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! / / Pacre Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, August 27, 1953 y a hr (Ultntnn (Ehrnntrlr Established 1900 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant X ' Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year $2.50 Six Months SI.50 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter a^ the Post Office at Clinton. S. C., ‘ under Act of Congress March 3, 1879. The Chrgnicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers— thr^TIbllsher 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 views or opinions of its correspondents. .r MEMBER: SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION National Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia ahead of our private institutions is rmOTTOMHIIIIHflllMH[l| 1W|f NIIIIIHIf l( CLINTON. S. C.. THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1953 Extortionate Taxes not a rosy one. It is imperative that they receive an enlarged sup port and interest from the denomi nations that own and control them if they are to adequately compete with state institlutions. ( Blueberries Aid Muffins These fluffy, full of flavor muf fins will please any family. > Orange juice. Cereal. Bacon and eggs. Sugartop blueberry muffins. Beverage. * Sugartop Bluberry Muffins Ingredients: 2 cups sifted flour, 3 teaspoons, baking powder, 1 tea spoon salt, 6 tablespoons sugar, 1-4 cup butter or margarine, 1 egg, 1 1-2 teaspoon lemon rind, 3-4 cup milk, 1 cup blueberries (meas-1 ure after picking over, washing! and draining thoroughly), 4 tea spoons sugar. Method: Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and 6 table spoons sugar into mixing bowl. Cut in butter with pastry blender or rub in with fingers until mix ture resembles fine crumbs. Beat egg until foamy; add milk and beat Add to flour w ing Church Colleges Organize Work and pav taxes — that is 1 The South Carolina Foundation en °ugh to combipe. hat millions of taxpayers are do- of Independent Colleges has been mi5 ^ ture > sirring only until dry in- with government reaching into created and sets forth its objectives gyedients are moistened. Fold in their pav envelopes and taking out in a rerelase from the president, J blueberries and 1 teaspoon of the a bie slice of their earnings from which appears in The Chronicle to- i ‘£ mon nn d with a few turns of employees which they never see. day since Presbyterian college 0 f, the . s P oon - .^ poon . i n t° greased Tp-Hp Could financial editor of, our* city is one of the participants muffin pan (rheasurmg 2 3-4 inches Le*lie Gould, tinaneiai eauor oi . th ‘ : ti K across top of each cup). Mix re- the New \ork Journal-Amenc , ^ K ^ ri mainin g 1-2 teaspoon lemon rind recently gave one of his columns The private colleges have banded with 4 teaspoons sugar; sprinkle to a letter from a reader. This ; together yi a foundation to tap in- ovei : top of mu f fins . Bake in hot reader, who is in the $11,000 income dustry, business and individuals: 425 D F ) oven for 20 minutes or range, dealt with a government in- foi help. The statement l eleased, unt jj ca k e tester inserted in center vestigation of the oil industry be- states that a changing feouh Caro-■ come ou ^ w jthout any particles of By SHEAFFER And PARKER A Large Selection of Sheaffer Sets $8.75 up Pens from $5.00 - Pencils $2.75 up SHEAFFE "SNORKEL Never Needs “Dunking” — Never Needs Wiping $17.50 eaues prices of some oil products iina. involved in what amounts to ljatter c ii n gi ng t o it have gone up by about one cent a | an economic revolution, is placing mu ffj nSi & Makes gallon. The writer figures that a one ever-increasing demands upon its . higher education facilities. Sec- 1 FINAL SETTLEMENT •ent increase will mean that it will ondl - v our nation is beset with sub-! Take notice that on the 18th day coG him $12 22 more to heat his versive influences which threaten of Setember, 1953, we will render a home this vear than last, and $6.07 the American system of free enter- final account of our acts and doings more to run his car or a total of pr isb. a system which the free and as Administrators of the estate of a little over $18. Then he pointed independent college has served to Ralph Waldo Johnson, Sr., in the of- out that his 1953 federal income tax protect throughout our country’s; fice of the Judge of Probate of Lau- will run around $2,500 this vear, history. To meet these challenges rens County, at 10 o’clock a.m., and! which is several hundred dollars our independent colleges have join : j on the same day will apply ‘for a more than the 1952 figure, and said, i ed hands and formed a united front final discharge from our trust as Ad- I want them to do something to strive in concert for common nninistrators. about that $2,500 federal tax and‘'g oa - s - i Any person indebted to said estate let me worry about the $18 I will; Oui pn\ate colleges which edu- i s notified and required to make pay- have to pay the oil companies. Es- cate about half of our \oung peo- ment on or before that date; and all pecially when there are checks and p e. are facing a grave financial po- p^ vsor[S having claims against said balances working for me in private : sit ion caused by several factors, estate will present them on or before industry and little if any on that ■ Money on endowments has been ; said date> duI or ^ f I tax slug. If I can earn more money jcut by half in the past ten years, b arred this .yea* through my own efforts,: philanthropic sources for addition- lean still pay the $18 and be mon-j al endbwmenTs' have been drying' 4 -^ ev ahead and have something to i up because of heavy taxation. show for it. but not so with the j w hile expenses for the operation of tax bite. The more I earn, thi colleges, like in all other fields of endeavor—have been mounting up ward. The frequent charge is STUDENTS WILL BE SURE TO FIND A PEN AND PENCIL THAT SUITS THEIR NEEDS IN OUR COMPLETE STOCK v"' _ 1 Parker “21” and “51” Sets Sets S10.00 up and $17.50 up Pens $5.00 and $12.50 up WE CAN SUPPLY THE STUDENTS’ GOING-A WAY NEEDS FROM OUR LARGE STOCK— • ELECTRIC RAZORS • TRAVEL CASES • IDENTIFICATION BRACELETS • BILL FOLDS • WATCH BANDS • TRAVEL CLOCKS harder I work, the more Ijfrave to .QTHO JOHNSON and... MYRTLE C. JOHNSON, , Administrators, Clinton, S. C. Aug. 13, 1953 10-4cw g pay. That is the experience of millions eard !h a t our church colleges of people todav, and the only hope gotten their costs to students to get reductions is to balance the s ° hl « h that on }y a limit ed number • e spending That of young people are financially President' risen- £ts le to attend college. Increases ‘ in tuition, board and other items; have been raised hs the only altern ative. This means that the private in- BIUE NILE DIAMONDS I SAW IT IN THE CHRONICLE Thank Ton budget and reduce spending That or young people is exactly what bower wants and is working to ac complish Inexorable forces keep the prices charged for oil products or any oth- ^r commodities from getting out of stitutions are struggling with fi ne-such as consumer resistance, nance. Our publicly supported competition and the law of supply state institutions are not facing arid demand. But during the spend- this problem The state is pouring ing -spree and extravagant years of millions of dollars into these in- the New Dealers we have had no stitutions for new buildings, main- proteetion w hataoever against skefa tenangg^and a-genera; expansion mounting taxes which can fairly program. Ride over the institution well be described as extortionate, campuses and see how they are Let us hope a break will come next prospering. They go to the legis- vear. lature, and have been receiving ^ large federal funds in recent years for expansion. Added to this is « the new sales tax which is raising six millions of dollars and which they j-j months of voluntary exile, has re- ar e participating in with enlarged § turned to the United States to re- appropriations and authority to is- £8 sume his supposed role as titular sue millions in bonds to be repaid head of the Democratic party and over the years in revenue. While leader of the loyal opposition to this is taking place, because of President Eisenhower administra- changes in the federal tax*struc- tion. ture, many of the wealthy con- At the Democratic homecoming tributors of the past no longer bol- • * «« i: :: ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Stevenson Home Again Adlai E. Stevenson, after Murray Garber’s SPECIAL COAT PROMOTION FOR THE EARLY BIRD banquet to be held in Chicago on Sept. 15, Mr. Stevenson whll make a major report on his trip and at ster the private colleges with heavy endowments and gifts. When the j-: tax collector | gets through withlh the same time will meet with the those who fall in the heavy income !•: Democratic National committee, i brackets there is not too much left. § Asked last week upon his return whether he regarded himself as the leader of the party, he said the problem 'has been baffling mo since the election.” As for the 1956 presidential election he sounded like , 1952. “I don’t know.” Reac tion to his political balloon is awaited. Since Mr. Stevenson was the We cannot underestimate the g value and importance of our pri- vate colleges and the large con-|g tnbution they are making to the; state and nation. They face a hard 1 K state competition, in a way that is j fc unfair, but there is nothing that! g can be done about it. The presi- j 8 dent of one of the colleges in the | new foundation said that if all of h Democratic party’s leader against them should close todav, South g Eisenhower, he is labeled by his en- Carolina would have to double its 8 thusiastic supporters as the party's tax support for higher education, leader. But certainly he is not its All citizens are taxed to help sup- boss, and the voters are not going port the state institutions. Individ- f : to take orders from those who are uals w’ho are friends of private col- i 8 seeking so ha^d to enshrine him. leges are forced to pav in this tax- |g It is not a certainty that Mr. Ste- raising. When thev in turn con- S venson will again head het Demo- tribute to the support of their de- g cratic (so-cailed) ticket. The ques- nominational colleges in a way i't tion boils down to this—will the they are doubled taxed. 8 late I ranklin D. Roosevelt and We believe in a distinct separa- Harry S. Truman hold the political tion of state and chupch. The!8 power to dominate, or whll the church must not expect the state to 8 party turn in a more saisfactory di- support its educational agencies. ** rection for men of opposite calibre; Once thiR is done, the appeal of the and standing with different non- church school is gone. The state, socialistic policies. of course,.will operate its splendid Mr. /Stevenson was the hand- institutions, the church must dis- picked candidate of Truman at the charge its responsibility in render- disgraceful national convention ing valuable service and at the which was an insult to the South, same time must keep the line of dc- He has already indicated that he is marcation clear, and this our ready to attempt to gain the nomi- church orphanages in accepting nation for "his man again. For'state aid and certain school regula- our part we are opposed to Steven- tions are not doing, son or any other candidate who < The creation of the Independent holds the endorsement of Trumau, 1 Foundation is needed and will do who stands for what he stood for, good we are hoping as the nine in- -and who refuses publicly to repudi- j stitutions unite in a common front ate his administration with all of its and worthy appeal. We hope it rottenness, corruption and extraV- will strengthen the participating colleges and improve their effic iency and strengthen their appeal to their constituents. The road Buy Now In Time for Frosty Weather SPECIAL! Regular Priced at $39.95 agance. We hope this great nation will not again be inflicted with Trumanism. Poodles Fleeces .Cobble Stone Zibelines Boucles Amakurl -All Wool Materials 1 % % B e H » ft