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Pape Four THE CUNTON CHRONICLE THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1949 - • \ {Tit? (Ulintmt GUjrnntrlr Established 1S00 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. t under Act of Congress March 3, 18 7 9. The Chronicle seeks t 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 vv nen they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications > 11 not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. • r MEMBER* SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION National Advertising Representative AMERICAN. PRESS ASSOCIATION New Yorn Chicago Detroit Pnnadelphia address prepared for the 130th anni versary celebration of the Sumter Guards. “We want—yes, and we will create that strength and might— solely to build peace.” “We are determined to achieve that peace and to preserve it with the minirftum outlay of the tax payers’ dollar. By far the least ex pensive way is by full utilization of our air power.” Sen. Maybank spoke generally on the North Atlantic Pact and the Eu- ropban Recovery Program. ' That pact, he said, “can well be likened to an extension of the prin ciples of our own Monroe Doctrine, now expanded to include all other signatory nations, most of which bor der the North Atlantic Ocean on both , its western and its eastern shores. J. E. Tinsley Rites Held In Anderson Anderson, April 8.—Final r!‘.e> for John E. Tinsley, 65, former resident of Anderson w’ho died at a hospital in Clinton at 5:10 o’clock Thursday afternoon after an illness of about three months, were conducted at Oakwood Baptist church Friday af ternoon by the Rev. E. C. White, Dr. E. Evans Brown and the Rev. W. H. Ayers. Burial was in Silver Brook cemetery. Serving as pallbearers were Earl Williams, Clarence and Leroy Tins ley,. Mrfl Myers and James Coakley. Mr. Tinsley went to CClinton a year ago to make his home after spending a number of years in An derson. ,He was an active member of the Oakwood Baptist church. jHe was a son of the late Perry Tinsley and Anna Tinsley of Green ville county. Twice married, Mr. Tinsley’s first wife was the late Mrs. Eula Spencer Tinsley, who preceded him to the grave in 1945. He later married Miss Annie Whitfield, who survives him. In addition to his wife, survivors include two sons, Harold of Ander son, and Alvin Tinsley of Liberty; two daughters, Mrs.- H. E. Phillips of Anderson, and Mrs. J. L. Young of Greenwood; 11 grandchildren; three brothers, Elzie and Frank Tinsley, and the Rev. W. A. Tinsley, all of Anderson; three sisters, Mrs. Lou Coakley of Anderson', Mrs. Sillie Burt of Ninety Six, and Mrs. Ola Fowler of Morganton, N. C. 0*1174 FOR OFFICE SUPPLIES CLINTON. S. C.. THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1949 the city cleaner, healthier and more attractive, and all of us are asked :o pitch-in and do our bit about ui premises. If each family wiH do is p.i: t to make its neighborhood . .ean. marvelous results will be ob- \.inod. And so we say, let's join in and < mphasi/o clean-up week. Remove ...1 health .hazards—unite in this movement for the improvement ofi Clinton as a place in which to live.’ and; one that will attract visitors. Clean-Up Week lc> : ‘ a ' v 1 1 ; ul h C hasn ’ l ^ ec " a , ble as r yet to deliver the goods. If it goes, By proclamation of Mayor L. E. the President and his followers Bishop next week is designated as would replace it with the one-sided Clean-l p t Paint-Up, I ix-Up wbek anc i unfair Wagner Act, which was with ali citizens in all parts of the a n all-out organized labor bill spon- '-ity invited and urged to join in the sored by a New York senator to - ffort It has one object, to make catch labor support. All sort of attacks are made on the Taft-Hartley law. It is condem ned as an Act that enslaves~labor, but no evidence can be produced to support this accusation. It is good vote-catching demagoguery. The 1 law may not be perfect, but it is^ sound in principle and stands as a fair balance between business on the one hand and organized labor on the other. The extreme labor j leaders woyld destroy it with one i stroke^-they want to do as they, law, and show no concern for the please and defy any regulations by welfare of the American people, j The National Small Business Men's association has asked thej heads of the AF of L and the CIO! whether they consider the Taft- Hartley Act as a "slave labor law”,' but they do not answer. Is it a “slave" measure, the association, in-j terested primarily in small business, asks: Because it prevents a union mem ber from being fired from his job and kicked out of the union at” the whim of a union official? Because under this Law union! officials cannot force union mem- ■ bers to pay exorbitant dues and are unable to collect unreasonably large j initiation fees? Because this Law rules out vio-' lence. coercion and intimidation as. 1 a means of securing union members? Because this Law outlaws the compulsory check off? It isn't en slavement is it, for the union toj have to get the consent of the mem ber before dipping into his pay en-1 velope? Because this Law protects the| right of union members to a secret j OlHER Fijj/r rom diamonds as bright a new romance to tiny gold charms. Every Hern high in quality—low in price! A Job To Do The Chamber of Commerce has lected new officers for the coming year, headed by W. M. Walker as president Those who have assumed :he responsibility of officers and directors have a definite obligation to the community to work and plan wisely and will need and are en titled t<> the support and cooperation of our entire citizenship. During the years that lie immed iately ahead, towns like firms and individuals, will inter into a highly competitive field, and those that - ’■- wide awake will not be run ovt i in the march of progress. The Cn.onbe! Commerce should fur- n-st. an aggressive leadership if ’• r »n is t«> be progress and growth. Its personnel must work together harmoniously, using sound judg ment in all of its deliberations. The next few years will tell. whether Clinton will step ahead a few notch- • s oi remain a small town, and our commercial organization can be an important factor in helping make that decision The newly elected officers have the responsibility of giving of their time as needed to the work of the organization. They should endeav or to create confidence and initia tive at home, not looking and ex pecting somebody from the outside to come in and build the town. And in their efforts they should the cooperation of the entire mem bership and of all citizens ‘‘Pigs is pigs,” no matter where you find them—even on the Pa cific island of *Guani in the Mari anas. On farms established by the L. S. naval government on Guam, American sailors instruct natives in modern agricultural methods. Produce from the farms is used for naval personnel (who are fond of food anyway) for the rehabili tation of the natives. In the photo an American seaman is driving some of the pigs to feed. Proper Carburetor Use Cuts Farm Fuel Costs A heavy tractor operating under a load with the carbpretor slightly out of adjustment npay burn a half gallon more fuel per hour. In the average 50 days a year that farm tractors operate, the tractor may burn 250 gallons more fuel annually than it should. Proper carburetor adjustment would save 10 per cent of the total fuel burned in farm tractors an nually. HAMILTON’S “A Credit To All South Carolina” inti-rested in a better and bigger Because money paid by union members and employers into union, health, welfare and vacation funds! cannot be* diverted by union officials to other uses? » . Because this Law requires an i itemized accounting by the pmon to , its members? who are. D i , i 1 . , Because union members now have ?™T th< * *° aak U>‘- National Labor Relations Board for a hearing on changing unions or not having any union, the issue being decided by secret ballot? Because under this Law union Unrest In Russia The recent shifts of key men within the Soviet government have' stirred up an apparently endless dis- members can go directly to the Na- cussion as to whether this may be lional Labor Relations Board for the prelude to some dramatic new' relicf from any unfair labor prac- tangent in Kremlim policy. Nobody by qither the union or their know- The iron curtain is so opa- employer? que that no ope can answer that with-certainty at this far distance. However, the experts, after mulling ovi r all the available 'ftirts and guisst s. have generally come to the Because it is no longer possible for the union to keep an individual worker from getting a job because he does not belong to the union? Because this Law makes unions c nclusion that the changes stem financially responsible for living up from perfectly logical reasons, that to their contracts and protects un ha v. a relatively small influence on (ion members from being thrown out n l ations of Russia arid with the °t work by jurisdictional sti ikes the 1 ht Wist. land secondary boycotts? The most important change was * Because thi* Law guarantees tlie supplementing of Molotov with same freedom of speech to employ- Yishinsky as foreign minister. The ors the unions have always had 0 easy conclusion was that Molotov Because this Law outlaws the was in disgrace, and would disap- closed shop and requires both un- pi ar from public life, as Litvinoff in ions and employers to bargain good faith? Because under this Law employ ers are not required to pay for work not performed? Because under this Law the pub- did years ago. But Molotov re- mains a -member - of the “inner group", which is said to be more important than any cabinet post. So it ean logically be argued that; Stalin decided he could be of more be is assured that its interests must value if kept at home. be considered in labor disputes and Things are not going as well as the at the bargainmg^table? Communists want in the Soviet Un ion What will be the outcome cannot be said with certainty. Their goal, of course, is to sell the idea of complete faith in the eventual triumph of Communism to the whole of the Russian people. Maybank Says U. S. To Keep Atomic Bomb Charleston, Sen. Burnet R. May- Americans ask. what effect may bank said Monday that .. we 1 thic nnvo r»n tn6 efroat iccim nf . . . . . . . . _ all this have on peace or war? opinions are is planning on a lengthy period of. great issue of It is clear, if these correct, that Russia have determined to gain and hold exclusive to ourselves—both the atom bomb and supremacy in the air.” peace. Russia doesn t wa nt wa! l “We do no desire a strong America They like to do a lot of talking and j j n order t 0 destroy,” he said in an bluffing, and be contrary, or we might say mean. But Russia has ex-j panded about as far as it can go. i So to Stalin and other top men of his regime, this may appear to be the proper time for correcting grave internal weaknesses. Is This Slavery? President Truman while out on his vote-hunting tours promised la bor he would abolish the Taft-Hart- CITY SHOE SHOP Pitts Street Expert Shoe Repairing Clinton and Goldville S. D. Dawkins & Sons \ Prather-Simpson Furniture Go. For 15 Years Your Norge Dealer TOP VALUE We always price Norge products plainly, and at the estab lished level. You never get overeharged. You always get full value for every penny. COMMON SENSE To buy from a reliable, trustworthy place—the ajithorized Norge store —is just plain common horse sens£. That’s mora important now than ever. 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