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Page Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON. S. C. Thursday, March 12,1942 (Clinton QJljrnntrlr Established 1M« 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 subscriber^ and readers— the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. NOBODY'S BUSINESS GEE McGEE By THE NATIONAL SCENE As Woshington Sees It. There Is One Consolatien After All:: individual income taxes next March will be much higher than they are* this year. To raise the other $5,000,000,000 it has been suggested that an edditiOnal $3,000,000,000 come from corporation 1 taxed, $1,000,000,000 from new ex-! taxes, and $1,000*000,000 from 1 cise Special to The Chronicle. ' Washington, March 11.—The great ^ Pedestrians Don't Have To Worry * [ tightening up the present tax laws, t About A Place TO Park * j * Strong efforts to prevent inflation I am suffering from that tire-less 1 bTin b ^ n « mikl ® »>y the Office of Price; feeling. As a matter of fact, I •» XSTthf 40 hour url«»ir inw hAdministration. That office has is- doing lots of walking and it doesn't thnfmramrii sucd recently fixing yet agree with my hips, knee-joints,. received maximuI0 »t which manufac-) calves, ankles, insteps, fallen arehes, t _ h ^„ II1 J5r t jJ? ,, LJ l t>p “5TjJf a “*‘ turers and wholssalers can sell many corns and ingrowing toe-nails. My; ^ F>wldePt °P“ food products, including a greatva-*! posed the measure. v \ riMty canne d goods. The policy of , KEROSENE... a v. , ,10c Per Gallon YARBOROUGH OH. COMPANY J ’ WEST MAIN 8TUKT joints grow stiff after while for CLINTON, S. C„ THURSDAY, MARCH 12, It42 Do You Enjoy Worrying |^ bu J iu ^ t Provided you have nm ( out of liquor he can pay for. something to worry about, you might consider the possibility of Russia whipping Germany, then polishing off Japan as a relaxation, and after wards taking over the United States and England. impossible for this group to secure a pound of sugar. Poor Argument The former commanding officers of the Pearl Harbor land ■and sea forces have been retired on pensions of $6,000 per year with the threat of: ^ to reduce their acreage? the,right kerdab down on (that’s the kind of viUian If we must give up out- cake and ting anything done to Jiis pie, or drink our coffee or tea with-1 so here I am. And I live ex out sugar, why not require drinkers, mile and 18 steps from to take their booze unsweetened? home where I stay. We ha I believe it *^only did indirect word of the this office is to fix prices at whole-! for me to ^ the 1 Ud « 00 and then expect the retailer to 1 this bill but it also led to a deer un- keep his rices in line. If the retail-, derstanding among the majority of ers try to take advantage of the ab-1 J** at the present tfawlsence of fixed prices tor them how-1 ~ - * ever, such price fixing will follow rapidly. * -T Voluntary consumer organzations in most towns are making an otec- tive effort to keep retail prices in line. It is believed that if they keep in touch with the price ceiling orders issued by the Offce of Price Admin- the purpose of resting, might soon be necessary hire s rubbing doctor, or an osteopath [or whatever kind of “path" you call them ‘ than is little use in opposing ths I was so stingy I put off having my Prasidsnt on any measure, tires re-capped until the OPM sat) President Roosevelt was partlcu- civilian | larly vehement in his apposition to ) get-! the recent proposal of the farm bloc and;of the senate to attach a farm relief one measure as a rider to the 32 billion wife’s supplemental war-fund bill The a nice farm measure was aimed at stopping Why the inconsistency? [bus coming real close to our front,the government from selling its store ., rTT What about the bootleggers? Gov-i door, but they charge me every time of surplus farm products at less than, than a fair profit on any stabilized emmeht could, if it would—make it I ride on it. I can’t afford to pay parity. Although the President op- line. 4 rides a day, two of them for the posed that plan, since he believes it stuff that the doctor allows me to .would add a billion dollars to the And this is not amiss. If there is a eat (only) for lunch, which Is dinner sugar shortage, why are sugar grow-, 1° you. ers in the United States still requir-1 • , ed to reduce their acreage? Why is. Well, 111 have to get used to per trial before a military court which ^ uba our i ar g es t su g a r area given ambulating. I have been thinking of may never materialize. The stock | a restricted production quota? I either moving my business to the argument for leniency in connection! The people are being told to do a house or moving my family to the business. Since Japan set in, I have an unused office . . . which, by the with these traitors is that there were | 0 t 0 f things they'dtsnot understand, others also who were Syijty- We We neec j to j^p on joking questions might as well have excused Benedict j even though they will be ignored annual cost of the nation’s food bill, he attacked most strongly the sug gestion of trying to get it through congress and past the President by having it hitch-hike on a measure which it knows will be approved. During the past few years this practice has increased considerably and a number of measures, which ktration they will keep pressure oto retailers to refrain from taking more Arnold oh account of his being in the same category as Judas Iscariot. Well Merited Mrs. J. B. Townsend of this city, has been named as “the citizen of the year” by the Lions club. Such an award is made annually by this or ganization to select and honor a citi zen who during the year has per formed outstanding service for The community. The citation goes to Mrs. Town send for her able leadership and un selfish service in promoting local Red Cross activities. For several years she baa given liberally of her time to this cause, both with the sewing and in the annual membership drives, a public servee that cannot be over- We want, truth. and are entitled to—the way, used to be my private office never otherwise would have become that I never needed, as I had j aW) have ridden through congress on RADia PRODUCTION TO END AftfT22 Washington, March 10.—The gov ernment today prohibited manufac ture of radios ^nd phonographs after April 22 for civilian use, and set in motion a program calling for conver- 1 sion of the entire radio industry to war production before mid-summer. No move was made, however, to ^ o' fcvon*, legation. TheW ^ Wth. war pro - Super Taxes Ahead A level-headed business man and as j could ride a bus or walk. patriotic citizen as will be found in the United States, said to us yester day: “We had resolved to buy a de fense bond every month this year, but now we will be unable to carry out our intention. The heavy income tax our business must pay took such a large pro- . portion of our limited profits there is nothing left with which to buy bonds." That, is sound horse sense. If in- old from everybody hearin*. My family trade price fixing law, which duction board ^ mSio wlee wouM being small could sleep and eat and i ended price cutting in many lines of i continue on a “first come first served" set-up OK in it just about as cheap produc ^ is onTxample Jf a law | which was sneaked through by this, exhausted. They estimated that the method in spite of presidential oppo- industry curtailed 1942 output would siti r- , - . , .. , . . total about 3,000,000 sets. The defeat of the bill aimed at ... the 40-hour will prob- Meantime, In another action wWl This war is going to teach many of us old fellows new tricks. We have already cut down on our riding, next cut will be on clothing, that is—the kind we prefer, and last, but not'least —before this thing is over, the ques tion will arise about what to eat, where to get it, and how to pay for it Up to now ... we are, that is—most 1 w «*> which ti buy defence bomb. And, she has tba cooperation and as^ How then, i. business, particularly sistance of a number of women who „ .TV;.7. of us, are sitting around and riding _ _ _ _ about and hoping and trusting that and labor, aaaaroa as that ibaro won’t Santa Claus will fix things | be—the house will probably steer creased federal taxes take tba bulk!for us, but there ain’t going to be clear of labor of the profits, then you have last Santa Claus for the duration, if ' you let me guess. ably mean that any other legislation aimed at more government control over labor will be postponed for tlaaa. As long as there an no in war industries — s? ±sr««2sr »*»** * - direct effect on the public, Price Ad ministrator Leon Henderson ordered prices of mechanical refrigerators re- stbrod to February a levels. He said there had bean inftatlanaiy and un fair increases since February 14 when, spend hours regularly at the sewing small business, to do the big part it is called upon to do to help finance! Are We A Nation ef Morons and Babies? frigerators were announced. The radio order affects fifty-five companies which reported a total The Preeident and Perkins of about $240,000,000 last both pointed out that elimination Of «®Ploy about 30,000 the 40-hour law would not increase workers, defense production but would simply mean that certain labor groups would thei? homes W^n^Tto^ndersUind the war? We are told b Y Secretary | Our congress is a peculiar con-1 work more hours on a lower wage nH _ rw1 hv th „ Amiri- Morgenthau that what we are now glomeration of thought and action.'scale. Now it is required that labor! 0 f paying in federal taxes is only a It votes unanimously in less than 30 be paid time and a half for all' hours | “ ' " 1 ’ '** J ' ’ ' * of work exceeding 40 a week, but so' long as they are paid overtime there can Red Cross is always free charge. starter” of what may be expected minutes a 26 billion dollar war bud- Tffis unsought recognition that has! "' x ‘“ a . n ". pl !““ nd " “!! “'Si! come to merited. Mrs Townsend is well P ro P° sed scale for next y ear a single week it fusses and fumes over little is no limitation on the number of person with a net income of $2,5001 items of less than $10,000.00 iwill pay $375, a married person $175.! This compares with $165 and $901 Our government’s war efforts are hours they work. It was therefore argued that the legislation would only mean an increase in profits for tional debt ceiling. Morgenthau’s re-!running around in circles in quest to the house committee has | We boast more of the money we are spending than what we are spending it for. not hope to get any new or retreaded debt limit from $65,000,000,000 to tires in the next three years or long- $125,000,000,000 — the largest in er, barring unforseen war victories or American history, though it is doubt- miracles. There will not be a “single ful if you can begin to comprehend; in 1943 and 1944 and 1945 instead of pound of new crude rubber’’ avail- the meaning of this long row of | what we have now and what we will We talk about what we will have able either for new tires or retreads zeros. have within the next few weeks. We ot This means that next year’s taxes j are in the job-swapping business, will be precipitous. The people un-; It’s a game of chess wjth wild human on some 30,000,000 automobiles ordinary citizens, the director in formed the special senate committee derstand" that enormous taxes'are es- beings used as peices or men. We investigating national defense. - sential to win the war—and are will- j don’t see as much as one play ahead. There are many people who have in g to work to put up the money. 1 • never seriously faced the rubber However, they are insisting that an 1 We have always cpnsidered our- shortage. And those who believe the en( j ^ ’ pu t to non-essential, non-; selves great. We are rich. We are artificial rubber program will pro- defense spending, and inexcusable! progressive. We have everything. In vide the nation over-night with tires was t e of public funds. But in spite fact* we have been “IT” for a mighty are probably victims of wishful 0 f these demands the powers that be lon 6 time. We think, perhaps right- thinking. It now appears a good guess i n Washington go right on spending-, ty* that time is all we need to win that there will be no civilian rubber as-usual, ignoring the wishes of tax-, this terrible war. whatsoever for the duration of the payers who must foot the biU. What •— : “ war—all that - can be made or pro-| people are eager to see is for gov-1 But before we can even get start- duced will be needed for military * J l -'~ : ’ purposes. It is forecast that 35 per cent of Amerca’s cars will be off the roads Civilian Rubber Gone ! they must pay by March 15th for last - dangling on thousands of loose cods, [ war industries without increasing i From Leon Henderson, director of year. Legislation is now approved in!Part of what Washington does today;production. It was also pointed out civilian supply and price administra- congress virtually doubling the na-1 is undone tomorrow. Our leaders are tor, automobile owners have received a gloomy warning. They have been told in blunt language that they can- been endorsed to raise the public TYPEWRITERS AMlwfiMd Underwood Doolor. Classing sad rapairing all Kenneth N. Baker Pheae 306 emment itself to set its household ed on 11115 6 reat undertaking, we have .and summer. by labor leaders that such a measure, would not affect union contracts call ing for a 40-hour week and would only hit those who are not union members. Miss Perkins, giving her opinion on the measure, said: “If I could seel that it would increase production, I would be for it, but I see no eco nomic reason to support it.” ^ While the record 32 billion war appropriation bill was under consid eration In the house, the President demanded further increases in the speed of production and asked that all war industry machines be kept in operation 168 hours a week. Don ald Nelson, head of the War Pro duction board, immediately replied- that steps would be taken immedi ately toward this end. In his state ment the President warned that vic tory would depend on the flow of arms from our factories this spring RADIO REPAIRING COMFUK UNE •ITUaU M. BOYD OWINGS M4-J in order first, for the war emergency £ot 1° Set rid of jealousy, hate, spite, by cutting out luxuries and extrava- env y. party and politics in Washing- gances, by curtailing and abolishing fa 11, Down in the hearts of some during this year—and that two-thirds unnecessary bureaus, boards, agen- |® ur so-called big men there is wll be through in two or three years.; ceS) e t c- by eliminating thousands 0 f much dissent and dereliction. If This is a wamrrfg to farsighted au- J non-essential administration jobhold- they go along at all, they go along tomobile owners to make their pres- ers. Patriotic citizens will pay war unwillingly. They talk loyalty and ent supply of. tires last to the ulti- taxes cheerfully, but they are com- 301 emergency brakes, mate mile. _ 1 | pletely disgusted with experimenting, sociological expenditures, frills and It appear^ that about all^we have Wartime Rationina Here | foolish ideas we are still witnessing, done 50 .* ar j sa . ceil fa8 ° n sugar, In onlVa few c^ys now we are' with the approval of Washington-in appropriated 45 bilhon doUars, rat- in only a lew qays now, we are |cr ^ to nf p<iar1 Marhrir «;i n£rar ^ ro loned tires, and disnuted facts and informed from Wmduugtuu T every . b g P l i figures. It is time to face realiti&. New plans to foot the huge cost qf war are now being considered by the ways and means committee of the house. Secretary Morgenthau is said to have asked that an additional $7,000,000,000 be added to oyr tax bill next year and has suggested that $2,000,000,000 of this come from individual incomes. Whether this fig ure will be agreed to is of course un certain but there is little doubt that INSURANCE Fire - Tornado - Automo bile • Surety Bonds • AO Forma of Property Insurance. SOUND PROTECTION AT LOWEST COST. REAL ESTATE B. H. BOYD Clinton, S. C. FRESHEN BP * YOUR SPRING CLOTHES It's patriotic to elotbea lector—-woolens are them. RoyaTs deauinff Keeps old gay enter clean, frodii and new looking and adds to their life. WE PAY PER 100 FOR HANGERS ROYAL Cleaners, Inc. PHONE 77 SAY, “I SAW IT IN THE CHRON ICLE." THANK YOU. MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS American family will have a “sweet • lava an d Batavia. 'Hundreds of men, good and true, are ration card. It will be a ticket regu- The government must be put on a doing ,, ^ ? h , ^ ’ lating the purchasing of sugar. Al- real war basis before the country will head foff.but Sire are ready a rationing system is in oper- ever be put on a war basis. j enough p^y dislikes to forestall ation governing the sales of tires and. Congress gives us an unprecedent- the j r every move. Get rid of the automobles. Other restriction cards, ed example of stupidity. In nine eovernmen t naracites and than w covering other items, may be expect- years ot peace it has piled up the * U ™t to? ed to find their place along beside national debt by thirty thousand ^^ as a iXtton on YOU. but on the sugar, tire and automobile cards million dollars. Now we have entered > yg during the war emergency period. the most expensive war of all time; The primary purpose of rationing with a “busted” treasury. World War is to provide a fair distribution of es- No. 1 was only a skirmish by com- sential commodities of which there parison with this conflict; is a shortage—or which people hoard i , • in a sort of panic* feeling lest they MfS. Fannie L. JohnSOn later be denied a full supply. Another i ry kl If * J object is to decrease consumption J^ieS INCOr IvinOfuS and thereby preserve a dwindling, ♦ supply. This, however, does not al-1 Mrs. Fannie L. Johnston, 80, died ways work. v 1 : rat her home near Kfnards Tuesday: Germany, Italy and Britain have I She was the widow of Barney John- long had rationing systems of essen- ston. tial items that are hard to get. One of the principal reasons why rationing becomes necessary is hoarding which qpates artificial de mands for goods,, whether it’s sugar, or shoelaces, canned goods or cloth ing. It is not smart to tyard or boot leg scarce goods. In some instances, as our Allies abroad have found, it can be almost'traitorous. MAGAZINES If H to a magazine you want, either straight subscription or on tlu $*• month club contract plan, see— JAMES W. CALDWELL 67 West Main st Or Call 276 between 1:30 and 2 PM. Sugar and Liquor We rise to ask these questions which are in order— r If housewives are to be restricted in their sugar supply, why not cur tail the whiskey manufactures? One Surviving is one daughter, Miss Viola Johnson. 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