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/ ■L. i Page Four /. THE CLINTON CHRONICLE TliursdoyrMoy 8, 1947 OUintnn Established 1900 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant Published Every Thursday By “IHE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year $2.00 1.— Six Months $1.25 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C. - ■ t The Chronicle seeks the 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 reepjoiisible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. MEMBER: SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION Exclusive National Advertising Representative . / / KS WEEKLIES V GREAT New York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia Federal Building, Greenwood, or by contacting Mr. McFerrin at the office of the South Carolina Employment Service in Clinton on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 j^jn. against the terrible scourge, in fantile paralysis.” Four hospitals, he said, now ac cept polio patients: Columbia, Green ville General, Roper at Charleston, and Spartanburg General. In addi tion, convalescent cases are r^p>orted at the South Carolina Convalescent; | ___ w_i__ A Home tor Crippled Children. 1 | Votes AgOHlSt He reported 15 iron lungs in the ConsidcrOtlOn Of ' 'state: Three each at Charleston and A_*: CL AM . Dill | Columbia, two at Spartanburg and. JnOp Dill ) one each at*. Anderson, Florence,} Columbia, May 6.—(Special to The Fort Jackson, Greenville, Orange-} Chronicle).—When supporters of the burg, Rock Hill and Sumter. anti-closed shop bill tried to have it] The survey showed eight 'hot pack brought up for consideration at the regular order on the senate ca^ndar. Senator Langdon Long voted against ■a'*— meeting Friday to consider the bill. On the only other roll call taken in the senate last week, Senator Long voted with the miifbrity on a 27 to 17 vote which put down a motion to carfy oVer until next year the bill alloting ten and a half-million dol lars to state institutions. Senator Long’s bill providing for Laurens county’s participation in the (state retirement system was passed by the senate and sent to the' house. machines, two each at Greenville, and Spartanburg, and one each at Greenwood, Florence, Columbia, and Charleston. CLtfNTON. S. C.. THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1947 Mother's Dai The calendar/sets next Sunday, voted for the proposal, member absent. The public is informed with one RURAL CARRIERS PUN FOR MEET Central, May 5. — The program is being arranged for the annual con vention of the South Carolina Rural Letter Carriers’ association at Char leston July 10-12, according to L. S. Griffin of Central, president. Governor J. Strom Thurmond, Senator Burnet R. Maybank and Representative L. Mendel Rivers of , - that the , , . , , , May 11, as Mothers Day, now na-^ j ncome ^e meters is to be a i_) ^-harleston, have been invited to aa- tionally observed by special legisla- located to a special park and recre- > ^ ress opening session the night five edict and the request of gover-: ation fund j.pf July 10 at the Francis Marion nors. The celebration is founded on j _, , , . . ; hotel. ancient traditions dating far back, There has been a dlvlded °P inion | A memorial service will be held b.it the first observance in Fhiladel- ° n ’ e qu ^ non of parkm ” the morning of the second day, with phi, 1908 was suggested by Anna' as ^ a hand v0,e ,aken ln T & , r several business groups since the agi- M Jarvis as a memorial service for ... , _ , tation -began several months ago. Friday session, 22 senators voted in favor of considering the bill, while 16 voted against it. However, Jhis was not the two-thirds majority nec essary to take the bill up out of its her own mother; It is a beautiful and appropriate custom, to-set aside a special day on which to do honor to the mothers of Merchants and business firms have not been “polled” by council to as certain their position in the matter.. the afternoon given over to fecrea- 1 tion at the Isle of Palms pnd the! night program to include entertain-} ment and a speaker at the Francis 1 Marion hotel. Business sessions will be held the final day, with election of officers Since the meters are to be installed the land. To their love, selflessness j rn front 0 f their places of business,] ^7 o'ther mat\e^\T be^^Xd* patience, courage and sacrifices ^6; it seems only proper and courteous! Representatives of the national as _ owe much more than we will ever' th at such a poll should have been j sociation have been invited to attend be able to repay. made. the convention. The little things that Mother didi The idea of installing parking me- 1 The Woman’s Auxiliary of the- as ter us over the years, how can we ters is growing all over the coifntry sociation, headed by Mrs. R. L. John-' ever forget them if we ha\e giati- ; in small as well as lar r ge towns. High, son, of Latta, and the junior organi- 1 ti de.’ No other love is so genuine or pressure salesmen know how to sell zation, under the sponsorship of Mrs.] so endless as that of a mother. Her; their product. The idea has advan-j M- O. McGee of Fountain Inn, will! understanding never runs out, and tages and disadvantages. The pur-1 meet simultaneously with the associ- hor patience is exhaustless. The tra- pose of the parking meter system is'ation and will have some joint ses- gedy is that so many sons and to discourage long-time parking andjsions, Mr. Griffin said. Niles Clark, of Waterloo, is secre-. daughters so often forget or neglect encourage a rapid turnover which her, and do not show a proper ap-} makes spacfe'available for the short- rr preciatiorf and love* for these moth- time parker. That, we say, is the tary-treasurer of the association. their part to lighten theii e:‘s, or d hardens. ^ And so, on “Her” day — to mothers long gone let us bow the prime object of parking meters,! which certainly are essential in large! cities, but the chief argument now our! for their installation is how much h^ads in reverence and gratitude, money they will raise. They are be- . jd to those who live let us say— ing turned to by many small towns C.od bless you, mothers, every one. , as revenue—producers. That, The Veteran Planning To Attend Different School Should Apply To VA ! Veterans attending school under , ,, Ahe Servicemen’s Readjustment Act I Chronicle would th.nk, is one of the ho |an , 0 continue their education j m f m reas a0§. for the enthusiasm in| this summer a di[reren , school I , u he :. Pl f n .? fr i Ce . rS J' re ! should apply immediately for a sup- plemental certificate of eligibility. Applications must be filed with VA well in advance of the end of the Spring Semester in order to in sure prior approval and delivery of certificate before summer sessions begin, Cecil J. McFerrin, VA contact representative, announced. Veterans must numer(a mf wyp veterans must have their supplemen tal certificates before they can be ad mitted to new schools. — A veteran may obtain an applica- An Invariable Law What this country needs is an | heard to boast how much money isj i onomy of plenty, because an econ- taken in through meter deposits and ( my of scarcity is unsound, and dan- fines levied against drivers who gerous. We have had inflation for a | make even an infringement. The sug- 1 mg time now, and the safest way gestion here is that the funds go to to check its further spread is to re-; recreational purposes. That is nof torn to a buyer’s market. We wil* the proper way to provide recre- get back on safe ground when we Rational facilities for the community, rely on the invariable law of supply I Since they are to be installed,v the f .nd demand. Industries and labor i main reason for the expenditure must produce—and fast. Government' should be to kejfci traffic moving, to theories, planning and spending will add to public safety and not to never solve our problems. We should I squeeze money out of the public. refuse to listen to the arrogance ofj The Chronicle has stated that be-1 tion from the registrar, veterans’ i . m y tower planners. ] cause of the way the city*’s business} coordinator, or training officer, at To meet the uncertain business section is laid out that meters are the school he is now attending Or conditions that lie ahead, there must, not ne eded here. We are of the same from the VA office, Room 138 the be more cooperation between gov- 0 p imon stilli as are many others . ■ernment, agriculture, industry, labor ; T he reason there is parking conges-1 and capital. Each must harmonize its' tion is that merchants, business men,! interests with the interests of the; employees and workers drive their! others because only in such harmony' C ars to work, park tl^em in front of! can each reach the desired goals and their places of business for the day! re-establish economic security. The and tbere they stand Customers de-! soonej supply equals demand, the s i ring t0 enter stores find it hard be _ j sooner we will hedge inflation snd j cause the owners and workers have 1 begin to feel this security. j taken the space. If the city had set! And of first importance, we must up one. pr two-hour parking regula- j preserve the right to live and workmens and enforced them upon all I in the freedom of democracy. When a iike t the congestion would largely} a man or woman is willing to give ] have disappeared. This it has refused } up that right upon orders from Igbor to do, but turned rather to parking union organizers and agitators they meters, .which are wrong in principle give up their most prized possession and comparable to toll bridges, and strike at the very foundation ol ] Charging tolls on the streets is the our American way of life w’hich has! same principle as charging tolls over made us the greatest nation oi all. ( bridges and highways. , " ‘ I ^ | The installation of meters will not New Hotel Proposed !!°„l v f_ the problem either. They will £ i not increase parking space. They will The Hockenbury System, special-; drive much parking from main to ists in hotel development, were em-, side streets only to add further t0 ployed some time ago by the local congestiorl and in c 0nve nrence They Chamber of Commerce to make a! have a tendency to drive rural busi ' full survey of the city as to its needs ness from a town for a modern hotel and the possibiU- Now that the meter$ are to . be __ ties of its au^ Their report ^ stalled, parking regulations should now been filed with the board aod |be enforced upon all alike without acted upon favorably. 'partiality. This means town folks, This means Uat following the IC0Untry f ol k s> out-of-town folks Hockenbury recommendation, the, there should be no e tions t0 board of directors will soon spon- any<me ^ wiU require g large ^ Wa Will Ordar Yaw Subscriptions far a agazmes Say* Hm*, money and *ffort by latting us plac* your subscriptions for ALL magazines. Enjoy the con venience of having your favorites delivered to your home. Authorized Representatives for TIME - LIFE - FORTUNE Gilbert Blakely Telephone 188 Clinton, S. C. sor a campaign locally to finance the hotel at a cost of $214,000. Follow- of the police department’s time which j could be spent to more profitable ad. ing the preliminary organization vantage in the intgrest of law en _ work the campaign will get under way. The effort is a challenge to the community. The opinion is general that the city needs a new, modern hotel, and there is strong reasoning 1 that such a project here would ope rate profitably. A good hotel is the best advertisement a town can have. It will take lots of hard work to put this undertaking across suc cessfully by those who head the cam paign. The need is recognized, and the funds needed are here and can be raised if the business men and substantial property owners of the city really want a new hotel. forcemeat. We say enforce the park ing time limit to the letter upon ev eryone who uses these “collectors of money.” Council Votes for Meters City council Tuesday night voted unanimously to install parking me ters in the business district of the city at a cost of approximately $10,- 000. The five councilmen present all STATE IS PREPARED TO FIGHT POLIO Columbia, May 3.—South Caro lina is better prepared than at any time in its history to cope with pos sible poliomyelitis epidemics, Julian S. Martin, state representative of the National Foundation for Infan tile paralysis, said today. Reporting in a survey of polio treatment facilities, made for the statewide “polio preparedness con ference” opening here tomorrow, Martin said that “in equipment, pro- fession a l personnel and hospital facilities, South Carolina is farther ahead today than ever in the fight IT'S WORTH LIFE AND LIMB to dodge today’s congested traffic. ^Etna’s Life and Limb Accident Policy is fust the protection for; man, woman or child. Hospital, medical and many other benefits at surprisingly low cost* WE LEND MONEY ON AUTOMOBILES S. W. SUMEREL, Agent CLINTON. 8. C. Jacobs Building—Tele. SO Tire Recapping. Battery Charging. Firestone Batteries. Radiator Boiling. Car and Truck Repairing. TIMMERMAN MOTOR CO. Phone IHf Gary St. BILL’S Purol Station We Have a Good Stock of B. F. Goodrich Tires and Tubes _, .v Also... YALE TIRES and TUBES Batteries and Accessories SAVE and HAVE IS MIGHTY GOOD ADVICE We Accept Savings Accounts With No Limitation As To Amount. 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