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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday. Drcnubrr 10. 1059
The I&sue Of 1960
A hurh standard of living based on a pro
ductive private economy cannot permanent
ly exist in a country dedicated to a projrram
of inflation. Multi-billiondollar budgets be
came commonplace during World War II. and
in the years since, spending has gone on to
a stupendous rate, as though a dollar were,
indeed, hardly worth the paper it is printed
on. It may in fact become worth just that,
in the view of many experts, unless we as a
nation face up to the fact that the public
purse, even when replenished with tax and
debt dollars, is nearly empty.
The warning signs are up. The t’. S. Treas
ury is paying 5 per cent to borrow short term
money. Whatever its foundation, we are con
sidered now to be in a period of boom pros
perity. Yet there is scant prospect of balanc
ing the Federal budget of some ?79 billion.
That’s plain evidence that Congress has Ipsf
any coordinated control of tax. debt, and
spending policy. The outlook for any period
of recession when tax receipts fall and po
litical pressure for further spending is great
er, is frightening. These are the conditions.
Yet 1960 is an election year, and already
many politicians of every political stripe and
party rank are beating the bushes from one
end of the land to the other with promises of
ever greater public spending.
That kind of a politician is dangerously be
hind the times and it’s urgently important
that the people demonstrate their knowledge
of that fact.
Upon such action will depend our chance of
remaining free citizens of a strong and sol
vent nation. Campaign oratory* to the side,
that’s the overriding domestic issue of I960.
of the U. S. factory worker is 2> 2 times ^hat j Christmas Seal
of his Soviet equivalent.
The magazine says: “So the Khrushchev
problem boils down to this: inefficient farm
ing. meaning a limited supply of workers for
other jobs ... a shortage of modern equip
ment. as well as manpower, for nonfarm pro
duction . . . low productivity of the work
Children Selected
Allison Stump of the Red Hose
Bluebird grou was selected to rep
resent the little girl on the 1959
Christmas Seal and Lawrence I,ee
of the Cub Scouts the little bov dur-
force . . . defense needs that strain the
country’s capacity to produce.’’
Capitalism, with its competitions, its in
centives. its freedoms and opportunities-for
has done more'goqj’things for more peo-
than any other system ever devised by
man. „
Mason Is Sentenced *
To Life Term
(Continued from page one)
automatic and found the two men
mg the Current Christmas Seal cam and Mrs. A. B. Stump and Law-!
pnign rcac* is the son of Mr. and Mrs. 1
ti j .u • . L. H. Lee. Jr.
They made their first appearance
in the Christmas parade on Decem
ber 3. Allison is the daughter of Dr.
Mfice supplies
At CHRONICLE PUB. CO.
an.
pie
; lying on the ground with Crain on
I top of O Shields pinning him down
He knelt beside the two men anti
••tapped’' O'Shields on the head with
his pistol
At this point, he said, he heard
the sound of a shot, but that he
didn't think the shot had come from
Ills gun for, he said, he never car-
ried ho weapon with a cartridge
. in -the chamber. He said, however,
Time forecasts that during the last quar-jthe clip of titeiautomatic was load-
ter of this vear the U. S. Economy . . will id. . -
iwss a long-a»alt«l milestone ta. ahead and examining
schedule.” We will be producing, earning, , lu . p ^ (ol found a ^nt cartridge
One out of every eight adults in this coun
try is now a shareowner in American cor
porations.
spending and investing at the rate of $o00
billion—half a trillion—a year. This works
out to the production of about $11,000 worth
of goods and services for each of the coun-
trv’s 45 million families.
Babson Discusses
In What Cities To Buy Land
Youthful Lawlessness
An FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, dated
October, 1959, signed by J. Edgar Hoover,
says:
“One of the most shocking developments
in our present American society is the vol
canic upheaval of youthful lawlessness. Long
indifferent to the problem of juvenile crime,
the public now stands appalled at the spec
tacle of rampaging teen-age criminals. This
tragic consequence of public apathy is now
at a crisis and calls for an all-out counter
attack against vicious young thugs.
“Blazing headlines of torture, sadism, mur
der, and gang warfare toll the depredations
of teen-age menaces. The black figures of
crime statistics present an even more dole
ful account. In 1958, arrests of juveniles un
der the age of 18 increased 8 per cent, while
arrests of adults rose 1.8 per cent. Alarming
ly, not only the frequency of youth crimes
but the savagery of these offenses is mount
ing day by day, year by year.
“Action against this youth menace must
not be delayed. Past public ignorance of the
problem, misguided sentiment for the 'ten
der age’ of these lawbreakers, and the fal
lacy of economizing in the quantity and qual
ity of our juvenile courts must be abolished.
It is imperative that the American public
stand shoulder to shoulder with the under
manned and overburdened law enforcement
authorities in combatting the youth crime
attack.
“It is my firm conviction that the all-out
campaign against these flagrant young crim
inals who commit serious crimes must in
clude publishing their names and crimes for
public information, the ready availability of
past records for the information of appro
priate law enforcement officers, and finger
printing of these young lawbreakers for fu
ture identification.”
Long Way To Go
During his American visit, Soviet Premier
Khrushchev made it clear that one of his
primary goals is a Soviet economy which will
out-produce that of the United States. And
the intimation was that this will be accom
plished in the foreseeable future.
If the Premier is correct, he w*ill have pro- i
duced a miracle of the first water.
U. S. News &. World Report has summed
Up comparative data, based on official sourc
es, concerning pay and output here and in :
the Soviet Union. Highlights:
Average U. S. factory pay is $4,700 — in
Russia it is about $1,000, based on buying
pow*er. The average American fanner pro
duces enough for himself and 20 others, with
much to spare as the huge farm surpluses
prove —-while the average Russian farmer
produces enough for himself and only four
others, with nothing to spare. And the output
Babson Park, Mass.. Dec. 10—There are various
tests for selecting the right city to buy land for a new
supermarket or apartment house or merely for an
investment. One test is population growth; others
are the tax rate, water supply, and—very important—
the condition of the schools, the churches, and the
character of the people.
THE FLIGHT OF MOST CITIES
Although we are now in a period of prosperity with
wealth increasing rapidly, yet we are not using this
wealth to improve our daily living
| We certainly have not provided the
I mobility for our citizens which good
business and good health deserve.
Our streetcar lines are going into
bankruptcy; our railroads are giv
ing up passenger business; our
roads are overcrowded with private
ears and trucks. Therefore people
are moving to the suburbs while
still working in the cities, creating
an impasse in mobility within the
cities.
All of the above means that the best cities in which
to invest money are those which have widened their
roads, provided ample parking space, and are mak
ings trucks deliver and pick up at night. .Although
our present prosperity is due largely to the automo
bile, it is this very industry which is revolutionizing
our cities, and crumbling real estate values. We owe
much to Henry Ford, but I wish he were alive today
to help us out of this dilemma
MOTOR AGE PROBLEM
The automobile has given us new freedom; but,
paradoxically, this industry to which we owe so much
is also threatening to strangle us all and make us
live and work in city caves. Yet the biggest part of
the transportation program has barely started. The
huge roadbuilding program will not only change the
fact^ of all cities, but will set the location for new
cities These may be very long and narrow, with
very wide streets for autos. In the rear may be
streets meant wholly for trucks to pick up and deliv
er merchandise; while our sidewalks will have two
stories and our stores two “ground floors."
No city should be blamed for getting into the pres
ent messy condition. The New England locality in
which I am writing this column had its streets laid |
out by cows 300 years ago. These cowpaths were
gradually widened for ox wagons, then for horse-and-
buggies. Most cities have inherited today's problem.
But. oddly enough, most city residents do not own
autos or get very upset about the congestion, so city
planners find it hard to get recommendations adopt
ed.
TRAFFIC PROBLEMS CAN BE ELIMINATED
It is hopeful that cities are beginning to study the
traffic problem and are employing traffic engineers
Newspapers are joining the demand for a solution
which will restore the prestige of their cities and not
leave them manufacturing, business, and living slums.
Cities have long been conscious of water pollution,
and most cities have pure water today. Some are con
cerned about air pollution but are just awakening to
the importance of proper zoning, and the develop
ment of parks, forests, and conservation projects. Al
though we have only 50 people per square mile, com
pared with Japan’s 620. yet traffic conditions in Ja
pan today are better than in the U. S. Better living
and transportation conditions would justify increas
ing taxes; people would accent a higher tax if they
got more for their money.
CONCLUSION
In view of the above, the wise investor in real es
tate is giving much more attention to traffic condi
tions, parking space, and road control. When one
builds a new home, the value of the house declines
from year to year; but if the city has proper traffic
control, the value of the land will increase year by
year. This is something city newspapers as well as
real estate agents should emphasize. I believe in re
viving the old city centers, with proper traffic regu
lations. The new shopping centers may be fads which
are now at their zenith.
Chambers of Commerce. Boards of Trade, and
Merchants Associations should therefore give their
primary thought to improving the transportation and
parking facilities of their cities. They should reme
ber that their task is not to keep things as they
but to forge ahead and prepare for the great changes
which are already in progress.
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1959
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in ihe chamber.
•‘1 couldn't believe my gun had
fired that shot," he said. “I can’t
explain how that cartridge got into
the barrel.’*
He said when he examined his
pistol the safety was still on:
He admitted talking to officers on
the way to the sheriff’s office in
Laurens and that he had told them
that ‘‘if my gun did it, it was an
accident."
Asked by defense counsel David
Sloan, Jr., if he had been drinking
on the night of the shooting, Mason
said he had not had a drink in four
or five years,” because of a heart
condition.
He said he did not say a word
when he went outside to the strug
gling men, but he did admit the
possibility of his having said,
“Lord, what have I done?” imme-
drtely after the shooting, as a state’s
witness had testified earlier.
He said it had appeared to him
that the sound of the shot had
come from “somewhere else.”
FIRED BULLET, CLAIM
State's witnesses had testified that
Mason had seized O'Shields by the
hair of the head as he lay on the
ground, twisted his head sideways,
and fired a bullet into the de
ceased’s ear. Mason denied touching
the mans’ hair and raterated that
of the fatal bullet had come from
his pistol, it was discharged purely
by accident.
Solicitor ones waived cross ex
amination of the defendannt.
Mr. Sloan then sent two witnesses
to the stand to testify as to Mason’s
character. They were J. Y. Martin
and James Quarles, both of near
Ware Shoals Both said Mason was
of “average’ character.
In rebuttal. Solicitor Jones then
called Sheriff C. W. Wier to the
stand to identify an FBI report on
Mason. The report showed two pre
vious cases of breaking and enter
ing and grand larceny against Ma
son.
The FBI record was admitted into
evidence over strenuous protests by
Mr Sloan.
Final witne4* called by the state
was Deputy Sheriff W. D. Burns
who had taken Mason to jail after
the shooting. Officer Burns said be
had detected the odor of alcohol
on Mason's breath, but that the man
defimely was not drunk.
In another case Wednesday, Bob
by Stroud. 23 year-old Laurens
County Negro, charged with mur
der, changed his plea to guilty to
the lesser charge of manslaughter
Judge Gregory sentenced him to
three years.
The case grew out of the fatal
shooting of John Allen Burnside,
Laurens County Negro, several
months ago.
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