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TOURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1938
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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
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— 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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
TTw dob arill meet each week for
this world if their chalk holds out.
mr. edditor, why don’t you come down
to our commencement; we mought let
you deliver the meddles, rite,or foam.
cheerman of the bored,
yores trulie,
mike Lark, rfd,
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