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THE' CLINTON CHRONICLE
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Thursday, March 15, 1951
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sweat to foot the bills—are denied.
This could be added also^—Presi
dent Truman is not also the coun
try’s best paid man (over-paid) but
he is the nation's champion “va
cationist at taxpayers’ expense
while the world faces a crisis at
home and abroad.
CLINTON. S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 15. 1951
The Dollar Going Down
Everything is going up except the
value of a dollar. It’s lost two-thirds
of its worth since 1990, and is still
slipping. After our legislature pass
es the proposed sales tax the dollar
Sn this state will be worth three per
cent less than its present value. This
means that your dollars will buy
less ano less in goods and service. A
lOO-cent dollar of 1900 is today only
a 31-cent dollar and the value is still
slipping.
Because of the declining value of
the dollar, there is talk now of pro
ducing a IVzc piece to replace or
supplement the nickel which, based
on its individual value, has almost
passed from the picture.
What Are the Facts
The taxpayers of Clinton have
been given no information , on the ( a ^ >out y° u ’
proposed natural gas line to serve!
the city. They .should be fully, intel
ligently informed by city council.
or money order for her return from
a visit to her native land.
But nobody could change it for
her. Even after the Travelers’ Aid
Society had come to her rescue and
put her up at a hotel for the night,
Machinery Liie Cut
To Half by Exposure
Storage Building Will
Reduce Farm Overhead
Since farmers reduce by half the
life of machinery left exposed to
the weather through the winter
months, according to a recent uni
versity survey, they will find it in
their interest financially to replace ,
old, inadequate and inefficient sheds
with modern, well-planned struc- |
tures.
The survey showed the life of j
equipment, housed and unhoused, as
a great New York bank, not known ^Hows: Walking plows, 20 years or j
for being short of change, one would cu ^ a tors 20 or eight; gang
think, took a look at the bill and P^ ows > 20 or 10; mowers, 12 or
begged off. And another passed the P^ anter * eight or four;
bill up to the Federal Reserve'. ^ n , d "’ 12 . or «ve; wagon, 24 or 19;
^ ^ and disc harrow, 15 or eight.
The lady is now back home with “No matter what the cost of bulld-
her husband and family. Had she
remained to talk it out with Fed-:
eral Reserve officials she would;
have learned more about the dis- j
advantage of $1,000 bills in ladies,
coin purses. When they show up,
suspicion is aroused, for they are
used largely by gamblers and black
marketers.
For our part we are not on speak
ing terms with $1,000 bills. What
County Home Board
To Ask Funds
For New Building
The Laurens County Home board
a new building from the cojinty
has been asked to request funds for
delegation, it was announced this
week.
Two committees appointed by the
County Council of Social Agencies,
the committee which investigated
possibilities for establishing a home
for the aged convalescent, and the
committee which worked for the
erection of a new building for the
County Home, met last week and
decided to make the request jointly:
The Rev. J. E. Rouse, chairman
of the convalescent home commit
tee, said that hte joint request was
decided upon because it was not
likely that funds for the convales
cent home could be secured in the
near future.
The Rev. Grange Cotheran, chair
man of the County Home commit
tee, said that the county supervisor,
Bennie Blakely, had asked the del
egation for funds for a new home
before but that the sum asked was
rejected as too high.
County members of Mr. Rouse’s
committee are R. L. Plaxico, Law
rence Barksdale, Douglas Gray, Mrs.
Marion Brown, Mrs. R. L, Gray, and
Miss Betty Richards...
Mrs. Ralph Wilson, the Rev. C.
L. Letson, Mrs. John C. Bolt and
Miss Susan Hall are on Mr. Coth
ran’s group.
Automobile Dealers Set
Price Regulations
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Automobile dealers will be al
lowed to pass along only the exact
dollars and cents amounts of the
recent price increase granted man
ufacturers of new passenger auto
biles, it was pointed out by OPS
Director James D. Griffin, of the
Columbia office.
Increased wholesale prices can be
added only in the case of cars pur
chased by dealers after March 1,
since the recent increase at the
manufacturer’s level did not become
effective until March 2. Therefore,
dealers cannot add to the cost of
cars purchased before March 2.
The order states that dealers are
permitted to pass along the exact
amount of the increases allowed
manufacturers.
OPS extended ceiling price regu
lation 1 of December 18, rolling
back new passenger car prices to
December 1 levels but with a provi
sion permiting 3V4 per cent increase
in manufacturers’ prices to partial
ly offset higher production costs.
Retail sales have been frozen at
the manufacturers’ suggested price
list in e_ect prior to January 26.
CREDITORS’ NOTICE
All persons having claims against
the estate of Fannie Y. Blalock, de
ceased, are hereby notified to file the
same, duly verified, with the under
signed, and those indebted to said
estate will please make payment
likewise.
DR. GEO. R. BLALOCK,
Administrator.
March 9, 1961. 29-3c
CALL 74
FOR YOUR PRINTING AND
OFFICE SUPPLY NEEDS
We do not know the cost of such j
An Outrageous Raid
President Truman is often referr
ed to as one of the nation’s best
a proposal but guess it would be i^ a t0 , as one of
several hundred thousand dollars. I c ‘ ressec * men.
Where is the money’ to come from 1 This can be added also—he Is one
if final approval is given for thej°f t^ e best, if not the best paid man
project? Is there a real need for such in the world. A statistician has :
p line built into the city?
figured it out that for a private |
citizen to match the standard of i
The picture above shows how
one farmer houses his ma
chinery in a modern structure.
The life of machinery left ex
posed to weather is reduced by
half, experts report.
ing, it is always cheaper than ma
chinery,’’ an agricultural engineer
reports. “No building on the farm
will pay better dividends than the
machinery shed.”
Typical of the modern type ma- ^
chinery building being used on
many farms is the one pictured
above. It is located on the Vincent
Now is no time to be piling more,,. . ^ .
taxes upon the people, city, school, " !ri ^ no " enjoyed by the Presi-
or county. Taxpayers are already , he i ** i, .w^aicu uu me vincem
loaded down The Chronicle opposes! ^ ^P^rident h^s tatei Lilly fann near Rochest er, Minn,
a bond issue for more city taxes for a y ear - ine ^resident nas taxe | i— ao a—. —j
any project or undertakin*. And we his 3a , ^ ------ - a— a„. „
000 is tax tree How many other "' h 'i
ore confident we express the senti
ment of our peaple. And we oppose
seeking Washington hand-outs that
have not the remotest connection
with our defense program. A war is
on in Korea. Men are fighting and
dying.
taxpayers have a take-home enve
lope of $110,000 a year. Then look
at these listed presidential services:
Forty-two “facilities” for travel,
vacationing and entertaining—^in
cluding planes, 35 White House au
tomobiles, the yacht Williamsburg,
private Pullman car, and vacation
rettreats in Key West, Fla., and
Maryland.
An estimated staff of 665 persons
to run them at an annual cost of
$1,491,540.
A White House travel allowance
of between $33,000 and $40,000, ex
clusive of air travel which is
charged to the air force.
The yacht Williamsburg, “for
which the crew costs alone are
$190,000 annually”
The President’s personal plane,
the Independence, costing $1,133,-
000 to build and about $120,000 a
year to man.
The President’s private railroad
car, costing between $250,000 and
$350,000.
A destroyer escort for the yacht
Williamdburg. It 'is said it costs the
navy $876,000 a year to operate a
vide ample room for the farmer’s
machinery.
Jobs For Lome Ducks
The Administration takes care of
its "lame ducks.*’ When one of the
New Deal-Fair Deal supporters is
defeated by the voters, another good
job is usually provided for the gen
tleman. Dr. Frank Graham of North
Carolina, rabid “Fair Deal” support
er, who was defeated last year by
ihe voters of his state, is the latest
example His appointment has been
announced by the Secretary of La
bor to head his department's defense
manpower program in a move aimed
at seizing the initiative in setting up
machinery to staff defense plants
•with voluntary manpower. While the
ex-senator is recognized as an able
administrator, and hes held verious
important posts — what measure of
success he will have in his new as
signment remains to be seen, or
whether it is needed.
The point is that those who belong j destroyer.
to the "Fair Deal” when repudiated; Secret service guards and White vorable returns from citrus fruits
at the polls by their own constitu- j House police costing $459,200 a and pasture lands.
ervey, don’t have much to worry year. White House salary costs 1
about. Mr. Truman takes care of the | of $998,254 a year for a staff of 225.
lame ducks. If there is not a lucra- j “|By comparison,” a Michigan
live position open, new ones can oe congressman says, “President Roose-
treated, and usually are. ! velt in 1946 had a staff Of 53 cost
ing $256,431, and President Hoover’s
City People With Money
Inflate Farm-Land Market.
The agriculture department re
ports that city folks with money—
and worries about possible further
shrinkage in Its buying power—are
helping to inflate the farm-land
market.
Many buyers are businessmen and
investors who are seeking good
farms as an investment hedge
against inflation. As a result farm
prices increased on a national aver
age basis 3 per cent between July
and November of last year. They
now are 5 per cent above the rec
ord set in March, 1920.
The department said land values
advanced in all states. The east
north central states showed the
largest average gain for any region
—6 per cent—but the west north
central, west south central and
pacific regions were up 5 per cent.
Average prices are higher than
a year ago in all but three states.
Florida showed the largest gain—
19 per cent—largely because of fa-
Dressmaken
Why the Suggestion?
A recent statement was made that
an agitation was on in Laurens to
move the county home there from its
present location. Throujgi the grape
vine line, we arc informed that fol
lowing the proposal from a “few” in
Laurens that a suggestion sprang up
also from a “few”, that an effort be
made to locate it here instead of in
Laurens.
Both suggestions should be thrown
in the waste basket. If-the county is
to maintain a “county home” it
ebould remain at its present ideal
location with 350 acres of land
■where plenty of food tor the inmates
and stock can be, and is being raised.
The aged who reside there should
be made conrfortable and given
•wholesome food and good care, and
it is our information that the super
intendent is doing a good* job- with
the funds provided.
Let the county home stay where
it is. There’s no plausible reason on
earth why it should be moved be
cause a little handful of people in
either or both towns make such u
proposal.
staff totaled 37 at a salary bill of
$127,200.
Then there are vacation retreats
at Key West and Shangri-La—the
latter a hide-out 70 miles from
Washington in nearby Maryland.
And in addition to the regular
White House fleet of ajb<Ait,25 cars,
it is getting a “luxury fleet” of 10
new cars.
These, the congressman said, are
specially-built limousines with gold
plated door-handles, vanities and
perfume cases.
What’s more, he added, even the
White House secretaries, who “once
walked to work . . . now arrive in
White House cars."
Such figures show that the pres
ent White House occupant is a top-
pay executive and enjoys services
undreamed of by his predecessors.
This ,is the same gentleman who
has informed Congress there are
glaring' inequalities in our present
income tax laws. Mr. Truman
highly qualifies as one of the “in
equality” boys as the above fig
ures show, and yet he has recom
mended income tax increases which
affect even married men with two
children, making $60 a week.
The maker of this staement gets
An Interesting Story
An interesting story came out of, $40,000 tax-free expenses for ^n-
New York recently concerning a I tertainment and travel and anoth-
21,000 bill. A lady from Yugoslavia, er $50,000 a year for other tax-
now of Michigan, disembarked in free “expenses.” While senators
New York with her small daughter, and congressmen are pikers by com-
•pariionT they also are drawing down
tax-exempt consideration on part of
their salaries. Why should they, or
the President, have privileges the
rest of us back home who toil and
out of “small change,” the variety
most of us are familiar with. All she
bad left was the $1,000 bill her hus
band had thought would be more
widely acceptable than a bank draft
These 12 girls captured top prizes
in the national 4-H clothing achieve
ment contest at the International
Livestock Exposition. Each won a
$300 scholarship for her skill. They
are, left to right, Arlene Olson, 18,
of Hartland, Minn.; Bonnie Needier,
18, Hartford City, Ind.; Joan Engle,
18, Abilene, Kan.; Evelyn Waugh,
17, White Plains, N.Y.; Mary Dick,
17, Yukon, Okie.; Betty# Been, 16,
Jena, La.; Patricia Lynch, 17,
Gaithersburg, Md.; Dolores Mom-
bac, 16, Las Cruces, N.M.; Nancy
Boyd, 16, Seedy, Tenn.; Dorthy ,1
Straus, 18, Johnson, Vt.; Wilma 1|
Beale, 17, Pomeroy, Wash.; and
Dorothy Heiderman, 17, Sheboygan
Falls, Wis.
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True Temper Eagle Glass
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Betts Glass Rods 6.95
Action, 4Vi ft 8.95.
True Temper Mercury, 4 ft. 7.95
LURES
Bombers, Bomberettes, Hula
Dancers, Spot Tails, Jointed,
Hawaiian Wigglers, River Runts,
Speed Shad, Crippled Shad and
Deep>0-Doodles, $1.10 to $1.25
Falls City Minnow Buckets,
heavy galvanized 1.95 to 2.95
Thermos Jugs, gallon size,
3.50 to 4.95
Thermos Bottles, Universal,
quarts 2.69
Little Brown Chest, portable
ice boxes 9.95 to 17.95
Bronson Reels, No. 2200 ...$5.95
Pflueger Reels, No. 1993L 13.95
Shakespeare Skillcast .... 11.95
Shakespeare No. 1956 6.95
South Bend No. 20 4.95
Langley No. 500 4.95
Minnow Seines 2.95
Nylon Castline 98c to 1.60
Frog Gigs, 4 prong 25c
Lauson 3-horse, air cooled
motors, no oil in your gaso
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Five Cell, Big Head Flash
lights 4.50
IN HEAVY HARDWARE
Heavy Galvanized Barb Wire, 4 points, roll $9.75
New Perfection Kerosene Water Heaters, single burner $39.95
Byrd Armolite Rugs, 9x12, floral and kitchen patterns $10.50
Manitex Rugs, of a lighter weight, 9x12, floral and kitchen, 2 for $13.00
Marquette Electric Ranges, 3 eyes and deep well cooker, heavy-
gauge enamel (standard) $199.50
Little Duchess Wringer Type Washer, 9 lbs $144.95
Kelvinator Refrigerators, five models, 7 to 9Vi cu. ft. of perfect
storage : $249.95 to $319.95
GROCERIES '
Jewell Shortening, lb. pkg 28c
Pink Salmon, Searchlight,
toll can j 55c
Honey Boy Sqlmon, tall 47c
Tony Dog Food 3 for 29c
JFC Coffee, in tin, regular
grind, lb 85c
Staley's Starch, pkg 2 for 9c
Duz, Tide, large 32c
Soft Spun Tissue, 1000 sheets,
2 rolls for 25c
Waldorf Tissue, 650 sheets 9c
BISCUIT KING FLOUR
25 lbs. self-rising $2.16
10 lbs. self-rising 89c
DEL MONTE
Catsup, 14 oz. bottle
Green Asparagus, No. 2 can. T .
White Cream Corn, 303 can...
Golden Cream Corn ,303 can.
April Showers Peas, 303 can...
MEATS
Pork Sausage, fresh ground, lb.
Sirfoin Steak, lb
Fresh Ground Beef, lb
Cafe Style Weiners, lb
Wisconsin State Cheese, lb
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