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/ Page Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. Tlwifsdoy. Februory 6,1941 (fHinton (Elironirlr EsUblished 1900 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year $1.50; Six Months 75 cents; Three Months 50 cents Ente^ as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C. The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers— the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advice. The Chronicle will publish letters Of general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. NOBODY'S BUSINESS By GEE McGEE iWhat It Takes To Make Tour Town ! A Hick Town A hick town is a town where: * 1. The nierchants carry part of I their stock of goods piled on the (sidewalk outside of their stores. 2. Your neighbors gossip about the JUNIOR ORDER ORGANIZED HERE The meeting of the hew council Junior Order United American Me chanics organized itere, has been changed from Monday' night' to to- ni$|ht, February 6, the organizing of ficial stated yesterday. The change was n\ade in order that several state, officers may be present for the meet- j ing to be held in the Masonic Temple | at eight o’clock. I BasAall Clinic At P. C This Week size of the mortgage you owe onj P®®* vour home or car councilor. Jairies_ H. Hope, An- •your home or car. t t t « 3. Your front piazza and lawn is' littered once or twice a week with hand-bills. 4. Everybody throws down what CLINTON, S. C.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1941 he’s doing and follows the fire trucks to both the fires and the false alarms. 5. Where most of the soda foun- A Deserved Promotion The promotion of Olin H. Sheely nual father-son banquet for the i cups tains fail to use sanitary drinking state treasurer of the order, all ^m Columbia, and John May,<stete coun cilor, have been invited ti attend. troops of this area. Sunday after-' g. At-the-curb service for soft noon the scouts will assemble in a drinks and ice cream in excess of the to the Seaboard Air Line Railway o’clock to attend the inside demands for such items, agency in this city is a deserved one, ^ggpgj. service at the First Presby-1 7, Your neighbors wonder what in coming as it does in recognition of tgrian church to emphasize Scout; the world you have in the package his character, training and long ser- toting^Into your own house vices well rendered. It is fitting a - Scout organization began in under your own arm. so that he succeeds the man under Blalock To Head Examining Board During the past week Captain George R. Blalock, medical reserve officer attached to the 178th Field Artillery at Laurens, was named as president of the medical examining board for South Carolina district 2 to examine men in Laurens, Abbe- A baseball clinic will be held at Presbyterian college Friday and Sat urday, according to an announcement made this week by Coach C. E. Gal loway. . ‘ Three ^major league players, all South Carolina men, will be here for the event They are: Kirby Higbe, of the Brookl^ Dodgers, Joe Haynes of the Chicago White Sox and Mick ey Livingston of 'the Philadelphia Phillies. The clinic will be held in the gymnasium tomorrow, Feb. 7, 3:30 to 6:00 p. m; and Saturday, ^’eb. 8, 2:30 to 5:00 p. m. All baseball players are invited, colleges, high schools, and Ameri can Legion. Everyone attending is requested to bring his own equip ment. 10 o’clock a. m., and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as Executor. Any person indebted to said estate is notified and required to make payment on or before that dat^; and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven, or be forever barred. ELBERT W. STONE, JR., Jan. 23, 1941.—20-4pw. Executor. — ^ Washington in 1910 under the lead-1 8. Where radios are allowed toiville and Richland counties. whose help and instruction he re- William Boyce of Chicago.; function in places of business not in Dr. Blalock has been placed in command of the medical detachment cei\ed his training. (From that small beginning it has the radio business. The Chronicle notes with pleasure each year in niembership amdj 9. Folks expectorate on the side- the appointment of Mr. Sheely to this usefulness, with approximately 40,-j walk without'knowing that there is important position in the business qqq droops throughout the states. 1 anything wrong or unsanitary about ‘ life ot Clinton p^henc^ cap-^ “On my honor I will do my best- able, and devoted to his work which j 10. Contagious diseases are not is a characteristic of railroad men I- To do my duty to God and "'y! quarantined. who love trains—we are confident country, and to obey the Scout law. j Business men have to eat at he will prove worthy of the trust 2. “To help other people at sHihome instead of downtown. (You can and that the public may expect from times.” > i still get hot meals for dinner, sup- his office a continuation, of that high 3. “To keep myself physically | pgr and breakfast at home in hick standard of .service this community strong, mentally awake, and morally towns), has received from the Seaboard since straight.” they laid their first rails for the Such is the oath every boy who G. C. & N. division back in early joins the Boy ^cout movement takes, stead of on the “right” side. 1890. He solemnly promises to keep thatj 13. /^ents and peddlers have all ^ oath. I rights and privileges they desire to Heads Bov Scout Work Those who are giving their time'sell and skin fplks 7 days a week. -The election o' R E Fe™o- of promote scouring inj 14. Big trucks are allowed to use The election o. n. r.. re.^-wO.. 01 ^is community are entitled to, and' of the 178th unit and will leave Fri day for a year’s training at Fort Bragg, N. C. Firms Asked To Display Flags Officers of the local American Le gion Auxiliary yesterday requested 127 Folks walk on the wrong side!^^®^ business ^tablishments own or in the middle of the sidewalk in-1 display. nesday, Feb. 12, Lincoln s birthday. Members of the organization are es pecially anxious that flags be exhlb this city,.as president of Blue R ge given—the encouragement council of Boy Scouts of Am c cooperation of our civic and for the coming year, was a wise organizations, churches, schools move on the part of that organiza this community will soon be its lead- We say this because no man in the ^ gj.g take up the resp<msibilities council is niore vitally interested in.iaj^ down by their fathers. It is the promotion of boy scout work, extremely important' therefore that than Mr. Ferguson. He had givenggjj protect and de- liberally of his time for many ys^rsiygjgp gpj. youth into men. Through to this cause, he believes in scouting; ^j^g ggy Scout movement youngsters as do both of his sons, and by his ^ ^^.g protected against prevalent the streets and alleys at will—with out due regard for the public gen erally, and Main street is a fast- freight road. 15. You have to go to the post of fice to get your morning paper. 16. You can “sun” your feather beds and pillows if you want to. 17. You can’t dress up without be ing accused of going somewhere. 18. Folks know how much you spend each month for booze and how little you give to charity. 19. Your customers quit trading with you if they owe you a fairly large bill that they can’t pay with out skipping the installment agent 26. And everybody knows better enthusiasm is able to interest others., temptations and sinister influences Mr. Ferguson is capable of thOj^g draw young men into their nets highest type of civic service as has crime, in temperance, and lawless- been demonstrated in this commun- i ^533 Through the organization they ity. If those who have been se-; gj.g protected from such influences as Iwted to work with him.wiU show^^j^gy ^re impressed by their leaders!than yoii do how to run your own the same mterest and cooperation we j the importance of respect for business are confident scouting will have a the way of health and safety, fine year throughout the division and ^ t^gjpfgigg3g kindness for others, in our Own community where there jj^g building of character, clear vis- is an excellent opportunity for such^gj^^ useful habits and clean living. Such are the objectives of this char acter building organization which we should rally to with our whole hearted support, both morally and fi nancially. work. W. H. Shands Retires The banquet given in this city a few night ago to honor W. H. Shands was a unique occasion marking as; ^ ~ ~ ~ it did, the termination of 51 years i Hitler Explodes Again Living In the Past A week or so ago I visited the old home place. After an absence of over 30 years, I was not able to get my exact bearings. The main 3-room house where 9 or 10 of us were bred and born had fallen into decay. The chimney had squatted down and had spread its honr^-made bursted stones all over 2 rooms. A large number of the floor-planks had been re moved, and all of the bark had fallen off the joists and rafters. We did not have glass windows in our house, so no glass windows were missing. association on his part with one of' Herr Hitler exploded again last the greatest transportation enterpris- i ^ggj^ jg g^g gf bis characteristic es of this country—the Seaboard Air; sjjgeches at Berlin threatening un- Line Railway, an important and aP"; restricted submarine warfare against preciated part of Clinton. the United States if we enter the war Seldom is it given to an individual reality we are already in). His' to be connected with one business or larnbast is sufficiently vague as to I I found the little tree where we enterprise for more than half a cen- legyg ^ uncertain whether he also used to “skin the cat,” It had grown tury. There are not more than three rneans that Germany would attack or lour men in this community who non-belligerent American warships have that distinction.* But such was convoying British merchant vessels, the record of Mr. Shands. With his qj^ ^g face of it, the Nazi’s pro- automatic Tetfreffifertt at the age of nouncement looks less like a chal- seventy, he was paid the highest ignge to war than a further attem(>t tribute by officials of his company as ^g ^eep the United States from giv- a citizen, friend and efficient public, gjj.gqt gj^j tg England. Indica- servant. ... . i tions thus far have been that he is Over this long period of years the anxious to keep us out of the con- ited on every nationally observed holiday. * Merchants are also reminded that this is the first week of the “best window” contest for the American Legion trophy. Windows will be judged the latter part of the week by an impartial committee. FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 18th day of February, 1941, I will render a final account of my acts and doings as Executor of the estate of Mamie M. Leake in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens County, at FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 3rd day of March, 1941, I will render a final account of my acts and doings as (Administratrix of the estate of P.M. I Pitts in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens Cdunty, at 8:00 o’clock P. M., and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as Administratrix. Any person indebted to said estate 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 forever barred. ESTHER H. PITTS, Administratrix. Jan. 31, 1941.—27-4CW. i CITATION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION The State ot South Carolina, Laurens Covmty. By J. Hewlette Wasson, Probate Jadge: . Whereas, Joe H. Little made suit to me to grant him Letters of Ad ministration of the estate and effects of Minnie Little Brannen. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the Kin dred and Creditors of the said Min nie Little Braimen, deceased, that they be and appear before me in the Court of Probate, to be held at Lau rens Court House, Laurens, S. C., on February 14, 1941, next, after pub lication hereof, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. - Given under my hand this 30th day of January, A. D., 1941. J. .HEWLETTE WASSON, 13-2cw J. P. L. C. FOR 31 Successful Years We Have Been Helping Clinton Home Own^s A Home Of Your Own In ’41 IS THAT YOUR WISH, YOUR DREAM? SEE US FOR THE MONEY TO MAKE YOUR D^EAM COME TRUE! / » Long terms ot low cost... Your rent money will poy for a home of your own. I The money is ready. See us for full details now! Eocti Account Insured Up To $5,000 lAVlNGS iND tOAtN 'AnrOCrUTlOW Telepbone New i A Clinton Institution Serviasr Clinton People ,Since 1909 Among All to be a great tree and our “skinning limb” was at least 15 feet up in the air. I located the hole between the rafters in the combined bed-and- sijting room where I used to hide my little poke of goobers so’s the other kids couldn’t find them and eat them up, which they always did, much to the detriment of my love for them. Something to eat could not be hid- Biggest-Selling Low-Priced Cars Ci IS names Shands and Seaboard have I rather than force us in. If he | den very long from that bunch of been inseparable, just as it would be^gg^g^ ^gj. America at this impossible to tear apart the names juncture he likely would achieve it Seaboard and Clinton. The out- through action rather than words, standing characteristic of the retir-' jg g^gg 3ignificant that another ing agent was his loyalty. He be- ^^arning came out of Rome on Wed hungry younguhs. I had a little bit of trpuble locat ing the exact spot where our little „ — . — old runty mule, “Reubin,” kicked lieved in his company and his com- ggg^jgy declaration by 'Virginio, me. I of cdurse knew, exactly where pany in return believed in him. In Gayja^ authoritative spokesman for ^ the kick landed itself on my F>er- a business way his foremost thoughts Fascism, that America’s aid for Brit-{son: the print of his shoe still shows have always been the Seaboard first, ^gj^ jg g violation of neutrality likely (up very distinctly when I am un- Su. h whole-souled attachment comes , ^g involve us in war through “legiti-j dressed. The well, which was 95 feet as a result of faithful, conscientious jug^g action” of the Axis powers, is'deep, had been moved closer to the services rendered by employee and gjgg ^jjg mature of a threat or, a (house or the house had been moved recognized and appreciated in return promise of plentiful trouble. Signor! closer to the well: I (Wouldn’t tell by employer, a sentiment expressed Qayda, who professienally reads the | which. The big front yard that we by officials of the road at the dm- gj master Fascist Mussolini, I had to sweep clean with dogwood ner party in honor of the “Captain, ggyg gjfgct that the time is com as he is known by many intimate ^vhen Italy and Germany will friends. i ggjj ^g ^g account if we don’t watch Mr. Shands who has now retired gpj. g^gp to private hfe with the corrfidence ^he purpose of these warnings and good-will of the ^aboard man- fj.gyjg Berlin and Rome obviously is agement, is unmistakably a rmlroad ^g hamstring a program of all-out man. He loved h^ work as evidenc-.; gjj fg^ the AlUes. In particular, the ed by his close attention and fidelity Axis partners are anxious to pre- to duty and the type of seryi^ he ^g^jt the strengthening of England sought ^ways to give the public. j pending Hitler’s operations prelimi- The Chronicle congratulates Mr. g^ry to a much-talked-of invasion— Shands on his rema^able record-, ■ the crucial engagement of the war— believing as we do that he repre- that attack is at all feasible. This sen ted the best in ^rsonality and scoundrel Hitler has a good beating the truest in the railroad tradition, coming to him sooner or later and His rest is a deserved one and along j^g (joubt attempts to pep up his men with many others, we wish for him through such bragging or threat many years of happiness, good health tactics. and pleasant association with his I * ^ * brushes every Saturday had shrunk up. It wasnH any larger than a small b^room. The log house, known then as the smokehouse, behind which pa would take us to whip us, was not there. The outhouse that we climbed upon to keep ouf old dog “Taylor” from biting us when he went mad was also gone. He was a good dog till he got bit by another one. HA was really a large part of our meat supply- this, of course, relates to rabbits which he caught for us. ^e black coming to him sooner or later and smith shbp had rqtted down. The friends and townspeople who Cl |IUf\AY meant more to him on several JV^rlVA^L casions than money or promotion. Boy Scout Week MEET IN UURENS Rev. W. N. Long, pastor of the I First Baptist church of this city, pre- The thirty-first anniversary of the sided over the Associational Sunday Boy Scouts organization of America school meeting for the Laurens Bap- will be celebrated for a week begin-'tist association of which he is pree ning Saturday by the nation’s 1,333,- ident, held in Laurens on Tuesday. 000 Boy Scouts, Cubs and leaders. The meeting, which began at 10 The week, termed Boy Scout Week, o’clock and concluded a^ 3:80, was is the most important in the Scout held at the First Baptist churdi dur- calendar. More than 9,000,000 per- ing which reports were given by die sons, aU present pr former Scouto various Sunday schools for the last or leaders, are expected to partlci- quarter. Objectives for the pate this year in the observance. four-year program ware explained. Clinton, along with ^ther parts of Those attending frem CUnton, In the natiem where Scout mganizations addition to Mr. and Btra. were exist, -will enter into the observance Mrs. B. H. Suddeth, S. W. Sumex^ of the week. On next Monday eve-. Mn. T. L. W. Bailey, Mrs. Job Hol- nfag. the 10, at the Stete Training land, Mrs, W. B. Driggers; Mrs. C. fldiool, there will be held the an- W. and Mrs. Joteiaon. large field behind our house was only a little patch. The old guUey on the east that once was a grand canyon was only about 15 feet deep last week. This was a sad visit I wish I had not gone down. I wmild like to have remembered the old place as it waa sdien 1 was a kid. T ' w. J. BENJAMIN 8EBV1CE station Standard Products Cars Washed and Greased ^LES OTSONICLE PUB. GO. . PhsiM 74 • •• bocouso Chovf^oi^t for *41 It tlio dnly/iow* prkodl cor wMi a M-lup. Valvo-ln-llo€Ml '*VlcfOfy** litgiiio—fho lomi tyifw of onglno Hiwl lioi^ «i Wl Ml m vwfMPnm IW pil^ forbinoo RMR Inn# goo VINI m VMnP WRn Biea I I '{ my, Inc, \ ■■y i 0 • ^ A