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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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Thursday, January 25, 1951 %
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Rotify It
A joint resolution is to be intro
duced in the state general assembly
by the judiciary committee to ratify
the constitutional amendment limit
ing the tenture of the President of
the United States to two four-year
term'. Such a resolution was passed
by the house last year but for some C ■
unannounced reason was held up in J I 00 MOfiy bp€6Cn€S
the ,'enate Why, is the $64 question
Tne amendment should be passed
by both houses at the present ses-
- or. In so doip. t we will be following
way to draw the bill. And when it
is passed, and the enormous revenue
it will produce, begins flowing in,
the state spenders will then spend
at an unprecedented rate, imitating
to a degree at least, the federal gov
ernment which is carrying taxes al
most to a confiscation point.
High School Students
Hear Representatives
Of State Colleges
Clinton high school students were
given the opportunity of talking with
representatives from the colleges of
South Carolina Tuesday when col
lege “Emphasis Day” was observed
at the local armory.
This is the first year that this sys
tem of college-prospective student
discussions has been used here. Ev
ery college in the state was invited
to send representatives to the parlay.
An invitation was also extended to
parents of high school seniors who
were interested in the talks.
The program began at ten o’clock
and was divided into three half-hour
periods so that r the students could
talk with representatives from a
number of schools.
Schools sending representatives to
the meeting were Draughon Business
college, Columbia General hospital,
Coker, Winthrop, Lander and Lime
stone colleges, Anderson Junior col
lege, Furman University, Clemson
college, The University orf South Car
olina, Presbyterian, Wofford, New
berry, and Erskine colleges.
The college representatives had
lunch in the high school cafeteria af
ter the program, which was under
the sponsorship of the high school
council.
Extension Course To
Be Offered Here
! The University of South Carolina
(will offer an extension course “Ex
tra Curricular Activities” at Clinton
high school beginning February 7 at
3:30 p. m. The course will carry both
graduate and undergraduate credit
and will be taught by Prof. W. E.
Monts of Newberry college.
Soles Tax Proposed
(Continued from page one)
taxes against motor vehicles.
After six months of study and
work, the report was handed to the
House at noon.
It was received as information by
the House, to be printed in the
House journal and discussed infor
mally yesterday.
Mr. Hollings said he hoped the
Ways and Means Committee, which
Rep. Charlie Verner heads, will
bring out the recommendations in
the form of committee bills.
During 1951-52, the additional
funds would be used for increases in
budget requirements over and above
the expenditures of 1950-51, amount
ing to $6,903,607.33. This latter sum
includes $1,833,816.95 in teacher pay
increases normally accruing because
of the certification program, and
inceases of $735,840.05 for the educa
tional institutions: 797,967.46 for
public welfare; $662,059.50 for wel-
|fare institutions; $331,319 for penal
institutions, and $1,057,425.23, for
departments, over last year.
Joanna News
(Continued from page eight)
The gaily decorated birthday cake
held 8 burning candles and was done
in pink and green.
Miss Lillie Mae Franklin assisted
Mrs. G. W. Price, the honoree’s
mother, in serving the refreshments
of ice cream and cake.
Little Ruth Braswell of Clinton was
the only out-of-town guest.
Kelly-Marshall
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Kelly announce
the marriage of their daughter, Myr
tle Sybil, to Harold Lee Marshall, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Marshall of
Joanna. The wedding was solemnized
at the office of the Probate judge ia
Laurens in the presence of the young
couple’s parents. The bride was at
tired in a red corduroy dress and
white spring wool coat.
(Mr. and Mrs. Marshall are making
their home with the bride’s parents on
Magnolia street at present.
Choir On Air Sunday
Due to the current being off, the
recording of the Epworth Methodist
church choir will be replayed Sunday,
Jan. 28 at 2 o’clock over WUBG, to
that the people of the community may
hear the program.
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The President has made several
! speeches recently. Everybody seems
| to be speaking, and most of the talk
carries little weight with the peo-
a!i c:idy taken by a num-, pie. The need is for action and not
' so much speech-making.
In spite of the President’s talks 1
the fact stares us in the face that the i
I federal debt is $256,602,605,557 and |
: that on January first the Govern-1
merit had collected since July, $17,-,
954.213.762 and had spent more than
eighteen billions. And that does not
begin to tell the story for Govern
ment has authorized many other raids
' under the disguise of preparedness,
with no let-up in pork barrel appro
priations. And while all the speech
making is going on we read of
daily grants and loans for all sorts
of things that are unnecessary
through unsound, socialistic policies
—spending and extravagance.
i'i recent years the plan has been
oerpetuate the President in office
v.j;h third and fourth terms or more.
lr. *he Democratic party especially,
on y one aspirant has been put forth
lor the nomination, with no build
up allowed for other men in the
~)krty. Noth, with a presidential elec
tion confronting the nation President
Truman is the only prospective can-
c.riate the party offers, while the
republicans have several men they
arc suggesting.
A one man party is harmful. It is
dc.ngerous to give any one man un-
1 rr..tcd power over a kmg period of
years And no man is indispensable.
An Uncertoin Status Price-Woge Controls
Representative Rivers of this state
I- demanding that Congress set up
lor the armed forces a proper office
Mi mat National Guardsmen and ail
He-crvists will know their future sta
tu.- Present uncertainty and confus-
jor, he says, has reached such an
alarming stage that those liable to
cal! have no way of knowing where
they stand.
Tne proposal seems timely and
nteced Members of the reserve un
its are encountering difficulties
sv.nen seeking employment, especial
ly young men in the lower age
group Most employers are unwilling
to hire men who are subject to call
mtt the ^rmed forces, and this
works a hardship on many. These
are not normal times we all know,
and it is only fair in the face of pre
sent uncertainties for employers to
share .-ome of these with those who
«re subject to call into the service.
Defying The Governor
The Ku Klux K an in Horry coun
ty .s charged with flogging two white
nitn a few nights ago because their
personal conduct was not approved
oy the unidentified men. The sher
iff cf the county who has been wag
ing a relentless fight against the
K.an in that section in their night-
.riding activities, says he will depu-
t.*e scores of citizens, as many as
ICO if necessary—in every precinct
to help him enfoiipe the law. If there
arc ‘•rackets” in my county he said,
as charged by certain leaders, the
Klan is the only racket.
In his inaugural address Governor
Byrnes said frankly that he would
not tolerate violence and outside the
law conduct in the state. He was
lauded in all parts of the state for
his clear position for an end must
be put to this spread of lawlessness
and taking of the law into their own
hands by a small minority group.
The latest Horry flogging, com
ing just a few days after the inau
guration, is an open, direct defiance
of the outspoken ultimatum from
Governor Byrnes. Citizens of South
Carolina hope the governor and con-
statoulary forces, aided by sheriffs
and other officers, mean business and
will not stop or hesitate in their ef
fort to put an end to mob violence.
Toe American people are now told
that price and wage controls are just
around the comer. That raises the
second question, will there be ra
tioning.
The new Defense Mobilization Di
rector Charles E. Wilson says he
hopes not. but he doesn’t know. He
was talking about consumer ration
ing of course.
Prices have not been held down,
but are sky-rocketing. Take a ten
dollar bill to the grocery store and
see what it will buy, or purchase
any other commodity. In our bus
iness many pnees have increased as
much as one hundred per cent. If
prices are to be held down, distribu
tion must be controlled. Scarcity or
a threat of scarcity, creates a buy
ing spree and empty shelves. And
«vhen and if this gets started unex
pected, it is likely that the ration
books will be brought out again by
popular demand.
Government can’t control prices
succeesfully as the last w'ar demon
strated. Rationing and controls
brought black-marketing and exces
sive profits on the part of many. Re-
conversion is not automatic as the
years Immediately following the w'ar
illustrated.
Local Classroom
Teachers Hold Meet
The Classroian Teachers Associa-
1 tion met in the high school auditor-
imm January 10. Mrs. Nene D. Work
man, local classroom president, pre
sided. A tap dance was given by
I Jackie Franks. Also there was a bal
let dance by Rachel Ann Wilson,
Dianne Roddy, Corrine Boyd, Ann
Baker, and Ann Ray.
Miss Nancy Day, state supervisor
jof library work, discussed “Reading”
! for pupils. She brought writh her a
collection of books suitable for gram
mar and high school pupils.
Afterwards coffee and cookies were
served in the home economics room.
On Its Wo
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tec
A sugar-coated sales tax propos-
' al to produce $30,000,000 a year lor
schools and other needs as deter
mined by the legislature, is now up in
the general assembly as was expect
ed. It proposes a 3 per cent tax and
carries some promised reductions.
And it then sets forth a list of ex
emptions. If enacted, which is now
predicted, it will make tax collec
tors of the state's merchants.
The Chronicle has never advocated
-b 'general sales tax to meet financial
oemands. Cut expenditures as can
be done, and there will be no press
ing need for added millions in taxes.
To a large extent the tax will be just
another heavy tax shoulded upon the
pidblic.
Why sugar-coat the proposal with
stipulated exceptions for certain it-
«ms. If we are to have such a tax
make it applicable to all alike, with
no exemptions. That is the only fair
Winn Promoted To
First Lieutenant
Second Lieutenant Charles C.
Winn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carlton
F. Winn, of this city, was recently
promoted to First Lieutenant U. S.
Army. He \y a s graduated from P. C.
in June 1949 and after finishing
courses at Fort Riley, Kansas and
Fort Benning, Ga. was sent to Fort
Dix, N. J. He has been in foreign
service since August 1950. He is a
member of the 4Q&8 American Le
gion of Greenville, of which his fath
er is chef de gare. His address is:
First Lt. Charles C. Winn, Co. L,
351 st Inf., APO 209, % P. M., New
York, N. Y.
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