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Page Four / THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, December 6, 1951 a hr (Clinton (Chrontrlr Established 1900 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant 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. C, under Act of Congress March 3, 1879. The Chronicle seeks lae 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 CTJNTON, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1951 Take This Tip If you have not already begun, better get started on your Christ mas shopping. And we invite you to shop in Clinton, the “Lovely Christmas City.” Santa Comes To Town When Santa Claus arrived in town last Thursday afternoon he was given a rousing welcome as he was greeted toy several thousand who lined the streets to see and Welcome the distinguished guest who is still the world’s most belov ed character and none of his popu larity wanes with the years. Mr. St Nick was jolly and happy as usual, and it goes without saying that he thrilled many little folks who will be living in expectation from now until his return on Christmas night. The little folks will be busy all the while from now until then letting their wants be known. The parade was well planned and moved off promptly on time which does not always happen. It was a colorful event appropriate to the season, and to add further to the accomplishment the crowd was happy and orderly and not a single incident occurred to mar the cele bration. The floats, the high-step ping bands, the lights, all contrib uted to make the festive occasion a red letter event. ( The idea of a Christmas parade appeals to little children, of course, but to all, young and adults, it has its fascination and is a means of spreading the Christmas spirit. And it also ushers in the holiday ■’Season and proclaims Clinton as a good town in which to trade, with the latchstring on the outside. It was a good celebration, the lovely lights contributing to the picture of beauty and should bring renewed pleasure to all of us as the Christmas season approaches. Those who staged the parade for the Merchants Association deserve the thanks of the community. that meets your needs better. Beyond that, however, the show window is about as good a visual example of how this country works as we can find. We pride our selves, and justly, on our magnifi cent system of mass production, which has given us a vast abund ance of goods of all kinds, which provides much of our enjoyment, and which has helped raise our liv ing standards far beyond that of any other major nation. But re member this, mass production would be impossible without mass distribution by retailers. The goods from the factories must be moved swiftly, efficiently and economical ly, into the hands of the people who use them. That is primarily the job of the retailers, and one they are doing well. Visitors from abroad are always amazed and disbelieving when they see a typical American shopping center, whether it be on Fifth Ave nue or Main Street in a small town. They are so used to a subsistence standard of living, an economy of scarcity at home, that they believe it to be a universal state of affairs. Free enterprise, as exemplified by the shop windows, and many other ways, shows how dead wrong they are. American business can only remain great through free enter prise and initiative to work and grow without government interfer ence and domination which leads to Socialism and Communism. The windows tell an important story. Browse around, you’ll enjoy them in their appealing holiday at tire. must bear in mind that he who buys government influence is just as cdlpable as he who sells. If there were no business men will ing to hand out deep freezes and mink coats and costly vacation trips in return for public favors, then, certainly, public officials would not be tempted into wrong doing. I hold no brief for any pub lic officer who uses his office for personal gain. But at the same time, we who are engaged in this struggle to preserve the free Amer ican business system must be just as quick to condemn unmoral prac tices by business men in their rela tions with government, as we are to condemn those in government who take the businessmen’s bribes Mr. Ramspeck had said: “I find it strange that with all the hulla baloo about misbehavior of a hand ful of public servants, there has been no outraged indignation ex pressed by business regarding the role played by business in any un ethical conduct under discussion. I’m a pretty avid reader. But I have yet to note any news item re porting that the .national associa tion of manufacturers, or the Cham ber of Commerce of the United States, or any trade association . . . has ostracized, or even condemned any businessman who admittedly paritcipated in, if indeed they did not instigate, the shenanigans which resulted in the drumming out of camp of the accused public servants.” • • * church in Laurens, on December 10, | beginning at 7:45. The goal for at tendance has been set at 350 and Rev. J. W. Spillers, associational | director for Training Union work, ] has asked the thirty-three Baptist churches in the county to send at least one-fourth of their enrollment to the meeting. A religious film, “Advance in Af rica" will be shown and Rev. C. M. Johnson, pastor of the irst Baptist church of Pelzer, has been invited to preach the sermon. Devotion by Rev. William Moore. The program is as follows: Q Recognition of churches, pastors, directors, deacons and visitors. Special music. “Where We Have Been,” by Miss Estell Tumblin. "Where We are Going,” by Rev. J. W. SpiUers. Religious film, “Advance in Af rica.” Sermon by Rev. C. M. Johnson. OFFICE SUPPUES Complete line, all the little items needed Tor the office. CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. Phone 74 Safer Cough Relief One of the last acts of the House before adjournment was passage of a resolution providing each mem ber up to $2,500 for office equip ment. The legislation will cost the government an estimated $1,080,- 000. The vote was 181 to 65. According to information the federal trade commission is pre- paring to crack down against some alleged monopolies under a new law passed by the 82nd congress. Training Union Group To Hold Meet In Laurens The “M” night program for the Laurens Baptist association will be held with Lucas Avenue Baptist When new drugs or old fail to stop your cough or chest cold don’t delay. 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It describes the rehabilitation of one Ebenezer Scrooge, as mean a char acter as ever lived—until he was visited by the spirits of Christmas. The following selection describes the Scrooge after he had gotten the real Christmas spirit. Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all, and infinite ly more; and to Tiny Tim, who did not die. he was a second father. He became as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man, as the good old city knew, or any other good old city, town or borough in the good old world. Some people laughed to see the alteration in him, but he let them laugh, and little heeded them; for he was wise enough to know that nothing ever happened on this globe, for good, at which some peo ple did not have their fill of laugh ter at the outset; and knowing that such as these would be blind any way, he thought it quite as well that they should wrinkle up their eyes in grins as have the malady in less attractive forms. His own heart laughed; and that was quite enough for him. He had no further intercourse with sprites, but lived upon the to tal abstinence principles ever af terwards; and it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, If any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim ob served, God Bless us, everyone! —Charles Dickens. Washington, Dec. 4.—Charles E. Wilson, director of the office of de fense mobilization, is planning to take the defense mobilization pro gram of the nation to the grass roots editors in an attempt to clari fy just what the program means to the average American. Says Mr. Wilson: “I can’t help but feel that defense mobilization is everybody’s job—yours as well as mine—and that without the co operation of everyone, in all fields, we cannot meet our defense goals and our overall goal of preventing war and preserving the peace. The material to be sent to small town weekly and daily newspapers will consist of articles prepared by the economic stabilization agency, the office of defense mobilization, the defense production administra tion and the other agencies con nected with defense mobilization. The program, Mr. Wilson said, is to clarify the entire program, “how far it has oome, where it is going, what it wants and needs to do and how it affects the individual cit izen.” • • « Windows Tell A Story Millions of people are now view ing store windows with their Christmas decorations and mer chandise. And in our city throngs are seen on the streets trying their luck in the ‘•Treasure Hunt” These lovely windows all over the land feature Christmas gifts for loved ones, ot course. They are designed to interest customers in buying goods. If you find what you want and consider the price fair, you prottfidy will go into stores and become customers If net, you’ll move on to {pother store The bureau of the census has is sued figures showing that the 10 ranking sUtes with the largest rural poulation are Pennsylvania with 3,094,976 rural folks; Texas with 2,873,134; North Carolina, 2,- 2,147,746; California, 2,046,803; Il linois, 1,952,905; Georgia, 1,885,131; Michigan, 1,868,682 and Kentucky, 693.828; Ohio, 2,368,353; New York, 1, 860, 736. The 10 states with the largest percentage of rural population are: N. Dakota, 73.4; Mississippi, 72.1; Arkansas, 67; South Dakota, 66.8; North Carolina, 66.3; West Virginia, 65.4; Vermont, 63.6; South Carolina, 63.3; Kentucky, 63.2, and Idaho, 57.1. In cooperation with the civil de fense administration, Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan has requested heads of state depart ments of agriculture to help tighten up the system for detection and re porting of unusual occurrences in livestock and crop diseases and pests. “We cannot ignore," Bran- nan said, “the fact that farms and ranches, as the source of so much that is vital to our existence, could be targets for attack by an enemy, either openly or through sabotage.” now mi emm a mm of /» CUTS DOWN GLARE OP| l/H?JfSON, SNOW AND? 0 1,0 - ) » HEADLIGHTS...REDUCES DRIVING EYE- STRAIN...CUTS FATIGUE AND ; HEAT FROM SUN RAYS v v/ • » • D. A. 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