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V- Fa«:e Two THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, January 1, 1953 S. C. January Draft Quota Is 715 Men South Carolina’s draft quota for January will be 715 young men from ; tht state, Lt. Col. James Hunter, I <.tate director of selectiv service, said, yesterday. The nation’s draft quota for Janu ary has been set at 49,000, or 2,000 1 above the December call of 47,000. South Carolina will be able to fill it.' quota from the 20 year old group or older, Colonel Hunter said. The February quota for the nation has! i t • n set at 53,000, but the state will r.o* have to draft anyone 19 years of :j.€ to till its share of the quota, he added. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE fi——MttlKlIIMll HI** ^Jhinh it Over! In the Book of Time, may the page headed J953 he uritten large as one of your very hap piest! ■ PRESIDEt CAPITAL LIFE AND UQI.TII INSURANCE CanPASY "FcnmieJ on Faith—Dedicated to Sen i.e" COLUMBIA, 5. C. Appropriations To Be First In 90th Assembly Appropriations will occupy their usual No. 1 place on the legislative agenda of the new 90th General Assembly that convenes here Janu ary 13. Odds are that the money bill will show state spending, from all sources, of about $165 million About $145 million ol this may show in the appropriations bill the assembly will enact. The rest will come from certain earmark ed revenues and from fedeal aid. Such a budget would be in line with this year’s which is pegged to $140 1-2 millions in state spend ing shown in the money bill. If requests from state agencies, institutions and departments were met. tht* overall state budget would be about $200 million. The basis of the money bill will be the Budget and Control Board’s annual report and recommenda tions. due to be made shortly be fore the assembly meets. Biggest pressure on the board lias been to recommend a general pay increase for state employees, including public school teachers. The employees f have asked for "JO per cent, and the teachers are in- trested in varying increases that will average between 20 and 30 pe*r cent. Public welfare wants more state* dollars for its joinf tederal-state aid' 1 program. And all down the line there are requests for more money. The bill will be late starting be cause the House Ways and Means Committee which authors the bill, must be appointed, must organize, and must hold hearings on the budget. Committee Discusses Work Among Students Members of the Presbyterian Syn- : od's committee on student work in colleges met Tuesday at Presbyte rian college. Rev. George A. Ander son of the college faculty, is chair-, man of the committee. Members of the. group from all over the state were here to make 1 plans and <tisruss-' coordtrnition aird*- more, effective-.-work among Presby-1 terian students in all denominational | colleges of the state. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ I ♦ ♦ ♦ 1 t Sc 'MOAMRi Qhedtfte * o ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ Thursday and Friday, Jan. 1-2 Thunder In The East (Thrilling Adventure In India) Alan Ladd, Deborah Kerr, Corinne Calvet, Charles Boyer NEWS 9c and 42c Saturday, January 3 (One Day) 1 CORNEL WILDE MMIREEN O’HARt ^ Swords Point i \\ with ROBERnOUGU^UOYSCQOPER Color by TECHNICOLOR COMEDY , 9c and 42c Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 5-6 From M-G-M starring Ol <►1 - NEWS SniWAKTGRANGER DEBORAH KBIR IMnscumajMEMra James Mason ms tmrr or mmiau <>! 9c and 42c WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7 (ONE DAY) LAURA (A Dangerous Experiment in Love and Murder) # With Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb SHORTS ^ 9c and 42c ijDj|inii i iiiriMiMHHwnmr—r rtrrniHT THE CASINO Friday and Saturday, Jan. 2-3 SOUTH PACIFIC TRAIL (Western) With REX ALLEN Seiial—“MEN FROM THE MOON”—Chap. 8 CPL. DOLAN GOES AWOL (Comedy) EDDIE ALBERT and FAY MARLOWE 9c and 30c "Auld Lang Syne” Is Integral Part Of New Year’s Fete “Auld Lang Syne” has become such an integral part of our modern New Year’* eve that no celebra tion, however gay. would be com plete without it. The music sheets for those nos talgic strains simply say “Robert Burns—Scotch Air”, and Robert Bums generally is supposed to have written it after he had settled down on a farm and taken himself a wife, following the sweeping suc cess in 1778 of the second edition of his “Poems.” Well and good, but Auld Lang Syne was not exclu sively a Burns’ product, nor did he claim it to be. In a letter to George Thomson, a publisher, Bums explained: “It is an old song of olden times, which has never been in print. I Defense Officials Ask 53,000 Men Washington.—The Defense De partment today asked Selective Service for 53,000 draftees in February, the biggest levy for 1 manpower in almost two years. All requests are for the Aitny. The Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force have returned to their original programs of depending on volunteer recruiting. Today’s announcement brings the total of all calls since the draft Mr. * and RAMAGE Mrs. David Franklin took it down from an old man’s singing.” Modern scholarship has discov ered that Bums was wrong when he told Thomson “Auld Lang Syne” never had been in print. Its re frain. at least, was printed obscure ly long before Bums heard his “old man singing.” Further, the original song often has been credited to Sir Robert Ay- toun (1570-1638). Aytoun was one of the earliest Scots to use the low land dialect as a literary medium. Multitudes of Americans descended from non-British stock are perpet ually mystified by this dialect, nor does it seem to make much sense in (he standard English transla tion. Regardless of its original author and origim it was Burns who gave “Auld Lang Syne” its immortality. New Yeor's Gifts Were Once Sacred The Druids distributed branches of the sacred mistletoe, cut with peculiar ceremonies, as new year’s gifts to the people and the Saxons observed the day with gifts and fes tivals. The Roman custom of making gilts to the emperor was intro duced into England as early as the time of Henry III and Queen Eliza beth is supposed to have supplied herself with her jewels and ward robe almost entirely from these gifts. As late as 1692 the English nobil ity were accustomed every year to send to the King a purse with gold in it. Under the Tudors and the Stuarts it was the habit of all classes to' give presents to friends with the wish that the New Year might be happy. Ladies received presents of gloves or pins, which were then ex pensive. Sometimes the gifts were compounded in money and from this practice we have the term “pin money.” Resolutions 'Silly' Psychiatrists Say According to a number of psy chiatrists, New Year’s resolutions are just a bit silly. They believe that a person who makes resolu tions is something of an exhibition ist in addition to being quite childish. One psychiatrist said he didn’t think resolutions the best method of curbing little differences and correcting mistakes. The best method is giving some thought to what causes our troubles and try ing to correct them rationally. OCT, BRIEF CANDLE . . . Primitive man who dleoovere* Are covldn’t look at It more . awo-otiiekea thaa this RtUe tot t aa aha watehea the laat hoars . of IMS fttekar away and walla to greot tha Now Taar. Ramagc announce the birth of a son, j i John Griffin, on December 27, at i Blalock clinic. Mrs. Ramage was be- fore marriage Miss Marian Pitts, | daughter of Mrs. John Griffin Pitts 1 and the late Mr. Pitts. BEAL Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ernest Beal announce the birth of a son, Steven William Beal, on December 26, at , Blalock clinic. Mrs. Beal was for- ; merly Miss Ruby Austin. WHITE Mr. and Mrs. Robert White an- rrotmee the TjTffFT of a "son, Darfell Wayne, at Hays hospital on Decem ber 30. re-started in September, 1950, to 1,355,430. The February levy compares) with peak calls for 80,000 men in January, February and March, 1951. The next highest call was 70,000 for November, 1950. The statement today said that: ‘‘In announcing the February call, the Department of Defense points out that after the outbreak of hostiliies in Korea, he rapid expansion of the Ar®y required the induction of large numbers of individuals through the Selective Service system. The Selective Ser vice calls reached a peak during January, Fbruary and March of 1951, when over 80,000 were in ducted each month. “Now, two years later, these men must be replaced as they com plete their two-year period of ac tive service, in order to maintain approved strengths. The increase in the call for February over those made during previous months is a direct reflection on these increased losses. It also should be consid ered in light of the plans for ear lier release of Amy inductee vet erans of Kfcmea annoi#vced Dec. 22, 1952, by Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, Jr. \ How To Relievo Bronchitis Crcomulsion relieves promptly because it goes into the bronchial system to help loosen and expel germ laden phlegm and aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender, inflamed bronchial- membranes. Guaranteed t^please you or money refunded. Crcomulsion haa stood the test of millions of users. CREOMUCSION rtlitvw Coughs, Chost Colds, Acute BroacMtis WITH THE SICK Friends of Miss Mattie Blakely will regret to know she is ill and a patient at Blalock clinic. Benjamin Harrison is convalescing at home following an tonsilectomy at Blalock clinic. L. L. Rice is improving at Blalock (clinic following an operation. ; Mrs. J. C. Davis of Cross Hill, un- Iderwent an operation at Hays hos pital Monday. Friends of Mrs. Talmadge Sim mons will be interested to know she is' a patient at Blalock clinic. Paul and David Watts have re turned to their homes at Mountville following a brief stay at Blalock cli lie. Mrs. M. T. Motes is a patient at Hays hospital. Friends of Mrs. Fred Holcombe will be interested to know she was able to return to her home yesterday after being a patient at Blalock clinic for the past few days. Mrs. J. D. Witherspoon of Lau rens, is a patient at Blalock clinic. J6e ^Montgomery, Mrs.’ B. 'C. Crooks, and Mrs. Beulah Rogers are patients at Hays hospital. Friends of Mrs. Ed Little will be glad to know she was able to re(urn to her home yesterday from Blalock clinic where she has been a patient. Mrs. Robert W. Baldwin and Mrs. Nannie Whitlock of Waxhaw, N^ C., and Quay Farr, Jr., of Allendale, are patients at Blalock clinic suffering injuries received Tuesday in an au tomobile accident at the intersection of the Spartanburg and Whitmire highways. To Seek Funds For Organ Purchase 4 Friendship A. M. E. church on Bell Street is starting a campaign to raise funds for the purchase of an electric organ for their worship services. A baby contest is plan ned to raise funds with solicita tions to be made of white and col ored friends in the city and com munity. The committee will ap preciate all help given ih the ef fort they are now making. As the New Year dawns, we pause to look both ways — backward to the part we have been privileged to play in the progress and growth of our city and community; forward to opportunities that lie ahead to serve faithfully and well our large family of customers. WE WISH FOR EACH OF YOU A NEW YEAR FILLED WITH HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY. V. M. S. 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