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Y* • Four / THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, January 8, 1953 (Eltntnn (ClirnnirU lish^ Established 1900 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publish* HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant — Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year $2.50 T ........ Six Months $1.50 Entered as Second Class Mail Matler at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C., under Act of Congress March 3, 1879. 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 responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. MEMBER: SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION National Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia NOTICE -OF ANNUAL MEETING ' OF MEMBERS The annual meeting of members of Citizens Federal Savings and Loan Association of Clinton, S. C., will be held in the office of the As sociation at 220 West Main Street, Clinton, S. C., at 2 o’clock in the afternoon on Wednesday, January 21st, 1953, for the election of direc tors and for the transaction of any other business of the Association. J. SIX)AN TODD, Secretary and Treasurer. 2c-15 CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1953 The Killing Goes On A Change Coming— The National Safety Council ‘pre-: It's Time 1 <::cts that traffic deaths in the na-: Thiirwdnv ..nn Will tntal .18.001) for 1952. the. Senator Hairy Byrd of Virginia I hur>da> roorth largest toll in history. The j °f><t °!-the few real students of gov- report shows that such deaths for tmanax in Congress, and the first 11 months of the year ran I a statesman, always says ..t the rate of 103 a day for a total something sound when he opens his of 34.500. It said that the fmal: m °uth. Thi S statement from the dis- ■352 count may even go over 38.-' senator-^The first «- quirement of our leadership in the world is the preservation of the free What appalling facts, what a enterprise system. The lifeblood of this system is sound fiscal policies.” Another example of the Virginia senator’s views. President Truman % came forth a few days ago with a There are rtumerous contributing proposal to give President-Elect factors to this carnage on the hign-' Eisenhower tax exemption on his ways. These deaths and injuries living expenses in Washington. Sen- will continue at their present pace a t or Byrd, ‘joined with a few others, unless we have drastic legislation immediately expressed open 11 opposi- by the general assembly. This is ti on to the proposal and is dead CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for the many kind nesses and expressions of sympathy shown us at the death of our hus band and father. We pray God’s richest blessings upon each of you. —MRS. A. F. ALEXANDER AND FAMILY. MIDWAY -IN THEATRE •wholesale murder on public high ways we are witnessing. The streets and highways are daily be- v.oming more dangerous. January 8 UNION STATION Barry Fitzgerald, Jan Sterling COMEDY — CARTOON JONES IS GRATEFUL TO THE CITIZENS OF LAURENS COUNTY AND VICINITY: It is my desire to express to you my sincere appreciation for the co operation, assistance and friend ship given me during the past six teen years while serving you as a law enforcement officer. My suc cess has been due, largely to* your support. I shall always appreciate the opportunity of having" served you and helping bring better law enforcement to Laurens county. It has been a pleasure to hold your respect and and the respect of oth er law enforcement officers in this state. Yours Respectfully, H. R. JONES, Deputy Sheriff, Clinton, S. C. IF YOU DON’T READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DONT GET THE NEWS To RrUtve Misery of C$x666 HERE IS YOUR HANDY 1953 CALENDAR — WITH^THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE CHRONICLE . JANUARY 1953 T~M T"W-T EZE *""*323 4 5 6 7 8 9 K> 11 12 13 W 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 FEBRUARY 1953 M T W 1 FT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 MARCH 1953 4 M T W" • t i m 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 - - * * s Friday-Saturdav Jan. 9-10 RED SKIES OF MONTANA (Technicolor) Richard Widmark, Jeff Hunter TWO CARTOONS i rivers who break the rules. ■:any “points’’ or violations. happening in many states with the right. The president of the pTnited l Jesuit that fatalities per vehicle- states receives a handsome Jplary’ mile are less than a third the toll and lives in luxury at the expense n this state. The adoption of a of taxpayers. There is no plausible ooint system’’ by many states; reason why he should receive spe-; : akes it posible to keep tab on cial concessions, or tax-exempt priv-, So j ileges which President Truman has j nd received. When it comes tp- ta&p^'- T Tu4>s,-W>4,- ne driver's license is revoked. This ers there should be no favoritism re* I tystem which is saving lives efsc- 1 gardless of how high an office is •..here should be put-into operation held. All officials and all citizens in our state and strictly enforced should be on the same standard. If by taking the incorrigible offend- -there are to be exemptions for one, then there will be an endless demand from others high in authority for the same treatment. And we don’t believe President Eisenhower ap- Sunday-Monday Jan. 11-12 RAINBOW ROUND MY SHOULDER (Technicolor) Frankie Laine, Billy Daniels Arthur Franz, Charlotte Austin COMEDY — CARTOON APRIL 1953 MAY 1953 JUNE * 1953 4 M T W T F S r m r w r r~r S M T W T F S - - - 1 2 3 4 - - 4- - - 1 2 * 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 -3 4 5 6 7 * 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 26 27 28 29 30 - - 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 G 28 29 30 - - - - 31 ------- JULY 1953 s M T w T F s m - - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 m AUGUST 1953 1 M T W T F S 2 9 3 10 4 11 5 6^ 1 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 SEPTEMBER 1953 s M w T F s as m * 1 2 3 4" 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 m m as er off the highways, and making the public more safety conscious. We can’t go on at the rate we are -raov-ing—.artd . t.h v responsibility. through an aroused public semi- proves the request put forth by Tru-j nrent, should be put squarely up to j man who has become a rich man PLACE IN THE SUN Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor CARTOON OCTOBER 1953 — NOVEMBER 1953 DECEMBER 1953 -——— S M T W T F S T M T W f t 4 5 M T W T F S "■““123 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 '3 4 5 6 7. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 - - - - - “ “ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 3L_“ - •» as m us « as us ----- m ■ 9 during the seven years he has held the office. Senator Byrd believes what this newspaper has been saying for years —that we cannot check and defeat the forces of communism if we fol- j* low communist doctrines ourselves, and wfe cannot maintain our strength if, wc aliow. Um-pfodigal government Drunken drivers is another ' big | to squander our wherewithal. That cause of the mounting accidents is exac ^y what has happened the j g and deaths. If the general assem-jP 351 s i xte€n years under the New bly soon to meet wants to render a service to save many of our Pives, and our children's lives—it will en act stiff enforcement regulations Our efforts to deal with inflation, about which the Administration has the legislature to decrease the dreadful highway toll we are wit- r.essing in the nation, including South Carolina. Automobile man ufacturers are building cars with high and 'dangerous speed. The only way to stop the wild speeders on the highways is to prohibit the .building,jOf rare with s iK>h power and Fair Deal spenders—we have blindlyJollowed false prophets down one dead-end road after another. to lessen the hazard every takes when he goes on a highway. driver public The Farmers' Problem President-elect Eisenhower has appointed a 14-man agricultural advisory committee to help draft the new administration’s farm program. Robert R. Coker of this CURRENT RATE EACH ACCOUNT INSURED LETE US HELP OF DIVIDEND UP TO YOU dfr 'i A AAA TJEC0ME A 670 $10,000 A HOME-OWNER % :: done much talking—are outstanding examples of this. The primary cause; of inflation is extravagant govern-;;^ ment, which takes and spends more and more of our money, creates! g more and more credit and currency,! " and runs more and mors deficits, j Drunken-sailor fiscal policies are the disease, and high prices are just a symbol. The American people con fidently believe that President Eis STATEMENT OF CONDITION. OF THE Citizens Federal Savings & Loan Association i ■ ' ■ ' ! ‘ Clinton, South Carolina -i :i: state, long recognized as a South ern farm leader, is included in the I enhower and the able group of bus- list of appointees made by the iness men he has called into service President-elect. In accepting the to help him will put a big check on appointment Mr. Coker said he did the extravagant, unprecedented so in the belief that the coming spending spree At the Close of Business December 31, 1952 four years would see a national farm program “with its basic roots in economy.” At long last it ap pears we ae going to have an ad ministration that will put this country on a sound program not only so far as agriculture is con cerned but in every other field. We have been building temporar ily with another, shot in the arm for agriculture—now we are going to build permanently we hope for the advantage of the farmer on a sound program. Farmers generally, are complain ing about the big increases in tax es on their land. In this county there is general complaint . with many farmers protesting that tax es are reaching the confiscation point. The new school program set up with county-wide levies sub stantially larger than those •that have prevailed in the past in the various school districts accounts to a large extent for the increase. A good farmer said to us yesterday that “his taxes now amount to five per cent of rent value and at this rate the county would °*6Wn his land in seventeen years.” It takes a farmer, he said, 365 days to pro duce one bale of cotton, while the textile industry can convert it into goods in a few short hours. Taxes «n farm land, he complained, are being hiked so high that land- owners will find it impossible to profitably operate their business. All taxes are too high, starting in 'Washington and right down to the state and counties. There must be relief for us all to make it possible to do business on a sound basis without being swallowed up with lax expense. We must treat the disease and not the symptom. We have tried so- called price controls, which place a costly burden on every producer and retailer in the land and in the long run work to the grave disadvantage of the consumer as well. We have tried to supplant the free market with a politically-bossed market. As any economist or business man will tell you, the cohtrols have been a failure—so great a failure, indeed, that even a pro-control Truman ad ministration has had to abandon many of them, an|l iflax others. In spite of that, political agitation lor continuihg ’the bankrupt control idea continues. No one can imagine what would have happened to our ec onomic system had Truman and his cronies been put at the head of this nation for another four years. A great change in government thinking is expected after January 20. It’s time. We should be thankful to God. ASSETS First Mortgage Loans .....$2,044,276.37 Loans on Savings Accounts 8,254.36 Real Estate Owned 8,360.07 Investments and Securities 627,244.00 Cash on Hand and in Banks 121,290.82 Office Building and Equipment, Less Depreciation ' , 36,825.82 $2,846,251.44 LIABILITIES Savings Accounts $2,668,132.42 Loans in Process 12,108.32 Specific Reserves 156.23 General Reserves $114,315.70 Undivided Profits „ 51,538.77 166,854.47 32,846,251.44 Member Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation $71,803.75 Paid in Dividends to Our Investors in 1952 Home Loans NOTICE OF INCORPORATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there will be a meeting of the. subscribers to the capital stock erf 1 CLINTON IMPLEMENT COM PANY a proposed corporation to i £ have as its principal place of busi-; g ness at Clinton, S. C., at the offices of Cecil E. White, Attorney, 106 North Broad Street, Clinton, S. C., on Wednesday, January 14, 1953, at 11:00 a. m., for the purpose of or ganizing said corporation. Imme diately thereafter, application will be made to the Secretary of State of South Carolina for a charter for the said corporation. P. L. BRUCE, | 1c THOMAS S. BRUCE. Invest With Safety, Profit and Convenience Insured Savings OFFICERS B. Hubert Boyd, President J. P. Prather, Vice-President J. Sloan Todd, Secretary-Treasurer Mrs. Henry Hunter, Asst. Sec.-Treas. EDERALoAVINGS |AND LOAN ASSOCIATION directors v J. P. Prather r. h. McGee W W. Harris T. Heath Copeland * J. B. Hart B. Hubert Boyd T. D. Copeland J. Sloan Todd J. W. Finney, Sr. A CLINTON INSTITUTION SERVING CLINTCJN PEOPLE FOR 44 YEARS ASSETS ALMOST THREE MILLION DOLLARS mmmmmamsmmmmmmasMxmaBmsimseismxmBxxxxx