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Poge Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S, C Thursday, June 29, 1944 Gtye (Ulinton Ql^rantrU Established 1900 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING* COMPANY One Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): Year $2.do 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. T^e 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. , would, but why not ask Oklahoma to Wnnn/Ja/J In Artinn stop producing oil. It takes more la- ▼▼OUnggO m MtriUfl bor ^o grow cotton than apy other; product and the farmers who grow) it for a living make about $15.00 perj i month, same as a CIO fellow makes ‘ j in a day. ( m When the smoke clears away after' the war / is won, some undesirables ; might come forth and take over what | little bit of government-for-the-peo- ple we have. Special interests and ■ certain voters get anything they want just any time they ask for it. But let the farmer beg for a crumb of bread:] some Wa4}ington guy will slam him ■ over the head with the gravy bowl and tell hlrtn** scat! CLINTON. S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1944 To Push Bond Drive encouraged. The price of the farmer’s! products has been held down while The second and,final stage of the many other commodities have soared Frith .War Loan campaign has ar- : j n price with the sky as the limit.! r:\ed. D. F. Patterson, chairman of The farmer, as an example, would! tin Laurens county committee, stated have received fully thirty cents a yesterday, and emphasis for the next; pound for his cotton had it not been two we'oks will have to be placed on f or government policies and compe- m.aking. the quota for this county, set tition. These facts are well known by at $1.27 Link).00 Of this amount the :*he farmer and by other informed C.'.nton-Go’.dvdle (U $000.000. be continued,. Mr. j C ontihpe-to go .to, the country to live pi e within its borders outranking ev-’ >n sales of bonds to|t 0 get'away from the mad rush of er y c ity in the United States except! ■ : this week solicitations the city. But they are not going there for Chicago and New York City, of - is underway, and from | with the intention of farming. Some which it is a borough. Brooklyn hasj rued effort will be di-' 0 f these city 'people who have gone a population of 2,698.285—a popula-; fins part oi the cam- to rural areas had an idea that they tion which includes every nationality; are smarter than the'average' farmer,' un der (he sun. ace asked and urged to ; but they soon find out they are mis-! But.' perhaps because Brooklyn has FINAL SETTLEMENT I FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 6th day of] Take notice that on the 5th day of July, 1944, I will render a final ac-jJuly, 1944, I will render a final ac count of my acts and doings as j CO unt of my acts and doings as Guardian of the estate Martha L. | Guarc jj an o j the es j a t e 0 f N orman jj Blakely Evans, in the office of the . • Judge of Probate of Laurens County, Holder, et al., minors, in the office at 10 o’clock a. m., and on the same'of the Judge of Probate of Laurens day will apply for a final discharge; County, at 10 o’clock am., and on ] from my trust as Guardian. j same day w in apply for a final Any person indebted to said estate discharge from my trust as Guard- ( is notified and reefuired to make pay- j an . • l i ment on or before that date: and all! ' • j u* ^ ' -j * person? bavins claims against said es- Any person mdebted to said estate late will present them 'on or before, 15 an drequired to make pay- ]-said date^. duly proven, or be forever : barred. LOWRY M. WILSON, Guardian. (June 6. 1944. 4tcw ment on or before said date, duly proven, on be forever barred. R. L. GRAY, Guardian, i June 5, 1944.—29-4cw .area, has Emphasis mu Patterson c tates me. a ;duals. but t : ; : poratiens i now on cunt rooted to war- p.ugn. - A'.! e:t;.:ens BROOKLYN — Loyalty The biggest small town in the . j world is Brooklyn, New York. Pop- a Quo a people who use their brain. ulation-wise it is a Metropolitan city Many people have gone, and may 0 f the first order, the number of peo- PFC. WILLIAM GILBERT BIG- HAM. son of Mr. and Mrs. N. VV. Bigham, of Route 2, Clinton, has been reported wounded in action in Italy bn June 1. He was award ed the Purple Heart. His parents have received a letter from him, WTitten in a hospital. Pfc. Bigham entered the service October 16, 1942. Wanted! Men and Women Who Are Hard of Hearing To make this simple, no risk hearing test. If you are temporarily deafened, bothered by ringing buzzing head noises due to hard ened or coagulated wax (cerumen), try the Ourine Home Method test that so many say has enabled them to hear wreW 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” Three Clinton Men Enter Navy Service SAY, "I SAW IT IN THE CHRON ICLE.” THANK YOU. BICYCLES FOR SALE NEW TIRES AND TUBES— Sizes 26x2.125, 26x1.375, 24x2.125, 20x2.125 Accessories of AH Kinds. A Have Your Bike Repaired for Spring Use. L. L. COOPER 49 N. Adair St. Phone 210-M tne v\.rapa;gn over the top. Attack- Buy More, tht ration's slogan. Than Before" F. Three white selectees from the lo- n and do filer, part to help put taken and over enthusiastic. jfn inferior complex over being con- j ca ^ draft board reported to the navy, tiin "Back the Cithers think I’hat a farm is a soft hattan when it could be the third recruiting station, Columbia, on June sort of retirement place — an easy, j.hattan when it could be the htird ^2 for induction into the navy. They comfortable, slow-moving existence.; largest city in the country if it was wer e Sam Huston Snelgrove, John And no matter what farmers tell a city in- its own right, the people .MIenry Smith, and Edmond Keith i thum «to the contrary, they will not of, Brooklyn have become famous for Adair, all of Clinton. SfTconvinced. The only way these their'blind devotion to anything re-]~ , ^ ~ u | new sojourners in the country can lated to Brooklyn—a loyalty which' FINAL SETTLEMENT learn what farming is really like is usually is apparent only in. - small Take notice that on the 7tfi day of the hard way. There’s little on the towns where lack of population forces! July, 1944, I will render a final ac ta rm now to induce people to go the residents to stick together to keep count of my acts and doings as Exec-| •von't be any tire-: there. The truth is. in spite of what their community on the map. turix of the estate of H. E. Sturgeon, -there is no like- in spite of the enormous popula-! in the office of the Judge of Probate 10 o'clock a.i New Kind of Fireworks There won't be any fireworks to . . : o' the F kirth of July this ' rev. ackers, nor sky rock- n Roman candles. n That the: .ok- :n ■!.;;■ country to celebrate these writers tell us- but in Europe and lihood of an influx ''of city people to 1 tion of Brooklyn, people throughout of Laurens County, at our maepenaci all ever the Pacific American boys the country a... ue shooting off the kfnd of lire-’ —— _\ve:k' that .v.un: most — fireworks winch wfil not be a mere celebration but "a 1! be u.-ed to teach the enemies t : t ur independence that we will and c..r. defend it' against all comers. When we wake up on the morning e: the Fourth it won't be to the us- u.fi accompaniment of tiny explo sion.- set off by children. But the chances are that the Germans and will be greeted on the Fourth, NOBODY'S BUSINESS By GEE McGEE This Candidate Has But Few Planks In His Platform the followering political speech was . ; ley now are on every day in the made by a candy-date for off is in flat week, by another mighty exhibition rock a few days ago before a of pyrotechnics which will give them audience: long-lasting lesson about dness of independence to the country continue to think df Man- ; m., and on the same day will applly hattan as being synonymous with! for a final discharge from’my trust as; New York City. I have never yet Executrix. . • ,, , j heard of anyone traveling east to see Any persorr indebted to said estate Brooklyn while millions each year go is notified and required to make pay-1 to see New York. And even in Man- ment on or before that date! and alf ; hattan itself the majority of residents ] persons having claims against said 1 ihave.little contact with the borough! estate will present them on or before of Brooklyn except when they land j said date, duly proven, or be forever! 1 there by mistake by getting on the barred. j wrong subway train. CUSTOMS — Accent j Brooklyn is known as the “home” sma j section of the City of New York. : It doesn’t have the elaborate theatres. (MRS.) H. E. STURGEON i '■ Executrix. Jiily^T, 1944. 4tcw: — 4 a the sa- the "gentermens and ladies: i come .befoar you asking yore have votes night clubs, skyscrapers and amuse ment areas which would attract tour- i nes coming in special years—such as! the 150th or 200th. l ungs are going now, it appears as though the greatest anniversary of our independence in the history books ol FINAL SETTLEMENT AND CREDITORS NOTICE All persons holding claims against the estate of Warren A. Blpkely, de- ! ceased, will present them to the un- , . - in iniv i am for labor i am for the* ^ ’ °** near the , dersigned, duly proven, on or before that indepen- ln . JU ^-,, m for labor ' 1 _ ar ^ f( ]: r lh 5 heart of the metropolis, the people j the 15th day of July, 1944, or be for- less iso- j ev On the 12th day of June, 1945, I Aratrican people. - - •——. — ° ists. This year we are celebrating the to be^casted^in^my behafl at the poJ.es. Consequently, although 168th anniversary of dence Ordinarily the anniversaries 11 ““fi ^ | of Brooklyn are more or less iso-j ever barred, which are remembered most are the labor don t like .he c.i.o. 1 am agm; latec j an( j have a language and cus it. in otherMvords, i will do whatever toms which are uniquely their own.jwiu ma ke a final accounting to the But the way annyboddy wants me to do when i The Brookl e lan ^ age . or , 0 be'court of Probate for Laurens County .-. it nonpars as set ‘n ‘ don t wear no capital-: ‘ ‘ “ ist’s hate “i am for the farmer, if he wants more exact, the Brooklyhese accent, is rather a phenomenon. It is diffi- ! cult to understand how the people What Production Means 1: a common failing for us to lay mi >re e niuhasis on that part of the ' 11 u th wi meh has a peculiar appli- c at ( n to Ol irselves. Most of us put St* i * ti! ;st. a nd are selfish. Selfish- ne>< IS the root cause of the terrible i O O a l- w a r in which we are now en- ga.-H' ■d. e 'a '.i o pr duue the raw mate- rial w i lien . sprmg.' from the soil afie i ei:.i rd< .h1 a- the backbone of the wor ! Oo.. * H, tw. ver. impofitant their job :ra : y be . they are ho more nec- us." a : y tor the progress of the race th. n .0 i'i'iC tones and the cities which turn !\ ateriai into finished goods anti i ■ •ev.dt > a market for whatever ihi finer has to sell.. Either would bo ! •A ; t svi>a •y p'nght without the oth- e: : . a re t no:' aver has a right to claim too m ■. ;eh : mpofilance in relation to the acb . anee ment which the world has mad t. nr i ae trot! h is. regardless of CIO da : TiS for priorities in everything, we e ct i. laboring together -in " a real whic h needs and should ap- piec ' I v; t tht a vakie of all forms of la be fur fi he term "production” ap- phe: - n ot on Iv to the changing of seed r.'vek !. but also to those addi- t V ’ chan gC' whereby the, factory tne raw material to the need 1 ■ ' 4. - • ' a:ncr. The word produc- ,n . aces a he. vy^responsibility on F * us oil a mg this crucial war pe- have them cut to the core, i hate linker and tobacker taxes and so do you. i am a self-made farmer, i lost my, job in town and had to do some thing. later on.- the federal land bank put me out." »at 10 o’clock a. m„ as Administrator and pn the same day will apply for a discharge. All persons indebted to i in ■ one section of New York City this estate are hereby notified to make payment on or before said date. W. B. TRIBBLE, Administrator. Dated June 9, 1944. 4tcw. parities i will vote for same, if he , differently from wants f.d.t^ so will i. if you hate eli- f, appe J? t0 spe fV° dl “ ere " tly tI , om . ... the others but it is almost as dis- not s° will t ,f you say yore taxes is uishable as the difference be- 00 1& ' 1 t>iee M,U ‘ * ou ‘ n NV1 tween the northern and southern ac cent. It is recognized by such pro nunciations as “err’ for oil, “moider” for murder and “poiple” for purple. In the same way that a successful businessman born in Crossroads, Mis souri, would try to give a helping hand to any young man from Cross roads, the Open Seasame into the godd graces of a business executive e SAY. “1 SAW IT IN THE CHRON ICLE.” THANK YOU. “if you will elect me i will serve you. if i can’t serve both of you, i will take it time about and serve ^ B ™ oklyn . is tabe + a “Brooklyn hrob vm, i vm-A C n h a d bo y- Th ere is a fraternal feeling i will promise anything and do my among the Brooklyn people and peo ple with a Brooklyn background wedges 'for'labo^and low pneed gro- ^\ ch P^bably is stronger than that ceries for labor, and i allso believe in! of lhe People of any other large city. high prices for cotton, and low pric- ^ — es for cotton goods.” BASEBALL Accent 1 ; Perhaps the two things whiqh most clearly reveal Brooklyn's thirst for individuality are the interest in the “i have newer been arrested, i will bear- vore burdens, i will help yore cause, i will do annything to get Brooklyn Daily Eagle, the newspaper eleckted. i have received verry little a B Brooklynites read, and the fer- monney from the c.i.o.. but if they vent interest in the daily progress of want to send me some more, i will Brooklyn Dodgers, Brooklyn’s take it and give labor creddick for it,] own major league professional base-; hurrah for hurrah and hurrah for oa ^ team. me ” - Although some of the best news- WANTED! USED CARS HIGHEST TASK PRICES PAID COOPER _ MOTOR CO. Clinton, S. C. yores trulie, holsum moore. rfd, cqrry spondent. papers in the country are published in New York City, and although Brooklyn is politically a pjart of New York City, the people insist on hav- Friendless Cotton ing tbei » r own newspaper which fea- President Roosevelt knows all about , tae noWi f , 0 ^ Brooklyn people, .abor and FEPC and foreign policy B r0 . 0K ‘> n activities, and even Brook- and politics and Phillip Murray, blit.. *> n nuirder s- . he doesn’t know much about cotton.' As lor baseball team that is r i ft k. j , ■ ■ He does not want to see cotton ad- infctl tution which has / made rarm Inrlux Not Likely i vanced from its present price for the Brooklyn most talked about from Dr: ng the past two years dozens of reason that it might cause inflation. co , ast ' t0 coast—not necessarily ' be-; Ihkk- have bet n written for the guid- If cotton were fetching 25(5 per pound cause ot caliore of baseball play- ; ; r.ci i city (people who are con tern- instead of 20c per pound, a cotton ed Dodgers but because of the i rt .ng buying tarms. Practically all shirt would cost’about 2c more than baP f ans> Ber gorgeous Bums, as < : tnc-e books have been popular in it is selling for at present. A $3.98 * anatlc enthusiasm of Brooklyn base-: fi c.tics, indicating an increase in cotton dress would have to bring Brooklynites affectionately describe, the number of people who say they $4.03 if cotton were raised 5c per Iheir own ball players, are the delight Want to bieak away from the rush pound. or * be despair °f 500,000 Brooklyn > : big business and live in the coun- ♦ • homes depending on whether they are, try. ^ > ; The price or cost of cotton that goes °u Most of these books, written by into the making of cotton goods, es- Although Brooklyn, during most bridge. men experienced .with farming, for- ] pecially the lightweights, is inciden- °* existence, has had to be con- innately...... are not too encouraging tal to the cost of the manufac|ured lent playing second fiddle to j about the prospects of a city man article. Cotton goods, such as dresses, ^ m0Ie glamorous sister borough of ; making good as a farmer. Most of aprons, shirts, underwear, and so on, Manhattan, there is one feather in them tell the truth and do not hide are now selling on the basis of 33c: Brooklyn s cap of which it will always the difficulties of farming, the knowl- cotton. It takes only 21c worth op be P rou d- That is the name of tbe edge necessary to be a farmer nor cotton to make a $5.98 cotton dress. I wor ^d - ^ amous bridge connecting the the small profit which even a good The price of overalls might have toj* wo boroughs which is known to ev- fai mer can make from the soil. ; be advanced 7c per pair if cotton ne ever y w here as the Brooklyn We do not expect any great rush! were advanced 5c per pound. But from the city to'the country. The lot; there’s) nobbdy much wearing over- of the fanner is now most difficult, j alls now except the poverty stricken anti growing harder. He is confronted i cotton grower, with a most serious shortage of la bor and equipment, and inability to compete with wages paid by city in dustries and government agencies. There has been a flock to the big cities by the lure of higher wages and shorter hours which government has The South has to grow cotton; the South ,1s a cotton country. Aristook County, Maine, has to grow potatoes —that’s a potato country. Smart guys are always asking why the farmers don’t quit growing cotton: I wish they MclNTOSH'S SHOE SHOP Send Your Shoes To Us for Best Materials and Workmanship. 8£ A GOOD HOST to your passengers. If an accident should injure guests in your car, would your Automobile Insur ance provide medical pay ments for them? Ask about this new protection feature. S. W. SUMEREL, Agent Jacobs Building:—Phone 80 CLINTON. S. C. Liy IF YOU PLAN TO BUY REMODEL or REFINANCE WE HAVE A LOAN PLAN— TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS! 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