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• r K. • ( F ( r / Poge Four >$ > A ' THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursdoy, June 28, 1945 •A, (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 ^ar $2.00 - s Six Months $1.00 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C. The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers— the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. nStfrON. S. C.. THURSDAY. JUNE 28, 1945 HQBODY'S BUSINESS By GEE McGEE the wonderland’ of chemistry, said' there was no doubt in his mind that the last half of the 20th century wopld be known as the “chemical age.” Another, who had "had experience with radar, radio and such, predicted that the developments in these fields were so vast that an appropriate ttyle Flat Rock Feels the Need of Banking Facilities . , there is a mbvement on foot to put fo / , the t Postwar, would be the “age Overworked Sonta Claus It is announced from Washington that fourteen thousand farm tractors are to be sent to Europe soon to help would be a bank of some kind in flat rock. mr.! electronics. art square wants one like they hadi .v‘.^ ir 4 c ? man ’ an avia l° r . after ad- enduring 1919 and 1920. he don’t care ^Portance of the other much about a bank for deposits only: fi^ds, said that it was quite ob- he desires to borry monney instid of vlous to lhat the next 10 to 50 deposit same, he hit the old bank a y ears would be the “air age.” In fact, hard lick the year it went under. : * ai( ^’ you already see that title ^ ! freely used in magazine articles, mr. slim chance says a deppssitory books and advertising to describe the would be o. k. by him. but it is feared immediate future, that local capitol can not be raised these men had good reason for same, he lost 100$ onner count ofj^ 0 ^ ee i that their particular interest •being assessed 100 percents on thei w ^ s paramount. But I was particu- — stock he hell in the old bank of flat; Iarl y impressed by the prediction of the rock when it ceasted to function. 1 a y° un 8 man from Kansas who, af- i • iter listening patiently to all the rest, ly different type of training than the istration of the estate and effects of ‘fartner of the past. If he hopes to! j esse * jnes West, succeed in competition with other) These are, therefore, to cite and farmers, he will need to understand ac j m0 nish all and singular the kin- jthe great developments-in chemistry; dred and creditors of the said Jesse and jthe use of "countless new tools which can speed ?nd improve his work. temperature — what ideal? If a vote were taken, we imagine .. j - -mi the answers would be just about as [to get a 10$ bill changed at this rit- 1 t° r y books aitpj* future will refer to ine. verrv few checks can be cashed, i the last half diThi it is a full day’s work in flat rock! said: ’T’ve got an idea that the his- ... . ■ — •ii .. varied as the weather is at present, ing. verry few checks can be cashed. j tne last narr df'^he 20th century as of land to | j n pi acei most of us would the 3 stoars have sevveral rubber the agricultural age’. t rac_ ! not want one. standard of weather, checks in their cash drawers, ai cultivate millions of increase food productionXThe tors are to. be divided ihto two groups,' "can pay ' for” and pay for." France is listed in groups that "can pay for. \V hoever v | s ^b u i ( j regret the elimination of the heard ot France paying us for auy - c dki and snowy weather which is a thing"? Th:, would want some hot weather [they refuse to take anny more risks. d 1 $ : u CHEMISTRY—Farms h 11 jto make crops grow ;and the enjoy-!so a bank would prove a big assdt to[ That young man 5 roug ht up a a : ment of fishing and swimming, we our citizonShip. i viewpoint which immediately ap pealed to all of the others. The electronics expert told of the as with. tries. the post offis will cash reonney j welcome change after a hot sum- orders when they have anny cash on pi* reiationshin 'betw eerT' h i <T * fi eld another case of this country i mer, we would want rain to fall on hands, but that is seldom, the polees- farmine how electricity and Santa Claus. We are doing! the days which were most convenient man has rote mr. henry morgan thaw ! elertr()n i c . would be used to aid the W at home to help other'coun-; to Us, and we would insist .that the for information as to how to start a f m i n countless wavs—in fiehtine which doesn't make sense. ! welfar? of animals, birds kind our small bank under the law. he do not d : nickins and sorting fruit jn think it would pay to have a national weeas - m picking ana sorting rruit, bank in flat rock that would mea^n combating predatory animals and ■at the feddera) govverment would easi ? 8 Poetically jiU phases of the m it ansoforth. “ farmer. wo!*. « . , .. . m The chemist adn$tted that the Wt have no "sott" feeling for Ger-[ natural resources be considered manv. Thev >hould work and feed i any weather progam. thtn>elve^‘ neither should the job. H we should try to, standardize that be made easy by the United States weather to tit all needs, it steerhs quite run Ynini'hing modern farm equipment probable that we ‘would "end up needed on .mr own farms as the only with a program quite similar to , the h,,pe for the labor situation. .uncontrolled weather of today, the The Germans did not turn their most discussed topic^and one we can han.F to provide food in the c'oun- nts ab - out the hot ‘ and ld: if ; and making prognostications pfomis-^ 1 ;Mt > they devastated. And what did . „ they do men confined in their dirty 1 prison tamp' othef than attempt to starve them to death. And reports say .the Mr. Sliiq Chance, Sr., Airs His Views mr. slim Chance, sr., the sag£ of do nothing about. Despite our com- d a f rock, enjoys talkirrg generally amazing chemical discoveries of re- 1 cent years would practically revolu tionize farming. He spoke of DPT, which will destroy harmful insects, .of hormone discoveries which will puttofthe test most of us would rath- eously ansoforth. he says heh^nev-...^^? ^nate many^w e a tTe r !. or the . th .° usands _.- f ; er continue to "take a chance than to ver heard of a strike of any kind at t JS overnment edict. a plant where there is no labor un- 1 ^ I independent farmer, who is respected! CITATION FOR LETTERS OF as the backbone of America, will en-, ADMINISTRATION tirely disappear from the scene—but, The State of South Carolina, his life and work will certainly be altered almost beyond recognition. And the successful farmer of to morrow will certainly need an entire- County of Laurens. . By J. H. Wasson, Probate Judge: Whereas Eva Mae West made suit to me to grant her Letters of Admin- Being a successful farmer from 1950 on will be more or a brain job than a brawn job — but it certainly ought to be one of the most inter esting and enlightening “professions” of our country. Wanted! Man And Woman Who Ara Hard of H oaring . 1* ***• “° htariac H too are temporarily deafened, bothered by riaainy bulling bead noiaea dua to horde nod or coagulatod wax (eeru- moa), try tbo Ourine Hone Method taat that ao many aay hai enabled them to bear well again. You must hoar better after making thla simple home teat or you will got your money back at once, ▲sk about Ourine Ear Drop* today at SMITH’S PHARMACY “The Rexall Store” l Jiles West, deceased, that they be and appear ^ before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Laurens Court House, Laurens, S. C., on July 10, 1945, next, after publication hereof, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be grant- ed. Given under my hand this 20th day of June, A. D., 1945. . ! J. HEWLETTE WASSON, 5-2cw J. P. L. C- AIR MAIL ENVELOPES—Large size, for quick mailing. 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What the Servicemen Are Thinking lisfied, but the labor racketeers aint. mr. chance further states that it wont be anny too much trubble get ting the f.e.p.c. to become a law on Politics As Usual What are the servicemen thinking stat ute books, the trubblle will With President Truman's arrival at‘about the war and thing's in gener^ 0 ? 1 " 6 ,^ 60 f aid ._ a . W _ 1 ^._ en /° r 55-. the dosing of the ion:erence in San with the Big Three meet planned recently compiled data from some t . , 41 next month,in the vicinity of Berlin. 400 letters from men scattered over-j SUIt the south and atlanta. i United Nations back home? for rather, when the enforcers thereof Francisco, and The Kiplinger Washington Agency try to enfor ® e >t. what mought suit ' one of the major fields of aviation will be in connected with farming— in spraying trees and vegetables, in transpqrting perishable vegetables and fruits, and even in moving live- ; stock. The discussion made it evident that ! all of science, new england and bridgeport wont speculation is ripe that further cabi- seas answering these questions. Some our major fields of which have progressed so during the war, are vitally concerned) with farming. H. D. HENRY 1898-1945 F. M. BOLAND H. D. HENRY & COMPANY INSURANCE STOCKS — BONDS — REAL ESTATE Federal Loans Negotiated On Real Estate Telephone 121 rapidly wnewn«KK»xxxxsattssasitsssssaaisassssaaestssstsssmsmsam^xm*HKnmm net c hanges will be made most any: were kind, others were rough and dav. jvery critical. The report comes from Democratic senators in Washington that James F. to a large number of servicemen, car- Byrnes ot this state would be named iried an item on March 3 inviting secretary of s,tate before the Big these men to write how they feel. Three meet In that event. Secretary The item asked these questions: Stett nius will be given another ap mr. chance says he has not benn | bothered much with black-market 1 The Kiplinger Letter, which goes P rices - the thin 8 s ^ at folks ask to °! FUTURE—Revolution This discussion, plus the articles much for are Cither done without or ia P d speeches which are being publi- other stuff substituted therefor, if he i c ‘ zed continually, all point to an ag- can’t get annything but black-market! ncultural . revolution which wil1 kee P beef, he will'eat corn-bread and but- | ^ arm Ihe limelight for years to What do you think about things ? erm ilk. he says he gets plenty vita-j c : t ^ , ‘, uT bark home'’ Do vnu anv ‘chaViri’ and colaries from open market Just a11 end up can not ’in.ment. they say, probably ambas- back home. Do you sense any chasm ^ , be determined yet. The farm will be adoi_to Great Britain. Reports that ° r cleavage . Do you think civilians ^ j chemicalized, electricalized, and me- ; mr. chance doesn’t see anny reason c ^ an ‘ zed - AB of these developments. why the em P° rer of jappan should be I Point toward turning farming into, , , , ' „ ine n ,„ annv bi«2er and greater than were I business, just as industry devel- ;• the President has consistent* .^0 d' What’ 800 ^'hitler, m^ussy-lena himmler, and va-loped during the industrial revolu- :t t ie questum open. vour mind that vou fee^ free to' rious other Parades, they all gotjtion. It is unlikely that the small, | Tne San Francisco conference has.your mina tnat you feel free to, ■ut„ ..,0,, ! off mighty light, according to his way Byrnes would become secretary state are-letting you dowri? Or lying down have been current ever since Mr. ° n the job? On the basis of the news Tinman entered the White House, that reaches you but ir T... reached a successful conclusion, with [write? Purpose is not emotional or , ir . ■ ^ , tin charter of a new world peace or- sentimental, but wholly practical. i°J[ thl ” kl, ?*‘ wdei ? jap P an defeated ’ I ready for formal approval The exchange of correspondence will '^^Crr^haTiT^hlM ' and nsnarg Those well mlormed in be of help to us civilians.- “"^no fl™ fls e.cen, a ?eV M 1 inter national aifairs agree thal Stet-j The replies, written on all sorts of a fl d th mu” be civilized befoar' tinius has done a good job and dis-' paper, were dated in late March and w,n olffn ° ployed ability, intelligence and lead- April before the war in Germany . 1hl - begin to tote^u > aga . ership Whv push him aside. The an-[ended, before the movement began ^ k * >wt: ;> politics. from Europe to the Pacific. Most of ^ | pi \ I Tn -e who seek to replace StettinH' them were froml^nlisted mefit but nih v he is not a party man— that .some were frorit 4 ^officers, ranking he. not a practical, -astute politi- ;fr »m second lieutenant to general, t in. Mr Byrne." is. He will get the Here is a summary of high points: job in many of the letters: M : e emphasis i> now placed on • They want to get the war over | polit. s and perpetuation in office,! with; and get back home, state and national, than statesman- 1 They hope that things at home will ship. That's why a political revolu- not be changed too much, lion by the people is not far away. TThku/ond TxmovumJ by Don Robinson Mo^t of all they want jo^t;, and some are afraid they won't get them. | They think lots of people at home have been making “big dough” out of arguing abouti what the next “age’ will be called. They all agreed that Greatness Supreme Commander General the war, in contrast with service pay, Dwight D Eisenhower, enroute to and this irks them, the railroad station in New York a : They curse out strikes and strikers, few nights ago, sighted a soldiers on They say they are not apti-labor or crutches and quickly broke away anti-union, but they don’t like strikes from his party to shake hands with at home when they are fighting AGE—Agriculture I heard a group of navy officers I Pvt. James abroad. The gripes on this particular j come. subject are the most numerous, the One man, who had been studying the boy. soldier was Randtke of Rochester, N. Y. General most profoundly profane. Eisenhower chatted with him about! They suspect that many people his injury, tfyen patted him on the;don’t know there’s a war on. Particu- 1 shoulder and said, “Good luck to you.: larly they resent ..civilian grumbling T hope you get well.” over* the midnight curfew, and ra-! Pvt. Randtke, who was Wounded tioning, and other inconveniences on Luzon last year, told a reporter which seem to them petty, alter the general left: "That wins the They believe in a hard peace for greater thrill of my life.” ’tVhat Germany ancL J«pan. They growl young paan wouldn’t have received a: over n^ws reports, of soft treatment, thrill from such recognition and per- for German prisoners in this country.! sonal interest. They wonder whether the officials This simple incident portrays the at home a?e doing their utmost to greatness of this man Eisenhower, prevent ’ another world war. They Many an officer in such high position seem anxious and doubtful. “We are and with the ringing in his ears seen that crippled private-Potoer and) Thjey don’t like the ads which puff attention often make aMool of a man. some products as doing their bit for Jn fact, not many people can stand \^ar. They say “nuts.” great authority without it going to They don’t like the movies which their head. But nut so with General pour excessive glamor out upon the "Ike." He keeps his balance, his ac- fighting men. They say “bilge.” fp-n- and words ring with a tone of They don’t like to be regarded as earnestness, that impresses people. [“different” from home folks, or as a There is none of the bragging or, class apart. They say, “We aren’t egotism about him that afflicts so i neurotic.” They don’t even like to be mapy military men. Proudly he tells typed as “GF Joe.” the first part of the 20th century was rightfully referred to as the “ma-1 chine age.” But there was a wide: difference of opinion about the most; descriptive title for the age that is to! applause of millions winning the war, but ^-e aren’t so ars would never have sure about the peace.” • And every one warits to get back to wife or >girl, or parents, brothers and sisters, the children, the home. the greal .crowds that ^welcome him: “I am no hero, credit for our victory belongs to the common soldiers in the. ranks. They are the heroes.” Here is a matchless, soldier-diplo- j Miss Ella Adair To mat. His sincerity, his humility, his i |, — - modesty are proof of his greatness^ Hold TmCC-Doy 5olC The Weather Topic r ^ Adair proprietor of the While wiping Uie perspiration trom hcr ' ua| summer h ^ t . prlce ! sale in today’s paper for three days, I Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The event is always one of interest to feminine buyers. our brow during the hot spell, we began wondering if there was any such think as ideal weather. If weather could be controlled, if we could, through some remarkable dis covery, standardize the time and amount of rainfall as wqll as the THE CLINTON CHRONICLE The Newspaper Everybody Reads MO-pey MAt • The mope isn’t a dope. Much more likely she (or be) is viciidi ot a serious vitamin deficiency. Fortunately, the * condition can be remedied through professional care and counsel. If you’re mopey, ask your physician tor a diagnosis. 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