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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CUNTQN. 8. C
THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1938
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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
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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
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-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
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