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^ 4. . V ’ ■'. If A- f i i Page Four THE CUNTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S. C. dllfE (dluttim Ol^rontrU EsUbllslied IfM WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher Published Every Thursday By ■THE CHRONICLE PUBUSHING COMPANY t Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year $1.50; Six Months 75 cents; Three Months 50 cents Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C. The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers— the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suMestions and kindly advice. The Chronicle will publish letteri of general interest when tney are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. I. ting our cojmtry on the map, but ,C|^:Q| WorkAK To our greatest thanks should go to those I , ST , 'settlers whd decided sidiat kind of a|MC0t III ColulllblQ I nation to build in America. If the^ i ' i had come here to seek material rich-1 The fifth es and to plunder,.«w(f‘mi^t today s^th be the slaves of a king or a dictator. ‘ / Colored Boy Scouts Troops Organized On Tuesday ni^t, Oct. 7, repi«- sentatives from Greenwood, Green ville, Anderaon and Clinton discussed and planned the organization of Boy of our country. annuel institute of the Carolina Conference ‘Of Social , Work will be held in Columbia^ Oc- But fortunately they came here seek- tober 29-31 with eight courses of ing freedom and freedom has always'study arranged for, with leaders of i^trforiliirMctio'S*^^e''R5S continued to be the foundation stone ^ognized su^ in ^ respective | councU. Sunday^e tolkfwi^ r^SS ! nflf inference I were made at Phyllfc Wheatley wn- \ , wiU i)e attended by several men and; ter, Greenville: Gr^ville $250, CUn- women from this city. jton $75. Greenwo^^ $150. Anderson NOnCE OF COUNTY TREASUREr|report later. | 1941 i We wish to thank^ vdio contrib- The books of the County Treasurer 1 wted to the efforts i^t forth in Clin*< will be opened for the collection bfl^on* We are aaking^the cooperation taxes for the fiscal'year, 1941, at the! the success Of this worthy NOBODY'S BUSINESS By GEE McGEE CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 16, 1941 William D. Copeland In the passing of William D. Cope- file of these paralyzed armies are on the verge of mutiny, he adds. The British troops in the Near land, Clinton is called upon to gif’e i East are not yet fighting the Ger up another of its honored citizens i mans. The Russians, with their capl Plot Rock-ltea Have Set Up A De fense Program tor Next Year seeker-terry of agger-culture, Washington, d. c. deer sir: you will no doubt be glad to hear that the citizens of fiat rock and com munity are going to foller yore or ders to raise stuff to eat next year, we newer made anny cotton in this Treasurer’s oMce from October 1, to December 31, 1941. Aft«r December 31 one per cent will be added. After January 31st, two per cent wiU be added. After February 28th three per cent will be added, and after March 31 seven per cent will be added and the books cldsed. All persons owning property in more than one school district are re quested to call for receipts in each effort for the benefit of the colored boys of this community. Mr. R. E. Ferguson and Mr. John CHRIST»1aS — Will spon be here. Place yoiu* 'order f6r Chrishnas Cards now. Prices most reasonable. Call and see samples today. Chron icle Publishing Co. Holland Hunt«r are ^responsible for the new emphasis placed on Bttf Scouts in this section. .An organization of officials held yesterday. J. T. J dims. Principal, SchooL was ■f WYMAN SHEALY PLUMBING HEAtiNG / Free Estimates Gladly Farnlslied pn AU Work. Phone 267-W Y SHOP-- 195 E. Fargaaoa Street Prompt Service SUBSCRIBB TO THB CHRONIGLH who made a large contribution, in tal, Moscow, undergoing smash mg year, but we raised aiof the reveral school districts in many ways, to the life of a commu- .Nazi blows and now in grave dan-, igrge stock of boU weevils to help i which the property Is located. This nity he dearly loved, and which in ger, even in their blackest hour of i eat up next year’s crop like they done | is important, as additional cost and turn loved him. the 112-day-old struggle, have defied' Mr. Copeland spent his entire life | the might of the war lord of Europe in this community where he was rec- j and superior German armies, ognized as a successful business man, ■ Why, millions are asking, doesn’t; this year, that ought to help brazil' penalty may be attached a right .-smart. All able-bodied male citizens be tween the ages of twenty-one (21) and sixty (60) years of age are liable the farmers of the flat rock nabor- his well known hardw'are firm hav-, the British Empire stop shadow-box- I hood hell a meeting last night to dis- [ to pay a poll tax of $1.00 ing been established 47 years ago. ing? The British are too hesitant and i cuss ways and means, they have. Dog Owners! Yo\ir dog tax is on But he did not spend all his time'and undecided, which is probably because {plenty of ways but no means to work! the tax books.' You are entitled to interest upon his own business and their ruling class is not willing to 1 with, a jint committee consisting of i abatement of dog tax by reason of personal concerns to the exclusion of' co-operate all-out with the Russian {members of the “aid to brittan’’ and j rabies treatment. But it is necessary other affairs. His contributions of people. They spend too' much time j the “grow more foods’’ discussed fu- j that you present inoculation certlfl- uscful citizenship were diversified | making claims and empty promises j ture plans to some extent and reach-i cate to the county treasurer at the and valuable, touching the commer- instead of attacking Germany withjed a.«decision as to what to do next I time of tax payment or before. Un cial, educational and religious wel-1 all their might to help save Russia year ansoforth. less presented then, tax cannot be fare of the people whom he loved to serve. He loved orphan children and for years had served as a trustee and i in her desperate hour of need. They' ^—r- ' , abated ; are calling upon and expectingl it was agreed to divide up our hens| Proper attention will be given I America to come to their aid with' and roosters, d'hd pigs and shotes on a those who wish! to pay their .taxes member of the executive committee war supplies—an assistance we have j socialistic plan and then we would all, through the mail by check, money of Thornwell orphanage in which promised and are supplying. They: pull together later on to' ^y more j order, etc., giving nkme of township capacity he rendered invaluable ser-iare hoping American soldiers will be,eggs, harvest more potatoes, cultivate 1 and number of school district, vices. In his church or elsewhere, [^sent in great numbers to fight with'more cabbages, plant more peas and; The tax levy is as follows: he was always ready to raise his | them (which should not be done), j beahs, raise more hogs and pigs and Ordinary County 11 mills voice for this institution and on its j They want to save their own necks— campus by children and staff, he was first. held in the highest esteem. I ^^ Now that the World Series baseball .atng'5rrHewas''a.warcoi“;BQSeboll And Wof teous, kind and friendly tow-ard evefy i one, and gave his influence for that, battle is over, New Yorkers can go which was best and highest. He never j^^ck to war again, sought public recognition, there was' There is no doubt, from all reports. cows and caffs, ^nd live at home on; Constitutional School 3 mills a small part of what we produce and j Road Bonds 9 mills turn the ballance over to' the gower-1 Past Indebtedness 1 mill ment to ship to russia and chinna | Weak Schoiols i 1 mill and england and great brittan and i Hospital j. 1 mill cuby. we want to do this in self- defense against hitler Se co. State (retirement st^te bonds) 1 mill the hitch will have to be handled I Total 27 mills no show about the man or playing to that New York is the most war-,by yore department, we wiU"need' Laurens Scho<rf Districts the limelight. In a modest, unassum- minded city in America—but not so'more poultry to start with and plen-l^o. I, Trinity Ridge —9 mills ing manner characteristic of his life, I much so that they let the German- ty of food to feed them on. we must 2, Prbspect 8 mills he went about his daily tasks. His British skirmish take precedence over j have pigs at once if we expect to No. 3, Baflcsdale-Namie 8 mills • acts of kindness toward others were the titantic affair between the Yahk- grow anny hogs for defense, plese No. 4, Bailey — 7 mills many. His generosity was that sweet- ees and the Dodgers. savored kind which is done in secret' It is a healthy sign that New York- grow anny hogs for defense, plese figger on how we are to get these!No. 6, Oak Grove 6 mills need-cessities and rite or foam the {No. 7, Watts Mills 17 mills Pratlier-SiiDDSon Furniture Co. i and without ostentation. [ers still can show such enthusiasm undersigned at once, all told, we have i No. 11, Laurens 22 mills Youngs School Districts No. 4, Bethany 15 mills No. 5, Grays 17 mills The writer, along with many oth- over a game. We often think of the, in our group about 12 hens and 4 ers, was privileged to number Mr. people in our nation’s biggest city as [roosters and 6 shotes. you can sup- Copeland among our intimate friends, being too concerned with dollars and;plement these as far as lindbergh and, We knew him well and prized his intrigue and sophistication to waste ^ wheeler will let you and we will get [No, 6, Central 9 mills friendship. A loyal and sincere friend, i any enthusiasm on such minor mat-1 along somehow and do our part, the I No. 7, Youngs 8 mills a noble hearted citizen, a gentleman * ters as baseball. But everyone who'great need at pressent as well as No. 8, Warrior Creek 8 mills from now on is reddy cash, unless,No. 10,^^anford 12 mills we are fed this winter, we won’t be Dials School Districts in every instinct, a most devoted and saw the games reports that the fer- affectionate father and husband, the vor displayed at the Yankee stadium end of his life brings keenest grief and at Ebbetts field in Brooklyn,, here to work for you next spring and a profound sense of loss. {even surpassed the mad celebration 'rashions are going to be skase down, A dear fellow. God rest him. which took place in New York When' in our community just like they will j No. 5, Gray Court-Owings 2B mills ^ j the Armistice was signed. jbe in zecky-slovocky and creet and;No. 3-B, Fountain Inn 24 mills It was probably a relief to New grease and norway and the other' Sullivan School Districts No. 1, Greenpond 13 mills i No. 2, Eden 10 anills' Yorkers to see baseball A Weakling Mussolini is said to have a big tfig headlines of their news- head but it doesn’t have much on the papers. But it must have been dis- inside. The Italian people, under his couraging to Adolf Hitler to hear that' domination, are following a weakling. Americans, when really worked upj • ~ ! over even such a thing as baseball, [ A Close Second show that same fervor, that same ; enthusiasm which played such7„ ♦'No. 1, Mt. Gallagher 8 mills major role in bringing ^rmany to ■?!!!?,No. 2, Bethel Grove 7 mills No. 1, Princeton 13 mills No. 2, Mt. Bethel 12 mills No. 3, Poplar Springy 16 mills No. 7, Brewerton 16 mills No. 17, Hickory Tavern 29 mills No. 17, Gray Court-OYkrings...30 mills J *1. , Waterloo School Districts dye. the eldest son of mr. and no. 1, Mt. Gallagher 8 mills instead of; places the nazis have robbed. yores trulie, 1 • mike lark, rfd, legal adviser. Easy Terms have developed into the greatest liars jgjg of the military world, but tpe mem- I hard f< hers of the American congress who bringing Germany hisself a nice Job at the coimty seat for a natiin regimontad ■ f ® is willie s first job and he is verry UTTIS Iiic Luiieicaa wntj rUarmanv tri rea1i7P that tsnnn-I « vciij stiU exists in our p^rt are running them a close second. part ; world. But, because of Germany’s ex- 2 weeks when a covey of installment Iperience in the last »ar, it shouldn’t! “jirKf be hard for them to realize that such - *•' undictated natural enthusiasm, if let'Sf, “ **!<> loose in war, would even today com- ’ » *“'‘- Hitler's Hard Job ' Hitler has stated that the hardest decision of his life was in connection with entering the war against Russia. I peusate for an enormous number of No. 4, Center Point 10 mills No. 5, Oakville 8 mills No. 6, Mt. Pleasant 4 mills No. 7, MU Olive 21 mills NOi 14, Waterloo 8 mills Cross HIU School District - No. 13, Cross Hill 27 mills Hunter School Districts No. 3, Rock Bridge 6 mills No. 4, Wadsworth 6 mills It has turned out to be toe hardest in plan^ operated by cold-, ^ pressure, but still many ways and will probably in the m I —be wants to trwt ev^erbSd^right! 2°' ^ "'^h HJnu end be the most disastrous, Germany hafl ^tter be careful or, enduring toe first week of his stay on! xr° w -n “'Vf TL 777, *« BUklyn that j No. 16, Mounlvllle 18 mlUa The Foolishness of War iHUler insulted the Dodgers. That Jaeki Sehaol DMiieta As the years go on and the instru- I would mean war^ven if Brooklyn .geont week diddent let Willie oui!2' aato'cro’^e'”' i1 Sub ments of war become more deadly,; had to fight alone! , I r* ^ y rove •■.•.•.■.*.•....13 IQllU the utter foolishness of war is dem onstrated more and more. If it were as easy to inprove human nature as it is to perfect machines, there would be a world-wide brotherhood which so light: he bought a secont hand car and a lay-away suit, his weekly pay ments are only 11$ on these two The Coming of Columbus Since that fall day in 1492 when.^i®**^® Christopher Columbus landed his! , would make imnoYsible such scenes ^bip at San Salvador and thus opened j ''^^ibe was called on so often by so wouki make impossible suen scenes ^ discovery of toe somethmg to sell on of bloodshed and cruelty as have Y. . oiscovery oi me «rac placed an eternal blot upon the peo ple of many nations. 'imes Hove Changed m most cases, toe children of today encounter one of toe hardships that went along with the winters of the old days. Some of us can well re member the sadness with which we parted with the barefoot days and put on the heavy winter brogans. American continent, America has ^ [made rapid strides.' When we con-1^2® ^r week income would take sider that 450 years ago America ® wasn’t even on the white man’s maps, I bought a diamont ri^ it seems almost miraculous that it ia> sweetie for only 5^ P«r week, now populated by hundreds of mil-j?®^^^ down, being a faithful son, more luxuries, more riches, more' bas 18 months skyscrapers, more automobiles and i be bas th^ 10-rents-a-week poll- more of practically everything than i ^ P®y any other continent or country in the! or something kills him world. lark deprived of br do not have to I fions of educated people who have! bought a ice refrigerator for his America is so young that your great-great-great-great grandfather might have come over on Columbus’ after willie pays his board he al ways counts the monney he has left and he takes a day off to place it where it belongs, he has benn sort No, 3, R«ino 10 mills No'. 5 4 mills No. 6, O’Dell’s 10 mills No. 7, Garlington 6 mills No. 15, Hurricane 6 mills Scuffletown School Districts No, 1, Long Branch 10 mills No. 2, Musgrove 10 mills No. 3, Langston 7 mills No. 4, Sandy Springs 8 mills No. 12, Ora 10 mills Persons sending in lists of namqs to be taken off are requested to send them early and give the township and school district of each as the Treasurer is very busy during the month of December. T. LANE MONROE, tf County Treas. THE BIG WEEK IS HERE AGAIN COLUMBIA ALL NEXT WEEK Six Big Days—Six Big Nights IT'S THE MEETING PLACE FOR SOUTH CAROLINIANS. ALL YOUR FRIENDS WILL BE THERE. WILL YOU? GIVE YOURSELF A TREAT — COME TO THE STATE FAIR! N’- in Ship. Measured in generations, it was!:^*"' V ^ »urv For the mistake made recently m ^ aon that ‘ blue here of late, and is trying to toe matter of not sending 250 soldiers ° JJy v ^gger out how in-the w<5rld he can here from the maneuvers areas for f^\Colvmhus came over ai^ ^y Ave^^ ^ ^ ^ 'generations ago that efforts began Ur « iT settle this country. installm^ts he doesn’t w^t Compared with European countries, ■ ^ ®*|®J^**'*’y®'* ***' which have been going through pe- ® on.everthi^ riods of culture and decay for thou-! b) oow, and he do not w*ot to sands of years, America stands as a b® ° hi monument to the progress which can Sjl, on^'maSl be made under a system ol free en- blMM# jt. on so mai^ smart agento week-end,'toe Army has offered sin cere apologies which properly were accepted by the group meeting with toe official sent here to clear up the matter, After an explanation, as far as he was able to give. Col. McWilliams asked that the c<Mnmunity “forgive and forget.’’ This is the proper, cour teous thing to do following the Army’s apology. No good can come now by harping on the unfortunate incident. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE and peddlers, his blood-pressure Is rising a little on him. , Too Much SKadow-Boxing H. G. Wells, noted British novelist and historian, writing frmn Lmdon, warns Great Britain to quit stalling ai^ begin fighting with a persistence like Germany. While they have sev eral millioo men und«r arms, mc^ of whom are not fighting, they are. Wells declares, of hardly more use to foe Russian allies than if they were occupyfauf the moon. The ra^ and terprise. ’^en Christopher Columbus sailed on his perilous voyage, he came to McDaniel Leaves found riches of ajl kinds in our nat- For AimV. SorVICO ural resources—our fold, our silver and our other mountains-fuU of wealth. 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