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/ u , / 1 / - i ■ PAGE FOUR < !' • THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON. 8. & THtJRSDAY. JANUARY 6. 1938 Q[l|r (EUnton (IIi;r0nitU EaUbliabcd 11K>0 WILSON W. HARRIS. Editor and Publisher Published Every Thursday By ' THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Yeaf"f|.W; •She Months Tfr cents; Three MowMw iO Entered 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 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 coirtmunications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. the time, and thankful that I am liv ing in the best part of the world and among good people. RE590LVED: That I will make a .start at the bottom of an impo.ssib]y long ladder of a few great corpor ations dominated by America’s siirty families.” If we are to believe both, these sixty families, and their hii*e- gjeater effort to run my own business lings, have declared a “general strike and let the other man run his busi ness; if I can help him, I will do so; then I know he will help me. RESOLVED: That I will be kind three-fifths • of the country’s gainful workers. The total number of em ployers in the country, therefore, may well reach as high as 5,000,000. Lucky I for the little boy and girl that they' do not know that these 3,000,000 to 5,000,000 employers take their orders from Sixty Wicked Families, working in dark unison to discredit the Now !Deal. against the government; and care nothing about half ruining themselves if that will only help a little to dis credit the New Deal. . » 11 i • ' We must remember that this is be-j ♦ and considerate of the bellow that is,.^^ responsible posi-. Hlsaww less mortunate than I and not blame j* very high THwi-j him for being" poor,-hungry, *‘*^^^*i tions,"^and we must tKerefore consider^ “ W. J. BENJAMIN SERVICE STATION Standard Products Cars Wash sad Graassi Toar Bunaesa Appredatad NOTICE OF ANNUAL RESTING The, anni that fix land pitiful. (If he got in i.* poUteiy. First of all, then, if our traveling the wrong pathway HI try!dominated and con- to help him turn about and find ai 'better path). ^ | Is 80 Years Old (bounty Commissioners will be lu^l meeti 7 Conmiis jng .pf the , Boaid trolled by sixty families, when and how did Mr, Jackson and Mr. Ickes ‘‘Unreconstructed Rebel” He’d Rather Be 40. Says ' held as required by law, Jan. 6, 1938. I Notice is also given and it is earnest ly desired ' and requested that all / [claim.' against the county be filed at Rh:j?OLVED: Th^t I will endeavor! tind it out? Judging from their sud-| ^ ^ ^ to hold my temper when tJie oth^i^en »nd simulUneous fury, they have; Washington Jan. 4.—Senator Car-, later than Jan. 1, 1938. This request less fortunate than I, and not blame that my way is a better way than my neighbor’s way unless I have proven ju.st found it out within the last week or .so. For the preceding five years they seemed as blissfully unaware of CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 19.38 WHY A TAX-FREE GROUP ifillwl, ami larger appropriations in There does not seem, either rhymejrespon.se to the urgent requests made or reason in the practice of exempting upon the l>ody by insittptions and that by going my way 1 have done'this shocking situation as the rest of something really worthwhile against^**; from where did they get their. a . •! ! PVl ter Glass observed his 80th birthday anniversary today surrounded by his family and amid a shower of congrat ulatory messages and floral tributes. The vigorous little Virginian, af- is in the interest of claimants as well IS the county and should not be over looked. A. R. MARTIN, Supervisor. B. Y. CULBERTSON, Clerk. «.4c his failure. evidence? F>om some careful fectionately called the “unreconstruct . From a Congressional >n-(pj rebel” by President Roosevelt, had! jcial study RESOLVED: That I will read more, j vestigation ? No; from the title of ai^^jy complaint: study more, think more, and speak a recent muckraking book. Neither of kind word of my friends and my asso-}them tries to prove the iron control .«tat*‘ and local government employees' <»ther causes for increased funds. The|ciate8 every time an opportunity of-jof the Sixty F'amilies; both of them fers. I will liktwise not hold anything , are content to state it a.s a fact, gainst any person that might speak j legend, upon closer examina- ill of me; some of it might be true tion, turns out to be somewhat elab- and it will behoove me to watch seems that the Sixty Fami- If the state’s financial condition; step. ‘ ; lies cxerci.se their control through the from paying fe<ie;ral income taxes on legi.slature runs on the theory of set- thiir salaries. jting up what it expects to spend, and The praelico »f not Uxiiw stale sal.'t'"'n ™ “ "'“'"■T ari. s l,y the fwloral itovernment I" fm'l the ne<sle.l revenue to foot the ftsleral .salaries by state governments . au .i. . , —- IV an old one, ba.sed on a decision that ■'J 'mproved,. then the Uxpayers| j ^ 'domination of 209 corporations, which „„ K„v.T,„u..„t .an tax the instru.n. nJ^houW he K.ven the benefit ‘J' over one-half of the corpor- talitiev of anoth. r government. That “ut waste, inefficiency, duplic^ j Tnd^ hawiine.ss, grateful for country, which in bofore there were either | unnecessary expenditureS|^^ .turn is one-half of the wealth of the rather than appropriate enlarged or j iH'W sums to eat up the surplus. . he said. long <i’’ fcder.i income taxes, are aiMiut ‘J.lUO.OtiO person.- w as state <e. Tbt I < who now pay federal ^ income lax.Cv'^. There are ;tlino>t exiictly the same lumber of .-tate and loeal government t ttiidfiyeest w h.t do not pay a federal ineoine tax. .Many of tlie.se, of course,! re<-eiv«‘ .valaries so low that they wouhl he exempt umh r present income tax Mill “I’d rather be 40 than 80, He had expressed the wish that the occasion be a quiet one. Long before noon, however, messengers began to ' arrive at his apartment with tele grams and flowers and high officials of the government came to pay their respects. Secretary Morgenthau called to con gratulate him in person, as did mem bers of the F'ederal Reserve board. “I don’t want to burst into print on the movement is strong j Mul there are those who take this 'other view. With th(* unprecedenteri policy of spending and extravagance I y the fefleral government at Wash- why should the legislature in <'oliimhia assume a stingy and miserly attitude toward the many fleserving TTpiteals that cfime before it. The member of the general assem bly, governor or stall- official who endorses the federal spending orgy their services, loyal to my creditors,! attentive to mj^ bank, punctual in my country. (If this legend were true, it ,ny birthday,” he told newspapermen, would -snow that American capital-1 who a.sked for a statement. “What- Dr. Felder Smith of DRS. SMITH & SMITH OPTOMETRISTS Specialist In Eye Examinations Office Hours 8 to 6 Daily Phone 29-W for Appointment Clinton, S. C. a|»pointments, and do all in my jiower to overcome my bad habits, and strive; .snow so far from being “anarchic”' ever I have a to *ay at all times to form new habits thuti»'"‘ as the reformers have other day in the year. I cah say any iwill help me to be a tietter father, a better husiband, a better ehurch niem- I her, and a better citizen. And further- i moi'e, I will laugh and ho|»e that the world will laugh with tiie^ laW'. toward lowering the exenii»tions uhd so liroadeiiing’ the tax base. That Would bring a higher proportion of salariisl state, county and municipal the non-income-tax I hollers for rigid economy m Sug- und opens not bis mouth against it, | previou.viy been insisting, is organized with great m-atne.ss. Last year Amer-J ica wa.s controlled by .Nine Old Men., This year it is controlled by Sixty | Families, through Two Hundre<l <’or-; pTH atHms.T tint eveu tf aii this wertr^ so ,it is worth noticing that the Sixty | He (lid consent, however, to po.se with .Morgenthau “.\lthough 1 prom- i.'cii niyself a year ago I would never have my picture taken again.” into mnployee.s class. To the average man, the person on a state or Im-al govi-rnment payroll swms to' have privileges and advan- tage.s enough without this' oni'.iThere IS no g'ocMl reason wiiy he .should ' pay iii.s~share~of the cost- of govern-® driMikeii driver whose car killed m»‘iit, like everyone else. If a private, two people could not be held for man- empIoy(“<‘ is made to pay income taxes, ] la-cause he had been too then th«‘ same law should apply to ‘t'^unk to kiusw what he was doing, those who are cmplovees-of the l!nit-i‘f tile pre<-edrnt set by this jurist is ed States-Dr South ( arotiiia. - I f»»tt«wed hy trthcr courts, it -will to m — I possible for drunken drivers to kill Mike Lark Also .Makes A Few geslions For 'I'he (hmkI of The (’ountry deep’ mr. edditor; ; j|y would contixil, on the average, statey government expenditures, put.sl ' nytis by the jiapers where mr. one-.sixtieth of one-fourth, or himself in an inconsistent and hypo-1 <lu pont ()f delly-ware hasjjj.j^j^ than one-half of I per cent. This critical position. j made fine suggestions for evverboddy jj much safer division ofl m I to become happy, contenUai sattis- ' A SHOCKINf; DEKTSION / i fiod, and adjusU-d. ple.se permit the MAGAZINES GfM>d Hou.sekeeping,- 2 years $1.00. 10. Families would then collectively con-;* Nov. 10, $4..30« trol only on(‘-(|uarter of the country’s' ( osmopolitaii, 2 years $3.30. After wealth, which means that each fam-j\oy^ ig $4.00. JAMES W. CALDWELL Phone 38 ondersigniHl mike Lark, rfd, to offer power than putting the w-hole country under the domination of a:-“stngle Mu.ssolini, Hitler or Stalin. his ideas tojve^ajlde^to mr.^u pont8| Icgond is not true. First of ideas, or let them take the'^lact! ^ all, to own a la^‘ block of stock in all of his n, vizzly^ corporation, or even to be a director' 1-pay all lalnir'^^big wedges, say-jl" <^ontrolsi Hipp & Chandler Clothes for Men and Boys Your Biiainewi Appreciated ■D. E. Tribble Co. FUNERAL DIRECTORS" • ••Afldae* 0 EMBALMERS 'r:: Licensed Embalmers, Complete r"~ Modern Equipment Day Phone 94 Night Phoeeo 24, 253 or 2S& . » Clinton, - - - 8. C, • 1$ per hour for working, and 150$ per '^- liour Tijr nbt going on a strike, and t-unously mixcd-up logic when he apparently thinks he is proving thei SOAKINt; THE MOTOKIS’rS One-.-K-venth of all taxes colIeett-<l in till- l'iiit(*(l .Stat»-s are paid by motorists, ’Phat ineludi-s federal, .state and municipal . tayes. 'Phis im-ans 'that om- dollar out of evi-ry p(-(l*-.sti inns right and left and go scot-free. 'Phe eas(- III (|in-stion, bril^fly slated, was this: 'A young man, his wife and tln-ir two-year old son were struck by a ear. The hu.sbnnd and child were I make them garraiiU-e that the con- is eollis-ted fjir the ex-'killed, the mother injun-d and rushed luiiniiig till- government a hospital. The driver was drunk. pockets. In court he was convicted of drunken ness and of reckh'ss driving, but the judge acquitted him of man.slaughter —liecause he was drunk. A charge of fees, state manslaughter, he explained, must be l)as»-(l on “willful, wanton, and reck- le.ss” eoiiiliict. If that view is adopted hy other and •becomes prevalent, what is there on drunken driving, or ii|)on homicide in any manmsr if all that the killer needs to do to go free ls to plead that he was so drunk he (li.l not know what he was doing? It I' not otUy bad law. but a very defi nite adili-ii im-iuu-e to the safety of HMii eoinpanies operating busses,' Du- highw a.vs. trucks ami taxicabs. j Automobiles are already taking a The three ino-t in oduelive .sources' friK^t ful toll of lives--the figure for of tax revftuie, aceorilmg to the'-k** .vear just ended is expected to N >:tb\ve.>;(-in .Mutual Life, are. first. 1 the IP.OOO mark. Every effort of yi i.fi al pi oi>ei !jV taxes, .second, fe.leral i ■"‘■h'ly shoulil be to impose heavier ami state mcome taxes ami, third, the punislum-nt upon ris-kless drivers, not taxes on au*uniobili- owiii-is, whiclr t*’ liirhten them. Mut here we have run to an ^iveraKc of more than •M?' tin* unusual speetaeU-. while other a ywas-on every eat in use. [eommunities arc lightening the re- If all otlu-i buMiiesses were taxed | ••^trictions upon driving a car while at the same rate that automobile 'J'‘»»»k,%)f a judge exonerating a crim- service stations pay, the tax im-ome | hial iH-i-ause he was lirurik. from retail luisincss alone would be' is to be lioptsl that this ,sh(>eking decision will seven that pen-es of r<imes out of ear-owners That i.-- tin- iei»ort of the .Automobile manufacturers’ assoeintioii. Ineluiieii in this toll on tran.sporta- lion an- state registration and federal gasoline tuxes, federal m-imifacfurers' excise taxes, personal projierty tax(-s by cities, ooiinties ami -fates, aiul bi idgt- ami tunnel tolls, ironrts The totaF l Uiis to I.’iOO million dollars |‘‘m'b a year. 'Phosi- are all taxes on motor ve hicle owners, ami do not inclmie in come and pro|>erty taxes on facti*ries liroducing motor vehicle's, parts and ; -is, garage^, dealers, repair shops trae-t betwixt tlu-ni and cuppitui would last at least 8 vve-eks, but 000 wee'ks would 'be better, then they would liave inonney galore to spend. 2—let the gowernu-nt guarrantee opposite. Li-t us cite his illustration in his own words: “The Standard Oil ('ompany of In- iliiina was known as a Rockefeller company. The largest, individual stockholder was John D. Rockefeller, the fjoliowing prit'es to the funner for j Jr. The president of this corixiration I not over .50 years ami not uruier yuars. to wit: corn—2$ per bu. cotton c20 jier lb. wheat—per bu. iri.sh tutors—5$ per sack, sweet taters- 6$ per sack, .farm labor- ]2$ per day. u. s. seiinators- 10$ per month, congre.ismen—11$ per month. specker-Iators—1^$ per year, etc—1.5$ per day. •t!> more than l‘J hillion dollars u yoar,;‘b'VJsion will prove to he an isolated o: more than tlie total tax revenues; ••'•''Lince, and that no other court will now colltH-ti-ii from every source, .3mi'riean Petroleum Institute po'r'r^;^ ^ 7 the|l«ke the same far-fetched view, iv.^shotdd not TpquiTc the learning" of It the ahi)V( skale would assure ever- bmlily who railly ought to have inon ney plenty of monney to spend, rich folks can make moniu-y off of rich folks in the commercial world, and rich folks can make monney off, of poor folks on the hoard, and on mar gin, ami on momlay, tue.sday, Wednes day, thursilay, friday, and satturdHy till noon, when the maik(>ts elos.- the so-calU'd c.59 dollar is indeed a funny howl from certain territories, the pressent dollar will buy as much taxes, rent, postage stamps, fiMal, clothing, ansoforih as a dollar would ever liuy under the same conditions, the only time a feller gets only c.59 for his dollar is when he buys goki, and that ain’t no good nowadays except to plug teeth with. judge tiT TlTiTtel sland thaTa man wlio gets drunk and ventures out on the AH of this slums that motorists are'being sonfti-rl. It would seem that | menace to society, and they ought to get pei fi-ct highways j ^e very ivct heeome-s guilty perf«-ctly lighted ami perfectly po of liced against recklcsjr and—drunken drivers, for the tiiom-y' they pay in taxes. willful, wanton and reckless conduct our pleiiiy "oT the will give spenditig all the people had hocoine involved in the Teapot Dome scandal.».Mr. RiK-kefeller prop erly di'ciih'd that there should be a change in inanagementi At his;-own expen.se he put on an aggressive, na tion-wide campaign for proxies, but despite all his efforts he barely man aged to se<-ure the requisite number of proxies to win his fight.” St); here is .Mr. Rockefeller, over- lord of overlords, prince of princes, y«‘t, in a crisis, and with supreme effort, he is barely able; to control the |H)licy of a “Rockefeller company.” What iH-cumes of the control and domination that the .Sixty Families I xetx-ise so easily and wantonly? Let us turn to the 2(l() corporations. Idke the Sixty Families, this figure is not based on any official study, but-on a ►quasi-popular book, ('ritics' have already ix.iinteil to the fallacii-e! in that book’s thesis and calcula tions. Without going into the.se in do-' tail, it is sufficient to point to a re-1 cent study of the Twentieth Fentury Fund, w'hich found that in 19.3.'t there | were .591 corporations each with total assets of $.50,00(1,00(1 or over. A’et* these corporations all together pro-. jduced less than 20 per cent of the total national income. More than 81, I per cent of our entire t'cononiic ac-' itivity in that year was carried on by | partner.-^hips and individuals and by j umatlund medium corporations.} There are, all together, about half a j million corporations in the United States. ^ Again.4L-is- hnportaiit Ao remember that the lai-ger our corporations are, the more widespread, as a general ECONOMY NEEDED ,A sjate appropi iution bill for the coming year of more than twelve million dollars has been rts'Diffmemleii by the budget eommission and ways and means committee of the house. The tentative figure is an increase of $2.5;t,0(M) over last year. (lovernoi Johnston ha.s given the assurance,' New Year Resolutionn however, in spile of the increase, of I RESOLVED: That I will do^my ut a balanced b'.idget for the year. In most to talk less and listen more, eontemliiig for a balancing of thi motiTu^ time, the genternian who makes his livving out of intrust and couiions do not produce anything to t*at or wear when he gi^s moio monney in, -hc- regardloaa 4if whether ‘he kills a^- puls it out again so’s he can clip more body or not. .Alcohol and automobiles j and more coupons, for the country's must not be allowisl to mix if human! goo<l, commercially speaking, the! rule, is their ownership. ’The 594 life is to be given the protection to | wrong crowd has all of the reddy | “(fiant” corporations were owned by which it is entitltnl. leash, se if mr. d puont will except ^ I the aliove in lini for his plan. iTr. ^I yores trulie, mike I,ark. rfd, finance advisor. PUT IT TO WORK In This Insured Association HOME LOANS —Purchasing —Refinancing AVAILABLE FOR —^Building —Repairing 6 Per Cent Interest BEFORE YOr Bl'Y. Bl'ILI) OR REnNANCE YOUR HOME. SEE HOW WE CAN SERVE YOi:. O B Long Terms WE OFFER Easy Payments INSURED SAFETY IN THIS ASSOtT.ATION FOR YOUR FI NDS UP TO $3,000 EDERAL5AVINGS |AND LOAN AStOCIATION Phone No. J6 Clinton, S. C. Nobody’s Business By Gee McGee '•i’ budget hi.» position is sound, hut many wonder why he do.'sn’i ooi n his mouth in protect to mo’i'iling led eral deficits in Washington vhieli have been estimated by President Roosevelt to exceed a billion lioH.-i--^ this year. If tH.-onomy is desirable in the state government (and it is) then why is it not essential in federal spending, thousands of taxpayers arc asking. The state tax conxmission report.? that tax collections for the year have shown a substantial increase. This should‘luean an opportunity to lower taxes rather than afford the legis lature increased funds to spend. But it is a pretty safe bet that it wont be done. As a rule, with politicians, an increased revenue means more money for them to spend, more agen cy's, bureaus and commiwions to be cru more jobs to be made and several million stockholders. Recent figure.s show, for example, that the General Elivtlic Fompanj? i.s owned by 200,000 separate stockholders, the General Motors Corporation by 37(),- rOOO stockholders American Telephone and Telegraph by 641,000 stockhold- em. The total number of “book” stockholder.s in the Unitcxl States in 1932 was placed at 26,000.000; elimi nating duplications, it is estimated THE NEW MYTHOLOCtA that there were between 10,000,000 (The New York Times) and 12,000,000 different stockholders. In the last few days Mr. Roliert In ad<lition, it has 'bt'en estimated. Solves ffour INK PROBLEMS A SMART CARTER CUBE FILLED WITH FBCST FOUN> TAIN PEN INK RKiSOLVEl); That I will endtjavor to see the other fellow’s viewpoint! lathei than consider my own Pei'feet. Assistant .Attorney Gen- there were lietweon 6,000,000 and 10,-, RESOLVED; That I will smile more'Harold L. Ickes, the Swre- 000,000 individual owners of corpor- and frown les.s, say “thank you” oft-j^^’y Interior, have been busily ate bonds, no less vitally concerned eiu i ; ami hide my gmuch Ix'hind “P ^ mythology, in the welfare of the corporations, plea.'ant countenance. {They picture an America helplo.ss in' Finally, one must add many millions — !the hands of sixty ruling families, of others indirt'ctly interested in the RESOLVED: That I will not expect!“moneyed aristocrats, corporate earls, my fellow-man to do more for meiducal economic-overlords,” whose than I might be willing to do for him. “corporate tentacles reach their strangling length into every nook and cranny of the land.” If we are to be lieve Mr. Ickes, every time business RESOLVED: That I will sit in my pew at church often enough to keep the dust and cob-webs from taking my place. REISOLVED: 'Thai I will try to do a good turn every dajr to each of the following: my family, my friends, and my community. corporations through profit-sharing j plans, the investments of savings, hanks, insurance companies and the, like. I But we have almost forgotten Mr.) Jackson^ little Iwy and girl who have w’ent up in the last five years it was nowhere to go for a job except to^ because the New Deal did it; every ^BSOLV’ED: That I will be humble at all times, reasonable nearly all of time it went down it was because of the machinations of the sixty wicked families who, apparently, constantly operate n cahoots. If we are to beKeve Mr. Jackson, when “education is fin ished there is no place for the boy or “few great corporations dominated by America’s Sixty Families.” Mr. girl (in this country) to go except to Jackson, it seems, is too busy to keep in touch with othec governmental de partments. ' For the Social Security Board has received reports from nearly 3,000J)00 separate employers, and these account for only about .,.Plvs A NEW DESK STAND THAT FITS yOUR FOUNTAIN PEN < PEN OR STEEL •A BOTH FOR- CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY T», =-a._r- .7