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Page Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE hursday, April 1, 1948 (Htje (Eltntmt Ol^rottirU 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 n - - - -- - — ■ Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post OfTice at Clinton, S. C., under Act of Congress March 3, 1879. The Chronicle seeks i ie cooperation of its subscribers and readers— the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general intexesj. When they are not'of a defamatory nature. Anonyihous communications will, not be noticed. This paper y is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. _ !-r —*r. ..... .. ... KBa _ • •... MEMBER: * SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION ~ Exclucve National Advertising Representativb GREATER WEEKLIES New York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia iare to be the judges, shto* is as i as gone, they are Ml jealous' of IfeTT while she is pver-Weight, she has a fine figger, being built from the ground up. gevveral other girls are being pro moted for the “new look’’ and 2 or 3 of them *have a chande. tiny moore would make it wassent for that wart : on her nose, all of them hope to: 'wind up in~hblIywbod where they| will be put into pkhers ansoforth.l good wishes to all, and especi^Hyi miss smith. MRS. GAINES’ . NAME OMITTED Through an error # last week, the name of Mrs. J. G. Gaines of Green ville. was omitted among the surviv ing daughters of the late Mrs. Kitty: Simpson Dutton of this city. The Chronicle- is glad to. make the oor- rection.—-—-—= — T Local Responsibility We n >te thaf the Laurens Cham ber ol ::t:ous ecunn: ary. 1 v a v* mmerce has become md is now conSiderini am- the AHNOUMCEHEMTS FOR MAYOR I hereby announce myself a can to replace him with, -and in desper- didate for Mayor of. Clinton, and ation are now looming General EL-. pledge myself to abide by the results enhowexv-S Kansas state Republican, of the Democratic primary. ( LINTON. S ( . Till RSDAY. APRIL 1. 1948 of a . ful .. o: mation mmittee f cn towns >..arens cs -time paid sccre- is being sought •.ewsp. no ;>a: : i out the approximate - to their experience proponents, accord- pei report, said that i secretary is need- ant bring new in- who withdrew himself, from presi-j dential possibilities several weekaj ago. If he would not accept the Re publican nomination it sounds stupid for the Democrats to be pushing his hhme forward as their standard- .bearer to salvage the party. Over on the other side the Repub- i beans are badly divided, with some of the leaders preferring one candi date. and others expressing ditfer- 6nt choices. The names most heard in connection with the nomination are Gov. Thomas Dewey,’ Senator [Robert Taft, Harold E. Stassen, Sen ator Arthur H. Vandenberg, and ! | Speaker Joseph Martin. Senator . I Vandenberg, probably the ablest man S'.. ... largely Irom w.thm. Thi* the Unlted States se „ ale . re .| rn r.- la at lor.il ous.ucss men must ed|y M|d h u n0 , , candldat ,-l have fa.-i m tb.nr communuies and d haJ no in t!le llon , ma not expect outsiders to come in anc *, t j on Should JOE P. TERRY. . I o a.- :cr the town." That is mucii i fh:i:Y chine. New enter- pi.ses are not lioat.ng around seek- .ng a town :n which to locate. The day i.; big nea plants is largely u e.. T.ne town that grows, whether :t be Laurens. Clinton or elsewhere, M0BIL0IL Gas and Oil Complete Line Groceries CHARLIE NABORS West Main Street build their towns. There must be a complete Republi- 1 can deadlock develop at the conven tion, he may appear on the scene as ,ia drafted dark-horse. What the What Democrats will do no one knows. It is our guess that over strong important to support initiative and confidence on the P art t lon he of business'- men. These are the first perquisites for growth and de- velopmenUas we face the future. And while it is desirable to bring e'w.Tu'T . w “*‘ f . . “ Southern opposition, as well as from new industries into a town it is just , ,, . _ J other parts of the country, Truman ui »se Ae through the aid of,the big machines ____ i will get the nomination and be de- nil j feated in the election. I n6 r60pl6 Ignored What wall happen no one knows. The tax commission was reported This much is certain—the two na- ve--ge-Jay as holding a hearing on.an tional ' conventions .at .PhAb.dftlphia- Tpphcatiob fJr IF permit to operate will be hard-fought. ■ It is even pos- a liquor st ire in the town ot Me- sible that some of the Democratic aheadv h: Coll m Marlboro county, which while a small-town, already has four liquor stores. . . v 1 Gppositifwi to granting the permit was voiced by two churches of the town based on the proposed location. Also opposition was expressed against any additional stores in the _ _ _ _ __ _ mimicipality. The city administra- By (stC MCVjfcC also expressed its opposition. This is not an unusual occurrence.! T) the contrary it happens-regular-’ !y with about 900 retail stores'now. . , , , .... ra , ,,, .... , up m the corner cash stoar building. ■ n operation in the state, and new, b. , , , „ , , , , which clo.-.ed a few days ago miner applications being filed. Tne liquor - . ... , 7 , . - i . . count of something he 1 refused to ou.i.ness i.> a money making busi- r , v. nec . ^ , State, rru-. lum spooks of the coun-ty-j Tiyr, „ : seat will be the owner, operator and i —i.hf T pro leu;., u. t. ww . ha ve^bttle . .17. T . . , , * manpager of Tne new carl, ana ne c. t\.t. under tne law towns have „ , ^ j , - . k- * > ..i„ : .. , ;will be msistfd by his wife, 4 dar- n * “ u,t 111,1 e ‘ a ' ^ <nv •• tens and 2 sons, all of which will; ?>;,■• '^i U,reS they are ^ I board with hi*, he will serve the' delegates will walk out of the con vention bufore they will swallow Truman. NOBODY'S BUSINESS Flat Rock Has A New Eating House ALTEX AMERICA’S QUAIITY DOUBIE HUNG AlUMINUM WINDOWS NO PAINTING NOROmNG NOSTANNG NO RUSTING NO STRAIMNG NO SHRINKING NO>SWaUNG NO RATTLING NO DRAFTS NO UPKEEP * ECONOMICAL * EASY INSTALLATION * COMPLETELY ASSEMBLED * FULLY WEATHER STOPPED * FULL LENGTH OR HALF SCREENS CAN YOU AFFORD Njtf HI INCLUDE ALTEX IN YOUR RHIDING PLANS? B. H. SUDDETH Clinton, S. C. no. sentiment is ignored. The 1 rnm.ss.on grants th« permits while tv-mnnimtieM are helpless. The state an • nation, is in the liquor business t" ia.se revenue. Ami tne legislature refuses to! tne-present law which Jeil^i ■ :x maji.i .:y vote of the /Jeople. ipllowering the first day m -e-n-u Big Election Looms pea soup bean soup v«g. sc^ap; tomato juice ' orange juice chicken in the turkey in Uie casket straw | coffee waiter tea beer light bread roCIs -i ajrpie pie peac’r pic plain pie ’The i.;;p: oaching Novemlx*r Presi dential e'.e. tn.m is arousing nation wide nite.es! on toe part'of Repu’o l.,.an>,-- Bom > rat'i, Communui*—and—'-' r -c39. the cost of the aiaove meal .vill be 1 the down payment h.a benn. -no cneefe^-will* be ex--" 1 independent v uers. Predictions arel^P^ onl y cash and goverTTment: bemg made that we will see the larg-f oonds ^ be respited. est vote cast in many years, with! , / , * -1 . , , . , . , breakfast will btr served tram a political lines sharply drawn and : , . . , t . e i , . to 12, luntch, from i2 to 6, dinner, 61 enormous amounts ot money spent, l , ’ . ’ „ . ' , . . , u . „ . tto .12. no supper served at all at tiot onlv in this election, but in tnan> 1 * \ r - * ! : . , . . 1 .anny tune, as this iss a modern: eat-: congressional and senatorial races. ; J , ’ . . . !, ”, .. , jug place, and suppor is out accord- I Several months ago it was gsner- ” f K , .. * o o nn<:t an'^nforth II* • allv conceded that the Democrats would go through the formahty ol re-nom mating President Truman, with the real problem in the Repub lican camp to agree on a nominee. ]• -.vas said then that the Democrats had only Truman to put up. while the Republicans had a number of strong men eager to secure the nom ination. During the New Deal years the Democrats had only one hero—- the late President Roosevelt — and ♦ l this caff will taka care of meals aor all clubs except be ku kliix, but *he mought send out food to the: as- «se»n!bly grounds df this group, for •coil: fanning implements, 2 mules, a racor, 3 plow's, 2 raddios, a cowr (dry now), rite or foam yare en—J gagemens. . | KELP YOUR CAR IN TIP-TOP I CONDITION ! OUR EXPERT. j MECHANICS J ARE AT YOUR \ SERVICE mtrn COOPER MOTOR CO. West Main Street Phone 7-J V I i i m I I ■ I m l Th* New Look Contes* a race is on in. flal rock betwixEi no one else w r as allowed to be prim-l^g to -h* who will be; ed" as his successor. President Tru- ( vote ^ *‘ new look.” miss jennie man, a protege of Roosevelt, 1 came | veeve smith is leading, acccirding into office to fill bis unexptred term roomer> xnd, she is doing; alter being cleared through Hillman everything she can to come out ahead., lor the vice-president post. [she is-ttying to rediace. her prewsert In recent montlis a storm of oppo- ^eiiglur. is 184'In the shade, she ex-i pects long. to have it doWb to 135 ear sition has developed against Truman with a current attempt now being made by Democrats in adt'sections of the country against his nomination { miss smith has ordered some re- to succeed himself. Will the Demo~|ductng pills from new ybrk and is crats select another candidate for ( Qib5o taking a ccw-ropity treatment! President and ditch Truman, is now (adtaimistered by her twin sister, sallie veeve). she is likewise eat- a oig ’question. A lot of water can go over the dam before November. Present indications are that Mr. Jru- man tannot succeed himself, though it is not expected that he will with draw from the field and give way to any other Democrat. He is optimis tic over the outcoene, he said a few days ago, and we say he is hard- headed. The Democrats hatfe no one ing some sody crackers which are advertised in the maggy-zeens and papers and garranteed to reduce ob esity ansoforth. if the men of (Sat rock are allowed to be judges of this contest, miss jennie veeve smith will Win by a large majority, but if the wimmen Hotpoint —RANGES —REFRIGERATORS —HOME FREEZERS —IRONERS —DISPOSALLS —WASHERS —ELECTRIC SINKS —DISH WASHERS —WATER HEATERS A New Dream Line of Quality Appliances SALES r- SERVICE HOME SUPPLY CO. Next to Bailey’s Bank Phone 423 2^*- r^- Belt’s... “Savings Great In ’48” STOK-MK After Easter CLEARANCE! \ . r Prices Slashed... Extra Savings! AFTER-EASTER CLEARANCE — WOMEN’S COATS - SUITS SUITS All-wool fabrics. Values 16 $29.95 - • $16,88 SUITS 100' * wool. Values to $45.00. $24.88 SUITS Values to $27.50 $12.77 COATS » Gabardines and Coverts f* in spring pastels Values to $45.00 DRESS CLEARANCE $8.77 -.20 Dresses—values to $16.95. All this season's styles. _ Sizes 9 to 15 — 12 to 20. SPECIAL PURCHASE CLEARANCE! 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