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Page Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. Thursday, June 3,1943 QUfp (Hlintnn (Hhrnntrlp Established 1900 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year $2.00 Six Months $1.00 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office«at Clirfton, 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. * Churches Plan hours for me a few days ago. He said “I’m afeared to hit a lick of work: you see, I draw a well-fare, and ifi-, , _ they ketch me working, I won’t get j I ImfMi - no more checks.” He’s strong and UIIIUII Jvlvlvv husky and not oldish, but he has sold out his energy, ambition and hope for a monthly mess oL parridge. The country is chock full of people who idare not work, yet—we have a labor i shortage. Meeting In Interest of Promoting Bible Teach ing In Schools of District Is Announce^. CLINTON. S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE S, 1943 k.1 DnnA Ahn/1/1 [prices of every day commodities. INO ROSy KOQu Mneau I Black markets are flourishing, price Many graduates have gone fo»*th ct> : ling i mean ITAIXAV TAkJAftAAtAI during the past two weeks from high what Czar Byrnes will be able to] IIIIIAf ... IiJ|V|UKIvlJVv schools and colleges accompanied by accomplish in this new position re- 1 ^ . the hope and inspiration oi youth as ma j n J to ^ seen There has been a' By Don RobinSOH well as the best wishes and prayers growing demand in Congress, and of those who look back across the f rom the people back home, that the years. Few, if any, graduates have, p rosecu tj on Q f war be stepped up faced more doleful and chaotic con-: on the home front. Government has It looks like all oT the large eggs laid in this community (by hens, of! course) have gone to war. The eggs The City Ministerial/agaoeiation that we are buying are slightly larg- w ‘h sponsor a union jnpMing of all er than pigeon eggs, but the price churches of the community on Sun- we pay is the same as others pay for < ^ a 3 r evening, June 13j^at Broad Street large eggs when they can get them.' Methodist church, in the interest of I suggested to the house-runner at promoting the teaching of Bible in breakfast this morning that she ask 1 *he public Schools of Hunter school the egg-seller to ship his bantam district. The guest speaker for the eggs away and give us some old style occasion will be Dr. Harry H. Clark Rhode Island Red fowl-fruit. [ of 1116 University of South Carolina. ■ ^ I A growing number of towns and ——J cities are inaugurating the Week Day Reliaious ^Education movement and report nfost gratifying results. For 21 years the Bible has been taught as an elective, but for credit, in the public schools of Chattanooga, Tenn., last year with an ‘enrollment of 9,480 students. During this period it is re ported that more than 175,000 boys ditions or have inherited more mis- j talked much about its fight against takes and failures on the part of their elders, than this new group Political Fear A timely question keeps raising its ^ ^ head during this common era of helped bring on inflation we are inflation, but when the repeated de mands for higher prices and higher wages have been made, government has usually yielded to the deffiands. There has been confusion, indecis ion and compromising, all of which PERSONALITY—Complexes Trying to figure out what ^therjan^ gj r is have received Bible train- people are really like is one of the j j n g through that system. The program most difficult jobs of the human has also been successful in Charlotte, mind. Most of us think w* are fairly C . ( Norfolk, Va., Montgomery, good psychologists and thus make' Ala > Rock Hill in t^ statei and other snap judgments about the character, | towns and cities, intelligence and personality of people with whom we come in contact—but every one of us knows of cases where our judgment has later proved to be entirely wrong. strikes and labor racketeers as to; j^ow experiencing, why the government should have the The American people’s first co'n- pcwer to place young men at low sal- I cern i s winning the war and it is to, ... 0 aries on the front lines of defense of j he hoped that the setup of this new 1 ality, perhaps the greatest proportion their country and cannot control, department will contribute to victory i of errors are made in mistaking an those who refuse at good salaries to, on fae home front. ' inferiority complex for . conceit, or produce the weapons of war so badly The establishment of the Office of; vice versa. An outspoken person, who needed. War Mobilization appears to us as! seems to carry his personality on the The plan proposed here, briefly stated, follows: The members of the community ask the privilege of us ing the school buildings and* the , i * school’s time for the purpose of ,!?. ° Ur . n0rTn . al of . t>er ]? n .T j teaching their childreii the Christian 1 religion. There is no cost to the school whatsoever. The salary of the teach er, her expenses and the cost of all materials are borne by the Christian community. The teacher must be a A strong reason for this unjusti- just another government agency. We tip of his tongue, is often pouring out j . "7*'; Q fiable condition is that from the high-| try one and then overthrow it, with! words which may not come close to; * , ® ® est to the lowest, our politicians the substitution of another bureau!reflecting *his true thoughts or his 1 fP ® duca ~ have less love for their country than | of some kind. These alphabetical, real nature. We may get the idea' ^ *1 ® hest jP 01 ”' they have fear of the ballot box. overlapping agencies keep piling up 1 that he has an exceptionally Anej f 1 ^ Washington is as afraid of Lewis and at tremendous expense to taxpayers, opinion of himself because of his!?;*”?® o- W “ imS par " organized labor leaders as the aver age woman is. afraid of a rat. To most people practically all initials merely spell Washington. Keep Our Schools School men in this and other states keep agitating federal school aid for school enlargement programs and to provide increased pay for teachers. This is the very thing we need to] NOBODY'S BUSINESS By GEE McGEE opinion great desire to talk on all subjects, whereas this insistence on self-ex pression may actually be a frantic defense against a feeling of infe riority. RATIONING BOARD BULLETIN (OPA) (Compiled to date for information of The Chronicle’s readers). COFFEE—Stamp No. 24 in war ra tion book 1 became .valid for one pound of coffee and will continue good through June 30. Stamp No. 23 expired at midnight Sunday, May 30. FOODS—Blue Stamps in war ra tion book 2 are used to ration pro- j cessed foods — commercially canned, ; bottled and frozen fruits and vetfe- j tables, and including juices, all soups, i dehydrated soup mixtures, dried j [fruits, dried beans and lentils. Dried! peas are not rationed. Six blue stamps still good for processed food pur chases are G, H, and J, which will continue valid through, June 7, and K, L and M, which became valid on May 24 and will expire at midnight July 7. Red stamps — The red stamps in war ration book 2 are used to ration meat, fats, oils, cheeses and canned fish. Poultry, game and fresh fish are not rationed. Five red ptamps which may be used during June for purchase of meats, Expiration Date fats, oils, etc., are: Validity ' Date J May 23 K May 30 L June 6 M -N June 20 book 1 good for five pounds of sugar, became valid Tuesday, June 1, and will be good until Aujpiat 15, replac ing Stamp 12 expiring May It. Stamps 15 and 16 in war ration book 1 also may be used to obtain sugar for canning. They are good for five pounds of sugar each and will re main valid until October 31. Persons needing more sugar for canning should apply to their local war price and rationing boards. The maximum allowed for canning is 25 pounds per person. TIRES—Owners of passenger cats 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 24Q 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. ♦ SECOND SHEETS, Carbon Paper, Typewriter Ribbons, Ink and other Office Necessities. (No clips or rubber bands for the duration).^ Chronicle Publishing Co. Phone 74. GASOLINE—Coupon No. 5 in “A” book good for three gallons but must last through July 21—four months in stead of two, as was formerly the case. SHOES—Stamp No. 17 in war ra tion book one can be used to buy a pair of rationed shoes through June 15. Some types of shoes are not ra tioned. SUGAR—Stamp 13 in war ration Gray Funeral Home Clinton, S. C. FUNERAL DIRECTORS ...and,/. EMBALMERS Ambulance Service Phones 41 and 999>J L. RUSSELL GRAY and Y. PARKS ADAIR, Gen. Mgra. ticular subject. Since the success or failure of the movement rests largely with the teacher, every effort willl be made to get the best teacher possible for the important position. ... • * i All citizens of the community are In the same way the qu.et man , jted and d „ ^ m i„i s , ers who is often accused of conceit be-!, 0 alte „ d this union service and lend their cooperation to a program which, ] cause of his apparent unwillingness , to enter into conversation, is often ; writhing with discomfort over his guard and fight against since it will The Flat Rock High School Has Just inability to translate his thoughts Closed A Successful Year i into words. mean an added heavy drain on tax payers, a disregard of the rights of our scholl closed last friday night! mci iirirs the states, and a further centraliza- week. rev. will waite preeched the j DISLIKES Crust tion of power in Washington. ! backy-laureate sermont. he taken his All of us build outward screens to When the federpl government puts texx on go out into the world and hide what we consider the weak- xnoney into the operation of public conquer, he explained how he was nesses in eur make-up. Just as a man raised on a farm and burnt the mid- who suffers from some physical af- night pine knots to get an education, he read everthing he could get holt schools it means domination and cen tralization of control in Washington, and is bound to produce embarrass ing problems. Those who agitate I of, so he said, till he was able to fliction is apt to draw attention away from it by performing unusual physi cal feats, it is human nature to cover up our mental and moral handicaps. We often hear of a blind man who becomes an accomplished pianist, a lame man who is an expert swimmer, a small man who makes up for his size by developing bulging muscles and a homely girl who attacts atten- funds for a project it dictates how g scholars this year, 3 boys and 4 girls ^ion to herself with beautiful clothes. the plan tell, the publig that no fed eral agency or individual shall ex ercise any supervision, or control whatsoever of the operation of the school systems. This is not true, as Agger fractions and spell any word in common use, and then he quit scholl and took up preeching. *’1 a very suckcessful year was re- every informed person knows. When 1 ported by miss jennie veeve smith, the federal government provides the our sc hool principle, she gradurated But when it comes to personality it is much more difficult for the ob server to distinguish true character istics from window dressing. We can the money is to be spent and de- anc j one man , s he reported that she mands usurping control of the under- I had to give only 52 whippings en- taking, whatever it may be. Look at ( j ur i n g the semester and that speaks the alphabetical agencies that have pretty well for younguns as mean been operating for the past ten years, j as s h e has had to teech. she expelled ; become very close friends to some When the government supplies the 4 h 0 y S f or chawing tobacker and spit-! people before we get a real insight money they do the dictating, and that t ing on the blackboard and she allso into their real nature—and there are is exactly what will happen when exDe ueH 5 eirls for cussine smoking 1 coun Uess cases in the lives of all of federal agencies get their hands on cigarettes and wearing too few! 115 where we harbor dislikes for cer- the control of Che public schools, clothes ansoforth. Look at the farm program, WPA, 1 ♦ power developments in competition, rev. waite had a right smart to say an opinion until we had really fath with private industry, etc, for glaring about the duty of the father and omed through the crust behind which tain acquaintances whom w’e would truly enjoy if we had waited to form examples. Washington is drunk with mo ther toward their offsprings, he power and fighting for more. The intimated that our kids are pitched big struggle we must face in the fu ture will be to recover some of the their true personality lies. Even among members of the same when put into effect, will be of great benefit to the Whole community. S. C. Highway Debt To Be Reduced Start To Be Made Next Year; Limit Is Set At 62 Million Dollars. Orangeburg, June 1. — The state highway department should “fully retire” its $61,000,000 bonded debt and it will make a start by attempt ing to retire 10 per cent of it«by May 1, 1944, Chairman Rut L. Os borne of the state highway commis sion said today. “I am positive I voice the senti ments of Chief Highway Commission er J. S. Williamson anck a majority of the members of the commission when 1 say it is now time for South Carolina to begin to reduce its high way debt,” Osborne and, pointing out that the debt limitation had been set by the legislature at $62,300,000. ' “We believe this reduction in debt should continue on a reasonable scale each year until fully retired, even after the war and when normal con ditions are restored. “This can be accomplished and at the same time a reasonable construc tion program carried out. It is my thought that the highway construc tion program should not be discon- into the scholl teechers’ laps as soon family there are definite blind spots as they are 6 years old, and pa and which often make it impossible for a many rights so readily surrendered m a think they have done their part man t° really know his wife or his because of the war emergency, by;by feaching them that far up. he children, the people to the federal government, stated that such doings should stop , Th education of the children of a a t once or our country will go to the NATIONS—Misunderstood community is a responsibility of the dogs, he forgot that he was preech- Ttos same lack of understanding definitely think more roads patrons and taxpayers of that com- i n g a backy-laureate and took up a whlch e ? lsts between friends and «nuea, 1 aennueiy minx more roaas ’munity. When we beg for and accept collection to the embarrassment of families, is even more accented in the federal funds for the operation of lo- a ll who fetched no monney along. | relations existing between groups of cal schooLs the inevitable result will* ♦ , people such as the populace of dif- be a losing of local interest in edu- miss jennie veeVe was re-eleckted ferent nations. cation and a regimented, socialized back to her old job. exerboddy thinks If tbe personality of a nation could •government operated and controlled the world of her in flat rock but she,be psycho-analyzed like the person- school system from Washingon. If do not seem to rate 0 so high at other ality of a man or woman, we would we have good sense we will keep our places, it has benn roomered that she often find that our likes and dislikes schools under our own control to care has been trying to get a job at the for nations are founded on false out- for our own children. Another Alphabetical Agency President Roosevelt’s announce ment a few days ago of the selection of James F. Byrnes to be super boss of the domestic war effort was view ed in some high quarters in Washing ton as a stroke calculated to still double-barreled criticism levelled at the New Deal with increasing fre- county-seat for 5 yr.. but she has ward impressions, failed, miss sallie veeve, her twin sis- We think of the present Germans ter and assistant, sung a nice song as a brutal, coarse, debased people, at the commencement exercises, she which they have demonstrated them- was encored, but could not think of selves to be in this war, but actually nothing else to sing, so the occasion their demonstration of those charac- came to a close with “america” by all'teristics in this war may be the while standing up. yores trulie, mike lark, rfd, corry spondent. I front” which hides a discouraged, frightened and distraught people. We think of the Japs as egotistical people who brag about their race su periority, but actually they are prob ably trying to hide a deep feeling of What We Have Been Thinking Psychologists say that one person inferiority caused by . the subnormal quency in recent weeks from all parts ou t 0 f every eight has a loose screw physical stature of their race and his head. Let’s see: we have 435 their inability to keep up with the im of the country. In making the announcement the representativ'es in congress, asleep, president stated Byrnes was vested awake and isolationists. That gives with wartime controls bver the na- us a total of about 54 loose screws, lion’s life, and made the arbiter Seems to be nearly right, where civilian and military needs are now in sharp conflict. The new com mittee consisting of Byrnes, Navy Secretary Knox, War Secretary Stim- son, Harry Hopkins, Donald M. Nel son, and Judge Fred Vinson, the peo ple were told, will review and shape progress of other nations After the war is over, if we are going to avoid future wars, it will be necessay to try to delve into the true nature of toe peoples of all The Ruml plan is admired and de- parts of the world and attempt to sired by all folks who pay taxes Imagine anybody not loving Santa Claus. Any fool would be glad to get out of paying taxes if he could do so honorably and within the law. It will the broad policy of production, and help a few individuals to cancel 1942 * manpower, food, etc. What this! taxes but it will give the government the dickers in the end, and in the means the average citizen does not 1 know. Mr. Byrnes was removed from the supreme court bench to the position of economic stabilizer. What he sta bilized we do not know. To the con trary, several advances in prices were given his approval When Lewis was calling the miners strike for higher wages, not a public word was ut tered by Mr. Stabilizer in condem nation. If wild inflation is to be averted, keeping down wage increas es is just as essential as holding down wrong end at that. Ickes says John L. Lewis is a fine fellow. John L. ought to return the compliment. We don’t know what it takes to make some folks “fine fel lows.” But if John L. rates that, I ain’t going to worry no more about nothing I do or say or think or hear. If a man that does what Lewis does and still ranks OK, Hitler is a saint. wipe out the deep-set prejudices, fears and disorganization of nations’ mentalities BUYER MEETS SELLER c N c^, AD I asked a loafer to u work a few MclNTOSH'S SHOE SHOP We are doing business at the same old place. 34 MUSGROVE ST. and bridges should be built, but at the same time the debt should begin to come down, some each year, the amount being % dependent upon the revenues, federal aid and general conditions.” Osborne said conservative esti mates of the year ahead indicated the department could meet ordinary ex penses, pay $2,000,000 interest and pay $6,000,000 on bonds, falling due before next May. SAY. ”1 SAW IT IN THE CHRON ICLE.” THANK YOU. Dr. Felder Smith Dr. Duncan S. Felder OPTOMETRISTS s Specialists In Eye Examinations Office Bonn: Dr. Smith, Daily, 4:15 to 6 Dr. Felder, Dally, 9 to 6 Phone 29 for Appointment L CLINTON. 8. C. 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