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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C
Thursday, December 17, 1942
OJbe (Clinton (Cbronirlr
Established 1900
WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher
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of its correspondents.
the middle of the night the sound of
ack-ack fire woke us up; the air was
full of searchlight beams and the
flash of guns. We were at war.
We rolled bur stuff in the early
dawn and marched back to the dock
ography, allso a‘picture of him in his | really know what this war means to'boat so fast? Didn’t I hear they ex
uniform to be printed in- yore fine, send similar messages to their fel- pected an air, raid? Sure enough in
little paper, his familey will live on low-workers and fellow-townsmen,
in flat rock till he gets paced with | Thg war j s pretty far away to
the g-men. he is winding up his af-1 a i ot of USt even though we aU have
fairs, he has paid everboddy all he i f r j en{ j s or relatives in uniform and
owes them except dr. hubbert green, almost 5,000,000 American mothers
the church, the installment house anc j fathers now have at least one
who sold him a raddio, and his taxes. son w h 0 is fighting for his country. [ where we boarded a-train such as
we will rite or foam information as But we haven’t heard a gun fired or rv e neve r seenbefore theenaine
. a ?° ut h “ "'O'™™* 3 l °- seen an enemy soldier. We haven't; was St thTsire of a cimiTeie!
J tasted of war first-hand. So it is hard; phant and th4 cars were wooden and
for a lot of us to feel the full impact | divided into compartments, with two
of what is going on in the rest of the doors for every section. The seat-
; world unless we are jolted into real-
: ity by a* message like Mr. Hocking’s.
I We will all listen and act when wb
wards the f.b.i.
yores trulie,
mike lark, rfd,
corry spondent.
According To My Way of Thinking
I try to be reasonable when I hear
backs were of wood and the seat it
self wris covered with a cushion. The
cars were about half the size of ours
CLINTON, S. C.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1942
good men criticising the rationing of, read su , c , h a " * man we land their color was red. I sort of felt
essential items of food, gas, tires and k " ow - Mr - ? letter undoUbt-j like I was back in the 1880’s,
miscellaneous products. Personally, I f<yy fiave Jus fellow-workers the. One thing that impresses us all isi
think some messes have been made.!, needed, but to achieve his|that all the railway stations and em-
!of the gas-rationing. We don’t mindch 1 aim °* getting this war .over with as|bankments and switches are planted
j suffering as a whole (people), but;^ 00 5* as Possible, some man in every with shubs and flowers heatly trim-
~ j we don’t like to be individualized as ■ ac f or y a b d every town ought to med, which is something we could
to pay, and thus only can financial, j. u jY erers There perhaps is no physi- a similar appeal.
✓vlmiHc Ho rnlloH nurnv in tho future f , , * ^ y-*? •
WHT
OUGHS
YOUR CHILD'S coughing at night
—caused by throat "tickle” or ir
ritation, mouth breathing, or a
cold—can often be prevented by
rubbing throat ana chest with
Vicks VapoRub at bedtime.
VAPORUrs poultice-and-vapor
action loosens phlegm, relieves irri
tation, helps clear upper air pas
sages, thus tends to stop mouth -
breathing and % O
invite restful -w# Iw
sleep. Try itl Mr VapoRub
sake of the nation, this gasoline ra
tioning should have been general at
the beginning. If its purpose is to
save tires: well, tires wear out in
Texas as fast as they do in Virginia.
PARENTS—Prayers
The Ballot Box ( ‘clouds be rolled away in the future, i^ai nM^ tn ratlnn vasoline in certain
What the present state of dfemoc- The times should be changedt of | "tates where the auesUon of trans^r-
racy in this country seems to need. course bu t we need to be changed a t a ti 0 n does not come ud but for the
is a few more applications of the bal-‘ great deal more> Such a change mus t tatl0n d0eS n0t C ° me Up ’ bUt f ° r thC
lot box such as was administered at precede a change in outward condi-
the time of the recent general elec- ti ons>
lion. ♦ *
p r l occ "* Christmas-Named Towns
r001 ISnneSS I How would you like to. live in a
Education is doubtless a great as- | town named Christmas? There are Take sugar rationing, for instance,
set ,to humanity when all is said and j two places by this name, one in Flor— there is plenty of sugar in Cuba, but
done, but a great deal of foolishness t j da and another in Kentucky. Blaine • Uuba is not just around the corner,
has come to pass in its name, such as bas a Christmas Cove, and there are There is plenty of water outside ofj
children having to get up by day- Bethleheros in Pennsylvania, Con-| Hades but I have heard tell that it 1 soldier-son is alive and well but who,
break in order to get to school on necticut,^Indiana, Maryland, Georgia,!*® difficult to get water inside Uie
learn.
The deeper we get inland the flat
ter and dryer the country becomes.
time.
Kentucky and New Hampshire. j pl ace - Were it not for sugar ration-
There is a' Noel in Missouri and ing ’ about 20 per cent of the P 60 * 51 ®
... .. .. . t. I would have~all of the .sugar, and 80
“7 - , . ,y ir e ,n, w. r l azaret o' ? M ? i ; ! ^ cent would have no sugar at all.
Christmas seals afe now on sale in, lucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania, North; p his app)ies to many other f tems tha(
Buy the Little Seols
The morale-building job in this The train makes good time. Before
country has been a slow process. | we know it we are at our destina-
There is still a lotio be done. And I^ion; it’s noontime when we line up
think it can be done most effectively j in front of the station. The sun is
and most rapidly by the fathers and i hot and we are perspiring under our
mothers of the boys in the armed‘tin helmets.
services. The appeals needn’t neces-j Some little boys and girls are fol-
sarily be made by the parents who'lowing us. They ask all kinds of
have had the hear-rending experi-1 questions. A little fellow wants to
ence of the Hockings. There are | carry my gun^Ttake it off my shoul-
plen# of parents who know their j der and give it to him.
soldier-son is alive and well but who, tt. .. ., .
nonetheless, are praying ferventlj; H 'but the smile soon wears
that our victory will come rapidly
and are impatient with anything
’ CALL
Wyman Shealy
For Prompt
Plumbing and Heatim
Service
105 E. Fertmon St
are under government control. Were
this community and throughout, Carolina and Texas. Hollytree is in j
America. They cost a cent apiece. No Alabama and Kentuekyhas a Holly; ice control
Christmas letter or package is really! Bush and a Mistletoe. Thirtcen_post-| , . J" „,„„h r™,
named Laurel. 6X^1^ ^ ^
complete unless it bears one or more offices are ..a.„ cu : m n n v markets The oerson with the
of these evidences of the sender’s j these towns handles large quantities niney vorid take charge
contribution to a great philanthropy, of mail each Christmastime. | Qf all the things flt t6 eat
having as its purpose the reducing ofj Santa Claus, Indiana, is the most
tuberculosis mortality. popular-Christmas post office. • This
Buy the little seals. ’ town of Santa Claus, since given that
off as I let go and he has the whole
weight and height of the gun and I
. • . , , . . * , ; can see by his eyes he’s cured of
S2r w,nlin * 10 *>' a grown-up soldier.
These parents should make their |and j reach over and , ak , h gun ,
prayers, more audible to us, through back Th( . n he smiles again andl * t “ u |
him: "It’s too heavy for such a hot!
letters and talks, so that we would
continually be reminded of how ' Tr„__. . ;
much, the progress of the war means >> T
progress
to them. John Jones, who is taking
things easy, could easily be spurred
into action if his neighbor, who has
a son in Africa, would recite aloud
Write It 'Christmas'
It’s a big job rationing 100 items | the prayers which are constantly in
iuw.1 ui sm**ji<.«» * lvc “ “‘“‘‘to 130,000,000 people. Some of us are .his heart. ! in g Co-
name in 1938, has been flooded with 1C ’ • K ,. „ , . — •
, .. , „ .. ,, selfish. We don t like to be put out. 1
letters from all over the world until ,., . . , , —
... , - , _ We prefer to squawk and squirm
now it takes a force of several em- 1 K
America.’
FOR THE SOLDIER—A pocket-size
New Testament is a most appro
priate gift, $1.25. Chronicle Publish-
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SAY, "I SAW IT IN THE CHRON
ICLE.” THANK YOU.
Many l*Of<e at this glad season ,'hrough «o"vember"and ^. rafter than to submit to what w. are
follow the lazy practice ot wrrtmg ^ ber , 0 ha ' d)e the enonnous Yu , e .' not accustomed to. We havent seen
* * Y c’’ frir- ri ctrri .. .. _ . ....
tide mail. It is said that 60,000 pieces
anything yet. At least, that is what
AN AMERICAN
AWAY DOWN UNDER
•Xmas” for Christmas.
The Chronicle does not allow
spelling ‘ Xmas" to appear in n
news or advertising columns. When What little boy or girl wou i dn - t be 'we know too little We might as well
the , ,• .., , ’ fS*. . ! we think with our little, diminutive
‘ a day are dispatched around Chhst- ... . . . p-,’ ,.
its thinker. What we know don t count
a hurried merchant writes J'Xmas ’ thri| , ed , 0 Hve in a town at this s e a .:f d j ust ourselves to certain condi-
amed for that lov- i T ons ’ tnos , e c f rlai "
the .personification I force an adjustment.
Letter From a Soldier
In The Christian Science Monitor
When we first saw the land down
. ... „ J .u . • , under it was while going through the
on his copy we take the liberty of Sf)n 0 j tbe y ear named f or that lov-i V ons ’ ose cer a in con i ions wi 13assage> i remember coming out
changing the spelling.
We should write the
able Character
^ p ® 3Utlfu | ) of the Christmas spirit,
word Christmas instead of “Xmas.
The latter is a slovenly, empty prac- . . jr Tgs C a
tice that should be discarded. When LGOming NOW 10 LQl
the sacred name Christ is eliminated, - If the government’s nutrition pro-
the substitution becomes an ugly, gram continues to spread as it has
meaningless word. since Pearl Harbor we are apt to
come out of this war all looking like
Ahilitv nnrl Cmirnnp the winners of 4 - H club health prizes.;
ADinry ana courage A11 over the country we hear .
Needed ; women are taking nutrition courses,
iODAY... TOMORROW
By Don Robinson
DEATH—Inspiration
Bigwigs in Washington and in in
passage. ... I remember coming
on deck, it was night and the moon
had not come out. The only light was
from the stars and the phosphorous
lighting up our wake. We were veryi
close to shore and the rugged coast
line stood out like a great black bar- (
rier. Word went through the ship like
wildfire: We would be in port'in the
morning. Gh boy! To have a fresh
water bath and eat in a restaurant
and have a glass of milk. To be on
dry land and see trees, and flowers
During one's moments of melan-' reading nutrition books and plan-, J^try ha ^ e a ^ n o e , ded and talk to a girl’or two.
choly. he is of the opinion that what n.ng the.r^ mea^s ^ rtout the wa" aid moTe wiltog to 3 »ip ‘ 3 n't moving an, more.i
we need in Washington is more sena- iaiesi ruies irom wasnmgion. Ane . , , _____ J sun is out What’s that in the
4 , ... u 1-4 food nrohlem next vear is eYnertedl^ 0 all we possibly can to support the; lb uul * vvndis uidi in me
tors and congressmen with ability IO °a problem next year is expected ^ Dro{ , ram Some of the thincs 1 haze? A church spire, yes! There are
and courage and sympathy for the to become acute. ' war P r °6 ram - bome of lhm ^ s ■ - - *
rank and file. However, if they had course, the «- _- r — — — , , . T
the ability, they probably would not "^itton business is <o prevent s j c k .strengttien our national mwale. but 1
Of course the nurnose of ill this'that have been done helped to s 00 ] 16 buildings, too. Land at last and
utrition business is to orevent sick- strengthen our national morale, but I a c 'ty • • • Well, off the ship we came
ink .tuii.b/ iwt-j. yvuuiu iivn poor health which could do know of none, including the speech- * n recor d time; the dock was blacked
be here in the first place, and if they j es 0 f the President himself, which out and it was so dark you could just'
had the courage and stood on their m °re man our enem es biggest gun® results as a short about ® ee the man in fr °nt of you.
own feet and did their own thinking t to damage our war plans. To produce Promise as great results as a s* 10 " Wh hit the it prooer the;
the fabulous amount of equipment letter written b y Arthur Hoekmg, I ^ ^ ^me city, proper me
needed to win this war, to carry on one of the thousands of employees struts were empty but soon the
our fMxnlian .mrinr thn of the Carrier Corporation in Syra-1 . noibe . of feet on tb g pavement
handicaps of
equally important.
So if anyone hasn’t learned the lat-
they could not stay.
The taxpayers’ great need today is
somebody to shut his stable door be
fore all his horses are .gone. As it is,
any organized minority could press
its claims up there by demanding a ; . , , , _
deed to the District of Colombia gad “* ■«« P™l>«'
find a readiness for signing on the! 0 ? 11 " 8 ' , . ts lma l t0 ai V, Ther f J s
dotted line. One of the changes that ? lenl) ' ot raater , 1 , al av i‘ ab ‘!' 1 ,nclud -
time may soon bring is that offices lng a Sraphmally and- simply pre-
which were once a mark of distinc- n ' n0 " bei " s distributed
tion have become a badge of shame, i ? rougb de 't nSe h e , ? d q U „ a J f ?
throughout the country, called “Eat
~~ f ™ ~ ^ ! Right, to Work and Win.”
Some Dont S for Christmas In normal times it is a personal
Here are a few don’ts for Christ-, matter whether we eat the wrong
ma.', recommended by safety author- 1 things or the right ones, but today
ities. that need to be practiced at this we are expected to “eat right” as a
season: patriotic duty to our country at war.
1. Don’t give small children toys 1
involving alcohol, kerosene or gaso-
line engines. They may tip over andi IJAnD||C|yCCr
set the house on fire. M/DUI/I J DUjiriLJJ «
2. Don’t permit small childrei* top
run electrical toys without the su- Dy vjfct mCvltt
peryision of an adult.
3. Don’t permit small children t 0 ;
^ccuuations under the of tbe Carrier Corporation in Syra-'‘* olbe OI Iee; on ine pavement
wart good health is cose. N. Y. j“> ‘ bair windows and
Mr. Hocking is no trained public! t0 ( °y. r s ‘d®®-
relations expert, no student of propa- bu ddy, we
ganda, no advertising expert. He is 1
merely an American citizen who
works in a factory producing war
equipment. But the Hockings have
already experienced the greatest
tragedy that can befall any family
in war—that of having their son kill
ed in action.
While mourning over that tragic
event, Mr. Hocking realized that he
had a message ih his heart which
must be delivered
Americans.
to his fellow
Flat Rock May Lose A Very
Valuable Officer
LETTER—Slogan
The. letter Mr. Hocking wrote to
his fellow employees following the
news of his son’s death, reads in part:
“TO MY FELLOW WORKERS
IN FACTORY AND OFFICE:
“Seven weeks ago my only son was
killed in the war. Most of you know
this but you can’t possibly know how
use toy movie projectors without us-1
ing safety film which burns slowly.
Ordinary film bums expensively and __ _
gives off smoke and fumes which that he has benn offered a job with' wbo j ust | ost b j s hJ’y too
may cause death if inhaled.
4. Don’t use candles or light extra
fires without being extremely care-
.ful, especially in regard to candles
on trees,
are glad you’re i
here! Thank God we’re not alone any
more! Good lucky, Yank.”
There’s a mother crying, her son’s
somewhere in the Near East. I hope
someone welcomed him when he ar
rived.
“Do you know my cousin Jack
Smith? He lives in Oshkosh?” “Come
around and have a cup of tea.”
“What’s that song yot>’ve all been
singing? Australia never heard of it.
Sing it again.”
Wonder why they pulled us off the
You Can Afford
To Buy A Home
... if you are able to pay for if by assuming
the gradual liquidation of the first mort
gage out of income.
The Citizens Federal Plan for monthly
payments of interesf and principal-reduc
tion on home loans actually shows savings
in interest alone.
We can put all the figures on paper for .
you and prove it, and will be glad to do so
without obligation.
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Dec. 25 and 26, for Christmas.
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, , , , , , • i Hardy’s mother and I feel. That is, I
our poleesman has let it leak outj none 0 j you ex( ;ept Walt Gardner
...... , who just lost his boy too.
the fbi. his sallery is so low here in “Since Hardy’s death I’ve been do-
flat rock, he says he must look to thej ing a lot of thinking. What I’m try-
future. for the past sevveral months
he has benn reading detedkertive
stories and now feels that he can
5. Don’t wear inflammable cos-'make hisself a verry satisfactory
tiimes, esp>ecially Santa Claus beards,
without fireproofing them.
6. Don’t use inflammable orna
ments and evergreen decorations.
The Past and Now
' There are various angles
from
g-mhaan. he has studied flnger-print-
ing. nearly everthing around the citty
hall has finger-prints on it, including
the walls, tables and books, he uses
soot out of the stoves for his prints.
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our poleesman will be hard to re-
ing to figure out is why so many of
us are taking things for granted and
not doing all we can to help win the
war.
“Maybe it’s because we keep hear
ing and talking about the war lasting
for years. That sort of thinking might
keep anyone from»4*urrying.
“It could be that this long-pull
stuff was why we lost almost half a
million minutes of production time
which one may approach an expla- mighty good judgment in time of
nation of the times through which trubble. he newer arrests noboddy
pla l e ;_ he ._ kn , 0V f 8 a "?. USe ':last month through absences and
tardiness.
we are now passing. One man co
gently argueS that the fault is not in
the times but in the people. Such
comparisons as we make are mainly
a contrasting of the circumstances of
the present with the conditions of
other days. If we were to go back to
remoter years when market condi
tions were much the same as they
are today and when men worked
harder and longer, we would And a
period in which there was much ini
tiative, contentment and progress and
not so much unrest, confusion and
dependency upon others. Men then
placed the supply of their own needs
foremost while the supplying of the
when he or the other fellow is mad.
he says that by using these tack-tics,
noboddy ewer, gets hurt' he has a
nose for crime, he has arrested a
farge number of suspects, and one
german bunder, but he got away, he
do not know where, he will be locat-1 casl , alty ^ to come
ed, but has Washington, d. c. on his
mind.
the poleesman is too old to be
drafted and too young to be junked,
he is fine With’ a pistol at short
range, and he says as soon as he gets
some new species he will be oJc. at
long range, he uses only reading
specks now. the doctor told him to
markets was secondary, and conse-lbuy some by-focals the next time.
quently a matter of profit. Another
states that the trouble with the most
of us is that we have Had too muefi
credit. Well, credit is all right, a
great convenience and benefit to
mankind, if not abused.
We need to be, and are sure to be
forced back —to the old virtue of
measuring our needs by our ability
that will let him see objects far off
as well as close by. plese notify the
publick not to apply for his job. if it
is vacated by him, this corry spon
dent will probably except it. the
mayer is his cuzzin.
♦
as soon as the poleesman leaves
for the f.bJ. we will send you his bi-.
“Any way, I’m fed up with all this
talk about a 5 or 10-year war.
There’s no sense to it. We can win!
this war quick. We’ve got to. If we
don’t your boys will be killed like
mine was.
Please, please don’t wait for the
Throw yourselves into high—NOW.
“Get going as though both the
Huns and the Japs had to be licked
in 1943. Maybe they will be if we
really try.
“I suggest a new slogan for Car
rier. Here it is—
“LET’S GET IT OVER QUICK!
“I hope you won’t'think I’m
preaching. I’m not. I’m praying.”
MORALE—Jolto
Because there is no xioubt in my
mind that a letter like Mr.,Hocking’s
can do more to build morale than all
of the thousands of* posters and
speeches and magazine articles that
have been turned out since the war
began, I want to urge others who
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vices, letters are one of the chief links that unify us in the great task
that lies ahead. Stationery will be a means of keeping up these friendships
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