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~r ~r 1 Poge Four TH^CILIHTQN CHRONICLE Thu/sdoy, March 13 y i1947 ^ aliF (Clinton (Clirontrlr Established 1900 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant Published Every Thursday By' THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): \ One Year $2.00 : Six Months $1.25 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C. The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers— wis the publisher will at all times appreciate Wise suggestions and kindly advice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatory pature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions' of its correspondents. * • . MEMBER: SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION Exclusive National Advertising Representative GREATER WEEKLIES New York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia that is—nf I have anything to- sell. If they tell me not to fouy, I won’t buy—because I hav^u no money to jbuy with, if they siHg^est that I hedge, I’ll go homp Aid hedge both t hedges, and thereby .protect myself I against everything bad. 1 If they insist that ?*watch my in ventory, I’ll watch it, what little in- ■ ventory I might be ••ble to buy on 1 credit. If they say—’‘watch Brazil, i what affects Brazil will affect us.” I'll get a map and keep my eye on Brazil. (Nuts). If they beg me to 1 watch labor. I’ll watch labor—just to see how slow labor works. 2—a cooling system must be in-' no dust is allowed in the building. ( 8—workers- must be granted the stalled within 2 months. | 8—the check-on and check-off 3— 2 fellers must be hired to do system must be put in. the sweeping up. I 7—the closed shop must be main- 4— .free lunches must be served 1 tained. every 4 hours on the hour. ! 9_ no persons will be allowed 5—the management must see that work on fridays and satturdays. to right to entertain visitors enduring work hours. the owner of the broom factory ! has all of his savings infested in same, 705$, and he feels like he is on the way to bankruptcy ansoforth. Won’t it be wonderful to know! ahead of time what is going to hap pen?) Depression, where is thy sting? | No more financial headaches forme. Those boys are going to tell me for only $135.00 per annum just exact ly how to avoid financial pitfalls and all other kinds of falls. I was smart like they are. I wish CLINTON. S. C.. THURSDAY. MARCH 13. 1947 The Red Cross Calls You Early reports indicate that a slow start has been made on raising community's $4,000 quota in the an nual Red Cross drive. Many have not contributed and they are asked to do so at once with local commit teemen ir. order that the campaign may be pushed to completion. The Chhton-Goldville area is ask ed to contribute $4,000 as'its part of the county's SI0,000 quota. This we can and must do. We cannot afford to let down so worthy and essential un organization whose service reach- will be received with general satis faction by the American people. The Information, Please seeker-terry of war Washington, d. c. deer sir: pfc. slim chance, jr., wants to re- he matter had reached the point where inlist back into the army where he! e it had to come to a head w r ith the can make a livving and he has asked miners’ union vs. the government., this corry spondent to rite or foam Lewis had had his way too long, he you and get yore terms for re-inlist- had been pampered and petted for ment. he wants to know if he can his political influence, and when he 1 start off as a jfc. and get his same made a move during the past four- wedges that were paid him when he teen years he always won. But the 1 got out. American people are indebted to - — i #,♦ Judge Alan Gqldsborough of Wash-, pfc. chance says he is one of the!|| ington for signing an order demand- boys that everboddy was going to ft labor czar retract his | do so much for when they got out In ing that the labor czar retract his do so much for when they got out cancellation notice.. We should thank of the army, but he can't find anny j.j God for a brave, fearless judge who j of those folks now. they passed es into every part of America. his duty. What has happened, we j away with the war cjotfds. he was Every one should be-familiar with believe, and hope, means less labor; in oky-nawa and jappan, but he is the w(nk of th^.Red Cross, both in trouble «in the future. , no more thought of now than if he wartime and peacetime How well it The Roosevelt-New Deal adminis-1 had remained in flat rock with flat does its job is well known when ca- tration made Lewis. They put fiim tastrophe strikes When you contrib-, on a pinnacle and bowed to. his de- ute to its maintenance fund you be- mands. They made him a menace to come a member of a great, working J the American people, family—a family 'of American neigh- » The State Constabulary The ways and means committee's recommendation to the house carried bors who are pledged to help each! other in time of need. Let’s finish the job and oversub scribe our quota. It Will be a reflec- , tion, a shame on the community, if an appropriations of $207,000 for the| gi we f ai | ’ 1 state constabulary which operates solely under the.direction of the gov- /■> C C ernor. The house, after a heated de- Ulir spending jprGG bate, cut $57,000 from the proposed feet. pfc. chance has not benn able to get a job, and he has to live in the lean-to barn shed for 8 months, no- boddy seems to want to hire a ex soldier, and he thinks mebbe he could of got along bettej- if the pub- lick had not found out th that he was send pfc. chance blanks for get ting in with, if you could start his pay on reseat of this, he would be A now state appropriation bill of; appropriation and the bill now rests! thankful for the aid. he is willing ninety-two million dollars as passed in the hands of the senate, oy the house is now before the fi- The constabulary idea came into nance - committee of the senate for existence back in the days when consideration. The bill, for the first Benjamin R.’ Tillman was governor, time, it is said, gives a listing of all The state was engaged in the liquor earmarked," federal and institution- business through a state dispensary a! funds. ' system and the constabulary was cre- This is an enormous bill for tax-. ated in an effort to enforce the sys- payers, and while the idea is new tern which was noted for its endless rf bringing everything out in the scandals, debauchery, corruption and -pen, it is the proper action. It is un-| demoralization. Now the state is at- usual to have a new idea in our state | tempting to get into the business government. We have been going i again through a new liquor control hrough a- spending spree the past bill which is fundamentally the old nve or six years, the dominant and dispensary system under a new name r !y idea ;n Columbia and Washing- with a local option feature added to : on has oeen to spend. The spending: catch dry support. f all ere has is understandable—i The subject of law enforcement in .-.neb most people do that—but the the ^tate is paramount with erwne .r/ortgaging of the future is not wise, and open law violation on the steady Tt means getting everything we can increase. But whether a large state jt once :: m the public treasury and constabulary is necessary is a debat- men spending years to pay for it by | able .question. It is well known that : eavy installments. ) for ‘years the constabulary has been Our state, has rushed in recklessly, "mixed'' with politics and used ex- i.as spent and spent, and now has to tensively by occupants of the gover- . ons.der new taxes. The cry heard nor’s office to build up political ma- •rom the. general assembly is how to chines. Members of thg force have aise more money, not how to reduce secured their appointments ’ largely ..pending The appropriation bill is through the “pull” of senators and > >p heavy and could be cut several others. million dollars. But where are lead- Who is responsible for law enforce- ers who wall champion such action? ment in South Carolina? The respec- The whole idea is to spend —not to live sheriffs and their deputies, and reduce We are attempting to imitate once the impression exists that it is *.he Washington spenders—with tax- primarily the responsibility of the oayers leS 1 to hold the bag. ; governor’s forces there is likely to develope an attitude of indifference Thp I pwic S/arAirt- ! or laxit y in the counties. “Let the ne Lewis reraicr -fother fellow do it” too often is the Lewis had his “wings clip-j attil d de . La W to go annyw-here and fight anyboddy rather than try to live back in his old home naborhodd. rite or foam at once. yores trulie. holsum moore, rfd, corry spondent. Another Strike In The Offing the flat rock broom factory work- j-j ers are again talking strike, all 6 8 of them walked out 3 months ago, j and returned back to their jobs after! ft the boss had givven them what they 1 asked for including portaj to portal 3 ansoforth. ^ j»[ the new demand on the manage- jjj ment will be as follows: •• 1.—8 soft ice-cold drinks per dayi? per employee, free. THE ARMY STORE WEST MAIN STREET CLINTON, S. C. John L td” dun: , , , , r — enforcement 16 week when tne tens,county is no better united b a‘.es supreme court filed a injority opinion .upholding the con tempt of court conviction and fines against h.m and the United Mine v\ in Lau- or vyorse than its officers make it, and the peo ple demand. The same is true of a city municipality. These county offi- . .. , cers, elected by the people, should ; ’;*f r V Amer ‘ ca g ‘ ew « u ,;;be provided ample forces to carry on Jie seventeen-day strike lasL fall! ttw ^nrir .w.* i the government-operated coal .-lines The decision w r as the culmi- ation of _ . . their work efficiently in order that the cause of law enforcement may .... , no t suffer. While a small cbnstabu- m niro • e lha - h ad ori * 1 lary may be necessary as an aid ' ' :iJ ’ u vs hen the na- coun ty 0 ffj cers when called upon, miners in twenty-, ^11 it does not seem essential or the on’s soft-coal md ^ m g w ei ' W , age *j^ rt of wisdom to continually en- p UP °; ^ from t large a state system which is gen- ized the m. L resident Tiun> a n erally changed every time we elect J ze d the mines and when, the strike a new g 0V em 0 r. r as orderea Lewis was hafled into T he sheriffs and their deputies are -h/U h' V /"I? pr / >ceeding ' the chief law enforcement officers. If ; he President was to be commended they fail to do their duty under the h a 13 . a f t on ’ ! ven though it took J law they can be removtd from office . J a t S U make up his mind W e should look to these officers, ..k . n . . ' i rather than Columbia for law en- r ‘ ie statl f s now Wel1 ’ It 18 forcement and improved local condi- to Lewis to make a move, and he tions ^ 'ace a showdown on Mardh 31.! t u r .USt TPe invulnerable labor boss has lost, but he may be expected to come hack, though his prestige has been t lasted. It is not likely that he will call another strike by April 1, how ever, for as the matter stands under the court ruling the cost in fines would be prohibitive. But the fact remains that Lewis still has the miners on his side and T NOBODY'S BUSINESS By GEE McGEE ! DIAMOND ENSEMBLE See the beauty and charm of, this lovely matched pair of. rings for the Easter Bride. Both are 14K gold. Each with splen« did diamonds. ' ’.- '' <97®® ty. The fact that they are the [those agencies that knows all, sees people who know how to dig all, can foretell the future for Go ’Way, Boogy Man It looks like I will soon be in a position to stop worrying. I am ney may be expected to follow him i thinking of subscribing to one of iindiy - ■ only 'people who know how to dig e< al complicates developments, bat t tey are reported to be feeling pretty good, making the highest wages they have ever dr^wn, and the majority preferring regular work rather than walk-out strikes and enormous losses in wages months and months, and will let me know when prices will break, when John L. Lewis will call another strike and when she’s coming around the mountain, when *he comes, meaning—a depression. The decision\pf the supreme court. ( If those fellows say sell, PU sell. At Easter time, gift-seekeit will find a most impressive se-' lection of finer things here, in o, wider variety. Come in and; open an account. 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