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#-— Uurms County Has Weak Voting Record The Grandeur That Was De Gaulle State Sen. W. C. (Bill) Dobbins of Clinton and Joanna has stressed dur ing his carhpaign for re-election that Laurens County could wind up with out a resident senator in spite of the fact that this is the most populous county in the Fifth Senatorial District. Laurens County has a population of about 48,000 while Union has 30,- 000 and Newberry has 29,000, accord ing to 1960 census figures. Although Laurens County has more people, they apparently don’t take their politics as seriously as do the people in Union County. Welfare Abuse* When the Congress starts looking for places to. out the Federal budget early next month, one place it can profitably spend some time is the out landish expenditure for “welfare” pay ments. Reforms are in order at all levels in this Great Society venture, county, state and federal. Howard E. Ordway, Editor of the Waterville Empire Press, in Douglas County, Washington, published a pair of examples on May 16: "We cite but two examples in our own County. One Deputy Sheriff on a case involving an errant husband found that the welfare recipient fam ily was getting $200 more per month than he received in take-tome pay! Another case involved a school teach er who was asked by a father who re fused to work what could be done for his family of seven—so far as educa tion on the welfare program. He made an investigation to discover that the recipient father who wouldn’t work was drawing $275 more per month than he was as a school teacher. You think these are isolated cases; the truth is there are so many more that the Welfare Department, politicians, and even the Courts won’t release the information for fear it would hurt the “image" of welfare recipients!” Mr. Ordway has struck the nail very squarely, and it should penetrate deeply eAoug<k to remind us that these abuses 'Sre 'not peculiar to Douglas County, Washington. They persist in all 3,030 counties in our nation, in all fifty States. Welfare programs exist for pre-school age children and span the lifetime of every citizen with the inevitable consequence that literally hundreds of thousands of Americans live on welfare, indoctrinate their chil dren in the art, and it spans genera tions as a way of life. There is, it seems to us, a way to curtail this expensive abuse. It was suggested by a man who has observed the welfare program at work in a big eastern city. He seriously proposes that welfare be restricted to school- age children, whx) may be delivered daily to schools or welfare centers in t^e neighborhood, where they will be fed, clothed, supervised, schooled, and trained for careers. If necessary, they will be fed 3 meals a day. But indi gent parents will receive no money be yond temporary and fixed unemploy ment compensation, if they are healthy enough to work. When welfare indigents receive more than school teachers and the dep uty sheriff, it’s time to start cutting with a broad-ax. In the 1966 Democratic Primary, Laurens County voters cast 6,099 bal lots in the contest between Ernest F. Rollings and Donald Russell. Union County voters cast a total of 6,392 bal lots. Newberry County voted 4,941. For the June 11 Democratic Pri mary, Laurens County has 14,363 vot ers registered while Union County has 12,753 and Newberry has approxi mately 10,500. The Laurens County registration was disappointing because we have a potential of about 18,000 registered voters. However, potential won’t count on June 11. All that matters then is the number of votes cast. Unless Laurens County votes up to its potential — and makes a better showing than it has in the past—Lau rens Couny, indeed, will wind up with out a resident senator. School’s Out School is out but it’s no time for drivers to relax. At the start of the school year, there usually is a good bit of publicity distributed about safe driving aimed at being vigilant for children on their way to school. However, the summer months are just as potentially dangerous, if not more so. Youngsters, freed from ther class rooms and fenced play yards, will be running and playing happily as they cast off the school cares of winter. Unfortunately, some also will cast caution aside as they go out in search of new adventure. You've seen little ones chase base balls into the street; a young bicycle rider dart from a yard or driveway; a voungster skating in the street. Of course, parents have a responsibility to warn the youngsters about such dan gers but sometimes children forget. Teen-agers also are out for the summer and will be doing more driv ing on city streets. The temptation to “get a wheel” on an apparently de serted street can end ip tragedy if a youngster darts out into the wrong place at the wrong ime. An alert driver otfen can stop a car traveling at 30 miles an hour in time to prevent injury to a pedestrian. At 45, it may tie a different, and sadder, story. liifcu Do aot fear, only believe.— (Mart 5:36). We believe in God, the al mighty power for good. o;>erat- ing now in every condition of our lives. His healing power is right now doing its work of perfecting our bodies. What ever our needs. God will pro vide. Belief in God will help solve life's problems. / c i.' 4 (dj , J - i S/ ‘*'''***1/. \ m •A IS—THK CHRONICLE, CIUU«, 8- C- Jww t, IHf Party Registration Question Returns Interest Rates And Real Estate BABSON PARK, MASS., - In terest rates are very high. If Congress fails to pass a tax boost, probability is that rates will again be raised. Will today’s high mortgage costs cripple the real estate business and dry up demand for new houses 0 Nut only are interest rates high, hut some key rates are at top levels since 100 years ago, when the nation was reeling under the impact of crises driving from the Civil War. Indeed, many rates are actually higher than during the credit crunch of the third and fourth quarters of 1966. What killed cheap money? The usual answer to that question is “inflation’, but there are quite a number of people who point to the Vietnam war as the chief culprit. The pressures of our deep involvement in Southeast Asia are a factor, of course, but by no means an overriding one. INFLATIONARY FORCES Most of us think of inflation as being a broad rise in the prices of goods and services. Until the strong price advances which be gan in 1965, we weren’t overly concerned about inflation. We simply failed to realize that not only did inflation exist, but also it was expanding at a steady clip. Recently, our tax policy in re fusing to absorb enough of the inflationary flood has increased the pressure. The growth of the economy IMS m during the past 7 years, together with the war, hastened the pro gress of this inflation from the speed of a snail to that ol a rocket. This vast expansion in Gross National Product multi plied the need for money and capital funds, but the straw that broke the camel’s back was Mm sharp rise in the general price level. A second factor, scarcely less important, has been our worsening imbalance of In ternational payments, which has forced the Federal Reserve to restrict the availability of funds and to make them more costly by upping interest rates. IMPACT ON REAL ESTATE How much further Interest rates will rise depends on what steps the Administration and Congress take to cool the fires of inflation. Our guess is that the ceiling on interest rates has not yet been seen. Later on, if we have a tax boost and If some of the nation’s other problems become a bit less onerous, we would expect interest rates to ease off. Even so, money will not again be cheap for a long time to come. High mortgage rates and scar city of mortgage money in se lected areas have already hurt the real estate business. Reports from around the nation indicate that property is being noved kiss readily. In areas where demand Itself has been holding up, trans actions are delayed and some times fall through as prospec tive buyers flitt to obtain mort gages either because leaders are now screening more care tally or because the woald-be borrowers cannot pay the sharply upped rates, WHAT ABOUT NEW HOUSES? Potential demand tor new homes is large and broadly based. Quite apart from the challenges poaed by poor housing In city ghettos and rural slums, popu lation increase and continued good economic activity are con- ttmally expanding the market. Yet, high building costs and high mortgage rates are curbing spending for new homes this year. Many people, especially young people, find that right now they simply cannot afford large down payments and heavy carrying charges. Ae a result, we look for some slldi-ofl in housing starts over the next several months, Airing which time the recent enphgsis on apartments and multi-family houses will per sist. U you oead a new home, don’t wait Uxktfiotfit, hoping fof a big drop in either the price of the house or the coatofthi mortgage. That type of break Just isn’t in the cards. But don't rush in to buy either. Shop carefully for both the house and the money to pay for it. Remember it will take you a long time to pay for both. BY THE CHRONICLE'S Capitol News Bureau COLUMBIA - The time appears near when the much-avoided sub ject of voter registration by party can no longer be sidestepped. The topic arose several years ago when some members of the State’s Democrat Party refused to dismiss the growing Repub lican Party as a temporary threat. There were those who were horrified, however, at the thought of registration by party because they claimed many of their votes came from voters who otherwise identified themselves as Repub licans. The theory of these Democrat candidates was that those Repub licans would support them on the local level while standing by the GOP candidate for President on the national level. It had worked in the past, they said, aid they saw no reason it would not continue. Then came 1966 and dis illusionment for many Demo crats. “I learned my lesson that year," said one former state senator who had counted on Republican votes no matter what way they voted nationally. He and several other defeated Democrats are no longer in a position of power to effect changes they nowsayare necess- sary to protect Democrats from •raids" on the primary. Republicans, using the conven tion method of nominating candi dates, appear ready for the pri mary system wherever possible and some districts and towns already have primaries. To further complicate the hodge-podge of state election laws and general confusion, then has arisen a third bona fide, cer tified state party; the Souik Carolina Independents. If they should ever get to the point of holding primaries, they too might look to registratioe by party. It has also been thought by many, regardless of party affili ation, that registration by party would reveal weaknesses. An informal poll conducted by political observers over the past three years among politically In clined persons and others went something like this: “If registration by party were to be held today," they wen asked, ‘whit percentage of Ibt people do you think would nflgksr as Democrat, Republican or In dependent? (Independent at that time meaning have no party affili ation). Figures ranged widely, but most held at the time that the Democrats would hold a per centage edge on Republicans but the vast majority of registrations would be independent with no party affiliation. Registration by party would prevent interference of any party with the workings of another; but on the other hand, the question was raised, would it in any way deprive a person of casting votes for one party on the state level and another on the national level? Notice FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 11th day of July, 1968, I will render a final account of my acts and doings as Administratrix of the estate of Niles Allen Poole In the office of the Judge of Pro bate of Laurens County, at 3 p.m. and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as Administratrix. Any person indebted to said estate is notified and required to make payment on or before that date, and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven or be forever barred. Maggie T. Poole Route »1, Clinton, S. C. May 28, 1968 J6-4C-527 FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 29th day of July, 1968, I will render a final account of my acts and doings as Executrix of the estate of Elizabeth Harris Stokes 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 frogi my trust as Executrix. Any person indebted to said estate is notified and required to make payment on or before that date, and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven or be forever barred. Mamie Harris Horton R-2, Pendleton, S. C. Executrix May 31, 1968 J6-4C-527 Everyday Counselor BY DR. HERBERT SPAUGH When a man and woman marry with the intention on the part of either or both not to have child ren, it’s fraud in the sight of the law. The marriage can be annulled. One of the purposes of marriage is to propagate the race, and a marriage : without children lacks completion and true happiness. Here is a case in point. A widow with young children married a man sonslderably older than she. He had not been married before, had no children, and dislikes them. He resents any attention she gives her child ren, and tells her that her first duty is to him, reminding her that the Bible says that a man (or a woman) must forsake father and mother and cleave unto his wife. It is true that when a man and a woman marry their first duty is to one another and the second duty is to the families from which they came. But when a man marries a woman with children, or a woman marries a man with children, they must under stand at the outset that they are taking added obligations and respon sibilities. The marriage in question was marked for a difficult adjustment at the very beginning. Apparently he had not counted the cost. He had spent many years living en tirely for himself. He was naturally selfish. He wanted this woman for his wife, but he didn’t want her children. It Is quite probable that this wife is not blameless and has provoked some of the trouble herself. Many wives make this mistake when children come by devoting the majority of their attention to them to the exclusion of the husband. Naturally, he re sents this, becomes jealous of the children, and may even learn to utterly dislike them, as in this case. This wife should be prepared to win her husband to the be lief that he occupies first place In the home Instead of her child ren by a former marriage. This will call for affection, tact, and prayer. But she is certainly not called upon to give up her child ren, put them in an orphanage, and devote herself exclusively to a selfish man who thinks of none but himself. She should make an honest and prayerful effort to overcome this situation by avoiding arguments with her husband, trying to show him affection and appreciation. 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