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r I , ( 1 I < ] C A ] € I Page Four K THKjCLUrfONCHEONICLR ol^r (ftlintnn (H^rnnirlr Established 19M PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY $2.00 Subscription Rate (Payable in ^Advance) — One Year $3,00, Six Months Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Pott Office at Clinton, S. C., under Act of Congress March 3, 1879 * , The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its tubscribers 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'iti correspondents. , ' Member: South Carolina Press Association, National Editorial Association National Advertising Representative: AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York, Cnicago, Detroit. Philadelphia CLINTON, S. C.. THURSDAY. JANUARY^, 1956 Mothers March Tuesday Night Tuesday night. Jan. 31—from 6:30 to 7:30 —will see the annual Mothers March Against Polio. The local American Legion Auxiliary- has volunteered to make a house-to-house canvass during the specified hour, with Mrs. Charles Burnett as chairman of the drive committee. '■I ' A number of members of this organization, aided by other Mothers who are vitally in- Terested, writ march forth to eolteet dimes, quarters and dollars for the National foun dation for Infantile Paralysis Jt is hoped that there will be a community-wide, generous, re sponse to help in the fight to conquer the curse of polio, the great crippler. We are making progress in the national fight, and while the light of hope is shining brighter- still we are not over the horizon. It' will take millions l>f dollars given by the American people annually to carry the polio fighters over the top and sweep them home on the wings of dollars gladly given. The fire siren will sound at 6.<10 Tuesday- evening asking every home in Clinton to “Light Your Porch Light," to let us all know that the “Mothers March On Polio" through out the nation is underway. Surely we will all want to have a part in this worthy appeal aimed at saving little children and rehabili tating thousands of others who have already become victims of the crippler. Previously- giving to the Community Chest is no excuse for turning down the Mothers on march with this appeal at our front door. This fight against polio is bigger than any other appeal. For the Auxiliary ladies we bespeak a courteous reception when they call Tuesday- night. Have your light turned on in order to expedite the work and to let them know you are interested in helping save our children. We express the hope that this commu nity’s "Mothers. March On Polio" will In* a grand finale to the drive for funds underway- in our country during January., We hope there will be no Ijomes where the porch light is not burning. Tj^at will be a welcome to the ladies and your gift will help in the fight that means the saving of little children and oth ers—an‘ultimate victory through scientific research over polio. ly, where cottpn acreage had jumped to high figures from year to year, effects of the con trol program were not felt nearly as much as in the Eastern areas. ,. , Wheat, cotton,, and tobacco now figure in the controlled acreage program. We do not grow tobacco in this up-state area. Laurens county farmers (and others over the state) during the period of low pric es for cattle wanted to increase their acre age in wheat and cotton, but' found them selves unable to do so because of the control program. ~ —— What can they do in' order to increase the income from their farms? While United States farmers have been decreasing their production of cotton, other countries of the world have been increasing theirs, principally Egypt, India, Africa, un- til today the U. S. farrflers are in danger of losing their world market. Are the nation’s farmers getting ready to scrap their whole control program? The resolution adopted by the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives at Los An geles could l>e a straw in the wind. Johnston, S. ('., Ridge Citizen: “There are powerful forces at work in this nation at tempting to federalize the schools along with the power industry and others. We should be on guard against these forces.” Antigo, Wise., Daily Journal: .“One of these days someone will demand that Wash ington guarantee profitable operation for ‘-(-those engaged in distribution as weU as for those engaged in production. They probably won’t get./t. with producers and consumers united in opposition, but it will stinwilate some logical thinking.” ; Aledo, 111., Times Record: “The combined CIO and AFL would be wise to see that they don t kill the goose that lays the golden egg. When factories shut down, strikes and wage demands seem pretty puny. If business suf fers. labor will suffer even more.” Crop Control 1 Program Under Fire The National Council of Farmer Coopera tives in sessioi^ last w«?ek in Los Angeles adopted a resolution condemning government limitatigns on crop production. The resolution called for maximum pro ductivity in agriculture atW "rewards for ef ficiency in production comparable to those of other segments of our economy.” News reports stated that the'resolution ap peared toJjeJjiloppesrtron to Present Eisen hower’s soil bank program, in which fanners would receive cash payment’s for taking land out of crop production. Some South Carolina farmers in recent years have been voicing sentiments that are in harmony with those expressed at Los An geles by the National Cooperatives. Cotton farmers, in particular (those with comparatively large acreage, at least) are not at all pleased with the situation in which they find themselves today. By no choice of their own, but because of inability to secure and keep farm labdr.They were forced to curtail the acreage of cotton, beginning a number of years ago. In the meantime, large Western areas were put to cotton, where mechanization is more feasible and a large labor force is not re quired, and where irrigation can guarantee a crop of huge proportions. Western production soared with the mil lions of new acres planted to cotton. Western States soon outstripped the more Eastern areas, which added together produced more cottonyhan the normal markets could absorb. In an effort to reduce the annual produc tion of cotton, acreage quota||were allotted each cotton-growing state (after the farm ers fhemselves had voted for controlled pro duction). ‘ But in the process, fanners of South Caro lina and other Eastern states, who had al ready degreased their acreage, were given a still smaller number of acres to plant (each farm being allowed a certain percentage of acres planted the,year before). ^ - AJodern methods of farming, including heavy fertilization, closer spacing, and other practices, kept production high and further cuts in acreage were necessary, reducing still further the acreage that each farm could put in cotton. In the Western states, California especial- SENSING THE NEWS By THURMAN SENSING Executive Vice President Southern States Industrial Council ONE IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE There should no longer be any doubt in the mind of anyone who keeps up with the news that both major political parties are now corriTViitted to the principle of the welfare state. In other words, they both believe, regardless of any protestations to the contrary, that the federal government should co for the people all those things we were tradi- ditionally taught to believe should be done by the individual citizens themselves or at least by (he locail governments. While there is no difference between the two parties in principle any more, there is still one im portant difference in method.- Whereas the Demo- cratic party, under the New and Fair Deals, saw no harm in borrowing money and lucre,asing the national debt in order to carry out these welfare projects, the present leadership of the Republican party believes that the people should pay for them in taxes as they go along. So if we are to choose the lesser of the two evils which is never a very satisfying choice^—we should undoubtedly choose the pay-as-you-go-plan. In that way we would at least not be passing on to our children the cost of the benefits we are enjoy- ing. • ^ ‘ Lets look at-thc r ulUfaLe program now prespnt- cu by the present administration—new kinds of ferm aid on a bigger scale, expansion of school lunch programs, disability insurance for older peo ple, increased federal housing, extension of social security, public health proposals, federal aid for schools, an increased highway program, federal aid to hospitals, and other schemes that are proposed to appeal to the masses of the voting public.And it is not confined to the domestic scene—^-a prac tically permanent program of foreign aid! So long as the people of this country realize v hat they are doing, so long as the majority of them vote tor the welfare ^tate*—^or-refrain from vqting^agalnst it—there is not much the individual CS % ^ 0<exce Pt continue to voice his protest so long daireedom of speech and freedom of the press are not taken jway from him. •'This the patriotic citi zen, who belives in the principles which made this nation great and who believes that it dan only re main great by maintaining these principles, will continue to de. BUYING TRIENDS WITH MONEY It is rather strange how we continue to hang on to the basic policy that we can buy friends with, money. Especially, since it cannot be shown this policy has worked in a single instance. Those na- tions*who are our frinds now—if we really have any—Svould still be our friends if we had not given them one cent of.aid. Sorfie of the nations we have helped most are continually drawing farther way.i .Take the case cf France. ► 1 , Since the end of the Second World War we have given France about $5,bijli6n in economic aid and about $5 billion in military aid. France has been the nation we have helped most second to Great Britain But the French people, with an average of $1 billion a year in help from American taxpay ers since the end of World War II, continue in large “humbers to favor the Communists. During the recent French national elections, 5,- 460,000 people ^roted communist. This was 26 per cent of the. totkl vote cast, and it resulted in the election of 150 Communists to seats in the French Assembly. ■ , What kind of ally is this to depend upon with a half million Amercian boys in Europe facing the Soviets Jto the east? France was a better friend and better ally before we started pouring out all this aid. You cannot buy friends with dollars. Dixon Seeks To Enlarge Carolina Stadium Capacity King Dixon, member of the House of Representatives from Laurens county, instituted a move last week to provide the second largest, stadium in the Atlantic Coast Conference for South "Car olina’s football team., * Dixon said he arKTRep^ Walter Brown, of Fairfield, and J. B. Har vey, of York, would co-sponsor legislation to authorize enlarge ment of Carolina stadium at Co lumbia from a capacity of 33,908 to 50,006. King Dixon, Jr., the Laurens leg islator's son, was the running sen sation of South Carolina’s fresh man team, which lost only one game last fall. Dixon said the bill would prob ably be introduced in the general assembly this week. Although de tails as'yet haven’t been worked out, the measure is expected to authorize 20 year bcfds to finance the $300,000 enlargement program. Dr. C. A. Cornelson Dies In Washington Dr. Charles Arthur Cornelson, 7“J, a native of Orangeburg, died Wednesday, Jan. 21, at the Gar field Memorial hospital in Wash ington, D. C. Dr. Cornelson was born and reared in Orangeburg, the son of tfip late George H. Cornelson and Angie Holman Cornelson. He re ceived his early education in the Orangeburg city schools. He graduated from Davidson college and received his M.A. and Ph D. degrees from Harvard. He also did post-graduate \\ork at universities in England and Ger many. ' For a number of years tie was the head of the English Depart ment at the State College in Pull man, Washington. He had been a resident of Washington, D. C., since 1927. He was an elder of the Pres byterian Church of the Pilgrims, ^ where he taught its Bible class. He war president of the Tildeh Gardens Apartments at the time of his death. ’' 1 - He was a brother-in-law of Mrs. Emma Bailey Cornelson, of Clinton. Her husband, the late Dr. George H. Cornelson, was for years pastor of the First Presby terian church in New Orleans. S. C. Cotton Boles Ginned, 564,433 ♦ Washington,. Jan. 23 — South Carolina ginned 564,433 bales of cotton from its 1955 crop through January 16. This total was reported today by the Census Bureau. u ' The 1955 ginhings compare with 519,345 bales of the 1954 crop through the same date a year ago. Bond Soles In County $493,959.08 For 1955 Series E and H savings bonds Sales in Laurens county for the year 1955 totaled $493,959.08, re ports D. F. Patterson, county sav ings bonds chairman. Sales for South Carolina during 1955 amounted to $27,181,887, which amount exceeed 1964 sales by more than one and a hall mil lion dollars, announced Burnell Sloan, state savings bonds chair man. . ’ ofcol and one-half years of College and plans to continue his schooling next fall. * While in Israel for five months last year, Curtis lived on seven settlements in different • sections of that country. Sharing in the daily Work and social life of his : Thuraday^January 26, 1956 host settlements, provided him an opportunity to observe and dis cuss the cucstoms, life and culture of both couiflries. _ k k)0 * ✓nR "l.! Wallace Has Many Speaking Dales On Israel Experiences Laurens, Jan. 21—Curtis Wal lace of Gray Court, Rt. I, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Wallace, has spoken at four meetings and has 11 more engagements which in clude Columbia and Florence, to speak on his trip to Israel., Curtis was an International Farm Ytfffth Exchange delegate to Israel in 1955. He is one of the five young men from South Carolina who have participated in this program which is sponsored by the National 4-H Club Foun dation, the ClemsoW Extension Service, and the South Carolina Master 4-H Club. Curtis lives on a 120 acre farm in Laurens county. He was an active 4-H club member for eight years? participating in local, coun ty and state 'activities. 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