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/ THE CLINTON CHRONICLE CUnton, S. C, Thursday, Ju»y 18, IMS ■ | down” of this final effort at negotiation. V/pinHMl» # He said: “Since every step of the Railway Rule Against Legislators Act has been exhausted in an effort to Two legal opinions handed down last reach an agreement with the rail unions, week, while affecting only Laurens County, the railroads today notified the unions that should go far in removing the basis for the new rules will be put into effect at controversy that has existed for years in 12:01 a. m. on Thursday, July 11, 1963.” practically every county in the state. A strike was averted on that date and That is, who controls tho culture furto nogottstiona^oowin progr^. of funds in the county, the legally elected and constituted Board of Commissioners (headed by the Supervisor), or the mem bers of the legislature from the county. The Board of Commissioners form the business or administrative agency of the county, through whose office all expendi tures are directed before they reach the treasurer’s office, where the checks are is sued. Both rulings, by the South Carolina At torney General and the I^aurens County Attorney, upheld the right of the Board of Commissioners to authorize payment of legal claims against the county without the consent or signature of the House members and Senator. The opinion from the Attorney General came upon query from one of the House members, David S. Taylor, on just that question. The opinion from the County Attorney came upon request from the Board of Commissioners for clarification of an apparent conflict in provisions in the new county appropriation bill passed by the legislature. The County Attorney ruled that legisla tive control of county expenditures violat ed Section 14, Article 1, of the South Caro lina Constitution, which provides for sep arate and distinct legislative, executive and judicial powers. He also cited State Su preme Court decisions in support of his opinion. In other words, after the legislators make up the appropriation bill and enact it into law, their responsibility ceases, and the administration passes to the Board of Commissioners. Sections of the 1963-64 Laurens County appropriation bilj provided for payment of certain items only upon direction by a ma jority of the legislators and gave Senator King Dixon a veto power by providing that he must be a part of the majority. The House members are* Taylor and Mar shall W. Abercrombie. The opinion by the Attorney General specifically ruled as invalid those sections giving control of expenditures to the legis lators. He also cited the same section of the Constitution as the basis for his opin ion. It might be noted in passing that the Attorney General recently made a similar ruling in regard to the same question aris ing in Anderson County. And the same can be said for many other counties in the state where the legis lators, principally the Senators, have at tempted to set themselves up as the legisla tive and administrative heads of the coun ties. In some counties the Senators have so I entrenched themselves that they have be come czars, with almost absolute power, in | their respective political subdivisions. The rulings last week affecting Laurens [County should do much to return local gov- ! eminent in South Carolina to a Constitu tional basis. If the unions stick to their declared in tention, only Congress can now prevent the calamity of a nationwide railroad strike. And if Congress is to protect the national economy, preserve the free enterprise sys tem and defend the jobs of millions of Americans, it must have the wisdom and the courage to support a competitive, rail industry. It must have the resolution to avoid the easier path of nationalizing feath erbedding. In short, Congress must pfuss a bill to require both sides to accept arbitration as a means of settling this dispute once and for all. A fanatic is a man who does what he thinks the Lord would do if only He knew the facts of the case.-—Finley Peter Dunne. Babsons Says Travel A Good Investment iRail Crisis Is Here The case of the railroads against feath- |erbedding is clear-cut. Modem work-rules to eliminate work | that is not needed and payment for work that is not performed have been endorsed by two Presidential commissions and by the courts—up to and including the Su- [preme Court. But still, in four years of sparring and . maneuvering and ducking, the on-train [unions have refused to consider, discuss or 1 negotiate meaningful work-rule changes or to submit the issue to arbitration. And in the “eleventh hour” of the grace period re- | quested by President Kennedy for “one ast major ^effort to resolve the dispute,” [they have rejected the proposals of Labor [Secretary Wirtz. Thus, on July 3, Chairman J. E. Wolfe |>f management's National Railway Labor Conference announced the “complete break- t A Babson Park, Mass., July 18—Last fall in these pages I discussgl the bargains available in foreign travel, and I pointed out that the cost of touring was still on the way down while the cost of practically everything else was on the way up. This trend still continues. The reason is, in large part, the bitter competition not only between the air lines and the shipping companies, but also among the various ambitious concerns within these two categories. MANY BUYING TRAVEL BARGAINS Final, figures for 1962 show that Americans shelled out close to $2.9 billion for foreign travel during that year, an impressive gain of 10% after the temporary leveling off seen in 1961. Pre liminary figures for the first part of 1963 indicate that the cu? riosity of Americans to visit foreign countries is still^grow ing. The travel-now pay-later psychology is leading many lower-budget Americans — who never dreamed of traveling W. HHK abroad a few years ago—to give themselves a royal treat “on the cuff.” Jet flights to far-away lands are so fast that nearly all of one’s vacation can be spent in ro mantic climes new to the traveler, instead of on a slow boat getting there. Man-and-wife or entire- family bargain packages are very popular, with the cost often little more than that of a trip to some distant national park or seashore in this country. Visits to neighboring Canada or Mexico are steadily on the Increase; but I am more in terested in the tendency of Americana to go far ther afield, to cross the open seas for new expe riences. WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING The most popular parts of the world for travel ers right now are the European and Mediterran ean countries. During 1961 about 299,000 Ameri cans visited these areas, while last year the total zoomed to 353,000. There was a somewhat small er advance from the 238,000 travelers who visited the West Indies and Central and South America during 1961 to the 268,000 who toured there in 1962. Indications are that the same tendencies exist in 1963, and will for some time to come. I am told by a friend who is interested in ho tels, motels, and apartments in the West Indies that the Haitian trouble has done his business more good than harm. True, many people have moved away from the immediate area of Haiti and the Dominican Republic—also from the coun tries closest to Cuba. However, as a result, tour ists have concentrated more heavily in other sec tions of the "West Indies. Both the climate and the nearness of these islands make them par ticularly attractive to Americans, despite local political tensions in Haiti and international ten sions in Cuba. TRAVEL A WONDERFUL GIFT With world travel such a bargain, now is a perfect time for parents to give their children or their grandchildren trips abroad. They will make wonderful new friends whom they never would know otherwise, and will become for more aware of the differences—aad the similarities—among hte various people of the earth. What could be more broadening for young, alert minds than such a wonderful experience? I consider this one of the finest investments that older people can make in the future of their younger heirs. I have traveled widely myself, having been to most of the important countries on both sides of the Iron Curtain. Never have I taken a trip without coming home with the feeling that I have learned a great deal that I could not possibly have learned any other way. If you want to take a trip yourself, or if you want to give a trip to a relative as a gift, I advise you to deal with a travel agency in or near a city close to where you live. Details will be taken care of for you, wheth er the trip is to be by ship, plane or some of each. You will find that you can often get alternative possibilities, making the actual decisions later. Your local travel agency will keep you posted. : Stories Behind Words by - William S. Fenrieid Dunce 1 John Duns Scotus wag a noted English theologian and philosopher. He was born about 1266 and died in 1308. He was educated at Oxford University and later became a professor of theology there. John Duns Scotus was an eloquent speaker and a man of subtle argument. His defense of the Immacu late Conception was considered a great triumph over the Thomists, or disciples of St. Thomas Aquinas. During the Renaissance the disciples of Scotus, who were called Scotists or Dunsmen, were ridiculed for their hairsplitting arguments. Their opponents scorn fully referced-to the Dunmen as “duns” or “dunces,” with the implication that they were incapable of learn ing. Gradually the word “dunce” came to mean a dull-witted or stupid person. RECREATION NEWS DIXIE YOUTH STANDINGS Player—Team Avinger (L) Power (L) — Campbell (L) . S. Elrod (W) Hammet (L) J. Lawson (M) Brock <K) Adair (L) Rikard (J) King (L) Whitmore (E) . Pierce (K) J. Sanders (E) Patterson (M) . Lever (M) Watts (K) Willard (W) ..... Laney (E) Howard (W) 51 49 52 _... 61 64 56 Johnson (L) *56 T. Saiders (E) 41 Shields (W) 49 Kiwanis Club did „The again. They defeated the Lions Friday night, 8-7. This gives both clubs a split for the sea son. The Lions won the first two from the Kiwanis Club and it Monday at 2:00 p. m. An ad mission charge of twenty-five cents will be made for the tournament games. Whitmire defeated Joanna the past week and this leaves Jo- the Kiwanis Club won the las* * nn * Whitmire with three two from the Lions. The Ki wanis Club is the ohly team so far this season that has been able to defeat the Lions Club. All the regular season games ended this week, and the sub district tournament will start losses each, two games to be played on the regular schedule, and Whitmire has one make-up game because of rain with Hampton. <f ' Joanna won the Small Fry trophy and Lydia was second. LEADING PALMETTO PiwvnrBfi J. Willard (W)—56; Motes (H) —54; Tucker (B)—50; Lott (J)— 46; J. Chandler (T)—45; Nobles (J)—44; B. Grady (D—42. LEADING DIXIE YOUTH PITCHERS Tedards (D—64; T. Motes (L) -62; B. Willard (W)-80; Kemp - (K)—40; Melton (W)—33; Hair ston (E)—33. PALMETTO STANDINGS Team W L Joanna 10 3 Whtimire 9 3 Bailey 7 6 Thomwell 6 7 Lydia — 4 9 Hampton 2 10 LEADING PALMETTO HITTERS Player—Team i. AB H Avg. Tucker (B) 36 18 .500 B. Chandler (J) 37 19 .487 Lott (J) 29 14 .483 J. Chandler (T) 32 14 .438 Motes (H) 27 10 .370 Foster (B) _.... 30 11 .367 Nobles (J) .... 31 11 .355 YOUR MOAMRi OT' rn I"U' PROGRAM ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY I^AST riAY TODAY JULY 18 Shows At 3:00, 5:00, 7:00 and 9:00 P. M. GREATEST ODYSSEY OF THEAOESI UMU nCTURQ | 1 CRMLQ MCHNnJt e A S T M A N FRIDAY AND SATURDAY JULY 19-20 , — v * - ' - ‘ ‘ Shows: 3, 5, 7, 9 — Saturday: 1:00 MON.-TUES., JULY 22-23 I THE WEST BLAZES WHEN LAN0-R0B8ERS INVADE COLOR Shows 3, 5, 7, 9 Moss (W) 33 11 .1 Hedspeth (B) # *-*-*0 PALMETTO HOME RUNS ? Lott (J>—7; B. Chaindler (J) —4; J. Chaidler (T)-4. DIXIE YOUTH HOME BUNS B. Willard (W)-«; S. .Elrod (W)—4; Hammet (L)—4; Patter son (M)—3; Elsinore (W)—1; Motes (D—4; Turner (M)-|; J. Sanders (E)—2; Johnson (D— 2; Avinger (K)-2. FINAL 8F STANDINGS Team 1 W L Joanna J- 10 2 Lydia L. 8 4 Bailey 6 8 Hampton 5 7 Team W L Lions 16 2 Whitmire 16 6 Exchange r 11 7 Kiurants . _ — aiopse — Joanna _ 'i~ May Is ScIttduM Sunday Evening At Joanna Oiurcfi A playlet, “World Awareness”, by Gwynn McLendon Day, will be given on Sunday evening, July 21 at 7:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church, Joanna, South Carolina. A group of juniors, intermedi ates, young people, and adults will participate. “World Awarness” is a dra matic interpretation of Aim One, of the Woman’s Missionary Union. The public is invited to attend. Your mUAWWKX Program ( ih/’oJ COMING JULY 24-25 AFTERNOONS ONLY SOMETHING NEW AND DIFFERENT v* vV v>a vV vv vV vV vV vV a u/oNoeem woew M faNmr... •—-s from the m.i^ical world of the Brothers Grimm! UM9T IMMSb MOTTVTM OT Oil Mok* - be Have stories is row or U* 4F Wl ^MuE^ww UTTi R£0 Rh HOW There Will Be Three Showings Daily — All Matinees 12 Noon — 2:00 P. M. — 4:00 P. M. 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