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Clinton, S. C., Thursday, April 24, 1952
Number 17
High School Band Presents Concert
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prospect of having “so many fine
youngsters on the Presbyterian col
lege cajyipus for the day.” He added:
“Presbyterian college has always
given its wholehearted support to
ward encouraging better junior and
high school athletics throughout the
state. I predlpt this meet will be as
successful as the rjumerous other
tournaments and meets that have
been held here in the past few
years.”
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P. M., Monday through Friday.
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The Clinton high school band, under the direction of Harry Bouknight, presented its annual concert on Fri- J
day, April 18, at 8:00 p.m. in the high school auditorium.
The program consisted of varied types of music, entertaining for both young and old. Marches, overtures,
chorals, popular pieces, and school songs were included. In addition to selections played by the entire band, |
two soloists, Kirk Lawton and Tommy Cooper, were presented.
Members of the band are: Clarinets, Kirk Lawton, Tommy Cooper, Marie Watts, Maudie Young, and Shirley
Hedspeth; cornets, Roger Poore, Robert Henry, Judy Bouknight. Wilson Barnes, Sam Leaman, Jr., and William
Coats: saxophones, TOartha Wilson, Joan Johnson and Marjorie Mills; baritone, Margaret Lawrence; trombone,
Trotti Pruitt, Kathleen Dees; bass, Leon Hedspetlv drums, William Cromer, Mike Cassanova, Oran Nabors.
A Regular Chronicle Feature
BABS0N SAYS TRUMAN GIVES
NATION FEELING OF RELIEF
Thinks Business To
Improve Now That He's
Not Running.
Babson Park, Mass., April 18. -
As my readers know, I have thus
far been pretty blue about the
prospects for business up to elec
tion time next November. But. as
I told you in my release on unem-
iplojyment la$t
Iweek, President
iTruman’s decisi/on
|to pull out of the
[race has cfianged
my outlook. I feel
[more op t i m i s t i c
|now’
Feelings Control
Statistics
When I was a
•boy in Gloucester,
R*ger W. BebMa Massachusetts, m y
father ran a store. He often told
ey people have in the bank that
me: “Roger, it isn’t how much omn-
makes them buy merchandise—
no sir, it’s HOW THEY FEEL!”
That was good advice in 1900, and
it is still good.
Just take a look at what’s hap
pened in the last yeai # . You will
remember that the bureaucrats and
were warning the nation that a new
wave of inflation was just ahead—
the brain trusters in Washington
that there soon would be big short
ages again. That was only twelve
short months ago. Did these short
ages show up? They did not. Why?
Because the people who do the buy
ing decided to save more and buy
State Track Meet
Here April 26
less. The government statisticians
could measure inventories, but they
couldn’t figure out people’s feeli
ngs!
Everybody Feeling Better
In my opinion, business and the
public have both been holding back
from making decisions and buying
until after the elections. Now,
however, with the President mak
ing his historic ‘shall not run” de
cision, all that is changed. There
is a widespread feeling that nearly
all of his possible successors would
be more kindly disposed to busi
ness. A feeling of relief has spread
through the country from one end
to the other.
Now, this feeling is npt some»
ipt
thing you can measure in black and
white. You can’t put it into a
graph. But, it is the kind of thing
that will make a man go out and
spend a little more money than e
would have before. Just a month
ago he may have told his wife that
“there’ll be no new car this year.”
Today, however, he may feel that
things aren’t so bad after all and
say: “There is enough in the bank
for a rainy day; so, with election
prospects looking brighter, why not
now enjoy the new car?” This
should cause currently high inven
tories to be pared down.
Swing To Right
There is another important possi
bility that should not be overlook
ed. With President Truman out of
the running, every effort will be
made to pick a candidate behind
whom the whole Democratic party
can unite. Now, the? big bulk of
Southern Democrats happen to be
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More than 500 boys and girls are
expected to jam the Presbyterian
college track for the South Carolina
Recreation society’s fourth annual
state track meet on Saturday, April
26.
Walter A. Johnson, PC athletic
director and meet chairman, an
nounced these divisions for both
boys and girls: Mite—12 years and
under; Midget—14 years and under;
and Junior—16 years and under.
The action-packed meet will start
at 10 a.m. and continue through the
day, with more than 30 events sched
uled. Representatives of the Recre
ation society from throughout South
Carolina are expected to attend.
A large array of citations have
been lined up for the victors in this
colorful pitting of track talents. Rib
bons will be awarded the first three
place winners in each event. Medals
will go to the contestant scoring the
most number of points in each of the
six divisions. And a trophy will be
awarded in * both boys and girls
brackets the city or recreation de
partment compiling the most num
ber of points.
Johnson, in announcing the meet,
said he was greatly pleased with the
very conservative. If they are to
be appeased and “kept in line,”
it is highly necessary that the Con
vention nominate a team that will
be conservative enough to attract
full support from the South—like
Russell, Kerr or Stevenson. So
the Democrats don’t look so for
midable to business as they did a
few weeks back.
What about the Republican's?
Well, to me, it is pretty hard to see
any candidate outside of Eisenhow
er or Tkft. It doesn’t seem likely
that the Convention will be foolish
enough to pin its hopes on some
“dark horse” that may fall down in
the big race. Businessmen gen
erally would feel pretty good right
now if they knew for certain that
a conservative is to be in the White
House next January. Thu*! sizing
up both the Democrats and the
Republicans, it looks to me like a
swing to the right!
More Spending Right Away!
Finally, the Democrats know that
if business is good and the voters
are happy next November 4, they
will have a better chance to win
again. You can bet that their
“smoke-filled rooms” are already
busy mapping the strategy for
keeping things humming right up
to polling time. They may have
lost heir leader, but they haven’t
lost their sense of direction.
Already we have seen the gov
ernment granting permision to the
military to award contracts to “job
distress” areas. It isn’t far step
from this to finding other reasons
why defense spending should be
stepped up in the months imme
diately ahead. Certainly, if the
people get an impression that a
new wave of inflation is on the
way, which recent strikes indi
cate, they may do a little more buy
ing themselves.
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