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I V Pfcge Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, December 17, 1953 (SJljr (£ Union (!Il|ronirU Established 1909 WFLSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher HARRY C. 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— die publisher 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. , MEMBER: SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION National Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia CLINTON. S. C.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1953 Tr» fhe Wai-M ¥ ' C° n gress to defer the increase, but WXy IO rne TTU y* Congress has shown little disposi- to the world! the Lord has {j on t0 com piy Unless and until corne ' Congress does follow Eisenhower’s' ! earth receive her K'ng- recommendation pay checks issued' every’ heart prepare Him room, ;a ^ er neX ( January 1 will reflect Ard heaven and nature sing. Jf} to the world! the Saviour reigns: l<* men their songs employ; both the social security tax increase and the individual income tax cutJ Social Security is a monstrous thing,, a forced brand of insurance. I WMe field and floods, rocks, hills Miltons poured into this fund by wage earners are invested in U. S and plains peat the sounding joy. bonds which taxpayers will have to honor. If the tax increase stands it will offset anticpiated income tax re ductions for every couple with an income of $3600 a year or less.: There is absolutely no need for a higher social security tax, the sys tem's reserves are enormous, and are still growing each year. The happiest season of all is upon This is a long-past due time for Pleasant it is to dream of a 1 tax reductions rather than increas-1 "White Christmas” with its carols es> or the adding on of new taxes ard gifts, merrymaking and family I. egarc *l ess o * the name. President; reunions, the sparkling eyes of chil- Truman, the spender of all time of He rules the world with truth and grace, Arnl makes the nations prove ’ Tht glories of His righteousness, ftrd wonders of his love. —Isaac Watts. A White Christmas ditn delighting in Santa Claus and ether people’s money, had legisla- ibe - wonderful Christmas tree—! ^ the previous Demo tbt-se things can never fully sym- 1 cratic Congress to increase the so- koJJze the tremendous significance of ?he event. cial Security tax for employers and employees. President Eisenhower IP* . ... . , recommended that the tax be frozen .J-w ? ’.k * 0 .u d;at the P resent ^ 0^ and one- ifcculd welcome the birthday of the half cenl wha , wjH Congress Babe m whose honor the angels do when jt meets a in is an im . singing peace, and yet there portant quretlon ts no permanent peace. ,« .. ™ , lt An . ,, , . If the proposed scale becomes ef- J , f • . 0 all good with hope fective the increase will amount to [ Jllh t0 dr ;'“ n f l the White about SI.JOO.OOO.OOO, half being paid < h..stmas we used to know. Chris - b emp , oyer and the other half 1 ’ bv m.- is not sunpb. retrospect. H emplo That means the d . ;■ P 1 ospeet. There are sinister ablc income of individuals w |5 be rh h ZJ" L P ? Iff reducKl b - v more ,ha " a hi > lf ..f h o fuf u “ toming white- doHars a vear __ and , he price con . ,u ' "h° dr, ‘ am and P 13 " f °P sumers pay for goods will rise by a mmk f , h° at nbute . b ‘ ack similar amount. There is no need Z °„ p ,f h0 1 e tor » l»r*er social security fund, -an tf n'the aS fh e ap8e S Tbe reserves now stand at more Sff Z f,K g ,u 8 T here . ard than $18,000,000,000 and is inereas- 1; resistible Ud« and goodwill in b $1,000,000,000 a year at the in the world which are bound ul- ^ 1 . innately to win. The very’ stars in . Ihe • r courses fight for those who go. a , u And this is an Important fact. | tin praying for and dreaming of a I The economic welfare of this coun- White Christmas. ^ appends on the sale of more And so at this glad Yuletide, re -' consumer goods, not less. Produc- gardless of misery and blackness i * lon * n a l n ? os ^ a H fields is on the in- which hangs over many nations, crease ; Whe n w e reduce cpnsumer t»/)d the anxiety and uncertainty power, we weaken the with which we face the future—we P rodu ction-distnbution machine— ; must not stop dreaming for all man- a ' ultimate expense of employ- kmd, and of the peace on earth ment * living standards, and normal -sfch ch can only come to and s ° ur< ? es of taxation. The avowed through men of goodwill. objective of government is to cut ): will do our souls good to dream ^ axes - This certainly means there ci ^ White Christmas. . 15 no need - or excuse, or justifica- I tion, for higher taxes instead. Dirve With Care With the Christmas holidays here rt is eictremely important that ev»- »ry person taking hold of a steering ar^’eel drive carefully at all times. Th.s newspaper feels it our duty to CARD OF THANKS The family of Mrs. Scott Dawkins wishes to express their appreciation for the beautiful floral offerings, urj,p the importance of caution on ] f x P^ ess * ons sympathy and other the part of the public. Every Yuletide hundreds of lives snuffed out or ruined by care-; or reckless accidents. Many of, them occur in preparation for the; unou.s season—falls while putting ujv decorations, or burns incurred' while cooking, or injury to children' from fireworks. But the greatest loll takes place on the nation's; highways, while the victims are. bound to or frorr; the get-togethers that are so much a part of Christ mas. The National Safety Council has found that traffic accident deaths on both Christmas eve and Christ mas day are about twice as high as the annual daily average. Family gatherings and other festivities tring the peak travel of the winter. Arid when more cars are on the move there is more chance of acci- •dent. fj , ( Seven hundred and forty persons died as the result of accidents dur ing the Christmas holidays last year —and the toll of 556 killed in traf- tu accidents was the highest on record. And so the responsibility is upon, tis to be careful, to have proper con sideration for others. Carelessness, 1 s*»e*ding and drunken drivers are the big death menaces. This adds te our already deplorable record •hjch is making it more dangerous every day to ven^tre out on - the public highways. Cut Taxes—Not Increase Millions of persons in low in- casne brackets will pay more taxes aexi year despite the fact that in* 1 r®me taxes will drop about 10 per rent starting January 1, effective in; I95A The reason for the jump is ‘•aa a social security tax increase becomes effective at the same time - IVesident Eisenhower has asked kindneses shown them in their be reavement. Dr. Fred E. 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