The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, January 05, 1950, Image 13
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Thursday, January 5, 1950
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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P-i-re F‘ e
COMMENTS ON
M|N AND THINGS
fry Spectator
What is the matterVwith us? The
newspapers tell us day by day pi.
scares and alarms and crimes. Have
we become so bad or so nervous that
calm and repose are impossible? Or,
-HOW TO WIN Pit (ENDS and
Author of
HmmKtnonr
ground, arid on the highways and'inlcar immediately shows the marked
congested traffic centers in many | improvements. There is a surging re- 1
parts of the country.. isponse from the 135 horsepower
New smoothness in forward speeds | “rocket” engine at the traffic signal.
and faster shifting in to, reverse are
i the chiPi |pd vai iy«ca # » oJ ' new drive-
i Engineers state that a demonstration
! ride in a hew 1950 series “88” or “98”
is it that everything is now played
up by the papers and radio commen-
tators? " ,
Almost every day I rejoice in my;
citizenship in. South Carolina-. Here,
we are far Trom the “madding,
crowd’s ignoble strife,” as'' Shakes-!
peare says. But just as I feel the!
^pride of my Carolina background . .!
anp present, and foreground, too . .'
1 hear something unwholesame about
•his State. We have no big bosses
who can issue orders to- their under
lings, but we have developed a leg
islative condition which should be
corrected.. Without indulging in
rames, we have such a state of af
fairs that an Administrative Board
or Commission of the State will fail
to act on public matters because a
member of the Legislature . passes
the word that he wants the petition
denied, or wishes such delay as may
be preducial to the interest of a peti
tioner.
Much has been said of the evil of
legislators practicing as lawyers be
fore the Boards and Commissions of
the State. It is a bad practice be
cause the legislator has undue in- 1
fluence since he may cast a vote for
or against the officer or officers, if:
the choice be by the Legislature' or
he may have something to do with
the fixing of the pay of pliblic of- J
ficials. The men who prepared the i
Constitution thought they had made |
State officials, including Judges, in
dependent of the Legislature. They;
thought they had done that by stip
ulating that a salary might not be
• increased or reduced during the
term for which the officer, or Judge
was elected. That was easily evaded |
in recent years by. providing expanse
accounts and travel funds. Most of
the State officials have been granted
increases by subterfuge, or legisla
tive disregard for the Constitution.
" I do not say that they are overpaid;
I am referring only to the method
adopted for increasing the pay. Now,
if the Legislative whim or favor may
increase pay by subterfuge, it may
cabnigib
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just as easily reduce the pay. Do
you imaginTTfiaT the Legislature los-| 'Cfl OMcmoKiloc
es or gains in influence by proceed- l MCW WiuamuDlieb
ing as it does?
Practicing law. as it is called, be
fore the State Boards is one thing,
and should be stopped, but passing, * ^
the word in private to one’s bene-* rievv 1950 Oldsmobile is
I Gardtn of Annuitits
JJERirs an odd but true story.
Harry Forbes was a foundry salesman, working out of New
York City, and things were hunky dory., He saved up $10,000
and put it into a business proposition. Just then the golden
apple or luck fell in front of him and he. picked it up. He in
herited $20,000 more. Well, he was sitting
pretty.
Then a panic came along and wiped out
•verything he had in the world. That was a
pretty hard blow.
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Bat at the age o£ 40 he made a
■Mat unusual decision. He decided he
would put all the money he could save
—not inte a business—but into life
Insurance annuities. He thought this
up himself. No salesman got him by
the lapel and gave l, 'm the ancient
mariner look. \ ^
And ao he began planting everything he could into the an
nuity garden. He was earning money at his old trad^-foundry
salesman. ?
He did fairly well at it; he kept planting.
But he took a strange angle. He paid for a lot of small
annuities with different companies.
Evend>ody said he, was foolish. But he had an idea and he
tuck to it like a cocklebur on a Missouri mule’s tail. i
At the age of 60 he stopped work. He had put 20
years of his money-earning life into an idea. But it
paid off. He had arranged so that a check would reach
him every day! That is exactly what I mean—a fcheck
every working day of the year. Some were small, some
were healthy. But every morning, when the postman .
knocked once, there would be a check.
At the age of 60 he began to enjoy his check shower. He
had read about Grenfell and his work in Labrador and he wanted
to see that wild, snow-smothered country. He went there, hired
a dogsled team and a guide and crossed it from one end to the
other. At last, having seen the country that had intrigued him,
he came back to New York—and there a whole fljftck of checks
were smiling up at him. - < / .*
He liked to go fly-fishing and he went. Upon returning
home, there would be that lovely flock of checks..
He even went on an owl hunt, for he was fascinated
by owls* When he got back there was a flock of checks.
Well, the old gentleman died aMittle less than tw» yean
ago at the age of 86. He always said that the reasorC he wa«
living so long was because he didn’t have anything to worrj
about.
€)n hills the new “whirlaway” fea
ture -.instantly provides’vast surplus
power for acceleration and for pass
ing slower vehicles. •
# Longer life is also brought by
Qldsmobile’s new “whiriaway” h>-
dra-matic drive*. The advantage was
disclosed during thousands of miles’
of road testing*. *
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now
neered the popular automatic trans
mission more than ten years ago. The
advanced design will be offered as
optionaT equipment at extra cost on
all 19 models in the three series. For
purchasers who do not order-the new
drive, Oldsmobile is making avail
able two synchro-mesh transmissions
§§^standard equipment—one for the
“rocket” eight cars and one for the
“76” cars powered by Oldsmobile’s
“big six” engine.
Oldsmobile engineers developed;
the new “whirlaway” hydra-matic
compression "rocket” engine. Ac
cording to automotive writers who
made preview tests, the result is a
“power-package” that establishes
new standards T»f performance. Thor
ough testing of the new “power-
package” took place last year in the
Oldsmobile engineering laboratories,
on the General Motors proving
ficiary on a Boa-d o'r Commissiori is, 011 display by Timmerman Motor
a practice which is not open and sub-, corn P an y this city., __ ^
ject to public hearing. For example, I The 1950 Oldsmobile “Futuramic
if a legislator practices as a lawyer,'fleet" is composed of 19 models in
before a State body we can assume; three new series. There are seven
that the whole proceeding is a pub-16-cy^inder series “76” models pow-
lic record and open to public hear- ered by the improved “big six” en-
ing and public inspection. But If one gine of 105 horsepower. There are drive to team'up"*with the'new high-
merely passes the word on the quiet,: seven 8-cylinder series “88” models, r comDress j on “rocket" engine Ac-
that is a practice which makes the | powered by the new high-compres-
State Government the plaything, the sion “rocket” engine of 135 horse-
private instrumentality, of someone, power. The “rockef’-powered series
acting in the dark. There are many i “98" is offered in five models,
rumors of that, with names and dates 1 a new and exclusive “whirlaway”
and places. We have full control of j hydra-matic drive is being introduc-
the Counties, by legislators by which e d to the motoring public on 1950
the nod of the lawmaker is the royal models by Oldsmobile,- which pid-
sign of cijnsent or denial.
In local matters, the General As
sembly bows to the Senator and Re
presentatives of a county as though*
the so-called county delegation were
a legislative body. Almost no coun
ty supply bill is passed which does
not contain provisions in complete
disregard of mandatory provisions
of Che State Constitution. Sometimes
this may be due to ignorance of the
Constitution, but one hesitates to;
-suggest that any legislator is ignor-i
ant. If not a matter of ignorance,;
then-what? Is it just indifference to|
theCconstitution? Are they assuming;
that tif no one challenges the act ini
court it will be the law of the land?
And that is true.
The greatest failure of our Nation
al and State Governments is the
wide-open break in our law’.
What is the law?
We, a people under a government
of law. do not know what the law
is; and the courts are frequently so
far at sea that the la’w changes with
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Firm Ripe Slicing
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U. S. No. 1 Kiln Drtfed
YAMS, 5 lbs. 49c
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PORK ROAST
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Armour’s Banner Thin Sliced
BACON, lb 43 c
Rib and Loin (Center Cut)
PORK CHOPS, lb. 49c
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Heavy Western ' 1
CHUCK ROAST, lb 57c
Mother’s Salad
DRESSING .
Del Monte Fruit
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Luff’s Quick Hot
ROLL MIX
Sun hine Hi-Ho
CRACKERS
Ga. Maid Sweet Mixed
PICKLES ...
Pint Jar
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17-Ox. Can
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11-Oz. Pk*.
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Lb. Pkg
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22-Ox. far
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SI'RY or CRISCO
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LIGHT. BULBS . 13c
Soft and Absorbent 2 Rolls
SCOTTISSUE . 21c
Soap Powder Large
New OXYDOL 28c
Bath Size Bar
CAMAY SOAP 11c
3 Medium Bars, 25c Per. Bar
IVORY SOAP .. 6c
Large Bath Size Bar
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the judges.
If one would study mir govern
ment, government ^ throughout the
th
f
United States^ ’inclft^ing the«,Nation-
al government, he ■would ■wonder,
Why we had not found how to have
laws which are clear and beyond |
dispute. Haziness o f the law, howev-;
or, is not the reason for the state’s
ignoring the Constitution.
The most dangerous trend in Am
erica is not the attitude personified
by Mr. Trumart; or the weak spjrit
of Congress in playing me-too poli
tics with the President; we expect
politics in the'^executive and legisla
tive branches of the government—
although . a .br^nd of politics of dis
tinctly higher practice; but we did
not expect the courfs to play me-too
politics with the President, as though
the courts were merely a part of his
Administration and bound to do his
bidding. The attitude of the federal
judiciary is the most- dangerous de
velopment in our land.
You andj would liketo think that
a man is a judge because of his
thorough grounding in the law, in
the law, and because of his character
and temperament; and because of his
commonsense; and we find o'hr free
institutions without a champion when
courts merely echo the whims of a
woteseeking politician. ~
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