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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.
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