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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
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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.
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THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:
If more people turned to the Bible for guidance, this would be a far better world.
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