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> / ■ r- - <y ^ j Page Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursdoy, November 6 / 1947 (Cltntnn (Cl|rontrlp 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 , under Act ol Congress March 3, 1879. => The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers— the publisher will at all times appreciate wise sugjgestigns and kindly advice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communication^ 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 Exclus've National Advertising Representative GREATER WEEKLIES New York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia NOBODY'S BUSINESS GEE McGEE By The Fight Is On j the publick meeting for the pur- ; pose of protecting letting another . licker stoar locate in flat- rock was , not hell friday night onner count ; of a carnival being in town, but it ; will be hell next friday night and ; all sober-lovving men and wimmen I are expecktfd to be pressent. • rev will waite will make the first talk, and it will be fbllowed by a lectpre by miss Jennie veeve smith entitled: “licker will lick you if you tackle it.” mesdame slim chance, : sr., the pressident of'the w. c. t. u. cry nearly ail of the time for some thing he can’t buy. the mayor says if wedges are raised, taxes will have to be raised, and if taxes are raised, he is a-feared he can’t be re-eleckt- ed |o offis. r ness, he was not able to buy beef 1 -tet. and her husband and 3 children and porch chop? at the pressent prices, and his hired help et up all of his proffits, and were toting off everthing that was loose about the caff except the front door. since eggless and chickenless days' rev. will waite and family are feel- have benn declared, the all-nite caffjing the pinch on the squeeze, to has closed up and gone out of biz-‘make things worse, his married dar- have moved in on hijn and that has forced him to sleep on the coutch in the front room so’s his motherdn- law can sleep with his wife, he says he hopes what is going to happen to the country later (Jn will hurry up and happen and then we can try to get over and away from our wor ries. _ ^ " - will allso talk strong drink. about the evils, of ■ f.. CLINTON. S. C.. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6. 1947 Fine for Clinton Clinton was asked to contribute 540,000 in the $350,000 Endowment Fund drive now underway by Pres- byterian college. In a fine and big way 280 contributors have met- the challenrge by subscribing $55j682, SI5.682 more than was asked. Con gratulations are in order to those who had a part in the canvass and to those who responded with contribu tions. Once this goal of $350,000 is raised—it will spell a “Greater Pres byterian College'’ in the future. A Law That's Fair And Needed The Taft-Hartley act, which is fair in its provisibns, is growing in public favor all over the country in cpite of opposition by certain labor lead ers. The National Labor Relations board has accepted the challenge of John L. Lewis and Philip_ Murray to The Chronicle is happy to note that j test the const { tutional [ t y of : the law Clinton "went over the top in thei in the cour t s -phe board’s unanimous drive. It was altogether proper that! decision was based on the refusal of the community should do its part, Lewis arK , Murray to* comply with' since it is the h^fjie of the institu-^^ non _c ommun i s t affidavit require-i tion, one of our most \aluable as-jments 0 f new law. If there is a sets. It was incumben. upon us to se. cur j J neec i ec i , n this country against an example for others to follow, and one menace more than r others it is we have measured; up to that civic ^ S p reac j 0 f Communism and the responsibility. apprehending of its leaders and agi- Hearty congratulations are in or- t a t orSi der. We hope the goal set for the two I synods will be over-subscribed. Clin mr. art square will' submit hisself j as a livvipg example of what a man] jCan do if he tries, he drank hisself put night to death for 20 years and! then he come to hisself and is now; bre, with a brilliant record as the one of * flat rook’s leading citizens, army chief of staff, coupled with the j both socially, morally, religiously,: glamour of World War II is likely financially and intellectually/ to land him in the White House. _ several persons now live in flat rock that look upon tlj.e bottle when it is red ... in other words, they! stay drunk half of the time . . will be pointed out and will be known as livving examples of what booze can and does do to a person, mrs. bert skinner will give a demonstr- tion of what whiskey will do to livving things, she will drop a wirm in a glass of waiter and will allso drop a wirm in a glass of alcohall. the wirm in Hhe latter will die in a minhet, but the watter-wirm will crawl away to jine his family and friends, no admission charges will be made, drunks are especially in vited, but they must come sober. ton has taken the lead through its v- line, generous community effort. dr. hubbert green has received his new x-ray machine and nowi J fplk&i-wont have to go to town to have their innards looked into, by! The dead!.no for filing of the non-]using this new machine so he says, Communist aflida\ its expired laftt dog-nose a case in 5 minnets Friday. There was a flood of affi-.^ha| would ordinarily take him 31 davits or promises that brought the dT (f s with much g ue ss-work tied into bulk of labor into compliance with he will take p icture s 0 f ac f' i complete anatomy for 10$, cash To any labor union member who advance. Big Election Looms 7 heritage is beipg set for the big Presidential contest next year. Polls studies the Taft-Hartley act carefully ♦ indicate a nationwide interest rn the it should, and probably does, become ‘ the flat rock used car company election from coast Vjo coast, with a his magna charta. AH 'labor leaders R0W has some bargains in new cars heavy vote expected and a hard and are not tyrants—nor are all capital- as we ll as used cars, his stock of bitter fight before the nominee of tne ists; but it appears impossible for used cars adds up to 4, blit he has any human to voluntarily relinquish 10“-brand new cars, they say he is power once he has felt its fascination. i R cahoot with 3 car dealers at thei That is the trouble with Lewis, Mur-jcounty-seat and they sell all of their certain,- since by accident ra y> Petrillo, et al. When business nev f cars thfu him and they divvy; le is the New Deal successor to Pres- was deprived of some of the privi- 1 up the 500$ over-change, jess fames | leges which it had abused (and right-* was a piker when compared with ly so) many a financial heart was-some of our modern merchants. Republican.^>ariy is picked. The Democrats have only one ca;. didatc—Pres-den 1,-T rum an. His nom ination is£ ident Roosevelt. No'other name will r be presented, though it is generally recognized he is a weak President. In the ReprRJHca'n ean^p the situ- "quite-different,‘since there broken. Now that labor leaders are| being deprived of some of their in- 1 ation is “quite-different,"since there equitable powers there is more wail-, are several prominent members oi • i n 8 an d gnashing of teeth; threats ofiP 30 ^* 0 final party who have been stung by reprisal are heard on every hand and the political bee. and there mdy bje l a n»e sums of money are reportedly others before the curtain falls. The being allocated to fight those who lact that there are several from oppose the Taft-Hartley measure. Which to select the nominee is likely* The act protects toe worker from to precipitate a fight that may result coercion by employer, but also in a deadlock and the appearance at from unions. It is a poor rule the last minute of a “dark horse” who ^ a ^ w-on’t work two ways. The new will win the nomination. This fre- l a bor law relieves the worker of the quently happens in big politics. ; necessity of joining a union in order Ex-Governor Harold Stassen of-to GET a job—though he may still Minnesota was the first Republican be compelled to join in order to aspirant , to throw his hat openly in' KEEP his job if the majority of em- the ring. Governor Dewey of New ployees vote such a requirement. It -York is sure t» be in the race with a-* 5 a protection to labor in many strong backing as well as a deter- wa y s > aR d it allows the employer at mined opposition from certain sourc- 1 least to protect himself from calum- es. Through a sort of hide-and-seek hy. sod it emancipates the American strategy he got the nomination in public. 1944 and apparently he is counting The T-H act has gone a long way on getting ruch strategy to get it for toward returning freedom of action him again next year: Senator Robert t0 the union member. It will go a A. Taft o! Ohio- is now out in the l° n S way further if it is understood open for the n imination. Mr. Taft is an d given a fair chance. When the a straight-shooter, he speaks with union member goes to the polls to trankness on all issues $nd is no'. v ote he will be voting J,p retain that jim botts has returned back from the army, he spent 2 years in thei he saw the little emporor of jappan and manny other high; furrin dignitaties ansoforth. he has i enough of war to -last him from now on. he was in the battle of iwo jimmy and got a gold button for destroying 4 pills boxes with his bear hands and 18 japs. News Briefs From Flat Rock mr. slim chance wants to know who is going to save the united states after we get thru sawing europe. mr. chance put up with things pretty well until last week when he bought a little c75 poke of flour for 2.50$. he says if everthing keeps on going up, he mought have to move to europe where he can get something to eat and wear. the poleesmen has asked for a raise in his salary to meet the crying needs of his pressent family, they PENCIL SHARPENER — Dixon Pointer, precision built. A new the type that hides his views behind freedom or to throw it away. He will!handy item needed in every office, an expedient silence as so many poll- v °t e for the candidate who will pre-' Chronicle Publishing Co. ticians do.' serve it for him or for the candidate I = In recent weeks a boom has started- whose platform will be “Kill the and is growing for Gen. D X’j^ht D., Taft-Hartley LaW.” Eisenhower for the Republican nbm-! It is our opinion that the harder ination. The boom talk is heard from fbe big labor leaders press thet, fight Washington to the Pacific coast. The f° save their thrones and fat salaries j General has evaded the draft move- fhe greater will be the public approv- ] ment thus far. He has said -that He al °f the law which will emancipate "neither seeks nor desires political the common laborer and .the Ameri- office.” He has discouraged the for- can public. mation of clubs or other organiza- In 31 of 56 cases reported that have tions that seek to place his name be- been under dispute strikers accepted fore the publfe in connection with the employer’s offer afhd called off this high office. After January first the strike. Any device which can end the Chief of Staff will be a civilian 31 strikes quickly by the free con- when he becomes president of Co- sent of strikers certainly has merU, lumbia university. If he chooses he and needs to be further and fre^ueu^ will then be able to talk as a private ly applied in an effffort to solve con- citiaen and educator rather than a troversial issues, professional soldier. I ® But regardless of Eisenhower s at- MfS. Mellette Nomad titude and indifference thus far, talx _ j /■> c in his behalf will not down. This.KGu v^TOSS bCCrCtary means that he will be compelled tot Mrs. Helen G. Mellette has been ~ ' f speak his mind openly and explicitly, named as executive secretary of the defining his views on the wide range Laurens county chapter of the Amer- of decisions the nation will have to ican Red Cross, succeeding Mrs. Mi- make in the next few months ana riam B. Templeton, resigned, it was the next few years. He will be forced announced yesterday by Thomas A. to publicly state how he stands on Babb, county Red Cross chairman, this- issue, how on that issue. Are Mrs. Mellette is former county at- his sympathies to the left of center, tendance teacher. center, or to the right? These are* ^ questions which the General wffl! f CARD OF THANKS have to answer before his party wrfi' I want to thank all my friends for decide he is the man to be drafted. * Ithe many kindnesses shown me dur- While we bear no earmarks o* a ibg my illness* and for the gi|ts, cards prophet, we would not be surprised and letters you have sent’. Your to see Eisenhower the Republican' thoughtfulness is appreciated. I am presidential nominee. And once he getting along ^n^j>ow and ?ble to is nominated he is likely to win;) be up in a rollingCchair. Am looking drawing votes from both Democrats * forward to coming home soon, and Republicans. A man of his call-j —F. M. STUITS.. STOLEN If your wrist watch, ring, or some other valuable is stolen, can you look to one of our Residence and Out side Theft Insurance Poli cies to make good the loss? WE LEND MONEY ON AUTOMOBILES S. W. 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