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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.
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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-
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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
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