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Cttntai, S. C., Thursday, September 21, 1M7
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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An Opening Statement
By DONNY WILDER
Editor, The Chronicle
The late W. W. Harris was a
friend, adviser and challenger to me.
He had much influence on my de
ciding to follow a career in journal
ism.
Therefore, it is only obvious to ex
pect that I intend to carry out his
dedication to journalistic principles
with emphasis on accuracy informing
the public of the events which touch
their dally lives.
There undoubtedly will be times
when my courage will be tested, but
I intend to operate this newspaper as
a newspaper should be operated: with
fairness but without fear or favor.
We are dedicated to the people’s
right to know about public matters.
We hope to inform them of tax mat
ters in a manner which will relate
their tax money to their own personal
pocketbook—on local, state and na
tional levels.
We believe that the public has a
right to know exactly where candi
dates for political offices stand.
Our forte, of course, will be local
news and features, local pictures and
locally written editorials.
We will strive for both accuracy
and brightness of style.
In addition to informing the pub
lic, we also will hope to add a dash of
entertainment. We will add complete
sports coverage of the activities of lo
cal teams and we hope to add features
of particular interest to women.
We will be forever on the outlook
for light, bright articles which may be
worth a smile or a laugh. The nation
al and international news these days
usually is such that a laugh is wel
come.
The heart of our coverage will be
PEOPLE. We will write about peo
ple who are accomplishing things,
people who are doing unusual things,
people with an interesting back
ground—the hopes, fears and humor
of people and the world in which they
live.
Insurance Pays
South Carolina motorists are begin
ning to find that liability insurance is
more attractive than paying a $50 un
insured motorist’s fee.
Although 459 more licence plates
were issued on opening day of the 1967
license period, September 5, than on
opening day last year, there were 50
fewer applicants choosing to pay the
$50 “uninsured” fee.
This indicates that motor vehicle
owners are electing to pay higher lia
bility insurance premiums rather than
contribute $50 to a fund which pro
vides the driver with no insurance cov
erage.
This only makes good sense and ev
ery vehicle owner would do well to se
riously consider the implications before
electing to pay the uninsured fee, High,
way Department spokesmen warned.
While the department is not in the in
surance business, it is concerned about
the well-being of all users of the state’s
roads and streets. For that reason, it
wishes to avoid any misunderstanding
that might develop concerning the un
insured.
South Carolina law doesn’t require
liability insurance but it does require
proof, in some form, of financial re
sponsibility (which is another way of
saying proof of ability to pay damage
claims which may arise from a traffic
accident.) Any person involved in an
accident resulting in injury to anyone
or in damages totalling $25 or more,
must report the accident to the Higlv
way Department on a special form pro
vided. Also, proof must be given of
ability to pay for damages. Failure to
file an accident report or furnish proof
of financial responsibility results in the
driver’s license being suspended by the
Highway Department.
More and more, drivers are real
izing there is no “cheap way” to avoid
their responsibilities when operating
an automobile or truck. Liability in
surance is the only practical way to
keep in the clear.
Stories
Behind
Words
By
William S. Penfield
The test of character comes when
one person holds a preponderance of
advantages over others — in the way
he treats them.
* * *
Luckily for the human race, adults
who ’grow cynical are replaced by
youngsters with enthusiasm, hope and
faith.
Babson’s Point of View On:
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MODERNIZING STATE
GOVERNMENTS
Babson Park, Mass., Sept. 21—Mounting
social unrest in our cities admittedly stems
from various causes. But a growing number
of public officials, educators, sociologists,
and businessmen feel that the cities are sty
mied—in their efforts to improve conditions
—by outmoded state constitutions and laWs.
OVERSHADOWED BY WASHINGTON
Our founding fathers established a fed
eral system comprising (1) a strong central
government with specific powers limited by
the Constitution and (2) effective state gov
ernments to act as a checkrein on this cen
tral authority. Their concept of the proper
division of power is cspelled out in Article
X of the Bill of Rights: “The powers not
delegated to the United States by the Consti
tution, nor prohibited by it to the sates, are
reserved to the States respectively, or to the
people.”
For the first 125 years of our history as a
nation, this division of power was adhered
to. But beginning early in the present cen
tury the federal government has been grow
ing stronger and more authoritarian, casting
and ever-lengthening shadow over the states.
Climbing local costs for education, public
welfare, and other services—now threatening
to expand beyond the ability of the states to
pay—are causing real concern. At last, the
urgency of the need to strengthen our system
by modernizing state governments is being
Widely recognized.
WEAK EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS
In the vanguard of organizations actively
plumping for reforms in state government
strutcures is the Committee For Economic
Development. The committee asserts that
sweeping revisions of state constitutions are
necessary to bring these in line with modern
conditions. CED also recommtnds annual
sessions for all state legislatures and sub
stantially higher salaries for members. The
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
is another advocate of state government re
forms and is trying to enlist broad public
support for such a program. Some Cham
ber officials believe that states could mota
effectively administer their services if coun
ty government functions were to be expand
ed and updated.
CED, the Chamber, and other groups
have fhade several further recommendations
,.r.*. with basic agreement on one point:
Thfct Governors of states should be given
more'authority and responsibility and be pro
vided* with adequate staffs and budgets to
hermit the proper exercise of such authority
and responsibility.
THE MASSACHUSETTS EXPERINENT
r Considerable interest is now being focus
ed on Masschusetts, one of the original 13
States—which is about to move toward the
tirst major reorganization of state govern-
thent since colonial days. Last month, the
federal government approved a $722,000 com
prehensive study to determine how best to
update the Bay State’s executive department.
Uncle Sam, through the Department of
Housing and Urban Development, will con
tribute about $480,000 toward the project
and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will
pay the remainder. Savings up to $50 million
annually are estimated once the reorganiza
tion is accomplished.
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PROJECT FOR FOUNDATIONS
»
In due course, Washington will probably
finance, through grants or otherwise, proj
ects to streamline government operations of
other states. As the need for such updating
becomes more urgent, the way may be opened
for businessmen to sponsor, finance, or at
least participate in such reorganization proj
ects.
Often our large foundations are criticized
for making so many and such large grants
for projects in foreign lands. It seems to us
that the buttressing of our whole federal sys
tem through the revamping of state govern
ments would be a domestic work of a scope
and importance worthy of the attention of
some of these foundations.
Explode
Roman theater audiences used the same
method to show approval or disapproval of an
actor’s performance. In both instances they
clapped.
If they approved, they clapped at appropri
ate times during the performance. If they dis
approved, they started clapping, drowning out
the actor’s words, and they continued clapping
; until the actor was driven from the stage. This
action was called “explaudo,” a Latin word
meaning “to clap off.”
“Explaudo” became “explode” in English,
where, for a time, it retained the original mean-,
ing. The burst of noise created by an audience’s
clapping gave “explode” another meaning—to
• detonate.
Irene Dillard Elliott Writes ....
No. 26
Seven Historic Trails
Richmond as it came into our
neighborhood, are those of
the Davis famiy of the Rock
Bridge-Milton section., The
late, sadly lamented Weir Da
vis compiled the notes over a
lifetime of search into family
stories and local h’stcry.
Mrs. T. Weir Dayis lives at
1218 Princeton St., Columbia.
If you’d write her, she could
bring you up to date on the
family’s plan to publish those
notes. They’re really good.
If you think Sherman’s
army did not come through
Laurens, maybe you’re cor
rect; but come with Reese
Young to Coldwater, the Post
Office place of his Great-
Grandfather Dr. James H.
Dillard, and he can show you,
upstairs in “Uncle John’s
room” dagger scars in the
floor where Sherman’s scouts
looked, by means of dagger
thrusts, for Confederates who
might have hidden in Dr. Dil
lard’s cotton. Of course all
good Laurens history buffs
know that planters frequently
put their cotton in -‘the big
house” in hopes of not having
it discovered and burned.
Who else has any of Sher
man’s calling cards in their
property?
My time must be more than
up. Why don’t we discontinue
my letters and substitute best
compositions from Laurens
High School students, selected
SEVEN HISTORIC TRAILS rens County. The best family by the teachers and sent to
COMING UP notes I know of, concerning the county newspapers?
This morning’s STATE President Davis’ retreat from Please let your editors know
shifts me entirely away from - — -
what I had planned to write
with the announcement that
the departments of Archives-
History and Parks, Tourism
will cooperate in “providing
travelers seven historic trails
in South Carolina.”
Let’s see how close they
come to Laurens County, and
how they can incite a patriot
ic study relating to Laurens.
For example, the first is the
“George Washington Trail”
covering our coastal section
only; the second the “George
Washington Trail” through
central Carolina. Wouldn’t
they make exciting subjects
for History, English Composi
tion, Geneaology from fourth
grade to Senior College! Even
if Washington came no near
er Laurens than Columbia,
the journey is bristling with
tangents into architeceure,
social life, good roads (sadly
missing of course.) Are Wash
ington’s Journals in our libra
ries? He kept a day by day
record oi the trips. Is there
a picture of the first State
House, built by the same ar
chitect who was chosen by
Washington to build the
“President’s Palace” and
looking almost twin-like to
the central section of the
White House. Do we have the
gorgeous big picture book
called WASHINGTON’S SOU-
• THERN TOUR? Chances arc
that every geneaologist, em
bryonic or professional, would
love to discover exactly how
many generations he is fitopn
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THE AMERICAN WAY
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FIFTH HORSE OF THE APOCALYPSE
how you would like that.
If you vote to discontinue
me, I “got what I asked for.”
But I've had a wonderful time
these twenty-six weeks with
you. And I say not good-bye,
but au revoir!
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that viVid Ihis ftW
cestoTs were, ahd where thdy
lived when Washington came
through.
Third of the selected sub
jects is the “Cherokee Trail.”
Now we’re getting warm!
Coming close to home- Did
the Cherokee Trail actually
go through the far western
section of the county or not?
Archivist Lee has a map, and
the history teachers made a
pilgrimage last summer right
up that trail from its begin
ning to the Capital town of
the Cherokees. Exactly where
on our current maps did the
official “Indian Line” run?
I’m afraid I’ve answered that
last question in an earlier let
ter, but don’t research me;
research your South Carolina
histories.
“The American Revolution
Trail,” says THE STATE, ‘is
a circutious route that encom
passes the major areas where
the 137 battles of the Revo
lutionary War were fought
in South Carolina. Some of
the highlights on this propos
ed trail are Kings Mountain,
Cowpcns, Fort Watson, Cam
den, and Ninety Six. Are
these areas where major mili
tary engagements occurred.”
Laurens County? Musgrove’s
Mills? Hayes Station? Well,
let’s just get up our own
Laurens County Revolution
ary Trail! Lets’ show those
Camdenites and others what
WE have! Mr. Lee would like
nothing better!
“The Appalachia Foothills
Highway,” continues our re
port, “is primarily a scenic
trail that roughly follows the
old Cherokee Warrior’s Trail
that Indians followed north in
their wars against northern
Indians. The trail generally
follows South Carolina High
way 11 across the Upcountry.
Many of us, no doubt, have
taken that beautiful drive
ourselves. Eugene Sloan, in
his SCENIC SOUTH CARO
LINA, has some good pictures
of the area.
The “Jeff Davis Trail” and
“The Sherman Trail” may
get us involved in another
Confederate War! Because
ihost uhih aid involve Lau-
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