The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, July 17, 1958, Image 7
Thursday, July 17, 1958
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Page Seven
FISHING AT LAKE REYNOSA
Gillette Simpson is shown here with a nice string of fish taken from
Lake Reynosa at Renno. He has eight bass weighing a pound each.
The little fellow, Johnnie Mac Copeland, the son of James Copeland.
Jr., Is quite a fisherman himseif. He is 3^ years old.
By SPECTATOR..
COMMENTS
on
MEN AND THING
I read many business papers and
magazines, but The Joanna Way
carries at times a statement by
Mr. Walter Regnery whcih states
clearly and briefly the age old
principles of sound Economics as
applied to industrial produoticn.
I quote a part of Mr. Regnery’s
editorial:
“Everyone knows there is a gen
eral business recession In our tex
tile industry we have had slow
times for over two years. Now that
other businesses are slowing down,
this is making our activity ever
slower so that the textile industry
is in a real depression.
In terms of you and me at Jo
anna, this means that we must pro
duce cloth cheaper and better than
we ever have in the past to even
get an order. Since all of our reg
ular customers are moving fewer
yards, we must find new custom
ers to keep our looms going at near
capacity.
“In our combed production, it
was necessary to get into much
higher thread count goods to get
orders. This resulted in the most
difficult weave we have ever at
tempted at Joanna. One weave
room was able to make this change
with fair success, both as to qua
lity,, production and cost. The other
weave room could not match this
performance so that this project
had to be stopped in this room and
the looms changed back to print
cloth fabrics. This will keep the
looms in operation, giving work to
our people—making it better than a
complete shutdown. We do feel that
in this room, had we been able to
meet the quality and production
standards of the high count combed
goods, this would have been the
best fabric to weave as it holds a
more stable future than the mass-
produced print cloth market.
We must operate at top efficiency
and quality, at the same time hold
ing down costs in every possible
way. We at Joanna Cotton Mills are
fighting for our very existence. Our
future, our jobs depend on.our op
erating in such a way that we can
offer good cloth at low enough
prices that it will sell despite the
very tight, depressed market.
“If we have the will to win and
each one does his or her part, Jo-
anan Cotton Mills can weather the
storm, but we must all give our
best efforts or we fail.’’
* * •
“Where do we get the money?”
This is a real question and it pre
sents a real prbolem.
The Sun, a greatly esteemed
weekly of Newberry, carries the
question as a headline.
What’s the trouble? Let’s read
the story as carried in The Sun:
“We realize the Grand Jury has
broad powers, Mr. Keitt continued.
We had a bond issue to try to get
all of this work done, but the peo
ple of the county turned it down by
a two-to-one vote. If they provide
the money, we’U put in all the fire
escapes they want, even to putting
them in the court house. I haven’t
o THI UfK* »OOM NASMVIllI TINNfSSU
THE WORLD S MOST WIDELY USED DEVOTIONAL GUIDE
Read Corinthians 3:9-17 *
We work with God, and that means that you are a
under God’s cultivation. (1 Corinthians 3:9. Phillips)
field
People approach the Lenten season in different ways. For some this
is the period of self-denial, the time to say “No” to some indulgence
For others, Lent is the season in which to practice the cultivation of
“our soul’s little garden . . . part of thegreat garden of God,” as Ev
elyn Underhill has expressed it.
The loveliness of a garden and the usefulness of a man s life do not
just happen'. Pruning, weeding, transplanting need to he^ done in every
garden, and from season to season, if beauty is to follow.
Do not a well-kept garden and a man doing God’s will both witness
to the love and understanding care used in their development’’ A charm
ing garden proves that man cares: a life in harmony with Christ testi-
1 fies to the power of God’s love.
PRAYER
Eternal God, Father of all men, may we this day choose
to walk with Thee. We know it will exact from us strict dis
cipline, but we understand that only so can our lives be made
beautiful and useful in Thy kingdom. Thine shall be the
glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
The Christian life requires cultivation.
Edna H. Sardeson (New York)
Daily Bible Reading—Isaiah 60:1-22
The General Electric people have
just sent out a bulletin which is
headed. WHAT ABOUT PAY IN-
funds are provided what is to be
done?”
* * •
Well, now. let's do all that may CREASES WHICH STARVE RE-
be possible to develop South Caro COVERY AND FEED INFLA- 1
lina. , TION?’ They say they have this as-
I've just read the address of my calator clause in their contract and
very able friend, B. M. Edwards, lit is a terrible mistake and » re-
which he delivered over in Hamp- larding recovery. They present a
ton to those worthy citizens and r chart which shows that during the
their thousands of friends. years 1950-19. r <6 the production per
Furniture Market
Shows Downward
Trend, Says Lawson
Claude M Lawson, of the Lawson
Furniture Company, Joanna, has
I am an adopted son of Hampton nian hour, with all the benefits of ) US T returned from a visit to the
myself, for I have the honor to! modern machinery and equipment, furniture show at High Point, N C.
speak to those good people over 1 increased less than while in He was accompanied by 5frs. Law-
their radio and through their excel- ! he meantime wages increased son and their daughter Ellen
lent paper which Tom O'Connor more than 20 times that amount. The show covers an area of more
sends out with sound editorials I was in a little argument with than 15 acres of floor space devot-
every week. You can t fool Tom by Lasm Keyserlmg recently: he now ed to the showing f home furnish-
a fake delivery; he keeps his eye gets out quite a bit of information ings.
on the ball—to use the language of on - our economy. He is a native of Mr. Lawson commented on the
baseball. Reaufort County and for several fresh styles and attractive values
Another friend there is an honor years was one of the principal ad- found at the exposition He noted a
ed son, George Warren' a meilqw visors of President Roosevelt. He distinct style trend toward Early
philosopher ami sage. .And I am so sent me one of his booklets in which American styling, which is emerg-
fortunate as to have many other he w rote that wages had not con- ing as one of the leading styles after
stalwart friends in Hampton, some tributed to inflation I wrote and many years of steady but unspec-
of whom I taught years, ago. told him I just cxuldn : understand tacular consumer acceptance Cher-
I like to quote Mr. Edwards be- how ,hat could be* the situation, ry am j maple are the leading choir-
cause he Courageously says what best I could calculate es 0 f homemakers seeking Early
he thinks. Oftentimes Mr Edwards ^ome-where in the neighborhood American Modern styling comm
it) r of the cost of everything, both ues t0 in overall volume in the
durable and non-durable ^oods,, j n( j usl ,. v however, despite the w-
vvas represented by cost of labor;; creasing rM>pvi | arity of several of
the traditional styles.
There is go<»d news for the con-
siiys what most others think but
have not the murage to say—in
public. ^ ^
From the fullness of a varied and
fruitful experience Mr. Edwards
brings a forthright message of
great timeliness.
When I began reading the ad
the raw materials amount to less
than 10. And if an article in 1941
cost $100 and was now costing $200,
and meanwhile the 'cost of wages sumin * P ubl *c regarding furniture
had doubled, then I asked how he P ru es - L* 1Wson s aid They are down,
could possibly say that increased values, he said, were found
dress and saw his compliment to wagcs had not caused the increased 3t thl> market than in recent yearv
'J? e man ^ beaut > °f Dusty p nce ln these goods and thereby
Rhodes the Comptroller General rau5wl inflation He acknow iedged
T thm.ahf "D •> it, 0,11 r>f
seen any there, he added; I guess
that building is fireproof.
“Continuing his denunciation, the
board member said, ‘we are get
ting hopped on by the Grand Jury,
by those interested in athletics, by
the band people.’ They all say,
‘you’ve got to set up a budget for
us.’ It apears to me that we are
sort of in the fix of a snapping tur
tle with a bunch of dogs all snap
ping at him. We haven’t been out
to defend ourselves because we
have nothing to hide.
‘After asserting that ‘operational
costs' are so high that ‘we cannot
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The Clinton Chronicle
set aside any money for repairs’,
Mr Keitt advanced the opinion that
‘I feel the people should know
where every cent is going,’ and
made a formal motion that expen
ditures for teachers, fuel, janitors,
athletics and all be released in its
i entirety if the newspapers wished
to publish it.
“ 'We’ve got nothing to hide,’
said the board member Seems
people think we are doing a lot of
things we are not doing’.
“No one seems to know exactly
what are the powers of a Grand
Jury, but, in general, the function
of a Grand Jury is to look around
and make sure the laws are bqpig
obeyed or enforced, and that citi
zens enjoy their legal rights.
"In the case before us, the Coun
ty Board of Education does not
seem to have violated any law; nor
did the Board fail to do anything
that the law requires
“I am not meddbng in Newberry
County; I am deeply interested as
a student at law.
"The Grand Jury may present to
the court certain findings or certain
recommendsttoos but what can the
court do?
The County Treasurer at New
cannot
is
so full of
i my letter but didn’t answer it. To
he
COUNSELOR AT CAMP
i thought "B
watermelon he loves everybody, ; ^ frank about jt
but all those words of praise and: dldn , t have a he , hat W()uld fU
apreciation were just his happy
method of introducing very serious
topics.
am not iss Nancy Thackston is spend
r but with in & tbe montb °f at Camp
Jhat I arn Glen-Barry, Hendersonville, N. C.,
ng I be-' 38 a j un *° r counselor
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books of
IF YOU DON'T READ
THE CHRONICLE
YOU DON'T GET THE NEWS
“I say positively that
opposed to organized la
equal positiveness I sai
opostxi to labor raeketw
lieve in the RIGHT TO
which is on the statute
of the Grand Jury
nry on the
or of th«-
The Budget for
ty u an Art at the
the only mom
be autbonand by the General Aa-
•embly So where art wo*
*1 do not for a momont quntton
the noreaatty for the courao tug
grated by the Grand Jury, mm de
I deubt the wiUmgneue. even eager
noac el the Board lo provide all
farihttee but uaiaw the
South Carolina, and I wish it could
be adopted nationwide The Consti
tution of the United States guaran
tees freedom of its indivdiuals.
and I don’t think it right or proper
that any man or woman should be
required to join and pay dues to
a labor union in order to have em-,
ployment. I am opposed to many
of the ethics and operations vf some
labor unions, such as boycotts.
Many of the economists of this
country today say that organized 1
labor, through its continued de
mands for the ever and over-all in-i
crease in wages annually has been
responsible for 'recessing us into a
recession *
Many at the workers ir. this coun
try today—steel, railroad, auto and
electric, altogether about five mil
lion, have escalator clauses in their
contracts that provide for automa
IK increases baaed on the coot of
living index This is a vicious thing,
and I don’t know of anything that
: has contributed more to tho infix
itonary spiral If a worker covered
lag an article that rants a dollar
and the price goes up to tl M. the
coat of living index mdiratn a M% |
rue ta the cost of Ivuug
automatically gate
wifl Will have the money to buy
tame arttc Ir But that domal
> to souse maty milbau other
workers m America of whom more
than forty five mBlM de Ml be-
! they are
J. R. Crawford
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