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* i I •.t Pace Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, March 22, 1956 ulfy? (SUnton QUfrnntrlr Established 1900 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable in Advance) One Year $3.00, Six Months $2.00 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—the 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, MARCH 22. 1956 Move With Caution . . . If AtAU A bill has passed the House of Represen tatives and is now in the Senate whidh would change the method of operation of the schools in Ijiurens county. The bill calls for an expression of the elec torate on whether the people wish to con tinue the operation of the schools under the administration of district superintendents and abolish the office of County Superinten dent of Education, or whether they wish the schools operated under the administration of the County Superintendent of Education. If the people vote either way, they would abolish one or the other: the district super intendents or the'County Superintendent of Education. The bill doesn’t say that the district su perintendents shall be abolished but it might as well say so, for that is obviously the in tent of those who sponsored the bill. r The bill simply says: “Do you favor/the operation of the schools of Laurens county by the County Superintendent of Educa tion?" If the County Superintendent of Educa tion is to operate the schools, what is to be come of the district superintendents? Several years ago the schools of Laurens county (and all other counties in the state) were reorganized under state laws that dras tically changed the operatibn of all schools, including financing for operations and fi nancing for new buildings. Included in the change was the reduction from many dis tricts to two. It seems to us that any change voted for by the people (and it would be a change either way they voted) w’ould involve ques tions of law that the voters of this county could not determine simply by voting. There are basic state laws that govern schools all over the state that one countv o could not push aside or ignore. The" County Superintendent of Education has duties that cannot be performed by the district superintendents. The district super intendents have duties imposed upon them by law that cannot be assumed by the County Superintendent of Education. Each has his own sphere of operation. And according to our way of thinking it would require more than an expression of preference by people in one county to bring about any revision of methods of operating schools. It appears to be more basic than that. We think action oh a higher level would be required. ‘ If every county in the state were to oper ate under a different system, we might as well continue the process of breaking down and return to the old system of twenty-five or thirty little, districts in each county, each operating on its own. We don’t think the state is prepared to do that. Advocates of the change as proposed in the bill caUing for the referendum have not studied the ramifications involved in the question and have not presented them to the people of the county. The voters need such knowledge in order to vote intelligently. In the absence of such an effort*to^lrgh^, en the people on the consequences involved', and the lack of presentation of a clear-cut, spelled-out method under which the schools would be operated, we propose that the ref erendum be postponed until such time th$t the people be properly informed. And the people cannot be properly inform ed by candidates seeking office. It will require the best efforts of expe rienced school administrators and those fa miliar with present school laws, to interpret the meaning and project into the future the results of any proposed change. This is too serious a matter to be taken lightly. • paying private enterprise if given the chance. And that brings up another matter—a very vital matter. Some of the biggest power projects—of which a $400 million system on the Niagara river near the falls is an out standing example—have been delayed, liter ally for years, by socialized-power groups which work on the principle that we shall either have tax-subsidized government power or no power at all. An Oregon newspaper has dubbed these groups “The Blockaders.” That is an accurate term, which deserves wide currency. They are erecting blockades against investment, against progress, against the welfare of agriculture, industry and labor. And, if these blockades are maintained miich longer, whole sections of the country may suffer severe and needless electric power shortages. In short—will the public interest be sac rificed because of alien ideological considera tions? Port Huron, Mich., Times Herald: “Social ized medicine is just one of the socialist pro grams that does riot work—and that never has worked. The United States did well to turn down socialized medicine—this country is the healthiest country in the world and free enterprise medicine is largely responsi ble for that happy state of affairs.” SENSING THE NEWS By THURMAN SENSING Executive Vic* President Southern State* Industrial Council »»**«>«> “Blockaders” Stymie Progress A few months ago a group of Western electric , utilities—all business-managed, all publicly-regulated, and all major taxpayers— filed an application with the Federal Power Commission for a license to undertake a $210 million hydroelectric project on a major river in the region. The group is now spending $1,- 750,000 on preliminary engineering and oth er work. If construction can be started this year, it is announced, urgently needed power will be delivered fron* the project in 1959. A great development like this is important in itself. It is still more important when seen as part of a larger picture—as additional evidence that any and all needed electric pow er projects can and will be undertaken by tax- DISCRIMINATION IN GOLD When our government went off the gold stand ard in 1933 it violated sanctity of contract and broke its pledged promise to the people. It stated that all promises to pay in gold were from that time null and void, that the people must turn in their gold holdings—which were theirs and which they had earned—to the Government. Thqs the control of the nation’s money supply was taken out of the hands of the people, where it belonged, and thus was taken the first major step that is laways taken when attempting to establish a strong, centralized, socialistic government. But there was one strange omission in the Gov ernment’s miles and regulations concerning gold. Due to a peculiar attitude on the part of the Gov ernment—which was soft-headed, not soft-heart ed—the right to demand payment in gold was not taken away from foreigners. It was only taken away from American citizens—those who actually owned the gold at the time. In the early days of our nation, when the peo ple had guts and stood for principles, any such ac tion on the part of the Government would have meant revolution—and it would have been jusfi- fied. The reasons for which the people of this country sought their freedom by revolution from. Great Britain when the nation wsa founded were no stronger than this one would have been. But the fact was—and we must face it—that we as a people had reached that point of apathy that is always one of the steps reached in the rise and decline of great nations—so we accepted it submissively and did nothing about it. During the years since 1933 many things have happened. For one thing, we have fticreased our rational debt from $20 billion to $280 billion. For another thing, we have gone through two wars. For a third thing, we have been scattering our dol lars profligately over the face of the earth. Since 1940, our Government has given to foreign nations more than $100 billion of the American taxpayers’ money. And the most astounding aspect of this give-away program is that more than half this amount has been given away since the end of the Second World War. While we have not been balancing, oqr budget during tfre'se years, grtahy-ether nations te-which we have been giving our dollars have been bal- rncing theirs While we have not' been paying off our national debt during these years, many other nations to which we have been giving our dollars have bben paying theirs. And now what of the status of our gold supply which we have so proud ly buried in the ground at Fort Knox? ' When the Government raised the price of gold from $20.67 per ounce to $35.00 per ounce in 1934, all the gold starred coming our way. By 1949 our supply of gold reached a peak of $24.6 billion. This made us feel rich. Even though w r e had gone off the gold standard so far as the' American people were concerned,we still had a comfortable feeling about having more than $24 billion i)i gold stashed away in the ground—all of which really proves the value of a gold supply as a moral standard and a measure of value. We cannot get away from these thinfd even though we try. But as we continued giving our dollars to for eign nations—which really meant that we were re distributing our gold—and as these nations regain ed their economic strength, we noted that there began a drain on our gold supply. Now our gold re • serve is down to $21.8 billion instead of $24.6 bil lion. But that is not.the worst of it. These for eign nations have now built up dollar reserves and credits against our gold totaling $13.8 billion. If their confidence in the dollar should weaken in any way, either by signs of a depression in this country or for any other reason, they could imme diately demand that much of our gold and get it— ^nd this would leave us with only $8 billion. Then the real picture would begin to emerge; we would look like a poor nation. Our Government broke faith with its people when it went off the gold standard in the first place. The only decent and honorable thing to do now is to return to this standard. In the mean time, foreigners should be denied payment in gold just as the American citizens are denied payment in gold. In fact, there is much less reason for pay ing foreigners in gold than there is for paying our own citizens in gold, for they are the people who earned the gold in the first place. What do you and your Congressman think about thsi? Ed PHfs, C"' High School Tackle, Chooses University Ed Pitts, six-foot, one-inch, 210- pound tackle, who was a standout for Clinton high school last sea-* son, will enroll at the University of South Carolina in September. Pitts, regarded as one of the really outstanding linemen in the state, played in the Shrine Bowl game at Charlotte last December. . He said that he decided in favor of the state university “because I like the place and the folks.” "He did. not make Up his mind until last week, <£fter narrowing the field to Carolina and Clemson. He plans to study engineering at the university. He was a little above the average scholastically at Clinton high, where he lettered in football for three years. Pitts played under Coach Flem- ing Thornton, whoee 1865 team finished with an 8-3 record. He played offense and defense, nearly every minute of every game, and did not miss a game in three years because of injury. Carolina’s Head Coach Warren Giese said of the Clinton athlete: “Certainly, Ed is one of the out standing linemen of the state. I am very pleased that he is com ing with us. He is the personifica tion of the type of boy we want at South Carolina to develop the teams we hope we are going to have. Ed’s a high type boy, with a fine personality. He will make a tremendous contribution to the student body, as well as to the football squad.” His high school coach, Thornton, said that “Ed Pitts is the best tackle I have ever coached.” Creekland Farm To Hold Shorthorn Sole On April 11 Polled Shorthorn breeders from across the nation are expected to be in attendance at the second an nual Creekland Farm’ sale to be held at the farm near * Clinton Wednesday, April 11. It was from the first Creekland offering last year that came Creek land Lancer. This nine month old calf topped the sale last year at $2,050, going to Paul Teegardin, Oakwood Stock Farm, Ashville, Ohjo. He was the sensation of the Polled Shorthorn show circuit last fall, winning the grand champion ship at the Illinois and Ohio state fairs and winding up, the year winning the most prized award of the year, the International grand championship at Chicago. Creek land Lancer was the first interna tional grand champion of any breed ever bred in South Caro lina. A total of ten bulls and thirty- five females will be sold. “We be lieve it is one of the finest groups of polled females to be sold any where and most of them are either by Louada Developer, sire of Creekland Lancer, or bred to him,” states Norton. Thieman Pol led Shorthorns. Concardia, Mis souri, who have won more inter national grand championshpis than any other herd, will again be a guest consignor bringing two bulls and five females. Creekland is owned by P. S. Bailey, Clinton, textile manufacturer. Lester Nor ton is f|rm manager. Eight steer club calves selected as good prospects for boys and girls to feed for club work will be auctioned at 11 a m. Two home athletic events are scheduled for Presbyterian col lege teams this Friday afternoon. The baseball team, coached by Jerry Wampfler, will open its home season' against Furman at 3:30 p. m. And the tennis squad, under direction of Jim Leighton, will bid for another victory against Erskine at 1:30 p. m. The PC diamond crew is just ■back from an unsuccessful three- game invasion of North Carolina, but Hose tennis aces have con tinued their winning ways with four triumphs in six matches thus far. Elsewhere on the spring sports calendar, Presbyterian golfers will invade Wofford on Friday after dropping their opener to Furman last Tuesday, and the track team will seek to bounce back from its Athletic Events Set For Friday defeat by South Carolina 'when it runs against Furman at Green ville this Saturday. Choir Schedules Tour Of Florida Eleven concert appearances, ipcluding nine performances on a Florida tour, remain on sched ule for the Presbyterian College robed choir. The program of tsacred niusic and worship will be presented be fore Presbyterian church 'congre gations during the final weeks of the concert season. The choir presented concerts Sunday morning at Darlington and in the evening at Chester. Following are the remaining dates on the schedule: April 8 — Waycross, Ga., First (morning), Gainesville, Fla., First (evening); April 9—Tampa Paling Ceia (evening); April 10—Sara sota First (evening); April 11— Bradenton First (evening); April 12 — Miami Shores (evening): April 13—Orlando First (eve ning). April 15 — Brunswick First - (morning), Augusta, Reid Mem orial. (evening); April 2ft—Union First (morning), Oreer First (eve- ning). j; MountviTle Mission Society In Meeting The Woman’s Missionary Socie ty of the Mountville Baptist church met with Mrs. A. F. Alex ander and Mrs. Ij^win Alexander at the home of the former on March 14. An interesting meet ing was held, the leader being Mrs. Roy Adams. The hostess served punch, sand wiches and cake. Presbyterian Stiares * Gifts To Colleges ^ Presbyterian college has receiv ed $3,339.70 as its «h«re in the 1955 distribution of 647,400 to the South Carolina Foundation of In dependent Colleges, it has been announced. , t Twenty-one corporations have distributed $47,000 aSnong South Carolina’s nine non-tax supported colleges, according to R. Wright Spears, chairman of the South Carolina Foundation of Indepen dent Colleges. 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