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* • I Pa>?e Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE uJlf? (Elintnn (C^rmtirlr / Established 1»®« July 4. 1889 — WTLUAM WILSON HARRIS Jnue 13. 1955 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable in Advance) One Year $3.00, Six Months $2.0(1 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C., under Act ol 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. DECEMBER 6. 1956 An Excellent Job Clinton owes a debt of gratitude to three men in particular and a host of committee chairmen and solicitors for bringring to a suc cessful conclusion last week the. year’s Com munity Chest campaign. And not to be over looked. of. course, are the people in all'walks of life who opened their hearts and pocket- books and made possible the meeting of the highest goal in the city’s history—$17,987 for nine agencies to carry on.their work in the community during the coming year. It was a big job well done. Congratulations are due to Chest Presi dent A. C. Young. Jr., Drive Chairman Fred E. Holcombe, and Secretary-Treasurer George Massey for their heroic efforts ini perform ing such an eminently worthwhile public service. They worked hard and long and it must do their hearts good to see their ef forts rewarded in such a fine way by the co operation tlWy received from the whole com munity. We know Chairman Holcombe and his or ganization were delighted—hut not surprised —with the final push given the campaign when employees of Clinton and Lydia Mills reported contributions totaling $4,000. Congratulations to everybody! pened: “. . . the reason can best be found in the basic independence and self-reliance of our farmers. But partly the answer lies also in greater use of capital and ih new farming techniques developed by science. Increasing ly, farmers have substituted machines for manpower. . . .” Then Mr. Benson draws a picture in words that does a far more effective job of drama tizing the agricultural revolution than can the statistics. He says, “Had it been possible to transport, by magic, a farmer from Bib lical times to an American farm of 100 years ago, he would have recognized almost every implement then in use—The flail, hoe and rakf, for example. To day he would recognize hardly any—tractor, hay baler, milking ma chine or combine.” In other words, science and technology and mechanization, in little more than a long life time, have done infinitely more to transform farming than was done in all the preceding centuries of recorded civilization. Abliene, Kan., Daily Reflector-Chronicle: “After listening to speakers of both parties belabor one another you wonder whether they’re describing rival candidates for office or men wanted by the police.” “Back the Attack” South Carolina has joined other states throughout the nation in “Backing the At tack” on traffic accidents. The State Highway Department has an nounced that a special drive began Decem ber 1 jn an effort to keep traffic accidents that make Decemlnr the most deadly month 'of the year on the highways at a minimum. The National Governors Conference en dorsed the “Back the Attack’’ program, and ■46 states and the District of Columbia have pledged support. “Mayors and countv officials, local safetv councils, and numerous other organizations concerned with accident prevention are also asked to help “Back the Attack” on traffic accidents,” said Chief Highway Commission er Claude R". McMillan. A case history study made last Christmas revealed that speed and drinking played the biggest part in the death toll. “Emphasis will be given to these points, as well as to the dangers of darkness and the increased hazards to pedestrians,” he said. The "Back the Attack” program will con tinue through 1957 in order to achieve the objectives of the “action program” set up by the President’s Highway Safety Conference. The “Back the Attack” program will give increased attention to: (1) Added-enforcement to traffic laws.- (2) More rigorous^ handling of violators by traffic courts. (3) Improved traffic laws and ordinances where they are found to l>e inadequate. (4i Stricter driver licensing and more ef fective suspension of licenses for chronic violators. (5) Stepj)ed-up driver education in high schools and for adults. (6) More widespread organization of lo cal support groups and participation by citi zens in local safety work. Mr. McMillan said, "I hope every motor ist and pedestrian in South Carolina will help us Back the Attack’ by following the rules of safe 'driving.and safe walking. We know the rules of safety, now all we have to do is to’apply them—not only during this pro gram but at all times.” / Recent reports from the State Highway Department show that 20 of the state’s 46 counties have had their death count from traffit accidents show an increase over last year, some more than doubling the 1955 fig ures. Drastic measures must be taken if the state is ever to bt^gin pulling downward its record ot traffic fatalities. A good start would be made—and it is the only way any kind of a start can be made—toward bringing about the desired reduction, in traffic accidents is for the individual driver to decide to do something about it. The two chief causes of death on the highways are known—speed ing and drunk driving. What are we going to do alKJUt it? It’s up to you—and you—and .you. College Program Reaches $814,365 Initial reports from two more regions have mounted Presbyte rian College’s Diamond Jubilee Development program to $814,365, President Marshall W. Brown an nounced today. Lower Charleston Presbytery turned in $10,760 from 41 sub scriptions at its first report meet ing on Monday night, and Savan nah Presbytery opened its report ing the next evening with $8,650 from 13 gifts. The Charleston group — under the leadership of Frank S. Hay and the Rev. T. Robert Fulton, both of Charleston—is scheduled to hold a second report on Friday night. Savannah solicitors — headed by Gen. Joseph Fraser, of Hinesville, and the Rev. John P. Simmons, of Savannah-a^ill meet again on next Monday nigttt. Two other regions also have re port meetings slated lor this week. The Macon area—with Henry K. Burns, Sr., a»d the Rev. John E. Richards, both of Macon, serving as co-chairman—will have its sec ond report on Thursday night. And .Abbeville-Greenwood region—un der the leadership of Joel Morse and the Rev. B. Herman Dillard, both of Abbeville—is set to start its reporting on Friday night. The PC development program already has achieved its minimum goal of $750,000 from 16 regions in which campaigns have been completed within the controling Synods of South Carolina, and Georgia. New Trial Granted In Federal Court In Vermiculite In A Long Lifetime “Fifty years ago each farmer raised enough for himself and for six others,” writes Secretary of Agriculture Jenson, jn jiis new l>ook, Farmers at the Crossroads (Devin- Adair Company, New York). ’Today-he pro duces enough for himself and 19 others.” The Secretary explains how. this has hap- «♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦ ♦♦ ♦ «VV#«W» V# ♦♦ V# «W» •*# V • *# SENSING THE NEWS. . By THURMAN SENSING Executive Vice President j.. Southern State* Industrial Council ' SANTA CLAl'S DOES NOT LIVE IN WASHINGTON Like a normal grandfather, I suppose,! I think my grandson is a smart boy. I have never bragged on him in print before, but I am going to do so now—because 1 have a specific illustration to sus tain my opinion. He accompanied me to the airport the other day, where I was catching a plane for Washington. On tW way out(^I said to him, "Andy, I’m going to look around Tor Santa Claus while I am in Wash ington. Do you reckon I'll find him?” He thought about it a momont and then replied, "I doubt it.’’ In expressing this opinion, he was going contra- rary to the opinion held by just about ninety per cent of the people irt this country—and even though he is hardly four years old, I submit he is smarter than just about ninety per cent of the people. Certainly, there are entirely too many of us who believe Santa Claus does live right in the capital city of Washington. W'e go the.r^ fully expecting to find him. ‘ - Deep down in our hearts we know, certainly any thinking person knows, that this is not so, that it is nor. ev en posstbie^in a free nation; We know that goyernTnent in a free nation has never had any money and never will have any .money that is not first provided by the people themselves from back -homer In -other words, we know that the govern ment -can only give to the people what it has first taken from them. In still other words, we know who Santa Claus really is. But it is not surprising that we have reached this attitude of self-delusion, because we have had a political philosophy promulgated among us for the last quarter of a century at least that has been ‘intended to lead us to this conclusion. We have been told that whatever we desired, the Great White Father could provide. We have, been fas cinated with the return of our own money. This practice of looking to the central govern ment in Washington to provide us with gifts from Santa Claus, with "something for nothing,” with fulfillment of all our needs and desires, is not cdn. ' lined to any one group—it permeates just about all groups. TSc farmers of this country, for instance—once our most independent, self-reliant peopje-^have been led to believe they fyave found Sant^Claus in Washington. The fact is that farm price supports, originally instituted as a war emergency measure, have been perpetuated as a “welfare state” meas- :re. Now government controls and regulations have destroyed the independence of the American farm er. But the farmers, as-*would be true of any other group, have 6een "taken care of’’ so l6ng they now demand it. Thus does paternalism destroy freedom We are even now hearing a great clarhor from the “easy money 1 boys that Washington do sorhe- thipg about the increasing, “cost" of money and t^iis clamor includes great segments of business and. in dustry. < AH this means actually, is that so many people have been enjoying—and they think profiting from the inflationary boom of printing press money during recent years, they want this practice con tinued. For twenty-three of the last twenty-six years, our government lived beyond its income. This brought about ah artificial supply of money and the price of money was cheap. Now that we have started balancing our budiget once more, now that we are letting the-law of supply and demand take effect—and history tells us that whenever government starts to meddle with this law it is headed for trouble—we are not continuing to pro duce this artificial supply of money, the demand is exceeding the supply, and the price of money is ac cordingly higher. One more illustration. State and local govern ments have now become accustomed to going to Washington, hat in hand, for the wherewithal to finance what should be purely state and local pro jects. This practice is destroying states’ rights, the most fundamental principle in the philosophy of government founded for us by our forefathers. In destroying these rights, we are destroying our herit age. Yet we continue to see local and state business organizations, city, county and state governments, exulting over the receipt of “federal aid”—the re turn of part of their own money! Yes, Andy, there is a Santa Claus all right, but you are correct—he does not live in Washington. Greenville, Dec. 1. — Judge Ashton H. Williams has filed an opinion in Federal Court here that a new trial should be grant ed in a case against the Alabama Vermiculite Corporation. The jury in the trial held here j2j2* ? ct0 , be I f T,? * Ver< !i. Ct M *"'* | isuished"south* Carolinians! $5,000 for J T Patterson, T M Extension Department Of Joanna Church. Has Christmas Party V A Christmas party for members of the extension department and their guests held in the recreation room of the Joanna Baptist church on Thursday , afternoon, December 6, at 4:30 o’clock. Guests were greeted at the door by the president of the Woman’s Missionary Union Mrs. Bertha Stroud, Mrs. Horace Hamm, Sr., and Mrs. Ben Jester. Corsages were pinned on each. The guests enjoyed stringing pop corn and cranberries for the Christmas tree. A salad plate was served Re corded Christmas music was en joyed throughout the afternoon. Those attending were: Mrs. Lessie Morgan, Mrs. Betty Webb, Miss June Dobbins, Mrs. W. C. Dobbins, Sr., Mrs. Betty Bragg, Mrs. Marion Hamm, Mrs. L. H. Poag, Mrs. Bertha Evans, Mrs. Clifford Farmer, Mrs. Bell Kitch en, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Lollis, Charlie Dickey, Jack Holson- back, Mrs. George Frady and Wade Jenkins. Biographical Data (continued from page 1) “Our aim is to compile bio graphical data on each of the some 750 state senators njrho have served since 1865,” Senator Baskin declared. “We are concentrating at present on this area of' re search but iwill extend our field to include all members of the South Carolina Senate since its incep tion at the Jacksonborough As sembly in l<>t82. We need the as- s i sta nee of the peop le of South Carolina in gathering information for biographical sketches of the members.” ' Serving on the committee with Mr. Baskin are State Senator A. Fletcher Spigner, Jr., of Richland county, who is vice chairman, and former governor, now Senator R. M Jefferies of Colleton county. The committee has gotten up a data sheet to .be filled out for each senator and these are being sent to persons known to be fa miliar with the lives of these dis- 4- Thursday, December IS, 1956 nominated for this national honor on the basis of scholarship, leader ship and extraordinary contribu tion to student life. Cadet Luk- stat is a member of the Summer- drill team and won “outstanding all Guards, The Citadel’s senior cadet” at summer ROTC camp. He’s also a Distinguished Air Force ROTC Cadet. He is majoring in English. He wsa grdauated from Clinton high school in 1953. The Lukstat fam ily formerly made their home here. Patterson and W A Patterson in their suit against the Alabama corporation which has been con ducting mining operations on their property in Laurens county. They charged the defendant had wasted quantities of ver miculite and compromsied the value of other quantities in al leged negligent—mining opera tions. Judge Williams’ opinion was filed in a memorandum of de cision" and included the notation that a formal order embodying hte terms of the memorandum would be filed at a later date. The memorandum stated. "The verdict against the defendant was against manifest weight of the evidence and should be set aside and a new trial granted.” It concluded that "Mrs. Vivian Campbell Patterson is entitled to 1-18 of the royalty, payable un der the lease .for her inchoate right of power." Members of the present Senate are being asfced assistance as well, not only about themselves but their predecessors in office. Lukstat Elected Cadet Richard H Lukstat, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Luk stat, a senior at The Citadel, C harleston, and Cadet 2nd Lieu tenant in the Corps of Cadets, has been elected to Who’s Who in American Universities and Col-, leges for 1956-57. Students are . ' r . • • ’ — . Just Received - Christmas Special CITATION SHOES This Shoe Comes In Medium or High Heel Genuine Lizard ni 95 Matching Bags .; «*-•- .. A\ $11.95 Venetian Silk Shoes $0.95^ \ T High Heel Matching Bags . . . $5.95 Brown Cast and f Black Cast Moore's Shoe Store ON THE SQUARE John L, , Mimnaugh “We depend very much on the Christmas shopping sea son to make a profit in our business. Is Business Inter ruption insurance the best answer to avoid loss fn case a fire, windstorm, or other calamity should close our store during this season?” Wm. J. Bailey Ins. Agency itl. S. Bailey A Son Bankers Bid*. Phone 1246 MIDWAY DRIVE-IN THEATRE Clinton — Joanna FRI. & SAT. 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