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THE CUNTON CHRONICLE
CHutoa, 8.'C, Ikaniajr, July U, INS
Economics and
Pt^ics Collide
Defeat in the House of the Administra
tion bill to authorize another $460 million
for the Area Redevelopment Program by
. the close vote of 209 to 204 has been gen
erally attributed to dissatisfaction of South
ern Democrats with the New Frontier who
therefore voted with Republicans to give
the White House its first senous rebuff of
the year from that quarter.
It seems more reasonable to believe,
however, that our lawmakers, under pres-'
sure from their constituents, are beginning
to look at the price tags on legislation. Pub
lic alarm over deficit spending rather than
politics is the major threat to Administra
tion hopes for passage of vast outlays for
Federalized education, urban mass trans-
portaton, a Youth Conservation Corps,
Medicare and the rest.
In its year of operation the Area Re
development Agency appears to have been
unlucky, unwise or worse in its selection of
projects intended to create new jobs. The
story of ARA's Salem, Ind., shoe factory,
for instance, and which has been going the
rounds in Washington, can hardly have won
many votes on Capitol Hill for another huge
appropriation. <
The Government agency put $700,000 of
our tax money into the new plant Local
bankers and businessmen collected $183,-
700 more. Beginning operations last month,
the factory now provides 126 jobs may
reach 600 eventually, ARA hopes.
But our tariff-cutting reciprocal trade
ideas have been rough on US shoemakers.
Imports of cheap shoes from low-wage
countries—66 million pairs in 1962 alone—
flooded the market and washed 21,000 shoe
industry workers out of their jobs. By
1965, we are told, 47,000 will be out of
work. And the Salem shoemakers will
doubtless be among them.
ARA is just one more example of why
the voters are asking Washington to quit
playing store and get back to running the
government. And they mean the US Gov
ernment—not others.
experimental fiscal adventure, based , on a
questionable theory which I call ‘spending
for spending’s sake.’ That policy, which
fails to heed the plain lessons of history,
now has been unveiled in what I consider a
vast, reckless scope, calling for a larger-
than-wartime budget, a .deep tax cut and a
deliberate plunge into a massive deficit.”
General Eisenhower is not opposed to a
tax cut—indeed he believes that a substan
tial one is essential, along with tax reforms
to eliminate inequities, if the economy is
to be invigorated. But he believes, too,
that this must be accompanied by heavy
reductions in spending—and he finds item
after item in the federal budget where this
could be accomplished.
Equally important he is concerned with
something beyond the dollars-and-cents
problem.' This is that massive spending,
and the resultant deficits, can only lead to
the concentration of more and more power
in the government Then more and more
of the decisions will be made by bureau
crats, all thirsty for increased power, rather
than by the workers, businessmen, farm
ers and other producers.
He quotes the late Justice Brandeis <
saying: “The greatest dangers to liberty
lurk in insidious encroachment by men of
zeal, well-meaning but without understand
ing.” In sum, good intentions are not
enough. They can be a road to disaster.
Babton Appraises
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Your Blood Can
Save A Life
, Like millions r ot others, we rejoice in the
fact that former President Herbert Hopvfr
is reported recovering from his recent ill
ness and that bulletine are no longer being
issued from the bedside of the 88-year-old
elder statesman in New York.
As it was announced that he was suffer
ing bleeding and anemia, the treatment for
which usually is blood transfusion while the
body rallies its defenses, hie recovery ap
pears to be another triumph for American
advances in the collection and use of blood.
This is something in which we can take
pride and something in whch we can help.
Thanks to the activities of the Ameri-
" can Association of Blood Banks and the
American Red Cross, we now have a re
markable system of blood donation undo*
which we can give blood locally and have it
credited for the use of a friend and rela
tives who needs it perhaps hundreds of
miles away.
Our 2,000 blood banks use more than
5,000,000 pints of Mood a year.' Surgery
has been revolutioniaed by this availability
of blood. It makes possible open heart ope-
ratons and cuts the toll of automobile acci
dents.
But it all has to come from human be
ings and it is needed in summer as well as
winter. If you are between 21 and 60 and
in good health, you can help save lives by
giving blood regularly at a bank or collec
tion center.
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Stories *
" Behind
Words
by
William S. Penfield
Style
Style comes from the Latin word “stilus,” an in
strument used in ancient times for writing on waxed
tablets.
The stilus was made of wood, bone or metal. One
end was pointed and the other was bhint The pointed
end was used to cut letters on the waxed tablet, and
the blunt end was used to make erasures by smoothing
the wax surface.
The name of the writing instrument was applied to
the manner of writing, and later to the manner of ex
pression in the writing.
By further extension, the word, which had entered
the English language as “style,” was applied to the
manner or fashion of almost anything.
From The Chronicle Fries
Looking Backward
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Good
Are Not Enough
The May 18 issue of the Saturday Eve
ning Poet features a long article by Dwight
D. Eisenhower which is of the utmost im
portance. Its title is “Spending Into Trou
ble.”
The former President writes:
my
sense of duty as a citizen demands that I
speak out bluntly regarding what I believe
to be a clear danger which could threaten
our free way of life and our security as a
nation. That threat is the determined ef
fort of our current political leaders to com
mit the United States to a risky, highly
Babson Park, Mans., July 11—I have always
been extremely interested in air conditioning, and
the summer’s first real hot spell prompts me to
look again at this industry. Some years ago I
wrote an article on air conditioning in which I
said that merchants would have to universally
adopt cooling systems during the summer in or
der to hold their trade. This now seems just
about a fact accomplished. I do happen to know
one department store not far from Babson Park
that for some reason still has no air condition
ing; but it is easy to see on a hot afternoon that
. customers dash into buy what
they want and then dash right
out. I believe sales totals would
be double what they are if the
store were air conditioned. This
likewise applies to churches and
all public buildings.
COOL AIK FOB HOMES
As air conditioning is now
commonplace in business estab-
its of all types, it seems
be gradually becoming a ne
cessity in our homes and automobiles. Only a
short time ago it was considered a luxury, but
those days are already gone. Contractors in cli
mates where the summers are inclined to be
warm-and muggy include a cooling system in
original constrction plans, as a matter of course.
You can have air conditioning installed in your
own home at a considerably lower price than was
the case a few years ago. For a medium-size
house an efficient system can be put in for $1,500-
$2,000. In connection with this matter, I should
warn you that the proper size of the system is im
portant. Too large a unit will chill the interior
too quickly, then shut off and permit the accumu
lation of humidity. Naturally, this means, too, a
high cost of operation for your system. So avoid
oversiaed units.
COMPACT COOLING SYSTEMS
Even for those who can’t afford a completely
air-conditioned home, there are inexpensive units
that can make a room or two quite comfortable
during the sweltering weather. They maye be
hitched to a window to reduce the temperature
nicely in a kitchen, a living room, or a bedroom.
Most are sufficiently powerful to cool at least a
couple of small rooms. Generations to come will
want their homes entirely air conditioned; it will
be considered one of the necessities of everyday
living.
It must admit that originally I thought cooling
units for the interiors of automobiles were a pass
ing fancy and would never last. But now I be
lieve that air conditioning units will be consider
ed accessories in practically all new models be
fore long. /
UNITS PAY FOB THEMSELVES
Whether for commercial and business estab
lishments or for homes, I am convinced that air
conditioning more than pays for itself. In a gov
ernment survey it has been revealed that general
office employees turn out 9.5% more work, on
average, with air conditioning, while absenteeism
is reduced by some 2.5%. On production lines
output gains appear to be sometimes nearly 100%
in cooled-off areas. It is-estimated that a saving
of only seven minutes a day for each worker will
more than make up the cost of air conditioning
installation and operation.
In the home it may not be so immediately easy
to see how Wh units can pay 'for themselves.
But the health angle should never be forgotten.
Heat is bad for weak hearts—and even strong
hearts are not helped any by prolonged hot spells.
If your home is temperature-controlled, you win
sleep better, eat better, have relief from many al
lergies, and be fresh to face each day’s work. Hot
weather breeds fatigue, and fatigue is the enemy
of accomplishment and success.
In closing, let me remind you that air con
ditioning means additional boosts for your local
electric companies. As usage of this convenience
becomes more widespread, summer electric pow
er consumption will increase.
Glimpses into our yesterdays,
taken from the files of The Clin
ton Chronicle.
4§ YEAB8 AGO
The Social Club held their first
meeting last Frdiay after a lapse
of about three months. All mem
bers were glad of the opportunity
to meet again, and Mrs. Pet
Adair was the gracious hostess.
The members in attendance
were: Mesdames R. W. Johnson,
J. E. Benjamin, George Holland,
O. I. Sheely, J. B. Wilder, J. I.
Adair, J. A. Coleman, J. B.
Speake, Taylor Adair, Lorena
Adair, Sallie Johnson. Cream
and cake was served. Mrs. J. I.
Adair will be the next hostess.
Duscussion was held at the
Commercial Club on the bond is
sue scheduled for next week to
decide if Laurens County will
build its link in the new state
highway system. $250,000 is need
ed to build and complete the
Laurens-Green wood highway, the
Calhoun highway, the highway
from Woodruff bridge to Gray
Court, from Cold 'Point to the
old Augusta - Greenwood road,
and the countys’ share of Puck
ett’s Ferry bridge at Saluda riv
er.
In the advertising columns:
The Ca**no Theatre is the coolest
spot in town, because we have the
Typhoon Breezes and they are
equal to the mountain or sea
shore breeze . . . choice fish from
The City Market, fresh from
Charleston every Friday and Sat
urday .. . ladies’ silk hose for 29c
at The Corner Store. _
29 YEARS AGO
PC’s fall quarter will begin on
August IS, it was announced thi«
week, as the calendar for the next
year under the College’s accele
rated program was outlined. Use
by the 39th Army Air Force of
college facilities has reduced the
space available to students at the
college, it was said, and few va
cancies now remain for the fall
quarter.
Observed: Little Martha Mc-
miIlian and Jimmy Anderson go
ing to the movies alone on Tues
day afternoon and feeling ever so
grown-up.
B. Hubert Boyd was installed
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 11, 19t$
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July 4, ISM — WILLIAM WILSON _ Jwae 1$, 1966
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICE PUBLISHING COMPANY
this week as president of the
Clinton Lions Club.
In the advertising columns
"What you save at Penney’s
. . . spend with Uncle Sam.’’
15 YEARS AGO
Mrs. D. M. Carr, Goldville
postmaster, has been notified by
the post office department that
the changing of the name of the
Goldville office to Joanna has
been approved effective August 1.
Dr. D. J. Brimm, retired pro
fessor of Bible at Presbyterian
College, died suddenly last Thurs
day. He first came to PC in 1909.
Mrs. Julia Littlefield, Miss Jo
sephine Shumate, Mrs. S. B. Lof-
tis and Mrs. Carrie Coleman
were joint hostesses to the “Im
personation Club” at the Loftis
home Saturday evening. Much
fun was had as each person bad
been asked to impersonate some
radio or movie star. Present
were Shirley Temple, Greta Gar
bo, Arthur Godfrey, Ida Lupino,
and several others, including a
concert pianist and Ma Kettle
ttom “The Egg and I.”
In observance of his fifth birth
day, Freddie Fowler invited a
group of his little playmates to
his home Monday afternoon.
Games were enjoyed on the lawn
where the refreshment table was
appointed in a birthday mbtif.
Assisting the host’s mother,
Mrs. Frank Fowler, in entertain
ing and serving were Mrs. Harry
Nettles, Mrs. Tom Cooper, Mrs.
Frank Owens, Misses Barbara
Workman and Pat Fowler.
It YEARS AGO
A 30th birthday Is being ob
served by the Clinton Kiwanis
Club. At a recent meeting, Presi
dent J. C. Thomas read letters
from national officials commend
ing the local club for he fine
record.
Neely Copeland, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Copeland, ob
served her third birthday os
Monday. In celebration of the
occasion, about thirty-five little
friends were invited to the home
of her grandmother, Mrs.
Pringle Copeland, for an after
noon party.
From the advertising columns:
special at the Fine Foods Restau
rant at the Hotel Clinton.
. 5 YEARS AGO
New postal rates go into effect
on August 1. Letters will cost 4c,
post cards 9c.
Traffic on North Broad Street
from Main to Pitts is now par al
ley parking only.
Clinton will be host to the dis
trict Little Boys Baseball Tour
nament. Ten teams will visit the
city during the nine days of the
tourney.
Neely Copeland, who is eight
years old, celebrated the occa
sion on Saturday by inviting
members of her Blue Bird group
to her home. During the morning
outdoor games and activities
were enjoyed and at noon lunch
eon was served. The pink and
blue cake was cut and served
after lunch.
DeYOUNG FAMILY
IN REUNION HERE
Mr. and Mrs. James M. De
Young entertained with a fam
ily picnic at their home on July
4th.
Attending the occasion ware
Mr. DeYoung’s sons, Madison
and Harold, of Oak Ridge,
Tenn.; Marvin DeYoung of this
city; a daughter, Mrs. Olive
Couch of Laurens; and Mr. and
Mrs. Earl DeYoung of Wood-
bridge, Va. Also Terry De-
Young of Greenwood; Mrs.
Clyde Bigbee and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Bigbee and
son, Billy, and a number of
other relatives. This is the first
reunion of Mr. DeYoung’s fam
ily in ten years.
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