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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C.
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Thursdoy, Jonuory 16, 1941
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TUCKER RITES TO
BE HELD HERE TODAY
James Robert Tucker, 63, well
known Clinton citizen, died early
'yesterday at the Veteran’s hospital in
Columbia following an illness of sev
eral months.
Funeral services will be held from
AROUND THE TOWN
Incidents, Unusual and
Ordinary, Gathered On
Our Rounds.
Commercial Body
Begins Year's Work
MRS. GEORGE T. BARNES and
the residence on Clay Street at two I daughter, MISS GLADYS BARNES,;
Several Matters of Im
portance Discussed ^At
January Meeting.
A Private Citizen Speaks His Mind
SPEHATOR COMMENTS ON MBI AND THINGS
The Integrity of the Bollot In South Carolina.
Why Not Streamline the State Government?
u The first meeting of the Chamber; A thoughtful citizen is deeply so-
o’clock tUis afternoon with his pastor, 7o;i«erbr of Columbia, are now Commerce for the new year wasjlicitous for the integrity of the bal-
Tnns officiating. Inter- ^^eld at Hotel Clinton Tuesday eve-; lot. both m our Democratic primar-
. Long, officiating, im Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Me- President L. E. Bishop, |‘es and ip the general election. Right-
Rev. W. N.
tery. , r- ii •
Mr. Tucker who had made his t^aiioway.
home in Clinton since early manhood,
waT r builder and contractor by MRS. GEORGE T. BROWN,
trade He was a veteran of the Span- near here, is enjoying a visit in
ish-American war. a man of the Washington, D. C. Mrs. Brown, ac-;
of
fice. Those men by giving legal form
to the people’s will make this a de-
to sit on their own cases?
Now when we cast our ballots
there should be absolute secrecy It is
a citizen’s right, as it is his duty, to
vote according to his judgment, liiat
freedom of choice should not be in
fringed by any sort of publicity or
influence. Much less should there be
the coercion which hysteria or or
ganized pressure frequently imposes.
rr.i.. IP tPc gcncral elcctlon. Right
ment will follow in Rosemont ceme-, Millan on Musgrove street. Mrs.* ^ I ly does he regard the ballot as the
Barnes is the mother of Mrs. C.* E.; , !sword of democracy Anv renre^en-
The president outlined the work “ , uemotracy, /vny repr^en-
for the year and asked the coopera-.; of government (^ch u
tion of the entire membership. He
the following New Year resolu
tion which he asked the organization
to adopt for its slogan? i.u • n
r. h h iu I their will most unportantly in the zenship exercising its chief civic ob-
frrendrall“ofVhom‘ will regret to Miller of Washington, who spent the should have the ex^^ call men to pubUc' ligation and privilege, every nleans
learn ot hia passing. . [LTinaXaUr o'! aom"hingTor hL S ""‘".r ”,7’'/^^" f *<’
The deceased is survived by his and will attend the inauguration of community from a nurelv un- i the will of the people be set orable result.
widow, Mrs. Addie B. Tucker four President Rews^veU on January 20.,^standpoint If eve^ citizen fraudulent primaries and, How are frauds perpetrat^? By
IS cor- i enrolling people under age, votes will
surely as a he cast for the candidate whose
hiche^t integrity who pos.sessed many companied by her sister, Mrs. John
mocracy in truth. The people express I And in the voting, which is the citi-
^ fVlAlv* tirtll Wk/^cii 1
rection already is very notable. The
^tes -would resist the loss of their
identity,..so as practical philDsophem
we mi^t as well accept the states
as perpianent units, certainly in
name. Now, coming to our state,
have counties at all? Just as the na
tion has encroached on the states, so
have the states encroached on the
counties. Singularly enough, the na
tion came in with money, contribut
ing to various activities, until we
could not deny the right of the nation
to regulate many matters. So, also,
came the state into the counties,
building roads, assuming coimty
roads, contributing to the schools, op
erating a health service, setting up a
welfare operation, sending state po
lice to the counties (game wardens,
food inspectors, governor’s consta
bles, state patrolmen). One wonders
whether all the services within a
county might not be directed from
the state capital, as well as just some
widow, Mrs. ^aaieo. XUL.VC.. . 'selfish standpoint. If every citizen pxuimri
children. Mrs. D. G. Crapps ot Co- R L. P^XICO, p^tmas er. , ,he community would try this for government
lumbia. J. Leroy Tucker of Charles- day stated that if the flu doesn L J J - rupted at the source, as sure.
ton, and Mrs. E. Keith Adair and , catch him or too many of the . completely different community but wo«"en and children, friends brought about the enrollment;
Charles O. Tucker of this city. .office employes, he will a iS of dUzens' through the con-lby putting fictitious names on the
fpvpnmp anH hp in Washington for i n wouia maKe over a loi oi ciiizens i . . .. . ‘Knnlre- Kv sAnerimr iv.A ...uk
evening and be in Washington for | 1 tamination of a town’s water supply.! books; by stuffing the boxes with
the event marking the begnining of ^e ^ot only ^ ^ people on the rolls who
the first third term in American his-, "f^mg inea once most loiKs woum state must be ac-l^^ave not themselves come to the
tory. Mr. Plaxico also plans while it so well that they would want
MONDAY AND Tl'ESDAY.
January 20 and 21
Down Argentine Way
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In Technicolor! With DON AME-
ilfVt Ik ok/ Wvll tiiCtk LIICJT Wv/IAlkl WCIIAI* j
n„ ..v in .n=if FRTVTFctT HTPP snn nf to try it again next year. Give any ^epted as indicating something radi- PO“s.
M^^anVlVlrs ^E^c^^lfon ^of nead town fifty such citizens and nothing 1 cally wrong. I kay “radically wrong’’| ^t rem^y have we. A careful
Ml. and Mrs. E. C. H»pp, of near getting anything' t>®cause the wrong goes to the very °f those who present them-
here, who .. a cadet at the Umted f I root of our tree institutions. II every'“O comparing that list with
States Naval academy, Annapolis, ''■'"mreo^n mat .t wants ^ ^
Md. !,iZ7, not vote he virtually declares' Pccsccution of every Illegality con-
tion of the following members. J. J. | jj^ favor of ring rule* if on •'ected with an election.
MRS. R.P. CHAPMAN, a state of-. CornweU,_Chaney’s_ Dress Shoppe,vMp? nrp PnnAtSi The certainty of punishment deters
i. r-. d sidic ui-.^ : xup other hand votes are counted
CHE, BETTY GRABLE. CARMEN ficial of the Order of the Eastern Percy M, Dees, L. C. Bond, Westemj . • . not cast not onlv are all'nfien from crime. Ample notice might
MIRANDA, CHARLOTTE GREEN- Star, was a guest Saturday evening Auto Associate Store, Dailey’s Cash i. be given before the books of enroll-
WOOD, J. CARROL NAISH. at a dinner party given in Buffalo; Grocery, and L. L. Copeland, Sr. suffrage but the government itselfare opened and the various
Rhythmic! Lavish! Gay! Irresist- by Mrs. Eva B. Land, worthy grand Goldville guests were O, M. Temple- becomes the orev and the prize of a i "^a'^^P^lating rings so informed,
ible rhumbas and congas! Stars! matron, and Marion A. Todd, worthy j ton, W. C. Neighbors, and O. F. Mur-' . i jf \ y run for an office it is
Show-stopping new .personalities! grand patron of the order. A three-, phy. | . ' our business, not theirs, to have
Gorgeous girls! Romance—the South course dinner was served the 45 at-’ It was reported that a request a clean electron, because cheatihg,
American way! And all of it glam- tending officers,
orous as the spell of the Argentine! —
^ Fete Smith Short^'-'-F'o o t b a 11
Thrills.” “Utopia of Death.” “London
Can Take It.” “News.” I
10 A. M. Show—MONDAY.
10c and 28c
come to the club for a party tele-1 fe^atic club wit^ toe t^^ paddingUnd all that-^
phone line from Cross Anchor to scribed by the rules, and no one: -rime and a fraud against tho<;e
should-enroll, or be enrolled, «fter, ® ®”™® ® v, .«Jose
' ’ . \xrni~k vrrkTA K^^viactIv* ir le a j4A«%«a1 a#
WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY,
January 22 and 23
Texas Rangers Ride
C. D. YARBOROUGH and sOTi,'Clinton and that negotiations to this | ^ — vote honestly; it is a denial of
D. A. YARBOROUGH, left Tuesday, end are now underway with the lo-1 “™®* ®" their rights as citizens when their
for a ten-day trip to Detroit, Mich.,* cal Southern Bell Telephone cbm-1 ®*cept by his ovm signature decent, votes are outcounted, or dis-
and Kansas City, Mo. The latter is pany management. marx; wriuen oy nun.
purchasing a new truck which they: Dr. D. O. Rhame, Jr., who repre- | All this might be done, of course,
will secure in Detroit and drive to' sented the club at the recent Defense and will leave the way open to fraud
Kansas City where a tank-trailer. nieeting in Columbia, gave a report
will be attached. of the meeting. The delegates at-
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' tending, he stated, were requested to
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Did you know that the year 19411 go back and encourage home people
counted, by a swindle.
What practicable means can we
adopt, aside from prosecutions, to
assure fair elections? Citizens should
in the voting and fraud in the count.
Along with all toe steps suggested ^ . ixx • i. • x
there should be vigilance committees' organize committees m each precinct,
of citizens, not candidates. We havei^^" ® printing group in
I has only one Friday the 13th, that
lin
With JOHN HOWARD, ELLEN June? January, which is,
DREW, AKIM TANfiROFF, MAY, regarded as a dreary
ROBSON, and BRODERICK CRA-WJ-*"®"^^ because of the after-holiday
FORD 4 I slump, the weather, and flu, has been
Feature be^ns 2;00, 4;39, 7;24, 10. ^ notable one in American his-
L* J T*L K.I n ifory. In this month, 1896, Utah be-
Bchind Th6 News came a state; 1861, Kansas was ad-
With LLOYD NOLAN, DORIS milled into the union; 1927, the first
DAVENPORT, FRANK ALBERT
to invest in home enterprises in an, a greater interest in toe purity of! ^® commit
effort to build up toe industries and i elections than any candidate has, andj®^^^^®” frauds ^ually have
resources of the state rather than de
pend upon government for grants
and subsidies.
we who seek no office should bi toe'f?’^ orgMimtion, big or Uttie;
most determined to make elections!‘^®yP^®"--^-#9.tfor results. Vi^
honest expressions of our choice. In-
President Bishop told ot the need j cidentally we should have a practice
for a merchant’s committee in the}of choosing for the management of
organization, and after a discussion,
the matter was postponed until the
SON, and ROBERT ARMSTRONG.
Feature begins 3:24, 6:08, 8:43.
“WINNERS OF THE WEST” —
Chapter 8.
9:30 A. M. Show—WEDNESDAY.
10c and 15c
telephone message was carried across} next meeting for further considera-
! the Atlantic; 1861, first shot of the i tion.
War Between the States was fired;; It was also reported that efforts
il903. Panama canal treaty signed; i are being made to interest farmers
1848, gold discovered in California.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY,
January 24 and 25
'The Mark of Zorro
CANNON FILES
ANNUAL REPORT
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j C. B. Cannon, Laurens
With TYRONE NOWER, LINDA I filed his annual report I ture.
DARNELL. BASIL RATHBONE, EU-!'^‘^h Clemson college and the United
GENE PALLETTE, GALE SONDER- i States department of agriculture cov
in the Spartanburg camp section who
are forced to move, to find farms and
locate in this section.
President Bishop reported that
progress on securing a curb market
I here is progressing satisfactorily and
: he hopes to have a final announce-
county I ment in the matter in the near fu-
the Democratic party men who are
not—and will not be—candidates for
public office. On the fact of it, how
can we hope to keep above reproach
the primary elections if public of
ficials are themselves toe party of
ficials?
I know perfectly well that so^e of
our best men are serving in both ca
pacities now, men whom I greatly
respect and in whose integrity I have
full confidence, but is it a safe or a
sound practice? Do we choose jurors
usually closes its eyes or sleeps, while
vice flourishes. Let honeA govern
ment organize to assure decency and
fraud will slink away.
GAARD, J. EDWARD BROMBERG, j e^ng the work of his office ' Pq|j|jQ0| ObSCrVOtjOIIS
By W. L. TAYLOR
In The Laurens Advertiser
and MONTAGU LOVE. P»st year. The report also includes al
The jagged mark of his sword i year’s work of T. A
struck terror over all of old Califor- I Stallworth, assistant agent, until I
nia! A great star thrills you as never i ^nsferred to Anderson county in i
before in the screen’s most famous I September. |
and colorful role! | re^rt shows toe agents spent, ^.^vice of a few county officials and
“Information Please.” Selected 7^2 ^ ^ ^ ' the induction of others to take their
Shorts Latest News I field, with 509 total days
Saturday’s feature begins 2:44, 4:56,1 worked. They traveled 15,974 miles,
7:11, 9:23
The retirement from the public
places, brings up the oft-recurring
questions as to the number and who
10c and 28c
Thtrrt775»Tlfi« “'‘"‘J' '-omcers
wtr Jephon? cam « theVnS 'o™"
Why .not streamline toe state gov
ernment? About the only great or
ganization which functions without a
careful overhauling occasionally is
government, whether it be national,
state, county or municipal. Perhaps
a student of government might ask
himself why we must have these
four governments. Why not let the
national government control all pub
ic services? The tendency in that di-
some sort of local unit of adminis
tration, so toe county serves as well
a% anything else. Even the highway
department maintains county units.
So, apparently, the county will re
main as the unit for courts, juries,
taxing, etc.
Wl at of the towns? With toe WPA
and PWA and the highway depart
ment paving streets and sidewalks,
what is toe need for town govern
ments? Perhaps for fire departments.
That is about toe only service which
is peculiar to each town and which
toe state doesn’t support very gen
erously. There are all sorts of state
police, but no state firemen. Except
for fire departments I think we could
readily survive the suppression of
municipalities. Of course we need
local water services and lighting.
Some sort of unit is desirable, so that
is toe town.
If toe public* schools, toe public
health, public charity, public road-
building and maintenance, and a
large part of/the public policing, are
the concern of the state, how far
should these services be provided by
the local counties and towns? '
Would it simplify matters, and pro
mote efficiency, for toe state to as
sume control of toe schools, policing,
building and maintaining county
roads and town streets? I am not
advocating any of this at the mo
ment; I am submitting it for con
sideration. The state is now engaged
in doing all these things. It contrib
utes nine million dollars to the com
mon schools; it has numerous agmts,
inspectors, patrolmen, constables,
game wardens, fish wardens — and
others — who are police officers in
fact; and it has built, and is build
ing county roads and town streets.
Epidemic Of
Cold Symptoms
M6 LlqvM er Mf ’TaUete with Mg
Salve or gM Note Dropo generally
relieves cold sjmptonis the first day.
Adv.
headquarters. During the year 228
In cataloging the names of those
MONDAY AND TUESDAY,
I - January 20 and 21
"Seven Sinners"
With MARLENE DIETRICH, JOHN
WAYNE, ALBERT DEKKER, BROD- ;
! meetings were held with 10,129 farm- come under this classification, it
j ers attending. 457 farmers conducted. is to be noted here that C. A. Power
demonstrations. 1 holds the record, both in tenure and
' ' ' ^ I number of offices filled by him—six
1/Mk.i-r i/i%A/Awiir jyears as auditor, sixteen as clerk of
JOINT KIWANI5 ^court and about five as judge of pro-l
LAURENS ^ Waddy Thompson is also an
ex-auditor, with a long tenure to his
credit.
Kiwanls j„hn D. Davis, of CUnton, Is a for-
ERICK CRAWFORD, M I S C H A i clubs will hpld a joint meeting m I „„
AUER, BILLY GILBERT, ANNA I Laurens next Tuesday evening, Jan. • x i
LEE, SAMUEL S. HINDS and OS-i2L The change in toe local club’s ^* Young is not only an ex-
CAR HOMOLKA.
meeting date of Thursday was made judge, but has a twenty-year
‘ Destry ’ Dietrich is at it again! i upon an invitation of the Laurens fs coimty treasurer, _ which
She makes a South Seas typhoon look' club to hold an inter-city meeting in . . , . ^
as she takes that city. judge of probate.
' preceded his term in the office of
like a gentle breeze
over a lawless Pacific Paradise!
Cartoon, “The Timid Toreador.’
"Diary of a Racing Pigeon.”
Latest News.
10 A. M. Show—TUESDAY.
10c and 20c
A program commemorating toe I The office of county superintend-
26th anniversary of Kiwanis, Janu- j ent of education furnishes a long list
ary 19-29, is being arranged. The,of ex-superintendents, including
I first Kiwanis club was organized in | Charles F. Brooks (two separate
t Detroit, Mich., on Jan. 21, 1915, Onj terms), George L. Pitts, now of Ty-
WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY,
January 22 and 23
'Street of Memories'
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this date a birthday party will be held ier. Te<as, R. Walter Nash, now of
in Detroit in honor of the founding! Detroit, Ralph T. Wilson, James H.
of Kiwanis with all clubs in toe Unit
ed States and Canada expected to
join in the observance. Mark A.
Smith of Thomastown, Ga., president
With LYNNE ROBERTS, GUY! of International Kiwanis, will send a | Connerly held the office of county
KIBBEE, JOHN McGUIRE, ED GAR- special message to all clubs for the supervisor.
Sullivan and Miss Kate V. Wofford,
now a professor at State Teachers’
college, Buffalo, N. Y.
H. B. Humbert and J. A. Guthrie
GAN, HOBART CAVANAUGH, JE- anniversary meeting.
ROME COWAN.
II
Pride of the Bowery
II
With THE EAST SIDE KIDS, LEO ! STATEMENT BY
GORCEY and BOBBY JORDAN.
Color Cartoon, “The ConatabK,”
starring “Gabby.”
9:30 A. M. Show—THURSDAY.
10c and 15c
BOARD OF HEALTH
The Clinton Board of Health met
yesterday morning and found that
j under present conditions the closing
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
January 24 and 25
II
II
Rolling Home To Texas
TEX RITTER and His Horse,
ARKANSAS
With T
"White Flash” and
SLIM” ANDREWS.
Bullets sing ... as rhythm rings!
His guns barked toe doom of killers
... as rousing rhythm roared the
glory of toe old wild West!
“THE AD'VENTURES OF RED
RYDER”—Chapter 10.
Comedy, “No Census, No Feeling.?’
Cartoon, “Schoolboy Dreams.”
“Bowling For Strikes.”
10c and 20c
WE DO ALL KINDS OF PRINTINO
—EXCEPT BAD
SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE
I F. W. Little and Sidney Lee are
j ex-game wardens, though the latter
is again in toe service as an assist
ant or deputy, •
There is now no ex-sheriff or for
mer coroner.
Former county commissioners in
clude: W. S. Adair, Toy A. Drum
mond, J. B. Hitt, Austin Abercrom
bie, W. H. Barksdale, A. Homer
of public gathering places was not Moore, Lee Add Blakely, John H.
necessary as a health protection.
Quite a large number of prevalent
cases of influenza are adults, and
since protective measures are being
taken in toe schools, it is felt that
their closing probably would not ap
preciably help the situation.
The public is cautioned to take all
practical measures for prevention of
toe spread of flu.
Ilie Beard of Health is keeping in
close touch with the situation from
day to day.
B. F. WINGARD,
City Health Officer.
ADS fo! S,A! f f
N r, X !
Wharton and Lander B. Stoddard.
J. Herman Power, one of the new
members of the board, formerly heUi
toe office for one or two terms.
Carroll D. Nance and Dr. Qias. A.
Cromer are ex-state senators, while
Mr. Nance formerly was a member
of the house of representatives. Oth
er ex-representatives are R. A. Coop
er. H. S. Blackwell. C. M. Babb, W.
C. Irby, Jack Hi ^vis, Sr., Archie
Willis, W. W. Hariris, Townes A. WU-
lis, J. O. Barnett, Phil D. Huff, James
L. Browning, W. R. Richey, Jr., J.
Bamie Parrott, James H. Sullivan,
Dennis Ownu, R. A. Babb, R. C.
Wasson and W. T. Bott.
RUBBER STAMPS
AB Siset — Qaiek Serslee
CHRONICLB PUBLOHONG GO.
DOES FORD PAY GOOD WAGES?
Hm AM soHi tAcn about Foed Labor.
During die year ended November 30di,
1940, the Ford Payroll diroughout the
Unit^ States averaged 113,628 hourly
wage earners, not including office em
ployes, students, or executives. They were
paid $185,105,639.12. On this basis, the
average annual wage was $1,629.05.
fwrifoii of compeoaatioa insuranoe ooatK
The national average rate in automotive
manufacturing plants u computed by the
National Association of Underwriters is
in excess of $1.50 premium on each $100
payrolL The Ford cost of workmen’s
compensation is less than 50c
According to the latest available govern
ment figures, the annual average wa|^ of
all workers in employment covered by
old age insurance law was $841.00.
If die 45,000,000 workers of this country
received the same average wage as Ford
employes, they would have had addidcMul
wages of more than $35,000,000,000, thus
increasing the national income about
50%. Thi^ what such an increase would
mean to the workers of this country and
to the American farmer, whose prices aft
based on the national income.
This indicates that the chance of injury
in a Ford plant is much less thgo in the
average automofask plant.
The Ford Motor Company has no age
limit for labor, and in fact deliberately
attempts to keep older workers working.
The average age of Ford workers at t^
Rouge and nearby plants is 38.7.
Wage scales in the Ford Rou^ planratst
divided into three classifications:
VnskiUed ...
Minimum hiring wage . 75c ptr hour
A recent check-up shows that nearly one-
half die workers at these Ford plants were
40 or over, falling into these age groups;
25319 between 40 and 50
14,731 between 50 and 60
3377 between 60^ and 70
417 between 70 and 86
12 between 80 and 90.
S«mp‘skiU«d...
Minimum hiring wage . 80c per hour
SMUd...
Minimum hiring wage . 90c per hour
Highet wages are in consideratkm of
ability and years of service.
hfi'nimum wage scales for unskilled labor
at the Rouge plant are the hig^MSt in die
industry. Top wages for skilled labor
compare favorably wid^ or are higher
d»an, wagsf in tidier automobile plants.
Now tome facts on Ford labor cooditioas:
In addition to the so-called regular em
ployes, die' Ford Motor Compeny has
hir^ and now has on the payroll, at the
Mune tegular hourly wage, thousands of
workers who are blind, crippled or other
wise incai^tated for normal produaive
woric.,They are not selected for their
ability to l^ild cars or to mainf in the
plant They are on the payroll because of
Henry For^s belief that the responsibility
td a large company to labor goes be
yond dm point at which the unfortunate
worker can no longer produce profitably,
Not only ate sanitation and odiar heaidi
condidotts ^ best in dm indnscry, but
Ford alw kadi in aalaty davioss for dm
protecckm of emidoyit. Fro^ of
thk k femnd in dm folkwidji cans*
i
Tht above are facts. Thay ate open to
anyone who really wants to deal in kets.
Anyone who wants to get a.job... buy a
car ... or place a national defdise con-
tmet on the baak of fair kbor tteat-
inent must |dace Ford at dm ton
of Ids eligibk list
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