The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, February 26, 1953, Image 4
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, February 26, 195^
Shr (Clmtnn (CljrnnirU
Established 1900
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the budget to check inflation which
i in itself is a form of taxation. A
only a beginning. All this is pass
ing, and not the least, as some one
i temporoary tax cut at the expense has precede us in saying, is the
1 of an unbalanced budget would long night wail of the old steam
tend toward more inflation and whistle, sometimes with the tunes
more taxes. Once the budget is some engineers learned to play up-
balanced, economy is instituted in on therm
government from top to bottom
rather than extravagant spending
—then we vy ill more surely secure never to return.
Something has passed from the
American scene with the old local,
lasting tax cuts. A balanced bud !
get will spell tax relief and that
not in the far distant.
WITH THE PRESS
CLINTON, S. C„ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26. 1953
The Passing Local
(Editorial From The State)
A story from Washington relates
that the gradual disappearance of
the local passenger train has con
cerned a lot of people for a long
time, but “no one has come up with
a pat answer on how service can
ever be restored.” The article goes
into considerable discussion of
what it terms the far from simple
reasons behind the losses of money
on the part of the old “local accom
modation.” ,
We should not begin to pit our
ing up well. knowledge and conclusions against!
Supervisor Blakely raises a point those of the experts who have cov- 1
EXCESSIVE PRIDE
Excessive pride has caused the
, downfall of many men in the world-
i ly sense. And it has lowered many
men in the eyes of God. -
j The proud, the selfish, the avari-
; cious do not fit into the Christian
picture. Christ was humble and He
did not hold out any hope for the
man who was excessively proud.
The proud man believes, in a way,
that he is specially favored and God
will look down upon him and relax
the rules a little for him. That man
is almost beyond hope. Because God
has no favorites and He will judge
all equally.
The proud may pretend to pay
homage to God; but' they will go
away unwelcomed and unrewarded
because they lack the one gift he
expects of all—a true loyalty of
heart, mind and soul.
But the man who kneels before
Him with a humble and chase heart
He will reward a thousandfold. And
for those who have hot even tried
to shake off the shackles of pride and
sin. He can only turn away in dis
appointment and grief.
IF YOU DON’T READ
THE CHRONICLE
yOc'dont GET THE NEWS
To Rriid*
Mistry of
|i t Will Be Different
? nC thl *^ ^ ? ure ® bout . the E ^‘|which we have observed in travel- 1 e red the question. ‘^All we know is
ihower Admmistration^it wtll^bi ing m various parts of t ^ e county, that as soon as a good road is built
•'He says that during the past two
years the blacktop roads have re-
cry different indeed from
thing the country has known for
20 years. The appointments are
excellent indications that the tone
of the Administration will be con
servative. The top men will be ex
perienced, practical and business-
..ke, and will demand results. All
r.’ong the line the emphasis will be
n more efficiency and economy,
for respect for burdened taxpay
ers—with less red tape.
This is relief to the country that
"he Truman policy of government , soon ^oles and generally
oy personal friends, political asso
ciates and cronies has come to an
end.
through, the next news you know
they have put up traffic lights to
ceived severe punishment from control the flow of vehicles. As a
heavy trucks hauling pulpwood, case in point, we can with tne
and lumber. We agree with his ‘ greatest of ease recall the day when 1
statement. , Joanna was Goldville and there
These blacktop toads were not wasn't even what might be called a
built for such heavy traffic and are store where Highway 76 crossed the)
wearing away under the strain, j lazy lane that led to the mill. You'
They were built for normal wear had to turn and go up by the mill!
and not a pounding of heavy loads. I to buy an automobile inner tube, i
Unless they are properly repaired Yes, we know, all right. Look at!
and drainage provided, they will it today. There is a serried rank of
busy mercantile establishments all
along the way—a long way.
There are enough Automobiles in.
depreciate under such
excessive
the
Law Enforcement First
Sheriff W. A. , Lowery of this
county has issued a public warning
to bad check writers and says he
i> "tightening up” on serving war-
:nnts on bad check and false pre-
hse cases. His statement appears
n today s paper and will be favor
ably acepted except by guilty par-
i OS.
The primary work of a sheriff
and his deputies is law enforcement
heavy use in many parts of
county. Our main highways are this country for everybody to ride,
being worn out also by the endless three and a half or four to a car.
chain of box-car trucks that tear The number of passengers to each
them up day and night. These main keeps dropping all the time. Those
highways were not built for such wh o don’t have their owH~~ J t?rfr 1
loads and we now see the result.! stand out on the highways and
The same will gradually happen raise their t hum he and portrude
to the country blacktop roads, un- their toes. Those who want to pay
less they are protected from the their own way only have to wave
heavy trucks. ^ ! down a bus, enter and ride on.
^ Of course, the majority of a rail-
Still It Grows road’s income is derived not from
Fifteen years ago the State De- ( P assen g e rs but from freight, mail
partment of Public Welfare was an< ^ express. Now huge trucks
nrd adeouhte orotection to the pub- created and financed by state and I lumber along our highways carry-
gilfL^^fluat^rotection to , - w«r<»_i.ng freight and produce, .some of
Law violators are in tfe th tm are medSnteaffy TaflgefSIi^
nority, and it is to punish such pco- ,old then “ an , - . , 0th . , l t , . .
n > that law pnfnrrpmpnt forces measure to help relieve state-wide miners stop at convenient icing sta
ountv and citv are necessa’rv T t unemployment-with many peopleK lons ‘ There is-air express and air
' T^ m U ch time of ofWrs is 1 walking the highways unable to frei g ht - Wf ^ lmn S in a chan 8*
loo much time of otiicers is ;i must ^ accepted
given to this bad check practice,, secure uorK - But it is hard With the oassine
and collecting of accounts for loan What has happened all over the from the j^^can seen! of Ute lo
=nd “notV“::*ru.in g T ™m,rTdoZs ani --thingpasses with U
sponsibility of taxpayers to pay of- nually has become one of the larg- |caUed , iDk with , he ionee f ^
ficers to make collections for firms est expense items in the appropn- j >
or individuals who have delinquent ation bill. There is practically no When the lo-., No ,, _ amp nuff _
accounts, and then turn them over unemployment good wages are be-1 ^ and whee2| „ jnt<) tbe
to the county to be collected. , mg paid, and the person who wants j it was , he cause of inevltable ex .'
I^tw enforcement should be para- work can secure employment The citement . Crowds went down to
mount Firms doing credtt bust- report for this county the past year; ^ sta , jon jus , ^ ^ (he ^
ness should do their own collecting shows more than $573,000 given to, come ^ ^ <^0^ There would
and not expect salaried county or I the various categories of welfare ^ the mothers ^d the straw-hat-
city officers to become a collecting work.
The Chronicle claims it has its
share of sympathy and human
| kindness for the unfortunate, but
: with economic conditions such as
work t h ey are — we can T see w hy it is
necessary that these enormous
e ® ls ature ' “ amounts be increased in the
toould be killed. It is a move to spec tj ve counties rather than
ha\e the legislature pass a hill ^ c j^ ne su pp 0se we are thick-
making it permissible for a bank to he aded. If we are there are thous-
agency.
Would Cut Work Days
A bill to set a five-day
week for the banks of the state is
now before the
re-
de-
ands of others just like us and they
say so—they just can’t get it.
operate five days a week—instead
ol five and one-half days as at
present. Should it be enacted most
banks would choose Mondaylni .
through Friday for their operation, j K 0,0 nce ‘he budget first
with Saturday an entire holiday in- During the past year South Caro-
stead of a half-holiday as now. This, ^ n ' ans paid a total of $263,641,314
vvould be a great inconvenience to i n federal taxes. Our state by corn-
bank customers whose only oppor- parison with many others is not
tunity to get their checks cashed or large or rich, and this was a heavy
deposited, or to use other bank ser- strain on our taxpayers. How many
vices—is on Saturday. With Sat- of us realize that the people of this
urday the busiest day of the week
for mercants and business firms it
”\U6uId bb not only a big inconven- bined.
nation pay more for taxes than
they do for food and clothing com-
lence, but annoying lo find all
banks closed for the day with their
employees gone fishing, on vaca
ted fathers, with children dinging
around their necks and clustered
about their knees. They would
have their “valises” and box lunch
es. There would be excited greet
ings with frinedsy meeting those
coming home, weeping adieus by
the girls whom the boys left be
hind them.
The baggage would be thrown
into the. baggage car. At the last
minute a trunk would be found to
be unchecked. The train would
cough, the whistle would blow and
the bell would ring and the train
would lurch forward. As it moved
out a belated, red-faced pasenger
would often rush up, by hack or
foot and swing onto the last car on
the run, knowing his ticket would
cost him more on the train.
The rails would rattle, cinders
would pierce the windows to lodge
in the hair and eyes. Train crew
men—just as some weary one was
dropping off to sleep—would ap-
pearpear in the door and bawl,
“TICK-ATTS.” Often there would
be questions and discussions about
Look at 1951. Total federal, state
and local taxes, direct and hidden,
for the whole country came to $86,-
t:on week-ends, the golf course, or 600,000,000, which shows that the
elsewhere. Banks, like the postof- Truman spending crowd had the ( changing cars,
i ce, are for the primary purpose of spigot wide open. In the same yean The porter would call stations, at
' total food and clothing purchased ( night swinging through the aisles
added up to $81,000,000,000. This 1 with his red lantern, yelling,
means that we have reached the [ “Branchville. All out for Branch
point where the tax burden is the j ville. Fifteen minutes for supper.
serving the public. Five and a
half days’ work per week on a daily
schedule of eight hours—will never
hurt anyone. Whether the banks
are for the pending bill, we do not largest single item of expense to, Change cars for Augusta, Atlanta,
. < . « * ' % TV^ 111 i A j-vwi ^ wn « 1 t I 'NT T f~\ I A r* t T ^ I * r* *
know. If they are, they are mak
ing a mistake in our judgment.
Our Blacktop Roads
County Supervisor Bennie
millions of American families, 1 New Orleans, and points west. This
whether the money is taken out of
our pay envelopes before they
reach us, or handed over directly
to a collecting agency, or whether
B. ! in hidden taxes on everything from
Blakely, has submitted a request to an automobile or loaf of bread-
Ahe county delegation for an in- the burden is there and the tax col-
crease of $50,000 this year for roads lector is there on the job. Who
■and bridges. foots the bill? Many are under the
The Supervisor stated in his re- i delusion that it is met by the rich,
quest that the increase was need-j-but this is not true. The aver-
ed to take care, of the added cost for age man and woman like you who
maintaining the enlarged system of read this—pay the tax bill.
cai* goes to Columbia.” Every lit
tle water tank was similarly voic-
iferously announced, in advance
and on stopping.
We could go on and on. This is
blacktop roads in'addition to the
increased cost of materials.
We were impressed with his
statement in regard to the blacktop
President Eisenhower wants tax
es reduced. So does everyone who
must meet the taxpayer. The Presi
dent is strong for reduction in
reads built in recent years which, proper order. Everyone would like
fAcver all parts of the county ex-j tax relief. And it is true that cer-
1 rept in a few remote sections j tain kinds of relief should create
• w'here there is little population, incentives and stimulate business.
These roads were built by the But in a time like the present the
county as fanh to market roads, to! nation’s ruling purpose should be
give residents in all parts of the: to balance the budget—reduce the
county connection with the main
highways. A good job was done
and in all parts of the county we
have heard farmers express their
approval of the program and tes
tify that the roads have been hold-
national debt. This seems to us a
sound position, both morally and
financially. It’s as simple as hon
estly living within one’s means. The
problem comes down to this—we
had better aim first at balancing
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