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i , / • Page Four THE CUNTON CHRONICLE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1949 (Clinton (EhrnnirU Established 1900 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 $1.23 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C., under Act of Congress March 3, 1879. The Chronicle seeks toe 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 not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. t - ■- MEMBER: SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION National Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia -SPORTS- By DONNY WILDER sending checks or handing cash to r greatest of ease in a DC-3.” Oth- saying that it is or isn’t. Yes, you Sweaters for what you get, you have a rqyal “Democrat” ot.ices in payment of federal income • m a n rernar k s that a “federal agency taxes, and so they will continue to i , . ,r, ... do until the close of day September ^ mus " dinkey indeed not to have 15 * )a flying machine or two handy for c ... the head man”, and further he tells ( . l . )nie -he 3 e ci.izens find it di:-fth e tale out of school that statistic- .icult to raise the money. Some must A cool, crisp breeze began blow- borrow it—if they can. secretary soars in “costs around S100 "V V ing in the football weather as coach- Readers of Frederic r ZL?I ; n ^ i™* hri £* you to have a “Democratic” govern- government in Washington—and one suspects that a frugal, unostentatious economical and simple government .. o , i such as your forebears set up you do un.s tiguie that a DC-3 such as the not to ^ ave Anyway, you smile T ..... ..... , Readers of Frederick C. Othman’slan hour to stay in the air”. As for • CS j < ^ n . ie cMl , an ’ y' ,1 l rn °t Shealy column printed last Thursday (he is ; the prince imperial (he has not thft and Dick Templeton began pushing a Washingtn columnist) will learn; title and his name is plain Harry), | their boys onto the gridiron stage that the men in the mighty and mag- to keep his plane in the air when j for the first act of football before nificent jobs in the nation’s capital, the local fans. „ > though they have no titles of nobil- The Clinton high school Red Dev- ity, “live like princes.” Othman says |ils got the jump on the other Clin-' that your president (no royal prince ton teams as they went onto Johnson is he) “travels in one of the de lux- Field last Friday night with the iest flying machines ever built.” boys from Ninety Six as their foes.) The secretary of the treasury. Mr. I Presbyterian college will hit the Snyder, “rides in a two motored , limelight this coming Saturday with ship.” their encounter with the undefeated! “The secretary of commerce , - Clemson Tigers from the Halls that man named Sawyer, “flies with the Howard built. he would flit to burghs “costs at least $175 a., hour”—and he is a laboring man at a wage of $270 a day Sundays and holidays t not ex- tepted. It costs him no money to spend hours in the heavens. The cases mentioned are of a few giants—there are many, many more —and you, who are sending checks for income taxes think 10 cents for bus fare is too much. We are not ment that puts on a good show. About 100 years your republic got along pretty well without a secretary of commerce; that was long before the DC-3 was invented. Don’tforget to send in your in come tax check. Otherwise the “De mocratic” machines might have to be grounded. —The News and Courier. SUBSCRIBE TO THe. CHRONICLB “The Paper Everybody ( LINTON. S. C.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 15, 1949 Hotel Ground Broken Ground was broken Monday after noon for the new Clinton Community bote’, on North Broad street. All de- ta:l.- to the financing, as announc ed ’a't week, have been completed, and .vork starts now with the ex it., tat ion of completing the building in about eight months. The site se cured is the the c:ty tor the hostelry The hotel will be a credit to a city ils smeared a 32-12 victory all over Ninety Six here on Johnson Field last Friday night in their debut to i the theater of gridaletics. The romping Red Devils counted , scores in every quarter and limited the ground gains by Ninety Six to i a precious few yards. sent thought so highly of it that cop-| swept thp benches and uspd practic _ ally all the substitutes he had in trying to give the lower berthers some experience in this game of brawm. Eugene Simmons and Marvin Man- Red Deiils Smear Ninety Six 32-12 fi u •sylvania Newspaper Publishers’ As sociation, to whom this letter was louie’s Restaurant never-ending, blood and :es were distributed to their mem bers and published in newspapers throughout the state.' Such a pow erful weapon in the war on highway accidents can work for each of us in our own commun- . , ity. Every man, woman, boy and mot desiraoie one in gj r j wbo g e » s unc }er a steering wheel should be mindful of what this Am erican father -wrote: B u #• • • :: #• \ - IS NOW - ley set off the series of explosions when they blocked an attempted & Ninety Six punt which was recover- W ed by Jimmy Few, Clinton end. » much 1 larger than ours, and will Dear Driver: ! ^ rl McElhannon hit Ri- $ n-ovr i valnahlp m mo.w chard Hampton with a pass which •< o n- community It an ho m-iHn Today my daughter, who is seven 1 marked forty yards in the Devil* . , ' ■ ' ' >e m3de years old. started to school as usual, grand charge on the Ninety Sixer's ’ iy 13 r, community corner ior Sh0 , dark blue with a g'alline . white collar. She had on black Curtis Freeman took a handoff ^ sh ks and wore blue socks. Her cock- from quarterback Hampton and bul- er-span:ei. whose name is Scoot, sat Jed his way over for the initial T. oh the front porch and whinned his d from the four yard marker, canine belie: in the folly of educa- “Sparrow” Hampton’s extra point tion as she waved “good-by and kick attempt went wide and left the Ls Of learning. I Lynr\ 1-rk t O r»<y liner at R t ** a/vmo ** OPEN ON SUNDAY 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 *'4 :: 44 4.4 ♦V p 4.4 44 4: • ur ; eople and organizations, and we -ire ci ntident it will receive a gen erous support locally and from the traveling public. Clinton is strate- -•cally located for a hotel on main highways with heavy travel in all directions. If all business firms in the city, large and small, w;ll be come boosters for the new commu nity project by inviting traveling • » # • # • * • • r • • ADDED: . . Delivery Service To Your Door Seven Days a Week MINIMUM ORDER 60c 44 44 :.t 4.4 % 44 44 started off to the halls of learning. We Serve the Best OYSTERS SHRIMP SCOLLOPS COUNTRY STYLE CHICKEN STEAKS CHOPS BARBECUE FISH ROASTS SANDWICHES FOUNTAIN DRINKS DIXIMAID ICE CREAM i score tangling at 6 to “get some Tonight we talked about school., in the second quarter the fans s She told me about the girl who sits; were sitting back and enjoying the men to make it a habit <ton in in front of her — the Sirl with game until Earl McElhannon brought' 8 Chnlon Th, S will helD mcre^ “-e yellow curU-and the boy across ,‘ hem the,r feet with a 50 yard § -.atr.-aVand strengthen the aisle wh ° rnakes funny faces ! sprint which fell only five yards ? ers invStments ^“hfid- She told me about her teacher, who ^ ^ ^ dirt ‘ " has eyes in the back of her head, and McElhannon did the honor* for To have a good hotel there must-about the trees in the Jchoolyard Clinton by taking the pig skiir the oe competent, trained management, end about the big girl wbo doesn’t ’ res t 0 f way to six points. Hamp- II is the responsibility of the board believe in Santa Claus. We talked ton sp i lt trap, w jth the t*xtra of directors to see that such man- about a lot of things—tremendous-j point kick and brought the score g agement is provided and that every ly vital, important things and then' t0 a thirtetm to nothing stand i«ili U precaution is taken all along the we studied spelling, reading and f or tbe res t Q f IltsI half. 'ine in handling the corporation’s af- arithmetic, and then to bed. Richard Hampton and Alvin Na-I lairs, to nsure successful operation. She is back there now—back- in bors rac ked up tallies for the Devil* Monday was an important day for the nursery—sound asleep, with tbe tb j rc [ quarter and also com-i Chnlon. It means that in the not too "Pnneess Elizaoeth” (that's a doll) | SO me spectator raising with 5 far distant future, in reality, after cuddled in her right arm. You guys br iLLant runs and flashy passes and g 'ears of talking and waiting—we are wouldn't, hurt her. would you? You-'j ntercep (] ons g- nave a new 1950 model hotel that see. I’m her daddy. When her doll’s The Ninety Sixers tallied twice in ai draw thousands of people to our tmger is cut, or a leg is broken, 1 ** fmrth and final garter on a — — ■■■■■■■.....■nnnnnni--mnnnx nnnnnxJ » ty ..nnually. Ws a “looking-up" can fix it—but when she starts to* 1 stron g passing attack which zoomed, above the heads CUNTON’S FIRST GRADE “A” RESTAURANT Telephone 9263 united community cooper- school, when she walks across the ajjove the heads <jf the second and.’ a tion. street—well—then she is in your (frird team backs which had replac- m nands. led the starters for (flinttm. Washington Power Mad , She is a nice 10(1 5316 cari run ' ’Curly” Braswell gathered in a If our Conare^ seriously udebod a deer and about like a Mj ne ty Six pass and raced 85 yards >ton thr rrpnd chipmunk - She Uk,s 10 nde ht ^ rses with the interception is he* reeled off over the entir* route 'if tbe Senator Byrd RepJies . hich the federal govern- f or ber an d the ciher chUdren? Please | yardH Thi, f n?n y a , SUbS,dlZ / ng - drive slowly past the schools and,**™ - VP ‘hi a assistance 'wou.d j nte rsecnons—ana please remember P . Foa Tiger* r-d. r . t Pe i r aP n U h 38 * 3 ir ] ( t hat children do run from behind The* P. C, Blue Hose are getnn* all order to prevent politically inspired par k e d cvs. I distribution. And as the powers pi e ase ton’t run over mv little girl, wnich the states once enjoyed were T ban k yin. returned to them, the federal bur- ' -_“Anoth*r Safa DrlTer” eaucracy would—obstinately but surely—shrink proportionately in s.ze. Groups of people function in much the same manner the country over.I (From The Southern Weekly) A state bureaucracy is as glutinous During tfce recent gubernatorial as is a federal bureaucracy. But a! I^nmary campaign ir* Virginia, ail state government is more soseepti- kinds of charges were'made* by the ble to supetvision and control by the! CIO Political Action committee, the citizens than is the great unwieldlyi AFL’s Poilticail league; end similar octopus in Washington which has de>-, orgamzatiors against Senator Kar- \dated so far from the brimantly ry F. Byrd, due piec*»*of campaign conceived program which its wise* literature, a circular, uhargrti frm founders devised. You can watch, with selling ipples *ta' the federal things at home much closer than you: - government at exorbitant prices, of can keep tab on the great center of. their filing utensils ready in order to de^sharpen the claws of thu big cats fmm Clemson. Walter Gooch seems to-be a stand out fun P. C. in their “'aattle gainst the bengals.’’’ One- person the Presbyterians; will miss is Jimmy Puryear, guards who will miss the game because he* has been sideiimed with a busted Anger. Signing Checks fof Sooiers Throughout the present week citi zens of South Carolina have been all time of spending taxpayers mon ey. As the varied and often conflicting obtaining larg*-sums from the gov- eimrent under the conservation pro gram. and buying fertilizer frdn the government at half pi-cce.' Now that interests of this vast nation increase- uie campaign a? over. Senator Byrd iri magnitude, they seem to lay us more and more open to the machi nations of those ambitious bureau crats who revel in the c-mceit that they are more capable of running the country than are the 150 million “dumb" citizens who pay them their sewhere, the truth is lat salaries. But until the socialist-minded groups which acquired so much pow- has decided to neply la this arcuLar. And here is what Senator Byrd says: “With respect to the lies about my priTate business which thasu labor propagandists 4ave spewed aU aver Virginia, and generally broadcast el- “I have neier received i check or money in any other form from the United State Governmaun: in the have been m the senate. EXPERT cr under the RooseveH regime—and If years I . still seem to possess it under the except my salary as a Hidtifd State; carrv-over Truman regime — began senator. to take advantage of this structural "In the 14 years I have served ther weakness in our political set-up. our government of Virginia;. I never rer P ec-enterprise sysem which has ceived a check or money in any oth-s* made this country great was never form except rny salary check: .criouslv threatened. | “I have never sold any apples to ‘ Bui today Washington wants to the federal government, and I hrve control everything and everybody. It never sold anything eihe .o the ted- • tells us how'much we can charge for eral government for any consid.era- ou r wares, it tells us what wages we. tion. . , . mu ,t pav, how many hours large; “I have never purenased any fer- groups of people must work; it wants tilizer from the government at half to guarantee our health and pay our price or an/ other pnee doctor bills for us with our own, “I have never accepted soil con- money* it would dictate our rents, servation payments, and I have nev- Tubsidize our potatoes and other | er accepted any remunerataon for commodities, tie^is up in loans and participation in any government pro mortgages, and control our labor sit- gram. nation. Why the American people “It w _ stand idly by and take what they, to do any of these thm^ 3 * fmm dirtatorial * bureaucrats is matter of principle I have ^FRII INSPECTIOI illegal for me but as a never ac- do from dictatorial * bureaucrats „ , . "Load us. We act as dumb sheed. | cepted payments. except salary tor the office held from a government in \k/ u '*, U...» Uar which I have been an elected official, TOU WOUldn r nurt ner whose duties require an unbaised Would You?' require decision on appropriations and leg-1 , ^ . A . iilation which may affect my private Here is what one Am ri _ i business. So long as I remain in pub- has to say to ^ drivers -1 u f this will be my unalterable lion about his little girl. The Penn- ^ • Every watch needs at least a good cleaning and oiling once a year. Small adjust ments or repairs made now may save you larger repair hills later. Our work is done hy experts with finest ma terials . . . and guaranteed. ELGIN owners get the new DuraPower [^Mainspring* Now available for most Elgin batches. Gives an amazing permanency of timekeeping performance.- * Made of ‘Elgiloy ' metal. Patent pending. J. C. THOMAS, JEWELER “It’s Time That Counts” Look! 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