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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Clinton. S. C., Thursday, February 23,19GT
Two Commissions At Work
In County
Two groups of citizens recently
have been named as members of com
missions to serve Laurens County. Both
are important and can render valiant
service to the county.
We refer to the Historical Com
mission, headed by Reese H. Young of
Clinton^ and the commission to study
the needs and malte recommendations
on a new court house, whose chairman
is R. L. Plaxico of Clintom
The Historical’ Commission is a con
tinuing body which will seek, receive
and preserve historical documents,
sites, buildings, etc., that have a bear
ing on and will continue to hold inter
est throughout the years, in connection
with the history of the county. And
we predict that it will be surprising
what the commission- will come up with
in the realm of Laurens County history
that has been held or hidden or escaped
the notice of the public. This is a body
that can render a real patriotic service
to the county. t
The court house commission is a
group with, a definite task to perform
and will make a report with recom
mendations to be submitted to the coun
ty legislators. They, too, have an emi
nently important t^Sk to perform. If
their recommendation is to build a new
court house, we hope they will be able
The Consular Treaty
Americans who cannot stomach the
idea of embracing the Soviet Union at
the same time American boys are be
ing killed all over Vietnam by weapons
supplied by Russia had better realize
the facts about the status of the Soviet
Consular Treaty.
.Only a short while ago the forces
behind the Soviet Treaty had been
outflanked. The tremendous deluge
of letters and wires to Senators caused
every experienced observer in Wash
ington to agree that the treaty was beat
en. A minimum of 34 votes against
the treaty was reported—more, than
enough to gurantee its defeat. Sena
tor Dirksen’s own calculations showed
that more than 40 Senators opposed it.
It was reported that ^BI Director
Hoover was against it earlier.
But now, it is reported, the entire
situation has dramatically reversed. A
dangerous shift is taking place, as one
Senator after another changes his stand
on the Soviet Treaty from one of oppo
sition to support.
News reports state that Senator
Dirksen now favors the treaty, and that
Mr. Hoover, while not supporting the
treaty, is not opposing it any longer
(at least not openly).
The treaty would allow the Soviet
Union to open consulates in larger cit
ies of the United States, which, ■of
course, would simply'give them the op
portunity to open spy and subversion
centers all over the country.
Soviet consulates in this country
were closed following a sensational
kidnap attempt in New York in 1948
and people in this country became fed
up with their tactics.
There is no reason to suppose the
Russians have changed since then.
They will simply take up where they
left off, if they get the opportunity.
The Consular Treaty will come to
a vote in the Senate about March 2.
Now is the time for every Senator in
Washington to know that their con
stituents regent the peworful, massive,
hidden forces that are behind the Con
sular Treaty and applying pressure on
Senators to change their stand.
CLINTON, S. C., THURSADY, FEBRUARY 23, 1967
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to offer a suitable site of ample acre
age in the city of Laurens. (That is
where the facility should be, since Lau
rens is the county seat).
Both commissions have organized
and are now at work, preparing to per
form needed public service.
frabson** Point of View On:
The Mobile Homes
Explosion
By ROGER W. BABSON
Babson Pari, Mass., February 29—Expo
sitions displaying the latest in mobile homes
and recreational vehicles of all types have
been popping up all over the country. And
never before has the general public showed
so much interest in this specialised form of
transportation. Well over a million families
now depend on such vehicles, sometimes just
for week-ends and vacations, sometimes for
full-time portable homes.
WANDER BUG IS BITING HARD
The trend toward more mobility in living
has long been on the increase, but in the
past few years the epidemic of the wander
bug has been spreading more rapidly. The
big switch is in full swing from thq simple
convenience of auto travel to the more com
plicated comforts of trailers, tent-camping
units, pick-up coach campers, and mobile
homes. So far, trailers are still the most
popular, since the auto can be unhitched and
used separately. But motorized homes, with
th^r compact convenience of a small dwell
ing, are gaining steadily.
Sales of recreational vehicles during 1966
smashed all previous records, moving ahead
almost 50,000 over 1965 to reach a grand
total of more than 314,500 units. There is
every reason to expect continuing advances
over the years immediately ahead. Better
highways, rising incomes, desire to see new
parts of the country, increasing avaliability
of suitable camping facilities, and the eco
nomical aspects of such modes of travel
all mean more interest in portable homes.
COUNTRYSIDE ADAPTING
TO THESE VEHICLES
The trailer rash brought quick emergence
of overnight and longer-term parks and
camping sites equipped with water, elec
tricity, and other necessities. Many were
privately operated, established to capitalize
on the swelling migration of • trailers. Re
cently, arrangements for recreation-vehicle
sites have been greatly stepped up because
of the freshet of new families on the go.
It is estimated that there are currently
over 1,400 privaely owned parks in the U. S.
where recreational vehicles can put up for
the night or longer. In the past five years
the federal government has opened 41 addi
tional camp sites under the aegis of the No
tional Park Service. This brings to a total
of 1,700 the number of such camps run by the
government alone. Since vacation-vehicle
visits to all parks have- skyrocketed from 86,-
660,000 in 1961 to 137,000.000 during tht^ past
* year, it is inevitable that there will be speedy
efforts to make more localities available in
the Immediate future. Expo 67, opening at
Montreal, Canada, in April, reports 3,000
camp sites already completed in that general
vicinity with work in progress or in early
prospect on about a thousand more.
MORE INNOVATIONS IN MOBILE HOMES
Both trailers and self-contained motorized
homes are now building in a great many fea
tures that were once optional—and extra.
People want them, and^. would prefer, gen
erally, to have them already installed when
they buy the vehicle instead of having to go
through a dickering deal. More firms are in
cluding lavatories, pressure pumps, hot wa
ter heaters, carpeting, thermostats, com
plete insulation—and some, even bath tubs!
Also, demand is growing for larger struc
tures, permitting more room for luxury
equipment and storage. |
Prices are not exorbitant, everything
considered. Some mobile homes on truck
chassis are being offered for prices somewhat
less than $4,000. The average cost of this
kind of transport-home not too many years
ago was about $12,000.. At present,-there is
evolving a demand that allows greater pro
duction, a situation which has always led to
more reasonable prices. Even with labor
and materials costs at very high levels, step
ped-up output can be expected to reduce re
tail prices for mobile homes—or at least
to keep them at attractive levels. This will
certainly add to the growing popular desire
for “a home on wheels.”
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is one of the characteristics
of miftrltr Rather than be-
inr shattered by failure, the
mate!* person profits from
his mistakes and moves away
_ from' teem. He grows from
At this time of year, stu- bUity to do our best. But feilureg if occur.
dents all ever America are sometimes we slip, and' then- It , g not to fail ^ but if
looking back on exams, oar responsibility is to Ibarn* you ^ don't let it defbat you
For many it was a time to from the failure. further. Use it as a genuine
show achievements of the ] eaPn to live with failure growing experience.
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past months. Others were
saddened that their grades
were very poor, and for some,
there was failing marks.
If you made a failing grade,
how will you face it? Will you
give up? Name your teacher?
Or try to do better next time?
Admitting that we have fail
ed is one- of the ilnost difficult
tasks of living. The main rea
son for this is that we our
selves are most often to
blame. We are, therefore, the
only ones who can prevent our
failures. We have a responsi-
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against the estate of J. J.
Cornwell, deceased, are here
by notified to file the same
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said estate will please make
payment likewise.
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r^Feb. 2nd, 1967 3c-M9
By
William S. Penfield
Subjugate
The Romans had a symbolic ceremony which
they used to make surviving members of a defeat
ed force admit that they were conquered.
Two spears were stuck into the ground'and a
third one was tied across them, forming a yoke.
The defeated soldiers were made to crawl, single
file, under the yoke.
This ceremony was called “subjugatus”—un
der the yoke—from “sub” (under) and “jugum”
yoke).
“Sub.jugal as” developed into the English word
“subjugate”—to-conquer, or to make subserv
ient.
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