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Thursday, Jonuory 21, 1943 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C Page Five A' Private Citizen Speaks His Mind Spectator Comments On Men and Things Some one asked me recently, “What is coming: up before the legis lature?” Well, the prohibition ques tion is certain to loom large. The “dry” forces had some large adver tisements recently addressing the citizens of the state on the dry issue. Citing the majority of 58,995 for pro hibition, out of a total vote of 319,727. As a matter of fact, no one with any political judgment can disregard a vote of 189,366, and that was the vote for prohibition. The prohibition forces call atten tion to our spending $50,000,000 for A SOLDIER WRITES WEEK-END TRIPS.. VISITORS.. ILLNESS BRIEFS... ABOUT THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW Items of Interest Concerning Clinton Residents The Chronicle is in receipt of the following appreciated letter from 1st Lieut. Lewis A. Crawford of Gold- ville, now stationed in North Africa. North Africa. Japiiary 10, 1943. Dear Mr. Harris: Since leaving the States some six months ago I have received my copy of The Chronicle each week just as if I were at home in Goldville. There qT'Holland, and other relatives here. 5 0 ' 1 * h C,r0lin .*. b °? Mm Margaret Milam, student •T"*"” “ "nyaeU and we all nura e at University hospital, Augusta, enjoy The Chronicle Just like a letter Ga , the WMk . md wtth her Jr0 / n J noth ® r - I sisters, Mrs. Horace Horton, and Mrs. A few days ago I received two copies, my first here in North Africa,: * ** ... . and before I could read them they! Friends of Robert D. Lynn will be,company. Miss Eula'Mae Holland has return ed to Farmville, Va., after a few days visit with her mother, Mrs. C Mayes, in Newberry. Word has just been received that her son, Lt. John Mayes, was killed in action in North Africa. Mrs. W. C. Twitty, Jr., has joined her husband at the home of his par ents, Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Twitty, in Rock Hill for the week. Mr. Twitty, attached to the army air corps, glider division, is enroute to Albequerque, Miss Pearl Carter was the guest!New Mexico, several days last week of Mr. andi Captain Archie S. Adair, formerly Mrs. Dial Gray in Laurens. ! of Victorville, Calif., paid a short visit Eugene Sloan, student at Erskine i this week to his mother, Mrs. H. D. college, Due West, spent the week-1 Rantin, enroute to a month’s new as- end with hU mother, Mrs. E. B. | signment at Columbus, Ohio. Mrs. Sloan. | Adair, who accompanied him here, Mrs. Russell Mize has accepted a spend some time with her par- position in the office of the Gulf Oil ents m ^nf^ns- Friends of Miss Maud Geer will be w Ukgg ^xgukkk. xur we“re"ruined* aTi‘went by“ the l^j£® d J° h ? ‘V u P T? g nr ?,JI Mrs - W / H - Moorhead of Shreve - factori^at'thf hom^of^lafiv^'in liquors in 1942, with emphasis on the^P 084 offi ce to get them, “Herman the ^^ 11 ^ SXJme’ La ’ T h ° * *f >endmg tim *! ^ increase of 100 per cent in liquor] Germ an” came over the held in six expects to return to his home here Wlth Lt Moorhead’s parents, Mr. and consumption in two and a half years. 1 dive bombers. I dived into the first! thl i v 15 ek “fox hole” I could find and it was Rutherfordton, N. C., after undergo ing an appendix operation and ex pects to return to her home here thim week. Miss Lou Abrams, formerly e£ Charlotte, N. C., spent a few this week with her mother, Mrs. telle Abrams, before going to way where she will be superintend ent of the hospital there. Mr. and Mrs. Drummond Bailey and of Greenwood, and Bill Abrams Columbia also visited their during the week. OKat. D. B. Smith, manager of Belk’s The advertisement calls attention!^* 1 " Zd so when ! Department store, and Mrs. Smith to .. ^ counties j are spending the week in New York Moorhead in Goldville,! eek-end guest of Mr. andi voted "dry,” tenon, teen, GreenviUe, 1 ^ “ P 'bu'y.nT^r^^e^dite. An ': dldn,t ^ ™.d Vnews ^on^|..^ote IMxon^s_accepted > . poal- tion with the bus station at New- shealy. with Lt Mrs. W. was the Mrs. Julihn Bolick. Mrs. It../H. Oden, Jr., of Black- shear, Ga., spent the week-end with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. F. K. _, , ,. , ,. , with my other South Carolina friends, It is evident that the prohibition-' so j w i s h you would send me the ists will make a fight. ^ ^ov. 26 and Dec. 3 issues, and I ,_ 1 , . . , (promise at least six German planes - . „ .. . .. ... , 3 wUl be brought down for their dirty ^ Va ’ a,ter a vislt Wlth rel of $5,500,000 or $6,000,000? Ordman-1 wor j t I atives here. ly we have not been worried about Last w „ k , saw T t jknmv.Fr^-i ^ Joe L. Davidson returned berry. Lt. Harry Davis of the army en gineering corps, has returned to New- surpluses. The last time we had a surplus there was so much eagerness to spend it that our state committed the state to a heavy permanent pro- Last week I saw Lt. Jimmy. Free man, from Clinton, here in North Africa and he was having a good time giving “Herman the German” the works Tuesday to Camp Butner, N. C., af ter spending a few days leave here with relatives. Lt and Mrs. Samuel Anderson gram of expenditure based on a tem-j. My subscription should be running porary surplus. Very soon the state out a bout this time, so I wish you’d a l ou d with a deficit oL continue to send me The Chronicle $2,000,000. There is danger of that very con dition now. We can look back over the years of comparative prosperity, and send the bill to my sister,.Mar-fc gie Crawford, in Goldville. Give my regards to my friends in Clinton and Goldville and tell all we such as 1937, and quickly see that j fellows will be home by next Christ- our present state expenditures would'mas—I hope. again involve us in a deficit. The| Sincerely yours, great wave of revenue now coming LEWIS A .CRAWFORD. to the state is purely temporary, a Lt. Lewis A. Crawford, sort of backwash of blood and dis- J 64th Troop Carrier Group, aster, for it comes from the war 35th Squadron, APO 650, spending. ic|o Postmaster, New York, N.Y. We are so fortunate at the moment i to have several million dollars of MpAfinn PlnnnpH For surplus, perhaps five or six millions. !” , ® erm 9 *^ ,annea ror Everyone knows that this is the con-, Colored iGOpIC returning to Morris field, Charlotte, N. C., ( from the Sarasota, Fla., air base w’here he had been located for several weeks. • Mrs. Annie B. Fliedner was called to Asheville, N. C., Saturday due to the illness and death of her son-in- law, Charles CrowelL Barrie Jean Wingard spent the week-end in Hickory Tavern with her grandmother, Mrs. Eflie Wasson. Friends of little Patsy Derrick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.’O. Friends of Captain Ned S, Hays of} the army air corps, will be interested to know he has been transferred from San Antonio, Texas, to Venita, Okla homa. Mr. and Mrs. Dial Gray of Lau rens, spent the week-end with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Carter. Joe Bolt of the navy, stationed at Baltimore, Md., spent the week-end here with his mother. Friends of Mrs. E. L. Chandler will be glad to know she is improving at home after being a patient at the lo cal hospital. Mrs. Carroll P. Reid and small H. D. HENRY 1898-1943 F. M. BOLAND H. D. HENRY & COMPANY INSURANCE STOCKS — BONDS — REAL ESTATE Federal Loans Negotiated On Real Estate Telephone 121 « dition of the moment and not a per-, daughter, Carolyn, are spending some time with Mr. Reid, who is employed in Augusta,. Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Nelson of Green wood, Gordon and Nick Nelson of Rock Hill, on Sunday visited their mother, Mrs. A. M. Nelson. Friends Derrick, will be glad to know she is i Q f Mrs. Nelson will be glad to know improving after being ill at her home s he continues to improve, the past week. , Mrs. W. E. McCauley of Charles- Cpl. Gary Holcombe of Camp Gor-1 t on> was the guest during the past!!! don, Augusta, Ga., spent the week- j week of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Crump, end here with Mrs. Holcombe; Proof of Service To Our Customers When a bank satisfies its customers in suqh a manner that they recommend the bank to their friends and associates, we believe this is proof of Mrs. C. J. Bouknight of Charleston, j TW Heir,* cn arw* Thursday, January 28, 1943, C. B.: Mrs. Tom Davis left Monday for a i s spending some time with her at thPi Cannon ’ count y farm a S ent and Miss: visit with her daughter, Mrs. Clay-1 mo ther. Mrs. Metta Stone, nf Thf b war pai^ Jennie Coleman, county home dem- ton Glasgow, and Mr. Glasgow in Friends of Dr. F. D. Jones will be] the war, cm. we as sensible onstration agint , are scheduled to i Newport News, Va. g , a d to know he is showing improve- talk to the Negroes of Clinton andi W. M. Page has returned from a me nt from an illness the past week! at his home. Friends of J-. Clarence Copeland ( i» will be glad to know he is able to be people undertake a program of spending based on the present reve nue? We shall have a call for more pay for the teachers. Perhaps a retire ment plan for the teachers will be presented again. Did we not increase the pay of teachers last year? Didn’t governor Maybank sign that teacher increase during the summer of 1941? Didn’t that amount to a million dol lars? And now another? Has any one read the stories of farmers not'having labor? Have we i adjoining vicinities at Bell school at eight o’clock p. m. The program is intended to inform Negroes- in this vicinity how they may help the government and them selves in this crisis. Most authorities and r far-sighted individuals admit that this is a crisis the like of which has never been Street several weeks visit with relatives in North Carolina Mrs. Leon Crump and daughter, Linda, were .guests of relatives and U p after being ill the past few days, friends in Greenwood several days, Mrs. J: W. Copeland has returned last week. | from a visit to her niece, Mrs. John Friends of M. C. Poole, will be gladjT. Stevens, in Kershaw, to know he is improving at his home: Friends of little Jimmy Nichols, after being 111 for the past two weeks. | SO n of Mr. and Mrs. CL E. Nichols, Mr. and Mrs. Bonner Harvley and 1 vvill be glad to know he is able to be out after several weeks illness. seen in our American history. We must unhesitatingly use the virtues j daughter, Martha Byrd, of Green- of our foreparents who believed in | wood, spent Sunday with Mrs. Harv- preserving foods by canning and dry- ley’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. forgotten the wise conservatism of, ing and any other methods which Blakely, Sr. Doctor Query, who fears that the] would guarantee the preservation of L. Holmes Holland, of the navy, revenue is due for a fall? ! the foods during periods in which who is attending a gun crew school What, indeed, shall we do with a j they are not grown. at Little Creek, Va., spent several temporary flow of easy money? Shall j Every home in Clinton and around days this week with his parents, Mr. we embark on increased appropri-1 Clinton can raise enough vegetables, and Mrs. T. Irby Holland. ations? Whatever we spend lor teach- ; for their own use in their own | Mrs. T. E. Walden of Augusta, Ga., e rel, insurance agent ers and welfare becomes a permanent back yard. They can also preserve; is visiting her sister, Mrs. R. E. Ma-! Mrs. R. S. Owens visited relatives commitment of the state. Then when I enough food for their own family. | bry, and Mr. Mabry this week. i in Newberry on Sunday. Captain and Mrs. Walter B. Todd of> Camp Gordon, Augusta, are spend ing a few days leave with the for mer’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Reed Todd, and the latter’s parents in Lau rens. Mrs. V. James Cause has accepted a position in the office of S. W. Sufn- the revenue falls, where shall we be? We still owe relief to the taxpayer back home in the counties and towns Necessity may force us to this point; therefore, we are trying to see the need and act accordingly before the The heaviest local tax is that for j force comes, the schools. If the state has five or| We are asking every thoughtful six millions of surplus let it assume a Lcitizen to be responsible for one or larger part of the cost of the schools. two Negroes being present at this with a corresponding reduction in | meeting. school taxes. When the state increas- Our home economics teacher has es school salaries it usually leaves directed a program which we feel all the local burden on the back of! was of much help to those who took the taxpayer. Let the state do some- part. One family of five is reported thing for him once in a while. as canning 125 quarts composed of The soundest investment of the ( vegetables, preserves, fruits and state’s surplus would not be in any | berries last summer, increases of spending. What we Every family in the community should do is buy bonds with every could have done the same, dollar of it and some other dollars Start now to make your home we should save. In 1934 the state op- i comfortable and happy by efforts crated on less than $6,000,000. This to have balanced rations of palatable surplus might be a life-saver, if set foods. T. T. W. MIMS, Principal, aside for a rainy day. Bell Street School. ; Friends of Mrs. G. W. Hollings-1 Mrs. Richard White of Chester, worth will regret to know she has]spent Tuesday with her sister, Mrs. I been a patient at Hays hospital since i t. Heath Copeland, and Mr. Cope- | Saturday. , \ land. Mrs. O. O. Copeland of Newberry, Friends of Prof, and Mrs. Kenneth spent the week-end with her sister, N. Baker will regret to know the Mrs. W. C. Shealy, and Mr. Shealy. ( former’s father, Kenneth N. Baker, Miss Dorothy Edwards pf the Tren- . Sr., of Greenwood, is seriously ill. ton school faculty, will spend the j Mr. and Mrs. Baker were in Green- week-end with her parents, Mr. and ] wood to visit him on Tuesday. Mrs. J. V. Edwards. She will have as Miss Lottie Browning of Green wood, spent the week-end with her sister, Mrs. S. Y. Adair, and Mr. Adair. Mrs. S. A. Timmons visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Broom, in Spartanburg several days last IXIMAI ICE CREAM (Trade Mark Registered) A WARTIME 'MUST' bN THE LIST OF BUSY SHOPPERS Even if you have not taken the place of a man gone into ‘service, your household duties have in creased with rationing problems and the respon- ibility of providing your family with correct war time food. That means less time to prepare time- consuming desserts, so why not serve DiximaiD , Ice Cream often and plen tifully? It’s an energy food that delights the palate. , -—_ Call For DiximaiD Ice Cream from your favorite dealer in Clinton and Goldville GREENffOODCREAMERY CO. J her guest Miss Nell Townsend of Ai ken, who also teaches in Trenton. Mrs. Carroll White Copeland left the past week for Durham, N. C., where she joined Captain Copeland, stationed at Camp Butner. Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Holloway, for- 1 week, merly of Greenwood, have moved to] Friends of Frank Simpson, Jr., the Rounds apartments on Woodrow i will be glad to know he is improving street. Mr. Holloway holds a position, satisfactorily following an appendix as telegraph operator with the local ] operation on Monday. Seaboard railway office. Mr. and Mrs. James McCombs have Miss Adeline Boland of the Worn-i moved to a< residence on South Broad an’s Army Auxiliary corps, returned, street. ^ Tuesday to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., af ter a few days visit with her father, F. M. Boland, and other relatives here. J. D. Taylor of the coast guard, Key West, Fla., was the guest of friends at the orphanage during the week, enroute to Atlanta to visit rel atives. FrienHsiSf Mrs. B. F. Wingard will regret to know she is a patient at Hays hospital. Mrs. W. B. Tribble spent several days the past week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Quinn, in Blacks burg.. Mrs. C. D. Pitts, F. M. Boland and J. D. Boland attended the funeral of Mrs. Bruce Roberts and daughter, ; Charles Crowell, of Asheville, N. C., Betty, of Wilmington, N. C., are in forest City on Tuesday, spending the week with her parents, Friends of Grady Adair will be in- Mr. and Mrs. A. E. McIntosh. Mrs. j terested to know he has accepted a Odyss McIntosh of Greenwood, also position with the Home Store, visited Mr, and Mrs. McIntosh fori Mrs. Fred Ehrhardt has returned the week-end. _ | to her home here after a there weeks Friends of Preston Milam, of the visit with her mother, Mrs. C. H. navy, will regret to khow he is a pa-1 Swiler, in New Orleans, La. tient at the naval hospital. Ports-, Friends of Miss Colie Summer, mouth, Va., suffering a broken nose who has been spending some time* injury. Mr. Milam expects to visit j with her parents in Chappells, will relatives here as soon as he is able be interested to know she is doing to leave the hospital. | relief duty on the nursing staff of | Lt. W. S. Horne will leave Friday Hays hospital, for Edgewood Arsenal, Md., wherei_Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Jacobs are he has been transferred, after a visit] guests for several days of Dr. Dillard 1 with Mrs. Home’s parents, Mr. and Jacobs in Atlanta. Mrs. P. B. Adair. Lt. Home’s former Friends of Dr. J. B. Kennedy will post was at Fort Benning, Ga. Mrs. be glad to know his condition is Home and son, Billy, will remain showing improvement following a ]here for some time.- recent operation at the General hos- . Mrs. W. A. McDowell of Pacolet, pftal in Spartanburg, and Mrs. John Williams, formerly of Rev. and Mrs. C. J. Matthews and Brownwood, Texas, who is spending children of Newbeny, were, guests I some time with her mother before Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Simp- I joining Captain Williams at Camp son. Blanding, Fla., visited their daughter] Pyt. William Simpson of Los Vegas, and sister, Mrs. Robert Lynn, during I New Mexico, spent jhe week-end the week. Captain and Mrs. William M. Blakely and small son, Bill, former ly of Camp Gruber, Oklahoma] are spending a few days with the for mer’s mother, Mrs. R. F. Blakely. They will leave Thursday for the Laurinburg-Maxton, N. C., air base where Captain Blakely has been transferred. with his brother, Frank Simpson, Mrs. Simpson and other relatives. Lt. WilliamjP. -Jacobs, III, of Fort Bragg, N. C., Visited his mother, Mrs. W. P. Jacobs, here during the week enroute to Fort Benning, Ga., where he . will take a three months course in motor maintenance. Mrs. Davis R. Holland on Sunday visited her aunt, Mrs. Agnes S. service. SERVICE IS 3 1 > —DEPENDABILITY —CAUTION —KNOWLEDGE —ABILITY —ACCURACY —SAFETY —AMPLE FUNDS TO SUM UP — SATISFACTION NEW ACCOUNTS INVITED M, S. Bailey & Son BANKERS Established 1886 Plus lc State Tax PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING CO. GREENVII.LE, S. C.