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^■•:45,3AW^ -S* ' - i rv" 7sr=z WEST CLINTON Mrs. ioe Csinpb«II, Correspondest COMMENTS ON MEN ^ND THINGS By Spectator ' ^ ^ ^ ^ f Shall we have a saJes tax? Shi^ weipeople in the right to work in peace, iMr. and Mrs. L. B. Trammell had have » tax on goods brought irttio the to live kt peace and 4» enjoy in peape as their guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs.'state? iwe have liquor store* the resuH of their w<Hk. We have W. H. Bagwell artd^isses Annie Bell land aooner or later debauch the poHt-!added other nvatters, but they are a sort of side show. Tbe side show of today is running the circus. Wa are not protecting men in the right to and Dorothy Bagwell of Moores and ical life of the state? «??haH we take Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jenkins and chil- gasoline revenues for other pwpoaes dren of Greer. **** building of roads? Shall we M« W I R VauB-han of ^ farmers, truckmen, physi-'work, f<v we are letting other men SparUnbuig, Visited their dTughter, ^ians. mm^ a^ school iVus^| force thern out and keep ^em out, and .-^n-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Sam iitroMgh ^ thej we are not prot^i^ m^ m the op- 1 'tax money on gasoline is handed outieration of their busmess for we know Sw Kiovf, Jr., Sunday. ^ * I h«« co««d n»>- Mr. and .Mi*s. J. J. Putman of Gas«| mf ffio.ichants and others into “paying trfT.” -toVu.: J:’ lasaa,;, niAn s sisv^r tino 'orowiGi •in*iH^w^ Air* ^ _ • *iti tiHis 04^14^ wa avaw 4 \M ^ 1 u course to pursue—Cut <kiwn! wis sxaxe yt^, we are ooinfr every- llr and L oiX Power ..pent! In api<« of all the .thrwat of i defi-1 Leaflet War By Britain Causing Attars At Home Many Want Royal Air Force To Drop Bombs In Germany In< stead of Pamphlets. London, Mhrch 18.— Here in war time IHritain —> where great pride is taken in the eticoesafui flights over Germany by the royal air force — there are those in perliamentry and literary circles who are comp4aining tebaotethg' instead of leaflets. This has had no effect upon 'the flNMRMOMlf . W. y. DUNCAN , WheresM, God in wisdom has lieen best to remove, after a short illness, one of our moiS twleved mem bers, Brother W. J. Dcmdsn, to his Heavenly home above^ And whersae, Brother Dunean had been for many years a faitfafol mem ber and* regular attendant up^ dm sessions of the Men's B3)le dSas Broad Street Methodist church, And whereas, he was ahnqrs in terested in boBfitfg up the daas and was witling at all times to do muf, and all thinta pertaining to the woth of his chfurch, crm we, the members of claas, shall aN^ys remember him aa Worthy *>f example, and that we detmTniwMi to live better lives because of our hav ing known and loved iDrother Duncan thpae mapy years. Be iki%lso resolved that era offer our teaiiscest sympathiea to the fam ily of iBtratAmr Duncan, that a copy of these lilpied resdutions be hsnd^ to the family, an<r that a copy be given fto The Omonkle for poMiea- tJon. Signed: F. K. SNmaly, • John W. Ooleman. G. W. HoHingsworth, i¥- « . . to reward the shiftiiees and,Chamberlain government. The powers Monday in Uarena |Crt. 'to diahoarton the (hat b, yndl <uitirfiad. If tfcene is (Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Wooten and i of thousands more to the budget .vk + • *>wa ♦♦ i children visited Mrs. Wooten’s par.'«"bich was adopted last year. What is the matter? j to be any bombing of cities, they are ^ jnot going to start it, ymmenl The National Cottim council is op-!„'^T Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Whitmire visit- a nee and inspired by a vision of *1“' ‘®. d<le“ ni iSnd tfcj cnts Mr. and Mrs. George James, in' Most urgently needed ip our Sitate Tucapau Sunday. leadership founded on common j late the demand for cbtton and all . ^ „ the products W^n, lint, seed, hulls dropping their “idiotic pamphlets” around. which lies" in welfare will go w toM*®”* *I Earned of the campaign of'. *^}*® wnicn nes_ in weiTare,_ win ^ i .v„ he would not yelp about it. She also ed Mrs. Whitmire’s sister, Mrs. J. H. cal sanity. Abrams, in Prosperity Sunday. i j „ * , . . - Mr. and Mre. Tom Ballew visited Welfare, or the political appeal N^ Or- rtlatives in Spartanburg Sunday. ing faithful to his Sunday school and church, his home and family and id-j 80 to any city or community service. Therefore, be «t resolved by tlie Men’s Biible class of. $Broad Stre^ church this the 25di day of Febru ary, 1940, in meeting assembled, that /we bow to the‘will of the all wise God who doeth atl things well. And be it further resolved that TYPEWRITERS Aothorizcd Underwood Dealer. Cleaning and repairing make*, reasonable charges. Kenneth N. Baker Phone SOd «un<tay. I Ihi-ee years ago Senator Sima,°i Mr. and .Mrs. Thurman King and|„ith groat urbanity, assured the citi-jgrapefruit. Hundreds of children "of Chester, visited rHatives zens of tbe •State ■t?iSnr't?i? ~»0'<aTTe<r 'here the past week. Mrs. R. L.’ Nelson and .son of I-.an-'Today, on the motion of the same sen ford, visited her sister. Mi's. J. H.iator, the appropriation bill carries an Harvey, Sunday. jitem of $2,500,000! This is nothing Mrs. J. E. Braswell and little j^^jort of proposberous. That a state daughter, Linda, visited her paronts, • ^^rhich contributes to higher education Mr. dnd Mrs. J. G. Franklin, in Gold-|^i,049,687 shooJd distribute $2,600,000 ville Sunday. » jas a 'handout is a grossly miscon- J. A. McClain is spending the w'eekjceived poHcy of statesmanship. Even with his parents, Mr. and Mi's. L. M. the $1,049,687 ^ent for higher edu- McClain in Abbeville. 'cation is more than we can afford, but Miss Wilby Seay and Royce Smith it is an effort to meet the future, were visitors in Spartanburg Sunday.] Lot u.<? siibmit.a question; Ai^e^serF Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Granfoid of'ators who are receiving salaries and Ihesteiv visited Mr. and Mrs. J. H. fees from New Deal enterprises real- ( ranfoiii Sunday. Ijy able to think clearly on matters Mrs. Ora Wood and son visited her initiated by the New Deal? Are they aunt, Mrs. Melton' Kelley, in W’ood-lnot so full of the bias of their legal raff Sunday. advocacy as to be incapable of such Mrs. J. H. Harvey visited her sound ‘reflection as becomes a legisla- grandparents, .Mr. ami .Mrs. Lawrence tor for the whole state? of- dollars are .•ipent every welfare Xuld”'^ X'oed'^UOO^. J,™'; ^ popdat^. the. citrus fruit.. That has liemslted m orange juice at evOryone’s breakfast table and grape <'rain near Clinton .Monday .Mr. and Mrs. Tom Brown, Mi's. W. juice at other times. Tomato juice, which may be better, has not yet had the aecessary millions put behind it, to make a man feel. “sheepish” and even guilty if he starts the day with out iomato juke. It is coming along, though, and with a bit more effort will rank as indispensable as' tooth paste. I heard that great sums would be spent to increase the use of pork, ap ples,/ lettuce and black tea. One speak er said that a fund of two million dollars had been raised to increase the use of pork. So I was not sur prised when I picked up one of our Carolina papers of last week and saw I staring at me a full column, umler ’the beading “IVihy Not Serve Pork?” impriaonmient for reading British leaflets, passing them along to a neighbor or discuss ing them. By making these flight-s, the young R. A. 'F. sky warriors become familiar with adr routes that lead to German cities. They 'obtaii^ locations of the most dangerous German antinaireraft gune and searchligihts. 'Germany is surrounded hy a Ohi- nese wall. The German peopie read in their papers noly what the govern- meivt would have them read. They hear on 'the radio only what the Nazis want them to hear. In the view of the British govern ment, the saucy young flyers of the R. A. F. have made three breaches in the Nazi wall with their flights over Germany: 1. When a German firiBs in his i front yard a British leaflet, even though he dare not read it, he knows that Nazi leadere have lied to him hi minimizing the ability of the British TRAM _ What about the fanpvi'sf They -betll-^-f-am not taking pail in the pork air force. If he lives In Bei'lin, he E. Brown, and .Mi. and Mrs. 'Mack us that we are prosperous. Perhaps,campaign, though I sell a »hoat or'two knows ezusiny. aircraft have flown 600 T. C. Johnson Plumbing, Heating and Electric Contracts OVER 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE CLINTON, S. C. PHONE 381 Brow-n visited in Columbia Sunday. 'we are. With everybody telling us Bobby and Helen Ledford of Green- how' rich "we are I’m tempted to “blow wood spent several days the past myself” to something. IVho can gain- week with their gi'amlmolher, Mrs. say that we are a wealthy people? W. L. Ledford. I So many New Deal propagandists •Mrs. J. C. Heath and children of have told of the wonderful work of every/year—or gfive it away—as we miles over Germair territory to act farmers fieel abouV it; but I use that as -postmen for those' leaflets, campaign to renew my faith in thei 2. When there is no report of these possibilities of cotton and corn. If we j British aircraft being brought down, deliberately use cotton we can save-he begins to doubt Goering’s boast our crop. We can do even more: We'that Gei-many’s defense against ene- Gi'eenville, visited her parents, Mr. the spend-and-spend plan that even'can promote the wealth of the South. I my bonrbei's is impregnable and Mrs. J. H, Seay the past week. sober-minded men like some of our J. H. Seay was called to Spartan- state senators have “lost count” and burg on account of the illness of his plunged into the abyss of a bottom- b.rother, J. D. Seay, Sunday. jless sti-eam of gold. Mr. and Mrs. Edd Dunnaway and I wish I could forget the hard- thildren and Mrs. Ui-usula Blakely knoeks of life and dwell in a fool’s visited Mr. and .Mrs. Maxey Blakely paradise with so many splendid gen- in Spartanbui'g Satui'day. tlemen; but, alas! My own business Mrs. S. B. Snelgrove attended the shows me fo^ this week that com unay funeral of her sister, Mrs. Ila BabbV soW for no more than sixty-five in Prosperity on Thursday. jeents a bushel; hay is selling for less Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Abbott and son, than fifteen dollars; and top ihogs are Tom, were visitors in Greenwood Sun-'worth five dollars and forty cents a hundred. Of course, tbe hay and com .Mr. and 'Mrs. Clyde Few and cWl- weigh less now than in October, dren of Spartanburg, visited Mrs. therefore the price received today is iew’s parents, Mr. and Mi's. F'urman no more than might have been re- Davis, the past week. jeeived in Noveffrii>er. Mrs. J. L. Smith and children of iSo the Carolina farmer cannot feel Southern farmers are doing their 1 3. The Gei'man knows that if the part by producing the crop, and:'Nazis begin bombing Slritish or Southern mills are spinning it. What French cities, the enemy can make we need is to use cotton whenever I temble reprisals. He can easily fig- cotton is as good as something else.jure that the same aircraft which Other uses may be foiiind for cotton,{dropped hamless leaflets can drop but if,we use it as we already know death-dealing (bombs, how to use it the South wiH be en- Particularly upsetting is tbe fact rkbad. [that in tfasir l«tt. migbt fUgk^asrci Bertin the cheeky british airmen drop ped their calling cards in the shai^ I of flares, so that all the Nazis in We 'wish to express our sincere i Unter den (Linden and Welhelmstrasge thanks for the kindness and sympathy | where Hitler lives, (would be sure to shown us at the time of tbe death of i know they had visitors. CARD OF THANKS <Ti€ster, was the week-end guest of Mrs. Smith’s mother, 'Mrs. L. W. King. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Trammelhand -children of Lydia, visited Mrs. Tram mell’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Seay Sunday. ^ Mrs. IJa Lesley and Mrs. Ella Jam^ of Pelzer, ■were visitors of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Williamston Sunday. Foster Weeks and sons, Ralph and 'Thomas, of Belton, visited Mr. and Mrs. D. V. Wright Sunday. With The Sick Friends of Mrs. Haskell Williams- ton will legret to learn she is a pa tient at the local hospital, where she undeiwent an operation Sunday. Births Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lusk announce the birth of a daughter, Julia, bom March 7. Both mother and daughter are doing nicely. a sexuberamUy affluent as some of our Icgrislators, What happens to a man’s sense of values when he comes here to Colum bia? Can we believe that the state should strain and ^ueeze itself to Mrs. Bertha Marie Brewington and also for the beautiful floral designs. —The 'Family of the late iMrs. 'Bei'riia Marie Brerwington. MASONS TO MEET FRIDAY Osifapbell Lodge No. 44, A. ,F. M., will 'hold a regular communication Friday nigbt, March 22, at 7:30. All give away money? That is riot urged 'to be present, business of the state. ISie supreme R. D. Hugh^, W. M. concern of the state is to protect its V. P. Adibir, Act, Sec. All this being so, neither the spoken eloquence of some potent members of the house of commons nor 'the power ful writings of a celAirated novelist will move the British# cabinet to change its policy. 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