The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, July 11, 1940, Image 4
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Nobody’s Business
By Gee McGee
Flat Rock News Briefs
a big pollitical meeting was hell
in the park behind the gardhouse
’ last satturday p. m. a liirge con-'
course of friends and relatives were
pressent to hear the different candy-
, dates brag on theirselves. no musick
was on hand, but lemmonade was
sei^'ed by the asspirants for office,
iall free of charge for nothing, verry
I few votes changed hands onner;
count of this gathering, the time;
TODAY
AND
TOMORROW
By
FranV Parker
STOCKBRIDGE
THCPOCKETBOQK
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CLINTON. S.^C.
THIIRSDAY, JULY 11, 1940
WHEN YOU WILL BELIEVE IT
Says The News and Courier:
When the congressmen and
the officeholders in Washington
begin to cut their own salaries
and the salaries of the officehold-
er.s. when they reduce the size of
the civilian army of now 945,000
olficeholders to the size of the
army in uniform, you South Car
olinians will believe that the ad
ministration is in dead earnest
about preparing for war.”
(racial, and to create a feeling of in
r*^ JTTZvTX
POLITICS — Repeats
Twenty-eight years ago, William
has not yet arrived to trade in them I Allen White reminds me, he and I
ansoforth. it’s a long time till the' traveled together from Minneapolis
elecktion. | to Chicago to witness the spectacle i
♦ of the Republican party steamroller*
I mrs. icy waters has returned to^run over Theodore Roosevelt and-
_ flat rock for i secont visait endur-1 aomiifate William H. Taft for presi-
Jing the past few weeks, she is a dent. The subject came up because
! security and distrust among the peo
guess of her sister, mrs. tom head,!Bill pointed out that there wasr a
f east-end ave. shq seems to have|-clo8e likenes^Wthe position of Wen-j
pie ol the land. They may be, ana|,^„^jO„ _ !
usually are natives or have ’lived'^ J?®*’® she | dell Willkie at the Philadelphia con-,
usually are, natives, oi na e a he is a rising vention and that of Teddy at Chi-1
l^ong enough in the country to P^ssjy^^^g farmer, verry wide-a-wake:
for natives. But they are m ^e I^y . ^e owes so much he can’t sleep, she
do not know much of his finances.
of the nation’s enemies, and wheni
the time comes to strike they are the
ones who furnish information to the
invadei's, show them where the weak
spots are in the defenses, and how to
direct the attack at the weakest
points.
she thinks the ford he drives is his’n
in fee-simple, but the ride-while
you-pay loan company has a weath
er eye on it.
I since • the vultures of europe met
Hitler made effective use of the ■ g^d decided what to do with france,
How true are these words. To carry,-fifth column” which he had planted jg lot of uneasiness has benn felt in
forward our national defense pre- i tn Norway long before invading that our community, mr. holsum moore
paredness program, economy needs to i country. There were "fifth columns” 1 says it aint no use to try to have
be the rule of the day. There are to-jo Belgium and France. There is i nothing, he has sold both of his
be multiplied new taxes for taxpay- ground for believing that there are | hogs, and has swopped his cow for
ers and this calls for sacrifice and re- Nazi and FascLst “fifth columns” inlg raddio. he do not want hitler and
trenchment all along the line by thein^gny Latin-American countries, en-1 mussy-lena to have annything that
American people if we are to provide gaged chiefly in spreading antagon- ever belonged to him. he thinks
the country with the defenses we so isni toward North America by false, both of them ought to be arrested,
badly need. * rumors and gossip. i mr. art- square says he will meet
Extravagant Washington is the There seems to be a considerable' the germans at the beach and dares
place above all other places, where; column” in the United States,! them to try to land in the u. s.
an example in economizing should,Nobody.can identify its leaders
_b«. .^et before the p^ple back home. . ^^ith any 'foreign government, but
I there never before has been such an
cago in 1912.
Both were late comers in the con
test for the nomination. Teddy
Roosevelt had declared himself out
of politics, but on Feb. 26, 1B12,
“threw his hat into the ring” as a
contender for the Republican nomi
nation. Mr. Willkie had never been
thcmght-4>t~-seriou8iy ae a- -peliHea)
figure, certainly not as presidential
timiher, until three or four months
ago. I believe Gen. Hugh Johnson
did suggest him in his newspaper
column a year ago, but it didn’t
“take” at the time.
If the old-fashioned party ma
chine were still in existence Willkie
would have had less chance for the
Republican nomination than Teddy
did. He wouldn't have started a
third party, though.
be
under-cover campaign, sometimes
miss Jennie veeve smith enter
tained in honor of her niece, jennie
lou smith, last friday p. m. at the
YOU MUST ENROLL
New enrollment ^ breaking, out into the open, to dis-1 pgiiatial home of mesdame Johnson
made up this year for the Augi^t ^^^^j^ Americans of particular relU, who runs the boarding house where
primaries in all counties of he state affjbatjons. jshe resides, the hall and the front
In " w^^n, must 7p^al"in person . We do not fear that such an ihva-1 pi-azza was d^ker-ra^ tloj-
and sign the club roll in his or herisJon is imminerd Yet no one has yet'ers. allso a bunch of roses was
precinct. This is a job nobody can do'S8U8®<l length of Hitlers arm or
for you, and if you fail to discharge, spe^ with which it can strike,
the obligation you will have onlyi?«^ safety lies in unity, ''e shall
yourself to blame for being disfran-! ^ave only disunity if we hoed the
chised. You can’t vote unless you en- whisper^ inuendoes of the fifth
column.
hung to the ceiling next to the stair
steps. it was not announced who
jennie lou will marry, as she and
none of her sweethearts have made
up their minds yet. it was a nice
roll.
i one.
Many voters gel confused as re
gards the primary and general elec
tion. In the primary no registration
ceidificate is required—only the af
fixing of your name to the club roll
NEW DEFENSE TAXES
Taxes, more taxes — confront the
American people, as they now real
ize, in order to carry forward the
national defense program. Higher
briok. To vote in the presidential j solely for this purpose wUk-he
election this fa 1. or city general elec- approved, however, by the
tion. or school board election, you people-although the New Deal crowd
m^t have a registration certificate, spent more than sixty thousand
To enroll, persons must have lived.
in the state two years, the county six ygaj-g
months and their precinct two
Whether war or peace lies ahead,
months. They must be 21 years of
congressional sources estimate the
country’s national defense bill will
age or furnish proof that they will
reach that age on or before the gen-, ^ »
eral election in November. run to more than $3,000,000,000 an-
... , ,, . « nually from now on and a good deal
your name on one of the county pre- .g ^ $1,000,000,000 annual
“a”Tano TLe
we are told as companion legislation
to the projected $5,000,000,000 boost
'in national defense outlays. And yet
..... j , tu- • *the face of such stupendous spend-
you had better attend to this impor-,i„g that none of the
/‘social gains” are to be abandoned—
J that no end is to be made of boon-
i doggling.
The American people
primary on August 27.
It is the duty of every good citi
zen to vote. All of which means thati
tant matter now. After July 23rd it
will be too late.
THE SLAUGHTER GOES ON
are now
Can you take this in? Every 23,
seconds some person meets death orl'^*^ <>n “f
injury through automobile accidents.
Just think of it! Every 23 seconds
tain essential and non-essential
items to help meet the costs of the
preparedness program. These taxes.
ol every day in the year someone
meets death or injury on the high-
wavs. Last year there were 32,000. . ■ , , . .
deaths attributed to automobile gc-'^hanical refrigerators electric pow-
cidents, or one life sacrificed approx- Z'
imately every 16 minutes. The per-j tobac-
sons-injured totaled 1.210,000. Theser^/'®®^,^-^®^ and many other items
Up And Down The Town In
Flat Rock
mrs. slim chance, jr., is getting up
a string orchestra and will be reddy
to play it for dances and picnics
within 3 weeks, she taken music
in the flat rock high scholl under
miss jennie veeve smith and she cer
tainly do know her notes, she will
have 2 fiddles and 2 banjoes and
a gittar and a tamberrine and a
drum and she will use a stick to lead
it with, whatever is took in in the
way of gate receipts will go tq her
for the first 6 months, -she wiU do
the rumba herself while leading the
band, just like the movies.
dr. hubbert green opperated 3
times last thursday at the county
seat, the remains of his first oppera-
tions were berried at rehober on
Sunday, it looks like the Other 2
persons will recovver if something
don’t set in like new-mony or blood
transfusions ansoforth. her husband
thinks he let his knife slip, but the
doctor says it was just one of those
cases where he done his best and
that’s all anny man or woman' can do.
we have our woods entirely full
of candy-dates alreddy and polli-
already in effect, are levied on toi- *• , • » - _
let preparations, automobiles, me-
nearly everboddy has made up their
minds who they will vote for unless
a dark horse is trotted out for pres-
sident. as to the third term: no-
boddy wants the job verry much,
-- 4hough-4r«er- are mcredihier^-y^~^y-^gy-air'squaTe, anH W says
The July 4th holiday period, as year n^rfv ^ i goes for pres, rosey-velt. the
the past, brought its u.^^ual number of ^ a ^ ir^^i add-ministration is the only
vK.lent deaths. . ^ h. v in the u. s. that can handle
What can we do to reduce ^ a terrible war situation and it
plaguoV There is much that can be annua" federal tax bill“>
done through the cooperation of ev
ery driver and pedestrian. Drive
sately, think safely, talk safety andj'
walk safely. I
on an income of this amount has
.been boosted from $27 to $49.70.
That’s how the first installment on
and less party lines to do even that.
someboddy broke into mrs. hol-
.... , . . ■ sum moore’s chicken house last night
These alarming fatalities may be, f nse bill is going to be paidi gj^^ walked off with her 2 prize
attributed to carelessness, reckless- , : minorkers. she has set a steel trap
ness,- speeding and druken drivers. i _ . ?, ^ ^ shotgun in it and will either
Many an innocent person is being
killed by some homicidal maniac. I ^ com-
Tragedy and death is the record 1
%.e are making on our highways. The M^rch the income tax will bej^^g jgg of "her old rooster
carnage goes right on like a pesti-' ^coop lower to catch j seems to have got away,
lence in spite of repeated warnings much as $800 an- i yores trulie,
by safety organizations, highway bravely mike lark, rfd,
parlments, newspapers and individ- billions, this, corry spondent.
uals for safer and more careful driv- meant to Clinton residents
catch or kill the next miscreant who
ventures into her premises, the po-
j leesman got his finger-prints off of
which
DOIOeRACT — Alhrc
I have been studying politics,
writing about it and sometimes help
ing out in political campaigns, for
close to fifty years. I have attended
a great many national .conventions
of both of tiie major parties. 1 have
had a chance to l^fUrn vdiat was going
an “undtt* cove^" in many pdliti-
ci&I edmpaigni. I have never seen
a political convention in which the
delegate were so free to vote as they
felt proper as in the Riiladelphia
RepublieSf) N&titihal Convention of
im.
It was as perfect an expression
of democracy in action as any poli
tical idealist could ask to see. There
was no boss craclcing the whip. Be
yond their agreement to vote for
some particular candidate on the
first one or two ballots, hardly a del-
late was under any obligation at
That is not to say that none
had any expectation of reward if his
candidate were nominated and elect
ed. But there was nobody in a po
sition to inflict political punishment
upon any delegate who didn’t vote
according to orders.
'Hiere are very few countries in
the world today where it would be
possible for a group of pebple, bent
on throwing out the party in power',
to be allowed to hold such a con
vention.
thete’s not enough difference to be
noti»able between Republicans and
Demqprats these daj^.
ISSUES ~ Personal
* th^ old issues which di-
■Most IV.* M.V. V.,V* VTim«VIl «*” T . . , . . - *
vided the major political parties have Principle of the right of every
r
ORGANIZATION — Gone
One reason Why the Republican
National Convention was so wide
open and “bossless” is that the party
has been out. of power for so long
that it has become disorganized.
Personally I like the method of let
ting the delegates run their own
convention better than I ever did
the machine system of the “Old
Guard.” The old organization has
gone because it has had little to feed
on for years.
Party organizations are built on
jobs for the party workers—local
jobs, county jobs, state jobs, Fed
eral jobs. A party that controls the
'oT “1pcar~ iniprovemenT’' con
tracts, appointments to jobs in the
local water works, fire . department
and the Like, can maintain a good
organization in its locality. If it
controls the county, more jobs; the
state, more jobs still.
The Republicans are going to have
a hard fight this year because there
are a million or so Federal jobs,
many of which would go to others
than those that now hold them if
if the Democrats lost. Add to that
the great number of persons em
ployed by WJ*.A. and other Federal
relief agencies,' who will W afraid
of losing their jobs, and Mr. Willkie’s
campaign starts with heavy odds
against him.
been forgotten, though edough traces
df ^eih remain to iobake a dividing
line. I'Yoih the time I was old en-
ou^ to understand what politics was
about there was one j^af issue, the
tariff duties on Imports. The Re
publicans stood for a prat^tive tar
iff to build up American tndust^es;
the Democrats for '& tariff for reve
nue (mly, to admit foreign goods at
prices the common man could pay
for them.
The Republican party is the tra
ditional heir of the Federalist doc
trine of Hamilton;'yet Federal con
trol has been enlarged and tighten
ed under Democratic administi’atlons
much more than it ever was under
Republican. The Democratic
professes * adherence to Jefferson’s
ap
to do as he pleases so long as feyB
doesn’t infrfi};tf*Qfr ^o^Vigliiti^ofiqth'-
ers. Bift tofflSr it
party whii^ is cl
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We should all join in a crusade to, the defense strengthROLET SETS
make the highways safe—be smart—fongiess should long ago have pro-j
be careful. vided while it has been spending and!
I combined new and used car and
Detroit, July 6.—Chevrolet dealers’
TII2 FIFTH COLUMN MENACE i truck sales smashed all time records
We read frequent references to the. ^rom the public upon whose. j.
"fifth column.” It is a new phrase in:shoulders the load must fall. Hnller &eni»ral sales manager.
.1
phrase
the language, and its meaning is not,!
clear to everybody without explana-lTM^SMiMM
tion. It is the title of a book by Er-* * I aUllIHJ WUUTSeS
nest Hemingway, an American cor- R«r I^TV A
respondent in the Spanish civil war. V/UCrCQ Ojr Ix g
Its significance is derived from a re- j
mark by General Franco, \yhq said' State Youth Administrator Roger
Holler, general sales manager, an-
[nounced here today.
Analysis of sales figures made pub
lic, showed that the selling organi
zation delivered an average of 12,696
units each of the 25 working days in
the month for a total of 317,405—the
highest in Chevrolet history.
Of special significance, Mr. Holler
that while"" he had four columns of L. Coe announced yesterday that 560
troops besieging Madrid from with-1 additional young men in South Caro- said, “fs the fact that us^ car stocks
out, there was a “fifth column” tn-'Iina would be accepted this summer! were reduced by 42,249 units during
side they city walls which was doing at five NYA resident projects, where j the month of'June.”
more effective work than all his so^- they will be given an opportunity to!
diers.
The "‘fifth column” in modern war
fare is made up of the spies and
traitors at work within a nation to
destroy the morale of Jhe people.
They work in dh-ers ways. No one
attend special vocational training! HIPP TO ANNAPOLIS
courses, lasting eight w^ks, to be; Ernest”Calhoun, Hipp, son of Mr.
operated at nearby educational insti-: and Mrs. E. C. Hipp, of near Clinton,
tutions by the state department of j and a rising senior at Presbyterian
education. : college, has received an appointmoit
Applications for entrance to the'to the United States Naval academy
can identify them. They .^k, dress projects ipay be made through area j at Annapolis, Maryland, and vrill
and act like ordinary citfi^Bg. They super\ isors of the National Youth leave this week to attend the naval
PARTISANSHIP — Myth
One thing the Republicans did at
their cemvention was to throw over-'
board an ancient m3rth about “party
regularity.” They nominated for
president a man who admits that he
voted for Roosevelt in 1932.
I could not help thinking of the
declaration in the Bible that “there
is more joy in Heaven over one sin
ner who repenteth than over ninety
and nine'just men who need no re
pentance."
Two things were proved to me
by Wendell Willkie’s nomination. ^
One is that the Republicans could;
not find among their old standbys,
a leader who combined .all of the
qualities needed for the 'job. Some
had vote-getting appeal, some had
undoubted ability, some were states
men with an understanding of wwld
affairs. None had evenrthing, and
probably Mr. Willkie comes nearer
to having most of these requirements
than anyone else who could have
been picked. Another thing is that
may be prominent in their "'immu
nities. No one knows but tnat his
next door neighbor is a member of
the “fifth column.”
The job of the “fifth column" is to
spread rumors, stir up internal an
tagonisms. especially religious and
administration. Youths living in Lau
rens, Newberry, and Fairfield co\m-
ties may apply to Mrs, J.-H, Sununer,
NYA office, Newberry, supervisor of
the area comprising these three coun
ties. The training will begin Monday,
July 15.
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