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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C.
Thursday, October 1, 1942
(Eltntnn (E^rmttrlr
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ble administrative positions in the
War Production board and all oth
er agencies of the government. The
energy and brains of labor through
lits representatives could thus be
(utilized for the good of the nation.
There need be no suspicion or dis-
the^ latter’s grandmother, Mrs. J. H. family reunion Friday with the fol
lowing children present: Mrt. Carl
Roberts, in Union Sunday.
Sybil Jones Qf Savannah, Ga., vis
ited friends here this week-end.
John Henry Estes of Fort Jackson,
spent the week-end with his mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mclnville
and family of Greenville, were Sun-
C. M.
trust of labor since its single ob
jective is to increase production in : day guests of Mr. and Mrs
each plant and in each industgr' Smith.
throughout the nation.” i Mrs. Geneva Pea and Miss Mattie
In this city however, there is great Morton of Rock Hill, spent the week-
suspicion as to labor’s motives in: end with Mr. and Mrs. James Smith,
seeking positions comparable to Don- Mr. and Mrs. Matt Davis during
aid Nelson’s and it is believed by the week visited Mrs. Mattie Willard,
many that such move would end for who is a patient in the Laurens hos
tile duration of the war any possi-; pital.
,,bility of stabilizing wages or pre- Mrs. Ludie McMinn of Spartan
venting them from increasing to the'hul’g, spent the week-end with her
point where they would seriously father, J. A. Mills,
encourage inflation. i Mr. and Mrs. Homer Goodwin and
During the past week, the various ! '!*‘ ld « n °J On^nvIUe, visited Mr.
plans for handling the drafting <>' a
men during the coming year have 1 ? n d childmn.
Legislators may debate the prob/-! community are called upon for the been a major topic of discussion., -, alif have h ’
lem of price ceilings for a long tim*,j performance of many services to,Many plans have been offered, but ; n ^’ ing a few weeka with her par _
but the prices, without saying anV- contribute to the successful prosecu- because of confusion over the num-j^^ v
thing about it. have long had the tion of the war.
CUNTON, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER I r >1942
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ability to remain
our resources.
at the ceiling /of
The Greeks, we recall, held to cer
tain ideals in regard to the true, the
good and the beautiful. It has come
to pass, however, in modern times
that a great deal of the beauty we
behold is not true.
The following questions have been
prepared so that individuals may
grade themselves on the performance
of obligations to their country. See
how you stand!
Am I Doing My Part?
ber of men available from eaeh age! en £ “ r I a " d M "- ? *: B1*°P
and dependency group it is very difc * m" m I n ’?•? !
ficult to determine just how the call Mr ' and Mrs - A * c * Clark
will go. It is genrally assumed that
congress will enact legislation right
after the election to take men in the
18 and 19 year age group and plans
1. Have I offered my services for for calling these men already have
the war effort either in uniform or in been worked out.
vital work at home? ! Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, di-
2. Have I contributed liberally to
war charities such as the Red Cross
rector of selective service, has or
dered all draft boards to call all
available single ir.Vn before any
married men aje tailed. State
boards were ordered to rearrange
There is a great deal more romance, it c
than business about the women who or "• u j *
seek easier circumstances of life by 3 - . Ha ™ 1 purchased^ war bonds to
marrying men who have never dem- ^ Have 1 "cooperated fully in the quotas so that the call in rural areas,
conservation of gasoline, rubber and
other rationed materials?
5. Have I studied in order to be
case of
onstrated that they could make a liv
ing for themselves.
in
emer-
The Chronicle has never had a ...
wider circulation than at the present: n , ^ ^
time nor has it heretofore attained ; g Have T offered to hel^instead
the dignity of airplane travel in or-| of crit icizing-members of draft, ra-
der that it might be read in England,
in Hawaii and in Australia.
Many a fellow who places
tioning, and other boards that are
working toward war efficiency?
! 7. Have I sought and collected i around the end of the year.
* be scrap iron, rubber, aluminum and
golden age in the past and fancies other necessary materials?
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Benny Hill and
daughter, Josephine, of Woodruff,
visited Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wells
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Rhendell Brown of
Mountville, spent the week-end with
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Overstreet.
, Mrs. Bob Allen and son, Mike, vis
ited Mr. Allen in Greenville Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Snyder and son,
Harold, spent Saturday in Spartan
burg with relatives.
Miss Margaret Nelson and Mrs.
Johnny Womack visited Mrs. C. H.
Bullock in Greenwood the past
week-end.
also said that men with dependents | d “ hn B ,b ' e f * ha r 1 * ‘he
other than wives and children should 1 w “ l '- e " dgacst »' * pu ; geo j 1 Todd „
I Mr. and Mrs. J, B. Reeder, G. H.,
Jackson and Curtis Jackson visited!
where some married men already
have been called, would be slowed
down until the rest of the single men
in the cities had been drafted. He
M:
Clark and son of Gaffney, Mrs.
George Phillips and daughters of
near Clinton, and Pvt. Arthur C.
Clark, Jr., of Fort Ord, Calif.
On The Sick List
S. J. Hunter is ill at his^iome. I
J. H. Pace is a patient at the local!
hospital.
Mrs. Henry Abercrombie is ill at
her home on Marion street. *
Bob Allen is suffering from a head
injury'resulting from an accident in
Greenville. He is a patient in a
Greenville hospital.
Birthdays
Mildred Prince celebrates ' her|
birthday today.
Mrs. Hallie Campbell had a birth
day Sept. 25.
O. C. Harris observed his birthday
yesterday.
Mrs! Clarence Blackwell had a
birthday Sept. 28.
Marvin Neal celebrated his birth
day September 27.
Clarence Blackwell will observe
his birthday tomorrow, Oct. 2.
Wood To Preach
Rev. B. L. Wood of Spartanburg
formerly of this community, will
conduct both the morning and eve
ning services at the Baptist church
Sunday, October 4.
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be called before the family man.
However, it is expected that the . .. • T c. j
call (or married men will begin 1 relal ‘ ves . 1 " Inman ® u S day '
^ he , Harvey Thomas of Bessemer City,
that things do not measure up to the
first to be called will be men who,^ and I^o Thomas of Gastonia,
have working wives and n „ chU . | J-C., spent Sunday with Mrs. W. A.
When men with children are
Thomas.
, 8. Have I sacrificed some of my dren. M Riifnc Milic n nH
standard of the old days,.is forgetful p leasureg an( i CO mforts willingly ini called—if at all—they will be ! SDen t the week-end with her sister i
(if the fact that lie is growing old and orc je r to further the war effort—and according to age groups and financially, „ . j ame c j n Woodruff ’
that perhaps the change is in him- sh ow a good example to others? status, those under 30 being called Mrs ‘ James Shaw M^s Terrel
self and not in that which he is prone, 9 Have j refrained from taking before the older men. James .anaw, Mrs. jerreij
to criticize, - advantage of the scarcity of goods'i However, in a recent analysis of
„ T~ , , and labor by hoarding or profiteer- the^ situation,—Senator—Taft—said:. . Mi-s ^lovd Fmerv
The newspapers are being asked. ^, “An army, of 10,000,000 men should 1nd _ Mr !;
to assume added responsibility in the 10 Have j my t axes cheerful- n °t require the calling of any men ! daughter and son fn^aw^Mr and
matter of boosting the collection of ly and h^bling - grateful for the 1 over 30 with children.” Representa- M rs Milton King in GreenviUe over 1
salvage for war purposes. It is hoped pr j v jieges I received because I was;five May, chairman of the house - Mmon in Greenville over
that as the urgent need for this scrap born in America, and humble be- military committee, agreed with Mr.
Murrent and Miss Mary Ivy of Un
ion, were the week-end guests of
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WHEN A
l time, Va-tro-nol’a quick action
i from devel-
is more lully realized it ma> s f'ii cause of the responsibility I share in Tafts figures and said ^hat an army
continue to come in fiom every sec- passing on these privileges to future 9,000,^00“ men could be built up
/'A f ♦ /-k r- /-v ♦ 4 4 r- 4 an 1 i A U* A. _ _ 1 1
tion <^f the county so that the steel Americans’’
mills will not have to slow down in, n Have j made eve attempt to
equipping our men for victory over|^--^ Ey of the boys who are
our enemies. .daily giving their lives on the fields
I of battle? ' ■ : .
12. Have I tried to keep up my
civic, charitable and religious obliga-
men
The undertaker and the monument
are usually the only citizens
who can safely count on a profit from| tions ; refraining from using th e war
the graveyard. Those who represent
the salt of the earth manage to build b ilities?
their owm monuments as they go
along and do not care for the orna
mentation which may denote the
fullness of a maa’s purse rather than
the worth of his life.
as an alibi to dodge such responsi-
13. Have I used my influence to
without calling any
with dependents.
married men
LYDIA MILLS NEWS
FOR THE WEEK
Mrs. W. P. McLendon, Correspondent
Rev. arid Mrs. W. M.
Clinton, Mrs. Bagwell
Spurlock of
of Clifton,
men who have been called?
14. Have I supported the president
and those in places of responsibility
with all my energy and resources?
A Club Needed 15. Have I avoided the temptation
A man we know has been trying talk, careless speech and the
to raise grass in his front yard for passing on of rumors?
years. Every time he gets it started, „
school children walk across the lawn
and min 1 THE NAT ONAL SCENE
So one day he put up a simple sign INF41 Iwllfll, vVklih
rc ^ ng .. ,, u - w As Washington Sees It
When that didn t work he began J
to toughen up his language. His next
sign read, “Positively no trespass
ing.”
When that failed he put a little
string fence around his yard which
was knocked down the next day.
Then he planted a hedge, buried a
barbed-wire fence in it and still some
of the children trespassed.
Finally he reached the solution. He
^ . . „ , . . Mrs. Roselle Farr of Woodruff, Mrs.
protect the jobs and families of the T o ttj j , , , , ’ ,
Ko.>n „oii^9 J- S. Edwards and daughter, Ruby,
the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W» , Green of
'Woodruff, visited their daughter,
Mrs. Ernest Blackwell, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Brown and
daughter spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. Boyd Grant in Whitmire.
Mrs. Robert Duncan were called to
Anderson on account of the death of
their aunt, Mrs. Nan Osborne.
Clark Family Reunion
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Clark held a
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Clinton, S. C.
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of Clinton, and Miss Cora Roper of
Goldville, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
Navy and family Sunday.
Mrs. Roselle Farr and Mrs. Mary
Nix visited Mr. Farr in Columbia
Sunday.
Mrs. Cassie Abercrombie and son
are spending a few weeks with her!
sister in Lockhart.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Duncan and
children spent the week-en in And
erson with Mr. and Mrs, C. E. Dun
can.
Ed Godfrey visited Mr. and Mrs.
i Ansel Godfrey in Laurens the past
Special to The Chronicle.
Washington, Sept. 29.—Here are a | e ^ d
few recent newspaper headlines: , Mrs E ’ w Shirley of ^
“Aluminum Strike Threatened.” | spending a few days with H. W. Wil-'
“Strikes in Pennsylvania Coke ij ams an( j family. /
Field Threaten War Production.” Bud Brown of -near Laurens, was
“Rail Wage Dispute Goes to Me- the week-end guest of Mr. and Mrs.
diation.” Hudson Davis.
months of 1942. There were strikes
in 728 plants. The board minimizes
the importance of these strikes,
pointing out that less than 3 per
Those were all in one issue of a
sat in the window each morning and 1 newspaper, typical of the unrest
when a boy touched foot on his grass i which still exists in war production
he went shouting out of the house | work and which still is interfering
wielding a big club. Now he has a.with maxipuim output,
nice green lawn and the children' A recent report by the War Labor
walk on the other side of the street. I board states that strikes in war in-
Somehow this story reminds us oLdustries caused a loss of 1,130,678)
the rubber situation as we read about man-days during the first seven
the rubber shortage and still see
hundreds of cars being used for non-
essential purpdses. Signs, and mes
sages, probably won’t improve the
situation. Mr. Henderson needs a big cent of all war .workers were m-
dub. | volved, but an analysis of the re-
pbrt shows .£hat the condition is
alarming, due particularly to the
fact that strikes are now on the in
crease rather than on the decrease.
The board admits that there was
a temporary lull in strikes during
January, following Pearl Harbor,
but that since then the number of
hours lost by strikes has increased
greatly. In January, according to
the report, there were only 31
s'trikes, only 13,000 workers involved
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Alford and
Mrs. G. E. Bishop visited Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Cranford in Charleston
last week-end.
Mrs. C. M. Smith visited her
daughter, Mrs. Earl Barbee, in Gold
ville the past week. \
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Coleman and
children visited Mr. and Mrs. B. B.
Brown In Conestee Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Harris visited
Guessing About the Draft
It is pretty hard, based on the al
most daily conflicting reports from
Washington, to determine just when
each classification of men will be
subject to selective service.
But all the stories you read on this
subject are what might be termed
“guesses based on fact.” The facts
included figures on the speed with
which the army is able to handle
new men at present, the plans for ? nd T 4 ®’ 000 u man-days of work lost
speeding up induction in the future, I ^ uly ’k™ ever > there
and the size of the army we will ^ 81 ’T T\ involved and
finally need to win the war. j 234 000 man-days ost.
The best guesser, however, should! !t 15 ^ ^^ ^
be General Hershey, in charge of se-} £ r oops the CIO and the AFL
lective service-and he admits pre- on . } he sdrface at , 1 f a ^ t - hav * been
dictions he makes are merely good to PJ^nt strikes and many
of those which have been carried
on have been called over the objec
tions of fhe national labor chiefs.
But is also true that innumerable
strikes, in industries such as steel
and shipbuilding, have been prevent
ed only because the War Labor board
has insisted that the employers give
in to the demands 'of the workers.
The national union leaders are
demanding more power in the direc-
at the * tion of war production. Phillip Mur-
end of the fiscal year to determine! ray, president of the CIO, and Wil-
guessing. His guess is this:
The 18 to 19 year group will be
taken as soon as it is legally possible.
The married men with children will
not be taken until the last quarter
of 1943. The draft of married men
without children will begin by
Christmas.
Taking Stock
Business houses “take stock”
the succes of their operations for
period. Individuals, too, would do
well to check up on their accom
plishments and activities as citizens.
Especially, now, during this, critical
war period, when our nation and the
\vorld are faced with a situation the
seriousness of which has not been
equalled in history, the people of this
liam Green, president of the AFL,
have told Donald Nelson, head of
the War Production board, that a
representative of labor should be
given power equal to his.
In a resolution passed by the CIO
it was stated.
“Men and women from the ranks
of labor must be placed In responsi-
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Friday, October 2
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Clinton, S. C. — Archie D, Clark, Owner