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.L- . PAGE FOUR ^■¥ TBEXt;iNTON CHBONICLE,' CUWTON. S. C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1937 I l^€littt0n -/ EsUblished mO WILSON W.'HARRIS, Editor and Publisher , i Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year $1.50; Six Months 75 cents; Three Months 60 cents Enb-red as ,Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C. The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the publisher "wifatl^iniM a^)preciate wise sufiriirestions ahd^ kindly ad^ publisher 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. culate it until effect at all. “Son of Heaven it had practical 1^ Gets Note no A. M-. We will, at the same time and NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING place uk for a final diMhar,* from, jhe annual meeting of the Boatd a, Eaecutort .01 «ud emmtr Commisaioner. will he our duties tate. All ^held as required by law, J^n. 6, 1938. Old-solwol diplomats were shocked at the unprecedented a«ion. The lapj AH pj^n, having ^ims againat] j, j, aneae emperor, ion of Hroven" and |-id Estate wl» f,le the ^ requested that aU ‘■'icl^.imr^against the county t. filed at ♦^tne oince of County Supervisor not A? Goddej*s who, according tQ legend,! ^o*'*ver ba^ed. MR.S. JESSIE MAY MANN. LAW'RENCE E. MAHAFFEY. I-6-5tc-w. Executors. Washington, T)ec. 27. — When the .special session w'a.s called six weeks ago, it became evident from the first ‘ thart congre.ss was in a raof»d to a.s.scrt its pre-New Deal indepe.ndenee. Busi NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE.MENT Notice is hereby given that we will make final accounting of our acts and I ness want^ relief from an ill-distrib uted tax burden and some assurance of fL stable government policy toward- labor. I.Abor factions, engagtxl iri an^ internal row, demanded clarification made the world nearly 2600 years agp, is aloqf from politics, is consult ed only at rare intervals on the most urgent questions through the medium of difficult “court language” which precludes extended di.scuasion. The firm American stand brought little re.sults. The emperor was reported to have been duly informed but no reply ■forthcoming from the Nipponese holy-of-holies. An impasse wu-s struck in the dip lomatic situation when Japanese mili-; i- j i ' Itury ufficial, refused to admit the iTueaday, January 11th.,, ioharge. of witneaaea and aurvivora " "'‘een hundred and th.rty-e.ght,.. | ^[eleven o’clock A. M., aqd we will, at- later Jan. 1, 1938. This request IS in the interest of claimants as well IS the county and shoulc^ not be over looked, A. R. MARTIN. Supervisor. R. Y.‘CULBERTSON, Clerk. 6-k doings as Administrators de bonis non,! RIBBONS, aD cum te^amento annexo, of the Estate | for standard and portable of James Ervin Mahaffey, deceased, f CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. to the Probate Court of Laurens Coun- i 1 ty, South Carolina, at Laurens, South CI.INTO.N, S. C., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 30. 19.37 ; ~ TTTTT ! , .'planning, balancing of bhc jtion $5,000,000,000 in lost wages and ^ threatening foreign situation WE START ANOTHER YEAR With another New Year here, we’Profit'S «nd pro<lucts of indu.stry, se are making a resolution we have ma<le before, .in<l one that during the coming year we will strive to keep with your help. H«*re'it is: I rioiis minded citizens pause to won der. F'ive billion dollars is more than ten times the cost of the Revolution- TIIK ary war. Even in these days of high ('HRO.NK'LE is ..‘t^olved that it will'Prices it seemsa steep figure for what untiringly strive toj.e a Ih-U.t paper | ^as J>een called economic “revolution evn v -week of the Tear, that we will, bring you chan, constructive, whole-! Yet there are .some advantages to some- now^ and that we will servel‘‘V‘‘n a series of events such as tho.se our generous ami patient and aiipre-l'^'hich have characterizeif the year closing. During the dismal days of laws affecting colU*ctive bargain- „ ... . , , , 'ing. Beside., this,'th^Tonge-standing Ta^^^l^hl" di^k.s of same time and place, ask for a problems of relief, reorganization of i ,. , ... , . discharge from our duties as Xdminis-* iovernmen* depurtmont,. reRion.li ^ trator, of ,.id E,tat“ ' ^ waa made when it waa definitely agamat, ail called for timely, intelligent of ?, •„ verified, on ^ before raid date, or he, . . i attack took place. , forever harred. The four-point legislative program , MR.«5. JB.S.SIE MAY MANN. I presented by the White House which NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLE.MENt| LAW'RENCE E. MAHAFFEY. D. E. Tribble Co. had been prepared during the rela-! V/vrScc i • .i. a. •n': : fv.. J IS hereby given that we will tivejy .serene aummer month, fail^ to ellck w.th co„gre».ional '"dependenta, Exroutora of the Ea- who were in no mood to tune up May Mahaffey, de- were in no ink-pad; for, another rubher-atarap session. But the working leadership both in the house and senate was Administrators de bonis non. i l-6-5tc-w% rens County, South Carolina, at Iau- rens, .South Carolina, on TuefKlay, cia'isi family of readers the very '‘“f’i faced with the manv-horned dilemma '‘i 7:", ♦ ..... hi.vv W<> u-m keen many |)erso/>s who ought ^ January 11th, l',i.38. N’t u«‘ Kfinw nnvN. \yv wui Kt'( p J , , . . nf Knvinif t/i rlinc^ fci tTi<* nr<«i(tohl fore our eys the .Star of llooe with^to have known better were outspoken'^f pn^nltnl.s corf idem e that we are DIL.STUTTS SKRACH-NO-.MOR 30-ininute Itch Treatment. Only one application nereasary No grease; no mess; no soiled clothing or bed linen. at eleven o’clock •^**®®*' drugstores everywhere. ’ m arching for- Iheir hopes that a w'ar, somewherej ‘must' ■waid to >'dl better days.. ■.-• ..v:’- .And XI eiiiliiig ’d7 and Ix'ginnmg ’3S, all of U' engaged in making THE <'llRf)\P'M-'. paii.x* to wish for (»Ut' It adeiadvirli'Ci ' and friends a else- in the world, wouhl offer a sal- vat i(in to stranded business in the form of profitalile orders for war I supplies and artifieially inflated jiric- les and wages <iue to abnormal de moves ’ schedule, throttle opposition and if nece.ssary stall for time FUNERAL DIRECTORS »juid^ EMBALMERS Licensed Enbulmera, Coai^oC* Modern Equipment Dsj PImm f4 Night Ph 24. 25S < 2S5 Clinton, &a \i \v ^’t'al filled to Health, Ha|t|iiiiess,'' pel lt> . overflowing Peace and with mami Th ‘ros- 1"'"' I wive re experience of P.II57 <lis- )ve.s that hope. 'I’here is war idsc- in the world-- plenty of it— ind it has failed to offer any visible B.XBSO.N’S Mm RESdl.l'TUbVS relief to American business. Roger Rali^on. America’s autsLand-i If the experience of a declining ing stati'tician, has olfered the ftd-j.stock markv't, curtailment of indus- lowiiig hopes f.tr IIMM: |trial activity, rise in unemployment I,.\I>(>R; That wage workers and and r(K'keting of government expens- employers will re.s<»lve to stop (iuar-|(>s, all in the face of two wars being r« mg. T AX E.S: That congress will resolve tn modrfy'jind repeal tax(‘s. UTIIilTIE.S: 'rhat President Roose velt will resedve to make peace with utilities. RAIRROAD.S: That the I. ('. will ri solve to grant a reasonable freight late increa-e. _ "TTr’I Id >1 : 'I'iiaf the liurr^frfg'T^^^ pie "Will '"i estilve to lower const ruelion C“sts. lORKKIX TK.\])E: Tliat manufac turer' will resolve to help negotiate t a -ie agi cement <. < (IN'CIRKSS: That polijjcuins will n*'iolve not to |iiiss new half-baked “i* f.inn" <ir siicnding laws. REI/ltlltlN: That ^ve will resoh^e to do moi'k’ for the gooil of the world as a whole and try to love our neigh- bo's as We dll our.stdves. 'I'he faithful following off -these fight resolutions during 19.3H would restore badly slmkeii eonfidenct giv eveiyliody new hope. waged abroad lias offers no solution proved that ills this until (lejieridable majorities could he ^ swung solidly liehind a more up-to- date governmental policy to combat the piditieally oiitinious “Roosevelt 1 ecfvssion.’’ Plan.H 'Fo B«M»st Business lmmediat(‘ plans to help busine.s.s are. still . largely in the conference stage. Passage of the housing bill by tlie house was the first concrete step to carry out the president’.s program to stimulate a building bmun. Other moves “in the works” will be flesigned' to hfdp the railroad.s with higher iHtes, fiasy crfslit, and recommended' Public utilitii's may be to our ills, j)(>rha|)« I c<)nsoli<lation«. it has all not Iwen quite in vain. War j given a breathing spell, and the never made a jirofit for anybody, butjitresent tax strm’ture will l>e modi- it has taken I'.tOO years for humanity I fie<l to relieve “middle-siztHl” busi- to find it out. PEOPLE NOT STAMPEDED gratifying that throughout-t|}e whole range go down in of wlmt may probably history as the "Panay the temper ikf the Ameri- ' has refuseil to be stam- ineident,” can people l>eded. Early press lieadlines were disposcsl trr j)t?iy^iTTrdhe"“^war scai'e“^ aiigtf editorial i>hrasemakers quickly sens ed a popular di.sposition to tak«‘ a lev* their present ojipre-ssive n**ss<\s of burdens. No doubt aff«*cted by the verbal barrage from' assembled business men aTTheXaTional When a- MK nil ill*' ami it i' a n -i s im,| I, It hea*l*Ml vii'W of the situation. .Mthough to eompar*' tlie Inmiliing ami sinking of the IJ. S. giinboat Panay in th** Yangtse niv**r n**ar Nanking, wit'll the historic sinking of the bat- and Main** in the luirhor of Ha vana, (’uba, nearly forty y**ar.s ago is in ii'curat**, a comparison of na tional reaction th**n and now is in- t**r*'<ting. “Il**m*“mb*>r tin* .Main**” was th** *bnltl**-cry at El Caney and San .luan. ' Ph** bjasting of the warship had been Ion*' of th** major outward cau.s**.s of yeai ends, liusin**ss and . t h** .^paii'ish war. Th** wav** of popular I nm< > almo.'t tti a halt imlignation at tin* tiiiu* n*****l**u *»n!y fine lim*' to cut out **1-: fbi* spac** of a few w*“eks, from mid- i - aiii! make a m w start.'Febniary to mid-.-\pril h» culminat** .S'KU h- l'VkINd TIME Th** coming of a lu w y**ar is an I'mblem if op|*o!tiimty. It giv**s us a cbaiu'e to wi it** a hi'trer page for th** n* xt lli'io days and to profit by tin* mi'tak**' ina.Je in tin* past. ( Association of^Manu- facturers convention, tihe house re- fus**<l to a<l(l another hamstring to business vvh**n it vot*,*«l to send the H!at'k-(’onn**i'y wag**s and hours bill back to the labor cominitt**e. Hou.se lokesmen doubtisl wheth**r it woubl ly jiu* >1 oi'k »er a- I oi docs l>aiis*> Hinl doing fWith I is entn* ual to tak'* m rii in P i'^timcTy” to a-k, wliat hasi- you liccu yoiH'clf ? M.ive you \\ork«si hard and w**ll ami fail lifiilly11.IV** you doin' your duty? Hid y»)U know th**r** is .such a thing as, duty? Hav** you us*h1 <pn-tionable or unc!**an lnisin**ss nntliods? Have you st*>od for that an indivi*i-|in a formal «l**claiation *if war against tin* busi |.'spain. 'I’o be sure there w**r** oth**r *au,ses. It is hai'il to imagim* a similar ac tion ill 1938. P**rhaps th** nu'inory of tin* Worltl war ami th** l*>ng s«*ji*'s oif ‘‘iiicid**nls” that 1***1 up to the open breach with the ('**ntral ]n»wers is .still too rn*«h. Oblaters who were ac tive iluring those stirring time.s hat! their fill <>f the horrors of war. **ver Tn* nw iv^I. The bill, backed by | (tIO anil op|>«>seil by the |>owerful • AKIj lobby, was kill**<l larg**ly through a l)l(K'ka<le action l(**l by Southern (•ongr**si.smen who _eff*^•t^**l a coalition among opimsing l)**mocrats and Re publicans to <h*feat the pet adminis tration measure. Farm Bill Has Many Hurdles The farm bill experienetnl a Ivotter fate. 'Fhe house pas.sed its own ver sion of the bill and awaitinl similar action by the senate which came nine <lays later. Differences U'tween the two measures an* being ironed out pr(*j«»ratory t*> final passage and pre- si'iitalion for White Mouse approval somi'tiim* in early 1938 unless Uie hous** f**fus**s to c*»nfirm senate chang»*s or if fri**n*ls of the wage.s ami hours bill carry out th**ir thrwit I to scuttle farm ri'lief after their bill.i f*)r which lh**y tra<l**d votes, was passi'il. .\ v**to is also possil)!'.* not be- wdm h i>_ l ight wiHi-Live- cuui;ig+* s»f Ym»ng-<terswho have been bnnight up yoiii «**>nvictioiis, or have you following tlic (‘Huse *>f th** .Mc.Nary-Boileau ami*nd- im**nt, which cann*>t be chang * I in| iconference, pnvhibiting use of i *lire*ll acr**age by farmers f<*r pasturage or| for Xhe pnxiuction of milk, meat ori ' lM>ultry. I Foreign .Vffair.s in Spotlight | Ijick of action last wwk in the do-; **<1 along Hav** you be eii a crowd ? good citizen ? drift- in a worhl shatter***! by the aftermath 1 countor- of 1914-18, can see bl*H)*lv conflicts i developments in our for- Hav. right alreaily in pnvgress in the world and you li\t*<l, act**«l and thought have pi'ihaps grown slightly callou.st'd Has th (hd den Rule m**ant anything to you? Have you been aliv* to the fact that you owe simTe- thing hiyon*! th** payment of your tax«*s t*v your community? with t inn* Supptis** that here, w** all take where we staml. waisR up, r*dd*s’ti*>n the , New Year out to iliscover going for- will give inspiration. We will —A If we are to r**curring outhursf.s of internatiori- id haiv*Iitry. For these reasons the majority of men an<l women who form what is looaoly ternt«| “public opinion” will think long and hanl bt*fore commit ting thein.selves to any moves calcu lated to send our armies and ships a^-war abroad. eign affairs. When first ivports of the Panay l>ombing reached here, Jap- ane.s** Anibassa*k>r Hiroshi Saito rush- e«l to the office of Secretary Hull to pr*‘sent profoun*! rt'grots, offer in demnities and guarantees against n‘petition of such “incidents.” But tTiTis^time the White Ilouse hAd evidently lost patience with the Nip ponese custom of presenting mimeo- graphed apoU>gies after eacih bomb- courage an«i want to fight all the harder. If we are slipping, going down grade, p**rhaps a revi*‘w of our past By nature peaceful, America must n'cognize the need for adequate mili tary prepareilness. Our dispo.sition to be “slow to wiath" must n*>t be in mistakes and actions will inspire usjterpreted as a repetition of the old to mak** the most of our bmly amU "peace at any price” slogan. The j world to*luy might be likoniHl to con- .\nother N**w A ear. .\ time foi'iditions in some of our underworld- s* lf-inv**nt*oy. a time to slop and, ridden cities. The gangsters are run- thio's and acl. Right now—on thojuing lo*vse but a peace-loving citizen th i-bold i.' a gooii time to registerjcan hardly h*>lp matters by joiningH’^ifton, mob. ing and shooting of neutral Ameri cans .and a note signed “F.D.R.” in- strucU**! Hull to ivquest that the Jap anese foreign office talk the matter over with Emperor Hirohito and get some satisfaction. I: — Field-Day for Headline Scrihesi a vttw ti+ dig HHir 4cu'-s in for a fresh I up._vuth the and lu'w .'tart, to res*dv** to climb upwa.’xi cautiously and strive with ^*11 L\RGE|{ PIG CROP senses to avi>id the tragic pitfalls, RFPORTFD IN STATE before the house early in Thioughout the week, the press has been having a field day of “-war- scare” healvllines. ami here in Wajvh- two congnwsional moves jjciuild be directly traced to the su*l*len interest in international affairs. ! One action was to force the Ludlow our of the past. WE LEARN ABOUT WARS “Reaca«on earth” sounds like an j empty phrase ■whVn mankiml pause.s io review*a year of bloodshed in so} many quarters of the world. The | Sino-Japanese war in Asia, the jfory! civil war in Spain, mas.sacres in Haiti, unrest in Pale.stine, revolution in SUuth America, “puYges” in Russia— all thH and more are scarlet patche.s OT t: cra2,-quii, of hirtory t>ounde.i!,-;;;"„"":".;r; h) t. figure 1.37, 11 Kl.000 for 1936. £v< ; in our own land, bles.sed by Folumbia. l)t*c. 27.—F'ederal Agri cultural Statistician Frank O. Black e.stimate*! tixlay an increase of three per cent in the 1937 South Carolina pig crop over 1936. ’ A t*>tal of 708,000 were saved from the apring and fall crops. Black said, j^oompari**! with 688,000 last year. ' -AVinter wheat sown last autimm pstimattHl at 180,000 acres. T^e harv**.sted acreage was 149,000 compared with u-as 1937 the January regular session. This 'amendment would take away from congress its constitutional right to <leclare war except after a national referendum affirming such action un less there was ”an invasion of the Unrteil States or its territorial pos sessions and an attack upon its citi zens residing therein.” More important is the growing. opinion that the^lveutrality act, as presently constituted, is a failure. Representative Maas, Minnesota, has already propased a resolution to re- pcace at least in name, an t*t*onomic ■war is proving costly and productive of much strife. When it can be claim ed without serious contradiction that labor strikes this year , cost the na- We carry a complete line of blank books. Ledgers, Cash Books, Jonmalo, Day Books, etc. Call 74 for needs. Chronicle Pablishing Co. peal the act outright. Senator Lodge has written a series of amendments to the present law which would emas- 8UBSCRIBB TO THE CHRONICLB The Paper'Everybody Rond^ HAPPY NEW YEAR ■-At thi.M .veasoM we are thinking of oiii* friends and wishing each of you a Happy and Prosperous New; Year that will be good to you and tliose whose happiness depends upon you. The year just ended brings to a close fifteen years of professional ser vices in CLINTON, so at this important milt'stone we pause to thank you for ac knowledge the many in spiring messages of friend- shi|V and good will that have reached us during this time. In a deep and abiding sense of gratitude 'Wi* ex press our warmest wishes to our many friends :ind patients, and we pledge during 1938 to continue to meet this ever higher stan dard of requirement o f OITOMETRY. 1 Dr. Felder Smith OPTOMETRIST Clinton, S. C. CHRISTMAS COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR BUT DIVIDENDS ARE PAID TWICE A YEAR TO OUR INVESTORS. If You Have Idle Money, Why Not Put"fr To Work faYThis Insured Association? 4 Per Cent IS OUR CURRENT DIVIDEND ^ATE7 EACH ACCOUNT INSURED UP TO *5,000.00 Federal ►AVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIAtlON Phone No. 6 Clinton, S. C. FRIDAY NIGHT JAN. 7TH - 7:30 P.M. Florida Street School Auditorium MYSTERY ACTS THE SENSATIONAL DON RAMON “THE HUMAN ICEBERG” Will Be Frozen In a Solid Block of Ice In a Swim Suit. His record for remaining in thii frozen death tomb is 33 minutes. How long will he be able to remain FRIDAY NIGHT?* He has the world’s record now. Let’s see record of 33 minutes. if he can break hi^' own THE THRlI.I.INfi _ _ PLUG TASCOTT THErT25Ta MAN THAT NO ONE CAN LIFT. Come and see if you can do it It is one of the world’s unsolved mysteries. SOUND MOTION PICTURES ^ PLENTY OF ENTERTAINMENT ' DON’T MISS THIS SHOW - FREE ADMISSION Children Must Be Accompanied By An Adult. Sponsored By GILES CHEVROLET CO 3\