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>1 * § t ^ , Thursday, June 22, 1950 THE ^’LINTON CHRONICLE I Page Three <1 f County To Receive $7,459 Gas Tax For Past Month ^ Special to 'The Chronicle. Columbia, June 20.—The counties of South Carolina will'receive a to tal of $368,047 this moiHh from the monthly distribution of one cent of the six cent a gallon state tax on gasoline, according to State Treasur er Jeff Bates. Laurens county’s al- 1 lotment for the*month will be $7,459. The distribution being made 'this month is on the basis of the gasoline tax collected during the month of May. The distribution is based on the number of motor vehicle licen ses sold in each county. The state highway department re tains five cents *of the six cent a gallon state tax on gasoline, and the remaining one cent is distributed among the counties. With the be ginning of the 1950-51 fiscal year next month the state tax on gasoline will be raisecT to seven cents in ac cordance with a provision in the 1950-51 general appropriations bill 'passed by the General Assembly. McfNTOSH'S SHOE SHOP Send Your Shoes To Us for Bent Materials and Workmanship. As Washington Sees ir.. THE NATIONAL SCENE Special to The Chronicle. Washington, June 20—With con gress back in session after a nine- day memorial day vacation, passage of the basing point legislation and the challenge of Maine’s Senator Margaret. Chase Smith and six oth er Republicans to join their “decla ration of conscience” were the high points of, the week. The basing point legislation, pass- Controct Let For County Road Project Special to The Chronicle. , Columbia, June 20—The South Carolina State Highway Commission, at its monthly meeting for June which was held in Columbia last week, approved the extension of a construction contract in Laurens county. A contract of E. H. Hines Con struction Company was extended to include 2 miles on Road No. 36 from Road No. 54 to Road No. 64. The estimated cost of the extension is $18,627. ed by the senate 43 to 27 after the been attempted in retaliation from extension of the rent control law., question and* answer audience in There was somewhat general ap- auditorium of the library of con- I proval, according to observers of> ess K The , S\ was ^ ked wlth J ; members of both houses of congress. ! the report made by Secretary of • 4 t • \ f * \ * THANKFUL FOR STRENGTH TO WORK Mr*. Scholar Franklin, Raafa 1, Lanair City, T • n n ., writatt “Far four yoars I tafforod (ram •at an my ttom- •ch, poor appo- tit* and a tirod, w o a k , norvowo footing. Ikon I kad an op ora' ♦ion, in wkick my kaky diod. It * on mod tkot I foot my itrongtk. "I was anaMa fa da ma gmA mmA mfdmm L. mmm mrwwm wmmw MV* tMOV »ko day in kad. 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In other words, unless there is a conspiracy proved, all companies manufacturing a given the other side (Democrat) of the aisle; of the way the senate “has been made the rendezvous for villifica- tion, for selfish political gain at the sacrifice of individual reputations proved charges have been hurled from this side (Republican) of the aisle; of the obviously staged, un dignified countercharges that have and national unity”; of the way “we smear outsiders from the floor of the senate and hide behind the cloak of congressional immunity.” After declaring there was a lack State Dean Acheson on the London conference, at an unprecendehted SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRON1CLB “The Paper Everybody Reads” product are permitted to fix the Qf leader in the Democratic party same price to the consumer, no mat-| an( j con tinued technique ter from where or how the goods p i a yi n g into the hands of Com are actually shipped. - mun i s t s to “confuse, divide and con- The supreme court held this prac- quer,” and condemning witch-hunts tice was illegal and a violation of and smears, the statement said: the inti-trust laws. The new laws] .. It is high t ime that we stopped legalize the practice. Senator Paul thinking politically as Republicans Douglas of led th ® and Democrats about elections and against the bill, declaring it shot, started thinking patriotically as Am- the anti-trust laws with more holes ericJms about national security 6as- than there are m a large piece of ed on individual freedom. It is high Swiss cheese. He declared it time we al j stopped being tools would destroy competition, would and V i C ti ms totalitarian techn-i- discriminate against the south, west, queg —.techniques that if not checked,, southwest and New England, woulo; will sure iy end what we have come * create monopoly and that identical t0 c h e ri S h as the American way of Savings Accounts 3%—DIVIDEND—3% We invite savings accounts fronr thrpeople of Clinton and vicinity. You will like our friendly and efficient ser vice, and you will receive your dividend promptly each January 1st and July 1st. Any amount — from $1 up — opens an account. Each account is insured up to $5000 by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. Two people may have up to $15,000 fully insured. Accounts by mail promptly acknowledged. bids on public works would encour age corruption “in deciding the win ner. life.” Senator McCarthy, however, un- . , „ _ , , abashed, declared he would continue Aiming her remarks at Senator.^ c h ar g es an( j technique. Joseph C. McCarthy and his charges of Communist infestation of the : President Truman in the mean- state department, Senator Margaret | tlme - a * aln warned the house ways Chase Smith was joined by Sena-: and i mean s committee unless they tors Wayne Morse of Oregon, Char-! mac * e ^ or .j a ? c { : uts * n new rev * lies Tobey of Naw-Hampshixev. G«p. enue ’ he w ' ould be forced t0 vet0 the D. Aiben of Vermont, Irving M. Ivfes of New Yoric, Edward J. Thye of Chartered and Supervised by the United States Government tax hill. To date, the treasury es timated the house committee had Minnesota and Robert C. Hendrick- wri «en excise slashing cuts amount- son of New Jersey in declaring they * n S t0 . abou ^ th ® were “not proud of the way in which bl ^ on ^y a b° u t $412,000,000 o. the senate has been made a publicity new revenue. The senate banking platform for irresponsible sensation-j r 01711 ™ 1 * 86 bas Approved a six-months alism.” Nor were they proud of _ “the reckless abandon in which un- Laurens Federal Savings & Loan Association Telephone 22271 • LAURENS’ LARGEST SAVINGS INSTITUTION | ' 104 West Main Street, Laurens, S. C. S . • * VOTE FOR CLYDE G. 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