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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON. 8. C.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, IMO
Frederick Cook,
Elxplorer, Dies
Ntw Rochelle, N. Y., Aug. 5.—Dr. j
Frederick A. Cook, 77-year-old ex-i
plore^; whose claims to discovery of'
the North Pole precipitated an early;
twentieth-century world-wide con-;
tioversy, died today after a long
illness. .
Stricken three months ago by a
cerebral hemorrhage, the aged ad
venturer of the Arctic never fully
re<nvered, and was taken again to
the hospital lu days ago.
Dr. Cook sprang into international
prominence in September, 1 9 0 9,
when he announced he had discov
ered the North Pole. Five days later
Admiral Robert E. Peary claimed he
had reached the top of the wbrld
first. ' I
Ccoke’s claim that he discovered i
the Pole on April 21, 1908, a year;
before Peary reached the world’s!
U'P. eventually was held to be dis-
pK.ved and Peary, who insisted he
could find no evidence of anyone’s
preceding him when he was there j
in April, 1909. was accepted as theJ
discoverer. i
Today Tfaiey Dhre on England
COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
By Spectator
So milch has been said about di
vorce in South Carolina recently that
it might be well to refresh our minds
as to the law of our state.
The Constitution of South Carolina
says that “Divorces from the bonds
of matri]^oiiy ,i)Ma;|)pt be allowed in
this stat#!**^’*^5MTCfe 17, Section S).
Clearly then, no court in South Car
olina may grant a divorce; nor may
the legislature authorfae it. But what
; about divo^ees granted in other
states? The Constitution of the Unit
ed States requires “Full faith and
credit shall be given in each state to
the public acts, records, and judicial
proceedings of every other state.”
On^the face of it, a divorce granted
iby another state is something M^ich
any title of nobility.” Our state Con
stitution in Section 8, Article 1, also
the ^ligation of contracts, or - grant
exhibits bills of attainder, ex post
facto laws, and laws impairing the
obligation of a contract.
I again call attention to the fact
that the inhibition here does not ap
ply to congress, but only to the
states. If a state shoqld pass a law
allowing its bonds to be paid in
mules and horses or land, instead of
in gold or legal tender, the courts
would declare the act unconstitu
tional; but when the congress took
us off the gold standard the supreme
court virtually said, “The naticm has
violated its contra^ but what can
you do about it?” Since you can’t
our courts .must respect. But our sue the nation without its consent.
B»EIUN, OffillfANT ... A pair of Germany’s vaunted Stnka bomb-
ets Is shown In flight here. To this type' of craft the Germans give
mack of the credit for the rapid-'conquest of Poland and western
Bnrope. 'nelr diving and machine-gunning tactics are calcrJated to
str^ terror Into the hearts of the opposition.
Warns Fishermen .
About Poison Oak
Dr. H. R. Perkins, county health!
director, warns fishermen at the!
Buzzard Roost development against
the menace of poison oak in the lake
waters. He pointed out that water,
has submerged the poison oak vines | Special to The Chronicle
and the pollen is now polluting the Washington, Aug. 7. — The whole
water. Numerous fisherman have al
ready reported being infected with
the rash, he said
nation is about to get a foretaste of
what war, or at least preparation for
war, means. With almost no appar-
The .poison Js obtained, he said,lent opposition in congress, the out-
when the skin com*es in contact wilfi
the water. Where water gets on the
hands or any part of the body, he
said, he advised washing the im
pure water off as soon as possible
with soap and clean water.
are ready to be sent over, and homes
have been assured for them. The
major question is as to whether as
surances could be had from Ger
many and Ita^ that such ships, car-
tying no other passengers or cargo,
would be permitted safe passage
across the Atlantic. There is a de
cided desire in official circles to give
this as well as all other aid short of
war to the British people, but there
is also a decided distrust of any as
surances which might be given by
the Hitler or Mussolini governments.
Fear that supplies provided by the
American Red Cross for, the reUef
of war victims in Europe' might fall
into German hands, or had already
done so, was removed by a state
ment by. Norman H. Davis, chairman
the Red Cross, that not a cent of
States between the ages of 18 and 64 ®
States between the ages of 18 and 84 gyppjjgg appropriated by
I the German authorities, although
courts have declared that they will
not recognize a divorce granted to
South Carolinians if they, or either
of them, went out of the state, solely
for the purpose of getting the di
vorce. That, says ohr court, would be
to honor and respect a direct evasion
of our laws. If, however, both parties
live in another state and are citi
zens, or have become citizens, of the
state, and as such are granted a di
vorce, no question of evasion of our
laws would be involved, if they
shauld return, either or both of
them, to this state.
A suit has been brought to t>re-
vent the use of two million dollars
of highway revenue. As the question
is now before the supreme court for
decision, it may be interesting to
know the legal points which have
been submitted to the court in op
position to diverting these funds. 1
have discussed this before, but now
I wish merely to explain the legal
question for those who may not have
time to study these legal matters for
of the Constitution is mandatory.
(Section 20 of Article 1).
Fw Roit
will have been registered for military
ser^'ice. In the same period, or short-,
1, thereat^r, averjl a.ien reaidln, had opport^U, do ao
where do you stand? Nor can you
sue a state without its consent. Our
state allows suits against the high
way department. The suit alleging
impairment of the obligation of a
contract means, that foe charge ' is
made that foe state’s bonds to build
foe highways are guaranteed by foe
hi^way revenue, and that by taking
these funds for other purposes foe
bondholders will suffer a loss of a
part-of the guarantee. That is a free
and loose way to say what foe law
yers will affirm more precisely. ’The’
second"* challenge about increasing
foe debt in an unauthorized manner
is clear. The Constitution (Section
11 of Article 10) says that any debt
contracted by foe state should be by
loan on state bonds.
The third challenge is one which I
referred to sometime ago, when I
made foe point that all talk against
ear-marked funds overlooked a pro
vision of our Ckmstitution which
clearly provides for ear-marking.
This suit also relies on that provis
ion. It is Section 3 of Article 10 and
themi^lves. The use of fots highway it says: “No tax shall be levied «x-
He also advised that fishermen in this country will be registered, so
leave the lake area»before the sun
goes down to avoid the danger of
being bitten by malarial mosquitoes.
The malarial mosquitoes are pri
marily night feedei-s, he said, and
do most of their biting after the sun
gi'es down.
Fox Hunters To
Meet August 14
The Laurens County Fox Hunters’
a8S(*ciation will hold its annual out
door meeting Wednesday, August 14,
at Duncan’s Creek Presbyterian
church grounds, it has been an
nounced.
"' A' barbecue hash supper will be
aerved at 6 p. m., and all members
are invited to attend.
(Political Advertisement)
Satisfaction Expressed
According to reports coming back
VoteFor
J. YANCY
MARTIN
for
County
Commissioner
1 FAVOR GOOD ROADS
IN ALL PARTS OF THE
COUNTY.
1 am a re.sitient of the
upper part of Waterloo
Township, a section which
has not had a Commis
sioner in fifty years. I in
vite you to investigate my
character and ability.
If elected, I promise to
diligently perform the du
ties^ of the office in a cour
teous and efficient manner,
with fair considerations to
all sections of the county
in road improvement.
that the ,«.iee can pat their
on foem at any time. u..,,
*1^6 estimate is that about three,delegates of several Latin-
m'llion aliens will l^ ^^nger-printed,^^ ‘ y j
and otherw.se identified The e.h-l hemisphere would
zen, of fluting age will also be , Nazi victory in
fmger-priMed. so that if any of them j. „,y„„ North
triM to dod^ when his number is ^ ^ y^ ^ ^
called he can be picked oP and ^ , , , , agjresslon.
UV ; Hui's pUn“a, that in the
will be aW 12 mllhon of those. , , ^ by a European
A S. a! 1 "■'f''*',- . I power to take territorial posse^Son
On Oetoter 1, if no sjto occurs m|J^ ^ of the Amertea’s, the
toe present plans num^m w.ll^ combined American nations shall set
drawn out of a jar. Each numben
may be held by several hundred dif
ferent men between the ages of 21
and 30, scattered all over the_coun-
try. 'There will be 400,000 such men
caked, in the first draft. The num
bers will be published in every cor
ner of the land, and each man whose
nuniber has been drawn will have to
report to a designated place for a
year of military training.
Only Single Men
Only single men are to be taken
in foi&..first draft, ahd “key men”
in essential industries and others
who can give valid reasons why they
up a government to control foe dis
puted territory, with at least 14 na
tions represented in that govern
ment.
Ho^ital News
money has been challenged on the
following grounds:
1. It violates the' United States
Constitution and the Constitution of
South Carolina because the act of foe
general assembly is a law impairing
the obligation of a contract.
2. That is violates provisions of the.
Constitution of South Carolina by in-
dirtetly increasing foe public debt in
an unauthorized manner.
3. That it violates the Constitu
tional direction that taxes already
imposed may not be diverted from
any specific purpose for which they
were imposed. (Article 10, Section 3).
Section 10 of Article 1 of the Con
stitution of the United States says:
“No state shall enter into any treaty,
alliance, or confederation; grant let
ters of marque and reprisal; cotai
money; emit bill of credit; make gold
and silver coin a tender in payment
of debts; pass any bill of attainder,
ex post facto law, or law impairing
cept in pursuance of a law, which
shall distinctly state the object of
the same; to which object foe tax
shall be applied.” Nothing has been
discussed more in recent years than
ear-marked funds; but this provision
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APARTMENTS
Steam Heated
Furnished
Forma- Hmne of Mrs. J. F.
Jacobs, Sr.
NO. 1 — First floor west — Parlor,
bedroom, combination butler’s pan-»
try and dining room, kitchen, bath,
$25.00 per month. I
NO. 2—^Flrst floor fast—Combina
tion parlor and dining room, bed-
nxnn, kitchenette, bafo. $20.00 per
month.
NO. 3—Second floor west—Parlor,
bedroom, combinaticm kitchenette^
and bre^fast room, 2 baths. $20.00
per month.
NO. 4—Second floor cast—Parlor,
bedroom, bath, combination kitchen
ette and dining room. $18.00 per
month.
NO. 5—Third floor—^Two b e d *•
rooms, dining room, kitchen, bath,
large reception hall. $16.00 month.
Rentals irwlude water and steam
heat free. Minor adjustments to plans
and furniture to suit your needs.
Large wooded lot, veranda and
garage.
Phone 49, or write— ,,
. JOHN F. NOI^S r
CLINTON, 8. C.
ik
1921-.1940
Hagli Lr Eichelberger
NEW YORK UFE MAN
19 Ycsurs Experioics
Professional Insurance Information
Furmshed Free
Member ~ The Nstioaal Association of Lift
Underwrttefs.
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Little James McElhannon is re
cuperating following an operation
for ruptured appendix.
- Mrs. Carrie-Boozer,-of Hollins, Va.,
is a patient at the hospital.
The following young m<|n from the
should not go into training will be j^cal CCC unit retum^ed Tb their
exempted. But the idea is to start
400,000 into military service, under
camp during the past week follow
ing appendix operations: John T.
* NEW YORK *
WORLD’S FAIR
*hufU
4,8i»8IMySi
$28^
arrny and national guard officers, 1 Frank Hyler, Leo Rice,
just as quickly as j^ssible, and keepi^^j Dunaway.
® year. Next James Booth returned to his home
another in sumter after an illness.
® Miss Doris Howell is doing nicely
[600^^000 more, and so on. following an operation last week.
I These men wil get quarters, sub-, Li^ti^ ^lex Henry is at
^stence and $21 a month after a tonsd opetatk)iu_
Washington hears that many busi- Mrs. Elise Wilkes is recuperating
ness concerns have agre^ to)keep f^om an operation.
fmP oyees on th^ through j ^iarris h returned home
senate com- j following a tonsil operation,
mittee put into the new law a pro- j Miss Ruth Curry is convalescing
vision that an employer who refuses operation the past week,
to reinstate an employee because of Miss Colie Summer, of foe nurs-
absence for a year of military tram- j^g staff, is on vacation at her home
mg shall be considered guilty of un- Chappells, following a short ill-
fair labor practices.
Provision is expected to be made Mrs. Ethel Maynard and Miss Mil-
in another bill, now being drafted, ^j^ed Young have been added to foe
lor the iwrment by_the govemroent; hogpjfai staff for the s umjnLe r
of such Items as bfe insurance pre-1 months
miums and mortgage payments which! !
a soldier in training could hardly! NOTICE OF ELECTION ^
be expected to pay out of his $21 a state of South Carolina,
County of Laurens,
. That IS the beginning of the army’s jown of Clinton,
program ftir an armed l^d force of NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
not less than two million men as^jm election will be held in the Town
quickly as possible. L,f Clinton, S. C., on Tu^ay, Aug-
.1 ®P**“**^® . ,ust 13, 1940, for the purpose of elect-
' William Knudsen, the industrial; mg g Mayor and six Aldermen. The
production expert of the National I polling place for said election will be
Defense council, reporting to a com-', at foe City Hall, on the east side of
mittee of congress on the progress North Broadway in the said Town of
^ production of equipment and arm- Clinton. The polls will be opened at
aments for the new army and foeig p’clock A. M. and will be closed at
navy, was not so optimistic in some 4 o’clock P. M. on said date,
respects as his former employer, s, Denson, James L. Browning
Henry Ford, about foe ^peed with and John D. Davis have been ap-
whieh fighting airplanes can be pointed as managers of said election,
turned out. 111.2c P. S. BAILEY, Mayor.
Mr. Fprd some weeks ago said he
could turn out a thousand planes a
day, beginning six months after he
got the order. The British govern
ment has ordered 72,000 planes in
this country, to be delivered^ at foe
rate of 3,000 a month through 1941
and 1942.
Mr. Knudsen indicated that to fill
that order would require foe build
ing of 88 addition plants, if produc
tion were to be kept up for our own
needs, and that it would be the mid
dle of 1942 before the total produc*
tion of military planes, for the Unit
ed States and others, could reach
3,000 a month, as he saw it. By July,
1942, he expects foe industry to be
tiuning out fighting planes for
American use at foe rate of 25,000 a
year.
Congress has under cqiisideraticm
a bill to amend the neutrality act to
foe extent of letting American ships
bring British children under the age
of 16 to this country as “visitors” for
foe duration of the war. Many .thou
sands af such children of an dasaes
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