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/ / Page Four (Htf* (Clinton (Eljrnnirl* Established 1900 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher w Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY^ f' \ . " ’ I ' ’ J— Subscription Rate (Payable In Advanced One Year $2.00 - - SixJJfljrthig $1.00 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at<he Post Office at Clinton, S. C. The Chronicle seeks the cooperatiori 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. - , THE CLINTON CHRONICLE TT Thursdoy, October 4, 1945 C LINTON. S. tc . THURSDAY OCTOBER 4, 1945 ! goes higher, which means little or no I relief for burdened taxpayers. We are witnessing a combination of New , Deal national socialism, which prob ably will require a political revolu- ,tion by the people to bring it to an end, Taxes should be drastically duced. Large withholding taxes isjl one of the factors contributing to the ■ present spread, of strikes. What do i P we see? Planhing boards making P federal requests for sewerage and ll waterworks improvements, swim- ; m ming pools, parks, schodl and college expansions and every sort . of pro- ject calling for millions of dollars. ■ Already in' ".this state millions are _ being sought All pf this shpuld stop. We will never have a budget bal- P ancing while practicing deficit fi- ■ nancing. Roughly speaking, we are;j now facing a 300 billion dollar debt.|B And so long as New Deal financing ;P Ifull time service, either state or fed- is carried on in Washington by Tru- |j eral, should be prohibited from en- man and congress, there will be no The Chronicle recently commented g a gj n g j n p r j va te practipe. Some of attempt to get the books out of the on the need of a larger and these officials complain about their'red. Promises to the contrary are all ^ modern theatre in Clinton and ex "! salaries, but the public notes they bunk and don’t make sense. We will H pressed the hope that such a build- are ac tj ve candidates for these posi- never become prosperous by spend- L ing would be provided in the. nearjjj ons they become open. It's ing more than we take in, either as s future by the owners of the local congressmen and senators com- a nation or individuals. P ••movie franchise plaining about their $10,000 salaries ^ Another big war bond drive is K The public will be pleased to learn and perquisites, which the people to be launched this month. Are the m tfyu it is the intention of the present back home can - t be gin to estimate, proceeds to be used for meeting the ® owners to provide such a theatre m Not a handful of the group could cost of the war and speedily wiping ■ me lutuie when building conditions imake $10 ,000 a year plus, if engaged out our military obligations? Oriji muKt it possible The theatie. we are back home in the p rac tice of law or are the millions raised to be used for ^ mu : Tied, will have a large gating other work. unemployment, a premium on loaf-! (a; - ..n latt>t equipment and A Washington dispatch stated that i n g. public works projects, etc. 1 , ad- tne : not projection and sound pio- Attorney General Clark required vocated by congressmen and senfi-; din.; :t equipment awulable. that Sa p p return tp th e defendant's tors for political prestige and votes? much a theatre *ill till a commu- SU pporters in the Epes case a fee These are questions the American! mty need and draw^^' , ''”“- r ‘ ,, ‘ 7 • — • 1 r nuge in in uh.-t the owners on their intention to p; wide such facilities. We hope nerm j*ted to eneace in nrivate nrac- ^ A , re we neaaea Ior anoiner wew' their nUg »;ll fDeal spending, wasteful WPA fares?! ; re it f-rt .it.■ e\ t ry detail and a credit to a town nn i h '.ti ger than ours. * CREDITORS^ NOTICE signed" anxi those indebted to said All persons having claims against est ate will please make payment the estate of D. O. Rhame, Sr., de- 1 ^ e 2 1Se ' ceased, are hereby notified to file the' same, duly verified, with the under- ll-3ci* TARTER'S and SHEAFFER'S INKS colors: white, black, blue-black, * -oyal blue, grepn, and brown. Hig- D. O. RHAME, JR., jins’ waterproof India Ink, black and Executor, -ed. Chronicle Publishing Co. a : aiimi re-1 m l!!!!B!l!Bl!!B!iai!!Bl!BUllBiaiIl!BWlB!K:BL:K;B>:a;.i ::BiiBiliaiiiai:!il laiiiBiii The Greater SPARTANBURG New Theatre Planned FAIR! Opens Monday, October 8 Continues Thru Oct. 13 A, d draw a generous pat- repUtec i to have been $15,000. Dis- people are asking—and have a right the public. YV e congrat. trict attorneys, ur ” - ‘ K s Better, Bigger and More Attractions Than Ever I ■ Take A Day Off — Relax, Bring the Family. See What | * This Section Has Done to Help Feed the Home Front. I ■ i ■:":B'!B B'B'a a a a B' a a a 1 a : a a , "a" i a ,< a a' a^a a'a^a'a a avama a mva .a:a 'B'a^ neys unwilling to abide by to ask. the, federal ruling that they are not Are we headed for another New i ,^..mitted to engage in private prac-, >oon materialize and t j ce s h 0 uld hand in their resigna- in of rntidcnt that the contemplated tions. There are hundreds of lawyers ! th ‘ , , / nal center wilhbe modern in ,.p. ldv tn their nlaces present. Its the same old myth — , , teddy to ukc their places. promising to balance the budget I _ . i i r ■ through more and more spending of A Fearless Judge Speaks taxpayers’ money. Federal Judge E. Yates Webb, of All excessive expenditures for mil- North Carolina, in an address Sun- itary purposes and non-essential gov- ; Right now we are told the price of day at the Tabernacle Associate Re- ; eminent services should be eliminat- farm land is more than 50 per cent' formed Presbyterian church in Char- ed. People and communities back! above normal. lotte. stated that the liquot interests home should stop looking for Santa Maybe farm prices will stay as gradually are obtaining stronger ,C laus every day in Washington. high as they are now for some years holds in the two Carolinas. to come. They may go higher before Judge Webb said that figures he $p Qn j s h Veterans whf horhitant prices charged ;n Minn High Farm Prices pi ice> begin to fall. But anyone bad com pii e d from officials in the y U^IJ U« buy^^i farm today at the ex- dw0 jit a t es show "that bootlegging is ® mOIG /xAfiet Mere which are sections for ~ two s being widespread under legalized some [|q Uor systems than under prohibi- J- McSw'ain Camp No. 20, of them, is taking a big gamble. , tion . The j ud g e further stated that Spanish American War veterans, The story of farm prices has been,the overthrow of prohibition was ac- hold their regular meeting Oc- about the same during this war as'complished not by liquor and beer t°her i, at 3 p..m., in the Clinton during the last war. In the last war interests, but by 54 wealthy families armoI 'y by order of E. C. Connor, pruts went up and up — and then who wished to transfer their heavy c om niander. All members are invit- vamc the cra-h when many farmers tax burdens onto the liquor-buying e< ^ attend. i ■ t the.:' >h::ts. land.- and life's sav- individuals. ' “- ah • a i PRE-WAR Cellophane Tape. Just' All informed persons must know , , _ ■ i A- the pi esent time, three-quarters that the distinguished jurist on the ^ ^. OI P re P Br ‘J 1 8 ove ^ - ! el the la mis which are being bought bench for 25 years speaks the truth pY p ’ “ s ° niai ing. ionic e art mortgaged for at least 50 pef cent when he ’Says that conditions have ‘ and two-iitths carry a d«fci>t load grown worse since the abolition of amounting to 70 per cent jormore. prohibition. The Roosevelt New Deal Thus, if prices dropped 52 piij^cent to adminstration — the wettest of the . _ . r , —^ 1934-39 levels, all of thote farms wet—soueht legalized liauor over the Dttobq% I will render a final FINAL SETTLEMENT Take potice^that on the 19th day legalized liquor over the of Octebqj, iM^t 1 wiI1 would be mortgaged for more than nation as a revenue producer. It said. accou JV °^ ac ^ s an< ^ doings as theii \ alue, which would spell bank- in substance, buy and drink more in- „r Ua , ian . e e ^ ta te of J. Roy ruptcy for the owners. toxicants, for the more the public’!7° rkman U in ^ offlce of the ! We don't >av not to buv farms. But consumes the more money we will J y d . p e Pr ° ba te of Laurens County, wc think buyers should take into have to spend. h J” “J °? “**«»*. consideration that, if they do buy a In this state the people voted in f rom my trust as Guardian ISC ar * e ^ farm now at inflated prices its value 1940 for prohibition. The legislature; A • j u j may some day drop to half or less defied the mandate and legalized li-i Any person indebted to said estate of it- present value. Financing should quor stores to raise revenue. Funds 15 notl,ied anc * re Q u * r ed to make pay-, certainly be done with that possi- from this source, the wets said and ment on o r before that date: and all b ! ty m mind and with a full knowl- are still proclaiming, are needed for P ersons having claims against said edge it the serious labor situation our public schools. We teach our chil- e>ta te will present them on or before contronting our farmers which is not dren against the evils of drink and said oate, duly proven, or be for-J likely to improve at the same time use liquor taxes for evcr Jarrecb their education. We are a hypocriti- ROY WORKMAN, SR„ cal people. Clinton, S. C. Sept. 18, 1945.—ll-4p Small Business The biggest business in our coun- With legalized liquor on sale in try is small business. every city and hamlet in the state, .vie >1 diiiig to the department ot drinking has increased at an alarm- m : dfc per cent of business ing rate ’ so has crime, immorality ( -• b'lshnvnts if all kinds fall in the and poverty. Look at the dockets of •.m. 1 i/.i.-.ne-s" category. And while P oIice courts if you doubt this state- w< i . e W .. h ::g :)U.- UV. S- :M l r h, t se\ cr it I gn.up. Du: ir.; re; d . ot industry and business, we ha \ < perhaps thought of it, more and mena ce. moit. in terms of million or billion * ’■ dollar enterprises. Of course, the 7 Our No. 1 Problem per cent wmch are classified as “big business - ' do employ thousands of' people and do produce much more m i. I much chatter out of ment » or violent deaths which in a; on bo,.* helping the small Iar § e percentage of cases are trace- msn. the truth is he has j abie to hQUor. We have legalized and hinder during the war for are Postering dangerous enemy No. 1 iva- ms, than anv other which destroys character, health and i lives. the war, when we have The tragedy is that there are so ■ bout the great production rec- * ew men like Judge Webb who open- >rd ot industry and business, we l- v and fearlessly speak out against Relief At Last For Your Cough Creomulslon relieves promptly be- of the 1 germ cause it goes right to the seat of the p loosen and expel germ i to soothe The senate acted wisely in defeat- 1 ing President 'Truman's request to lhan ~T per 1 vnt’'i;rcam7rtcr'.gllod'l legis ,' at ? unemploy- , ment for a period of twenty-six trouble to help loosen and e: laden phlegm, and aid nature and heal raw, tender inflamed bronchial mucous membranes. Tell your druggist to sell you a bottle of Creomulslon with the understanding you must Hkft the way it quickly allays the cough or you are to have your money back. CREOMULSION For Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis weeks. The President said the senate Hut from the standpoint of th^Jjvel- fare of our country they arfc noti.„„, . • j ,, , , nearly as important as the alpfbst / 61 J 11 ? and " ow ^ ha s 3,000,000 little business esta^Ush- turned t ° t h e ho f U K se si de wh <; re ments which are the backbone of our made lt clear t hat he that economy ! body to reverse the senate. The pro- ‘ When we read about' mult^lied posa1 ’ w ?; ich has strong CK) sup- strikes at present in Detroit and oth-' port a ? sh ° w " lts lobbying at the er large industrial centers, about de- pPiteh should likewise be defeated lays in production, about government ^ bouse. It is one of the most interference with som^hnajor rndus-’ “ nnecessary ’ dange f ous measures we tries, we may get the feeling that Seen proposed m a long while, our economic machinery is going to ' ere 13 no , unernp loy men t in this fall to pieces. But actually, in a coun- J? untry ’ un l ess R be the strikers, try where small business is so p re _' ^ nemp loynient compensation was dominant, there isn’t too much to creat o d to meet a real unemployment worry about as long as these estab- C e , I ! lod °" g ag0 pass ® d ' the house lishments are allowed to thrive and ^ a .,, s ^ 01 t ^ ls ^ an t a Claus gesture, it get ahead. Small business makes big ^ V1 1 pu ^ * prem * um on Ipafing and business. laziness. Anyone who is not dumb ^ stupid, knows that if we pay a man A n _ _ _ 525 a week for not working he is rroper IMJling not going to another place to look On the eve of the sensational Epes for a job. case recently tried in Columbia, the President Truman the first few! U. S. Attorney General notified Dis-; months in office did a magnificent trict Attorney Claude Sapp, one of Eppes’ attorneys, that he would be required to withdraw from the case following complaints filed from this state. The attorney general’s ruling said that a federal employe could.presidential election ahead four not appear in a state case. The nil- years hence in which he is expected ing was proper. The district attor- to be a candidate, he looms as a lib- mys are employed by the federal eral spender like Roosevelt and an government at good salaries. They advocate of deficit spending. He does job in helping push the war to a suc cessful conclusion, and made a high ly favorable impression upon the American people. Now, with the war behind, and a should give their full time to the duties of the office to which M\fi3Lare appointed, or resign. And wh^vap- plies here should be applicable in equal force to all state and federal not understand what the word econo mize means. Balancing the budget is the na tion’s No. 1 problem. President Tru man and congress are still spending empJoyes. Attorneys employed for and spending. 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While the economic progress which we have achieved in recent .years is more than heartening, the future beckons with opportunities for developments which will overshadow anything we have known in the past In harmony and cooperation with our friends and neighbors in the terri tory we are privileged to serve, Seaboard Air Line Railway will continue tOj work for the advancement of our common cause. AIR LINE RAILWAY THROUGH THE HEART OF THE S( X 4 T* -1