg.,. manhood and womanhood, making Ijttle chihiren hunjrry and which have character-i from the government, ized the federal relief agencies,j ers are entitled to theirs. It was an should be made at the outset of this, unfair and inconsistent move that^'® violated.-To yield to its enemies | Militating against three of these! been connected with the' resettlement exfM‘riment. * [would take from the farmers ^ small 1 only insure increased violations, j po^sihig nominees was the fact that office since it was established sev- *rrr . —i ff rtPfiVliVkit’wxn pcxjI ii/vik a tx*LiaLrA«f_i4pinlg- «.t. .^ rws • • difference or surrender permit it to jin the senate and a^former judge. ! ^-reck near Cross Hill. Mr. Pinsotthas -(sum in comiiarison to government, prohibition reduces whiskey-drink-1 they come from the East. Three pres-'eral years ago THE COURT BILL DIEff j-pending for others, which was need-:by .s‘ixty-six and two-thirds perj After twenty-four weeks of deliate'ed to help.reduce their interest rates'^^vnt, is it not then a Godsend and anil bitterru'ss l»v both sides begin-1 of mortgages and enable them to hold I» >uccess? I know that thirty yearsJ niiig February bih, I’resident Roo.se- their farms. Defeat of the effort by ago there were twenty-three saloons tiiJt’s court reortratiizatiorL—hill went both Th* hou.se and senate, it apjtears to us, wa- the only triipartial and l and I am convince! litiwn in di'feat during the week. The'to us, wa-^ fight was a Democratic liattle from' logical action to take tiarl- lu fjiush,. with^ Ue[)u,bjicaiisl j,, jiis speech looking on and for the most part , fanners .‘smith sail within five blocks of where 1 write, | that not all our I ! ocal bootleggers and blind tigers playing a silent band. dernmirisbed,, and conV-ertiiig the I'lr.tbb to (lriv<* th»'* highway.' to a ;jarge degree inU* ave-i bill through the senati original courj , Senator Iloit* niu-s of den+h and imililation because mson, the majority lea'doivc:»itie foiih _ihtue of the prevalence of drunken driver.s. i t hree weeks ago with a compromise Regardless of the revenue derived i ineasure lu* hoped to push across. As from the busirn-ss. it can never offset I the fight raged, .S'eiiator Robinson the harm and disaster it produces, orj'vas suddenly claimed by death. Withi the blight it imposes upon the happi- <lfl»ate ending due to his death, de-1 ness arwl progress of mankind. An j velopmeiits came thick and fast, with! evil ami a waster, the traffic has al-1 Vice-President Garner called hack to' ways l»een, and no one can defend or j the cajiital from his Texas vacation make it respectable. Final action was then delayed until ^ ja new majority leader could be elect- DR. JA.MISON HONORED jed by the senate to replace "Senator Thousands of South ('urolina citi-1 R“’'inson. .Senator Barkley was elept- zens who know Dr. A. T. Jamison of|®'l <be caucus over .Senator Harri-j (ireenwoud, and appreciate his true|"“''' .Vlississijijii worth, will lie gratified by the an-|b‘‘iug i»ramb‘d as noimcemeiil that he will receive the majority leader post the Kimtuckianj the choice of thej at a satisfactory basis to both the udministra- ,\mericaii I.egion's distinguished .'er-j'**’®' ^^s letter addresseil as Dear vice plaque for llklT for his work fm-i-'^(beii. V ice-I resident (turner -was hiimanitv. especially youth. ^be assignmenfoilbririgiMg har- Thirty-seveii years ago Dr. .Famison into the Democratic i.urtY ua- elected siiperinteii(b‘nt niid treas-i'^!"( arriving uier of Connie .Maxwell, the Baplist-i; "Wiled orpliHiiage of the stut(% Mere ’bni and (qipoiieiits of the, measure. h(- has unselfishly lahored for the’ ihousaiidfTof'boys anii girls who havej^ come under the care of that home and has watched it grow from a small lieginning into one of the largest and am of settleimnit am In tlu-'e i fforts he failed, and on la.stj Thursday'a motion was made to re-j commit the hill tt> the judiciary com-[ miftee w hich was cari ied hy a vote of j 7(1 to LM). Thus the bill which had I most iiiodcinlv coiiducled ins-t it uf ions :‘’‘"''®'^ “ prolonged stoim was thrown of its kind in the .South. Becau.se of "vei hoard, and the Roo.sevelt adinin- riii- interest and love for children,''^<>al‘‘'-iL-,'*'*'n(ni.stered a defeat that .til l Irs iwitiring efforts in th»‘ir he-i ®*’'"I'!>liyd to that H'ceived hy half, he ha' gained n national repii-!j*'®^blent Wootirow Wilson fon the lation in child welfare work and for' I'caly <>f \ersailles. .'everal years served as a memlMT of* killing the eourtmeorganfzation the bnar.i of din-cto'rs of the Child! I’‘'"b'(am ’be senate did exactly what Welfare la-ague of .-\merica. In ad-l'’ ^‘boubl have done months ago ami liilion to liis heavy orplmnage work,*’be.ir action lias a far-reaching im- iie ha/ found time to write several' l'‘"’“'“'® "" 'be .American system of inter« >tiMg liooks and stands at the Igovernment. The pass- fio.nt as one of the leaders of his!“b'o of the proposj^l would unques- deiiomination in this state. Me has | fb’i'*^bly have j'esulted^ii the seriou.s been verv jw-ri-V4> -fn -e+v-it*—affairs ofr*^nF**nnuent of the ifidi*peiidence of hi' city, and alyvays his influence has been exerted for the'moral, religious .ujui I'diicatumal development of his community and stale. ’I'he honor that luis come to Dr. .Famison is well-merit(*d. .And the time to -show such recognition and appre ciation iS now while he still remains with us to carry on his lHho^ of love. the nation’s highest juiliciul body. Contrary to expectations by leaders in the fight, tht* great'American pop ulation did not rise up and demand passage oL the program as they had seemed to /kfmand ^he offered meas ures for relief, Tragovery and reform during the first Roosevelt adminis tration. The attitude of the masses I>r. Jamison has given his long and ‘’f the people indicated that they still usetui lite TiT ibe-^pare and develop ment of orphan oFiildren. In return, h(- i.s admired for hi.s^ attainments a|id loved for hi-* personality and life of unselfish Service and. devotion. W’e know no one more deserving ivf this award t’onferred annually by the state liCgion than (ireenwood’s first citizen. SHOULD BE ADJUSTED The government' is now in the in surance Fiu.siness on a- nation-wide scale in the form of conipulsory so cial .security. 'The act on its face, has ineciualities and ilanger spots should be eliminated. As the people become familiar with the oT7l age f>en- sion.s and benefit provisions, the de mand is likely to grow for many changes in the measure. It certainly seems reasonalile that old age benefits paid to persons; whose wages have been taxed to nav ’""‘T 5 'i— « . — . * stand for the cardinal constitutional principles of the American system pf government which should he cherish ed and preserved by an untrammeled court. TCbe«proi>osal looked like an attempt to “pack the court,” to make this high tribunal, through congress, sub- sorvU'nt to the president of the Unit ed .‘states. President Roost'velt, or any other president who may fbllow, shoubl not have personal control of the entire government by dominating ! the supreme court. It smacks of dic' that j tutorship, which if allowed to exist and grow, has the possibility of bringing this country to the plight of several others now* crushed and op pressed under dictatorial forms of government. It is well for th« country, the Bern- ocratic party and for business, that this controversy is over and the court I'f ('-‘tilerti-, is any uicri|t»erof this body Tiidre "anximis than I t<> have economy (nit into practical oper- ation and if possible at some time in ihe future to have our expend itures jirovided for by our in come, • ®iiut I admit I was utterly as tounded, in view of all the pro testations about the lowly con ditions of the man on the farin, that the president of the United .Slates should veto the bill which extended to the farmer only a [lartial remittance of the interest due on hi.s land mortgagi*. I was a'tounded that our efforts at economy, should start hy denying that cla.S' ofliur society some re lief from the intolerable burdens -they had to liear. “1 was very much gratified that in the body at the other end (if the Capitol the action \^s so .spontaneous and overwhelming.. "If the reports of the humani tarians and t'conomists are cor rect, we should not only reduce the interest rates, Fmt if iieces- sary eliminate the payment of i^- terest for a period.” , * •* I After pointing out the economic- I condition under which the farmer op erates. the South ('aroli'nian, cha^r- inan of the senate agriculture, com mittee, said: "We get awfully fond of liim about election tiihe and make all kinds of firomises to him, and then come heT»‘ and the first lick along the Jine of economy is made at his devoted head. "'.Mr. President, how can we he .so inconsi.stent ? W'e shed croco dile teai's -and vote “ for the unemployed, and farmers ' in my section can not get hands to work their crops now.” He then told how WPA and PWA had drained Labor off the farms in his state. Smith pointed to the record to show that >>enator Balrkley, newly- eks'ted floor leader, who urged the senate to uphol4 the presidenUa veto^ strongly advocated passage of the measure when it was before the sen ate. Many of tho.se who urged economy when Senator Byrnes was making his fight on the administration reljef bill, refused to vote to sustain tk president’s economy move. Among these were Senator Carter Glass, who backed Smith’s position. “Effort after effort has been m^de here to attain economy but they ha.ve been successfully resisted,” the Vir ginian said. "I don’t nMan today to begin economy at the **pense of the farmer.” t^p I covering a similar area and po[)ula-j I tiim toiiay sell thirty-three and one-! .{third per cejik as much whiskey as! those twenty-three ..IjarrooYns. —! ' I iareiiCe Poe, in .The I’rogressive Fanner. "iTrid i da Capital Speculates On Retirement Court Bill Death Cauaea Talk Of Oiher Re.siKnations On U. S. Supreme Bench. H. D. HENRY 1898-1937 F. M. BOLANp H. D. HENRY & COMPANY INSURANCE STOCKS — BONDS — REAL ESTATE LOANS NEGOTIATED ' •• ■* Telephone 1.21 ^ .Washington, July 24. — Death ofi President Roosevelt’s’ judiciary bill tonight was expected to encourage the retirement plans of one or more meniliers of the supreme court bench who are said U) have felt they could not gracefully leave the bench while it wa.' under fire. Those most prominently mentioned in such speculation are Ju.stice.s George Sutherland and Janies f. .Mc- Ueynolds, Itoth conservatives aiul Louis D. Biandeis, dean of the court liFierals. This pivssihility and the mov’ement to adjourn congress hy mid-.August; w ere ex{*eyte4 to impel the president to an early seU'ction of a nominee to Shop First In THE CHRONICLE ’Then Fn the Stflrfp Qua LoiH Of Pcr.K, OR PRmcRias Ro\-umo- %0\.LF1N0 ATRCAT .SERVCD OR YOU’LL KIND IT A TREAT to visit this meat market. 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Start /now and save monthly, or plan to “Own Your Own Home.” W’E OFFER Long Terms Easy Payments EDERAL Savings |AND LOAN ASSOCIATION Phone No. 6 Clinton, C. them .'hould noTT)e Tcas than old age pensions paid out of public funds pro vided, by^taxpayers, to pensioner.s who have not. made any direct contribu tion- toward them. That would indi: cate a rneasure of justice in the de mand for larger federal benefits. Besides, few have been able to see any good reason why certain classes With the Press ■«w The Toll of the Drink Habit My experience, I am persuaded, is bill defeated. A government of lawijxot very different from that of most is far to be preferred to a govern-j other men when I look around me and ment of men. ^ |con.sider what a toll of death, dis- ^ . lease, and disaster the drink evil ha.s SMITH S, POSITION K1(>HT taken among men and women of my The Uhronicle, as has .been repeat-{own acquaintaitce. The most brilliant j edly .'tated in the.se columns, is op- kinsman of my boyhood neighbor-! posed to the extravagant and wasting j hood, an aspiring and-inspiring young j [policie's of the federal government ■ than of n^lest ideials and highest of workers should be barre-d from which have mounted the national debt promise, fell a victim to drink, dis-' MESSAfiE TO MARS participation in the old-age benefit i at such a rate that in four years of plans. *If th^re is to be social security, peace time'it has been increa.sed by it should be applicable to all. Farm ers, domestic servants and other group.s now banned, surely in the name of fairness, are as much en titled to consideration as are car- eightetm thousand millions of dollars. Our position has been, and still is, that tjie government should live in its income and put a stop to the now common practice of soaking the tax- penters, motor mechanics, and varied i payers in • every conceivable manner other trades and profession.^. There that can be concocted in Washington, .would seem to be no reason why the j W’e take the positi^ that the emer- widow of a man who has paid his full j gency now over, U is time for the contribution and retired bn a' pension, {applying of common sense and prac- ■houJd not eontinue to receive thatjticing retrenchment in our spending pension. The social aecurity law af-j policies affecting all bureaus, groups fects almost everytxKly, one way or another. Since the federal govemt and alphabet agencies. And while we xtand for economy, appointed his friends, ruined his busi ness, and brought failure to all the high dreams of his youth. So went also another fine comrade of. my young manhood, one of the most gift ed young men ’ of my generation. Whose friendship and genius might even now be adding happiness to thousands had not this sinister habit put chains around him he (could not break, as he told me in bitterness not long before his death. 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