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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON. S. C
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1S40
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TABLE SHOWS SPENDING OF AMERICAN PRESIDENTS
Roosevelt Has Spent SSVi P®*" Cent 4^8 Much As All His
.J^edecessors Combined In 144V2 Years.
This table sets forth tiw complete financial record of estimaite presented to congweas by President Roosfevelt in
jerease in the old ^ penskxlB at our,®'’®*’y president of the United States from the adoption recent bod^ ...
Btalte cappitol. the reppersentatives' of tbs Constitution in 1789 .to date.. The figures^iveii Tim-totals show that Pranfchn DJRooeewlt, in eight
Nobody’s Business
By G«e McfGcc
Legal Items From Flat Rock
no hope is being hell out for a in-
who got in the house on this flaitfbrm .q^o ..v.. i • . j-.. j j
.now say that they thought the state > receipts, expenditures and defi-
gowermertt had plenty of monney on cita recorded in the annals of the treasury department
hands and ^1 'th^ they would have and certified to congress in the annual report of the sec-
have to do is to ^1 the state .trea^ retaiy of the treasuiy. Figures for 1940 and 1941 are the
urer who to pay it to, biA such le not,
the caee: the ihighfway department is
the department that has all of the President
years, has spent 58^3 per cent at Tnudh as all of hia pira-
decessoia put together in 144H years. He received in
taxes in these depression years 44 pm* cent as mudh as
all of his piedece.ssoi-8 together' h|ive collected, and ha
has almost exactly doubled the national debt.
spent on highways and bridges,
a few bills are being put thru th:
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1940
'ihouse, so says our local 'leggislator.!- (War of 1812)
lone bill will make it a miss-demeanor i Monroe 8
to Jiboot at the same dove twice, Quincy Adams 4
I other one forbids hunting foxes be
lt is our opii^on that we have conw^^j^ j„iy 4.^)^ ^ Martin Van Buren 4
a pretty pass in the Democratic | jg ^ hopper: it will re- ‘ *Harrison and Tvler 4
HOW WE FOOL OURSELVES jon third terms for presidents.
“.\othing comes from doing noth-'
ing.” So ^'’rrtte Shakespeare centuries
ago. i party U we I»ve uiuy ent: *v■ qujpg bg^^iers to whet their razor be-'
That advice seems more necessary ^ president pf twixt shaves, our local repper-senia-
t(Hlay* than ever before due to the^ ^
fact that fhere- is a rapidly growing: ^
belief on the {>art of millions of peo-
l)k' that they are entitled to some-j
thing for nothing at the hands of gov-i
.\'ndrew Jackson 3 -
('Mexican war)
jtive will interduoe a hill to require' Taylor 1
all eggs to be dated and then sold by j Fillmore 3
I
our state senate is putting thru a 1
i words.” it will 'be a great help to our
AI.M OF BOY SCOUTS IS
GOOD CITIZENSHIP
„ — , The thirtieth anniversary of the • 1 j ». -i
eminent. They fwl that the world, as Boy Seputs organization of AmericaA,
exemplifitHl by their government, will he celebrated for a week begin-
owes them a living. They are quite ning today, by the nation’s 1,333,0001
cbnvinct'd that no resjwnsihility de-|Boy
volves upon them to save, to work, to [week, termed Boy Scout Week, is the; u u v u
hustle, to think, to plan.' Imost important in the Scout calendar, 1 ^^ - highway wpartoepit again
Well, it is timeAor the American and 9,000,000 pemns, all
jiioplo to learn otherwise. F
(Civil war)
! Andrew Johnson 4
'allsp
pass
a resserlution to white- ^arfiald and Arthur 4
pennit to increase the | (Isitadm.)
Aaintrv haT si>ent multiplied billions to participate this year in the observ-T^ wn> moni.ey 10 sime oepa^- -
,„raelhinK for nothing, ^and anc;.^ ^tho c,f
'gotten UJ? Tltg
ring a bill to William McKinley 4
thing We have to show is a forty-five President Roosevelt, honorary pres-
billion dollar public debt — a burden ident of the movement and an active “ne ^Id *d^^
that is throttling oup productiveness, Scout leader, will provid'e the high'
and more an<l more pieople holding out |K)int of the week by delivering a
their hands for more money they have nation-wide radio broadcast tonight to
<io.ne nothing to eani, spurred on by his- “fellow Scouts” and millions of
limit the shooting of bull frogs per) (Spanish-American war)
the important bills of our leggisla-
tui'e will not come up till about june
(Wodld war)
politicians who have made themselves friends of Scouting. Speaking on ^
,.a.t-ma,tor, at a|H.ndin* and aaating same program at a di^er of Scoot ‘I*
' It. o e nor s message was read and approved'
money. This ^ans th^ leaders in Detroit, ttin be WJter W. ^ ' Total of all Presidenta up
{>er capita debt for all Head of St. Louts, president of the, _ _ _
taxpayers
while our
branches of government in 1913 was Boy Scouts of America,.
$.^>.28; today it
This means that
smallest income,
marly $.">00.
j to investigate all investigating com-!
, , , tiQOftc I a 1 . -bt 41. .'mittees, but the up
stands at 3432.65.' Clinton, along With other parts of _ 1.
u I .f-i. bA... bi ’ ...u • cr--..b -b-:-_-|down. all of our fi
farmer leggislators
•
1 -F Surplus
Public Debt st
irs Servqd
Receipts ,
Expenditupea
or —Deficit
End of Adm.
.... 8
$32,605,766
$34,088,60o
—$1,422,741
$83,762,172
.... 4
• 34,984.889
34,202,668
-1-722,171 •
82.976.264
8
113,400,836
72,424,289
/-F 40,976,646
66.196.818
.... 8*
130,311,080
176,473,974
•=r-46,162,894
127.8S4.964
.... 8
171,895,953
147,237,899
-f-24,668,064
90.876,877 ,
.... 4
94,^1,286
66,427,037
-1-29,404,249
67.478,044
.... 3 -
262,061,371
152,969,098
-i-99,091L273
836.668
.... 4
102,219,679
122,325,262
—20,106,083’' •
6.280.876
.... 4%
. . 104,430,540
108,904,688 .
-r4,474,148
15.925.808
.... 4
133,139,668
A 'i
176,477,220
—62,337,562
' 63,061,859
.... 1
43,603,439
39,543,492
-1-4,050,947
63,452,774
.... 3
163,993,17.4
140,088,047
-f-23,906,127
59.804,661
.... 4
282,172,928
256,164,264
- -1-27,018,664
28,701,375
.... 4
197,716,370
272,933,490
—76,217,120
90,582,417
763,026,123
3,352,380,410
—2,589,354,287
2,677,929,012
.... 4
1,826,248,460
1,578,557,655
-1-246,690.806
2,545,110,590
.... 8
2,670,905,586
2,253,386,783
-F417,518,803
2,107,759,908
.... 4
1,226,899,968
1J)32,268,057
-f-193,631,911
, 2,019,286,728
.... 4
1,474,023,408
1,027,742,757
'-i-446,280,661
^ 1,578,651,169
1,474,159,137
1,077,629,099
-1-396,630,038
1,249,470,5U
.... 4
1,536,460,844
1,412,315,899
-f-124.l34.94x5 * Ofil
.... 4
—124,725,297 1,226,793,713
.... 4
2,076,208,146
2,093,918,534
—17,710,388
- 1,221,572,245
8
4,676^747,962
4,656,450,515
■ -f-,21,297,447
. 1,148,315,372 ^
4
2,794,066,060
2,709,211,874
/-6,i46,8U
1493,047,745
.... 8
. 24,375,781,688
46,988,260,143 ’
—22,562,478,455
23,976,250,608v
.... 2
8,116,239,632
6,667,235,429
-f 1,449,004,203
22,349,687-,768
.... 6
23,959,941,899
18,585,549,136
-F5,374,392,7^ ,
16,931,197,748
.... 4
11,453,002,513
16,490,476,656
—4,037,474,143
/
22,538,672,164
144 Vi
$91,686,076,130
$112,203,367,065
—$20,617,290(935 '
$22,538,672,164
8
40,089,867,967
65,628,626,692
—25,538,0<»,735,
44,938,577,822
.152 V4
•
$131,675,934,087
$177,831,893,757
—$46,1^,959,670
$67,477,249,786
a bi* «ld..t,le barn dance wa., hell'*^«a*ty TransfcrS
Made Last Week
THE THIKD TERM ISSUE
JJiaWll UJIUll UllC l—l/H , , . a. 1-1 1
Former Governor Olin Johnston in of the .Scout law which reads, “A like thfm Uiey have
Washington this week attending the s^out is reverent.” I®” ^ twys who played
Democratic national committee meet- j^e Scout organization began in banjoes end gittars
At Court House
Says 324,000
People Depend/
OnWPAInS.C;
Figures from New York Sun.)
arr luuiiu^ wui trnwri iiitu tiitr ’ i//y* 7ii» A^mr ♦ 1AR
ance. of tjiq week. On next Monday* ^ ^ cah work'tl^’ir^hit^' (*) Up unita 1843 ^ fiscal yeer coincided with the calendar year. In the adminiatratiw of President Tyler, how-
.\nd yet in spite of all the .sqqan- evening at the State Training a long time, and clear 9.25$ changed to nm from July 1 to the following June 30, thus making President Tyler accountable for
deling of other people’.^ nuncy that --.-re wul be held Ohe *atheT-.j 14^ years instead of 4,
halt been going on the past eight fcanquet for the troops of this ^ j
years, there are many who haven't area. Next Sunday will be Scout Rev- g- Rock
yet learne<l that “nothing comes from erence Day, with a special union ser- '
Aiintr nothin^ ” ^ 'ice arranged at the First Baptist . ,
^ ^ church in honor of the Scouts who l^st, night and rt ^s
will attend in a body, w ith special ®nJoy^ by all concern^. ^ wow hall j
enipha..is placed upon the 12th point u^se, but it was a'
i .r • *
Laurens city: lot on Gray street in Coluntbia, Feb. 3.-
^ployment in private' enterprise ihow-
ever, has cut the actual and potential!
fedeTjal aid load to an estimaibed 81,-
000 families. ^
The report, based on c<H>ditk>T» at
the close of 1939, showed tftiait the
peak in WPA rolls since July 1988
An lestimated i was reached in November, 1938, when
ing, stated, as he’ has fiequently done Washington irt 1910 under the leader- enduring their Jersey section from Pinckney Foggie 324,000 persons in South CaroBna are “PP'^^mna-tely 46,000 persons were on
■ “ " ' ^ ^ , . 1 . . projects. The low point cam*
in October, 1939, when 23,000 were
eijoployad.
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before, that he is “unequivocally for William Boyce of Chicago.^ noboddy would find out to-O. L Long, mortgage; two lots onteitiier dependent^on federal employ-
Mr. Roosevelt for a third term and From that small beginning it .has were playing tunes orijjjug ^^reetMrom John C. Hellams,' ment or reliefer ar« i" need of em-
favom d,aftin..b,m ,«r the t.ce." e.ch ^ W. g«U. W«. or
The astute Senator Byrnes informs usefulness, with approximately 40,000
lot
t^r'torday in a report from the office of
. _ w.! State WPA Administiator Lawrence
1 “To do mv dutv to God and mvi""*'" poiung vnru a winder. jWier, shertff, to T. O. Copeland and IM. Pinckney.
- b 1 • b b b4. b ^ it ^ ^ U. W. Stone, $50.11; lot and house on The report sand ther^ w-ere 67,000
th,. presKfeT.U.1 to the coant^v and to the Scoot aw. | ^ hon-^Odar at»<t in Oo)le(. View i*™”* ."«"*«* either re-
Ch“So“^h^MrSley ^Ss/h/imes, ° ' 1>“P' ^ and meadame holeunr, moore, called Olinton BuUding bhd Low, aa«»i«tion|MiVin« Wi^ fakda or awaiting as-
friends in the South Carolina iegisla- troops throiwhout the atatea. |tihe floor to make evertbii^ took like *frLn fu
ture and Governor Maybank. that he “On my KSior I.will do my best- "i'” ‘ »“ outa,de,T»«n>w*« ?n*«i»«e from «.
does not want hb name presented for 1. “To do my. .duty to God and 'ftead poking thru a
country, and to obey the Scout la
all'
^ o. .1 bu .. b bu o ..m I i.f u • n sounded like he was fox-'to A. L. 'Shepard, $2,738.74; lot near;*»ghment WPA projects. ,
t,n,e i»n|»toca!lthe‘bo^together 3. To ktop myself Pt>y«o. y^Win*. he tato a verry rtron* voice|'n»mw«ll JpAanaca lmm C. W. Tlhere an, an «Hlth>n.J «rtim.todl
for ^ b« nhow. Mr. Byrnes la a s^n^ mentaMy awake, and niomllyl„j JT from Wier, aherUT, to D. E. TrifcWe, W0.60.iBO.OOO families in neod of aid or em-i
smart pol.t,c,an by and ex- stmight . ^ y towTtahip: 27 aorsa ftomlPloyment, making . total eathnated
penemeandktowshehasntasnow-; Such,.fWoathtlu.teveryltoywhoityp^ ^ ^ , twi.ty-haira of WIHam and Rebeeoa StewartW load of approiimatoly 97,000l
to Nancy A. Jiniea, no iconsideTation; families in the sitate.
100.9 acres ftom Pedeiral Farm Mort-
ball chance to be elected president of joins the Boy Scout movement takes.v ^ .j*
the United States, so why enter the He solemnly promises to keep that I
,.,.6. After requesting his name not oath. IWohoT^e -vn^raeWm to Wellto. 7 Mar
, b J b bu rv_ b- I 'Tu t.- r * bv . 'hootchy-kooteny throwed m ever nowigage corporation to Wallace L. Mar-
be presented to the Democratic na- The chief concern of the movement bu' b.u i bu- T;., tnon i
. , .. b 11 u • b b bu J 1 b -» and then, was ithe only one on thia tin, $720.
uonal conven^n, naturally Je. to promote the devel^ent <rf jy-ogram. some of the gals were slung Cross Hill: abotrt 24 acres fiom'
hen ^ked whom he favors for tte character and pertoniU €flf|ciency m ^ ^ almo5)Nora Warts Robinson to Greenwood
11140 Democratic nomination. Like teen^age^ys. To^ this their pro-unjointed, so one^^ said, county, $21.53. I
po;::ical 1^-rs of the Jtete (with pam n^^nly incudes sp^ial at-, . Hunter: 240 acres from C. W. Wier,'
few exceptions) be evad^ tte ques- tention to t^ virtues of loya^, rev-^ spondent.done a fancy sheriff, to W. J. Bailey, $569.84.
ii.m. replying he was making courtesy, chivalry, ^very,lda^ Scuffletown: 1 1-2 acres from W. R.
sutement at this time as to whom he cbedience, or^r, resourcefulness^ ..^^boddy said it was as good as;mr.'and J. R. Brown to Blise Spencer
woviKi supjVirt for the nomin^pition. jcleanliness, cWrfuIness, kindn^s,i^gt3ire and miss ginger rogers. kat Hindman, $40.
Months ago Congressman Thomas temperance, neatness, moral courage,-^g where he learnt to cirt so many - —
S. McMillan of this .state (who has alertness, physical strength and cn-j^g,g,gj.g after that was ovver, miss CITATION FOR LETTERS OF
since died ) publicTy declared against T^ uniform worn by the, jg^nie veeve done a few steps W the^ ADMINISTRATION
a third term, .saying plenty of other Scouts is for imiformity, the bar- black-bottom, she The State of Swibh Carolina,
go id Dwiiocrals are available for the ^ony, and rhythm of spirit which encored time and time again, she
iifT.ce. He wa-s the first, and is the'[^YS leaim in Routing. It is the wear-'^ giiake a mean foot, time
only congressman who has bravely/[Jf uniform, and the ^ing ofi,.,^,j^g called out when mudd lark broke
fpok'.n out in plain language the pub- together as Scouts that they 2 strir^ on his fiddle,
lie can understand against third ^erm-'truth and force of thei • ^
® axcident happened »t'Copeland Lettets of A^iniatration of
( oione! W yndham Manning, w'ho ^ ® ® brother to this party, mr. slim chance, jr., was [the estate and effects of J. R3iett
every other Scout. 1 swinging his partner whexi a bottle
Temporary em-'
COMMUNITY
FUNERAL HOME
QintML S. C.
FOR COLORED PEOPLE OIILT
PiMM 81f
Rev. H. W. Walker. MtMfw
'Laurens County.
By J. Hewlette Wasson, Probate
Judge:
Whereas, Mrs. J. Rhett Copeland
nuule suit to me to grant Deaufort
Wyndham Manning,
VHiild have graced the governor’s „ - „ ^ -
chair had he been elected, months ago Bringing the matter close home, out of his hip-pockeit and he stum-
.'<l)ulie_j>ui plainly and bravely on this community should justly feel over it and fell on top of it aild
CiiiiLroversial is.“iie when he said he is Boy Scout troops in the,^.u(t a big gash on the caff of ibis left
again.st a third term no matter who Training ^hool aJid Gold.-|i^ a total loss, and dr. hub-
thc candidale-“mHy be, bIylie\ing',~~4B5" vitie. The Scoutmasters and leaders, green took 9 stitches on same.
t.viusands of other citizens do,'that a ^f'd the wys, are entitled to, and^|^ ^33 ^ enjoy^the fertivi- ^ ^ «•. .v^toMb
dcniociatic principle is involved. | ought to be given, the entouragement I ties anny further, he do not know who l House' ’Laurens S C on Februarv^^
nator K. 1). S-mith, who always cwperation of our civic and other. g3j(j (>ottle into his pocket 15 1940 next after oublioaition here-1^ ^
Copeland.
These are, therefore, to cite and ad- ^
momis'h all and singular the*^ kindred ^ ^
and creditors of the said J. Rhett ^
Copeland^, deceased, 'that titey be and
appear before me,' in the -Court -of
Prolbate, to be (held at Laurens Ckxurt
shools straight .on every-issue with- organization^ churches, schools and 13Ti30fQrrt|^^
out dodging, months ago -expressed individuafs. For the boys of the com-i
his strong opikosition to third term ni^ity will soon to its lea^rs to-
propaganda. A few days' ago,. with up the responsibilities laid dowm
characteristic frankness,'he spoke out tTOir fathers. It is Important,
in meeting again when he said, therefore, tort we do all we can to
“Roosevelt may be renominated, but develope our ^outh intOj
if he is—goodbye Democratic* party There are many temptations andj
as it has been knowTi for all these sinister influences ,all atout young Ejo^th gnide: Ann Blaltelv Rod
years.” Smith speaks' out, he» doesn’t to them into toeir nets of Peggy Johnson, Amdia P
wait to see how the cat jumps and ^ ®**"**®; Dorothy Pihaon, Ruth Sii«iey,
then make a dive to get on the band- mov^ent Sharpton, Julia Taylor,
w agon. Byrnes .•'straddles, looking out influ- Workman, Pringle
alwajrs for his political future^ He
yores trplie,
mike lark, rfd,
corty spondeht.
CLINTON-HI HONOR
LIST FIRST SEMESTER
Piaynj^
!of, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, to
I show cause, if any they have, why the
isaid Administration rfiould not be
granted. |
Given under my ihand this’30th dayi
of January, A. D., 1940.
. ! J. HEWLETTE WASSON,
i^2cw J. P. L. C.
i CITATION FOB LETTERS OF
ADMINISTRATION
The State of South Carolina, •
Laurens County.
wras labeled sometime ago as an apti- ’WTiSr”^9»e importance of re- ^ MitcbeJl Carolyn Munhy
New Dealer, now we7re laid he is *be way of .^Wh and ““Thy,
toe strategist of the Roosevevk New Ninth grade: Carolyn Hwy/
Deal inner cirde. . ^ I Layton, Byid iMcMillian,
The new oongreMman <MVtois ^ Morrison, OnMga
trict, Joseph R. Bryson, like jhe other 3uto ^ the ohjecti^ Rufus iSadler, Margaret
congressmen, holds his silence. Why fhathe^ I^ing oigmmzat^ I Andeieon. Bobbie Jean
doesn’t he* apeak out frankly and let *“*JI'*''**“*?^ today mark its *f'*'^** 1
the voters of 'the district know v'heth-j***) boy^sheuid bej Teoth giade: Betty H
irtie,
1, Ruby
Jiaraia
er he is for or against tlurd terms'for wear Hs badge of member
presidents? The pehple have a ®"‘P- .
to know, and in this district as wellj
as all others, shpuld demand an an-j TO TAKE OVER PAPER
swer this qiuestion now for^oet in Tucker Irvin of Wairttihgton, Ga.,
the minds of thousands. Why equivo- jwiH assume management of The Blue
cate? Why is our congressman’s voice Stocking with next rpeek^ issue, sue-
—like that pf most office-holders—
hiuAied.
The voters of South CaroRns are
entitled to know how all pubik of
ficials, elected to serve thm, stand
ceeding Pete McCormjck of CUo,
whose editorship came to a does with
Monday’s edition. The pupm- is pub
lished weekly fair the srtii^^ of ftes-
byteiiah oolkfe.
Jans
Lktle, Mary Loiitis, Mayei^ Johnaoo,
Banna Piester Martin, IDunorie MW-
er, Ella Mae Suitim, VUegfum Sumeiel,
Bemicc Whekhel, CarolW Young.
Elevenlh grade: floMiwe Ella
Hakely, Fraooes Edwa^, Ettdfy
Martin, Gkaoe Martin, Belefi Morri
son, Ceoh White, Batfa Bdukmfiit.
WB DO ALL KINDS OF FEINTING
—EXCEPT BAD ~
-..CRRONICLB PUEUSEING QDb^
Wsssdn, Pr o b a t e
_ Judge: i
j MTiereae, CqgitiU Dofahins made]
Jean to me to grant ixr listbers
wr'Administmtion of ike ertete a^ ef-'
feota of W. C. Dobbins. .
These are, therefore, to cite and ad-
monrah all and eingolar the kindred
and creditors of the eaid W. C, Dbo-
bins, deceased, that they be and ap
pear before me, in the Court of Pi^
bate, to be held at Laurens Ooust
House, Lanrena, S. C., on EabraaiY
12, 1940, next, after ptMieatim here
of, at 10 ct’elodc in tha focanooii^ to
show cause, if luy they hawa whir tha
said Administi^on thould not be
franted.
Given under w head thia 29th
of Januuy, A. I9i^
• J. KEwurm WASSON,
S-2Bir ^ J.P/UC.
WE WILL HELP YOU BUILD, BUY,
OR REFINANCE YOUR HOME
Y<wrR«iLMoney Can Buy
A Hcnne That Will Be Yours
ASK FOR COMPLETE DETAILS
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Each Aoooiuit Insured Up To IMOO
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LEAVINGS
AND LOAH. AStOCIATION
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