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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, December 7, 1950
(Clintmt (Elirnnirlr
EsUblUied 19M
WILSON Wl HARRIS, Editor and Pubiiaher
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CLINTON. S. Cw THURSDAY. DECEMBER 7. 1950
A Big Success
When Santa Claus arrived in the
< 'ty '.as: Thursday he was given a
rousing welcome as he was greeted
by several thousand who lined the
rtreets in advance to sec and wel-
< nme the distinguished guest who is
.‘till the world's most beloved char-
..cter and none of his popularity
wanes with the years. Mr. St. Nick
was jolly and happy as usual, and
i*. goes without saying that he thrill-
< d many little folks who will be liv
ing m expectation from now until
h<s return visit on Christmas night.
The parade was tfel! arranged and
• .rccted by the committee in charge.
To use a rjperlative term we would
say it was the best we nave ever had,
the longest, most colorful and beau-
tilul, and appropriate to the season
And to add further to the accum-
p.'ishmcn: the crowd ww happy ana
rrrderly with not a single incident I
ccvurring to mar the celebration. Ill
was truly an event of which the Mer
chants Asaociatioo has just right to,
be proud The floats, the high-step-j
ping bands the carols, the lights, all'
contributed to make the festive oc-
ramon a red letter event The police
itcpertmcr’ did an excellent job in*
dtrecUrvg the Lxw of march and traf-i
fk 1
The idra of a Christmas parade ap-
prsl* to little children, of rourae,
iT..»re than otner\. but to ail, young
nnd kdu.ts. it h*a its faacmaUoo and
t* s mean* of apreadvag the Chritt-
m*> spirit And it also udief« in
the he! day and preclatmi
O r.tor. a« * gavl town in which to
trade, m.th the tatchstrtng on the
stepped their count up to 20,000.
Spartanburg hit the jack pot. The
Herald reported that 150,000 persons
witnessed the parade. The Greenville
Piedmont commenting on the report
said the population of Spartanburg
county as shown by the recent offi
cial census is 147,888. How could that
city of 40,000 population pack 150,-
000 spectators into the parade route
is the $64 question. That means that
more people were in that city for
the event than are included in the
entire boundary of the county. That
was some feat, we would say.
Most of these estimates figures are
highly exaggerated, of course.
Clinton had an excellent parade
a few days ago. We heard one gen
tleman say the crowd was about
20,000, another said 15,000, and some
one else 10,000, and so the gueasers
go ,
We are no professional at guessing
or anything else. But venturing an
estimate we would say the dty'a pa
rade was witnessed by about 8,000
people, and that to be reasonably
accurate would mean that every
man. woman and child In the city,
at well as a large number of specta
tors from nearby areas—witnessed
Santa's triumphant entry into the
city for his official visit
I: a a* a fine 'Heorstioa, me lovely
kV.i co itriiMiting tn tne picture of
'3u*> and b'UMiliJ bring renewed
, of u» *' The Christina!
- «of) *• p,Yr<AA4r4)£v
•V, a Juki say mat tne parade wn*
c Beit k\er* for lbe rajoyment
Windows THI A Tole
Millions o praplr are now viewing
store window* with their Christmas
d« rotation* and merchandise And
ir our city r.-owd are trying their
lura :n the Treasure Hunt.**
These lovely windows ail aver the
1- id feature Cnristmas g>fL for loved
«jm . of c nirae. They are deigned
t* interest itidomers in buying
goodi If you like A-hai you see, and
i nuder the p-ire fair, jrou probably
w.i: go into *.f hcs and become eu*-
li mers If not. j-oull move on to
-•.or*, uial nicets jrour needs
t* tu r
Beyond that, fioviever. the show
window is i*uuut ao good a visual ex-
i nplc of how thi» country works as
we can find We pride ourselves, and
justly, on our magnificient system of
ma>s production, which has given us
<• vast abundance of goods of all
k r.ds, which provides much of our
«rnploymcnt. and which has helped
i' i- v c our living standards far beyond
that of any other major nation. But
remember this, mass production
would be impossible without mass
distribution. The goods from the
factories must be moved swiftly, ef
ficiently. and economically, into the
hands of the people who use them.
That is the job of the retailers.
Visitors from abroad are always
amazed and disbelieving when they
see a typical American shopping
center, whether it be on Fifth ave
nue or Main street in a small town.
They are so a;ed to a subsistence
standard of living, an economy of
scarcity at home, that they believe
it to be a universal state of affairs,
f ree enterprise, as exemplified by
fne shop windowr., and many oiffher
ways, shows them how wrong they
are. American business can only re
main great through free enterprise
and initiative to work and grow
•without government interference and
domination which leads to Socialism
and Communism.
A Useful, Foir Low
The big labor bone* have been
fighting with the aid of PTewden:
Truman, to abolish the Taft-Hartley
law unop it wma enacted by congress
Their chief fight with unlimited mon
ey in the recent election was waged
m Ohio to defeat Senator Taft, au
thor of the bill They loot, and pro-
iwrly so. because more snd more
working people are beginning to re
alise that the law Is their fnend and
not enemy that it has many bene
fits and protections for them.
Rather then abolish this law. both
parties should get behind it, forget
politics If It is possible, and join in
improving the measure by eliminat
ing its imperfections. What we all
should be interested in is the best
labor-management relations possible
based on non-partisan lines. One
party should not stand as the cham
pion *of labor against the employer
and the other as the grand alliance
of business and industry against the
working man. The law should be
based an fairness to all concerned,
and there is no other basis that jus
tifies its existence. Whatever correc
tions are needed in this useful law)
should toe provided.
The law has been misrepresented!
by its opponents. Truth is, it has
proved to be a new Bill of Rights-
for the American working man, busi-!
ness and the public as well.
Here are some of the rights it hasj
given to the working man which ho
should be interested in preserving;
1. The right to get and to hold a
job.
2. The right to express an opinion
on union matters or with regard to
union leaders or to refuse to join a
strike without fear of losing his job.
3. The right to be free from union
threats and violence.
4. The right to oust an unsatisfac
tory union.
5. The right to strike for every le
gitimate purpose that he has had un
der our laws for the last 100 years.
6. The right to be free from ex
cessive and extortionate initiation
fees.
7. The right to know how much
money his union has, what is being
paid to its officers, and in general
how his money is being spent.
8. The right without fear of re
prisal to support any candidate for
public office.
9. The right to settle his own griev
ance with his employers.
10. The right to have his union
free from communistic control—or
from the control of racketeers and
extortioners.
11. The right to bargain in a craft
union.
12. The right to have his union
really represent the interests of the
workers, instead of "dealing under
the table" with the employer, as
frequently happens.
13. Ttje right to hear what his em
ployer has to say on matters vital
to his interests.
14. The right to join or not to Join
a union
Police Department
Thanked By Committee
And Charlotte Visitor
J. J. Cornwall, chairman of the
recent Christmas parade in the city,
has sent a letter of appreciation for
the Merchants association to Chief B.
B. Ballard and members of the police
department, for their help in hand
ling the parade and splendid direct
ion of the heavy traffic.
The department has also received
a letter from Dr. George D. Page,
Charlotte physician expressing ap
preciation for courtesies extended
him. "As my family was passing
through your city recently,” he wrote,
"we were stopped by patrolmen be
cause we were exceeding the speed
limit. They were very courteous in
introducing thmselves and after talk
ing with the officers I felt more like
1 had been welcomed than repri
manded. I know of no »way a city
can better impress visitors than by
having this type of gentleman en
forcing your laws,” he wrote.
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Santa Parade Crowds
Towns everywhere at this season
are having their Christmas parades
which always create wide interest
and draw large crowds.
These parades put the ‘‘estimat-
ers” to work and some of the figures
they give out are alarming. For in
stance, in Charlotte it was reported
that more than 100,000 people wit
nessed the parade, in Greenville
more than 75,000. Newberry not
to be left out reported a crowd of
20,000, Laurens not quite so boast
ful said 12,000, and Greer yesterday
Prices
and
sizes
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nylon, sleek-fitting and
truly beautiful In the new
fymphonie Espagnole colors.
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