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r*cu Safety Responsibility Law South Carolina Safety Responsibility law has been changed and strengthened, effective January 1, 1960. Its provisions can be very severe for those who insist upon owning or operating a motor vehicle without liability insurance. You must be able to comply with this law or stand to lose your driver license and vehicle license. Therefore, read this and take all steps necessary to protect your license privileges under the new law. What The New Law Provides The purpose of the new law is to protect all persons against financially irresponsible drivers with whom they may become involved in traffic nrridnnts An irresnonsi ble driver is one who causes accidents and is unable to pay for the damages brought to others. A vehicle owner usually gets needed protection for himself, while protecting others, by obtaining liability insurance meeting requirements of the law. The new law requires liability insurance (or other forms of acceptable proof) providing $10,000 coverage for injury or death to one person, $20,000 for injury or death to more than one person, and $5,000 for property damage in any one accident. TV. io ic rtnnnro li \r rof orroH 1 r* X 1 II J AO gciiciunv i V.1V1 1 N-vt W V ? as a $10,000 / $20,000 / $5,000 policy. GEMS OF THOUGHT ENVY There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance. ?Ralph Waldo Emerson If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears. ?Glenn Clark iLnvy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides. ?Pliny To envy's own hell, justice consigns the lie which, to advance itself, breaks God's commandments. ?Mary Baker Eddy If we did but know how little some enjoy of the great things that they possess, there would not be much envy in the world. ?Edward Young The most common disguise of envy is in the praise of what is subordinate. ?Washington Allston Sty? #trrti ABOUT YOU SAFETY RES ^ LAW... Liability insurance is no compulsory. When c a 11 e c upon to furnish proof o financial responsibility, ar uwiier may lunusn an nisui ance certificate (Form SR-22) cash, corporate surety bond or acceptable securities. How ever, insurance is the easies and most convenient form o proof. Accidents. Violations and Suspensions The new law also provides 1. Your driver (and vehicle licenses will be suspended i you are involved in an acci dent and do not have prope liability insurance.* This ap plies regardless of who is a fault in the accident. 2. Your licenses will remaii suspended following the acci dent until you have filet proof of insurance* (SR-22 and have paid for or beei relieved of damages alread; caused others. 3. If vour license is sus pended for any cause?drun! driving, hit-and-run causin injury or death, or any caus whatsoever ? you must fur nish proof of liability insur ance* before your license ca be returned to you. 4. If you do not have lia bilitv insurance* and are cor victed, or forfeit bond, i connection with a traffic la\ violation carrying four o more points under the Poin -f?* y f / Especially for t Any day now the madnes will strike you. The first dal fodil in your garden wi open. Whether it's the fres pungent scent or the exhil rating color of the flowc hasn't been scientifically d< termined. But the effect is t throw you into a frenzy c house cleaning. The least domestic femal in the land will feel the urg to polish windows to sparkle. In backvai Js fror Maine to Oregon, freshl washed curtains will fluttc from the clothes line Buckets of soap suds wi trap the unwary husband ? he tries to slip away to h favorite fishing spot. H might as well give in an start shaping up the lawn. It's a soul-satisfying org} but it has its dangers. Th mood is likely to catch vo unprepared. You must was the kitchen cabinets, but th stepladder is broken. So yo use a wobbly kitchen chai You stand on tiptoe to reac the top shelf. Comes th crash, and you're lucky to g< off with a sprained wris And that's only one of th hazards. Bursitis lurks f< do-it-yourself type who e: ujtlf ?f j\ THE CLOTHMAKER IR NEW PONSIBILITY t System, your license will be 1 immediately suspended and f will remain suspended until i you furnish an SR-22 showing you have such insurance. *Or other acceptable proof of ? ability to pay for damages. t Six Point Violations f Reckless driving Passing stopped school bus Hit and run, property damage onlv Using smoke screen Four Point Violations Driving too fast for conditions, or speeding 9 Disobedience of official traffic control device Disobedience of officer directing traffic Failure to yield right-of-way Driving on wrong side of road Passing unlawfully ) Turning unlawfully f Driving" through or within safety zone (Other more serious violations 1 not covered by the Point System i- require outright license suspen^ sion or revocation, and proof of financial responsibility.) n Law Extends Outside The State i Through agreements with ;) other states, the South Caron lina Highway Department y can suspend your licenses for non - compliance with this Law even when you are ink volved in accidents, or found ,t Dlliltv of f>prt.lin inrie ^ O-" V w * WX.* fcW.lt ? IVIUIIV/JIJ, e outside of South Carolina. Conviction includes forfeiture of bond for failure to appear n in court. r. it ^ he Girls ;s periments with painting the [- ceilings. If not that, there's 11 a headache in most paint h fumes. i- This is not to say you t shouldn't drive out the dingi ?- ness of winter. But please be o sure you have all the proper >f equipment for the job. Be sure it's in good safe condie tion. Spread the work out so e that you don't exhaust voura self. The tired workman is u just asking for an accident, y ;r Prosperity is a relative term s ? something your relatives U think you have. * r""ffh,KH^==3S^ In the day of my trouble I will call upon Thee; for Thou wilt answer me.? (Psalm K6, u 7.) IIovv wonderfully blest are those who are so strong and 10 steadfast in their faith?who, -t whenever it wavers for an irt stant, aflirm it at once reip stored! They shall never be )i- Ioiik desolate or sorrowed, for they live in (lod. i. (Enmpatty You Must Report Accident < It is a serious matter to fail < to report any accident in ] which you are involved, i either as a driver or vehicle owner, if the accident results in property damage of $25 or WITHIN DAYS more, or injury or death to anyone. Failure to make such a report in writing within 5 days, regardless of who was at fault, calls for suspension of your driver license and vehicle license. This report must contain a statement as to your insurance status. The report must be filed with the State Highway Department in Columbia, S. C., and must be made even if an officer has already reported the accident. Report forms are obtainable at all sheriffs', city police or highway patrol offices. Proof Must Be Maintained For Five Years Persons involved in this law must maintain proof of their ability to respond for possible future damages in accidents for at least a fiveyear period. Failure to do so results in automatic withdrawal of their driving and motor vehicle registration privileges. No insurance policy written in compliance with the new law may be for a term of less than one year. Added Insurance Feature Insurance companies writing liability insurance policies under the South Carolina law must offer as optional afte, January 1, 1960, an endorsement which would protect insured vehicle owners or drivers against uninsured owners or drivers. Such enThe Secret < Someone once asked a successful man the secret of his success. "I'll tell you,'' he replied, "It was a small trick I always played on myself. I pretended that 1 owned the business. No matter where I worked, I pretended 1 owned the place ?lock, stock, and barrel." Isn't it strange? At home we worry if we leave one little light on all night, or if our property becomes run down, or if we hire someone who does a sloppy job. But at the mill, we sometimes waste light and power and equipment and material and time and workmanship. This waste can amount to hundreds of dollars and we never bat an eye. How can we do this? Because we have no proprietary interest in the business. We think of the company as "it": any profit or loss as "theirs". At home if I waste. I am wasting my money. I don't seem to understand that when I waste at the mill. I am also wasting niv time, mv job security, mv opportunity for advancement, my future. filtpa 3n 3 MARCH. 1960 dorsement must be a part of each policy written in compliance with the law on or after January 1, 1961. Important That You Have Insurance It is now highly essential that every vehicle owner and drive have liability insurance. It is a serious matter to be without insurance, even for a short period of time. Just one hazardous traffic law violations or one small accident can cost you your vehicle license and driver license if you don't have insurance. Uninsured Motorists Pay $15 Fee Beginning with the issuance of licenses for the 1961 Motor Vehicle License year, if you do not have motor vehicle liability insurance meeting state requirements, you must pay, at the time you get your new license plates, a fee of $15 in addition to your motor vehicle license fee. Payment of this fee does not give you liability insurance. Its purpose is to protect motorists who do have proper insurance against damages caused by uninsured motorists. It works this way. Fees collected are turned over to insurance companies to defray, or reduce, the costs which insured motorists must r?n V for a nlanco in tVinin ??"? surance policies giving protection against damages caused by uninsured motorists. Of course, if an insured motorist is at fault in an accident he will not be paid damages from the Uninsured Motorists' Fund. Success Proprietary Interest means working at your job as though vou had a stake in the business. AND YOU DO! 5-Year Service Aicartl Winners . . . (continued from page 1) Bradley, Earlene Estes, John H. Estes, Delores A. Gregory, Sharon O. Hairston, Robert L. Hughes, Bessie Hurley, Ruth Lark, Ollie M. Littlefield. Lillie M. Nelson. Pat James Nelson, Harry Templeton and Joel Templeton. SPOOLING Bruce M. Bagwell. WEAVING Edgar C. Burdette, Christell Campbell, Bovce R. Hart. Charles C. Hughes, B. P. Lark, Joseph R. Littlefield. Marion E. Littlefield, Robert J. Mills and Doyle Temple ton. SLASHING James B. Vanderford. CLOTH Earlc Griffin and Ruby M 1 lairston. SHOP Arthur Bvrd. VILLAGE Harold E. Hampton. ta ppnplr