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THE CUNTON CHRONICLE
THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1949
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Established 1900
WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher
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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. Broad St. — Phone 12
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