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THE CLfNTON CHRONICLE
Thui^daj^ January 12, 1950
dhp (Tltnlmt (Ulirmiirlr
Established 1900
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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
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Plymouth Passenger Cars .
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on display in our showroom •
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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
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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%
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Invest With Safety, Profit and Convenience At
OFFICERS
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B. Hubert Boyd, President
J. P. Prather, Vice-President
J. Sloan Todd, Secretary-Treasurer *
Mrs. Henry Hunter, Asst. Sec.-Treas.
DIRECTORS
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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