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Page Fpur _ THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, March 4, 1948 I Shr Clintnti (DirantrU 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 of Congress March 3, 1879. The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readen the publisher will at all.times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly, advice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest'* when thty are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will mv.'be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views opinions of its correspondents. MEMBER: SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCI NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCI and "extras” which -are hard to ac-■ curately estimate, should be abol ished. ■*'It Jhe governor of the state is ’to' be i>aid S12'.000 Annually, regardless! of who he may be, then the extihs, should be eliminated. The appropri ations bill in its present status would j authorize^the expenditure Of $5,200' at the mansion for supplies for the' next fiscal year. This is very gen^r-! Claus', we say. If servants, supplies, rent, etc., are to be fur-1 ihed the chief executive—in addi-; to $12,000—we say that the of fice remuneration is too high and should be reduced. ty’ seat, and it is feared that mought hire miss smith out' from under4he flat rock school bored he 1 citation to the jefferson-jackson dim- mercratic dinner in Washington, d. c., but he reclined to except the in vitation. he says he has no intrust NOBODY'S BUSINESS By GEE McGEE K. K. K. Appears To Be In Flat Rock the -poleesman in flat rock is wor-;^ onney anny) ~ in”theTr" pockets} ried put nigh to death, he has re-: bofoar he decides to 0 pp erat e an- mr - ocrt sk >nner says tha tall 10 ceived 3 notes from the k. k. k. andi so r orth he can and wjU d(> g. nose of the civvil right planks in truman’s he is now a-skeered of hi^hhadow. all of his own cases instid of havvin > latform sounds verry much like he goes to bed with the chickens, but j t0 d th t th ho - [Wallace's flatform, and he would as not in the same house with them dnd | P ■ P leave have 6ne for pressident as the he goes armed with 2 pistols, b billies | the all-nite filling station has gone otht “ r . ' but he do not want either one and a sling shot. ....... th\ hubbert green has installed a, novv * n th e pressent socalled leader x-ray machine in his offis and he is *he dinrunercrats. and reather than t now able to look entirely thru his! vo * e ^h e ticket outlined, he will not i patients and can even count the v °te. a-tall. * Excluc ve National Advertising GREATER WEEKLI New York Chicago Detroi presentative Philadelphia ( l INTON. S. C .. Till HSplVY. M ABCII 4. 1948 Up the Hil! and Down lor two weeks foe state |Sphate mendt i and re\ sed the apm>opna- 1.011.' o.l u' sent it by the l<?wer .i iuse Anno't every change meant an increase in certainyifems m the o:!t unf it iiaa re.icp^d an all-high provisions S5.938.08. H;s withholding tax (Fed eral income tax) was $555.07. His average.daily pay was $27.83. These figures show that coal niin- Short Work Hours v 1 President William Green of the AFL told a senate committee that! 1 agreements • should be negotiated to . add five hours to the work week as ' a means of combating inflation.- He i was talking more directly to indus- i try than to labor, for he stipulated! j thait these five hours be paid fox-ofi, t overtime rates. When the Wagner act was enacted' (a labor union bill) the American! people were told as one of the argu ments that it was a health measure, that it would shorten hours and give employees more, time for leisure and recreation. ~ the first letter received by him was is unknown to his credditors. when , ,, , . last seen, he was .filling up his strip as followers:: poleesman, keep yore ; down at his statio/1 and was heade 5 mg mouth shut about the cross Jyurnt, Aorth . he left his k in the lock m front of. judd .skinner s house, we but that is abont al , he , eft exce put you on notis that something be- 2 puinpS- he is bein seeked afte P out of bizness and his whereabouts af t he,m - he of coarse believes in t . sides a cros^ will be burnt near you ear long, beware, k. k. k. the cotton farmers are getting reddy to make another crop failure, but they hope 1948 wont be as bad as 1947. seed loans will be available, ’ Set paid according to mr. slim chance, and ‘ 7.50$ per day lot _expenses as now that will buy the ferty-lizer, andJP Ianned ' if he can get eleckted II civvil rights, but he says state’s rights come first ansoforth. mr. slim chance, jr„ is planning to run wor the leggis-lature, but he wont run on ariny flatform composed of races, religions, creeds and colors, he will run on his own merits and repper-tation and be be-holding to no man or -party. t if the leggislators 2.000$ per session, plus the next letter was throwed thru his window last night, it read as followers: "poleesman, if you can't treat yore wife and 5 darters better, a cow-hide will be laid acrost yore (tbere w ji] be enough loT over to nut i be the best job he ever hell. most of the local radios back on the air. verry little of the 1947 crop is i being hell, but mr. art square is' still holding his 2 bales for c40 a lb. I carcass, this is our last notis. ware! beware!! k. k. k. , , But Green and other labor bosses; ers are drawing big wages tor short are n )t J* osed l0 a more than 40 . work weeks, as John L. would have hour , veek if the pay is hl g h . and the'; it. Anci they also show why the coa . tipulatl6n 1S the , e>that all hours : >»>u ,)uy is h.g.i, ana Ekely fa go slid ver must be remunerated for' higher. at the rate of time and one-half on ;t!ie hnttrly- t>ay-barffis. These boys wljp ! talked about health as a blind say | ■ $: :l\;hh).ooo. without n-r the neve-s.'a:\ynncome. After all amendments had been disposed ol > ij' L Ci. *. Cl ■ e 'en.i'.e i n/a roll call Vi>te \oted' *7ign ilQiG jQlQriCS 32 to 4 agamst adopting the bill in The house last week passed a bill j now work ' as many hours as you • e fo.miat .v.ts before the members, i to fix the salaries of eight state of- please, but be sure • to get the time ..\ ,.! tht/bill m Ih.r. form went j w-Wtt-h - and a half*. Industry, on tTfe bthei _ :7~tno^nouse and will be tossed into .they are now receiving through an! hand, frequently demurs at the extra the thihd letter was found poked under his door this morning: ‘‘you are not the law. yore mayor had bet ter stop fining certain folks 11$ or 30 days for nothing, he hisself ought to be a-rested for loafering and vag-! grancy.,... all he does is‘ thorn, we mought get both of you at the samef time. k. k. k.” the poleesman has wrote the gover nor of his state for a company of nashnal guard, allso a machine gun nest, he trembles.so all of the time, ne can’t lite his own pipe, it is claim ed that he was a k. k. k. member a lew years ago, but dropped out and has benn telling things ansoforth. hisf posish is precarious to say the least If Truman Is Right AH The Demo , '“Crats Are Wrong the moyor of flat rock had a in- Backache For quick com/ortlac halp for Baekacha, Rheumatla Falsa, Oattlaf Cp Nlghta, *tron* cloudy urlna, Irrltatlaa paaaagaa. Lag Pain*, elrolaa undar ayaa, aai gvollan ankles, dua to noo-orgaola and boa ayatamlo Kidney and Bladder troubles, try CyataL Quick. compleU satisfaction or money back guaranteed. Ask Tour druggist for Cystsx today. bring down prices on short hours and high production costs, regardless of what President Truman aqd others tell us. Flat Rock News miss Jennie veeve smith had as her dinner, supper, breakfast and all .he/faus .if a free conference com-! ‘‘official expense” allowance, and to hours because of the extra costs. U : oft tee : further consideration and raise the pay of the governor and | says we musi choose between ex- v nanges Tne unexpected vote to kill attorney general. The governor by; panded output or charging still high- . . amendments to the house bill this bill would receive $l'2,000 an- ] er price?. v »u!;! .have required several, weeks nually. the-chlef justice of the su-, What this country badly needs is, nge. and ;>raba<bly a new start over preme court $10,500, the associate more work, less handouts, less loaf- the upper b idy. * justices $10,000 each, the c i r c u i 11 ing and living otl government more This means that during the two! judges $9,000 each, and the other production, more goods. We can" weeks, million^ of words, reams'of! state officers $7,500 each, expens.ve paper, printer’s ink. type- The salary ot all state officers setting and other expenditures were should- be fixed at a definite figure ■/ .sled at the expense of taxpayers, with no subterfuges. All perquisites 1) you call that progress? It was a > “ ~ 1 ~ > rtT 4 •*, *h i -jo 11 n t hp h’ll a n rl •.* •.* .k down again. :n night guess last friday, mr. and mes-, dame jhon hawkerson from the coun- ! ty seat* mr. hawkerson is the supper- intendent of the scholls at the coun- i YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEE A MOVING PICTURE OF THE LATEST JOHN DEERE FARMING EQUIPMENT AND AN ENTERTAINMENT PICTURE, featuring „ ! Stewart Erwin AT THE ARMORY^— MARCH 5 — 1:00 P. M. J. R. Crawford ♦V # * , v ♦ ♦ The Red Cross Calls Tne natien-a :cie "drive of the •Yyuv .'an Fed Cross to—raise S75,- (lOOdjuu for its reliei work is now underway tor the month of March. Jf ■ 1_ .1. Laurens county is asked to contribute $9,412. and ot this |.J amount the Clmton-Goldville area is . to gr>e $3,576.- Tench P. Ow- ens i' the local chairman and can- § v .ssers will be named to make the k mn.unity dnve in the hope that our quota will be quieklt over-sub- K scribed. It is not only a duty but a ft pm ilege to support the Red Cross, j** tne world’s greatest humanitarian ft organization both at home a n d ♦£ abroad. Wherever disaster strikes, the Red Cross will be there to re- , duce the toll, ease the pain, soften :•[ tne* suffering. • Whether in peace or .car. tills organization keeps on fight- “ mg fighting lor human happiness oiul weltare all over the umrld. ft Out u‘. human suffering the Red .-j t ross a us born At the scenes ot hu.- , ft man sailering the Red Cross takes ft ts place. Emergency is its call to ft service. The unpredictable disaster— £ vie unco.itrollalble flood and raging ft fi e. t .e stealthy epidemic — when ft these st: ike. your Red Cross quickly ft reaches the victims, to comfort, sus- ft tain and restore. ' j ft Tne Red Cross must always be pre- ft : ured t - spring instantly into action,,;'; any time, anywhere And the Red' ft Cros; will be ready. It will be ready;ft because your generous dollars always i ft have made possible its merciful work, j ft For the sake o! the unsuspecting th usand.s who will be stricken this year for the sake of those des-! ft lined lot injuiy and anguish . . . the ft Red Cross now .turns to you. ft It's March—and Red Cross time..,ft This is the annual appeal the Red ft Crus- makes so that your humanity's may be spread throughout the com- ft irrg year, among all—irrespective of 'ft' . arc. color or creed. ft. I XZ You'll heipArgmi, won’t you? It's ft y-ur Red Cross . . . keep it going ... ft From March 5 Thru the Month of March 1 i , ' ■v . ■ . * •3^ The most beautiful lines of Dresses, Coats and Suits we have had in a number ; of years ... at prices that are right.. . the best quality that can be bought. Look your best Easter Sunday—and buy your outfit from us. r — ^ - \ i I i I g.^-e generously! ♦ ♦ ft Miners' High Pay John L. Le^is. the big kingfish, is ft out for himself and his miners. He ft las little consideration ifor the Amer- ft :can people,' as has been shown by ft his tactics. Because of his political ft power, he has had his way in Wash-; ft mgton since the early days of the | ft New Deal Roosevelt administration, I tit and has been pampered and petted.,ft He had demanded what he wanted, ft and got it, too. — Short working hours and .Jngh pay ft is Le«us'slogan. As a result the min- ft ers are working shorter hours now j ft than ever before, and getting more^ft concessions along with their con- ft tracts in atMition'to their pay spale. As an example, a'ISrge coal min-j ihg c-oirop^ny has issued a folder hon oring their employeesy'^nd showing' photos of several workers and the' amount of their earnings last year.) One worker shown is 30 years old and ; ft has been mining coal for eight years. ' His wages in 1947 amounted to $4,689.40. His withholding tax was $161.10. His, average daily wages were $20.84. 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