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1 Pace Light » * THE CtlNTON CHRONICLE Thursday, January 24, 1957 To Speak af Lions Meeting WASHINGTON AND " r A A A I I SMALL BUSINESS A T Stepru is, i U'tort »•: in>- IT. Ik. -r. iriiiioiif • 'H'p ,nv in S< latest .lie acivant to- do with U'Vphone devejop- ’mi nts m relation to future possi i 1 i.l itii•< and nlaniiimt. n.ittei on.'T.it.v>:i on a rur'ilK - : oj the 1 • a ; ..itivo 01 AI' a n t a. - ■ la and a graduatt c >f Georgia vruvi He be g m h:s telephone viun uiree r m I; ‘4Vi ..nd bar held po.-u- (pm- Hon* in A! tlanta and Louisville. Ky Ho w as .ppointo d to his dvm- pivsc nt po> .'ion. in '(.'<! ilumbia. in \ W. L. Dawkins Dies At Laurens Sunday Laurens- William Lew;.' -Daw kins, 66, dUxi at, his home Sunday following a four-year illness* Mr. Dawkins was .i Laurens resident for 30 years He was'a shoe re pairman and a textile worker. He was the sen of the late Hen ry and Henrietta Gladden Daw-, kms. Besides his wife. Mrs. Mattie Dawkins he is survived by two sons. Henry Dawkins'and Michael Dawkins, of Laurens: one daugh ter. Mis Harnette Dftwknj OFFICE SUPPLIES CHRONICLE PUB. CO. Holmes, of Sacramento, Cal; one brother, Scott Dawkins, of Clin ton; three sisters, Mrs. Emma Gibson, of Lando; Miss Belle '.'iawk.ns. f Wa-arngton. D. C . ; :id Mrs. Mary Mobley, of Char- intttvN. C- Funeral -erviees were conduct ed at Kennedy Morturay at 3:00 p m. Monday b> the Rev. J E. Rouse. Buna! was in City ceme- terv. An argument often osed to ad vance monopoly business opera tions in this country is that huge business is better for nation than small business because it tan make the multi-million dollar investments required for new tools known as automation. Pre sumably, automation lowers eon sum.cr prices * * * Of course since the autoi industry went; into automa-| tion, car prlees- havcincreased, rather tha decreased. S jiorhaps, there is a fallacj there, too, but c. W. Harder - there is an even greater fallarcy. * * * A leading expert on automa tion, Henry F Dever, president.of the Scientific Apparatus Itlakers Association; believes automatioji shi uld play its most important r •!e helping najtjon’s more than 3 1 1.000 small mamif 1 c!..-i;ers em ploying less than 100.0 people to stay competit ve. i * + * He says contrary to popular opinion production advantages in herent in automated processes do not necessarily require huge investments. * * * He cited many concrete exam ples of this fact. * * * A Georgia brick firm spent 55000 to instqU ; controls to auto- malicatty handle Us kiln with produetion boosted lOD. A Day- ton firm installed automatie tem perature controls on molding presses at a eost of SlOQO each, and reduced rejects by 38 f ' t . Mr. Dever says in some plants auto- S ation might run as much as 00.000. but that is still a long way from the several million figure commonly used. * * • So once again sharp focus is • brought on most pressing eco nomic problem of the times; a (c) N»ti -ral Federation f Irdepend-nt Business By C. WILSON HARDER rcaliStie reappraisal of federal I tax structures. * * • It is quite possible that many small plants could moderrtiie with automation for an invest ment of 525.000. for example. GThis would be a capital invest ment, and could only be written off for tax purposes over a long period of depreciation. • * * If the manufacturer needed all his cash, left after takes, -for* i working capital, and few small- ; firms have any cash reserves,' a loan must be secured. * * * Now if the firm does any busi ness at all, it is-in a tax bracket, where in effect, to pay ofT a 525.000 loan, it must make an extra 550,000 at least. , * * * In other words, out of each additional dollar carped, taxes . have a lion on at leaist 50 cents of ij. So dpdoubtecfly, many small firms- hesitaje to enter, into, a program where in CfTect they must earn $2 for every 51 they invest in improvements. i - * * * Fo Congress in January must again face this problem. Is It better to encourage American small business to expand, and thus build a strong national econ omy, or is it better, to take away the-earnings needed to expand to finance all manner of fancy raz- zle dazzle foreign aid schemes. * * , * Undoubtedly, several Amer- ' term small business plants could have V fcn fully automated by the U. S. tax money represented 1 in the gunpowder that Anglo- I French forces blasted away at | the Egyptians. * * * Would not this money have been better used to produce more American jobs than to produce.,] torn bodies of peasant men, women and rhildren whose life streams soaked Into the arid, sandy soils of Egypt, This could be a terrible weight on the ron- I science of the U. S. Congress. ATTENDS BOAR D.MEET Mrs. Leila N Johnson, presi dent of the local Business and Professional Woman's club, at- tt ndvd the Winter board meeting fo the state organization in Gaff- s tin. past week-end LAURENS COUNTY Tax Books Now Open - % The tax books, ot Laui'-eft^UtmntyGrre'opehTor pay ment of the following taxes: Laurens No. 55 Laurens No. 5G Greenville No. 520 Ware Shoals-51 S '4* 3 TS 18 18 18 18 * “ 5 ■a 2 Z i J3 x 5 — v a s, X X. <0 ■3 . ej d s in e« if) 25 22 42 35 1 Count v- wide i-neluties: V. C-C e/ 3* ®TJ -k C A £ A Z £ 5 H 49 - l 3 46 ‘ Vi 53 'A 60 y. 0'mills; lionds. 8 mills: hospital, 1 mill—Total, 18 mills).' (Mauhlin-Simpsonville-Fountajn Inn Water Disi. levy 13 mills). p - ... • Every male diet ween the ages of 21 and 60 years, who is not physically disabled is required to pay 81.00 poll tax. Tax hooks opened October 1, 1956 and remain open without penalty through December 31, 1956. Taxes will !>e collected through April 15, 1957, with penalty added, *and will go into execution April 15, 1957. The following fvnalties will he collected: January, 1 per cent: February. 2 per cent; March, 3 per cent; and from April 1 to April 15. 7 per cent. ^ SAM M. LEAMAN . County Treasurer — Take a look at your medicine chest* Tm, In moat homes this ia tha catch-all for oountlaaa aarvfry family and paraonal needs I Tooth-brushes, face powder, nssor blades, adhesive-taps, msdicinaa, first-aid to— st— sickroom supplies. And it’s s good idea to chock your madidns oabtnas i—w- lady. Throw out old medicines. Maks a list of sverythinf y— used. A well stocked medicine closet is not only a eoti—iienne, it can be of vital importance. Make os head quarters for all those medicine chest items, ss wail as for prescriptions. rise delivery! ' . ( V ' - w • * Me Gee's Drug Store Phone No. I EVERYDAY COUNSELOR BV Dr. Herbert Spaugh After more than thirty years ! at counseling. I never cease to be ' amazed at how otherwise-sensible and intelligent men and women allow themselves to become in- j volved .iti extra-marital *' affairs which so often lead to broken j ! homes. r——•. i , ’At the recent North Carolina! Baptist State Convention “home- ] ; wrecking” was termed a more se- nous offense than murder by j Dr J W. Burton, of Nashville,! Penn., home life- editor df the i Baptist Sunday School Board. He i> quoted as having said, “Let one [.break up-a-home—any home, his for a not her'>—and In.' has j ted. an act more serious in its ef- tect on society thdn any other i misdeed—yes, more harmful than j murdt-r. for the murderer takes I only "bne life, whereas the home- ’ wrecker blasts the very, found- ’ at ion of society . Tne strong j love of a man for a woman is the solid rock on which the structure of society rests We will solve nothing in the home crisis today TttrftF We^rraHre the fundamental family evil is in the area of char- . acter. We have worked repeatedly, and with some Success by t-he ] heirdV help. In home and mar riage salvage. The wrecking pro cess follows an almost uniform and progressive pattern. The first step is failure to keep aflame the fire of love and appre ciation. - Then matrimonial mo notony sets in.. At-the same time commences a process of each try ing to reform the otht-r as to his own taste'and desires. Soon quar- j rels and nagging occur. The stage is now set for the trt-) angle picture — the entrance of- ! the third party. The husband ] more often falls victim to infatu- [ ation than the wife. The reason : is that he has more opportunity. I Furthermore, a man has more in- c.ination.' this way than a wom an. Another reason is that there are more women than men. Having' reache'd the stage ot quarreling and bickering, and af ter some particularly Violent quarrel, the husband comes to work downcast. Some fellow- 1 worker of the opposite sex offers sympathy. Soon there is an .ex change of confidences, and Com parisons between 'what was left at home and the one who is ot- lering sympathy. Sympathy moves on,to infatuation. In due time suspicions are* aroused at home, qUarreling moves on into lectures ^nd abuse. (The neglect ed one at^ home 'figrils back—bn the w'rongjway.. Lectures on out raged virtue and family duty fall on deaf eaps at this po|[nt. Unless -the services of an understanding minister djr an expert vm^rriage counselor iare sbughO duickly, separation land- divorce all too ot- ten follow,; How foolish it all is. Yet in telligent mien and women allow themselves, to become home- wreckers before they know it. If yoti w-ijh further material on this subject 1 , write the Everyday Counselor i^i care of this news paper, enclosing \ self-addressed ct mrwjrl n r-i x r/x 1 /'xrsn Conservation , Notes By J. B. O DELL i ■ j The Laurens County Soil Con servation District delivered this week 106,000 pine tree seedlings to nineteen farmers. This is the second shipment of this season and the trees were brought by truck' from the nursery c?f the State Commission of Forestry at Wedgefield. *• The largest number of seed lings, 20,000. went to J. T. Hol lingsworth of Cross Hill . Mr. Hollingsworth has already strat- cd planting the seedlings, using the district’s tree planting ser vice. * There is much interest over the county in the tree planting programs of both the Soil BanK and the ACP programs. How f - ever, the supply of seedlings at the nurseries is inadequate to meet the demand. * * * . F. O. Wyly, of Greenville, Was assisted this week in the devel opment of a complete soil and water conservation plan on a 70- kCSe farm in the Waterloo sec tion Mr. Wyly is interested in the establishment of permanent pastures on part of this land He is also planning to plant pine s> edlings on part of rt, under the conservation reserve of the 501I Bank program. Soil Conser vation Service technicians as sisting the Laurens Soil Conser vation District, will help Mr Wy ly in working out this plan. At* Fred Pitts, of the Hickory Tav ern community, has requested assistance from the district in the surveying of some 8,000 to 10.000 feet of terraces. Mr. Pitts stamped envelope. Dr. Fred E. Holcombe OPTOMETRIST • 4 ' Offices at 2uu South Broad St. Phone 6S8 Office Boon »:M to 6:S« COMING MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM — 3 DAYS ONLY — 5 Performances Jan. 31 Thru Feb. 2 Nitely at 8:15 MAT. SAT. ot 2:30 P.M. Family Matinee Friday. Feb. 1 nt 4 P.M. Children Under 15 Years Half-Price At This Matinee Only iim HtUHPHUNT SfHON. 1 , ICE j Vogues^ 1957 All Seats Reserved—Ind. Tax $3.00 $2.60 $1.50 For Best Seats Order By Mail Now, Just send check or money order with stamped self- addressed envelope and date I desired to: ICE VOGUES, P.O. Box 1410, Spartanburg, S. C. MAKE CHECKS PAY ABLE TO: Ice Vogues. Good Seats Still Available * At Auditorium Box Office . and Ckvslond Hotel Lobby is using his cost-gharing pay ments through the local ASC of fice to help pay the cost of build ing the terraces. This job will be done by tjhe district's terracing machine. 'y* * * * Ryan F. Lawson and W. P. Dickson, Laurens district super visors, attended the state meet ing of* Soil Conservation District Supervisors at <pietnson last week. Receive Tax Forms At Chamber Office >. The Clinton Chamber of Com merce this week-end obtained a number of several Types of South Carolina and Federal income tax report forms. Individauls may obtain needed forms .from the Chamber as long as The supply lasts. George Massov, manager, said. Information Sought On Foster Plantation Information concerning Clinton history, particularly dealing with the plantation of Joel Thomas Foster arid its outgrowth/ is be ing sought by the Clinton Cham ber of Commerce. A letter received by the Cham ber of Commerce from a lady'in San Manuel, Arizona,, who is) writing a book with a setting in the period of the 19th century, inquired concerning information aboqt Mr. Foster and Mary Ann Clementine foster Williams. George MaSsey, manager of the Chamber of Commerce, said in- formation on file was sent the Arizona author but that addit ional information is sought. The writer expressed the desire *to visit Clinton ‘‘to see in person the town but unable to do so at ■ . . * • -« this, time.” Artyone* having knowledge of history of Clinton or Mr. Foster’s plantation between 1800 arid 1890 is asked to call the Chamber of Commerce at 108. J. R. Crawford SURVEYING CLINTON, 8. C. Phone S49X Joanne FIREWOOD t OAK WOOD FOR THOSE WHO STILL ENJOY OPEN FIRES. 1 joe c. McDaniel Phone 12S ^ TREMENDOUS VALUES I SHOP! SAVE I One Group Womens DRESSES Final Reduction! Womens Better Coats Extra Special! Women’s WOOL SUITS 0 Special! Special! 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