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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, May 18, 1961 “Hotel Mary Musgrove Days” Today and tomorrow have been designated as “Hotel Mary Musgrove Days.” During these two days, intensive effort will be made to sell $61,380 in additional stock in Clinton’s modern hotel. Proceeds will be used to renovate the building, make other improvements, and retire indebted ness. Clinton has many things for which to be thankful, not the least of which is Clinton Community Hotel Corporation’s fine facility on North Broad Street. Efforts to shore up its financial structure and to assure its continued successful opera tion should be met with enthusiasm by pa triotic citizens who are not now stockholders and those who are able to assume additional opportunity to put their capital funds to work. We’d say that a $260,060 building and bus iness with an indebtedness of only $75,000 is in pretty good shape. Cotton Is A Natural This is National Cotton Week — and we know of no area whose economy is more link ed with the fleecy staple than Clinton and the great Piedmont section of South Caro lina. We don’t grow as much of it as we used to, but here is centered the great cotton manufacturing industry. “Cotton is a Natural" is the theme of pro motional campaigns being conducted by the National Cotton Council, an organization with the objective of increasing consumption of cotton and its products. When you consider its many implications, “Cotton is a Natural” is an apt theme in deed. For example, “cotton is a natural” for comfort, launderability, durability, beauty, and long wear. It is a natural for stunning creations by top-flight designers or for long wearing, easily washable work clothes. Cotton is a natural for children’s wear, men’s wear, and women’s wear, for daytime or nighttime, and for all seasons. It’s a nat ural for home furnishings and .industrial products, also. The fiber is a natural for adaptability fo improvement through scientific research in all stages from the breeding plot to the spin ning mill. Its textile are naturally adaptable to notable developments such as wash and wear, water repellency, heat resistance, lus ter, and many more. Finally, cotton is a natural choice for thousands of farmers. Long a standby as a “money” crop and an item in commerce since the days of Pharoahs, it has responded dy namically in recent years to production and marketing research and its application. Cotton sustains one of America’s greatest agricultural industries, providing employ ment and income for several million people who play a part in its transformation from a raw material into useful products. We salute cotton because '“Cotton is a Natural.” we The Tax Foundation tells us that Americans paid twice as much in taxes in I960 as in I960—and will pay something like $8 billion more this year than last. Going, Going, Going— If our fanners keep on voting acreage out of production, pretty soon they will run out of acres on which to produce nothing. Long Arm Another income tax time has come and gone. And millions of us feel a sad flatness in the pocketbook. Once the income tax was a rich man’s tax—people of small and moderate earnings paid Httle or nothing. But now, as Citizens Public Expenditure Survey observes, “the long arm of the Internal Revenue Service reaches out to nearly everybody.” Here’s the cold statistical story: Of the total federal tax, people who earn under $6,000 a year pay 21 per cent. The $5,000- $10,000 group pays 39 per cent. The $10,- 000416,000 earners pay 11 per cent. The $16,000460,000 people pay 17 per cent. And the real big income group—$60,000 and over —pays only 12 per cent. This isn’t because the rich are favored —income tax rates reach a top bracket of 91 per cent. It simply reflects the fact that there are millions of individuals in the modest income brackets. So, inevitably, the latter must pay the great bulk of government costs. And they, collectively, would gain the most from reductions in non-essential gov ernmental spending. From The Wall Street Journal: “. . . we wonder what a vista would open up for the American economy if, every single year, the government let the people keep a few more billions of dollars to spend on their homes, their cars, their clothes and their pleasures. Might we not find that this enlargement of the private-income stream would not only speed up the factories but keep them hum ming?” According to Newsweek, Americans will spend more money on or because of the four- year Civil War centennial than the $9 bil lion the North and South spent to fight the war itself. Advertisers are finding Civil War “tie-ins” for everything from frozen foods to jet planes as the centennial, with malice tow'ard none and souvenirs for all, progress es. Babson Discusses Pitfalls Of Buying On Credit County Agent Marett Outs of Laurens looks on as Richard Owings sets out Coastal Bermuda grass on his farm. Mr. Owing* farms 3M acres and operates a dairy at Owings.—(Clemson College Extension Service photo). v Laurens County Fanners Are Planting Coastal Bermuda Grass At Rapid Rate Babson Park, Mass., May 18—I hear that some of the college professors who are advising President Kennedy on means of increasing, em ployment favor expanding consumer installment buying. „ PRESENT EXTENT OF THE CREDIT BUSINESS Credit comes in two forms:—(1) When your wife goes to her favorite store and has her pur chases “charged.” The store looks up her record through the Municipal Credit Bureau. If she has no marks against her, the goods are given her or sent to her home. When the monthly bill is sent for these goods, the store expects a payment in a short time—thirty days later as a maximum. The stores really like to encou rage such charge accounts, as your wife is likely to buy more if she can charge the goods rather than pay cash. The other form of credit pur chase is where the buyer gives a note, or several notes, payable on specified dates, with power of repossession of the goods on a certain date after reasonable no- K* ( rr w. bee in case a note is not paid. I do not object per se to such in stallment buying, especially on refrigerators, tele vision sets, washing machines, clothes dryers, and other household appliances which can be re possessed in good condition. I HOWEVER, EAR NESTLY URGE THAT YOU READ THE LIGHT FINE PRINT ON THE AGREEMENT AND REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE ASK ED TO SIGN. HOUSES, AUTOMOBILES, AND FURNITURE As I read the advertisements today on new homes for sale, I am astounded at the way they can be bought by veterans without any down pay ment, or can be bought at very small down pay ments and a long mortgage of thirty or more years. This is very different from when I was a young man getting married. Then we were com pelled to pay one-third in cash and the mortgage would be written for only five years. When talking to students of Babson Institute, I call to their at tention the economics of birds, which build their “houses” before they are “married” and raise any little birds. To young people buying furniture on the in stallment plan, I am not prepared now to give definite advice. The laws of different states vary as to the rights of repossession. If you are behind in the payments on a house, it is a long legal process for the mortgagee to get you out of the house, especially if you are willing to pay a rea sonable rent. If you are behind in your payments for a television set or some other luxury item, and default on these payments, you must be pre pared to let the store take it back before you dam age it. This also applies to certain household utili ties mentioned above. When it comes to buying furniture on install ment, a young couple should carefully consider each item purchased. One installment note and agreement should cover the bedroom furniture; another note and agreement should cover the liv ing room furniture; and a third note and agree ment should cover the dining room set. All inci dentals should be paid for in cash. Furthermore, the three sets of furniture should not be bought at the same time; but in order above mentioned, say at least a month apart, even if you are oblig ed to “camp out” for a few weeks. As I look back to my early days, we got considerable pleasure out of gradually furnishing our little house. Sure ly more pleasure comes in striving than in arriv ing. STATISTICS WHICH SHOULD BE READ Let me close this column by giving some sta tistics for bankers, merchants, and parents to read. These figures are based upon a survey by the University of Michigan. The survey showed that 68% of American households are in debt in one form or another. 48% of the families are sad dled with periodic installment debt repayments; 31% owe mortgage debts; 24% owe on non-install ment debt. According to the study, 1.4% of the families owing installment debt are “in hock“ for over (1,000—double the proportion only five years ago. The survey had one encouraging note. Namely, that about one-third of the families owing install ment debt report that they have enough savings to offset their debt. “Farmers in our section are coming to appreciate more and more the high yields, low pro duction costs, and drought-re sistance of Coastal Bermuda grass,” says Marett O. Outz, Laurens county agent. “In Laurens County, we have at least a hundred farmers who are planting Coastal,” he said. “Our acreage planted to this crop this year is about three times what it was last year.” Laurens county farmers are just a part of the growing host of Coastal Bermuda fans through out the Piedmont. In fact, all over South Carolina, Coastal is rapidly replacing com mon Bermuda as the best perma nent summer pasture grass for the soils and climate of this state. Horace and James Martin, farming brothers of the Young’s community, near Gray Court, are good examples of South Carolina farmers who are singing the praises of this crop. They milk about 75 Holstein cows, and are planting some 15 acres this year in Coastal, for use both as hay and grazing. Say the Martin brothers, “We have used Coastal Bermuda be fore, and we are well pleased with the rseults.” Hugh Woodle, extension agron omist at Clemson College, de scribes some astounding yields that were obtained in tests con ducted in Georgia, Alabama, and Texas, as well as in South Caro lina Various levels of nitrogen were used, and in every case. Coastal produced about twice as much forage per acre as did eith er common Bermuda or Peiisa- cola Bahia, he said. County Agent Ouzts says, "One question fanners always ask-is, ‘How much fertilizer should I use’?” For an answer, he tells of high production obtained by many farmers Who fertilize with as much as 40,000 ponds of actual nitrogen per acre. He also points out that when these high yields —upwards of ten tons of hay per acr*—an obtained, less acreage is required. Research has shown that high production can be maintained in definitely, with adequate liming and fertilization. Since Coastal Bermuda does not produce viable seed, it must b e established b y sprigging Many different methods of sprig ging have been tried by South Carolina farmers. All of the va rious methods have proven suc cessful, if the basic principles are followed closely. According to Outz, one method growing in popularity in Laurens county is sprigging with a tree planter. Rates of sprigging vary, depending on the system used. Most automatic planters require 20 to 25 bushels of sprigs per acre. Costs also vary. Some farmers get by with as little as $5.00 per acre, while others spend as much as $50.00 per acre. Many farmers have their own source of sprigs, and therefore come out cheaper Outz says, “The sooner our farmers come to recognize fully the value of this crop, the better off we will be. “Coastal produces more total tonnage of quality grazing, hay and silage than any other pas ture grass. This type of advan tage just can’t be ignored.” City Recreation News The Palmetto season opens to day at 5:00 p. m., with a game between Thornwell and Bailey. The Palmetto League is a con tinuation of the old Pony League of last year. The new league will have the same age boys as it has in the past, thirteen and fourteen year old boys. Any boy born August 1, 1946, or later, is eligible to play in the league. These boys will only compete for a state meet. The coaches for the Palmetto League are as follows: Hampton Avenue, Bob Strock; Thvnwell, Herman Jackson; Joanna, Hack Prater; Lydia, Ellis HuffsteUer; Whitmire, Charlie Brown; Bai ley, Truman Owens. The Small Fry League can have eleven-year-old boys on their 15-man squad this summer if they can use them. This is be ing done because of the rule in Little League Baseball of five- twelve, fiv-eleven, and five team on their squad. Blanks about tennis were given to the principals ol the school this weak to be signed by those inter ested in playing tennis this sum mer. The program will be con ducted by Coach Cavin, one of the Presbyterian College tennis players. This program will start as soon as Presbyterian College finishes this semester. Private tennis lessons will be given for a nominal fee. Several new games are planned for the playground at the Scout Hut. One in particular Is pitch ing horseshoes for all ages of girls and boys. The colored girls’ softball teams started their program last Monday. The white girls’ soft- ball program will start as soon as Coach Bouknight can start practice. The standings of each league will always be given through the last Friday before the paper is published. LITTLE BOYS STANDINGS Team W L Joanna 3 0 Whitmire 2 1 Lions 2 I Exchange 1 2 Kiwanis 1 3 Moose 0 2 LEADERS IN LB STRIKEOUTS Lott (J(—27 Brinkley (K)—15 Chandler (K)—14 Dickerson (E)—12 Nobles (J)—12 -J. Willard (W)—11 LB HOME RUN HITTERS Lotto (J)—i Chandler (K>—1 Cooper (E)—1 Kemp (K)—1 Dickerson (E)—1 LEADING LB HITTERS Around Clinton High Things are really winding up at CHS! School days for the sen iors are practically over! The last of the senior exams will be scheduled for tomorrow, but those seniors taking junioi' sub jects have to take their exams next week. To say the least, we are just about out of high school. The seniors had a 'class meet ing last Monday at which they discussed what to leave the school, plans for the senior pic nic, and whether or not to have a senior prom after the gradua tion exercises. First of all, the. Chandler (J) Cooper (E) J. Williams (W) Lott (J) Lollis (Jj Chandler <K) Fulmer (J) Grady (E) Watts (K) Coppick (K) _ LB SCHEDULE Thursday—Kiwanis vs Bailey, 3:00 p. m. 9 7 .778 8 6 .750 9 5 .556 11 6 .545 10 5 .500 10 5 .500 • 4 .444 9 3 .333 10 3 .300 10 3 .300 dishwasher of proven quality KitcHenAicl in 3 series of models for 'SI am, CLINTON, 8. C., THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1961 (Elution (Etjrontrlr EsteUfahed MM Jaly 4, MM - WILLIAM WILSON HARRIS - Jaae U, MSI PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable hi Advance) Out-of-County One Year $3 00. Six Months $2.00 One Year $4.00 Second Class Postage Paid at Clinton, 6. C. The Chronicle seeks the fooporstlon of Bo suhoeilhori and rondvs — the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kfaxBy advice. The Chronicle will pobUrii letters of feral interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible (or the views or opinions of its AMERICAN PRESS ASBOCUIKEI Detroit Philadelphia SHOWPLACE OF LAURENS COUNTY Tonite Only First Run Showing Not Since “Tobacco Road’ Or “God’s Little Acre” Has re Been There A Picture Like Gm TMOTMi TEMPTATM ■ A MALL umm MJUTHA JMII ■ HRHYERBENNETT Only the Hot Sun Was Witness To Their Shameless Sin!—So They Thought . . . REGULAR ADMISSION FRIDAY-SATURDAY MAY 19-20 “irs A HILLBILLY JAMBOREE” 4 — BIG HITS — 4 —No. 1— “Darling Clementine” —No. 2— “In Ole Missouri” —No. X— “Country Fair” —No. 4— “Down In Arkansaw” Don’t Miss This “Grand Old Uproar” See—Hear All Yonr / Favorite Hillbilly Stars And Drawing Friday NHe For $100.00 Drawing Saturday Nile For 1952 Pontiac 4-Door Sedan . And Always‘A Cartoon Biggest Movie Bargain In I41 ureas County SUNDAY-MONDAY — MAY 21-22 ——Double Feature Program— - 1 No. 1—The Late “Great” GARY COOPER In "The Wreck of the Mary Deere” In Cinemascope and Color-— Now 2 — Ml Color “BATTLE SHOCK” the (medal) s quality KKchenAld tor every in and eee ter yourself. THE OTT CO. So. Harper St. Ext. Telephone 2728 LAURENS, S. C. Friday — Exchange vs Whit mire, 6:00 p. m. Friday—Lions vs Joanna, 7:45 p. m. Monday—Joanna,vs Exchange, 5:30 p. m. Tuesday—Moose vs Lions," 5:30 g. m. Wednesday—Whitmire vs Ki wanis, 3:00 p. m. \ PALMETTO SCHEDULE Thursday—Thonwell vs Bailey, 5:00 p. m. Friday—Hampton Ave. vs Jo anna, 5:00 p. m. Friday —Lydia vs Whitmire, 3:30 p. m. Monday — Joanna vs Lydia, 3:30 p. m. Tuesday—Bailey vs Hampton Ave., 3:30 p. m. Wednesday — Whitmire vs Thornwell, 5:00 p. m. seniors agreed to leave money to help build new seats in Wilder Stadium as a present to the school. After a rising vote, it was determined that the majority of seniors Were not in favor of hav ing a senior prom. Only seniors would have been admitted to the dance May 29. Plans are well underway for the senior class picnic Thursday May 25. Those planning to at tend should bring written per mission from home. If you plan to take your car, you must turn in a written permission. All per missions must be in by Monday. The seniors will leave for Lake Greenwood State Park about 12:30 p. m. Thursday afternoon. No one will be able to go in swim ming at the lake. , Those who will represent Clin ton High at Palmetto Girls’ State in June will be four CHS juniors. Elizabeth Blackwell from Lydia, Sandra Dunaway from Clinton Mill, Linda Boland from Clinton, and Gail Murphy from Joanna are the four who will spend a week at Girls’ State. They will spend the week at the University of South Carolina. Bishop To Graduate From Carlisle School Cecil B. Bishop, Jr., of Joanna, is one of 88 boys scheduled to graduate from Carlisle Military School at Bamberg on May 29. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Bishop, live at Joanna. In base stealing, you have to get the jump on the pitcher. In family budgeting, you have to get the jump on your debts. Put part of tach pay check in our aeeocUtkm, where your savings are te/« and earn excellent returaa. Remember... saving will put you on base... and help you get ahead! 4$ CITIZENS @ FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION 220 W. MAIN ST. CLINTON, S. C. A/err,ber Federal Home Loan Bank S> Clinton Lions Chib’s Annual Broom Sale Thursday and Friday, May 18 -19 These brooms are of high quality, made by the blind. Proceeds from the sale will go to the Lions Sight Con servation Fund and other programs for underprivi leged. Home - Type Brooms Only $1.50 Lions Club solicitors, some 70 strong, wHI moke concerted house- to-house coHs tonight ond Friday night. People of the rural sec tions may buy a broom at soles on the street Saturday. Please do your port—buy o year's supply for this worthy couse! You Help Two Ways When You Buy a Lions Broom: You Help the Blind Earn a Livelihood and Abo Help Those Who Need Visual Attention! Street Sales on Saturday, May 2tf