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Page Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C Thursday, June 17,1943 v '•’»*< .S'. ... . %iA:i Shf (Elinton (E4rn«trlr EsUblUhed 19M WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year $2.00 -rSi* 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 c not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. he saw the sumptious table that was ( I get home. I send Mrs. Jordan ma- spread befoar him. the meal consist- terial for it each month ed of unrationed stuff, such as fried ! chicken, chicken pie, biled eggs, beer, isody watter, bread, ho-made molass I want to thank Mrs. R G. Murphy for having The Chronicle sent me ■each week and assure the editor it is I war at a peaceful summer resort are biting their lips as they turn away from the ads of 1943-model bathing suits. And even those of us who merely es ansoforth. "a after dinner speech j read thoroughly. “If you don't read looked forward to an annual period was made by different gentermensiThe Chronicle, you don’t get the!of relaxing in the country are sigh- news” is certainly a true statement in* over the war regulations which pressent. CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1943 . , , when dne is away from home. I look \ practically force us to spend the holsum moore made the first talk.. f orward to getting my p a pe r and ; summer at home. he thanked the poleesman for not there are several men here in camp i We have proved that we aren’t the arresting him last xmus when art { f rom i n anc j around Clinton, so it is[ softies that Hitler claimed we were, square made him drunk, art square p asec j on and read until it is only;We can sacrifice, with the best of said flat rock had the best poleesman good f or salvage, then we place it in them But we’ve had too much fun in in the state and he thanked him for sa i va ge bin to help make bomb-! our lives to let the summer go by not turning him in for speeding, dr. ers go y 0 u see, the community paper without at least enjoying the vicari- hubbert green was grateful for not j s doing its bit for victory. May-, ous pleasure of letting our minds having to pay a citty license and for 5 e Germans say “if he doesn’t get;dwell now and then on memories of getting a rebate on his 1936-40-41-42 The Chronicle, we don’t get the'the summers of the past taxes, sligh foxx felt kindly towards bombs,’' so keep it coming and we’ll the poleesman for not pushing the fcggp them going * case against him tor selling some hair , w , sh j ^ you , (ew the things which are happening in tonic with too much alcohol in it. sevveral pressent were DREAMS—Bonds This summer, perhaps the best for mula for a vacation is that adopted this theatre, but you read the papers and we get the sirens, guns and Jer- manages A c D :|| [Heaven and the Father on earth,' , . . . , . . .. . . . --- SUSPICIOUS Bill ! then , are partners in the care of the thankful for/what the poleesman had bombs . oftentimes he Last Friday the Senate Labor com-family and maintenance of the home. ' done for t ^ m - b . e K foa ^ th . ey * ot thru to keep me awake for about thirty mittee in Washington approved a bill Fatherhood is human, but expresses returnmg their thanks to him, his secon d s , but not often. I must have by Walter Pater, the English essay ist and philosopher. Living alone in an attic, without money or friends, Pater would go on a vacation by “retiring tb the little [farm their thanks to bv Senators Hill and Thomas for lhe divini. Our reverence for George ^ es fided U P ^ nd b ‘ g tears . ro J led my sleep, you know. It is now eleven I ^ a ™? bo ^ se in my mil ? d ” When he three hundred null,on dollar an- Washington U summed up in the say- hmd**, o'clock a. nigh, and still daylight nually for federal aid to public in g that he was the “Father of his pocket-handkerchiefs to dry them up. Black-out will begin in a few min- country.” The ecclesiastical title of de was ^ 00 full of emotion and food u te S , and I mean black-out. “Pope" means Father. Clergymen are I words > 50 he se f there andl The people here are nice and very known as “fathers” of their flock; j said nothing exce P t J wbat bls weepmg hospitable to us. They do ail they the | Chaucer is the father of poetry, Ba-|°. f appreciation said, he has served [ can to make things comfortable and federal aid / to public schools. ' '7 Tip-- is a dangerous plan, and we have a suspicion there, is something hidden in the proposal which people do not see or understand. | con the father of science, Shakespeare Why should a labor committee be | the father of the drama. u, seeking federal aid for schools? ; It is therefore fitting that ihe an- beer , was gonet the me eti n g was dis It we have this money to spend nuai celebration of Fathers Day be missed with .. arnerica ;. it should go—every dollar of it—to; observ ed in homes, churches, Sun-1 .... ^ help win the war. | day schools and other religious organ-, ^ Chronicle is opposed to fed- iZ ations. For this is HIS day and it' A11 " ork and No P,ay Makes said the town of flat rock for manny, make us feel at home, but I’ll say years and everboddy wished him sev-1 “there is no place like home.” The veral happy returns, after all of the Lord has been good to us, He has protected us and heaped His bless ings upon us in every way and for The oral aid for public schools. Once this iW jn thrill his soul, though he mayi these and many other 4plessings we are indeed thankful. You folks and friends at home can help us tremen dously over here by praying. Prayer to me is still the greatest force on , Jack— scheme is “put over” our schools , talk little about it—to know that he is: john iMewis is a great big man: will be socialized, federalized and utmost in the minds of his family, he causes' strikes wherever he can., k ^ k controlled from Washington. The re- The awful war in which we are en-' he don’t like the pressident, nor the earth a ^ d mo ?' e S^n be done through suit will be many complications and gaged is a heartache to Dad. His son' war labor board, he claims they hate prayer tb , ad a tbe ’y iac ‘ ll nes, planes, embarrassing problems, including the or SO ns are gone, his friends’ and his c. i. o. with one accord, he wants | * anks and *^ ns we have in force to- racial issue. • neighbors’ sons are gone—and they : more dues than he’s now getting— : .. ay ‘• ^y 61- is going to win 1 11.ill 1-10,*£. V*i i c? t Kr,, i rtV, t o o r, ^ or. , 1,1, V, V, r. ,trill ,«ro • YOU hO (tlH t gO tO the remain in his same dismal quarters but would get a change of scene by calling on his imagination to whisk his mind away tp.ihe country. I admit iUs a-difficult trick, but if you can do it it offers a way out for those who can’t get away. By adopting this plan, golfers can sit in an easy chair on the front porch on a Saturday afternoon and Gray Funeral Home Clinton, S. C. FUNERAL DIRECTORS ...and... EMBALMERS Ambulance Service Phones 41 and 399-J i L. RUSSELL GRAY and f. PARKS ADAIR, Gen. Mgra. dream a game off golf in which they ' rii ‘ make any dumber of miraculous this war. front and. rent open by, and war bonds. Jroi for Going Too For There are those who have* let their zeal run away for social security, those who advocate security from the sons are gone, ms trienas ana his c. i. o. issue We had better not turn over schools will have his thoughts and prayers. 1 as to whether he will grab ’em—we to Washington. THe reaction is bound He may not say as much as mother,; ain’t betting, if he gets the 2 dollars' lg . can the to be unpleasant and harmful. but he is just as deeply concerned he’s asking per day, the miners will P ra y in 8« n( ’ t ^ mUcb .? about that son as she is. He is “pull-j take one while the other’s his pay-i OVer ,/ n ^ J 3111 0Ver tbe e . vl k-°* ing" for his*Vsoldier boy" and asking he goth on the band wagon because ^ v ° 1 d < - ause men . t0 _, lght ’ „ God’s richest blessings upon him. | of the new deal; but when they tried |® ar ^ ed at) out prayer at Thornwell Father has experienced a lot of ot check him up went a squeal. Orphanage and its power has been heartaches along the way of life,! brought home to me since being over , most of them about his family, his' he sailed into power on promises “ ere -There is no force equal to it. The cradle to the grave. There is a strong hair ig tumm gray he finds u most and bull; he stayed with f . d . r . till ; sooner men learn this and depend chance that the various levies can difficuU tQ ^ erate his busin e S s or he lost his pull but he didn't turn^P™ God ^ sooner thls war will become so numerous and laige at do h - s but he plugging i loose till he got all he desired; then cease - P . es 1 along, doing his bit in a quiet way ; he switched over . . . with republicans man ma s lor ^ bose wbo are hound to him by conspired, he will carry his boys those whom ' h j j shots and break the cohrse record. Fishermen can close their eyes and imagine a thrilling fight with a giant tuna. Families who love the beach can lie together on the grass and lis ten for the sound of waves lapping at the shore. And when our dream vacations are we can then all go to the bank our vacation money on Young Minister On Visit Here To all my friends in Clinton I write it will amount to the taking over all that a man makes for tbose wbo are hound to him by conspired, he will carry his boys' tbis .^ etter because I know each of and dividing .1 among those whom the ck)sest tjes ; where the tures are gre when , you is praymg for all the men on our the politicians consider to be in most A _ J urc 1 it tn raising thr» Hpvil—nnhnHv’s i battle fronts and I want you to know , . . .u . i And so on HIS dav let us honor, it comes to raising the devil—nobody’s, nw<i of ,t. That has been the ten- he isstmhmlt he has gone'any keener, he's now. trying to s ell. we j re you^ Keep up your oenry in recent years. There is the h,m “ “ “'‘J o'r thoughts ought'his mighty c. i. o„ since he's worth'W 0 * 1 work and may God bless each aneaa oi us, uui inuu K ms uugin, 6 / ’ ■ - nf you, not only till we meet again There addilittnal possibility that the ^ ^ the right kfnd millions, he cares not where they go. jY 1 l ^ 1 UI “ ol social security is too wide. " lu 11 ,, ‘‘ sul m J Ibut for always. You cannot without injustice avoid of father he desen es all the appre-, alwavs known he’s too Sincerely, non-.itto,. in fh( , ppnnnmic rp dm anv cialion we can show him. Many a lewis has always Known he s too itttrmam v tornam penalties in the economic realm any ^ heavy big for his britches, but he gets un- - JJ JRI J IAN / ?; J0 ^ DAN * more than you can in the criminal y fpnm all hit; hitrh ^ Chaplain (Major), . door, Knt Kp i ereaier man me eovernmeni. me: Hqs. VIII AFSC ishment for the lazy, shiftless and sleep—out he world. There must be economic pun- heart - discouraged and unable " government * the ! icKmpnt fnr the ia7v shiftless and slee P—but he awakened smiling m'g rea ter man me government, me ishment for tin lazy, sh 1 - s morning and started back at his wary old scout; but the goblins will improvident just as there are legal ^‘^and started back at bisj^J^ ^ ^ ^ Qut | sentences ^ hat imposed upon . , jhe works for hitler and his satellites;! criminals. People who refuse to work We can all do our share to honor. r i airns that he - s nu iii ng f or labor’s! ?^Dad on “Father’s Day," as well as all he 5 la ! m u s t tha ‘ de s pu / ling ror lab ° r s i .just rights, if he gets a raise of a I the load. He hasTTsort of emptiness in! dollar a day ’ he wiU want tWice that Rev. Lucius B. Marion, Jr., pastor of the First Baptist church, West- port, Ind., is visiting his parents, Dr. and Mrs. L. B. Marion. Mr. Marion, who is a recent grad uate of the Southern Baptist Theo logical seminary, Louisville, Ky., will be the guest minister at the morning service of the First Baptist church in Greenwood Sunday, June 27. OFFICE SUPPLIES —All the little things needed to expedite work- in the office. Chronicle Publishing Co., Phone 74. 1 K* deserve no hand-outs at the expense of taxpayers. Social security then de- year round. He is carrying a heavy |- generates into the penalizing of industrious and provident for sake of the ne’er-do-wells. A Small Way To Help We are told that the need for tin cans is now greater than ever. Our nation used to import 90 per cent of its tin supply from Sumatra, Ma laya. Ceylon and other South Pacific areas. Now it is depending upon sal vage— plus a small portion of its needs which it manages to get from Bolivia and the Belgian Congo. We are the his soul, though he complains little.! He will brighten up and be a hap- ! pier man if his family lets him know! he is appreciated, and that the ideals | and ideas that mean much to him | are an inspiration to those for whom his life is spent, in unselfish service j and love. much the first of next may. Gasoline In War As long as we continue to be en- he’s sand in our tumipgreens and tar in our hair; we can’t win the war unless folks are fair, as to our boys, who are fighting for us, he has no in terest—he didn’t start the fuss, but when the war is over and our soldiers come back, they will tote all the scars' TODAY... TOMORROW By Don Robinson SACRIFICE—Fun With tears in hjs voice, a business man told me of the one btg sacrifice he had been called upon to make in this war. He said that he hadn’t uttered a ding, dong, bell! )the ! be somebody will aSk him to explain, I it wouldn’t surprise us if they raised , . ,, , .! a lot of cain. when they make a dive gaged in an all-out air war, there ls >y 0U ’u hear lewis yell: “i done it for no reason to think that the gasoline. hmthpre further informed that shortage on the eastern coast will be ,. housewives are salvaging 2D.000 tons improved. enuK of tin cans a month, that we could be F or, we are told, the amount of ! * salvaging 60,000 tons if everyone gasoline used by our air force is now | _ , ■ sn n rx a t i would cooperate. !S0 great that it is straining all trans-j CHAPLAIN JORDAN A large part of the tin which w'e portation facilities to get the quan- get now is being used to make new tities needed to our fighting fronts, tin cans for packaging food for our In 15 days of flights over the Med- army and navy. No substitute for tin iterranean, Jimmy Doolittle’s men has been found which will withstand burned up 16,500,000 gallons of gas. the changes of weather and severe, That's more than twice as many gal- cr millions which exist where our i ons as are used f or the same period troops are stationed. So it is up to i n a u . b f the 17 rationed Eastern all ol us to see to it that the tin which comes irom our kitchens goes t6 _ war word of complaint about rationing, while lewis totes the jack, but meb- he never raised an objection to cut ting down on sugar, coffee or gaso line, he paid his taxes without a grumble, he spent all he could on SAYS PRAYER WILL WIN THE WAR war bonds, he gave two evenings a week to work with the local war council, he turned his house upside down to contribute all he could to the scrap drives. He said none of these things seemed big enough to be worthy of the term “sacrifice.” He wished he could find more things to do to help get this war over with in a hurry. But, he said, the war really hit and not to the junk-pile. The publisher of THE CHRONI-; bome w j tb b j m wberit on a beautiful CLE is in receipt of the following, g aturda y a fternoon in June, he sud- interesting and appreciated letter iden , y r e a ii ze d that he wouldn’t be from Rev. Furman E. Jordan, now ab ^ e use jjj s car a jj gummer t 0 g0 And Jimmy Doolittle’s flights aren't seas!” ^He ^s^ttache^t^th^Head- ^ Ve S * 10r * * hls A11 Dr. Felder Smith Dr. Duncan S. Felder OPTOMETRISTS Specialists In Eye Examinations Office Hoars: Dr. Smith, Daily, 4:15 to 6 Dr. Felder, Daily, 9 to 6 Phone 29 for Appointment CLINTON, S. C. states. the half of it. Those raids on Ger- quarters Eighth Air Force winter .he had looked forward to that Service | fl rs ^ thrilling drive of the many and Europe use up an average i r omrnand office of the Chanlain vI’'’ ,,nt; season - of over half a millions gallons of 5 ’! Many a night he had lain awal <e pic- Father's Day Srtns and daughters of the nation ga ? P® 1 * will have an opportunity Sunday toj^ sl ” g a unde in the observance of Father’s Day, to pay him at least a small hom age to which he is entitled. It was a mother who started Fath er's Day. She is Mrs. John Bruce Dodd, of Spokane, Washington, a writer of Indian stories. Struck with of over half a millions gallons of APO 633, Postmaster, New York. BENJAMIN & SONS PLUMBING HEATING ff SERVICE | Telephone 117 WE ARE HUNTING TROUBLE SAVE! BY PAINTING Pittsburgh Paints P&G Paints John Deere Tractors and Implements That Work Richtex Brick Atlas Cement . Cumberlite Mortarmix Concrete and Clay Pipe Celotex Roofing Sheet Rock and Rock Lath Linseed Oil Leptyne and Turpentine Water Mixed Paints Paint Brushes Sand and Stone Glass i Yemason A Wood Preservative and Stain Hammer Mill . and Cutter Contracting No Job too Small, Plenty too Big. J. R. Crawford Clinton „ turing a shiny white golf ball zoom-i Chaplain Jordan was recently pro-| ing down the middle of a beautiful! raid—and will probably be! lot more than that as the moted to tbe 0 j ma j or and p j ac _; ° fairwav AnH~ mCuT with Vkp strength of the raids increases and!--* A ^f_ L ^i green i a »™ay. And now, with the . ! ed as senior chaplain of the Eighth the war is won from the- dir, as it ^j r F orce Service Command. Major be - Jordan, who has many friends here, has never felt that it was rea red in the orphanage, later The public has never ieu mai ii' wa s reared has been given all the true facts on. graduated f rom Presbyterian college the gas situation in the East. What and Columbia Theological seminary, will happen in the near future, we; He be j d a Presbyterian pastorate in the need for a day to honor father I are not told - Civilians may be given Ala b a ma at and inspired by the love and sacri-, a " increase, or what they are now lices of her own dad, William Smart, flowed may be decreased All of us should be in full agree- a Civil war veteran, who raised his motherless family of six, Mrs. Dodd proposed the idea 33 years ago the time he entered service. His fine letter follows: the ment on one point, however. If by cutting down our driving we are, The clinton chronicle, 4 June 1943. Mr. Wilson W. Harris, golf course in perfect shape and his clubs all polished and ready for ac tion—he was marooned. Mrs. Dodd’s dream was realized™* 10 ? 11 Possible for one more; clinton s c when her cause won the interest of f lane , ^ dr ° P A; block ‘ bus ; er ! n M r Mr H.rri* the Spokane Ministers Alliance. Spo- '^ totterlng cities-we should do so Dear Mr. Harris kane in 1910, was the first city to Wlth a willingness and smile. set aside a day for honor to father.! In the years following Mrs. Dodd, “the mother of Father’s Day,” received great appreciation for her efforts 1 from sources reaching far into the; heights of social, political and re ligious circles. Gradually, the idea wanting Clinton. Theatre NOBODY'S BUSINESS By GEE McGEE spread to the East, South, Far West, and to several foreign countries. To day, the day off observance is well remembered, though not as generally as Mother’s Day. It is to the credit of sons and | citty hall one night last week in hon- daughters that there is a growing nor of flat rock’s vennerafel* polees- tendency to treat the anniversary) man. he did not know a thing about with more respect, that fathers be lit. mr. slim chance, the Jhird, hunt- remembered with gifts of love and { ed him up on his beet and woke him appreciation, and that the glories and up about 8 p.m. and told him he was For some time I’ve been to write all my friends in It is difficult* to write from a jof Operations where so much is go- j ing on, and where the censor won’t jlet you tell if it’s raining or the sun is shining. However, I would like to 'say “hello” to all my friends there. | I have recently been prewnoted to 'major and placed as senior chaplain of the Eighth Air Force Service Com mand. I have seventeen chaplains to PLAY—Summer Millions of men and women in our play-loving nation will probably agree that the greatest blow of the war to them has been some similar sacrifice of a simple pleasure. Many a fisherman, who has sur vived the cold winter only by dream ing of next summer’s struggle with a giant fish, is now practically crying xiver his fish hooks as he realizes that he won’t be able to get to his favor ite fishing spot. Women who longed for that first delicious plunge into the Flat Rock’s Efficient Policeman Has Been Feted T a surprise banquet was hell at the supervise and see that all my sta- heavy responsibilities of fatherhood be emphasized. / The very word father is unique. In tions are cared for spiritually. The work is interesting and one gets to see quite a few of the old historic spots of England when traveling about, places you have always read about but never dreamed of seeing. All the old historical churches are very interesting. I had the privilege, wanted to the town cally-boose on a verry important matter, and he taken him in hand and carried him to the last November of taking part in the no language anywhere in the world jrendy-voo. the poleesman thought I Thanksgiving service at Westminster is there any word like it. fc’or “fath-' somebody wanted to be put in the Abbey. This cathedral was built in er" is the only word that, we apply'jail-house, to God as well as man. The Lord’s on his arrival he -was suddenly Prayer is addressed to “Our Father,” and think of the countless mfffions the 11th century. Beautiful old place, and when you walk through it you walk on the tombs of many renowned ushered into the room where the | men of all ages. It would take/ a full who, like children, ask God to give town counsell’s meetings are hell,[day to be shown all over it. I should them their daily bread. 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