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Page Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, June 19, 1952 dljr (Cltntmt (Ehnintrlr Established 1»0« WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription 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 t 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 vie'’.* or opinions of its cot respondents. MEMBER: SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION National Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia Children's Library Vacation Reading Club A vacation reading club is being ' conducted by the children’s library J for two age groups, the younger and ^ older children, according to an an- | npuncement by Mrs. James S. Gray, librarian. , Certificates will be awarded to those who have done the required amount of reading. The library is open Monday, Wednesday and Fri day afternoons from 3 to 5 and Sat urday from 9 to 11. New books have been added and all children in the area are invited to use the library facilities. Sewing Classes Begin Next Week A teen-age sewing class for begin ners will start Wednesday afternoon, June 25. Classes, under the instruc tion of Mrs. Roily Bannister, will be held each Wednesday from 3 to 6, p.m. in the home economics depart ment at Clinton high school. Begin- ning the 27th, a sewing class for adults will be held each Friday from 3 to C p.m. WE DO ALL KINDS OF PRINTING —EXCEPT BAD CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1952 Truman's Man Named President Truman, as had been I. 11 dieted, has appointed Ashton Wil- of Lake City, as U. S. judge lor the Eastern district of this state, to till the vacancy caused by the re in oment' of Judge Waring, who has moved from the state to New York, h;-' goinc away causing no regret. Mr. Williams was Truman’s 1948 manager and worked against Gov. J. £irofn' Thurmond and the States’ Tli.his ticket. Senators Johnston and _M;<yb,ar.k both immediately stated v.bliely they would not stahd'in the - yay of Williams’ confirmation in the aerate. This makes it unanimous, Ttuman. Johnston and Maybank. House members from this state re mained from comment. It's just another fulfillment of the - oils ystem, “you play ball with me end I will play with you.” Spuds Again Plentiful The recent irish potato shortage has passed into history with spuds v olontiMl in markets from coast coast. Pri es have already drop- t d, in many places as much as one- rd from the high reached soon r the price ceilings were sus- .nd«i about two weeks ago. Whole- >,de prices are back at or near the - Id 'ceilings. ' - The potato shortage resulted di- where the results of drinking lead, and how- the habit has, and is now ruining millions of men and women, as well as young boys and girls. The distillers in their magazine advertising especially present their story in an aTTuflng mariner to“ at tract and secure customers. The por traits they present of “men of dis tinction” seek to create the impres sion that drinking is the thing to do and helps contribute to one’s suc cess—Whicli is an utter untruth, as millions can testify. There are thou sands of incidents that arc not sought TTr TvarT^d tn. rfrrmirmTHer^-for -dheir big four-color ads. Here is one we read this morning: The West Vir ginia man who careened his car around a corner into a parked auto mobile, and then across the street into the brick pillars of a porch, kill ing a three-year old girl and serious ly injuring her little playmate. He was arrested by officers and pharged with manslaughter and drunken driving. This is a common story the public reads daily. rcctiy from :upul government tius. The surplus was caused by price support 1 . The shortage was c iused by price ceilings, and both the surplus and shortage were made by the theorists in Washington. The ' r .ry of how potatoes were given I'.vay promiscuously, tampered with .'d made unfit tor human consump- th \ does not need to be related over. The relief in the situation is due to the ancient law of supply and de- r.i. nd on a free market being given an opportunity to work without gov- errment interference. It can do a better job always than all the bu reaucrats who attempt to regulate prices, surpluses and shortages, and .n many farmers have said, “they do not know the difference between a potato plant and a wild morning glcry.” _ The only sound, safe way to carry on business or handle food or other commodities is through the natural economic processes. The job cannot be done through price control as the people well know when they reflect back on the attempt made in the war black-market period, and the recent working of OHS. Controls, no mat ter how wisely drawn and how care- t’ully applied, eat like termites at the very foundation of our free enter prise system which has given us our < ecr.omic might and our living stan dards. Controls discourage initiative are! ultimately (reduce production—a mem who is smothered in red tape can hardly be expected to be pro gressive. There is only one sound way to dec.! with controls now — abandon them. The stupid, disgraceful “potato story’' gives ample proof that we cannot improve on the natural pro- tess of supply and demand. Another Spending Spree To Start The American taxpayers are in formed from Washington that start ing July 1, the government is going to begin borrowing on the heaviest scale since World War II in order to meet defense-swollen expenses. Ev- frimcd uu defence. And Distillers Complaining The South Carolina liquor law rev- e::ue is reported from Columbia to be decreasing, the downward trend, dealers say, is due to the high tax levy on the product. The state went mto the liquor business primarily for support of the public schools, and naturally dealers want prices reduc ed in order to increase consumer buying. From New York there comes a re port that John Barleycorn is having a hard time, and the distillers arej worried. The buying of legal liquor has lagged as new taxes forced high er prices, and the manufacturers are. disturbed because- people are drink- t ing more wine and beer instead.) Moonshiners, they protest, are mak-! ing deeper inroads in their market. | Bonded warehouses, distillers say, are bulging with unsold whiskey—, more than 769,763,000 gallons at | present, an eight year supply. The pretest, state and federal, is on thej boosted taxes. High priced liquor and taxes no doubt are affecting sales, and this is as it should be. If there ■ is a product that should be taxed high and kept there it is intoxicants. | There is another contributing factor to the decline in sales, many people j who patronize the stores do not have j the money they once had. And let it be hoped that the tremendous drink ing public is cutting down, seeing on the same date government will open a new fiscal year by returning to the most inflation-making system of raising cash, selling securities to the banks, as it did during the war. The opening gun in the big new bor rowing campaign will be fired by of fering for sale a 3 b. billion dollar bond issue, aimed especially to big investors, banks for the most part. Money is needed for defense, of course, yet investigations show that waste and extravagance is rampant. But a\ of this money is not going into defense, don’t be fooled. Billions is being appropriated for all conceiv- able schemes, housing projects, pow er projects, and others, in competi tion with private business. And the senators and congressmen from this itate are taking a big part in the spending. We read every day or two of cn appropriation or grant in the state, practically all of them an nounced by either one of our sena tors or congressmen. This is going on in every state. What is to become of our economy if a president is not elected who will call a halt to such unprecedented spending? How can the taxpayers go on with more taxes piled upon them each year, state and federal—until the confiscatory point is reached. We will start another big spending spree by the Truman administration. Phis question is proper, what is our status already? Here’s the answer. Soon the national debt will touch the $275,000,000,000 legal ceiling. Presi dent Truman nad to choose between asking Congress to raise that ceiling or cut tb». spending. He chose the more borrowing and spending way. And don't overlook this fact — the President who is leading the bor rowing-spending, lives in luxury in one of the most magnificent homes on eaVth, with legions of assistants and servants at his beck and call. Hardly a wish of his goes unfilled— with taxpayers footing the bill. He is paid an enormous salary, plus ev ery conceivable perquisite, and in addition receives a $50,000 tax-free expense fund, while the folks back home work and sweat to pay the highest taxes of all time. If we don’t get a house-cleaning in November—the good Lord pity ils. ' — Chris Potte Passes National Tests -—♦ A 16-year-old student in the elev enth grade of Clinton high school, Chris Patte, has successfully passed in Augusta, Ga., the tests that are administered nationally by-the Col lege Entrance Examination board, of Princeton. He has been accepted as a freshman at Presbyterian college,, starting next September. He is the son of Dr. and M"s. Edouard Patte. RECEIVES PROMOTION Friends of Lt. John H. Pitts, 3rd, will learn with interest of his recent promotion to the rank ol first lieu tenant. He is the son of Mr. anil M^s. J. 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