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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday,^’ovembor 21,1957
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Cornwall Named
To Receive Award
From PC Alumni
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CLINTON, S. C.. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21. 1957
Farrfier*T
And tire Rest Of Us —
The third annual Farm-City Week will be
observed in the United States and Canada
November 2‘2-28. And this is as jrogd a time
as any for everybody in the country to think
about farmers and their relation to the com
munity — the interdependence of rural and
urban populations.
Today’s farmers, who number only one-
eiphth of our population, are faced with the
ta^k of producing the food and fiber for a
rapidly expanding population. But the role of
the farmer and agriculture is changing in a
dynamic environment. Over one-half of all
raw materials used each year come from agri
culture. '
Farming is an'industry-quite different from
any otherrThe farmer is not just one skilled
workman performing one job — he fnust be
skillecrat doing a variety of jobs. Besides do
ing routine chores, the farmer has to be a
mechanic, carpenter, and electrician to repair
the machinery and buildings he awns. He
must be a good manager to make the best
* use of land, labor and machines: More and
more, the farmer has to be a scientist with a
knowledge of fertilizers, his soil, chemicals
for ridding his animals and crops of pests
and diseases, and many other subjects. These
are-difficult tasks, requiring a high degree
of skill and judgment. • v ^ •
For many years ftKS^rs as a whole lacked
opportunity’ to aoquire/the modem facilities
and conveniences that people in towns and
cities enjoyed. Technological advances in ag
riculture and growth of the economy general
ly are helping.to change the.situation. About
94 per cent of farms now receive electric
service, for example, compared with only 11
per cent in 1935.
The city-limit sign on the edge of £ town
no longer is a cultural, recreational, educa
tional, social, or economic boundary. It is now
just a tax boundary—a legal dividing line.
The same kind of people live on one side of
the city-limit sign as on the other. They have
increasingly the same types of ambitions,
similar cultural, social, and economic oppor
tunities, comparable ways of living, and even
similar disappointments and frustrations.
lYiee-depressing surpluses have become
the numl>er-one economic problem—costing
farmers over $2 billion a year in net income.
The technological revolution in agriculture—
one hour of farm work now’ pr<)duces almost
twice as much food and fiber than it did in
1940—has changed the face hf agriculture.
Farmers are caught in a cost-price squeeze.
Virtually all the drop in net farm income
since 1947 is accounted for by increasing pro-
-duetion expenses. Individual farmers, unlike
many businessmen, have nro control over mar
kets or prices. ATs<>7 farmers cannot shut off
production at a convenient point in the pro
cess.
In 1830 the average farm worker produced
enough for himself and three others. A cen
tury later, he prtKluced enough for himself
and nine others Today, qne farm worker
produces enough for himself and 20 others.
Research, education, conservations, and elec
trification are some-of-the means by which
farmers have increased their efficiency in
production.
How does the consumer benefit'from great
er production Vile is ablt* to eat more and bet
ter foods. In 1956. for instance, the average
consumer ate about 85 pounds of be^f—high
est in this century—compared to 56 pounds
in 1951. In 1925 the average person ate 20.
pound> of oranges, 14 pounds of chicken, 32
pounds of tomatoes, It) pounds of ice cream,
and 324 eggs per year. In 1956, the average
person ate 61 pounds of oranges, 24 pounds of
chicken, 52 pounds of tomatoes, 18 pounds of
ice cream, and 369 eggs.
The present superior diet takes no larger
share of the consumer’s earnings (25 per
cent) than the less varied diet of 30 years
ago. If today’s consumer ate the same kinds
and quantities of food that were eaten a gen
eration ago, less than 20 per cent of his dis
posable income (income per person after
taxes ) would be spent for food.
In 1925, an hour’s “take home” pay, on the
average, would buy 5V 2 loaves of bread, or
IV2 pounds of steak, or l*/ 2 pounds of chic
ken, or 3i/2 quarts of milk, or 1 dozen oranges,
or 3Va cans of tomatoes. In 1956, an hour’s
“take home” pay, on the average, bought 11
loaves of bread; or 2 pounds of steak, or 4
pounds of chicken, or 8 quarters of milk, or
3V> dozen oranges, or 13 cans of tomatoes.
_ The future holds great promise for the con
sumer. Even today, for example, it is possi
ble with livestock to improve and 'modify
such iquajities as tenderness and flavor and
many-of hers: to th e~ a ttva n t age bT the" fa rm e r
and the consumer.
No matter what the future developments
are, the need for closer cooperation and bet
ter understanding between farmers and non
farmers will increase.
Agriculture is a $12 to $13 billion customer
of industry and labor each year—not count
ing the billions farm people spend for con
sumer goods. Annually, farmers use nearly
7 million tons of finished steel, around 300
million pounds of raw’ rubber, over 17 billion
I gallons of crude petroleum, and 22 billion
-kilowatt hours of electricity. There are 4'V 2
million tractors on farms, 41/2 million cars,
million trucks, 1 million combines, 715,-
000 farms with milking machines. All these
things and more, such as chemicals, fertiliz
ers, seeds, finances, and various services, are
necessary for farmers .to produce success
fully. The farmer receives only 39 per cent
of the money spent for crops he produces.
There are 10 million people engaged full
time in marketing farm products. Six million
people are employed in plants producing ma
terials and supplies for farmers. Thjese points
show some of the areas of interdependence of
rural and urban populations. They point up
the desirability of clbser cooperation and un
derstanding. Farmers and city people must
truly be "partners in progress.”
SENSING THE NEWS
By THURMAN SENSING
EjracvtiT* Vic* PtmUImJ
Southern State* Industrial Council
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ONE SIDED CIVILIZATION
Benjamin Franklin, as much as any man.alive,
would undoubtedly be intensely interested in the
launching of earth satellites if he were living today.
Even today, Franklin’s interest in things scientific
and his knowledge of them more than a century and
a half ago are amazing'to the average layman.
So, let’s agree that Poor Richard would record in
his Almanac with interest and delight that the Rus
sians launched two earth satellites in 1957, one a
plain missile and the other containing a dog (so they
say), that he would watch at dusk and dawn for
glimpses of them, and that he would hsteh to their
beep-beep as they went over in their appointed
rounds. Let’s also agree that he would be interested
in seeing ’Uncle Sam get, into the act, that he would
not be too happy over another nation getting ahead of
his own in any respect scientific.
But let’s agree on something else, too—and this
is equally important—namely, that he would continue
to print in his Almanac that ‘‘Honesty is the best pol
icy,'' that ‘‘A penny saved is a penny earned,” and
some philosophy to the effect that to spend each
week’s’ waees plus one shilling is the way to bank
ruptcy while to spend each week's wages less one
shilling is the way to prosperity.
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For .above all else, Benjamin Franklin was not a
one-sided man He knew that there are certain un
derlying principles governing the affairs of man that
never change—no matter what century they are in.
He knew that man does not live by science alone, hny
more than he lives by bread alone, that there are
both moral laws and economic laws that must be ob
served if life is to be wholesome and well rounded.
More than anything else in this country right now,
we need to decide upon our own state of mind, to de
cide whether we^ant to emulate the Russians or
whether we are afraid of the Russians. Because
there, is one thing certain—we are keeping ourselves
in a constant state of hysteria, from the man in the
White House to the man in the street, over whaf the
Russians have done, are doing and might do.
This is not the attitude that made this nation
^reat, it is not an attitude destined to keep it great.
In our early days as a nation, we were hot afraid
w'hen some other nation achieved a scientific ac
complishment ahead of us, neither did we try to imi
tate them in all their actions Of course, there were
no atomic Ixrnibs or guided missies then, but is any
one more dead killed by these instruments than by
a tomahawk^ ».
Our nation in those days set its own course, with
out fear and without imitation. We knew then, wheth
er we do now or not. that freedom is the greatest as
set a people can have—riot satellites. If we are
afraid the Russians are going to take our freedom
away from us by means of earth satellites or other
scientific accomplishments, then that is one thing; if
we are ashamed of ourselves just because they have
performed a scientific feat ahead of us, then that is
mother .
Actually,' of course, if we are going to be honest
with ourselves, we will admit it is nothing but fear,
real physical fear, that is causing us to behave the
way we do. And nothing could be more foolish and
unrealistic on our- part. How do we think we have
achieved our present status among the nations of the
world 0 . Who is to think that our traditional principles,
continuously pursued, will not maintain us in the van-
gua'rd of those able to defend themselves and keep
freedom alive in the world?
'Just because Russia is cramming science dowo
the throats of its students from the very early grades
and making its people a nation of robots without
morals or principles, is that any reason for us to go
and do likewise? The Russia'ns may teach their pu
pils that x plus y equals z all right, but is that suf
ficient to place them on top of the world all by>itself?
Don’t they also need to teach them that the ingre-
(fients of decency and honesty and individual inkia-
tave and private enterprise and fair play all add up
to freedom, and that freedom is based on a way of
life higher than any that may be devised by man?
If they don’t, then our whole history is meaningless
—and that just isn’t sol
tort, has been named to receive Pres
byterian College’s Alumni Service
Award for 1957, it was announced
today.
tibn at its annual fall meeting held
on the campus recently.
The group, in its unanimous nomi
nation of Cornwall, cited him for
evening at the school.
Patricia^ Vaughn, first vice-presi
dent, conducted hte opening cere
mony and the devotional was given
by Jeroldine Stewart, publicity com
mittee (chairman. Roll call and min
utes were read by the secretary,
•Peck” Cornwall of Clin-JSlise Lee Committee reports and
plims for the year were heard. ^
Allen Dodgen read the F. H. A.
constitution and an affirmative vote
was taken to accept if as* read.'In
affiliated with the Future Home
makers Association.
The social committee reported
plans for the group to go Christmas
caroling. Miss Vaughn gave a report
of the state constitutional conven
tion which she attended in Columbia
November 16.
He was chosen by the board of di- _ _
rectors- of the PC Alumni AssociiF ihe spring the H. A. wlIT become
Refreshments of cake and coffee
were served after which the group
met in the homemaking room to
make handkerchiefs, pot holders,
dish towels and aprons N for a needy
family ip Clinton, as a project for
Thanksgiving.
BOW TO REDUCE
Mrs. Dobbins Judge
Today In Content To
Name 'Miss Greenville'
she will act as judge in the "MisS
Greenville” contest. Competing for
the honor are 16 girls of the Green
ville area.
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Mrs. Dobbins will be guest at a
luncheon at Hotel Greenville prior
to Ihe judging, at which all the con
tenders will also jne present.
Mrs. Dobbins herself is a former
‘‘Miss South Carolina,” having been
chosen for the honor a numbe? of
Mrs. William C. Dobbins of Jo- years ago when she was the repre-
anna^ is in Greenville today where senttftlve from Laurens County. Sha
is the former Miss Helen Blakely of
Laurens.
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I DELL CREWS, Agent
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Dell’s Beauty Shoppe
his outstanding work as president of
the Walter Johnson Club, the alumni
athletic organization. It was pointed
out that under his direction during
the past year, the club had raised
almost three times as much in sup
port of PC athletics as had been
raised during any previous year.
The Alumni Service Award is-
given each year to the alumnus who,
in the opinion of the bo&rd of
tors, has performed the great
serv.ice to the Presbyterian
Alumni Association. The na
each recipient is placed on a^plaque
whictf is kept on display at thp col
lege.
Cornwall, popular Clinton business
man and farmer, was a iqember of
the class of 1925-at PC and served
as class president his senior year.
He entered Presbyterian from his
hometown of Chester but remained
in Clinton after marrying a local
girl, the former Miss Ethel Cope
land. Cornwall has maintained an
active interest in the college since
his undergraduate days, assisting
student organizations and the alumr
ni operations whenever possible.
Thornwell J. H. A.
Chapter Meets, Has
Thanksgiving Project
The Thornwell Chapter, J. H. A.,
held their monthly meeting Tuesday
-"John
L.
•Minina ugh
about this question:
“My -fur coat was Jnsured
while in storage. It is more
apt to be stolen, lost or dam
aged now that I’m wearing
it. Does insurance cost only
about $5 to cover theft loss
or accidental damage to my
fur coat?”
Wm. J. Bailey
Ins. Agency
, Phone 1246
M. S. Bailey A Son Bankers Bid*.
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winter season.
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IN 88 DAYS A 88 PLYMOUTH RAN 88,000 Mf
MORE THAN
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AND IT DROVE EVERY INCH OF
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WAY I
We kneW this car was tough.
We designed it that way.
That’s why we weren’t afraid to give
Plymouth the toughest test run of all
time ... with all America as the “track.’’
We didn't coddle this Plymouth. Didn't
crate it and ship it carefully from place
to place. Instead, we aimed it out of
Los Angeles one misty morning and sent
it through a course that ran 58,000 miles
through 37 states. .
Tie time limit? Only 58 day*.
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A thousand miles a day!
The equivalent of 6 years’ driving
crana*d into little more than 8 weeks!
Three times this Plymouth crossed the ’
Rockies. - Three times it wound its way
up and down across the country ... pass
ing through more than 1200 cities and
towns. Whipping over turnpikes . . .
creeping through city traffic ... arrow
ing down super-highways ... feeling its
way through 500 miles of rutted detours.
And when the drivers turned the key to
end the marathon, it still looked, ran
_and rode like new.
This is w hat lasting value really means. '
The ability to take everything that Amer
ican roads and weather can dish out—
and come up grinning. Why don't you
give Plymouth a test drive yourself—
today? You’ll see what we mean.
That's the Plymouth “traci”... and
just look at that rqute! Exfery pos
sible road and weather condition.
Plymouth ran every inch of that mur
derous route 3 times in just 58 days.
What greater proof of lasting,'buiU-
in stamina!
Star of the Forward Look.. ^
ahead for hmpet