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y. ; . - / THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, tUNTON, S. C. . :X'n- ThursdoY/ Moy 1, 1941 (Utl? Cdlmtnn OUirontrlr 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 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C. The Chronicle seeks the coopteration of its subscribers, and readers— the publisher will at all times appreciate wise su^stions and kindly advice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when tney 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> The Way I See It I have just returned from a' 200- i mile trip made via automobile. I RESIGNATION dF LINDY ACCEPTED BY WAR BUREAU Washington, April 29. — The war department accepted Col. Charles A. Lindbergh’s resignation from the air ough tests to get licenses, better reg- is to attempt to approach both ob jectives. Disobeying traffic regulations, oth er than speed laws, is the second greatest cause of accidents, the ma jority resulting from ignoring the right of way. The answers to that are many — but include more ttor- _ corps reserve today and the White j «l*h)ry signs, better enforcement of traveled*^a main highway that had!House simultap^usly took two necessary, i not yet been “shouldered.” This high-1 Ihnists at that famous aviator and “ way is the main artery between two t critic of administration foreign pol- ' good-sized cities. One of these cities i icy. I boasts of a populatidh of 56,000 (U.S. Stephen Early, the presidehfs sec- CUNTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1941 The Garden Loses I golf courses and every other con- I ceivable project in the name of emer- When the time for the spring de-1 ggncy. But to say that these so-called bate arrives and a man must argue; gQ^jgj gain expenditures must go right census says they’ve got only 45,000), i and the other has a chamber of com- jmerce population of 52,000 (but the census said it counted only 37,500). Anyway, they are nice towns. ' About every other vehicle I met and passed on this trip was a big truck or a little truck or a wide truck or just a truck. Some of our high ways ought not to be called high- retary, said the resignation made him wonder whethetv Lindbergh re turned “to Mr. Hitler” a German decoration conferred upon him sev eral years ago. Early also took the flier to task for issu^ his letter of resignation to the press before it had been received by the president. This, the flier said, impugned his loyalty, character and motives, and left him “no honorable alternative” more regulations. Of the total accidents in a year, over 40 per cent occur on Saturday or Sunday. This makes it clear ‘that traffic , regulations which are ample on week-days need to be reinforced on week-ends. ways: it would seem more reasonable to resign his reserve com- to call them truck-ways. I didn’t see mission. His announcem«it was made the question as to whether his spa^ I pick out the pubUc’sjany reckless driving done by the *'^.^®tter given to the press yes- time should be devoted to such sports offices for a reduction of ex- truck drivers. They seemed to take New York, as golf and fishing or the garden j penditures in the small matter of | their time where I wanted them to White House attitude toward tht loser is generally the garden. (jigh^g jg g joke—a case of igo fast and run in double-high where j i straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel. We are told that during the com- More Foo(J Needed strong emphasis is being Placed ^ in this and other states, on increased) year we will spend at le^ I wanted them to go slow. On crooked roads the trucks slow down traffic about 40 per cent. In priiduction o7‘tooran7f^Tro^^^^^^^ billion dollars for miUtary and | other words, if you were planning to view of war conditions, u is point-;'^aval purposes. Non-military spend- get back home in 2 houm, mmus ed out that there is cerJin to be will be about as high ^s in years'truck hindrances, you’d probably get i Trnm cotton I past and will require around seven home in 3 hours and 20 minutes decreased cash income Trom cotton ^Pa^t and will r^uire around seven and tobacco becau.se of the loss of bdhon dollars. Washington official, export markets for these and other' senators and con^essmen are ma^ <TOPS. To replace this loss, the “live ^"8 ^o effort to reduce this disguised alive. Trucks are within their rights in using our highways so much: they pay all we ask them to pay to help at home" program is • being wisely ^ ®mregency spending and waste which j wear them out, but it looks like the preached by county agents every- should have stopped long ^o No, government ought to let the trucks wonder Jesse Jones, a New Deal of-'build their own roads and then of With the United States committed fwial, forecast yesterday that the na-j course they (the users) would get ♦ ,v -nt nnt lid tn Rritain there is' tional debt would mount to at least the strong probability that i^iore food $90,000 000,000 and declared “we have all of the gas tax and numerous oth er taxes garnered from truck sourc- will be needed to supply the needs yet made any sacrifices, but they,es. It would be OK by us for them of the British people. There has al- ^^e in store for us, plenty of them.” -- —^ - ways been strtmg argument for a; Now the tune h^ aimived to pay diversified farm program, for more ^ for this government extravagance of attention being paid to food and feed the past eight years The people do crops, livestock and dairy products. «ot know in which direction to turn poultry and eggs, rather than fol-' or what lies ahead. In our judgment lowing the one track program of cot- fje facing a serious crisis made ton, and more cotton. Now that need, fit the more complicated ^ause of is greater than ever before ior the'the war and national defense pro food to be sent to England must The next two years will sw l^rge part be furnished by this coun-|the i^erican people livmg on a dif- Zy jferent and lower plane and we will jin truth know something of the real A Timely CampalQn We are for retrenchment, for rigid The South Carolina Automobile' economy in the non-defense oper- association is waging a campaign! ation of government, federal and against the high cost of automobile state. But we won’t get anywhere fire insurance in this state, a cam-' by the gesture of cutting down the paign in which all citizens should en-! light and water bills of the p>ost of- ' list their interest and help. The fight' flees. The proposal in the name of is directed against the cause of pres-1 economy —as both inconsistent and ent high rates, which is the large j ludicrous, number of automobiles destroyed by[ • supposedly incendiary origin. 'Whot Is the Full Truth^ Statistics show that the national'lb me ru I I rum. rate averages 40c on every $100,' The American people, though they of the senate today by Seniitor To- bey. Republican, of New Hampshire, who said P’resident Roosevelt was using his “great office” to interfere with freedom of speech. “When Colonel Lindbergh <lares state his views on the war,” Tobey said, “word goes out of the White House classing him as a copperhead.” SPEED—Uniformity Local speed laws, which change from town to town with no apparent reason, have probably done more than ai^ other one thing to make drivers take the law into their own hands. Figiving that it is impossible to keep informed on local regula tions, most people just drive at what they, rattier ithan the law, consider a safe speed. The lack of imiformity of speed laws is indicative of most traffic reg ulations. The American Safety foimdation in j • CITATION FOR LETTKE8 W ‘ administration The State of South Carolina, Probate Judge. By J. Hewlette Wasson, Probgte Judge: Whereas, Mrs. Elizabeth Yotmg Dick made suit to me to grant Hamer D. Henry and Dr. J. Lee Young Let ters of Administration of the Estate and effects of Dr. Jack H. Young. These are, therefore, to cite and admonishi all and singular the Khz- dred and Creditors of the said Dr. Jack H. Young, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Lau rens Court House, Laurens, 8. C.* oo May 8th next, after publicaUon here of, at 10 o’clock in the feumtoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration sbotttd not be granted. Given imder my hand this 21st day of April, A. D., 1941. J. Hewlette wasson, l-2c J. P. L. c. CITA’nON FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION The State of South Carolina, County of Laurens. ^ By J. Hewlette Wasson, Probate Washington, whick is supported by | Judge: / leading associations of automobile | Whereas, Mrs. Elizabeth Young manufacturers, road builders, rail-1 Dick made suit to me to grant J. C. roads, farmers and consumers, is Copeland and Homer O. Hmry Let- pushing a seven-point standardiza tion program. It calls for uniformity of legislation, motor vehicle admin- One correspondent at the \^ite i istration, enforcement, engineering. to parallel our highways, that is — those that ain’t wore out. The way it looks to a fellow who doesn’t know what he’s talking about: I say we won’t have any roads or money eith er in, say, 8 or 10 years. The reason more folks ain’t hurt by trucks, and by reason of the fact they use plenty of room on the high ways is simple: we stay out of their way and avoid taking chances . . . just as we do with elephants and rat tlesnakes. You don’t see nobody ooz ing up close enough to pat an eler phant or a rattlesnake on the back, do you? Well, we have learned to have the same respect for big old box-car trucks as we do for all other wild animals. And they are nice to us, too. It’s High Time That Some Batters Strike Out House press conference remarked to Early that the resignation raised a “nice” question because, if accepted, it might open the way for conscien tious objectors to avoid service erf any kind. Lindbergh, the reporter said, would have no duties to per form in the event of war. “The president,” Early answered, “indicated that he wouldn’t have any’ duties if he continued to hold his commission. Now there's a commis sion some one else can have.” education, personnel training and re search. Those seven points may not sound as stirring as a demand • for guxis, tanks, planes, bombs and torpedoes but, if adopted tthrou^out the na ters of Administration of the Estate and effects of Mrs. Lana C. Yoimg." , These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the Kin dred and Creditors of the said Mrs. Lana. C. Young, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in thv Court of Probate, to be held at Lau rens Court House, Laurens, S. C., on May 8 next, after publication hm- A# in 4m tion, they would snatch thousands of |6f, at 10 o’clctel^^in the forenoon, to marked men, women and children | show cause,^ if any they have, why from approaching death. |the said Administration should not ;be granted. CITATION FOR LETIEBS OF ADMINISTRA'nON The State of South Carolina, Laurens County. By J. Hewlette Wasson, Probate Judge: Whereas, Virs. Janie Leake Neigh bors made suit to me to grant her Letters o^ Administration of the Es tate and effects of Thomas Jefferson Neighbors. These are, therefore, to cite and DEATH—Accidents ' admonish all and singular the Kin- Just suppose you saw, splashed' dred and Creditors of the said Thom- rODAy...TOMOIIf!OW By Don Robinson Given under my hand this 21st day of April, A. D., 19417 J. HEWLETTE WASSON, .i-2c J. P. L. Cf WE DO ALL KINDS OF PRINTING —EXCEPT BAD CHRONICLE PUBUSHING Ca across the front page of your news paper, a big headline reading: 35,000 AMERICAlfe KILLED, OVER A MILUON INJURED IN MOTORIZED BLITZKRIEG * You and everyone else would act immediately. We’d mobilize over- ours are ever destroyed, labor and .u... averages 4Uc on every $iuu,' -•*— labor leaders will be the blame for whereas South Carolinians pay from ®[® almost unanimously in favor of it. When they destroy the country 95c to $3.50 per $100 for the game ®*® ^®®j- they destroy themselves also. This insurance. The reason lor ttiis un-t^ oppo^tosend^ troops a^ad. ^oes not mean that our land and our called for difference is indicated in ^^® ® recent Gallop property will be done away with. It the records showing that the national PoU- Seventy-nine per cent of those average on fire losses is 46 cars out,^!^®"*®^ were against sending part of of every 10,000, whereas in this stateto Europe to help the Bnt- the average sky-rockets to jgo of,‘s\S"^«tler majorities were agains every 10,000 cars. jSendmg American air and naval In view of these facts there is lit-i^“lts. • ^ ^ tie wonder that the people in South At a lunch^n in Charleston a few Carolina are forced to pay from fivelo^g^ts ago attended by eight hun- _ „ to seven times as much for fire pro-' dred persons. General C. P Si^- industry. (There is a whole covey of tection -on their automobiles as own-i president of The Citadel told | „iggers in the woodpile), ir nthpr audience that the United States To cut the rate, the losses iiiust i :«lr®ady engaged in the struggto^^ be cut. There are many honest au-jf^d added that “actual collision of tomob.le fire losses, of course, but 3""®d forces of America and the our rate is way out of line with those I may occur any day.’ -Then the in other states Tneran^P ratP« arp distinguished commander of World If these good old United States of to defend ourselves against toe only means that our land and our houses and our property won’t be worth anything. Labor won’t have any job because there won’t be any jobs to do: if there are any jobs, no body will have any money to pay to labor or for materials. Present con ditions are pointing toward chaos in War Number One said: “America Insurance rates are predicated upon the experience of: . , . . . insurance companies doing business awake-we are not prep^ to m the state. When their experience I ®rfs the seas and m^e war. We are is good the rates are lowered, and ®'^,®« prepared to meet the when the experience is bad, they are, , , . . „ ^ ^ naturally increased. . All citiaens sljould cooperate in. this drive to lower the number of! ^b-eady in the struggle and has been automobile fires, expecting in return i even though the great that the insurance companies are ready and willing to assist. If there j majority of the people do not realize is happening. But to send ' what IS to'come about a reduction in the j ^^nerican soldiers across the se^ costs there must be an end to fraud-! now would be suicidal and mean the Labor has certain rights and those rights should be protected. But when labor receives all it deserves and fill that capital can possibly pay, why should It demand more and more and more? Capital is useless without la bor. If labor had its own capital, then there would be no argument against its claims. When capital is dissipated labor becomes idle. When lO mill or a factory goes broke, labor naturally has to seek subsistence somewhere else. It can’t depend on the place that previously supported it if it’s busted. As we have said before, some strikes are possibly justified, but uient lo..se.s for common‘sense'must | l^bling of thousands of men unable there ought to be a way to settle tell us that such losses paid by the! ®®P® '^bh the highly organized, strikes before they take place rather insurance companies are charged,'^®“ a® back to the policyholders through in- happened to four-, should look upon capital as its friend cr,v.scd l ire insurance rates which' t®®" .®!^®^ countries would be the and capital should likewise M regard arc becoming almost prohibitive, it inevitable result for our forces at the, labor. If capital pays morp for abor is unreasonable and unfair to ask|P^®f®t time The campaign m the, than it can possibly earn, toen labor that these excessive rates be paid by 1 Balkans first phase in the Battle of might as well get ready for capital honest people of the state because of Je Mediterranean resultmg after to quit. That won’t be caUed a strike the criminal practice of a compara-'^^f tivelv small number of dishonest' f^truction of the remaining Gr^k pcH.ple guilty of arson. k v ZT . i® The drive of the Automobile As- British Expeditionary force is .sociation to reduce losses and lower' proof of how the Germ^ out- rates is one which every car and are able to cruto their truck owner should heartily sup- y®"" ^ purt. People too frequently are be-' brings home to the ^encan peo- be. All that Mr. Jolm L. wants is ing arrested, charged with burning P^® ^be fact that w® have no busi- union dues and plenty of them. To 8-2c Bankruptcy causes lockouts, but la bor has never devised a way for out lawing bankruptcy. ^ • We believe John L. Lewis and oth er CIO leaders are as reasonable as <ars or trucks to defraud insurance to Europe. 1 If actual fightmg is to come to Amer- companies. keep dues coming in in larger sumS; he naturally has to fight all the time lean soil, this country must .be ade- for more and more pay. He can pos- Q . . A* A «■ iquately prepared and this can only sibly live comfortably on his little jtraininQ At A onat be accomplished by putting an end income: this income is alleged to be We note from the Greenville pa-'to non-military spending. j about $150,000 a year, not counting pers that the postmaster of that city i Some think that if England is once!“on the “side”"collections. In other has been notified by the Washington driven out of the Mediterranean, this j words, the leaders usual^ pull down ruthless enemy which was inflicting such mass murder. And yet, that headline could appear in our news papers and be stating actual facts— the |acts on the iizjuiy endi death in flicted on our population in 1941 by automobile traffic accidents. It’s hard for us to get worked up against traffic as we would against a uniformed enemy carrying gims and attacking with planes. Traffic acci dents are more like a sniper war—a few killing here, a few there — bJt which, in the aggregate, and more or less unnoticed, come to a huge figure. There are strong groups organized to lead highway safety wars. But they need the emotional backing of the people. Their published material seems incapable of arousing us to a pitch where we volunteer all-out aid. To me, the figure which really makes the situation hit home Is this: at the present accident rate, at lei^t one traffic injury or death will strike both your family and mine within the next 25 years. PEDESTRIANS—Victims ^ One* ironic thing about traffic deaths is that the largest proportion of victims are people who are not driving cars. Alntost 40 per cent of those killed are p^estrians who are just unfortunate victims of a condi tion in which they have no part. - The greatest number of deaths among pedestrians is caused by walking on highways in rural areas. Although that is responsible for only 4 per cent of pedestrian accidents, it accounts for 18 per cent of pedes trian deaths—for the great propor tion of people hit cm highways by speeding automobiles are killed in stantly. The greatest cause of pedestrian accidents is from crossing streets be-! tween intersections. Th^ next biggest casualty list comes from crossing 1; [ busy streets which do not baVe .traf fic signals and then comeB a large number of accidents to children play^ ing iii the streets. Almost a thousand ehilcfren are killed ijnd almost 40,000 injured per 3rear.‘ as J. Neighbors, deceased, that they be , and appear before me, in the| Court of Proba.te, \o be held at Lau- j rens Court House, Laui;Dn8, S. C., on| May 14, 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. Giyen under my hand this 28th day of April, A. D., 1941. J. Hewlette Wasson, . J. K. L. C. TYPEWRITERS AnthorlBed Underwood Denier. , Cleaning end repairing nil mnknay reaeonable chnrfidn. Kenneth N. Baker YomrV pndb>B £aeR,| JlFFY-254 Win remdv¥tomr| ceen wifk< For Sale By SADLER-OWENS PHARBIACY mmmmmmmmmmmrnm , Dk. FeMer SflMtli Dr. DvIkm S. FMer ora»fSTBi£ri9 In Eye Examinations ^ Ofllee Hann: Dr< Smith. Dally. 4:18 ta f. Dr. FeMer. Dally. 8 la i. Plione 29 for Appointmsnt CLINTON, a a FOR SALE DESIRABLE HOUSE AND LOT ON SOUTB BROAD ftT, If interested, apiply to B.H.B0YD CUnton, S. C. Gray Funeral Home CUnton, S. C. FUNERAL DIRECTORS EMBALMBRS Ambalanee Sen^ Phones'41 and 899-J . L. RUSSELL GRAY and V.’ PARKS ADAIR, Gen. Mgra. department to cut down his electric lighting on the outside of the build- and use no water on the lawn in unless the use of water is necessary to keep the grass from dying. We now. Our prayer to God as a nation Qountry will be unclble to longer'as much salary as from 500 to 1000 postpone the decision of actively en-t‘ union members receive. The public terii^ the war. But sentiment is knows who to blame for aR of these strongly against such a declaration presume this is a general order to all postmasters. The ridiculous incident reminds us of a gentleman a few years ago who began making his own cigarettes. When asked if he liked the home made kind better.than the package variety, he replied, “No. I despise them, but this is an economy meas- should be that we may be kept out of such a conflict. The American people should be told the full truth about the present critical situation. Is the admtoistra- tion considering the early use of con voys? If so, it ^ould speak out open ly and say so. Hints and intimations are out of order. The grimnees of the strikes. % MUSGROVE NEWS lire.” The gentleman at that time had i situation abroad, which may mean just purchased an expensive new au tomobile and enjoyed everything he wanted for himself and family. Economy is certainly in order and needs to be practiced all along the line, especially^ by the federal gov ernment which for the past eiSht years has been handing out bilUons in gifts and grants fbr parks, air ports, school and putdic buildings. that wa are close to the actuid shoot ing and do not know it — demands that all the facts be made known to the American people. SPECIAL OFFER 0 Baaadkeeplag, t yean fas 84.88. Ca—apwHIaa, S yaan far 8SJi> JAMES W. CALDWELL **Taar MSgaiiBa MMi**^ Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Haaalden and sons .and Bill Ruff of Mooresvilia, N. were jveek-end guests oi Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Hasten and family. Mrs. Cecil PowSU of Spartanbu^ spent Sunday with her parenia, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. ^derson. Mrs. Hattie Byars, Thelma Byers and Mr. Mbd Mn. Walter Byars of Goldviile, visited Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Anderson Sunday. Mrs. Edwin Cunningham, Mrs. Alex Henry and Mrs. Kennetti Has- aldeo attended a meeting of local laaden of Home Dem<»istration eltibs oi the county held in Laurens niura- <1^. PREVENTION—Regulations Experts believe that accidents are preventable because causes of all ac cidents are known. The only thing that needs to be done is to eliminate the causes, which is difficult, but not impossible. They know, for instance, that ttia greatest number of accidents—about 37 per cent—are caused by automo- bilea babig driven at excessive spaed. There are two poasible answers to that one: (1) 8t^ speeding mme stringent law enforcement, or (2) remiAe highways and interseeftoDi W that speed will no hmgtr be dan gerous. The right answer probably t » Look to the V » Future.... 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