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Page Twttv THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Tfcuntoy, November 24, 1955 By SPECTATOR.. COMMENTS on MEN AND THINGS Who will speak the mind and' and purpose of South Carolina, with regard to the much-discuss ed decision of the United States Supreme Court 0 I had hoped that the voice of South Carolina would be heard in the Congress, but. amaz.ing as it may seem, the South has had few champions in the Senate and in the House, in Washington Governor Timmer man, however,- -has made some forthright statements and sever al admirable speeches; he seems to be the one official voice ofj South Carolina. Many men. especially of the populous Piedmont, are express- 1 ing the wish that Governor Tim-! merman may offer tumself for Congress. I Jiave not discussed this with the Governor; nor do I know what he is thinking As a matter of fact the Governor may not aspire to any other office, but may use the great office of Gov ernor in order to arouse our peo ple. as well as to speak our defi ance. With due regard for my fellow citizens I have wished that some one in authority would either speak categorically in defiance ol the usurpations of the Fed eral Government, including the Congress and the Executive De partments, or. else, that he Dr. Fred E. Holcombe OPTOMETRIST ' Offices at 200 South Broad St. Phone 658 Office Hours (o 5.S# would meet the issue as to the exaggeration of the Fourteenth Amendment by repealing all laws, including taxes, that call for or support a public school system, authorizing and urging private schools for White and Colored, with State aid based on the preparation of teachers (and their competency) as well as the course of study. The State-aid would be authorized by special Act. I've heard expressions of ab horrence over such a course, as though it were an infamous sug gestion. I venture to asser. that 1 have had a wider expe rience as a teacher than is com monly found, for I have taught in country schools, city schools, Junior colleges, a woman’s col lege and The Citadel. I ask what other course we are to adopt un less we openly defy the Federal Authority. Think it over: do we mean to have so-called integration? If not. then shall we defy the Fed eral Court? Or shall we adopt measures within the law to as sure academic training for the children and the young men and women? Instead of being horrified let us decide on a policy. As mat ters stand, the cuort virtually outlaws White . and Colored schools but we continue to spend millions of dollars building sep arate schools in the fatuous hope of a change of heart in Wash ington, unless we are quietly de termined. sink or swim, survive or perish, to go our own way, blithely indifferent to the de crees of the Court. Here we are. but where are we? * • * Could Souht Carolina stimu- Wide School Laurens No. 55 19 2.') Laurens No. 56 19 22 W r are Shoals No, 51 .... 19 36 Greenville No. 520 .... 19 42 LAURENSCOUNTY TAX BOOKS OPEN County Special School Board Bonds K.duca. Total 44 3 44 1 55 61 (County-wide includes: Ordinary County, 10 mills; Bonds, 8 mills; Hospital, 1 mill. Total, 19 mills.) (Mauldin-Simpsonville-Fountain Inn Water Dist.l levy 17 mills. Every male between the ages of 21 and 60 years, who is not physically disabled is required to pay $1.00 {>oll tax. Tax books opened September 15, 1955, and will re main open without penalty through December 31, 1955. Taxes will be collected through April 15, 1956 with penalty added and will go into execution April 15, 1956. The following penalties will be collected: January, 1 per cent; February, 2 per cent; March, 3 per cent: and from April 1 to April 15th, 7 per cent. SAM M. LEAMAN Countv Treasurer V late her growth by reducing tax es? Perhaps so. I think it only fair to say that we are not the worst State by any means; and our leadership in State govern ment for some years has been more considerate of the taxpay ers than the Federal Government has been. It is probably true that we are wasteful in some de gree; and that economics could be made here and there; but, by and large, the taxpayers can get a hearing most of the time. How ever, withoqt a word of reproach I am running the hazard of of fering a suggestion. Let us digest the advertise ment of the State of New Jer sey, now being proclaijned to the world. Here it is: “ARE YOUR TAXES TAX ING? ‘We found tax relief when w T e moved over to New Jersey’, writes the comptroller of a big company. \ '‘In reply to your question con cerning the reasons why we de cided to locate our new plant in New Jersey, the favorable tax picture played a big party. We found tax relief here. That is simply because New' Jersey has no individual state income tax, no state corporation income tax, no state unincroporated business tax. no state sales tax, and com plete exemption of intangible personal property from local taxes. There were other reasons why we chose New Jersey, such as the excellent transportation fa cilities and the nearby major markets of New York and Phila delphia. But the favorable tax climate was the most important.” Let’s suppose—well, we who write or talk have to draw on our imagination, as you know, although we try to keep our feet on the ground while we reach up in the air. So, let’s suppose that we set aside a year for a concert ed drive for at least one new en terprise in each county—46 new enterprises. Certainly we are not unmindful of the fine enterprises now with us, so the benefit should be enjoyed by all. Let’s see: 46 new enterprises, probably thirt yof them from Richland to and throughout the opulent Piedmont, leaving six teen for Charleston and the oth ers. If each enterprise averaged 500 employees and each employee spent one thousand dollars a year (pretty low, eh?) that would be 23.000 people spending twenty three million dollars. Even ov erlooking for the moment that many of these would be on a more prosperious plane than ever before, and that means the other taxes, from automo- *», quite a lot; and forgetting all bile licenses to gasoline taxes, just thinking of Sales Taxes, as we have the tax for schools, the $23,000,000 would bring into the State Treasury $690,000 a year. More important, however, than the tax revenue would be the expansion of our economic life, with the inevitable benefit to all kinds of activity. Wouldn’t it be worthwhile for the state ot take a chance? * * • "When he had singned his Emancipation Proclamation, Ab raham Lincoln said: ‘I have urg ed the colonization of the Ne groes, and I shall continue. My Emancipation Proclamation was linked with this plan . . . There is no room for two distinct races I of White men in America, much less for two distinct races of i Whites and Blacks ... I can con ceive of no greater calamity than the assimilation of the Negro into our social and political life as our equal . . . within twenty years we can peacefully colonize the Negro and give him our lang uage, literature, religion, and system of government under conditions in which he can rise to the full measure of manhood. ■This he can never do here. We can never attain the ideal Union our fathers dreamed, with mil lions of an alien, inferior race among us, whose assimilation is neither possible nor desirable. “The seldom quoted words of the much quoted President—the messages America muffed’!” • • * "The Congress of the United States appropriates more money than most of its individual mem bers believe it ought to spned. It levies heavier taxes than most of its members believe ought to be collected. Why? because po litical pressures keep driving the members int ©actions they know to be upwise. The Government has power to spend money; and always there are pressue groups compelling it to spend. "I believe the majority in Con gress would welcome Constitu tional restrictions and limtations because this would give them the best defense against the unreas onable demands upon them, not only by their own constituents but more especially the pressure groups,’' says Representative Ralph W. Gwinn of New York. ‘The responsible leaders of Con gress,’ he adds, ‘Republican and Democratic, realize that ( Con gress cannot and will not restrict its own powers.” When both Congress and the Executive use powers dangerous to the liberties of the people, how, then, is a ‘governor’ to be put on the Federal Government. Mr. Gwinn goes back to a sim ple fact of history. He recalls that the Federa IGovernment af ter all, was created by the states. To it the states delegated certain powers and plainly said that all other powers were reserved to the states and to the people. He proposes .therefroe, that the states add five amendments to the Constitution so that, in the light of modern conditions, the Federal power can be held in check. At present there is no limit Savings Accounts f 3%-DIVIDEND-3% \Ye 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. 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