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« THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Tfcarsday, March 2, 1961 Our Greatest Need If you were asked “What is the greatest single need in the world today"—what would you say ? Peace ? Security ? Happiness ? These receive top priority in the minds of many but are they our greatest need? There are people who do not think so. They believe the greatest need is an under standing of individual freedom and what makes it possible. They believe that the main purpose of any society or government is to guard the sacred rights of the individ ual. Millions of people believe these rights are being lost in the United States. The more articulate, through speeches, advertis ing, radio and every other means of com munication are striving to impart their un derstanding of the freedom that makes life worth living. Typical of the efforts of these people Is an advertisement that appeared in a late is sue of the magazine, U. S. News & World Report, over the name of a leading machin ery manufacturer. It addresses a message to everyone: ‘The all-powerful Welfare State does your thinking and worrying for you; there is no room in it for ambition—the am bition to make a name for yourself, to do better than your father and your neighbor, to build your family’s prosperous future. Ambition and laws that encourage it are what drive men ahead; they are what made this country great, created millions of jobs, gave America the world’s highest standard of living, built schools and hospitals, created the wealth we have given in billions to the free world. * “Restrict rewards, destroy ambition—and you destroy those rich fruits; you destroy America." / Don’t Forget The Moral The actions of the manufacturers of heavy electrical equipment, and various officials of the companies, who pleaded either guilty or nolo contendre (no defense) to.charges of price fixing and bid rigging, came as a shock to the nation. Among the guilty are execu tives of the largest companies of their kind on earth. The federal judge, who handed down jail sentences and fines, said, “What really is at stake here is a vast section of our eco nomic system that we are offering to un committed sections of the world as an alter native to planned economies. The defendants, he added, “flagrantly mocked the image of that economic system of free enterprise." Regrettable as this case is, however, it will have its healthy aspect. The government was on the side of the people, and once it had gathered the needed evidence, it acted with all energy to safeguard the people and punish the malefactors. Suppose, on the oth er hand, the government had owned these enterprises as it does under socialism and communism, and irregularities had occurred? The people would have been both ignorant of the facts and impotent to act because gov-' erament does not indict itself. 'Hie moral is this: The faults in free, private enterprise can be and are corrected. Hie faults in all- powerful, dictatorial government activities are beyond the people’s reach. The Third Dimension Man is a being of three dimensions—men tal, physical and spiritual. There are some who doubt the third dimension. They cite man’s progress in the field of pure science— but some of our greatest scientists have stated that they believe in a supreme power. In today’s world, truth and right are in jeopardy. Their vigor can be nurtured and maintained through religious education — third dimension training. The 17th annual National Sunday School Week will be observed April 10-16, with Pit Boone as national chairman. On accepting the chairmanship Mr. Boone said,' “In the Communist world, everyone serves the state. In our world, we serve God and each other. Sunday Schools are needed more than ever as a ‘Guide to Faith,’ the theme of the Week, for our young people, who will be the citi zens and leaders of tomorrow. Still better, I suggest that Sunday School be a weekly rit ual for the whole family.” National Sunday School Week is sponsor ed by the Laymen’s National Committee, an inter-faith organization whose purpose is to reaffirm the heritage of faith declared by our foretathefs and to encourage regular at tendance in the houses of worship of all faiths. Off To The Races An editorial in Life magazine has this to say about the proposal to increase the feder al minimum wage and extend its coverage: “That is certainly not going to help the un employed any. Some jobs just aren’t worth more than |1 an hour and to make them il legal is to eliminate them.” The words are blunt, but justified. The extended covareg that is proposed, for exam ple, would be primarily in the retail indus try. This industry provides marginal em ployment for beginners, teenagers, part-time housewives and others whose productive worth is strictly limited. An out-of-line wage yould force the elimination of as many of these jobs as possible. Also, it is hard to square the minimum wage proposal with the President’s urge that labor accept wage stabilization in order to help prevent more inflation. An increase in the lowest wage means increases all along the line — the higher-paid, skilled workers naturally demand that their differential be maintained. JRien the wage-price spiral is off to the races again. Babson Forecasts Free Generating Power Babson Park, Mass., March 2.—It has long been thought by scientists that the sun should some day give us free power, Unfortunately, nations in different latitudes would get different amounts of sun power, and all latitudes would get varying power according to the time of year. HARNESSING POWER OF GRAVRT I again call readers’ attention to the work which the Gravity Research Foundation of New Boston. N. H., is doing in fundamental physics By giving grants to colleges the Foundation hopes to interest students in harnessing gravity to sup ply free power anywhere in small units. But first it must discover a partial insulator, or absorber, of gravity. The Foundation now has the world’s best files on gravity and is giving $1000 annual awards for the best original essays upon the I subject. These essays average over eighty a year and come from the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, and other countries. DICOVERIES IN SPACE EXPLORATION While the Defense Departments of the -United States, Russia, Great Britain, and other coun tries have been spending billions on missiles, the American Tele phone and Telegraph Company has been making some very important experiments. By the use of microwaves and other processes they have suc ceeded in sending signals through space hundreds of miles above the earth — with power waves “bounced’’ from one orbiting object, or man-made satellite, to another. These experiments have aroused in me a great interest in “space travel.” 1 am not interested in having men go to the moon or having the military attack of an enemy from a hundred or more miles up in the air. I, however, am greatly interested in the work of the telephone company. This will first be used in sending messages and television waves. I earnestly watch the newspapers each day for such “Space News.” POWERFUL ELECTRIC WAVES SHOWERING THE EARTH The next step will be to capture and harness the electric waves which are coming toward us every hour of the day. They cannot be shut off by clouds or storms; they fall upon all nations equal ly. Their power, all of which now goes to waste, is terrific. I believe that the telephone and electric utilities will combine to concentrate these waves over all nations and. give each free power. This would be far better and cheaper than the use of uranium. My use of the words “free power” refers only to the generation of electric power. Distribu tion systems will continue to be needed. Hence I am more bullish on electric power company se curities because they may have no generating costs. I forecast that each of the fifty largest coun tries in the United Nations will have its own "transformers” In the sky securing electricity from the radiation off the thousands of galaxies in the sky. For years the astronomers have known of these galaxies and of the electrical rays they are emitting; but their intensity has been known only since the “Space Age” discoveries and measure ments. 1 understand that the future space program will now be under the personal attention of Vice- President Lyndon Johnson. He says we may ex pect the landing of a planetary spacecraft in 1982; and in 1963 the safe landing of certain instruments on the moon. Our “Midas,” under the direction of Dr. Wernher von Braun, now of the Huntsville Center, can be depended upon to make more new and important discoveries. These governmental developments will prima rily be to warn us of what the Russians, or other potential enemies, may be doing as well as to give us knowledge of Impending hurricanes and other destructive forces. Although paid for by us, they will be given freely to all nations. The next step will be the study of these electrical currents which will finally be harnessed to give each nation free power. This would do much to hasten world peace. P S. In fairness to readers I should ddd that the nuclear fusion research with hydrogen (ob tained from sea water or air or chemicals such as lithium) may even give free power before the harnessing of electric waves above described. CLINTON, B. C„ THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 061 iHbp Clinton ClfronirU BHiblkbel 1M9 Jaty 4, Utt — WILLIAM WILSON HARRIS - Jane U, IMS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable hi Advance) One Year $3.00, Six Months $2-00 Out-of-County One Year $4.00 Second Ctaae Postage Paid at Cttnton, S. C. The Chronicle seeks the —p—of its subscribers sad readers — the publisher will at all tiaaes appreciate wise suggestions and kfaMfly advice. The Chronicle wtt publish letters of general interest whee they are not at a defamatory nature. Anonymous —nmnnteiHme will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views er iplidwii of ite eosyispiidfs Clinton Loses (Hif In Tourney Finale Of AA Conference Union High School Yellow Jac kets defeated the Clinton High Red Devil basketball squad in the Eastern Class AA Confer ence championship held before an over-flow crowd in Laurens Sat urday night. Union held a 29-19 lead at half time, but the Red Devils started catching up In the third period, only to go down, 56-53, at the fi nal whistle. Philip King was high scorer with 15 while Barry Whitman added 14. Other high scorers were Price 9, Surratt 7, Littleton 7, and Bailey 8. On Tuesday night the Clinton girls defeated Lancaster, 30-29, in a bitterly fought gatae, hold ing their opponents to only one field goal. Clinton’s Clara Bell Hill was high scorer with 18, followed by Jacks 10, Brice 2, Morris, Beden- baugh, and Bolt. On the same night, the Clinton boys exploded in the last half to run over Laurens, 63-26. Laur ens only trailed 15-10 at halftime. Kinard Littleton and Phil King paced the Clinton attack, both hitting in the double figures. Littleton finished the night with 17 points, and King with 16. Oth er scorers were B. Whitman 10, Smith 2, Cram 4, Price 1, Gettys 1. Surratt 6, Holcombe 1, and Bailey 5. In the semi-finals on the pre vious Friday night the Red Dev ils came from behind to score in a breath-taking finish, beating Newberry 45-45 in the last sec onds of the game. Kinard Little ton scored the go-ahead basket to give the locals the win. Newberry was leading at half time. Littleton topped the Clin ton squad in scoring with 16 and Clark Surratt added 10. Other scorers that night in cluded Whitman 6, King 7, Price 5, and Bailey 1. NewsOf Bonds Crow Roads Little Miss Ann Shipes of Co lumbia, is spending some time with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Felton Crapps. Little Miss Dale Crapps, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Crapps, of Whitmire, spent the week-end with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Felton Crapps. Miss Christie Crapps, Donald and Ronald McQuirt were visi tors in Columbia on Sunday. They were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Howard Stanley and daughters, Donna Jean and Joyce. • • • Monday evening, February 56, at the home of Mrs. Maggie Mar shall and Mrs. Margaret Berry, the ladies of Shady Grove Pres byterian Church presented Mrs. Hugh Spivey with a pink and blue shower. • • * Thursday evening, Feb. 23, Mrs. J. O. Hueble gave a cos metics party at the home of Mrs. N. A Shouse 4-H CLUB PARTY I spite of the downpour of rain on Friday evening the members of Shady Grove 4-H Club met at the Community House to enjoy a social. About fifteen boys and girls enjoyed the occasion. Mrs. James Johnson assisted with con tests and games. Members of the club conducted games and con tests. For refreshments the group enjoyed mixed drinks, hot dogs pickles, and chips. The game room was decorated with gum drop trees to represent cherry trees. Ralph Edwards, boys’ sponsor, and Mrs. N. A. Shouse, girl*’ sponsod, assisted. COMMUNITY CLUB MEETS On Saturday evening, Feb. 25, at 7:30 the Shady Grove Com munity met for its regular ses sion. Following supper a business session was held to elect officers for the new year. Earle Johnson was elected president; James Ev ans, vice-president; Mrs. Texie Johnson, treasurer; and Mrs. Earle Johnson, secretary. A recreation committee was elected as follows: Mrs. Joe Mc- Quirt, Mrs. Ruth Hill and Mrs. James Evans. A governing board was elected as follows; Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Nabors, Mr. and Mrs. James Ev ans, Mr. and Mrs. James John- *on, and retiring president, Joe McQuirt. CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY Saturday afternoon Dianne Bledsoe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Broadus Bledsoe, celebrated her 9th birthday with a party at her , home. A number of girls of the community enjoyed and a birthday cake was served. The little friends presented DL anne with gifts. CLUB TO MEET The Shady Grove Home Dem onstration Club will meet Taee- day, March 7, at 5:50 at the chib house. The program will be on 4-H work. Mrs. Richard Boland will be hostess. Hurricane News Of The Week Mr. and Mrs. Dillard Young and children visited Mrs. Young’s sister, Mrs. Jimmy Kirby and family in Greenville Sunday. Misses Sallie and Mery Fran ces Nabors visited Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Neighbors Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. William Gastley visited Miss £ora Lee Allen, Mrs. Ollie Foster, Mrs. Lizzie Peck and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tatum in Gainesville. Ga.; also Mrs. J. H. Gastley, Dr. and Mrs. George Jackson in Clarksville, Gr., Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gastley in Toccoa, Ga., over the week end. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Coleman, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hagen, of Laurens, visited Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Copeland during the week. Mrs. Carroll Young will cele brate a birthday March 5. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Caldwell and children visited Mr. Cald well’s mother in. Columbia Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Young, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Young and A1 visited Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Young in Newberry. Mrs. Ralph Young is recovering at home aft er a stay at the hospital. Mrs. Charles Young and chil dren and Mrs. Willie Young were Sunday supper guests of Mrs. Lester Davis at Lydia Mills. Robin Neighbors, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Neighbors, has measles. Among those attending the circus in Greenville last week were: Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Neighbors and daughters, Charles Young, Charles and Bennie, Car ol Ann Young, Mrs. Odus Young, Ronnie and Mac and Mitch Scogln, Mr. and Mrs. Bootsie Caldwell, Kay and Vickie. ^ Mrs. Harold Simmons and Steve, of Aiken, spent a few days last peek with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mason Simpson, Mr. Simmons joined them over the week-end. They returned home Sunday. Mrs. George King, Sr., was week-end guest of her daughter, Mrs. Ralph Lawson and family. Mr. King joined them on Sun day. • Mrs. Mace Young spent the week-end in Laurens with her daughter, Mrs. Sam Wallace and family. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Scogln and Mitch, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fennell and David, were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Franklin and daughters In Whitmire. CLASS MEETING HELD The Young Adult Class met Feb. 21 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Young. Twelve mem bers were present. Discussion and plans were made for a class project to be carried out in the next few months. A salad plate and punch was CHEERY... WARM-AS-TOAST WINTERS CAN BE YOURS IF YOU INSULATE AND WEATHERSTRIP YOUR HOME Enjoy freedom from cold drafts and save on fuel bOks. Home inaulktion pays for itself in fuel sav ings, in increased comfort — more than you can measure in dollars and cents. SMALL MONTHLY PAYMENTS served during the fellowship hour. CIRCLE MEETS Circle No. 2 of the Hurricane Baptist Church met Wednesday, Feb. 23, at the home of Mr*. Dil lard Young- Eight members were present. Mrs. Carroll Young presented an interesting program on Spanish-speaking people. A sweet course was served. Reedy River Assn. Meeting Slated Mar. 7 The Reedy River Associational mate meeting and officer’s coun cil will be held at Fairview Bap tist Church on Tuesday, March 7, at 7:50.. Eliminations for Junior and In termediate Bible drills and young people’s speakers tournament wlH be conducted. . , - AH, participants and judges are " requested to meet by 7:00 p. m. Conferences will-be led by as sociational officers. All pastors, directors and as- sobSitional officers are urged to publicize the meeting. x C'li’ ^ “•»"i' & Miss Thomas, 70, Buried At Cross Hill .Mies Fleetwood Thomas, 70, died early. Saturday morning at Whitten Village. She was t a native of Marion County, but had lived in Clinton since 1921. She was the last member of her immediate family. Funeral services were conduct ed Monday at 5:00 p: m. at Gray Funeral Home here by Rev. Joel E. Cannon. 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