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The Chronicle Strives To Be A Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable % (Hhrmurlr If Yon Don’t Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News Volume Lin Clinton, S. C., Thursday, May 22, 1952 Number 21 National Cotton Week Being Observed, Industry Asks for Increase In Consumption Harold A. Young president of the National Cotton Council, has called for a re-dedication of the cotton industry toward increasing the consumption of cotton and its industry to only 16,000 bales claim ed by that industry eleven years ago. ,w “The market in women’s street and formal dresses has doubled products during National > Cotton since 1939;* he added. “In wom en’s coats and jackets the market has climbed from 9,000 bales in 1939 to 85.000 bales in 1950—a 700 per cent gain. Women’s sports wear jumped from 16,000 bales to 32,000 bales in the same period,’’ he said. Young further stated the enor mous military value of cotton. “During World War II,” he said, “cotton supplied more than 80 per cent of all military needs for tex- Week, now being observed “Cotton is fundamental in war or peace,” he said. “As a textile fiber it outranks its nearest com petitor by more than four to one. Its use far exceeds the total of all clothing fibers combined, both nat ural and synthetic.” Mr. Young further attested to the importance of cotton in the na tion when he pointed out that cot ton is the number one cash crop of the country. More than 12,000,- tjies. Cotton realized a one-year 000 persons depend upon cotton for {expansion of 5,000,000 bales of cot- a livelihood, he said. Last year t on or 59 p^j. cen j since the out- cotton provided an income of more break of Korean hostilities. In no than $3,500,000,000 ■ “over one- 0 ther instance has a commodity of fourth the income of all U. S. crops importance and size of cotton put together, he stated. # j chalked up a record to equal it,” In telling of the great strides he maintained, made in the cotton industry, he Governors and mayors in cot compared last year’s consumption of 250,000 bales of cotton in the rug Mrs. McCrary Joins Husband In Philippines mayors in ton-producing states have issued proclamations of observance of Na tional Cotton Week in recognition of the essential place that cotton holds in the economy of their states _ and,municipalities:— — Lt. Col. Robert R. McCrary, son of Mrs. R. J. McCrary, of this city, has been joined by his wife, the former Blanche Penick, and their fwo daughters Mary Susan, 7, and Donna Jeanne, 5, at his station with the U. S. Aair Force on Clark Air Force Base in the Philippinesi Mrs. McCrary and the children, who traveled from the U. S. to the Philippines aboard the USNS “Fred C. Ainsworth,” will make their home with the colonel in the hous ing area for military dependents on Clark AFB during their stay in the Islands. Colonel McCrary is currently as signed as Assistant Deputy for Operations at Headquarters, Philp- pmes Command (Air Force) and Thirteenth Air Force. Graduated from Clemson college, he began his military career in November, 1940, and is now on his third foreign tour of duty, having served in the Panama Canal Zone and South America in 1943 and in the European theater of operations in 1945. HAYSEED Things That Cannot Be Bought Character cannot be bought, it must be lived. Education cannot be bought, it must be worked for. Efficiency cannot be bought, it must be acquired. Good habits cannot be bought, they must be formed. Love cannot be bought, it must be won. Knowledge cannot be bought, it must be attained. Respect cannot be bought, it must be merited. Health cannot be bought, but it should be protected. Time cannot be bought, but it should be used. Defense cannot be bought, it must be prepared. Democracy cannot be bought, it must be sacrificed for and defend ed. Salvation cannot be bought, it is free. BEN BEASLEY, COLORED CITIZEN, REACHES AGE 104 Successful and Respect ed Farmer Born in 1848 Near Clinton. Entire Life Spent In This Com munity. Ben Beasley, a highly respected Clinton colored citizen, was born.in February. 1848, in Laurens county near Ctinton on what was knowm as the Beasley place. He is the oldest citizen of ‘this corrurmnity. Six-Inch Sermon By REV. ROBERT H. HARPER be commiting faults against Him? I This is Christian love. It is the love Is there a human being who can behave as badly toward me as I have toward God? . victim, r Suppose that a man has been $ dealt with atrociously by another. S He is not simply angry: He consid- ft ers he has a perfect right to rp,ake ; the other person pay for his ac-; tions. Son, however, the injured party’s good sense begins to assert itself. He says to himself: If I am mean to this person, surely God, has a right to be a million times j meaner to me? This is a thought that should de- stroy the spirit of resentment in any man s' soul. WhcT has not of-! fended God at one time or another? i How many times has God forgiven some creature who may even yet OFFICE SETPUES Complete line, an the little items needed for the office. CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. Phone 74 "UNCLE BEN” BEASLEY U*V' II \ w ¥ Give E LG IN THE WATCH WITH THE THAT Gvaranfed OuroPower Maimprmfl i7 j«w«l Elgin Dp- Lux*. Lovely com en hanced by flexible end - pieces. High curved crystal. k end -1 ^ cur Someone once described resent ment as “a union of sorrow witjh malignity.” One cannot help being ^ hurt by injuries or injustices suf- j ♦.• fered at another’s hands. 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When Ben was a lad nme yea^ of age his mother sent him to live with the Langston family several years preceding the Civil War. During that time there were only two stores in this little crossroads village, one Of them owned and operated by the Langston family. After the close of the Civil War Beasley went back home and took charge of the farm his mother op erated which was owned by Mace L. Copeland who lived at that time and was a member of the well knpwn Copeland family. Beasley remained there for more than sixty years during which time he and Mr. Copeland cooperated and worked together. Beasley then moved to his own little plantation two miles from Clinton known as the Hargrove place. He farmed there for a num ber of years arvd learned how, by experience, he said. He was an | intelligent, industrious and success-1 ful farmer for more than sixty- five years, a good manager and! knew how to plan and make his plans work. Beasley educated a large family of children and taught them to be law-abiding, useful and upright citizens. As a Christian gentleman, “Uncle Ben” was one of the or ganizers df the first colored Baptist church in the community and through the years has been well known and respected by both white and colored people of the county, and especially of Clinton and the surrounding community. He is now 104 years old and during the past several years his health has failed. He still has a splendid memory, can reminisce of many people and hap penings of the community through the long years. His eyesight and, hearing are poor. When his health i failed and he was no longer able to carry on the work of his farm, he moved into Clinton and now resides on West Carolina avenue with two of his daughters, Supearly and Minnie Beasley. He is the father of eleven chil dren, two dead and nine living, /here and in the widely scattered states of New York, Florida and Michigan. 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