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c THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Clinton, S. C., Thursday, January 2. 1964 The New Year The New Year cometh and the old year must depart, and so it has been for centuries. Once every 365 days, the world pauses for a moment of reflection, for a brief but meaningful examination of self and surroundings. Then, with a shrug, a new, unlettered page is prepared to record the fulfillment of a new’ set of ambitions, intentions and purposes. Through the centuries customs and traditions have contributed to the New Year observanve to make it more than a time to mark the passing of another era.. It is a season of awakening to the realization that w’e 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 founda tion for new ambitions 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, w'e start with a ’‘dear slate.” There are other advantages, too. We are older, 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 letter 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. considered unrealistic and visionary. But—and this is my point—even though the ambitious efforts to meet competition during the recovery years brought about ever-greater technological changes, jobs actually became more and more plentiful So with the spectacular influx of automation in recent-Vears, the number of jobs has steadily increased. Total civilian employment stands now at better than 69 million, a figure that nobody would have believed if it had been predicted only 15 or 20 years ago. A gradual but definite change in the pattern of employment has helped the situation: Not only have new industries sprung up.-such as electronics, instruments and con trols, and aerospace—but more workers have i Clinton for $10.00 and other been absorbed by trade, finance, service, and considerations government. WAGES HAVE ALSO SKYROCKETED Moving up with employment have been earn ings. Back in 1909, manufacturing workers were making less than 20c an hour, on average; but now they are making $2.47. The trend is still upward and will be as far ahead as we can see. The weekly take of such employees amounted to $9 74 in 1909; it has now passed the $100 mark. So those who expected that fewer jobs and lower pay would result from belt-line processes and automation have been wrong thus far. It is my feeling that they will continue to be proven wrong over the years ahead. Our Physician Population Grows It is periodically charged that the num- Financial columnist Sylvia Porter says; “We now have the first solid dollars-and- conts signal that the current 33-month-old business upturn will continue into 1964. The signal lies in this one fact: American her of practicing physicians in this country businessmen already plan a 4 per cent hike is not large enough to meet the need and in their spending on new plants and equip- the demand for medical services. men ^ in 1964 to a r ^ r d dollar amount of If such a fear has any validity at all, it Million, would seem that the lack is being rapidly made up. The American Medical Associa- A quotation from Abraham Lincoln: "Every man is said to have his peculiar tion recently reported that the ratio of ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can doctors i>er 100,000 polulation has increas- say for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed by my fel low men.” ed from i37.6 u> 146.7 in only three years. There is every reason to believe that the trend will continue. More students are en rolled in our medical schools than ever be fore, and this year’s graduating class to taled the highest in history. The number . 1 of those schools has grown from 77 to 87 „ .. . .. . 0 __ Bab son Park. Mass. January 2 Whenever; in 17 years, five more are to be built short- there is a new upsurge in technological efficiency, there is an immediate outcry that this will mean 1 Babson Says Automation Means More Jobs Public Records MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED David Dial and LiUie Ella Finley of Laurens. Larry Gene Medlock of Kin- ards, and Florence Nell Farm er of Clinton. Harrison Evans Williams, Jr, of Columbia, and Gladys 4500.00. Rosetta Satterwhite to Mort gage Investment Traders, Inc., lot in Laurens County for $1.00 and other considerations. Albert H. Hopkins to Claude L. and Martha A. Hartline, lot in Watts Heights Subdivision, Laurens, for $8,780.00. Legare B. Padgett to Rich ard A. Wasson, lot in Laurens County for $380.00. Nannie M. Taylor to Edwin Henry Lyons and Loree Cook Lyons, lot in Laurens County for love and affection. Marshall W. Abercrombie, Special Referee, to Family Mortgage Co., lot in Laurens County for $8,500.00. Marshall W. Special Referee, to Family Mortgage Co., .48 of an acre in Young’s Township for $2,500.00. Continental Land Co. to C. B. Alexander and Louise H. Alex ander, lot in Lakewood for Edwin N. Richardson, Jr., and Jo Ann B. Richardson to Don Miles Smith and Patricia Ann A. Smith, lot in Laurens County for $10.00 and other considerations. No !\N. • i ly, and another six are in the planning stage. The AM A News urges that physicians contribute to the future of medicine by giving guidance and inspiration to secon dary school students who may be consider ing medical careers and must soon make a positive or negative decision. In its words, “By assisting these schools in their search for dedicated ami w’ell qualified students, today’s physicians can assure a strong pro fession and a healthy America for tomor row.” No one who knows the calibre of the medical profession will doubt that such a challenge will be met. So, there would seem to be no grounds for believing that the standards of medical care in this country', which certainly are not surpassed anywhere, will suffer. There is, on the other hand, every reason for be lieving that those standards, aided by new discoveries and techniques, some of a lit^ erally revolutionary character, will surely improve. “Part-Time Keynesians” A group of university economists re cently signed a statement of fiscal prin ciples. One plank holds that current gov ernment deficits are neither dangerous nor Inflationary; another minimizes the imjxtr- tanee of huge federal debt. If these economists are correct, the fis cal history of nations has embarked on a new direction. Continued deficits on the part of government, like continued deficits on the part of a family, have always led to disaster. The difference is that govern ment, with its ability to draw upon all the savings and earnings and resources of its people, can stave off the day of reckoning. This is mindful of the old argument of what might l>e termed the "part-time Key nesians”—those who used the writings of the late Lord Keynes as justification for deficit spending. But they skipped over the fact that Keynes regarded this as a proper course only under cretain conditions, such as a great depression. less employment and reduced earnings. It has long been my opinion that technical improve ments -even in the radical form of modern auto mation-do not mean fewer jobs or lower wages WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS On the contrary, more rapid and cheaper methods ol doing work mean more jobs in the long run I believe this is prov ed by the statistics that chart the progress of employment and earnings over the more than 50 years that 1 have been forecasting economic changes in the U. S. A Unions and work ers are naturally upset when they see jobs taken away from men and women and given to machines But they are look- Boger w. B«bMa in g at ^ s hort-range problems, not the long-range benefits It would be foolish to deny that there are serious immediate difficulties posed by automa tion Retraining, replacement, and other pro grams are necessary to cushion the initial im pact Management, union, municipal, state, and federal authorities well recognize the temporary confusion that must be alleviated For one thing, there is more need for workers of high skills, less for thoic with no training ALWAYS THE SAME ALARM When Henry Ford, long years ago. started his fantastic belt-line going, many economic ob Stories Behind Words by William S. Penfield Morning Glory Morning glory is the name of a family of flowering plants of many varieties. These climbing plants grow rapidly and twine about any object nearby, and thus are often used to cover fences and porches. The morning glory gets its name from the fact that its multi-colored blossoms are in full bloom, or at peak of their glory, when the sun rises. The rays of the sun cause the funnel-shaped blossoms to close be fore noon. A person may start out strong in some endeavor, and fade under the heat of prolonged competition. Re- cause of the ^similarity, a person displaying this trait^ Xr Ann Williams of Laurens. Calvin Nathaniel Fleming and Dorothy Lee Cunningham of Laurens. Leroy Pitts and Rosemary Hunter of Laurens. Clyde Edward Vaughn and Brenda Ruth Terry of Gray Court. Robert Edward Gray and Hazel Frances Allen of Foun tain Inn. Russell Gray Eeaton and Barbara Beatrice Martin of Clinton. Willie Earston Thompson of Gray Court, and Ethel Strother of Laurens. Charles Hampton Bolt of Laurens, and Judith Lee Coop er of Greenville. Paul Calhoun and Magdaline Thompson of Laurens. Richard Arnold Wasson of Laurens, and Pauline Gentry Matthews of Saluda. John Terry Manus of Spar tanburg, and Barbara Edna Epley of Whitney. Douglas Edward DeYoung of Clinton, and Maida Thackston Jones of Fountain Inn. Maxie Dean Davis and Bev erly Kay Hill of Clinton. John Howard, Jr., of Lau rens, and Jessie May Linda Faye Medlin of Clinton. Reid Oliver Chaney and Sal ly Ann Beaman of Clinton. PROPERTY TRANSFERS John Ralph Bagwell to Re becca Bagwell Butler, 15 acres near Waterloo for $5 00 and other considerations J. J. Bailey to Jeff R. Rich- ! ardson, Jr., 45.0 acres in Young’s Township for $10.00 and other considerations Sara Culbertson and Jones Culbertson to Mary E. Bayne, 2Vi acres for $10.00 and other considerations. T. C. Williams to Bessie Wil- 1 liams, lot in the Town of Foun- Continental Land Co. to C. B. Alexander and Louise H. Alex ander, lots in Lakewood for $849.00. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our sincer ity and gratitude for the kindness and friendship shown during the sic kness and death of Clarice B Nelson. It was extremely generous of j each one to have so much thoughtfulness and to make our grief a little easier to bear. Family of Joe R. Nelson CITATION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION The State of Sooth Carolina, County of Laurens By J. H. Wasson, Probate Judge: WHEREAS James A. Sober made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate and effects of Jesse Suber. These are, therefore, to cl and admonish all and singular the Kindred and Creditors ( of Abercrombie, the said Jesse Suber, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Laurens Court House, Laurens, S. C., on Janu ary 2, 1964, next, after publi cation hereof, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 23rd day of December Anno Domini 1963. J. HEWLETTE WASSON, J2-2C-J9 J. P- L. C. £©vg* W^DOO Your WOAWRi r 7T\ecJx£ Program T oday-Friday-Saturday TRUE...TURBULENT... TREMENDOUS! is called a "morning glory. FARMS AND FOLKS By L. C. HAMILTON Clemson C ollege Extension Information Specialist considerations Mrs. George Crapps to the Laurens Electric Cooperative. Inc., lot near by-pass leading from Watts ville to American Lava Corporation for $625.00. ! Venie Carver Caldwell to Raymond S. Benson and Daph ne M. Benson, 9.4 acres three miles northwest? of the City of .METROGOLDWYN-MAYER "Ksnrri: u MUTINY m ON THE # BOUNTY FILMED IN ULTRA PANAVISION 70* • 11^10010^ • AN ARC0LA PICTURE With Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Tarita and Richard Harris 2 Features Daily — 3:20, 7:30 Saturday — 4:15, 7:30 r — Monday-Tuesday January 6-7 PARRISH Troy Donahue Technicolor Connie Stevens 3:10, 5:30, 8:00 Claudette Colbert Starts Wednesday, January 8 THE CASTILIAN Color Adventure Thriller With Frankie Avalon, Cesar Romero, Alida Vali 3:10, 5:30, 8:00 RICE VENTURE ON LAKE MOULTRIE Rice—is it coming back to the Palmetto state’ Jasper Jeffers of Cross in servers and the working groups generally were Berkeley county thinks it might.- (Misitive that the result would be wholesale un- 1 saw recently a new rice mill employment and lower pay Mr Ford answered the first to be built in South the last part of the charge by immediately pay-| Carolina in many years on his mg his employees the biggest hourly wage in farm. It embodies his hopes that history: and the prediction of wholesale unem-j this once important crop will ployment was proved wrong by history itself, i move trom the pages of our ro- At each step during the “industrial revolution" I mardic history into bloodstream when new ways of speeding production were the economy, undertaken, the same alarm was sounded But, ! Jeffers gave two reasons he each time, there turned out to be more jobs in thinks rice may return, recent the lom? run rather than fewer-better pav m-1‘ hanges in allotment regulations; stead of ‘sweatshop" rates. | and because, "It’s a good money It is often forgotten that when new Jabor-sav- cr °P ing machines are brought out, these products themselves have to be manufactured, serviced, and repaired. This opens up a whole new web of jobs. Even a casual examination of fundamen tal statistics will reveal the vast increases in employment that have paralleled history-making technological advances and greater efficiency in all lines. 60 MILLION JOBS ONCE VISIONARY GOAL Many of you will remember the dark time in the 1930s when unemployment constituted about 25G of the labor force. Even after the pump-priming and business aids of the New Deal, the jobless in 1940 still made up about 15 f ‘; of the work force. Vice President Henry Wallace wrote a book called "Sixty Million Jobs", a hopeful work which many economists CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1%4 J dhp (Ettntuu iCljmmcip Established 1900 July 4, 1889 — WILLIAM WILSON HARRIS June 13, 195$ PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance) Out-of-County One Year $4.00, Six Months $2.30 One Year $8.00 Second Class Postage Paid at Clinton, S. C. The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers — the publisher will at ah times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly adv ice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. Member: South Carolina Press Association, National Editorial Association National Advertising Representative AMERICAN press ASSOCIATION New York. Chicago, Detroit. Philadelphia "Formerly, the rice allotments stayed with the land. However, the 1964 allotments are producer allotments This menas a per son may apply for an allotment. He can grow part of it himself and lease the remainder to an other farmer This greatly expands the geo graphic area on which rice might conceivably be grown—also the number of possible growers. "A rice crop should yield about 80 bushels an acre. At this time, rough rice brings about $2 50 a bushel. That’s $200 an acre," he says about possible returns. Contrary to some thinking, Jeffers thinks rice has a low labor requirement compared to most major crops g "I decided to go into the busi ness about five years ago after having a heart attack and get ting orders to slow down.” He purchased 150 acres of land next to Lake Moultrie reservoir just north of Moncks Comer. An agreement with the Santee- Cooper Authority gave him water rights. He ditched the land into neat squares and planted a trial acreage three years ago. Encouraged by what he found, he expanded the acreage to 100 lats year. Despite a serious bout with rice birds, the harvest con firmed his belief that a rice comeback was possible. Jeffers’ mill is capable of mill ing 1,1000 pounds of rice in an hour. "This is small as rice mills go. It is actually about one- twentieth as large as most mills.” Despite its small size, the mill turns out the various compon ents of rice milling: white rice, bran, and hulls. Jeffers has found litlte trouble in selling the products. The white rice is sold to a wholesale rice merchant in Charleston, Jacob B Sherman and Son Jeffers is not concern ed about overproduction "It would take about 30,000 acres to supply the annual de mand in South Carolina -produc- own shop, to be known as the ers says. This year’s state production of about 100 acres is a far cry from that * * * FRIENDLY PARTING South Carolina swine produc ers now have their own state organization. By mutual agreement and carrying a share of the funds, swine producers in the South Carolina Livestock Association have pulled o#l and set up their own shop, to beknown as the South Carolina Swine Producers’ Association. Fred Mathias, I^exington coun ty farmer, was elected tempor ary chairman at a recent Colum bia meeting, a big organization al meeting, with prominent speakers from the swine field, is now being contemplated for Lex ington, about January 7. The cattlemen have begun to pinpoint their own industry too. The name of the old livestock as sociation has been changed to the South Carolina Cattleman’s Association. Sam Wright, York, is the new president, succeeding Ed Small, Gaffney. 7/?? OUi it/mm. "If you stop praising a woman, she thinks you don’t love her anymore: keep it up and ahe’ll eventually think ■he’s too good for you." 1/ A little something to lean on Even a hefty-sized man can lean with confidence on this kind of dollar. It’s a growth dollar... grown bigger on husky earnings. You, too, can turn your dollars into growth dollars by saving with us.. .where your dollars work harder and grow bigger. CITIZENS FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION ‘ Clinton, S. C. CURRENT RATE OF DIVIDEND 4% \