Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Thursday, December 16,1954 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Peft Fir By SPECTATOR ^. COMMENTS on MEN AND THINGS A new honor has been award-1 National Bank, announced that ed my friend Mr. R. M. Edwards,; Dr. Edwards had just been com the Bank that day and joined in according Colonel Edwards the military salute befitting his new J honor. I wonder at this commission for Colonel Edwards is widely known as a man with both feet on the ground—he never takes a “flier”, nor even indulges in flights of fancy. ’ the distinguished banker. Months ago the University of South Car olina awarded the doctorate to Mr. Edwards, in recognition of great public service, but just the other day, Mr. John A. Campbell, President of The South Carolina missioned as full Colonel in the Air Corps of the Southern Con federacy and is henceforth en titled it all the recognition, re spect, privileges and emoluments of his rank. I happened to be a caller at GIVE HER . . . THIS CHRISTMAS WHAT SHE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER Place Order Early For Delivery—When You Say! H. L. BALDWIN P. O. Box 535 Phone 604-J Clinton, S. C. Savings Accounts 3%—DIVIDEND—3% We invite savings accounts from the people of Clin ton and vicinity. You will like our friendly and efficient service, and you will receive your dividend promptly each January 1st and July 1st. Any amount—from $1 up—opens an account. Each account is insured up to $10,000 by the Fed eral Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. Two people may have up to $30,000 fully insured. Accounts by mail promptly acknowledged. Chartered and Supervised by the United States Government LAURENS FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION . ■ 'it- Laurens' Largest Savings Institution 104 W. Main Street Laurens, S~ C. Telephone 22271 Miiaawm»anttMMaMaMuu>iwuHau«wimfflcuauKanaMnaaitaaa«aaM What is free enterprise? Since the days of the great de pression the papers and books have been full of discussions of free enterprise; orators, too, have discussed the theme and all sorts and conditions of clubs have had the subject for discussion. And then it branched out to include tax-paying businesses as com- ; pared with those not paying taxes. Well, what’s all this about, this free enterprise and taxpay ing? Most people may be hazy about it. Most people don’t like to pay taxes; most people are quite will ing to get things “free.” Our fathers and grandfathers were not greatly concerned about all this; they knew that a man engaged in business with his own money, whether much or little, whether it was his own capital, saved through the years, or mon ey borrowed from Uncle Tom or grandfather. And everybody paid taxes. A man went to the County Court house and reported to the Auditor that he had a home or farm, two mules, a horse, wagon and buggy, several plows, and a dog or two, and so on, including household goods, furniture, etc. We sitll do that, more or less. Later we evolved the idea of letting the Government do things for us. Then men talked of So cialism. What is Socialism? It is having the Government to en gage in business. I can understand how Social ism grew so rapidly in this country. Of course the Socialists deny that it is Socialism, just as a man may declare himself a tee- totoller, while drinking all sorts of liquors in the guise of tonics and cures. And another man may gamble for high stakes and call it a “game” or “sport.” Some people may not drink “branch- water”, though they drink water from a branch. And so on. Our Government — every sort of Government — operates on taxes. Our schools, and law-enforce ment,—all public services it* made possible by taxes. Who pays the taxes? Does every man pay taxes? Does every business pay taxes? Why pay taxes? The Banks, Power Companies, Stores of ^11 kinds—all business—all the vrts*<t;tc tv»^r«b»cv»f A company doesn't just happen to live for 75 years. Usually some one factor, more than others, makes it possible. In the case of Southern Bell, the magic ingredient has been the public's acceptance of good end growing telephone service furnished I at the lowest possible cost. ' i it . *• i Chartered on December 20, 1879, with 1,246 telephones, Southern Bell was formed by men of foresight, with faith in the South's future. Their faith was borne out, and the Company grew to 26,396 telephones by 1900. Since World War II, telephone progress in the South has broken all records: From 1,863,000 telephones at the end of 1945 to over 4,500,000 today, while Long Distance circuits have more than doubled. Such remarkable scientific developments as the transistor, microwave radio-relay end direct operator dialing of Long Distance calls have opened exciting new vistas of service. In the years aheed, the men and women of Southern Bell pledge to keep on furnishing the best possible telephone service at the lowest.possible cost. On this, our 75th Anniversary, we express our appreciation for Ike 4 opportunity of serving yoe^ SOUTHIRN Bill TILIPHONI 4VI fc$*%W$^Vlfc 7 AND miOBARN COMPANY As w» celebrate our 75^ Anniversary, that Telephone Folks wish you and yours a vary Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, pay taxes. But not quite; I’m running too fast. We have many concerns which are built with Govenunent* money and operate at a profit, but pay little or noth ing to support the Government, although they quickly claim and enjoy all the protection and serv ices of the Government. These citizens operate with Govern ment money, compete with their fellow citizens but pay little or no taxes. Just off-hand, now, don’t you think we should all be fed with the same spoon? Imagine a fam ily, father, mother and six sons. Three sons receive loans or gifts from the father and operate on dad’s money, but pay no board: the'other three put up their own money for their business and pay a heavy board bill—paying the part consumed or enjoyed by the three family pets. How does that strike you? It is as foolish—and as conclusive—as the story I heard of an Englishman super vising the digging of a ditch in China—years ago. The English man sat on the ditch-bank, un der a large umbrella, while the, Chinaman" sweated and toiled in| the ditch. The Chinaman asked: 1 “Why don’t you dig, too”? Said 1 the Englishman, “One man up here is worth ten down there”. The Chinaman labored on while his slow mind wrestled with the Englishman’s reply. Then he jumped up beside the English man and sat at ease. The English man harshly demanded the rea son. The Chinaman said “Two men up here worth twenty men down there”—but, as you see, nobody was left to dig the ditch. So, if all of us were pampered and petted equally nobody would pay taxes and all Government all protection, police and fire, all schools—all public service would, stop. So, you see, some work and feed the others who sit by the fire end dream. But if all dream who will pay the butcher, the baker and the candle-stick maker? Yes, who will build and support schools, police, firemer, street men—and all others? Everybody should earn his way. Do you think business, for eample, is all profit? Let’s see: What makes this great coun try “tick”? In other words what is the basis of our vast develop ment and our amazing wealth ag a nation? Are we Americans bom superior to other people? Or is this country just naturally richer than other countries? Our development, our pros perity—our astonishing progress —rest on the plan which has been our guide from the begin ning. A thoughtful man decided to ask a few questions in order to find out what the man in the street thinks. ‘Teople today don’t know earnings, don’t know about prof its, don’t know about production costs. They don’t know about wages and they don’t know about all the other multitude of ele ments that,make up our free en terprise system. That dramatic ally has been shown in some thing that happened in New Jer sey two years ago. Two hundred people in Cam den, New Jersey, were stopped on the street at random, and they were asked a simple ques- ion, and that was this: ‘Out of every dollar of sales that comes into your company, how much do you think goes into the pocket of the boss?’ The lowest estimate was 25 cents out of every dollar, and the top estimate was 50 cents. That’s what the people of America think about our free enterprise system, sand employees together in a Three thousand or four thou- large auditorium, and one of the vice-presidents of a company was called up on the platform, and he said to them, “We would like to report to you what happened in this company last year, and we are going to do it in what we consider an understandable fash ion. He took out 100 silver dol lars and put them on the table. He said, This represents the in come of our company last year. Let me tell you where we ex pended those dollars’. He took a few off the top and said, Those represent the cost of maintaining the plant to which eqch of us comes to work each day’. He took a few more dollars off, and said, Those represent the raw materials from which we manufacture the product that we sell.’ He took a few more off and said, Those represent the cost of the machines to fabricate the product that we sell’—and he went down to the last dollar. Then, as I said, he had one dollar left, and it was necessary for’him to make change so—so he brought out one hundred copper pennies and put them on the table. And when he was down to only about twelve pennies that he had left, you could have heard a pin drop in the room. He said, ‘Ladies and gentlemen, these represent the return to the individuals who, once upon a time went down in to their savings in order to build this plant that we all work in so that we might come to work each day and have the fulfillment of our ambitions and ideals. Those twelve pennies belong to those people’. (Stockholders). Well, you could have heard a pin drop in that room, inally an old man got up way in the back of the room, and he said, T think those guys are getting gypped’. Now, that is economic educa tion. It sounds simple.” S. C/s Colton Crop Is Down Over Last Year South Carolina’s 1954 cotton crop will be about half a million bales this year the Federal-Sta‘ "> Crop Reporting Service reported this week. ' This is 28 per cent less than 1953’s 690,000 bales. The government’s control pro gram acreage reduction is given the reason. Cotonseed production is about 210,000 tons. Cotton was harvseted on 830,- 000 acres, 29 per cent less than 1953, although 890,000 acres were in cultivation July 1. On July 1, 1953, there were 1,- 181,000 acres in cotton. B. Owens, and on the West by the Will Duckett lot, and on the North by a 30-ft. street, lands formerly of Steven Alexander being across said street. This is the identical lot of land hereto fore conveyed by W. B. Owens to Sarah A. Duckett by deed dated the 6th of March, 1906, recorded :n Deed Book 20. at Page 12, in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Laurens County, S. C. To John Doe and Jane Doe, as representatives of a class of per sons unknown claiming any right, title, interest, estate or lien upo nthe real estate described in the Complaint who may be in competent, or suffering a disa bility, or infant Defendants over fourteen years of age, or infant Defendants under the age of fourteen years and to the persons with whom such Defendants may reside. Take not’ce that A Arthur Rosenbium has been appointed Guardian Ad Litem nisi by the Orders of this Court, and said ap pointment will be made perma nent unless within twenty days after the service of this Summons upon you, you make application for the appointment of a Guard ian ad litem. BABB A BABB, Plaintiffs Attorneys Laurens, & C , Dec. 7, 1954 3c-D-Dec 30 SUMMONS FOR RELIEF Stats of South Carolina, County of Laurens. In the Court of Common Pleas Janie P. Harris, Plaintiff, Against Glenn Calhoun, Agnes Alexander Evans, Robert P. Johnson, Theresa Johnson Wil liams, Pearl Johnson Martin, Louise Johnson Ellington, Theo dore Johnson, John H. Johnson, Coleman Johnson, Walker John son, Elizabeth Johnson, Albert Johnson, George Johnson, Na thaniel Duckett, Laura Mallory, Julia Agnew, Henrietta Garrett, Mrs. Mildred Willis, William Duckett, Harriett Truman, Al fred Duckett, Herbert Metz, Thomas Metz. Sarah Childs, Hen ry Duckett, Cooper Duckett, Lau ra Dennis, Josephine Davis. James Duckett, Anna Ross, also all other person unknown claim ing any right, title, estate, inter est in or lien upon the real es tate described in the Complaint herein collectively designated as John Doe and Jane Doe, Defend ants To the Defendants above nam ed: YOU ARE HEREBY SUM MONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action of which a copy has been filed jp the office of the Clerk of Court for Laurens County, S. C, on the 7th of December, 1954, and to serve a copy of your anwser to the said Complaint on the sub scribers at their office. Farmers National Bank Building, at Lau rens, S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof, exclus ive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time afore said, tne Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for relief demanded in the Complaint at Chambers or in open Court with out further notice. 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