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f / ■I ■ .yf - I v \ THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, 8. C THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1937 (El^rottirU EstabUslMd 1*00 N W. HARRIS, Editor and Publiaber PaUisbed Every Thureday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISfflNG COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year $1.60; Six Months 75 cents; Three Months BO cents Entered as Second Claas Mail Matter at the Poet Office at Clinton, S. C. The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subacribers 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 correspondents. iallhave‘that, in other words, they will get the 31st and 32nd'weekly checks. he will pay the doctors who ,.op- perated on him out of his parrity check which he expects t9 get next may if congrress passes the loan bill and the crop corvtrol bill which the so-called dimmer-crats are now fight ing bo’s they’ll sound jike repiAilicans ansoforth. he looks after his wife’s doctors will get his parrity. he’s too weak yet to talk verry much about monney matters, so he tells them. CLINTON, Si C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1937 SPACE GRAFTERS There are many people in the world who think that newspapaer men are axing, everything in sight—of soak- ng every man and woman who through hard Work and initiative has A New Disease Has Been Discovered In Flat Rock our poleesman has broke out with some kind of dissease that dr. hub- bert green newer heard of befoar, nor has he ever read about it in anny books, or discovered it amongst his manny patience. fools. This is shown by the fact that jattempted jo make and save a little propaganda which amounts to advef- soraetHIhg for rainy_jiaya>r—" rising is sent to them in great vol- The present tendency of many of ume in every mail in the belief that I our tax laws is to demonstrate the lithout charge Its news. It is for this' reason that a large waste paper basket has become a very necessary and valuable part of the equh>ment of a newspaper of- fice. Newspapers have space to sell just as merchants fhave merchandise to sell. famous dictum, “The power to tax in volves tin* jKrwer to destroy,’’ What is needed in this country today is an end put to reckless spending and ex- travagance, coupled with less destriic- the poleesman got off his beet satturday night as usual, so his wife states, and the next moiming, he was a sight to behold, his nose was red, his jaws were blue and his lips were purple, it scared her-' mought nigh to death. er of 4hi8 fiscal year. Tt ends next June 30, Some administration au thorities said a reduction might even be effected. Since tliis fiscal period started July 1, the treasury has spent 1326,000,000 more than ti has taken in. This com pared with a $260,000,000 deficit in the corresponding period a year ago and a pi^icted ^00,0^,000 excess of ex penditures for this 4>ntire year. The growth in the deficit this yeiff has been traceable partly to a sharp decline in repayments . to lending agencies. Under instructions from President Roosevelt, government departments have “frozen” about $400,000,000 of their appropriations in reserve funds, to be released only upon authoriza tion by the budget bureau.' Officials expressed hope that this effort to curtail spending plus an ex pected increase in loan repayment, would whittle the existing debt dur ing the remainder of this year. SECRETARY WALLACE PROPOSES A$ jwr( NINE CENT LOAN ON COHON c6ngress ends LONG SESSION THIS IS NOT NEWS The present Democratic (so-called) administration is the greatest spend er in all history, peace or war-time. It holds the world’s championship. If you iloubt ihe indictment, digest. If you can. the latest treasury state ment from Washington as of Augu.st 17th. That report said: - <H»verr>ment spending crossed the $l,(Ml0,0(Mt,0(1(1 mark during the first seven weeks of the 1'.•37-38 fi.scal yi'ar, and at th(‘ same time the n_a- j (iunal <lebt increased to. another new high. Expenditures at the close yf busi ness on this date aggregated $1,00(5,- 426,(’>44.71 as compared with $770,- 1K)1,(M50 in the corresponding .period of the previous year. The public debt, whieh has ad vanced steadily during the la.st two months because of treasury borrow ing and the sale of “baby” bonds, reached $36,891,415,047. I^st year at this time, it was $33,410,620,689. This is not news. It’s the same Btory taxpayers hear every time the treasury’s statement is released. Whittling down on spending, efficien cy and economy measares speak an unknown ‘language in Washington, 'And yet these same master sjiend- ers tell u.s the depivssipji ia over, that the “emergency” is gone. ^ tive taxation and taxes levied in the open, where every man can see that he is being taxed, and h<yw much, and this is a pew rpalJady for flat rock, art square thinks It i.H yaller fe'wer, holsum moore says it is the bubon- mck plague, but tom head says it is something h^ et. he can’t keep anny- thing on hi.s stummick but his left hand and nothing agrees with him, not even 4ii.s married darter. ■little pimples like those on a cu cumber have busted out all over his anatomy, .some look sorter like small cannot be fooled by the spending ‘’^hers seem to be plwes where chiggers have been biting him. orgy. CITY AND COUNTRY » Too many people fail to appreciate the vast Intrinsic importance of ag riculture. The average town man sometime.s i.s too much inclined to forget that, afterall, no town or city there are 4 large splotches on the back of hi.s nake that looks like where hor nets have stung him. he is in much pain, and is a-feared that the town counsell will cut his in come off. the town is without polei'S protection, but, so far, nolMxldy has i.s greater than the country which started nothing, puddin head ha.s in PRESENT RISING COSTS There are two ways of looking at, the rising cost of living. One is the optimistic approach, which points out that the necessitie.s of life still cost leas than they did at the peak of the surrounds it; than the moral, politi cal and economic influence which the country, conversely,, yet definitely, re flects upon the city. The average rural man too often fails to ajiprcci- ate the necessity of mutual helpful ness and cooperati(m between himself and the city resident for the benefit of both. It is therefore of the highe.st im portance that every move for the bet terment of life upon the farm; for the purpose of encouraging the rais ing of bettor crops, for the improving «)f home conditions, and the securing of a higher i<leal on the farm—which in turn is reflectOil in the city — should receive the very highe.st en- dor.sement of all sound thinking peo ple. Rome fell because of lack of appre ciation of her agricultural back- giMUixl. She failed to appbeciate that heir greatness came from her agri culture. Such has been the experience of all sections and peofile when the farm ha.s been neglected or_ abandon ed, and an exodus made to city cen ters. No town can be stronger than the Area that surrounds it. There can be no city pp)sperity without a whole some pro.sperity in the a<ljacent)Coun- t)Oom, in 1929. The pessimistic angle is that costs have been climbing j try. The city man cannot live inde- uteadily since the bottom of the de- pendent to himself, neither can the pression in 1933. The important .tact, however, is that we have to pay out of our 1937 incomes, ami the drain of-this year’s pocketbook is greater than it was a year .ago. The laiejil jcp.orl-..oL:.t.he U. S. Department of lAbor shows that it costs 13 per cent more to pay the rent, keep the pantry stiJcked and buy the u.sual clothe^ than it,did four year.s ago, and that a quarter of that increase has come about in the past year. Rents have gone up faster than food, and foot! faster than clothing. - The (luestion whether incomes have gone up'at an (Hjual or faster rate is ^siomething el.se again. There is no question that more people are on pay rolls or otherwise earning a living than there were a short time ago. But whether these incomes are as much higher than the incomes people rural man. There should he no gap between the two, but they should heed their problems jointly, on a common and mutually helpful ground. The city man must understand that the agriculturist is his friemd. The farmer must know that the city resi dent is his friend. When relationships between the two.groups are divergent, it is inevitable that both suffer. Nobody’s Business By Gee McGee hi.s applercption for the job, but he is a bootlegger, and stands a chance to get only 2 votes out <rf "^Ih'e other 3 officers don’t drink. dr. green has made a pitcher of the jioleesman and ha.s sent it to john hopkins Jn haltimore to have the case dog-nosed by specialists, no medison that has benn took internally does him anny good, hut some cat-nip tea with rye whiskey in it made him set up and take notis after the fourth drink, he mought survive if the doctors will let nature bave her course. yores trulie, mike lark, rfd, corry spondent. 10 Years Ago Items of Interest From The Chronicle AuguNt 25. 1927 (Continued from page one) the South and from Republicans. The roll call showed 199 for'the cotton loan provi.«ion and 129 against. With no loss of time the two other' amendments were accepted. 1 Senate. approval of • the deficiency report folio,wed swiftly, after the asking and answering of a few ques tions raised by senators who were anxious lest items of importance to their constituents might have been dropped by the conferees. There was then nothing left to do, and at that point Vice President Garner produced the Presidents letter. A short speech by Barkley, thank* ing all and sundry for their assist ance in the brief period that he has held the leader.ship, followed. Then he made the motion for which all had been waiting. “Mr. Pre.-^ident, I move that the .senate do now adjourn, sine die.” There was a short cheer, and one uniileiitified senator- shouted “No” before the vote was taken. The lat ter wa.s but a formality and the senators crowded out of the cham- Iwr, a few minutes before 7. The se.ssion was not officially end ed however, for the house was still meeting, passing minor bills of a non-controversial nature. At 7:22, the house, too, adjourned. Washington, Aug. 23.—SecreUry Wallace urged President Roosevelt at a luncheon conference today to au thorize a loan of 9 cents a pound on this year’s cotton crop. He told reporters afteywaVd thati there could ^ no decision oh the loan rate and other conditions un til a meeting of the Commodity Cred it corporation later in the week to study data gathered by department of agriculture experts and economists. Wallace contends a 9-cent loan would permit Ameriifan cotton to sell in world markets, and that growers could be assured a total return of 12 cents by additional subsidy pay ments of up to three cents. Some members of congress advocate a 10- cent loan and 2-cent subsidy, ar guing that policy would give produc ers a higher immediate return And cost the treasury less in the end. The subsidy payments, authorized by congress shortly before it went home Saturday, will be payable next year to fanners who comply with a proposed crop control program. Asked by reporters today whether he considers a special session of con gress necessary this' fall, Wallace replied he always had favored such a session. Previously he bad said he had con.^idered crop l<^s unwise unless accompanied by crop control capable ofpm-ehling tuipldees lik^ those of 1932. ^ • NOTICE Why not keep yonr money at iToflie by giving your magazine sabscrip- tiona to— JAMES W. CALDWELL Can 38 Clothes for Men and Boys Yonr Businesa Appreciated HAVE BEAUTIFUL FLOORS LET US SAND YOCA FLOORS. Estimates Jee. Latest Type Floor and Sjiinner Surfacing Machine. City Electric & Plumbing Co.' E. M. Timmerman,. Proprietor Phone 36 Clinton, S. C. PAPER — .Mimeograph, Onion SUa, Carbon Paper, Second Sheeta. CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. : .Mrs, Bf.ssie Godfrey has accepted j a matron’s position at the orphanage, j Prof. R. L. Coe is’ at home from a; stay of several weeks at Columbia university, New York. Friends of John W. Little will re gret to know he is a patient in an Asheville .sanatorium. .Mr. an«i Mrs. W. P. Anderson, Jr., and children of Dunedin, Fla., are visiting Mrs. .^njerson’s parents, Mr. and .Mrs. R. L Bailey. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Adair of Ma con, Ga., are vi.siting the former’s mother, .Mrs. .Minnie Adair. ww- Mary Adama- has—returned INSURANCE .5' We think we know the best Fire and Life Insur ance policies. We think we know how to advise the best plans for yoip. We think we have the best companies. Consult me. B. H. BOYD, Anent Clinton Realty & Insurance Co. PLACE YOUR MONEY HERE FOR INSURED SAFETY - AND ABOVE AVERAGE RETURNS HOME LOANS — for — —CONSTRUCTION —REPAIRS -PURCHASING —REHNANqNG Prompt Service — No Red Tape Hon. Holaum Moore Retuma From The Hospital hon. holsum moore has returned back from the hos-pittle where he went 2 weeks ago to have his appen- roceiveil who earned anything at all <ler-ceetus cut out, as he’ has a sick benny-fit ineurance jHillicy which pays him 5$ per week for 32 weeks, in the year.s of low prices is not so certain. That is really what counts. The im portant thing is whether we are get ting enough ilollars to pay whatever living necfs.sities cost. No matter what price an article in a sho^’ win dow carries, if the prospective buyer hasn’t the money he can’t- make a purchase. If some kind of a dollar could be invented which would always have the same purchasing power, and everybody could be assured of always having enough of these dollars, what a nice place this old world would be for everyb(*(ly. h^ won’t l)e able to do anny work for 32 -weeks. nir. moore looks like a well man in the face, but when he walks on his new crutches from place to place, he keeps a terrible frewn on his face and he must either be in pain or has his pollicy on his mind all of the time, he has allready started to collecting. THE QUESTION OF TAXATION It is reported from Washington that congress intends, at its next session, to take up taxation in a S|friou8''way, but we doubt that the high-handed political spenders will approve s^.K a measure. It is perhaps too mtlcb to hope that when congress hafi finished atadying the, subject it will enact a law or series of laws which will dis tribute the burden of taxation more oqnhably and yield enough revenue to pay the expenses of government without doing serious injury to any body. It is too much to expect that any new tax law 'will please everybody. There is not and never has been any such thing as painless taxation. But there is no question that the present federal tax laws are a hodge-podge, without aystem or order, and that they bear down too heavily on the people. Moeh of the present system of tax- it baaed upon the' principle of mr. moore stood the opperation fine, he has a verry large opperation and shows it to his manny friends when they will let him. onner count of him being verry stout, they did not cut a strait gash n his stummick; he was sliced cross-ways and that* grive the dr. room Jo reach inside and get ' his misery ‘out with a small knife. from a two months’ stay in States ville, N. C. .Miss Hazel Boland is at home from Charleston, W. V’a., where she spent the summer with friends. Mi.sses Sarah Barrel and Margaret Fields of Florence, are the guests j of their aunt, Mrs. B. H. Boyd. | Miss Medora Browning is visiting 1 in Salerft, N. J., as the guest of Miss j .•\nn Gla.sgow. j Mr. and Mrs. C .P. Robinson and i Miss Alice Benjamin are visiting in ■ Ridgeway, Kingstree and Myrtle: Beach. j Mi.ss Clara Louise O’Daniel enter-i tained Thursday with a lovely party | in honor of Miss Martha Lathrop of! Charleston. ! Miss Mary Henry was guest of hon-j or yes.tenlay morning when Mrs. i Goyne Simpson entertained with a: bridge party. j Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Dominick, who reside near here, entertained about a hundred relatives and friendsLSatur- day with' itn otd-fa.s|iioned barbecue dinner served in the grove at their home. D. E.Tribble Co. funeral directors ••• and ••• EMBALMERS Licensed Em balm era. Com pitta Modern Eqaipment Day Pkona *4 Night Phooaa 24. 253 or 255 Clinton, • •s.a INTEREST RATE The Safety of Each Share Account Insured ^Up To $5,000. SAFE AND PROFITABLE Invest your money in a Clinton institution, owned and directed by Clinton people. Start now and save monthly, or plan to “Own Your Own Home.” WE OFFER Long Terms • !> Easy Payments EDERAL Savings (AND LOAN ASSOCIATION Phone No. 6 Clinton, S. C. •V ■■'the nurses were all verry nice to the flat rock patient and vissited hm often and patted his pillar and histed his feet in the air with the craqk on the bed and otherwise showed him attention, that’s why mrs. moore fetched him home 3 days ahead of the doctor’s orders ansoforth. he Public Debt Breaks High Mark let US all of the hos-spittlo people 1980,- and $26,59^,0<)0,000, the war find out that he is verry rich and pow- erful prominent. mra. art square told mrs. tom head in confidence that the check that mr. moore'give in payment of his bill went back to the hos-spittle 3 days after it was thought to be o. k.*and was sent to the bank, he has asked the business mgr, to hold same, till the insurance company makes its Washington, Aug. 23.—The public debt, increasing steadily since 1930, ro.«e above the $37,000,000,000 level today to a new high. Exact figures -were unavailable, pending compilation of today’s fiscal records, but treasury officials said the sale of $50,000,000 in discount bills had lifted the gross debt above $37,- 000.000,000, This figure compared with $33,401,- 000,000 a year ago. $16,185,()00,000 i peak in 1919. Present federal obligations repre sent a debt of about $285 for every person in the country, compared with a per capita debt of $257 a year ago. The debt has been touching new highs fi^uently this year, partly be cause of a week-to-week borrowing to finance gold acquisition. ’ . Officials expressed hope that the debt could be held at about the $17,- lait 2 paymenti, and he will let them | ooo,000,000 mark during the remaind- RILEY'S HOME NATIONAll SHRINE Greenfield, Ind., has bought • the home of James Whitcomb Riley, opening it to thhse who wish to ■visit the rooms where “The Hoosier Poet” wrote his endearing verses. It is, perhaps, the town’s most important fea- „ tupe. Honoring those ■who have de parted is a trait hallowed by the tradition of centuries. Those we have served speak of ser vices we have conducted as treasured memories that fully expressed their' affection and respect. The cost of each of our ser vices is decided by the* family. D.tTRIBBLEm AMBULANCE SERVICE DRONE 94 Stylish USED CARS 1931 Ford Victoria Coupe, for merly owned by Dr, Prank Kel lers. This ear is in go^ condi tion and worth the money. $225 1934 Chevrolet Sedan, black. Tirea, motor and upholstery good. A bargnin for $375 1933 Chevrolet Sedan. Motor re cently overhauled. Body, tires, motor and npholstery OK. A bargain for $345 19U Plymouth Coach, formerly owned by Jameo Addison, Gold- ville. This car is OK in every way. Come by and look it over. Has radio. $340 1929 Ford Coach. New rebuilt motor. New retreaded tires. Black. Runs like a sewing ma chine Just oiled $195 1936 Chevrolet Sedan with built- in trunk, formeriy owned by Dr. L Ross Lynn. This ear is clean thronghont. 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