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Page Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. Thursdqy # April 15, 1943 alijf (Clinton (Clyronirlr Established 1M0 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 76 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. CLINTON. S. C.. THURSDAY, AP RI& 15, tional judges at the full salary scale will be elected to take their places. The bill is a perfect example of one that should be killed. The gentle men who hold these offices sought them. A large majority of our judges over the years get elected to the gen eral assembly and then use their po- such as it is. And we are going to ap preciate “such as it is” before this war ends. We can hope as hard as anybody, but we can’t see how we can win the war during 1943. The war can’t end unless we win. Ger many might break up and Japan might blow up, but we are “scotch- sition as a stepping stone to thejing” for a little longer war than bench. Long ago the legislature be-1 some folks think. We trust that they ••• • • .. mm. m . ^ came a “closed shop” in the matter of electing the judiciary. It is not the responsibility of taxpayers to pro vide members of the bench a liveli hood after they are incapacitated are right and we are wrong. Please pass the corn-bread and buttermilk! And They Call the Staff Music I don’t know anything about music. 1943 one dollar of taxpayers’ money should be allocated to such a scheme which has as its concealed purpose— duced, others eliminated. Ory) we have What To Eat The new food point rationing pro gram is filled with worries .and head- governmental control of every Amer- 1 aches for housewives. It is a compli- j ican activity. It would mean, if cated plan that may be expected to adopted, that we will be put still fur- expand as the war is prolonged, and ( ther under the control and dictation one that will call for intelligent study of bureaucrats. It is a scheme of and buying on the part Of all. ! heavenly promises telling the Amer- Under food rationing we can still | lean people they can have everything any rffore than it is their duty to pen-; but my ego leads me to say that I can ision other groups^ either in private • " ; or public life. The School Lunch Plan The legislature is expected to ad journ this week with final ratifica tion of an almost 18 million dollars appropriation bill. In our opinion there are several items in the bill that should be re tell when anybody is singing or blow ing a tune. As to notes: bank botes and/guano notes are the only notes I have ever had much to do with. These notes are not of a musical type but when they “blowed” I dsjnced to their blasts. ' If the present-day stuff that you fear in the movies is music, I’m m int. There are millions of good oices. and billions of fine musical! instruments that are now hay-wire and going to waste. There’s no rhyme especially in mind that should be eliminated is the school lunch pro gram calling for an appropriation of ... . _ $256,000 to pay for a lunch super- or rhythm m any of this stuff visor for each county, and for ware house, storage and . other costs in handling commodities to be given by the federal government. This means I heard a bunch of these musicians and singers “doing” Home, Sweet Home the other night. There were so get enough to eat, though we will they want free at" government ex^ have difficulty in getting the menus 1 pense. the creating of more jobs at the ex-j man y off-key singers and so many we desire. It will become increasing-1 The phrase, “Social security for pense of taxpayers. ! ou ^ pitch hom-blowers, you could ly important, therefore, that we eat everyone” is the new political bait ( The cost of feeding children at] n °t tell whether they were working the things which will do us the most! being prepared to lure the voter. It’s'school has been financed in the past!° n Tykey in the Straw or Who good. We need to understand that a de ficiency of certain types of food from our diet which are needed for good a fine sounding .phrase. „ , by WPA, which is now fading from!® 1,0 * 16 the Lock on the Hen House There is something even greater the picture after spending^rnimons of; Door? They had it stream-lined and than full-stomach social security. | dollars for every, project or idea that I and so syncopated that you There is individual freedom — the ^ could be conceived. As soon as its couldn t tell it from a mess of jack- health, can become a serious afflic- right to do things for oneself — the j liquidation was announced, a bill tion during these times unless every basic principles of freedom and se-, sprang up sponsored by a certain one of us makes a determined effort, curity for which our boys are fight-! tfroup calling for the state to take so far as it is possible, to eat the ing. !°ver the supervision and cost of things which are good for us. Political social security that makes lunches. More than 3,300 schools'in asses braying, calves bellowing and bull frogs croaking. And these modern orchestra lead ers: something ought to be done During the next tew ntonths we^T^J't^dSrtK "»«*• .** ar f ft™"* hogM^eent ot show’VhTre's will be flooded w,th informationj turn , ol . a f ul i stomach and a p | ace ;lunches, with most of the supervisors 1 hog ys cent or 016 s* 10 *- There, about correct eating^ It is vitally im- A sleep', dest’roys’ fre'edom and" en-‘ furnished by WPA ' i no one person out of a thousand that The state has no business feeding ; can i n harmony with any courages and increases laziness. j y(mr childi or m - ne That ij} the 1 0 f these so-called modern pieces or ^ overmnent can only give to the! sponsibility of parents. When the tunes - Why, even Old Black Joe each of seven basic nutrition groups P 60 ? 16 what ^ first takes away from | p i an was started several years ago it of food. Group one consists largely of tb*™- ^ ca ^ tax o r confiscate savings 1 g f ew out the desire of WPA to green and yellow vegetables. Group 2 ! and redistribute them under the guise ^ S pe n d money in the name of public portant that we study this advice. The government will advise us to eat something each day from one of includes oranges, tomatoes and grape fruit. Group 3 consists of potatoes and other vegetables . and fruits of equalization of wealth. i welfare. The system has proven un- But a nation will starve if a nia-d sa tj s f ac t or y j n man y ways, is a source ^ or ^ y . tb e people do not have the 0 f annoyance to those who must di- Group 4 includes milk and milk pro- individual ambition and incentive to i rect j tj and requires time of superin ducts. Group 5 includes meat, poultry w01 *’ and save ’ and P r o duce ne W|tendents principals and teachers that, . . ... ^ and fish. Group 6 includes bread,' wealth continuously to take care of j should be sp ent in class rooms in the' ou , r ^ne voices make a talkie-song hour and cereals. In group 7 are but- themselves and that small percent-• training and development of our chil-!^ 1 of a ^ “ s . hh ; e eat *?« turn ‘P- sounds like a cross between a bunch of puppies barking all at once and an old cow. mooing fot- her offspring, with an occasional bleat from a dy ing sheep. They have just about jazzed the entertainment out of music. Some of ter and fortified margarine. 1 a 8 e of unfortunate individuals who All of this means we had better! wdl al L ways J be wards J °/ the state - and become intimately acquainted with w bo should be cared for. a hoe and victory garden during the P«htical planning of the lives of months that lie ahead. a11 the , P 60 ? 16 in a natlon leads m - evitably to dictatorship and totali We Must Not Let Our Boys Down Beginning this week and continu- dren. The plan is just another step ^ e f ns witb aand * n em ‘ no ^ ce towards state socialism. that so many unnecessary biases of With a serious scarcity of food, muslc m t lx 4 ? d Wlth a Picture that would it not be far better for the f.®} 1 c ? n ^ get the sense the thing, schools to bestir themseli/es in inter- m the thunder can talk or en-, , esting children in community gar- ! ^ oy conversation if a radio or a piano tananism. Look at Germany and her| dens t0 supplement the scarce supply. ls . , shootm g away with noises that allies. It is time for such nonsense | with economic conditions such as | to be ended forever. Under the they now are, with wages, generally Delano plan, planners and spenders speaking at an all-time high level, would ultimately outnumber the with the problem of unemployment ing through the month, the American workers and savers. Santa Claus solved, with every able-bodied man people are asked to open their hearts would be expected every day. and women able to secure employ- and pocketbooks in support of the * : ment who will work — there is no governments $13,000,000 000 second Pension Grab' (plausible reason why a free lunch war loan drive, the worlds greatest During ^ present session of ^ program should be maintained. ain’t tempting to-the ear-drums? There ought to be a law. war financing effort. With a quota of $410,000, Laurens assembly » teachers retire- VShT'Srt! b'VSSS a m', anrbn'tte «me day wiu".^ county has been oreanired and plans " ,en ,‘ b i“ advocated by the t x>werful I [ree text books tinsTCrtation and 'of a Anal discharge from my trest perfected for an intensive campa.gn ^bln wa“uy i-ch^then why nr g ^Ser aSd! as Committee. has’Tquota'of^ioooo theTlintm- 6 lven “ majority unfavorable house Provide free clothing, shoes, tablets, . Any person indebted to said estate Goldville area $200 000 ic education report and it was stated and ^c^thing else school | is notified and required to make pay- The call is clear our dutv »« riti ^ would be reported out stripped children need. There are citizens in ment on f or before that date; and all ine can clear, our auty as cm- anuronriations orovisions ‘ our state ’ far more than y° u might ( persons having claims against said zens is plain. America is on trial as oi appropriations provisions. . imagine—who feel just this wav To I estate will nresent them on or before we on the home fron* face one of. The measure as .introduced called “““Kmc—wnu Ieei wa y- io | estate win present mem on or Deiore .he most personal chalienges o? .hi ^.e appropriafi 0 " of aPProxi- ^ ^ P™™, or be forever war .0 date. That challenge is wheth- ".0.0* *600.000 a year, w..h teacher,; ^ moTeyt^nd aTliquoT s£r£ and for other purposes. And we can count on this—if the FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 13th day of May, 1943, I will render a final ac count of my acts and doings as Com mittee of the estate of Lou Hender son in the office of the Judge of Pro bate of Laurens County, at 10 o’clock er or not we are willing to sacrifice t0 contribute a like amount annually to a sufficient extent to lend our gov- ^ or an a PP rox im a t e $l-a-day retire- ernment thirteen billion dollars to ment goal. help win the war in the shortest time ' The appropriation bill as now con- possible. jcurred in by the house and senate, state enters the Iqnch business it will grow and require larger appropri- To do the job all of us are asked does not mclude such a provision.! atl o" s each y ea f- We do a dangerous, ♦ u i ciu J D . ° I ,. US 4 are ask fd t> eDresen t a tives from the teachers as- costl y thing when we relieve par- to help. This is a job that has to be Ke P r f. semailves r* 01 " me leacners as ( resoonsibilitv for feeriinv done Sure wp on iho homo f™nt ' sociation have been puttmg strong me responsibility lor feeding done. Sure, we on the home front are sociauon nave been putting strong feeling the pinch of war. But what ; P ressure on the education committee, we are experiencing is nothing com- 11 15 doubtful if the plan goes through pared with the dangers and agonies urdess tied on to the appropriation faced daily by our young men on the during the closing hours of the fighting fronts of the world—many of them boys from our own commu nity and homes. their children. session. It was not so long ago that a simi lar proposal sprang up and was pass- Yes, we know that this constant! ^ in Washington t0 P rovide P 6051005 NOBODY'S BUSINESS By GEE McGEE demand for more money out of our pockets and out of our paychecks— an increasing amount each month— is monotonous. But so is sitting in a fox-hole or lying in a slit-trench day after day, facing death itself. Our sons, friends, brothers, hus bands and others we know are doing that for us. They are facing some thing more terrible than what we are back home. As Secretary Morgenthau has said: "Shall we be more tender with our dollars than with the lives of our sons?” The second war loan is an order to the home front to go on a new offen sive. Your dollars are the weapons in this attack. They will make possible the passing of the ammunition to We Have Been Seeing Things We are finding it necessary to ad just ourselves to a new way of liv ing.- We went into a meat-shop one day last week and saw a horse collar and bridle hanging on the wall. We| decided that we didn’t want the two pounds of round steak we had de cided to buy. We don’t mean to inti mate that there was anything wrong: those boys up there ‘in the front ’ Prions teachers, or provides retire lines. They will help carry to them j ment P ay for them ’ or ,or any other more bombs, bullets, guns, tanks, planes, ships and shells to down the enemy for congressmen and senators. Only] a few men like Senator Byrd had the courage to stand up and oppose the grab plan and as a result, the bill was quickly rescinded when the American people expressed a strong public resentment. * The Chronicle is opposed to pen sions for senators and congressmen in Washington who, measured by their ability, are well paid for what they do. Few of them back home in | but the market has discontinued the civilian life could make ten thousand, use of his hoss-drawn vehicle and dollars a year plus the “extras” they i has gone back to a strip-down Ford, are allowed. Likewise we are opposed ] It might have been somebody else’s to pensions for teachers in South i bridle and collar. Anyway, I got over Carolina. We believe they should be|my beef-steak hunger, paid adequate salaries but the spend- < . We are eating oleo-margarine in stead of butter. No questions are ask ed. The 50c hen we had for last Sun day dinner cost $1.84, but we sup pose there’s no ceiling on a hen. We had one pork chop Friday- night for barred. PIERCE HENDERSON^ April 13, 1943.—6-4c. Committee. Dr. Felder Smith Dr. Duncan S. Felder OPTOMETRISTS * Specialists In Eye Examinations Office Honrs: Dr. Smith, Daily, 4:15 to 6 Dr. Felder, Dally, 9 to 6 Phone 29 for Appointment CUNTON, 8. C. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmammm ing should stop there. When the state special class, it creates a monastic order. Teachers, with their educa tional advantages, training and op- you. You must pitch in with your dollars, whether they be large or small. This money is for war pur poses, not social gains and other un necessary spending. Every dollar loaned the government in this drive is to help crush Hitler and his co horts. What we need to do, therefore, is to keep in mind our boys in the You can’t let George do this for P° r tunities, above a41 others, should! supper. It went to the boy—we want be reticen. ^o ask for pensions. |to keep him healthy and husky. We : And if we are to pension teachers, j do n’t know whether our egg this! then there will be a cry from all morning was scrambled in tallow or, county, state and municipal officers. | axle grease. It tasted fairly well, but And if to them, why not to all in-; we got to imagining things. We spent dustrial employes, farmers, stenog- 0 ur point this week for soups, canned raphers, salespeople, etc., right on ii ma s and com. These things were not down the line to include everybody, j fit to eat . . . till they became ex- Another pension scheme now turns! tremely pointed. front lines. They give their lives- U P ^Columbia by which if a bill; •— you lend the money. ! now before the senate judiciary com- If pork keeps on going up, a fel- We can not, we dare not let ouri mittee P asses > a judiciary retirement low will soon feel complimented if fighting men down. Political Bait The job before us now is to win this war in the shortest time possible. Everything else should be side tracked. Such socialistic schemes as recently presented by Uncle Frederic Delano (the president’s uncle) for his Na tional Resources Planning Board would carry us straight ahead to totalitarianism. Congress acted wise ly in turning down an appeal for huge funds for this organization. Not plan will become effective in this state. The measure provides that su preme court justices and circuit court somebody calls him a darned hog. We can remember when we used to enjoy having company at our house. judges who are sixty-five years of We are using the same kind of cof- age or older and who have served on ! fee we have always used, but it the bench for fifteen years or longer doesn’t taste quite right. We don’t may retire from active duty. And ^ suppose the coffee man is mixing any then there is the proviso that those | wheat or barley with our home-roast- judges who can qualify under the. ed stuff? We found a piece of chaff act are to receive two-thirds pay. in our coffee cup the other morning. According to the 1942 S. C. Code, the salaries of these officials is $6,750 annually. If the plan is approved by the general assembly the retired judges^will receive a pension on this basis of $4,500 annually, while addi- We can remember “just as plain” how cooking breakfast bacon and ham smells, but have just about for gotten how they taste. 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