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THK CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, January 26, 1950
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SHOWS. THE WAY
Americans who believe that pri
vate enterprise helped to make this
country the greatest
cities for taxation was. $512,000,000
in 1949.
_ r 4 From rennrtc fmm ‘i poll tax,. $321,785, road
substantial agreement j dollars. This figure does not include the state ^ comptroller Beneral°be- i tax ’ *240,492; dog tax, $46,809; pub-
*rd snoken bv Senator nmnprrv fr nrn -..-w lieves that tax va j ues th ^ ar lie service commission asaessment,
increase several millions of dollars tota ^ taxes $27,746,545.
Since the lax value is based on
about 10 per cent.of the actual value,
properties available for taxation are
in the world] actually worth about five billions of
will be in
with every word spoken by Senator j property exempt from taxation, such
Harry F. Byrd at the 177th annual as churches, colleges, schools and
banquet of the Charleston chamber like eleemosynary institutions.
of commerce. j j^e comptroller general, who has
Senator Byrd believes the budget just completed compiling tax figures
can and should be balanced. He be- for the year 1949. says the “counties
lieves Mi\ Truman should stop the as a rule are in much better,-Shape
i coal strike by invoking the Taft-. financially than is the state itself.”
I Hartley law; tha^ socialized medf- j By “assessed values” Comptroller
jcine, socialized housing and social-1 General Rhodes means the values at
ized agriculture proposals of the which properties are returned for
president should be killed; that so- taxation. For instance, an acre of
for $100 is returned for taxation at
a value of about $10; and a home or
residence • that would sell on the
marke for $10,000 is returned for
taxation at a value of about $1,000.
over last, since real estate is assessed
every four years, and taxable values
are mounting steadily. This year,
1950, is a year for reassessment.
Laurens County Increases
In a table showing the increas in
each county in the state in property
tax assessments in 1949 as compared
The. average property tax levyi wi th 1948, Laurens county showed
over South Carolina is 55 mills, $10,622,340 against $10,139,325 in
varying greatly in. the different j„
counties. There is no statewide prop- 1
erty tax levy for the state.
WE DO ALL KINDS OF PRINTING
The figures on the increase in tax-1
—EXCEPT BAD
called “civil rights” laws violate the land which will sell on the market able values: for 1948, $479,487046;' CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO.
actual civil rights and constitutional: —— — *
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Open Your Heart
The month of February
designated for the
the American Heart
“projects” on the other hand
He favors hot school lunches for'j^
children. And he thinks those lunch- S
: es should be paid for by the chil-
dren’s parents.
So do we. _
Federal handouts, financed by the j*|
taxpayers, mean federal dictation as $
to how the money should be spent. W
For instance, under “civil rights”, ft
, , goods. An additional 20 per cent on proposals federal funds for h o t t-J
. ' i ‘ X.. 1 .• 'be price of some item is often the lunches would be denied schools in ::
a.inuai aii \ i oi ^ difference between making a sale which the'races are separated.
and not making a sale. And when, Senator Byrd offers specific figures £t
rights of Americans; that it is im- FOR OFFICE, SCHOOL OR HOME
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<(0 Co. R E. Wysor, ot this Clt >, employment also lags. President Truman has ignored those
will, again serve as chairman for _j t reMaent i ruman nas ignorea tnose
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Banks In Good Shape
' The banks of our state are in ex-
< client condition as reflected bv their
The emergency that created ex- figures, because he cannot logically
cise taxes during-war-time is gone, show wherein they are unsound.:ft
A big majority of our public officials^ That is why, since he cannot bring !•:
in Washington haven't yet learned logic to bear, the president has been
that the war has been i over nearly j reduced to making insulting remarks
five years. These taxe? should no about the senior senator from Vir- j $
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Vehicle' License
Fees for New Year
Total $249,000
in the voting booth. The emotions
pull the lever for enough voters to ( Special to The Chronicle.
, . , , , , swing our once proud nation con--, Columbia, Jan. 5. — Motor vehicle
vem.> published statements a. the: j tantly backward.'toward the days of license fees* for the 1950 issue of li-I
vose o. business for the past year. {£ U d a ii smi or statism — government censes totalled $249 077 for collec-
The three banks of our county are no Xf thp hv thf , fp . v ^ ~ Luuet -
, . , ... 01 tne many oy me tew. tions made in South Carolina last
c.xceotron and presented splendid: , , v ! X , “ ' ;
i'ement- They are enjoying a The dece P tlve slogan employed to month, according to a report made
-w:. trend is “lib- by the state highway department.
call them- Motor ve'hicle license fees collected
eneral over the country pics>i\t-s. (They are pro- in Laurens county during the month
The" -banks have heavv deposit^ Sussing all right—backward). came to $5,012, thus bringing the 1
and"none of them have any indebted- ! or , de [ to hoodvvink that total collected to date in the county.
, e ._ wvch adds to their stability : third , of the population which in its since September 19, 1949 when the'
s; os ; o; ther- hu^e depo-itV are a^-- semi * blindness swings the vote ever 1950 licenses w-ere fiirst issued, to j
counted for bv cash an hand and
l.rge volume
•.'.ere is a. decl
of business, though l cov , er this reactionary tr«
ine shown in deposits; ! er f llsm ' It ' s adher ^}L
tho p,,1 mtrv seIve = “progressives. (Th
from the “freedom of the in- $54,653.
investments in U. S. bonds which can di V idua1 ’" the Baders in-. The December totals brought the
be converted into cash should a need vent impressive slogan? ■to under-| total collected in license fees i^ the.
r Loans in comparison to capi- mine the reall y liberal and progress- state as a whole since last Septem-
reserves and deposits are ex- ive third of the-population. They la- ber 19 to $2,839,347.# Greenville
• ,-oXr. v .■ a j.,iiriv- of hnnv- ct-iro bel these sincere Americans “reac- county has reported the largest sale
- tionaries” and “Jascists." of licenses in the three and a half
Now that one-third of America month period, with fws collected in I
which trie's to use its mind when it t he county coming to $300,135.
a rule, more conserva-
Property In State
Up $33,000,00
ments in many localities show they
are 1 aning very little mbney. Some .Now tha;
of the loan figures in comparison to which tries
oepo'.ts and other resources would is, as
indicate that, some banks are not five in action and'in speech where | Taxable Value Of
rendering the service they should to the interests, of its country are con-
then- communities. On the other cemed.
hand, .v th tne recent years of pros- They don’t seem to realize that the
perity and lull employment, ‘people word SLOGAN has become the most
•' avc been slow to borrow money for important in the dictionary. NoL Columbia, Jan. 24. Taxable val-
i. \ptii-.'.ons in lace ot uncertain con- only here but all over the world. ! ues of real arkd personal property in
dit.ons and unsound government Htiler might never have won out in South Carolina jumped $33,000,000
po.ic.es. Germany without his slogans; the i n 1949 as compared with 1948, ac-
Customers today have more con- Red slogans ran like fire through the cording to E. C Rhodes, comptroller
tidence in banks than ever before as j excited Russians in 1917 and there- general of South Carolina, who said
the:, statements show. The' banks; after; “Fascimo’’ stirred the emotions, that the total assessed value of prep
are making money, they are paying: of the Italians to a frenzy, and “New
the:r stockholders good .dividends, Deal" had more to do with the elec-]
and it is almost impossible to buy tion and re-election of F. D. R. than,
bank stock. This reflects a healthy i we can begin to realize,
condition and should be a source of NoW we . have a .couple of new!
sat:?,action to individuals and busi- babies—little “fair deal” and baby!
nc -• _ _ ’ "welfare state.” expensive babies of
Harry Truman. How about labeling]
i.
deal" and “farewell
Excise Taxes Should Go them -ii
!t noted that President Truman state ’ .
has finally recommended a reduction ! Every American ' citizen who ik
■ >. excise taxes which now are concerned over what's happening in
. .■ age of 20 per cent against a Washington and who wishes t« stop
. t a . rate of 10 per cent. But he the advance toward statism ought to
e i .n this proviso, he’ll veto any roll up their sleeves, let down their
bili ': .‘reduction which isn't at the hair, forget their reserve, start a ,po-
. nu :.me offset by. the same amount litical upheaval and break loose a
"of .e.v revenue. He says t4w*-can be few slogans of their own in opposi-
dont y closing loopholes. It is a ca3e tion to thb socialistic liberals with
o: marching up the hill and right other people’s money.
oack down again. Senator Byrd said
there was nothing in the President’s HoUSC PoSSCS
message which indicated he is for ki*H‘
ev . imy. “He is defending deficit $112 Million
spending, which is one of the most
dangerous things this country ever-
undertook,” Byrd said.
The excise taxes should be abolish-,
ed for they were strictly emergency . , ,
measures when set up by congress. I re P resentat ^! s !ast Thur i d ^ P a J^ d
The/ were designed to curtail pro- arid to ’ de senate a-$112,400,898
duction of so-called non-essentials appropriations-bill for 1950-
during the war, not only to raise rev? Six The bill was estimated to be ap-
Money Measure
Special to The Chronicle.
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Columbia, Jan. 25.—The house of
enue. A similar tax was also placed
on train, plane and bus tickets, in
order to discourage avoidable travel,
pmximately $6,000,000 out of bal?
ance with the revenue expected for
1950-51. When introduced in the
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and is -still in effect. Taxpayers were. ho “ se A th , e ,l ay . s ,?" d
told the taxes would be abolished ,t!"“<“«• the ^ 11 «?“.»*? j
the end of the war. which was noth-1 Members lor Incretue
ing but an empty promise. We still' Th ',y ole , .? en °" flnal 01
have them. So it always is with a |>he btll In the house resulted in a
new tax. If the South Carolina leg- 5? t0 37 v D °, ,e <° k,1 > a motl » n hy V y
islature should enact a general salesi^f 21 " P l°!!; a C Way ’
lax it wood be the same story-just i™ 62 " 5 ., com f! ttee “> W'* "Mtlimillltllllllldlimillllimmit m .
another tax upon everything, includ-! 'A pr ' !e " 1 torm a h d '“h-
K stitute the free conference report on
the general appropriations bill for
1949-50. Representatives Culbertson,
Wasson and Milam void with the
majority.
Among j>ther roll call votes .taken
tii
ing food
These excise taxes^apply to goods
ancl services which aren’t considered
luxuries by millions of Americans.
Cosmetics, leather goods, furs, jew
elry and many similar items are in connections ^ the bill during
used by most of us,^ and are daily ithe week was thfe 61 tQ 36 vot b
necessities in most cases. Travel is which ‘ the welfare. department's aL
also a necessity, for reasons of fast K a a
business, health and recreation. This
country prides itself on high living
standards, and these nuisance taxes
definitely harm those standards. We
are required to pay a 25 per cent tax
rate on long-distance phone and tele
graph, a daily business necessity.
Experienced retailers and manu
facturers are convinced, moreover,
that the taxes have had a strong
lotment for old age assistance was
raised from $3,283,000 to $4,734,000.
Representatives Culbertson, Milam
and Wasson voted with the major
ity. Representative Milam was one
of the authors of the amendment.
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for 1949, $1512,299,518; increage $32,-
81-2,472.
Total taxes for the counties were
$10,100,171; total taxes for schools
(imposed by the schapl districts),
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