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V Page Eight THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. Thursdoy, November 26, 1942 ’Teen Age Boys Take Oath of Allegiann Tenths between the sfes of If snd 19, who hare enlisted In the United States army, are shown taking the oath of allegiance which is being administered by Lieut. John T. Cnmmlskey, U.8.A., at the army Induction center in Grand Central Palace, New Tork. Many youths such as these hove volunteered their services, to America since the ’teen age draft biD became law. A Private Citizen Speaks His Mind Spectator Comments On Men and Things army? Also who will pay the school taxes? We must keep in mind that high prices do not bring benefits unless you are selling at high prices. The i farmer who hasn’t a hog on his place is not rolling in wealth because of high prices for hogs; nor are we who buy 75 per cent of our goods rejoic- Some college authorities (in other state) are protesting loudly against calling students of eighteen and nine- | * n S * n jtt}® prices. There is such teen into the army. It 1.4 said in an-'a condition as-poverty-amid afflu swer to that—and well said, too— that a lad who is not able to attend a college is just as precious as any col lege boy in the land. But it seems to me that everybody could be satisfied on this point by a little judicious ad justment. Probably the average sol dier devotes two hours a dgy to mili- ence and abundance. So far as we can, we ought to try to ride on the high tide of prosperity, but we can only enjoy -.high prices by selling something.. So, Mr. Farmer, get on the selling end of this bandwagon. of their fighting strength, is vastly more important than a number of miles of desert. For our part we need landing fields and secure places for storing supplies. What does almost knock a fighting force out of the ring is to lose its bases, its dry-docks and repair shops, its depots of supplies. Those are what we are taking from the enemy and using for ourselves. None of this means that the Ger mans are whipped. They still have their vast armies and superb organi zation. They also have the German genius for utilizing every element for practical purposes. Nobody expects Germany to fight on until Germany is invaded. She will quit when her own soil is in danger. Air attacks have carried a taste of destruction to Germany but she is almost without the scars and disasters of war. Unless the German people collapse, as they did in the first World war, we have a hard fight ahead of us. That does not dis courage us for American troops can hold their own with any troops of Germany, provided we supply them with needed weapons. -We must be prepared to meet the Germans, how ever, and not repeat the poor staff work which has charactrized our of fensive in the Solomon Islands. The criticism of the congressmen who took part in the American offensive should not be brushed aside. He was in the fight as a .Marine officer and he knows. This nation has fine fight ing men but we must not fail them by incompetent planning here at home. Clinton High Team Defeats Ninety-Six The Clinton high school Red Dev ils closed a successful football season here last Friday afternoon by defeat ing Ninety-Six high, 7 to 0. Shealy scored the touchdown. Clinton clear ly outclassed the visitors in a run ning and passing attack that netted !12 first downs. Dawkins gained 75 yards in end sweeps and punt re turns'. The Clinton defense proved so un yielding that Ninety-Six failed to register a first down. Navy Recruiting Officers Coming FOR TIRE INSPECTION WE ARE AUTHORIZED OPA INSPECTORS. Franklin Bishop, chief machinst’s mate, and D. L. Jones, chief special ist, of the Spartanburg navy recruit ing station, will be in Clinton Satur day, November 28, for the purpose of interviewing, examining, and taking applications for the navy and naval' reserve. All men interested in joining i this branch of the fighting forces are, invited to contact these recruiters at' the local postoffive between 10 a.m. i and 9 p.m. Bring Your Tires To Us •ring Timmerman **1 SCOTCH CELLULOSE TAPE, fully transparent, seals without water. Mends, seals, holds. Three sizes, 10c, 15c, and 25c. The Chronicle Pub. Co.! Phone 74. Motor Company SOUTH BROAD ST. CUNTON, S. C. • Pity the poor merchant. The gov-j tary training. A half hour on a rifle ernment is leading him a chase. I’m, range, an hour in military mechanics, glad I’m not a businessman. Oh, Ij and a half hour in ordinary drill farm, you know, and all that, and would leave sufficient time to carry once had a paper and had to meet a on with the college studies until payroll every Saturday night, but June. Everybody knows, that a con siderable part of a soldier’s time is wasted—or at least unused. Mere in- neither farming nor county newspa- pering is a bisiness. The county newspaperman is a sort of public fantry drill is relatively unimportant, benefactor, leading in all good works, Competent military instructors could but- without any poundings dr good almost give bond to get as good re- trips; and the farmer—now what kind suits from two hours a day with col- i of businessman is he? We, we farm- lege students as any full-time rookies er s> buy everything at the other in the artny. The -whole--plan~of col- i man’s price and then beg him to put lege life could be miHlarized, allow- i a price on our stuff, too. Do you call ing for the collegiate work. Two i that “business”? Nay, my brother, hours a day, intelligently used, can When we buy something at the other give fine training in six months, and, man’s price how did he put that regardless of all the comment of the;price on it? Well, he added all the higher-ups, it will require at least I cost and expense, rent, lights, inter- six months to make these boys worth j es t> depreciation, taxes, wages—and very much as soldiers. r ! a percentage of profit, and says That’s my price.” And what do we do? We thank him for the price he offers us — and hope we can buy a shirt—maybe. In two things, though, the mer chants are catching fits—in making Well, anyhow no limit has been put on the number of eggs and hot biscuits a farmer may have “of a morning.” Of course this rationing of coffee may put a small-sized crimp ^ . . . . into brother farmer, if he has used out government reports and arriving cotfe in liberal quantities to make,* c i lh "8s °n prices - and ail that, way for further generous “helpings”, Dr - Fred Williams should add a new of good “vittles” at breakfast. As! win g t0 the State hospital for the long as we can keep the platter G f! m / rchants who ma ,y have to go there, eggs coming up on schedule the ( af t er trying to make out all the gov- country is safe. Naturally, mother’s ernment reports. In olden time theo- hot cakes, with home-churned butter; l °g ,ans <1, ^ u f sed 1 ^ther there was nml riari’s home-made svrun are a a personal devil. I don t excell in casuistry myself, letting my friend, , Doctor Sawyer ol Georgetown, fret and dad’s home-made syrup are a, good follow-up. year _ . . . 1 over these abstruce concerns, for the Farmer, how can you operate next d Uoc , bei a ruli elder Cant we pool our labor and among (he Sampi , farm machinery?- A well known citi zen of the Piedmont tells me that he can’t get the help to harvest half of his crop; and that he has no idea of trying to cultivate his land next year. That is serious. All of us are won dering about farm labor. If the army takes all the labor who will feed the BENJAMIN & SONS PLUMBING HEATING SERVICE Telephone 117 WE ARE HUNTING TROUBLE knows (from hearsay, only) all about such vexing questions as “personal devils.”- At any rate, our merchants are beginning to think that the “per sonal devil” is connected with the government and sometimes prepares instructions and requirements for the OPA. “Praise the Lord; and pass the am munition.” This was ascribed to a 'chaplain and it has given offense to I some people. Are we in a righteous | war? If so, we ought to try to win. ; Therefore, pass the ammunition and keep on passing it. -Also we ought always to praise the Lord for His wonderful works to the children of men. The last Psalm is entirely an adjuration that we praise the Lord. Quite irreverently we are singing abut praising the Lord while passing ,the ammunition. Irreverence is to be deplored, of course; but*it is—I should [think, entirely seemly and Scriptural to praise the Lord while fighting His .battle. If this war is not one which God can sanction, then we need not cover up our iniquity merely by not singing. David, ypu remember, said tljat the battle was the Lord’s. If so, praise Him—and fight. M IMS! To relieve discomforts, one of the beat things you can do la put a good spoonful of home- tested Vicks VapoRub In a bowl of boiling water. Then Heel the wonderful relief come as you breathe In the steaming medicated vapors that penetrate to the cold-congested upper breathing passages! See how this soothes Irritation, quiets coughing, and helps clear the head-bringing grand comfort. FOt MO KUEF... rub throat, chest sad bach with VapoRub at bedtime. Vicks VapoRub works for hour*-* ways ataaea to bring relief from dlstreas. Remember- It’a Vicks VapoRub you want. I get a thrill over the exploits of our rhen in North Africa yet I fear ! we shall soon have a lot more of the polyglot French which graced our | conversation twenty-odd years ago. Our boys did some remarkable stunts in speaking French. Of course our French was so thoroughly American ized that the French didn’t know what it was. But we, a practical peo ple, couldn't waste time to turn up our noses as the French did. The campaign in Africa has made us all sit up. We must fight the Ger mans anywhere and everywhere, but there is sound generalship—and com- monsense—in looking for weakness in * the enemy’s armor. True, North ern Africa was not German; it was French, Italian and > British; but since Vinchy France and Italy have be come mere tools of Hitler the seizure of Northern Africa opens a way to strike at Hitler. The British drive against Rommel is good news, too. The war will not be won or lost by taking or losing towns; what counts is sapping the enemy’s mobile forces—his |rmy, air force and navy. The capture and killing of thousands of Germans and Italians, with the virtual debilitation 6REYHOUND CHANGES \ ALL SCHEDULES ON DECEMBER 1ST to conform with new wartime regulations of O. D.TA 'Office of Defense Transportation On October 15th the operating speed of Greyhound buses was immediately adjusted to conform with the new wartime regulations of the Office of Defense Transportation. Since then buses have been running on the old schedules but at the new speed Beginning on December 1st, however, a completely new schedule of arrival and departure times will go into effect As can readily be understood, it has taken a considerable period of time to complete the full rearrangement of a service that has transported more than 85 million wartime travelers since Pearl Harbor. Until the final changeover to new schedules, until every detail of the new service is worked out there may still be occasions when you will be inconvenienced. \ For instance, vou may find that connections are not as well-timed as in the past—it may be difficult to get complete information about some tripe—telephones at the Grey hound terminal may be congested — new time tables may not be available. You may be sure, however, that Greyhound is doing V everything possible to maintain its high standards of service under unusual condi tions. ' Yet on the whole, you may not fifid the change in operating speed as marked as you might expect For several months all Greyhound buses have been running at reduced speeds—yet this has hot prevented these buses from carrying half again as. many passengers as ever before. Now when every bus, every tire, every gal lon of gasoline must be used, to full advan tage there are ways that you can help. . Travel hr mid-week when possible — take less baggage than usual — and get tickets, and information in advance. * CLINTON BUS STATION East Caroline Avenue Telephone 89 UMk ‘Siif RIVItllUMD t L/MgS ZMM m •. . ' , • *■ * * ■{■i^BHNBHflBBHHHHNNHEEHMNi