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K t _ The Chronide Strives To Be A Clean News paper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable ®bf Clinton Cl|rnnirlf If You Dop’t Read The Chronicle You Don’t Get the News Volume JJ4J Clinton, S. C, Thursdoy, July 31, 1952 Number 31 ». V A Regular Chronicle Feature MOTHER NATURE APPARENTLY IN LEAGUE WITH DEMOCRATS Bobson Points Out That Bumper Crops Are In Prospect. Babson Park, Mass. July 25.— Mother Nature surely smiles on the Democrats by giving the U. S. good crops for 1952. This total crop pro duction now promises to be second only to the record of 1948. Here are a few highlights. Food Grain Riches Billion-bushel-plus wheat crops have been almost taken for granted in recent years. With the excep tion of 1951, Jhey have been the rule since 1943. This year’s indicarted to tal outturn of 1,- 249,019,000 bushels is the third largest crop of record. De spite its size, i t should not cause arry trouble. Farm ers have more a*(«r W. Bib*** storage space a- vailable tihs year; and can take ad vantage of Government loans if necessary. In Mississippi, 'Arkansas, Louisi ana and Texas; as well as in Cali fornia, rice growers are producing an indicated record crop of well over 45,000,000 bags of 100 pounds each. But I guess it will not prove budensome maketwise. Although a relatively small bucwheat crop is likely, I don’t forecast a short age of pancakes on • the American Sunday breakfast table! The small est rye crop outlook in over 80 years, plus the low carryover, may well mean considerable stringency. Bumper Com Crop—If Barring unfavorble weather from now on, the nation’s 1952 corn out look may reach the huge figure of 3,365,089,000 bushels — the second largest corn crop on record. This should be good news to livestock producers, since it points to more favorable feeding rations this fail and winter. The barley crop prob ably will be the smallest since 1936, in contrast to an indicated oats crop well above the ten-year aver age. A large total hay crop, of good quality, also is in the cards. Bean eaters—and they are by no means all in Boston—will draw on a smaller total crop of dry edible beans this year than last. The in dicated .outturn of 15,747,000 bags (100 pounds each) is down mate rially "from 1951 as well as the ten- year production. The much-loved Irish jpflbjO, which recently has been spotlighted because of Gov ernment maneuvering, will b e somewhat more plentiful this year than last. The indicated national potato outturn of 339,048,000 bush els is 40 per cent larger than the short crop of 1951, but 18 per cent below the 1941-1950 average. It should suffice, although the margin may be none too wide. I expect about an average production of commercial truck crops, and a slightly below-average outturn of decidious fruits in 1952. Cotton and Oilseed Prospects Although it is too early to fore cast as to the probable size of the 1952 U. S. cotton crop, it is likely to fall short of the 1951 outturn of 15,068,000 running bales. I base this forecast solely on the fact that indicated acreage now in cultiva tion is T per cent under that of a year ago.. Weather and insect dam age now and harvest time could further cut yields; but otherwise the coton crop and the financial returns therefrom will be satisfac tory. Another oilseed crop also prom- State Demos To Meet Week Earlier, August 4 Charleston, July 28.—The South Carolina State Democratic conven tion will reconvene August 6 in Co lumbia—a full week earlier than \tfho said here yesterday that he thought South Carolina Democrats should decide as soon as possible where they are going. At the same time he asked state Democrats to study the national party’s platform, particularly the civil rights plank and the plank on changing the U. S. Senate rules to knock out filibusters. He said he thought the Demo crats should hold full discussion on the two matters. The governor declined to make ■any personal comments about the slated. —— Sen. Edgar A. Bro\^n saijd today na ti ona j party’s candidates but did tnlH nnrtv ' , , . , . , ■ , in Barnwell that he Had told party secretary Jim Smith state auditor! the platforc'd 'h<T had^had“the j; say he would have voted against others. Iry every workshop or of fice—even in the kitchen — there must- be a spirit of Christian love. We must work in the conviction that work is a blessed thing through which we can serve God and neighbor as well as ourselves. | One may make the resolutions! one feels appropriate to one’s own case. But there is hardly a person who will not oenefit by , pledging to make his daily offering; of work more pleasing to God- and more! fruitful in spiritual benefits to himself To many this may be the most important resolve of their I lives. If rpillions of people everywhere rededicated themselves to a more realistic understanding of the spiritual good that comes from do ing ones work as God wills, there would be less friction and less dis content. It might well mark the be ginning of a new and lasting era of universal peace and neighorly har mony everywhere. OFFICE SUPPLIES Complete line, all the little item* needed for the office. Phone 74 to issue a call for the convention on August 6 rather than August 13. Smith said the Township Audito rium had been procured for that date and that the convention would meet at 11 a. m., Wednesday of next week. The push up in the date sparked by Gov. chance. He said he would make his “views known in detail’’ at the state convention. South Carolina was seated in the Chicago convention in time to vote on the nominees but not on the was platform. James F. Byrnes i The state convention met April 16 in, Columbia and recessed until ises to be large. I refer to the ver- ia ft e r the national convention with satile soybean. But here again. I; a “wait-and-see” attitude, haye nothing to go on but the ex-; Their course of action—whether pected 4.2 per cent indicated in-, ^ g 0 a i 0 ng with the national party crease in acreage. This could result'—win ^ decided at the August 6 in topping last year’s 280,512,000 mee ti n g. bushels—'the second largest crop Smith said he was sending the on record. Although flaxseed and | ca n t Q county chairmen and to ex- peahut prospects are materially un-; ecutive committee members. der 1951, total supplies of olseeds [ - m and their products will again be ■ — Another Good Year For Farmer* Six-Inch Sermon America—the Bountiful as well j By REY. ROBERT H. HARPER as the Beautiful—should thank God —-■■■ and her farmers for , the munifi-j Every man is called to serve in cence pt her harvests—past, pres-; some vocation. He should be anx- ent, and currently indicated. There ious to use to the full the gifts and has never been a real famine in the opportuniities God has given him. land, and I pray that there never He should ptick to his job and see will be. From present prospects,! in it a way of cooperating in 1952 will be another good year for God's plans. He should not de- the farmers, despite the rising I spise his or any other man’s calling trend of production costs. Prices, There is no kind of work that may for the most part, should be well 1 not be done to the glory of God._ maintained, allowing for the usual! Work can be a way of self-sanc- seasonal variations. Sales oppor-! tification, provided we regulate it tunities in the farming areas should i according to the rules ^aid down by continue excellent, provided sellers j God. 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