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gpqnMnsnHPHiHi Page Four THJE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON. S. C. V.- Thursday, Moy 14/ 1942 (Elintmt OltfrantrU E«UbM»hed 19M WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher Published Every Thursday By - v THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance,): One Year $1.50; Six Months 7S 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 hot of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. ' i l 7"“ friends button-holing trustees and America after the war if we pass a bringing pressure upon them for their law to make it illegal to be rich, support always is calculated to weak en a school system. The teaching staff of a school sys- service. There is, too, ah obliga tion upon all of us, including men like Mr. Henderson ^ithin the Administration, to keep hammer ing upon the facts until the gov ernment finally agrees to practice what it preaches. CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1942 Now A Luxury Sugar is sweet—and scarce. A good way to conserve your half pound per w’eek is to use a smaller spoon. When you go a-visiting take your little cup along. And when friends or relatives write they are coming for a visit advise them to bring along their own sweetenin’. A Helpful Decision A state supreme court decision government, labor and capital. It means that every individual citizen has a part to play. Industry can’t do its job for na tional security as well as it should— unless it is free to hire, promote, keep the best American workers it can find. s. . - In a New Jersey company recently 1 25 per cent of the employees' refused to pay their dues in a union local while exercising their right to work. Then what happened? The National War Labor Board imposed “mainten- 8ACRIFICE—Social . ,. . , Of course these aren’t the days for tern should be selected solely for normal ambitions to flower nor for their qualifications and fitness to dis- normal luxuries to be protected.. ^ r .‘i* ^ duti “ of t** 1 * P“’ ,tlons Tho*e men who have made a fortune To re ^i, m ove to prevent inflation, U ! eI, J ,0W .\I? Cher fu ,hould , b * , em - ,r ° m America-who have had themean, to inter- married 00 no^becauro^they Ih^ Vt !?* ° , », eV S^ in ^,n dUr J ng ^"Sf 1 £ere witTthe lives of millions who marnea, not because they live at times—should be willing to make the! do not want to ^ interfered with. home, not because they have voted greatest sacrifices, to preserve the I But votes or no votes this will lUical^mair iTtor ^iauSS,^ ' re * doms f** opportunities which ^ ^ c ’untry win otter re^ona^r^SiL.^rS.«tt me “ , “ much to thra - have to face a cdndition which would peculiar fitness and Qualifications to But from me viewpomt of the be as near disaster as could well be. dTtt. iobTorwhW. ttS ,hin *• whlch our WMlth 5' ^amilieai—The mdev-Journal. • ' vv-- ” „ have built up with their money—the) . ^ li “' th * aUtn . tte line hotel,, store, I in^r,, 1 ^,^' b “i! r L. mer - •”<* apartment hotuea-careful con- RIDTHfiAYt A Mil chant, farmer or other profaarim.. !,i d er.Uon should be given to what DIKIlH/AIj AIW ■ What . ^J^S, ? s * nt “. u o' a wil happen to ttow institution, be- character, ability and TrtoSli” I ^ ana,,cial ^alifl ^ UW ‘ <W ' d ' aducational ! ttough ttb is an S'l-out war, • . en * r *l’ «'« must not sacrifice things like that adaptabdity, a wilhngness to, work without carefuUy considering tte wid render conscientioustervice. consequences. The government itself Schools everywhere have people too ^ holdin on to ^ which much of a haven for people who ate from the pur(f vi e W point of dollars, hunting a job rather than raterinft cqu^ be sacrificed. Millions of dollars teaching as a profession. OufT^is no uld ^ saved by closing the public exception. 'schools, by letting the parks go to iNNIVERMKIES The Chronicle Extends Te Those Whose Anniversaries Occur i^Mrs. K. F. Mills will celebrate a birthday Monday, May 18. I Mrs. W. D. Adair observes a hirth- „ . . a ~ * w. , «y May 14. ruse the^ 0 hanrfi’ seed> and by dro PP in * man y of the i Mr. and Mrs. McLees Cunningham capped wito tocorm^en^i^tructors"' New Deal enterprises enacted for the wjjf have a wedding anniversary capped with incompetent instructors, security of our people. But we’re notify jg The worth of teachers should be - ■ - - - * * • tings s and Week. FINAL SETTLEMENT 1 I , y Take notice that on the 29th day of May, 1942, I will render a final account of my act* and doings, as Executrix of th® estate of Jacob H. Hunger 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 discharga from my trust as Executrix. Any person indebted to said estate is notified and required to make pey- men on or before that date; and all persons having claims against said estate wil present them on or befofce said date duly proven, or be forever barred. . “*' MRS. JEFF D. COATS, Executrix. April $9, 1942.—28-4c. .. < . , . , , . , —~ ready to go that far with sacrifice, yet i 17 . !i u ? ged ^ Wy 3? m lbasis abih^r to _ and we ou([ht u, do a lot o( think- ^ a / r ' 7 I get results in the school room. That s in g too before we carelessly throw *** 17 is the birthday of Mrs. few days ago held that workers in- ance of union membership” on that ^g vital thing in which parents” are ^ 1°° Z* 1 ?? ^ vareiessiy mrow Copeland volved in a labor dispute and strike com p any> manufacturers of vital war; Sterested ar ^ about which 7hev a J! ° verb e ard L the things which have Mr - and Mrs - Posey W ‘ Copeland at a big textile mills plant in Colum- com P an y> manuia 5 lurers p 1 Vllal war, interested and about which they are b b iU b we althv individuals observe their wedding b!a in *1W w^ Imt'mStted to OT- ^ impels I concerned, to tte en d that their chil-i n bum by wealthy ■n d .v. d uais. ^ SatMntay> MaJr 16 employment compensation. The decision is one of fairness and ca j un i on the employer to discharge any em- dren may be given the very best in ployee who withdraws from the lo-; s truction possible The tragedy is that when teachers common sense, and should bear gofld That sort of nonsense does hot help a re selected "for other reasons (as results in the future. When people win „ war To the rontrarv it wil i I0r otner reasons (as ure employed they should be paid ^ , ? ,u the contrary it will they too often are) helpless school ' b mpioyea uuy .nouia oe pdia help lose tho^conflict. , children suffer bv Heine HenriveH nf-r adequate wages. When they strike There are two rmHs ahead fh 1 1 cnn “ ren . suner de P nve d on •md refuse tr. work it is nutraee are two-roads ahead that, sucb . training to which they are en- ‘ nd it ipse to work it is an .outrage wd j wm tbls war w hich is largely titled and for which taxnavers are to penalize business with navments * —i uuea > ana Ior wnicn taxpayers are penalize business with payments one of p roduc t ion . We must establish' saving to such groups. : M _ t...:. L.., , _ ^ a basic • national policy which will 1 Free Cooking School prevent any conflict with our one objective, to win the war as speedily The Chronicle' announces with possible - or decide whether we shall encourage .time-consuming, costly excursions into such questions pleasure that it will sponsor a three day free cooking school on the after 4- WITH THE PRESS Editorial Comment From Vorious Fopers. OUR MODEST GOVERNOR Governor Richard Manning Jeffer- anniyer- INSURANCE Fire - Tornado • Automo bile - Surety Bonds * AD Forms of Property Insurance. / SOUND PROTECTION AT LOWEST COST. REAL ESTATE B. H. BOYD Clinton, S. C. noons of June 3. 4 and 5. to which all as maintaining the strength of unions ]adio.s of the community, are cordially v ’ ben natl p*| 1 . a ^ strength is at invited , ‘ - stake, when millions of our young. The school will be directed by Miss are facing danger and d .? atb . to Kathleen 1 Crow, noted home econo mist, who has spent her life studying Mrs. Francis Blalock of this city, ajjd Leesville, La., has a birthday fhelSth. Tonjorrow is the wedding anniver- s^ry"bf Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Ray. jCol. Alexander H. Cummings will celebrate a birthday Tuesday, the 1$.; Richard Gasque, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Roy Gasque, will be one year ‘old May 18. ies has said that ‘‘politics shbuld go! Charles Hughes of Fort Sill Okla- on vacation for the duration.” And/b 0,na > formerly of this city, has a yet with the U. S. at war, he finds/P‘ r ^P da y *P e 18th. time to make a political tour of thej R ev * and Mrs. W Q. Grigg of Ca- state to address various and sundry, tawba, N. C., have a wedding nni- groups, all under the guise of ‘‘de-, t e rsary Saturday, May 16. Mrs. fense.” Recently, as a subscriber | Grigg is the former Miss Lottie C. $25,0(fo—Limit points out to us, he has dedicated ; Stone of this city. Most of us aren’t worrying much school buildings, spoken tq union! 'W. H. Toney will observe a birth TODAY... TOMORROW By Don Robinson the preparation of fine, tasty,' yet the , s ® ri ousne SS of the gigantic war help preserve our cherished liberties. . . .. ~ —--i — —Mav on Congress does not seem to realize about K the P° or Uttle rich men who; meetings, joined in co ton parades *^ Mayja 'may have to struggle along on a and attended an annual dance, not- Gray Funeral Home Clinton, S. C. FUNERAL DIRECTORS ..•find.*. EMBALMERS Am balance Service Phonee 41 and S99-J L. RUSSELL GRAY and Y. PARKS ADAIR, Gen. Mgra. economical dishes. That’s her special- task we are o onfr onting. ty, just as another woman might " [ * specialize in hair-waving, in business, Wor-Winning Slogan imum income of $25,009 a year, to mention his several addresses at. Woslcy Brothorhood perhaps we ought to worry about parades by units of the S. C. Defense j «y^ Moot Mfly 20 max [But 1 them. | If the President’s suggestion is car- Force. In a daily paper of Wednesday,! or in growing a delicate flower. Valu* Donald Nelson head of the War! r * ed ou t< an . d th® 50,000 most success- there were three separate accounts The Wesley Brotherhood of Broad able prizes, in addition to the foods Production board has a slogan which *ul men and women in America are of the governor’s attendance at the S tre ®t Methodist church will meet' nr* K„iflVT,., z- ’ , forced to make end meet on a measly Cheraw rally. In his speech there,! Wednesday evening, May 20 at eight $500 a week, it’s going to mean the our traveling executive made the o’clock. The program is in charge' of a special committee and a chicken supper will be served by the ladies of prepared on the stage by*Miss Crow, p ro bably will be the determining will be presented to members of the factor in winning this war. His slo- aud ! en< :?' , . ... ' , gan, which he is said to apply to The three-day event will be one of every move he makes is; the most delightful and helpful cook It Wos A Big Job , , „ , , — -4- ‘A year from now—What wilT we ing schools you ever attended: Make wish we had done today? » your plans now to be present. j ' u Donald N ei SO n can get the com plete answer to that question today, there is little doubt that a year from ' 'now or probably sooner, we will have The sugar rationing was one of the the war well in hand with victory biggest jobs the government has yet certain undertaken in* connection withr the The more you think about that slo- war emergency program. g an the broader its applications be- Now that the national sign-up has come . As far as the war is concerned, been completed and we are settled it can 5e applied with effec . down to getting our half pound per ltiveness to decisions on production, person per week, it will do no good building of new plants, labor legisla te talk about or argue over the radi- t j on t axes price stabilization and the c ol war requirement. movements of our armed forces. Provision will be made by govern- Wrong steps taken today win be re _ ment, as should be to nip in the bud gretted a thousand fold tomorrow and ar ‘ y p ans wh ‘ ch mi »y be tried by in- tb e future of every American depends vhviduals or’stores for sugar bootleg- on people ii ke Mr v Nelson making de- 1 cisions which time will prove to be is And while speaking of rationing, it j b e right ones. in order to say that the school By projecting his thinking & year teachers and other volunteers who ahead> aod looking at toda as if he handled the registration did an e*c- Were viewing ^t ' were attracted to our shores by the realization that. in America a man, no matter Jiow poor, could become fabulously wealthy if he out-smarted and out-worked the crowd. Poor boys and girls living in this country have always grown up with the feeling that, no matter how meager their cir cumstances, they had the opportunity to make good—and ‘‘make good” was inextricable associated with making wads of money. INSPIRATION—Success Most Americans, when they drive past a beautiful estate, see a stream lined yacht steaming out Of a harbor or hear about the salaries received by Hollywood actresses are a lot more envious than they are bitter. There are times when, in moments ■■ ■■ . _ in retrospect, Mr. j. o£ discouragement, we growl over the ccllont. though difficult job. They N ei S o' n has an excellent formula for! fact that som ® P® 0 ? 1 ® ar ® throwing gladly donoted their services and are preventing wrong decisions from be-; mone y ar oumi like drunked sailors, due. a debt of gratitude by the Amer- j ng born j while we are pinching pennies to pay ican. public. j !h addition to the advisability of|°?_ a ^ tle mortgage or meet a gro- * : this yardstick benig adopted by those! ce ^ ... Let^S Honor Our Draftees who are directing our war program, most of the tune we are more A. local citizen wrote The Chronirle is P r ®bably an excellent one for^P 1 to be ^ ood s P orts about it and A local citizen wrote The Chronicle eyery £J of to apply to the partj enjoy the good fortunes of others. Labor union leaders may shout their hearts off about the unfairness of the president of a company mak ing scads of money while the work ers are being handed small change— but, unless those leaders have killed a lot of American spirit during their recent bitzkriegs, it’s a safe bet that many an ambitious laborer still dreams that he might some day be sitting in the president’s chair. And he doesn’t want anything to interfere with that fat salary check the presi- temporary extinction of one of the;modest claim that he was probably most inspiring themes running the first official to publicly endorse through American history. , i FDR for the Presidency. We imagine the church. Our country was built up largely j that statement would make the date on the lure of the dollar. Foreigners Louis Howe turn over in his grave. a lew days ago suggesting that the _ „ ^. , community give some sort of a fare- however small, which we may be well to the registrants inducted by, to play. the local draft board into army ser- Are we postponing activities which, vice from time to time. ! a y® a r from now, we will realize Hardly had we received his sugges- w’ould have been of tremendous help tion before Secretary of War Stimson if we had started today? Think it jinked the American communities in o v ®r—ami keep Donald Nelson’s slo- general to give farewells for men en tering the military service. It is a fine idea, whether the thing is done formally or informally. The men called by the draft boards are leav be gan in mind. WAGES—Wealth As far as a source of government Our School System The community is informed by the aving their positions and hdmes in boardl of lruste« that Pat H Hobson dent gets wh'ile"ther»"irstiuTchance halt of their •country, and it. is has been elected superintendent of, Ws dreanl ^ come truef proper and becoming for neighbors, t“® Clinton schools for the coming friends, relatives and townsmen to y®ar, succeeding Supt. W. E. Monts. show their appreciation. Mr - Hobson comes here from York ^ The city is well supplied with or-.where he has headed the schools fk® { revenue is concerned, even if all of ganizations, the Chamber of Com-, P»sttwo years. ■ 'the income of' those 50,000 people merce, Lions and Kiwanis clubs, J Th® Chronicle is not acquainted getting over $25,000 a year were con- American Legion and Legion Auxil- with'the new superintendent We flsca ted by Uncle Sam, it stiU would- lary. It occurs to us that a good plan doubt if there are a half dozen pat^ | n>t amount to more than a drop in to adopt would be for each of these rons of the schools who know the )the bucket compared with the total organizations to'be responsible for a g® n tl®man. His selection is the re-:^ d b ^ ^ m iui ons 0 f gmau farewell program for the draftees sponsibility of the board of trustees.! pa yers . who are called into service during the The Chronicle is not interested in, It is' obvious therefore, that it isn’t months that lie ahead. With a' cer- th ® management of the schools. It has gs a source of government reve- 1 tain organization charged with this opposed or proposed no teacher to nue ^ ^ president has proposed public service, the job can be done the board, it is connected or related ^ limitation on large salaries. The And Big Jim Farley should turn red to the top of his bald head.—Winns- boro News and Press. SPEAKING VERY PLAINLY The New York Times strongly sup ports the Administration in war ef fort but it does not think much of the policy or lack of it on the part of the Administration ih the matter of really and truly trying to do something to prevent inflation. Here is an extract from an edito rial of last Thursday on what was said by the President Monday to the congress and to the people that night: In reading and listening to the Administration’s pronouncements on the subject of inflation one is overwhelmed by the gulf be tween precept and practice. Mr. Henderson* whose views are cer tainly not hidden from the Presi dent, has provided an admirable analysis of the causes and cure. The President himself has shown that he recognizes the fact by declaring that “Our standard of living will have to come down.” Yet when it comes to putting these precepts into practice, we are confronted with a dramatic and incalculably drastic freezing of prices and rents, without any effective measures for controlling therexpanding flow of consumer income and without any ap proach to a realistic tax plan for recapturing that expanding in come. There is an obligation upon all of us to cooperate to the limit in the administration’s price-freez ing plan now that that plan has been adopted. But there is an, even deeper obligation upon the Administration to stop playing politics with inflation control and to carry courageously into action the fundamental principles to which it gives such eloquent lip BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS — Pink or blue. With genuine steel die en graving. Envelopes to match. Chron- tcle Pub. Co. Call 74. Dr. Felder SmHh Dr. Duncan S. Felder OPTOMETRISTS Specialistsjn Eye Examinations Office Honrm: Dr. Smith, Dally, 4:15 te • • Dr. Felder, Dally, $:$• to • Phone 29 for Appointment CLINTON, 8. C. Call Us for General Repair Work CLINTON BUILDEtS SUPPLY COMPANY Phone 15-J CONTRACTING well. The presenting of a magazine, m no a flower, a Testament, or some other' s t a ff- way to any member of the little gift to the young men would reason for the proposal is undoubted ly to make it easier going to put a Cu i, as a * ax P ay f r “'d ®iti- ceiling on labor’s wages. It will mean zen, The Chronicle is both interested ^ labor leaders cn no longer ^ co J lce ™f d that ^\ e chddren of to executive salaries as a reason the district be Provided an excellent for m en* to fight tor higher school system headed by a capable wages for thernselVes . mean much to them as they leave home and loved ones. We should let our boys know as they go forth on their mission that we at home fully realize the gravity ° ollu “* Such a plan would probably be of the work they are to perform, that era- y h “ 18 the of aU somewhat effective in appeasing la- we appreciate the sacrifices they are and taxpayers. It is the commu4ity s ^ k..» it i. ak.* j t being called upon to make, and that J^P®* therefore, ttiat such a man has would do even more to appease those the prayers and good wishes of their homefolks accompany them.- It will be an appreciated courtesy, an in spiration to the young men. Time For Action Uncle Sam is confronted with the biggest task today he has ever tack led. That job is to provide as quickly as possible, enough guns, tanks, been secured in Mr. Hobson. While the final election of teachers is the responsibility of trustees, the teaching staff should be selected by the superintendent with no^ttou^t d (rom _ tUng a of politics or local connections. H® m — .... (whoever he is) should be able to ex ercise ingenuity in selecting. compe tent ’ teachers. The most successful schools are those in which this policy is followed. If a superintendent is not planes, ships and other equipment to capable to do the job he has no busi- win this universal war. * j ness heading a school system. The , - say. -i saw it in the chron- This calls for. a united front by i practice of teachers, relatives ’ and iCLE.” THANK YOU. who have always been attracted by social plans calling tor the elimina tion of Ihdvidual wealth. But f we want to keep socialists manent foothold in this country, we must guard against the use of their favorite mode of attack—the confis cation. of wealth. Heavy taxes on high incomes should be imposed, but it’s going to be a pretty foreigit-looking . L B. NATUROPATH No. 1 National Bank Bldg. Phone 97 CLINTON, S. C. 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