The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, January 10, 1952, Image 11
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Thursday, January 10, 1952
fHE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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Pace Three
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Six-Inch Sermon
By REV. ROBERT H. HARPER
One truth that must be borne in
mind is that the happiness the self-
pitying individual thinks others
possess can be mostly imaginery.
Extenral appearances can be de
ceptive. Success Is neither easily
won -nor completely rewarding.
The poor man envying the rich
one seldom reflects on his heart
breaking early struggles, the rigid
self-denials that were the price of
achievement. Nor does the envier
stop to think \hat in. gaining a for
tune the rich man. may have lost
health and thus the capacity to en
joy the opulence that surrounds
him.
Another simple truth to be con
sidered is that nobody is created to
enjoy a full happiness in this world.
There is an instinct in man which
keeps him perpetually striving
toward new goals. One success de
mands another.^ If fame is won it
must be kept^ alive by further
achievement. Even among the
modest and unaspiring there are
dfesires that are never realized.
One is faced thus with the all-
important truth that happiness
must be suoght outside man's tem
poral, or physical, life. The un
quenchable yearning in men’s souls
is actually the longing for God, in
Whom alone are peace and content
ment. This- is -true tor everyone—
rich, poor, learned, ignorant, weak,
or strong.
Comparisons between individuals
are folly when one remembers that
each man has his own special re
sponsibilities toward God. The vital
thing is that one should play one’s
allotted part well, bearing in mind
that ultimately the same rich re
ward awaits all who have made
God the center of their being.
As Washington Sees It...
THE NATIONAL SCENE
The RFC also turned over to the
treasury $75,000,000 resulting from
proceeds on the RFC production
programs in synthetic rubber and
tin, and from liquidatiotf.,of war
time assets. An additional $4,000,-
000 was paid on account of net pro
ceeds from liquidation during the
fiscal year of assets of the smaller
War Plants Corporation.
So this is a total of $95,345,812
turned over by RFC to the federal
treasury as net income from its
operations in the fiscal jfear 1951.
Another operation sitll in the pro
duction stage Is that of Manila.
ports that U. S. population has
doubled in the past 50 years and that
population now is approximately
155,000,000; that this year broke all
records on new babies, almost 4,-
000,000; that families are growing
larger (that trend is up apd may top
the mark of 40 years ago when av
erage family was 4.7 children, which
compares with 3.1 today). There are
abddt five million single men as
compared to 3,000,000 single women
and percentage-wise, there are more
single men on farms than in the cit
ies, about five per cent more.
Census figures, however, point to
RFC now operates five aback plan*- fact farm population continues to
tations in Central America with
25,000 acres under cultivation and
50,000 acres to be planted by De
cember, 1952. Sale of hemp during
dwindle, almost 20 cent in past
decade and that farms aft getting
bigger, averaging about 210 acres to
day as compared to 174 acres in 1940
the year was 19,987,200. pounds i Reason is f.anh mechanization, since
with pjrpduction of 19,500,850, trucks and tractors have replaced
pounds. In its lending activities,! horses and mules—fifty per cent of
the report shows' that during the the horses and about a third of the
year the corporation approved 3,271
loans ’for $290,000,000 of which al
most 90 per cent were in amounts
of less than $100,000.
At the close of the year the cor
poration had outstanding 11,000
business loans with balances of
$606,000,000. This is a decline of
1,092 loans and $108,000,000 com
pared to the figures for June 30,
1950. The $108,0004)00 reduction in
the dollar amount outstanding is
largely reflection of full repayment
during the year on the $92,000,000
Kaiser-Steel Corporation loan.
mules.
A new Republican senator, Fred
A. Seaton of Nebraska, will be in his
jseat when congress convenes in Jan
uary. Senator Seaton succeeds the
late Kenneth S. Wherry, senate mi
nority leader. He is publisher of the
Hastings, Neb., Tribune and de
scribes himself as a “liberal conserv
ative,” says he will not serve beyond
the one year to whi^h he was ap
pointed.
About fifty former congressmen
have signed themselves or their
firms as lobbyists. Three signing this
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Special to The Chronicle.
Washington, Jan. 8.—Because the
“graft and corruption” in the op
eration of the Reconstruction Fi
nance Corporation, the annual re
port of this agency of government
public press has been so full of
as filed this week by Stuart Sym
ington, administrator, turning over
to the U. S. treasury dividends of
$16,345,812 on the corporation’s
capital stock of $100,000,000, is im
portant.
ident Truman asked for resignation
of the five-man board which ran
RFC and named a single adminis :
trator, Mr. Symington, with a loan
policy board composed of the sec
retary of the treasury, the secre
tary of commerce, the RFC admin
istrator and the RFC deputy ad
ministrator. Final decision on all
loans rests with a review board
within the corporation in Washing
ton and a policy of- full disclosure
of loan information has been insti
tuted.
The “graft and - corruption
charges” against RFC resulted in
besides resignation of hte board, fir
ing of ,a dozen or mor& other clerks
and lesser officials, out of a total of
several hundred employees—charges
of influence peddling against both
the Democratic and Republican na
tional chairmen, William Boyle and
Guy Gabrielson. Said Mr. Syming
ton: “In its lending functions, the
RFFC is operating with efficiency
and dispatch. Credit for this condi
tion goes to the fine men and women
v/ho>make up our organization.”
Bureau of the census year-end re-
the Laurens cemetery and th
Piedmont Service JStation, accor
ing to Mr. Patterson. The decision
to- establish the new banking fa
cilities *was reached by the board
of directors at their December
meeting, he said.
Preliminary plans call for a mod
ern, up-to-date facility to compare
favorably with those in larger cit
ies, he stated.
Mr. Patterson said that - an esti
mate of the cost of the project has
not yet been made, pending the
drawing of plans. He added that
an architect would be employed in
the near future to submit sketches.
Cementing on ’ the proposed
branch bank, Mr. Patterson de
clared, “We feel that the citizens
of Laurens and Laurens county
deserve and need this additional
service. The city and county are
growing, aficT further expansion
is indicated. We hope that a drive-
in bank will prove both popular
and beneficial.” *
Convenience and the saving of
time were stressed as the main
i benefits of the drive-in. Mr. Pat
terson pointed out that customers
can be served simply by driving
up to the window,, making it 'un
necessary to get out of their auto
mobiles. It will also help to al-
The main services of tjie pro- ■
posed branch would be the cash
ing 4>f checks and receiving of de- '
posits. Addition of other 'services
leviate the parking situation on the; at a later date is contemplated
public square, he said. 1 Mr. Hfctterson said. *
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Backache
Backaches which may result from Arthritis, Neuritis, Lum
bago, Rheumatism, Spinal Curvatures; Muscular Strain or Slipped
Intervertebral Disc may be easily corrected by the modern sci
ence of Chfroiiractic. ' -. ' . . -
Consult Dr. C. J. Hart, 254 West Main St., Laurens, S. C., for
complete details. Write or call 22501 for free booklet on anj of
the above disorders. Consult Dr. Hart today.
It will be remembered that Pres- Week were former congressmen
Hugh Peterson (D-Ga.); H. Jerry
Voorhis t (D-Cal.) and Albert L.
Reeves, Jr. (R-Mo.)
Palmetto Bank At
Laurefis To Build
Drive-In Branch
Says The Laurens Advertiser:
Plans to construct a drive-in
type branch of the Palmetto Bank
on a North Harper street site
were announced yesterday b y
Dwight F. Patterson, executive
vice-president. He said that the
bank hopes to have the building
underway next month, subject to
approval by state and Federal
banking authorities.
The proposed drive-in branch
would be located on a lot, already
purchased by the bank, between
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
^ _ OF MEMBERS
The Annual Meeting of the Mem
bers of Citizens Federal Savings and ...
Loan Association, Clinton, S. C., will! S
be held in the office of the Assofti- 1 ^
ation at 220 West Main Street, Clin
ton, S. C., at 2 o’clock in the after
noon on Wednesday, January it), } >
1952,. for the election of Directors ft
rnd for the transaction of any other ig
business of the Association.
J. SLOAN TODD,
Secretary and Treasurer.
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Laurens, S. C.
126 EAST MAIN STREET
South Side Public Square
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'and vicinity. You will like our friendly and efficient ser
vice, and you will receive your dividend promptly each
January 1st and July 1st. Any amount — from $1 up —
opens an account, ^
Each accouhlls insured up to $10,000 by the Federal
Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. Two people may
have up to $30,000 fully insured. ,
Accounts by mail promptly acknowledged.
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