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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, July 19, 1951
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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 Office at Clinton, S. C,
under Act of Congress March 3, 1879.
The Chronicle seeks l.ie cooperation of its subscribers and readers—
the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly
advice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when
they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will
not be noticed. This 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
not stop at, advertising. Why
couldn’t they go into the merchan
dising business? They could prob
ably find another smart guy who
would give them a cut for putting
up, say, a shoe counter in front of
the city hall.
But it could be fraught with
good. Maybe it will wake up the
sufferers to whats’ afoot, like so
cialized medicine woke up the doc
tors. Anyhow, barring complica
tions, come some early date, when
we drop our nickel in the slot for
the pleasure of parking one hour,
we will get an additional kick (take
it the way you want it) out of an
advertisement staring us in the
face.—The Laurens Advertiser.
Service Windows At
Post Office Close
At Noon Saturdays
The service windows at the local
post office are now closing on Sat
urdays at 12 o’clock noon, states
Postmaster W. D. Adair.
The following hours are observed
by the office: Monday through Fri
day—stamp, parcel post and general
delivery—8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; money
order and postal savings—0 a.m. to
5 p.m.
Saturdays: stamp, parcel post and
general delivery—8 a.ml to 12 noon;
money order and postal savings—9
a.m. to 12 noon.
The post office department asks
the public’s cooperation in supply
ing your proper address—street and
number, or box number—to all your
correspondents. Clinton is too big a
community for addresses such as
“John Doe, Clinton, S. C.” to be de
livered, says Mr. Adair. Delays and
possibly non-delivery and return to 1
CARD OF THANKS
The relatives and friends of the
late William May Poole wish to ex
press their thanks to the people in
this vicinity for their many acta
of kindness and sympathy shown
during his fecent illness and death.
CARD OF
r friends
THANKS
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our wonder
ful friends for the many kindness
es, beautiful floral offerings, and
other courtesies shown us at the
death of our dear wife and moth
er. May God bless each of you.
—REV. C. R. ANDERSON
AND CHILDREN.
sender will be the result of improper | If {f » Nerves See Your I
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addressing of mail. Proper autu cases,
riers and clerks in distributing and,
routing the mail for delivery each J
day, he states.
SAY
‘1 SAW IT IN THE CHRONICLE” \
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DA C. I. HART
254 West Main Street
LAURENS. S. C.
To my friends may I say thank
you for your kindness during my
illness. I appreciate so very much
the visits, cards, flowers and calls.
—MISS SALLY LYNN
BIBLE SCHOOL IN SESSION
Daily vacation Bible school
which continues this week at the
Church of God on Elizabeth street,
has reached a membership of 190.
Children desiring to attend Bible
school are invited to attend.
Dr. William W.
Adams
VETERINARIAN
614 Musgrove Street
Office Phone 958
Clinton, S. C.
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CLINTON, S. C.. THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1951
Sets Timely Example
The Laurens Kiwanis club recent
ly passed resolutions condemnhtg
government extravagance and regu
lations, and deploring encroachment
of government over the lives of in
dividuals which will lead eventually
to the destruction of the American
way of life. Copies of the resolutions
were ordered sent to the South Car-
lina enators and congressmen.
The timely action of the Laurens
club should be commended and fol
lowed by every civic and commercial
organization in the United States.
Only when the people back home
wake up from their apathy and un-
oncern and apply pressure on
Washington through a united front
•r.ay we hope for relief for what
wc .*re now witnessing and being
subjected to at the hands of our
.ci..k and unsound national admin
istration.
through the defiance of law and de
cency.
If we are to sanction gambling by
law on a nation-wide basis, what
may we expect. Do we have no re
spect for the youth of our land by
legalizing such practices and giving
them the impression that gambling!
is all right if it bears the approval ^
of the national government.
The House provision should be
killed and we hope Senator Kefau-
ver and his colleague, Senator Wiley!
of Wisconsin, will be successful in I
their fight when the tax measure is
acted upon by the senate finance
committee. Every man and woman |
who is disturbed over the let-down!
and low moral standards of the
country ought to be concerned over
such a proposal. Public opinion
should be aroused against this plan
for'more revenue with the scandal
ous results and crime it will bring.
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Southern Politics Federal Sales Tax
I J. M. Hinton, president of the 1 Proposed
The recent sales tax put upon the
people of South Carolina without
consulting them, is pulling in the
money, reports state. When the tax
was proposed the people were told
from Columbia that it would raise
Hinton, according to an Associated I an estimate of $31,000,000. Figures
Press dispatch on his talk, said that in othpr states with a similar tax, I
the "Negroes’ power at the polls was and. Testimates now made indicate '
South Carolina conference of the
National Association (or the Ad-
.imement of Colored People, was
one of the prominent speakers at a
meeting of that organization held
recently in Atlanta.
demonstrated by the defeat last year
of former Governor J. Strom Thur-
mtrnd of this state in his unsuccess-
ful race for the United States senate.
Thurmond lost in that importanl
rave by some 25,000 votes against
Olin Johnston. Hinton saic^, “52,000
Negroes voted in that election.” „
Hinton and some of the other big
wigs rejoiced over what they said
that it will raise probably forty mil
lion dollars, and of course that will:I
not all be spent for educationr As J
revenues rise, the grab game will'
gain in momentum.
With the tax now in operation, as |
we pointed out last week, on a 11c
purchase you pay 9%, on a 35c pur
chase 5 2-3%, on a 70c purchase 4%.
On gasoline you pay a 25% tax, on
was the apparent death o( the -ooca-colas 20%, on wages and earn-
States' Rights movement, which they ings 20% to 95%. Get your pencil 1 ,
called the “Dixiecrat" movement, and you will discover you are pay- 1 '
Their rejoicing is well understood, ing more than half of your income
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Had there been more leaders like
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Thurmond and others, the result of 1 A. nc i now f rom Washington there,,
the national election could have ( i s a proposal to impose a national
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been different. Too many were vot
ing for political expediency and
party loyalty rather than for prin
ciples for which our forefathers
stood.
Now political observers on Capitol
Hill are becoming increasingly con
vinced that Harry Truman will run
again for president next year, and
that he will be a hard man to beat.
We have given our opinion all the
while that he has been running since
his surprise re-election in ’48. Had a
sufficient number of states followed
South Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana
and Mississippi with their 38 oppo
sition electoral votes, the outcome
would in all probability have been
different.
It is interesting to note that some
of the political leaders four years
ago who saddled the fence and were
as dumb as sheep—are now becom
ing aroused over the Truman dan
ger. In fact, there are mutterings of
Southern revolt since Senator Harry
Byrd's rebellious speech in Atlanta
recently. If the Southern states band
sales tax, which Senator George at
Georgia says the senate finance com
mittee will probably reject. The pro
posal is in the name of the defense
program, as practically every spend
ing plan s labeled. Senator George
at the same time (the pity is we
have so few senators like George
and Byrd) said he doesn’t like a pro
vision of the $7.2 billion House-
passed tax increase bill which would
boost already high individual in
come taxes a flat 12 Vi per cent. Be
sides boosting individual income
taxes $2,847,000,000, the House bill
would hike corporation income and
excess profits taxes $1,252,000,000.
Miscellaneous changes in the reve-
| nue laws would raise an additional
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$245 million.
The idea of a national sales tax—
which if enacted will be just anoth
er tax — will further increase the
cost of living of the American peo
ple Certainly, it would increase fed
eral government “prosperity,” and
that is what the New Deal - Fair
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be re-elected without their votes.
For our part we say, anybody would
be an improvement on Truman.
Byrd is our first choice of the nation
Would Legalize Gambling
An unprecedented wave of crime
and gambling is sweeping the na
tion, and there is corruption and
questionable practices on the part
of many high in Government, recent
investigations have shown. Judges
giving light sentences, especially to
the bootleggers, then suspending a
large part of the sentences imposed
for varied offenses and probation
concessions, increases crime and
flaunts the law.
Now there is a proposal for a fed
eral “occupational tax” on illegal
gambling operations.’ The House bill
proposes to collect some $400 million
a year from gambling by imposing
such' heavy taxes on bookmakers,
numbers operators and other profes
sional gamblers.
Senator Kefauver’s i conomittee re-
c'-’dly made a report on crime that
s:vek d the American people and in
thr.t i tport took a firm stand against
legalized gambling. Instead of seek
ing revenue a? the states are all do
ing now, whether from liquor \or
©th( sources — the committee rec-
om ded stronger measures to
u out the profits of the big or
ganized gambling business, and to
make penalties heavier and surer for
those who seek their own gain
years.
This additional tax law now pro
posed should be killed. If passed it!
means an invasion in the lush field, 1
and like the new 3 per cent tax in
our state, would further increase the
cost of living for all purchases in-!
eluding food and the necessities of
life. A national sales tax would be
just another tax upon the burdened
shoulders of taxpayers.
Going Into Ad Business
We see by the papers, as Will
Rogers used to say, that the city
council is going into the advertis
ing business. Although the terms of
the contract appear hazy, it is pre
sumed that the city is planning to
share in the proceeds from an ad
vertising gadget to be attached to
our popular parking meters, de
scribed by the Walterboro Press
and Standard as “silver posts.”
Of course, this is an invasion of
the field of private enterprise, and
is just another minor illustration
of the march in this country tow
ard socialism, which, of course, is
the forerunner of—oh, well, let’s
not use harsh words.
The principle is important, but
nobody is directly interested ex
cept a few newspapers, job print-
ers, bill posters, radio stations and
such, a crowd that few people will
weep over anyway.
The only thing, the council might
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