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^ s r 7, THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. ThursdoV; June 8, 1944 Sty? (Cltntfln ^rontrU 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 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 tney 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. you tote the' boss if you say so. rite or foam 281-J. ' yores trulie, holsum moore, rfd. mon^sense business management for national advertisers, who spend a fortune telling the public about the quality of their products, to maintain • Hhe highest possible standards. They essential industries. Industry needs this manpower.” The clinic idea has the support and cooperation of several government agencies, whose representatives are FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 30th day of June, 1944, I will render a Anal account 'of my acts i and doings as Administratrix of the estate of Dr. T. J. Peake in the office of the Judge Parachuting A La Buggy Umbrella i realize that, in a competitive market, | expected to attend the Columbia I beheve I was the first parachutist the’ public will quickly turn away ’* ---* **-— * | in my'nome state. It was ’way back if they don’t ^live up to their claims yonder ^’hen my attempted para- j from their product. i employed would not be given consid- chute jump took place. My parachute, There may Jiave been some pro-; eration at the clinic. was our big buggy umbrella. The ducts from time to time which have; Sessions will be held in the Colum- . . jump was made from tfie top of our enjoyed temporary popularity be-i bia high school auditorium between is notified and required to make pay-^ old 2-story log barn. Being only cause of exaggerated advertising the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. j ment on or before that date; and all about ten years old, I called for help claims, but we know of none that , — persons having claims against said to get not only me but my parachute have survived for any length bf time i FINAL SETTLEMENT and | estate will present them on of before to the top of the building. without furnishing the best quality, CREDITORS NOTICE j said date, duly proven, or be forever ♦ obtainable. o’clock a. m., and on ( the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as Administratrix. Any person indebted to said estate All persons holding claims against I barred. My two co-parachutists were Ed, Because advertisers of well-known the estate of Clyde Saxon Lanford, CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY. JUNE 8, 1944 Pick the Best Men ’ endorsed President Roosevelt for a ! fourth tenhli It was said to be an In a few weeks now voters will be enthusiastic political affair. going to the polls to select public of- ticials who are to serve them for the and John, little Negroes of about my branded products have such a great 1 deceased, will present them to the age. We had to work quietly—we had fortune invested in their names it I undersigned, duly proven on or be- slipped the umbrella out of the buggy would be suicide for them to permit 1 fore the 18th day of April, A. D., shed and as it was considered a val- | their reputation tq become tainted by }945, 0 r be forever barred, uable asset to, travel, we wanted to I distributing any inferior goods. j On the 18th day of May 1945, I be • careful and not damage it. We j 'That’s why, it seems to me, grade wi ii make a final accounting to the ow-ovc labeling is totally unnecessary. There! Court of Probate for Laurens County, LOUISE D. PEAKE, Administratrix. May 30, 1944.-r-15-4cw. were encompassed about with excess clothing, each being dressed in only a shirt, a very common mode of at tire back then. But what happened in the election? | — Cam Morrison, former governor and, j recall that the weather was a lit-| pends on the most careful inspection present congressman, was a 100 per| t i e bj t breezy that August afternoon. | by the manufacturers themselves. This is a responsibility that rests cent Roosevelt man, fourth termer W e were amost ready for the jump.) The American housewife has learn- upon all citizens who are interested and New Dealer. He was overwhelm-I Ed and John were helping me-to get ^ to select merchandise according to inctlv nV thp snip nnd POn- ♦ u^ 1rn-nan r TV»o rihe . _ . . . ® next two and four years. is no reason why we should employ’s. C., at 10 o’clock a.m., as Executrix thousands of checkers to inspect na- and on the same day will apply for tionally advertised brands when the a discharge. All persons indebted to very ex|stence^ of those brands de-1 this estate are hereby notified to make payment on or before said date. MclNTOSH'S SHOE SHOP Send Your Shoes To Us for Best Materials and Workmanship., in good citizenship and good govern- ingly defeated by the safe and gon- the umbrella open. The ribs werej favorite brafld names and knows that elected t ’■ * “ T ~ 0 . . J their tr ioihtv and character. And the LOIS JOHNSON LANKFORD, Executrix. Dated May 16 ,1944.—8-4c me nt. Men -hl.uld be selected to pub- servative ” Hoey In the governor’s strong and it took manpower to ad- by doing so she has greater protec-! PENCILS-Ticonderoga and Micado he office because of their training, lace .k °n na a ra i i ^ os __ just them. Each ot us had hold of the bon than she would ever have from —the best 5c pencils available. Also 1 est emphasb eharaeteJ-^—- should be placed 1 great-j\elt New Dealet and it u all tgtd ban dle. As soon as the umbrella was j d j sinterested c heck-ups by govern-! colored pencils. Buy them by the upon 1 that he had the backing o t e . opened, I was to whistle so s the boys . nipn } insnprtnr? dozen or ernss CthroniHe PnhUchino which always has plenty of money would turn everything loose and give ment inspectors. on election day to help defeat the, me a s hove outward-like Thornwell Commencement! candidate " opposes M “ ior cherry The s.ixty-ninth annual commence ment exercise age are easily defeated McDonnald. About 10 seconds before I was Employment Clinic For Physically Handicapped dozen or gross. Chronicle Publishing j Co. Phone 74. Thr.,-n« f »n ornhan Politics is a funny, uncertain busi-, ready to leap, a gust of wind got, u lAl I I • kioinweb orph ne§s The gtate convention had gone under pur chute and while Ed and lilO Be Held In Columbia announced o-begin b . dovvn the line strong for the admin- were clinging on to the handle we; •» and continue* through Tuesday eve- - ning Thi> nstjtuti.on opened its doors tor the admission *of children in 1875 and from that date until now has admin:ste.red to thousands of needy orphan box-' and girls and made a large contrfbt)’.. n b.u-k to the -state and church. ,, , liceholders. Commencement exercises at .tnis^ ^ institution, which means much to, r\ l T II Clintin. aie always - interesting and It W Q S Unly I Glk attended by many friends of'the com- munity istrptibn. The two candidates loudest glided slightly over the roof, and, . An employment clinic, w’here phys- 1 in singing the praise of the adminis- started down: Ed didn't have time i ca iiy handicapped persons and pros-', (ration made exceptionally poor to_ turn loose. The handle pulled outjpeetive employers may meet for in showings. Who can explain this puz- and we hit the ground amidst a terviews and negotiations, .will be, zle? Most likely the convention was bunch of jimson weeds, the umbrella 1 held.in Columbia June 14 and 15-iin-;; “in the hands” of prominent mem- handle popped me on the side of the. d er the auspices of' the Vocational! bers of the state ‘/machine” and of 1 - head and paid me low. John had j Rehabilitation, State Department of; holled off the roof and landed in the, E duca tion, Dr. James H. Hope', state ; horse trough. When I came to, John, sc hool superintendent, announced in, ' and Ed were nowhere in sight. I tried Columbia. c D at t f i, t n t0 sl ‘P ba <* t0 T th u es ^ d , The clinic will be open to all per-, Senator R. M. Jeffenes of Colleton,-just so, ’ but Pa saw me I had to sons above 16 of who have county, the mam cog of the Santee- e at my food stand,ng up for over a h ical disabilities who can qualify Cooper monster, has been intimating, week. Time for Examination to the voters of the state for months What :> the Democratic party? that he would be in the race for the; This is a question Democrats need, United for jobs in essential industry or who to become aroused over. States senate this summer.. | Nobody got excited y ver the possi- • Is it a bodv of men who come and'bility any more than they did the! go or is it a bodv of living princi- j trial balloon sent up from Washing- oiples which stand against time and 1 , ton that Byrnes might come back to: the whims, ambitions and follies of, the state this summer and seek this the moment'.’ office he formerly held until given aj Was the high-handed seizure of a place on the packed supreme court, retail store a symbol of dictatorship, bench. or a New Deal principle? Is the agi- Jefferies had given the impression j tated racial question ahd bowing to that he would be in the senatorial! selfish groups anti alien elements rep- rate. On the last day for filing en-| resentative of Democratic principles? tries it was reported from Columbia! Or, is Democracy still the party of that he was standing outside of the white supremacy, low tariff, eco- party secretary’s office with an entry nomical government, state rights and blank in his hand. §ven to the min- individual liberty? ute when the closing bell sounded The New Deal is not Democracy; at 12 o’clock, he had not publicly dis it is dictatorship founded on politi- closed his intention. Then he said, cal pap. not political principles. It “I will not run, there will be other is the Nazi way. statewide races in the future.” He Are you a Democrat? That ques- returned the unsigned blank to the tion is more timely and important secretary and faded out of the pic- now than ever before. . ture. ^ Apparently the Colleton county I of'c Rnrk politician wanted to run but couldn’t i-ei s oo ducr. get himself t0 the point + may qualify for training for essen- Ukku/aynd WntOViM) [ /y DonRobinson 1 POLIO E—Inspectors If things go as some social plan- tial war jobs. , Personnel officers from government installations and private industries in the state will be on hand to review the records of the applicants, hold personal interviews, employ those j who can qualify, and suggest the [ type of training that may be re- ! quired to fit others for specific jobs. Medical examinations will be given without cost to the applicant. P. G. Sherer, state vocational re- , , , . .• 6 v. k himself to the point where he It looks as if daylight-saving time could gi the dotted line Why the were going to be abolished soon. Sev- hes]t why did his coura g e faff, eral resolutions have been introduced many have asked in congress to put an end to the ex- Jefferies could not be elected, and periment and these are now before!^. Rnew this . An att ; rney If^hev^ pass 6 thb^camnot ^(Tvetoed whose service has been as costly to industry, of course, is notorious for ll they pass tney cannoi oe \eioea . ac thic o^rvtipman’s ’ , j ners would have them, our society will eventually reach a state where at least every other man and woman will serve in the capacity of a police man. During the war we have seen this trend develop by leaps and bounds. When the OPA was set up it was necessary to employ large numbers of inspectors to see that rationing was enforced. When jthe army and navy gave out tremendous war or ders, a regiment of inspectors was employed to see that supplies were made according to specification. When taxes were increased and millions of additional people had to file reports, more thousands of mfcn were em ployed to aid in checking the accu racy of the reports. And the food habilitation director, said, “There are! hundreds df physically handicapped persons in South Carolina who can qualify for vital war jobs arid many others who can be trained for jobs in T Announcements We, the undersigned, hereby an nounce ourselves as candidates for the offices over our names and pledge ourselves to abide by the rules and regulations of the city Democratic primary. by the President for tl>e original bill the govehiment as this gentleman’s j the number of people employed to . j j ♦u ♦ is too expensive an official to send to insoect animals to insoect stockvards establishing war time Provided that | Washmg , p „ It is our guess tha , out . ,nspect anlma,s ’ lnsp ' c ' stoettyards, it was to end six months after the, side o[ Co , leton coun , he , s dead war, or upon a concurrent resolution DO ijti C allv by both houses of congress. : Thcrc . were many wh0 that We think war ime should be end- E B , ease wwUd aUo be he ed. for we see little, if any. benefits bu , his blic statements had derived from the experiment. There to inspect packaging plans and to in spect the handling of food by deal ers and restaurants. These are' just a small sample of the great number of police jobs han dled by our government at the pres have been continued protests from he^in ^ ^ A* 1 o{ them are jobs which he will be in the race two years t may be necessary. But there must 6e f'irrm'rv in 'itfrirnltiini arpac ns well ^ j « ° , mdy ue nectJbacii/. idui tnerc mubt ue , 1 ^ , 1 ' if tv, hence against Maybank. He would ■ some limit put upon the government’s as from other business groups. If the be a worthy able SUCC e SSO r to him. Up0n ™ e country is put back on “old time” we believe it will meet the general ap- proval of the public. Tuesday's Big Flash ‘l NOBODY'S BUSINESS willingness to assume responsibility for protecting us against all eventu alities or our peacetime police force is apt to become bigger than our wartime army. FOR MAYOR P. S. BAILEY FOR ALDERMAN Ward One HUGH RAY Ward Two PET B. ADAIR Ward Three J. F. JACOBS Ward Four F. M. BOLAND I The invasion is on. That was the BvlGEE McGEE flash the world had been awaiting for ^ weeks. It came early Tuesday morn- ing when the Allied forces landed in' Another Montgomery Ward Case France, established beachheads and i s i n the Offing got their mighty operations under ' fl a t r0 ck. may the 24. Ward Five O. (Uncle Bud) OWENS JOE TERRY Ward Six J. W. HEDSPETH R6Y TRAMMELL BRANDS—Labels One plan, now being considered in j some government circles, would prob- j ably require the employment of more j inspectors than all of the present force put together. That is the plan to have compulsory grade labeling of all kinds of products. On the surface this grade labeling idea may sound like a worthwhile way The announcement brought both attorney genneral bittle, rejoicing and anxiety, and prayers by Washington, d. c. z millions in churches and^homes that d eer sir: God will guide an<5 protect our young ^ be employees of the local chain , ... , , , men who now-go forth into the fury S | oar , *q be basket toter.” has asked P ub ' IC service. Its purpose would be which ha> bur.-t over Ewope. the out- t b is corrv soondent 1 to get in touch to ma ^ e ^ possible for the shopper ci.me <>:, which * \v:ll decHitf the fate wlth yj and imist thf. you know whether she was getting the of the world for many years to come. t he said stoar at once *nbehalf of| be ^ inferior quality food Our boys and their allied eompan- i abor j and other goods. The label on a can ions are unflinchingly giving every- ‘ | of food would teH whether t,he con- thing they have in this horrible a R 4 of the employees have voted! *?nts were A, B or C equality. Gaso- struggle. This means that in these to make leonski vinsisky of the c.i.o. bne wo uld be braded in the same Wanted! Men and Women Who Are Hard of Hearing To make this simple, no risk hearing teat If you are temporarily deafened, bothered by ringing butting head noiaea due to hard ened or coagulated wax (cerumen), try the Ourine Home Method test that so many say has enabled them to hear well again. You must hear better after making this simple test or you get your money back at once. Ask about Ourine Ear Drops today at SMITH’S PHARMACY ' “The Rexall Store” - critical days we here at home must their bargaining agent with power to d( up. We must give them our prayers ! bargaining agency headed, by bull and ’thoughts, we must redouble our dogski jonuski of the u.m.w. - efiorts on the various war programs ^ until the goal is achieved. - . th^se employees are Willing to help the stoar; way and so would hundreds of other 1 everything we can to back them act, but they turned down antoher ‘^ ems which we purchase. ). We must give them our prayers bargaining asenev headed bv bull- inspectors check every lot of canned goods packed by all of the canneries of the country as well as all shipments of every other kind of product included in grade labeling, would be such a herculean task that The day of-waving banners and j tote the ma nnager out of speech-making is ovei. We need to weighs onlv 110 lb vou needn 5 ! I vvwvl4 ' a *‘ rv ' ** * 4 ^'* V ' V * 4V ’ C *** »»*««*> get down to business in earnest to sent but 2 or 3 soldiers to pull the] 11 L* help win the war and hasten the day stunt> it might he ip yo u to become f A " d ’ L when complete victory has been won dictator ove r here after the war if of the ch ef P roblems which would and our boys will be home again we have a dicktator. with their loved ones and friends. J ^ ' ‘ . the “basket toter” employees are North Carolina Politics not asking for annything unreason- North Carolina has elected one of able, all they want is a 25-hour week the South’s most outstanding states-! wi|h> trebble time for over time, plus men—Ex-Governor Clydq Hoey — to ! Saturdays and mondays at normal the United States senate. In intellect, Pay. but they must have .a “b” card and ability he will rate high above (each) with a gass allowance of 5$ most of his colleagues. * I Per week for their families. In the same election Major Gregg grise would be that of how to check i the checkers to see if. they, as well 1 as the manufacturer, are doing their I grading properly. Fortunately, however, there seems to be no need for grade labeling in a country where advertising has reach ed the advanced stagqe which it has in the United States. WE PAY CASH For Good USED CARS TIMMERMAN MOTOR CO. Carolina Service Station CLINTON, S. C. Cherry won the nomination for gov ernor over Dr. Ralph McDonnald. A governor in that state is not eligible for re-election—that’s a good law. Reflecting upon the result of their primary, it is interesting to recall that only a few weeks ago the North Carolina Democrats held their an nual convention and “unanimously” in addition to the abotfe, they in sist that they ought to have a 6- weeks vacation with pay at the rate of time and three-thirds from portal to portal, meaning from the^day the vacation, starts till -they get back* htime and rested up. we will me6t yore soldiers at the train, and show you the employees and they will help NAMES—Investment It is merely a matter of plain com- c OV» ^ use 666 «M IMtEa. Mitt. MK MOM BICYCLES FOR SALE NEW TIRES AND TUBES— Sixes 26x2.125, 26x1.375, 24x2.125, 20x2.125 Accessories of All Kinds. Have Your Bike Repaired for Spring Use. L L COOPER 49 N. Adair St. Phone 210-M Team Work Qn Mortgages! At Citizens Federal our Mortgage Department works on a smooth simplified procedure which enables us to tplan the best possible setup for home owners in the least possible time. 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