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\ Page Four — THE CLINTON CHRONICLE ft THI RSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1949 LABOR NOW ENJOYING TOP ROLE, WHILE BUSINESS IS UNDERDOG. BABSON ASSERTS majority of timber fires in the dis- county white winner in the quiz con- 1 ties of the state is now'under consid- itrict. test was Jack Ridgeway and the Ne- eration by the y. s . Health For violations of the state fire law gro winner was Elizabeth Franks. | Service, administrative agency for ! in Laurens county, one person was Members of the Laurens county' tbe Hill-Burton act. i prosecuted and convicted, and a $10 Forestry Board are J. Y. Martin, R. [Icted. A total of 27 F. D„ Ware Shoals; J. t The program now in effect gives a convictions, three worth, Cross and $244 in ton; Elmore Advertising on National Scale Too Costly for Lit tle Fellows. strong; it fought both collective bar- Babson Park, Mass., Sept. 2. I am a good friend of every wageworker, fine was collictpd. A total gaining and manipulated prices. In \ sentences eighty per cent ot conflicting cases T £ obtained ^ the Ne wberry the courts ruled against labor when , labor was only honestly endeavoring i to improve conditions. The mem- - T , bership of all labor unions was then ,„ eNV only abut l.OOO.pOQ. Prices were be-i ing fixed; but wages and output were. uu are u. i. iviarun, n. ^ ■ Shoals: J. T. Holllngs- . Tlle prosra " 1 now in e , , Hill; Tan M. Hay, cl t.; Laurens county a priority o! 29 h Bramlett, R. F. D„ Lau- amon «. th t “ u "o“ ei ° ( the st . ate ' t“ n uiaan Yfra-iea.. R p D \ estimated 4.2 per cent of its hos- district for violations of the fire law. Tree seedling distribution in the district has increased from 936,335 in the 1945-46 fiscal year to 4,768,500 in the 1948-49 fis cal year, during which state nursery rens, and Allen Marler, Fountain Ino, County To Get Mor^ Hospital Facilities With Federal Aid _ , , . . , ,, ; production reached the highest point T oc \ a - Vi situation is wholly re-1 on record. For the planting season, \e: >ed. The laboi unions number 0 j j be fi sca i year, 53 landown-, Special to The Chronicle. 'ers in Laurens county received a to-1 Columbia, Sept. 7.—The per ol the American Federation of Labor, more friendly to labor than to man-, t;il =oo ^nn cAArTiintrs tc be an assistant Secretary of La- agement. Collective bargaining is ‘ T ‘ pital need met by present facilities. At present, space for 64 additional Hospital beds may be constructed in the county with federal aid. The Hill-Burton act provides for ari appropriation of $75^000,000 an nually for a period of five years, with South Carolina to receive $1,976,250 annually. A health center is to be established in each county of the vides that special consideration is given to both hospitals and health centers established, or to be estab lished, in rural communities and areas with relatively small financial resources. having long been one myself. During left to “supply and demand 'A'or’d War I. I was appointed by | President Wilson at the request of Samuel Gompers. the then President about 15,000,000. The courts are nowi r * i "v j i ■ i ii. »— i i ^ i ■ i ■ i i i i v i 1 i i > ■» i t y i - . » * r~* a m —i • . . | — ~ — — — — w • — ^ v •• “• v priority; s tate, with auxiliary facilities in oth- , . . - . , Laurens county area in need of' and Rumber of hospital beds avail- er parts of the county. The act pro- bor. I worked closely with the lead- enforced by law. The fixing of prices: rj!anting in 1 94 7 . 43 amount ed to 22,- able to Laurens county under the mg Labor Leaders for some ime and or output by management is crimi- p n acres . In J948-49. 588 acres were Hill-Burton act. which provides fed- na : y hlle Tk “ Xing H f M W K geS tH° r ^ lamad in Laurens county. Present oral funds for hospital and health .<o respected me. .output oy labor is upheld by the area in need of plantin a v,tals 21, 1 ‘ P C layton Anti-Trust Act courts. Therefore, today, manage- 403 When the Anti-Trust legislation men t j ns t ea( j 0 f be ing top dog is the. Dr. Fred E. Holcombe OPTOMETRIST Offices at 200 South Broad St. Office Hours 9:00 to 5:30 Phone 658 center coristruction, may soon change, awes. j The hospital division of the State was enacted. I strongly Javored the underdog. Consumers today suffer by tie^oTthe'Newberrv dhstrict were'it* ! ^’ ee ^ ai ? noan " exemption of labor unions from the fixed wages and output even more t ' es of the Newberry district were its i ced that a new schedule of priorities Act. Management then was very than they - d j d by fixed prices ’ I forestry quiz contests. The Laurens and hospital bed allocation for coun- HEAVY AND FANCY GROCERIES We Deliver H. J. PITTS STORE DO YOU HAVE PROPER FIRE PROTECTION? Is s*ur rovrr»*r adequate?* Should you saffer a disastrous tire would your insuranrr cover your loss? Think this over See oa for all kinds of Insurance. Surety Bonds and Real Estate. We Invite your kustn Clinton Realty & Insurance Co. R Hubert Boyd Phone 6 Now Is the Time . . 10 kill Bermuda Grass and Weeds. See the John Deere line: HARROWS TOOL BARS SPRING-TOOTH (TLTIVATORS J. R. Crawford (linton. S. C. marriage m/s may Sf MORE ACCURATE /F THE PHRASE WERE V/T/L 0E8TP0UC // RT f y&.'Yr>, , 1 p - U "'4 ' 1 Many debts could be pre vented if proper precautions were taken steadily to keep the entire family in good health. We welcome- each opportunity for a chance to help contribute to the family health. M'GEE’S DRUG STORE Phone No. 1 COMMERCIAL HOUSEHOLD WIRING Klecfrical Appliance Repairing and Electrical Construction Work Floor Plugs A Specialty ARNOLD M. CANNON 406 W. Maple St. Tel. 3I2-XJ Political Changes Fifty years ago the political situa- 1 tion was vastly different. Senators! then were not elected by the people, but were appointed by the Govern-; crs. Hence, most of the Senators | were either officials of big corpora- t:ons or wealthy men. The Su- ; preme Court was then made up of great lawyers mos; of whom had pre- viosuly served large corporations, j There was no income tax in those! days. All these Cfi’Tgs gave manage-, men; an advantage over labor and explains why I felt labor unions 1 should be exempt from the Anti- Trust law. . | Today th< ulat vote coi 'ists mostly of men who were Senators are elected by‘ The Supreme Court 1 never officials of large corporations, out mostly men in humble circum-' stances. In those days wagework ers usually voted with their employ- I ers: while today most of them think ,t's smart to vote directly contrary to’ what* their employers recommend.! Labor unions have much more pow- 1 er today than management had fifty years ago. Small Businessmen Those were days when every small (businessman had a chance to become 'a big businessman. Today under the present income taxes it is very dif ficult for any small businessman to I compete both against big business 1 and big labor unions. Today the big corporations are “frozen'’ big; while the little businessman are •frozen’' little If you have any doubts about this, write my friend - Ernes! H. Gaunt of Haverhill. Mass-! 1 achuaetts who has made an intimate study of this sutuauon. Fifty years ago nati mal advertU-; mg was unknown except in the case of patettt medicines and there were only a few national wecftuie*. and they had small circulations. The Sat- urday Evening Post than had only a hundred th*»ueand. As a result, ad vertising rates were so low that the .-.mall busintm could afford to ad vertise as well as the large corpora- toj^Todiy advertising rates are 1S| times what tl»y were then. The; small businessman cannot now afford; national advertising as ht* is obliged f t) pay the same rates ptt page as tne dig operators What The Nation NhmK Today labor uni ms have * greater and more dangerous monopoly byj fixing prices and output than man- : agement ever had Hence, tr.e Anti- Trait lavs should n >w be amend- ed ts .rwlude labo r anions and for- j d * he fixing of p~.ee>. wages «>r oulpu I? the peo; pit. through their representativ es. want t “fix mimhiums'’ this snouli be.permissi ble. but only through proper 'egis- lation. Furthermore, if there need be any exemptions to the Anti-Trust laws, the-e ihould be in favor ot the smlal bus.r-esiman. He. today, is really m tne same unfortunate posi-| 110that labor unions were fit’y VO- 86 Forest Fires In County Post Yeor Burned 590 Acres S. e -.al to The Chronicle. Columbia. Sept. 7.—An intensive 1 program of forest fire prevention and lores; management in the^Newberry forestry district,- whichjSficluae; Laurens and eight other cunties, is recorded :n the Newberry district 1948-49 annua! report released this week by the S. C. State Commission of Forestry. The Newberry distrlc f 1 contains the largest number of coun-; ties of an’y district. Woodland area under protection ir. Laurens county totals 237.952 acres,'; out'of 1,851.013 under protection inj the entire district. District Forester; Fred Mack reported that nine iorest- ry department employees and a vol unteer creu with 52 members com- bat'ed forest fires in Lzurens county. In Laurens county during tne fis cal vear 86 fires burned 590.3 tim ber acres. Altogether. 452 5 forest tires in. tne nine counties of the district burned 4.330 acres of woodland. The greatest number of fires in Laurens county timber were sta-ted by smokers. Debris-burning was next in frequency as a forest fire cause, and railroads were third. No fires in the county were attributed , to lightning. Over a five year period, smokers, railroads, and debris-bu r n- ing, in that order, have caused the STOCKHOLDERS MEETING The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Bank of Clinton, Clin ton, S. C., will be held Tuesday, Sep tember 13, 1949, at 3:30 P. M. in the Clinton high school building. By Order Board of Directors. 8-2c < ► ♦ ' ♦ ASK YOUR SREYHOUND ASENT ABOUT YNRIUIN6 EXPENSE-PAID TOURS ALMOST ANYWIERE IN TNE U. S. A., CANADA, MEXICO A. J. Satterfield & Sons Cab “ Clinton, S. C. SAFE — COURTEOUS — DEPENDABLE We have striven to give you, the public, the best in Taxi Service for the past five years, and in showing our appreciation we are going: to continue such service with reduced prices— TO JOANNA $1.00 (Wos $1.25)—one TO LYDIA 25c (Was 40c)—one (All over one person 20c each) TO STATE TRAINING SCHOOL 40c (Was 50c)—one ANYWHERE IN CITY LIMITS 25c (Was 35c)—one (All over one person 20c each) The Next Time You Need a Cab—Call 437 For Fast Service Drivers: Walker Satterfield, Fred Satterfield, R. C. Satterfield, Russell Casey, Bobbie Hamrick. Thank You! metric> n iolks take a look at those bumper- F < guard grilles — built as a unit and understand I can have that at extra cost —how much?” proof against ”!ocking horns”— and say ‘‘Hmmm! Nice!” Well, sir, the news is good. Plenty good. They sweep their eyes ov^r tapering fenders, with a suggestion of jet power in their after contours—and say, ‘‘That’s for me!” Because this honey’s priced well under your expectations. It’s a straight-eight that’s priced under p lot of sixes—over the years your investment will be no more than for any other car. They eye-measure w indshields that are 48% bigger and rear w indows w ith 56% more area—and know without being told they can see the road up closer, both fore and aft. So they say—“That’s foj* me—IF? W hat does it cost me to get this handy sized dandy with the roomiest interiors ever found on a Buick Special? “What do I pay for high-compression, high-pressure Fireball power from a big Buick straight-eight engine? “What’s the tag on that swell Buick ride, with coil springing, extra-wide rims, seats between the axles and all that? So better not stop with looking. Better price it too—delivered at your door. Y our Buick dealer will give you the figures, even demonstrate. 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