The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, June 26, 1941, Image 2
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THE CLINTdN CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C.
FARMER SHOT AT
CROSS ANCHOR
DIES OF WOUNDS
Walker Webb, 47, Is Shot
Five Times; Negro Being
Held By Officers.
U. S. Considers Loan
To Great Britain
Washington, June 25.—Jesse Jones,
federal loan administrator, announc
ed today he was “considering a loan
to the British government.”
THE NATIOlUl SCENE
As Washington Sees It
Special to The Chronicle.
_ ... - 1 * * Washington, D. C., June 25.—^Plant
Jones said m a formal ^atement, ^ “reds” from defense
Thursdoy, June 26, ]941
A Private Citiien Speoks His Mind
SPECTATOR COMNTS ON MH AW THINGS
Walker Webb 47, well known i studied industries are flying thick and last
Spartanburg county farmer, who! . | here wi^
was shot Tuesday night as he sat in | ^^^^d ^at “the pipose unmediate action but express
a truck at Cross Anchor, died at J“r* ■ ing widely varying views on the best
Hays hospital at 9 o’clock yesterday 1 ^®jm^od of handUng the problem
morning British with dollar exchange to payj department of justice is study-
Sheriflf Sam M. Henry of Spartan-^®.^..^A'“'^’|ing the situation and the plan most
burg county shortly after the shoot-! without having to sell Ameri-1 jq be adopted is expected to
burg county. Shortly alter the snoot , securities and investments at, j^om that department, ^e pro-
*posal known to be under consider
ing, reported that a Negro listed
Jack Gaullock, 31, was arrested and; tj,. tv... — ~~
placed in the county jail in connec- , propKjs^ creation of a special unit
P/5 lu! loan, which has been reported m' the denartment ^ lustice
Webb^s wffe Reported that hel^JJJf “several hundred; suspects, ex-
under the department of justice
was shot five times with a pistol. At
least one of the shots was reported!
to have pierced the abdomen. j
The shooting accurred, officers!
said they were informed, as Webbj
sat on the seat of a pick-up truck, j
Sheriff Henry and other officers yes
terday continued their investigation.
Shortly aftei: the shooting, Sheriff
Henry and County Officer's E. J.
Thornton and George Goforth ar-!
rested the Negro, who lived near the
Webb Home. ■
Mr. Webb was brought to Hays
hospital immediately after being shot.
Sheriff Henry said 'the gun used
million dollars.
' amine the charges against them and
notify the manufacturer employing
them if their activities were found
AROUND THE TOWN
Incidents, Unusual and
Ordinary, Gathered On
Our Rounds.
to be dangerous to the best interests
South Carolina is a good state to
live in. We may be slow and “pokey”
at times in getting new plants or new
business, but whenever a call is made
to the manhood or womanhood of
this state the real quality of our peo
ple proves itself. Recently the pub
lic service commission invited nu
merous public utilities to a confer
ence so as to adopt plans for close
cooperation for the general good in
an emergency, or for the national
defense. Every enterprise which was
invited responded and all were ready
and willing to do anything and ev
erything. This speaks well fm: the
public service commission, too, for it
has earned the confidence of those
of defense work. The manufacturer
would then fire such suspects,
i It is believed that in such cases, if
I the dismissed men were union mem-
ibers and appealed to the National
I Labor Relations board, that board
I could tell them it couldn’t consider
i their cases l^cause their dismissal
jhad been dirwted by a government
in the slaying—a .32-calibre Smith
and Wesson revolver—was in posses
sion of county officers.
MISS FRANCES SIMPSON
daughter of N^r. and Mrs. W. H. j agency.
Simpson, a student at the University! This is only one of many plans
of South Carolina where she is a I Wider consideration, but it is. evident
member of Kappa Delta sorority, left that some plan soon will be adopted
to serve as a dragnet for employes
believed to be engaged in subversive
over whom it exercises jurisdiction.
Any one who has attended patriotic
or other conferences or mass meet
ings must be impressed by the spirit
of i\diolesome Americanism udiich
characterizes our people. We are not
a rich people, but we ai'e a happy
people.
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Good Hou.sekeeping, one year $2.50,
two years $4.50.
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reds” is clearly evident and many
labor union leaders are just as an
xious as the general public to do
something about it. They realize that
Governor Talmadge of Georgia
ought to be brought over to this state
and put on exhibition. It would be
worth an admission charge to see a
man in administrative public office
who has deliberately set out to save
money for the taxpayers, liils man
Talmadge has set his head to reduce
public expenditures! Well, he seems
to be doing it.
months vrith the problem of financ
ing a deficit of two million dollars.
The senate proposed an array of new
taxes and increased taxes to cover
the deficit, while the house rejected
the senate’s proposals but was ready
to increase corporaticm income taxes.
The governor declared his intention
to veto any new or increased tax, but
was in favor of diverting the amount T
Of me deacit from'S^w.^ tocome!
000,000 deficit, forthwrith authorizes
an additional expenditure of $1,157,-
000 to increase ^e pay of the teach
ers, whicl^ means one ddlcit covered
and another deficit created!
And this $1,157,000 was authorized
with a lordly gesture whkh took no
account of deficits or retrenchment
or 'economy.
Some of our people think that a
deficit is a good thing because it lays
a restraining hand on the ebullient
spending spirit, but the wisdmn of
creating deficits willy-nilly is not re
garded as sound finance. I again
raise the question, what shall we do
when our state inomne falls a million
or two million dollars? Shall we
At the last minute the house found
a workable solution by taking cer
tain fees on motor carriers, adiich
the public service commission col
lects, and pledging these for about
ten years to fund the deficit So far,
^ good,* the credit of the state is
maintained; the deficit will be snugly
put to bed.
Then —! The legislature, without
batting an eye, after aU the twisting
and turning \o take care of a $2,-
ing by adding more taxes? That has
been our procedure sihci 1934. The
taxes yielded lesa because the people
were poorer. That should have sug- ^ *
gested sympathy for the taxpayer.
Not so; the taxes were inorease^ be
cause it appears that the public ser
vices mu^ not be restricted what
ever may be the condition of the tax-
pgyer.
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Tke Favorite Pkper la CHatea Heaiea
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yesterday to attend the national con-
^ vention of the sorority which will be ^
The body was removed to Spar- held at New Ocean House, Swamp- i activities. Growing public anger ovct
tanburg county to be viewed by a | scott, Mass., from June 26 through the defense delays ^caused ^by me
jury, and an inquest held later, Sher- j June 30. Miss Simpson will join six
iff Henry said. I other young ladies of the Beta Zeta
- . I chapter in Columbia and go on the
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Cosmopolitan’ one year $2.50, two Swampscott, which is about t^
jmiles from Boston. .
■ T'v,^ labor itsclf, Whether it IS justificd OF three or four blocks. Just imagine i
business sessions ’ will inclu(£^ a'”°^* ^ Gallup poU shows there | cutting off our gas on Sundays! Per-
. i is more feeling against labor unions ish the thought. If this war continues
councl rwcpfon convent,on movies,^ ^ "* “ .r contmu«
f„ “"Hive years. The much-debated meas-
the beach, ritualatic demonstration | ^commended by administration
L? , which would give the presi-
.,1 dent tW right to seise any property,
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A gas-less Sunday in being sug
gested. Well, that would be a cruel
activities of “reds” in labor groups! war measure, A» it is, the people can ||:
are creating strong sentiment against j go to church only if they ride, even:
TYPEWRITERS
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Cleaning and repairing all- makea,
reasonable charges.
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Phone 30$
outstanding chapters
the sorority.
The return trip will be made by
boat to New York on July 2 and Miss
Simpson will attend a sorority house
party at the Beekman Tower, leav
ing for home about July 5.
in ferocity we may find oqr supply
of “pop” reduced to three or four
bottles a day. That would be a ter
rible hardship! Fancy having to drink
water!
Our market has been painted and re-arransred
throughout, which wttl emdde us to serve the public
better in‘the future.
We are prepared to give prompt, dependable servite
and to famish you Quality Meats of all Idnds. Your busi
ness is apiM’eciated.
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lour
tion will be the traditional final ban-
^®''® ^ legislature wrestled
made to the outstanding chapters of is seen as a means of
guaranteeing continued production in
the face of labor difficiilties.
Sentiment for labor legislation in
congress, just as with the public,
grows and wanes according to the
number of strikes that are current,
but there have been so many strikes
LIEUT. TOM PLAXICO, attached j consistently in the news recently that
to Company H of the 57th Quarter-' there is no doubt the majority of
master’s Regiment at Camp Bland-j congressmen would now vote “yes”
ing, Fla., paid friends in Clinton a to any reasonable proposal to remedy
brief visit this week. Lieut. Plaxico | the situation,
has been attending a special officers*
quartermaster school in Detroit for|Nazi and Italian funds in this coun
the past month, and enroute to Flor-|try will be of some help in curbing j who replaces Justice McRey-
ida spent a few days here and at his j anti-American activities, but thei^^®lfis» who retured last January, has
dent Roosevelt’s supreme court -ap
pointments, particularly qvfr the ap
pointment of Harlan Fiske Stone as
chief justice. Justice Stone has been
a member of the court for 10 years.
Wjien the court convenes in October
for' its next session. Justice Stone
and Justice Owen D. Roberts will be
the only members not appointed by
President Roosevelt.
The president’s new aj^intees
who will sit on the court for the first
It is believed that the freezing of j time in October are both strong New
Dealers. Senator James Francis
home at Sharon. He returns to camp funds of nationals of those two coun-, been a leading administration leader
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today.
tries heire are not over $400,000,000
and a good proportion of them are
ir
Clinton was host on Thursday i probably in cash form and may be
morning to a distinguished visitor j impossible to find. However, it does ^
when the singing stage and screen I give administration a new tool to
star, Allan Jones, and his troupe j ^se against Axis groups in this,coun
made an unofficial stop here. Mr. since the freezing makes it pos-
Jones, his pianist, Ray Tucker, and|sii)ie for the government to stop Ger-
troupe x)f entertainers, who had given man bunds and such organizations
a performance at Fort Jackson, were-from operating,
being transported in army cars j xhe agreement of Eastern shipyard
stopped at Joe’s Esso Service station i ^vorkers to ban strikes for two years
for cold drinks. Joe, who had seen shown the public that certain
in the senate. Robert H. Jackson,
present attorney general, only 49.
years old, is one of the younger
group of New Dealers who has been
so instrumental in helping to formu-
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NICE STEAK, 2 lbs. for 35c
CHOICE STEAK, lb 30c
PORK ROAST, lb : 25c
PORK SAUSAGE, lb 25c
STEW BEEF, 2 lbs ' 25c
BEEF ROAST, lb. 20c
PORK. RIB^, lb 20c
FRYERS, live, lb. 25c
FRYERS, dressed and cut up, select your
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Mr. Jones last year in Spartanburg, labor groups are willing to work
recognized him, but Miss Kathleen fjjg t>est interests of our country,
Howard was very unconcerned about the continued strike, of West co
.meeting Mr. Jones and did not dis- shipworkers, in spite of a piea
cover until after he had gone that he settlement by President Roosevelt,
was “the Allan Jones.” Corporal Ros-jgffggts any increased popular feeling
sie Bagwell of Fort Jackson, brother, sympathetic to labor,
of Mrs. Roy Benjamin and Mrs. W.! the new tax program for pay-
A. Buchanan of this city, was a part of our defense bill reaches
Be Well
member of the party escorting the
Groomed!
completion, indications are that the
company and stopped on the return j whole tax structure of both the na-
trip for a short conversation. I tion and the states may be in for a |
Mr. Jones was enroute to Green- major overhauling. The treasury de-
ville to catch a plane in order to! partment has set up a board of ex
make a broadcast on Saturday eve- perts to study all taxes^ and to make
... cool qnd fresh during the
hot summer doys.
ning from the Rose Bowl in Califor- recommendations as to what should |
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nia, while the others of his party be taxed by the federal government
were to give a performance at Camp and what by the state governments, j
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The “Nimble Thimbles,” a sewing' ernment, part of which will be dis-
! club for young girls, was organized tributed to the states.
1 the past week by Miss Florrie Bur-! The present taxes on gasoline, for
dette, under the sponsorship of a instance, which are levied by both
number of ladies of the town. Twelve the federal and state governments,
! girls met on Thursday morning at may eventually be all collected by;
the home of Miss Burdette, with oth- 'the U. S. treasury and -reaUocated^
er members to be added later. Any, to the states. The same might be ^
girls between the ages of 11 and 141 done with income taxes. It is the
are invited to join in the sewing les- opinion of Secretary of the Treasury |
sons, and one hour meetings will be, Morgenthau that while congress Is ^
held each Thursday morning begin-1 planning the biggest tax program in,
ning by pledging allegiance to the' our history it is the time to make our ^
flag. Small dues are charged each \ax set-up as efficient and equitable j
member. First the class will make as possible.
work bags for themselves and as they General satisfaction has been ex-
progress hope to sew for the Red I pressed •by congressmen over Presi-
CroOi and Bundles for Britain, there-
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Present members are: Barrie Jean
Wingard, Lillian Dillard, Myra Adair,
Grace Young, Anne Owens, Faye
Pitts, Mary Louise Kin^ Virginia'
Gray, Louise Tribble, Alwrta Bald-
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Jacobs. Imogen Smith, guest of Myra ^
Adair, was a visitor at the first!
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MRS. JOE CAMPBELL, our ef-
fici«it and alert correspondent at
West Clinton, received a surprise let
ter Yesterday in her mail. It came
from a lady she did not know, nor
had ever /een, Miss Eugenia Cioxip-
bell of Nashville, Tenn. The writer
stated that she had seen c(H>ies of
The Clinton Chronicle and noted
that Mrs. Campbell is the corre
spondent giving the news of her
community. Miss Campbell further
stated that she is endeavoring to lo
cate some of her relatives in this sec
tion and was writing seeking infor
mation. All of which shows th«t “Our
Favorite Newspaper” is read every
where. It’s a pretty safe |>et, too, that
Mrs. Campbell will be able to give
the desired informatkm.
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