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i i i : ■ t \ Thursday, February 12, 1053 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Page Fife Frightful 52 Accident Toll Is Added Up Employment Up In Industry In Southeast Area Chicago, Feb. 9.—Americans paid a firghtful price in lives, pain and cash for accidents in 1952. The National Safety Council added up the bill this way today: Killed—96,000 Injured—9,700,000 C6st—8,300,000,000 , The over-all death total was 1,000 higher than in 1951. Motor vehicles' and other public accidents were re sponsible for most of the increase. The No. 1 killer was the motor ve hicle. Traffic fatalities totaled 38,000. The total was 700 higher than in 1951 and. it was the fourth highest mark in history. Home accidents resulted in 29,500 j deaths, a gain of 500 over 1951, but occupational deaths dropped from 16,000 to 15,000. The council said the 1952 accident al death toll on the home front was four times as great as the toll of Am erican tlead on Korean battlefields since the U. S. got into the war there. “No civilized nation can tolerate this tragic and disgraceful waste of manpower and resources from acci dents that are avoidable,” comment ed Ned H. Dearborn, council presi dent. One out of 16 persons in the U. S. suffered a disabling injury last year. The economic loss of all acci dents, calculated at $8,300,000,000, includes wage losses, medical and insurance expense, production de lays and property damage. The number of deaths increased in all age brackets except two. There was no change in deaths of children 3 to 14 years old. There was a 2 per cent decrease among persons 63 or older. Deaths from burns 6,700; drown- ings, 6,800; and firearms, 2,400, showed increases but fatal falls, 20,500 declined 3 per cent. Deaths in “catastrophes—five or more deaths—in one accident or natural disturbance—were estimat ed at about 1,530, a decrease of 250. There were a few bright spots in the otherwise gloomy report. . The over-all death total w r as well under the 99,579 of 1947, the high mark for recent years, despite population gains. The~4£&3—all accident-death -rate Atlanta, Ga. — Factory employ ment in eight Southeastern states, totaling 1,978,000 in December, in creased 8,000 ‘ over the previous month and was approximately 77,- 000 above the same month of 1951, according to Brunswick A. Bag- don, regional director of the U. S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics in the South. Employment gains during De cember reflect settlement of scat tered labor disputes, season up swings and general improvement in most consumer goods industries. Slow, but continued, expansion in defense industries also contributed to the gain. The twelve months’ gain was about ( evenly distributed among defense and consumer goods industries. Major increases! in con sumer goods industries were re corded in apparel, textiles, furni ture, and leather. Principal gains in defense industries were made by military aircraft, shipbuilding and repair, electrical equipment, ord nance And metals. Average hourly earnings of fac tory production workers advanced from one to two cents above the previous month and reached an all time high in December. Earnings ranged fom $1.10 an hour in Mis sissippi to $1.3T in Alabama, Ten nessee and Virginia. The regional average was approximately 6 cents an hour higher than December, 1951. Average weekly hours fluc tuated less than one-half hour from the previous month, but were gen erally higher than the same month last year. Textile mill employment increas ed 1,100 during the month to a level of 623,000. Georgia acounted for -most of the gain because of several new contracts and the set tlement of a labor dispute in broad woven fabric mills. South Caro lina reported slight gains in scat tered dyeing and finishing miljs. Employment in other states re mained stable. ■ — r Notes From The County Agent's Office By C. B. CANNON, County Agent enrolled so Maintex far in lintenancA ! others wl £ National Peach Council To Meet The National Peach Council will meet for the first time in South arolina in its fifth annual meeting eb. 16, 17 and 18 in the Memorial auditorium, Spartanburg. The council met in Charlotte a year ago which was the first meeting ever held in the South. The peach grow ers of this county and state are honored this year by the Peach Council meeting in Spartanburg. Representative peach g o w e r s from every major peach producing state in the nation are expected to attend. Nationally known speakers on peach production wil take part on the program. The South Carolina Peach Growers Association, with Paul Black, Spartanburg, as presi dent, is sponsoring the meeting and Clemson College Extension Service cooperating. Any person growing peaches should attend this meeting as it is very likely it will be many years before the council will meet again in Sohth Carolina. H-H Boys' Meeting Scheduled All* 4-H beef calf club members were invited to meet at the farn) of George Wasson, Hickory Tavern community last Saturday, Feb. 7, promptly at 10:00 a. m., for a fit ting and demonstration given by John v '. Wise, assistant county agent. There are 17 club members in the beef calf club with Gene J Marlar, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh; E. Marlar, Grenpond community, president. The demonstration is for teach ing club members how to get their beef calves ready for the county calf show which is to held March 27 at the Laurens county fair, grounds. Tractor 4-H Club There are 26 farm 4-H club boys the Tractor project, and if there are others ^ho would like to take the project they are. requested to [contact the County Agent’s office ^r their local leader an once. Five or six meetings will be held among the various machinery deal ers to learn of tractor maintenance, under the direction of J. Scott Boozer, assistant county agent, ani local leaders. The progam to be gin the last part of February and end in March. ( Last year 33 boys took the course, attending five meetings of educa tional nature. M. B. Henderson, Owings, served as a volunteer lead er and did an excellent job. At the end of the tractor main tenance course there will be held an operators contest at the fair grounds duing the school spring holidays. Sammie Gambrel!, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Gambell, Ow ings, was first winner in the con test last year. Seed Sweet Potato Orders To date 42 bushels of seed sweet potatoes, cooperative orders, have been received a t the county agent's office. The Puerto Rico colored va riety of sweet potatoes will come from the' Edisto Experiment sta tion. Any person wishing to get seed potatoes should place their or ders at once, making check payable to the Experiment Station at the rate of $4.50 per bushel. Retail Stores Did Business of $164 Billion In 1952 Washington, Feb. 7. — The na tion’s retail stores did a $164,000,-! 009,000 -business in-1952,-a-rbrr of~4 1 of 61.6 per 100,000 population was the third lowest rate on record. Traffic deaths climbed to 38,000, a gain of 2 per. cent over 1951 and the highest total since 1941. But, at the same time, the number of mo tor vehicles and miles traveled rose to record levels. The death rate per 100 million vehicle miles was estimated at 7.3, the lowest rate on record. Tax Legislation Being Shaped Up At White House Washington, Feb. 9. — President Eisenhower and Republican con gressional leaders laid down an 11- point legislative program today in cluding social security and tide- lands oil bills, but reached no agreement on tax cuts. The program also called for; Taft-Hartley law revisions. Hawaii-j an statehood, controls on defense i goods, extension of reciprocal trade, law, temporary aid to schools and, simplification of customs regula-' tions. It was agreed this legislation! “must” be considered, though not necessarily passed. Taxes Be Considered ^ Senate GOP leader, Robert A. Taft, said after a two-hour White House conference thah tax legisla tion “obviously” will have to be considered at the present session. But he said he and Mr. Eisen hower feel tax cuts should be de ferred until the budget is balanced. Taft said some kind Of tax law will be passed but that it might be anything from a measure to con tinue present taxes to a pending bill calling for a H per cent tax reduction on July 1. He empha sized that “no concensus, no con clusion” on taxes was readied. An 11 per cent income tax in crease voted shortly after the start of the Korean war is scheduled to expire next Jan. 1. But Chairman v Daniel A. Reed (R-NY) of the House Ways and Means Committee, has introduced a bill to move the date up to June 30. This would give taxpayers a 5 1-2 per cent cut this year. Excess Profits Levy Taft said he felt that the excess profits tax should not be allowed expire as scheduled June 30. Taft said the 11-point legislative program was not intended to be “exclusive” and that other legisla tion was “discussed and will be pressed to a conclusion later.” He safd for example* that while foreign aid was not included in the program,- the fact that appropria tions bills were put down for early action “implied” that foreign aid would be included. Some quarters expect a big battle over the size of the program. per cent over 1951, the Department of Commerce reported today. The 1951 figure was $158,200^)00,000: Gasoline service stattoris led the parade with sales just short of $10,000,000,000, an increase of 9 per cent over 1951. Liquor store sales rose 7 per cent to $3,200,000,000, while food stores took in $2,200,000,000 more ) than in 1951. Department stores, including mail orders, sold $11,600,000,000; worth of merchandise, a gain of 2 per cent. HOUSEHOLD HINTS Precious hose can be protected from dirt, y boot or galosh tops by fitting a couple of tissues around the tops and folding over the outside. The tissues absorb dirt and moisture, near your dressing table. It can be used to hold a hem in'place if you need to do something about it during an emergency. Have a small or medium sized em- ■BrTcTeryTiobp ~ in your mending bas- ket. It’s excellent for holding ma terial stretched tight when you need fo do some darning. Have a stiff-bristled brush near your ironing board for aid as press ing. It cm be us;-d for brushing be fore or after pressing. 'One a week go through all yqur handbags for cleaning them out, and then they’ll be ready. Place fresh handkerchiefs and clean combs in them, and have a small lipstick in | each, dr keep your cosmetics in a; small bag which can be transferred easily to each purse. KEATON COMEDY TO BE FEATURED AT JOHN DEERE DAY PROGRAM Highlights Full Program for Farm Families cpcc ADMISSION Everybody Invited BOTH SHOWS ••• in • •• CLINTON and LAURENS On* of th* few instance* when it's not Barter's own neck that’s sticldnc oat is in this seen* Iron* the Him “Paradise for Barter,*' feature picture of the coming John Deere Dsjr progrub TWO BIG SHOWS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19 Broadway Theatre — Clinton At 10:00’A. M. Laurens Armory — Laurens At 7:30 P. M. DOOR PRIZES AND REFRESHMENTS Laurens Tractor & Implement Co., Inc. Your Authorized JOHN DEERE Dealer for Laurens County Clinton Highway LAURENS, S. C. Telephone 3036 Why you get more for what you pay with new Dodge trucks! ~r If you’ve been looking at trucks, you can’t overlook this all-important fact. Dodge gives you more for your money! 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Onflow shock absorbers on Lj-, 3 4 - and 1-ton models give smoother riding, greater driver control on roughest roads. Better-balanced weight distribution for extra payload. , , ^ r>RlVE. • ■ COMPARE through 4-ton see—cm^ ^ today / DODGEMUTRUCKS Dodge pioneers others follow! Many features- just adopted by other leading makes —have been stand ard on Dodge trucks for years! For example: chrome- plated top piston rings in complete line, spark-plug covers, 45-ampere generators, short wheelbase. • Only Dodge builds “Job-Rated” trucks to fit your hauling needs- COOPER MOTOR COMPANY 211 W. MAIN STREEET — TELEPHONE 515