Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I ""■'IB 1 . » ► % Thursdoy, December 5,1940 THE CLINTON- CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C Poge Eleven The Arrivarof Santa Claus W9I Mark The Opening Of The Christmas Season IN CLINTON We Are Ready to Supply Tour Holiday Needs for the Family We invite you to do your Christmas Shopping in Clinton and want you to know that we are ready to serve you with ample stocks, wide veurieties, and a prompt and courteous service. Our stocks are complete — you can find what you want for every name of all ages on your list, useful gifts for the home, and your Santa Claus needs. We ask that before you go dsewhere seeking Christmas Gifts that you visit us, secure our prices, and give us an opportuni ty to supply your needs. Spend Your Christmas Money At Home This Year: “ McDANlEL VULCANIZING WORKS STANDARD PRODUCTS GOODYEAR TIRES BEAUTY SHOP Please Her With A Permanent This Christmas Phone 54 EASTSIDE GREENHOUSE -PtOWERS FOR CHRISTMAS — PHONE 2105 CLINTON FLOWER SHOP FLOWERS — GIFTS — CARDS CHANEY’S DRESS SHOPPE FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS DELL’S BEAUTY SALON FOR A COMPLETE BEAUTY SERVICE—PHONE 20 CHAPMAN’S SERVICE STATION SINCLAIR PRODUCTS PHONE 64-W CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. CHRISTMAS CARDS—STATIONERY—BIBLES LADIES’ • READY-TO-WEAR SHOPPE MISS ELLA ADAIR, Prop. PHONE 129 COUNTRY MARKET QUALITY MEATS AND SERVICE — PHONE 98 BUCHANAN’S CLEANING THAT PLEASES PHONE 28 W. J. BENJAMIN SERVICE STATION STANDARD PRODUCTS JOE’S ESSO SERVICE OPEN 24 HOURS PHONE 9271 Do Your Christmas Shopping With Us This Year Early! A Privote Citizen Speoks His Mind a>EaAT0R COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS i/ The Promotion of South Carolina Products. Questions Proclamation of "Welfare Week.' Counties and School Districts Owe $47,620,000. ■ The governor by proclamation urg-iels of fine fresh peaches on the mar es the people of the state to buy ” SouU. Carolina products..! ho^ I,"STat w.'J’Z.'pLTls interest of the governor, and ‘"*|y,hich are of such quality as to be press notices and radio reminders; (jgsi|-gble. We need markets. What reports; and then comes Roy Jones’ Market Bulletin. You can go to Hell Hole in Berkeley, or Four Holes in Orangeburg, the remote settlements of the Santee, Pea Ridge in Union, Little Hell in Allendale, Silverstreet, Prosperity, Golden* Grove or Travel* ers Rest, and when you try to buy eggs, chickens, turkeys, or what-not at a bargain the farmer will tell his wife or daughter to bring out the Market Bulletin. I mention this be^ cause any one who thinks he can run over to some out-of-the-way com munity and pick up eus and chick ens for a song will find that since the radio came into being, along with the Market Bulletin it takes a song and dance to get things nothing — why not quit that and brighten lives which are now in gloom? will have a follow-up in substantial advertising telling what South Caro lina products ai^ on the market and where they may be had better market than our own people? Commissioner Jones has been working on a plan to promote the sale of ungraded, unclassified pro T reiS^^eSntly an advertisement j ducts which are of value and market- o. to cur state .ndiabto it offered “Georgia eggs." Some days “““ later the advertisement was changed to “Carolina eggs.” age farmer with a surplus. As for the other products, men of practical mind who are in touch with all such ** inilja wiiu ai^ III vuuvii csaa omvis varoura . 4 sweet possibilities such a merchant as Mr. be invited to guide aS‘“tJe n^toue it go bejond our our efforts into sate channels o« busi- teunds '^reir^^vege- 1 have no doubt that we all should 'a^dlruit, Stoce Boy Jon«^|te state J—— ' thg ‘*B uyi^Many read with surprise that a ^paign merchant of Columbia bought aU the South Carolma Pr^ucts camiwign, .s,hihltion at the state fair. I have no doubt that he has com plete plans for furthering this effort in the most business-like and prac tical manner. Christmas is in the air! In this country and England Christmas is the children’s festival because of the Babe of Bethlehem. We older people have bcome ’Victims of a good idea. As God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, so the idea of giv ing, or of serving others, is the dom inant note of the Christmas season. The idea is right and* proper, but we are straining it until it is losing much of its joyful appeal. We shall send thousands of cards a meaningless effort; and hand in I had thought that our welfare de partment was created to relieve im mediate distress. All cases of imme- idiate distress are usually known by jthe neighbors. But why should there be a “welfare week" under procla mation of the governor? And why should there be meetings throughout the state for the welfare department? Has this department changed from one charged with feeding the hun gry and clothing the naked, to one with such political. importance that it fnust hold fheetings throughout the state? If this welfare department is of such little value that it must ad vertise itself and put on “arouse- ments” does it not indicate that it is a fifth wheel to a wagon? Does not this high-pressure, advertising and agitation proclaim and prove that this is one service which a poor state cannot afford to maintain? That mil lion and a half dollars is just so much which ought to be used for debts. Whoever imagined arousement meetings in order to drum up sup port for a state department of charity? the spending spree is just a part and parcel of our private practice nf pro viding ourselves with whatever we may desire, letting the payments come as they may. We buy cars and pay for months and months; then buy another car, starting off with the unpaid part of the first debt and pyramiding it on the next car—and so one without end. And there are men (don’t forget the ladies, bless ’em) why buy their clothes on the same plan. Drug stores carry accounts for all those things so* necessary to our hjgh standard of living and the general diffusion of culture. Debt, debt, debt—wherever you look. So the state tries out on a large scale what so many practice in private af fairs. We put up all kinds of build ings as a debt on the future. The pay-as-you-go simplicity of our fath ers is too slow for us. We want next year’s car now, and so who cares about debt? apples on exhibition at the state fair. We produce apples though it seems that most people don’t know it. Over in Lexington coiimty I see signs of ‘'li^kHown we produce excellent' fresh epple Juice, ceUed elder. There e^pirl^, w.tormelons,;murt be ~m^^^^^^ Irish iJotatoes, truck of all kin<b. I recall an observation made by I Let’s get acquainted with our state and its products. When we find a South Carolina nroduct we shall have to pay a fair Ulking dveir ^is ^eiT mauw- P ^ bargain Pearce said "At lunch today in a cer- at the exnense of the farm- Tom B, Pearce several years over this very matter. Mr. taia hotel we were for dessert, although at tro hunting at the expense of the farm ers is about^over. Thousands of bu*: f.rm.r, lisUn to the rlio nurket kerchiefs and other things as a mat ter of form. Most of us would rather give a dollar than write a real letter. Might we not make up a purse for the British children each of us con tributing the one dollar, five dollars or ten dollars usually spent on pure ly perfunctory presents? We are not giving in the real spirit of Christmas; most of what we do amounts to an exchange with friends or relatives. To carry cheer to those in trouble would be in accord with the spirit of Bethlehem. Those with children at home must not forget the little fellows for it is tlwir day; but most of the giving which is a trial and a stixkggle ovef The comptroller general tells us that the debt of the counties and school districts amounted to $47,620,- 000 on June 30, 1939. Forty-seven ' million, six hundred and twenty {thousand dollars! Now that’s quite a ,sum of money. Nothing is said about ' the total debts of the towns and ‘cities. While we remark frequently about state debts, state appropri ations, and county debts and supply bills, the towns usually escape any comment at all. The towns and cities, however, are thoroughly imbued with the idea of free spending and they are spending on a big scale. The spending era which prompts FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 10th day of December, 1940, we will render a final account of our acts and doings as Executors of the estate of R. P. Adair, Sr., decea.sed, in the office of tl'.e Judge of Probate of Laurens county, at 10 o’clock a. m., and on the same day will apply for a final di.«^tharge from our trust as Execu tors. Any person indebted to said estate i.'T .notified and required to make pay ment on or before that date; and all (lersons having claims against said estate will present them on or be fore said date, duly proven or be forever barred. V. P. ADAIR, MRS. w. M. McMillan, MRS. J. M. PITTS, MRS. NANNIE A. PmS, Executors. Nov. 12. 1940.—5-4c. CITATION FOR LETTERS OF AD.MINISTRATION ‘ The State of South Carolina. Laurens County. By J. Hewlette Wasson, Probate Judge: Whereas, Margaret Elizabeth WcKKiworth made suit to me to grant her Letters of Administration of the estate and effects of M. G. Wood- worth. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the Kin dred and Creditors of the said M. G. Woodworth, deceased, that they be and appear before me. in the Court of Probate, to be held at Laurens Court House, Laurens, S. C., on De cember 6th, 1940, next, after publi cation hereof, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be g)*anted. Given under my hand this 22nd day of November, A. D.. 1940. J. HEWLETTE WASSON, *J-2c J. P. L. C. 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