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ll 10 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE 'J. Clinton, S. C„ Thursday, August 25, WHO Open the Books For All Candidates ' State Treasurer Jeff Bates, who died last week, had no opposition for a new four-year term in the general election coming up in November. He was unopposed in the Democratic primary, and the Republican party did hot offer a candidate for the post. The law provides for naming of a Successor nominee by the state executive Committee (in this case, of the Demo cratic party). However, the committee has determined that a primary shall be held v And we agree that such should be the case. • t • But some Democrats contend that since the Republican party did not put a candidate in the field, it is precluded from doing so now. ! State Senator Earle Morris of Pick ens County, chairman of the State Dem ocratic Party (and probably others) con tends that it would be the fair thing to do to open the election to the Republi cans also, since the law does not provide a clear course for such a contingency. They would probably nominate a candi date by the convention method. ! We agree with Senator Morris. I The Republicans most likely were <?f the opinion that any candidate they Would put up against such a popular and widely respected public official as Mr. Bates would have little or no chance of being elected. * ; With some other candidate now rep resenting the Democratic party, the Re publicans might have other thoughts. ; Like Mr. Morris, in the spirit of fair play, we think the Republicans, if they rttfish should l)e allowed to nominate a .candidate for the treasurer’s post. I I » I I I Labor Day | J How many of us pause and reflect on Jtpe significance of American holidays ’ To some they are merely a colored num eral on a calendar, to others an excuse for a long week-end—when cliff-dwell ers take to accident-cluttered highways to get away from the city streets, when suburbanites come ..to the oily to cele brate. ’* ; On Labor Day we should Teflect on significant social and economic changes —the better .standards of living we en- fjy. the shorter work week, the improv- Sd working conditions. Today, Ameri- families have more leisure time than flver before. t £ During this holiday pause, we should jj)nsider how we might invest some of fliis leisure time toward helping our fel- fewman. There is a great personal sat- tf I action in participating in organiza- ilms like the Boy Scouts, the YMCA- *MHA, women’s clubs, parent-teacher froups, 4-H clubs and other similar groups. 2 Let us show oyr appreciaton to those #ho have made LafJbi^Day possible by jjluntcering to assist our community in ^taking it a better place to live and to fork. . A Family Problem r Comparing a family budget to fed eral spending'policies sheds much light current economic ■ conditions in the Jnited States. A family that is living pyoml its income and in debt up to its ^es should seek ways to cut its spend- “Jg to the bone. The head of the fam- should work to encourage economy incentive measures; the mother bould contribute by trimming the fam- budget; luxury purchases should be awned upon. f ~ Government is simply a collective mily. There is one great difference. Government has the power to take mon ey from its citizens by taxaton and in flation-producing deficit spending. In this manner, it can survive living be yond its means for long periods. But, the ultimate end for a family or a gov ernment, if thrift is not encouraged, is trouble. — It is time to apply the brakes to free wheeling spending by government. It is also time for the individual family to curb its demands for gifts and toys from government. AIM IrV. lU SOLi liJ S tv, Babson’s Point of View On Strikes Affecting Public Well-Being By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park. Mass., August 25—Peculiar counter-currents are in play in today’s stream of labor events. Moving in one di rection is the growing determination of workers—even in fields that affect the pub lic welfare—to get more money and wider benefits, regardless of*whether it will mean paralyzing strikes to achieve these ends. Against this tide is developing an increasing impatience on the part of business and citi zens generally, strong enough to snag the at- tention“of our legislators and move them to action. j* * ELECTION-YEAR RELUCTANCE The fact that this is * Congressionarl elec tion year has been the reason for the limUed and wary type of aeClon taken by the law makers in Washington. But sharp proof of the national concern over tie-ups that injure the public well-being as well as business lies in the fact tha.t so many of our legislators did respond to a call for a curb on the sir strike during this crucial year when the la bor vote can determine many a dose Con gressional contest. Once next fall's voting is out of the way, it is our opinion that both houses will give fresh committee attention to formulating a general measure that will protect us against the intense inconvenience and discomforts of large-scale, prolonged public service walk outs. This does not mean that labor's funda ments right to strike will be curtailed. Rather, economy-crushing shutdowns will be made less possible—and less necessary— while genuine collective bargaining will con tinue to receive encouragement. GET-TOUGH ATTITUDE GAINING GROUND It is not difficult to see why Congress is likely to be more disposed to reasoned con straints than in the past. The New York City transit strike, which was illegafi. spurred mil lions of local residents to an anger and frus tration that did not go unnoticed by Presi dent Johnson and the Congress. The airline strike and its almost endless repercussions on business large and small throughout the country, as well as its vast impact on indi vidual tavel and pre-arranged vacations, went farther than even the unions wanted. Labor ’leaders thought they had a settle ment, then the rank and file of the mechan ics and ground service workers refused to accept the package. This is another reflec tion of the sharp deterrtoination of the work ers themselves to get bigger pay envelopes and more fringe benefits while the bloom is still on the boom. It is showing up more and more among employees in lines that have the greatest effect on the public, such as hospitals, state and city services, transpor tation. farms, and utilities. Congressmen may weK feel in 1967 that the time has come to shield their constituents from unwieldly or illicit labor impasses. PAY DEMANDS WILL NOT DIE DOWN Whatever happens next year in terms of such labor legislation, the drive for higher wage rates and fringes will continue strong for the remainder of 1966 and well into 1967. Employers are afraid of exaggerated ad vances in basic labor costs, but in many in stances they would prefer to give workers what they want rather than risk walk-outs while demand is high for virutally all prod ucts. Smart management officials know of course, that the business skies are not al ways as blue as they are now. At least they haven’t been in the past. But it’s easier to give in on worker demands when profits have been on the climb for ovw*five years. Despite the lesson of the airline stoppage and its warning repercussions in Congress, a lot of strikes will be seen over the months ahead. There are trigger-happy conditions emerging in quite a number of important in dustries. There could be at least token trou ble, for instance, the telephone, trucking, railroads, oil, and electrical machinery. Success of the grape-growers in California may encourage more union action on farms in some southeast states, <)■ VOLUNTEER TO HELP- BOY SCOUTS GIRL SCOUTS ‘‘/•HCLU8 p-ta UNITED FUND 7 C.E/N GROUPS Loci', Youth Wants to Know By RANDY GRIFFITH Every human being passes through various ages. And at each age he uses different physical and mental capaci ties. He performs different tasks and rales in relation to the society around him. By roles I mean a part of charac ter, as represented by an ac- * - Stories Behind Words By William S. Penfield Size Several centuries ago, the English borrowed the French word “assise,” meaning a sitting or session, and spelled it “assize.” The French word had been formed from the Latin “assidere,” to sit by, from “ad” (by) and “sedere” (to sit) The English derivative, assize, was used to re fer to an assembly in general and a law-making body in particular. One of the duties of an assize was the estab lishment of standard weights and measurements. A standard weight or measurement was called by the name of the assembly that set it—assize. Assize was abbreviated to “size,” giving us the word we use in referring to dimensions. FARMS and FOLKS By L. C. HAMILTON Clemson University Extension Information Specialist Most of us, who encounter the turkey only under safe circumstances, are not sub jected to the hazards and dif ficulties that turkey growers are. One problem, according to Emory Funderburk, a Lan caster grower, is loading th« big birds on trucks when thev are ready for market. In the past, the turkeys had to be caught (with the usual amount of kicking and Hap ping) and lifted overhead to a worker who would, hope fully, get a secure hold and complete the transfer to the trailer. Think of loading 1,320 heavy toms in that manner! Or for that matter 2,640 lighter hens; the number needed to load a trailer. Funderburk has taken half of the work and many of the hazards out of loading turkeys by designing and'budding a turkey elevator. Now he gent ly shoos the turkeys into a corral with a cenveyor run ning along the back side. The turkeys 'step on the slowly moving 'belt, are ele vated to trailer height, and then c o n v e y e d along the length of (he trailer where workers ^re stationed to transfer the birds to the transport. 1 ' Funderburk says the elevator has allowed him to reduce his workers by half. tor. As an individual matures he plays different roles. At first he is a child, then a fath er. He is at one time a pupil, perhaps later a teacher. From a vigorous youth he becomes a mature adujt, and then an aging and elderly man. The boy carries within him self the seeds of the adult man. Otherwise he must as an adult take on new pat terns of behavior which are intentionarly opposed to those of his boyhood. Adulthood of ten demands that certain boy hood habits be put aside or refined. Then the hdult either de velops naturally into an old man—or decays into one. On ly when taken together do these defferent “ages” make up the entire map of human possibilities and Limitations. And as every individual us ually must pass through them ak, their continuity becomes strongly emphasized and ar ticulated. Samuel L. Terry Luarens — Samuel Law* rence Terry, 70, of 4 Wallace St., died Thusday in a Lau rens hospital after a long yi- ness. Native of Laurens County, son of the late Mack and Es sie Williams Terry, he was a former textile worker and employee of the state high way department and a vet eran of World War I. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ethel Cannon Terry; four sons, James B. and Ted dy Ray Terry of the home, and Sammy and Maxie Ter ry of Laurens; two daugh ters, Miss Marian Elizabeth Terry of the home, and Mrs. John T. Pearson of Laurens; a sister, Mrs. Ray Cauble of Clinton; and five grandchil dren. Funeral services were con ducted Friday at 4:00 p. m. at Kennedy Mortuary by Rev. John R. Waters and Rev. J. B. Abrecrombie. Burial was in Forest Lawn cemetery. DIAL 585-2224 COLLECT ^ Cat i Tl * Col" Termite Ip ’ AND Pest Control y "THE ‘ . ANTIMITE WAY" FREE INSPECTION AND SPECIFICATIONS CAROLINA'S LARGEST — SURETY BONDED Member National Past Control Association EFIRD'S EXTERMINATING CO. 1307 Asheville Hwy. Spartanburg, S. C. SHORT HAY CROP? Hay and forages for feeding livestock this winter may he in short, supply, the result of the severe drought during June and July in many parts of South Carolina. H. V. Rogers, Clemson agronomist, who says sup plies will be “below safe .lev els,” also emphasizes that the situation is not without possible remedy. “Fertilizing winter pastures immediately, if it hasn't been done, and planting small grains for grazing should take the pressure off. “And if the rains we’ve been getting in August con tinue, we ought to be able to cut and store more hay.” * * * RECORD CROP COMING? The August rains have heightened optimism for fa vorable soybean yields this fall, leading to speculation that yields may exceed the 23-bushel record average re ported by the Crop Reporting Service in 1964. Other factors are involved, too. “We had more beans plant ed this year,” says O. W. Cain, Cjlhoun County agent. “This means we should have better yields per acre.” County Agent W. H. Fun- chess of Allendale County re ports the “prospects certainly look favorable at the present time.” A possible offsetting factor is the rather large acreage of late-planted beans which are not expected to yield as well. A number of agents have ob served that a “good many” acres were planted later than usual on fields which had been originally planted to cot ton but which had been ploughed up because of a poor stand. * * * TURKEY ELEVATOR Turkeys, which •weigh up to 25 pounds or more, live weight, can give you a hefty kick with their strong legs, or maybe a black eye with a flap of their wings — if you happen to get in their way. OFFICE SUPPLIES CHRONICLE PUB. CO. PHONE 833-0541 mams m CLINTON, S. 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