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t THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursdoy, Moy \, 1947
ull|p (Clinton (EtirontrU
Established 1900
WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher
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and jerked it out and it flew off
his hook and struck a wild duck nad
they both fell exhausted at his feet,
so his folks had fish and duck fqr
supper that night.
mr. art square stated that one of
his dogs set a pattidge about 2
months ago and the only way they
could stop her from holding same
was to tie a rope around her hind
legs and drag her home and put her
in the corn crib, she got out in 10
j days and went right back to the
I same bird, and set it again for a
' week, and both the dog nad the bird
1 starved to death in their tracks.
i the poleesman told the crowd that
one night last week he ketched 2
safe-blowers robbing the drug stoar
safe, when they saw him, they
throwed down their tools, and walk
ed over and took his keys and hand-
j cuffs and they all went down to the
l jail and they locked theirselves in
{the same and pitched the keys to
him.
Presb/ferians To Observe
Christian Family Week
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Members ot the First Presbyterian
church will observe “Christian Fam
ily week” May 4-11. Each home will
set aside some time during the day
for a devotional service prepared es
pecially for this week. The theme,
“What Makes a Family phristian?”
should be of "interest to each mem
ber of the family. The content of the
CLINTON. S. C., THURSDAY, MAY 1. 1947
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Retailers and High Prices l^ 00 * the Piano puyer-he 1 . doing
the best he can.
President Truman is making a de- That the predicaftl€nt of the Ve-
rr.and for sharp price reductions to; tall opera to r today, confronted with
avert what he terms a major depres- whirling ^ices and variable quali-
sion. “Prices must be brought down,”
• taxes kept up” until the country is
Your Money or Your Life Or
Your Car
the'town of flat rock will go intc
bankruptcy ere long if parking me-
terS' triT notvTnstalled all over the
comrrjunity. the movement is being
fought by the citizens on the grounds
that the town belongs to the people
and not to the town counsell.
EXPECTANT MOTHER?
GUAM rout Mtr
CBADLKGRAMS brlnr you daUlfed.
profcwional advice and Inctructioiu on
pro- and post-natal car* br lucccwfui
obstetrician; St weakly lettera on baby
cart by noted pediatrician; feeding-
formula schedules and pray roes charts;
Information on every step of the im
portant tret year. You reeeive pro- and
poet natal laetructiona, charts, first five
CRADLBCRAM Utter* immediately.
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you weekly. Personal need for expec
tant mothers. Ideal as dit. Send M
cheek or M.O. now for thin friendly,
professional service.
OUAROIAN PUBLIIHINO CO.
S5 W. 42nd *♦., New Ynrfc It. N. Y.
parking meters are being put up
ties^He 'isJ 'doing the best he can.
Take groceries as an example. They
over the hump' of inflation,” he says, are righ, as you know when you
Labor unions and others are de- i spend five or ten dollars for a small
manding increased wages, to which 1 basket of fqod. But that isn’t the re-J all over the united states, it’s an easy I
tailer’s doin!g. His unit profits are no | way to get holt to monney, and the |
larger than they used to be—and inipuolick has to suffer them. dr. hub-j
many cases J are smaller. He is con-|bert green says if annyboddy puts |
fronted with consumer resistence I meters in front of his stoar, he will i
and is just af disturbed about high dig them up and throw them into
the President expresses no objection.
The President’s statements do no;
nt and his reasoning is unsound.
Certainly they do not make sense.
Kor high wages and high taxes are
the main reasons for f high prices. At| prices as iSj It
the very time he is making his pa- wise, his first i
triotie appeal, wage increase de-! er’s interest.
mancts in several large industries^ i n ;he final analysis the consumer
are met. Labor will continue 'to de-j i s boss. No ^ne can force him to buy.
mand higher wages just so long as Competition will get keener in all
id it
Tire Recapping:.
Battery Charging;.
Firestone Batteries.
Radiator Boiling:.
Car and Truck Repairing:.
TIMMERMAN
MOTOR CO.
Phone 119 Gary St.
daily worship provides for a connect
ed or developing idea,of the charac
teristics or attributes of a truly
Christian family. Any age can un
derstand the messages — every age
will get a new or renewed ideal and
pattern for the Christian family’s
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daily life and growth.
On Wednesday evening, May 7, all
members are asked to meet at the
church as a church family for wor
ship and fellowship. A story ’hour
will be planned for the children at
this time.
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Davidson St., Clinton, S. C.
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the 1 consumer. If he is
interest is the consum-
the town well.
prices continue to rise; and prices jfiejds—and !the merchant who wants
will continue to rise just as long as‘ his share of the business must get on
the citty farthers say they must j
have at least 1500$ per annum!
every year to get along, the mayor’s
sallery is to be raised 50$ per* month,
the poleesman expects 35$ per month
more, the saniterry waggin request |
labor obtains higher wages. Mr. Tru-, his toes and| stay there. American re-} 40$ per month more or nothing will i
man opposes reducing taxes* which tailing will spare no effort to see | be hauled and the members of the
me Republican majority in congress! that the needs and desires of millions} counsell are asking for 15$ per meet-
has been working for weeks to bring : of consumers are met fairly and hon-! ing in the future,
about. His chief supporters are the estly. ' - ■ ^
Democrats. How can big business be j There is bound to come a business; nothing will be spent for wellfare
e xpected to cut prices in the f ace ! recession. Many alert, well-informed ! from now on. the demands of the
> .raling wagex L doesn t ma ^ e business men say it has already be-1 counsell must be met if everything
rerrse again. i gun. It may be just around the cor-1 else goes de-bunk, all monthly ap-
Following the President's appeal 1 ner. who knows? The problem con- propriations for the needy'ansoforth
: r once reductions retailers in New-i fronting us is two-fold—affecting lai-'have benn cut out. meters is the
buryport, Mass., launched a city-wide, bor and industry. They must get to- ancer to the polliticians ~ prayers,
c. mpaign for a reduction oWJO per gether if our American economy is more monney is the order of the
vent on all retail prices and Reported | to be stabilized. A publicity “stunt" j day. this demand must be met. it’s
that sales spurted upward. The idea,} in Newburyport, Mass., is not the; against the law to use a pistol to
wnich they claimed would work ma-! answer- Prices in a free economy' raise publick monpey in flat rock.
g:e, strikes us as a good publicity (our only hope) are regulated by; ’J
stunt, impracticable and unsound, supply and demand. And we should!
And yet the idea is spreading into} understand there is more lasting
many parts of the country. The truth prosperity when it is more widely ;
is that many wide-awake merchants shared in full production at moderate;
have already reduced prices on much f prices and wages. Big business and
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seasonable merchandise, not just 10 big labor should understand this is
per cent, but as much as half on the solid economic basis for a drive
many lines of apparel. The Chronicle to lower prices.
has carried a number of,such adver- And the Washington spenders}
L.-ements m recent weeks. It will ougbt—UL know (they do not) that j
P y you, Mrs. Consumer, to read this government can help bring down
paper's advertisements regularly. prices by holding down expenses, re-:
But to approve a 10 per cent re- during debt and putting'Tm end once
daction on all goods in a merchant# anc * f° r a h to subsidies and hand-outs
> ore would be impracticable and a t the expense of taxpayers. They
“’disastrous. When the retailer sells on ly make prices higher in the end.
merchandise he must replace- h,is; •
stock at prevailing replacement pric-
e>. They must pay manufacturers 1
and jobbers prices. How then in the
name of common sense and fairness,
can retailers reduce prices unless
they are reduced first by manufac
turers and wholesalers. The .,New-
buryport “plan" begins at the wrong
end.
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NOBODY'S BUSINESS
By GEE McGEE
Comrade Wallis
mr. slim chance, sr., says he heard j
E\ es^ - honest merchant or business j a t the county seat that hon, henry j
concern wants to see prices stabilized wallis, formerly in the president’s i
and reduced as rapidly as is safd. He cabinet befoar they fired him, had
is eager to put lower price tags on lwen ^ europe to give stallin, mol-
his wares. But he would also like to' atov *nd companny a fee simple
see his taxes and operating expenses deed to the united states, thereby
stabilized and reduced, but this is a makin S this country a saddle-ite of
question over which he does not have russia.
final control. Retailing works under!
fixed limitations. If wholesale prices! mr - chance sa y s he has alwa y s be -
go up, retail prices must follow the! lieved that hon ‘ wallis W3S 99 and
t ,. enc j . p ! 44-100 pro-communist — and the
_ , , . , ' " ,trip above referred to proves that
Prices generally speaking^ are all! he was right> nothing our state de .
too nigh, a 5 the public well knows >, p ar tment has dime so far about fur-
a R d must be, brought dowq. We have! in a£fairs is righti according t o hon.
been spinning around now fojfmonths wa jjj s
following the war, but we cannot go ! ^
on in this inflationary sp^al. We mr. chance says, in his own opin-
might afr-Jweiliaqe the fact that eco-j i on) that if the u. s. had 10 more
nomically we must come back to the men like hon. wallis and john 1.
fundamental princtfjle of supply and lewis, that we wouddent have a
demand before there will be a stabi- democratic govverment over 2 weeks,
l.zed balaficing of prices. There is. jt would be ruled by commia-rats ap-
still an excess of demand for many; pointed by the stallin regeem.
items over the available supply in ■■ '
goods and services. The middle road, if russia were to spout such men
with a gradual reduction in jlrices as some we now claim as our own,
beginning at the source of produc-] she would dispose of them without
lion and continuing right on down j notis, but it’s against the law for
to the consumer is the nation’s safest! us to get rid of vermin unless ( the
course to follow'. The problem must! sanniterry department decides when,
be attacked in a cooperative spirit how and why. mr. chance -says it
by all factors, manufacturers, whole- wont be long now. he thinks if wal-
salers, retailers and consumers. | lis likes russian methods better than
There is a feeling of unrest in thei ours we should export him at once,
minds of the public about high pric
es. They will come down gradually.)
Competition will be the main rea
son and competition has not yet be
gun to operate freely. It will get into
action as we pass to a buyer’s mar
ket. It is the buyer’s safest protec
tion. Customers are becoming choos-
ier, and thinking more in terms- of
prices, -and more and better goods
and seryice for their money.
It is unfair to criticize or condemn
retailers because prices are high.
And to be fair to the manufacturers,
they must pass on increased labor
and other costs of the time.
There was once a sign in. a famous
frontier saloon which said, “Don’t
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Flat Rock’s Liars Club Met
Friday Night
the flat rock liars club met at the
town hall last night and told a few
tall ones, to with:
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mr. slim chance, sr., said his wife
bustec} her stone churn one day last
week and was left in a dilimma. he
went-dbwn ~to the cow pastor and
dug up a post-hole and fetched it
to the house and put a dasher in it
and in no time a-tall, mrs. chnace
was back a-churning.
mr. bert skinner claimed that he
went a-fishing last week in samson’s
mill pond and he hooked a big bass
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J. C. THOMAS’S TIMELY
THOMAS, Jeweler
“It’s Time ffeat Counts’*
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