The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, February 23, 1950, Image 4
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, February 23, 1950
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Established 1900
WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher
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passes on to the wholesaler or retail- up to $2.20 on h- cotton dt;ess
|er. and^he adds his profit mark-up costs $7.85.”
i to the price of the article, he also' The association also cites the 206
adds the mark-up to that part of the taxes which Vride” your new aut--
’ price which is really just taxes. mobile.
j -Every corporation which pays Automobile manufacturers figure
| tax?s must emplby an accounting you pay from $355 to $466 in taxes,
force which deals, exclusively with most of them hidden, when you buy
taxes, and their salaries and expen- a ear that costs from $1,600 to $2 000
ses are passed on td the consumer as One tax study was done on a wom-
part of the company's overhead.*’ . a n’s hat bought in a New England
Here are some examples of the store. It carried 65- separate taxes,
and 41 local taxes from the time that
the ribbon, made in New Jersey
traveled to New England and got in*
! to a buyer’s hand.
Negro agricultural agent in Newber- providing boxes to comply with de-
ry county. ' j livery requirements. _ '
Sgt. C. L. McKinnon, who mrfdo 1
the arrest in December described
Case Postponed
CLINTON. S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23. 1950
The Disaster State
Senator Olin Johnston releases
statement that nearly fifteen hundred
disaster loans
I tions. Are we not educated enough
a 'to prepare and give our own? What ( er r s_taxes are added to the price
manner in which taxes pyramid, as
1 worked out by the association.
fake a woman’s cotton dress. The
association gays, -beginning with a _
bale of cotton the taxes begin to pileli— ~Z m .
up for the purchaser. The farmer Teacher Examination
who raises the cotton pays taxes, on
his land and farm implements to
the state, the county and the school
t district. He passes them along in the
price of his bale of cotton.
“At the cotton gin, where the fi-
1 bre is separated from the seeds, there
] are license taxes, excise taxes, social
security taxes, machinery taxes and
property taxes. They are adcled to the
price, and handed on down.
“Next comes the textile mills,
where the cotton is spun and woven
into cloth. Here again taxes must
be paid, much the same as at the gin,
and city taxes are added.
“The cotton then reaches the cloth
ing factory, where the manufaetur-
John Sweeney and Bellinger as key |
men in the alleged conspiracies.
All Residents 1
Need Mail Boxes
Postmastei“W. D. Adair stated'yes-
terday that a few residents of the !
city and Clinton Cotton Mills village
do, not have mail boxes at their!
houses, and asks their cooperation ink'll® Musgrove St. Clinton, S. C.
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IN Garlic Tablets
Laurens, Feb! 20.—The case ol
three Negroes, charged in warrants-
with conspiracy to defraud the state
in connection with the alleged wide
spread sale last Fall of teacher ex
amination keys, will not be tried at
the term of court which convened
here Monday morning, it was an
nounced by Solicitor Hugh Beasley.
The solicitor said that he was hold
ing it over for further Investigation.
He said that indictments would mot
be handed to the grand jury at this
term.
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The three defendants are John D
state department of education! -Finally the dress reaches just you Sweene y of Laurens, former Negro
, . , . | for? We would think the teachers'and me in the store. The storekeeper .agricultural'-agent; his brother, Uly-
, , iax e b n graj) eci m wou j d up a g a j nst suc h a pro-j pays a tax on his goods, his license^sses S. Grant Sweeney of Fork Shoals
n,.n -no m.i as compensation Ia ri ce d ure . for which several hidden rea-J fees, and they are added to the cost i a former teacher in Greenville coun-
sons are responsible.
.st year’s cotton losses,” the loans
^resenting an outlay of almost a
.n;llion dolars. • |
Thu.- we are portrayed by the sen-
. or as a disaster state, which is not
:: uc. and a poor advertisement to
outside industry which we are invit
ing to come into the state. There is
no sound reason for such a classifica-
“bn. TUs another case of turning to*
Washington for Ifioro handouts and
: i lief, a practice many of the con
gressmen and senators encourage.
It’s bunk, there is no disaster for any dents at ?resb y teri an college are ex-
-ceciai group. Politics is back of most ted to bring thc tQtal t0 the
: the handous or grants, regardless ; 800 mark , the maximum capacity.
. what purpose they are secured for,, ^ can be seated in the high school
Bureaucratic agencies in Washing-! auditorium here. The Laurens audi-
ton like to ha mi out your money. It!torium will seat a larger number,
helps them keep their jobs. The The plan of having the concerts ro-
’roubie is almost everybody-is being tate between the two towns is a
subsidized'—which is one'of the rea- splendid une. affording adequate fa-
es remain high. And remem- cilities and bringing the residents of
ier this —you taxpayers are paying the entire county closer together,
or the grants, gifts, disastei mon-, § uch a COU nty-wide organization
Music Interest Grows
It is 1 gratifying to members of- the
Laurens County Community Concert
association to know that the annual
drive made recently for the sale of
season, tickets for the coining season 1
was a success. It is reported by the
officers that 700 memberships were
sold, a small increase over last year.
Newcomers to the county and stu-
of the dress. All these taxes add ty, and 'Robert E. Beltinger. former
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IV. and subsidizing. Every cent that makes' it 'posable'' for musTc^oversto
ne government spends comes from enjo> . a class ol entertainment that
otherwise is available only to those
who reside in the larger cities. And
the cost of the tickers is reasonable.
Interest has growr: 'each year' since
the concerts began. We are glad that
Clinton and this section of the coun
ty joined in sponsoring the plan
when the invitation was extended.
Since the .concerts began in the
1 county music appreciation has gone
forward rapidly,.with much of the
progress is, direetty traceable to the
influence of this organization. Those
who. direct it have done a good job
and are making a contribution to the
county’s _edueationa! and cultural
Another Tax Wanted
It was reported’ frdm Columbia
yesterday that two thousand’or more
’eachers. parents and others called
n the “ate legislature to adopt a
“'.roe per cent sales tax earmarked
tor education We hope the legisla-
’ure will not be stampeded by the
high pressure march.
It is .n order for merchants to
' march" < n that body expressing
’heir opposition. Now is no time to
add a sales tax or any other kind of
t.i\ The people are heavily taxed
already The state budget will be out
of balar e if the present appropri-
ation bill passes. The sky seems to
be thc limit.
Thc Chronicle is opposed to a sales
tax for which the principal agitation
comes from the teachers association.
A sales tax is just another tax bur-
uen to be loaded upon the people.,
ike the excise lax which we were
a.- a temporary measure, and
at a e have it still. If there-is to be
-ak- t x .• should be levied on ev-
i yt:..t:3. .md" this means a hardship
y. especially those in the low-
r.t jracket If adopted, it will 5
a: ther tax. More are put on
ate ever removed.
and business firms are
tieo government tax collec-
• adoption of a sales tax
>0 another headache and ex-
the:n. If merchants are
ey a ill rise up now in pro
growth.
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The Yankee Exams
Dur.ng the week teachers in the
to have been taking the National
T. .ielver- examination which is one
.. tor their certification in South ’
Carokna.
Arwouncement was made recently 1
' i. t t ie South Carolina, highway pa-’
ol a >u .d pick up the 1950 examina-'
’• Princeton. N_ J . and deliver
t .ern unopened lor examination
'*om- ini th:> state the morning of
tne exam.rtations. This plan was to
jirevent t recurrence .oi-alleged Ne
gro cheating, it wS»-.stated by^-t-he-
; re. tor of the* statq education de-
partmeni's examinations and certifi
cation Immediately after the exam
inations. the director said, the high-
a ay patrol would return them to
Princeton for grading. i
A teacher, after completing fohr
years at an accredited high school,!
college or. university, must be sub
jected to a voluminous examination
before she can teach in this state,
The salary scale they fall into is de-;
termined to an extent by the grading
received in the examinations. This is
an unfair reflection on the* colleges,
we think, and is another reason why
>o many competent young women are
entering the business world rather i
tnan the teaching profession. Too
much red tape, summer school and
unnecessary requirements—many of,
them frankly say.-The salary scale, 1
which has been raised, and properly
.»u. is not the sole reason why there;
i- a "shortage of teachers, if there is,
one, The acute shortage we were told
about, especially during the war pe-
r.od, is gone. The teacher turn-over'
n j\v in the counties is small.
Apd this question we ask. If such :
examinations are compulsory for)
new teachers, why does this state,)
lighting for states rights — order off j
to Yankee town for these examina-
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How You Are Soaked
With Hidden Taxes
The American Taxpayers Associa
tion has revealed some startling fi
gures on hidden taxes. This is, a
22-year-old group kept up by con-
tribiAions. which tries. to inform
citizens just how they are being tax
ed and what is being done with their
money.
To figure out wha*/the lower in
come families are paying in taxes,
the association went to three differ
ent families and got them to ac
count for every penny they spent
through one year. In each case they
took a man and wife, with two chil
dren—the average American fam
ily. They took men who earned
$960. $1,800 and $2,400 a year. None
of them paid income taxes to Uncle
Sam. Either they barned too little
or their exemptions made it unnec
essary. But they paid taxes in the
following amounts. Read these fig
ures, they are eye-openers:
The man who earned $960 a year
paid out $128.84 a year in taxes.
The man 'who earned $1,800 a year
paid out $243
And the rru.n with a $2,400 in •'me
paid out $314 76.
The association trace i various
things we all buy from t..e first sdep
to the point at which w"e buy it. They
found we pay:
78 different taxes on a quart of
milk (the, taxes , just . about reores-
ent the value o
taxes on a loaf
the cream on a bot
tie of milk).
151 different
bread. * ~
100 different taxes on an egg.
125 different taxes on a woman’s
cotton dress.
118 different taxes on a man’s suit
of clothes. 1
154 taxes on a cake of soap. -
201 taxes on a gallon of gasoline.
The association says:
' “Hidden taxes force your land
lord to add $10 to every $30 that he
charges you for rent.
“Your nickel pays' a great many
hidden taxes every time you use the
telephone. Each telephone repres
ents an average of nearly $7 in year
ly hidden taxes.
“One third of what you pay for
food, clothing, electricity, gas, rent,
fuel and all down the entire list of
every day needs, represents taxes.”
The association wants you to re
member that hidden taxes start with
raw materials—like copper ore—and
all those taxes are added on as the
raw material is shipped, processed,
shipped again, retiled. This is what
tax experts call “pyramiding” of
taxes.
The association says, “it works this
way. When a tax is levied on an ar
ticle at any time during its produc
tion, that tax is passed on by the per
son who pays it as a part of the cost
of the article. When the article then
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