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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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ahp (EUnlon (C^rnnirlr
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WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher
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of its correspondents. ’
'time, he will tie it up till they have!in
Thursdoy, July 26, 1945
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et.
its present form, spokesmen for
various groups attacked it as “fraud-
♦ lulent,” a “deceitful international con-
mr. chance considers hisself sort |S piracy,” and a document.that would
of a lawyer, ( claiming that he went | encourage rather than discourage
to night law school while he was war. Some thought it committeed our
away from home a few years ago,'country to too much, others that it
he has benn gone to a a right smart did r\ot commit us to enough. Some
by people who are in trubble and took advantage of their appearance
has advised them, most of the time, before the committee to blame the
he was wrong—but he says he did senate for the war and to accuse
not charge for hjs leggal advice. (congress of turning our country over
^ jto the Russians.
mr. chance will keep a close watch But other spokesmen, representing
‘ CITATION FOR LETTERS OF
ADMINISTRATION *
The State pf South Carolina ,
County of Laurens.
B. J. H. Wasson, Probate Judge: •
Whereas. W. T. Putnam made suit
to me to grant him Letters of Ad
ministration of the estate and effects
of Anna Riddle Putnam.
Th^se are, therefore, to cite and
admonish all and singular the kin
dred and creditors of the said Anna
on the judge enduring the coart pro- millions of Americans, ur^d imme-i Riddl e Putnam, deceased, that they ,
ceedings. if he errs or goes wrong, idiate approval of the charter as a be and appear before me, in the
he wi)l correct him, so he wishes he ; fi rst step toward permanent pehce. .Court of Probate, to be held at Lau-
TYPEWRITERS AND
ADDING MACHINES
Sales and Service
CLEANING A SPECIALTY
KENNETH N. BAKER
Phone 3M
was on the grand jury: he would: p-
clean up certain spots in flat rock Immediately fofllowing the drastic
and elsewhere, there are a.few plac-|cut in the use of sleeping cars for
es that can t tell the difference be- civilians, the office of defense trans-
rens Court House, Laurens, S’ C^on
July 30, nejft, after publication here-’
of, at 10 o’clock in the forenoons toj
show pause, if any they have, why
CLINTON. S. C.; THURSDAY, JULY *C 1945
A Sod Goze
; necessarily used, some of the publi-!
j cations, which are unread, running j
There are few gazes more sad than thousands of copies. A comment
those with which a little girl regards i exarn pj e j s f oun d m a 666-pag49pub-!
a popsicle which has departed from, Nation entitled
the stick and squashed upon the
twixt sadday and Sunday, they should portation* began ' considering other the said Administration should not bp.
granted.
Given under my hand this 16th day
of July, A. D., 1945. . i
J. HEWLETTE WASSON,
26-2t Judge of Probate.
be took to law and hell in escrow till;travel curbs which would help ease
they learnt to be decent. the difficulties of trdop movements.
*■ 1 — ^ 'The OPT still hopes to avoid actual
• ide walk.
The Bark Is Much Worse Than
the Bite
One of our neighbors owns a little
Selective ffervire 1 dog. He is a cute little dog, so they not b® solved otherwise. It is esti-
War Turns.” It! say. He is a nice little dog. according mated that approximately 5,000,000
rationing of travel, but has made it
clear that it will use rationing, or a
priority, system, if the situation can-
weighed two pounds and required to their way of judging dogs. He re-' troops will be moved by rail before
Good Foresight
Tn
^^^n tons of paper to print the mains good and qMiet all day long, I f a 'J-
must be business expansion
mi the investment of new capital ifi°I releases, .short
\ t urv • > create full employment for i da y,
,h peacetime period-
T v;. create busmes
Feai* that the production of feed
65,000 copies. , (sleeping and slumbertng on the front;
' Thp rhrnnirie ‘receives all kinds porch, or in a ro<&6r, or on the set-!
every tee ’ or on s ^ e P s ’ or wherever he 18 ra,n s may be smaller this year than
w^ich free nnhliratinn is ean be mo?t in the way
and long.
for w)iich free publication is
asked. We cannot comply any more
But whilelfr 1311 a merchant can afford to give
Promptly at 8:55 p.m.
I during any^ year since the war start
led makes*irlook as though.our meat
this darling 1 shortage may continue through 1946
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BATTERIES and
ACCESSORIES
Have your battery charged
while you wait.
Clinton
Service Station
Phone 96^ Clinton, S, C,
Gulf Products
post-war. plan- awa y
his merchandise. Should The little fiste takes a sitting posture on
and possibly into 1947. Although es
timates of production can turn out to
. ' Chhmicle and other weekly newsoa-lthe northiside of our porte-co-chere, j'■ ... .
be careful and not '-nromcie ana omer weuuy newspa.j j 4 „ u„^i,_ !be over-pessimistic, present indica-
m- :hv things we have — they | Pees 3ftempt to carry this flood : fnge^have ^ver i tions are that the corn crop will be
N- -urn-HU-ii. and are more publicity, it would apell tmancial g - 1 . .. . : 'over 500.000.000 bushels less than in
ll„ ,.ur business lile than disaster. And besides, njost olit is beard of. He Pitches his voice in a 0n the whM «
useless and would not be if high C and barks and tyarks and ; ^^^ rT ,^„ v,o., 0
printed. *’ ■ —| barks, but nobody knows what
uriipo: taut
new \entu!'e:
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On the Home / Front
A g: i up
about
:!u tiiflifui
:,:.i. H'e'O.
i : na\ .ng
I and
ia'.!
at | crop may be the greatest we have
r tvpi nmpnt v nnrt!re s ' not the moon: he barks as much ^ ver had - Thi; > means that there is no
t mi n ^hP Vb-a.mful no u v the dark of the moon as he ^ a " ger of f an a ctual food shortage,
what it preaches. The wasteful policy ^ f u j] moons but since the production of meat is
! women were complain- of bureaucrats ; hould stop , The e nd- does during
uur shopping troubles- ^ propaganda released and the ;
propaganda
thousands of Ions of gopu paper
ol getting meat, but
and other items, and
to bother with ration
ration applications. i
• 'tie member of the group. _
h.'tenmg to the others, sjjoke Long To Leave City
up and .-aid:
Ye.', i ha\ e problems, too. But I
thi:
apt to be reduced by 9 shortage of
1 feed grains, it may necessitate a ma
jor shift’ in the present American
H. D. HENRY
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1898-1945
F. M. BOLAND
H. D. HENRY & COMPANY
INSURANCE
STOCKS — BONDS — REAL ESTATE
Federal Loans Negotiated On Real Estate
Telephone 121
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1 If somebody could ac-ueuiv iiiic*
mg wasted is a disgrace and* cannot j dog 1 , he would render a great service ^
be defended. fitO our community. Or if he could be,,
cut down to, say. two hours barking |
1 per night, or even four h° urs
night, everybody would be happy.
B v , ... W’e have never been able to under- 1
I’al.ec N Long and family are ^ this byttg-l
!W SSL than to have to learn leave Clinton will be-received With ^ *,tJ'tor an, air to go ' «? ec '^. ,hat , 1 on ' 01 the " rst
. ... L , uciwirci. uain.3 ivi a..j- an ft t() be dlscussed wl B be one m t r0 _
F
;u :
! More than 100 bills, s e e k i n.g
changes in the social security pro
gram are now before the house ways
and means committee. When they
will be considered is not known, but
to speak Japanese."
That pertinent remark
bet
Figure .'impler to put up with
leave cunion win oe receivea wiui
, , u between barks for
! genuine regret not only by members thorax
stuck we ° f his denomination - but by the com - m (duced by Representative Doughton
I ’ jmunity in general. Mr. Long goes to * * a * t ^ e re Q ues i °I the President, to
! Belmont. N. C., to become pastor of T hj s P up P n i ever P^ys in the street, i pe rmit unemployment compensation!
Idle Money
The June 30 statements
three banking institutions
Ithe First Baptist church. The call to!^ 1, does he c ^ s , and bi ^ 1 ^ s, J°i u P t0 a maximum of $25 a week as
of
of
ithis important post comes unsolicit- ther ® is no relief from that angle. He. compared tbe present maximum
the ed. in recognition of his effective and ^ ake ^ a11 f of us 50 ^rvous,. we have' of $15 .
the | successful work as minister and pas- 1 mox in g away, or hav,ing
county, one in Laurens and two here,: tor. He is a good preacher,
show unprecedented deposits of| M r . Long came to Clinton nearly
$8.5.6,956.0., ■ i R i ne years ago. He has been a hard-
These Figure
! our ears plugged up. Strange thing
i is—the folks who own this dog seem i
never to hear him bark, or if they
do hear him, they must consider it school
NOTICE
OF BUS TRANSPORTATION
Bids for the transportation of
reveal the institu- workl : ng an d' beloved leader for his ‘T* "''i" w!’ d ‘“T k^r'how chlldre “ »' L™™ 5 County
«*“•*> "■ ' healthy tlnancial condition, people. As citizen and minister he stand Tr oTr f ha| l be ‘ n , the , 0 ?' ce “f Coun -
rv.lh mile demand for money. Like- has always stood ready to do his part a l?oadv un to 210 ? S “P erm 1 "" de "' «
wise they show that manv individ- fr,. blood pressure is already up to 210. Tuesday, August 7th, at- 3:30 p.m.
| The final date for acceptance of bids
'will be 12 o’clock noon, August 7th.
i This notice shall not apply to dis- i
tricts owning their own buses, as
they show that many individ- for the welfare and betterment oX-the
corporations and business firms community. Through the - years he
nab
of the
amounts of
they are receiving no dividends.
A.gtod part of these idle millions
put into the active channels of busi-
county have substantial won and held the love and affffection ..... _
uirplus money for which of his own people and many other As Washington j66Sy It . .
ne
be a strong protection against unem
ployment or a depression period. The "i' a 7antlv remembered
business pefidVil--™ Pleasantly remembered
back.
um is bouhd to swing
e hate for
our community to be/Called upon to
give up citizens of his calibre.
THE NATIONAL SCENE
friends.
The Chronicle regrets Mr.
.. . , departure and wishes for him a stfc-
* War P enod would cess f u i ministry as he goes td Bel-
mont. He will be missed Acre, but Special to The Chronicle.
He Pulled 'Em In
The ways and means
committee
re-
On World Jaunts
The United States house of repre- Churchill
Washington. July 24.—The eyes of
government are turned toward Pots
dam, Germany, this week where it is
• fervently hoped that President Tru-
|ma l n, meeting with Prime Minister
and Premier Stalin, will
, I ^ated problems of territorial ladjust-
It is reported from Washington; ments, feeding the millions of liber-; Cl ty ;
way?
has been listening to testimony ie- / - i« . , ...
gar<i:ng the wild borrowing of Elliott sentati V* s has ad Journed for an elev- findjsuitablejmswers to the comph
R«-ost \ el*. It ;s .'aid that a total of en week recess to end on October 8.
$850.oom Ah.ch he borrowed over a
period o*. eight veaiN ha< been ac- time the house
o.un-td for most of which he did venes almost a11 of its members will
not pav hack It is doubtful if all the have set foot in Europe, England, or
-rtinins" are vet in. He took the one or more Paclfic islands. An esti-
ht.id of :!h A A- P chain stores for mated 200 already have returned ers here are hoping that the confer-
,i vjidoon nde md from reports from trips and have given the 79th ences will help to bring about that
n,oT uVsired came easy. It is a congress the reputation of being happy event |
„ ... :ic e\.,mpie of <h idv tinanrinc» travel-minded and a conspicuous ex- Although the war against Japan
bv 'm.irt vl.ung fellow" who knew am P le of absenteeism from duty. It is 15 progressing much faster than was j
how to capitalize upon hfs family h > r P < ? critical for them to talk about i expected, it is predicted that it will
trustees in such district will 'award |
' contract.
Routes subject to bids are as fol
lows:
Hurricane No. 15, to Clinton;
Mountville No. 16—Mountville:
1. Lisbon to Mountville;
• 2. Rock to Mountville;
3. Old Mountville to Mountville;
Sullivan No. 17—Hickory Tavern:
1. Merna to Hickory Tavern;
2. Shiloh to Hickory Tavern;
Laurens No. 4, Bailey to Laurens
recon-[ated.
Although there has not been much
talk recently about Russia entering
the war against' Japan, military lead-
Mt. Gallagher to Ware Shoals;
Mt. Olive to Ware Shoals;
Lydia Route to Clinton;
Shady Grove to Goldville.
J. LEROY BURNS,
2-2c County Supt. of Ed.
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roSfSS An attempt t""buy" in- war P lant workers leaving their jobs, last_ for another year or two unless
fluenae always comes high, the'lend-! The exodus to foreign shores to all ^’e have Russia s help. Rumors of an
ers must know bv now. [parts of the globe by committees : ear ^y peace were spiked by Joseph
on pretexts that-* they are serving C. Grew, acting secretary of state,
their country, shouldn’t fool the peo-; who said that no peace feelers had,
. pie. They say nothing about who been received by anyone who could
The United StatesT governmenK is pays the-bills for such luxurious and| s P eak for the Japanese government, j
now t ngaged in many kinds of busi- expensive travel, ft costs money, lots Defending our country’s stand on
nvss in competition with private in- of it, to go halfway around the world | demand * ng
dustry This is
ha-
In Real Estate Fiel<
unconditional surrender
why private initiative on planes or ships. Most of the trips from Japan, Mr. Grew warned that|
flowed up in recent years, why are financed, we are told, out of con- an y compromise peace would prob-
then is fear and a lack of confidence tingent cqknmittee funds. But not a a bly mean another war in the future.
as regards the future. word as to the costs. The people are
Th^re are multiplied examples that 1 dumb and must be kept ignorant. |
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^ Hearings on the United Nations
might be cited. The one we have ini The travel desire cif congressmen i c b ar ter before the senate foreign re
in mi is real estate. Uncle Sam for a and senators—at taxpayers’ expense ^ a f* ons committee have given an ex
lung while has been in the business!—has become intense and is just an- cePen f cross-section of the highly
of acquiring mortgages. The total;other raid on the treasury. It is a var * ed v * ew s of the people of this
mortgage debt of the country held wonderful opportunity for sight-1 coun f r y on problems of peace,
by government is $31,656.850,679.'seeing, provided you are a member ** * s obvious that the ma-
with only a 'light decline in the farm of congress or hold high position on f avor approval of the charter
and ty .indebtedness. We are, up to the federal payroll. How many mem- | —
<>u: necks in the real estate business bers would go at their own expense?
in competition with private enter- Washington is a great place for of-
prise. ! ficeholders and spenders. Why the
people back home take what they do
lying down is beyond us.'We need a
rpolitical revolution, state and na-
A recent survey says that farmers tional. , .
and small town people are apt to buy j
hail a million airplanes within the!
next five years to be used for farm- ;
mg. business and pleasure. i |
They may—but we doubt it. We
do not look for near the boom in
aviation it' boosters are predicting,
except in the large connecting cities.
The noise, the confusion, the acci-!
dents and the change in the whole;
pace olf living will causesforeboding,
especially
Air-Age Predicted
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NOBODY'S BUSINESS
By GEE McGEE
Mr. Slim Chance Is Called
mr. slim chance has been chose to
in small rural communi- ? e * on Petty jury ^t the coart-
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
f Spring Use.
L. L. COOPER
49 N. Adair St. Phone 219-M
ties. We do not expect them to be' house " ext month, hems delighted
over this great honor^. and thinks it
alive with airplanes. , ^
How many farmers can afford! W1 ,,.^ C 1 P bim w b en be gets back mto
planes if desired? We see nothing P°lbtieks a year hence from now. [
rosy or encouraging for this infipor- hopes to be drawed on the case.
tant group of producers,
now is a real optimist.
A farmer!^® s * a *®
Greatest Paper Waster
The American people are told daily
to conserve paper. Many families
save their waste as requested, and
then are unable to gfet it collected.
While we are being urged to con
serve paper, government bureaus are
the greatest wasters of paper. Tens
of thousands of tons are being un-
vs. bert skinner, he says
i his mind is made up that bert is
guilty, mallis-aforethought in a high
and agger-vated nature.
mr. chance says the coarts could
be speeded up, but he has newer
saw one that was in a hurry, while
he is on the jury, he do not care how
long it takes for the coart to be
wound up; he will receive 3$ per day
and free meals while tied up on the
jury, he says if a case is near meal
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