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Page Foil|r THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C Thursdoy, November fO, 1941 (Elintnn (Slyromrlf Established 1900 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher Publij^ed Every Tliursday By mci THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Bate (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 suggestions and kindly advice. The Chronicle will public letters of general interest wh^ they are not of a defamatory nattire. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. NOBODY'S BUSINESS By GEE McGEE Holmes Biblei School To Present Program An Open Letter John L. Lewis: The present looks like a mighty bad time for you td call a strike. We realize that you have^^ power to wrap labor around your little finger and flip it about as you please. This country of ours is also your country and it is likewise the country of la bor. If we destroy America . . we will destroy labor and capital and ourselves insofar as being a free peo ple is concerned.' The Holmes Bible school, of Green ville, will present a special program at the Pentecostal Holiness church Saturday night,. Nov. 22, at 7:15. The boys and girls quartet will render special music, and there will be a program in th^' interest of young people. The public is cordially invited. ; ^ef us excited about War." “That’s a lot of boloney,” an in terventionist says heatedly. “If we can’t send ships wherever we want, it means the end of freedom of the CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1941 [America is the dream of all other Thonksgiying Psolm 103 ; peoples. We should thank God at this 1. Bless the Lord, O my soul: and, Thanksgiving season that we happen all that is within me, bless his holy Uo be a part of this great free na- name. jtion and ask His help in the major 2. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and role which we have assumed in forget not all his benefits. spreading the gospel of freedom to ; 3. Who forgiveth all thine iniqui- : all mankind [ties: who healeth all thy diseases; | 4. Who redeemeth thy life from de- vvno reaecmeLfi iny me irom ae-i_ - struction; who crowneth thee withj TwO Or A Kind loving-kindness and tender mercies; | One reads conflicting news daily 5. Who satisfieth thy mouth with i from Moscow ^nd Berlin. The Rus- good things; so that thy youth is re- sians report they are driving the ncwed like the eagle’s. . j Germans before them everywhere on 6. The L<)rd execueth righteous-, the Moscow front and that one vic- ness and judgment for all that areltory aft^ another is theirs. oppressed. i Hitler comes forth with the decla- 7. He made known his ways unto nation that he has the Reds on the Moses, his acts unto the children of ... , , until their complete downfall will be 8. The Lord is merciful and gra- g reality cious, slow to anger, and plenteous while this country’s S3mtipathy and ^ support is for Russia, how are the American people to know what to We know labor has to do what you tell it to do. We believe in organized labor. It would not be fair to labor not to be organized. But if capital were to say to labor: “Well, boys, we don’t like the work you are doing. We are not majcing any money, so we are going to strike, close up, shut down and quit. We’ll see you later.” Reckon what you and labor would think of such a move? You seem to want all of the profits and take none of the losses. That doesn’t seem quite fair. TODAY... TOMORROW By Don Robinson CONSERVA'nON — Argmnent “Did you hear what Knox said on the radio the other night ” These days, an iimocentty phrased question like that, dropped in a roomful of people, acts like a fuse to set off a night of heated argu ment. seas. “Freedom of the seas," I says the isolationist scornfully, “is just a lot of hooey. We don’t, want the Ger mans to have freedom of the seas, do we? What we mean by freedom of the seas is control of the seas.” Personal " er will he keep his anger forever. 10. He hath not dealt with us af- ^dolf Hitler has proved himself ter our sins; nor rewarded us accord- ^^e biggest liar and double-crosser ing to our iniquities. .... , in our day. Stalin, likewise, is one of 11. For as the heaven is high above bloodiest, most cruel, treacherous the earth, so great is his mercy to-^ gj^^j anti-religionists the ward them that fear him. [world has ever produced. His fingers 12. As far as the east is from the (jj.jp the blood oh more of his west so far hath he removed our q^jj countrymen than any other transgressions from us. i murderous despot. 13. Like as a father pitieth his chil-I o l . dren so the Lord pitieth them that is the calibre of the two men, fear him (neither of whom we would trust. 14. For he knoweth our frame; he, * remembereth that we are dust. N^WS Fof the KlddlcS ' 15. As for man. his days are as' gras.^: as a flower of the field, so he' the world is not floiirisheth as the children who are begin- 16. For the wind passeth over it,'?*"® and it is gone; and the place there- will agree. Now comes the an- of shall know it no more , United States Toy Manufacturers When a man joins a labor union he is no longer his own master. He comes and goes as you tell him, that is—if he is a C. I. O. He can’t make a living Unless he joins the union and he doesn’t make a living while he is striking. We have often wondered that if over 10 per cent of labor real ly wanted to walk out at their lead ers’ beck and call. Many of them might want to work on even if they are not making but $7 or $8 per 8 or 7 or 6 hours. Wonder if the mothers and wives and children of the strikers enjoy strikes. Until someone mentions a subject which has to do with war, the con versation may be limited to a calm exchange of pleasantries, but the Knox question, or any similar com ment on the news, gradually leads to the abandonment of all other topics. Usually « waims up gradually. In answer to the Knox question, the man sitting quietly in the comer of the room may answer, “I’ll say— that guy is really showing the Ger mans we mean business!” INSULTS — Roowirelt Usually, when an argument about war begins to reach the insulting- one-another stage, someone who' hasn’t had mwm tp say breaks in with a remark whicii shifts the tack of the conversation. “It’s not a question,” he might venturev “of freedom of the seas or the registry of boats. The big quet-1 tion is whether we’re willing to do! our part to save democracy or if we want to be slaves to Hitler." “What’s the use of making tanks and planes if they’re just going to get sunk in the Atlantic?” another remarks. “Well,” another comments, “from what I’ve heard we haven’t got any- I thing much to ship abroad yet any- iway. If Roosevelt really wants to win the war why doesn’t he stop strikes and really get things done?” “Listen!” shouts somebody who has begun to lose patience. “I get sick and tired of everybody blam ing Roosevelt for everything. He’s got the toughest job any man ever had and you just sit around and criticize! He really knows what’s Miss Margaret Lightfoot is the guest this week of Mrs. Sanford Misenheimer in Greenville. Friends of Downs Monroe will be glad to know he is recuperating at his home near here after unaeHlb^ an appendix operation at Hays hos pital Sergeant Sterlin Young, Mrs. Young and son, Sterlin, left yester day to spend the Thanksgiving holi days with their parents in Ellijay and Jasper, Ga. 17. But the mercy of the Lord is' from everlasting to everlasting upon^hat Santa Claus will tote them that fear him, and his right-this Chist- eousness unUt children's children; 18. To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his com mandments to do them. 19. The Lqrd hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his king dom ruleth over all. 20. Bless the Lord, ye his angels. mas, that the quality will be excep tional, and that the designs will ap peal irresistibly to the youth of the land. This statement will be good'^newS to the kiddies who, because of world war conditions, had become skepti cal as to a scariyty of toys to add to the merriment of that season loved that excel in strength, that do his . ,, , . , ... .,, , commandments, hearkening unto the mankind, which soon will be voice of his word. 21. Bless ye the Lord all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do hi^jVVhat' Is Inflation^ 22. Bless the Lord, all his works ini, Congress is debating a price con- all places of his dominion: bless the riddled with fairo bloc i„rH n rrv «niii amendments which may make it an ’ ‘ ;aid, rather than a deterrent, to in flation. A long fight over the meas- PSAL.M 1®7 * j rru I. O give thanks unto the Lord, “ exp^ted TOe administration he is good: for his mercy endureth(f°™®'"“‘"f/'*’ forever itrols only. Followers of Bernard M. 15. Oh that men w6uld praise the t advocate over-aU ceilings on Lord for his goodness, and for his if.""®"- wonderful works to the children of ^ ements. I While we hear much from theorists [about inflation, boiled down to the III 1^®®^ truth it means just one thing— How PoOpfO .Judge 'higher prices for what you buy. It is possible that many strikes are. justified. If no sensible agreement can be entered into between labor and capital it might take a strike to bring the question to a head. But now of all times, is not the time to fuss over a few hours or a few dollars, no matter which side has the complaint. It looks like grown men, business men and labor leaders, could settle their differences without giv ing Hitler the long end of the rope. We imagine that when you call a big strike . . . that ties up defense work . . . Hitler and his satllites have a big party and enjoy our American troubles. But there’s nothing the public can do about your strikes. You’re the boss. Won’t you try to hold them off until this war is won? You can’t serve two masters: you must choose between America and Hitler, that is—if you have not al ready chosen .the latter. Someone else will pick up that an swer and remark, “You mean he’s leading us right into war! Some body ought to stop his talking.” After a few more preliminaries the other people in the room begin to choose sides. Soon thoughts be gin tumbling out of mouths, no one wanting to take time to listen to the other’s argument. It has become a question of whether we should go to war or be isolationists or stay on the fence—and everybody wants to have his say. going on. We don’t! Why can’t you just take his word for it that we’ve got to lick Hitler and that he knows how it can best be done!” SHIPS Attacks UNITY — Freedom The snatches of conversation re peated above are, I think, exem- [plary of the “unity of action” and “unity of thought” which exist in America today. I don’t know how it can be other wise. Neither do I think tliat such disagreement should be condemned. In a nation made up of people who have never agreed on religion ,on economics, on politics, or on laws. it hardly seems likely that they would ever agree on such a vital subject as war. But there is one thing we do (agree on. That is the desire to pre- Iserve the freedom which makes it possible for us to express our dif ferences of opinion, to live different kinds of lives, to vote for different types of politicians—and to do it without any danger of being put in a concentration camp for not keep ing in step with the crowd. The question of the day, then, is: by what means can we be most as sured that freedom in America will be preserved? V No matter how much we argue, no matter how. much we disagree on methods, we are united on our goal. And for that goal we all are willing to make any sacrifice which proves necessary. The Farmer It the Goal That Feeds Us AU seeker-terry of agger-culture, Washington, d. c. deer sir: plese don’t let any of them icy- lationists up there in Washington in terfere with the small govrverment income now being received by the farmers, the farmers are getting a fair price for what they are selling this year, but over half of them in our community have nothing to sell except boll weevil cottonstalks. they have benn et up and the future is too dark for meddlers to meddle with us. The President and his foreign pol icy form the center of most verbal conflicts about war. “Roosevelt has already broken every pledge he made to keep us out of war,” an anti-New Dealer will remark. “The heck he has,” replies one I of the interventionists. “He prom ised he wouldn’t go to war unless attacked. Well, we’ve been attacked on the seas a dozen times.” “No, we haven’t,” exclaims an isolationist. “What we’ve done is send our battleships out hunting for submarines and when they shoot back he calls it an attack.” “What about the merchant ships the Nazis have sunk?” “Most of them weren’t even our ships,” comes the reply. “Why do you suppose we put them under Pan ama registry?” Because we did not want to be responsible for them if they were shot at carrying goods to England! But then, when someone does shoot at them, the President calls them our ships again to try to Dr. Ellis B. Gray Announces the opening of his offices at II6V2 W. Main Street (Opposite Post Office) LAURENS, S. C. Practice limited to the dis eases of the eye, ear, nose and tiiroat Hours: 9 ajn. to 3 pjn. Phone 528 One trouble about evil companions Higher taxes mean high prices is not only that you will be judged ! President Roosevelt told the truth by the company you keep, but you Pittsburgh speech in 1932 will also judge others to be no better 1 said, “Taxes are paid in the than those who are your companions.! sweat of every man who labors.” -- Congressmen and senators who I argue you can control prices and not The Children Do Well j control wages display their igno- Considering the volume of time I ranee. which parents must devote to mak- j ♦ ing a living under present stress and 1 ^ r xL L the amount of attention which is de-j v^GUSC rOr I hanKS voted to many other matters, it may' One of the ablest, most statesman- for the past 12 years ... us poor dirt farmers have received practical ly no returns from the crops we have growed, but if you’ll check up, you’ll find that mules and plows and plow tools and medison and scholl books and clothes and shoes have not come down since the first world war end ed. if a farmer could make a normal crop of cotton and get 20c for it, he could live just about as decent as a average w. p. a. worker, but no bet ter. but he has only “existed” for the past few yeaTs. Notice to The Retail Trade We have discontinued selling to the retail trade and from'now on yrill sell wholesale only. J. C. Todd Grocery Clinton, S. C. .V be a wonder that the children do' like, fearless and clear-thinking Gov- as well as they do. I emors in the United States is Frank M. Dixon of the state of Alabama. Their Influence Felt The progress of the world today toward righteousness, however tardy it may be, has behind it the com bined power of those who in humble homes and the comparatively lowly places of life translate truth, justice and brotherly love into daily living and by means of public sentiment make our homes, schools, churches and government, instruments in so far as its humanly possible, for the promotion of high ideals. TTiese are the kind of people who hold this mad and distorted world together. I Envying ‘America • When we compare America today (bad as it is) with any other country in the world, it seems as though God ha^ showered us with favors which have been denied to all other people Practically anything you- can think of — food, housing, raw materials, comfort, education, freedom, church es—we 'have in greater abtmdance than any other nation. Thanksgiving is the time for us to reflect on these blessings and to pledge ourselves to their preserva tion. -Throughout the world at this hour millions of people are looking to America with envy and with hope. The unfortunate pei^le of Europe and Asia see our 6ouq^ as the nearest thing tb heavssk^i^ earth— and they also see us as the opf na- uom udhich has the strength, tnr mo rale andt visioa needed to make the arodd of the future a better place to ^e In. A world made up of countriM like If the question has arisen in your mind as to what, if anything, you have to be thankful for—read his of ficial proclamation which follows: - “For material blessings so nu merous that they may not be counted, so vast that they may not be measured or weighed, we should give thanks. “For the essentials of life, food, clothing and shelter, all of which are ours abundantly, we should give thanks. “For the freedoms, which* Americans above all other peo ple of the world enjoy today, we should give thanks. “For the national strength to maintain these material things, and these higher than material things, we should give thanks. “For the spirit of our pec^le that flames now in a time of great danger like a flashing sword; for the calm determina tion and solemn resolve of our p^ple that come the world agaimLng, these blessing shall be preserved,*- we should give thanks to the ‘Beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be ... ’ “Now, therefore, I, Frank M. Dixon, Governor of the State of Alabama, do hereby designate .Thursday, November 20, 1941, as 'a DAY OF THANKSGIVING.” .WEDDING _ Invitations and A n - nouncemmts. Engraved or Process ed Printing. Prices most reasohdbla. Complete sample books may be taken to your home for inspectimi if de sired. Chronicle Publishing Co. mr. wickard, there is always a mess of sennators and congressmen that are wanting to economize in the govverment at the farmers’ expense, but they newer think of doing so at john lewis’s and labor’s expense, or maybe at the manufacturer’s ex pense. the c. i. o. would lik^ to see 15$ a day wedges paifi^ for 6 hours’ work, and 5c cotton, 6c meat, low- price wool clothes and free cigar ettes. up to this riting, everthing that we eat and wear (except nylon hose) is growed by the farmer, starve him and you’ll starve all. we have heard talk of ceilihgs on prices, if you were to put a ceiling on prices that the farmer would be paid for his stuff and see that it compared favorably with the pres- sent prlcea’^paid for labor, cotton uld fetch'fle a lb., com 3$ a bush- woi el, wheat $4 a bushel, potatoes 50c a peck, and npbody loves the farmer except, possibly, his wife and 12 diil- dren and his preecher, that is, if he is in good standing at the church, so, mr. wickard, studdy the fanner’s problem before you return him to slavery. 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