The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, September 21, 1944, Image 4
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iWCLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C.
Thursday, September 21, 1944
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war against, japan. rite i pr Joarti.
yores trulie,' ;
holsum .moore, rfd,
corry spondent.
-careers
interested in government
than in 7 private business. r ‘
Perhaps, this choice merely indi
cates a schoolboy desire to be’in the
public eye—to be president or sena-
Thinking Out Loud tor. Perhaps it grows out of dissatis-
By the time this piece appears in j faction with the way this country is
print the war in Germany will prob-; run and a desire to have a hand in
ably be nearly over. Having lived in improving it. But it is also possible
after the cpmpletion of the Japanese
war.
Absenteeism Retarding
Industry Production
The ^ate of absenteeism in essen
tial industries in Laurens county is
Washington for several months and that it can be interpreted as indicat- j higher than is necessary and has
having had an opportunity to meet ing i approval of big government—of j shown no improvement in recent I TsTrator 6
and talk with many men supposed to the government rather than private! weeks. This is especially true in the
be “in-the know,” we are of the enterprise being considered the most j textile industry. Workers should real-
opinion that itler & Company will important category. " j'ize that local textile production is
have many helpers, 'sympathizers But if, as the poll suggests, over'necessary to the war effort and that
and boosters as soon as the shooting -7,000,000 of the present high schooL when they are not on their jobs,
stops over there. ; generation want to be in business' vital production is hindered, the U. s!
for themselves, there isn’t too much. Employment Service states. Textile
FINAL SETTLEMENT
Take notice that on the I2th day
of October, 1944, f Will render a
final account of my acts and doings
as Administrator of the estate, of
Mrs.' Maggie C. Boyd, in the office
of the Judge of Probate of Laurens
County, at 11 o’clock a.m., and on
the same day will apply-for a final
discharge from my trust as Admin-
C LINTON. S. C .. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1944
Cause For Optimism
Wf rather (agree with
proa
trat''
i others
hat
ching Hitler is
n now > how
iKidnion .t'.ttiovs
.-..art And ww
the end is fast ap
is defeated and the
long will he and
tight against the
see new signs
• are beginning, to ap-
The war elouds grow
v;y. We have cause to
and to return thanks.
Some of our so-called big men have worry about. What occupation plants are not now able to maintain
it under their skins to make a soft t" 0 }' actually do enter will depend 'a sufficient force of “spare hands’!
peace with! Germany and her friends 011 Huroeious conditions beyond their and very often when a Worker is
in crime. The America Firsters and con * ro as today, it would i absent, machinery stands idle,
the Save America’s and many other see ^ American youth is just as, ^ust recently, a number of indus-
shrouded organizations are only arn bitious, just as freedom-loving and i trial workers have left their jobs
(cai-c will be matters of hours rather sleeping now: they are ready to most anxious for independence! and returned to the farms to harvest
Avais_u ui mauers oi n ... .. —— | their crops. Also, a number of youths
who worked during the summer
months have returned to school.
These two factors have increased the
local demand for labor.
The local office of the employment
service has unfilled job openings in
essential industries for hundreds of
workers. Both men and women, yuth
Postwar | or without work experience are need-
Any person indebted to said estate
is notified and required to make pay
ment on or before that date; and all
persons having claims' against said
estate will present them on or before
said date, duly proven, or be for
ever barred.
C.’ S. CLELAND,
Administrator.
than years, if science is desecrated come out boldly, joined by the CIOs as Previous generations.
Churchill and man continues his ways of greed and many other un-American groups,; ;
and hate - and have their way or do what they!
' It is easy to predict that- within to destroy our Democracy. .
another quarter of a century the ro- j
bot may be developed to the point Watch out for the communistic ele-
that whole nations might be destroy- ment that will lay claim before very,
ed within a day. Instead of flying long that we catised the war; that Special to The Chronicle
across the English channel, they can the present administration brought on Washington Sept 19
As Washington Sees It
THE NATIONAL SCENE
Top-Heavy Planning
be made to fly across the oceans, the war. and that capital demanded j obs is the 2 government con-|ed. Workers employed in essential
Jnsteat. of destroying one cfly. tne> mat we fight, and forced Ue issue, j cern tod9 y ( the- first concern, of; industry are urged to remain on their
can destio% man> citits on a tonti- These hunches of imaginary human Koine* thp winning nf the war I inhs nnH full ♦ i™,-,
inning - nonr , i' (beings "’ill try to overthrow our^ov- After months of discussion and de-‘
i :>y t ie manu- Let us hope and pray’ that when eminent so they can take o\ei. Don t j over w hat to do about this ma-l
. n :s.^of 'course, this war is ended: man will turn get it into.youi heads that those iso- j or . approaching problem, the_Wari
dtiv-ing prosper- again to God. gladly dedicating the lationists. and anti-Amei ican schem- p ro£ j uc tion board has taken'an im-
course, being the winning of the war. 1 jobs and w.ork full time and over-
After months of discussion and de-'time if needed.
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Gray
Funeral' Home
Clinton, S. C.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
•••cine],,,
EMBALMERS
Ambulance Service
Phones 4J and 399-J
L.,RUSSELL GRAY and
T. PARKS ADAIR, Gen. Mgra.
•ied On it need to substitute peace and brother-
too much hood for hate and war. Otherwise,
manulac- the future looks dark, very,' very
dark.
m ai; ot the advancements of science to His glory ers Have become loyal citizens. They s ^ e p toward its solution by
rung which is and to the service of humanity. We haven t changed; they have only hi- 3etting up lhe mac hinery for shifts
bernated for the duration. to c j v jij an produefiop as soon as the
FINAL SFTTLEMENT
Take notice that on the 16th day
of October, 1944, I will render a final
account of my acts and doings as
Administratrix of the' estate iOf Ed-
:ne:
mi
me
v e
■ YOi
n Jtu
or course, we hope for everytKins' waf permits-m many coses as soon; w ard Andrew Hil) in the office of
thofs good. When our boys and girls ; 2, s , lhe warwlth Germ ?. ny '? i ? of Probate of Laurehs
come home we must stand by them. I hls P r °6 ram . "If "/l/i'.iM H. 0Untyi a ‘ 10 0 ! aIock a m - and on
TL r- / It, stick with them, and support them u1 ^' L at 1 'b .,' -'0010 day will apply for a final
oei.ee the The Farmers S Job in allUleir mj>VM i,nd efforts to ™ a , n - " Tho , h “ «* en . over DonaM,discharge from my trust as Adminis-
: employed men ,, is not unusua ] during these times;maintain our equilibrium. As a mut.• Nelsons )rt> .while he is in China. (It tratnx.
t ngagod m manu- for men t0 come together by day or ter of fact, we shall have to depend ‘ s expected that, following the elec-: Any person indebted to said estate
i e: cent were m night lor the purpose of discussing' upon t he returned fighters for our ^ Ir -. ^ ru 2 ma y be given Mr 1S notified and required to make pay-
T:.e number of , he be fc methods of bringing the luture safety . T he guvs that remain- Nelson s ]oh Permanently). men\ on or before that date; and all
n farms was about {armer back to prosperity and help- ed at home and caused riots and The plan announced by Mr. Krug,| persons having claims against said
'or m nianufactur- j ng so i ve SO me of the serious prob- s t r ikes and fomented political up-! which has the backing of the army | estate will present them on or before!
i.-.. r, 12 per cent i erns iwith which he is confronted, heavals’and'saboteured many of our; and navy as well as of the War Pro-1 s^id date, duly proven, or be for-!
:0> •' uch as mining. Such discussion?, .are an evidence of war e ff or t s will be the crowd to' duction board,, calls ' for a virtual, ever barred.
:anspor;ation and tbe CO mmon tie that binds together wa t c h. Many of them are Hitlers in i elimination of all controls over in-j MARGARET HILL CATO, is?
CAMPBELL LODGE
NO. 44, A. F. M.
I
REGULAR COMMUNICATIONS
Third Tuesday Night
of Each Month at 8:00.
A. G. ARNOLD. W. M.
V. P. ADAIR, Sec.
wo
per cent were
m and finance;
service occupations;-!
v i.ked for the gov-
u ] the interests of men in widely sepa- sheep's clothing.
15 rated callings. The banker, the mer-
chant, the newspaper publisher, the
politician and men of whatever busi- ’
ness or profession are anxious that
Would Be Insulting
The C
enterprises — particu- j farming should flourish again.
t A great .deal of this interest, it,
must be admitted, is purely selfish. |
since when the farmer fails he car
lo guard r ; es w j»h him a motley crew of oth
ers who feel the pinch o’f financial
reverses when the buying power of!
the agriculturist is at a low point.'’
nc must be given due
>n., along; with manufac-
ve iflipo to avoid irnotl^er
ire.'ston. We need
-heirw planning.
, dustry, giving it a free rein to pro- j
; duce whatever it wants* after ma-|Sept. 12, 1944.
terials for necessary military needs
j have been supplied. Since war orders
There are times when, we cannot
>n:cle has heartily cn-
<;. rx ii tne plan tor a community Vic
tory D.iy celebration when the good
:.t w.- v >mes that an
iTet'irTighed between the United Na-
t.nn> /T\i Germany.
:Vo have said that it should not he at the top among the elect.'
be a hilarious event marked in any
•wav bv drunkenness or riotous con-
STUDENTS—Individualists
are expected to be reduced by at:
least 40 per cent as soon as Ger-
; many is eliminated, this means that
civilian production can be increased
by 40 per cent if manufacturers can
get necessary materials. Mr. Krug
I said this should mean new automo-
I biles wijl probably be available with-
i in three months after the end of the
I European war, as will many other
products which have not been avail-
Administratrix,! jj:
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In spite of the tremendous upheav-' ble since Pearl Harbor. Mr. Krug
save ourselves unless we save oth
ers. The fact is that there is no other 1 . —, . -|
way out of financial or any other; f 1 * 111 ° 1 ur %v ' ay of ^ h h4 i Predicted that, following the cutback 1
armistice has vind of ruin The stress however is i taken place duiing the past ten years, j war production which will come!
- -• laic! on the salvation of tSe farmer' the youngsters of the coming gener-| after Germany’, defeat, our civilian,
and if talk could save him. he would l atl0n d ° n 1 seem to , ha ' i f. los ^. 11:16 ! economy will return to the level of
.he too among the elect ' I deSlr/6 for P ersonal independence 19 3 9 _ ,
It has been suggested by one who:^ hich has always been ty P ical of i Outlining the WPB attitude toward!
MclNTOSH'S
SHOE SHOP ,
Send Your Shoes To Us for
* Best Materials and
Workmanship.
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PLUMBING
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HEATING
SERVICE
Telephone 117
WE ARE HUNTING
TROUBLE
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and on a high level,
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.and rioting in the
perhaps we are directing our sym-L A ‘ least 4 survey of over 100,000!
pathv into the wrong channel, as the ^Lu • T ^
facts seem to indicate that the foun- tha majority would prefer to be
dation of the farmer is sure and, 1 " b , usmess for themselves to work-
steadfast. He is the producer of the ln S tor u some O"e else.
t conversion to peacetime production,
sibility of the War Production board
to make work, but it is our respon
sibility to remove every obstacle that
might prevent American business
iooQ ana me gieaiei pari ui me , , - ~ - irom going ooiaiy aneaa wnen mai
clothing of the world. These are the age today were born during a major, y * ^ when their lants and
last items which can be § tricken, ^‘Tociirrhangefand ! fac » ities and materials can be 1 ’ e -
from the list of men’s needs. All 0 g g ’ d leased from the war jobs. Our policy
forms of luxury and education would I • a \ 6 ’ l0 r tbe ,P ast m i ree ye, 3 ^ 5, luec ^
go first. This means thatj
f come to the rock bottom ^ Vi,, c A, ' a1 ' •
under the abnormal conditions of
basis of the preservation of health
here in WPB is to do everything in
our power to unleash the war-
restrained energy of the American
economy.” ' _
the rriinds of the coming generation.! I n conjunction with the various
These major shake-ups are bound
WE WILL PAY YOU
CASH
FOR YOUR USED CARS
Call us or bring; your car for a
grease; wash and lubrication
job.
Billy McMillan
Sinclair Service Station
West Main Street
Phone No. 2 ' —
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
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and life we come to the activities and !? ieaye permanent impressions on!
T4 the minds of the coming generation.!
the pioducU ot the tarm. L ap- o teacher':; have nrodicted that rec °nversion plans* official Washing- S
; ( .', i manners and es- parent therefore that the farmer ^ ome - teachers have predi cted that , ^ p attention to the 8
\>'V because of «ome- i f> -o hi- it would result in socialistic think- t° n 15 giving close attention xo me
cannot lo^e rns joo e\ en though he j • * i fnr nupv’pntinj? imemnlovment
1 have for- m .-,v in,e hi, land R^rHioss 0 f title irig “ a desire . to substitute group.ac-j plan for preventing unemployment; y
may lose his land. Regardles
;:h Pacific have deeds, th^ work of farming must go
tion for individual - action. But the offered by the committee on econom-||| ^
iine
aeects, me worn oi rarming must go This nlan -which Te- i 9
■and ..nri ♦ho nn \ v -a.. 1 response to the "ambition poll con- ic development, ihis pian, f wnicn re jjj
t oi \v a * ci and the on i v m an who is , . ... , ^f -.a m orathc rvf ctnHv hv i nd 11 s— *v
manv
more fitted and inclined to do the job is
ducted by
r . ••• n unc. who would get
o.:.:!-: ..ini .i.-:n wild mobs in cele-
- ' •• Aintricah victory in Eu-
: ; r .should -lop and think of the
Mifii' battling the Japs, for whom
\ - w.!l mean iwthing personal.
"It .v,';i'.d oe bad manners and
■ate a day which should be giv-
'prayer and humble thanks for
do.ivt: a nee. Hiljanty. profanity and
tnufi''onei'v would only
the farmer. If he goes down we all ^ tv , lc e V l 9. pinion .
sink. His job is sure and is
sary as the supplying of
the Scholastic Institute of suits from months of study by indus- ft
•n (co nil opinion would indicate thatU r *al leaders and well-known econo-; g
‘ _ individualism will continue to be a! mists, is based ^primarily pn drastic jt
.j♦ a i potent force in our country., ; revision of taxation to give business
cne \ UcU vloiof from favoc: nPPPQQarV to ’ ♦>
needs of mankind.
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NOBODY'S BUSINESS
By GEE McGEE
INDEPENDENT—60%
The scholastic poll named six work
classifications from which each stu
dent was asked to choose the one
the rleief from taxes necessary to'#
i encourage expansion and new enter- j 4.4
! prise. The plan calls for the
nation of the corporate excess profits ;♦$
NEED-CASH MONEY?
AUTO LOANS AND FINANCING
Contact:
SERVICE LOAN AND FINANCE CO.
CLINTON, S. C.
LYNN COOPER TOM ADDISON
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Phone 7-J Phone 99
tax as well as reduction of the pres-
mock j lhe !
men wn.i must-still fight in the Pa-
Jap-riiiv or rat-killing day oh’ Lost ’ Strayed Missmg
a big -calc must waft.” ^ ‘ deer mr - edditor:
ficatidns which might be considered
mr. art square has. asked this corry, j nde p enden ^ occupations and three
\A/L i a.l n L i. C spondent to rite or foam you and ask w hich necessitated working for some
what the KObOt bays you if you will kindly carry a classy-; one e i se
Tire A i.y- arc now striking deadly ded “ad ’ jin your fine little paper Among the boys questioned, 60
: w.-. ::: bic .a in northern Frahce about the car somebody stole out of p er cen t chose an independent 6c-
wfi.t:» the r. -cket nests are planted r 1 ' 8 Barrage it he would promise to, CU p a ti on ;' 26.2 per cent said they
ami t: cr. which the robots are sent P a y y° u as s00n as tbe said car bas would like to own or manage their
nissions of death. benn returned, (p-. he left his pocket- ; own business 21.7 per cent chose -a
which best answered the question: e ^ hea W taxes, on individual m-
“If you could begin your career in ^omes. The object of he plan is to
any of the following and obtain the hel P cr f ^ an annua l n atlonal Z 1 ?-!
same income at the start, which C6me bllll0 u n dollars whl6h ’
(.•ould you choose 9 ” when taxed at less burdensome rates,
The choice included three classi- would still be high enough to pro
duce the necessary income for oper-
.0
In the book in the said car),
loved
profession such as medicine, law or
teaching, and 12.1 per cent said they
ation of the government and reduc-,
tion of the federal debt.
The third important -step which!
has been taken toward planning for
postwar jobs is the release of the I
army’s plan for sending soldiers back,
to civilian life. The army is expected'
to release more than a million men
when the European war ends, with
fathers being released first and the
others released ‘.in order according
fio credits based on the time of ser-
What dot--- the robot say
midst of our concern for our ... , W7 r .„
unc.' and friends in this war. have . F 011 can de P end on mp - square P a *’" would prefer farming ORespme branch
we paused to analyze the deep and in ^ y° u as s P on as he recovers his i0 f a gnculture.
d.'’.re.":ng me a inng of these median- P°cketbook. it was a 4-door fold.—Of the 40 per cc?nt w r ho thought > vice, amount of overseas service, and
, . • ’ ' . .. . I v»* i t V-\ rt or\rl r^1or'lr r*i i r*i n i n O' . ♦ , , „ i , \. ♦ . i mi »x : _ - 3 ^
i/.ed instrumentalities of human
struction? < • , • , /• , l. i i
It is not too much to say that the “ of the window-glasses-were broke wor ^ f or a 1 large business or indus-!
powerful robot is the latest expres- 0ld ' n lbe vvreck he had last febru- try, 16.6 per cent said they would
. >n ef man'.' inhumanity to man. W'e 1 ‘ var y and ^ will be re-possessed in jj^ e f or the government and
have taken the gains of science to October uniess it i^ returned. g/5 p er C g n t thought they w-ould pre--
destre-v rather than to build up. We , ., • . * , , . ,, fer working 'for a small business or 1
are speaking broadlv of the use to but lf y° u ' W,U ^ bam run the. in(lus t ry
“ad" on 10 days creddick, he will Arr,r,r,,
UIJl- * , \ 1 , Wi lilt It JJtl ttlll (ViiU liiuuglll I V itt, KllilslAiil "
de- w bh green fenders and black running they wopld prefer to w r ork for some- i combat record. The navy, it is undef-
gear and it had a leaky radiator and one e i se) jg 9 per C ent wanted to [stood, wmn’t release any men until/
2 nf the window-classes-were broke r 1 : 1
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which -scientific progress has been im J uu 1W u«.ys vieauicn. uc wi». Among the U-,115 girls who were j
put in this war uujiiugrpcent years. ‘ se ! ld a iu , d,scn P t,on th e covered b y the poll, the greatest pro-,
We have rightly kt+d hold upon sa ^ d model ford when he heais portion — 45 per cent — expressed a;
every scientific process to combat the ^ Iom you in the, piemises. it was preference for teaching, nursing, law 1
aggression of the Axis powers, That dr ^,^ in the night time and had or medicine; 13 per cent said they
goes without saying. We are defend- f. lu se * 01 1 re “t re ads on it and the; wou j d jjj^g WO rk for the govern
ing the sanctities of life itself, and b^ense^number isj!3-444 and-one of ment> j 9 per cent for, a large busi-
. ness or industry, 10 per cent for a
! small business, and 2 per cent ex-
we must employ every known de-;*b e tail lights is missing
vice to resist the'tides of organized ’ , . . , .
evil which the enemy is using against whe* mr. square sends in hit reg-, ed
0 b ; ular “ad he will explain that the i ^ ure
But tho fact remains that man'is f war ,? . is 7 * Prided the ford is re-;
turned-in good shape and full of gass
a preference for agricul-
destroying man at an alarmfhg pace,
and this battle of death and destruc
tion but serves to prophesy what
will happen in the years to come un
less man turns from methods of de
struction to the peaceful .ways of
righteousness.
The robot is saying something in a
loud voice to our .day and generation
—something terribly real. Future
like i,t was when it was stole, he paid
15$ down on it and fixed the tires,
he has lost 2 weeks looking for it
from the defense job, but he seems to
think getting his ford back is just
about as important as winning the
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GOVERNMENT—Danger -
There may be somewhat of a
threat, which bears watching, in the
fact that 16.6 per cent of the boys
and- 13.3 per cent of the girls ex
pressed a choice for government or
public service. Since there are ap
proximately 12,000,000 boys and girls
of high school age, this would indi
cate that , almost 4,000,000 are more
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