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by youths mistaken for college
boys. A businessman who had
visited his son at college picked
up a young hitchhiker only a
block from his ion's fraternity
house. This was the motorist's
kindly custom—as a “thank you"
for lilts given his own son. The
next day his naked, beaten and
mutilated body was found in a
bloody snowbank on a back road.
institutions, a large proportion of
all hitchhikers are escapees.
Some of these areas are marked
for motorists' protection, but
most are not; out of state driv
ers cannot know they are enter
ing a critical region.
Even the non-criminal hitch
hiker can cause financial trou
ble. In $1 states a driver may be
held liable for injury to a hitch-
ppcrRoom In areas near penal or mental' hiker. One collected $38,000 from
his host in a recent case, the ar
ticle reports.
Twenty-five states, the Dsitrict
of Columbia and innumerable
towns and counties have laws
against hitchhiking. It your state
has such a law, insist on its en
forcement, Wharton ufges. If it
has no law, start working for
one. In any event, help reduce
hitchhiking crime by resolving
not to pick up any hitchhiker.
OOM NASMVHU TINNfSSIt
CLINTON. S. C., THURSDAY, 26, 1955
A Right To Work Poll
' This state last year, long after due, passed
a right-to-work law as many states had pre
viously. There are still many states, because
of union political influence, that have no
such laws on their books.
The American Press magazine, published
for weekly newspapers in the United States,
has recently conducted a nation-wide poll to
get the views of publishers on a number of
current legislative controversies. One of
these, and properly so, concerned the right-
to-work laws, forbidding compulsory union
membership, which have been enacted in
seventeen states.
There were replies in the poll from 1,050
editors, with 86.1 per cent favoring the laws
and only 10.6 per cent opposing, with the
small remainder offering no opinion pro or
con.
The great majority of editors, like the
great majority of other citizens and business
establishments, recognize a place of unions
if fairly operated, and support the legitimate
activities of organized labor to better itself.
We say legitimate, but certainly the two
months old telephone strike just closed and
championed by the CIO, must be classified
as everything except legitimate or justified.
The conduct by minority groups of company
strikers in many sections of the South was
a disgraceful and destructive performance.
To force a man to join any organization be
fore he can earn a living for his family is
plain tyranny. God has given every man the
inalienable right to work without being led
around with a ring in his nose so to speak
by rabid labor bosses who live in luxury at
the expense of union membership. Labor
unions should work for the advancement and
betterment of their members on the basis of
fairness and merit, and not force.
The Dissension Should End
About this time last year there w’as a
storm of criticism and charges, many of
which were untrue—being leveled against
Winthrop college.
The criticism, largely personal, came from
an Alumnae group apparently wanting to
dominate the policies of the institution. To
do so, this small group was willing to hurt
the college if necessary in order to win in
their agitation, though it stirred up unrest
and reflected on the school. It is well and de
sirable for graduates of a school to be in
terested in its progress and future, but not to
the extent of meddling. In the final decisions
the responsibility of operating a college and
its policies is that of the board of trustees
and administration instead of graduates and
former students.
It is good for the college that continuous
agitation by a small Alumnae group has died
down and there is evidence of calm again. The
unrest and criticism has not come from Win-
throp’s fine and happy student body but
from outsiders. Some of the critics
THE WORLDS MOST WIDELY USED DEVOTIONAL GUIDE
"Tak* heart. It Is I; have no faar.** (Matthew 14:27.
RSV.) Read Matthew 14:22-33.
When I was a child, I became very curious ol my shadow.
This was because whenever I went to play, it tagged along with
me. Sometimes it got Isot, but most of the time it reapperaed very
soon.
One moonlight night I tired of playing with it and decided to
do away with it. I placed a rock upon it. Then I ran rapidly away
—hoping my shadow might be left behind forever. What remain
ed when I came back was only the stone—my shadow had gone with
me and returned with me.
This experience of childhood reminds me that we cannot escape
from Christ. He constantly walks near us in our everyday lives.
Sometimes we fail Him, sometimes try to escape from Him. Some
of us deliberately sin to show our independence of Him. But our
sins cannot eclipse His love. He is faithful and tireless in His won
derful love for us. If we admit Him into our lives, He becomes in
us a light that will shine “more and more unto the perfect day.’’
Our loving Father, we feel Thy presence with us at
this moment. We know that Thou doet ever walk with
us—in times of sorrow and In times of joy. We rejoice
in Thy fatherly goodness to us end thank Thee in the
name of our loving Friend end Saviour. Jesus Christ.
Amen.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
I will put my trust in the eternal Rock.
Nsrciso E. Abano jar. Merchant (Philippines)
farm for city employment.
Fanners Must Diversify
I hope that the activities of
this scientfiic farm research will
have the wholehearted support
of science, industry, and govern
ment. It takes time to expand
any research facilities; it espec
ially takes time to coordinate re
search activity in so large a field
make as agriculture. This wider ap-
Eosy Poy Without Work
Recent comment was made on the action
of our General Assembly in raising the mem
bers salaries from $1,000 to $1,800 annually
in spite of this year’s big deficit in the money
bill and with an increase of thirteen million
dollars in additional taxes saddled upon tax
payers.
The people back home cannot look with
pride and satisfaction upon the recent ses
sion of the General Assembly. The record it
made is not one over to which to boast. An
attempt was made in the House to make
spending balance with income. Governor
Timmerman also took a brave stand against
some things that were done and used the
veto power on several items that had the ap
pearance of an unjustified raid. The gover
nor and a few House members opposed the
creating of a deficiency bill, leaving the state
in the red for the year, but the big power of
the Senate said no, to let the expected deficit
stand with the promise that there would be
an increase of state revenue. The unfortunate
feature of this situation is that no visible ef
fort to reduce the debt or to stop the ex
travagant spending was made by the legis
lature. We are glad that the new governor
has displayed backbone and stood up for
principles he believes in and has shown that
he is not controlled by any clique.
Getting back to the legislature, there is
found an item in the state budget for 1955-56
that probably few taxpayers caught in the
much of the decrease in the student body. t0 the P roblem 15 not h*
-p, • . . . x J ing undertaken any too soon, for
I his is a natural expectation with co-educa- th e re is now a great need for
tion becoming more popular every day in American farmers to diversify
state and church colleges. Boys and girls nat- production and look more
urallj want to associate and attend college to- consumption. Such diversifica-
gether for the many social contacts. Look at tion should lead to more stable
the large university and now Clemson has' 60000111 * 0 conditions,
gone co-ed. As this tendency grows the church I of farm products is so apparent
and private schools are finding it harder to that the Council chose “New
fill their enrollment with only women. They i Crops” as the theme of its March
are more active than ever before in the solid- j
tation for students. trating on new crops when we
As a former satisfied patron of Winthrop have hea ^ surplu u s< r ! of o1 ^
, far. , , , . , , K crops, but such research has paid
we know of its fine work, the big demand for 0 ff handosmely before, as in the
its graduates each year in teaching and busi- case of soybeans. There is every
ness positions, the records they make. And it reason t0 b«heve it win again
is oui opinion that the spirit and ideals of the studied include timber bamboo,
campus, the religious influence and oppor- a good source of paper pulp
tunities offered its young women is comnar- wb *ch has been grown success-
. i ♦ v, a • *u . , , fully in the Southeast: dioscorea,
e ith that found in other schools, state ; a plant source of cortisone-like
or church. drugs; new varieties of castor
The old uutbreak of 15 years a*o was fo-, ' td
cu^ed on administrative policies and Alumnae acerola from Porto Rico or phy-
affa ; *-s when two faculty members were fired lanthu s cnblica from the Hawai-
three yo«rs before the present president took ia ? Isl f nds > of wh,ch have
Ollice. It a board of trustees, like a business Marin* Research Is Also Needed
establishment, cannot terminate the services | In addition to their work in
of employees when so desired, then there is th , e a K™ ultural c ° u ”'
. ... .. . , cil could encourage further stud-
trou jle and disunity ahead. ; j es 0 f the mineral and other
The whole "firing story’’ is not known to wea,th cradled in the two great
t l.ts, „ , oceans. These flow up to the
the public. The rumor that the college is not verv doorstep of our land along
accredited is false. It is a member of the! more than 4,800 miles of coast
line. These oceans are a store
house of organic and inorganic
matter of great actual and poten
tial importance to industry. As
Hitchhikers Cause
Of Many Bizarre
Murder Crimes
Hitchhiking crimes have be
come so common that only the
most bizarre get nation-wide at
tention, states Don Wharton in
the June Reader’s Digest.
Before the summer is over you
are sure to see many hitchhikers.
Most will be innocent enough—
soldiers on leave, youngsters
without bus fare. But how can
you tell the honest youth from
the vicious thug who is waiting
to steal your car and money and
perhaps even to kill you?
“There’s one sure way to find
out,” Wharton observes. “Pick
iip the hitchhiker and give him
a chance to rob, knife, blackjack,
shoot or kill. If he does none |
of these things, he is all right.
The article cites case after case
of robbings, assaults and killings
on the nation’s highways. Some
of these crimes have been com
mitted by men in uniform, others
SPICES CONTAIN NO
CALORIES
At a time when every food
and beverage eaten in America
is getting the calorie test, it
should be interesting to know
that spices do not contain any
calories.
y
Five Men Make
V V * 1
Five Mistakes
One man struck a match to see if the gaso
line tank was empty.
IT WASNT!
One man patted a strange bulldog on the
head to see if it was affectionate.
IT WASNT!
One man speeded up to see if he could beat
the train to the crossing.
HE COULDNT!
One man touched an electric wire to see it
it was charged.
IT WAS!
One man cut out his advertising to see if he
could save money.
HE COULDNT!
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Southern Association of Colleges and Secon
dary Schools, the same in which Presbyterian
college and other institutions hold member
ship. This is the only academic accrediting
organization for schools ^nd colleges in the
Southern states.
All of the dissention should end with a
our soil is getting poorer with ev
ery hard rain, our oceans, into
which the rivers empty are get
ting richer.
For example, a large number
of chemical elements are found
in crab meal and fisch meal. F^sh
united support instead for the school, which _
it full) deserves. Colleges must be directed products contain aluminum, ba
by faculty and administration rather than rium ’_ Cal . cium .’ chromium, cop-
Alumni groups. *
BABSON . .
Discusses
Agricultural Research
By ROGER W. BABSON
Babson Park, Mass., May 26—Industrial and
Chemical research—not Federal Aid—is the farm
er’s best bet. Though American farmers appear to
be doing pretty well, I am keenly aware of the
closing, rushing hours to get the bill passed i “ * arm h 100 ™ which has occurred duimg
i the past two years. Despite the best-intentioned
as finally written by the free conference
committee. The item we refer to was one in
cluded in the budget with which to pay seven
members of the 1954 House $1,000 each for
the 1953 term even though none of the seven
served for one minute in the session. The
1953 session ended on May 2 and none of the
seven representatives in question was elect
ed until later in the year and none was quali
fied to serve in the 1953 session. They were
all named in special elections to fill vacan
cies caused by death, resignation, or other
wise. Ail served through the 1954 session for
which they drew their regular compensation.
Now they draw pay for the 1953 session as
well, even though they did not hit a lick of
work or incur any expense. The act says the
gentlemen shall be paid the $7,000 for ser
vices as representatives during the year
1953.
Just what “services” is referred to? Why
was the item inserted for work not done, and
who were the promoters of the grab? It
strikes us as one of the most high-handled
handouts and fast ones pulled we have ever
seen. Taxpayers back home if they keep their
eyes opened and informed on what is going
on well understand that the representatives
know how to take care of each other. It’s a
case of you tickle me, and I'll tickle you.
government price-support program — or perhaps
because of it—we still have a farm problem in
this country which could easily erupt into a se
rious social cancer.
I remember well what happened to the farm
er in the thirties and what happened to the rest
of the economy as a result of the decline in the
farmer’s economic position. In those days, the
farm problem was seemingly a more arresting
public issue than it is today. At least, it evoked
more discussion in business and political circles.
How the Chemurgic Movement Began
In an effort to improve the demand of that
era, the National Farm Chemurgic Council was
organized at an historic con
ference held in 1935 at Dear
born, Michigan, under the aus
pices of Henry Ford and Fran
cis P. Garvin, President of the
Chemical Foundation. Another
leader in the movement was
Wheeler McMillen of 'Die Farm
Journal. The idea was to en
courage research which would
lead to an expansion of markets
for American farm products to
be used as industrial raw mate
rials. From the beginning, I supported the aims
of this council.
Since then, the whole movement of allying
chemistry with agriculture has grown tremen
dously. In March of this year, the old National
Farm Chemurgic Council was superseded by a
new and larger organization called the Council for
Agricultural and Chemurgic Research. The new
organization will continue to encourage individ
ual research projects looking toward th' discov
ery of new crops and new characteristics of old
crops. In addition, it will set up the machinery
to coordinate the various agricultural-chemical
projects trhich are being undertaken. Fanners'
sons should learn of this work before leaving the
per, flourine, lead, lithium, mag
nesium, manganese, phosphor
ous, potassium, silicon, silver, so
dium, strontium, and zinc! Truly
the resuorces of the sea provide
plenty of opportunity for the
new College of Fisheries at Glou
cester, Massachusetts.
Honored At
University Of Go.
Miss Mary Catherine Anderson,
daughter o{ Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Anderson of this city, has been
elected house president of the Pi
Beta Phi sorority at the Univer
sity of Georgia, where she is a
member of the sophomore class.
Miss Anderson has also been se
lected as a board member of the
student union council.
Vocation Bible School
At Brood Street
The Vacation church school will
'be held at Broad Street Methodist
church May 30 through June 4.
Classes for children 4 through 12
years of age will be each morn
ing from 9 to 11 o’clock.
Parents are urged to have their
children there promptly at 9
o’clock each day, those in charge
state.
Workers in the school this year
are: Director of opening exercises,
Mrs. Lewis Pitts; Supt. kindergar
ten Dept., Mrs. J. M. Hatton, Jr.;
teachers, Mrs. L. S. Reddeck, Mrs.
Herachel Thomason; Supt. pri
mary Dept., Mrs. T. J. McCarty;
teachers, Mrs. George Reid, Mrs.
A. G. Sublett.
Supit. junior Dept., Mrs. Roy
Gasque; teachers, Mrs. Henry
Simmons, Mrs. D. T. Rooney and
Mrs. W. R. Pitts, Jr.
Students helpers in each class
will be Barbara Simmons, Joyce
Simmons. Mrs. P. B. Caldwell is
superintendent of the children’s
division.
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