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Page Four Ae CLINTON CHKfefefl'CLE, CLINTON. S. C all|p (Elintnw (El|ronirU Established 1900 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): n 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 thev 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. . Thursday, Aug ust 24,1944 jdating for office have promised to d^oi to'' any. other group in the country, ATTEND .REUNION | certain things that have already been land win support—but if they tried j Those attending the Long and i [done, and they 9on't have sense! to vote a few millions fbr themselves; watersTeunion at Prbsperity Sunday' j enough to. know it. They talk ,about, their political opponents would have • putting bills through congress that i a field day. were put through long ago. Some of! "»■—— these men could not find their way’ about the Capitol for two years. Oth- ! U/ITIJ TIIC DDFCC ers wouldn’t have a chance to/intro- f f 11 fl I iJl I duce a bill in six years, much less: know how to vote on bills that intel ligent men might offer. We heed men ; ob brains today, instead of pinheads; with radical ideas.. NOTICE OF LOSS OF FIRE INSURANCE POLICIES Take notice that certain Fire In- C LINTON S. €.. THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1944 1,000,000 Beneficiaries Editorial Comment From Various Papers. THE WAR COMES CLOSER Because the war has been far from our shores, a good many of us Amer- were Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Dominick, j suranee Policies executed in blank Mr. and Kirs. J. E. Dominick and son, by the Automobile Insurance Co. q£ William, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Suber, Hartford, Connecticut, Nos., 383979, Doris Suber, and Mr. and Mrs, W. D. 383991, 383995, 383997, 387003, inclu- Cauthen of Greenville. A * barbecue' sive, have been lost or misplaced. ] dinner was given by Thomas W. Long These policies are not negotiable, and •of Columbia at the old Long home, i the Company is not obligated there- Entertainment was furnished fey a ^ under, and any person who receives, male quartet from Columbia. About purchases, or holds any one of said ! 75 friends and relatives were present policies does so at his own risk* inas- at the reunion. . ; much as no one is authorized to issue, , —— -i —- negotiate, or deliver said contracts FINAL SETTLEMENT : j of insurance for and on behalf of the Take-notice that on the 7th day of Automobile Insurance Company. | leans have felt lucky. We have been September, 1944, I will render a final S. W. Sumerel, Agent, out of it, so far as our personal com- account of my acts-and doings as Ad- AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO. fort is concerned. The war has been ministratrix of the estate of Paul F. ! of in Poland, Italy, France, China and Hffl in the office, of the Judge of Pro- HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, in the distant, dim Pacific islands. If bate of Laurens County, at 3 o’clock , 24-3c jhas not touched us yet, and by all p. M., and on the same day will ap-i ——-r — present signs itvwill never cross our ply for a final discharge from rny STATIONERY — You will find a i horizon. ! trust as Administratrix. complete line in our Stationery d»- j While those of us who feel that: Any perkon indebted to said es- , way congratulate ourselves» on our tate is notified and required to make If there is any congressman who safe remoteness from the battles and | payment on or before that date; and depends entirely on his government the suffering, some one beside us in | all persons having claims against said salary for his bed and board, the the office in the city is strangely estate will present them on or before CONGRESSMEN—$19,000 and feel ’ quite righteous about it. Prejudice is blind unreason which A million people are now receiving -refuses to face facts. It is a*smolder- monthly insurance payments from ing fire and sucks the lifeblood out the g.ivernment under the provisions of growth and progress. ; of tne social security law. The law Conviction i,sn’t opinion. It is pos- ^ wa.- amended lour, and a half years sible to have opinions about any peopfe in his statemight be perform-[ silent. Some near neighbor^ in our l said date, duly proven, or be forever fiT.000.noo workers have number 0 f subjects jmd convictions i n g a charitable act if, now and |hen,{ Peaceful residence street has three I barred. I w hich . will lead ; to abou t none. Opinion "defines what a t hey would send him bundles of old ; stars in l the window, one of them a ! * LEDA E. HILL, j a man thinks he thinks. Conviction iri-; c i 0 th es> used automobile tires and [ § old star. Some one remarks, “Re- > Administratrix. - terprets: what a man believes. Men 0 ther contributions to make it pos- : member little Michael, who used to j August 11, 1944.—7-4c • - j are long* on opinions and short on s jhi e f or him to give the appearance * run our errands? Here's his name in ! —— j convictions. of ^affluence which becomes a man the list of the missing. Some rnorn— j FINAL SETTLEIMENT Conviction isn’t; bigotry. Bigotry is who has been elected to that high ' n » the newsstand where we pick up; Take notice that on the 12 th day : a weapon of error, warring against office. . * ! dad y paper is unaccountably, of September, 1944, I will render a oartment, all sizes and popular pric es. Chronicle Pub. Co., Phone 74. Tgu und earned c: paymen;,- > forced fee ret r,: 1 upo A; i.jres iiuo cick -d: bv age. It i-1 mkuranee by govern- P^ople. here are some 20.000. yeopie. including mil- r- and store propri.e- uk (overed in any way ecuro.v law. TYPEWRITERS AND ADDING MACHINES Sales and Service CLEANING A SPECIALTY Reasonable Charges KENNETH N. BAKER Phone 306 w a r r i n g impos •But ms have been pro- enlightenment.. Conviction is a we a- For, as far as I can figure, it. is : dosed. Another day our butcher,; final account of my acts and doings sible for a congressmen to iive ; uSuad y cheery and chatty, has no; as Executrix of the estate of Lemuel ! Whitaker in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens County,, at 3 o’clock P. M,, and on the same day, pon of enlightenment against error. Conviction is knowledge, experience. It is backbone, in the wav he is expected to live, on[ smile < no answering word when, we born of the paltry salary of SI0.000 a year. I chaff him about the emptiness of his it puts : sa y “paltry” with some misgivings, showcases. Any person indebted to said estate Tax Plans tn.-exi " '.i nri' '* d her'-'' w i i T be—~in". an" ef- principle'firs't abo\V the "dollar, "a 11 because most of us think of that As in the city, so in the village.! will apply for a, final discharge from mb.*h a federal taxing sys- knowledge .of whatever sort, that amount, even in these ,tax-heavy; The pleasant little town where we; my trust as Executrix tern which w.mld insure adequate lacks this quality is untrustworthy.. days, as being an incoipe on which a |seek vacation rest has become a place o.we-nment-i! revenue and at the Far better to be able to say of one family could live in comparable lux- of elderly people and of children.: is notified and required to make pay- Came mne encourage the productiv- fundamental truth. I am persuaded, ! ury. Less than 2 per cent of the peo- The flag above the street at the post-' ment on or before that date; and all •V of- mdusTie* and individuals. than to sav of a hundred dogmas. I Pie in our country earn $10,000'a • office . tells us why. “Pinevilje’s en-; persons having claims against said ‘All o: these plans have a common accept them'all. Conscience with all year—so $10,000 is definitely in what j rollment, 31V- it says. We miss the; estate will present them on or before characteristic.. They .have been, of us should be -more, than a moral ! is called the higher brackets boy in overalls who used to deliver said date, duly proven, or be forever evolved bv the best brains in the policeman, warning us against evil. It ; But there is probably no other type j the milk. His father serves in ’ his barred. c ountry and are constructive efforts should be the voice of God, calling of $10,000-a-year man who is ex-j stead and does not linger to talk. VERNA McLEOD HOLMAN, Drop leciei the monstrous problem of, us to righteousness, ax at ion under control before How- the world does need men and a ® for women of conviction; ;• d vs troys the very fr eedom for \v h: c n A me reran .-! men. are fighting in every rnrnt >;■ of he world .* But- -and iht re i s, u very large but—no plan \V ; 1 j V O. K unlesr the poli ticians and vie pc ople smeer* rlv wish it to work. The old battle of class legislation. v.rdn s roup pitted against ; group, each .'•ve k: n 2, t O unlo, ad taxes onto the . >:her fell ot A'. St' f'l mtinued. will block c n v r me t. a x p 1 a n. NOBODY'S BUSINESS By GEE McGEE pected to do as much with his money ! The village carpenter whistles no a United States senator or con-[ more at his work. He is thinking of gressman. In the hope thaat some- a youngster in India. The sturdy lad thing might be done to help out these; who use d to run the pump at the forgotten men of the white collar • filling station was last heard of, .we class, who as the directors of our [are told, piloting a transport plane! nation's welfare earn less than mahy across the Atlantic. The schoolmas-i , a wartime machinist, I want to ana-; ter wears an arm band. His son was; i lyze here the expenses which a sena-[ at Tarawa. . _ tor or congressman must meet out of The battles are in far lands, yes. the pay given to him by the people But the war is here—in every city! of our prosperous country. , [block, in every country lane. Per-; ; haps it is time for some of us to dis- BUDGET—Rent ! cover that. Aug. 11, 1944- Executrix.. -7-4c. 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 bussing head noises due to hard ened or coagulated wax (cerumen), try the Ourine Home Method test that so many say has enabled them tp hear well again. You must hear better after.snaking this simple test or you get yo'ur money back at once. Ask about Ourine Ear Drops today at SMITH’S PHARMACY “The Rexall Store” Flat Rock News Items the health of the flat rock commu- nity is: verry good. dr. hubbert green, _ ,. , , : , has btym off on vacation for 3 weeks,! 1° the first place, as with all of the ^ i ^ a i i r but whoever got sick while he was ; rest of us who pay income tax, a con-, AN UEIOUN CALLS Rise or Foil Together t ^i • ^in struct ten s' °U) canvass- awa y well by theirselves. as soon ; gressman doesn t actually get $10,000 p/'Nn CDCC DDCCC ' h instructionsJx^ca ^ ^ mrs bert skmner heard that ;a year from the government since FUK rKtt rKtii ° r _ the doctor was back at home, she ’ he has to pay back approximately: ~ foamed him to come and treat her $2,000 to the department of internal Birmingham, Aug. 19.- revenue. ers to call on every area, seeking funds for political pur poses, should suggest ■ something' to . , , ... , - . indu'trv side-pleurisy and swelling of the ter-j ' FoV'instance, what has CIO to sell teries ansoforth. she takes mostly j Ed M. An-j ; derson, leading North Carolina news- [ So his compensation, after taxes* is. paperman, said here today that it is INSURANCE Fire - Tornado - Automo bile - Surety Bonds - AH Forms of Property Insurance. SOUND PROTECTION AT LOWEST COST. REAL ESTATE B. H. BOYD Clinton, S. C. BICYCLES FOR SALE NEW TIRES AND TUBES-4- Sizes 26x2.125, 26x1.375, 24x2.125, 20x2.125 I Accessories of All Kinds. Have Your Bike Repaired for Spring Use. L. L. COOPER 49 N. Adair St. Phone 210-M i about ( $8,000 a year. Out of that he the duty of the press to demand: [must maintain a substantial home in; world-wide freedom of expression; the cotton crop of this section will his resident state—a home which the 1 and communication. -the—people that employing industry P a t en f medisons. has not? After it is all said.and done, rio ^Without Private be from sorry tQ fair, the boll weevil§{voters will be proud to point out to; Publisher of five newspapers in his 1 ; l H fh u-nuTd Hp nn nppH for have done some harm, and some grass visitors as the residence of their con-, home state and former president of[ ,‘.‘n “n ***mri th -.-JmH - nf' wail n-A4 got into the fields during the political' gressman. The cost of such a home, the North Carolina Press association,! ! n TnSharian rounfriS campane, but after the elecktion ev-: varies greatly in different states, but, Anderson addressed the opening ses-j h^nnin^n^ Ym, erboddy was so well pleased with the even though it be a comparatively s i 0 n of the Alabama Press asspeia-! HrnU tr,L-P ,nHpr A h tipr nr results they forgot the grass, some of; modest one we could not expect it tion, meeting here today and tomor-j don.,,nke under antler or a Mus- (he (e%rj ^ go , beat are stilI jto cos, him less than^.OOO a year. ( row. I solini unless yo ing squad. If labor is wise, and wants to do •the honorable -thing, it will do noth ing to undermine the future of pri vate enterprise. And- if industry is wise.'it will ,be aggressive - in seeing that its story!?' told in every possible way to every citizen. Free labor and free enterprise can only rise or 'fall together, and it is'foolish for either to do anything that destroys the other. growling and bellowing, but with all that, they are still beat, the c.i.o. got beat allso. That leaves him $6,000. The publisher said it is the diityi hon. holsum moore has benn choos- ed to set on the ocktaber jury, it will Then, since he must spent eight ; 0 f newspapers to get behind the 1 or nine months a year in Washing- j-) emocradc anc j Republican plat-j ton, where rents are sky-high,; at f orms seeking a greater interchange! least another $1,500 is used up for a of news and views among the na- place to live in that, crowded city.l t j ons 0 j. tbe wor i d be the petty instid of the grand, he And in Washington he is forced to do ^ b g same time Anderson warned wa^ anxious to get on the grand so's | considerable entertaining of visitors tbe mern bers of the association that he could put a certain feller in jail from the home state, of other gov- tbe “p 0S t war period will bring great that he do not like, but if the case ernment officials, etc. That must cost right in our own frontal? comes up while he is on the petty, at least another $1,000 a year. WfithI™” d P -. 1UOn r ** M l| TO LOAN! Refinancing - Auto Loans - Insurance Monthly Installments — Easy Payments , / See Us Before You Finance TIMMERMAN MOTOR CO. Carolina Service Station Phone 27 Clinton, S. C. Postwar Jobs How certain are you that you, 1 will have a job after the >var? . .! Tne American Institute of Public and if he is drawed. he hopes to be those conservative estimates for rent the foreman and give him his just 1 and entertainment, thejnan to'whom C Qn f een Jamboree NEED CASH MONEY? AUTO LOANS AND FINANCING ! ♦,* 18 j# lit i »,♦ 8 8 deserts, he has newer liked him since ‘ w e entrust our welfare is now left he outran him for the leggislafure. with $3,500. : FridoV At ArmOTV ^ 1 Since the government only pays; ' m ‘ the peach crop was fair in 0U r; travelin g Expenses at fhe opening and | 0 n Friday night a “Teen-Age Can- w midst for the first time since 1940., c i 0S i n S of, a session of congress, an d: ^ een j am 5 oree ” w ill be- presented at 1]! Opinion recently asked that question some canning was done, but not since most congressmen ^must 8°; the local armory at 9 o’clock. ; $£ in a nationwide poll and found that much, due to the scarcity of other mor c often than that, another ; several numbers, by the teen-age! 8 only 40 per cent were 'very certain, veggertables, the fn*it was et as fast can * 5e P-ht down as necessary orcbes ^ ra w jjj be a lso song;?| Another 25 per cent were fairly eer-; as R was picked from the Trees, the : tr ^!f Iing . ex P en ses. ! numbers, table tennis exhibitions, ajft' tarn, but 35 per cent were "not at weather bureau will be asked to ar- , w vte! boogie-woogie numberpand a jitter-; Contact: SERVICE LOAN AND FINANCE CO. CLINTON, S. C. % LYNN COOPER tqm ADDISON Phone 7-J Phoile 99 all certain.” ^ 1 range for better weather next febu- must buy clothes and food for his. ^ exhibition Furthermore, the poll showed that wary and martch so’s the fruit crop'*''™’ 1 * ^ I the people of this country general, fairly optimistic about the: freeze. employment situation after the war.! yores trulie, Of those interviewed, practically all holsum moore, jr., corry spondent. guessed that- there would be some unemployment after the war, 55 per rent guessing that there would be four' to ten million people out of work and 19 per cent estimating that: rang_ 0 r , famil y> send children to school,: At the e nd of the program a square; are, in wont get killed by a frost and a P ay for 8 as > electricity, insuiance, dance be gj ven f or young and 1 fuel and meet election expenses. ,, d b ^ R piCt ; When we think of a>. the other Uem s wU1 b J which a congressmen might have to, d t0 hel b a victrola for , m his budget, we cant see,... ‘ r „0 rtri _ k „ wi ,, hp : include ... ms ouusei, we ea„ I see [h n , een CoW drinks wi]1 be s0 , d . how-he . can ever possibly afford to , invlted go to the movies. - l ^ - $25,000—Difficulty Of course the reason congress 1 Are We Being Led, or Are W’e Being Pushed? Politics are not within themselves unemployment -would reach from 10 (or itself) ^irty; the trouble is, a few tu 20 or more million, people. crows and imbeciles, always manage doesn’t appear to be poverty-stricken All of u.' like to trunk about the'to get in the race. Their motto is: tell! is that no poor man, these days, era cl a.i.-out prosperity which could everything good about themselves,; would consider, running for congress.; conceivably follow the war. But this whether or not there be any good in [ I know of no congressman who does will depend a lot on the postwar them, and lie about and distort facts not have an income in addition to his plans oi our nation's biggest indus- and misrepresent all opponents. Some salary—either a fortune he has built tries. It will also depend 'upon gov- platforms are built on false state- up iff the past, or. a business on the ernment policies, whether bp.siness ments; many of them om promises' side from lyhich he continues to re- is to be given an opportynity to ex- that can't be‘carried out,teyhiTe still; ceive compensation, pand and provide employment or others rjun on shipper-ini money, f But it hardly seems to be to the .whether it is to be‘'held back and Booze counts in some e-ases, but booze best interest of our nation that the retarded by government regulations, is too high now for election purposes, men who are elected to this high „ interference and meddling. The soon- ' ♦ ’ office are not paid enough to carry er we get away from such restric- We have known men that have the'on_their duties -Without depending on Lons the sooner mav .we expect an brains of a T5-year~old moron, the a sideline for theic bed and board, era ol prosperity and jobs, for every- character ©f a fallen angel, the repu- At the present time the total pay- one who wants to work. , ' tation of a rat, and the ability of a roll for congressmen and senators is —♦ goober seller, to offer themselves J'qr a little over $6,000,000 a year. An 1 office and in some cases, but only a increase in that payroll of $9,000,000, ! v^ery few, get elected to office. Wash- bringing the total to $15,000,000, ington is full of folks that should not would make it possible to pay them YOUR HOME LOAN HERE... REDUCES ITSELF EVERY MONTH! // The Need of Conviction There are multitudes of peo who have no conv-ktions. They%oK- be there. There are as many danger-. $25,000 a year—an amount on which low the crowd, jump on the band .ous men in public office .as there ar%, they could meet expenses and live wagon, so to speak, and refuse to;in Alcatraz—insofar as the-safety take a stand on issues with which; cwCountry is concerned. Why add without penny-pinching. i If this job became a $25,000-a-year they are daily confronted. ;to our sorrows by electing the wrong! job there is no question that it would All strong character is the utter- men? — * j attract a finer crop of men and would ance of deep conviction. Stability, 1 • •»- lend the sorry situation where a! security, stanchness come from it, j The South keeps on talking about; super-candidate'f6r congress finds it to turn down the offer be- 1/ cannot afford it. j iclination,) and work out a plan to permit only I" But. there is probably little chance; which is a poor guide to action. In-[men that are fit to be in office to I of congressmen ever getting a raise.) clination leads you to do a thing be-|“offer to sacrifice themselves for thejFor the only way they could do it cause you like it; conviction, because [deer people.” If a man plays a crook-: would be to vote it for themselves! you know it should be done and you jed game in politics, he will play the and they all realize tjhe explosion scs.uiu.y, sacmumcss cunie uum u,j j.ne &oum keeps on talking about; super-cam and that admirable quality—depend- ! a second party. What we want to do necessary ability. There are things that con-: is, clean up the party we already have j cause he viction isn’t. It isn’t inclination.! and work out a nlan- tn .normit nntv I But thei WHY DIDN'T I ACT BEFORE?" is poor consolation for the man who means to insure, but doesn’t until it’s too late. Dependable Automo bile Insurance now may save you much grief later. S. W. SUMEREL, Agent Jacobs Building—Phone 80 CLINTON. S. 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