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< H -•i t Four rHB CUNTpy tHUOMCLB SlfF (Eltntnn (Etfrontrlf Established IN* WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor sad PtfbLsher HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance) - One Year $2.50, Six Months )1.50 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C., under Act of Congress March 3, 1879 The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when they-lale “toot of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. ■— .! — ■■■ ■■ I ' !■!■—... I.ll.l— .1 I ■ ...I ■ . .1 I ■ «»' Member: South Carolina Press Association, National Editorial Association National Advertising Representative: AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York, Chicago, Detroit. Philadelphia Methodist Convocotion Set Feb. 1-3 CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JANU ARY 20, 1955 Series Church Messages Begin A series of advertisements especially designed, to stimulate church support and attendance and sponsored by thirty-two local business establishments begins in to day’s paper and will continue for the next twenty-six weeks. The series of popular church messages is prepared by the Keister Advertising Ser vice of Strasburg, Va., whose effective church promotion programs appear in hun dreds of papers, daily and weekly through out the South. The attention of our readers is called to the first of the series which are aimed to stimulate church support. The quality of these unusual advretisements speaks for itself, for the art work is outstanding and the copy genuinely appealing. It is hoped by the sponsors that these messages will accomplish much in behalf of the many fine churches in our city and the surround ing area. Support of the churches is sound business we all agree. It takes no oracle to note the stability of a community with strong, effective churches. Churches are the greatest factor for the building of char-, acter and good citizenship. The advertise ments are strictly non-sectarian. Sponsors for the series, whose names appear in the announcement in today’s paper, are hopeful the page will be helpfnl to all who read it realizing it is a step in the right direction in promoting goodwill in the name of the church. Pay Raise For Congressmen About every two years there bobs up a proposal in Washington to raise the pay of members of Congress. Many of the members claim they are underpaid. While the substantial increase has the endorse ment of the President, the people back home know the idea originated not with the President but with senators and repre sentatives. While asking for an increase those seeking it were not satisfied with a reas- able request. The present congressional salary of $15,000 on $2,500 of which no taxes are paid has been in force for several years. Since then due to congressional or administrative action the dollar has de preciated in purchasing pow T er by about 27 per cent. A raise therefore to $19,000 would bring their salary up to the equal of $15,000 in 1946 dollars. But that is not what they are asking for. What they want is a salary of $25,000. How many people are provided an increase of 80 per cent in salary? With this figure voted and the present allowance of $2,500 non-taxable, their salaries would reach $27,500 a year if voted. Most of the members of Congress are lawyers figures show. Lawyers have an average income of about $8,000. It would seem that an 80 per cent pay in crease sought cannot be defended. It looks like another raid on taxpayers. It would seem that those who are not able to live on their income and additional allowances or a justified raise if voted, should resign and go home. There will be applications for vacancies when and if they occur. 1 Governor Byrnes' Message James F. Byrnes retired as Governor of South Carolina on Tuesday, ending an hon orable and varied public career of more than 45 years. He has served with dis tinction in many high places and had it not been for President Roosevelt and top advis ers, in all probability he would have been named vice-president and elevated to the presidency instead of Harry Truman. He is succeeded by George Bell Timmerman who took the oath of office Tuesday and posesses character and has a good know ledge of state government. Governor Byrnes leaves behind an hon orable and enviable record of public ser vice and holds a warm place and the high est esteem of the people not only of this state, but throughout the South. He has announced he will not again run for public office and with a home now under con struction in Columbia he and Mrs. Byrnes will spend the last years of their lives in that city they have said. Gov. Byrnes gave a valedictory address to the General Assembly in his final state message. But quite proper and timely we think, he pointed out several matters to the General Assembly that should be given careful consideration. The monster Santee- Cooper (political kilowatt) which is hav ing hard sailing financially, was called to the attention of the legislators. With a re ported three-quarters of a million dollars deficit, and probably more as reported to the Governor, he recommended that the legislature fully inform itself on this mon ster’s financial condition. There are many phases of this project and its operation that the people want information and the light about, and while the full faith and crerdit of the state is hot pledged to sup port the bonds of the authority, the state’s credit could be seriously affected by enor mous debt of Santee-Cooper. The General Assembly should go to the bottom of the authority and its operation, remove it from political management and place it under the same regulations as applies to private ly-owned, heavy taxpaying corporations. Other comments by the Governor were well in order and we hope will be acted upon. As Gov. Byrnes retires he will carry the gratitude and admiration of thousands of people who know him and say well done as he turns over the duties of the office to his successor chosen in a people’s primary and not through a conference by a small group of office-hloders and politicians. Gov. Byrnes in retiring from public life is a notable figure. His luster has not dim med. Charlotte, N. C., Jan. 15.—The quadrennial convocation of the Methodist Church’s Southeastern jurisdiction will be held here Feb. 1-3. More than 1,000 Methodists from nine states and Cuba are expected. Bishop Arthur J. Moore of At lanta, chairman of the Southeast ern Jurisdictional Council, said the program theme will be “The Methodist Witness.” Delegates will include bishops and officials of jurisdictional boards and agen cies, and representatives of 17 an nual conferences and 141 dis tricts. The area members. Official hosts are Bishop Costen J. Harrell of Charlotte, vice chair man of the council, and the Rev. Lee F. Tuttle, pastor of Charlott’es First Methodist Church, convoca tion headquarters. The jurisdictional Methodist Woman’s Society of Christian Service will hold its annual meet ing Jan. 31-Feb. 1, and then meet jointly with the convocation. Mrs. E. U. Robinson of Galatin, Tenn., is Southeastren WBCS president. The jurisdiction, one of five geographical divisions of the church, includes the Carolinas, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mis sissippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia and Cuba. \ - District Forest Fire Record Is Lowest In State A schoolboy, asked in class to define "hypocrite”, replied, “A kid who comes to school with a smile on his face.” B«c«r W. Babtoa were in college. BABSON . . . DICUSSES COLLEGES, SCHOOLS AND TAXES ^ROGra W. BABSON " " Babson Park, Mass., January 20—Do you hope you will be able to send your children to college sometime between now and 1964? If you expect them to get a sound education and to get your money’s worth much must be done. Both teachers’ salaries and their efficiency (which is compara tively low) must be increased. - College Problem Is Serious 1 Fifty years ago, only about 4 per cent of the youth of college age were able to go to college. Two great events of our national scene boosted en rollments sharply—the depression and the G. Bill. Pre-war, about 15 per cent of our youth of college age attended such schools. Be tween 1945-49 a little better than 25 per cent were enrolled. Then, the number shrank dur ing 1950-52. Chiefly responsible for this drop was the fewer number of births in the 1930- 1935 depression. But, 1952 saw a 1.5 per cent increase in college enrollments over 1951; and 1953 rose 4.8 over 1952, so that again about 25 per cent of our youth of eligible age 1954 fall enrollments probably registered a 6-8 per cent increase. Can Colleg* Forecasts Be Trusted? If 2 on project to 1970 the number of children already born, you will have a 16 per cent increase m the youth of college age by 1960, a 46 per cent increase by 1965, and a 70 per cent increase by 1970. And if an increasing percentage of our youtn of college age go on to college, enrollments could double by 1970. The above is based on the assumption that we shall continue to make more educational oppor tunities available for our youth, as we always have. Educators claim that by 197T) a good third of our young people of college age may enroll. This would more than double student bodies, and per haps require double the number of teachers and much more classroom space. Personally, I believe this is like forecasting 500 for the Industrial Stock Average. I question such figures. The Teacher Problem The teacher shortage will-not be limited to col leges. Our elenmentary and secondary schools may need about 140,000 new teachers each year for the foreseeable future. Yet, it is estimated by the experts that only about half the number of teachers needed for the public schools alone will be graduated from college. But, someone will have to teach your little Johnny and Susie. If adequately trained teach ers are not available, persons with sub-standard qualifications will have to be pressed into ser vice. Now, why is there a teacher shortage? The answer, in part, is that teachers are underpaid. SalariM Compared Public school classroom teachers’ salaries av eraged about $3,600 for 1953-54. This is less than many business and engineering college gradu ates got as a starting salary on their first job a year or so ago. And 1953-54 was a good year for the teachers, too, for it represented an average salary rise of 4.8 per cent over the previous year. Still, 141 per cent of the 1,028,899 teachers re ceived less than $2,500, and only 14 per cent re ceived $4,500 or more. College teachers’ salaries go very little higher. The median income of phy sicians, on th other hand, was about $11,200; law yers, $7,750; dentists, $7,100; but with much high er top figures attainable. How can we hope to hold good men in top educational jobs paying $5,000- $8,500 when their counterparts in industry offer ceilings unlimited? Taxaa Should Not Bo Raised If we want capable teachers, we shall have to pay wages competitive enough to encourage them to make the tremendous outlay of time and ex pense needed for their education. To hold our able teachers, we shall have to up salaries. This means higher taxes. I FORECAST THAT OUR DEMOCRATIC SO CIETY, WITH FULL EMPLOYMENT, CAN PROSPER ONLY AS WE PROVIDE ADEQUATE SCHOOLING FOR OUR YOUTH, WITH A MOD ERATE TAX RATE. THIS MEANS THAT OUR EDUCATIONAL LEADERS MUST PROVIDE FAR MORE EFFICIENT METHODS OF LEARN ING BY DOUBLING THE USE OF PRESENT FACILITIES. WHAT INDUSTRY COULD SUR VIVE IN TftlS COMPETITIVE ERA WITH ITS FACTORIES BEING USED ONLY SIX HOURS PER DAY? Laurens county had no forest fires in December according to the monthly report of the State Com mission of Forestry. The Newberry District of which this county is a part, had fifteen fires and 50.4 acres burned over in the period, the smallest number of fires and amount of acreage in volved of any district in the state last month. The district also had the fewest number of fires, 257, and the smallest acreage, 1,731.2, burned over in the state for the last six months, July through December. For the six months period Lau- res County had 34 fires, 349.5 acres burned over. The state had 598 forest fires in December with 8,004.9 acres burned over. The Florence Dis trict had the heaviest loss, 1,860.5 acres. For the last six months, the state totals were 2,827 fires, 34,- 982.7 acres burned. The heaviest i loss also was in the Florence Dis- i trict with 534 fires and 10,363.9 acres burned STOP! H U d«ng«n fro— common cold hcmf o« Chronic bronchitis may develop if your cough, chest cold, or acute bron- ehitis is not treated. Get Creomulston quick and use as directed. It soothes raw throat and chest membranes, loosens and helps expel germy phlegm,mildly relaxes systemic tension and aids nature fight the cause of irritation. ,■ Creomulsion is guaranteed to pleaee you or druggist refunds money. CREOMUCSION rvUtrM CMSfct, ChMt Cold*. Acuta BroacfcJtta Lore never faileth. (1 Corinthian* 13:8. ASV.) Reed II Corinthians 4:13-11. , It is said that when the great Central church in Honolulu was un der construction, the architect said to the pastor, “There is to be an inscription on tne pulpit stand. It must have eighteen letters and spaces. We want you to select that inscription.” He knew that an inscription suitable for the pulpit stand would have to carry a message for the various experiences that come to the members of the family. He knew it should be suitable for Holy Com munion, for funerals and weddings, for penitents and for those who come to worship. After considerable prayer and effort, the pastor finally selected, “Love Never Faileth.” Love may seem slow and may seem to fail. It seems to have fail ed with Jesus, with Stephen and Paul, and with thousands of oth ers. But has it failed? History gives testimony to the fact that, giv en time, it will succeed. It is the persistence of love as manifested in Jesus and others that causes us to respond today. Love may ieem to be the long way around, but it is the only way. PRAYER Our Father, we thank Thee for Thy love shed abroad in the world through Thy Son, Jesus Christ. If we know our hearts, today we lore Thee, but only because Thou didst love us first. Help us. O God, not only to love Thee, but to prove our love for Thee by loving our fellow men. Amen. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Love may seem the long way around, but it is the only wa|. O. 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