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6 ' i ' ■ p ajf« Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, July 25, 1957 ! 1 atyp (Ulintan (H^rnntrlr ' , i : Establlahed 1WKI Job 4. 1889 — WILLIAM WILSON HARRIS ^ June 13. 1955 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable in Advance) ...One Year $3.00, Six Months $2.00 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton. S. C., under Act of Congress March 3, 1879 The Chronicle 'seeks the cooperation of it* aubscribers 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 w ill not be noticed This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents Member: South Carolina Press Association, National Editorial Association AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION National Advertising Representative: TION — New York, Cnicago, Detroit Philadelphia CLINTON. S.iC.. THURSDAY. JULY 25. 1957 To Demand More From High School Students The Association of South Carolina' Col- * lepes ami the South Carolina School Admin istrators Association joined last week in an- nouncinp # move that is of more than pass-, inp interest to citizens of the state in gener al. but more especially to parents of pupils in our high schools./ • More stringent requirements in mathe matics for South Carolina high^sehools were announced as result of a study recently com pleted by a joint committee ^composed of rep resentatives from the two organizations. The high school mathematics program will be de^ignYd to prepare adequately pupils planning to attend college, and obviate the need for remedial college math classes. The program which will result from the study and the recommendations represents a forward step in education in South Caro lina. said Dr. Boyce Grier, of Lander College, president of the Association of South Caro lina Colleges. "I believe that we can count on the full cooperation of-every high school and college within the state.’’ Still more stringent mathematics require ments will be instituted for high school stu dents who expect to enter college science and engineering programs. u ... From the tone of the announcement we get the impression that a tightening up both „ in courses offered and quality of work to be demanded of students is anticipated. Too, the joint committee has also appoint- ed a sub-committee to study language arts, and a report on that phase is expected in the near future. No more important subjects are offered in our schools than studies in mathematics and the English language. Those who have been in touch 'with students, especially college 1 students, have long recognized the deficien cies in t hose who, after years of study, should have l*een more proficient. A woeful lack of preparation in these subjects is apparent in thousands of students in colleges all over South Carolina. Well-trained minds result from careful, • conscientious, adequate study in these sub jects. There will be weeping and wailing from those who take the required subjects, espe cially math pupils, for many of us do not have "mathematical minds.” And the study of the English language is paramount, if for no other reason than to learn to express our selves in an intelligent manner. Too much- stress cannot be given to th§ mechanics of I n l, i (FrpH- cent years has not been given the impor tance in our schools that it deserves. We recall a Presbyterian College professor who told one of his students (editor of thk college newspaper): ‘‘Mr. So-and-So, you can’t write two sentences without having a mistake in both of them!” And we suspect the math professors have often Expressed the same exasperation. Who Should Pay? Throughout the country, efforts are pe riodically made to increase the legal load limits of the huge commercial trucks.»That happened this year in Texas. It caused the Austin Statesman to point out that accord ing to jhithorities, ”... a highway can be huilt’for about $40,IKK) a mile for normal pas senger traffic, while the same highway costs around 6,60,000 a mile for the present load limits; and would cost somew’here around $75,QpU a mile to. be built heavy enough for the proposed increase in the weight load. A legitimate question for citizens, taxpayers • ' ' and legislators is: “If that sort of highways are to he built, who should pay the added cost?” 1 hat question gets more potent all the tune in the light of the multi-million dollar new federal highway program, and the eyer-in- creasing appropriations the states are called upon to provide for l>oth building and main taining roads. •J* • A •• *• »• •• •»«» *V«V«W» *W»V# •• *V*W#V* *W# • • « •«•••« •« •• SENSING THE NEWS By THURMAN SENSING Executive Vice President Southern StAtes Industrial CourictL ».♦ # » e.ee.ee »e.»a*e>>*.»e>e>a.»e.e e.ee.eejee.e e.»e.e e.e eje+jee.e e.e e>e ♦ 4 . * V * »W»e *Ve VWeVe «VV»V»« ee #«>«VeV» eeVV+e aVeVeVee e«Vf •♦»**•»•*♦*•••••••#• *• COMMUNISM ON THE MAYFLOWER The coming of the Pilgrims to the New England coast in 1620 forms a glamorous chapter in Ameri can history. Now, 337 years later, we have been hearing and reading much about a rather thrilling and adventuresome duplication of the trip in a replica of the original. Mayflower in which the first trip was made. It would therefore seem to be an appropriate time to review, a little known fact about the system of government or control the people on the original Mayflower set up for themselves. The fac: that is generally ignored, overlooked and unknown about this landing at Massachusetts Bay 337 years ago is that it marked the first com munist settlement in America. The main lessor about this settlement that is generally ignored, overlooked and unknown is that this experiment in communism failed within three years’ time, and —for their very survival—the Pilgrims had to turn to what we know as the free enterprise system. Through the years, it would have been—and it still would be—a valuable lesson to the pupils in the classrooms studying^American history if this lesson in the failure of communim—some people call it socialism; there is no real difference—-were emphasized. * Before landing, the Pilgrims entered into what is known as the Mayflower compact. Under this Compact, Plymouth was set up as a share-the- wealth community. Nobody owned anything. Whatever was produced belonged to the commun ity as a whole. They called this system "the corn- one course and condition.” They lived under this system from the desperate, disease-ridden first winter of 1620-21 until the hungry spring of 1623. Then they changed to private enterprise. W^iy? We find the answer in a book written by Wil liam Bradford, one of the leading original Pilgrims ctw-ynri governor nf Pl^mmith. Pnlnn.w., nntiitlaii Guernsey Cattle Club Members To ' Meet At Smith Farm I ( A S o u t h Carolina Guernsey Cattle Club twilight meeting will be" held at the farm of Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Smith, Kinards, Rt. 1, on Tuesday at 5:00 p. m. Dariymeh and their wives from over the state will attend the meeting. The program; beginning at 5:00, will include a demonstration of desirable characteristics of a good dairy c o w, by C. G. Cushman, Clem son College Extension Dairy Specialist; a dairy cow judging contest; and observation of cow families and daughters of bulls being used in the Smith herd. A dutch barbecue supper will be served at 6:30. * After supper. Mr. Cushman will speak - on “Efficiency * in Dairy Production,” and C. J. . Jacobs, field representative of the Ameri can Guernsey Cattle Club, will talk on "Breeding Guernsey Cat tle Today.” A film, “Golden Heritage,” will be shown. C. B. Cannon, Laurens County Agent, will be master of ceremon ies. ' . Mr .and Mrs. Smith have a reg istered Guernsey dairy herd and are recognized as one exf the out standing farm families of the state. Mr. Smith was named as South Carolina’s “Master Farmer" several years ago. PC Tennis Players Take Eastern Honors Two Presbyterian College ten nis players captured most of the honors in the fast Eastern States clay court tournament last Sun day. Jimmy Shakespeare, a rising junior from Hollywood, Fla., is the new Eastern States clay court singles champion after whipping XeiTBeck, of DutteT r-TK^ e-S, in the finals of the meet held in Philadelphia. And Harry Hoffman, Jr., a ris ing sophomore from Philadelphia, teamed with his father to win the doubles title. 'TOie father-son com bination defeated Bob Betsoh and John Benn, 6-2, 7-5, for the cham pionship. Shakespeare played number four man and Hoffman held down the number five spot on the,out standing PC squad which won 13 matches against four losses during the regular intercollegiate season last spring. Clinton Baptists To Have Workers Conference Monday The July Sunday School and Training Union Workers Confer ence of the First Baptist Church will be held on Monday evening, church officials state. Departments 1 and £ of the Sunday School will be hosts for the evening. -—— Elizabeth Glover At Conference Elizabeth S. Gtover, daughter; of Mr. and Mrs. John Glover, of Clinton, is attending Junior Con-1 ference at Camp Gravatt, the camp and conference center of the Telephone Employees Win Safety Award » ,v ~ Employees of the Bell Tele phone Companies have earned the Nationa IS a f e t y Council’s 1956 Award of Honor for the fifth time in six years. This award is based upon im provement in both frequency and severity of Occidents. Telephone employees have made their, work eight times safer than the avearge industry reporting to the Council. Fatalities in the communications industry in 1956 were the fewest for any year on record. “Employees here in Clinton,” said I. A. Edwards, manager for Southern Bell, ’have played an important part in the company’s over-all safety record. During 1956, very little time was lost as a result of accidents, either on or off the job." Brothers Awarded Military Service Cross Jerome Finley, of Mountville and his brother, Georage Finley, of Charlotte, N. C., were awarded the UDC Cross of Military Ser vice by the Beulah Meredith Chapter of Rock Hill, at the an nual picnic of all the chapters which met in Rock Hill on July 10. . - . ’ — Instrument Of Monopoly It is said that "The function of.the union shop is to furnish. the element of con.troj w hich is essential to complete .monopoly.” " This is undeniable. The worker’s wages and conditions are determined by the union. So is the amount and quality of work he may do. He must strike if the union tells him to. He must abide by any number of rigid rules, even though he may not agree with them. • If a worker fails to obey the union, he loses his 1 membership—and with it his job. leaders of several unions in recent months have exhibited a woeful lack of common de cency and morality so necessary in com manding respect of their memberships and of the nation. £ 5as> Here, in very brief summary, is why sen timent is growing for right to work laws, which guarantee everyone the right to join or not to join a union, as they voluntarily choose, without dictation from either the em ployer or the union. If that isn’t basic to our boasted free nation, nothing is. Greenville, S. C., Observer: “It is rather interesting to note that John C. Calhoun, the great South Carolina statesman, has been se lected as one of the five greatest United States Senators of all time. “Mr. Calhoun was selected because of the valianTfight which he put up Tn the Senate for the rights of the states. The noted South Carolinian must be oongtaiitly turning over in his grave as he sees the rights of states being usurped now.” “Of‘•Plymouth Plantation.’’ This book had an in teresting history itself. It was written by Brad ford in 1647, was available to historians until 1767, and then it completely disappeared from this coun try for almost a hundred years. It was located in the library of the Bishop of London in 1855. After long negotiations and finally upon formal re quest from “The President and Citizens of the United States,” Queen Victoria had it sent back and it now' reposes in the State House at Boston, Massachusetts. Printed copies are available in most major libraries. ,. The Pilgrims weren’t long under this “comone course and condition,” writes Bradford, until_ it "was found to breed-much confusion & discontent, & ritard imployment that would have been to their benefite and comforte. For the young men that were most able and fitte for labor and service did repine that they should spend their time & .strength to-worke for other mens wives and chil dren, without any recompense. The strong . . . had no more in-devission of. victuals & deaths than he that was weake ... “Upon the poynte all being to have alike, and all to doe alike, they thought themselves in the like condition, and one as good as another. And so, if it did not cut off those* relations that God hath set amongst men, yet it did at least much di mmish and take of the mutuall respects that should be preserved amongst them.” Instead of a Thanksgiving feast in the fall of 1622. there was literal starvation and hopelessly low morale. “So .they began to think how they might raise as much come as they coulde 1 . . that they mgiht • not still thus languish^ in misere. At last, after much debate of things^ the governor (Bradford himself) “gave way that they should set come every man for his own perticuler .... And so assigned to every family a parcell of land . . . This had very good success for it made all h$nds very industrious, so as much more come was plant ed then other waise would have bene.” The Pilgrims offered thanks for deliverance from communism with a great Thanksgiving feast in the fall of 1623. Then Bradford philosophizes somewhat, “The experience that was had in this comone course and condition, tried sundrie years, and that amongst Godly and sober men, may well evince the Vanitie of that conceite of Platos and other ancients, ap plauded by some of later times;—and the taking away of propertie, and bringing in communitae into comone wealth would make them happy and flo- rishing; as if they were wiser than God!” This is the story about the Pilgrims that should be taught in our schools—because “that “conceite of Platos and other ancients” is still “applauded by some of later times.” Men still have the idea “that the taking away of propertie, and bringing in com- munitie into a comone wealth would make them happy and flourishing.” Socialism and communism were tried many times before Plymouth Colony; they have been tried many times since. “As if they were wiser than God!" They have always failed. ^ « Why doesn’t mankind learn the lesson? Is it because the lesson is left out of, 6r unemphasized in, our history books? Protestant Episcopal Ghureh the Diocese of Upper South Caro lina, hear Batesburg. The Rev. Clyde L. Ireland, dio cesan Christian education and youth consultant, is camp manag er. NOW 9*ii SCttUBlESS mm £ Asnaa^AJi M*M~m***m* —t f m . £— wwmWtmw rIVJrV rvyS PPr Ike tint tim* «f tuck seWag print • Sit.nWts m iManku sift I 1 'cuktat 1 hit! •>» l*<t !»u • ?/ UpuMtil ••<•<•*•< pantimi Mpvt) %tu ' ONLY 21.50 rcuit ?'l’CTIC\ rcCAl* AT, LAWSON JOANNA J. R. Crawford SURVEYING CLINTON, S. C. Phone 3493 Joanna 29 From County Awarded Ribbons At 4-H Roundup Twenty 4-H club county win ners from Laurens County at tended Piedmont District Round- Up at Camp Loi^g, Aiken, July 16-17. Those receiving blue rib bons wer e Leathea Simmons, fruit Pie and Electric; Judy Bryant, garden; Harriett Montgomery, health; Mary Martha Bryson, leadership; Don Willis, achieve ment; Gene Marlar, boys agri cultural program; Gene Marlar and Sarah Estes, cooperative demonstration; Jerry Bryant and Jimmy Simmons, miscellaneous demonstration; Milton Burns, tractor; Earl Robertson, tractor operator. Those receiving red ribbons were: Mary Mungo, clothing; Martha Tinsley, dress revue; Sa rah Estes, food preparation; Caro lyn Revis, individual bread dem onstration; Mary Ann Robbs and Helen Reichle, dairy foods team demonstration; William Brown, dairy; Jerry Bryant, field crojis; Ben Vrouch, meat animals. Sarah Taylor received a white ribbon on her frozen foods. FOR ATHLETES FOOT Use T-4-L for 3 to 5 days. Watch the old tainted skin slough off leaving healthy, hardy akin. If not pleated with powerful. Instant drying T-4-L, your 40c back at any drug store. Today at McGee’s Drag Store. 18-3c Subscribe To THE CHRONICLE Phono 74 $2,000,000 (Par Value) SOUTHEASTERN FUND SINKING FUND SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES Due August 1, 1972 Southeastern Fund—An Installment sales finance company with principal offices in Columbia, South Carolina. The company spe cializes in the purchase of mobile hoarse contracts originating with dealers located in 12 southeastern and southwestern states. The Company owns a life insurance subsidiary and a fire in surance subsidiary. . * Offering by Prospectus Only * For Prospectus and Other Information Please Mail Coupon SOUTHEASTERN FUND, P. O, Box 1408, Columbia. S. C Please send me a copy of the Prospectus relating to South eastern Fund 6 l 2% Sinking Fund Subordinated Deben tures. NAME f. , ; MAILING ADDRESS ‘ CITY AND STATE (Please Print) Those receiving bl*u e ribbons will be eligible for state compe tition in their respective projects and- their records will be sent in to the State 4-H office by Sept. 1. Harriett Montgomery and Per ry Simpson took part on the tal ent program Tuesday night. Har riett sang a solo and Perry pre sented a ventriloquist act. They will be notified later if they are to take part in the state talent show held during Farm and Home Week at Cle Mimnaugh ABOUT THIS QUESTION: “Our power lawn mower threw a stone that struck the neighbor’s boy in the mouth, knocking put his front teeth. We feel awful about this and want his medical and dental bills paid. Will our Comprehen sive Personal Liability policy voluntarily pay the boy’s expenses?” Wm. J. Bailey Ins. Agency M. S. Bailey & Son Bankers Bldg. PHONE 1246 Teen-Age Dreams Come True In This Book ... 4 . • K" ’ • ' _ Really “hep” is this teen-ager! Her savings account book is her passport to the land of dreams-come-true. She’s learned early that while money doesn’t grow on trees, it DOES grow in this bank. So . . . she saves here con sistently, persistently! BEST TIME TO OPEN YOUR SAVINGS ACCOUNT IS NOW! Bank of Clintoti 3% Interest Paid On Savings Accounts Semi-Annually Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation MR* AND MRS* FARMERS ~ , ,, .... •, , ,• * come in and see our new ' PURINA FEED SERVICE I - We plan to give the best farm tupply service in town. That's why welve joined forces with Purina to offer you the world's best-known feeds, farm supplies and health aids. But we want to supply you with far more than feed. We hope to bring you feeding knowledge from the Purina Research Farms and the Pur- in* feeding experts. We’ll have back of us the disease control know-how of the Purina dis ease control laboratories. And we’re attending Purina schools to be able to give 1 you the friendly, helpful information we think you’ll like to have. Come in soon and look over our place. Let us show you opr many services to help you keep feeding costs down and results good. If you haven't time to atop in, call us and ask for what you need. Whether you’re Mr., Mrs. or Miss, you are welcome any time. Come in and $eeju$ • ..real toon POULTRY We handle the full Imesjbf Purina Starting, Growing and laywg Chows. Also poultry warmers, dismfZctants and many other Health Aids. Wecan supply you with Purina Broiler Chows or Turkey Chows, with Purino's com plete feeding directions. LIVESTOCK: Whether you have hogs, beef, cattle, sheep or dairy cows, we hove a Purina Chow mode to fit conditions in this community. Alto many Purina Health Aids and full information on how you can use them in warding off disease attacks. OTHER SERVICES; Seme of other services for farmers in , this community indude: Fern* service cells •» Pet Supplies, Gardes aad Lawn Supplies Of Plants In Regular farm delivery Fencing, seeds, fortMser •oby chicks and pewits GILES FEED & SUPPLY 203 N. Broad St * " • ~ Clinton, S. C Phone 1005 ’V.V.V.VAW.*.VV.VV.VAV