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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C.
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Thursdoy, Jonuory 16,1941
ult|r Clinton CtpronirU
Establislied 1900
WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher
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NOBODY'S BUSINESS
GEE McGEE
Another Good Subscriber Lost
deer mr. edditor:
lODAY... TOMORROW
By. Don Robinson
town you can’t escape from anyone, means for men to demonstrate that
The big difference is: in the small they were not carrying weapons,
town an individual must do his best | Now we don’t suspect a man of tot-
to get along with all of the rest ofjing a gun if he doesn’t shake hands
the people. In a big city an individ-1 with us, but we still think of hand-
ual tries to get along alone — not
without friends, but alone as far as
the milling crowds are concerned.
When a country family visits city
friends who live in an apartment
CLINTON, S. C.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1941
POLITENESS—Subways
As I was being pushed into a New
mr. art square ask.s that you stop'^®*"*^ subway train the other day, I (house, one of-the first questions is:
his paper at once, he has discovered began wondering what had happened i “How do you like your neighbors?”
that you are a icy-lationist, and he to old-fashioned politeness in the city!The usual answer of the city family
db not want to read behind annybody _thlngs like giving seats to ladies. ‘‘We’ve never met them.”
that is like that, he says you have other little courtesies seems strange that two families
benn influenced by sen. wheeler andP'®^ uppmg ana otner iiuie courtesies
sen. holt and possibly by charlie lin-^o^^be past.
denbugg. he believes you have leaned f In the small town in which I live
towards -Italy and germanny for two ^ good manners are still considered' never see each other. But that is the
months, he thinks you must of mar-. creditable qualities, and I suppose _ case in thousands of city homes
ried a natzi or something, or you ^ they are “after hours” among some
would remain american. he realizes | j^ew Yorkers.
, a wife can dicktate the newspaper gyt in the heat of the subway rush
pollicy of a husband.
shaking as a gesture of friendliness.
Ralph Waldo Emerson said/ “Good
manners are made up of petty sacri
fices.” In the city it is quite possible
that a person would spend most of
his time making petty sacrificed If
he applied the niceties of action,
which most of us think of as goo4
manners, to his contacts with the
crowds.
can live on the same floor with only|.
a thin wall separating them and
never know each other and ^rhapsj
FINAL SETTLEMENT
Take notice that on the 31st daj
of January, 1941, I will render a
final account of my acts and doing!
Perhaps a new code of manners | as' Guardian of the estate of Samud
A Little Bit Of
Everything
An old man at this stage of history
may be classified as one who can
everything Dr. Lynn said. As Dr.
Woods retires he has the best wishes
for coping with crowds will gradu-j Gilbert, et al, in the office of the
ally develop in cities like New York. | Judge of Probate of Laurens County,
politeness is out. No holds are barred Meanwhile in the small towns we I at 10 o’clock a. m., and on the same
‘ in the battle for seats, straps, and, should guard against accepting the! day will apply for a final discharge
mr. square says he has you fully standing room. Men, womert and'present city version of politeness. No j from my trust as Guardian,
of hundreds of friends who know paid up to martch the 15, so kindly I children must fight as equals. It’s ajjtiatter how our city brothers act, it; Any person indebted to said estate
’ —’"I—90,. *1.- i j . , is notified and required to make pay-
remember when it was neither a dis
grace nor a crime to walk.
him and appreciate his worth. Truly I send him his refund, vizzly: 28c. he | survival-of-the-fittest tussle and the I isn’t smart to be rude.
his life has been devoted to that will boycott yore advertisers from j women who win seats squeeze into I — ♦
which is best and highest. i now on unless you change back to; them with a smile of achievement onj INDIVIDUALS—Strangers
i ;l:!J'!”'!!!;!!!: l K ^yone bothered to make a sur
ment on or before that date; and all
persons having claims against said
estate will presept them on or before
Even if vou never before made an from a catalog by male in the future, j their umbrellas and by watching for' r»n fho cnKioM rar/ak” said date, duly proven, or be foreve*
...a.. I ho Odl/c urhv vrtii havo tiirnoH ac/ainst t h/aloo in tho ...oil ho.oo SUUjeci, nc WOUIU prOO?"
***** I income tax return, you may be re-' he asks why you have turned against' holes in the forward wall, they have | ouiy j . .j:- pourtpov nf a rrnun
It may "be that the mills of the quired to make one in March, so get|england and great brittain: neither crashed through to a glorious victory. Iq* neonle decreases as the nnmilation
gods grind slowly, but it seems that; ready. Only the 7,000,000 people who;one of the great countries have ever] Whether the women push andi^,; increases I sav “^aroun”
they have definitely gotten around made returns in 1940 will receive i harmed a single hair in yore ball-j shove and fight because they knowlgj oeoole because I susnect that in-
jsk of meting out retribution blanks from the treasury department, j head, he believes you are liable to^that no man will ever give them aldividuals in the city do^ow some
to the tasl
to Italy. For this we are glad as we But another 8,000,000 will have to j sabbertarge something if you get a j seat—or whether no man ever Rives; toward their friends it
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barred.
F. M. BOLAND,
Dec. 31, 1940.—23-4c Guardian.
salute and hail the all-heroic Greeks, file returns this year, though they j chance. _
***** j never did before, we are told from j
The action of the county commis-! Washington. . the artickle
sinners in re-electing B. Y. Culbert-
T/i® when they are part of a crowd of
pushed and shoved by toem so often, I strangers that courtesy seems to them
i!A4® have no useful function.
Manners are not inborn—they are
which cooked your
The .more than doubled number geose with mr. square was the one j fact is that when the subway train
son as clerk to the board will meet maki'ng a return is due to the fact, where you said that uncle sam had rattles in, all forms of politeness ar^
with general approval throughout the j that this year every individual hav- better collect his old debts befoar he cast to the winds,
county. Mr. Culbertson has capably jng a gross income of $800 or more, J lets the alleys make anny new ones! ♦
filledi this position for the past ten or married people with a combined i and that he woulddent loan monney NERVES—Crowds
years, during which time he has giv- gross income of $2,000 or more, must!to germanny or italy at this riting. Bat it’s not just in the subways ofi
' HU Vr,ri/ thof fiohiinir hoc h£»or, iiciiovers irom oxner gener
merely a set of miscellaneous actions
which we have adopted to make our
relations with one antoher more
pleasant. Some of them are admit-
en faithful, conscientious .service to file a return. Heretofore the figure, mr. square says that england or great) New York that fighting has been|^ '
the county, with his ear always to determining whether one filed a re-| brittain either one can have his part substituted for politeness. You’ll find thpv >rp ennfiniipH
the ground to protect its interests, j turn was a net figure,, now it is of the wealthf in the u. s. england’s it in the shopping crowds, in the *bo-!u - o/wt hrmT 0 rifh ^
An experienced and competent bf-.gj-^s. Probably less than half of the■ cash seemed to be o. k. as long as it tor traffic (where the p>oliceman*Gon-' ^
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ficial, he has rendered valuable ser-115^000,000 people expected to file a | lasted: we took that and smiled, it
vices to the county , and it is with return this year will have to pay a I looks reasonable that if a man spends
intere.st that The Chronicle learns he tax when exemptions are taken and [his monney with a merchant, hejd’yo think you’re goin’?”), in the!
will continue as a member of the calculations made. But the return j should ha\e a little creddick when it theatre lobbies, in the restaurant*—'
Hnerhi; helpfuradvij; to con^
drivers to shouting “Where the
ness.
Handshaking was first started as a
WALKER’S
FUNERAL HOME
Clinton, S. C.
FOR COLORED PEOPLE ONLY
Day 9289—PhonM—Night 819
Rev. H. W. Walker. Manager
court house family.
’ must be made nevertheless. The way | gives out
ithe New Deal regime in Washington!
be sure not to let another one of j tacts with crowds.
in fact,’ anywhere where people’s
nerves are on edge from their con-
The world’s champion spender of' has been spending and wasting mon- ] ^
other people’s money — Harry Hop-' ey calls for the tapping of more peo-1 yore papers come to mr. square s res-j During the world’s fair in New
kins has gone to England as a spe- pie for taxes. Money to meet this un- sidence. he mought fly into tan- j York, strange things happened. Quite
H. D. HENRY
1898-1941
F. M. BOLAND
cial representative of President
Roosevelt. An air of mystery has
trum and do you some boddily harm,
he would rite or foam you hisself and
often men were seen to get up and
give seats to ladies. I saw men take
off their hats in elevators and some
times a woman would pardon her
self when she accidentally bumped
over the foam or be legal in the iyo^ g package. Motorists were
male, he '
precedented spending spree the coun
4HA/OV.V.4. 44.4 4... 444 ...^-44.., try hHS bccn w11ncssmg thc psst clght
been thrown about his trip. Why he; years cannot be plucked out of the have you stop yore paper but he is
was sent, what he is to do, the public [air. There’s only one place to get it— a-feared that he mought say some-
is not told. Mr. Hopkins, as the ori-' from the people. thing that woulddent sound good
ginal WPA head gained wide noto-; •• ^ - ,
riety spending multiplied millions to As a people we have gone daffy be is as u ” ''^®‘lseen to make a strange gesture of ;
re of hun till he cools putting out a hand to inform taxii
IS
bring back prosperity, funds being al- over so many things that we have j ol nun till ne coois putting
located by him for every conceivable forgotten the spiritual forces uponj®.^’ is talking of vollunteermg to
project that was proposed^ He is also which all things depend and from | “8ht with cannady.
the gentleman who, when attacked which they must originate. These'
for such spending, gave to the Amer- forces are age-old, now-a-days called | Relief From the Draft
ican people that defiant declaration: old-fashioned, but they are always deer mr. edditor:
“We shall tax and tax, and borrow powerful and ever new in their ap-
and borrow, and spend and spend, plication.
and elect and elect.” ’ A prominent bank officer took a
• * • • • friend on an inspection trip, his
Announcement is made by the prime object being to point out the
mr. holsum moore has begged the
drivers that they were going around
a comer and pedestrians were seen
to wait for green lights before cross
ing the streets. There were all sorts
of unusual goings-on during the fair,
and whenever dyed-in-the-wool New
undersigned to plese rite or foam you i Yorkers saw these happenings they
and ask you if you know of anny | immediately exclaimed “ o u t - o f -
way he can get his son, hansom towners!”
moore, out of the draft, hansom do j New York is no place for a Sir
Chamber of Commerce president that strong protective features of his new,not enjoy good health and his maj Walter Raleigh. If that Elizabethan
Dlans are definitely shaping up for (bank. With great pride,, he pointed says that he wheezes something ter-j gentleman were to show up in the
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R D. HENRY & COMPANY
INSURANCE
STOCKS — BONOS — REAL ESTATE
Federal Loans Negotiated ^n Real Estate
Telephone 121
JANUARY
a curb market in Clinton in the near lout the type of architecture, showed nble at night while he is asleep, she
future. For some time a committee i him the bank vault, and the safety I thinks the whizes is caus^ by t.b.
from-That body has been working on I deposit room. He pointed out the in-I and if he has t.b. he will be a dan-
the project and judging from present | tricate mechanism of the vault door, gerous character in the army camp,
incomplete information, the effort is its time clock, and other electrical I others mought ketch it from him.
soon to be realized. Curb markets in, appliances. Just then a new custom- ♦
various communities have been a or was ushered into the safety de-J the army will find out allso that
tremendous help to farmers in jjro-1 posit room, signed an application for i hansome has one flat foot, a hoss
viding a place for the sale of farm a box and executed certain signa-j stepped on it enduring his plowing
products. Wherever they have been, ture cards. The attendant called a j age. it was old “bess” who stepped
operated successfully, the reason has! rather frail old man to show the cus- “
been the interest and support given i tomer to his box, at the same time
by the members of Farm Demonstra-1 handing him a box of keys. The old
tion clubs. If a market is established, man escorted the customer to the
here and the women become inter- box, opened the door thereto, the
ested in supplying its needs it will box was withdrawn, the securities
acGompli.sh its purpose and prove of j deposited, the box locked and key
great value to the entire commu-{ handed to the customer. ,The custom-
nity. |er complimented the banker on the
• • • • • ! safety appliances and the general at-
We are embarked on a defense plan i mosphere of security which pervaded
which competent authorities say may i the bank.
co.^t twenty billions of dollars—and' It occurred to the visitor, however,
>\ e are in the unfortunate position of | that the safety of the new custom-
having to start that program under er's .securities lying in that box de-|bank night last year, he thought they
the burden of the heaviest national! pended not so much upon safety de- | called his name, but they said ansell 1
debt in the history of the whole na-| vices, but on the personal integrity | nrioore and not hansom moore. itl
tion. It is high time, therefore, that; of the frail old man who handled the (stopped beating for nearly 2 days!
the federal government tighten its keys. A duplication of those keys injaftgj. that and it has newer ketchedj
belt and eliminate every penny of advance of delivery would have up vvith his pulses since then, ffell
made it possible for the frail old man them about that organ, plese sir.
to have deprived the new customer
on him. you will remember old
“bess.” she was a verry heavy hoss.
his pa traded him out of your cuzzin
who runs the libberty stable in yore
nice little town, if you can devise
w^ys and means to get hansom
a-loose from the draft, mr. moore
up by having his coat stolen!
NEIGHBORS—RepuUtion
People who live in small towns
have to get along with their neigh
bors.
In a big city you can push people
around, step on their toes, mumble
nasty names at them—and then sub
merge yourself in jthe crowd with Um
realization that you’ll never see those
people again anyway.
In the small town, if you are un
mannerly in any way, it becomes
part of your permanent record. Those
to whom you are impolite hold it
will sell yore papers in flat rocklagainst you. If you are impolite of-
without a commission ansoforth.
it is allso possible that hansom has
ten, you build a reputation for it and
the whole town begins to look dovm
on you. It’s no fun living in a small
a w’eak hart, he has newer benn able j town if you are disbked even by
to stand verry much shock since hej *°*"® the people. For m a small
almost got the prize of 300$ at thej
useles.'i drain on the public treasury.
We need dollars for defense—but not
one dim • for political luxuries.
Our county is again being called
upon to furnish soldiers for national
entirely of his securities ^’ithm an, Ransom’s number has come up in
depi^ited them., newspaper, he has not benn call-
The strength of that bank lay not now,, but he is expecting it
— .4 44.4 architecture or steel door. It lay minnet. his ma can’t stand io
defense and it is evident both as to ^ ^be honesty, absolute integnpr of ;^^ leave, she will have only
officers and men that the fine tradi- Jbe personnel. The thmgs which we children with her if he goes
tions of the past will be upheld. The ujwn as of gr^tvalue st^ s, y^^ remember 4 others moved
Clinton board will furnish its quota bonds, bank books, deeds, mortgag s, g^^y g yggj. qj. so ■&lo ahd It will be
of selectees as the calls come, and :®^® > merely evidences verry lonesome without hansom
early in February the local National the case may be, of the existence or g house, he allso suffers
W. J. BENJAMIN
SERVICE STATION
Standard Products
('ara Washed and Grassed
Your BuaineM Appredatad
TOP-GOATS and OVERCOATS
All of them brand! NEW—boagbt this FALL.
Curlee» Merit and Marx-Haas Makers
$14.95, now $12.95
16.95, now 14.95
22.50, now 18.00
24.50, now 19.95
Men’s and Boys’ Melton Jackets-I-iA Off^
JAMES PITTS
Phone 64-R
Clinton, S. C.
Guard unit will leave for a year's
non-existence of integrity in the va
Warning” Camp'sTewart nearSa- ^ rious persons and agencies r«pon-
vannah. This time it is a move to, sible for th® bg^jlmg M th^ s®-
keep us out of actual conflict upon, cubbies In these unprecedented days
fields of battle, it being reasonably i ®f mechanical achievement, integrity
claimed that warring nations which exemplified by the old man p^-
already have all the military burdens trayed a^ve, is all important. It re-
that they can carry will fear to be- seeking after as well as
come hostile toward a strong nation fbe dispienstng of truth.
which is well equipped and prepared.
with a sore throat if he sleeps on the
ground or on a cott. yore help will be
appreciated by all of the moores in
our town.
yores trulie
mike lark, rfd,
corry spondent.
TYPEWRITERS .
Authorized Underwood Dealer.
Cleaning and repairing all nakoa,
reasonable charges.
Kenneth N. Baker
Phone 808
At all events, those who are called
into service go with the affection and
prayers of the people back home
marching along with them.
FARMERS' MEET TO
BE HELD TODAY
Indications point to a large attend-
The special union service of the snee at the annual stockholders I
churches of the city Sunday evening meeting of the Clinton Production
was an evidence of the fraternal and association to be held this morning
cooperative spirit that prevails in this, fbe Clinton armory beginning at
community for which we should allif®-30 o clock according to Rex Lan-j
be thankful. The service, arranged, ford, secretary of the association. j
bv the Mini.«terial union, had a two-1 An instructive and interesting pro
fold purpose —to welcome the new | gram has been arranged for the as-
pastor of the church and to express i sociation. Mr. Lanlord said,
a farewell of appreciation to the re-1 By special invitation, a representa-
tiring pastor. Dr. D. J. Woods. t‘ve of the Pr^uction Credit cor-
The tribute paid Dr. Woods by Dr.iPoration of Columbia wiU make a
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L. R. Lynn was a deserved one, ev
ery word he said being true. After
speaking of his work and accom
plishments as pastor of the church
for twenty years. Dr. Lynn spoke of
the man, his Christian character, his
sincerity and his courage. The sin
cerity of the man, as the speaker
stated, is recognized by ©very one
who knows Dr. Wood*. Sitting in the
pew, we were ready to say amen to
brief address at the conclusion of the
business session.
I^e Clinton association serves and
furnishes short term credit for gen
eral agricultural and livestock pur
poses to its members in Laurens and
Newberry counties.
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