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/ ' n- r . ■JT PAGE FOUB THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. 8. C THURSDAY. MARCH 17. 1938 / (Slitttnn dtprontrU EHablisiMd Itoo WILSON W. HARRIS. Editor and Publisher Published Erery Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year |1.60; Six Months 76 cents; Three Months 50.cents Entered as SeeeBd'Cfatti Maa-^attw at the Poet 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 publUh 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.^pondents. Nobody’s Business -.By Gee McGee I Gok Going, (^e our leggislators are havvirig a hard time tax besides death, they have figgered and looked. Report of Condition of M. S. BAILEY & SON, Bankers of ClintoiL io Um State ef S. C At Close of Bminese on March 7. 1938. y ASSETS r leggisiaiors are navving a naro > as»9sisi trying to find s<Mnethii^g else to C^h, balances with other besides what is alreddy taxed banks, and cash items in f\ 15 Years Ago Items of Interest From The Chrenide March 15. 1923. IT IS DANGEROUS ! and ' looked and figgered till their Corporate stocks ' eyes is suffering' with mental strain. Loans and discounts ( . . ♦—7“ ‘ ' Overdrafts there is some Ulk of requiring all Real Mtate owned .. hens to put a 1-cent stamp on every assets , egg laid enduring the day-time and a 2-cent stamp on each egg laid at tqtAL ASSETS night .and make a law against them working over-time, but set-down strikes in season, this reve Horace Steer of Ohio, is here on account of the serious illness of his brother, R. A. Steer. Mrs. A. 0. Bray of Elkins. N. C., process of Collection $396,526.24 Jg visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. It b duAgeiwmi to sell’ a SUBSTIr TL'TB for just to mak^ three or four ceuto mure. Customers are yov best assets; lose them sad yoa hme your busiucus. «C€ b worth three ar fu» times as much as a SUBSTI- TlTTxL 50,206.001r 6,50,954.06; Miss Emmie Young is visiting her L Bailey. & Cha ndler 21.432.57..4igxer..^MrSj John--Gi-Henry, in Green*; ... 28,200.37 ville. ' .1.. 1,930.92! Mrs. W. S. Bean is visiting her son,; Dr. W. S. Bean, in Washington, D. C. j $1,155,256,16: — -m. | permitting' LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL i swurities mean ' that ^ ‘ Deposits of individuals, ^ better than ,1 CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 17, T938 !nue will go to the game warding. ♦ ■ ! hon. nat .skinner feels That a tax ought to be put on silk hoses an(|. jappernees kimonos so’s folk.s will be , , forced to wear more cotton which THE ALLEGATION IS NOT TRUE;to believe that the results would have^jji 4c procesting Ux on it to A book recently published sets changed, the claim that sixty familTes control I In Laurens «>unty there was l.ttle the wealth and the press of the Unit-Inppos'tion to the plan, more than 97 ed States. If that were true, there I P‘-*r cent of those who parricipated m would be a loud and widespread clam- the referendum voting m the affirm- or for a change in our whole social i “tive. They said as they < 'n a system. Fortunately, the allegation is other counlies-we want control of partnerships, porations: and cor- his bonds. , . ^ More than $10,000,000 has been f . deposits $o04,26i.i61 New York fVUrld’s fair (b) Time deposits evi< denced by savings pass books .... NONE (c) Other time deposits 149,851.75 for improvements that cannot be seen. The W’P Atechnique all over again. W. J. BENJAMIN SERVICE STATION Stendard Produeb Can Washed aud Greased Tuur Ibminsa Appcucialud be paid by the mannyfacturers. all. State, county, and munici- labor will receive a bonnus at the. P*I deposits end of the year if they need it. this i Certifieii and officers’ 93.160.39 not true. No sixty families, no 6(10 or 60,000 families have an.vthing like “itmlror 'over the business and the live.s of the rest of us. The mischief in such glaringly in accurate statements is that when Torturiate are |)n)n('“fo beti'(*ve them.^ They tend to arouse class hatre(l.s by income will go to the state reforma tory ansoforth. a senna tor from the upper part of our state, where frog legs i.s not check.s, letters of “credit and travelers’checks sold for cash, and amounts due to Federal Reserve hank transit account) 309.6.5 cofton production by law. South Camlina gave the highest j j^rown, wants a tax of .5c per leg j TOTAL DEPOSITS—$747,589.55.’ [wreentage of votes for the program where the same is sold to be et in Bills payable, rediscounts, of any cotton slate, 97 per cent of.(.omjjctition with chicken legs, but, and other liabilities for those casting ballots asking for quo- the lower state members of the gen. borrowed money NONE tas. Credit for this widesprt^ad inter-j assembly is fighting this, as some Other liabilities NONE , , , est is due largely to .Simator K. D.|(,f their constiturants depend <»n frogi the.v are made with an assumption weeks and t.mrists for a livving anso- TOTAL LIABILITIES authority the uninformed an.l the ^t^te explaining the new .AAA4j^Ur^4hU-moutu^ willJg.M^r E^’LUWNG C.AP^ ITAI. ACCOF.N'T $:i:.,5'i9..55 ^ . iT/apital account; of our leggi>-l giit <ip m I ClintcMi Finance Co., Inc Auto Financing Fire Insurance Office: JACOBS & CO. BLDG. Dr. Fddor Smidi of DBS. SMITH & SBflTH OPTOMETRISTS Specialist In Eye Examinations Office Honrs 8 to 6 DsIIy Phone 29-W for Appointment CUnton. S. C. ■making the b‘ss Tort unate fe«‘l that they are, sonudiow, being deprived of what is rightfully theirs iK'cause a f«’w have graltlxsl off more than their shiin* of the wealth. There is nothing in the hi.story of Ameriea and American institutions to one plan to farmers in a series of sjieech-^ wild-life in the wood.s. e.s, with mole than I'ldlOO farmers! turning out to h(*ar him discuss thej new legislation he uncompromisingly file house the other ilay and had the ) fought lor in Washington in their to suggest that we cut expenses l>Ghalf. jinstid of trjnng to rai'C m<*re mon- The new control plan i.s,'of course, 'i'*y for more expen.ses. he was prompt 1.V knocked to the flot»r where i he remained inseii-^ihle for^iwhile, and | IS no giouiiil for asserting that any one of the .‘‘sixtyJ. families” has be come wealthy except as they havi* in- cn^ased the general wealth in which «-veryhody shares. Hut for their en- ti rprise and initiative and willingne.ss (a) Capital stock and capital notes and de- benture.s .. $20,201.40 (h) Kul>onlinut«sl de posits .t79,7'.»''.60 (c) Undivided prof- it.s l,7‘.*6.n.; (d) Reserves 2,H7n..5H I an experiment on a large scale, based on a ‘‘policy of scarcity.” In other warrant any such assumption. Then^ government effort to (hen was t«>ok to the hos.s-pittle for enhance price by curtailing output.| eonct*j<sipn—of—the—hi ain.s. it is^ not All farmers will be reipiiied to come right to reduce wedges, donations,^ LIABILITIES under the law with penalties provid-1 gifts, and nepotism. i AND CWIMT.KI land 1 r,1*66.61 ed for those who jiroduce on in excess «>f their alloted acreage.! tirprise amJ initiative ana willingness L' .„ . oveps-ii'n th«*-e ouotasi . T . . to work and take ri.sks there would w T dmriv. o^ fii a, riaP$46.:t:L.20. A.sset.s r IH. i,Klu.trk-.. fewer job». lower henef’L, inc^porauVi,! the ... t "" 'h-y/«"•' "V"’-''f'l'l’;** ' «vi>nnre incomes fewer luxuries for' i u i ev, » t 'll some, folks. think the sales tax^ will' serve amounted to $d9(y..>_6.24. average uuonuH, lewir luxurns lor hoped that the p! in will , ... . )pe{| that the J) work to the benefit of the farmer. Whether or not it will produci' the desired results remains to be seen. .Ni-ither we nor nnyhody else i.s in a $1.1.5.5,2.56.16 few more tax-<lollars added toi On tiate of rtqioit the r«iuirisl le- industry will clo.se their doors so’s gal reserve against ileposit.s of this epoi to.) legal re solve everthing: it will solve ever-j Memoranda thing excejit the tax question, when Assets depositeil with State it is put on, nothing ever comes off:| authorities to qualify for it’s only tax no. 432,67S.9S7..51.3, that’.sj all. we are hoping for the lH*st but! th«‘ average family, and more unem- Iiloyment. Nothing couhl be more ab.surd than the implication that the ordinary American citir.eii; who earns more,! position to say thaTlt won’t work.!' r, « •. i ... , !• I .* .. K. ... . . • . f 1 • I looking for the,wtus(. it means less .spends more, .saves more, lives hetter Ni-ither is anybody justified in saying i, \ . . ■ „ , .. .... , . .t . , .,tajtes..iiiul uuirc_nmitiss, iu; mare tax- and has greater personal liberty thantat this early .stage that it will work.y^^ ^ ^ j hizness the ordinary citizen of any other iia-1 The cotton furm<*rs of the South *** ***** *** * tion in the'wdrbl, got that way be-jasked Senator Smith a.s ehairmun of cause sixty families were gobbling up i the senate agricultural committee, all the wealth as fast a.s it was cre-lfor a ‘‘control law with te«*th.” He ated. Wc will mn'cr get anywhere j has given it to them, and since they have been granteil what they said ■with our economic and siK'ial prob- lem.s liy spreading such false jiroim- ganda. .Ami yot that is precisely what the demagogues who try to make po litical capital out of such charges would have us believe. Flat Rock .News a big revival meeting will he hell in flat rock iieginning next Sunday night and it will run as long as daily MDKK I.KH DR MONEY SOUGHT , , , I colltHTtions amount to enough to pay they wanted, they have no ground from cedar for complaint, ami everybody else ought to be satisfied. , ' The farmer as he sets out under this drastic new program, however, .should realize that whether the plan woi k.s good ’nr bad, he has 4>een made A member of nVe gidieruT us.schibTy ward oT the fedeT'al g ruenT, is quoti'd in the press as lamenting most likely as a permanent ptdicy. By of mr. yell and mr. holler, that he “dmvs not know what would ^is owui chuu.sing he has voted away the evangelist atwers to the name of rev. shakem bm.se, and he is vorry loud in voice, soft in tem|M*rment, strong in jest tiresy-amf-fast in-speech. The sTmg service will be in the hamis, Cduhfy of Laurens. the exeigise of fiduciary or corporate powers, or . plcilged for other pur- ' ' poses other than la cure liabilities 90,000.00 Deposits secured by pledg ed assets pursuant to re quirement of law 62,1*08.19 T, R. r. Adair, Cashier of the above- named bank, do siilemnly swear tlvit the above statement is true, and that it fully and cprri>ctly .representa the, true state of the several nvatters here-' in contained and set forth, to the best of my knowledge and belief. . R. C. ADAIR, Cashier State of SQulhX»rolina»_ IF YOU PLAN TO BUILD OR BUY A HOME CO.MK l.\ TODAY AXI) IXVES'nC.ATE OUR T)IRECT REDI CTIO.N .MORTGAGE PLAN Don’t choose in the dark. Investigate thoroughly be fore you commit yourself to any type of home loan. We will gladly give you the full details about our saf^and practical plan that brings debt-free home ownership through monthly pa>inents. Let us consider your application for a sound home loan. Come in and see us about your financing. You will %e obligated in no way. YOlfR SAVINGS PLACED HERE .ARE IN SURED UP TO $3,000. EARNINGS HAVE NEVER,BEEN LOWER THAN 4^. iH-comc of oqr schools without liquor'his human liberty and put a tight yoke ulxtut his nwk. money for their sujiport.” .\ senator of that Intdy wants the state on a partial basis to go into the liipior, busiiH'ss as a mean.s of pro-j viding fmth*-r lU'eded revenue to help, • j meot the mounting appropriation tiill, esiUH'ially to fiirtheV aid the .sidiools.j 'Ifiis geiillcinan wants the stale to tak.- over tlie wholesale end of the‘"'>‘"’« Missionary union of the Third W. M. U. Meeting At . Cross Hill Friday ' Sworn to and subscribed before me ithis llth day of .March, 193S. and I rev. loose has just wound up a se- hendiy certify that I am not an offi- rious of meetings in the skinner’s. cer or director of this bank, creek swtion, and manny soles wen*' fetched back to life and a large sum raised to buy a new tent and to pay for incerdenlals ansoforth. bttstness to makc^im additional TiiTil- lion (bdlars or more. Under his pro posal, wholesale dealers would be elimiiiate<i by law, and the state in stead Would supply the liquor stores. The plan >inells like the old state dis- T^nsary sy.strm. .■\s has ali^eady h<‘en asked by oth- irs. why stop with the whole.sale end if we are <lesperate for revenue? Why not take over the retail end also and make sevoial inillioirmore? '• This plan, rntr any othi'r plan of liquor control deserves the approval of the .stall'. It is a business that re fuses to he eontrolli‘«l or purified. The only sensible solution to the' problem is a return to prohibition and an honesC attempt made to en force the law because of an aroused public sentiment. Had there been one- half the efforT^HTade to enTorce“p7o^ hibition when it wa.s law, as there is in the enforcement of the narcotic or kjdnapping law, there would never have been repeal. Conditions due to th*‘ state eng.agiHl in the liquor hus- this young man deserves b»ts ^ Icreddick for what he has «lone. he is The quarter V mei'tmg of the Wo- , i » <• . n i i . ' * ! not a gratuirate of anny colledge. but i he knows how to exjumnd evortbing. , M , . , I hi' has took sevveral memlH'rs from list church rriday, .March 18, begin-l u i . tn . i .ou ^ other churches that are affiiclisl with ning at I0;.t0 a.'ni., it is announced ROBERT S. OWENS. Notary Public. My commission expires at the pleasure of the Governor. j of: : —— EDERAL5AVINGS (AND LOAN ASSOCIATION Phone No. 6 Clinton. S. C. A C linton Institution Serving Clinton People Since I909; division will meet at ('mss Hill Bap- lethargy, and it looks like he will sotm build up a new religiitn. he is a radio; by .Mrs. .I. H. Byrd, vice-presiilent. The following will he the program; . , r n \V. M. U. hymn; Devotional by .Mrs. ^ d. D. Hunter; Welcome, Mrs. B. L. -Mitchell; Response, Mrs. Roy Adam.s; Roll Call of Churches; Ht*cogni4on of Visitois. Talk, ‘‘The Importance of Ob.serv- ing the. Seasons of Prayer,” Mrs. W’.jthinls of his entire income to char-1 N. lamg. I rity and U*nevolence and home mis-! Talk—Mission Study, Mrs. T. L. W.|sions. he do not believe in sending he h.Hs newer Ik'Hii married but twiste, and lives within his means, he «lo not run a car or drink soft or hard drinks or d*» anny riT*tous liv-! ving, so he .says, but devotes two-! Bailey. Spivial music, Griffin Pinson; Pa geant, ”A W’oman’s V'ision,” ('ross Hill W. M. S.; Inspirational Address, .Mr. Sam J>mith. * Lunch. Devotional, New Prospect; Talk, Sunbeam—Work;—Mrs. (}uy' Brief Reports from Societies; Golden Jubilee Plans, Mrs. J, H. Byrd; Talk, monney to furriners till we get our own heatherns back^nto the straight and narrow path. the tent will be Kwated pretty close to tom head’s re.ssTdence. if he can get tom head and his wife to reform jTand- depart^rom their wicked ways, he will have done a rail big job in WE NEED GOOD USED GARS AND TRUCKS! •Y /-/ flat rock, tom has hack-slid four or Miss Alleene Franks; Report of Com- 'f*''*' rimes since xmus, at which time mittees; Closing hymn.~ TRACK TEAMS MEET AT ORPHANAGE he re-signed up some new resser- Tufidhs.nie doirt only Ti>ok on the flask when it is red: he drinks it iness are growing daily from bad to ■worst'. .\nd bt‘cause of this intoler able situation dry sentiment is grt)w- ing rapitlly, as is evidenced by the fact that out of 7,000 local option I Thoinwell track teams, led by Cap- fights waged in as many political Heath Blake and Allen Jacobs, uniLs since repeal four yi*ars ago, h‘»«fkgetl in a track meet. Blake’s team 6,000 have resulted in dry; victaries.‘!*‘'*'*‘'1r*‘*^ victor by a score of 73 to 49. In recent November elections in Ohio! • the count was 13 to 1 against liquor. HEADS Y. M. C. A. Repeal ha.s lost 1000 voting units in „ . , ♦.—T" , , two years in Pennsylvania. It is not Robert Black, a junior from \ ork, f n • i i i it difficult, therefore, to understand I‘**** P‘-es>dent of the col-j the ^Bowing legal sales on salesiiay that both government- and the liquoriChristian associ-j for March: , ^ industry arc not sUnding idly by, butl^rio" for the cominT; year. He sue- Home Ownera Ixvan Corp., vs H. are vitally concerned over the answer j retiring president, WandelllH. Hill ,ct^al,^house and lot in Uu-, to this question. “Is repeal leading! "’'"'ams, of Chattanooga, Tenn America back to prohibition?” whether it’s ri*d or white. gvHvl luck to you, rev. Imxse, you have a big Last .Monday afternoon the two [job on yore hands. yores trulie, mike Lark, rfd,. ^ eorry spondent. * TWO LEGAL SALES MADE BY CLERK CHIVROLET DiAURS’ USED CAR STOCKS WBti GREATLY REDUCED DURING NATIONAL USED CAR EXCHANGE WEEK Clerk of Court John D. Davis made 1- THE DECISIVE FARM VOTE HEADS STUDENT BODY Cornelius B. Holcombe, of Charles- Almost 200,000 farmers of America ton, on Tuesday was elected president went to the polls Saturday and said!of the eolege student body for the by a decisive vote that they want | coming year. In addition to President government control of their major Holcombe, fifteen other student’of- t pns, to R. E.^Babb, attorney, for 400. Federal Farm Mortgage Oirp. vs W. J. Cluck, et al, 127.22 acres in Cross Hill township, to R. E. Babb, attorney, for $1,850. crops through marketing quotas un der the new federal farm act. Ac cordion to the department of agri culture, about one-half of the farm ers entitled to vote participated in Che referendum, but bad thm been m mueb larger vote there is no reason fkes were filled in the election. The Princesses of Albania, report edly here to find wealthy husbands, may be chagrined to learn that 60 families are all they have to choose from. , James C. flemphill Architect Columbia, S. C. 207 CaroUna Life Baildiaf Telephone 8878 NoMf*« fto Hm* to Irado your tar tor a IKW CNEVROISr t Como In today and got our jHflffigjv ^ S^cat have been Cbevrolet dealers* sales of used cars and trucka—so low is our supply of certain makes and mod^—that we need good used cars and trucka to balance our stocks. This means we are in an excellent positkm to ndk **lradr<M oOoMnnoes** OR the fNirckose cf new Cherrolet passenger ears and trudu. Come in—iku week! • . . See the tiful new Cherrolet for 1938—tke < is complete—and the nrw 1938 Chevrolet trucks—ike ... Learn bow smart, new, rolet by letting ui or truck un trade! a / 'YOU'LL BE AHEAD WITH A CHEVROLET GUes Chevrolet Company -. Clinton, S.C \ ’c- '