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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON, S. C.
Thursdoy, Deceiwber 11,1941
(Eiff Clutton OllprottirU
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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,
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