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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Clinton, 8. C„ Thursday,'February ^0, I9€4 Danforth Lecturer at PC Dr. Brand Blanshard, well-known scholar and Dan forth lecturer in philosophy, spent two days with the Freebyterian College student body last Thursday and Friday as part of the 1963-64 fine arts program. He gave four lormal lectures and participated in informal discussions during his visit here. Dr. Blanshard is shown in the center with: Dr. David R. Moorefield, PC professor of philosophy, on the left; and Earl B. Hal-, sail, assistant professor of political science and faculty fine arts committee chairman, on the right—Photo by Yarborough. SENSING THE NEWS By Thurman Sensing Executive Vlce-PreuWeut MMitbcrn States Industrial Council PC and Wofford Meet Here Tonight The unofficial championship of South Carolina small college bas ketball will be decided tonight (Thursday) when Presbyterian’s ‘ Blue Hose close out their regu lar season action against the Wofford Terriers. Wofford will clinch a tie for the mythical Little Four crown with Erskine if the Terriers can whip the Hosemen again. PC dropped a 79-64 decision to Wof ford last week in Spartanburg. This contest, set for 8 p. m. in the LeRoy Springs Gymnasium, will complete the season for PC, which now stands at 7 wins and 12 losses. The Blue Hose are winless in five games with Little Four opponents thus far. The upcoming battle could de velop into a scoring duel between Wofford’s George Lyons and PC’s Andy Karlsons. Lyons is the leading scorer in the state, and Karlsons has pumped in a total of 55 points in his last two appearances. Both players were named to last year’s All Little- Four team. Services Friday For Rev. Arthur T. Taylor » Rev. Arthur T. Taylor, 67, pas tor of Maries Creek, Marstbn, Ruork and McLean Presbyterian Churches in Richmond County, N. C., died in a Rockingham, N. C., hospital yesterday morn ing. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a. m., Friday morning from the Mark’s Creek Presbyte rian Church in Hamlet, N. C., and burial will be in Fairview Presbyterian Church cemetery in Fountain Inn at 4:30 p. m. Surviving are his wife, the for mer Janie Martin; one sister, Mrs. C. A. Workman of Marion, N. C.; one brother, W. A. Taylor of Laurens; a half-sister, Mrs. Will Sprouse of Laurens'< and a half-brother, Thad Taylor, also of Laurens. , He is a graduate of Presbyte rian College in the Class of 1920 and a 1923 graduate of Columbia Theological Seminary. He has been serving as pastor the above rhurches since 1929. Pock 21 Scout Meet Be Next Tuesday The February meeting for Cub Scout Pack 21 will be held Tues day evening, Feb. 25, at the American Legion building. Morris Seymour, cubmaster, urges all members and parents to attend. Maria White Funeral services for Maria Lynell White, infant daughter of Allen Warren White, Jr., and Barbara Anne Whitmire White, were conducted at 11:00 a. m., Tuesday, at the graveside in Rosemont cemetery here by Rev. Floyd M. Hellams. Surviving in addition to her parents are on sister, Cynthia Annette White, of the home; two brothers, Allen W. White, and Kenneth Eugene White of the home; the maternal grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Whitmire of Clinton; and her paternal grandmother, Bin. Vera G, White of Clinton. Mrs. M. C. Smith 1 Mrs. Mary Roberta Smith, 75, widow of Mack Cariton Smith, died Monday afternoon at an An derson hospital after several years of declining health and two weeks of illness. A native of Chester County, she lived in Clinton many yean. For the past four yean she lived in Anderson County. Daughter of the late John Dallas and Ida Robinson Roberts, she was a member of Todd Memorial Pres byterian Church in Laurens. Her husband died in 1944. Surviving are two sons, James H. Smith of Columbia, and Hor ace C. Smith of this city; two daughten, Mn. Mary Wilson of Belton, and Mn. Louise Barbee i of Vidalia, Ga.; an adopted son, Roy Wilson, of Tampa, Fla. a sister, Mrs. Emma Dameron of Chester; 13 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. Funeral services were con ducted Wednesday at 3:00 p. m. at Gray Funeral Home by Rev. Grange S. Cothran. Burial was in Rosemont cemetery. ' Pallbearers were Arthur, Oscar and Ralph Smith, Robert Morton, Leroy and James Wilson. M. W. WhiHock Laurens—Marion W. Whitlock, 66, died late Tuesday afternoon at a local hospital after an ex tended illness. A native of Edgefield County, son of the late Winfred J. and Mary Lydia Garner Whitlock, he had lived in Laurens County sev eral years v Surviving are two brothers, Robert A. Whitlock of Uvalda, Ga., and Frank M. Whitlock of Savannah, Ga.; seven sisters, Mrs. R. A. Clark and Mrs. Roy Welch of Laurens; Mrs. R. D. Murphy and Mrs. Joe Morgan of North Augusta; Mr*. Charles Sims of Statesboro, Ga.; Mrs. Juanita Hawkins of Houston, Texas, and Mrs. Linton Earnes of Huntsville, Ala. Funeral arrangements are to be announced. > Clinton Boy Selected Keith Stewmrt Clinton, and Shirley downer of Camp Lejetme, N. C~ wore recently selected at Gard- ner-Webb CoUge, Shelby, N, C* aa King afed Queen of Sweethearts. Stewart, a sophomore; and Miae Clowney, a fresh man. were elected by the student body from four who wen nominated To discuss the so-called “ci vil rights” bill and be forced to use the words “civil rights” is in itself a victory fo£ totalitarians in our midst. For the legislation being advanced in Congress un der this label constitutes a denial of cherished rights, including even the right of freedom o( speech. -v * U. S Rep. Howard Smith of Virginia, chairman of the House Rules Committee, is one leader who clearly understands the na ture of this legislation. In a re cent comment on television, he pointed out that outspoken oppo- sition to forced association, after enactment of such legislation, could result in federally-ordered detention. Perhaps too much attention has been devoted to the narrow integration aspects of the “civil rights” law — the power to po lice restaurant owners and shop keepers. The evils of this legis lation extend to far more sensi tive areas than to who shall oc cupy a chair at a restaurant counter. To understand the totalitarian nature and aims of the “civil rights” bill it is best to go to the arguments of the extremists who support it. One of these support ers is Arthur Waskow of the Peace Research Institute, who is on record as seeking an interna tional police force and American disarmament. Writing in The New York Re view of Books, Mr. Waskow hails the “civil rights” bill for being tough. He says that it is even tougher than Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy wanted it to be, glee fully citing the fact that it in cludes a provision for the Attor ney General “to obtain injunc tions against state and local po lice” and to remove so-called “civil rights” defendants from state courts. Mr. Waskow points out that these provisions “would encourage the Nc^ro movement to develop sit-ins and other non violent techniques.'’ Another way of putting this is that the provisions of the “civil rights” bill would encourage rev olution in the streets of America. In addition, as Mr. Waskow happily points out, the police au thority of communities and states would be subject to federal su pervision, and state courts would be denied jurisdiction in qny case where the central government so pleased. This is absolutism, to' use -the classic word, or what moderns known as totalitarian government. It is government such as Hitler and Stalin wanted government to be. Mr. Waskow openly discusses the possible effects of “civil rights legislation,” saying at one point that “a large federal police force would have to be organized to enforce these laws with a firm hand.” The whole outlook of the ex treme “civil rights” attitude is alien to American traditions. Consider the viewpoint of Jack Greenberg, counsel for the NAACP’s Legal Defense and Edu cation Fund, who is pushing for the “civil rights” bill before Con gress. Writing in The Columbia Law Review, with co-author A. R. Shalit, Mr. Greenberg praised establishment of a “supernational authority ^^larantee fundamen tal rights taking precedence over national law.” He says this kind of action has the potential of infusing in the United States “a new, perhaps invigorating strain of authority.” In short, they want the “civil rights” cause to be an opening wedge for the subordina tion of American law to the ^decis ions of an international agency. From these comments by Messrs. Waskow, Grenberg and Shalits, it is possible to see the grand object that the so-called “civil rights” movement has in pushing legislation in Congress. Behind this movement is the de sire to level the constitutional structure of the United States, which is built around states rights and 4 state authority, and, in process, to cloak agitators and street revolution aries with immunity from local regulation or state jurisdiction in any way. If the “civil rights” bfll is en acted by Congress,( much more will be lost than the right of a store owner or motel operator to cHeose his cuftortiers or citi zens to select their associates. What would be scrapped with passage of a “civil rights" bill would be the local and state au thority that prevents totalitariaa- ism by dividing power. At the same time, the most radical elements in Americq, who want U. S. sovereignty diluted, would gain a legal shield behind which they would be free to un dermine the republic. JOHNSONS ENTERTAIN CADETS Cadet Eugene Johnson, Jr., of Georgia MUitary College, Mil- ledge ville, Ga., spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene ohnson. He wee ac companied by classmates cadets Jerrold Gimme! of New Hamp shire. Dick Taggersell of rest Lauderdale. Fla., and BUtChap- peU of Buffalo, N. Y. At Library Open House Sunday Dwight F. Patterson of Laurens, member of the board; Mrs. J. B. Hart of Clinton, chairman of the board of trustees of the Laurens County Library; and Mrs. Phil D. Huff, librarian since 1935 are shown here at the open house held Sunday afternoon at the library in Laurens. Thousands of county residents called to view the recently enlarged and renovated county facil ity. Area of the library was approximately doubled with the proceeds of a $125,000 bond issue.—Photo by Mason Motes. South Carolina Birds By BOSS FLORRIE BURDETTE Carolina Wren Garden Club “Mother Nature, if left undis turbed, creates a balance between the filings which are beneficial and those which are destructive.” Such was the case of the birds and the insects before our coun try was so thickly populated. To day that balance has been dis turbed and the insects are grad ually increasing thereby causing destruction to the farmer. Since the average South Carolina bird feeds almost entirely on insects and weed seeds, we citizens should endeavor to assist Mother Nature in maintaining this bal ance by creating in a natural way conditions enticing an inter esting to the birds. Our Extension work at Clem- son College has listed some 32 birds, familiar and common to South Carolina. However, more than three hundred birds are reg istered in our state. One of our talented musicians is the Brown Thrasher. This bird IS often confused with the short er-tailed, smaller-bodied Wood Thrush. The only resemblance between the two is in the brown ish color of their plumage and the speckled breast. The twitch ing of file long tail, which some what resembles the old method of thrashing grain, is sometimes given as the reason for the name “Brown Thrasher.” The song of this bird is matched by none of our common birds in its sweet ness and force. He sings as though t^is song, which is com posed of notes, that only the sweetness of the violin can match, is being broadcast to the world. The Purple Martin is a summer resident of South Carolina. This bird is due consideration from an economic view, for its cou rage in attacking any hawk or crow that pays a visit to the poultry raiser in its neighbor hood. From a health standpoint it is very beneficial as a preventive agent of malaria and yellow fev&. Many mosquitoes are de voured as the Martin takes much food on the wing. Our Cardinal or Red Bird, has vivid color—graceful movement and a charming voice. He de serves comment from the eco nomic point of view since a part of its food is composed of harmful insects, such as boll- worms, caterpillers, the rose chafer, cucumber beetle, straw berry root borer, boll weevil, and numerous others. Only a percent of beneficial insects are eaten. This bird enjoys nesting in leafy vines, and is known as a destroyer of weed seeds—such as tumbleweed, dodder, etc. So the Cardinal is a friend of the cotton farmer, the corn grower, and the horticulturist. The Blue Bird finds a warm spot in the hearts of human be ings. He is very willing to make a home in a man-made house, and their nests are often found in hollow fruit trees, abandoned holes of woodpeckers. The farm er can well afford to erect simple homes for these birds as they feed largely, on beetles, grass hoppers, spiders, and cutworm moths. The Robin, one of our best known birds, is a winter resident of lower South Carolina. He has the reputation of being a fore runner of Spring, has brightness of plumage, and he ranks with the Blue Bird in friendliness to man, more often seen because of its fondness for lawns! He does not possess as much musical tal ent as some of our other birds, but its song is so chereful, that we can overlook its sometimes imperfect vocalizing. While the Robin is fond of berries and cher ries, we must remember he is also fond of insects, and when we consider that before any fruit is ripe, this bird is working faith fully for us, so we are greatly indebted to the Robin. Let us pro tact, encourage and feed the Robins. - 1 - The Orchard Oriole is a beau tiful but somewhat elusive bird— with a peculiar nesting habit. It renders a distinct service to man kind—and especially to the hor ticulturist. To gain sight of the bird is sometimes difficult as it make use of the foliage of trees. Although it may be found near our homes during breeding sea son. An authority writes, “Few birds do mo^e good and less harm than our Orioles, especially to the fruit growers.” (To be continued) Services Held For Mrs. Glenn Sunday Funeral services were held Sunday in Spartanburg at the First Presbyterian Church for Mrs. John Perrin Glenn, widow of Dr. Glenn, a former resident of this city. Services were .con ducted by Dr. Marc C. Weening. in Greenlawn Me morial cemetery- She is survived by two sons, John Perrin Glenn and Thomas Joy Glenn of Spartanburg, and five grandchildren. Among those from here going to Spartanburg were Mn. S. C. Hays, Mn. Morgan Todd, Mn. Julian Coleman, Mn. Jodie Chandler and Mn. John Rose- boro and Gus Mason of Laurens. Selective Service Boards To Oassify Registrants at 18 Colonel Donald K. Collins, Di rector of the Selective Service System for South Carolina, to day advised South Carolina (So- lective Service local boards to begin classification of rqgistrants as soon as possible after they are 18 years of age. Local boards will also classify all registrants over 18 who have not yet been classified. Selective Service cautions that since classification is based on the information contained in the individual’s file at the Selective Service local board, it is impre- ative that registrnts promptly advise the local board of any changes in status. The following changes are of paramount importance: Change of address, marriage, birth of children, dependency, entry into school, change of status in school, affiliation with Reserve, change in occupation. At present South Carolina is drafting young men between ages 21 and 22. While the current age of induction is subject to change, Colonel Collins advises that the revised policy of classifying after attaining age 18 is no cause for alarm. Early classification is necessary in order to maintain a constant inventory of man power resources and to encour age health, education, and voca tional rehabilitation. Local Board No. 30, for Laur ens County, is located on the second floor of the City Hall In Laurens. Telephone number is 964-4754. 31 County Form Families Assisted By FHA During 1963 Credit to purchase livestock and equipment and meet other farm operating costs helped 81 Laurens County families increase their incomes in 1963. William M. Dees, county supervisor of the Farmers Home Administration, reported this week. Dees said that his agency made operating loans totaling $8,340 to farmers in the county during 1963. The amount of operating loans made to Laurens County farmers in 1963 increased 25 per cent over that for 1962, Dees re- Ported. a Loans are made only to farm ers who are unable to obtain credit from conventional lenders. They may be used to buy ma chinery and equipment, live stock, feed, seed, and fertilizer, to pay for other farm and home costs, and to refinance debts. Interest rate is 5 per cent, to be repaid over a period of from one to seven years. FHA makes operating loans to eligible farm families who cannot obtain credit from other lenders. Borrowers also are assisted in planning and reorganizing their farming operations to produce the highest return. i. Jh m CITATION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION The State of South Carolina, County of Laurens By J. H. Wasson, Probate Judge: WHEREAS Reba L. Bragg made suit to me to grant her Letters of Administration of the Estate and effects of Colie E. Bragg. . These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the Kindred and Creditors of the said Colie E. Bragg, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Laurens Court House, Lau rens, S. C., on March 6, 1964 next, after publication hereof, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 18th day of February Anno Domini 1964. J. HEWLETTE WASSON, F20-2C-F27 J. P. L. C. 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