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PMfMjMttta) Thursday, January 4, 1951 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE NOTICE STOCKHOLDERS MEETING Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of Clinton Community Hotel Cor poration will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 9th, 1951, at the Clinton high school building at 7 p. m. . R. L. PLAXICO, President. NOTICE OF LOST CERTIFICATE * Notice is hereby given of lost cer tificate of deposit on M. S. Bailey & Son, Bankers, Clinton, S. C., as fol lows: Certificate No. 11127 issued to E. E. Blakely for $257.57 dated January 21, 1947 for one year. Ap plication will be made for issuance of new certificate sixty days after January 4, 1951. 2tc COMMENT ON MEN AND THINGS By The Spectator Stuckey will say about the account of our visit to Santa Claus! If I have told any tales out of school on my great friend and buddy, Brutsch, those other sterling friends will at least indulge in a smile. Page Three I I I Call 74 FOR OFFICE SUPPLIES Dr. Fred E. 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As the great Shakespeare would say, “And thereby hangs a tale.” Once upon a time—well that is the old way to tell a story. Let’s modern ize it with an abrupt beginning, something straight from the shoulder. Four of us started out for the Mardi Gras ih New Orleans, and the vast expanse called Texas and various other points West, with Los Angeles as the destination. As The Book tells of Abraham’s journey: “Abraham set out for the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan he came.” And we came into Los Angeles. There is a lot of territory .between here and Los Angeles, far more than the States of Georgia, Alabam, Mis sissippi, Louisiana, and Texas. True it is that we began to think that we should never get out of Texas. In some measure that was our fault, for we wandered a bit, going far afield, even to El Paso and two or three times into Mexico. Then we headed for The Grand Canyon, the Hoover Dam and Las Vegas, Nevada. But it was while moving toward the Hoover Damn that we thought a wee bite or a cup of toup might be in order. We went to a Drug Store in Kingman, Arizona, and asked for soup and crackers. A lady cleft ask ed why we didn't go to Santa Claus and get a sandwich. Now don't get the wrong impression: that young lady was not saying that in the spirit of one who tells you -to go to the place where the fires are never quenched, nor even banked; she was just being kind and helpful. So we set out across the Arizona Desert for Santa Claus—fifteen miles away, and on the paved road which goes to the Hoover Dam. That paved streak lies on the broad sandy wastes. Now what is Santa Claa? It is a delightful little tea house in the des- ert-sunply that and nothing more. But what a tea-house! My friend George Brutsch and 1 are close friends, both close, but we could not get a sandwich; there were no sandwiches; all that Santa Claus I serves Is a real meal, a very real i meal; such a meal as we close friends did not expect or wish But you will find no more delicious food anywhere then at Santa Claus. And the serv- .ng is abundant. All about one sees magnificent cakes, heartwarming pie*, though he may be already so far beyond the limit of capacity as not to revel in the sight of all those de tectable dishes. When I was already beyond all discretion the managing lady called to her assistant—just those two—and told her to bring me a piece of the chocolate cake I had been grazing at in a sort of rapture. But, though the spirit was indeed willing the flesh was already overcrowded. My friend Brutsch was a bit peeved about this cake experience and scolded me for not taking it for him. So, when we came to Santa Claus a second time we close friends were prepared in mind, body and spirit, for all and sundry, ;xm understand. George had cut down his meals for several days to six eggs or four pieces of ham at a serving T norder to do justice to the expected lunch at Santa Claus. Even so, he miscalculated; for at our second lunch I told the lady about George and the chocolate cake and she forthwith placed before George a vrtiole slab or segment of cake, this being in addition to all that was serv ed in regular order. Poor George! He looked at the cake with dreamy ex pression but he had taken on all the cargo the ship could carry and all this added would have sunk, the boat. in view of all that Santa Claus food—food, mind you,, my mind is not clear about the time of some vis its. But we did spend a night in Jackson, California, and there my comrade Brutsch who likes ham, gave such an order that he caused the waitress to think of a man who had been there that morning and order ed twenty one cup* of coffee, six plates of hot cakes, and six orders of sausage and eggs. What really im pressed u« in the Jackson Coffee Shop <was this: A man and a woman had breakfast together and the woman picked up the check and walked ov er to the cashier and paid it. Judge Phillip H. Stoll of Kmgsitree and I rest under the same charge. The Jdge who was not only a clear- minded jurist, but a very agreeable speaker, made an enjoyable informal talk one night. Someone wishing to express appreciation of the Judge’s pleasant remarks, said “Judge, I de clare you can make the beet speech about nothing.” Tint Judge who hect ors me with his friendship told me of the incident and we had a hearty laugh over it. One .day in the Bus Station in Columbia I saw the Judge sitting with our friend George Stuck ey of Bishopville and walked over to speak to them. Upon my approach ing, Mr. Stuckey, with the charming courtesy always characteristic of him, took a step or two toward me and said “I read your stuff in the County paper and I declare you write the most interesting articles about noth ing.” And there sat Judge Stoll laughing at me in high glee. 1 wonder what the Judge and Mr. The Columbia Record of Decem ber llth, has this to say, in part: “How much the dollar is worth today in comparison with the dollar of the past depends on who is spend ing it. The dollar is wos(th more, comparatively, for the farm family that produces most or much of its own food than for the city family that has to bu> all, or almost all, of the food it consumers. Food prices have xisen more than other prices. The dollar today is worth more also for the family that‘owns its own home than the family that has to pay i'ent—but only if na repairs on the dwelling are involved. Rents in larg* cities have risen on the average about 20 per cent since 1939. It depends also oh what you are buying. For food in general the dol lar is worth a little less than 45 cents of the 1939 dollar and for meats of all kinds only 38 cents. When you buy clothing and other wearing ap parel your dollar is worth 52 cents of the '39 dollar, 50 cents of the ’39 dollar when you buy house furnish ings, 47 and one-half cents when you buy coal, heating oil or other fuels. But the dollar on October 15 with worth a dollar and two and a half cents in terms of the 1939 dollar when you paid your electricity and gas bills. For persons of fixed income—from annuity or a trust fund mostly in gilt edge bonds for instance—the average dollar income has decreased as prices have risen. Saving has been demonstrated to be an error and not a virtue. For factory workers as a whole, also for coal miners, average weekly earnings have more than doubled, however, since 1939 and their “real” wages, measured in terms of purchasing power, are up about one-third. Yet organized la bor is demanding still further wage increase before wage-price controls are imposed. The result will be more Inflation as consumer goods production de clines” One may dissent mildly from one sentence: “Saving has been demon strated to be an error and not a vir tue.” Perhape my very alert and cap able friend might be able to prove that statement to profeaaional econ omists, but he isn’t wnting to them. Theoretically one might have bought many substantial things at one dol lar a year ago which would cost 31 30 today. In the reakn of speculative, or theoretical Economics, to spend all, to invest all, even to borrow heavily, would be argued for a Rail Road or other great Corporation, but not for an individual. The individual is al ways better off’ with something In the bank, regardless of the rising t rices. When you need a dollar you don't want to seel your shoes and ihjrts. LOSES FATHER Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Hnrdin. Jr., of this city, were called to Greer Friday due to the serious illness and death of the former’s father. T. W Hardin. 1 Sr. Services were held Sunday at the Pleasant Grove Baptist church with interment in the church ceme tery COMMERCIAL PRINTING This completely equipped combi nation Newspaper-Commercial Print- lag plant can serve yea better. Out seal la to giva oar carioamra the ktad of service they want—to give CUatoa a BETTER NEWSPAPER. GOLD THEATRE JOANNA, & C. .. Mooring Show 19 A. M. Monday, Wednesday, Friday Matinee—3 P. M. Monday, Wednesday. 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