Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

> r vr Page Foar THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C Thursday, May 13, 1943 (Clinton (Ci|rotttrlr Established 190« WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher 1 Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subecription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year |2.00 ..." Six Months $1.00 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, MAY IS. 194S WlnwwJ Artinn |ably presented a program of music ueiayeu /Action I appropriate for the day and filled President Roosevelt long ago should; vvith patriotic sentiment, have taken a firm stand against j All in all, it was an unusual, happy strikes. There has been too much i d ayi one th a t gave us an opportunity coddling by the New Deal adminis-! to show our interest in this group of tration of rabid labor leaders setting fi ne young men. And we know they themselves up as czars and being were as appreciative as any group granted evary deihand. If we cannot subdue our enemies at home, it is not likely that we can win victory against those who op pose us in foreign lands, except that the politicians do the fighting here and the soldiers wage wax over there. could be. No Club Needed The treasury announced yesterday that "Meet the People...” Tom ComutOy • pteturo to MWO.) •With much public attention centered on nu merous plana for a postwar world, from the United States senate comas word that the for eign relations subcommittee, headed by Tom Connelly ot Texas, Is working hard at trying to formulate such a policy. To draft an inter national plan that would be strong enough to be of value and be acceptable not only to the senate and tee citizens of the United States but to the peoples of the other United Na tions is—putting it mildly—a plenty tough as- sighment / •Tough? Yes, but Tom Connelly's record as district prosecutor, state legislator, congress man and sens tor is strewn with “tough" Jobs he has tackled with a stolid spirit « eln congress for ovpr a quarter «f a century, he is 68 years old. His commanding figure adds color to the senate membership for his dress of frockish coats, white stiff shirts and a wide black ribbon for his glasses, sets him apart ■ • If his committee can do only a reasonable job in helping reach an agreement on a post war world that would insure peace, Tom Con- nally's international reputation will one day overshadow his record of service. the merchants in his tpwn as adver- j . FINAL SETTLEMENT tisers, he usually takes it to them to. Take notice that on the 13th day see if they are willing to pay part of (0 f May, 1943,1 will render a final ac- the cost. Some merchants are glad to j count of my acts and doings as Com- do this occasionally, but most of them m ittee of the estate of Lou Hepdgr- must wonder why they are singled out for such solicitations. Actually it would seem as if such advertising messages should be back ed by all members of the community. For it is of just as much concern to Mrs. Jones or Mrs. Smith that war bonds be sold as it is to the long- suffering merchants. In some towns there have been or ganized Citizens’ War Advertising committees which raise funds to pay for these advertisements and deter mine which ones are most essential to run in their communities. This i seems the fairest way to spread the cost of getting necessary war mes sages to the people. in securities were sold in the second After breaking the no-strike agree- war ' l° an drive which was recently mart and dia'egarding the general I completed, $5,533,000,000 more than safety of his country, nothing that; was originally sought in the greatest John Lewis can do now will place government financing campaign in him any higher than a fifth columnist i^* s ^ or y- in the estimatkm of the public. j It is a source of gratification that ' the quota for our county was dou- WHy Not LigUOr? I results Show that practically j Having rationed practically all the every town in the country'jumped onj necessities of life, we note with sat-; the “bond-wagon" during the cam-j la isfaction that the governnient may paign. When the goal was announced i By GEE McGEE these aviators, for the spirit of fel- we are depending more on the down fall of Germany than we are on our selves. We won’t be able to put up a real fight abroad until w« have stopped fighting at home. lowship which this nation once held a grand total of $18,533,000,000 for Japan is now gone—dead forever. Not only will this be true of Ameri ca’s adult population but of every child who reads his American history. For just as long as it is recorded in that history there will be not one spark of sympathy for Japan’s ani malism. NOBODY'S BUSINESS TODAY... TOMORROW By Don Robinson finally be driven to the rationing of liquor. One ef the first steps toward winning the war and protecting the it seemed almost inconceivable that this huge amount could be reached. But the people proved they are will- character and morals of the young ing to go the limit to help pay for men in service would be the outlaw- the war. They want non-essential and ing of whiskey. It could have been political spending ended—they want dene easily but high government of ficials were opposed to such action. Some of them were even so stupid as to publicly say that the use of liquor among the armed forces is es sential to build morale. We have in our heart no place for every energy and every dollar con certed on defeating the Nazis and the Japs and bringing the war to a speedy and complete victory. WAR ADS—Sponsors Just as most of us dbn’t pay much attention to the name of th® sponsor when we listen to a radio program, often we don’t give proper attention to the signature on was bond adver tisements and other war messages The Agriculture Blues In “C” Minor I have a case of congested blues to- ! published in newspapers and maga- day. First, it’s either so dry or so wet | zines.. I can’t plant cotton. Second, it’s been raining off and oh for a week or so, and being a farmer, I’m getting un easy. It stops raining every year in The success of this drive has prov- | time for us to plant and sow, reap and ed that the people back homfe are i hoe, but this, looks like a different willing to stand behind and support, condition. But by the time I get Our natural reaction to a war bond advertisment is to think about wheth er we can afford to buy more bonds than we are buying now — and of course that is the primary purpose of such advertising. But a considerable habit to form RATIONING BOARD BULLETIN (OPA) ready to plow, the ground is too hard.! during these times would be t® note the name of the sponsors too—just Another thing: John Lewis and his so we can give a nod of recognition 1J ^ st J! mp ex P* reB May 31. sympathy with those who may thus our boys as they are daily writing an be driven to endure the hardships of enviable chapter in the nation’s his- thirsty gullets—if alcoholic rationing tory by their valor and bravery on does come about. The present Wash- the fighting fronts of the world. As!(?iq an€ j somebody else with his AFL to. those individuals or business men ington admmistration is the wettest a nation we have said to them in ar e striking. We have a war on our, who are digging into their pockets the -country has known in years. (Compiled to date for information of The Chronicle’s readers). COFFEE—Stamp No. 23 in war ra tion book one good for one pound of coffee. FOODS—Blue stamps in war ration book two are used to ration process ed foods—commercially canned, bot tled and frozen fruits and vegetable*, and including jufees, all soups, dried fruits, dried beans and lentils. Dried peas recently were removed from the list of rationed foods and now may be bought without surrendering point stamps. Blue stamps £>, E and F expired April 30 after having t been valid since March 25. The only blue stamps now good for processed food pur- •hases are G, H and J, which became valid on April 24, and which will ex pire on May 31. s Red stamps in war ration book two are used to ration meats, fats, oils, cheeses and canned fish. Poultry, game and fresh fish are not rationed. During May these stamps may be used: Red stamp E (18 points), stamp ex pires May 31. Week beginning May 2, red stamp F (16 points), stamp expires May 31. Week beginning May 9, red stamp F (16 points), stamp expires May 31. Week beginning May 16, red stamp H (16 points), stamp expires May 31. Week beginning May 23, red stamp son in the office of the Judge bate of Laurens County, at 10 o’clock a.m., and on the same day will apply for a final'discharge from my trait as Committee. Any person indebted to said estate is notified and required to make pay ment on or before that date; and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on Sir bate* said date, duly proven, or be forever barred. PIERCE HENDERSON, April 13, 1943.—6-4c. Committee. SECOND SHEETS, Carbon Paper, Typewriter Ribbons, Ink and other Office Necessities. (No clips or rubber bands for the duration). Chronicle Publishing Co. Phone 74. INSURANCE Fire - Tornade - Automo bile - Surety Bonds - AH Forms of Property Insurance. SOUND PROTECTION AT LOWEST COST. REAL ESTATE B. Clinton* S. C. Gray Funeral Home . Clinton, S. C. FUNERAL DIRECTORS ...ondaM EMBALMERS Ambulance Service Phones 41 and 399-J L. RUSSELL GRAY and ?. PARKS ADAIR, Gan. Ms*. The Merchants' Hard Job _ No one is operating business today t \A/*II D ^ i j under more difficult conditions than JOpOH Will D6 L*rUSne(J the merchant, whether his store be Ever since history' records, GASOLINE—Coupon No. 5 in “A ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ book good for three gallons but must we are ready | hands, but labor leaders regard a. war to pay for advertising to make thej four months in- J ' business. We bond sale in their town a success. I stead of two - as was formerly the we have too Actually the people who pay for ! many strikes, meaning too few folks these ads are making more of a con- at work. It’s mighty hard on our boys, tribution to the war program than many unmistakable terms | to lend our money and do our part as the other fellow’s j without a club being held over pur j can’t win the war if heads. large or small. He must work have been laws—written and unwrit- throughout the regular day and then ( ten—to cover the conduct of war, the additional hours, keeping track of most foolish thing in which mankind ration stamps and endless rules and'can indulge. The most recent group stead of two, as ! case.* SHOES—Stamp No. 17 in war ra- tion book one can be used to buy a over there” when they can’t get are those of us who simply buy pa * r c of ra f ione ^ ^hoes through June 100 per cent cooperation from “over bonds. For when a business man or s ^ me types of shoes are not ra- there 1 here.” ! tioned. of laws was drawn up at Geneva in recent years, and among the signers was Japan for whom the Allies now regulations. If he makes a mistake he is under threat of fine or jail sen tence. The result has been that thou sands of stores are actually going out of business to the real hardship of many^ommumties, because the or less a resume of the decencies 1 with his fishing. The nearest fishing a newspaper publisher spends money ♦ i to push the sale of bonds he doesn’t While we don’t use our car very get his money back in ten yeara with much, probably to the extent of 20 interest nor does he get any other miles per week, we observed that the personal benefit from it. All he gets cloth or cotton fabric was showing is the satisfaction of having donated through two of the tires. That’s bad some of his hard-earned money to a with summer coming on and this worthwhile cause. hold utter contempt. These laws— writer being exactly 45 years, 5, with a few supplements—were more months, 3 weeks and 2 days behind operators cannot stand the strain in- which have for centuries been cus volved and for the added reason that tomary in civilized warfare — if we it is becoming more and more diffi cult to obtain merchandise. It seems tknely to us that Chair- can call any warfare “civilized.” One of the very fundamentals which has been observed in warfare man Patman of the House committee is the protection • and proper treat on small business, has ordered an in vestigation into all phases of the issuance of orders and regulations by the OPA. He says; “Conditions are forced upon retailers and wholesal- ment of “prisoners of war.” The rea sons are obvious and many, but of outstanding significance is the fact that the soldier is under orders from his superiors. He is not his own mas ers which do not comply with the ter and it has never been considered provisions of the Emergency Price Control act.” Every effort should be made to lighten or simplify the present corn- reasonable that having been ordered into battle he should be executed when and if captured. With a spy it has always been a plications surrounding retailing—not different matter. A spy volunteers for the retailers alone, but for the|for his work and when he is in enemy consumer,- who is the worst sufferer territory he is fully aware of his fate as thousands of necessary stores are forced out of business due to sheer physical inability to meet the com plications of operation. If you doubt this, count the number of vacant store buildings in every town you visit. —if captured — which the recognized laws of warfare decree. War is horrible enough as it is, without adding to its frightfulness. GIFTS—Newspapers It is impossible to get any accurate hole to his home . . . where there’s figures on just h»w many millions of anything except a few mud-cats and | dollars have been donated to support an occasional carp ... is 15 miles as government war advertising, but the the road winds. total figure would be staggering. + -A lot of us, when we see bond ad- Still another thing: as this piece is vertising, or war messages about ra- going to the printer, the Ruml plan j tioning, scrap collections, tire con- of taxation has not passed. (I want servation . victory gardens and count- my $4.20 back if I can get it back).j less other wartime subjects, are apt And our last summer’s clothes (that to think that the government pays we carried over from year before t° r th®se—if we think about the cost last)' don’t look quite good Enough at a11 - But actually the government to conceal us thru the next 4 months, i hasn’t spent a nickel for such adver- We had a nearly new straw hat late. tising. It has all been contributed by last summer and now that thing is men an( * women who realize such out of style: no feather sticking in it, campaigns are necessary and are no, twisted band on it and besides! willing to pitch in and help foot the that somebody at the house let a suit- ] hih- case sit on it from October 1, 1942,! Probably the greatest donation of till 7:30 last night. Woe is me! a11 has been ma <le by the newspaper publishers themselves. At a recent newspaper meeting, it was estimated that the newspapers have so far do nated approximately $50,000,000 in The Fight On the Home Front .j. , . .. .. We have two wars on our hands at Try to imagine the results iL every nt The AUies are fl hti G mihtary prisoner was slaughtered, j many Japan and Italy . but the B other advertising space to the war. This is The next step would be the slaughter of every civilian who fell into the hands of an enemy both at the be ginning of the war and during in- inspiring jvasions. It wouldn’t be long before the world r®ached such a state of A Job Well Done In an appropriate and Mother’s Day sermon we were privi leged to hear Sunday, the minister! bestiality that its human population cited one of the characteristics of a'might cease to exist. Christitan home as hospitality, a vir tue, unfortunately, that has been war is being fought by us here at home fighting one another. Labor is fighting the public and capital. Labor racketeers are * fighting each other. Boss is fighting boss. There is a fight going oh in various departments of our government. largely discarded in the rush of mo dem living. In spite of such tendencies it is en- Now we have the spectacle of a j Leader fighting leader. WPB is fight- great and supposedly civilized nation, f ing OPA Department of Agriculture officially acknowledging that it has! fighting the farmer and the fanner broken, and intends to continue to break, the one law of decency which tirely in good taste, we think, to say , even the wild hordes which period- that the observance of Mother’s Day ically overran Europe were wont to in qur city was a fine expressien of observe. Such is the action, and fur- friendship and hospitality. The sug-: ther threat, of Japan gestion had been made that homes of the city be opened to the 400 ca- Experience with Germany during the last two wars has taught us that is fighting crop pests and politicians. fight! Ut The Republicans are fighting the Democrats and the Democrats fighting the Republicans. are dets in training here, for the special the life or death of the enemy civil- dgy since they were separated by Sian doesn’t mean much to that na- distance from their own parents, tion; but they have—at least official ly—respected the laws which protect homes and friends. More homes were offered, we are informed, than there were geests, and this is an accom plishment of which all who invited guests should feel justly proud. It was a genuine pleasure to have sev eral of the young men in our home, and the same was true with every family in which there were guests. Our president is being fought by selfish interests. Prejudice and hate are fighting our democratic form of government. Department heads are fighting department heads. The pub lic is fighting against and is fight ing for the black markets. Business is fighting for more money and in- the prisoner of war. We doubt if Germany would descend to the dustry is fighting high taxes.* depths of military infamy to which Japan has now dedicated herself. It is shocking, and makes one’s blood boil, to read of her approval of Ja pan’s execution of the American avi ators. If it must come, we had far Not only was it a joy and pleasure; rather see our yotyig men fall vic- to our people to have the cadets in | tims of the Germans rather than the their homes, but they in turn enjoyed j dastardly Japanese. The maiVelous the thoughtfulness and hospitality, work being done by the International “Our hearts are filled by this experi ence,” many of them were heard to say. As a further expression of their appreciation, “open house” bn the college campus was observed in the afternoon to give many friends who journeyed there an opportunity to in spect the cadets’ spbtless living quar ters and other facilities provided for their training and comfort. And then, as a further expression of their ap preciation the detachment glee club Red Cross is a protection to those who unfortunately become prisoners of war. When Japan executed those Amer ican aviators it drove the cold steel of determination deep into the soul of every one of 130 million Ameri cans. It made the Allies more deter mined than ever to crush that nation, as will be done in. short order once we are ready to start the final devas tating offensive in that area. Japan will-pay, and dearly, for the lives of The world is turned upside down. Our country is in an uproar all of the time. Every person has his own ideas about everything. Every other person knows how to do everything better than it is being done. Strikes, arguments, shortages, and politics have a strangle-hold on bur United States. Men in high places will lie and misrepresent, distort and exag gerate, in order that they might carry their point. We have made this war secondary in our daily walk and conversation. We are investing in bonds and stamps when we find it convenient to do so. We have made no sacrifices as yet that might be considered worthwhile.' While we are holding our own, we are not winning the war. We aH know that we will win the war, but in addition to the mass of stories and editorials, sent to them by Washing ton, which they have published as news. It may be argued by those who don’t analyze the situation that news papers can give this space away with out it costing them anything. But to a man who publishes a newspaper you might as well say that a steel company can afford to give away the steel for battleships. A rfewspaper publisher’s only stock, in trade is his advertising space. When he gives that space away in stead of charging money fbr it, he is making a real dollar-and-cents dona tion. And there are plenty of pub lishers who are practically being forced out of business because they are giving too generously of that white space. MERCHANTS—Citizens The general procedure, when the government has an advertisement it wants to run, is to send a copy of it to each; publisher. With th® copy is a note from the interested govern ment agency asking the publisher to try to find someone, or some group, to sponsor that advertisement m his newspaper. Since toe newspaper thinks first of SUGAR—Stamp No'. 12 in war ra tion book one will be good for five pounds through May 31. TIRES—Owners of passenger cars and commercial vehicles using tires smaller than 7.50 by 20 may get their casings recapped with reclaimed rub ber camelback without applying to their local war price and rationing boards for certificates. A driver with a mileage ration of more than 240 miles monthly is entitled, beginning May 1, to new Grade I casings when he needs replacements. Certificates for tires and tubes may be used at any time convenient to the holder. SAY, ’T SAW IT IN THE CHRON ICLE.” THANK YOU. KEROSENE... 12 c per Gallon YARBOROUGH OIL COMPANY WEST mad; street PITTSBURGH PAINTS Varnishes, Glass, Putty, Putty Knives, Caulking Compound, Pittsburgh Techide — a water mixed paint, Plate Glass Mirrors, Paint i Brushes. Brick, Lime, Cement, Con crete and Terracotta Pipe, Sand and Stone, Roofing. JOHN DEERE Tractors and Implements that work. Have 1 No. 114 Rough- age 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 Telephone 10 Try Alt buy Way Is... 14 FALSE TEETH At toft, m ■■■■■■■■■ war ■— ctoMfalM tooth uUfcrMc* WMk RKALLT claw. Jwt pmt y—r ptote to • ftoai •f water to wMch a UMfe •■ick-actime XlawUto baa _ . baan added. With aasto- liko speed, dtocaiarattoa aad ttalas raa* lab — thp. srtotaal dan briffctofaa ra> fcmtal / T Get Kleeaito Today At YOUNG'S PHARMACY Your Home Loans In Friendly Hands We've learned the importance of friendly helpfulness in financial relations with fellow townsfolks. That's all quite understandable because Citizens Fed eral is a local institution organized to do business pri marily with its fdends and neighbors. So if you are thinking in terms of home ownership you can be certain of a welcome and sympathetic under standing here. I Home ownership by the Citizens Fedeml way is an adventure lit good citizenship. Each Account Insured Up To $5,000 ederal Savings |AND LOAN ASSOCIATION Telephone No. t —A. i / .. - . . • . • ; , ' * • • A Clinton Institution Serving Clinton People Since 1909 •**■*».■-nfr 's