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. x'L- PACK FOUR / JSi TOE CLINTON CHRONlCLfe OJNTON. 8. fc TOURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1938 Bitoblbk«t IMO WILSON W:^ASR1S. Editor and Publi«her ’f’O Published EYery Thursday By^ THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY. Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year $1.60; Six Months. 75 cents; Three Months 50 cents Entered as Second Class MaU Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C. The Chronicle seeks the cooperation ni its subscribers and readers—the pub(isher will at all time* appreciate wise su^ffestions and kindly ad- ttttii./ilw' Cliiunicle 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 opIniOhs of ita correspondents. ^ Nobody’s Business ''3y McGee 1 Mike Makes a Few Pertinent Sueeestions to the consrress, Washington, d. C. ’ gentermenii: i notis by the papers w'here you have winned in yore program to re- oggernize the govverment agencies ssya....4h t - I tODAV iTOMroRH(w\ ~h~ — rMNi paani STOCKBRIDOe IT IS DANGEROUS CHESS .Mental Stimulus chritude I awarded to pruce .l^rton. New York 'advertising mlh .turned politician. “He’s too gobd-looking to; It is dangerous to sell a SUBSTI- get far in polit^s,” remarked an en-. TUTE for 666 just to make three or vious colleague. “That’s what they!four cenU more. Customers are your said a1>out Warren Harding,’ was the | assets; low them a^ you low retort, and Barton s ^t ten times! ^ ^ SUBSTI- as much on the ball as Herding had, • Many are saying the same about! — [•Paul McNutt, whose backers for thej j 1^40 presidential candidacy are said I to be banking heavily on the women’s ’i-l votes. My favorite game, when I can get olyv' . •- _£ anybpdv to play. }t with me, is chess, j SENATORS Case Histones To the onlooker who is not a chess Looking down on the bald heads in ' the senate I saw some old "friends. was a president’s son-in-law, a [ di-' you will cut oub aOeast half of yore, . . i mo bureaus and three-thirds of yo^e^^thu-siast there is nothing quite dressers, and wiW still be over-popper- ‘>^>'•‘^1? as watching two chess players lated with so-called workers. ^ staring atrHi-ehessboard for sometimes ^ former cabinet officer,-« former ^ I hour or more without making a | I'ector-general of railroads, and a for- if you all plan to make anny chang- move. To the chess devotee there isi chairman of the Federal ReserN’ei W. J. BENJAMIN SERVICE STATION Standard Products Cars W’ashed and Greaicd Your BusineM Appreciated CLINTON. S. C.. THURSDAY. APRIL 21. 1938 ^ -■ M HAT WILL THEY DO? j of the multiplied hatreds in The office of the .rtate superinU‘n-| world tcnlay. dent of educ.Htion has annxiunced that ^ '• ~ a bumper crop of 10,00(1 graduates, ■ E MII.L (tAMRLE AGAIN ^ smart the largest in the history of the state, PrCshlent Roosevelt 1^ again asked | * ^ will march a<'ro.<s the platforms of congre.ss to fling wide^e flood gates es in anny nearby post off is, plese nothing more stimulating to the mind 1 were all one man-—Sena- rite or foam the undersigned, if you than figuring out the tenth movei^®*’ "iHiam G. McAdoo of California. I will give tom head,.esq., the postmas- ahead and calculating what his op- Another old friend and former cab- ters job at cedar lane, he says that ponent will do. ^ officer al.so .sits in the senate, L - he will Uirn off his assistant p. m., Nobody knows how old the game'believe its oldest member. Carter this jannitor and^his cl.^rk and 3,of chess is, but that it originated in- Glass of Virginia, who succeeded Me-' f.'d. carriers, and do all the workL\sia thou.sands of years ago is prob-, Adoo as secretary of the treasury un- hi.sself, and then he will have plenty able. An exploring party in Iraq re-lder President Wilson. Ever since I’ve time left to talk up the new' deal and cently unearthed a set of terracotta known him, which is close to 40 years. Si>uth ('arolina high schools this | of federal spending inNgn effort to spring. Thi.« is an increase of 800 di- end depression. He has recommendeil ploma:^ to a\A'arded 'over last year, to that bo<ly that it plunge seven •A small proportion of this large thousami million dollars deeper into numlM'r w ill vnler college. The great- debt and has listed a number of Pro-'^hat you let him keep his 4 helpers' form, ir number of the group will doubtless posal.s for the pump-primmg pro- ^ j, f carrier to hist Chess be out seeking employment of .«some gram. pj.tc. .^ays he has 25 and, how and where are they to This chessmen in a stratum of ancient j Carter Gla.ss has been complaining of j ' relics at least 6,000 years old. And insomnia and indigestion, but he cele- [ don’t make anny change, plese .sirs, there is evidence that the Hindus, brated his 80th birthday some w'eeksj in the flat rock p. o. the uadersigned played chess before the .Arabs diil. It-ago and .seemed to have almost asj uncle jirn has fiell this job for 8 yr., is probably the oldest game invented j much “pep” as any of his younger | 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. and he is not able to do no other kind’ by men that ha-s come down through: colleagues. of work except set around, allso i ask' the ages in anything like its original . rllSAL kind. find it? t'omluions IS SETTLE.MENT Take notice that on the 26th day of is fascinating because it solely a battle of wit.s. The player April, 1938, I will render a final ac- lis huge sum of money to come j miles tiK) much territory on his route who can outthink the other win.s. I count of my acts and doings as may be exp««ct- j,ut of the pocket.s of taxpayers, will gpd wants it cut off ansoforth. | know: of nothing so effective to keep .the -iMtale—»f ■ May—Bdf- ihI t«» opi'ii uji another excu.se here ]ijj,.|y y,,. by congre8.s since i ♦ one'r—ment3rt~rw'(>c(?ses ' i)o 11 sIn-d up I •‘'t'ller^, Barnes and Claude Sellers,! for incrt»as<«.l governmental «pcndingmam:-^ 4ls-ft>eiiibei s dediouiu-rfiaffiT:'-you kindTTkeep vv,)rking. I deceased,, ia the office of the Judge same head of our local sewing room. ♦_ !of Probate of I>aurens county, at 10 she is related to the undersigned and JKFI'ERSG.N — .No New Dealer o’clock a. m., and on the same day , _ in land- gr.xrrm7TrTTr is now run on pVg ‘snme i.f the "pie” to take back th«' New Deal 1 MKiali'tic> thtH*ry that honie haven’t the backbone to stand th»' man or woman who has a job, yp yf,d vott* against the proposal as and helples.- taxpayers who by har«l tjipjj. common sense is tiound to tell woik and ii.itiative are endea\onng them they shouM do. The New Deal _Lj. rave uunething f»ti' adva-wW ag** ?jr“a “speiidTng .set-up from start to imi t be «ii|irne.| of part of his job, particularly for the mayors t>r «xtiaet»sl of their money t«i help'.|„d political leaders of the large ketp up the uneinployotl, many of ^.jtios ami states. With an election Is by far the best seamstress we ever had in our midst, her hu.shand can’t Notiody ha.s any more admiration ! will apply for a final discharge from' for Thomas Jefferson than I have, niy trust as Guanlhui. * get on relief omier count of he owns! Rut 1 mn'i him -s* <iiMii»mnHTr person indebted to said estate a nice car, a big farm, a house and <)f Washington’s calibre, and jiarlicu- j.s notified and reijuired to make pay-! lot, and ha.s monney in the bank, hejlarly I can’t see him a.s the patron |nu-nt on or before that date; and all is mad at rosey-velt, hut she ain’t, it saint of the political movement which'persons having claims against jiaid I Clinton Finance Co., Inc. "Auto Financing Fire Insurance Office; JACOBS & CO. BLDG. wh**ni do not desire ti» work. AN KXt KI.LKNT |•R(»|•().S.AI. lying just ahead the spending pro gram wjH he intirpreted by many as : both politically expedient and con-j Hardly a day dawns that Presidejrt venient. It is not at all hard to im-i R«K>se\elt dtH's m*t come forward with agine that in doubtful states, or in, acme sort of an exp**rimental idea or; sections where administration lea<l- p!opo^al to help relieve the deplorable cr.s are umler fire, like Harkley in camdition in which the country now Kentucky for instance,, that money finds itself. ' “ (will be poured into those areas for Dm- of his latest proposal will do her hart gCHul not to be turned off. the pressent district mannager of the w. p. a. is allso o. k. keep him, plese. he is too old to be turm*!! back on us. he is the undersigned’s father- ’ head instead of the buffalo on the in-law, and he helps us with the j -rent nickel. The jmst office de- house-hole expenses, he has a^ fine partmeni is putting Jefferson’s face sperrit, a .sWeet personality, long i jhe new three-cent stamp instead whiskers, a steady eye, the roomy-1 of Washinglon’.s. A great memorial tism, and a cow-buncle on his nake, i is popularly called the ".New Deal.” } estate "will present them on or before The presidevt has proclaimed Jef- .said date, duly proven, or be forever| ferson’s birthday as a date calling for; !)arred. i national cornmeinoration. The bureau F, C, PINSON, Guardian.' of the mint is bringing out a new March 23rd, 1938.—4-14-4cp. J five-cent coin bearing Jefferson’.s "" ~ I w ill b« is alto- imiitical effi*ct. 'It is .significant that . . . , . getherv.'‘ound and should be enacted., the spending program is to he launch-i unc l on ^ Jefferson is planned close to those It, a.vk.s Hhai the .salaries of all public H just ahead of a political campaign, y‘>u ^ „f Washington and Lincoln, near the jobholder>. whether they work for, i„ which a large number of New’ White Hou.se. fedt ial, stale t*r bn-al goveinim>nt.s. Dealers must come up for renomina-l jf you plan on getting a new seck-i, obj(*ctions to honoring tjixes ,.,„i ■ * e 1 *!.iefferson, but I wonder if those who - ' ^ , . i*u- . ^ '—,-* '. t¥re trying to make him a popular na- More aiM-nding to prime the already the Ireassure, or a ambassador to . i , .u . u i * * ^ . 1 r • . 1 •. itional hero realize that he w'as elect- anny nearby furrin country, pU*se nte , • ■ . i l . , ^ : J •• t i ■ ‘fd president becau.se he stooi! for the or foam the undersigiu'd. he is open . r i. • • " , . . , • L? , ■ 1 I . . 1 exact o])iM)site of what is going on for a job of the right kind, but he do ,V ..r» n- ». • ' i . , V ^ . , now, Hi.s Rejiublicaii pnnciples md care to l>e .sent to mexico or jap-r . in. /■ .iT n j ,, 'were opposed to those of the coder- pan ,,,■ d,,nna or p.nuanny or cxc^; I alroaay In'cn ln,.,l a...l faU...I, It i».oMpyayky.jir t'lWy-th.. f.oler.1 SPECIAL OFFER j ('oamopoliUn—16 months for $2.50 See your home agent. JAMES W. CALD/WELL Phone 38 l*e .-.ubjtst to the same income as .-alaries in private business. lhat >»m»ih1s like common sen>e ah<T over-worke<l pump, means we are go- fairne.>s. There is neither rhyme nor take another gamble, another reason in the prevailing practice of arm” in tlefiance of the t x« mpting .state ami Kwal government ,.x|M'rieiices and results of such poli- empIoyee.N from paying federal ii^* from Itbtil to PJ36. The plan ha.s come taxes on their salaries. rhere^are- 2.41)0.060 |h*rsotts—jbelieve that the a<imin-' mind chicargo or los angeles’ or mi- who now pay Gsleial income la^i-atiun should try it again. There are atvnit the same number of ^yhat is the situation Unlay LEGAL PAPERS CHRONICLE PUB. CO. Phone 74 INSURANCE We think we know the best Fire and Life Insur ance policies. We think we know how to advise the best plans for you. We think we have the best companies. Consult me. B. H. BOYD, Agrent Clinton Realty & Insurance Co. after .state ami .Wal government employees, twenty billion dollars on who do not pay a Gsleral inconve (•*•. pump.pi jmjng since 1933. .After five. The paying group may be ex pec UhI to unemployment almost ^t^adlIy increase so long as thv^ as bad. business not much better, and! «riiment is stnuiding, wa.stiiig, indu.stry, generally; ammi. put us down where changes are desired for .soft jolis. tKiiMkwmg under the guise of pump- piiming to hHp husmess. The exemp tion ,<cHle will doubtless be lowensl to gather in millions in additional iev«-nue to Ih' us«s1 for a continuation of th»- large city centeis. There is no goinl reason why a per- s n on a state or Kn-al gx*vemment |*ayio,i f-houid' not pay his share of th» co>: of government like everyone t iso. If privMtt' em|doyee‘is made to pay income taxes, then the same law s|H<aking. It is iihviou.s that something is w'lXMig with the pump. .All of this s(H‘nding to boost artificial prosperity ami reform the nation has led to con- fu.sion and unciutainty, and created a the siK'iiding spree, particularly in nationwide fear aiul lack of business confidence fear of the spenders. .And yores trulie, mike Lark .town clerk. i’reparalioQH Are Being Made For ('ommencement it won’t lie manny miMin.s now till our commeivcement exercises will be hell in the flat rock hi under the auspices of v»*eve smith, our most afficient scholl principle, plans are being made ajl over for n big time. government and the restriction of in dividual rights and Itherties. WHISKERS — In Congresa I have been a more or less fre- (juent visitor in the galleries of both houses of congn*ss for more than fifty years. When I was young most senators and rejirespntatives wore either full beards or luxuriant mus- now they have the effrontery to ask - - the-nation to follow them * further. | rev. skinner hydivof the mills road While the spending program as pro-j community will pretH'h the backy- posed may bring temorary' relief, in: laureate sermont, the final end it means only a post- IHuiing v>f the pain. and the flat nx'k glee club will glee about 3 songs and audy‘lorium laches. Only Southern members were miss jennie; clean' shaven, and most of them wore plain black "string” bow neckties. The Southern meiT^er.s generally still adhere to that particular badge ofj the .‘<tatesnian. but full b»‘ards are; also 'conspicuous by their ab.sence j among memtiers from the North and West. shx uid appiv to those who are em-, t.. . * * .u i V I- , I c. . o . 1.1—The host way to lift the depression, p.oyee-N of the I luttsl .states or Souths , , ... «r n/wi ! IS not by piling $5,bO(),()(H).00{( more tlebt vipon taxpayers but to concen-i trate on giving aitl to business by re-1 (H'aling burdensome tux legislation, removing competition and meddling I t'arxdina. The pro|H».»l w Inch the president off« rs IS <ound and'^hi'uld be put' into 1«^ There shoulil be no tax- fn-e grou^rv^^th^ expense of a tax paying grolii»^,?' ^ ' i*U * , ,, .1 The outstanding set of whiskers in 2 duets in the interim, everlnxldv who .u r ■ ? i . /• . 1 I . ^he house is the facial adornment of IS expecting their sons and dartersji, i u <■ . e ■, ■ ,11 . ee . Kepre.sentative Tinkham of .Massa- to finnish is bizzy piMldling stuff to .. u , i r u •’ ' 'chusetts, who bwks as if he buy them .some clothes to dress up in. patronized a barlnT. Of the never same sevveral awards will be made. hon.jneatly trimmed and curl- holsuni nuHire will give a pig to thei*’** harmonize with the wearer’s boy who excella in aggercultuix' and dandified clothing is the full by government with private industry, I fji^sicks. fie hopes his son, hansom,' Senator James Hamilton 5nd gtdting production startisl up'-wiil win this pig, as he will need him'**''"’''* Illinois. Once brilliant nsl. II \TRKD K WORI DWIDF , Business will pick-up and pros- : to commence farming with after Ke'^'^ ‘’"’y slightly pinkish, oni/i. L. ”U Kv.' ,1...., *» T^^horn in ter-1 jrradurates. he will follow'farming orl who ' biiT.. ..1 \ rifted capital. Its lack is the mainLoi] ero.sion, if it holds out. has .sat in congress from two differ- > t .'*v .1 . cause of the depression which has! ’ ent states. A native of Virginia, he' TAXNOTICE! a I will continue to collect 1937 state and county taxes with penalty of 3% until April 30th. After that date books will be clos ed and unpaid taxes turned over to the Sheriff for execution. D. R. Simpson County Treasurer body The ques’.ion is timely, for not, in | going from bad to worse for the mr. slim chance has offered the ; was eltsTted to congri'ss from the state j many years has hatnsl lH*en so wide-* past six months. Business is afraid'pri^ie for home ecker-nomics, and itjof Washington and resigned to fight spn-ad and worldwide. It is manifest-! of {Milicies and experimental practic-1 will be a nice, heavy-weight (so he jin the Spanisih w’ar. Then he went to ' ' es that emulate out of Washington.* says) aluminum frying pan with dish Illinois and has bt'en elected senator Rusine8.s wants assurance, and budget i rag to match, his darter mought get from that state three times. Whiskers hi x-d everywhere. Groups hating other grxiups. t'la.'S hating cla.<«s, race hat ing race, nation hating nation. That la th«^HUtuatH»a of the social xirder linlay. We di> not understand x-ach other ami we fear that which we xlo not understand. There is a lack of confidenx*e everywhere, in individuals, giivemment arwl ptdicies. Even if the whole world_spo!ke-ihe sapie language it would hot help much: Some of the mo.sl bitter hatn^ls are between cla.'ts- balancing, and so long as the govern ment continues to spend more than it takes in, there can be no such assur ance. What alwajrs happens to the in dividual or business that spends more than it x'arns? The same inevitalile ' this meddle, at least—he hopes so. she has learnt how to cook everthingj except 'what the chances have to eat; at their house mought nigh evehjmeal,, viz: meat, bread, milk, and jwtatoes. are no handicap to him. BEAUTY — Pulls Vote® Sitting in the press gallery of the hou.xe of representatives the other day I mentally awarded first prize rar. tom hx'ail is givving the meddle for congressional beauty to Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers, representative rc'sult may bx' expectexl from the un-i precedxmtexl fexleral spending illusion; ®ward for the boy or girl w’ho exceeds we have been witnx‘ssing, and are toi^verboddy else in reading, riting and'from the Fifth Massachusetts district. | _ . sxH‘ ct>ntinue«l \m an even gieater j^ pretty nake-tie,, That goes for Mrs. Rogers’ ankles as; x-s and groups, all oT w>k>sx‘ members! scale if cxmgi oss votes the money to P”' G' match, and he garrantees well as her smiling face with its au-l cxmver.se m the >ame t»*hgue; the most run the old pump. #> 1 "'ll V thing mr. reole of blonde hair. They ^the an-| All of this spending in the final'his son, punkinI kies) are visible from the'gallery,I analysis puts a swolKm tax bill oh bwul, is exptx'texl to w'in this; in fact,[since Mrs. Rogers’ seat is in the front the shoulders of taxpayers to pay. he has picked out his tie and pin. he j row. .Artificial s}>ending nu'ans more taxes ** * vorry good speller up to 2 sil-, The blue ribbon for masculine pul- and postpxmcs prosperity. i l*bles, and can read big print and rite ^ I'his name fairly jVlain with a lead pen-' serious war now gt>ing on is in ^paln where both -ets «»f combatants have a ct'mmon speech. Nor are racial diffx*r- xnces aiMl prejudices entirely at the bottom x*f the prevailing mass hat- rexis. .Again we have the example* of S|ain. The explanation of such hatreds as cause wars and keep pex^ples and croups apart lies deeper than any I.YDlA MOTHER S CLUB HOLDS INTERESTlNt; cil ansxxforth. MEET The Lydia Mother’s club held it? superficial or external difference. .At ri»gular mx'eting at the club house on the bottom of it all are' differences Thursxlay evening. The meeting was of fundamental beliefs and principles, opened with prayer, and then a song Men hate each other bx*causc they by the club. Plans were betwixt 7 and 8 schollars is expert-1 ed to matrickeiiate at this commence- j ment this year, only 4 made the grade * last year, one of them is happily mar- j riexl, 2 is working at a filling station discus.sexi Other one is with the ccc hare dix’ergent and irreconcilable for parties honoring the birthdays of; Jfood and will inAnilwxN Roll WAS CAIIck] SHCl ' Ifltcr TTIAKC tllClY TTIArlcS 111 ideas about morals, ethics, behavior its members. Koii was and religion, and because they ignore minutes read by Mrs. Bill Dabb. God and His fundamental laws set There is a menrbership contest on be- forth in the Ten Commandments, tween the two groups of the club, the Onaoes hate each other because each losers to give the winners a supper, fears that the other class is trying to On Friday afternoon a bas^all deprive it of what it conceives to bet game was played between groups ita right or privileges. Nations and,one and two, which proved to be a hate each other for similar rea-' popular affair. A large crowd turned oat to aee the game. Group number brtolarance breeds hatred. Intolcr- mme» tMA tasks to hapoae ill Maas opoa others is the basis of one won the game by the score of 14 to 7. 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