Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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4 LJfl I M jiL. HU -. "Pat" Patterson, Clinton Shop Si Good Protection and A Good Buy' shoes for several years. "They arc shoes, and economical On sever: bruised toes had I not been wearin Safety Shoes in a wide selectioi Clinics and are available on a cost Personnel Department. Yes, Ladi CLINTON NEWS . . . Ruth Cook?Feb. 12. Perry Brewington?Feb. 14. James Paul Moates ? Feb. 13. Gladys Johnson?Feb. 3. Sandra Johnson?Feb. 4. Johnny Harmon?Feb. 16. Mr. and Mrs. Henry King and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Moates visited in Greenwood on Sunday. We welcome Dorothy Davis to our department. Mrs. M. H. Overstreet spent the weekend with Margaret Chilton. Margaret Chilton visited in Spartanburg recently. SPOOLING 2nd Shift By Sara Lawson We welcome Mrs. Elsie Cannon to our department. Time is swiftly passing by. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Ivester have gotten to be grandparents. They have a grandson, born to Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Pace. Mrs. Pace is the former Miss Laverne Ivester. Happy birthday to Miss Annie Ruth Cagle on February 2 and Jimmy Cagle on February 12. They are the children of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. "Hot Shot" Cagle. SPOOLER ROOM 3rd Shift By Bill Lowery Kim, Kent, and Durrand Lowery, children of Bill Low ery have all been ill recently. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Eaiv will celebrate a wedding anniversary March 5th. A belated birthday greeting to Ricky Wilson who celebrated a birthday January 2nd. Happy Birthday to: Jerry Faye Henderson February 11. Jack Rhodes?February 10. Kay Rhodes?February 17. Elizabeth Womble ? February 10. Kenneth Lawson?March 3. SBt&Bmz&f* iv,. ^ 1 jporvisor. says. "Safety Shoes Are "Pat" has been wearing safety comfortable, light as non-safety il occasions, I would have had g my safety shoes," he continued, a of styles, are on display in the basis purchase plan through the es' Styles are available too!! CLOTH ROOM By Dorsey Turner Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Frier 1 1 i i_J I I anu dovs speni me weexena in Chester with Mr. and Mrs. Warren Watts. Mr. and Mrs. James Traynham spent Sunday afternoon with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Traynham near Pelzer. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Strange and sons of Greenwood. Mr. and Mrs. Eland Harris and children of Batesburg, Mrs. Lewis Giles of Greenwood, Mrs. W. J. Morris and Mrs. J. P. Shockley of Clinton were recent dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Snelgrove. The dinner was in honor of Mrs. R. M. Sullivan who was celebrating a birthday. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Sullivan. Jr. and sons of Greeleyville. spent several days recently with the Bill Snelgroves and Mrs. R. M. Sullivan. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Snelgrove and daughters spent Sunday with the S. B. Sneleroves near Saluda. Down, Down. Down Population in America continues to grow at an unprecedented rate, but the number of Americans living on the family farm continues to decrease. says the Census Bureau. They estimate that only one American in eight lived on a farm in 1958, compared with one in six in 1950 and one in thron in IQIfl It is saddening to see the family farm fading from the scene, for it has truly been the cradle of America's greatest men. A chain is as STRONG as {its weakest link > THE CLOTHMAKER From the Good Book He who gives heed to the tcord will prosper, and happy is he who trusts in the Lord. The riches of religion are free to all, and from its earliest days, spiritual aspirations have been a vital force in American life. Yet there are many who have not found this treasure. While there are many men of God who seek to guide and lead us in understanding. there is perhaps no book so suited to bring to mankind spiritual wisdom and inner peace as is the Bible. Robert E. Lee once said. "The Bible is a book in comparison with which all others in my eyes arc of minor importance, and which in all my perplexities and distresses has never failed to give me light and strength." Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt stated that almost every man whose life work had added to the sum of human achievement, and of which the race is proud, had based his life-work largely upon the teachings of the Bible. Helen Keller pointed out the need for going to the Bible in bright moments as well as in trouble in order to respond r. .11-- 4 ~ : A l-Ai 1 luiiv iu us consoiauons ano thus maintain equilibrium between light and darkness. Bernard, Baruch once remarked, "I have always placed the Bible as number one among the four books I think everyone should read and study. Therein one will find all problems that beset mankind." Today, there is urgent need, such as never before in the history of the world, for the vision and fortitude of men of faith. Much depends upon us?as individuals and as a nation. We have in this nation a vast resevoir of that faith. T 1 iL.t ' us uupt* niau m iouay s world?a world too long besot with woes and worries, graft and intrigue, that man is at last beginning to realiz.e that those lessons offered in both testaments, Old and New, are his to read, his to study, taking heed of the messages therein, as he will find. A short step, and an arm's reach to the bookshelf and a mighty treasure can be found. A treasure far greater than gold and rubies?the Bible, the word of life. iffilill In Thee, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me never he put to confusion.?(Psalm 71, i.) Those who put their trust in (lod, completely and without reservation ? who say "Thy will, not mine, be done" in wondrous faith, shall evermore he calm and -tronjr, free from doubt and confusion. jU B s4 Statif o? IWU BtLLj There are two bells with a world of meaning to the people of the United States. One is well known, the other is not. One is the famous Liberty Bell; the other is the bell in the Old Slater Mill tower. All the history books tell about the Liberty Bell. The bell is important to every citizen because it first tolled the freedom of our people . . . freedom from the tyranny of foreign oppression. It is easy to see why the Liberty Bell has become a national shrine. But what about the bell in the Old Slater Mill tower? If the Liberty Bell is famous for proclaiming the independence of our country from Britain in 1776. isn't it equally important that the hf?ll i r> (hr> OIH Qlolor TV/Till tower proclaimed our economic independence from Britain in 1793? The fight for political independence from Britain was won on the battlefield but it wasn't until the construction of the first textile mill in the United States, 17 years later, that the full significance of liberty, both political and economic, could be realized. We must continue to revere the memory of the Liberty Bell at Philadelphia. School children should always be encouraged to visit, to ask questions about its crack, to familiarize themselves with its history and its traditions, and even *"ith the myths that surround the grand old bell. In snite of its nonularitv nnH ? I X V M,*v* fame some do not know there were actually three Liberty Bells. The first bell was cast in England and shipped to this country in 1752, all 2080 pounds of it. "by the order of the assembly of the province of Pennsylvania for the state house in the Citv of Philadelphia." This was done years before the Declaration of Independence was signed. It was cracked while being tuned bv a stroke of the clapper. In an effort to fix the bell, the colonists melted ; 4 ? ? i * ii uwwii iinn rocasi it in tnis country. But the effort was not successful and the crack soon re-appeared. The third time the bell was recast the crack was successfully eliminated for a number of years It cracked the third and final time while being tolled in honor of Chief Justice Marshall in July 1835. Actually the bell was not run},' on July 4. 1778. but on July 8, 1778, although the De FEBRUARY. 1959 Mvra Snelarovp. danahtrr r?f Mr and Mrs. William Snelgrove. Clinton Mills, celebrated her 14th birthday February 14. Iv W ** y &9R John K. Meadows, handsome son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Meadows of England, celebrated his first birthday recently. John is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Thornton Meadows. Clinton Mills. David Lee. 3 years of age. and Donna Elaine, one month old, are the children of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Walton. Clinton Mills. claration of Independence was j e ?u civ-iiittilN SlgllCU UI1 IIIU 1UUI 111. In 1877 the bell was apparently removed from the tower and hidden beneath the floor of the Zion Reformed Church in Allentown, Pa., to prevent its capture by the British. The story was intentionally circulated that the bell had been taken to Trenton, N. J., instead, and dropped into the Delaware River. So the Liberty Bell is worthy of its claim to fame. But perhaps, as the years t^o on, greater recognition will come to the bell in the Old Slater Mill tower, now comi,l,..4 ii? ? I<ivn i \ i csivii m ?ti nitr ui initial site of the nation's first factor v, overlooking the Blackstone River, just a few steps from Pawtucket's Roosevelt Avenue. Today it is a museum and a shrine for our country's vast textile industry which got its start there. These are two bells of great significance to all U. S. citizens, and to lovers of freedom everywhere.