The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, July 12, 1951, Image 12
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursdi^y, July 12, 1931
dhr (Clintun (EfynmirU
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Lydia Methodists
To Begin Drive To
Ercet Church Building
Last Rites Held For
Mrs. Richard King
Mrs. Little Mae Prince King, 48,
„ . . wife of Richard King, who resides
July 15 through 30 has been set near ^, e c ity f died early last Tuesday
as campaign dates for the building morning at Hays hospital after 4
fund drive of the Lydia Methodist week’s illness.
church. The congregation, not yet The funeral services were conducted
two years old, has grown to a size Wednesday afternoon at the Church
to warrant the erection of a build- of God on Elizabeth street by the
ing, and a considerable amount of Rev. J. B. Cole, assisted by the Rev.
money has already been raised. The R- H. Cause. Interment followed in
mill management has given a Rosemont cemetery, with nephews
building site. | serving as pallbearers.
The group now meets for ser-‘ T t e deceased is survived by her
vices twice each Sunday in the au-i ^. 3b f an V our s ° n . 8: W / C H ‘ + Kin * of
ence King, U. S. Army in Korea;
CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 12. 1951
last winter was burdened with the
cost of heating the entire building
just for three hours use of the au-j
auditorium.
The Rev. Newell Gv Bush, a ris-;
ing senior at Wofford college, is
in the parsonage the church has
pastor, and lives with his family!
furnished. During the school ses-
I sion, he commutes to Spartanburg
I to attend classes.
I Every phase of the activities of
the Methodist church, including a
j Sunday school, a Methodist Youth 1
pies that can be cited- This one we an d a Woman’s Society,
are mentioning was pointed out Christian Service has been or-
How the Tax Works
The general assembly recently, recently by a column writer when ^ a Ilj ze ^ an d are very active.
passed a general sales tax of 3 per jj ouse Appropriations commit-! c ^ urc ^ ^ as a Pproximately 40
tee for economy in government in-
cent which became effective July
1 It is now estimated by some; vaded the Capitol inself,
who should know’, that the tax will
produce approximately forty mil
lion dollars instead of thirty mil-
members, and is the youngest con
gregation in the Greenwood dis- 1
, , . ,. .. ' trict. The Rev. M. B. Patrick, dis-
They found .n the bill an item ^ superlntendent will hol( j th s e ,
- ! - quarterly conferenee at tte
li^enarted S ' ated Whe " laW | This, safdthe writo^ho attended f“ 1 n v da ,? a r ? 0 "! l "f i wors, ? i P % rvi “
was enacted. | Jul y 15 - at wh »ch time he will ad-
The law states that a tax of 3 year^T^^hearin^did^o^disdose ^ Tnunion -
r cent will be levied on the gross what they do with the trunks. : the organizing of
per
retail sales of a business at the end
of each month.
they
Another
example. The
a con
gregation at Lydia, that commu-
Only on sales over . senate nity was the largest community in
$1 00 is there any semblance of a 3 * ad , or ? el S? fr ?™ ^ South Carolina without a Metho-
per cent tax.
printing office 5,600 calendars at a <jist church.
Fennell is Sunday school
the customer ™ vs T tax rt'w* C0St ° f $1 ’ 92L46 - That each B. v
on a 36c purchase 5 5%, on a 66c of the senators more than fifty cal- superintendent. Miss Joyce Mitch-
purchase 4 5%. Sales ranging from ® nda 5 s : eacb w 'th a Picture of the ell is president of the M.Y.F., and
the low of 11c up to 95c. cany a the 8eI } at ° rS do . *J rs J- w Mitchell is president of
tax ranging from 9:0% to 3.1%. ^ calendars »s still an un- the Society of Christian Service.'
This shows a heavy over-pay-' aI ? Wered « qu # es Ji on Jl\ e n - J- W. Lawrence is lay leader. The!
ment by customers on small pur- ^ n rh get S ° o° a ? ° f stewards is composed of
chases below’ one dollar for w’hich d ‘ rod nn i v rrw/wa«' r £ nT ? e ^’ Mitchell. Mrs.
no payment is made by the state. 74 “1 th ^ an Ln t Ca ! oI T S"™’ Mrs E - w - Mitchell
Many are saying that the mer- g,V,ng each man about, and J! W. Lawrence.
chants will make money out of the _. y ‘ . a I __ - ^
sales tax, a statement generally committee ran onto the case 29,510,000 ACFGS
speaking, which is incorrect. It’s a woman employed in the docu- S' it D •
true that if merchants and business ment fold,n g room who had been *JT L-Otron Demg
firms meet certain 'requirements absent so»ftething more than thirty r I f j . .,r
they are allowed a small fee in da y s whlle she worked down town J
compensation for their services. m a *>e*uty parlor but drew hen . * “
And these added records and re- pa y for those da y s ,rom the fold- Washington. July 9-Cotton m|
ports mean more work and more ,n « roorn allowance. The official in cultivation on the nations farms
expense to the merchant. They charge dfr the folding room said she; J" 1 was estimated at 29.-
will not get rich out of the sales had a & Teed io refund the salary she 510.000 acres by the agriculture de
tax. Rather they will have more had collected for the days when ^y- compares
be^)k work, more operating over- ,she was cur lmg h air instead of with 18,613,000 a year ago for the
head and more headaches folding for mailing the speeches the sh 2j 1950 crop.
. congressmen had not made but a lhe department made no forecast
n « 1 • xam r which they mailed to their con-. Tor production gut at last year’s
Robbing Wage Earners Stituents as part of the appendix avera ge yield to the acre, the crop
The sales tax. put upon the peo- t0 Congressional Record. a ^? Ut 16 ’ 52 . 0 ’2?° bales of|
pie of South Carolina without con- Another example. A news story. 2 8 gross weight,
suiting them In any way, has been from Washington says that the big- d ^ ompar f
declared constitutional along with wig bureaucrats ride to their of- , g t ic non g0a A.°f I
the $75,000,000 bond Issue which is, fices with 7.05T government-paid v _ - in aio non last |
expected to far exceed this amount. | chauffeurs and in 19,888 limousines j moil a es ’ which was
Tins means that all merchants and and passenger cars. ’ Compare this smallest cro P in the last ;
business firms become tax collect- high-handed raid with the millions .
ors fer the state, and that consum- °f taxpayers who each day must wa this 4° produ< ; t,on j
er< must pay a three per cent tax ride trains, buses, street cars, or| dom -^^ a 7«« PreVe, } t u l
on practically everything they eat wheel their own cars through hea-' s hr>rtflffA Tn erri 4 ment * ha 4
or use It means that the cost of v/. traffic, all at their own expense.! , mDOSed iirr?i4«4iin r ^ protect i
living increased three per cent July These figures are negligible, of ports. g ^ 3
fi rs * j course, when compared to the mil-! —
Employers for years nave been boos being handed out for all sorts'
lax collectors at enormous expense, of grants or projects having not the
for the federal government, and remotest connection with the de-|
without remuneration. Government fense program. But they show what
reaches its hand in the pay envel- * s * n the air and are illuminating
•jpe of millions of people without to taxpayers in showing how the
their consent. The passage of that lawmakers waste their money. *
law by the Roosevelt spending! ^
crowd was the smartest trick theylij q . • c
ever pulled If the federal govern- ^CrUrdOy rOT
ment did its own collecting from!T 0 /I/4 Funprnl
individuals, the people would be- i m
come fully conscious each week of . ., . . . ..
what is transpiring and there! Among ^ out of tpwn rela t» ves
on
would be a* genersil ^revolT against | ? nd friend, here Saturday for the
present high taxes which has been 'J nera l scr^ces of J. R. Todd were.
the order of the day the past eight- 1 Co ™. Do ^’ Mm Jane,
een years. ^ I Bonnan, Miss Came Belle Don-J
—v . I nan . Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Donnan,
The average wage earner does Mrs M c . De aver, Eugene Sloan,
not consider his gross salary when; Mr and Mrs Frank Godfrey, Co
de speaks of his income. What he i umbia; j^nald and Carroll Don-
sees is his take home pay * the nant ^ Marie Compton, Mr. and
amount of money he actually re-1 Mrs . Roy Simpson, Mr. and Mrs.
eeives after all deductions when Harrison Blume of Greenville; Mr.
his payday comes around whether and Mrs . Joe Simpson, Sr., Joe
on a weekly or monthly basis. , Simpsoni j r i Mr and Mrs Tom
government through taxes is cut- Scott, Miss Irene Donnan, Mr. and
ting down the take home pay , Mrs. George Donnan. Mrs. Dave
more and more. If we keep going Bobo, of Whitmire; Mr. and Mrs.
at the present rate without a new,; Alfred Boykin, Camden; Mrs. Sam
sane leadership in Washington, Todd( m,.. and Mrs Ryland Todd
we are headed for the confiscation Mrs . Grier Todd Miss EUen Todd
point—unless we rise up and put M iss Elizabeth Todd, Boyce Todd
a stop to Socialism handed to us G f Darlington; Mr. and Mrs. Joe
today in many guises. | Martin Todd, Mr. and Mrs. William
There is only one way to protect Reed TocM, BUI Todd of Green-
vour “take home’’ pay, and that is WO od; Rev. and Mrs. Enoch Stock-
through a new governmental econ-; m an, Tommie and Ronnie Stock
omy system applying to federal, i man 0 f Clemson college; J. Paul
state and local. If the American Todd and Paulagene Todd of At-
people do not become aroused be-, lanta, Ga.; Mrs. Paul Alexander,
fore it is too late the socialists and, Mrs. John Teague, Mr. and Mrs
spend boys will clip our “take Frank Martin, Frank Martin, Jr,
home” pay right down to a bare Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Rowland of
j subsistence (figure. Washington Laurens; Mrs. Esther E. MiUer Mr
wants to spend the money and not, and Mrs. Herbert Butler Tryon N
allow the people to spend it who! C.; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Cunning-
eam it. We need a house-cleaning ham of Chester,
m the White House and Congress,
as we have said often before.
How Money Is Wasted
How taxpayers’ Vnoney is wast
ed in Washington is a disgrace,
with no move made to reduce ex
it uvagance. And while the spend
ing spree goes on there by Presi-
• » t Truman, senators, congress-• try record of 12,933 pounds of milk
en and bureaucrats, we are told and pounds of butterfat in the
' ac” home that we must tighten da y division, starting her record
«ur belts and economize because l as T ?.J'X e * r " 0 1 ,d - ,, ,
the defense program, we need. Seq 7 8 a el ‘ a 18 the daughter
—i-:. - *1 j x i— —• of the registered Guernsey sire, Se
quel’s General Twicavalier.
ATTENTION,
FARMERS!
Insure Your
Cotton Crop
AGAINST DAMAGE
BY HAIL.
Rates for Laurens County
$25.00 per $1,000
Insurance
.~See...
B. Hubert Boyd
Agrent
Guernsey Cow Makes
Record for Producing
Petersborough, N. H.—A registered
Guernsey cow, IMS Sequel’s Celia,
owned by I. M. Smith, Kinards, has
completed an official Advanced Regis-
And while we are told to work hard
to pay taxes and aeebnomize — the
* ’aJimirton crowd is living in lux
ury ar.d extravagance unequalled
before n the nation's history.
There are thousands of exam-
This record was supervised by the
Clemson Agricultural College and was
reported to The American Guernsey
Cattle Club for approval and publi
cation.
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Mable Cash and Mrs. Ruby White, all
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and one great grandchild; one broth
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sisters, Mrs. J. M. Spencer of Blacks
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Educational Movies At
Lydia Every Thursday
A series of educational movies,
sponsored by Lydia Cotton Mills,
Dr.
Optometrist
Laurens, S. C.
1M EAST MAIN STB EFT
South Side Public Square
HOURS FOR KYI
EXAMINATIONS:
9:00 to S‘49
Wednesdays 9:M to 12J0
Phone 794
each Thursday night. The <ilm?
are shown at the swimming pool at
8:00 p.m., under the direction of
Calvin A. Cooper, athletic director.
These movies cover a variety of
subjects such as home decoration,
big game hunting and fishing, big
league baseball, cooking, educa
tional tours, etc.
Tonight’s selection, “We Decorate
Our Home,” is of special interest
to the ladies and everyone is invit
ed to come out and enjoy these free
movies.
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