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I I Pape Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1949 iE hr (El in ton (E^rnnirlr Established 1900 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant Published Every Thursday By THE CFRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year $2.00 1 Six Months $1.25 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C., under Act of Congress March 3, 18 7 9. 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 not be noticed. This paper is no^esponsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. \ JER: SOUTH CAROLINA ^RESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION National Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New VorK Chicago Detroit Pniladelphia CLINTON. S. C.. THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1949 measure stated that children were wasting money on the machines, while those favoring the bill stressed the fact that no machines paying off in coin or free games were included under the bill, but only pintables with “free play feature.” The bill clarifies an act passed two years ago by the general assembly, w'hich, in a test case, was ruled by the supreme, court not to include | pinball machines. On the roll call vote which passed the bill in the house and sent it to the senate, Laurens county repre sentatives C. B. Culbertson and C. L. Milam voted with the majority > favoring the measure, while Repre-! sentative Robert Wasson was not recorded as voting. Local Men Enlist In Regular Army M-Sgt. Edward Q. Ham, the local i army and air force recruiting rep-: ■ resentative, announced yesterday' that the following*men have enlisted in the regular army for a period of three years: - Clarence Mathis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Mathis, of Lydia Mills. Mr. and Mrs. Mathis also have two sons, Dewey and Charles, Jr., in the navy. Walter T. Campbell, son of Mr. and Mrs. James' W. Campbell, of Lydia Mills. - | further processing and training. At Dean V. Mason, son of Mr. and i the end of the training period they Mrs. Harold L. Mason, Lydia MiUs. j may become eligible to attend any These men are assigned to the of the many technical schools offered training centen at Fort Jackson for I by the army. ° The City Bond Issue have not been undermined in the < slightest. One of the achievements Qualified Clinton electors will vote of the Act has been to place a curb < n April 12 on the question of a on labor racketeering and to give the $450,000 bond issue. The proposed rank and file of members a much issue is divided $350,000 to extend stronger voice in the conduct of the and improve the existing water- unions which they keep alive with works, sewerage and electric light their dues. It has aimed to curb such system. The second proposal to be rabid labor leaders and dictators as voted upon separately is the issuing John Lewis and has maintained a o’ $100,000 bonds, the proceeds to be fair balance. The labor bosses want used ^.-pay the Town’s share of in- it abolished with one stroke. They , stalling permanent improvements on want to do as they please regardless streets and sidewalks, as petitioned 0 f the public, they defy any regula te: by property owners. tion by law. They want to be a law The registration books have closed under themselves, and for this con- w:th approximately two hundred dition which has existed in recent qualified to participate in the elec- years with government encourage- : on. which is a small enrollment. ment—the American people are pay- While it is not the responsibility ing dearly. Only as an example, look o: The Chronicle to tell qualified what you pay for a ton of coal today electors how to vote on any public in your cellar. ;ssue. we want to say that we ap-' The Taft-Hartley Act is not per- preciate the urgent need of the pro- feet. It may need changes, but the posed bond issue for sewerage, wa- principle is right and sound. It un- terworks and j?lectric light expan- doubtedly can be changed and sions It has been a number of years amended, in the light of experience, .-.nee a bond issue has been author- But that does not disguise the fact .zed for municipal improvements, that it marks a great step forward a rule the town has been growing. i n effecting a fair balance betweem many ne.v nouses have been erect- business on the on* hand and or- » :. espe bally on the near outskirts ganiced labor on the other, Ne.ther < ■ the c.ty Those residing in the'e should it be destroyed because a ..rea' are entitled to public faeili- weak President has promised labor « s and it is the obligation of the he will advocate its ^l*>Ltion anicipality to give them 'Uch con- — ^ - • •m i e> '<> far as possible. There i- only one way in which to provide • and that is a bo I dispatches from England U- issu< They cam >t be lustrate per!ectly the insatiable ap- *h '..gh r.and-to-mouth financing. T only wjy ac say is to float > r. *.' and levy a tax to pay them ofl Tm- city's urgent need today is an rr .u: gement, overhauling and ex It Would Devour All gi c tne mat.on concerning the spending of the tunds. Aith every effort and pre- ade to exercis all parts of the city on a competent engineering basis and need. The city administrat. m has point-, ed out the need of the proposed im- petite of socialism It u proposed that the g >vernment nat.<«jlue foot ball which are one otf the most popular forms of legal gambling in Britain. And an item says ’hat Brit ain's motor industry has now become ^andm^o^ts inadequate sewerage biggest exporter of auftaroobiles system, both for the convenience of in world, and that a minister the people and as a community told the h “ ,lse of commons recently hew 1th measure There are many tirae may come when Ihe. homes in all parts of the city who industry will be nathmaliza* are w ithout sewerage facilities, and ^ 0!i f think that a LaJe so- this condition can not continue on ria hsm m.iy be a good thirgg so indefinitely If there is sewerage ex- on 8 as *t doesn’t touch them should Mansion there must likewise be wa- think that ooer For if there is one terworks expansion and an enlarge- thing sure about socialism wturever merit of electric power service. The ‘t shows its .head it is that it is nev- city, it it is to grow during the next er ^tisfled until it bss devoured all decade and hold its own in comp#- eot^rprise anti established a com- tition with other towns in this sec- P^ e t^ dictatorship ov^r all of a na tion. must provide these services t * on * product!** resources, iiKkid- 1 wmch arc municipal necessities. labor farce. 1 They are essential to the health and There is a vital lesson in theft for ka:ety. not to mention the minimum American penple. \\e may think, vcnonce of all citizens. .that its all rbl* ^ ar tbe government If the proposals are approved in 13 into a* types of business and ; Ithc election, city council should then tj absorb private industry in thovpro- ! taxpayers complete infer- cess And when this happens, th* mere question at who is going to t produce whatever the commodity :| t. •. made to exercise fairness to rn ‘ , * v 15 l east * ne mailer. | The big thing., which overrides, all other considerations, us that a prece- ! dent is estaolished whereby any’ kind of business, from a grocery ■ S^UToni; be pro-i store to a newspaper to an aut^ano- L ided it' we have said, through the b,le P lant - be ®c>alized and ( floating a bind issue It is our a function of^government as judgment tnat in spite of unsettled 1 w ®"- ' - Lor ii- m. this matter o! providing; Our government firows morn so- . L i mu.-f improvements cannot ciahstl c each day. national and .-sate «| Ibe delayed if our house is to what is happening elsewhere: and here should be a danger warning to America befiare it is too latec No country can be half socialistic and half free enterprise- The people can ! nave one or the other, but never D t * tU A f both. This truth the Washington Ketam the Act planners ar.ii spenders delib'irately ] Republican and Southern Demo- ignore. crat supporters of the Taft-Hartley ^ ; law are claiming enough votes to prevent its repeal as recommended belore and since the last national election by President Truman. The U fxperted to come next week. Ii the Act goes, the adminis trative forces favoring its abolition would replace it with the old Wag ner Act in a sort of modified form, 1 a 76 to 27 roll call vote a bill intro- which is an all-out organized labor duced by the ways and mentis corn- union bill, one-sided, unfair, and a mittee of' the house to prtmde for strife-maker. the licensing of pinball machines in It is to be hoped thet for the good South Carolina. Opponente of the of business, employees and employ- ers, that the Taft-Hartley law will remain on the statute books. If it has defects, they can be remedied by amendment, and should be. Those who thought the law would be abol-1 ished as soon as Truman was re elected, have been disappointed, 1 There are enoegh influential mem- 1 bers of both parties who have shown themselves to be against giving la-; bor extremists a blank check. We hope the lipe holds, p The Act it frequently denounced j by politicians as a measure which | enslaves labor. No evidence can be produced to support this. It is good vote-catching demagoguery. Since it became law numerous labor groups have demanded and received wage increases and other benefits. Rela tions between capital and labor have greatly improved all along the line because of the law. The legitima e bargaining powers of the unions inesi lunge be .-et in o:der so that we m^iy plan wi'C.y fur building a bigger and bet- ler Clinton in the years that lie ahead. House Passes Bill To License Pinball Machines In State Special ta The Chronicle. Columbia, April 6.—The Kuuse of representatives last week passed on FOR SALE 1946 DODGE 4-DOOR SEDAN GOOD AS NEW If you want a real bargain see— D. B. SMITH Belk’s Dept. Store FOR SALE Used Fluorescent Light Fixtures All In Perfect Condition Prices Right Belk’s Dept. 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