The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, January 01, 1948, Image 4
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( I INTON. S C . Till RSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1948
We Must Put a Stop To Food
Gamblihg
seeker-terry of agger-culture
■ Washington, d. c.
deer sir:
! i cnotis by the papers-th:
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’ • , the answer.
1 affirms its faith and
a brand the. community.. - ; . ...
- , .. lators ansoforth. this corry spom_...
We xvishTor .our readers adverbs- du not kn(>w thfKnames of the sen-
s, customers'" and friends every - ■
Wo .Mu-edPI : which means then : vv h ? re a New Year filled With ha^pi- 1
THE—CHRONICLE is. a
and we 'trope wiser. The dale on to . _ _ _
nav's paper changes from XLVLLia- ' ,, , _ , , ■
x£,yni. Kymbor' i. ,h. C h s- i3 ,u, i e.,; Fifty Yeors of Progress - oh"l sRii
iha. the puouc.nn-.on w.m this issue, The publisher of The Chronicle; long on w u eat and it has benn stated
has received a most interesting and! that he has" kivvered almost 500
, . tK . ■ , ers ' Customers -an-d friend.s p very * 1 uatore and congressmen that mought :
“ fl ' C a tear hiled with nappi-. (>f benn dabbling in the wall street;
f '' v "-R ‘ - ness and red-iettei days. market on, the board
appreciated book just off the press,; h us h e Is, and his partners in enme
are carry.rig the ballance of this
wheat contract, (he keeps saying!
in his sleep—“buy may wheat”).’* ;
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the first thing mr. chance does,
when he gets out. of bed ■ is to eat a 1
enters upon, its" 48 th year. It'has-been
published ,under its present manage
ment arid ownership for- 32‘ years, entitled, “Our First Fifty Years.” It
■ Incidentally, tnere will be 5.3 issuesf (jame-'-to -.tts from our friend,--Mr. W.
during the year,_ this always occur-! jj. Regnery of Chicago, a grbaj bufld-
i ihg, which is seidom, when the first. e ,. anc j president of Joanna-Western
day of the new year comes on Thur#-1 j,1UIs company. The book covers a
da >h • I half century period. 1897-1947, and
This brand , new year gives us 365 Li$ an extremely modest account of a I f ag t breakfast, take a big chaw of
clank pages to be filled.in. What will [ great industrial enterprise from a, brown’s, mule and then he lights out
be written in these pages only the' small beginning to. its-great growth. | for the county-seat and sdfs-in front
future can tell. The new year about We enjoye ! d reading it during the ! of the market board till it Closes.’
wr-.irh there is much speculation and Christmas holidays. ' mr. chance has no miner for anny-
." ■r;t.d prophesies, brings with it . The bodk is written -by Mr. Reg- 'thing else except his wheat contract,
P. o ilea,s and )oo, tani ,ier w men.^ nery and portrays the broad’human-'and walks around befoar the market
■c-a-il - Rvr eautronrand-•'conservatism, ^. 0 j th^. man. It simply tells how opens and after it- has closed like
.< oupled with ■ hope, .confidence, four young men got together in 1897! a mule with the blind staggers:' he
and ihitia- t0 organize the “Western Shade don f 't pay no attention to 'nothing
of-us a|l. We must Q\ 0 fy Comnany” -with the idea of and noboddy.
y- fair
d erst ah ding, hard .work
live on the par
pud together and play
,'e
with our produch'ig'ia. : itc:ind:b 5 w v!! :Shdde'. lib 'whi'Ctt
-are to have.a share there would be a common need in' • this speckerlator. as well as those
the govverment,
beginning' the pioneers in this .field ought to be. ketched and .stopped:
have expanded the business until they are causing the poor russians
tellowmcn
* n making this a belter and happier-,.^iujohs. of homes. From )ihatsmall; cohnected with
t ommunity'. The mistakes of the year. ' , - - ’ |
now dv;.ng should stand as
•'challenge to_us.. all as weTrang 'up now . provides a substantial live- to suffer for brehd that they get from;
the nVw calendar and ‘start down jj bo0( j. for thousands o-f men and us dnru itto and rumania and bull-j
, ocher year's journey. 'women ‘and has, branched out into and other furrin countries .that,
Tne Chromcle leels now. as it in- numerous other products which en- are feeding, if russia cant ge^
ways nas — its responsibility to tHe‘'tf. r ' into manv nhases o-f ' AmeHrin- • wbeat for nothing she mought 1
\ it is privileged to -serve. j lIe ' ' P 4 have to reduce the value of her
A newspaper is a pecuhar..tns.titution .. W e - have- deerdedV the author. ru!>b ' e aSain ere * ons: '
!:-s subscribers, advertisers and' cus- * ri ? e3 ’ If 11 ^ aur ® S .^7.A School Trustee Election Is Only'
turners. A newspaper is no better ^ in , OSS nr f « mtimately Red to A Few Days Off * '
than the, town in which it is pub- J 6 . llve ? ot customers and of. an elecktidn-^U be' hell in flat
I;shed. Some people' thipk that edi- lhos ,! W3lk "R th us - ^ u | ce .iY.?.; rock on jar-uwary the 1-9- to choose 4
/tors make newsbaper'sr They - don’t:' <)ne - an ® ther > we .belong to trustees of the , flat rock syholl to
'’Readers, friends, make newspapers, an f oth e r; ou « 18 a ^mmurnty o : take the places, of certain • trustees
and to our. large family, of readers' l ” te ‘ e ^ t ' ^ h ' ai } T upon h ave resigned and whose tipae,
we are gra.u.ul for you/' Cbnfidenc^. u^nn I - S 0Ut
^and continued favor.. We prize ouri ;r' ' f - . . . dfry. ^
Terrels above money -or any other j f he mutuaht^-mtefest. That fait. ; t0 -be a candy-date, a feller must
consideration. Wlmths-monev or afiyW^f never .fa^ed m the past and shall,have children in schdll, and he allso
else, for
. ng
that matter worth not ' R n ^ ie future; it forms the | m , us t be. able to read'and rite, and
v.thoat friends. We .would not swap: hrm foundation of the wdioJe Amen-■ he must be a citizen of flat rock of
•(.:,> readers and friends for any other. can syslem iree enieryrise ‘3 years, and he must sign up that ho
, n the world. " i The company holds a number ofiis.not a communist or a republican
come - first always ' enviable records, one being the- fact; and that he has always avoided duels-
:Aj.u are the o^s'we must’pIease."4fiS3M (ts. fifty years of business life ansoforth.
n tamed. It' is- uU r been marred by strikes or .: ;
to give you a good strife. "All we have ever “tried.T mr. slim chance, jr.., a g. i.-? of
clean froifi ftorR to . do '"-We writer states, "has been, world war IF will run on a flatfbrm
.o back - - .living’the community news to deal-with others'as we would have of get rid ..of the boneheads. pay
manly' nows of relatives 'friendsA likecl for Wem to. deal- with us,” teechers more, hot lunches for dinn'er
Hid neign'wrx wholesome hews —| The .company began with a small : ^ r< f e c ’ nar 8e to the parrents, free
he kind '-that will-make this newsn'a-' caoital of S30.000. the founders' S av-' sc ' lul1 books, hotter- class-rooms in
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nbil.ty 1
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newspai
;vr ,a weic tmtcf visitor, in mifltipUed, in|s pooled together. Their annual : w ^ n W 1 an d-cooler ones in summer,
homes each week. We will strive this- payroll in -the :■ course • of . fifty years J a ^ i tJle amerioan’ Hag- to float on top
yeai to maket THE CHRONICLE a '-has gone from $40,000 to the -$9,000,- ] tll€ audy-torium.
b.ttcr paper than in 1947. ".:*•••
A nd
..frnsl'b
then
liity
i- have "a definite re-
bur advertisers, for-
wit.r ut them we could not - pay', our dends. Instead they made’ every dol-
000 of today. For--twenty years, the 1 ! , ,
founders d,d not pay to themselves! veeve P^:
one single penny in the form of d.vi-i sent aItlcle f P rmc ‘Pp *» P« d
1 a more intelligent board than the
Tar earned a
V 7
undelivered,
definite responsiLnlity
dollar marked lor the "A- J "<‘ sh ' luld be
’ expansion of their enlerprise. An un- A’ 0 ® 0 , lr0 "’ »«
lite and not from loaferers around
the town hall.. she wants the teecher
load in .pupils- reduced to 4 from 36,
and allso wants a modern play-
. , , ,, r . ground and waiter spickets all
with the purchase of the Joanna Cot-1 ' lU . „ .
around the premises ansotorth. may
, , . . . .the best folks win.
was perhaps our biggest and most: ^.
important step,” the author writes.
He adds, “The momentous impor-
bills or stay in business: We help
them to sell goods, to bring custom
ers into'their stares,, and as they sue- usual business policy, you’ will surely
ceed,- so do we. We. stand ready at say. - -
all times to cooperate fully,with our!- In r927 the Regnery interests eri-
advertisers as partners in increasing tered the South for the first time
community business. In our mechan
ical department improvements will ton Mills company at Goldville. “This
be made with the addition of new 7
equipment purchased quile..f_a while
b
nee of the Joanna Cotton'
likewise to our -employees, the men! company to the quality of our pro-i
afid women who 'assemble-and- write! ducts has decided us in 1947 to com-1
the news, -who set the type, run the’bine the name of the two. Today!
presses, and do the many other ex- ! ‘Western Shade’ plus Joanna Cotton:
pensive jobs involved in the produc- ! Mills company are sailing together j
tion of a newspaper and commercial! under.one flag—The'Joanna-Western
printing. Our combination ■ new&pa- Mills Company.”
per-commercial printing plant en-; The products of Joanna-Western 1
McIntosh's-
SHOE SHOP
Send Your Shoes To Us for
Best Materials and
Workmanship.
man stated that
Recently a local
he used to feel like a swollen balloon
after every meal; he would bloat full
for stomach distress.
Pharmacy.
-Bishop-Walker
adv.
ables us to serve our customers bet-' serve the whole nation. From the
ter and give the town a better news-, Chicago plant they axe hand-made
paper at lower advertising cost to ^window shades, machine-made shade' of gas and was terribly constipated;
advertisers. For the loyalty, interest cloth, rubber Hollands, bookbinders he took INNER-AID and now eats
and helpfulness of our employees we cloth, tracing cloth, artificial leather, anything without gas or bloatifig and
•are indebted .and. publicly.'express Joanna Venetian blinds, draperies bowels are regular. Get INNERkAIB
our gratitude. . ' ' ■ and cretonnes-
Not only as individuals, but as a AriTThieresting chapter in the book
community, we must loyk to the fy-; bears the ' caption, “Spinning- and'
tune With .hope. R is well to look, Weaving in Our Joanna Cotton;
backward and take stock, but it is Mills.” It gives a full insight of j
dangerous to look backward too long.! the manufacturing process there,!
Time wails tor no one. j from the opening of the bale of cot- '■
Will Clinton go forward during the! ton .until the finished shade cloth is.
next decade? That is an important 1 produced. J
question and one that can.be an-! Another chapter bears tfie title, 1
s wered by no outsiders * or magic i“Building Industrial Citizenship ’ and
hand. It must be answered by the ‘ herb the broad humanity and big;
business interests of the'"community. • heart -pf Mr. Regnery is detected in !
Are we' to_dxift along.In. a Complacent! every ' line. It tells of the continuous !
attitude, Oi with faith and courage, 1 improvements made for the health j
and a
ments for community progress, go
forward in the march of progress.
Clinton is to grow or stand and re
willingness to make invest- and happiness, social and religious j
life, of its emplpyees and to add to
the beauty of the modern village
which now consists of 400 one-family
main a small town. We must furnish v houses and a new apartment Build-
READ
THE CHRONICLE
ADVERTISEMENTS
REGULARLY
EACH WEEK
They inform you as to chang
ing prices, where you can sup
ply your needs, where you can
shop to advantage. u
BE WISE —
READ THE ADS
CHILDREN S COTTON KNIT
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Crepes and Spuns. Good Styles,
All Colors
Group 2 — $7.00
Excellent Styles, Excellent Values,
Big Reductions!
BIG REDUCTIONS!
BOYS’ COVERALLS
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values to $39,95. Want a bargain?
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MEN’S PAJAMAS
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A Big Value — A Big Saving!
Double Bed Size — Plaids
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