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4 * {Page Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, February 15, 1951 ullir (dlintan (EhrmtirU Established 19M WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant ( LINTON. S. C.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1951 t)ur Joanna Omission An error occurred in The Chronicle laft week which we hasten to cor- m t. fn an editorial commenting on the .■©unty's health centers it was stated that the couivty has three splendid hospitals owned and operated by the rronty and private owners. That w.'as ai* oversight. There are four such hospitals in the county, with the Jo anna hospital, complete in all details and modernly equipped ranking among the best small hospitals in the vtatc and rendering a valuable and •4>preciated health service to the peo- 9*e of that community. We regret the rwr rsight and mafte this statement to .%«-i ihe record straight. Would Draft The Kids .Many of the administration sup- ja'ftcrs are urging the proposed plan \o draft 18-year-olds into the serv- any trash, rubbish, empty boxes, gar-1 bage, refuse, or any obstruction ofi any kind whatsoever. , Section 2. That all mercantile and business establishments in the Town j of Clinton are hereby required tdi place or deposit, or cause to be plac- { ed or deposited, all trash, rubbish i and refuse in a suitable receptable or 1 garbage can inside of their respec- i tive buildings or premises at such j place or places therein as will be convenient for removal by the trucks of the City Street Department and ;to keep the same, together with all , empty boxes, waste paper, and emp- ity cartons, inside of their respective buildings or premises until called for and removed by the said trucks [ of the City Street Department or un- itil other proper disposal has been made for the same. Section 3. That at all dwelling house and residential premises in the Town of Clinton all trash, rub bish and refuse is hereby required to be placed and piled on such prem ises and at such places thereon as shall be accessible and convenient for removal and disposal by the trucks of the City Street Department. Section 4. That from and after the passage of this ordinance it is many and Mussolini's Italy in the h er0 t>y required that at each and last war Spain was not allowed! every dwelling house or building or membership in the United Nations : a P ar t men t house occupied as a resi- i and has been boycotted by its mem- d ence in the Town of Clinton, a suit-! bers, an entirely inconsistent position I a hle garbage can or other suitable while the totalitarian government of ar ^ proper receptacle for garbage Stalin is one of the principal mem-1 w ^h a top or lid, shall be hereafter bers of the world peace organization provided by the head of the house- and there has been no boycott I h°^ occupying such dwelling, build- against sending diplomatic represen- | n 2 or apartment, that all garbage tatives to Moscow or to the capitals | f 2 hereby required ito be deposited of other Communist totalitarian gov-; suc h garbage cans or receptacles emmerrts under Soviet domination, j an< * ^ e , kept closed at all The fact that we have an ambassa- ■ Ihnes; it is further required that ‘ such garbage cans or receptacles Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE 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. under Act of Congress March 3, 1879. 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And new Fordomatic* gives you the finest, most flexible automatic drive ever! shall at all times (be kept where the same shall be accessible and conven ient to the (trucks of the CRy Street Department for removal of garbage therefrom and for hauling the same dor in Moscow and other Soviet states does not imply that the Unit ed States approves of their forms ol government. We should long ago have invited Spain’s help and cooper ation because of its important posi tion on the map and the fact that awa y if war on a global scale is to come,' Section 5. Any person or persons, the Allies will need all the support firms or corporations violating any ‘.hey can muster. 1 °* tli e provisions of this ordinance n u i ... 1 shall be deemed guilty of a misde- u.u.i *■■«’ vE ° n this whole war question with; meaiier and shaUt u conviction! wr -.hough the measure is strongly M l* complications there has bwn thereof, be punished by a fine of not •pposed by many groups Congress bungling plus more bungling for 1 - th /si nm rfniiar nnr kas been flooded with mail unfavor- which the administration’s big $uns! fift ($5000) dollars or -toV to the .dea We doubt the wis-, a re responsrble. In the end we prob- b V1 m Dr L 0 nm^t for not Ws than wm of such action for many reasons, ably will deserve just what we get. i 0 J e da P y nor more than thi ^ J'ummed up it looks to us that the • agitators fer the bill want the 18- A Bill That Should Pass year-old k!ds to do the fighting and It is noted Representatives all .he .. u is stay home Justin A Bridges and tench P Ow- tns of this county have introduced a bill to prohibit a member of the gen- t ra! assembly from being elected to ony state office filled by a vote of the a-ssembly itself. They decried the fact that it is almost imperative that a person be elected to the assembly *OpHomal M V-9 Hodtlt •< trm cotf r.04. AND "TiST DRIVK Baldwin Motor Company N. Broad Street — Clinton, S. C. Truman's Bold Dare President Truman "dares'’ Con- to cut hts proposed enormous ■Widget which is loaded with billions of dollars for spending related in na my whatsoever with defense pro- - . — rarr. It n the same kind of New in order to 66 ,tron * 1 J r considered or 11 •# e> a 1 L. — - --a . actually selected for such state oosts, including the coveted judgeships by attorneys. The two young and inexperienced 1 .egislators are moving in the right 1 oirection and are to be commended 1 We hope they will fight for the pas- 1 sage of their bill in the house, even though they have a slim chance to! get it enactod if it ever gets over to! the senate. A feature Associated I Press article in the press a few days ago from Columbia states that Blatt and Brown, the famous "Barnwell! Ring*’, are still in the saddle. That! was no news to the people of the state. It is to the credit of the lower 1 house that in the past it has passed I Fnrninn Polirv RnnnLn/i a biI1 1>ut an end t0 thls practice L lign ro,,Cy bungling which the two legislators now are Every move we have made, and sponsoring. And at th-.t very time the fcavc no: made, in the last few vears house was busy electing one of Its 1 aikd every move we are making, and members to a judgeship over an rr not making, seems to lead us oppor^nt who was also a member rrper into morass from which it of the house. -in become more and more difficult! The Practice of electing its own ^ extricate ourselves. members to judgeships, commissions IV-al-Fair Deal spending program for ••ciahstic schemes and should be Aiilrd once and for all. -Senator Harry Byrd has accepted the President’s dare to "squeeze water” out of his $71,600,000,- «*» budget He should have strong ai-jport from Congress and from the a* «'P e back home unless we are go- -nj: to give up and yield to the cal- ty cf a ruinous inflation. The Wid.-ct is a tvpical example of the **l'tK-s-as-usual spending we have witnessed the past sixteen years. A president stands up and boldly dares Congress to act in the interest • f the Amer:can taxpayers. Sounds nhr Hitler or Stalin tactics. Wrist Curved for Functional Beauty ii.' i > wife the only watch of its kind in the world with a curved movement in a curved case* Let US pass over with a blush the rtatc department’s incredible hand- of all our far eastern policy to date China is lost to us, Korea is and other offices has become the common order of the day when the legislature is in session and such elections are to be held. It is the «■ immediate danger, and the loss j usual procedure and the candidate al tne baLnce of the Asiatic main-1 without senate or house membership, land seems to be but a question of' regardless of his qualifications, train- N**w long it takes the administration [ mg. ability and character doesn’t L* bring that about. have a Chinaman’s chance.’For this iVe are calling upon the United j rea90n it . is rare that outsiders offer, ■aliens to brand China an agressor, 1 ^ocause if they are well informed, of course it is. If this is done i»l *.e follow with our usual bad wngment the result in all probabil ity -may be war, as it was with Japan aflrvr Roosevelt and Cordell Hull got they know they cannot win against strong pressure, lobbying, vote prom ising anu commitments on the in side. The proposed anti-trapping bill — w til, anu UL*ii null gOl* , 1 ~ UU1 •-hrough with their clumsy manipula-1 s * K>u m be passed. Public sentiment is *»ns. [strongly in favor of it. We hope the authors of the proposal succeed, but bens Official war with China would in all probability bring in Russia, ShMigh this is not certain. We do not - know yet definitely that the Soviet -autlaws want to wage war with the -United States, or put it another way jf they will dare to do so. Russia «x>u]d doubtless take by surprise and maintain control of unarmed Japan nntil China could invade by force This would spell the loss of our army Korea unless that army could reach Japan in time and with suf- 1 , ficient equipment to defend it. \ n the meanwhile suppose Russia should drop a hundred thousand par atroopers in Spain which our govern- ;«ent has so stupidly left unprotect- »eit. Russia and her satellites would 1anarch westward and drive what firoops the allies can muster into the ■North Sea. Should that happen about then we would wake up and blame -everyone but ourselves for not com piling our government to arm two minion or more Spaniards and make tortifications behind which the Al- it is our guess that somewhere along the line, most likely in the upper body if not killed before it reaches there—it will be pigeon-holed and the selfish and questionable practice continued right on by which legisla tors are chosen almost invariably for state offices filled by the general as sembly which truthfully can be term ed as a “closed shop.” And in fair ness to all citizens of the state it cannot be claimed that the legislature has a monopoly on intelligence, abil ity ?nd character. AN ORDINANCE Prohibiting the placing or de positing of trash, rubbisn, emp ty boxes and garbage on the streets, sidewalks and public al leys of the Town of Clinton and regulating the disposal thereof. Be it ordained by the Town Coun cil of the Town of CUnton, South Carolina, in council assembled:— Section 1. That from and after the Spamanis could have passafge of this ordinance it shall be defended th Wives. President Tru-! unlawful for any person or persons, has refused to resume diplo- firms or corporations to deposit or itic relatiom with the Madrid place, or to cause to be deposited or placed, in or on any public street sidewalk or alley within the corpor ate limits of the Town of Clinton | eowemment regardless of the Unit- **d Nations action. Because Franco •mt* a beneficiary of Hitler’s Ger-