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\ Pace Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, July 27, 1950 ♦ abr (Clinton (Eljrontrlr Established 1909 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant or profiteer, the inevitable result will be a rigid and complete control over everything — prices, wages, salaries, Materials and production To Conduct Revival Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year $2.00 - Six Months $1.25 V iitered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C., under Act of Congress March 3, 1879. — i--- — • - The Chronicle seeks l 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 wbea •iv'v a-e nnt of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. v MEMBER: SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION National Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia ( LINTON. S. C.. THURSDAY, JULY 27. 1950 knows—he well knows—that plenty of money has been appropriated— but he knows too the shame of the steady retreat with the admission of inferior equipment and inadequate intelligence service. The president and congressmen have not been tell ing us that our forces were inade quate and badly equipped. Instead they have been telling the opposite until the truth is shown. Greatness and power is based largely on rep utation. Our reputation has been very seriously damaged. Either cor ruption and graft have intervened to let their army on the front down with no adequate equipment, or the information out of Washington has (been false'that our defenses were | adequate. It certainly grieves the 'citizens to know that our 18 and 19 I year old boys, innocent of the causes of conflict, have been shot and bay- onetted when wounded, an3 our great Welfare State can't do anything ! about it. Has the Welfare gone so j f ar that it comes ahead of national | pride? We know that when all Am- i erica gets in action we can win, but I why should such a violent distur bance be necessary to enforce a po- the celebration depicting the pa«t lice duty in a small weak country. 60-year period. —The Easley Progress. j — Barrie Jean Wingard In Atlanta Celebration Miss Barrie Jean Wingard, accom panied by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Wingard and son, Binkie, left | yesterday for Atlanta where she will take part in festivities for the open ing of a furniture company. Miss Wingard, with five other beauty queens from Southern states, will serve as hostess and model for NERVOUS STOMACH ALLIMIN relieves distressing symptoms of “nervous stomach”'— heaviness after meals, belching, bloating end colic due to gas. ALLIMIN has been scientifically testedbydoctors and found hichly effecti.e, . lore than a !■'« billion sold to date. Ask for McGEE’S DRUG STORE FOR QUICK PLUMBING REPAIRS l* CALL... TELEPHONE 117 Benjamin & Sons Expert Workmanship CRANE Quality Materials Bloc Voting Bl.n votin’ was prevalent in the large: cities .n the first primary and w.ll be a future menace in the state. As an example: In ward 9 in Co- .umbia there were only 50 white per- .ms registered to vote. The remain der were Negroes. In this ward Sena tor Olm Johnston received some thing over 1,100 votes. Governor Thurmond received 40. Similar re- 'ults are reported in other city wards, and the same was true in the recent senat irial race in North Car olina. It is reported that the solid Negro vote was aligned against Gov- ernor Thurmond, which is estimated to nave represented some 40,000 of the votes in the first primary. This vot:ng group did not love the gover- nor's opponent more, but they dared not oppose Mr. Truman, who has made a strong appeal for minority votes. Bloc voting means that someone else, or some pressure group or or ganization in the state or from Wash ington. tells people how to vote. The practice, which sprang up over-night in the recent primary, will have a far-reaching effect on future politi cal races in the state. has been attempted many times through history and always — of ne cessity—the catastrophic results. But the leaders of this sort of movement are seldom of the type which is sin- i cerely interested in the welfare of their fellowmen. They are as a rule 'selfish and ambitious characters whose great passion is power over the lives of others. Exceptions to this | rule are few. It took Socialists 50 years of plot ting and planning to get control of Successful old England: It has taken ‘them only four years to wreck it. The English were badly weakened by two world wars and were easy prey for the socialistic planners. This country has suffered but little from these wars, and yet we are falling into their trap with amazing speed. What I has happened to us Americans that we stand for this usurpation of our freedom? We had better become aroused as a people and put a stop to socialism before it is too late. There should be I much house-cleaning of reactionaries I in congress when November comes. We must fight to preserve our sys tem of free enterprise. Don't let what has happened in England and else where happen here. Revival services ! nounced at Holly have been an- Grove Baptist | church near the city for August 6- 13 conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. !-tugh Hazle. Services will be held j each evening at 7:30 with the public cordially invited to attend. A Great Nation Shamefully Embarrassed The American citizen is being for- i ced to a defeatist attitude much like I that of the Englishman who has seen | the former might of his great nation flaunted and ignored until he feels now inferior to the rest of the great world he ruled thirty years ago. Through the years we felt that the United States was so powerful that its thunaer alone could quiet little countries and the meer landing of a police detail would settle any trou ble. But a regular procession of events convinces that the great nation has grown weak and flabby, degen erated by corruption, graft and love of luxury and ease. Every good cit izen must be deeply embarrassed by the happenings in Korea, which fol low so closely the pattern of Pearl Harbor and the Philippines. He Put An End To RFC The Reconstruction Finance cor- The Hoarders A housewife has reported this tel- near...Allston Calhoun THE WORKING MAN’S FRIEND’ SPEAKING TO YOU ON Americanism Preferred Aliston Calhoun has long been known as “The Working Man's Friend” because he tells the truth on conditions affecting your work, your every-day existence and your future. TUNE TO WLBG LAURENS 860 K. C. Every Saturday At 8:00. A. M. WCRS-FM GREENWOOD 95.7 M. C. Every Monday At 8:30 P. M. WKDK NEWBERRY 1240 K. C. Every Tuesday At 6:45 P. M. WESC GREENVILLE 660 KC Every Saturday At 6:45 P. M. an enormous lending agen- „ . .. ... , ' u ephone conversation with her grocer: cv <i ’.axp.ivers money, is being in- c . . ... 7 ... ... _ ' She: ‘ And I d like some sugar, . c.'Up.iUa ov a senate committee. , „ Pi c~:dt Truman recently recom mended that it be placed in the Com merce Department, but the proposal a as rejected by the senate. The in vestigation that has been under way snould no completed, there should be a:i ashing of the questionable rructicvs with which it is charged. So bad is the record of some of its too. He: “About 50 pounds?” She: “Fifty pounds. Heavens no. What for?” He: “Well, some people are buy ing a lot of sugar these days. Korea, you know.” She: “I’ll stick to two pounds, as usual.” , t . Another housewife was reported i nigh financing that Jesse Jones, once,... „ .. _ . ... I . . 1 visftlhg a city grocery store with ai its chief head, has recommended that . . . . „ . ... . ' ... . l. • heavy buying list. “I want a case of the agenev be given a decent bunai, . , , , . , ”, . „ ’, tomatoes, one of corn, 100 pounds of jock, stock and barrel. „ . .... * , K * -ri otv- . j u „ sugar, large quantities of soap and Thv RFC was created by congress •. „ . u v , __ ,v_ other items. But why are you buy ing in such large amounts?" the gro- ceryman asked. “Well, I want to get a pretty good supply before people start to hoarding," she replied. There are two opposite examples, one of sound reasoning, the other a me-first selfish attitude. Macy’s, the world's largest depart ment store, recently carried a page advertisement in The New York ising their customers to I "buy only their actual needs" and said hoarding is ridiculous and harm ful. "There is no shortage of mer chandise in our store,” the advertise ment read, "and we urge normal buying only.” A timely example for all merchants to set, large and small. The American people do not want rationing and other controls as we experienced in the recent world war. SPEND 5 MINU1ES WITH US —SEE HOW YOU CAN SAVE $ 1000 as a depression agency as the excise tax a as imposed on the public as a ; war measure. It was set up to help ' sound business firms that needed and de.-erved help to keep their operation >olvent during an emergency period. The war has been over now five yens and conditions are just the op- posite to what they were when RFC was’ created, but it is still loaning mil : >n of dollars, many of the loan- pt.ng highly speculative. Gov ernment has no right to put taxpay er.' money into speculative ventures a> many disclosures show it is doing or. a large scale. It has, and is stili making loans that are unsound, loans that banks would not dare to make beraj'e of their unsoundness for their stockholders and depositors, and many of them are secured ’ throng i political influence and pres- , , . , • , , ,urc m :,e various states And there' Th . ere u ls no _ need for f u ' h Elation n this other serious objection, com peting .v:th private financing agen cies by this non-taxpaying, subsi dized competition and many others, which ;s unfair and should be put to an end in all fields of business. , . „ . . ,, Jesse Jones, of Texas fame and • talked for many years now, and i om o: :ne one hundred per cent l * ls who , le Um a e * h ? u s b f c ‘ 1 Rooseveit New Deal spenders until ^ | he chief cause for inflating the doe , , lar. Its housing legislation and pro-! ulative agency should be killed once j f 3 ™ has been the most inflationary, factor of all which has trebled prices with the beginning of what may be a third war, and then may not—still localized in Korea. Panic buying hurts all alike, cre ates scarcities and brings on more inflation against which government I • • 9 they nad a falling out, says this spec ulative agency should be killed once and for all. He is right, and there are W. for houses and building materials. There is no scarcity of food. The millions of American burdened tax-i paver.- who will agree with him. AIL . , social.stic legislation should be re- 'i xp *” sl X, e governments Commodity, vealed We are threatened with a war]^. redlt Corporation has on its hands j that vill require billions of dollars, ' (in . C0I " pemi0n , Wl ^ P m ; at u e !**' we are told. We have no money to Paying business) millions of bushels bfc loaning, either on good or doubt- bales ’ bags - crat , es ’ ^rrels oi , u j oa , je „ wheat, corn, cotton, potatoes, pea- m inuts, dried eggs, milk powder, but- TL C ' I* *■ T ter ’ c ^ eese > walnuts, prunes, and oth- I he Socialist I rap er farm products it is givihg away It isn't easy to become an efficient to schools, agencies and certain types! farmer, or merchant, or politician. It of institution to keep prices up the requires time and common sense and consumer must pay. It is now giving experience. It is likewise difficult to away thousands of frozen turkeys, master the intricacies of banking and Take sugar. Cuba was reported with business and the industries. Men just; prospective surplus of l,00(y)00 tons don’t start at the top in these or oth- before the selfish current buying er lines they spend their lives at. And wave started. Or nylon hosiery. Ca- * yet many young people are not sat- | pacity of this item has been multi- 1 isfied to start down and come up plied many times over what it was I i You cou/dpay $1000 mone and not get a//Dodge room... ease of handling ... famous dependability/ Take 5 minutes and see for yourself just how Dodge gives you roominess costlier cars can’t match. Take the wheel and diseover handling ease money can’t buy anywhere else . . . ruggedness that belongs to Dodge, and Dodge alone. Yes, you could pay $1,000 more and still not get all the extra-value features Dodge gives you! Come in today! V', swwwiiiMWL-*. m % through hard work, initiative, ’ability and dependability. According to the Socialist concept, at the end of World War II. Our socialistic secretary of agriculture Brannan, says our food larder is an industiial corporation can get too overflowing and that there is no need large and tends to destroy the small of hoarding or increases in prices, businesses. And yet their plans con- So it is seen there is no reason for template a “corporation” which will greediness, and that such selfishness manage all corporations and all busi- hurts everyone in the long run. If Your present car may never again be worth what weYigive you now. Chances are it will more than cover tha down payment on a big new Dodge I Your present car may he worth more in trade than it ever will he again. Share in our success. New Dodge models are rolling off the production lines in record volume, and we can assure you early delivery on your favorite model. Trade now—and save! Uvsfs tkwdo/kn mom H*n nesses, and to cap off their conceit they believe they can operate this vast “corporation” much more effi ciently than can those with a lifelong training Now these Socialists know their economic history far better than do we dumb sheep whom they are rap- legal controls come—the seller and the buyer will be the blame. And if prices rise unduly because of exces sive buying or speculation, then there should come rationing and price con trol. It’s no time to become hysterical about what we eat, wear and use. If idly penning in. They know that it we lose our heads or attempt to hoard ✓ ir; *• ♦ COOPER MOTOR COMPANY <* • West Main St. Clinton, S. C. Phone No. 515