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COMMENT
ON^MEN
AKD THINGS
By The Spectator
Shall the Social Security tax of
2 ¥4 per cent be applied to farmers
•who operate their own farms? The
question is a live one, for the plan
of the bureaucrats Is to bring in the
farmers who are self-employed, or
operating for themselves.
A well known citizen of the State
writes about it and I am consulting
my friends of the Farm Bureau to
ascertain what they think of the
program.
A letter to me shows that an out
standing citizen is astonished that
the fifteen or sixteen billion dollar
aeserve is invested in Government
bonds. Several years ago I consulted
a very able man about this and he
j.eemed to think the practice was
sound. Here’s how it works: the
money paid for what is called the
Old Age and Survivors’ Insurance—
the three per cent at present—IVfe
per cent by the employer—that tax
swells into billions every year. In
1ne fifteen years of the operation of
this Old Age Insurance the Govern-
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Headaches, Gassy
Stomach Relieved,
Thanks To Sea If s
MRS. MATTIE MOSIER
Mrs. Mattie Mosier, Route 2,
Walker Road, East Chattanooga,
Tenn., writes
For ten years I suffered from
terrible spells of headache and
backache due to gassy stomach. It
seemed that I suffered from indi
gestion after most every meal and
at times my stomach seemed so up
set that these terrible headaches
and back misery came on. The first
bottle of Scalf’s Indian River Med
icine did wonders for me and I
have nothing but praise for this
grand medicinc. I eat what T please
with no fear of stomach gas “pains
and the pains in my back and head
are relieved.”
Try Scalfs Indian River Medicine
today on a rockbound guarantee of
satisfaction from the very first bot
tle. On sale at air^bod drug stores.
ment has accumulated fifteen or six
teen billions more than all the money
paid out in benefits. Where^js^ that
money? There is no such money: the
Government spends the money and
puts bonds in the Treasury. If there
should ever be a heavy withdrawal;
or if within a year the outgo exceed
ed the income, the Government
would have to borrow money to
make up the difference, or impose
taxes for the outlay. Does that look
like good business? Should such a
trust fimd be used by the Govern
ment? Or shouldn’t it be set aside
and guarded jealously for the bene-i
fit of the millions of people who
have paid in >he money and have a
right to expect payment in their old
age? -
My correspondent makes the point j
that the program to include millions
of additional workers is really a sub
tie effort to get more money to
spend, while putting J.O.U.’s in the
box. ; *v
It is not a sound plan for a trustee
to spend the trust funds.
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Carolina Rice! A man in Peru said
tr me “El arroz de Carolina, Senor;
el Estado de Ud”. What he said was
“Rice from Carolina, Sir; your
State”. But it was not rice from
Carolina, but “the Carolina” is the
grade of rice. My South -American
triends often said that the finest
quality of rice is labelled “Carolina”.
Carolina was once a great rice
producer. Today Louisiana and Tex
as are the rice producers. But per
haps South Carolina may “come
back.” When I was addressing the
South Carolina Agricultural Society
some weeks ago I heard of an in
quiry from Texas for 20,000 acres in
or near Charleston County for rice.
So I read with special interest the
story in the press that 5000 acres in
the lower Santee Delta will be
planted in rice.
As I understand, the planting of
rice will be an undertaking of The
South Carolina Rice Growers’ As
sociation, I quote The News &
Courier:
‘Mr. Major said the entire opera
tion will be mechanized form plant
ing to harvest Plans of the associa
tion^ xall for building a drying ware-
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Democratic Convention meet and ad- f-T RrirnK
journ one ddy in May, as usual? Or. I I'UVrlll&J
shall the Convention transact the DnilKlp
usual business and recede, have ai* * < ****' LyiililJIC
recess, subject to recall ^ the a-W
Chairman or Executive'~C6mmittee? vUlCoolIIIldlC
To Relieve
Misery of
HMtrin—iw
house and ^ mill to handle the crop.
The association has its own outlets
for handling sale of the product.
While the South’Carolina rice indus
try was dealt a death blow by a hur
ricane in 1911, scattered plantations
held out until after 1920. Perhaps
the last sizable rice acreage was
planted by the late L., A. Beckman,
superintendent of the Santee Gun
Club, for many years, who main
tained acreages between 100 and
2fia^acres until 1936. In 1938. R. O.
Mercer, present^ superintendent,
pianted 50 acres, the last to be
planted there. r
About 10 years ago Malcolm Lee
McLeod, Lowcountry * lumberman,
began experimenting with rice on
the Edisto. He produced successful
crops in 1950 and 1951 on some 250
acres.
Last year Mr. Major’s wife super
vised the planting, care and harvest
cf a rice crop on the Edisto River
and its success was a big factor in
the formation of the association.”
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Shall |he South Carolina State
I quote from a letter to me by the
well-known Carolinian who has
been in the forefront of the fight for
a fresh and vigorous assertion of
States’ Rights or local self-govern
ment—James H. Hammond of Co
lumbia:
Hon. J. K. Breedin
Manning, S. C.
Dear Mr. Breedin:
Following Conversation with you I
thought I had best write you a few
things I think of irt connectioji with
the oncoming elections.
South Carolina will vote for any
Democratic candidate who is truly
at heart a Democrat.
Truman is not and never was a
Democrat and this state is not go
ing to vote for him under any condi
tions, in my opinion.
Of course, if Byrnes, Russell, or
Byrd run, or somebody like that,
this state is going to vote Demo
cratic.
Should Truman be nominated and
have to run against Taft or Eisen
hower, the state will be confronted
with a terrible situation having no
Democratic candidate to vote for.
The people don’t like Taft, but if
it were between Truman and Eisen
hower, my opinion is they would go
for Eisenhower because even on the
Republican ticket he is more a Dem
ocrat than Truman is or ever has
been. 1 .
The County and State conventions
should not adjourn' after their meet
ing BUT SHOULD RECEDE FROM
BUSINESS. -.
We don’t know where we are go
ing and if these conventions are ad
journed and things take an unfor-
seen turn, we would have no way of
having popular ideas brought before
cur people for concerted action.
Certainly these conventions
Washington.—The nation’s vast
plant for the projected hydrogen
bomb will cost more than twice
as much as originally estimated, the
Atomic Energy commission report
ed today. • <
Chairman Gordon ’ Dean of the
ABC declared at a news conference
the probable cost has been upped
considerably” from a 600 million
dollar “guesstimate” of a year and
a half ago to 1 Vi billion dollars at
present.
Dean said the estimates were re
vised because it is apparent now
that “reactors” will cost more than
had been expected.
Reactors are devices for making
atomic explosives.
The ABC had annoJnced that the
reactors at the South Carolina H-
bomb plant were to be of “ad
vanced” design. Dean said today
“the design is still not completed
on some of them.” *
The new estimate was containecf
’in the AEC’s semi-annual,report to
congress today.
The commission described “in
tense activity” in the past six
months throughout the entire
atomic enterprise — including an
expanding atomic weapons pro-
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gram.’’ It told of:
L Full blast operation of all its
existing" plans including those for
making atomic explosives.
2. Progress on new construction
entailing 3 pen cent of the nation’s
total building expenditures and
employing nearly 2 per cent of the
country’s total construction force.
3. “Continued” increase in the
output of fissionable materials—at
a lower cost than ever.
4. “Substantial” and “significant
advances” in weapons research and
SHOULD RECEDE FROM BUS-1 < ^ e ' re ^P rnent -
rM»cc * V 1 v 5 - Increased domestic production
until after they know who L, uranium ores thank3 £ expand _
loth National parties put in as their, ln g exploration, opening of new
candidates. L
In my opinion, this is of greatest
importance, particularly at thisj AlCOhOllCS AnOnymOUS
time .. t . Meets Each Week
Very truly,
James H. Hammond”.
* I think Mr. Hammond is right, that
the State Convention should not ad
journ sine die, * but should be sub
ject to recall, following the National
Conventions.
producing areas, and incentive bo
nuses for uranium producers who
collected more than $250,000 in
such “prizes” last j^ear.
6. Research findflgs with radio
active isotopes that may lead to im
proved methods of • farming “and
lowered costs of food and fibre pro
duction.”
7. Further agricultural research
indicating that atomic “rays,”
while ^providing no stirpfllus to
plants, may aid in breeding new
varieties of crops, ; and also aid in,
the fight against certain crop dis
eases. (
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a meeting Saturday evening at 8:30
in the Clinton health center build
ing. Meetings are now being held
each week at this place and hour.
All interested persons, those with
an alcoholic problem, or without,
are cordially invited to attend the
meetings.
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NOTICE!
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County Auditor's office will
be open until March 1 to take
tax returns for the ensuing
year.
Real Estate will not be re* ^—
turned except in the coses of*
newly acquired property or
new^buildmgs which hove been
erected.! t
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PERSONAL PROPERTY .
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including automobiles and cattle are due to be
reported. The only property exempt from tax
ation is household furniture used in the home
of the owner.
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Jennie V. Culbertson
/ Laurens- County Auditor . ,
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