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Page Four 'Vl THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, April 22, 1948 t Slip (Clinton (CljrontrU Established 1900 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Published HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant T * Published-Eyery 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 l 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 interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will m>t’be noticed This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of. its correspondents. ■ .v' MEMBER: SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION ,e National Advertising Representative •GREATER WEEKLIES New York.. Ch.cago Detroit Philadelphia Reuben G. Clardy; Native This County, Passes In Mullins day at at the First Baptist church mercantile firm of Rasor and ClardyOhe Mullins hospital commission, | in Mullins with the Rev-P ,B Up- company. Following the death of' Surviving are the widow, the for- church, his pastor, officiating, assist- John B. Rasor 10 years ago, he be- mer Miss Annie Louise Rusmiselle ed by former pastors. Burial follow- came president of this business, a: of Waynesboro, Va.; three sisters, *d infadardqlg.. L ho h^iH .mtil his death.. I-Mrs. F, C. Pinson of Clinton, Mrs.' Mullins, April 11—Reuben Gaines M ; Clardy ' was born in Laurens " He' was a member of the Baptist* M. C. tlark of Mullins.and Clinton,' Clardy. 69 years old, well known CO unty. the son of the late John church where he held positions as a and Miss Annie Clardy of Mullins; MullinsN^ierchant, died at the Mul- \fj c hael and Elizabeth Rasor Clardy. property trustee, a deacon, and was two brothers, John B. Clardy of Al- hns hospital, last week after-an ex- i For the last 45 years he had resided teacher in the junior department for pharetta, Ga., and Boyce R. Clardy tended illness.- He had be^ft_ m^difs»‘j n \iullins, being associated with the ^5 years. He was also a member of| 6f M\illii»a. ^ dining health foi^ the last severlfi years and had beerT,hospitalized fori 1 the last three weeks. X Funeral services were held Tues-, No Place for Eddie “.The Even:: 7 < \as. re Banner of Green- tly t’ Eddie, an m Bolt Reelected^^ T. B. Group Head At the annual meeting of the Lau* rens Couilty Tuberculosis Association held in Laurens the past weeK, W. T Bolt oB that city, was le-elected president for the coming year. Miss Beaufort Copeland was re elected secretary and J. Leroy Burns, treasurer. .Mrs. John Carey Bolt, of. Gray Court, w:as elected first vice 1 president, and W. K. Waits of Gold- ville. . second vice president. The executive committee as named was ' as anyone who faces facts can now; composed of Mrs. L. G. Balle. Mrs .veil understand. • ‘ R. H. Roper, Mrs. Gray Harris, Mrs. Lewis’ coal contract exoires on Hamp Stone and Dr. D. O. Rhame < Cif'June 30. He may then be expected to °; c ^y- ( 1.1 MOV. S . THrRSI).\Y, APRIL >2, 1948 * ..me: m .et loose again with a demand* A report was made on the seal a new contract, higher wages, sale campaign last year, with H. M. sh irter hours, and everything else Paris as chairman, in which $7,445 ' as ked he may decide he wants. This means .was raised. Eighty-five per cent of J 1 ^' ;i '■ -v irking consumers will- pay- more for coal this amount is used to-fight tuber*- t ; ■' 'pr:et sa:a. th;s w inter than they are now pay- ellipsis in Laurens' county," it was an- ni for the vacan- in g. Crippled production in our nounced. ..'ked. -Nope, country means nothing T id e d.dn’t m nor.’ „ w':,- DEMOC RATIC ( LI B MEETINGS this latest shows the miners’ complete dis regard for- tne welfare of the Amer- SATCRDAY mer added. “There’s no ( ican people and the prestige--of oui To: Democratic Club Prc.mrts. <■ Ei l:e< because the days government as it now faces a world Laurens County: - nave returned and c-iisis. YOU WILL PLEASE TAKE NO-i ' ' ’ ' waited. upon. Lewis and ' his followers hold a PICE That your Democratic Club is! to .e: ks take an in- m nopoly and they know it. He7‘ttie to meet at the usual place of meet-, e(|ut -ts. g.ve them big chiet, is America's* No. 1 domes- in ^ at 3 o’clock P. M. on Saturday, ■' e and try. to make tic problem. April 24. or at the usual time of a- :1 ,:r ‘ c ' That’s just hu-j Tne tragedy is that our govern- meeting for organizing for the Dem-, 0 ’’ ' “— ment has allowed Lewis to have his oeratic Primary for 1948, and at the the wu:. many a store, way the • past twelve or fourteen saic I meeting you shall elect a presi- big chains down to tne 1 years. What he has demanded he has dent > vice-president, Secretary and ; | -. h « to employ poor and won until he met the only real, de-' I reasurer> a committee on registra-i d:s.n:erested help, because nothing feat of his career a little more than tion, and one member as executive bette- could be had. But we are get- a year ago. He has been a political j committe ® nan - You are aJso t0 elect t.ng back to nprmal now. gradually, power to gather in votes, the poli- delegates to the County Convention: During < m the :tle shot and we re (seeing again that retailing ;s a career, that it calls for very i pecial talents and- mental attitudes (nd capabilities, and that it isn’t a ticians being as afraid of him as they, which meets on May 3 at 11 o’clock would be of a loose tiger at Barnum-; A - M at the County Court House., 1 Bailey circus. They have petted and Each precinct is entitled to one dole- | pampered him, and let him have his gate lor every twenty-five mem-l Vb that just anybody can do. Many 1 wa/ with unprecedented dictatoriaE hers and one delegate for a majority of the larger 'stores carry on highly [ powers. His monopolistic union sur-; I ract i° n thereof, based upon the devel iped training programs f o'r' passes any form business monopo- number of votes polled in the first the:: employees, and tHese' are of ly ever known in America. primary of the preceding election -erv. e to small stores as well, by ( How long must the American peo- : year - :a:smfa the standards of retail service) pie remain helpless and be exploited Please have your secretary for ward the names of the officers, exec utive committeeman, and delegates to ’hie as County Chairman at your earliest date conv«aient. RALPH T. WILSON . April 19, 1948. County Chairman. ,n general. I j by an arrogant leader like Lewi*? The customer rs entitled- to., inter.-1 How lon g are the orderly processes ested and .ntelhgent service, whether government to be sneered at by he'.'- after a pound of hamburger oxj^his dictator? a complete spring outfit, "and retaib- ; ng- is giving it to him. Stores that take no interest in this basic form of public relations won’t be in business long as competition stiffens and we go into a stronger buyer's market. And like Eddie, they’ll leave no va- ca n c v. Time for a showdown was several years ago. It is a disgraceful spec tacle we have witnessed ar#d al lowed. Weak-kneed governmeot is largely responsible for what has been happening. And the miners are “go^ts” in his hands, blindly follow ing and obeying an irresponsible leader who should be destroyed. The Defiant John Lewis Should Be Destroyed Why Economic Discord Improved labor-management coi»- Thirteen months ago the defiant ditions injhis country, all along the John L Lew:s and his miners’ union] Une, is a basic need. Labor and cap^ were fined $710,000 for defying ajital are dependent upon each other., Pues:dent-ordered injunction against 1 and if there is to be industrial pro- a coal.strike. The man who stopped gress, economic discocd must go. him then was Federal Judge Alan T.Employers and employees must work Court feouse, Laurens, S. C., on May Goldsborough, after he had defied together- in team work, ever mindful ; T, nexC after publication-hereof, at laid down in the i uji o’eEack in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why The said Administration should not be CITATION FOR LETTERS Off ADMINISTRATION The State of South Carolina, , C<xnxty of Laurens. « By J. H. Wasson, Probate Judge: Whereas, Sam Tacutl made suit *t> me to grant him Lettars of Adminis tration of the Estate and effects of Mrs. Kate Tavell. These are, therefoiis. to cite andi admonish all and sirgjalar. the kin dred and creditors of the said MrsT* Kate Tavell, deceased!, that they be and appear before me^ in the Court al Probate, to be held at Laurens mm ■ ■ ■ ■ » ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ § i f B First! and Fun over tne government. Pres-)of the principles ident Truman, and for years Presi-i Golden Rule. den: R Msevell We? said then, "Thank j It is a most l»peful sign that more God for a judge«with backbone.” and more leaders of American in- granted. In re ent weeks we have oeen fac- in a H bcanches, are thinking,: Giyeh under my hand this 17th ner showdown, one to four IC rhese terms. The goafiof progres-iday of April. A. D., 194». J. HEWLETTE WASSON, ■ ■ week' old coal stoppage, with Lewis sive management must be to make- demand.ng a $100 a month pension e^'b worker feel that he-is an. iridi- toi ail miners reaching age 60 after not a number and that he is 20 years service The operators ob- doi - a 8 a job that is essential and ton- 29-2cw Probate Judge. jetted, stating that this would ex- tributes directly to a completed hau.-t the welfare fund. Lewis then i ae b i<iV *ment. (Jite of the most thor— told the w irkers to leave the pits. , ou ^ 1 studies ew made <i£ the rea— Legal action-was begun, the govern-. so,ls *by men strike iriiicates that, ment petitioning the federal court to and hours, contrary to popu- lind the czar and his union g U in y bir upmton, are not the most impor- of contempt for defying the order to l af *t causes, feeling licit manage- ' ment is without interest tn the work er as an individual, aioi that en>- ... ' fLai'fess Judge. Golds- 15 not Properly intei-ested h borough entered the ease and helird: business by which, he is cm the testimony. Yesterday he gave his,Pl 0 ^ ed ’ underlies an amazing num- .xlecision—sentencing Lewis to pay bitter labor troubles, line of $20,000 and the miners to[ pay $1,400,000 for contempt of court- Backache end tne coal stoppage which has been ] •creating a deeping economic crisis.) Aga.ti- Vor quick lll■flrtlf half tor B*ckach«, BhcunuUto PaIba CtoMtof IClghtA •tronf torlt i tt»j f, Lf Paine, tinUm ■■ tor tym. am moB»a aoum, da* to AAA >HAAl> AM AM toto—to Kldn*7 And Wad tor troaMto, try Cytfm. Qalck, complrto AAttefactloa at money booh (ufranteed. Ask rour dnjfito* for Cystoa today. There is a great opixirtunity h*re for intelligeat labor leadership as well. Don’t overlook iiis. The big unions have become virtual dictator- The judge hinted s strongly further punishment would be dealt out if the miners were still on strike Friday., shl P s ; controlled by a small gfoup. He accepted a government rectum- of se ^ s * 1, unscrupulous men as the mendation to impose fines, but said, ^ke Lewis and Petrillo and oth- it had been his own inclination to ; ers< individual member of the send Lewis to jail. Again the Amer-! unions ' ^ man who P 3 ? 5 th£ bllls 1C an people should say “Thank God’V* and Stves }the organization its bar- for Judge Goldsborough. i gaming power, is treated like a rub- Woat will happen now? Lewis, ini ber sta mp, while the czars above him fear of tne judge imposing new fines; live . in luxur y and become immen.se- or even a jail sentence, has ordered ^ rich. He obeys or gets out and if the more than 250,000 miners back to be / ets out u he has sma [ l chance of work. What will be the final effect' find+n8 a at his„trade. Coercion towards replenishing the ' nation's j c,ver and “vet- is .used to keep the dwindling cnal supply , s now the | menibership whipped .p line. | big question. Will they continue to Tl “ »'«'•« st ; e ' 1 f* h ® f « h “ “««». dely' the law? It is a question 0 f!'‘t' di enity. thenghts. and, the whether the laws ol the United |»' .«>* States shall be openly flouted by ex- When that goes, al! ts destroyed. And ploite s like Lewis and his follow- that strength can be maintained only when the individual, whether he turns a wrench or makes decisions involving millions, feels that he is getting a decent deal and sees that ers. ,or whether these laws shall be respected and enforced as a protec tion to' the American people, and to preserve law, order arid decency.- . . . , . Lewis wants to run things exactly;, , ,„ u „_ , , u; _ t as he wishes. He has pretty well done that since his crowd'contributed $500,000 to the Roosevelt political campaign fund back in th^ early days of the New Deal regime which has done untold harm to the nation, leadership and labor leadership must meet at this common point — and work together. ARROW Stapling Machines — the handy little office time-saver. Chronicle Publishing Co. » # 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 F ROM tfw great labora tories of the land comet a steady flow of miraculovs medicaments. And your Phy sician knows that the newest specialty will be found on the shelves of this Prescrip tion Pharmacy, awaiting his call That h why he may recommend that you bring prescriptions here for care ful, precise compounding. Your patronage will be sincerely appreciated. And you will find that our prices are always uniformly f^iir. BISHOP-WALKER PHARMACY ‘The Rexall Store” # ♦ # ♦ In celebration of our 2nd Anniversary, we bring you a new and better cleaning service. Your patronage has enabled us /> j. • - ■ . • ■* to offer the BEST that con be had in o dry cleaning solvent at no extra charge. INTR&DUCING TO CLINTON AND SURROUNDING AREA, THE USE OF i i ■ i i “ r Perchlorethylene ~ i f. .. ' • - A CLEANING SOLVENT FOR QUALITY RESULTS Call 436 for Pickup and Delivery Service 8 1 l I l I l I l DON'T STORE YOUR GARMENTS WITHOUT SANITEX PROTECTION! GET MOTHS OUT! KEEP MOTHS OUT! — by the reliable method — dry ] —by having garment returned in . cleaning. 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