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m v ’7~ THE tUNTON CHRONICLE Cliaton, 8."Cn yhureday, February 14, 1963 The College and Clinton Suffer a Great Loss The death last week of Clyde Ehr- hardt, Presbyterian College athletic direc tor and coach, was a great loss both to the college and the community. Ehrhardt came to Clinton five years ago to serve as an assistant on the college "athletic staff under Frank Jones. He made such a great impression upon the college authorities, students and # alumni that with in 24 hours after announcement of the res ignation of Jones to go to a Mississippi post he (Ehrhardt). was selected for the j position as head of the athletic department. He had served little more than a year. Not only was he highly, regarded at the college, but also in the Clinton community he was held in great esteem. His inter-' est and activities extended beyond the ath letic field. He entered into the civic and church life of the community in a com mendable way. « The community joins the college in mourning his loss. Go Slow In Land Transaction . It is noted in the news columns of The Chronicle today that the Laurens County Airport Commission has requested that the county turn over to it approximately 155 acres of the County Home tract for use as an airport. In talking with the Supervisor and re ferring to the minutes of the meeting of the County Commissioners at which the request was made, it was not dear whether the Airport Commission wanted the prop erty deeded to to it or merely wished the land placed at its disposal for use as an air- port. " „ - ' • : If the land is not now profitably used* 7 by the county, we see no objection to turn ing it over to use by the Airport Commis sion, if so much be needed. However, in view of the fact that the county already has had one unfortunate experience in connection with land formerly used as an airport, any move to deed the property to another agency should be ap proached with proper regard for the best *. interest of the county. / fore the House Committee which is consid ering s bill to give all common carriers equal freedom to set minimum rates on bulk commodities and agricultural prod ucts. In his words “It is high time that the main reliance be placed on competition.. . . rather than on regulation, which has failed miserably.” And increased reliance on com petition is the guiding thought behind President Kennedy’s comprehensive trans portation message to Congress. That mes sage, and the remedial legislative steps it urges, has been given the approval of ship pers, consumer groups, and all manner, of other interested parties. v" The present situation is intolerable. For instance, about a year ago the Southern Railroad sought permiqsion to reduce bulk grain freight rates by some 60 per cent, at a potential saving to the public in the Southeast alone of about $37 million a year. Red tape has prevented and continues to prevent action. The one and only solution is for Congress to use its legislative power to substitute reason for what amounts to economic insanity. Stories Behind Words William by S. Penfield Sour Grapes One summer day, accofdlHg to one of Aesop’s fables, a fox was walking through a woods when he spied a bunch of grapes hanging from a vine on a tree limb. The fox stopped, and with his eyes on the grapes, thought how good they would taste. “Ah,” he said, “just the thing to quench my thirst.” . He backed up a few steps and jumped, but he miss ed the grapes. Again he jumped and again, still with out success. v "■ •" ■ . , ' * • ' k Finally he grew tired and walked away with his nose in the air, saying, “Hmmph, they probably were sour, anyway.” From this fable came the expression “sour grapes,” meaning things which people pretend to dislike because they cannot have them. Lauren* County Bookmobile Schedule Week of February 18-21 Monday—Geo. Moore home, Gray Court; Tom Balle home, Rt. 2, Gray Court; Frank Bobo home, Rt. 2, Gray Court; Mrs. Covington home, Rt. 2, Foun tain Inn; Ralph Coker home, 1 Bethany community, Rt. 2, Fountain Inn; Mrs. Doris Al exander home, Rt. 2, Fountain Inn; Miss Nell Cook home, Rt. 2, Fountain Inn; David Gar rett home, Rt. 2, Fountain Inn; Palmer Patton home, Rt. 2, Fountain Inn; S. E. Heaton, Rt. 2, Fountain Inn. Tuesday —. Garlington Street School, Laurens; Barnes home, RFD, Laurens; Charles Robert son home, Warrior Creek com munity, Rt. 2, Gray Court; Sheppard Riddle home, Warrior Creek community, Rt. 2, Gray Court; Maxyce Hunter home, Ora; Tyler Macdonald home. Ora; G. B. Fuller home, Rt. 1, Laurens; Roy Poole home, Rt. 1, Laurens; C. D. Benja- mn home, Rt. 1, Clinton. Wednesday— Kindergarten at First Baptist Church, Clinton; Kindergarten, First Presbyte rian Church, Clinton; Whitten Village School, Clinton; Whit- tn Village Circle, Clinton; Whit ten Village Building No. 9. Clin ton; David Pitts home, Rt. 1, Clinton. Thursday — Hickory Tavern School, Hickory Tavern; James Woods home, Rt. 1, ..W a r e Shoals; Johnny Davis home, Rt. 1, Ware Shoals; Mrs. Anita Ballentine, Rt. 1, Ware Shoals. Bookmobile librarians are Miss Claude Gray and Mrs. Carl Teague. < ' Reeder On Destroyer Hubbard , F. Reeder, boats wain's mate second class, U8N, son of Frank D. Reeder Of Jo anna, served aboard the destroy er US$ Charles R. Ware while she was part of the United States quarantine forces in the Carib bean. The Ware operates from May- port, Fla. Babson Discusses History And Land Railroad Station Lot Use As Parking Area Now that the CNJtL Railroad station in the center of the city is bring torn down, people generally are concerned with the fu ture use of the area. And rightfully ao, since the site occupies such a prominent place right in the middle of town. And we are sure such use is also of con- cam to officials of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, which controls the Cohnnfoia, Newberry & Laurens road. The best suggestion we have heard for its use .is for a parking area. The city is badly in need of additional parking space and the lot could handle approximately 100 cars. Being between two railroads, some pro vision would have to be made for the sake of safety and non-interference with opera tions of trains. Additionally, each end of the property could be planted and beautified in order to make the area more attractive. The Chronicle would like to see nego tiations entered into between the railroads on one hand and a combination of the dty goverriftient and the Chamber of Commerce on the other. The removal of the old railroad station, a landmark since 1908, will create a great void, and future use of the site is of great concern to the community'. And the railroads, always cooperative in community endeavors, we are sure will be happy to entertain suggestions and co operate in determining the best solution to the problem. Reason-lnstead of Insanity Excessive and unequal regulation has placed the railroad industry in a “critical’* condition, is having a “blighting effect” on other common carriers, and is costing the public “hundreds of millions of dollars an nually” in higher-than-necessary transpor ** tation costs. That is the substance of testimony given by a leading railroad spokesman be- - C Babs tn Park. Mass., February 14—History is the key to two important economic indicators— growth rate and trend. For example, the tremen dous growth of such states as California, Arizona, and Flo ida makes us wonder if population totals in thesr areas may be approaching the point where r vailable natural resources may affect fur ther -rowth and expansion. If, however, the in vestor studies the recent history of the heartland states, he will find ample reasons for impressive growth. HISTORY OF OKLAHOMA * No longer ago than 1870, Oklahoma (then In dian Territory) had only 2,407 white residents. In 1900. Oklahoma City (then only 11 years old) had a popula tion of 10.037. Today, its popula tion is well over the 325,000 mark. Tulsa, founded in 1887, had but 1.390 residents in 1900. By 1900 this “village" had be come a booming city of 261,685 people. In 1904 Oklahoma had only 1,- _ 12 3 manufacturing establish- w - meats which employed 7,456. By 1968 the census credited the state with 2,387 indus trial plants employing 92,933 people. Petroleum products output grew from a few barrels in 1902 to over 200 million barrels of oil and nearly 700 billion cubic feet of natural gas last year. LOOK AT KANSAS CITY AND THE REST OF THE HEARTLAND In 1870, Kansas' largest city was Leavenworth (pop. 17,873). Wichita was just being founded and Topeka was credited with 5,790 popuplation. In dian raids were still frequent. In 1870, the entire state reported 288 grist mills, 128 sawmills, 30 fur niture shops, and 12 foundries. Total employment was 6,844 people. In Iowa, Des Moines was 19 years old and had only 5,3241 people. Sioux City had 3,401. Some 9,- 803,184 acres of Iowa land was then classed as un- tillable. Today it has over 128,000. Omaha had only 16,083 people when I 'was a boy and visited my unde there, but by 1900 it had 10L5S5 resi dents, and now has over 300,000. * Kansas City was a straggling village of about 5,000, but soon became a City of 42,000. As late as 1900 the map of Missouri showed a great unin habited swampland stretching across the south east corner of the state. This swamp area has since been drained, bringing over a half-milion acres of most fertile land into cultivation. Springfield, Missouri, could boast of only 5,555 residents in 1870. and as late as 1900 244,000 acres were open to free entry. However, Springfield’s growth is not a matter of the past, as is evidenced by the fact that the 1950-1900 decade was the best in its history, with a 44.5% population gain. The Springfield pattern and, for that matter, the growth pattern over much of the heartland, makes one point dear : This region still has the vigor and vitality of'youth. Some of its largest gains have been made in the past few dec ades. In short, it is a region where the most con servative businessman can invest his money with out fear that the growth potential of the area has already been realised. WHAT ABOUT WORLD WAR HI? In closing, let me warn readers of the possibil ity of World War HI and what this could mean to the United States even should we win it. Of our 180,000,000 people, 20,000,000 live in twenty large cities near the sea coast. These are cities that Russia would destroy with missiles firegl from So viet territory, or from submarines (which both Russia and the United States are hurriedly build ing). Unfortunately, my business is located just out side of Boston , but I am urging my grandchildren to move to the central portion of this country. There they will be assured of food, clothing, and shelter—together with oil, gas, and other nautral resources. Owing to the missiles which we now have buried in this heartland, it would suffer some losses, but one’s chances would be a thousand times better than in one of the large Eastern or cities. Hence, for either safety or land speculation, I recommend one of the six states in the Magic Circle, of which. Eureka, Kansas, is the center. These six states are Iowa, Missouri, Ne braska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. J. H. S. Reports The Junior High School Can teen win have a dance Saturday night. February 16, at the Ameri can Legion Hut from 7:30 to 9:30. • • • Last Friday in chapel a talk on alcoholism was given by five stu dent council members. Those who spoke included Kenneth Cathy. “Chocky" Burnett, Judy Widmer. Carolyn Bradford, and Ben Hay Hammet. ■ ^ * AAA Mrs. Cathy Jones’ geography class, 7-A, has in' the library a display on the various soils and climates of the United States. • • • Recently, Vernon Powell visit ed the school at chapel time and gave a talk on the March of )imes. At the same time, Janet Hamer and “Sister” Blalock awarded three cakes to the grades^ which raised the most money" in the March of Dimes drive. The first cake went to 7- A with a total of $49.80, the second was awarded to 8-A with total of $77.30, and the third cake was awarded to the winner, 8- C, with the highest total of $125.00. Sara Glenn Named To King's Dean's List Sara Willard Glenn of Clin ton, a senior at King College, Bristol, Term., has been named to the Dean’s List for the se mester just completed. Miss Glenn is secretary of the college student government and a member of the honor society, Beta Tau Kappa. She is ma joring in English. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Glenn of Route 1, Clinton. 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C. on Monday, March S, 190, it being Salesday in March, the following described property, ly ing being, and situate in Laurens County, State of S. C., to wit: All that piece, pared or lot of land situate, lying and being on the west side of S. C. Highway No. 308, near and north of the Town of Clinton, in Hunter Town ship, Laurens County, State of S. C., and being bounded on the North by land of Bessie Lee Bak er Spelce, three hundred fifty seven (357) ft. thereon in i straight line; on the east by S. C Hwy. No. 308 one hundred fifty- eight (158) ft. thereon; on the south by land of Friendship Bap tist Church, and of the Grantor two hundred fifty-four (254) ft in a straight line; and on the west by other land of the Grantor herein, two hundred thrity-three (238) ft. thereon in a straigh line. Each of the four corners o the Jot Is marked by an iron pin The lot of land above and hereby conveyed Of the land bereto- to me, the. said _. D. SmfthOrman, by P S. 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