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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, June 11, 1953 1
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against 227,658 (45 per cent) of the |
Negro school children, with the ma
jority enrollment in the low coun
try. Another cog in the equali
zation program is the spending of
almost $10,600,000 for school buses
alone, with 600 now on order and
due for delivery in November.
Everybody now, white and colored,
is furnished free rides, free lunch
es, and we suppose next it will be
free clothing. With all this expen- (
sive program the fact cannot be de
nied that fear of an adverse Stt- 1
preme Court decision has spurred
on the spending drive.
And so while the high court pon
ders over what decision it will hand
down, the spending and building
program goes ahead at fall steam
as we are saddled with intolerable
debt for palatial temples of knowl
edge far beyond need. And while
we jsuild we do so on treacherous
sands that a court derision can
quickly upset. Whatever the out
come of the issue in court, it is a
case of we lose, whether we win/
or lose.
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CLINTON, S. C.. THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1953
An Appeal To Reason
President Eisenhower a few
nights ago appeared on a nation
wide television program "to take
his case. „to the people” by seeking
popular support through pressure
applied on the recalcitrants. He
spoke with honesty and reasonable
ness.
The appearance of the President
was an appeal to reason, an honest
facing of cold facts. It was not a
one-man show akin to the speeches
of the date President Roosevelt, for
anced first. Then a reduction in
taxes will surely follow under the
leadership of President Eisenhow
er. He has a determination to
achieve a balance regardless
Mo" Worthy Shows
Up In Court, Given
Probation Sentence
Laurens, June 9—Mrs. Alice (Ma)
of Worthy got to General Sessions
what the spenders say who are re
sponsible for our present deficit-
fostered inflation and tax confisca
tion.
The Segregotion Issue
For months the supreme court
has been delaying its decision
several school Segregation cases, In
in i
several aWe'^cabinet 1 memberr'to'<> ne from ° ur state ' and the I finished.
S SSuTSS s™o m us preb. P“?!!^ve been askmg why post- and two deputies testified
, t i ponement has followed postpone
lems confronting the natton^ | w|(h (he expectatl0n that
When running against Truman th e j r decision would come either
Candidate Eisenhower promised to p as ^ or next Monday before
reduce taxes and apply the brakes summ er adjournment.
Court in a hurry Tuesday morning,
full of information about what she
claimed did and did not take place
at her place of business.
She and her daughter, Louise
Worthy Timmons, were convicted
of operating a public nuisance |
when the trial was finally over.
Trial of the two women was
started in their absence yesterday
afternoon and state’s testimony was
Sheriff W. A. Lowery
about
on extravagant government spend
ing. That was one of the main
reasons for his landslide victory.
Soon after a comprehensive study
of our financial structure the Presi
dent saw there must be a balanced
l-udget before tax relief can come.
In his address to the American peo- j
Another postponement was an
nounced Monday, the court saying
it wants more information before
it decides whether racial separa-
drunkenness at the place the two
women operate.
This morning Mrs. Worthy came
into court with an attorney Paul i
Culbertson, and Judge Steve C. (
Griffith permitted the attorney to
cross-examine the officers.
Then Mrs. Worthy took the stand
and denied anything wrong had
pie he faced the reality after four,
months of study. With the threat
! tion in public schools violates the j ever occurred at her place, that oi-
I Constitution. After considering the ficers had never received the corn-
issue for six months, the highest plaints of which they testified yes-
tribunal has ordered new argu- terday. -* -
The jury, however, found her
and her daughter guilty.
When Judge Griffith was sen
tencing her, he told her he would
put her on probation. Not under
standing what that meant, she pro
tested aloud that she didn’t want
any probation but her attorney as-
stated in approving the 14th sOre^Ther It was the very thing for
ments to be heard next October 12
, , •. . . i—one week after the court opens
of national security he holds, it is I , . •*, , „i j
inevitable that for the present at "> ' a1 ' 'Ti,^ ?„,T ,L
least taxes will remain high. i probably following late this year
In ordering re-argument the court
The President says immeaiate tax i aw yers on each side that it
reduction spells bigger budget ^ j wa nted to know what evidence
cits. And determined to make a there was that Congress and the
start, a saving of $4.5_ billion in
spending next year is already ap
proved, and despite a reduction of
$8.5 billion in requests for new ap
propriations, a budget deficit of
$5.7 billion is still in prospect by
Amendment did or did not under
stand, that public school segrega
tion was to be abolished.
Certainly it would seem that the
the end of June. 19M. To cut taxes j Su P'; e ™ Cour f < ; oald make , U P
now would be to pile up a higher ^ ™ ndbe, , w “ n Iasl December 10 and
deficit, creating more inflation and
further cheapening the money sup-
piy-
While a good start has been made
—and properly so—it will take
brr.e, wise planning and strong
leadership to bring us out of the
financial mess which Eisenhower
inherited from Truman and the
New Deal spenders and bureau
crats President Eisenhower is the
man to furnish the kind of leader
ship we sorely need. He is seeking
the cooperation of Congress and is
striving to improve the administra
tive side of government. He has
centered first on cleaning his own
hous* . iministrativ-e depart-, , , . . .
ments. There has been a drastic ^£,. lssue ^ 0rem0s t in their minds,
economy, a tightening up of secur- Q ue5tlon over which the
ity, a replanning of defense, reor-! now wants more arguing and
ganizatron and streamlining of sev- j ^formation w, as answered 57 years
eral agencies, abolishing or reduc-! ^ Supreme Court itself
ing others that are overlapping and w ^ en ^ an entirely different
not essential. The President has a 1 rnem ' }ers " 1 P’ a ^* n in no way.to the
her. The judge sentenced her to
six months, suspended during good
behavior, with probation for two
years. She said she would bring
her daughter in court to be sen
tenced.
The case provided the principal
excitement in court today as rou
tine cases occupied most of the
June 8 of this year just passed. The
obvious conclusion is that the court
has a hot potato on its hands or sim
ply has failed to agree and is asking' lest of the day.
i for more time while one or more! George Tucker, indicted yester-
members make up their mind while day for murder in the fatal shooting
they wait and survey progress to- Kenneth Hanks, Parker high
ward equalization. The leading ag- school senior from Greenville, May
itators on this issue which would 28, was arraigned today and the
eliminate segregation of races are j case was continued until the next
term of court.
not chiefly concerned over the 1896
doctrine of "separate but equal" fa
cilities. Their chief goal is a court
decision that separation itself is il
legal. That is the hope of the |
council agitators for the National,
Association for the Advancement of!
Colored People. Racial equality is
A number of other cases
disposed of yesterday.
were
positive position on all issues. This
is particularly true relating to for
eign policy, the ending of the Ko
rean war with whjch we have play
ed for three years, and to bring our
young men home as soon as it can
honorably be done. That is the
chief concern of millions of fathers
and mothers with sons in' the ser
vice, and with others on the verge
of being called into service unless
there comes an end to the Korean
conflict.
present New' Deal theory. The case
the court has again refused to settle
once and for all with a decision was
argued at great length recently in
the Clarendon county case to the
obvious satisfaction of a Federal
three-judge court. Why should the
court delve back into motives 80
years ago. And this question press
es for answer—Should separation of
races eventually be declared uncon-
stiutional, will the court set up and
enforce school district lines? Are
Joanna News...
(continued from page 8)
the business session and Miss Hel
en Phillips led a program on Chris
tian Education. Those having parts
were Misses Doris Phillips, Joanne
Tompkins, Betty Norwood and
Carolyn Thomas.
Refreshments of punch, cookies,
nuts and mints were served.
Card of Thanks
It is with deep gratitude that I
say thank you to each one for all
the kindnesses shown me during
my recent illness at Joanna hos
pital. I shall always be very grate
ful. .
—MRS. EVANGELINE GODFREY
President Eisenhower says, and our f< ; dera l courts to become school
we think he is right—that the first
step must be the balancing of the
budget before taxes can be reduc
ed. There is only one way to bal
ance the budget, and that is to cut
appropriations and spending aW
along the line regardless of "pork
barrel” requests for pet projects by
congressmen and senators. There
taxes and that is to start cutting ex
superintendents of every district in
America?
The court decision in this state
called for "separate but equal”
school facilities, and this cannot be
accomplished over-night all reason
able people understand. But what
has and is being done? Look at
the record which shows a revolu
tion uhderway in the state. It is
is only one way in which to reduce 1 entirely possible in lieu of recent
penses. An individual must live indecision, that this revolution may
within his income or he is headed | be upset by the United States Su-
for financial trouble. The same is j preme Court,
true of government—income must: What the delayed decision will be
balance outgo. | only the justices know. The Fed-
President Eisenhower is making oral United States Circuit Court of
a determined fight to balance the
budget by June of next year, to
Appeals has upheld segregation in
schools as lawful with facilities
adopt the policy of “paying as we | equal for white and colored chil-
go\ rather than condoning unprece-jdren. What has happened since
dented spending. He holds that we
must save millions in the staggering
total budget. Most of our congress
men and senators always say when
it is proposed to cut their "pet proj
ects” that the savings are “too
the equalization program began.
The figures show that $37,800,000
has been earmarked for construc
tion of new and improved Negro
school buildings in the state during
the past 22 months. That repre
small to bother about.” The Presi-! sents’ more than 65 per cent of all
dent doesn’t agree with them and i allocations ($58,014,000) made by
says it is only by going on the of
fensive to save multiplied small
amounts that the administration can
hold off attacks of those who want
to let the spending dollars flow
freely regardless of burdened tax
payers. % The budget must be bal-
the State Educational Finance Com
mission which administers the sales
tax-supported school expansion
program. For white schools $20,-
214,000 has been earmarked. Yet
white children in the state last year
numbered 282,541 (55 per cent) as
FINAL STTLEMENT
Take notice that on the 7th day
of July, 1953, I will render a final
account of my acts and doings as
Executrix of the estate of Alexan
der Ross Blakely ip the office of
the Judge of Probate of Laurens
County, at 10 o’clock a. m., and on
the sam e day will apply for a’final
discharge from my trust as Execu
trix.
Any person indebted to said es
tate is notified and required to
make payment on or before that
date; and all persons having claims
against said estate will present
them on or before said date, duly
proven or be forever barred.
LOTTIE SMITH BLAKELY,
Executrix,
Harwood Heights, Union, S. C.
May 29, 1953. 4C-W-25
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