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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C
Thursdoy, Februory 13^ 1941
(Eltntan (S^ninirU
Estoblls^ 190«
WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher
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of its corresp>ondents. ^
for medison, especially if it aint no
accoimt.
should be made for the boys in camp
now drawing $30 a month.
‘ It is time for the people to bestir
themselves and put an end to all chance, jr., says he would
these new schemes, labeled humani- ^ i-ttalyans in ethy-opy
tarian social or otherwise. It is; naming from hailie salassie’s sol
popular to look for handouts or sub-1 diers dressed in ai(|omatic guns and
sidles of some kind. The tragedy of ’ shirt tails, it Seems that old man
Library Truck
Schedule Given
the New Deal philosophy ctf central- J haiH®. will get his throne and tom , o
ized, bureaucratic government ar\d' pom-poms back and that Gallagher
federal spending and regulation is *^ly will not only lose what she
that millions of people now look to stole from him, but both of her so-
govemment in the belief that it owes oiollilands will f^ into the hands of
the rightful owners, mussy lena
The following Laiuens coimty li
brary truck schedule has been given
for the week of February 17:
Monday—^New Prospect school, Mt.
Pleasant school, Mt. Olive school, Mt.
school, Martin’s store.
Poplar Springs school.
Tuesday—^Bailey school. Academy
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CLINTON, S. C.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1941
Wpirnmp Should the latter oc-
W el come— Bymes would become the ma-
New Subscribers jority leader himself. All of which
THE CHRONICLE welcomes into means, if correct, that the selection | ^PP P
its large family of readers several Byrnes is yet uncertain. The
hundred subscribers added to our i President’s record shows that he of-
list during the past few weeks from ‘ changes his mmd.
the Clinton Cotton Mills community, While we are not excited over the!
and Goldville. We hope in the near,judgeship, we have said before that,
future to add a similar list from the m a Spirit of gratitude for past po- g McGFF
Lydia Mill section. \\itica\ “ball carrying’ the President| *>y V3LC fVlCVSCC
It will be noted by our readers andi^ould see to it that either Bymes or I
adverti.sers that interesting “news’"Governor Johnston, ^e states:
letters” are appearing in the paper j two most ardent New Dealers, is
each week from these two communi-; given the place. Maybank is New
ties. The West Clinton news and sub-jl^ooi®r No. 3 and can’t expect to push
scription list is in charge of Mrs. Joe ^®^d of the other two gentlemen
Campbell, who has served the paper | if he.Jias such a desire. That the
faithfully and well for the past sev-I president is under obUgation to!
eral years. At Goldville our efficient Bymes and Johnston no one can de
correspondent and representative is , oy.
Mrs E G. Kay. | Byrnes may get the appointment
1 1 and then he may not, when one re-
\\ e welcome this large number of. i. * u /-’ui
u I ^ members what happened at the Chi-
new subscribers and hope they will .. ^
give THE CHRONICLE a welcomed
state’s financial condition should' her neck and now she is a-feared to <
convince every informed member of)look around right when something;
the general assembly that the hour | happens in the scholl room, it is li-
is here to cut rather’ than increase j able to pop off, so she says, she has
bought herself a revolving chair and
is getting along verry well with her
work, she lost 17 pounds while out.
it wa^s veny serious, the fruit tree
j agent despaired of her once.
I the 3 grocery stoars here will set a
NOBODY'S BUSINESS
Dr. Qnis and the Average Cittsen
of the Average Town
Dr. Quiz: “What is the population
of your town?”
Average Citizen: “I dunno.”
Dr. Quiz: “How many cotton mills rtrade
.... Tn«i mcrnTTiii ntimon. Sf^’®®* school, NYA home, Florida
A? ®result we^ toe,^® ow^era m Street school, Wadsworth school,
f^ederal debt limit rai^ to sixty-five.P^jJlt to home, Thomwell orphan
billions of dollars, tins gigantic tax'^®*^ to watch em run. he got a kick
load of borrowed money being due! Pf ® f®^ years ago while he
largely to the spending and squan-j^®® P'^®®kine gunning them from an
dering of taxpayers’ money, which ’
has killed all confidence on the part { ♦
of the investing public. 1 miss Jennie veeve smith is back on
This is no time to be setting up j the job again, the side plurisy she'
new pension or other plans. The' ketched from the newmony settled in
Gray
Funeral Home
Clinton, S. C.
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Wednesday — MountviUe aehool.
Cross Hill school, Waterloo achgol.
Bethel Grove sdiool. Center
school. Hill’s home, 'Madden home,
S. E. Williams home (Ekom commu-
nity).
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new wedge scale for their employees
ere long, the “cash and tote” chain
will not come into it. the feller who
runs it says he believes in higher pay
and shorter hours, but he is a-feared
to let his boss in n.y. know it. the
pressent scale is 9$ per week for 72 ‘ ^
hours, nothing for over-time, and no
time took out to eat. the fol^ who
at the chain tote everthlng
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place in .heir home^ They will firid ^ by “rjain
from week lo week. , ^ distinction.
are^there in your county?” jhome, but at the other stoars where
Average Citizen: “I dimno.” [they buy on creddick they are
Dr. Quiz: “What is the bonded and! ashamed to be saw toting annything
floating debt of your town?” {home, someboddy mought think theyi
Average Citizen: “I dunno.” were pore folks, the c.i.o. mought bej
Dr. Quiz: “How many churches in j behind this sallery and wedges trub-1
ble, allso hours.
Good Books For Boys
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, chair
man of the Reading Program of the
Boy Scouts of America, in a nation
wide radio broadcast, recently an- „ einnnnnon
nounccd the ‘ Boy Scout BooksheU.” Jbe goal ts to ™se »1W0W_00 to
The titles of the first twelve books,
selected from 725 titles suggested by
thousands of persons interested
Help For the Greeks
A nationwide appeal is liow being
made for the Greek War Relief Asso--
ciation — a most humanitarian cause.
persons
good reading habits are:
“The Bible.”
“The Handbook for Boys.”
“Abe Lincoln Grows Up,” by Carl
Sandburg. ‘
“Boy’s Life of Theodore Roose
velt,” 6y Hermann Hagedom.
“Captains Courageous,” by
yard Kipling.
“The Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn,” by Mark Twain.
"Ivanhoe,” by Sir Walter Scott.
“Last of the Mohicans,” by James
Fenimore Cooper.
"The Microbe Hunters,” by Paul
DeKruif.
"Robinson Crusoe,” by
Defoe.
“The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,
coast-to-coast
a few
ago as one of five great na
tional events conceived and devel
oped to aid in the task.
, True to their traditional milita^
and heroic skill, the Greeks again
have proves their ancient claims to
the admiration of the world. But
more than a great tradition is nekes-
j^^d-'Sary in 1941 as the armies of Greece
engage the Italian and German forc
es in mountainous Albania. Beside
modern equipment for 'the prosecu
tion of the Italian war, Greece must
have civilian relief. All the resources
!of the resolute nation have been un-
' reservedly dump>ed into a common
j storehouse for a common cause.
Daniel' ® result, sickness and hunger
I have laid a heavy hand upon the
' courageous and unhappy Greeks.
by Mark Twain I Greece is therefore destined
“Treasure Island,” by Robert Louis'^o have a two-way effect It will be
Stevenson ! anti-axis belligerents as
Most of the books chosen for the well as help to the civilians who are
Bookshelf have been for years rec- suffering from winter s^exposure and
ognized in the field of boy literature Jhe resulting illness and discomforts,
and most of them available in low- Pf. back horn
priced editions. They are excellent will help the unrelenting soldiers vveight?
reading for growing boys, whether the front. . • *
Greece has the courage to resist
Average Citizen: “I durmo.”
Dr. Quiz: What is the tax levy in
your town?”
Average Citizen: “I dunno, but
taxes is high.”
Dr. Quiz: “What is the average at
tendance in your schools?”
Average Citizen: “I dunno.”
Dr. Quiz: “What is the number of
the main highway going toward At
lanta?”
Average Citizen: “I dimno.”
Dr. Quiz: “How many miles of
paved highways in your county?”
Average Citizwi: “I dunno.”
Dr. Quiz: “What are average de
posits in your banks?”
Average Citizen: “I dunno.”
Dr. Quiz: “What is the area of your
town?”
Average Citizen: “I dunno.”
Dr. Quiz: “What is the total in
debtedness of your county?”
Average Citizen: “I dunno.”
Dr. Quiz: “Who is your state su
perintendent of education?”
Average Citizen: “I dunno/’
Dr. Quiz: “Does your town own its
waterworks and power systems?”
Average Citizen: “1 dunno.*’
Dr. Quiz: “Who is president of
Clemson college?”
Average Citizen: “Frank Howard.”
Dr. Quiz: “Who is' president 'of
Furman university?”
Average Citizen: “Dizzy McLeod.”
Dr. Quiz: “Who won the world’s
series last year?”
Average Citizen: “The Reds.”
Dr. Quiz: “Who is the champion
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.
Pitts in the office of the Judge of
Probate of Laurens Couhty, at 3:00
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,
Admlni^atrix.
Jan. 31, 1941.—27-4CW.
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they be scouts or not. ^ t
^ the insults and aggression of the,
, , _ , ^ „ dastardly, yet powerful, axis alii-1
Lets Back uur boys ance. Our hope is that they will ex-|
That was a fine get-together ban- terminate Mussolini and his spine-]
quet of Fatjiers and Scouts given at less followers. I
the Training school Monday evening,^ This nation — and this community
a red-letter event for the boys, es-' — should have the conpassion to
pccially the small cubs now starting make a large contribution at this
on their advancement into scouting, i hour of need as a token of respect
Average Citizen: “John L. Lewis.”
Dr. Quiz: “What time is it?”
Average Citizen: “I dunno.”
General Items of More or Less
Interest From Flat Rock
enduring the recent flu epper-
demic in flat rock, the local drug
stoar sold out all its stock of “flu-
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kill”—a patent medison. he kept on
The Training school always furnishes America has for the fearless Greeks! having calls for it, so he got hisseH
a perfect setting for the event with ^-ho have astounded the world by|® gallon of epsom salts and
nothint; left undone to make the eve- their marvelous fight for their ownj^of^s of stump water and 10c worth
of ippecac, and made up a tub full
of the said medison and sold it at the
reggular price, it cured folks just as
fast as the other kind cured them:
I people enjoy spending their mormey
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MIMPKHS CHEVROLET
peo-
ning (iiie of helpful and enjoyable freedom and preservation as a
entertainment. Such occasions local- p[e,
ize scouting, and emphasize their ^
program which is an' active one, . , ^ D1 ^
stressing outdoor life, clean living Another ^penaing nan
and the ability to think and act un- Another proposal now bobs up ini
der emergency conditions. the legislature to pension county and ^
Doy Scout activity in this commu- municipal employees when they ar-
nity is being reorganized for the rive at the age of sixty. Here is.
year, with several deeply interested another good bill to kill,
and capable scoutmasters giving lib- j The state is loaded down today
erally of their time to the work,; with the largest army of civilian em-j
Thfse leaders, interested in. youth ployees in its history, with not a;
growth and development, deserve the voice raised, in the general assembly i
support of all citizens and organiza-ito cut it down. To the contrary thej
tions of the community. 'patronage list, with Washington as an;
What is scouting, an uninterested example, is being almost daiy en-j
gentleman inquires? Our answer is, larged with the tax load to meet the
you ought to inform yourself, es^iec- bill piled upon the backs of taxpay-;
cially if you have a young boy. It is ers. We have public welfare and
an organization that for 31 years has ^relief exenditures totaling millions,
been building character SSind training and more being sought. For the
boys between the ages of 9 and 18 to.past six years, according to treasury
be better citizen? wherever they department figures, $157,459,508.43
may'be. ihas been poured into the state in
A recent check of the several funds labeled as emergency relief,
thousand inmates ’of the state peni-1 Millions have been spent by the state
tentiary revealed that not a man con- during the same period through pub-
fined there for law violation had lie welfare departments in the^respec-
ever taken the scout oath. j tive comities, $556,000 being expend-
Nothing we might say could give a i ed th® past year on “adipinistration”
stronger endorsement to scouting oT this department. All of this rep-
than this remarkable finding. j resents borrowed money and the
^ ! leading of more debt on the backs
. . f r* A T IL taxpayers. Harry Hopkins said
mOrC bUprCITIO vourt l alk j we wUl spend and spend, borrow
Two or three dailies in the state | and borrow, tax and tax and that
are all disturbed over the prospect | we have done and are still doing in
of Senator Bymes leaving the United
States senate to fill the newly creat
ed vavcancy on the supreme court.
One of them feels that in case the
gentleman is offered the place* and
accepts, that it will be almost im
possible for the senate to function
without his leadership, an opinion
in which we do .not share.
But now in the opinion of some
of the Washington columnists we are
told there is a possibility that the ex
pected may not, happen. Bymes is
too valuable a man in the^ senate
some of his enthusiasts write, and the
to Attorney General Robert H.
Jackson or Majority Leader Albeit
spite of the fact that the past year
was one of the state’s best crop years,
that mills and other industries are
miming on full shifts, and that few
people who want work are unable to
find emplo3rment.
Public officials should be paid
adequate salaries commensurate with
their services, but taxpayers should
not be expected to provide a pension
system for ever]rt>ody on the pay
rolls. Pension county and municipal
employees and then what. The tank
ers will say pension us also, then the
judiciary and right on down tile line
appointment in the final end may go. to include every class of emidoyees
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