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Page Fo«r f'HB CLINTON CHRONICLE 2iSSSmiLd!SSSLmLimS dUjp (Slinton (Eltfronirlr WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor #nd Putol-sber HARRY C. LAYTON, AMtotant 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, 187# 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 M THURSDAY, JANUARY IS, 1955 Johnston Soys He'll Wait Senator Strom Thurmond goes to Washington where he will be a colleague of Senator Olin Johnston, the latter oppos ing the election of the “write-in” candidate of the people in the recently unprecedent ed election. Senator Johnston who always knows how to crawl on the band-wagon, after Thumond was sworn into office, said he and the new senator are now on friendly terms. But Johnston added he would “wait to see what happens”, meaning he would wait for Thurmond to come to him. This he said, is upholding seniority tradition in the Senate which senators and congress men prize above all else. Senator Thurmond will make a great senator for our state and will stand on his own feet and do his own thinking. There is none of the coat-tail swinging in the man. Senator Johnston, it will be well re membered, is the man who was too late to vote for Truman at Spartanburg, and the same gentleman who went all out for Ed gar Brown in the recent election. And he is one of the senators blinded by so-called party loyalty, who opopses and criticizes about every proposal of President Eisen hower. Council Rescinds Action City council recently received bids for the valuable property it has owned a num ber of years on North Broad street, bought with the intention of ultimately erecting an adequate building to care for all depart ments of the city’s business. We expressed the opinion then that unless it was life and death to avoid financial bankruptcy that the property should be retained to be used for the purpose for which it was originally bought. We are still of that opinion, and know that many business men and taxpay ers of the city feel the same way. for we have heard numerous expressions. We also expressed the opinion that since the property is one of the two most valuable lots in the city, that the high bid offered of $22,505 was entirely too low. Many other business men of the city have expressed the same opinion. We couldn’t reason out why this valuable property would be sold on a basis of about $175 a toot when property just across the street sold not long ago on a basis of $300 a foot. We also expressed the guess that valuable business property in the same block cannot be purchased for $300 a foot. At a subsequent meeting majority members of Council voted to rescind their former action and accept the high bid of the three that were submitted, which means that new owners now come into pos session of the property for service station facilities. According to the report of the council action, the three members of the sinking fund commission appeared before that body and urged that the high bid be accepted. The majority council members, and three sinking fund members expressed their opinion that unless the property was sold and the proceeds added to the deleted sinking fund that the finances of the city would be endangered. Everyone has a right to his opinion, but there is a division of opinion on this issue. One of the coun- cilmen said that real estate values of the city have decreased, With that statement we do not agree, neither do many others who are familiar with the value and pre vailing prices for residential or business property, especially choice business prop erty for development which is scarce. We mean no reflection on anyone who has entered into this sale proposal. We still maintain the property should have been retained and that it sold at a ridic ulously low price by comparison. 1955 Should Be A Good Year Roger Babson, noted statistician, in his recent forecast in this paper along with hundreds of others in all parts of the coun try, predicted that the new year we are en tering upon will be a good period compar able with last year. That note of optimism has been sounded by economists generally. A. L. M. Wiggins of Hartsville, chair man of the board of directors of the Atlan tic Coast Line Railroad, who is well known aa one of the state’s ablest business men, in his recent annual forecast, predicts a con tinuation of the present general level of prosperity for 1955. Recalling that one year ago he had pre dicted that 1954 would show a “greater confidence in our material and military strength to meet the threats of communism and a strengthening of moral armament to stand firm for what is right and fair in government,” he declared that the events of 1954 verified the correctness of these appraisals. “We have completed an economic ad justment in this country with a minimum of financial or business disturbance—with neither inflation nor deflation—and with out adverse effects on the rest of the world,” he said. This he termed a “monu mental achievement without parallel in our history.” The HartsvUle financier was optimistic as to what the present year would bring forth, saying that in surveying the United States financial position, he could find 4< no serious weakness in our financial or eco nomic structure.” The United States News and World Re porter is even more enthusiastic about the outlook. It heads an article on the outlook “Times Ahead To Be Best Ever.” The general substance of the article is found in the opening paragraph: “The American people’s standard of liv ing keeps rising. Over the years, in spite of high prices and high taxes, the average family has been able to afford more and more luxuries, better food, more vacation!, a better house. The trend of the past is to continue in the years ahead. In 1955, the standard of living—measured by real in come-will hit another all-time high.” “Real” income is predicated upon the amount of goods and services one’s earn ings will buy after taxes, which we all know are exorbitantly high. too**. NASNV1UI TfNNfSStl IHE WORLDS MOST WIDELY USED DEVOTIONAL GU'DE Thou mmI ih* multitud* thronging Um*. and aayaat thou. Who touched me? (Mark 5:31). Read Mark 5:25-34. “Who touched me?” was Christ’s question in the midst of the throng. How magnetic is the word touch! During World War II, a busy housewife served as a nurse’s aide in one of the hospitals. At times she felt inadequate to the demands of the nurses. Yet one morning as she prayerfully bent to the task of massaging a patient, a smile rewarded her. “You are a Christian,” said the patient “I know you are by the touch of your hands. I’ve been here many months; there is a dif ference in hands. Some are instruments of dutiful efficiency, others seem to radiate an indefinable wart-nth.” How weak we feel at times as we face the demands and pressures of life! Filled with His spirit, however, God can turn a touch, % look, a tone of a voice to reveal His love. 'Hiereby He makes our service to our fellowmen a sacrament rather than a duty. 1 THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Dear Heavenly Father, help us to think of ourselves as instruments for expressing Thy love. Attune and make sensitive our whole beings, that through us Thou mayest grant to others the love, the healing, end the compassion that Jesus would give. In His spirit wt pray. Amen. PRAYER The world expects more than mere efficiency from a Christian; it expects Christlikeness. RUBY L KINGSWOOD (Ontario) being used in the U. S., one tele-1 Department announced today, phone is an “Independent.” This! The highway accident report insures complete co-operation j listed 12 persons killed and 152 from the Bell System with the | injured during that period. Ther i use of all its connecting lines and! were 474 traffic accidents report- facilities. Yes, the Independents have “one in every six tele phones” covering two-thirds the area of the U. S. Independants Have Been “Firsts" I am especially interested in all Independents," believing the future of America depends upon encouraging the Independ ents in every line of business. Too many big companies will lead us to Socialism. Investors are cutting their own throats by buying only the “blue chip” stocks, or the 30 Dow-Jones In dustrials. We should give more encouragement to smaller com panies—first, for the good of the nation, and second, because most new improvements come through the smaller companies. - The first automatic telephone system was installed by a La Porte, , . , . . Indiana, “Independent.” The first There are ob\ious hazards in any eco- dial system was introduced by an nomic forecast as many of us have learned to our sorrow. But the story that U. S. News tells in brief form is certainly an im pressive and hopeful one. Many people feared that our population would grow faster than our economy, which of course, would have meant a drop in our per capita income and a resultant decline in living standards. But the opposite - happened in stead. We have more wage earners than ever before which means that the earners must support more people. Home ownership is another big barom eter to economists. Last year some 59.3 per cent of the families owned their homes, while only 43.6 per cent did in 1940. All of tlys shows that the trend due to in creased earning capacity has been toward improved living standards. With shoulders to the wheel we should j^Tnd tv'are'the same for a all face the future with optimism and wil- small pioneering company as for a lingness to develop more initiative without *reat big company, so long will the looking to government What has han- “ Inde Pendents” be unfairly han- looKing to goNernment. wnat nas nap dicappe<li ^ ^ and in pened shows that in spite of gloomy pre- raising capital. One final thought: dictions that were made last year largely by politicians for political effect, and the effort to talk up a “panic” turned out to have been a good year. The same we may ekpect this year if the experts are correct in their predictions that this will be an even better year than last year. ed. Traffic deaths for 1964 were 564 and for 1953 the death toll reached 763. The 1954 figures are preliminary and subject to change. Chief Highway Commissioner that Claude R. McMillian said that he was disappointed that the traffic death decrease of 200 had not been accomplished. He pointed out, however, that 1954 is now history and that such a goal can be made a reality in 1955 with the cooperation of every South Carolina m'otorist. “We can be proud of our 1954 record of improvement, but we can also make a better record in 1955 if all drivers will follow the safety rules, exercise courtesy, caution and obey traffi claws ” Mr. McMillian said. He urged full public support in all phases ol traffic accident prevention. “Independent." The first hand-set telephone and selective ringing was introduced by the "Indepen- dejaJs.” Bigness encourages smug ness and bureaucracy. Had it not been for the fighting “Indepen dents” in every line of business, we would not have the many con veniences which we have today. Yes, and prices for everything would be higher and wages lower. The incandescent lamp, the au tomobile, fountain pen, paper tow els, electric heating pads, refrig erators, irons, toasters, etc., zip pers, frozen foods, powdered cof fee, long-playing records, colored movies, penicillin, and many other household blessings were invented and first marketed by small inde pendent companies. Then the big companies came along to swallow up the markets. Furthermore, so long as the ad vertising rates by magazines, ra- YOU DONT GET THE NEWS THE CHRONICLE IF YOU DONT READ fleHnon oyi You can still register for your Lucky Number Calendar. Winner of $5.00 order groceries last week, Mrs. John Mimnaugh. Large S. C. Fresh Eggs Doz. 53c FAT BACK Pound . . 19c Rath’s Hack Hawk BACON Pound 73c Mrs. Filbert’s Pound Premium Pound MARGARINE . . . . 31c SALTINES . 22c Puffin 2 Cans Carolina Gem 25 Lbs. BISCUITS . 23c FLOUR . . . .... $1.69 Blue Plate COFFEE Lb. 89c SUGAR 5 Lbs 47c Maxine Complexion SOAP 4 Bars 19c (klmiWL a* 0 // Super Market 1/ * CLINTON.SC Jan. 13-14-15 PARKING FREE Although the big Bell companies operate in most of the big cities, yet the Independents serve near ly twice as many communities! 1 1 am putting my money into “In- ( dependents.” Last Year's Road Deaths Decreqse 199 BABSON . . . Discusses Independent Telephone Industry By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Mass., January 13—Most readers of my column look at times for something in which to invest. It never occurs to them that there may be a good local investment under their own noses. They want to invest in some big com pany and send their money to Wall Street. Youx Money Works 24 Hours Every Day With the exception of your local bank and cer tain chain store*, the telephone company which operates in your territory is probably your best investment, considering safety, income, and pos sibility for growth. The purpose of this column today is to praise the entire telephone industry, which is one of the fastest growing of all industries. If you live in Bell territory, then purchase stock of your lo cal Bell company or of the big American Telephone and Tele graph Company. This latter supplies the entire nation—Bell and Independents—with “long distance" service. If you do not live in Bell territory, then con sider the- stock of your Inde pendent telethon# tytltm, pro vided li is one of th# 378 which Ybport annually to the U. S. Independent Telephone Associa tion at Munsey Building, Washington, D. C. On# Fee Every Six „ With the exception of the big General Tele phone Company, Which is the largest “Independ ent," most of thfe&e 373 Independents are locally owned—166 fckVe annual gross earnings of over $250,000; While 101 of these have grots of less I than $100,000; but nearly all of them show con stant gWwth. Moreover, each has a monopoly which very few businesses have. Their total exchanges number 4,684, with over 9,000,000 tele phones and 100,000 employees. Let me add that there are 4,850 other little telephone companies in addition to die 373 which I recommend above, plus 60,000 mutually-owned farmers’ lines. Altogether die Independents have ever $1,500,000,000 invested, with total annuel gross of about $500,000,000, or 10 per cent of what the Bell System has. But of every six telephones South Carolina ended 1954 one short of the goal of 200 fewer traffic fatalities for the year over 1953 as 12 persons were killed during the week of December 26 • January 1, the Stal^ Highway a*f*» W. Bab*** . ...but we ore RELIABLE $| In the compounding of s doctor's prescriptions there must be no error—not even the chance of a slip-up. That is why we carefully double-check each com* pounding step. Yet, yoe pay no preniiam for this protection. So, why not make It a point to bring us your Doc tor’s neat prescription? HOWARD’S PHARMACY Ml "11.% Custom Royal Lancer V-8 in dramatic now tbraa-tona exterior styling. A car of noble proportions, gallant and gay, and born to rule the road in flashing style! In every age, there are those who are not content with the humdrum, the commonplace. If you are one of these, the Royal Lancer speaks directly to your heart. For here is a car that fairly breathes adventure. 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