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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON. S. C.
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Thursdoy^ August 28, 1941
ollfr (UlUtton CUtffotikU
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on the shore to lau^ the day that
he attempted to sail his steamboat
up the Hudson. Robert Fulton stuck
to his dream vuntil he saw it float in
back home to Florida, or getting a
job.
Jerry, that’s Joe’s oldest nephew,
reality upon ^ Hudson. What csa^j busted out 3 glass windows the first
he then about their laughter? jday he spent with Joe’s family. He
DeWitt Clinton stpck to the job of shot Jo^s fine bird dog the next
constructing the Erie canal, in spite week. A chickra is not allowed td
Edwards, B. K. Garrett. ^
Dials: P. H. Harris, i. E. Hender
son, W. R. Harris.
Ekom: T. J. OTJell, J. F. Burton,
C. L. Phillipg.
Daniels’ Store: Edgar
YaMy Martin, G. T. CyDell.
of the fact that folks made fun of it^Uve withih aly rifle range. He fetches i Carrie Lou T r ssi^U^****
and called it “Clinton’s Big Ditch.” (frogs, snakes and mud-turtles into! Graves H r’otlr
Horace Greely stuck to his dreams, j the house and he sleeps'with his C E. Meintvr** ’
althou^ his father said oft him, j clothes on, and so does his daddy, { Grav Court* J n* xtrChrmn
“He’ll never know more than enough * except his shoes and coat. He grum-! Cecil Evatt. Mr« w T PoaT****
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, IHl
Met Their Match
The Russians may not Anally‘prove
to b^ a match for the Germans on the
field of battle, but it appears that
Germany has at last met her match
there is an added responsibility on
the part of every person driving a
car or truck to drive carefully for
the protection of these little tots. In
and about the school zones especially,
at all hours, the person at the steer-
in the held of propaganda. And U. jyjg ^heel should be on the alert, tot
can be added that both Stalin and never know when a child may
Hitler are entitled to full niember-• across the road or
ship in the*^ liar’s dub. street ahead of you, or tt the next
* j 1 corner.
Strikes Still Spread j -If every person'will drive carefully
Five million man-hours have been. there is not likely to be the snuffing
lost in national defense work because out of a child’s life or injuring or
of strikes since the first of the year. | maiming one of these little ones. By
This charge was made a few days j the observ’ance of common sense and
ago by United States Senator Harry j consideration for others — such acci-
Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia, the; dents or tragedies may be averted,
ablest member of that body in our| Let every driver in the commu-
judgment. He is a man who faces i nity heed this prayer and warning
facts, who has something to say when —“Please be cautious and don’t hurt
he speaks, and who says it fearlessly. | my little girl or boy.”
Why this enormous amount of lost
energy, the public asks. Because thefyj^g GaS Situation -
present Washington administration is confusion, with
controlled by labor. There’s the an
swer.
A Hypocritical Position
I to come in when it rains.”
i Seward would not give uf> nego-
'tiating with Russia for the purchase
of Alaska, although when he suggest-
i ed it, Alaska was given the name of
“Seward’s Ice Box.”
Alfred Tennyson’s first poon was
sold to his grandfather, who gave him
ten shillings for it, saying, ^“There,
J that’s the first money you have eam-
j ed by your poetry, and, take my word
for it, it will be your‘ last.”
I Langley’s vision of the possibili
ties of airships was much ridiculed.
Reporters called his aerodrome
“Langley’s Folly.” Langley said, “I
have done the best I could in a dif
ficult task, with results which it may
be hoped will be useful to others.”
Titian, the painter, said in a letter
to'Charles V, “I send Your Majesty
“The Last Supper,’ after working on
it almost daily for seven years.”
At fifty-five, Edison,~when asked
by a reporter if he kept regular bus
iness hours, replied, “I do not work
hard now. I come to the laboratory
about eight o’clock every day and go
home to tea at six, and then I study
or work on some problem until
eleven, which is my hour for bed.”
George Eliot read a thousand vol
umes before she completed her book,
“Daniel Deronda.” Gibbon spent
twenty-five years with pen and brain
before he completed his “Decline and
Fall of the Roman Empire.” Plato
contradictions flying from both sides ^^.^te his first sentence in his “Re
as to the reacted Eastern seaboard I p^^lic” nine times before it suited
bles about the food we have and
cusses out loud when anybody an
noys him. His two brothers are
equally as bad as he, and all 3 of
them ought to be in the reformatory
or something
The two little girls do fairly well.
They puddle up the whole house with
toys, rbeks and sand. They have tak
Hickory Tavern: Grover Roper,
Marvin Pitts, M. L. McDanieL
HopeweU: W. P. Dixon, Munson hL
Buford, Herman Henderson.
Jtmes’ Store: Robert Lee Thotap-
son, Roy Summeral, Mn. L. H. Lott.
L^i^Td: Joe Chaney, £. A. Curry,
J. M. Fleming. —
Langston: F. 11 Donnan, Steve
Cl|udc, E. F. Andersoxu
en over his bed and they sleep withi ^
th& m. in It. Jo« «>d hi. 1^. 9}^ *»»“•
Sudie, sleep in a loft-room. None of »
the relatives have ever discussed the
matter of going to work. Jerry has
borrowed $83 from Joe for “need-
cessities” such as tobacco, soft dripks
and'some beer now and then. Sallie
sleeps 14 hours in 24 and talks 10
hours without intermission. 1 could
Laurens Mills: C. A. BiUNvtn, B.
J. Cox, Ifra. Lee Mason.
' Long Branch: Will Brown, J. L.
Todd, Mrs. Roy Harris.
Lydia Mill: Airs. W. E. Johnson,
Jr., J. D. Hairstem, James Coleman.
ML Olive; W. O. Martin, W. E.
Washington, Miss Margaret Cooper.
Mountville: J. S. Winebrenner, W.
tell from the way Joe looked thfiti
somebody had to leave his home real ;« m* **
soon, and I’m hoping it won’t.be Joe. ' ^ . _
He is OK, but he really has some- A.B.
thing worse than a world war on t
his hands. He has lost 45 lbs. in 8
months.
Light Vote Seen
In Senate Race.
General Opinion Thot
Total Will Be About
100,000.
gasoline shortage
A senate committee seeking infor-
When one observes how much of mation has called Secretary Ickes to
the time and expense of our courts' the stand to testify about his ration-
are taken up with the handling of' ing system now in effect and the rea-
liquor cases, there is a conviction. sons for it. *
that the legalizing of liquor is a mis- j At the same time a statement is
take financially and morally and the, issued by the North Carolina state
query arises as to whether it is just | utilities commissioner saying that the
to make the sale and drinking of j three major railroads serving that
intoxicants legal and at the same'state claim they have enough cars
time make it a crime to show the, to transport all the gasoline the state
him. Carlyle worked thirteen years
on his “History of Frederick the
Great.” Da Vinci spent four years
on the head of Mona Lisa. ,
effects of having partaken of liquor.j can consume. If that he the case, It
Our whole attitude on the liquor' is doubtless true in other states.
question is hypocritical.
Attention, Farmers
In The Saturday Evening Post one iq other services. Why then, the
There is no shortage of gasoline in
the United States, but on the Eastern
seaboard there is said to be a short
age resulting from transfers of tank
reads this paragraph:
“Washington: The largest sin
gle payment made by the AAA
in its 1939 crop-control programs
# was $138,191 to the Prudential
Life Insurance company. The
second largest, $96,332, was paid
to the Metropolitan Life, with
the Omaha Land bank close be
hind with $92,963. Eleven other
insurance companies received in
excess of $35,000 each. 'The state
public and gasoline dealers are ask
ing—ration the states in this restrict
ed area and repost no restrictions on
the other states?
The problem is one of transporta-
j tion, not supply. All facts in the case
{should be truthfully presented with-
{out any effort to make the nation
; war conscious. Tbis needs to be done
I in fairness to gasoline dealers who
hardly know What their status is, or
how to operate their businesses.
of North Dakota got $57,486 ^
What say you plow-boys to this? Lavish Spending Goes On
You ought to be in the insurance Governor B. R. Maybank, who is
business.
now a candidate for the United
,S,tates senate, announced in Green
ville Saturday that $2,500,000 has
' been set aside by the federal housing
authority for a state-wide rural hous
No Coat-Tail Swinger
Col. Wyndham M. Manning
Sumter, announced candidate ... . e^^h county to
^vemor next year said m aa \the big grah-hag.
dress at JoUy Street a few days ago. Yesterday it was reported from
“I reached my decision to offer for Spartanburg that Maybank had been
the governor’s office upon the advice President Roosevelt urging- prompt
of"friends^I dt^T run to Washing-] action on a $380,000 federal
ton to ask permission to run for gov- appropriation for enlarging the
emor and I have no intention of run- j General hospital faciUties of that
ning to Washington to ask permission ' punds of $90,000 were announc-
to run for any office.” jed about the same time for agricul-
That is the sort of man Manning i gj^^j school-buildings and other
is. In a word, he is no prt^essional, lo'vurer part of Uie
coat-tail swinging politician. He,g^g^g qj these allocations, it is
would have been elected governor in gj.g being repiorted and fea-
his last race had it not been for ex- luj-ej just on the eve of the sena-
»w>ncivp “maf'hinp nnlitip.s” — torial election.
Not one dollar should be appro-
pensive “machine politics
Charleston.
Col. Manning a son ^of^ the dis-, pj-jg^g^j gj^y qj these projects or
tinguished late Richard I. Manning,. many others that might be mentioned,
who served the state with ability -pbey have not the slightest connec-
during the World war. South Caro- with national defense. At this
Tina has not had a strong man with | emergency time when the treasury is
the earmarks of a statesman in the; busted and the national debt expect-
governor’s office since Mr. Manning’s' g^j pggg $100,000,000,000 before the
NOBODY'S BUSINESS
By GEE McGEE
Pardon Us For ^uftesttaif A New
Way To Ron Tour Church
If we were to try t(>
we were to try t(> run our
church on a political basis, that is in
the manner that our congress is run,
it would not take piety but a second
to depart from thence, nor would
fai<h, hope and charity tariy long
with us.
ences
For instance, when the preacher
would say—“The Lord is my Shep
herd, I shall not want” ... an isola
tionist sinner would rise up and bawl
—“Hold on, brother, I ain’t so sure
about that.” Later on the pastor
would, possibly say: “We must bear
one another’s burdens.” Another iso
lationist-backslider would yell, “Hold
on, my demented exhorter: We ain’t
going to bear anybody’s burdens but
our own, and they are going to be
limited to what we want to bear.”
In due course, the preacher would
come to that part of the sermon
where he would refer to his text,
“Love thy neighbor as thyself,” then
the second seatiwarmer, who believes
only .whaLbe wants .to believe, Avould
belch forth: “The other denomina
tions ain’t our neighbors: why should
we love them? If they get in trouble,
let ’em get out without our love or
S3rmpathy or our financial aid. And
besides that, I don’t like their church
government and their form of bap
tism.”
term expired in 1918.
end of the crisis, it is time to call a
halt on non-essential spending and
Unemployment Declines fundamental rules of
. ■ A . . 4^ 1. Ai* ! arithmptir* hv wnirh two flnn two
We are told in a report by the
Business Conditions Weekly of the
Alexander Hamilton Institute that
As the services drift alon$, the
hymn, “Lead Kindly Light” is an
nounced. Before the organ can blow
a single note, the church disturbed
who don’t care a heck about the fu
ture of their church or religion gen
erally, rise up in unison: “We object
to that hymn; we don’t want any
‘kindly light’ to lead us unless we
carry it ourselves. You are tryiniC to
mislead your congregation, Mr. Pas
tor, and you are not fit to do so. We
need a new preacher with a ‘new
order’ and a new kind of exhorta
tion. Your deacons and elders ain’t
Columbia, Aug. 26.—Larger audl-
in the Piedmont last week
caused predictions here as to the size
of the total vobB in the senatorial pri
mary to curve* sli^tly upward—but
only slightly, and the forecasters here
continued to'foresee a light vote ih
the primary September 2nd.
It is known that candidates are
devoting no little thought to ways
and means of bringing the citizenry
out of the lethargy and thus starting
them on the way to the polls. Per
haps devious methods will be put to.
work. Even so, it would appear that
Mr. and Mrs. South Carolina are
concentrating either on work, in
these relatively prosperous times, or
have been somewhat number by the
war.
The canipaigning in the Piedmont
over, in so far as “official” meetings
are concerned, the candidates will do
their soundings next week in the Pee
Dee, in the low country and in the
mid-state, meaning meetings at Flor
ence, Charleston and Columbia:
Where estimates of the total vote
were running as high as 150,'000 when
the campaign began, most of the
would-be clairvoyants have come
down to around 100,000 now—even
though the enrollment is more than
400,000.
The truth is, none knows, even
approximately. It has been pointed
out here that some of the audiences,
about the smallness of which much
has been written, have been as large
as in a regular election year, when
mfuiy were nmning for districL coun
ty and local (fffices. TheM lolk argue
that if campaign audiences are to be
taken as an index, the vote on Sep
tember 2 may be larger than the ex
perts believe it will be.
Yet it is difficult to escape a feel
ing in the air that the movonent to
the polls won’t be so heavy. The can
didates themselves seem to have got
ten that feeling.
In the state, as of 1940, 439,022
Democrats were enrolled. *1116 total
vote in the liquor refenendum of that
year was 319,727. There has been no
enrollment since.
The absence of local races insures
a comparatively small vote. As a
rule, it is the statewide contests
which make the headlines but the lo
cal races that win and hold the in
terest of the man who must leave his
business or farm to vote on election
day.
• Owings: N. C. Bryson, W. W. Will
is, R. S. Templeton.
Ora: D. M. McClintock, l^km Bytd,
Craig Hunter.
Pleasant Moqnd: Ray Garrett, Jess
Stroud, Lee West.
Poplar Springs: Guy Elledge, L. C.
Taylor, E. A. Pitts.
Princeton: J: P. Senn, J. W. Coop
er, R. H. Ridgeway.
Renno: W. E. Bell, J. D. Copeland,
Mrs. John Bell.
Shady Grove: D. T. Pitts,* Joe
Bonds, W. S. Hatton.
Warren, B. E. Sorgee.
Woodville: R V. Gray, H. A. Mar-
lu*. WlUliAn Wham.
Yoangs: H. H. Abercrandl)l«, F. 1.
Bobo, W. W. Wallace.
RALPH T. WILSON,
2t CU>untar Chgtraian.
NOnCE OF STOCKHOLDERS
MKEHNO
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Clinton BnlUUng A Leu Aweeietton
, Notice is hereby given of tiae An
nual •* Stockholders Meeting of tihe
Clinton Building and lioan Associ
ation of Clliiton, S. C., to be held on
'Tuesday, September 2nd, ld41, <t 10
A. M. at the office of Jacobs and
Company, Clinton, S. C. AH dttare-
tudders are, requested to be ifaient
Vf. J. Bailey, FrtoidenL
Wpa. P. Jacobs, Sec.-Yreas.
August 18, 1#41^-38-Sb.
Shiloh: Rush Wilson, Roy Wal
lace, C. E. Wallace.
Stewart’s Store: Ben W. Weathers,
W. D. Stewart, George T. Cook.
Tip Top: W. B. Sims, Fleming
Smith, J. D. McDanieL
Trinity-Ridge; Oscar Bolt, Charlie
Wilson, Marion Cain.
Waterloo: H. C. Sims, I. P. Moore,
R. Guy Smith.
Watts Mills: Larry Weeks, Sam
FINAL SRTLSMRNF
Tiflee notice that on ttae 4tti day of
Septembn*, 1941, I will render a fi
nal account of my acts and dotpgs as
Administratrix of the estate of Jay-
mon Joseirfi Smith in the of^ of
the Judge of Probate of Laurens
County, at 10 o’clock a. m., and on
the same day will apply for a final.
discharge from my trust as Admin
istratrix. <
Any person indebted to said estate
is notified and required to make pay
ment on or before that date; and all
persons having claims ai^dnst said
estate will present them on or be
fore said date, duly proven, or be
forever barred.
JIZZIE BELL SMITH,
Administratrix.
Aug. 4, 1941.—28-4p..
W. J. BENJAMIN
SBKVICE 8TATIOM
Standard Producta
Cm Washed and Greaaed
Tear Baalacas Appredatod
'FYPEWRITERS
Aathorised Underwoed Dealer.
Cleaning and repalriBg all
reasonable charges.
Kenneth N. Baker
PhsM 308
BCaWKRmmaaiMWaMMBraiMIUMIIlimiiii III
H. D. HENRY
1898-lNl
F. BL BOLAND
H. D. HENRY & COMPANY
INSURANCE
STOCKS — BONDS — RBAI- ESTATE
Federal Loam Negotiated On Real Eatate
Telephone 121
can’t make flve Taxpayer are lac ^
ing substantial increases m the tax ^ ...«*ii
of 1930. June employment was thel^®''' spendere.
y .vaco, I wastrels m peace-time is ^own by
the number of persons unemployed!flna“ce the d^nae pr^
in the United Slates declined «rom|f“|;;pro^t the cr^t of tee
6,202.000 in May to 5,772,000 in June.ij'®'.'””-
the lowest figure since the early part j of°these benediction. No govemmenL be [September 16, 1941, if necessary. The
want things done: our way or we’ll
stand by and see this old church de
stroyed.” Without further ado, the
preacher lowers his head and says
POLITICAL NOTICE
The first Democratic primary will
be held on Tuesday, ^ptember 2,
1941, and the second primary will be
held two weeks later ok Tuesday,
Hen’s whst you>rt beep wens*
iogi Senridng—Recoadidoniag
and H^Miring of all aiakeears -
on en EASY PAYMENT PLANI
There is no need longer^to dciva
e sicklTybad-fonttiag car foe lads
of ready cash. Drive in today and
ask above this special featneel
Sacisfoction gnacanteadl
W. C. Baldvrin
Motor Co.
1930
largest on record, with 47,137,000
persons employed. The total supply
of workers is estimated at 52,909,000
the record that in eight years the ad
ministration has spent as much as it
Coming closer home, we ire told kovemnient during
there is a scarcity of farm labor, I fh* firat 131 years of the country s
that textile mills operating on full! ,i, ^ew Dealera, is
a lavish spender of taxpayers’ money.
heavy schedules in many instances
are unable to secure sufficient labor.
We were told yesterday of a mill in
which part of the machinery Is stand
ing idle because the necessary work
ers are not available.
it federal or state, will do any good
With a bunch of disgruntled, spite-
fuL arrogant, selfish dissenters co
mingled with it, nor will a church do
any better. ,
Spepfciiig of Comers and Stayers
I have a friend that is terribly
with the sky as the limit. And while j ^lo'^^^^rted and broken in spirit. I
the people “back home” are being knew that there was sqmething
called upon to undergo inconven- wrong with him, but naturally
iences and make sacrifices in the
All of this memi, tHat dererving i "y® i~
people who want to work cfn ftnd"'®“*®P ” Washington are livaw tee
OTployment and at good wag«. And >«« “> alr..conditioned of-
still we hear taUc from day to day
about “relief.” We see throngs of
people marching to employment of
fices (many well dressfed and In au
tomobiles) signing for unemployment
compensation. Why isn’t the practice
stopped, taxpayers ask. But there
comes no answer.
flees with spending-as-usual the or
der of the day. And yet politicians
inquire, “Why the apathy of the peo
ple?”
A Plea For The
Children
Dear Mr. or Mrs’ Driver:
“My little girl is starting to school
next week . . . please, drive care
fully.”
With millions of school children
fathering up their books and march
ing back to school at this season.
Rewords Of Waiting
We live in an impatient and hur
ried age, one in which speed is re
garded as a prime factor. We too
often forget that the foundations
which endure must frequently be
laid slowly'and that patience and
toil must stretch through the years
ih order to erect monuments j>f use
fulness to the faith, industry and
ability of man. The foUovring are ex
amples of the truth of this theory:
Robert Fulton was ridiculed be
cause of his dreams. People gathered
thou^t he was worrying about the
war. He has been going down hill
for two or three months. He was in
my office two or three days ago and
I asked him to tell me of his troubles,
etc. I knew he had something heavy
on his chest His story was indeed a
strange one.
My friend said Hitler and Musso-
linia did not bother him, nor did the
un-Americans Uke Wheeler and
Lindbergh give him any concern. His.
worries were much beyond such
things and of a more serious nature.
He ‘said his wife’s sister and husband
and 8 children came up fo visit them
about 6 months ago and that they
are still visiting them. BiU, that’s
his brother-in-law, and Sallie, that’s
his sister-in-law, and their brood,
have “aquattod” on him and hia
premiaas. Nary a word haa attber one
of them ever spoken ibouf going
same managers will serve in both the
first and second primaries.
In case any or all managers fail to
appear to hold the election, the Ex
ecutive Committeeman, or other of
ficers of the club, of such precinct
shall appoint other managers to take
their places.
The polls are hereby directed to
open prompter at 8 o’clock in the
morning and to close promptly at 4
o’clock in the afternoon. Eastern
standard time, except at the follow
ing boxes which shall remain qpen
until 9/30 o’clock: Daniels’ Store,
Ekom, Hickory Tavern, Mt* Olive,
Mt Pteasant, poplar Springs, Priifoe-
ton, Tip Top, Sfema and WoodviUa.
The Coun^ Executive Committee
is hereby called to meet in Um Court
Houae, Thursday, September 4, IMl,
at 12 o'clock, noon, for tha )piarpom
of conyassiiig tea ballota and for tee
transaction of such other bfusineas as
may come before the committee.
The following are tee managers:
Barksdale - Na
amie: Bdd Bramlett,
Ed Langston, M. B. Abrams.
Clinton City: AkUna Blakely* J* L.
Browning, Siteray Dwob,
cninton mil; Bugiba Pinaon, Ifrs.
Louise Smith, Arttutr Howaofd.
Crass HlU: J. O. Damqr, 8am If.
Tsiewsm, W. P, Culksiteoi.
CoQ^f* Btoce: L. C. Pptesn; J. T.
A Hmie listitiitHin
The Citizens is n hosne-owned snd homS'^iiiM’sted
association to help local p^e become home-owners.
Our officers and directors are all dtiaens this com-
munity^your neighbors—men familiar with local pro|h
erty values. •
When you make kppUeation here for* a loan on real
estate their answer comes back to you promptly, m red
tape.
There’s a direct advantage to you in dealing with this
institution. Your needs get sympathetic consideration.
So if you are thinking in terms of a new lonn ... or
of refinancing an old mortgage, you wiUjIftjKeil to come
right here for deiaUs, without oMigatfoii.
Eocli Account Insured Up To S5JOOO
EDERAL^INCS
[AND LOAN AI80CIATIQN
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