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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C.
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plan or prejudice against it — we
should patriotically respoira to the
request by giving our cooperation
and assistance in the hope that it
will aid national defense.
At the same time we need not
well; it got drowned,-I got whipped.
Age 7: Cow picked me on side of
head! Never got over it.
Age 8: Took up plowing and hoe-
think we can fool ourselves in this'ing and picking cotton for a living,
free country. We cannot be a Joshua
and control the sun and moon.
Age 9: Ran engine, helped with
Farmers know you can’t get a hen, saw-mill, cotton-gin and thresher,
to lay an egg by advancing the clock. 1’
. » Age 10: Went to school during De
ll * ki I jcember, January and February. Got
rromises Mean Lirrie ; burned to death in cotton gin.
CLINTONi_S,^., THURSDAY. JULY 81, 1941
1 desired. Ashley got to make his
Too Optimistic l speech depicting the greatness of his
-.3^6 Germans under Hitler rule are' J
ndhniably
undeniably an able and ambitious
people, but it may be that they were
entirely too enthusiastic in setting up
a 50-day schedule for the conquest! ^
of Russia. ^
— \ ! Not The Whole Story
section.
All of which shows you cant head
off the Baptists—especially the An
derson county variety.
We hear and read much of the
The election of Burnet R. May-
bank in 1938 as governor of South
Carolina was a victory for “machine
{politics.” The Charleston mayor had
I an organization behind him — and
{from all appearances an expensive
one—that could not be down^.
Followii\g his election the gover
nor said in his inaugural address in
January, 1939:
“Four years from now I will
be turning over the affairs of
this office to another of your
choice and returning to private
life.”
Since assuming the office, in spite
of that statement, the general pub
lic has felt he has been “priming”
for the United States senate. The
hope no doubt was — B3rmes and
Maybank in the senate, but when
Age 11: Went to school 8 more
months but never learned anything.
Age 12: Farmed, dug doodles, killed
snakedoctors and streakflelds.
Age 13: Went to town for first
time; stayed scared to death all that
day.
—.
Age 14: Saw first suit of imder-
wear, man visited us from county
seat.
Age 15: Wore my first storebought
suit, price $1.98. Four sizes too big.
Age 16: Fell violently in love with
Tessie Jones; she failed to recipro
cate. Heart broke. Life blasted. 1
finger-ring total loss.
In the last few years it has become
a major source of fuel in certain sec
tions. Because of a plentiful supply
and ease of use it is expected to be
given more and more preference.
fTatural gas is generally found In
the same sections m petroleum; With
in range of the gas fields it has bem
found an economical as well as the
most simple fuel to use for heating
purposes. It seems probable that pipe
lines will jeventually be built so that
natural gas can be sent dis^mces
without great expense and then na
tural gas will be tised in countlen
industries and homes.
But no matter what fuels become,
most popular, there are no dtngers*
of fuel shortage in this country. Re
ferring to the energy resources of
this country, H. C. Dickinson of the
bureau of standards said:
“Solid, liquid and. gaseous fuels
will alm<Mt certainly be available
from stored-up sum;>lies for several
thousands of years at the present
rate of constimption.”
OIL—Russia
Ifr ^Vorlcs Two \A^qvs i ”” — ——" ——^
- „ • * growth of Columbia due to the es- Byrnes was given the supreme bench
In arguing " i tablishment of Fort Jackson. To this!plum earlier than had been expected, ^ .T. . . . ,
tion a certain labor leader mad is to be added the fact that the capi-jthat upset the plans. candy;
stateinent that la^r cannot ^®^* ‘ tal is the head seat for the distribu- Now the governor goes to Wash
ier i zed. It thus ap^a^ th^la^ s for--a conference with Presi-
not willing to take the same m^- We are told in a feature: dent Roosevelt and is promised two
cine which it se®ks ^®^^® ® ^ news story from that city that this I more power projects for this state
give to capital through sitdown and i reflected in mo-1 on the eve of the election. He comes
other strikes. Th^e is abo H tie sm,yghide registration figures, bank!back and quickly announces himself
in the internal affairs of the cleaijings, postal receipts, building I as a candidate for the senate to suc-
when men ^ ."I" permits, retail and wholesale chan-* ceed his appointee. Senator Lumpkin,
Iwrships are ordered to strike aga t Forbes | who was given a “mysterious” six-
iheir wills. magazine in a recent issue stated' months appointment which the peo-
that Columbia is the center of the | pie of the state have not yet under-
third best business hot-spot in the stood. Because of the changes at
"lited States today. home and abroad, the governor says
But in portraying the picture of: in his statement, “I have decided to
The Bike Is Popular „ ^ o *
No matter in which direction youl^i^^®*^ States today
look, or where you travel now-a . , - . j
days, one is impressed with the ^"® cffyrapid development due:ask the people of South Carolina to
growth of cycling as a popular sport.} largely to the camp, all the facts and send me to the senate because I feel
The old-timers and the youngsters' 1‘gures are not included. The “story” I can be of greater service to them
are surprised at the number of bi- ; motion the increased busi- and to the state in Washington, and
cycles giving evidence that, in spite •’®ss of their many liquor stores. The because of my close association and
of automobile competition, they are newspapers should prepare | friendship with President Roosevelt
stronger today than ever before. And ® comparative statement for publi-, and members of his administration.”
all of ihe cycling is not confined toi®®!!®*' covering the p^t two years This statement nieans that May-
boyS and girls. month by month and give it to their bank is counting on'the “blessing” of
The growing popularity of the bi-! readers, many of whom would be
cycle is due to its inexpehsiveness i vitally interested in the finding,
compared with other vehicles, and ■ ^®''^ months ago we were told
doubtless to the armament program
which will result in a rise in the
cost and operation of automobiles.
But the main reason is, no doubt, |
that parents and grown-ups too, now
have a greater appreciation of the
bicycle itself as a vehicle for health
ful sport.
from Fayetteville, N. C., Camp Bragg
center, that liquor store sales in that i in Washington.
President Roosevelt to carry him to
the senate. It means we are to have a
“coat-tail swinging candidate, who,
if elected, will be another “yes” man
I
city tripled in one month. How does
Columbia rate with Fayetteville? The
two states would like to know.
Only a short time ago Governor
Maybank, now engaged in the popu
lar practice of “coat-tail swinging”
for the United States senate, was all
excited over the spread of vice in the
areas where camps are located. He
made a grandstand play at the time
by calling the sheriffs of the state to
What The President Said
To keep the record straight, Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, candidate for re-
election as President of the United ^ Columbia for a conference on the
States for a third term, had this to problem. He ought to know, as every
say in a public speech at Boston, informed person does —that the li-
jquor traffic, both illegal and legal, is
.[one of the.ohiei causas for the bre^-
|ing of prostitution, crime and law-
i lessness. He didn’t raise his hand
[against the business as a producer
I of vice. Neither has the federal gov-
I ernment. The governor didn’t dare
j take an opposition stand against le-
Igalized intoxicants though the ma-
There are millions of American j qj voters had made their
mothers who have not forgotten this. decision at the^poUs for prohibition,
promise and are watching with grave, The greatest enemy of the young
concern—the developments each day j paan in camp or anywhere else — is
Send me to the senate. I am^the
indispensable man for this job.” That
is the sum of the governor’s an-
no'uncement.
Mass., on October 30, 1940:
“And while I am talking to
you, fathers and mothers, I give
you one more assurance. I have
said this before, but I shall say
it again, and again, and again,
your boys are not going to be
sent into any foreign wars.”
NOBOOn BUSINESS
B, GEE McGEE
swapped pet hen for 25 cents worth.
Lingered at death’s door 3 days and
4 nights, then calM for more candy.
Age 18: Graduated in 8th grade in
country school; never darkened an
other schoolhouse door thereafter, as,
perhaps,! dear reader, you have al-^
ready guessed.
Age 19: Went tc picnic; saw first
ice-cream ever heard of. Wanted to
taste it, but the fellow wanted 5
cents per saucerful. I had no 5 cents.
Age 20: Learned to be telegraph
operator, left home, almost died of
home-sickness for first 6 months,
but got over it.
Age 21: Bought bicycle which led
me into high society, rode with the
Jones boys who had a rich daddy.
Met Sudie. LoVe bug bit me, but
Sudie dodged it.
^e 22: Sudie married Dick Botts.
I got transferred to another town.
Wore nicest clothes in community,
paid as high as $10 for suit, $2 for
shoes, and $1.50 for silk shirt.
Age 23: Married finest woman
(and school teacher) in the world,
went into mercantile business, raised
a couple of children, that is—she did,
still married, still in mercantile busi
ness, still like ice-cream and candy,
and still looked up as not being very
bright, but I’m older than 23 at this
writing.
from Washington.
As a matter of fact, the United
States is already in the war—only the
actual shooting has not begun.
A Priceless P(2Ssession
In these days when the news col
umns are filled with dispatches tell
ing of butchery and destruction it is
refreshing to read that almost half
of the population of the United States
now belongs to one or the other of
250 churches or religious bodies
which flourish under our free insti
tutions.
The church membership has been
steadily growing according, to the
1941 Yearbook of American Church
es. The figures of this repeet-^ow
what religion can do in a society
where all men are free to worship
according to their conscience.
The 64,501,594 members of the 250
church bodies live, generally speak
ing, in harmony with each other, and
liquor. And from what the mayor of
Columbia recently said in a public
statement, there is no shortage of
the fluid in his city.
Moving The Clock Aheod
South Carolina, along with many
other parts of the country, went on
daylight saving time Sunday at mid
night when citizens of the state
pushed their clocks" forward one hour
in compliance with the request of
Governor' Maybank, North Carolina
adopted the same time, Virginia will
go on the schedule next week, while
Georgia remained Standard. Day
light saving time in the state had not
been observed since the World War
of 1918.
The plan is simple. It means ydu
get up one hour earlier and are “ex-iiocake
pected” to put out the lights and go
to bed an hour earlier.
Now and Then
Johnnie, Jr., eats his cornflakes,
cream, toast, scrambled eggs, and
coffee in bed ... his mother fetches
it in on a nice, clean silver tray
about 7:45 •a.m.
After breakfast Johnnie, Jr., goes
to the bathroom and gets into a tub
of warm water which his mother has
fixed for him. He dabbles around in
the said tub for a few minutes, then
he puts on his pretty clothes that his
mother fixed up and put out for him.
Johnnie, Jr., takes his book-satchel
which hia mother hands him as he
walks out Jthe front door. A big yel
low 8-cylinder school bus pulls up
to Johnnie, Jr., and picks him up and
whiffs him off to a beautiful school
building where Johnnie, Jr., is taught
everything but reading, writing and
arithmetic.'Then the bus man takes
him home.
lODAY... TOMORROW
By Don Robinson
When I was a boy, say about tO, I
got up at the yell of my father at 5
am. I put on my hat and shoes. (I
slept in everything else I wore). I
built a fire in the fireplace and one
in the kitchen stove. I slopped 6 hogs,
shucked and milked 2 cows, toted in
(after cutting if necessary) enough
wood to last mother all day. Then I
ate my breakfast of milk gravy and
/
The principal object of the switch _
with the 68,000,000 who are withoutsystems is the conse^ation' ^j-itches to fasten my galluses onto. I
such affiliation. The minister from' washed my face and hands in a
the pulpit tells us — and we know i "J®”'® turn out tanks washpan in the back piazza. I Igot
what he says is true, that one of the i T,
great troubles with the church is!"*" '""S J"
0.at there is not a marked enough,^*:™; asked to give our
r/^hrchi^r “'■isic"ersi“itcs-=r-
Such a hel^hgion situation, how-i“"“ McrWce If Mcrihces are to
ever, is one of America’s finest con- J? TiS.'"''
IrlbuUons to civilization. Here, 100,1;.^"^”^."® J®-*® ‘''®,..P~P'®
as in so many other Helds, freedom! h®”"®'“d not m Washington.
FUEL—Coal
Our most popular and most used
fuel has always been coal — mostly
bituminous coaL In I'ecqnt years, oil
has replaced coal in many instances,
such as in a lot of home heating, but
coal continues to be the leading sin
gle source of fuel.
It is estimated by the New York
Trust company, which recently made
a study of the consumption of ener
gy in the United States, that of the
total energy we consumed in 1937,
45 per cent was derived from bitumi
nous coal, 30.4 per cent from oil,
9.8 per cent from natural gas, 9.3
per cent from water power wd 5.6
per cent from anthracite coal.
It is not believed probable that oil
will continue to replace the use of
coal during the next 10 years at the
rate it has done in the past 10
years. The development of the vatj
of either will be determined , by ease
of transportation, price and taxes,
but in general the use of oil will
probably be more or less limited to
transportation whereas coal will con
tinue to be the most popular fqel to
industry.
In home heating the present prob
lem of transporting oil to the East,
due to those 50 tankers which we
^ gave to England, is expecte<f to ^ujn
my slate and pencil and word primer! ^® trend back to coal, at least tem
and little tin bucket \vffiich contained! porarily.
One of the chief reasons the Ger
mans went into Russia was to get
oil. Russia is one of the leading pro
ducers of oil and has vast fields of it
which have not been tapped. But so
far as production of oil is concerned,
the United States has a big lead over
every other country to the world.
In 1939, figures of the United
States bureau of mines show that the
United States produced 61 per cent
of total MTorkl production of oil. Rus
sia was second, but produced only
10.3 per cent of the total and Ru
mania, which is world-famous for its
rich oil fields, produced only 1.7 per
cent. Venezuela was third, producing
10 per cent of the total.
These are production figures and
do not give a clear picture of the
capacity of the world’s oil fields. But
they do indicate the comparative
output possible with the equipment
which each country used before the
war broke* out and show that by any
measure the United States has a big
lead over all.
Although ther^ are 13 states to'the
United States which produce consid
erable oil, by far the greatest produc
tion is to Texas which, to 1939, pro
duce^ 38 per cent of our annual sup
ply. Other states which are known
for their oil producing capacity are
California, which produced 18 per
cent of the supply, Oklahoma, 13 per
cent, Illinois, 8 per cent, and Louisi
ana, 8 per. cent. The other states
M^ch produced the remaining 15
percent of our oil supply are: New
York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Vir
ginia, Kentucky, Kansas, Wyoming,
and Arkansas.
FINAL SETTLEMENT
Take notice that on the 15 th day
of August, 1941, I will render a final
account of my acts and doings as
Administia^jat-ttw Jjlate of ML B.
Bedenbaugh, in the office of the
Judge of Probate of Laurens County,
at 10 o’clock a..m., and on the same
day wiU apply for a final discharge
from my trust as Administrator.
Any person indebted to said estate
is notified and required to make pay
ment on or before that date; and all
persons having claims against said
estate will present them on or be
fore said date,^ duly proven, or be
forever barred.
J. F. BEDENBAUGH,
Adminiatratoar.
July 12, 1941.—7-4CW.
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BOLOnuBUHil
DIXIE'S wheels of defease are
turning sc a tempo never before
equalled.'To the aamerous fac
tories, military bases, and dm
public at lar^, quids,' depend-
ahle telephone service wm never
more important than now.
Providing and safeguarding
dus service in diese hut dtang*
ing times is a tremendous task.
Soudicm Bell of necessity is a
big organization widb fhoosands
of hi^y trained telephone vet
erans vdK> have met and maa-
tarad mai^ esaergendes. '
About 10,000 new tclephona
recruits, added during die past
two yean, are beu^ teamed by,
diis czperieoced army for ^iaa>
porcanc posidons on the tele
phone firing line, and more are
being addM daXtf,
In all, a combined force of
23,000 wodeen is rushing tele-
|dione expaosioo to. maet die
South's ever-incrcasiag drmanda.
Speeding up the delivety of sap-
pda ate lour bege telephone
siqipfy bases located widiin over-
ni^t readi evety major in-
dus^ial and military center in
die Soudi.
This army of loyal telephone
men and women is working in
bannoey CO upend aadtoaale-
guard dbe lines of tdephooe com- ^
municariondiroo^houtdieSpoth.
SoiTiai BaiTREPiHE
ISO TOEiiHH emnw
leaaaaoaATia
-
I polished my hair with dishwater
grease. I put an extra skewer in my
a small bottle *01 ho-made molasses,
possibly 2 pieces of. fried bread, and
4 biscuits, and lit out for school.
Our little red school house, which
was not painted at all; (dust had set
tled on it from the nearby red hills,
IS a
cling
There are different opinions as tOian^ that’s howltgot I’ed) was only a
priceless possession we should:
to and prSL:t at aU hazards, what the dayUght savm* time w U
very, very short 4 miles away. I hop-
If we look far into the future, the
use of various fuels is quite unpre
dictable. It may even not be too far
off when we will have teamed to get
most of our needed: energy from the
sun.
RESOURCES—Unlimited
When we hear about the millions
JOHN DEERE TRACTORS and IMPLEMENTS
THAT WORK
THERE'S A JOHN DEERE QUALITY IMPLEMENT
FOR EVERY FARMING PURPOSE
“ 7. R. CRAWFORD ~ ~
' CLINTON. S. c.
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A Baptist Story
In connection with the urgent ap-j asked by the governor, we doubt
peal being made to the American that it will accomplish the results
people to buy defense savings bonds, | we are told it will by its enthusiasts,
this true story comes from Ander- In the first place there is no ipower
son: * scarcity. The recent fine grains drie^
An Anderson lady entered a local,up that propaganda hullabaloo by
bank and informed an officer she certain politicians of a power short-
accomplish, or fail to accomplish, n-d 2 miles and enioved it I skinned barrels of oil and billions of tons
White The Chronicle adopted the j mite and was happy I threw rocks which this nation consumes
plan as requested and at the time at birds, and toad frogs for the lasti®®®^ year, most q£ us wonder when
.. . . rejoiced that rocks were the oil wfells will be pumped dry and
plentiful I got there on time, 8 ajtn.
when the last of our mountains of
coal will finally be sfioveted into the
I studied hard for 6 or 7 hours. I nation’s coal bins.
desired to invest to U. S. defense
savings stamps.
“Do you want bonds or stamps?”
asked the cashier.
''“I’d like stamps,” she replied.
“What denomination, please?”
“Baptist,” said‘the lady.
The incident brings to mind the
story of the late Josh Ashley, a rep
resentative of that county. White en
gaged in making a characteristic
speech to the legislature portraying
the glories of his county, he was in
terrupted by a member. May I ask
the gentleman a question, he,said.
Yes, sir, he replied. What is the alti
tude of Anderson county? Over
whelmingly Baptist, shot bade Adi-
My.
The lady bought the stamps the
age in the South. The l>lan, further
more, is not universally adopted, and
this means that the broad results that
mlftot be expected are hardly likely
to be rdtlized. The idea is b^pin too
late to the summer to accomplish
much, for the switch back will have
to be made by early fall A further
factor is that the manufacturing
plants of the coun^ are practically
aO operating on a 24-hour per day
basis with their power consumption
at its highest peak. There can no
savings there. In the big cities where
gay night life is enjoyed and power
consumption is probably as great as
in the day-time, a savings may be
effected if the people can be induced
to turn out the li^ts and fo to bed.
But wheOiar We have fai^ in tiie
had to study hard, 1 was so dumb
. . . and as you have already said, it,
I admit that i have not yet overcome
that dumbness). I played myself dead
tired at the 2 .little and 1 big receai-
es. I ate my dinner and was thankful
for sudi fine food. I loved my teach
er. I had no aspirations or inspir
ations; I was o^ koint to school
because my father and mother told
me to do so. Books turned .out at
about 4 pjn. I skipped and trotted
back home and did my day’s work,
and was contented.
MUe-Stenea In My Rariy‘ Life
Age 4: Learned to say “daddy.”
Stood alone by holding to a chair.
• —♦
Age 5: Pulled ft coflee pot off of
stove, ^ badly ficalded.
Afe •: Ttazowfd my cat in tiw
But actually, there isn't much to
worry about for a long time to come,
if ever.
According to the national resources
committee, our present reserves of
these fuels amount to about 3,000,-
000,000,000 tons of ooal and over
15,000,000,000 barrels of oU. In addi-
tk^ ttiere are plenty of' unexplored
reserves wi]|id^ if neceiaary, would
undoubtedly produce additton fuel to
fill all of our needs for many years.
It is estimated that the average de
mands for power in America, whmi
all demands for industry, home heat
ing; tnuupoitatioo and other uses are
aU grouped, together, amount to 40
horsepower p«r hour for every hour
of the year.
Natural gal Moki ttke one at tka
best bate ter Ike tufl d the totore.
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