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r A ■Vv. -v- Thursday, January 31, 1952 THE CLINTON .. CHRONIC! 1 / Thre* A Regular Chronicle Feature imUENCE OF MARRIAGE ON BUSINESS OFTEN OVERLOOKED By ROGER W. BABSON Washington, D. C., Jan. 25. Each generation, in countless ways, helps determine the fortune of the gen eration which follows it. Thus, the economic course of the fifties was largely charted in the thirties; what we do today will be felt most strong ly in the seventies. In view of this fact, let us pick out one of the most , significant events of twenty Bo*er W. Baboon y ears a g Q anc J ^ n . alyze Its probable effe ctdrigunye next few years. Low Birth Rate of the Thirties One of the most important char acteristics of the thirties was an abnormally low birth rate. Births averaged at only 17.4 per thousand population/ This was about 20 per cent below the rate of the twen ties. During 1933, the depression low, ONE THIRD FEWER BAB IES WERE BORN THAN DUR ING THE HIGH YEAR OF THE TWENTIES. These few 1933 babies are today’s 18-19 year-old youths. Because of the low birth rate of the thirties, there are one million FEWER females in the 19-19 age group today than there were in 1940, despite a 14 per cent increase in total population! This is a re markable but sorry fact. • Two-thirds of the girls in the above group will marry during the next five years. £This implies that in this age group alone, our mkr- riage potential during the next five years has been reduced by nearly 150,000 marriages annually due to this one factor. Think what this means to every businessman read ing this column. Effect on Future Marriages Another important influence on our marriage rate for the near fu ture is the great number of mar riages which took place during the prosperous forties. Especially did couples then marry at a younger age. The all-time high—more than 120 marriages for each 1,000 un married females over 15—took place in 1946. This was more than double the 56 marriages per thou sand in 1932. Moreover, the average during the decade of the forties including the war years) was high er than during the boom of the twenties. Not only did this accelerated rate compensate for the low mar riage rate of the thirties, but it also depleted our normal reserve of single girls in the “above 19 age’’ brackets. The result of low births of the thirties, and the high mar- Dr. W. W. Adams VETERINARIAN 614 Musgrove Street Phones: Office 958 Residence 991-W ' , Clinton, S. C. riags of the forties is that we have today over 2,500,000 fewer single girls under 35 than we had in 1940! I, therefore, expect marriages dur ing the next five years to be at least 20 lower than the recent av erage* of I T million—a loss of • about 350,000 marriages each year!. Never before in our history have we faced such a dismal pros- i>ect. Importance Of Marriage To .Business Everyone is aware of the social importance of the institution of marriage, but its influence on bus iness is often overlooked. When a man and" woman marry, a new family unit is created. Separate housing is needed. This largely accounts for today’s shortage of houses to rent, and why so many new houses are being built. In building the house, the contractor must buy plumbing, lumber, steel, glass, cement, gypsum, paper and electrical equipment. The newly married couple buys furniture, rugs, and household accessories. There is also additional demhnd for electricity, water $md gas and usually a bank mortgage! As bab ies are born, demand is created for milk, baby foods and clothing, baby carriages, toys and a variety of other items. Thus, marriage is most helpful to business and is an important reason for today’s pros perity. Consider then the far-reaching effect of a twenty per cent decline in marriages for the next five years. This can make business slump and keep it down. We are too complacent with our present high production and high consump tion standards. We pay too little attention to the birth rates. I do not believe a repetition of the se vere depression of the thirties - is necessary. There are things we can do to counteract the coming big slump in marriages. I might add that the new draft ruling regard ing childless couples could also be a helpful factor. It will be inter esting to watch how much busi ness will be affected in the long run by the recent Roman Catholic emphasis on the subject of birth control. Six-Inch Sermon By REV. ROBERT H. HARPER The struggle between Chris tianity and Communism in the- so- called mission countries has caused many to ask: Why hasn’t Christianity been able to convert the great masses of Eastern peo ples Communism is trying to win? The interrogators seem to feel that if Christians had shown as much energy and zeal as the Com munists there would be much less reason to fear that emergence of a vast new materialistic and anti- religious order in the lands of the East. The question crops up more and more and it merits an honest and sincere answer. Every true Christian believes that Christianity, which has with stood every form of persecution in the past* will survive the worst that Communisrrt 'can do. He' be lieves that Communism is an in herently evil’ system that will perish of its own sins. But many are sitll perplexed because Chris tianity, which is" imperishable and j good, finds so many millions of people untouched by its message, j No one can give a complete ex planation for the failure of Chris-1 tianity to draw all men into its j fold. But there is ope outstanding J reason that challenges the Chris tian conscience. Christianity, un fortunately, does not have enotigh missionaries. Missionaries for^ Christ must not be thought *of as meaning just the men and women who are giving | their lives for the faith in the far comers of the world. Nor are they the preachers and workers at home who spread and teach the faith. They are the plain, ordinary Chris tians—the men and women of the workaday world. CARD OF THANKS We wish’ to 1 express t-our sincere thanks to all our many friends for the^ kindnesses and sympathy shown us *a* the death of our son and brother, Bobbie Randall. Also the beautiful floral tributes and ev ery kind word and deed we will cherish in our hearts. May God’s richest blessing rest on each and every one is our prayer. MR. AND MRS. R. B. RANDALL AND FAMILY. WE DO ALL KINDS OF PRINTING —EXCEPT BAD CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. Phone 74 Headaches . ; . Headaches which are associated with high blood pressure, sinus trouble, low blood pressure, nervous prostration or those termed migraine may be easily corrected thru the modern appli cation of scientific Chiropractic. O , Consult E)r. C. J. Hart, 254 West Main St., Laurens, S. C., for complete details. No obligation for consultation. Write or call 22591 for free booklet entitled “Headaches, What Chiropractic Will Do for Them.” _ A Story In Comparisons 'Til make my other calls later... (Written for The Chronicle) Our county library service is in creasing in leaps and looUnds. This increase is more, noticeable when you compare the library facilities and the services which were given the first year of the library’s exist ence; 1930 with 1951. In 1930 the library was located in one room in the city hall at Lau rens and was open for four hours six days a week. The library had a collection of 3,000 books, 250 bor rowers and a circulation of 16,735. In 1930 we had hopes of expansion; today many hopes have been real ized. We have a modern library building on South Harper street which is open nine hours six days a week. We have a collection of 18,871 books, 4,773 registered bor rowers from the main library and a circulation of 170,376. We have a bookmobile to carry books to 36 schools. 44 communities. 3 branch 1 libraries and 3T stops for direct circulation. The books are selected’ and bought from every classification in hopes that every reader’s tastes can be satisfied. Below is a list of new books of diversified interests which are on the shelves: _ Non-fiction: ForreStal Diaries by James ForreStal, A Man Called Peter (story of Peter Marshall) by Catherine Marshall, Greatest Book Ever Written by Fulton Oursler, 500 Billion Dollars by Jesse Jones, Foreign Policy for Americans by Taft, I’m A Lucky Guy by Frank Gilbreth. 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Twenty-six fanners pf the Lau rens Count Soil Conservation dis trict received 50,000 lespedeza bi- color plants this week. They will be planted in one-eighth acre patches to produce food for wildlife. The bicolor plants were furnished the district by the South Carolina Game and Fish department. The lo cal soil conservation service tech nicians help the farmer to select the areas t0‘be planted as a part of their soil and water conservation program. These patches will be planted in fivp, roms, 3 feet wide, 400 feet long, and with plants one foot apart in the (jrill. Sites select ed are along woodland borders and open spots in the wood. The plants furnish cover, protec tion, and feed for quail. A one- eighth acre patch will furnish suf ficient food for one covey of quail during the fall and winter months. 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