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Page Foar THE CLINTON CHRONICLE (Elinton (EtfronirU EstabHshed 1»M WILSON W HARRIS, Editor and PUblMier HARRY C. LAYTON, Aaalatant PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable in Advance) One Year $2.60, Six Months )1.50 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Po«t Office at Clinton, S. C., under Act of Congresa * March 3, 1879 The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. Member: South Carolina Press Aasociation, National Editorial Association National Advertising Representative: AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York, Chicago, Detroit. Philadelphia CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1954 Dollar Days Here Again An event looked forward to by the buying public is summer Dollar Days. The three-day event sponsored by the Merchants Association for Thursday, Fri day and Saturday is announced in today’s paper by a number of participating merchants with the emphasis placed on the strong buying ower of the dollar. There are two objects to Dollar Days— first, the merchants aim to make new Vriends and customers for th$fr stores and convince the public that Clinton is a good shopping center; second, they desire to reduce stocks of seasonable merchandise for forthcoming fall goods, giving the savings to the public. The buyer, there fore. is the gainer both ways. All roads will lead to Clinton for the three special days. You, wherever you re side, are invited with your family and friends to share in the many values offered in the advertising columns of today’s paper. The latch-string is on the outside. Come—join the profitable shoppers. Right To Work Low The 17th state—Louisiana, has enact ed right-to-work legislation which has now gone into effect. For too long a time our state dodged the issue and did not take this necessary step in the general assembly. Last year such a law was pass ed, which means that employees and em ployers profit alike. Every man and woman has the in- aliable riteht to work without orders from labor union leaders. If a individual de sires affliation in such an organization that is his or her privilege. But employ ment should never be based on the hold ing of a union card. The right-to-work law, which should be the law in every state—gives to the individual the free dom of choice without dictation from a union shop. That is as it should be. The Great Paper Waster Fine papers and newsprint in the printing industry are higher than ever before. When salesmen are asked why papers remain so high their answer is the “mills are responsible due to the demand which exceeds the supply, coupled with the enormous paper volume being con sumed by the government.” Every news paper office knows this is true by the large amount of free printed matter received daily which goes into large waste paper baskets. A report shows that each year 9,800,- 000 pieces of paper are produced or ac- cumclated by the federal government. Salaries and material costs for an esti mated 485,000 clerical persons doing the producing and accumulating amount to $2,800,000,000. To house such tons of re cords some 3,000,000 filing cabinets w’ould be required. And it is estimated that as many as 250,000 clerks may be engaged in classifying, filing and search ing these current records at a cost of $1,170,000,000. The Hoover Commission among its many fine and needed recommendations, has established a new Task Force to deal with the problem of reducing the volume of pieces of paper, and the enormous waste. This is one of the big reasons why papers of all kind remain high. It is ex travagance from top to bottom by multi plied bureaucratic agencies. It shows that when we attempt to cut down waste and non-essentials, seemingly small things like paper amounts to an enormous cost in the aggrefirate. In such waste government sets an example that cannot be defended. Laymen Becoming Aroused The much discussed question since the momentous ruling of the Supreme Court is segregation in the public schools. When the sweeping unanimous decision was rendered it did not clarify exactly what must and can be done and even postponed a new hearing date until it meets in Oc tober, and judging from the past it is not likely that it will be in a hurry to reach final conclusions. This is a far-reaching serious question and as we have before stated the sensible course is to wait for the final word until the court’s decree. It seems premature to proceed when we do not know what the order will contain. Likewise it is a lack of wisdom to con tinue pouring millions of dollars in ex pensive new school buildings in lieu of the court’s mandate that the doctrine of separate, but equal facilities, does not satisfy. Soon after the political decision, un fortunately several of our major denomi nations set out to drag the court theory I *ay unto you, thoro is joy in iho prosonco of tho an- gols of God ovwr on* sinner that repenteth. (Luke 15:- 10.) Read Luke 15:1-10. During a terrible gale, a ship ran ashore, so far ashore that few believed that she would ever be seen afloat again. The tide at its ebb left her dry. She sank deep into the sand. Hastily, trenches were dug around her. It was hoped that the next incoming tide would float the ship out to sea. Crowds erf interested spectators stood on shore eagerly watching the incoming tide. It rose higher and higher, but the ship remained as firm as rock. At last, a mighty shout of joy arose from the mul- What had happened? Had the ship sailed out to sea? Oh, into our churches, with the people in the pews ignored as we have before said, with small groups x)f denominational leaders taking the position they are empowered to speak for the millions of people com prising the denominations. At the same, tifrie full implementation of white and Negro school -pupil integration is being urged immediately in resolutions being adopted by Negro organizations church- sponsored. This naturally may be ex pected to be followed by integration of races in the churches. The two issues go together. We do not believe that the church, regardless of denomination, should enter the political arena and by pressure ad vocate specific legislation. There should be a distinct seperation in church for the betterment and happiness of both races. Properly, we think, laymen of the church are becoming aroused, together with the memberships who to a very large extent have been quietly ignored. We noted in The Bamberg Herald a few days ago, an editorial written by a staunch Baptist, deploring the recent action of the Southern Baptist convention in endorsing the segregation decision of the Supreme Court. Laymen of other denominations are also becoming aroused and active on this far reaching issue. What is going to happen is that laymen of the church are going to demand, and rightly so—mon? and more say so in large church meetings where matters are passed upon by small groups of representatives speaking for the denominations. . . Laymen in the Presbyterian church have already become aroused. And it is noted that laymen of the Manning Meth odist church have become active and have set forth their, position in a resolution mailed to every lay delegate to the annual South Carolina Methodist conference which meets in Spartanburg Oct. 20-24, with an accompanying letter expressing concern over the trend towards integra tion of races on a social level in the United States which only a very small minority of the colored people desire or have asked for. The letter states that “we feel that the trend now has become a reality and we expect the next annual conference to undoubtedly attempt to follow the pat tern set in recent months. The resolution adopted follows: “Whereas, we believe and reaffirm our belief in the Divine Origin of Man and in the principle that all men stand on a spiritual plane of equality; and, “Whereas, it is the desire of this local church to remain in and a part of the great and historic body of Methodism; but, “Whereas, we also believe that certain social, economic, and cultural factors exist which make it impractical and un desirable that members of the Negro race be received into and demand a part of this congregation. “Be it therefore resolved, That this local Church opposes any action which- may be contemplated or taken by the Annual Conference, Jurisdictional Con ference, or General Conference, either urging, recommending or in any other form suggesting that the races be placed side by side either in the local Church or in institutions supported by the South Carolina Annual Conference. That such action, if taken, would make it im practical for this local Church to continue its connection with the Annual Confer ence. “The foregoing was passed without dissent at a meeting of the Official Board of The Manning Methodist Church on Sunday, June 20th, 1954.” It is past time lor laymen to organize and take an active part in some very im portant affairs in their church. For the dangerous trend that is spreading in many denominations indifference and a lack of information on the part of those in the pew and church officers is largely responsible. titude. no. The ship had begun to move—a little. Like the ship buried deep in the sands, a sinner who repents of sin is just beginning to move heavenward. The slightest move God- ward produces joy among the angels of God. The joy of heaven is not produced by the sinner’s safe arrival home, but by the fact that he has just started homeward. PRAYER 6 God, because of Thy love and tir» Thou didst send Jesus Christ as our Light, Grant that His lore and Kght may ever surround us. that in penitence end faith we may turn to Hhn. For His holy name's sake. Amen. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Christ Still seeks to move men from the sands of sin into chan nels leading Godward. G. A. LARDI (England) crop prospects about 5 per cent Nevertheless, the indies ted volmne is more than ample to meet prospective demands. The adverse weather largely affected late growing crops, par ticularly corn, spring wheat, hay and a few others. Winter wheat did not suffer because most of it was harvested before the severe drought set in. The department said that while much of the agricultural area was affected by adverse weather conditions in July, the most seriously affected were the western parts of the Southern and Central Crept Plains, Cen tral Texas, much of Kansas and most of Missouri. The com estimate was about 15 per cent below that forecast a month earlier. The indicated crop dropped below three billion bushels for the first time in sev eral years, but larger reserves of this grain assured the nation of sufficient supplier ThurwUy, Awgmi 12, 1H4 Clinton High Gridsters Begin Practice Monday Clinton high school will begin pre-season practice sessions Monday in preparation for the 1954 football season. Coach Fleming Thornton start ing his second year as head coach will have just two weeks in which to bring his squad into shape for the opening of the fall campaign. The Red Devils meet their first opponent at Whitmire high on Sept. 3. Coach Thornton has 13 letter- men returning around which to build for the *54 season. The general prospect is for an im proved team, but Clinton faces a hard 12-game schedule which offers not a single open date from the start through the finale against Parker high on Nov. 19. Bukacriba To Tho Chronlda 'Blue' Boland Raising Big Tomatoes Frank M. (Blue) Boland, zeal- dent of Muagrove street, is show ing some of the “old timers” how to raise tomatoes this year. This is definitely not a “toma to year" as far as moat grow ers are concerned, since tho weather was anything but help ful, but “Blue” has produced a bumper crop, some of the speci mens weighing as much as two pounds. Dr. Fred E. Holcombe OPTOMETRIST Offices at 200 South Broad St. Phone <58 Office Hoars *:M ta Mi Emile Dionne, 1 of Quints, Laid To Rest Corbeil, Ont., Aug. 9—Under a dark sky, the bells of a little village church tolled a requiem Monday for Emilie Dionne. Emilie’s quintuplet sisters— Yvonne, Annette, Cecile and Marie—huddled in the rain and sobbed as the gray metal casket was lowered into a simple grave in the Roman Catholic Cemetery of Corbeil, not far from the frame house where the famous girls were bom 20 years ago. The parish priest, the Rev. W. H. LaFrance, solemnly intoned the committal service. From the hundreds of mourners there swelled a murmur of responses. As the soft earth fell into the grave dug for Emilie by an uncle, the family turned slowly away. A cluster of priests and nuns remained, hovering about the grave, their heads bowed in prayer. And suddenly the skies open ed and the soft rain became a downpour. Marie, the shy quintuplet who dreamed of being a nun and had to leave the convent because of her health, seemed deeply shock -! ed. At the church as the priest sprinkled holy water on the casket and murmured the de parting prayers, the girl broke into uncontrollable sobs, and was taken outside by her mother, Mrs. Oliva Dionne. At the graveside she seemed stunned. It was a long ordeal for the four sisters. They had met their sister’s body when it arrived by funeral ambulance from Mon treal Saturday night. They stay ed beside the body in a long vigil which ended at 2 a. m. Sunday. Soon after dawn they arose to resume the vigil The four girls were clad in two-piece black suits for the solemn requiem mass at the little church of the Sacret Heart of Jesus in Corbeil. More than 500 mourners crowded the tiny church for the mass and there were hundreds outside, including many Americans who had driven to Callander following announce ment of Emilie’s death. She died Friday at a Roman Catho lic hospital in Ste. Agathe, Que., after a series of eptileptic seizures. Dr. Rosario Fontaine, the Que bec medico-legal expert who conducted the autopsy, said she choked to death. Drought Cuts Crop Prospects About 5 Per Cent Washington, August 10 — The Agriculture Department reported today that drought and hot weather during July reduced Wrestling MAIN EVENT Southern HeavyweiKht Championship Match BARON L£ONE (World’s Junior Heavyweight Champ) vs. FRED BLASSIE Southern Heavyweight Champ Best 2 out of 3—1 hr. time limit , SEMI-FINAL AL SMITH va. 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