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/ #; I . (dUnton (Eifrontrlr EsUblished 1900 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year $1.50; 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 lettere of general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. THE CLiNTQN Chronicle, CLINTON, s. c. 'state census !OFFICIAL GAIN Thursdoy, Jonuory 9,1941 NOBODY'S BUSINESS By GEE McGEE PUCED AT 1€1,039 I / Washington, Jan. 6. — The final HEALTH yOUR GREATEST ASSET deer mr, Attention, Please edditor: CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1941 HNAL SETTLEMI^ Take notice that on the 3Ut daj of January, 1941, I will rewitr • final account of my acts and doioii as Guardian of the estate of Gilbert, et al, in the office of 1^ i , - Man’s body is so wonderfully con-'Judge of Probate of Laurens County, count of the 1940 census, announced gt^ucted and is so intricate in de- at, 10 o clock a. m., and on the aamt i Monday by the census bureau gavejgjgj^ and arrangement that, after day will apply for a final discharge South Carolina a population of 1,899,- investigation and study, he from my trust as Guardian. ! if you have anny influence in 804, an increase of 161,039 over the at the wisdom and om- 'Any person indebted to said estote Washington after working so hard 1.738,765 reported in the 1930 count, j)jyjne Riind as man- is notified and required to make pay- ' last fall for willkic, kindly rite or This increase represents a gain of ^ jfested in the construction of this merit on or before that date; and all foam the wpa boss to get something 9.3 per cent, the bureau said, as com- house of the soul. Resident within persons having claims against said i started in flat rock befoar we are pared with 3.3 per cent between 1920 body is the power that created it estate will present them on or befora I forced to beg from house to house and 1930. > us well and strong so long said date, duly proven, or be forevhr and place to place for the need-ces- The population Increase in urban gg ^g j^yg hafmony with the laws barred. ‘sities. since our wpa was cut off last areas from 1930 to 1940 was 25.6 per^hat govem.our being. All infractions . F, M. BOLAND, fall, verry few of us have enjoyed a cent compared with 4.8 per cent in laws exact a penalty that must Dec. 31, i940.—23-4c Guardian, rbral areas. Urban residents account-1 he paid in sickness and di.sease. Do ed for 24.5 per cent of the state’s ^^e law? Are you master population in 1940 compared with your body? Are you master of 21.3 per cent in 1930. In 1940 resi- thoughts? Are you living in holsum moore got a few days work dents of urban areas numbered 466,- harmony with the laws that govern the county seat in a stoar endur-|lll and the rural population amount- if vnnr Tif^ ic in 'square meal, the farmers don’t need us: as a matter of fact, they are out of work thereselves. Relief Roils Declining at the county Theming the hollidays r\ish, but he got ed to 1,433,693. _ population I can be settled by arbitration. I whole power of the government I drunk on his proceeds, when he got' The census bureau considers as ur- Thc kind of prosperity we are to,Q,jght to support the worker who is home he diddent only land there ban areas the incorproated places of enjoy is not precisely the kind the ij,jjgjj.jy treated. But when labor, | without anny wherewithal!, his hat 12,500 or more. country needs and we would oke! ^he attitude of a dictator,| and coat and one shoe was missing.! There were 10 cities of 10,000 or to have seen. There is no doubt that says, “Do what I want and do it the basis of the new prosperity which j-jj .. ^ jg glienat- will be spotted in places like Co- jpg gjj p^hlic sympathy and is mak- he told his wife that he had benn: more in South Carolina. slugged and robbed by a mob while, angeburg, enroute home, she said that he was reached this One, Or- t,ize since your being? If not, your life is in bondage and you are holding the key to the lock of the shackles which bind you within your own hand and still remain a prisoner. Learn to use the key and be free. Why deprive yourself in this life LEDGERS CHRONICLE PUB. CO. Phiine 74 ...» .... , —.. — V.—. ..w 1930. All ten of these cities increased ^ lumbia, for example, is war orders , jpg vmavoidable a crack-down pol-| mistaken: he took a slug from a bot-!in population between 1930 and 1940, happiness when t ey and spending by the government, j^y will regard a strike in a tie and after sevveral more slugs j Anderson having had the most rapid' ® t'/ir )->v hnrrnwin0 nn the Povern- j_,' ; i , ii-_ „„ . , i i.* i I —/or ! price. non compost mentis ansoforth. paid tor by borrowing on the govern-^ ^jpjgpgg industry the same as any! from same, he wound up broke and'growth (35 per cent) menfs credit which cannot last aj-; form of .sabotage. I What would happen to an industry That means that for such “prosper- w’hose owners refused to produce un ity as we are now to have, the tax- jegj; they were* promised excessive payer is still paying the freight and profits and special favors? the load will get heavier and heav- than nition and guns for defense, but we \et even so it is something patriotism. Pub-[are not making anny war stuff down relief to learn the relief rolls are opinion, that mightiest of cor-j south and that leaves us worser in rective forces, will' always support i need of guv’verment aid than ever, if ' a crowd of us Thirty-five of the counties gained population. Horry, with an increase everboddy up north and up east of 31.9 per cent had the largest gain.^ have got jobs onner count of they are I working in factories making ammer- 1 Annual Free Tests For Domestic Servants ' In regard to health cards for do-', mestic servants. Dr. H. R. Perkins, parea wiin uciooer, the e.xploited, and see that the‘ex-i you can arrange for a crowd of us director of the Laurens County, in certain mduslnal cities jg controlled. And by thel^nen to manufacture something fort Health department* announces that same token, public opinion will, and^'^^^l^ sam to fight with, we wont j persons employed as domestic ser- rightly, give short shrift to those. wpa. we could make ram- vants can obtain their annual tests,; who seek to promote industrial war-i^'^^s for the guns and allso make free of charge, by coming to the Clin-' 'mattresses for our soldiers to sleep'ton city hall between the hours of icr. a gradually declining. 3 per cent in November as compared with October, fare. while cau.se of huge government spending for defense, the di;op has been as high as 20 per cent in a single month, officials tell us. The transfer of men and women ^ from relief to regular jobs in private' industry is good in itself, though ar- j tificially induced by the emergenry j And DeafK Must Pass program. ^ , While Christmas 1940 is gone for- .ever, it is not amiss to reflect that DR. L B. MARION NATUROPATH No. 1 National Bank Bldg,. CLINTON, S. C. SOMETHING NEW Ladies’ Evening Gowns re* turned in cellophane begs*— cleaned and fresh as new. ROYAL CLEIANERS, Inc. Phone 77 This Nightmare of Dread Missing Our Chances on. but no projects have reached this far so far. " kindly, put our situation befoar whoever has charge of the unem ployed. if necessary, we could rake two and three o’clock any Tuesday during January. Domestic servants shown to need chest x-rays, those showing a posi tive tuberculin reaction, can be serv-. ed by the state board of health’s America is one of the few countries' 1 traveling x-ray trailer on its visit! . ... u- 1. XT 1 labor, all of our crops have benn A man does not always know his m all the world in which the Yule: . . . anolied to detts and chance when it comes to him, but if.season was celebrated above the ’ ’ to Laurens county early in February. A charge of $1.50 is made for the he lets it pass, he will learn in time!earth. In this nation there were lights' t,- • j that It went by. Then, too late, he jin windows, tall decorated trees inlf.'^^'F the poorhouM qr dirwt re | persons working in domestic ser- • 11 ill* 1.^ ’iL i I 1 u J! lief* how sbout wfitterworks for should renew their health pard will overwhelm himself with regrets. peaceful homes, on snow-coveredj .. mmiffht ronsider themi ^ snouia renew ineir neaim cara e'r^t ;Ty‘"havei:r''""'^’ I lreeLliid%he"1Sa^ i "hTw^ha^sTone^Z." th^eire^loyers’p^t^eS^^^^^^ We must learn that our chances joyous pealing ofi do not always come with brass band Christmas belk was silenced and | General Items From Flat Rock and demonstrations. They a large number of fissical changes music in our little to statement made by Dr. Perkins. FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice tha* on the 30th day town ef January, 1941,-1 will rendef a fi- stealthily approach, they seldom ad-’will be made ... .....^ vertise. They come like successful;* ‘e-iog ga\e way to oiinding iiares ^ holsum moore andibal account of my acts and doings as burglars, when we expect them least. "2 his tamiley will move to the outskirts vain regret. But they promptly i [JJI ma’s folks tor a tew weeks, they have went where others were awaiting for, holly-wreathed candles in the win- sold out to the fha. he says he didn’t Executrix of the estate of Mrs. Allie P. Clinkscales in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens County, at 10 o’clock a. m., and on the same day will apply for a final discharge and ready to seize them. ^ ' understand their terms ansoforth What is luck? A gentleman asked „ . this^ve^^n Furon^^" years [from my trust as Executrix. yesterday. Well, I ago. they plan to build a pallatiali Any person indebted to said estate us that question during the traditional season of light, 'and life. most of the time it means to be in the right place at the right mom ent. The one who is there is the..,,. „ n . . , u w' million darkened cellars, in countless winner over one who is elsewhere) J „ A dark subway dormitories there were and can't be found. A sentinel may' home on main street next summer if In a million air-raid shelters, in a monney gets easier hudson rivers will migrate back to the farm for the fifth time, he moved , X . . c u / 1- ■ g *1 g Christmas trees, lighted and tin- . v ^ . j * Kof»./i be at his^post, but he is futile if ^^g^ ^here was no singing of “^^o flat rock a year ago and wentjCver barred. sleeps. There is much to this thing-Christmas carols-not beneath the “ is notified and required to make pay ment on or before that date; and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven, or be for- I stars, for death was hovering there. 'the world calls luck. To recognize and improve oppor-igut deep in the bowels of the earth tunity*. one must be broad awake , sang, and-their eyes were on to it with the keen edge of the senses I ^iyes and children. And they, whetted. The worker w'ho watches i ^jgy^ customers had too manny' weekly intd the grocery bizness. he called his stoar the “peeple’s emporium.” the 123-4p people got it in 12 months, so he named it correctly, he could not make the grade onner count of his PAULINE C. WINN, Executrix. and monthly installments to meet, they used his monney to meet them with, from now on, he says, his name will be mr. farmer, as bad as farm ing is, it ain’t haff as bad as selling groceries on creddick to dick, tom the clock, or who brings only part pome when again there will be lights of his mind and ability to his taskjjp windows, and Yule logs, and joy- is not worth the whole of the pay j Qu^jy pealing bells he draws. He will miss chances not, T^jg y^g^ America the Christ- only for himself—those-that quickly, ^35 lights on our trees and in our seized may promote his own for- windows must have shone more tunes—but for the concern that when; brighty, and Christmas bells must ^nd harry, according to statisticks. it employed his services suppiosed it have rung more loudly than ever be- ———, was getting every bit of the man he fore! The sight and the sound of them rev. will waite has on a new suit, is. He must not expect a worker’s! must have gone out over the landl'f was givven him as a xmiis prps- pay unless he serves with all his land across the seas. They must have'sent, it is a nice suit, one of his el- senses aware. And when he so serves, j penetrated into the deepest air-raid' give it to him. he had wore it he should be awarded that which is'shelters in the remotest part of the'ofily 3 years (off and on) and it was his just due. _ | war-torn world. Men and women | as good as new, so his wife • “ ! must have heard and must now re- 1 said, and it newer did fit him verry "]"iniG To ^^Ork Now 'member that the good tidings, telling well, so he donated it to his pasture. ' of peace on earth, good will to men rev. waite has not complained about were promised to all the peoples of 1 the coat being a 42—he wears a 38, Ihe earthv - - —^ - '' f and the britches being 49 inltie waist Epidemic Of Cold Symptoms 666 Liquid or 666 Tablets with 666 Salve or 666 Nose Drops generally relieves cold symptoms the first d&y. Adv. Let U^Finance Your Home Visit the office of this friendly locol associ- ation today and tolk over your plans to build. See how our simple, economicol home loan plan will enable you to buy or build o home of, your own—^id for in small monthly poyments with the money thot you now spend for rent. Take the step that leads to home ownership ... Step into our office—NOW—for full detoils. I Eoch Account Insured Up To $5,000 EDERALMVINGS AND LOAN AS$OClATION Telephone No. 6 A Clinton Institution Serving Clinton People Since 19ff President Roosevelt in his “war" message to Congress Monday, was right when'Iw said "we must *alt” be prepared to make the sacrifices that Hie pre.<ent defense emergency de mands." Well, the place to start such satnla ing is^ in \\ ashington if the have enslaved and perse- 200 yards, peopk back home are expected to do In our hearts as in the hearts of while his waist line is only 34 in cir-1 tho.se in Europe the determination cumference. he had them cut off, and j must become an iron resolve to rid used the 6 inches from them to patch the earth forever of its oppressors, of the seat, he looks verry nice at about! cuted, of those who have again un further stated that ^^e horrors and devastation dr. hubbert green had the usual their part. The Pie.sident luiiner siaiea inai peoples of the earth. ^ number of patients enduring the hoi “a free nation has the right to expect ...m 1 oil the wav fmn full cooperation trom all, groups Again he is right., It has a right ,, The days of peace and good will! lidays. they ranged all the way from toward mpn will come again, but blowed-off fingers to busted skulls. . , , , , / . . J first the nightmare of dread and^the garrage man has benn verry to look to fh® leaders of industi y an (jpg^b must pass. Only then will free' bizzy allso, towing in wrecks, the un labor. The joint responsibility is up- g^^^^ women again come up out dertaker allso enjoyed a brisk trade: on business and labor. of the earth to walk freely and with-! he laid away two fast drivers and one paper carrying message ®re'vas j^gj. j pedestrian, no natural deaths a report of « vote to stri Q^jy ^ben will the carols and the i took place, the drunken drivers did president of 1^® ’;!'"■ bells again be heard. Only then will i not get killed, but are still in ward ion said union employees at the plant j Christmas again be celebrated in no. 3 at the hosspittle. in question had voted to strike be-1 peaceful homes beneath cause some of the^ 2,400 workers skies. “have had their wage rales reduced peaceful Chronicle To Carry The public reads frequently of 1941 Coca-Cola Advs similar strikes or walk-outs in all parts of the country because of a grievance. In abnormal times like The Greenw'ood Coca-Cola Bottling company begins their 1941 advertis yores trulie, mike lark, rfd, corry spondent. the present, with the defense pro- jj^g tray’s paper. This well known gram behind schedule concern is sole distributor in Clinton duction in many fields is under de mand, such strikes threaten the na . lion’s very life for the popular bottled drink and is prepared to serve the trade with the most modem machinery and excel- -W. J. BENJAMIN SERVICE STATION Standard Products Cars Washed and Graaaad Your Business Appreciated Recent strikes have taken place in service, important defen^ industnes but they , coca-Cola advertising has appeared' fail to disturb in The Chronicle during the past sev-' unanimous New Deal tebor head. O g2 distributors state o these strikes J"; they are well pleased with the results plant which obtained. Clinton people are drinking needed training ships for the army, j ^oca-CoIa in bottles in ever-increas- ? numbers because of the uniform- had been stopped for w®«*“- The j ^y sanitary con- strike r^ently called m fo® Wes under which it is bottled. The lumber industry is similar, ff public’s attention is directed to the TYPEWRITERS Authorized Underwood Denier. Cleaning and repairing all makea* reasonahle chargea. Kenneth N. Baker Phone S06 em would be interesting to know what j appear in this paper the recruits who are undergoing mill-. .. . ^ tary training for one dollar a day think of highly-paid workers who walk out on their jobs because their demands are not promptly met. In some of the altogether common disputes in all parts of the country, labor may be right That is not the point. Any just grievance labor has ! for “the pause that refreshes.” SPECIAL UNTIL FEBRUARY U Woman’s Home Companion, Amer ican Magazine and Collier’s—all three 14 months for $4-00. JAMES W. CALOWEIX C»U CUateiu S. C. FOR PERSPIRING FEET tSE CT A riDI ^OOT DIA-UlU LonoN At Tear DraggM’s SJe tfrtfi pickiti tw SmMifoBt DolivmytmekMontboJ^irooiM •Here’s streeinlliwd stjUaf ter hniinii IwiMing tigNS-'plns frecttel utUttyl Hen’s senssif ef toe, and QUAUITY ceastmtUn tef famnes Iwf^ 4#* feadsbie senrke. HesvY fsam I Hardwood fleer wifli staa iUd Ibyre beards. 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