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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C.
Thursdoy, July 16, 1942
(Htp (Ulttiton (Etyrnnirlr
Established 19—
WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor asd Publisher
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of its correspondents. ,
NOBODY'S BUSINESS
By GEE Mc&E
The Break In Cotton Prices Is
Hurting Mr. Art Square
the officials may make df it, that is
no excuse whatsoever tor us to relax
in doing our part.
We know our country must have
rubber. We know it can’t get rubber
from foreign sources or through syn-
i thetic processes in time to fill war
I needs, let alone civilian needs. The
[only possibility of coming close to
' otr4 *. filling our war heeds is for us to turn
mr. art square is worrying hisself million
DISTRICT TEST
BUCKOUT COMES
FRIDAY NIGHT
millions of tons of the rubber we
have in our homes.
The plan for trying to
A ‘‘surprise'’ blackout will occur in
the entire Columbia warning district
some time between 9 and 11 -pjn. this
get this Friday night. .
‘ '■ Ten counties will participate in
to death, he blames his troubbles on
some sinnister work in wail street!
and Washington, he sees a effort to xns) robber b ' (wMn Jimt 15 ^
starve the poor fanner worser than June J0 CI11 compete with y,, gM0 . the teet: Richland, Lexington, Fair-
?otton S d^ n n line raUoning syrtent and the iugar | W; P»rt of Aiken, Oreenwood,
will have to ancer
ketched up with, the
wont stand for everthing.
CLINTON. S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1942
A Favored Class
Labor unions are among the big-1
best businesses in the United States. \
Their total income from initiation'
lee's and monthly dues reaches an
astronomical figure. Many of their
leaders are racketeers and crooks.
These unions, However, are very
different in certain vital respects
from other enterprises. They are not
subject to regulation. They do not
have to register with the government
ban put on politics and bungling in
Washington.
While we were at peace and spend
ing money like crazy people, we
weren’t foresighted enough to pre
pare for war. Now that we are at
war, and thus far on the losing side,
let us hope that those in authority
will at least realize the importance
of preparing for peace, a peace that
is bound to come. What kind of peace
?^ er d ?y I rationing fiasco for the government’s Newberry, AbbeviUe, Saluda, part of
i tuLi* ^ ^ S bungle of the year. Asking peo- Laurens, and part of Union. These
le tiller of the soil ple in the East to uke their rubber make up the Columbia warning dis-
, to kasoline stations, when 90 per cent iri ct '
mr ar* eonoro ic Dmi/iirwr hi. i n «t 0 * stations were closed becausev Fort Jackson is also included in
I mr. art square is holding his last th . .. - I the zone.
I ^ cro P s of cotloo. and if it goes much only one 0 t the outstanding qualifica- ' South Carolina cities and towns in-
I lower than it has went, he will be this plan boasts f 0 r winning the 1 eluded in the district besides Colum-
, called for margins by the govver- inis pia Doasis w nmn * ^ | bia are: Ridgeway, Lexington, Wage-
mpnt or h, s rotton unii h- tooir o^r ^ • pulu a ner, Winnsbopo, Parr, Aiken, John
I fairness in meeting* the issues and a ment, or his cotton will be took over. th « OV emment
L. ..... , hp has Z from hie 1040 nroo ' 0111 11 “** gOVCmmem
he has 3 bales from his 1940 crop! “ “ 1C + ^ C ston Ed^fiS?’Batesbura Leesville
oo/i i hoio fr«m hie io4i /.r«^ »ki. il boner like that we can t just sit back ^om rxigeneia, eaiesourg, i^eesviue,
Abb ' vm ’' Buz “ rd Roo,t -
nerves is in fragments.
FINAL SETTLEMENT
Take notice that on the 7th day of
August, 1942, I will render a final
account of my acts and doiiMs as
Executor of the estate of Julia A.
Ferguson Woods in the office of the
Judge of Probate of Laurens County,
at 10 o’clock a.m., and on the same
day will apply for a final discharge
from my trust as Executor.
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.
DAVID JUNKIN WOODS,
Executor.
July 7, 1942.—30-4t.
JAY. *1 SAW IT IN THE CHRON-
ICLE.” THANK YOU.
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to be turned over to the f.,b. 1. they
are the enemies of the soiL mr.
square expected to get a nice equity
...cxv .... , , . . , out of his cotton, but such a prospect
.... required of private business. Their, 15 over w !^ depend largely on what bas now g Qne ^ wbl( j be .
take-in is not subject to taxation.^ ™ en are a PPO ,nted pow to work out | hates to see politics destroy his life’s
or make periodic financial statements
' we shall have when this horrible war
to get rubber from us we must figure
out how to get it to the government.
whoever it is that is puttin* cot- , We J? n ?* t *'5 re if, f , nl ‘’ b f <1 flun -
ton and com and wheat down ought! iPt*. **** officials help us or
as
Spokesmen for labor have bitterly the m» st er plan which will keep our
fought the mildest proposals, for re - j economy functioning at full speed
quiring the unions to register with ’ when the war production ends. Let
government, and to publish public | hope that a group of intelligent,
statements of their financial standing, | e ^ient and visionary business men ^
as required of other business. The! will soon be assigned the job of plan- | ^ f rom 4 bales in government
unions demand special privileges not ^ Ing a Head for the post-war period., war s t ampS) bu t now they will have
savings, but that is what has hap
pened enduring the past few days.
mr. square is a loyal american. he
had planned to put his cotton prof
hold us back, we must figure out how
to get our rubber where it is needed
in the quickest possible time.
It is lucky that we have been wast
ers. But it will be the most tragic
thing that ever happened to us if we
continue. We must now change over
night and become as thrifty as the
most joked about Scotchman.
Falls, Chappells, Cross Hill, Coro-
naca. Ninety Six, Ridge Spring, Sa
luda, Clinton, Goldville, Helena,
Watts Mills, Union and Jonesville.
This test black-out will be in
charge of Hugh C. McCown, district
air base raid warden of the Columbia
warning district, who, in an inter
view, said;
“This test is designed to find out
exactly how efficiently jour civil de
fense set up can function. The com
manders of the areas in this district
have been asked to stay away from
their control centers until the actual
warning is received by them. They
TYPEWRITERS AND
ADDING MACHINES
CLEANING A SnClALTT
Reasonable Chargee
KENNETH N. BAKER
Yhdie SM
accorded other’business. They want! ?° n ? r * ss has demonstrated that the
to remain a favored class. They want| Jol) 15 to ° h l g for to handle,
price regulations on commodities, But I , ®
not on wages. And the politicians, Qq5 Plan Unfair
give these leaders what they d,emand. Directors of the Greenville
, to do without his aid. he is losing
Test Blackout Friday ,, inst
The city has been organized under f f
merchants bureau at a meeting yes . , , ......
! terday adopted a .resolution protest- n ' xt d"’'' he went back 10 »«>
discrimination”*
the direction of the local Civilian De
fense Council for a test blackout Fri
day night between the hours of 9
and 11 as will be seen from news
m gas
i rationing and demanding that ration
ing be made nationwide or abolished.
A friend of mine who visited in
Germany way back in 1924 told me | have been asked not to summon their
of the great respect for materials staff to the control centers until af-
hnth nn/i fiw> which the Germans showed even ter the warning is received, and then
both flesh and sleep and watches the , to keep a record of the time con-
Sav Whe’n wenf X 7'S 1 »' string in a waste basket, a: sumed by their ataff in reaching their
day. when October went up 7 Pints £ lold * him .. We don ., ^ I0W posts. In this manner we will be able
last tuesday, he was hopeful, but ^ ulte lhat ’, way hare „ H e to find out how quickly w. can get
found the Germans were trained to organized, should a real bombing oc-
conserve every piece of scrap metal,
rubber and other materials which
Americans have always tossed away
retai _ ; when december broke 8 pints the
Around the Square In Flat Rock
mr. and mesdame holsum
... t. .. :n K., eKc ent plan in many instances has been
items in todays paper. It will be the ._ .
community’s first blackout and comes
as an order from Columbia district
headquarters applicable to ten coun
ties. The test is designated, the dis
trict air base raid warder, states, to
find out exactly how efficiently the
civil defense set-up can function. It
cur.
“The time element involved in
getting the central centers function-
. mc ^ re ! without a second thought. j in 2.” continued Mr. McCown, “is
• That opinion we expressed in these a nice buggy ride last Sunday | j|> s g 0 i n g to be hard for us to learn i very important to the civilian defense
columns several weeks ago. The pres-i in their 1915 hair-loom, they always 1 to save things like a piece of string,! set up, and we hope that the corn-
kept the buggy because it is what a j^sty can, old rubber heels, thejinanders will give this matter their
the buggy because it is what _____
a 4arce; in its entirety it is unfair)they rode to their wedding in and (jog’s rubber bone, broken hammers|consideration.*’
at applies only to those who,they allso taken their honeymoon in an( j dtill'razor blades. But unless we —‘
sm ... ... . _
reside in a restricted area. If gas h to cedar lane and return, all they a jj as our depended on I
rationing is essential as a war meas- had to do was wash it up, have the r jg b t now, we may find, when it is;
ure, the public is willing to accept; tires shrunk, adjust the fifth wheel, ^ ba ^ our ij ves actually did!
the restrictions but is still asking for sphee a shaft, kivver the cushion, d epenc i p n it.
the truth instead of conflicting state- P a tch up the dash-board and make a ‘■" i ♦
new whip socket, mr. moore saysj NEW YORK—Kansas
ii u v ments from officials in high position. new wn, P socxei. nr
^, ' There is no gas shortage, as there, th cy made close to 7 m.p.h. they en- R ura i America, all figures show, is
can be organized should a real bomb
ing or emergency occur.
Those in charge of'the blackout
are asking the hearty cooperation of
the public to make the undertaking bave asked these sensible, time-,tism has almost disappeared, he can people have
a success. For whether it succeeds or jy questions before—If the rationing now walk without a crutch or-a stick!chief reason
is no sugar shortage. The rationing j°y ec * theirselves a right smart.
plan has as its purpose the’conserv- 1 •
ing of rubber as every informed per- since mr. bert skinner got drapped
son must understand. 1 from the wellfare rolls, his roomy
doing a much better job in' getting
in the scrap than are the people of
the cities. •
One reason for that is that country
more scrap —but thej
KR ,A
CALL
Wyman Shealy
For Fr—pt
Plumbina and Heating
Service
195 E. Ferguson 84.
Dr. Felder Smith
Dr. Duncan S. Felder
OPTOMETRISTS
'V ■ * '
Specialists In
Eye Examinations
Office Hours:
Dr. Smith, Dully, 4:15 to 6
Dr. Felder, Doily, S:SO to t
Phone 29 for Appointment
CLINTON, S. c.
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. . . — — - ^ i* that country people
de p ends P" m i aril y upon^the in- p j an j s pr i mar iiy to save tires, why or annything. he is glad to have his are better Americans than a lot of
i " i s it enforced in only seventeen health back so’s he can make his own 1 matropolitanites. In the cities the 1
states? Why not make it mandatory way. he do not love the new deal : people do a lot of patriotic shouting,
for every motorist in every state in! like he did while the checks were| but in the countfy there is much
the union? Why should a selected | coming per month, he says it plays more patriotic acting,
few be called upon to help win the. favvorites and uses pollitics in its I The states of New York and Penn-1
war while other larger states go ua- bizness. he will open up a little stoar sylvania were probably the most
ill next week if he can borry $35. rite, anxious to get into this war before it,
or foam if you know anyboddy who, started. The states of Kansas and
dividual householder’s willingness
and ability to cooperate. Instructions
that need to be followed have been
the commander, Rev. J.
Mayer.
listed by
LeGrande
It will
be a voluntary blackout
since no master switches will be restricted. That these questions wi
pulled. Two main things the house- not be answered is a safe bet.
holder should remember are: 1—to
be sure no light shows from your!
A Candidate Speaks
On the evp of registration for the
has monney to lose.
i 1
Montana were among the anti-war
( leaders. But now that we are in the
mr. art square went to the county-
seat last week to get birth certificate
war and the future of our country is!
at stake,those isolationist states
home; 2—to stay indoors. Failure to
observe these simple rules, in case
there should ever be an enemy attack new Eastern gasoline ration pro- | for bis secont son _°jt was j n the bible, which are really doing a job and the
during the war period, could quickly g ram - Washington officials disclosed but tbey can * t ^ n( j tbe b j b i e> a u b g; “big-talk” cities are merely talking
put human life in jeopardy.
knows is that art was born several
years ago and that it was raining and
sleeting and trying to snow, so he
realizes that he was horned in the
winter time, the clerk of coart wont
that special provision had been
, , made to - permit politicians to cam-
aii paign by auto and take voters to the
Still Spending As Usual , polls and that congressmen and sen-
A group in Greenville, reports 1 ators had been made eligible for!
state, is still working day and night! extra rations.
to secure a “housing project - ’ while That is the kind of legislation and
another group is reported as fighting bungling we see going on daily in the
the proposal. A delegation working face of a war we are thus far losing,
for the huge federal expenditure it shows that those high in authority
went to Washington a few days ago have not awakened to the full grav-j
“pulling” for further action toward hy of the peril that confronts us. We | ^ hubbert green has lost 4 cases
final approval of the project. They will never win a war while govern-; bere of late ant j it is bur ting his
veported that “Senator Maybank and men t bureaus and officials, crea t e( i j prac |j ce _ be 0 f coarse blames two of
Congressman Bryson devoted prac- i to meet a depression emergency long | them on getting there with too little,
tically their entire time and effort ended—continue to legislate for i too i ate be for g ot h j g satcbe ] 0 j med _
them- 1
louder.
As I write this column, the latest
scrap figures show the people of
Kansas have turned in 20 times as
much rubber per person as the peo-
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take that kind of evverdence. he ‘ P 1 * of New York, and the people of
newer rote down anny dates, but he Montana, (isolationist Wheeler’s
says art is 2 years younger than| state ) have turned in 80 times as
publeck and that he is 2 years older much P« r person as the people of
than verrie.
themselves and to grab for
to the housing project last week” and
had finally been able to get the mat-i selves money needed for armaments,
ter straightened out. Nearly twenty! Wyndham M. Manning of
acres of land has been purchased, S u nU er > a candidate for governor,
the site staked off and ready for who meets all issues squarely, with-
work to begin—as soon as Washing- | 0U 1 dodging or fence-straddling,
ton opens the purse-strings. came forward at once with a public
Not one dollar should be spent for j statement^that Jthe additional gasoline
a housing project in that county, this J
Pennsylvania.
If the figures were broken down
further, they would probably show
rural New York and Pennsylvania
doing their share. But so far a lot of I
the city people seem to be just stand- j
ing on the sidelines cheering as the;
rest of the country goes to war.
county, or anywhere else. We are in
a war which we are losing every day.
People are being urged day and night
to sacrifice to buy war bonds and
stamps to provide the needed sup
plies to fight the Axis. The income
tax is inadequate to meet the bill.
Money is needed for war purposes
and not -real estate developments or
other experiments. Government has
no business in the real estate busi
ness either in peace or wartime.
The time has long since passed
when non-essential spending should
be ended, but the politicians in
Washington go right ahead spending
and spending. All govei^iment non- j
war spending ought to be cut to the
bone. Every frill, every luxury, ev
ery so-called social experiment, ev
ery non-essential should be imme-
tp be allowed political candidates
was a special favor he would refuse
to accept.
Here is his‘Statement:
! isons. the other two passed on be- ;
cause of county-seat quacks that hadl“~
benn treating them for gald stones DO YOU have a hUsbana, son, broth-
when they had sorosis of the left! er or friend in the army, navy,, air
liver, he feels bad though about it marine corps? If so, send him a
all. (box of Military Stationery with the
— i insignia of his branch of service. In
———»1 gift boxes. $1.00. Chronicle Publish-
! ing Co. Phone 74.
*
“It is unthinkable for political
candidates to be favored over
farmers, workers and other citi
zens who are accepting priva
tions in the war effort.
“The party requires a candidate
for governor to go from county
to county for political speaking.
I intend to do such traveling,
where possible, by train and bus.
“Our citizens are going to suffer
many hardships and sacrifices
before victory is won and there
should be no favoritism shown
politicians or anybody else ex
cept for essential purposes, in
any of the rationing programs.”
Col. Manning is right. He seeks no
TODAY... TOMORROW
By Dqn Robinson i
diately eliminated. It is doubly es- j
-sential that government spending be t s P e ^ ia ^? vors '. ^ 15 j 56 commend
curbed to win this war and to check; * or |} ls position. He is the type of
inflation ! man whD would add grace and dig
nity and confidence to - the gover-
We Must Look Aheod nor ' , ° mce
The equivocation and invasion, The
stalling and side-stepping, the pro
crastination and delay, the unlimited
red tape, the quarrelling and arguing
the people see in Washington in
handling the war effort constitute a
record of which no one has reason
to be proud. What is the truth about
sugar, gas, rubber, ceiling prices,
war production, and growing restric
tions no one can with assurance telL
The people do not know what to
believe.
This war must be won, on that the
American people are agreed. They
are willing to' do their part, to sac
rifice, to experience inconveniences—
but they want to see firmness and
VICTORY
BUY
UNITED
STATES
FAR
NDS
AND
STAMPS
WASTERS—Scrap
Our nation is attempting to dis
prove the old theory that people can’t
live off of their own fat
Having been cut off from our
source of supply for many of the
materials vital to war production,
we are trying to feed the hungry
machines of war by picking up the
scrap which spilled over from our’
lavish peace-time tables.
We can no longer obtain rubber'
from our former 10,000-mile-away
source of supply, so we are gather
ing it up from our own backyards.
We can no longer get fats and Oils'
from the Far East, so we are collect
ing them from the kitchens of Amer
ican homes.
We are unable to dig iron out of
the earth fast enough to quench
war’f thirst' for steel, so we are
amassing quantities of it froth the
scrap piles on top of the earth.
It seems to be proving fortunate
that we have been the world’s great
est nation of wasters. If it had been
otherwise—if we had been too thrif
ty with materials in the past many
of our war production machines
would now be on toe verge of star?
vation.
A Vegetable
Laxative
For Hsadacfeat
•oar Itoauefc
ami DltsF
Spoil* c
BUNGLING laspansiMHty
I’ll be glad to agree <wito anybody
who says there has bean an enormous
amount of bungling by government
officials in getting toe scrap in and
in hyyUfaf rationing.
But no matter how much of a mess
Watch You
Kidne
?vs
the,
of Harmful Body Waste
YES, YOU CAN
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—or—
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•
your hone up to $500 cost, and weTO be glad to discuss
the details with you. Or, if you wish to purchase a hone
or lighten the mortgage on your present home, you’ll find
that that can be arranged, too.
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