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CLINTON, S. C„ THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1955
Stevenson Will Run
Four years ago Adlai Stevenson said he
did not choose to run for the presidency
against Eisenhower but finally did agree to
accept the nomination after he won it at the
national convention. The result of that race
is well known to the America people.
But now the story is altogether different.
The Gallup poll shows that 61 per cent of the
Democrats want him to run. The Associated
Press has quoted one of his close advisers as
saying Adlai is willing. He and others are
seeking issues to wage the opposition cam
paign upon and it now seems a pretty safe
bet that he will be the hand-picked party
bearer once more. Governor Harriman of
New York is in a susceptible mood, and has so
stated if Adlai doesn’t run and already there
is growing opposition against both among
Southern conservatives. The middle and left
Democratic politicians in Congress are drop
ping hints against Adlai and question the
spreading propaganda that the re-nomina-
tion of the candidate is inevitable. Senator
Estes Kefauver wants the nomination and he
and Adlai have gone so far, in need of an is
sue as they realize—of making a political
issue out of the Salk polio vaccine contro
versy.
Stevenson had before, and will have again
—the blessing of ex-president Harry Tru
man who is already maneuvering for his
man. This newspaper does not want another
infliction of Trumanism on this country. He
and Adlai are political bedfellows. For our
part we prefer Ike and believe that will be
the sentiment of the great majority of the
voters when they go to the polls. Eisenhower )
refuses to follow the “liberals” in all of their
left wing schemes. We still prefer, admire :
and trust him as a great man and statesman. 1
Dangerous Highway Drivers
In the early morning and mid-afternoon
with the highways filled with school buses
transporting children to and from school iri:
all directions, the danger hazard is at a high
peak. The law requires, and propei^y so, that
motorists stop when approaching buses un
loading or loading children, and stand still i
until the highways are cleared. This law
saves the life or crippling of many a child, i
Under the new state highway point sys
tem, 12 demerits are required to cause the
suspension of one’s driving license. We note
that a motorist in the upper part of the state
managed to accumulate 18 points in a single
day, thereby setting an unprecedented rec
ord. He was as dangerous to human life on
the highways as a man with a gun. His vio- |
lations were for reckless driving, six points;
refusing to stop for uniformed officer, four
points; running through stop sign, four
points; running through **ed light, four
points. And the motorist had two previous
license suspensions for drunk driving and
did not have a driver’s license as required by
law, when he got the 18 pxnnts for violations.
The daily papers eaclumorning record the
multiplied deaths and accidents that occur
at an alarming rate due to varied causes as
the investigations sho\y. The kind of driver
referred to is a menace to human life. If the
highway px)int system can remove such driv
ers from the roads, it will be the best insur
ance possible in promoting safety and giving
men and women on the highways a chance
to live. And yet there are p)eople who say
they are against the point system.
Another Roosevelt Speaks
Representative James Roosevelt of Cali
fornia, has called upxm President Eisenhower
to “put the weight of his office behind the
fight to end discrimination as he labels it—
not only in education in schools and colleges,
but in employment, in interstate travel, and
in all other areas.” He further says that the
Justice Department should “eliminate the
possibility of endless legal entanglements”
over the Supreme Court’s decision against
public school segregation.
Rep. Roosevelt is one of the much publi
cised sons of the late President Roosevelt,
the man, aided by his wife, Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt, who started the integration agita
tion years ago and are largely responsible for
the problem before us today. Naturally the
son is following in their footstep>s with the
same agitation in pjropx>sing with the court’s
decision, that this social revolution be im
posed upxm the South “as soon as pxissible.”
The fundamental law of this land has been
abolished through concepts of sociology. The
Roosevelts through years have ardently
worked to bring about desegregation, ignor
ing the fact that this historic problem be
tween races cannot be solved by the signing
of a decree or by any other immediate means.
This newspaper is oppxjsed to the end of seg
regation in the schools and churches, and the
great majority of Negroes feel exactly the
same way. If and when we uproot long estab
lished customs and traditions and a w'ay of
life which has been followed in the South, at
least, for generations, the Negro race will be
the heavy loser. Turmoil and strife will be
bred.
Big Pending Strike Averted
The announcement came yesterday that
the threatened strike by the CIO United Au
to Workers Union had been averted through
negotiations by which the Ford Motor Com
pany broke ground for American industry
for a guaranteed wage plan. The plan calls
for the company to establish a 55 million dol
lar fund during a three-year contract period
of financing payments to workers idled from
their jobs, supplementing state unemploy
ment compensation benefits. This shows the
tremendous power of CIO and certainly
means that Walter Reuther, its" head, will
press for similar terms with other big motor
companies. The inevitable result will be
strikes in all possibility, in the industry.
We have recently witnessed the unwar
ranted and diastrous strike by CIO employ
ees against the Southern Bell Telephone
Company. The strike by drivers against the
Greyhound Lines is still in progress after
weeks of idleness and loss in wages by em
ployees and their families. Regardless of the
outcome, both sides lose, and that heavily,
when strikes are called.
The Ford company guaranteed wage rep
resented a compromise the public is told. It
supplements state jobless payments for only
a 26-week period, or half a year, against a
full year’s demand by Reuther.
1 he sought strike would have done untold
harm against business and the country’s
economy. Don’t overlook this fact—the pub
lic will be forced to foot the bill. The buyer of
cars will be forced to pay the cost of the ad
ditional demanded benefits. The consumer
is the fellow who always is called upon to
foot the bill. Remember this, too, that offi
cers of the union draw enormous salaries
regardless, strike or no strike.
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THE WORLDS MOST WIDELY USED OEVOllONAi GUIDE
What than I do. Lord? (Acta 22:10) Road Ada 22:1-11
If the meeting of Christ and Saul on the Damascus road were to
become anything more than an unusual experience, Paul sensed that
his vision made necessary some action on his part.
The fact that salvation is a gift, a work of free grace, has led
some to believe that nothing more is required of a Christian than to
profess faith in Christ.
We cannot, of course, earn a place in the kingdom of God. True,
we are saved as an act of grace. But if salvation is to have meaning
for us to have any effect on others, we must become “doers of the
word, and not hearers only." To accept the incomparable gift of the
kind of life Jesus bestows on His disciples and then do nothing is
to miss the joy of salvation. The coming of each new day is fresh
evidence of God’s goodness. How better to begin it than with an
earnest inquiry to God as to what we should do as vessels chosen for
His service?
PRAYER
O Father of grace and mercy, show us this day what
we may do to express our gratitude for Thy many bless
ings. Save us from any tendency to withhold from
others the Joy of Thy salvation, a gift so freely given us.
through Jesus Christ. Amen.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Jesus said, He who loses his life for my sake, will find it”
Ray H. Nichols, Newspaper Publisher (Texas)
about their , local, state and na
tional governments, how they
feel about the future, whether
they have confidence in Wash
ington—these psychological fac
tors have had a great deal to do
with our good business. News
paper advertising has created a
climate of confidence in which
it has been possible for us to con
sume our way to prosperity.
Businessmen and manufactur
ers are optimistic, too. When
they spend money for new stores,
new plants, and new machinery,
we know times are good. And,
business plans to spend about 5
per cent more on these things in
1955 than it spent in 1954. When
projecting plans into the future,
business will be sufficiently good
most manufacturers feel that
to necessitate a further 10-12 per
cent addition to their produc
tive capacity between 1956 and
1958. Yes, it is a tremendous
revolution that we are part of, a
revolution that makes our stand
ard of living almost unbeliev
able to most other parts of the
world. Character, education and
advertising are the basic forces
needed to have prosperity con
tinue.
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Court To Convene
On Next Monday;
Jurors Drawn
Petit jurors for the term of
General Sessions Court to con-
ven in Laurens June IS have
been announced by Clerk of
Court Walter Dunlap, member
of the jury commission, as fol
lows:
J. C. Lollis, Joanna; John H.
Fulmer, Joanna; J. H. Spivey,
Shady Grove; Norman F. Case,
Hickory Tavern; Marvin H. Wal
lace, Lydia Mills; E. B. Simpson,
Shiloh; T. M. Bolick, Joanna;
Davis Tribble, Clinton; Marvin
Gunter, Mt. Olive; Alton Wat
kins, Shiloh; John C. Ruff, Joan
na; and Robert E. -Gray, Gray
| Court.
Also E. W. Horton, Clinton;
Claude Brashier, Jones’ Store;
George B. Brooks, Hopewell;
James Putnam, Pleasant Mound;
Karl H. Espieg, Jr. .Clinton; Wil
liam R. Pitts, Jr., Clinton; Mar
ion C. Courtney, Long Branch;
James W. Taylor, Mt. Olive; Ed
ward Elders, Lydia Mills; Wal
lace S. Bates, Joanna; Frank Nel
son, Laurens Mills; N. B. Senn,
Jr., Watts Mills; Alvin Greene,
Watts Mills; and H. F. Bass, Lau
rens.
BABSON . . .
Discusses Your Family Income
By ROGER W. BABSON
Babson Park, Mass., June 9—I wonder if you
realize that a far greater social and economic rev
olution is taking place right under your nose .than
has taken place in Russia. This is a revolution
that should put Russia to shame.
Look Al Yourself
Take a look at what has happened to you. As
little as 10 years ago did you expect to own a
home such as you probably have today? Did you
ever expect to have the kind of car that is yours,
to go to the places and do the things you’ve been
doing lately? To own the household appliances
that are yours? To be able to send your children
to college?
A young Babson Institute senior who will
graduate this June has had a number of job inter
views and several offers. One
company offered him an espec
ially good opportunity and we
supposed he had accepted their
job offer. Upon inquiry, he
hedged and said he had not be
cause they were not paying en
ough. He wanted more than
their $300 per month to start
because some of his classmates
were getting offers of from $325
up. It is nothing short of fan
tastic the number of technical
and business administration college men who will
start out this June not with just a diploma, but
with a wife, perhaps a child, a car, and a $4,000-
a-year job!
Who Is Benefiting Today?
Since 1947 there has been a 70 per cent in
crease in the number of families with incomes
over $4,000. Back in 1944 the average family
earned $4,027. Today, the average for the Ameri
can family, including^ both farmers and those liv
ing in the cities, is $5,330. And the average city
family today earns over $6,000 annually! But
most startling of all is the fact that a whopping
44 per cent of all non-farm families earn between
$5,000 and $10,000 a year. At the other end of the
scale, only 30 per cent of all families, including
the traditionally low farm income gorup, earn less
than $3,000. Only 15 per cent of the city famil
ies are today found in this group. But keep in
mind that these figures apply to families living
under the same roof, not necessarily to individ
uals.
But this is not all of the story. The real eye
opener is found in the great economic leveling
process that has been at work these past dozen
years. Fewer and fewer families are making
over $10,000. Only 9.8 per cent of our city fam
ilies make over $10,000.
In short we have broadened our market base
with a greatly increased number of potential buy
ers of goods and services. This expanded market
base in itself should help to keep us prosperous.
This, then is a revolution in earning power. It
has already increased the middle class group of
wage earners so that we today have nearly
achieved a one-class, middle-class society, with
little poverty and few extremely wealthy persons.
Importance of Advertising
Certainly I would be one of the first to admit
that pent-up war demand was responsible for the
spurt in business right after the war. But, that
was over by 1800. What keeps us rolling, now in
1955? Consumer confidence! JIow people feel
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Also Arthur A. Bolt, Trinity-
Ridge; H. G. McCall, Trinity-
Ridge; H. Kirk Milam, Clinton;
J. F. O’Dell, Daniels’ Store; Hom
er Blackwell, Mt Olive; Calvin
E. Franklin, Shady Grove; E. N.
Stephens, Joanna; J. D. Lydia,
Clinton Mills; W. M. Stephens,
Cooks’ Store; and E. Boyce Cald
well, Lauren*.^, .
Local Boys To
Attend Palmetto
Boys' State
Copeland,-Davidson Post No.
56, American Legion, will send
seven boys to Boys’ State June
12-19. They are Robert Neely,
sponsored by the Lions club; Edd
Pitts, by the Exchange dub; Al
vin Whitmire, by Clinton Cotton
Mills; Grady Fuller, by Lydia
Cotton Mills; Dusty Reaves, by
Joanna Cotton Mills; James Ed
ward Sweat, Thornwell Orphan
age, by the Kiwanis dub; John
Franklin, by the American Leg
ion Post.
The boys will be in Columbia
for a week. Walter A. Johnson
is director and is sponsored by
the Department of Americanism.
These youths will make a report
of the week to the school and
clubs. Poet Commander Robert S.
Powell and Wyman Sheely, Sr.,
will take the boys to Columbia.
Cotton Called
Still The Best
All-Round Fiber
Harlingen, Tex., June 2.—1>±-
spite all research efforts of man
made fiber producers, it has been
impossible to incorporate into any
one of them as r.u.ny desirable
qualities as are in cotton, Burris
Jackson said tods?
Jackson, general chairman of
the American Gotten Congress, de
livered the keynote address befort
the group’s annual meeting, hdld
in the Rio Grande Valley for the
first time this year. ,
In a prepared address, Jackson
said a revolution was taking place
in cotton in nearly every phase of
the industry—the pattern of pro
duction, breeding, processing,
manufacturing and marketing.
Efficiency throughout the in
dustry,” he old the opening session
of the three-day meeting, “has
been stepped up remarkably and
quality has been improved.”
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