The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, April 07, 1949, Image 15
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THURSDAY. APRIL 7, 1919
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THE CLINtON CHRONICLE,
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Blonde and pretty Betty Jean Rliah, 4. of Custer, South Dakota, the
national Easter Seal pester rirl for 1949, exercises with a special walker.
Betty Jean, cerebral pahied at birth, must learn muscular control of her
legs, throat and tongue, since she has walking and speech difficulties.
You help Betty Jean and thousands of other handicapped hoys and girls
when you buy Easter Seals from Beta Sigma Phi chapter, of Laurens,
county sponsors.
G. B. Sheppard Laurens, S. C. Phone 508
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more hours.”
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West Main Street and Airport Road
US SPENDS SIX BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR
FOR THINGS TO CARRY ON ITS OPERATIONS
Washington—Your Uncle Sam isi
spending about $6,000,000,000 a year'
of your tax money just for the things;
he needs to get his work done, like
note-books for stenographers and
autos for the forest service. The mil
itary gffls the lion’s share.
Uncle Sam spends almost a billion
a year just shuttling the stuff ^
around the country. He has goods
stuck around on shelves all over the
country worth about $27,000,000,000.
Just the autos he uses are worth at
least $2,000,000,000.
He owns so much that it keeps 150,
000 people at work just to buy it,
£tore it and distribute it. Their sal
aries cost us taxpayers $440,000,000
a year.
The Hoover commission (which 1
has worked a year to get us more
for our money) gives you the idea
that this, “general store” division of
the government is an Alice-in-Won-
derland operation to some degree.
It says some government depart
ments actually don’t know what sup
plies they have on hand because they
haven’t counted their stores in years.
The commission found it impossi
ble to list exactly the many places
the government uses to store ma
terials. It found many agencies have
on hand more than they need. It
found buying agents make little at
tempt to buy when market prices
are low.
The Hoover commission feels we
taxpayers could save at least $27,-
200,000 just in salaries of the peo
ple who buy and handle the goods
Uncle Sam owns. It feels further
that the stocks could be cut back
by $2,520,000,000 by preventing du
plication and buying just w’hat's ne
cessary for a planned period.
Here’s how the commission thinks
that much could be cut:
1. A Bureau of Federal Supply
could do most of the buying for the
government, instead of permitting
so many of tl)e government depart
ments to do their own buying, as
they do now. Some supplies- are so
technical, the commission admits,
| that they should be bought by the
I agency that is going to use it.
But the commission thinks fed
eral buying can be so consolidated
that the central bureau would even
buy a good many things the mili
tary need. It cites medical supplies
as an example, dftd’ perhaps ofdi-
j^nary office supplies.
2. This central bureau could then
cut down the storage space the gov
ernment is now using. The commis
sion found that just six |pf the big
civilian government departments are
storing supplies in 748 places around
the country. |
This doesn’t include the post of
fice’s 115 store houses, the military’s
160 depots or 73 more storage spots
right in the Washington area.
3. Government purchasing could
be placed on a monthly basis. The
commission found that 1,500,000 pur
chases a year are for items worth
less than $10. But the cost of the
“paper work’’ just to put such-pur
chases through actually costs ' more
than $10 an'item—more than the
cost of the article.
The commission thinks it possible
to cut the cost of such purchases
by $10 each, which would mean ap
annual saving of $15,000,000.
4. Important savings would come
in cutting both the amount of sup
plies on hand and the number of
people handling them. The commis
sion thinks the savings, conserva
tively, would add up something like
this:
Military inventories could be cut
by $2,500,000,000 and civilian by S20,
000,000. It thinks salaries of people
handling the stuff could be cut by
$26,000,000 a year in the military and
$1,200,000 in the civilian agencies of
the government. That adds up to $2,
547,000.000.
$15,000 OFFERED
IN NEW SOIL
CONSERVATION DRIVE
Spartanburg, March 30—Approxi
mately $15,000 in prizes has already
been offered in the 6-e<>unty Pied
mont Communities' Conservation
Contest, a district supervisors’ report
shows.
More than 50 communities have
qualilied for the 2year contest by
organizing 10 or more farmers.
Deadline for entry is July 1 when
the contest will officially get un
derway.
At a meeting at Hotel Cleveland,
district supervisors and others con-
neetde with the conest (reported
that cooperation of businessmen 'in
general is “very gratifying." A com
plete list of donors a ltd* their offers
to date will be published as soon as
it is compiled.
J. A. Bridwell of Poplar Springs,
temporary chairman for the Polk,
Rutherford, Cherokee/' Union, Lau
rens and Spartanbu/g counties’ con
test area, was elected permanent
chairman! at the meeting.
’’With the large amount of money
already contrbiuted to the consest,
we are going to have to go to work'
and show some results after 2 years
have passed,” he declared.
Soil Conservationist A. H. Skar-
don, explained the scorecard, point-]
ing out various soil practices for
which the point value has been in-1
creased. Twenty-seven practices
are listed for whic hpoints will be
given. Ditch drainage and summer
and winter cover crops are new
practices added to the scorecard.
Practices for which points are giv
en come under the general heading
of cropland, drainagle, and mante-
nance.
District Extension Agent Larry B.
Massey of the contest committee told
the group more emphasis would be
placed on pasture improvement dur
ing the contest.
NOTICE OF ELECTION
County of Laurens,
Town of Clinton.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That
pursuant to written petitions, each
signed by a majority of the freehold
ers of the Town of Clinton. South
Carolina, as shown b.y the taxbooks
of said Town, and heretofore pre
sented to and filed wi*h the Town
Council of said Town, and pursuant
to an Ordinance duly adopted by the
Town Council of sa d Town upon the
fi’ing of said Petitions, a SPECIAL
ELECTION will be held in the Town
of Clinton. South Carol.na, on Tues
day, April 12, 1949. for the purpose
of submitting to the qualified regis
tered electors of said Town the fol
lowing questions:
(1) "Shall the Town of Clinton
be empowered to ixsiie. either as a
single issue or from time to time
as several separate issues, not ex
ceeding S3'0 OOfl 00. of Keneral ob
ligation bonds of said Town, the
proceeds thereof to he used, in the
discretion of Town Council, to ex
tend and improve the existing
waterworks system, sewerage sys
tem and electric light system, all
or any qf said purposes?”
(2) “Shall the Town of Clinton
he empowered to issue, either as a
single Issue cr from time to time
as several separate issues, not ex-
reeding $100,900.00, of general ob
ligation bends of said Town, the
proceeds thereof <o be used to pay
the Town's share of installing per
manent improvements on streets
and sidewalks in said Town?”
Persons may vote for or against
both of said proposals, or may vote
for one and against the other. The
failure to cast a ballot for one of the
two proposals will not invalidate the
ballot cast on the other proposal.
The places ?or voting in said elec
tion will be as follows: at the City
Hall on North Broad Street in the
Town of Clinton, for Clinton Precinct;
and at R. T. Trammell’s Store, known
as "Greasy Comer,” on West Pitts
Street, in the Towm of Clinton, for
Clinton Cotton Mills Precinct. The
Managers of Election are as follows:
F E. Miller, R. J. Copeland and C N.
Mauney for ClinLlP Precinct a; the
City Hall, and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson,
R. L. Yarborough and W. L. Evans
for Clinton Cotton Mills Precinct at
R .T. Trammell’s Store, known as
"Greasy Corner.” The polls will be
opened fof said election at 8 o’clock
in the forenoon and will be closed at
4 o’clock in the afternoon on the day
and at the place aforesaid. Separate
boxes will be provided for the cast
ing of ballots on each of said pro
posals
All persons desiring to vote must
(1) possess and present County Reg
istration Certificates issued within
the per.od January 1st, 1948, and
March 12th, 1949, both inclusive; (2)
possess a Municipal Registration Cer
tificate issued by the Supervisor of
Registration of the Town of Clinton
within the period March 23rd, 1949,
and April 1st, 1949, both inclusive,
or during the ninety (90) day period
prior to the occasion on which was
held the last general municipal elec
tion (at wftft’M the Mayor was elect
ed): (3) present proof showing the
payment of all taxes. State, County
and Municipal,, for the previous year;
and (4) present proof showing pay
ment of the poll tax for the year
1948. if liable therefor, not later than
March 12th, 1949. The presentation
of a receipt of an officer authorized
to collect the taxes referred to shall
be conclusive proof of their payment.
L. E. BISHOP,
Mavor, Town'of Clinton, S. C.
W. B. OWENS,
Clerk and Treasurer, Town
of Clinton, S. C.
March 1, 1949. . 7-«c
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