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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C
Thursday, August 14, 1941
BRIEFS.. ABOUT
PEOPLE YOU KNOW
Week-End Trips;. Visitors
Anne Owens spent the week-end
in Newberry with Little Verna Kohn.
Sadler Love and William P. Jacobc,
III, are spending a week’s vacation
in New York City.
Mrs. M. G. Woodworth and Mias
Betty Woodworth will leave Satur
day for a week’s visit to the former’s
sister, Mrs. J. M. McNeer in Blue-
field, W. Va.
Misses Blanche Hawkins, Virginia
Butler and Nelle Loftis, members of
the senior class of student nurses at I
General hospital, Spartanburg, were
recent guests of the latter’s jjarents,
Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Loftis.
Prof, and Mrs. Bothwell Graham
and family have returned from a
two week’s stay at Montreat, N. C.
Miss Elliott Jacobs was a member
of a hou.se party given the past week
by Billy Scott of Easley at their
country home, Scotts Haven, near
Mountville.
BHlie Pack visits his grandmother, .
the past week in Pelzer.
interested to know he has accepted
a position with his uncle, W. C.
Spratt, in construction work in New
port News, Va.
Mrs. J. M. Dick and daughters
leave, today for their home in Ra
leigh, N. C., after spending the past
two months here. They were accom
panied by Mr. Dick, who had joined
his family here for a few days.
Friends of Miss Frances Simpson
will be interested to know she is a
patient at Hays hospital where she
underwent a tonsil operation this
morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stewart and
Grace Robb will return to their home
in Washington, D. C., today after a
we^’s visit to Mrs. Stewart’s sisters,
MrsT G. C. Nabors and Mrs. Irby Hol
land. and other relatives. Mrs. Ella
Adair, who has spent the, past few
weeks here, will accompany them
home.
Miss Margaret Lif^tfoot is spend
ing a month in Florida. While away
she will be the guest of relatives and
friends in Tarpon Springs, Tampa,
Gainesville, and Clearwater.
Mrs. Taylor Martin will return
Saturday from Columbia where she
spent the past two weeks in study
in connection with her work at the
local draft board office.
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. League had as
their guests last week the latter’s sis
ter, Mrs. K. O. Rinehart, and niece.
A Private Citizen Speaks His Mind
SPECTATOR COMMENTS ON MEN AND THIHeS
Mrs. J. L. Lewis and daughter,
Mary Jim, of Qreensboro, N. C., were'Miss Nell Isbell of Sumter
week-end guests of her sister, Mrs. | Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Pa3me of Lake-
Roy Benjamin. land, Fla., left yesterday for a trip
Lt. Tench Owens of Camp Croft, 1 to the mountains and Washington,
spent the week-end with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Owens. He
had as his guest Lt. James Branni-
gan also of Camp Croft, a native of
Mississippi. ''
Lt. Hugh Jacobs and his guest,
Lt. Dale Shaver of Mississippi, both
stationed at Fort Bragg. N. C., joined
the former’s parents. Dr. and Mrs.
William P. Jacobs at Biltmore, N. C.,
the past week and accompanied them
home for the week-end.
Mrs. Roy Benjamin and Miss Paul
ine Benjamin were visitors in Char
lotte, N. C., Monday.
Mrs. D. A. Yarborough and son,,
Dan, are spending the week in Gaff
ney with relatives.
Roy Benjamin, Russell Ray, Eu
gene Pinson, Jr., Dan Yarborough,
and Charles Yarborough, Jr., will
return tcxlay from a week’s vacation
trip to New York.
Friends of John Spratt, Jr., will be
D. C., after a few days’ visit
Mr* and Mrs. H. D. Payne.
with
CITY SCHOOLS
OPEN SEPT. 2
Supi. Monts Makes Annomce-
ments Pertaining To Beginning
Of New Session.
There are men among us who are
never so happy as when delving in
figures—our friend, James M. Smith,
the state auditor, for example. I have
run into another gentleman who de
lights in interpreting figures — W.
Boyden Watkins, chief examiner of
the State Board of Bank ControL
We are all familiar with the type
of businessman who thinks with a
pencil, whose mind will not work
unless he is making figures. Just as
some men may rejoice in a delicate
ly attimed bit of poetry, or the su
preme masterpiece of an illustrious
composer; so there be brethren
among us whose souls are aflame
with the joy of numbers. One such
has made a study of our coAmties, our
friend Watkins, and from his devoted
labors I cull some facts of interest.
Let us look at a few counties at
random: Abbeville, Allendale, An
derson, Bamberg, Barnwell, Chester
field, Diurlington, Florence, Green
ville Horry, Marlboro, Newberry,
Orangeburg*, Richland and York.
Here we have small counties and
large counties; counties of the low
country and counties of the Pied
mont; counties of the Pee Dee and
counties of the center.
Some of the counties have lost pop
ulation between 1920 and 1940, as
example, Abbeville, which had 27,139
in 1920 and 22,931 in 1940. The as
sessed valuation of all proparty like-
decreased from $3,857,000 to
wise
berg which owed nothing, though it
carries some unpaid taxes. Is there
a wee bit of Scandinavian influence
in Bamberg? Before the voracious
maw of Hitler gobbled tiiem, the
Scandinavians were am<mg the best
governed nations oi the world.
Over in the Welsh neck, land of the
thrifty Welsh, Darlington paid 5.6%
of her income for interest on debt,
while the ratio- of debt to assessed
valuation was 5.5%, in spite of $185,-
597 of delinquent taxes.
There is no justice in blaming our
representatives for bad conditions,
when these conditions are due to
public services demanded by a very
vocal and'persistent group of citi-
xens. Those who favor sound busi
ness in county and state affairs must
learn to be as vocal as the plungers.
These are all cold, unemotional fig
ures, I know; but after what the
weatherman has done to us in recent
weeks we can stand something cold
and dry.
telephone, and thought the Wright
brothers were a couple of limatics
who wanted to be birds.
The ideas of a 12-yea]>old boy, or
an 18-year-old boy may need a lot
of tightening up and adjusting, but
basically these youngsters may have
something new to add to our store of
ideas—Hiew angles that represent the
^philosophy of 1960.
TODAY... TOMORROW
By Don Robinson
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"The Old Reliable’’.
ProfessionaJ
Announcement
.Beginning August 1, my
office will close at noon on
Wednesday and Thursday
of each week.
Dr. F. F. |iicks
All teachers have been selected for
the 1941-42 session of the Clinton
public schools, Supt. W. E. Monts
stated yesterday. The new session
will open on Tuesday morning, Sep
tember 2. The school day will begin
at 8:30, as has been the custom in the
past and the schedule will use day
light saving time until a return to
Eastern standard time is requested
by the president of the Ignited States
and governor of the state. It is ex
pected that this change will be made
before cold weather begins.
! Supt. Monts made the following
! additional announcements pertaining
' to the schools of the district:
j Typhoid clinics have been held this
summer at all schools. As smallpox
'vaccination is expected of all chil
dren entering school, parents are
I urged to have them vaccinated by
; the faimly physician before the open-
' ing of school,
i Books Rented Early.—The Clinton
■rental school book depository, locat-
,ed in the high school building, will
be open from 9 o’clock Ymtil 12 on
! the mornings of August 28 and 29, at
I which time pupils may rent books to
avoid the rush the first week of
j school, with Miss Martharene Pitts
in charge.
Teachers Institute Monday.—Teach
ers of the Clinton schools will attend
a one-day institute on Monday, Sep
tember 1, during which plans will be
discussed and completed for the com
ing session. General and building
meetings will All the day, and chil
dren are expected not to come to the
buildings until Tuesday morning. All
schools ■ will have opening exercises
promptly at 8:30 A. M., Tuesday,
September 3.
i Registrations for advanced grades
were completed in May, and all con
ditions removed during the summer
term, which was held in June and
July. The summer has been spent in
classifying and planning for the new
grades.
$3,692,000 but the tax rate seems to
have climbed, for it rose from $24
on every thousand dollars of value in
1937 to $36 per thomand in 1939. It
had outstanding in unpaid taxes
$132,971. The ratio of debt to as
sess^ value is 9.4%. The ratio of
interest requirements to total receipts
is 21%.
Here is something which we find
in many counties and which the pub
lic should reckon with: THE HIGH
COST OF DEBTS. We see in Abbe
ville that 21% of the total receipts
must be devoted to the payment of
interest charges on the public debts.
We turn from Abbeville in the up-
country to Allendale in the low-
country. Allendale lost in population
between 1920 and 1940. The assessed
valuation of property fell off about
$200,000. The delinquent taxes
amounted to $140,700 and the ratio
of net debt to assessed value was
12.9%, with the ratio of interest re
quirements to total receipts 15%.
Now let us take Anderson county,
which is a great agricultural and in
dustrial county: It’s population in
creased from 1920 to 1940 and its
property valuation increased sli^tly.
Its tax rate remained , about the same
1937, 1938, 1939. Its delinquent
which have been untested
come to ps with fresh.
but may
original
thoughts.
MAGAZINES
illtea, ene year $2JM, twe
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to thank many friends for
their kind expressions to me during
the illness and death of my wife.
Both white ahd colored have helped
to make my. burden lighter. I thank
you for the beautiful flowers that
were given. If at any time I can be of
service to any one when your heart
is sad I shall gladly do so.
WARREN WILSON.
Husband of Lois Wilson.
i: What Do Guests See
In YOUR Bedroom.?
FIRST—they see yoor bedspread. When yen go vlsttlng, the
bedspread is the one item ttot talks to you moit eloquently about
your hostess. Bedspreads tilk about you, too!
Whether they are of satin, tafteta,.. can^lewtck, tufted, chen
ille. quilted or any other iiu&ria£ii|fty onut be clean—they must
look smart.
What better tfaho of $lir yCRr to send
to ROYAL CLEANERS to rid them of drabness, soU, stains?
ROYAL CLEANERS have the aqMpsneat, the experience, the
craftamen—to turn ant a Jab that will dehght yon, whatorer the
bedspread’s material or Myht amy fm.
ROYAL offers seasMo hfloM, fhonghtftd packagtag, reUaUo
aerriee. The telephone aamher Is in.
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taxes totalled $79,898. The ratio of
net debt to assessed value was 6.7%
and its ratio of interest requirements
to total receipts was 7% in 1939.
All these figures are through 1939,
in matters of dollars and cents.
Speaking of the heavy cost of debt,
the good county of Sumter pays 23%
of its total receipts for interest on
the public debt. Richland county pays
7% of its receipts for interest; Or
angeburg county 16%, Newberry
county 19%, McCormick county 20%,
Marlboro county 20%, Marion co\m-
ty 3%, Lexington 1%, Laurens 11%,
Lancaster 19%, Ker^aw 6%, Jas
per 9%, Horry 8%, Hampton 10%,
Greenwood 12%, Greenville 12%,
Georgetown 10%, Florence 11%,
Fairfleld 10%, Edgefleld 14%, Dor
chester 19%, Dillon 7%, Darlington
5.6%, Colleton 23%, Clarmdon 10%,
Chesterfield 22%, Chester 18%, Cher
okee 7%, Calhoun 4.5%, Bnufort
17%, Barnwell 11%, Bamberg 0%,
Anderson 7%, Aiken 5%.
Just think of a man obligated to
pay 20% of his income as interest
on debts! Would you call that sound
flnancing? Would it be sound, even
if he paid 20% of his income on the
principal of the debt? But to let in
terest charges devour one’s income
like that would not impress any one
as sound business.
1 must, of course, respect the
sbufffe of my information. Bankers
may be poor politicians and guess
wildly about political trends; but
when it comes to flgures, they hit the
nail on the head, and of all flgures
a banker excells in the calculation of
interest! You know the uncanny
habit bankers have of proving every
thing by dollars and cents. You may
think your bank balance is wrong
and go down to the bank with blood
in your eye. But the bookkeeper will
pull out two or thrM checks teat you
gave over the counter, or in expan
sive moments, and leave you dangling
in the air.
TRAP—Lies
The other day I heard an imder-
sjzed 12-year-old boy solve all the
problems of the world. It all sound
ed very easy. He knew what was
wrong, why it was wrong and what
ought to be done about it.
I don’t know who the boy was. I
just overheard him talking to his
aunt in a restaurant. I pricked up
my ears when I heard his eager voice
say, “Gee, if I could only be dictator
of the world for just 24 hours!’’
“You must do something to get
the problems of the world off your
shoulders,’’ his aunt told him. She
suggested that he join the Boy
Scouts, go away to camp apd enjoy
the things other boys his age are en-
jojring. “You’re too nervous and
high-strung for a boy your age," she
said.
But he would have none of this
getting-away-from-it-all stuff. He
wanted to stay right in the thick of
things.
“You don’t imderstand what’s go
ing on,’’ he informed her. “But I can
see the world’s vmlking right into a
trap. I don’t mean the war. The war’s
'just part of.it. I mean a trap made
of lies. The trouble today is that you
CM’t believe anybody.
“Lookit,” he went on confidingly,
“how can you expect people and
countries to get along t(^ether when
you can’t believe anybody? Even my
Meiory books are jtat Written to tell
me what somebody wants me to be
lieve. No kidding, there’s nobody I
can trust—not Roosevelt, or Church
ill or my teachers, or even my
friends. And that’s what is going to
ruin the world!”
’ IDEAS—Birth
Before we put the clamps on Jun
ior’s ideas it’s worthwUle to review'
our own thinking before we limdied
maturity.
Do you remember the ideas you
had when you were in ydur teens?
1 know I do and I thiric in general 1
had better ideas then than I have
ever since. Maybe a lot of ttiem
wermt practical, but secretly 1 chw^
ish tibcm.
Lodt up in the attic of your mind.
Dust off some of ffiose wM conclu
sions whidi at one time meant so
mudi to you. Maybe they were
rough-edged and incomi^ete, but
don’t they contain someffilng basic,
which, if they hadn’t met so muchj
resistance, mi^t have been of 8(Hne
use to you or to tiie world?
It Is the theory of some philoso
phers that no new ideas are ever
added to the world’s original fund of
ideas. All the ideas which we call
new, according to their theories, are
just a rriiashing of old ideas.
But if there is sudi a thing as a
new idea—if society is going to dis
cover better ways to get along — it
seems likely that those ideas will he
borne to new minds rather than old.
We are all pretty familiar , with ^the
workings of the leading adult minds;
of our day. For something new, le^s
look to the new mbdels—^the minds
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If You Need Money to Buy
A New Cv Phone 80
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Let ns tell yon why so many local motorists
haye fonnd it to their advantage to finance their
new ears *Hhe Snmerel way.**
If ywi have a jeh er other newree ef regakr
income and can make a one-ihii^ down payment
(trade-in pins cash) we wiUi^rovide the balance.
Ambltien—^Youth
My young philosopher friend was
just as excitable when he talked
Sbout going off the parachute jump
in an amusement park as he was over
the problems of the world. Although
precocious, he still bad an interest: in
boyish things.
But it was hard to believe that the
discussion of the world situation, to
which his conversation always went
back, was coming from ihe mouth
of the small boy at the table next to
me. He really intended to do mme-
thing about it and his ambitions
were limitless.
“Lookit,” he explained, “adien I
get a little older I’m going to start
working for votes. First I’ll run for
the senate and then I’ll be president [
of the United States. By that time '
of the other countries of the World j
will be so weak that I can take an
army to Europe and gradually don-j
quer the whole world without shoot-1
ing anybody. Then I’ll make myself
dictator, tell the world how Truth isj
the answer to everything and then
set the people free!”
It sounded as easy as pie. Coming
from an older man it would have
sounded like the ravings of a mad
man, but from this boy, although
amusing, it merely exemplifled the
scope of ambitions addch youth can
feel before experimce rears its dis
couraging head.
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When I read'these figures I thought
I might trace certain nationalistic
tendencies. The sturdy Scotch of
Marion held down their debt to 2%
of assessed valuatiop, with interest
requirements of 3% of the county’s
income. ’The unpaid taxes don’t
amount-to much, the population has
steadily grown; the nieessad valu
ation has remained about the aanw,
but the tax rate has fal^ from.
$18J10 per * thousand doUan ot
sessed valuation to $10. Just off
hand, Marion justiflea the tribuje
being Scotdi.
F was about to say that Lexington,
with only 1% of ita revenue tot in
terest, was an example of Dutch
thrift and managrinent, but Qranfe-
burg and Newberry are Dutch, too,
and the Orangeburgen hkve to pay
16% of their revenue for intereat
and the Newberry"citizeiM pay 19%.
Calhoun is Dutch and backs up Lax-
ington by paying'only 4J% of its
receipts for interest Calhoun saves
the day for the cause by owing vir
tually nothing in back taxes. One
must yield the jjialifl to Uttk Bam-
“Wait a
on! It’ll
THINKBRB-rraetlcamy
Most adults laugh at the impul
sive, untested ideas of youth. It is a
conunon piractice among most of us to
put a damper 6a them—to puff iq)
with experience and say,
minute! Not so fast! Hold
never work! You can’t do that! It’s
impractical! Too theoretical! You’ll
learn!” ‘
But maybe we are the ones wl^o
are wrong—adults vriio lauded at
the idea of a steamboat, mocked the
horseless carriage, guffawed at tihe
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