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/ 1 1 V ■ Pape Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, January 30, 1958 —T" Xhr (Clinton (Ihronirlr EsUblUhrd 1900 lul> 4. 1889 — WILLIAM WILSON HARRIS — June*13. 1955 'JU.ISHKL l :VPRV THURSDAY BY THh CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY \ • *\ • ■ -v ■ N; t <r , \ .»;• •.« ir Advance) • Clinton Bank Sets 'Appreciation Time' Period Of Feb: 1-14 Cine Year $3.00.'-Six, Months $2.00 n-i as Se'ond Class Mail Matter at the Post Otti^e at Clinton. S C . untter_Act of Congress ' • March 3, 1879 ^ -sr — — The t’hromcie seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the publirfier will at aj’ mes appm late wise suggestions and kindly adv: e The Chrbnicle will publish le te-< of, general • tn -t* whet they ..re not 'of a defamatory nature Anonymous communications -v til not be noticed Th • ;* m-r • '• sible for the views or opinions jOf—its correspondents . ■ • Men; er S ith Carpli a Press Aftsocvation. National EkJ^orial^Lisociadi ton Nafion.ij .Advertising Representative \N PRESS ASScXTIATION i — New York, Cnicago, Detroit Philadelphia ClJvrON, «. i\. THTRSDAY, JANUARY 30. 1958 '1 How To Hail The Triumph Over Polio A new kind of celebration is in full swing 4n thi> country. This month thousands of communities in even - part of the land are o! >er\ ing the 20th anniversary of the Nation al Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. *It was National Foundation leadership and National Foundation money, provided through the an nual March of Dimes, that made possible the Salk vaccine and the hope that polio epidemics eventudllv will be eliminated forever in Amer- ica. direct price controls as a‘bulwark against further inflation is to put the cart before the horse with a Vengeance. Priced Out Of The Market Think what that means! No more mass imprisonment in iron lungs each summer; no mure shriveled arms, legs, hands: no more dread in the hearts of .pillions of parents each time their children come home with "the symptoms.” , The best way to celebrate a blessing like this is to show our gratitude And the best way to l>e grateful for the Salk vaccine is to think about the blighted lives of those for whom it has come too late and to do, what we can to wipe out or relieve their helplessness. There are, in America, some 100.000 boys and girls; 7\>ung men and women, who have had polio and who need further rehabilitation. These people can benefit, some of them tremendously, if modern techniques of reha bilitation are applied to their desirability. It is the purpose of the March of Dimes to fi* nance the care they need. The cost will run to many millions. And the, March of Dimes looks to us—to every one of us—to give what we can toward this wonderful objective. Let’s not forget those who were not as lucky as we. Let’s remember, as the March of Dimes puts it. that “Survival Is Not Enough.” Let’s give! v As a nation we are famous for giving. Usually, when we give, we don’t expect to get anythin*!' back. But now we can give and get i through the March of Dimes. What we get is protection against -the j. greatest crippler of mankind—-paralytic polio, j It cost the March of Dimes 17 years-of re- seaiyh and $26,000,000 to perfect the Salk j vaccine which provides that protection. We Americans gave that money. • - j So far. so good. But the dark shadow of : iwiio hasn’t vanished. Before that happens, two big jobs must be done: .lob Nq. 1. (let vaccinated. Everybody urW der 40 should be inoculated. If your next door neighl>or has and you haven’t, polio can still blight your world. YOU alone can prevent this. , .lob No. 2. Give to the March of Dimes. No 1 vaccine can help the 100,000 Americans al ready crippled by polio. They need iron lungs, wheelchairs, braces, crutches, doctors, nurs.es ’and special care, for years to come. That’s the second big job for 1958. This one is up to you too. Two big jobs to be accomplished by a two- way action—giving and getting. You give to to the March of Dimes; you get your inocula tion—and security against a merciless crip pler. Do both jobs now. A leading newspaper recently carried two important stories side by side ojg the front page. One was Headlined: 'T^abor to seek higher wages, shorter week.” The other headline read: “November jobless highest since 1949." This puts one in mind of the irresistible force and the immovable object. Labor can press for higher wages and short er vyork-weeks. But labor can’t make people buy the goods and services that keep the la bor force employed. A worker, like a product, can be priced out of the market. There is plenty of evidence that this is beginning to happen now. Simplification Office workers who have trouble finding things, in the files should follow the example :>f Rapid Roxie. quY pert secretary. All they have to do is file everything under “Miscel laneous"—and there you are! A study made in Minnesota shows that only about t\yo per cent of the state’s 55,000- plus automobile accidents last year could be attributed to causes beyond the control of drivers—which simply means that the human factor was responsible fur 98 per cent. • •• *■»«•**%*••,*♦*♦• #*#■» #1 SENSING THE NEWS By THURMAN SENSING Executir* Vic* President Southern State* Industrial Council Customers of M. S. Bailey & Son, Bankers, will receive special consid eration during the period of Febru ary 114 That fortnight will be "Customer Appreciation T-jme,” aixi M. S. Bailey & Son, Bankers, is going all out to give" extra rec ognition to the most important asset on its books—its customers, Robert M."Vance, president', said yester day I Capitalizing on the Valentine sea son, the local bankings institution plans an elaborate promotion. This celebration x will include an attrac tive Valentine card which wi^ be given to all the bank's customers. In addition, during the two-week period, all employees of the bank will wear a bright red heart with the wording “Thanks for Banking with' Us." Every transaction in the bank during that period will be ac knowledged by a similar remark. Counter cards and newspaper ad vertising emphasizing the theme "Thanks for Banking with Us” will be important features of the pro gram. Refreshments will be served oh Valentine's Day, February 14. "We believe that one of the big differences in banks today is the way people art treated,” Robert M. Vance, president, stated, "and we want each customer to know that we appreciate his business. So, we are using this special Valentine pro gram at M. S. Bailey & Son, Bank ers, to tell our customers that we hope our pleasant relationship will continue for many years, and to say,."Thanks,for banking with*us.” Evangelism Rally To Be Held Tuesday At Clinton Church Sheriff's Deputies Raid Cock Fight In Clinton Section Ministers and lay leaders of evan gelism from the 45 churches of South jCarolina Presbytery will meet Tuesday night at the First Presby terian Church of this city for supper at 7 o'clock^ followed by an evan gelism rally at which the Rev. Dr. Bonneau H. Dickson of Atlanta, Ga., will speak. The Rev. Dr W„ Redd Turner, Aairman of the presbytery's com mittee on evangelism, and pastor of the host church, will preside. The Rev. Arthur M. Martin of Colum bia., executive secretary of the Synod of South Carolina, will pre sent rtiaterials and methods for use by the local churches in their pro motion of visitation evangelism. This rally is one of eight similar rallies promoted in the eight pres byteries of the Sgnod of South Caro lina in preparation for a week of simultaneous visitation evangelism in the Presbyterian churches of South Carolina beginning March 9 pr. Dickson is a native of Old Pickens, and is a graduate of Pres byterian College -and Columbia Theological Seminary. * The rally is sponsored by the evangelism committee of South Carohna Presbytery for all minis ters and evangelism committees of local churches in the presbytery. Thomas Completes Store Management Course In New York C. Thomas, Clinton jeweler, recently completed a special two- week program of studies in jewelry store management and merchan dising. The seminar was conducted from January 13 through 24 in New York under the joint auspices of New York Unviersiyt’s School of Retail ing and the Joseph Bulova School of Wajchmaking. Participating in the program were jewelers from 12 states and Canada. They attended sessions on advertis ing and sales promotion, financial and tax problems, management and operating problems, buying and merchandising, credit practices, selling, and merchandise informa tion. They also visited jewelry and watch manufacturing plants, pre cious stone exhibitions, and metro politan area retail stores. Instructors for the program were members of the NYU faculty and prominent jewelry store merchants. Students Complete Studies At Clemson Cart Before Horse vN Once again, talk is going the rounds the possibility of placing direct price controls on the L\ S. economy. It is motivated by the fact that defense spending will be materially increased in the coming fiscal year—and that a new “emergency” may resultr One of the many troubles with this view is that it is based on a serious misa^ehenston —on the idea that direct control of prices will stop inflation. The key to inflation is not price, but cost. As Rowland Jones, Jr., of the American Retail Federation puts it: “Unless all factors which make up cost including raw materials, fabrication, and labor, are con trolled at each phase, the control of price is but an empty gesture. The control of price without the control of cost will retajp prices for goods whiqh are not produced—and this shortage increases further black marketing operations engaged in by profiteers.” -J4e~*iso observes: "If increased defense spemiingJs^r&qjjVed, the place for control lies' within theffederal budget.” In other words, unbridled government spending is in itself the most potent of inflationary forces. The cure lies in the most rigid possible cur tailment of non-essential spending. The only sound price for anything is the price which is established in a free and com petitive market—the kind of market we now enjoy/ And that is the only kind of market which will assure us of a dynamic economy, geared to meet all our needs. To talk about PRESIDENT’S BUDGET IS BOTH WISHFUL \ND DANGEROUS The only sound way to make up a budget Is to bi j liberal on the expense side and conservative on the in come side ‘ The President violated both these funda-1 mental principles in submitting his proposed budget j of $73 9 billion for fiscal 1959. The result is to place tius nation, in a dangeroiis position. It threatens us with further deficit financing —now almost certain for the currefil fiscal year; it brings up the terrible spectre of continuing ruinous inflation, and it-tends to bear out the prophecy of the counriumsts that we shall gradually spend ourselves into destruction and save them the trouble. If our experience-with the budget under which we are currently operating is any guide, the proposed budget for next year is entirely wishful. The budget as originally proposed for this year was for $71.8 bil lion, income \wis estimated at $73,6 billion, surplus $1.8 billion. What is the situation now? Estimated ex penditures $72.8 billion,-jpeome $72 4 billiem deficit $400 million. Quite a difference! Nor can all this be blamed on the necessity for adequate defense. Thefe has been entirely to much blaming of this sort. There are' too many "sputnik” hitchhikers! Almost every department of the budget bases its request for additional funds on the need for providing for the nation's security—whether for agri culture, highways, education. TYA financing, f^um clearance, or what have your » But let's look at the department of defense alone. And let’s start with the fiscal year 1955. And that’s a good yeap to start with; that's when budget expendi tures amounted to $64.6 billion, and the Presdient has stated his goal was a total budget of $60 billion. Oh, Happy Day! The total defense expenditures for the fiscal year 1955 amounted to $53.5 billion. The*estimate for 1959 is $39.8 billion-^-an increase of $4.3 bilbon. But what has been the increase in the ^otal budget? The answer ts $9.3--i^ililon—or. $5—biiihjrt -inore *for budget items other thim defense. , There is no excuse for this increase of f5 billion outside of defense purposes. We can all go along with the increase for defense—so long as it is wisely spent —but the proposed budget should be cut by at least $5 billion. The budget for the current fiscal year, as at first proposed, was cut by this amount. So the House Appropriations Committee thought. As it turned out, this also was wishful thinking—but the effort was made, and it must be made again. Some day tjiese cuts will stick. Some day they will have 'to stick. One good way for Congress to be sure budget cuts will stick this time—assuming Congress has the cou rage to make them—is to refuse to raise the debt lim it of $275 billion. The administration has requested an increase of.$5 billion in the debt ceiling! This should be turned down, because the debt ceiling is about the only protection Wfe now have left against extravagant government spending. As long as the ceiling is elastic, just so long will expenditures follow it to the end of its elasticity. We mentioned that the proposed budget is wishful as well as dangerous There can be no doubt of that. When an individual makes yplus-btidget for the year, he does not base increased expenditures oh a raise he hopes to get; he might not get it.-But that’s what the President has done! The budget-makers figure that personal incomes will rise to such an extent next year that they will take in at least $2 billion more in income taxes than for the current year. We all hope that turns out to be true—but it is certainly no safe base for a budget; it might not happen. In fact, it could just as easily go the othhr way. Laurens County sheriff's deputies swooped down on a large group of cock fighters and spectators Satur day night and collected fines from about half of them, records in She riff C. W. Wier’S office reveal. The fights were in progress about three miles from Clinton off the Greenwood highway when four dep-j uties raided the group. The deputies apprehended 25 men I and fined them $5.00 each. About the same number escaped, they said, scattering in all directions when the officers appeared on the' scene,, taking about 50, cocks with them. Deputies making the raid were Horace Mitchell, Wesley Fowler, George Blackwell, and Ralph Rid dle, Thomas M. Sease, of Clinton, and Robert Carl Franzen, of Joanna, have completed work toward de crees at Clemson College, it was an nounced this week. __ Sease will receive a degree in edu cation while Franzen’& work was in textile engineering Wilton Craig Kennedy, Jr., of Spartanburg, also completed work for a degree in industrial manage ment. He is the son of the former Miss Emmie Pitts, of Clinton. DR. R. H. DAWSON —Chiropractor— Hours: 9:00-12:00 and 3:00-6:00 P. M. 516 S. Broad St. Phone 1101 Clinton, S. C. Week Of Criminal Court Coming Up For County Feb. 17 A one-week term of criminal court will convene in Laurens on Monday, February .17, Walter E Dunlap, clerk of court, has an nounced. Judge J. B. Pruitt of An derson, will preside. Jurors will be drawn on Febru ary 4, to include two panels of 18 jurors each. . _ , Also to lie drawn at the same time will be 12 new members of the grand jury to sene w;ith six hold over members from the former grand jury. Three alternate mem bers will also be drawn. Former PC Students Head Church Groups ORR ANIMAL CLINIC Whitmire Highway Hours: 8-12 A. M.—1-6 P. M. Evening 7-8 Office Ph. 1623 Res. 1501 DANIEL E. ORR, D. V. M. 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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1 PRIZES—REFRESHMENTS Three S15 Permanents Will Be Given Ta Holders of Lucky Tickets Open Monday, Feb. 3 For Appointments Phone 6122 Joanna i O Proprietor - Madge M, Blackwell Presbyterian College alumni cur rently serve as moderators of four statewide synods of the Presbyterian Church US, the PC alumni office announced today. The group, elected at the 1957 stated meetings of their respective synods, include; Moderator, South Carohna — The Rev. Isaac Moultrie Bagnal, class of 1927' at PC, pastor of' the Ben netts ville Presbyterian Church. Moderator, North Carolina — He Rev. Marshall S. Woodson, ’20, president of Flora McDonald Col lege and acting president of the pro- posed Consolidated Presbyterian College df North Carolina. Moderator, /Tennessee—The Rev. Anthony W. Dick, ’21, pastor of the Memphis Second Presbyterian Church. Moderator, Kentucky,,— The Rev. Thomas M. Johnston, '31, pastor of the Maxwell Street Presbyterian Church of Lexington. the best of the Lew-Price 3-far Another instance—$700 million of estimated income in the budget is an increase in postal rates whicl). the President has asked Congress to approve. The Congress might not approve this increase—it did not do so last year—and if it does not, the estimated surplus of $400 million for the year will very quickly change into a deficit.qf $300 million on this one item alone. ‘a? V Funeral Services For Juan Aquino Held Here Tuesday Funeral services for Juan Andu- jar Aquino, 25, who was killed Jan uary 21 at Lake Thomas^ near Clin ton, were conddcted at 3:00 p. m. Tuesday at Gray Funeral Home by the Rev. J. B. Cole. Burial was in Rosemont cemetery. He was a native of Puerto Rico but had made his home and worked in Laurens county for the past few months. Pallbearers were Leroy Osborne, Bob Simpson, Ralph Roberts, Fred Cantrell, Hoyt Blackwell, and Gene Buffington. 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