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* rajje Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, February 28, 1952 (jll)p CElintun (Chrmurlr Established 1908 WILSON W. riARRIS, Edilur and Puoh&her HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subsenption Rate (Payable In Advance): f One Year $2.00 ..... Six Montns $1^5 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C., under Act ol Congress March 3, 1879. The Cnronicle seeks ue 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 throughout, the nation is now un derway and will continue through the month of March. This section of the county has a quota of $3,650. Our goal last year, $3,500, was oversubscribed. The Joanna community makes provis ion each year for its quota in its Community. Chest, and its quota of $450 has already been provided for the 1952 drive. From today's paper it w’ill be noted that volunteer, workers : to make the canvass have already been named and will push their work now that the organization is perfected. It is hoped that the i work can be completed in short 1 order, and successfully. ing for chief executive James F. Byrnes. . i * South Carolinians, as well as all Southerners, can avail themselves of an opportuhity to make much needed national adjustments by eliminations at the oolls. Thd former national Secretary of State knows, as few men do, the inner works at Washington. With Mr. Brynes’ knowledge and ability and the respectability enjoyed by him throughout the South his ad vice is eagerly sought. Recently speaking before the Georgia legislature at Atlanta, the Governor asserted: “We in the South can stand up and fight or lie to which otheT’candidates are sub jected. For example: Just recently on the floor of the U. S. Senate, Sena tor Taft, by making his position clear, for which the Senator noted, exposed himself ^ to John L. Lewis’ vitriolic attack for which Mr. Lewis is noted. After the bat tle, and shaking hands, Lewis re marked: “There is something about Bob Taft that I admire.” Does anyone suppose that J. L. would have conceded as much to some other “big shot” at Washing ton even less controversial to him. No one, however, great or small, can justly expect the prize to be handed him oh a silver platter. E. CONVERSE HENDERSON. Kinards. OFFICE SUPPLIES Complete line, all the little items needed for the office. CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. Phone 74 t-U'tt'iw f: down and take it.” There is much The appeal of the Red Cross' hope in the statement. {should not need to be emphasized ’ First, a reliable experienced I or endorsed to the public, for its Democrat such as Senator Byrd | record of service, local and nation-' ^ irginia, or Senator Rusell of ;jj j al, entitles it to'the support of all., Georgia, would be preferred in the A strong Red Cross means a strong-House. But by all means f* THROW AWAY YOUR MOTH BAGS! | Fairbanks Tailoring Co. offers the best dressed mai) or woman suits insured mothproof for 5 years. Latest styles, sport or dress. We guarantee every suit hand cut and made to your measure. We have the latest fabrics. me show you in your own home where it pays to buy to get the best, yourself. Contact— and let yon make your suit to suit CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 28, 1952 er America, and with the present, make a change, if it means party > Korean war situation its call fot\‘change. ' |« relief service will be much great- j I do not believe it would prove er than in peacetime. Its nume-i a dvisable to nominate and elect a ( j4 rous tasks include providing large , great and popular military hero for V amounts of blood plasma for in- i president, with the exception of vj slant use, training millions in first General Washington. One has on-|J.j aid, instructing women to serve as j lv to scan the pages of history to nurs’es aides, teaching home nurs-, note the miserable failures of mili-j states forty per cent of high school 1 ! n g skills, and other important j taiy men in ^ politics. To mention > W. R. SOUTH, Fairbanks Representative 209 E. Ferguson St, Clinton, S. C. For a Complete Show-Yon, We Have Any Weight Goods a few—Benedict Arnold, Wm. Hen ry Harrison, Polk, Pierce, Grant Politics In Football ^ graduates entering college are in-> i 0 ** 5 - The South Carolina legislature adequately prepared * It added This means that all of us are has openly entered the field of ath- that addi ' tion several years ago of aske d to support .the Red Cross in and Harry Vaughn letics, a new function of that body. the t we if t h public school grade has its important work, an organization General MacArthur has asked It recently voted-4©- require the , “resulted m but little improvement ^at rpany times in its history has that his name be not entered for playing of the Clemson-Carolina jj n ^ acadeiTUC competence of stu- demonstrated its effectiveness in football game at the state fair (dt?nts entering college." That fact 1 meeting national . emergencies. It since the conference had ruled 1S a i readv generally known. , means that Laurens county has a Clemson out of playing conference games because of its violation of the rules banning bowl games. Clemson defied the ruling and went right ahead and played, and incidentally, made a big amount of money. . Things have come to a pretty pass we say, when the legislature spends its time pasing a law ' re quiring two state colleges to meet on the gridiron. And it should be added that while the presidents of the two institutions did no request the passage of the bill they ex pressed themselves as desirous that the barred game be played. That meant the same thing with the leg islature as making the direct’ re quest. We know politics is in every thing. Now it makes its debut in legislative football. A Timely Question Senator Maybank, down at a big barbecue at Barnwell a few days ago .-pensored by that county’s leg- ish.tive delegation for a group of U. S. congressmen touring the H-bomb plant area, took time out t,i .nr. umc hirnself.as a candidate The addition of the twelfth grade responsibility and privilege. It nomination. But not so with General Eisen hower. It is believed that General 1 Eisenhower, who is aware of the , t wiv-unp cucit an Kji. wo u.c aorweta tv* ( do our bit to help keep the organi- accepted as commander of the P in * a n ^A t— armies of NATO, would not desert is largely a duplication of the 1 means that a11 of us are asked to! momentous unfinished task he has eleventh grade.. That is the opin „ aUon geared and pre - ared for ac _ ion of many patrons and school tion day or night> whenever and the present position in which he men - m | wherever the emergency comes. It can best serve his country. How-1 i, n II 1 * s ke Pt §°i n g only bv voluntary 1 ever > it the General entertains William henry Belk gifts. Let'us look upon it as a per-! White House aspirations he should William Henry Belk, head of the sonal obligation therefore to give I ponder the recently spoken words large Belk chain of stores in the and help this community raise its! his superior in point of service, Carolinas and other states, is an 1 quota. The Red Cross call is one, General MacArthur, who, in re outstanding exarrvple of a self- | that should not go unheeded. made, succesful business man an,d . philanthropist. He was a South r-T'rrnc Carolinian, a man who never LETTERS sought publicity for himself, mod- THF PH I TOR est always and possessed the high- * ^ I rlC est character. In the business! r™ world and other fields, he will not Ed r iL or - The Chronicle: soon be forgotten. i The people of jdeting the placing of his name in the primary, said -in effect: “Poli- Tics is out of a“~professionar hrili- - tary man’s realm.” There are to- cay too many nincompoops in the government. If, after all, "Ike” still Insists on running he can show the fight- South Carolina ; ing spirit by getting out of uniform Mr. Belk° was * a born merchant can a sur ge of pride and of and subjecting himself to the same for re-election in 1954. The senator is a party man, from and went to work in a store at the age of 14. When he reached the age of 20 he decided to go in busi- ness Tor himself in “Monroe, N. C.,j and established his second store in 1 Chester. From that small begin ning by hard work and honest dealing, the Belk chain under bis t supervision expanded to more than 300 stores doing a volume of busi ness annually- amounting to multi- pht-d millions. He. made a fortune. being especially fortunate in hav- rigors, humiliations and brick-bats Hours.: 9:00 to 5:30 Phone 979 LOANS $10.00 to $50.00 ^ and up Friendly, Courteous, Confidential ^Service American Credit Corporation Ted Marr, Manager 104 W. PITTS STREET — CLINTON, S. C. Automobiles - Furniture - Signature BE SMART! BE THRIFTY TOO! v , ♦v%- and in return gave away enormous j amounts of money to philanthro- the first was a prominent New' pies, chiefly through the Presbyte- Dt-al spender, and then followed rian church of which he was a de-; the Truman Fair Deal crowd until vout member. The John M. Belk recently he, has been denouncing Memorial fund which he founded the administration. Four years ago helped to establish 355 Presbyte-1 When Governor Strom Thurmond .rian churches, and manses. He made a ^ fearless fight for “states: gave money to a number of col- rights" ‘and against Trumanism | leges, hospitals and other institu-‘ with al! of its evils, Senator May- 'tions. ba ’k. a'< ng with Senator John- Mr. Belk was one of the most! eton and congressmen, didn't turn successful merchants in the coun- j their hands to help in the fight, try. A man of character and enter- They put the so-called Democratic prise, he will be greatly missed inj party and loyalty above principle. [ his community and in the mer-j Now that Senator Maybank is > chandising field where he was seeking re-election two years! highly regarded, hence, the voters of the state would like for him to answer this ques- Qur Morale SIlDDma tion: “If President Truman is nomi-! VyUr mura,e flipping nated by the Democrats will you 1 ^ strange sort of lethargy cccms vote for him for re-election?” A have crept across the -nation, question that he and^Johnston and ^ mos ^ ^ lke a S rea t smoke screen, thu six congressmen should be The same thing has happened in made to answer without dodging. ‘ En ^ and ^ or a sounder reason. | On recent television interview er there Socialism has taken the that question ’ was asked Senator heai t ou * of the brave People. But Mavb ink. ’ It was - reported he whlle we are bem S dnven hard to i didn't answer it. He evaded. ward Sociall sm, state planning and j — control in this country, we still’ Woring Still Blowing-Off i/To Departed federal Judge J. Waites excuse as ye^ for deterioration in! Waring from Charleston to New our morale. York to make his home, gives ai What is the reason for it? Some lengthy interview in The New people say it i&ybecause the execu- Yo:k Times of his delight in get- live branch of our government has ting oiit of South Carolina. He usurped the prerogatives of con- poses as a great crusader, as he gress and that it is too late to fight has been doing here, and says he; against "state control.” Some expects to be very happy in New! think careless journalism, trashy York In all of his rejoicing, no j television, degenerating broadcast- ore would picture New York as; ing, subversive book-reviewing, a Heaven. It is filled with crime,' subversive teaching in our schools prejudice, racial hatred, gangster-! and colleges and a hundred other ism and low politics that by com- causes have lowered our morale parison exceeds our state. i and our will to fight for our con- The judge who attempted to tinued freedom, break down Southern tradition of i Probably they are right on all a hundred years, has done more counts, but we believe the great- harm in the South than any other man. He says he is glad he is gone to his rtew abode. The feel ing is mutual. The pity is the harm he has done is left behind him. We hope he will enjoy mak ing noises ‘up there” and that they will not be audible down here. onv itDAiikirn Diiv/e/f (> ir/>i doi Dfirancn duio m 5zj VO ■ .• , • - m vi Sim If mg* ■ j*. L MARCH 1 ' m Smart New Jewel ELCINS FOR AS UTTUAS TAX est menace to our morale to be those elements of our society which desire—and work for—the destruction of our free enterprise system. Some of these are social planners, but the most persistent and undermining are the brilliantly j managed subversive elements ! which appear to control so many channels of the dissemination of news and knowledge. Our one and only defense against eventual “conquest” by /mer of these groups is the congress of the 17 jewels. Domed == x crystal on smart \case. Matching ex- asion bracelet. $42.50 IICM WATCHES ...Vm BtautiM Way To Tot Tlnml •js&A School Committee Report A special committee appointed last year by the general assembly in its rerecent report states that a higher quality of instruction > s ; Unitof States which'h«s in' a "very the schools and colleges,, -delegated its r«. * u - The committee was I* » TNI WATCH THAT NiVit ITK ‘■s*. Dwwfawsr Malm prim j sponsibility and authority to the of the state. appointed to study state institu-! bureaucrats . Congress S us. With- tions on higher Jearimg, particu-1 ou , „ we wouU k hive nothing t0 say; with it we can—if we will— rule this nation as we wish. Con gress has lost touch with the peo ple, and unfortunately, has given tv-r. larly with regard to duplication of facilities, but recommended no im mediate legislation. Senator R. T. Wilson of this county concluded with this statement: “While recommending no imme diate legislation the committee wishes to reaffirm its belief that South Carolina needs and demands a higher quality of instruction in its public school system and in its institutions of higher learning, and that such excellence is not to be achieved by the expenditure of additional money. In the report the committee Gracefully fash ioned case. Mod em domed crystal. $33.75 Handsome case accented by a high curved crystal. $33.75 Charming “Bow- knot” case with domed crystal. $39.75 Ultra-modern case and matching expansion band. $47.50 Black dial with silver figures. Ex pansion band. $45.00 Pricw hcM* I m its support for many recent years to Socialistic schemes and political (pressure groups. Unless the peo ple back home can arouse this congress or secure a new one through a general house-cleaning— we have little hope of regaining and retaining our self government. J. C. THOMAS, Jeweler The Red Cross Calls The annual Red Cross “It’s Time That Counts” Clinton and Joanna drive