Historic Calhoun Mansicn
Is On Way to Restoration
Clemson College, S. C .—“Fort 1
Hili,” famous as the residence of j
John C. Calhoun, South Carolina’s i
celebrated statesman, for a quarter
of a century, is fast being restored j
to its original splendor under the
direction of the John C. Calhoun
chapter, United Daughters of the
Confederacy, thus bringing nearer to ;
iulfillment the wish of Thomas G. ’
Clemson, who acquired the estate
from his wife in 1875, that the man
sion eventually become a historical
sh:ine of national significance.
Located on the broad sweeping j
campus of Clemson College, the Cal
houn homestead today is much as it f
was 110 years ago when its distin- J
guished occupant lived within its
protecting walls for 25 years.
In an interesting discussion of the
mansion’s history and its eventual
designation as a memorial shrine,
Prof. Alester G. Holmes, head of the
history department at Clemson Col
lege and an ardent student of Cal
houn said:
“Fort Hill was the estate and j
plantation home of John C. Calhoun
from 1825 to 1850. The original
house, to which the Calhouns added
from time to time and named Fort
Hill, was called Clergy Halt. It was
erected by an early pastor of the
Hopewell meeting, James McElhenny
between the years 1803 and 1807.
“Fort Hill passed to Mrs. John C. .
Calhoun when Mr. Calhoun passed on ■
in 1850. Mrs. Calhoun sold the place I
to her son, Andrew, in. 1854. It pass- '
ed back to Mrs. Calhoun’s heirs be- ! 1
tween 1866 and 1870. By Mrs. Cal
houn’s will Fort Hill went to Mrs. j
Anna Calhoun Clemson, Mrs. Cal
houn’s daughter.
“Legally Fort Hill passed to Mr. !
Clemson in 1876 by Mrs. Clemson’s i
will. Actually, by payments of cer- j 1
Thousands Due Persons
Who Cannot Be Located
Life Insurance Companies
Search for So-Called
Lost Policyholders
Philadelphia —A n a t i o n-w i d e
search to locate policyholders and
beneficiaries to whom money is
due is being conducted by life in
surance companies, William A.
Law, president of the Penn Mutual
Life Insurance Company and form
er president of the American Bank
ers’ Association, revealed today.
The hunt for the so-called "lost
policyholders” has been going on
quietly but persistently for years
and will continue so long as people
disappear without notifying the
companies in which they have their
policies, he said.
Although there is no exact infor
mation available as to the amount
of money held by life insurance
companies for persons who have
never claimed it, the sum runs into
hundreds of thousands of dollars,
Mr. Law said. The individual
amounts range from a few dollars
to several thousand. Many of the
accounts have been due for years.
Interesting stories of how policy
holders have been traced from
state to state and even to foreign
countries In order that they might
be paid money due them are con
tained in the files of life Insurance
companies. Often the trail leads
over many years before the policy
holder or his estate is located.
The Penn Mutual recently found
and paid a woman in California;
her last known address was In
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MAVERICK MONEY— j
ROBBERY OF WOMEN
Mrs. John Peyker, about to take a
trip to join her husband in Ohio
drew SI7OO from her bank —bid it in
a bedroom chest. Thieves broke open
the chest and stole the money * Mrs.
Julia Kantro, Methuen, Mass., drew
$2500 from her bank—the money is
now gone. She suspects who took it
—cannot prove it * A woman in
Knoxville, Tenn., drew S4OO from
her bank —returned shortly to report
it had been stolen from her.
•NAXIONAL RANK j
LINCOLNTON, NORTH CAROLINA j
OFFICERS
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E. 0. ANDERSON President j
M. H. CLINE Vice-President j
D. H. MAUNEY, - Vice-President ,
H. W. RUDISILL-- CasHier j
jj. B. WINSTEAD Assistant Cashier 1
' fair, claims and legacies, Mr. Clem
| son purchased Fort Hill. Mr. Clem
[ son had an understanding with his
wife that if he survived her he would
j leave Fort Hill to some agency which
' would utilize the property for eduea
| tional purposes and as a memorial
to the Clemsons and Calhouns. Mr.
j Clemson, though northern born,
1 served the Confederacy in the trans-
Mississippi department under Gen
eral Kirby . Smith as chemical
| engineer until the surrender,
j “Mr. Ciemson’s will provided that
j Fort Hill should be always preserved
[as a historical shrine, that at least
three rooms should be kept open to
the public, and that, in the sale of
the Fort Hill household goods, suffi
cient furniture should be reserved to
furnish these three rooms. This is
the furniture now in the residence.”
Not long ago the faculty com
mittee in charge of “Fort Hill” elicit
ed the co-operation of the John C.
Calhoun Chapter, United Daughters
j of the Confederacy, under the able
guidance of whose president, Mrs. J.
iH. Mitchell, a comprehensive pro
gram of authentic restoration is be
ing promulgated which will eventual
ly restore the mansion’s interior to
an exact replica of its original state.
W. D. Graham, master farmer of
Rowan county, harvested 1,298 mea
sured bushels of wheat from 34.5
acres of land or an average of 37.6
bushels an acre. The farm agent re
ports this as the top yield for the
county from a field of that size.
Gaston county will produce at least
one-fourth more wheat this year than
last. Five new threshing machines
and over 20 reapers were purchased
this spring.
New York City, but she had left
there without leaving a forwarding
address. And a California man wa3
found in a little town in New Jer
sey. Only a few weeks ago the
company located a former Wash
ington man in Guatemala where he
had been in business for several
years.
“Some people have dropped their
insurance without realizing that
they have built up a reserve sum to
which they are entitled,” Mr. Law
said. "Others have borrowed on
their policies and have been under
the impression that nothing more
was due them. Naturally they are
always agreeably surprised when
we find them.
“Os course the number of cases
of this kind are very, very few
compared to the millions of people
who keep their Insurance In force.
But at that there are quite a few
people throughout the country
who have money on deposit with
life insurance companies without
knowing about it. The same is
true of most banks that have been
in business over a long period.”
THE LINCOLN TIMES, LINCOLNTON, N. C„ THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1935
(^uikUtqton
James Preston^
There are at least three men in
ti e Capitol who will be glad to see
Congress hdjourn, even though, it
means going home and facing fum
ing constituents. These are Senator
Robinson of Arkansas, the Dem
ocratic leader, Senator Harrison of
Mississippi, the chairman of the
finance committee; and Senator
Byrnes of South Carolina, a per
sonal spokesman for President Roose
velt.
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It may be that all three believe
whole-heartedly in the radical leg
islation they have been compelled to
bludgeon through Congress. They
may be devoted to the opinion that
it is right and proper fur young
lawyers a few years out of college
to write laws, hand them to Con
gress and demand their enactment,
ever, though they block recovery.
But if this trio does believe that way,
then leopards change their spots.
The truth is that the triumvirate
of conservative Democrats has been
placed very securely on the spot.
All are up for re-election next year.
Withholding now by the Administra
tion of some of the millions of re
lief money from their states would
be ruinious. They would then be
damned by those who oppose the
socialistic measures of this Con
giess, and damned by those who
support the Administration. So the
best they can hope for is an early
end of their sorrows.
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suddenness of the President’s
“Share-the-wealth” message was the
climax of the three senators’ dis
comfiture. Not even the closest Ad
ministration have seen anything in
that except politics to offset Huey
Long. Then the strategy went astray
and gestures were made toward put
ting the legislation through. And 10,
it was Robinson, Byrnes ind Har
rison who were called to tl.e White
House and given the job.
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The latest report on unemploy
ment from the National Industrial
Conference Board shows more than
9,000,000 still jobless, an increase as
compared with May of last year.
Most of this still lies in the durable
goods industries, and these industries
are dependent upon a renewal of in
vestment capital to move ahead.
Not even Democratic leaders have
attempted to explain how share-the
wt-a'th schemes which drive capital
to cover will attain what is sup
posed to be the national goal—re
employment.
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Not much is being said openly but
there is plenty of red-hot maneuver
ing by members of Congress to get
a major modification of the ruling
that limits work-relief expenditures
to approximately $l,lOO a man per
year, including cost of materials. It
developed that this meant no major
highway construction, despite blue
prints already waiting. Delegations
from home began to roll in, and Mr.
Roosevelt heard that Mr. Hopkins
once more had upset the soup. The
question still remains whether new
leaf-raking and park beautification
projects will get all the money and
leave the jobless still jobless, while
those with jobs pay the bili.
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Among the interesting documents
called to the attention of Congress
this week was a statement from
Cooley’s famous “Principles of Con
stitutional law.” The portion which
attracted attention reads:
“Legislators have their authority
measured by the Constituticn; they
\ are chosen to do what it permits and
I nothing more, and they take solemn
\ oath to obey and support it. When
they disregard its provisions, they
usurp authority, abuse their trust,
and violate the promise they have
confirmed by oath. To pass an act
when they are in doubt whether it
dce3 violate the Constitution, is to
treat as of no force the most imper
ative obligations any person can as
sume.”
WEALTH IS DISTRIBUTED IN
Wages
Observation shows that the pro
ductivity of the American worker,
reinforced with power and improved
machinery, is the greatest in the
world, and that the income thus pro
duced has been widely diffused
among all classes of the population.
If this were not the case, the
widespread distribution of automo
biles, refrigerators, radios , tele
phones and individually owned hou
ses, which actually took place, would
have proved impossible.
On the face of things the absurd
ity of the myth that 2 per cent of
the people receive 60 to 80 per cent
of cur national wealth and income
is apparent.
As a matter of fact, if such a
I maldistribution actually existed, the
I very mass consumption of goods, in
j which the United States hns excel
| led, would be impossible.
In other words, the soap-box or
| ators, who have been poisoning the
I' public mind with false statistics,
have been engaged'in trying to ex
plain away reality.
* * *
As the Brookings Institution has
demonstrated, those engaged in gain
ful occupations receive about 85 per
cent of the national income as
wages.
The remaining 15 per cent goes as
compensation to capital, MORE
THAN HALF of which is owned by
INDIVIDUALS OF MODERATE 1
INCOMES.
This generalization is substanti
ated by a study of the Federal in- j
come tax statistics.
As a matter of fact, those receiv- j
ipg incomes of 85,000 or more in j
1933 accounted for less than 10 per j
cent of the entire national income. !
That group numerically represent
ed about three per cent of the pop- j
ulation..
Those with incomes in excess of 1
SIOO,OOO in 1932 and 1933 accounted
for 1 per cent of the entire national
income.
It has been further computed that,
if in 1933 the ENTIRE INCOME of
all those receiving FIVE THOUS
AND DOLLARS AND MORE had
been confiscated and redistributed
evenly to the remaining 120,000,000
persons, the per capita increase for 1
each would have been exactly $35 i
per year.
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The public needs to be reminded 1
that BEFORE WEALTH CAN BE
DISTRIBUTED IT MUST FIRST 1
BE CREATED. The soundest way to i
distribute income widely is through c
WAGES PAID TO THOSE IN j
GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT. j
Any muddying of the social waters
by false propaganda concerning the
nature of the distribution of wealth j
in the United States merely holds
sound recovery.
Labor, the overwhelmingly lar- ,
gest recipient of the national in
come, is the heaviest loser.
A SOUND ROOSEVELT VIEW
Probably the most accurate des- i
cription ever given of how taxes are
paid was given by President Roose- i
velt in his famous Pittsburgh speech
on Oct. 19, 1932 as he was nearing i
the end of the campaign that ele- i
vated him to the White House. Said (
Mr. Roosevelt: i
“Taxes are paid in the sweat of
every man who labors, because they i
ASTOUNDING “LIFT
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V say one gallon of H-C could lift a 40-ton Bron-
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A In automobile road tests Sinclair H-C Gasoline
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C. L. GOODSON, Local Agent.
f - LINCOLNTON, N. C. ,
Relief
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JACKSON, Miss. . . . Above is
I Mrs. Ellen S. Woodward of this city
I who has been appointed assistant
Works Progress and assistant Emer
gency Belief “Administrator by
Harry L. Hopkins. She is to have
charge of needy women relief prob
lems throughout the country.
HALIFAX BOARD EXPECTED TO
ARRANGE LIQUOR STORE SOON
Roanoke Rapids, July B.—The
Halifax county liquor control board
is expected to meet in Halifax early
this week to make arrangements for
opening liquor stores as provided for
in last Saturday's referendum.
The board Is composed of W. A.
Thorne, of Roanoke Rapids; Hunter-
Pope, of Enfield, and Ben Everett,
or Palmyra. Its members were des
ignated in the legislative act outhor
izitig the election.
are a burden on production and can
be paid only by production.
“It excessive, they are reflected
in idle factories, tax-sold farms, and,
hence, in hordes of the hungry
tramping the streets and seeking
jobs' in vain.
“Our workers may never see a
tax bill,, but they pay in deductions
from wages, in increased cost of
what they buy, or (as now) in broad
cessation of employment.”
That was a sound view then, and
it is just as sound now. The big
change has developed in the tax bur
den, itself. The burden, already’ ex
cessive, has increased approximately
$13,000,000,000 since the words quot
ed above were spoken.
Roosevelt Planning
Visit To California
Washington, July 10. —A cross
country jaunt to the Pacific toast
with all its possibilities of wayside
speech-making is planned by Presi
dent Roosevelt after Congress ad
ji urns.
The tentative schedule, long con
templated, lists only one set address
—a talk to the national convention
of Toung Democrats at Milwaukee
on August 23. But tl» tour will offer
Mr. Roosevelt an opportunity to dis
cuss his administration and future
plans as 1936 campaign time draws
hear.
The chief executive has away of
speaking extemporaneously at most
stops along his route when travel
ling.
All plans were said to hinge on the
adjournment of Congress. The White
House believes - Roosevelt will
stand by until the session is con
cluded.
The Pacific coast goal of the Presi
dent is the California-Pacific inter
national exposition at San Diego
California.
Final voting in the tobacco adjust
ment referendum indicates that from
95 to 98 percent of North Carolina
farmers are in favor of the program.
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Huey Long Voluble
Talker
To find the number of words that
the Louisiama Kingfish, Senator
Huey Long, spoke in his recent
filibuster, senate pages set them
selves a task in arithmetic. They
multiplied 15 by 60 and multiplied
that by 155. Long spoke far 15
hours at the rate of 155 words a
minute. Total, 139,500.
Nine Davidson county farmers
grew certified small grain seed on
86 and 1-2 acres this past season.
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