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I Thursday, May 6,1954 Over Half Million k . Employed In S. C. Employment in South Caro lina, exclusive of agriculture, has come up during the past 15 years from 302,000 to 536,500. This was reported by the state employment security commis sion in a review of employment. The greatest surges in increase occurred in 10 years apart, in 1941 and in 1951. In 1941, employment at 378,- 200 was 58,000 more than for the previous year. In 1951 employment at 494,- 300 was 43,000 more than for the previous year. The peak was reached in last year at 536,500. During the 15 year period the only industry to show a decrease -in employment was mining, which reported 1,600 employees in 1939, but only 1,300 last year. Every other category gained, like this: Contract construction, 13,600 to 51,100, after a 1952 peak of 59,000; manufacturing, 144.700 to 225,000; transportation and pub lic utilities, 18,100 to 27,600. Also, wholesale and retail trade, 50,000 to 101,800; finance, insurance and real estate, 3,400 to 11,900; service and miscellan eous, 29,000 to 39,000; and gov ernment, 41,900 to 77, 100, after a peak of 87,700 in 1943. THE CLINTON CHRONICLfe , .1. « ■ i Page Save* • IF YOU DO NT READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DONT GET THE NEWS A box of Whitman’s candy makes a prize package for Mom ... a gift she can enjoy immediately . . . that she can share with pleasure! Give Whitman’s candy and shell know it’s special. She deserves the best! McGee’s Drug Store “Your No. 1 Druggtet” United In Home Wedding ' Program Of Work For 1954 Adopted By Board Of Directors Of the Chamber Of Commerce 1. —REAL ESTATE ADVISORY COUNCIL (a) Set up for the purpose of giving iihpartial serv ice to property owners interested in developing and improving their property. (b) to encourage the city to enforce the building code for the protection of property owners. 2. —TRADE AREA ANALYSIS Purpose of this committee to develop and promote local business. 3. —CIVIC AFFAIRS AND INSTITUTIONS To promote local institutions and work with the city for better government. 4. —AGRICULTURE PROMOTION |To improve market for beef cattle in Laurens County by promoting feeder cattle sale. 5. —REPRESENTATIVES AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS It is planned to have several members attend city council meetings in order to promote better under standing of problems facing the city government. Proposed Budget... Salaries: Manager — 98,600.00 Secretary 1,800.00 Rent - 300.00 Water, Lights and Heat NONE Telephone - 180.00 Office Supplies ~ 250.00 Printing 150.00 Postage - — 100.00 Dinner Meetings 500.00 National and State Dues i 75.00, Convention and Travel Exp 250.00 Misc. and Contingency — 800.00 Total Budget $8,005.00 These are the general reasons... WHY YOU SHOULD BEU>NG TO THE CLINTON^CHAMBER OF COMMERCE The Clinton Chamber of Commerce is a democratic organisation of businessmen, professional men and citi zens united to promote, develop, expand and improve the commercial, industrial and civic life of Clinton. It supplies information for members. It encourages and assists the expansion of industry. It seeks to attract new industry. It proyides meetings for exchange of ideas. It encourages cooperation on matters of mutual in terest. It provides business “know-how” for civic problems. It offers a “Better Business Service.” It protects members from phony solicitations. ' - - , ♦ It fights for Free Enterprise. Build Clinton... and You Build Yourself! tucky State . Legislature, some originator of the idea of the yeays ago, acclaimed her as “The celebration of Mothers Day.” Today, of course. Mother’s Day is celebrated by all states, and now the contributions of both Miss Sasseen and Miss Jar vis are recognized as equally im-! portant. What’s more, mother hood itself has won new honors, : for with thoughtful, Mother’s j Day greeting cards grandmoth-; ers and godmothers and even the mothers of sweethearts and' friends are honored as well as motners.. a of relative disarmament which balances what one nation gives up against Y^hat others keep. “Balanced disarmament can not be built a&mnd any single weapon. All the major means of warfare must be brought un der control. The difference is only one of the degree of de structiveness.” Baruch Says A-Pool Won’t Insure Peace Miss Ruth AlbarU Hunnkutt became the bride of Noeh Sidney Derrick in a lovely home wedding April 17 at S o'clock in the af ternoon. The double ring ceremony wes performed by the bride's pastor. Rev. Perry W. Turner. The bride was becomingly attired in a whit# organdy street- length drees with rhinestone button trim and white accessories. Her corsage was a while gardenia. Mrs. Derrick is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. (Jack) Hun. nicutt of Joanna. Tre groom is tho soft of Mrs. George Arthur Derrick end the late Mr. Derrick of Newberry. The young couple is employed si Joanna Mills. After a short honeymoon they are at home to their friends at 1315 Fourth street in Newberry. Mother's Day Celebrates 40lh Anniversary Mother’s Day celebrates its 40th “official” anniversary this year. But for the first time there will be no conflicting claims as to how and where it actually be gan. The true founder was Mary Towles Sasseen. A school teach er in Henderson, Ky., Miss Sas seen planned and conducted the original Mother’s Day celebra tion in 1887 Until now, however, it was generally believed this honor belonged to Anna M. Jarvis of Philadelphia. Recognition of Miss Jarvis as the founder was based on the fact that in 1914 she did persuade Congress to make Mother’s Day a national holiday. Needless to say, both women deserve the nation’s gratitude. For thanks to their tireless ef forts mothers everywhere will be showered with gifts, affec tionate Mother’s Day greeting cards and lovely Spring flowers on Sunday, May 9. To set the Mother’s Day rec ord straight for all time, Mary Sasseen’s life story has been carefuly documented by the Henderson Public Library. No tarized affidavits from friends, relatives and fellow teachers point out that she devoted many years to establishing Mother's Day throughout the nation. Librarian emeritus, Susan Starling Towles, describing the first Mother’s Day celebration ”As a man now 91, I can, of course, remember very well her (Miss Sasseen) first keeping of Mother’s Day in the Center Street Public Schol here . . . My own mother attended this first meeting. She was attired in black, wore a little bonnet with blue forgetmenots under the brim, and returned very happy over the celebration—as were the other attendant mothers.” The programs consisted of songs, poems and recitations in honor of mother and home. Some were original compositions written either by Miss Sasseen or her. pupils. Honored guests were the mothers of children then attending the Center Street school. As the years passed Miss Sas- sen continued to hold these pop ular Mother’s Day celebrations. Soon she had convinced the oth er Kentucky schools to do like wise. On a visit to Springfield, O., in 1890, Miss Sasseen helped to inaugurate a similar Mother’s Day ceremony in the schools there. Later she was a familiar figure at many educational con ferences, and attracted serious consideration for a national ob servance of Mother's Day at such distant points as Boston, Mass , and Colorado Springs, Colo. In answer to scores of letters asking for advice, Miss Sasseen published a booklet in 1893 tit led "Mother’s Day Celebration.” Its purpose was to outline a typi cal Mother’s Day program which would help other teachers. Among the songs Miss Sasseen recommended were “My Coun try "Tis of Thee,” “The Old, Red Shawl My Mother Wore,” and "My Old Kentucky Home.” Sug gested themes for recitations in cluded “The Mother’s Influence,” and “How A Boy Should Treat His Mother.” Shortly after this booklet ap peared, Miss Sasseen’s health failed and she moved to Pensa cola, Fla. There she lived on a quiet homestead ranch until her marriage to Judge William Mar shall Wilson on September 28, 1904. Eighteen months later the founder of Mother’s Day died— while giving birth to her first child. The next year, 1907, Anna Jar vis arranged a Mother’s Day ser vice at St. Andrews Methodist church in Crafton, W. Va., and began her crusade for a nation wide observance of Mother’s Day. After moving to Philadel phia. Miss Jarvis wrote thous ands of letters to ministers, edi tors, governors and statesmen. Gradually, she won legislative support. West Virginia made Mother’s Day an annual state holiday in 1912, and Pennsyl vania followed suit - the —next year A year later President Woodrow Wilson signed a Con gressional Resolution, and Secre tary of State William Jennings Bryan proclaimed the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day. Meanwhile, the less celebrated story of Miss Sasseen was forgot ten. Realizing this the Ken- I T Hava You Watch Fixed Movement Complcjgjy g Reconditioned v Including Al Necessary New Parts All WnfahmkWr* Fully Computat All Worlt v 7 * * QutrtiitwJ This Also looMos fLM or man tor roar aid fLN or • Only wjli f * ctiMT to eovra cacouna New York, May 3 — Bernard Baruch, author of one of the first plans for atomic control by inter national inspection, said today President Eisenhower’s proposal for a world atomic pool won’t solve the basic problem of secur ity He said the idea might expand peaceful atomic uses, but the dangers of atomic attack would not be lessened. The atomic arms race would not slacken. It was the first discussion of the Eisenhower plan by Baruch, who played a key United Na tions role in the west’s long, un successful effort to establish an internationally-policed system of atomic arms control. Baruch spoke at the first of a series of City College lectures. Russia and the United States, he said, must reach a general dis armament agreement on all weapons—not just atomic bombs —“if there is to be peace.” This, he said, is “the domi nant yearning of our time.” The financier and one-time presidential adviser, said Eisen hower’s proposal “for an inter national atomic pool will be a worthy endeavor if it succeeds in widening peaceful atomic uses. “Still, such a pool, in itself, cannot solve the basic problem of atomic control,” he continued. “Whatever is allotted this in ternational pool, different na tions would still hold back th^ larger part of available fision- able materials for developing atomic and other nuclear weap ons." Thus, he added, the arms race and dangers of atomic attack wouldn’t be solved. Baruch said that when he first set about devising a UN propos al for atomic control, “it became clear that to realize the full peaceful uses of atomic power, some means had to be found of assuring effective control over its-military use.” Without this, he said, “a would-be aggressor, through a figurative twist of the wrist could change seemingly peaceful fisionable material into a means of international blackmail and destruction.” To achieve world peace, he said,’ there “must be a program Month of April Threw Roadblock In Recession Path CHICAGO—April threw a road- j block in the path of the recession. Businessmen are hoping today that in May the econonxy will try to regain a little of the lost ground. They are looking at pril reports and May signposts for the nation as a whole, rather than for just this or any other one rgeion. For many industries—like steel —April saw a slowing of the rate of decline which started about a year ago. For others—like autos— .April brought a revival orf busi ness, as expected in the spring. A few—like textiles—found the go ing rougher and production and employment declining. Let's look at some of the hopes for May. Merchants are counting on a fairly steady stream of consumer i dollars in the nation as a whole, i Despite the toll from loss of over- ^ time by most workers, short work .weeks for many, and even unem ployment for a sizable number, i store sales on a national basis have held close to a year ago. Income | tax cuts increased take-home pay for maniy persons, and excise tax cuts lowered prices on some goods. Consumers as a whole have been paying off their old debts faster than they’ve been taking on new ones. Interest rates in general are easing and May should see more idle money waiting for ‘borrowers. Retailers and finance companies hope that in May the customers will_ step up their on-kune buying. The total of savings has risen despite the business dip. Mer chants and manufacturers hope that means there’s plenty of mon ey to be spent—when consumers get around to tapping it. Building plans indicate May should be a good month. Home starts are running around the year- ago mark, with only public hous ing dropping much. Businessmen list their plant and equipment ex pansion plans as around last year’s level. Yet contracts for heavy construction are lower than a year ago, indicating that labor- saving tools and machinery rath er than new factories arc getting the big pjay now And some of the gi,int compa nies with big plans for ouilding are leaning toward plants for pro ducing their own supplies, thus cutting off markets for their for mer supplierp It ^ouldi.be a* much a shift in the econonxy as a growth ^ All Th« LihA* Things Needed For The Office Used-Car-Bargains 1953 Olds 98 Convertible Coupe .... $2,495.00 Radio and Heater—Hydramatic—Clean 1952 Olds 98 Holiday Coupe. . . . $2,150.00 Like New—Radio and Healer—Hydramatic 1952 Chevrolet Bel Air Coupe $1,495.00 Extra Clean—Radio and Heater 1951 Ford Tudor . $895.00 Clean—Radio and Heater 1950 Olds 88 Sedan $1,095.00 Clean—Radio and Heater 1950 Pontiac Streamliner Tudor .... $1,095.00 Extra Clean—Radio and Heater 1950 Olds 88 Tudor $1,050.00 Clean—Radio and Heater 1950 Ford Tudor $895.00 Clean—Radio and Heater—Custom 8 1951 Chevrolet Tudor $850.00 Clean—Radio and Heater 1949 Olds 88 Sedan $795.00 •r Clean- Radio and Heater 1948 Chevrolet Fleetline Tudor ...... $495.00 Clean—-Radio and Heater 1936 Chevrolet Tudor $125.00 Clean T Timmerman Motor Co. W. CAROLINA AVE. PHONE 119 lO POINTS for ^ Effective Advertising The South Carolina State Chamber of Commerce has forwarded to retail v merchants and others in its member ship throughout the State 'TEN POINTS FOR NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING" which have brought a high measure of suc cess, prosperity and profit to o big retailer who spends a large portion of his advertising appropriation in good newspaper^ copy. THE RETAILER’S 10 POINTS ARE: 1. Advertise regularly. Every issue of the paper takes my story to its readers. * 2. I make every ad look like mine. Years dRo I adopted a distinctive style and have stuck to it. I use plenty of white space; my ads are never hard to read. 3. I put into newspaper advertising a definite proportion of my gross sales. I fix this at the beginning of the year. My rule is to make it 3 per cent of tho previous year’s gross, with more if special conditions justify it. 4. I brighten my ads with frequent illustrations—either humorous or practical. 5. I am careful never to over-emphasize. When I make claims, I back them up with reasons. Then when 1 really have an unusual bargain people believe me when I “whoop ’er up a little.” 6. I think advertising all the time. I buy goods that will advertise well. 7. I get good display for my ads by seeing that the copy is in the newspaper office in plenty of time. I do this by having a definite hour to write the copy. 8. W henever possible, I carry nationally advertised goods that are advertised in my home paper. 1 fea ture them. Sometimes they give me a smaller mar- — gin than fly-by-night concerns, but I find that I sell faster and make more money in the end, besides pleasing more customers. 9. I always plan my window and counter displays to link up with my newspaper advertising. Each helps the other. 10. My salespeople back up my advertising.^ They often help with suggestions for it, antf'T-tr*' to mo to it that they always read it. - FOR CONSISTENT RESULTS USE - The Ghronicle i * “An AAA Newspaper Everybody Reads” miiKnitKKimsNsnnsasnwsnNnNNsnniisaawiiiMMMMiMMiMMiii