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THE CLINTON Clinton, S. C n Thursday, May 16, 1963 FARM BUREAU OPPOSES GOVERNMENT WHEAT PLAN The State Board of Directors of the South Carolina Farm Bureau has gone on record as being opposed to the Department of Agriculture’s plan in the forthcom ing wheat referendum to be held on May 21 and recom mended that South Carolina wheat farmers vote “NO” at the polls. The 1964 wheat program, as proposed by the ad ministration, provides for a farm acreage allotment 10 per cent below the 1963 level, sets marketing quotas, and provides strict penalties for violations. The pro gram includes a multiple price plan which sets a sup port price of |2.00 per bushel for certified wheat and 61.30 for non-certified wheat (national average). Ac reage diversion payments will be made to wheat pro ducers who stay within their Allotments and meet the land-use requirements. If the program is defeated in the referendum, un der present law acreage allotments would remain in ef fect and the Secretary of Agriculture would be required to make support loans to cooperators at 50% parity (currently about 61.25). Also CCC stocks could be sold for less than 61-28 per bushel (105% of the support price) plus carrying charges. Also if producers regis ter a “NO” vote, the Congress could enact new wheat legislation. The South Carolina Farm Bureau has for many years opposed multiple price systems for agricultural commodities. Also, there is a feeling among Farm Bu reau leaders that the whole idea of the wheat certifi cate plan revolves around rejection of the market price system as a means of guiding production and use, and substitutes government supply-management with con trols and price fixing^ If the wheat certificate plan is not defeated, the Secretary of Agriculture will have unprecedented au thority to control^ nearly all aspects of wheat pricing and production |rom the farm to the miliar. In the whole wheat certificate law, there are 78 instances where the Secretary must make some decision about wheat. In the eyes of Farm Bureau, of even greater sig nificance is the possibility that the adoption of the wheat certificate plan would be a signal for the federal government to move in and impose similar controls on all agriculture — dairy, livestock, poultry, fruits and vegetables, feed grains, soybeans, tobacco, etc. Although South Carolina is not a major wheat pro ducing state, this grain does play an important role in livestock production and if the administration's wheat program was tied to a restrictive feed grains program this could very well curtail the state’s ex panding livestock] and poultry industry. Farm Bureau leaders also point out the fact that non-farm people have a high stake in the outcome of this referendum, even though they can’t vote. Since the referendum has been acknowledged to be a test be tween philosophies of a government managed economy and freedom to compete in the market place, a defeat suffered by agriculture would spell a threat to the rest of the economy. AFBF President Charles B. Shuman has said, *T think it would be well (Tor businessmen to observe the kind of tactics and pressure exerted by the federal gov ernment in seeking to win a favorable vote in the May 21 referendum. We in agriculture are witnessing the most massive government ’information program” ever conceived. What’s more, this campaign is being fi nanced by taxpayers’ money — yours and mine.” SCFB President David H. Sloan, Jr., has urged all wheat farmers to study the issues carefully. ’This referendum could be the most important ever held on agricultural programs since it gives the Secre tary additional discretionary powers and could set precedents that would be dangerous,” he said. Some thirty thousand wheat producers could be come eligible to vote in South Carolina. There are 34,- 420 wheat allotments for the state for 1964 and each producer could become eligible to vote under the pro cedure to be used. According to USDA figures Laurens County has 120.3 wheat allotments for 1964. Babson Discusses TV Possibilities Babson Park, Mass., May 16—1 remember, when I was a youth, what great news it was when Marconi the Italian inventor sent a signal across the Atlantic—to Newfoundland. This was follow ed by the use of the Morse Code, and later by the radio voice direct. INVENTION OF RADIO The radio was then the invention of the cen tury and its development marked the beginning of a great new industry. No one then imagined that TV would come along and develop into such a great business as it has become. Sometimes when I watch TV I wonder whether it is doing more harm than good; but the American people will make only good broadcasts pay in the end. TV will have the same “ups and downs’’ as the movies have had. Both must greatly improve to be perma nently successful. But today I wish to forecast that we are on the verge of great new developments in TV. Just now we are using these same radio and television waves to transmit not only sound but pictures—all in action of the most remarkable kind. Further- B*f*r w. more, we do not need even an outdoor antenna, as these waves (which give us talking and action in pictures) will pass through the walls of our houses. In fact, these waves have been passing through the walls of our houses and the walls of every castle in Europe and Asia for thousands of years, without being used. WHAT’S COMING AHEAD? Just stop for a moment and think what won derful things radio waves are and realize our debt to Marconi for discovering them for us. In this colmun I am now mentioning only one more TV development; there are many more to fol low. This one is the prospect of being able to press buttons and throw light or heat into our rooms. For some time 1 have been taking pic tures of the sun. Some day, I believe, great TV cameras—combined with large magnifying glass es—will transmit heat and/or light directly into our homes. This will surely require a new chemi cal, and perhaps special new broadcasting sta tions for each community. These heat and light broadcasts will not be interrupted by advertising. The cost will be added to our gas and electric bill. Special eyeglasses may be needed to use in rooms so heated or lighted ; but I will not discuss such details now. WHAT OF EXISTING INLUSTRIES? Of course, such new developments may have tremendous implications. They would almost surely create new corporations that would be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Es tablishment of these corporations would result in intense speculation. Many of the new corpora tions would pass through bankruptcy, but the stocks of a Jew would become very valuable. We should remember that there were once 900 differ ent automobile companies in the U. S. A., which have finally been reduced to only about five. I well remember when Henry Ford took ten years to raise his first 6100,000; but when he got started he built 16,000,000 “Tin Lizzies” and put the hors es, buggies, and wagons out of business. WATCH FOR OTHER CHANGES Edison’s incandescent light bulb made obsolete the kerosene lamps such as my mother used to trim und clean every morning. Think what the du Fonts did to the silk worms of Japan and the Orient, manufacturing synthetic materials from a few chemicals. Charles Hall, a poor chemistry teacher At Oberlin College in Ohio, discovered a way of making aluminum from clay, uk! spark ed the present billion-dollar aluminum industry which now manufactures goods used in every household. Then along came Dr. Einstein, un locking the great power of the atom, which un- fortnately is not being used extensively for peacetime purposes. In order to get this atomic power we are now using the mineral uranium which wrs considered worthless 90 years ago. FREE POWER FROM THE SUN OR SEA WATER Now further developments are on the way and it may be safe to say that anything could hap pen. The two biggest events will be securing power direct from the sun, and getting it from sea water by breaking this water up into its com ponents, hydrogen and oxygen. This latter is surely coming some day. The earth is now three- fifths surrounded by free water. What then will happen to the price of gasoline? But greater than all is the power of sane religion to change the hearts of men and women of all nations, races, and creeds. Oh, I wish I were a young student today! AMERICAN WA Y News From The County Agent M. L. OUTZ, Ceuaty Only A Spending Cut Can Save Us 1 Stories Behind Words by William S. Penfield EVERYDAY COUNSELOR “Everything that goes up comes down.” That is a lesson I learned early in life when mis chievous youngsters hurled pa per bags of water into the air over their friends in the yard, shouting, “Everything that goes up comes down.” That lesson dare never be forgotten anytime, because life has its ups and downs. He who would climb mountain peaks must also ne gotiate the valleys. Without the valleys there would be no moun tain peaks. Most of us at some time or other have some aesthetic expe riences. We wish we could keep them. The apostle Peter felt this way on the mountain with his Master and two fellow disciples, James and John. There he saw his Master transfigured before him. The experience was wonder ful. Peter wanted to stay thaw, but he couldn’t. When he came down it was to face a distressing scene of where the remaining disciples were trying to heal without success. Life has its ups and downs for all of us and we must be’ pre pared for them. - Look at the progress of moth erhood. In the full bloom of love a young couple marries. Babies come. Motherhood comes to the forefront. Mother is the most im- Fergive us ear debts, as we also have forgiven our debt era (Matt 6:lt). When we forgive someone who has teemed to wrong or offend us we ere the ones who gain. Let ee rejoice that the forgiving love of Christ makes it possible far as to overcome personal animositiea po riant person in the life of her children. Then the children com mence to grow up and her im portance diminishes. She cries, “My babies are gone!” That is particularly true when she sees them one by one leave the home for college. It is the wise mother who real izes that she must train her chil dren to live successfully without her. The over-protective mother, trying to hold on to her children, fails miserably. It is the wise mother who learns early of the “step downs” in life. They can lead to “step ups” in other di rections, new interests, new re sponsibilities. She and her hus band can now do more things together as husband and wife. If she is to be happy she will have to learn to step up fasts activities which will be helpful to other people,such as service at the Red Cross, the hospitals, the church. jo received, freely 16:6). God withholds nothing of Himself, therefore whan we receive His blessings we must alee give of ourselves in serv let and love end encourage ment to others. Seed have been slow germinat ing this spring, not only cotton and corn, but gardens, as well. I talked with my E. B. Coggins who has had many, many years of experience with cotton, peach es, and dairymen. He says, ’Farmers should take better care of their seed and where farmers are going to save seed they shouldn’t gather or pick the crop too green. The seed should be dry before storing. Gerrtiina- ion should be checked.”, Mr. Coggins made the statement that a lot of farmers got over-anxious m the spring and planted too early. At one time last week I thought amost half of our cotton would lave to be planted over. Those few warm nights saved a lot of cotton acreage. Robert Harris, Furman and W. 1. Garrett and John Simmons have already sprayed for thrip. A spray or dust will help cotton off to a good start. • • » We’ve had wonderful weather for hay curing this spring. The quantity is off, but the quality is certainly up. The hay conditioner s one of the finest machines for lay making. Almost any rough- age can be cured much quicker, t saves the green matter and he chance of the hay getting too wet is much less since it doesn’t have to stay in the field so long ^ OFFICE SUPPLIES CHRONICLE PUB. CO. PHONE S33-6541 to cure. """ I saw the following hauling in good quality hay last week: Wal ter and Pierre Ramage, Ed Tem pleton, Jack Adair, L. F. Davis, Milton Thomason, George Roper, Ed Copeland, and James Thoma son. These fellows depend on oats and surplus grazing for most of their hay. * * * Soybeans should be planted In May, according to research in formation at Clemson. Yields, stalk development and seed qual ity are better. Soybeans are a good money crop, good land builder, make good hay and si lage. Even though the yields are best for May planting, I believe the land building qualities of this legume should be considered. Since lespedeza is about out as far as small grain goes, some legume should be seeded behind grain. Farmers will more than recover the cost of seeding in the crop that follows. Prepare the land, plant it, and spray it and you are through; that is what some are doing with corn. To Go Haywire TODAY, FRL, SAT., * Mfcy 16-17-18 MONDAY -TUESDAY, May 20-21 pliUMfX i; U i} "3 r mmmm MX i V.-<! STARTS WEDNESDAY, May 22 Shows: 3, 5, 7, 9 Saturday Start 1:60 P. M. “THE BIRDS ARE COMING” ftlUM luuutol SIMMS [ScUtOGWH For decades hay has been pressed into rectangular bales and bound with wire, making it easier to trans port and store. When a farmer wants to use a bale of hay, he cuts the wire binding it and the wire—having been under great stress—quickly recoils into an entanglement Often the fanner tosses the wire into a corner of the barn or hangs it on a nail for future use. But usually the wire is so tangled that he has a hard time pulling a piece of it from the mass. Thus was born the figurative expression, “to go haywire,” to become badly entangled, or to reach a state of wild disorder. WE FINANCED OUR CAR THROUGH r; Vv M. S. Bailey & Son; Bankers Men, as they grow older, must likewise learn to step down as well as to step up. They should learn the lesson early so that when compulsory retirement comes it won’t be too difficult. Through the years the wise man develops some usefl avocations along with his chief vocation. When the time comes to step down, he goes out ond steps up again into useful work. Retired businessmen can be a tremendous help to their pastors, accepting responsibility for wort: at the church for which they are especially prepared and the pas tor is not. Many large churches have to eipploy managers, al though they have retired men in their membership who could do the job beautifully. Stepping down if viewed prop erly leads to stepping up. That’s what is waiting for the Christian at the end of life. He steps down out of this life and steps up into the more immediate presmce of his Lord. JUNOR HKH NEWS By MELISSA TURNER Mrs. Belle Sumeral of Laurens was honored last Friday in chapel when she was presented gifts by the student body. Mrs. Sumeral is retiring after many years of school work, including CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, MAY M, ISM OlljF (Cltntfln QHjrnntrlr July 4, ISM — WILLIAM WILSON HARRIS - IS, EVERY THURSDAY BY THE NICE PUBLISHING COMPANY (Payable la Advance) One Year 6AM, Six One Yt IBM The of Ra subscribers and nd kindly advice; The ; when they are set of a dafametory nature. Anonymous Thla pepnr ia hot responsible for the views or opinions of its _ •Vfci ten years at Clinton Junior High School. Lucille McSween, stu dent body president, made the presentation. The chapel program Friday also included a program on Mother’s Day, presented by Mr Bill Rhodes’ homeroom, 7-F. Eighth grade students visited Clinton High School Monday for a tour of the school building. Darrell Hampton of Mrs. Ca thy Jones’ section, 7-E, was s lected to go to Furman for the state track meat. The canteen for sixth graders entering JHS next fall waa held recently at the Clinton Armory. Mrs. Hazel GilfDlaa la a patient at Newberry County Hospital this week. Recent chapel programs in cluded the Installation of m student body preaidant Nedy Copeland and vice president Choc Burnett, under the direction of Mrs. Griffith’s homeroom, 7-D. Also, Mrs. Jones’ hosnerooan, 7- E, Was in charge of a program Installations Aai Repair eaturing a performance by Mr. Harry Bouknight and the Junior High band. ssTiMsia; haAatf srihs tf dm AMm b Mt Re ted bsaUs mRM R tir pt As test ley se Iter car istansis ottfa Stats Farad la a* aa ateat I hRf I JoeV. Ernest 1W N. Brari 8t 8134*11 .. V Tali* a tip from us. We shopped around • lot — naturally get the best dnnl we could on ths car and the we found both. We financed our car throuMi swap mweawawi u^^wwuo www vvewwvvwrwwo urwa* inenoiy people, easy to oo oust ness wim, tSQSl Of 811, W8 MfitTItM »Iviii VQw w8B88 • • • 8leO D8nK arranged a convenvem seneoute paymami, too. Whether you're buying a new cur or another cur, be $mart. Talk to the people at M. S. 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