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i > f / / PAGE FOUR THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CUNTQN. 8. C THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1938 ollfr (SlUttntt (El^ronirU tfOO WILSON W. HAERIS, Editor and Publiaher Publiahad Erary Tburadaj By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year |1.60; Six Months 76 cents; Three Months 60 cents Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Poet Office at Clinton. S. C. f •Tta-Ghrotiirle-seeka the cooperation-af-its ettbscribeTS and readers—the publisher will at all times appreciate wise sucgestions and kindly ad vice. The Chronicle will publish letters of feneral interest when they are not of s defamatory nature. Anonjrmoua communications will not be noticed. This paper Is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. eluded -from rights' and privileges write mought get him a country emergency relief administration, Miss [Mrs. W. S. Bean, and the late Dr. W, which others enjoy.’ c)iurch to preech at in the afternoons Atkinson wss formerly on the staff ;S. ^eanT Once a people become so nation- of the forth and secont Sundays of the Child Welfare Lea^e of conscious that they not only deny to when he do not preech at his own America. . SPECIAL OFFER 4"o3iers tihe-right^ differ with them church, to wit: rehober. his wife says Among the other speakers will be| but insist upon Uieir innate superi- if he could get a circuit that would Edmund P, “ —. insist upon their innate superi- if he could get a circuit that would Edmund P. Grice, Jr.", of Charleston, ** ■onths for $2.50 ority over their heighbors, the se^s pay about 25001 per year, plus what president of the state conference, and ^*!.**f.^T*_**^7. of war have been sown. When strong little rehober pays from time to time. Miss Martha Bonham, chief of the! ' * " nations adopt that attitude toward the wolf mought be kept away from division of child welfare of the state’ JAMES W. CALDWELL Phone 38 'the rest of the world,.there is nothing their front door. •the non-aggressive nations can do for’ , . ♦ .— , self-preservation but to arm them- ^^e seeker-terry of the bored .says selves and hold themselves ready for ‘^at only 40 per cent of what was the inevitable conflict which will tome as soon as the arrogant nations be- i lieve they can win a war. The millennium is a long way off. The perfect guarantee of perpetual peace would be the complete and sin- department of public welfare. Several vital questions will be considered dur ing the business session. A full attendance of the Laurens is ex- ye.r to the .upport eonf.renee niembert of the church was ever paid m; rev. waite was the loser there, he bought things on creddkk to be paid with the monney prom'ised him. if he do not get that, the fellers he bought the stuff from Will be the losers in cert rocopiition by ev^on. in the ^ ^ world of the essential brotherhood of Would Separate Politics, W. J.^ENJAMIN SERVICE 8TA110N Standard Products Cara Washed and Greased Your Baaineae Appredatad all .unkind .„d tho complete edual- New York Cm- I Rressman, Wants Prison Term CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 19.18 ' [from the county chaingangs. This security of peaceful peoples --u, I'ke we are re-ceding further and fur ity of all human beings in the sight . • . - / d". j I. • ot- I # 1.- V ther, day in and night out. pf God. It IS the goal for which we ’ trulie should strive in season and out. [jacking that, it would seem that the - ***** ^ * ’ * ’ corry spondent. For All Offenders. THE PAY OF ALDERMEN , -- „ „ . . . TKi* iw vear in Clinton cowtnon practice of granting leaves This IS ricction year in C of absence in a larve number of cases ^ional defense to make any other na- LlOCtOr iXtZler if ing, or starting something to stir up IS iienion year in o T^iiniyir^oi nrimnrv met for ®f absence in a large number of cases June to name a'rtiayor and six alder- ■» '««<< t® supplant the grant- ‘'Oji heaiu^ a long while ^rfore do men for a two-year term, ‘"K of pardema or ,«r<.le, which . . , ^. . ! . granteil would n*ceive publicity that Unfortunate y. there exists, as. ts., , i ... i . . V .. - .a the granting of h*«ve« of absence does: ^ ^ well known, a feeling of apathy •nd|.^^ riceive/’ i unconcern on the part of the public i .... - This IS a sweemrig indictment and Against Federal Aid For Schools toward these bii-nnial, ebetions. There are several reasons that lie l»ack of this indifference and laek of inten*st in eily governirient. One of the fac tors is the general ii(nwillingness of bu.siness men to offer for office, par IS a sweepm^ revelatiofi That marfy of thr “larger " cities in the state are “wide open,’’, ami that similar situations on a small er scale or in a less notorious and operv nianm*r are prevalent elsewhere Nobody’a Biuuiess By Gee McGee Washington, April 23.—Bruce Bar ton proposed today that congress provide penitentiary sentences for •any federal spending official who in fluences the politics of tho.se receiv- I ing government funds. The veteran advertising pian, now a Republican representative from I New York, urged ^is as a safeguard against the president’s proposed |4,- oCO+OOOJMlO lending-and spen4ing pro-- Dr. Felder Smith of DftS, SMITH & SMITH ! OPTOMETRISTS Specialist In Eye Examinations OflSce Hours 8 to 6 Daily Phone 29-W’ for Appointment Ginton, S. C. A .Mental, -Material tk ularly in the alderiruinic rye.s.^Our •’***^*" e! If t ioiis a re Too’ u nuimn ou.s, with f«Ki Here To the Editor of The .State: On editorial page _ye.' (Thursday t The States urges the leg- jrram being used for political purpos islature to pass a joint resolution, He would provide the penalty by indur.sing the Harnson-Thomas bill an amendment to the corrupt prac- for fitler;^ aid for <^lucation for the tices act, which governs compaign ,ex- .-ttates. Such a joint resolution .should penditures. “ ■ i.s a challenge to Governor fi-w candiilates offering from which Johnston, the general assembly, law voters may take their choice. There enforcement officials, and individual, are vei7 few-candidates from year to citizens. Are the law-abiding citizens year for .seat- on city council, and of .South ('andina willing to receive MMiie of those now serving on that Ihis report as rm-re information and }>ody have bei-n heard to state that stoji there, or will they through an they do not ilesire the job. One rea- annisisl public sentiment at the ballot f... i.t th.» Vkmall re- Ikix <letermine to clean up these nasty numeration paid to coum-ilmeu. With ami- disgraceful conditions that the the mayor’s office paying a monthly committee reports are unchtnrked in l*h\Hiral and Wreck - T drad“a TTfrt^ vtyitnT”the other -dayr“Trot die adopted,- however, wltbout^ pre--- -^fotectody the—employe He never did say who he was. He vious mature deliberation and thor- from the political domination of ev-‘ just drove up in front of my wife’.s ough di.scussion. ThV possible conse- rry employer in the L’nittnl States laiiise in hi.s mmlel “T” f»»rd and sud- quences an* ttni momentous to josti- except one,’’ Barton .said in a .state- denly <bs-ided that he was on the, fy hasty action. ment to the press. “The Unite<l .States 1. If the national government shall government, the bigge.st employer of finance the schiKils of the states, the all, with millions depemlent on it for time will surely come when fhe na- the ntxessities of life, is not free tional government will claim the right from well-foundid charges that its to dictate the ptdieie* that wil4-eom—officials are u^ng wrong .street and was gtiing the wrong way, so he underttM»k to turn his (rnebbe I jcar around ami go back the other wav. n. Clinton Finance Co., Inc. — A«te^ Financing- * ^ Fire Insurance Office: JACOBS & CO. BLDG. pub salary of one..hundred ilollars, by w'ay the state? of c<»mparison, it is no wonder that That raises another quo.stion. If or-, ward than he did about liacking l)«ck“"tliis new fund does not mean federal . ic funds for .My visitor appeareti not to be very trol these ..school.s. .Ami why should it private political puri>oses.’’ ! familiar with his ear; in fact, he did not claim that right? ^ not know’ much more about going for- •>. The as.st>rtion by The Slate that lyfAf’ KKNNFPY AWARDED S4I few ausplraTil.s offer for council at ganizinl and commercialized crime ex-' Unfortunately we had our Vee-S (ll»- encroachment” is an unsupported as- thc low salary the |Kksitk>n carries, isis in ih<< .state, of what value is the' 38) parkiMl on our side of the stretT sertion; it is merely “wishful think- 'fhe office of alderman, in fact, is gt>veriior’.s constabulary, or are cer-'exactly in front of the wife’s hou.se, mg.” bastsl u|>on no proof whatever, more important than that of mayor, tain law officials in the state wiiik-^this being her usual parking place, for a mayor can do smly what his violations? Why i.s there fur- FELLOWSHIP IN TEXAS Our visitor seemed to be in a hur- coimci! will allow him to do, the .same ther netsl of establishing a .state-wide relationshi]) existing 'hen* that exists' j,olice system umler a state authority, j *'y' twistt*<l his steering whi*el -between the governor and the general as the gxivernor has been urging upon, f" the , right, ami threw the machine Not even President Roosevelt or. his committee can give us a guarantee L. McD. Kenmnly, Jr., of Spartan burg, has been awarded a fellowship^ in the Southern Methodi.^t university, Dallas, Texas. While continuing grad- assembly. Thert* is no plausible rea- i^e legislature? .SOM why there should iH* such a wide of the variance between the salaries o t e — wlwM'ver he may lie—assume two offices, for eouncilmeii who ^‘n- |-,.^|mnsihility for law enforcement (Imuigh a private organization of his trdode thought and wt^rk to the city’s interests are calbsl u|H)n to give as much of their time to the duties «»f the office as Hjthe ease of the mayor. If it is pniper uKmiy suffieleiit salary to imluee cdmiietent men tt» t>ffer for mayor, then on the .same liasis of rea- stirimg, it is «‘«|ually important that .'-similar indueeiiieiit be imule to inter- e.st business men in offt*i ing ftu* c**un- own? If the chief executive and his assistant governors ar.e to In? the s'jite’s law enforcing bmly, then why not ab*dish all sheriffs, deputies, coii- siables, niagTstrate.s and city sv.stems? It is thi into reverse: and it threw itself in to the side of our V’eeS. The con cussion was long and loud. 'Hic Mod el “T’ bounced back acriKss the street. He bad a good bumpi'r on his rear, ami that was in his favor. Dur car movetl about t* feet westwarxl. pidice' <k>ors of When we ran out to insp«>cl the damage, we found that we had 2 bustisl worth a nickel that this propect does uate study at Dallas, Mac will serve not promise f»»r the future dangerou.s on the staff of the Presbyterian' encroachment by the f^^deral govern- church of which the Rev. Henry Wade ment on the rights of the states. Our DoBose, until recently of Spartan- congressional halls were only quite burg, is pastor. Mr. Kennedy is a recently the scene of a filibuster graduate of Wofford college and at' which Southern senators found neces- present is teaching mafthematics in' sary in ortler to protect from fiNleral the Winnsboro high school. His pa- intrusion the management of their rents are former residents of Clinton, own internal p«dice affairs. bis mother before marriage being 3. We might forgive Esau for .«oll- "Miss Elizabeth Bean, daughter of< ing his own birthright^ but he sold' 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. ihT^2 glasses reduced *1*^ birthright of his children.' ^worn duty of, to .smithoi-reeiis, I fender crushed American history ik>es not r«>coni an these officers to enforce all law.s. The ,,ito the .shape of a .'.pring hat, 1 run- instance where our national govern-- sheriff of each county is responsible j ning bouitl ma.shiHl into a crumpled n'^n. when it has once obtained an umler the law for law enforcement, 1 wheet bent so’a it would run addict power from the states—no mat ed. ’Hie prevailing .salary "H-aje .shovvs session of crime and that the mayor (reganlless of who he may b**) i.s I mess, ^ side-ways instead of straight, amt a .:ti, xxr he fails to do his duty, and it .ii^ht smart of pri«tty blue paint iniss- ‘ *, ni'i ^be governor holds the|jnf^ from the nether parts of the Ford. cilinen are under iMiid. ■ I neetbsl |K.vver to remove him from -a- If we are to exiiiect men of ability j vi.sitor was a nice guy. He and successful biusiness experience U> constabulary system which!*'** '*“* offer their services us memtH‘rs of. consiaouiaiy .sysum : .u . .. ......n,.ii j>nrrv A Uriror ^“'*‘** existeme back III the rotten worm Ukl inai state dispensary «lays, has always "“PP^" • *<•“ «'* "'Ujk navi uriv smacked of ,M.litics. Furthermore, it “P **»•* remuneration, with more res|H>nsibiI- Ity placed" upon its members in order that they may not assume they are . figure-heads, but realize that ’‘heriffs and deputie.s disreganl is ex|us te<l of them in proni.vt- responsibility. It makes it vasy for is loaded with mere m uch the danger of making when I gi»t readj eputies disregard their ter whether by judicial interpretation or by force of arms has willingly re-] limjuishtsl that power. Tlu* birthright of our children to Kwal self-govern ment we may sell if wo will; but if they ever buy_ it back. it. wil be at* the price of blood. | 4. It is iHissibie, of course, that the.' “states’ rights” dm.'trine is all a mis-i to turn around, take; that, after all, it was Hamilton our yar in your and not Jefferson who w as right as > welfare ami protivting officer.s and bn-al that re.s|H»nsibility ing the city the interests of taxpayers. The time to make such a revision is now. to *;* « consi,lei aide degive has bicoim- apphetible to the new admin-‘‘ftesl from their shoulders and istiation assuinmg office next .'^ep- agency. Such tember. Such changes will make for res,H)nsibility opens loop effieieiuv and action in I see you have one ? And to the* fevrni e*f government best suit-, agetu’i<'.s to feel bt'sides that, I hell-out iiiy hami and ,sl to the American peevple. But still for law enforce-* "**”'‘* blowesl my horn if I had of this niue*h * i.s true: Ours is a far-[ had one. We were teH> full (of ange'r) for wxinls. His car bevre a Gi>orgia tag. .... - , He went over atul exaniiiieHl his out- eity (foveni-', .*^''***^8 indifference and a carefully and .said: “Well, it’s a Tiu nt, and serve as an indiK’ement more men to offer for office. for l*''k of *c4j<m on the |)art of officers |poo«l thing niy car wasn’t eiamagesi in eli.se'harging their duties and there- n xtending country, with vvielely eliver- .''ifiesl and ceuiflictiiig se'ctiemal inter ests; and the only prevtee'lion for the rights e>f minority section.s is in writ-j ten cevn.stitutie*n.s. Russia. Italy and i Germany all have governments in | which the ruling power is leK'alized in (ONIHTIDNS “ROTTEN” ST A I K IN rby helping U|K»n themselves the op- ' |*ositie*n e>f certain voters or cliques whe*n they ce>me up for re-elevtion. There are certain e*ases, no doubt, Kve'ry eitiz*‘n of S»>uth ( arolina w'he'n plain clothes dete*ctives are shoulel ivad the* full re*|H»rt e>f the ^ihI w’here they can Ik* of as- -f 4 u 1 r w int central authority. But surely the- seimething if it had of beK*n. I 11 let » r .u i . f . . c I II Vi w present plight of the pe*e>ple of those vou out for abevut 5 dollars. My bump- . , , countries presents no attractive pic- is bi*nt. don t you se*t* it? . , , , \ ,, ^ ture to us^—unless, ineiet*d, the full We felt sure that his car was worth » stronger appeal than nearly $10.00, including the 1 new f*”*^ spirit.” findings of Uu* spe*cial joint hevu.se* and sistance te> state, county and city of- tire ami 3 old ones. That is. if a *^' hsau was the victim of an in- .senate committee crt-ate‘d last yew,fK*ers, but theae cases are few. The;junk de-aler had any 111*1*.! few parts fwiority complex. He declared that TAX NOTICE! 1 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 to investigate* law e*nforci‘me*nt condi- ! re'sponsibility for law enforce*ment be- tiyris in the* state*. .longs u(>on local officers and not the This jeelting re iKii t makes sjKH-ific! ,pv»vt*rnevr. These officers will be* alert for ll>27-moelel touring car. minus sbevut to die of hunger—which, brakes, lights, teip wintishield. driver, '‘^'‘y f*'” from the truth. Se>me of' 'cushions, running boarel. ami muffler, thexse whe> jvose as e>ur eelucational T ’ • a s si\-s . a iiv'cvv 8/iilvriO Will 'in* W VU:9|1IUI19| lUIIIIIIlK aiHI IIIUllItTI. ' r *». x. ^ ^ •charges of “piote*cte‘<l ce>mmercialixe*el' |in,j faithful in the discharge e>f those* We were really and truly glad when l^S'lcrs she>uld ge< rid evf their infe-^o gambling, lHaitle*gging and iwrostitu- .luH,.,; w'he*n there is no over-lapping he told us goevdbye, but it cost us only riority ce>niplex as to our t*ducational | tion and law (*n the i»art «»f eertain officers I ‘tifoiwment officials, e'spoc- that ially in the state capital and large*T cities. So well organizt*d is the pro- t(*cteel law-bix*aking in seinie* leicali- authority, ami when they know 1 $34.75 to fix our car, ami she looks *ituatkin. Certainly we coulei use veryM> l* public sentiment de*nianei.s that and acts like new, meaning the car. profitablly this federal money in oujth^ they u|vholel all law, irresjHK'tive who the violators may be. of The report of the • investigating ti.-,., the re,.ort «.y,, that it i, .jjed ,^,1 a .Ute !sche>ols. but even without it they are Church News Froai Flat Rock ‘not “abeiut to ehe. We te>day have rehober church of flat rock is in the more public school education than throws of a »tre*nue>us drive for mon- ever before in our history, and as to! to a major bu.siness e*nteri>rise and «^n^uVulai^’is wortrlittle and" l^ild ^ and.will use the every-member its kind, it is excelled by that of no on the way to^ be-*coming more power- ^ canvites resort, but at pres- other section of our country. personal contacts; nearly ever- Newberry College. fu than Ih,. law ilaalf cmunKto. chai«,.a exiat in varion 1-a.t ,.f thf ,y,a>rt .k-ala w.th J. II. . a^ ■I.ana. ohu-f af ih.- iravamora aUta baddy ha., a aubaenptum liat. cmstabulary ».th J2c,m..tablasop.-r- af lha itavamar'a faire. By th* ating un<le*r him in all parts of the ..l- „ .„.„„:4* ... ..u ... . , hi.*f-lesnes the stat..d. 'Committee the con- mes. slim chapee, hedsuni niexore, art E. B. SETZLER. state. <'hief .leanes, the re‘;H*rt state*d, "gave* the e’ommitti'e* no a buehret committee composed of cbarge.s of this committe*e the co informarioii Put under suspicion, and square, hon. mike Lark, rfd., and «f anv value tay t\i\ in it* inva>«tiM citizons wHo uHcom- «ir, hubheH green, with rev. will of any lalui la aid m lU mvMtiKa- promuingly nand for law enforca Social WcHrkers To Hold Meet .e tion, although hi.*! position as chief of the* state* constabulary would ordinar ily place him in a p»>sition tei km>w much 'about law violations ami the* wc.akncss of law enforce*ment over the state.” Contimring, the coinifiHte*!' said, “We cannot re*frain from con cluding that Chief Jeanes either in tentionally blocked the investigatie>n. waite, the |>a.«ture, as an exe.fficio l^edmont ment are fex*useel ujion the governor member, has set the fedle>wering to sec what he is going to <lo with causes tei Th* took care of vixxly; this challongi* place.! at his door, if hemie misskms 15.003 there is to be a badly ntH*deel clean-up. furrin missions 10.00$ eir tfhetheu- these disiiiti'grating con- sallery 45.00$ ditiems that have Bet*n pictured will sallei^ for 1038 60.00$ be allowed to continue to exist. The coal and kindling 7.60$ I District Conference To Convene In Spartanburg j • May 3. Includes Several Coun- ’ ties of This Section. t»eople an* sheKked by the report. It arouse every grand jury in . , „ , , , she*uld arouse every or he possess.,*.! very small knowledge .. . rarolina of oonditious about which he should ^ in thrir report op<.n par- » ® S"®*-’*-'’ ’’’««« dons, paroles and leaves of absence,! which has been heard the committee says, “There is a cua- *® volubly for the past year or so The Rev. J. E. Stockman, of Green ville, director of the Piedmont Dis-' trict of the South' Carolina Conference of Social Work, announces the third annual conference, which will be heWj 2.0031*** Jtay 8, at the Cleve-| .. Ill I land hotel, be^nning at. 10 a.m. jannitor 6.00$ litter-ture .. 3.00$ new carpit 12.003 coHeelge organist io o03' ^ { The nulowing counties make up the ] notis. has been served on the sub- * Piedmont district: Abbei’ille, Ander- tom today in the office of the gover-’*^««‘ to be siAsidiqg, but there «t 1.— ....., a.s yet no certainty that we have ar-'®*^* oones ami spare-rms can and not nor of granting leaves of absence to «<> certainty that we have «r-' w -F-jj-nus nex nor OI granung ieavf;*» eji aownce ^ y,/i be excepted on pledges; whatever c»nvkt5 .n thr sute penitentaiy^ .t thr era of p.r^u»l peaw. ^ ^ aFso to convicts on the various diain- That desired era will never arrive gangs of the state. We have been fur-'until the nations find a basis of a- niahed a list of those who have re- greement as to the division of the son, Cherokee, Edgefield, Greenville, Greenwood. Laurens. Oconee, Pickens, McCormick, Newberry, Saluda, Spsu*- tanburg and Union. in cash, or kimfiy keep yore name. Mary Irene AtkinMn, director 11 ► off of lists ansoforth. tom head,’®I ^ Child Welfare division of the ceived this form of executive clemen cy during the period befianfaic Jaa. 16, 1987. The jr^eord ahowa that 09 cupyieta ware extended iaayee of aA- aenoe ftom the fieniteatiary aad 164 world among them in accordance with thdr needa rather than upon a baala of greed and aelfiahneas. Peace can Beyer be penaanent To long la any natioii fe^ that it ia imjuatly ex- always subscribes to everthing, but neyyer pays annything. there are others of thait-type. when addiiUT vp totab, their namee is newer intlaiiad. during the pceeaent raeaasioB, raw. United States Children’s bureau, will 1m the guest speaker. For several pears director of the division of char ities of the state depaitamt of pub lic welfare of Ohio, and BMire recent ly field repraaentakiye of the federal IF YOU HAVE IDLE MONEY WHY NOT PUT IT TO WORK IN THIS INSURED. ASSOaATION? 4% IS OUR CURRENT DIVIDEND RATE. Each Account Insured Up To $5,000. IF YOU NEED MONEY TO -Build -Refinance -Buy -Remodel WHY NOT PLACE YOUR LOAN IN THIS INSURED ASSOCIATION? 6% IS OUR CURRENT INTEREST RATE. We 'WiU Appreciate a Conference, Without Obligating Yon In Any Way. ¥m EDERAL Savings JANO LOAN ASSOCIATION ‘ Fhone No. 6 A Clinton Institution Serring Ctinton People Since 1909 I rSf-ii' - •T^ltia''^T-|-'Tiai^l#ftki .. ' r, /. it iVi*? I lf I fjPi