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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON. S. C.
Thursdoy, June 26,194^
(Hifr Clinton C4rontrU
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NOBODY'S BUSINESS
By GEE McGEE
JUNIOR ORDER
ELECTS OFFICERS
At a meeting Tuesday evening
Clinton Council No. 67, Junior Order
United American Mechanics, elected
the following officers to serve for
the coming year:
Councilon—J. C. Thomas.
Vice-Councilor—^Arnold Cannon.
The CIO,ls Operating In Flat
RMk
a big strike took place in flat rock
last tuesday about noon, the two
?ler^ in the drug stoar walked out * Secretary
and one of them picketed the front*
door.^he woulddent let dr. hubbert
green come out nor Vould be let
anny customers go in. they are se
cret members of the c.i.o. they want
higher wedges and dubble time forl^j^^y Financial Secretary-
Treasurer—Rhett P. Adair.
three times the rate of production
creditjed to Germany when Nazi arm
ies marched into Poland a year and
a half ago. Gennany is also getting
booty from the countries she has
conquered.
I’m not taking those figures out of
thin air. They, too, are figures re
ported by the office of emergeney
management and in this case there
is not reason for that office to mag-
William R.'nil^ them. Those figures shbw that
during the last year Germany pro^
i Asst Recording Secretary—W. O. '
Derrick.
Financial
Blackwell.
Secretary — William
CUNTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1»41
extry time plus 2 vacations a year
with dubble pay and 3$ more per
day when they work on Sundays be
twixt church hours.
Youth Loads In Fatalities
Motorists of 20 to 25 years had the
senator shall be elected to fill out
the unexpired term ...”
This puts the governor on the spot.
highest proportion of fatal accidents; jjg publicly stated he has made
among age groups in 1940, according mind but would .not announce
to figures given o^ yesterday by the decision until after Byrnes had
Naticnal Safety Council. Next was
,, . , relinquished his senate seat. There
the group 65 years old or older, fol- -j, speculation as to who will
lowed by the gro*p of 4d-to 65 years, ^^e “six months senator,” with a
the only one ^ the three^below av-j names suggested from all
erage. The figures were based on a pgj-ts of the state. Chief interest,
study oT accident reports from seven jg centered in the race that
statc.s. The following table shows Ibe unexpired Bymes
proportion of- accidents for each'^^j.^^ which ends in January, 1943.
group based on 100 as the average place those prominently
for all ages:
mentioned are Ex-Govemor Olin D.
Under 20, 93; 20 to 25, 129; 25 to Johnston, Donald Russell, Governor
45, 98; 45 to 65, 85; 65 or more, 118.
These figures confirm what the
Maybank, C. G. Wyche, Congressmen
Bryson, Hare and Richards, and oth-
public already knew — that a large | ers. Bryson made a definite commit-
proportion of highway accidents are ment as soon as it was decided that
by young people who in many in- Bymes was to get the plum, that he
stances drive recklessly and at a fast would be a candidate for the seat,
speed that makes it impossible to es- j although he has not publicly stated
cape injury when something goes whether he will try for the short
wrong. In an adventurous, and of- term race next fall or wait and run
tentimes dare-devil spirit, they take next summer for the full' six-year
dr. hubbert green, the owner, run
ner and proprietor of the drug stoar,
has benn suspicious of his help for
sevveral days, he has heard them
bragging on John 1. lewis and Charley
lindburg and harry bridges (the com
munist, and ruler of the west coast)
and sen. von wheeler and a few oth
er aunti-americans: both of these
strikers have studdied labor unions
verry cordially and they think they
railly and trulie ought to have the
drug stear and haff that dr. green
receives for practicing medison.
Conductor—^Dan Yarborough.
Warden—Archie Clark.
Inside Sentinel—M. B. Owens.
Outside Sentinel—Buddy Cranford.
Jr. Past Councilor—Cecil Bishop.
Trustees — Bobby Adair, Rhett P.
Adair, C. A. Sullivan.
Capt. Degree Team — S. A. Tim
mons.
Councilor Degree Team—John M.
Hudgens.
Vice-Councilor Degree Team—1.1.
ably added seven times as much
equipment to her forces as we did.
"T don’t think there is anyone in
-jthis country who doubts that we c^
Carl out-produce Germany or any other
country in the world when we set our
minds to do it, but we can’t do it
over ni^t and we haven’t done it
yet. So it would seem a good idea for
us to buckle down to work and not
go out looking for trouble until we
get further away from the bow and
arrow class.
the poleesman thinks this strike
might spread to the cash and carry
chain stoar and possibly, the all-nite
garr’age. the workers in both of these
places add-mire hitler verry much,
they are always happy when they
read in the newspapers where strikes
have benn called to hold up war
preparations, skinny Jones says ever
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chances that too often result in fa- j term. Hare and Richards also want he says, but instid of using guns to
FIGURES—Dizziness
The figures on defense production
are getting me dizzy.
It all depends on what you read,
^ or to whom you listen, whether you
timV labor use's its'hea'd'and faii'to' impression that we are ac-
work a week, that is equal to the! production miracles or
germans winning two battles, hitler i leaning on our shovels be-
has a verry large army over here, days
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talities, and that would not be taken ^ the place. The three congressmen, if
by drivei-s of more mature judgment, j they run, will still be able to hold
Another factor contributing to the, their seats in congress if they are
high accident rate is the increase in; defeated since this is an “off-year”
drunken drivers who not only en-|in the state. There should be a la>^
danger themselves, b.ut are a menace, (but won’t be) to put an end to can
to the public. I didates holding one office at the ex-
Our fifteen-year record, 1926-40, i pense of taxpayers and running for
shows 244,357 war casualties against 1 another at the same time. This is be-
462,145 traffic deaths in times
peace.
Will we never learn any sense?
of I coming a common practice in the
state .In the 1938 race Senator Brown,
who held one office, was a candidate
for the senate and spent his time
running all over the state seeking
this office. Such is frequently true
Letting Down the Bars
Charlotte, N. C., has legalized Sun , , ,, .
day picture shows and sports for the office-holders who want better
shoot with, they stop making them
for him to be shot with.
nobody can’t buy anny medison
out of the drug stoar till the strike is
over. mrs. art square took the indi
gestion and the hic-cups last night
and had to dose herself with sody
watter ansoforth. she sent her darter
to the drug store for a pattent rem
edy, but the pickets drove her back
at the point of a walking stick, these
fellers think it is nice to go on a
strike and they seem to enjoy it a
right smart, dr. green mought just
close up and quit, he ain’t like the
goverment: he is independent and
has no war on his hands.
first time. A divided vote of their refuse to turn loose what
city council means that movies, base-!they already have. Such aspirants
ball and all sorts of amusements on should either resign the office they .
the Sabbath are now permitted. I hold when they announce for anoth- Picnic At I^t Rock
_ XT o 1- ■. -.u jer, or their salaries should be discon- the anual flat rock picknick which
The North Carolina city, with aUji^ug^ during the time they wage is hell every year at hillside springs
populal.on ot 100,000, is following a ,^^1, campaigns. ' at the rear of rehober church was a
Ste orilTstatIToS "wrsme i What will Maybank So? Will hei^-nd suckeess last friday. it lasted
the recent legislature passed a simi-''">*‘' = l^rsonal ap^intment *or the;j^* ground *'folkT'tho^llSt It''^u'lS
lar measure affertinc Columbia and months term? Many expect him | ^OIKS thought It would
Cha”ern LikrevfrytS^L! »/-r’i-
was labeled in the interest of na- someone who wUl not seek elec
tional defense and was quickly sign- ^h^
ed by Governor Maybank. thereby oj^n up thb field for himself
What Charlotte has done is the|®f a candidate in 1942. Ever since
opening* wedge to let down the bars' Maybank becanie govemor^ere has
and destroy the traditional spirit of a gene^l filing on the part of
reverence and Sabbath observance.' ^® been prim-
More and more the day is being turn- ^^® senate as a colleague
ed into a commercialized holiday, on ■ Bymes. He is a political protege
a smaller scale, in communities like,®^ ranks a^ one of the
our own i state s most prominent New Dealers
The plea was made in Charlotte,! with Byrnes and Johnston.;
eat, but it failed this time, nearly
everboddy of anny consequence was
pressent but not all of them had
well-filled baskets, but they went
away with well-filled stummicks.
some folks simply won’t do their
part. —.
as it was in Columbia that we miist' there is nothing about the May- flatform which fell down while
as It was in Columbia, that we must she was doing the circle
all kinds of entertainment was giv-
ven to the joy of all concerned, miss
jennie veeve smith simg 3 songs and'
did a nice fawn dance on the impro-
If production could be measured
in terms of dollars appropriated, it
would seem as though we ought soon
to have a bomber, a tank, a battle-;
ship and perhaps a matched set of
machine guns for every man, woman
and child in America. Or at least we :
should have enough of such equip-1
ment to protect all Americans gainst!~{:
JOHN DEERE TRACTORS ond IMPLEMENTS
WORK
THERE’S A JOHN DEERE QUALITY IMPLEMENT
FOR EVERY FARAIING PURPOSE
any attacks by any enemy.
/
J. R. CRAWFORD
cUNin!>N,i 8. o.
So far, unless my adding machine
got jammed over handling such big
numbers, congress has appropriated
$41,000,000,000 for our defense and
for aid to Britain, most of which Is
ear-marked to be spent before the
end of 1942.
That’s equal to an expenditure of
over $1,200 for every family in
America, which is a lot< of dollars
even to a nation which is putting its
currency on the powder standard.
If we could buy an “arsenal of
Democracy” by just drawing a check
for $41,000,000,000 to the order of a
reliable arsenal maker we’d be doing
all right, but now that the appropri
ating season is over our main inter
est is not in dollars to be spent but
in how long it’s going to be before
we have more planes, ships, guns and
parachutes than foe Axis powers can
muster up.
WHY
she got
bruised in two places' and had to stop
right where she left off. yore corry
spondent picked a few tunes on his
banjo, he was encored ^ manny
times that he had to break a string
furnish commercial sports -and-^®^jf administration to promote him
amusement to entertain the soldiers predecessor,
now stationed in camps in these /o^*^ston, he attempted to dominate
areas. That was what Maybank said. ^^® fofi^slature as he had the city
But while the protest against the Of Charl«ton as mayor.
“open town” was being made before He soon discovered that he couldn t, nunnosp tn «!flvp hie finaoTM!
the Charlotte city council, Dr. Ernest,^® general assembly as hej®" Puppose to sat^e his fingers.
Neal (Jrr stated that the 2,000 sol- Charleston.; chance ir entertainoH — —
riicr.; now QtafinneH near that citv His fight on the highway department | cnance, jr., entertainea many were based on percentage com-
aitrs now .siauonea near mat cuy attempt to divert its funds for!'^**^ ® ^®'^ cowboy stunts, he spent rrarienne
represent not more than two per cent atveri iis lunas lor;, weeks in tevhe a fo-ar voarc ona
of the cilv’s uonulation vet for this Public welfare and other extrava-! ‘®*®® ® y®3rs ago and
oi tne ciiys population, yet lor Columbia was a complete P^®^®^* ^P ® number of things
IrrowTow'fte^^bbalh 13“^°" “ S^Jro, court droUiJi hom „|!~n *0 the wooly w^. ho jump-
The action in that state and in backwards, he allso las-
PERCENTAGES—MbleMllng
The office for emergency manage
ment has just made its “report to
stockholders” (which means you and
me) on how much was produced
during the first year of our defense
program, which ended In May.
On first reading it all sounds like a
rosy picture, but more careful analy
sis indicates that some figures are
emphasized anct^ others avoided in
order to paint a good story. I don’t
question the figures themselves. I
merely question their use. I became
suspicious of them when I foimd so
parisons.
ours, i.s a camouflage to cover the accomplish. administration has' 3 Sdls wUh his ro^ and he
ours, ,.S a camounage to cover me - ot contusion and dissen-i'ben gave a few Indian whoops, he
bringing in Of commercialized sports. I said Indians were verry thick in
The 01 incinal reason back of the ^® shown no leadership with maians were verry thick u
jne pi ntipai reason Pack of the general assembly h e h a s ®ft®r Yoddling about 8 differ
proposal 1.S to get revenue, as any ecuciai . n c n a b
general assembly
infornud per.son
must understand, economy in Columbia
ent yoddles, he sat down and com
plained of a sore throte. ydddling. is
The mam agitators are not soldiers the same time has spent much
« . ... r\f V»io iirrtA in LUoeKincrf/M’^ I IIHaQ Oil Lllc VDCHi COFClSy SO XBISS JCIl*
but certain business interests who Washington seeking | ^ cmith caid
work quietly in the background. enormous expenditures of money for|"*® smitn smd.
11 ball parks, theatres, etc., are to non-essential projects
(loen on Siinriav whv not erocerv further add to the taxpayers bur- . bpeecn oi me nay was mane
open on hunday. why not grocery ___ by bon. silent knight, he talked at
be
stcirc'.s and other places of business.
dens.
length, in fact—too lengthy, he said
a— PRODUCTION—Small
Actual dollar figures in the gov
ernment’s report state that during!
the first year of the defense program,
$5,100,000,000 was spent and bon-
tTa?!ltSrt-w«fe awarded totaling $l6,-
900,000,000.
Of that five billion in cc^h Which
was handed but for finished'products,
621 million was spent on ships, 605 i
million on aircraft and 501 million
on ordnance (powder, guns, etc.)—a
total of $1,727,000,000 for armaments.
The other $3,373,000,000 was spent
for fortifications, industrial facilities,
construction and pay rolls.
toetme TeTeeTsZ,^' Slumbia”' a„T‘’i^Lg“'’"ra’v^ | america’a worst enimle, at this riling construction ana pay rolls.
and amusement promotirs. ifa"" ‘n "*f. ros^^tsli'undter^i^'i^elS^md «« "U •
In the pulpit and in public ad- the liquor question, legahzed Sunday | Jo “ndbwg and whw^ and | necessary part of defense, a large
dresses it almost everv kind of meet- sports and other moral issues, is well 1 anasnort and john L lewis and
dresses at almost every kind of meet- predecessors since I other labor racket-teers. he
ing today we are told that the world’s preaecessors since cheered by everboddy present
greate.^t need is a spiritual awaken- Richard I. Manning was governor, he, f^^®J , »y P^nt
part of them being an investment ,in
facilities ta make increased produc
tion i^ssible, but -the big interest to
greate.^t need is a spiritual
ing, and nobody denies the irumiui- j-jeyetalian blood in his vains andi^ar machine which we have' bera
ness ol that statement. This can only ®an be^said fo that he coulddent hear good.irie rp^SucT '
nobody denies the truthful^^as made no outstanding record as a j hu of ^ is the rttual size of the
eom^' about through a general adher
ence to religious principles to make abused the pardon power by engage, x bome
stronger the inner realities of the ‘ng in a pardon racket as was thel'^®"^ nome.
petiple. It will never come through a f*®® several of his predecessors
tearing down of the Sabbath. Are we r^ent years. This, in emr judg-
beginning to follow the footsteps of ™®nt, is the most commendable ac-
France? Do we not know that when; “^n of his administration. »
the French people became moral •^® succeed Byrnes,
after that, everboddy got up and
weaklings their downfall swiftly fol
lowed.
Now For the Scramble
' rsince it has oeen announced front
Wa.shington that Senator James F.
Byrnes will resign his present post j" ‘VY J"
July first to go oi the Supreme Court ,«k!l*tics, such a sena-
your guess nDw is probably as good
as the other fellow’s.
A man of the type and calibre of
Senator Harry Byrd of Virginia
should be found and drafted by the
people for this important post. But It
lis almost too much to hope that in
mike lark, rfd,
corry spondent.
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bench, a scra^nble will soon start for
the vacated position. Much political
tor will be elected.
speculation has been aroused, es- I mirMtc
pecially by the “boys on the inside,” ■-®"**”* PCHOOI
as to what Governor Maybank will
do in the matter, for to the d\iel ex
ecutive is given the power of ap
pointing a senator in case of va
cancy. ^ ■
The law reads: “In case of a va
cancy (in the a^natorship) .from
death, resignation or otherwise, the
governor shall have the power to fill
the place by appointment, but not for
longer than six months from the oc-
currance of such vacancy, and he
shall order a apecial election to be
held within $0 days, at whidi time a
Trustees Re-elected
Laurens. — At the annual meeting
of the taxpayers of Laurens school
district No. 11, the current levy of
22 mills for school purposes was con
tinued for the coming year. In ad
dition, two members of the bo^ of
trustees, John Wells Todd and Chas.
F. Fleming were elected^o succeed
themselves, each for six-year terms.
Mr. Fleming is secretary of foe
board.
Clemson, Juna 21.—H. A. Woodle,
extension agronomist at Clemson col
lege, faced an annual shortage of
more than 23,000,000 bushels of com. | consider this a creditable record, but
“South Carolina needs 48,000,0001 anyone who thinks all of the recent
bushels hf com annxudly to fedd ade-1 commotion about production and ap-
As closely as I can figure it, »in
the 12 months ending May 30, we
produced 10,000 planes, two battle-j
ships, -one aircraft, carrier, three!
cruisers, 22 submarines, 27 destroy
ers (but gave 50 to England) and
perhaps 1,000 light tanks plus an in
crease in rifles, ammunition and oth
er smaller armaments.
I realize the task of getting all-out
production under way is enormous,
and. that there may be reasons to
quately its human and animal popu
lation,” Wood34 said, “but the state
produced in IMO only 24,304,000
bushels, or hardly more than half the
amount needed.”
Although he urged expansion of
com acreage to meet the state’s
needs, he pointed out that thb aver
age cost of production, $1.17 a budi-
el, made com improfitahle if the
yield did not exce^ the fourteen-
bushels-an-acre average fo.r the
state.
Woodle said foe yield per acre
could be increesed through proper
rotations, selection fnd preiteration
of soil, abundance of me:
selection of varieUee, proper
zatkm and intelllgant diltivatiogL
. 'I'l
propriating billions means we are
now ready to go out and lick foe
world, has another guess coming.
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GERMANY—BilUeos
In the conclusion of its report, the
office emergeney managen^pnt ad
mits that progress in tite first year
of defense has been “largely prelim
inary to the real produetimi wbifo
must come” and that production next
year must be at least five timse
what it was in the last year, or must
amount to at least $25,000,000,000..
But even that doesn’t msen^fogt
we can catch up to 0«nnany tor
some time. Germany is now spend
ing three billion e monfo, or tl ifo-
lion a year for hnumnenti^ wliidi te
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