The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, July 08, 1954, Image 4
v
Page Poor
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
BBSS
JSS-SiiSiL&ifi 1
ultf* Qlltntmt (2It|rottirlr
EsUMWm4 1*M
WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publliher
k.. HARRY C. LAYTON, AastaUnt
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
CLINTON. S. C., THURSDAY. JULY 8, 1954
This is A Truck Town
Visit the principal business street of
Greenwood and many other towns and ob
serve the absence of heavy box-car truck
traffic. Then stand on the main business
thoroughfare of our city and note how it
has been taken over by the big through
trucks that are daily tearing up the streets,
and do not spend a dollar in the city di
rectly for their maintenance. Then the
question arises, why the indifference and
lack of action in getting this deplorable
situation remedied as other towns- have
•done.
The only answer is a by-pass to remove
the heavy truck traffic from the business
sections. That progressive step is being
taken by cities everywhere, and soon our
city will be in the lone minority of those
communities that tolerate this noise and
nuisance. Certainly it appears that with
the endless line of trucks day and night
that the volume of traffic is sufficient to
demand relief. The objection comes from
a few for personal reasons, and the excuse
is given that with such a by-pass built by
the highway department that truckers
would not use it. It is our opinion that
the trucking companies would welcome
such a route around our city even if it in
volved an additional short distance in or
der to decrease their travel liability and to
get away from the congested business dis
trict and traffic lights. But should the
truckers refuse voluntarily to use the by
pass, they could be made to use it by a city
ordinance as other towns and cities do. In
towns where by-passes have been built
those few truckers who continued to use
the route through the city changed their
routes when the cities began enforcing it§
ban on trucks unless they had a stop to
make. City warning soon put the big
monsters in the proper lane when the in-
be true here relieving congestion, noise,
dust, danger and congestion.
Clinton is lagging behind in this ad
vancing age. We have said before and re
peat, that a city administration, Chamber
of Commerce an( j other united civic or
ganizations can apply the pressure and get
rid of this menace. Other towns have act
ed, while we remain asleep.
Competition At Work
We all know a buyer’s market is back
with us, that prices on many commodities
have declined and properly so, that rela
tively few prices have risen, that there are
no shortages but rather an abundance of
everything all along the line.
Passing from the war period which
produced scarcities and black marketing
is a healthy situation. There are various
contributing reasons, and one of the most
effective is competition which is now
more intense than at any time since the
last great war. This is a perfectly normal
development in a country which is dedi
cated to the ideal of the maximum amount
of freedom for all—including economic
freedom. There are still many commodi
ties and necessity items that have not
been reduced that should come down.
Take the production of a newspaper as an
example. Newsprint is higher today than
it has ever been, and the same is true of all
items entering into newspaper production.
It is also healthy that we are getting back
on a normal basis to a large extent, and
this works to the long advantge of all con
cerned. There are some of course who do
not like it—who feel that competition is in
danger of reaching the cut-throat stage.
But for thfc most part this comes from peo
ple who have forgotten or had not expe
rienced real competition, and had greatly
benefitted from the artifical conditions
produced by the wars. To best understand
competition we get our best picture at the
retail level. It is a very favorable picture
to the consumer. It is well for the con
sumer that all of us, big and little stores,
chain and independent — are competing
with each other. We can’t get away from
that old but true fundamental fact that
competition is the life of trade, and that
in spite of government theories and at
tempted controls the law of supply and
demand cannot be ignored or destroyed.
plex theories is one by professional poli
ticians appointed by politicans for politi
cal reasons from politically strategic
states. With one stroke it set aside and
nullified the decisions of scores of courts
of the past supreme courts, federal district
courts, state courts composed of many
brilliant legal minds, the most able, expe
rienced judges, the most outstanding au
thorities on Constitutional Law that this
country has ever produced.
But hardly had this decision been ren
dered or the details of its enforcement
clarified, before several of our denomina
tions crawled on the bandwagon and be
gan hailing the decision as the greatest
forward step ever made. They are try
ing through certain leaders to drive the
denominations into accepting the decision
which if carried as far as these leaders are
advocating will lead to trouble in 20 years
hence resulting in amalgamation of two
races.
As an example the Southern Presbyte
rian church recently in session at Mon
treat passed a proposal on a sharply divid
ed vote to unite the Northern and Southern
Presbyterian churches, with praise made
by the retiring moderator of the Supreme
Court decision. There are 756,000 mem
bers (only 6,000 Negroes) in the Southern
branch of this denomination as against
two and a half million in the Northern
-body. What right did that group of com
missioners, 276, have to convey the im
pression that they, voting for union, spoke
the sentiment of the 756,000 Presbyterians
of the South.' And what right have minor
ity leaders in other denominations to vote
for the endorsement of the Supreme Court
decision against segregation in the public
schools.
Those in the pews on these vital issues
have been almost ignored. It is time that
volved crtieF Tssued 'w^mlng'g' withleeth 6T“ they bestlr themselvfek and be heard from
enforcement and fine. The same would
all denominations. Segregation of the
races is not discrimination. And all
churches, with goodwill toward all men,
should maintain their traditional policy
and practice of distinct separation of the
races.
It is time for church members in the
pews to become aroused and stand for
those things that are best for both races
as every person with an ounce of intelli
gence must know and stand firm for those
long-accepted and recognized customs and
traditions that must be preserved. The
churches should keep their feet on the
ground, their heads clear—and not be
swept away by what nine political judges
tell us should be the law and custom of the
land.
Those In The Pews Ignored
The most far-reaching decision handed
down by the Supreme Court during the
past one hundred years was one aimed at
abolishing segregation. That decision by
the nine black-robed judges, not upon the
law but upon sociological, inferiority com-
With automobiles, radios and televis
ions to be bought, what chance has the
groceryman around the corner to get his.
Some folks get so worried over the re
ligion of their neighbors that they haven’t
time to acquire any for themselves.
Where there’s determination there is
usually a way. A woman kidnaped a hus
band the other day at the point of a pistol.
**•••*
The fellow who says two can live as
cheap as one can always start an argu
ment. If you want the truth, ask tlje June
bride of last year.
*«•***’
The modern youth is not likley to get
into the hall of fame, but he hopes to see
his name eventually in the batting order.
*•••**
A bank advertisement tells why it was
organized. We fellows who borrow mon
ey can tell in a few words.
With only one week to play in
the regular schedule it looks as
it Thomwell’s Pony team will
win m their league for the sec
ond straight year. In the Little
League Academy Street is guar
anteed at least a tie in their
league if they lose their two re
maining games. They have to
win only one game out of the
next two to win the trophy. If
they do this they will have won
the trophy for four straight
years.
In the Small Fry league Ly
dia, coached by Billy Oakley, is
in first place by one game.
Thomwell is trailing Lydia by
one game. These two teams meet
Monday at 10:3(X If Lydia Wins
they will have a good chance to
win the Small Fry trophy. If
they lose they will be tied with
Thomwell. This is a very close
race. Both teams have some
good little pitchers that should
help Little League next year.
.The Pony and Little League
boys trying out for all-stars are
playing Laurens in a four-game
series this week. They played
in Laurens last Tuesday and here
yesterday, and in Laurens today,
and here tomorrow (Friday).
Pony game at 3:00 p. m., and
Little League at 5:00 p. m.
Attention only Pony League
teams — The schedule for the
Pony teams will be as follows
for the next week. This does not
affect Little League or Small
Fry play. They will play their
regular schedule.
Pony Schedule
Monday morning — Lydia' vs
Thomwell (9:00 A. M.)
Monday afternoon— Academy
vs Joanna ((3:00 P. M.)
Tuesday morning—Florida St.
vs Lydia (9:00 A. M.)
Tuesday afternoon—Thomwell
vs Joanna (3:00 P. M.)
Wednesday morning—Fla. St.
vs Academy St (t:00 A. M.)
—All-Stars practice.
Thursday morning, 9:00 A M.
Friday morning, 9:00 A. M.—
All-Stars practice.
The Pony league district tour
nament will be held in Laurent
again this year at the StevMt
park in WattsviDe. This is one
of the finest parks for young
boys in South Carolina. The Ste
vens croproation built the park
vens corporation built the park
The following teams will play
in this double elimination tour-
19 at 9:30:
Game No. 1 — Greenville
American vs Lancaster.
Game No. 2, 11:30—Clinton vs
Walhalla.
Game No. 3, 2:00 p. m. —
Winnsboro vs Greenville Nation
al.
Game No. 4, 4:30 p. m.—Lau
rens vs Rock HiU.
On Tuesday, July 20, there will
be four more games at the same
hours as those on Monday.
H. A. Benson of Laurens, is
chairman of the tournament and
D. S. Templeton is district di
rector.
The district Little League
tournament will be held here
again this year. The probable
dates will be July 27, 28, 29.
Small Fry Standing—July 2
348 Persons Killed Over Holiday
Traffic fatalities over the July 4th week-end
ran nearly 20 per cent below the forecast of the
National Safety Council final figures showed to
day.
A total of 348 persons lost their lives in auto
mobile accidents during the three-day period from
6 p. m., Friday through midnight Monday. The
council had predicted 430, based on experience in
past years. The all-time high mark for a three-
day week-end was 366 set in 1952.
“People appear to be behaving better on the
highways,” a council spokesman said. He added
month showing a decrease from the same month
the trend had been apparent all year with each
last year.
Included in the nation’s total of 623 violent
deaths were 192 in drownings and 83 in miscellan
eous accidents—4 of them from fireworks. Michi
gan with 33 and California with 32 lead all states
in traffic deaths. Utah was alone, with none.
A non-holiday week-end survey from 6 p. m.,
Friday, June 18, through midnight, June 21, taken
for purposes of comparison totaled 430 violent
deaths of which 225 -were in traffic, 185 in drown-
ings and 70 in miaoaDaneoug accidents.
• *•
- W L
Lydia
7 2
Thomwell
7 3
Fla. St
5 5
Academy St.
3 5
Joanna
1 8
LL Standings
W L
Academy St.
6 0
Joanna
4 2
Florida St
3 3
Lydia
2 4
Thomwell
0 6
Pony Standings
W L
Thomwell
11 2
Joanna
11 5
Florida St.
9 6
Academy St
5 9
Lydia
0 14
Pony Loagua Batters—July 2
AB H Pet.
B. Pace (Fla.)
37 21 .567
Archie (Thom.)
37 20 541
Floyd (Joanna) ..
34 17 .500
Morris (Thom.)
30 14 .467
Hancock (Aca.)
29 13 .448
Gunter (Joanna) ...
.... 49 20 .408
Sweet (Thom.)
.... 40 18 .400
Cooley (Joanna) ...
36 14 .389
Huey (Aca.)
35 12 .343
Nabors (Fla.)
. 44 14 .318
J. Pace (Fla.)
26 8 .306
Little League
Batten
AB H Pet.
Littleton (Aca.)
38 22 .579
Gaffney (Lydia) ...
... 61 24 .471
Dr. Felder Smith
OPTOMETRIST
Laurens, S. C.
791
c
Gray
Funeral Home
ronton, S <
m \r, riri ( rrms
.. .411(1. ,
I MRU UMM
rh.inrs II irw! ^ I
\ UK I I \\( I M K\ IC>.
I Kl NX, I.I t ,r \ > .uk!
S I’.U’.K' \ ' n . i - 1 'L -,
King (Joanna) 56 25 .446
White (Fla.) 59 23 .390
Davis (Fla.) 52 20 ,385
LITTLE LEAGUE NO. 2
King (Fla.) 57 21 368
Wamble (Aca.) ...:—. 33 11 .364
M. Bailey (Lydia) 42 14 -333
Whitman (Aca.) 42 14 .333
O Byers (Fla.) 42 14 .333
Timmons (Thom.) .— 37 12 .324
! aadiaf Pony Pitchers
Archie (Thom.)—117
J. Pace (Fla)—66
Archie (Thom.)—3
Cooley (Joanna)—76
Brookshire (Aca.)—2
Brookshire (Aca)—48
Huey (Aca)—1
Leading t.i. PifeiwoB
Hughes (Aca)—1
LMleton (Aea)—99
Gunter (Joanna)—1
Lewis (Joanna)—70
Home (Fla)—1
King (Joanna)—73
LL Home Rune
Timmons (Thom.)—71
Davis (Fla.)—3
M. Bailey (Lydia)—63
Littleton (Aca.)—3
Gaffney (Lydia)—57
King (Joanna)—!
Crouch (Fla)—48
White (Fla)—1
Pony Hen* Rune
Timmons (Thom.)—1
Small Fry U*
Monday—Lycfia vs Thomwell
Tuesday—Academy St vs Jo.
anna.
Wednesday—Florida St vs Ly
dia.
Thursday — Thomwell vs Jo
anna.
Friday—Florida 8t vs Acade
my. •
Game tone 10:00 A M. and
5.00 P. M.
Semi-Annual Statement
Laurens Federal
Savings and Loan Association
LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA
June 30,1954
RESOURCES '
Fh*t Mortgage Loana $4,373,562.45
Loans on Savings Accounts 22,354.04
Other Loans: PHA Title 1 95,844.20
Properties Sold on Contract t . 17,550.62
Stock, Federal Home Loan Bank 80,000.00
United States Government Bonds 50,000.00
Cash on Hand and in Banks 205,823.26
Office Building 87,812.50
Furniture, fixtures and equipment,
•(less depredation) 30,871.30
Other Assets 294.10
TOTAL RESOURCES $4,964,112.47
LIABILITIES
Savings Accounts $4,156,849.47
Advances, Federal Home Loan Bank .... 535,000.00
Construction Loans in process 34,830.29
Interest Collected ip Advance 14,114.49
Advance payments by borrowers for
Insurance and Taxes 1,340.70
Other Liabilities 11,544.67
Spedfic Reserves 1,566.00
General Reserves $203,169.68
Unallocated Reserves 6,063.17 209,232.85
TOTAL LIABILITIES $4,964,112.47
%
ON JUNE 30, 1954 THE ASSOCIATION PAID DIVIDENDS AMOUNTING TO
$58,176J6
AT THE RATE OF 3% PER ANNUM TO ALL HOLDERS OF INVESTMENT AND
- SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
GROWTH IN RESOURCES
June 30, 1948 $197,498.46
December 31,-1948. .:~$504,984:49
December 31, 1949 $1,167,946.44
December 31, 1950 — ~61,96I,066.67
<• December 31, 1951 $2,619,818.41
December 31, 1952. $3,648,591.45
December 31, 1953 $4,509,277.59
June 30,1954 $4*64,112.47
Savings Insured Up to $10,000.00 By the Federal Savings and Loan
Insurance Corporation
BUY A NEW CHEVROLET-'-TODAY’S BEST BUY FOR ECONOMY!»
ALL OTHER
LOW-PRICED CAM
In *84, «s far yea
wm VOTWuun
MORE PIOPLI ARE BUYINO
CHIVROLIT8 THAN ANY
OTHER CAR!
TRY IT AND YOtTUIKU US THAT YOU OfTTHI ftKT OFTM BIO FOUR—P1R FORMA NCI, APPIARANCI, ICONOMY,
Figure first cost. Figure fuel and upkeep cosh. Figure trade-in No Offer Low-Pricod Car CcBI Match AM ffeag
value. Then you’ll see that it costs you less to own a Chevrolet.
Compare the features. Compare the performance. Compare
the looks. Then you’ll see that Chevrolet gives yoe the moth-
and the he# for your noneyl Como prove R for yourseH. BOOT QUALITY • SAHTY FIAII MASS • FARB f ACHQM MM
CHEVROLET
Now's the fame to buy! Get our BIG DtALI Knfoy a New Chevrolet!
GILES CHEVROLET CO. Inc.
PHONE 26
WEST MAIN STREET
CLINTON, 8. C