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l THB cuwyofl CH1QN1CLK i / Clfaito% 8. C, Tki The Road To Centralimi Since the new Departmart of Hourin* and ’Urban Affairs will ba headed by a Secretary with Cabinet status, it might be wall to speculate on the long-range effect on federal-state-local relations. Will this action, along with the manda tory reapportionment of state and national legislative districts, help silence the voices of the small towns and rural areas in state and national legislatures ? Will this move increasingly solidify federal intervention into problems once considered the sole province of city and state? Only time will tell. However, it does seem that the quickest way to solve local problems, to create homes of dignity and neighborhoods of pride, would be to give the cities tax sources now preempted by the federal government and let them solve their own problems. It is ludicrous even to assume, that a Washington bureaucrat is in a better position to judge what is good for the local community — today and tomorrow — than astute leading citizens of the community. However, because it is sometimes diffi cult to obtain the necessary finances local ly for community betterment, the tempta tion to run down to Washington for the funds seems to be the easy way out, even though the community many times loses control of civic projects in the process. The fallacy of permitting more and more control of government to be central ized in Washington will become clearer in the days ahead. It is hoped that this community will weigh carefully the con sequences, and will decide accordingly. the part of elected officials to meet law lessness quickly and firmly lest there be an adverse effect upon their personal po litical careers at the ballot box. Tbank God, not all our officials are of this char acter, but too many are . . ouMg-pocaKr moncti we one of the w girts ed Homecoming Monopoly Power Unbridled The unions have been using the last ounce of their political power in an effort to bring about a major change in the Tsft- Hartley Act That change is to eliminate Section 14(b), which authorizes the states to enact Right-to-Work laws. If the effort is successful, every worker in major indus try will have to join and pay dues to a union, regardless of his wishes and beliefs, or lose his job. We will see what happens. But if Taft- Hartley is to be changed and amended there are certain other steps which urgent ly need to be taken. As the Los Angeles Timse puts it, *Tt should be amended to prohibit discrimination by unions on the basis of race, color or creed. It should be amended to prohibit the use of dues for po- Times put it, “It should be amended to provide for secret balloting in union rep resentation elections. Union leaders would fight most of such amendments to the bit ter end. But equity; fair play, and just plain common horse sense demand that the one change not be made without the oth ers.’' The unions, with their power and spec ial privileges, want to have their cake and eat it too. They seek unbridled monopoly power which cannot be countenanced in a free nation—if that nation is to remain free. 7, 1965 OF SALS: Cash. ish. sale, the than the sold on Bookmobile Schedule I .jW-J— Mooday—Franlc ’ Bobo home, Nell Cook home, Garrett home, Heaton home, Patton home. Tuesday— Garttogtan school, Robertson home. Riddle home, Hunter home, Poole home, Benjamin home. Wednesday >— Hampton Ave. school. Baptist Kindergarten. Whitten Village school, Presby terian Kindergarten, Whitten Village Circle, Whitten Village No. 9, hospital. Thursday—Mack Hall home. Hickory Tavern school. Johnny Davis home, Ballentine home. CARD OF THANKS The family of Mrs. Addle Row land wishes to thank the people for the cards, flowers, food, blood-donors, kindnesses, and especially prayers during her ill ness and at her death. herein, upon the conclusion of the bid ding shall deposit with the Clerk of Court the nun of five per centum (9%) of the amount of the bid as a guarantee of Ms good faith in the bidding. The same to be applied to the pur- chaw price upon his complying with the terms of sals, otherwiw to be paid to Plaintiff for credit on the indebtedness. In the event the successful bidder should fail to make such deposit, or should fall to eompiy with the toms of sale, the sold lands shall he if- * Salesday on the snme'temipTrt risk of the defaulting The purchaser to pay Mr pen, stamp and personal or N| _ .. is demanded and tbs MddtBg will not remain open after but compliance with the bid may be made Immediately. Dated this 17th day of Septem ber, 1995. W. E. DUNLAP C. C. C. P. A G. 8. Oct. 7-1441-S9-W Stories Behind Words WllUani S. Peafidd The Ten Commandments, Too? On Sunday, August 15, the Rev. Robert B. Watts rose in his pulpit in La Jolla, California. He began: “Last night I laid aside the sermon which I had prepared for today, because of an irresistible feeling that I must offer certain suggestions and conclusions concerning . . . the holocaust of riots through which we are passing .. .” Many years ago. Dr. Watts was gradu ated Phi Beta Kappa from Yale Law School. He practiced law in Chicago and New York. For several years he served as Chief Assistant US Attorney in New York City; he wae a special assistant to the Attorney General of the US, end the general counsel to the National Labor Re lations Board. Dr. Watts was ordained in 1968. Midway in his sermon we find the following paragraphs; read them with his distinguished career and credentials in mind: “There has been advanced by various philosophical followers of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the most extraor dinary suggestions ever made in Anglo-- Saxon or American legal *nn*l* As a mix ture of sophistry and soft-headedness, brewed by non-legal or corroded legal minds, I assert that this suggestion has spawned the present wave of destruction now sweeping the country. In brief, this proposed doctrine is that if any individual citizen or group of citizens, after medita tion, come to the conclusion that any law is unjust, and further conclude that” if apprehended he or they are willing to ac cept the penalty imposed for violation of the law—then it becomes morally justifi able to break the law openly and notori ously. “Of course, the wont thing about this doctrine is that there are no dividing lines in it If it is valid for a «m«n viola tion, it applies equally to a more serious one. Once you start this approach there is no stopping. It is like a roller-coaster which nears the top of the track. Once you push it over a little bit it piungea all the way. “The amazing thing is that many clergy .. have openly and officially accepted this doctrine . . . and large numben of clergy . . . have sent or have gone on their own volition, to southern areas for the sole porpoee of expressing racial concern by open law defiance pursuant to this new as sertion of moral right Finally ... we see instance after instance of reluctance on Babaon’s Point of View Oh Famine In Russia By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Mass., October 7—For the sec ond time in three seasons, Russia’s agricultural output is apparently far below the needs of her people. The Kremlin leaders are again forced to spend a sizable part of their precious—and dwindling foreign exchange to purchase millions of tons of wheat from abroad. COLLECTIVIZED FARMS A FAILURE When Russia bought wheat heavily in world markets two yean ago, it was believed that her need arose from very unusual circumstances which were no! likely to be repeated soon. The nations which profited most from these unex pectedly large wheat sales cautioned their farm ers not to look tor any such windfall again. At that time, weather was blamed for Russia’s crop failure, and some Kremlin leaden are trying to make weather the scapegoat this time, too. But for a long time it has been obvious that the Soviet system of collectivised farms— set up under Stalin so systematically and at such great expense—just doesn’t work. These collective farms fail to supply the nation’s re quirements because they are too big, too im personal, and too rigidly controlled. PROPOSED REMEDY To a considerable extent Khrushchev’s down fall is attributed to crop failures which, his critics allege, were due to poor farm planning. The present government is deeply committed to improving farm output—both in quantity and in quality. Hence this new farm crisis is very em barrassing to the Kremlin. While a break-up of collective and state farms has been proposed by a Russian agriculturist, there is no assurance yet that the Kosygin-Brezhnev government will take such a drastic step. But there can be no doubt that—in the long run—the collective farms will be broken up into smaller units and placed under the ownership of small groups whose members will have personal responsibility and a reasonable amount of lati tude in fanning them. And certainly within the next decade the prom motive, which at long last is being used—and most effectively—to promote Soviet industrial efficiency, win be a key factor in expanding Soviet agriculture. ^ - CAN RUSSIA AVOID FAMDfRT Of course, the diminishing of the huge col lectivised farms and the establishment of small er, more easily handled units will take several years to accomplish? Meanwhile, can Russia avoid famine? And win she, in time, again bo- come largely self-supporting as regards farm crops? More careful farm planning, more efficient use of modern fertilizers and fertflzing methods and more widespread use of machinery could Hit Russian farm output importantly. If theta reme dies are undertaken promptly and energetically, the Russian people should be spared the disaster of famine. Many Russians will, however, still go hungry in the years just ahead. Russia, too, has a population problem. Between now and 1970 she will have at least 90,009,099 more mouths to feed. And, for wheat and some other grains, much of Russia is high-risk territory. The grow ing season is short and the weather tends to bo severe. Stark famine, itself, Russia may avoid. But the Meakness of much of bar tor- rain and the extremes of her weather map pre vent her Mom ever again becoming felly saf- ficient as to term products. Pariah Under the rigid caste system, the people are divid ed into classes or castes. Each caste is assigned a cer tain occupation. The lower the caste, the more menial the occupation. In southern India one of the lowest castes was as signed the task of beating drums at festivals, in addi tion to other menial duties. A member of this caste was called “paraiyan”— drummer, from “parai,” a drum. Members of this caste served ss house servants to the British station ed in India. The British called a member of the caste a “pa riah,” a corruption of “paraiyan.” The word has come to mean a person with no social caste or a social out cast. Highlights From Clinton High By PATSY SIMMONS This week run**** High is in The cheerleaders will come an uproar as studenas are pre- ^ or ^^tbST pU^fotoJriS* paring for the homecoming fes- Cars entered by the various tivities. Cars for sponsors and gchool clubs wU1 bring up the clubs have to be obtained and end q[ the parade SSSIor MU^ Ja'Z However,^ parade d^ radte^amT at*thefootball game. Clinton will play Dentsville in The homecoming festivities of- Wer Stadium at f^og; ficially begin tomorrow after- hamirnethesponsors noon at 4:90 as CHS has its an- ^ nual Homecoming parade M ^ cayBdato. oMo downtown Clinton. Leading the the narade will be the Student Coun- awaited moment of the enure STSiowM by the Red Devil homecomi^ -‘l* TOU DON’T GET THE NEWS band. Jeffery Howe, the crown- crowning of MlM CHS me three , bearer, win appear next, pre- finalistsaro J Thoma- ceding the three flarilrt. for ^ FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 16th day of November, 1906, I will render a final account of my acts and doings as Executrix of the estate of David JunUns Woods in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens County, at 10 o’clock a.m. and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as Ex ecutrix. Any person indebted to said estate is notified and required to make payment on or before that date, and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven or be forever barred. Fannie C. Woods, 909 N. Broad St., Clinton, S. C. Executrix Oct. 5, 1965 4C-O-20 Notice of Sale The State Of South Carolina County of I aurrns IN COURT OF COMMON PLEAS Bank of Clinton, Plaintiff, vs. J. M. Ficklin, Tenneco Oil Com pany, Mack Trucks, Inc., Green wood Tire & Supply Company, and United States of America, Defendants. PURSUANT to a Decree of the Court in toe above stated case, I will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder, either in or in front of the Court House, at Lau rens C. H., S. C., on Salesday in November next, being Monday the first day of toe month, dur ing the legal hours for such sales> the following described proptrty, to wit: All that certain piece, par cel or tract of land lying, be ing and situate in Laurens County, South Carolina, con taining one hundred forty- one (141) acres, more or less, bounded now or former ly on the North by lands of Mrs. Nannie Hill Cannon; on toe West by land of Mrs. Cannon; South by lands of W. L. League and on the East by lands of F. M. Fuller and public road; said tract of land being made up of two tracts one containing eighty- seven (87) acres, more or less, and the other contain ing forty-eight and five- tenths (40.5) acres, more or less, and more particularly described according to a plat thereof made by W. M. Nash, Surveyor, November 4, 1925, a copy of which is now on file with Clerk of Court, Laurens IF YOU DON’T READ THE CHRONICLE UNDERSTAND . . It's really easy to save once you get in the > habit ... and the'way your savings grow here . . . you’ll have the money in no time. CURRENT DIVIDEND RATE iV*% ■y mtL. Leonard - Insurance Agency • — Representing — NATIONAL CRANK MUTUAL Penn. National — Standard National — and a variety of other selective companies to round out a complete program of insurance needs. C. H. LEONARD MRS. EMILY MARLER We Strive Tirelessly To Give Prompt and Courteous Service To All Your Insurance Needs 200 North Broad Street Phone 833-1121 :—: Clinton, S. C. Miss CHS. son. 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