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1 V f Page Four // .‘ THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, April 4, 1957 Qllir Clinton Clfrontrlp Established 19M July 4. 1889 — WILLIAM WILSON HARRIS — June 13. 1955 J PITBLISHED E\-ERY'THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable in AcL’ance) One Year-S3 00, Six Months 82.00 Entered a< Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C., under Act oi Congress March 3, 1879 The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the publisher will at all time4 appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advice. The Chronicle will publish letters y>f 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 Rational Advertising Representative: AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION t New York, Cnicago, Detroit. Philadelphia General Clark (Continued from page one) len Village Commission. heeds the Itfbntal share being $1,6>19.60. I part of a nation-wide aid-to-edu- The contribution to South Caro-[cation program through which U. i dent of the institution and its U. S. Military .Academy at West founder in , 92 o, said he felt the Point and commissioned a secorid villagd .•deserved’' a separate gov-, lieutenant of Infantry in April, 1917. He saw service in France mcnt when asked if he th ht Belgium, and Germany in World! ^ wa . ., ,^ r for ^ separate War I, served in many posts m j5 oar d this country between then and Dr. B. O. Whitten, superinten- Iina educational institutions was | S. Steel is giving $1^800,000 to more than 600 privately supported colleges and medical schools in 1®67. CLINTON. S. C . THURSDAY. APRIL 4. 1957 Another Goes Under It has happened before—and now it occurs again. Another textile mill in New, England has run into rough sledding and is ready to throw in the towel. As sooit as it can com plete work now in the machines it will cease operations—and with it go 1.200 jobs. This time it is one of the Bates mills in •ft . Maine, largest textile employer in the state, working 5,500 in five plants. A $4,000,000 an nual payroll will he lost to the town in which • the mill is located. The mill ista victim of depressed market conditions which are being felt by all textilb mills in the country. M6stf have reduced op erations but are keeping going in order to give their workers employment,, while piling up goods in warehouses. The Bates mill, in an effort to continue /operations, had asked the employees to ac cept a temporary pay. cut j>f eight anil one- half cents an hour, which the union voted not to accept." Thi cut would , have been 68 cents from $11.20 for eight hours pay at $1.40 an hour average. •/. The mill could not maintain its competitive position even after a $2,000,000 moderniza tion program several years ago, an/j another of the Bates mills, a rayon operation, hail al ready announced it would cease operations. /Still another textile corporation in the same county, employing 3.600. closed in 1054. And so it goes. , Fortunate is the community—like Clinton and Joanna—in which its mills continue to operate. Even o'n a five-day work week, which, for them, is a curtailed operating schedule. ' x' " you will learn that a neighbor has been stricken with paralytic polio. Then you wlil remember that in the spring you had read'about a polio^vacc'ination drive. Of course, you had meant to get your family amf yourself innoculated. But 5 somehow you had put it off. It wasn’t convergent just then: you’d do it later: it slipped your mind. So. at the height of the summer polio sea son. you find yourself unprotected. A cold shiver comes over you as you recall pictures of young limbs in metal braces, young faces protruding fromlrbn lungs. _ _ Anxiously you telephone your doctor. Yes, he says, the Salk vaccine is effective against paralytic polio. “But.” he adds, “it takes seven to 10 days for the first shot to take ef fect. then a wait of.two to si-x weeks for the second shot that will'provide reasonable pro- * teetion for this polio season.” ■ I You load your family in your car and you get \ bur first injections. But days, pass while you wait—and fear gnaws at your heart. Suppose the disease* strikes before the vac cine builds up its defenses? H6w could you -ever forgive- yourself? World War II when he, achieved world-wide fame as Commanding General of the Fifth Armv. the erniivg board. He declined com asked i '^t«£d^for a. separate tot ! Mrs. Othot support for the bill carhe from Mrs. Frank Hodges,-of Green ville, president of the parents club first American army to be aoh- of the village, and Thomas Tayjor, vated in the European theatre Froni Africa his aritiy invaded It- one of the organization’s directors. James Simkins, of Greenville, “aly on September 9. 1943. .cap-. 1 president, of the State Mental tured Naples oh October 1, and, I Health Association; Da . James Gal- with the British Army took Rome on May 11, 1944. • v Clark was placed in command of the 15th Army Group, consist-, ing of his U. S Fifth and the British Eighth Armies, compris ing ah fighting forces in Italy. He held that command until the close of hostilities in Europe. After service in other import ant posts in Europe General Clark returned to this country and in 1952 was appointed com mander in chief, Far East Com- m a n d, serving simultaneously as commander in chief, United Nations Comand; Commanding General. United States Army Forces. Far East, and governor of the Ryukyu Islands. He retired from t h e military service on October 31, 1953, and on October 23 accepted the presi dency of The Citadel. He assum ed the office and was inaugurat ed on March 19, 1954. He holds many decorations and has been a wanted honorary de grees from many colleges and universities in the United States and Europe. / Bill On Whitten Village Labeled Threat To Program . Columbia, April 2 — A bill to separate the operation of Whitten Village from the authority of the South* Carolina Mental Health years ago on February 25. the .federal gov-'commission today w^s labeled a Alhanv, Ore., Greater Oregon: “Forty-four ernment was given the power to levy an in come tax on individuals. It was felt at the time that rates could never reach 10 per cent. ... In 1913. a single man with a $5,000 a year income paid $20 tax: today, he pays $944. Rates the first year were 1 to 6 {>er cent: they range today from 20 to 91 per cent.” Keep 12th Grade The Chronicle does not agree with those citizens of the state who in recent weeks have advocated that the- 12th grade lie dropped from our public schools. We think it would do irreparable harm if such a move were made. * There are many who claim that the 12th * „ * grade, since its institution in the, schools eight or ten years ago. has not accomplished its purpose; that no more work is being ac complished than in the eleven grades that were in vogue prior to that time. They claim that the work done in eleven grades was simply spread out to include the 12th/grade. That may be so, but we are not admitting it. We may not be as familiar with the sit uation as we should be. "But we have not heard any of‘our state school authorities ad mit it. either. But that has nothing to do \with the point in question, as far as we are/ ^concerned. Our point is this: We have the 12th grade: the school system is set up for-it; our build ings (including scores of new ones) are de signed for it. Instead of weakening our cur riculum by offering less, or even maintain ing the status quo, we should turn our .. thoughts and energy to., stmigthening. an? «'# •*•«'#«'# V* *v«v«w ' SENSING THE NEWS By THURMAN SENSING Executive Vice President Southern States Industrial Council •e#♦#e♦e•*•• PEOPLE ALONE DO NOT MEAN PROSPERITY Time and again in recent weeks and months we have read articles and heard discussions to the effect that the prosperity of. the United States is more or less assured for the next two or three decades at least by the enormous . population growth we are experiencing in this country. Those who maks such predictions are certain ly assuming a lot of things, because if they read history or if they will just look around them in the present world, they whll realize that there is no relationship between population and pros perity. If the largest population meant the hig hest standard of living, then India and China would lead the world in a big w r ay; just the oppo site is the actual case: Under certain conditions, the greater the population, the lower the stand ard of living. The basic fundamental of prosperity is an en tirely different factor than numbers of people; it is incentive, the incentive to the individual to exercise his initiative and his ingenuity, with the full realization that the extent of his success “threat to the state’s overall men tal health program.” The proposed measure would establish a separate governing board for the village—the state's institution lor mentally handicap ped children. The village now is governed by the State Mental Health Commission. At a hearing today, Werber Bryan, of Sumter, chairman of the South Carolina Mental Health As sociation’s Lewislative Committee told the House Public Affairs Com mittee it is necessary that /there be a mental health commissioner “with (final authority." ■ “There is strength in unity,” he said, “and division will weaken.” Support of the bill came from several representatives of the par ents clubs of Whitten Village. Mrs. Mary L. Spann, secretary- treasurer of the organization, said Whitten Village "deserves recogni tion of a separate board.” “It would seem to us.” Mrs. Spann commented, "that the Men tal Health Commission needs Whitten Village more than Whit- loway, a Columbia psychiatrist, and Richland County probate judge A Ray Hrffnant. Hinnant said he was afraid the bill might start a trend with other agencies now governed by the state Mental Health Commission seeking separate authority and a “scattering of responsibilities.” College Participates In Corporation Gift A $972.95 gift to Presbyterian College has been contributed through the South Carolina Foun dation of Independent Colleges by the United States Steel Corpora tion. This gift'was part df a total $9.- 000 presented to the Foundation /for distribution to its nine mem bers. Furman received the largest portion of this sum, distributed partly on an enrollment basis, its They start even... MIDWAY DRIVE-IN THEATRE Clinton — Joanna Now Open 7 Days A Week John L. 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While you’re here, check their age and size. Heft one or two of the chicks. Feel the solid, chunky weight of those Super Startena birds. Livability’s another big thing. Records from farms all over the country on ihore than two million Pnrina-fed chicks showed an average of 97.3% livability! The same feed that produced birds like these is ready to work for you. Ask us for Purina’s im proved Super Startena ... and get that extra growth you can tee and feel. / FEED PURINA.. .YOU CAN DEPEND ON THE CHECKERBOARD / / Farmers Feed & Seed 203 N. BROAD ST. PHONE 1025 : * i r u A % car will be determined by his owq energy and am- THURSDAY bition. ' <f If this incentive is dulled in any respect, just to that extent will prosperity be less likely to be achieved. If the results of the. individual’s ef forts are taken from him to the extent that-there is no longer any incentive to exert such efforts, then prosperity wilTT&e stopped dead in its tracks. This can be done by a totalitarian government of any sort—and it makes no difference whether this goverjaAgnt is the autocratic rule of the dic- 1 tator, theyregimentation of communism or the broadening what oui schools ofiei ,o out planned economy of socialism; and the end result young people. We should offer them more, will be the same not less, and at the same time demand more \ work of quality from the students. This is no time for South Carolina to cut down on its educational program. The state has too much at stake in training its youth for future citizenship. And while we are on the subject of schools, APRIL 4 Superscope—First Run Science Fiction At Its Horrific Best! THE INVASION OF THE BODY ; SNATCHERS ’ Iievin McCarthy DANA WYNTER —Shorts— ‘‘Nation Of Athletes” “Nice Doggy” you can let’s turn to the teachers for a moment. r a* The state should demand and get quality work from its teachers. And one of the best ways to get and keep com-petent teachers in the schools is to provide an adequate pay scale. Much has been heard in recent weeks in regard to a 20 per cent *raise in pay for teachers. Sentiment in the general assembly is divided on the subject. It is generally agreed that "a raise of 10 per cent can be had without a raise in taxes. If a 20 per cent raise is given, it is stated additional taxes must i>e impose^ and that the state is not in financial condition tp raise taxes. Our lawmakers in Columbia are in an ex cellent position to determine*'what the eco nomic structure of the state can stand at present. They may decide that a 20 per cent increase in. one year would be too much of a strain on the state’s resources, and that a 10 per cent increase in each of tw r o years would be more desirable. And we would be inclined to agree. Summer Is Too Late The chances are that somewhere in your vicinity next summer an ambulance may go. clanging down the street and the next day Of course, if the incentive is taken away from him a little bit at a . time, the retrogression of prosperity will also be gradual—but it will reach the point of no return just the same. That is the danger that faces us here in the United States. Even now it /is difficult to find venture capital with which to build more factories and establish more businesses and suply more jobs to more people, because the individual is not allow ed to keep enough of what he earns to interest him-in applying this capital. As it is, our present rate of taxation is such that the lowest paid among us works one day out qf every five to pay his taxes—and the highest paid works nine days out of every ten to pay his taxes. It is true we have the highest standard of liv ing in this country of any nation of the world, 1 the highest man has ever known, and we are __ ^_ . . _ _ rightly proud of it. But we should not forget SlYlOKE SIGNALS what brought this about, else we shall inevitably, a reverse the process. There have been other na-1 »*ltn DANA ANDRL lions in j the world during the 175 years of our! PIPER LAURIE national existence with more people, with greater area, with hnore natural resources than we have had. What has caused the United States to be- — come the most powerful of nations, with the SUN.-MON. APRIL 7-8 highest standard of liv’ing, while these other na tions have lagged far behind? There can be no question but that the answer lies in our way‘of life, in the>philosophy of gov ernment founded for us by out forefathers—that in proportion as a man exercised his initiative and his ingenuity, and exerted his energy, he wrould prosper accordingly and the fruits of his labors would not be taken from him by excessive taxation or otherwise. Our poulation has grown fom 150 million in 1950 to approximately 170 million in 1957. It is estimated that the population will reach 200 mil lion by 1967 and perhaps pass 225 million by 1975. If we are going to assure prosperity, for all these people, we had better begin thinking about cutting taxes so that the billions of dollars we are now spending on such things as foreign aid and welfare state benefits apd bureaucratic adminis tration—all of which are entirely unproductive and add nothing to the standard of living—can then be spent on. investment in new factories and new machinery and new products and thereby provide productive jobs for all who will be need- . ing them. Only in this way can prosperity be maintained. FRI. &SAT. APRIL 5-6 Double Feature—1st Run , THUNDER STORM . With LINDA CHRISTIAN CARLOS THOMPSON —Also— E SIC With DANA ANDREWS PIPER LAURI1 Short—“Swab the Duck’ 1st Run—Suspense At Its Best! JULIE Doris Day—Louis Jourdan Shod—“Talking Dog” TUES.-WED. APRIL 9-10 1st Run—Drama Galore! CRIME IN THE STREETS JAMES WHITMORE JOHN CASSANETES Short—“Lepre'chann’s Gold” Show Stars At 8:30 Sharp On, Sunday Nites Only! Model for model, right across the board ... 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