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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, January 5, 1961
The New Year
The New Year cometh and the old year must depart, and so it has been for centuries.
Once every 3G6 days, the world pauses for a moment of reflection, for a brief but mean
ingful examination of self and surroundings. Then, with a shrug, a new, unlettered page is
prepared to record the fulfillment of a new set of am
bitions, intentions and purposes.
. Through the centuries customs and traditions have
contributed to the New Year' observance to make it more
than a time to mark the passing of another era. It is a
season of awakening to the realization that we have not
accomplished all of the things once planned. It is a time
to be grateful for the blessings received. It is a time to
plan and hope; to lay the mental foundation for new am
bitions and aspirations.
While New Year resolutions are no more worthy, nor
more likely to be kept, than resolutions made at Thanks
giving or Christmas, there is a psychological advantage
that favors the custom of making New Year promises.
The New Year marks the beginning of another era and,
in a sense, we start with “a clear slate." There are other
advantages, too. We are oldeY, wiser, and should have
profited from our experiences, good and bad.
One need not make resolutions, however, to profit from the coming of a New Year. Blue
print ambitions and dreams are no more important than a determined effort to do things a
little better, learn a little more and give whatever talents we may possess to the making of
a better world in which we live.
, And there’s no better time to start than with the New Year, when each bright new page
on the calendar has ample room to record every achievement.
Compulsion Not Needed
This year will witness a full-scale effort
to eliminate the present voluntary federal-
state program of medical aid for the aged,
as passed by the last Congress, and to sup
plant it with a compulsory system tied to
Social Security.
It is to be hoped that President-elect Ken
nedy and other national leaders will think
long and hard before embarking upon this.
For as many authorities, the American Med
ical Association among them, point out and
substantiate with impressive evidence, the
compulsory system would be bad for the
aged, bad for the nation as a whole and, in
the long run, bad f*** the new administration
itself. ,
The present program goes to the root of
the problem by providing help for those who
actually need help. Need is the criteria, not^,
just an arbitrary age bracket. It was ap
proved by Congress after careful and pro
tracted study, and after all points of view
had been heard and considered. It does the
required job, it does it practically and eco
nomically—and it places heavy responsibili
ties at the local government level where they
'^elbng. i? Of
The existing law does not waste tax. dol
lars on aged people who are perfectly willing
and able to take care of their own medical
care costs, and it is not based on a compul
sory, socialized approach to the problem. It
deserves a full chance to work—and, there
is every indication that it is working and
will continue to do so.
Babson Pleads
For Fairness
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1865) the local U. D. C. Chapter is planning activities, and would like to of t £ e merii ^ ^erfed to bring the information to The Chronicle.
have the identification of all men in the above photograph. They were It is known who many of them are, but othen cannot be identified.
Clinton Davidson
This Week in Washington
Agriculture Secretary
You, Too, Can Raise
A Delinquent
Juvenile delinquency, as FBI Director J.
Edgar Hoover and others emphasize, be
comes a graver problem all the time—both
in the extent of the crimes committed by
juveniles, and in the crime’s seriousness. If
you, as a parent want to join the parade and
raise a delinquent, there are certain rules
to follow. Frank Brabant, an authority on
the subject, who lectures around the coun
try-, recently listed them. Here are a few:
From infancy onward give the child
everything he wants, so that he’ll grow up
thinking the world owes him a living. Don’t
give him any spiritual training. Avoid use
of the word ‘‘wrong’’—it may give him a
guilt complex. Do evlrything for him, so
that he’ll become accustomed to -throwing
all responsibility on to others^ Give him all
the spending money he wants, and never in
sist that he earn any of his own. Satisfy his
every craving and desire—after all, denial
may frustrate him. Take his part against
neighbors, teachers and the police. When he
gets into real trouble, apologize by saying,
"I never could do anything with him.”
These rules aren’t hard to follow and
abide by—great numbers of parents have,
as surging juvenile delinquency shows. You,
too, can produce a delinquent, simply and
easily. The authority adds one more obser
vation: “Prepare for a life of grief. You
will be apt to have it.”
Babson Park, Mass., Jan. 5—1 notice that Dr
Walter W. Heller (new Chairman of the Council
of Economic Advisors for President-elect Ken
nedy) is telling the American people that 1900—
especially the last half—was a period of reces
sion. However, while the net earnings of many
corporations were off, the gross earnings of morit
of these companies held up very well.
REASONS FOR POOR NET EARNINGS
And unemployment
Most of these corporations showed poor net
earnings because they were obliged to pay higher
wages or give fringes, etc., to
their wage-workers when there
was no increase in their effi
ciency or output. At the same
time, the door to higher prices
was closed by stiff competition
from domestic manufacturers as
well as by the rising flood of
low-cost goods from abroad.
I really feel that Dr. Heller
will have much trouble to prove
that our difficulties are caused
by a lack of employment oppor
tunities. Let us face the facts ... the union lead
ers in this country must shoulder the lion's share
of the blame. They have priced many goods out
of our own and foreign markets by pushing up
production costs. I wish Dr. Heller would trans
late unemployment into dollars. This would be
the fair thing for him to do. He aso should give
proper allowance to appropriations for reliel
veterans' benefits, unemployment insurance, and
old age and survivors’ insurance.
PRESIDENTS DO NOT MAKE CONDITIONS
It is true that 1960 did not "roar like a lion”!
Those who had forecast the “Roaring Sixties”
have thus far been disappointed. It, however, is
very unfair for Dr. Heller to blame this “On the
Eisenhower administration. Conditions make or
“unmake" Presidents; but Presidents can do lit
tle to change the business cycle.
On the other hand, if this business readjust
ment should continue through 1961, and perhaps
become worse, it would be very unfair for Re
publicans to blame it on the Kennedy administra
tion. Every thoughtful businessman and labor
leader knows that “the trees cannot grow to the
sky” and that after the abnormal prosperity
years since World War II a readjustment is in
evitable, the longer it is postponed, the worse it
will be. By the way Dr. Heller, who is now 45,
wa,s only a kid in 1930—only 15 years old! Yes,
and Mr. Kennedy himself was then only 13 years
of age.
CERTAIN AREAS DESERVE HELP
Among the 400 cities where the leading news
papers publish this weekly column, some are suf
fering from real unemployment, such as in areas
hurt by the national switch from coal to oil. Yet
other sections, such as the Cfcpe Canaveral coast
of Florida, are enjoying increased employment
due to develoment of missiles. President Ken
nedy will make a wise effort to relieve by tem
porary aid any areas “submerged” as a result
of natural causes. A permanent cure will be diffi
cult and will take time. He has, fortunately, not
only the unemployment and other legislation
passed by Congress in 1930-1940 but also the new
small business investment companies instituted
by the late Congress. '
Hence I urge Republicans to be patient'and not
blame the new administration for whatever hap
pens in 1961. Many of our industries are depen
dent upon conditions abroad—in Russia, in China,
and in Europe (from which I recently returned).
Our export and import figures will be factors in
determining business conditions in the United
States.
WHAT CHRISTIANITY DEMANDS
When Mr. Eisenhower lighted the nation’s
Christmas tree on Friday night, December 23, he
appealed for aid for certain backward nations
and races—irrespective of “color or creed.” He
rightfully stated that, if we take our Christianity
seriously, we must be fair and generous with all
nations and religions.
The man named by President
elect John F. Kennedy as his Sec
retary of Agriculture is a city
boy who won a Phi Beta Kappa
key and a football letter at Min
nesota University Just over 30
years ago.
Orville Lothrop Freeman rose
from a baby-sitter for the chil
dren of Senator Hubert Hum
phrey in Minneapolis, Minn., to
three-times governor of his state,
and then to nomination as a
member of the President's cab
inet.
In a state where political office
seekers are either regarded as
“liberal” or unsuccessful poli
ticians, Mr. Freeman has been
a remarkably successful young
man. He is bright, energetic and
ambitious.
He fits in nicely with the Ken
nedy program for surrounding
the presidency with youthful in
tellectuals, with just a seasoning
of older, more experienced men
to give the administration bal
ance.
YOUNGER THAN AVERAGE
Mr. Freeman at 42 is five years
younger than the average age of
cabinet members. He was elected
governor of Minnesota at the age
of 36, to become one of the young
est chief executives in the history
of the state.
Although trained as an attor
ney, Mr. Freeman has been more
active in politics. At the age of
30 when most attorneys are just
getting started in practice, he
made his first bid fpr state of
fice in an unsuccessful race for
aUorneygeneral.
his jaw, spent months In a hos
pital and was decorated.
The shattered jaw and the re
sulting impediment in his speech
could have discouraged a less
determined politician. He how
ever, overcame that difficulty
sufficiently to make the nomi
nating speech for Mr. Kennedy
at the Democratic convention
last July.
He wanted to become Attorney
General in the Kennedy cabinet,
but when the job was denied him
he accepted the agriculture post
with some misgivings. Friends
warned him the job was a “po
litical dead end street.”
Mr. Freeman likes to make
speeches, in which he quotes the
late Dr. Albert Einstein. He talks
mainly about social welfare, civil
rights, mental health, medical
care for the aged, and education
for retarded children.
Lt T. F. Davenport
Completes Course
Army 2nd Lt. Thomas R. (Ted)
Davenport, 21, whose parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Daven
port, live on Rt. 1, Kinards, com
pleted' the missile officer orien
tation course December 13 at
the Air Defense School, Fort
Bliss. Texas.
During the eight weeks of in
struction, Lt. Davenport was
trained in the duties and respon
sibilities of a missile officer.
The Air Defense School, the
largest military school in the na
tion, trains personnel to man
and maintain the guided missile
systems employed in the air de
fense of the U. S., with our ar
mies overseas, and by our allies
of the NATO and SEATO nations.
He graduated in the top 10 per
cent of his class at Port BUss
and will be stationed there for
two years.
Davenport is a 1966 graduate
of Clinton High School and a
graduate of Clemson College. Be
fore entering the army he was
employed by the General Elec
tric Co. in Charlotte, N. C.
Before entering service be w.
a mechanical engineer with the
Gneeral Electric Company in
Charlotte, N. C., from which he
is on leave of absence to com
plete his military duty. Lt. Dav
enport was a distinguished 1960
military graduate of Clemson
College and one of the outstand
ing seniors.
Mrs, Davenport, the former
Miss Frances Cunningham, and
small son, reside with Lt. Dav
enport at 2605 Nations Street,
Apartment 3, El Paso, Texas.
Sam J. Burns
Laurens—Sam James Burns,
80, of 509 East Main street, died
at 6:30 a. m., Wednesday, at his
home after declining health of
seven and one-half years and two
days of illness.
He was a native and lifelong
resident of Laurens County, the
son of the late Albert B. and El
len McTeer Burns. He was a re
tired farmer of the Warrior Creek
community and a lifelong mem
ber of Warrior Creek Baptist
Church. >' ; - ■ "
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Mary Hampie Rhodes Burns;
three sons, J. Leroy Burns, By
ron E. Burns, and Russell Burns,
all of Laurens; one daughter,
Mrs. E. E. Wright, Jr., of Atlan
ta, Ga.; four sitters, Mrs. Mollie
Rhodes of Gray Court; Mrs. Al
berta Putnam, Mrs. Fred Walker
and Mrs .T. B. Sumerel, all of
Laurens; and five grandchildren.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Thursday at 2:30 p. m. at
Warrior Creek Baptist Church by
Rev. Floyd Hellams. Burial was
in the church cemetery. '
Joanna Cliild
Struck By Car
Joanna—A three-year-old boy
suffered cuts and bruls
bp was struck by an
here shortly before noon Friday
Robin Epping was admitted to
Joanna Memorial hospitaL-
The accident occurred in front
of the post office when the child
ran into the path of a car re
portedly driven by Butchy Stock-
man of Joanna, according to Of
ficer Floyd R. Pitts.
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a and compm
Not in the least discouraged by
his first political defeat, he ran
for governor two years later, in
1952, and again was defeated.
Still a political optimist, he ran
again in 1954 and was elected.
He was re-elected in 1956 and
1958, but campaigned so hard for
the election of Mr. Kennedy that
he lost his own race by the scant
margin of 23,000 votes.
WORLD WAR H VETERAN
Like President-elect Kennedy,
Mr, Freeman served his country
in "the Pacific during World War
H. He joined the Marines shortly
after graduation from college,
advanced to the rank of major,
stopped a Japanese bullet with
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AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
Laurens County
ASC Committee
Wins Two Suits
The Laurens County Agricul
tural Stabilization and Conserva
tion Committee recently won cas
es involving two Laurens county
men in farm-cotton quota dis-
pules.
U. S. District Judge Ashton H.
Williams handed down an order
on December 6 in favor of the
Laurens County Agricultural Sta
bilization and Conservation Com
mittee granting judgment against
Larkin Hughes in the sum of
$196, which includes 6 per cent
interest from March 15, 1967.
Judge Williams also handed
down an order on December 6 In
favor of the County Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation
Committee granting judgment
against Larkin Hughes, Jr„ in
the sum of $440, which includes
6 per cent interest from March
15, 1966.
In both cases, Judge Williams
ordered the defendants to file with
the treasurer of the Laurens
County Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Committee
farm operator’s report, applic
able to the farm and year, con
taining all the information pre-
cribed by the regulations.
In these cases, the goverament
contended the farm acreage al
lotments had been over-planted,
that neither would make a report
on the production and the despo
sition of the cotton, and that Lar
kin Hughes rfeused to permit
measurement of his cotton acre
age. r
The government asked judg
ment for cotton marketing quota
penalties due and a report on the
production and disposition of the
STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF
CITIZENS FEDERAL
Savings and Loan Association
CLINTON, S. C.
At the Close Of Business December 31, 1960
ASSETS
First Mortgage Loans $4,335,560.55
Loans on Savings Accounts ........ 30,802.52
Investment and Securities 467,915.63
Cash on Hand and in Banks . . . . . ^ . 378,445.25
Office Building and Equipment
Less Depreciation 31,296.65
$5,244,020.60
LIABILITIES
Capital $4,661,899.69
Borrowed Money None
, Loans in Process . . . . 33,49432
Specific Reserves 1,000.00
General Reserves . \ $497,07330
Surplus 50,552.79 547,626.59
$5,244,020.60
Current Dividend Rate: 4 %
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SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION
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