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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
SI)* (Eliuton (E^rontrU
Established 190f
WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher
HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant
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CLINTON. S. C., THURSDAY. JANUARY 4. 1951
A Sad Story
According to the report of the Na
tional Safety Council, 31.230 highway
deaths occurred for 11 months
through November. The final figures
for December, the report said, will
show 35,000 Americans lost their
lives in 1950 traffic, one of. the dead
liest years on record..
There are several reasons for this
carnage on the public hijgiways,
recklessness, speeding, carelessness,
disregard for other travelers, and
drunkenness.
During Christmas week, the hap
piest season of all the year, 545
Americans were killed on the streets
and highways, and newspapers report
that drinking played a heavy part in
the massacre.
With the whole country in the le
galized liquor business (for revenue)
drinking is increasing among men,
wocnen and young people at an
alarming rate. It is evident in the
small hamlets and towns as well as
in the larger cities. And few people,
including church memberships, are
aroused over the situation.
Los Angeles, as an example, vet
eran police there say they have never
aeen anything like it—362 persons
lacing drunk driving charges and a
total of 1,222 arrests for drunken-1
| well as sf national physical arma-
‘ ment. It isn’t a happy picture that we
face, but it is one in which there can
be no lessening of courage or of faith
in our proven free institutions.
Millions of Americans will go to
their houses of worship upon New
Year’s day and open their hearts to
God—all Americans, regardless of
j race, color, or creed—and there new j
' hope will be gained for the dark:
! days ahead. Their hearts will be i
warmed and tl\jeir minds tuned anewj
| to the purposes of the Almightly. Our j
! enemies scoff at the rendering of
prayer, as a guide to action, in times
: of stress and anxiety, yet prayer
guided both Washington and Lincoln
' through two of the most crucial times
in all our national history.
It was during the last dozen years
or so of the life of Marcus Aurelius,
when he was faced with the gravest j
l cf prob^ms and dangers, that he
, wrote that immortal little book—his
I Meditations. He wrote them with no
intention that they should ever be
published. They were just thoughts i
written down “To Himself.” Many i
1 of our greatest books have been thus
written—in times of danger and per-;
j il, and when the heart hungered
! most.
So though this New Year may wear
its newest smile, I believe we must
look upon it as the smile of courage
• : ' with new intents and purposes, and
DIU n ~A Asvsvin new beginnings within the shadow
Raising Its Head Again w e »n need a great deal
Many people think that the general 1 of co-operative encouragement. At
assembly convening next week will J no time can we afford to flinch, or
The Chronicle seeks tae 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 responsible for the views or opinions
of its correspondents.
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labeled and out of reach of children.
Regardless of the emergency, we
will not permit young children to
operate or ride upon farm machin
ery.
We will be cautious in handling 1
all farm animals .
We will keep guns unloaded and
out of reach of children.
We will encourage farm safety ac
tivities in all our organizations.
We will be alert for safety fifty-
two weeks of the year.
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Prayer Marks Advent
Of The New Year
The city celebrated the birth of
1951 quietly Sunday night. Monday
was generally observed as a holiday
by local business firms.
In churches and homes Suhday
fervent prayers were offered in pleas
for peace and brotherhood, the day
having been set aside by the Na-
Thursday, January 4, 1951
tlonal Council of Churches of Christ *'
?s a special day of prayer.
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"The Paper Everybody
Wise Mothers
FIND NEW RELIEF!
for STUFFINESS,
COUGHS of COLDS
NOTICE STOCKHOLDERS
MEETING
The annual meeting of stock-1
holders of the Bank of Clinton will|
be held in the offices of the Bank
on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 1951 at 4 p. m.!
R. P. HAMER,
President. 3-2c I
Wise mothers know how really
effective Vicks VapoRub is when
you rub it on.
Now, for amazing new relief
when colds cause coughing, up
per bronchial congestion, or that
‘‘stuffed-qp" feeling, modern
mothers use VapoRub this spe
cial way, too — in steam! It
brings relief almost instantly.
Put 1 or 2 good spoonfuls of
VapoRub in a vaporizer or bowl
calendar—any day in the New’ Year
can be calendared for new resolu
tions.
enact a general sales tax. The pro
posal was turned down by the last
legislature.
Much of the pressure for the tax
comes from the South Carolina Ed-
take a backward step. May the holy
purpose of preserving this great Re
public, with its free institutions, be-;
come the burden of us all. And may'
we institute new beginnings of free-1
ucation (state teachers) association. ° om no 't a single slave remains
Merchants and business firms gen-! anywhere upon this beautiful earth!
erally are opposed to the proposal.! _ _ /n r
The general talk is of a 3 per cent . Safety Oil Farms
tax which it is estimated would pro- r 1QC1 WmaA
duce $30,000,000 a year to be split 'O' ■ I UrgCO
three w’ays, one third into the state’s gy County Agent
general fund, one-third into the' 7 1 ~
state’s school fund, and one-third to 1
counties.
It is the same old proposal that
show’s its head w’ith the convening
of a new session of the legislature.
A spokesman for the teachers’ as-1
sociation says that teachers are leav
ing the profession becai^e of the
salary scale, though it has been con
siderably raised, and properly so, in
the past few years If they are leav-
ing the profession the salary’ scale
is not the sole cause by any means.
There are other contributing factors,
_ . „ . . ,, , requirements and red tape that sim-
IP>7 do no: appoa: .0 many voun.
outspoken about the alarming con
ditions with which they are con
fronted. And so it goes, all over the
nation Right here in Clinton drunk
enness leads the lifts of arrests each
month by the police department, and
most of the crime and lawlessness in
the county officers attribute to liquor.
We are told over and over again
that gasoline and intoxicants won’t
mix, but there are thousands who
ignore the warning as they get be-
h nd the wheel of two tons of super
power and create danger for them
selves and millions of motorists on
the highways. And yet with such a
black record distillers and brewers
keep on appealing to more people to
arink more alcohol. Look at their
appealing advertisements in the mag
azines and many newspapers. They
even have the gall to speak of their
industry’s devotion to moderation.
They are not interested in moder
ation but rather in increasing con
sumption that will be profitable to
their business.
V^hot Of The New Year
We enter into a new year—1951—
but there’s nothing new about Am
ericans^ cares/and w’orries for the
present, or hopes and fears for the
future. The war threats of the new
jear are a hold-over of the old and
as the new’ year dawned it found
United Nations troops fighting Com
munist aggression in Korea, Indo
china and Malaya, with .the Red tide
threatening to sw’eep over other
countries otf the Far East. We all
know, if we face facts—that we are
confronting a serious crisis.
Because of the war situation there
was not the usual revelry over the
nation. The shouts of millions of
Americans-—“Happy New Year’’—
^ati^ mP€red ^ ‘ he mten ' atonal collectors'’ lor’ toe Ttato on
women coming out of college. We
might as well be honest and face the
facts.
The Chronicle hopes this sales tax
proposal will be killed. It is just
another tax burden to be loaded
upon the people like the excise tax
which we were told was a temporary
measure, and yet we still have it be
cause an extravagent Congress re
fuses to abolish it. A sales tax would
place additional taxes on everything
including food and would especially
work a hardship on those in the low- [
est income bracket who are less able,
to pay it. It wrould pile up enormous
revenue of course for the spenders
to dish out lavishly.
If our present Santa Claus spend-1
ing. national and state was ended,
there would be no need for addition
al taxes. The people of the state
should wake up now and decide if
they will take an additional state
tax lying down, or if they are going
to become aroused and fight this
vicious tendency on the part of many
politicians to load us down with ad
ditional tax year after year With no
effort to reduce state expenditures,
to economize in non-essentials, and
provide a curtailed system of county
and state government. Last year an
extra cent levy was placed on gaso
line, two cents additional was added
to a package of cigarettes. Now to
add on top of these taxes an addi
tional three per cent tax in the face
of daily increasing cost in living ex
penses and federal taxes that are
still mounting to the sky, and are
sure to go still higher because of
the war, is a dangerous step. And
‘‘Get all work safely done in 1951”
is a New Year’s Resolution suggest-J
ed by County Agent, C. B. Cannon, j
He points out that such a resolution
is not only thoroughly practical but
also of great importance. It can be
carried out by the whole family to
the benefit of all.
Making and keeping New Year’s
safety resolutions by each member of 1
the farm family is recommended by,
the National Safety Council. More
than a pastime, it is a means of as-.
suring happiness and well-being of ^
farm people everywhere.
Mr. Cannon calls attention to the
following suggestions of the Nation-1
al Safety Council for New Year’s,
resolution for the farm family:
We will check the farm and farm
home to locate and remove hazards.'
We will keep all shields and guards
in place on machines.
We will handle poisons and ex
plosives carefully, keeping them well
Felt Like A Wreck
MRS. R. B. HILTON AND BABY
"Suffered Fifteen Years From
Spells of Indigestion— Bloating,
Burning, Smothering Gamy Stom
ach Pains—Lost Weight, Strength,
And Energy. Scalfs Indian River
Medicine Brought Amazing Relief,”
Declares Mrs. Hilton. Tells of Case.
Unless you’ve actually tested and
tried Scalf’b Indian River Medicine
you honestly do not know what you
as we have said, there is not likely and ^ family are missing. For the
It
This crisis makes the new year one
of uncertainties and anxieties, es
pecially to thousands of parents and
relatives with loved ones already
lighting on distant Korean battle-
fiefiis, and thousands of additional
young men to be called into service.
But regardless of the gloomy pic
ture so far as the war is concerned,
this New Year calls for the best in
<eaoh of us, .with hope, moral courage,
steadfastness and faith for the fu
ture. It is a curtain raiser, so to
speak, an important turning point
.since it marks the beginning of the
second half of one of the most tragic
centuries io all history.
The beginning of a new year al
ways calls for new resolves. Many
people think the making of resolu
tions is all nonsense, but we don’t
agree. It is a fine idea, even though
human flesh is weak. There are
things all of us hope to do and thinks
we hope not to do. Such resolves are
well worth making il we are in earn
est. It’s nothing against you to fall
down flat, but to lie there is dis
grace..
And so, in spite of cares and wor
ries, let’s face 1951 as one with hope
and prayer for a better day ahead
and with a determination that we
will strive liard to make the grade
whatever our goals and resolves may
be. The truth is we don’t have to
wait until we tear down the old
to be a repeal of other taxes
just doesn’t work that way.
A sales tax is likewise a burden on
merchants for it makes them tax
a large
scale.
The tax should be killed regardless
of pressure groups seeking its enact
ment by prostituting themselves.
The people should be heard in
Columbia by marching upon the leg
islature in large protest groups.
New Beginnings
By GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS
The Author of "Today’s Talk”
Those of us who have known so
many Happy New Year days in the
part, including their moments of joy,
relaxation from care, and promise
of hopeful days ahead, cannot fail to
be seriously sobered as we stand
upon the portal of another New
Year wondering what it will bring
forth.
How can we hilariously celebrate
when our brave boys are dying thou
sands of miles away? How trsgic
the New Year to them, as they fev
erishly retreat—through no fault of
theirs—to new beginnings beyond
their wisdom to explore. But on
through the cold, the snow, and rug-
gpd hills they obey their duty to free
dom. They are Americans!
There will be plenty of new be
ginnings for ea^fi one of us in the
one and only Scalf’s Indian River
Medicine is basically different from
every other medicine. Thousands
claim they now eat foods they never
dared touch—without fear of acid
indigestion distress. By taking Scalfs
Indian River Medicine, almost in
stantly heartburn, sour stomach, gas-
ry bloat of acid indigestion are re
lieved. Among the enthusiastic boort-
ers of Scalifs Indian River Medicine
is Mrs. R. B. Hilton, Route 3, Jones
boro, Tennessee. She writes:
‘‘For fifteen years I suffered from
bad spells otf nervous indigestion—
bloating, burning, smothering gas
tric stomach distress, resulting in
restless days and sleepless nights, and
I would get up morning feeling tired
and no appetite, often felt sick at my
stomach. I lost weight, strength, and
energy. In fact, I felt like a wreck
before starting on Scalfs Indian Ri
ver Medicine.
“I cannot find words to tell how
wonderful Scalf’s Indian River Medi
cine really is. Soon I could eat heart
ily of anything I wanted with no fear
of aggravating stomach pains. I
could lie down and sleep all night,
then get up mornings feeling fresh
and rested and ready for a hard day's
work. I have given Scalfs Indian
River Medicine to my children. I ev
en gave it to my Utile daughter, Opal,
when she was a baby. She is now six
years old, but I’m enclosing her baby
picture to put in the newspaper for
I want the world to know about
Scalf’s Indian River Medicine.”
Scalfs Indian River Medicine must
New Year—new beginnings of sacri
fice, a pulling in of the belt, and an I satisfy or your money back on the
increasing of moral re-armament, as first bottle. Try k today.
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Use it in steam—Rub it on, tool
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Every breath eases coughing,
relieves that "chokey” feeling.
For continued relief—even
while you sleep
—rub it on, too.
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