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Page Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, May Ig, 1958 ultjr (Cltntnn (Chrnntrlr ftUhiMwd 1H9 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor *nd PubUhor HARRY C. LAYTON, AicicUnt 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, 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, MAY 19, 1955 May Features Cotton May is designated each year as Cotton Week, emphasizing the importance of cot ton for the entire month, as will be noted in the news and advertising columns of today’s paper. Nothing takes the place of cotton. The ver satile material is used in thousands of items we come in contact with daily from your au tomobile to your garden hose. Most widely known is its use in clothing for men, women and children, and the home. We under-estimate the importance of cot ton, the principle product of Dixie. Every member of the family uses it in some form. It is the livelihood and way of life for one out of ten Americans. There is no question today about its position as America’s most widely known used fibre in spite of stiff and growing competition by other fabrics. In our county we have several large and modern textile plants using thousands of bales of cotton annually. This means employ ment for thousands of people and should cause us all to be more cotton conscious, to wear more cotton, use cotton and talk cotton and its importance from the farmer who pro duces it to the finished product from the mills. \ And so, let us all boost cotton. Its future depends upon the farmer, the mills, the wholesaler, the retailer and the customer. National tribute is timely, proper and helpful. Talk, wear and use more cotton— everybody. The Carnage Goes On With the removal of the point system for reckless, careless and fast driving on the highways, accident and death tolls showed days old. Locally, without reading the news papers, our citizens would not know a strike is in progress. Every person if he or she so desires, has a right to strike and walk the streets. They have a right under the law to form peaceful- picketing lines if they behave themselves and do not resort to damaging property or endangering the lives of people. A strike does not settle an issue with the waving of ban ners, destroying property, shooting people, or attempting to keep those who desire to work from the privilege. The fair way to settle such disagreements is through arbitration, with a give and take spirit and not the mani festation of a stubborn attide and demands that are unreasonable. This strike now in progress for more than two months, and resulting in the loss of mil lions of dollars to employees and manage ment, is a CIO battle in our opinion, a con certed effort to win in their demands as an opening wedge for other gains in the South they hope to make. These labor union lead ers in their repeated efforts to organize the South in the textile and 'other industries have made almost no progress. They figure a win with the Southern Bell will stimulate their cause and give them new hope and strength in their future organizational ef forts. i The dispute should be settled without further delay and repetitions of property damages. Growing tension leads to violence as has been witnessed in several Southern states. We don’t believe anything will be gained by the tactics that are being used. It is an ugly picture we are witnessing. There must be an early settlement by the company and union officials. All law-abiding citizens want 1 toper ttwnt- IOOM NASHVUI TINMSSff J«sus stood up and proclsixnod. "If any on* thirst lot him com# to mo and drink.".. (John 7:37. RSV.) Road John 4:7-14. When I was a child, our family lived on a farm which had a flow ing spring of pure cold water. When any of us was tired and warm from work or play, he could quench his thirst; the spring was there ready to refresh him. When I accepted Jesus as my Saviour, I found in Him cleansing, strengthening and refreshment for every need of my life. Just as the spring quenched my childhood’s thirst and the weariness which came from labors, so my spirit has found increasing joy in the never-fail ing Christ. This living water wells up from the depths of God’s grace. It comes through the glowing beauty of the Bible and the fellowship of the saints, through communion with God. It flows through all life, making it bloom and bear fruit. It is available to Ml who come, seek ing and humble, to drink of it PRAYER O God. Thou hast given us the water of life. Grant we may never forsake the living water available in Christ or seek to contain its blaming for ourselves alone. Help us to share its refreshment. For our Saviour's sake. Amen. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Jesus said, “The water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” Florence Zeigler Sanger. Homemaker (Maryland) a steady increase. Now that we have the sys tern again in effect following legislative ap- ! to see this animosity ended, a change in the proval, improvement is already noted. The | temper and conduct of many formed picket law should be rigidily enforced as a protec tion to human life on the highways. It is appauling to note the large number of driver’s license suspensions in the state each month. The highway department for April reported that almost two-thirds of the li- tfcnses suspended came as a result of a drunk driving conviction. Of the 1,617 licenses re voked during the month, 1,047 were for drunk driving and 470 for failure to meet the re quirements of the Safety Responsibility Act. In this county there were ten suspensions for drunk driving. How can we expect any thing else with a liquor store or beer place on every, street corner, with drinking increasing at an alarming rate as the state endorses and encourages the sale of intoxicants for reve nue purposes. We are a hypocritical people— to say the least. The mixing of gas and alcohol is taking an alarming toll as records show. It is making it more dangerous for the car owner to get out on the highways. And the tragedy is that the great majority of our people in and out of the churches don’t seem the least concerned over what is going on. lines who show no consideration whatsoever for the public needs. Telephones like auto mobiles—are daily necessities—a public ser vice of the highest order. Commencement Time Here Again Throughout the land, at universities, col leges and high schools, its graduation time again. In this community the season is al ways one of peculiar interest to parents, rel atives and friends, with interesting closing exercises at the city schools, white and col ored, college and orphanage. Commencement, the time when young graduates step forward and receive their diplomas, is always an anticipated event with pride and pleasure. It means that graduation is a red-letter day. It means in reality the finishing of an ambition started four years ago, the stepping forth to face new respon sibilities, readjustments, disappointments, as well as achievements. Whether it be high school or college, it represents sacrifices on the part of many parents of which their sons and daughters should not be unmindful. We congratulate the graduates, and hope their paths ahead will be filled with happi ness. We hope their dark letter days will be few, but we warn them they are bound to come. As these closing exercises get underway we should understand they are arranged in hon or of the graduates, with parents, relatives and friends of the entire community invited to “their” commencement. This Phone Strike Should End As we have said before this entire com munity is proud of the Southern Bell Tele- phone Company and their local employees in rendering without interruption—invaluable public service and keeping their lines open for local and long distance communications during the lengthy strike which is now 66 BABSON . . . Discusses Licking The Parking Nuisance By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Mass., May 19—The only solu tion now known for the parking nuisance is for people to stay at home and use the telephone! In fact the present increase in auto accidents and the lack of parking space will drive people to greater use of the telephone. Otherwise, congestion will so increase that we will travel “bumper to bump er.’’ When one car stops, then all must stop. Th* Merchant's Opportunity Every storekeeper should at once install an ex tra telephone which shoull be used only for in coming calls. No one in the store, not even the boss, should be allowed to make calls on this extra phone. It should be reserved for “Customers’ Calls Only.” When customers complain of finding it “busy”, then a second such phone should be installed. Merchants should advertise more and solicit telephone or ders more. Many customers now dread going downtown to shop on account of the parking problem and the general con gestion. Hence, they stay at home and the merchants lose customers. Buying is being constantly postponed. Therefore, in their advertising, merchants should urge people to use the telephone, stating that spec ial phones exist for incoming calls only. « Importance of Habits The present'method of shopping has been the custom for centuries. It has become an instinctive habit which will change only slowly, but the soon er shoriteepers determine to change this habit, the better drf all will be. Otherwise, our downtown re tail sidewalks may become as deserted on week days as they are now on Sundays. As theyhave a virtual monopoly, the telephone companies seem to be little interested in helping shopkeepers in their present dilemma. This criti cism is said to apply especially to big Bell com panies. These are rich and ruled by self-satisfied buraeucracies. These telephone companies claim they have not phones enough to take care of all the demands. This is nonsense. If they would be willing to buy more telephone equipment from outside manufacutrers and develop more efficient installation crews, all demands could be filled. Avoid Baing Killed My appeal for a greater use of the telephone is not solely to help businessmen keep their cus tomers. The telephone can also help us to keep a life. Hubert L. Kerr has recently stated that while only two persons per 100,000 die from polio, yet, in the same ages, 50 young persons per 100,000 are being killed by automobiles. As these figures be come recognized, I forecast that people will visit less by automobile and visit more by telephone. People will remain home more and travel less. Travel by automobile—except for business may now be near its peak. Even business calk will be n^ade more by telephone and less by automobile. It takes time to change habits; but present hab it of making both personal and business calk by travel may become a thine of the past All hab its can be changed. What About TrievkiMsf Television is already taking the place of the movies. When television gets over its “teen-age” period of “sowing wild oats” and gets settled down to decent programs, knany mote families will prefer TV to going out evenings to a movie. When television is hooked up with the telephone so we can see with whom we talk, then automobiles may ness and social calls. In short I believe that the tele phone industry is headed for a great future with tremendous growth ahead. This $rill come both from an increase in popula tion and from a much-increased use per capita, especially among the younger generation. The telephone can create greater sales, can save time, and can pro tect us from unnecessary acci dents and other losses. I also believe that telephone securities are among the safest of all se curities which give a good in come. Four P. C. Seniors Named To Receive Gold "P" Awards Four Presbyterian college sen iors have been named to receive Gold “P” awards, the college’s highest stamp of approval, at com mencement exercises in June. The recipints are: George Blue, of Union; Tommy Stallworth, of Atlanta; Jack Edmunds, of Deca tur, Ga., and Greg Elam, of Lans- dale, Pa. Gold “P” award winners are chosen by the Presbyterian col lege faculty on the basis of “out standing meritorious service in ex tra-curricular activities other than athletics.” Blue is president of the PC student body, a member of Blue Key leadership fraternity ana be used only In emergenciec. These win be not only in case of car trouble but also for buei- SUMMONS State of South Carolina County of Laurens COUR TOF COMMON PLEAS Morrison Furniture Company, Plaintiff, —vs.— George Taylor, Defendant. TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMON ED and required to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is herweith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office, 106 North Broad Street, Clinton, South Carolina, withm twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the complaint with in the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. CECIL E. WHITE Plaintiff’s Attorney May 10, 1955. NOTICE To the defendant above named: You will please take^ notice that the original Summons and Com plaint in the above entitled action were filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Laurens Coun ty on the 18th day of May, 1955. CECIL E. WHITE Plaintiff Attorney 3t Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Col leges. He is a Distinguished Mili tary student, a company comman der in ROTC, a member of the Society of Scabbard and Blade, of Sigma Nu social fraternity and of the Block P club. He played fqptball for four years. Stallworth serves as battalion commander of the ROTC unit and is the immediate past president of the Student Christian Association. He is a member of Blue Key, Who's Who, Scabbard and Blade and Pi Kappa Alpha social fraternity. He has sung with the colleged robed choir for the past four years. Edmunds is the 1955 editor of The State of South Carolina, County of Laurens. In Court of Common Pleas Janie P. Harris, Plaintiff, vs. Alexander Glenn Calhoun, Agnes Alexander Evans, Robert John son, and others, Defendants. PURSUANT to a Decree of the Court in the above stated case, I will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder, either in or in front of the Court House, at Laurens, C. H., S. C., on Salesday in June next, being Monday, the 6th day of the month during the legal- hours for such sales, the following described property, to wit: All that lot, piece or parcel of land, with the improvements there on, lying, being and situate m the Town of Clinton, County of Laur ens, and State of South Carolina, i bounded on the East by Bell Street, on the South by lands now or formerly of W. B. Owens; and on the West by the Will Duckett lot; and on the North by a 30 ft. street, lands formerly of Steven Alexander being across said street. This is the identical lot of land heretofore conveyed by W. B. Owens to Sarah A. Duckett by deed dated the 6th day of March, 1906, recorded in Deed Book 20, at Page 12, in the Office of the Clerk ol Court for Laurens County, S. C. TERMS OF SALE: Cash. The* successful bidder, other than the Plaintiff herein, immediately upon the conclusion of the bidding, shall deposit with the Clerk of Court the sum of 5 per cent as a guaran tee of his good faith in the bid ding. The same to be applied to the purchase price upon his com plying with the terms of sale, oth erwise to be paid to Plaintiff for credit on the indebtedness. In the event the successful bidder should fail to make such deposit, or should fail to comply with the terms of the sale, the said lands shall be resold on the same or some suhse-' quent Salesday on the same terms, at risk of the defaulting purchas er. The purchaser to pay for pa pers, stamps and recording. W. E DUNLAP, C. C. P. & G. S. Dated this 9th day at April, 1955. 3c-d-May 26 the college yearbook, the PaC SaC, and former editor Of the freshman handbook. He also has been a staff member and columnist for the stu dent newspaper for the past three years. Edmunds is a member of Blue Key, Who’* Who, Scabbard and Blade, the GCA, robed choir and Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. Elam served the past year as president of the International Re lations club. He is business man ager of the 1955 PaC SaC, editor of the 1994-55 freshman hand book, editor of the student direc tory and a staff member of the student newspaper. He is a mem ber of Blue Key, the robed choir and past Archon of Pi Kappa Phi social fraternity. TOASTED SCHEESE DREAMS A lunchtime favorite is a toast ed cheese sandwich topped with a slice of tomato and a curl of crisp bacon. Next time you’re Whipping thia up, sprinkle the bread lavishly with dry mustard before you add the filling. It's oh, so tangy and oh so good! CJUID OF THANKS We wish to thank our friends, both white and colored for their kindness extended us in the deatfi of our husband and fath er, James Dunk Blakely. —MRS. 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