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Page Four THB CLINTON CHRONICLE 1958 (Sl?r (Eltntmt (C^rauirlr 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 Poet Office at Clinton, S. C., under Act of Congress March 3, 1870 The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the publisher will at ail 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 correapondeat*. Member: South Carolina Press Association, National Editorial Association National Advertising Representative: AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York, Chicago, Detroit Philadelphia CLINTON. S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1955 Field For Service President J. J. Cornwall and his board of directors announced yesterday that they have secured the services of J. Winton Curtis to serve as full-time secretary of the Cham ber of Commerce. This is a^move that will be applauded by members of the Chamber and citizens gen erally who lend their efforts toward the building of Clinton. We know of no step that is more poten tially fruitful for the welfare of the commu nity. It offers opportunities for unlimited service and accomplishment and will serve as a central agency through which to co ordinate efforts of all agencies and groups in the city. The Chamber of Commerce deserves the support of every citizen in Clinton. It has not had and does not now have such support to the degree to which it is entitled. Through the years it has remained for a compara tively few interested citizens to maintain the organization and carry on its tasks. They Everybody’s Job There is a new movement going on today which, though not broadly publicized, holds immense significance for every citizen. Defi nite headway is being made toward getting the federal government out of competition with tax-paying private commercial enter prise. Short of providing adequate national defense, this is the most important thing from the standpoint of keeping our country the sort of place in which we want to live. Recently 24 synthetic rubber factories were turned over to private industry for a net profit to the government of $35,000,000. A bill has been introduced which would get the federal government out of the city-running business at Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Richland, Wash., and save the taxpayers $1,500,000 an nually. An article in Time magazine states that ‘‘in scores of other nooks and crannies of gov ernment, less dramatic ways have been found to eliminate competition with private busi ness. The defense department has shut down have done excellent work with the aid and “4 scrap metal operations, 7 bakeries, 9 laun- resources at their command. With the securing of a full-time secretary, the Chamber should enter upon a new era of accomplishment and should draw support from every segment of life in Clinton—busi ness, religious, cultural, civic and social. For everything that the Chamber does and seeks to do will benefit directly or indirectly every person whose home is in Clinton. Business men and women, especially, should automat-1 ically consider membership in and work with the Chamber a part of their life in Clinton. Nothing can be more rewarding than the feeling of accomplishment resulting from efforts put forth in company with fellow j citizens in laboring in an energetic and go-; ing Chamber of Commerce. We are sure we speak for the Chamber when we invite all men who are interested in the growth of Clinton to put their shoulders j to the wheel and join in what can be a mov ing factor in bringing to the community that new era which is long over-due. Reckless... (Continued from page one) after the Senn car passed it a short distance from Curry’s Lake on the Gray Court road. Tommy Moore said after Senn passed Nelson that Nelson tried to pass Senn several times and Senn would pull to the center of the road to keep the Dodge from "going around.” The second witness, Nicky Zupp, who was also a passenger in the Senn Car, said he did not see the Dodge trying to pass. However, Gerald Pitts, another passenger in the Ford, said, “Robert would try to pass Chs. would go to the middle of the road.” He also testified, “I think they were racing.” All three of the ninth graders testified they were returning from a picnic their school home room had held at Curry’s Lake. They said Nelson left with the two girls and two more boys in his car about a minute ahead of the Ford and the Ford passed the other car shortly. After they got on the Greenville-Laurens high way at Laurens, the cars stay ed "pretty close” to gether, the witnesses said. Moore said he looked at the speedometer once and the Ford was traveling 75 miles per hour. Gerald Pitts said the fastest he saw the speedometer register was 85 miles per hour. Both boys said no one in the car told Senn to slow down or mentioned the speed. Pitts said, “I think the Dodge was keeping up pretty good.” He said he saw the truck when the Ford was close to it. "We started to pass it and I don't know what happened,” Pitts stat ed. “I think the truck was begin ning to turn off,” he said. Pitts said he did not remember seeing a signal from the truck dries, a chain factory, a caustic soda plant, 4 cement mixing plants, a tire retreading plant, 2 garden nurseries and 4 ice plants.” The federal governments $40,000,000,000 in- w vestment in over 100 different types of tax- row turn signal .^fore I passec exempt businesses is getting smaller. It’s a heartening thing to see somebody patching a few of the cracks in the foundations of our free enterprise economy. As long as a person earns his income through self-employment or by working for “^7^ “id another private citizen, his voting decisions are based upon what he thinks best for the country or the community, and they do not have a direct relationship to his means of livelihood as when he depends on govern ment employment for work. i signal "before I passed uot.” Moore continued, "We started around the truck, Charles mash ed on the brakes and that is all I remember.” In answer to a question by a that To keep our political liberty and our repre sentative form of government, the people must maintain their right to make a living without regard to political consideration. That means curtailment of government in business, and that’s everybody’s job. Bible Reading Pays On one of the TV shows Tuesday night a Mrs. Kreitzer, of Pennsylvania, gave the right answers to three questions that had to do with personalities in the Bible and won $32,000. She can take the $32,000 or appear on the program next week and attempt to double her money by answering additional questions. She has been on a series of pro grams ami has doubled the money on each succeeding show. While one seldom considers the financial rewards for studying the Bible, here’s one instance, at least, when it was profitable in deed. Along with the .march of progress in the world, maybe this demonstrates a new ap proach to an old habit engaged in by mil lions the world over. And some spiritual values may be attained in the process. Family Farm Stronger Is the family farm a passing institution? John Bird, associate editor of Better Farm ing, doesn’t think so. He tells why in a Read er’s Digest article carrying the dramatic title, “They’re Inventing the Drudgery Out of Farm Life.” His article deals with the enormous prog ress that has been made in getting farm jobs done swiftly, efficiently, and economically. He writes: “Mechanization is bringing fun damental changes to U. S. farm life. Going, at last, is the traditional dawn-to-dusk drud gery which has been the age-old lot of people on the land. The up-to-date farmer has evolved into a power-minded production en gineer who is quick to acquire the latest la bor-saving implements and who also invents many of his own. As a result, each hour of work is becoming more productive, life in the country is more enjoyable and the family farm is growing stronger than ever.” He also observes, “Ask almost any farm er, ‘What is your greatest labor-saver?’ and he will point to his tractor, or give it a fond pat... . The modern model is a compact, fast- moving power package that not only pulls heavy loads but also hoists, pushes, digs, cuts, pumps, shakes and carries.” Mr. Bird goes on to describe some of the other power-operated tools that American en terprise and ingenuity have brought to agri culture. The fanners of past generations just wouldn't believe such miracles could exist. Machines are revolutionizing agriculture as completely as they are revolutionizing indus try. BABSON . . . Discusses Opportunities For The Blind By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Mass., July 7—Since returning from my winter in Florida, 1 have often been asked how- I used my time while there. Unfortunately, 1 do not play golf or indoor games, including cards. My exercise consists of walking and w-orking in my garden. I, however, have made a practice of select ing some one subject to study each winter, as a sort of ’‘post-graduate course.’’ It has been inter esting and helpful to myself and others. 1 once assumed that being phy sically handicapped often retard ed memory or judgment; but scientists, psychologists, and the medical profession tell me that I am wrong in this. They insist that those "bom with” ambition, persistence, and talent still have them after any accident; while those who apparently lacked these qualities before an accident seldom have after one This is true in the case of blindness, which I am discussing this week. When I was in college, most of the totally blind learned Braille—that is, reading with their fin gers. Babson Park, with its Institute and Research Plants, is within a few miles of the Perkins Insti tution, which is one of the best schools for the blind in America. Since the development of the radio, phonograph, and especially the “talking books," fewer blind people have been interested in learn ing Braille. Let me say, however, that every blind person should at least be able to use the Braille alphabet and numbering system, in order to be able to keep records of names and telephone num bers and short memos. This enables one to serve as a secretary, or a sales clerk, or even an executive. OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE BLIND Much is being done by the Federal Government, the State Government, and private organizations toward helping the blind. Sometimes I think that a blind person has better prospects than those of us with eyesight, because we do not appreciate our eyesight and use it as we should Those who are in terested in this subject should write the U. S. De partment of Health, Education, and Welfare, Of fice of Vocational Rehabilitation, Washington, D. C., for a copy of their pamphlet entitled Oppor tunities for the Blind. This pamphlet lists agencies in each of the forty-eight states and the territories of the U. S. which specialize in such vocational re to pass Senn at any time would have been unlawful. Zupp said he saw the truck on the right side of the road as they came over the rise in the road. “I saw a light on the truck come on and go off. That’s all I saw,” he said. He testified he did not know if the light he saw was a turn sginal. Patrolman Blume said the brakes were applied to the cars about 133 feet from the point of intact with the truck, which oc curred on the left side of the road. He said the signal lights were working on the truck, except for one on the left rear had been knocked off. Patrolman Blume also brought up for the first time in the in quest that another car was hit. He said the force of the impact knocked the truck into a Ply mouth sedan. He did not identify the owner of the car. Members of the jury returnnig the verdict as to cause of Miss Lanford’s death were Walter Reeder, foreman; H. W. Laws. B. E. Martin, Jr, A. W. Wallace, and W. R. Stoddard. Exonerate Boy In Road Death Laurens, July 1—A 16-year-old Greenwood youth was exoner ated by a Laurens county coro ner’s jury here this afternoon in the death of James C. Todd, 25- yera-old Negro of Cross Hill, Rt. 1. The verdict returned by the jury was that Todd "came to his death fro minjuries received by being hit by an automobile driv- e nby Jerry Douglas Seabolt— unavoidable.” Young Seabolt’s mother, Mrs. Daisy Patterson, testified that she was a passenger in the car driven by her son when it hit “something” in the road about a half mile south of Waterloo early in the morning of June 26. She said her son asked her if they should stop and she, think ing they had hit a large dog, told him not to stop as she was afraid to stop in that section. She said when they arrived at her sister’s home in Laurens she called offi cers and notified them they had hit something and asked the of ficers to investigate. Mrs. Patterson said her son , , „ .was driving about 50 miles an habihtation. Job opportunities are often available | hour when they saw the ob- professtons, trades, re- ^ lying ^ the road it was too ” ~ late to stop “or do anything.” tail establishments, factory occupations, and cleri cal and personal service positions. Many of these categories I have personally checked this past win ter and find that blind persons are successfully en gaged in these different lines of work. In many positions they are doing better work than those who can see. They have more time to listen, meditate, pray, and plan; they are better able to concentrate and arrive quickly at a correct Prince stated decision; they are more creative and often their ^ employer more and better ideas, methods, and pro cesses. These qualifications—some of which are distinctly based upon spiritual power—are often possessed by the blind to a degree exceeding those of the normal person. In fact, the future of a blind person who is given proper opportunities can ex ceed that of a normal person, provided he or she has natural memory, judgment, and ambition- but this brings me back to the third paragraph of this column. Blind people instinctively learn to sacri fice, which is the basis of success. Paul Prince, deputy sheriff of Laurens county, told of going to the scene and finding the man dying. He kept mumbling and moving his arm when the deputy askeef him questions, Deputy Tpdd was dead on arrival at the hospital. This was the last of three in quests conducted by Coroner Joe Smith today at the court house. Coroner Smith remained in the court house from the first in quest a 410:30 a. m. until the last one was completed about 4:00 p. m. because of the strain of climb ing the stain with his broken leg in a cast. COHDUCTIHG SERVICES Dr. William Redd Turner, pas tor of the Pint Presbyterian church. 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