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Ymgt Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, November 5, 1953 (Elinlun (itiromrlr Established 1900 WILSON W. HARRTS, Editor ahd Publisher HARRY £. LAYTON, Assistant Published Every Thursday/By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING (COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year $2.50 Six Months $1.50 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton. S. C., under Act of Congress March 3, 1879. The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers— vhe publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when ■•hey are rot of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will ,:ot be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions w' its correspondents. MEMBER: SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION 0 National Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia -h CLINTON, S. C.. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 5, 1953 The Sociol Security Tax * Individual taxpayers! are assured e'i i. drop of about 10 per cent on vraome tax in 1954. It won’t be a rut in the tax you pay on this year s jnrnrre. There are two reasons for expecting this reduction to r come. <11 the law passed by Congress, calls Icj .,t. and (2) the Eisenhower ad- tgmistp&tfon says it won't oppose •—tbuTcuT | Etn what some people save by tius proposed cut next year may_ be tf? > t by an increasef m their social lev^nU tax. also scheduled to start January 1. On that date the social i-rc.;. ity tax, which employers and «*>p;oyees both have to pay, goes «p from 1 1-2 to 2 per cent. Congress will be called upon to ^ct>r't..der a plan to add more than 111,000,00(1 people to the social se- •cur.tv roll, including several groups e-c: now covered ‘ This proposal tmtiins more and niore government ■Bfroivement with the lives of more and more people, whether they de- aire it or not. The big need of to-j 4kcy is to put an end to paternalism aad socialism and to return to indi vidual responsibility and independ- »e*nce upon which our government) •as founded and has grown strong. 1 Tlcre is this fact also—the present satial security system is about as «n-ound as anything could be. Why *ben expand it? What we ‘need is * voluntary plan allowung employ ed persons to defer federal income tats payments on part of their earn- to be put in pension funds to withdrawn upon retirement or afcafeVi’ity. This'' would encourage iEMdi* iiaal thrift and put an end to fcst^er and more expensive bu- nrt&ucracy. In fact, social security tei’i is forced government insurance • saarwac the public. The Cattlemen March A caravan of 350 cattlemen arched upon Washington last mn_k urging high mandatory sup ports un live cattle. These big grow-; «5 have never had it so good as i» recent years and neither have the hraiewives had it so hard. The 1 spokesmen for the cattle industry, vu^orously opposed anything like "Vwnb ois' price ceilings on their ae*ai products when prices were llx^h This same crowd is now’ clbrnoring for 90-per-cent-of-parity pnr/ supports for their cattle. Other spokesmen and representatives of fr«-tstock have expressed an entire ly different opinion. Linder the present law expiring at thr end of next year, there are natwratory farm price supports at Wl pe: cent of parity on six basic s3fe.rables—wheat, corn, cotton, to- h*evo, rice and peanuts The Secre-; ■ siry of Agriculture has discretionary dMfctbonty to apply supports and set ■flP^ir level on other storables and| pvj-ishables. Dairy products are un like :«ic*5 support now. costs and loss from spoil- las made the question of sup ■purling perishables extremely con- tsoversial, and viewing the record iK/rrj 1946 through 1950, clearly! sdlaws that government ha| made a p»>r job of attempting to control prices and supply. During this pe- rnyr government took a $500 mil- iscsr. loss trying to support potatoes at 91' per cent of parity under •impel crop conditions. It has lost another $235 million supporting vuyrs and dairy products. These big ranch growers who nttfe vn expensive automobiles and Iteve ha3 it so good because of ab- nuTTria! war conditions, now are «r&dz£ht in a squeeze brought about ilf* -over-production, a decline in *oi«.*i>rts, and the long drought -mbtci has forced the sale of under- cattle. These conditions ■ hr,»c caused a substantial decline cattle, prices. The cattlemen to remedy it. And the present law has not been changed one bit. It was written and put into effect by the Truman crowd. Hurts Small Colleges The budget control board has been hearing requests for the fiscal year for state departments, agen cies, institutions, and colleges. All are asking for increased appropria tions. As would be expected the colleges are requesting several mil lion dollars in larger appropriations for new buildings, engagements and improvements, increases in sal aries and general operating expens es. Their-requests, to a large ex-, tent will doubtless be grante^J. The enormous- amount of money being poured into-, our stSte'institu tions is making competition all the keener and hhrder for the denomi national colleges that are doing an excellent-job-and must be preserved since they fill a definite heed. They caffnot compete in revenue, of course, with the state institutions which are expandiry^ each , year through j^ucrea-se'd-f,'' appropriations 'provided Tiy taxpayers. In some of them there is evidence of unjusti fied extravagance, and luxury. There is an ari|le that promises' to work a hardship on’the colleges through a new.ruling for ex-service men who are veterans of jthe [recent war w’hich w r as fought without be- ' ing authorized by Congress. A change in the law has been made In World War II veteran students w'ere paid a'monthly allowance of $75 (single men), $105 (married men) or $120 (two or more depehd- •ents). fii addition the government' bought their books and paid their tuition. Under the new law the veteran | receives a larger monthly allow ance': $110 (single), $135 (married), or $160 (two or more dependents). But out of this allowance paid di- lect, he must pay for his books and tuitiom Because of this change many ex-service men are enrolling at tuition-free or lower cost sup-1 ported institutions by taxpayers! money Heads of private and church) schools feel that the law discrimi nates against them because of their ' higher per capita cost and that they aj-e ftot recipients of state funds. But there should always be a dis tinct separation of church and state. Under the old law it was shown that some colleges upped their fees, in order to get more government funds, and an end should be put to this grab practice . The small col lege has a difficMlt road ahead at best and federal veteran regula tions should be fair without the pos sibility of injuring institutions that Uo not have the state treasury to , draw upon. * Thornwell Midgets County Champions, Undefeated In Season ^ i The Thornwell orphanage Midget football team emerged as champions of the county Midget league which closed tis 8-game season on Octo ber 9. Thornwell went through its schedule without a loss. Standings | W L T Thornwell ‘ 8 0 0 Whitmire 6 2 01 Joanna 530 Florida Street 4 3 11 Acaderhy Street 4 4 0j Laurens 3 4 0 Garlington Street ... 2 5 L Lydia . 2 6 01 Henderson Herd Is Given Classification On Comparison of Score ! On comparative score the herd of registered Jerseys owned by Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell Henderson, of this ’ity, was recently classified for breed type by an official classifier of thej American Jersey Cattle club, ‘Pro.) lessor H. P. Ewalt of Oregon State! college. The ijnimals in the herd were giv- ’ en individual rating^ based on a; comparison with the Jersey breed’s official score card, which allots 100 points for the ideal Jersey animal. The Henderson herd now has an average score of 83.00 percent on 20 animals.. Nine anifhals are rated Very Good, 4 Good Plus, and 7 Good. ^ m Ploy Be Presented Tonight Academy School A play, "The Old Maids Club,” sponsored by the Woman’s club at Clinton Mills, is being presented this evening at 7:30 at Academy Street school. Miss Jackie Franks,, dancer, and a lage cast of characters, are taking part on the program for the com edy. Music will be furnished by Dorsey Turner. .. Proceeds win be used to pay for dishes at the school cafeteria to be used for community activities. Kiwanians To Elct Officers Officers for the new year will be elected at this evening’s meeting of the Kiwanis club at Hotel Mary Musgrove. J. C. Thomas is retiring president of the club. >'♦ admit it, but the present situ- •aajit is basically the result of high Uriels the past several years which cawreed the growing of larger herds, *ed keeping the rate of slaugher smaller. The drouth, of course, wdtoch man or government cannot *a3»»trol, has added to their plight. Tke new administration is mak- <xr# an intelligent study and honest -eflkin to work out a permanent, tor agricultural program to farm- j slid consumers, a well-balanced gEraferam £hat will help develop markets, protect the rights of all and free us from multiplied isive government controls, is a loud complaint over the of farm prices. They began ago during the Truman ad- ijstration and nothing was done J. C. THOMAS JEWELER “It’s Time That Counts” OPENS TODAY! "V' TA;CI HOME A WHOLE NEW WORLD OF VYCNEffiS! H’vf- Folding Doll Carriage With “Lift Off” Bodv 8.88 Made like the newest full size carriages! 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