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Page Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON, S. C. Thursday, August 17,1944 Stye GUiritan (EtjrnntrU 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 .I 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. . * I than any local man can ever imagine! . • • | is possible. We like to follow liars, • Promoted To Comoro I ; cheats, bigots, punks and winH-Hnus ; — . - * j Character, , principles, reputation and| „ .1 : . v grey matter seem not to count (al-j • ways) in politics. And the worst thing about politics is last minute liars and: eleventh hour under-hand attacks. 1 | CLINTON. S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1944 I We have elected in the past such* ; punks as I have described. They have’, been in office. They usually bellow; ; awhile. Sit around and feel big. Talk taxpayers’ money. Vote for such laws' as he thinks might help to perpetu-1 ate his gravy train, and ride and ride^ and ride. i ; ' Some day this country is going to : wake up to the fact that we need; men in public office and not mugs. I j We still have the major portion of-our i ; great democracy left, but it would notj We're Not All Rich Yet Sometimes a lot of us get discour aged over feeling that- practically everybody' else in the country is get ting rich during* the present war period and,that we, somehow, have lost out on the opportunity. be comforting to require „ many ‘T-will-lead-you-to-• of the amount in land, buildings and prosperity” men with their crack-pot | equipment ( ideas and humbug practices .to destroy ' every vestige of the things most of us ! Liabilities are listed as $27,881.24, ‘ showing excess of assets over liabili-j ties (in buildings, etc.) of $213,114.70.j This would indicatp that the financial- affairs are on a sound basis and the district operated for the year without noy tneretore oe comrorung io a The bonded indebtedness of wn. - don t own any yachts and- s25,000 is low. revealing, that for the cvc the:r pockets bulging with past thirty years' 1 it has been capably ..'ok at recent - treasury- bg- . handled by the, trustees who have '..men snow that of 6i.300.000 (;Servec j district and provided an ,vno reported^ incomes. 49.000.- • a d e q U ate sinking fund for the liqui- : _ n !0 '' t ' ian s2 - 00,) a year and d at ion of the bonds over the period, ,,00.000. or less.than three per () , vear< ire making over $5,000 a vear.! • * • . ., , , , ,, ,. I 0 ; According to_the statement, the dis- A^nen you take taxes into consul- trict had a gross income for the year eratn n the .income is .considerably of $ 88 ,814.48, an increase of $11,1'74.27 less. For the -49 million who earn hold dear and live for. j erans and fangilies in connection with j hospitalization, pensions, allotments, 1 insurance, etc. ~~ NOTICE NOTICE OF LOSS OF FIRE INSURANCE POLICIES Take notice that certain Fire In surance Policies executed in blank by the Automobile Insurance Co. of MT 872 j 'Connecticut, Nos. 383979, IN RE: DOCKET NO. 3720 — The; 383991, 383995, 383997, 387003, inclu- application of T. L. Ellison Bus Ser- ] swe, have been lost or misplaced. . , t- i These policies are not negotiable, and vice, Goldville, S. C., to amend E " | the Company is not obligated there- : gency Class A. Certificate of P u bl ic ; under, and any person who receives, 1 Convenience, and Necessity No. 360, pyrehases, or holds any one of said ! which authorizes the transportation of policies does so at his own xisk, inas- ! , ■ • , , , much as no one is authorized to issue, | workers between 4 ‘ negotiate, or deliver said contracts (and Newberry, S C., o\ei ■ • ^ ' 0 f insurance for and on behalf of the way No 76, and between GoldvillCj ^ Insurance company, land Clinton, S. C., over State High- ' | ways 66 and 56. so as to render such - Tr n T oR T r TSsIJRANCE CO ! service over the following routes: j , AuTOMuBlLlt, Un^UKAJNL.L CO, j : ‘ k - - . i of '"' j Between Goldville and Goldville-,' j S. C., over circular route, -via New- . berry, Prosperity, Pomaria and New- c HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT. | berry? over U. S. Highway 76, Coun !lty Highway, State Highway 219 and i U. S. 76, a distane of 54 miles; and, STATIONERY — You will find a complete line in our Stationery de- i oartment, all sizes and popular pric- Between Goldville and Goldville, es. Chronicle Pub. Co., Phono 74. :ho pet q 00li only cent TmtoVufW i by Don Robinson j WILLIAM NORMAN CAL WELL, stationed in England, has been promoted to corporal. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Cald well of this community. jlBS over REUNION—Normalcy Ask any American soldier in Italy> f the Soc ] al Security fcfoard office at Frahce or the Pacific what he wants- Gr f n ™ d -^ as J n th f ^ last t w ^ k - „ the previous year. Against this mos t and the almost unanimous an-! and called attention to the fact that unde: $2,000. the average earnings income gain,'expenditures are listed-1 swei 1 will be "To go home” There' numerous survi vors of deceased which they keep after taxes -amount at $84,847.46, an increase in operat- l s no doubt that home and all that ^ ork ? r i who were insured under .the to 51.300 a year. 1 ing expenses over the previous year g oes w ith it—.seeing his best girl, i Social Security program have failed ( Fnc:e aie many who aie piospei- . 0 f $12,704.65. This means, we assume, having a joyful reunion with his a PP ^ tor the benefits of the pro-, oils because of the war. but there are that taxpayers will get no reduction folks, putting on a suit Of civilian ! ® ram to which they are entitled. ; O' people who have to iff the levy, with expenses increasing. clothes, and returning to his normal She explained that the reason forj in excess of a substantial increase in way 0 f living, is the day and night this failure probably is that these : income. Providing by the state of the dream of practically every man in survivors do not understand that they cost of the full nine months should uniform. * are entitled to the benefits, mean a reduction in school levies. And am J ng the io.000.000 families' As an illustration, she said that a Because of the excessive federal tax- an d 10.000.000 best girls in this coun- 1 wage earner died in this district about es. The Chronicle.^ alqpg with tax pay- t - there is an equally fervent long- two yeabs ago leaving four small chil- iry oi a young Swedish ers m general.-‘favois tax- leuench- i n g f or that day of days when Johnny dren. Because none of the relatives ’ idea. He ment back home all along the line. c0mes marc hi n g over the door-step knew of the social security provisions, Operating expense by schools is. on furlough for the rest of his life. 1 no application was filed for the chil ls. C., over circular route, via Clin- ; j ton, Mountville, Cross Hill, Cha'p-*; i pells, Silverstreet and Chappells, over i ;U ,S. Highway 76, State Highways 72, 39, 22, 56 and 66, a.distance of 73 -miles. A public hearing in the above en titled matter will be held in the Com- mission’s Offices in the Wade Hamp ton State Office Building, Columbia, South Carolina, at 11:00 A. M.. EWT, i I Tuesday, September 5, 1944, for the, ; purpose of determining the require-. Miss Martha Pressly, field manager i ments of publiemonveniehce and ne- Urges Workers To Study Provisions Of Social Security TYPEWRITERS ADDING MACHINES Sales and Service CLEANING A SPECIALTY Reasonable 5 Charges KENNETH N.BAKER Phone 306 cessity in the premises. W. W. Goodman, Director, 1 Motor Transport Division, i Public Service Cofnmission, Columbia, S. C. August 14, 1944.—Ip Mili plenty watch their pennies-witji both eyes. Ambition and Success A young man said to us that he was thinking.of resigning his job be-, came he was discouraged. Well, ten t< the boy who Once had that couldn't be blamed, because he was iis- verv Vniall salarv as a soda- listed: High school $23,165.68, Acad emv Street $16,723.11, Bell Street From a purely emotional stand- dren for approximately two years.: there will probably be no day f in history. In the years of ab sence both the boys and the parents When some relative finally learned j •-T—UY- ' 1 (3} ’^1 $15,573.26, Florida Street $14,952.18, like l itr ^historV.^irthe years* of ab-j ^e applications were filed land the children are now receiving' getting jerk. - r His name was Charles R. Walgreen. . /T j- \ *0 aoo ,m Born on a farm in Illinois,-he went iow.ence ( y . to Chicago to get a good job—the job, Geneia J ai . u e , expe have forgdtten any discord that ex . included wattmi; on a loumam. . amounted, to $6 001.06 including sal- ^ between them , have fo Uen sa.d due to the ignorance of the pub- 0„e duv a lldv came in. ordered anes “ f superintendent and oflice as- disappointments they caused onei lc , a 1 bout such matters the children " • • •“**"’ supplies, telephone ano t her and have built a mental pic-i os t two years in benehts. , ture of postwar family harmony Miss Pressly urged all wage earn- i eral items ' ' 1 a cold drink in a hurry, had to catch a street car. Since the woman was in such a hurry, young Charlie Wal green. washing the glassware, took a glass from the sodium wqter he was using and without waiting to dry it filled it with water. The sodium wa ter gave the glass a smoky appear ance. so the customer thought it dirty. She hit the ceiling, so to speak, and gave the boy a piece of her mind. She forgot all about catching the street car. Then she went to the rear of the store and told her story to the proprietor. He knew the glass wasn't dirty, but he would have to salve the customer’s ragged wound, so he jumped all over the "clerk. Charlie Walgreen was so mad he made up his mind to resign right that minute. But some customers came in at that moment and kept him busy. At last the opportunity came for him to go to the boss and throw up his job. But the boss had gone to lunch. sistant, postage. and telegraph, miscellaneous and gen- ^ , which exists mostly in story books The report shows an average monthly high senool teacher salary scale of $135.00, an average of $120.00 in the grammar schools, and $85.00 in . .,, , , , . . the colored school. Total salaries for wdi de a completely joyous occa- the year amounted to $69,638.52. slon - Nothm g Wl11 be Permitted, dur- The 1943 assessed valuation of, property in the district was given as $1,929,085, with a total levy of 34: mills, divided: general 16, special 14,1 bonds 4. the monthly payments. However, she' HOME—Strangeness <* But that historic- day of home-com ing those first few hours together, to ers to familiarize themselves with the terms of the benefits in order that in quiries and applications may be filed promptly to prevent the loss of bene- : fits. Miss Pressley said that she visits! Clinton every second Thursday and' may be reached at 2 p.m. at the office 1 of the U. S. employment service. - Other Representatives Here Representatives of other - agencies'! Fire - Tornado - Automo bile - Surety Bonds - All Forms of Property Insurance. SOUND PROTECTION AT LOWEST COST. REAL ESTATE B. H. BOYD Clinton, S. C. Wanted! Men and Women Who Are Hard of Hearing To make this simple, no risk hearing teat. 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 well 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” 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 cloud the prayer-come-true fact that they are all together again. But what about the second day, or week, or month after the big celebra-, _ . , _ _ , ,, j„ v ,,-hon thp r,rcB als0 ma y be reached at the employ These detailed figures are furnished { ‘ on 15 ove , th 5- da3 L "hen the ” rst ; t off i ce here various times For' excitement has died down and John-if‘ ei “ _ *7 M various umes. rom ny is ready to enter into normal liv-l*, e ene ^^ P ubbc > t beir sched- ; ' o | ules are as follows: : ‘ A , I J. S. Agnew, district supervisor of’ Time magazine, in a current ad ^er- vocat j 0 n a l rehabilitation, Greenwood,! tisement, includes a picture which j s j n 0 ffj ce ev ery Friday morn-1 should be the concern of every Amer- I ican from now on. The picture shows j a recently returned soldier stretched | out in an easy chair in his family liv- I ing room. On his face is a puzzled, troubled, uneasy expression. His par ents. in the background, are looking equally disturbed. Alongside of the soldier hangs a framed, sampler-type, message reading, "Home, Strange ... • Iff Home.- i We Have & The personal adjustment problem _ ( iff of many a home-coming^soldier will | 11*6S <1Y1C1 1 UD6S l-i be difficult—will require great pa- t» * mmi-irnT™ , iff for the benefit of taxpayers. They should be read i and understood. NOBODY'S BUSINESS By GEE McGEE So he had a chance to cool off and Wedding Bells Ring Again In do some thinking. He said to himself, Flat Rock *1 am no good as a clerk and if I a wedding of wide-spread intrust resigned now it would really be a was hell at rehober church last sun- relief to the boss. I’ll stay .on a 'day afternoon betwixt 6 and 7 p.m. while, work hard and become a good and it was preformed by the pasture, clerk. Then when I walk but. rt will rev . will Waite-, with the ring cerri- give the "old cuss'.^ jolt.” fnonv which was verry short 'and was Sohcslunud 1,1 to work very harcr read'out of a book for 2$. the eon- ience understanding. He put all the stock m order, worked trading parties, was miss judie lou longer hours, even shortened his smith and cpl. john I. links of the lunch period. Friday night the boss south pociffic. said: "Charlie., I never saw such a ♦——— * : translormation - in anybody in my miss jennie veeve smith played and ’ hie. You've improved so much that sung “1 love you trulie” and allso lam raising your salary.” ; “old lang zine.” the flower girls were ing at 11 o’clock. Physically handi capped persons desiring^yocational training may see him at that time. C. A. Seawright, county service of ficer, is~ at the office here from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. every Friday, and will] render any assistance possible to vet- MONEY TO LOAN! Refinancing - Auto Loans - Insurance Monthly Installments — Easy Payments See Us Before You Finance ■ - . t ' tfr „ TIMMERMAN MOTOR CO. Phone 27 Carolina Service Station Clinton, S. C. pa- g,. But even! more difficult will be the adjustment 1 to "home” in its larger sense—to the | soldier's home country, the country; for which he has fought and which 1 he has told the world is the best country on earth. JOBS—Bitterness Will that home country let him down? When he goes to look for a girl who has been waiting tpo long already, ( will he be told, “We’re sorry, no nressents were fetched and none : but ' the ' re ' s a • depression on, you n ° Pb A-i AAA bW know." Or if he gets a job, after hav- When Charlie finally gave up that-tootsy moore and teenie chance, the job. he discovered that he had had a train was, hell up by'bobble moore. lot off^lun out of it, and a raise in; and cannie waite. the church was salary without asking for it. He said, deckeraW with clinging vines; ani^^^ home s0 he can marry , that that his desire to show his boss hejhlhes, allso a few otner flowers stuck.g ; „, __. u _ , , ,._g , was a good clerk before he resigned,, here and there. changed his life and resulted in what-’ — ; —♦ ever success he had attained. He is dead now, but there are more were expected by the groom and , ■ ■ „„ , , i x tnan 500 Walgreen drug stores.. Prob- bride, they will not keep house until ^ . % ably he never would have founded after the groom wins the war in oc We Have Tires and Tubes ; BATTERIES and ACCESSORIES Have your battery charged while you wait. Clinton Service Station Phone 96 Clinton, S. C. Gulf Products 8 £ y ft u i ?! NEED CASH MONEY? AUTO LOANS AND FINANCING Contact: SERVICE LOAN AND FINANCE CO. CLINTON, S. C. LYNN COOPER T OM ADDISON Phone 7,-J — ,:-^_^,.-Phone.-99-— them if he had resigned that day. tober as This is the story of a young man- jappan. _ : given plenty of authority-in the army jK tn^nrn^e^and" inne as "to 1 and nav: W Will he be forced to Start ’ $ to euiope and June a> to at the bottom aH over again? will he: ' BENJAMIN & & he has newer had anhy find that the man who stayed home: whose discouragement resulted in a close calls befoar. but he thinks a jap new ambition and determination to shot at him •xycceed. It is a lesson, every young canal, -he hisself killed'44-japs near man and woman needs to learn, new ginny There is'always room at the top for ; s nn rw n- the fellow who is not satisfied to stay miss jennie veeve smlith was >to of.;, ‘ pi ay ment. market. .* Or is at the. bottom. • .played a number on her fiddle, hi 2 times in the gwaddy 1 f nl "| ,ff od "' hlle »>< .busy hghting for his life and their 1 lives have won an advantage? Will he get the feeling that he is a drug * j’: i ., / • , . . ^ t* § there some way he can be made to the main string broke and struck her f ee J lbat be is wanted, that hiy talents ^ on the jaw as soon as she reached' and ? ni '' ami3 ition and his fighting g ■ •> y.: a u 4^-V^r r-Srt'r- no r-rf wai ' S P mt ai * e Vltal to hlS nation S WCl- I School. FinOnCCS l, I "e” high in her efries. no rice was ,, A condensed financial statement on; on han ds to throw, “iat the h5ppy cup-' / 4 the operation of Hunter School Dis- p i e but a pair of old shock struck seems .to me tha. all this, has a ; trict No. 5, released by the board of. them betwixt the alter and the front -i'em end oils let ‘‘o dn W1 th the future; trustees, appealed in The Chronicle door and slim chance throwed 2 years : our country. If the returning sol-; last week. of shelled corn on them instid of jeis a , re welcomed into their home; country with good jobs, prosperity j 'and opportunity our system of free; enterprise can. expand to its .full ca pacity. But if they are greeted with; [turndowns, discouragement and un-j kept promises they are apt to , take ; things into their own hands and re- SONS PLUMBING HEATING SERVICE I Telephone 117 WE ARE HUNTING TROUBLE & » •*« #.* ' :.t ft! :: ft :: :t V t: . of The statement, taken from an audit r j c e. as of June 30,. listed assets and lia bilities, income and expanses, and gave statements for several school activities. Since its publication The' Chronicle has read the entire audit; report and presents from it "addition-; al figures for the information of . tax-. -holsum moore, rfd, yores trulie, corry spondent. Kidneys Must Work Well- make America. And we can’t, offer Our Great Country Is Now In | the Refiners Pot j I hate poltics and.war. An off-color - " T.-W-" payers and patrons. The trustees are politician can tage a couple of insinu- bope lor any form mf gbvern- doing as they should, when they pub- a ting lies and convert them (on thef 11161 ^ or a ny^economic system which lish such information. The schools [ surface to a dozen truths. He never; 15 c ° ns * ructed ou * b ‘ tterness or ou t do not belong to the trustees but to tries to bring out the facts except one-j of despera ^ on, ‘ t the patrons and taxpayers of the dis r .sided facts, his side.' We have always ~ ~ trict, who have a right to know how ; had a few political mongrels to con their money is being spent, whether i tend with. They have more brass than economically or extravagantly. Like wise, they should be fully informed as to the type of work being done in the class rooms of the schools. This is more important than finances. In the handling of all public affairs full information ought to be demanded by the public. f ; ^ ; The report-gives,assets of the dis trict as $240,995.94," with $231,432.26 brains, more gab than decency, more crooked intentions than sensible thoughts: their maiff idea is to get into office, and enjoy life at the ex pense of the taxpayers. an outsider can come to your town or mine and do more to educate the public to his questionable way of thinking and to his plans to help (?) NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS ' I , - -. The annual meeting of Stockhold ers of the Clinton Bonded Warehouse Company of Clinton, S. C., will be held August 29, 1944, at 4 o’clock P. M., in the office of Commercial Depository, to elect directors for en suing year, and to transact such busi ness as may come before the meet ing. Joe L. Davidson, President. 2tc H. D. Henry, Sec.-Treas. V For You To Feel Well 24 hours evsry day. 7 days every week, never stopping, the kidneys filter waste matter from the blood. If more people were aware of how the kidneys must constantly remove sur plus fluid, excess acids and other waste matter that cannot stay in the blood without injury to health, there would be better understanding of why the whole system is upset when kjdneys fail to function properly, i Burning, scanty or too frequent urina tion aometimes warns that something is wrong. You may suffer nagging back ache, headaches, dizziness, rheumatic pains, getting up at nights, swelling. Why not try Doan’i Pill*? You will be using a medicine recommended the country over. Doan’s stimulate the func tion of the kidpeys and help them to flush out poisonous waste from the blood. They contain nothing harmful. Get Doan’$ today. Use with confidence. At all drag stores. LLS This Home Association Is Ready To Serve You TO YOU WHO SEEK A HOME LOAN— Before you finance, compare the Citizens Federal plan with othersT * # Dealing with this local home-owned Associ ation, you deal with local people who know Clin ton values and Clinton folks. Here at the Citizens you get rates an^ terms that compare favorably with any other plan — and, in addition, you have the privilege of pay ing ahead of schedule, arranging repair loans and the many other advantage^ of having a lo cal loan. Here at Citizens, you can drop in any time and discuss your problems face to face— you don't have to write a letter. : " ""'l" ' " " ' " " " I" 1 /Each Account Insured Up To $5,000 AND LOAN ASSOCIATION Telephone No, 6 A Clinton Institution Serving Clinton People Since 1909