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EditaitoJU, THE WAY IT SHOULD WORK Clinton’s municipal elections are behind ua and the contenders—both * successful and unsuccessful—are now • on the same team, pulling for prog ress in Clinton. This was evident in two articles in last week’s Chronicle. In his inaugural address, Mayor J. C. Thomas paid tribute to the con tributions of his predecessor and cam paign opponent, Noland Suddeth: Speaking of Clinton’s new City Hall, Mr. Thomas said, “the idea for this municipal center was first advo cated in the administration of Mayor Peck Cornwall and the accumulation of funds begun. During the adminis tration of Mayor Noland Suddeth, a skillful brick mason and experienced • contractor, additions were made to the ► ‘building fund and he presented a : check of $260,000 and completed plans : when he relinquished the office to the : late Mayor Harry Layton. I feel sure * that all of you join me in appreciation ; for what these men and their prede- 5 cessors in office did to make Clinton a town in which we have pride.” In presenting his status report, .■ Mr. Suddeth, a Republican, paid trib ute to the late Harry Layton, a Demo crat who defeated Mr. Suddeth in the 1968 election but who died in Decem ber while in office. Mr. Suddeth was elected to fill the balance of Mr. Lay- ton's unexpired term. Speaking of Mr- Layton, Mr. Sud deth said, “It has been an honor to have had the privilege to complete his program and end this term of office in a way which I hope would have been favorable to him. I have tried to serve you in an honorable way in re membrance of this fine Mayor and very outstanding Clintonian.” Speaking of Mayor Thomas, also a Democratic, Mr. Suddeth said: “To the Honorable Mayor.. . Mr. Thomas and his new council, I extend my very best wishes for a very suc cessful term of office. I hope they will provide much progress for this city. I sincerely offer my humble, but sincere, services to them at any time in any way that they may deem it worthwhile to the City of Clinton . ..” He concluded his report “with very best wishes to Mayor Thomas for a most successful term as OUR mayor. ..” The two parties fought hard in the recent campaign but now their leaders have put aside party consid erations and they are pooling their talents for their community. This is the way democracy should work. The new City Hall is a physical tribute to the fact that Clinton has been led by men and women who are citizens first, party members second. The planning, financing and construc tion of the City Hall has transcended party boundaries. A HORSE PLUS SPUNK David Ryder, 22, of Cbigwell, Ks- aex, England, was crippled by polio at the age of two. At 17 he could, with crutches, barely move across a room. Then a friend told him about horse back riding therapy for the handicap ped- With nothing to lose, Ryder went to a riding therapy center in Chigwell —one of more than 90 clubs in Eng land offering riding for the handicap ped, and changed hia whole world. “Horseback riding gives a physi- fe cal and mental life to the handicapped * : that you can’t imagine,” Ryder re- :jx>rta. “They discover that their dis- :;5ibility doesn’t mean they must live a ‘.’life restricted to a wheelchair.” Even more exhilirating was his - discovery that with each week’s rid- •:ing, little-used muscles were forced to 'jiexercise. He could feel his strength ;jfrow. No one was more astonished -’tihan David Ryder when, in six months ‘l^ime, he was able to walk a mile and a xhalf. *p To demonstrate — and dramatize to—the remarkable benefits from riding ^therapy, David vowed to walk the ^length of England—which he did, last Rummer;—over 800 miles in 52 days. :^Ie was named one of Great Britain’s ^‘Men of the Year,” was honored by tjljMme Minister Harold Wilson, receiv- a citation from the Duke of Nor- folk, and raised $6,000 for handicap ped riders. With that success behind him, Ryder decided to bring his story to the people of the United States, to dramatize riding therapy. Goal: to walk from Los Angeles to New York on crutches. A few weeks ago he completed his journey. It took four months, 15 days, nine and one half hours, 72 sets of crutch tips; 20 shoe soles; and $5,000 cash borrowed mon ey. Arriving in New York across the George Washington Bridge, he found no reception committee: no brass band; no police escort. Not even the mayor. A city hall flunky managed to find a key to the city to offer as a momento. Worse yet: few contribu tions for his cause. Few would have known about the spunky Britisher had it not been for Helen Hatton, a news reporter in Bat tle Creek, Michigan who wrote his story and Senator Bob Dole of Kansas who put it in the Congressional Rec ord. Said Senator Dole: “David Ry der does not want to become a hero. He wants the handicapped of this country to experience the benefits of riding therapy. I invite attention to this young man’s commendable accom plishments and urge Senators to take note of his endeavors.” We think thats’ a good idea. Remember the Guy Who Makes It Possible ceseARch Repopt by A. SEDDON -C.GUARINO Schneider, Stein, Hirsch oiTlydia” The “LYDIA" Landed in 1740 Ca P t - fan\£/) Cdptain James Allen was the com mander of the Lydia which sailed from Rotterdam to Dover in Eng land before embarking on the 3000 miles voyage to America Al though the Lydia left early in 1740, it did not land until Sept ember 27th, 1740, a period of almost three months at sea. 180 other passengers sailed on the Lydia to the new world' The ship's log lists names like Beyer, Shook, Helm and Schumann . Along the voyage records show that the Lydia was harassed by a 'foreign' privateer but managed t6 avoid capture Other relations to these Schneiders Steinsand Hirschescan look back with pride on that voyage of the Lydia in 1740. OTijnFiuFr • This evolved from t occupational description of a "tailor" of gi ments. Eminent families include the Baro of Bavaria (1790) and Austria (1810). J armsare: "Azure (blue background) betwei a chevron or (gold), two roses and a dext hand (right hand) holding a sickle argei (silver roses, hand and sickle)" &tFtn l The German word for stone gi rise to the Stein surname which reached pr minence in Saxony, Pomerania and Austria the 16th and 17th centuries. One of the a tique arms was granted in Saxony and "Per pale argent (silver) and or (gold) tv lions rampant,counterrampant gules(red) a azure (blue) crowned or (gold)." The Hirsch that landed America was the descendant of a proud G« manic family who received their surname the 12th century from a description of a ha (hirsch) or stag. One of the early arms grar ed shows a stag rampant upon a green mour of earth upon a gold background. This w granted in Bavaria. Ill hair your name runsidered fur a future column and recen e free pamphlet on Heraldry and Has senger Ships, serul tun h(- stamps to "Research Report” Box JI2, Parson Jones Says Nader’s At It Again Dear Mr. Publisher: I see where Ralph Nader is at it again. He’s the fella that has been criticizing some products thats being put on the market today. His latest attacks have been aimed at breakfast cereals. You know how these TV commercials claim that breakfast cereals can make you do everything from flying to fighting giants. My boy eats- that stuff and then stands in front of the mirror to watch his muscles grow. Now this Ralph Nader fella comes along and says that all them sugar flakes are filled with empty calories. I reckon that’s the same thing as eating bub bles. Course, the parents are still buying ‘em and the kids are still eating ‘em. These wild claims by break fast cereals ain’t nothing new, Mr. Publisher. When I was a youngun, there was a cereal that was supposed to make you a champion. Well Sir, I ate bushels of it, practiced base ball every day, but I couldn’t even get on the high school team. Right then I got suspic ious. Mostly though, we bought cereal when I was a kid to save the box top. You could get sil verware with it, and that’s mostly what we ate with. When we had enough silverware, I started getting detective bad ges, and secret codes. Boston, \lass. 02110. Rookie, Farce All About I/i/ohIs Ever wonder how we got the word rookie? This term, which is used most commonly today to designate a young athlete, an Army recruit, or a new policeman, originally carried a somewhat different meaning. A rook is a common Euro pean bird about the size and color pf the American crow. It was notorious for stealing string and other materials from around farm houses for use in building, its nest. In medieval times, farmers at tending the county fairs were often taken to the cle&aers by sharpies, whom the farmers likened to these thieving rooks. From this description evolved the verb to rook, which means “to cheat” a person lacking in experience. After being rooked, it was natural for the victim to come in for some teasing by his friends for being so gullible. The victim thus became known as the rookie. Later the term was applied to any novice or beginner. We use the word farce to day to cover a broad range of oar reactions to what might be called the contrived comic situation. The term might be used to indicate humor seen in some exaggerated incident. Or we might say the word to describe a show or perform ance which we find empty, or bordering on the ridiculous. Actually, the word — which is derived from the French word farcir — means “to stuff.” During the Middle Ages, it came to be the prac tice of theater troupes travel ing from town to town “to stuff” one-act plays between the main performances. These were brief, and were supposed to be fupny, but sometimes they failed to capture the full appreciation of the audience, thus giving the expression two shades of meaning — one Of hiihnor, the other of empti ness. .T,o sack or to pet the sack means “to fire” or “get fired” from a job. The saying dates back to the earliest years of E n g 1 a n d’s industrialization when it was the custom for workers to supply their own tools to use on their job. When a worker was to be dis missed, his foreman would ■imply hand him a sack to put his tools in. The meaning of (his wpa immediately un derstood by the unfortunate fellow, even without a word being spoken. The fact that cereals have empty calories didn’t come as a surprise to me. I couldn’t even hoe one row of cotton on a bowl of cereal. But, I’m still eating the stuff anyhow, and I reckon I always will, I’ll take the com mercials with a grain of salt and the cereal with a little su gar. What I eat, I usually eat because I like it I never was one to figure up what else it was gonna do for me. Count ing calories is }ust plain arith- * metic, and arithmetic and eat ing never did go together. Shucks, when I eat alphabet soup, I don’t even notice what letters I’m putting in my mouth. The only way I can balance a meal is to hold it on my fork without it falling off. My grand- paw never counted calories-or nothing else for that matter. I reckon that’s the reason he died so young - 102. Well Sir, I gotta close for this time. I’m gonna grab a bite before I go to bed. I always eat a bowl of cereal, cause they say a fella shouldn’t eat right before be sleeps. Sweet dreams! Parson Jones * * * During fiscal year 1969, nearly 48 percent (4,790) of the youth found illegally employed were under 16 working during school hours, over three hours daily and 18 hours weekly when school was in session, over eight hours dally and 40 hours weekly In nonschool periods, or In jobs not permitted tmrfer Child Labor three. 2-C—THE CHRONICLE, Clinton. S C., Sept. 10, 1970 UNITED STATES SENATOR ERNEST F. HOUINSS Rtfoirs TO SOUTH CAROLINA Obey the Law John F. Kennedy said that those who make peaceful rev olution impossible make vio lent revolution inevitable. Kennedy at that time was prodding a reluctant Congress that was dragging its feet on civil rights. Reform groups were working in the halls of government and the black movement was pleading its case in the courts. Today everyone is in the streets and the task is to en tice them back into the halls; to show them that govern ment is responsive. It isn't easy. But it becomes down right impossible if you do re spond, if you do pass a law. and then the Supreme Court itself ignores that law The good citizen turns sour and Mr. Nixon telling him in New Orleans to be sweet isn't going to do the trick We passed a law prohib iting the busing of pupils. It was first enacted in the Civil Rights Act of 1964. stipulat ing that nothing in this meas ure "shall empower any offi cial or court of the United States to issue any order seek ing to achieve a racial bal ance in any school by requir ing the trans|>ortation of pu pils or students from one school to another or one school district to another in order to achieve such racial balance. I voted for this provision in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 1967 apd again when the Education Act of 1971 was passed by the Congres> this month The law is not equivocal. It is not hazy. Rather, it is crystal clear and easily understand able But the Administration and the Supreme Court art as if the law never existed Never once in the last six years has the Court ever men tioned the prohibition against busing m ANY of its decisions The one institution in our so ciety primarily responsible for upholding the law disregards this clearest of laws The peo ple have sjxiken through their Congress, but the Supreme Court turns a deaf ear The victim of this intoler able disregard for the law is the South. If you live outside the South, then your children can almost always attend a neighborhood school. Freedom of choice is recognized. The racial imbalance that results is called "de facto" and given legal sanction. Not so in the South. The Assistant Attorney General, speaking for Presi dent Nixon, states in Colum bia, South Carolina that "free dom of choice is dead " And the Administration demands that the school boards submit busing plans. The President adds to the confusion His At torncy General's office an nounces that 100 lawyers for enforcement will be sent to the South. Then the President calls them "advisors ' Now h< travels to New Orleans gran liy proclaiming that h. dislikes Northerners (Kiinting the finger at the South But when we attempt to distributt the agents equally in the North, with the S t e n n i s Amendment, the President has his lieutenants kill that Amendment. The Supreme Court refuses to even hear a northern school case’ And to top it off, the Nixon Adminis tration tells us not to discuss the subject We will discuss the subject We will talk sense We will also be orderly We will not take to the streets and imitate the rioters and malcontents b\ turning over buses and taking the law into our own hands We don't like our schools and our children used for polities and we can see through this political sham. Everyone knows that we are suffering an acceleration to have it all over and hopefully forgotten by the time Mr Nixon runs for President in 1972 We re sent our rights being bussed away by a [xalitieal-minded Administration and a socio- logic-minded Supreme Court We believe that second clasv citizenship should be icmovcd from the American scene, hut we do not believe that w>p»ir the South should be nvtdt second class citizens in the process. We will insist that the Supreme Court obe> the law lAfylefie *.110 — How Come Your Mama’s Legs Are So Short? Books For Dear Sir: You don’t know me because I’ve just moved to your city about two years ago for the first time. My family is now at 1003 Elizabeth Street while Tm on duty with MACV Team 73 In the Delta Vietnam. The reason I’m writing you is that we are some 45 miles from any PX over here and the only way we get anywhere is by air and I wonder if you could pass the word around to see if anyone would like to send pack ages such as books, no letters. If they care to send coffee that needs just hot water, that will be ok. I hope to return to your city around next August, 1971 and live after 25 years with the Army. * -* Thanks for any help you may be able to give. Sfc Robert Humphries Vietnam 247-36-1166 MACV ADV TM-73 APO 96222 San Francisco Calif. Wish I’d Said That a ^ The big difference be tween a little rascal and a juvenile delinquent iswhether he is your kid or somebody else’s.—Brynlley A. Griffits, The Zion-Benton (111 ) News. We wonder how many of those who stubbornly refuse to compromise or accept rea sonable wage increases are later found in the line pro testing prices, and blaming the government and everyone else for them.—Omer Bridg man, The Baylis (Hi.) Guide.