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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, February 12, 1953
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Established 1900
WIT^SON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher
HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant
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Weeks Moves
To Get U. S.
Out of Business
Washington, Feb. 7—Secretary
of Commerce Weeks today made
the first move by the new admin
istration to “get government out
of business” by offering to sell or
lease government operated barge
lines of the Inland Waterways Cor
poration.
The corporation, an agency of
the Department of Commerce, pro
vides barge service to shippers in
the Mississippi-Misouri Valley and
along the Warrior River in Ala
bama. The announcement by
Weeks said it is the only such ser
vice in these areas which takes
less than barge load shipments.
Weeks said he would welcome
offers to lease the barge lines to
tndivduals or groups with intent
to purchase or to sell the facilities
outright because, in his opinion,
“some of the corporation’s activi
ties are in direct competition with
privately owned barge lines.”
“Operations of the federal barge 1
line is the type of federal activity
which could be better performed
by private enterprise,” the new
secretary said. “This is nn in
stance in which government should
get out of business with resultant
savings to the taxpayer.”
The secretary has been author
ized by past congressional actions
to sell or lease the government
barge corporation. The authoriza
tion, however, provides that the
purchaser or lesseemuSf agree to
provide continued service substan
tially like that now being given
and as a guarantee of this to put
up a bond or other insurance per
formance.
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Classroom Teachers To
Mold Health Meet
The Clinton Classroom Teachers
association will have a regular meet
ing at the Clinton high school Feb
ruary 19 at 4 p.m. At this time, Miss
Maisie Bookhardt, supervisor of
health education of the department
of education, will be with the group
for a brief discussion and a film,
"Healthful School Living or Envi
ronment.”
All teachers and patrons interested
in this program are invited to be
present.
CLINTON, S. C.. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 12. 1953
'fields it at a very high level, and
that by such action—a heavy drain
Dollar Days Again
Today Friday and Saturday are on ^ whole system of production
ol.ar Day., in Clinton a.*, w< - and distribution can be eliminated.
• een fr-mi today ., paper, u. a whole philosophy on which
umber of merchan s pai icipauig, controls are predicated is inimical
m the event sponsored by the Mer- ; tQ free enterprise and all our tra _
chants association. ditional freedoms. We must get
During the three days a special away from the all-powerful upper-
-■mphasis will be placed on the dol- state which has dominated us for
,ar which u» now regaining some tbe past twenty years. The funda-
<d its lost buying power. What it, mental law of supply and demand
will buy will be greatly enlarged i s a t i as ^ be given an honest
ior the trade days. chance to operate.
Dollar Days mean that the buyer
s the gainer in both ways. To sum
all up—all rojds will lead in this;
Jirection with business firms ex- Up in Greenville county there
ending you a cordial invitation t » are more than a dozen candidates
make Clinton your shopping center.
If you are smart and thrifty you
The 'Grab' Game
Up in Greenville county
will not overlook the opportunity
announced for the General Assem
bly to fill two vacancies in their
'd the “dollar days” news in today’s delegation. One of its members
r-aper. elected the past summer for anoth-
^ ei two-year term was recently
Too Many Pie-Seekers dectcdbythat body to take a job
, V , . with the Public Sen-ice Commis-
President E.scnhowcr wants a si0 „ tw0 vacancies t0
.,x cut. So does every other, tax- (jl|ed b , he General Assemblv
la recent years the policy iimd running , form< botnl
d: i een to further incease rather
nan cut down But if taxes are to
to form,
places went to two of its members.;
Not only is this true in Greenville !
reduced the budget first must cou bu , jn othe ^ Members-
e balanced, or else it will still be
will off&r for the General Assem-
ut of line by billion, of Adlars. bl . thc count and state the
s government that takes in $60 bil- election, and resign
.on and spends $70 is encounw. g , hclr , as soon a3 the ca ,
-nfiat.oi; What must be done-,s ,, h(ni stnkes and ,hey land a
’ ,h ? n „ a ;,f state job. These special elections
.-.come fa, every dollar Congress c0 . ; . wh)ch taxpayers mU st
,. ppropr Mtf*, .-ds a, <tnis
.s done taxes can be cut.
Farmers, . business
. There is only one way to put an
men at>o. erK j to th;s ug i 'p rac ti C e—pass a
-roups, veterans, state and local law makl of its mcmbers in .-
rovemment officiate and orgamaa- eUgiWe receive an ap p 0 , ntment -
',ons w-ith their hands fetched to a sta , e Job durl he term of of .
out, want government spending re- (ice m w1tich th . were elected .
nuced except when ,t cuts into h,s SlJch a bjn 0( cours has a ^
•wn pet project. More often than chance of pas3age .
:>ot, when sorme pmposed reduction _ . , . .
:n spending will cut into what ^ Practice of electing its own
'hey consider their share of the pie, members to judgeships commis-,
ney howl to high heaven. Con- f‘ ons and other offices has become
.ressmen and senators aiding in the common order of the day when
-etting an ^^ppopriation or grant for tne , ^‘slature is in session and
u project back in their states rush election* are on the docket.
nto print and say, “see what I got 11 1 J s . J the Procedure and the
candidate without house or senate
ior you,” as though
providing th? funds.
were
membership, regardless of his qual-
IT . , . ifications, training, ability and
Here one tag reason why to- charartcr doesn ., have a chancc
days federal bill averages $1,389 For this reason outalders have
for each and every American fam- about . d offerj (hejr ser .
ily-and why that family s share vices because i{ , h are wel , m .
of the nationa debt is $5,650. 'nte (ormed know they cannot
point is simple. The drive for
w-in against strong pressure, lob
bying, vote promising and -corn-
economy in government must begin
at the grass-roots It must begin ^Ytments on lhe inside There are
w.th an overwhelming public de- , hose who run for state 0(fi witb
.-.and for economy regardless of th<; h o( omotin their own
whose ox ,s gored, and regardless se , fah interests b b< .," elected to
of selfish interests and special pnv-! job th want When a judge
neges. Only then will the iles or retire a member 0( the
mous. unprecedented budget be GeileI . al Asiemb , ts th lum
nalanced, our giant mountain of , ,
public debt reduced—and relief While we do not expect it to hap-,
come to the taxpayers who must an anti-trapping bill should be j
foot the bill.
Controls To End
More than two years ago Presi
dent Truman imposed his post-
enacted. Public sentiment is in fa
vor of it and should demand such
action. Such bills are introduced
almost every year only to meet
their death. It is notgd that a group
from the Greenville delegation this
week proposd such a bill. It would
Korea freeze on prices and wages,
and since then our economy has b e our g uess that somewhere along
changed considerably, but Truman the line it w m be killed as in the
«»w-. a ♦ y w 4 w, w, ars 1 r-uT 4 4 A A W M *'• a * 1 .a A '• a
refused to take action and left the
- rlecision and its political conse
quences to the Eisenhower admin-
.stration.
President Eisenhower has order-
all wage and salary controls
abolished as no -longar necessary
and. has acted wisely. We are to
get away from attempted regula
tion of prices by government and
put an end to the attempt to stabil
ize prices by an order from a pollti-
k :al bureau.
-Tbe truth is that businesses, with
few exceptions, have been just as
much the victims of inflation as
have consumers. Controls have
served to confuse the inflation is
sue and that’s about all that can be
said for them. They have placed
heavy finandaal and adminstrative
> ourdens on all kinds of enterprise,
: and that hurts the consumer along
uhth the others concerned. It is
' *he part of wisdom, we think, to
: get rid of thebi and start fighting
inflation at its sources, of which
the primary one is the long-stand
ing financial responsibility of the
. government
' This means that many expensive
' agencies will be abolished to help
reduce the heavy tax load and na
tional debt taxpayers are carrying.
, it means that no controls emer
gency exists, that there is no scarc
ity of anything, production in all
past. If it reaches the senate it
will be pigeon-holed and the selfish
practice continued right on by
which legislators are chosen in
variably for state offices filled by
the General Assembly which truth- j
fully and properly can be termed
as a “closed shop”. It is a case of|
“you tickle me and I will tickle
you,” yet in all fairness to the citi
zens of the state it cannot be claim
ed that the legislature has a mo
nopoly on intelligence and ability.
FINAL SETTLEMENT
Take notice that on the 3rd day
of March, 1953, I will render a
final account of my acts and doings 1
as Administrator of the estate of|
Judy Elizabeth Smith in the office
of the Judge of Probate of Lau
rens County, at 10 o’clock a. m.,
and on the same day will apply for
a final discharge from my trust as
Administrator.
Any person indebted to said es*
tate is notified and required to
make payment on or before that,
date; and all persons having claims
agains said estate will pesent them
on or before said date, duly prov
en, of be forever barred.
JESSE J. SMITH,
Route 1,
Six Mile, S. C.
January 2T, 1953. 19-4c
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