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A ± A , THE CLINTON CHRONICLE | i ' ■ r '*" ' ' /- . . .■ ■ I; ~ ' ’ ■ l- CUnton, S. (X, Thui^Uy, October U» IMS By SPECTATOR... COMMENTS t ■■ .. « . * if ;• . f >% «vt. 4 m MEN AND THINGS cowards who do the screaming. Listen for the Americans. M , That is what a great American Corporation said in their adver tising space in a national maga zine., It is pure Americanism and we heed more of it. “Most of the thousands of visitors to the 599% foot-high How’s this: What say you? “Does the world think Ameri cans are afraid of nuclear war and death? The true Americans are not! But they are worried about weakness. It seems to them there is too much talk of dis armament and not enough of tough preparedness. Too much desire to make deals and not enough insistence the other side do the petitioning. Too much whispering of words we can’t hear. Too much appeasement, not enough demand. Too much No Win, not enough Victory. Too much trust of the untrustworthy. This is the only nation that has always given, not taken. It seems to us this allows ns cer tain important rights. And we earnestly believe the American people are willing to risk their lives if need be to enforce those rights of decency, and honor, and freedom. Whenever our government has courageously stood up fer our nation's right in the world there has been a heartening wave of enthusiastic support and pride. Americans are not afraid: their is quiet courage. It is the MORE NEWS COVERAGE • • The Greenville News* Two world-wide news services, competent staff writers, full-time writers in key towns of upper South Carolina, and more than 100 staff cor respondents in South Carolina combine their Services to bring you complete news coverage each day in The Greenville News. * You reap the benefits of this news gathering force each morning as a Greenville News read er. All these writers work for you . . . and yet you invest only a few cents each week Greenville News subscription. in a The Greenville News Mokes A BIG Dlffereece In Year Life ... Every Day! W ashington Monument probably know little of its stormy past or its myriad oMities. Standing on the famous Mall halfway between the Lincoln Memorial and the Capitol, the white marble obelisk is the capital’s hightest structure. For a nominal ten cents, an elevator whisks visitors to the top ih 70 seconds. Since revenue from this source exceeds operat ing and maintenance expenses, the Monument actually pays its own way ... a striking phenom enon itself in these days of high spending on Government pro jects. From the top, visitors thrill to a spectacular view of the city. Although Monument officials discourage publicity stunts, usu ally about one person a year suc ceeds in walking down the hun dreds of steps on his hands. One day Blackstone, the magician, rode up to the Monument astride a pony. Officials refused his re quest to take the horse to the top and make it disappear. No one knows how he proposed to carry off this bit of legerdemain. However, some stunts have been permitted. Dr. Alfredo Warsaw of the Metropolitan Opera Company once sang from the top of the shaft to test the carrying power of his voice. A National Symphony Orchestra trumpeter gave his lungs a real workout when the notes he blew from the Monument’s top could be heard way down on Constitu tion Avenue. Thoughtless visitors sometimes toss all manner of things from the top of the shaft, including 12- inch steel spikes, pennies and bottles. One unhappy housewife flung her wedding ring over the side. Perhaps her husband fear ed he might be next for they quickly patched up their differ ences and a few minutes later re covered the gold band. Undoubtedly A(rs. S. E. Long well of Middleairy, Vermont, suffered one ofjM most harrow ing experiences. Several years back, when attendants locked up for the night, they inadvertently overlooked her presence. After a long night alone in the shaft with only bats and howling winds for company, an hysterical Mrs. Longwell greeted the guards in the morning. A very thorough night check is now the last order of the day. About one of seven visitors walk up the 886 steps to the top of the Monument, a feat that re quires about half an hour. Those hardy souls view the 202 memo rial stones along the stairway in the shaft’s interior. Contributed by indivduals, states, groups and even countries throughout the world, they include some from Iginal debt, Governor Earl War ren signed the checks to pay off in full. The Monument opened to the public on October 9, 1888, the to tal coat . . . foundations and shaft. . . amounted to $1,187,710. But if it were construted at to day’s prices it would probably cost close to $15-million to buy the, land, pay the labor and pur chase the materials." I never walked up the monu ment, but I walked down: that was quite bad enough. I recall walking down the steps from the top of the beautiful ca thedral in France. v It causes sore muscles. We Americans are becoming soft. An English man rejoices in a country home several miles from the Railroad and frequently he walks from the train to his country estate. the tomb of Napoleon and the battlefield of Bunker Hill. California voted to give a gold quartz block in 1890. It rests on the 120-foot landing. Low on funds, the state signed a note for $975 in payment for the stone. Not until 1943 did the legislature realize the original $979, plus compound interest, had snow balled to a whopping $2,277,550. That year, 93 years after the or- Raymond Moley will be re membered as the very able man who worked with Mr. Roosevelt as leading man in the original Brain Trust. For some years Mr. Moley has written Uluminat ing articles on public problems. Let me quote him: **. . . Let us not beguile our selves by the argument that since we are spending so much on the military, no appreciable savings can be made in civil expendi tures. In ten years the cost of national defense has increased 18.8 per cent. All other expend! tures have gone up 162 per cent. One of the most glaring items of pork is the fantastic plan to make Tulsa. Okla., an inland port. It grow through the influ ence of Robert S. Kerr, who was governor from 1943 to 1947 and senator from 1949 to his death last year. First, he secured an ‘authorization’, which is a ‘hunt ing license for an appropriation’. Then a small item was appro priated, $1.7 million. With this foot in the Treasury door, more and more was appropriated yearly, until the final cost wil be $1.2 billion. The project, wel under way, would build into the shallow, meandering Arkansas River a channel to carry freight vessels 516 miles from the Mis sissippi. But there are railroads serving that inland city of Tulsa which desperately need the busi ness which this project will deny to them. What next? A subsidy for the railroads to make up for the lost business. Another fat piece of pork is the Fryingpan - Arkansas diversion project. This one, authorized last year, will take water from the west slope of the Rockies, where every drop is needed, and dump it into the Arkansas, mostly for the purpose of supplying supple mental irrigation in areas where the government is already spend ing tens of millions to put acre age out of cultivation. And the states on the lower Colorado des perately need the water thus di verted. But the people who lobby for these projects in Congress are of Spanish. And even among our Western States we find Spanish names. Views Of Our Readers To" The Editor: . ? - Halloween time is almost here again and housewives all over town an beginning to worry about the aftermath of the “Trick or Treat” crowd this year. It used to be a neighbor hood affair with the small chil dren dressing up and going from door to door in the vicin ity of their homes and they were admired and welcomed and given treats and everybody enjoyed it. But now crowds of older boys and girls go all over town, far from their homes, practically demandnig a bribe to keep them from doing real damage. And it costs the housewife more and more to supply these “treats” when as many as eighty call at one home as was done last year. We all have the interests of our young people at heart and want them to have a good time, but it is growing more and more difficult to handle the situation. If the older boys and girls could have their own parties and leave the “Trick or Treat” fun to the little ones it would eliminate a great deal of the trouble. Here the churches, or ganizations, such as the PTA, Camp Fire, Scouts,' etc., could help by having some organized recreation for the children on that night. If we could show our young people that we are interested in their having a good time by organizing par ties for different groups, it would be a very worthwhile project Why not get busy with plans for a wholesome, happy, safe, and sane Halloween for the children of Clinton this year. I am sure the majority of the citizens of Clinton will agree with me and appreciate their efforts. We have talked with a number of people and they all agree that it Is up to the adults in town to do some thing about this growing prob lem. The time is growing short, so we must begin now to make some plans. We urgently request that the young people’s organizations both churches and civil get nenind this move ment and help our young peo ple have a good time without disturbing a great number of older citizens who are no longv able to cope with this probkm. NAME WITHHELD CREDITORS’ NOTICE All persons having claims against the estate of John Spratt, deceased, are hereby notified to file the same, duly verified, with the undersigned, and those in- dbeted to said estate will please make payment likewise. FRANCES S. GLOVER and J ELIZABETH S FLEISCHMAN, Executrices October 22, 1963 mainly employees of President the ancient ruins of Carthage, Kennedy. He alone among elected officials should serve the national rather than greedy local inter ests. But he is not meeting that responsibility . . .”. Unhappily for the nation the principal effort of today is to persuade the National Govern ment to spend millions for what ever somebody dreams about. OFFICE SUPPLIES CHRONICLE PUB. CO. 4 \ tog ! h'sfun to keep fit fine lanes! More and more people are getting in to the healthy habit of bowling! Keep trim and slim with frequent visits to our completely modem and well- equipped lanes! It’s great exercise... and lots of fun! 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T«m ■ "TIm | wam im i a m is mu m im «ck im • » ST'S 1 WAT •• IM ■era mi im «M IM s£Si ■*•*■• «AU UK IM Are you interested in observ ing how fast the country is grow ing? Well, here are some figures sent me by Mr. Paul Quattle- baum, Junior, of the United States Department of Commer ce, the Charleston office. Queer about life, isn’t it? Mr. Quattlebaum doesn’t know me ! and the bulletins are incorrectly addressed, but his father, a citi zen of Conway, was a greatly ap preciated friend of mine in the days of the Farmers and Tax payers League. Well now, what about residen tial growth in the United States? Just at random, you will ob serve the rapid growth of Califor nia. All the figures are for the period January to or through June of this year. Los Angeles led the list with 73,300 houses; quite a great city by those figures alone, eh? New York 32,311, though the year be fore New Yor£Jmilt 51,300. But didn’t you think that 4n the New Yorkers lived in massive hotels and mammoth apartment build ings so high that the top-floor man could almost talk to the man in the moon? Although New York lost nearly 20,000 houses from 1962 to this year, Los Angeles rose from 54,619 to 73- 300. How the West grows!! After studying the figures for Los Angeles the other cities look like small potatoes: San Fran cisco 21, 245; Chicago 16,982; Houston, Texas, 12,068; Miami 4,857. San Diego appears Hfc» a weak sister when compared with Los Angeles but the figure for San Diego — 6,245, Saint Louis, Miami, New Orleans, Milwaukee, and all the others. Los Angeles, friends, is the Spanish for “The Angels”. I have remarked before that the angels must have been In hiding, or lost in Convents, when I was there. You will observe the Spanish names in the West. 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