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V • —li Page Four Mb THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, June 14, 1945 (Clinton (Cl|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 ■f Entered as 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^g&ieral interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications wUl not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. J it : be the foreman on the gcfring case, j competition and supply was at its his mind is made up as to the verdict, ] height. ; but he would consider the evidence, j Even if the Japanese war should he was foreman at the county-seat < end this year,/Apfice control will be on a case that tried his brother-in-: carried on ^or^the first year or two law: he got 90 days f<j>r sellng and, of the post-war era. Whether we like storing ansoforth. ; it or not, it will probably be at least ♦ 1 • 11947 before we can throw our ration mr. art square is one of the men j points out of the window, buy any- that coulld be counted on to serve, thing we want when^we want it, and tom head would allso make k a good, pay prices, which are set by competi- juryman; he has had one or twdcas- tive selling instead of by Uncle Sam. es to go against him, but that was be-! m foar he jined the rehober church en-} ‘ CONTROL—Inflation during the revival .in 1943. he is con- oi 0 „i, . .\ siderablv reformed now Black market P nces a fairly # .accurate guide to the price trends rite or foam if you can use a flat!^J c V* OUl< L? X S t witl ? 0 V t price „ con - trol. For a black market actually is dence in english and send it to thisi jury and they, would consider it and; CUNTON. S. C., THURSDAY. JUNE 14. 1945 Con All. You Con v [er ‘with teetlj” toward the goal we criminals milty | all desire above everything else—no me cnmi n a is guilty It is estimated that food canning 1 more war. ) !> will be just about as popular this ( ♦ . , ] summer as it was last — and thatj a m t when winter comes, over 400,000,000 jiAifC WG MGQQGO rock jury, if they can’t go to ger-, „ , u . u • manny, you can transcribe the e vi-! an ° utlet f wl ? lch 18 operating without price control. But a black market does not ordi- send you their verdict direct to you.jJVJf* 1 .^ ^ et K as 1 ^ i * k P rices as would be the undersigned thinks a flat ^ock!^ 81 ^ b y le * It ; mat f 8tores . 1 f Uncle jury would find over 100 per cent of| ? a ™ d ‘? not ^ n t tro1 ^ir prices. For th*> rriminaic .nnitv a black market can’t advertise to i attract customers, it must get rid of i its merchandise quickly for fear of j being caught, and it is apt to invite trcublt4 if its prices become so ex yores trulie, holsum moore, rfd. 4- jars of home-canned food will be stored in the closets of -the nation. In ordeif to entourage maximum preserving of fond to help'relieve the ^taHbrianism! .H itt shortage, the War Production Bnni.d has seen to i{, that sufficient vntical materials" were made avail- jb.e to manufacture all necessary < nming supplies. Enough aluminum, im are told. has\been earmarked for prt s.'iire canned to producOj.-630.000 of them thisJH'ear. Sutfici For Totalitarianism? There hds been a strong drift in this country in recent years towards And unless it is checked we will see and live under a cycle of tyranny and impoverish ment such as other nations have ex perienced when the individual was superseded by the state. The danger of America going to- ^ jars,! talitarian, and it is a real one. TihkUf Tdtnoixm) by Don Robinson PRICES—Control / tion from a preliminary estimate of| CREDITORS NOTICE $45,500,000,000 which was included * All persons having claims against in the regular budget submitted by the estate of S. Bell Lindsay, deceas- former President Roosevelt last Jan- ed, are hereby notified to file the uary, 'contemplating continuance of erffne duly verified, with the under- the war on the European front. yjfetgned, and those indebted to said “The amount recommended f o estate will please make payment like wise. .1 LEE RUTH GILLIAM, Administratrix, Mountville, S. C. »- i May 21, 1945.—14-3pw^< 1946 reflects an overall decrease 25 per cent in the program for tl fiscal year 1945 which is estima to total $52,600,000,000,“ the "Th Said f \*/ ! CREDITORS’ NOTICE The estimates contemnkrfe main- ... tenance of an army ■I'e d u c e d in All persons having claims against strength from 8,320,000 on June 30,, the estate of George W. Bailey, de- 1945, to a maximum strength of ceased, are hereby notified to file the 6,968,000 on June 30, 1946. {same, duly verified, with the under- Reductions were based on a re-l^H- *»? tho* indebted to Mid vised estimate of need* as a result of f. s ' ale W,U P ,ease . make payment the unconditional surrender of Ger- liltewlse - many. - 7 1 MARY A. BAILEY, Executrix.. ' The White House noted that 2,182,-', . WILLIAM R. ANDERSON, JR., 000 men will be discharged from the txecuior. army during the coming fiscal year cjo Mrs. Geo. W. Bailey, Clinton, S. C. 1 May 28, 1945.—14-3co ' and approximately 1,000,000 will en ter it for the first time. “The budget not only contemplates: ripple BOND Pound Paper, boxed, financing the war against Japan; ladies size Envelopes to match, stated, “but it provides funds for chronicle Pub. Co. throughout the fiscal year,” it was munitions and equipment to be de livered through December 31, 1946. horbitant that its customers turn against it. I Black markets are costing the American public billions of dollars a year. But the'cost of .supporting them! Heav ' er types of aircraft are financ- is infinitesimal compared with the ed through June, 1947. Included is cost of supporting all-out inflation. approximately one billion dollars for The black market merely gives us int ernational aid requirements (mili- a taste of what prices would be like tary lend-lease and for relief of civil- f | if ceiling prices were eliminated. A ians in areas occupied by fdrees.’’ taste should be enough to prove to Actual expenditures of the war de- .1,, ^ arises from the fake delusion that jJ-government is blessed with an inex- * haustible supply of wisdom and cash practically everything we buy today. any thinking person that price regu- There is only one reason w'hy we lations should not be ended until our are not paying skyrocket prices for j econoniv S0ts baik 10 norm al- ceilings . - rubber rings, etc., ^vill b pi''d.nHHi tju reach a new goal h< me-caniVng. ML , . . • j- , . , , xv. K 'vv,t-h ifToptinc for h y stena spending which can be rea s 0 n Is government price reg- The big hitch, of course, affecting, drawn Qn freely at wi „ It is a dan . • 1, ’° 01 picsei\ing and canning, ,g erous illusion, a warped conception tlu sugar shortage. Fruits preserved- q{ democrac y ? the fesuU of which has If ^ weren t for price without sugar are not good, regard- been a sta g gering g r0 wth of bureau- there would be nothing to stop the k., of what demonstration agents ic debt and political .domination;of meat, gasoline, sugar and x u . u~ And quality fruit is essentials a large degree> of private effort . n every other scarce item from soaring : Truman aske( j congress today to _ ro . ^ can 1 B ul a > ,n > , must be destroyed before the future t0 heights out of reach of all bilt thej vide tbe army witb $39,019,790,474 to ic dnan ce the accelerated attack on period with all ao lon g as ine su PP*y 01 g° ods ^IJaoan Vr' vnr fruit which has been cooked . nroblems less than the demand for them, we; * w.thout sugar. ‘ 0 reoublic became ereat because must have P rice regulation. Yet there I He transmitted th^mrlitary budget Wise housewives will secure the it has always been a land of indi-' are a PP arentl y millions of P 60 ? 16 * fed , year,beginning July 1, cnoar allnwpH anrl' * : t.- un with rationine and ceilines. who cauin 6 tor FORTY BILLIONS ASKED FOR ARMY TO NANCE JAP WAR Washington. June 11. — President can voa “ must be destroyed before the future neigms uui ^ ui an 1 and get back a good one. And can be approached with confidence richest people in the country, can t properly sweeten and fla- for the reconversion period with all So long as the supply of g partment, for which the funds Were requested, are estimated at $49,000,- 000,000 for the current fiscal year. CARTER’S WHITE INK. Travel ink in case. Showcard colors. Synthetic* rubber paper cement. Chronicle Pub lishing Co. WE WILL PAY YOU CASH FOR YOUR USED CARS Call us or bring your car for a grease, wash and lubrication job. Billy McMillan Sinclair Service Station 1 W’est Main Street Phone No. £ i full allotment of sugar allowed a tid ■ yj d jj a i enterprise. Its people grew WP with rationing and ceilings, who d( all the canning possible. Food is 1 S j|-Qj^g because they were free and would vote in favor of total elimi- scarce—and high. FBI'S Remarkable Job nation of the Office of Price admin- new appropriations of $21,963,093,409, the reappropriation of unobligated balances from prior appropriations totaling $8,818,195,- 574, and estimated recoveries from contract cutbacks and terminations totaling $8,238,501,500. ... The total program, a White House' ri+AWkAMt r ^4.- - reduc- 1 self-reliant. A man who had a good idea was willing to work to put it 1 istration. 1 into effect, received encouragement * There may have been some major and reward, provided 1 he could ac-i m ' s * ake made by that government One of the most valuable and re-' dually give people something they a 8^Ficy. Rationing of some items may markable services rendered this na- jneeded and wan t e d. Thus industry have b een handled clumsily. In some i t t t . . , „ non in recent years has been that of was built, employment provided — cases there ma y have be€n more re 8-i ’ re P resenls a Edgar Hoover and his FBI organiza-■ only way by which it can be built nlation than necessary. In other cases: non. Espionage and sabotage h ave soundly and permanently. Hard work P r ic<? ceilings may have been sfet too been de^ilt death olows by this i^gops it going, not government hand- low to encourage maximum distribu-| agency. outs. Our bountiful natural resources |n° n the available supply. But Sabotage has been reduced to aj so yj^al to the prosecution of the war, there is no doubt that we would be; minimum. But it did not end withj^.Qyj d still be buried in The ground the midst of a period of uncon- the end of the war in Europe. The j for the individuals who were not trolled inflation right now if it were, FBI is more anxious than ever to|af ra i7to take risS and back up toSse not for OPA. have the cooperation of the public ^ risks with a lot of sweat, and capital. W hat would that mean2»Well* we The American people are literally don * k n °w whether sugar^Jould sell H. D. HENRY 1898-1945 H. D. HENRY & COMPANY •INSURANCE STOCKS — BONDS — REAL ESTATE Federal Loans Negotiated On Real Estate Telephone 121 n reporting any suspicious activities that may come u^ a new outbieak as > last hope for a better civilization fnr $1 or $20 a pound, but there is no the Crazy Japanese become more des- j s inconceivable that, with the tra- doub * ^ bat uncontrolled inflation at ntiate be!ore then] final collapse. dition of greatness which is ours, that * be P resen t time would make thtr I ar Hoover's FBI has handled we w ju to solve our problems b ^ ack market ** ook bke a bar S a i n sa l e !a bo me.e than 19.000 sabotage investiga- py following the same tawdry path •o-n.- and thousands oi espionage 0 f government idolatry that has de- \ igilant investigation has un- strayed civilization in a serious blow.-s to| d j c t a t ors hj p by default. CARS—1942 large part p r ice control as a government, A I. , . ! function won’t be eliminated for all; America will become enslaved it products at the same time. The pro£>- ir iDt to make a izreater "if i ^ ^ natlonal socialis tic a bl e method will be to keep each pr^-I 11L ‘P 1 10 oiake a greater philosophy of government to go un o < > u bt ed 1 y p rtw e n t ed om -w ar program. The Japanese with the r reputation for trickiness and sueakine \ We Have Tires and Tubes BATTERIES and ACCESSORIES Have your battery charged while you wait. Clintop Service Station Phone 96 Clinton, S. C. Gulf Products duct under control until the produc tion of that product has reached a j attempt to disturb our homefront se-, checked and the state become om em .'.y than the Germans ever did. nipotent and absolute to supersede noint where sunnIv is eouaf to de- 1 But they won’t be able to get far lh e welfare of its citizenry. ' P ° int When? SUPPly 15 eQUal t0 de 1 w.th this nationwide organization m trained and ready for ils job. The public whenever it has a suspicion about an individual or group sjibj^ld report it promptly to the FBI. V' I NOBODY’S BUSINESS mand. And for some products that; time is still a long way off. Take automobiles, for instance. By the end of 1.945,' if all goes well, a few new cars will have been re- Yhe World Wants Peace By GEE McGEE leased. But there is a potential de- j mand for perhaps 10,000,000 new au tomobiles. It is obvious that if thej first 100,000 or 1,000.000 cars were sold without price regulation, people doing what we like and getting what ^ ernoon ^he strains of mendolson we w’ant. / Ion the organ, the contracting parties ■>* Frequently determined or shift- were a s followers: mrs. lillie sue jen- less people insist on doing only a widow of sevveral years they like, that is, they insist on , s ^ and j n g and mr a rtie john greene, self-expression. This works all right a widower of 3 weeks standing with sometimes until they get hungry, and 5 children.- then they come down off their perch , . .» and set about to earn that meal. 1 the bride is the proud mother of The same condition exists at the s j x \hildren. this merger should long-drawm-out peace conference in p r0V e a help to all concerned, the San Francisco. We have a number In till' old world of ours we, as individuals as well as groups, usually Wedding Bells Ring In Flat Rock get what we go after. There is the a quiet wedding was hell' in the who could afford it would be willing choice that must be made between 'outskirts of flat rock last friday af- ^ pay fabulous prices for them. ’ ‘ Without price control, a car which sold for $1,000 in 1941, could easily sell for $5,000 if we relied on the laws of supply and demand. But the OPA, by price regulation, intends to' keep the price of these new cars in the neighborhood of 1942 prices. The prices will be slightly higher, to allow for increased pro duction costs, but increases will be closely controlled. Thus, even thei new wife, with her experrience on brs * 8 rou P to get new cars will payi of determined delegates who find it liwing off of nearly nothing, which * a price for tbem which >s in line with much easier to do nothing to bring |i s a u ^er first husband left .her, will the P rice which would be paid if about a real world peace than it [be a blessing to all 11 of the ’chil- wouid be to buckle dow,n and try to, dren) and her old man is able to understand and work with the other, them in good form: he owns fallow. ! a nice little stoar. Individuals and nations have their' like- and dislikes. That is why it will a s the bride was liwing in a rent- I be impossible to draw up any sort ed house, she moved her stuff and a peace that would suit all of the na-; 0 ff_ S p r j ngs to her husband’s pallatial tions *and their peoples. It can t be 4-room house on axton street, it was done. There are those in the United, indeed a happy wedding for all con- Staetes who will rejeeft the entire cerned. rev. will waite performed the plan, because it does not place Italy, nuptials and the groom handed him or India, or Cuba, or Alaska on the a n ice new one dollar bill for his | same plane as the United States, or work (easy money). for :-ome other reason. / I ♦ - •« The original Constitution of the mrs. greene, the new bride, has al- United States was not acceptable to a reddy priced a good secont-hand car majority of people. The framers a nd she expects to have it running - knew that it would not be. But they freely within a few days, she says Cngtd its adoption—as a move in the s he kno\fs she will have to get the right direction, and sent through manny things she needs before she amendments in the form of the "Bill has benn married too long, so she has of Rights." Two of these were reject- i took time by the four-locks and is; ed by the state. Rhode Island reject-, fixing up herself with clothes and! ed the entire Constitution in" the be- , her house with new things that the ginning. jo.p.a. has not crowded off of the mar- 1 The same may prove true of the^et. manny happy returns to both I diait of a Francisco peace char- of them. OF COURSE. XX' ARE ^JTTOU WANT TO CONTINUE TW VW..-30Bt SJRE XX) m PMTKTED those kaxo EAMEO IQSKdONS^XM FINANCIAL STANDWO WIT* HE U3HT KIND Of INSUWlNCE.^. WE Qto 3iVE>0J INTUESTIN4 INfOWWlON ON SOME NEW PROTECTION PIAN3...... CLINTON REALTY Cr INSURANCE CO. B. H. Boyd B. Hubert Boyd Phone 6 THE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS * OF THIS ASSOCIATION TAKE PLEASURE IN ANNOUNCING A 3% DIVIDEND AS OF JUNE 30, 1945, TO INVESTORS TO BE PAID JULY 1 In addition to earning attractive semi-annual dividends, the funds cf each investor are insured up to $5,000. “OWN YOUR OWN HOME” When you are ready .to buy or build we are ready to help you. EDERALdAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION Telephone No. 6 A Clinton Institution Serving Clinton People Since 1909 OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS ‘ B. H. Boyd, President J. P. Prather, Vice-President B. Hubert Boyd, Secretary-Treasurer B. H. Boyd S. W. Sumerel B. Hubert Boyd J. P. Prather W’. W. Harris W. A. Moorhead T. D. Copeland T. H. Copeland ■TT» ■ m mm ter if all the ppwers fail to agree.'It is too much to expect this final docu ment to be perfect, it may have to be changed from time to time, just a- our Constitution has been changed by amendments—but with rhore hon- j Washington, d. c. ‘est effort on the part of all of thej deer sir: people of all of the world, it can be plese consider letting a petty jury holsum moore, rfd, corry spondent. Flat Rock Offers To Help war department, N made to endure as a guarantee for freedom and justice for all men and nations. The world is hoping that from these San Francisco deliberations there may come a way to prevent war and bring peace and security for all the people—that it will be a start- from flat rock set on some of the cas es against war criminals in germanny ansoforth. we can furnish 12 men, good and true, to set on anny jury in anny coart hell annywhere that they can get .to. mr. slim chance, sr., would like to WHEN YOU STEP OUT a' burglar may step in. He may steal your v^Juables and make a shandies of your place, but there** one thing he can’t take away from you—the protection of an ./Etna Residence and Outside Theft Insurance Policy. Do you have: one? S. W. SUMEREL, Agent Jacobs Building—Phone 80 CLINTON, 8. C. Ullllri x Da’s na fijn, zunne!...Have a Coca-Cola (SAY, THAT'S GREAT I) / 7 • ••ah American custom lands in Brussels In Flemish, it's vriendelijkbeid. In American, it’s the plain, every day word Jrintdlmta. Everywhere your Yankee doughboy goes, it comes (tom his heart in a good old home-town phrase, Hava Cokt. Yes, the pans* lhat refreshes with ice-cold Coke becomes an ambassa dor of good will.,, the old home spirit carried across the scis. SOTTUO UNOCR AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY IT GREENWOOD COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. 2 5 Ym MUrtlly | Itartef ronrJm—r—u i 9 wi «f Ik. ftwOfc r —nij