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Page Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, March 8, 1951 olhr (dltntun QUirmrirU Established 19M WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscnption Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year $2.00 - Six Months $1.25 Entered aS Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Offi<» at Clinton, S. C, under Act of Congress March 3, 1879. The Chronitde seeks tae cooperation of its subscribers and readera— the publisher will at aU times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advice The Chronicle wiU publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. Tliis paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. MEMBER: SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION National Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia Presbyterian Sets State Track Meet For May 11 and 12 ( LINTON. S. C.. THURSDAY, MARCH 8. 1951 c . | a • j drastic and most likely low morale Kit* jCOnQQl AirCO twill result from an undesirable type The scandals involving RPC have Q f population to a large extent. Much ‘ now reached major proportions be- 0 f the charm of Aiken will be lost, j cause of multiplied charges of cor- ^ rujrtion and “influence peddling.'’ c I T Out of the testimony emerges a shad- MOUSeS rOSSCS jQieS I QX owy picture of "manipulation - ' and j -j^e House of Representatives with ••fixing” by a group on the inside minority opposition, has approved ith the big lending agency and that and to t h e Senate a huge ap- : the White House has been instru-1 pj^pj-j^jons bill of $142,772,174 and| mental in getting loans for certain three per cent sales tax-education clients. A $9,340 mink coat has en- bi u Th e final roll call vote on pas- tered into the picture, testimony s3 g e 0 { the combination measure re- fho.wng that it was bought by Merh cordcc j Representative Owens of this Young, whose wife is a White House county voting for the bill, and Rep-! stenographer Odor from manipula- resentatives Bridges and Wasson tion s that haw been going on and against it. noA are rightly exposed, are com- yhe people do not know where de to anything that came out of the sales tax money is going. We the Harding administration. j doubt that half of it goes for educa- . oral years ago Jesse Jones, tion, for efforts will be made all ch.urman of RiXT for several years along the line to divert funds, a ur.ul pis break with the Admims- clamor already being made to al- tration. said that the agency had locate part of it to the counties and ou::i.fd it> usefulness and should be municipalities. fi.en a Je.vnt burial.” That burial The Chronicle has never favored should have taken place long ago. a sales tax, for regardless of what and Congress should now do lU duty t its advocates say—it is just another and inter the agency with its dis- tax. Once on it will stay, or may agreeable smell be increased. ^ Last year the general assembly . c was against the proposal and killed An Uutrogeous rCC In the political campaign last Several news releases have come summer it was not an issue We from Washington during the past dodbt that it was advocated by a several days relative to hearings candalate in his race. What brought held there before the Federal Power about the change of sentiment over- Cummission indicating that Clinton, mgh - * For as soon as the present L..urens and Newtorry are interested session convened house and senat%* lii uutaimng a piped-in natural gas members began expressing them- distnbution system selves as favoring the bill. It passed While The Chronicle and taxpay- the house by a three-fourths vote of ers of the city are not familiar with the members What happened, we the facts of the case from the begin- ask. to bring about such unanimity nu.x to the present status, it is noted so quickly? The people were not from the reports that J. W. Good-, consulted, but behind closed doors win. Birmingham consulting engm- certain people decided they would e*r for Clinton and Newberry, testi- enact the sales tax law. The legis- fie«i aoout the plans those two towns lature is simply approving the decis- ar« .making for a SO-nule pipeline ion made some time between last at a cost rangirag from $785,000 to year's election and the convemrag of. $**’i.000 A joint project with Lau- the legislature this year in January.! rer.4 has also been discussed, the The sales tax will doubtless pass engineer stated at the hearing En- the senate and be enacted into law. guwer Goodwins lawyer, J. M. AI- But mark this, there will be plenty per, submitted copies of contracts of discussion of the issue in the elec- whireby Clinton and Newberry hired tion next year Good A in to represent them m the ^ case and prepare plans for a distn- /> n bution system that would transmit UlIF People Are Dumb natural gas from the Texas-New Considering the millions which ^ <>r< pipeline of the Transcontinen- Russia spent for the purpose of' Lil Gas Pipeline Corp. For his ser-fringing about the impasse between vices Goodwin would receive a fee Spain and the other anti-Communist of eight per cent which, he esti- nations, it is not surprising that so mated in testimony might run as many good Americans were de- high as $72,000. ceived. It is surprising that our If a promoter is to receive $72,000 President and our secretary of state it strikes us as an expensive venture I —who did not know what was going for the cities to enter upon. Tax- on—did, and still do, maintain their payers are of the opinion this is a strange attitude toward a potential big cost to be saddled upon them, j ally without whose help we could It would be tfie part of wisdom to not possibly hold Western Europe The South Carolina Intercollegiate Track and Field Meet will be held at Predbyterian college on May 11-1 12, P. C. Atheltic Director Walter A. Johnson, announced yesterday, i It will be the 24th year that Pres byterian has played host to the an nual meet which brings together the top cinder talent of the Palmetto state. i Johnson said the usual procedure will be followed at the 1951 running, with the freshman meet and varsity! trials scheduled for Friday, May 11, and the varsity finals set for May 12. [ Kiwanians To See New | 'South Carolina' Film I The regular meeting of the Ki-i wanis club will be held this evening! in the college dining hall at 7:00 with President B. C. Preslar, pre siding. ‘ [ It is announced that the new mo-j tion picture, “South Carolina,” will) be shown, the program having been arranged by the committee on | Achievement Reports. This picture in full color and sound has been reproduced by the Standard Oil company, and is a beautiful production. It gives an impressive presentation of South Carolina, covering all phases of its' development. FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that..on the 10th day of April, 1951, I will render a final account of my acts and doings as Administrator of the estate of Ora Weeks Wright in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens County, at 10 o’clock a.m., and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as Administrator. Any person inddbted to said estate is notified and required to make pay ment on or before that date; and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or be fore said date, duly proven or be for ever barred. D. V. WRIGHT, Adm., Clinton, S. C. March 6, 1951 29-4p drop the proposal now if to get it approved involves such outrageous fees. against the Russian armies; and without whose sanctuary we will sac rifice the men whom we sent to Western Europe, if the Reds attack, j This is a mystery which will surely ! be unfolded some day. Now it may alter the prospective The H-Bomb Plants This state did not ask tor the es tablishment of the H-bomb plants., of some of those who are confused 1 There is an element of "mystery” j about the Spanish situation to know why the Aiken-(Barn well area was just what sort of “Americans" sid- selected, for certainly the people of ed" with General Franco's oppon- that community did not want the ents—the self-styled Loyalists—in project which will upset and change the recent civil war in Spain. . their way of living. Usually, when The following organizations are a federal spending project is an-! listed in “Citations by Official Gov-! nounced from Washington congress- ernment Agencies of Organizations and Publications found to be Com munists or Communist Fronts” pre pared by Un-American Activities Committee, House of Representa tives, Decemlber 18, 1948: Abraham Lincoln Brigade. (Earl Browder claimed that 60% of the brigade were Communist party members); Action Committee to Free Spain; American Rescue Ship Mission; Friends of the Abraham i Lincoln Brigade; Medical Bureau; 1 and North American Committee toj aid Spanish Democracy; Spanish' Refugee Relief Campaign; Theatre Arts Committee (TAC); United American Spanish Aid Committee;’ Washington Committee to J*ift Span-1 ish Embargo. This is a list of some of the fine upstanding organizations of real Americans that preyed upon the credulous among our decent citizen ry. It is because of the work of these and like groups of “Ameri cans” that Spain is today wide open to attack by our deadly enemies. i Now who do you imagine was back of our local enemies. Where do you think the money came from? It is incredbile that so many Ameri cans are still dumb. men and senators rush into the press •with such announcements and the boast, "see what I got for you." Not true with this plant, there hasn't been a congressman or senator to publicly claim that he sought it or was instrumental in bringing it into our state. Now that the decision has been made of the enormous spending pro gram, there is speculation as to the effects, rt the advantages being weigh ed against the objections. - From the political angle it is noted that Senator Maybaak is angry and demanding that the government move its Savannah River plant of fice from Augusta to Aiken county. 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