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THE CUNTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, July 23, 1953
alllF (Clinton (Etjromrlr
Established 1900
WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher
HARRY a LAYTON, Assistant ,
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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-
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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.
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funds available will install the new
signs next spring. For others it will
be a gradual process.
“In the not too distant future,”
Neal says, “we shall be able to
drive along our highways and rec
ognize the uniformity of stop signs
for what they mean. Xhis will help
in the fight to cut down excessive
speed, reduce traffic accidents and
fatalities and preserve our roads
for longer lives. This truly is a great
step forward in traffic safety.”
Holes In The Lawn
Clothes props often make ugly
holes in the lawn, which finally re
sult in bare spots. To avoid this,
place a discarded box, or card
board carton on the ground and
stand the prop in this.
Ink Stains
Ink stains can be quickly re
moved from the fingers by apply
ing a solution of peroxide of hydro
gen containing a few drops of am
monia.
Fresh, Tender
Delicious
HOME GROWN CORN
From Our
Own Garden
Wilson’s
Lb.
BOLOGNA
Borax
Dissolve a small lump of borax
in boiling water and then put it in
cold starch. The whiteness and
stiffness which result will be very
gratifying.
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Carving Ease
Carving is simplified if the roast
is firm. Accomplish this by allow
ing a small roast to set in a warm
place for about 15 minutes after
roasting and before carving; a large
roast from 30 to 45 minutes.
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