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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, Avgust 24, 1961 Omton-Spartanburg Link To Open Soon When the State Highway Department an nounced during the past week that the Clinton-Spartanburg link of Interstate High way 26 would be opened to traffic sometime this fall, it was good news to motorists of this area and points in the lower part of the state. From Clinton access points, the highway is already open to Columbia. Orangeburg, and well on the way to Charleston. The Charleston end will not be completed for some time, maybe a year or two. But the four-lane road is proving its worth to trav elers from this section. When the leg from Clinton to Spartan burg is finished, one can travel almost from one end of the state to the other on as mod em a highway as is being built. And the stretch from Spartanburg to Asheville and beyond will bring the moun tain areas that much nearer to l^aurens County travelers and vacationists. Clinton residents then will be fortunately situated, whether their vacation plans call for mountain or sea shore, or for just a day or weekend sightseeing trip. People Count Most The tangible assets of a commercial en terprise can be detailed in a standard lal- ance sheet—the investment in plants and other property, along with a listing of in come and profit and such matters. But there are vastly important intangible assets which can’t be so simply covered. Their name is people. The president of a great American oil company, which operates on the internation al scale, recently visited a new refinery built by a Norwegian affiliate. In writing alstut it. he said: . . more important than the ' physical attributes of a new refinery $re the things one is not able to see—the thousands of hours of (-operative eliort of the experts in design, engineering, purchasing, shipping, construction, air and water pollution, and administration which have contributed to making it a leality. ... It is really the peo ple who count, and the organization which can bring all these talents together with a real spirit of'cooperation and enthusiasm has a great intangible force working for it.” And that force, in the long run, exceeds any other. An enterprise must have tangible assets—money, land, tools. But it must nev er be forgotten that the intangible assets—; jieople—count most. Good Tax Collecting Job Early this week. Miss V’ivian Blakely, de linquent tax collector for I^aurens County, stated that her l>ooks show she has received $6,873.38 from delinquent taxpayers during the first 21 days of August. Collections during July totaled $3:224.63, which brings delinquent tax collections of $9,098.01 since the beginning of the fiscal year on July 1. Prior to that, June collections were- $2,- 366.03. Added together, that makes a total of $11,463.04 in delinquent tax collections for June, July, and the first three weeks of August. However, it has to be said that these pay ments of past due taxes were not made with out prodding by the tax collector—and it is hoped they will continue. Both the prodding and the payments. Delinquent taxpayers should know that when they delay payments or seek to avoid them, it will cost them additional sums in penalties and costs. The total penalties and added coats for the above three-month per iod amounted to $1,388—all of which could have been avoided. Crazy Situation Babfton Discusses Children’s Inheritances Either intentionally or unintentionally Congrees is setting the stage for socialiHm of American railroads. It is doing this by failure to repeal or correct outdated laws of its own making. When the rails face Itank- ruptcy, the friends of socialization will start their drive for government ownership of our transportation system. Congressional inquiries for years have gone through the farce of "studying” the railroad problems, which Congress largely created. Then nothing of real importance is done to correct injustices. At the present time an inquiry launched by President Eisenhower is to bring in rec ommendations by the first of the year. But if Congress follows its usual procedure of playing politics with the rails, it will do nothing. That is the pattern, instead of granting the railroads relief so they can solve their own problems. Forces in and out of Congress that have been promoting a socialized electric power industry- will use a rairoad crisis to start their drive for government ownership of the rails. Russia's railroads and power plants are socialized and Khrushchev says our grand children will live under socialism. Our law makers seem to be giving him grounds for that statement as they undermine our cap italistic system with socialistic projects of one kind or another. What confidence will the rest of the so- called free world have in us as it sees our own lawmakers failing to support our free enterprise, capitalist system. Russia backs communism in no uncertain terms while we Sell our private property system short right here at home. It’s a crazy picture any way you look at it. We don’t deserve the bless ings we have when we fail to appreciate their source—individual liberty and oppor tunity free from socialistic restraints. Babson Park, Mass., August 24—For thousands of years scientists have been interested in al chemy, or the turning of base metaJ like lead into some precious metal like gold No one has thus far succeeded in doing this. Attempts have also been made to insulate gravity by mixing two or more elements and finding an alloy which will shield gravity. Here again this has failed ever since the days of Sir Isaac Newton, some 280 years ago Recently, various studies have been made of inheritance, which I will discuss in this column under the general subject of "polymers ” WHAT HAS BEEN TAUGHT It has been generally accepted that both the father and the mother supply certain genes which are attached together into I "strings" known as chromo somes. These genes carry special talents down through the genera tions As to how far back they originate, or how long they have i traveled through some mother's body, we do not know We further do not know just what traits or talents will come | through, or when. History, how- w. B«kMa ever, does show that the greater the number of children a mother has, the greater her chance of having one or more famous children. This helps to explain why our nation has been built up by large families and why so often an "only child" has not amounted to much THE FAMOUS IBM ADVERTISEMENT The stock of International Business Machines Company is one of the highest-aelling stocks on the New York Stock Exchange. Furthermore the company has a great reputation to uphold. Hence its advertisement on the inside front cover of U. 'S NEWS AND WORLD REPORT for July 24, 1961. has created great interest It shows in a spectacular way that what we are depends upon the arrangement of the molecules which comprise the «lls of which we are made. Last spring an article on polymers appeared in the MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW, written by F W Rillmeyer, Jr., and A. S. Michaels. In ad- dllioa, 1 have been much interested in the re port of the Long Island Biological Association re cently in session at Cold Spring Harbor, New York, attended by the leading biologists of the U S. and abroad, Including Dr. Monod, whom I en deavored to meet when 1 was In Paris. Conclu sions were that the basic unit of all living things is the cell—consisting of an inner part, known as the nucleus, surrounded by the cytoplasm, which contains the sead of life that transmits heredity from generation to generation It determines whether the fertilized egg—a single cell—will be come a mouse, an elephant, or a human being. OUR MOST REMARKABLE CHEMICALS In the creation of life the biologists thought the enzymes were important factors In the polymers' manifestations, but these reactions are too techni cal to discuss here The two principal polymers have very long names, hence they are commonly referred to as the DN Agroup and the RNA group Dr. Conrad and Professor Jacques Monod In sisted that the genes appear comparable to a com plex computing machine governing the operations of an automatic factory. These regulate the out put of the factory and the endurance of the fac tory. They also stated that, accidents excepted, we could live to be 100 or 120 years old; further more. that many people have been buried as dead when they might have been revived by these wonderful chemicals. Conclusions: This brings us back to the IBM advertisement. 1 am neither a chemist nor a bi ologist, but I do believe that the discovery of these polymers is the most wonderful discovery of this generation W'hen people really understand their possibilities, both in peace and in war, we may enjoy our gratest prosperity-with occasional economic readjustments—during the next ten years, It also means that we should urge our children and grandchildren to seek good mates and raise large families History shows that good land and good children are the best investments Stocks and bonds will come amf go; but polymers will go on forever. News Of Bonds Cross Roads Shady Grove Home Demonstra tion Club members, 4-H Club members and young people of the community with a number of pa rents enjoyed a final summer out ing with a swimming party at the Joanna pool and a picnic follow ing. About 35 children and 12 adults enjoyed this outing Thurs day afternooh This was the fin al day of recreation for the youth of the community before opening of school * * » Fairvfew Baptist Church will j observe homecoming Sunday. Friends are invited to attend Regular Sunday school at 10.00 a m. Worship services at 11 o'clock, with dinner served on the grounds following worship ( services ! • * • A number of local people at tended the Jarred Johnson reun ion held at Johnston Sunday Among those from this commun ity were: Mr. and Mrs. James Johnson and son, Jimmy, Mrs J. IV Johnson, Mr and Mrs. C. W Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Johnson and sons, Kenneth and Frank, and Mrs. Texie Johnson * • # Billy Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs V C. W. Johnson, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ned Tiner and fam ily in Charleston. Miss Sally Pitts returned home Friday after visiting relatives in Spartanburg. Mrs George Cobb and young son. George III, of Rock Hill, spent several days recently with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Pitts. Miss Martha Pitts, member of the Rock Hill schools faculty, will return to Rock HU1 next week to resume her duties for the school year. Friends of James Evans will be glad to learn he has returned to his work in Joanna after sev eral months of Illness. Mrs. Maggie Marshall, Mrs Margaret Berry, and Margaret, and Mrs. Ola Wages were visitors in Whitmire on Friday. On Wednesday, August 16, Miss Ida Smith, Mrs. Richard John son, Mrs. Myrtle Johnson. Jack ie Kelly, and Frank Johnson were dinner guests of Mrs. J. P Johnson Mrs Emmie Shipes and chil dren spent Thursday with her mother, Mrs Virgie Crapps. Mrs J. P. Johnson and Jimmy John son were also guests of Mrs Crapps Mrs. Bailey Donates Amplifier To Thornwell Mrs. P. S. Bailey, of Clinton, has presented a portable ampli fier for use on the campus of Thornwell Orphanage, according to announcement by Dr M. A. Macdonald, president of the in stitution. The flevice will be used in the dining hall for morning devotion al s and announcements, and at other places on the campus. Stevenson To Judge Awards Competition Dr John W. Stevenson, chair man of the Presbyterian College English Department, has been appointed a judge in the annual achievement awards competition of the National Council of Teach ers of English. Dr. James R .Squire, execu tive secretary of the council, to day announced that Dr. Steven son will judge South Carolina contestants in this effort to grant public recognition to some of the nation's outstanding students of high school English The com petition is now in its fourth year. €idtelberger At LowndsvHle Church Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Eichel- berger, Miss Barbara and John Eichelberger with Miss Lulie Eichelberger of Laurens were in Lowndsville Sunday, August 13 to alter 1 -.erviccs at Providence Presb. L, an Ch ,ret>. Their son ail brother, Hugh Lee Lichelberstr, Jr., is supply pastor for the summer for the Providence and. Rocky River chu lies end they are residing at the mar x there. In the fall he will beg n his final year at Columbia Theological Seminary, iJc^atur, Ga. Wheat Referendum Slated For Today A wheat marketing quota ref erendum is being held today (Thursday) in all major wheat producing areas of the United States, according to Hugh B Workman, chairman of the Lau rens County ASC Committee In Laurens County there will be two boxes for the convenience of vot ers—one at Hubert Pitts' store at Clinton for Hunter, Jacks and Cross Hill Townships; and the other box will be at the ASC of fice in Laurens for the voters of the remaining townships of the county, the polls will open at 8:00 a. m. and close at 6:00 p. m. Dixie Sullivan, William Robert Richardson. Mrs. Marion Grif fis, Mrs Jennie Watkins, Mrs. | Henry Suttles, Mrs. W. L. Gro gan. Mrs. Clyde Peterson. Mrs. J. D. Rushton has re turned to her home from Hays Hospital w here she was a sur- j gical patient. Ernest Graham is improving at Hays Hospital from an oper ation illness. Mrs. Carolyn Webb is con valescing af home following an operation illness at Hays Hos pital. Sammy Holtzclaw, son of Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Holtzclaw, has returned home from Hays Hos pital where he has been a medi cal patient. Dismissed from Blalock Clinic earlier in the week were Mrs. Olivia Wertman, Mrs. Lula Mae Stevens, Mrs. Lodena Graham, Mrs Kenneth Lawson and Mrs. Louis Fuller. William Gregory, who under went surgery recently at Hays ! Hospital, is convalescing at home Donnie Reaves, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl D. Reaves, is improv ing at home after an operation iat Hays Hospital. With the Sick Friends of Robert E. Johnson will be interested to know he is improving at Blalock Clinic fol lowing surgery. Patients at Hays Hospital in clude Mrs Mary Sue Cantrell, Mrs. Edwin Huggins, Mrs. L. C. Heaton Gene Lucas has returned to Thornwell after being a patient at Blalock Clinic. Friends of Mrs. J Hamp Stone will be glad to know she is improving at Hays Hospital where she has been a patient sev eral weeks Ray Tucker is convalescing at Hays Hospital following surgery i Friends of Mrs Downs Mon- j roe will be interested to know | she is a patient at Hays Hospital. 1 Mrs. Lloyd Marshbanks is a surgical patient at Hays Hos pital. Bobby Ashe, of Thornwell, is a patient at Blalock Clinic. Mrs. John Boyd continues ill at Hays Hospital where she has been a patient for some time. Mrs. Quinton Jones and Mrs. Leonard Scott are patients at Blalock Clinic. Patients discharged from Hays Hospital include Terry Massey, Mrs. Frank Cauley, Mrs Tom Davis, Ricky Gooch, son of Mrs Social News Ray-Lay Rehearsal Preceded By Buffet Supper A buffet supper at a the Hotel Mary Musgrove on Saturday eve ning preceeded the rehearsal for the Ray-Lay wedding. Hosts for the occasion were Mr. and Mrs B. W. Crouch and Miss Dot Tay lor. Place cards in a wedding theme marked places for the 24 guests, including members of the wedding party and out-of-town visitors here for the rites. Pink roses and lighted pink tapers graced the supper table. The bride and groom were remem bered with a gift of silver and at this time their attendants were presented gifts. OFFICE 8UPPUE8 CHRONICLE PUR. GO. PHONE CLINTON, S. C„ THURSDAY. AUGUST 24, 1K1 (Stir GUinton (Cljrmuclr UN Jaly 4, ISM — WILLIAM WILSON HARRIS - Jose U. 1M PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscript* Rate (Payable la Advance) Out-of-County One Year $S 00. Six Months $2 00 One Year $4.00 Second Class Postage Paid at Clinton, S. C. The Chronicle seeks the ceopwnBon M Us ■nhirrHitn and readers — the pnhHNar will at aO times appreciate wise •aggestloes and kindly advice. The Chronicle wM pnhHHi letters of general latanet when they are not of a defamatory asters, iaonymsas eaaunuaieatioos will aet bo aoticed. 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