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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1949
QJlj? (Clintnn (Ehrontrlr
Establish rd 1900
WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher
HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant
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Father, and your Father; and to my
J God and your God.
Mary Magdalene came and told the
disciples that she had seen the Lord,
and that he had spoken these things
; unto her.
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MASONS TO MEET
! Campbell Lodge No. 44, A. F. M., j
will hold a regular communication
Tuesday evening, April 19. at 7:30
in the Masonic Temple. The F. C.
degree will be conferred and all
members are invited to attend, offi
cers state.
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ROGERS BROTHERS
CLINTON. S. C.. THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1949
What Easter Means
is the most inspiring because it
stands as a sacred commenaoration of
the resurrection of Christ following
the dark days of His crucifixion and
burial. His resurrection came as a
new light into the world, proclaim-
ng the deathlessness of Christian
ity.
The triumph or Christ over the
' vote was cast. This general spirit of;
, , _ . • indifference in public affairs is not
1* r !i lgl ?. U Lf! ; 1 _ e ? rat ^ n !.. E f 3t ^l confined to our community. It is!
prevalent everywhere, and is an un
healthy sign. Taxpayers should ex-1
press themselves on all local issues,!
for they are the ones who must foot!
the bill.
The approval of the bond issue for
the sewer, water and light improve-;
ments is a wise decision, in the opin- j
ion of The Chronicle. The need of
grave tells that He did~not die on these improved and enlarged facili-
Calvary, it means more than eternal ties is urgent if the town is to fur-
existence, it means resurrection from ther grow in the future and be at-
si.n through the ever-living Christ. tractive to new residents and new
Easter means courage and hope, it industry. It has been a number of
«ives us a strong renewed faith in the years since a bond issue has been
triumph of good over evil, ultimately authorized, and this means that we
life over death It if does not teach have fallen behind and the city has
I REMEMBER..,
By THE OLD-TIMERS
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From R. O. (Dick) Helwig: “I re
member when the most popular
character in the comic strips was
‘Happy Hooligan'. His tin can hat
and his typical tramp clothes were
outstandingly funny features that
grownups and children liked. His
conversation and antics didn’t give
the Juveniles any bad ideas, either.
In those days funnies were ready
funny."
ONE DAY ONLY
From Alice Heim: *T remember
when we children used Bull Dur
ham tobacco bags to play with, filling
them full of beans so we could toes
them around as bean bags. I also re
member attaching a string to a
wooden butterdish and using the
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RAIN OR SHINE
us this, then it is meaningless.
suffered fof a lack of essential mum-J
cipal improvements that no longer
could be postponed. The sewerage
^ facilities are inadequate and many
at the ii nes need to be replaced. Other con-;
School Need Met
■Open house'' was held
eVemn J # Wlth * template improvements' are" jusTail
large number of patrons and friends needed And as we have said!
ca.hng to inspect the new.auditorium before, these improvements cannot!
Aha ..5 Mating capacity, the add- be provided out of the city’s current'
ed class Hooms and other improve- i ncom e. The only way to make them
possible is a bond issue with a tax
The beautiful auditorium is well levy to pay them, and this the ma-
arranged. well lighted and furnished, jority of those who voted Tuesday
and will be a valuable asset to the have end >rsed
school and community. It is adequate Plans will now be completed for
to fill the needs of the student body the expansion program as rapidly as
for many years to come, and is a possible, the mayor of the city said |
credit to the city Congratulations yesterday. This will make it possible'
are in order to taxpayers, the school tc "put our house in order'* and go
authorities, Supt W R Anderson, forward as one of the progressive!
and all others who had a pert
providing this community need
Use dish aa a sled for my dolls, drag
ging it behind me In the snow. Kids
today don't improvise playthings
like we did when I was a youngster.
Whet’s happened to the ingenuity
children used to have in the days
beg are prognssive education?"*
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H. Teague: T IW-
iber on old lamp lighter in our
town who carried a torch to fight
the street lamps as he rode along
«n Ms bicycle Be was such an ex
pert that he seldom had to stop his
bike while performing his lamp-
lighting Jab."
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He Draws the Crowd
The Anderson Independent is a
strong Olin Johnston newspaper. Its
publisher served for a short while
as United States senator upon ap
pointment of Mr Johnston who was
then governor of the stale.
The Anderson paper is the Sena
tor's principal booster in the state
cities of the Piedmont area.
The money should be spent by the
city administration in fairness to all
parts of ike city, with competent!
engineers directing the work on the
basis of the city’s most pressing
needs And we saw confident this wtli
be
The Easter Story
It ie the custom of the Chrow-
icle at CkruUna* and Easter to print
As an example, a news item from its 1 passages tram the Uz&in
Henry H. Vockr: "I remember
when electric street lights were
first Installrd In eur town. The air
eras full of beetiea and bats every
night-"
Grandpa Mkhoe! flrna: *T re—
iber when street cor fare* were
a nickle. shows were VSt cents and a-
newspaper wss two cents. In Chicago
street car fares have nearly tripled
since theae days."
< Oaotrlbutloas to this ordman are
’i.ir»,cd fraui o.U*ume readers. Ad-
I ~»«u wo Box $40. Frankfort,
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Captain Eddie Kuhn
And his arena full of trained wild and domestic animals. Also dogs, po
nies, monkeys and Liberty and High Schooled Horses.
Frankie Lou Woods
And her Hollywood Aerial Ballet, Clowns galore, wirewalkers, oerialists,
acrobats, also Shirley Temple and her playmate, Susie Cue, America's
finest two performing elephants.
ALL FOR THE ONE GENERAL ADMISSION
PRICE — CHILDREN 65c — ADULTS $1.30
i Show Ground Opposite Clinton Armory
Columbia news bureau said Sunday,. Today ww print the marvelees sto-
- a ev a r- w Af * Kan* rm* ■ sfr-^rt i n n aw# T
When United State* Senator Olin D
Johnaton visits South Carolina he
doesn t have to seek a crowd because
the crowd usually seeks him. And
this wa* the case when he visited
Columb.a the past week "
What is the magnetism that draws
ry Of the resurrection
as recorded m the N
of our LordL
Testament.
John 20 1M9
(According to the King Jemies Ter-
sioa)
The first day of the aaek cumeth
the crowd" The job hunters in many Mar y Magdalene early, when it
instance*. .> e would guess ? ct dork, onto the *epuichr<*. and
^ seeth the stone token away from the
Clean up Drive Planned T ien she ranneth and onmeOb to
The period April 25-30 has tosen Simon Peter, and to the Bher dis-
ie .gnated by Mayor L E. B.-hop ciples. whom Jesus loved., and «uth
: Clean Up-Pamt Up-Fix Up Week unto them They have taken assay
n Clinton with everybody invited to the Lord out of the sepulchre, and
j in n and help give the city a good we know njt where they have laid
i .e..n-up on the sound theory that him.
lea::, ness produces general health Peter thereLire went forth, and
,ir. i '.i ety C'mmittees represent- that other disciple, and irxme to the
r.^ various organizations in the city sepulchre.
nave oeen.named and tne campaign So tney ran nuth togetl«r: anihthe
be emphasized in next week s other disciple did outrun Peter, and
ivM.ie of The Chronicle came first to sepulchre.
May Bi'.nop will i>sue a procla- And ne sbxjping dowxv and link-
mation he states, calling attention to ing in. saw the linen clothes lying;
the city-wide clean up. paint up, fix yet went he riot in.
up campaign. All citizens will be Then cometh Simon letter foflerw-
aske i to j<>.n in the effort, to remove iag him. and ^vent into the sepuifchra.
all health hazards, and thereby gen- and seeth the linen clrthes Uu.
crally impr >ve Clinton as a good And the napkin, thaa. was about
his head, not lying with the linen
clothes, but wrapped itigether m. a.
place by itsetf. ✓
Then went, in also that other dis
place .n which to live and enjoy life.
LIKE
YOU
CAN
DO
WONDERS
WITH
Washable... Luxurious
Killed As Expected
As would be expected, the state ciple, which came fir^ to tha sej>-
legislature last week on roll call, ulchre, and he saw. and beleived. 1
killed a bill that would have prohib- For as yes they kne\x not tin* scrip?- I
;ted the sale and circulation in South ture that he must rise again from the *
Carolina of publications advertising dead.
liquors. Had it passed the house its Then the disciples went away xg-
death would have been inevitable a i n un t.o their horr*B.
w hen it reached the senate. But Mary stood without at the
The state is in the liquor business sepulchre weeping; end as she wept, ,
for revenue, with the big emphasis s he stooped down and looked into
on the schools, so the legislature the sepulchre.
would hardly pass»a measure intend- And seeth two angels m white sit-t
ed to curtail the sale and consump- ting, the one at the head, and the
lion of intoxicants. The children in other at the feet, where the body of
our public schools are dependent to Jesus had lain
a large degree for liquor tax money
for their education, but this fact dis
turbs few people. The big argument
for legalized liquor is revenue
And they say unto her. Woman,
why weepest "thou? She saith unto
them, Because they have taken away
my Lord, and I know not where they
The defeat of the bill in no way have laid him.
a/fects The Chronicle. We have And when she had thus said, she
never accepted an inch of such ad- turned herself back, and saw Jesus,
vertising. We can make a living | s t anc ji n g t an( j knew not that it was
without it, for which we are thank-|j esus
ful. , Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why
When The Chronicle accepts ad-' we epest thou? whom seekest thou?
vertising its desire is to help the j supposing him to be the gard-
merchant or firm placing it sell mer-1 eneri sa jth unto him, Sir, if thou
ohandise. We will not tie up with • have borne him hence, tell me where
the liquor interests to help increase (t hou hast laid him, and I will take
their sales to the detriment of men him away.
and women, boys and girls. Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She
— m ! turned herself, and saith unto him,
For A Greater City Rabboni; which is to say, Master.
The $450,000 city bond issue for) • Jesus saith unto her, .Touch me
nublic improvements was. approved 2 l ot ’. for I. am not yet ascenc * ed to m y
in Tuesday’s election by a substan- Father; but go to my brethren, and
tial margin, though a very small say unto them, I ascend unto my
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