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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON. S. C.
i: TttUteDAY, «JW» IS, IMO
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expensive building program why not(
enlarge the buildings we already |
have. Do the trust^s claim this is
impracticable. Both the Florida
Street and high school buildings*
were designed and erected by former,
trustees so that they could be en
larged when the expansion need
came.. Especially was this true of the _
'high school. Florida Street has am-T
pie space for athletic purposes and Washington 10. — A new tax bill,
I the building it occurs to The Chron- designed to raise $1,006,000,000 a
i icle could be easily doubled in size, year for national defense by digging
I It seems to us this would make an deeper than ever before into the av-
ideal and adequate high school. Like- erage American’s pocket, won tenta-
wise the present high school build- tive approval of a house tax sub-
ing could be doubled in size, re- conunittee.
DRAFT HUGE DEFENSE TAX BILL
House Coiumittee Reaches Two MUUon More By Lowering
Income Bxmnptiona. Gas Levy and Other Exchms
Increased To Pay For Arming Nation.
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Take notice that op the 16th day of
July, 1940, I will render a final ac
count of my acts and-denafs as Exe
cutrix of the estate >of Clayton Cole
man Bailey, deceased, in the Office of
the> Judge of Probate of Laurens
county, at 10 o’clock a.m., and on the
same day will apply for a final dis- 1
All the increases would apply to charge from my trust as Executrix.
1940 incomes on which taxes will be' Any person indebted to said estate
due next March 15. | is notified and required to make pay-
’ The .10 per cent supertax would that date; and M
apply, however, only to the five > persons having claims against Mid
years beginning with 1940. jesUte will present them on oa be-
As an illustration of the effect of date, duly proven, or be
taining a central location rather than The new taxes would be eannark-' the increases, Cooper said that under j *o^ver bart'ed
CLINTON. S. C.. TIII'RSDAY, JUNE 13, 1940
practically going out of town. ; m liquidate in the next five years
. TheSe_ jiuestions and others are ^ $4,000,000,000 increase in the pub-
in the lirunds of the taxpayers who.iic debt limit—from $45,000,000,000
must foot the bill if the proposed to $49,000,000,000 — which the bill'rates he would pay $30.80. ,
bond issue is voted. .would authorize in order to meet de-[ Under existing law, this taxpayer!
Is th^jjresent schoed levy of ISjfgfjse appropriations being made at> would get a $2,500 exemption be-1
existing law, a married man with no) LYDE LEAKE l^ILEY,
dependents and a $3,000 net earned ■ » ' Executrix,
income pays $8. Under the proposed 4-4tc;
OIK CENSUS SHOWING
highly. So with the
. adequate to efficiently operate, this session. President Roosevelt al-
wiae-awaKej^j^g schools? Is the district being nm ^ady has requested approximately
The Clinton census announced the merchant or business man—he is no. ^j. ^.jthout a deficit. What g4^60o,000,000 for defense.
p;,.i week was a di^appoinlment to sittmg^down The bill would bring
the immediate town but isfrequently losing^ i ****^^°*'"
niit yftpr week irequenuy losing lately 2,050,000 additipnal persons
out week after week tojgijjg teachers because we do not pay ««i_
thc-e who looked for a lai:gei- in- ness of
crease for the past decade than the reaching om wees, aiiei I'-gble teachers because we do not pay
re wrt showed. To us it was no sur- bring new customers to his place much as similar schools? What
unsc. lust about what we e.xiiected.'; business. When we speak of. is the income of the district and
I'lic 1940 ci>unt gives Clinton^ a| “Clinton, we should mean this wholedoes it cost to operate the dis-
within reach of the income tax col
lator by reducing exemptions to the
iWest level since the income tax Igw
was enacted. The basic exemption
cause of his married status, plus a,
further deduction of 10 per cent onj
his earned income. This would bring,
his taxable income down to $200. Tiie',
government would collect 4 per cent
of this, or $8. Under the proposed!
law, he would get a ^,000 exemp-<
tion for being married, plus the-101
per cent deduction for earned in-
iiit ........ e," - ». ThU a larctpr rniintrv-L. - .o r j * ■ « • t j WaS enacteu. A ne oabtc exempuon ui-
population of 5.680 against 5.643 ‘"f ^‘Is ^n adequate sinking fund, married couples would be cutlcome. Therefore, his taxable income!
IWO. a gain oi 37. | ^ and more Dusiness iNO^^^ retirement of bonds being from $2,500 to $2,000 and for single would be $700. Four per cent of this'
The LhUien.. cuy census w,s .6.-, J!" ''1"" provided? Now that me^ school ques- pe^„, ,l,„0o to $800. ' ‘
«3i against 5.143 ten years ago. “i 1 tion is up, these and otoer questionsi m addition, the meaaure would im-
ga,n or i.395. S ‘Ito'h"t£^!‘
lorge our county seat town into nrsl * ,u..$ gaining iniormduon wnicn me
nlare a distinction that was ours P'^ducts. On top of that, the farmer j possess.
when the last census was made. .constitutes the largest single market j schools beleng to the children,
when the last census was maae. i products of our varied tac- -.uev \re suooorted and made dos-
Se\ei al towns m the state have fgj.igg gg^gj. fjn^gg the farm, .. pgtfSJs who have a r^ht
shown substantial gams due largely ^eans better times everywhere.;, know how their monev is scent
to industrial orogress. In this res-, Mnnh of thi« rural business that'
whether economically or otherwise.
,xct we should be coming to Clinton is gO’j The more patrons are informed about
° htic f-fiioH m show an ‘"g . ®Isew’here. ^here are reasons j thej^ school system the more likely
why the ci y , ‘ . towns that which we will not discuss now. j to give to the schools
im iease simi ar Mn'/nnlv have I® Clinton business men, ^heir interest and support,
might be mentioned. Not only na\e had better be seriously asking them-i, ^
wc had practically no new indus- seizes the question, Why? | — — — — — — — — — — — —
tries or concerns opening hje to, ^^y .^j
create payrolls and U^g doomed if it keeps its'head up and'
_£c<tpie. but have had a s ri - fjghts agamsi the large city compe-j
!r. ^1. f • of tho Silk fh'on encroaching upon it every,
already here. The closing o _ ^ Neither is the small business!
income brackets between $6,000 and
$100,000 and boost corporation in
come taxes by one per cent of tax^
able income.
Persons not affected by the income
tax increases will be reached for part
of the defense costs through increas-
: es of 10 per cent or more which the
' bill would impose on virtually all
existing excise ta.x'levies, such as,the
tax on gasoline. The latter is tenta
tively scheduled to go up a half cent
from the present one cent levy.
Chain|nan Cooper, Democrat, of
Tennessee, who said the bill was
unanimously approved by his sub
committee, told newsmen that the
lowering of income tax exemptions
for the absence of 300 or 400 people slim j was intended to be permanent law,
ocal residents. give pereonaTized service, g^g^gg^ f^^g^g the statement that as was the imposition of the higher
would be $28. To this would be add- j
ed the supertax of 10 per cent of $28,
or $2.80. Thus the total tax' bill would •
the normal tax for the next five! be $30.80. , |
years; increase surtax rates on the
REAL ESTATE
FIBS and UFB
INSURANCE
LOANS
FINANCED ON REAL
ESTATE
B. R BOYD
TekfihoM No. 6
GinioiL S. C.
Nobody’s Busineu
By Gee MeGee
day.
, ...... V. . .L. ir. o man to be discarded if he keeps his]
$50,000 hurt this commu i y feet on the ground and uses his head.!
He has the means at hand—if he uses 1
mill in which local investors lost
number of ways and is respons
Our First Fifth Column Discussed
a hot argument took place In the
who would no\y be Iwal merchandise at fair prices
Not only did it result in f.nanciaT ^ friend to his
loss and the closing of an entepnse The»small merchant if he
of va ue to the community, but it
also killed '*^*^#*1'** fi ; or chain organisation, has idea
willingness on the part of Iwal bus.-. ^ difference
ness men to provi e capi a however, between a merchant and ai
new payrolls and new people to^l n- 3t^,ggikeeper. Those who have Intel-j ^ ^ ,
ton. Its easy to talk about going ^ willingness to' art square t^k exceptions to
out and securing new enterprises or government, the statement that the c.i o. is a ^
a .large part of the fifth coUums in
the u, s. was made up of the c.i.o.
and s.w.o.c. and o.i.e. arid other la
bor unions that are appreciated by
russia and germanny enduring the
war preparations ansoforth.
surtaxes.
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We will loan you^money on your car or refinance your
car for you.
Our terms and rates are standard.
TIMMERMAN MOTOR CO.
CHRYSLER — PLYMOUTH
Phone 119 Sales and Service Clinton, S. d.
DALE CARNEGIE
THE LAW OF AVERAGES
’Twenty-three years ago 18 sales-
* , . 1 .4^ ^ 4. wuift. 1 auici iiidii iunjfv lu kuv ci iiiiicriib i ^ , ,, , . , . . ,
manufacturing plante for a town. But hand-outs and subsidies-are the a ^i^h collum. he said he had a
to land them is another question and . in th* onH Ison that was a member of the c.1.0.,
because of the general attitude of . xu i *• lland that he had benn in only 51 men in Philadelphia sat down to lis-
government toward business in re-| V\ hat w’lll be the population strikes so far; one was a sit-down ^ ^he regular Monday morning
cent years—it has become a most dif- Clinton ten years hence. That ^^'s-j j,^j.-kg gjj^j was a standing up
ficult problem. Small plants, as well ‘s entirely in the h^nds of local g^j-y^g gj^y ^he others
as large industries, are needed in'business men and local capital. ” were plain walkouts and that they
every community and we too often we complacently and look jj^gj-g wages in one in
fail to recognize this fact. Because somebody from somewhere to come other strikes were
of the tax situation in this state many 'h and build the town we will be.gg^gggj the boss diddent fix
industries of this kind have passed disappointed. We are under a de-1 g window-light to keep out the sun
us by and gone to other Southern' *^sion if such ardour expectations. | g^^y skuzoxx
f fh f t ‘ m f nn ^ SCHOOL EXPANSION ’
If we face the facts we must un-j proposai
derstand that Clintoq iias hard; ^ Chrot.....
hit during the past ten years. Many, announced that Hunter
of our successtid business men have ,
gon ? li om u-;. Capital tnat was once , , „ «oAfi nnn
. ‘ . . . , ed to vote in a $200,000 expansion
Clmton s, ,» now .nteres^ e se- enlargement program il the re-
where m many ■nstances. The clos- ‘‘„etures are al-
ing of two splendid banks (which /• .
, ,, y jv U-. *u fixed to petitions now in circulation,
should never have occurred) hit this *
community between the eyes and the spokesman for the trustees in
irti-reachmg blow is still fell. We t.he interview with a representative
know nothing that has retarde^l this Chronicle was C. N. Mauney,
community as did that misfortune. acting chairman of the board.
. , mr. square got mad the secont time
! when slim chance, jr., seid that bussia
and germanny possibly had 10,000
agents in the labor unions and that
they are laffing up their sleeves when
such strikes take place as took place
last week when the battleship (c.i.p.)
builders walked out for more monney
and a long vacation with pay. he said
he diddeht believe these furrin coun
tries had 10,000 agents in the unions:
his son had rote him that only about
The failure of the silk mill already Briefly .according to Mr, Mauney it every third man was a furriner.
referred to. the bankruptcy pro- ‘s proposed to issue $100J)00 bonds
eeedings of a local cotton mill, the ® grant for a similar
retirement from business of several at^ount is to be soqght from WPA.
concern.^; offering considerable em-*^'*^^ funds a new high school
• plbvTTient. and a general busines.s be built , with athletic
curlailing downward on the part of and a stadium: Academy street
a number of businesses—these fac- ^'chool which series the children of
tor.'- have affected our growth and Clinton Cotton Mills community
"'"pi'Wgress" as every" informed- rttizen ^ to-l^-cazed- apd niade into, a new
lyiust know. building: and Providence school serv-
•r. , . f, J „ ing the children, of the Lydia Cotton
rnc town has su temd, atld st.l , ,3, ,' enlarged.
n from a lack ot leadership. That included!
dr. hubbert green broke up the
conversations befoar they broke up
his sody founting. he stated that he
didden’t know much about sabber-
targe and furrin enemies in our
midst but he railly and trply felt
sorry for poor uncle sam. dr. green
believes that when, we .get reddy to
fight that our gun powder will be
J. M. SuVOUNfi
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G«ieral Gintractors
ESTIMATES FREE RESIDENCES A SPECIALTY
I lias suiieifu anu snii w.-.. , saw-dust, our. cannons will shoot
lack of leadership. That* co^unity p to enlarg^. j backwards, our ai^lanes wbn’t have
statement may not sound good, but f included pig^.^ gggg g^^j
It i< true as the record will show. 1" 1 ‘battleships will have bottoms
Tfieit are some who would attempt f” Jfv^ Th ‘ails^g^jg ^ut of chewing gum and our
K lead but the community will not J . ® ^ ! gassoleen supply wll be 75 per cent
follow There have been Political waiter and 25 per cent carry-seen.
ciivi-.ions and unfavorable conditions,! b j • ♦
if .school row (political) and other) .^*'® told a new high school War and Politics Are Being Discussed
incidents in recent years that have Pl^nt is to erected at the far end In Flat Rock
divided the people. Th^, spirit street on the opposite side) some polliticks have benn talked
unity, of public-spirit, coofieratiye the armory. The city limits. in flat rock here of late. gen. hugh
team work is missing this is one but a few feet beyond the -
armory we gather that the proposed
building will be on the extreme
edge of the city limits. This site
in The Chronicle’s judgment is un
desirable for a school bmtding jbe-
cause of the, far-out distance and the
crease its membership and enlarge
of the main reasons we have not
made the growth we had a right to
expect. We might as well be honest
and face the truth.
The Chamber of Commerce with
Dr. L. E. Bishop as its enterprising*.®*
president, is now attempting to in-^anger hazard to children since it
would be on the main thoroughfare
its activities looking toward a “great-city. A more central location
er Clinton." Thi.s organization is'should be secured in our opinion if
based upon the well recognized . a building is toj be erected, and
principle that more'" can be accom-i®‘ course there is no need for 15
plished by working together for land. What is to ^ the,
common purpose than by individual P*"**^® ^be land to the district,
effort. In the membership of this! Academy Street school is to. be
sort of a community clearing house rtorn down and rebuilt, Mr. Mauney
should be included alT business men states, on the advice of architects,
and property owmers of the city. I Only 'six years ago the then board
Johnson’s name was fetched up- by
holsum moore enduring the conver
sation in question, mr. moore said
had it not been for gen. hugh John
son’s viciousness the n.r.a. would of
benn a suckcess after a little trim
ming down was done on it. whoever
got rid of him and let him loose from
the govverment certainly done a good
day’s work, according to mr, moore.
gen. hugh Johnson do not think
much of the new deal and the new
deal don’t think much of him either,
it' seems to be a nice arrangement:
noboddy pays much attention to
what’he says, and when it comes to
helping or hurting the defense-of-
the-imited-states cause, his state-
pep” talk. Most of the men yawned
and dawdled, but one man had the
course of his life changed by what
he heard that morning. *
The man who had his life changed
was Franklin L. Bettger, and he lives'
at 547 Heath Road, Merton, Pa. I
The man who delivered that talk,
was Walter L. Talbot. He said that' < >
most salesmen did not make enough !
calls. He said that if a salesman'
got out and really made enough !
calls a mighty law would come to his
rescue—the “law of averages.” !
Frank Bettger decided he would
keep an accurate tally of the calls
he made. He was astonished at what |
he discovered. He was making about i
three calls a day. But he had per-j
fectly good excuses. Bad weather;
wasn’t feeling well; prosptpts were
not in; his wife had a toothache; |
wanted to see a fine movie in the
neighborhood. Oh, yes! wonderful i
excuses. - ,
After analyzing the cause of his'
failures he decided to increase the
number of calls he made every day.l
So eartiest was he (hat he actually !
ran from on^ call to another! ;
At the end of eight weeks he had
sold more life insurance than he had
the prevtour eight months. He"was:
thrilled. ' I
He did a little figuring and found j
tliat he was making $2.30 from every,
call he made. ;
He did more figuring and discov
ered that seventy percent of all his
sales were made on the first inter- ^
view; twenty-three percent on the
second interview with the same man,;
and only seven percent on the third
interview. It took fifty percent of
his time to make those third inter
views. So he stopped going back
to see prospects for the third time
and presently he found that his calls | < *
were averaging $3.60 profit. j
Next he began to solicit mca^el
prosperous and influential men. Andj
he studied and read on the subject!
of insurance until he was an au-1
thority<. Well, would you like toi
know how much each call during-
1938 netted him? I have his per,-;
mission to use it. The amount is $19. |
'This was a very simple discovery.!
He hasntt got a patent on it. You
can use it. Do what Friend Bettger
calls “organize yourself.” Do this
and you will find that the “law of
averages” will be working for you.
No Job Too Small or Too Large
rfd, made a short talk on national
But we need not be over-alarmed of trustees spent $6,377.80 on this ments amount to mere piflfler mr. 1 be said if pres, rosey-
or discouraged over the size of the buijding adding four large new rooms moore says mickey-mouse has more! veil Wanted to spend 10 or 15 thou-
town but rather should take a broad to relieve crowded conditions, noth-j influence with the publick than mr.ls^^^d for ships and airplanes, he wasj
-community , viewpoint. With the ing was said however, by the archi- out-moded iohnson has his friends! r^Ebt with himi., we have got to flxi
finally .t uit got him to riiut up hit “P »o's w. can tight bUUkr.l8 with)
mouth, but he said we believed in'bUtxkreig. our mayer wiU defend flat j
free speech over here. : rock to the last with ditches uid'
bumb shelters, he is full of patriot-
steady migration to the country now! tacts in charge as to any danger haz-
going on there may be expected in ard. This building is the only one in
years to come a declining city popu- the district that has been enlarged
lation.. This condition has entered in recent years. It is a singular fact
into the census picture. There are' too, that certain citizens of the dis-
large groups of pet^le now employ- r trict who criticized the then trustees
ed in local mills and elsewhere, who I for the expenditure and fought them
live in the country apd dri\e back fin a political “referendum* ’are the
pnd forth to their work. This is! principle ones now advocating a huge
true now in many of the industrial I ®xpansion program which will pro
centers. With improved highways, j duce a sub^ntial tax increase.
automobiles and trucks, lights and
other necessities, main ttreet do long
er runs from one city limits post to
another. This is OM of our weak
points at pnMQL We are handicap
ped by a 'liNllfr country area from
which to drawlNMilMas. The Chron
icle is Jum aa MbBiuiM In having
rural sidMcrilMta, on its list as city
subecriban, and prtoes* them Just as
We have been told by the superin
tendent of the schools and teachers,
that the high school building es
pecially,, is badly over-crowded. ‘This
being true the building afatould be
enlarged to give our children com
fortable and adequate aebool facfli-
tkf to which they are aotitlad.
The quaiion whidi Hhhw tsitiasoB
ara raising ia this InataMd^^ a new
mr. Charlie Undenbugg and mr.
Jdin 1. lewis and a few others of that
type were discussed both pro and
am. the conns finally called for a
vote of confidence in—rt the gutter-
mens under discussion: it stood 72 for
the pro’s and 18 for the con’s, ivtr-
boddy was glad to get matter
closed up sattisfactory. no fil^ith col-
lums is needed in this countiv, ac
cording to mr. dim, chance, Jr. ha
foutfit in the world amr and knows
whai war means to a feller tiiat aRR
varry wall dafendad Iran buUels and
propar-i
ism and other loyal stuff.
ymes trulie,
mike lark, rfd,
corry spondent.
Mathematics fMtnerly signified all
kinds of toarning.
. THE OFFlCSItfL AND DIRECTORS
OF THIS ASSOCIATION
TAKE PLEASURE IN ANNOUNQNG A
H% DIVIDEND
TO BE PAID JUNR 30. 1940, TO INVESTORS
AS OF THAT DATE.
WE ARE GROWING RAPIDLY
AND ARE PROUD OF OUR
RECORD
V
Two and a Hatf Yenrs Ago
"WE HAD ASSETS. OF ■*"
$97,000.39
TODAY OUR ASSETS ARE
In addition to earning attractive Semi-Annual
Dividends the funds of each invi^stor are insured
up to $5*000.00.
WE HAVE AMPLE FUNDS
FOR GOOD LOANS
SECURED BY MORTGAGE OF REAL ESTATE
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