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. r / PAGE FOUR THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON. & C. TiRJRSDAY, APRgL Ky lM (Eljf (EUnlnn (ElprnntfIf EsUblished 1900 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Yei^r $L50; Six Months 75 cents; Three Months 50 cents Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S.C. The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers— the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when they arc not of a defamatoty nature. Anonymous comiffunlcaTions will not be noticed. This paper ^ nbf responsible for th? views or opinions of its correspondents. Nobody’s Business By Gee McGee t Q D Ay I don't think any considerable propor- would have come but o£ the war al- Do Away With InvestlgaUng CoBunittees the citizons of flat rock believes that there ought to be a law against creating investigating committees, this movement is bing led by hon. holsum moore. he says that ever since he can remember there has benn investigating committees; if a 8T0L tion of Americans havet any such mo9t with a profit, idee. j We could never again fight a great After all nobody can drive or lead war so cheaply. We can better afford the United States into war except to spend ten or twelve billion dol- the people themselves. No president liars to encircle the whole United has the power to declare war. Only j Static with such an invulnerable ring congress can do that. Congress has aiof defenses, bn land and sea, that no new factor to reckon with since our [nation will ever dare to attack us. In last declaration of war. That is the this war-making era that is the only I women's vote. Do you know any wo-, way the United States cim win the I men who want us to go to war? ; ’’espect of belligerent nations. COST,—Eb WE DO ALL KINDS OF PRINTING —EXCEPT BAD CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. FEAR—Vnfoanded „ .. , __ Probably half the people, who lis- Not one American in thousands has single one of them»ever announted to t®*' *9 news over the radio or what modem war means.' annything except a waste of the tax- dailies are afraid that Less than a quarter of our World payers monney, he do not recall it. sornethir^ is goin^ to happen to the veterans saw any fitting. There. so, if you don’t mind—kindly rite a United States because of Europe’s ^^gs almoe^ no fighting by aircraft. article on this subject and have in- Quarrel. The air and the headlines 'panks and gas warfare were very « uviwj — vestigating committees outlawed. ®*’® ^9“ of voices trying to scare igte develoiMnents. Weapons were far f[nal accounting of my acts lAmericqns^ „ ,less efficient than they are now. Ar-lg^jj doings as Administratrix of the NO’nCE Notice is hereby given that I will CLINTON. S. C.. THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1940 call most investigating committees con- The latest scare is the fear thatjmies depended on horses instead of estate of John T. Little, deceased, to sist of 2 parts pollitioians and 1 part the United States is bound under the j tractors. Even though it is ^ still I Probate Court for Laurens Coun- , . , , f ..J whitewash and 1 part miss-repre- Monroe Doctrine to fight Germany,^oung, the present war in Europe Is tv Qnuth Carolina on Monday. May .\ good lime us seldom had by all. 'suDo^ie' under**enormous stretching of the b^ause Germany has taken over,far more terrible than the last one! 13’ gj ^gn (10) o’clock a.m., and . truth. when investigations have Denmark, and Denmark owns Green- was. IwiU at the same ttme aooly to the ^e have always found'land and Iceland. Those two regions' We got off cheaply in the last war. Court for a final discharge from my then- convictions mote than prejudices. are nothing' such sudden mass maneuvers. All ““ avenue.s off, while in the case of Norway Britt nd for Poland were shut started ex- are in the Western hemisphere, and. We landed about 2,000,000 workers 1 duties as Administratrix~of said es- iio minus 1,0005 to 1,000,000$. you it is a fixed American policy to keep j and fighting men in France and lost tg^g count on flat rock backing you' foreign powers out of this half of the fewer than 100,000. The other na- . ^ oaoioct up on this fight against investigat-‘ globe. ♦inne i^nnnnnn. All persons having claims against Responsibility is^the mo.st sobering ain and France are able to send help. ^ thing we know of - in spite of the There is doubt, therefore, whe^er fug''committws." rome^investTgating prevalent use of tomato juice. the Germans will be able to he’-* \ J*' , , befoar they start, and the rest of 1 the Monroe Doctrine is^ keetT'^nv Keeping up with the Joneses is no Much de^nds on the outcome of ^3 to Euro^gn^gt^ from gett^ing^ longer the problem. You ve got ^o the war in Nojw^, ^ 3dvance of of aS inde^^deT ,tions sacrificed more than 5,000.000, That might serious If it were t lives. We spent about twelve i>iiiio*^: itemized and verified on or before committees need tq be investigated j not funny. Our only obligation jander. for our own fighting torces.! ■ . j . . forever barred tVe lent other nations about the same ^ forever oarrea. pass I eni. vices from Europe. are successful in the north, these ad- Tho.se who think they can do the vices say, it will be the signal to neu- i the asking of the final question. American continent. We are under no pledge to fight if CJemany should I . „ \intW iiKt likp thit ypt T ter tnl nations to swinc awav from Brit-' ridiculous thing about anjtgi^g Dutch East Iniies the Gui- bo.vs s wOik just like that, get a ter-j tral nations to sw ng away from tJru investigating committee is that theineas Trinidad or Jamaica Those are rible let-down when it is thrust am and France and hitch their wag- pnmmittees are eenerallv made' ♦ • a j are 'nne tn the Herman star itniv the commiiices are generally maae,not independent nations but colonies, upon them. ^ up of politicians with a axe to grind.' ' most formidable non-coMbattant be- .J ^ave such committees' amount. If they had paid us back we I Lemon Juice Recipe Checks Rheumatic Pain Quickly If you suffer from rheumatic, arth-; 2-4cw LYDE MILAM LITTLE, Administratrix of the Estate of John T. Little, deceased. Thank goodness we live m a coun- sides Russia will be so influenced, “hy not‘Jet reggulaT tolk/that* are f a rJUfo try where a man may say what he expressions from across the Atlantic interested in pollitickf to make , 1,'vp « thinks—it he isn t afraid of his wife, say. And it that happens, it is said, investigations fr»iifo whn !^ have listened lately, as well as folks who i newspaper editorial writers, need to _ NO’nCE Notice is hereby given that I will, I riiic ♦Kie 3l)th day of April, 1940,, at ten ntis or neuritis pain, try this simplei , , , » inexpensive home recipe that thou-j?*^ ®*^^ • sands are using. Get a package of[i"« 0^ my a^ and doi^ as admm- Ru-Ex Compound today. Mix it with ^ of William Po- a quart of water, rdd the juice of 4!p«y Blaloclq deceased, to Hon. J. Hew- lemons. It’s easy. No trouble at allllette Wasson, Judge of Probate, Lau- hi. neighbors, or‘the banker who the tide of battle will be against the ^ ^ therefoar don’t! voovr^nhv thpv t.ik .hont ihp >v,m, hu„ h.s bu,.iness. Norway, ^thereforo, becomes the Wratern hemisphere as il it were ^ ^ ^ battleground m the lust cr.t.cal stage ‘nr-ime dWdlM ime ‘"o «">“ • <*«y- O"*” “t ‘h' «»» “k ‘I* C®urt to ling to eradicate, so lets ^t out [between the Eastern hemisphere and I ^Sht'" investigating committees and just jhP wostorn hpmietnhprp i« thp i ^iKnt—splendid results are obtamed^ and Chamberlain's Hit Scores Winning of the eight-months-old war. Hun." was the headliite on a story, ('1 one of the season's opening base- THE FARMER AND HIS LAND . *u * * i , ball games. Now ,f Britain's Cham-, It is a recognized fact of law that ,|meridiah, which runs north and 1 „ " „ r.All persMS tajn* cl. bcrlain can duplicate the feat of this if a man has a deed to a piece of land will be devoted to a good south through Greenwich, a suburb yQ^ nothins to trv as is sold estate will file the young American the spring season it is his to do with a.s he pleases. ^ o will be off to a good start. There are circumstances, though,' where we question his right to do grant me finpil djeoharge from my du- tie« as adismistTmtor of said estate. All persons baTing claims against same, duly by your druggii. under <m j Where we question his right to ao I of Greenwich and between it and the Speaker Blatt of the hoi/.se of rep- just that; or rather, what we have in middle of the Pacific ocean, where re^entatives has introduced a bill to mind concerns his not doing certain "**“"®P"|the 180th meridian runs, is in the declare a legal holiday for the annual things he is obligated to do. n “[Western hemisphere. That includes' Clemson-Carolina football game. We refer to the taking of proper P.P*! P®^ of i of London. rA “'J!'' ,.'"AA" mVe7-‘b.ck'11SkntS':‘BulEx‘^;S!'‘»« *■*"> »»««>•• b«r«i; pound is for sale and recommended I GEX)RGE R. BLAL(K}K, by SADLER-OWENS PHARMACY. 2f.5cw ' Administrator. Probably just another scheme of the steps to prevent erosion. There I Scotland, all of Ireland and parts of| hr.nkprt; In iricrn»<f- fhpir .TirP.iHv manv farms in the Piedmont sertion “ 1 Franc®, Spain and Africa. This COUn- bankers to increase their already many farms in the Piedmont section . “"1 long list of davs off. Wheri (me con- of South Carolina so bauly eroded lu believe thatj^ry has no exclusive guardianship siders the ratio oi their loan, to de- th d Hr v arc urVit lor further use. 5^®^®'*'" u J" , monney joyer the Western hemisphere, posits.-one more dav wiil make little One sees several such farms on even ' , f, ^® The doctrine laid down by Presi- difference. ' a short ride in this area. Who is re- as followers: the mayersident Monroe, which has become an salary was raised from 30$ per month PROGRESS, NEVERTHELESS popular pastime of South Caro- the farms, of course, linian.s is criticising the action or in- We don’t believe those farm own- action of the legislature. Much of ers had the right to so'neglect their ..uch criticism is perhaps justifiable, lands as to render them useless to but most of it is not well-founded. Us- succeeding generations. One might .sponsible for such enormous waste— . 4.. . 4. , , such criminal lolly The owners of ® sallery was dubbled to 60$. mittee got 80$, all tolled.. the com- Over The Week-End In Flat Rock —mr. slim chance, sr., said he ually it IS general in scope, a blanket say that if a farmer chooses to see" i indictment charging that members of his farm wash away that is his busi- wanted to eet his darter beil the general assembly are not'worth .ness. W® don't think so. On the con- o u- «4. * their salt. It goes without saying that trary. we regard him as a steward sennator’s offis^ mgton, d. c.. accepted basic policy of the United ( States, was intended to keep Spain: from recapturing the Spanish colo-| nies which had declared their inde-| pendence and established themselves' as new nations. It has wofked very' well to that end. INTERVENTION-Unnecessary 4. ^ meet a surprising number of pieo- she Ts ’a 'eo^' believe that this country will such sweeping statements are unfair to keep the land in at least as good noiinH« th^'^ forced in some way to take part and untrue. They are seldom sup- condition as when it came into his 50 words a minute hut shel present war. Some of them ported by details or facts. hands. He has no more right to stand j. . luck' after the setinator eoti®*^ eager to have us get in. They are We are not referring to individual by idle and see his farm go down ,^j^ owp 5 children and their hus- Germany is going to win , I bands *md wives and arunts and un cles and 2' brothers a job apiece, there wasn’t no more, she will re- T. C. Johnson Plumbing, Heating and Electric G>ntractor OVER 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE CLINTON, S. c. PHONE 381 acts of our lawmakers, since almQ.st|to the river than a faqtorjj;^qwner has ^ ^ ? children and their hus anything done in Columbia will meet: to burn his i^ant. with the opposition of some pieoplei There is nothing that can be done in the state. We are speaking of ac- about it if a farmer refuses to accept complishments of the legislative body his obligations in this respect. (>\ er a period of years. '' The efforts of the federaT govern- During the past twenty-five years ment, chiefly through the conserva- .South Carolina has added to its law tion, corps, in teaching the value of btxik.s statutes relating to almost erosion control and prevention, and e main on with the dry cleaners at the county seat. —somebody has stoic gain, he left them in his ford while I gain, he left the min his ford while ■vt,T lieid which concern., the dnily methods to use, htis been worth ail ^ -s..-ten.e oi our rieople-social. ^o- ,it cost. ^ - R.hen he came out ot get them to W. M. U. To Meet ex nomu labor and education. The state entered the field of caring for its mentally deficient by the estab- li.'hment of the State Training school, and immensely enlarging the State hospital; it assumed the obligation of housing and educating orphan chil dren at the De “La Howe school; the wide and 'fSr^reaching program of sitcial welfare is a recent develop ment; the state’s excellent system of '' highways and bridges and attack ua-naict, VKklena'We lend our strength to the Allies. I also meet' many who believe that we were drawn into the last world war byj some sort of trickery or political ma-i neuvering, and fear that something* dr. hubbert '*’® ! I do not see any ground either fori, American intervention or for the fear that we will be forced to inter-1! vene. We went into the last war be- ; cause the Germans were sinking our, ships, blowing up our factories and' preparing to conquer Mexico and in- United States from the; : lance a bile, they ,were gone and he jhad to use one of her knitting need- _ o 1 ' toere was no danger of infec- Laurens Saturday he dipped u w a J disinfectant and burnt it with a . Until something like that happens again we haven't the slightest ex- Organization To Be Observed it will soon go down, she hopes to By Baptist Women. .get up in about a week. 4.4 • i match and wiped it with his pocket- 1 hirty-oCventh Anniversary of handkercher. it has rose since, but iiaved IS ... , —>T^iss jennie veeve smith’s new hat The Womans Missionary union o ^^^^ly broke up the worship at re among the bt>st in the nation; the the Laurens Baptist association will ^ober church last Sunday, it looks number of high school graduates ev- hold Its thirty-seventh anniversary j ^ been run! DHn c ry year excectxis the total enrollment meeting in the Firrt Baptist church ;;“;rby a truck and ruint, with some T' rr" °4 cotivening fi^.^^rs pasted on top of it. she did largcy the re.sult ot forward-looking at 10;30 o clock, according to an an- __4 ^^4^ ^4- .j,, _ cuse for sacrificing: a single Ameri can life in this war. If Germany should, win and . attempt to. occupy Canada the situation would be differ- j ent. It is not nice for any nation to have Germany for a next door neigh bor. DEFENSE—Approved It is the fashion these days to sneer to You I 4 .u t 1 . 4 u 4u 4 J 4 create no stir much till she set . , . 4. . , .44 policie.^ (.1 the legislature; our state nouncement by the superintendent, jown at the organ with her back' P®®P*®'^® colle ges ha\e exixjrienced large ex- Miss Aleene Franks, and the secre- towards the audience hoi-i'”®^‘^^® European affairs. \ 1 an.-ion; labor and banking laws have tary, Mrs. J. H. Henderson, Jr. moore laughedNout loud endur-' many politicians calling been, enacted and .-trengthened^ Many, ^TO^m ^ j pasture’s first prayer but | f^®** ®^"'‘‘^«t®s.for offire‘‘isolation- other progressive accomplishments Uymn, We ve a Story to Tell to the , ^3 ^'j^y 3^y_ 1 Ists during this presidential cam- couid be cited. There is hardly a field' Nations; prayer. ' boddy calls such a mess a hat is be- that .touche^ the hie of our citizens' Devotional Mrs. C. B. Bobo; In- gn ^ 3i3tg^.3 in which the general assembly had: trc^uction of visitors. ^ is much flatter and looks mor- like power to act that it has not done so—I Message on the Watchword of the.^ burnt batter cake and for the better. [year, Rev. J. H. Kyzar; hymn forf pr Pi ogress is^ the result of a slow the year. How Firm a Foundation. |_the town pump is out of fix again. I'CKe.ss of education. It cannot be Roll Call of the W. M. S. by Divis-I^he poleesman has been working on if off an on for a month, it has achieved by a “blitzkreig” campaign to enlighten legislators and the mass ions: Division 1, Mrs. 'J. B. Cook; Division 2, Mrs. G. E. Taylor; Divis- of the people. Frequently progressive j ion 3, Mrs. J. H. Byrd, citizens have to inform and then per- Mission Study Report, Mrs. T. L. suade legislators to enact measures, W. Bailey. Perhaps the first attempt at enact- ’ Superintendent’s repdt’t; business ment fails. There follows a further ‘ session. _ period of explaining, persuading andj Special music, Mj-s. J. H. Kyzar; | buy the stuff they wiu'hawTohirn^ coni incing to win the support of ad-' Inspirational message, Mrs. C, M.lj^jj believe the deal would go citizens and lawmakers to.Griffin; offering, announcements,ithrough, as it is now, only enough monney is taken in from week to caused another letter to be rote to the govverment asking for water works, there is plenty of w.p.a. workers to put down the pipe, if the govver- ment would furnish it, and if they will loan flat rock the monney to of ditional create enough favorable sentiment to'prayer and adjournment enact a given piece of legislation, i Afternoon Session Such a process is necessarily slow,. Hymn, All Hail the Power and expensive. If we had a dictator Jesus' Name; prayer, he could govern by decree, putting) Devotional, Mrs. J^oan‘Westmore- into effect measures over night by land. proclamation. But^who wants a die-' Roll* Call of Young Peoples’ De lator, We prefer the slotvness and pdrtment, by Department Superin expensiveness that results from our tendents. type of government. That is the price Presentation; R. week to pay the mayer and the said poleesman. yores trulie, mike lark, rfd, corry spondent. paign. Don’t let that worry you un less you are one who thinks we ought 1 to sacrifice American lives and dol lars to fight other people’s battles. It is true that no nation can suc cessfully isolate itself from the rest of the world unless it is prepared to, protect its wealth against foreign in- ing seriously to spending money to vaders. I don’t hear anybody object- stre^then our navy, air force, coast fortifications and *the army. A few old fogies se«n to think that prepa rations for defense are preparations for attacking some other nation. I HOME. OWNERSHIP BEGINS WITH Sound Financing Greater security is yours if you choose your home financing plan wisjsly. That’s why so many families pre fer our pay-with-rent-money, worry-free plan. All costs, present and future, are known at the outset. The home loan that has everything. Refinancing, buying, building or moderniring money available at once. WE OFFER Long Terms Easy Payments Each Account Insured Up To $5,000 'irt-r* ilEDKAL SAVINGS jANO LOAN ASSOCIATION Telephone No. i A Clinton Institution Serving Clinton People Since 1909 we pay for democracy. Mrs. Uda Yeargin. Playlet, 5*1116 Value of a Boy,” R.' •A. chapter First Laurens, the Presentatioh Y. W. A. and G. A. itg, Department, Miss Ethel Simmons. much-talked'^bout air corps, packs* Presentotion of Sunbeam Depart- an awful wallop. This ^was demon-j Miss NeBe Simpeon. strated in the whirlwind campaign Obituary, Mrs. M. C. Waldrop; MUCH DEPENDS ON IT There is no doubt about it, German army, supported by in Poland, when a nation of thirty- five million people was conquered in about three weeks. Now comes the *" occupation of Norway, which hap-! pen^ 90 quickly that Hitler’s hosts had control of key points before the world was aware of what was taking place. The campaign in the north, how ever, cannot be so brilliant or so quicidy successful — if it is success ful—as was the Polish drive. Ques tions of distance, involving ever-; election of officers; prayer; adjournment. miscellaneous; SPBCIAL SHORT TERM OFFERS Tisie — 8 meotltt, $2 J7 — new sab scriptioBs eidf. Bi^illee Aag. St. Veffue—1« Issuss, |SJS. New Mb scriptieas auhr. EiR>ire< Ua^f If. OW hW VMKfluMS IW OTMT SPSC iat eRcra. JAMES W. CALDWELL CiOSTf NO’nCE TO BUILDERS ! Notice is hereby given that sealed A. Department, 1 bjds,Jwill be received by t|h® Board 'of County Commissioners at'the of fice of County Supervisor until ten o’eloek A. M., May 6 next, for the construction of a brick building on the county jail lot, said ImiMing to be used as a Club Market by the members of the County Council of Farm Wmnen. Plans and specifications may be seen and exanUned at the office of County Sup«~viaor, but none avail able to be mailed. « A satisfactory bcHid in the sum of two thousand dollars will be required of the successful bidder and the board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. J. A. GUTHRIE. Supervise. B. y. CULBERTSON, '- dett. Come in and ask—w« lowwllw oBswenl —thanks to tba NEW. aatkantic COLOR STYUNG 'SIRVICE **Wh»t ia thm moat po^ulmr'cofor fot m ammil cotiogaf Should fha trim color bo JightoT or dmrkar? Horn mbout thm atahoa, ahoiita mnd doora?’* Now we can give you the eight aaatmtm—net jiigt opfauoot or gueaseat For the COUNCIL FOR PAINT tTYUNO (National Paint. Vamiah^and Lacquer Aaaoctation) haa juat pubUahed a natio^ aurvey of new and newly decorated homea. You cin ace exactly what atyle-minded people conaidef amart In color oomhinxtiona. In additioiL R oeriaa of large diarta of ^ moat popular ootor combmationa enablea yoa to picture juat your job atttl look arhen it ia finiahed. Before you do any painting—exterior or interior.take ad vantage of tbte COLOR 8TYL1NQ SERVIGB. It’a froa! } 1 (J 'ti i I WDUSTRUL SUPPLY GO. q,I|W0N,8.C. ■ ' i. of* ^