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-L- f I t -•TT- ' / / t - ■ ^ - Poge Eight 'i. THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S C. / / Thursdoy, SepMmbe.r^J9£ SPECIALS Good CntU November 10th Life—1 year, $3.50. American Magazine—2 yrs., $3.50. See me for others, or call 276. JAMES W. CALDWELL SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE The Favorite Paper In CUnton Homea KEROSENE. IQc Per Gallon YARBOROUGH OIL COMPANY WEST MAIN STREET Clinton, fl. C Mfba Heeds ifitim$i$s AND WHY? • Often, through faulty diet, or in periods of unusual stress, Sms/ vitamin deficiencies occur. Then vitamins tm nnctntrtttd Jsrm, according to jour Doctor's findings, should supplement the regular diet^ We dispense Abbott Vitamin Products because of their high vitamin pcKency, stated vitamin content, ' ' and their troth*to-label claims. Bring your Doctor’s prescrip* tions to this pharmacy to be filled with this dependable brand at the losrest prices^ SADLER-OWENS PHARMACY Telephone 400 REllASLFe PRESCRIPTIONS Geared... to Serve the South S YMBOLIC of Southern ' Bell’s tremendous im portance to the vital com* munication system of the South is its Seal—an emblem of proven service to industry and the public and now to defense. The national emer* gency is making unprece* dented demtmds upon every resource at our disposal in men, women, materials and money. Recces are daily swelling the ranks of our trained army of ^ritert. Onr reserves of basic equipment are being taxed utmost to keep pace D. E. Tribble Co. I FUNERAL DIRECTORS ...Mid... EMBALMERS Licensed Embalmen, Complete Modem Equipment Day Phone 94 Night Phones 24, 253 or 255 Diatinguuhed styling, characterued by a new nees, maria the new 1942 Chevrolet, introduced to the motoring public today. Shown above ie the Special De Luxe Sport Sedan, a rooeny, luxurious, wx-paamnger mddd. A grflle treatment, srkh integral paridng fights, and the amart new dongated ftont fendrn, wUdi sweeps bode into and opene with the front door, are design Ughlights. Interior appointmenta are in the modem mode. A Privofre Citizen Speoks His Mind SPECTATOR COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS with the ever growing de mands for more and more telephone aenrice. The more than 51,000,000 dtdlars re quired thisyearforconstruct- ing, reconstructing and a- dapttog tekphoot fiualides to meet government and other telephone needs is be- ing wMiingl^iJttvescad tt> in sure die expansion and pro tection of telephone serricn throoghoottfae nine south eastern states we serve — SesttberisBtttkgeMedfetrve AeSmih, SnriaiJBLTaEPiiDE m raaiin mm rMeeepeaarss History repeats itself. Intelligent men should learn from tho experi ences of their fathers. Many of our .citizens cemember what happened before, during, and after the other World war. At the outbreak of the war, prices slumped; cotton went begging, we urged* people to huy-a- bale. When we entered the war, pric es advanced; when the war closed prices continued to advance. Cotton sold as high as forty-two cents a pound. Our bankers, merchants and farmers made their arrangements on the basis of high prices. Cotton sold at forty cents in July, but in Sep tember it sold for 12 cents! That is what “broke” the banks, ruined the merchants and paralyzed the farm ers. When the taxpayers of the state suffer such a disaster, is it right to' continue public spending as though nothing had happened? We pay taxes out of our earnings, but^what shall we do when we have enormous loss es, instead of earnings? Shall we sell our homes in order to pay taxes Or shall we lose our homes and farms, as was the experience of thousands of our people? Have we learned from the experi ences which followed the other 'World war? Or must we plunge headlong into trouble and meet the same fate I In our private business we may 1 spend more mohey because we are I not expanding a program which will i require permanent expenditures. Of course the wise and thrifty man is not spending recklessly now; he knows how hard it would be to “come down”; but in our public spending we are developing perma nent programs. If our public services are spending oh the basis of great prosperity what will happen when, our taxes yield only half as much revenue? Teday we are receiving for our state government many more millions than we do in normal times, using every dollar of it; but in 1933 the to tal state revenue was very materially less; business and agriculture “dried* up.” And now come oUr public services —all wanting more money. Are we going to authorize increased appro priations? Or, shall we begin now to prepare for the deflation and depres? sion which follow every war and will bring misfortune to us, too? We need not deceive ourselves into thinking that things will ride along; think this out for yourselves: When a mill operates three shifts and cuts down to one shift, what happens to the men and women of the two shifts who are laid off? Multiply that by all such mills in the United States. What do you find? A lot of unem ployment; a great reduction in reve nue. Let’s not bury our heads in the sand like ostriches. This * conditio: will happen. Shall we take time by the forelock; or shall we drift along stupidly until we fall headldng into disaster, such as 1933? Taxes paid by American industry for 1940 amounted to 55.0% of net incomes beforp taxes. If an industry earned a net profit of $100,000, it paid $55,900 in taxes. This statement is ba;^ on the reports filed by 165 enterprises, representing virtually every kind of busin4^ in the United states. If we analsrze this further we 1940, as I’ve said ,taxes cmisumed 55.9% of all net earnings, or 2.4% more than for 1939. As will be seen, not only is there an increase in dol lars, but a constant increase in the percentage of earnings taken for taxes. Every one wQl admit that almost anything is better than a Hitlerized America; but sober sense should teach us to cut down on the non- essentials, while we emphasize the need for adequate defense. One of the purposes of any govern ment 1$^ to protect a citizen in the enjoyment of his earnings. No gov ernment should interfere with the peaceful pursuits of its people be yond what may be necessary to their common or community interest. We find our government not only taxing industry—and, of course, the con sumers, heavily, and even interfering with their use of gasoline, but our government does not itself curb its experimental and fantastic social op- TALKS ABOUT HEALTH Eat To Llv»>4>eii't Llye To Eat In the matter of diei my opinion has always been, “If you like it, eat it,” but I naturally expect this rule to be tempered with a little common sense. Eating properly is an amazing ly simple habit that comes quite nat urally to most of us. But, as in ev- er3rthing else, there is a large group of people who eat to the point of over-indulgence. Dissipation is not merely la matter of late hours, wine, women jokI song. Many a person who feels certain that he is leading a temperiite life is in temperate in his dio'ice and the amount of his food. These people lit erally gorge themselves with food, feeling that nothing less than a 12- course dinner could appease their appetites. Unfortunately, we have no gauge on the body to tell us just what dur food intake should be, but we do have the equivalent for such an instnnnent—common sqpse. Over eating brings on overwei^t and as the figure grows more and more gro tesque the dangers to the system grow proportionately. The h^avy eater who laughed at diets in the days when they, mii^t have been heh;>ful seeks them when it is too late. Overworked organs and consequently lowered resistance invite serious ills. He will eventual ly find that, with digestion ruined and organic ills present, he is un able to indulge in the one pleasiire which life held fof him. But it is difficult to convince such a persem that stoking a one-manpower en gine as though it his a gO-horsepower capacity will cause the motor to break down. An'excellent common-sense max im to keep in mind Is this one: Eat to live—don’t live to eat! W. J. BENJABON SEKTICB STAnON Standard Prodneta Can Washed sad Grsaasi Tsv Bwteen Apprsdatod SAT, *T SAW IT IN THE CHBON- fCLE.” THANK TOU. CORWS F Wm rsaovs^ar] eomvithoaspsc^l iisse moiisy bask.1 JiFFY*25« For Sale By SADLER-OWENS PHARMACT Dr. Fdder Snitli Dr. Dneai S. FMor (M>T01fETRIS18 SpedaliBts In Eye Examinations If Office Dr. SaOtti, DaUy, 4:15 to i. Dr. Felder, Daily, to f. Phone 29 for Appointment CLINTON, & a RUBBER stamps AU Sisas — Qaidk Sendee CHRONICLE PUBLISHING Oa erations. It even tries*to call them defense activities and poxirs into them hundreds of millions which should be saved. NOTICE FOR PAYMENT OF CITY TAXES Notice is heifeby given that Town Taxes for the Town of Ginton will be due and collectable between October 1st-and November l&th,-for the 1941.-The Tax Books will be opened for the collection of taxes at the ofike of the Town Gerk on October 1st, and will remain open each day thereafter, Sunday excepted, up to and through November 15th. A penalty of ten (10) per cent will accrue on all taxes not paid on or before Saturday, November 16th, which penalty will be in force through Wednesday, December Slst, after which an additional five (5) per cent .penalty will accrue. The levy for current fiscal year is 38V^ mills; 12 mills for current operating expenses, and 26V^ mills for in terest and sinking fund on various Bond Issues out standing. • D. C. HEUSTESS, Gty Clerk. A -4- i And that this amounts to a tax bf $3.92 on each share of common stock. The average dividend paid on a share of stock was $1.91. Think on that a moment: Each share of stock paid more than twice as much lor taxes as it paid to the ovmer. ' Statisticians get quite a thrill out of figures and like to turn each case inrid* out, as well as up and down. Every stockholder ,tpki^ an aver age, paid $451 in taxes <» his stock. That to to say, that $451. was deduct ed from the earnings udiidx jtoloofed to him, in thqory at least And every wage-earner had to produce not only the usual overhead, but had to pro duce $785 for taxes. So, then, each wo|^er not only had to produce an ontoary profit on his woric, in order to keep his enterprise in operation, but he must produce a net profit ef $735 more. • It wiU be said that these companies are profiting because of det&iae ex penditures, directly or indirectly. That is probably true, but toe net income has inoeased i7H% Uiat o< 1950, after paying taxee, while the taxes have increased 2DJ%. For « t • 1 1 MD GET 1HE UMNW nr Giles Chew^et Ca r