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Pace.Two THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, October 15, 1953 l I i 4-1' JOANNA EMPLOYEES GET ANNUAL BONUii Polio Vaccine Test Planned for 1954 Miami, Fla./ Oct. 9—The nation’s first large-scale test of a polio vac cine was being planned today-^- with the possibility it may take place early in 1954 and involve vac cination of “hundreds of thousands of children” throughout the coun try. reductions in federal appropriations. At any rate, revenue officials cauA tion against counting your chickens' before they hatch. They point out the reduction statts on Jan. 1. But you don’t file returns on 1954 income until So when you fill out those returrtejf next March, you'll still be dealing with 1953 income — at the higher rate^ T. ,B. Sumerel Been ~ Grapes 13 Years Laurens, Otc. 12—T. B. Sumerel The big immediate effect will be 0 f t h e Langston church community, will bear from 50 to 100 years. Mr. practically disease-resistant and Sumerel says they rarely miss a good crop. They will produce ft small crop the second year after planting and a large crop the third year, he says. v A feature of employment ait Jo- anna is the bonus, or wage divi dend. which for 14 of the past 15 years has been paid to Joanna’s qualified employees. 1000« hours participate when bonus awards are made. The hmount of the bonus .in 1953 was $210,000 and 1,350 Joanna em ployees participated in the bene- $2,280,000 was the total paid out fits. This wage dividend is in ad- m th^ profit sharing plan of. Jo- dition to the employees’ full wages 1 n th.s profit sharing ,pian ot. JO- nna Cotton Mills Co.i in May, for work done and represents a 953. The wage dividend plan was contribution out o. the company .•* begun in .1937 by W. H. R^gnery, head of the Joanna Western Mills Co., of Chicago, of which 'the plant at Joanna is a division. A full bonus check goes to employees who' have worked v» ar. Both percentage earnings. In addition t "L; 1 at.Joanna, empi 'Tees g-t paid vaca tions, life insurajtce benefits, rec- reational facilities^, and non-profit full time during the hpspita.’ benefits.Joanna man- ■ercentage and amount agementfis notedifl: its progressive .drop for those with less than full attitude tend its gysArosity to em- t:me. but all who work as much as ployefefc,-in every division. -C- A&P Celebrates 94th Anniversary producers by giVTit their,"a larger share of food dol lar.” Mr. Burger, said that modern re frigeration, improved storage, ' transportation and -handling ppera- x . ... o o i u i'-ons in recent years have, resulted New \ oi k Oct. ^ Ralph • j n a substantial induction in the Burner, president of The Great At- waste a . ld s p 0 ,, a?t fe tp od , but that lan:u- & Pacific Tea Company. to-| thi . was jn g one of ^ m03t chal The National Founlation For In fantile Paralysis announced this after one of its research grantees had disclosed that development of an experimental vaccine had reach ed the point where a nationwide 1 showdown : test of its effectiveness is possible. The scientist said mass production problems "are being re- ( solved rapidly.” . ; Meanwhile, ^ foundation spokes man told a reporter that even with the inauguration of plans for the vaccine test—estimated to cost 7 1-2 million dollars—there has been no change in plans to purchase for next year 19 million dollars worth of gamma globulin. That’s the blood deriviative already in use as a possible preventive for paralytic polio, although the general medi cal view is that its value is limit ed. Declaring that G.G. “still is the only substance now available which, has proved to, be of some possible value" as a protective, he said the amount planned for purchase next year would mean a supply twice as great as was available this year— and allowing up to three million individual “shots.” As for the vaccine: Dr. Jones E. Salk of the Uni- ! versity of Pittsburgh reported that as a result of research underway' b'Ckf nr a o n a f i ret on some 46 million workers whose income taxes are deducted from pay- checks. After Jan. 1, the payroll withholding rate will be reduced from 20 per cent to 18 per cent of your income, after allowances for yourself and each dependent has been growing grapes for 13 years. His main interest, however, is grafting vines and planting vine yards for other people. Mr. Sumerel has three and one- half acres planted now in grapes For a single person with no de- !»pnd markets a considerable quan- pendents and making less than $2,-|»ity each year. 000, the percentage reduction under;' The vines are planted in 15-foot this year’s tax bill will be 9.9 per rows and are 15 feet apart in the cent. It climbs gradually to 10.7 per rows. With these distances, a total cent at $10,000 income and then of 150 vines can be planted to the drops to 7.3 per cent at $50,000 in come, 1.9 per cent at $300,000. For a married couple with two acre. There are several black and brown scuppernong varieties in Mr. children, the reductioni starts at 9.9 Sumerel’s vineyards. Some of the per cent in low income levels and black varieties are Thomas, Hunt, rises to 10.7 per cent at $20,000, then Dulut, James, Burgeau and Tar- drops to 7.4 per cen tat $100,000, 3 heel. Some of the brown are San- per cent at $300,000, and 1.6 per ford. Cope, Fear, Topsail, Willard, cent at one million dollars. I and Wallace. He also has some-bf Dollarwise, for a worker with no: the lon g bunch varieties, but dejep dependents, the annual reduction recommend planting these FINAI t SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 19th day of November, 1953, I will render a final acount of my acts and doings as Executor of the estate of Sallie Adair Pitts in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens Coun ty, at 10 o’clock a. m., and on the same day will apply for a final dis charge from my trust as Executor. 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. HUBERT J. PITTS, Executor. Oct. 13, 1953. . ’ 4c-5 amounts to $8.80 at $1,000 income, $54.40 at $3,000, $108 at $5,000, $212 they are more susceptible to dis ease, they do not live as long as at $8,000, $292 at $10,000, $820 at other vin ? s and do not bear as S20.000, $2,890 at $100,000 and $10,- much fruit ' ' ' * 000 at one million dollars. 1 The scuppernong varieties are day urged the nations food indus*! i en gj n o problems for the entire food try to strive for greater efficiency. industry .. The government esti- m its operations in ordei to further | mates t h at as much as one-fifth of narrow the spread between ^ arm i SO me crops grown in this country and retail prices. are j ost through spoilage on the In a statement launching a month farm, in transit, or in the home,”: long celebration of*the nation’s old est food chain’s 94th anniversary, Mr. Burger cautioned the industry against Wasteful practices that he said. Pointing out that the retail food business is the most competitive in the country, Mr. Burger cautioned* might tend to ingrease the cost of j a gai ns t practices that might give a food to consumers or reduce returns to producers j “The entire food industry, from producer to distributor, has given the American people the highest standard of living the world to day," Mr. Burger said. “The aver- lis ‘ ct age family in this ‘ gpuntry has a .hettei—and more varied diet and .boss,’’ he saicL- "She. determines spends a smaller percentage of its income on food than do the resi dents of any other country. But if we are to remain the best fed na tion, we must continue to seek new and better ways of producing and distributing food." Mr. Burger cited three major areas in which the industry 1 should seek improved performance: 1. Narrow the spread between farm and retail prices. 2. Reduce waste and spoilage of food. 3. Avoid both merchandising practices and merchandise that will reduce efficiency and increase ope rating costs. “In the past 94 years the food in dustry has made great progress in shortening the route between farm and dinner table,” Mr. Burger said. “This has been beneficial to con sumers. It has given them more short-term competitive advantage, but that in the end would work against the best interests of con sumers, producers and the industry itself. “One thing we have learned from our 94 years’ experience in the food busines is that the customer is the what she will buy, where, she will buy it, anr how much she will pay for it. We must view with caution new developments that on the sur face seem to be rendering the con sumer a service, but actuaHy are liable to increase the cost of food to her.” In this connection, Mr. Burger cited the problem of store hours. “There is evidence in some locali ties of an effort to increase store hours and to keep food stores open every day of the week,” he said. “Such developments should be studied very carefully for they may well lead to increased operating costs for food merchants and high er food prices to consumers. This is not only contrary to the inter ests of employees, but is basically an inefficient and costly way of op erating. It was for this reason that A&P pioneered a shorter work food for their money, and it helped week for its employees, and store I r medium (liee .. ./or Long Hours Afoot Leaf-cool for comfort during long hours afoot—because of leafy cutouts over your toes. Choose this smart strapped sandal when you want to forget your feet, catch admiring glances. Rich black nusuede. !• Only— t $3.98 d. Lydia Mills Store Phone 345 before and since the vaccine first was announced last spring "it now 1 becomes posible to determine! ' whether or not—and to what ex-i tent—the incidence of naturally-oc-; curring paralysis may be influ-; enced by the use pf the material. In a guardedly optimistic report; to the closing session of the Amer ican Academy of Pediatrics, the scientist said research tests in many; animals and a total of 637 humans had suggested the possibility of a, protective effect by the “present imperfect” vaccine, and also dem- instrated its safety for use. But he stressed that the tests to! date have been held under condi tions different from those occur ring when polio strikes under na tural conditions. His report marked a medical milestone, .however, in that it rated the experimental vaccine safe, po tent and promising enoughTTw—face- appraisal under the acid test of ex tensive field trials. Yet Salk cautioned both the pub lic and the piedical profession as ell to look upon such a test only n the light of its intended pur- ; pose. He affirmed to a reporter tKat there is no assurance that hoped-for protection would be achieved. His report to the academy con tained extensive new evidence of the antibody-inducing powers of the vaccine—and also data on im provements in both the vaccine ma terial and techniques of administer ing it which have been developed since his initial report last spring. Also development of several dif ferent varieties of the vaccine. When the scientist finished his address. Dr. Roger L. J. Kennedy, president of the academy, who chairmaned the session, declared: “Dr. Salk, I’m sure your entire audience joins me in thanking you for your very important and en couraging report . . . and for al lowing us to view this ray of hope on the horizon which has for so long been bleak.” For a married couple i with two dependents, the dollar/reduction's would be $13.20 at $3,000 income, $57.20 at $5,000, $129.60 at $8,000, $181.60 at $10,000, $536 at $20,000, $4,120 at $100,000 and $13,768 at one million dollars. The minimum rate on taxable in come drops from 22.2 per cent to 20 per cent. The maximum rate on in come above $300,000 drops from 92 to 91 per cent. And the maximum rate for any one taxpayer’s overall income drops from 88 to 87 per cent. Say— ‘I SAW IT IN THE CHRONICLE” Gray Funeral Home Clinton, S. C. FUNERAL DIRECTORS ...and... EMBALMERS Phones 41 and 399-J AMBULANCE SERVICE L. RUSSELL GRAY and V. PARKS AJDAIR, Gen. Mjrrs. 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The income tax change will cost the Treasury about three billion dol lars a year in revenue, at. a time when high spending throws a shadow over efforts to balance the budget. But 1954 is an election year, and few if any voices have been raised against the reduction. If more rev enue is needed, it will be sought else where. The prospective cut follows two in creases voted after the Korean War started. It merely cancels the second increase, in 1951. So you’ll still be paying more than you did, say, in 1949. Republicans and Democrats al ready are squabbling over who shuold get credit for the cut. Demo crats say it’s their feat, because they were the majority party when Congress wrote the Jan. 1 expira tion date into that 1951 law. 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