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Poge Four THE CLINTON CHRgNjCLE Thursdoy, October 23, 1947 •v GJIip (Sltntnn (E^ronirlp Established 1900 1 WILSON W. HARRI$, 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., under Act of Congress March 3, 1879. 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. * -i MEMBER? SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION Exclus ve National Advertising Representative GREATER WEEKLIES New York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia general public. Whenever' voters of 1 America neglect to exercise their right, public officials generally neg- CALL FOR BIDS "PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: That the Supervisor and County Commission- same is true of big corporations, those who own them should keep informed as to their operation. And perfect, the great majority are hon estly managed and a blessing to hu manity. We-would have a hard time surviving without them with^theii enormous investments to create em ployment and keep the wheels of ' business turning. lect their trusts and the voters. The.ers will receive bids at the office of the County Supervisor on Monday; November 3, 1947, at two o'clock P. M. for the construction, of a sub- though all big corporations are not I station for the Laurens County! Health Department to be located at Clinton, S. C. Plans and specifica tions can be had by apf^ication to the Supervisor. All bids should be accompanied by a certified check for Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) as evidence of good faith in the bid ding. The right to reject any and all bids is hereby reserved. L. B. STODDARD. County Supervisor. J. H. WHARTON, BENNIE B. BLAKELY, County Commissioners. A. M. Nelson Passes In Rock Hill CLINTON. S. C.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23. 1947 d:s- the How Bryson Voted ■Congressman Bryson of, . this spoke here last week at C mber of Commence meetihg. • The congressman .said, during his ta.k that he voted with President Truman against the tax reduction bill. In The Chronicle's opinion he voted wrong. Mr. Bryson also said that he voted for the Taft-Hartley labor bill over the veto of President Truman. He voted right on this bill, in The Chron icle's judgment. , Greatness Congressman Joseph R. Bryson of this district iri an address here a few nights ago eulogized Mr. Harry Tru man as a “great President." Being a Democratic officeholder, such praise would be expected as an expression ol party loyalty and political expe- dien.y. Mr., Bryson has a penect right to his opinion—so do you,—in measuring greatness. From where we sit we would say that the President is a great traveler, a great spender of taxpayers' money like Roosevelt, a greatly confused gentleman on many economic prob lems. and a great political accident. Andy Marion (Nick) Nelson, 41, died Thursday night at the York county hospital after an illness of several days. j Funeral services were held Satur- ] d?y at 11 a.m. at Bass fyneral home, with Dr. A. B. Hawkes, pastor of the First Baptist church, conducting the services The body was taken to Mountville for interment. ■i Mr. Nelson was born and reared — -i in the Mountville section and was I with no exceptions. A man from Lau- the son of the late Andy Marion rens, Cross Hill, or Knoxville, Tenn.,' Nelson and Lila Watts Nelson of using metered parking space in Clin-, Laurens county. He made his home ton should pay for it on the same;in Clinton before moving to Rock -1 basis and with the same certainty as Hill in 1935.— v -< —r-— local citizens. No one who uses these Mr. Nelson is survived by his wife, slot machines should be excused from ] Mrs. Willie Crow Nelson, and the putting in his money as required in following brothers and sisters: Mrs. 1 the parking ordinance. It should be i Tom Whatley, Mrs. W. W. Hendrick strictly enforced, or abolished. and J. P. Nelson, all of Greenwood; You must pay city taxes if you Mrs. A. M. Young, Mrs. Edward Ray, live within the corporate limits to: Mrs. Clyde Smith and Watts Nelson, help pay for and maintain the streets.! all of Clinton; Mrs. Clarence Thom- And now you must pay or be fined j as, of Charlotte, Mrs. W. Q. Pendley, 1 if you stop your car for a minute: Atlanta, and B. G. Nelson, Rock Hill, or two on these streets in the busi- • :• 6-3cs. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE - - “The Paper Everybody Reads” Notice For Payment of 1947 City Taxes Notice is hereby given that Town Taxes for the Town of Clinton are due and collectable up to December 15th for the year 1947. The Tax Books opened for the col lection of taxes at the office of the Town Clerk on Octo ber 15th, and will remain open up to and through De cember 15th. - / A penalty of five (5'f) per cent will be added on all taxes not paicTby This date, and an additional ten (10'a ) per cent shall be added if said taxes and penalties are not paid on or before the 31st day of December, 1947. The levy for current fiscal year is 37 mills; 12 mills for current operating expenses, and 25 mills for intcr- > est and sinking fund on various Bond Issues outstand- ing. WM. B. OWENS, City Clerk. CITY SHO€ SHOP Pitts Street Expert Shoe Repairing Clinton and Goldville S. D. Dawkins & Sons ness district. The automobile is taxed the limit with ope tax after another. After while we doubt if owners wiL be allowed to drive them. ved |F Simmons Occupying New Office Building i The Price Problem Our Big Corporations It is a common practice or pastime many people to abuse and con- big corporations. Such is a lack of intelligent understanding, i Remove the large corporations overnight from this county and com munity and see what would happen - There would quickly follow unem ployment, hunger, suffering and busi ness collapse. There would be a sud den end to high rents replaced by empty houses and business property. Full employment, and good payrolls i make a town grow.. America has be- ‘ H. W. Simmons i, s now occupying ais recently completed office build-1 ing at the rear of his new home on the corner of North Broad and Oak-, j land streets. Until recently his of- }fice had been loeatde on Wqst Pitts street in the rear of the building occupied by The Earline Shop. I I HOME „ CROSLEY 4!'S FT. FROSTMASTER $149.50 HOME SUPPLY CO. Next to Bailey’s Bank <' , I||||||||||||||||||||||I!||||||||||||||||||||||M 7%7 Smart b, -JOHNSON did vC’j know | CK5A2 SMOKE, ■ KILLS G f: RMS ? DONT PAY UNREASONABLE PRICES! Check with T. C. JOHNSON COMPANY! Expert plumbing, quality fittings, plumbing fix tures, hot water heaters ... all kinds of modern home appli ances, lighting fixtures. Our convenient terms and modest prices are sure to meet with your approval. T.C. JOHNSON CO. lumbintj, ^aattntj & £tsetucal (?ontxactinc £ $appitei BROAD ST. . S.C. PHONE 4 J Everybody talks about prices. Ev eryone knows they are too high, but come great throttgbfhDUF capitalistic whal can be done about it? system. |\| The people want to enjoy 1947 There is another erroneous idea incomes along with 1941 prices. This on the part of 90 per cent of the can't be done, so we might as well American people who think that a stop kidding ourselves. High wages little handful o.f rich people own our mean high prices, and thus will it large corporations in contrast to the always be. millions of working men on the pay- For prevalent high prices retail rlols. The truth is, ,as records show, business is blamed by many, which there are as many stockholders as is both ' unfair and untrue. Retail there are employees in most of the prices will come down when and if largest corporations, and the owner- wholesale prices come down. Whole- ship of American business in general sale prices will come down when and is widely distributed. The General if manufacturers can produce more Motors corporation, as an example, cheaply, and before this can be ac- has 425,000 stockholders scattered complished there must be drastic re- everywhere, and 340,000 workers, due Lon in high taxes and production The United States Steel company has casts. This is the substance of the 225.000 stockholders and 280^)00 em- pr:. e problem in a few words. The ployees. Such is true proportionately puM. might as well begin to under- of American Telephone company and stand- many other larg ecorporations serv- -* — ing the public. Socialistic England T ie coal industry in England, we are fold, is failing to meet fhe needs of the people at -home and abroad.' It .s not because there is a ‘lack of coa! underground, but’because there is a lack of leadership and initiative to work—the same disease that has spread all over Europe. The *Labor government in England is socialistic —that's why production is lagging beh.nri in the nationalized rhines and else. 1 , here. Too much controls and a refusal by industry to pull, and pull hard. If there is hunger among the people it is to a large extent due to dictatorial bureaucracy, and it is no! responsibility of America to supply I them iood or money. The British will put everything they can off on us, as history shows. Conditions there are going'from bad to worse because Labor politi cians have exploited class preju dices and hatreds to the absolute limit in their search for votes. The cause of Britain's tragic ex perience in socialism should be un derstood and a warning ti> us. For there can be no free state unless there is free enterprise as well. American corporations are not owned by a few men! It is estimated there are 8,000,000 people in these . United States who are direct invest ors (stockholders ■ and bondholders) in American industry and business. Approximately half of all corporation dividends are paid to individuals with net incomes of less than $10,000. Stockholders should therefore take an interest in business enterprises in which they own stock and fr.oir which they have a right to expect reasonable dividends on their invest ments. It is only by this method that their officers will serve the best in terests of their stockholders and the 100®- TtC^loo >#rr tro'ng Make No Exceptio All over the country., strong oppo sition is being expressed against the installation of parking meters in the smaller towns which are in an en tirely different category from the large cities. Smart salesmen using high pressure methods sell the idea to city authorities In small towns (as they did here recently) as bfg reve nue producers. The battle cry now by nation, state, county, city and school is more revenue. The meters have helped the traffic situation here very little,^we would say. "We note in the city of Orangeburg that visitors’ automobiles are notj checked for overtime parking on any j restricted lane provided a blue card is secured from the police department and displayed on their windshields, j This is discrimination, favoritism! and special privilege to some at the eipense of others. The practice of exception is wrong, regardless of the courtesy gesture implied. If there are to be parking meters they should be enforced, impartially upon all alike, SIMPLE ARITHMETIC It doesn’t take a mathe matician to figure out how much cheaper it is to pay a small premium for Automobile Liability Insurance than to pay heavy damages in case your car injures someone or damages property. WE LEND MONEY ON AUTOMOBILES S. W. SUMEREL, Agent CLINTON. 8. C. Jacobi Building—Tele. SO 7 am ^Today’s sky-scraping ^cost ^of living makes it necessary for all of us to buy wisely, to be .choosey in our purchases, to get the most for our money .., ‘ • *% That is exactly why so many people who make business or pleasure trips these days wisely select THE BIGGEST. 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