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Page Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE . Thursday, February 16, 1950 Jhe (Clinton (EhrontrU Established 1900 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant Published Evefy Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): _'i One Year $2.00 Six Months $1.25 ‘ - Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at tfoe Post Office at Clinton, S. C., under Act of Congress March 3, 1879. 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 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 CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION National Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia the Missourian makes is actuated by [politics. He is running for re-elec- jtion in 1952. Heart Campaign Underway in City The' 1950 Heart Campaign is now underway in the county with Col. R. E. Wysor, of this city, as general chairman. Co-Chairmen, as pre viously announced, are Mrs. George Attix of Laurens, and Mrs. B. F. Wingard of this city. 1 It was announced yesterday that the following ladies are in charge of soliciting funds in the wards, to be assisted by others: Mrs. W. P. Ja cobs, Sr., Mrs. C. E. Galloway, Mrs. J. P. Prather r Mrs. Billy McMillan* Mrs. Dillard Boland, Mrs. C. W. Cooper and Mrs. K. F. Mills. CLINTON, S. C., THirRSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1950 jBelk's Story Is To Be Published gChapel Hill, N. C., Feb. 11. — The story of the growth of a country i store into a mercantile empire of al- ■ lt # s Here—Dollar Days Today, Friday and Saturday are Dollar Days in Clinton as will read ily be seen from today’s paper, with nt large number of merchants parti- cpating in the special event spon sored by the Merchants association. The merchandise event of interest most 300 stores is told in a volume to be published this spring by the University of North Carolina Press, i It is thF story of W. H. Belk ofj dozen and a half eggs for each man, woman and child in the United States. If people liked dried eggs,;charlotte. Lambert Davis, director t President Truman, the philanthrop- of the press, said the book would ist, at taxpayers’ expense, would, be issued in late spring, probably issue a National Egg Month! The- book, tentatively titled “Wil-' proclamation. ! liam Henry Belk: Merchant of the But the difficulties are double. (1) South,” was written by Legette *o -he buying public is heralded The hens woul d ^ a y on the job, pil-; Blythe, for years a member of the urth m a number of'attractive ad - U P eggs, (2) Hardly anyone, staff of the Charlotte Observer. He| vc-tisements I will eat dried eggs if he can help it J is author of several books and the ^ ’ ’ . . . , Even the hungry British gag at them.; recent drama produced in Charlotte, During the three days special em-j A11 last year they bought, at fire-1 “Shout Freedom!" rhasis will be .placed on the dollar lSa | € prices and with our money, on-' m Americas monetary unit. The dollar j y a b ou t as many eggs as our Gov- « A/ , , , has more value today than it had crnment drie d i ast m0 nth. And it! Women Ot HlC Church his time iast year or six months ago. ^ j-gp^^ by a government official It will have more buying power in that the eggs in ^ cave are 5egin _ ^Clinton stores. Local merchants want To Elect Officers to make new friends, they want to enlarge the city's trade area, they j , ning to smell. What stupidity, what nonsense. want to impress upon old and new An< * 1 * y0UF mc>ne ^ that is being] customers that Clintoq is a good[^ ase place to trade and that it is not ne cessary for you to go out of town to supply your needs. And they will 1 _ , ^ , , , . . give vou bargains galore during the' P e °pl e af e still talking about high three-day period. [prices even though the upward spi- The Women of the Church of the' First Presbyterian church will meet! Monday afternoon, February 20, at 1 the church. The annual election of, Why Prices Are High It means that the buyer is the ral seems to have leveled off in most [ officers and annual memorial service for members who passed away dur ing the past year will be observed at this meeting. All members are invit ed to be present. I Tines. Yet a paper salesman calling caincr in both ways. To sum it all , , no—all roads will lead to Clinton : on us >' esteFd . a >' re P^ rted he ^ ad J ust today. Friday and Saturday where received advances on certain grades VVSCS TO MEET i-iKi. x jiua anu »janxxu«. W 00130 ’ 8 Society of Christian nr^cnr'diaVlv Most everything is still high and in! Service of Broad Street Methodist ■ " •’ed for the %vent regardless of a11 Probability will remain so. The: church will meet Monday afternoon, where vou reside If you" are smart tw ° Principle reasons are high labor j February 20, at the church at 4:00 nd thriftv you will not overlook this and manufacturing costs, and high o clock. All members are invited to 'taxes. We can t. have cheap com- be present. < p port unity. You’ll find the latch- ... ... . . ^ string on the outside with a cordial modities-with a high production cost.. v e’.come awaiting vou. • ! That , 15 1 f xactl y where we stand - Tak e ^ men s shirts as an example. They are c . <■* I I retailing at about three time the 1 expensive orossnoppers ; price they did ten years ago with the The agriculture department’s bu- quality no better. When will they go, xeau of entomology and plant quar-' down—you ask—not until manufac-1 nntine hired an airplane for two turing costs decline, weeks for $2(,840 to spread grass- A good many customers probably, hopper bait over-an area in the West I still think that present day prices with a big, organized farm voting are ca used, in large part, by big prof- I population. That was at a rate of its Yet factS( covermg a lor ^ list >450 an hour. The plane, it was re- (0f consumer enterprises, contradict’ ported was bought from the war as- | completely. Meat is a good sets administration by a private com- example. The reason the price of pany for $6,653. an F food or other commodity de- A plane the same type could c ij nes because the supply-demand have been rented from a ^ ar 8®£ om " situation has become more favorable mercial airline for about $150 an to the consumer . This fundamental! hour-complete with pilot, co-pilot. law cannot be abolished) though gov . ; ai.d stewardess. , ernment has been attempting to do j That ? jus. one of thousands of tb j s thing for the past sixteen years, examples of how taxpayers, money .. . :s be.ng squandered. It is to be hoped e ne ^ a 10 rememoer this. In a rhe grasshoppers got a good dose of,f iee . P rlces f ind their own. That expensive bait. But .that- is e \ e : ..^ a f ur f^ eco 1 nomic forces | doubtful, for a rancher reported that individuals or businesses drive | the airplane corps in these high-i U P and dow ’’ n - I priced rented planes were dumping nis 15 ‘] ue P rice charged .0 son at random ! for everything, except when govern-. And President Truman says we ment acts a f a price-fixer. The free van't do anything to reduce expens- maiket 13 most honest and re-; e< and stop extravagance. He says 1 s |] ons1 ' e markei ever devised. It is, tit back and enjoy life, for by and by the consume r s greatest protection, j all will be lovely, and we will have the trillions. / Truman Politics In the meanwhie the federal gov- _ I T1M . „ ernment is running $5,000,000,000 a ’ , on ® ast F’esident Truman got [ ti«"iJiafTMwo-wro) year in the red as we travel the road a , ~ a -' eourt order to stop the coal strike and a hearing on turning it We buy, sell and trade Horses; Mules and Cows. H. J. PITTS vVATCH R E PAIRING//w/ « f . it.:.. NEW ^ ELECTRONIC Watch Timing Instrument CHECKS EVERY DETAL our wtro JJu. fiauhoti TIME-0-CIAF CryoUi Ao V—4 la Tho Atwntc Clock U fWU t1WI9€M P0SSIH& MMBW ^ITM TN« ravLtoa To bankruptcy at high speed. Consider the Hen or rm watch ucafc- MOTT ac CXPOtCO WITH rworrsH ascowos root into an 80-day Taft-Hartley injunc- ^f*^*^* 0 **- tion was set for February 20. The order was signed by a federal judge .•^s stated here last week, the fed- after a presidential fact-finding ■era! Government is dumping 50,000,- board reported to the President that, (100 bushels of surplus potatoes as a resumption of coal mining is im- Tlu only way it knows to 'get rid of perative. though he has been telling 1 them Most of them-will rot in the the American people for months meanwhile and the government tax-; there is no emergency. The order to payers will stand to lose $100,000,- end the strike fell on deaf ears as <)0f) jthe miners scorned the go-to-work While the department of agricul- commands of Uncle Sam and John; ture is destroying this mountain oi L * WWr« T« Ftm4 rto Krrmf M—nt jboUasu 'COSTS YOU NO MORE For TU ConxJete SOENTinc SERVICE A. F. ANDERSON Rear Dillard’s Store \ South Carolinians are -eating Lewis and his crowd are for them- tatoes. .That adds more stupidity to 5 he picture. With Canadian potatoes, A whblesaler in selves first and last. They have en-! Charleston saici, yesterday that No. dangered the nation’s whole economy 1. Canadian potatoes can be sold in by the ruthless use of monopoly po- that city for about $1.75 a hundred wers over whole industries, pounds cheap£t than can Maine po-! Congress by the enactment of the' political Wagner Act made dictators 1 of labor bosses like Lewis and oth- the dumping potato policy ers, and produced endless strikes. To settled upon, the government decid- break the power of these self-con- , ed the past week to give away its stituted autocracies which the labor warehouse supplies of dried eggs and monopolies have gradually built up dried milk 'that cost it about $115.- ' in this country, the ..Tail-Hartley Taw - 00^696-support"pro- was enacted. President Truman hates gram. This is the third commodity this law, he advocated its repeal in' the department of agriculture has his campaign for re-election. Con-1 placed on the Santa Claus give-away gress wisely refused to repeal the | ' Act and since then the President has I This latest announcement said 73,- refused to use the law to secure a DOO.OOO pounds of dried eggs, bought! supply of coal, an essential commod- m 1948 and 1949, and 189,000,000: ity for the whole country. Having pounds of dried milk acquired last i promised the CIO and A. F. of L. of- year have been added to welfare ficials he would secure the repeal oft purposes which means the encourag- the la^v, and failing to get Congress! mg of people to expect something to act—the President has refused to Tor nothing. The school lunch pro- use this weapon, the only one we gram will be offered the foods free, have to^give relief to the country, but we doubt if children will eat His attitude has been purely politi- , , ca h an d one the American people Take the lowly hen. She works do not approve. vail day on one egg. It takes three The Taft-Hartley act should have dozen—36 days’ work we are told— i been invoked months ago since Le- to make a pound of dried eggs now piled away in a cave in Kansas by Government price-supp^ters. With 73,000,000 pounds i? storage, which if about 2,628,900,000 eggs—this is a wis has defied every attempt at set tlement of the strike. For the pres ent situation the President is re sponsible by shirking his duty to the country. It appears that every move WANT TO SAVIi MONEY .... •o When you buy a new car? If to, •ee us about the Bank and Agent Auto Plan, the economical way of financing new car purchases and insurance at the same time. $. W. SUMEREL, Agent CUNTON. S. C. 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