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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.
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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.
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rays. Furthemore, this can be ac
complished safely whether the
Gravity waves come from the sky
and push us down, or come from
the earth and pull us down.
The Gravity Research Foundation
of New Boston, N. H., tells me that
such an insulator would not reduce
our weight if used for shoe soles or
stair treads. 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
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schools and colleges have far great
er opportunities than we ever had
if they will only work, save- and*
study.” ;
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