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THE CLINTON CHRONiCLE, CLINTON, S. C
Th<irsdoy^ October 30, 1941
altfr (dUnton OllirottirU
EstebliilMd l»0t
WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and ^bliaher
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rODAr... TOMORROW
By Don Robinson
JkODEO—Amateurs
New'Yorkers, vdio ffiink of the
West as starting on the other side of
the Hudson river, are having this
belief verified at ^e rodeo in Madi-
Millions Of Duke
Cash For Corolinas
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Charlotte, Oct, 28.—^The Duke en
dowment has contributed $18,512,-
206.93 to hospitals, rural chumhes
and superannuated ministers in Uie
Carolines since its establishment 16
years ago.
The annual year book released to
day also disclosed that contributions
made to those causes and to four
the scope of the losses itiiowed that
the level of commodity i>rices had
becotne exceedingly vulnerable as a
result of the prolonged advance. At
the high levels last month wheat Was
up more than 75 per cctat since Use
start of the war, aiul cotton up more
than 100 per cent, while the average
price of twmty-eight basic conunodi-
ties showed a rise of almost 57 per
son Square Garden where a cowboy ^
from New Jersey is among the com-i«*“«*^^
petitors in the bronc ri^ng contest.! amisted 4,500,000 persom to ^
The cowboys, New Yorkers are say- Carolinas, or an average of 281,100
Th<
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER SO, 1941
W;il t^winn I certainty. Likewise deUberate move-
The rendulum YVIII ^Wing |j„ents to undermine the free enter-
It has become far too true that life | p^ise system upon which the busi-
is just one attempt after another to i nation has been success-
get something out of the government, j f^ny built, must be stenuned if there
The prospects now are that the pen- j jg to be any future for us as a na-
dulum will soon swing far enough in i men. Representative gov-
connection with those who are get- [ernment cannot be maintained with-
ting little, if anything, while they ^ enterprise. Studied efforts to
have to finance the large army of, socialize or obtain dictatorial gov-
getters. ernment domination over America’s
basic industries must be stopped.
When they become the patronage
,,, . , ♦ machine of a bureau-ridden central
Wanderlust seems to persist as one u
of the dominant characteristics ot Sovernment drean^ of a better ftt-
I of ours will be indeed idle.
The Wanderlust
a year. j
Special tribute was paid Dr. Wil
liam P. Few, president for 30 years
of Trinity college and Dttoe uni
versity whose death occurred to
October, 1940.
ing, come from Texas, Oklahoma,
NewjtJn^y and places like that.
But wherever they come from, they
bring a real thrill to Eastern busi
ness men who are always talking
about ’’taking the bull by the horns”
but never, except during the annual
rodeo, get a chance to see what that
expression really means.
The rodeo is probably the moat ex
citing event witnessed in New Yoik.
Most other spectacles planned to
thrill Broadwa^tes have an artificial
flavor about them because audiences
know ahead of time that they consist
of proTessiopals who have perfected
their acts and scarcely ever make
mistakesrThe performers in the ro
deo, however, are amateur cowboys
and cowgirls who havQ come from
the West in the hope of winning big Answers to American problwns are
money prizes in competition with one not found in textbooks, they are ac-
WITH THE PRESS
Editorial Comment
From Variotis Popers.
PRACTICAL lilEN NEEDED
A voice says that Washington needs
more men with practical experience,
men who are competent because they
have had to fight for their living.
le incident is a reminder tiiat ef
forts to jack up artificially the price
of farm products invite the dangen
of subeequeiit eOUai^. Peitmps tt»
tBum bloc to congrm woifid answer
that high government loan values cap
prevent a fall to prices; but that hat
never been prov^ to the past,
to last week’s mariiet break Decem
ber iKdieat to Chicago went right
throu^ the goveiniPent loan rate
and nearly 10 points below it^The
New York Titoes.
boys and men. Once we
forests and travel^ upon the stream. i
Since the forests have practically L. _
vanished and distance has been anni- ^
the wanderer great — government abuses. The
No one has yet found a solution to
hilated by the motor,
is found along the ribbons of con
crete and is carried upon his some
what aimless travels through the
kindness of motorists. Modem civi
lization has thus produced the hobo
de luxe.
end result is always dictatorship for
all. Look at the world picture of na
tions today.
This American future we hear so
much ballyhoo about must be found
ed on the American present and past
—they are inseparable and cannot be
“ignored.” It must be founded upon
Eggs VS. Cotton a system which has done more for
Eggs are scarce and high. One hun-! the common man or woman than any
dred hens will bring in the net in- I other system the world ever knew. If
come of seven bales of cotton, and we permit that system to continue to
yet this state last year imported more be weakened and emasculated (as is
than one thousand tons of eggs and, being done through Washington regi-
Georgia twice that amount. [mentation, centralization of power
Fifty billion eggs is the goal for and interference)! we wiU this
1942 in place of the 42,000,000,000 without flr^ a shot. And we
that rolled from the hen houses this will deserve to lose it-with no one
year. Something must be done, wejto blame except ourselves,
are told by poultry experts, to pep; *
up the supply. I Tiig RgJ Cross At Work
another, and the audience
knows what will happen.
never
It’s too bad the hens can’t be pa-
^ . ... , -i Your Red Cross is an important
UOTtly told of the fate of the hens of partner in the national defense pro-
Europe They all wound up m^ths,^^^^
our soldiers and sailors
ago in the stew pots of the German
..... , nn I 1 lation, it makes the rounds night and
Going back to those 100 hens e- ^ carrying out. its humanitarian
ferred to a^ve a profe^r of the ;^^^.^^ ^ supporting
^bama Pol^echnic institute at Au- You can support the R^ Cross
bum, spent four years keeping the, thm.wh irval
laying records of 146,000 hens. Here
is what he found out:
The average production was 169
eggs per hen per year. The average
sale price for the eggs was 24.1 oekktg
a dozen. The gross value of eggs from
100 hens averaged $330.05 a year.
TT»e average price of cotton during
tiie period was 9.62 cents a pound.
At that figure it required 3,500.4
pounds, or seven bales of cotton, to
equal the return from 100 hens.
It would seem that such facts and
figures would interest more farmers.
But they don’t. They prefer cotton—
an that government will allow them
to plant under a regimented control
program which lays down exactly
adiat the farmer can. and cannot do.
today by joining through the local
chapter
America needs the Red Cross more
than ever before. Help build Ameri
ca’s defenses by joining the Red
Cross during the membership drive.
Enroll through the local chapter.
Preparedness for an eventuality
has long been the task of the Ameri
can Red Cross. National defense plac
es huge new burdens upon the or
ganization. Help your Red Cross
carry on its work by joining the lo
cal chapter at once.
Two Fine Showings
It is noted from today’s paper that
the Commercial Bank in liquidation,
is paying 'to its depositors a final)
dividend of 4% per cent, bringing
the total to 98% per cent, only lack
ing a small fraction of a 100 per
cent dividend.
The record made by Conservator
H. D. Henry in the face of difficul
ties and trying business conditions.
recognize these needs by “going over
is an excellent one. He is commend- ] the Red Cross during the
Last year the Red Cross sped as
sistance to 217,000 victims of 149 dis
asters in this country. Disaster will
strike again this year—when, where
and how hard no one knows. But the
Red Cross must be ready to perform
its errands of mercy. Help tee Red
Cross prepare by joining tee local
chapter without delay.
Our boys at camp ne^ tee Red
Cross. We on tee home front need
the Red Cross standing by with in
stantaneous help. Let’s show that we
ed by the state bank board for whatP°®®^ November 11 to 30.
he has accomplished, and his record] T ~ ...
show.s that the commendation is de- ^ Cross button displayed now
means the wearer is doing his part
An even better record was made I national defense. Get yours by
by the First National Bank, of whichthe American Red Cross
B. H. Boyd was president, in the | through the local chapter.
winding up of its affairs some timej I
ago, the depositors receiving 105 per I Do you want to help save American
cent from the liquidation. This rec-! l^ves? Last year the American Red
ord has not been equalled or surpass
ed by a hand full of banks in tee en
tire country.
Cross taught first-aid to 577,000 men
and women, home nursing to 80,000,
water safety to 260,000. Hundreds of
thousands more must be reached this
year. Help tee Red Cross save Amer
ican lives by joining your local chap-
The successful liquidation of tee
two local banks l^iespeaks well for
those who directed their affairs when
in operation. The records show teeyjt®*'-
were managed by men of ability and' ZZTZT ^ «
integrity, without one question ever! More than 5,000 Red Cross nurses
raised as to the high business stand-}are on active duty with United States
ards upon which they were conduct-1 forces. Thousands more must
ed. 'This is a record of ^ch every]be enroUeU m tee comtog-Tnonths.
citizen of tee community should feel i ^ camps wjd ^
justly proud. There are" many banks
. closed of which this cannot be said.
Clinton has been hard hit, and is
military and naval hospitals need tee
finest nursing care we can provide.
_ Every person in this community can
stiTrsuTferinf 7rOTn“tee 'clostog of'help by joining this American organi-
these two valuable banking institu-1
tions. The Chnmicle repeats what
it has said before—neither of
banks deserved to’ be closed.
the
Destroying From Within
This country needs to underitand
that tee future can have no meaning,
save in its felatioa to tee past. It is
stupid to talk of freedom and justice
of tomorrow—and disregard them to
day. We cannot win this war by
building a gigantic military machine
to defend us from,, invasion from
without, and at the same time permit
our liberties to be progressively de
stroyed from within. Don’t let t^,
Washington theorists focfi or misled
you.
For example, a peace-time federal
debt of irearly fifty billion dollars
fexclusive of ten toUloo already
tor the war emergency) is
anmething that roust be taken into
coDsiderrtieo before intpUigent plans
for tee fOtfirc can be laid with any
The Red Cross campaign against
the ever-rising toll of highway fatali
ties is waged today 3,000 highway
first-aid stations from coast-to-coast
and 4,000 mobile units. Help tee Red
Cross wage this battle against ’’sud
den death” on the road. Wear tee
little button on your lapeL
The vital Red Cross assistance to
soldiers and sailors of America has
more than doubled in the past year.
You must help maintain these ser
vices for ’’the love of America.” You
can help by joining tee Red Croas
during tee annual membership cam
paign Nov. 11-30. ,
WRES’TLING—Steers
By far tee most exciting event at
tee rodeo is the wild steer wrestling
contest.
In case you haven’t seen one, this
act is as simple to explain as it is
dangerous to perform. A wild steer,
with blood in his eyes and horns teat
look sharper than daggers, comes
rushing full speed out of a pen. A
cowboy tears after him on horseback,
gets alongside of him and suddenly
jumps from his horse to land with
his arms firmly around tee steer’s
horns. If he lands right—teen it be
comes a question of matching his
brute strength against tee steer’s
in wrestling tee steer to tee groimd.
It’s a tough wTMtle, but tefr experi
enced cowboy usually iirtos. But if ike
lands wrong on the juiUp — if the
steer gets loose—then it becomes a
matter of scrambling out of the way
before tee steer can turn on him and
gore him with those dagger-like
hoims.
Many a cowboy has been killed to
this dangerous pastime of tee We^
But it is an excellent demonstration
of the American type of sportsman
ship, as compared with bullfighting
in other countries. For to bfUlflghting,
tee odds are all'gainst the bull, but
in steer wrestling, tee animal scarce
ly ever gets hu^ It’s tee cowboy
who takes all tee chances while the
animal^just goes through a sli^t
discomfort.
AUTRY—^Rogers
The star of tee rodeo this year,
according to tee program, was Gene
Autry, famous cowboy of screen and
radio. But according to tee applause
of the New York audience. Gene was
tee one let-down in tee show. The
most enjoyable part of his act, tee
applause showed, was when his two
beautiful, spirited horses rehised to*
jump throu^ hoops put up for teem
and, instead, trotted out of tee ring
leaving Gene twiddling his thumbs.
The audience had come to see cow
boys and to teem Gene was simply a
Hollywood glamour boy whose pic
tures don’t appeal to teem and who
showed no signs of cowboyishness
except for being able to make a smart
horse do| somt; r^arfcablfc dancing.
And New Yorkers^gave allitee credit
for that to the horse.
There was an interesting compari
son between New York’s attitude to
ward Autry and toward teat other
famous cowboy who made good in
Holl^ood—Will Rogers. During the
evening I attended it was announced
teat Mrs. Will Rogers was in tee au
dience and she stood up to take a'
bow. The applause was greater than
for any act during tee evening.
New York loved Will Rogers as did
people in every section of tee coun
try. Hollywood never changed him,
or the people’s love for him.
PHOTOGRAPHS—News
The rodeo is definitely a Western
thriller, but several Easterners did
themselves provul in tee arena; name
ly, tee news photographers.
Ordered by teeir newspapers to get
thrilling action pictures, several pho
tographers, witik large cameras and
poidcets full of flash bulbs, were to
tee arena hrom tee beginntog to the
end ot the ^ow facing wild bulls on^
minute and bucking broncs the next.
Their game seemed to be to get as
close as possible to each animal when
it was acting up most—and many of
teem turned to snap pictures on the
run while being chased.
The photographers were a leading
topic of interest and excitement
throughout the show and more than
one piece of Camera equipment was
destroyed by a bull before the eve
ning was over. It was tee general
opinion of the audience that one of
tee cash prices should have been put
up for the most daring act of a news
paper photographer.
The photographers wanted pictures
and more pictures, because the rodeo
offers their annual oj^jortunity to
give Eastern newspaper readers a
taste of the West. When the out
standing performers of the great open
spaces gather together wltiito the
confines of one New York building
—that’s news.
quired in the school of experience.
What this voice says is truly said,
but in tee main experimenters are
managing national affairs. Practical
men like William S. Knudsen are not
given sufficient powers. The inex
perienced interfere with their efforts
to carry on competently. One calls no
names, but the country knows who
are tee leaders among tee experi
menters and what they are doing.
A man of wide practical experi
ence, like Mr. Baruch, gives advice
teat falls on deaf ears. Mr. Baruch
has done a citizen’s full duty in con
sulting with tee president every time
he has been invited to tee White
House.
With practical men in full charge
of defense work there woqld be co
ordination. It is no secret teat co
ordination is lacking now. In its stead
there is a friction which seriously re
tards the machinery of defense oper
ations. Impractical men who would
experiment constitute a lux\iry the
American people cannot afford, but
these men continue to hold teeir j
places of power and to interfere when
they should be cooperating for the
commqn good.—^The News and Cou
rier.
COMMODITY PRICES
The decllhe in conunodity prices
last week was a sharp reminder
even in a period of inflationsfty influ
ences prices can fall as swiftly as
they rise. Grains tvunbled 6 to 10
cents a bushel, tee latter figure rep
resenting the maximum drop per
mitted in one day. Cotton fell $3.50
to $4 a bale, and a long list of leaser
staples suffered severe losses. The
Dow-Jones index of futures prices
showed the biggest single day’s fall
since it was started eight years ago.
The immediate occasion for this
collapse to commodity prices was the
ominous news from abroad, including
tee Russian'reverses and tee increas
ingly warlike aittitude of Japan. But
POLAND IN THE WAR
There are many reasons to believe
that there will soon be heavy fighting
in Norte Africa. One of the best is
teat tee Poles have been sent into
Tobruk. They were ordered to the
beleaguered city only a fortnight ago
and already Cairo reports them to
action beyond tee outer trenches.
No nation ever seemed more thor
oughly crushed than Poland to 1939.
Yet wherever there is still a battle-
front tee Poles show up. In their own
land they fought with desperate fuiy.
Despite tee German program of ex
termination, Polish irregulars are still
fighting there. Only the other day
they captured and burned a German
supply train on its way to Russia. In
France exiled Poles fought side by
side with the Fitoich. A third of their
army escaped across the ChanneL
Polish mountain' troops helped to
drive tee Germans out of Narvik b^
fore tee British abandoned the Nor
wegian campaign. A Polish army
corps now guards tee Scottish beach
es and a second corps is being or
ganized. A vetertm.Polish air force
has proved a scourge to the Ltcto-
waffft jphe nucleus of a new Po]
navy came like ifiioct ships out
Biiltic. Ten tiwusand flighting
filtered down through the BaBcans to
join the Brlthh to Africa. Three k^nn-
dred thousand Poles released from
Russian prismi camps are gathering
to the Urals to march as a new army
against ttw Owrmans. Halfway aosuss
the worlfl, to Cartlsda, more PMhh
troops are being egulimed
United Statiis, EvOnrattK _.
may have to the field a ioroo
as big as that destooyed by the Ger
mans two years ago.
These uneoMiaerad Poles have
made themselves a symbol of the to-
dmnitable national wilL If ever k ttkf
tion -by sacrifice and court^ earned
the right to rewirrection it is Poland.
—The New York Times.
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OF CITY TAXES
Notice is hereby given that Town Taxes for the Town
of CTlinton will be due and ooUeetaUe between October
Ist and Novemftjer 16th, for tiie year 1941. llie Tax
Books 'Will be opened for the ooUe^n of taxes at the
office of the Town Cleric on October let, and will remain
open each day thereafter, Sunday excepted, up to and
through November ISrii.
A penaKy of ten (10) per cent will accrue on all taxes
not paid on or before Saturday, November 15th, whidi
penalty will be in force through Wednesday, December
31st, after which an additional five (5) per cent penalty
will accrue.
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for current operating expenses, and 26^^ mills for in
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