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CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON. S. C.
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 1. 193S
the said publick votes itself
j change, generally for the worse.
I there being no further tbizness
1^. Stackhouse Against Crop Control
in'
the mind of yore corry spondent, he
will close for this time, but if you
jwill continue to send yore valuable
paper to him for 3 more months, he,
jwill pay you in full; his ritch
sinking fa.st and as soon as he,
Editor, The Chronicle: |a minimum of^ood products, such as
Vote against crop control Decern-'corn, wheat,'Mts or rice. I have a
ber 10 and return the farm to the stock farm in Georgia and wa.s taxed
management of its rightful owner. ' $4.00 per acre because it was claimed
uncle' proper way to judge the future I had too much com planted. I came
is by the past. Think of the various^ home and was told that I was let off
1033 and I light, because the tax was supposed
IS sinking fast and as soon as .
railly sinks, he will inhairct thous-'P'*”* control .since
ands and
patient.
thousands of dollars.
tate complete centralization of gov
ernment.
“Democracy and local self-govem-
merK must be done away with, if there
is to he any real governmental eco
nomic planning,” he said in an ad
dress prepared for delivery at Johns
Hopkins university.
“Democracy arid* free enterprise
iiave grown together. Individual
right-*', protected by the courts, cannot
The
Real TroubieH of Today
Been Ixrcated At {.ast
deer mr. ed<litor:
The hest regulator of economic ac
tivities, he insisted, was the open
market place.
( LI.MO.N. S. (■.. THl KSDAY. DECEMBER 1, 19.38
“HORSE SENSE"
A recent liquor advertisement ear
heard as a speech-
rie<l the heading, “Morse
a horse ha_; more sense
with li'iuor. and the same can he sai<l
of every other animal except man.
make himself
maker.
.Sense." \V<“Il,j U’hat .Mr. Hiysori will talk about in
than to find, his addresses and the position ^e
ETKH KTTE TAI.K
Is interest in this country in
The I
the arinounceiiieiit that King George
and Queen Klizaheth of England are
to vi<it the Cnitist .States next sjiring
an<l call at the White Mouse. It will
h« the first time that a reigning mon-
atxh of the Itiitisii einpir<' has ever
visited .America.
There has h<'en some silly talk from
Washington almul the proper oti-
(}iM'tt<* to In* observed by the I’rt*sident
and his wife wlnn the King and
Qia'i n v'isit them. Should .Mrs. Roose
velt curtsy to the Queen? Tliat sounds
liki tommynot.
If there is any question of tspiality,
the halanee is in the favor of the
Piesident and his wife, since the I'res-
idenl is a moix* p(*wt>rful rult'r. The
King of England’s position is Chat
of a synihul rather than a ruler. Hut
this is not a ixditical visit.
The royal vi.skt to Washingt(*n is a
visit ihy one gentleman and his wife
takes on the many imi»ortant and far
-reaching issues that will confront the
next congress, will Ik* of <*spe<*ial in-
'terest to the peoide of this distriot.
Hut .Mr. Hry.son douhtless knoavs,
tar every inform' r |M*r.son doe.s, that:
! speech-making in Washington during 1
The past several years ha < counter! fo •
jliltle, ei'l.c’ from senators or con-;
gressme*!. M ith '"ew excejitions, the.sr.>i
'gentlemen have ma<le thr*mselves
White Mouse rulduT stamps and con-,
gress has eomjdcdr-ly sui rendoixol its
inUoiderl j)()wers to function as an in-
deproident k-gislativr* body. Kocial and
(“conomic legislation has lK*en drafterl
by such men as Mo|)kins, Ickes, Cq-
tell your congressman and your neigh- to be $6.00 per acre for trying to .
bor if the plan is satisfactory. No land; make a living on my own land. I hear be permitted to Hamper the economic
owner of today know’s how to trade ithat in 1939 if a fanner makes more govermpent.
Have for next year. Under control thou-j than <50 prr cent moie wheat than he recent reconstitutions of gov-
j sand-s of good tenants are walking the made in 1938 he is to be taxed fifty in Italy and Germany
road.s trying to get on relief rolls. Thejcents per bu.shel on the excess. In this way—if we wish to pursue it.
a questionnaire has benn sent out acreage that can now be worked in land of the free are farmers willing
by the'farmers league of flat rock cotton and tobacco i.s too small to sup- , to vote for any plan w'hereby they pay
asking their recippients to kindly set port a family even of two persons. A^a tax to work their own land?
down and ..rite or foam them just government bulletin say.s 'the South-] Secretary Walltce ha.s instructed
exactly how the pressent p<K>r man ^ west is trying to make a Iviing on an every paid w'orker in the extension
.spends his dollar, when he i.s lucky average of six acres of land. The av- dej)artment to stress our terrible
enough to get holt to one. erage j>er per.son in the Northwest is plight if we fail to vote for crop con-
♦ eighteen acres. If we hope foi a stan- trol. They never mention that if we
yore cor’-y spondent, hon, mike dard of living al>ove that of slaves grt domestic aKotment t^at we are
lark, rfd, has interviowed sevveral it i.s necessary to work more land per likely to get just as much sub.-ddy and
families on this timely toj)pic, and person. j perhap.s more than if we have control,
he is jglad to report that th^* aver- I hear if we vote for control we They do not mention the fact that
wHI be ta^ed if we make more than present loan policy, coupled with ^on-
■ ■ trol, i.s going to lose us in the near'
FI.\.\L SETTI.E.MENT [future every pound of export* trade in |
.Notice is heix*by given that I will berth cotton and tobacco. - >
Hipp & Chandler
Clothes for Men and Boys
Ynur Business .AppreciatWl
age dollar leaves his
fol'oWering channels,
hands into
t<j wit;
the
to'l>ackker
.. - .
clO
snuff
clO
cigarettes
clO
chewing gum
•.
cib
ga,s.solt*en
cio
i ms tall merits
cl(J
movie shows
clO
b(M)Ze
cIO
soft drinks
clO
preecher
cOO
ebrthes
c(>2
fovMl
cU3
rent '
c05
render a final accounting of my acts Do you think a handful of picked
and doings as Executor of the estate county committeemen as.si.rted by a
of { arrie h. Rivenback, deceased, to score or more girls can plan
your
^ the Probate .Judge of l.jiui'ens County, farming operalion-s better than you
South Carolina, at Laurens on Friday, can? If you do, v
to
hen, iCoivonan, .lame.s Ko.sevelt and
others of the “jmige” group, and then
sent to congress, not with a nxjue.st
but a demand that it be given legis
lative apnrovul and signaliue.
This centralization of |M>wer in the'
hands of the Prx*si<h«it and a few oth-l
you can r<*ddily see how hard it
make a livving with our nee«l-
cessiti(*s being so numerou.s as relat-
ixi alxive. if the government wouhl,
furnish us jMxir folks with the first
9 iUMns lisletl, we could gel along
verry dwent. we can go awhile with
out meat and bread, but to4>ackker|
ansofortJi is the biggest part of ouri
existence now-a-duys, .so folk.s say. j
December 16. 1938, at 11 A. .M.; and
will at the .same time ask the Court
for a final di.scharge from-my duties
as executor, of said e.state.
All jK-r.sons having claini-s against
isaid estate will fill* the same duly
verified on or before Dwember 16th,
1938, or, be forever barred.
.M. L. RIVENHACK.
Executor, E.state of Car
rie E. Rivenback.
ote for crop control, j
If you wi.sh to be a free man again
and regain contn>l of your farm and
fill every tenant hou-e with happy
farmers, vote again.rt control.’ '
WADE ST.ACKHOU.SE.
Dillon.
HOME LOANS
On'FHA Lonj; Term Plan.
Easy Monthh Pa^'ments.
FIRE & CASUALTY
Insurance
Hugh N. Denson
AGENT
Phone 300 Clinton. S. C.
12-15-5cw
U. S. Economic
Planning Scored
for
ers has l‘•.sulled in both harmful and' we do not spend annything
costly i'Xperimentation. When men | preeching now ,as you will note
'with backbone like Glass, Hyrd, Bai- can set at home and listen at
'h-y, Wheeler, George, Smith and oth- 'moots all day long, enduring
(*rs have opeiuNl their mouths in op-jsunday anil week-days, for nothing;
1 |»o.sition to certain legislation they | no colh'ction is ever $ook over the
NOTICE OF ST(K KHOLDERS'
MEETING
.Notice i.s hereby given that a spec- in
iai imx'ting of the stockholders of —
•Joanna Cotton Mills will be held at
' '^‘^jthe offices of the company, Goldville,
I South ('an)lina, at 3:30 P. .M., on*
^"'^h I Monday, the 19th day of Dwember,
1938, for the purpose of considering |
a resolution of the Board of Direc-
Baltimore, Nov. 26.—Benjamin M.
'.Anderson, Jr., i*cononii.st of the Chase
::
National bank of New A'ork, .said to
day governmental economic planning
the United States would necessi-
In anirther gentleman and his wife,
and the propi'r etiquette is what is have i»'te’jireted as unw'ise or barm- air. most of our clothes and food ^ tors for the decrease of the authorized
ptxqier when one gentleman calls ati^^i public giMxl, they have Ikh*!! ulr(*ildy furni.si}M*(l by the relief Rud 1 j^^^ck of the corporation from
ani.th. i gentleman's house to hreaH 1, $1,.500,000 to $500,(MR) and of its
hr* ad of for a social hour.
! is what eats up our dollar.
(IKTTING SET FOR DEFENSE
W do not know, nor doe** anyone
inuhinent the danger of a
the I'nited States may
do
tiow
\\ .11 j^involving
Lfor political crucifixion
j There has biH*n, anil still is, imtire
;ly too much federal regulation and mr. jones and his wife quit using'
I tamperirng with Inisiness and the pil- tirtiacker and snuff and cigari'ttes
ing up of billions of ilollurs of debt and gassoleen and chewing gum last
I which must l>e met by taxpayers. ^ week: they dii*il. we are niiurly all
b
We hi*pe tliat there is nothing of
the kind in the offing. Hut it is ap-
paitnt tliat the folk who are rumiitig
tilings III Wa-hington believe that this
cou’rtiy should jw»t itself in a position
wh'MT it can protect itself if neces.
sary. '
Soin(*1 iiiies the best way I0 kei‘[i
HU' of rt.ir is to tu' prepared to fight
if 1 hica'iiieil and to let the other
feJlow know that we me stronger
lliati lie Is We get the impression that
.semi siicli tlusoy underlies the re-
\iv«'d talk Ilf a great program of na-
tioMal defense.
We do not understand that anyone
fiais an actual invasion of the I'nit-
I t S;ati-. tlioiigb tlcncral Malin
( laii', chief of staff, say- wc ought
to * ; ve a lilt lU'O e ant i aircraft guns
and earclihght- t<i guard again at-
t:i. k fii-m tl/*' air.
■|'i - I'll ideiit' !ia suggested that
we 'iee,i ;i imieii l.iigei figlg.iug air
f ,1 tha'i we have now. I'hcrc is
ta '•* I't a kiiig ^■ltI)g)e- to appre)>ri-
ate 'inoiey lo inciease our military
p’.. s f om the piesiiit goal of about
2, 9'.I to nine t.i ten thou -and.
Tliere has Ihh'U a
from .the .so-called
still greater contiol over the whole
ix'onomic striK'ture of the nation.
What has lHX‘ti the result another
nation-wide depre.ssion. And so long
as we have thi* present »|M*ctacle of
maltreated hiisines.s, tenifii*<l capital,
mounting taxes, and destroyed initia
tive. Just so long will the ri“turn of
pro.sperity l>e retar<lisl.
our m*i*dcessi-
ought newer to have had, hut which
we can’t now get along without, rile
shares from 15,000 to 5,000 of the i»«r
value of $100 each, and to approve
or disapprove a re.solution of the
Hoani of Directors that the corpor
ation is.sue ten-year seven p«*rccnt
notes or delfl*ntures of said ci)rpqr-_
in the sum of $500,000, and for
transaction of any and all busi-
desirable
in con-
j>ersi.stent demand just like the Joneses: *«»,
"inner ciicle" for lies tixlay si«i*m to be them things "9* 1
1 ness nece.Hsary or
neetion therewith.
Hy order of the Hoard of Directors
(this I Ith il;iy of NovemlM-r, 1938.
I F. L. RKGNERY,
I Itc Secretary,
or foam.
yores
mike
coiry
truly,
lark, rtd,
spondent.
D. E. Tribble Co.
FU.NERAL DIRECTORS
EMBALMERS
Licensed Enbalmers. Complef*
.Modern Eqaipnent
Day Phone
f4
Night Phene*
24. 2.53 or 2SS
Clinton.
S. C.
ft
Dr. Felder Smith
of
DRS. SMITH & SMITH
OPTOMETRISTS
Specialist In
Eye Examinations
Office Honrs Onily
Phone 2f-W for AppoiataiMit
Clfaitoa, S. C
i-»aesese3e«aeaeMaweit38»w»**^aiai>ity}|^M[;y
Clinton
Finance Co., Inc.
.Auto Financing
Fire Insurance
Office:
JACOBS & CO. BLDG.
NOTICE OF SALE
I*ui*suarvt to an Onler of the
Pro-1
\Ve agree that it is time for Jit'ua- lutle-('ourt for Ijaurens ('outvty. State
hors ami congressmen to talk out ami of .'vmth <’arolina, in the matter of
reasseii the | owers of their office, the ertale of J’lara E. DiK'ketl, de-
W’hetliei they do soj_remains to bo ceasml, I will .sell at auction to the
j >eeM. 'I’lu 1 event eUn'ii?!
yond doulit impre*-’
that the i>eo|vle are tired ami disgusl-
)n should Ik*- highest bidders for cash on the Hth
upon congress day of December, 1938, at the office
of .1. F. ,laco>hs in Clinton,
S.
eil with our rubber-stamp, jelly-fish twi‘en tlu* hvuirs
variety of reioesentatives in Wash- and file o'eltH'k
iiiglon wiio have betrayed the fumla-
inental principles upon vvhieh ooplar
Ameiiean goveinnient was founrli*<|.
,\ii woiiib'i the nation’s ]>u1^lie debt
i*- at an all-time high of over thirty-
eight liiilio'i dollars ami is «>xpeet»sl per shan
to cross the thirty-nine Idllion mark common st(K*k of
within the next three week'.
>f t«*n o’cliK’k .A. .M.,
one o eltH’k P. .M., the iH-rsonnl
property, giwids and chattels of the
said estati* of Clara K. Duckett. «le-
eea.sed, consisting of the following:
Twenty-five shares of tin* stvH'k of
.lacobs List, Inc., of the par value of
\:
the
had
Nobody’s Business
By Gee McGee
S, I
ll< w
l.
Wav Out
N4
The Right
deer rtnr. edditor:—
\v«' not is that you had a recent ar-
tickle in yon* paper vvhieh said that
the ifarnu'rs havt* bev*n ruint by
ami crop controll and vv. p. a. ami j
oHrer govvermeiit aids, including thel
boll vveeviis. yPu evvenlently have
newer fainietl. i
the ' line time We are building
liigginav y \iuei iva ba.s ever
.''IV iiew liattlolup', •IC new de-
1 , ]'■. ‘;nevv 'iilimarini'. four
: .li i aiiil a lot of smaller ves-
.iie a'leady eitliei' uiiilei con-
.s' >1 ;;i.ii 1.1 authorized.
The ipiot loll .iia! Ill a ly arise- W liat
<lo -ve neeil ^uvli a big navy toi if vvi*
do imt VApect t*> be attavke*!? We cer
tainly ilon't expect to attack anyltody.
■|'he answaw i> found in the ivcent
utteianee-; of the President on the
sub.evt ofrtbe sivlidarity of iivterest^
of a,l the nations of the .American 1 yj,j, injiin a farmer
continent, north ami south. It has
Ih-en a fixed policy of the United
State.' fi>r. nioia* tlian a 1(H) years that
We will not stand f*»r any European
nation establishing colonies or tvthcr-
xvisi getting a foothold anywhere in
.America.
Cmiei the .Miinroe DtK'trine it is
up io the I’nited .'states to resist any
attempt by Germ.inv, Italy or any
otht country t*i get control of any
pail of South or Central .America.
Then* havi- been many .'igns imii-
cating that .one* vn another of the t>v- ii'isoforth;
Fifty shares of tlu*[
Iac»>l>s A: Co. Inc. of j
the par value of $10.(K) j»ei .-liaie; OtiC;
llutulivd and Ftu'ty shares of the prc-{
fi rn d stiK'k of .lacobs A: Co. Inc. of
tlve par value of $10.00 i»er shari*;|
.Note of .lacolis tV Co. Inc. in the
amount of $2619.17; On** 1933 Chev-i
' roIi‘t Coupe; and also all other per-,
sonal pixtperty belonging t<» the saiil
.estate. ’ '
.1. F'. .lacobs as Exocuti*r
' ,a»f the Estate of Clara E.
Duekett, Dtvt'ased.
relief Mated at Clinton. S.
the 2.'>th day of .\vn.. 11)3S.— Ico.
eas
you can’t
him work
by givvingj
for not raisitig cro|)s, and |
hurt his feelings hy letting!
on the vv. p. a. when he is|
YOUR
SURPLUS FUNDS
broke; vvbat W'e tti'inl is more boll |
vveeviis, seatterevi ovver the entire
cotton belt instead of just onmy farm
like last vear.
ri.AUK YOUR SAV INGS WitH
IS VVHKRK YOU (;ET 1N-
Sl RKI) SAFETY — GOOD
RETURNS.
A
Tt
to last
hubbert green claims that we' Individuals. lUisinesses. ('hurch*
I 12 months drovvth in the u. os and Schools, are invited lo
invest their surplus holdings in,
this as.s(K'iation.
or.
need
'. wiiisei than annything else. he
says we have pleivty of provisions
us
2 years, including cotton, j’
uncle sum could divide it'
talitarian nation.' is eager to got j'os-
Fossion «*f Hrazil. If this country has
to fight, it seems more likely that it
will he to proti*ct Hrazil and other
South .American nations frv>m foreign
pc'notration than to rtqiel invaders
in the north.
.Apparently we are getting all set!
up betvvixsl us so’s it vvoubl hold out
and not lot wall street gv't holt of
-aine U) gamble on.
mr. art svpiare say^ it don’t mat
ter now what .party grabs the gov-
verinent, republicans or dimmenenats
— he is down and out and therefoar
for defense, and that ^t alone mav ^ anny downer or anny outer,
be enough to prevent any nation fronC^’
trying to put something over. saddle, he got l>cat for kurriner last
year in his home county and now he
hates everboddy exceipt the -22 fel- j
4 Per Cent
Current Dividend Rate.
Save
Any Amount Any Time.
Safety
Your Savin(i;8 Insured Up To
$5,000.
VASHINGTON
ilers Avho voted for him.
EYES ON
it was not^ that the new repro-;
sentative frony this district, Joseph R. I iM»ir»ticks i.s .sorter like typhoid
Bryson of Grt^nville, was in C/tdumbia fever: it runs its coarse: and the
the other d^y and talkovl of his plans.! case generally g<‘ts .so bad that it
In a newspaper interview he was'dies, or a now vioctor is called in that
quoted as saying he was going to be | knows how to treat the mallatly, meb-
a “.‘»pe«king congreasman” when he'Ik? we, need a new doctor, no party
goes to Washington early in Janu
ary. In his campaign this summer he
criticized his opponent for failing to
can stand being on top verry long,
it get.s too powerful or too rotten
for the publick to utummick it, and
EDERAL5AVINGS
AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
Telephone No. 6
A Clinton InsUtation Serving
Clinton People Since 1909.
SAHTACLAUS
WILL ARRIVE IN CLINTON
FOR HIS ANNUAL VISIT
FRIDAY, DECEMBER
HE HAS ACCEPTED THE INVITATION TO BE THE CITY’S GUEST
EXTENDED BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND INVITES
EVERY LITTLE BOY AND GIRL IN THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO
COME And welcome him.
DETAILS OF THE BIG CELEBRATION IN HIS HONOR
WILL APPEAR IN NEXT WEEK’S PAPER.
DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EARLY
IN CLINTON