The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, November 26, 1942, Image 8
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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CLINTON BUS STATION
East Caroline Avenue
Telephone 89
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