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Clinton, S. C n Thursday, May 23, 1963
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By Donald A. Williams, Administrator
U. S. Soil Conservation Service .
“We Turn Our Eyes to the Future” is
a fitting, theme for the observance of Spil
Stewardship Week, May 19 through 26, for
we face major decsions as to the manage
ment of our soil and water in a swiftly
changing pattern of land use. What we de
cide today will have far-reaching effects
tomorrow. J
Soil Stewardship Week is a time to re
flect on the pleasures and benefits we de
rive from God’s life-giving gifts of soil and
water. It is a time to remember that these
gifts were given to us for continuing use—
not juat for today. That they were be
stowed on all of us—-not just a few. That
we all are utterly dependent on them far
our very existence, to say nothing of our
standard of Hving.
These are the material things. We
should never cease to be grateful also for
the richness that land and water add to our
lives. What greater source of inner pleas
ure and serenity has our Creator given us
than a beautiful landscape or a rippling
stream? We have been blessed with much,
and much is expected of us as stewards of
these blessings.
Today we are placing more demands on
our land and water resources than ever be
fore. New housing spreads out from cities
into once-agricultural lands. New indus
tries look for locations where water is plen
tiful. Non-farm folks look for open, green
places for recreation and relaxation. Air
conditioning systems and other modern im
provements call for increasing amounts of
water. Thpee plus demands not yet en
visioned provide the challenges and oppor
tunities.
It is up to us, as good stewards, to de
velop the potential richness of our soil and
water resources. Conserve them we must,
but conserving them means using them to
fulfill our needs. Future generations will
thus be grateful for the blessings that
have been ours and are theirs.
Land owners and operators in the more
than 2,900 soil and water conservation dis
tricts across the Nation are looking to the
future. They have broadened their ac
cepts to include conservation planning for
community-wide benefits. Urban people,
too, are coming to recognize their direct
role in resource, development and are joining
the team.
We have been endowed with a great
trust. All of us—-not just a few of us—
have the responsibility fen* stewardship and
to plan for our needs for today and the fu
ture.
Public Slept
the general civilization of man
kind I believe there are more instances of
the abridgement of the freedom of the peo
ple by gradual and silent encroachment of
those in power than by violent and sudden
usurpations.”
Thus yprote James Madison, one of the
architects of the American Republic, long
ago. History since has vindicated his view.
There have been bloody revolutons, it is
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true. But far greater numbers of despo
tisms have been created while the people
slept.
During the 1937-49 period, the maxi
mum Social Security tax paid by an em
ployee was $30—one per cent on the first
$3,000 of pay. The current tag is $174—
three and five-eigthths per cent on the
frst $4,800. The 1968 tax will be $222—
four and five-eighths per cent on the first
$4,800.
Babson Discusses
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Babson Park, Mass., May 2S.—I am thinking
NLRB’s Power Thrust
Ordinarily we would applaud the initia
tive of those voluntarily taking on more
work than is required of them. As prac
ticed by the National Labor Relations
Board, however, it is an activity that can
not even be condoned, much less welcomed.
That's because the NLRB is straying
from its own domain by invading the pre
rogatives of the Federal Courts and by gra
tuitously shaping national labor policy.
-These assumptions of power not dele
gated to the Board are causing understand-
• ably grave concern among businessmen.
So much so that the Industrial Relations
Committee of the National Association of
Manufacturers has called upon Congress to
strip the NLRB of its judicial functions,
entirely, and to confine its jurisdiction to
the conduct of collective bargaining elec
tions.
Pointing out that in recent decisions
particularly, the NLRB has not only re
versed long-standing labor law precedents
but has persisted in its actions even when
its decisions have been overruled by the
Federal Courts, the NAM Committee de
clared:
*The Board’s decisions and policies have
eroded fundamental rights long established
by law for all citizens such as the right of
free speech, the right to dispose of and use
one's property as he judges beet and the
right to go out of business.”
Prompt action by the Congress on
NAM's petition certainly seems to be in qr-
4«r.
Stories
Behind
Words
by
William S. Penfield
HoM Annual
School Waik
today of the changes which may have taken place
in merely one area of activity since I was a boy—
namely, transportation.
STABTING WITH OXEN
*' My grandfather cut cord wood and hauled it
into Gloucester on an ox sled. I felt very smart
when I could drive the oxen, guiding them with
a stick. This was my first experience in trans
portation.
My father later started a dry goods store and
had a couple of horses to get goods to his cus
tomers. Often he took me on these short trips
and I learned to drive horses. Ultimately I drove
them in races on the ice. This
was my second, lesson in trans
portation.
Finally, when I got married, I
bought a new automobile which
He»Ty Ford was putting on the
market for $398 cash. I later
knew Mr. Ford very well; and
he told me it took him ten years
to raise $100,000 to start the
Ford Motor Company in 1900.
B«r«r w. BfttMa Luter he had me as his guest
when he manufactured h i s 15-millionth au
tomobile. He surely was a wonderful man and
remade America.
During more recent years I traveled contin
ually in the trains with steam locomotives that
are now curiosities. My trip tomorrow will be
from Orlando, Florida, to Boston in four hours
by jet, compared with the day and a half it used
to take me by train. Or, I am able to cross the
ocean in a few hours by jet, against a few days
by boat.
REDUCTION OF TRAVEL
Gradually, travel will decline as our imagina
tion is developed. Experiments are now being
made in connection with Christian Science, para
psychology, telepathy, etc., which should be en
couraged. We will soon be content to imagine
the places and persons we want to visit or talk
with. This will be commonplace fifty years from
now. Our imagination will become stronger, aid
ed by TV and photography, arid we will travel
less but use the telephone much more.
CLOTHING — AND EYESIGHT
We know the billions of radio waves which
are in the air and in the rooms where this col
umn is being read. Yet our clothing partly in
sulates them from our bodies. Perhaps our
clothing should contain minute wires serving as
“antennas.” This might free us from ailments
such as arthritis, weak heart, and blood troubles.
Many of our physical illnesses may be due to lack
. or radio waves. ;
Another field in which I believe great devel
opments will take place is the use of magnifying
glasses. I am having (me made now three feet in
diameter. Our eyes are a wonderful possession,
and something really revolutionary could be de
veloped in the way of magnification to help ease
the strain which all of us place on our everworked
eyes. As I have said in previous columns, how
ever, the greatest changes will come about
through some form of television. Before long, TV
"Will give out sunshine and also transmit sun
shine. By pressing a button we will be able get
heat, or light, or air conditioning via television.
THE POWER OF THE BRAIN
Psychologists tell me that the brain is used
only about 5% of its capacity. Many reading
this column will live to see our educational sys
tem entirely reorganized. Young people will be
trained to think and reason. We may not need
to pay thousands of dollars for a data-processing
machine when each of us carries in his head a
machine superior in efficiency and power. Pro
fessor George R. Harrison, Dean of the School
of Science at MIT in Cambridge, Mass., has
written a book which every educator should read.
If I, during my lifetime, have advanced from
driving an ox team to riding a jet plane is it not
reasonable that those who are young today will
see similar progress
, Chemists tell me that great changes will take
place in the food we eat. It win become more
tasteful, more digestible, more healthful, and
free from any poisons. It will be illegal to use
certain insecticides. One biologist even claims
that soup manufacturers may collect and can
insects instead of killing them. These are just
a few of the thoughts which come to my mind
as I look ahead fifty years; either the insects wffl
eat our food up, or we must “wake up” and eat
them up first!
Hobson’s Choice
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“Hobson’s choice” immortalizes a man who made a
rule and stuck to it.
In the 17th century Thomas Hobson rented horses
at Cambridge, England. He had a rule that any per
son who rented a horse must take the one which stood
nearest the stable door.
No matter what station in life the customer held,
nof how much he might argue or wheedle, Hobson
stuck to his rule: Takehe horse nearest the door, or
none at all.
It did not take long for “Hobson’s choice,” which
means no choice at all, to gain popular usage.
Recreation
News
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The Summer Recreation Pro
gram got under way on May 6
when the Dixie Youth League,
formerly the Little Boys Baseball,
started its season when the Lions
and Joanna met.
The Lions won with Tommy
Motes, a promising young left
hander who is 11, on the mound.
Motes, Campbell, Hammet, Pow
er and Tedards led the bitting.
At this early stage in the games
there are two undefeated teams
in the Dixie Youth League, the
Lions and.Exchange club*. These
two teams will meet this week.
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PALMETTO LEAGUE
The Palmetto League opens
today (Hnireday) with Thomwell
meeting Bailey at 8:46 p.m. Ly
dia {days Whitmire and Hampton
meets Joanna in a double-header
on Friday night. The Palmetto
fence will be put up as soon as
school is out.
The Small Fry Program will
open Tuesday morning at 10 a.m.
in the Dixie Youth Park with
Hampton small fry meeting
Bailey.
The Beginner’s program will
start Tuesday morning at 10 on
PC’s softball field. Hap McSween
will be in charge of this pro
gram.
GIRL'S SOFTBALL
The Girl’s Softball program
will be under the direction of
Harry Bouknight again this sum
mer. This program will begin on
June 3. *
Practice will be held daily on
the field back of the Armory in
the mornings. The regular sched
uled games will be played in the
Dixie Youth Park.
SUMMER TENNIS PROGRAM
The Summer tennis program
will start on Monday morning,
June 3 on the PC courts. Coach
Gordon Warden, Presbyterian
College Tennis Coach, will be in
charge of the program.
All who are interested in par
ticipating in this program must
furnish their own shoes, racquet
and balls.
This program will run for ten
weeks. Tournaments are planned
toward the end of the ten-week
period. The Recreation Commis
sion said this week that they felt
fortunate to have Coach Warden
handle this aspect of the recrea
tion program.
Dixie League Standings
(Through May 18)
Exchange
Lions
Whitmire
Kiwanis -
Joanna —
Moose —
4
3
2
1
0
0
lost
0
9
1
3
3
3
Dixie Yooth Home
Power (L) 1
- Hammet (L) 1
Campbell (L) 1
Johnson (Ex) 1
Johnson (Ex) 1
Loos (K) 1
Kemp (K) 1
Martin (K) 1
Arringer (K) 1
Dixie; Youth Battteg Averages
(Tea times or
at hat)
ah
h
are.
Powers (L)
10
8
.800
Avinger (K)
14
9
.643
Campbell (L) ..
10
6
.600
Whitmore (Ex) ...
10
6
.600
B. Willard (W)
10
6
.600
Brock (K)
11
6
.546
Johnson (Ex
_ 14
6
.429
J. Sander (Ex)
10
4
.400
Melton (Wh)
10
4
.400
Laney (Ex)
. 13
5
.385
Hairston. (Ex)
18
5
.333
Fennell (Ex)
10
3
.300
Dixie Youth Strikeouts
The annual Mountville school
picnic will be hold Saturday, May
25 at 6 p^n. on the school
grounds. The people in the com
munity are invited to attend and
bring a picnic lunch and tea.
The P.T.A. will furnish plates,
cbps, napkins and forks.
At 4 o’clock there will be a
baseball game between the fa
thers and sons for entertainment.
William E. Crisp, 84,
Passes At MountyiRe
Mountville — William Ellis
Crisp, 84, died suddenly Friday
afternoon at the home of his son,
Carl B. Crisp, after several years
of illness.
He was born in Laurens Coun
ty, son of the late Matthew Bry
son and Eugenia Dendy Crisp.
He had spent his entire life here
and was a member of Mountville
Baptist Church and was a Mason,
fie was a retired telegraph oper
ator for the Seaboard Airline
Railroad.
Surviving are four sons, Col.
A. B. Crisp of Gainesville, Ga.,
J. Roy Crisp of Nashville, Tenn.,
Carl B. Crisp of Mountville, and
Rev. W. E. Crisp Jr. of Kaunaka-
kai, Molokai, Hawaii; two daugh
ters, Mrs. Lowry M. Wilson
of Clinton and Dr. Blanche Bad
ger of FarmvUle, Va.; a brother,
Arthur B. Crisp of Elbetton, da.;
and two sisters, Mrs.. L. Roy
Adams of Mountville and Miss
Zelle Crisp of Aiken and Mount
ville; 12 grandchildren; and three
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were conduct-
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ed Sunday at 8 p.m. at Mount
ville Baptist Church by Rev. J.
W. Harris and Dr. C. B. Betts.
Burial was in the Mountville
Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Fuller Motes,
Jerome Finley, Pierce i Miller,
Jim Wade Miller, Roy MiUer, Ed
dy Alexander and Paul Cole.
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