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Pace Six THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thaniinr, Hcrtk 11,1955 (Ubr (Ulinton (C^rnnirU ERUblldMd INt WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and PutoUhar „ .... HARRY C. LAYTON, Amktant PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBL3 rnjtiv're 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 Concreas 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 31, 1955 A Lot Of Hokum One of the amusements which passes across the American scene each year, usually toward the end of the year—is the selection by members of the press and organizations of the top men or women, or this or that, of the year. There are many to whom the dis tinctions come who receive them without anyy effort on their part, there are others who seek noterity and the limelight, and who are good advertisers for themselves. For the year ten young outstanding men were listed, the ten best dressed women of the year, and the five, ten or fifteen other number best for something or other, with the list growing each year. To many who are named the recognition comes unsought and does not change their every day life. It is a source of smiles however to see the impor tance with which some of those selected view their selection. We do not mean to be cynical, but it is proper to point out the top men named, are probably not men in the public eye at all. The top men of the year might be little- heard-of-men, who face unknown problems and unknown odds and who face them brave ly and achieve great resultls. This view' was expressed in an impressive sermon by a vititing minister in the city a few nights ago entitled, “Using Life’s Wastelands,” meeting responsibilities and opportunities as they come to individuals and not expecting always to be on the upland with everything easy and as desired. The headline figures that are pointed out to the public are of course chosen by the various pollsters because what they say or do is known. And because they are known in prominent or wealthy positions the news story is a good one and makes the headlines. But even so, the intelligent citizen should realize that these selections are just sources for news stories and prominence, just as the best-dressed selection, which always include famous people, men and women, and does l not necessarily include the best dressed. Our way of life is the greatest on earth and many people like a little hokum to pass the time. The polls about the top this-and- that group are mostly hokum. Popularity or publicity, seeking people will always bear watching with suspicion. ed employers. The changes suggested will help bring South Carolina more into line with other states. The bill also contains a long needed pro vision for a realistic reserve for the trust fund from which claims are paid, with rate step tax increase provisions where the fund drops below a certain percentage, instead of the automatic increase to the maximum rate (2.7%) hanging over the heads of all em ployers under the present law. The Compensation law has been badly abused as employers know. It should be amended to be fair to employee and employ er alike, and help stop an expression often heard, “I am drawing easy rocking chair money.” The idea held by many of getting something for nothing, of not working—is a detriment and injustice to individuals and to society. Service Clubs Give Boost To Barbecue-Bazaar Clinton’s two other civic dubs, the Exchange and tha Lions, have thrown their support behind the Community Barbecue - Bazaar which the Kiwanis club is sponeor- inc for Thorwwell orphanage on April 15. These two organizations have designated this occasion as a reg ular chib meeting, and the full membership of each is expected to attend. Tickets for the event, mean while, went on sale last week at these prices: Adults $1.25, children 75 cents. Each Kiwanian is serv ing as a ticket seller. The event will be staged in Hartness gyymnasium on the Thornwell campus. Booths at the bazaar will open at 6 p. m. and three sets of barbecue meals will be served: at 6:30 p. m., 7:30 p. m. and 8:30 p. m. Special movies for the children will be provided in order to keep them entertained throughout the evening. Mrs. Ame Jacobs, who is in charge of the arrangements for the Kiwanis club, states plans are shaping up well as the entire city throws its support behind the af fair. She said merchants have been cooperative in donating products to be used in the bazaar, and each booth will bear the names of those companies which have contribut ed. A great many people are like fish—they seldom keep their mouths closed. ****** 9 A lady writes about the rights of pedes trians. They don’t have manv. This is a funny world. Some people’s idea of charity seems to be to share their troub les with others. BABSON . . . Advises Opportunities For Retired People Southeast Growth Marks Postwar Era Charleston, March 26 — The post-war years have brought a sharp expansion in many lines of business activity in the South east, some of U\em more than doubling, C. W. Martin, man ager of the Charleston office of the U. S. Department of Com merce announced. Martin said an exceptionally rapid rate of rise had come in such lines of busines as motor vehicle registration, production of electric energy, estimated re tail sales, airline trasnportation and commercial poultry produc tion. Substantial advances also have come, he said, in bank deposits, manufacturing construction, life insurance, telephones in opera tion, personal income, minerals production, number of business firms, postal receipts, railroad revenue, beef cittle output and cash farm income. Noteworthy rises have also taken place, he pointed out, in taxation. Bank Deposits Bank deposits in the sen-state urea went from $9.8 billion to $12.1 billion, a rise of 23.6 per cent; the net value of manuffec- tured goods, from $5.9 billion to $7.7 billion, up 30.3 per cent; em ployees in manufacturing plants, from 1.4 million, to 1.6 million, an advance of 19.8 per cent; and salaries and wages paid in such plants, from $2.8 billion to $4.2 billion, an increase of 48.4 per cent. Other increases in the region were: Value of construction, $1,131,- 630,000 to $1,579,000,000, 39.5 per cent; employment in construc tion, 233,900 to 324,000, 38.9 per cent; motor vehicle registrations, 3,523,000/to 7,081,000, 100.9 per tent; life insurance in force $15.8 billion to $28.8 billion, 81.6 per cent; electric energy produced, 33.7 billion to 78.2 billion kilo watt hours, 13L5 per cent; and telephones in operation, 1,779,- 862 to 3,508,828, up 97 per cent. Retail sales in the seven states went from an estimated $8,513,- 801,000 just after World War II to $17,276,152,000, for an increase of 102.9 per cent, in come to indi- Crippled Man Misses 15 Church Rites In 20 Years n»«— Woodruff. March 36.—Glow Boyyter, 65, who has been crippled since he was nine years old, does not let a little handicap like that keep him from attending church regularly, and working his gar den. He has missed but 15 services in the past 20 years at the Grace Methodist church here and at one j time had a six-year perfect at tendance record. He is the son of the late Alfred and Mary Boyter, and after a bout with typhoid fever followed by double pneumonia as a child he was left crippled and with a nerv ous condition. Not satisfied with doing nothing as he grew older, he served as janitor of the First Baptist church for several years. When his moth er and aunt died, he went to Ab ney mill to live with his half- brother, Grey Senn, and family, where he was employed in a sim ilar position with the Grace Meth odist church for some time. He has attended this church since 1999 since It is near his home on Woodruff steret. The members of this church gave him a rolling chair last year. He is so proud of it that last summer whe he wanted to go to viduals went from $15.1 billion to $24.8 billion, a rise of 63.8 per cent, an dinoome per person, from $786 to 1,111, a gain of 41.9 per cent. town, ha had some bog* to push him up “Super’s Hill,’* after which he “rolled hhneelT aU tHk way te Main street, a ilftanee of aftout a mile. He also refused a ride home wanting to compplete the round which trip, he did xr ran doht read THE OMtOl too doitt utr WB DO ALL or BAD CHRONICLE PUB. CO. * ATTBACTIVIIASTK SMOAtfllS . Mate $U9 McGee’s Drug Store Phone No. 1 lions of years’ Bonking Changes Foreseen Modern banking today has changed so from the days of old that it is not fully under stood. The current generation will never un derstand the old melodramas which portray ed the village banker as a steely eyed miser who turned the family out into a snowstorm on the stroke of midnight because the mort gage was unpaid. That practice, though prac ticed by some, has gone. A large New England bank is advertising a new type of service. This new type of ac count does not depend on deposits. Appar ently from their advertising it starts right out with an overdraft. The customer writes checks against a line of credit which he has established. This sounds strange and not as sound banking service, but in a sense, it only ex tends to the customer a service long avail able to the business borrower. Still it is new enough to sound a little bizzare. But the vast and varied expansion of consumer cred it and charge account buying raises a ques tion whether an era is approaching in which the average person will no longer expect ever to see the money his pay check represents. As a matter of fact, with government now reaching into his envelope and taking out a big slice, he does not now see what gross wage income really is. Credit not abused is a fine thing, it provides many conveniences to millions of people and advantages they otherwise never would have enjoyed. But when over-taxed or abused, as is so often the case—it becomes a detriment and curse often times. Look at the home-owning field— the agencies that are available to promote home-owning. What a blessing it is proving to millions of families to own their own homes. In reality, it is sound, safe install ment buying. There will doubtless be other new ideas advanced in the banking field, far from the accepted practices through file , years. This picture is doubtless imaginative, but H would not seem overdrawn or impossible—the idea of writing yourself a loan. long duration. -) By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Mass., March 31—This time of year I get many letters as to the best place to live from people about to be pensioned. They seem to) favor Florida, California, Arizona, and other Southern states. They appear to be tiring of clod winters. Whan To Go? Localities which are ettfactive and have good business during the winter months may be un pleasant and unprofitable during the summer. /'The reverse is also true. Certainly no state or county or community has all the advantages or , 1 disadvantages. The birds learned this after mil- experience. I selected summer headquarters in New England and winter headquarters ini Florida—even before man had joined the birds in air transpor tation. A warm climate would: doubtless be desirable for an older couple; but it may not be wise for a young couple with children. There is something debilitating and enervating in climates that are too warm, es pecially when the heat is ol Statistics published by Yale Uni versity show that the most energetic and intelli gent people develop under marked contrasts of climate. The “terrible weather changes” of new England may have created the energy which fi> nanced so many farms and cities and built rail roads across the United States. Importance of Income The much-advertised growth of such states as Florda, Califoma, and Arizona does not stem from new babies, or agricultural producers. “New comers” are moving in to retire and take it easy. They must be sure a check will come from the North each month to use as a nest egg or backlog. I refer to pension money, insurance, rents on northern property—or dividends on stocks or interest on bonds or mortgages. Social Security checks are a help, but they will not pay all the bills in any state to which people are now flock ing. r Don’t expect a big dip in living costs in these delightful winter climates. You may not need so much fuel or electricity or clothing, but food and rents cost as much, considering what you get. There is no reduction in doctors’ or dentists’ or hospital bills; while beauty-parlor bills are re ported to be higher. Florida does give homestead tax exemption on property up to $5,000. Different states and cities have different ways of collecting taxes, but in the end they add up to about the same. A Job Or A Business? Many retired men get restless after a while. If you want a job, get work in something in which you are trained. If considering a business of your own, work on salary before buying. Caretakers’ Service, Collection Agencies, Tree Nurseries, Dia per Services, Frozen Food Deliveries, Clothes Re pairing and Pressing, Manufacturers’ Representa tives, Spraying, Shopping, Tpying, and Real Es tate look best to me. What about buying a home? This is not a bad idea but there are certain qualifications you should consider: Near stores and churches; with land for a vegetable garden and possible future sale of an extra lot; and in a section which is im proving and not declining. Better live in a com munity a year before buying real estate, to get the feeling! Real estate values are determined by feelings and not figures. Final Advice You can select a state to which to move by studying maps, real estate booklets, and other propaganda. Then write to the STATE CHAM BER OF COMMERCE located at the capital of toe state that you are thinking of moving to. TW1 them you would appreciate information regarding different locehtiee, climate, end npportimilins But do not select any locality of that state without first visiting it, even if you need a leave of ab sence from your job in order to do this. In clos ing, just a bit of financial advice: I? YOU ARE LOOKING FOR ACREAGE, BUY LAND AD JOINING SOME OWNED BY THE UNITED STATES AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT AND USED AS AN EXPERIMENT STATION. THIS SHOULD BE GOOD LAND AND EASY TO DIS- ')■ r 1 ’ 1 i ni!i n Ijlii\dV renooK mvesniMm nans H Aayiirt ACCUMUUTM Fund Sham Preapecfes ee ieqeest WADDELL ft REED, INC. t IM 11 ■ n ■ I a- 4a m mm James E. Wolfe 163 N. Breed 8C CLINTON. 8. C. Phone $1$ Compensation Law Abuse A new Senate bill in the general assembly proposes many changes in the State’s Un employment Compensation Law aimed at eliminating much abuse and the mounting j n ___ __ _ ^ T costs that have been assessed against cover- n*. THIS APPLIES TO ALL STATES. 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