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2-B—THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., April 16, 1970
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Every Three-Fourth Mile:
A Truck-Load Of Trash
The above Highway Department
1 crew is busy these days cleaning
highway shoulders. In talking with
[Grover Tumblin, who is in charge
1 of the crew, he stated that a truck
load of beer cans, bottles, and
[other trash was picked up about
!every three-quarters of a mile.
The most unusual item picked
up was a set of false teeth, be
longing to a lady - we don’t know'
how they found that out:
The crew members are left to
right J. C. Powers, Steve Pul
ley, Clyde Bennett, and Frank
Williams.
This crew is costing the tax
payers approximately $600 a
week, picking up trash thrown out
by careless people.
Law enforcement is badly
needed in this area, as it seems
that plain common sense doesn’t
work.
SOMETHING TO BUILD ON
The weekends of April 25 or May 3
;jypuld be a good time to invite some
rfriends or relatives to Clinton.
The coming of spring has dressed
up the town handsomely with flowers
and greenery. With the natural beauty
as a backdrop, the Fourth Annual
Spring Arts Festival opens Monday,
April 20 and continues through May 3.
The festival is sponsored by the
Presbyterian College Department of
Fine Arts, the Clinton Music Club and
the Laurens County Fine Arts Coun
cil. Held on the PC campus, the fes
tival has enjoyed growing interest and
has expanded its program each year.
This year’s program -will feature
HBV»nta of interest tor all—both chil
dren and adults. It ranges from mall
art exhibits to finger painting and
:£rtan professional art exhibits and
sales and demonstrations to drama
and the South Carolina premiere of
Kinetic Art films.
For those who have other inter
ests, the Presbyterian College tennis
team will have a match with Davidson
at PC on April 25. Early the next
week, the PC golf team hosts Wof
ford, Newberry and Catawba at Lake
side Country Club (April 28) and the
PC track team meets Gardner-Webb at
PC on the same day. Clinton High
School will play host to the 3-A East
ern Conference Tennis Championship
Tournament on April 27-28.
The point is this: there will be a
wide range of activities going on here
within the next couple of weeks and it
will be a good time to show off our
town to visitors.
It is fortunate that some of the ac
tivities have coincided as they have
this year. With a little effort, there
could be even more. In future years,
we would like to see more coordination
of events around the Fine Arts Festi
val. The Festival itself is well-organ
ized and it gives Clinton the nucleus of
an excellent civic promotion.
DON T EAT STATE FLOWER
Bad news, troops. South Carolina’s
state flower is poisonous. So, please,
^dpn’t eat the yellow jessamine.
: ^',~ We realize that yellow jessamine
jfip’t a regular menu item, even for the
awet dedicated South Carolinians.
' : ,■ However, the little folks are liable
io^eat anything.
“■il/
^ Dr. Hilla Sheriff, assistant state
health officer, says “A child playing
&iit in the fresh spring air might de-
iei^e to chew on a flower or plant or
taste the seeds and that could produce
trouble. People should learn to iden
tify the poisonous plants in their
neighborhood. If they suspect that a
child has eaten a poisonous plant or
flower, contact a doctor or the hospital
immediately. Try to tell the doctor
what the child ate, if you know. And
if you’re not sure what the plant or
flower is, take along a sample to the
doctor so he can identify it and start
the proper antidote treatments imme
diately.”
Other common poisonous plants,
besides jessamine, include narcissus,
iris, oleander, elephant ear, rhododen
dron, milk weed, mountain laurel, jim-
son weed, Jerusalem cherry and mock
orange.
THE WAY TO TYRANNY
of
i Speaking before a group of college
students recently, Alexandra Tolstoy,
thci daughter of Leo Tolstoy, reminded
audience of an amazing similarity
een the pronounced aims of a
portrayed in “The Possessed”
| Dostoevski, and the apparent aims
ellow-tr&velers and Marxist-Lenin-
in the United States today. The
comparison is all the more appropriate
sin e Lenin was born just one year be-
for 1 the great Russian novel was writ
ten in 1871. The 100th anniversary of
the birth of Lenin will be celebrated by
the communists all over the world on
Apiil 22 this year.
The character mentioned by Count-
Tolstoy was Verhovensky, describ-
Doetoevski as a self-styled “rev-
t Verhovensky says:
in only one thing lacking in
! Yearning for
aristocratic
e there is
is desire for
de-
hood. We will bring them all to one
denominator . . . absolute equality . . .
no individualism.”
“Listen,” said Verhovensky, “1
have counted them all: the teachers,
blaspheming God with the children,
are already ours! Tbe lawyers, who
defend an educated murderer, are
ours! ... Teenagers, who kill a farm
er for the sake of the sensations, are
ours! Judges, acquitting criminals,
are ours! Prosecutors trembling at
court for fear they are not liberal
enough, are ours! . . . corruption
is now needed; corruption unheard of
before, and vile, when men turn into
wicked, cowardly, self-loving and mean
wretches—that's what we need!”
Dostoevski could write as he did,
not because he had a magic crystal ball,
but because he was a student of his
tory. History has already written in
blood the rise of tyranny in civilized
societies—and it is time for some peo
ple today, whether rebellious youth or
so-called ‘ < liberaT’ adults, to decide
what it is they want and whose side
they anon.
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Public Welfare
Isn't A Right'
BY THURMAN SENSING
Executive Vice President
Southern States Industrial
Council
Welfare careerists -- the
drones who live at the expense
of taxpaying citizens -- had rea
son for rejoicing in March when
a majority of the U. S. Supreme
Court decided that welfare re
cipients may not be cut off the re
lief rolls without a hearing.
The five to three decision
means that the court holds wel
fare to be an absolute right of
those who say they are in need.
Under the terms of the decision,
welfare recipients don’t have to
prove their eligibility. “The
Washington Evening Star,” in
analyzing the court decision,
said: “Under this philosophy,
public assistance is an absolute
right of the destitute. It is, in
effect, the property of the im
prover ished --property that can
not be denied without due process
of law.”
Once again, therefore, the Su
preme Court has exceeded its
proper limits. Nothing in the his
tory of welfare legislation in this
country suggests that Congress
or the taxpayers consider welfare
an absolute right or the property
of the impoverished.
Justice Black, joined by Justice
Stewart and Chief Justice Burger,
came much nearer to the mark
when he wrote that welfare is
a “gratuity” from the affluent
to the destitute. In plain langu
age, welfare is a handout. And
Americans, as a whole, cer
tainly don’t believe that a hand
out is an absolute right.
The American people aren’t
hard-hearted. Time and again
they have demonstrated their sin
cere concern for people who are
poor and who need assistance.
Cities, counties, states, the fed
eral government -- plus count
less private agencies, groups and
organizations -- provide aid to
genuinely needy people. But pub
lic and private charity isn’t a
right. Moreover, what about the
unemployed people who aren’t
wiliuig to work, who desire to feed
from the public trough? That’s
where the welfare problem a-
rises.
As every community knows,
there is an element of people
who seek a life of dependence and
who have no intention of working
if the taxpayers will provide them
with food, housing and their other
wants. The current popular song
about the “Welfare Cadillac"
deals with a reality -- the indi
vidual who lives at the expense
of other people.
The Supreme Court’s ruling
is a marvelous present for the
welfare chiselers who are tragi
cally numerous in our society.
In the past, alert agencies could
cut these types off the welfare
rolls once they were detected.
Now the public agencies will have
to go to court to get rid of para
sites. This will be an enormous
ly costly and time-consuming
process. The likelihood is that
many cities and states will have
to give up, as a practical matter,
attempts to clean the leeches off
the welfare rolls. With federally-
financed OEO lawyers to help
them, welfare chiselers will be
virtually immune unless the Su
preme Court’s ruling is negated
by positive congressional action.
Action along this line is impera
tive, of course. The Congress has
a responsibility to taxpaying,
productive citizens to establish
by statutory law that a public
handout is not a right.
Even more than that is involv
ed, however. The Supreme
Court’s decision in effect de
crees that the United States is a
welfare state -- acountry in which
a lazy individual is entitled to
public support even though he
declines to take work that is of
fered to him.
The notion of a welfare state
has been a long time germinat
ing. Now it has been carried to
the ultimate extreme, to the doc
trine that welfare is an absolute
right. The court’s ruling in all
likelihood will be followed up by
a decision saying that every wel
fare recipient is entitled to legal
counsel at taxpayer expense in
order to defend a welfare claim.
It is no wonder that Chief
Justice Burger termed the wel
fare “right" ruling an “unwise
and precipitous constitutional
holding.” The decision is a vio
lation of the property rights of
the working American who is re
quired to contribute abortion of
his earnings to those who have
no inclination to work. This is
involuntary servitude for taxpay
ers -- a condition of life that the
U.S. Constitution specifically
forbids.
In their determination toextend
the handout society, the majori
ty of the Supreme Court is pre
pared to deny some of the pro
perty rights of men and women
who get up every work day and
go to their jobs. The welfare
“right’' decision this is one of the
most unjust rulings to be handed
down by the Supreme Court in
many years.
Dollar, Hamburg
All About
These days, with prices sky
rocketing, the dollar just does
not seem to go far enouph, as
any budget-minded housewife
will tell you. But even thouph
it has lost some of the old
zinp, the dollar still remains
the world’s most popular cur
rency.
As a matter of history, the
dollar has enjoyed an excel
lent reputation on the inter
national monetary market ev
er since the first coins bepan
'to be minted in lnU», follow
inp a rich silver mine strike
in St. Joachimsthal in Bohe
mia, which is about 80 miles
west of Prapue. The coins
pained quick acceptance in
Europe because of their prov
en reliability, that is, it was
an honest coinape, containinp
the required amount of silver.
These were first called "Jo-
achimsthalers,” which actual
ly means “Joachim’s valley
(or dale).” This was later
shortened to “thalers,” which
in the Enplish translates to
dollar*. Coins of similar value
in some other countries also
became known as dollars.
The dollar became the stan
dard coin of the United States
in 1792.
To win hands down is a
hiphly descriptive phrase that
poes all the way back to the
Wotds
early days of horse racinp in
this country. Once one of our
most popular sports, specta
tors turned out in larpe num-
bers at local race tracks to
talk horses, perhaps lay a lit
tle waper, and to cheer their
favorite home. In close races,
the timinp of the final bid
near the finish line and the
jockey’s skill with whip and
rein often determined the
winner. At times, however,
one horse would run so far
ahead of the field that its
rider did not even have to lift
his hands to assure victory at
the finish. This occurance
soon found its way into the
hrappinp that poes a 1 o n p
with horse racinp. It was soon
beinp said that this horse or
that horse was so superior to
the competition that its rider
would win the race hands
down.
The Hamburg, a distinctive
soft felt hat with a narrow
brim, takes its name from the
place of its oripin, Homburp,
Prussia. The little town,
which several mineral sprinps
helped to make popular, at
tracted important persons
from all over Europe in the
last century. These visitors,
returninp home, helped make
the hat popular worldwide.
—National Pratt
STRICTLY FRESH
No matter how way out a
teener may be, you’ll sel
dom find that he’ll ever
object to a square meal
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April is the month when
many lose a week's sleep
stewing over the hour of
sleep they’ll lose when
Daylight Saving Time goes
into effect
Husbands who never
argue with their wives
must get awfully tired of
always saying “yes.”
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An open mouth is quite
often the exit for a closed
mind
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Ask any personnel man
ager—there are many more
people looking for employ
ment than there are folks
looking for work
WORTH
ABOUT
To those who doubt the
validity of our democracy, the
value of our free eiiter|'ri>e
system, and the vipor of our
society, let us show our faith
by deeds Let us answer their
protestation by our participa
tion. Let us reply to their dis
sent by our involvement. Let
the doubters be shown by the
doers. . . . Let each of us as
workers make our job our voca
tion. Let each of us as business
men make our financial ven
ture a human investment. Let
eac h of us as parents make our
house a home. Let each of us
as citizens make our commun
ity a neighborhood.
—James C. Humes,
Presidential Assistant
Washington, D. C.
My Neighbors
“How can they keep that up
all day?”
Wish I’d Said
That & ^
Happiness is finding your
glasses soon enough to still
remember what you wanted
them for.—Wm. R. Davis, The
Three Forks (Mont.) Herald.
You’re not too old to learn—
unless you are a teenager.—
Harold S. May, The Florence
(Ala.) Herald.
II m: WKKKYT SO BIO WE’D MAKE IT
GOVERNMENT COST-CUTTING NEEDED
Here in our own home tow n we have a great deal
at stake in how 7 Congress treats President Nixon’s
request to cut a billion dollars from federafspending.
Inflation, which last year resulted in a rise in
the national consumer price index of more than
five per cent, is responsible for increasing the costs
of local government as well as most of our personal
expenditures. If Washington has enough courage
and wisdom to stop the price spiral, local officials
will be in a better position to control costs.
The President has proposed the Federal Economy
Act of 1970 which asks Congress to cut a billion
dollars from federal spending. The cuts proposed
seem overdue. Included are elimination of unneces
sary additional funds to school districts in federally
impacted areas; using Medicaid funds for treat
ment instead of residential care; selling the gov
ernment-owned Alaska Railroad to either the state
or private industry; and requiring private health
insurers to reimburse the Veteians Administration
for treatment of nonservice-connected medical
problems.
Parson Jones Says
Book Takes Poke
At Christianity
Dear Mr. Publisher:
I notice where there’s a new
book coming on the market which
takes a poke atChristianity. Like
my wife says, “nuts will write
and nuts will read”. I never
thought I’d live to see so many
books trying to tear Christianity
apart. Maybe it^ a good sign cause
I’ve always heard that people only
pick on the ‘big boys". I reckon
that’s better than being ignored.
This new book is written by
John Allegro and is called, “The
Magic Mushroom and The
I find my delight in thy
commandments. — (Psalms
119:47).
All of us really want the
establishment of harmony and
order. We take a fundamental
step in this direction when we
review the cornerstone of our
faith—the commandments and
adopt them for present day liv
ing. As we affirm divine order
in our mind, body and affairs,
we allow the fullness of all life,
all light, and all good will come
to us.
Cross”. According to this ex
pert, Jesus was a member of a
hippie - like group called the
Essenes, who lived together.
They got their inspiration, ac
cording to Allegro, from taking a
drug like LSD. And to really
make it interesting, this fella
says they got the dope from some
kind of toadstool.
I reckon what he’s trying to
say is that the sermon on the
mount and the Lord£ prayer are
the results of a “trip Jesus took
on toadstool dope.
It looks like this fella may
have run across the toadstool
before he wrote his book. Only
thing is I don t think his book
will last as long as the Sermon
on the Mount and the Lord’s pray
er. I’m afraid Jesus had some
thing this fella ain’t found yet.
Like I say, Mr. Publisher,
some folks like to pick oo the big
boys cause they know the only
way they’re gonna get any at
tention is by attaching theirselves
to somebody important
I gotta be going now. You can
read this book if you don’t have
nothing else to do. I would sug
gest that you eat a toadstool
before you do, cause that’s the
only way you can swallow it Bet
ter still, why don’t you read the
New Testament Its had a lotta
rock throwed at it, but it’s still
around. It sticks better than a
postage stamp.
So long,
Parson Jones