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-i- Page Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, February 19, 1948 (i>lip (Hltnfim (Cl|ratttrlp - Established WILSdN W. HARRIS, Editor arid\Publisher harry c. Layton,* Assist Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPAQ Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year $2.00 ■. w- Six Months $1.25 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office qt Clinto; under Act of Congress March 3, 1879; ^ • c., The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribe-rs^nd readers— the publisher will at all times appreciate wise sugges><tins and kindly advice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when tlu> are not of a defamatory nature. AnonymOus^ommunications will n. it noticed. This paper is not responsible fqr the views or opinions of its correspondents. ‘ . MEMB SOUTH CAROLINA P NATIONAL EDITO: ASSOCIATION IL ASSOCIATION Exclu-Ve NationaKAdvertising Representative GREATER WEEKLIES New York phicago Detroit Philadelphia tTJVTO C . THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1948 NOBODY'S BUSINESS By GEE McGEE ■ ■ i-Seven Easy Ways To Go Broke -Endorse bank notes promis 5usly for your friends (?), 2. with the farming class, he is a farm- I er, but the boll weevil gathered his i crop of cotton for him last year j and that's why he wants to get a t job where no work is required. * Truman's Platform Is Not Liked In Flat Rock f deer mr. edditor: mr. art square, flat rock's chief political prognosticator, has made the Play with Wall Street, either statement publickly that unfits pres-' can’t be outlawed, and a law against hav£ a crop alreddy planned that hej able to grind out. would run against truman for pressi-1 . f ^ trum an7s fishing for votes dent, and everyboddy believes that I the sou th,--he-has his hook in a ‘he would win over him. it is true; m jghty shallow pond, the time has that mr. chance can’t rite a verryicome for meddlers to do the.ir med- plain hand, and he is hot much of ajdling at home, so says dr. green, if speller, but he thinks he could make j the north and west will tend^to their grand speeches over the radio. j own bizness, the south will tend to . — I its bizness. please print this. mr. bert skinner says that lynching PfOVRS FAST RELIEF fOF sident truman changes his flatform, ‘ same wont prevent them, he is MIR MISERIES buying or selling the market.' 3. Take tips from “know-alls." he will split the dimmecratic south violently opposed to lynching and he v 'CVIocst (if them are busted. , wide open and it will go republican, says he deplpres thejact Diat a single--— # j Rfogumatism, Neuralgia, Lumbago, he says truman wont heebie to cram! one was ever hell, the only way to $ or#< jjjff Muscle*! down' the throtes of prevent lynching is to (each folks ruh r , fr „ hing . Mn .if Neu-r«.b»lm ©• ( friends of truman) not to commit ,hf »nrc *pot. Injiantly, aching muscle! *t*rf —Try to grow cotton under boll weevtL.and present labor conditions. 5.—Si cent of your, with 1 the you want On Dynamise Keg M;. n v .? yf it >rs are still strongly enh ■ h ! / 'Lpdcril aid ior our edu- r ti!: l »r . Kern "They are standing i*’l y/ k o, ■ a; namite, l.abTe to ex- a { my minute. They see big ■Tiom\ y -.. \ ■ :n ’he federal treasury un- ter J r.e p rogram, ignoring the aom- p 1 h ‘ il t ions and embarrassments that a if i; u.uoJ 1 : . foliow when govern- men’ .gu. i. ^ control of the schools. We IKK 1 better put state rights. tr.id ’. Kins and principle ahead of nmne V. L >ok at prsee.nl unrest, i^o- htic-G. ,' chss ens.^n, race discussion and ugitat ;on Trui man Starts Fireworks Pre si dei it Truman's message to V.UH41 ess proposing a 10-point civil ri2ht; ■ ch; arter for the nation has ?< tuetwii -a* i avacrety-of reac-Uotis- and fire'.vi arks. The most explosive is the tiirea t fn >rr. the Democratic party ever hii, r ecommeniat.on on matters pertu in.nn to racial segregation and the F air E conomic Practices Commis- n'*n. The strongest opposition, nat- 101 per salary ever^xfnonth. 6. -c-Try to K^ep up Joneses. 7. —Purchase ever; instead of what you n 8. —Sign security bonds\(or your 1 own folks and your good (?)N)eigh bors. ’ ^ 9. —Drink booze and enjoy (? weekly benders. 10. —.Buy the tract of land adjoin ing your own tract, and give a mort gage bn both for-the down payment. ’ 11. —Sell your merchandise on ism. We often seem to forget that the cre( jjt to the'man who promises to is us. p ay y 0U pay-day.” 12. —‘Lend-lease your money.« to his doctrines southerners. ! crimes that apparently call for qpick- mr. slim chance says if he did not er justis than the courts have benn in . . . the pain eaxj. U»J NEURA- I MM io get last, long-lajcing reliff from- the miscriri of ipuKular aches and paina. legislative branch — congress And the whole point of the Consti tution is that all powers shall rest in our hands to be delegated, to whom we choose and returned when we choose. This is the essence of democ racy which has .been badly kicked your neighbors on verbal-security agreements. 13. —Stock up on merchandise at high prices and—wait. 14. --Go j into the used car business around in recent years. As an exam.-: 0T) a declining market. pie. our treaty-making powers 15.—Run your business like Uncle practically been relinquished to the ^. im run . n i n g hi s business. (Selah). administration. The time to recover our rights is 1 16. —Trade-in your automobile every year on the year. 17. —Get into politics. 18. —Borrow’ some money from a loan shark. 19. —Practice what you preach. | 20. —Buy enough stuff on today’s ditTerent sides of the political fence. How lucky we Americans are. in spite of all our troubles. We can own property, disagree with and criticize mar )< e t to last you 2/years. (Zoom!), the government, run our own affairs 21.—Invest in the stocks that'most and live any way we wish as long stock-brokers say is good. (Some as w f e don t inlringe upon the rights ’em guess right), of others, Live without constant fear i 22.—Buy or sell-a cotton or wheat: of police, spies, change the manage- contract. . (Either w’ay you go is 1 ment," national, state, county and wron g), '*• city whenever the majority so w'ishes, j 23.—Give a second mortgage on and look our feliowmen in the lace your home'. (As if you could). f with the wide which only a free 24c-Jilvest before you invest-igate. 1 25.—Keep on looking for better * times (The present is OK, that .is ♦ he e.atipnal leadership of the Demo- gjg $todium Fund '1~2*^Q^ficfr^nd go to a hoMPiUl .iauc party intends to continue to lApii-iatiire his alloeited $175- o-’ S C,C anCt ‘° 3 ^ pi A al , . . .O iio H -epavd rhe legislature has allocated a, i 27.—Hide your money under the Ku , , 000 in state surplus (taxpayers ; m attress or in the stove, and vote President Truman has succeeded, mone y) th e University of South J for *ji ruman in alienating both wings of the party Carolina for expansion of its football t anfl u - p o nur c PS o Hnetnrs il .me Southern Democrats and the I stadium . The pub ij c is asking for en- aocto.s. !l Northern liberals. There is talk of de tainment and the colleges are IVos ient. and of tiivd—ctrttrra it tnrough commercialized; man can feel. u. ally, comes from the South, Which; -jump henry wallis is gaining „ „ some a new candidate for the Demo- • football: With many colleges, espec- j ground in flat rock. mr. .slim chance, c: ativ nmoinatiort. Our choice is Sen- ;al ’ y t!ie i ar g e universities, the sta- sr . t says he likes his flatform better H irry Byrd of Virginia. The so- dium is the most important spot on 1 than the flalforms of dewey and stas- cd Democratic. party needs a the campus. sen and truman. truman's flatfcrm ,ti-mg. new leader. But most o! the, This‘enlarged, expensive plant will• j s ma de out of the same timber as opposition talk will blow.off before beou»vidb‘cf largely for.’the Clemson- t he republican’s flatform, and both t e conveni.on. Tiie big city mach.nes Carolina game woich has bex-ome same are working for the votes of w stand by the President, regard- ’ 01 g money-making affair. For this, t everyboddy regardless of color, .creed »•- »: the South’s indignation when game^ during fair week- is^-the- onlyg or religion. ■ .< ; ys" crack the whip.* t.me the big stadium is likely to be; ~ liiled. - I mr. chance thinks that if wallis Still A Closed Shop The idea in Columbia is not to cur-' gets into offis, he wifi fire all dim- Th t . house' of representatives last tail—but to spend. The legislature mercrats, and that will make a ‘on its decisive third can’t st .nd the sight of a surplus. 1 vacancy in the flat rock post of:is. pruivbit the general I “S*—". >e believes that' by leaning to the r; “S; Washington the Patriot ^ .la.' 62 to 111 And while the bill .AT en f. an h . Iat ?. ry — P. n01 ^|that would mean a fair living for A’a 5 1»ll r ^. Ti ,*5 Ovisy (‘.u. t.u, a judge- nouse oi .cfOK passed :ending a bill to one iver 62 to'31 And while the bill the nouse that body w : as WorId War L—omy mree omer soi-, all of the ch ances in flat rock, she of its members'to d;e! ’ ! ‘ dan be said to have been the ^-oui^ need o assistants, and natural, an opponent who ec,ual of G<? - or S e Washington in mill-! they would be chances. , , tary ability. They were Lee. Grant: o was a:so a member of the house. ~ „ • ... j The bi'l -v ll >’o ’o the senate fo r and Stonewall Jackson. Time will, as to war with russia, mr. chance; ivnud.-ationfit may be expected to rank the great AuuMast war ; meet death there. The pr; -..ce ot electing its owh members to judgeships, commissions and oth . -ffices has become common this state. It is the usual proced- «:e. a::- tnt ‘ ‘fega^lesst on Fobruar y 22 ’ 1732 - In 1797 he re ‘I we can,t whip them ’ mr ’ chance) : thinks wallis can avoid that by going | But as a pure, unadulterated pa-, over to moscow and telling stalin' triot. no citizen of this nation — or,to quiet down amd promise to giveil probably any other—can be classed | him chinna, alaska, jappan, man- with the •‘Father of His Country"| chury and india if he wants them.' whose birthday comes next Sunday, wallis knows how to handle the! He was born at Bridges Creek, Va*,. commies, his idea is to jine them if) tired to Mount Vernon where he re-• thinks dweey will not choose to'run., sumed the management of his large ; —-— farming property during the last two) nir. art square of flat rock is think ing of running for the legislature on the wallis flatform. he is put of j a job at pressent, and being a mem-; ber of that boddy will tide him and | aver uptil things get bettec ale or house o’. h:t qualifications,,trailing, ability t anti tnara.ter, doesn’t have a China-: mans chance. For this reason it is , ... rare that outsiders" oiler because, and a ha « “ *>» *«* if thev .i.c well informed, they know-December 14. 1. ,9. the, cannot win agamst strong pres- | . * s •W «,•>»' bo / ^ n <> ws ; Wj** t • unglon refused even to listen to those sure, lobuy.og and commitments on • « . . . . . „ : u ic ._ 'ne ns . de . who w r ould have crowned him kingubisn ! of the new nation. He declined also The Mo: rah anp-otlice .ipP 1 ''®, j 0 bcc ept the Presidency for a third bill should pass the senate P^c! term - thereby settii hg a precedent icntiment is strongly in i^s favor. w hich was never to be broken until) s our guess, however, tha, it ^ ■ 1 ( those, who supported the late Pr oe Pigeon-holed by that body an | dent Roosevelt persuaded him that the selfish and unfair practice con- under the leadership of one man only touch :.g;U on by which legis.ators, cou j d | be na ti on hope to survive, are chosen' almost invariably ^ or Congress can be thanked for per- ^it’n off.ces .illed by the gene:a a;> * ; f orm i n g it s duty with regard to any sembly, v. nich rightly can be terme t u t ure Httle-conceits of this nature.' as “ ‘‘ closed sho P-' And * n fairne ?j j We can’t expect patriots like Wash- ' u otizens d cannot be c aime j n gton every generation, but once in that the legislature has a monopo y , a cer> tury or so it would-be so pleas- >n •brains and ability. ant to reproduce the type. We did it , Z g. : in Lincoln. How wonderful if Mr. Hope TOr the Free Mon Truman had been another. A r e badly The country, particularly the South,! need, and could well use a Washing- iias been suffering for' weeks from ton or a Lincoln in these troubled an acute oil shortage for heating. A times. Mr. Truman loves his country. We all do—except those who prefer Rus- break in ’he weather has been longed for to ’relieve the condition. Now many are telling us to shift | sia. But from out Presidents we ex- back io coal. And as soon as a gei pc t more than from the ordinary . eral shift is made, the czar John L. Lewis will probably stop coal pro duction again and back weTl go to oil, regardless of the cost jn chang ing. This see-sawing may have r.“ ad vantage. The pressure of the human demand for, warmth will stimulate citizen; and many of us had hoped that his “State of the Union" and later rhesse ges wou’d place him upon a pedestai of patriotism if not good politics. But* they followed the old political vote-get ng line to the let ter—replete vith noble but unsound resolutions and garnished with the sauce. He the i”geh dty of the scientists, 'iiid jcitjiomary soak-the-r ch this will heln solve Lewis' trouoles, missed the ball. ’ and unfortunately, those of his coai We need a leadership in Washing- miners wlio still lap up the soft soaj) ton that $peaks with sincerity in he ladies out to them. j terms of ;>My1C mntry First, Last and Whenever the administrative j Always.” That was George Washing- branch of our government arrogates to itself powers which constitution ally belong to the legislative branch it is one .more move toward social- ton the statesman. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE “The Paper Everybody Read*” TOPS ALL RECORDS! Fire losses have reached an all-time high—no record to be proud of. More necessary than ever to be careful. More necessary than ever to keep your FIRE INSURANCE in force* % WE LEND MONET ON AI/TOMOBILES S. W. 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