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I * “The Slowdown Begin*” Here is good advice for voters of the other 49 states as well as Delaware—and for those of our own state particularly. We quote in full the counsel of Editor and ^eg© regulations to stop ice cream manu- Publisher Jack Smyth of the State News facturers from producing junk and calling tions under wraps. And here’s where the plot thickens: • Four years ago the Malagasy President, Philibert Tsiranana, visited the, United States and bluntly asked the boys in Wash ington when they were going to put out of Dover, Del., and urge that our own read ers take the action indicated: “Many Delawareans were probably shocked and surprised to see our two U. S. Senators—both Republicans—lining up the it vanilla ice cream Pressed for an answer, they told him they would put out the regu lations if he would promise that Madagas car could produce enough vanilla to satisfy the demand. Tsiranana promised they could, returned to Madagascar and started side of those favoring the passage of t e a p r08 r ram to increase plantings of vanilla. Civil Rights bill—one of the great issues of j^ ow Malagasy people—whose economy our century. j 8 8 haky to begin with—are up to their “Yet it must be remembered the af- e a r8 i n vanilla they cannot sell, finnative votes by Senators John J. Wil- i n the meantime, back in Washington, liams and J. Caleb Boggs simply indicate the regulations still sit on someon’s desk in they favor the bill should be brought on the Food and Drug Administration, the floor for consideration. It doesn’t. The Malagasy are proud people and show how they will stand when the final don’t want our aid, handouts, charity—call show comes—if it ever does. it what you will. They do want justice. “What has been going on for the past And theyre getting madder and madder. weeks is a delaying action—put on by the Southerners and the Yankees who are aware what a great blow to our basic free doms the passage of ‘civil rights’ bill would bring. When, oh when, will we learn? Babton Discusses THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Stories Behind Words by William & Penfield To Cross The Rubicon In 49 B. C. two generals, Julius Caesar and Pom- pey shared control of the Roman territories. The Rubicon River was the dividing line, with Caesar's territory to the north and Pompey’s to the south. Neither had any authority in the other’s domain. Pompey plotted to destroy Caesar and become sole dictator of Rome. But Caesar learned of the plot and decided to take the fight to Pompey. When he and his legions came to the Rubicon, Caesar hesitated. He knew that to cross it meant a declaration of war. Casear made his fateful decision, crossed the Rubicon and headed on a course which led to his becoming dictator of Rome. Caesar’s decision is the basis for the expression “to cross the Rubicon,’’ meaning to start on a course from which there is no turning back. Clintoa, S. C n Thursday, April 30, 1964 singing and each troop put on Governor’s-Legislative Commit- Jojns DobbiflS AflCIlCy a fun skit. One of the highlights tee on Mental Health Institu- william c. Dobbins, III, has of this program was the group lion*, was speaker at the pro- received his discharge from the of Indian dances staged by the gram on the 27th. The Govern- U. S. Army after a Exolorer Scout* from Post 75 or ’ s Press Secretary, Fred She- tour of military service. Prior to been addressed the gathering on his release he was stationed at of Joanna in the colorful coe- Dobbins OFFICE SUPPLIES CHRONICLE PUB. CO. ‘And it might well be possible trial THc Cl*Op Outlook both of our good senators will change their minds when the chips are down. They need and want the expression of opinions from all of their fellow citizens of the ‘First State.’ “One of the great troubles with those, Babson Park, Mass., April 3D—The farmers of our nation last year grossed about forty-one bil lion dollars, to set a new record. The big ques tion is: Will they do as well in 1964? SPRING PLANTING INTENTIONS If farmers stick to their early 1964 planting Highlights From Clinton High By DISH1E DELANY like myself, who are seriously worried the intentions, U. S. crop acreage will just about at the S. C. State Hosp: This week at CHS has been set, and the entertainment will of these Sundays. the 28th. Fort Sill, Okla., with an Artillery * nd m * d * by A highlight ot the w«k ha. grwip. He hold, th. rank o< Flr« the boys. been the annual open house tours Lieutenant. Mr *‘ Most of the Scouts spent the s c state Hospital, the bins and son, Bill, IV, are mak- night inside the same building Palniet to state Hospital, and ing their home in Joanna at the in which the program was pineland ^ Wednesday and present and he is assisting his given. Thursday, April 29 and SO, from father, who owns the The Scout executive of the 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tours Insurance Agency. Laurens and Newberry District continued until 8:00 p.m. at the is A. B. McCroskey, Jr. He was s. C. State Hospital on Wednes- in charge of the camporee. day, the 29th. State To . Mental Health Week South Carolina’s observance of Mental Health Week began with “Family Day” at faculties of the State Department of Men tal Health on Sunday, AprU 26. Continous visiting hours from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. wiU be in effect at the S. C. State Hospital, the Palmetto State Hospital, and Pineland. Clergymen of all denomina tions have been encouraged by Mental Health Associations to call the attention of their congre gations to the needs of South Carolina’s mentaUy ill citizens in special sermons on either Sun day, April 26 or Sunday, May 3rd, and to give all church-goers an opportunity to contribute to a special offering to help provide furnishings for the aU-faith chapel now under construction ital on on one v ’n • , . ’ ’ . ... . _ «_ m n ocr. such a whirlwind of activity, I be prepared. Even after string- The State Department of Min- measure will impose a real basis (or dicta- equal mat (or MW and wffl be a small *b°ve h<nUy t„o» where to begin! tag crepe paper for a week and tal Health .ponded spectal^ torship is that we do not have the great 1962. The Agriculture Department s Crop Ke- Not only ig ^ Friday the straining every ounce of their grams honoring its employes at We, as individuals. P 0 ** 0 * Board a ‘ otal ° f 261 ’ 000,000 day of the Junior-Senior Prom, ingenuity to its breaking point, the S. C. State hospital on April Ar<w>ni»atinn<j lilra fliA NAAfP acrM wl11 io . crop * COV * but also the long-awaited date the juniors wUl be just as eager 27, and at the Palmetto State on orgamzati s e ^ ered in its March 1 P lantln £ intentions survey. of lggue for cUntonians. The as the seniors to enjoy an en- Apral 28. James H. Simkins of f* we add “5 minor cr °P s lucky seniors wtil receive theirs chanting evening at CHS’s big- Greenville, vice-chairman of the included in that survey, the to- tonight at the annual Clintonian gest social function of the year, tal for all U. S. Crop* this year Party will probably amount to 310,- weapons of coercion have no organizations like CORE and the National Council of Church es. So it is easy for this very vocal mi nority to claim thoae opposed to the bill are racists and bigots. “This is a stupid generalization. And, besides, a lie. “First of all—I resent the threats made by the so-called spokesmen for the Negroes —like Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. AH Americans hate violence. And take pride in our ability to work out our prob- Classic ZIG-ZAG SEWING MACHINE HAS EVERYTHING Makes all embroidery, applique, sews on buttons, makes bat- ton holes, shirring and many other sewing operations. 26- Year Factory Guarantee. • Built-In Darner • Built-In Light In Faceplate • Round Bobbin • Sews Forward or Backward • Numbered Tension Dial • Automatic Bobbin Winder • Push Button For Reverse Sewing • New! Automatic Button Holder McIntosh shoe shop Musgrove Street Of course the seniors have sup- 000.000 acres—the fourth amaD- nl ® Ut '** m " tart ^ ^ ly th bee " k ' p ‘ h ta , th * K d f k . ’ ^ mng * V ^ about the theme; but whether est ever ^ orde f . Saturday morning our numb they have found it out or not, ev- Crop Reporting Board seniors returned (over an hour e ryone is anxiously awaiting the The looks for declines in acreages late!) ^ their fabulous Wash- S the j^iors’ labors' seeded to barley, corn, flax- i n gton trip. And this year’s ex- • * • T 1 ’ T 1 CUr8i ° n WaS With0Ut 8 d ° ubt * e Tomorrow and Saturday the these downturns to be offset by most eventful ever! Laurens County School Bus the larger acreages that wifl be Not only did a couple of CHS- Road . E . 0 team composed of seeded to soybeans and spring wheat. Our Bab- . e rs get left as the “Silver Com- Jan et Lawson, Sammy Wham, _ _ __ son commodity analysts foresee actaal 1964 e t” pulled away from the plat- Jerry Coker and Vicki Boyd to- lema on a reasonable basis. These a^ i “ bl R j?"". Washington gethtr wlUl ■ rntmbert of u* ,bfS ... . , T •„ i . ^ ...... by the Crop Reporting Board. three of the brave old seniors Transportaion Club wiU attend 1 *0»« » <<* of f*> th “> wheat f,T e dow “, wi,h , d f° r * U '; e ' State School Bus Rood-E-0 our U. S. Senate and our aystem of r>v- ^ZTShnatad that corn ptantta*. ££ to Columbia, erament if there is surrender. wU1 ^ 11% Mo. the 1958-82 average. The re.- ^ JTT 1 * “ d ^ They will be competing .gainst “And in the second place—I just can't son lor this is that fanners have decided to take time, as did all the !? c *“0 llrlve, f s tr om throug out ... ., . . . . ... 0 , more of their corn land oat of production so they * ’ the state in hopes of returning believe that intelligent men like Senators SS^^lhMhrparmentt by thTgoverument nn- “toers! ^ , 0 CHS lor the third consecutive Williams and Boggs won’t see the perils de r its new feed-grains diversion prognun. Even ^ ^ s gtaff ^ year the SUte First-Place tro- presented in this election year frenzy and with this smaller acreage, however most experts sued itg ^ Sei J inel ^ M P h y believe that corn output will equal the 1963 rec- eventually cast thdr vote against this very dangerous measure. “But we cannot take any chances. Let our two senators know how you feel. Hie showdown now begins. And the weeks ahead are going to be critical. Don’t be in timidated by threats. Say what you think. And help prevent this great national er ror—based on emotion.’’ Rain Cuis Short Laurens District Scout Camporee Around 75 Boy Scouts of the Vanilla And Ice Cream Not in our wildest dreams would we ever have linked ice cream with a serious international situation. Countries have gotten mad at us for aU kinds of reasons— yet here is one peeved at us about ice And you know what? We don’t May . . . rt/wn w. w i 'V““ »s*ue will be edited by Carol San- ord ol 4,081.395,000 bushel,. I personally feel der! Edltor . Jolm John ton, As- it may even top that bgure. w he.t bhoiate Editor; Edwin Sloan, Government reporto on U. _S. .prly-whent News Editor . ^ ^ plutings indicate that there wfll be a taort of fonl F( , alure E<Utor 6.5% from last year, but that the total will still • • * be about 3% below the five-year average. Of , A _ course, the new farm bill just enacted will en- Gloria Jackson, Associate Edi- courage farmers to cut plantings back even tor °* Die Sentinel, and presi- more But assuming average yields per acre, dent * the National Honor Sr- Laurens District folded their I am convinced that total 1964 wheat production '' iet y- received April Student of camping equipment Saturday will still come very close to the five-year aver- the Month honors. morning returned home after age While the wheat surplus does not loom so Gloria, whose writing abtiity heavy rains brought a halt to large as it did a couple of years ago, that prob- ha * won for her several awards the camporee at the Laurens lem is still far from ticked. 10 state-wide News Story of the County fairgrounds. Month competitions, has also The camporee got underway WHAT ABOUT COTTON? been a member of the Red Devil Friday afternoon and was This spring the outlook for the cotton crop is Band, and president (Dux) of scheduled to end at 5:30 p. m., more uncertain than usual, because some cotton the Junior Classical League. Saturday, but rain prevented was already in the ground before Hie new farm • • • the Scouts from partciipating bill become law. This law reduces farm price At the Clintonian party tonight hi Die planned outdoor program supports for cotton from 32%c to 30c a pound. a t 7:30, seniors and faculty mem- activities. Cotton growers had originally intended to plant oers will receive their copies dL The trek home began early just about the same number of acres as in 1963, the 1964 o«w*niti ft n a ft e r the Saturday morning as the boys which would be just below the five-year average dedicatory copy is presented and tux* their leaders loaded equip- of 15,435,000 acres. My guess is that less land staff members and solicitors are meat and left the fairgrounds. Most of the Scouts had al ready set up camp Friday when farm bill had passed earlier in the season. • • • the rain started shortly after m. The camp fire pro- scheduled at 8:00 p. m. blame them! The country is the Malagasy Republic, will be sowed to cotton now, though the cutback recognized with their personal more romantically known as the Island of 7°*''* f ^ ^ ^ ... .. ,, „ . _ . » . . farm bill had passed earlier in the season. Madagascar, off the East Coast of Africa. The cotton provisions of the farm bill may All this week the Junior Class 6:00 P Staunchly anti-communist, Madagascar, aL be an improvement on the old “two-price” sys- has been mysteriously hard at 8ram though part of the French Commonwealth tern, but I predict they will not be the cure-all work mi the long-awaited Junior- Friday for parents and friends of nations, has been extremely friendly to s 0 ™ 6 Peopte expect. Continued government tlnk- Senior Prom. By tomorroy night was moved inside one of the the United States But here’s the rub* ering P 1 " 0 * 11 **™* P^®** ^ make mat ' 811 Die elaborate decorations will fab* buildings and continued as ten worse in the long run; it will simply post- be in place, the tables will all be planned. Madagascar is the center of the world’s pone the day of reckoning for those farmers who production of real, natural vanilla, which is cannot—or will not—adjust to economic reality Clinton Lions Club's Annual BROOM SALE! THURSDAY- FRIDAY MAY 14-15 * These brooms are of high quality, made by the blind. Pro ceeds from Hie sale will go to Hie Lions Sight Conservation Fund and other programs for underprivileged. Home-Type Brooms Only $1.50 Lions Club solicitors, some 70 strong, will make concerted house-to-house colls tonight ond Friday night. People of Hie rural sections may buy brooms at soles on Hie street Satur day. Please do your port—buy a year's supply for this worthy cause! You Help Two Ways When You Buy A Lions Broom: You Help the Blind Earn a Livelihood ond Also Hetp Those Who Need Visual Attention! SWEEP CUNT0N WITH A LIONS BROOM! v Street Sales On Saturday, May 16 The Scouts engaged in group a bean that ia the fruit of an orchid. We Americans used to consume a large quan tity of Madagascar vanilla in our favorite dessert—vanilla ice cream. Then came little men with test tubes who invented a synthetic vanillin which they used to re- om- hoper for really large shipments of wheat and changing marketing concepts. PRICES AND INCOME * Some months ago everyone was excited at the prospect of Russia buying vast tonnages of wheat, and possibly other grains. But—although the Soviets have taken fairly sizable amounts— IF YOU DON’T Man THE CHRONICLE YOU DON’T GET THE NEWS PHONE 6334641 place real vanilla in ice cream But it was still called vanilla ice cream, whether any veBilla was used in it or not Along about 1941 our Food and Drug Administration decided it ought to do ■ something about this, so it started hear ings. Now—28 years later—the speedy bu reaucrats stni have the ice cream regula- and other grains beyond the Iron Curtain have fizzled. Grain surpluses are still with us. Al though we have cut hack our plantings, we are still overproducing. For this and other reason, we have right now considerabe downward pressure mi prices of farm products. Hence, I predict that 1964 farm prices—on average—will be a little hit lower than last year’s. Farm income will do well to hold its 1963 levels. ^ ^ , 4 4^ CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1964 (filititmt (Ehnmirlr July 4, 1991 — WILLIAM WILSON HARRIS — Jane It. 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