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-f •*. i f* THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Clinton, S. C„ Thursday, January 5, 1987' Some Thoughts For the New Year Matt. 14:35i “And in the Watch of the night Jesus went fourth, unto them, walking on the sea. M • Matt. 14:31, “And he said, Come. ture than eventa. that have been taking place right here at home.. j ' ■ ■ v .r> * * • * ^ ^ In the midst of prosperity, there has been a rising discontent that is dif ficult to explain. At a time when major industries and business leaders are de moting a large part of their energies to THE AMERICAN WAY Youth Wants to Know per cent of The total in* come for farm operations in the state during the yeatv. These were, in order of value, f ‘V ■ ‘ ^ tobacco, '“soybeans, cotton,’< And when Peter was come down out helping solve broad social and econom- of the ship, he wafked on the water to ic probiems, a deep-rooted movement I'D LIKE* U)AN -0SA6KANT- F voa CAN SPARE IT/ go to Jesus. But when he saw the wind boister ous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. “And immediately Jesus stretched forth His hand, and caught him, and said unto him, 0 thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?" ' ^ is sweeping across the country that could Well undermine the private en terprise, free market economic^ystem. During 1966, extensive investiga-. tions into the motives and the perfor mances of many basic industries reach ed a new high. The maladjustments of <^*rAntiv-Birr 1 DON'T F0R6ET THE only POCKET I HAVE IS, YOURS/ tm Inflation have been blamed on industry. The miracles which are recorded in Toward the end of this past summer, 'h many passages of the Bible had a pro found effect upon those whose lives were touched by them because they were done with, a calm authority and confi dence that spoke eloquently of their divine origin. They were a challenge to consumers turned their wrath on retail distribution. Housewives picketed stores and demanded price reductions. Simul taneously, striking unions made a sham bles of the government’s wage guide lines. Wage increases threatened to out- r 0OMAnr Or us VOUft TAXES By RANDY GRIFFITH Do you ever feel that things time is no good. No one should peaches, corn and hay. are gloomy all over? Sure expect that of you. However, The agriculture oficiats said you do. None of us escapes you can control th e sour dis- that the six major crops such ugly momenta. positions' by working them out brought about $239 million// Often there are reasons for ln a vigorous session of Djiy; Farmers harvested c ro p s> feeling down in th e dumps. s * cal exercise. Li&e raking f rom 2,243,000 acres of farm-, Your teacher may snap at le aves or mowing th e lawn or land during the year. . This, you unfairly someone passes Jast plain running until you re was down from the acreage/ you in the hall at school with tired. If it’s impossible to conr. Qf'1905 which, was estimated hardly a glance, or you won- trol your mood this way,, go to 2;403,000 acres., der what the prospects are y° U1 ’ room to brood. It s un- There was a decrease ill “Tor~a date next weekend. Af- t° take your feelings out acreage of food grains, feed ter a while you’ve developed on other people by making grains., cotton, hay and for^, a face a mile long ?md a rot- their lives miserable. a ge, seed arid vegetable crops, ten disposition. And then, Still there is another way to Increases were noted in soy-, strangely enough, along comes handle these feelings. ’Some- beans, tobacco and a few oth- Mdm, who also has had a day times the hurt is so deep you er crops. ( of disappointments, and ka- can’t bear to suffer alone. In Com and cotton acreage zam, in no time, you’re tak- this case, find someone to talk were at an all-time low, the ing your irritations out on the matter over with. In a market service reported. Cot; faelj other. mature manner as possible, ton production was the lowest Now. To be sugar and spice try to express your feelings since 1875 for South Carolina, and everything nied all the to someone. This may be a The. service reported also parent a close friend a teach- that production of fresh mar- that temperatures must be er or a minister. Sharing a ket vegetables and melons freezing at the atmospheric problem with another person were down nine per cent com-; ^ point of production, and al- is often a way to overcome pared to 1965. The year s pro- the followers of Jesus during His min- strip productivity increases. All of these istry as a physical presence and to us things promise to raise a fundamental if** w 4'V'v today to have faith in God’s Messiah and act according to His word. Jesus did not write His teachings on golden tablets to be enshrined in great temples which time would des troy. He wrote them deep in the hearts And minds of men and women where His message could not be stamped into oblivion by any sort of ruthless oppres* sion nor worn away by the impartial attrition of time. This is the strength of Christianity — that it needs no out ward trappings. With its message of hope and concern for the dignity and worth of each human being, it brings the greatest comfort and burns the brightest within those most sorely op pressed. As 1967 begins let us all pause once more to furbish anew our thoughts of Him who came to build a Kingdom in our hearts, His teachings lend mean ing to the humdrum life, dignity to the issue to which most citizens have given no thought. * * * * The issue that is being raised by the striking housewives, strik ing workers and investigative gov ernment bodies, involves the ques tion of whether or not our private enterprise, capitalistic systeqi, which functions on the profit motive, is to be retained? The growing discon tent, if it rung deep enough, will re sult in legislative action that will - ^Iter irrevocably the system under ^hkh we have lived since the found ing of the nation. * * * * i Since any fair examination of the record will reveal the great benefits that have been derived from competi tive capitalism, we must assume that ♦ the present discontent is based on mis- a Words of Wisdom Stories Behind Words most to tl^e ground. Whether d snow melts or accumulates is determined by changes in temperature at the surface. But in the final analysis, whether forecasted ‘‘precip” arrives as a liquid or solid de pends on a world of those var iables and the way they arc last week that the volue of coordinated in proper proper- South Carolina crops for 1966 tion. was about $269 million, down Remember that, the next nine per cent from 1965. time .... • ■ „ Six major crops produced Value of Crops In State $269 Million Columbia — The State Crop Reporting Service stated duction of the nine major crops was estimated at 3,542,- 000 hundredweight compared to 3,875,000 hundredweight last year. ’ By William S. Penfield A unfortunate, hope to people who have understanding — a misunderstanding none and courage to those who must _ that has been encouraged by irrespon- do the impossible. This troubled new year all, men would do well to remem ber His outstretched hand and His words to one who was sinking into a stormy sea: “Oh thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?*’ Where Are We Headed? As the last sheet Ts“tom from the sible political actions that have led to the depreciation of the dollar. The rise of discontent among U. S. citizens, if not resolved, may well lead to the crip pling of productivity and the erosion of liberty, as controls are substituted for the laws of supply and demand in a free market — a market that is in comparably the best in the world. Life magazine describes its accomplishments in a few sentences: “American house wives, many of whom are engaged in Jerkwater The early railroad locomotives were ste^m engines that burned coal. The burning coal heat ed water, .producing steam to drive the engine’s pistons. ... Huge, elevated water tanks were built along railroad lines so that the engine’s water supply could be replenished. When the water supply became low, the en gineer stopped at a tank. A large nozzle was pulled down, or “jerked” over an opening in the tender car, and water was taken on. . Any town so small that a train stopped • only to take on water came to be called a “jerk water” town. ' FARMS and FOLKS JJy L. C. HAMILTON Clemson University Extension Information Specialist ‘It’s , , . - - w - Many South Carolina areas with a cold outbreak pushing calendar the pundits, commentators, fi- supermarket boycotts to protest the had a white Christmas, al- down from the North. nanical and editorial writers pause high cost of food, spend an average 18.2 most ’ and sort of • • • with pen in hand to take a retrospective per cent of their families’ take-home The s P arse covering look at the year 1966. They will find pay to buy that food. In 1960 they were that it was a good year in many, re spects. The economic indices'continued to reflect a general state of affluence that the nation has. enjoyed for 20 years. The blatant evidence of this af fluence has bdihered those who find it difficult to reconcile the tragedy that men are facing in Vietnam with a per sistent demand at home for a life of greater ease and comfort. The truth, is that while the oqtput of United States industry poured a flood of material well-being across the land, .there was no stinting on military requirements. 4 * * * * The productive capacity of this country has become so great that it can sustain a major war effort without interrupting our peacetime lives, and judging by 4 reports at the end of thp year, there is growing evidence that the communist world is not a monolithic force after all. Serious as it is, the war in Vietnam and the threat of world-wide com munism may have less of a bearing on the shaping of the American fu- “Even-then,” he adds, of touch and go.” snow that hit the ground in What it adds up to Is that . some sections and quickly dis- it isn’t easy for an area such spending 20 per cent and in 1947, 24.6 appeared raising interesting as this, with varying terrain per cent. In ^France, housewives d6di- questions about this form of and subject*to diverse flows cate 30 per cent of their family budget slicky ' v!lit ^‘ stuff - * 01 air currents . t0 8 et a load tofood. In Japan the rate is 43 percent, What ha PP ens to produce 01 th e fluff snow? How do you know when <f n the first place, for snow to look for it? to he created, there must be a combination of just-right conditions in the atmosphere and in the Soviet Union — something between 50 per cent and 60 per cent.” . As the new year opens, Jve should all vow to try a little harder to under- And, how can we have snow when temperatures are above . , freezing? Why can t snow be melud '"S below-freezing tem- successfully forecast? Peratures, suitable moisture I . , content, and inter-acting , . . . * Answers to these queries on nhomiooi stand what makes the wheels go nature's icebox —* *- chemical forces. around in the United States. the biggest task we face in 1967. Only ^ he Weather Bureau at Clem- through understanding can we erase S ° n Un,versity - the biggest task we face in 1967. Only ^ . Al T _. . , wcl ’ e P ut In the second place, once That is Alex Kish, ^teoroligst^with produced> snow must have an accomodation of below-freez ing temperatures from the at- We found: mospheric area in which it is , - 4 — That the production of generated all the way to near through understanding of bread and snow in itself is regarded as the earth’s surface. butter facts of our economic system can a phenomenon, somewhere The second point is the most / we •hope to retain the good and abun- ncar the cate £° r y of mira- critical in successfully fore- dant life that we have enjoyed in the Cl f' T u . t casting,- snow. Weather men , . i! * ; area of snow fore- can generally tell when con- past to say nothing ot freedom and casting is one Kish would just ditions will be most favorable our stature as a world power. a s soon avoid. His role pri- for snow. They can’t be as marily is interpreting fore- sure about it reaching the • casts as they relate to pro- ground in that fyrm. „ . li _ # spective agricultural activi- They’r e not sure whether or Having your name engraved in stone ties and advising South Caro- not a, slice of warm air will or cast in bronze does not perpetuate it hna producers accordingly, slide in beneath snow clouds on this earth half as long as having it Hc is t0 talk about and turn what had been a on some organization’s mailing list.— Bulletin, Philadelphia. CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1967 ulhr (EltttWtt QJljnmtrlp Established 190# July 4, 1889 - WILLIAM WILSON HARRIS — June 13, 1955 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable in Advance) Out-ofcUounty One Year, $4.00; Six Months, $2.50 One Year, $5.00 Second Class Postage Paid at Clinton, S. C. * POSTMASTER: Send Form 3579 to Clinton {Throniole, Clinton, S. 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This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of iis correspondent^. < No responsibility is assumed by the publisher for omission or error occurring in advertisements or news matter, but correction will be made in the next issue when gtientiou is directed to it- I».no event will lability be assumed when merchandise is mHu M tfttMFtWtiy •aTWairo |MHC6« Member: South Carolina Press Astociatioh, National Editorial Association National Advertising Representative: * AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia conditions and forecasting in snowfall into rainfall, a general sense, and to say Th e references say: when snow might be expected ‘‘The type of precipitation and why on occasion it m^y> that reaches the ground in a not materialize when antici- borderline situation is essen- pated. , tially dependent on whether Starting with basics, note there is a layer of above- that snow is only one of sev- freezing temperatures between | eral forms of precipitation the ground and the levels at produced by nature. It’s all which the precipitation is for- ‘‘p>ecip” to Kish and other ming, and whether this layer weather men. is sufficiently deep to melt Precipitation occurs, refer- all the falling snow, cnce books say, when moist “It has been found that the air is cooled below the dew- melting depth varies from point, the moisture taking the about 750 to 1,500 feet de form of rain, snow, hail, dew pending on the snowflake t or frost, depending on the pending on the snowflake conditions ifnder which the type, melted drop size, and •condensation takes place and other factors, is maintained. ^ “The depth necessary for As to snow specifically: melting is somewhat less “When condensation takes when the temperature increa- place at a temperature below ses more rapidly toward the freezing, minute ice crystals surface.” instead of water globules are ; It isn’t necessary that formeti and the union of these ground - level tempratures be crystals gives snowflakes.” treezing or below when snow That, in over. - simplified starts to fall. There can be a form, tells when snow,may tolerance of several degrees he formed. , above. “Generally,” sav*" Kish, ' I’ve 'sedh snow with the “conditions which * produce ground - level temperature up snow in South Carolina are to 38 or 40 degrees,” the combination of a low pres- Kish. sure system up from the Gulf, The basic consideration is says *329,000 IN EARNINGS PAID CITIZENS FEDERAL SAVERS IN 1966 give shape to their future! ,;*r L<P\ m Jow THE folks who know that they are the sculptors of thefr future he* cause they practice man’s oldest habit • •. saving. People who realize that oUT 1 regular addition of ^earnings to their savings increases their ability to change the physical form of money into tangible goods and services. As one of our savers you will be assured of safety for your funds ••• gen* crous income •••financial Security that derives from the steady “par value* of your savings, the result of sound management; and freedom from changes in thejmoney market; the stock market and the economy. Open an account by January 10th and share full profits with our other Cavers in 1967, A step through our doors will be a step in the right direction. Per Year, Compounded Semi-Annually FEDERAL INSURED .•IB.OOC Savings and Loan Association ^ • 220 West Main Street CLINTON. SOUTH CAROLINA -VK. 1 0