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Page Four \ Shp Clinton ClfrnntrU 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 X ear $ 2 00 Six Months Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, 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. MEMBER: SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION Exclusive National Advertising Representative GREATER WEEKLIES New York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursdoy, Moy 29,1 $47 NOBODY'S BUSINESS By GEE McGEE Our Peaceful Days Are Over Seaboard Installs New Spur Track The Seaboard Air Line Railroad company hai just completed a new spur track known as “Sheely’s Spur” at the rear of their freight station The telephone strike ended just here. The track will accommodate about the time so many of us had i about 12 cars, with unloading or (learned what real happiness was.[loading provided from either side. How nice it was to have time to eat; and a coriveyer pit also is provided, and sleep and feed the baby and The N spur, named for Agent O. H. work in the yard and keep the | Sheely, will give an improved freight I house clean without having to run to, service to the public, he said, the phone and listen to some one - , saying: ‘‘Guess whp this is.” CLINTON, S. C„ THURSDAY. MAY 29. 1947 of W. W. est on record. They owe no money with most of their deposits and capi- . . , , tal structure represented by cash on a e. oro j ianc j anc j - n war t, onc i s This means there is enormous “idle money” in the banks, and in postoffices and ! other savings accounts drawing low During the entir^ strike not a : (single midnight “wrong number” | disturbed us. Nobody called to ask ; where you -bought that cute little [hat you had on last Sunday, or ask ! where is Joe. And the baby slept his usual number of hours without being awakened just when it did not j suit to have him up. 1 We did not have any burnt toast or scorched string beans or over done roast during the strike. Our kinfolks could not reach us on the phone to tell us they might be up next week so they did not come. The cook’s boy friends evidently did their i love-festing down the street and not over the wires. GRADUATES AT LEES-McRAE Miss Juanita Hillhouse is a mem ber of the senior class at Lees-McRae college. Banner Elk, N. C., with graduation exercises announced for June 2. Miss Hillhouse is a graduate of Thornwell high school. Laurens County Among Leading Peach Growers Nine South Carolina counties are among the 100 leading beach-grow ing counties in the United States, ac cording to figures from the 1945 cen sus of agriculture issued by bureau of the census, department of com merce. These nine South Carolina coun ties reported 3,739,777 peach trees of all*'ages on January 1, 1945. This was 84 per cent of South Carolina's 4,436,858 peach trees and six per cent of the nation’s 68,470,131 peach trees. Spartanburg topped the list with 2,021,049 trees of all ages. Laurens county was listed with 136,577 trees. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE "The Paper Everybody Reads’* We had no emergency calls to W. W. Smoak In the sudden death Smoak, editof of the Press and Standard, the state of South Carolina has lost a- valuable, upright citizen, and the newspaper profession a competent journalist | is chMp ami nighlj legarded member. | It b e particularly important | make. .. because what was an emer- Mr. Smoak had long been identi- anc j a stimulant to business to brThgjgency before the strike was only an fied with the development of his much of such funds out of dormancy! ordinary not an unusual situation, community and state, and gave lib- t0 be invested in new enterprises. I We went to see the doctor instead of erally of his time to public- service.' As a member of the general assem bly for a number of years he fought lor those principles in which he de voutly believed. He stood uncompro misingly for prohibiiton i and the cause of temperance; What ^ country At the annual meetings of the, over ^ ue now ) is real economy gov- Press asosciation Mr. Smoak was al- ernment that will make both tax jways present to enter into it^ delib- rec | uc tj on anc i debt reduction pos- erations. He was held in the highest j s ibie. Your income and withholding 1 year and is using the plan as to the This is not likely to happen to any having him come to see us and we appreciable extent until there is' saved $2 thusly. It certainly would drastic tax and debt reduction, and a' be nice to hav6 a good 30 to 50 days new confidence in government re-1 telephone strike every year and created in the people. That is lack-. thereby give the public a rest from ing now. „ : gab, gossip and mush. What this needs (lonj Fanning On The Law Mak- ing Basis mr. slim chance is farming this esteem by its entire membership. As; taxes w in remain high until this J hours he works similar to the plan an editor he had convictions and the ha ppens. | use d by our late state legislature. courage to express them. There was ( ♦ — [he does not work any on Monday, r a „ o^ra.way" k s „‘e* tZ'e It's Graduating Time -i. man. me always mu w wne.e ue 3 . . at noon Tuesdays, and plows 2 fur- stood on any moral issue. j" Throughout the land, at universi-1 rows and then goes home. The Chronirle regrets his passingj^ es > colleges and high schools, it’s| ^ and was happy to count-htrrramong graduating time again. In this com-|., 0 n Wednesday, mr. chance goes our friends. A man of the highest; rmmity the season is always one of: to the field at 1 p.m., and talks to integrity and character, he will be,^ n ^ eres l 1° parents, relatives and, his mule a'bout an hour, and then ad- missed in many ways, and there are friends with interesting closing exer- journs to a shade tree; he goes back many who join in expressing sincere cises at the college, city and orphan- sympathy to his family. age high schools. Thousands of boys and girls are graduating from high school—a most important e^ent i# their lives. Es pecially is, this true when less than to work again at 5 p. m., and plows till 6 p. m., and then he and the said mule go home. Thursdays are all handled like his Wednesdays. but Fridays are different, mr. dhance catches out his mule about 10 a.m. and rides him to the field, and A False Theory The recently launced Newbury- port, Mass., plan for 10 per cent re- tail price cuts across the board has ten P er cen * high school gradu- tizzled out^xeports state. The Chron-; p tes ® nter college. The chief reason icle said thS would happen, that the ! for th f smaU Percentage is the high he sits on h.m ti l 11 a m and then hullabaloo would soon die out b.-|' 0 f> ° f “Hege education. This prop-j he rides the mule back home, so cause the plan was unworkable from!"' 1 * ra,ses ‘he question: Are these 1 far he-has been able to get one-half the very start. It began at the wrong >" >un <‘ People being given the proper| acre ready to plant to corn but he training through our public school wont be able to get his other 10 acres ready for planting till August, fod der pulling time, he does not work at all on Saturdays. 1 About July 15, mr. chance will 1 begin to get his cotton land ready I to be planted in September. He will! cut his oats in October and wheat! in November, after they have both been blowed down and rotted and he hopes to begin picking cotton by end and was only a sort of tempor ary advertising stunt. system to meet life in this new ^ , sphere? Prices to consumers should come; down, but they must start at thet e v ' , ^ s ^ to congratulate the se- other end. The manufacturers and niors u P° n their graduation. It is a jobbers must cut prices before the merchants can pass on these justified date they have eagerly looked for ward to, together with their parents, reductions to their customers. A re a ti\es and triends, it is a day that merchant can't sell his standard ' U1 always bring back fond memo- merchandise for less than he pays 1 ™ 65 ' ^ a sor * t urn ing point in for it and remain in business. Thai |, * r *‘ ves when they must step over is sound, common sense. Neither is! the wholesaler going to sell goods for less than he pays the manufac turer. There are indications that a down ward price ti^end is beginning to take form, though it may be expected to be gradual. President Truman and other so- called economists hold that prices can be lowered and wages raised at the same time. It doesn’t make sense. The theory may sound all right and possibly has vote-catching appeal, but it just won't work. What we need is more sound business sensei and fewer high-priced theorists on government payrolls at taxpayers’ expense. from one period in the past into a r uy new and challenging. anS far more! Ch ™ tm ,“' "l* W !? V™, difficult period in tie future. th ' , e " d t afcout llk ' the last These young graduates are facing ““T and J ' 0U Ca " heavy responsibilities, an uncertain 8 3 U P yourse , The Garden Club Meeting the flat rock garding club met at the pallatial home of mesdame slim chance, sr., on tuesday afternoon gone and it stayed in session from 2 to 4 and tea and crackers were served 3 times, miss jennie veeve smith, our afficient scholl principle, made a fine talk on the flora and fauna of our state. Cut Both— Taxes and Debt There are two principal schools of thought on the subject of Federal tax and fiscal policy. On! school, which seems to have a majority in transition period which ultimately will bring either a depression or gradual recession before we get back on a safe and sound economic basis. We have been spinning around for years because of abnormal war con ditions — now we must settle down for a period of stabilization all along the line. This means that this great army of graduates will be confront ed with many problems calling for the best in them. The same will be applicable to their parents and rel atives. These young people, whether they go on to college or enter varied types of work, will all want a bet ter world, we hope, and this being true, the responsibility is theirs to do their bit to improve present condi tions. For surely the world is dis tracted, twisted and out-of-gear. These young people should not be misled. They should be told the congress, though it is opposed by the executive branch, holds tnat a fairly ^^tnr"All will not be rosy and sun- in the heavy , shine ' Black ‘ le tter days are just as substantial reduction burden of the income tax on indi- t i^ e * 0 come as red-letter days, viduals and industry is necessary if! ree u Pf anc * downs and we are to maintain production an d l < ^ lsai> P 0 ^ n ^ men ^ s interspersed with 1 consumption at high levels. The | s ^ ccesses - Above everything else, other school feels that debt reduc-' s ^ ou ^ learn at the outset that lion is the big thing, and must come' the wor ^ cl owes thenvno living. They first. imust make their way. It is the great The Chronicle holds that both cuts! tra S ed y of recent years that millions should be made—and now. Stop soi 0 ^ l^ople look to government for much spending and wasting and the f u PP°^ rat her than their own self goals can be achiev^ji. - . ^ j ‘ n ^* a tive. Government has encour- Strong leaders in congress have aged . suctv dece P tion - There must be could be thought of, the party mem- taken decisive steps to reduce ap-! a willingness on the part of the bers stood up snd jined hands and propriations and lower taxes. What masses to do an honest day’s work, sunfi Am€rica. "and then thev sinned da they find? Strong opposition, I ^ 10 P e graduates will be suc- mostly from Democrats, including; cess ^ u l at whatever they attempt, senators and congressmen from this 1 and their lives will be filled miss smith allso sung the national anthem at this meeting and every- boddy stood up enduring same and gave the soldiers salute ansoforth. she allso played and sang sev^^cal pretty little numbers on the pi&rihd, and she picked one tune on a juice- harp, all of which was new and verry entertaining. t l miss smith entertained with a | cuby-type rhumba, dance, using a; special skirt for that purpose and it went ov f er big. mesdame bert skinner says she was glad her husband and; other men folks were not there, if the scholl board were to see such putting on, flat rock wguld soon have a new principle. the main flowers discussed at this meeting . were the i french johnny quills, the arora-fooreallis, chornic appender-ceetus, and the high-dran- ga. after everything was done that state. An orderly and immediate reduc tion of the present enotmous pub lic debt is vital to national solven cy—as well as to the fight against in flation. At the same time, reason able tax reduction would in itself create new sources of tax revenue. It would be a strong spur to busi ness—and a much-needed spur, now that it is evident that the postwar buying spree is slowing up and grad ually coming to an end. And it would encoyagge investment. The baqlfrare loaded down with znjm|||r f their deposits being the larg- with happiness. They can make a lasting contribution to society if they are so minded. But it will require vision, courage, self-improvement, self-discipline and determination. Unless they have developed these qualities they will not succeed. Arid they need to know that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Remember this, young people—it’s nothing against you to fall down flat, but to lie there is disgrace.' — ■—, —— OFFICE SUPPLIES— Call 74 For tow Needs. CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. sung America, "and then they sipped a little bit more tea and went home. Methodists To Hold Vacation Bible School A daily vacation Bible school will be held at Broad Street Methodist church June 8 through 15. The school will begin at 2 o’clock each afternoon and continue until 4. A cordial invitation is extended to all children. ^ Leaders of the school will be: Be ginners department, Mrs. "Forrest Adair; primary department, Mrs. Henry Simmons; junior department. Miss Kate Milam; intermediate de partment, Mrs. Lewis Pitts. UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT EASTSIDE PUROL SERVICE STATION E. Carolina Ave. Prompt and Courteous Service Pay Us A Visit. Thanks. PHONE 135 J .A. PUGH, Mgr. COMPARE OUR PUN Before Financing or Re-financing When buying a new or used car, always ask your dealer about using our plan, or come in and see us yourself. M. S. BAILEY & SON, BANKERS Phone 18 Robert M. Yance — Small Loan Department Maybe well have to move intojDur doghouse. Wigs* UNLESS you carry > r enough fire insurance on both your home and ita furnishings—you, too, could be in the doghouse. --1 1 STAND BETWEEN YOU AND LOSS! R. E. W YSOR, 01 Phone 85 — Jacobs Bldg. SAVE and HAVE IS MIGHTY GOOD ADVICE We Accept Savings Accounts With No Limitation As To Amount. Current Dividend Rate 3 Per Cent — Accounts Insured Up To $5,000. Let Us Help You “OWN A HOME” Federal avings [AND LOAN ASSOCIATION Telephone No. 6 A Clinton Institution Serving Clinton People Since 1909 WANTED! REWARD! FOR THE OLDEST CHEVROLET TRUCK IN SERVICE TODAY! The Chevrolet Motor Division is searching for the , • oldest licensed Chevrolet truck in service today in the United States. Chevrolet will present its owner with any standard model “Advance-Design” Chevrolet truck he may choose absolutely free. Here's all you do: If you own an early-model Chev rolet truck still in use and licensed in 1947, obtain'an entry blank from Giles Chevrolet Co., Inc., West Main Street, Clinton, S. C. There is no entry fee. The search ends June 15, 1947, so get your entry blank today! r . i. *• I — Giles Chevrolet Co., Inc. West Main Street Sales-CHEVROLET-Service ^