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Ti j pagb; FOUR THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON, R. C. TBUB8I1AY, JULY 1% 1940 it;? (Slinton OU^ronirU Established IfM WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher (TS ... Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBUSHING 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 vdien 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. were not only unanswered, but evaded. Such has been the policy of the chief executive since then until a few days ago when headquarters were set up in a Washington hotel, Slight at Silverstreet Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Tan Ray visited Mr. and Mrs. Gus Cannon near Goldville Snday. Hazel Willard spent Monday,with hisself and he would be glad to take down what the other feller’s think and then re-rite it for the dinuner- crats. he has drawed Jmt codlings and oodlings of local, county and __ private phones connected from the j state flatforms, and is f^iliar withji^,^ Copeland, convention hall to the White House,] nearly every kind of plank ever! j -At. and it leaked out that it was believed heard of that fits into a polUtical car- , he would accept the nomination if it cass. he would have his country ini j j came to him. I mind first, last and always, he would^^* I To insure his own renomination. {do away with about 500,000 grav}^ napp ness. Mr. Roosevelt has sat by quietly] trains, and would be nice (and not “ while cabinet officers and others} bitter) towards the defeated repub- 1 close to him have repeatedly ex-} licans. they have a hart, too, you [pressed their public belief that he know. TO CLEAN CEMETERY nNAL ffETTLEMENT '' Take notice that on the Mth niay of August I will render a final go- count of my acts and doiitgs as Exe cutor of the estate of Rich^ B. Fer guson, deceased, m the office of the Judge of Probate of Laiuvna County, at 11 o’clock a. m., and on the same day will apply for a final disdiargg from my trmt as Executfix. Any person indebted to said estate is notified and required to make pay ment on or before that date; and all would not run for a third term. He has watched other members of his I administration bimy their ambitions I and drop out of the picture because it seemed hopeless to work for a Thursday, July 25,Jtas been gesig-* wiBjpreseftt them on or ba- nated as “clean-up-day” for Hurrl-l'ore said d^, Aiily proven, or be Ob To the CoaveBtlm In Chleago • cemrtery '**fIISnIE C. FtRGUSON, MW - Au-.* fsted parties in the community or mr. slim h*. wRl elsewh^ are asked to come for the , ^ Executrix. IS some hope m daJ <>*• help in the work. if. July 18, 1940.-8-4cw. Jl, »cx:iiicxi iivr^/catoa fcV vrvaav ava «a bC SCIl O C th^ rfon- i you are interested and can’t come, j ^ eRGISTRATION FOR build-up of their own so long as Mr.; dimmercrats of his state in the don-,r^^^ ^ ^ Neighbors 50c and he l^OTICR OF RTCISTRATIOIf rom CLINTON. S. C.. THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1040 Roosevelt refused to withdraw him-,key convention which meets this."• — . niiiwfnwAi. Rfjerrrnw self a, a -"^IdaU. W.«nl waek to nomraema« pr« rose, vatt! w.U^ In the names of Hull, Gamer, Farley;] for a third term, he do-not see muchstated yesterday. iCounty af Laurens ~ TydlngSf Byrd, Stark and other able sense in spending monney for a con- iTnwn runtnn this week will be re-j men'have been suggested, they have, vention or a election, as for that mat-1 BOARD OF REGISTRATION | hereby given that W D ter; the state that he resides in could i ^ 1 rnn^iati/i w..kr just send a postal card to the leader t Th® Board of Registration for Lgu- jjg-y-a f]vr the Town and tell him to cast it along with'^^"" rn.mtv u,iii at »ka , pervisor of Registration for the Town others for mr. rosey velt. TREASURER SIMPSON j Friends in Clinton and throughout flectedvin that race. — -== „^ « o the county were saddened by the re-| Mr. ^hnston, it will be remem-1^.. ^ ^?***^” cent death of D. Roy Simp.son, w'ho bered, w’ent to the White House steps], k ^ ^ 10, iho past nine years had capably! in 1938 to announce his candidacy I filled ihc office oi country treasurer.' lor United States senator. Pollowingj P? .. uiaPo’^ to desert oth- M. S.mpson was one of the best ‘•'-t dramatic specUcle, President, to “Xm known and most popular men in the Reosevelt came into this state with' «> » ««rd term lor him eourlty. He began at the bottom as a: J^^^uston from Georgia and threw veunk lad and worked himself up toj^ut a public word of approval in Uh responsible position he held at. Greenville for his “friend” as his th. time of his death. He was a con-1 vanished m the darkness of the .sfienlious, courteous, efficient public sci\ant who held_the full confidence M the people he ser%S'-l^ame"of'that Johnston and the president hi.' keen interest in the public wel- perfect terms. And in far and his close attention to duty. ' ^^irness to Johnston it should ^ add- Not only was Mr. Simpson a'valu-'®?^ th^ Roosevelt administra- ab!e public official., but he was a ^•‘^ri had a sens6 of appreciation for by allowing his name to go into the primaries. He has set himself up as the indisfjpnsable man to save the New Deal, and hardly a handful of congressmen and senators have dared i crat once but is now a republican, it One gathers from convention re-» ^’1 won’t make much difference which- . .. . *^1—. J ., „:j.,... i c3use of fear of being purged. ; away the vote they will feel like they ion several months ago, that Mr. tir.'.i-rate citizen, a man aboveboard. P^st services rendered they Lit tFc highest character and integrity, ''’ould now be proposing Johnston for ^^there is geVieral regret In his pass-, 2'® ''ice-P«^*<i®wy'*»«tead of Byrnes, mg which is a heavy los.s to the Gan U be that m politics—gratitude county. His place of u.sefulne.ss in the ® flower that ^Idom blooms? couif house will be hard to fill. THE DANGER OF TYRANNY One of the chief differences be- Roosevelt was quietly destroying the presidential chances of others to gain the office for a third term. He has not turned his hand to avoid renom- mation, his silence has been the mogt positive force in the fliird term! in their flatform in chicargo. movement. At any time, Mr. Roose-| velt could have dropped out of the] ^erry few folks agree with an acceptable successor by stating as President- McKinley did when rens Countv will meet at the nlacesi *^*''“"* xvcnisvrauon lor me xuwu iTw fyvr Clinton. County of Laurens, State named ^low for the ^venmn^ of ^ ^ Carolina/ those who have not yet secured Reg-1 ii^tratinn dataH Tan 1 Every male and female citizdn the dimmercrats expect to get a, ^‘^”®" Gertiflcates. dated since Jan-^ large number of votes that went oyer | ’ i upward having all of the qualifica- to the republicans enduring the past] The hours for these board sessions j tions as mentioned in Sections 2287 few years, you see, so says nur. will be from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M., and and 2290, Volume 2, Code of Laws chance, as mr. wilkie was a dimmer-, dates and places are as follows: of South Carolina, 1932, and who has July 22 Clinton, City Hall; resided in the State for two years, July 25—Goldville. Company Store;; in the County for orie Har and with- ^ July 26 — Gray Court* Abercrom-;in the incorporalbd limits of the said ° .A, 1 Town of Clinton for four months July 29 Cross Hill, Pinson s Store; next preceding the election to be held July 30—Watts Mills, Comp^anyjin said Town of Clinton on Tuesday, T . . August'Wthr, 1040, and Who has paid July 31 ^Lydia Mill, Comp any]all taxes due and collectible for the * preceding fiscal year and who iJ'® County Registrirtion certificate en- P. B. Bailey, titling him or her to vote at a poll- Mrs. Gladys Ray Cook, ing precinct within the Town of Clin- Board of R^tration. ton shall be entitled to register. The said W. D. Copeland, Super h The Chronicle stated as its opin-|are voting for a'dimmercrat. he fur ther states that most of the planks that the republican party put in their flatform were alreddy planks of thej dimmercrats, and some of the new planks are the ones they heard that the dimmenumts were going to placel.«»-»>- mr. picture and a build-up started for | chance when he says that the dewey Store. 27-2c L... FL.\TFORMS MEAN LITTLE 'tween our country and the totali-] .-"‘k/ Piiliticians are now. busx, at the tarian nations is demonstrated by the;iorm- “l u/in caw nntu Chu ago convention writing the Dem- fact that two great fiolitical parties’;, ,, p^orpcsinff a lonw^cAftiaH Dcratic platform which will be adopt- have now got their lines set for that I not only am iJ^t and will not be a candidate for a third ed'for Roosevelt after a noisy dem-'battle of the ballots next November, onstration of approval. 1 One or the other will gain control of Platforms mean little, and usually] the govenunent and it is well f®r the are forgotten soon after they are]people that there are two major par- made, Nobody remembers or cares ties. Regardless of the losing party, it what the recent Republican platform, will have a strong voice in the na- contained. The same will be true ofltional councils. the Democratic document. The inter-} jt is different in Germany, in Italy e.'it of the voting public i.s centered and in Russia. One political party, on the nominee rather than high- anc} only one. commands the alle- sounding phrases to bo completely ojarice ol all the people. None has a ignored. Platforms are mere forrr.ali- voice in the government of Russia ties in general terms intended to unless he is a Communist. None but catch votes. Few people take them]Fascists can vote or hold office in seriously and only a small group, as . Italy. The National Socialist party, shown in a recent national poll, ever the “Nazis,” exercises supreme con- take time to read what these politi-ltrol in Germany, cal deliverances set forth. | Those who do not adhere to the In 1932 Mr. Roosevelt and his sup- p^p^y hp^g gpg purged by exile or jxirters then seeking^ election, , assassination. Secret police and v’ol- unteer spies see to it that the party ! leaders learn of the first sign of dis- the country a platform that was junked in short order. Practically every pledge in that declaration haSj gjfgg^jgp^ by any citizen. A mere hint been completely broken or ignored,! jp^^y a political leader to a con- as the record shows. If one reads that ■ centration camp, to prison colonies or platform and compares it with what face a firing squad. / the New Deal crowd has done as re-| Those conditions have been im- gard-'i promised budget-balancSng and j p^gg^j since the World war upon the gin ernment economy—how can these relatively free peonies of those de- third-termers expect the people to pressed nations, uiljifr the guise of bclitx e what they say in their ^jgpjpQgpgjjg processeO They are ex- 1940 presentment!’ amples for democrl^ies. Whenever One plank in the 1932 platform,, ^be citizens so far negTOSt their duty however. was carried out as promised 1 forego their rights as to permit —that of puttmg the natiop in the gpy group,~by whatever name,- to liquor business to raise millions iu bave undisputed sway over their na- lu venue to be spent by the Pf^sentUign’s destinies, the danger arises that admini.<tration in their extravagant'may become tyranny. Socialization program. The Democrat- ^g bav'e nev’er faced that danger ic party now in power is the wettest jp America yet, though it is possible ol the wet. They must, in fairness, i ^bat we may. Our citizens have al- be given full credit for keeping this ^.^ys been alert to exercise their promi.-e. [right of criticism and opposition to * ' I the political party in power. There have been long periods when one term, but would not accept a nomi nation for it, if it were tendered me.” Mr. Roosevelt’s handling of the situ ation has reduced his party to hu miliating subserviency and made it l a one-man party. If your opbiion is different from ours, all well and good. The right to disagree with oth er people, with the government, is the very essence of human liberty. Mr. Roosevelt will be nominated for a third term and the stage play now expected may be counted upon to gain his complete cooperation. All politicians love a spender. The Chronicle is an independent Democratic newspaper. We are not a New Dealer or third-termer. If a third term, why not a fourth, or fifth, or election for life. We are opposed to dictatorial ten dencies now accepted in Washington, to attempted regimentation of every body and everything, to vast waste, extravagance and incompetency, to the enormous increase in the public debt, the failure to balance the bud get, the creating of thousands of un necessary political jobs for which taxpayers must pay, to gifts, subsi dies and hand-outs which have brok en down the morale and initiative of and the taft and the hoover vote^ will go to the new deal candydate even if pres, rosey velt d« not choose to ruh. they seem to thhtk ftliit Oftly about 98 pbr cent of the said votes will forsake mr. milkie in the finnal wind-up'^or the way he treated the aforementioned genterments in out running them, they say mr. wilkie had a good job and they don’t under stand why he quit it to detriment of real politicians ahsoforth. you will hear more from mr. slim chance if he Is chose to go to the convention, he is practicing talking thru a guano horn ever day so’s he can talk into a miky-foam on the raddio if he is asked to announce the results of the ballots, h® is sUso tun ing his voice down to a coarser key; it sounds too keen like it has benn in the past, he mought be the black boss that is going to be pushed out for vice-president. yores trulie, mike lark, rfd, corry spondent. NOTICE or SALE OF PERSONAL visor of Registration, wUl have his PROPERTY ' office open at the store of J. I. Cope- State of South Carolina, 'land and Bh?. on North Broad Street County of Laurentr t iff the Town of Clinton tor the ijur- Clerk and Treasurer. In the Probate Court. Pursuant to an order by the Pro bate Court of Laurens County, dated July 15, 1940, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash all the property located in Goldville, South Carolina, belonging to the es-j Attest; tate of Msimie C< White. The date ofi D. C. Heustess, sale to be July 27,1040, at ten o’clock A. M. ‘The Administrator has a right! to reject any bid which he deems in-i sufficient. Said sale to be held at the' farm of James Addisbn, between ^ Goldville and Mrs. Hayne B. Work-; man’s. . t Witness my hand and seal this the' 15th day of July, A. D., 1940. ' G. F. TEMPLETON, 25-2p Administrator. \ pose of registering voters frttm 0 o’clock A. M. to 4 o’clock P. M. on each day except Sunday, until IS o’clock noon August 3rd, 1940. Dated this 6th day of July, 1040. P. S. BAILEY, Mayor. 4-lc W. J bIbnjasiin SERVICE STATION . Standard I^rodiicti Cara WadMi «ai Yobt BaeiaeM Appredatei WWWWWCMCRinca U K HllUgaitM m m m laantaeMMMMMatMMMMMM iMiitM mmm m H. D. HENRY 1898-1040 F. M. BOLAND Sheriff C. W Wier Tells How Upset Car Halted Man H. D. HENRY & COMPANY INSURANCE STOCKS — BONDS — REAL ESTATE Laurens, July ,16.—After allegedly breaking into two stores at Water- millions of people who now look to i io^isst^unday night, Willie B. Cope- government for support, to legislation! land, negro who escaped from the which hamstrings industry and in terferes with private business, and to many other theories and nebulous schemes of doubtful practicality which the country has been subjected to by New Dealers like Hopkins, Ickes, Wallace and great cohorts of others. We do not subscribe to the belief that any one man is indispen sable, regardless of what his post or position may be. Were that true, bus iness and government would even- STl I)Y THE CANDIDATES cinly a few weeks now until the party or the other had apparently un- votcr." of Laurens county will face ^ breakable control, but whenever the the responsibility of electing public people have felt that such control I tually stop, officials to serve them for the next tended to become oppressive, they| We repeat what we have said here two and four years. jhave voted the ruling party out of before—we have come to a pretty Tickets will include offices to be j office. But the losers still retain the I pass in the Den;K>cratic party if we lilled of congress, .solicitor, bouse of i right to representation, and to pro- have only one Dgmoera^tJWhCLis-qtJudj- representative'S. j5enale..-^hefiff.—sur.y4ef4-*gamst the -acts 'anff" policies’of ifleiftb be president of the United pervisoi and others. There are no j the winners. They* can strive to re-1 States. * state contests for this summr's pri-igain power, and frequently do. Noi If this be true, as we are told by Laurens county chain gang, camp, was pinned beneath a stolen auto mobile which overturned and cap tured by pursuers, one of whom own ed the car. Sheriff C. W. Wier re ported here. Absent without leave irom the camp, it was reported by the sheUff that Copelc^ had made his way to Waterloo several miles distant, help ed himself to a supply of merchan dise and then found a way to take his booty to other quarters. Sheriff Wier said Rex Lanford’sj car, parked in the driveway at the Lanford residence, was being pushed into the main highway wfaeg R young man of the community stop- p>ed and inquired into the circum stances, only to be audacic/lisly ‘‘re- LOANS NEGOTIATED Telephone 121 'blood is spilled, none is barred from Ickes, Hopkins, Kelly, Pepper, Cor-! quested” by the negro to assist him mary. Election year should arouse the | the seats of authority. That is de-j coran, Cohen. and others—.then all people to study the -candidates whoimocracy. We will do well as a people congressmen, senators, governors and are .‘seeking their suffrage, and to! to stay alert on our toes to preserve j other officials in high positions of vole lor the best men. Has the can-^ and protect this American way of i public trust should be removed from didate made a success of his own democracy. i office as incompetent weaklings. business'* If not. what right have you' I ... to e.xpccl him to rnake a suc<Less_inL’ . A OiNE-MAN PARTY I handling the 'public's business? Can! situation at the Democratic! 1921—1940 Hugh L Eichelberger NEW YORK LIFE MAN 19 Years Experience Professional Insurance Information Fumidied Free -Member —^ The Association of Dfe Underwriters. t Nobody’s Busmess By Gee McGee his word be relied upon? What a man! convention now in session in Chicago) is—this is the important consider-j which has been created solely by Mr. ation tor the voters. Roosevelt, is without parallel in The qualifications in selecting pub-(American history. Never before has lie officials should be character, abil-ja president, after eight years in of- ity. intelligence and stainless repu-]fjce. brushed aside tradition and upon tation. and the one that should come the pleadings mainly of job-holders first always is character. and machine politicians—allowed his Good citizenship carries with it the name to go before a convention as obligation of voting. Our chief con-^ the only one in his party capable of cern ought to be that we intelligent- • directing national affairs. -I which is now in session, after reading ly cast our ballots for the very best' The White House statement pre-|over the flatform adopted by the re- m^n in the field for the respective ^ sented to the convention Tue^av publican party, he thiitks he has some offices. _ !night stated, “Roosevelt Is Ndt* ideas that the dimmertrats ought to) • j Candidate,” and this was fo^pwed incopper-rate in their flatfonn, OLIN SHOWS UP AGAIN ^quickly by a draft movement. The! • y/ in starting the car off with a shove or something. Almost instantly, however, the negro pulled away without any aid, j and was off in a jiffy toward the center of town, according to the sheriff. Immediately the passerby called Mr. Lanford from his bed room and the two of them gave rapid chase. Just beyond the town limits, they came upon the scene of the wrecked car on the road leading to ward Harris Springs, The trapped negro was “rescued” unceremonlous- Mr. Art Square Offers His Services To Hb Party mr. art square has rote a letter tojly and later turned over to Sheriff hon. jim farley offering his vallxiable i Wier, who had responded to a call services in riling up a new flatform land arrived just after the chase for the dimmercratic convention ended. Copeland is serving a three- year sentence for the alleged theft of a bicycle several months ago. Sheriff Wier said. Ex-Governor Olin D. Johnston,'president’s statement was indefinite, who brags over being a 100 per cent'it did not state he would not accept New Dealer, had dropped out of the the position if offered, and leA t^ political picture in recent months, convention, delegates and candidates,»could be put into it and 3 or 4 old But he showed up m Chicago for the as one senator remarked, in the same ones could be took out to advantage mr. art square do hot see anny rea son for making manny change in the new deal flatform, but a few planks Democratic convention and made the.uncertain condition they were before headlines again when elected by the' It is a safe bet that President South Carolina group as a delegate Roosevelt will be renominated today. at large to fill a vacancy in the dele gation. He is reported to be openly working day and night for Bym^ for the vice-presidency/the'gentle man who helped bring about his de feat against Smith in 1938. He was also seen dining, the report added, in one of Chicago’s swankiest hotels with several prominent politicians and officer-holders from this state if it did not happen last night, and that he will accept. Senator Byrnes of this stat^j the. astute politician, with Harry Hopkins, ai« labeled as the generalissimos of the forces In Chicago to draft Mr. Roosevelt for a third term. Such “draft” talk is phoney—a whole lot of humbuggery. Mr. Roosevelt has shown no unwill ingness to run. His actions have only Renno News who have nevw bwn labeled as served to set the stage for his re- Johnston men. Politics is a tricky, nomination, aided by his most inti game and one never knows what will happen when it is played by profes sionals who are always alert to pro mote their own interests. Our guess is ffiat Jobnston will run for gover nor or congress two years hence and that some ei the maneuvering golhg mate friends and advisers More than a year ago President Roosevelt and Natipnal Chginnan James A Fseley h^ a twafsisnce at Hyde Park in an atmoipbers of secrecy at whidi time.tkfcliah politi cal questions aiout 4 third term as the govverment has put both the rich and the i;x)or back on their feet, be sees no redsdn why the w.p Ji. and the r.f.c. and ffie c.i.o. can’t be elimi nated. the rich man was hosted allso prior to-1^ nOw deal.- he it oJL now; but grumbling powerful. „ mr. square thinks a plank could be put into the donkey’s flatform that would tocourage the republicans to quit fighting back, it wodld be offer ing ah of the brainy boys a berth in the^ goverment service. Uiere are tfxae rail smart then in the gAp. crowd that pres, roeeyvelt has not hired, it would be weR to put tlMm into service as soon as powible. a laigi number of them wmM fit Inib the fwftto Ombissies ansoforth. ■ — mr. Huaib wtflia a glidn MM Bin. J. D. Coptiknd and daughter, Jean, spent the waek-dnd at Bfyrfie Beach with Mr. and Mn. Russell Cooper. Jean Is spending the week down there. Financing A Home Locafiy Is A Pleasant Event! CHCX^E A HOME LOAN MADE BY A HOME INSTITUTION WHERE BOTH YOURSEU? AND YOUR PROBELMS ARE KNOWN INDIVIDUALLY. When you lyipfy ffur a home loan here, we are eas:er to explain in full idl the details of oar financing plan .. ^ suggest how your hinne orwnendiip can most eabUy be completed. Our oIBcers are friendly, have a real interest in providing you a ’*budgetable** aiid safe financing ar rangement. ^ if you anticipate buying or building a home soon, let os ahow you how pleasantly and eaaily home financing can be arranged. THE PRINOPAL AS WELL AS INTEREST COST GRADUALLY VANISH. t ,