The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, August 07, 1941, Image 7
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C.
Page Seven
PARTNERS RUN
UURENS.FIRM
nFTY-FlYE YEARS
Owings ond Bobo Will
Note Anniversary of
Firm September 1.
Laurens, August 5. —The business
firm of Owings and Bobo ranks
among the leadoa In the South. Caro
lina field of merchandising fQ|r its
sustained continuity and succe^ Ik
addition to the unique paralM dtar^
acteristics tiiat run through tha ca
reer story of the sole proprietors, X
Calvin Owings aog Charles Bobo
of this city. -
The Owings-Bobo" partnafeh^ wu
formed and the firm entered the re
tail store business here September 1,
1886, and for 55 years the two-man
organization has conducted its actiyi-
ties in and from the same building,
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THE NATIONAL SCENE
As Woshingtoii Sees It
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Mejilve yMM
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Watfflirs ef
three gets and dash that la
Jehe helt
«dll drive the AxIb ta^
are takinf Om
hia Lsedse bakery.
earry the asjtttle **▼** aM the
cede alfaal far the letter that
located on the east side of the public
square. Necessary warehouse facili;
ties were provided in other close-in
town quarters, after the firm brand
ed out as general supply and whole
sale merchants. Meantime, the retail
department was taken over by oth
ers, with Owings and Bobo retailing
office space, easily accesrible from
the front
In recent times, however, the busi
ness has been curtailed, with each
firm associate giving more attention
to their farming interests. The pep-
prietors, both of whom are well i»e-
aerved hi health,, are at^Hie office at
regular hours every dv, as ^a rule,
and their place kmg since has become
anj^nstitution. >
Assessing rare qualities of busi
ness acumen, combined wiffi the art
of dealing with the public, Mmrs.
Owings and Bobo have always held
a hi^ place in the commeseial life
of the city and count/. They have
been and are actively and influen-.
tially identified with die rriigious
and educational institutions hm and
elsewhere. Both have served oa
schoed or college trustee boards. They
are deacons in the - First-BapUst
church and members of the safhe
Sunday school class. They live as
neighbors on the south side of West
Main street.
A few years ago golden wedding
anniversaries were celebrated by
each. ~
Only once or twiceihas politics en^
tered the Owings-Bbbo fim to algim
an office holder, and that ^oocuttwd
a good many years ago whim Mr.
Owings virtually was drafted and
elected to the office of mayor. Pre
viously he had served as o^ eouus.
cilman from his ward. W
JUich meiphar^ |j|p
bdsiness firin/m Laufens is a
bonk ano otner coiporatiCti
LYDIA MILLS NEWS
FOR THE WEEK
Mr. and Mrs! W. M. Vau^m, Mrs.
H. L. Baker and children spent the
week-end with Mr. and Mrs. H. W.
Alford. Dotty Baker remained for a
week’s visit.^
LuciUe Thomas, is visiting her
moLher in Anderson this week.
Betty Jean Ellis lis spending the
weoE with Mar/ Sue Copeland near
^ie!
, Mrs. Glenda Thomas of Charlotte,
N. Ci, was the giiest Sunday of Mrs.
Hallie CampbeU.
Mr. and Mrs. Jcbn Ellis and fam
ily of Eimree, visited Mr. and Mrs.
WiUiam Ellis on Sunday.
Boots Fuller of Belton, is visiting
bar grandmother, Mrs. Betty Cauble.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Wright and
son, Hubmi, were weric-end visitors
in Anderson.
Mr. apd Mrs. C. L. James and fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. C. S'James and
family visited Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
James in Greer Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Harper and
daughter,'Betty, Mr .and Mrs. Soles-
by and Annie Pearl Todd of Green
wood, were guests Simday of Mr.
and Mrs. S. J Todd.
Mrs JH. P. McClendon is spending
a few weeks in Goldville with her
daiighter, Mrs. J<^ Flow.
Mrs. ^ra Phillips, Misses Mon
teen and Toy Phillips .and Hmvard
Phillips of Newbmry, and Mrs. Doris
Bledsoe and dau^ter, Patsy, of
WashAigton, D. C., spmt Sunday
wither, and Mrs. A. M. Shumate.
Holder at Chester, visited his
, Mrs. Joe Todd, on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Taylor and son,
spent Sunday in Ooldvilil* with
TO CMSCh
relatives.
lira D. T. Lowe and daughter,
Eloise, Mrs. J. H. Roberts and daugh
ter, Jessie, were Sunday guests of
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Jackson.
Mr umd Mrs. J B. Reeder and
CORNS
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Far 8ali By
SADLEB-OWEN8 PHAIMACT
Hairston, Byron Hairston, and Bur
lington McClendon.
On Friday th'e boys gave a diidcen
stew for their fathers, members of
the troop cominittee_ and numerous
friends.
Birthdays
Jimmie Reeder will celebrate hia
fourth birthday August 9.
August 3 was the birthday of
Patricia Fullo*.
August 12 is the birthday of Earle
Jacksim.
Mrs. Grover Mclnville will cele
brate hecsbirthday Tuesday, August
12. - -
Tax Bill May Be
In For Major
Changes In Senate
Huge $3JZ06,200,0(X)
Defense Revenue Meos-
ure Passes House.
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Washington, Aqg. 5.—The ~ huge
$3,206,200,000 defense tax bill, whidi
would give the government its big
gest cut of the national income, went
to the' senate yesterday bearing a
thumping house approval, but almost
immediately there was talk that,it
might yet undergo major revisions.
It passed the house by the lop
sided vote of 369 to 30 late yesterday
after it had first been strii^ped of a
provision for requiring all married
persons to file joint income tax re
turns. This provision had been
counted on to raise kbout $323,000,-
000 in additional revenue by cmxipeU-
ing numy married persons to pay
hiidier taxes.
• The defeat of the joint return
clause'—by a 242 to 160 vote — was
attributed to a great extent to the
criticism voiced by President Roose-
family and Mrrs. MUtpn King visited velt who wanted it modified to ex
in Greenville and Spartanburg Sun- empt the income actually earned by
day.
Mr .and Mrs. A. L. James and fam
ily and Mr. and Mrs. MUton Allen
visited in Chester Simday.
Mias Nelly EUIsot of Fountain
Ind^ was the guest Saturday of
Miss Inez McDonald.
Mrs. R. L. James of Greer, and
her moffier, Mrs. Hampton, are visit
ing Mr. and Mas. C. S. James this
Friends of Mias Hazel Harvey will
regret to know she is a patient at
Hays hospital.
Mrs. Pauline Lawson and Mrs. A.
C. Caldwell were visitors in Seneca
and Anderson Saturday.
either husband or wives.
Members of the ways and means
committee, who balked at recom
mending the Presidoit’s proposal,
were joined by other legislators in
warning that lurthm^ inapeases-ln h»-
dividual income taxes would be nec
essary to make up the lost revenue.
At the other end of the capitol.
Chairman George (D-Oa.) of the
senate finance committee, express
ed belief die senate would not seek
to reinstate the oonfroverted provis
ion but would try to make up the de
ficiency by revision of the income
tax brackets to broaden the base,
He said his committee would hear an
Ito. and Mrs. O. B. Craft are now j explanation of the bUl by treasury
” * experts •tomorrow’and bdgin a two-
weeks. public hearing on Friday.
(Seorge expressed doubt that the
senate would make any change in
the fundamentals of the excess prof
its tax plan approved by the house.
The base-broadening mentioned
by George would be in line with
President'Roosevelt’s views, for the
chief executive told the ways hnd
makina their home in Columbia.
L. E. Gunter of Columbia, and
Mr. and Mm. G. F. Mahaffey of
Great .Falls, visited Mr. and Mrs. S.
J Huifler Sunday.
Mr juod Mrs. E. L. HoUand* and
daughter, Mildred,*, spent Sunday
with Mrs. W. J. Stewart and flunlJy
in GrpenviUe.
Special to The Chronicle.
Washington, Aug. 5. — That period
of sacrifice for all of the people of
the country, about which countless
speakers, including President Roose
velt, have warned on numerous occa
sions, seems to be getting closer to
reality. It probably will be felt first
in our use of automobiles, judging
by two moves made last week: a
statement by the Office of Produc
tion Management that production of
automobiles may have to be ciubpd
by as much as 50 per cent; a request
by Secretary of Interior Ickes that
the use of gasoline be curbed by
one-third in 16 Eastern states.
Furthermore, the dangers of price
inflation are becoming acute. Food
prices have risen 9 per cent since
February and Leon Henderson, head
of the Office of Price Adminis^ation
and Civilian Supply, warns they may
climb much hii^er on many types of
products unless price ccmtrols are
enforced. Mr. Hendersoif also recom
mends higher taxes and a campaign
to sell more defense bonds as needed
to heh;> prevent inflation. His ffieory
is that prices go up because people
have more money to spend and if
they reinvest that money in the gov
ernment their demand for luxury
products will be decreased. That, he
believes, will prevent drastic price
increases.
Debate over the measure to extend
the period of service of the million
men being trained under the selective
service act, although hotly debated,
has had the blessing of the majority
of congresnnen ever since the presi
dent sent a message to congress and
to the people pointing out the neces
sity for this extension. It is the gen
eral feeling here that the one-year
period provided in the act was an
unfortimate provision which misled
many selectees, but that the present
emergency makes it necessary to take
advantage of the clause in the act
whidi provides for extension of ser
vice. That clause reads:
. -“Each man inducted ... shall serve
for a training and service period of
12 consecutive mbnths, unless sooner
discharged, except that whenever the
congress has declared the national
la Menieriam
MRS. AUCE McMILLAN '
Since God in His infinite wisdom
has brought to a close the earthly la
bors of our sister, Mrs. Alice McMil
lan; and since she in her life exem
plified the highest type of Christian
character, and in her devotion to her
Lord never wavered; and since so
long as her physical health permit
ted she was, ever found in her place
of worship, and was most active in
all the interests of her church, being
especially cimcerned with the young
pedple.
Be it resolved that we bow in
humble submission to the will of
God, who doeth all things well; that
we extend to the family our sym
pathy.
Be it resolved that we, the mem
bers of the Woman’s Society of
Christian Service of Broad Street
Methodist church, Clinton, S. C.,
while we deplore her passing, glory
also in the crowning of a well-spent
life, and that we pledge anew our
loyalty to God and that we show in
creased' adSvijEy in our society. All
this in emulation of our sister who
has set us such a worthy example.
And that a copy of these resolu
tions be sent to her family, to the
Southern Christian }Advocate, The
Clinton Chronicle, and that a page
in our minutes be dedicated to her
memory.
Mrs. Dave Copeland,
Mrs. WUl Milam,
Mrs. J. D. Yarborough,
Mrs. J. V. Edwards,
Committee.
interest is imperiled, such 12-month | of defense equipment and suppliesu
period may be extended by the presi- The measure, in its revised form,
dent to such time as may be necesr' puts a time limit on the power of tkm
sary in the interest of national de-! president to control private property,
fense.” | It provides that the government
Gen. George C. Marshall, chief of » Prlce lor any property it
staff of the army, has pointed out' ^ud directs the goverrunent to
that with 40 to 85 per cent of most property back to the origiiMiL
infantry divisions composed of selec-j by June 30, 1943.
tees, it would virtually mean demobi- Some congressmen fear the
lizing the anhy to send these men [that administration spokesmen in
home at this time.
Most congressmen agree that it
would be ridiculous practically to
disband the army at this time, but ai newspaper or radio station, interpret*
good many also have a feeling the opposition to such a pre^bi*
guilt over breaking their contract jtion as intimating the administratkaa
hey
would be sent home after a yesjrs
training. They know that provisions
senate opposed including a proviskaa
in the seizure measure for a specifle
prohibition against the seizure of
with the selectees, who believed they might consider such '^seizures. But
In the law make it possible to con
tinue service because of the emer-
moct congressmen felt that fuch
specifle prohibition was unnecessary
since it would take a far-fetched m*
terpretation of the measure in its
gency, but all the same they feel)present form to make the seizure of
many of the miUion young men' *in | a radio station or newspaper possiblSL
service will consider that something
has been put over on them.
It is expected the men who are
over 28 years old may be sent hcanc
in view of the more recent measure
defering service of men in this age
group. It is also believed steps will
be taken to insure jobs to the men
in camp after their service in the
army is (xnnpleted.
The opposition to the property
seizure bill has been considerably
lessened by revisions in the measure
which limit seilures of property to
property needed for the manufacture
A new problem arose on the labor
front when the CIO unit which caD*
ed a strike at the Air Assoctalcs
plant, Bendix, N. J., asked the
dent to seize the plant ‘*until
time as the company decides to co
operate with national defense and to
cOTiply with the.laws of the United
States.”
The flare-up at the Bendix ptanf
came when the company dismissed
several union employees. The
pany said the dismissals woe
because of decreased jKoduclkn
caused by a shortage of aluminum.
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West Main Street CUnton, S. C.
On the Home Front
I means cwnmittee he thought the ex-
1- W]
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Barbee an- options for single persons should
nounce the birth of a daughter,)be. raduced from $800 to $750 and
Brenda Joyce, Thursday, July 31, at | those for married persons from $2,-
the Newberry hospital. Mn. Bar- 000 .to $1^100. Mr. Rooaevelt as-
bde< waa before marriage Miss Louise
serted that persons in those income
groups were eager to “chip in direct
ly’* to help the defense program.
JkM it passed the house yesterday,
the" bill would virtually .triple the
Booith of this community.
Cebb
Mr, and Mrs. John Cobb announce
the birth of a daughter, Brenda,take* of persons in the lower and
Lucille, Sunday, Aug. 3. Mrs. Cobb'middle groups by levying a graduated
is the former Miss Ruth Roberts of sy*tem of surtaxes starting at five
West Clinton.. P*' cent on the first dollar of tax-
able income and ranging ig;> to 75
Mra Lee Enlerlataed por cent (the present maximum) on
Mnu Edna Lae of Seneca, was en- M,000,000 an dver.
tertained with a party on Fridayrortwes w^ be to ad-
the home of Mrs. A.
* — utolrij was
'SidriwelL About fiftMn guests en- P***
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Standard and PortaUa.
IfACHlNE Ha*
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Cal t4
Mtttmicla PuKs Co
jo/ed an evening of games. Re
freshments of cookies and Imncmade
were served.
HhlhiBy Party
On Saturday evening little Patricia
Fuller was honored with a birthday
party celebrattoi bar aecond birth
day. About fifteen guests attended
ea^ remembering her with a gift.
Cake, ice cream and candy were
continued.
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Seems InJay CaauMng
The Lydia Boy Scouts q;>ent last
week et their eemp located on North
credr. This trip was sponamed by
Lydia Milla. The boys attending
were Richard Johnson, scoutmaster,
i^rman Maaaey, bt^r, and the
foUowiim ten scouts: Lewis Oaklay,
Bruce Ulis, Cbarlee Perridt. Jack
Parrish, James Satterfield, Oaral
Satterfield, Edward WilUams, Harold
Or. FaMer SUth
Dr. OmcM & Felder
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