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Volume LXV
Clinton, S. C, Thursday, October 25, 1945
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Number 43
GOT A BEAR BY THE TAIL
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Hallowe'en Party At
Long Branch School
There will be a Hallowe'en enter
tainment at Long Branch school
Tuesday night, October 30, at 8
o’clock. A health picture will be giv
en by the county health department
as a feature of the program.
CofTee, sandwiches and other food
items will be sold. The proceeds will
be used for the hot lunch program
of the school.
Masons Plan Special
Meeting Tuesday Night
Campbell Lodge No. 44, A. F. M.,
has called a special meeting for Tues
day night, October 30, at 7 o’clock^
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| m the Masonic hall. It is hoped that
all present and former merrjjaers of
the lodge will be prejselir Also, all
other Masons residing Jn ’t^e com
munity, whether affiliated^ with a
lodge or not, are cordially ‘invited.
This is primarily a “good will”
i meeting. However, an important bus
iness matter will be placed before
the group for discussion.
Sam Lanham, past grand master,
will be present and deliver an ad- ^
dress. Also, it is hoped that other
present and past grand masters will
attend.
For refreshments, a chicken stew
, will be served the assemblage.
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Red Point Rationing
May End By Jan. 1
Washington, Oct. 22.—Rationing of
meat, fats and oils may end before
January 1, a department ofijagricul-
ture official said today.
Dr. D. A. Fitzgerald, director of
i the department’s office of require
ments and allocations, told a senate
| Small business sub-committee that
he favored a removal of ration points
from the products “by the first of
the year or earlier.”
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SILAS CAMPBELL’S FARM
By ROE FULKERSON,
Editorial Writer, The Kiwants Magazine
This is Monday. When I went out
to get in the car this morning, the
battery was dead. I had too call a
taxi to get to an engagement on
Africa, in China and Japan, need to |
be told how lucky they are to live in
the two great countries on this con
tinent. I know that, like Silas, they
are going to be more appreciative of
their homeland and our way of life
walnut grove for ci public park and than they ever were before. Maybe
planned a dam across the creek to this new viewpoint will be as good
create a small lake for a swimming for them as Silas’ new viewpoint
pool. They marked off sites for a was for him.
time, and when I got thpre, the other school, a church and a town hall. | We people of Canada and the Unit-
man had forgotten all about it. These 1 Then they put on an advertising States are the most ^oftunate peo-
were only the first things that went j carn p a i gn j n Big City. There was to P le pn earth. We have freedom and
haywire this morning. A few min-' be an excursion on the train on a have opportunity. But there is no
utes ago I found myself sitting on a certain date. As added attractions, ma g r c in either unless we learn to
self-made mourner s bench feeling they planned a big barbecue and a appreciate our freedom and to take
very sorry for myself and the way concert by a brass band. At long last advantage of our opportunity.
the world was mistreating a fine fel-, the day of the sale arrived and the ,
low. ^ | special train pulled in loaded with Lq^qI Chevrolet
Then l remembered Silas Camp- prospective purchasers of villa sites. -Y . » ,
bell and his farm. I have a suspicion The band blared and the customers L/COler Attends
that I have told you this story before, ate 0 f the bountifully supplied bar- 1 946 Preview
but if I did, it was a long time ago becue. When every one was filled to >
and you probably have lorgotten it.; repletion, they gathered around the c c Gil local chevrolel dea ,er.
Anyhow, .ts a good story. bandstand tor the sale. First on the has returned , rom Atlanta whcr e he ,
Silas owned a farm near the foot ! program was the real estate promot- attended a preview of the new 1946 B
of the Great Smoky mountains. Silas er. He thanked the people for com- Chevrolet at the company’s zone B
was a good farmer and way ahead ing and hoped they had enjoyed the headquarters
of his generation in the management barbecue and the concert. Then he ‘ . ,. .u B
of his farm. It was his theory that, begarf to paint a word picture of the v f as re ^ tt f n . 1 |; 0 dlscuss the g
nothing should be sold from a farm suburban estate which was to be me chanical and style features of the
which could not walk away. He never! a paradise on earth. , new car. but by his eager attitude it
sold his grain or hay, but fed it to He began with gestures to the lofty armouncement public!
^o k C ^ le ’J d e :„ P .'d h , 0 h g i e ,UrkeyS a ” d :r k L°' ^okies which ^" ^0 be a, surely
chickens, and sold these. : formed a backdrop to one of the most ^ ,
Being a well-to-do farmer, Silas beautiful landscapes in America. He ‘
had sent his three children to col- undulated his arms to illustrate the i Mr - Glles “'o he and other deal
rolling green hills of the farm, and j f u rs >n the area were confident that.
lege, and at the time of the sale
those children were married and es
told how the pine scented cool breez-
the 1946 Chevrolet will maintain the
tablished in business in the nearby e s from the mountains rollicked over! record of top volume sales, which
Big City. There was no one left on those green hills and the valleys be-j G ^ evrtde * reached in 10 of the last g
the farm but Silas and his elderly tween. He spoke of the magnificent 11 P re - wa r years of automobile pro- g
wife, and he decided to sell the farm grove of walnut trees which had been duc t ion - to meet the unprecedented ^
and move in to Big City himself. He reserved as a park where the happy P en t-up demand for new cars.
thought it would be nice to have no
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home owners would relax in the
chores and no responsibility, and be leafy shade.
able to see his grandchildren and the i He called attention to the ever _
picture shows. | flowing stream of ice cold water from
He contacted a high powered real,^ mountains which would ,
estate salesman who went out on the the water for ^eir village. He told
train to see the farm. Having looked about the dam across crysta i. nouncements will be made, telling
when prospective customers may see
the new car for the first time. These
when by cutting it up into one and j Then he contrasted the life of a announcements are expected to be g
Following the same policy as in g
former years, the new Chevrolet will g
be displayed simultaneously in d»al- ^
ers’ showrooms throughout the coun- B
try, Mr. Giles said. jg
Radio and local newspaper an-
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it over he told Silas it would be a clear creek which would make an
crime to sell that place as a farm, ar tjft c j a i i ake f or their amusement.
out into lots and streets, set aside the
two-acre villa sites it could be sold city dweller with the life of the man good news to motorists and to deal-!^
for many times its value as a farm. who lived in his own cott in jers alike. ■
They broughLout a landscape archi- the country where he had his own Throughout the war period, car 1
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vegetables from his own kitchen gar- 1 with their old automobiles. At the g
j den, his own eggs and chickens from same time dealers have expended
his own flock. He told them how every effort to service these cars, and B
happy and healthy life became with ( to keep theiyi rolling for the duration, g
working out of doors. ! Mr. Gijps stressed car care, with g
For twenty minutes he described the warnj.ng that motorists should n
the wonders of life on this beautiful not expect the 1946 Chevrolet to be B
tract of land. Then he told them to available in great quantities imme- g
look at the maps in their hands. He diately. The supply to dealers will g
wa |gQow about to sell at public auc- j increase as production in the Chev- *
, tiol\Jp^ first lot in this new subdi-[ rolet plants permits. ■
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, .. ..T-, „ „ . z . i Paper, Boxed Bond Paper. Second
for silence. ‘Folks h« said ‘’I hope Shee Adding Machine Paper. Call ■
you have had a good time at the bar-1 ChronR . le ^ Cq m
becue, and I hope you liked the band! ; ! ^
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, going to pay for everything, but there
j ain’t going to be no sale. I never
| knew what I'a fine place I had here
! until I heard this city feller telling
j about it!”
I like to think about Silas when I
get to feeling sorry for myself. May
be I need a high-powered salesman |
to tell me how lucky I am to live
fight where I live, and to have the
family and the friends I have. Maybe
I need somebody to tell me how (
lucky I am to be, me.
>1 don’t believe that those ten foil-!
lion boys we sent overseas to fight!
this war for us, whof saw the way
people live in Itlay, in Germany, in'
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