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Pajje Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, February 9, 1950 <. Olhr 01 Union (El|rnntrtr Established 1900 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant Published Every Thursday By THE CKRONICLE 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, under Act of Congress March 3, 1879. . The Chronicle seeks l ic 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. ~ MEMBER: SOUTH CAROUNA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION National Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia County Ministers Endorse Passage State Sales Tax 1 The ministers of Laurens county met here Tuesday morning at the First Baptist church with the county delegation to the general assembly Slow in session at Columbia. t . The purpose of the meeting was to discuss with the representatives of the county the enactment of a local optioh county^ liquor law -for the state. Laurens county has voted dry three times on the liquor question, but is having liquor forced down its throat under the present law of the state-wide sale of liquo_r and condi tions are becoming appalling in the county. A suggestion' was also made to the representatives that a general sales tax be enacted to furnish revenue for the running of the schools of the state in lieu of the present revenue used for that purpose from the sale of liquor. them- ( LINTON, S. THTRSDAY, FEBRUARY 9. 1950 Wasted Manpower "Business,” says^ The- Monitor, c Christian paying a high in retiring.•many oi'its people t of 6:), for the skills - they j an i The delegation declared — (selves in favor of local option and ; stated they would do what they could boys and leaders are now in Scout- about. They doubted that ing, there are thousands of boys still a es , ^ ax could be enacted- at the outside the organization. Men who P re>en f time. N are interested \n boys, are needed to* The ministers will meet here next volunteer their time as leaders. It’sT^I° nda y again at 9:30 to plan further .A U investment, which the record ^ or a campaign to get local option in t;'iQ>en. ai e tae: eoj vvas.ed. r no j well shows, that pays off richly in the state. < . . - bfe .i.i i the duialiuu j personal satisfactioh. productive -years in .he United Suites i \y e saVt Happy Birthdav, Bov - r.’.y uncreasing Kx.ng thel Scouts • ’ age arbitararily at 65 is! ^ ’ * : . : crr.i ::• man' 65 .vhc ases thoughtless aird poor The man and woman ot The Potato Dumping '.ill do a fi: <t-cla<> job.' Secretary of Agriculture Charles Veterons Hospital Program To Be Given Here FebH9 •li' old , tKsition or a new Brahnan this week authorized the calae tw' his employer and ; Jumping of up to 50,000,000 bushels “Hymns You Love”7 “Songs of Cheer •otter than oemg automat of surplus potatoes as the cheapest anc i Comfort", “A Friend in Deed". Richard Maxwell, -radio star : aside " cement of men at the age means, of course, that most of them make a personal appearance with .mother one »t the s irxy. j 101 and the government wiii ABC singing stars, Ivy and Al Walsh .ducts of the‘New Deal. It Ut a nd to lose $100,000,000. This is at Broad Street - Methodist church oi President ' Roosevelt’s *^ e biggest dumping program since 0 f this city on Sunday evening, Feb- (way of getting - rid -of them. This, an j the Seth Parker Program, will ■'.0 ■ i.* ■ ~ — • • u« „ ■.* uipons r>f r-mircp that must uf thpm o._ _ L v : 63 . . , . a .1' o ;e ••prigh:” ideas .y’Mch swept the coun- the depression 1930 s and brought, rua ry 19 at-7;20. appearance • -.o >f something for noth- torth an outburst of congressional here is sponsored by this church and !n2uittaxpayers]expt. • ■ i -.'.uig • indignation over the situation. But the-Veteran' Hospital programs. The j congressmen or senators have no ! admission is free, iroiind to protest, they passed farm , —r- . , , legislation which has Th,s happy coCprc ‘ ol “ and millions of people. M any of the best and most produc- s*e WOI kers in this ; counti ;y are wed t r year: ■ The re are many men •er * 'n ; >- age limit who ca in. do more id betl :er w ork ti lan ma ny men in oil • 30; ; and 40s. E' erv man shou Id be jire iged not a. i - 0 O* at by It is .a o i lit.v physi- and men mb tal, to work an d do an A T' :e Ch i Scien cc Monitor ind to protest, they passed farm ..duets accompanied by Ivy’s beauti- . .. , u . ^ ric ‘ ful -Frontalihr'accordion. They pre- at the expense of the American v , • j , , - ., . sen t a fulL hour of music, dramat- housewives and taxpayers. • , . . . . ? 4ic experiences, and entertainment, . Secretary Brannan 'recently an- an d with them will appear Richard hand over list at $1.08 h bushel, pit a i programs, provides clean, would be S-veh away to any nation wholesome entertainment and beside" lha: wairrevi them, and with such an radios to wounded men in the hos- announcemcmt, without intending to p ita i s throughout the nation. ; ' - ■'>■1 t ic absurdity oi The public is cordially invited to tne whole 'to price-support pro- hear this special program, the pas- gram whir: should be abandoned tor of the church, Rev. P. L. Bauk- ompletc'.y. Potatoes are too costly night, states. t< transmit to a- nation even as a " '— gift, so his suggestion fell flat. Mean while the" government, it is reported, will last this $100,000,000 to buy. an .I'iviess is paying a high cost ;.t • g ?ne plan of systematical- ;.ng a man at 65—getting the a large extent from-govern-" T - They Pon't Tell the Truth T e ii.'tillers have a persistent :n of advertising now-a-days. estimated surplus crop of 67,000,000 I'nev • . • ’ it* < ictttre of some man buoh^isi Fre- :ree :;in m program and welfare programs government spon- 4 sored, can’t make a dent, on the mountain of spuds. The price paid 1 for these Maine surplus potatoes to certain jumped from $1.55 a hundred pounds to $2.20 in six months. Brannan’s . ;. ie 1 crack-pot plan is to let the consumer be benefitted by a price drop and then have the taxpayers pay a heavy a ] idu man. police sav. who went the nilclc uus uuauuuu, cAiiavagawi., rounds' of the bars in company with s,u P ld P !an of bu>ffng up a great ac cumulation of commodities and stor ing them U> keep prices up has led It is an intolerable situation To RHievt Misery of \v* ho s; iVS that he drinks a nd that he hi IS ■ fit. he i from one kind to an- TTt he be, .ili.-c it is better. The pur- p< )?e * -arii advertising. of course. is ♦ „ — d 111 r ■art new drinkers to certain ot ' u n 3t; 1 r the ?y do not tell the other side ( \v ■St a. y m their advertising. As nr 1 0 Xc 'in; pie, they do not give color reprod uct .on to a portrait of a Flor- C°666 o« waun-siuiii wut aiuw car. After many drinks the lathei 1 -' returned, lay down .across the back us - , , , - , -ear and sled!. Police had to tell him ^ hlch strangely has the endorsement the re*: o: the story-he had smoth- ol government officials who are sup- ^ ^ trv rx rx c c o c n m Q m mint posed to possess an average amount of intelligence-to say the least. ertr. t • de.-th h.s infant daughter. Nttihei will; they portray the Mis- : ur. n whorpolice say/admitted So we Will dump-the potatoes be-. .,;i .iai.il; h..' three-year-old daugh- cause we dan t know what else to do tor’s, arm in trying to make her stop .while housewives pay three and a Mng.ag Ch.i'tmas carols. An exam- -haft cents a pound for their needs. i -bid he didn't know P<»tat e$ just one example of at- a iat hb wa doing, he had been tempted price control. We haye a drinking heavily* cave full of dried eggs, 216 trillion Or this Colorado man of distinction dozen, hid away in Kansas, elevatqrs, sentemed to pay-a fine and to spend an d shiploads ot corn and A'heat. a year in jail for beating his wife’s warehouses of butter and beans, pet dog to death against a dooi Iried milk.-baled cotton and many and a or.m ete sidewalk. He told the other stored products. We can. get TTriTi t hro could not remember his ac- om idea of the enormous amount the. tio’ns at that t.me for*he was drunk, .government is paying out. but there [ Th* < are just three incidents, is no way under h.^.i heaven to total "*are multiplied—th lu-andf;_pf the extra billions of dollars consum-'! mi. or even ‘vferse- eases "occur- ers are forced to pay. And one of the -r:'ng everjT day all over the landTHtf?tmderlying reasons . such non- Wi.e.'. tne distillers advertise the.r sense isjhe-potency of the groat farm • mr distinction” they ought to-^organized \~ote. -—- u .i try truth, to .show what drinking if ever there was a need for a gen- eads t i Such portraits will not be era! house-cleaning in- Washington, pur- nased to use in their pretentious and an end to impractical, socialistic : whi.'koy advsj i.v.k.j- y >ulh CHICKEN-PICKINS 'O ( k>> Mi — tHW ... 4 v»/<‘0 [aOWALUl? IS SUPt WtNPeCKCOl FORD'S CAFE ■'we ntveK, SUxe “ ShLeaXA. - CKici«A*K. - • iLuWXlv * ) 108 BROAD -clinton-PH 9294 especially designed, to schemes—that time is now. A Notable Birthday " 1 America’s Boy Scouts and Jeaders, | now numbering 2,300,000 strong, are | observing the 40th anniversary of 1 their organization this week—^Febru ary 6-12. Scouting has become so ! woven into the American way ol ( life it is ^difficult to recall when our nation did not have this character- i building, leisure time- program tor' its youth - "' ..... Since 1910, more than 16,500,000 American boys and men have had the benefits of the training; fellow ship, handicraft skills aniLhigh ad venture of Scouting. America is all the richer for it. Ma/iy men in high places m American affairs today proudly stick out their chests .and credit. Scoutingls influence in their, lives. The year-in, year-out civic and'' emergency service to the nation by I?oy Scouts, needs no recital by us.'J This is an organization that can i stand on its own feet. It has noth ing to regret or for which to apolo gize. * j The need -is for more boys to have j the advantages of Scout training in this community, and everywhere else. Although more thaa„2,300,000 Reedy River Union To Hold Rally At Joanna Baptist Church The Reedy River Training Union Associational group will be led in a youth rally by student volunteers from Furman- university on Sunday at 3:30 at the Joanna Baptist church. The service will "last about an hour. Those participating are Gary Douglas, organist; Harold Kirkland, pianist; Clarence Barton, presiding and leading congregational singing. Instrumental music will be given by Richard Landess and Joe McClung, and special music by Martha Tolli- son, Nancy Bolt, Virginia Cox, and Pete Self. Five students will'speak in the form of modern disciples: Mar garet Howell, Sarah Frances Wilson, Tommy Kay, Donald Cook, and John Touchberry. Mrs. James B. Mitchell, associ ational director, requests all churches to send representatives .to the ser vice. If You Don’t Read THE CHRONICLE You Don’t Get the News I l MARK OF L um Burr quality CUT THAT FUEL BILL WITH ATTIC INSULATION D.E.TRIBBLE CO. LUMBER and BUILDERS SUPPLIES Since 1894 Phone 94 CLINTON,S.C. ■ THIS WEEK’S * * * * * VALUES ; # *##••• ALLISON SMOKED HAM BO-DAY OLD CHEDDAR CHEESE c Lb. 35 FRESH GREEN SHRIMP ic Lb. Rod Ripe TOMATOES Cans Milled from the Finest Hard Wheat KANSAS GOLD FLOUR Bama Pure GRAPE JAM Del Monte or Libby PINEAPPLE JOICE ' 1 - I Libby Whole Kernel GOLIEN CORN 2 No. 303 OO Cans - rJrSP 2 25-Lb. Bag • Lb. Jar 1.93 33c 46-oz. Can 39c "QUALITY-TENDER" Selected Sliced BEEF LIVER Economy Cuts Sliced SMOKED HAM , 69 c - C^ality Tender Chuck BEEF ROAST 1.49' Bush PORK & BEANS 31-Lb. Cans 25c Faciory Packed PINTO BEANS . 2-Lb. Pkg. 23c Yosemite Halves ^ ~ PEACHES 2 No. 2 1-2 Cans 39c Shortening SWIFT JEWEL 4-Lb. Carton 77c "VERI-BEST" • •••••• Medium Yellow . ONIONS ... 2 Lbs. 11c Fancy California Red Emperor GRAPES ... 2 Lbs. 25c U. S. No. 1 Irish POTATOES 10 Lbs. 35c Sweet Thin Skin TANGERINES 5 Lbs. 39c Extra Fancy Western Winosao APPLES ... 3 Lbs. 35c Fresh Tender Mustarchor Turnip Greens 2 Lbs. 23c Bright Red RADISHES^ Buchs. 17c Fancy Mountain Grown ’Golden Delicious" APPLES ... 3 Lbs. 29c Red Bliss PQTATOES . 5 Lbs. 23 c :*si. SATE OVER 20c A POUND ON MILD MELLOW FRESHLY ROASTED FRESHLY GROUND (20 * SILVER CUP COFFEE ? Hi-C Delicious ORANGE-ADE 46-oz. Can ?Sr Standard Packed Turnip Greens 2 No. 2 Cans 23c Parly Garden Sugar Del Monle Peas No. 303 Can 21c Margaret Holmes Field PEAS AND SNAPS No. 2 Can 15c Evaporated 8-oz. Pkg. ^ APPLES.....19e ^ PROBES.... 26t Evaporated 1-lb. Bag $ PEACHES.... ttc Libby’s (Halves) Bartlett Pears Not 303 Can 21c Del Monte -. , CHILI SAUCE 12-oz. Jar Calico-Strawberry PRESERVES 12-oz. Jar 23c 27c Del Monte (Seeded) 15 oz. Pkg. W riLy. a RAISINS 23c Pillsbury / Pancake Flour 11-4 lb. Pkg. 17c ■■■■■*——— £ Trr one of our Cooked Smoked Picnic, ft K Smoked Home. Cooked Doily in our ,j modem’ kilchen under lb. .upervunon g of our Chef. ^ Baked Smoked Ham J (whole) Lb. 77® j Baked Smoked Picnic | K (whole) Lb. 59® i SUmiTE Cleanser Sweetheart Soap 10* 'SHOP HOW/ cuid, SAVE/ Bab-0 cleanser Bath Size Swoelhearl Soap Wilbert's No Bub Wax ■in 43* 'ftmm mm « _ _ _ Swift's PREM Can 02 ' 37* Blu-While FLAKES Pkg 9* Jolly Time POP CORN 19* 10-oz. Can P b S i