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Page Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE - Thursday, OddUr *7, l»tt (ElUttmt (Cljrnnirlr EsUblkhcd ItM PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable in Advance) Ot 5 Year $2.50, Six Months $1.50 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C., under Act oif 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 are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. Member: South Carolina Press Association, National Editorial Association National Advertising Representative: AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York, Chicago, Detroit Philadelphia CLINTON, S. C., THl’RSDAY^ OCTOBER 27, 1955 Clinton-And Athletics Speaking from an athletic viewpoint (and from almost any other, for that mat ter), citizens of Clinton are indeed fortun ate. Few cities, and almost no other towns its size, can equal it in the number of ath letic events its people can see during the year. Beginning in September and continu ing practically up to the follownig Septem ber an athletic attraction of one kind or another is available w r eek after week, and sometimes two or three come in the same week. A couple of weeks ago two football games occurred here on the same night. Presbyterian College, Clinton High School, Thomwell High School, and Bell Street (Negro) High School, all have their football teams in the fall, followed by bas ketball in the winter, and baseball in the spring. Continuing on into the summer, the boys leagues have their baseball schedules on a well organized basis, and if the local teams are successful (as they frequently are), tournament play prolong# the activi ties and community interest. So, we say, it is a fortunate situation in which Clinton finds itself. And the most desirable feature of that fortunate situation is the calibre of the men who head these athletic programs. Who can set a value on the worth of these men in training these hundreds of boys who come under their tutelage? Walter Johnson, Lonnie McMillian, Bill Crutchfield and others at Presbyterian College; Fleming Thornton, Burl Allen and Choc Burnette, at Clinton High; Dick Templeton, at Thomwell; Templeton, again, and his helpers, with the boys leagues; and E. F. Watts at Bell Street— all serving admirably in teaching and training future citizens. Not to be overlooked are the girls bas ketball programs at Clinton High and Thomwell, and the industrial teams at the cotton mills in this area. If anybody in Clinton wants to see an athletic event, he certainly won’t have much trouble in finding one. Can Business Stand It? Much discussion recently has pivoted on the phrase “guaranteed annual wage." Such discussion was spurred on by the signing of a private supplemental unem ployment compensation plan .by the Ford Motor Company and the General Motors (’orporation with United A u t o mobile Workers-CIO. What, however, do manufacturers feel would be the effects of a so-called “guar anteed annual wage” widely imposed throughout all industry. The National Association of Manufac turers recently held a workshop, attended by representatives of hundreds of compan ies. on this problem in New York City. The mswers to a questionnaire presented there .should be studied by everyone. (1) 52% of the 279 companies answer ing said the number of jobs in their busi ness would be reduced by a GAW pro gram. (2) 52% said expansion in their firms would be discouraged. . (3) 19% said new product develop ment would be discouraged. (4) 28 % said the obtaining of new capital weuld be discouraged. (5) 61% said plans for general busi ness expansion would probably be deter red. With the above percentages in mind, it seems appropriate to quote the following from a recent newsletter of the First Na tional City Bank of New York: "At the same time it must be frankly recognized that the door has been opened to a continuing movement toward GAW, toward full pay for idle men, mounting fi nancial costs, and shrinking inducements to work . . . Giving away money without corrupting the recipient is an ancient mor al problem. A productive country can af ford generous aids to people in adversity. "Prosperity does not come from well- paid indolence. Money is worthless un less people will work to earn it These arc things we must never forget as we Consid er where the trail of GAW leads.” The Farm Picture Much is being heard about the agricul tural situation these days. Farm income is about 30 per cent down from the tower ing peak reached during the Korean War. The Democratic high command hopes to make important political capital out of that next year, and Republican leaders have acknowledged that it is a problem to which they they are giving intensive at tention. The political war will be largely lought over the issue of high rigid farm price supports, as urged by the Democrats, versus the flexible support plan introduced by Secretary Benson and adopted by the Republican policy makers. As with all political imbroglios, the oratory tends to generate more heat than light. So an objective look at the over-all agricultural picture is in order. First of all, the basic economic struc ture on which the nation's farm structure rests certainly seems solid. Agricultural assets are estimated at $163,000,000,000, including real estate, cash and investments and other property. Farm debt, by con trast, is only about $18,000,000,000. Re ports from rural areas indicate that farm ers are still buying machinery, automo biles, and other commodities on a big scale. Over the years, the farmer’s relative position has greatly improved. In 1915, according to a Nation’s Business account, the average farmer made only 33 per cent of the income of the average non-farmer. By 1954 the ratio had risen to 54 per cent. It is still increasing. And, of course, farm ers get additional benefits in the form of things they raise and consume themselves. Coming down to the immediate pres ent, Time magazine has succinctly sum med up and analyzed the farm problem. It cites facts and figures, some of which are gloomy. Yet, Time finds, the picture is not as bad as it is painted—and "the price and parity statistics do not tell the w'hole story. One thing that is often overlooked is that farmers’ incomes shot up faster and farther than those of other groups during World War II and ensuing years. Accord ing to Time, the per capita jump was al most 300 per cent from 1939 through 1951, as compared with 175 per cent for non-farm incomes. Furthermore, Time says, "Historically, farm prices have plum meted at least 50 per cent after a war; in ♦ he years since the Korea peak, the drop has been only 21 per cent.” And the drop in per capita farm income has been much less—only five per cent—due to the fact that the farm population has heavily declined. To quote Time again, “Farmers who remain have bigger farms, run them more efficiently and are earning enough money to expand still more.” Time marshals some other gratifying facts and opinions, mostly from official government sources. Farm land prices are rising. So are farmers’ assets, which now average about $22,000 a family. And the Department of Agriculture predicts that farm prices have reached bottom, and that there will be little further decline this year. As for the price support issue, no one knows what the ultimate solution will be. But one thing is sure—the cost to the tax payers, a classification which includes farmers along with everyone else, is enor mous. The government spent $2,100,000,- 000, a new high, in supporting these prices in the last fiscal year alone. And the to tal expenditure in crop buying and loans has reached $7,000,000,000. SENSING THE NEWS By THURMAN SENSING Ex •entire Vic* President Southern States Industrial Council THE WOLF AND THE GOAT One of Aesop’s Fables reads as follows: “A wolf looked up one day and saw a goat browsing near the edge of a high cliff. ‘My dear friend,’ he cried in his most sympathetic voice, ‘aren’t you afraid you will get dizzy and fall and hurt yuorself?” But the goat went on feeding. “TTie wolf tried again. ‘Isn’t it terribly windy up there so high with no shelter at all?’ But the goat went on picking grass. “ ‘Besides’, shouted the wolf, ‘I am sure that you will find the grass far sweeter and more abundant down here.’ , “Then the goat replied: ‘Are you quite sure, friend wolf, that it is my dinner you are so solici tous about, and not your own?* ” Aesop stated as the moral of this fable, “Be ware of a friend with an ulterior motive.” This, of course was good advice and this is just one of many of Aesop’s Fables that we would still do well to heed. The particular application we would like to make of it here is in connection with the politic ians who are always claiming that their every act is based on what is in the “best interests of the people.” It could perhaps happen that there might come along some day a politician whose acts and de cisions would be so based. In the meantime it would be well for the people to do their own thinking and not let the politicians do it for them. In other words, when they hear these — and they will tell thick and heavy on their ears during this next election year—themselves the question, are the politicians making them in the interest of the people or of their own dectiac? Gets College Alumni Award Dr. Henry M. Brimnu former Clinton resident and one of the nation's outstanding librarians, is shown hare receiving the Alum ni Gold P Award as Presbyterian Collage's alumnus-of-the-year for 1955. It is prseented to him by Dr. Marshall C. Dandy, execu tive secretary of the Board of Christian Education for the Presby terian Church US. who is also a PC alumnus. This presentation, at Presbyterian College's recent homecoming luncheon., was made to Dr. Brimm for his work as librarian at Union Theological Semi nary in Richmond, Va. 4-H Boys And Girls From Laurens County Win State Achievement Honors The annual State 4-H Achieve ment Assembly was held in Co lumbia at the Jefferson hotel Friday and Saturday, October 21 and 22. The names of over 100 boys and girls twere announced as state winners in various 4-H club projects and activities at an achievement banquet held rat the Jefferson Friday night. Dorothy Culbertson, a member of the Laurens Counyt-Wide 4-H club and from the Hickory Tav ern community, was one of the top state winners. Dorothy wsa awarded a trip to the Uational 4-H Congress which will be held in Chicago the latter part of No vember. She received this award for her outstanding work in senior 4-H health improvement Other state winners from the county were: Dorothy Haynes, Whitten Village club, who re ceived a 19-jewel engraved watch on her bread making dem onstration. Kay Martin’ and Leathea Simmons, Camak senior 4-H club, received 19-jewel en graved watches for their better foods team demonstration. Gene Marie rand Joe Hill received a 4-H pen and pencil set each for their state miscellaneous team demonstration. Mattie Lee Wylie of Whitten Village club, received a $25.00 savjngs bond for being first place district winner in the canning project. Others attending the achievement assembly were: Ben Brockington, Thomwell club, and Don Willis, county-wide club, attended as members of hte state 4-H dairy judging team. Hyett Chapman, also a member of the state judging team, was unable to attend the meeting. At tending the meeting with the representatives from Laurens county were Miss Myrtice Tay lor, home agent, and R. J. Ben nett, assistant county agent bonds and other awards were The trips, watches, medals, made available by various com mercial companies, organizations and individuals who cooperate with the Extension Service in helping further the 4- Hclub pro gram. The South Carolina cal banks, sponsored the trip to Bankers association, through lo be rs and also sponsored the ban- Columbia for the 4-H club mem- quet. The 4-H club projects are con ducted under the supervision of the State 4-H club agents, and district and county agents and local leaders with the assistance of subject matter specialists. There are some 55,000 boys and girls enrolled in 4-H clubs in the 46 counties of the state. During November and Decem ber, county and club 4-H groups will hold Achievement Day. right every way ARROW DARF preferred by America's best-dressed men 3.95 Arrow Dart, shirt choice ot the style-conscious, is s choice shirt indeed! 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