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Page Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, February 5, 1948 \ 4 alhp (Clinton (diranirlp EsUbUshcd 19## WIl^SON W. HARRIS^ Editor anS Publisher HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONtCIJ: 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. Thr Sttrmmt le seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—' tne publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly aOviie. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when thiy are not >f a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will no: b** noticed. This paper is not responsible lor the views or opinions of its correspondents. » ■ ■ MEMBER: SOUTH CAROLINA/PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITQRIAL ASSOCIATION E us ve Nationals Advertising Representative G REATEir WEEKLIES New York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia today. charleston was perpetrated . . . miss ted them 5 miles and received 10c as much per montb-as-l--was ever! sum of $1 per hundred square, feet of Jennie veeve smith tried to do the per gallon for- same. I hoed cotton najfi f n „ a mnnth’s work until I was lumber sawed and racked. A fellow savannah. i for 25c per day. .1 plowed ‘ out” 0 v*t 30 years of age. I fired a boiler can’t buy green slabs at that pric® - ^ ' when crops were clean at-h&me and and ran the engine while my father i a cupple allso danced the big apple W a S paid 30c per day. i was cutting the trees logging the „ . and the shimmy and they were en- j am ^ ■ our cook now twice yard, apd getting the magnificent i SUBSCRip TO THE CHEONICL* cored till they wore theirselves —, —— * , —i :—Z r ”— E- * u——— plumb out and they had to be dragged to some chairs, the door re ceijjts were given to the mile of dimes and it run up into 3 figgers, count ing naughts ansoforth. when the cash & carry opened up for bizness the next morning, he discovered that nearly all. of his shelf goods had benn shuck off and were scattered ..about on the floor and his stove-pipe had fell down and ruint everything in sight. the cash & carry will sue his land lord for actual and puny-tive dam- mages and allso' ask the coart for an injunction against ‘ future dances over his stoar-house. something had to be done though to get the people’s minds- off. of the bad weather, short crops, high cost of livving, and the scarcity of labor that will work. CLINTON. S l\. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1948 How They Voted I h oriul hiiusc of in>‘ ‘ j the meaning of consistency. 1: .vs on ?,1 uiduy voted 297 to 120 for ) It's Too Late To Grumble Now — ’ I wasted 30 years of my life, J plies through the help of the admin- working for nothing and boarding istration. Government ought to, learn^ m y se if. Saw an “ad” in the jpaper M mouimi'■//c'ua last night .... a guy was offering to ~ Re-uiblic ri sponsored $6,500,-! whon S rain is desperately needed sell 4-foot pine cord-wood at a price =E no* ooo t; x-slaslr.n ■ bill which Pres- for starving pegpkr as The American of $20.00 per cord. Back yonder = ide ut Truman has opposed (people are told is the case, there is'when ten cents was worth a dime, I = no plausible reason why distilleries cut cord-wood and hauled it 4 miles — ReprescrrTaITves Dnrn, McMillan and llivers voted for the reduction (n r In this newspaper's opinion they i should be allowed to run full blast. ; with a team of oxen and was paid ~ 'This should be one of the conditions the handsome sum of $1.75 per cord, wiled right Repiescntat-.iAis Richards, and Bryion of our district voted 3ted business, against the bill. In our opinion they M.ud wrong. Parcfits' Responsibility Boy Scout Week 'fhc“*Hoy Scouts of America will observe their 38th birthday on Feb- fuarv 8th The most 4hat can be conceded the I I helped operate a cotton gin. We == Rlle y; liquor industry is that it is a toler- were paid $1 per-bale for ginning = cotton, but we had to furnish the — r -' > bagging and ties. I have “blowed” ~ a bellows all day while my father SEE shoed mules Ifor 50c"and furnished EE a , S T, ey , m0re the shoes, and we sharpened plowsi = than 2.000 juvenile delinquents ,n 2 (or 5c „ , had becn id (or the | = Detroit, boys between the ages of 10l.. at .. now id other rd a mi ,.; = and 17, 80 p£r cent of them come , * j * j . . date to remember. The from ?ood LtiU* in comfortable ,nlrt * 1,d “< “edern-type _ boys, Uioir parents and leaders will 1 circumstances. oanKrupc. celebraH Boy Si.x)Ut Week with them.) The most common denominator ip All of us shiuul give the Scoutst t^eir background was found to be I was a telegraph operator afor 9 . - lyears. I drew down thirty ($30) = dtur encouragement and support. They | pafertutl neglect, and what is •ppU- do j ltr8 ptr month and worke d an = •tsk or no specific recognition, but ca bi e m Detroit applies everywhere 10 a™ ;„„i,.u = thev - — applies everywhere average of 12 hours per day includ-! — v< ini and iicCCi our intcrosl. Rrokpn home 5 * a.nfi 0 , r-» » i • — . .. . ,. . ., , »roxen nomes, aicononsm, ana m g Sunday. But during my younger Thier Ojyly Good Turns hd\e other factors ontprod into manv of T • i , u , . , , ,. . ■ . ai.ivr *at.iuis tmeitu nnu nidiiy da ys. I picked black-oemes and to- been without any reimburse- the cases, but the chief fault ap- — ‘ 4 - >Rt. “A Scout Is Helpful.” Never- pea red to lie with parents who were . ■liie'tss, do they not merit more than willing to give their children money a friendly, distant approval—or a ! and other . Ild ulgenc:es when they casual acceptance of their efforts to aske d for it but not to devote time be better citizens, a model for all?: to their interests. Their theme this year is: “The| The assault on family life from Scout Citizen at Work, In His every side today is prodigious. The 1 Home, Ilis Community, Hi^ Nation, movies, the radio, the comics often and His World.” * ; hold flagrantly false ideals before a These boys today will be our men restless, disoriented generation. The, tomorrow Let’s focus our thoughts answer is not tfre censorship called i on them now—give them our whole- for by the Soviet delegate to the hearted support now—and help them United Nations Subcommission on succeed m 1 their character-building the Freedom of the Press, as he de nt isavon the year ’round nounces the American press for its ^ I sensational treatment of sex crimes An Over-Worked Word aild scandaI Tire Recapping. Battery Charging. Firestone Batteries.^ Radiator Boiling. Car and Truck Repairing. TIMMERMAN MOTOR CO Phone 119 Gary St. During the New Deal spending The answer to the appalling num- vi a is the word “billions” TiITbio ^ ° f boys and » irls m trouble lies »one iu. ,ut as common as meat and in ed “ Catir * to the need for 'bre d The spenders use the word; pr t ° vidl " g children with inter- 5k though :t rfiight designate “chick- .« ts and more sat- en TeCtT” isijnng, and more companionable A repres. ntative from Illinois now ^ tban those hawked by the unscru- cumns f irward with a proposal IffS*! P^oos vendors of sensation. The re- the worn billion” be banished from, sp ? niate lty ,s P^amount with par- thv English language. The trouble : ents * n “ l the t’ hur cK school or gov ernment social agencies. with billions, he said in a statement j s tiial is a “veiy confusing word,’*; ?r • m I. -Mod by the public. People' ^ ;i t " C5 NOBODY'S BUSINESS i ndful of people, big 'ff-J gy McGEE 0 ers, can begin to: 7 < n.i b;mk( what the word “billion” 1 nan :er understand m-:ms. A billion dollars is a thou-1 sc.! mi non dollars, and our Wash-j iiigbui sn -iders slur- over the tre-! mcndoa.v amount. - I H '.pies.- taxpayers wnmt billions Page Czar Petrillo, Please miss Jennie veeve smith has com posed a fine little song that she has sot to musick and while it has new mil! II- ,n taxes and' Spending I, and S'. I it t C ngress is hearing (roirt T’,, hc tUne .° t: Jh"" .brown s got a the p, lie home. 1,U '' IT" . . ,he h “ r018 » »“• m • mail letter to czar petrillo asking -r-1 n - D t n- : permission to have her creation sung I nC t/IQ DOyS I O UlllG on the raddio at the county-seat. The big Jackson-Jefferson Day' —— Democratic dinner in Washington- if hon. pCtriHa • requires a number FcbruM'v 19 will be attendecL. by of people to set in at the raddio sta- DO YOU HAVE PROPER FIRE PROTECTION? Is your coverage adequate? Should you suffer a disastrous fire would your insurance cover your loss? Think this over. See os for all kinds of Insurance, Surety Bonds and Real Estate. We Invite your business. CLINTON REALTY & INSURANCE CO. B. Hubert Boyd Phone 6 ►maient ians and offire-hold- 1; am many parts of the country. tion enduring the rendition of this number, miss smith has . a large THE NEWS IS in; !u ling South Carolina. A full crowd of vollunteers .on hand who round »: social affairs will be added, will gladly do this to meet the de- M - O n I.) Johnston has announc- mands i>.' the musick r feuhrer/.pelril- ed Tne dinner will be a $100 per lo* miss smith will do all of the. plate .tflair at the swanky Mayflower singing, herself Cvhile thumbing her. hul 'l Many ol the loud noise-mak- tUttar. ■ ers who will be prominent at the^ - 5 ♦ dinner sht aid be embarrassed to link poleesman told miss-smith that their names with men like Jackson ** tries to get her number sung and Jefferson. over the raddio -without permission Senator Johnston will* have one of f r,,f Y» the leader of jazz.Jaon petrillo, | the high seats we presume. It is in- be would have the station pick- teresting to note that the senator de c ^ ed an ^ if that takes place, her dined comment in Cokmubia a few rousick tallent will newer have a days ago on a recent proposal by 48 chance to prove its greatness aiiso- Sduth Carolina legislators that Dem- forth. ociats in this state should “recon- ; . - sider their rdationship with the so- ^ song 'foes over in a big called national Democratic party." v * ay ; m iss smith will hav^e.-it seS to Astute politicians like “Olin” kiicw mu sick and seil jt all over the world, ' when to rush into the water and lttc * ud ' n 8 gPorgy and new york. she when to stay out on the banks. They wdl P er C0 Py. an d her terms dodge controversial issues when elec- v> ' ^ with order, 2 copies for Lon. lie . ?.m. i '^5, plus postage.-everyboddy listen — —fur this great occasion.' Whiskey or Bread ' (mi r^r^T's^. ^.twtw; I:esident Tinman has asked Lcjh-, a big squire dance was hell in thej grevs to extend federal comrcis at. j.-o*hechood ha t over the cash &' gra n for distibers to-help teed Eu-1carry night heroin last and it was rup a icquc. t the disUM'rs ;.re enjoyed-uy all concerned, mr. slim fighting, but one that shoulo be ao-*d aare. ,r.. called the sets, and the piovcl. And right when the aimm- mu-ick was famished by the flat istration is making the requ< st it is, rocs string bar.d. ^ui active “partner” with private in-. —— tr rests in the wh skey business. Twoj the'banc was made up of 2 fiddles, large distilleries acqifired by the gov-j 2 gitiars. 2 barges, 1 mouth-organ! ernment during the war to produce 1 juice hasp 2 straw4jeaters, !> industi ial alcohol are now making ougl? 1 horn, and a pair of cymbals, whiskey for private corporations un- in addition to the reggular square der federal -leases from grain sup- 1 dance, the biaefc-bottom and the’ They’r® sheer glgmour -o/^ your legs and you can wear them morning, noon and night with everything because they’re knitted . i with a lockstitch, run- resistant loop that gives nylon exquisite sheerness, supreme wearing qualities. *1.65 pair The Earline Shop !! GLORJA? I JUST SAW A HORSE WITH A WOODEN LEG/ GIRLS WHO WANT TO BE MERRV, GO 'ROUND TO • r Moore’s Dress Shoppe FOR THE : /NEST te FASHIONS. 1 a EACH OF YOU AT - ♦ * Hamilton’s Februtry 1 1 is ‘'Sweethearts* HoliiL, ’ . . . when tlje reflection of your love is brilliantly demonstrated by the precious gift you give and get. They call this, store “Lover's Shopping Lane”, and you will, too, when you see the wonderfiyj gifts at wee prices! “A Credit To All South Carolina'” f V* an