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• . - ^ \ Poge Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON. S. C. Oltp (CUtttmt QUjnmirlr J IfH 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 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. v Thursdoy, April 9,1942 CLINTON, S. C„ THURSDAY, APRIL t, 1M* An Optimist Still After several days of what appears to be too much rain, one may see a mocking bird perched upon the top most bough of a tree pouring out his melody into the misty atmosphere and conclude that he is the most op timistic creature in the world — and one that should not be molested. Degrading Mankind days thereafter, or* you’ll get nothing* ilt’s fine to have a good policy like | mine. I was framed myself before I had time to frame it. From now on, j I’m going to make my folks get some jnew ideas on how to be careful. It ; won’t pay to get hurt under this policy. Stranger Than Ftctien ' America is a country of rich poor- folks. I have never seen a person, man or woman or girl or boy, who had the habit of smoking cigarettes, too poor to buy all of the cigarettes each of them desired. I have never known a bottle-hitter to be so down and out that he couldn’t raise enough Cash somehow or other to buy enough booze from day to day to keep him tipsy. I have never known a farmer so busted that he couldn’t buy guano for his crops. I War or no war, restrictions or no restrictions, I have seen no female wearing cotton hose up to the time Of going to press. Tires or no tires. Boy Scouts ^ Hold Meeting that such negotiations were public business. “This proposal,” said Mr. Wilson, “is made in view of the fact that the corporation is no longer producing automobiles, but is now engaged w almost entirely in the production oft Edmunds Yotmg, junior airplanes, tanks, gups and ammuni- 1 scoutmaster In charge. * l “ required to win the war. Our! Boy Scouts of troop 111 held their weekly meeting Monday night with ~ assistant Treasury department now calls upon men, women and children every where, to purchase savings bonds and stamps regularly, systematically, without pressure or coercion. The goal can be reached, treasury officials state, if the American people will re- ^ - ,. , spend to this urgent call by provid- One rntfU very well have enough,^ the nccessarJr m0 „ ey curiosity (1 no concern , adequately America by providing our how long the war might have to con- ^ ^ with t/c supplies and tinue before the government would | ^ ^ ^ , e consider it necessary to' limit the* ^ J supply of material which goes into the manufacture of liquor and use it for the salvation of the nation father than to degrade and impoverish men and women. government to get the money. As a people we fgg already heavily taxed, but what we are experiencing is> only a starter. To supplement the | our streets seem to be as full of cars taxing, program the United States ^ everi And, believe if you care to, We are asked to use every pay day as a bond-stamp day in order to help make possible that brighter, happier jday when victory is ours, and there jis peace again throughout the world. Victory Calls for Teamwork , , a c mn |i WnrM Whatever may be the game or con- •« 5 ^ jmull TTUnu test, the participants must “pull tor j To anyone in the newspaper busx- gether” if there is to be victory. i ness,, it is evident that the public s ... ,, * • „ . „ . „ interests have broadened greatly dur- I JIZ i"* the hectic war months. People nuic igge g Hntnnt anH now everywhere, are deeply con- br.dge, horse-racing or whatnot and, * national ^d interna- it is going to be very difficult to do; # unless we use teamwork. 1 Our job as, v • a nation and individuals is to win this} The world seems to have shrunk war in the shortest time possible. We se i n the last few months that the must fight and work ufttil we crush the enemy. The Germans lost the first World War when their teamwork began to crumble. The French started the sec ond World War with no teamwork and were beaten easily in a few days. activities on a ship lane to China or an air route to Norway seem almost close to us as the events which place in our own community, rtmately, news reporting ser vices ttxiay are so rapid and so ex pert thatN^re have little difficulty in The German teamwork — so far — is ^^P^S in'touch with all comers of superb; and so is Japan’s. We have,the world. Newspapers, daily and got to match it—“or else.” At pres-1 weekly, h?ve excess to news sum- ent we are certainly not doing so. maries written b^snationally famous Until this lesson is learned we may analysts. Recent siii^eys havflndi- expect a lot more bad news from | cated a greatly increased 4feadership the front and at home. of these features as newspaper read- m ers more and more come fc j, .. zation that their lives are tieing af- I IfC Hoarding ifected by activities which take place In a small town in Illinois (popu- miles away from home. The Chion- lation 2,100) the mayor was curious ide is discharging this obligation to^ to find out how many of his neigh-, its large family of readers with the or forget it if you want to: I have never known but 3 down and out politicians that made a success out of an undertakiiu; after leaving the flush fields of politics. They all ap pear to be in a maze or a mist of some kind that keeps them from getting a new angle on life. About 75 per cent of our beggars (who ask for money and money only) never use the money they get for the i purpose of improving their condition and surroundings: it’s usually for beer or winq*or white lightning or a picture show. The proverbial “cup of coffee” is only a gag. I have noticed that the only happy men who retire are those who retire without money. Having plenty of money after quit ting work is a greater punishment, so “they” say, than having no money and no job. This is a funny old world. The folks who seem tq have nearly all of the money are the ones most of us think don’t need any money at all. This may be due to the fact that a fool and his money are soon parted. How could a fool be expected to save money? I have tried it and failed. I know what I’m talking about. A dol lar in the hands of one man will go just about as far as a quarter in the hands of some other man. Some folks know how to spend money fast while others know how to spend money carefully and economically. of war production in the minimum 1 f length of time, white .t £?^tSS,t2S21S? !rco^iu^.To“Xu'LTwi' “ d to the public who murt pejr through ^ BIBLES—Full assortment, all prices and types. Chronicle Pub lishing Co. r- - m WYMAN SHEALY PLUMBING HEATING Estimates Gladly ] Oa AO Wm*. bors were hoarding. He called in the _ publishing of a “special” letter each man who read the gas meters in the week from Washington giving an in- town. He asked him to make a check 1 side story of “the Rational scene,” and of the automobile tires stored irfja column, “Today and Tomorrow,” basements or elsewhere. The meter written by Don Robinson, editor of man did the job quietly and reported, The American Press magazine, who that he discovered 186 tires hidden through his intimate knowledge of away in that village. The mayor cal-, the American tradition is enabled to culated that probably was less than inject into his writing a great deal half of the hoarding going on in his that touches upon and influences the bailiwick. If there were, he reasoned, every-day life of every man and wo- about 400 tires in this town of 2,100 „—or one tire for every five persons; and if his., community were average; man in this community. The invasion of the Philippines led to a ban on rubber and automobiles. then there were about 26,000,000 new | The sinking of ships in the Atlantic tires hoarded in the basements, at- n^y. mean a curb on our supply of tics and closets of the nation. 1 coffee. How small is the world, after This is one of the principal reasons all. we must conclude. And we un- of present scarcity. — hoarding. It derstand more fully than ever be- doesn’t matter whether it be tires, fore, that there is very little happen- sugar, canned goods, stockings, or mg on any part of the globe which something else, when the public be- doesn’t have real local significance. gins to hoard such action quickly ere- 1 1 <m: ates the very shortages which the hoarders fear. If it is necessary that ‘ commodities be rationed by govern- ! |JAQAI\yPf D||C||JCCC ment, then there should be a com- H vDvl/1 3 DU3ImI.33 plete check that will deal with those who hide-away goods. or bootleg scare By GEE McGEE Buy Wa r Bonds And Stamps Citizens of this community and all parts of the, state, are now being asked to give their support to the Fully Protected taxes for the material being manu factured.”' Another interesting angle, suggest ed by Mr. Wilson’s statement is this: Hundreds of thousands of men belong to a union known as United Auto mobile Workers—yet there is no such thing as an automobile worker in this country today. If the union revised its name to suit the times, it might be called the United Tank, Plane, Gun and Muni tion Workers. And instead of labeling each division as “General Motors branch” or “Ford branch” it would be more accurate to combine all branches under the title, “U. S. Gov ernment branch.” BLAME—Opinion As labor’s new boss, it is up to the people of the United States to ac quaint themselves with the problems involved and agree on policies which are fair to all. We must understand first of all that we shouldn’t be all for or against labor, but must try to analyze each situation and make decisions on the merits of the case. There have been plenty of cases in labor disputes where management is to blame and plenty of cases where labor leaders have made excessive demands. We mustn’t condemn labor too much for seeking higher wages from companies which are known to be making record profits. And we mustn’t blame manage ment for clamping down on labor when the demands become excessive and interfere with war production. But we should blame ourselves if we permit these battles between la bor and management to continue without doing anything about it. eagte pa- tool leader, Bobby Dean bailey, rat tlesnake patrol leader, and Bobby Owens, troop scribe. Each patrbl will elect assistant patrol leaders and quartermasters. —By Bobby Owens, Scribe. Birth Announcement M.X Prompt Service Mr. and Mrs. M. Dillard Milam j r>| announce the birth of a daughter, Linda Graham, Thursday, April J, at Hays hospital. Mrs. Milam before marriage was Miss Cornelia Graham. ***********imiumKmmmmmM Candidates Announcements candidates for • We. the nonnee ourselves as the offices over ourselves to abide by the rules sad results of the Democratic primary. FOR AUDITOR ROBERT C. WASSON TODAY... TOMORROW By Don Robinson SOLDIER—Worker _ The chief difference today .between a factory worker and a soldier is the uniform and the pay: The soldier has the uhiform and the worker can be identified by the wad of bills he car ries around on Friday nights. Of course there is a difference in organization, top. The army is run by men who are trying to get each soldier to do the bCSt job possible for his country. Labor, orHhe other hand, in too many cases is run by leaders who are primarily concerned with getting the country to do ml it will for their men. But, whether they realize it of ^not, the labor leaders are now turning over their power to a new boss — namely, the American public. The labor leaders are definitely on the spot. The chief weapon they know is the strike. And now every one of them realizes that a major strike in a defense industry would stir up such wrath among the people of this country that drastic labor laws would be enacted, before they got their picket signs made. Furthermore, they know that most of the union members are patriotic Americans and wouldn’t stop making war equipment today no matter what persuasion they might use. PUBLIC—Boss But it isn’t just a matter of patri otic fervor which is going to put the on certain members of my family a few weeks ago. It was cheap and ac cidents seemed plentiful . . . with so many bicycles and roller skates per-1 public in charge of labor negotia- vading the atmosphere. And careless tions. It’s the gradual realization by national savings bonds pledge cam-1 drivers are still roaming to and fro the people that they are the ones paign which began Tuesday and will anc j up an( j down through the earth! who are paying labor its wages today, RADIO REPAIRING COMPLETE LINE af TUBES M. BOYD OWINGS FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 13th day of May, 1942, we will render a final account of our acts and doings as Administrators of the estate of Mr?. Lana C. Young in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens County, at 10 o’clock ajn., and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from our trust as Administrators. Any person indebted to said estate is notified and required to make pay ment on or before that date; and all persons having claims against said estate .will present them on or .before said date, duly proven, or be forever barred. J. C. COPELAND, HOMER D. HENRY, Administrators. April 9, 1942.—30-4c. FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 13th day of May, 1942, we will render a final account of our acts and doings as Administrators of the estate of Dr. Jack H. Young in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens County, at 10 o’clock am., and on the same day will apply for a final discharge S ir trust as Administrators. person indebted to said estate ed and required to make pay ment on.or before that date; and all persons haying claims against said t them on or before roven or be forever DR>JL LEE YOUNG, HOMER D. HENRY, Administrators. April 9, 1942.—30-4c. V estate will said date, d barred. MENDING TAPE—Fully transparent and flexible, seals without water. 10c roll. Handy in home or office. Chronicle Publishing Co. '■ b? concluded during the week. Our people are expected to re- spond liberally and generously to the seeking whom they may run over or butt inter drive, which Is being sponsored by a Well, we had an accident in our large group of men^attd women who J household last week: one of my folks have volunteered their services. The ^ showed up with a broken arm. I was committee in charge is anxious that glad that I had protection, that is— Clinton make an excellent showing U wac glaH till I ronrf tho t»rm of th» in meeting this patriotic call. (policy. The contract covers in this The oljject of the campaign is to manner: if you lose an arm, provided increase the sale of savings bonds and stamps among the 48,000,000 in come earners in the nation through it is cut off above the shoulder, be tween the neck and the shoulder blade, you get $50.00 . . . if you live voluntary pledges to save a specified 30 days after the operation. For just percentage of their income to buy breaking the arm, you get nil. bonds and stamps. Each individual ^ will be personally contacted by the i If a leg is lost you get the full ben- campaign workers who will explain'efit agreed upon, namely $100.00, the pledge card. This is probably the | provided the leg is amputated above most far-reaching effort ever at-j the waist and you don’t die for 30 tempted to enlist savings in. the days. If you lose only half your leg, country’s defense. Isay up to your knee, and die after The money loaned the government 30 days, you get half of the leg price for this emergency will be used to arm and maintain our fighting forces. Our country, your country, is at war. The responsibility rests upon us to do our part to support the men from our community and county who are in the service. Armed forces cannot win this war alone. The free- If you lose «n eye, that is,Hit pops out and disappears and you don’t die until after 30 days,^you get full payment for the said eye, viz: $30.00. Nothing is paid if you lose your head, that is—unless you have an ac cident and find that you have to have dom of men, women and children in il cut off below the neck and then all the Democracies of the world hangs in the balance of this war. We •must win—we will win—for our legacy of independence is at stake. All-out war costs money. The price will be billions of dollars and those billions of dollars must come from the pockets of’’the American people. There is no other way or place for you can’t qualify unless you live* 30 days thereafier. Just losing a hand or a foot and an elbow or two why, that don’t count much: of course, if.you die within 30 days, your folks will get enough to pay for the plush that coyers the lid of the casket. But you’ve got to notify the company promptly before you die or within 3 The more than 7,000,000 men who are working on defense production are still handed tfreir wages by the company which employs them, but most of those companies are doing nothing but government work and are paid entirely out of the govem- ment’s war chest. _±_. . Therefore, it is evident that all of the wages paid to these men are com ing directly, from the government treasury—which means from the tax payers. That being the case, it is question able whether management of a com pany any longer has the right to in crease wages without getting the con- sent of the people who are going to pay the bill. This doesn’t mean that labor is necessarily through getting improved conditions. The public has nothing against labor, even though there is a Urge element in this nation which is disgusted with labor leaders. < The public has proved to be a fair and generous bote and, if given the authority, will be just as quick to increase wages where they are now too low as it will be to fight demands for raises which seem unjustified, r KEROSENE... KH ** er YARBOROUGH OIL COMPANY WEST MAIN 8TBECT SAT, 1 SAW IT IN THE CHKON- ICLE." THANK TOO. Gray - 7 Funeral Home Cttnton, S. C. FUNERAL DIRECTORS ee«and»ee EMBALMERS Aatmlaace* Service Phones 41 and S99-J L RUSSELL GRAJ and Y. PARKS ADAIR, Gen. Mgre. INSURANCE Fire - Tornado - Automo bile • Surety Bonds - AO Forms of Property Insurance. SOUND PROTECTION AT LOWEST COST. / REAL ESTATE - B. H. BOYD Clinton, S. C. . Dr. Felder Smith Dr. DuncanS. Felder OPTOMETRISTS Specialists In Eye Examinations Office Hours: Dr. Sntitii. Daily, 4:15 to g Dr. Daily, SJe Phone 29 for Appointment CUBffON, 8. C. 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