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t fturc Pour THE CLINTON CHRONICLE ilp (Clinton (Ct^roniclr ExUbUsbed IN# WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor »nd PUbLahor HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant 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 Mall 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, MARCH 10, 1955 The Chronicle has received a number of commendations from readers on an edi torial in last week’s issue entitled, “The Purpose of By-Passes,” in which it was pointed out that Clinton is lagging behind in not securing a route to relieve the heavy through traffic, especially the big box-car trucks that have taken over Broad street day and night. We expressed our opposition to a bill pending in the General Assembly requir ing the state highway department to be prevented from running a by-pass around any town on a main highway that goes through town, unless the town council and county legislative delegation expressly permit such action. That proposal was the result of a county row over the route of a highway. It was political and should have been killed in short order. Since then fortunately, the House of Kepresentatives killed the by-pass bill without requiring approval of city coun cils and county delegations. The decision was a wise one in our judgment since the attempt for more power smacked of poli tics. Traffic i s growing and t h e public wants shorter, better, and less hazardous routes. This problem is the sole responsi bility of the highway department in charge of highway construction and main tenance. Highway by-passes, as thousands of communities testify — help rather than hurt the growth of economically healthy communities. Time is running out for such a highway improvement in our city here eliminating noise, danger and incon venience of an army of big trucks that have taken over the streets and are daily wearing them out. A Fine Youth Organization Throughout the nation March 5-13 will be observed as “National 4-H Club Week” with members taking stock of past achievements and planning for future ac tivities on their farms, in their homes, and in their communities. Here in Laurens county boys and girls will enter into the observance in a number of ways. Records show that in 1926 there w’ere seven boys’ and girls’ clubs in the county with a membership of 130. From that small start the work has grown and new and active clubs have been organized j through the years. The report for the year 1954 shows there were 16 community boys’ and 17 girls’ community clubs carry ing on varied activities in the communi ties they serve. I For the special week the theme obsen- ance is “Make The Best Better.” The or ganization is set up for self-improvement and community betterment. This year more than two million 4-H club members in America will unite their Heads, Hearts. Hands and Health in improving family and commcnity living. These boys and girls, ages 10 to 21, belong to about 87,- 000 clubs in all 48 states, Alaska, Hawaii, and Peurto Rico. The observance of National 4-H club Week gives us all an opportunity to salute the boys and girls who are taking import ant strides toward a better citizenship. Whether it be learning better care and op eration of farm equipment or mastering a home-making skill, the members acquire initiative, responsibility and community leadership. We commend them for their dedication to the forur-fold development of Head, Heart, Hands and Health through their laudable program. To the 4-H members we make our sa lute and pay tribute. In their hands they hold the key to the continued progress of the county during their youthful years— in their hearts and heads are the glorious precepts W our way of life—and in their health lies the foundation to a vigorous growth of our sturdy American people. Congress Raises Its Pay Congress decided last week to take a pay raise and decided how much. Pre viously a conference committee voted to increase the salary from $15,000 to $22,- 500 plus a $1,250 tax-free allowance for office expense above those now provided by the Government. The Senate refused to go along on the tax-free allowance— and properly so—on the ground that the voters might “misunderstand” it. There was no misunderstanding, taxpayers back home accepted it as another attempted raid on the treasury. Last week the ponfer- ence committee knocked ou£~the $1,260 and also a provision for five extra trips home a year at government expense. Tha Senate promptly aproved the new bill, the House followed suit making the new scale effective as of March 1. Four members of the House delegation from this state and the two senators voted against the pay raise. Included in the op position vote was Cong. Ashtmore of this district. Under the new Santa Claus bill the sal aries of the vice-president and Speaker were raised by $5,000 to $45,000, the Chief Justice by $10,000 to $35,000, the Associate Justices by $9,500 to $35,000, and also all other Federal judges, the Deputy and Assistant Attorneys General and the Solicitor General. Total annual cost of the bill is about five million. With a substantial salary raise of more than fifty per cent truly the taxpayers who must foot the bill can say “never have of fice-holders had it so good as now.” Majority of senators and congressmen claim they are underpaid. The question naturally arises, if the remuneration of the office is inadequate, why do they seek re- election year after year. And the record shows that none of the members ever re sign because of the salaries and many add ed perquisites and luxurious office quar ters and large staffs to assist in carrying on the work. Excepting the wealthy mem bers of congress, how many of the gentle men could gain as much remuneration back home practicing law or engaged in some other vocation as they are paid by taxpayers for their services. And certainly in all fairness members of Congress should not be allowed tax ex emptions amounting to $3,000 as sought. It cannot be justified—we should all be under the same law with no favoritism or special allowances to fhe politicians. The taxpayers back home must foot our enor mous spending bill—all should share in carrying the staggering load. BABSON . . . Discusses How To Live Long and Be Beautiful By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Fla., March 10—This story may be valueless; or it may be most important. It will not cause anyone to eat less canned or frozen fruit and vegetables, but it may develop a new indus try. Seeds Contain The Life We All Want There is in this village the Florida Research and Water Company. It owns the local water com pany and is interested in the study of live seeds small enough to eat alive. It also believes in ‘raw” water and milk—that is, pure spring water which i has not had the living matter killed by chlorine, and pure milk which has not been pasteurized. It recommends the eating of more “whole cereals,” more “raw” vegetables, and “raw” fruits, especially those consist ing largely of live seeds like okra,—but they should be ripe seeds; also live “sprouts and buds.” It believes in juicing machines, but not for live seeds. Let me illustrate: It is impos sible to eat a peach seed, and probably unwise to swallow live orange, acerola, or apple seeds, unless they are ground; but ripe tomatoes, strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, bananas, figs, and pome granates should be eaten, seeds and all, uncook ed. Of course, all raw fruits and vegetables should be carefully washed. The acerola berry of Puerto Rico is reported to have fifty times the Vitamin C—per gram—contained in an orange. The second paragraph on page 59 of the Reader’s Digest for January, 1955, is thought-provoking. Should Pms Bo Swallowed As Pills? All agree that string beans may be cut up and cooked for a few minutes. Some people, however, believe that sunflower seeds, peas, small beans, nuts, and psyllium, onions, and celery seeds should only be softened in warm water and swal lowed like pills! The thought is that all vege tables have three functions: (1) Supplying vita mins, minerals, etc.; (2) Supplying much-needed bulk; and (3) Through their LIVING SEEDS sup plying that unknown and intangible “something” known as LIFE. That people lived, before the days of cooking, to 120 or even 400 years of age MAY have been due to their feeding upon LIFE. Sufficient ex periments have not been completed to prove whether live seeds should or should not be eaten uncrushed, before they are “killed” by juicing machines or boiling. They, however, are part of my diet. Shoud We Eat Cooked Eggs? Boiling anything long enough kills LIFE. It is believed that some canning; dehydrating, or freez ing also destroys this LIFE—though not the vita mins and minerals. However, the age of peas, beans, and com does not affect their life-giving powers. Com kernels over 3,000 years old, taken from Egyptian tombs, will sprout the same as if gathered yesterday. It is debatable whether we should eat raw or cooked eggs. When I had Tfe my doctor insisted that I eat only uncooked raw, fertile eggs containing LIFE. He also recommend ed the uncooked coral of lobsters and the live roe of fish. All beautiful birds live only on live seeds, live worms, and live spring water. Their food must be ALIVE. The only birds which will eat meat are the horrible crows and buzzards; danger ous insects and bacteria will also eat dead tMng, The same principle applies to animals of the for- By-Poss Bill Killed Thuraday, March 10, 196S too* NASHVXU. TfNMSMi THI WORlD S MOST WIDUY USED DEVOTIONAL CU'DE Ha (Jasus) said unto him. Arise, go thy way; thy faith hath mado thoo wholo. (Luka 17:19). Road Luka 17:12-19. In the dark days of 1942 a well known publication asked me for an expression of my faith. The faith I voiced at that time was proven justified. We are facing rather similar problems of detailed planning and organization in order to win the peace of the world. My faith re mains the same. We should recognize these times as a period of tribulation. They should inspire us to re-examine our faith and re establish our convictions in accordance wth the spirit of God and His will for our lives. The three beliefs which are of greatest importance to us who as pire to real peace throughout the world are these: We must have a genuine trust in God—in the power of His goodness, which by its very nature is bound to be victorious. We must have a full confi dence in the Golden Rule—the fundamental ethical principle of the principles of Christian democracy based on God’s teachings regard ing the worth of each individual person. PRAYER Heavenly Father, we thank Thee for the many evi dence* of the power of Thy goodness. We rejoice in our faith in Thee. Help ua to continue developing this feith, applying it fully in all fields of our endeavor. In Christ's name. Amen. We need a strong faith in the God and conviction that we are working together with Him. J. C. Penny (New York) est. Certain moldy cheeses and yeasts contain LIFE. Live seeds in 15-cent packages can be pur chased at any hardware store. How To Keep Beautiful Those who have seen any fish (from mackerel to sharks) pulled alive out of the ocean have been mpressed by their natural beauty and proportions. When analyz ing the diet of these fish, we learn that the smallest fish live on minute animal and plant life known as plankton and algae; that the larger fish live on the smaller live fish; and so on up to the whale. But, all insist their food be AUVE. I am not vouching for any the ory of LIFE, but it does seem as if the above evidence should be considered when selecting our diet. Once, no doctor had rec ommended B-12 pills or brewer’s yeast; but today they recom mend them. Perhaps we will live to see doctors recommned the addition of non-fattening live seeds, or phosphatides to our diets. NAACP Urges NorHi Carolina Abolish All Segregation Laws Charlotte, N. C., March 5—The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) tonight called on Gov. Hodges to help Abolish all racial segregation laws in North Caro lina. Kelly M. Alexander of Car- lotte, president of the state con ference of the NAACP sent Hodges copies of suggested bills eliminating all reference to seg regation in North Carolina’s gen eral statutes. Alexander did not mention public school segregation, which already has been declared un constitutional by the U. S. Su preme Court. The court now is considering plans for implement ing the decision. Alexander asked the governor to present the suggested meas ures to the -legislature Among the bills suggested was the one which would repeal the rfet for bidding marriage between white persons and Negroes. In a letter to the governor Al exander said, “We hope that! when this legislation is offered, I you will join with us in urging all representatives and senators to support it Meanwihle, we hope to have an expression of support from you in this demo cratic cause.” The NAACP asked changes in laws which require separation of 1 races in public transportation, separate prisons, separate men tal hospitals, waiting rooms for Negroes, requiring separate reg istration for white and Negro militia, and so on. Political Talk whose term in the U. S. Senate runs out next year, is already making noises like a politician on the stump. We received in the mail the other day a mimeographed hand out from his office which started off like this: “Senator Olin D. Johnston (D- SC), second ranking Democrat on the Senate Agriculture Commit tee, today declared that the farm ers oyer the nation are suffering because of. the Republican farm bills enacted last year and that certain relief must be afforded by Congress during the current ses sions.” We’ve heard a lot of discussion in recent months about the plight of the fanners around here, but this is the first time we’ve heard that it’s all due to the Republi cans. We are certainly glad to get the straight of it . If the Republicans cut off the rain last summer and caused the big drought that ruined our crops, they ought to be able tq cut it on again and give us a good crop year in 1955. Since Senator Johnston seems to have the inside information, maybe we should send a delega tion of fanners to see him and request that he use his influence with the Republicans to get us a little more rain this spring about the time we are setting out to bacco.—The HartsviUg Messen- Small Loan Problem Goes To Study Body Columbia—The House Judiciary committee today was told by nu merous persons that South Caro lina’s snail loan business needs reflation but heard a variety of suggestions as to how it should be accomplished. After two and a half hours of (rank and sometimes heated dis cussion by a parade at witnesses, the committee placed the problem temporarily in the hands erf a five member sub-committee. As indicated py the pre-hearing maneuvering, much of today’s testimony hinged over a purposed threat by the “giant loan com panies” to drive the “small loan companies" cut of business. The principal target of criticism from spokesmen for existing companies was a bill sponsored by Rep. Wil liam H. Grimball of Charleston. The Grimball bill, admittedly long and complex, is patterned after what is generally referred to us “the uniform small loan act" now in effect in many states. The general intent and principle of the Grimball bill also was fav ored by Earle R. Britton, president of the S. C. Federation of Labor. Another labor spokesman, Charles A. Sullivan, president of Charles ton’s Central Labor Union, joined Mr. Britton in asking the commit tee not to adopt a bill embodying a 100 maximum limit on small loans. Two bilk before the committee would limit the amount allowed to be loaned to $100. One is spon sored by Reps. S. Rhea Haskell and W. A. Jeter of Richhmd coun ty. The heart of their bill is a table of allowable charges which clearly indicates the rates perbnit- ted to be charged as interest or otherwise. The other $100 bill is sponsored by Reps. Paul M. Arant of - Chesterfield county and Tom Mangum of Lancaster. Their bill would permit a maximum inter est rate of one and one half per cent per month, plus a $1 a month W collection fee. Most outspoken critic of the Grimball bill was former Rep. Frank Jordan, attorney for the S. C. Small Loan association. He ac cused the ‘big loan companies” of promoting such legislation in a cal culated effort to drive tire smaller,. locally-owned companies out of business. He said the Haskell bill was much ppreferable as a step In the right direction and commended it much preferable as a step in the open.” IF YOU DON'T READ ~ THE CHRONICLE YOU DON'T GET THE NEWS WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT The W illiam J. Bailey Insurance Agency IS NOW LOCATED IN THE NEW M. S. Bailey & Son Bank Building c Office Phone 1246 — Night 809 “ProtectUg Clinton Fir Over 69 Years” • • • begins with tbn ROEHLER 6oubi/ahd 6R01P at fnsblenable TAR NIB M IMS WIN TWE» FAIBCS Today?* now fornitwro! Come in ! 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