The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, January 23, 1964, Image 2
THE CLINTON
tONICLE
Clinton, S. Thursday, January 23, 1964
A New Proposal For A
Technical Education Cento'
Out of Greenwood' last week came a
new proposal that may open the way for <»* acreage burned. The upstate districts
the construction of a Technical Education relatively few fires..
forest area than Newberry District—1,-
472,991 acres against 1,882,828.
And so it goes—the lower state districts
have by far the most fires and the larg-
Center for a seven-county area, including
Laurens County.
At a meeting held last Thursday in*
Greenwood, the nine-member TEC com
mission heard a proposal by the Greenwood
County legislative delegation that may be
a possible means of cutting the cash outlay
for £ proposed seven-county TEC from
$500,000 to $126,000.
The Greenwood solons said, after in
vestigation of the new Federal Higher Edu
cation Facilities Act of 1963, they believe
the proposed Piedmont Area TEC is eligible
for federal funds.
They said that, while the actual fig
ures have not peen confirmed, under terms
of the act as they construe it, a TEC cost
ing $500,000, inlcuding land, could be fi
nanced with a federal grant of $200,000,
a federal loan of $175,000 and a local cash
outlay of $126,000.
They said the loan would be for 50
years at three and five-eighths per cent.
The counties would share the fcash out
lay of $125,000 and underwrite the loan,
which they presumed would be a loan to a
commission, hence not chargeable against
the bond limit of any individual county.
The retirement of the loan, would cost
between $9,000 and $10,000 annually tot
the first year, presumably to be pro-rated
among the participating counties as part
of the operating cost to be borne by tfie
counties. f
The recommended pro-ratio of cost be
tween the counties would include the fol
lowing as the share of each county in the
initial cash outlay. Abbeville, $16,500;
Edgefield, $6,250; Greenwood, $66,375;
Laurens, $23,750; McCormick, $10,000;
Newberry, $6,875; Saluda, $6,250.
The commission would have to apply
for the funds, but each county would have
to make a definite commitment as the first
step. . ■*
Greenwood County would give the land
for the center.
Greenwood and Laurens Counties each
have two members on the commission,
with one each from the other counties.
Negotiations have been underway for
some months to set up a Technical Educa
tion Center for this area, to be built at
Greenwood. ^
With Laurens County’s previously esti
mated share of the cost set at $100,000 as
a cash outlay, members of the county’s
legislative delegation (the Senator, at
least) have not felt that the county was in
a financial position to make such a commit
ment.
Under the ndto proposal, the proposi
tion may yet be worked out We have not
heard the reaction of the county’s legisla
tors.
Forest Fires In State
Cause Tremendous Losses
The number of forest fires and the
acreage burned in South Carolina continues
to be amazing.
The- latest report by the State Com
mission of Forestry, received this week,
lists the number of forest fires in South
Carolina during 1963 as 5,595, and the
acreage burned, 69,596 acres.
What are the people of the state try
ing to do—burn up the whole place!
That is acreage equal to approximately
the entire forest area of Barnwell County.
For the month of December alone, the
four-county Kings tree District, including
Berkeley, Clarendon, Georgetown and Wil
liamsburg Counties, the report shows that
1,694.7 - acres were burned over by 122
fires. — ■
The six-county Florence District follow
ed with 108 fires, and 584 acres burned. The
six-county Camden District had 64 fires
and 666.4 acres burned. Other lower-state
counties followed closely.
The state total for December was
487 fires and 3,783.3 acres burned.
The Newberry District, including Lau
rens County, had 23 fires and 60.9 acres
burned.
The Kingstree District, where the
most fires occurred in December and the
| largest acreage was burned, has a smaller
What practices are followed by low-
state landowners and residents that cause
such tremendous losses to their valuable
forest areas?
Surely, something can be done about it.
It was freedom that made it possible
for Americans to transform Europe’s cost
ly plaything—the automobile—into a ve
hicle for everybody. So writes Christy
Borth, who has been a close observer of
the Detroit scene for 50 years. In his view,
it was neither superior know-how nor abun
dant resources that made this American
achievement possible. It was the fact that
Americans were free to experiment as in
dividuals, each in the hope of making a
profit.
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" To Bury the Hatchet
One of the American Indians’ chief weapons was
the tomahawk—a light axe, or hatchet. - >
Babson Discusses
Buying Land In
Space For Profit
Babson Park, Mass.„January 23—One of my
precious possessions is a map of the United States
published in France in 1790. It shows nothing
west of the Mississippi until you reach the Pa
cific Coast, where it shows a few settlements on
the coast—or in what now constitutes California,
Oregon, and Washington.
BUYING LAND IN FLORIDA
Land in Florida was then being sold by real
estate agents in Spain. Land in what are now the
other Atlantic Coast states was being sold in
France and England. This land sold at prices
which seem very low today. Much land in
Florida could then be bought for 30c an acre
which now sells for $500 an acre. I believe that
the price will continue to rise.
I believe that land in Florida,
especially ocean-front land on
the west and east coasts, will
increase considerably further in
price.
When 1 first eame to Florida
forty years ago, I bought 12,000
acres of land for $3.50 an acre--biographical sketc
atlon and
This was my first specula
In Florida land. Today that land
***** w - sells for $100 an acre. I bought
land about ten years ago in the interior of the
state for $10P an acre which sells for not much
more today • but if I had bought on the east or
west coast, it Would today sell for ten times the
purchase price.
BUYING LAND ON THE „MOON
Readers may laugh at me, but I think the same
thing will happen in connection with land on the
moon. I believe real estate agents will some day
be selling land on the moon which may show a
profit, as did land sold in this country 150 years
ago. My reason for feeling this way is that land
on the moon can be “viewed” by means of the
new radio telescopes, which will enable real es
tate agents in the United States to show pros
pects what part of the moon they are buying and
the particulars regarding 1C - r
These radio telescopes will be available at
many points so that real estate agents can use
them with perfect safety. Many of the larger
universities now have such radio telescopes and
will probably soon allow real estate agents to
use them.
WHEN I WAS IN RUSSIA
When I was in Russia, I found the Russian
government very much alert to the possibilities
of buying land in space, starting with the moon.
Russia was training her young people to be in
terested in space, for two reasons. First, be
cause Russia believes that if World War III oc
cur, fighting will take place above the earth’s
atmosphere; and secondly, because space may
be “good business” and the Russians will make a
profit from it. Therefore, we must not feel that
money which the United .States Government
spends on space will be wasted; in fact it may be
very profitable.
This brings me to a final thought. I recently
have been reading about the galaxies, which are
great collections of stars or would-be stars scat
tered throughout the universe. There are mil
lions of them. Some are great distances away.
They apparently have no beginning, and no end
ing. I even believe that these stars, so-called, or
portions of galaxies, will be speculated in by
real estate agents all over the world.
GALAXIES VERSUS FOOTBALL
The universities are numbering the galaxies
and listing them on maps. The day is coming
when real estate agents in this country will be
selling one of these stars, or certain parts, to
people as a speculation. It will be possible to
buy Star No. 1250, for instance, in Galaxy X,
which a person can hold and then sell to someone
else at a profit. The price, of course. Would be
very cheap and speculation therein would be very
interesting. All this means that young people
should give more study tq space and to the ce
lestial bodies which apparently have no begin
ning and no ending. —
So much for my ideas on future real estate
transactions. But what would my readers have
said if, say, sixty years ago I had forecast the
excitement over football between universities
which exists today? Readers would have thought
me crazy. Let me now forecast that our univer
sities will be getting just as competitive over ga
laxies and stars.
* 1
For centuries the Indians made their tomahawks
of stone or copper, but these were replaced by iron
ones traded to the Indians by <the whites. ^ _
Since it was a principal weapon, the Indian^ re
garded the tomahawk, or hatchet, as a symbol of war.
When two warring tribes decided to make peace, rep
resentatives of each tribe gathered and performed a
ceremony, in which a hatchet was buried as a symbol
that hostilities had ceased.
From this ceremony came the expression “to bury
the hatchet,” meaning to end a quarrel or dispute.
Highlights
From Clinton High
By DISHIE DELANY
CLINTON, 8. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY U, 1M4
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C. H. S.’ers' are getting into
the national ■ folk music craze
thanks to the Pepsi Cola Shindy
which will be held tomorrow
night in the school auditorium.
Sponsored by the Red Devil
Band, this show, which is tele
vised eivery other Sunday on
WFBC, will feature professional
regulars of the show and Beverly
Muller, vocalist for the C. H. S.
stage band, the Devilaires.
Sunday, February 9, the Shindy
Show will salute Clinton High by
having C. H. S. student in. the
studio audience and by giving a
rn of the school
and its activities.
Tonight the National. Honor So
ciety will meet to view “Opera
tion Abolition,” a thirty-minute
film about the threat of commun
ism on a typical college campus.
The members will also discuss
plans for the book fair, which
will be held February 12-14, and
decide on a method of selecting
delegates to the state National
Honor Society Convention, which
will be held - in Charleston in
March.
Also tonight at the Journalism
Club meeting, Mrs. Michael
Turner, a former staff member
of the Charlotte Observer and the
Seneca Journal, will speak to the
group on good journalistic prac
tice.
The club, composed of Sentinel
staff members, reporters, and
solicitors, was organized this
year to stimulate interest in the
school paper and to help the staff
write better news stories and
have more effective advertising.
In keeping with these objectives,
Mrs. Turner will discuss the im
portance of a newspaper in a
democracy and give the group
pointers on more effective writ
ing and advertising.
Monday the Transportation
Club held its January meeting, at
which they held a panel discus
sion on common problems en
countered by the regular drivers.
Also Monday night the Chem-
Bi-Phi Science Club had as its
guest speaker Mr. Martin, bush
ness manager of the local Bell
Telephone Company. Mr. Martin
gave a talk, which he illustrated
with color slides, on the Bell
System’s communication satel
lites, Telslar I and II.
W.a-m
Mr. Martin jokingly explained
to the club that the field of space
communications, and especially
the Telstar Satellites, is so new
that he had quite a time finding
information about this subject.
As a matter of fact, Mr. Martin
even called the Telstar Tracking
Site at Andover, Maine, to find
out additional information. He
laughingly added that he thought
the club had “roped him in” on
this talk just to keep him as busy
BOSTITCH
WORLD'S FINIST,
MOST DfMNDARLI,
MOST UNIFORM STAMIS
Every strip factory in
spected for accurate feed
ing and driving. Product of
the largest manufacturer of
stapling equipment.
He (HRONIOE
studying last week as they had
been.
Yesterday mid - year reports
went out. Need I say more? I
just hope no one lost too many
privileges because of low grades!
News Of -
Bonds Cross Roads
MRS. N. A. SHOUSE
Correspondent -
David T. Pitts has returned
home after being a patient at
Bailey Memorial Hospital. ~
Mr., and Mrs. Slim Durham,
and sons, Jackie and .Wayne, and
Mr. and Mrs. WayneTMetz were
recent visitors to Mr. Durham’s
relatives in Walhalla, and mount-
tains of North Carolina.
Miss Martha Pitts of Rock Hill
spent the week-end at the home
of David Pitts.
Bruce Morgan and David Pitts
Jr., are at home from Clemson
'for a few days between* semest
ers. ‘
CHICKEN STEW
A chicken stew for the benefit
of Shady Grove Home Demon
stration Club will be cooked and
sold Friday, January 24 at hqme
of J. E. Evans on Joanna Whit
mire road. Stew will be ready
for sale by 5 o’clock.
Mrs. George Franklin, Mrs.
Lois Gregory and Debby Greg
ory spent Saturday night with
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wright,
The Women of Shady Grove
Church met at the home of Mrs.
Carter Wright Wednesday, Jan.
15, for their monthly meeting.
Their present sttidy is concentrat
ed in the book pt Psalms.
Mr. and Mrs. Carter Wright
and Buddy were Sunday guests
of Rev. and Mrs. Gettys of
Greenwood.
Gilham Johnson of Whitmire
was the guest speaker at Fair-
view Baptist Church Sunday. ‘
The Women’s Missionary So
ciety of Fairview Church met
last Thursday night at the home
of Mrs. Joe McQuirt with a
number in attendance.
Mountville News
MRS. MAUDE BRYSON
' Correspondent
JUST OFF THE PRESS!
"A Fairfield Sketchbook ,,
JULIAN BOLICK
THE CHRONICLE
! Miss Elizabeth Jones of Beau
fort and Eddie Jones, Loris,
visited their parents during the
week-end.
Mrs. Roily Bannister, Mr. and
Mrs. H. W. Bryson and Mrs.
Rhett Bryson were dinner guests
of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Bryson in
Newberry Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs.. Tom Maddox
of Fountain Inn, visited Mr. and
Mrs. Jerome Finley Saturday.
C. Crisp, Charlotte, N. C.,
spent Sunday with his mother,
Mrs. M. L. Crisp.
During last week, Mr. and
Mrs. Marion Oliphant visited
Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Bums.
Mr., and Mrs. J. W. Miller
spent Sunday with their daugh
ter, Mrs. Hugh McCarter and
family in Fountain Inn.
Mrs. Olin Stewart and children
accompanied by Miss Cindy
Crisp spent Saturday in Spartan
burg.
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Watts of
Clinton visited his parents Sun
day afternoon.
Hugh W. Bryson, Greenville
and J. Tom Bryson, Newberry,
joined their father H. W. Bryson,
Saturday on a bird-hunting trip.
SOCUl SECURITY
Morp than 211,000 men, wom
en and children In South Caro
lina were receiving social secur
ity benefit payments at the end
of 1963. These payments amount
ed to about $11,060,000 a month,
according to Martha F. Pressly,
district manager for the Social
Security Administration in
Greenwood- “This represents an
increase in the number of bene
ficiaries of about six per cent
over the same month last year,”
she said.
The social security program
was 28 years old last August
14. In reviewing the growth of
the program, Miss Pressly noted
that at the close of 1940, the first
year in which monthly payments
were made, only 200,000 people in
the nation were receiving pay
ments. In December, 1963, over
19 million were on the social se
curity benefit rolls. Benefit pay
ments in the calendar year 1963
totalled more than $128,000,000.
Many changes have been made
in the program since its rather
modest beginning. At first, only
workers in commerce and indus
try were covered. Now, more
than 9 out of 10 working Ameri
cans are covered by the pro
gram. Nine out of every 10 chil
dren and their mothers can count
on monthly benefits if the family
breadwinner dies. Nearly 90 per
cent of the people reaching 65 in
1933 were eligible for benefits.
The basic ideg, of the social se
curity law is a simple one, Miss
Pressly said. During working
years employees, their employ
ers, and self-employed people pay
social security taxes which go
into special funds. When earn
ings stop because the worker has
retired, died, or is disabled, pay
ments are made from the fund*
to replace part of the earnings
the family has lost..
“Many people have a very
hazy idea of just what to expect
from social security at death,
disability, or retirement,” said
Miss Pressly, “and that’s why
we encourage folks to come see
us and get first-hand information
on this program that means so
much to so many. ,, '
The Greenwood social security
office is located at 619 South
Main Street. -
Emphysema, unless treated In
time, can become one of the
most serious of all lung diseases.
Your TB association fights em
physema, as well as tuberculosis
and all respiratory diseases.
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