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fTvugton. I), t' . J"1' 24 -8imut
hid Bl-ctlou: On Wednesday
r erS of the Democratic mem
Err -"1. Senator HarU.ey
fvlucky wa? elected Democrat!.
1 over Senator Harrison, o
*'] inni in one of the closest racei
ISThe vote was 38 to 37
1 ? the Southern senators votet
Kltor Harrison, but Senator. H|l
IZ Junior senator from Mts.lsslp
fl bus been unfriendly with Har
n (or some time cast the decidim
.nHnst him. Senator Byrnes o
I Carolina, the only other out
llDK candidate, declined to alio*
Time to be pl^ed before the cau
L Blnce the death of Senator Jot
Lion work in the senate has teer.
r, standstill but it Is now though!
L ? definite program will be map
S out and a time for adjournment
U| upon. The house is much
Lj of the senate In Its work and
In |8 still talk of the house recess
J (or a week or two until the senate
p catch up.
Court BUI: The President's Amend
t pian to reform the Federal Ju
leiary was on Thursday recommitted
the Judiciary committee of the sen
, It Is reported that opponents and
oponents of the bill on that comMe*
will g< i together and bring out
Mil embodying some features of the
Lnat bill but leave out others. If
it is done it appears now that there
||| be no real fight in the senate
ainst the new measure, which will
Cinclude the proposal of the Presi|it
to chance the personnel of the
jpre'me Court. In ordinary course
u house will not vote on the measL
until the senate has acted.
United States Savings Bonds: Postisters
are reminded that the Treask
department lias made provisions
\ the immediate payment by Fedki
Reserve banks of any properly
Hilled I'nited States Savings bond
kith is registered in the name of a
iural person in his own right, or
[the name of an incorporated or unLrporated
body in its own right,
for which payment is to be made
the registered owner. It appears
it many owners are not aware of
s provision for expediting payment
bonds, and postmasters should asl
in the matter by advising ownt
who desire payment to forward
ir bonds, after certification, to the
irest Federal Reserve bank. In this
uiection, attention Is directed to
notice concerning the payment of
Ited States Savings bonds by Fed1
Reserve banks which appeared in
Post Bulletin of May 12, 1937, retted
in the June Supplement to the
til Guide, and to the amendment
?d April 23. 1937, to Treasury Detalent
Cire ulars No. 530 and No.
ederal Insurance of Bank DeposOne
of the most beneficial and
best admin tutored acts passed during
this administration is that which sot
up the I" ederul Deposit Insurance
Corporation under which deposits up
to $5,000 art? Insured. According to
a report of the corporation for lust
year, which has just been Issued, the
FDIC was insuring deposits In over
fourteen thousand banks on December
HI, 1930. These bunks Juki deposits
i of more titan fifty billion dollars to
the credit of the accounts of more
u titan fifty million depositors. Out of
', the banks insured, only forty-one susi*
ponded business during 1930 and
, these, along with another bank that
c closed the lust duy of 1935, were
f placed in receivership. Of the 51,709
a depositors in these closed banks 99.5
. per cent were fully protected either
1 by insurance, pledge of security, pro
ferment, or offset. The FDIC, in or"
to protect tim depositors, makes
regular examinations of the bunks
5 covered by it and is authorised to
f terminate the insured status of any
. bunk which continues to engage in
r unsafe or unsound practices. When
. such practices are discovered, the
s FDIC notifies the bunk supervisory
t authority (the State Hanking Departt
ment, Comptroller of the Currency, or
. Hoard of Governors of the Federal lte:
serve, as the case may be), and the
i bank is then given one hundred and
1 twenty dayB to correct the condition.
. Under this authority twenty-four
i banks were cited laBt year, four were
closed, three corrected the criticized
condition, and the other cases were j
_ still pending when the report was
^ made. In order to build up a fund
. to insure deposits, each member bank
is assessed one-twelfth of one per cent
of its deposits. These assessments
last year brought in over thirty-five
million dollars. The funds of the corj,
poratlon, with the exception of a
working cash balance, are invested in
government bonds. The interest on |
these securities amounted to over
eight million dollars, which, by itself,
was more than enougli to pay all expenses
and losses for the year. Thus
the corporation was able to transfer
to surplus the entire amount of assessments
covered. In this manner j
a fund believed to be sufficient for i
any emergency is being built up.
Tribute To Jim Bates
Editor The Chronicle: In a letter
1 just received from the Rev. T. J.
: Mackin, there are some lines I am
1 sure you would like to give your readI
ers. Father Mackin had asked a
1 friend here to have flowers sent
; from him for Hates' funeral. I quote
j part of his acknowledgement of the
| service:
"Jim Bates gave good and loyal
service in his regular duties, and glad-'
ly did other errands, for instance, engaging
in a hunt for "Spark Plug" or
"Snooky," or both when they would
wander from the Camden rectory. I
could not let Jim's death pass without
some recognition of Jiis many evidences
of regards ana respects for me.
God rest his good soul!"
In this world, where the dead, black
and white, and their work, are bo
soon forgotten, it seems to me this
remembrance, after so many years'
absence, should be recorded. So, I
send it to you."
An Old Subscriber.
c6M^ENYS 'AND VhincU
i My Spectator)
Home days ago a gun-man shot aud
killed a policeman in Lancaster, lie
I escaped in a car. As soon as the authorities
were informed there was a
i vigorous pursuit underway. The police
of the town of Lancaster could
go only to the town limits; then the
county authorities ? sheriff, deputy
sheriff, rural policemen and magisI
trates constables could go only to
the county limits, only the highway
patrolmen could go from one county
to another, they and the governor's
constables. In many counties the
sheriffs were on the look out but more
than one paved road cuts through
each county, Hi-sides, even the cheapest
car can cross half the length of
1 Lancaster county in u half hour. Fl* 1
nally a capture was made in Myrtle
Meacb, after u chase by a group of
officers. If the man had not wrecked '
his car he might have got away again. 1
I ndoubledly we have presented to us
the complete inadequacy of our police
under the restricted Jurisdiction of '
town and county limits. Professional '
thieves and gun-men do not recognize
town, county or state lines in their
operations, nor should the forces of '
the law be so restricted. Once we '
have the problem we shall be given
the means for its solution. We have
the problem. '
We need, then , a stute police force.
Mut shall we continue all the present
machinery as well as a lot of new 1
machinery? I)o we need an efficient
force to meet a growing need; or do 1
we stand In danger of creating a fewmore
jobs for a few more favorites?
As a first step and as a gradual approach
to an effective organization, 1
suggest that all existing police offi- '
cers, town, county, and state, be commissioned
as state police. This would '
include all sheriffs, rural policemen,
town policemen, highway patrolmen, :
governors constables and all field of- 1
fleers of the state services. That much '
could be done simply and quickly and 1
Inexpensively. Jt would not be ideal; !
but it would be a useful beginning. 1
i hese officers might be given power '
to deputize citizens in emergency and *
they would carry on their pursuit to (
the end of the state?. The matter of '
adjustment of expense in such use '
of local police would be a mere de* '
tall. i
'1 he big problem would be to find
a competent director for the state police
force. Here is where we almost
despair.
If the general assembly were to
elect this man it would have to over- 1
look the commanding and compelling (
ability of some of its own members '
whose willingness to serve the state B
for a good salary might prove embar- 8
rassing. Then, again, it would have (
to disregard all the sons, sons-in-law, 8
brothers and cousins of members. *
Again, Jt would have to dodge many *
aspiring patriots who burn with ardor A
tt) sacrifice thqmselves for the good
of the state.
I Incline to a man who could serve
without pay in order to avoid the mul- ,
titude of salary-grabbers. Of course ,
I know that the laborer is worthy of 1
his hire and that in a democracy the j
office should provide an adequate remuneration
so that any citizen, how- s
ever poor, might devote himself /to it "fi
without personal sacrifice. But for a a
year or two the service would depend
upon the unusual talent called for In *
an unusual case. Of course almost a
anybody can deal with routine in an e
ordinary manner, but there is an op- t
portunity for very extraordinary ser- c
vice to.the state by a man of super- t
ior fitness.
In time we should find how to bring t
about an effective, unified service, ful- v
ly responding to our needs, without c
doing violence to anything worth pre- a
serving and without adopting the us- c
ual expedient of merely creating more
jobs and adding more expense. ?
ii
There are people who suspect me t
of thinking, dreaming and talking tax- t
es all the time. It isn't so, really. It c
is a big subject, though, and of ever 3
Increasing importance, Just as it is n
ever increasing in itself. 0
Once upon a time,?long, long ago?- i
a. man could own a piece of property e
ar operate a business without feeling d
that his hard work and thrift were i
lust to maintain a lot of people on e
.he public payroll. Every new Job? j
and every old Job, too?should be t
.scrutinized for the purpose of a
letermlning whether it contributes t
isefully to the public good, so use- g
Tully that the public would suffer h
hrough the abolition of non-creation j
>f the Job. It would be silly to say ?
hat all public officials merely feed, T
it the public crR); some are highly y
ifficient in usefulf even indispensable c
lervlce; some others are efficient in tervices
that are not indispensable; t
ome others are not conspicuously ef- b
Icient, thbugh in desirable service;
tnd some others Just while away the r
Jme at public expense.- It la hard v
>n the efficient men In useful service a
o be confused' with the drones, yet a
t Is eatffer to set rid of a busy, ef- i
Icient official than a drone. Whyf
Well, the drone makes no enemies, ?
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^ rniuwi, JULY 30>
Some Recipes Ry
The County Agent
Miss Margaret Fewell, Kershaw
county home demonstration agent
recommends the following timely reclpea:
Candied Figs? t} quarts figs with
stems. 4 quarts boiling water, 1 cup
soda, 3 quarts sugar, in pounds water
for dissolving It Haee the MUKar Jn
the preserving kettle, add the water, I
stlt until dissolved, let come to a boll,
nklin. Add tigs and boll rapidly un
?ll all the syrup Is consumed. Place
them on platters or waiters pressing
thein flat, dry in a warm place until
there Is no stickiness, pressing them
flatter every few hours: Sprinkle with
sugar and pack In boxes with paruf
fin paper between each layer of figs
;>r place the layers in a jar. so they
can he kept closed.
Gingered Watermelon Rind ? To
each pound of rind cut Into 1 inch
squares add 2 quarts of water and1
>ne ounce slaked lime. i>et stand in
lime water over night. N'exJ^ornIng
drain and let stand onc^jp two
hours In fresh cold water. Drain well
ind boll rapidly In strdng ginger tea
(one ounce gi?gor to olu. qmir( wft
ter) for fifteen minutes.' Drain, put
111,0 ", ihlny degree syrup made by
using one pint strained ginger tea
With one quart water and one and
i half pounds of sugar. Cook until
tender and transparent (about one
and half hours). After boiling u half
hour add half a lemon sliced thin.
Place in shallow pans to cool, having
the rind well covered with syrup.
When cool. pack. cap. clamp and profess
fifteen minutes.
Apple Putter?Wash, quarter, peel,
core apples. To four quarts of apples
add two quarts of Water. Poll until
soft, strain through a sieve. To the
pulp add one quart of water or apple
fider if available. Pring to a boil
ind add one and a half pounds of su
?ar, continue boiling and about ten
minutes before it is time to remove
it front the fire, add one half teaspoon
?ach of powdered cinnamon and grated
nutmeg. When butter Is as thick
is desired, place in sterilized containers,
adjust tops and process fifteen
minutes simmering. Cover with par
iff'in. Seal.
Costa Rica is' making recbrd shipnents
of coffee to Germany.
Singing Convention
The Kershaw County Singing Contention
will meet at Buffalo Baptist
hurch, August 1, at 2:30. This church
s located seven miles east of Ker'haw.
We are expecting the best
ilnging convention that Kershaw
:ounty has ever had. All quartets
md choirs are invited to meet with
is on that date. We also extend this
nvitatlon to the public.?E. R. Hunter,
dee president.
To Speak At Antloch
Honorable Ben. E. Adams, reprelentative
of Richland county, and
veil known figure in state politics,
vili "address a meeting to be held at
Vntioch school house on Friday night,
luly 30, at 8:30.
incc lie does nothing; and he makes
r iot of friends because he spends
ill his time glad-handing everybody.
'I his tax business grows and grows
md grows. The public bill gets bigger
ind bigger because we are doing more
ind more things at the public ex>ense.
Some of them are good; most
if tjieni are good; but almost everyhfng
is overstaffed until the public
iervice becomes more a lot of jobs
ban a service for the public. And
vhen the politician feasts his heart
m the jobs the good of the public is
, mere secondary consideration, if a
onsideration at all.
Consider this: The national debt
s $3(1,435,000,000, mark you! Now
hat's that. If that has sunk In, let's
ry another bite: The national iiionie
for the fiscal year ending June
0 was $5,294,000,000; but the governtient
spent $8,001,OOO,000?or $2,707,00,000
more than the income. Billons,
folks, I'm talking about the government
spent two billions, seven hunIred
and seven millions more than
ts income, although that was the largst
income it had had since the days
ust after the war. If I have you atuned
to big figures, real money, like
; legislator about the "beginning or
he fifth month of the session, I'll
;lve you a second Installment. You
iavo seen how the nation stands. Well
ust add to those figures what the
tates. counties and towns owe and
t totals $53,421,000,000. For the fiscal
ear ending June 30, 1936, the cost
if all government in the United States
?national, state, county and munlcl?al?was
$17,000,000,000. Seventeen
illllons of dollars!
In 1913 the public debt?all governoent
agencies?state, national, etc.,
v*b a charge of $69.19 for each perK>n
in the United States; but the
mount against each one of us today
R $416.96.
la oufj' government worth what It
oats? t
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Miami Barber
(Jets Sixty Years
Miami, Kla , July 26. A 36-year-old
barber who admitted ho forced his
two duughters. aged 13, into virtual
prostitution, was sentenced to sixty
> t'Hi H in prison toda>.
"I am putting you away for what
probably will be the balance of your
natural life, which I think is a great
lavor to society, your family and tu
you," Criminal Court Judge lien
Willard told the stocky unemotional
| man at the conclusion of a speedy
hearing.
The two girls both pretty, were
taken to the county Juvenile home at
Kendall after they had testified, be
fore their father and a packed court
room, that they had been forced into
immoral relationships with their father
Had other men. They told how
they had received money from the
>?ion their father ordered them to submit
to, and relutod that the money,
sometimes ub much as $5, ulways was
turned over to him.
The hearing lasted only 20 minutes.
Rcgulur court procedure was
interrupted to begin the hearing at
an unannounced hour and police patrolled
the corridors. Doth precautions
were taken to prevent possible
violence that had threatened when
the man was arrested last week and
the story of his confession spread
among his neighbors.
The barber pleaded guilty in a calm
voice to four charges against him?
two of incest and two of crime against
nature.
The man asked leniency of the
court. "This breaks my family up,"
he told Judge Willard in a low vote#
"1 want to ask the court for whatever
nn-rcy is possible. I have tried
to cooperate with the authorities as
much as possible."
Rut Willard said the crimes were
"abominable and detestable."
' I can see no excuse for showing
leniency," (he judge said. "To release
you would be the biggest mistake
this court could make."
He sentenced the man to twenty
years in prison on each of the two
incest charges and ten years each
on the two charges of crime against
nature.
Veteran Traveller
Dies In Honolulu
/
Honolulu, July 16.?Julius Brittlebank,
79, of Charleston, S. C., died
yesterday In Queens Hospital, where
he was taken Saturday night after
becoming 111 on the Dollar liner President
Polk.
Brlttlebahk was on his 18th 'roundthe-world
cruise when he was stricken.
The cause of his death was not
announced.
Broad Program For
I Proper Cutting
I The South Carolina Commission of
[Forestry has prepared u broad pro
gram of demonstration* of proper
pulpwood cutting covering every coun
ty In the stute udvlsCB State Forester
H A Smith.
The work will be under the limned
lute direction of Assistant State Foresler
Nathan I). Canterbury who is
, in charge of forest management work.
District Foresters .1 C. lUakeney,
Spartanburg; Wayne Stitt, Aiken; H
F. Bishop, Wallerboro; It. F. NewI
comb, Florence; and It. W. ltieger,
Camden, will assist in conducting
those demonstrations. The plan 1s
to work in close cooperation with
county agents and touchers vocation
nl agriculture in order to make the
demonstrations serve farmers particularly,
Inasmuch us almost half of tho
woodland In the stnte is owned or opcrated
by farmers.
The continued operation of our pulp
mills and other forest Industries such
as saw mills, turpentine operations,
veneer mills, pole and piling opera
(t.lona is dependent on proper cutting
practices. The demonstrations will
show how tiuiherlunds may be managed
to give farmers, other woodland
owners and operators the greatest variety
of products, continuous production
of salable products, frequent revenue
as well as u constant supply of
low grade products such as fuel wood,
pine straw and fence posts, for home
use. The observance of the simple
basically sound principle denionstratI
ed will result in the woodland areas
being improved by properly made
pulpwood, buwlog, pole, piling and
fuel wood cuttings. Lack of proper ?
precautions in the cutting of timber
and pulpwood usually results in forest
deterioration and a serious depletion
of forest growing stock frequently
resulting in closing down of sawI
mills, pulp mills and turpentine op|
orations. When this happens the tenant
landowner, county and state suf'
ter .from a lack of returns from our
. woodlands.
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Delegation Off To Washington
I The delegation of citizens from tho
twelve South Carolina counties suffering
from the recent hull storms, went
to Washington Sunday to confer jvlth
South Carolina senators and congressmen
in an effort to secure help for
the farmers in these areas.
The delegation is headed by Allan
Johnstone, of Newberry, and they had
a conference in the office of Senator
E. D. Smith Monday morning.
Tiie members of the delegation going
to Washington were:
Alan Johnstone, Newberry; M. B.
McCutcheon, Bishopville; L. O. Funderburk,
Camden; T. L. Howie, Darlington;
J. B. Pruitt, Anderson; S. M.
Lcnniun, Cross Hill; J. B. Britton,
Sumter.?Newberry Observer.
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