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i'a;:e I'oufr THE CLfNTON CHRONICLE Thui^daj^ January 12, 1950 dhp (Tltnlmt (Ulirmiirlr Established 1900 WII^SON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable in Advance): v One Year $2.00 Six Months $1.25 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the PostjOffice at Clinfon. S. C'., under" Act of Congress March 3, i8 7 9. * v --*. The Chronicle seeks t ie cooperation of its subscribers ahd readje^— the publisher will at^aU timei appreciate wise suggestions and'Bilri? ; ty advice. The Chronicle will publish letters-qL,general interest when t they are not a defamatory nature. Anonytnous communication^ ,w.Jl not* be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions 5 of its correspondents. ■ ■ • ■ ■ ^v- , ■ • ■ ■ - , . — I MEMBER: SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION National Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia 1 CLINTON. S. C., THURSDAY. JANUARY 12. 1950 We offer our c ; membered that Johnston is opposed , j-in-l Service that residents of Laurens and other counties exercise extra caution in re-* gard to fires to prevent the ri.u.- ation from reaching the danger point all over the state. r 1 Laurens county . residents were asked to be careful with matches and cigarettes, and were warned that brushy and field burning is cry dan gerous during'^dry, Windy weather, as the fires can easily get away. County rangers request that land- owners burn ho. brush pr fields until j after it rains, and that the county ranger be notified whenever fields or ditch banks are to be burned. This! may sav ehim a trip when he might Be needed on a real woods fire. The forestry' commission stated that some of the damage done by forest fires last week had resulted ; from fires that were set purposely. | A total -of 12,920 ’wooded acres, were burned by the 512 forest fires reported - in South Carolina during the week ending January 5. The county reporting the greatest dam-4 age was Orangeburg, with 96 fires burning 3,593 acres. Only two forest fires were reported from Laurens county, however, damaging eight acres. x' - 1 V ustoi The Truman Theory President Truman, the high spend • bf your money of all time, says tomers s complete Advertising, Com- that your take-home pay is too high ' ould be beat . The CI0 doesn’t r.id that Government should take * — more of it away from you for-your \vn good. That is his and the New to the Taft-Hartley Act. The spokes- mercial trinUng. Office-SuppUes. We man also took Mr. Byrnes to task ca „ supply all your needs. tqr his Boloxi speech and said that. CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO- New Plymouth Special Deluxe Four-Door Sedan Deal theory. And Government .-ticking its hand into your pay en- . e lope and taking oijt a large part o: your wage without it ever reach- ng you hands. You don’t need much take home Trum.ua—saygr many of follow him in such socialism, want Mr. Thurmond, neither does it want Mr. Byrnes or anyone else who doesn't vote the way it wants! 1S them to vote. _ • . tublic Senator Johnston holds the ^ blessing of the CIO organization. The voters know where its influence 3nd : will be pitched in this state'^ i n- the congressmen and’sena-jl )0 1 ' an ‘ sena - te raco summer. Foi our part we say let the CIO tome snoring the. fact-that it is the part * nto the senate rare.. and the gov- : wisdom and good sense to save ernor s Mso if it chooses and lets days that sir e 1 have the fight out in the t open. And, We hope this crowd will tell South Carolinians how to vot°. This spokesman will learn a lots before this senate race is over. m mething for • rainy sure to come. Cooper Motor Company Dodge — Plymouth V, Soles Tox Not Needed With the convening of the general! assembly each ^ear the same old proposal for a general sales t^x on Primary Law Needed .The general assembly r^Ow in ses- . slnn has several matters of unfin ished business before it that should he given prompt attention. One of these is- the enactment of a primary r'ection law (we - have none now)., A committee has been studyirtg and e '’ e! .'t^ in o shows its head. Already grafting proposed legislation to im- * "'^ re ' s such agitation on the part ofj prove the state’s election machinery. a rnembers of that body. And it • i.nd procedure. Such reform legis- 15 notec * P^sident—of the kitioru should'be enacted to regulate f^a.e teachers association is propos- j tne conduct of primary elections, to in ^ 3 re i ei< ? n dum in which the peo-i afeguard against fraud which un- P ,e \ ote 011 , *^ e Q U{? stion of a; e'er our present' set-up is easily pos- Sene:a, saies tax in the hope that it s:ble. And the'" legislation should u ' a PP rovcc ^ fo provide more- provide alsp—fof-cm Austrahan bal- -^'boo: ^money. -The -spokesman ^ ct in Sohth .Carolina, a truly sec- * nc Sioup says that qualified teacli- t C single ballot in the general elec- CI ' S ' ‘'^ c ^ ea ^ ,!1 S the schools in large >:ons,. 1 rost' DOES HOODOO DAY BOTHER YOU? An accident, with consequent doctor, nurse and hospital bills, can happen any day. That’s why it is important to have Aitna Accident Insurance. Protects against accident expense the year around. S. W. SUMEREL, Agent CLINTON. 8. C. Jacobs Building—Tele. 80 Such a bill after passing the— num ' Jers ^ tV ' au se of the low pay, in 1948. died in the senate. ? hou Sh there have been substantial) increases in teachers salaries. there should have been—in recent Teachers may be leaving the pro means. There are othee—contribu ting factors such as long drawn-out. •\\ o Thi- ii re to'have state. honest elections in Spending Surplus The people are asking, Why? Every naan and woman has a right to a Verret ballot, to go to-the polls and 'Vote without- any sort of intimida lion o ; *-people standing around try- ^ ecause of the salary scale, fng :< find put how they vote The s0 ^ e ^ cause by any •voters want a primary law with re- ■ •. . ', a 1 : i . ■ must be pro\ (Jecl unreasonable teacher examinations,’ summer school and many other re- auirements and red tape that simply, do not appeal to young women com ing out of college. Many of them ( It is. noted that checks totaling are frank to say they are not at- $2,584,000 have been mailed put bv traoted tn teaching, many of them the State Comptroller in accordance prefer going into .the business world ’ '- v ’fh the 1949 legislative Act appro- where they have and are making! priating that sum to the forty-six good. . I counties for hospitals and health This sales tax proposal should be renters. The money comes out of killed +h short order by the general the state surplus fund accumulated assembly. It is_just another- ’tax! in recent years due to abnormal burden to be loaded upon the people state income, and the legislature has like the excise tax which we were' been intent on finding ways in told was a temporary’measure, and! which to get rid of the money yet we still havp it hevango CnngMM«| The act provided originally for the refuses to abolish it. A sales tax money to be spent on hospitals, would place additional taxes on.ev- 1 health centers “and or other public erything. including food, and would* uses*’ The ^‘public uses" provision, es P ec ^ a ^y work a hardship op those, however, has been held uneonstitu- lowelTThcome bracket who tional by thd state supreme court, are able to pay it. .It would and wisely so we think, for it gave mear * enorntous increase in state re-; uelegatioss-r-sTT-minded to do. so an venue of course, only, to provide opportunity - to use such funds with . more k funds for spending. Xiolitical “expediency” in mind. This ^ our present'Santa. Claus spend-i money can only be spent for hos- ' n »' national and state was ended,-., pitals'and health centers. Each coun- th ? ce would.be no need for addition-' 1m is to receive a minimum payment a ' taxes. We do not feeLthat more of $4n.np0, plus $6,000 for each seat tax*revenCie. is now -needed and in- it has in the state house of repsty di vidua Is and? merchants’ should rise; Cordially invites you to attend * the showing of the New 1950 models T « Plymouth Passenger Cars . •t j ! / on display in our showroom • v • TODAY Thursday, January 12 OPEN FROM 8:00 A.M. TO 6:00 P.M. sentatives.. ■ • . AVe hope tbat-mueh of this money will be used wisely, but we are sure it great , deal of'it will be wasted or j-pent unnecessarily. Many* of the ■ ma counties are unable to"support up and resent the imposing of a sales tax on top of the heavy taxes we are now paying to the state govern- fftent/not to mention the \vild spend ing, red-ink Truman crowd in Wash- *ington> It's time. to. cut, not to add" more. CURRENT RATE 3% OF DIVIDEND LET US HELP YOU BECOME A HOMEOWNER STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE Clinton, South Carolina 1 At the Close of Business December 31, 1949 h'lsmtals. and it is evidence of poor , . , , . - , v . . \ . . \\ e need no sales tax. and remember, business judgment to advocate suen ... u ? » j • l « xmmdrtH^es The state should fhls — lf " such a tax .is approved oy; « xpemtH,trres. i ne stare snouio ; f ;..:n know there is a real need for evbry dollar, of taxpayers money spent, and that value is received for every dol- sfTar. We doubt such results from this “gtenerous handout. the- legislature it will be just anoth- 1 er tax you must pay Forest Fire Situation In State Reported Bad On With the Fight There are reports that some of - : , t ' . -7* 77' ^ i the highly paid CIO agitators are Sp ^ aI ^. Th T e Ch 1 r f onic 25' in the stale in an effort to further .Columbia, Jan 11.—The forest fire organize, especially in the textile "^*^5 ln Sou t ^ Carolina reached- centers, and with their ears to the * anger point last week, with the ground trying to sense the political £ * reporting numerous situation and to arouse sentiment ^ . us ^d by the continued high for the elections this year. A national director of the organi zation visiting in the state made two announcements with £i‘ strong polit ical odor. He said: * O).There is little or no sentiment tor Governor Thurmond for the Un ited States senate. (2) That James F. Byrnes can be beat for governor. Concerning Governor Thurmond, the organizer is quoted as saying: • We find little or ho ^sentiment for Governor /Thurmond ~ as United States Senator”. * Then he added —get this one — ! “People fairly generally are pleased with the voting record; of Senator, Olin D Johnston. It should .be re-, winds-aad lack of rain. The state 1 commission _ of forestry requested Announcing Opening The Carson Eye, Ear, Nose and'Throat Clinic Full Armamentarium — Jacobs Building, Clinton, S. C. r Suits 219 — Hours 9 to 5 For appointment Phone 463-R DR. JAMES CARSON, M. D. -r Dr. Canon Will Make Calls ^ASSETS / , ^ ' First Mortgage Loans ". : $1,-503,037.41 3,613.31 329,725.00 40,241.57 . i* 38,609.43 Loans on Savings Accounts Investments and Securities Cash on Hand and in Banks ... Office Building and Equipment, Less Depreciation ...! i...- L i A.' . ' ' , " $1,915,226.72 LIABILITIES Savings Accounts 7 .^.$17751,168. 92 50,000.00 Advances from Federal Home Loan Bank Lpans in Process ........7. °7 381 18 Other Liabilities Specific Reserves General Reserves $41,026.14 Undivided Profits /^5,312.89 181.36 156.23 86,339.03 51,915,226.72 Member Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation Each Account Insured Up To $5,( Current Dividend Rate 3% * ; Invest With Safety, Profit and Convenience At OFFICERS * > B. Hubert Boyd, President J. P. Prather, Vice-President J. Sloan Todd, Secretary-Treasurer * Mrs. Henry Hunter, Asst. Sec.-Treas. DIRECTORS ' " ?j EDERALoAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION J- P. Prather W. W. Harris J. B. Hart T. D. Copeland R H. McGee T. Heath Copeland B. Hubert Boyd J. Sloan Todd OLDEST AND LARGEST SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION IN LAURENS COUNTY