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SPajre Four FHE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, Aprfl 30, 1953 1 (Eltnton (Elironirlr Established 1900 WIL,SON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year $2.50 Six Months $1.50 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clintpn, S. C., under Act of Congress March '3, 1B79. 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 ASSOCL\TION National Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia tion of the Administration, never theless, may be said to be toward the diminution and diffusion of the federal authority. This is a re versal of a trend that has been con trolling for twenty years. It is the city limits on the Princeton high way for the erection of the Laurens area’s new high school for whites,,' according to a statement issued by estate and about two acres from Mr. Cannon. The total price paid was $23,000, Supt. Wright said. Plans for the new building, the highway with a frontage of 1,- ^e term beginning in the fall of This ^ eet on highway. About 39 11954, Mr. Wright said. acres were bought from the J. S. Bennett estate, known as the Ben nett farm. About two acres were McMillan IF YOU DON’T READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DON’T GET THE NEWS CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY. APRIL 30. 1953 The Slow-Poke Driver Governor Dew f ey in New York ' 5 signed a bill aimed at “slow- . .'-.e’’ or ‘’creeping'’ drivers. It ~v ] authorize police to take action gainst the motorist who drives so , mi’ as to block traffic, the same against the one who drives so jast as to endanger life and limb. With more than 2.000,000 casual- ta s in automobile accidents in 1052, and with traffic deaths total- Jr g 37.600, we thought the day of •creep along” drivers ( had long ra.->sed We seldom see one on the Jh gjhway. the trustees over the signature of which has already been approved G. M. McCuen, chairman: R. B., by the State Finance Commission, mark of a new political philosophy. R 0 p er secretary; and C. K. 'Wright, are now in the hands of the archi- Many persons will feel that the superintendent. tects. It is hoped to begin con- most important of the new direc- ^ ^ south side of i struction in time for completion for tions that have been initiated un- ine slie 15 on raL somn S1<3e 01 r - der President Eisenhower is a new emphasis in foreign affairs.! has been called the siezing of the initiative in., the search for peace. It was embodied most clearly, in , . x _ the President’s recent address ( to J(H1 ” 1 the, L. b American newspaper editors, in which he'set forth in clear and simple terms what would be re garded as the proper basis for dis armament and what ought to be done once such a program could take shape. There has been the consistent effort, also, to get a new ' impetus into Far East policy by * such actions as the end if the “neu tralization” order of the Seventh Fleet In this connection, and in the present military content, note should be taken of the President’s insistence that there is a single ad- | versary and a single threat in Asia, and that this threat embraces not i Gray Funeral Home Clinton C. FUNERAL DIRECTORS ...and... EMBALMERS Phones 41 and 399-J AMBULANCE SERVICE L. RUSSELL GRAY and V. PARKS ADAIR. Gen. M-rs. Tomorrow THOMAS 00 The enactment of the New York I.,:i comes about the same time |’"sT'at’the rate j officials were skeptical because the merely Korea but Southeast Asia! I letters had been censored. as well. u ^ st week [ he AHies got the first! Thf? mo§t recent contribution of . hand news of what had happened the Admixil * tration is the submis . to their p:i>oneis in the last thirty- s j Qn concre t e proposals for cer- three months, Early ,ast Monda> | ain s ^ e p s 0 f reorganization in the seventeen Communist ambulances Federal Government. These pro drove into the neutral zone at Pan- posa i s j nvo ive a greater degree of munjon. At the same time IF. assertion of civilian control in the ambulances arrived and U N. of- Defense De p artment> a m odifica- ficers drew a deep breath of relief. tion of state DepRrtment functions ' They had doubted or wondered ^ give more emphasis to lic whether the Communists would' making and , ess t0 administrative 1 li\e up to the agreement negotiated p rogTani) and a unification and cor- three weeks ago to exchange sick dinatU)n of the various {oreign .j and wounded prisoners. The Com- operations . munists had promised to deliver The cp> , staiizati<m af the admm . 605 prisoners (including 120 Amefi- istratlve reforms weU ^ one , ca ns) at the rate of 100 ner dav 1 Y , . the Travelers Insurance companies at N e 'J °[ ^. of the most important contnbu- ' the U. N. to deliver 5.800 at the | tions ^ tlle . hundred days.": have issued their annual illustrat- . f soo , . , . fir«ii ! ^: — —^ ed booklet on traffic hazards and d ^ PXchang d ,f' Wa ? a dra m a f off 0 ” 0 ^ course, ia to effect _ s exchange was a drama or th . to «rhirh ursafe driving, this time entitled, ternb i e cabT1 and intensity. -Who ^ . Me? The me who Atrocit;es and ^^1^^ have causes 4. per cent of highway **-, undoubtedly happened but full la ities and 39 per cent of such in- d nr - -i:-. __ vpt .1,,^ ronnrts “ ’ " juries is the one exceeding the ^ ° come fr^wnen released ^Iv 8et aW3y fr ° m overlapp,ng and ev * ::oeed limit. He is not the fellow, a * two bTfore thev armed 1 en CQntradlctory functjons and thus ’ ' o drives at a moderate rate and ? n h0Ur °J tW t 0 ,1 re thej ^ I TL Ve |to do a needed job better than it • ^ifec-1 b® 1 " 6, a n d naturally, some of them| has been done . ^ is the baefe. the desirable economies to which j reference has been made. An even more important purpose is to build, a better working organization. n times "creeps along’ is show that excessive are speed . COnfused or ^ghtened, bone ft real economy and goes tinues to be the greatest enemy j and ha njUr "' marching t ol deeper than mere bud g et . cuts ‘ I autornobiling • safetv \nd be- . 1 . ,° U1 , are n^nmmg to | ls re ason to believe that aiuomoDiung saiti . .nna liberty down Freedom Road is good;.. p r p S i dpn t p n inv<; a huep m#a.s- id much of the highway spee - news tha t should thrill us all. Out- f D0DU ] ar confidence and dod- rr,” is drinking. Long ago it has stretched arms and helnine hands f 1 popular conliaence and pop tt'tn proven that gasoline and li-11 ,, nea a ^ V 3 0 pmg n ana;> u ] ar support. - The directions that proven mat ga.onne ana Wil! greet them as they continue . ■ ^ rhaneim? th P basic don t mix. ■ to come home to—-theit- parents, . t h : If exasperated at the slow’ driver, ln ,. pH nnp . _ nH f r i onr i. havo 1 reratlons " ip 4ne Citizerr to ms v e are foolish to go to the other ex- onei> and frie nda "ho have Government or, more properly, of -TO ° is betfer °o take v^r T"“ d ” ‘“"S and pattently for , he Government t0 tL citizen, it Detitr to taxe vour their coming To the w lV es, par- Thprfl has hppn in thp vl( ._ of thP c'titnce of living on the highways , friends these returning iftere . nas j fte ^ ew ine moderately and with 1 a t nd lr cnas 01 ta ^ se ^ etur ” ing majority, the need for this, change. mouv.idiei> anu vviui men lt 1S an f or boundless • - rejoicing. tiy driving and common sense than to —The New York Times. . But all of us are hoping! tr*e speeding chances as thousands j Qr t be thousands still imprisoned k 1 . .. , «i’ drivers do, not omv a danger to, one ^, a y or ano ther behind the Methodist CnUrCDCS themselves but as a menace to oth-| Iron Curtain For them our prayer ers on the highways who exert ev- jJjquIjI be that their day of liber- r/y effort to promote automobile ation als0 wiu come soon ' ,ii, ' m It is to be hoped that this little ! trickle underway of returning pri*- fmental Delinquency j oners will gain momentum as the To Hold Week Of Special Servicei The Methodists of the state are making Anal preparations for an in-1 We hear exaggerated talk about! days go by. We cannot forget their j ^ enslve , ca 4 m p ai * n of evangelism to juvenile delinquency, with -recrea- sacrifices and we should all ^-! be T u 0 " d T r^ st j trt>ca programs cited as the only derstand now better than ever be- Tb ^, U " lted ^ f a [ B ^? ad rure We had better be concerned fore that a free world must C ome Methodist church of tlus clty W1 r iicu (begin Sunday morning and continue, ..bou, parents delinquency. by a better way than war. | lht ” ough the week, with services at; Statistics show that juvenile de- [ v\ hat has happened proves the 8 p m The ] ead€r f 0r ^ services Iniquency in the United States be- 1 blackness of the Communists’ will be the Rev H M McLamb, of izzr steadily increasing 15 years hearts, land the danger this country Ham i et> N who wi u spe^ Sun-! In that year there were 35,-. and the world confronts with the da y morning. Each morning the guest! PfrC reported arrests of youth of our, deadly spread of Communism. preacher and pastor of the chuxch^j land. The peak was reached in the; , • Rev. E. K. Garrison, will go to Edge- year 1945 when there were 49,000 — — — de l d( 9 : 3o to 12^0, for the Hour of reported arrests, but it is notjy^g Directions k/ic-wn the exact number who came law. have 1 Power. During this week, cottage prayer meetings are being held in ] neighborhood homes. To all of the services all resients invited. * a big social problem which c °n-, ' , t d it “fi rst hundred davs”' of c <> minunit y are ‘ mens everv’ family and every com- P r, o 1 ♦ . y In the exchange of North Carolina The war period has con-'* 1 , ls P e f ha P s lo ° f ar ‘>- *° make a ! ministers, the Bevi H- L. Harris ol K balanced appansal of its accom- 1 ante direct conflict with the —^ ^ .u 1 .u .. . l , During the week the new Admm- Tl.tse growing figures show’ hero .... , ir . • t x ,.r v*,Vi 1/.V1 con. istration in Washington will rr raunity tr’buted to the condition. iva ) R OC ) c i n g barn bas assigned for Jew,a: workers attempt to give, P llshman,s ' “ r “ i the week at Epwarth Methodist as the primarv causes of this prob- an each of 1 ines tkat kas . * >een church, Joanna, and the Rev. Kelly her. bu. in many respects they f. on , e . or 'eft undone. Some issues , j wilson of l0 tie Ki . ™e the mark. Why .s there con- lha have . keen / a,aed have ^ en inards-Hopewell churches. a r": ’ au aroi controversial and there has been. . _1 : fHcl between youth and social val- eXDectPd and WP helieve heal- . „ t . I ucs? Wherein lies the b i ame ? ; Pe and - ^ peliev e. neaL . a-. . , r . u ; ,i_ . thy controversy. The good citi- IVic answer is back in the home. . , . .. . , , , zen is under no moral obligation to I^runkenness, divorce, and broken u ♦ . V , . agree with each step or program. Jv mes are the big contributing fac- „ , . . r. ,7 , • u orza He can make his dissent heard, ttjs, home in which parents are essence of democracy fit:! to assume their re-i,.™ 1 ^. tne t essen ^ e ,, 01 _ _ _ but 1 If his dissent is intelligent ancf con structive, that is the essence of xif Urgent, apocsibility Laurens School District Pays $23 # 000 For New tLS Site with a firmness, -rather turn their children loose on Ubr streets, and it is this class that j;ct in trouble most of the time. A jack of parental authority breeds da'inguency, lawlessness, and re- Jormatories. Environment, of -ecurse, enters into the problem, the arror.g kind of reading material, ♦rrvtertainment and loafing hours. "The proper example, influence and. *fi!!Aipline in the home will have a iCrialer influence with boys and yrrit than recreational enthusiasm vr ether "cures” that are prescrib- We talk far too much about juvenile delinquency and are too Httie concerned about parental de- -liEquency. ■ m.—- — 1 . .1 ■■■■■- The Prisoners' Return Since the beginning of the Ko- a'C’iiD war the whole question of U. N prisoners has been shrouded in mystery, with the American peo- •f»le having little if any, confidence • T, the Far East pow'ers. For the | is the attempt to reduce the place f nsi seventeen months the Com-j of the Federal Government in the munsts did not allow prisoners to day-by-day working of the society stmi .letters home. In the fall of and in the relationship of the in- '5! there w’ere reports from Korea dividual to the state. Typical of essence good government. It is possible, however, to see clearly the directions that have been given to policy. Changes are in the making . Their character presumably carries out the will of the electorate, which asked for a change, and the fashion in which they are carried out will determine the decision of the electoral as to the wisdom of its will. A matter of first concern is the! movement of this Administration! toward economies in government. 1 There is ample indication of a de- 1 termination to decrease rather than j augment appropriations and expen-1 ditures wherever this is possible. There may be specific objection to certain cuts and the need for re-; examination of some such propos-j als. The general direction of Gov- one in which we believe that most of the elctorat will concur. A scond large direction in policy Lauren^ A$xf! 17.—Trustees of Laurens School District 55 have closed a deal for purchase of a 63- acre tract «f land just outside the that upwards of 6,000 prisoners had djed or been murdered after cap- *¥*re. A month later the Commun- -iste agreed to a ’letter e: Most of the 20,000 letters received, m the U. S. since then have spok- ■ct of gpod treatment, but military this is the discontinuance of price and wage controls at the earliest opportunity. Overlapping federal state jurisdictions will neces sarily involve large question^ of policy and law. Some of these will not be easy to decide. The direc- For demonstration, call JOHNSON’S FLORAL SHOP Saluda Highway Phone 957-J T f A WEEK BiuM CMUI ojs ' tkpvie/SwuMt Neui ELGIN WATCHES Oafy UGlft bms rim Cfanmhid KiNSINGTON. 17 jew*l model. Domed crystol. $3975 J. C. THOMAS^ Jeweler ‘Tt’s Time That Counts” Qt/LYo/t* b ziP 4 4 “ * A/r*OL / THIS 2-D00R SELF-DEFROSTING REFRIGERATOR AND HOME FREEZER COMBINED KELVINAT0R In this boautiful 2-door “Mois ture Control” Kelvinator you get a real home freezer and a separate moist cold refrigerator that frees you forever from defrosting wor ries. 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