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C„ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1957 A Magnificent Gift liiiurens County certainly owes a debt of gratitude to the Champion Paper Company for its jrift of approximately sixty acres bor dering .Lake Greenwood as a site for a picnic and recreation area for its citizens. The property will be developed by the coun ty. providing tables, cook-outs, shelters, water supply, and boat landings. ^ Lying immediately adjacent to*'Cothran bridge, and having a shoreline of about one and one-half miles up the lake, the land is ideally located. It is accessible to centers of population without too much travel, being ap- proximately TB"miles from both Clinton and Laurens. * . . The wooded tract in years to come, when properly developed, will furnish many happy hours for residents of Laurens County who will l>e forever grateful to Champion Paper Company for its generosity. We suggest “Champion Park” as a name for the area. Gambling Money Purified By Charity? ■ lY»lice raided several private clubs in Rock Hill the other day and confiscated 26 slot machines. The Elks Club, and VFW immediately an nounced that their charity work had l>oen halted. No further funds will be available for the purpose, they said. Two other clubs, the American Legion and the Moose, had nothing to say on the subject.. We suppose members of the clubs regard money received from operation of gambling devices^as being purified when put through the process of being given to charity. And maybe the machines are not even re garded as gambling devices. It is not gamb ling when one knows he is sure to lose. First Line Of Defense The soil conservation district supervisors constitute our first line of defense against* agricultural decay. They promote conserva tion among their neighbors. They bring their communities together to consider their land and water problems. They enlist the aid of all the federal,"state,* county, and local agen cies that can lemLa hand. They govern their districts, not by compulsion but by persua sion. Their purpose is to protect their com munities against the ravages of wind and water, and against misus^-of land. These farmers are building a better America, not for themselves alone but for the country as a whole. . \ ^ The whole Soil Conservation Service is of inestimable value to the nation. Influence Of The Tractor Various factors have contributed to what \\e know as the agricultural revolution. Pre eminent among, them all is horsepower—me chanical horsepower. According to Secretary Henson's notable book, “Farmers At The Crossroads”, in 1955 farmers owned 4,800,000 tractors — more t’han three, times as many.aji in 1940. AntL in addition, they had 4,500,000 automobiles; 2,800,000 trucks; 840.000 milking machines; and 960,000 combines. In the light of this, it should come as no surprise to us to learn that between 1940 and 1955 some 8.300,000 people left our farms. "For,” to quote Mr. Benson directly, "as agriculture grows more efficient, it re quires fewer people. As industry expands, it creates more jobs in the cities. The simple fact is that as farmers use more modern equipment, the machines and tools enable* each worker t» care for more acres and more animals. With today’s farm implements, the farmer is better able to produce enough to earn an income that will let his. family match the living of other American families.” There is still another important factor in volved. Mechanization of agriculture has made available a pool of labor that our fac tories sorely needed. These people work at well-paid jobs and produce television sets, automobiles, appliancesTTurniture and the thousand-and-one other things which sus tain our unrivaled material living_atandardS: The transition from the farrp to the factory ha> worked not only to their benefit, but to the benefit of the w*hole consuming pop ulation. The influence of the tractor, so to speak, is felt everywhere. Sisterville, VV. Va., Journal: . . the Gov ernment collected during just the past seven years $27 billion more than it collected dur ing the previous 158 years.” • Sign of the times^ A computing machine that can add up to a trillion (1,000,000,000,- 000) has been developed. This leads the Wall Street Journal to say, . . the‘way things are going, if someone else had not invented a machine that can add up to a trillion sooner or later the Government would have to.” Blair, Wise., ITess: “Every government of ficial or board that handles public money should publish at regular intervals an ac counting of it. showing where and how each dollar was spent. We hold this to be a funda mental principle of democratic government. PresbyterianFaces Tampa Saturday Presbyterian College gridmen journey . to Tampa this Saturday still in search of their first foot ball victory of the year. And- once more, it’s a tough as- ignment. for the "TTonda^squad is heavily favored over the relatively inexperienced JIascmcn. Presbyterian enters the game with losses to Appalachian. Celrn- son and Wofford and a scoreless tie with Lenoir-Rhyne. Tampa drop ped a close decision to Virgina Military Institute and whipped Tryo State in its only two games to date. The Spartans, who defeated PC by a 19-7 count in the series opener last year, are fielding a big, fast ball club gain this season. It is paced by halfback Don Herndon THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, October 10, 1957 the key toss which produced six points. For special ground gaining du ties, the Hosemen have fullback Ken Webb and halfback Tony Ben son. Webb last week-end moved past the 2,000 mark in yards rush ed from scrimmage at PC. And Benson established himself as the 1957 leader with 196 yards in 39 carries in the past four games. Wofford Wins 28-7 Wofford stuck mostly to the ground in defeating Presbyterian, 28-7, in the Blue Hose home opener here last Saturday night. The Ter riers scored in this manner: • • ■ 1st quarter (three minutes left)— Halfback Frank Deprete ran three yards for a touchdown as the cli max to a 56-yard march sparked by halfback Reddick Still’s 16-yard pass to end Jerry Richardson; 3rd quarter (nine minutes left—Full back Denny Hammack caught short pass from quarterback Char lie Bradshaw in the left flat and ran over untouched in a play that and fullback Fred Cason, two hard- running backs the Tampa fans carr ' e< l f° r 16 yards. An inter term "Mr Outside’ and “Mr. In- Icepted pass had set up Wofford on Red Hook, N. V.. Advertiser: “We have nothing against scientists. Without them, the world youldn’k he where it is today. But we wish that some of them, at least, would stop trying to build bigger and better bombs and concentrate on something (ike a mouse trap that can’t slam back on your finger.” SENSING THE NEWS By THURMAN SENSING Exocutiv* Vic* Pr*>id*ni Southern State* Industrial Council APOLOGISTS FOR AMERICA In agpl the aftermath of the inexcusable Black Mon- decision of the Supreme Court of the United States of May 17. 1954. just about the most disgusting and sickening spectacle we have witnessed is that ex hibited by those week-end apologists who are con stantly stressing, and worried about, the criticism by foreign peoples of the troubles we are having as a re sult of that decision. The President emphasized the criticism we are receiving from abroad in his television appearance on the Little Rock situation We are constantly hear ing it mentioned by commentators on radio and tele vision. by preachers in the pulpit and others in the field of religious endeavor, by internationalists, one- worlders and ,do-gooders. Many of our people who have' been traveling abroad, including Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt just back from Etirope, report that the Russian a'nd other communist newspapers in partic ular as well as other newspapers over the world are full of it We even read accounts of our junketing Congressmen, vacationing abroad at the taxpayers' expense, making apologetic statements about the sit uation here If one of them has made a statement abroad defending America, we haven’t heard about it. Instead of explaining and defending the situation here in the United States, instead of standing up for the United States, many of our public leaders, our religious leaders, our well-known travelers (whether fellow- or not. we don't know) and news commenta tors seem to be falling over themselves apologizing for this country and its people To what low estate have independence and .patriotism fallen’ Even those who believe in integration c’ould at least have the pa triotism to defend pie right of the people of the United ,Slates to settle their own affairs in their own way! f space permitted, this criticism by foreign peo ples could be answered sufficiently and completely by Celling on any of three points: * One—Those who criticize are much more con cerned with the “mot£" in our eye than they are with the "beam" in their own eye The Russians, for instance, maintain segregated schools in Central Asia, one for the Russians and one for the natives, and,they do so pointedly on the difference in race and color The discrimination of the caste system in India and the violence resulting therefrom makes anything that has happenJain this country along racial lines seem kame by comparison. Many other cases could be citW Two—The NegroV of the United States have made more progress in this country than their race has made at any time at any place in all recorded his tory And it has only been achieved with the help of the white people, because hte Negro race has watch ed civilization march by them for 4,000 years and without raising a hand to help itself. Just about ev eryone abroad who is criticizing would jump at the chance to change places with the American Negroes Three—It comes with bad grace for other nations of the world, including those which are socialist and communist, who by the end of this year will have received from us $G6 billion or more in foreign aid since the end of the econd World War, to criticize the handling of the internal affairs of their benefac tor They accepted our aid with good enough grace! Isn't there an old, old saying about the ingratitude of .’’biting the hand that feeds you?” The point we are making here, though, is this— and the people of this country should not,overlook it —If we must settle our internal affairs in accordance with the opinion of peoples of other nations, then we no longer deserve our appellation as “the land of the free and the home of the brave.” This nation was founded by men who believed in independence, self- reliance and doing what they thought was right with out reference to criticism by other nations. In this way only can freedom be preserved. Of course communist nations like Russia, are criti cizing. and gloating over, our troubles—but the point we should remember is this: TTie communists began their gloating when the Supreme Court handed down its Black Monday integration decree. TTiey knew it would bring division and dissension among the people —and that’s what communism feeds upon. TTiey are gloating because this decision was one of the steps in the plan they formulated many years ago to conyett this nation to communism. The communists are gloating, too, because the Supreme Court integration decree has brought forth action upon t!:e part of the executiv# branch of our government very simliar to the totalitarian practices followed by communist gov ernments. They are gloating because other decisions of the court have made it easier for communism to infiltrate our government and our institutions, to un dermine the confidence of the American people in their courts and public officials. They are gloating because we are destroying ourselves and saving them the trouble. Are we going to continue, to play into their hands? side," respectively. Juggled lineups have brought nine fershmen to the forefront as members of the first and second varsity units for Presbyterian They are playing unusually good ball for first-year men, but the fact that they play so regularly pow at tests to the inexperienced quality of the Hosemen. The PC coaching staff has been pleased ^jith the play of these boys, who include: guards Don Brdiges, Bruce Barnes and Eddie Aiftlerson; halfbacks Don Kemp and Billy W’hite; fullback Bill Sease; tackle Hardy Ledbetter; and quarterback Dusty Mills. Mills, the 145-pound latest addi tion to the squad who starred in his first assignment last week end, showed promise of being able to put the Blue Hose back into the airlanes. He directed the squad to its lone touchdown against Wof ford. completing six of 12 passes attempted for 77 yards including the PC 37; 3rd quarter (six min utes left)—Deprete ran 13 yards to score after PC lost the ball on its ow n 36 by failing to get off a fourth down punt; 4th quarter (two min utes left)—Still plunged over from the one after his end runs of 27 and 19 yards had set the stage. Rich ardson kicked all extra points for Wofford. Presbyterian marched 75 yards for its only score’ vrith five min utes left in the final period. After Benson had ripped off gains of 15 and 13 yards to put the ball on the Terrier 31, Mills hit Webb on two straight screen passes. The big fullback moved 12 yards on the first and then covered the remain ing 18 yards on the second to regis ter the touchdown. Webb also kicked the conversion. LEGION AUXILIARY MEET The American Legion Auxiliary will meet Tuesday afternoon, Octo ber 15, at 3:30 at the home of Mrs. Austin Chandler. Three Sales Made Monday By Court Three sales were made by court orders Monday, legal salesday for October, 1716 sales were by public auction at the court house in Laurens. Included were: Oradell Boyce, plaintiff, vs John ny B. Boyce and A. Y. Bryson, lot in City of Laurlns, sold to A. Y. Bryson for $1,450. —— ~ Liberty Life Insurance Co., plain tiff, vs Calvin Roshell Penning ton and Frances T. Pennington, lot with .improvements in Watts Mill village, Laurens, sold to T. David Sloan, attorney, for $2,450. Jessie Atwood Coe, plaintiff, vs Rosemond ,et al, eight acres near city limits of Laurens, sold to Jonathan Gilliland, for $625. ’ Two sales of houses to be remov ed from property of School Dis trict 56 in Clinton and Mountville were also made. The house in Mountville \vas sold to Hubert J. Pitts, of Clinton, for $250. The house in Clinton, on Clinton High School property, was bid in by Mr. Pitts for $190, but the sale was rejected by the board of trustees. Insurance Proposals Asked For By City The City of Clinton is seeking pro posals from insurance companies for group hospitalization^ insurance on employees of the city. Film To Be Shown At Lutheran Church Sunday evening at 7:45 o’clock a film,. “A Living Church,” will be shown in St. John’s Lutheran Church on Hampton Avenue. The film was produced to help celebrate the 40th anniversary of the United Lutheran Church in America, formed in 1918 through the merger._of three major Luth eran church bodies in the U. S! and Canada. The filrrf, 33 minutes* in length, was produced by the Stewardship Department and the Lutheran Lay men's Movement and aims to show how boards, and agencies of the United Church serve as “working arms” of the congregation. The public is cordially invited to see this film as well as attend the vesper services each Sunday eve ning at St. John’s Lutheran Church. COUNTY BOND SALE Series E and H bond sales for the month of September in Laurens county totaled $37,118.75, reports D. F. Patterson, county savings bonds chairman. IF YOU DON'T READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DON'T GET THE NEWS Phon* 74 John L. Mimnaugh “I hear that your agency has a special Homeowners Policy that covers a home, not only against fire damage, but ‘all physical loss.' Does this policy also pay loss of rent, or the extra cost of living else where until the home is repaired?” Wm. J. Bailey Ins. Agency * M. S. Bailey & Son Bankers Bldg. PHONE 1246 (Cjan your wife answer these questions? your home should be damaged, or totally destroyed, by fire, windstorm or some oth.r peril-would your pres ent insurance be adequate? For your own protection, and your family’s, let us help you determine the amount and kind of protection you need. We are an independent local agency, trained and experienced in insurance matters. 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