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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.
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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.
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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-
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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.
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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.
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Mrs. Cathy Jones’ geography
class, 7-A, has in' the library a
display on the various soils and
climates of the United States.
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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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NOTICE OF LAND SALE
By Delinquent Tax OeReeter
By authority of a tax execution
handed me by the Treasurer of
Laurens County, I have levied qn
the property hereinafter describ
ed and will sell at public outcry
for cash, either in or in in front
of thT Court House at Laurens,
S. 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.
Bailey, et ai, by their deed dated
July 9, 1943, and by Thomas ^
etri, by
__ 11, 1945.
All that certain piece, parcel
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