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Thursday, July 19, 1951
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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Times have changed. Nothing the
foolish old King George did to us
was even a small fraction of what
the nomination for Woodrow Wil
son. Until Bryan’s speech Mr. Wil
son had nq ^hance at all. Be
hold the work of one man!
July is a mpnth of patriotic ob
servance; many of our Nations
of North and South America cele
brate in July; and so does France.
The American patriots lighted a
torch and oppressed men saw it
and took up arms for their own
deliverance.
Sometimes I think the difference
between the early patriots and our
selves is about this: Patrisk Henry
Harry Truman has done to us, but' said “ Iknow not what course oth-
most Americans take it with sub-1 ers may take, but as for me, give
mission, getting only such relief as me liberty or give me death.” Now
a bit of strong language will give.
Thomas Jefferson believed that oc
casional revolts and uprisings are
good for the State and Nation; they
our course seems to be something
like this: “We gotta make' a deal;
its give and take. If .they favor
us we play ball with them, but
ergy Commission, before the Cham
ber of Commerce of the State of
New York. The problem, in brief,
is to find adequate supplies of
Uranium, then to take purified
uranium and produce the fission
able materials known sis U-235 and
plutonium. Both, said Mr. Dean,
are of the utmost importance to
us, for both can be made to release
the energy locked in the hearts of
their atomic nuclei, either violent
ly, as in a bomb, or slowly, as in
a nuclear reactor.” I don’t know
if Senator Edgar Brown knows the
chemical formula and can make
and operate our new $900,000,000
production plant to be located near
Aiken, South Carolina. This plant
is being so designed that it can be
used to produce materials for fis
sion weapons or hydrogen weap
ons,, or for fueling reactors.”
McDowell, officer in charge of ma
rine recruiting in South Carolina.
Anyone interested in the new
regulations may visit the marine
corps offices in Columbia, Green
ville, Charleston, Florence, Spar
tanburg, or Rock Hill, for mor»
detailed information.
Enlisted Period For
Draftees Extended
Temporary selective service reg
ulations allowing men to enlist af
ter they have received their pre-
......... „ induction physical examination
the bomb, though atomic energy have ^ F ex ( ended from the ori-
stir us out of our apathy or they i its gotta be on the barrel head.”
ease the tumult of our spirits. A' With us life is too much of a
^spiritual bit of righteous indigna- game; with,them it was more se-
ginal deadline of July 15 to Aug-
i ust 1, announced Major Dean N.
Athletes Foot Germ
nous.
We need a little more of
the piety of the Scotch minister
who rebuked his son, 4 b&seball
up from a conviction that some-
tion is a spiritual tonic and it wells
thing is badly wrong.
We have almost our capacity fori pitcher, for deceiving the batters
such deep feeling as lifts us from an d for throwing underhand balls,
the level of unprotesting com-iH we practice underhand stuff on
placence to the rarefied heights the ball field, only, our nation will
where the patriots lived.
Thirteen colonies belonging
to
not suffer dry rot.
What about South Carolina?
the British crown were resentful told you of the men from Califor-
of some mild taxes. Money and nia who came East full of the Cali-
money value did not move them forhia spirit, the spirit of boosting
to action. Like John Hampden who and boasting. He attended a fun-
refused to pay an English tax be- [ eral in the neighborhood. When
cause of the principle involved, our, the minister invited remarks about
earlier Americans protested against. the deceased brother and a long
some small taxes because they] silence followed, our Californian
challenged the right to impose the rose and said “Brethren, if no one
taxes.
We today see and have seen the
else has anything to say, I’d like to
tell you a few things about Cali-
Administration in Washington lead fornia.” So, I like to tell a few
us into every extravagance, but we things about South Carolina, for-
have no Samuel Adams and no | getting for a moment that we seem
Patrick Henry. * to have been double-crossed about
One mink-coat scandal in the the Sales Tax. Almost everybody
early days would have blasted the
Administration into bits; any one
of a thousand other scandalous
assumed that there would be sub
stantial reductions in property tax
es, school taxes and other heavy
has been observed in old Barn
well for some years. Still this
great investment of '$900,000,000 in
Barnwell and Aiken counties be
came known to us through Barn
well’s Senator. The figures $900,-i After one application of T-4-L if
000,000 are used by Mr. Dean in his not pleased your 40c back. This mo-
address. Says Mr. Dean, “Our con- bile liquid PENETRATES faster,
tractor is E. I. duPont de Nemours quicker, deeper to make the kill,
and company ...... which we T-4-L at any dru* store. Today at
have recently engaged to contsruct McGee’s Drug Store.
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proceedings would have wrecked 5 taxes, the so-called floor taxes in
the Party; the colssal .waste of i eluded, of course. But that gen-
public money; the utter, sheer de- eral idea of equitable taxation
struction of billions of dollars of seems to have been knocked into
war supplies: and misuse, misap- a cocked-hat; so what we have is
propriation of public property— just so much more taxes, though it
any of these things would have is said that the tax on beer has
been so nausating as to upset the been reduced somewhat. But we
Nation. (They don’t move us deep- may take heart and refresh our
ly; we have become callous; our spirits since skimmed milk and
sense of right and wrong has been clabber remain to cheer us up.
transformed into admiration for: But South Carolina remains, al-
the smartness of crooks who “get teit. with no Patrisk Henry. Things j
away with it.” ar c moving, just the same. J’ve
America did not want independ- read the address of Gordon
ence from Britain, as late as 1774. [ Dean, chairman of the Atomic En-
Even Washington refused to think!
of it; he was loyal to the King and
the Mother Country. We recall the
thrill of the Battle of Bunker Hill,
yet even then our people were not
desirous of independence. In 1775
Pennsylvania instructed its dele
gates to the Continental Congress
“to dissent from and utterly reject
any propositions, should such be
made that^ may cause or lead to a
separation from our mother coun
try.” New Jersey did likewise.
Maryland’s resolution says that its
people “never did nor do entertain
any views or desires of independ
ency.” New York and Delaware
were in general agreement with
Pennsylvania and Maryland
against independence; and then
came New Hampshire and North
Carolina declaring against propos
als or suggestions of independence.
I say this with a bow to our dis
tinguished Mr. S. A. Salley, whose
unfailing knowledge could throw!
more light on all this. Washing
ton’s letter was the sort of forth-^
right declaration we could expect
from Virginia’s great son: “I am
well satisfied,” he said, "that no
such thing as independence is de-,
sired by any thinking man in all
North America.” Washington was
right, only about 99% right, for
Samuel Adams, Joseph Warren and
James Otis were even then insist
ing on independence.
How did the Colonies and Wash
ington change their minds so com
pletely within a short time, just
a couple of years? The King
wouIdn\ receive their petition; his
majesty declared that the Colonists,
our American patriots, were in a
state of rebellion. Rulers and
leaders might well ponder this:
The Americans were patient, loy
al, submissive, though protesting,
until the King closed the door.
Even though we Southern people
have much to offend us, only three
states had the courage, the high
principle, to carry their conviction
to the ballot box in 1948, one being
our own South Carolina. Still,
there is hope. In 1928 many South
ern states revolted against the
Democratic party and its candidate.
B.ishop James Cannon was a man
of w^r, a sort of flaming prophet
of old, a mind and energy that
never tired, and a crusader of the
first rank. I knew the Bishop well
and had great admiration for him.
That old Virginia turned against
the Democratic candidate was
largely the result of Bishop Can
non’s work; and this incomparable
campaigner had a large part in
arousing most of the South against
the Democratic candidate. So it
can be done; and, perhaps, it may
be done again—who knows?
Smoetimes one man ''ban do
much. When the Democratic nom
ination was virtually ready for
Champ Clark, William J. Bryan,
previously a Clark supporter, de
nounced the drift toward Tam
many and by a great speech won
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First Mortgage Loans $2,030,186.58
Loans principally on owner-occupied homes.
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Loans and Savings Accounts — 7,670.58
Loans secured by accounts in the Association.
Other Loans, Title I F. H. A. * 52,413.23
Improvement loans on homes—partially in
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Our membership in this Federal Bank System
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sands of dollars of additional funds if desired.
U. S. Government Bonds — - — 50,000.00
Cash on Hand and in Banks - 110,885.31
Working balance providing ample funds to
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Improvements to Leased Property,
Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment .— 32,200.00
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Specific Reserves
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56,967.65
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