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THE CLiNTOH CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C
Thursdoy, ApHI 10^ 1941
ali^r (Ulinton dtironirU
Established 1900
WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher
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drafted into army centers and pre
pared to fight. England must get
aid in time to defeat Hitler we are
told.
The honest truth if —the only class
who have made any sacrifices are
the.se thousands of “privates” now
in camps at a dollar a day. ?
BIRTHDAYS AHD
ANNIVBISARIES NOTED
The Chronicle Extends Greetings
To Those Whose Birthdays ahd
WeiA.
Anniversaries Oecnr This
NOBODY'S BUSINESS
By GEE McGEE
CLINTON. S. C.. THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1941
Fncf<»r [month feel about the spectacle they
easier jgg^ before them — one calculated in
Never did toe world need toe es- | ^gy arouse their patriotism,
pential meaning and the spiritual jj fjjtier were directing the affairs
stimulus of Easter more than now.
A Painful Ordeal
To comply with the law against
unintentional nudeness I find it nec-
iessary to buy a new suit of clothes
! every two years. That’s a hard job.
I As a matter of fact, I was no wall
' flower as to looks when I was bom.
I had several lapses in the direction
of ugliness as I approached and pass
ed through the teen age. I never
know how badly I really look until
I try on a new suit and gaze into one
of those head-high, 3-way mirrors
that shows you up from head to foot.
of the United States in his own in-
when so m^y people are putting, terests, he could ask no greater show
their faith in makeshift structures qj sympathy and help than is now j front and rear, and on both sides
being evidenced by toe numerous
strikes in essential defense indus-
and man's limited wisdom rather
than the divine plan of toe God-man.
Many are saying that religion has i tbe violence associated with
lailed, that the plain, homely vir-f^jg Bethlehem Steel, Ford Motor
tues of faith and loving-kindness and ggj^pgjjy^ International Harvester
mercy as between men and their fel*-1 other strikes, the internal dis- ^
lows are dead and inoperative. To sention in the’ ranks of organized la- i ing. Then, as perhaps you have dis-
such an attitude of mind Eastergj^^j revelations of racket-1 covered, that is—if you wife don’t
comes as a shining and a beautiful,ggj.jyg methods used in collecting!do all of your buying, that your old
1 usually find that my shoes have
not been shined lately, and my shirt
collar is soiled a little, and my cuffs
are shop-worn, and my hair needs
eliminating and my neck needs shav-
refutation, as an angel seen by those gjjQj-jjjtgQt initiation fees and dues in
who are in sorrow around a tomb, with construction work
Easter is not to be observed mere-1 on government projects which are
hat is dirty and floppy, and ^t your
pants need pressing and cleaning and
patching, and that as to your figiire
ly as the commemoration of a tri-j costing millions of dollars above es-1 generally, it’s all out of .shape. In
umph over the grave, a victory over. timated figures given when their con-i other words, that new coat I have on
death, nineteen centuries ago. _ It struction began. As an example'
stands for the glory and the power (which is no exception) look at
of a resurrection here and now—of a Camp Meade near Baltimore. This
rebirth day, of.the springing of new jcamp was estinjated by the federal
life in this glad hour, and a confident 'government to cost eight million dol-
future hope for mankind. Its mean-! lars. while it has already cost twenty-
ing cannot all be told in music or .three million and is not yet com-
in flowers, or in the most eloquent ‘ pleted. How much more have the
sermons. It is not all in the glow of Spartanburg and Columbia camps
the hour of prayer and praise and cost than the original estimated fig-
song. It goes far deeper than words ures? On this Baltimore project an
can utter; it reaches the deepest of investigating congressman from
simply doesn’t match anything else
I’ve got on or my anatomy either. To
make worse matters badder, my 15
or 20 whiskers always show very
rapid growth since morning.
Mrs. Corrie, Young celebrated a
birthday yesterday.
Miss Agnes Hope Gwaltmey of the
Thomwell schools faculty, has a
birthday April 13.
Noland Suddeth, son of Mr. and
Mrs. B. H. Suddeth, will celebrate
his birthday tomorrow.
Buck Holland, Jr., will observe his
birthday Sunday, April 13, and his
lege work program to keep youth in
school as long as possible so that they
•may be better prepared to take pri
vate employment
Under the NYA program youths
are employed at work projects spon
sored by the school or college—pro
jects which otherwise could not be
caieded out, Mrs. Summer said. In
this way they obtain woiic experi
ence vtoich often aids them in ob
taining enaployment elsewhere. Some
of the projects carried out by NYA
student workers include office woik,
beautification of school grounds,, re
search woik tor teachers, and assist
ing in laboratories. Youth workers
in public schools are paid $3 to $6 a
month for their services, wh^ col
lege NYA woricers receive $10 to ^0
a month.
mother, Mrs. Davis R. Holland, has a
17th.
the truths we know, at the very Michigan found that one million, eight
heart of our human lives, in their j hundred thousand dollars had been
daily need of that which is higher, paid as “overtime” for work which
than ourselves, and in their aspir
ation toward that which is true eter
nally.
was not done. If a man worked an
hour overtime, he got two hours time
—one hour for which he worked and
The significance of Easter is the, one hour for which he did not work.
hope and promise which the resur
rection of our Lord holds for every
one, of eternal life for the human
soul and spirit. Just as the return of
the sun from its winter hibernation
in the south has brought to all peo
ples in all times promise and evi-
The $1,800,000 was paid for the time
So, friends, if any—^my advice to
you . .. before you buy a new suit of
clothes where you must try it on in
front of a big looking glass, is . . .
First, buy yourself a nice new hat;
then go to a barbershop and get ev
erything he’s got, if he will credit
you; and either shine your old shoes
or get a brand new pair; be sure to
have on a clean shirt with a proper
fitting collar. It will then be 50 per
cent easier for you to find' a suit of
clothes that will fit you o.k., and
even this “dry cleaning” of your per
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the men did not actually work. These sonality won’t make you so darned
facts were brought out in a report, pQj.^jj.yjgp ggj._
made to congress. What do the dol- ment you are to pay the dollar down
lar-a-day soldiers in our army camps
think of this?
on.
It is time that an end be put to
deuce that life does not end when i such ‘ practices and dissention. It is
grasses wither and trees shed theirfoj. every American, in what-
Iciiage at the advent of winter, butjgygj. capacity he may serve, to at _ , ^
c. ntinues to manifest itself afresh in 'igast for the present put bickering, | gusted with what I have to take be-
new forms, so the Resurrection of j greed and self-interest in the back- fore I wear it toe first two or three
Christ is a pledge to every faithful j ground. Such a rededication must be j times. But toe mam reason is the one
believer in Him, that they, too, shall Uj^g^jg by both capital and labor if [mentioned above, viz: how I appear
J don’t like to buy things for my
self. One reason is ... I don’t often
have enough ready cash to pay for
what I want, and I usually get dis
not perish but shall have everlasting
life.
Easter is the freedom and light, the jgb fronj the earth. If it does not
government of the people, by the
people, for the people, shall not per-
come voluntarily—then it should be
given toe force of‘federal law and
that without further delay. It is time
upswinging joy of the emancipation
of the soul of man. It is a- time for
serious looking and thinking and act
ing beyond and away from ourselves, j for action—not politics.
It IS the season when all mankind j
needs to look forward with faith andi — . ^
(cniidence. Empty Talk
About Sacrifices
The city of Charlotte, which de-
100,000
population, is in the midst of its an-
It Is Time for Action
William S. Knudsen, director-gen-j ^^Shts in bragging over its
eral of the Office of Production Man- i population, is in the midst o
agement, said at an Arroy day dinner | Cross drive. News and edi-
in New York a few nights ago, “The j torial comment from one of toe dai-
most serious thing about the strike | there stated that only about one-
in the Allis-Chalmers plant in Mil-1 fourth as many members and a
waukee was not toe time lost in the fourth as much money has been
production of defense materials, but brought in as sought in toe quota.
the fact that it showed that.‘radical’ that the amount raised has come
labor leaders could tell the state and | ® dribbling rate,
federal governments ‘where to get [ This spirit of apathy toward one
off ’. ’ That strike, which is just one j of the world’s greatest organizations
of the many that have been, and still j u> not peculiar to that city. The same
are being ordered almost daily in,all j general feeling exists in all parts of
parts of the country, came to a close; the country. The reason for such in
yesterday after lasting 77 days. It i difference is the fact that .the federal
rneans that the company’s $45,000,000 j fcove» nment is now spending millions
worth of highly important national! lor so-called humanitarian work and
defense orders were held up ten [this policy has largely killed toe
weeks because of the C. I. O. action I spirit of individual philanthropy. The
which resulted in violence and blood- 1 common response now to appeals, no
shed. Such serious strikes in the de- matter how worthy they may be—is
wjien I gaze at myself all over in
that big store reflector. If you are
not affected as 1 am ^en you tiPy
to dress yourself up, please do not
read this piece.
InsomnUi, Please Go ’Way and
Let Me Sleep
Insomnia is my worst enemy. I
have heard of insomnia remedies but
I have never seen but two chronic
cases absolutely cured. These were
converted into corpses before real
relief came, and that seemed a little
late to me. After I Retire, which is
sometimes ea];ly and sometimes late,
I immediately bwome very unsleepy.
My pajamas fit too tight in several
places. The mattress develops lumps.
The pillow is too high or too low.
The sheets have starch in them. The
blankets scratch my eyeballs, and I
suddenly begin to hurt north, east,
south and west.
I begin to count sheep after the
first hour. The lOOOto sheep wiggles
his tail at me' and looks back with
moronic eyes and gives me the sheep
lau^i The 2000th sheep hops up on
top of the fence and walks back and
forth on it for a few minutes, and
then falls off on toe wrong side. The
SOOOto sheep jumps the fence in slow
motion and then for toe next ten
fense industries have forcibly let the government do it. It is just
brought before the nation the vital one of the many'bad effects of the over toe fence, -nie ^4000th^eip^
importance of solving the far-reach
ing problem of labor relations. What
does the government do? What ac
tion does Madam Perkins take? She
says such troubles should be settled
by the National Defense Advisory
Commission which, as a matter of
New Deal program of socialism. Beg
gars on th4 stree^ attract little at
tention and pi<;k up few nickels.
President Roosevelt in a recent
statement declared that the nation is
calling for personal sacrifices back
home in order to help carry forward
birthday on the
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Brannon will
observe a wedding anniversary the
14to.
Today is the birthday of S. A. Tim
mons.
Miss Jean Layton has a birthday
W^nesday, April 16.
George C. Adair will observe a
birthday the 15th.
April . 14 birthdays include Mrs. T.
M. Sease, Mrs. William Montjoy,
Mrs. Grady Adair, and Miss Jose
phine Copeland.
Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Dawkins have
a wedding anniversary TuesdUiy,
April 15.
Mrs. William Davis will observe a
birthday the 12th.
Lawrence Edmund Young, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Young, will
celebrate his fifth birthday tomor
row, April 11.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Bryson have
a wedding anniversary April 15.
April 16 birthdays include Mrs.
Jack W. Anderson and Ann Barnett.
Lewis McDuffie Kay, of Honea
Path, son of a former Clintonian,
Mrs. Nannie Bell Young Kay, is cele
brating his 11th birthday today.
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The Boy Scouts of Troop 111 had
their regular meeting Monday, April
7th. The meeting op«ied with Oie
Scout oath after which the Scouts
had the pledge of allegiance. Aftef
discussing plans for a brief camp
ing trip, the roll was called and dues
collected. The scoutmaster asked
each individual scout his daily good
turn. The Scout laws were reviewed
end discussed. The scoutmaster re
quested that each patrol have an in
dividual meeting. The Scouts have
new boxing gloves which they en
joy. Edmunds Young acts as r^eree.
The meeting adjourned with the
Lord’x Prayer.
John Pitts, Scribe.
MASONS TO MEET FRIDAY
CampbeU Lodge No. 44, A. F. M.,
will hold a regular communication
Friday night. Class of five will be
examined, and on Tuesday night,
April IS, the M. M. degree will be
conferred. All members are urged to
be present at both meetings.
Refreshments will be served on
Tuesday ni^t.
V. P. Adair, W. M.
R. D. Hughes, Ses.
NYA EMPLOYS 284
YOUNG PEOPLE IN
LAURENS COUNTY
A total of 284 boys and girls of
Laurens county are employed by the
National Youth administration in
part-time work in schools and col
leges of this state during the current
school year.
Mrs. Mamie Summer, NYA area
supervisor, in announcing this fact
explained that enlarged enrollments
of this year and in recent years, both
in schools and colleges, were^ade
possible to a great extent by NYA
aid. The NYA, it was pointed out,
attempts through its school and col-
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black, he has two heads, he won’t
even try to jump: he approaches the
fence and pokes his nose through the
cracks of toe fence by whirling
around. By that tiine I am, so mad
I never want to see another sheep.
fad. has no authority to intervene! the defense program. Senators, con-
in any labor dispute on its own mo-jgressmen and other public officials
lion, but must wait upon the Secre-jtell the American people the same
lary of Labor to certify disputes to it., thing—there must be a willingness
IVhat the American people want to * to undergo hardships to help win the
know is how much longer the Presi-, war.
dejit and members of congress arej But who has made any sacrifice?
going to tolerate toe pgmp>ering of; Washington will never teach the na-
labor and the lack of a law requiring' tion to make sacrifices when extrava-
ihem to serve their cquntry without! gance goes uncurbed, when money is
complaint, interference or violence i appropriated daily for projects in
with defense projects. Are the Wash-1 this and other states rdated not in
ington authorities hesitant to take i the slightest degree to national de
stern action through fears of aleviat- ’ fense. And What about the more
ing a large vote of toe nation? That (than one million un-uniformed of-
is one of toe basic reasons, we be- ficials on the public payroll to be
lieve, why what is now going on Is'cared for by taxpayers? And look-
allowed to continue, only to'growling at labor, we see certain groups
worse. taking advant^e of present condl-
When Lincoln was president it was i tions and willing td wreck the na-
the crisis of a great civil war. Now it
is the crisis of totalitarian threat
from without, and labor strife within
our own holders. In these crucial
days when we look at what is tran
spiring in war-soaked Europe where
milliops of people have been de
prived of liberty of thought and ac
tion, and when the survivii^ rem
nants of democracy are fighting des
perately for self preservation, a small
minority in the United States is per
mitted to wreck havoc with |the na
tional program of industrial produc
tion of war materiali,'Vital; we \are
told, to defense and aid to Britain.
■It is an outrage.
How do the 1,460,000 drafted sol
diers in army camps drawing $30 a
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tional preparedness program in order
to carry their point. Look at the
cities in which camps are kicated,
how residents are robbing the people,
especlajly newcomers, with outrag
eous (marges for houses and rooms.
And so it goes—we talk of patriot
ism,.of sacrifices, but it’s all horn-
blowing ballyhcx).
When the President of the United
States, senators, congressmen and
public officials stop piling unneces
sary debt upon ^ people, when
they begin to slash thrir salax^ and
set an example in sacrificial ser
vices for toe pitolic, toen. and only
then will the folks “back home” be
mewed by toeir sayings.
Thousands of young men are being
After I have definitely finished my
sheep business, I try to imagine that
I am floating in the air, but some
how or other, I can’t float smoothly,
so I abandon that sleep-producing
process. 1 can think of 1000 unpleas
ant things about my business per
minute. My mind jumps all over the
country, and passes, through Europe,
Asia and Africa. Before I realize it, 1
begin to hate Hitler and Mussolini
and Hirohita. That means I am wide
awake for keeps. I roll and tumble
and get up and walk arounef and get
provoked because everybody else in
toe house is sleeping and slumbering
and I ain’t.
I have tried to do without supper
and that won’t help. I have tried to
eat supper and toat makes it worse.
I use bi-carb and sleeping pills and
hot watar. By toe time I ought to be
taking my beauty hap, my stomach
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