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THE CUNTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S. C.
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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. ‘
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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
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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.
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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.
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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. But it was ttre Pilgrims who
came to America seeking spiritual
freedom rather than gold who really
discovered the greatest riches offered
by Am»ica--tte opportunity to live
as they pleased, to have equal oppor
tunity for all and to found a natioih
on the principles of equality ani
freedom.
Joseph C. McDaniel, proprietor of
Joe’s Esso Service station on East
Cafolina avenue, leaves today with
twelve other selectees for induction
into army service at Fort Jackson,
Columbia.
Mr. McDaniel announces that in
his absence his busiruess will be un
der the manafamoit of Walter Lea
Lamm, who has been usonnected with
We can thank Columbus for ptE- foe Mattoo the past, several years.
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