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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON. S. C.
Thursday, March 12,1942
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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
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Clinton, S. C.
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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 $*•
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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.
Funeral services (were held at the
graveside at Smyrna Presbyterian
church at 11:30 o’clock yesterday
morning, with Rev. C. J. Matthews
officiating.
1 ; -
IMPORTANT NOTICE v
March 26 la the last day. I can ae-
eept orders for McCall’s at prices
quoted: 1 year $1.00, 2 years $1.50,
S years $2,00.
Near prices: 1 year $130. 2
$2.40, S years $$.00.
JAMES W. CALDWELL
270
MOHcm/a com
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Clinton Realty and Insurance Com
pany, Inc„ Clinton, S. C.
A meeting of the stockholders of
Clinton Realty'and Insurance Com-
pany, Incorporated, of Clinton, S. C., «l
will be held on Tuesday, March 31,
1942, at 2 o’clock P. M. in the office
of B. H. Boyd, No. 1 Broad Street,
Clinton, S. C., to provide for the
liquidation and dissolution of said
Company. * ’
B. H. BOYD, *
President, Sec’y li Treasurer.
Said business will be continued by
B. H. Boyd and B. Hubert Boyd.
Mar. 19-4c
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