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Poge Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. Thursday, July 29, 1943 attp OUinton QUirontrU EaUblfahed 1»M 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 the publisher will at all times appreciate wise sufgestions 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 otj opinions of its correspondents. they handled yesterday is controlled just about as much, as to price ceil ings, as a jaybird controls a huzzard. while prices have gone up only about 20 per cent, govemmentally speaking, the cost of liwing (food) is up at least 50 per cent, that is a good joke. wearing duds for both our men and sailor is seen walking unsteadily down the street, other men in uni form make it evident that they are annoyed with him. They have a high esteem for the uniform they are spent the week-end with her sis ter, Mrs. Pay Eargle, in Newberry. tors. L. L. Simpson received a letter from her son, Pfc. Geot«e Simpson, who is overseas, stating he was well house will be held Saturday, Jfrly 31, between the hours of 10 a. m., to 12~a. m., and from 8 p. mu, to 8 p. 19. All parents and interested friends of the community and Clintoii are wearing and they don’t like to see it and would like to be remembered to taytted to attend and inspect the treated with disrespect. FR1DR — Reputation After the war, when these young his Clinton friends. Misses Mary Ellen and Elizabeth ' our deer whnmen is more thsn dou-15*“ g °^ m t0 Jo ^ PjjS* ^ S^Veir^jSSSt^T Bto* J* wl 1 ble in price over the prices of 2 years 1 Smith and Tom Jones — when they, js-n,- • ago, yet cotton, from which it is made,!can no longer identify themselves, ; . ' has not advanced, we believe the 1 with the crusading force which brings! Mr *- Ruby Harper and Miss Annie whole trubble is due to too many their finest characteristics to the sur- Pearl Todd of Greenwood, visited folks trying to do the same thing, face—they are apt to pick up where their parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. yore crowd reminds us of a dozzen they left off in civilian life. At least ^wid, Friday, fellers milking one cow when feller could do a better job. _ ^ , . * ‘ — ers Sunday. school. one they aip unless the big companies for! Eth®l Phillips and son, Tony, them will work and 0 * Goldville, visited Miss Clara Eld- Cadets On Parade CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 29, IMS 1 , ^ ' of distribution, how do you expect' .But it is quite certain thet the hand- h | m to know how to ta eeilin*s? but ling ot this problem i£s been badly'P'jf ro1 ' b > clt Pn«« with yore sub- A new policy of having public pa-! bungled and that our gas and oil sup-i be sure that you do a little rades in the city has been infcugu- pjy bas suffered because too many |°* 5°^ for tbe producers bene- rated by the College Training De- Angers are in the gasoline pie. ® nd dont * lve a11 °\ monney tarhmpnt as a nart of the vounc ” |to the converters ansoforth. rite or tacnmeni as a pari 01 me young Ev ery few weeks now the problem' men’s drill practice. Two parades are lbpcomes so that it is nec Ioam - are unless which many of the organizations to which they will not knowing what it’s all about is ^ lon * can , ««nehow instill in them one excuse, if a guy knows nothing “J? san *f. pride of associ- ~ . .. .. .bout merchandise, how it’s pwked, • bon wUch they feel es members of .md Ctase&emm Carl Abercrombie it* weiffht its oualitv and the cost the ann ed forces of their country. of Dahlgren, Va., are spending a its weigm, ns quality, and me cost before the war this type of seven-day leave with their mother, Second Class Machinist Colie Aber crombie of Pensacola, Fla., and Sec- to be held weekly, Captain Carl . | ggggjy bave some top official re . Turner, the commanding^ officer, study the whole set-up. One high-up “ issues a statement, and another dis-j agrees, or denounces what has been | said. That has been going on quite a j announced, and this will give the residents of the city an opportunity fo see the entire detachment in re view, accompanied by their band. The students in their line of march present a striking appearance. The more we see of the cadets, the more mike lark, rfd, econno-mist. Biography of Mr. Slim Chance, Sr., of Flat Rock mr. slim chance, sr., is a furriner, while, and it still going on. No ade-, . . quate answer has y.t been given the n * U ” , ot . public. It is doubtful if such will be Xo . flat r ^ ck enduring 1920, after hav ving had a run-m with the fedderal land bank, his wife, 10 children, 1 feeling was instilled in the salesmen and contact men for some business firms who were made to feel that the Reputation of their company depend- upon their actions. Mrs. Alice Motte. Mrs. Willie Starnes of Woodruff, visited Mrs. Cora Elders Sunday. . Friends of Second Class Seaman Luther Fuller will be glad to know One good example is that which | be is back on duty after several the gasoline companies did in adver-! months of illness. public forthcoming. The boisterous Ickes we observe their behavior and gen-!gj ve s out a statement about the gas eral attitude in the community — the situation and i* quickly contradicted. ; grammaw and 1 grampaw constitut- more we are convinced they are a The cza r Jesse Jones is accused of ed his famney at that time, but he fine group of young men who hold failing to sense the gas emergency the high esteem of the community. an d giving his support to the build- They are a credit to the 39th unit and j n g 0 f adequate pipe lines to serve to the city. during the war period. Likewise, Jones has shown a woeful lack of foresight in setting up synthetic rub- ! bcr factories. 1 li was a case of too has lost 4 pr 5 of same by marriage, death and certain pubiick institu tions. mr. chance is considered a reggular tising the courtesy And service given by their station attendants. With that advertising ‘to live up to, the men who worked in the service stations attracted great public respect to themselves. This was emphasized by Dr. Robert A. Millikan, prominent American educator and Nobel prize winner, who, after traveling through our country, said: “Service station men have im proved the manners and courtesy of tKe American public more than all the colleges in the country.” Mrs. Boyd Grant and children of Whitmire, . are spending the week with her parents, Rev and Mrs. F. E. Brown. SOUTH CLINTON NEWS employee of the fedderal and state IFOR THE WEEK Mias Elotse Brown, Correspondent govverments. he draws a wellfare saUery of 12$ per month, he gets 2 Representative checks from the treasury for being a dependent of a soldier, he draws a No Peach Crop The Laurens county peach crop this much power vested in one man. year is almost a total flop due to the; Whether the amount of gasoline to . , . , ... . , „ J . severe freezes of the early spring. ■ civilians will be increased, no one i a soldier, he draws a Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Reeder and Only one grower has peaches to offer knows. What will come out of thei° ld - a S e P« n si°n, and he receives 4 children, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Jackson and he is expected to have only four study no one can foretell. But we can I P arr ^y checlK from the farm agency. t and children^ visited Mr. and Mrs. or five cars. all hope that as a result of these he ls weU P leaaed wlth cash incomes; Milton King and son in Greenville County Agent C. 'B. Cannon has studies and investigations a plan ansoforth. ' estimated that the county commer- may be put through by which the! . J"’., _ . . . cial orchardists have lost approxi- public will know where it stands for) chance is dr self-made man, but mately $400,000 based on present j a while, at least ‘ claims *b at he had a fine founda- The school will be open on Mon day at 7:30 a. m. to receive'•childfW! and will close at 4 p Jtn each weak day. Those interested in sending children to the nursery are asked to see Mrt. R. C. Adair it the nursery, or Mrs. S. L. Oakley at her home after school hours. The staff consists of Mrs. .R. C. Adair, supervisor; Mrs. G. L. Simp son and Mrs. Oakley, teachers. market prices. I The Canadian system is worthy of ’ 11 . 00 to s . ta f \ ? n ’ ^ fo d r ~ fat bers ha - This heavy economic loss is not study, it seems to us. By that pi an ,, vm 8 arrived m massy-chusetts in the only a hardship to growers but to the motorists are given coupons for a j piayflower. he did not get verry high public as well, since it has made the year’s supply of gasoline and are told college, in fact he went to one, canning of quantities of fine fruit f 0 r a full year ahead what those cou- as ^ e / '''°^ d not d f d ’ impossble. Right now when we are p 0 ns will be worth. dy s not ® for tuition ansoforth, he left all being told to can and realize the *it is doubtful if all |he “cooks” in ; * n a . and to °^ U P se H in g books importance of following this sound Washington will ever agree upon; * or a l lvvm g- advice, there is no fruit to can. The such a plan, same will be true as regards the p£ar » nmintv in r^ont v M rc h aC Ha i THC WOf 1$ SllOrtened come quite a peach producing sec- 1 The dramatic coUapse of Premier!well considering they wont work tion, but there has never been a year , . . . .... . , . , when the growers have suffered such for 21 y ears - knocked the Italians off, disappointment came along when his *u_:_ —i — — ~ l - ; ~ uncle joe died and left evverthing Among The Sick Mr. and Mrs. Glee' Satterfield are ill at their home. Mrs. Dora Harris is improving after' two weeks of illness. S. L. Oakley has returned from Hays hospital after undergoing a tonsil operation. ~ Mrs. Paul Taylor is ill at her home. Birthdays and Anniversaries W. P. McLendon observed his birthday July 27th. Little Patsy Fuller will be four years old July 31. C. J. Blackwell observed his birth day July 22nd.. Rev. Floyd E. Brown, Sr.,, observed his birthday July 28th. Mrs. Alma Harvey observed a birthday July 27th. Mrs. S. J. Todd observed a birth day July 23rd. Mrs Lillian Farmer had a birthday July 28. Miss Eloise Brown and Mrs. S. L. Sunday Justine McLendon and Mrs. Evelyn Thigpen spent the week-end with their brother, John McLendon, in Mt. | Vernon, Ga. | Garley Thrift of Wattsyille, visited' Oakley wiU observe their .birthdays his brother, W. P. Thrift, and family July 3L . » the past week-end. I Mr - and Mrs. L. L* Simpson ob- Mrs. Hallie Campbell spent the . served their 40th wedding anniver- week-end with her sister, Mrs. Edith sar y July 1®*® with the aid of the govverment, mr. chance has benn a good provider, his wife and children all dress very hey won’t work Benito Mussolini, dictator of Italy lanny either, mr. chance’s greatest a monetary loss as they are experi- tbeir feet and means we are a big encing this year. ste P ne arer the end of the war. Hit- This abundance of deUcious fruit is ler > the German madman, may be greatly missed. For what is better ex P«* ted *> *° if \ th ® sam ® or than a good piece of peach pie? ev fu * nore dramatically. With Mussolini out of the picture and his whereabouts unknown, Pre- Little Margie Thrift will observe her birthday July 30th Birthday Party David Hughes entertained nineteen friends with a party in celebration of his birthday on Friday afternoon at 5:30 o’clock. Mighty few desserts, according to our taste. - -'■ ii—m i iii A Safe Investment ; on the scene as his successor. He is There are fifty million holders of reported with his newly-formed cabi- U. S. war bonds and the number, we net, to have set about the task of are told, is increasing. Fifty million maintaining order and sweeping Italy Americans are a lot of Americans and from the symbols of Fascism. There only a tiny percentage of this vast is a report from Rome that one of number is composed of those we refer to as the rich group. There aren’t many wealthy people. Ninety-nine per cent of these 50 million is made looked after him enduring hid entire paralysis. mr. chance has newer aspired to mier Pietro Badoglio, a bitter' pubiick offis, but has served on the enemy of the Fascist leader, appears jury 4 times, (he newer choosed to set again after the moore versus the state case was tried: he was accused of excepting a cow for his influence, he spends most of his time (in day light) at the town hall and is con sidered whitler no. 1 by all with whom he has whittled. • mike lark, rfd, bio-grapher. Cox, in Laurens. W. P. McLendon and little daugh ter, Brenda Jean, visited his mother, Mrs. Azale McLendon, in Simpson- ville, Saturday. Sgt. Ernest Prince of Mercersburg, Pa., spent the week-end with his mother, Mrs. S. L. Prince. , . , , Mr. and Mrs Homer Richey and Games and refreshments were en- 4 little erandson Jimmv soent Rev—! joyed by the little folk. David was intestate instid of to him as per his eral with’Mrs. Frank Hoffman remembered with many gifts. promise before he demised, slim . ^ . i ♦ . in* KocK mu. • |■ Hugh Roy Crain of Utica, N. Y. t isi _ BIr » da y ^ J visiting hi, grandmother, Mrs. Hosai^^tii^^^ente^ned Cecil Langford of Whitmire, visited! P art y celebrating her fourth birth- Mrs. W. N. Harvey Sunday. da y on FWda y a «emoon at five the first acts of the new government would be a request for an armistice. Peace talk is in the air and by what has happened with Mussolini, the up of laborers, farmers, clerks, small' Italians know they cannot win and business men, soldiers, widows, wives;will come to their senses and see the and children. J folly of continuing the war. Now when you begin to monkey Mussolini was the Fascist party in with someone’s pocketbook you get Italy and controlled everything and into trouble. In fact, most of the trou- everybody with a big stick. The ble in this world is caused by pocket- people have been bowed down under books — and selfishness — in a broad his heel and have waited too long to sense of the term. Wars usually go protest and cast the Duce aside. That back .to economic poaching of one 1 is what we always have in the end sort or another and personal worries in a dictator form of government, a and troubles emanate usually from menace the American people need to dollar bills—or lack of them. . be aroused against in this country. War bonds are the safest invest-; Italy by cleaning itself of the abort- ment in the world and will remain ive growth of Fascism, at least faces so. If they deteriorate in value—then*a ray of hope. Mussolini is a big all else is gone, for they are the gov-1 bluffer dominated by Hitler. The ernment. ! news that this vile wretch has fallen No matter what sort of government brings rejoicing to the world, is in control of this nation in post-! What has happened can only mean war days, its greatest care will be to that Italy is through with the war. avoid infuriating half the citizenry by trifling with their pocketbooksi The stability of the government’s debt, to half or more of its citizens, in the form of war bonds, will be maintained no matter what happens to other values and investments. And the wider the ownership the greater the security. Incidentally, the treasury depart ment has set September 9th as the opening date for another big war Hitler and his henchmen in Europe and Tojo and his kindred friends in the East will one day follow Musso lini’s suit. The inevitable collapse they are facing draws nearer every day [ODAY... TOMORROW Bv Don Robinson UNIFORM — Gentlemen One thing this country will need after the war is something which builds good behavior like a United States uniform does. In the town in which I live there used to be a gang of boys who hung around in front of the bank every nigty and were always getting into some kind of trouble. No one in town had much respect for them and they seemed well started on the road to being bums. But the other day I saw three of them in uniform and they looked like the finest young men you would ever want to meet. They walked with a new assurance, they had dropped their fresh-like way of talking and they had suddenly acquired all of Mrs Ora Wood of West Clinton, and son, Pvt. Robert Wood, of Par ris Island, visited Mrs. Pauline Law- son Saturday. Friends of A. M. Shumate, Jr., will be interested to know he has been promoted to petty officer third class. Mrs. R. E. Barton of West Clinton,' visited her daughter, Mrs. R. L. Mor ris, and Mr. Morris Monday. Mrs. Gertrude Abercrombie and son spent the week-end with her sis ter, Mrs. Fay Eargle, in Newberry. Mrs. Alma Harvey and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Weij^nd family visited Mrs. N. E. Hill near Enoree Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Wilkes spent the week-end with the former’s fath er, O. O. Wilkes, near Clinton. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Navy visited Mrs. Maude Fuller and Mrs. Blanche Green in. Tucapau Sunday . Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Clark and children and Mrs. Willie Rushton and small daughter, Reba Jean, visited Mrs. Carl Clark in Gaffney Sunday. Miss Margie Turner is spending | The people in the streets of Italy earmarks of gentlemen, are crying “we want peace.” They| After talking to them for a few want to save their country and their j minute s I began to wonder if they n * cka - , ■ • would go back to their old habits if The battlefront news is brighter each! t^y took ofl their uniforms and put afternoon o’clock. Mrs. Clyde Trammell, Mrs. Ruth Bailey, Mrs. Claude Willard, Mrs. Elizabeth McLendon and Mrs. Elva Davenport entertained the little folk, and served refreshments Ruth re ceived attractive gifts. - Card of Thanks I wish to thank friends for the kindness shown me during my re cent illness and for the beautiful flowers. Mrs. Henry Abercrombie. Services For Lydia Baptist Church Sunday, August 1,1943 Rev. W. A. Tinsley, Pastor. Sunday School—10:15 A. M Preaching—11:15 A. M. B. T. U.—7:00 P. M. Preaching—8:00 P M. Nursery School To Open Monday ! The public is cordially invited by! the staff to attend the opening of the Lydia Mill Nursery school. Open SAVE! BY PMNTING Pittsburgh Paints P&G Paints John Deere ~ Tractors and Implements That Work ^ Richtex Bride *» Atlas Cement Mortarmix Concrete and Clay Pipe Celotex Roofing Sheet Rock and Rock Lath Linseed 09 Leptyne and Turpentine Water Mixed Paints Paint Brushes Sand and Stone Yemason A Wood Preservative and Stain Hammer Mill and Cutter Contracting No Job too Small, Plenty too Big. . J. R. Crawford Clinton day. What has happened in Italy bond drive when 15 billion dollars means the w a r will be shortened will be sought. In the December and .by precious months. April drives individuals bought onlyj ■ » about three and a half billions. This j showed that so far the greater part| of the buying has been by commer- ! l||||l||nY 1 Kl I aINF cial banks, insurance companies and j Vl/wlr I J IrlMlllbaM corporations. When this third cam-' p fPF kipper paign opens the banks will not be! B 7 iViCVSCL allowed by the treasury to partici-' pate. This means that the individual; _ w , investor will be put on the,spot and; Cotifof Trying Tu Live whether the campaign goes over the' Decently department of agger-culture, Washington, d. c. deer sirs:.— . we have benn reading yore o.p.a. and sub-siddy plans with a great deal As we look over the Washington of amusement, we don’t read the fun- top or fails, will depend on his atti tude and willingness to buy bonds. Too Many Cooks >k news we all must come to the con clusion that almost all government departments are loaded down with employees and are unsuccessfully try ing* to disprove the theory that “too many cooks spoil the broth.” There are multiplied examples. The situation which has made this most clear to the American people is that surrounding the distribution, sale and rationing of gasoline. We have lost count of the number of Washing ton officials who have had, and still have a hand in “clearing up” this situation because we haven’t enough fingers and toes to ny paper army more: we get our fun from watching you fellers try to con trol prices ansoforth. fussing with and fighting with congress is the fun niest thing!. your ceilings are becoming badly warped, you have a ceiling on. corn but the sky is the limit on corn meal at some retail stores, but not at the miller’s mill: he has his ceiling on com meal Which is lower than the cost of com. certain stoars that handle stuff to co unt them oh.]day that ain’t exactly like the.stuff on some old clothes. I decided that the army has probably dime them a lot of good but that the big reason for their change was the uniform it self. When they were civilians they didn’t have much respect for any thing, but as soon as they put on that khaki uniform they felt that they were “somebody” and must live 'up to their new role. I’m not saying that men in uniform always behave themselves, but there is no doubt that they do a lot better job of it than they would if they were in civilian clothes. RESPECT — Drinking You hear talk about soldiers and sailors doing a lot of drinking and generaj carousing when they get to the big cities. But my observations indicate that this talk is without foundation. Of course when thousands of them go to a place like New York for the sole purpose of squeeiing all of the enjoyment they can into a few hours of leave, therd are bound to be a few who imbibe too freely. But eveq in Times Square, New York, where there are probably more soldiers par square miles than anywhere outside of a military camp, drunkenness among men .in uniform stands out two weeks with Mrs. Blanche Fuller and Miss Ruth Franklin in Green ville. Mrs. Pearl Patterson and son, Wil liam, visited Mrs. Alma Harvey Sun day* ' § Mrs. Bessie Whitmore of near Hurricane, spent the week-end with her daughter, Mrs. William Ellis, ’ and Mr. Ellis. Harold Austin of Savannah, Ga., is visiting his aunt, Mrs. Pauline Lawson. Mrs. Floyd - Poole and daughter, Janet, are guests this week of Mrs. W. N. Leslie in Greenville. Friends of Julia Neal, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Neal, will be glad to know she is improving satis factorily in the General hospital, Greenville, where she underwent a foot operation Tuesday. Pfc. Eldridge Norwood of Camp Gordon, Ga., visited Miss Frances McDonald Sunday. Pvt. Willie Rushton is now station ed at Vancouver, Washington. Miss Bernice Ellis spent the week end with Mrs. Harold Copeland in West Clinton. ■ . 1 Bobbie Jean Turner has returned from a two weeks visit with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Brown near Laurens. because it Is so axceptioaaL Furthermore, when a Aldier Lloyd Huntington of Fort Leopard Wood, Mo., has bean promotad to private first class. Mr. and Mrs. 'D. D. McMfihus of Whitmire, spent the week-end with Mr. .and Mrs. M. C. Smith Miss Betty Jean Ellis has returned from a week-end visit with Mrs. J. AV Guthrie near Cross HilL Mrs; Jessie Harrison and children spent the week with Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Huntington in Chester. Mrs. Casey Abercrombie and son, TESTAMENTS—Especially made for young in service. Chronicle Publishing Co. A CITIZENS FEDERAL LOAN IS AVAILABLE For Maintenance of Your Property Our government considers it essential to the future security of the people that property be kept in good re pair. It is wartime economy, too, to attend to repair needs before they reach coetly proportions — in terms of ma terial and cash. Let us assist you with your financing and advise you on your property maintenance problems. 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