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I Pact Eiffbt THB CLINTON CHRONICLE By SPECTATOR... COMMENTS on MEN AND THINGS The recent flurry in the New' York Stock Exchange, although since overcome, suggests that we prepare and fortify ourselves with accurate information as to the strong, sound, encouraging factors which make this vast na tion so progressive and rich. ‘The lessons to be learned from the tragic '30's are that we must -keep alive within the framework of our economy the spirit of in itiative and ingenuity as well as provide incentives for the as sumption of risks, for these are the pillars upon which our sys tem has been built and without which it cannot survive. Despite a prolonged depression and a world war, with subse quent critical international ten sions, in the last quarter of a cen tury there has been substantial economic and social progress, practically all of which came in the last decade and a half. Marked gains have been made in our standards of living since 1929, as indicated by an increase of 60 per cent in per capita real income during this period. Today nearly 60 per cent of the families own their own homes, as against 48 per cent in 1929. About 98 per cent of the home are serviced by electricity, as compared with 75 per cent in the earlier period. Mechanical refrigeration is now in 90 per cent of all households, while twenty-five years ago only 4 per cent had this modern facil ity. The number of telephones per one hundred people is now over 30, or double the proportion of 1929. There are now around 125 million radio sets in the Unit ed States, twelve times as many as twenty-five years ago and more than in all of the rest of the world combined The num ber of television sets in this coun try is estimated at 35 million, while there were none a quarter of a century ago. Since 1929, the number of passenger cars per one hundred persons in this country has increased from 19 to 28. Three-fourths of the world’s pas senger cars are in the United States. The amount spent for recreation this year is estimated at around $15 billion, a three-fold increase over 1929. Not only are the American peo ple well equipped with facilities that make for pleasant and com fortable living, but also substan tial sums have been invested in protective coverage. The amount of ordinary and group life insur ance held by the American peo ple is placed at $285 billion, or nearly 3.4 times as much as a quarter of a centur yago. Nor has the progress during this period been confined to pro viding material benefits to the people. Work - week schedules have been reduced by more than 10 per cent. Educational oppor tunities have been availed of to an increasing extent by a large proportion of our population During the past quarter of a cen tury the number of high school graduates has doubled and now constitutes 42 per cent of our adult population, as against 13 per cent in 1929. The enrollment in our institutions of higher learning has increased from 1.1 million to 2.5 million, while the number of college graduates has increased 2.5-fold in the twenty- five year period. One of the strongest forces compelling the economy to pro vide for pressing needs is the vigorous population growth. In the last quarter of a century the number of persons in this coun try has increased by about 42 million, or equivalent to the cur rent population of France. In order to provide for the growing population and a modest increase in housing space in keeping with rising living standards, it is esti mated that additional dwelling units averaging a million annual ly would be needed for the next six years. The flow of cars is ris ing at a much faster pace than the development of highways, which are built for about 30 mil lion cars but are forced to accom modate over 55 million. Techno logical progress has been unpara lleled. Expenditures for scien tific and engineering research this year amounted to around $4 billion or four times as much as 1920’s. Our scientists are blazing for the entire decade of the new trails with unlimited horiz ons. In our dynamic economy, industries are on the march. This is a sign of healthy growth. The ’ migration of people within the; country is the greatest in history.; Mobility of population contrib-j utes much to the dynamics of the I economy, creates markets for new homes and builds new com munities. The extent of this mi- j gration movement is reflected in j the increase during the last dec-1 ade and a half of 36 per cent in , the number of persons living in only 14 per cent in the" central the suburbs, as against a gain of cities. Sheer necessity has forced industries to speed up rehabilita tion work stemming from deprec ation and obsolescence of plant and equipment in order to cut costs to meet rugged competition. Pressing challenges are met by science and ingenuity. For in stance, the threatened exhaust ion in a comparatively short time of our fuel and water supply by the tremendous demand of our utilities for electric power will be relieved by atomic enegry. As indicated, there are strong upward pressures by fundamen tal forces that are driving busi ness forward. The industries and firms with vision and aggres siveness have made long-range plans to capitalize on the beck oning opportunities in risk-tak ing ventures. These plans are based upon projections that cen ter around population growth and technological development.” Now and then we observe the Socialistic trend, that Govern ment should own and operate certain industries. I need not point out that Communists in our country have long planned to have the Government take over the electric power buainess be cause electric power is the life blood of industry. If you control power it is a short cut to control of all industry, and Communism will have won an easy victory.. Someone has said that the Gov ernment now collects fifty-two per cent of Corporation profits and up to ninety per cent of the income of some indivdaula. That being so, what man is so foolish as to want a lot of politicians and bureaucrats to opreate industries in the name of the Government? Wouldn’t you rather collect 52 per cent, without investment, and without risk, instead of dreaming and enjoying fantasies of Gov ernment-operated business? Alcoholism Todov By Maxi* C. Collins. Director, Fair view Alcoholic Rehabilita tion Center. Ridgeway. S. C. Some understanding of fear is very important in treatment of alcoholism, for certaintly nearly all if not all alcoholics suffer from fear, one of the anxiety states, or hysteria. The alcoholic may not admit that he is afraid. He may say, “I worry a lot”; “I am a nervous type.” Anxiety, worry, fear, anger, hate, resentment, bitterness are usually thought of by the layman as separate states, they are ac tually so closely related that an understanding of fear may help the patient recover from what ever state affects him. Fear may be caused by loud noise, the withdrawal of support, a threat of loss, or danger. When aroused, fear stimulates the adrenal glands, which secrete and pour into the blood stream a snail amount of epinephrine. The effect of this powerful secretion is almost instantaneous, and is observable when diluted to one part to one million parts of wa ter. The physical reaction is of great value in fight or flight. The muscles tense, or sometimes al ternate between tension and re laxation (trembling); the heart gallops rapidly; the sweat glands work profusely. Momentarily the physical strength may be more than tripled. Fear had scuh great survival value in primitive man that only those capable of fear lived. The capacity for fear thus became hereditary through the elimina tion of those incapable of fear. Confronted with wild beasts or human enemies, primitive man 1 had to fight or take flight. Fear, by stimulating the glands to pro duce epiniphrine, greatly increas ed his c»nacity for fight or flight. The glandular secretion result ing from fear produces anger. ( Rage is greatly aggravated an ger. Hate is chronic ,or confirm ed anger. Worry is fearthought, a vicious circle of chronic anx iety whirling about a hub of chronic fear. Worry is a func tional disorder of the mind which makes it difficult or impossible for the individual afflicted to “let go” of an idea. Worry is also the sustained capacity in making mountains out of molehills. Though, as you can see, worry is extremely diffeiult to define, it is exceedingly important. Wars have been fought over the controversial question of just what the new-born baby brings with him into the world. It seems quite evident, however, that Kant was correct when he said the first cry of • baby was a cry of wrath. Rudely and suddenly . ejected from his haven of peace and se curity; thrown suddenly into an environment where light hurt his eyes, ,001860 attacked his ears, beat, cold beat upon his flesh, pressure and other new sensa tions from handling, the air, and this strange new world attack him, and the baby is afraid. Fear stimulates the adrenal glands, and wrath or anger is the result. Therefore he screams out at this new world. Thus early, perhaps, the pat tern is set and throughout life a a sudden fall or the withdrawal loud noise, a sudden flash of light of support, or a threat to his se curity, will arousfe fear. As the baby grows to be a man, he nor mally learns to distinguish be tween real And imaginary dan ger; between real threats and those that are fancied. Failure to learn to do this may set up Thuraday, Jmiutry 27. f MS f conditions which will greatly in fluence the life—adversely. In the New Testament there are about 180 quotations from the Old Testament. Sweden has only one nuclear reactor. It is located near the center of the city and 100 feet un derground. Rice was planted before 1671 in South Carolina, which was the first state to plant rice and indi go for sple. SUBSCRIBE To THE CHRONICLE DR. L B. MARION NATUROPATH tM Etas Ave. Clinton, g. C. Phone 989 WE MAKE H0ME-0WNIN6 DREAMS COME TRUE Home-ownership need no longer be a dream lor many families — not with the convenient home loan plan we offer you. If you have the required down peyment and have selected the "home of your dreoms”—then see us for the financing. Easy-to-meet monthly payments, which can include principal, interest, taxes and insurance, are worked out for your individual needs and income. 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