The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, February 22, 1940, Image 6
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THE CLINTON XTOIONICLE, CLINTON, S. C.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 194«
COMMENTS ONTVIEN AND THINC^
By Spectator
Athletes In Unifo^
Since the beginning of the United
States goverrunent until today the to
tal sum spen^. by congress is one hun
dred and edgbty-four bullion dollars.
The New Deal has spent almost one-
ligion .is Supposed to be a fundamen
tal concern, even in the business of
Uving, but we rememiber it most viv
idly in bhe moment of dying.
The sale of liquor promotes the use
third of this amount — and has t^
months more in office.
Some good has l)een accomplished,
but nothing so impressive as salaried
pic-eaters would have us believe. The
New Deal has been .(and is) tremen
dously expeTTsive to the degree of
of it, and the vise of it'liurta the in
dividual citizen; but now -if we put
the state into it as a merchant we
shall corrupt the state itself. Let nok'
maiT thindc that I write trfvis as a"'
“<holier-thM-thou.” recognize* the!
virtues of many men who take their}
gross extravagance; but it is just as ^y. so™* those 'men are
extravagant in its claims to virtue," 0^, very fine^ men I know; but I re-,
to humanita'riani.sm and other quali- cl^rly the state ^spensary imd
ies. It has not discovered virtue, butj^^ fanning
it delights in talking about H—likei^^r g'ovariior, on down to a man. nm-,
the man who runs about bragging oni“‘»>« coroner, would declare his
his vsnfe’s skilTTn the kitchen. Othw!^*»™ adherence to the dispensary,
men. Jong accustomed to “good eat-j Shall we operate liquor stores?
ing,” take some things for granted'What’s all this talk about the Santee-
and don’t run around talking ail the Cooper? You heard it, didn’t you? Or,
time. a:e you saying it yourself? A refuge
^ ifor politicians, some declare; a haven
Washingkin
' NEW YORK CITY ... Talsto MaW
(left) and Paato Nurmi. Finland’s
two greatest runners, present and
past, who are In this country to
aid the Finnish Relief Fund, as
they were photographed In their
army uniforms. Maki is wearing
the white snow cloak and cairying
-the skis he used on actlte war
patrol duty on the Karelian Isth
mus. Nurmi has recently been serv
ing as an air-raid warden in
Helsinki.
Special to 'Hm Chronicle,
j Waahington, Peb. 21.—It would be
jgbing too far to aay that evente are
brinpng the United States dqser to
I participatkm in the European war,
but it is no exagigeiwtio>n to say that
the intematioinal situation, in one
phase or another, is occupying the- at
tention of official Washington more
than any other one subject.
aMtk
WEST CLINTON
A biH i.s pending in the house to set for political lame-ducks; a chance for
up another authority, with power to big salaries and easy money, some
■establish ^storage places anywhere affirm; a great political power-house,
and eveiywhere and to issue bonds | say others. I need not say more than
for carryirkg out the puiTXise. The this: if our-state should have state-
bill has a splendid purpose, but aren’t j operated liquor stores^ you "will see
we “fed up” on new j)rganizations ? something that would* make the old
Would it hot be well to do .away with disj>ensary live as* a delightful fra-
some agencies we now have, rather grance, by comparison, and will make
than set up new ones? However good j the Sante^-Cooper appear a bunch of
a plan may be, we are suffering a tight-wads.
.sort of political indigestion w-hich warmest appreciation of| MilA^ed McGee visited her
threatens to become acute coUc in a earnest effort of gentlemen in theL ^ ^ Moore in lAurem f<»r
body polilK: As oW Eli«U>eth to .vort . dXit or to avoW I
used to say to her advisers, “No -war, taxes, I think (the danger in«l„ jm u ^ ^
my lord?,” so il .venture to voice the lobby and a whiskey-ring areL
sentiment of the people by saying than deficits and new taxes.
“No more authorities, gentlemen.” j After all, we. can arouse the people wito Mrs. t^ers motiher, Mrs.
I of the state to a pitch that will deter
rescue of (the Finns.
The quesftkHi as to how we cap do
that without becoming pantkipants in
war is a toocihy one to idhiuh noibody
yet has ,a clear answer. Both the
White House and the Capitol are war
ily mdndful of what oflioiaila regard
as the people’s mandate that wa must
not get into EJoropes war.
Looking For Peace Plan
The govemtnent is quite definkely
taknig a band in fhiropean aiUairs,
however, 'looking toward tbe end of
hostilities. No definite peace plan has
been offered, but all the nentnl na
tions have been rounded out to see if
a basis can be found ifor peace pro
posals which might be acceptable to
aill the belligerents.
In pursuit of this objective, another
unprecedented step has been tokep by
the president. Besides sendix^ Myron
C. Taylor as his petwonad representa
tive to the Vatican, in the iikterests of
Probably no (bead of a government
has ever expressed hanself so vigor-jpeace, Mr. Roosevdt has sent Smnner
ously concerning another government
with w!hich it is at peace m President
Roosevelt expressed himself eonc^w-
N. WedJes, under sccratasy of state,
to visit the heads of the principal
wairing nations nad sound them out
ing (the Russian' government, in his!as to terms and conditions under
address to (the Aine(rican YotAh con- which they might >be wiHing to lay
gress. Tbe president’e denunciation of [down their arms.
Russia as a dictatorship end an ag- Mr. Welles is considered, with prac-
greasor against Poland and Finland tical unanimity, as.the ableat diplo-
was coupled with a warning to the mat in the service of the United
people in bis audience not to States. He has been the goveren-
the C. I. O. and the 24aw Deal.
Farley—and the Tkirdi Term
When the chairman off tha Demo
cratic ustiooal comndKitoe Icta ^
nama be put forward for the pmai-
dentM noadnwtkm it may mean Mwt
be ia not for n third tem fbr Mr.
Rooeeiveit; Tbst is what Doahnatlm-
Generai FVurley has done in 'llaasaehn-
aetta.
NATUREPATHY
Unifonaly cffsctlra ia tka
treatment of RkonaMtUsas, Lam-
bago. Neuritis, Arthrltiii» Can-
stipation, Nervoosacaa alid bh'
somnia.
Dr. L B. Marion
No. 1 National Baak BUg.
CUNTON, S. t. . „
Mrs. Joe Campbell, Correspondent
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im 6* »• wV«*-t*'S»'*’%***-V**'**<<»
The News and Courier has been Uny men from proposing a new tax.
Pearl Painter. \
Mr. and Mrs. David Word, J. f‘.
pleased to suggest the name of J. K. jMay I say that, following the state-
Breedin for dedegate-at-large to the, wide campaign of the Fanners and
national Democratic convention. Mr. Taxpayers league in 1932, the voters
Breedin appreciates the k i n d 1 y lelected an overwhelming majority of
thought, but is so finnly rooted in ac-jnew men to the house; and many of
tualities that he never indulges in il-[the high-spenders of the senate dur-
Weir, and Miss Marie Weir -were visi
tors in Spartanburg Satiirday.
Mrs. Jason Da vs, Mrs. Clarence
Cannon-and Miss Nora Cannon were
visitors in U-reenville on Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Duane Cause, Mr.
led astray by Oom>munist propa-
ment’s principal “trouble-dbooiteT” for
ganda emanating fixnn Russia. Shoct i almost a quamtef of a century, going
of breaking off diploatic I'elationa. wherever the services are need^ of a'
with the Soviet government he could j man who knows all tbe (itw and outs
hardly have gone farther. 'jof intemaitional affaira. 'He has served
Drastic Step ambassador, minister or^ first sec-
Tbe president’s remarks have given | in most of the capitals of Bu-
impetus to (the demand that the Unrt-1 «>P«. Latin America and the Far
ed States sboidd break off relations | He knows, personally, more of
with Russia by recaUing the Ameri- key men in foreign govwmments
TYPEWRITERS
Antharized Underwood Doalor.
Cleaning and repairing all makao,
reasonable charges.
Kenneth N. Baker
Pkirne S06
can ambassador. The administTatron
is not prepared to take such a drastic
timn does any other American. He
speaks French, Italian and German
shows what can be done.
fusions. Ntdth.ei- Mr. Breedin, nor any
body like him, has a “ghost '* of a
chance.” I admit that we could easily
find sixteen able, patriotic men in^
private life who v.'puW seiwe our Le-|p^|^|^|^rp£i
mocracy acceptably,' even with dis-'f^ Al I ^ | g | V
tinction, but by simple arithmetic and j
complex-politics they could not get |
/ to first base even if given four balls j
or a home-run. Figure it out. X and
Y mu.st go, eh? P, D and Q must go,
step, especially in view of the laigC]®* well as English, and can keep si-
verfuine of trade between the United jl®^® I*' every language.
States and Russia. Ruasta’s imports i No One Better Equipped
from tbe United States have been j No one « better equipped tban Mr.
steadily increasiitg for (the past yearjWellee to briitg back a dear and
and now run to mor^ tthan 125,000,000' complete report of just wihat wadi of
a year. This trade is ^not lightly to be tbe na(tions in (the war.<regards as tbe
a(bandoned, nor do tbe president and'objectives for which it is fighting.
We Finance
AUTOMOBILE
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S. W. SUMEREL
Jaeobs BaOdiRff
A8K ROT
ing 1932 are now at home devoting} Mrs. Marvin Cause, and Mr. andi^jg advisers Contemplaite a step which land to appraise the possibility of a
their time to private affairs. That | Mrs. W, B. Cause of Buffalo, were the
week-end guests of Mr.'and Mrs. A
J. Harvey.
Mrs. L. M. Evans and Mrs. Joe
I Campbell and dau^ibter. Dawn, viSit-
■ ed Mrs. Evans’ sister, Mias Myra
Mniy TT A Y 01 GreenviH^ Tuesday.
il£l ff I AA I Li\il! Mr. a(nd 'Mrs. J. J. Smith, Mr
no
(Continued from page one)
A, B and C mu.st be there,'by all‘ placed upon a fixed salary basis.
and
Mrs. Grady Smith, and cMiss Nell
Smith attended the funeowl of Elme<r
M, Smith in Greer Monday.
Mrs. Pearl Painter and family at
tended the funeral of her brother,
Robert Jones, in Goldville Sunday.
Those attending the funeral of Mrs.
means-—and so on. That might leave] ll. That provision be made for’a
a few’ places, but some men must go careful and accurate survey of all
so as to establish their standing; oth- property (both taxsdile and non-tax
ers must go to maintain their stand-1 able) and that more serious consider
ing; yet othei-s must go because they ation be given to specific properties|Mary Canfield were: Mr. and Mrs.
will button-hole every delegate and which are to Wl legally exempted |C. L. Hurrter of Greenville," Mrs*. W.
pull every wire. 'from taxation. jC. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
No man in private life will be chos-, ^2. That the general assen^ly re- Mobley, Floyd Goff, Mr. and Mrs.
en unless he pull a thousand vii-es, eonsider the mkhods by which cer-
or unless somebody pulls the wires for tain state tax collectToiw are now al
him. Nobody can successfuHy chaf-Tocated to the country' Ifdghey Hinton, Mr.
lenge the truth of that statement, and with a view to establish-
What chance has any private citizen jif,^ a more reasonable and logical ba
te be struck by the convention light- gig such all>ocations, consideration
ning when so many politicians arei^iug gtven to current revenues, needs
running around with lightning rods'and obligations of tbe severe! units of
sticking out 4n every direction? igovernment
run-*ro>*Kl,| “e»rm«rk-
pity. O."* mto i„g.. for specific purpose, be
^use he hopes to be appoHUsrf . .11 revSI^re-
iceipts be deposited in the state treas-
might precipitate the United States' common basis of understandii^ upon
into the Europmn conflict. [which they might be induced to agree.
But by the use of all posslWej Labor Peace
“measures short of (war” as the pres-; Outside of dnternaitional affairs,
ident i^rraced it, the determination to j Washington is more interested right
do everything possible to hamper'now in the peace moves in the labor
Russia and to aid Finland serans to {war than in anyttihing else. Both wings
be shaping into a detfindte govern-:of' organized labor recognize that
mental policy. 'There is little questi'onj their poaitions have (been weakened
now that ways will be found, without by, tbe split between the A P. of L.
violating (the letter ■of the neutrality and -the C.' I. O. Premdent Green 'of
act, to provide financial assistance to'fibe Fed^tion intimated :his wiHlng-
Finland to enable that little nation to-ness to >talk about -peace. Chairman
8(trengthen its defenses against the; John Lewie'of the C. I. O. 'countered
Russian invader. Finland’s greatest
milita(ry needs are fighting airplanes
and anti-airorafit guna. The United
States is in a x>oeition to furniah these
with (the proposal that the -two or
ganizations hdd simultaiieous 'conven
tions in (the same hall and see wheth
er they can’t get togetfier again. Any-
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Harlev Smith Travis HiktiTHrs Mr I® * Washington, [thing or noddng may come of tills,
^ ' growing almost to-a oonvictioTi, -that|but one of (the chief obetaeka uiikih
this government should ifisregani. le-ihas Irapt them aipank
and Mrs. Rioy Canfield, Mr. eikI Mrs.
and Mrs. Jessie Qsnfield of Green
wood, 'Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Boldiiig,
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Rhodes, Mr. and
Mrs. S. - L. Rhodes, BIr. and Mrs.
Raymond Miller of Laurens, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Gregory 'of Whitmire,
and H. "J. Cox, of Alamo, Ga.
wants something, else—so there you
are.
ury and allocated by the general as-
sun another- man mu.t go b^ *^0 ourrout
ta. uncle ha. . ^b '^h ^ j
New Deal and he must be on hand to .. m. ^ , i _v j
J* .a i.1. 1 • That 'the poll tax be abolished,
sing the .song according to the classic , ,
of our dispensary days* “Whose! That the law with rerefrence to
meat I eat, his song I sing.” 1 surtaxes on incomes from intangibles
Mr. Bre^in has one quality: hej^
knows what’s going on —and whatf' 1®* ^ separate one-mill
won’t go on; he knows thait if every Istock taxes now -levi^ lOn do-
newspaper in the state should caiH.for corporations be combing into
eome citizen to be chosen -the .“fixers”!®”* ®”*
would have it their way just the'^ eliminated as soon as conditions
Birthdays
Ml’S. R. B. Oox celebrated her 9(>th
birthday Tuesday, Feb. 20.
Mrs. David Word is observing her
gal technicalities and come to the with the cutting of the tie between
TO SELL
’EM, TELL
’EM-
Wilh An Ad
same. With all the big-salaried fed
eral officeholders fighting for their
jobs, do you think they would con
warrant.
17. Thql; <die general assembly seri
ously consider the advantages to be
sent to a mere private joining the j ^ lowering the exemptions
band? Oh, no! Hatch law, notwith-|“ provided foe under existing indi
standing, the convention will be full'vidual income tax laws,
of “dummies” representiirg (the boysi 18. That the discounts on’ tax
who are eating the pie. Besides, the stamps and crowns be discontinued.
Santee authority and the T.V.A.—and
all these multifarious sublimations of
19. That a study be made to ascer
tain whether the present tax *^ 76
the alphabet—will be Johnny-oti-the-.'cents a gallon on fountain syrup* re
spot. suits in payment by (the consumer of
I substantially more revenue tiuui is re-
A liquor-store system is again be- quired to be turned over to the tax
birthday today, Feb. 22.
Mi«. Jason Davis will celebrate her
birthday Saturday, Feb.- 24.
Ansel Spiers will celebrate his lOth
birthday ^nday, Feb. 25.
ing proposed. The xnoponents are
able lawyers and have probably stud
ied carefully all the legal phases;
commission.
20. That the general assembly pro-
jvide for a thorough study ci eristang
moreover, they are genuinely con-|8(ta(tute8 -wibh a reference to the tax-
cemed about the danger of deficits ^ ation of insurance companies with a
and new taxes. Why a determined view to 'their simplification and hn-
stand for retrenchment would not provenvent.
legislation
Mrs. Mm"! Caafeld
Mrs. Matry Canfield, 29, wife of H.
G. Canfield, died at the Greenwood,
hospital last Thursday morning fol
lowing a two weeks’ illness.
Surviving are her htubaixl; one
daughter, Nellie Canfieid; the par
ents, Mn and Mrs. J. E„ Braswell*;
three bralhers and five sisters, W. E.,
J. E. and C. L. Braswril, Mrs. Gladys
Boyd, Mrs. Annie Belle Huey, Misseej
Lillian, Joyce and E(velyn Brasweli;{
her matedmal grandmutber, Mrs. R. B.'
Cox. !
Funeral rites were held* from Cal-|
vary Baptist church Saturday at 2:30,
with Rev. RfJph Hughes, Rev. C. R.l
Anderson aoM Rev. R. H. Gause in
ohatge. IiKtwment was in Rosemont
cemetery. '
Active pallbearers were L. S. Har
mon, Fa(te Arnold, Ralph Stewatt,
Hieshert Hitghes, L. A. Hall and Ar
thur Howard.
save the situation, must prompt...a
question. To reduice appropriations i
not easy; nor, inde^, is it easy to'
21. 'That legislation be enacted
which would effectively control the
debt making powers of local political
bead off new proposals whkh call for‘'st*divi8ion8
heavy spending. | 22. T^t the general assembly cre-
Some of these gentlemen have be-1 ate an “advisory committee on new
come discouraged, perhaps 'even dis-ilegislation” vtirioh would be available
gnisted, and think it wiser to guide for the consideratkm id such new leg-
the curmit than to stem H.
The idea of the igentlemen
who
sponsor this bill is that k wiH
With ^all regard for ——
islatkm as is contemplated with a
viecw' of reducing (the number and
variety of meaaurea introduced and
preventing unnecessary duplication
revenue, wwn au regard itor men
whom I respect, I submit that the'of legislaitive effort,
proposed bill would raiae more “trou-1 28. That South Canolhia avoid the
^ We” than it will raise revenue. And I'general seles tax.
might substitute a tiKMrt -word for thej. AuU and Derrick said 'their study,
word **troul>le” and make my mean- prepared in the rolea as consultants
ing dearer.
We had atate liquor dealing once;
it should be a memory still too frekh,
and a smell stiR too foul, to jbempt
us again. There is something about
the liquor business which befouls and
besmirches all who touch k. It seems
to carry an inherent taiht. If our rd-i
of (the planning board, had etreqgtii
ened “the feeling that, fundameutally,
the tax fltructure in South Gau^ina
is sotHtd Tbe principal need seems to
be to r^air a^ improve the existing
strueture rather thki to tear it down
and erect a nerw one..: G^wral public
ligion meant anything to us we
•hould be governed entirely by prin
ciple; but, in the wisdom of men, we
rely on pcdscy.
Policy, then is the matter before us,
and moat earnestly let os i study the
questioa as one of policy, Ubting our
“.stated ia Ihe'wiadoai <d men,
rather than in the power of Ood.*^ Re-
enlightenment. and imderstanding of
the-syatem is alsb higMy deedraUe.'
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our. sincere
tltenks for the kii^nesses. shown us'
during (the illness and death of Mrs.
Mary Canfield, and also for the beau
tiful floral offkings. '
H. G. Canfield and Daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Braswell
and Family.
SPBCIAL
CoamopoUtan—2 ysara $8.511.
Goad HsnssksepiagHdl ysara—$4.M
This offer goad oatfl latter part ef
Miurdi.
JAMBS W. CALDWBLL
Tslsphans 278
Ifflportffnt (or Women
Between worrying over the Euro
pean war and Admurnl Byrd, %ere is
IHtle peace of mhkl for tbe average
Aaberican. '
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“The Paper Brerybsdy Rsa<6*
A weak, nm-down eonditioa often
gives a foothold to fumetumel
dysmenorrkta, causing much peri
odical distraas Irina headaches,
nervouaneas, eramp4ik» pain for
women. CARDUI so often helps in
eodi eases, for it sharpens appe
tite, boosts flow of gasteie juices;
BO impraras digestisa, helps build
physi^ resisteaea CARDUI, tsk-
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