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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, March 27; 1947 M
014? (Clintmt 0I4ronlrl?
Established 1900
WILSON W. HARRIS,, Editor and Publisher
HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant
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CLINTON. S. C.. THURSDAY. MARCH 27. 1947
; Strychnine bait poison proves ideal
: to rid the garden or farm of mice.
As strychnine will not kill chickens,
it may be placed where chickens
roam.
That the surface to be painted
should always be dry when applying
fresh paint to farm buildings is a
golden rule. One exception, however
, — when cement water paints are
i used. Every cement water paint,
however, is not in this category, so
the manufacturer’s directions should
be followed closely.
Losses- from aenemia can largely
be prevented by feeding reduced
iron to the young pigs during the
less vitamin* A than
deep golden color.
those with a
ns us-
Good soil management means Us
ing a number of soil-4>uilding meas-,
ures rather^than one_oir~two steps
alone. Crop rotation should Be com-'
Did A Good Job 'four-year terms. The amendment
“ A. Moorhead, of Goldville. hasj’must be approved by three-fourths | Brat few weeks (rf their lives. Keep a
served the past year and a half as a the forty.eight state legislatures, supply of reduced iron on hand to
member of the state highway com- w ‘thin seven years to become effec-: avoid losses later tn the season.
.mssion representing th* counties of live. | Investigations at Georg,a ex-
Abbeville, Greeriwood. Laurens and. The action by congress is wise and Per'nient station show t at no vita-
Kevdberry. His term of office has ex-: needed, we think. The Constitution!"'"' A is lost m sweet potatoes dur-
t'ired and under the law the office does not limit the tenure of the Pres-j lng . stor aS e through the winter and
rotates among the four counties. This idency. Until 1940, when Franklin P. »Pnn«. 0 — w *
means that, the comrrp-ssioner will Roosevelt was elected to a third term, I
t-ine from Green woijdcounty for the there had been only two efforts to |
rext four years. break the two-term tradition (Ulys- (
As a member of the commission, i ses s Gl ’ ant ' Re P ublican - in 1880, and
Mr. Moonhead has rendered valuable' Theodl > re Roosevelt, on a third party
and unselfish service for road de- hcket > n 1912).
\ alopment in the eighth district. As '| Congressman Joseph R. Bryson of J
n all his public transactions, he has this district, was reported as one of' -•
been open-minded and fair, and at I six Democrats who voted “no” when 1 ’
(he same time has done his own the house judiciary committee ap-'
I nnking" No delegation or individual proved the amendment several weeks'
•'.it a “ring .n his nose” and told him ago., He opposed the measure, he,
what hi do. He just doesn’t do that said, because "it seemed purely aj
i\ .y. He has made an excellent, cour-I partisan bill" intended by the Re-j
ageous public official and The Chron-i publicans as a blow against the late'|
icle takes pleasure in saying that he President Roosevelt. We do not agree
did the job well — a feeling that is with him, neither do thousands' of;
shared by many others who know others who still have, belief in the
Diok Moorhead and the calibre man people's ability to produce more than I
he is 1 one leader in a democracy.
^ Tradition was strong against the
The Call Answered thir<i ,erm idea unt “ ,he late Roose '
bined with liming, the use of mixed
fertilizer, deep-rooted legpmes, cop^
tour farming where necessary/and
the return of crop residue^Such a
program will pay dividends in im
proved land and bigger crop yields,
the Middle Weat Soil Improvement
committee points But.
Hybrid com research has cost the
federal goventment about five mil
lion dollars. The various states have
spent about the same amount on this
work. From this investment of ten
million dollars, the nation last year
collected a dividend of at least three-
fourths of a billion dollars.
Artificial breeding or insemination
can reduce greatly the spread of cer
tain genital diseases in tW dairy
herd.
Lacking enough phosphorous in
their feed, cattle may develop nu-j
tritional diseases, the most common |
of which is known as the “creeks.”
NAMED STUDENT LEADER
Miss Virginia Gray, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Gray of this city,
has been elected secretary of the
student government at Queens col
lege, Charlotte, N. C.., where she is a
member of the sophomore class.
Special
TO THE W6MEN WHO WANT TO ACHIEVE
NEW LOVELINESS
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Monday, March 31
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THREE DAYS—
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
BottU f00
COcilcjrccn tAqeuctj Drucj Stoi^e
velt’s election at a . time of great,
Two weeks ago in £hese columns cr i s j s \y e W ere in a great struggle
The Chroniile said the Red Cross Is anc j p eo pi e looked to him for
Calling Vju. The ediioiial was leadership. Voters looked upon the
written m the hope o( impressing idea of a change as dubious because
upon the people of this community 0 f experience of the President
their responsibility and privilege to tp carry on Th g nt too> the g igantic j
have a part in the annual Red Cross unprecedented spending of billions of
financial drive being waged in the • c i 0 ii ars 0 f taxpayers’ money by the
county Roosevelt New Deal crowd produced
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The Chronicle is happy to note that millions of votes at the ballot box
our people quickly and gladly ans- on election days.
vered this call in a generous way Under the proposed amendment,'
i > oversubscribe the quota of $4,000 no man Republican or Democrat, 1
assigned us. Tnis means that we did win be able to perpetuate himself ini
what we were asked to do, and more office and build up personal poW er.
-by going over the top. The sue- This is g ood for the nation. It gives
cess of the .campaign with Robert bo th parties an opportunity to-, de-!
M. Vance as local chairman, is a velope able leadership and knocks
tribute to the generosity and inter- fl at the false pretense of the "indis-'
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organization devoted to seivice for-such thing as an indispensable man
all people in times of peace as well as in any job, public or private. ^Thei
war A good job has been done and p roposed amendment (non-partisan) j
Clinton-Goldville has again made an we say should be ratified and will
enviable record Congratulations to have a wholesome, beneficial effect
all who aosisted inThe drive and-for the public. 1
those v/ho gave, are in order. " v ■'} ~. ,
, Changes in office from time to
* time are needed. Too often public 1
A Divorce Referendum ; officials conceive Widea that the
Coa.-.titutional 1 permission for di- D ffi ce belongs to them and their chief
. rus m .South Carolina on certain concern becomes how to ward off
- eofied grounds will be sought in a candidates who may enter the field/
1 hi8 genera! election referendum. a £ a * nst them. Changes at intervals
T it general assembly has enacted a ■ br ‘ n » r ) ew ideas, new enthusiasm,
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endum on the question of repealing i
• half-century state constitutional
Ban on divorces. ;
There is no sound objection to al- j
lowing the people to vote on this
i^sue, but tne question naturally
ar ses: Why the agitation? The issue 1
v. ;S not discussed in the state pri-j
manes last summer forthe house and i
Nervate. Governor Thurmond nor any,
J hi.N opponents made it an issue.i
But it springs uj) as soon as the leg-1
slature rtwets without any demand
latsoevei on the part of the peo
ple. It is noted that the referendum
aos proposed in the house by tw ? o
j /ung lawyers and given a favorable
.t.; ort~ from the judiciary Pommittee 1
4 the house composed of lawyers. It
is therefore, as some one has said,
purely a lawyer referendum and agi-!
v :ted because law'yers know they can
i lake money out of the legalization
c.T divorce
The issue will be decided by the
<*eople. They will vote “yes” or "no”
'as to whether the Constitution is to
Be changed and we are to relinquish j
a distinction we have held for long
years as a state. If it passes, it wilH
make divorce all the easier over some
trivial matter. There will be a “di
vorce” lawyer in every county. While
w;e don’t know, we don’t believe this
amendment is going to be voted eas
ily. It is our guess that it will be-
rejected at the polls.
Its passage will mean a further
breakdown of the American home
which is one of the great tragedies of
tie present day. It means more,
b.oken homes, more children dumped
oil public welfare agencies, orphan
ages and other agencies with the
siate and church .asked to assume*
responsibility for their support.
The Two-Term Limit
Congress has completed action on
a proposed Constitutional amendment
limiting the President of the United
States tenure of office to only two
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