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I Poge Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S. C. Thursday, April 8,1943 $4? QUintnn QUjrnntrU Established lf«0 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 tney 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. which they are entitled under the draft act. What the public wants is all the news about the war, especially as it affects each community. That is what The Chronicle attempts to give its large family of readers. We do not know why the order was given, but suppose there was a rea son. Like many other regulations that flow out of Washington, it strikes us not only as unnecessary, but as a IHE NATIONAL SCENE As Washington Sees It Special to The Chronicle. Washington, Aj>ril 6. — Although the demands of the food industry for PERSONAL AND SOCIAL NEWS OF GOLDVILLE BIBS. E. G. KAY, Correspondent and Repreoentative Lt. E. T. Spires of Fort Eustis, Va., spent the week-end here with his family recently. Miss Martha Yarborough visited j cause for possible embarrassment to ( ^ appointment of Chester C. Davis ^ $h ere |g optimism here about his having the power to the appointment of a food adminis-j he r mother in Columbia last Sunday, trator to control food production and distribution were partially met by many who may be denied the credit t of serving their country after they ! have been called. We have too many 'rules, regulations and constant changes, an over-dose of red tape as 1 regards what we can and cannot do. CLINTON. S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 8. 1943 ation by shopping early in the day in order that the "closing may be made on time and with the least inconven ience to their customers. A Special Feature In the swirl of today’s events what's happening in Washington as sumes intimate importance in our Our special feature, “This Week In 011 Honor Roll Again Washington, a ^ i For the third year in succession biased resume of the week s n>ost im- J portant happenings at the nation’s capital. It is an interesting, informa- NOBODY'S BUSINESS By GEE McGEE Rev. and Mrs. James Mitchell spent Sunday with the former’s par ents near Anderson. Dr. and Mrs. R. H. McGee spent it!* ^ Sunday with relatives In Belton, do an entirely effective job. Ear. Da—. ihhoaIa rvcKiAisi* «m#4 vis, former head of the Agricultural To If n !!!. Adjustment administration, is gener- visited relatives in Newber- ally considered a good man for the ry aunaay ' job, but it is feared that his powers will conflict with those of the War Manpower commission, the War Pro duction board, the Office of Price Ad ministration and with other estab lished war agencies. Food administrators, *meat packers and farmers had urged the establish ment of food administrator as a cabi net post. They point out now that Wanted: Some Toys After trying to study the govern-1 even if Mr. Davis is elevated to the ment’s ideas about drafting farm la bor, I have decided to do something about it. It’s plan, as I have diag live cokimn, too important for our readers to miss. Unanswerable there has come to Clinton the dis-1 nosed ^ case j s t 0 sen( j a n young- tmction of being placed on the honor, sters to a fann training camPt hav _ r0 ^ •?/ National .Safety council, i j ng a camp j n eac jj state perhaps, and it will be seen from a news item in it ^ N y A or <. some thing” todays paper. For any town or city! to teach the said recfuits how to I to gain this recognition it must be ! free from a fatal traffic accident dur- i ing the year. Our home town was the Now when much criticism is heard | 0n jy one j n 5 ( 000-10,000 popula- against the farmers charged with| t j on c i a ss i n fois state to come helping bring about inflation, these through 1942 without a single fatal- questions might be asked: • jty, ng others towns and pities in How can farmers be the cause of the United States in this group made inflation when they are selling their , the enviable record, one to be g e ,„ n g U p some ABC blocks and oth-j plying lam, manpower. If he did (arms in many sections to go to work proud of and one which should in-|? r ntfle trinkets to send these fel- hove these powers he could do an ef- in factories? ’ spire us to exert every diligence in 1 job of secretary of agriculture this would not take the place of having a new post in the cabinet concerned specifically with food distribution. When Mr. Davis was appointed, persons close to him here said that he had agreed to take the assignment only after getting a clear understand ing that he would have complete con trol over farm prices, that he would be the Anal authority on problems of food distribution, that would get enough materials to guarantee farm equipment needs and that the War Manpower commission would have to This is such a baby-ish idea, I am: accept his recommendations on sup- farm. As a matter of fact, you can’t teach anybody how to farm by talk ing or reading it out of books: you’ve got to actually engage in preparing the land and working and gathering the crops . . . right in the fields. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Strickland of Greenwood, visited Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Poag Sunday. Those from Goldviile Baptist church attending the annual Baptist W. M. U; meeting held at Hunt Mem orial church in Newberry Friday were Rev. and Mrs. James Mitchell, Mrs. L. H. Poag, Mrs. Alma O’Dell, Mrs. Otis Murphy, Mrs. Furman Frady and Mrs. R. H. McGee. Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Bridges and family spent Sunday with relatives in Saluda. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Gardner and Mrs. Eddie Price visited Hack Prat er and Marion Gardner at Fort Jack- son Saturday. Mrs. Sudie Mae Hawkins of New- room of Epworth Methodist church. Mrs. E. H. Hunicutt led an inspir ing devotional, with several ladbs taking part. Mrs. Cecil Blakely the president, conducted a business session, followed by the discussion of the Mf— study. Mrs. J. M. Ross, Mix Hayne Wil lingham and Mrs. J. D. O'Dell served a salad course with coffee. Auxiliary Meet The Woman’s Auxiliary of Gold viile Presbyterian church held Ks monthly meting Monday evening at th home of Mrs. M. J. McFadden. A program on “Christian Educa tion,” was presented by Mrs. Mc Fadden. Mrs. Helen Bozard, Miss Alma Whisonant, Mrs. C. F. Allen and Mrs. E. G. Kay. After the business session the host ess served sherbert and cookies. Class Meet The Young People’s class of Rp- worth Methodist church held a class meeting at the home of Mrs. Sigsbee Hair, with Mrs. Fred Ross as joint hostess. The president, Miss Mary Brock, books and metal or paper soldiers and perhaps a few marbles would be all How can farmers be the cause of the future to hold this distinction inflation when dairy herds are being With 1943 now th ‘ ree months gone, sold in the large dairy areas because we should strive to maintain this per- of insufficient returns to pay bills and j record for the fourth consecutive hire labor? year. When we reflect that - from How can farmers be the cause of 30,000 to 35,000 persons in the na- inflation when, the farms have been tion are kiUed annually i n traffic,' ^ht^but sOmdbodjr "would have "to the ^attractiveness !!' 0 C u s r Td nS cSer iS ate° UrS ‘ 0 * C<,U ' k “ D f ' K,m «>e mar- of factory jobs? How long would the protected, in dustrial worker stand it if he worked warning box to drivers, carried each eighty hours per week instead of 40; ^^^ j n ^h e paper, has helped us all if he worked for one-half or less of think and gain a place on the what he is now getting and then was honor roll, called insulting names? , ^ The questions are unanswerable by j the agricultural critics. The End or Competition lows to play with. I thought of yoyos, fective job, but since no formal direc- but I am afraid that yoyos are foritive has been issued giving them to kids between 8 and 10 years of age,[him, it is doubted if he can avoid and they would be of no playful use conflict with other departments, to these kiddish planners. Picture berry scent the week-end with preslded over ^ business session. e week end The hostesses served a salad coum friends here. ith , . . Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Bragg visited W,U1 lcea iea * their son, Dick, at Fort Jackson over the week-end. Mrs. J. W. Lewis and Mrs. H. H. Murrah, Jr., visited Harold Lewis and H. G. Murrah, Jr., at Fort Jack- son last week. - Mr. and Mrs. Charles Attaway of Norfolk, Va., are visiting the former’s Promotion Friends will be interested to learn that Louie A. Webb has been pro moted to the rank of corporal and is stationed at Buffalo, N. Y. Special Services ,, , .. -t, t A** „ Services in behalf of the soldiers parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Attaway. i in serv j ce w ill be held Sunday after- Mr. and Mrs. Gray Stroud spent noon at 2: 3 0 0 , clock at G ' ldvime the week-end with Mr. and Mrs 1 keep them from swallowing the mar of the other uw fellow. We hope that The Chronicle’s little Meanwhile the food and farming I Ro >; ce ln "are Shoals, situation continues to be alarming' „ MrsHomer Jacks and son, and public demand is growing for an ? e ! T " 1 ' £pe . nt f„ unda) '„ w ' ,h tha lat ’ ter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Abram Mathewson, in Clinton. public. Although civilians have ac-> and Mr ?; Charl ^ s icepted meat rationing with little Murphy, T. G. Murphy and immediate program to assure a 1 steady supply of rationed food to the ” I happen to be the unfortunate complaint, they are objecting in no owner of several hundred acres of | uncertain terms to being unable to farm land. 1 think I know how to farm. I would rather have these trainees (or some of them) on my farms, who would be willing to work A Good Bill Advocates of peacetime laws to kill competition in retailing, should* open their eyes and inform themselves. Senator O. L. Long, of this county, Competition has been definitely end- has introduced a bill in the senate to ed, as a war measure. The average prohibit ^he sales of beer and wine merchant spends the greater part of in the county between midnight Sat-,his time now trying to get merchan under my overseer only 2 weeks, than to have the same persons working for me after 6 months of training un der government or N.. Y. A. supervis ion. Our interest is in making a crop this year," 1943. By the time the schools have given them lessons on buy meats for which they have ration points. One of the most bitter fights which has taken place in congress for a long , .. ... . _ time has been the debate over tax ! daliehte 5 ° r Ninety-Six, spent Sun Miss Fannie Copeland visited rela lives in Sedalia Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Blakely and son, Bob, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Blakely in Mauldin. Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Hunnicutt and day with Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Hunni cutt. ripping up stalks, busting out mid-! the Republicans ' are practically all dies, chopping cotton and hoeing, for such a plan. In between are com- ation, with the.congressmen choosing! sides largely according to party af-i .... . ,. filiation. The majority of Demirats' ^ Ol'^r Wicker of Hadnot Point are opposing the forgiveness of 1942 ?? C ' v,s ! ted ^ P arcnt f; Mr - and 'Mrs. Floyd Wicker, recently. • Mr. and Mrs. Paul McCauley and sons, Lindy and Howard, of Clinton, spent Sunday with Mrs. Emma Mc- taxes and putting taxation on a straight pay-as-you-go basis, while urday and sunrise Monday morning, d j S e for his customers and attempting! corn ’ t all of our ^43 cr o ps w in have | promise plans which are attracting Ca ^ y It is a good bill and one that j^he dele- , to comply with price regulations and- gation should heartily endorse and other multiplied restrictions which try to pass in quick order. Similar became inevitable when the natural laws have recently been passed in a laws of supply and demand, and free number of other counties. competition, were discarded. Such a law will improve conditions The new system has-Jaeen cheer-! |i been gathered. In other words, we’d | some members of both parties. What lose a crop while teaching somebody the outcome will be is largely guess- how to work one. Washington doesn’t know much about practical farming. work, but it seems quite probable that the last half of 1942 taxes may be forgotten and replaced by a hea- Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Barrett visited O’Dell Barrett at Fort Jackson Satur day. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hawkins and daughters, Wilma and Claudette, vis ited relatives in Union Sunday. 1 in many ways in the county curtail fully accepted, only however, be-i fumlsh £ send it to our farms -Inled from wages beginning in June. If “ iss Constance Sullivan visited! of w / M Bra2el ^ , her '’ honl ' dnnkin2 and immorality, and aener- co.icxx ,„o, ;♦ rw ! lu - IIUS,mru > sc,iU 11 1. J.“ I anrh a nrnoram I relatlves and friends in Charlotte, 1 ’ “ CI uulIie If any labor can be provided or vier tax on 1943 income to be deduct- HHnirina anH imm«raii»xr and oonor ' ' j a ' ^ x ,|iurnished, send it to our farms “in 1 ^ from wages beginning in June. If rfl a'lv sUmulat^ law^nfoJcfmenT war " iade U n 1 e ] cessary - ° ut ° f , the raw” and let us teach them how such a program goes through, someJ N Q ally stimulate law enforcement, this necessity we will gain valuable 1 ^ n f w d in a ;arrangement will undoubtedly be *, ’ °™ T } he week-end Week-end drinking at objectionable, experience. We will have, in fact al-; d Wlt y h a recruit th a an £ e p i anne rs | made to collect on 1942 incomes from' Mr t s - Barton Bow h e11 and aon places has become common, with ready have, a practical example of ca y do in 6 months Andi as £ matter' those who earned more in 1942 than ^ n h , es ^ r ’ ar T e I* n" ^ ’ conditions growing worse. ho w restricted competition immedi-j of fact> these g0V emment agencies they will in 1943. andMrs - J ’ ^ Davids< ”V „ If there was ever a time above ately reacts on the consumer. The would fi rst instiU i n t h e m i nds of this' Because of the dangers of stoppage iy n Gardner of 3 CharloUe scent the I a r S I Proposed labor how to work only 8:*n the. production of war .s«P P liesjJj“ hours a day, how to charge 5 times threatened by John L. Lewis in hisi ^ too much for their work, how to be come good C. I. O. members, how to Baptist church, conducted by Rev. Boyd Turner! recently appointed navy chaplain, is announced by ttfev. James Mitchell, pastor. Relatives and friends of those in service are invited to attend. Revival Services A series of revival services will begin April 18 and continue through April 25 at Goldviile Baptist church, conducted by Rev. B. F. Rogers, of Greenville. Services will be held twice daily at 2:30 and 7:30. Card of Hunks Mrs. Chrystelle Flow wishes to thank her friends for the kindnss shown during her illness. ’ Guest Minister Services will be held at Goldviile Presbyterian church Saturday vening at 7:30 and Sunday morning at 11 o’clock, conducted by Rev. Ray An derson. Mrs. Joanna Whitaker Brasel Mrs. Joanna Whitaker Brazei, wife boys and girls was needed against passed in peacetime to destroy com intemperance and alarming" unrest, petition. that time is now. Cadets and Rent The Chronicle has already remark- Under peacetime competitive re- tailing, consumers were able to buy: str j ke ^ anybody suggests this or what they wanted, when they wanted |that( and a5ove all else how 1 "’ at ^ eas onable prices. Their sta nd- not ^ much under any condi- tions or circumstances. The New Deal’s Next Squeal W1U Stop the Squeal ture, that is—no plans toward making a living or getting ready for a rainy day. President Roosevelt is going to take care of all of us, meaning—“if ards of living rose year by year. The ed on the fine behavior or the young establishments in which they made cadets now in training at Presbyte- ( their purchases, whether chain or ip- rian college as a part of the 39th dependently operated, steadily be- AAF training detachment. Qnly fa- j eame more attractive and sanitary, vorable comments have we heard Service became better, today it is about the young men since they came poor. Wholesome competition has al to our city for a temporary residence, ways been the handmaiden of pro- As before stated, the community gress. should show these young men every I The war emergency should warn j yo'^ a re anywhere betwixrthe cradle possible courtesy and let them know, all of us against Washington control! and th e g rav e ” you won’t have any- we are interested in their happiness , and regimentation of business, of j thing to worry ’ about; g overnment and welfare. The churches are doing crippling competition. When peace, w iu h e y 0ur father mother lawyer a fine job in offering wholesome rec- returns, the American people as a' doctori store-keeper’and bed’furnish- reation on Saturday evenings when body should rise up and demand that i er j us t think of if No business to they are off duty. These guests are I our free competitive system be re-| rU n, no notes to pay, no weeds to cut due the “glad hand” of welcome from' stored. Frozen prices mean frozen ! f r0 m day to day. the community. progress—that is now being proven While it is not the business of The demand for a wage increase of $2 ai Mrs. Ervin Smith left last Thurs day for miners couoled with’ other day to spend several weeks with her day for miners, coupled with other, husband q{ the navy at Norfolk> Va Mr. and Mrs. Roy Milller and evidence of unrest in labor circles, congress is expected to demand a la bor stabilization plan which will last for the duration of the war. Tljis will not necessarily mean final wage freezing, but it is apparent here that there is definite need for clear-cut I am making no plans for the fu- j rules for the governing of labor with strikes or threat of strikes definitely out as a means of getting adjust ments. Chronicle to tell people how to man age their private affairs, we will state that we have heard several com plaints about excessive room rent prices on the part of some to officers, wives or parents of cadets who may come here for visits from time to time. There should be no gouging in this respect. Such practices will create an unfavorable impression for the city, the very attitude we should guard against. Reasonable rents should be asked, of course, in line with those charged to civilian citizens. But there is no justification on the part of anyone in boosting charges above the average previously charged because a group of cadets have come to town. The Summer Closing Beginning yesterday and continu ing for the next six months, mer chants and business houses of the city will observe each Wednesday af ternoon as a half-holiday, a summer custom that has been followed here lor years. The petition circulated in the city, we are informed, was gen erally signed. This year the closing period has been extended in the hope of encour aging the cultivating of gardens by both employes and employers. There is a serious scarcity of food, it has been stated over and over, and truth fully— that food is as essential in winning the war as bullets. This holi day will give all an opportunity to take to the hoe and pick and produce a food supply so we will not be de- dendent on ration points now more precious than money. , Since the merchants have agreed upon the plan it is the responsibility of the public to give hearty cooper- All in the world anybody will have to do when the government “sets in” is get up every morning if you want As stated in the news columns of: to, yawn as much as you please. Lie this paper last week, instructions J back down and go to sleep if you Unfair to Draftees have been received by the two draft boards of the county not to release to newspapers the names of those called for military service. The rul ing stated that only after the draftees have stood their examinations and been inducted into service can thiir names be made public. The Chronicle, as well as the gen-j how! eral public, regrets this ruling. Since the selective service act became op erative we have published the lists choose. Have the wife telephone the “government”, to send over ham and eggs, bacon and cheese: you can eat your fill as you please. No cows to milk, no hogs to slop: if you don't love beer, drink soda pop. No debts to pay, no mules to plow: you’ll live at ease, ’cause the government knows I won’t be so very much expense to the government. I am much nearer regularly as announced by the local the grave than I am,the cradle. But I draft board, both white and colored, want better clothes and a softer bed as a matter of public interest to the than I am now accustomed to. I’ll be community and to the families from so tired loafing all day long I’ll want which the young men are drawn. Last week we were fired with ques tions from many subscribers, “Why isn’t the draft list in the paper'?” If there is a plausible reason for the order The Chronicle fails to catch it, and so does the public. To the contrary, it will prove an embarrass ment to many. Heretofore when the pames have been published and young men included in the lists were turned down on examinations and returned home, it gave them a clear record, so to speak. If they answered the call and were rejected, it could be • interpreted in no way as the slightest reflection upon them. It will be different now. A draftee may be turned down and it being prohibited that his name be published, the pub lic will not know of his rejection. It will be easy for this group to become victims of criticism which they are not due. The order will therefore prevent those who may be turned down for physical or other reasons from receiving that public credit to a comfortable place to take my rest. Just think of it: no books to keep, no debts to lose: nice, soft under clothes, and pretty tan shoes. Coffee not rationed, sugar plumb free, milk in the ice-box, tiddle-dee-dee! No Installment agent with a bill in his hand, no insurance collector abroad in the land. No garden to hoe, no chickens to feed, Uncle Sam will provide our every need. He will get our groceries ffrom across the deep: they will ship ’em over, and they won’t be cheap. He will pay no mon ey, because—after peace: we Just give ’em credit on the great lend-lease. It’s nice to think that our worries are about over: everybody’ll soon be living in clover. My, my! What a grand government we will soon have! Ain’t life wonderful? TYPEWRITER RIBBONS for all chines, portable and standard. Car bon paper, rubber stamps. Call 74. CHRONICLB PUBLISHING OO. PROMOTED WILLIAM P. NABORS, son ol Mr. and Mrs. Grover C. Nabors, of Gold viile, who has recently been promot ed to the rank of corporal. Corporal Nabors is in foreign service with an anti-aircraft unit. FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 19th day of April, 1943, I will render a final ac count of my acts and doings as Guardian of the estate of ‘Eugene Sloan in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens County, at 10 o’clock ana., and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as Guardian. Any person indebted to said estate is notified and required to make pay ment cm or before that date; and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven, or be forever barred. JANIE L. SLOAN, • Guardian. March it, 1943.—15-4cw. SAY, "I SAW IT IN THE CHRON ICLE.*’ THANK YOU. / ' children, Niel and Judy,, of Green wood, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fulmer. Miss Agnes Tinsley of Columbia, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Tinsley, over the week-end. Miss Ernestine Bickley spent the week-end with her parents in New berry. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Fulmer and sons, Jerry and Tony, spent Sunday with relatives in Newberry. Mrs. M. E. Home of Fort Mill, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. J. DiTJ’Dell. Pvt. John H. Davenport, Jr., has returned to Jefferson Barracks, Mo., after spending several days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Daven port. With The Sick Mrs. Luther Wright has returned to her home from Newberry hospital i where she underwent treatment. ! Mrs. Ed Jones has returned from; Hays hpspital, Clinton. Earl Holsonback is ill at his home on Milton Road. Mrs. James Johnson has returned^ from Hays hospital, Clinton, where she was a patient several days. Birthdays Mrs. Kate Oxner observed her 84th birthday April 1st. Mrs. A. B. Galloway observed her birthday April 4th. Mrs. T. R. Bridges had a birthday April 5. Dwight Moody, Jr., celebrated his second birthday April 3rd. Mildred Moon had a birthday yes terday. Ellis Evans has a birthday April 10. Betty Jean Prater observes her birthday today. Clyde Whitmire celebrates his birthday April 10. George Walter Fulmer had a birth day April 1st. Miss Flora Tucker observes her birthday today. E. J. Willingham had a birthday yesterday. Rafe Boyce has a birthday April 11. J. J. Motes had a birthday Tues day. L. H. Poag will observe his birth day April 10. Wallace Rushton has a birthday April 11. W. 8. C. 8. Meets The Woman’s Society of Christian Service held its usual monthly meet ing Monday evening in the assembly near Kinard Monday at noon, fol lowing an illness of several years. Funeral services were held yes terday afternoon at 6 o’clock at Bush River Baptist church with Rev. A. T. Usher in charge, assisted by Rev. James Mitchell. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Besides her husband she is sur vived by three sons, Nathan, Robert, and Clifford Brazei; her mother, Mrs. Nannie White Whitaker; one sister, Mrs, O. S. Breedin, and one brother, Walter Whitaker. 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