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Clinton, S. C., Thursday, November 3, IMfi
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€ Individual liberty, under representa-
tifc government, carries responsibili-
tift M well a« privileges. This truth
h0 been stressed by philosophers and
statesmen rfnce the founding of the
United States. Self-reliance is the
ntirfn characteristic of responsible citi
zenship. As the basis of liberty, it can
not be delegated fro a paternalistic wel
fare state.
“ Leaders in business and public life
recognize the necessity of private citi
zens assuming a dominant role in solv
ing social and economic problems. An
excellent illustration of cooperative, pri
vate initative can be seen in the medical
assistance program of the “American
Medical Association and the Sears, Roe
buck Foundation. The program is de
signed t® help communities without a
doctor attract one by building a modern
medical center.
A short time ago, the small . com-
manity of Coebum, Virginia, with a
population of some 2,500 people, wel
comed its new doctor and opened a $40,-
000 medical center. Coeburn, an Appa
lachian Mountain community, once sup
ported a 30-bed hospital and three doc
tors. But, two of the doctors had died.
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the third was able to work only a few
hours a day, and the hospital had been
closed. A survey by the Sears, Roebuck
Foundation disclsoed that residents
traveled collectively 625,525 miles for
medical attention last year. As a re
sult, the Foundation furnished plans
for the new medical center and assisted
in raising the necessary funds to build
it. The Sears, Roebuck Foundation and
the AMA then helped find a qualified
doctor.
Since the community medical assist
ance program began in 1958, it has
made medical care available to more
than 367,000 people in 38 states. Here
is the best possible answer to those
who would abdicate the responsibilities
of citizenship to the government.
Highway users pay more than 24 per
cent of all state taxes collected in this
country. In fiscal 1965, the states col
lected $26 billion, of which $6.3 billion
came from taxes on motor fuels and
motor vehicles and from drivers’ li
cense fees. Motor fuel taxes alone
amounted to $4.3 billion.
THE AMERICAN WAY
Babson’s Point of
View On Peace
And Prosperity
By ROGER W. BABSON
Babson Park. Mass., November 3—There
is nothing President Johnson would rather
have than an end to the Vietnam war. For
a very long time, his administration has
geen genuinely working toward such a hap
py goal. But in recent weeks the behind-
the- scehes tempo of end-the-war activity has
been greatly stepped up. It is reported that
more concessions to the enemy have been
made than at any time in the past year. So
insistent has the "peace offensive" become
that we feel it is time to ask ourselves
"What if peace comes?”
HISTORY NEVER THE SAME
When World War II ended, analysts free
ly predicted that business would suffer a
quick boom, to be followed by a deep, but
short depression. Many are still waiting
for that depression. Behind this belief in
a quick post-war up-and-down move in the
economy was the historical record after
World War I.
But in the years since 1945 history has not
repeated itself. The well-remembered pat
tern of 1919-1920 still stands alone, in this cen
tury. The failure of the quick boom, quick
bust sequence to develop after World War
II has been explained by economists as- the
result of -superior direction and handling of
our financial and business machine by an
elightened government. But perhaps there
are other fundamental reasons.
Is He Ready to Walk Like a Man?
Stories
Behind
Words
By
William S. Penfield
Music And You
Good music, like good painting or
good writing, is always rewarding if
it is understood. That is not to say that
everyone will like all good music, once
he is educated to enjoy it and exposed
to it.
And “good” music is not just opera.
Much poipular music is good and it
does not have to be highbrowMonghair
stuff to be good.
Most of us underestimate the power
of music. Music can soothe the mind
and soul. It can afford relaxation when
almost nothing else can.
In the United States, too few parents
insist that their children study music
and learn to play at least one musical
instrument.
When we fail to teach them of this
great human outlet, we rob them of the
pleasure which could be theirs if they
are properly educated. Countless hours
of listening and playing pleasure could
be theirs, if they were onlHaught what
exists in the world of music and how to
appreciate it.
IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES
Although those of us who remember
World War I think of it as having been a
titanic struggle, actually it did not compare
in magnitude or length of time with the sec
ond World War. Of course we had been
busy for some time furnishing our later al
lies with food and weapons: but we did not
declare war until April. 1917, and the armis
tice came 19 months afterward.
Another important difference was the na
ture of cur over-all economy at that time,
contrasted so highly with its nature a quar
ter-century later. The U. S. was not nearly
so highly industrialized. Farming was still
a major activity for the nation; the empha
sis was on food. Speculation in grains and
farm lands was heavy. But consumer goods
did not play so big a part in the lives of the
people as they did in the next world war.
There was neither the fabric nor the time to
build what later came to be known as pent-
up demands. . .. consumer needs that would
be satisfied when the guns fell silent.
Mecca
It is the religious duty of Moslems to visit at
least once the city where the prophet Moham
med was born.
/ That city is Mecca, w’here the Kaaba—the
•’most sacred of all Moslem shrines—is located.
The Kaaba is a cube-shaped building that con
tains a sacred black stone.
*• m Moslems who can afford it may take the pil-
^ grimage to Mecca several times. Those who are
poor save money for more than a half a life
time in order to make the trip.
^ Since -at least one trip is the goal of all Mos
lems, the word “mecca” acquired the figurative
'^leaning of any goal.
Findlay, Ohio, Republican-Courier:
“Congress seems destined to take a step
shortly that endangers the Grand Can
yon area in Arizona. The project involv
ing construction of two hydroelectric
dams ip the Grand Canyon area of the
Colorado river has been described as
a ‘monstrous boondoggle’ that would
desecrate one of the nation’s most prec
ious scenic, educational and recreational
assets . . . It's all part of the Great So
ciety program.
POST VIETNAM .
If the Viet war should suddenly stop, the
nation would be facing a set of circumstanc
es quite different from those that obtained
after World War II. Although the number
of U. S. soldiers in South Vietnam is already
greater than the forces sent to Korea, we
have had a minimum of government inter
ference with our economy. Only “Jaw
bone” tactics have been used to control pric
es and wages. Look around you . . . who
among your neighbors (who has had the
desire and the price) has been unable to get
a car, refrigerator, or any other hard goods?
As a matter of fact, all-time peaks in the
output of civilian goods have been reached
while our military effort has been steadily
rising in Southeast Asia. There has been
butter aplenty . . . even if some feel that
not enough emphasis has been put on guns.
This surely means that if peace should come
tomorrow, there would be no massive pent-
up demand for civilian goods (such as ex
isted in 1945).
WHAT TO LOOK FOR
If the war in the Far East gets hotter, we
still may have to ration butter to get the
needed guns. But if peace should come ear
lier than many now expect, the change-over
in our economy could be more disrupting
than in 1945. Defense industries would be
hard hit. Those taken off the armament
payrolls would find no great surge in de
mand from consumer-goods industries to of
fer a quick job shelter.
I' But there would be a brighter side, too.
• Demand for credit would slacken. The now
I hard-hit home-building industry would find
mortgages . becoming more plentiful and
cheaper. Uncle Sam would surely rush to
ward tax relief . . . from present plans for
upped tax burdens. And—best of all—Hie
dirge of death in the Asian swamps would
cease. '
William Green
Laurens — William Andrew
(BiicJ) Green, 63, of 105 Mid
dle St. died Sunday afternoon
in*a local hospital after ope
day of illness. .
Native of Laurens County,
sonrof the late Charles D. and
&ary Elizabeth Welch Green,
he was a former carpenter
and farmer.
Surviving are his wife,
Mrs. Maggie Dee Knight
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Youth Wants to Know
By RANDY GRIFFITH
Mrs. I. N. Pierce
Funeral services for Mrs.
1 If you have just begun to
date you probably have at
least several friends on your
date list. More than likely
you're looking forward to ha
ving more. Hopefully, at this
stage in your dating career
goilig steady is “out.” Now
is the time to try your wings.
You want to learn as much
about different kinds of peo
ple as possible. Because each
new person offers a possible
source of new and exciting
experiences. These new ad
ventures in living help you to
decide what you want in the
person you hope to marry la
ter.
Slowly you will leave the
high school days behind. Then
you should begin to narrow
down the list. Later, when
you reach adulthood, you
will be better prepared to
make a final choice.
The immature person nev
er narrows down the field.
He again and again discards
one person in favor of anoth
er until he suddenly finds him
er until he suddenly finds
himself older and harder
than ever to please. And, yes,
still unmarried.
I. N. (Pauline) Pierce, 51, of
302 Cypress St., Lydia Mill,
were conducted Friday at 4:30
p.m. at Lydia Mill Pentecos
tal Holiness Church by Rev.
Roscoe Byran, Rev. I. H.
Webb, Rev. Martin Wilbanks
and Rev. J. Floyd Hellams.
Burial was in Rosemont Cem
etery.
Pallbearers were Edmond
Blackwell, Gerald and Carl
Murphy, Wade Pennington,
Bobby Quinn, Virgil Webb,
Floyd Sauls , and David Mc-
Nich.
Green; a son, W. Roy Green
of Laurens; a brother, Sam
D. Green of Woodruff; two
sisters, Miss Janie Green and
Miss Ethel Green of Wood
ruff; and two grandchildren.
Funeral services were con
ducted Tuesday at 3:30 p.m.
at Kennedy Mortuary by Rev.
Paul Yarborough, Rev. Ray
C. Craine and Rev. Alvin S.
Boone. Burial was in Forest
Lawn Cemetery.
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Re-Elect
William C 'Bill' Dobbins
State
Senator
KEEP LAURENS
COUNTY MOVING
DOBBINS is Experienced. He Now Ranks Among The Top Twenty-Five
member of the SOUTH CAROLINA SENATE, not the U. S. SENATE.
He has nothing to do with the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT in WASH
INGTON. His responsibility is COUNTY and STATE GOVERNMENT.
Look At His Record As State Senator
He is a
DOBBINS is a SOUTH CAROLINIAN and a SOUTHERNER.
Senators in The State in Seniority. :
Since becoming State Senator:
1. Fifty Thousand Dollars in New Machinery For County Supervisor.
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2. Laurens County has entered an era of the greatest businsess and in
dustrial growth in its entire history.
3. Four-lane road between Clinton and Laurens now under construction.
4. Numerous Country Roads placed in state system now under construc
tion throughout the County.
5. New Road (Eliminating Railroad Crossing) from Clinton to Whitten
Village now* complete.
6. Plans underway for $12,000 improvement to Laurens County Airport.
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County Finances In Excellent Condition — No
Increase In Taxes — $133,500.00 Surplus
In General Fund!
8. Salary Increases for all County Emplpyees.
9. This past year as a result of Senator Dobbins’ efforts Whitten Village
received an additional $250,000.00 in State funds.
10. Pobbins has supported and voted for pay increases for Teachers,
State Employees and Employees of the South Carolina Highway De
partment.
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