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-kW V- -— /. \ PAGE FOUR TOE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1938 ■X (SlfF (Olmton Qll^ronuU 1. I V EaUUblMd 11K)0 WILSON W. HARRIS. Editor and Publisher Published Erery Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLlSRaHC COMPANY Subscription Bate (Payable One Year fl.&O; Six Months 75 cents; ranee): Months 50 cents Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Poet OfYice at Clinton, S. C. Tlie Chronicle seeks the cooperation ni its subscribers and readers—the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly ad vice. The Chronicle will publish lettera 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. Nobody’s Business By Gee McGee » aforementioned bath /tub and bath room waS:, )irhile it had a hot water depression tax revenues fell while ex- A college professor says gasoline is penditures continued. Relief needs 110 times more explosjjre than dyna-» spigot, it had no hot i^water connec- called for further expenditures. But'mite. The most highly explosive thing tions, and 2 lights were broken out j what began as a perdicament now''man knows, however, is still his wife. I of the immovable window and the. threatens to become a policy. Thej ' door had no lock on it; it kept a fel-j theory is being elaborated that a def-i low nervous all of the time. An extra icit is actually a very fine thing, be- A Few Embarrassing Moments Many things have taken place in towel would have proven of some cause it “creates purchasi^ig power” my life that “hacked” me almost to beJp too. You know, after a towel is and acts to restore prosperity. We the point'of breaking. I recall that ^sed 8 or 10 times, it’s not quite what have previously pointed to some of the once upon a time, when I was at the|>t ought to be for bathroom purposes.'fallacies inherent in this theory. age where big boys began to wear' shoes, I went visiting. The weather, was cold, it'being a frosty December) day. Folks served butter on the table in big, round, pound balls. I tried to 4 With the Press cut a piece of butter that morning; for breakfast. I What is significant in the present -S connection is that the theory has tx^n iin large part creaited by the practice. ;To be able tO VbliFfor appropriations — and subsidies for special groups with out voting for increased taxes to pay those subsidies is, of course, a poll- W. J. BENJAMIN SERVICE STATION Standard Products Cara W|^ awl Grsaaai Tov Buaiaiefa Appredatod CLINTON, S. C.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1938 Thirteen Reaaoils Plus A legislative committee reports tician’s paradise. The new doctrine is Well, in the first place the case that, in the matter of crime, condi-> therefore not one difficult to popular- knife was dull, and the ball of butter tions are “horrible” in South) Caro- ize among politicians. Groups that was on a plate; not in a butter-bowl.i lina, “especially in Columbia,” and,are getting subsidies or that want Before I knew it, that ball of butter'the mayor of that town, who once existing subsidies increased xlso ex- jumpetf up into the air about two’’an, or almost ran, for governor, com-'pound the doctrine in the effort to! feet, then bounced once on the "old'mehts that the statement is “prepos- prove that the subsidy is good not man's bald head, then hopped off onto j terous,” which comment The News only for'them but for everybody. In the floor and was making a bee-line and Courier believes to be true, for a Ihe ehd^ as' so “often happens, dtsih- in ^the 1^. primary ho_,heU) .open door. 1 overtook it just pile of good reasons; which will be terested persons, heaftng the argu- The whole nation on next Tuesday 1Byrnes^^g, polled outside into the chicken j.enumerated. First, the mayor is the ment repeated often enough, come to Fullowing the charges a number of dier or statesman ever becomes surh| a figure of national honor, or com-; that it was time for commenced to do a little sparking,! once a year in Columbia and program, inevitably spreads m ever- mamls such universal resp.-ct and es- Secretary Ickes, charged with admin- now called courting or something It|„heddeth over it a benign and pious widening circles, because of the very t, , m. istering PWA. to speak and tell the, was August: the meal was 12 <> dock; from which there is no e.s- un.settlements'it creates and in turn will join- in celebrating the birthday explaining how the hug^ sum of jfpriugh. I put it back on the table, but | mayor, and experienced in the of- believe and to advocate it themselves, of George Washington who, a-s father wioney was exp«*nd«,*<l, Pearson &nd j seemesl to want any butter'fice. Second, Governor Johnston livi*a Thus any Government policy, sound of his country, is enshrined “first” in Allen said that two large power pro-'^f^pj. ^^hat episode. jin the Mansion in Columbia and thelor unsound, has a* momentum of its the hearts of his countrymen. It is j‘'<^t-'* w'ere granted in the state to aid ^ city is under his eagle eye in the own. lit is not merely that Govern- doubtful if any other American gol-i Byrnes with his constituents. The next experience that I recall his nighthawk eye in the ment control, as has been repeatedly " **’ ^' most vividly took place after I had;Third, the general assembly illustrated in the case of the farm commenced to do a little sparking, now Clinton Finance Co., Inc. Auto Financing Fire Insurance Office: JACOBS & CO. BLDG. > .Much of the true Washington, how-1 whether the Merry-(io-Round j diiinei. The theimometer (if there (.jg’ht or nine months of tries to correct. But .special groups ever, has been eoneeale<l by myth aiid|^^ written the truth. ^ ^ j was such a thing) suiely registerwi j(j, (.xile. Fourth, there i.s an “in- quickly become accustomed to special soon begin to because of this tradition. Hut the people, millions of' Taking copiizance of such editorial around lOf, in the shade of the old' structed” police force in Columbia; privileges which they sc th»m, know Washington as thi*y want •■‘-‘sertions, .SiH-retary Ickes this week ^ ajifile tree. We all sat <lown to a finej^^,. niayor declaring that it is in- treat as rights.- It is be< to know him. Th»;y altrilnite t<» him ^ jHihlic statement citing I W A l(H>king meal of victuals. I watched structed t » enforce the laws. (There tendency that it is so those (lualities which they idealize as JdJotments for this state and said |)a hook his napkin on his goozler; in f'olumbia than in .sc-rutinize every legislat (|ualities which they lueaiize as - — >■“ -i r, ' are more laws m » oiumma man m .sc-rutinize every those of a great and good man. Me were not out of line with simi-jnot having ever tried to use one he-, xjttipu.) Fifth, sixth and seventh, closely at the beginning, however, would not ti-11 u lie; he would not he Ij'*" exju-nditures in other states. .Suehifori*, I imitated him, hut almost got (;„vernor jehnston has a .state police “temporai-y” its life is supposed to be. a king; he loveil the soil; hi* loved ^ .statement was to he exfieeted, <)f^ef.oked to death. My collar was very, y niilitary staff 'under his CimI;. hi money Dr. Felder Smith of DRS.» SMITH & SMITH OPfOMETRISTS Specialist In Eye Examinations Office Hours 8 to 6 Daily 1 Phon. 29-W for Appointment Clinton, S. C. feati d • iit.ingliiig alliances; course, fi-om this iiast-master spender: light; his was not^ 'eaglecome orders. ’^Fighth, the gov- Thy i>riao.n..super he hated tyranny; he deprecated fju-- 'T taxpayers money. ^ 1 j | KjoI tiitie to think the everlasting watch vacates jail for nagging wives .should ^ A !_ a!. t a1 ' A .■'TT’■ ■fn prin <5t/4nT* f“Kn W’lmicin u* naUMi lyraiiiiy; nc tifprccaitMi liu- * — j I had t»onaUsm: lH* piked the simple ahove^ Ak to the astute politieian. Mr.t . . u, isition. Me loved Byrnes, ;he report from Washington Iht* pump of offieial posi •r moth-^®^^''’’''^ insurrwtion by the sawyerites^^'^P consider that the human racej and other malefactors of little w’ealth “’’v* where no nags are barre l. and res|a-ite.l the ('onstitution of thej^<‘y^ jhot he iJtnored the i f fi'isrd^K-id’ed' just ro^fakt!*’'' Nif^th, the WPA land which he swore to ui.hold .ind'Round statement. When he was up fori"'si u,*c-,..ei, jusi lo . - , „ , Chine.se is spoken by more |>eople ♦ ‘„.oire-efction he was a unanimous .New ‘ in rnlnn,ni„ T..nf,»; chn'"' language, Dealer, endorsing and defending the j I"'t"''’<*" ' ‘Bdn’t any more about asking one defend. The pity is that there are [vli<*n he was a not more men today of his tjqa* in|Bea.^., —„ „ — know our great positions of public trust. administration’s spending policies and Perhaps to no other character i,, j ^••gimentlng of power in Washington history is like homage given. In the' through bureaucratic government. I'|! '“"’j j f(>r the nervously disordered, and oth- lengthy annals of Kngland there is no months, to .Senator Hyrnes | • [ j to^^itching anil several “'B’slrable activities” (the credit, he has .shown a more indepen-! ‘ sraniii lo luning, anii si vt rai than George Washington did about adjusting a carburetor. My mouth got name held in revererke by the Kng Ji'h as the name of Washington is rl*: headquarters in Columbia. Tenth, the, ^ , ■ ,, ,| . ^ hut the Japanese are cnanging that I town IS teeming with state offices, I hureaps, agencies, schools, state and, county prisons, universities, hospitals,, FINAL SETT! FMENT ' , . . I Take notice that on the 15lh day of desirable activities (the gover-; ;viaich, 1938, I will render a final dent n1ind and hearing from the peo-"*lh‘‘'' unnormal things vrrerf hy-Affierican.s: The French pi*o-1 pB’ BaCic home apparently us doing) he felt. ^ pie and the Germans have no such ^ionie thinking for himself rathei thani j over my plate like the oth- hi ro. In .\mretra long ago this Washing- following the theorist crowd. Everyboily knows that since ers were doing. Great drops of sweat poured off my face and filatures. I Ion hi*canie ineomparahle. There is no govemmhht went into the relief bus-. q|| family was heroic figure, iji our natiojial hall of -'h***''*^ relief lipcnding And puli-- waitinir piWientty” and frreathlessljrTor fame whose memory transcends the.Ues have, been, and are still linked , , . , . , lyilH, 1 will render a nor, |,hra,f). Klovenlh the ha. It, quota o c.iambor, of com- mcrc,^ Wx),aj-cr, l,.nKuc,an,lc..l,Kht-ljj.„,.y ^ Nabora, dcccaacl. in the. cncdcluh, where cnt.ns: 1, )irictlf^-„ffi,,,. „f Probale af and hell,e., are f. led^ "'".Lauren, county, at 11 o’clock a. m..l town ha, at Iea,l 4,000 nr .-1,000 per. | „„ ^ : ,n„» on fi'diwal payroll, whose heart, di»rtar|fc from my trust a.. Ad-' ■ ATcTifeaKThg ih cbhternpTa^ion^'bT the, ' me to say something. I tried to think floor and unemployed. Thirteenth, the Val4».y Forge commander. We do well together. The two are synonymous. \ rd my grandpa say-place is close to'a lake where the as his birthday rolls around To .study s JBe*nillidns and billions that are he-.^^jj^.^, dinner, but I ri*caIliHl' fishing is good and persons going Any person indebted to said estate is notified and required to make pay-1 his life and the uncompromising prin-,''‘g <li'<hed out by the federal govern-sotm*thing like this:! fishing think up what is good for ' ciples for which he stoixl. fkpirially j ['“ nt (at taxpayers expense) ] •‘|„umm-nuimm-miim-zzz-zzz — amen.”!thp p<M>pIe. The remaining thirteennn should this he true of all school chil- poured into the important big | i rejH-ated what grandpa said, reasons we reserve for a future must- --.-j i_w_ nrnv*.n nt- Ko L r •Iren. I'!""’ (l>ol.tw.lly) to keep the l«rke|.„,„| ^ _ J retn.,pectlon, conleutln* our- jcities going. South (^arolina, by vvay 'I’hat was a close call, 8elve« with .siiying th«t conditions In of con»panson, has only received a few lU’SINKSS MEN ('ON(T'K Commenl pro and con continues to 1 crumb*. New Deal spending is a big M «chu from all parts of the eountryicity projtvt. with their mayors and . .. si * .... A 1. 51 ..I .w .r.r ........II I-..*.*! thoiigl). ('A)lumhia are holy, not “horrible” and on the recent gathering of small busi-, political “bosses" as the 1 never did country’s i table manners. It’s h«H*n rather tough that whatsoever the mayor say.s Is have any surplus of “preposterous” is bound to be that barred. MRS. MIN.NIK N. YOUNG, 3-lQ-4p .Administratrix. on me, too. Just here lately, I went to a swell* diniier. Before 1 realiztnl ne<.s men called in Washington by ehani|)ion heggers. Mr. Ickes will Hresidi-nt R»H)seVA‘lt to advise with never convince the American pi-ople him on tht- state of the nation, and to that rirlkf money is not being uswl)it, I was eating my tomato juice with ifivt-iheTrTh^is^-tiii how to put an ciwt f^^r—politirnl—purposes. They know a coffee .sfioon—from a little tumbler to business r»s-ession, Thi* conference better. ^ j no bigger than 2 thimbles. I tricnl to has bt-eii termed by many as a flop.' 'make like T was being funny, but! by others as a healthy sign that W'ill IMI’ROlINCt I’OSTAI, SER\l( K, ithey all knew la-tter. The old-field <io good.'‘im«l wlio believe that the way.—The Now.s & Courier. THE MOMENTUM OF CONTROL (The New York T-imest SPFX’IAI.r- UNTIL FEBRUARY 14TH American .Magazine, Woman’s Home Companion, and Collier’s Week- ly, 14 raantfck^Yef;. |4.00. — — Government ' plant, an animal meeting |.erf.ome,l a leal |.uhlic ser- "f Commeive at a recent meeting Mce This latter I.eli.'f is toirs. adopted a resolution requesting the Mr. lb"witt .McKinley Finery of offiee be kept open until 9 p.m. .\kron. ,(»bio. foun.b i and prewi.leiit i">-tead *.f S p.m., as in the past. A of the National .Small Business Men’.> Mib.M‘.|uent motion passed calbsl mion .'\>S(K iatioM, diH’iares that the confi-r- IMPROVING POSTAL SERVU E It is noted that the bn-al (Tuimher i i^iys simply can’t keep uji with the times. Speaking of the 1909-Model Bathtab.H .My first jnh was in a city of about (U-partment to ixti-nd city deliv- 2,(I(I0 iiihahitants. had never lieen ' state iif had 1 ' demands tor intervention, like a or an institution,; passes through a series of definite stages and acquires a life and momen- tium of its own. A form of Govern ment control im|)osed in an (-mcrgency and d(‘sign(‘d solely to meet that em ergency, tcnd.s lo tiring into exist ence a siq of Vested inten'^ts and a iffairs which b-ad its ind( finite JAMES W’. CALDWELL Call No. 38 'little kninets' Wa.sihington conference of “■Little” Busines.smen developed into a real power with stated objectives. Constructive advice from other group.s is pouring m on Washington. Democracy may benefit from such movements. The objective of this organi zation is to conduct funerals of the highest known standards to the entire satisfaction of those we serve. Their wi.shes are ob served -with understanding and efficiency. The family determines the amount it will spend at the time arrangement.s are made. D.€.TRIBBL£[D AMBULANCE SERVICE PHONE 94 . nee was i Nvw Deal Idunder It’s * ry to t1io.se parts of the cilv not now! "‘H of sight of home before, nor had I ' Lb-niamls K.r its imliTmite con obnrl, he .-aid. wa. lo give the ad- '‘veiving this .service. |l ‘1'>'>‘' nuich visiting in places larger, t'«”*Hnce. \\e are now seeing illus mini tration “a ihoroiigh coat of B ‘HfUrs to us that while the body, than our oomnuinity. Now. mir com- trations of this in th,. ca-e of farn whit« wa-h." but ibe plan didn’t work. « le.siduting mood it should nuinity was a typical country commu- li‘g«iiHtion, ol the reiu-f jirogtam am ContiMuing he sai.i "If the president -'^till fuiMier and petitioned ''By; houses mr homes about 2 miles (.overnmenl .spending. WHEN you C.O 8Y GRCYHOUNID ^^FQtJAlf ^ 3^ '' JR A'. L in I' ‘1 really Ihoiighl the small bu.smess man department to keep the post of-'«I>a't with no inter-locking roail.s (o' The original A.\.\ w.is adopted on was 'solidly heinnd him. then it must •'Saturday afternoons if, speak of. it desired to render a needibl ser- small pro- fhe theory that there was a temporary ilefinitely stabilizing tone in the luis-j''‘‘‘'•’Bing or dispaU'hing mail at nine imss life of .Xmerica. He cited the '>’»--lock at night*. Ami those who do following as appn surplus of a few leading erops, and I was a telegraph operator. A tele.i^,,^^ by remov- graph operator was something (.so he suriilus. Arguments against hav«> bt-en an awful .shock” The S'mall Hiisine.ss Men’s Ass,h-i- "f*' to the community. ation. its inesi.ieiit .b-clared. is a very P»'<»ph' a'»’ inlore.sttHl in yonder I was nulling''"'' 'j' 1 in I gny at!' jinmi. i wa. puiiing, reduction as a permanent policvi tiown $3.1.00 per month, thus beingignored, because the new policy the highest salaried man in the toWn-l^^, to be only temporal y. After it as to be his own judge ROUND TRIP FARES Newberry , 65c ('ulumbia '^$1.80 Asheville' $3.80 New York .. $17.65 .Miami $18.65 Greenville .... $1.55 Augu.sta $2,90 Knoxville $7.20 Uharlotte $3.10 Tampa $15.40 GREYHOUND TERIVIINAL . KELLERS DRUG STORE Phone No. 1 her last to ‘ governim tenpoin: r.vovery program have city delivery in certain si*c- ,j “dressed un’’ I ‘^1 *r‘’ ivisl and released in Decern- Dons of the town have rural free de-| i j -^i .. i i farmer w (MSI Hoti Moa. to m i ' every day ami especially dressed up 1 „,„i u by the a.-siKiation: Opposition B\ei> at then doois and are already; Sundav Mv hours were satis-!^^ " *rnim*nt me<idling ami experi- '‘‘‘^''’''dng their mail sooner than they |, * \ , D’ plant. in governmeiu rnemiiing amt experi-; ■'" “ ma.. I i w.ii kod onlv about 16 hour* . ’ menting in business”: and called for "ere they served hy city de-,;“^ dav durii^ tho w^w-kMol nnlv^ any knger speaks of the repeal of th.' undistnhuted profits Bvery. Hut the matter of closing thejj^ > Sumlavs ” ^ ^'Bher a temporary on Saturday aftenioon affi*cts| *' I"' how much to plant and ^ !♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦#♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦# Hut it is significant ^ ♦ ■fieai oi in*' untlisinnuied pi and capital gains taxes; iviluction ofi‘’fDce Ftsleral expenditures to balance the j» 'a' g*' P''*n>ortion of working people, budget; an “unhampered and uiv- both city and rural. Thi.s class of packed court”; .sound money; im|»ar- citizens arc busy all the week at their tial enforcement of federal and state ti'ndes or on their farms and as a laws in any strike, sit-down or other- general rule must use Saturday after- or an emergency program. The new investigation wisc^ of the alphabetical agi-noies of the 1 stayed at the hoarding-hou.se; it; Bill apparently contemplates was called “The Summit’’; it wa.s con- “ permanent regimentaition of farm- sidered ratht*r Ritzy then, but, know Ing it as I did, and remembering it as it was, I think the name should have ing. 'Crop ireduction. Government loans at prices above the market, sub sidies, bonuses and controls of all noon for transacting business at the|bt.t.n changed to “The Limit.” Theyr^^^ posf office, whether it be purchasing government with reference to waste,! mailing iiackages, buying graft and political corruption. When »«««*’>’ “rders, or probably leaving askt*«l what was meant hy “govern- cash with the government for ment meddling” m business, Mr. Eni- •'^D*ki‘cping. When go to the ery explained that competition and' H clostMl they are de- such things as attempt to regulate P'DihI of a service no one else can wages and hours were two of the g''’*’ matters concerne«l. The outcome of had a bath tub on the first floon rsystematically. Their ultimate aban-| donment is contemplated, if at all. There weiv 12 boarders. It was a | only under a set of highly improbable j ix‘al job to get into the bath room on' circumstances. ' j Saturday nights. Sometimes wej The relief program is another case Home Loans -TO REFINANCE -TO BUILD —TO BUY - TO REPAIR wouldn’t all get thru till after lOjin point. It i^ not naerely that the o’clock. The milliner who lived in room; Federal Government has now accept- No. 3 had to take a bath every day;led permanent responsibilities toward Why the jHist office department is-i.no one ever heard of such* a thing, j the unemployed that few persona ) the capital’s itbisy; orders calling for Saturday af-i'Ye know she didn’t need one that contenuplated when the program be- *d that regardless terninm closing of post offices, thejofLen. but on Saturday nights she’digan. What is more remarkable, the that relief took,' parley. demonstrated that regardl of its size, business is business. The: P^hlic has not lH*en informwi. It would a It^'g a'tJ sang some in, improvised form same princijile.s on which big busi- Farley with a deficit j the tub ness* prospers apply to little business $46,(KH4,(H)0 the pa.st year would | eijually. Policies which are harmful to keep his department openi It got so tiresome waiting for my hastily and under pressure, shows a tendency to become permanent. The airattgement adopted is obviously bad to_. largc-liusmess are-teui Uw husinesir passible. / If the) fu^^ respects. It sets up a pure- business. That’s sound horse se nse in <'U'-ta>h‘<l «*rvice is bwause of a vvi.y oinei j>aiuruay nignu i ,y fjrtitious division between “em- spite of what the Washington Iheo- J^hoitage of help, the government rists >ay, whoever they may be, w hen' should give employment to others as they attempt to sell to the people a.- B repeatedly is urging private busi- Jackson, Ickes and others have done— Bo, or else lengthen hours of the harmful idea of lining up little (hose now en>ployed. business against big business. The post office department should Certain politicians, however, as they ojierated solely for the conveni- have always done — will continue benefit of the people, with try to make capital of Attacks on big f^"'cr holidays and inconveniences to business in the assumed interest, When it closes at mid-day the “little fellows” who have so many the busiest day of the week, it is then went home early and got the p,„y,blea" and "unemployable^." Un- f.rat chance at the towel and bar of proportion, of fund, that soap I never w.ll forget that dear, „„ jively to work relief and if' ri"”?' ° '‘‘''“■Ikome relief, aa well as the reapectiye . .zed tin and the stopper was made, ^ions of th. relief load carrW ! ou of wood, like a bung for a bung-i^ gute and City gOT- ' hole m a barrel. I got hurt «..er,l are arbitrary and hap-haa- ♦ time on it. more votes on election dsy. RBLIEF AND POLITICS 'Hm ASmBkated “Washington Merry- Ga-Bouad” column hy Pearson and gpiNIMrinc in daily papen. re- tmxtif aanied the statanent that $80,- apent by tha fadaral fov- fai atatex^ Sooth Caro- ■•■■'■a—'■ failing to render that service to the general pubik to whkh it is entitled, and has a right to expect. The Chamber of Commerce in its request of Mr. Farley did not go far enough. •UB8CR1BB TO THB CHRONICtl Bert Green never bothered about a bath at all. Every summer he would go fishing pretty often, and atwajrs took on “ENre” plunge, and thus kept nice the whole year round. He ran a saw mill and lumber plant in the town. Albert Hurts was not a bath tub fiend either, but he used a power ful lot of Hoyt's German cologne mad always got along very welL The only objection I had to the ard. Yet the existing system tends to persist. One reason for this per-v eistence is the set of vested interests created under it—for example, among' those persons on relief who are in a more privileged position than others,' among administrators in special poai-| iions, and among various local politi-' dans. I Finally we come to the spending’ program. Deficit financing aras aevar adeptnd ddiberately at aU. What hap pened was that with the comiaf of tte We have helped hundreds of Clinton families during the past 29 years to work out a convenient plan of soundly budgeted home financing. W^e can also do the same for you. If you are interested in owning a home, drop in and talk it over with our officers without obligating yourself in any way. YOUR SAVINGS PLACED HERE ARE IN- SURED UP TO $5,000. EARNINGS HAVE NEVER BEEN LOWER THAN . Long Terms WE OFFER Easy Payments r- EDERALdAViNGS |AN0 LOAN A$$OCIATION PlMwe No. 6 CUntoR, S. C. ^■5. 11