The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, June 19, 1952, Image 4
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, June 19, 1952
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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
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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. Henderson Pitts, and has been on :
active duty with a tank battalion in 1
Korea for six months.
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