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\ m L Roa< Clinton, Laurens County and South Carolina, along with other textile pro- dueing areas, are very much concerned over the recent agreements recently con summated in Geneva (the so-called “Ken nedy round” tariff cute), which further lowered American textile tariffs an average of 14 per cent. If allowed the stand, with no reme dial action or legislation, the textile in- dustry’s future will be dark indeed. It will cause increased flooding of the American market with cheaply pro duced foreign-made goods that will do irreparable damage to the operations of United States textile mills. These pro ducts already are displacing American textiles on a huge scale, causing shut downs of U. S. machinery, loss of jobs and curtailing of operations of our mills. Senator Ernest F. Rollings is pick ing up support for his textile import quota bill in the Senate, and Congress man Bryan Dorn is one of the leaders of a committee that may soon launch an identical move in the house. t Congrass* 1 man Phil Landrum of Georgia heads the committee. The powerful American Apparel Manufacturers Association endorsed Hot- lings’ bill to impose quotas on all types of textiles, and Rollings said the ,Sepate co-sponsors have increased to more than two dozen. It appears that the quota system is the only thing that will contribute to even-keel operations of our textile plants and the saving of thousands of textile workers’ jobs. It is often easier to say something bad about a person than something good and that is the time to say noth ing. • * * * * A politician’s paradise is a cam paign without any opposition. • •**** A compliment remains the best way in insuring cooperation. T - Accent On Youth. There’s no doubt that the 40 per cent of our population who are under 12 take a more active part in the world - about thenv-than has any generation in .our nation's history. Because we keep hearing so much about the loveniks, the peaceniks and the nutniks, it may be useful to take a closer look at the assets we have in our 40 percent. Who and where are they? A complete inventory would be impos sible, but we can think immediately of g sampling of five worth noting. Jimmy Jones, who figures he will earn something like $300 free and clear this summer, to be applied to his college education. Sam Smith, who expects to acquire four more merit badges before he re turns home from Scout camp. Mary Brown, who seems to spend half her life in the library. She’s set her sights on being a teacher. Jane Bryan, who tells us she would like to be a doctor, and is doing part- time work in a hospital this summer! - Ed Johnson, who had his first fur lough the other day and looked mighty sharp in uniform. To be sure, there are only five names on this list. But the town is full of young people like this, and it makes this senior citizen, over 21, feel good to realize it. High Cost Red Tape A recent survey has indicated that it costs businessmen some $1,750,000 per ■year to do the paperwork required by government. As an example, the average time required for filling out forms for federal reports alone was found to be 33 minutes per month per employee. State forms require 24 minutes. Red tape is the inevitable result of huge bureaucracy intent on perpetuating itself and growing bigger. It’s about time to take a look to see if we may not be getting more government than we have time for or can afford. THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Clinton, S. C, Thursday, July 13,1967 Youth Wants to Know By RANDY GRIFFITH HAVEOMC MORE? NO—iVC 1U» . ENOUGH/ PUT* Babson’s Point of View On: The Futility of War THE FUTILITY OF WAR Babson Park, Mass., July 13. The Arab- Israeli War of 1967 lasted less than a week. Although Israeli casualties were amazingly low, Arab dead and wounded mounted to the tens of thousands. Israel’s out-of-pocket costs are estimated at $800 million, while the cost to the Arab nations must surely be reckoned in billions. #hUe this may still not convince U9 of; the complete futility of war, it should at least drive home the fact that even little wars are far too expensive to tolerate. COST IS PROHIBITIVE Israel and the Arab nations are poles apart on many issues, but surely their es trangement is no greater than that between the victors and the vanquished in World War II who found a way to rise above thejr ani mosities and work together for the recon struction of their homelands. What the Israeli and their Arab neighbors do have in common are problems of inflation, haav^ defense burdens, irrigation costs, difficulties of reclaiming the desert and making it pro ductive, and the need to lift the regional economy from the backwardness in wMch it is still immersed. Both Israel and the Arab world must be appalled at the cost of the recent war, which has created more problems than it has solved and which has left both sides poorer by far than before it began. Hopefully, from the experience of this war, the great powers the United States and the Soviet Union — have learned that even for them small wars are too costly. MIDDLE EAST Since the v6ry dawn of human history, the Middle East has repeatedly been an area of conflict. What we have witnessed in re cent weeks was the rekindling of some very ancient enmities, with the fire fanned by extremist groups on both sides as well as by forces from outside the region. At this moment, peace in the area is no more than a cease-fire, and the world community can not yet rest secure in the knowledge that wider war in the Middle East — involving the great and middle powers — may not still break out. Neither the Israeli, heady with victory, nor the Arabs, still proud and vituperative in their defeat, seem ready to come to grips with the issues that divide them. But when tempers have cooled, perhaps a wider reali zation of the futility of war will lead to a meaningful agreement for coexistence, — an k agreement that will encompass Arab re cognition of' Israel’s statehood and Israeli recognition pf its obligatins to help provide for resettlement of the Palestinian refugees. KOREA AND VIETNAM There are lessons aplenty to be learned by the United States, the Soviet Union, and Red China from the JVliddle East War. In Vietnam, the United States is deeply involved in a military action that commands the pre sence of nearly a million young American military personnel. Its dollar cost to us threatens to rival that of World War II on a month-to-month basis. In Korea, we still maintain a large police-keeping force to safe guard an unnatural partition. Admittedly, there is slim prospect of an early end to the Vietnam War, much less of a more wholesome and constructive solution in Korea. But the Arab debacle could well lead to some different attitudes in cqming weeks and months. At any rate, new >U. S. diplomatic feelers ought to be put out only to make sure that no chance for negotiation — and ultimate peace — is missed. BIG POWERS NOT PARAMOUNT Each of us looks out upon the wffld from the centrality of his own position, iYfce- ly assuming that he is located at the bub*of the universe. And so it is with nations,'too. The fact is ... we live in a polycentric world in which — for all their armed might, the|r manpower, and their wealth — the two great powers are not paramount. Their new awarness of the limits of their power jlist could convince them of the futility of war and lead them into productive co-operation. I suppose everybody has been exposed to pop art by now. There are different var ieties of this so-called “art* ranging from large four feet by jsix feet painted plaster of paris pies sitting in glass dis play cases, to large Batman and Robin comic strip repro ductions. Have you considered that, perhaps there is a deeper! > I certainty, absurdity nifaninglessness rof people’s lives today hihts of the inner struggles of the society. Clothes styles, hair styles, movies and TV programs also give indica tions of the “feeling” of the day. The “happenings” have to be shocking, original or supervrealistic. CREDITORS' NOTICE . All persons having claims against the estate of T. Edd Moore, deceased, are hereby notified to file the same duly verified, with the undersign ed^ those indebted to sai& estate will please make gives payment likewise. Roy /W. Moore, Executor 113 Milliken St., Laurens, S. C. July 7, 1967 3C-J27 and many FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 8th day of August, 1967, I will render a final account of my acts and doings as Executrix are doing? It is my traditional. A book has to be °f ike estate of A. J. Wilburn, What does it all say? To meaning beneath what these f me it gays N oi “No to the “artists” ~ belief that the art of any age is an indication of the inner feelings of its people. The un- A 'L •nfisi Can't Stomach Any Moro Stories Behind Words By .William S. Penfield Mile The Romans had their systems of measure ment. Though not as refined nor as extensive as those of today, the measurements worked very well back then. The Romans’ measurement for great distance was 1,000: paces or steps. They called this measure ment “milia passuum” .. . one thousand paces. The Anglo-Saxons shortened “milia passuum” to “mil,” w'hich became “mile” in English. The Ro man mile was about 1,620 English yards, whereas the mile we use today is 1,760 yards. —i. Irene Dillard Elliott Writes . No. 17 The First Baptist Church In Laurens County the Langston Church grove on August 19. Originally the reunion involved only Com pany F, Fourteenth South Carolina Regiment, McGow an’s Brigade, but as the num ber of veterans became less, every former soldier was wel comed. Incidentally, the Slo an brothers, James P. of Clin ton, arid Eugene, of THE STATE, have trunkfuls of scrap books which their grandmother kept while her husband, James Park Sloan, was Captain of Co. F. Those records cry out to be publish ed. and the Sloans are well qualified for that la bor of love. James P. is a professor of History at the College of Charleston; Eu gene is a top-flight reporter and publisher of his own books. The current pastor of Lan- gstOifis the Rev. Carl Bishop, .Ware, Shoals, 29692. Let’s re vive th? August reunion of everybody interested in old Langfton Church. Please ^nd mail to 512 CongAree Ave., Columbia, 29205. FtNAL SETTLEMENT Take notiefc that on the 18th day of July, 1967, I will ren der a final account of my acts and doings as Executor t ^f tha estate of William J. Bailey in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens County at 3:00 o’clock p. m., and on the same day will ap ply for a final discharge from my trust as Executor. Any person indebted to said estate is notified and required to make payment on or before that dab, and all persons hbvipg claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven, - or be forever barred. ROBERT M. VANCE, Executor, Clinton, S. C. June 13* 1967 .T22-4c-.T13 anti-book; fashion must be anti-fashion; theater anti theater. Men try to look like women and vice-Versa. So its anti-sex. Nothing is of posi tive value in these thought patterns. It seems that cer tain segments of our society are exhibiting their insanity publically. And we become branded as a society whose sophistication has led it to discard its values. Pop art and its derivities are too negative, Art is a pos itive and creative .thing. It needs to be like a spring, a giving kind .of things Pop art offers nothing hut absurdity. .1 predict that H will die a natural death. It is too nega tive. But what happens to a society which shows the same negativeness? . in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens County, at 10 o’clock a.m., and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as Executrix. Any person indebted to said estate is notified and re quired to make payment on or before that date, and all persons having claims against said estate will pre sent them on or before said date, duly proven or be for ever barred. Letha Wilburn Jennings Executrix, 307 Holmes St. Laurens, S. C. July 6, 1967 4C-A3 IF YOU DON’T READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DON’T GET THE NEWS f ♦ V" kzxclus'n/ehf LYwrs Only UUSpa Radio 95 Gives you... CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1967 atyp (Eltntmt (Mirontrb July 4, 1889 — WILLIAM WILSON HARRIS — June 13, 19S5 Established 1906 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable in Advance) Out-of-County One Year, $4.00; Six Months, $2.50 One Year, $5.00 Second Class Postage Paid at Clinton, S. C. POSTMASTER: Send Form 3579 to Clinton Chronicle, Clinton, S. C. 29325 The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anony mous commituicalons will not be noticed. Tills paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of lis correspondents. No responsibility is assumed by the publisher for omission or error occurring in advertisements or news matter, but correction will be made in the next issue when attention is directed to it. In no event will liability be assumed when merchandise is sold at incorrectly advertised price. MemDer: South Carolina Presa Association, National Editorial Association National Advertising Representative: % . %y . AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION Now York, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia IRENE DILARD ELIOT .... 5 mind you that the Presbyter- Far be it from me to at- ian historian relates that,as tempt to clarify early Baptist a result of disagreement over history in Laurens County but which version of the Psalms I can add a few interesting to use for congregational facts and speculations to the singing, many members of scholarly work of three high- the Duncan’s Creek Church ly qualified historians who withdrew and formed a Bap- have published partial or tist church. Couldnt t’his have complete histories, Miss Leah been the beginning of Langs- Townsend, whose doctoral ton? The dates, 1764 and 1773 disseration at the University are so close, and one of those of South Carolina had to do branches Dr. King mentions with “Early Baptists in South insisted so that its theology Carolina, 1670-1865 ”; Dr. W. was Calvinistic that with- J. McGlothlin, historian and drawing Calvinists may have president of Furman Univer- been Langston’s first Bap- sity whose work was publish- tists. ed in 1926: and Dr. Joe M. This speculation, fascina- King, whose “A History of ting as it is to me, is getting South Carolina Baptists’’, above my head! So published in 1964, merges the come back to what work of his predecessors into One of the two “Women of such a complete and well or- the Revolution’' mentioned in ganized book of 494 pages Ellet’s Vol. I is Dicey Langs- that any student of S. C. his- t on? whose feats made her a tory will find it wholly iasci- heroine, not only of histor- nating. ians of the Revolution, but Langston was the first or- 0 f the neighborhood for gene- ganized Baptist in Laurens rations. When Dicey’s father County, having begun in 1773. gave land and money to his That date comes straight little church, the Upper Dun- from the General Secretary- can - s Creck church, on an Treasurer of the South Caro- elevated grove across the lina Baptist Convention, Dr. stream from the Langston Horace G. Hammett. home, became Langston. The historians are not cer- Miss T Holland, of Clinton, tain about Langston, not only has boxes of minutes of the because all records of the dis- Langston Board that go back senter churches are scarce, several years before the Civil or lost, but because Langston War. She, as well as Niles began as the Duncan’s Creek Clark of the Historic PreSer- Baptist Church, only a few vation Commission, is a dir- miles away from the Presby- ect descendant, not of Dicey, terian church of the same but of her benefactor father, name; was probably known Those Clarks (Miss Holland’s as Upper Duncan’s Creek mother was Janie Clark) may when a Lower Duncan’s Creek have some Clark records that was built in what is now tie in with New England Bap- Whitmire. As a matter of tists and with Langston Chur- fact, there were at least four ch. The first Clark, if I mls- churches of the name, one take not, came from New Presbyterian, two white or in- England, built the first manu- tegrated Baptist, and the Ne- facturing “mill” on the gro Duncan’s Creek which is Creek, married a Langston, a thriving church about two and had houses, still stand- miles from Langston. There ing, where his descendants was also an early Durbin’s lived. Creek Baptist church with Again I’m in danger of get- which there were mistaken ting under water. The Langs- identifications. ton Church has been a favor- There is not time here to do ite gathering place for gene- more than name some fac- rations. Most of the churches IF YOU DON’T READ YOU DON’T GET THE NEWS GARY COOPER 4:00-6:00 PM daily. Lots of music is the goal of “Hubcap Caravan” with Gary’s brisk;paced “Trav el in’ Music". Time, temperature, and late scores as they become available. A good way to end the day's work — drive, home with Gary Cooper. :>;*;** ‘ ll'.kiQji: ’■ EARL NITENGALE 5:55 PM Mon.-Wed-Fri. An inspi/- ing .look Into making the best of life and creating purpose in one’s attitude. / WALTER CR0NKITE A topical news discussion. 4:30 PM Daily Patronize Chronicle Advertisers LUSpa RADIO 95 SPARTANBURG 5. C. SOUTH CAROLINA S FIRST RAO'O STATION 21 Oldsmobiles below $2920. 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