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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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CLINTON. S. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1954
The Power Of A Vote
Recent elections, county, state and
city, demonstrated the power of a single
vote and the importance of voters going
to the polls. 1
Here in our city we had the closest pri
mary in our history, the winner in the
mayor’s contest being decided by a small
three-vote majority. In the races, for the
house and commissioner the vote was
close, with the third member of the dele
gation missing election in the first primary
by only 21 votes. The commissioners were
re-elected over their opponents by small
margins.
Over in Union county it is noted the
senator was elected by a margin of one
vote, and down n Richland county the sen
ator gained his seat by a margin of 12
votes. Tabulations in numerous counties
reveal that winners and losers in various
races were decided by a small handful of
votes.
Such election results show the import
ance of all voters going to the polls and ex
pressing themselves for good government
by competent, upright officials. Many
who are indifferent don’t take the trouble
of going to the polls with the excuse “my
vote doesn’t matter, anyway.” Recent
primary results show how’ dead wrong
that indifferent voter is. It is true that as
a rule one vote one way or the other
doesn’t make any difference in the final
count. But there are occasions such as
were common in the state recently where
“one vote” can determine the outcome of
an important election. We have too much
minority government with officials elect
ed by a small part of the qualified elec
tors. In this county, for example, there are
18,000 registered voters, with only 6,650
expressing themselves at the ballot box in
the first primary. There is the proof that
we have government by minority.
Sunday Is Dad's Day
Father’s Day was founded in 1910 to
honor fathers everywhere. A look at the
calendar and you will see that Sunday is
“His” day—with a general recognition
given by millions of sons and daughters.
Today, of course, heartfelt wishes are
conveyed by colorful Father’s Day greet-
ig cards, instead of clay tablets, the an
cient custom of the Greeks, together with
gifts and letters expressing love and ap
preciation from sons and daughters, begin
ning with the little ones.
General McArthur once wrote: “By
profession I am a soldier and take pride in
that fact. But I am prouder, infinitely
prouder, to be a father. A soldier destroys
in order to build. The father only builds,
never destroys.”
The idea of Father’s Day started out as
a joke. Folks said it was just another day
set aside and popularized for its commer
cial appeal. But that was not true for it
has rapidly grown from the beginning in
sentiment and interest, though it has not
and never will—rival Mother’s Day which
sets the month of May apart.
Father has had many and varied ex
periences as he has carried his load and
journeyed down the road. These expe
riences have brought him joy, happiness
and great satisfaction, and also disap
pointments, reverses, hardships, heartach
es and sorrow. He has had his red and
black letter days. If he has been a true
father, his chief concern has been his fam
ily, the growth, development and home
training of his children, and when a son or
daughter has gone the wayward way—as
so many do in this fast, turbulent age—it
has brought him deep heartache. ,
So when “Dad” looks at the calendar
Sunday he will know it is “His” day if his
sons and daughters are thoughtful of him.
He won’t do any bragging or make any big
fuss about it. He will just go along in his
usual routine work if he is a faithful fath
er and bread-winner.' He has been through
many uncertain, difficult times, and most
of them have been about his family, but
he has held his chin up and weathered the
storm. Many a time in the past he has
taken a licking, and doubtless will be call
ed upon to take others. Oftentimes he has
gone to bed worried, discouraged, feeling
bad and probably couldn’t sleep, but he
awakened smiling in the morning and
started back on his job like a man. Cer*
tainly that kind of a Dad and provider is
entitled to some special honor and rcog-
nition.
Father won’t say much about his day
Vat down in his soul he will do a lot of
thinking. Bat the evidence that comes
to him from his family that he is loved, ap
preciated and respected will be the big
thrjll he will prize above all others, and
will make him happier than his family
will ever know. He will be spurred on
with new courage, new hope, and his heart
will be warmed to overflowing. For with
all his shortcomings, “Dad” is a great
champ—the family’s unsung hero.
There hasn’t been a tax put on cross
word puzzles. How has this happened?
• ***••
A real man is one who can be in the mi
nority and still have faith in mankind.
***•*•
Even if a man can pass you with his
auto he may be behind with his payments.
Having worried until March 15 about
our income tax returns, we can now worry
the rest of the year about how we are go
ing to pay the tax.
******
It used to be when a young man was in
love his barber got his money. Now, when
he’s in this fix, his filling station gets rich.
BABSON—
Discusses
Shopping Centers
By ROGER W. BABSON
New Boston, N. H., June 17—A revolution is
going on in merchandising. This will affect shop
keepers in many ways. The change will be due
to: (1) The introduction of ‘‘self-service”; (2J the
congestion of automobile parking; and (3) the
trend toward big stores—Super Markets, Super
Drug Stores, Super Variety Stores and Shopping
Centers.
Import an c« of Parking Spaca
If I had a store, I certainly would immediately
buy some adjoining property to enable my cus
tomers to park their cars safely and easily, or else
I would move to a location near a municipal park
ing lot As many merchants will feel likewise be
fore very long, every community will witness a
large turnover of business property during the
next few years. Some of this will sell at higher
prices, while other business property will sell at
lower prices, according to parking facilities.
CITIES WHICH NOW DO NOT BUY OR
CONDEMN PROPERTY FOR NEEDED PARK
ING ARE MAKING A GREAT MISTAKE THE
LONGER THEY WAIT, THE MORE THE NEED
ED PROPERTY WILL COST. MUNICIPAL GOV
ERNMENTS WHICH ARE DELAYING THIS
WORK BECAUSE OF SOME INFLUENTIAL
FAMILY OR OBSTINATE CHURCH OBJECTS
ARE HANDICAPPING MOST OF THE MER
CHANTS AND ARE DRIVING TRADE AWAY.
OWNERS OF ALL BUSINESS REAL ESTATE
WILL SUFFER. YET, THESE MERCHANTS
ARE THE LIFE-BLOOD OF EVERY CITY.
Whal About Shopping Canters
The new shopping centers with big central
parking lots, which are being written up with
great glee, may be only a stop-gap. I hear that
one of the largest -centers near Boston is already
in financial difficulty. They are subject to acci
dents while customers get in or out of them from
the main thoroughfare, so that some women are*
already becoming afraid of using them. MUNICI
PAL PARKING LOTS IN THE DOWNTOWN
CENTERS OF OUR COMMUNITIES ARE NOT
SUBJECT TO THIS DANGER, AS SPEED IN
THESE DOWNTOWN AREAS DOES NOT EX
CEED 25 MILES PER HOUR, WHILE CARS
PASS THE EXITS OF THE SHOPPING CEN
TERS AT 70 MILES PER HOUR.
Furthermore, parking lots can become too big.
Too many fenders are jammed every day. Power
steering is almost necessary for a woman to enjoy
a lareg parking lot This is necessarily true as
cars are being built longer and fancier every year.
Yet 85 per cent of the cars in the parking lots of
the big shopping centers are being driven by
women.
Locking Into Th* Future
In place of new shopping centers as now laid
out, we will find that four or more large stores—
such as an A&P Grocery, a Penney Clothing
Store, a Super Drug Store, and a Woolworth, Mc
Crary, or McClellan Variety Store will unite to
buy acreage on both sides of a main highway,
located midway between two cities which could
be about five to eight miles apart. This land will
extend about 2,000 feet along said main highway,
giving ample parking for from 250 to 500 cars.
Ths angle parking, however, will not be on
highway land. The buildings will be 50 feet back
of the street line, allowing parking and safe back
ing out on private property. The buildings will
be long and narrow. Instead of being 200 feet
square as at present, they will have the same area,
but will be only 40 feet deep and 1,000 feet along
the street, thus allowing for angle parking of over
500 cars. There will also be extra land for Satur
day parking.
Prival* Tunnell or Overpass
. I forecast that the two sides of the main high
way will be connected by a two-way tunnell or
overpass, enabling cars and foot passengers to
cross this main highway easily and quickly with
out accident Thus, a customer leaving home to
travel west, cm this mam highway, to these four
super stores would leave the highway at the right
and park anglewise directly in front of any store
under a protective canopy.
The customer would then do her shopping and
go out by checking cash register, walking under
the canopy direct to her car. She would then
back her car out with no fear of being hit by any
car traveling on the main highway, would drive
to the tunnel and cross under said main highway,
on the other aide of the street she could do so, or
If she wished to stop at one of the super stores
she could revert* the shove process.
THE WORLDS MOST WIDELY USED DEVOTIONAL GUIDE
No man can sarv* two masters: for oithar h* will
hate th* one, and love the other; or els* he will hold to
the one. and despise the other. Y* cannot serve God
and mammon. (Matthew 6:24.) Reed Luke 9:57-62.
Every man ought to consider his job not only as a means of live
lihood but also as a research laboratory in Christian living.
We have held labor-management conferences. In them we have
not'discovered any world-shattering set of findings that will solve
all problems. We have, however, found one thing, and found it
again and again: that an atmosphere can be created by prayer, a
means of spirituad conditioning. In that atmosphere it is possible for
men, no matter how far apart their ideas may be, to sit down togeth
er to thitak, talk, and plan constructively for everyone’s benefit.
We have found it works even with people who are skeptical of
prayer. But prayer works. Prayer does create a constructive at
mosphere. Try it quietly yourself the next time your are in a diffi
cult situation that seems to have no way out. It can create the at
mosphere wherein a solution‘can be found.
PRAYER ,
Dear Lord, keep us close to Thee this day. With th*
warmth of Thy love surrounding us. may w* strive con
tinually to make our work a vital part of our worship of
Thee. In Christ's name we pray. Amen.
.., THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Prayer produces the right spiritual climate.
Wallace C. Speers. Merchant (New York)
Vacation Auto Care
Tips Offered
Preparing the family car for a
long vacation trip may require
some initial expense, but it can
mean the difference between a
trouble-free and a nerve-racking
motoring holiday.
Experts like Robert Nisfcet,
emergency road eervice manager
of the Automobile club of Michi
gan, say preventative mainten
ance on tires, brakes, cooling sys
tem and general condition of the
car are of major importance.
“Driving on sun-baked roads
at high speeds is tough on the
best of tires,” he says. “When
tires are in poor condition you’re
almost inviting a blowout.”
Here are. essentials suggested
by experts:
A close check on tires for cuts
and bruises; new tires if present
ones are in anything less than
good condition.
Check tire jacks before start
ing your trip. Carry some strong
wood blocks. A one foot square
piece of wood is a secure base for
a wheel jack when changing
tires on soft shoulders. TVo
pieces of 4x4 lumber serve as
wheel blocks when changing
tires on a hill.
If you do any night driving
take some warning fuses to place
to the rear of your car.
Flush and clean the cooling
system before embarking cm long
trips. Check radiator and hose
connections. Winter thermostats
can cause the engine to overheat.
Brakes should be inspected
along with cylinders and fluid.
You need better brakes on the
open highway than in city driv
ing.
Get a general tuneup with a
check on oil, lubrication, voltage
regulator, lights and spark plug
condition. Change oil filter if
necessary.
Check the oil supply with each
purchase of gasoline. Overly hot
engines consume crankcase oil.
Clean out the glove compart
ment and equip it with sun
glasses, a whisk broom a, first
aid kit, disposable tissues, soap
and face towel, aspirins, cleaning
fluid and a sewing kit.
Clintonian Lands
Large Sailfisli
Mrs. Robert K. Patterson* now
of Orangeburg, the former Miss
Ruth Norman, of this city, who
was honeymooning with her hus
band at Pompano Beach, Fla.,
caught a 53 1-2 pound sailfish on
a deep sea fishing trip.
The fish which measured 7 ft.
4 In. was the second largest ever
to be caught there. Unaided and
using a thirty pound test line she
managed to land the huge fish in
about an hokr. The boat had ra
dioed back to shore that they
would be kite returning due to the
catch and were met by a large
crowd when they landed.
Mrs. Patterson's picture, taken
with the fish was published in the
Pompano Beach newspaper.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Frontis of
Palmetto, Fla., spent several days
the past week enroute to Hender
sonville and other points in the
mountains where they will spend
the summer. While here they were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Bol
and, Jr.
Mrs. M. Cassanova spent thf
week-end in . Greenville with her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Bailey.
Mrs T. J. Anderson of Green
wood is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Julia Griffin.
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Textile League
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The Mathews Wildcats had the
scare of their nine lives Saturday
night before the team fought off
the stubborn Ninety-Six Indians
for a 5-4 victory to retain their
half-game lead over Johnston in
the Carolina Textile League
race. i 1 >
Ninety Six took a two run lead
then fell behind but almost cap
tured the contest with single
runs in the eighth and ninth
fraipes.
Pete Bowie strummed out a
pair of singles to lead Uie Wild
cats at the plate while* Wataon
Coursey banged out three hits
for the losers.
Johnston, too, had to go all out
to stay right on the heels of the
Mathews club by finally outlast
ing a game, hard-hitting Calhoun
Falls club, 11-9.
Calhoun Falls scored three
runs in the first but Johnston
bounced back with four and the
game was a see-saw affair the
rest of the way.
Coot Martin, Marvin English
and Walt Burch<er got three
hits each for.the winners. Jul
ian Robinson with a double and
two singles and Rogers with a
two-run homer in the first, help
ed pact the Clippers.
Ware Shoals scored four big
runs in the fcxth inning to hip
the Joanna Hornets, 9-8, and a
aweap of the week-end series be
tween the clubs. BaMentine and
Malone collected a triple and
double each for Ware Shoals
while T. Abrams with a homer
and two singles and Boyce with
a double and three singles paced
the Joan an hitting.
In the other game Saturday,
Clinton broke loose for a 13-run
sixth inning to rout Greenwood
Mill 16 to 5.
CLINTON meets Ware Shoals
there Friday night, and JOAN
NA meets Johnston at Joanna.
Saturday night the teams will
reverse their schedule.
Slow Down And Live
Advised Motorists
For July Fourth
Slow down and live is the ad
vice of the State Highway De
partment for the thousands of
motorists who will be driving on
the highways the July Fourth
week-end.
On the highways last year four
persons were killed and 136 in
jured in 376 accidents during the
Independence Day week-end,
the third to the sixth of July, in
clusive. The previous year’s
holiday death toll was 15. The
highway department hopes the
decline will continue this year
in keeping with the present de
crease of deaths this yeWr com
pared with the same period of
1953.
With the additional traffic on
the highways duffing the holiday
week-end the odds are greater
that death will overtake those
who carelessly violate traffic
laws and disregard safety rules.
Before taking the week-end
trip, all motorists should brush
up on the “rules ol the road.” Al
so the automobile should be
checked for safe mechanicaa con
dition to insure a safe drive.
Plan to leave early, take rest
stops during the trip, and don't
drive faster than is safe at any
time.
Plaster Casts
To clean plaster casts cover
with fine, dry whiting and ful
ler’s earth. Wrap in a doth and
put away for two or three days.
Then brush off the powder.
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THANK YOU
As your Mayor and in cooperation with your
Town Council 1 shall endeavor to operate your
town on a sound business basis. We will develop
apian and program for our city in order that we
may adequately and on a sound financial basis
takecareof our growing city.
Your constructive advice and criticism is wel-
comed. ——— —
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FORDS
1951 Custom 2-Door. Radio, heater.
New white sidewall tires.
1950 Custom 2-Door. Hester, 37,000 act
ual miles.
1949 Custom 2-Door. Heater.
1947 4-Door Sedan. Radio* heater, clean.
1946 2-Door. Radio, heater, good tires.
CHEVROLETS
1952 Deluxe 4-Door. Powerglide, radio,
heater, white sidewalls, sharp two-
—-*■ tone color. .
1950 2-Door. Heater, like new.
1948 2-Door. Heater.
1947 Aero. Radio and heater.
1946 4-Door. Radio, heater.
1947 Cab and Chassis Truck. Ift ton.
PLYMOUTHS
1952 2-Door. Radio, heater, tinted glass,
like new.
1950 4-Doer. Radio, heater. Good bay.
1947 2-Door. Radio, heater, meter jnst
overhauled.
DODGES
1950 Coronet 4-Door. Radio, heater, au
tomatic
1950 Coupe. Radio, heater. Priced right.
1949 Coronet 4-Door. Radio, heater,
white sidewalls.
1947 4-Door. Radio* heater, new tires.
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1950 Oldsmobile 4-Door. Radio, heater,
hydro-matic, white sidewall tlrss.
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