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% ■v Paffe Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thuraday, December 1$, 19S5 (Slrnton (E^ronirlr Established 1999 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable in Advance) Or i 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, 1878 The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advice. The Chnonicle 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, Cnicago, Detroit. Philadelphia CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1955 Another Record In a late week, U. S. electric power produc tion reached a new high record of more than 11,000,000,000 kilowatt-hours. Only 16 years ago, in 1939, the biggest week known until then saw 2,500,000,000 kilowatt-hours flow off the generators. And it wasn’t until 1947, a mere eight years ago, that a 5,000,000,000 kilowatt-hour week was realized. This country’s power demand has soared at jetplane speed. The demand has been met— in the great majority of cases by regulated private utility companies. And these utili ties, incidentally, Constitute one of America’s biggest and most dependable sources of tax ation for government at all levels. By The Back Door The question of just how far government should go in providing medical care for veter ans is a recurrent one—and it is also exceed ingly controversial and touchy. It provides room for widely divergent yet equally sin cere viewpoints. The Hoover Commission report on the sub ject has been aggressively criticized. Some of the criticisms may be sound. Yet, by and large, the commission pointed to abuses which could be eliminated without in any w'ay en dangering the benefits of desening and needy veterans. Care for non-service-connect- ed disabilities is a case in point. While these patients must file statements of inability to pay, the Veterans Administration is pro hibited from challenging veracity. A random General Accounting Office sampling of 336 declarations by veterans showed that many had substantial assets—$500,000 in one case. The commission’s recommendation that an inability to pay statement be subject to veri fication is certainly reasonable. Most important, in the long pull, is the fu ture picture. We have millions upon millions of veterans and their number will continue to rapidly increase. It is well within the realm of possibility and even probability that all- inclusive government medical care for veter ans, regardless of what happened to them while in service, could lead to socialized medi cine by the back door. We would get it even though the vast majority of Americans, vet erans included, don’t want it. This point should be an over-riding consideration in any appraisal of the issue. A Good Answer On the day following the announcement that the Ford Motor Company will offer its stock to the public for the first time, the Portland Oregonian published a noteworthy lead editorial. The Ford decision, it pointed out, is an ex ample of "the trend to wide-based corporate ownership of American enterprise.” Event- tually, it went on, the company may be “the property of a million or more Americans, none holding more than a-small fraction of the total voting stock.” Then it made the big point in these words: "The metamorphosis of Ford will provide a dramatic illustration of the flexibility of private enterprise as de veloped primarily in America during the.past half century. It is one expression of an effec tive answer to the doctrinaire socialists who have contended that capitalism must lead to the exploitation by the few of the many. This is a capitalism that would scarcely be recog nized as such by either capitalists or sociol ists of the 19th century. It is a style of free enterprise that presences the efficiency and incentive of private ownership and yet as sures, by the very magnitude of its owner ship base, that the industry concerned will remain understanding of and responsive to the public good. Future historians may well class this achievement as the most momen tous of 20th century economics.” The Oregonian’s editorial carried the felici tous title, “Private-Public Ownership.” The modern corporation is rooted firmly in the rich soil of private enterprise — yet, at the same time, it is owned by people who work for it and buy its product or service. It gives the lie to all the old, time-worn charges of the'* totalitarians. Course Changed ... But Aim Still The Same In his recent report to the nation on the Big Four foreign ministers’ conference at Geneva, Secretary Dulles said: “We must assume that the Soviet Unjon will continue its efforts by means short of war to make its system prevail, as it has done in the past.” Sylvia Porter, the syndicated columnist, in describing recent Savipt overtures toward Egypt and other countries, said: “The cold war continues—but the direction has clearly shifted from the military to the economic.” U. S. News & World Report, in the course of a long article entitled “World War III, Russian Style,” observed: “Russia’s tech nique is to wage war with ideas, not directly with guns or atomic bombs or hydrogen bombs or guided missiles. The push buttons in this modem type of war are in the hands of diplomats and propagandists, not in the hands of soldiers.” Business Week, in commenting on the So viet offer to help Egypt build a huge dam on the Nile, said: “Harnessing the Nile at As wan is Egypt’s dream. The country that helps her to do it will move in to stay.” The sources quoted are all authoritative, all responsible, all well informed. It is sig- dificant that what they say adds up to the same thing—that the ruble, rather than the bullet, is now Russia’s principal weapon of war. And in the conduct of that war, to quote U. S. News again, Russia uses, as she long has used, “infiltration, subversion, revolu tion, diplomacy—by bluff and bluster. . . .” Test Of Public Opinion On November 22, a county in the state of Washington provided what an AP news dis patch termed “one of the first ballot tests of public opinion in the public-private power issue.” The issue was simple and crystal clear. The county had been served by two power systems—one a taxpaying utility, and the other a publicly-owned body. It was agreed that this arrangement was uneconom ic. The vote was to decide whether the pri vate utility should buy the publicly-owned one, or vice versa. There were no other factors which might have affected the outcome. To quote the AP dispatch again, the election was regarded as a fair test of sentiment since the county, “a predominantly farming and mining area, is considered neither Democratic nor Republi can and no political ‘names’ were involved.” Here is what happened: An overwhelming majority of the voters, 71 per cent, approved sale of the publicly-owned facilities to the private enterprise. , One wonders how the public-power groups, which claim the people at large are all on their side, will alibi this defeat. For purely political and ideological reasons, the power issue has been magnified beyond all reason, gauged by its impact on the cost of living. Power is one of the smallest items in the family budget—and in the cost of produc tion of all but a few enterprises. It is as nothing compared to th^ tax bill. SENSING THE NEWS By THURMAN SENSING Executive Vice President Southern States Industrial Council FOREIGN AID It is disheartening to hear rumors of increased foreign aid-appropriations for the next fiscal year beginning July 1, 1956. We have apparently now reached the point where the Amerpcan taxpayer can expect neither of the political parties to act as spokesman in his behalf. Since the beginning of the Second World War we have furnished aid to foreign countries in ex cess of $100 billion, better than half of that amount having been furnished since the end of the war. When Marshall Plan aid was started in 1946 it' was supposed to be on a temporary basis. How ever, this temporary emergency never ended— and successive agencies have cc jiued to pour out the Amercian taxpayers’ h...d-eam«d dollars for foreign aid. How heartening it would be to see one of our major political parties come out just once with a strong statement in support of aid to the Ameri can taxpayer. Proponents of foreign aid tell us, of course, that without this aid the world would be in lots worse shape than it is now. The burden of proof is on them—and they cannot prove it. Opponents of foreign aid can just as justifiably make the statement that the world would be much better off than it is now if we had never handed out one dollar of this aid—and they have much to support such a statement. We know from experience as individuals that continued aid does two things. First, it serves to bleed the donor dry. Second, it serves to destroy the initiative and incentive of the recipient. And nations are no different from individuals in this respect—for in fact nations are nothing but groups of individuals—and it is true o< both i nations and individuals that the more you give a man the more he wants, and if you give it to him long enough he will finally consider it his by right. As long as he is taken care of, he will make no effort to do anything for himself. The best way to help an individual is by set ting ham a goood example, not by pampering his every want 'Hie best way to preserve liberty in the world is by maintaining a strong America, not by weakening it through high taxes and heavy debt. It is hoped the Congress will see the wisdom of this course and as quickly as possible discontinue foreign aid rather than increase it Clin-1 and Willie Mae Murrth, Joanna. John Travis Watson, Granite- ville, and Honna Patricia Roper, Services Held For Miller ond Felknor (Continued from page one) nor, all of Alexandria, La. ; his pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Felk nor, Sr., of Knoxville; and one sister. Among reports from Alexandria was the following: Alexandria, La., Dec. 23—Sheriff Grady Kelley, Jr., of Rapides Par ish and other law enforcement of ficials today called on the general public to “lend a hand” in the search for a man who killed an Air Force captain and his father- in-law. Capt. Edward M. Felknor, of Knoxville, Tenn., and his father- in-law, Frank E. Miller, of Clin ton. S. C., was shot down shortly after dawn yesterday when they investigated noises in the Felk nor home. 17 Picked Up Kelley said 17 persons have been picked up, questioned and re leased, but the manhunt is con tinuing for the unidentified slay er. Kelley said he had several leads and coftsidered some of them “hot” The wives or the two men, noth kept under constant police guard, said they could “positively” iden tify the killer. They tentatively identified one suspect from a pho tograph, but they said aifter ques tioning he was not the man and the man was released. Officials at England Air Force Base, where Felknor was stationed said they had screened about 120 persons. Law officers issued a joint state ment, telling the public they “wel comed any information you may come up with. The information that breaks this case probably will come from one of our citi zens.” City Patrolled Squad cars patrolled the city last night, rounding up transients and hitchhikers. The Alexandria Town Talk ran an artist’s pencil sketch drawn from descriptions. The intruder was surprised by Felknor’s 4-year-old daughter, Su san. She told officers the man told her “he was. daddy’s best friend and was going to put a present under the tree for me. He told me to go back to bed and not be afraid.” Public Records (Continued from page one) Douglas Williams, Fountain Inn, and Nellie McDaniel, Laurens. Richard Seaborn Dunaway. Clinton, and Dorothy Jean Corley, Joanna. Ralph L Lanford, Woodruff, and Barbara Ann Davis, Woodruff. Calvin Marvin Lee, Laurens, and Joan Shirley Cannon, ton. i Robert Hagan Summer, Enoree, and Sharon Lee Crowe, Woodruff. Ebb Downs, Lanford. and Louise Styles, Enoree. Calvin Ollie Osborne, Woodruff, and Mildred Gertrude filler, Woodruff. Andrew David Mitchell, Laur ens, and Virginia Kathryn Iflmch, Laurens. John William Ledford, Clinton, and Betty Ruth Rackley, Green wood. John Robert Taylor, Laurens, and Nejlie Tucker, Laurens. Bobby Joe Green, Ehoree, and Peggy O’Neal Minor, Enoree. Joseph Wiley Jones, Clinton, and Carole Grace Martin, Laurens. Carey Hobson Compton, Jr., Owings, and Ruby Sue Nix, Wood ruff. Thomas Haynes Brown, Clinton, Spartanburg. Jones William Goodwin, Foun tain Inn, and Martha Louise Coop er, Owings. James Benjamin Cunningham, Owings, and Kathleen Jane Hun ter, Ora. Divorces: • Polly W. Timm vs. Marvin Ray Timm. Hassell E. Tucker vs. Thelma Virginia Tucker. Elizabeth Gary Shands vs. James Shands. W. D. CAMPBELL Gray Court, Dec. 31 —* Funeral services for Walter D. Campbell, 56, who was found dead at.his home in the^ Dials community Wednesday night, were conduct ed Friday at 3 p. m. at the Can non funeral home by the Rev. Frank DuBose and the R«V. R. J. Bringman. Burial was In Dials Methodist church cemetery. f abaeribe T9 THE CmU»XCLE PHONE 74 LAURENS COUNTY TAX BOOKS OPEN .. County Special Sehool Board Wide School Bonds Edaes. Total Laurens No. 56 19 25 44 Laurens No. 66 19 22 3 44 Ware Shoals No. 51 . 19 36 1 65 Greenville No. 520 ... 19 42 61 (County-wide includes: Ordinary County, 10 mills; Bonds, 8 mills; Hospital, 1 mill. Total, 19 mills.) (Mauldin-Simpsonville-Fountain Inn Water Dist.) levy 17 mills. Every male between the ages of 21 and 60 years, who is not physically disabled is required to pay $1.00 poll tax. t Tax books opened September 15, 1955, and will re main open without penalty through December 31,1955. Taxes will be collected through April 16, 1966 with penalty added and will go into execution April 16,1966. The following penalties will be collected: January, 1 per cent; February, 2 per cent; March, 3 per cent; and from April 1 to April 16th, 7 per cent. SAM M LEAMAN County Treasurer The one drink your Holiday Guests will welcome ...Coca-Cola You’re sure to have guests* They’re sure to want Coke* Better have plenty. •• almost everyone appreciates the bestt Get Extra Coke -. For The Holidays ., ' 9OTTII0 UNDER AUTHORITY Of THI COCA*COlA COMPANY $7 THE GREENWOOD COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY 4D IMS, TNI COCACQIA COMPAMV < feWb«i