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/ / V- 7 Page Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON, S. C. Thursdoy, Deceiwber 11,1941 (Eiff Clutton OllprottirU EsUblidied IMO WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY 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 suggestions and kindly advice. The Chrbnicle will publish letters ,of general interest when they are not of a defamato^ nature. Anonymous commimications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. paint hitler’s picture on the bottom and top of each wing. arm ourselves and send supplies and ammemation to brittan.” CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1941 Whot You Will Lose If you have a true regard for hon esty, industry and religion, the only friendships that you will lose are those which are not worth retaining. Slow To Understand Perhaps one condition that makes the situation difficult is that while business firms and individuals have long since realized that the boom is , over, the spending politicians have not. work, time, sincere and wholeheart ed coop>eration from solicitors and contributors. Chairman J. H. Pitts did a fine job and knew how to se lect an interested group of men and women to help him in the drive. The people of the industrial centers, Ly dia and Clinton Mills and Joanna Textile Mills, Goldville, showed a fine spirit of interest and generosity f<^ which they deserve commenda tion. To the officers of the chapter and those who made the campaign in the respective wards and communities, we extend our congratulations. The Part Pessimism Plays It can be claimed with consider- ^ able reason that many of the activi-j WOriO War iNO. Z tics of the world are founded on pes- i The United States and Japan are simism. The banker advocates hones-' now locked in mighty conflict follow- ty, thrift and Conservative business j ing a • series of surprise air attacks principles. Yet/if all men were thrifty • Sunday on United States Pacific bas- and ‘^ufficientlof^'cTble to refrain from i es that took a heavy initial toll of Ixirrowing, a great deal of the busi- J life and property. « ness and profits of banks would van- j In the words of President Roose- ish over-night. The physician advo-: velt to the nation, “We are in for a catos the practice of sane and health- long, hard war against crafty and ful living, and yet if all followed his powerful bandits, but we are going advice, the medical profession would to win.” That, in spite of the disas- lose a great part of its practice. The trous start made, is how the Ameri- lawyer says he is for upholding law, and yet if we had absolute enforce-' ment of law that profession would starv’e to death. Human nature is so constituted that we usually do doing for months. The Japanese are enough of both right and wrong to can people now feel. The dastardly attack of Japan, without warning, is a repetition of what Hitler and Mussolini have^beoi not aicting on their own initiative. keep business going, though it wouldjbut under the influence, domination appear that the past year we did not do enough of one or the other. and promises from the German fueh rer as a part of his fighting machine. They have taken a desperate, suicid al gamble. They are a bunch of dou- blecrossers, spies and liars who can- Disappearing France _ We are told that eighty ^r cent of.i;;;7*be tVlIst^T^Even ‘^Ite'two^of tte industrial workers of France are I ^ere in Washington in the zone occupied by the per-. deceive Secretary Hull mans, and almost 75 per cent of the agricultural production of the coun try is also in that zone. The Germans chose well when they with h3rpocritical “peace talk,” their bombing squadrons were attacking the United States at points thousands of miles from home. The twelve days kindly send or fetch sen. wheeler a batch of new icy-lationist speeches: a kind that he has not alreddy used 8 or 10 times, allso send him a copy of the constitutition of the ujt. wont you remember dear old sen. nye with a book ori american-ism and what it tak^ to make « loyal citizen? kindly'wrap it in a furrin jmap so’s he will Imow it was not printed pver here. sandy, deer, let me beg you to fetch sen. hamilton fish a large batch of nazi litter-ture that will fit into a “franked” gowerment envelope so’s he caq mail it duTpw? fll“it.be very j touching. now, deer old sandy claws: i don’t want you to go to much trubble for me. just send a order for the guv- verment to (iubble my wellfare check, increase my parrity check and put my folks in the sowing room. ♦ be sure to fix up something nice for hitler and mussy-lena; a dubble dose of sleeping powders, garranteed to make them sleep from this cris- mus right on thru eternity, will pos sibly be the best thing, and see that they get ’em and take ’em. send crismus cards to holsum moore and art square and slim chance, that is more than they de serve, but we must all forget the past and hope for better later on. sandy darling: won’t you plese fetch miss jennie veeve smith, our afficient scholl teecher, a long coat to take the place of the old one she has benn wearing to the scholl house for 14 yr.? the publick will thank you for this. of course, sandy, if you have anny j good chawing tobacker left over and a box of good seegars lying aroimd and a pint of rye for my roomy- tism, just leave them on my window sill, thanks. The Flat Rock Round Table the flat rock round table was hell at the scholl audi-tOrium friday night betwixt 8 and 9 pm. and the follow- ering ^rsons comprised the said table, vizzly: hon. holsum moore, mr. slim chance, sr., miss jennie veeve smith, mr. art square, it was not broadcasted over the ether, wire con nections could not be had without some monney. mr. square: “the war & europe is our war. hitler wants to rule the world and he will succeed unless we miss smith: “it looks like john L lewis wants to be out didc-tator and nile or. ruin us. then everboddy would have to pay him union dues, the reason he wants all laborers to jine the imion is—he gets more mon ey hisself when all woiicers belmig and pay into his coffers.” mr. square: “i believe that the ua. should imter the war now, capture jappan, free indo china, give the Chi nese back thdr countiy, put hitter and goebells in the penitentiary and restore the over-run countries.” yore friend, mike lark, rfd. WB DO ALL KINDS OF PRINTING uiTf*ni»r nan CBRONICLB PUBUSHING Ca g Amid the Hurry ond Flurry of Christmos Shopping, Do Not Neglect Your personal APPEARANCE There is no season when one ean really af ford to beeome careless in one’s dress... bnt during the Tnletlde everyone should pay par ticular atteutlon to aMtearanoes, for then It Is that yon come in contact with thoae yon see infrequently and yon naturally want to cre ate the best impressioa possible. enforced their armistice teims on ambassador and envoy were in prostrate J^untry for which the,^^^.^ ^ greater p^ of the world h^ lost al I ^ re an attack on this respect. The result has been that • four times as much material is being! . sent from France to Germany as is of this means, that America is being brought from Germany mto ^"'^ed m an intensive determi- France. Thus the manpower, the "^tion to defend their country We skill, the raw materials, the products^/® agaix^t Japan and her of the land of France are beingiA^ partners we did not pumped into Germany for the pur-1 ®tart but wito the aid of other na- pose of strengthening that country j hons we will finish. God Srant that so it can hold France in even closer j ^ wisely led m this hour subjection in years to come. The^®^ peril, longer the occupation goes on, the' • ■weaker France will become. That, of I ;kArfi/'e Rirfk/l/«w course is part of the Hitler ^ France, rotten through and through 1 150to bu^day of toe Araeri- politically, disgusted the world when! be celebrat- she threw up her hands and quit teroi^o^ oiU' .TOuntry on against Germany. Now she is paying cember 15—me ai^versaiy of me at great cost and with blood, for which our Bill of Rights bC' I came part of the constitutkm. — During these days when all free dom is threatened, it is particularly {fitting that the eitizens of our coun- The stores of the city and business | try have this opportunity to corn- streets are all dressed-up * in lovely i memorate an important birthday of and appropriate attire for Christmas, j Liberty—to reflect on the history of Already the Ch^ristmas spirit is in what generations before us have done the air to be climaxed by this eve-!to keep freedom alive in this nation.' ning’s celebration. 1 The day of December 15 signalizes Now to help make Clinton stUl the ratification of the Bill of Rights lovelier, we need to turn our atten-.by the state of Virginia. Virginia’s tion to our homes and decorate them I assent, in 1791, meant that three- for the yuletide season. The season . fourths of the states had ratified the of light and joy and happiness lies!Bill and it thus legally was added to what she failed to do. Decorate For Christmas Buchanan's EXPERT CLEAN ING AND LAUN DRY SERVICE KEEPS CLOTHES READY FOR ALL HOUDAT DE MANDS. For many years the carefnl dresMrs of Clinton and this commimity have praetieed the habit of sending their clothes and laundry to vs to be spotlessly cleaned and renewed. We are ready to serve yon now for Christmas whatever yonr need may be. Regardless ef how delicate the tebrica, BUCK’S ean clean it, and will clean it better. CaU 28 —We’U Do the Rest I I % 8 8 i 8 8 8 BUCHANAN’S 8 8 8 8 8 Corner Main and Sloan Streets Plenty of Parking Space Get your Christmas Amw Ensemble in a free gift case! just,ahead, though dimmed for many by war and the separation of loved ones—still there is nothing that con tributes more to the gayety of'the the constitution This part of the constitution in cludes our guarantee of freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom occasion than the general use of the | of the press, protection of individual’s ever-popular Christmas decorations 1 property, trial by jury — the things with the generous use of greens and j which all loyal Americans have since lights. It Spells Happiness Only a few days now and the punctual calendar will bring us to the year’s greatest celebration the;f'®J\°®’ organizations wUl then defended at all cost. On this anniversary, commimities throughout our country are expected to hold celebrations in honor of the event. The president wiU address the world over in spite of spreading war hold special ceremonies and schools clouds, and once again men, women and children in fifty million homes wiU be saying to each other, “Merry Christmas, and God Bless You.” nity to instill the spirit of freedom In the younger gen«*ation. With 150 years behind it, the Bill Perhaps’ we say those words'auto-'?' ^ is no longer znatically too often without stopping ® ^ ingram^ in our to think of their real meaning. Any ( conventionalized wish or greeting is j actions. We take it for ®^ted be- in danger of becoming mechanical, ^^’f® ^® have had free^, but at Si events we do say them, andl^^J ^ the merriness and the blessing do I ^e like if the^ bear their fruit. It is a poor heart suddenly snah*^ indeed that does not feel the infec tion of happiness and brotherliness away. We’ve watched freedom die in Poland, in Finance, in Russia and in at the Christmas'season, that does Germ^y and we will never permit not expand in the warmth and gen erosity and kindness that flood across the nation in a ^at wave on De cember 25th. The gold of Christmas lies within each one of our hearts and souls. 'Over The Top' Every persov in this conununity may share in the justifiable satisfac tion experienced by the Red Cross volunteer woricers, men and women, who gladly gave their time in making the' annual membership canvass. They received a generous and sym pathetic reception as shown by the fact that the roll call just completed rais^ $1,947.58, an excess of $^7418 over the chaptei^s quota of $1,500. This remarkable' record did not “just happen.” It took organization any foreign nation, or any group in our country, to harm this sacred pro vision of our constitution upon vdiich our way of life is founded. NOfiODY'S BUSSES B, GEE McGEE .J Santa Clans Letter deer old sandy claws: plese fetch john L lewis a clear conscience and a desire to be fair to his country and bis own people. remember charley lindbergh with a pretty toy air-plaine with a swas tika printed on each side of it and > , li thvrvPf noytlrifii nicer for a gift tluiB on Afrotr Airt-de4MmAerdbirf comhinatioo — itik di A^olr * combination in a special gift aneambla oil! frf cordbooed^ anA finfitmd in imi tation .CDwfaida^ rMv nioa giving-lor iFs a practicaly handy coed Sdsnadiing the kiddiea woilld enjoy p*^3**t witby too--«ftnr it baa aervad )|8 pa^poaal lUDi 'am faal growDmp...with a rad ovaraigld CMtl Coma in and select your fororita Atiow < bla. The wwttnMfl esn way of asyin^ "Marry Chriatmsa, and ttmk you your potifiBfprir. ^ Arroiw Shirta» $2^aiid 2J25 Arrow Ties $1.00 Arrow Handkerekkfk, SSCy 8 for 11.00 Aim o IV StilRTS Marranm Adair*s Men^s ClBtoii, 8. C. r I'y . X