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a. / 4i r i - / - im —mi mi T—wnruii’ •/ Pa^e Fourteen THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Strom Hiurmond *?A Humn is Born ^ 1 BY CLINT IbONNER ^SOOOOOOOOOOl] President Submits the Budget President Eisenhower submit ted to the Congress a balanced budget for the fiscal year 1957. It will total approximately $66 billion The largest share. 61 per cent, will be used to maintain our national defense system. » In addition to proposing a bal anced budget for 1957, the Presi dent has also stated that he ex* to determine whether drur state cap be certified for locating new defense industries under the Gov ernment’s industrial dispersion program. The dpeartment will check the population and indus trial cnocentrations in each coun- ty*With a view toward qualifying the state as conforming to Gov ernment standards for dispersing defense industries. Should our state qualify, this Only Trust Too ill to preach, a preacher^ writes hymns Thursday, February 2,1956 pects to balance the J° r , certification could be instrumen- fiscal year 1956 Both budgets- ta j bringing new defense and are expected to have small sur pluses which will be used to help retire our nation’s 278 billion dol lar debt. 1 shall be happy to see the budget balanced for both years, nad I also welcome a reduction in the national debt Id addition. I hope that unnecessary spending overseas and 4 a greater exercise of economy in government at home can be effected and result in some reduction of taxes. SC Money In Budget Included in the President’s budget recommendations for 1957 is approximately $50 million for civil works and military con struction projects in South Caro lina. The proposed miljtary^ spending in our state totals M38,- 968.000. These projects are sched uled for military installations ai Beaufort. Charleston, Columbia, Greenville ,Myrtle Beach. Pams Island, and Sumter. The largest single item is $17,384,000 for re building the old air station at Beaufort. . Recommendations for civil projects include $10 million for construction of Hartwell dam across the upper Savannah River Valley and $297,000 f r ; dredging Port Royal Harbor. Survey For New Industries The Commerce Department has agreed to survey South Carolina other industries to South Caro lina, Brdadcast On Segregation At the request of the British Broadcasting Corporation. I pre sented the Southern viewpoint regarding the Supreme Court’s segregation decision to BBC’s listeners on Wednesday evening. BBC officials asked that I make a, recorded interview with Mr. Don Minifie of BBC so both sides of the question could be present ed to the people of Great Brit ain. They had heard the other side previously. Mr. Minifie said he and many Britons were impressed with the legal argument against the court decision. They were unaware of the fact that the same Congress which framed the 14th Amend ment also established separate schools in the District of Colum bia. This is the amendment which the court relied upon in handing down its 1954 decision. Mr. Minifie asked me during the interview what alternatives would we Suotherners suggest in view of the court’s rulings. I told him we would suggest a reversal of this decsion and other recent encroachments on the rights of the states and a return to a strong and healthy respect for the Con stitution as written by our fore fathers. The church eervlce over, a group of men lin gered outside. Oce of them was a retired minister who had been out of the pulpit three years. He had quit preaching a couple of times before, but had * gone back when his health mended. Now he was 64, his health was no better and he was out for good. Maybe some of the men nptf feeling well, or maybe they didn’t John Hart Stockton was reared a Presbyterian in New Hope, Pa., where he was born in 1813. But when he was l*,,he went to a Methodist camp meeting and six years later changed over to that denomination. He wanted to be a preacher, but it ‘wasn't until 1857, when he was 44 years hid, that he ventured to take a fulltime church in the New Jersey Conference, Even then he was in and out of service because of his health. He loved music and poetry so, when he couldn’t preach, he wrote hymns whwi he felt up to it The year he retired he collected his songs and published them in a book titled “Salvation Melodies” and. in 1875, came out ' with another called “Precious Songs.” And when Moody and Sankey came to Philadelphia in the Winter of '75 he helped with the revival. On his travels Evangelistic Singer Ira Sankey always carried what he called his “musical acrap- Come, ev'ry soul by tie oppressed There's mercy with the Lord, And. He will surely give you rest By trusting in His word. For Jesus shed His precious blood, Rich blessings to bestow; Plunge now into the crimson flood That washes white os snow. book.” Into this collection he put of verse and music. Crossing the Atlantic June, 1873. Santey had time to study his scrapbook. Com ing across the Rev. Stockton’s hymn. “Come, Every Soul By Sin Oppressed" Sankey liked everything but the chorus, which began “Come to Jesus, Come to Jesus, Come to Jesus now ...” So he changed It Maybe some of the men noticed he wasn’t to “Only trust Him, Only trust Him, etc.” and sang it that way in London. The hymn went over so well that it was picked up from one end of the Island to the other and Sankey wrote Stockton that he thanked God for such “sweet music, as well as words.” i * John Hart Stockton also wrote sweet musk for the words 6t other writers. The world still sings his composition to the Rev. Elisha Hoffman’s camp meeting favorite, “Down at the Cross Where My Saviour Died . . . Glory to His Name . . ." Ma^be the men who walked out of Philadelphia’s Aren Street Church that Sunday in March, 1877 noticed that their retired preacher friend wasn’t feeling well, or maybe they didn’t Whatever the conversation, it was cut short While the men talked, John Hart Stockton collapsed ... and fell dead. He was not quite 65, but what matters a few years? His life would have been worthwhile had he done no more than write hymns like this ... Yes, Jesus is the Truth, the Woy, / That leads you Into restr . . Believe in Him without delay, And you ore fully blest. Come, then, ond join this'holy bond, ' ' And on )o glory go, To dwell in that celestial land. Where joys immortal flow. Biatrlbutrd by IlluitrateS PeehirM Syndic*!*, SIrwTnJFaB pi i p a *■ | ■ Persons 65 Or Over NdShCS rrom AtlGld ! May Get Benefits Even If Working Invitations-Annouilcements Reception-Visiting Cards I HIGHEST QUALITY ENGRAVING Samples Gladly Shown CHRONICLE PUB. CO. Stationery Department Support Your Local Chamber of Commerce Pepsi-Cola Refreshes * . \,;V\ < . . * ^ 4(3'’"' '' \ 4 'ft' filling Finer at Any Price Reduced * t In Calories ...TAKE HOME A CARTON * TODAYI t PEPSI COLA BOTTLING CO. & Greenville, g. C. Taken from Recent Reporta of Extension County Farm Agents Barnwell, D. Austin Shelley.— Dick Christopher, Who recently re turned from Denmark, where he spenf several months with farm families as an International Farm Youth j Exchange delegate, spoke to the Ellenton Agricultural club December 17. He gave an interesi- "ing talk, well illustrated with col ored slides, on agriculture and rural life in Denmark. His talk was well received by the club, and the members expressed a genuine interest in the IFYE program. Chesterfield, J. C. Willis.—Tur key producers who followed good management practices showed a profit from turkey production in 1955. The profit varied from 50 cents to $1.75. per bird. Calvin Rivers, of Chesterfield, is build ing a house to brood 2,500 addi tional birds this season. Several other growers plan to build addi tional turkey houses. Calhoun, O. W. Crain.—Farm ers are beginning to take more in terest in having their soils tested. Some very good results were ob tained last year by farmers who had their soils analyzed and who followed the county agents’ recom mendations ^ for liming and fer tilizing these soils. Edgeffield, O. W. Lloyd.-^J. D. Kemp, Edgefield, has a very out standing demonstration - of rota tion grazing. His entire herd of more than 60 Angus cattle has been grazed some each day for a period of 8 weeks on an 11-acre demonstration. This has been ac complished by (1) early seeding of rye. (2) cross fencing with an eluetric fence, and (3 allowing the cows to graze only what they could eat in 1 to 2 hours per day. Greenville, J. K. Jones.—Dairy ; farmers are becoming more and more conscious of the importance of good silage. Based on a survey of dairy farmers and other infor mation, we estimate there were 35 trench silos dug in the county during 1955, and 5 upright silos were constructed. This makes a total of 82 trench and 60 upright silos now in use in the county. We plan to encourage further the con struction and use of silos in 1956 Newberry, P. B. Ezell. — The Bang’s testing and calfhood vacci nation program is being given con siderable time. The last summary of this work in the county for the period ending November 2$ shows that 8,709 cattle in 797 herds were tested and that 678 calves were vaccinated. Vocational agriculture teachers are cooperating in this program. Oconee, J. C. Morgan.—The 22 farmers who entered the 1-acre corn contest this year made an average yield of 104.69 bushels of Com per acre. This is the highest average yield of corn produced per I acre for any ,year of the contest in this county. Fifteen of the con testants made over 100 bushels of com per acre with 145.34 bush els on 1 acre as the highest yield. Orangeburg, J. C. McComb.— The Number 1 forestry practice in this county this winter seems to be that of setting pine seedlings. The local woodyard distributed 200,000 seedlings, a cooperative truck shipment from the state nursery arranged through the county agent’s office totaled 163,- lings, and a few farmers seedlings by ex press. W. J. Martin. — The lock bam, which is be- by the Spartanburg Producers asso- nearing completion. The County Foundation made -16,000 available for build ing the bam. The first sale in (he new bam will be (he annual Blue Ridge Tat Stock Show and Sale scheduled for March. Persons past 65 who have suf ficient coverage to be eligbile for old-age insurance benefits, but have not filed application for ben- ing, were reminded' today by Miss Martha F, Pressly, manager of the social security office at Greenwood, that if their earnings in 1955 are sufficiently low they may receive full or partial bene fits for the year. ‘•We’ are inclined to believe,” Miss Pressly said, “that there are people who could receive benefits for 1955 who have so far not tak en advantage of their rights, be cause of misunderstanding or con fusion as to the new retirement test in the law.” “In brief, an individual who was past 65 years of age the en tire year of 1955, and who has had sufficient covered employment or self-employmen.t to be eligible for benefits can receive benefits for the entire year 1955 if his total earnings for the year do not ex ceed $0210. He can receive par tial benefits if his total earnings do not exceed $2080, even though he works throughout the entire year.” efits because they are still work*' 1° ^ e ' case a self-employed person, the net profit from the trade or business is what is con sidered “earnings.” Further information and assist ance in filing application for ben efits may be secured by contact ing the Social Security Adminis tration office at Greenwooc^ or Edward G. Copestake, Hampton Ave., Clinton, local representa tive. $24 million invested in the -87 Production Credit Associations in the Farm Credi^ District of Co lumbia.' The Clinton Production Credit Association is included in the Columbia district. Farmer-owned capital and sur plus showed an increase of $1,- 665,088 for the year ended Dec. 31, 1955. According to Robert A. Darr, president of the Federal Inter mediate Credit Bank and presi dent of the Production Credit As sociation, loans by FCA to farm er members amouhted to $112,- 375,384, an increase of $1,416,- 393 for the year. Collections for 1955 were nearly $6 million greater than in 1954, reflecting the better crop yields over the district. Production Credit Associations are local credit cooperatives which make prdouction and inter mediate capital loans to their members. All 87 associations in the Columbia District are owned by farmers. Forty-eight of them now own their office buildirtgs valued at $842,453. g Federal and other income taxes paid for the year amounted to $412,768.40. Rebo E. Parrish Promoted To Pfc. In Women's Army Corps Fort McClellan, Ala., Jan. 23— Reba E. Parrish, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Parrish, Sr., 92 Pal metto St., Clinton, has been pro moted to private first class. Pfc. Parrish entered the service in March, 1955, and completed the clerk-4ypist course'at the Wom en’s Army Corps school here. She is now the records maintenance clerk at the .post personnel office. Fort McClellan is the home of the chemical corps training command, chemical corps school, Women’s Army Corps center and school. Post personnel provide logistical support for these activities and to some 30,000 National Guardsmen and Reservists who train here each summer. 'j Pfc. Parrish was graduated from Clinton high school in 1954. (Be fore joining the WACs, she was employed by the Clinton Mills as a payroll clerk. i Q THI up>» »OOM NASHVIU.I TtNMtSSn THE. WORLD S MOST WIDELY USED DEVOTIONAL GUIDE THURSDAY, JANUARY 5 These words spatt Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, . . ^.1 pray for them. (John 17:1, 9). In his autobiography, Lincoln Steffens told this incident. As a small boy, he mounted his pony early one morning and hurried to bring the doctor to his friend, a Mrs. Neely, who was veqy ill. “You’re a brave boy,” said the doctor; “we’ll save her together. You’ve done your part, and I’ll do mine.’ Lincoln. Steffens protested. His part was not over. “What’ll you do now?” asked the doctor. “I’ll pray for her. She wants me to.” “Good,” replied the doctor. He added, “Maybe the best thing I can do will be to tell her you are praying for her!” Two thousand years ago our Lord knelt in prayer. Something happened. Defeat was turned into victory. Out of weakness came strength. This first week of the new year, we kneel in prayer. This may well be the best thing we can do for ourselves, our families, our church, our world. ' PRAYER Heavenly Father, Thou dost exhort us to pray. Thou hast prom ised to grant that which we ask in faith. Encourage us b(y the assur ance that Thou dost always desire our good, and dost will Thy best for us. Nothing is too hard for Thee. Help us to trust Thee. For the Master’s sake. Amen. e . Formers Invest $24 MilHon In Credit Agencies Farmers now have more than Subtcriba to THE CHRONICLE Phona 74 Dr^Fred E. Holcombe OPTOMETRIST Offices at 2uu South Broad SL Phone 65? Office Moan 1:90 fa 54# AT YOUR FRIENDLY REXALL DRUG STORE We Can Supply All Your Family And Household Needs From Carefully Com pounded Prescriptions To Sundries And Cosmetics. HOWARD'S PHARMACY PHONE 101 r IS way you save IF YOU ACT NOW, YOU CAN CUT YOUR FIRST COST STILl MORE. RECORD MERCURY SALES ARE NOW PER MITTING US TO OFFER UNUSUALLY HIGH TRADE-IN ALLOWANCES FOR YOUR PRESENT CAR, YOU COULDN’T PICK A BETTER TIME TO MOVE UP TO THE BIG r BIG M PRICES START BELOW 30% OF ALL MODELS IN THE * LOW-PRICE FIELD.* . New SAFETY-SURGE V*8 angina with al new high in horsapowar New high in viable power (torque) for pickup, passing, hill-climbing 10 big new Safety-First features 15 glamorous new models, including a whole fleet of low- silhouette hardtops Consistently highest resale value in Hs field *Iom4 Oft a cofttporifon of manufacturei M/ggorfod M or factory rotoM prfcoi mng tfw Marcvry Modo/iif 2 deyr, 4-pouoftffor For!956_The Ug buy is THE BIG (MERCURY BALDWIN MOTOR CO. Narth Bread St. — Clinton, 8. C.