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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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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. •
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• 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.
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; 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.
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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.
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£ 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
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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
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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-
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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