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* * i V- Poge Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursdoy, August 2, 1945 34? CCUnion (Ehrontrlr Established 1909 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBUSHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year $2.00 — 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. Anonymoys communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opipiona of its correspondents. > ' r NOBODY’ S BUSINESS By GEE M cGEE Million American Soldiers To Return By End of Year turning veterans began to arrive the' number jumped to 615,000. June, the first full month of redeployment,' brough a count of 817,000. For July! the estimate is 1,250,000. The report predicted a gradual >ill be- ;rate for this country in fice months of 1945. the F. E. P. C When and if the FEPC comes a federal law, it will something like this: You are - uen i; ^ Uross> army _ mill\boss, you need 10 hands, weaVr^ ranS p 0r ^ a ^ ont w ^ 0 ^ would I Washington, July 30. — A million. . . , American troops will leave Europe I nse to ®^ out . a mi ^ 1 o n an< ^ a remaining ’ men / norfrin * in organized groups in | Novembeiv-^ith approximate main- „.. . , . , , . jtenance of that rate for the next on Thls wa £ reported today by Maj. three months Gen.., C. P. Gross, army chief of ,,, , l, , „ u who said it would . Gan ® r 1 al , Gross re P° rted t he ers, spinners, doffers, or such like.\^ ave a i most 900,000 to be moved Ing totals for movements of men and] You will send a requisition to the ^wj n g the following four months to materials since Pearl Harbor: More federal employment office, no doubi comB i e t e redenlovment from Eurone than 7 . 000 .000 troops sent overseas, operated by FEPC favorites, saying: L Mhy 1946 . P j 119,500,000 ship tons of cargo export-, ’ . .. , ed, nearly 31,000,000 troops moved „ . . The transportation corps observes “Send us 3 weavers, 4 spinners, 2 its third r doffers and 1 loom-fixer, we of nf ^ war department st moving job in his- TYPEWRITERS AND ADDING MACHINES Sales and Service CLEANING A SPECIALTY Reasonable Chargee » KENNETH N. BAKER Phone 306 iniversary tomorow in the . . midst of course, know that we will have to ca jj s accept whomsoever you say, regard- tory less of race, creed, or colorJ^If col-1 ' \ . . . . . ored folks are sent, you accept them , C 1 e "' ral estimated total em- . v . „ w, u n ,k. ft else. If other creeds, communists, tr “ m , k Europ f *' 11 over this bill which may reach the d black . ja cks, or whatnots are f 0 "’? 00 be < !n ‘ 1 »' Th* Ifloor of congress this falL Senators » ljk lse Wre , hem and 'total includes thousands who will The public is reading with interest and representatives should be in- them but you can - t fi re them. 'make the 15,000 mile voyage direct C LINTON. S. C.. THURSDAY. AUGUST 2. 1945 New Autos Coming about the new automobiles which formed how we feel. The pople in ito the Pacific theaters as well as are now coming off the production Germany sat down and went to wix- H 0 in thsa those coming home. Embarkations on ]:ne in Detroit. It may be a long time s ieep. wHat happened? M i 1 i t a r y J he 1 P ^ July 13 totalled over 635,000, of before we drive ,one. but it is good training left France helpless when ^ 7? ™.prv wh om 532,258 had arrived in the new.- tpJuiuw_they are on ttTerr^w'ay. confronted with war. These should And c;r.mp United States on that date—407,978 The automobiles being turned out be danger signals for us and de loda\ . WO are told, are for war use onlv. The ■ manufacture of them, is being pusl ted. not just to bring about grariu :\\ ! econversion to peacetime. manu ! act i irari'i lorta it ion to- war workers., doc- ; . * V ana oiliciais who would be mt ■ v h andicapped in their duties n tht v (i id not have this necessary mt am - O! transportation. In -pife ■ at our rfiany public con- vt v t .n li’OS - airplanes, trains, buses •and - ■ * :*oo t car.-—the functioning, of x'WY t . .um :y ;> dependent upon the nut.'it ^ ‘h; I e People are going to ride. r.itior wd no rationed gas. And miil.i iii old ears are breaking t \ »\ n .,nd must be replaced. Pass This Bill A 1 . 0\’01 v .-ession of the state r leg- isiat.i i ’. o a nd congress a multitude of bills a ro introduced, most of which are u nnet •e>sary. We are loaded down with law already but short on law case where it benefits one^ Some; b shi and 12 280 b ane good folks are supporting this bill, , xv! K " h Hng. c nmorim simply because they don’t know any- The . general said some 300,000 Then such a preparedness program ^ about the bin and its features. A m u erican soldiers now are on the ould make other nations suspicious 0th nulLm" for it because they hl 8 h seas throughout the world and ( U S and would star, an, arms raire ffiimy run a way with i mother 700.000 redeployment troops is unfair to our .rising yputh and . ° , . T , . , . ^ , their common sense, leir future, and is bound to have a . T in organized groups by rail in the United States, 278,000,000 short torts of array freight by rail. CREDITORS’ NOTICE All persons having claims against the estate of Jesse Jiles ; ly^st, de ceased, are herby notified to file th^ same duly verified, with the under signed, and those indebted t£ said estate will please make payment likewise. v CLINTON C. WEST, 2-3p Administrator. We Have Tires and Tubes BATTERIES and ACCESSORIES Havt your battery charged , while you wait. Clinton Service Station Phone 96 Clinton, S. C, Gulf Products R. D. HENRY 1898-1945 F. M. BOLAND are at transportation corps ports or staging areas, at army reception sta- M’U ♦ 1 tions ' or personnel centers or on fur-; What little freedom business now , , , . . . . ...in If viTDr lough; The Shift is going at such Frontiers To Develop enjovs will be torpedoed if the FEPC . A “ c .T‘“ ^ f . t'u„ •. speed, he said, that some men from ever functions. There is more dyna- , , . , , , A Germany already have been brought mite concealed in that proposed law , , , , • F stand It horne ’ received furloughs, and been What will happen when the war is than this eld^ountry ca n : sent out from the West coast tQ fi ht over? Will we have prosperity or can and wilKdo more to destroy l a * j a p an depression? That i U the question-bor and its privileges- -than' can now He Reported more than 1,226,000 millions are asking-a question no be -imagined. The South is not fight- shjp tons Qf wgr materia , sent out one can answer with certainty be- mg this thing for spite ,ot hate or Qf £ e and ^ M cause nobody knows. gain: they are fighting »t because we rst ^ weeks after V . E day The only thing we can foretell' knou ^hat it vull do to all of us. iNearly 300,000 tons went„direct to| about H. D. HENRY & COMPANY INSURANCE STOCKS — BONDS — REAL ESTATE Federal Loans Negotiated On Real Estate Telephone 121 H MIHHH enforcement. the future, with any degree ^ . the Pacific and most of the remainder v>t certainty, is that progress will The Labor Situation In Flat Rock tbe United States where weapons continue despite the makers of war. will be reconditioned. 1 There are those, as has always social life in flat rock is at the low- Indicating the mounting rate of been true,, who Can prophecy only es t ebb it ever was. nearly everboddy personnel movement, General Gross I stalemate and retrogression. They has to do her own cooking, washing,: sa j d 400,000 troops moved domestic-1 either disregard the facts which the ironing, house-cleaning, ansoforth. a jj y by ra jj j n g roU p S 0 f 49 0 r more history of mankind shows to be in-, mrs - s ^ im chance had a letter from j n April. In May when the first re-1 lives in detroit the 1 n ,, . .1 nmn^-ai controvertible, or else they know her cook who But thete i> a proposal now pend- nthor dav and them not. They talk about mature other day and she said she would LIFETIME Markwell Master Stapler fan- hill that economy — a high-sounding phrase come back and work for her after!—it pins, tacks, staples. A great time- of the pres- meaning that scientific initiative is the war at 55$ a week, her pressent saver in the office. Chronicle Pub- gone. that we have no more frontiers sallecy- I scientific advance and no room for a mrs - art squares excook is in 1 —— 1„4:— i_ f act sucb Cleveland, mrs. bert skinner s . former mg in congress that should be passed in short order. It is a would exempt veterans ent war from joining labor unions . , , , when they accept employment in to develop, no possibility of further closed shops Millions >: young men wil. he °-- ---- 'thaVwe have reached the h °use girl is in ne wyork. all the coming home irom foxholes and ’ - ; a - tnat nd ' e reached the railed helners have left flat „ ,r,r ,mM \tanv nf h* lirn ‘t of human progress and must ot t\ er so-caned helpers na\e leu nai training camps. Alan\ oi tnem oo- . . .. . r\actnroc if auiII fair** longed to unions before they entered lo 9 k t0 government for relief, the service. If they desire to rejoin. Only a rank amateur or a man that should be their privilege. Many with a certain purpose would dare the:were affiliated with no unions. voice such dribble. But it is being ..nd have no such desire now. There preached today and many of those lishing Co. rock for greener pastures, it will take another depression to fetch them back, the north uses the south as a help supply center in good times and as a dumping ground during w.p.a. should be no mandatory law or high who preach -it advocate government pressure requiring that this large control of our “oiitmoded" economic a few parties will be hell enduring august, after crops are laid-by. they; 1 up pay tribute to the treasuy of system to take up the slack which u. h -.gani/ations. headed in many formerly was filled by progress on wi ii b e on the “fetch your own’’ plan, instances by crooks and racketeers, all frontiers. j if jt . s to be a 5 .o’clock tea, each per il older t 1 find employment. The way to take up the slack andison will bring along her own tea and Conditions have reached a deplor- avoid depression is to give private crackers, the bosses will furnish the able .'‘.ogv when a veteran, in order industry an opportunity to expand ice and chairs to set in. musick will ■" -ccurc .1 job. must show a labor and go ahead and make jobs—to in- be on the raddio ig stattic will al- card. \\ :i.p a;c we lighting a war spire in individuals and industry low. sowing clubs will not meet anny h r.’ No: will such demands help initiative and confidence. This is the more until thread can be had from underwrite world recovery and pros- only safe way to reconvert. pci^s We do not belong to that la^ge ~ group who tell us that we must re- shortage of household help CAMPBELL LODGE NO. 44, A. F. M. REGULAR COMMUNICATIONS Third Tuesday Night of Each Month at 8:00. sterlin Young, w. m. V. P. ADAIR, Sec. Royal Arch Masons first Thurs day of each month at 8:00 P. M. A HOME LOAN WILL ASSURE A HAPPY FUTURE FOR YOU AND YOURS Everything that’s best centers around the home. If you really want your children to enjoy the finest things of fife, bring them up in a home. the o.p.a. Put Emphasis On Work C n much rt ;\ > a ,'< com pm. vide nh.tr ie w efnp port, new sort to government dictatorship of has developed some good traits in :e>.' is li ving to decide how our lives -because we have reached fh e mail sex of flat rock hon. holsum l 1 man or woman should re- f* 16 pinnacle of progress, and there-i moore can wash dishes faster th.an | i- ancinpiovn'ient compensa- f°re the economic system under enyboddy he ev\er saw. mr. art *i bc'ier be concerned over which we have flourished can no >qt-inre is tine at cooking, house-1 I. in economy for the re-.longer function. This is arrant non- cleaning and frying eggs when their' Hd that will encourage sense. hens are laying, mr. bert skinner 1 There is no such thing as "mature f urns out a nic e w'et-wash every. n.u m pern ui'.ne" 'xpansion and pro- Tbev are putting the em- economy, on •he .crong end. There are • t pie who want jobs without Churchill Goes Out yment. Truth is. a .large pro- n of people, white and colored, elu.-e to work. They will take all government gives. In this highly job< tor all.are dependent upon gen- week and he can iron as smoothe as a duck's back. BICYCLES FOR SALE NEW TIRES AND TUBES— Sizes 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 NOTICE The big boomerang of the week OF BUS TRANSPORTATION was the stunning defeat of Prime Bids for the transportation of Minister Churchill by Clement R. scb ool children of Laurens County chnical age, where Socialist leader picked f° shall be opened in the office of Coun- foim a new government in Britain. |^ y Superintendent of Education on . Today any family that can rent can easily own. Our association offers you the means to finance your home at low cost and on economical terms with monthly pay ments. We invite you to come in and let us explain without obligation—how easy home ownership has become. Each Account Insured Up To $5,000 Federal avings AND LOAN ASSOCIATION Telephone No. 6 A Clinton Institution Serving Clinton People Since 1909 oral pio.-pci ity. .t may be necessary Fi\e years ago Churchill was sum- Tuesday. August 7th, at 3:30 p.m.i to have oime provision to help take moned as Britain s war leader in her^ Tbe fina i date for acce ptance of bids; caw o! th -e who are unable to find dar ^® s | h° u r .when confronted with w j]j be ^ o’clock noon, August 7th.I wor k B'd extreme wisdcim needed Launder his able^ead^r- ,™ is notice ^U. not apply to dis- n lhe * llUJt “ m dnd pie - sh$ and indomitable courage his na-' nct f own,ng } he ' r b ,f es ’ a j ven.mg abuses ^ trustees in such district will award We believe that the majority of ‘^n Passed through the worst crisis contract hiot.l .laV, work to get a day's pay. Chl "f hi “ *«* .«• not only Routes subject to bids are as fol- We also' believe this majority is,f aved the British empire, but cm-.lows- much smaller than it used to be.t : “ tlo “ u self It is most probable The: e i> a growing mmoritv (e n- thal hls ,eadersh ‘P and fi g ht -! eouraged bv governmeht) Which has ' 1 ^ spirit Germany would have won no compunctions to work and is hop- the war before * e United States got ing unemjilovment insurance will ‘ ntp J 1 ' ' . . , 1 . reach the level where they can make " h y w,th , such a r ^ord did the ivment their business. Bntlsh bvople reject this great man in a landslide election? The answer in its history. In those dark days unc mp Lnemplovment legislation by con- . . , . g:, -- makes unemployment attrac- ‘ s an overwhelming mandate to La- t.ve to many men and women. It bor-a decided leftward swing forjCity. produces street walkers and loafers. 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 Personalized Stationery Mt. Gallagher to Ware Shoals; Mt. Olive to Ware Shoals; Lydia.Route to Clinton; the United Kingdom’s 48,000,000 peo We need to plan for increased em- P‘ e - U a t , 0 hls P art y- B ^V , vnia KmiTp tn t . |intnn . ninvmpn* •hnmyh business channels thls * s the wa y of P°btics. Any pub-1 L.yaia.Koute to LDinton, p. >men. .hnugh ausines. channe official who Slavs in the eame Shady Grove to Goldville. rather than the encouragement of , vino siays in ine game, handuuts in the form of unemploy- W1 ultimately be ae-, ment insurance. feated. - 2-2c The election of Attlee, almost un known outside Britain, means that the Laborites are ip the saddle as J. LEROY BURNS, County Supt. of Ed. Breeds Desire To Fight There is strong agitation by army, the problems of reconversion are to administration and other groups, for t>e confronted. It i$ another step to- the passage of a military training law ward Socialism with a far-reaching by congress. Similar opposition socialistic program that may be ex- cumes from the churches, educational peeled to bring many changes in the organizations, farm and other groups, management and government of af- and millions of iridividuals. ’fairs. And what has happened there The proposal calls for a continuous is closely related to a growing trend year of compulsory military training in this country., lor every able youth sometime be- Churchill, though defeated, will tween the ages of 17 and 20. , M ‘always live as a towering war leader, Why the hurry, why all the pres- a warrior admired by millions of sure for the passage of such a meas- peoples of all nations — one of the ure now? Whom are we going to greatest men Britain or any other fight next? We will have miliums of nation has ever produced, trained reserves for years to comej Little is known of the new prime after the present war should an njunister. It is our opinion that he emergency arise. Why prepare for a is not a Churchill—that he will not third world war now? 11 be able^to fill the shoes of the man The Chronicle opposes conscription he.Yep1aces. in peacetime. It is a threat of warj rather than a guarantee of peace. It CARTER’S and SHEA PEER’S INKS will make our boys war-minded as colors: white, black, blue-black, MclNTOSH'S SHOE SHOP Send Your Shoes To Us for Best Materials and Workmanship. they are marched into military camps and instill in them a desire to fight. Our people need to become aroused royal blue, green, and brown. Hig gins’ waterproot India Ink, black and red. Chronicle Publishing Co. Gray , Funeral Home Clinton, S. C. FUNERAL DIRECTORS ...and... 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