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* *t • ! N \ -h i. 4 -'.'i-Jt -Ar \ L FACE SIX / THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S.' C., S'^ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1938 Ollyr (Clinton 41|ronirU EstAbliihed 1900 WILSON W. HARRIS. Editor and Publisher Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year $1.50; Six Months 76 cents; Three Months 50 cenU f^ntered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post 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 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 opinions of its corre.spondents. the pastor’s sallery foT "list ”yeffT7 that is up to the deacons ansoforth, so she said. Flat Rock Continues To .Move Forward ^ I flat rock mought have a new filling station ere long, a hou.se at the corner of west end and east end avenue got burnt down last week, fully covreed, jand a supper-service will be erected (there for the ga.ss-oil-beer companny of cedar lane. things have benn dull for a weeks: there has not benn a few I new tOJDAy irO/MMAi nuui«. _ - STOCKBaiDO DISTRIBUTION — Middleraen Here in America wc have deveb port, “to solve all tax problems by!any legislation which would put taxing someone else.” {^ain stores out bf business, or im- Looking at the chain stores from LabbPs viewpoint, the ‘Federation says: “Unquestionably the group ! store sy.<em has improved methods pair their ability to buy his, products directly from his farm, for cash. Of course, I can’t speak for all the farmers of the nation, but if the rest .of merchandising and by its mere of them feel as the hundred or so m (existence has maintained competition [different parts of the country to {Which has held cost-of-living essen-iwhom i have talked feel, I should think that if they got together and let legislators^ know ^that they regard the chain stores as the farmer’s friend, they could help a lot to keep the tials to a minimum.” ' I heartily agree with organized La bor’s opposition to punitive and dis- ! criminatory taxes designed to put 'chain stores out of business. While I chains from being taxed out of ex- 'oKd‘methods’"o7'pi7duc't7dn whi'chi f * '»»*«-worker «id belonf'i,tence. filling station built in flat rock for'enable ua to turn out more, better .u"’, can*fo’r'ZT'm*a'^^; ‘.’”** *’ nearly 40 days, so thi, .ill be good and cheaper uaeful good, than e7a^ 1 news for everboddy. we have 3 verry produced anywhere else in the * ^ ‘ i nice grocery stoars in our little city, 1same time, the pro-| and the u. s. average is 10 fillingi<l^>ve industries of America pay! .'Stations for every grocery, we are {higher wages than the .w’orkers of FARMERS — .Markets , I have found many farmers, par- PUT YOUR CUNTON, S. Cm THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1938 2 filling stations behind at this rit- any other nation get, not only in dol- those who specialize in fresh . liars, but in purchasing power of their ''‘‘Jf^tables and fruits, which have tOi. be disposed of quickly if at all, who i MONEY TO WORK I wages. the pres.sent filling stations „help Wc haven’t got so far in perfect- to keep our streets clear of parked ing our national system of the dis- tell me that their most reliable mar ket is the chain .stores. One of the FOOLING THE M.\N WHO PAY.S .Minister Chamberlain’s offer of a otter-mol>eel.s. they take all of the tribution of the products of our '‘^Ifetalile growers in America^ It is estimated that governm«*nt H' iti.sh guarant*-e that Czechoslovakia street frontage to go in and out of and factories. There is still too much several thousand^acres with-; SAFETY federal, .state and national—will levy, would fulfill her acceptance of the, thdr places of bizness, and that’s why lost motion in getting goods from amounting to 1 ^‘ cession if the German army were nianny cars parkml on the producer to consumer. k<'|)t from advancing. When their big outskirts of flat r<*ck. in a few miles of my Pennsylvania. Individual accounts insured Up taxes this year 500,000,(HK). home. Like all the other farmers each station middlemen take tolls, Of this amount onlv onc-ninth will planned on Wednesday pro- a„ entrance of 100 feet and route, -so that the consumer’s dollar Of this amount. onl> one iiintn win, conference for i,h) .v^t; that’s all. all ^along'^the ^ opposed to FINAL SETTLEMENT lister an- reholxT church occupies a corner does not buy as much as it coubl buy t, , ,, . . , ■ f , 1.1- Take notice that on the l.rth day of if way.s were found to eliminate un- , /. , r ' 1 , , ,.1. October, lO.JK, I will render a final nec»>ssary mid(Hcnn*n and reduce the distribution prob- account of my act.s and doings as; .A<lministrator of the estate of Mar-| garet Moorer Foy, dcKreaseil, in the b<‘ ralisi gigantic through indirect taxes vent part o ahoe.s, suit Rhow, rent, gi m-eries and every “‘^er ^ newspapers appeared that , than a religious lu'ces.sity and luxuiy of life. i Horlin kriiw the peril of war was pass- sent, they hope ui.->i.aiiv-n u»«-i Politicians have a common practice) Control of the press was com- bine with st. paid and move out of ui.->i.aiiv«,n u»«i same day will apply fora (in the hope of winning votes) of tell- is always trut‘ under a town, it’s a pity for a nice corner; have^taken* toward aolv*^ r aj ing the common run of pwple tbatL|j^.j^g^f,j. yf government. 'like that to have to have a chiirch on j ‘ they are not tax’ed, hut are the hene-1 Hitler’s tactics are nob new. ^ when there are so to $5,000.00. IS amoun , uuv-u.mw. " the four-power conference .1 thR.UKh ,no.m,<. llu- IVapafan.la .Mini m.aiac wi a lal.SK I was nrit pc-rmittfil ta ..... in.liicit laxi's which '''P'''’-1 allhouKh I'aria ari.l lainilon that the Rass and oil nu-n have thur of di7 i uVi n ,f th,. cosl "ft* pa';- "f „,„.a,|y WON. icjoicinR. Ilorlin writers, oyo.s on. they think a much la-tu-r of clothes, a lukd to a ^ te that it was not until the next gass hizne.ss can be done on same , .• i i i rr- i, ■ a • .r-v.w,.w. ... ...v , . .. vv.4n u.iii. w. ^ particularly difficult in America ... , , r r> u . s bizness as at pres- . , • jr, , . office of the Judge of Probate of , I ,, i IS the great size ^f the country and , . . i \V’ pe rehober will com- l , , . . * , I.aurens county, at 10 o cloclr a. m., i '' , , . i.!the long distances over which goods , , , i final discharge from my trust as Ad ministrator. ficiaries of tax hioney taken from the well-to-do and rich. P'rom the time when the first print- . .u • press was set up there has been ^ ^ filling station can be That IS simpIyA/y^ing to their con- constant fight for the right enduring the Rtitucnts. For the ••xact opposi e is ,„ i„t and publish without control | ^^e followering new true the. great bulk of indirect taxes authority. .S.^ietimes it has been ..yterpri.ses have sprung up in flat are paid by persons of small Hnd i the authority of the church which has | . moderate means. .A man with an i>‘-; attempted to curb the press; some- of H thousand dollars a year time.s the authority of government. .. 1 the problems of di.stnbution, and. . • , l, j . . w maty lot.s r u • Any person indebted to said estate if the processes of business are not . ', , . , ^ , . , - . I ,• *• '«» notifieil and required to make pay- interfered with by politics, the time ' ' c<»me eats as much as a man with twc'iity- ly ^he long run, so far as the English five or fifty thousand, .^nd the hid den tax hurdeii is (ihvioiisly of infi nitely grniter impoi tam e to him. These "hidden !a\e>'’c which every- i>ody payw Init few aie con'cioiis they pay take fr> ii a filth to a (|iiarler t>f every «it./en’ iiu’ume in indinct taxation imluded in tin* price of ev erything Ivc- luiys. ' The man or wtniian who thinks the tax pnddeiii is a wialthy man’s inoh- lem which doe.'-n't touch the poor, is either ignorant oi’ has lie«'n misled. *rhcr«‘ isn't a man, wmiian or cliild in this country who doesn’t pay taxes — and heavy taxes. Ami the worst suf*- ferer from ixtravagant gov»*rnmi‘nt i.s that st>-«alhsl mdinary citizen who thinks he is tax free because he pays no tlireet leva*'. He i-* under a delu- ^ion, with .S4al« s im his eye> that mail tt> )»e r» nn*\eii. The onlinaiy taxpayer. wln‘tlier he realizes p. nr not piovides most of the money wlinli the government spt n>l-. rnK I <i\si MKirs hoi i.ak A ipo Sel.lem "\\h. ■ W il*4 )l 1 of' ell Ii'-ked Imt . .o ' I • y a |i . I'l .1 is: ' ’ ' !. ‘h* y \M' pay fo!' foilli 1-1. '. lilt* 1 i' 'ii'.'l.n •1- ! hat hr diif !! ! » .l!.'''l ‘ '1 ■ I Ml 1 'nil Ullll'l ’- iltilla • 1 ' .1 1 iri M-rt y and nil .it inaiki ‘ ■ i- 1.:; •fiat F !iry il'.n't iiiak .1 !.i ! >11 ih !■ I'l > .11 : i >n h ft 1' * ■.< I 1.11)'! - a!ti;' tl;.> • h.iM' [Giiil ; L ’ ‘ t I luy 1 I 11 Th,' .1' w • . - * ' 111 1- III 1m'« lift' III ding til tht 111' t 1111 III 1 inly >•! t 111' ' fai't.<. tlia! II Ilf liif t'all: UlMi ■r's ilollar gtit - I. ' t 111 mill.Ill 'Ill'll u li«i llllU 1' fiiiiil I'l OlllK ' It ai 111*' fa!lll 111 til.' ii'lail Still 1- '1 'lat iiii'. iili S, 1 it f ou,"- -1', till' raili 1 a .1- .. 1 t 1 til k. s utiiih ha 111 lilt' speaking world is concerned, the pre.ss has eventually won every battle. That is not true in mo.sl of the rest of the umld. Outside of the I'nited .States, the iliitisli ('ummonweait li itf Nation-, and the Keputdic of l’’rance, t)ieie is no impoi tant eountry m the world in which newspapers are free to report the acts of pulilic tifficials ami evim- mciit upon puhlic questions. The first that a ilietator t.akes f.,]'] to make secure the power which h( has seized is to suppress and curb the| newspapers. .So long as the iiewspu- pei.s of a nation remain free from political control in any form, ileiniK'- cacy is in little danger. Whenever a govei'iiiiieiit or a public official at- timipfs to suppress or influence the ojiinions of a newsiiajier, tliat is a danger >ignal not likely to he disre garded, When the Voice of the p>'es.s is sliut the people los«> tin'ir greatest pro tection. “'I’o allow it to lie fluttered is to fetter oiii'chcs.’’ an eminent jurist Hf tile I’nilcti St:itc .Siiprenn' toiiit h.is dei'laicit in an oiiinmn iiph.ihling ill!' pecific piovi ieii ot the < niistltu- tii>ti nii;u ant ■cm';; fi I'cilom of >.|>cc«-h and of the jire-.s. rock: 23 filling station.s, 1 garagi', 1 corncrih, 1 2-room dwilling. (I .-.toie-rooms, 1 cowstall. -o yoti will rt adily -ee that wc not stood .-till, hut an will come when the consumer’s dol lar will not pay for unneces.sai-y dis_ tribufo.T costs # FOOIKS — (haina The Iarges.t item in the average citizen’s co.sl of living is w'hat he— or his wife—has to sfx nd for food. It is precisely in this item that the gr'at4st reductions in the cost of drst*d»ution have been vff»«cted. One hav4' »f the things every wiiman knov moving for- is th.it she i-tiii fill li«*r nta.'ket has- rate, hut ifjk<t more ^•e()nomi^•ally, in m'st com ment on or before that date; and all persons having claims against .said estate will present them on or be fore said date, duly proven, or be forever ba^ed. G. N. FOY, lO-fi-dc Ailministrator. have never paid less than 4 per cent dividends. Loans . . . made to build, improve or refinance your home. Moderate cost. Low interest rate. Conven ient monthly payments. Subscribe To THE CHRONICLE "The Paper Everybody Reads” waid ill a veny rappit wc had about a doz. ii iimrc filling 1 piunitii.-, at the chain store oi the station.^, our little town wouhl look j >u|)er-niarket than anywhere else, iiiuch more citty-liko. )nU wc willl That is partly because those in- jirohahly get them emluring this jin s-i stitulions fmy their goods ilirect from thi* priMlucers without jiaying middle- W. J. BENJAMIN SERVICE station Standard Products Cars Washed and Greased Your Husiness Appreciated r- CITIZENS t] TEDERAL Savings i^ijAND LOAN ASSOCIATION Telephone No. 6 A Clinton Institution Serving Clinton Pesiple Since 1909. mike larK, rfd, corry .*;poiident. Captain Henry’s Show Boat Coming .lohii H. \’an .Aniain’s railio fun- makers, ( aptain Henry and his Show Moat Follies, will appear in (Tinton on Thursday night, Oct. 13th, umler the auspices of th«' I«H*al l.ums club. The pi I formaiie*' is a radio stage .-how of TiO perfoiiinrs under th«’ii own wateipitiiif tent llnatie. Ihe piugram "f I * head!ine act-, is ol a vaiieil natuie and wi l give the au dience an oppm;unity t-i ee in per- -nil < ap ain IF my, w ho i to t hcKi-am! <if ladm !: i. a ! to coa t. ix men’s toll. It is al.so partly lH*cau.se by doing a huge volume of husiness they can afford to take a smaller profit on each sale. ... The head of the largest chain of| I'l griK'ery stores has recently pointixl t], out that the net profit earned by his j-j eompan.v last year was one cent on each dollar of sales. The individual -torekeepi r has to make a lot more than one percent on his sales to earn a living. H. D. HENRY 1898-19.38 F. M. BOLAND w. !l known en.is fioni Nobody’s Business llv (Jee Mcdee .\(b In I'ho ( hronii'Io (ict Lwi’llont RosuK' farmi '' its ji>.i; and td and i t require ' p’oiiuce o\ei' cai'll stage of i.'N, tile Cl*.'’.- of waiehoii-mg p!>.‘c>-mg at \anous -tages, .il' otliii Im-iiies- transactions i to luing food-tuffs to the .*seeial Items I’rom Flat Kink the mi--ion neiiy siHiety met at the home of mrs. Iiol.-mu moore last thill sday w ith mrs. art -qiiaie in the chair. It w.is opined with a duet sung liy mi.-.' liny nioure, entitled, "in the gloaming.’’ she was aeeom- paiiii'd on tire organ hy her .sister, tolsy mooie. \d\eiti'ing in The « hiomc'e get- I xce lent ri 'ul;'. -ay- t’le i reoimil- loii Company, maker- of Cnomu!- -lon, a i>ie-cri|dion for I oughs. Colds t.ixi and Hiomliial Irritatimo A -pace sion Company ha- again started a na- mganizei T.XXK.S — Discrimination .Mole people than ever Is'fore are waking up to the faOt that laxe- come . '.It id e\el yh(>d.\piH'ket, w hether he pays them dmctly or not. There i- .1 gi.iwing I'e-eiitmeiit against the pi.u'tice of impos.ng taxes for the hem fit of .1 paitieular group or class of jii'op.e, e-peiially when the dirii't effect of such t.ixes i.s to increase the CO t of the things which every citizen h.i - to buy. I have done considerahle in'lepiii- di lit 111'.e-tigatmg in the matter of taxc- gem I ally, and particularly the wliicli \arious legislative hislies have undi I taken to impose on chain K H. D. HENRY & COMPANY INSURANCE STOCKS — BONDS — REAL ESTATE I.OA.NS NEGOTIATED Telephone 121 i n it li i.t it i.t a paper was lead from a fiirrin mis-ion nerry who wanteii 1$ to buy some lurt Inlay presseiits for wang Jang sang and wung lung fmig, their party will he hell in nove.mher, so plan will If tin- eon-timer finally gets thi-m. Tlr- mid.lleman’s spiead laug hs fri'in lent- for meats and .'i3 for d.iii y products to its high as Td i veryhoddy was asked to raise a dime for hii.id ati.l eeii.il luinluets and per month, tlie presents last year ei rit- : 1 c.inn d good.-. That the Imy- \\i iil to dang wii and won lung hung, er Ilf eaniiid good- must pay fivei ♦ iKillar- for i\eiy doilar tliat the faim-j drove the misson-ner- I ies hack into the mountings where the japi'cniese can’t find them with their hums, they have drojiped a few hums near where they are hid, hut er get- -eem- exorbitant. I Ketafl I stahlishments, mail older houses, coopetalive set ups and oth er agi ncie-. all leme-ent efforts to^ uvoid the high costs of\mr distiilui- was done to annyhoddy irt at **’''’‘’1’' M'liiv children Beware Coughs from common colds That Hang On tion sVstem K«st, the middiiiiian. o eut out. III pai and wimmeii were killed. KetaiTing and the di-tnhution of' giMKls ale so higlily eompetitive that the an.-wi I can only he that our plicated sysliiii does, after all. meet mrs. slim chance, sr., made a speivhl blc nn oil old clot lies and asked the members _ to get up a trunkful to send to chinna. i gven if other remedies hav. . . 1 , 1 -,1 motion was not'carried as all of, don’t be discouraged, trv Creomulsion. eerUm needs, that people -will pay to folks . satisfy them, and that, however large consistent u-i'i' of newspapi'i' -toies. In every instance which 1 for many years. :hc i reonuil- have examined I have found a well- ohhy representing some tionwi.U' adverti-iiig campaign on group of wholesalers working iK'hind their i>roduct wit}! leguhir insertions the scenes to put pressure on legisla- in The (’hronicle, Wholesalers want to put the ( leomul-ion, n commended hy thou- ehaiiis out of husiiu'ss, htvause the sands of physicians and druggists, is chains, buying dirett Irom priHlucers. sold and guaranteed hy all lirug cut out the iniddlemen s profits which stoics. the wholesalers have been taking. Not all wholesalers are behind the MiioXenu nt to kill chain stores hy puni-' ;tive taxation. The smart ones are organizing independent stores into ■lo.unlary chains for which they act 'a- puivha-ing agents. .And the smart i indejiemlent retailers are joining these xolunlary chains and giving the older Organized l abor i.s concerned with the effei't of taxes upon the cost of The Florida Federation of No matter how many nuHjicinc.s you i , .. , . . have tried for your conunun cough, .c.iaiits some real competition. chc.st cold, or bronchial imtaiion. you ! ♦ may get relief now with Crt'onuilsion. L.AIlOlv —Burdens Serious trouble may bt' brewing and yo'u cannot afford to take a chance with any remedy less potent than Creomijl.slon. “ "' ■ go(\s right to tlio si'at of the trou- d aids nature to soothe and heal living. which go(\s right to tlio s«'at of the trou ble and aids nature to soothe and hea* ,, i „ .,..1,. ..r ti,,. ..-k.j.. the inflameti mucous membranes and to i Labor, mak.ng a stud> of thi whtk loosen and expel germ-laden phlegm. ■ ve failed. sent amiv old clothes to the heathens, may seem the cost of getting goods themselves, would have to go from the * * - ' prodiK-er to the consumer. , that co.st ,s paid primarily for ser- the. fur-1 VKres rendered and not for oxce.ssive L™ ' . - , here for our own children. 1 The shortest route from producer i ^ to consumer, one which eliminates the a liig oyster supper was planned largest pro|H»rtion of middlemen’s for next month, the following coin- tolls, should Ik* the aim of husiness mitties were apjHiintod: oyster com- and the ol>jective of all legislation af- niitte, mrs. mike lark and mi's, slim feeling prices. The interest of the chance, sr., cracker committee, mrs.' consumer is, or should be, ;>aramount tom head, asssited by dr. green’s wife, to all other interests. |S|Hion and bread committee, allso salt, xuw nwixin Awn* pepper, mrs. will skinner and the THE I E() LEh SAI-Et.LARD , j^e chair was ask- A» we reid of the deep lsrnor.rKe ,erv,. ..s a eommitlee ^ one to of the Oi-rmnn people under the die- tatorship of a maniac-like Hitler, we f^q^.h,.^] in pressent said that if they! Your druggi.st Is authorized to refund your money if you are not thoroughly satisfied with the benefits obtained. Creomulsion is one word, ask for it plainly, see that the name on the bottle is Creomulsion, and you’ll get the genuine product and the relief you want. (Aav.) Hipp & Chandler Clothes for Men and Boys Your Business Appreciated tax system as it affiH-'ts the wage worker, has issuinl a report of it.s findings, in which it points to the dis- IHisition of most proposers of tax re form to ignore the ability of the ulti mate consumer to pay additional bur-’ dens, from present or probable fu ture earnings. "There is a unanimous willingness,” says the Federation’s re-* it was 'wonder why as a nation they submit to such domination. XNTien the recent is to be hoped that the oyster war cloud was hanging low the entire,sajiper party will fetch in at lea.st German population was unaware of'25$, that is their gold for ocktober. rhat was really ^ing on. Of the ris-jmoney has benn verry skaco in our ini' tide of outside world opinion and anti-German truculence, they knew nothing. President Roosevelt’s two pMce appeals and the Fuehrer’s an- awer to the first went unpublished, lilo word was printed rofardihg Prime midst onner count of the low price cotton and the high price of gasso- leen and movie tickets and perma nent waves ansoforth. nothing was done about the 4 leaks in the church and the busted stov^ in the manse or Clinton Finance Co., Inc. ^Auto Financing Fire Insurance JACOBS & CO. BLDG. D. E. Tribble Co. FUNERAL DIRECTORS ...AndM. EMBALMERS Licensed Emhalmers, Conpleta .Modern Eqaipmeat Day Phone 94 Night Ph< 24, 25S er tU Clinton, H.<L OFFICE SVPPLIES THOSE SMALL.... BUT ESSENTIAL THINGS . . . about (he office — (ray.s for your de.sk, blotter pad, waste paper basket, letter files, pencils, ink wells, rubber bands, carbon paper, second sheets, etc.—are very useful when you need them. Let us keep you supplied with all of^e accessories. RUBBER STAMPS 21-HOUR SERVICE .Any kind or size stamp you may need. NOTARY PUBLIC SEALS. 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