The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, March 21, 1940, Image 8
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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.
The word remains: No bombing of
German cities as long as the Nazis
don’t start anything of that Mnd.
WE DO ALL KINDS OF PRINTING
—EXCEPT BAD
CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO.
NOTICE!
ThereWfflEe
t$
Added To AH Uii|>hid Taxes Oti
APRHl
Pay and Save the,AddiManid 4%.
D. R. SIMPSON,
COUNTY TREASURER.
MOST ECONOMICAL CAR WE EVER OWNED
, Miscellaneous Shower Honors Couple
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bull were
honored on .Saturday evening by a
^roup of their friends with a miscel-
laneou.s .shower at the home of Mr.
Bull’s aunt, Mrs. J. R. Williamston.
Misses Mattie Wi!liam.ston and Mar
garet Seay .served deliciou.s refresh
ments during the evening.
The couple, both of whom* are blind,
a.re making their home on North
B.road street.
LEMON JUICE RECIPE
CHECKS RHEUMATIC
PAIN QUICKLY
llf you suffer from rheumatic, arth--
ritis or nuriti.s pain, try this simple
j'nexpensive home recipe that tbou-
.sands are using. Get^ a package of
Ru-Ex Compound to<fay. Mix it with
a quart of water, add the juice of 4
lemons. It’s easy. No trouble at all
and pleasant. You need only 2 taUe-
spoonsful two times a day. Often
within 48 hburs—sometimes ovesrnight
—splendid results are obtained. If the
pains do not quickly leave and if you
do not feel better, Ru-Ex will cost you
/ nothii^ to try as it is sold by your
druggist under an absolute money-
hack guarantee, Ru-Ex Compound is
for sale and recommended by
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