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Thursday, January 5, 1961 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE J By Spectator .. .* COMMENTS tON MEN AND THINGS I’m about two hundred miles Or so across the border, over in Monterey, the second City of Mexico. Coming into Laredo, Texas, from San Antonio, we traveled miles and miles over the plains once noted for Indians and cow boys, as well as covered wagon settlers, wild gamblers and dead- eye pistol shooters. Today we came over a magnifi cent, broad highway, covering In five hours a distance once tra versed in a week by the riders of the plains. ■" We scarcely had time for a breath in Laredo when the next bus rolled up and we want across the Rio Grande into Neuvo La redo, Mexico, where we had lunch. Mile after mile over flat land, then mile after mile climbing the mountain, circUng around to reach its summit of about three miles, coining to Monterey, a city of 700,000 people. I’ve had dinner here in Mexi- cd*s' second city, now the indus trial center of Mexico. Some day when water is avail able .thousands of square miles of Mexico will be transformed like the Imperial Valley of California. Today these thousands of square miles are covered by Yucca and Mesquite., This hotel is a modern hostel ry and comparable to the best American hotels outside the pure ly splendiferous, luxury centers. I am enjoying the opportunity to talk in Spanish and find the Mexicans the same friendly peo ple I knew of old. I’m now al most equal to John Katsos at his best when he rolls out a miscel laneous verbage knowing I am not within hearing. Some day John will have to learn Creep from "Popper Jack,” my old friend. . * * * This is Tuesday. Hour after hour, mile after mile through a desert on paved roads but moun tains on v both sides. After all those miles through desert of Yucca and Mesquite we came to a building which was like a brilliant light coming out fo darkness. At Monterey and at Las Pal mas the hotels are modern and very comfortable. Tonight is Tuesday—I am in another Oasis, like a diadem— beautiful place. Late today I visited churches of notable splendor and then the Mescado (market). Two signs along the road have amused me very much. One as I approached “Yankee Spoken”; the other in Mexico: Webster English spoken.” Webster Eng- of Mexico, our very near neigh bor. I have been to Canada, alsd, enjoying days in Toronto, Mon treal and Quebec, but only at this late day am I making the mistake common to most of my countrymen—not knowing Mexi co well. \ Years ago I spent a day in Monterey and crossed the Texas border at El Paso and Laredo as well as crossing from New Mexi co and Arizona, but those little visits were somewhat casual af fairs. So far, on this/fhp, I have sprat nights at *Monterey and some features of the country ap peal to me specially. Splendid paved highways from Laredo, Texas, to the great city of five million people, as someone told me All along the hundreds and hundreds of miles the interven ing area is largely desert, with a few communities blessed with water. I would not recommend that you come in your car be cause mechanics are as scarce as hen’s teeth. Ride the bus and see the country and spend some nights in very attractive, modern and commodious hotels in which the service is excellent. When water comes to that vast area between here’ and Laredo, Mexico will have hundreds of thousands of rich acres for cul tivation. I am enjoying the trip im mensely and avail myself of a dozen o port uni ties each day to talk to the men and children in Spanish. Although I do not claim marked proficiency in Spanish I have been happy to renew my use of it. Mexico is a modern city along with much of the past. It has mi nt e r o u s magnificent buildings, boulevards, business buildings and many sumptuous homes and hotels. I must tell you that we have splendid highways from New Or- ledsajo Laredo, coming, as I did, by Houston and San Antonio Two big ads along the high ways evoked a smile. One near Laredo said "Yankee Spoken.” on the Mexican side was a sign —“Webster English Spoken.” I wonder who speaks Webster Eng- Last Sunday -I attended ser vices in the First Baptist Church at San Antonio, a church of nine thousand members. -It was stimulating service: a direct, plain, stimulating old fashioned sermon, a superb organ, superb ly played by a lady who looked like an angel pouring out celes tial music. The church is a vast edifice and has enough deacons lish would be bookish language. 1° form a small church. And all Don't try this trip In your own goes forward with the precision car. You might pot meet a me chanic or another car for hun dreds of miles. , * • * . I’m in Mexico City in the Plaza Hotel. Although I have spent many days in London, Paris, New York, Chicago, Los Ahgeles, Skin Francisco, Brussels, Antwerp, and other great centers, not for getting Lima, Peru, I knew noth ing about this enchanting Capital of Citadel Cadets on dress pa rade. A little courtesy goes a long way. I’ve talked to many people in the courteous phrases of my Peruvian friends and all have re sponded in words and manner graciously. I talked to many boys and girls, some little fellows and they are bright and eager and respon sive. I spent some time today in a 1960 TAX LEVY Lqurens County, Laurens, S. C. GENERAL LEVY Ordinary County Bonds Hospital . County Wide Levy Total 9 - 8 _ 1 18 Mills S £ C' a | | C u u Laurens No. 55 18 34 1 2 55 Laurens No. 56 > 18 80 4 1 7 60 Ware Shoals No. 51 18 39 2 Vi 59V4 Greenville No. 520 18 Cross Hill 42 4 2 44 6644 No. 13 (56) 18 30 4 1 2 55 Fountain Inn Water District — Levy 4 Mills La mens No. 55 made up and composed of the following old school and tax districts: Laurens No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 0, 7 and 11; Youngs 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10; Dials 1, 2 and 5; Sullivan 1 and 17; Scuffletown No. 4 and 12; Waterloo 2, 4, 6 and 14. Laurens No. 56 made up and composed of the following old school and tax districts: Cross Hill No. 13; Hunter 4, 5, 6, K-9, 42 and 16; Jacks No. 1, 2,-3, 5, 6, 7 and 15; Scuffletown No. 1, 2 and 3. Ware Shoals No. 51 is made up and composed of the following old school and tax districts: Sullivan No. 2, 3 and 7; Water loo No. 1 and 7. Greenville No. 520 is made up and composed of the following old school and tax districts: Youngs No. 4 and Dials 3-B. Mauldin^Umpsonville-Fountain Inn Water District is located in Dials 3-B. i Clinton Hospital District is composed of all District^ 56 except Cross Hill No. 13. Penalties after December 31—January 1%, February 2%. March 3%, April I to 15, 7%, when books will close and un paid taxes go into execution with collection costs added. small enterprise, cutting and pol ishing semi-precious stones. I’ve never met more exquisite cour tesy anywhere. As we were entering Mexico City the guide said “Yonder is the power company, now run by the Government but we don’t get any power cheaper because of that.” I think he is lucky if the cost shouldn't be higher when the poli ticians become entrenched, as used to be said: "Take care for the worst is yet to come.” Probably the least attractive part of Mexico Is that nearest to the United States. Certainly the beauty, splendor, culture and prosperity so notable in this area are not found next to Texas. I think we have much more to gain by cultivating Mexico than in trying to lift the economic level of Pakistan. (Our natural friends and comrades are on this side of the Atlantic. Europe has its own problems .which we should let alone; whereas all this side has a certain community of interest with us even though of Spanish and Portugese culture. I almost have a pocketful of money, but it doesn’t "add up.” A Peso equals just Under five cents. A Peso is worth 100 cen tavos. Well now, so you see. Re minds me of Fraqce and the francs and centimes. An air mail stamp sells for 50 centavos or less than five cents, as against seven cents at home. My mind played on this: our foolish gov ernment — Congress and Presi dent are giving away money to countries not taxed as much as we are. It is an enigma; I have to pinch myself to find out if I am living or dreaming. Billions of dollars all over the world and the rest of the world living sumptuously in riotous liv ing or riotiously in sumptuous living at our expense. How did our leaders ever become so ob tuse? Perhaps I shall wake up. At any rate our people should wake up. The time is not far distant when American labor will come to Mexico because Mexico is now aroused and planning economic and' industrial independence. Eu* ropean industries are coming and assuming local loyalties and ap peals. The nincompoop policy of re cent years will cause America to dry up at the source. We are the most foolish people in the world. Wake up America and encourage and stimulate your economic life. • • • This is J. K. Breedin in Mexico City, speaking over the great station by the courtesy of Senor and his able assistant* It was ooom said that the auto mobile has divided the population into two classes:'the quick and the dead. The drivers of cars in Mexico City must be the most expert-in all the world because they can drive faster and ap proach closer without accident than any other drivers I can think of. My Mexican friends should never grow fat because the man oh foot is on the Jump all the time. He must certainly develop a celerity and agility that would keep him in very fine condition. This morning I went about without a guide, calling on gen tlemen in the street for infor mation and for attracting the at tention of taxi drivers who approaching at great speed. I found a Wool worth store and felt quite at home. In that store they understood “Yankee,” as I mentioned. Mexico City is not an easy city to And your way in because it has numerous parks and cir cles, but the taxi man is com paratively cheap and very expe ditious. Thinking of the United States and Mexico, what are the prob lems? What the advantages? We might expand the exploration and make a very superficial sur vey of America and that would begin at Canada and come down to the most southerly tip of Chile and Argentina. The English and the Spaniards carried their influence and their culture farthest. In Quebec, Can ada, the French culture and lang uage still are* dominant ; South of the Rio Grande Spanish con tinues the pervasive and domi nant influence and language. Spanish is spoken over all the vast area of Mexico, Central and South America, excepting Brazil, which speaks Portuguese, an off shoot of English. 'We must grasp as a fact that throughout all this Spanish and Portuguese area of influence are maginificent cities, incredible wealth and a dynamic spirit of progress. Great centers of learn ing, great newspapers, great ra dio stations, as this mighty sta tion in Mexico City which has so exquisitely tendered me its far-reaching faciliUes. (More about my stay in Mexico City in next week’s Spectator) FALSE GOALS FOR AMERICA By THURMAN SENSING, Executive Vice-President Southern States Industrial Council The much-publicized report of President Eisenhower’s commis sion on “national goals” is in need of even more publicity. More properly, it needs thorough probing. The report, to which a number of distinguished Americans have signed their names, is of such a nature that one wonders whether the members of the commission read the full document. Certain ly, statements presented in the report are at variance with the known views of some of the com mission members. It should be recognized that (wo of the commission members, former Governor Colgate Dar den, Jr., of Virginia, and Craw ford H. Greenewalt, President of the Du Pont Company, have reg istered dissents. The former ob jected forcefully to federal pres sures on the South recommended in the report. The latter regis tered a strong protest against spending and tariff policies en dorsed in the report. Their out spoken stand should be applaud ed. Actually, the entire report needs careful scrutiny. The docu ment, in attempting to set forth American "goals,” recommends vast expansion of federal author ity over the lives of individual citizens. It urges welfare statism such as the nation has never seen. Furthermore, it commits the United States to a brand of internationalism repugnant to pa triots. Among other things, the report has appended chapters by indi vidual authors who were not members of the commission. These authors, labeled “leading authorities,” were supposed to present critical studies of legiti mate problems in American life. What they have offered, in the main, is a rehash of every lib eral-left program of the last 25 years. Endorsed in the volume, “Goals for Americans,” is full- scale integration, “unstinting” aid to underdeveloped countries, drastically reduced tariffs, ne gotiating as to the future of free Formosa, and gradual withdraw al from a position of opposition to seating Red China in the Unit ed Nations. One simply cannot believe that the entire list of commission members agree with the so-call ed experts whose opinions are are ALLEN D. COLEMAN * County Treasurer Nancy Carters Kitchen Know-How i Funeral Home s. c. FUNERAL DIRECTORS . . . sad , . . EMBALMERS FheM 41 AMBULANCE SERVICE Try Some New Pork Recipes Poik is in plentiful supply this month, so don’t overlook serving it often. As you shop your friendly supermarket, you will And fresh pork chops, steak, cutlets, roasts, spare ribs, tenderloin, salt pork, sausage, picnic shoulder and shoulder butt. Don’t forget these wonder ful smoked pork cuts — ham, bacon, Canadian style bacon, shanks and hods. Poik chops are the old family favorite “stand-by”. Doubly thrifty are the less demanded shoulder chops and loin end chops that are just as nutritious as the more demanded center eut chops. Creole Pork Chop Casserole 4 shoulder or loin end pork chops 8 8 os. cans tomato sauce 1/3 cup uncooked rice 1/3 cup copped green pepper 14 cup chopped onion teaspoon sflt 1 teaspoon sugar If necessary, trim chops to remove some of the fat Slowly brown chopy on both sides. Plaee in 1-quart casserole. Com bine tomato sauce (rinse cans with small amount of water) with remaining ingredients. Pour over chops; cover. Bake in moderate oven, 860 degrees, until fork-tender, about 114 hours. Makes 4 servings. Rib End Roost Buy a S to 6 pound rib end pork roast, allowing 14 pound per serving. Wipe meat with damp doth. Rub with a mixture of salt, paprika and dry mus tard. Place meat, fat side up, oa rack in an open pen. Add no water. Do not cover. Insert meat thermometer into center of meat, being careful K does not touch bone. Roast In slow oven, 326 degrees, until well done, 186 degrees on meat ther mometer. Allow about 3 1/8 hrs. for 6 lb. roast. Free Meat Folder Our very best pork, beef, veal and lamp recipes are in a folder, "Let’s Cook Meat”. If you’d ike a free copy, write to mo: Nancy Carter, P. 0. Box 4368, Atlanta, Gil, and well send it to you. attached to the commission re port. The list of “experts” should be carefully noted. If one examines that list one understands why so many of the “goals for Ameri cans” set forth in the book are superstatist and ultra-liberal. Among the consultants are people singularly lacking in conserva tive principals. The list includes: Prof. John Dunlop, Harvard University economics professor who has publicly argued against exporting the Amrican free en terprise philosophy to Latin America; Arthur Goldberg, spec ial counsel of the AFL-CIO and Labor Secretary-designate; Isa- dor Lubin, long-time New Deal official; Walter Reuther, boss of the United Auto Workers; Robert C. Weaver, extremist New York City housing official and leading advocate of integrated housing; and Philip Jessup, highly contro versial former State Department official. Other "authorities’’ con nected with the Fund for the Re public and similar anti-South, anti - conservative organizations had a hand in preparation of the report This does not mean that all of the consultants are u.n sound thinkers. But why are “liberals” so heavily represented on the list of consultants? The Indianapolis Star, in a. crit ique of the report, said that the report “probably reflects a com promise between the hard in- I can do all things through Christ which atrengthenetk me.—(Philippians 4:13) Those who grow “weary in well-doing,” who find them selves giving \in to despair or temptation, can renew their courage and strength in this magnificent declaration of faith by Paul the Apostle. For the Christian, it is wonderfully true that the obstacles which face him are never as great as the Power behind him. Get Rid Of Back and Leg Pains, Be Weil Again! Eliminate those stabbing back and tingling leg pains that threaten to cripple you. Get rid of that sore ness, stiffness and be able to move without pain and numbness. > No longer will you find it difficult to get up and down from a sitting po sition. 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