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V r"- / A i PAGE FOUR / THE CLINTON CHRONICLE^ CLINTON. S. C THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 1, IMO “TT 34? (Eltttton Erttbliilwl 1900 WILSON W. H/UIRIS, Editor and PoblialMar <■ PobUahed Erary niuraday By ^ THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY -X. »« Subscription Bate (Payable In Advance): One Year $1.50; Six Months 76 cents; Three Months 60 centa Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Poet Office Clinton. S. C. The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subecribMS and readem—the publisher will at ail times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly ad vice. The Chronicle will publish li^rs of general intew^ whw they be noticed. This paper its oorrespondeola. .. *..v «- AAMWWii waivu law^ not of a defamatory nature. Anoimnous oommunioaikna wiU not noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinknia of boys, if these things are returned at once, no questions will be asked or ancers ma^. time, if . there is ever to be a new eon- fidenoe created, wiping out of deficits, and a balancing of the budg^ Hk crop tkaitatkin soheme—teUing the fanner wftMt be can and whSt he can- the poultry asid chicken farmvwhich not plant has driven great numbers has benn planned by mr. and m^bdame of small fanners to unemploiyent of- holsum' moora on a verry large skale fioes. More serious StiB, it has worked has been abandoned, the goworment to the extent that otor foreign cxistom-1 lefused to under-rite this project, as era fill their cotton needs elsewhere it is private bizness. they Granted ntther :^n in America. This oppoei-1 seck-terry wedlis to furnish them 6 tkm toT'every proposed for spending hig incubators, 6,000 fresh hatehir^j ourtaiknent that looms in WatAiing- liO akers of chicken land, 15. ton is due (largely to the sending of rwdy-made h^n-houses, 60 bales of representatives to Washington on the hay for ^h^-nestes, with 3,000 feet of basis of whalt they 'have done for their fencing, 600$ in monney to start districts or what they can get out of with, and 16 w. p. a. ,workers to look the public pork barrel for their sec- *fter the investment, they are badly | tkms. * insul^ aa none of their letters to We will get nowhbre—as the record hopkins, ickra, waHis, morgan -thaw, ■ of the past eight years unmistakably the incomming pressident. ‘THE POCKETBOOK V KNOWLEDGE nS. CLINTON, S. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1940 shows—throtgfh multiplied new-fan- anceied or returned, gied economic panaceas that have car-1 ,ried the pidilic debt ahnost to the CONSUMERS SHOULD ACT . There should be an agency in Wash ington whoae business it is to tell the American jveople the truth about the effect on their i)ockotbooks of every propost'd law. No government bureau will do it, for government employees who told the truth about what the politicians aiv doing w’ould soon find^ their funds eu't off. What is needed, is a genuine Consumer’s Ixxbby, rep-| resenting enough hou.si-wives and pth-^ er citizens ...struggling to make both! ends .meet to make a real impression | such .sorry economic fix is that there is just too much govern ment going on." “Bverywihere one turns, one finds some sort of politicaJ moui- agement, ahd poliltical manage ment costs money. ~ - “It ha* co^ thepeople "“of 'the Un*^ States during the past six years so exorbitantly that they now have a federal debt of more than $45,000,000,000 resting up-' on them, and a hxed federal an nual" expjediture of $8,500,000^00, " limit figune of forty-five billions of cMlaov—and yet even this does I deter advoewbes of ^xing and taxing, ^spending and spending. .j 'What does it all mean. TVx> much I ' government and politicail centraUza-' tion of poww in Washington. We have too long ^ idly* by and allowed this travesty of democracy to grow from bad to worse. And as sure as tiwo and i two make four—pay day is coming. yoias trtdie, mike lark, rfd, stair reporter. Mra Maddoi It Explosion Victim ‘ Laurens Woman Receives Injur-1 ies When Hot Water Tank Inj Home Explodes, TTpmr-mngiTy'^fm'n awri ^matowi' ^bo! vote special privileges THAN THE PEOPLE ARE .so cht“erfuJly to spl^ia! groups to enable them to[ prey uiKin the masses. livery special^ interest imaginable is represented by active loLoyists in Wa.shington. Tbe^ poly interest that,has no influence there- is the gene^l public—rthe con- sum pr.sthat va.st army of millions who’dr.e_ victims of so-called “hidden taxes” ami through this “il>lind” moth-, of raising revenue aie penalized ev-^ cry time th.y gp in a store. When the laborer (we all aie) goes to'the i movies, buy^ gasoline, a^ suit of clothes, a can of beans, a plow, a imckage of cigai'ettes, or a loaf of bread, or practically any commodity,. ABLE TO GEt ALONG UN DER. - , ( “We are not charging that there i.s more government than the peo ple want, but we are charging that there is more than they NEED, and more than they can afford to have, n “More than, they would have, if they could be given a-rebirth of the spiri'b of industry, hardihood, fortitude, resolution, frugality and thrift which their ance^»rs had end experienced when they were building this country.” T Nobody’s Busineu "By Gee McGiF'^ Laurens, Jan. 29.—^Mrs. Rufus Mad- -jden, young matrop of the city, waffi I in a. serious condition today at her I home on Hampton street as the result of h«id”1IKr"aiWrer tained .Sunday afternoon when a 40- i I gallon hot waiter tank in the kitchen | I exploded shortly after she had start-j jed a fire in a h^ing stove, t I Mrs. Madden, alone at the time, I A Marine Is On An Extended Visit In Plat Rock I izzy square, son of mr. and mes dame art square of flat rock, is back' was struck down and rendered un- 'home from the navy on a vissit which conscious by broken parts of the he calls a furlough, his boat is ini tank, w^ile other piece® penetrated | n. y., he says, and they prmoised not’the wall of the room, leaving a siza-; j to leave ?till he got back, and he is to - ble aperture. W'h«n memibers of let the capUng know when it wiH suit j the famdly and several neighbors 'him to return. Iwm and the oapdngjarrived, the latter being attracted !are very close friends, always consult by the report of thtf explosion, Mrs. r > FINAL SETTLEIMENT |'said date, duly proven or -be forever Take notice that on the 9th day of barred. February, 1940, I will render a final'' Wni. J. BAILEY, account af ifty acts and doings as 5, 1940.—l-4tw. Executor of the estate of *J. Ar~Batfey,-~ to^er Wore undertaking anny- Ma^ was at^piting to reach a deceased, in'the off ice of the Judge of thing much, ihe is next to capting in' bedroom, though still stunned and I Probate of Laurms county at 10 How true are these words, and the ^ rank, according .to bis ma. j dazed. While she is reported aa|o'cio^ ’ ho i.s paying tribute to government cost of supporting so much political i j somewhat improved today, the at- anii can’t h Ip him.self. management is a back-breaking Idad[- izzy says he has sailed all over the physician advised that she The poo; who carry the ereater tax-payer. Taxes now repre-^wortd. be spent 3 months in shanghai, not be removed to a hoepital Executor. Vi*"- pail of tho heavy tax loadj are being i*"' 21 per cent of our national in- diinna, and waa verry friendly "“’’•'l' a. m., and on the same day, will apply for a lAnal discharge from; my trust aa Executor. | Any person indebted to said estate COLDS Cause Discomfart For quick relief from tl|e misery of coMb, take 666 666 deceived and lied to by a group of government spending 27.5 the jappernees admirai, allso chai« injury, the family fielf fteelcimr noliticisn^ wHS per c...1. ikie ^lek, the chmese preasidetiL he ^n-®d ?^1Slse pr^gamla of- “soak ‘ th; The head of one of the lar.Tcst au^oan talk both Chinese and jappeihese, rich.” Such officials ought to be re- fomobile manufacturing corporations but noboddy in flat rock could under tired from public to private life. America was recently called a® a stand a word he said, he ahso spent a Consumers need to organize before the N^ional Economic few weeks in manilla and cuby, and!wave which sent the mercury to zero make themselves heard and felt by investigating the nation’s stayed in south amerioa 2 years where [Sunday ^rfiorning. The other occurred speaking out in loud protest at the He said: “Bekase the he learned to talk brazillian. he saidMast Wednesday.following the six-ipch ballot box economic structure of the country they sailed around, cape horn and' snowfall, when Roy Smith of Ashe-1 ^ from its*B^lS of regulation, taxes through the panama cannal in 3,vi4le: iN. C., was found slumped in •j’jlg WEATHER NOSE DIVE ®^d abuse anM let these be a profit weeks, they had a fast boat. jhis truck cab, a victim qf carbon ,p, ,, f + J 'to derived from legitimate effort. ^,monoxide poisoning. He >had stalled* ,K i. y »“y saw the battle-at inontevideo.on Cemetery Hall, and when discov- m Tta e '.‘n veare^s^t \e^er langdorf scuttle ered the motor was still running, and HI i>c .'xia.t in >tars, sent temper ag-ain and recovery will be m sis^t. atured to record lows, in many places is notified and required to make pay- Liquid—Tablets—Balva—NoM ment on or before that date; and alli persons having claims against saddj^U^SCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE estate will present them on wr -before “The Paper Everybady the "graf spree and -was with*him the fV,,. fw V—^ ,iiext dsy, iiheu iks..oim»urtad.siicida thi mercji5 dfopp ng Mow zero, that too much government is going and kiHed hissekf. he allso saw the hTT'* <*'■ •«lr "*h'n'-M»dde,r vx^r-formeri«™ onicial wcavhci man mdulging in the extravagant |^as only 200 yaxds away in his own fust time in spending of public funds in suoh a Wt when the genmans ^k the abh- escapii^r gas fumes were notioeahly stra^. Smith recoveind a few houn after being taken to a local ihbspital. 1 ccorded zero weather Sunday. lYe are urav tihiLt Tirized * * i. a ^ j • 'x, .nfo,n.v<i by sew,,! Clinton “wvatherir^Lllil iZrtTire^^g l!::?-.‘'f .T!*. ™ !“*>' Edna Davis, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Davis of Laurens, residents of >South Harper street. the thermometer ” and had a long talk with muB8y-lenn,| - ^ the snnte degree,there in to he penn,-^tifwi^ nttZ"he*S^! LUTHERAN gYNOD anlTshivel^'^’”'"' "<-« reeovery in thin country there jji,, ,„ry much, but he Thin xero' lecord in the “sunnyT^eM “Jlr ^0^1^ South, not equaled since the famous democracy.. Before con^ions blizzard of February, 1899, made the jnea^h ^ stabilized basis there must be authorities” that dropiied to about weather the most talked of topic of‘a restoration of confidence now lack- ** the wvek. Its an old American custom both with individuals and husi izzy is with the alleys to win. he knows hitler in person, and says he is "K t "“I. J!'>y Rev. J. LeGrande Mayer and J. D. Boland represented St John’s Luther an church of this city at the 115th annual convmtfon of the Evangriieal Lutheran Synod of South Carolina held Wednesday, ’Thursday and Fri the colder it gets the hotter it be- ne^s, and an end put to <»ntrolizied” Tj^fcharieston. The Oharlesrtjon cfcuroh is' a convei-sation. When the powei- and the giving (rf mandates m- ♦ he ^ cvlebwtJng ka lOOth anniversary in I noAP Hive txr *^'“,out8ide the building at munich when comes as mercury does a national nose dive, fpom Wa^ngton. The govermnent';;;r’:rol";^';;‘7“'tnT*Kl‘l'!^‘r:ri-ur‘^ p,."pk. yet.mto ,li«-usxi»p and .rgu-,„u« .rtOE..teviJw«, dvnouiKm* »™1 \Man>,iing. sThe country has had an over-dose ♦Wo. nrkiuu. The weathii buieau in Washington of political management, «xperimen- Kis oan nif lutW i|. of coui-se, the last court of appeal ta] legislaition and governmental cora-2 J for all climatic disputes. , petitiOTi (tax free) with (heavilv- of hnn while he What is the lowesttomnerature * xxvii * * k • 'm.' ^ balling the jack after the explo- ^wnai IS cne lowest temperature taxed) private business. The inevv eki-.L-o Wer l ecoiikNl in the ‘United States, j table results frCm such, pirficies have ^ <«ham4>ftpl«.in un to this Kumh tr« registeieil, and where,? been seen in recent vears. terrified^ Lecember of this year. rcr whi n was it £>arl Browder appealed from his ooDviotion on the grounds that it was unfair. 'Perhape, if the prefers the kind 'oi trial Joe Stalin gives, that could he arranged. NOTICE! - THE BOOKS ARE OPEN FOR THE PAYMENT OF ' Your 1939 COUNTY TAXES Pi^ and Save! 1 % lbr-J«aiMiry.— V Z% for February. 3%,for March. 7% from Ainril 1st to 15th J1 »1 April 15th, the books will close and all receipts net paid win be executed. D. R. SIMPSON, County Treasurer .Many Clint,.n ,«.ple will reply thati^Lr." wa,. la,. Fnday Wh. and'^ Lur-'Z^S .^d a iZ’p - Z''i" *“ *> "o* n dav. The CITA'nON FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION The State of South Carolina, Laurens County. "J I battleship up too long in n. y. he ia a! By J. Hewiette Wasson, Probate correct answer building aotivkiee in all fields. Private ^ ^ T fV J- , Imwexer, is:.eme„pri«, if it i, .to go ahead with rtf.fZ bi) degiees below zero (Fahrenheit), | expansion, -must be encouraged “P ^'th his sailor j Whereas, Cordelia Dobbins made at Rr.rridJf Ranger .station. Yellow- g^ead of being harassed—(here rouat .'-tone Park, VNyoming, February 9,'t>ea return of common sense economy jin the administration of the public are .some other questions — .business. with their answers — that have comi' We get nowthere as individuals or a nation, without confidence—the bed- 19;«. Here for settlement: , Is there a state w'hioh has never ex rock upon which all sound huauKaa is No. Florida j founded. The unprecedented spending, \r f aar/v K^lrf'wtar 1 *#«»a % i I suit to me to grant -her LettMrs of .T . ^ , . . I Adnwnstnkion of the estate and ef- Unnsual Thihgs of Interest In ^ c. Dohbina. Flat Rock j These are, therefore, to cite and ad- friends and loved ones will piete * monish aR and singular the Idiklred take notis that the little of mrs.'and creditors oi the said W. C. Dbo- skipper--houU - has Prturnedy^ her bins, deeeoscd, thfl't they be and ap- home and bodrd ,and that no reward pear before me, in the Court of Pro TNAOf MARK t i - * • IHMiinced zei-o w'eather? _ „ comes the close.st with only two below.! pjjJng of deficit*^updn deficit,'^and being offered for her return bate, to be held at Laurens Count Which statte ha.s had colder weather, unbalanced budget for the eleventh I 'that folks will kindly quit calling House, Laurens, S. C., on Fkhruary .Souih Camlijia or Louisiana? This is j consecutive year, -have weakened piA-i^** ^1** foq^ni and telling her that. 12, 1940, next, after publication here- a trick question because South Caro-ijjc confidence' and hampered business bhink they- saw her “littk pre-!of, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, to lina, which is considerably fartherja.nd iftd-ustry. People are unwillii^ tjoJcM)u*”on main street or wess’of towa.ebow cause, if any they have why the north than Uiuisl-ana, has seen tihe'^pake investments or loans of idle'cedar lane.!said Administration should not be rhercUiy at ideven below, while the rnoney regardless of how good the'^^e subject 1ms benn closed so far aajgranted. „ moral risk or security offered may be.|ber and her <h>g are concerned, so ahe They turn down sudh desirable invest-j®*ys- ments or loans at fair inteirest rates,; • ^ to place their nooney in postal sa'vingsi our leggislature is in session of this 8-2cw Pelican state has hhd it down to 16 below. X Which ha.s been colder, Maine or N\w M exico? The answer is neither. 1:'.^ bc-.n 4S below '^bh- Texas or^pr banks at an inteneet wnte of two'rltiBg and are verry bizzy gqttfcig Delaware? Texas* by six degrees..p^r cent, and sometimes less. ’They ready to decide what to work cn first.’ R iode d.-iland or Alabama? Both have|0|.e afraid—that’s the only answer, [they will possibly call on the highway hill recordings of 18 below. | We are told 'by the experimenters department, wiho gets all the reddjr The lowest temperature on record'.that deficits create purohasing^Kywer cash in our state, to tsdee Oter run- , in South Carolina is 11 degrees be- and make jobs. Nonsense. Cait a drunk'ning the schoUs and pennitentiary and low ZAHX) at Santuck in Union county,drink himself sober? This coun- the as^um, and let other revenues be' and .Show.s Fork, in Aiken county, on needs to stop spending and waat- ^pli^ to highway patrol and k. k. k. February 14, 1899. jini^ taxpayers’ moncy—atop borrow-jmveatigstors and the game wardea’a! Getting out pf the United States ^ meet deficita. And yet, wheiK agents,, of which there are hondreda. ^ into Soviet Russia, according to au- guoh gy, effort is made, by. a few in j the more mpnney they have, the moi«i theotic advice* received Sunday in WacAungton who see the danger alg-jthey wiH sp^nd. it is newer a qoes- diplomatic circles in Washington, thel^ii^ ^ X storm of pro- tion as to how much they need, but coldest weather there in 100 years Mjteot from the politiciani. We saw an [how mud) they can raise by ho^ or being experienced—78 degrees bdowjexample of this yesterday when the ferook or both ansofbrth, and even tlmt zero, with tagpop movements under jiguse " ai^rropri^ion oommittoe ap-j'won’UTm enough. proved a dxaa^ cut in farm aid funds. Sepeftary WaUaoe hMtalitly Registered a vigorow protest eharg- ing thal the jeoonMny dr^ imperils agricultural well-being. Certain sens Giveh under my hand 'tlus 29tih day of January, A. t)., 1940. J. HEWUrrTE WASSON, J. P. L. C. W. J. BENJAMIN SERVICH STATION Standard Products Cars Washed and GfSisad Yanr Buaii OSk VOUR ORN. HOME! ' Through 4!)ur Ecmiomical, I^ect Reducbkm Plan WE OFFEft AMPLE FUNDS —'TOBUY —TO REMODEL » TO REFINANCE h »'ay to the Fftnish front. Frozen yet? If you are, how about someithing on the country’s hottest weather. The 1913 record at Death Valley, Caiifonua, staH' staoda—^134, degrees. Wish you were there? * 'TOO MUCRWi oapUMi,- dr. hufabert |p«en uys whoever stole his sstdieTto’ tools will kkMRy retitm the tools nnd keep the satthsl. nobody but 'him in our midst eotod government Under the oap^en,-“Ju8t Too MuolC That’s Ail,” The Chariotte Observer, nUy edited by Dr. JuUaa Miller, aaya: “One reason this country te in tors and congMasmen will let up a'ttm]) of his cutlery-ware, except to peiN patotors and slice off «om feoto the cob, and as these items hond 'because Ihey know Itiy good poh* tics hmtk in the rural arena where their fnrmer constituency’’reMde and vdte. Form aid fumia a|KKdd l)e ei)t» and every other app^riatton topaasBtjfqasr^ *1- eWnnar, a^ f • I I out of eeaBan, there ia no uto to them. Mm foHownring are vltdy: ate ebanec, the 4.