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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thurad&y, June 22, 1961
What It Civil Defense?
Now we are going: to have some Civil De-^
fense—$20 billion worth, to be provided un
der a four year plan stalling in July—or so
goes the word along the Potomac.
As everyone knows, there have been big
plans for CD before now, but they have uni
formly been greeted with yawns by the body
politic, whose attitude toward atomic at
tack is understandably fatalistic. A recent
survey shows that only 1,566 American
households out of about 50 million have pro
vided themselves with bomb shelters, while
the government, for all its advice, has con
structed but 14 for the protection of our
teeming bureaucracy.
Frank B. Ellis, the Kennedy campaign
manager in Louisiana who was appointed Di
rector of the Office of Civil Defense in Jan
uary is said to have told the President he
will either do the job or look for another one.
The preliminary plan, already submitted to
the White House, calls for the coordination
6f Federal, State and local efforts with the
Federal Government meeting half the cost.
Expenditure for the first year, beginning
July 1, would be upwards of $300 million and
devoted largely to research surveys. From
there on, spending would reach more re
spectable levels—in the order of a billion for
the second year and five billions for the
fourth.
Obviously, the thought of sheltering 180
million people from nuclear blast and fall
out is no less absurd this year than hereto
fore, but the program would appear to be
under more determined direction and more
intrepid spenders. At the same time, the
threats of Mr. Khrushchev, emboldened by
easy victory in Cuba and Laos, grow more
ominous.
We are all for those research surveys—by
which we may to learn even belatedly that
there is no such thing as “dvil defense” per
se, that actually, in a non-aggressive coun
try like ours, and in times like these, the
only dvil defense is military defense. And
the only defense worthy of consideration is
a system so alert, resourceful and powerful
that no adventurer will risk its terrible re
taliation.
We do not need to speculate on whether or
not a test of strength will ultimately come.
It is here now. We are undergoing it now.
That is what the cold war is. And if we are
to spend $20 billion on dvil defense, we had
better spend it where it will provide the most
defense for the greatest number of dvittans
—and that is on the Army, the Navy, the
Marine Corps, the Air Force and the tool# of
their trade.
Resumption of nuclear testing would be a
good way to start
Words That Change lives
As it documents our long held contention
thsit small advertisements often have large
and pleasant results, we are happy to take
note of a bronze plaque awarded in Detroit
the other day to George Romney, president
of American Motors, by the Classified Ad
vertising Managers.
A man whose life has been importantly in
fluenced by classified advertising, he receiv
ed the organization’s Prominent Citizen
Award from Mac T. Christian of the Tampa
Tribune, its current president.
One of the turning points in Mr. Romney’s
Hfe, as explained in his biography, ‘*Ihe
Story of George Romney,” recently published
by Harper’s, was his reading a male-help
wanted advertisement in a Washington news
paper when he was just starting his career.
It merely said “stenographer” at a room in
the Senate office building.
Out of the crowd of applicants, he landed
the job in the office of the late Senator David
I. Walsh of Massachusetts. Romney was on
his way and, with only two more job chang
es, he was in Detroit in line for his present
job.
The career of George Romney is but one of
many thousands that have been launched
through the years by a few terse words of
a classified advertisement which perhaps ap
peared but once in a single newspaper. Other
examples that come to mind are Richard
Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck,
whose famous partnership stemmed from a
classified ad of Sears seeking a watchmaker
who could furnish his own tools.
Down The Road
For Communism
Inflation is an unpleasant word in this
country, as well it should be. In only 20
years it has cut the dollar’s value by at least
half.
Now, as the president of the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States warns, a
critical new inflationary threat is arising.
It is found in increased federal spending.
The prospect is that the deficit will run to
more than $6 billion during the next two fis
cal years. Additional spending proposals al
ready submitted to Congress total more than
$10 billion—and they can’t be laid at the door
of national defense. Some $8 billion would
go for non-defense purposes.
Our Communist enemies will certainly
welcome a new wave of inflation, if it comes.
They have long argued that this and other
capitalist countries will destroy themselves
from within — and no weapon has a greater
destructive potential than constant inflation.
On the other hand, those who want to keep
America strong will oppose inflation with
every device we possess—none of which is
more important than government economy
and balanced budgets.
Babson Discusses America’s
“Newest Growing Industry”
Babson Park, Mass., June 1—This was the mo
tel industry. Perhaps it continues to be America's
fastest growing industry from a money-invested
standpoint; but the number of new individual mo
tels declined in I9t>0. Motels are becoming “bi|
business.” and from an investment standpoin
may now be classified with hotels. Motels, now
are hotels laid on their sides! Let me venture t
say that real estate has become our fastest grow
ing industry.
REAL ESTATE IN GENERAL
The first English translation of Sir Isaac New
ton’s Law of Action and Reaction—upon which tb
theory of the Economic Cycle am
I the business of most Investmen
I Counseling are based—was madi
in 1729. In those days, this Cycli
practically applied to gold am
real estate. The price of gold ha:
since become controlled by th<
Federal Government; but the cy
cle theory still applies to real es
tate. I personally believe that wi
may have passed the peak of Uk
present real estate cycle.
Of course, the general conditiot
of business always has a profound effect on th<
real estate situation—housing in particular. Sin«
I fear that no great economic boom is now prob
able, the immediate future of real estate must de
pend upon other factors. One of these is the avail
ability and cost of money. Another is the cost ol
new building. Neither of these factors is now help
ful to real estate.
CONSIDER HUMAN FACTORS
Another thing to remember is that the regu
larity and balance of cycles in real estate activity
are especially pronounced. Upward and down
ward swings tend to match, in both intensity am
duration. But according to Sir Isaac Newton’i
Law, it is the product of the intensity and
which must ultimately balance. As the intensity
of the recent real estate boom has been ratbei
magnified, then the duration of the followinf
slump may be greater than expected. This is con
trary to most reasoning, but this is Newton’s Law
Over-extension and retrenchment are psycho
logical human forces which cannot be measured
Another human factor is the large number of peo
ple reaching the age of 20, which means more
marriages. This will call for more rented houses
and small apartments. The big home-buying age
is 30-35 The percentage of Americans reaching
these ages has begun to decline. There is, how
ever, a growing trend toward home ownership, es
pecially homes in the suburbs. This figure is now
60%. Hence, rental price rises have fallen below
the cost-of-living advance. Foreclosures have
been increasing in certain new subdivisions. Of
fice buildings continue in demand, with vacancies
of not over 5%.
WATCH FARM LAND
Since the Kennedy Administration’s policies
should result in higher income for the farmer, I
expect a further rise in farm land prices—espec
ially land near cities, both large and small. The
old advice: “Buy by the acre and sell by the foot”
is still good. Also remember that each city is
growing fastest in some one direction—it may be
“east” or “west” or “south.”
Before speculating In vacant land, there are
certain facts you should get: Determine the cur
rent land values and prices in the area, tax rates
and appraisal methods, new roads and highways
approved for construction (as well as those in the
proposal stage), all pertinent construction plans
by government and private enterprise, the growth
rate in the area as compared with other sections
of the country. You must guess; The length of
time before land appreciation will take place, the
possibility of being isolated by highways not yet
proposed, the danger of sharp tax rate boosts,
the future cost of utilities, likelihood of industrial
expansion, and future prospects for existing in
dustries.
In summary: Real estate investment at this
time can still be sound—particularly in relation
to many other profit ventures—but the absence
of any evidence of a great new boom makes it
more important than ever for you to select your
vacant-land investment with great care. Final
thought: Remember how fast interest and taxes
pile up!
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This Week in Washington
FREEDOM ACADEMY
For several years now Senator
Karl Mundt of South Dokota, has
been carrying on a one-man cam
paign in the Senate for establish
ment of a Freedom Academy to
train “cold war fighters.”
The United States, be insists,
has spent many billions prepar
ing for a possible military war,
but has almost completely neg
lected training men and women
for the type of cold war we are at
tempting to wage against com
munism.
Many people, including both
military and civilian government
officials, concede that, so far, we
have made a rather poor showing
in the cold war. “We are,” Sen.
Mundt insists, “almost totally
unprepared for that kind of war.”
Averill Harriman, former am
bassador to Russia and currently
President Kennedy’s “ambassa
dor at large,” said recently that
we are losing the cold war and
that unless Russia makes an un
expected blunder we can expect
to continue losing it for some
time to come.
GAINING SUPPORTERS
Recent U. S. setbacks in Cuba
and Laos have brought Sen.
Mundt new support, both in and
out of Congress, for his proposal
to establish an academy to train
cold war fighters. Eleven other
Senators now are co-sponaoring
the bill.
“The Freedom Academy,” Sen.
Mundt said recently, “has been
proposed to fill a serious and con
tinuing void in our national effort
to meet and defeat the forces of
totalitarian communism.
“The communist countries are
spending huge sums to train peo
ple for political and economic
warfare. Such a program has ex
tended over several decades. The
results, from the Communist
viewpoint, are justifying the ef
forts.”
A Freedom Academy, such as
that backed by Sen. Mundt and
others, would be on an equal foot
ing with the Military, Naval and
Air Force academies.
TIME RUNNING OUT
Hardly anyone in Washington
would argue that we have not
been for some time, and still are,
falling seriously behind in the
cold war. Communists have
made significant gains in Asia,
Africa and Latin America.
Last year the Senate Judiciary
Committee called the bill “a
practical, fundamental approach
to our national survival” and
recommended that it be passed
“at the earliest possible time.”
The committee reported it con
sidered the bill “one of the most
important ever introduced in Con
gress.” It is. the commitee said,
“the first measure to recognize
that a concentrated training pro
gram must precede a significant
improvement in our cold war ca
pabilities.”
The cost of such an academy
would be only a fraction of what
we are now spending, through
various foreign aid programs, in
defending the Free World against
the spread of communism.
Court Session
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three years or $2,000, suspended
on service of three months, or
$250 and three years probation.
Joe C. Moon, violation of liquor
law, $750 or six months.
John Cary Hutchin Hudgins,
assault and battery of a high and
aggravated nature, eight months
suspended on service of two
months or $200 and two years
probation.
James Junior Hicks, driving
under the influence, second of
fense, three years or $2,000, sus-
pneded on service of six months
or $500 and three years proba
tion. ,
Floyd Bartee, alias Floyd Car
ter, assault and battery of a
high and aggravated nature, one
year, suspended on service of
three months or $200, 18 months
probation.
Carrol Crocker, violation of
liquor law, 30 days or $50;
Charles Crocker, violation of liq
uor law, three months or $300.
Sam Brewington, assault and
battery of a high and aggravat
ed nature, four years, suspend
ed on service of four months and
probation two years.
James L. Smith, two counts of
forgery, one year on each count,
to run concurrently, and credit
given for the three months al
ready served in jail.
John Henry Townsend, assault
and battery of a high and aggra
vated nature, one year suspend
ed on service of six months or
payment of $400, probation of
two years.
Willie McDowell, non-support,
six montha<or $1,000, suspended
on paymeni of $10 per week.
A 19-year-old unmarried Negro
girl, charged with burying her
new-born baby in a shallow
grave, won a court-directed ver
dict of acquittal Friday.
Margaret Lee Gary, a high
school student, was charged with
murder after the child was found
May 19 in a shallow grave just
off Highway 221 near her home.
Sheriff R. Eugene Johnson said
the girl admitted the child was
hers and that she buried tt when
she thought it was dead.
The doctor who performed an
autopsy in the case testified he
found no evidence of trauma or
foul play. He felt the child was
born alive, but died shortly after
birth of a type hemorrhage "not
an uncommon occurrence" in un
assisted deliveries.
Solicitor William T. Jones, in
asking for the directed verdict,
said he had no alternative. Five
state witnesses In all testified.
Two other cases were disposed
of Thursday before court was ad
journed shortly after 1 p. m.
John Henry Gary, 39-year-old
Negro, drew a three year prison
term after a jury convicted him
of the “hot supper” shooting of
Willie B. Bosket on April 29.
Witnesses said Gary walked
quietly into a Youngstown com
munity home where the supper
was in progress, and fired once
with a .22 caliber rifle, barely
missing Bosket's jugular vein.
Boskel recovered.
A defense attorney pressed
state witness Johnny Mjms on
his certainty that Gary was the
man who fired the shot.
Mims, in a booming reply
which convulsed the courtroom
gallery and Judge Steve Griffith
in laughter, answered: “Sure, I
was looking right at him. 1
thought he shot me. and I fell.”
The jury deliberated only 15
minutes before convicting Gary.
In another case, a jury con
victed John Robert Stone of non
support in his absence and a
sealed sentence was handed down.
Laurens County Library
Bookmobile Schedule
Week of June 26-29
Monday—Mason home, Martin
home, Reeks home, Crouch home,
Rhett Martin home.
Tuesday—Burdette home, Miss
issippi Young home, Bishop
home, Sanders home, Goldsmith
home, Brown home, Simmons
home.
’ Wednesday—Mountville school,
Gray home. Crisp home, B. L.
Mitchell store, Davis home,
Smith home, Suggs home.
Thursday—Owings post offic?,
Penland home, Gary Curry home,
Knight home. Brooks home,
Thompson home, Hughes home,
Armstrong home, Wilson home,
Mauldin home.
Bookmobile librarians are Mrs.
Carl Teague and Miss Claude
Gray.
Humphrey Member
Of Gold Patriots
Army Specialist Five Richard
L. Humphrey, son of James B.
Humphrey, of 424 Pickens St.,
Joanna, recently became a mem
ber of the Seventh U. S. Army’s
Order of Gold Patriots while
serving with the 317th Eengineer
Battalion in Germany.
Specialist Humphrey, assigned
to the battalion’s Company C, en
tered the army in 1955, was last
stationed at Fort Bragg, N. C.,
and arrived overseas in Decem
ber, 1968.
The 23-year-old soldier attend
ed Clinton High School and was
employed by Joanna Cotton Mills
before entering the army.
His wife, Dora, is with him in
Germany.
MAY SAVINGS BONDS aai.Eq
Combined E and H Savings
Bonds sales for May in Laurens
Copnty totaled $24,140.00, reports
D. F. Patterson, County Savings
Bonds cahirman.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hollings
worth had as their guests Sun
day Misses Gladys Griffin and
Thelma Abrams, of Greenville;
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Verenes and
sons, of Aiken, and Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Rogers, of Columbia.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Thomsen
and son, Tommy, of St. Louis,
Me., have been the recent visi
tors of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Pin
son. Mrs. Pinson and the Thom
sens spent several days last week
at Surfside Beach,
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Brown and
children, of Lucedale, Miss., are
visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Cole and other rela
tives.
Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Timmer
man, of Mt. Berry, Ga., were re
cent guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Cole.
Mr. and Mrs. William Irwin
and daughters, of Abbeville, were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ollie Ir
win during the week-end. Also
Hector Vega, of Houston, Texas,
was a visitor in the Irwin home.
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Pinson are
spending this week in Clinton.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Coleman
had as their guests during the
week-end Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Dixon and children, of Travel
ers Rest; Miss Carolyn Coleman,
who is attending summer school
at Lander, and her friend, Miss
Hazel Burton, of Honea Path,
who is also attending summer
school at Lander.
Mrs. H. L. McSwain is visiting
her son and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles McSwain in Columbia. •
Mrs. R. B. Segars, Mary
Evans, Ernie and Lindy Segars
and Miss Elaine Austin are
spending the week at Oconee
State Park.
J. H. Shealy attended the S. C.
Methodist Conference in Green
ville last week.
Little Miss Margaret Gray un
derwent a tonsilectomy at Self
Hospital Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Boyce, Jr,
and children, of Whitmire, were
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
H. K. Boyce, Sr.
Oiurcb Be Dedicated
In Laurens Sunday
Dedication of the new sanctu
ary of the First Assembly of
God, Laurens, will be held Sun
day at 10:00 a. m„ the pastor,
Rev. R. D. Parker, announces.
At 2:80 Roy Frazier, evangelist
of Greenville, will speak at eer-
viqps conducted at the church.
Also, on Monday evening, Jcim
Cody, evangelist missionary, will
begin a week of services at the
church.
Brownie Day Comp
Held At Joanna
Seventy-five Brownies register
ed and reported for participation
the first day of the annual
Brownie Day Camp at the Joan
na Foundation picnic shelter on
Milton Road, Joanna. The camp
will run from Monday, June 19,
through Friday, June 23, and
troops taking part are from Lau
rens, Wattsville, and Joanna, all
a part of the Star Fort Girl Scout
Council of Greenwood. Mrs. J.
Richard Noble of Laurens, is
serving as camp counselor and
is being assisted by volunteer
workers from the three towns
represented and by Mrs. Frances
Warner, local Girl Scout direc
tor.
The fee for the 1961 encamp
ment period was $4.00 per
Brownie, with $1.00 of this
amount furnished from the or
ganization's fund. The fee is pro
viding insurance, transporation,
and milk to drink. Each girl was
required to take a phyisical be
fore reporting the first day, and
each Brownie and worker brings
a tote lunch, towel, drinking cup.
and bathing suit. All are required
to wear ahoes and socks.
In addition to. the experience of
working in units, the day camp
ers are being offered crafts, na
ture study, hiking, folk dancing,
swimming, and lessons' in good
citizenship. Each day begins
with the flag-raising ceremony
at 10:00 a. m., and closes with
the lowering of the national flag
at 2:30 p. m.
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