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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON.,S. C.
Thiirsdoy, March 13, 1941
(EUnton dt^ronirU
EsUblished 1900
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law: he undertook to negotiate a
peace with her. now he is nursing a
sore noodle and doing his 'sleeping
and eating at his brother’s house in
east flat rock, he wishes now that he
had fought it out and not considered
Charley’s plan a-talL she has placed
the 'Entire household in the new
order. ,
sergt. lark is back from fort bragg.
j it looks like h^ got in the right fort,
I “l^ragg.” he says he is a sergeant, he
jhas a little wad of padding in his
{shoulders and he says that is the
TODAY.'..lOHORHOW
By Don Robinson
sign of a offiser. he will begin tak-
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^ COLLEGE—Work
A college degree is no longer ai
sign that a boy comes from a family
which is wealthy enough to plunk
down $5,000 in cold cash for his ed
ucation.
It is, more accurately, evidence ^
that a boy has perseverance, intelli- his Wgh schwl coii^.'But he ^*t
ftunily was poor and he wanted to
help them. Another reason he had
quit was that he liked working in a
factory better than going to achooL
But aft«r a day’s work at the fac
tory hefd sit up hall the nij^t read
ing history, ^ilosophy and science.
He enjo3^ studying and learning
more than any boy of his age I ever
met, but he just couldn’t take it in
the way they parceled out learning
in> school. They didn’t move along
fast enough for him.
I got him interested in the idea of
college and he wmt back to finish
ing flying lessons ere long, he saysigence and a real desire to make {stay^ long. The next thing i heard,
1. , X. ^1- 41.1....ui when he was 18, was that he had
gone back to the factory and had got
! that he is being groomed to lead a something of himself.
1 covey of bumbihg planes to england' That’s how it happens, in spite of
'every 10 da^s. he thinks he will like {poor business years, that there are
CUNTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 19*1
Works Two Ways
The repeal of prohibition is work
ing two ways in the matter of ad
vertising. On one newspaper page is
carried advertisements to promote
the sale of liquor and on another
page will be found an advertisement
of a remedy for the cure of alcohol-
mean or how it will work out, re
gardless of'what its advocates tell
us. Whether its passage will involve
America in war abroad and dictator
ship at home, or whether it will keep
us out of war by aiding England,
only time can tell.
The Chronicle heartily approves
the essentials of the bill to give
the air. according to him, the gen
neral is a verry nice man but is a
little bit cranky, mr. lark is doing all
he can to get him to overcome it.
they are real buddies, so he says.
jsm.
bfficers raided tom head’s cow pas
ture last friday night, they diddent
find anyboddy at the still, but it was
running at full blast, it was destroy
ed with sevveral barrels of mash an-
sofbrth. mr. tom head’s coat and hat
were found lying on the wirm, but
more students in college today than
there were in 1929. Most of the boys
an^ girls vdio go to college today go
because they consider an education
worth working for—not in order to
postpone going to woik for four yearsj listen. He liked working with his
more.
That fact way strikingly brought
out by a recent check-up which
showed that approximately 50 per
cent of college students are -earning
at least part of their own expenses.
It’s no easy job to work your way
through college. A job cuts in on the
Finland and Greece
, needed help to Britain. We m\^t as- ggyg ^ hobo enduring 1939. he wasl
Isist that nation in order to help de-j surprised to know that person was * * on_s^ies
sisi inai nation in oraer lo neip ae- surprised to know that person was!
feat Hitler, which will mean a great| bold enough to run a ?ill on his'
married!
The Carnegie organization, because
they were convinced of his unusual
ability, finally offered to support
both CHto and his wife if he’d go on
with his education. But he wouldn’t
hands in the daytime and saving his
mind for his spare time.
• We gave up trying to help Otto—
he was too insistent on helping him
self.
But I was interested in a letter I
got from the principal of his school
a year later. It seems that Otto had
dropped in the school while a state
exaihination for teachers was going
victory for humanity all over the, premises, he is helping the sheriff
the present war is written, Finland bjg gang will soon end. For Musso-
innumerable college activities which
When the history of the heroism | ^.orid. The American people are! ^etch hi’m "so he'savs’°it irhiVidea
Pf small nations in connection with united in the hope that Hitler and run doY^ all stiLr^ and
leggers. the town has benn verry
dry since this raid was hell bn the
outfit.
and Greece will take their places at ^ni they -have, contempt. In shorL
the v’er>' frohl oT the procession of our people are violently partisan, and
those who have loved and fought for | ^be American nation is definitely
liberty with supreme bravery against g^d irretrievably involved in the Eu-
great odds. The same attitude on the ropean war on the side of the allies.
part of France would have brought The American people, fully awake about the size of his lasrcheckThim
early defeat to Germany. ^to the menace of Hitler, are willing {and jnr. art square are farmers and
^ to make any conceivable economic^ are nabors. art’s check was for 20$
Time For Action sacrifice in the name of liberty and while slim’s check was for only 15$.
One can hardly pick up a news- see the huge fundsjmr. chance thinks (hat the man who
usually turns out to be an asset. Ask
any coUege-boy, and he’ll reel off the
names of outstanding students, foot
ball stars, class officers and student
„ v . . 4 leaders who are working for their
mr. shm chance, sr, has rote the '
seeker-terry of the agger-culture
education.
Not having things too easy seems
to breed determination. There are
exceptions—but in general the ones
who can afford to take things easy
are often the ones Who are eased out
of college for not making the grade.
on. He had taken the test—just for
the fun of it—and had received the
highest grade of all the normal
school and college graduates who
took it with him. But he wasn’t im
pressed. He said he’d never want to
teach—^he was happy working in the
factory and studying nights!
p6nse of the taxpayers.
Congress has ai^repriated $9,000,-
000 for training students in engin
eering activities essential to our de
fense program. Arrangem«its have
been made wiOkilO engineering col
leges to give training to 57,853 stu
dents.
These courses will not take the
place of a regular college course—
but they will give an intensive two
to six months of training in special
ized fields, which will mean good
jobs for the students if they com
plete them successfully.
Selection of students is left in the
hands of the ^igineering colleges.
Wh«i the colleges accept an appli
cant, the cost of their instruction will
then be paid,by the federal govern
ment.
W. J. BENJAMIN
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Cars Washed and Qreaasi
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HEROES—Courage
moer without reading of strikes and solely for this purpose. Greater Pleasured these farms took some of
Soms to Dlants hoWine defense “bviously called lOT average and added it to mr.
walkouts in plants holding d e se industry and labor j sauare’s farm he is verrv muchlv * ■
contracts. -Todays pa^rs carry an ^ victory j wrought up^ver it th^^rsh^ld ^1 years'ago I visited colleges
account of four such strikes m van-. ^ ^LTthe ^rsTze ^ to interview
should of benn 20$ each, what he
told the seeker-terry is not fitten to
, . J . • .. and keep ourselves from actual par
ous sections, higher pay being , ti(.ip3tion in War. The American tax-
case. „ payers are not going to be satisfied
Hitler, we iniagine, gets a kick | mere bills appropriatihg money
reading about strikes that take place raising taxes for defense. They
day after day in the defense Indus-1 know that tax mon-
tnes States. When ^®| ey for defense produces results—that
reads about the tie-up of of, ^ ^ —waste
dollars worth of production in Beth-1 avoided-poUtics dis-
lehem steel plants, for instance,
probably as if he had already | national defense is to be pro->-
won a battle in Arnerica. For if it is ^ prdinary governmental ex
necessary for to give maximum, reduced to the
help to England for England to unngggssary activities,
ea^ slow-down in that program direct bearing on de-
a definite victory for Hitler.
put in this collum, so it must of benn
bad. I
NEWS FROM BATTERY
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country
“heroes.”
I was representing the Carnegie
Hero Fund commission, an organi
zation endowed by Andrew Carnegie
for the sole purpose of giving a per
manent boost, either by education or
some other means, to prople who had
risked their lives to save the life of
another.
Mr. Carnegie believed that courage
was a good yardstick for measuring
ENGINEERING—Free
Under the government defense
program, there is a new opportimity
for thousands of young men to get
an engineering education at the ex-
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The boys who did not get to go: g person’s worth—and he set up this
home on the week-end at least had j simple “risk your life” formula as a
The American people want to see
fense, must be stopped. For we are
something to look forward to. They
anticipated the return of those who
these continual strikes banned,
still ^appropriating and spending
money for every conceivable non-
whether ^ey be the fault of | military project under the guise of
eaders, the fault of employers, or^^j^^ national defense program. Our
the fault of government. Congress should .be turned -into air-
should get the facts and proceed to ^
remedy the situation. For eve^ time appropriated for public
did go. For they knew that those who {beneficence.
means of selecting a group of people,
from all walks of life, worthy of his
did go will be just like Santa Claus
when they return.
Almost every man who returns
from home Sunday brings a box of
goodies such as cakes, pies, home
The beneficiaries of the fund in
clude hundreds of boys and girls who
are being sent to college on an “all
expenses paid” basis, because, ac
cording to the'Carnegie formula, they
made fudge, etc. About 11 o’clock on. have what it takes to become worth-
a strike is called, another defense| other projects all overl night you can go into almost'while Americans.
<irder is held up. It’s time for less - -oiintrv as is still beine done bvi^^y tent ^and find a picnic in fullj Mr. Carnegie’s formula is an inter-
politics, plain talk and definite action' jJJ® New D^alert ! swing. j esting variation from the usual meth-
in Washington, all too long delayed. [ xhia is th« time ta .Demoe-! "^tie highlight ot the, week .was a od of pickinR students for scbolar-
^ racy work. Spending should be con-
\tf0nini0n-56nS6 Showit' jeentrated on defense which is the
Those Louisiana officials who halt- j purpose of the lease-lend bill,
ed plans to have four men condemn-1 ■—
ed to die on the gallows broadcast |
statements over the radio just before
their execution the other day^should j D||C||JCCC
be given credit for using common-j IlvDvM I J DUaJInL^^
sense judgment. ip ^CC
The four Arkansas convict-killers{ iViCVsCC
were hanged for killing a posseman' —
after terrorizing North Louisiana jn
a series of auto thefts, smashings, j Flat Rock Enacts Some Very
abductions and fights with peace of- i Rigid Laws
fire call last Thursday night. The
boys were getting ready to go to the
picture show and other places of
ships by competitive examinations or
high scholastic standing. It is the
method of a self-made man \«dio
amusement when an order came for'realized that there was something
an “all out” formation with axes, deeper in a boy than his'ability to
rakes, etc.,,to fight a forest fire. 'The remember historical dates and Latin
high type of efficiency of our battery verbs by which he should be pudged
was upheld in this call, and our j as worthy of encouragement and
ability to conserve men and material help,
was excellent, for we left camp with
55 men, two rakes,'three shovels and
one axe. When we returned we had
57 men, three shovels, 1 rake and
two axes. The two extra men were
accounted for in the fact that they
ficers before they were surrounded j the flat rock town counsell met in ^ :
after two convicts were slain in the' executive session on friday night count off,
hunt. igone and passed some verry timely! average, and shortage in tools
BRAIN S—Independence
One of the winners of the Carnegie
medal for heroism particularly im
pressed me as being the type Andrew
Carnegie had in mind when he set
up his “courage” formula for judging
men, but I doubt if even Mr. Car-
Just before the morbid broadcast
the sheriff of the county was advised
is still a mystery, but by no means
an uncommon occurrence.
Private Red Lawson says he joined
the army for a rest from the clerical
business. He was drafted for a week
audiences and while doing,so, they
instructed the poleesman to enforce
by the attorney general of the state | them to the letter even if the viola-
that it would have been a violation j tors happen to be his own wife, or
of the law to let the prisoners talk the wife of the mayer or anny of the
over the air. The proposal was then i wives of the various and sundry al-| post canteen, and jus work
quickly banned. I dermans. no exception will be made saUsfactopr an order camej
Radio manuscripts running from | to anyboddy anny time regardless of!
80 to 500 words had been prepared race, color, kinship or profession. I 4. ,
by the four men who were sched-!this applies to dr. hubbert green as' says that the only
uled to go on the air at eleven o’clock - well as .other folks: be has bennT aboiR_ the camp is that
the day they were to trudge up the parking a-straddle of the sidewalks I “ ^ Chester,
scaffold. Microphones had b e e n ansoforth. ' hnnr=*i n f ^
placed in their death row cells by the ^
Monroe, La„ station^ in which the! ■ audience no. 54, civvil code I
prisoners, it was revealed in state-' owners of all dogs who run at 1 ® ,, 4. 4
ments read by an announcer, empha-' large on the streets of flat rock and| ^gt. Veimon Trammell says that
sized that “crime does not pay.” : vicinnity must wear muzzles of a ex-{'J'"®" got home Saturday night
Executions are sordid affairs, but;eepted type or if not muzzled, theyl|J«
they must be. Capital punishment is " ’ ' ^ ...4.,.,. , 00
negie himself would have known
how to handle him.
Otto was 15 years old when I met
him. He had quit school because his
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needed as a protection to .society and
a warning to criminals that crime
doesn’t pay even though they refuse
must be confined in a suitable dog- | h® should have stayed at camp,
house at their respective homes, i Private Vincent says that if the
(budd smith got bit by a mad-dog kept in effect he
UUCM. I cvv.. U.V.U6M u.trjr behind his bam last tuesday. he is ^ Yna ex-cook,
to heed the warning. The fact that {testing and taking the pasture 1^**^
homicides continue to increase in. treatment),
spite of the number of felons who are T* .,
put to death is proof that no good| audience no. 55, civyil code
could be expected to result from the I whoever parks his ford on the
attempt in Louisiana to make the sidewalk on mam street enduring the
banging of four murderers a sensa
tional' feature attraction for radio
day or night will be fined 5$ or 5
days at his option, (rars. slim chance.
listeners. The decision was a sensible butted into- a car on her side-
{walk last night but is resting yerry
comfortable at pressent).
BLUE HOSE LIST
NINE GRID GAMES
Coach Lonnie McMillian has an
nounced that the Blue Hose will play
nine games during the 1941 football
season, opening with Clemson as in
the past. Two of the games are to be
played here and the other seven
away from home.
_ The complete schedule follows:
Sept. 20—Clemson at Clemson.
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Lease-Lend Bill Passes f audience no. 56, civvil code
The lease-lend bill, designed-to j peddlers, agents, solicitors and
place almost, unlimited aid at the house-to-house drummers must geti
disposal of Britain and other nations a permit to rob folks befoar doing! Xa '"4^^.^”'*
fighting aggression, has been passed j so. it can be had at the citty hall} Oef
by the senate and house, and signed' for 3$ per day. (mrs. art square paid fv." .^^4'
by President Roosevelt 'during the, ij for a 10c brtlsh last monday.! al-Clinton
past four days after stirring nation- (moral: if you must get skint, whyr oct 24 n^iothorna nv 4
wide debate. Following hearings be-I not let yore own itownfolks skin: (nipht) ^ VeUnton
fore the foreign affairs committee; you?) '
where the bill -received a favorable i
report it Was sent to the senate early j audience no. 57, civvil code
in February where a decisive major- as grass is beginning to grow on
All can alike? Drive a Hudson just
once and you’ll find out diat here’s a
r^iMy difftrmt, really fie/ler car. For
one diing, it’s the 1941 safety .winner
.. 4 and winner in its efitts in the Gil
more Grand Canyon Economy Run.
Come in and see for yourself ... and
see how little itcosttto own one!
ity of senators backed it and oppon
ents fought the measure. For hours
and days it brought forth spontan
eous floor debate.
our streets, cow owners will plese
take notis that all cows must be tied
in the middle of the street to graze
and not where tfiey can get bn the
Nov. 1—Mercer at Macon, Ga.
Nov. 7—Erskine at Rock Hill.
Nov. 15—Wofford at Spartanburg.
Nov. 22—Rollins at Winter Park.
Fla.
The bill, signed by the president, i sidewalk, (miss jenhie veeve smith
immediately became operative when
he ordered an undisclosed list of war
materials to be sent to England and
Greece. It gives the chief executive
sweeping authority to “sell, transfer,
lease, lend or otherwise dispose of’
any defense articles to friendly pow
ers. 'Carrying the possibilities and
almost unlimited power it does, no
human being can tell what it will
got her foot ketched in a cow rope
on thursday and sprung her hipp.
she will recover but the cow wont),
everboddy be gowemed accordingly.
Flat Roek News Items 9i More
«r Lem Infimst
conditions are no better in the
home 0f mr. silent kniidtt. he used
die lindberg plan on bis modier-in-
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3. (b) is correct.
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