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Pape Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, May 30, 1957 1 3hp (Elitttnlt (El?rnntrlr FsUbllsbed 1900 Jnlj 4, 1889 — WILLIAM WILSON HARRIS — June IS, 1955 Clinton High School 795 7 Graduating Class PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable in Advance) t- ... One \ ear $3 OP, Six Months $2.00 Entered as'Second Class Mail Matter at the Post OtTice at Clinton. S March 3, 1879 . ■ ' C., under Art of Congress The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the puolisher will at ai. times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advice. The Chronicle will publish lei.t ?-of genera, interest when they are not of a defamatory nature Anonymous communications w .11 no: be noticei This paper is nof. responsible for the views or opinions of its corntu H da nts Member: South Carolina Press Association, National Editorial Association National Advertising RepresentaUve: AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York, C.iicago, Detroit Philadelphia CLINTON. S. (’., Till RSDAY, MAY 30. 1957 Clinton— And Commencement We don't know of any city anywhere that has a more enoyahle commencement season than Clinton. The closing exercises of its fine institu tions furnish two or three weeks of events that are always,of interest to thousands in this a red and extending over the state of South C-arolina and into other states. On sev eral occasions during the season, two com mencement services take place at the same time. For instance, next Sunday morning the baccalaureate services of Presbyterian Col lege and Thorn well ^Orphanage occur at the same hour. .. r With two high schools, Clinton and Bell Street, Thornwell and Presbytering each scheduling their year’s final services in a relatively short space of time, Clinton citi zens are kept busy ,(and interestingly, and pleasantly 'so) going from one to the other. Thanks To Thornwell * Thornwell Orphanage is due a vote of thanks from the citizens of Clinton in mak ing available to the city a piece of property ;wl()ining its water and electric plant oh Gary Street. Thornwell owned a triangular block bound- .-ed.by Gary. Thornwell and.Centennial Streef-C Back in the early 1900’s when the city built its water and electric plant. Thornwelb sold the site to the city. Again last week, Thornwell came to the aid of the city when the board of trustees acceded to the request to sell more property in the block for the enlargement of the city’s water facilities. Thornwell is not in the business of selling land, and under ordinary circumstances would not dispose of any of its property. Probably not since 1906‘ or 1907 when the city purchased its original site, has the in stitution transferred any of its Clinton prop erty. T — . 1 1 : .T Now, once again. 50 years later, Thorn- well hits demonstrated its willingness and desire to cooperate with the City of Clinton in its expanding growth. This newspaper feels sure it speaks for the citizens, of Clintorj* when it expresses thanks to Thornwell for the generous spirit it has exhibited. A Record Tax Payment Todav atmosC-everyone seems to be thinking about taxes—federal, state, local. So a news-item from California takes on a big significance. ' v A gas and electric company there has made final pfayments on its 1956-57 local property tax bills. These added up fp more j than $50 million—the’largest payments of its kind ever made in the state. This same company's total taxes for 1956 reached a npv high record of just under $126 million. Finally, the item states that taxes con tinue as'thie company’s largest single item of expense, absorbing 25.3 cents of each dollar of revenue received from all sources. — ; : Wasson Says County Pomeslic Relations Court Has Failed To Meet Expectations and most dependable taxpayers. So here’s the point. Think what would happen if the socializers had thetr way, and the power industry was taken over by government on a tax-free, tax-subsidized basis. Then the^ taxes we all pay would rise again. First row, left to richt: Dessie Jean Roberts. Ethel Mae Rowe. Barbara Simmons. Betty Jane Hamer. Mary Keith Adair, Edna Martin, Mary Martha Bryson. Mar gie McCraw Fuller^Betty Alexander, Beth Bishop. Floy Hamilton, Glenda Rice, Rachel Morgan, Barbara Jack- son Moore. Jimmie Lou Hill. Second row: Frances Graham. Shirley Merchant. Ann Niver, Judy Simmons, Tom Ray. Betty Sue Spillers. Jackie Livingston, *Rut|i Anthony, Carolyn Quarles, Syl via Farmer Whelchel, Jessie Mae York, Barbara Wolf, Charlene Turner, Shirley Ivester. Third row: Hellon Spelce, Joyce Hanley Rushton. Edith Brown, Shriley Dunnaiway, Dawn Campbell. Mar tha Joan Reeder, Sara Pitts. Margaret Anne Bolirk. ,1'n- ny Addison, Linda Dunaway. Linda Jo Poore, Anne Ba ker, Elaine Addison. Linda Buchanan, Nannie Bell Heel er, Lois Lever, Hilda Holmes, Pat Fuller. Fourth row: Gail Morse, Pat Stinnett. Florence Winn, Jim Gasque, Bobby Fuller; Joe Hill. Troy Whit field, Carroll Poole, Alan Trammell, John Franklin, Tommy O’Shields: Hazel Wehunt, Mildred Suttle. Dollie Adair, Jeanine McClain Bannister, Linda Braswell. Fifth row: James Smith, Earl Motes, Tommy Black mon, Joe Cooper, Tommy Butler, Walter Ferrene, Billy Adair, Ronald Passmore, Larry Murphy, Al Williams, Bobby Ginn. J. T. Banks. Sixth row: Gary Bodie, Leon Faulk, Bill Sease, John Fuller, Raymond Kuykendall, Robert Horton, Wayne Hornsby, Jimmy Morse. Willhun Anderson, Raymond DeYoung. Von Riser, Ralph Cauble. Seventh row: Oliver Haupfear, George Blalock, Ray Farmer, Jerry Joye, Melvin Brannon, Hub Adair, Mell Wilson, I^arry Landrith, Wayne Murphy, Freddie Samp ler.— (Photo by William M. Shields). Thornwell Graduating Class Senator Robert C. W a s s o n, j we ’h ave i feel that the interests while at home during the week- . , , , . j * i i » of the county can be served bv end recess of the legislature, is- . . ™ w sued a statement concerning his,** 16 cipcu it court, the probate bill to abolish the Domestic Rela- j court and that the Welfare De- tions Court in Laurens County.* partment, the Attendance Teach- The Senator last week intro-; er and the full staff of the law- duced a bill in the Senate to do enforcing department can work to away with the court, and the gether to meet the problems con- bill has since had its second read- cerning domectic relations. / , | ing. Riverton, \\ yo., Ranger: The states] However, Wasson said he The present court only had con- , j. . ha '’ current power with the ' other and the local school districts are doing a had some requests ‘from various C( / urts having the same powers much better job building schools ,h«» the : £ ILIET Federal Government nan opponunity }^ n use^ound We have the wherewithal, the "to present to me some reasons ment in the expenditure of coun- control over 0 un wh y„ the court should 1)6 contin -| t y funds. , . ’ The Senator said he was aj Sl “ c f, t , he Pdl ? lic u ^ learned °! member of the county delegation ^ bd * to abohsh thls f urt ' 1 in 1951 when the court was set have had some requests from va- up "with the belief that it would no f us S0U ^ es u ta P^P™ 16 f ina * reduce the cost of the circuit act ! on on ^ bill until they have court, relieve some of the w r ork a an 0 PP° rturu *y i° present to of the probate court, assist the reasons why the court welfare department and help to should b T e continued. For that solve many of the domestic and reason ‘ 1 am holdin S U P th,rd could . knowledge, the local control over our American schools. Let’s keep Washington’s finger out of the education pie.” PASSES* * j*"** PRP: -fM mu 0•0 *••0%0 00 00 00 . SENSING THE NEWS By THURMAN SENSING Executive Vice President Southern State* Industrial Council "THE HORSE AND BUGGY AGE” The storv is told of the little boy who said to his grandfather. "I haVe to write an essay in school showing that the white man is smarter than the Indian. Will, you help me?’’ The grandfather replied, “Why, of course.” But then he got to thinking, and he finally said to his grandson, "I don't know about that. Back in the days of the Indians there were no taxes, there was greater jurisdiction, no national debt, there was plenty of hunting and ‘With the small number of cas- .fishing, and the women did all the work. No, I m es we have, I feel that the inter- sorry. but I can't help you write on that subject. es ^ s 0 f ^he counly can be served - This, of course, is an extreme illustration, but; by the circuit court, the probate it does serve to point up a fallacy in thinking that court” and other interests, has permeated the country for at least the last Members of the graduating class at Thornwell High School are: front row, left to right, Joyce Brazcll. Linda Hamby, Jo Anne Winburn, Linda Blair: back row, Jerry Stewart, Freda Alford. Max- ie Gray, Jimmy Eason, Carolyn Allen. Millard Daniel. —Photo by Nichols Studio) juvenile problems arising in the county.” ‘The court has failed to meet these expectations. It has been tried now for six years at a cost to the county of over $20,000,” the Senator continued in his state ment. This type of court," Wasson said, "can serve a useful purpose in counties large enough (with 50,000 population or more) to re quire a full time judge with these reading of the bill until facts are presented. —ROBERT C. WASSON, Senator from Laurens County. Academy Students Get 3rd Polio Shot All students at Academy Street school are asked to get the third pdlio shot at the Clinton Health Center on Woodrow street before June 30 as there will be no vac cine after that date, according to an announcement by the Laurens County Health department nurse. Slow Down And Live The annual “Slow Down and Live" sum mer traffic safety program is being launch ed today throughout the United States, Can ada and Puerto Rico, the South Carolina Highway Department has announced. The program will continue through Labor Day "’as arTadcfed effort to reduce the rising traffic death toll. “Slow Down and Live” is aimed at curb ing the “Fatal Five,” one or mpre of which are present in over 90 per cent of highway fa talities. These “Five” include excessive speed, failure to yield righLof-way, speed too fast for conditions, improper passing and fol- . lowing another vehicle too.closely. The Highway Department is supporting this program through stepped-up enforce ment of traffic laws which is made possible by The./event addition of 59 patrolmen. Ra dio and television programs are also being planned for the summer months to point up the importance of traffic safety.' The Department, as state coordinator of the- program, has mailed promotion mate rials from the National Association of State Safety Coordinators to mayors and other persons working in the field of traffic safe ly,and, in concert with local agencies and firms, plans to distribute posters, leaflets and bumper strips throughout the state. twenty-five years; namely, that all past -ways of | statement doing things are necessarily wrong and are not ap-! As a member of the Laurens plicable to present day living. County Delegation in 1951 when We saw this attitude crop out in the early days this court was set up we gave of the New Deal, when the (poyerrmgbnt threw much consideration to the fact as ming off the gold stand- to whether or not such a court Hours that the Health Center is Following is the S e n a t o r’sj open are Tuesday morning and Thursday afternoon. was needed in a • county the size of Laurens County. The decision honesty to the winds by going ard and began trying to spend itself out of a de pression. Those who led this movement said that those not in agreement therewith simply belonged was ma de to set up such a court to the "horse and buggy” age. and were therefore w j t h the-belief that it would re- not competent to pass judgment on this modern uuce the cost of the circuit court, way of doing things. Instead, of replying tQ bon- re i Jeve som e of the work of the ost criticism with facts, they simply said the critics probate court, assist the welfare were old fashioned and out of date. dpartment and help to solve Many strange new theories were developed in many of the domstic and juvenile problems arising in the county. The court has failed to meet these expectations. It has been tried now for six years at a cost to the epunty of over $20,000.00. This type court can serve a useful purpose in counties large enough to require a full time judge with greater jurisdiction and with power to appoint a pro bation officer. Such courts are set up in counties which have cities of 50,00 or more. With the small number of cases Pleasantville, N. J., Press: “The continuing battle against man’s relentless enemy, can cer, must be waged increasingly. You ^an help by your contribution to keep research at top speed.” Mitchellville, Iowa, Index: “Time was when people thought a great deal about flood control, thinking that it required huge multi purpose dams costing an incredible sum of tax money. One authority says thaj; big-scale flood control, in case after case, can be bet ter effected at vastly lower cost, by small upstream darhs. And the whole theory of up-. stream flood prevention can be expressed in a phrase—catch the raindrops where they fall. The big dams perhaps are wanted for, other purposes than flood control.” those days—modern, up to date theories—such as It makes no difference how much we owe so long as we owe it to ourselves,” and “A large debt is a national blessing.” Under the former philosophy we have increased our national debt from $19 bil lion to $275 billion. Under the latter, we are ap parently welUon the road toward eternal bliss, as we have passed through some of the most prosper ous years in our history increasing the debt instead of decreasing it and seem determined to pass it on to our children as if we were in no way respon sible for it. But those not in accord with these ideas and practices, say The proponents thereof, ars just try ing to “turn the clock back,” they belong to "the horse and buggy age.” Such comments are sup posed to be devastating answers, but they are ac- tuallV hbt answers at ail; they just dodge the issue. However, this philosophy has been promulgated among us so long by the intellectuals of “modem living” that it has pretty well permeated the think ing of imany people and is going to be hard to shake .off. Just recently, in answer to criticism of his record peacetime budget, the President observ ed that "in this day and time we cannot . . . limit ourselves to the governmental processes that were applicable to 1890. We have got to adapt the great principles of the Constitution to the inescapable industrial and economic conditions of our times. In other words, the principles of 1890 belong to the "horse and buggy" age and do not apply now Shades of Cleveland and McKinley. These proponents of “modem living” seem to -confuse principles with material progress. Our standard of living has increased greatly over the years, but our principles of living have not chang ed—and will not change. Thrift is just as much a virtue now as it ever was. Honesty is still the best policy. Living within your income is still some thing to be desired. Payment of debts is still to be commended. Just because all these principles belonged to the “horse and buggy” age does not mean that -they are to be abandoned during this modem age. Some day our own age will undoubtedly be known as “a horse and buggy age,” but the moral and economic principles by which we should be living will not have changed, any more than they have changed down through the ages. The Ten Commandments were laid down during one "horse and buggy” age. The Sermon on the Mount-was preached during another “horse and buggy” age. The Declaration of Independence was proclaimed during another “horse and buggy” age. We should adhere to these fundamental principles, not depart from them. That "old time religion” which was good enough for our fathers and our mothers is not something to be ashamed of and abandoned. r Lt. Freemon On Leave From Germany Lt. Curtis Freeman left Monday to return to his post at Stuttgart, Germany, after spending a leave here with Mrs. FTeehian, the for mer Miss Ada Ann Furr. During his leave the Freemans and their daughter, Karolyn, spent a week in Venice and othfer points of in terest in Florida. Lt. Freeman, who is in the reg ular army, has been transferred from the infantry to the trans portation corps. In March he will return to the states for a nine months course at the officers training school at Fort Eustis, Va., at which time Mrs. Freeman and daughter will join him. Later he plans to attend the University of Tennessee, for a masters de gree in transportation. ■ 1 in i i ATTEND JC CONVENTION Charles Johnson and Eugene King were in Charleston during the week-end to attend the South Carolina Jaycee convention as delegates from the local chapter. Mr. Johnson is treasurer of the Clinton Jaycees. SERVICES BE BROADCAST During the month of June the regular Sunday morning church services at Broad Street Metho dist Church will be broadcast over radio station WLBG, Lau rens. MIDWAY DRIVE-IN THEATRE ' Clinton — Joanna Now Open 7 Days A Week Jurors Drown For Criminal Court Two panels of 18 petit jurors each were drawn Tuesday at the courthouse in Laurens. • McCarson, Lydia Mill; Guy J. (Watson, Laurens City; James [ Richey, Cooks Store; A. E. Smith. I Jr., Mt. Olive. Donald P. Bowers,'Laurens Ci...; jJ. A. McKee, Watts Mill; J. Wilton Darby, Owings; Leonard Godfrey, They will serve for the first Cooks Store; James B. Cole, Cross week of a general sessions-coud H.U1; Givens Waddell, Watts Mill; term beginning Monday, June 10. | W. P. Thrift, Lydia Mill; Everette The court will be presided over I Duckworth, Youngs. C l Butler, bv. Judge Steve C. Griffith, of Gra y Court; Joe c - McDaniel, j Clinton CHy; R H. Lewis, Joanna/ James Dunaway, Clinton Mill; Charles G. Strickland, Laurens City; J L. McPherson. J^aurens Mill; Ge.ne E. Butler, Clinton Mill. Newberry ' ■ The jurors are: Alvin James Tinsley, Shady Grove; C. H. McCrary, Clinton City; B. M. Hembree, "Pleasant Mound; William C. Bowie, Bretv- erton; L. S. Blackwell, Poplar Springs; Fred Ellis,. Lydia Mill; Edwin Abercrombie, Woodville; Carroll Stone, Woodyille; Tal- madge C. Crowder, Mountville; J. O. Cobb, Joanna; T. J. Kelly, Watts Mill; G..L. Nash, Woodville; R. C. Patterson, Watts Mill; Eu gene'Humphries, Joanna; Thomas C. O. Kinard, Joanna: Hack Pra ter, Joanna; George D. Wood, Pop lar Springs. Three Local FFA Boys Win Summer Trips Three FFA boys, John Wrenn, David Cromer and Edwin Cun- Kittrick, reporter; ningham, will take trips this sum- 1 Wilson, sentinel. mer for their work in the Clinton High Future Fanners of America chapter. • John Wrenn, as winner of an essay edntest, will go to the South Carolina Conservation camp, sponsored by the South Carolina Wildlife Association, held June 915 at Cheraw State Park. David Cromer, who also entered the contest, placed second. Edwin Cunningham and David tromer will represent the Clinton High FFA’s at the state cenven- tion June’11-14 at Clemson. Attending camp at at the new Cherry Grove FFA camp on June 2429 will be the whole Clinton High FFA chapter. This is the first time this camp has been in operation. Ben Crouch has been chosen as president of the FFA’s for, 1957- 58. Other officers are: Grady Fallow, vice-president; Posey Copeland; secretary; Edwin Cun ningham, treasurer; Clifford Mc- and Sammy THURSDAY MAY 30 Cinemascope—1st Run THREE BRAVE MEN RAY MIDLAND ERNEST BORGNINE Cinemascope Shorts “Ski Valley” “Oceans of Love” FRI.-SAT MAY 31-JUNE 1 Double Feature—1st Run HIGH TERRACE DALE ROBERTSON —Color— THE SEARCHERS John Wayne—Jeff Hunter Natalie Wood Short “Two Scents Worth” SUN.-MON.-TUES. , JUNE 2-3-4 1st Run—Color— THE BIG LAND Alan Ladd—Virginia Mayo Short—“Beauty On the Beach” WED.-THURSr—JUNE 5-6 Big Double Feature Good Himes and Bad Girls! NOT WANTED —and— GOOD TIME GIRL All Star Cast! Short—“Dime to Retire” /Wedding time is Here And lots of those lovely weddings are being paid for-more comfortably, easily-out of savings accounts people have with us. 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