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Page Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON S. C Thursdoy, October 12, 1944 Slip (Clinton (Eljrnntrlr 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 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. CLINTON, S. C„ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12 , 1941 there hag not benn a normal crop,' do w-ith the helicopter. He says; “A i so far" as the tenant has been con- novice need only lift the machine a cerned, since roseyvelt quit paying few inches off the. ground at first, the farmer not to grow stuff. j hover, move around and land. As hei “3 e tter Conduct Sponsors” of gains more confidence he will .rise clinton have recognized the undesir- The First Possum Hunt of 1944 'further and fly forward, backward, the first possum hunting party of an ^ sideways until he is accustomed the fall season was hell last friday to his controls, the feeling of flying, night and it consisted of the follow- an d judgment in landing.” ering: bert skinner, tommie head, art <t —— square, jr., and 6 other fine dogs, it EUROPE $100 commenced at 9 P ™- close to mid- Undoubtedly the biggest dev ei 0 p- mght, art square^and two dogs treed ment immediatel after the war will a possum and they shined his eyes be in commercial rather than private Negro Citizens Sponsor 'Better Conduct' Move able patterns of conduct practiced by many people. Knowing the evils of undesirable conduct, they h a v # e pledged themselves to bring it to'tfte attention of the public, thereby hop ing that some atttempts will be made to change the habits of conduct so, undesirable. , "Go f to Church” Sunday, October 15. Every colored- persons is asked to lock his home and sacrifice other duties and attend the church of his choice, with each member of the family and next-door neighbor. The better thinkers of Clinton are asked to give a big push to the pro gram by encouraging words, influ ence, and self-participation. If You Don’t Read THE CHRONICLE “ * t>e in commercial rather than private I ~ 1/ v _ fI n _ n u the NEWS With a flashlight, then they com- flyin2 plans are nDW in the ^ akme One ot the efforts is to sponsor a . Too Don t Get the NKWB menced to cut down the tree that it (or gigan , ic expansion o( the use o( was up in. ^ big passenger planes and freight planes flying to all corners of the If! it was a big tree and was made wor i d i n addition, small planes and i $ out of white oak. they took it time helicopters will be operated to carry i g about in cutting, when one feller p e0 pi e sb ort distances—in many in-! ft wear hisself out, another one stances to replace bus lines. !S Mental Alarm Clocks [under the anti-trust laws as combi- 8 Again the experts are not entirely g ft will be charged immediately after the nations in restraint ot trade me respective wives co tne. wuua-cuuu. s war ag well as ten ^ ars after Esti _ ^ time Federal government is building larger at home, the dogs and bert skinner mates q{ domestic passenger rates ft ion s and lar ger monopolies in direct dis- went to sleep, he had the roomy- immediatel after the w from 8 rf ir\ J ^ t ♦ i o t nn t n r»lit < ~ ,99 8> w 7.5 cents per mile to 4.5 cents per 8 the trie finally at jaat tell the mile f d Predictions of rates ten g nuther y ears from now range from 2.5 cents would would follow him and wear hisself lout .that was the first manual lab^r , agreement as t0 the rates which ever done by some of them—their “ i ; nations in restraint of trade. The respective wives do the, wood-cutting This winter, more than at any time .-.net' the war started, the nation Iscarcity of alarm clocks is going to regard of every law that has been tism too bad to cut be a major problem. passed to protect, the public against - ♦ Before the war. about 12,500,000 such combinations which can destroy alarm clocks were sold each year, the livelihood of an individual or \m ong w ay and lodged on a per mile to 5 cents per mile 0 ,u. n h . u ,1- ., nnmhpr arp hpine individuals • tree which they had to cut down, this ^ K mMlc dunM W andean lei were A government monopoly is many woke up the dogs and bert. just be- As for overseas travel, the experts node in 033 In add#frn it is al- times worse than a private monopoly, fear daylight the big tree fell, pos- W the cost will be from 8 to 10 n' • 'mpo's'ble to Mt an alarm clock I for the simple reason that the peo- sum and all. two men hell the dogs cents per mite right after the war .;,red the;; 1% can get ^protection from he iat- while the others captured the pos- 51 ^ ’ , nv , . n 0rr; , f -iter while they have no protection sum, it was jr long, slim possum, ho mile within ten years. T ' n ' Jhn 9 hfvp tn de from the'former, which, as it be- was wet. hf looked like a rat. he Glenn L. Martin, president of the muw w.io nu\e tomes more powerful, inevitably weighed about 2 lb. and he was poor Glenn L. Martin company, says his destroys liberty itself. Government onner count of simmons not being company is already planning a 250,- ; business should not be immune from ripe. 000-pound commercial air vessel on ' which passengers _will be able to WANTED! SEWING MACHINE OPERATORS 1 / Apply-^ HALLMARK MFG. CO. Davidson St, Clinton, S. C. ' ®r J pend on a factory whistle, a rooster oT’good luck to rouse them from sleep :n tune fur work or school. • , , , ... , . , y.nr.-.norrou-f.iv the laws and regulations and taxa- . , m tut .-ommei it i> comparatn eiy ■ been nrovided to deal * it took 5 hours of hard work to make a round trip from New York ‘ •-'.v for most ol us to wake up at , e ^ al fu sti °et 0 all catch the varmint, at c.i.o. rates,’ it to London for $400. | .,n early hour without outside as- 0UI L( t uai J usuce 10 au - nstance. But on cold, dark winter ~ nniiunr.' plenty of people might T-tei tiie (i..y •nr--ugh unless stirred wake:ulm*>' by a rasping, irri tating tingle from an alarm clock. Cities and towns throughout the hunt, some of the nimrods swore off in reach of all, on planes cruising The only solution seems to be a na tion are striving to attract new 0 f possums in the future, they got upwards of four hundred miles an i-low proce.-s ot mental training. It industries of a permanent natdre home in time for breakfast. Beware of Rainbow Chasers cost in time 12.75$ to cut the tree A. N. Kemp, president of American down, the possum was not worth Airlines, is even more optimistic toting home, the whiskey the boys! about low rates. He says: “In the not fetched along gave out about 2 a.m.'too distant future we can expect that almost killed interest in the rates which will provide fares with- yores trulie, holsum moore. rfd, „ corry spondent. 7jhku/and TxhnoVano Don Robinson PLANES—Family How many families’ will buy pri- ff industries of I -'•oid by thinking about it hard t 0 fm the gap when ,the inevitable tnongh. most people can wake up da y of curtailed war production ar- within five minutes of the time they rives in deadly earnest. The objec- want to awaken. j tive of the average community seems to be to hold fast to wartime peaks. Haul Your Pulpwood Now Many are going to be disappointed, if , they pin their hopes too strongly on War Production Board officials the dreams of rainbow chasers to whose job it is to see that enough th{? exclusion of cold facts< | pulpwood is produced to meet mill- tary and essential civilian require- . ^ ,ovv 15 tin ^ e tor communi- ments are urging farmers anfl other ’ ies to 1°°^ with nevv appreciation pulpwood producers to get their upon the old-established industries, pulpwood out of the woods before t ^ iat holpod prospei in peace- ( win’er comes : time. After the illusions of the rain- 1 Pulpwood cut and' stacked in the ^ )C ! W c ^ a f, ers o'-aporate, these indus- woods is of no value to the war ef- tries W1 Wlt ^ us ’ P a y in S tort unless it can be hauled to the ta * es and working to build payrolls mills when they need it. Early win- and en l ar g e markets. ! . 0 ter rains or snow may soon make The railroads are an example of va ^ airplanes after the war. hauling difficult if not impossible if such an industry. A few decades ago If anyone knows the answer to that the wood is out of reach of a good a successful effort to secure a rail- Question it should be the aviation highway. road through town was the ultimate ; ex P ei * s in ^ ar 8 e airplane companies, The shortage of trucks and tires victory for any community. Today in the government and in aviation, also makes ft advisable for pulpwood ; most communities have rairoad se r-1 asso c iatl ons. But a review of state- producers to move their pulpwood vice. Railroads are among the na- ments made by these authorities m- when transportation is easiest on tion’s heaviest employers. -Their d'cates that your guess or mine is their equipment. tax - payments, local and national, a Pt to be just about as accurate as War need.- for pulpwood, especial- are among the largest. They are a th f‘ r f;. _ , . . . . .. ly long fibre woods, are still great, magnet for other industries. Wher- William Burden, assistant to the as will be seen" from an advertise- ev er they reach, commerce expands. 1 sec ^ etar y of commerce for air, ac- ( •ment appearing in this paper. Despite Their personal needs are great. They cording to a study of "Aviation Pre - optifnistic speculations a few weeks require a wide variety of items in- dictions published by Simonds Ac- ago. the war in Europe isn't over eluding ice. laundry, food, fuel, and ^ essorie t s ’ Inc - predicts that ^within yet. and government experts predict heavy equipment, the production of five to ten years there will be 450,000 it will take from 18 months to two which helps maintain countless local privately owned planes in this coun-1 years to lick the Japs after the Nazis industries. The railroad is almost | ry ’ wfi’ch 1S the high among predic- giv" up. literally a community's life insur- tions. S. Jaul Johnson, Washington So get out your pulpwood now ance. representative of the Curtiss-Wright wh.lt it will do the most good. And And the best part is that the rail- corporation gives the conservative haul ,t to the roadside or a railway roads are no dream. They are as 1*^. est ! mate of 20 *°fifi planes. The ; siding before bad weather ties it up f eal as the thundering locomotives National Resources Planning boarci for the winter that have worked overtime for many estimates 2d,000, while Charles I. i — long months hauling (he hell of war Stanton civil aeronautics admims- U/L- LI 14 i. ■» to the Axis. When again the battle- tfator, thinks there will be 300,000 Which IS Most Dangerousr fields are quiet, they will become the Private planes in active service with-| The little steel formula nas been lifeblood of peace. No community. * n tour years after the end of the broken. The punch, drunk experts no nation can afford to neglect its war ’ arf muttering, “Here we go again," railroads in planning for the future. t°r prices, ihe experts are a hour. This will permit fares of ap proximately $25 from New York to [Chicago, $75 to Los Angeles, $100 to Europe, $75 to Mexico City and $7 to Washington.” ■ INSURANCE Fire - Tornado - Automo bile - Surety Bonds - AU Forms of Property Insurance. SOUND PROTECTION AT LOWEST COST. REAL ESTATE B. H. BOYD Clinton. S. C. NOBODY'S BUSINESS By GEE McGEE little more in agreement. Practically i ■ all those quoted expect private planes _ j to be available in the 81,000 to $3,000 price range. Commenting on probable price reductions, Andrew ’ Kucher J director of research of Bendix ^Avi- i ation, said: “In 1910, aiitomobiles 1 cost $1.52 per pound, whereas in 1940, the price of a much better and Previews From Flat Rock more complete auto was in the range ^ tvcji mr. slim chance, who ran on a dis- 0 f 35 to 60 cents per pound. As air-, rnere regulation, ' instead "of getting guisel ti , cl '5 t for offis unde j; the aus - craft manufacture undergoes a simi-; simpler as the war subsides, the P*cees of the c.i.o. and got beat verry i ar evolution, its present cost of $3' lules are getting increasingly com- ? ad ’ h t as rote Sldn ey 1 ? llln ] an f ° r in " i to $5 per pound will inevitably come plicated. The OPA admits that price forma tmn as to why he did not put down, and the all-round airplane of ceiliqgs in regard to products which i° ut acc <> rdin g to hopes imd expecta- the $10,000 to $15,000 class will be- reappear in the market as the result tions it is possible that Sidney diag- g in to approach the ideal cost of Of gradual reconversion, will have to< nosed s abl ‘ty befoar the time $2,000 to $3,600.” vary from industry to industry, inif™! 0 P V\ out ’ and dro PPf d h ‘ m I some ca>es from company to chm-‘ from the P lct ure .as a possibility, he, while the OPA has announced an all- embracmg price control program to go into effect after Germany falls, when reconversion commences. Out oj thi> comic fipera of men again-: nature, the ordinary' citizen,- whose activities are already slowed to a crawl in a tangle of regulation, is faced with the appalling prospect of having to make the readjustment to peace under the handicap of even pany. There may be 100 different < is still verry morose towards his so- called constiturants. SAFETY—Proof The number of planes sold - after j the war will depend almost entirely | on the public demand. There will miss jennie veeve smith has asked certainly be little problem about ((■ihng p'r'.ces for the same item by b-o ci.nerent firm-. According to OPA. the nightmare of regulation is to be continued until “there is no Ihe scholl board to furnish one of quantity production of all the planes' longer any danger of inflationary the scholl rooms at the flat rock high the people will buy with the plane- price increases. 1 ! so’s she can teech cally-centicks to producing facilities we now have in * TvU* ) No. you don’t buy blood in a drug store. But just this once, instead of talking about pills, powders and prescrip tions, we want to urge you to give a pint of your blood —it’s just a couple of tea- cupsful—to save the life of a boy who is fighting for you. Yes, of course you’ve done your patriotic part. You've bought bonds. You’ve given your time. You’ve answered every call for contributions. But nere’s a chance to send ^yourself to a fighting front! A gift of blood is the only really personal contribution we stay-at-homes can make. . But we’ve said enough; Blood’s a lot more valuable than TALK! Our armed forces need your contribu tion. Will you make the appointment right away? Smith's Pharmacy The Rexall Store Why Not Refinance For The LAST TIME? If you have an old type mortgage — that has to be renewed gyery few years — that costs plenty in fees, appraisals and what not! ... . . . Refinance that old loan with Citizens Federal. Here you get a mortgage that never has to be renewed. A loan plan with small monthly payments which pay both interest and principal and which will surely pay off the debt. THE CITIZENS WAY IS THE SURE WAY TO A DEBT-FREE HOME! MAY WE HELP YOU? ASK ABOUT OUR PLAN. Each Account Insured Up To $5/ ,CITIZENS tEDERAL Savings AND LOAN ASSOCIATION Telephone No. 6 A Clinton Institution Serving Clinton People Since 1909 U #• ft i ft ft ♦V ♦ ♦ 4: ft jl I ♦ ♦ i! ft ft I ft ; H s 1 I is ALL NEXT WEEK THE STATE FAIR n :: ft ft In Columbia FOOD FOR VICTORY The whole theme of the Diamond Jubilee Fair this year is Victory. Special agricultural exhibits, Elaborate Model Plane, Military Displays. OCTOBER 16-21 — Day and Night 8 ft ft ft ft #• ft ft *♦ 18 TOP-FLIGHT MIDWAY, GRANDSTAND SHOWS. TUESDAY, FUTURE FARMERS’ DAY. WEDNESDAY, 4-H CLUB DAY. THURSDAY, FOOTBALL DAY. FRIDAY, SCHOOL DAY. ft ft ft ft ft % ft 1! ft ft :: ft ft *.« ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft i: ft ft ♦ ♦ M ft • • i tnmnffTOrmTnnmmmmriirrnnrnrmffiirininititf ill m ii wnniiiiiiin u h h h h h m hi With wages on the verge of another, the girls and make them fit for war this country. upward spiral, thus again putting ansofemth. she wants some ropes hung But the public demand will be gov- the squeeze on farm producers’i from the ceiling, allso some padded erned to af great extent by cost and Jit manufacturers and retail distributors] riding hdsses and a few boxing gloves safety—and that still is a production j*! it will probably be a lonV time be- an d wrassling pads, she says a case- problem. Costs will undoubtedly fore the “danger" of inflation is hardened woman in the field or in I come down rapidly and all sorts of Eventually the people may t he kitchen is w °rth 5 wimmen raised safety devices have been invented :i| 8 ft «•»»»»»»«•: over. have to.choose between the danger 00 taffffy in the setting-room of inflation and the danger of too; much government control which will make private planes much safer than they wer^Jbefore the war. -1 „ 3rf)before the war. I a dr. hubbert green has had verry William Piper, president of the Piper S bad luck here of late with some of Aircraft corporation, one of the lead- ft s* *. ii I* b * s patients, he treated art square, ing manufacturers of private planes, ft government Monopolies jr., for side-plurisy for 6 days and says: “The postwar private plane While the Department of Justice barely got him to the hosspittle in will be practically foolproof, but not is bringing anti-trust suits in a [time for ruptured appendix, he did-1 darn fool proof.” wholesale manner against business- dent have what the doctor thought Perhaps we can never expect a es such as railroads, and insurance he had. mr. burkett passed on with a plane which is “darn fool” proof, which tor generations have been un- livver sorosis. dr. green was treating j but many people, who are now timid der strict public supervision and MOTOR VEHICLE OWNERS ~ 1944-45 MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSES NOW ON SALE regulation, it ought to consider ansoforth. dyno more had the mumps bringing similar suits against Federal instid of the lock-jaw, and she got monopolies which are not subject to well in spite of her treatment, regulation or taxation, that applies him for a bad cold in his left lung [about venturing into the air, will to the private industries which the Department of Justice attacks. For example, a Federal power plant disregards all state rate mak ing bodies. It refuses to abide by any of the tax laws that apply to ajl private citizens. It uses tactics to eliminate or destroy competition which, if indulged in by individuals or corporations, would bring them cott;on picking has benn hell up verry bad onner count of the rain and too much going to town by the farmers, the wimmen and children have gathered what little has benn gathered, it is turning out bad and nearly everbpddy is making the land lord cut down on his rent, he is blamed for the dry weather and the boll weevil, allso for their laziness. want to see a long demonstration of; ft safe flying before buying a family)^ plane. ■ j ft Although the perfection of the use g of the helicopter, according to thelh experts, will take some time, I imag- | ine it will be the helicopter, or some- j ft thing similar, which finally will bring real- popularity 'to private flying] 11 $ think most individuals look for the i g day when they can learn to fly in the | ” way which W. Lawrence LePage, j president of the Platt-LePage aircraft company, says they will be able to |«»«}»»»»»»»»»» New licenses must be purchased on or before October 31,1944, to avoid payment of penalty. Mail your application and payment immediately to avoid delay. Save time by mailing your application and remittance directly to the address shown below. % II STATE P. 0. Box 1498 HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Motor Vehicle Division Columbia 1, S. C. 8 1