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THE CUNTON CHRONICLE
Thursdoy, November 20 / 1947
QItjp (Clintnn QU^rnnirlr
Established 1900
WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher
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here when we get thru over there, have over ther, and the said soldiers
so says mr. chance. could take the citizens to ride every
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there is nothing like nice feather
beds to lie on and those fellows would All Is Well In Flat Itock, Politically
enjoy having about a million of such Speaking
beds to rest in while loafering. they mr. art square
could have their meals fetched to pres, truman about
them by the american soldiers we regger-lations. he do not believe
they will work, the committee he mr ' square says he can’t swap
named to make proper recommends- over an< * become a republican, but
tions did just exactly what he ex- he can’t remain a truman dimmer-
pected. mr. square says if you would cra J ann y longer, he is riting • let-
let 'him pick a commute, he could * h< f h ? n £
, a .v a f° r the l°w-down on his pollittical
has fell out with" h? v « one w hhout anny trrubble that fl a tf ormt an d jf it is not too red, he
t his “civil rights” would-^request that the postmaster mought line up with him and other
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be lynched.
semi-bolshevicks ansoforUu
CLINTON S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1941
Ira C. Boland
I No. It doesn't make sense. Russia is
. 1 mean and contrary, refusing to co-!
The sudden death of Ira C. Bolana, 0 p ei . a ^ e w ith us and to agree in a
removes from the city one who i soun( j program of rebuilding Europe,,
42 years lived a uselul and honorab e j 0 5 s t ruc ting our efforts at reconstruc-j
hie in tl^ij eommunit^. one whose t j on ^ an{ j ve t 0 i n g proposals in the I
cheeriulness,A joyial manner, P ies> *United Nations. And what do ift!
cna 1 influence will be rniasedan see , r United States shipping sub-i
many ways. i stantial ^.quantities of machine tools,
Mr. Boland became a Clintonian in i electrigjl equipment, vehicles, loco-
1905 and -from that day until his; motives and other steel products to;
death he measured up to every stan-, this Russian crowd, while you do
dard of good citizenship. On any. w ith 0 ut automobiles. How anyone,)
moral question he always stood on including President Truman, car.
the right side. There was no dodging. defend such a foreign policy is be
er hedging about hiiyi- His big heart, y 0 nd us. It is stupid and inexcusable, j
unselfish spirit, natural modesty and —
spirit of humility stood out in the
man as all who knew him well can
tes . Jtv J i The last session of the legislature,
‘ , , , . imposed new taxes on liquor and
Mr. Boland was dean ot grocery K M
. ,, there were predictions that many li-
merchants in the city and enjojetL . ., . , .. . .
, ..f censed retail dealers would get out
the confidence and patronage of ; . . ,, .
manv customers for 33 years. A lady^ 1 b “ sl " es3 . should be
said vestlerdav. "I loved to trade laxed - and laxed h ‘S h ' because ll 15
with Mr. Boland, he was always J
courteous, considerate and appreca.' But what happenedUThe h.gner
live, and l knew he was absolutely taxas dldn 1 ' r '8 b ‘ en ^ ld -f alers
. T i ■ - ^ t t icsc of business for they are all making
honest.. In his going I feel I have lost , *
a personal friend." Many others wifi ■»<>»**• Consumption by men and'
ictl the same way. During the trying w ° men ' young boys and g.rls is in-
, creasing, which means heavier sales
Liquor Stores Increase
war vears when merchandise was .
scarce and we had restrictions and and ” ore PtoOts. Last week 848 re.|
rationing. Mr. Boland conscientious- tail stores were in operation .n the
]v d,d the best he could for his cus- ala ‘ e ' “;'' tb lhrae new applications
turners. Always fair to all alike, he «c d "ith the tax commission. Such
divided the limited supply of goods a " alarming flgure shows there is no
he was able to obtain among his cus- m , ,h f nun,ber ° stores or
tamers. There was no black-market fssemng of desire to get into the
about his place of business. He took lK lu°r store business which the fed-
tnc advantage of no one in his long era > and atate lovernment has legal,
business career to promote his own lzed ,or 11,6 niain P ur P° s ' <>' ra,s ‘"«
interests. We often said to our fam- rt '‘,^ nue ',. , . , ,
ily. "We doubt it there is a grocery- . Alc»hoJism is Americas greatest
man in the United States who tries bealtb Problem and on the increase.
harder than Mr. Boland to honestly And be IL‘i„ y_50 ' 0 ’ 0 ° drmk '
carrv out rationing and other restnc-!-^ 0 “ 0 ' 000 excessive drinkers-
tionS to the letter of the law." • |.;o0.000 chronic drunkards. We spent
Mr. Boland was a devoted church . h'st yeer more than 88.000.000,000
man He loved the Lutheran church 1, 5 u “. r: 8 6^000,000,000_for crime.
in which he was reared by godly
largely due fo'alcoholism. Both rig-
parents. He worked long and hard, ures ^ his > ear for lic l uor and crime !
the establishment in the city of^ re • showm 3 a steady increase uver |
cliareh of his denomination in > ca r-
whirh he and his iamily and others' u If . w « take a11 our expenditures for
. : this' faith might worship. He put | he fo ^wing items: education (pub-
:..< church first and was one of its ^ and private); public, college and
twsied leaders and generous sup- uni ' eis ‘ t > libraries, all our gifts_ to
, ntc. s. He was its. 5m!t>r ...council- region of all denominations; our
truifi, having been elected to office forj3 ,Ils to Red Cross; infantile paraly-
' eti.Tje. and >er\ed for'manv years' 518 ’ ^ nited States Health service; ad
until his death as Sundav' school ‘ ex P enses for lhe 48 slates lor P ubllc
bunt mtenden* ° * , welfare; all expenses for U. S. social
The wnter was proud to number Z 11 ex P« ns es for child
Mr. Boland among our intimate heallh and cn PP led children; all ex-
frauds. a friendship that began thir- pense for U ' S ' Veterans ' administra-
ty years ago Oftentimes he dropped ! 10n; add lhem a11 Aether and we
m the office for a chat and he was only a llttle more than ^,000,-
aiways weL >me and his visits en-; And We Spent m0re than '
joyed. He •A il be missed in many 58.000,000,000 for liquor alone last
ways, but he leaves behind a golden^ “ * '
me no: y for nose who knew and u And - vet -^ch astounding figures
appreciated him as a true citizen and whlcb - ; sbow that conditions are go-
fr:end\ a Christian gentleman — a ing daiI 3{ TDom bad to worse, do not
good man , seem to disturb the public, including
God rest him. ! church memberships. It is such in-
^ : ' difference of citizens that plays to
IA/L%. A tbe hands of the liquor interests. No
Why A bteel scarcity J wonder there is a liquor store on
During the war years practically every corner in our towns and cities
ail -'tee; A-as. used by^the government’'The same would te true in ^Mailer
>n the prosecution of the War. The! communities if it were ipossible to
disastrous steel and coajeWtrikes since*secure licenses.
Y-J day in the industry cost-18 mil-; ^
lion tons of production and is one : _____
of the.main reasons why automobiles
and many other commodities are not
being produced to meet present
needs It is estimated that it will take
fully three years to get production!
back to normal.
The United States Steel corpor-l ^ Rleht Klnd of Hel
anon announces a half-billion dollar! mr slim ch sr was d
construction, program to help make ing the european rehef at the town
tne steel America needs. The con- hall the other day. he has heard a
cern, one of the largest in the world,; ..lyut smart nf taiu -nH k .
. i ’ rignt smart of talk and rumor about
has teen spend,ng twenty million u, e folks over there not bei
dollars a montn to November 1st this ing to work (or a „ , 8 d
year to .mprove and expand produc- , h e re foar thinks the relief we mought
mn facilities, the.r advertisement furnish shou , d consis , o( someth f n ,
mva IT C C* 1 •11 i besides food ansoforth.
This year U. S .Steel will produce m
^ per ccnt i y ore steel than lt dld in mr. chance stated that we ought
1939, the last peacetime year before to do all we can to make those fur-
th war. Tneir operations are now r i n e rs comfortable while they are
approaching .full capacity to meet not working, which will be about
the demand for many steel products-all of the time, he thinks uncle
temporarily in excess of current! cam ought to send over some nice
iU f P .£ . . , v , rocking chairs, soft sofys, slow walk-
w r J 5 „• prpduc ^ spending | in g sticks, day beds, and lots ol ice-
NOBODY'S BUSINESS
By GEE McGEE
V multiplied millions to help meet the cold sody watter.
" present needs, the question natural
ly arises why the scarcity of pro
ducts in America made from such
material. The enormous amount of
exporting to other countries largely
answers the question. Since January
1, this year, this country has shipped
more than 7fl million dollars worth
of machinery and vehicles to Russia
alone. Will this stop Communism?
it would be fine allso to have free
movies for the folks “over there”
. . . and, furthermore, it would save
russia lots of monney if we would
furnish the people we are feeding
with free communist badges, they
need not wear them until we get
thru ^rendering the service we owe
those countries, we will be thru over
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