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.. v- f f Page Foar THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. Thursday, January 13, 1944 n (Etfratiirlr Established 1900 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher to tote my grip, ,,,wt. 150 lb., and I n^)k hiin at his word).' . , Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHINp COMPANY/ Subscription Rate (Payable In-Advance): One Year $2.00 ... Six Months $1.00 Entered as ond Class-Mail Mattel: 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 hot of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will ^ not be noticed. Th|is paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. - !> r*" , . - ent pay us, in ten years, $4.00 for every \VORKERS HELP $3.00 we deposit now. BETHLEHEM EXCEED To those of us who h av . always SHI p. A . DAY p R0M l SE leant to put some money away for; m 300,000 men an^. women from, all Some fellow happened to- say that i meant to put some money away the diner on the train I expected taj a rainy day but have neveij before takes—or’rather, the train that I ex-1 got around to it, this investment, in-, 4 , pecffdyto take me—“We’d better get, spired by patriotic motives, is going P arts of the countr y are sharing the lunch; \’e can’t get breakfast till af- to prove a great blessihg in the fu- 1 Bethlehem Steel company’s honors ’ ter 10:30 tomorrow morning.’-’ As ij ture. The deduction for war bonds,! in having achieved the greatest ship- had had no supper, I took notice and therefore, should not be thought of building record in history during the went forth to buy something. The, as something that is taken away from | including a large number of Liberty shipp and Victory ships. The valuh of the year’s'work waa equivalent to over f.OOO Liberty ships and, in terms of man-hours, the com pany estimates the 1943 program was equivalent to the construction of 22 battleships. Approximately 70%^ of the ships built were lighting craft and 30% cargo vessels, ' , things I can eat and live with were; Us or as a contribution toward hel P-! 1943 38 °. tt 9hting and cargo j ^0^°of^ew shipsT^ethlehrai , not to be'had. I had asked for 2 bars jng to win the jyar, bqt-as a splen-. e govenfinent has permitted y ards also repaired, converted and ; of fudge—the lady said “We ain’t got did opportunity to save money at a Be ^^' tbreveal th? fa?t that it i serviced over 7,000 vessels, thus play- I ratteen' boSf a^packagv’oJ la’trTa of the am,!, de-' ^ ^ peanut butter sandwiches ! ductiqn which is taken for soci a l s L eemed tan \ a ^ when made .at the security. There are some people who hegiuH'^g^ 0 ^ l®f 3 , I got sort of hungry th£ next mom- ■ Jhink that the social - security pro ing fleets in trim. Approximately 300,000 men and out a ship a day of major fighting. women were employed by Bethlehem in its shipyards, steel mills and other CLINTON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1944 -It Hard On the Dogs _ - Rationing has / reached such an all* reached the ^point* where they are ctracrta i.n QAf'tinn.'? that the n l u.. oi son oi nungry me nexi morn- 7 IT 77 and rarffo rraft were^erved 1 flrs^whic^ 6 «- S °- d - ie ” 1 the^halSsTe" tha^it will be’ car- : . ^markable proram carried out;divisions to accomplish this program ! should be. Our i late on account I to devour my far with it: it pulled both of my as it ' the chances are that it will be car- ' „^.T 1 * oc * r train was two hours ried out as provided by law and will by Bethtehem included a 35,000-ton r train was two hours, f u Uh ^ beginning battleship, 27,000-ton aircraft car- ^ I ^ aee of dS b ' gmnmg , riers. 14,700-ton aircraft carriers, afly Brst.l didn t get »'»«•*« 113,000-ton hea out stag^ in some sections that the acc epted as normal business. are true, Black Market operations inf““ ‘ T : h p t ^ U K “ f some towrt^ and cities seem to have bridges out I then took hold of the 'receive 1 ers> destroyers, i,ezu-ton ^anm butter stumNmety.ftve.per month for hifwife and him! destroyers, destroyer escorts, tank Under the social security act, aL 10 ’^ u - lun heavy cniisers 10,000-ton man who earns $60 a week for 201 ^ ght ®' 000 " ton llgl ? t - n c J uls ‘ ers, 2,100-ton destroyers, 1,620-ton dogs have quit turning over tpe gar bage cans.' In spite of black markets, most of us. so far, have been able to , con- self for the rest of their lives, with extra benefits if they have children cent of it got,stuck in the roof of my mouth, and the balance got be hind my few teeth.i I threw my , , „ . .. . * . . i breakfast away and took bacon and' un( * er ® years of age. This may not tinue getting vital necessities. But e g gs at jj.^ and was ha ppy to be seem a lot, but it is low-priced in- [during 1944, if tpe Black Markets | {edeven a | that late sura nee and—like war bonds—can be lank landing craft, infantry landing craft, and many types of cargo ships But because the company has set Ks sights £till higher for 1944 it will be necessary tos add stilly more td Its pfresent army of employees. OFFICE SUPPLIES —AU the little things needed to expedite work in the office. Chronicle Publishing .Co M Phone 74. thought of as an easy way of saving for the future. A Victory Year The .most encouraging feature of] grow as they hay$ been growing, we, the New Year, including the antici-'m iy reach the point where we will! . Everything (Bad) Happens patipn of early Spring, is the predic- have to go without necessities unless! . To Me tion of our leaders that this is go-1 we patronize those anti-Americans 1 . Homp fnlk „ „ t j TAXES—Benefits ing^ES , be'a victory year, ’ ‘ i who are trying to make a big profit . . . ^ . ■ t „ The deduction for taxes'is the only 1 [out of violating wartime regulations.1 L , ng ?.. .L a ione of present deductions which is A Poor Record Report of Condition of M. S. Bailey & Son, Bankers . of Clkiton, in the State of Santh Carolina, at the Close of Business on December’31, 1943 ASSETS Loans artd discounts (including $3,400.30 overdrafts). It is time for government-and for ^ drove st'ra.St'mour 0 house wTe^e 1 not returnable with interest. And, i ^ 1 i ^ H ^ ate8 f G « ve t rnmen , t obligations, direct and guaranteed ... 33, 4 i a ii 0 f U c_to eo after Black Market arove straight to our house where n though some of the money we | Obligations of States and political subdivisions ,.... 166,i When the war ,s over, the Ubor JLTgV ^ *” “«« •* by the gov-1 Other.bondj, notes, and debentures..: v-v-— M.WM ions vvHl be included at the tj ?P! should be reported to the OPA. Thel wa ffles which took the place of bis- ! ernment ’ the major part of il can the list .among those groups vvhich, g over hm en t cannot police the whole 1 cults r c hnked down after eatine too' a * SO * 00 * te ^ u P on as a worthwhile !1 not’ be -able to pouilwith pride y, but the people can. For ^vestment. ^. . . 818,861.81 000.00 I*, w A^ii tiv n maHp • * * — - i much: a southern cooked square meal ‘ L ery^iack Markbt operator, there are nuitp a raritv ' : (| r ^be purpose of gaining victory. (hundreds of his patrons who know 1 r even though some of the'money we j Obligations of States and political subdivisions 166,095.00 ... u j * ..pay in taxes is wasted by the gov-'®** 161 * bonds, note rice pudding, cornbread, tea and i £ rnmont tho mai „ r ^ ar ’/| Corporate stocks 4 2,116.00 Cash, balances with other banks, including reserve balances, and cash items in process of collection 908,723.12 Real estate owned other than bank premises...?.. 27,574.35 The heavy taxes we are paying 1 that he is violating the law. . now are largely a-n investment'in the; total ASSETS .. $1 985 795 2^ I war being fought to preserve the I am afflicted w ith several farms. | 0 f a nation in which we waat ■ . . • • LIABILITIES Contentmerit Needed _ w jiv ja w What we need in the realm of lux-, s |d e "bother vve should all have a visit them and find out if they 1 gj ve us schools, roads, public build- 1 ations .tries ,as well as in. that of some of share of the decreasing supply or were still there The night before the; protection and CO untless Time de It is up to those patrons to de-] go, early the next morning I decided, t o live. Other tax money is used to i Dernammeposits of individualsTpa^taeVsldps, and corpor deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corporations. $1,296,603.79 79,970.45 the so-called necessities,-, or those' civilian goods which will be avail- thermometer went down to luxuries which have not. so long ago! able ih 1944 or whether they think s t ay ed out all day just a-Jooking. I! fit • ” . Other deposits '(certified and’Officers’’ checks,’ etc^'ZZZZ"!”! - 52742 graduated into the class of necessi-i the cream of our supplies should go almost froze to death, caught cold, go -under a soundly and econom- 1 TO<rAL DEPOSITS $1,544,652.49 ties, is noisome gyy who will make: to those who are willing to protect a took the “red-throat” and increased | j ca iiy operated government our tax • ' — two blades of'grass grow-where only! criminal element totally lacking in the flu epidemic by one. The third ; mone y can be considered as an j n _ TOTAI* LIABILITIES (not including subordinated obligations < ne grew before, but -one who will'j patriotism and honesty. • j day j jv as able to sit up and take ] stallment payment on things we all shown below) ....'. $1-,544,652.49 lead us back to a wise contentment j 1 — ■■ notice and orange juice. i want > I ' ' But .00 many of us, today, ire apt! Capital ' CAPITAL ACCOUlTO „ 201<() to think of taxes as a government Subordinated deposits : ! 379J98.60 cut from our pay which -has noth- j Undivided profits 1.. ’ 41 142 79 ing to do with us. Actually, under! * with the era of the single blade. ^ N6W School Plan 1 ^ i My farm trip was almost a total ■ is'ii ■■ • Certain public school officials have . 0 „ . , , r* r t 4 I H'l' t • ^ .u, • u P j4 hunting. Three others had gone to Selfishness is one of thd^greatest school system m this state^because it , he county . seat t0 get some chr ftt'_ cf the destroyers of happiness. When is the "fashion in many other states I self becomes the center of our The same group. I ne thought and activities we travel upon. state teachers’ association,-use pres-• 4 ^ The wrong roud .fi the search after sure during the legislature each year! gl,arantec f One . guy had moved^pent as the majority of the people . 4 , mas red-eye. One fellow was quite prominent, in the< sick and j sent him a do - tor> fee our form of government, it is still the people’s money after the govern ment gets hold of it and is to be fw sv.uns .uau ... u.c scatsu 4 It , a way and carried two of my, out-; want it spent. MEMORANDA n tent men! This is tiue of those to get increases in teachers salaries^ ho uses with him* The fellow that) Therefore, if we want to get , a ,p *bdged assets (and securities loaned) (book value): ‘•IT m ' ndS if* " xed UP ° n pers ° na ‘' LaS ‘ yeat ,ha ‘ body gran,ed ' » 15 failed to pay 'all of his rent succerd-i worthwhile return on our invesTment ° " ' " body granted sppcarance. upon social advance- per cent increase'but the.association W'w 'sho^id watch USTSS mem, upon greed for wealth.- upon is not satisfied and already is start- on|v one . fmlnd H hnm „ ihu,,™ a. " TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS TOTAL LIABILITIES AND’CAPITAL ACCOUNTS $ 441,142.79 ■tfl,985,795.28 the reputation which they hope td* ing its drive (political) for another maintain, or Upon any other form of pay/increase during the present ses the promotion of self. diture of governm.ent funds just as | carefully as we do our own personal j Iskin of the general assembly. And _?°Wr olio^my ^ fSESBKJ-and.« don't like the .u„ . 1 !f . . m y bead began to swim, becond, l w-ay the government, u'hich we have (a) U. S. Government obligations, direct and guaranteed, pledged to secure deposits and other liabilities $ 20,000.00 (b) Assets pledged to qualify fdr exercise of fiduciary or cor porate powiirs, and for purposes other than to secure liabilities 124,595.00 « v on the Other Hand', happiness -lie teacher retirement, program is td was cr yj ng abo ut something, but 11 entrusted with part of nie> almost unsought to those who-be pushed again. It should be cte*-, didn't know w-hat. My southern ex-1 handling it we should i welcome any form of service w ith- ieated as last year. There s no more ... mpti hp „ J? t ornu,- numb and „ « « ~ ‘ *" ’7* i *ut consideration of the question of Plausible reason why teacher^ should' ield M y throat became so. dry!makin^better ut?nfo^'fnni* * m ! * I 36 ,189.70 TOTAL our money, is Secured and preferred liabilities: impress on our (a) Deposits secured by pledged assets pursuant to r $ 144,595.00 require- n 1' -jcip ; ^ ^ * -** * • be pensioned than any othfr group. ieldy. My throat became so, dry. ma king better use of our funds. 1 sneezed nothing but dust. ^My head | Governor Johnston has jumped on ached in 50 places. I. had tor breathe , —- band-wagon for the 12-grade throughrmy mouth. Coffee tasted like the bi- school proposal and will make such 1 castor oil. Food of any kind nauseat- a recommendation to the legislature. An Endless Battle There has.-alw-ays been a differ- ence mf opinion as to whether the jWe wiU heap the same old argument Goodne wuuing for us to cieate conditions j tra i n i ng w j tb others, which is an but leaping over. Flu is bad suitable for its display, but the bad , admission ^ we are doing a poor ^ ed me. I went to bed with a doctor and .stayed there $16 worth,, after ‘ S e,i ° W ^.w a !/ ett n r r «°Lf' VO !hd |-that, the Tjew grade is needed to put having bought a third interest in 2 ess is , always present andl ... Kph ^ lc ,d..* „ ; 44;„^ our high schools on an equal plane, drug stores. But I’m sitting up now, outweighs the good. i job in our public .school system. l [ODAY... TOMORROW . . We do not need to add on another Almost Extinct - grade but to strengthen what we Another portion of mankind which already have. Such an addition is is almost extinct is composed'of those ; unnecessary and means more expense 0y Doll RobinSOd w ho used to hold their'cotton in the for taxpayers. hope of an advance in price. ' ^ bright young girl who l,eft Clin- ~ ] ! ton a few- years ago to make her The Bluffing Germans * ' Ihome in a large city with a 12-grade It appears reasonable that if the' s y stem t° ld us she found the extra Germans have a secret weapon it 8 rade largely a duplication of the would already have been revealed course 9* study assigned her in the during the heavy defeats Hitlerites 1 Hh grade. That is the general report, have suffered in ' Russia, especially We are spending too much time in since Hitler must have long ago be-> our Public school system on non- gun to realize that'it does not profit es sential acthities, many a man to seek to w hile in the process he loses his own country. PAY—Deductions A recent cartoon in Collier’s maga zine showed a line qf factory work ers Stopping at a window marked ‘ Pay” and them going on a few feet further to a window marked “Deduc tions.” The head of the company was explaining to a friend. “New innova- \ tipn. Each employee gets to hold’ his 1 Do you feel “left out of it”?. A RE YOU missing the chance to Subordinated obligations: (a) On date of report the required legal reserve against deposits of this bank was 5 (b) Assets reported above which^ere eligible as legal -re serve amounted to. ..: '...3V: . V $ 104,926.85 908,723,12 share in this war—miss ing an experience you’d value all your life? 4' "■i of them nile the world money-raising schemes. Our schools entire pay all the way from that have been made “easy” to the point window to this one.” , that the average pupil is required Although the cartoon was arhus- 1 to spend a relatively small amount ingV it seemed to me that it also con- .qf time studying, as parents well tair\£j a valuable idea. For most of Guessing On the War know. Since General Eisenhower, who is We ought to strengthen what we us these days, are* beginning to lose track of just what we do earn and run'thg. big show, says that already have, revise oUr courses and what .value there is for us in the the war gn Europe, will be won in get down to the fundamentals of deductic Right now. In the WAC, you could be doing a vital Army job. You could be betting valu able training, meeting new peo ple, seeing new places while serving your country. More Wacs are needed 4t once. Get full details about eli gibility, training, pay, the jobs Wacs do. how they live. Go to the nearest U.S. Army Recruit ing Station. (Your local post office will give you the ad dress.) Or write: The Adjutant General, Room 4415, Munitions Building. Washington, D. C'. Do ^ it today? ** I, R. C. ADAIR, Cashier of the above-named banlc, do ^sffleqinly swear that the above statement is true, and that it fully and correctly represents the true state of the several matters herein contained and set forth, to the' best'of my knowledge and belief. r r ADAIR Private bank—no directors., > . » State of South Carolina, .County of Laurens. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 10th day of January, 1944 and I hereby certify that I am not an officer or director of this bank. * RAYMOND J. PITTS, Notary PubUc. My commission expires at the pleasure of the Governor. deductions which are taken regular- •W4. .we are^willing to accept that education. Our children can learn ly from our pay. If we could hold the,- a*- a latt U htle'-we have no earmarks 1 just as much and develope.as*broad- whole wad for a few minutes, just to of .1 prophet e have expressed the; ly j n 11 years as they will in 12. A get the feel of our actual total earn- bel.ef in these columns several times man who works can accomplish as ings. we might get considerable sat- tlur? the war is rapidly drawing to ^a.'-much-in eight hours as the fellow : isfactiort out of it. conclusion. . who ''plays’’ along will do in ten or As it is now, particularly among We have listened to countless prog-; even^more hours. those who didn’t begin working until nietications about the length-of the j - It’s easy to graduate from high .after most of the wartime deductions war. We heard one,say yesterday that school. It’s easy to enter college. All had been put in force, weekly, pay is t good for eight to ten years yet. one needs is £ high school diploma. * | apt to be thought of in terms of dol-| others predict it will be only a few'! ^ months. Siix'e the facts about what; is actually going to happen .in Eu- 1 dt> during the next few months are known only bo a few top military e baiA NOBODY'S BUSINESS leaders.'we see little ba^Tfc for,out- gy GEE McGEE siders to do any guessing^,But since • . , General Eisenhower doeSKOOW What 1 lars received without consideration 1 of the dollars put aside fqt social! security, war bonds, taxes and, in \ some cases, hospitalization and "group insurance. ' ' • • “ ^ Deductions by employers now total ’about 30 per cent of total income, so i that a man who receives $35 in cq.sh s° in * to happen and * in fact.j Vicissitudes or Travetai - ffiWSi ’JfSffh'SLLSfS:! going to be the prime mover in mak- ' j previous niece I explained that Th ^ 535 al 11131 8 ava,la ble to., mg it happen, we feel that he is in j Jad b Jugh t a ?LilroL tfeket^nd a ! him for present s P endin *’ but he ' the be^t position of any man in the f , U ,^ , a ro ?]‘ tu ket and 3 sbouldn ,. t j ose s j ght of the f ac t t ba t • the best po^wncnanymHn e , ower berth from Wa ^ hmgton to w a gQod part of , other $15 will , later come baclrio him with inter-r BONDS—Social' Security wi-rld to do the predicting. wife’s place of residence in South l f ' This war rr-st be won by military Carolina When my traveling papers * a C strategists. It 11 never be., won by . ere handed tQ me - the pretty 15ttle esl - the Washington politician crowd. . b runettifeh 4kk.eJL'-agent said — “]^>u So, unless the General changes his can hoard yaur car at 10 o’clock^ijon., , n t laneiDle returns we eet mind, we will accept it as gospel that Th t - doesn't leave till ll'45i( , n i ] dn S lDle returns we get the Furooean nh'ase of the war is do- 1 /' -j a ^ esn l . . 11 from our deductions are. in'the war tnc European pnase 01 me \%ar go j said< .- That s mighly ni c e of Mr. 1 b d . hl h p to us i ing to end Utis year. PniiYnan Ten o'clock i« mv TntP hod Donas wnicn are nanaea to us peri When the Pacific war will end'we , ien CJ i t j° tk , m J lf te j bed cdically. They show the growth of/j She smiled .0 loud she drop- „ ur deposits ^ savings at . coun t don t know yet because the man ped the c i gare tte‘out of her mouth, whose opinion we will be tempted to.j ^ accept on that—General MacArthui j Well, I'^ot permission .to go down —hasn t told us. ^ , |^ 0 my t ra i n a t exactly 11:05 p.m. Sat in the crowded waiting room during Black Market Patrons this wait and saw nearly every kind The Office of Price Administration' of person covered by. the last o.p.a. which we have s opened with the, ynited States governments They also! ’ show that the government? agrees to in a nearby town secently got a phone call in which a man inquired, “What is thb ceiling price on gasoline, ration coupons? I have been offered a sheet of them, for 10 cents a ticket, but I don’t want to pay over the •ceiling.”. WhetKer that was intended to\be a joke we don’t know, but if reports census. Soldiers and sailors and waves and wacs were considerably in. the- majority. Half of the colored! folks were asleep and that meant 50 per cent of the wcjuld-be passenger 8 - Some of the young wives and moth-? ers were having « sort of hard time keeping the children corralled. (A friend from my hotel had volunteered TYPEWRITERS AND ADDING MACHINES Sales and Service CLEANING A SPECIALTY ' Reasonable Charges KENNETH N. BAKER Phone *N PAYS >3000 TO A VISITOR _ v v „ A guest fell and was seri ously injured, brought "•suit, and the* host had to pay $3,000! You cain pro tect yourself from loss due to accidents to others on your premises at small cost thrpugh Residence Liability Insurance. * Accident Tickets Cost Only £5c A ,Day—Pay up to $5,000 S. y/. SUMEREL, Agent Jacobs Building—Phone 89 CLINTON, 8. C. When You Are Reedy... ACT! TO BUY A HOME TAKES VERY LITTLE CASH UNDER OUR MORTGAGE LOAN•CONTRACT. YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED HOW LITTLE THAT IS. Come in and get acquainted with tfur loan pro gram that makes it possible for you to even tually own a debt-free home with no more ex pense thanks required to pay rent. We are not so much concerned with what home you select or where it may be located. Rather, we are primarily ihterested in .a. plan that makes it possible for you to buy it now. ■ Y vJ - Jl Each Account Insured Up To $5,000 / ►AVINGS |AND loan association^ ' ( Telephone No. 6 A Clinton Institution Serving Clinton People Since 1909 HfiKHflHaJrai \ \