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,4-- I ' * PAGE FOUR ^ THE CUNTON CHRONICXigt CLINTON, S. C THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 23. 1937 olljr (Ulmtntt (EljrottirU EsUbUahcd 1900 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher Published Eve^r Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHINQ COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year $1.50; Six Months 75 cents; Three Months 60 cents Entered ^s' Se?onTna\is mrMaffer^^ Clinton, S. C. The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suflr^estions and kindly ad vice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defan^atory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its corre.spondents. long been identified with county poli tics and his “record” is so well known that it doei^not need’to be commented upon. ' Nobody’s Business By Gee McGee; SENATOITCROMER REPLIES TO CHARGES MADE BY BEN ADAMS The followig letter has been writ- j on the Taurens County Delegation or ten to Ben E. Adams of Columbia, by .Senator Chas. A. Cromer from this county in reply to an editorial in The Free Press charging that only $9 as- -sistance was distributed by the Lau-' rens county welfare office in August Goodbye Good Roads The public will plea.se pardon me*to u>i>fortunate people: for trying to be serious ju.<»t this once. “Sept *’0 1931^ But I am, Ihinkinj of my state .nd ;• ’ your state. We have .spent millionsp^^^ upon nullion.s of dollars for STOod ..r* r c- p roads, and^ we have good roads Dear* Sir ! “In your paper of .September 1 i The.-te good the u.se of the ' not for railr j hou.ses, and try to put an elephant in a baby car- inforine l that you ma le ?;m the County Board of I^blic Welfare you would first have checked your in formation with the office at Laurens where the foregoing facts could hjave 'very easily been obtained. Or you could have waited until the second month of the*operation of this Act so far as Laurens county is concerned, on September 18. Upon investigation you will find'that f.-om August 18 tof September 18 the total amount paid out to the needy was $1,189.30. My office happens to be in the ing* one hundred five (105) feet thereon; on the east by land noyr or foi^nerly belonging to Mrs. Mary G, Owens, two hundred twenty-five (225) feet thereon; on the south by Ferguson street, one hundred five (105) f^et thereon; on the west by land of R. C. Dillard. Being the identical tract of land conveyed to James Allen Coleman by Henry A. Cole man, by deed dated 9th day of September, 1915, and record^ in deed book 39, page 174, Clerk’s office for Laurens County, S. C. The term» of the -aale will-be eashy and the purchaser is to pay for stamps, deed, and recording and will be let into possession upon produc- “Hie bidding the day of open until the CLINTON. S. C., THURSDAY, SErFEMBER 2.1, 19.17 riage. FAR.M U.ABOR S('ARCE !gr»ntg to Washington almost every Farmers in this .section report ai"eek begging for money to enlarge, i u^re not built .scarcity of han.l.s for cotton picking .schools, why shouldn t ar-ound .10 to with their crop whitened.'The .same'the government have a voice the state • ** '* ashington is t<l that should lie supplied hy| condition exist.s all over with- n|i[>fals made to govom-> merit relief agencies to furnish atidi-' tional employment. In .Anderson, where therV is a big shortage' That county -oTTieTi hands, the to work; Si u.s that niany fepoi't coim^ rolls do not choose i .Schoo the money mat snouu towns and communities for their school purpo.se.^, then it i.s to be that it would desire to cap ture—t-he—schools -and—stty—htm—they persons on relief rolls do not inform pe.iled for aid to whom they have aj)- ha\e flallv refuseil. ■A large jan'entagi* of peeple today, especially among the shiftle.'S, do not want or intend to work. With a con- timiation of. pre->;tit ftoleral policies fanners will find .it all thi- more dif ficult in the future to obtain labor tir I'aiiy on then- operation. 'Ihey can't compete with govciiiiiieiit. .And (be giivi I iimeiit m turn h.is ♦■ncour- aged millions not to work, liut to look run. s a re established for chil- exdusive ^f tng their .salary as is the impression! 'within which period iilar reflections on the County Wei- c*stated by you, eve’-y memhe'r of the^f’y Person other than the highest .fare Board in your radio addre.ss de-il*oard has -been giving the State, th* bid as is pro- Common sense teaches us that our livered in Greenville on Septeinlrer ll. 'Suuth Carolina honest. S:onscientious iupon making the roads, even th^ they are well built, above publication and, and intelligent work. It is within my <^<“P03it. The highest bidder, to withstand loads of j radio address, numerous citizens of i P^^'^onal . knowledge that they begin ^P®^ the bid being knocked down, will . thousand pounds, county have .seen and phoned me. "'ork at 8:30 in the morning and required to deposit five (5) per in oir ponderous size have prac-| making inquiries as to the truthful-^ Qoently work until far into the night. I evidence of good pu^ upiti(^.ally taken over our highw’a>s. |ness of the publication and 3taie-*^Ti several occasions I have knownl^®*^!^ bidding. Upon complying .listant future, we, the people, and the;o clock at n.*h . The r WO tho iHxnnvors hto o-f.iriir tn waWo ^hat. tne I.aurens fouiity Dele- the facts. I feel that you have done faulure to comply with the tertna uri and find our riinil i n man of hrok- (jleneral Assembly failed’ I^aurens County a great injustice andbid within ten days after the. en concrete aLr a mpsT^of riilddsh ' '*“^y should rectify your error jtl*® deposit shall be : I ,,,jn I ' lecting the personnel of the County with the same prominence that you: ^l'® property will be Vvlil Dv , # rv 1 I . ter 1^ r*si » _t J I ■ I— * u auttttr* ' •* .'jx-tviiai vfv«^a9jv/ija 1 xiavt; Kiiuwfi ( the cas- them to ^ w’orking until after 12:00*^l*® **1® th® deposit will be cred- Iffim the'o’clock at night. The foregoing arep^®'^ “POf^ the purchase,price,*but up- Holh our money and our roai •lien. their Trollei There . is no (ftlier reason for ■ gone. existence. They .should he con- I by the taxpayers and patrons of .the district.s in which they exist and not by so-called econoYnic plan ners with political and governmental re.-ti iction.s. Don’t overlook this Tact tile governiiieiif- never turns loose any of its money free of all strings. to Harry handout.'. ilopkiiis for support’ and but HOl.lbS ( H.AMl’IONSmi’ You can’t take these figures in, you should read them anyway: The total of all internal revenue ebrb'TdTons^by the federal govi'rnment from lHt).1 through the la.st fiscal year was $7l,(K»(i,(MK».()00. The gross nation al .(letd today is, over $.17,000,(>(tn,h('P. Put another way, this means that the United States to<lay oy\’es just exactly half as much as it has taktui in during the last s»*venty-four yeais. The present admitiisf rat ion' in holds the world’s chain- Washuigton pionship as spenders and wasters, as these astounding figure.s reveal. It ha' silent thirty-five thousand mil lions of dollars in less than five THE ( IH)I( E SEASON Over most of the United State-i the .lutunin season, on which we have entered, is the pleasantest season of the whole year. Nothing like the .N'oith .American autumn is known to t lie people of Kuro|)e. Over there the spring .season is the pleasantc’st time of long <irawn out mildness between the .chill pU winter waiid,..the _ heat of summer. In this country the 'casons hieuk abruptly in the spring, summer temperatures .succeeding winter .so 'Wiftly that the interval is hardly no ticed. Hut at the end of summer w»' are not plunged at one** into winter. Instead, we have the autumn w<H‘ks land sonudimes months in which i't is still enjoyable to iN-main out of doors most of the time, before we look for eidd weather, snow and ice. Kir country folk in the North, we are tobl, autumn is the best season of all. The hard work of the fi^m is !further conclude that too late to complain after Hoard in utter disregard They would"'uiHde tile accusation, the ( ounty “I am not a lawyer but I of its du- the assertion that libel and County.” It will he our roads are ruined. We should do ties our complaining now. The general case public is not in favor of the heavy ants trucks hogging our mads, hut - the generaf public doesn’t seem to cuunty and anytliing to do with it, 'j'awing thc*j,r n-sped.ve salaries, ^“In justice to the Laurens County Didegation in the General Assembly of which I am a member and the t'ounty Hoard of Public Welfare and thos(‘ connected therewith, justice and fairness impels im* to reply to your,’^^^^® South Carolina, j jiublication and statements. j County of I.,aurens, j "We selected as memtiers of the In the Court of Common Pleas. County Board of Public Welfare Dr.' Citizens Federal Savings and Loan i'he law the courts—the juijges— 1,. E. Hishoj* at- Clauton, Mr. James-’A.ssociation of Clinton, C\, vs. W. and tin* iiiJunctions have given these .M. Donnan at Laur^x, and Mr. Mat-^A, Coleman as Admihistrator TargCfrTut' arxt passenger tram^ports soltPTnr^Ome Subsequent salesday at the risk of the former purchaser. C. W. WIER, Sheriff. venture slander ha.s selected a county director, suits have been brought and large' September 15, 19,17,—30-3cw woi'ker, bookkeeper and assist- verdicts obtained on publications and ' who know nothing and care less Statements le.,s damaging than the abiiut the poor and needy in this ones that apjieared .n your paper and are only intere.stej in in your radio address. riie highway diqiartmerit is not in. nCvor of thesi* monstrous, hundle- sdiHc, • fuss-making, liangerpus, over- loadeil, extra-wide trucks using our j mad' a' they are u.Mng them. Thi* 'engineers who di'signed and built our I roads did not intend to ha^’e them “A'ours very truly, ^ "( HAS. A. CROMER. ".Senator from Laurens '' ' I I II. !• — NOTICE OF SALE TYPEWRITER RIBBONS, all makaa for utandard and portable tnachinea CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. used and abu'-e.l as they are today. the legal and moral rights to use our highways for their traffic. They as Administrator of the thew L ..McDarriel of the Tumbling' Estate of James Allen floleman, de- Shoals section of thist ('ounty. Their ^ ceased, et al, defendants: intelligence, honor and integrity; Notice is hereby given that, pur- therefore have'as much right to the have never benm questioned. They in suant to the orders of the Court in road as you or anyhcnly else ha.s. Hut tufn selected as personnel of the!the above entitled matter, I will sell should this right continuit? years. It has nuMintiMl the public debt, t«» the highest peak in ivislcvry. the]'*'* '’ | World war period not exeepted. Ithas'*’'"'* '*'‘ « have been harvested piled up, ami is still levying, billions of dollars of debt against the fu ture— and generations yet to come will struggle to pay the bill. I'oo man.v people do not undei’staiid tliat eviuy expeiis*- the government takes on iiiii't be paid *for some time by tile peojile ihmilgh the miMliiim of taxes. 'I'lii- IS I lie-only source of l eve- mie the guxernmeiif has. breathing-spell in which the farmer and Iiis household can rxdax and "go fishing," attend to a hundred things for which time could not he spared in the summer. The shooting sc'ason is opmi; or soon will he, almost ev**r.vwhere. Whether one brings hack any game Considtu-ing the damage (now pos sibly concealed) that is being done today to our highways, these large trucks air paying only u .small part of the cost of maintenanle of our high^ way.s. Reasonable sizs trucks with n asonable weight lomls, plus reason- I able widths and lengths, would not he so l»ad, l)ul make a trip anywhere, aiiv lime, ami see what you .see. County Welfare Board Mrs. G. Little, a college graduate with F.ito the highest bidder for cash, either- PULLING l.joi yea I IKJAVN THE I’LUAIA- for "dixeroion of land Consider the noise, fuss, and muss caused by users ami eoiivoy of them. Try to jiass a of them. .Note iiow your town is clut- terml with loath'd and empty trucks years of experience as a teacher a lady of the highest order of intel ligence and refinement. As case worker they selected .Mis.s Kee, a graduate of Thornwell Or phanage and also an A. B. graduate of Erskine ('ollege who has had one year’s ex|M'rience as a teacher and social worker. They al.so .selected H. P. Cooper of this county who received his A. B. degree from the University U»f South Carolina in ISM 14 j in or in front of the court house, at I or not, tlu i'o are few things more re- differently by and let our fine roatls laxmg ;imi invigorating than a day 1,,. utterly destnkyedIt looks that in tlie woods with gun and dog. 'I’heiway. Our only smiggestion is: I’ermit JJii‘kr__Jl_4iUVV_er iip^ [i4.ui~4^^oml.s-4+T-44HU’^--omly -fHHdv 4oa4s -ft» peal when the leaves have begun to ilu’V are able to withstand. Is'l’s m»t these cumlH'i’some highway D" v umv. They also hloeker.s. Get behind a f(.w' bookkeeper who obtained his business and literary education from the Preshyt*'nan College at Clinton. all night. .Shall we all sit idly and in "®>®®l‘'»»> t^® ‘‘Ix’ve personnel I r«‘fU'cts credit on the mtelligerice and ! fairness of the County Board. I make the asserti(>n that there is not a and I.auiens, South Carolina, on salesday iin October next, the same being Mon- tlay, October 4, 1937, during the legal lean Me- hours for such sales,^ the following de- .scribed property: All that lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being within the corporate limits of the Town of Clinton, iin the County, and .State aforesaid, containing one-half of a acre, more or less, and bounded on the north by lands now or formerly belonging to Mrs. Mary G, Owens, mea.sur- If YOVJ WANT A , ROAST FOtA. , DlHNER- HtRE'S ONE THAT.' CERTAIN WELL SERVE YOU WITH A DINNER ROAST that will .^ive you every right to boast about the dinners that you serve. We have firmly made up our mind to serve none but the choicest kind of meats, and from this stand we will not swerve. COPELAND’S Meat Market Phone 46 nmi Mill (Icplc'.iiig t(i c.'op' and for mmI-coh'oi v iiig jiractic- V'" five fanm-r.' it‘vt‘t\,vil moio tlian 0(1(1 fi’om till* fi'iloial govcnimciil. .■\' anmuincod by Kanu .\dministra' l.nii offii’ial.', tluy well-: 'I'lii- l-nitcd .'states .'sugar Gorpor- ^atii'M. ('lowistoM. Kioriila. $.sO,S‘J4. ( ha[)maii Raiicli. Inc., Chaimian Kaiii'lt, .I'oxas.- $1‘J,((.>”. Kqiiitabli* l.ife Insurance Society of the United State-;, total payments in lou.T. - Memlota Carins, Inc., Metulota, Cal- ifo'iiia, . Hotchkiss Kstalr* cominuiy, . Kire- haogh. California, $29,781. No other farmers la'ceived as much as $20,000. Such'figiire*' show how government i.s .'iil>.si(ii7.ii^ agriculture, and how fa'ineis art' b'aning on government. "T'hesi -eoiiserving 11 urn from • tiimn brill t lo'OW !1. I .Aiitunin j lights for j doors. Till' ’eoon-7 :tml summer green laiice of - red, to their yellow ayi- aml in the Soiitb has its de- the lover of the oiit-of- fisli are still 'biting, the foxes are liaring the honmi ey are aim destro.v tlieni; the people who might inin them wnn’t .rehiiild them for us. South Carolina or else- dogs to catch them. "Hi'er Ralihit" is 'baking ins cotton tail in the clearing hy the briar patch, and the great oiit- of doors lias a most fascinating charm. This is the best of all times of the yeui'. 10 Years Ago Items of Interest From The Chronicle .SeplemlMT 22. 1927 Tx‘.aTf¥.^^TiT>sT\TTe.s go to farmers ami farm concerns, with the .sn all fanners getting'only a pittance hy way of comparison. It is further evidence of the truth that the greatest beneficiaries of the presefit s|K'nditig' orgy are the large cities ami ]>lanters in the agrii'ultural field. The little felhtws must Iw satisfied to get the cnimlrs. WHY A PRIMARY? In the special general election Tues day to fill a vacancy in the house delegation fi'om this county, less than l.‘>0() votes were cast against a nor mal juimaiy vote of H..10tl. Since.the genera’ ing county offices large [ a" prtmaTy. the county the njatter was put into a general i Petitions asking for a hone tssue of for the luirpose of building an extension to the municijral water woiTks system are now Ireing circulat ed among the free-holders of the city. .Mr. and .Mrs. .1. M. Plowdeii and son, ami R. K. .Ander.ion of Gable, and Mi.ss Julia Cantey of Sumniorton. j were the week-end guests of Dr. and procedure in fill-1Rhame. has been through, ^^e following Clinton hoys left this! This null imijnty j^n where that can boast of a |)ersonnel j of men ami women who will excel the almve ."election when it comes to efficiency, integiity. and ('hristiau character. "The following are the facts relat-! irig to the office of ('ounty Welfare: in this county: The office was not i opeiu'd until .July 28. Instructions | from the State Hoaiil were to the ef-j feet that the county director and her! office assistants remain in the office ^ ami take applications. This wa.s ilone. Only two ami a half days of field work checking up on applications was! done (luring the month of August, imnu'diately prect*ding Au^fu.st 18 J w lu'ii the first report was filed. .An i examination of this report will show ^ not *$9.(H> to the needy’ but $148,001 to the aged and inftj'.nu'd, ami $9.0O to | the blind, making a total of $155.00.1 Knits and Boucles Blocked To Your Individual Measurement We restore all the oriixinal form, .size and “factory” fin ish to all types of knits and boucles. Woman attendant to take your measurement. Phone 77 many voters" fhroughout|"'®®If ('lomson ooUeg?: ^omaa have been inquiring why|H®*‘(I> Copelaml, ('harles Workman, •Ansel Buford, James Edmond Fergu- iH'ing an entii-ely new field of; b^gislatioTr^tr wiry of" course necessaryD ► electi(Yn rather than a primar.v which would have jgfven a nui(;h larger per- of voters ah iqiportunity to big express themselves. Members of the county delegation have pubTTcTy saTd Ihal 'the>~Tavorpd the usual primary and .some of the do not believe We (Jo " lolinents or hand (Uits at the expense^ of taxpayers, for individuals, state.s, cities, or any other puniose. FEDERAL S( HOOi. ('ONTRDL Governor .Johnston, who rates as a 100 per cent New Dealer, in a iveent .speech at .Atlantic City la'fore a con ference of governoi*s, said that he "for one could nWer consent to a policy iiermitting the federal govern ment to tell .South Carolina how it should run- its .schools.” In this posi tion he i.s correct, hut why has he suddenly become alarmed over the school i.ssue when he has endorsed and swallowed centralization of pow er in Washington, and ftxleral regu lation and control over every policy affecting the state. The alphalmt agencies in this slate are directed from Washington, and yet no one ha.s heard a complaint from the governor on such bureaucratic control and dis regard of state’s righU. Maybe he is seeing what he interprets as a politi cal [{host in the fear that if the gov ernment finances the schools, it will aay that they alike shall be open to whites and Negroea. We 'have never been in sympathy mth the present bureaucratic form of g^emment But if the state is ' * ■ in subsidies, al- so informed .Speaker Hiatt. They have stated that they were led. to believe that a primary would he call ed, but that without further consul tation, the general election was or dered. although there was qo need for haste in the matter sinc^^,the leg- son. Hampton Boyd, Frank Kellers, lit'e Hunter ifnd .Arthur Black. Mi.'*s ElizalH'th Lynn left this week for Atlanta where she is a jiiemher of Agnes Scott college faculty for the couung year. Delmar Rhame left Ii>dliy"Tcvr New ] York to resume his medical .studies; at ('(dumbia university. Miss Odetta Mauney left Tuesday for the University of South Canilina \vhere she will be a .student the com ing year. to get the proper set-up of machin-, ery in order In'fore work could pos- [ sibly in* done. If you wish to be fair | it seems to me that before y'bu would publish anything that would reflect Miss Rosanna Vance has resumed islature does not nu-ct until hext Jan- her collegt* course at Lucy Cobb col lege. uary. We heal'd expressions before Tues day’s election from three of the carv- didales that they desired a primary to he held. From one of”the candi dates, Mr. Huff, we heard ho expies- sion. The question has been asked by many. Dirt Mr. Huff oppose a pri mary? Did he request of Mr. Blatt or an.vone else, that a general elec tion be oi'dered rather than a pri mary ? Suchy reports, whether they are trUe or not we do not say, have been heard in the'county. In the past Mr. Huff has termed himself as a firimary advocate and two years ago when a school fight was waged in this district, in which he played a prominent part as a member of the delegation, he advocated a “prefer ential primary” ift order, as he said, that all the people might have the privilege to express themselves. The election Tuesday resulted in the aelection of Mr. Huff to fill the vacancy in the delegation. He has M iss .Alden Bailey has- gone to Win- thrdj) cTollege where she will be a dent the coming year. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Pitts of this' city, announce the engagement of their daughter, Sara Louise, to Sam- uuel Ernest Evans of Laurinburg, N. C„ the wedding to take place in October. On Friday afternoon Mrs. B, O. Whitten entertained in honor of Miss es Marjorie Spencer and Myra Lea- man, Clinton brides-elect. stu- tffiUTRALITY QUESTIONS r The question.^ of National Rights and National Honor that have always dragged nations into conflict confront us. Will our recently passed Neutrality Act keep us out of trouble? SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLB “The Paper Everybody Reads** W. J. 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DIVIDENDS PAID' SEMI-ANNUALLY.- r w: OFFElt LongTemis. Easy Pa]rments EDERAL5AVINGS |ANO LOAN ASSOCIATION Phone No. 6 Clinton, S. C. 'f > ,.r — * J 'iirifi'iai