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7 THE CUNTON CHRONICLE THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1949 olhp (Elintmt (E^rontrlr Established 1900 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year $2.00 - Six Months $1.23 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C., under Act of Congress March 3, 1879. The Chronicle seeks Lie 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. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. MEMBER: SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION National Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia es needed in wartime in the interest of the public, have no place in peace time. Worst of all, the tax is inequitable. Tickets can be bought in Canada for use within the United States and the tax is not levied. Canadian ticket sales have, as a consequence, boom ed. Ticket sales in our country are falling off. Its high time we got rid of this sore spot. We hope Senator George can rally sufficient support to carry through his repeal measure of excise taxes. There should be no piecemeal re moval. When congress imposed these wartime levies it promised "to take all of them off six months after the end of the war.” Congressmen and senators are great on "promises,” so is President Truman. Summary of North Atlantic Treaty Washington, July 23—The North Atlantic security treaty, as ratified in a preamble and 14 articles, says: Preamble—The 12 nations reaf firm their faith in the United Nation;! are determwied to safeguard their freedom and democracy; seek to pro mote stability and well-being in the area, and will unite for defense and peace. Therefore: 1. They will undertake tb settle international disputes by peaceful means and refrain from force in any way inconsistent with the purposes of United Nations. 2. They will strengthen their free institutions by bringing about a bet ter understanding of the principles on which they are founded and by promoting stability and well-being They will encourage economic colla boration among themselves. 3. They “separately and jointly, by means of continuous and effec tive self help and mutual aid, will maintain and develop their individ ual and collective capacity to resist armed attack.” 4. They will consult together when any one of the nations feels that the “territorial integrity, political inde pendence or security of any” of them Ls threatened. 5. “An armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an at tack against them all; and consequen tly they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exis tence of the right of individual or collective self defense" will assist those attacked “by taking forthwith, individually and inconcert with the other parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of ar med force, to restore and maintain the security” of the area. These measures shall be stopped when the security council takes steps necessary to restore peace and se curity. 6. "For the purpose of Article 5 an armed attack on one or more of the parties is deemed to include an armed attack on the territory of any of the parties in Europe or North America, on the Algerian depart ments of France, on the occupation forces of any party in Europe, on the islands under the jurisdiction of any party in the North Atlantic area north of the Tropic of Cancer or on the vessels or aircraft in this area of any of the parties.” 7. The treaty does not affect rights and obligations of signers as mem bers of the United Nations, or “the primary responsibility of the Secur ity Council” to maintain peace and security. 8. No other international engage ment of any of the 12 nations is in conflict with the treaty. 9. A council is set up, with each of the 12 nations represented, to con sider ways of backing up the treaty. It shall be ready to meet at any time. The council shall set up a defense committee to recommend measures to carry out Articles 3 and 5. Iff. By unanimous agreement, any other European state in a position to further the treaty”s principles and add to the area”s security may be invited to join. 13. Any nation can quit on a year’s notice after 20 years. 14. The original drafts, in Eng lish and French, are to be deposited in the United States archives. ( LINTON, S. C., THURSDAY. JULY 28. 1949 n/sllstr rtsiur 1 out °f awards made to injured em- Dollar Days Utter ployees, to a select “few” lawyers.: Bargains Galore Thi s has the appearance of a sort of Today, Friday and Saturday are racket. What the governor charges > Dollar Days in Clinton with a large ou § ht t0 arouse the people to de number of merchants participating m and that these conditions are cor rected without delay. The fight on Miss Clayton was disgraceful and po- in the special event. Today’s issue of The Chronicle heralds forth the' , , , . news with attractive store advertise-And because of the present Bing of this mammoth mer- operation of the law our state has the highest compensation insurance * , time for a clean-up as Governor Thurmond charges. A Voice From the Past Mrs. Bolton, a congressman from ments :e! chandising occasion, and of the at- active opportunities that will be . ffered. The Dollar Days event is sponsored* i v the Merchants Association of the Chamber of Commerce, and begin- hing yesterday, will be given wide publicity. As a courtesy and conven- Ohio, had inserted in The Congres- icnce to the public, the city author!- 1 sional Record, some lines w f hich she t.es are offering free parking—you said were taken from a speech once tan park where you desire and forget delivered by Abraham Lincoln. Here parking meters for three days, at they are: l east 1. You cannot bring about pros- During the three days special em- penty by discouraging thrift, phasis will be placed on the dollar— 2. You cannot strengthen the weak America's monetary unit. The dollar by weakening the strong, has more value perhaps tha*n at any 3 You cannQt help lmie men by , other time of the year because all o tear , ng down 5ig men the participating merchants will make unusual concessions by offering bargains galore at reduced prices. This will give the dollar extra ouy- mg power in Clinton. Local merchants will offer mer chandise at prices that are bonafidely low. and exert special efforts by their sales foices to serve and please buy ers. The objects are two-fold: First, the merchants aim to ma'ke new 4. You cannot help the wage earn er by pulling down the wage payer. 5. You cannot further the brother hood of man by encouraging class hatred. 6. Ycu cannot help the poor by de^ stroying the rich. 7. You cannot establish sound se curity on borrowed money. 8. You cannot keep out of trouble mends f ,r tbe.r respective stores and, • v ° u cai ' «"“•( convince the buying public that Clin- 1 *■ ' ou can " ot bu,ld character.and, courage by taking aw r ay man’s initia tive and independence. 10. You cannot help men perman ently by doing for them w r hat they could do for themselves. This was good advice back in the , , , . • i l3n S ago. and just as good advice to ll has been some time since SS$ Days, day _^ hich . hould b(? heeded nave been staged here. Those who> ^ ton is a good place to trade: second, they desire to reduce stocks so they will have more room for forthcoming fall merchandise, giving the savings to the public. The buyer is the gainer both ways. are participating are determined to .i r • ‘x , make it a success by offering values Kill inG tXClSG I 0X6S that will appeal to the buying pub- Senator George of Georgia, one of lici the ablest members of the senate, al-! To sum it up—ail roads will lead to ways says something sensible when Clinton today, Friday and Saturday he speaks. His recent proposal is for where the $$$S is king., You are cor- an all-out repeal of wartime excise dially invited to the city during the taxes at this session of' confess as three days, regardless of where you a means of stimulating business and reside. If you are smart and thrifty employment. The senator said that you will not overlook the opportunity the special wartime taxes could be to inspect the offerings set forth in wiped out at once if Presiaent Tru- this issue of The Chronicle. The man and congress ^cooperate. What iatch-string is on the 'outside for the distinguished seantor now urges Dollar Days. Come, join the crowds!The Chronicle has long advocated. ' and take advantage o f the savings to There should be an outright repeal be had in Clinton for . the next three of all the special wartime excise days. You can't afford to stay away, taxes on the sales of certain goods ^ and services. They were set up by Wp Klpprl tr» Wnlrp-lin ! congress as a war emergency meas- ▼▼UR.e ure to raise revenue, to reduce the The worid is experiencing a great, p Urcbase 0 f certain goods under in surge of govermentalism. Govern-; flationary conditions, and to cut mentalists are found working to de- down trav . e i during the war period stroy individual freedom. They op- t0 afford addi tional facilities for the erate under different labels, social- moving of the armed forces. The ism. communism, collectivism, but : war has been over more than {our :heir goal remains the same. years, but most of the Washingtcm The most evident signs of it in ‘me, crowd hasn’t found it uut yet. His l toted States are efforts to nation- e p ea j p r0 p 0sa i would not cover the ahze basic industries about which ‘■be, p ermanent f edera i taxes on such pro- people should become aroused and ducts as c ig ar ettes. tobaccos and li- ioudly protest. Nationalization or quors The tax on the latter should government operation of industry be made stiU higher eliminates the incentive to produce. ^ bne or ph an i ad worked hard the Ultimately, it eliminates the right | p as ^ f ew weeks to earn money with: to protest, the right to worship, the wb j c h ma j ce a v j s it to his sister in :ignt to private property and so it a d j s t an t state. When he purchased goes ad along the line. And then you b j s ra ii road ticket it cost more than ra’. e the final extremity o! govern-, be eX p ec ted. Upon inquiry, he found mentalism—dictatorship, as we see * ba ^ be bad pay £ 3r a reserva tion, it at work and dominating the lives : and tbat £ be cost 0 f tbe includ-i of millions of helpless people. Call; ed - fifteen per cent travel taXt which it .vhat you want to, it makes ■ be could not understand. He said, that difference. j doesnt’ seem right, and he was right.' Governmentahsts in the United £ rave i £ ax a ppiies to all trains, States are making tremendous strides lane and bus ^1^3 so i d i n toward their goal This country must; country It was purely a war meas _ ha . e a change of heart, or else he, ure and it s purpose, at least in part, individual is going to oecome tne , was tQ disco^ragg travel at that time. vic * im of gQ v e rnn ^ nt .. Sentiment for its repeal is spreading , . •%. 1 ; rapidly, for the peoole know there ihurmond Is Right !is no emergency, and that the sole In a radio broadcast a few nights! purpose of this tax now is to raise ago, Gov. J. Strom Thurmond said: i revenue for the Washington spend- “For years the administration of our'ers to spend. It is just another tax workmen’s compensation law has saddled upon the people. We often been a stench in the nostrils of the decent people of South Carolina.’ That is a straight-from-the-shoul- der accusation, and there is much evidence to substantiate his state- have new ones added, we never hear of one being removed. But they say, 1 this tax produces about $250,000,000 a year and the treasury can ill spare such a sum. It can if it will cut down on its spending and wasting. If the The governor discussed his blocked 1 tax is repealed the result will be in- ( appointment of Miss Clayton to the, creased travel and this would in commission by a long senate filibus-! crease all sorts of business and hence ter led by a few members of that increase the tax revenue that busi-| body. Some of the leaders in that ness produces. Transportation is not fight, it will be recalled, were prom-1 a luxury in the United States and inent at the recent $25-a-plate ban- taxing it as a luxury is out of line, quet in Columbia for Vice-President 1 The bulk of travel on the commer- Barkley, and are recognized as; cial land and air systems is for bus- staunch Olin Johnston supporters. j iness, health and recreation. This is a It is generally charged that exor-| big country and people need to get bitant amounts have been allowed by j around. Vacations will do every in- the Commission as - attorneys' fees, dividual good. Restrictions and tax- SPECIALS! 15 PER CENT OFF On AU FISHING EQUIPMENT including Plugs, Rods, Reels, Line, etc. Motors DO NOT apply—they speak for themselves. 3.6 H.P. Firestone Outboard Motor Reg, S104.95 — for only S69.95 This Is A One-Time Buy 3.6 H. P. Outboard Motor Same as Above, with Pull Starter Reg. SI 19.95 — for S79.95 These Motors are Priced to Sell—So Be Early 35-Pc. Set Pink Posy Dishes Beautiful Set Reg. S11.75 — for $10.40 32-Pc. Set Virgin Rose Dishes for only $8.95 26-Inch BOYS’ BIKE With Chain Guard and Kick Stand Regular $39.95, for only $34.95 This Ad Worth $5.00 — Bring It With You ELECTRIC FANS 8-IN. FAN — Reg. $5.25 $4.70 10-Inch Dominion OSCILLATING FAN — Reg. $14.95 S12.95 10-LV ESKIMO OSCILLATING FAN on Pedestal Reg. $18.90 for $15.95 * This Is A Good Buy m r M & STRAW HATS Reg. 98c — for 25c Some for 15c , Q Q Q Q 15$ Off on All Radios in our Store All Guaranteed GARDEN HOSE - 25 Ft. Reg. $3.35 — for $2.98 Fully Guaranteed Wagner CARPET SWEEPER We Have Only One Sold for S8.95 — now $2.50 Long Handled PRUNING SHEARS Reg. $1.98 — for $1.60 ELECTRIC WATER HEATER 32 Gallon — Double Element Reg. $109.50 — for $75.00 Only One EXTRA SPECIAL Firestone WASHING MACHINE 8-lb. Capacity, Wringer Type Only— $79.50 / PLUS—30 SMALL BOXES OF DUZ, TIDE, or OZYDOL COX HOME & AUTO SUPPLY These Prices Not Good After July^O. 201 N. 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