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4 ‘r I 4 S .6 * k nt. Page Four / THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, January 1&, 1950 A Regular Chronicle Feature Employment Seen Good For Next Six Months '1 Plenty of Jobs Will Be Available, He Says. Washington. D -C , Jan. H.—The' ompKnincht ouTIooR for the next six ntonths is good. There will be near peak employment (jobs for 00) at high level | wages, except for' SIX-INCH SERMON By ReV. Robert H. Harper 'called upon Jesus.to receive his spi rit ?nd, then, kneeling down, pray- |ed for 'Ihose who wefe storing him. 'Then merciful death closed his lips. There is a'; great testimony for Christ in the death of Stephen. In ; the whole dreadful transaction, the ange'c and the murderous^ deed of his enemies marked their utter de feat in their contention with truth. ^Stephen’s martyrdom must have had a great effect upon a young .man named Saul, at ,jjvhosc fefet th#- out- “: ter garments ot J those who' stoned TIIK FIRST CHRISTIAN MARTVK Stephen were laid. And the first Lesson for January 22: Acts 6: 8- 1 ch r j S fi ar j m artyr has lived on through 15; /:54-60.. i a g es as a powerful witness to = o nnn Memory Selection: Revelation 2: ijhe reality of the religion that can 58.000.- , io. 'strengthen a man. • Stephen wai; one of the seven men ; ;—: who formed FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 28th day of February. 1950, we will render a final account of our acts and doings as Executrices of the estate of W. T Jacks in the office of the Judge of Probate oL Laurens County, at 13 o’clock a.m., and on the^ same day will apply for ^ttnal discharge from our trust as Executrices. Any person indebted ot said estate is notified and required to make pay- 1 ment on or before that datefand all' persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duVy proven, oc be forever barred. . EMMA MAE PRINCE MATTIE LOU PRINCE. January 12, 1950. 9-4cw I # II it it it H a committee for the seasonal fluctua- I equitable distribution of food and tions. ' 1 other 'necessities.It is recorded that'' Economic activi- he was “full of grace and power, ty in the next' few months wifi be 80 per cent above pre war levels. This means >bos. Deple ted coal and steel means jobs. Deple- be built up. Good employment effects will be felt all along W. B»b*oi stockpiles will and that he “wrought great wonders and sign's among the people:** He was' a mighty witness for Christ. When' certain ones who had disputed with I him were vaqnuished, they took him 1 before tjie council of the Sanhedrin. | There the face of Stephen shone like ; that of an angel. The council condemned him to the line by induMiies m.ving anc j was dragged from the Rehiring will he especially ac- J , , , , city to be stoned. This was' con-! t;M ,n machinery and fabricated ma- trary tQ the Jewish custom for sucb , UMa!.' indu>tites, wich the automo- cases an( | a j so a g a i ns t the provisTon tmo industry eading. Construction the R oman authorities only along home and industrial lines will cou]d inflict the death penalty. The ho,d up through .oe ea:> pm . of S pi r i t Q f t he martyr rose superior'to 1950 Boni the pe.:oleum and u. o- a g onv and s i n _ As the stones were :i '.ustriO' wi.. recover some* r;unc d upon him thick and fast, het .v. ,.t iron tneir despoctive slumps. ■ , ~ < n.hor factors suggesting good em- •vment are continued government' spending, the expansion of credit 1 business loans, the continued kr:\vng of people's savings ($127 l in government bonds and _ ygig k ac -('unUh a price support pro-^ g Savings Accounts 3%—DIVIDEND—3% We invite savings accounts from the people of Clinton and vicinity. You will like our friendly and efficient ser vice, and you will receive your dividend promptly each January 1st and July 1st. Any amount — from $1 up — opens an account. Each account is insured up to $500(1 by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. Two people may have up to $15,ft00 fully insured. Accounts br-Tnail promptly acknowledged. i.t :t DR. CHARLES J. HART ' . . -T ^ CHIROPRACTOR NELROCALOMETER NEt ROSALOGRAPH AND X-RAY SPINAL ANALYSIS Hours: 9-12 and 3-6 _ Telephone 22501 251 West Main St., Next to First Methodist Church Laurens, S. C. Chartered and Supervised W the United States Government Laurens Federal Savings & Loan Association ' Telephone 22271 LAURENS’ LARGEST SAVINGS INSTITUTION 104 West Main Street Laurens, S. C. % DR. HART Read The Chronicle-Your Neighbor Does Here Is Another Time The m lor agriculture etc., and a con- t J demand i r food products 'All -no* >ymprtomatic of another : i> the rebound *from : ausod by the too ic -oL entories - on— ' ' j I'-.rJ C I , r icky businscsmei Downward Trend ■’.v.vever. face the fact i * f.v.vnwarcf eye ■lical t- the top yea] r in '• *ui ’’ioc wages, pr 'fits. r'rnent Employment rose lv from 52.800.000 in 150,000 in 1946; and from . i nr menally ’945 to 55.25C 5r.OO1i.ftn9 in 1947 to 59.378,000 in 194,°, On the other hand, unem- • -ymen* increased from 1.040.000 in ,1945 to an average of 3.189.000 for ::h f:r.-t hall of 1949. Most econo- m:sts believe three to four million .- normal for a labor'force of better * nan 00.000.000 -The net effe >f recent strike set- siy: Change Proposed In Transportation Funds For County Schools ‘ Columbia. Jan. 18. — A total of s 34!’. 495 will be distribute^ to the ihtii f Seuith Carolina during 1:: dire monthly distribution .e cent of the six cent state tax nri gasoline, according to Jeff D. Bates, etate treasifrer. Laurens coun ty will receive $7^437 as the county' .-hare "bf the tax The distribution tu dhe eount.es is made, on the basis of me num er of motor vehicle licenses sold in each county. The remaining five cents of the state tax on gasoline is retained by the state highway department. A move is now on to_Jiave the state gasoline tax increased to seven cents j by legislative action. State Highway Commissioner C. R. McMillan has stated th&r the increase is needed for the state’s farm-to-market road con struction program. Anti-Trust Lawyers Were Wrong! • lement- b m'-add substantially -to ( ompanie.-’ long-term overhead costs, .s -rtdun.ng the financial margin *> -lir.ver pneeir* appreciably and ' .1;. eay cumulating employment. Tin- b also why industrial produc- .kel’-^ ta taper off in the sec- •■o hal! of 1950 with, resulting un- t nv Ic yment unles> greater attention - riven to sales. Beet Employment Opportunities Best job opportunities for 1950 will be n the distribution field. Even i:h bus.ness off in 1949. the annual rate of savings in the first months of '49 was ; $16.6 billion as compared with $8.8. billions in the' corresponding period, ojf 1948. The 1 ' problem is how to 'coax these dol-1 ar- forth I predict that during 1950' companies will add greatly to'adver-f fismg and sales oudgets. They will build up their market research; sta'ls: they will develop stronger | sale- promotional techniques. They v. ll* h:re more efficient salesmen:! Another excellent area, especially ‘or the college trained man, wil be n 'he human relations areas of pro- | <■ • bun ’ A potent factor in bring- .*.-' ui.'lne/s into a more favorable, .npebf.ve pos.tion is the more ef-| l* b e ut.lization of human resour- ' < r the common good of both I . cirbir: : management. A third area V'.mg men should consider is work H ■. tnui the federal government. In 4 h■. pas* 20 years government agen- ■ a h ve increased from 250 to •.e ily 2000 today, with correspond- n c in l ease in available jobs. Spiritual Rebirth Needed y . We, can nevertm-e continued good times in tHjs country untiL both’la-j bor and management are spiritually! reborn Each group must stop talk ing about -its prerogatives pqt put .aiCL practice constructive ways of; working Together for the common security of all nations! 7 Thks is the'* only way we shall escape national! socialism. This is the only way we; shall be able to maintain our free | onomy and thereby insure free-, dom for our people, as well as the 1 people of other nations of the world.! Ever since the anti-tYust lawyers filed tKelr suit to put A&P out of buiTneKlRey Have been making, in the newspapers and over the radio, Various allegations” about how they think this company does business. Please remember that "allegations” are charges that have not been proved. in this case they will be disproved. ^ There have been times in the past when the anti-trust lawyers made very damaging "allegations’’ about this company that the courts eventually decided were utterly without foundation. In our last advertisement we told you about the time the anti-trust lawyers charged that A&P, two other food chains and two labor unions conspired to fi?t the price of bread in Washington, D. C. And yet, when this case came to trial, it was revealed that the defendants were actually selling bread cheaper than most other stores in Washington, and there was absolutely no evidence that they had ever engaged in ahy such ‘‘alleged" conspiracy. That was the time Federal Judge T. Alan Goldsborough instructed the jury to bring in a verdict of “not guilty." It was the time he said to the antitrust lawyers: ‘7f you wete to show this record to any experienced triad lawyer in the world, he would tell you that there was not any evidence at all. Honestly, I have never in my over forty years* experience seen tried a case that wai as absolutely devoid of evidence as this. That is the honest truth. I have never seen one like if.” * ■t But this was not the only time that thtf anti-trust lawyers made such serious "allegations” against AflcP which were false. Again, and still again, they brought cases against A&P and suffered defeat. * As we have said, we think you are entitled to know about these other cases. And now, we are going to tell you about the second time the anti-trust lawyers were wrong. i *■ v '. A The North * In December, 1941, the anti-trust lawyers brought a criminal suit in Wilsop, North Carolina. They charged that A&P’s fresh fruit and vegetable buying sub sidiary, and other good American citizens, had conspired to fix and depress prices paid farmers for potatoes in North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland. Can anyone imagine any charge calculated to be more damaging 4o a .retail grocery business that must rely on farmers, day after day, for the food we distribute to our customers? . , In this case the anti-trust lawyers gave a story to the newspapers, telling millipns of farmers that we were the kind of people who would force their prices down, deprive them of a decent income, and lower their families* living standard. These charges were false. ' , . 5 . I hey made these charges despite the fact that it has always been A&P’s policy to pay oik farm suppliers fair market prices for all produce; to aid agriculture through better distribution of its products; to narrow the spread between farm and retail prices; and to help farmers build better markets for their products. . J lhat is why many thousands of farmers all over the country are ritow coming to our support. When the case finally came to trial, the anti-trust lawyers put on as their frrst witness a potato expert of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. T|his expert, who was the anti-trust lawyers’ own witness, testi fied that contrary to the anti-trust lawyers’ "allegations,” the defendants made every effort to help the Department of Agri- culh :re in its efforts to aid the potato farmer in better marketing of his products and in getting a better price for his products. When the anti-trust lawyers had put in their evidence and had argued their case Federal Judge C. C. Wyche directed the jury,to bring in a verdict of not guilty. \ - * ^— Judge WyShe said to the anti-trust lawyer*: ' » s “I have studied this case from the very outset. In my opinion there is no testimony produced frefm which it cpn reasonably be inferred that the defendants entered into a combination to depress or lower the price of potatoes. _ » “f might say that’Tnever triedla case in my life where a greater effort, more work, more investigation had been done, combing almost with a fine-tooth comb to gather evidence, as was done in this case. u But, as was said a long time ago, you can’t make brick without straw, and you cant make a case without facts.” So, here was a case in which the anti-trust lawyers made seriously damaging changes against A&P in which the Judge decided that there were no facts to support Those charges. 1 t ' That is why we say the anti-trust lawyers can be wrong and have been wrong. That is why we say that they are wrong again, just as they were wrong in the Washington bread case and the North Carolina potato case. We are going to show the American people that the suit to destroy A&P is ‘really a suit against efficiency and against real competition. The real question involved in this suit is whether businessmen are going to be encouraged to do a better and more efficient job; or whether we arle going ' to let the anti trust Dwyers in Washington blow the whistle om anybody who gets big by giving the people more for their money. No one c-in r-»c ; - ns believe lhat it is a crime to try to sell the best /oo*. ct the lowest possible price. THE GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA COMPANY .' '. - ; T - *