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* T Pcge Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. . Thursdoy, Jonuory 6, 1944 Qllintoit CUhrumrlp Fstabllshed 1900 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher Published fivery Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY 'Subscription Rate (Payable Irt Advance): „ * - One Year $2.00 Six*Months $1.00 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C. •t • ' • '— : H ^Nrr The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers— 4he publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions knd 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 oi its-tortiespondents. (protecting its employees against mis- ! fortune. • PROFITS—Sharing , Industry, I believe, shhuld qlso gi\e careful attention to Mr. Gallotyhur's promise to give his employees a share CZECH MINISTER SAYS HITLER WONT LIVE TO FACE TRIAL 50,000 Pine Seedlings For Laurens County 4 | the farm: (b) Have available lat>< j for planting and possess necessai (tools (mattocks or dibble and buJ ^ets): (cX Seedlings must be plant* . . , Three pulp and paper companies 'are giving 1.500.000 pine seedings to tj? solid areas o^ land that is intent Washington. Jan. 4.—Jan.Massaryk, j the farmers of SoUth Carolina for the cd that trees should grow.- No tp* o‘f the ^rof^ts of his companyrFor it Czechoslovakian foreign minister, 1 p resen { piapting season. iire 1° b° planted around houses would seem now th^t the only w ay]predicted today that Hitler won’t' For the second year, the Southern alohg roads for* beautificatiph; ( industry c;an loosen the grip which ]j ve j (>n g cnoU gh to* be tried-, as a i Kraft division of the International i war criminal. Paper company is donating 1,000.000; unions are getting oh workers is to offer the workers something better .“.He’ll either be taken care of by (the Champion Paper and Fibre com than.the unions offer them. t h e military or commit suicide,”.Mas- If employees of a company are sai . yk told an interviewer, offered an opportunity to share in PeopJe seem to forget, he-Went on, the profits, there is every reason to there is cowardice behind the believe that 'along ro Not less less than 1,000 or mote th'a 5,000 Seedlings to each landowne Orders to be made oh the basis i jelieve that (they wqulct, from then Nazi strategy, m, put theirloyalty to the;ic."com- Massaryk, W An Important Milestone As the curtain, lif^'on 4he year on pany above their loyalty to a union.; London shortly, has been un this "Unless industry does adopt some. country _ as ^ipf of th ^ Cz ^. h delega . such plan, and announces it before |j on to the United Nations Relief J the war ends, we are apt to .have conference at Atlantic City. strikes in this country which will so ( -Discussing the trials of war crim- I Paralyze business that a depression jna i s ' by Allied Na ti or>s after the war, ■ , *t ,, • ■ 1 worse than we have ever-experienced f said there will* be two kinds* vertisers and patrons in the spirit m L -i, roc:11 i t - e —1 • ■ ie ' V1M 1 , as * which they are'conveyed * ( wtff result. - I The important ones will be taker? n.cn mey ar.e.conveyea. j Big, business, as a result of itsi care of qu^y, the others may drag And so to each* of you. and those amazing war job; star\ds in better ( on 'j on g er * t ^ \*<ath the people today than it , ever | But thgBritish.and Americans*will pany 400,000, .and Union Bag and Pa- L000 seedlings per acre, spaced 6 -1 per corporation 100,000. - * 1 dy 8 ft. Application to be taken * The L500.000 total will be broken lhe / nearest 500, as 1,500 not 1,400 < down so that each county will have L700. No areg smaller than one ac: a quota. The quota for Laurens coun->^ 0 de considered: ho plans to upturn Jo ty is 50,000 loblolly pines and Interested farmers should conta amount cannot go above.the^quota. 1 the county ggent for full informatic Farmers have until January 11 to] :>n -d sign application blank, make application for the free seed- j CLINTON. S. ( THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1944 lings. Tentative plans are that trees POST CARDS —For “’Service Me Tor 1944 we can expect one of .the'most . , important and exciting shows irt an aburtdance ... _ t'orv, • buf we cannot predict at this ot UNRATIONED good wishes 0 (did in history. At the same time, j bave jq be ]p c i ean U p t en . or j s t Si moment -how much of it will be the yeai “that lies, ahead. May \ ic unions, which have so interfered with tbe son 0 f Q ze fj los j ovak j a > s p res _ tragedv how much will'be mystery nous peace and happiness reign war production, have invited the en- ident declared. He added: “There and how much will be joyous eh- hearts, and hope and courage - ^ will ffe‘ delivered to the county seat by one_of the company trucks. In order to obtain free seedlings each applicant must meet the follow ing conditions: (a) Own and live on 25 for 10c.-Send your son, broth' or relatives several packages if y( want more mail. They are a “qui< dote home.” No postage required t mailing. Chronicle Publishing Co. *■ ‘, * *¥:’• • v»:v. “ f maxes and faith abide with you always. The mam part of the drama of 44 — Ll ~ D ki*' .J He ronceriK'd 1 with the war, blit UliT MomC DOVS AmISSGO mity of a large number of peoples must a firing squad of British i Thus*, today, industry seems to have Grenadiers in Prague.” * r After the Na?.is who partfcfpated an unusual opportu^nity 40 assure its j posiwar prosperity, and “the postwar actively in atrocities h^ve been wip- dustry and of government. erafiif the fine young- men of ourl^ y \Ve are apt during^he year to^neTtritommufiity- now scattered far and the details of the marvelous -HiVen- 1 wtde in the service of their country, turns for home consumption whicHj They were all messages of good will, will be ours soon after the wai* is and hopefulness for the future. Sev- over—the modernized automobiles, i eral said their chiefregret and dis- the' private' airplane.?, the '‘perfected | appointment was their inability to be television sets.-the hundreds of new; at “home for-the holidays-with loyed contraptions for making our homes j ones and friends. I more comfortable and for making ; Well, all of us back home want Yes. We Have No Butter Today farms more simple to operate because | the hundreds of young men from this Washinffton D C, We have of the acute labor shortage. (community, whether in army campsj ’ ' 'in the homelmd rir nn the far-flune sl, 8 ht toUch ° f rule ' ' to prove themselves.”" NOBODY'S BUSINESS By GEE McGEE As for the satellite countries, Masa- ryk indicated, that there is a wide, difference between the people and the rulers and that when the crust j t>f totalitarian sympathizers has been J shorn off, Hungary, Bulgaria and I Rumania will be able to rejoin the 1 family of peace-loving nations. The Czechs do not share fears ex-r pressed by other small countries that the detriment of less powerful na tions, he said. r Masaryk placed security "as th& And wo w 11 heir nhns sood and' the homeland or on the far-flung ,u«.-or-rum-ism m Britain and the United State*, b d ; reach •na'*a iw w! lugh level battlefields, tef know that they were i the United States today. -The dairy: will dominate the post w5r world to* of • prosperity m" thi? country and niissed and were foremost in the b ip C (heads) can’t supply much more ; i.-ms for ml . national reljfiions to hearts and prayers ol their loved ^ ban ba jj enou g b cow-butter at this guarantee peace throughout . the on ® s * ' , . , * time to meet the demands of the A „ . „ world. ' As th « new .year dawns in which ; public yet they have ol4t iaweV} by ( ^ r fy^ u ‘ s ‘f e o ° f , pos ^^ a ^ Euro P e an ^ While nobody knows what will the world is expecting peace, wej t ^ all butter substitutes. Mar-I sa . id he peUeved continuing cooper- transpire during the coming year want our hoys to know that Iheir! gar j ne bas been “tariffed” from the there is very reason to expect '44 to iOiati\es and friends will be thinking ^ ab j e j be p e0 pj e j n t 0 n ^ar' ob- be one of the most important mile- about them daily. We will be hoping jivion. *V ■ stones 'in the h.dofy^l theHorld—, PW’mg that the sound of war, . ^ a date which will 'be played up in drun }s will soon be heard no more, the history books' of the future as We will look ahead with courage as ms iv T 4 n I'mparable to 194 oi 2 and 1776. we commit their safety and future to Him who said that He would be with us always. / . ( . The "Little Box" Again ? With the beginning of another yeai*' The Chronicle is continuing a prac tice begun several years ago of car rying a little warning, box on the / s nt page. Bv Don Robinson The caption •>. the appeal is "Drive u e Carefully- Savy A .Life." It is given prominence each week pot for com- JOBS—Pledge I have been informed that our ow “government” voted to put a tax or tariff on butter substitutes that vir- ‘--i-tually makes their sale impossible. If you are a jobber or retail merchant or a manufacturer of oleomargarine or its kindred products, you must ation among the Big Three could achieve the security necessary to prevent a third world war. Healthier Cows-Bigger Production Mi a CONCRETE I0DAY TOMORROW pay - iicenso? that run an way Vf rom.SlO to $600 per year, and "of course—if the consumer buys any of these Cbetter-than-butter” substi- tues. he hcis^to pay all these charges,! plus 10c per pound.' ^ mercial purposes but in \he h->pe that j never Jieard of George'Callow-, _ .. . , j. . . i it will warn drivers of cars and , • / , , ■ • . Talking about a/ dog on the hay-, triieks to be careful, cautious and hu U President of -the GalloWhur | stack t ' b e batter interests are two; •c urtcous, and that all will give their ( Chemigal corporation of. Windsor, Vt., dogs on the haystack. W'hy should .-■.ipport to -i campaign to make the until/l read ap Advertisement of his not South Carolina be protected Coming year a safe -twelve, months hea J ed “Letter To a Fighting* Man ”( a « airist tl J e w ° o1 of Utah or Wyom- f n the highways, especially in our , 4 , t ... .. _ , ■ i ing? W ool is as much a substitute for, ci,unty and comrnunitjT * Mr. Gallowhur made| cotton as ma[ . garine is butter.; Our 1943 t'ecord was- almost per- 1 Public a promise that, as soon asthejw by no t ke ej? goobers from being feet, one of the best we have yet war i$. over, he'will not .only re- shipped from Texas to Georgia and attained. During the year there were employ the men who have left his! thereby compete w*ith peanuts grown! only three deaths in this county, as- to go to war byfwiU *defi- in that great state? ' compared with two jn 1942. eleven; K ^ • in 1941. and seventeen in 1940. This nit ^y employ 25 per cent more peo- sharp decline in fatalities locally and, pie than at present and those extra all over the nation is noticeable and, me n will be made up entirely of men encouraging. It is due, to a large ex-. now in " unifonT ". tent, ot course.- to less traffic on the his letter on Kis postwar plans,(dairy bunch is so powerful that it highways, slower dhving and gas. and • u " p ‘ H ’ 1 • . . <• • j .This is not a tariff or tax on im port's. It’s a tariff or tax on “food from i yoiir o&n sister states,- most of which are in the South. In other words, the TELL IT TO THE WORLD The first rule of salesman ship is that ’if you have any thing to sell, don’t keep it a secret. Tell * it s to . the world! That, in Clinton’s trade area, means to advertise it im THE CHRONICLE. Every' week this paper, goes into the homes of the residents, of Clinton, West Clinton, Lydia Mills, Goldville • and the .rural sections of this community where your—pros pective 1944 customers reside. The More People You Tell, the More You Will Sell! , -The most successful Clinton firms in 1944'will be those who through effective advertising tell the buying public each week, what they have to sell, the values they have to offer, ( the seryke they are prepared to give. DAIRY BARN FLOOR V l FREE.•.complete instructions for concrete improvements that aid food production fitre ■ re strictio ns. Our people, because; ol the se con: litions, have learned to dr i* ve urth more sense. It is- to be hiiptrL the tje- •s.tn wili not be . forgot- 1 ten iis sooh a s “fill - er up" again be- (•( n 'iOS. the po; Hilar slogan ci f the land. 1 l: : ;♦ war or n >t war. v.*r- ■should all 1 fit ( res fed ana -olidly unijed m a: , v,, . a g'ainst ' the destructii m of. hu- n >? !e on ’ the highways caused by " ; > . .VI i o k ic* 'si^Jf*. carele ’A / /. a: ci i; : it in di:v er.- mciea.'vd by liquor ; t cc.DXl i.fently lova! ;ed every i t s\ ■ n, lies in the state to Sc itjsfy tlieir' 1: , ' ( 't*t i. )ur ,K>. rccoix 1 improves c raeh year, ■ ii.y 1 tn . should be a sourc*e;tff-pride! tu’ air citizen: ■>. It ought to challenge.| an'" ! in spire u s during- 1944 lo'do ev- ( t ry •p.n "rg v e ' 'can to bring the figure cb ". vn. to zero r 1 Mr. Gallowhui* also said that all em-| has been able to cram butter down your throats at almost twice the cost their wages, in --the profits of the company, all would have free insurr ance benefits, husmtalization and febe of margarine, when, as a matter of fact, most people might prefer mar garine to butter if they coufd get it. retirement benefits. i Talk— about 'sins and shames, this .Although I don't .know Mr. Gal- margarine-tax-outlawing is a crime lowtaur personally, it is easy to rec-, a 8 a ' ns * , a decent civilization. And ognize him as being made of the' what are we going to do about it? A concrete barn floor is every where recognized as essential to highest dairy efficiency and productive capacity. Means healthier cows. Easy to clean and disinfect. Wear-proof, rot- proof, vermin-proof—inexpen sive and easy to build. • Concrete is the lifetime, fire- safe, economical way to build up your place. If you need help, get in touch with your concrete contractor or building material dealer. Let us help you by sending free booklet, “Dairy Farm Improvements of Concrete, ,, and booklets bm other subjects. ———— Paste coupon on a postal card and P O R T L A N D** CEMENT ASS Hurt Bldg., Atlanta 3, Go. Please send me literature on subjects checked. today— CI AT IO N .i i Name. Address City Dairy Improvement” _ Stonge Cellar! G Hog Houses w Milk Hoases “ Granaries ^ Poultry Houses ... State | Milk Cooling Tanl | Manure Pits □ 1 Soil Saving Dams ing Floors □ Silos Our country.was built by men who Help Wanted took ehances-^by men who set goals - Far be it from' me to complain for themselves and then let nothing about things to eat during the war. interfere with achieving those goals. There’s plent of food, such as it is, Mr. Gallowhur, many business men in Washington. The trouble is—this; in making sucji a pledge without first, by blood or marriage or otherwise,, to kbowing what business AVill be like 1 southern cooking. * ■ after the war. But in my judgment —♦ r i,La kl V -the only way we can avoid.a major Now,- le£s take kale, for instance, racing tne rsew Tear depression when the war ends isrT0T- x -j n tbe first pi a c e> hature intended ll you note Die date line of today s ; a lot fnore business men to ^^^.kale to be. cow-food, and in a class ; u.;)Ct you will ,-ee it has changed their necks out in exactly the suirip ^,-i( b bermuda grass, ragweeds, and lii m XLIII to XLIV — Number I. wiiy and then see to it that these, forth but it is of course classed which means that the publication en-j pledges are.kept. • ■ a s a vegetable. I wouldn’t think eating ‘the qjrefis I had today if I : were down home, but my wife wrote this issue upon its 44th tors with year. This.brand rtew year affords all of ANSWERS—Protection I think that Mr. Gallowhur’s pledge , me to’eat vegetables and I eat vege-! u* as individuals, and as businesses, holds the solution to most of-thtsma-; tables ari'opportunity to stop and think—to ijor problems we will face as soon resolve. The year will be unprece-; as the war is won.* _ - ^ , More about that kale: I believe .1, (tented in rapid action and develop- ■ By promising ahdad of time to hire;^ ou i d bave b ked this “vittle” better rhents and,because of^he war, of ne-, more men he has given a* sound an-ljf tbey bad turned me loose in the! ce.'Sity will brihg many heartacffesl swer to the problem of preventing Kard en and let mb graze on it. In the But it is the year in which we ex-I postwar unemployment. first place it wasn’t cooked over a pect the wap-to end. , : By this promise to give insurance! minut p or’sol the leaves even stood - . ■ - - . minute or so: the leaves even stood Here on the threshold of this im-., benefits to his employees, he has ' 0U f on jj ij ke rabb it ears. There was IHH'Uint year we renew a pledge you. shown how the need for government- - nn in it ovoont ivatpr -md have read in these columns before—Sponsored social security yean be "n occasional grain of sand a resolve we will try to keep with elirrrthated. V your help and patience. And finally, by offering his em THE CHRONICLE is resplyed, in ployees a share of thb profits he has 1 *■ ^ acce Pt 3 vegetables to get spite ..of' resti ictibns; scarcities g and pointed the way for a logical solu- m y wor fh. The lady put some trying situations confronting publish- : tion of our nation’* labor problem. ^Quashv with seed^-in it the size erv’ that we will strive to be a belter That question of social benefits is io * d ^ mes > and they were ripe enough pa-per in 1944 than in 1943, that we aq important one'these days, because P^ an U on plate, and the third will bring you clean, helpful, inter- there is already a bill in congress. ve ^ e ^ a ^* e was a cross between a esting pews and information about calling for the ependiture of billions carrot and a turnip, fried -mind you. the people* you know and love and *of rtG'llars each year, to be raised by And vap.^the - clinhax, instead of are interested in. and that we will a heavy tax on payrolls, to give all serve our large and appreciated fam- kinds of “free” medical servic*, old ily of readers the best we can under; age benefits and ,ih$urance. serving ^orabfead with this so-callqd food I had to eat a cold roll. 1 present conditions. We will keep be fore our eyes.always the star of hope and expectancy for brighter, happier days. In ending'43 and stepping out into ‘‘44 with its 365 untouched and un-. spoiled days, all of us engaged in producing THE CHRONICLE send sincere Greetings and ask that they be received by our subscribers,. ad- There is no question but that the | This is not unqsual a^s to vegetables people of this country would much; in Washington; We had cabbage one prefer to avoid the big step toward j day: it was like warmed over slaw. socialism which this measure in volves. And- the logical way tor pre vent. taking that step, and at the same time give the people more se curity than they have had in the past, is-for inddustry to show its intentipn of assuming the responsibility of It, too, was seasoned with water. I could have laced my shoes with the turnip greens they had a day or so later. What we need jn Washington in addition to more hard “liquor is somebody who knows how to cook; garden truck. Statement of the Condition of the Citi / \T' and Loan Associatiofr CLINTON, S. C. y After Close of Business December 3V, 1943 ASSETS— • . ’ , ' ' First - Mortgage jPoans .. . ... $532,960.10 Loans on Passbooks and Certificate ,.... 237.13 Other Loans , 1,000.00 Real Estate Owned 1.00 Investments*and Securities 72,900.00 Cash on Hand and in Banks ;....... 11,755.04 $618,853.27 LIABILITIES— Members’ Share Accounts ...‘.If t $524,856.02 iraF Advances from Federal Home Loan Bank .. V. 48,000.00, Loans in Process ^ Other Liabilities Undivided % ■ & — - - .-A.:.......-.. j. r» 1 a t • 397.02 ro7.io v -l . $618,853.27 OFFICERS B. H. BbYD, President J. P. PRATHER, Vice-President DIRECTORS B. H. BOYD 'NS. AVINGS B. HUBERT BOYD, Secretary-Treasurer AND LOAN ASSOCIATION Telephone No. 6 V S. W. StMEREL J. P. PRATHER W. W. HARRIS W. A. MOORHEAD HEATH COPELAND D. C. HEUSTESS - T. D. COPELAND B. HUBERT BOYD As CLINTON INSTITUTION SERVING CUNTON PEOPLE SINCE 1909 /