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i Page Four THE CUNTON CHRONICLE Thursday, July 23, 1953 alllF (Clinton (Etjromrlr Established 1900 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher HARRY a 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 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 Spring To Bring Change In Style Of Highway Signs Decorations From Plates In Varied Sites CLINTON, S. C.. THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1953 Disrespect For Law North Carolina continues to modi fy its attitude toward capital pun ishment, and if its trend of legisla tion continues it won’t be long be fore capital punishment in that state will be abolished. Their recent legis lature amended the law to permit the .state to accept a plea of guilty in the ■capital offenses of first degree mur der and burglary, arson and rape. Acceptance of the plea in the state automatically elimina'tes the death penalty, substituting therefor life imprisonment. In court there recent ly a man was charged with first de gree murder for pumping five bullets into his wife’s body and made a plea of guilty. The plea was accepted by the solicitor, the man got life im prisonment, which there is little likelihood he will serve, for under the law only 10 years of time is re quired to be served before a life defendant can become eligible for parole. This shows the slow evolving pub lic attitude toward capital punish ment. This severe penalty is neces sary in certain atrocious cases. In this state it is law and one that should be respected. For many years certain governors made wholesale is suing of pardons for murder as well as other offenses. To the credit of Governor Thurmond , a law was enacted that broke up the pardon racket and we are not likely again to see the disgraceful abuse of the pardon power we witnessed for deal of personal effort can leave al coholic beverages entirely alone. He paid tribute to the fine work of Al coholics Anonymous, and declared that total abstinence is the onl;? way the alcoholic can rehabilitate his life. With the individual states now en gaged in the licensed liquor business, drinking among youth, especially boys and girls, is steadily on the in crease. Distillers, to increase sales, use portraits in expensive color advs in magazines to create the impres sion that drinking is the smart thing to do, and that it adds to the pres tige, distinction and success of young men in the business world. - Whiskey is heavily taxed, as it should be. Yet there are always friends of the distillers who would relieve them of part of the tax bur- 1 den. As an example, the House of Represntatives, dodging a roll-call vote, has just adopted a measure which would relieve distillers from having to pay an excise tax of $10.50 a gallon on whiskey in bonded ware houses until four more years have passed. Under existing law this tax must be paid whenever whiskey is removed from bond or has remained there for eight years. Many tax-conscious taxpayers, as well as those who are concerned over the evil, will agree with Rep resentative Lyle, who said when the matter was up: ‘They (the distillers) simply overestimated what the American people would drink.” Special tax relief is not the way many years. — • ^ wt , luc Wj- .miiAt-takc- a strong stand for - ^ hiraten the'redemption of alcohol- . „ C ^ — — — i. > x a _ _ a • _ i 1 r*c Cl r> rv Vx 1/-»*-*-* _ •_ law enforcement to protect society Too many law violators are being given light sentences and then the greater part suspended with violat ors put on probation. Read the court proceedings. There is a growing dis respect for laiw and order as the public well understands, with delays elapsing between indictment and trial which makes the chance less of the indicted individual being con victed. We need a higher respect on the part of all for the courts. And the courts in turn should see that justice is done that violators receive deserved punishment for their acts. ics and problem drinking which is destroying millons of men and wo men. . ' Deeds, Not Words The United States, with an open heart, has undertaken an unprece dented and intensive propaganda campaign in President Eisenhower’s offer of $15,000,000 worth of food to the people of East Germany. Top strategists acted on the theory that food shortages were one of the prime forces behind the recent riots in the Soviet zone of Germany. The punishment of law violators . V* arrival of J ood has no doubt should be sure — it should not be 1 ‘ aC a sen ° us e ^ ect in that large made easy. ! area * one the Communists are sure to combat. It is clear, however, that enthusiasm for the project is greater in Bonn and Washington than in Berlin. Communist leaders scorned the President’s offer to Moscow of foodstuffs for distribution to under fed and rebellious workers in the Soviet occupation zone. But most of the 18 million East Germans will think very differently. What President Eisenhower has done deserves the highest commen dation as a piece of diplomatic strat egy. But the offer was more than diplomacy or propaganda. And even though the East German puppet has bluntly rejected the offer, it still stands and the food is there—much of it actually in West Germany, or even Berlin—anytime the Commun ists will let it into the shortage-rid den but once well-fed eastern zone where milions are now hungry. The kind offer is the heart of America in action again. The people of America have given generously of their goods time after time to help alleviate distress in many parts of the world—-from the relief of Europe after World War I to the recent loans of wheat to India and Pakistan, with no thought of political effect or gain. To let the people of East Germany and other Soviet satellite countries in central Europe know of the food offer we must have and operate an active information program to give the oppressed people the truth and to keep up morale. The Soviet Union’s puppet regime in East Germany is definitely on the defensive because of workers’ rebel lion and hunger. This food offer of ours not only dramatizes the collec tivized production system but it also bespeaks a difference between the humane offer of President Eisenhow er and the embittered outlook on the world. His is a propaganda of deeds, not words. Deceptive Isms The apparently humanitarian, at tractive objectives of Socialism and Communism have led many un worldly clergymen and other high- minded idealists to believe that these isms are alike to Christianity. They do not see that these plausible plans for a* carefree, happy existence are the alluring bait to draw men into the trap of Marxian collectivism. In the United States it has taken 4u years of cunning conspiring and work to deceive many of America's intelligent leaders. Living in a dream-world of beautiful theories and high principles, insulated from the hard facts of life, they fail to consider what goes in Socialist-ruled countries. In the “Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,” God-lessness, ^lave or starved workers, scarce costly food and clothing, terrorism and ruthless brutality make up the real “people’s paradise” where no la bor unions are permitted and strikes are broken with machine guns. In other Socialist countries short ra tions, crushing taxes and regimenta tion of the public prevail. The stark facts are: 1—Commun ism is Marxian Socialism. 2—Social ism produces only misery and pover ty. 3—Communism and Socialism ac tually are gigantic rackets for the power pleasure and *pookets of a few leaders. 4—Marxism is grossly ma terialistic, the deadly enemy of Christianity, which it would over throw. Is this the ideal some clergymen have for America? Keep the Tax High A iqinister in addressing a club yesterday in Greenville said that six out of every 100 persons who take their first drink become alcoholics. The clergyman for several years worked as a case worker with alco holics and described the course an al the bender stage. It takes about 15 years, he said, for most drinkers to become true alcoholics. If an alco holic rellly wants to reform, the minster said, he can through a genu ine religious experience anh a great Cook It Slowly Low temperatures are recom mend for roasting meats. Set oven coholic takes from the first drink to, regulator at 300 degrees F. for beef; veal, smoked pork or lamb; 350 de grees F. for fresh pork. The result is not only more meat to serve, but meat that is jucier and more tender than when cooked at a high tem perature. Columbus, Ohio., July 18 — By this time next year, the adoption of uniform stop signs will be well in progress on all U. S. highways across the nation. • An idea first promoted two years ago by an Ohio highway official, it gained . approval recently ,of the joint committee on uniform traffic control devices at a Washington meeting. Some states will make a com plete overhaul next spring—chang ing from stop signs of many shapes and colors to a sign with a red back ground and white letters. Other states will make the switch grad ually as their present signs wear out Harry E. Neal, chief engineer in charge of the Division of Traffic and Safety of the Ohio Highway, Department is the man behind the idea for uniformity in stop signs. Two years ago he suggested such a move to the committee on traffic for the American Association of State Highway Officials. Neal also is chairman of a sub committee on signs of the joint committee on uniform traffic con trol devices. Color as a technique in coding highway signs has been a subject of much deliberation since 1925 by the joint committee, which is spon sored by the Highway Officials As sociation, the Institute <Jf Traffic Engineers and the National Con ference on Street and Highway Safety. In 1935 and again in 1946 the full committee drafted the manuel on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, the guide for state highway departments and the Federal Bureau of Public Roads. - After formal approval by the state highway officials group, the hew edict on stop signs will be written into the manuel sometime this fall. The National Bureau of Standards has been asked to deter mine a “suitable red color” for the stop sign. Minutes of the full commitee’s annual meeting Jcne 8, 9, 10 show “it was unanimously voted that the stop sign shall have a red back ground with white letters, that the message must always be reflector- ized and that the background may be reflectorized.” California is the only state now using a red stop sign, Neal says. Adoption of such a stop on a large scale has been held up in the past because of the lack of a proper col or pigment and high prices, he adds. NeaLpirri ifts states- with -mere New York—.Want a simple, pret ty wall decoration? You can make it yourself from a paper plate, some scraps of 'wallpaper or colored mag. azine illustrations, and a few othe* readily available materials. ™ The Diamond Match company provides directions for decorating the white dinner plates which the firm makes. There are smaller plates in luncheon and snack sizes which can be decorated in the same manner. First, cut out the designs you want and plan their arrangement on a plate. Give the face of the plate a tempera paint for background. The rim of the plate may be painted a contrasting color or treated to pro duce an antique effect by using a sponge dipped in gold paint and ap plied over the background color. When the background is dry, paste the designs in position, using rubber cement or glue, and smooth the cut outs to make them lie flat. The de sign may then be touched up with tempera paints, for a shadow effect. Let the glue and paint dry, then spray the entire plate several times with liquid plastic. Several hours la ter, a coat of clear, waterproof varn ish should be applied, followed by two additional coats a day apart. The finishing touch is paste wax, buffed with a cloth to a high gloss. A small gummed sticker on the back of the plate will be enough for hang ing it. OFFICE SUPPLIES Complete line, all the little Items WE DO ALL KINDS OF PRINTING —EXCEPT BAD CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. 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