The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, May 19, 1955, Image 2
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Moose Lodge
New Officers
Clinton lodge No. 739, Loyal
Order of Moose recently installed
the following officers for the com
ing year:
W. D. Terry, governor; C. C.
Brookshire, junior governor; Joe
P. Terry, prelate; Marcelle Bar
ker, past governor; L. B. Tinsley,
sergeant at arms; T. O. Williams,
inner guard; C. E. Wooten, outer
guard; Truman Owens, secretary;
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thuraday, May It, 1S8S
J. L. Laney, treasurer and K. B.
King, three year trustee. G. F.
Downs and Robt. M. Vance are
holdover trustees.
. The new officers were installed
by Mr. Earle Sbnith, of Joanna,
president of the Fifth Moose dis
trict of the South Carolina asso-
ciation.
The next scheduled meeting of
the lodge will be Tuesday evening,
May 23 with a special program to
be presented. All members are in
vited to attend.
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The recent developments relat
ing to the Salk polio vaccine have
been of great concern to every
American. It appears that there
has been a certain amount of con
fusion in regard to the hanging
and distribution of this new vac
cine, which is designed to virtual
ly eliminate the crippling disease
of poliomyelitis as a menace to
public health.
The Senate Interstate Com
merce committee has begun an in
vestigation into government hand
ling and distribution of the vac
cine. We are making a speedy but
thorough investigation of every
phase of handling in the hope that
we may be able to bring to light
facts that will clear up the pres
ent confusion, insure the public
safety, and provide for a fair dis
tribution.
Peach Crop Insurance
South Carolina peach growers
and officials of the Agriculture
Department’s Federal Crop In
surance corporation were meeting
in Columbia this week (Wednes
day) to work out final plans for a
peach crofc insurance program.
This is a vital need for our peach
growers, especially in view of the
recent freeze that caused $10 mil
lion in damages to our peach crop
in South Carolina. The Agricul
ture department has indicated a
strong willingness to help in es
tablishing this program. I hope as
insurance program can be worked
out that will adequately protect
our growers against undue crop
losses. Our South Carolina tobacco
farmers are satisfied with a simi
lar program. They paid in $144,000
in premiums last year and collect
ed more than $300,000 in benefits
as a result of their drought losses.
It now appears that, in spite of
our efforts in the Senate, our
fanners who lost their crops in
the freeze will not obtain addi
tional basic crop acreage this year.
Last week the House Agriculture
committee tabled Senate bill 1628
which would provide this assist
ance to enable these farmers to
earn a livelihood for their families
and farm workers during this crop
year. This bill was speedily passed
by the Senate last month.
Farm Legislation Introduced
I have joined a group of mid-
western senators and Senators
Scott (D-tNC) and Eastland (D-
Miss.) in introducing a bill that
should help many of our disaster-
stricken fanners to continue farm
ing operations. It would authorize
the Secretary of Agriculture to re- j year,
S. C. Budget
For '55-'56
Is Record
Columbia — The adjourning
General Assembly set up a rec
ord state budget for 1955-56 with
practically no new state govern
ment activity offered.
The 223 3-4 million dollar
budget of state general funds,
federal aid and msicellaneous in
stitutional income is a record.
It exceeds the current 208 1-2
million dollar budget on which a
six million dollar deficit is ex
pected to be recorded six weeks
from now. |
Yet no new services of any |
consequence were ordered, and
very few of a minor nature.
The cause lay in expending!
school enrollments , and new i
school buidings, the demands of
public welfare and charitable in
stitutions, an enlarged road
building program, and more state
money for cities and counties.
With the tax program six mil
lion short on this year's smaller
budget, new taxes were added
and adjustments made for next
Joy Southerland of Cross
Mrs. Colie Turner bf Cross
and Miss Barbara Ann Man
tis Ve been discharged from
Blalock clinic.
Mrs. Forrest Smith is a patient
at Blalock clinic.
Friends of Mrs. B. F. Wingard
will be glad to know
valeedng at home
patient at Hays
days this week.
she is con-
after being a
several
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er unsecured or secured by real or
personal property.” The total prin
cipal indebtedness of any appli
cant could not exceed 90 per cent
of the normal market value of his
farm or his chottels.
REA Wins Senate Praise
On Wednesday, I introduced a
bill that would authorize the es
tablishment of a regional labora
tory to provide for a continuing
study of our water resources and
soil conservation practices in tne
southeast. This is a companion to
a bill introduced by Congressman
Dorn of the third district
Later in the day, I joined many
other senators in paying tribute
to the Rural Electrification admin
istration on its 20th birthday. As
a member of the committee that
sponsored the first REA legislation
in the South Carolina general as
sembly, I had high hopes for the
success of this program. Today
more than 88 per cent of our ru
ral homes in South Carolina have
elqstricity. In 1935, only three in
every 100 rural homes had it. I
hope the day is not far away when
every farm family in South Caro
lina and across the nation will
have both electircity and tele
phone service.
Birth Announcement
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HATTON
Mr. and Mrs. William Hatton
announce the birth of a son, Wil
liam Spencer, Jr., on May 15 at
Blalock clinic. Mrs. Hatton is the
former Miss Joanne Anderson.
PLAXICO
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Plaxico an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Lorraine Carrbll, on May 15 at IU. S. Supreme Court on school
Hays hospital. Mrs. Plaxico was I segregation got legislative at-
before marriage Miss Louise Monk' tention.
of Moultrie, Ga. j a number of bills were enact-
The additions totaled 10 1-4
million dollars. Ibis, plus in
creases in federal aid, will ineet
next year’s budget if revenue
expectations are fulfilled.
There will be little or no mar
gin between spending and tax-
The tax program of the Assem
bly that ended statewide work
Saturday is largely a patchwork
one of filling loopholes in the
existing program.
There were no outright new
taxes. The changes consisted of
such things as extending the
sales tax to previously exempt
items, elimnieting a ceiling on
fire sales tax on a single Hem,
readjusting liquor taxes- extend
ing an insurance premium tax
charged foreign corporations to
apply also to domestic companies
in a limited amount, and increas
ing the corporate income tax
froyn 4 1-2 to 5 per cent.
Anticipating a continuing rev
enue problem unless some long-
range planning is done, the As-
oembly authorized a special com
mittee to report next year on the
prospects for the next five years.
Out of fiiis may come some
long-range plan such as an in
crease to 4 per cent in the 3 per
cent general retail sales tax.
The expanding needs account
ing for most of the increased
budget were seven million for
education, one million for wel
fare and charitable work, six
million for highways and 1 1-4
million more in state funds given ,
to cities and counties.
The Assembly adjourned
quietly in midday Saturday with
Gov. Timmerman holding a
$213,000 deficiency appropria
tions bill for current spending.
He had until Tuesday midnight
to sign or veto the measure.
The Assembly set aside fins
week and next for completing lo
cal legislation, done by ‘attaches
on written instructions from the
legislators. The Assembly can re
convene May 27 for the sole pur
pose of considering any vetoes
that the governor may send
them If there are no vetoes
there will be no meeting then.
An expected order from the
NABORS
Dr. and Mrs. G. Cooley Nabors,
of Dallas, Texas, announce the
ed to give control of school en
rollments and teacher hirings to
local school districts. This is!
birth of a son, Thomas Damian on expected to make application of
Ajiril 17, at St. Paul’s hospital in
Dallas. Mrs. Nabors is the former
any court order difficult.
Three million of the expected‘I
Miss Constance Switzer of Wes- six million deficit wlil be met by [
ton, W. Va., and Washington, D. C.’a reserve fund. The rest is ex-
• | pected to lap over into 1955-56.
Garden Club News ! The Bud * et and Control Board
Clinton Garden Council ;
has moved the Garden Center
from downstairs in Be Ik’s to the
gift department upstairs. It will
meet the deficit, but with only
six weeks left in the fiscal year,
that is not considered likely.
Efforts by Timmerman and the
months wilt, the various elute mi wm blocked by ^
The Clara Duckett
group is
now the current sponsor, while
the Carolina Wren club will be in
charge for June. July will be
the month for the S unbonnet
club and the Yellow Jasmine for
August.
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The Sunbonnet club will meet
Brown of Barnwell said recover
ing state revenues should reduce
the deficit considerably.
In connection with its revenue
problems, the Assembly approv
ed $170,000 for the governor to
use in enforcing laws against
bootlegging.
The liquor tax changes also
xne ounoonnei ciuo wm meet Krin**
Monday afternoon at 3:30 with 1
m . more revenue by putting liquor
Mrs. Marshall Brown.
• • •
The Clara Duckett chib will
meet at 11 o’cock Monday morn
ing at Broad Street Methodist
church to go to Bose Hill for a
picnic.
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WITH THE SICK
Mrs. J. B. Brewington is re
cuperating at Hays hospital where
she underwent an operation last
week.
Patients at Hays hospital for
treatment include Miss Barbara
McLendon, Mrs; Bruce Bagwell,
Claude Malpass, Cecil Cothran,
and Mrs. Rebecca Crooks, of Cross
Anchor.
Miss Louise Corley, of Cross
Hill, underwent an appendectomy
at Hays hospital yesterday.
Luther Franklin is a patient at
Hays hhspital suffering bum in
juries.
Mrs. Marshall King is convalesc
ing following an operation Tues
day at Hays hospital.
Mrs. J. P. Moates underwent an
operation on Tuesday at Hay* hos
pital.
Friends of Mrs. J. H. Don nan
will be interested to know she Is
a patient at Blalock dink.
Lynn Blakely, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Blakely, J. H. Duka,
Mrs. CeUa Mr**!", of Cross Hill,
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