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Page Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. Thursday^ July 1, 1943 t Sty* (Clinton (Etyrnntrl* 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 Clinton, & 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., THUR (DAY, JULY 1, 1943 Holiday Warnings Here is your Fourth of July duty, as suggested by the National Safety, Council: j 1. Don’t use fireworks. Leave the, shooting this year to the men in uni-, form. Tu/ming to the food subsidy plan, e ^ee it repudiated by both the oWe and Senate. Then glancing at the anti-strike bill to prevent strikes in war production plants, we see it vetoed by the President, and congress in short order over-riding the veto. In the matter of the selective ser- 2. Avoid automobile trips. If you vice act, the public does not know must drive, cut down your speed and what to expect. One day we read step up your caution. You’ll save that fathers are to be drafted at cars, tires and lives. | once—the next day the report says 3. Don't overdo in exercise, eating, they may never be called upon for or exposure to sun. (service. Now they say the war can 4. If you swim. Don’t go alone or' be run all right with the boys reach- when overheated. Wait an hour after; mg 18 each month, a plan which we eating. Know the depth of the water, hold as unfair to the youth of the "Meet the People...” (Kacb WMk ia thU ca^win,bapraaonU^a^ptctur^ and word portrait ISP” Atr Marshal Sir William / Lawrie Welsh • Few officers In the Royal Air Force know more about air and sea warfare than Air Mar shal Sir William Lawrie Welsh, K. C. B., D. S. C., A F. C., who has been appointed head of the RAF delegation in Washington, D. C. ——- e He has borne much of the responsibiUty for the development of the RAF. Welsh’s military career began in the Royal Naval Air service/ as a flight sub-lieutenant at the outbreak of World War L In 1918 he left the navy and Joined the Royal Flying Corps, later known as the Royal Air Force, e Since his appointment as commander of the British air forces in North Africa last Novem ber, Marshal Welsh has had many contacts with United States forces. In this post he helped plan the triumphant Allied Tunisian victory, e He has served his government in Egypt, Palestine and Iraq, as well as North Africa. He was director of Organization in the air ministry from 1934 to 1937, air member for supply and organization on the air, council from 1937 to 1940, and air officer Commanding the technical training command from 1940 to 1941. / of democracy is old-fashioned and want to substitute regimentation for independence. There are other members of our government who want to preserve democracy and free enterprise—who think our constitutional form of gov ernment is just as superior as it ever was—but even they realize that the government will have to draw the blue prints for our lives after the war unless we do it ourselves. To do it ourselves, we must first get rid of the idea that there is going to be an over-all, national plan which will prevent a depression, guard against unemployment and bring our economy back to normal. Any such over-all plan would have to be. one controlled by the government. Instead of waiting‘for some magic formula to evolve in Washington, we must, instead—each one of us—fig ure out what we can do to bring our own businesses and our own lives back to normal. Don’t show off or indulge in horse play. 5. Remember — accidents help the Axis! i NOBODY'S BUSINESS By GEE McGEE | mistake, and he never got it back, he (thought it was a 3-cent stamp an- Isoforth. mr. morgan thaw, crops are .verry good in flat rock’s midst, and you can depend on us going over the top in 1 all the drives after ocktober the 1. We Are On Our Way I stood in a bank lobby the other day for thirty minutes, just waiting. ^ crucial * observed that at least 50 per cerit what unc i e sam kindly g i ves ^ f rom of all the checks that were passed ginned and sold, that is—none except land. And so it goes—confusion, contra dieting statements, rumblings, wrig gling and squirming over 18 The people hack home are con-! chwks^I tooTnote 8 of^hTfact' J° h ! m u at V ‘>• ^”123,^ cerned about the war more than any-j that p rac tically all of the government' ^OCk • he getS hlS mai1 Verry re K ular / INGENUITY — Spirit The strength of our democracy lies in individual ingenuity. When our fgrefathers built this great country they didn’t do it by forming a government and waiting around to have that government tell them what to do next. Instead, each man worked out his own individual problem. Some decided to operate stores, others decided to be miners, others built roacis and others took up farming. The pioneering spirit which led these men to strike out for them- asking the government for anything If things look tough and the govern ment offers to help us out with loans or regulations we must refuse that assistance, pull in our belts and call' on our own intelligence and ability to solve our own problems. Just as a child who gets everything he wants from his parents usually doesn’t amount to much in the world, so will business decay if it goes to Uncle Sam for money, advice or pro tection. The post-war conferences which will really count will not be the ones held in Washington but the ones held in the parlors of homes, In the back rooms of stores and in the boards of directors offices of our big indus tries. BACK UP YOUR BOY p&ynll sarfsgs no cash will ceirculate amongst us, . . , . ... farmers till cotton has benn picked, sel ves and work out their problems A Memorable Fourth It used to be in many parts of the, r o country that the Fourth of July was 1 thing else. They are looking to Wash- 1 j tems were paid j n ca sh: only a small celebrated with 12 hours of ear-split- ington for intelligent leadership minority were placed on deposit, j ting explosions. This year, we’ll be which they are not receiving. It is Government dough, which is usually j lucky if we even hear a cap pistol time t° r somebody to majte up their eas y dough, represents the fastest! going off. minds as to what is the wise, staple mone y j n the world . . . here.today,i policy for handling our domestic 1 year to year, send mr. chance’s bond when anny comes to him. yores trulie, mike lark, rfd. It is probably well that this is tTue. For the Fourth of July this year Problems. The complicated program should be celebrated with, greater now, viewed from many angles, is all reverence than at any gone tomorrow. (ODIY... TOMORROW By Don Robinson Very few, if any, of the recipients H ... ..... time in the koggod down. The people are con-' 0 f cas h oh the government checks re- j history of our country—and somehow f use d- They- are tired of government f e rred to rendered any service what- reverence and fire-crackers don’t go re d tape, indecision and inefficiency. SO ever therefor. They were sideline 1 * . payees. How long our Uncle'Samuel j Sontee-Cooper Politics can Stand’this heavy burdgn is any- „ __ , Richard M. Jefferies, state senator bod y’ s g . uess ’ This does not mean that the war ends, somebody in Washing-' together. We have become so accustomed to independence that our day for cele brating it was primarily a day for re- BUTTONS — Miracle Too many of us think that, when in their own individual wajrs is the type of spirit which we must depend upon after the war for putting our world together again. Instead of trying to figure out what the government can do for us after the >var, we should sit down and plan how we can work things out without ft Dr. Felder Smith Dr. Duncan S. Felder OPTOMETRISTS Specialists In Eye Examinations Office Hours: Dr. Smith. Dslly, 4:15 to 6 Dr. Felder, Dally, 9 to 6 Phone 29 for Appointment CLINTON, S. C. mmmmmmmmmmmtammtmmm from cone,on county, on Monday re- ' S g0i " S ,0 , PUSh ? bU “° n Wh ; Ch will immediately concert our country laxation and festivity. But this year ..... nnr . millions of men will be working in j 01 j C . e f ^ ee- ooper ent j t j ec j thereto, according to law. factories on the Fourth-and other >’•ydro-eleotrlc.a <PO >nca > project as, a .i ■ l -- Chairman 1 millions will be fighting all over the f" eral "“if* Au * horit / world-gr.mly determined to pre- ” ames H - Hammond, of serve that independence. Instead of watching fireworks at home this year . .. , we want to see fireworks of another ment. the cha.rman sa^d. kind—fireworks of steel blasting at those enemies of ours who dared to ! from a wartime prosperity to a Columbia 1 The folks who w€Te P assin g these peacetime prosperity. We like to un announced ’ j,checks in were not . employees of the ag j ne t h a t, when the button is push- In making the advance announce- government: they were only payroll- : ed, tank assembly lines will suddenly Ho-u toirp ees. It would be hard to tabulate the ^ ^ ^ . ; , . t over the job he had before he became many useless government agencies start turning out shiny new automo- governor. and William Wilson, who her , e and there and everywhere. They biles, roast beef will appear in all the has been acting general counsel, will Wl1 . continue to function (that is— butcher shops of the land, our ration try to rob us of the independence ;. b assistant eeneral coun- dra ^ PfL y) until a chan g e is mad e in books can be tossed in the trash bar-! which we have been celebrating for S- No 7u^tLent from XciairwL ruler-ship, meaning the arrival of a rel, the 10,000,000 men in the army' 16 I years. . A A. I A, a » . .Rpntlhliran nr TaPWIS rpgimp New -.inrl nmrv Tirill r»n tHpir hnmp I made as to the salary the Dost would or Lewis regime. New and navy will appear on their liome carry. This is one iti^n in ^such'news broorns al W3ys sweep old accumula- doorsteps in civvies and we can releases they always take special tions out office. New workers (?) gorge ourselves with luxuries of all In th death last week of Milledge care to keep from the public. When 1 are 1 * nsta ^ c “d. they will be no better kinds. L. Bonham, chief justice of Squth Jefferies held -the position until he an d / no worse than the old ones. We hear about the problems of Carolina, the bench lost an able jur- resigned to become governor, it paid "* post-war planning, but in general More Politics 810,000 annually. During a prosperity period like the they bore us, for we have an infinite i wno win ue eieciea ns cinei sponsors wnen me millions — ;—. — —> —- o *— the general assembly for its construction were being sought and wear silks and satins and high supply of war equipment ever pro- from Washington, but they passed priced shoes instead of calicoes, ging- duced by any nation. Why can’t ist and the state an outstanding citi RHP ■■ zen. i Jefferies might be properly termed present, people do not have very faith in that Washington button. We Hardly before his last rites were the high official of Santee-Copper. much more stuff to eat or wear: they have seen our country converted, al- held. political speculation began as Maybank and Byrnes were among s ^ m P^y ea * porterhouse steaks and pie most overnight,^from making civilian to his successor who will be elected its chief sponsors when the millions instead of cornbread and collards, products to turning out the greatest by a vote of next year. , Th report comes out of Columbia, from the picture when they saw the hams and sandals. They substitute Washington, with equal facility, shift 1 the seat of state polities, that the as- icaction of the state’s taxpayers Oi d Crow, Grandad and Canadian us back again into a prosperous sumption is general that the present against this political monster. . Club for XXXX, Hoe Joe, and White peacetime nation?- acting chief justice will be elected The public is not surprised at Mr. i B a t > bit; in fact^ they drink the best i The answer is that Washington chief justice to till out the unexpired Jefferies’ return as chief counsel. The ’ ^ a ^ mone y can buy. Some few folks would like to try — but if we let term of Chief Justice Bonham. If surprise is that the Authority has save some money: others throw it to i Washington do it, instead of doing it this happens there will be a vacancy waited from January until now to the four winds and believe that no ourselves, we will end up .with a which most likely will be filled either make the announcement. When he | rain y da y wil1 ever come -° nl y about ! P eac etime dictatorship very similar by a circuit court judge or member became governor the public was ad- ^ P er cen t the population of the to the ones we are now fighting^ to ol the legislature. It is noted that vised that the corporation’s assistant *" ~ ' n **-- " A already a Spartanburg attorney and general counsel would act temporari- average community is benefittfng fi nancially by reason of the war and war work. Flat Rock Is Still Trying To Bay War Bonds member of the house has been en-• ly. We then asked why the word dorsed by the bar of that county for “temporarily.” It is now revealed the place on the supreme court. that the arrangement was to insure Now that a vacancy exists on the, the return of the Colleton attorney high bench, political campaigning, 1 to the position later on. He is the trading and promising may be ex-! same gentleman who presented a bill pec ted in a quiet way, until the gen-; to the Authority for about $180,000 era! assembly meets. The famed for legal services. The Maybank,deer sir: Santee-Cooper “big boys” may quiet-1 crowd, then in control of the project, mr. slim chance, sr., has asked this Jy enter into the picture. The legisla-; couldn’t save their faces by approv- corry spondent to ture in past years has become a ing such an outrageous claim and about some help hon. henry morgan thaw, seeker-terry of the treassure, Washington, d. c. destroy. We must decide quickly whether we are going to have our I lives run,, after the war, by the gov ernment or by the people. PLANS — Washington There are some members of our Washington bureaucracy who would I jump at the church to make us allj subservient to government. They | would like to have the government 1 rite or foam you tell us what we can own, how much] and information, money we can make, what business 1 “closed shop” with outsiders having deducted it by about $130,000. What mr. chance’s son, junior, is in afferca'we should go in, and how much we a poor chance when there is a good 1 is the status of Mr. Jefferies’ claim fighting for his country, his pa says should pay for everything we buy. job to be filfed or created. A large percentage of its members, especially lawyers, seek membership in that body Ss a stepping stone to a more rt-munei ative position. It is a prac tice of extreme unfairness and poor taste that should not be allowed, but one that may be expected to continue. It is our guess that a member of the general assembly Will land the plum. Those on the “outside” must be satisfied with the crumbs. of $100,000 or more, for legal ser-! junior has told him to buy war bonds They are the men who think our type vices. Has it been paid by the federal and war stamps at once and help win government or is it still pending? • i the war. the soldier’s pa is willing to Also, the taxpayers would like to do so, but he has no more monney | be informed, is Mr. Jefferies’ job for and that is why you are being ad- lifetime, at a salary of $10,000 an- dressed in his behaff. nually? With the project completed and now the marvelous success its sponsors claim, why is a legal staff longer needed? Why can’t the tax payers have the facts and whole truth about this gigantic “octopus” deter mined to control the power utilities of the state. mr. chance, sr., is a farmer by pro fession, occupation and avocation, and he do not know annything about annything else, he has some monney coming to him from his parrities and his soil erosion conservation, there- i foar he wants you to drop over to ; hon. claqde wickert’s offis, secker- terry of the agger-culture, and tell Confusion Go lore , The Chronicle has no confidence Out of Washington each day come an Santee-Cooper. We would not in- conflicting and confusing announce-j vest a dime in it. We doubt if there him that mr. slim chance, sr., re- ments as to the part the people at is a business man in the state who quests that he pay you 18.75$ in cash home are to play in the w r ar effort. Would. It is loaded with dangerous, monney and charge it to him. then If those who are in charge know the possibilities, saturated through and mr. wickert can reduct this from the real facts, they should be able to tell through with politics, it is operated next govverment check he sends to the people intelligently and accurate-, by a group of highly paid politicians mr. chance, you can buy his bond ]y today in order that they may know at taxpayers’ expense. with this 18.75$. what to expect tomorrow. And speaking of Santee-Cooper, j ♦ Take the gasoline situation as an the public notes that Governor John- as'mr. wickert’s records will show, example. One day we are told there ston is extremely cautious to avoid mr. chance has 10 akers in cotton, 5 Svill. be further restrictions, the next a public statement as to his attitude akers in corn, and 4 akers in miscel- the report is denied. Secretary of towards the agency. It will be re.- laneous stuff, he will get about 75 Commerce Jesse Jones says the rub- called that just before relinquishing dollars for all of these akers. this is ber crisis will be over by the end of the governor’s office,-Jefferies ap- the only way mr. chance can comply (uretdn of this year. Another high official charg- pointed William C. ' Johns An-(with his son’s request and he hopes es Jones has made a mess of hand- derson, a brother df the governor, as you will attend to this without de ling the problem and that it wil) be a members of the board of directors lay. he bought a stamp in januwary a long drawn out period before ci-' of the authority. The appointment but put U on a envelope through vilian rubber needs will be available, smacked of politics then, and still Look at the food problem, how bung-(does, ling it is being handled. 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