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•\ ■ A • l ■ "TP Pape Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1949 iXlip (Eltntnn (Hhrontrlr 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 , S.x Mopths 'JTZ5 Entered a? Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C.,' under Act of Congress March 3, 18 7 9. r The Chronicle seeks t ie cooperation of its subscriber§_and readers— •he 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 o; its co;‘. pendents. MEMBER: SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION National Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia is being proposed in congress. The hams, quarter-size hams. hand_pther mer Girl will be eligible for one o!, for sizable.crowds, and many of them CLINTON. S. C.. THURSDAY, >LARCI1 3. 1949 American taxpayers should start a revolution and refuse longer to take it “lying down.” h We are traveling the easy road to socialism, iecjeral and st|atte. The leg islature seems to have lost its head on the question of public welfare and handed out more appropriations with | a lavish, hand for this item in tbe ! bill. The house has pmposed $4,671,- ! 100 this year for this fund. This de- | partment was set up back in the de pression days as ai| emergency, but look where it has gone. Why is it that 36 per cent of all persons in South Carolina over 65 must draw old age ! assistance from the state? Why* has -sa much family responsibility been put upon government, taxpayers ask, 1 but there comes no answer, The peo ple are told that the state should put up more money in order to gain more federal monkey from Washing ton under the delusion that it is “tree money.” ^ The spending spree goes merrily 1 on. with the sky the limit, while we| are warned s that revenue will not 1 balance contemplated expenditures. The idea is to spend, not cut. Where we are headed only the good Lord knows. canned meats. Every person who has the prizes. _ , >1 are special sales while the obtained a picture of a Lucky Hor-I Most food merchants ar epreparing Girls’.eorps is visiting the the stores. It's All Yours Time f<jr the annual Red Cross campaign, in which Clinton is asked n- h..ve a part, is here again. Ou: county has been given a goal ci $6,535 and the Clinton area has been assigned 3H per cent of this amount to be raised m contributions. We are not asked to make a financial investment, rather we are asked to make voluntary contributions to be used by this great organization in service for our fellowman. The Red Cross emblem stands for generosity, kindness, and a willingness to help those wno may be struck by catas trophe. Out ot human suffering the Red Cross was bo~n. Emergency is its call to service. The unpredictable disas ter— the uncontrollable fiood and i-agmg lire, the stealthy epidemic — when these strike,your Red Cross 'juickly reaches the victims, to com- tort. sustain and restore. Likewise, the organization is dedicated to home 'ervice. a large part of its work be- ng accomplished by the teaching and training of great numbers of ;>eop!e who are affiliated with local chapters in order that they in turn may help and serve others. It's all yours. When President Mc Kinley asked Mabel Boardman how ihe Red Cross always got to the scene »: a disaster so fast, she replied, ••Mr. President, the Red Cross is already there.’’ It was true then and it's still true No matter where a disaster oc- vurs. y.>ur Red Cross is there with toe resources of its network of 3746 . hapters, ready to serve. We should 1 >e proud that we have a chapter m •.ur own community. It's March — and Red Cross time.! Tne campaign opening next week Should be looked upon as an oppor- 'unity to sorve the needs of our fel- nwman through this great humam- Ta:..aii organization dedicated to ser- .: o And we should remember that : does not exist like, so many other i irgamzations. through government ontributions or handouts. It must ex-st and do its work through thei roluntary contributions of millions of. me-, women and children who ap preciate its worth. We are all asked to help. It is dif- ! licu't to see how anyone would re- u>e to make a contribution of some km.i t . the Red Cross to keep it pre- ,»a.t ! and geared for action. It per- 'orni> deeds <>f mercy for you. Your .nteiest and gifts keep it going. sound foundation. Millions of people* if they have the desire, through vol untary health plans are prepared for illness when it comes without gov ernment dictatorship. The program means the setting-up of another big. expensive bureaucra- j cy. requiring billions annually to meet the cost. They call it “free” medical care, which is a deception and falsehood. Nothing is ever “free” ' we get from government. Govern-! ment hand-outs are always excess ively costly, and government medi cine would be no exception. The bill j should be killed, and our people should know how the senators and congressmen from this state stand om this radical measure. The Htfrmel Girls Coming To Clinton Tuesday, March 8 If stories from other towns in the country are correct, there promises t.) be plenty of excitement in Clinton food stores next Tuesday, March 8. between 10 and 11 o’clock when the girls of the Hormel Girls’ corps come to town with hundreds of valuable prizes. Gver sixty girls will visit with cus tomers of food stores in this territory and give away coupons good for I Spending Spree Goes On, The house of representatives in Columbia is on a spending spree like the Truman crowd in Washington. Last week the lower house adopted amendments to the state appropri ation bill which raised the total to $113,339,467, despite the warning of the chairman of the ways and means committee that “you are voting for direct taxes." Piowden pointed out that the bill, which, was increased from the $111,000,000 proposed by his committee, would result in an unbalanced budget and that the state would have to levy additional taxes. But h;s warning went unheeded, who cares any more about taxpayers. The bill has now gone to the sen ate where it will be amended and kicked around probably for several weeks before it gets back to a free conference committee from the two bodies. If the senate acts as in the past, the changes yet to be made are more likely to be tor increases rather than decrease*. There will be more argu ment, more political maneuvering and more expense to be shouldered upon taxpayers when there are strong signs now that we are grad ually going into a recession period, with the people suffering from a case of “jitters" when they read what MOBILOIL Gas and Oil Complete Line Groceries CHARLIE NABORS West Main Street • Phone 511-W Dr. Felder Smith Optometrist Laurens, S. C. 126 EAST MAIN STREET South Side Public Square ROt’RS FOR EYE EXAMINATIONS: 9:tft to $:*• Wednesday* 9:W to 12:$# Phone 794 for Appointment SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHROVH » 4 Socialized Medicine Piesident Truman is insistent upon- i r crcs.- for th; enactment of a bill • '..ding for national health insur ance. a most socialistic reform. The America i Meiical association - fighting .he proposal with a mem- >errfi'p of 150.300 doctors and allied ■ .rgan.zations. The Administration bill creates a nati 'nal health insurance board with an i Imi-'strativc set-up, part state, part federal, similar to that of the ' •' -ity hoard. It would be Santa Ciaus tor everybody by ex tending complete medical, dental, hospital and nursing care to everyone; except the destitute, who would re-! mam as charity cases. Patients could! •hoose their own doctors (and doc-' .'or.- could reject them if they wish-! *;u'). but the medical bills would be paid by the National Health Insur ance board. The plan would be fi nanced by a 3 per cent payroll tax.j The administration bill contemplates the amassing of a large tax^fund res-pi ervoir to meet all the medical needs' of all the people. The medical pro-! ission would be “nationalized” to the extent that, to all intents and pur- j poses, it would be placed on the fed-' eral payroll instead of staying in businses for itself. The plan is nothing but “socializa--. non.” loaded with dangefrSHd it may be safely expected that if adopted,, the quality of medical care and re-| search will inescapably suffer from the production line” type of medi cine that they will be forced to prac tice. It will be a mixing of medicine, politics and bureaucracy. The Anal decision'will be made by congress, with the Truman bandwagon crowd clamoring for passage of the govern ment program. 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