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VjV-v'N THB GLDfTOff CHBONKXI Qtmtm, 8. C, Thunday, Aagwl 26, INS By Their Fruit* . . Know Them Seeds planted by professional agitators ami nurtured by opportunist politicians and some misguided idealists in the so-called “civii rights” movement over the past sev eral years are beginning now to bear full measure of their natural and bitter fruits. A child died of smoke inhalation in Dallas, Texas, while hoodlums attacked po licemen who were trying to dear a path for rescue equipment through the crowd gathered at the scene. Then came the riots in Loe Angeles, with widespread, wan ton destrucution, looting, many injured and dead. Early reports quoted the Los Angeles police chief as saying that was not a race riot, except in the sense that the rioters were mostly of one race. But a Negro who was there said otherwise; he reported that some of his race whom he observed par ticipating in the riot were looking espec ially for whites to beat or kill. Even so, w*- are convinced that the root cause of these tragedies is, always has been, po litical rather than racial They are the natural extension of mob actions previously inspired and encouraged by political figures for their own purposes. And if some may have encouraged this sort of lawlessness out of ignorance of its ultimate consequen ces, it's a sure bet that the prime instiga tors of it have in mind all along that this could result in breakdown or inadequacy of local law enforcement, as a means of juati- fying federal intervention and control. While pretending to seek an end to race and class antagonisms in our society, the leading advocates and condoners of “civil disobedience” have deliberately set race against race and encouraged all against lo cal law enforcement authorities. There is no logical reason for intelligent men to do this, except that they hope eventually to take bot^h the law and its enforcement into their own hands, all in the name of “peace.” “By their fruits .. . know them!” Saved By The Glow Barry Goldwatar writes: “Income in the business world is distributed on the basis of how hard and how well you work or build or plan. But when a politician pass es out money the basis may be for any rear son at all, including partisan advantage. No matter what the reason, however, the giving of money is a poor substitute for the earning of money. Money earned in a productive job is true business expansion. Money given away is nothing but a drain on available resources.” ' While drilling for oil on the Sahara Desert, oilmen discovered a huge under ground lake of fresh water. More than 200 water wells have now bean drilled in the area, each capable of irrigating up to 600 acres. With this water supply the desert can produce three crops of fruit and vege tables a year.' Babson’s Pont of View On Water Pollution And .Drought week with tMr Uy, the lev. and MM. Pete Richardson, in Lowell, N. C. Michael WHMama la at f ‘imp Mr. and Mrs. C. R. ham. Miss Frances wo Johnny relatives in Greenville. little Min Knee dm returnee from m trip to places of interests in Ftardla, going as far as Key West She Mr. and Mrs. John Ad- snd family of Greenwood. Mrs. Jim Hugh Austin and Min Madde Austin attended commencement exercises at CSemaon University Saturday. Jim Hugh Austin received his degree at this time. Mrs. C. B. Guest of Sumter, has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hill News of Bonds Crott Roads MRS. W. A. SMOUBK Mr. and Mrs. Max Duckett Church, aad family who reefed in the Nrvivii* m Me wM|, Mrs. Shady Grove manse have mov- cilia Boyd Owens, and sao ste ed to Clinton. Mr. and Mrs. ter, Mrs. H. C. Brannon of Jerald Btedna of Clinton, re- Dolxelf. candy moved into the manse. Funeral services were con ducted Friday at 5 p. m. at U 12 /\ Warrior Crook Baptist Church n. VX. UWSIIS by Rev. William Franklin and Laurens — Homer Graydon R e v. Claire Baker. Burial Oerens, H. Barksdale communi- j n the church cemetery, ty farmer, died early Thursday — SST 1 ? OFFICE SUPPLOCS end monSoiaMM. CHRdMICtE FUR. 00.1 Native of Laurens County, son If 26 states think “safety” license {dates are valuable enough as accident pre venters to issue them to all motorists, the other 25 should at least consider them. Half the states have adopted light^re- flective “safety” plates that glow so bright ly at night they can be seen for 2,000 feet. Eight states replaced their ordinary paint ed plates with the reflective kind by enact ing new laws during 1965 legislative ses sions. They are Illinois, North Carolina, Vermont, Arkansas, Nevada, * Nebraska, Montana and Oklahoma. Before voting for reflective plates, ev ery one of these eight state legislatures considered impartial study results such as these: In Maine, the annual number of night time collisions with parked cars /dropped 58 per cent from 1950 (when the state first issued reflective tags) to 1963, compared with the five years before 1960, according to Maine State Police. Nighttime property damage collisions involving parked and disabled cars dropped 74 per cent in Minnesota during the second year after reflective plates were issued, the National Safety Council reported. Prof. Edward G. Brown of the Univers ity of Washington studied the experience of all reflective-plate states in a compre hensive study for the Washington state legislature. As a result, he recommended that the 1966 legislature adopt reflective plates. Next year, the legislatures of 14 states will have a chance to adopt reflective li cense plates, thus rectifying what ws think baa been an oversight. The states are Alaska, Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky, Mary land, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Naw Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Bhode Island, South Carolina and Virginia. Perhaps some day every car on the Mffcways of every state will be marked with the warning glow of “safety” plate at night »y Babson Park, Man., August IS—Everybody in our “neck of the woods” is ter ... or, more property, lack of it. who are not bemoaMng the drought are pn«i»*e»g a finger at industrialists and politicians who have permitted billions of gallons of water to be come filthy and unfit for human consumption. Great rivers course by our huge eastern craters of population: but they might as well be millions of miles away for all the good they do our citi- sens who are restricted even in the they may use to wash their teeth. GRAVER DANGER THAN THE BOMB In discussing the parched Northeast the other day. an eminent professor of chemistry pointed out to us that man's own “peaceful" works could bring about Ms destruction as surely—if more slowly—than enemy attack by the H-bomb. He pictured the massive population complex that stretches from Richmond, Va., to Portland, Me. —the “megalopolis” of the Northeast—as even tually shriveled and diseased from drought from air and water pollution. Examination of the width of rings la great elms that have been cut down in the Northeast in recent years reveals that this area has indeed suffered alternating periods of light and heavy rainfall. Wide rings in the trunks indicate co pious rains and rapid annual growth; narrow rings signify drought. But why did former years when the land was parched cause so little stir in our land? ALWAYS DROUGHTS, NOT ALWAYS PEOPLE Historians tell us that the total aboriginal population of the whole area of the United States approximated only a million at its peak. In re lation to available water supplies the number of Indians never presented a problem even in times of severest drought. But today, this small drought-stricken patch of land In the Northeast is croweded by more than fifty mtmnw people. Even these fifty million would not be too se rious a problem if we still lived as our grand fathers did. Roads were gravel 75 years ago, absorbing water into the subsoil; now we cover not only highways but also driveways and play yards with tons of impervious materials that shunt the rainfall into sewers and send it crash ing in floods to the sea . . . useless and wasted. Mother’s dishwater in a day uses more water than the whole family once needed for its Sat urday night baths at the turn of the century. And there were no air conditioners to consume water by the ton. BIGGEST WATE OF ALL The problem is not wholly sumption. Actually, there is available throughput the Northeast. But it is being wasted before it ever has a chance to get into a water main. The biggest water problem of all is threefold. First, spring floods are allowed to rush into the sea; second, pollution goes unchecked, making use of such water subject to costly conversion processes; third, as our great rivers recede with the summer’s heat, the brine of the ocean is per mitted to ceep upstream and create more havoc. THE ANSWER As the problem Is threefold, so must the attack on it be: (1) New reservoirs must be con structed to conserve the freshets of spring for late-season use. This is perhaps the quicket measure. (2) Harder and slower will be the cut ting down and final elimination of pollution. Many cries will go up, of'course, urging concen tration on cheaper ways of purifying water ... but, after all, pollution is a holdover from the dark ages (historians tell us that In the 17th Cen tury Londoners emptied their slop jars, in the streets)! (S) The easiest approach may be keep ing back the brine from the ocean. Reports men tion a readily made and controllable fabric dam that can be thrown across a river to save buttons of gallons of fresh water from a salty doth, As we ponder the problem, we are reminded that an Act of God could make no forget our troubles fra awhile. Hurricane days are upon u; one great watery storm could AH parched rivers end empty reservoirs. But this would be e temporary solution. —long range—to cure the evil, stricken days of summer 1MB could be but 1 a warning of direr things to come. Let's Call a Spade a Spade! David T. Pitts, Jr., has re turned to Clemson University after spending the with Ms Stories Behind Words fcr 8. FoefleM Last-Ditch Effort The old csatles were more than {daces to live. They were built in such a manner that they provided maxi mum protection from marauding bands or armies. Castles built on the plains were enclosed by a watt. The wall was entfrcled by a moat—a broad ditch filled with water. Attackers had to get across the moat be fore they could even attack the wall. Some castles also had an inner moat and wall, fur ther obstacles to attackers. The inner moat, or ditch, was the last line of defense. If the attackers got past it and the wall, they were in the courtyard of the castle. Hence, the expression, “last-ditch effort” means a final one. Cross Hfl Hews MRS. HAROLD AUSTIN. FAREWELL PARTY GIVEN Perry Simpson recently en listed in the Navy and left Sun day for the Great Lakes, 111., training center. He was honor ed with a farewell party on Saturday night by David Cole man at the home of Ms pa rents,* Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Coleman. Mike Turner is at home from Self Memorial hospital. Green wood, where he underwent one of over-con- treatment' from injuries sus- plenty of water tained in an accident on Lake Greenwood ten days ago. Miss Frances Cunningham of the University Hospital in Au gusta, Ga., is spending her va cation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Cunningham. Miss Clarabelle Hill will be gin her work next Monday as physcial education teacher at the Union High School, Union. William Martin Boyce and Johnny Livingston have begun and resumed their studies at Clemson University. Mr. and Mrs. John Livingston and Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Workman ac companied Johnny there last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs, Walter Steven son left recently for Birming ham, Ala., where they will visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Morris of Savannah, Ga., visited rela tives here Friday and Satur day. W. H. Cole reutrned home with them for a visit with them and other rleatives. Miss Mackie Austin leaves Wednesday to enter the fresh man class at Winthrop Collgee. Mr. and Mrs. J. A Richard son spent several days last MRS. TINSLEY HONORED Mrs. Robert Tinsley was hon ored last Thursday with a mis cellaneous shower at (he home of Mrs. Tillman Crapps. Misses Ann and Patsy Work man of Laurens, spent some with Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Shouse this week. Mr. ' and Mrs. Wilson Mc- Mackin of New Rochelle, N. Y., and their grandson from San Diego, Cali., visited Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Shouse last week. Miss Martha Pitts has re turn to Rock Hill where she is teaching. Claudia Johnson spent the week-end with her mother, Mrs. Luther Johnson. Mrs. James Evans attended a planning committee meeting of the Home Demonstration Council in Laurens last Thurs day. GIVEN SHOWER Miss Patsy Morgan, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mor gan, was honored on last Fri day evening at a bridal shower by her aunt, Mrs. Alice Daven port and Mrs. Myrtle Crowe at the home of Mrs. Davenport. Mrs. J. J. 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