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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C
Thursdoy, November fO, 1941
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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.
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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.”
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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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