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Page Eight THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S. C. Thursday, October 15,1942 STATE FAIR TO OPEN MONDAY The 72nd South Carolina state fair 1 o r. ' \ Twill swing open its gates for a week’s i run next Monday in Columbia to | give South Carolinians a compact! view of the contribution their state is making to the war effort, along with a little recreation. Feeling that it offers an essential relief frotn the troubles of the war-torn world, the, fair management has bent every ef fort to make this year’s show an out standing one. An enormous army exhibit wdll be' one of the prime features of the fair, this year, occupying two spaces. One! will house a large display of. motor 1 equipment of the army. The other! space will be devoted to small arms and accessories used by t)ie soldiers, j The air corps *and the navy have j been extended invitations to exhibit | by Paul V. Moore, secretary, and; may have some of their paraphanalia, on hand. “Tire and gas rationing need not ' worry the fair goer once he gets’' to Columbia,” Secretary Moore pointed out. ‘'since the Office of Defense* Transportation has ruled that extra buses to a fair are not prohibited. In past years, the bus service to the main gate of the fair has been excel lent.” Excellent one-day'service between Columbia and most points in the state is provided by the railroad and bus lines of the state. PORTRAIT TO HANG IN NEW LIBRARY BUILDING the building committee, and has had much to do with the' completion of the library. 1 UNPATRIOTIC ta Catch a Cold! / ★ But, you say, no one ctn htlp catching a cold! True, even the healthiest of us may succumb occasionally. If your colds are too frequent and severe, there is strong indication that your resis tance is low. You need the help ofa competent physician toward off those constant "ker-choos.” Go see your Physician with out delay. Lat him help build up your^resistance. In troubled times. Health is a primary duty. And let us help, too, by expertly com pounding his prescriptions. Smith's Pharmacy The Rexall Store Nbtes From The County Agent's Office Laurens County USDA War board met last Saturday and appointed a county farm transportation commit tee. Those serving on the com mittee are: Grover C. Roper, Lau rens, chairman; M. B. Henderson, Owings; J. B. Speake, Kinards; R. M. Eichelberger and L. H. Ertzberger, Laurens, chaimnan. 1 According to government instruc tions, it will be necessary for each operator of a truck to obtain a “cer tificate of war necessity’’ by filing aplication for same. The board has been informed that, certificates are being mailed direct to each truck owner who is registered with the state highway department. The cer tificates are being mailed from an office in Detroit. The function of the state and j county USDA War boards and the •County Farm Transportation com- ' mittee will be merely to assist farm- jers in filing their applications’!'for “certificate of war necessity” ami in giving the farmers and public, \ in general, information relative to gen eral order O. D. T. 21. The committee has not received detailed instruction to date. October 22, 23, and 24 have been designated | as “National Farm Truck Registra tion days.’! Permits to Buy Farm Machlney Farmers buying certain types of machinery are required to get permit ; from farm machinery board. The board members are Grover C. Rop er, Laurens, chairman; T. Roy De-' Shields, Lanford; and G. Fair Buford, Clinton. The various farm machinery is di vided into A, B and C groups. Ma chinery listed in A group is the only machinery necessary for the board to pass on. The A group includes beet lifters, beet loaders, combines, corn pickers, disc harrows, food grinders, fertilizer spreaders, grain drills, grain elevators, hay bailers, Too frequently the present gener-1 the public library and who is libra- j or pressed, lime spreaders, manure I ation is inclined to minimize the im- rian of the college, as the official < spreaders, milk coolers, milk machin- [ portance of the records of the past, representative of the college. He will! ery, potato diggers, shredders, and | From them we can find not only'receive them. He will give you a re-) tractors. Form MR-1 (temporary) : much personal pleasure in their ceipt for them and will see that they | may be gotten from your machinery study, but much guidance in the so- are properly taken care of, preserved 1 dealer or county agent’s office for er filling out a certificate of need for new equipment on Form MR-3A. The dealer has this blank. Group C includes hand tools, hoes, rakes, forks, scythes and shovels and all hand operated and one and twb horse drawn farm machinery not included in group A and does not require any filing of blanks to buy same. The rationing plan does not apply to repair parts and excludes such items as automobiles, trucks or equipment ordered by governmental agencies. Neither does it. apply to the sale of second hand machinery. SCOTCH CELLULOSE TAPE, fully transparent, seals without water. Mends, seals, holds. Three sizes, 10c, 15c, and 25c. The Chronicle Pub. Co. Phone 74. if pm ROSE 'CLOSES UP* TONIGHT 1 Here’s mighty good news ... If your nose “closes up” tonight and makes breathing difficult, put 3-pur pose Vicks Va-tro-nol up each nostril. Va-tro-nol does 3 Important things. It (1) shrinks swollen membranes, (2) soothes Irritation, (3) relieves tran sient nasal congestion. It brings more comfort, makes breathing easier, thus invites sleep... And remember, it helps prevent many colds developing if SWk used In time. FOL VICKS low directions In mmm ssmsa Msas folder. VATKO^Oli WILLIAM J. BAILEY A portrait of Mr. Bailey, local banker and manufacturer, has "been painted and placed in the library’s reading room which is named for him,. PERPETUATING CLINTON'S II By WILLIAM P. JACOBS. H I O I T President of Presbyterian College lution of present day problems. j and-displayed. With the thought of establishing a Undoubtedly, he will receive dup- permanent* depository for valued his-; licates and in such instances will ad- topical relics pertaining to the his- j vise the donor. Many of the photo^- tory‘ of Clinton, Laurens county and { graphs which he receives will, un- the state of South Carolina, W. J. doubtedly contain pictures of uniden- Bailey, of this city, has contributed tified people, and he will call on the to Presbyterian college the funds older citizens of Clinton to help him filing application. Machinery listed in group B may be bought from dealer by the farm- QUICK RELIEF FROM recall and identify such individuals, so that we may have the full, his- record of the dates and RtllABLF# HAMILTON’S “A Credit To All Sooth Carolina” BROAD STREET with which to outfit a portion of the Clinton publiq library building and to house Clinton’s most valuable his- torical torical relics. The collection of relics names. will be made around that which per- j i t w jji b e interesting to spend a haps is Clinton’s most valuable sin-[f ew hours in the library building and gle bit of historical evidence, the ori- ] carefully examine many of the valu- ginal 50c piece giverv by a lad named able 0 i d re ij cs that are already there W. P. Anderson to Dr. Wm. P. Ja-' and th ose which will be deposited cobs for the founding of the Thorn- later well orphanage Most Clinton citizens Alr t h the generosity of have heard of this story of the little the late tain Enison A Smyth , who had heard Dr. Jacobs tell of < coll ^ m valuable old the need of an orphanage home, and conne cted with the history of who gave all of his sayings, a 50c g outh Caro! . ina( such as CO p ies of the piece, to Dr. Jacobs for its beginmng .. 0rdnance of Secession.” the early Dr. Jacobs kept this 50c piece and :jssues Qf the ub ^ ion -‘Mercury” when he died it was left w»thJus 6f Charleston teUing of the storming personal effects, properly ^ identified Qf Fort Si]mter the ori inal charter m his -own handwriting and has been f clinton college , carrying the names safely kept in the vault -at Bailey s f o{ Clinton’s older citizens, bank by the administrator of his es- e m oirt of General Gadsden of late ’„ W -. J ^ Bai J e Z:_ and ha , S , n _° W . be !: n South Carolina’s historical fame, in his own handwriting, one of the three STOMACH ULCERS duito EXCESS ACID Ovar two mllllOB bottlM of the WILLARD TRR ATMKNT bavo been aoM for raltefof aymgtonu of rtlrtr—a arUlng from 1 ‘ "loan dm to Ki dm to I Ask for “I explains this l , Sold on 16 dm; dsy*’ trial 1 which full/ ... You can spat it every time t Y OUTH, in everything it does, goes for the people and things thaf~are “right”. That’s why -youth goes for ice-cold Coca-Cola. It is “right”... in quality ... in taste... and in refreshment. It’s the drink that belongs to youth’s ritual of refreshment. And there’s reason for this. Ice-cold Coca-Cola has what it takes... a dean,' fresh taste ... unmistak able refreshment. A special blend of flavor-essences merges wholesome ingre dients of Coca-Cola into an original taste of its own. No one can duplicate it. Just ask for Coca-Cola or, to use its friendly abbreviation. Coke, and you’re in for something special in delicious refreshment. * * a It** nafaral for popular name* to acqnire friend- ly abbreviations. That’* why you hear Coca-Cola called Coke. Coca-Cola and Coke mean the same thing ooo the real thlnM**. “coming from a single ■oorce, ana wed known to the community”. 'v f ! 3' ^ * (;$ [3 ■ * t & s.% »• Y alien In wartime ae before. And remember when you eoaMUmae can't flat Coca-Cole. it’, became Coke, bring fint choice, aalla out fine The best is always the better buy! •OTUED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY GREENWOOD COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY given to Pjesbyterian college to be properly displayed and permanently kept as the center around which the people of Clinton are now asked to hand-colored, beautifully engraved Audubon sets, and many other price less -volumes which cannot now be deposit with the collection for safe- laced It wiU be worth an hour or Lr rl I 1 I i • r\ I ri * •keeping all other valuable relics; old letters having to do with the. history of the town, flags, Confederate army equipirtent, legal documents, photo graphs, single or in groups, and other evidences of the history of the town tQwn of clinton more of your time to browse in the library of Dr. Jacobs and examine the old volumes there and look up references to your own family and of great events in the history of the Such photographs should be properly dated and the names of the individ uals shown on the back The fireproof stackroom, equipped to carry a hundred thousand vol umes, is built for the future and still ! It is particularly desired to get j has space f or the safekeeping of all photographs of the prominent citi- 1 the old volumes which Clinton can zens of the Clinton of the past that. p roduce . it is desired to make this a photographic record may be built t he historical center of the town. ^ of the town’s history. The- personal library of Dr. Wil liam Plumer Jacobs has, with the In recognition of tys-faithful ser vice to the town and to the college and of his contribution toward the America'» automotive tervice men are play ing an Important part In the nation’s war effort. It b their job to "save the wheels that serve America." The Automotive Mechanic of Yesterday Is the VICTORY SERVICE MAN of Today consent of his children, been moved outfitting of this building, the col- to a special room of the Clinton pub- j lege has caused a portrait to be lie library on the college campus,: painted of W. J. Bailey. It is painted where it is preserved in its original | by the' Scotch artist, Malcolm Rae, state, and it is open at all times for | and is hung in the large reading inspection to the people of Clinton | room which is named for him. A i and their visitors. It will be a part, portrait by the same artist of the of the historical perpetuation. The j late Captain Smyth is another fea- door to his library is kept locked, but ture^of the building, as well as other the key may be obtained by inquiry at the desk in the library. His library contains Clinton’s most complete rec ord of its history, including Dr. Ja cobs’ diary, bound copies of “Our Monthly,”'the orphanage publication, of the Southern Presbyterian, which wa^ formerly published in Clinton; many interesting photographs of the history of the town and other his torical documents. — ’ It is believed that there are in the safekeeping of the people of Clinton thousands of mementoes having to do work by this artist, including the in teresting reproduction of the famous Rembrandt, “The Warrior,” displayed in the library. .Also will be found a very attractive painting by Mrs. Ce leste Cummings, the wife of Lieuten ant-Colonel Alexander H. Cummings. It is a painting of the new First Pres byterian church with the college dome in the distance. The building Is outfitted with com fortable leather chairs and tables for reading. All the current magazines are carried, as well as the back is- i with the history of the town and sues for reference, and current news- which, if left in private homes/ will ultimately be destroyed or lost. Such papers. It is already the most popu lar building on the campus of the items will be safe, for the perpetu-' college and ultimately, when the ation of the mementoes involved will' people of Clinton come to use it more be most safely deposited in the fire proof public library building, where frequently, it should be a very at tractive community center. The use they will be systematically and prop- j of the library and all of its facilities erly taken care of and under con stant display for the study of those Help him to help you "SAVE THE WHEELS THAT SERVE AMERICA” by getting a skilled service check-up regularly Take the word td millions: MORE PEOPLE GO TO CHEVROLET DEALERS FOR SERVICE than to any other dealer organisation Just how important the auto motive mechanic's work Is to the nation will bo door to all who consider the following facts*: O Automobiles and trucks igkans of form the sole practicable lotion for war workers and war materials in many communities throughout America. O In some sections. 78% to 100% of the workers drive by automobile to vital war plants. ' < ■ . ' " ° ‘ ^ ... . : O 2,314 U. S. cities, with a popu lation of 12,524,000. depend on private cars for transportation; 54,000 communities depend en tirely on motor vehicles. O Six out of every ten farms use one car or more; 47% of farm car mileage is necessity driving. O More than 65.2% of all war plants reporting in Michigan (a typical war production state) depend on trucks to haul their incoming and outgoing freight. • Trucks haul nearly 100% of the milk supply of most large cities— and 58% of aH livestock marketed in the U. S. • Trucks are the sole transportation system serving our 54,000 com munities not reached by railroads. Tho aufomotivo mochanic—the frqfcurf Ghovrofo# Victory Sorvico Mem—It tho lifeguard of Amorka's milliont oflbart and trucks, tfelp him to halp you and Amarica by gutting a skilled service check-up at fegular intervals. I get r^p|s^3rfs fAd ^If^tf^t I mmd Nm Sletkificei OipielmmiiefA. M. A. are free to the people of Clinton and Laurens county. The operation of the library will be under the direction of the fol lowing committee: Hugh L. Eichel berger, chairman, Mrs. S. G. Dill ard, Mrs. Wm P. Jacobs, Dr. Mar- who are interested in letters, printed volumes that cover the history of .Clinton’s families, the town and of j this area. It is suggested that if you have such records in your possession that you look them up. All such rec- shall W. Brown and P. H. Hobson. ords should be turned over to J. Isaac Copeland, who has charge of Mr. Eichelberger has also very cap ably served as the active member of HEADQUARTERS FOR VICTORY SERVICE ON All MAKES QF CARS AND TRUCKS ... a * ■ • * * * v •’ '' . Giles Chevrolet Company, Inc. CLINTON, S. C.