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Council Takes Important Step
Clinton City Council last week took*
an historic step toward planning for an
orderly growth of the city.
Council approved a motion to sub
mit an application for federal funds for
a long-range planning program.
The planning study would ipclude
land use survey, neighborhood analysis
and the gathering of other such infor
mation which would be vital in plan
ning toward Clinton’s future.
The land use survey, for example,
would show exactly how the land with
in the corporate limits is now being
used—how much of it is residential
property, business property, institu
tional (churches, schools, etc.) and
how much is undeveloped. The neigh
borhood analysis would give detailed
information about how many residen
tial units within the neighborhoods are
one-unit, two-unit, etc., and one-family,
two-family or more. It also can pin
point trouble areas which have high
crime rates.
This is only a small part of the in
formation which can be gained from
such studies and it is vital information
in planning for the city’s future growth.
It can tell where fire department sub
stations should be located. Where elec
trical sub-stations may be needed.
Where traffic should be routed. Where
future sewer lines may be needed.
In other words, it puts down in black
and white what the city’s leaders
should be thinking about when they
A Suggestion For Patrol
An article in last week’s Chronicle
reported that the State Highway Pa
trol driver’s licensing office in Clinton
had been closed.
The office operated on a two-day-
a-week schedule in Clinton prior to its
closing.
Laurens, Newberry, and Green
wood are the nearest licensing offices
now for Clinton area people.
A Highway Patrol spokesman said
Clinton was one of several offices clos
ed in order for the Patrol to have a
more efficient operation. He said that
the office in Clinton had neither the
necessary facilities or equipment.
At first glance, it would appear
that the new operation would be effic
ient only for the Highway Patrol and
might be inconvenient for Clintonians.
However, more than a second
glance is needed. Patrol Sgt. Rip Rad-
cliffe of Greenwood explained, “When
we operated an office in Clinton, if we
had six people waiting to take driving
exams, a few might have a two-hour
wait. With the new four-lane high
way ready to open between Laurens
and Clinton, the Clinton area people
can drive up |o Laurens without much
incjonvenience. Once there, they wilt
be served by a full staff which has all
the necessary equipment. We believe
Clinton people can be served more
quickly at the Laurens office, including
the time spent driving there, than they
were when the office was in Clinton.”
THIS sounds logical and we don’t
want to be in that group of people who
are always harping about more effic
iency in governmental agencies but
who scream bloody murder if this ef
ficiency causes them any slight incon
venience.
However, we can’t pass up the op
portunity to get in our plug for Clinton
concerning the location of the new Pa
trol office which is to be built. The of-
fice is in the planning stages and is go
ing to be bult in Laurens, but a Patrol
spokesman says that a site has not been
selected.
WE SUGGEST that the Patrol give
serious consideration to a site midway
between Laurens and Clinton on the
new four-lane highway. That way, both
areas could be well served with a mini
mum of inconvenience.
CLINTON, S. €., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1967
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are considering the future.
Such planning, based on concrete
information and projections, is the
only way Clinton is going to enjoy a
healthy, orderly growth.
Clinton is going to grow. And it
already has grown beyond the point
where “horseback estimates” are good
enough in figuring out the direction of
the growth.
Trying to stay ahead of the growth
of the future could be extremely com
plicated. However, planning studies
such as those outlined by city council
will help tremendously in making the
growth easier for the town to take in
its stride and continue to maintain its
identity.
Babson’s Point of View On:
CHRISTMAS SALES
BABSON PARK, MASS.—Sales of retail
stores just chalked up a new all-time high
for September. That is good news for every
body . . . especially for merchants from
coast to coast. For the late summer surge
came hard on the heels of a sluggish per
formance that had most retailers scratching
their heads and wondering why Mr. and Mrs.
Consumer were saving so much and spend
ing so little. Now we can confidently look
forward to a “best-ever” ringing of the na
tion’s cash registers, come Christmastime.
CONSUMERS HAVE CASH
Recent months have seen personal income
persistently poking into new high ground . . .
to the tune of average monthly chunks of
better than $4 billion each. Disposable person
al income (what’s left after taxes and other
payments) had been lagging total personal in
come. The gap seemed to be the result of a
greater disposition on the part of consumers
to save more. Perhaps all the spring talk
of a “mini-recession” had made people cau
tious.
Latest figures, however, indicate that
spending is coming back into fashion. The
September surge at retail stores is a most
promising omen for Christmas sales. We
can foresee new records without half rais
ing our eyelids; and if we look real hard, it
is not difficult to predict gains over Christ
mas 1966 of 6 per cent, or even 8 per cent.
Not everywhere, of course, because big
strikes will still be pinching consumer pock-
etbooks in some areas.
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PLENTIFUL SUPPLIES
Neither the war in Vietnam nor strikes here
at home will have too serious an impact on
the flow of available goods. Unless, of
course, the expected upsurge in store sales
should be even greater than we anticipate.
In that case, some shelves could be bare for
last-minute shoppers.
Fact is, supplies of most goods are plen
tiful. Not only are we pretty well assured
of having both guns and butter; we can also
count on generous amounts of quality and
luxury items. Next year may be a differ
ent story, but for Yuletide 1967 shelves will
be well stocked and quality and variety will
be more evident than ever.
YOU WILL PAY MORE
Most manufacturers, wholesalers, job
bers, and retailers are already optimistic
with regard to sales performance during the
upcoming holiday season. Some, however,
are more cautious—fearing perhaps that this
year’s higher prices may prove to be an un
favorable factor. In o>ur opinion, the balance
“af factors favors optimism. Consumers, gen
erally, are better off financially than they
were a year ago. They are able to take high
er prices in stride and 'most probably they
will do just that ... in response to diligent
and well-directed sales effort on the part
of merchants.
One word of caution for buyers, however.
It will definitely pay you to shop early this
year. Labor and other costs are still rising,
and you’ll pay more for many a gift in
mid-December than you would have had to
pay in October or November.
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VOLUME AND PROFITS
Strong consumer buying power and a dis
position to use it will be combined this year
with greater availability and wider selection
of merchandise than ever before. This com
bination promises to add up to at least a
6 per cent boost in dollar volume of Christ
mas sales over, the record trade achieved in
1966. Because of higher prices, however,
the increase in physical turnover may not
be toore than 3 to 4 per cent.
Retailers should find their increased vol
ume leading to bigger profits compared with
the first three quarters of this year. But they
will be hard put to improve profitability over
their experience at Christmastime last year.
Stores that will chalk up the best profits rec
ords will be those whose managements make
a wise—though not excessive—use of pro
motions while at the same time keeping a
sharp eye on sales personnel performance.
And above everything else, hold a tight rein
on costs without scrimping on customer ser
vices.
FARMS arid FOLKS
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By L. C. HAMILTON
ClentHon University Extension Information Specialist
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Jaunty
The evolution of some English words is a pur
ist’s nightmare. Take the word “jaunty” as an ex
ample. It evolved from the French “gentil” (pro
nounced zhan tay), meaning gentle or well-bred.
English attempts to approximate the French pro-
nounciation resulted in “janty” and “jantee.” The
meaning of gentle or well-bred was retained.
Influenced by the verb “jaunt” (to prance),
“janty” became “jaunty,” which was used to de
note a sprightly manner. By extension, “jaunty”
acquired the meaning of affected self-satisfac
tion.
Troubled Conscience
Worrisome Companion
NOTICE OF LOST
CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT
Notice is hereby given that
Time Certificate of Deposit
Number 12324 dated February
11, 1966, issued by M. S. Bai
ley & Son, Bankers, Clinton,
South Carolina, to Mr. or Mrs.
Brunson Asbill, has been lost
or destroyed and that an ap
plication will be made to said
bank on October 12, 1967, for
the issuance oi a new certifi
cate in the place of the one
described above.
MR. AND MRS.
BRUNSON ASBILL,
Clinton, S. C.
S28-3c-012
By L. C. HAMILTON
Clemson Extension
Information Specialist
Planners in the Palmetto
Statfe, for the longest time,
have looked for industry of
one kind or another. Because
food processing plants serve
as markets for products pro
duced in the rural areas, and
provide employment for peo
ple in urban areas, this kind
of plant has been highly on
the priority list.
One such plant, now well-
established, is the Bordens
evaporated milk plant at
Chester. This plant processes
a quarter of a million pounds
of locally-produced milk daily,
turning out for possible export
to other states about 3,000
cases of non-perishable milk
for babies and coffee.
About 38 people are employ
ed at the Chester plant. Oth
ers work at receiving stations
in Anderson and Newberry.
But this plant and its employ
ees are only one link in a
production chain that reaches
to many parts of S. C. at one
time or another during the
year.
Several hundred dairymen,
principally in the Piedmont,
but during the peak milk sea
son also in the Coastal Plains,
use the Chester plant as a
market for their milk.
During the 1st few months,
I have visited perhaps a half-
dozen dairymen who are help
ing sustain this industry. I
have attempted to learn some
thing of the milk producer’s
problems, their goals, and
their accomplishments.
These dairymen have real
problems. As W. L. Northern,
Extension dairy leader ex
presses it, “They need to pro
duce a higher volume of milk
per cow, or they need to pro
duce more feed and forages
more economically. They
really need to do both at the
same time.”
This week we met one
dairyman who is doing both.
He is R. Cleland Manning,
Anderson County, who opera
tes a hundred-acre plus farm
with his brother, E. Claude
Manning. The Mannings man
age a 12-cow herd whose out
put is exclusively for manu
facturer’s milk.
“I figure we are averaging
8,000 pounds of milk per cow
each year. We have an im
mediate goal of 10,000 pounds
per cow, and an eventual goal
of 12,000 pounds,” Cleland
told me.
THIS average is fully 2,000
pounds above the state aver
age, an dthe goals are com
mendable. Recently, the Man
nings entered the weight-a-
day-a-month program under
the local county Extension
agent’s office. The milk pro
ducers will now have reliable
records to measure their pro
gress.
To lower production costs,
the Mannings are taking a
hard look at their feed and
forage program, looking for
ways to expand it in volume
and quality.
“Last year we put up some
silage,” said Cleland. “Wc
liked it so well that we decid
ed to put up more this year.”
Other features of the Mann
ing’s forage program include
seven acres of soybeans for
hay, three acres of corn for
grain, four acres of milo for
grain, and permanent and
temporary grazing for the
cows.
Practically all the feed for
the herd is grown on the
farm. An exception is “some
soybean meal, which is pur
chased.” Thus, the Mannings
are increasing their milk out
put while producing more and
better feed on the farm.
Their progress in achieving
these efficiencies is important
to the evaporated milk plant
at Chester.
Cecil Huey, the Borden’s re
presentative in Anderson, be
lieves the other producers can
make progress comparable to
that of the Mannings.
“We want them to ask us
how. If they do, we’ll find the
answers for them.”
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THE CHRONICLE
YOU DON’T GET
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worrisome companion. Fre
quently we receive letters like
the one before me now. It is
from a troubld wife who was
guilty of indiscretions before By DR. HERBERT SPAUGH
marriage. Now it has come
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up to haunt her. Although she
does not spell it out, I can
read between the lines. She,
like too many-young girls,
yielded to a boy in order to
hold him. She didn’t. She may
have done the same with oth
er boys.
It usually will take about
about ten or more years for
ly the wife feels that if her
husband talked her into en
gaging in sexual intercourse
before marriage, he is likely
to do it again to some other
woman. The husband reasons
the same way. Hence, they
are suspicious and jealous of
one another.
When I have a jealous or
these youthful indiscretions to suspicious husband or wife in
become unbearable
my office for marriage coun-
She wants to know whether seling I usually ask them if
she should tell her husband, they engaged in sexual inter-
My answer is No. Men have course together prior to their
a way of being unforgiving marriage. Usually the answer
about such matters. She is yes. Then I explain*Vhat
should go to a minister whom this is the chief factor in their
she can trust, talk the mat- suspicion of one another. I
ter out, seek the Lord’s for- advise that they have a frank
giveness, accept it, and then talk with one another about
forgive herself. this experience kneel together
It should be remembered and ask the Lord’s forgive-
how Jesus dealt with such ness' accept it, forgive one
cases. One is described in the another, and then resolve to
seventh chapter of the gospel turn over a new page in their
according to St. John. lives where they trust one an-
In these days of the so-call- other, leave these sins in the
ed sexual revolution young past, and never refer to them
people talk very freely about again.
such things and many of You may write to Everyday
them indulge in pre-marital Counselor in care of this
sexual intercourse, deluding newspaper for my Bulletin
themselves with the idea that No. 64, “Common ,Sin” en-
this simply a part of life. It closing a long self-addressed,
is a part of life for the mar- stamped envelope and twenty
ried, but not for the unmar- cents to cover mailing costs,
ried.
TOO many young women go
to the marriage altar today
who are pregnant, usually by
the men whom they are
marrying, but hot always so.
Throughout my many years
of marriage counseling, I
have learned that men and
women who indulge in sexual
intercourse with one another
prior to their marriage never
quite trust each other after
that experience. It isi one
strike against the success of
their marriage. Subconscious-
CREDITORS’ NOTICE
All persons having claims
against the estate of Anna G.
Kilpatrick deceased, are
hereby notified to file the
same, dOly verified, with the
undersigned, and those in
debted to said estate will
please make payment like
wise.
LAWRENCE N.
KILPATRICK,
Executor,
c-o Probate Court,
Laurens, S. C. ?
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