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S"- Clht^ 8. C, Thanday, 8tp<—ibtr 10,1964 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE By SPECTATOR . . . COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS Bushy Park Is to become a scene of great industrial devel- * opment and our great city of Charleston will enjoy immense advantages from the plants that will thrive near Charleston. v The change from a dead dream of thriving operations to a practical realization of the dream is due to a native son, a genius whose constructive mind plays such an important part in the business of South Carolina. That son of Fairfield County, graduate of Clemson College, gentleman of courtly manner, is a builder, a man of great vision, 4 « but not a visionary, a man of practical mind, an engineer, that man, S. C. McMeeUn, is the greatest builder in our state. Mr. McMeeUn works quietly, with no flaming banners and blaring bands; he studies quiet ly, modestly, but effectively the possibilities, then he acts, with no blowing of horns. S. C. McMeeUn has brought into South Carolina and Invested here more than two hundred mOkm dollars, while serving the State with his great power com pany, the South Carolina Electric and Oas Co. He has also had the vision and practical grasp to bring natural gas into the state. Every time 1 read of some community celebrating the in vestment of ten million dollars in a new industrial plant (and I rejoice, too) I think of S. C. McMeeUn, bringing in about twice that much, or more, every year. The greatest builder in South Carolina . . . Silas C. Me- Meekin. • • • I am glad that I am not a teacher of history in this great day of our Lord 1964. I once taught history in two junior col leges and two senior colleges, one The Citadel. From The Cita del I went to France, England, Scotland, Belgium, and Holland, most of the time lecturing in the A. E. F. on the background of the war. In those far-off days some of our people were imbued with the spirit of freedom and extoll ed the achievements of early pa triots of this new nation, the na tion formed by the States after the War of the Revolution; a nation conceived in strife and baptized in the sacrifice and blood of heroic men and women. That great struggle was fought over a few pounds sterling but consecrated by principles dear to our people of English origin. We look back and seem to think that all our people were heart and soul for independence; not so, of course; many thou sands were opposed to independ ence. We call them Tories. This great nation; this land of opportunity; the Pilgrims’ pride; came to us the hard way. It wasn’t the result of a moment: back to 1215 at Runnymede, near London, King John was forced to grant a charter, the Magna Carta, number one in our Constitutional history. Our people used to say that “The blood of Martyrs is the seed of the church.” Yea, verily our religion grew out of strife and strain and Calvary’s cross. I do not urge revolution today except, perhaps, in Cuba: I fear I belong to the crowd “peace, peace.” But as old Patrick Hen ry exclaimed: “Men may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace.” Even so. Jesus said “I came not to bring peace but a sword.” He found ed the church militant, as we used to say. What is the church militant? The Christian army at war with wrong. Shall we substitue the sweet poet, Longfellow? “Let us, then, be up and doing with a heart for any fate—Still achieving, still pursuing—Learn to labor and to wait. Wait for what? That is the full ness of time—truth and right will prevail. Where were those old patriots irresponsible hot-heads? George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, the Rutledges, Franklin, the Lees, Madison—all wild men? They were men of principle. Un fortunately we have grown soft, flabby: we want peace and quiet. How would you teach the youth of today the lessons of the Mag na Carta, the Bill of Rights; the Declaration of Independ ence; the years of suffering, sacrifice, service, from 1776 to 1781, followed by the Constitu tion of the United States? I won der. devoted students whose experi ments open new worlds to all humanity. A few explore the higher realms; the masses slow ly conform. We need leaders, thinkers, devoted explorers. EVERYDAY COUNSELOR By Bishop Herbert Spaagh spend a little time alone each day or week in the quiet of this church. This little time win not take the plare of attending Sun day services, but it win serve as a wonderful supplement thereof. It may do you more good than anything you can buy at a drug store. v “Perhaps you are interested in having your church doors open during the week. Speak to your pastor about this. Ask him to write to the Open-Church Asso ciation for information;’^ If your church isn’t open dur ing the week, you can usuaUy There is growing sentiment in ' , ,, the family of churches to keep Just at random I ask myself, c |j Urc |, doors open seven days a •Suppose we had not those im- wee | c i n 0 rder that men and find one in vour communitv th/t petuous men in 1776: what would wom#n may turn a8 id e f or pray- i 8 open Lean, to use it Rptter th. rnnriitinn tndav? Would er ^ meditati o n according to doo^ope^ need. The doors of our Prayer be the condition today? Would we be a Royal Province or Ter- ritory, such as Canada”? That towering figure in our history — George Washington— was he a man of reckless im pulses? I may be in error but I don’t recall at the moment any out standing figure among the fore most political strategists of the new idea of straining, stretching and ignoring the Constitution and our heritage of stalwart freedom, who hails from any of the States of 1783, or whose kin dred shed any blood in the mak ing of this nation. • • • ‘Heaven isn’t that simple. You Chapel at the Little Church on the Lane, Charlotte, N. C., are never closed. It is lighted and heated at all times and is in con stant use by those who come to pray and meditate within its walls. There is an organization known as the Open-Church Association, dedicated to encouraging church es and chapels to remain open at all times for individual medita tion. The address is 58 Middle Street, Gloucester, Mass. It is an endowed association and wel comes to its membership all churches which keep their doors open seven days a week. They Clinton Man Shot At Belton House Belton—William Corley of 601 South Broad Street, Clinton, was treated Tuesday at a Clin ton hospital for a gunshot wound of the knee reportedly toflicted by Calvin Booth of Drive. Belton, at Booth’s home Sunday night. Patrolman Dean Bannister said Booth told him be shot Corley when the latter came into his kitchen and threatened bodily harm. Better Homes and SEWIN BOOK * Sewing HOW-TO Fer and Fend, CHRONICLE* STATIONERY STORE can’t legislate equality; you have have some helpful and excellent arthritis? to deserve it. You can’t demand pieces of literature for free dis- D yea are oaffortag from OFF TO COLLEGE? Student Subscriptions -Jrnt Like A Letter 13.00 School Year The CHRONICLE IF You Want YOUR Customers To Keep Coining to YOUR Store You Better Keep YOUR Store Coming to YOUR Customers ★ ★ ★ success; you have to earn it. You can’t be handed an educa tion or skill; you have to learn by hard work. You can’t vote yourself security; you have to produce for it and save for it. For hundreds of years false ‘leaders’ have preached, ‘Give me your support and I will care for you. I will take form others and give you a living you don’t have to work for.’ And for those same hundreds of years men have been drug ging themselves into that dream —and waking up not in heaven but in purgatory. tribution to the members of the association. Here is an excellent one: “A Cooling Off Place” “Do you ever lose your tem per? Are you ever tempted to write someone a sharp or unkind letter? Are you ever ‘al steamed up’ to tell someone what you think about him or her? If so, enter this church during the quiet day bnd—alone by yourself get cooled off. You will then leave a better, saner person. Try it. “Physicians say that one of the reasons for high blood pres- cansed by arthritis, nneritis or rheumatism, I think I can help. Write me for free t361 Terry Brad, 6S-B IF YOU DON’T READ the chbonicle TOU DON’T GET THE NBWB VITAMIN C AND B-l...: umsi o« ua«f sun/ FOR PRICE OF 1 vttajnnj % m SKCML WTMMBIWV tfVIRI McKbmo* D#x#I Bixlr VSlsRriR R Nwii w^_i- fteAA m lie wuyr^^mpwVf ww m. IxhW» MJt. SMMlar Mm after Y... SJwJir bowl*. IN THIS ARIA THEY AREs Sadler-Ovrens Pharmacy 110 Mangrove Street 88S-0614 A great commercial corpora- sure, stomach ulcers and severe tion uses a page in a leading magazine every week to talk to our people about some of the fundamental virtual of life. Some of our politicians ignore the lessons learned in several thousand years of toil, sacrifice, service, dedication and conse cration They think a law can make up the difference between centuries of experience, trials pains is having grudges: To hate someone is bad for your health. You will have better health and live longer by refusing to hate anyone and looking for the good in everyone. Jesus tells us to ‘love our enemies’ not so much for their sake as for our sake. He was giving us a doctor’s pre scription for good health. This is one reason why He was called and errors; and a law can con- the Great Physician. — we The Chronicle MR. MERCHANT What your customers read and see makes the most lasting impression. fer on Ignorance, Inexperience and ineptitude the equivalent of hard-earned experience through the centuries. How remarkably superficial is that idea of man kind. • e • “As has so often been observ ed in history, major advances In one segment of civilization will be accomplished by corollary advances in all or most of the other segments. For example, in the industrial revolution of the 19th century, the advances in steam power and machinery were accompanied by progress in agriculture, medicine, educa tion and communication. There are few individuals living today, however, with sufficient scien tific background to understand fully the broad implications of this scientific revolution in which are living. The layman be comes aware of only some of its breakthroughs. It is the rare in dividual indeed who sees all the aspects of this revolution, not only as these happen to have personal, family or business im pact, but also as these may change national, world — even universal—concepts of existence. It is an exciting age. Only nine years ago, a few visionary mem bers of the American Rocket Society proposed that man place a satellite in space. It took two years for the United States Gov ernment to acept such a pro posal. And, in 1963, at the very moment of this writing, Gordon Cooper is on his two-day trip of twenty-two times around the world in space. To be living In such an age is to know that truth is actually stranger than fiction. What is even more inspiring is the knowledge that, with scien tific advancement firmly en- entrenched in the great universi ties and other endowed and pub lic institutions, this progress and growth which we have helped to bring about will continue after we are gone. To know that we are a part of the civilization which initiated the scientific strides towards the benefiting of all mankind in centuries to come, gives a greater meaning and fullness to all of our lives. The listings which follow have been chosen only at random. Little is mentioned here with re gard to new developments in politics, education, mental health, crime, art, music, labor, liesure time, finance, eonasrva- ttoa, religion, marriage, love, population or numerous other fields of human endeavors aad pleasures. Pure science does not concern itself with these things. If it produces the capabilities of the destruction of wumwUmh through the C bomb, or flnanrlal disaster through expensive, un productive trips to the moon, it also products the capabilities of useful progress aad bapptosss. It is the rwspnusihlHty of man in his appiicatioa of thooo capa bilities that the final results be for good-not for oefl.” Most of us ttvo m the lower te the ’It will help your health to - - - - - * NOTICE A number of rubber stamps which we have ordered are here to be claimed. If you have ordered one of the following, please coll for them. Thanks. THE CHRONICLE. Hugh Grindstaff, 500 Chestnut Street. Clinton, S. C., 29825. Liability Coverage as Stated Certified as being correct, date, signature of Authorized Representative. Fertilizer Department, P. O. Drawer 392 Clemson, S. C. Howard Turner, King Apts. 4-R, Phone 933-0917, Clinton, South Carolina. Richard Turner. * A% ON YOUR MONEY WITH SAFETY INSURED SAFETY CITIZENS FEDERAL SAVINCS t LOAN ASSOCIATION Clinton, S. 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