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N ► t — ' The Chronide Strives To Be A Clean Neys^ paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable ifa? QUinton Chrontrlf Volume LIV If You Don’t Read . The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News Clinton, S. C, Thursday, July 9 # 1953 Number 28 62 CHILDREN KILLED ON S.C. ROADWAYS IN 1952 CAUTION CHILDREN- NOT TO PLAY IN STREET to LOOK BOTH WAYS BEFORE CROSSING STREET! NOT TO RUN FROM BETWEEN PARKED CARS STATl. HIGHWAY ^EPMTM(NT- C(X.gMHA,5jj Of the 163 pedestrians killed in traffic accidents in South Carolina in 1852, more than one third were children, and alertness on the part of drivers undoubtedly would have spared the lives of many of the vic tims. Accident records of the state Highway Department for the past year show that 62 children 14 years or under were among the pedestrians killed. Twenty-six of them were 4 . years, or under. 26 more were be tween 5 yid 9, and 10 were between 10 and 14. Thus it would appear that the younger children, unaware of the dangers of traffic and probably un trained in safety practices, were the most susceptile to fatal accidents. Parents have an obligation to train their children, from the time they are able to understand words, to use cautiwi in crossing- streetr-and- roadr and walking on the road, safety ex perts say. And drivers are equally obliged to watch out for children in school and residential zones, and to be alert for the child who may be come confused by passing vehicles. Two children were killed crossing ht an intersection with no signal, but 39—the largest in any category of pedestrian action—were killed while not at an intersection. Five more were killed while walking along the roadway, and two were killed com ing from behind vehicles, a danger ous practice for adults as well as youngsters. Three of the children fatally in jured were actually playing in the roadway, and one was killed hitch mg onto a vehicle, a perilous form of sport. Change Made In Staff of County Welfare Deportment Announcement is made by Mrs. G. F. Little, director of the County Welfare Department, that Miss Jean ette Dickson of Darlington, began work with the department on July 1, to replace Miss Lila Teal who has been transferred to Chesterfield county in order to be with her par ents. . ..... Miss Dickson is a 1953 graduate of the University of South Carolina where she was awarded several on- ors. It was also announced that M. L. McDaniel has been re-appointed a memer of the county board for three years beginning July 1. Mr. McDan iel has been a member of the board since its organization in 1937. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE “The Paper Everybody Reads” FOR THAT HOLIDAY WEEK-END GET PLENTY OF PEPSI NOW ADD SPARKLE TO YOUR PARTY . . . SERVE More Bounce To the Ounce No Finer at Any Price! In Big 12-ounce Bottle KEEP A SUPPLY TN YOUR HOME REFRIGERATOR ' PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING CO. GREENVILLE. S. C BABSON DISCUSSES ENEMY NO. 1, COST OF TRANSPORTATION Babson Park, Mass., July 2.—En emy number one is not Communism or any other ‘ism.” Enemy number one is WEIGHT. I don‘t refer to your weight or my weight. We all can control this by the simple meth od of eating less, and thus avoid- ng “second-helping-itis." Instead, I am referring to the cost of trans portation, amdtinting to over 100 billion dollars a year, of which I es timate 80 per cent is due to the WEIGHT of goods and not to the la bor and other costs. What Causas Weight? Whatever we eat, wear, or use as a home starts from the forests, mines or farms. At these points of origin the costs are very low. For in- stance, standing timber sells for $2 per cord; coal in the mine sells for $1.00 per ton; and a bushel of wheat on the farm for only about $2. We Mfr W. labMa pa y t en times these costs after they are transported to our home or breakfast table. If weight could be reduced 85 per cent I believe the cost of living would tumble 70 per cent. This brings me to my hobby of Gravity which is the cause of this wasteful weight. Thus far no in sulator, absorber, or* reflector of Gravity has been discovered, but this will be accomplished some day. All other forces, such as light, sound, fire, odor, electricity, magne tism, x-rays and even atomic rays can be shut off. Metallurgists will soon discover a means of partially insulating or . reflecting Gravity waves. This discovery will revo lutionize manufacturing, transpor tation and distribution. Nothing To Worry About Some people fear that if w r e inter fere-with gravity-they--would -rise | to the ceiling of the room, if out of doors, disappear in the skies. There is absolutely no danger of this. The same fears were expressed when our first ancestors discovered fire and when Franklin tried to har ness lightning. When a partial in sulator or reflector of Gravity is discovered it can be controlled asj YL’pIl a? fine ot-iileutricity .or~atomic. July 19-25 Named National Farm Safety Week Clemson, July 3. — The week of July 19-25 has been officially -pro claimed National Farm Safety Week. President ‘Eisenhower, in calling upon the nation to observe the week, requested every farm resident to co operate in an all-out effort to make 1953 as accident-free as possible. This will be the tenth year in which National Farm Safety Week has been sponsored by the National Safety Council and the United States Department of Agriculture, in coop eration with the farm safety activ ities of states and counties, the farm organizations, farm press and radio, and many oilier groups interested in agriculture. Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson in a recent statement points out that in 1951, the last year for J which estimates are available, 14,500 farm people lost their lives as a re sult of accidents. This number, large as it is, represents a reduction of one-fifth from the estimated annual rate in 1941. The reduction in the rate of fatal accidents to farm people is in great measure due to the concerted efforts of organizations throughout the country which have helped to create safety consciousness among farm residents. WE DO ALL KINDS OF PRINTING —EXCEPT BAD CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. I found Crackers ih the. * YELLOW PAGES'* OFFICE SUPPLIES Complete line, all the little items WE DO ALL KINDS OF PRINTING —EXCEPT BAD CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. 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In order to take ad vantage of such an insulator- or reflector we must be wholly encas ed as if we were in a sealed coffin and this wouldn’t do us much good! This is another reason why no one need fear the control of Gravity. We should rather fear the lack of control of our appetites! To us, starches may be more dangerous than Gravity. How Anti-Gravity Alloys Will Work As indicated above, there is little hope for reducing the weight of au tomobiles, trucks or even freight cars, but there is real hope for re ducing the weight of their contents. One of the early developments will be hermetically sealing truck trail-; ers with an anti-gravity alloy. This! same principle will be used to re-' duce the weight of trunks and suit cases. I believe that Russiaq scien tists are now desperately at work to discover a Gravity reflector to very . much lessen the weight of the packs which all soldiers carry On their backs. Think what this would mean to the nine million of our own boys. Readers will think of other illus trations but remember that only the enclosed contents can be de-weight- ed. Of course the greatest boom would take place in connection with the airplane. Why the Government and airplane manufacturers do not give the subject more serious con sideration is beyond my compre hension. The engineers answer me by saying they are “too busy with other things to bother about Grav ity.” My reply is that 40 ydars ago when the Goodyear Company was making the « lighter-than-air dirigibles and I asked why they did not help the Wright Brothers in making heavier-than-air airships, they gave the same reply: "We’re too busy.” All of which reminds me of what Thomas Edison said toj me shortly before he died: “Bab son, we don’t yet know anything, i The young people graduating from schools and colleges have far great er opportunities than we ever had if they will only work, save- and* study.” ; J. C. 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