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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, January 30, 1958
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lul> 4. 1889 — WILLIAM WILSON HARRIS — June*13. 1955
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Cine Year $3.00.'-Six, Months $2.00
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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.
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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
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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.
A large congregation attended the
services and many floral tributes
were in evidence.
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