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T-1 - ; ■ ^ I'." ' <U •!1 J' Poge^Foiir THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON. S. C Thursdoy, Morch 20,, 1941 014? Qlltnton Oll|ninirl? EsUbliihed 19M WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher ,.... ...ji Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONKXE PUBUSHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year |1.50; Six Months 75 cents; Three Months 50 cents Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C. The Chronicle seeks the cooperation o£ 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 conununicatioixs will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions -pfjts correspondents. NOBODY'S BUSINESS Bv GEE McGEE A Trip To Florida ^ We used to think that maybe if bathing suits were made out of cot ton instead of wool, silk and rayon, Jthere would not be any surplus cot ton in the U. S. in a year or po. But since examining the Miami Beach 1941 patterns and designs, we have decided that it doesn’t matter what Exercises Recall College Founder President of Erskine College Mokes Found er's Doy Address. Dr. R. C. Grier, president of Er skine college, delivered the principal address at Founder’s day exercises held at Presbsrterian college in honor of the founder, the late Rev. William kisd of stuff they are made of: no j piumer Jacobs, D.D., LL.D.,’last Sat- producer of the required raw ma- urday morning at 10:30. _ terials will benefit therefrom. Somei * .u.. i * * j ‘ oE them are almost “Forgots" or * We founder of “What’s the use.’’ Of course we are CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 20.-1041 A Sod Death The profound sympathy of this en tire community goes out to Dr. D. J talking only about women with fine ^ v. tv_ "t figures. The overweight females atlU prildenT of miomWeU the institution was paid by Dr. Mar shall W. Brown, dean of the college. —are included when we speak of the things most dear to us that we are willing to risk our lives to defend. To most of us, the private home. wear the Mother-Hubbard patterns. Woods in the tragic death of his wife ^^ich includes our family, is our first consideration, and rightly so. early yesterday morning when her home was destroyed by fire. Mrs. Woods, before marriage Miss Julia Ferguson, was one of the most safety of our private home depends beloved women of this community, j upon them. My home state would like to have a few of the Florida untaxed items to romp on. As a matter of fact, we have run out of things to tax up my Her life was one of kindness and! different in‘Germany and orphanage. Special music was given by the college glele club under the dirrection of Dr. John G. Barden, of the college faculty. Dr. Grier, in speaking to the as semblage of students and faculty members, issued a charge to the home way. We can only resort to We want to protect our community,!taxing the already over-taxqd things our state and our Nation because the two times instead of one. Soft drinks] e^aract^r and cigarettes have not yet been exemplified taxed by the state. Some cities ^he’^/o^^^der’rday exercises are an ™ .annual evenfat’tbe’^o^Te; M.“rc"h “ COMES tHE SPRING FRESHET \ good deeds,Jor her Christian charac- ^^ere the philosophy is just,the income derived from their owni^jg; birthday of the late Dr ter she was admired and held m the opposite. There the nation is the! water and electric light plants. The;j3j,Qjjg ^ te D . highest esteem. Clinton is.the richer consideration—the private home 1 t>ondholders get all of the real and| ’ for her having .spent her life here. j^j^^ private individual are dedicated! P^^'sonal property taxes that are col-1 ^ ~ and by the same token, is the poorer, furthering thg interests of the '^®^^®^- I and the sadder in her untimely j There the people are the ser- death. j vants of the state—here the state is j the servant and protector of the peo ple. To pfeserve that status is why the Honesty Needed Today .^s we hear today of many ideas! and plans for promoting the com-■ American people are will^ to de- ffeves “ Lindbergh ''har'wings: He! mon good, there is one quality of fend the land of the free and the: ' TODAY... TOMOBROW We ran across a real German | Bunder in the flesh today. He hailed; from Philadelphia. He worshipped Dw Hnn RnKincAn Hitler. He loVed Bob Reynolds, sen-| KODHlSOn ator from North Carolina. He be- ..1 i —who are dependent upon a reliable i buy a new automobile—but don’t be . u I c ... V .. • X thought Wheeler was a saint at first,! char,-.ctcr wh.cb is mo,c vital to the home of the brave ogamst any tor-i knows he's one. He said lutuieoyhe nation ^an an,v other e'gn attack. That IS why we are now j, ,^nd would gel wiped out in and needs to be emphasiz^ - That is pending bilhons tor a national de-;^ „ ,9^, j,,, common honesty, rock-ribbed, un- tense program. I euns are old and worn-out. And fur- questionable honesty. Our greatest j ’leaders whose memories live in pub-, A DJII TUnf tic respect had that character of sin- ' cere honesty and personal integrity | ^hOUld Be Killed above all else. Men believed themj The lower house last week passed and were willing to trust them with, a bill which would legalize Sunday the destinies of the nation because their honesty was so clearly appar ent. No man, or little handful of men, is big enough, wise enough, skillful enough to run a nation of 130,000,0001 the Laurens county delegation voted persons single-handed. There are against the measure and this is to many men wise enough to take coun- their credit. sel, able to distinguish between The senate military affairs corn- movies and commercial sports “in counties where the U. S. government has established and maintains per manent or temporary army forts, na val or marine bases.’’ Members of sound advice and unwise counsel, and honest enough to take the course which will best serve the nation, re gardless of whether it is the popular course or not. A Misued Word . ^ ♦ vr What does the word Liberalism! '^s favor to provide mittee has announced that a public hearing on the" bill will be held at 3 p.m. March 26. On' all such issues there are two sides and always much argument pro and con. When the proposal was be fore the lower body there were those thermore, our help to the Allies is worse than nothing. Stalin is the only man in the world who knows any thing at all, except, of course, Herr Hitler. After he finished his spiel, we told him that we would sell him BIRTHRATE—Decline For years statisticians have been trying to get us excited about this country’s declining birthrate. They have predicted that unless somethihg is done about it the United States will some day be about as populated as the North Pole. But with most of us, such theories go in one ear and out the other. In fact, when we go for an automobile our interest in the few animals he I ride on a nice Sunday afternoon w? had referred to so lovingly for ex-1 think that there are entirely too actly nothing, and that he was evi dently living far away from his rightful home, Germany or Russia. He hated Senator Pepper worst of all. mean? It is a good old word which)®® claimed, prop^ recreational has in recent years been givin a nex?, spldiers. Others argued meaning, especially by politicians. I opening wedge to Indeed the words “liberal” and ‘-Ub- breaje down the morals of ^e state: eralism” have taken on so many new 1 is another different meanings, depending upon commereialw Stmday and who uses them, that'it is almost nec- ‘^ea that the prime mov- essary to ask a man for his particu-i ^ts passage are not soldiers lar definition of “liberalism” before stationed in camps. But there are The weather in Florida is ideal for use by a lazy person, and that’s all of our crowd. We sleep and relax, and then we eat, and have to relax all over again. If we could under stand what those Cubans and Mexi cans are saying on the radio, we might enjoy the radio occasionally. They (these furriners) rule the air in this part of the country. The parts of the dial they are not using are full of static. many people in America Ever since thla country was taken away from the Indians the popula tion has increased every year. It will automobile to get to work. Transportation, and that means mostly automobile transportation, is now the third most important item on the average American’s spending list. It is out-ranked only by expen ditures for shelter and food. When an industry is that impor tant to us we should make every ef fort to keep it operating normally. It would be ridiculously short-sighted to disrupt our leading means of transportation as part of a plan to strengthen our defenses. MODELS—Changea It looks as if there may be no new models of autpmobiles for 1942. To turn out a now model requires new machine tools and dies. Machine tools conthiue to do so for a few more i dies are the big problem in de years—and then the decline will be gin. After studying the figures on it I can see why there is reason for alarm —particularly in the cities. The most recent figures show that, if present birth and death rates continue in the cities, the urban population will de cline 24 per cent in one generation. fense production. I’hey are difficult and slow to make, workmen skilled in making them are scarce and the demand for them in defense indus tries is greater than can possibly be supplied. Therefore, while the ^continued production of automobiles ^ consid ered essential to keeping our eco beginning right now. That means, if no^iic system in order, the produc- it continued for 100 years, a city!^^®*' new models would seem to be which now has a population of 100,-!®*^ extravagance. It looks like these Florida girls have started a new way to fix the hair, meaning their own hair, not mine. I-haven’t any. If this is really 000 would then have a population of around 25,000, unless people migrat ed from rural areas. a new style, it’s going to be mighty entering into a political discussion.! who say that the state cannot j tough on the permanent wavers. All And most automobile manufactur ers agree. Joseph W. Frazer, presi- den' In the rural areas the birthrate has ^^®* pdblic won I object if no declined over 10 per cent in 10 years, I whatsoever are made for but it is still great enough to supply! cars and has indicated that his disappointed either, if, when :^ou buy a 1942 model, it looks exactly like the 1941 edition. CITATION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION The State of South Carolina, Laurens County. By J. Hewlette Wasson, Probate Judge: Whereas, Isabel Pitts made suit to me to grant Hubert J. Pitts and Raymond J. Pitts Letters of Admin istration of the estate and effects of James M. Pitts. These are therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kin dred and creditors of the said James M. Pitts, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Laurens Court House, Laurens, S. C., on April 3, 1941, next, after publication 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 18th day of March, A. D., 1941. J. HEWLETTE WASSON, 27-2c ' J. P. L. C. WE DO ALL KINDS OP PRINTING —EXCEPT BAD CHRONICLE PUBUSHING CO. To the New Dealers the word largely: morality into the people means socialism — seeking for a so-1 ?^^®^ morels cialized state * 'legislation, we can raise rather The term liberal im a political sense'^^an lower standards, we can uphold comes from England, where it has' ^h®" tear down the noble tra- long meant a political philosophy ^‘tions of our forefather which have j entirely, bulges out on each side, and which not only recognizes the rights 7®®^ cherished to this day. The Sab-j encases the face so it looks like a that they do to it (from a casual glance) is run their fingers through it, muss it up, scatter it round, and leave it just so. It hangs kind of loose and at random, hides the ears of minorities but tolerates the ex- pression of their point of view. It is been turned into a holiday rather not, as many seek to think or tell us,; ^ religious day. It has been the opposite of “Conservative.” highly commercialized, when it was pretty little flapjack leaning up against the inside bottom of a frying pan. Lately in America the term liberaL to man for the purpose of rest is coming to be used as meaning the religious obrerv^ce. We can t minorities therpselves and their com-! Fourth Commandment, mfin antipathy to any philosophy men have been attempting which respects the rights and prin-1 for ^o thousand years, clples of any group that disagrees ^7® t^®ve moving pictures, With them. The word is becoming' synonymous with “radical” or other If may natural- both city and country with popula tion increases for a few more years. After that comes the decline—un company will not make any. The New York Automobile show, which has been held every year since 19()0, less, by that time, the city people re- j ^®®j called off to discourage any vert to normal child-raising or invent ' major changes. a population producing machine. FARMING—Sport ■ Looking into the future is fun, even if you look, at it through thef eyes of a fake fortune-teller. But it’s most thrilling to me to look at it through the eyes of a smart scientist So don’t feel unpatriotic if you W. J. BENJAMIN SERVICE STATION Standard Products ' Cara Washed aad CraMri Your Buiiieaa Appndatad Another somewhat noticeable change is—the Florida dresses ap-1 who really holds sqrge of the keys pear to be about two inches shorter which will open the ^oors to thfe than the “yp home” dresses, and goodness they are short enough for all visible purposes. I have seen more knees since I left home than I ever saw in all my life up to 1929. And years ahead Dr. Francis J. Curtis of the Mon santo Chemical company is such a scientist—and he did some predicting the other day that will make most such terms now often heard used by exacted that certain “business | they ain’t bad looking either. Japan) farmers want to live as long as Me- certain croups in high authority interests” will begin to clamor and | need not worry any more about her thuselah, if necessary, just to get a Thus every Communist speaks of' privileges in other silk exports. It will take twice as him^tOf as.™a. . "Liberal” and scornsi ‘^°"^"'Hmties. %artanburg,,..for, in-]inuch silk as 1929 to make a pair eny expression of such true liberal- ^^ose long enough for 1941, but ism as would recognize that those^ camp, will affect other sec- they have just about climbed their lions and ■" a_j .. _ who do not agree with him still have hurt that city in many j limit. And, folks—women are going a right to hold and express their , . • xi. ! wear silk hose as long as silk opinions. That sort of “Liberalism” If The Chronicle had a voice in the worms spin. I usually undertakes to challenge the vote against the pro honestv of anv one who holds a dif- tull and work for its defeat. | Clothes fit more loosely down here ferent point of view iuphold Christian than up ybnder: this refers to both There is much loose use of the! ideals, to place before men and women, but we are talking word on the part of political parties 1 people, especially young boys and primarily of the latter. The garments and their candidates. To be a mem ber of a minority group is not in it self Liberalism. To denounce every other group and-attempt to deny ! girls, a proper respect for the Lord’s Must sort of hang on and take their day. The Sabbath was intended as a course. You’ve seen these inside-the- day of rest and worship. When we attempt to turn it into a man-made them equal rights with all others is; commercialized day we are seeking house clothes-drying racks? Well, just add beauty, poise, swing, lustre, chewing gum and cigarettes to the the essence of what might be callediPurpose for)rack, and you have a Florida belle which it was created ' ^ ’ ‘ ‘Liberalism. It is wise to bew’are of any man, party or clique which undertakes to deny to any minority, whether racial, religious or economic , the equal rights guaranteed to every American citizen by the Constitution —.even TO PLACE WORKERS ON DEFENSE JOBS jThey say down here that the rich I girls dress poorly and the poor girls I dress richly. You can’t always tell ! about an egg by looking at its shell. We have not seen an old model, ... car since we left home except a few i *.4^°^ which bear a Florida tag. Tourists from exerywhere have come down in glimpse of the world he pictures. .For in the future, sayS Dr. Curtis, farming, as we know it today, will be a sport rather than labor—a sport' like hunting, fishing, rowing and oth er such activities that we now go in for for fun but used to pursue be cause our existence depended upon themj The raising of food, Dr. Curtis pre dicts, will gradually peMMnto a fac tory stage where ther|Pwill be no guess-work, mostly machine labor, no worry about the size or quality of crops, no fear of floods, drouth or frost, and positive knowledge about what each seed will produce. Labor will be confined to controlling farm machines, working hours will 'be short, health foods will be so abun dant that sickness will be a disgrace and all sorts of new entertainments will be devised to occupy the long hours of leisime which the farmers 1921—1940 Hugh L Eichelberger NEW YORK LIFE MAN _ 19 Years Experience Professional Insurance Information Furnished Free Member — The National Association of Life Underwriters. _ _ _ In the next twelve months thou- though it has been badly abused in j sands of additional ■workers will be recent years. required to carry on the defense pro- Ijects of the nation. There will be ajnew vehicles, and it looks like most j strong demand for machinists, me-: of them were bought for cash. We . _ ^ .1 chanics, carpenters and other skilled gathered this information from the The word “home” has a lot of dif- j labor, as well as common labor. j fact that none of them seem to have ferent meanings, depending upon | “Every worker entering a new job i a mortgage on them that weighs The Meaning of Home where we happen to be when we f should apply immediately for a so- them down on one side or the other, use it. . cial security account number card if) like our own installment plan, for An American traveling in a foreign he does not already have one,” de- j instance. Our mortgage has settled in It all sounds like a bed of roses for the farmer. And the interesting thing about it is that Dr. Curtis isn’t just dreaming. He’s basing his pre dictions on the exp^ted results of problems which scientists are now striving to solve. country speaks of “home” and means America. A citizen of South Carolina, visiting a distant city in thi^ coun try, refers to “home” and thinks of the section of the country in which he lives. A resident of Clinton, when in a nearby town, speaks of home and means this particular commu nity. And finally, when one of us drops in on a neighbor, we mean the particular house in which we live when we refer to “home.” Home thus expands or contracts in the scope of its meaning in relation to our distance from it. But in the words of that all-familiar song, “Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like Home.” But all of our homes—our nation, oiu state, our town and our dwelling dared Miss Martha Pressly, manager, the left rear wheel: it’s two inches of the Social Security board’s office [lower than the other side. '' in Greenwood. The age of the worker does not matter. He needs the card even if he is under 20 years old or over 70. Many women may replace men in stores, offices and factories. Women in commerce and industry must have i a social security account number card, just the same as men. The age of the women does not matter. The fact that she is working in some store, office or factory or other plAce of business where her employer is required to report her wages to the government determines her need of a social security card. Social aecurity account number cards may be secured from any field office of the Social Security board, llie office serving the county of Lau rens is located in the Hodges build ing in Greenwood. Answers To Quiz 1. (b) is correct. 2. Austria, Czecho-Slovakia, Poland, Denmark, Norway, Ru mania, Luxemburg, Belidum, France and the Netherlands. (c) is correct. 8UBM TO THE CHRONICUI AUTOMOBOLES-oDefense Some patriotic-meaning Amertcans who want to see the defense program go ahead at top-rate speed, have sug gested that automobile manufactur ers atop making cars for private use' altogether and concentrate on planes, trucks, tanks and tractors. If it would speed defense, the ma jority of people would agree to sudi a program, even thou^ it >irould mean great peraonal sacrifice. But actually any such plan would be an irreparable mistake. liie automobile industry is one of the main pillars of today's economic system. Last year its sales totaled over |5,000,0(K),000. If, this business suddenly stopp^, even temporarily, it would dlanipt the lives of miUknis* of pertpla ilndudlng the large farce newly employed defansa werhere THE MONEY IS READY To Help You Build or Buy The Home That You Want Monthly payments like rent take care pf interest and princip^ to bring you debt-fr^home oiwnm’ship. Get fuU detaiis withmit obiigation. C^i^it us today. SPRINGTIME IS BUILDING TIME Each Account Insured Up To $5/)00 EDERAL5AVINGS ND tOAN AStOCIATibN TsiepMas pk • A GUaton lutUiiUoa Etfriag CUnton Ptaple Sinct 1908 r‘r ■'I d