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1 V 8 THE CUfcTON CHAONHiLE Clinton, C., Thursday, June 15, >967 Jobs For Youth r ' As the school year comes to a close, more young Americans will be search- iqg for work than ever before. It’s es timated that over 12 million 16- to 21- year olds will be knocking on office and factory doors, and that some two i&Uion of them will fail to find a job unless something is done to help them. That! helping hand has already taken shape again in the form of the Youth-Opportuntiy-Summer Jobs cam paign, In the past two years, the Youth Opportunity campaigns were success ful in finding needed extra jobs for young people through the wholehearted support and cooperation of business, labor and government. Civic and re ligious organizations also joined in the national drive. This summer the challenge is even greater. Employers are being asked to hire as many young people for the sum mer months as they possibly can. Many of the youths will be looking for per manent jobs. For some, not finding a job will mean not returning to college; for others, unemployment may mean the beginning of a long, frustrating effort to become self-sufficient. An office has been established for such a program in Clinton, and appli cants and employers alike are asked to make use of the service. It is located at the office of the Chamber of Com merce in the former Bailey’s Bank buildng on West Pitts Street. Sponsoring the service is the Clin ton Recreation Commission, the Cham ber of Commerce and its Merchants Division. ****** A Good Place To Fit In The vote in the House of Represen tatives rejecting an Administration- sponsored bill to increase the ceiling on the national debt to $.‘165 billion sig nals a new era in Washington, we sus pect. And a dilemma. The-‘‘permanent” ceiling is $285 bil lion. Yet the current debt is at least $330 billion. That means that on 30 June, the Government will be over- drawj| by $45 billion, unless the Con gress can be persuaded to reconsider. Congress almost certainly will bail the Administration out since financial chaos would result from its failure to do so. k $utJ;he 210 to 197 vote rejecting the^V^equested $365 billion ceiling serv^f! notice (hat voter demands for some economies have been heard in Congress. That’s progress. ***** Sonic Progress, Anyway Social unrest is general among col lege students. They are asking how do I, fit in, and do I want to fit in? Something is lacking in our educational system that turns ou students who hdfce no pride-in the U. S. A. Airiexperience such as the Ed Rem- enyi family had might help restless student find a place to fit in. Russian tanks were putting down the Novem ber,-1956, Hungarian uprisng when Ed Remenyi, his wife and two daughters boarded the last train out of Budapest. Evading Russian troops, they walked thb last 20 miles to the Austrian border in^freezing night air. Remenyi carried his younger daughter, ill with wboop- ing cough, most of the way. Today, Ed Remenyi is a civil en gineering designer with an electric company in San Francisco. His wife works m a bank. Their home views the Gulden Gate and a profusion of flow ers^ ‘Fifteen-year-old Elizabeth is an “A” student in junior high school. But, emphasizing the difference from those dark days''under Communist rule, their daughter, Maria, 20, is winding up a year of international fame and favors as Miss U. S. A. of 1966. Ed Remenyi knows where he fits in. Sometimes it takes a catastrophe for persons to find their place in the world. Let us hope that restless stu- ‘ dents do not have to go through what the Remenyi family did to find the U. S. A. is a pretty good place to fit into and to help perpetuate. Optimism is that quality that per mits us to hope that somebody else will do something for us. * * • • You can help yourself to safety by obeying traffic regulations with out waiting for a speed-cop to catch you. • * * # Babson’s Point of View On: Our- Expanding Incomes Babson Park, Mass., June 6—Although the dollar volume of total retail trade has been disappointing so far this year, consum er buying power is actually being supported by a record flow of wages and salaries, divi dends and interest, pensions, annuities, and government payments. WORKERS* EARNINGS Wage and salary income has been hajjd-,, ing steadily upward since the beginning Of World War II—and decidedly so during (the* past 10 years. Even now—although tolal, number of hours worked has slipped (ro{h earlier highs—hourly earnings are stilK^d-. vancing. ,<* In the first four months this year, a gtifr of $6.8 billion in wages and salaries ntifrC brought this segment of personal incortj|^Jp an annual rate of $414.3 billion. Additioqar wage and salary hikes lie ahead, but the immediate future the rate of upturn-Wllr* likely be on a scale down from the sharp advances of the past couple of years. INCOME OTHER THAN WAGES Dividends and interest now constitute a sizable—and constantly growing—portion of total personal income. For the most part, funds received from these sources are used to supplement salary and wages and/or pen sion income to provide for the necessaries of life. However, in a growing number of instances, dividend and interest payments are being spent, or invested, or even saved ... at the discretion of recipients. Pensions, annuities, and government pay ments (including social security) now per mit many millions of Americans more free dom in their buying decisions. More im portant, income from these particular sourc es provides the aging with greater economic security than ever before. During the com ing decade, pension and similar payments should * increase faster than in the past 10 years. r YOUTH OPPORTUNITY CAMPAIGN TO Irene DiHard ENiott Writes... No. IS Laurens County Colonial Forts (Continued) Stories Behind Words By William S. Penfield Peony Greek mythology is the source of “peony,” the name of a flower. Pluto, the god of the underworld, was acci dentally wounded in Hercules’ struggle with Cerberhs, the watchdog of Hades. Pluto asked Paion, the physician of the gods, to heal him. Paion, using a special herb, did so. Aesculapius, the god of medicine, became jeal ous and brought about Paion’s death. Pluto transformed Paion’s body into the herb Paion had used to heal his wound. The plant was called “patonia.” After passing through Latin and French, it emerged as “peony” in Eng lish. HIGHER FAMILY INCOMES As recently as 7 years ago, only one-third of all American households had income on an annual basis in excess of $7,000. By 1971, 60 per cent of all American families are ex pected to have reached this income-ade quacy level. Hopefully, by 1976—the 2()6th -4«ear of our independence—80 per cent of our Tamilies will be enjoying income above $7,- 000 per year. Such a sharp ho#st in family income should go a long way toward expanding mar kets for consumer goods and services. It should also mean that in the years ahead families will spend less and less of their to tal incomes for food, clothing, and shelter. Of course, expenditures for the necessities of life will still be increasing, but they will not be rising as fast as will total spending for consumer goods and services. MORE FREEDOM OF CHOICE '< As incomes rise to new highs, mor|e and more American families will have more money to spend as they choose. A decade from now, today’s upper- and middle-income market will be a mass market, for the up trend in discretionary income promises to resist stubbornly any interruptions caused by cyclical and other forces. However, the full enjoyment of our rising incomes may be blighted by heavier tax bur dens at all levels as well as by a further whittling away of the value of our dollars through inflation—unless we can persuade government officials to curb public spending that is superfluous or that could be deferred. If we want to increase our standard of living —or even to keep it from shrinking, we must rid ourselves of the idea that the only way to solve public problems is by government action via spending more and more taxpay ers’ dollars. If we continue to hand over our responsibilities as a society to government, even our steadily expanding incomes won’t assure us a better life. Youth Wants to Know By RANDY GRIFFITH Ha^te you ever asked some one directions to a cerUiin place and gotten an answer something like this, “Oh, sure, it’s about six blocks down and about five or six over and then about a half a mile up on Poplar Street.” This is discouraging. The per son didn’t tell you which was down and which was over. And you have no idea where Poplar Street is. The other person knew where you want ed to go, but he didn’t help you a bit. Directions need to be very clear. It’s quite important to remember that the other per son doesn’t know anything about the problem or he wouldn’t be asking in the first place. After you have given direc tions, always give the person an opportunity to ask ques tions. If your instructions are not clear, this will give you an opportunity to make your- sef clear. But dont try to fake your way. If you don’t know the, answer, admit it. You’ll save both you and your listener a lot of trouble. CARD OF THANKS The family of Ralph Sam ples acknowledges with grate ful appreciation your kind ex pressions of sympathy. RALPH SAMPLES FAMILY IF YOU DON’T READ YOU DON’T GET THE NEWS PHONE 833-0541 Last week we reported Brooks’ Fort on Bush River, whether in Newberry or Lau rens, nobody knows. Further evidence relating to the coun ty forts is contained in a let ter (Bull to Pitt, Apr. 28, 1761) cited in a footnote of Meriwether’s THE EXPAN SION OF SOUTH CARO- UNA, 1729-1765, p. 234, Note: “The following is a list of forts named in the records: 1. Ashepoo Fort at head of Ashepoo ( J. C. Apr. 7, 1760). 2. Aubrey’s (Samuel), En- oree River, apparently aban doned for Musgrove’s, 2 miles away. 3. Barker’s, Salkahatchie River. 4. Bedon’s, Buckhead Creek. Salkahatchie River. 5. Brooks’ (Jacob), or Rhall’s, Bush River (Indian Book VI, p. 218). 6. Bull Fort, Orangeburg. Does anybody know more of Samuel Aubrey and his fort on the Enoree, two miles from Musgrove’s? And can anybody prove that Mus grove’s was in Laurens? I am told that a Union County D. A. R. chapter claims the Musgrove’s Mill battlefield was on its side of the Enoree. Ordinarily, the D. A. R. is very careful of its claims, and maybe-this time it is cor rect. Meriwether, two pages lat er, Note 61, mentions “three provincial companies already in service, Edward (Box) and Robert Box and Jacob Brooks.” For the location of Brooks’ Fort this same note refers us to Plat Book VI. p. 333, where we can find the plat of a “plantation or tract of land containing 550 acres, laid out unto Jacob Brooks on Bush Creek (Isn’t that in Laurens?), hounded by lands of George Campbell, Stephen Elmore, and Thomas Coop er,’’ as well as Vacant Lands. The date of this grant was May 7, 1757, at least three years before the actions at the forts. Can anybody claim George Campbell, Stephen El more, or Thomas Cooper? The Treasurer - General’s Tax List for 1761 (Meriwether pp. 42 and 43) may contain clues; ...... .... __ FOR BROOKS, OR RAWLS, FORT Elizabeth Abernathy, for waggon hire—40. John Brooks, for pork—20, 13, 6. John Beard, for salt—20. Daniel Gamble (Camp bell?), for Beef—11, 5. John Cannon, for a Steer— 10. Mathias Elmore, for Pro visions—20, 16. Stephen Elmore, for Provis ions—22, 17, 6. Thomas Frick, for a Hogg —4. John Gilder, for Pork—35, 5, 6. Thomas Gery (Gary?), for Beef—19. Thomas Goulden, for Corn —13, 5. Ulrich Geiger, for a Steer— 11. William Hilburn, for Pro visions, 22, 9. Samuel Hopkins, for Wheat —3. 15. John Kownce (Counts?), for Flour—56. William Elmore, for Pork— 9. 1, 6. Barbara Laver (Saner?), foh a Hogg—1, 15. Jacob Laver ^?), for Pro visions—18. Thomas Lewis, for 2 Beefs ■—30. ’ \ Thomas Lewis, for Pork—- 31, 11. * M Nathan Mills, for Beef—9; t. t John Musgrove, for Provis ions—75, 15. >„ Charles Peremlah (?), for a Hogg—1, 2, 10. Benjamin Pearson, for, ~ >1*—23, 2. Torrence Riley, far 2 Beefs Com and Poi*—23, 2. Torren —19, 10. John Rawl, for 2 Hoggs— 6. Nic h o 1 a s Thompson, for Com—9, 15. James Williams (Kings Mt., General?), for Provisions—4, 8. • The will of Jacob Brooks (Charleston Wills, Vol. 16, p. 86) mentions his “Loving Wife Rosana” and his chil dren “Jacob Brooks, and Wil liam Garry’s Wife” (Gary, not Garry). Also Stephen Brooks, son of John; Roger Brooks, son of John; Milly, wife of William; -and Milly Gary’s daughter Sarah, (who married Jonathan Downs). This will was dated Sept. 17, 1770; witnessed by James^ H. Casey, Henry Steedom, and William Legg, Thus end- eth my account of Jacob Brooks and his Bush Creek land and Bush River Fort, un less someone sends me fur ther reports. 512 Congaree Ave,. Columbia 29205. Subscribe to The Chronicle NOTICE! 4th of July dosing IN ORDER THAT WE MAY GIVE VACA- TIONS AND DO SOME NEEDED REMOD ELING AND REPAIRS, WE WILL BE CLOSED FROM: JULY 3 THROUGH JULY 8 t . 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