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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
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and there are few people who have
reached his ripe old age.
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.
Ben is a good citizen and his
many friends among both white
and colored wish for him many
more returns. The accompanying
picture was made of him in 1925
while visiting members of his fam
ily in Evantson, 111.
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