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Poge Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON. S. C. Thursday, March 25, 1943 Clinton dUfranirlp Established 1M« WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year $1.50; Six Months 75 cents; Three Months 50 cents Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C. ' The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers— the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. the state making a contract with this 1 gas, and if we can get the darned 1 sibly win the war if we let them in- cuss-producer started toward the mountains we will ride till our fuel gives out, then leave the old boafb and walk home. This and income taxes have us tom all to pieces. fluence us to lay down on the job. gigantic power combine? Would you, as a business man, in vest a doilar in the project? We wouldn’t. Do you know anything about San- tee-Cooper? If you have studied it you must realize that it is saturated j throughout with politics. If doubled in size it will be more interested in| 1 economic and political control of the j the roWf of a three-story building the 1 state than now. I other day. There was no elevator to ! Who will put up the $40,000,000? i*ake me up, so I had to do some Why should the state lose $273,000 ^ bin * t No J hav T in * climbed any- a year in taxes (as it will) if Santee-;^ sinc * 1 a boy when »ng dumped into el Columbia nroner- 1 cbmbed trees for the fun of it and. that mean that From Now On, I Am Going To Be My Age It was part of my duty to examine ic roof of DISGUST—Waste Take the tin can story as a case point. We all know there is a shortage of tin. We also know that enormous quantities of tin cans must be* sup plied to pack food for our armed forces all, over the world. Now, for the sake of argument, suppose that the story about the army were true—that tons of tin were be- the ocean. Would Cooper buys the' Columbia proper ties. CLINTON. S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1943 Why should the state run the pow-j out of tice as well as 200 ^ er cent er business? Would you think it cap-1 out _« Tri able of operating your cotton mill,' bank, farm or store? Would not such! a power tru§t of ninety to a hundred million dollars swallow the whole housewives should for squirrels* and birds’ nests and, throw up their hands in disgust and possums. I was exactly 100 per cent stop saving cans? , i state? Once I* Ra Hama (statement in last week’s paper. ... It Lon t be Uone .Showed. To Mrs. J. B. Townsend, the 1 are f obtained - Congress is proposing craek-pot campaign chairman, and to all asso- *"*7 “ ie . n f x , .. ^ schemes, and struggling with the c i a ted with her in the city, textile ?”^'. c ^^° ,r very utlll ty corporation problem of how\to make collection of , centers and rural areas—the heartiest 1 in / e Columbia properties it not to be expected move will be to own It certainly woudn’t. It would mean that more tin than ever must be sup plied to replace that waste and at the There were three sets of stairs that same time keep the boys fed. If the permitted me to get to the third floor. | story were true, /naturally something At that point, a long step-ladder was shfiuld be done /immediately to stop histed” and after reaching the top of the said ladder, I squeezed through such waste by (he army. But mean while, no matter how incensed we a little hole in the ceiling that lacked j might be* over this waste of a scarce about 500 square inches being large i material, it would be a calamity if problem <ji uuw.iu ( tremendous taxes easy on the tax- thanks and appreciation are due. And I payer. The answer is simple, it can’t | our people were alive to a great re- be done any more than a major op- sponsibility. eration can be made a minor affair, i • » enough for me to get through com- A Vast Difference Our Food Problem The farmer is confronted today What happened to South Carolina' fortably. Then I was “up in the loft, under its rotten dispensary system? Was not every man in public life ex pected to declare his allegiance to that disgraceful venture. The same may be expected once a power mo nopoly is set up. That dispensary business was just a little piker-busi- It is ©ne thing for government to with a problem he cannot solve un- broaden individual opportunity and less given reliet. He is told not to ness in comparison with the business provide care tor the nSdy It is quite cut his acreage, to raise more food of selling all the power used m this a different thing to build up govern- . or be penalized. In reply, he asks,! state. And the result would Inevitably ment to where it dictates to the indi- | How in the name of high heaven vidual in the commonest affairs of; can I increase production with my life. The first type of government is, help gone? . what our boys are fighting to pre-1 This means that government of- serve. The second type is what they ficials have yet to perfect an increas- think they are fighting to prevent 1 ed food production and distribution coming to America. program. It means that farmers and : merchants, are struggling desperately . . r r\ • ! in a maze of red tape with a steadily No lime for UreaminQ diminishing labor force'to feed and and the next several feet to the sky light had to be made by main strength and wiggling and squirming. The exit to the top was also intended for small men, even smaller than I, to use, but I made it OK by shedding some of my clothing. After I reached the roof, I found that the wind was a-blowing about 50 m.p.h. and each little breeze car ried many icicles of its own, but I don’t think Uie temperature was much over 10 degrees below the freezing point. Well, I (and we) ex we expressed our ire by saying that ; if the army wouldn’t help conserve this vital material we wouldn’t either. Our attitude must be just the op posite. If the army, the government, or our next door neighbors do some thing which handicaps the war effort, the rest of us must make up for it. - ANGER—Strikes We must be careful, under the ner- be the same sooner or later. Such far- reaching political control would make Santee-Cooper the football of poli ticians and a snare and a delusion to all -the rest of us. How many jobs have already been ! . amined the roof and found it was; promised if the expansion goesjmore of a sieve than anything else.I through? When the bill barely missed i We decided to replace it as soon as i passage a year ago it was reported' priorities and the necessary fun<js in Columbia that it gained strength . could be arranged. After getting Every day one reads of interest by clothe the nation, to say nothing of j m the house through the promise of | down on .terra fi mia I didn’t feel| ~ . 3i 1 : ’—•_ er»i I fof irvKc mambk&rc r%f tKof ITlUCh thC WOHSC fOT tll6 CllHlbinS 6X“ ' the President and others in a social our expanding armed services. They'fat j°bs^ to members of that body, security plan for after the war. We are asked to fight a total war against ought not be spending our time on the Axis, and at the same time are such schemes. The most important j obliged to fight for survival in the social security need of the day is that,insane Washington war of bureau- of winning the war. It is difficult to hazard a guess as to what conditions will be like in this The same tactics, no doubt, will be skillfully used during the next few weeks until the powers that be are ready for the issue to come to % vote. penence. I felt a little sore in about 1000 j spots after going to bed that night. ( If the proposal goes through, where ! f woke up about 4:30 the next mom will the forty million come from?! in 8 almost completely paralyzed. My Taxpayers are already, so heavily crats. It is an appalling situation. A National Food association has i uiu>, warned that American consumers , , . . . ,, country during the post-war. Your| will go hungry this year unless the guess is probably just as good as the government moves promptly to solve • 1 ' through-a^d to other fellow’s, even though he be- i the pressing manpower and supply p S g longs to the so-called Washington ex-1 problems confronting the food indus- perts. We could have a great business try. It says: “The situation already; depression that would wipe us out or; has reached the stage where it is , be" asking 3 and" aroTed over before' doctor or a plumber or an osteopath we could have an era of prosperity, creating a serious problem of getting j s too i ate Taxpayers should make 101- a cow-ropractor. I could not see which would give us the highest stan -1 °anX ind ^>eir views known to their senators ! how any or all of them could possib- ?- ar - d ^ > uaT^consumer?.”" 165 ““ ‘ 0 ,nd,V,d and house representatives. The issue|>y save my Me, but I tally got up whom? These are only a few of many per tinent questions taxpayers had better. left leg was immobile, my back was broke, my toes could not wiggle, my arms were as sore as gumboils, and my spinal column was defunct. I was afraid to try to move or turn over: I knew I would break all to pieces. I didn’t know whether to send for a is a gamble to tell what will happen ual consumers when we pass into this reconstruction period. Certainly which we have can (curate, unless corrective measures are depend to a large extent on what the (taken without delay, there is danger government and business men do, in the not distant future of hunger about it now. ! and food riots. But it should be kept clear in ev- f Something must be done if chaos is erybody’s mind that the execution of to be averted, any post-war plan is entirely contih- * ~ gent on winning a complete victory. |/j|| *.L e OrtonuS At present post-war planning can be • Areentim? these statements as ac- ^ should be fac ed out in the open and i and mosied around an hour or so, and Accepting these statements as ac , killed The b 4 ck home shou i d by the next morning I could walk 5 demand to know how their represen tatives stand. When the final test of strength comes there should be a published record vote of how every member in the general assembly casts his ballot. It is our opinion that senators and house members who vote for this magnified, politic or 6 steps without groaning. I will let the other felow do my clmbing from now on. TODAY... TOMORROW ... , „ — Kv ..».val, aggrandized' By Don Robinson compared with an individuals work-' iJ0W 4 " a Dlg . s . now 15 1 scheme to make Santee-Cooper a!-i— ing out how he can spend a fortune o n - wlth tbe Colleton-Barnwell coyn- state power mon0 p 0 i y should be,™" 1 when he makes it. We-still have a long hard job to do to win the war. Let’s not get side tracked in our thinking or planning by spending too much time dreaming about what we’ll do when it is over. A Call For Gardens The winning of this war will rc quire an abundance of lood as well as bullets. There must be food for ^ R M Jef[eries (omler our army, or our les, (,r e un- g overnor an( t Santee-Cooper general gry people of nations invaded and „„ ,.,t„ ravaged by the gnemy. ty kingllsh-Jelleries and Brown, as. , re t jred to private life by the chief actors. | ^ ' The plot is to push through the, v y senate and house, if possible, a bill! authorizing the Santee-Cooper au thority to purchase two utility prop erties in Columbia at a cost' of $40,- 000,000. Should the thigh-handed ei"j D LA fort succeed the cost of this New Dealt By OCC McGEu experiment will be $93,000,000. ! — As was to be expected, the No. 1 NOBODY'S BUSINESS oe_js iv We have the funniest automobile at our house you ever saw. First, it has an “A” card attached < to it. Sec ond, it won’t start if the weather is cloudy. Third, it won’t start if the weather is damp. Fourth, it won’t , counsel. He is the gentleman who 'appointed William C. Johnston, broth- All of us therefore have a personal er 0 f Governor Johnston, as a mem- obligation to do our bit by planning ber 0 f the Santee-Cooper board of' r , Victory gardens to help meet the new d i rec t ors j us t on t be eve’ of leaving | start if the weather is cold. Fifth, it demands for food. The department of 0 fjj ce a word has been publicly l won’t start if you are in a hurry. _ - agriculture has set a goal of 12,000,-! U u ered b y Governor Johnston, pro Sixth, if you ever get it started andrecently burned thousands of pairs 000 town and city gardens this year. or c0lli on the proposal since he as- j swing around a curve, it stops. Sev- i df rubber galoshes. It is calling on these gardeners to do sumed office. Politics makes strange enth, it won’t stay fixed over 30 min-! A third rumor, which is typical of a real job of growing food. ; bed-fellows. Jefferies is also the gen- ' utes if the temperature changes. Few of us realize how much food tleman, it will be remembered, who i Eighth, it consumes a week’s religion can be grown by 12,000,000 deter- some time ago presented a bill to the if you happen to want to go to RUMORS—Influence As long as the fighting lasts we are going to continue to hear plenty of stories, true’ and otherwise, which will discourage civilians about co operating with the war effort. Here are a few examples: A woman, in a thoroughly exas perated tone, told me: “A man who has been investigating government 1 waste discovered that the army is 1 throwing tons of tin cans into the) ocean from transports—and here they i are trying to tell us that it’s neces sary to turn in the few ounces of cans we collect in our kitchens!” Another report came from a man who wanted to know why he should be saving his tires when the army We have had this car pushed off mined gardeners. If these gardens Santee-Cooper authority for about church and find that you have to average 30 by 50 feet—and this is the $180,000 for legal services. Not able (walk because the old huzzy won’t gc al set by the department program | to save its face, the Authority then start —it is possible for this army of fight- headed by Maybank as chairman (a ers on the home front to produce U. S. senate aspirant) reduced it by more than 6,000,000 tons of food. (about $130,000. The status of this! and pulled off. We have had it work- This means that every garden spot! contested amount is still pending, ed on by the best (so-called) me- and vacant lot in our community Chairman Pearce stated some time ’ chanics in town. It starts all right af- should be converted into a garden, ago. Our guess is that eventually it iter he fetches it back with a repair We will have the satisfaction of rais- will be paid by the Washington i bill affixed to it, but as soon as he ing food for our own table and at (spenders. In addition to this special gets out of sight and the frost or dew ‘service’’ claim, Mr. Jefferies re-1 falls on the punkin vine, she balks the same time every ton of food pro duced by home gardeners releases a ton for the fighting front. This shows how important it is that we all get into a campaign to “garden for vic tory.” , ceived $10,000 annually as general again. The only way we can be sure counsel until he resigned to become goverpor last year. It will be remembered that when of being able to use it is to park it on a hill with the radiator pointing downward. When we run the battery Santee-Cooper was under hot fire its; down trying to start this “thing,” we Over The Top It should be a source of gratifica tion to every citizen of this commu nity that the recent campaign to raise j have it charged, but the man who charges it makes us pay cash. I promoters made a feeble defense (ab- jsurd) a while back that it is a de- i fense or military project. That pre pense is no longer heard because the ; public knows it is nonsense. It should also be remembered that'due till January gone. It looks nice. $8,000 by the Clinton Red Cross'when Santee-Cooper got the green .1° fact, she reminds us of a beauti- branch for the war fund was a sue- : light from the President a few years' ful woman, fine dress, pretty hat. This is not an old car. As a mat ter of fact, the last payment wasn’t cess. The quota was more thari sub scribed. A similar fine record was made by the Laurens chapter with a quota of the same amount rayon hose to match her hide and everything, but she has the leprosy. ago it was stated in a syndicated ar ticle that the project was approved to help re-elect Byrnes to the senate We don’t know what to do about this and Maybank as governor. Not one no_s farting trouble. We hate to write The Red Cross faces the greatest j word do we hear now from these two the fellow who made the car: he wartime program in history since it (astute politicians pertaining to San- : cou !dn’t afford to stop producing can- is now largely a war agency admin-' tee-Cooper, once their pet scheme. non an d bombs for the purpose of istering to our armed forces as its chief function. We heard Capt. Will ard Jones, now at home on furlough from North Africa, speak in the high est terms a few nights ago of the Red Cross in action in England and Af rica. Our boys in far-off Australia, in a Pacific island jungle, or on a North Africam desert have a real friend and helper in this great humanitarian or ganization, he said. This is the testi mony of all in the service. When this organization called upon us, as well as all parts of the nation, there came a quick, liberal responai which is a -tribute to our community. Ours was a performance of which all who gave may be proud. The canvassers made an Intensive effort and the people responded in a wonderful spirit, as the financial Maybank used it to ride into the gov- dropping us a line and telling us to adjust the carburetor, pull out the choke, remove trash from the float, throw out gears, and so forth. That’s all he would do to help us. ernor’s office. Just exactly who is at the bottom of this continued effort, we may well ask. The Authority so determined to greatly enlarge its original pur pose can mean only one oy two things. It means that the original plan has not proven to be sound and practical within itself, or that it was the secret design of the promoters from the very beginning to extend its activity far beyond that originally declared. With the pending bill now up to authorize the Santee-Cooper “pro moters” and job-holders to purchase the two Columbia power companies, it is altogether proper that some im portant questions be asked: Are you, as a taxpayer, in favor of The car is too good to junk. It is too badly needed, if we can get it started, to sell. And further than that, we don’t want anybody to have to go “down yonder” because we pawned this balky pile of metal off on him. We will probably just keep it till summer time. By then, we will have 9 or 12 gallons of accumulated SPECIAL UNTIL MARCH St Hs—ekerptw^, twe years far $4.M. JAMES W. CALDWELL Yew Magazine many which are going the rounds, states that thousands of tons of meat are rotting in government ware houses. I don’t believe any of these stories, but whether they are fact, propagan da or pure fancy — whether we be lieve them or not—we couldn’t pos- PITTSBURGH PAINTS Varnishes, Glass, Putty, Putty Knives, Caulking Compound, Pittsburgh Techide — a water mixed paint, Plate Glass Mirrors, Paint Brushes. Brick, Lime, Cement, Con crete and Terracotta Pipe, Sand and Stone, Roofing. JOHN DEERE Tractors and Implements that work. Have 1 Subsoil Plow, 1 No. 114 Roughage and Hammer Mill, and 1 Hay Press with motor. — Check up on your repair parts as soon'as possible. Plenty of parts but slow in coming. WILL CONTRACT ... to reroof your house, any maintenance work, dig basements, build walks and driveways. No job too smalL Plenty too big. Everything sold or done by me guaranteed to be. as represented. J. R. CRAWFORD M vous strain of war, not to let our criticism of conditions and people go off at wrong tangents. If the OPA pulls a boner on oil rationing, fqr in stance, we should insist that the mis take be corrected but we mustn’t let it lead us to ignoring the need for oil conservation. In the army there are plenty of privates who become enraged over apparent mistakes made by their of ficers, but to win battles such mis takes simply mean that the soldiers must flght all the harder to win. We’d be in a pretty mess if our soldiers said, “We don’t like the way the cap tain’s handling things so we’re not going to fight for him anymore.” Yet that is exactly what members' of the civilian army are saying when they decide to stop collecting tin be cause they think the army is wasting it, or stop conserving gasoline because they don’t like Mr. Ickes’ conserva tion orders. rn our democracy we all have a perfect right to criticize the activities of government officials and of private individuals, but it is just as bad for us to demonstrate our feelings by go ing on strike against further partici pation in the war program as it is for ship builders to delay production by striking for higher pay. SALES BOOKS — In duplicate with carbon. Just what you need for a permanent charging record. Phone 74. Chronicle Publishing Co. UNCLE SAM SAYS: “AMERICAN HOMES MUST BE PROTECTED AT ALL COSTS” This We 1. To continue to encourage home ownership—a symbol of free men. 2. 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