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- The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable If Yon Don’t Read The Chronicle YouTDon’t Get the News Volume Lin Clinton, S. C., Thursday, April 3,1952 Number 14 Spring Has Arrived — Batter Up! THIS IS OUR TOWN By ADELINE Flowers That Lire Long A letter receive recently from Dr. M. A. Macdonald of Thornwell or phanage, reads in part: “We acknowledge receipt of a gift from J. Isaac Copeland, as a memorial to your daughter, Beth MdMurray, who recently passed away.” The flowers for the burial of lit tle Beth McMurray, daughter of William McMurray and Mary Lof- tis McMurray, of Swannanoa, N. C., were many, were beautiful, were soj beautifully arranged. They were gratefully appreciated, as was every other token of love and sympathy. The potted flowers, with care, will last for a time, the others, very soon fade away and die. Yet a gift or deed like’this will live long. Mr. Copeland, long our esteemed where all things live and are bright forever. Knowing Thornwell or phanage and its great work we know the gift will be used to turn other childish footsteps into the pathway leading upward. We rejoice ^ach day for friends; we thank God for friends who are able to give flowers that live long. Insecticides Worth $25 Million to S. Cotton, Meeting Told Columbia, March 29 — Cotton farmers in South Carolina received an additional 25 million, dollars j from their crop last year through use of modern sprays and dusts to control insects and plant di seases, the Richland County Farm Bureau was told yesterday. Charles J. Steinhauer, agricul- did not apply chemical pest con trols averaged only 273 pounds. Steinhauer said the boll weevil alone is charged with the loss of 79,619 bales of South Carolina cot ton in 1951. Other pests such, as thrips and boll rot cost growers thousands of bales, he added. While South Carolina cotton growers used an estimated 43,140,- 000 pounds of chemicals to treat their 1951 crop, Steinhauer said, American chemical industries last year consumed the cotton seed lin- ter yield of an ectimated 10 mil lion acres. IF YOU DON’T READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DON’T GET THE NEWS WE DO ALL KINDS OF PRINTING —EXCEPT BAD CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. jiuimimiimiuiiimiimiiuiiumiimii WE SELL ROYSTER “GUANO ONE POUND TO A TRAIN LOAD H. J. PITTS tural specialist of the duPont Co. friend of both the parents, and the m . a ^ e estimate of adduortal in- maternal grandparents of little come - Beth,could have done hotbrng more i Seventy-eight per‘cent o appropriate or more touching than Carolina cotton, growers. The balketball season Is here. This action shot shows the Presbyte rian college baseball squad as they were put through their paces last week before opening the season on the road. Their home schedule opened here Tuesday. _ A Regular Chronicle Feature CONSUMERS, NOT PRESIDENT, PUT STOP TO PANICKY BUYING this. There is sadness in the occasion of the gift A child, scarcely three years old, has passed beyond the place where her sweet voice can be heard calling “Mommy,” and the gift is to be used for some child who, perchance, has no “Mommy” whom she may call. Beth is forevermore at that place ou a votal reported in their of 69,540 farmers, were to have used chemicals fields, he said. Those who, applied insecticides and 'fungicides ; from four to six times during the growing season averaged 423 pounds of cotton lint an acre. Those using the mater ials only one to three times , aver aged 348 pounds, and those who “DIE FOR ALL YOU ARE WORTH” Hugh L. Eichelberger NEW YORK LIFE MAN 29 Years Experience PROFESSIONAL INSURANCE INFORMATION FURNISHED FREE Member The National Association of Life Underwriters Babson Urges People To Patronize Reliable Local Merchants. Babson Park, Mass. March 28.— All through 1950-51 I hammered away at inflation, urging readers against panic buying which was one of the imme- mm.\ k 4*» U . 7 \ 4 diate causes of in- Ha.! ion. If any. I medals are to be awarded to the men-of- -the year who helped curb inflation, they do not go to Truman r or DiSalle. PANIC BUYING I During 195 1, Reger W. Bebeea man ufacturer s were urging the public to buy or else be sorry! Television was an especially good example. What happened!? Many manufacturers, unable to find dynamic leadership in Washington with an intelligent plan for Korea, planned for the worst—a long war and critical shortages. They made so much at such a pace and at such high prices that shelves and warehouses be came loaded. At first, the gullible were panick ed. Again, televisions are a good example. The more thoughtful waited. Shortages failed to ma terialize. Buyer psychology chang ed. Consumers stopped listening to advertisements and stopped buy ing. Consumers did what the President and DiSalle and all the rest of the government heirarchy couldn’t do—halted the price rise When TP** meets your EYE that's the place • This mark identifies a “Reliable’’ -Pharmacy maintaining the highest ethical standards; having adequate stocks and fa cilities to compound and price all prescriptions on a uniformly fair basis. It is our proud privilege to display this emblem and to subscribe to the ob ligations it implies. Please be sure to bring us your •Doctor's next prescription. HOWARD’S PHARMACY The Rexall Store Phone 111 R[ UABl \J» • • • and the inflationary spiral! Consumption Rates One of the greatest periods in our production history was 1950- 51. We made annually over $3 bil lions worth to goods and services. Even when taking into account in flated prices, this figure represents ! the greatest physical volume ever 1 produced by our country, topping ! even the war years of 1942-43. But 1 people failed to buy these goods. although they were financially able to do so. Sales resistance devel oped sharply in textiles and most consumer durables, In radio - and television, major appliances, fur niture, carpets, household goods, and automobiles. Because of this sales resistance, fof example, 60 per cent fewer ra- did and television sets were pro duced in the last half of ’51 as in the same period in ’50;; less than 40 per cent as many major ap pliances; 20 per cent less furniture; and 50 per cent few er carpets, even though the carpet industry is not primarily affected by limitations of material. There, then, is a simple leson of action and reaction which I have been preaching for years. Buying For 1952 A review of the 1951 price trends will help to make clear the trends for 1952. The Bureau of Labor Statistics “Composite Wholesale In dex” at the end of 1951 was but a fraction higher than at the end of 1950. The first quarter of 1951 saw an advance in prices of 4.1 per cent to an all-time high in March. This was followed by a 3.9 per cent de cline. This pattern has thus far continued through 1952. ... o doubt the Korean truce talks have encouraged conservative buy ing. The administration must, however, because of the coming elections, continue to stimulate business—even if artifically. The Democrats cannot afford any let down in the demands for materials, merchandise, or labor; so don’t be frightened by any nonsense out of Washington. I look for no more panicky buying ahead. The urge to save will increase and the urge to buy will decrease. This should help make your 53-cent dollar go a little further. When shopping in 1952, shop for value. In areas of oversupply, bargain! Patronize Honest Local Merchants The stability of the p?st few months is undoubtedly due mmany causes, primarily to the fact that the people have at last developed intelligent buying habits. Don’t let anybody panic you into buying because they say the article they sell will soon come into short sup ply. The chances are this will not be so. Buy from reputable local merchants whom you know and trust. Any pales organization which resorts to scare selling is en couraging inflation, and inflation may become a more deadly enemy than Soviet Russia. Also, remem ber that wholesale prices have de clined considerably the past few weeks and this should ultimately help consumers. Dr. W. W. Adams VETERINARIAN 614 Musgrove Street Clinton, S. C. Phones: Offlce 958 Residence 991-W STOP WEARING A TIRED, OLD UNRELIABLE WATCH ' THAT MAY NEED COSTLY REPAIRS v / . \ TODAY TO JEWELER’S NAME Get a liberal allowance for your old watch* toward a smart, new Bulova *Regardleis of Age, Make or Condition f , ♦;- j« 1 yi (• mm. 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