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/ » ■ \ '■ > PAGE FOUR THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLIN^N. 8. C. (illje (Slitttfltti OllyrntitrU EsUblished 1»0» WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year $1.50; Six Months 75 cents; Three Months 50 cents Entered as Second Class'Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C. The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers— the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. Ena I THURSDAY, JUNE 27, IM billions now being voted, has broken | so will a brass band, some singing through the $45,000,000,000 limit set i will take place in the late p. m., by congress. In face of this unpre-i after dinner has benw" et on the cedented pouring out of money j ground and everboddy gets to feel- (which taxpayers must provide) a ing o. k. yore corry spondent will retrenchment move as sponsored by lead in all the festivities and he will Senator Byrd meets instant death.' allso make a speech on re-army- j Every sensible citizen knows the ment. bring well filled baskets ori Virginia senator is right and that you don’t eat. j ' there must be sacrifice and re- yores trulie, | trenchment all along the line by the mike lark, rfd, 1 * American people if, we are to provide corry spiondent. , I the country with the defenses we ** " i ' so badly need. The inevitable result AT OFFICE TITESDAT j ' will be a species of inflation and Mrs. Mamie S. Summer, Area Su- what effect this will have upon pervisor of NYA in Laurens county, business and the consumer pobtxiy will be at the Laurens court house on now with certainty can foretell. Tuesday, July 2, iiistead of Thursday,' Excepting our national del^nse July 4th, which is a holiday. prepar^ness program, econo my Persons wishing tp cohtact Mrs. needs to be the rule of the day and Summer relative to NYA work are boondoggling should end. The slo- requested to come to the supervis-: gan ought to be—halt the spending, or’s office aix>und 12 o’clock on Tues-' I and when members of congress re- day. j - .... . , fuse to do their part during the . ’..r • TAXES LOST i ticult time in making both ends un^t j crisis, the voters should re- i-STATE NOTICE i Tennessee communities that have and that the higher costs which in- them to private life. The builej i All ijersons having claims against sullcred millions^in tax losses by evitably follow punitiie ta.xation are j|.jg qj airports, auditoriums, golf the estate of the late J. E» Y. Dendy,l kicking out highly taxed private j always a blow to their welfare ^ndi auditoriums, theatres, pav deceased, will please file same with! ek'ctric companies and substituting' standard of living. They know that^jj^g projects and .scores of other Martha E. Dcndy, E.xecutrix of es-' largely tax-exempt TVA power, have __Amcrican retail merchandising under i gpgjjjjjj.jg venires that I are non-es- tate of J.' E. Y. Dendy, Deceased,) bun asking congress for federal the open competitiv’e system, has should stop in order that Clinton, S. C., on or before August! CLINTON. S C.t THl'RSDAY, JUNE 27^ 1940 funds to recompen.se them. done a superb job in serving the Whv should the federal govern- consumer at lowest cost, and distrib funds for these projects may be di- L 1940, and all parties indebted to I verted to help meet the war men-1 said estate will likewise make pay .ment recompense local communities uting the products of farmer and enter upon this costly pro-1 ment to said Martha E. Dendy, Ex- for taxes lost when they deliberately manufacturer. They realize the lua* j gj-am without cutting expenditures is,*cutrix, Clinton, S. C-., on or before destroy their tax-paying industriesj mense dangers political'.(Instruction^ and likely to lead us into a ^>d dale. The ob> ious answer is, it shouldn t of this proven, established system niore perilous position than we perilous position now fiiid ourselves—as a nation. Nobody’s Business By Gee McGee —either make up such deficits by would involve. raising the rates of public power American business men as well as| plants to pay taxes, or raise the tax'the press, know that punitive, dis-j rale on remaining taxable property, icriminatory treatment of one kind! ^ 'of business will pave the way for^ THE CHOICE—TWO MEN similar treatment of other kinds of! Nominating time is here. Within • ^J^J;jr^ess—and eventually all busi-. both major parties, dozens of eager jriess. There is no room in a democ-| ^ aspirants are giving supreme effort | racy for class legislation or class I Columniste Are Being Watched to attempts to convince the conven-, taxation. We fight tor democracy . Rock tion delegates that they are the logi- v\ hen we oppose them. I.. serker terrv of war cal candidates for the highest office | I . 5 ’ in the land. NO DICTATOR NEEDED s"r ’ Despite this, if reason and states-1 There is a small -group of defeat-j manship. as against minor poliUcaI|ists in this country who seem considerations, are in the ascendent. I have become presuaded to the view the delegates will have a compara-: that opposition to totalitari^ism re-. tivcly easy time of it, for there are quires totalitarianism methods. They Dated at Clinton, S. C., June 13th,I 1940 4-3tc MARTHA E. DENDY, MARY LOUISA DENDY. Executrices of the Estate i of J. E. Y’. Dendy, Deceased.! ■-•i. V A .Pf AGE PRiMtER ANNUALLV PlUt t. s^Acfs OH sovewiMeNT A-: eJlAKVS A*/PMAS 7/, JV-g u or /-V irxucTtoNS ro ikap giant tftRNEW or CitSdo COHH. M PERU A/J Aciot^t f *-.e>4 IN.- a. orif usy o.csTMji* I whose i observe the success of the dictator-1 2 furriners that have newer two presidential candidates — — ; eyes on reo.rds. prestige and philosophies of! ridden nations in creating Si*anl'cI thcirselves as american cit- mihtary machines m a briet period of! their names ime. and reason that a form ot die- .‘‘ they have not done nothing bad ei- the Unit^ States is to swiftly butld , theirselvea when they Its armed defense to the necessary level. life and government bring into fo CH.'S absolutely clean-cut issues for time consideration. On the Democratic side, the logi cal candidate is President Roose velt. The New Deal has been a one-man administration. The presi dent is solely responsible for its Anyone w’ho believes that has for- totfen or ne\cr knew the history achievements and failures. The of this country. We have met great president alone can speak adequate- crises before—and we have met them ly on behalf of New Deal policies as a free people. When emergney which favor the sweeping extension comes, all Americans—^worker, capi- ot government control over our na-, talist. executive, farmer—forget tional life. | their differences, and join their re- On the Republican side, the logi- -sources in the interest of the corn eal candidate is Wendell Willkie. mon good. And no dictator is need- Of all Republican candidates, Mr. ed. Willkie alone has gone straight to That is happening in the present the heart of the great issues that emergency. Big business men and confront us today—and has done it little business men have pledged strongly and simply and clearly. His themeslves to do all in their power rise in public esteem has amazed to assure the swift completion of seasoned politicians. He has drama-! the ^defense program. The grqfHt tized superbly the case for indlvid- basic industries* of this country— ualism as against collectivism—the, the railroads,, the utilities, the steel the case of man against the state. He j companies the machine makers—are is a successful business man. a prov-' prepared to do whatever is necessary en e.xecutive,* and has had wide ex- to meet the exigencies of the future, pcnence in the affairs of government.' They are prepared to cooperate with The American people are entitled government to the limit, to the end to an opportunity to choo.se between that democracy may be perpetuated candidates of the stature of the through democratic, methods, president and Mr. Willkie, who rep- America has never had a dicta- resent opposed philosophies of gov- tor—and America doesn’t need one ernment. riow. Americans aren’t robots who ^ I must be treated like the cogs of a L.\BOR .ACT .AMENDMENTS • machine. Americans are individuals, The amendments to the Wagner! determined to do the finest job they cists have winned a drive mr. seeker-terry, it has benn sug gested by mr. holsum mtxjre that some fifth colulm workers are in high places in Washington. they fight neary everthing that comes up in the matter of fixing our defences and offences, our onliest tycoon is against spending another cent for annything regardless of what it is for. he says taxes is. too high now. mr. slim chance told him that rich folks like him had kept the goww- ment from getting reddy for trub- ble for over 20 years, he swallowed his cudd and \</alked off with his feelings hurt. we checked up on izzy waistine last week but found him o. k. he was homed in n. y. and did not leave there until 1920. he is an american citizen and helps with the red cross and other kinds of aid. we have a few others that will bear watching, our poleesman will finger-print them ere long. mr. holsum meore says he hopes vessuvius will erupt and kivver up all of the bad italy-ans. noboddy seems to know vrtien the war will reach our shores, miss jen- nie veeve smith is afraid to go to ^ NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS j .. The annual meeting of the stock-j holders of the Clinton Bonded Ware-; j house Company, Clinton, S. C., willj be held Thursday, July 25, 1940, at| 4 o’clock P. M., in the office of Cbm-1 ---w- mercial Depository, to elect Direc-i'®"*^ lying, being and situate in the'hundred and ten (210) feet, and be- tors fon the ensuing year and trans-: Town of Clinton, County and State ing the eastern half of a lot of land act such other business as may come j aforesaid, containing one (1) acre,' conveyed by Mrs. Mary E. Nash to before the meeting. I niore or less, and bounded on the ■ J. M. Adair and G. F. Adair by deed H D HENRY i "o^’th by Phillips street, on the east [dated April 20, 1931, and recorded Sec’v & Tre’as • Shands street, on the south by. in the office of the Clerk of Court property of W. E. Owens, and on the' for Laurens County in Deed Book 66 west by lands now or formerly be-) at page 247 ,and bounded on the longing to the Presbyterian College, j north by lands of Mrs. Mary E. Nash, The said lot of land Is composed of'on the *art by Bell street, and lot two lots known as Number 232 and [now or fromerly belonging to T. J. 233 as shown on plat made by. Paul i Leake, C. G. Copeland and J, M. H. Nash, on November 23, 1926. 'Adair, on the south by West Main “The land hereby conveyed U the street, and on the west by the lot identical land, conveyed to J. Rhett i bereinabove ordered to be conveyed Copeland by Howard Caldwell by; to Mrs. SelrAa B. Adair.” deed dated December 2nd, 1903,' . 'Terms of sale: Cash; the success- recorded in Deed Book 21 at page: ful bidder, other than the Plaintiff. 369, office of the Clerk of Court fori herein, immediately upon the con- Laurens County, and by J. Rhett elusion of the bidding, shall deposit Copeland to G. Floyd Adair by deed, with the Clerk of Court the sum of dated January 5, 1931, recorded in ten per centum of the amoirnt of bid Deed Book 66, at page 249, office of i as a guarantee of his good faith in of. it might be bumbed. Ndtional Labor Relations Act, which ever did in the interest of their ^he beach this summer onner count wcif recently approved by the house country. Those who talk of the by a two to Qne,~AMte^. represent a need for dictatorial powers to save praiseworthy attempt' to correct a democracy, of ruthless gove^'nment law which has been a constant source domination of business and industry, ol industrial discord. • would destroy our traditional way The amendments provide for the of life which has proved its strength well mr. seeker-terry—^you all need not worry about fifth collums in this community, our shotguns and base ball bats have benn trimmed for appointment of a new labor board, in times of gfeates^^^nger, They:i.ac4i©n. we-don’t-see modi differ -separate adTnmtstrative-a-fia"TudIclaT]w0tlTa*"destr6yyihe very thing theyirence betwix a fifth collumhist and lis- j profess a desire to save, namely a mad dog. both of them will re ceive our attention when they show up down here, kind regards to the u. s. sennate and plese tell them and congress to finger-print each other allso. plese send us 2 pistols. and national defense and there is general approval on the part of the public in providing these huge funds for this purpose. Rapid European functions, permit employers to dis-j profess a desire to save, namely cuss labor- problems with employes, j freedom and opp(^tunity. require the board to obtain the ap- ■" • proval ol members of craft un-j TIME FOR ECONOMY ions before forcing their absorptiorvl The American people are witness- into industrial unions, and make it 'og the daily appropriating of billions legal for employers to refuse to bar- of dollars by congress for armament gain with alien labor leaders. In no way would these amend ments deprive labor of any legiti mate right or protection which it now has. The cause of honest un- developments have brought forcibly lonism would not be imperiled to'home to us the frightful inadequacy th( slightest degree, and the right j of American forces and the urgent of collective bargaining would not necessity for enlarging and modem- bc weakened. All the amendments| >og the army and rtavy. The people would do, is to eliminate certain)‘*•'0 willing and eager to spend the abuses which have no place in a: money neces.sary to build a quick and free country. They would stop the j olfoctive home defense but they are labor board from acting as judge, anally as strong against extrava- jury and prosecutor, all in one—I gance in government, continued so- anri they would deprive czar-ltkei oial legislation, experimenting and alien agitators of powers which have! wasting which has been carried on been employed time and again to ^ during the past seven years in the foment unnecessary and unjustified name of a political emergency, industrial strife and violence. j For example, a congressman from The laboring man himself will one of the districts of this state has gain most, in the long run, from re-; recently introduced a bill calling^ for loim of the Wagner Act—-even as jibe appropriation of thirty thousand the honest laboring man is the worst i dollars to provide some sort of a sufferer when labor racketeering is; historical marker tq a citizen who permitted to run rampant. j has l^n dead probably a hundred • I years! This is the kind of unneces- DISCRIMINATORY TAXATION I sary spending taxpayers should re- At the annual meeting of a State volt against. We had better spend Publishers association recently held; it for armament. FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 16th day of July, 1940, I will render a final ac count of my acts and doings as Exe- eptrix of the estate of Clayton Cole man Bailey, deceased, in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens <x>unty, at 10 o’clock a.m., and on the same clay will apply for a final dis charge from iny trust as Elxecutrix. Any person indebted to said estate is notified and required to make pay ment on or before that date; and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or be fore said date, duly proven, or be forever barred. Clerk of Court for Laurens Coun- the bidding. The same to be applied LYDE LEAKE BAILEY, hy* S. C.; ALSO: ' to the purchase price upon his com- Executrix. “All that piece, parcel and lot of Paying with the terms of sale, others land situate, lying and being on the wise to be paid to Plaintiff for credit north side of West Main street in the ou the indebtedness. In the event the City of Clinton, County and State successful bidder should fail to make edoresaidi, fro»tii« a ' ®uch deposit, or should fail to ciMnplj tance of one hundred and five (105) i with the terms of sale, the said lands feet, commencing at a <x)mer marked shall be re-seld on the same or some by an iron pin near the comer of' subsequent Salesday on the same T. J. Leake’s Filling SUtion, and!terms, at risk of the (fefaulting pur- running along said street a distance ^ chaser. of one hundred and five (105) feet The purchaser to pay for papers, to an iron pin at the comer of this lot and the lot hereinabove ordered stamps and recording, k) be conveyed to Mrs. Selma B. V. R. FLEMING, Adair, and running thence in a’ C. C. C. P. & G. S. northerly direction a distance of two! Dated this June 11, 1940.—20-3cf. June 10, 1940.—4-4tc. Newsy News From Flat Rock a right smart of building (^ipera- tions are going on in flat rock at this writing, fnr. holsum moore is dubbling the* size of his wife’s hen house and she will add 4 more hens and a few other fowls to her alreddy prosperous flock, she will compete in the egg-laying contest at an early date at cedar lane, she says die can outlay annny other contestant regardl^ of how manny comes and how far they live, she uses the buff orphan stock altogether ansofortti. mr. tom head has moved the front of his garrage to the back and vicy- versy. this will save his (nistomers the expense of drivving around be hind it so’s they can get iq> near the- other . end. where the window is so that he can see how to work, he has rnoved his parts to the other Side of the building where it don’t leak, he has lost some monney rni- ner count of his stuff getting vetry rusty 'from dampnes. he h^ low ered his prices and gone oa a cash _ , i basis—he mought as well cloee up. Senator Harry Byrd of Virginia,)so says hlrem cheap. . •* one of the few in congress who “Resolved that it is "the belief of has the courage to .stand up and this association that retail merchan-j fight for economy. He recently pro- dising, which so intimately touches j Posed to cut 10 per cent, or approxi- the pocketbooks of wage earners andjniately $500,000,000 from the gross consumers generally, should be free i government appropriations, exclusive from all unjust, punitive and dls-j of those for national defense. When criminatory taxation, local, state and i this economy move reached ttm sen- federal, in whatever form imposed.” j ate, wnat hai^ned? It was killed This is not an isolated instance— in short order. This means our so- press associations in many states,'called “social gains” must remain asjsr. bought a hat just hcf*n, representing both dailies and week-jjiow, that though federal expenses! avoided getting close to bn; tasr lie.^, have gone on record with simi- have literally run wild and the waste dander has benn up a gmt tfsal has brouidit the country ckwe to the by reason of her hat and tin steps, brink of bankruptcy—^e spending for every conc^vable purp^ must go right on. Since 19S8 the New Deal has sprat $23,000,000,000 more than the trMuury has taken in. Defi- NO'nCE OF SALE State of South Carolina, County of Laurens. Pursuant to an order of the Court in the case of Dr. Frank Kellers, Sr., Committee for Laura M. Hayes, a persiMi non compos mentis, Plaintiff, against Dr. Edward Long ami R. A. Bobbitt, Defendants, I will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash in or in front of the Court House in Laurens, South Carolina, on Salesday in July, 1940, the same being the first day of the month, during the legal hours of sale, the following described prop erty; •‘Alt that ifertartn piece,^ parcel qr lot of land, together with the dwell ing house and other minor improve ments thereon, lying, situate, and be ing in the Town of Clinton, County of Laureiu, Sjlate jof South Carolinaj, bounded oh tlie'Nbrth by lands of the estate of John H. Young, one hun dred and ninety-five feet (195’), more or less, thereon: on the east by lot of the estate of Mary G. Owens, sixty-one feet (61’), more or less, thereon: on the south by lot of R. E. Sadler, one hundred ninety-five feet (195’), more or less, thereon; and on the west by South Broad Street, sixty-one feet (61’), more or less, thereon.” Terms of .sale: Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers, stamps and record ing. Bidding to close day of sale. VICTOR R. FLEMING, Clerk of Codrt for Laurens County, S. C. June 11, 1940.—27-3c. J. M. DeYOUNG & SONS General Contractors ESTIMATES FREE RESIDENCES A SPECIALTY No Job Too Small or Too Large -this significant resolution was unani mously passed: the rear steps to rehobra efaueeb are being repaired this weA by a faithful deacon. his wife, who weighs 282 in her bare feet, left the church Uat Sunday through tbia door and her ahd the steps fell an to pieces and both were bwlly dammag- ed. she usually ccanes out of the front door,-but as mn. slim NOTICE OF SALE , ’The State of South Carolina, County of Laurens. In Coun oi Common Pleas. W. E. Adair Plaintiff, vs. Mrs. Lo- rena O’Dell Adair, individually and as administratrix, et al. Defendants. Pursuant to a Decree erf the Court in the above stated case, I will! sell at public outcry to the highest bidder, either in or in front of the* Court House, at Laurens C. H., S. C.,' on Salesday in July next, being Mon day, the first day of the month, dur ing the legal hours for such sales, the following described property, to wit: “All that piece, parcel ,or lot pf lar resolutions, as have many other organizations and groups. And that is a hifdUy important factor. Ameri ca’s newspapermen are ready to do their part in analjrzing and working to help s^ve our business problems. They know full well that millions of familiss have an exceedlnrfly dif- national debt, without the defbnsk mrs. art square and miss veeve smith sre erecting a booth on the schoU campus se’s tbgj can take in some mmiiiey 'eft Ike cits have piled on deficits until theffourtii of jtiiy whidi will brlNll la flat (Ddk. games 'wBI be payM BARKCUE TIP TOP Service Station Steak and Pig Foot Stew July to9 Stndglit Bkii^cBe INimer Tia aad Dfamer Sfle. HaMi 50e. quart. J.l4eMurd ^004 ANOTHER 4% DIVIDEND WILL BE PAID JULY 1ST TO ALL SHAREHOLDERS IN OUR ASSOCIATION FOR THE SEMI- ANNUAL PERIOD. 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