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Thwndiy, Apcfl 21,1M* THE CLINTON CHHON1CLB r i SOUTH CAROLINA CORPORALS RELAX AT USO CLUB Marfa* Cwporal Charias Stephen Brawn, Jr. (left) •f GreanviBh, *1* Marian Crapraal JMa M. Sweet (right) oir CMnton. ptnr chans 4 *• Lafayette Square USO Clah la Washingtoa, D. C. Csrparal Brawn Is thn-naa *1 Mr. S. Bnran, Sr., af 22 AsMny Arena Is stauoned at U. S. Marine Carps HenAqaartars la Washiagtaa. Corporal Sweet is the ana af Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Sweet of Box M, Clinton (Yharvwell Orphanage). In addition to his fsadness far chess. Sweet Is a grant pinochle player. He is a regular rfqhar at the Washington USO Club where the gang refers to. Win as “Mr. Pinochle.” Corporal Sweet Is stationed at the U. S. Marine Corps School at Quan- tko, Virginia, a short dtstaace from Washington. USO shares in the Clinton Community Chest. Sam J. Francis, director of United Service Or ganizations, lac., in Greenville, spake to the sealer class at Clinton High School Tuesday morning, giv ing general information concerning the USO. Later in the day he also sprite to (he senior class at Bell Street High School. By SPECTATOR ... COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS Is there a shortage of water? The day. Quite a bit of water if one jverage citizen may think of water is he usese it, perhaps two hundred jallons a day, but if he observes a steady flow of water in a restaurant hat may be a thousand gallons a thinks of water just as a beverage. Industry, however, uses water by the million gallons evehy day. Years ago 1 spent an night on a farm in Saluda County, South Caro- LAWNLITE PORCH and LAWN FURNITURE • STACK CHAIRS • FOLDINGCHAIRS • SINGLE GLIDERS • DOUBLE GLIDERS • STACK TABLES * • FOLDING CONTEUR • FOLDING CHAIRS. 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Standing in the “lot” am observing the cattle consume great quantities of food I asked, “Does it really pay a substantial profit?” His reply still rings in my ears: “Yes, Mir. Breedin, but it takes thousands of gallons of water.” Water is quite an item for a hundred cows. But the waiter necessary for a hundred thou sand cows is nothing as compared to the water consumption of a great in dustry . Did you ever think of the quantity of water necessary for a city like Charleston or Columbia? It is a marvel that we just take in our stride. This is about the only nation I’ve | visited that offers good water for drinlung purposes, for many people drink water “in spite” of the Ken- tucy Colonel who said that water might be all right for bathing but ' that no gentelman would drink it. ; In Europe and South America they tell you that water is “safe” in such and such places; here every town of a thousand people offers good water. Off all the good things of life water is one of the best; and so cheap ex cept that served by the drug stores on prescription. The census appears to be imper tinently inquisitive, according to a lady of Mt. Pleasant, South Caro- lian, as may be understood by her letter to The News and Courier. Let me quote the lady: “A few days ago I received from the Census Bureau form 60HP-5, which asked, besides those questions pertinent to the census, a number of questions concerning living con ditions and about other living units on the property where I live. ‘To the best of my knowledge, no govrenment agency, whether feder al, state or local, has the right to question a citizen about his private affairs unless those affairs are re lated in some essential way to its function. Some years ago the census isked impertinent questions about my income and investments. I very properly refused to answer them be cause I owed that information to the V ,S. Internal Revenue Depart ment and Tax Commission of the State of Virginia, and to no other agency of government If the health authorities of Char leston County or Mt. Pleasant had reason to believe that my living •con ditions violated the &niatry codes of the community, I would feel that it had a right to ask such questions as pertained to the subject. I would not fed that the Fire Department bad any right to (he information. If my home or surroundings' created a fire hazard, I would feel that the Fire Department had a right to in vestigate the matter, but not the Board of Education. The Census has the right to ask your name, your birth date, your race, your sex and, I think, your citizenship—and, as far as I know, nothing else. Certainly, whether I use a bath tub or a shower is none of the business of the Census Bu reau. The irrelevant questions on this questionnaire are mostly just that —irretovaat. But the impression is being implanted .more and more by the federal government that pri vate citizens are obliged to answer whatever it may choose to ask about their private affairs. This sort of brain washing is, I think, exceeding ly dangerous. It is, of course, the kind of technique the communists use so successfully and so dlastrous- ty. And it is being done ao isidious- ly, by such insonaequentiri and inno cent questions that the average per son thinks nothing of it Certainly I, and I would suppose few other peo ple, cere who knows that we have the ordinary conveniences in our henee. But just m omteinty no fed eral agency has the right to quee- tion us about it, and the aaeumption that any such agency has such a right is dangerous. I shall, of course, refuse to answer any but the proper questions. I hope others will do likewise.” One can understand that if every man .women and child must answer in minute detail all relevant, irrele vant, pertinent and impertinent questions the Census would be a vast storehouse of information for anyone seeking information. But is the Cen sus to be a monumental compen dium, a veritable storehouse of in formation? Shall the ladies reveal th^ir fa- ics? wruch “Cola do you dnnk and how many a day? What is your : avorite cigarette, filter or no fliter’’ A gentleman might indicate his preference for Port over Sherry; and whether he takes a “nip” or a ‘ toddy” before lunch, or before and after and in behyeen? Now isn’t that being merely face tious ; it would be studied most thor oughly by all the enterprises affect ed. But need the Census be a library of stupendous omniscience? • • • An Associated Press dispatch toki us that the Vatican, world head quarters of the Roman Catholic Church, seat of His Holiness the Sovereign Pontiff, that is the Pope, recently communicated with the Mayor of Dijon, France, suggesting that he, a Catholic, should absent himself when Kruschev visited Di-1 jon. r Very likely there will be a lot of comment in this country, wqxytally since we have an active Democratic candidate for the presidency who is a Catholic. Frankly I am bound to say that no Christian should be hand in glove with the Soviet despots who openly deride our religion and seek to de stroy it. I think it is a tribute to the consistency and sincerity of the Vatican that it maintains its loyalty to Christianity as something precious and not to be bandied about under the mask of diplomacy. If there is any reality in our relig ion we should not try to imagine a brotherly bond with those who not only are heathens but who openly and aggressively try to destroy the faith of our fathers. Do you remem ber? “Before the mountains were brought forth; or ever thou hast formed the earth and the world Even from everlasting to everlast ing Thou art God? Are we so worldly minded; are we so fearful of hwiaa might that social “polish” acquired in those we have no faMtt homes of the gentry. There is a baric widely circulated. “Government and private re cited and quoted that abounds in il- searchers, alarmed by the fast- lustrations of the Might. Majesty, spreading epidemic of youth crime. Power and Dominion of the Most High! Does that Book serve merel> as an ornament to grace the table? Or do Me read it—a lump unto my feet and a light unto my pathway" al anti-delinquency letk programs, juvenile courts squads. To nip trouble are drawing up plans for a full-1 scientists are trying scale scientific assault on juvenile delinquency Their urgent aim: :y weapons settlement and .as ath- nomic makeup to its religion aid houses. I its underworld The analysis will police youth i then be used to chart one of the V | largest-scal* experimental attempts ore it starts. V** made to bring delinquency under spot potential control delinquents when they’re only five Perhaps the most efficacious or six—through close-up examina-, method Mas the tiiime-honored prac tice as exemplified by a grand old e bejfor ing t<i s n they’: lady of Denmark. South Carolina. She had a very practical idea of ap- New. more effective treatment and,lion of children at home or in day prevention nurseries—and then to apply preven- Scientists are attacking delin- tvie psychiatric care. In phycho- quency almost like a physical dis- logical labs, new treament methods plying religion She knew that many ease Contending that old theories are being developed. people indolently call on Jehovah to about delinquency's causes are be- . As one major move, a six man do what He has empowered them to ing shattered, they aim to uncover‘squad of scientists-biologists.a psy do for themselves “So,” said the the basic reasons for youth crime— chologist, an anthropologist and a lady. I. too pray for my sons, but piercing the delinquent’s innermost population expert—will quietly slip 1 also use a broom handle vigor At home “Oh yeah”; “O. K ”, such thoughts and analyzing his early into New York s delinquency-ridden ously Cnder that sore of nurture expressions are not learned in home life Conceding that present lower East Side about mid-July she reared sons who filled high and homes where “nice manners'’ are attacks on the problem fall short of Scientists, armed with a $400,000 useful positions m life. the rule I once remarked that the success, researchers are-launching Federal research grant, will spend ——— courtly speech and manner of large-scale experiments to check on an entire year analyzing the neigh SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE Statesburg are a refinement and the effectiveness of such convention- borhood. from its ethnic and eco PHONE 74 What’s the matter with the young -ters? Do you usually see a lad to day who says “Yes. Sir”; or a young lady m’ h o speaks in that vein? Where do they learn such courtesy" 'YHemoto Is YOUR present fire insurance up to date with today’s higher value of your home? Protect your home and your savings... see your man from NATIONWIDE (THt COMPANY WITH NCW IOC AS con a ncw cnaj. and ask him to show you how little it costs to own fire protection in tune with today's home values. MRS. J. C. PEARSON Prather Circle Clinton, S. C. •••r*. Ph. 1903 £5 AVION WIDE . Hmtmi rm mnmh mmi I Hmm OHkai CalwMw. OM* ( The Name's Willie Wiredhand 1 ‘m the ambassador of go<wi will for over 7,6oO of your friends and neigh bors that own and Control .me of this area’s largest industries, the I^iurens Electric Cooperative. Inc. Although our modem headquarters is located in Laur ens our 1,960 miles of power lines spider web into every comer of Laurens Coun ty and a large part of Spartanburg and Greenville Counties and smaller parts of Anderson, Union and Newberry Coun ties, providing dependable electricity at ttie lowest possible rates for an estimat ed 26.000 rural citizens. T hese people are as familiar to you as the county courthouse and their home- owned cooperative is just as much a part of Laurens County as is the Con federate monument in downtown Clinton. Your electric cooperative is the only non-municipal power company in this entire area that is wholly owned and con trolled by local people. These people staked their reputations on the future of this area by borrowing money to build a power system to supply electric pow er wdiere it could not be reasonably obtained before from commercial power com panies. F or the next year. I’ll play a leading role in a series of special advertisements in this newspaper designed to tell “a local success story” in straight for ward language to local people. ICs the story of Clinton area citizens that have pioneered rural electrification. “Where The Power Line Goes—Progress Grows!” Jiautoenl “Home-Owned Bv Those It Serves’ More than half a century of devotion to fine crafts manship and design has gone into the 1960 Cadillac. The result is a car of true substance—solid quality and unquestioned worth. One look at the substan tial beauty of this breath-taking automobile gives a hint—but only a hint—ol the magnificent perform ance it will deliver. The feather-soft ride ... the marvelous handling ease . . . the luxurious comfort must be experienced to be believed. Your Cadillac dealer invites you to take a demonstration drive soon. FISIT YOUR LOCAL AUTHORIZED'- '7?a{/l$ZC' DEALER SMITH MOTOR COMPANY 229 E. MAIN STREET LAURENS, S. C-