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r. / • o PAGE FOUR THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. 8. C THURSDAY, MARCH 3.J9S8 oltfr (Sltnton (El^ronirU EsUbliahed 1900 WILSON W/. HARRIS. Editor and Publtahar "Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year $1.60; Six Months 75, cents; Three Months 60 cents Entered as Second aass Mail Matter at the Poet Office at Clinton, S. C. The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the publisher wiR^Tt W tlinwi"appr^^ suggestions and kindly 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 corre-spondenta. ' ’ Nobod3r^s Business j With the Press ByGeeMcGcc | i /*re I^Ulg 1 Not So Fast (The Columbia Record) ■ The state of South Carolina doesn’t Accidents W'ill Happen mr. slim chance, a local citizon ofij^^ow yet how much iti social security . flait rock, i.s walking on crutches and j program will cost it; for it didn't take i collecting some insurance at this rit-i the precaution of making the survey ing. he sprung his ankle while pitch-! '^ho hap- Lump-Sum PaYinents Awaiting Certain Workers At 65 or Rel atives Who Are Beneficiaries. ♦—i— $1,000,000 above the previous year. Licenses issued in ^uth Carolina totaled 81,185—2,140 to non-residents and 79,045 to residents. , A> FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 15th day of March, 1938, I will render a final account of my acts and doings as Ad- Miss Martha Pressley, manager of j uiinistratrix of the estate of Mrs. _ , the Greenwood office of the Socian E- Nabors, deceased, in the [iriJ hos.s”*sho« last^week- hiT DolHcvi the govern-' Security board has made the follow-the Judge of Probate of kivvered the excident. he mought limp hai^writing on the wall-be-.ing announcement Laurens county, at 11 o'clock a. m., the full 32 weeks of the life of hisi^^*’*^ r®" Washin^on got around tol “If you have worked as an employea* ' It! .. J enactinflr its comnulsorv sorisl B<A<<iiritv' • j * .final discharge from mv trust jls Ad- poHicy. enacting its compulsory social security | in commerce oi; industry and havei^'"*^ discharge from my tfu.st as Ad- I reached 65 since Jan. 7, 1937. you ha«c^4ilm^ breached But it ought to be aHe even now probably are-entitled to a lump-sum’. ihidiBied to said estate A ..A » ' • ■ A- a1 A tA as ■ 1. .111 ovirl vmaIta v\«wr- weekly payments satturday morning, to see that it will take enough money payment under the old-age insurance notified.aJld. required iO-jnAke pay- a strange pig got into his backyard,! to suggest to'the state that it^ might provisions of the Social Security act.before that date; and ^1 t I.INTON. S. C.. THURaSOAY. MARCH 3. 1938 LAURENS VISITORS COMING [ed for. Certainly the farmers do not The (Chamber of Commerce will! understand the complicated law, n<n have a.s it.s .sptvial guests next Tue.s-1 expected to. For this day evening the members of the Uu- 't important that they' at- and befoar ho knew it, he was chasing j do well to go slow in adding to its i Any field office of the Social Security' P^*^*®”* having claims against said L» - 1 _ii ^ Ua.^aI A.U1S a.! 1 1 __ ‘If a 1* . .. ^ PRtfltiP Will nrA&pnt tViAm on or Koforo rens Husine.ss League. It is expectoil that a large grouj) of leaguers will come down for the ocea.siiin ami it should afford the local organization genuine idea-ure to welcome and en-, tentain thidr guest.s. The suggestion of holiling inti’r- tend the farm meetings being hold in the respective counties and acquaint thernselve.s with the provijiions of the law, Ju.st what the new crop control act him away, when, all of a sudden, he ^ burdens and obligations, thought of being crippled knd rushed' A dollar, even when it comes out back into the house and got his of the taxpayer's pocket, is still only crutches, noboddy saw him except im-|a dollar. ^ m^iate members of his huusehole, so' • ^ nothing was said about the incident! Uninformed ansoforth. i ('Th® Charlotte Observer) A correspondent of The Observer board will tell you whether you may P*^"^ claim a payment and how you should 1^“^ ^ go about getting the money. “There are two kinds of payments under the old-age insurance provis ions of the Social Security act. 6ne is the lump-sum payment to work ers who have reached the age of 65 barred. dr. hubbert green has not henn able rnakeJs the simple and polite request i since the system w'a.s .set up and to I dog-nose mr. chances injury, and'for information as to the new farm • the estates or relatives of tho.se who m’t do s« without a x-ray pitch^r\i hill enacted by congn'ess, its more im-|have died. The other is a monthly re pains by felling the sjirung bones and arteries, but slim hollers so loud (on will do for the average farmer re-jner count of his insurance) when the;fjot to be in position to give this es- maius to be seen. Likewise, what it j fetches his Uication, he has toisfotjai information and sorrier still will do to-the average consumer ofl^^ave him be. it will cost 14$ to have:t<, know of none to w'hom the inquiry nly meetings ^tail Ml two years products. It is sure to result injhis ankle’s pitcher took at the county-j be forwarded for final and re- to can and as he has no x-ray photograf I portant details, what the farmers wjll 1 tirement benefit, payments "of "which machine, he has to try to IfKrate hi.sihp expected and required to do, whatj begin in 1942. the government will do in return and; “Further information may be ob- other such salient facts. We are sorry [tained at the board’s Greenwood field, office. This office seryea the counties 3-10-4p MRS. MINNIE N. YOUNG, Administratrix. W. J. BENJAMIN SERVICE STATION Standard Products Cars Wash J and firrugj Your Business Appreciated and beconie :i p( nnanent arrarige- m»rit. The idea ha.< as its objis'tive th«‘ promoting of friendly and co operative relatiops between the two org.inization' and cilies tliey repre sent, a cIom" drawing togetiier busi'U’.''H men, ajid to know aiid im seat x-ray riMiin. it looks like mr. chance will have reduction in cotton acreagi* and pro duce large surplus acreage either to lie idle or be used for diversifiisl ag-i , riculture. It is an experiment on big s^t-ale. If it_ worksl to everybody so. he can’t on his foot anylMiddy is looking, hut hi* 'Hy of Abbeville, Ijaurenk, .N'ewberry, Ka- luda, Edgefield, Greenwood and .Mc Cormick. Miss Martha Pressly is mun- liable facts of this nature—not even ager of the (Greenwood office. anybinly in congress where the bill ! _ _ ^ v,„ much as read, nor to the ^ fisleral ilejiartnient of agriculture wh(*re the measure was born. isati.sfaction. all well and good, ami and bear his affliction just s everybody will be happy. Neither p,,.,,are o stand eacli uLhm bcUer as iieighbt i 1 , ■ • i- ♦ nor,anybody else is m a po.sitnm to That a s|tiiit id fiiiim‘>-< and h''ll**,^ay that it won’t work. .Neither is ful mtiio>t exisl.s between the I''” anyliody ju'-tified in saying at this towns. Tile ( hronicle is [ileased-. ^ ,.arly stage that it will work. We can our friends are coming down to visit hope. 11.'' in a body gives ns pleasuic. ' ti - .1 • u- u _ 1 T here are some things w'hich can. U.N( I K .SAM’S FORE('L().SUKKS however, be definitely stated now about the M(‘w control act, and which Kecords of the Home Owners Loan | do no harm to say. One i.s that while does verry well inside his jjome vvhere cold air and fast drafts <lo not .strike him. he had jiaid onIy'’2 monthly pay ments on his insurance: he got that hack the fir.st wei'k. Mrs. RiKwsevelt .As.sails Flconomic Bondage (From the Philadelphia Record) .Maki* Lincoln’.s h^mancipation I’roc 15 Years Ago Items of Interest From The Uhronicle March I. 192.1 h riends of Walter A. Johnson are t'suporation recently published, .showMj certajn to cost the taxpayers a Uncle .Sam at the close of the ycarjpji,. money and help plunge the^ I'.i.'IT, owned 7l,7.{d homes tliixmgh^^j|| deepm' into debt. ! for. closures. about r,0..'^0(( morej Anolher definite fact about the plan j than a year ago. . ^ pollicy a few years ago for tliis ought to help the insurance agent get more bizness. holsum moore has tried to buy hisself a pollicy, but the agent found out that he alrtsldy had a^ frost-bit he<d, and he was turned down. mr. minire collecttni on lamutiuii a mes.sage of freedom for know he has declined the Up to Nov. .SO, r.>.{7. the latest (late|^^,^|^ for which figures are available, the, i r.ti 41" I ..4* 1 for not complying with thy law. It simicks of bureaucratic government i/ the . - large group coi [lomtion lent .';i.'{,()9.'(,4r)9,2 < 1, of; which 1 1 per cent bad lieen repaid.* .At the end of l'.i;{7 the corporation had the farmer and places this wi*t‘ks. he got cut with a ford under drastic jnmaltiw slaves of today who are held in eco nomic bondage— That plea was made Ia.st night by Mrs. Franklin D Roosveelt, speak ing on the seventy-fifth anniver sary of the Emancipation Proclama-! offer recently extendtsl him to go to ( lem.son colh’ge as head coach, suc ceeding Coach Stewart, resigned. . Mis. C. M. Bailey is the guest of her si.ster in Norfolk, Va. Mrs. James Frazier and children of Clinton Finance Co., Inc. A^uto Financing Fire Insurance Office: JACOBS & CO. BLDG. tion and the lOOth anniversary of are visiting .Mrs. Frazier’s pa- the freeing of Frinlerick Douglass, great negro abolitionist leader. The First I..ady addressed a meet ing in Tindley Temple Methodist rents. .Mr. and .Mrs. J. Rhett Cope land. fender which contacted him on the l l’d»*'’4’<>P«l Uburch, Broad street be- street hefoar he ha<I time to get out! low Fitzwatei:—a meeting jammed of her way. she had insurance, and t'* the lioors (with a crowd of 5,000, , . . , and spells unlimiteil centralizeil pow-1 it all .Mdil O.OIU h.imc.s, while d owmsl j,,,, j,, which were rentable. The num-,,^f farmers as is lione with the farm- )ier of Joans m arreai;s, M.n,p;i.;e^l, 7^0 in- w.lh llUi. showed a gam of ’'O.-WI. I American farmer About 12.0(1(1 dehmiuont accounts are traditional, although he has legarded as ‘‘insolulile. the report said. and with more than. 3.000 .Qutside. .Messrs. C. Stone, J. F. Jacobs, .Sr., A. B. Blakely and W. H. Simpson attended a good road.s meeting in Co lumbia yesteniay, .Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Workman left -f’>r Maripn, N. C., where long been almost the perfect syml>ol i»f individual libertv us manifested in This IS a birds eye view- ol govern-1., dem.H-ratic republic. Now he has roeriL in tb»‘ iraL_(!stllte_J}lltiiniis_a^-tt, ,,f the federal gov- does not (laint a vei y rosy (>rnment for the future, or ref led a succi'ss- (ul |>ast record. Vet in apite of this hea\y foreclosure record, we have aiiidher liig effort now .started by Iho fixleral housing administrator to put millions of ilollars into home construc tion and financing. llndeFthe plan a toan of ttn per cent wiir Tie TiTade to Iwime-owniiig bonowers and this may be expected to briitg still further heavy increases m foreclo.sunvs over a [lenod of years No individual or Where is that liberty now when he mtist plant what, when, and how much a iiatcrnal govcrnmcjit orders him to plant, sell only as and when ^ is permitted to sell, and stand with hat in hand to receive his rewarxl if he idieys all thiL-tight-hinding--rules and I'lisiness will make an out right loan of tMI per cent for tmilding purposes. It's a pretty ^afe l»et t)\a! a liorrow- ir who ha'll’; more tliaii U' pi‘r ‘‘'“i'’i ( to put into a liome is noT in an ad-' \aiitageous |tositi)ii to Imild. ''Du government nas no businrss in —rhi' I ealdr'l.ite .lin^yness ar/affttT'ot her regulations It is to lie Imped, since the control program is now law, that it will prove a .success. As for us, We have little faith in artificial pmsperity or the theory of spending the country into recoytiy. itdsimilar |dans have been mr. chaiKU' will not be able to do no work for a very, very lon^ time, his face shows his suffering except when he i.s chawing tohacker. he So great was the throng that more, 1”’^ "’’H tri^ke their future home. Dr. Felder Smith of DRS. SMITH & SMITH OPTOMETRISTS Stiecialist In Eye Examinations Office Hours 8 to 6 Daily Phone 29-W for Appointment CHnl^B. C. than 100 policemen w'ere on duty. Traffic was : rerouted from Broad street and police had to form a fly ing wedge to get .Mrs. Roosevelt frowns H right smart all of the time i into the church, and'he hMiks Jike.-the pain.s is terrific] Abraham Lincoln took only the :first all over his anatomy, he was raillyNtep toward freedom. Mrs, Roosevelt glad when compensation set in on his saiid; his di'claration that slave ankle, it stayed swelU><l nearly all of was wfiUhl no longer he tolerateil 2 days and then it-went ilown, but left only a declaration, not a fact.’’ the mistily which is still holding out' ‘‘Because we did tolerate elavery faithfully. ’ in different ways—and we still do,’’ yores trulie, mike liarxl, rfd, corry simndent. Mr.s. Roosevelt said: “It is not only people of one race who arc slaves,’’ she went on, “Klavery is of many different kinds. Today, we are fac- ing another era, in which w’e have ] hall. Mr.s. L. V\. C. Blalock of (k>ldvlUe,i ix the guest of Mr.s. W. A. Dicus. ' On Thursday evening Virginia Kel-| lers entertained a number of little! folk at a unique radio party. | On Thursday afternoon .Mrs. Wil liam .A. .Mq^rhead delighted her Sun- ry •’’(’hool class with an attmetive j u a TIeorge Washington party. I .Mrs, \\. A, Dicus entertained with a bridge luncheon Friday afternoon 1 in honor of Mrs. GarHy of Texas, On Thursday evening Mrs, J. B. A'ai-borough’s Sunday .school class of the .Methf>dist church held their sec ond annual banquet in the Commer TTte End Is Near W’v have been making tax returns! to make certain things biH'ome facts for the past (’.() days. We had a fewirsther than theories, minutes each day to eat our peas-and ! leli pnv.iti ai'tivity 111 com cnlci pri -e. Till tried iii Ihitish ruhlier, .Ja|iuiiese silk, sleep. sugar, and llrazil coffee, Tho.se J schemes have all miseruhly failed, |h.irming the farimu- in the end. Our I "farm relief” for cotton ha.s Ixam es- . isenfially the sanu* as these foreign ”*'*1 "' ,'r■schemes a government offort to en- erecliiig of' ■ cornhiead. and, excusing the time at heings a fair and just hearing in night that we were having little tax-1 fhe world, and fair and just treatment, return nightinai es, we got a few j >•'' easy. We have gone on for years in a world where special piiv- ilego, seUfishnoss and greinl pre- (I'linimited. when it was all right to dh things if you coulil get away with it But, now, the conscience .Miss Louise Jones, of this city, was rnarried last Sumlay in Atlanta, toj “This thing of getting for all hu- Howard DuBose of Columbus, Ga. .Miss .Jones is a daughter of Dr. and .Mr.s. Dudley Jones. We have figured up I'xactly how our lime is pro-rated. We work 3 months a y(*ar for the state (ind coun ty and sehoof district. Oui' city gets one and oiie-half months of our in come. The federal goM'rnment lets us Sportsmen In State ! Paid $147,513 For Licenses Last Year Washington. Feb. 26. — Sport.smen private cnici pn-e. i Me erecting m j p,ice by curtailing output. The K<-e.m.i large housing units m the larger{of- surplus cattle and .swine.; ’ income from cit.e under the pretense et "helping|of farm pro.lucts and de- ' , the 1.001 1' le.Miltmg m depie>sed ,i,sabotage of l.r.OOOdO ~ mbnths income n.ii O'tate \Hlie ' foi- tax paying I'wn- er>. and m the end will iloulitless mean multiplied i mpty dwellings be- cau.'-e of go\ei iiment non-taxable cmii- of the people is In'ing aroused. “We” are getting to a j.oint where we are going to insist that all hu-: iiaiil $147,l‘.).3 for hunting and fisTung otn only one i man beings have certain basic rights licenses in .South Carolina iluring 1936, ompanies ex-jin model n civilization that all should the latest year for which figure.^ are each yl^ar. I he equal h«>foi e the law, that there * available from the feileral biological of cotton in 15(33 uniler .A.A.A withi This U*avt*s us four and oiu*-half millions of people in tieisl of food and 'months a year clothiwg. was a crime and a sin. ! ourselves and family’. The “drives should Ih‘ no discrimination in citizen- survey. • to make a living fori '"^'*' should have The agency reported today that the faniilv Th.. “Pl”>'tunities for economic' tola! for the Uniteii States and .Alas- i Maylu* the control plan will woik.|(anil th<“y arc legion) asses.s us (on and educational activities. pitition. tilt i 11111* lit taking | ofu-all) about one month's revenue. Our .•hm.o..s thal I.,,,,,,,... or if ,h.. ro-1 kinfolk, ohII for about .'.0 .lay,, a yoar suit will lie worth the cost in human | income. Our iloctor hasn’t bothered , , ■ lilanly ,f tlioro any Ir.ngor ia such a u» inwh;'in fact, rve'v.. b„.„ makin*'"";. "5 , . " I entire community. itidivitiual can afford to take, there may Ik* looked for a .steady Increase in real e-itate fori'dosures for years to come. Economic inequalities touch “your race very closely," .Mrs. Roosevelt said, but people must relaize that ka was $10,466,000 in 15(,36, nearly DRIFT 1500 MILES ON ICE PIOE The four Soviet .scientists, drifting for nearly nine months on an ice pack that cut loose from its moorings at the North Role, were re.scued by airplanes and ice brcaker.s. I>istance is no barrier to our vigilant .seiTtce. Wo responil immediSU'ly'at any hotir of day or night to calls within a ra dius of many miles. Our service is always priced to meet the it-quirements of each family. / D.€.TRIBBL£[D. ambulance service -PHONt 94 THE NEW FARM UII.l. .A second N\“W Deal farm measure— ’’'the most comprehensive system of crop control in .American history, has passed Congve'.*' and been signed by — the President. thing. We can't get away from this sound, fundamental principle — the price of cotton depeniis on only two factors, the size of the world crop and the size of the world demand, A six years offort of crop restriction has shown beyond a doubt that W’o control neith- er of these. unity. Mrs. Roosevelt was accompanied I by Mrs, Curtis Winsor, former wife| Fakirs strike us for 15 days income! Elliott Roosevelt. Mrs. Roose-j too little to get sick. .As to church affairs; salvation j;* free. Under the new system farmers will; receive benefit payments for practices w | m« that conserve and increase the fer-!lVlrS* LUlCl iVlOllirOC tility of their .soil. For this purpose' • j m . $440,000,900 was put in the budget. ^121111100 UCfttll per year. .Servant hire attaches 30i''«H spent the night at the Winsor j days per year and they get theirs home in Rosemont. j every Saturday night. Bad accounts Mrs. Roosevelt was introduced by and rubber-checks hit us to the tune Mrs. Crystal Bird Fauset, Demo- uf 49 days inpomo p..i yt>nr In fttvJor jcratic women’s leader, whose Hus- not to violate the laws of the land"^'’‘^» Aurthur H. Fauset, president, I*arity payments are provided to make up the diffeieivce between prevailing we have to spend about 3 days’ in i' come per year for enough clothes to hide our nakedness. We buy food on crcHiit; those accounts are still run ning, and so are we. of the Philadelphia Council of the' National Negro Congress, presided. Other speakers included James H. Baker, Jr., regional dii*ector of the J National Negro Congiess, and John p'".c 10 '' 'nt’;;::" lb:::":,!:'w,:u r; a'’;;,^ commanded Infore the World war. In) Funeral services were held necessary gasoline for the use of the family is running us into debt to tKV Indiana high school pupils nomi nate Roosevelt and the Yankee ball team as America’s 10 greatest men. I ... ( services were held from signing the law. I resident Roosevelt ^ lat,. residence Friday afternoon reminded ( ongress that it must pro- ^t 3 o’ch^k. conducted by her pastor, viile additional revenue to finance the Rev. F. .S. .Jones, and with a large IT *■> P>y,** "P'-ahu'l l,.g,, bu„e,i he«ds: .„d bo'm A * ’ f _ jr—last . liibute, Inlcirment followed in*fenders levy on us during each and l • quihod to foot the bill. Commodity Hopew ell cemetery. I every 12 months, period about 80 dtCs i "P’ loans (lesi^naltH) to keep surpluses off^ \f *• r I - r " ^ i Roosevelt, too, is havinsr a little trou- th. markrt .h.„ iuk;., are of from our v.nou, and sundry j,. * inyly lo«, xtoriuK thrm for futurr' ’7'VT -D‘'’.i a '’i ^ lean year,, i, al,o included. The - • extent of about 75 days income-per’A’ankees play ball for business,, year. Repairs and replacements of | hut that can’t be the reason Roosevelt cars, trucks, parts, broken bones,,"’*'* chosen. | The Yankees are having a hard time! Butler Brad-' eru . * * , ^1 Occasionally both Roosevelt and the! ntary of agriculture i, empo«e>xd|“Melh^dl^t "’ctareh logger ^^5.“Jdi^cSUdi- Walhlngtirs"*" to ,el acreage ,,uota, for each c*^P- woman »ho 7dm * V'-P "'»"«» '»"* ‘'"’•“p*' If, bi-cau,e of piod sunahine, rainfall | character and one who '****'' '**-* **** p**p •***' 'P''y P^P *”**“”> climate! t"’ nmy ^okc'■*"'* same as months, we might pull thru. But it’s about all over with us under the pres ail who marketing quotas. But these do not Srfc^du'ilfw ^llirhwf 7Jhc‘vot‘i*’‘‘’'’""'‘’ ^■'■PP"""" "•“’’P^' •"* ‘""r"! ’“‘“t T' a^'V'v”! a-"""*' raerenuum uy wo tnnxis oi the 'Oy-, children Claude V and «?iira Flir.. «^nd this tax and vex ing farmers and an election for this.K.,*!. w,. .'atmns trouble very much longer. finet' on products sold in excess of faderal marketing quotas. It it doubt ful if a handful of senators and con- greasmen onderatand what they vot- Nowberry. wid T. P. B«d._h’**«“PPP'* ‘"‘‘P'* *<’ p'"^ m oe tiawe urmer ttie^jaw Wj^y Knoxville Tenn ^ happen sooner or later. The Shop FIrat la THB CHRONICLB Thea la the Starea tax-gatherers will find that out a few days after the deluge. And that's that, and you business folks know H, and how well/”* —r > Many wonder if he will follow his usual policy—make a hit and run. Some think he wouldn’t get to first base, but others think he might win in a walk. Of course both Roosevelt and the Yankees have reserve strength in^ tha minor leagues. PAPER — MhBaagragk. Oaiafi Skia. Carhaa Papar. Paeaad Shaata. CHRONICLB PUBLISHING Ca FOR 29 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN HELPING FOLKS TO OWN THEIR OWN HOMES ^ can help you if you have really made up your mind to get into the home-owning class. Come in and let us talk it over. Examine our Loan Plan. Financing a home is a serious matter and one that should have your most careful consideration. Some loan plans merely “look” good on the surface but when carefully examined you can'see some objec tions. No matter where you obtain a loan, our advice is to investigate CAREFULLY and COMPLETELY. — See Us Before You Act — YOUR SAVINGS PLACED HERE ARE IN- SURED UP TO $5,000. EARNINGS HAVE NEVER BEEN LOWER THAN 4':. WE OFFER Long Terms -;- Easy Payments EDERAL Savings |AND LOAN ASSOCIATION Phone No. 6 CUnton, S. C.