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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, December 10, 1953
COMMENT
ON MEN
AND THINGS
By The Spectator
A suggestion from Chief High-
0 way Commissioner McMillan is
timely. I quote a statement by him:j
‘Forty-four accidents involving
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South Carolina schbol buses were
reported to the State Highway De- 1
partment during September, Chief |
Commissioner Claude R. McMillan i
announced.
No fatalities and only six injuries i
were suffered in the accidents, the
official said, but in a number of
cases there was evidence that mo
torists are not operating their ve
hicles with proper caution, when
driving in the immediate vcinity
of school buses.
Thirty-four of the accidents oc-,
curred in rural aceas and 10 in ur
ban areas. The two outstanding
types of accidents included among
them were angle sideswipes by ve
hicles moving in the same direction
afe the buses, and rear-end colli
sions. Since all school buses are
equipped with turn signals, stop
lights, stop arms and other safety
features. Department officials con
clude that many of the accidents
were the direct result of negligence,'
or lack of alertness, on the part of
motorists.
South Carolina law for years has
provided that no vehicle pass a
school bus which has stopped to
take on or discharge passengers.!
Numerous signs have been erected
along all major highways to remind!
motorists of this law. Highway pa
trolmen and other law’ enforcement
officers are constantly on the alert
for drivers who fail to stop for 1
halted school buses or otherwise 1
violate regulations pertaining to
the transportation of school chil
dren. They are also closely watch
ing the school buses and making
cases against those drivers w’here,
violations are noted.
Chief Commissioner^ McMillan!
reminded motorists that alertness is 1
doubly important w’hen they meet'
or overtake school buses because ofj
the large number of human lives at
stake on each bus and because of
the extra amount of space and ef
fort required to operate a bus due
to its size.
He said that the student-operated
bus system in South Carolina has
functioned very satisfactorily thus
far and that many of the youthful
drivers have proved themselves
equally as good, if not better than I
some of the adult drivers formerly
employed. Considering the mileage
traveled under the new program, 1
their accident rate has been low,'
the official commented, adding that)
future accidents involving school
buses can be largely avoided with'
the cooperation of all persons who
drive on the highways.”
It is interesting to note what Mr.)
McMillan has to say about the can
cellation of drivers’ licenses.
"Drivers license withdrawals for
reckless driving have increased 160
per cent during the first 10 months
of 1953 over the same period of
last year, Chief Highway Commis
sioner Claude R. McMillan an
nounced.
Suspensions for reckless driving
totaled 437 from January 1 through i
October 31 of this year as compared
to 168 for the first 10 months of
1952. The entire year 1952 register
ed an increase of eight per cent
over 1951.
Driving privileges of 769 South
Carolinians were withdrawn by the
Highway Department during Oc
tober, the official said. Included in
these withdrawals were those for |
reckless driving, driving under the
influence of intoxicants and similar |
offenses. Licenses withheld under
the Safety Responsibility Act were
not included.
Appropriate action wae taken
against 118 out of state drivers and
against 144 unlicensed driveds of
this state who were arrested for
driving while intoxicated or driv
ing recklessly.
Driving under the influence of!
intoxicants for 698 suspensions in
October and reckless driving for >
the remaining 62. Physical dis
qualification and furnishing false
information were listed as causes
for the nine cancellations. Rich
land, Greenville and Charleston
counties had the largest number of
withdrawals, with T5, 73 and 71 re
spectively.
Only one license was confiscated
from a driver under 17 years of
age. The 17-29 age group had 268
withdrawals, 30-39 year group 267,
and the 40-year-old group and old
er had 233.”
I call attention to a fact which
comes as a' surprise to me: the last)
paragraph, which says that of the j
769 cases, only one affected a driv
er under seventeen years of age.
Since the 712-9 age group had 268
withdrawals and the 30-39 year
group had 227 it appears , that men
and women of middle age are not
better drivers than the young men;
nor do the 40 year olders do much
better, since their number was 233.
Apparently the 40-year-old drivers
are gradually emerging from the!
hectic age of go-getters.
It offers some hope that men
about seventy- five to eighty would j
be the safest drivers.
Drivers under the influence ok,
intoxicants, whose licenses were
cancelled, numbered 698 out of 769.
Just think of that; a locomotive en
gineer, driving a heavy locomotive
on tracks has to be trained and ex
perienced; almost anybody can
drive a hundred horse power car at
eighty miles an hour, making his
own tracks!
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We hear so much about business
prospects that I offer the sugges
tions made by the First National
Bank of Boston:
“With the country rapidly catch
ing up on past civilian shortages
and having provided for a major
part of the defense program, the
chief stimulating forces that have
kept business sustained at an un
usually high level for such a long
period are losing some of their
steam. A period of moderate ad
justments, therefore, apparently
lies ahead. ,
This is inevitable and necessary
in order to correct the mal-adjust-
ments created by the prolonged pe
riod of artificial prosperity. Pro
duction is outstripping consump
tion, future income is heavily mort
gaged, disparity in purchasing pow
er prevails among various groups,
while staggering government ex
penditures have grown to the point
where taxes have reached the ceil
ing, and plant capacity has been ex
panded until it is now about twice
as great as in the pre-war period.
A number of cushions have been
provided to resist deflationary
forces. Whereas in 1929 govern
ment spending—Federal, state and
local—constituted 13 per cent of
national income, now it is around
32 per cent. Total government ex
penditures of all kinds currently
aggregate about $100 billion, or
more than twice the total national
income in 1932. While this huge
amount of expenditures is highly
undesirable from many angles, it
does provide an important element
of support when civilian demand
slackens. Defense constitutes the
major item of Federal expenditures,
and in view of the cold war will not
be substantially reduced for an in
definite period unless international
relations should be unexpectedly
changed for the better. Further
more, the Administration has the
determination, and, through its
spending, taxing, and regulatory
policies, the means of combating
any weak situations that may de
velop. Then there are ‘built-in’
stabilizers such as’ unemployment
compensation, old age assistance,
pensions, farm commodity price
supports, and deposit insurance,
plus huge private liquid assets that
may be drawn upon for emergency
purchases.
A fundamental requirement is
that our economy must be kept
flexible and not allowed to become
set in a rigid pattern that leads to
stagnation. This rigidity is brought
about by excessive government in
terference, red tape and regula
tions, exorbitant and diserimiha-
tory taxes, and any stifling of com
petition or suppression of new ideas,
inventions and facilities, or any
thing else that would have a re-
strictice influence on American
progress. Some authorities hold
that frozen overhead costs have
made our economic system so rigid
that it is extremely vulnerable to
deflationary forces.
Our economy has demonstrated j
great vitality and flexibility. Popu- ►
lation growth, science, research, |
and management drive are the pro
pelling forces. Our population is
growing at a rapid rate. It is esti
mated that from 1950 to 1960, the
population of this country will reg-;
ister a gafn of 28 million, or equiva
lent to twice the present popula
tion of Canada. This surging growth
will have a strong stimulating in
fluence on our economy, as it will
■ call for millions of new homes, au-
j tomobiles, and appliances, as wqll
as great expansion in our facilities
for transportation, schools, hospit
als, and the like.”
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HICCOUGHS
Place a few grains of granulated
sugar on baby’s tongue as a good
remedy for the hiccoughs.
CREDITORS' NOTICE
All persons having claims against
the estate of Claude Vernon Mon
roe, deceased, are hereby notified
to file same duly verified, with the
undersigned and those indebted to
said estate will please make pay
ment likewise.
MINNIE MORFOE,
Clinton. S. C.,
CLAUDE B. MONROE.
Newberry, S. C.,
Executors 1 of Estate.
Dec. 8, 1953 3p-24
FINAlT SElTLEMENT
Take notice that on the 5th day of
January, 1954, I will render a final
account of my acts and doings as
Executrix of the estate of James
Rhett Sloan in the office of the
Judge of Probate of Laurens Coun
ty, at 10 o’clock a. m. and on the
same day will apply for a final dis
charge from my trust as Executrix.
Any person indebted to said es
tate is notified and required to
make payment on or before that
date; and all persons having claims
against said estate will present
them on or before said date, duly
proven, or be forever barred.
BEATRICE BENNETT SLOAN,
Executrix.
Dec. 4, 1953 4p-Dec. 31
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