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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thtnsday, June 20, 1957
(Flip (Hinton (Hyrontrlr
ExUbltshrd 1900 '
July 4. 1889 — WIIX1AM WILSON HARRIS — June IS. 1955
Clintons Citizen of the Year
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CLINTON. S. C . TIH RSDAY. .11 NF 20. 1957
The Big School Problem
SU'warf Aisop, the liberal-minded writer
on current affairs, recently made a little tour
of so mo suburban schools. He was motivated
in this by the projxisafl that the federal gov
ernment provide funds fo^ classroom con
struction.
At the beginning of his trip, Mr. Alsop was
inclined to agree with the proposal. Hut at
the end of it. he was no longer so sure.
One reasoTf for fljat is that the school‘sit
uation, while serious in many places, “is not
quite so desperate a crisis as it^ has some
times been painted.’’
Another is that “If the federal govern
ment does move in. the federal government
.err
ir s
will stay in. despite the President's fond
hopes.”
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Still another is that "surely there is some
thing to be said for the notion" that the citi
zens of a state “should be financially respon
sible for the education of their children."
Finally. Mr. Alsop came away from his tour
with this impression “that the teachers
and officials ! met. all admirable people, were
a little too much interested in the buildings
the children were taught in, and not enough
in what they were taught.”
All of these moderately-phrased observa
tions are important—and the last is the most
important. uf-_aIL_We will out the cart be-
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fore the horse with a vengeance, if we lay
heavy emphasis on the physical characteris
tics of our schools—and only secondary’em
phasis on what goe^n in the classrooms.
duration—ahd this has been given a warm
welcome.
Second, no one knows what, compulsory
health insurance would cost. What is known
is that the bill would be tremendous, and a
heavy additional burden on the taxpayers at
a time when government economy and tax
reduction are burning issues.
. Third, but by no means least, if govern
ment once got its nose into the medical tent,
it would just be a matter of time till it got
all the way in. ,In other words, compulsory
insurance, would be a logical prelude to so
cialized or government-bossed medicine.
From Prime Minister MacMillan of Great
Britain: "There is no difference between So
cialism and Communism except this: Social
ism is soft. Communism is hard: Socialism is
pink. Communism is Red ; Socialism gets,, you
down bit by bit by a kind anesthetic pro-
cess.-lt might be called mercy-killing. Com
munism just knocks you on the head.”
W. R. Anderson, left, receives a certificate from J. William
Abrams, president of-the Lions club, attesting his being named
by fhe club as Clinton's “Citizen of the Year.’ 1
The presentation was made after several citizens of the com
munity told of Mr. Anderson's work throughout the years. He is
superintendent of Laurens County School District No. 56, which
includes the Clinton schools.
His pastor. Rev. J. H. Darr, and J. C. Thomas told of his work
in the First Baptist Church; R.-L. Plaxieo and Howard Smith,
president of the Kiwanis Club, reviewed his activities as a mem
ber of the Kiwanis Club; H. L. Eichelberger, chairman of the
school board of trustees, and G. N. Foy, assistant superintendent,
gave a history of Mr. Anderson's association with the Clinton
' school system, with iparticuLar reference to the high quality oi
scholarship attained by the students, and Mr. Anderson’s leader
ship during recent years when th'e school system was greatly ex-
panded —Photo by Dan Yarborough
Laurens May Get
Glass Fibers Plant
Laurens, June 18—Laurens may
get a new industry soon?
This was revealed today when
a vice-president of LOF Glass Fi
bers Co., of Toledo, Ohio, said in
Charlotte that his firm has sur
veyed sites in North and South
Carolina as possible locations for
a plant in the South and that
Laurens -has the inside track as
the best possibility.
The firm, a subsidiary of Lib-
by-Owens-Ford Glass Co., manu
factures glass fiber fdr use in the
decorative field, such as curtains
and drapes, and in the indus
trial field, <fuch as reinforcing ma
terial in combination with plas
tics. ' '
F. H. May, of Toledo, vice-pres
ident and treasurer, said the firm
made engineering surveys in the
Charlotte area and in the South
Carolina areas of Belton, Laurens
and Bennettsville.
“No definite decision h*ts been
made,” May said, ‘‘but we are
inclined to favor Laurens.”,
May said he expected a decis
ion within 90 days.
May said the plant would em
ploy about 100 persons at the
start and would probably be
about a 60,000 square foot build
ing.
Pastor Lydia Baptist
Church Resigns
Rev. F. Stanlej^ Hardee, Jr.,
pastor of the Lydia Baptist Church
for the past four years, presented
has resignation to the congrega
tion last Sunday to become effec
tive on September 15, 1957. He has
accepted a call to become pastor
of the First Baptist Church of
Thomasville, N. C., and will be
gin his work there on November
1.
No Forest Fires
in County In May
Hoyne Destroyed,
Family Needs Help
'An appeal for help for a local
colored family whose home was
destroyed by fire Monday night,
has been issued by the Red Cross.
Anyone having household fur
nishings, linens or clothing they
wish to donate are asked to call
Mrs. Irby S. Hipp, home service
officer.
The family consists of 2 girls
ages 2 and 6; 2 boys ages 1 and 4;
^Ayoman size 16; man (5 ft. 8 in.)
15 1-2 or medium shirt, 30-32
waist.
IF YOU DON'T READ
THE CHRONICLE
YOU DON'T GET THE NEWS
The South Carolina Commis
sion of Forestry reported no for
est fires in Laurens county dur
ing May.
Since July 1, 1956, the county
has had 30 fires that burned a to
tal of 149.6 acres, for an average
of five acres per fire.
Seven prosecutions have been
instituted in connection with the
fires and seven convictions se
cured, the Commission reported.
Forest area in the county cov
ers 244,735 acres, according to the
Commission’s report.
Dillard Boland
JEWELER
103 E. Pitts St.
EXPERT WATCH
REPAIRING
Frankoma Pottery
Watches
Kimberly Diamonds
Towle, Reed and Barton
Phone 1699
Secretary of Agriculture Benson ami Rep
resentative Whitten of Mississippi recently
engaged in a rather heated debate on farm
policy. It ended, however, in a lighter note.
Secrteary Benson: “When we get on tfie oth
er, side, if you'and I meet v we will probably
still discuss the farm problem.” Mr. Whitten:
"Mr. Secretary, where 1 hope to go and i trust
you will go. I understand there are no prob
lems.”
The Proposed
23rd Amendment
A proposed 23rd amenclment to the Con
stitution of the United States, known as the
Gwinn amendment, consists of one clear sen
tenee: "The government of the United States
shall not engage in any business, profession
al.'commercial. financial, or industrial enter
prise except as specified in'the Constitution.”
The possibilities \\;ithin that simple state
ment of principle are literally enormous.
The government has billions upon billions
of dollars Invested in businses enterprises’of
many kinds, all of which are performing
functions that ciin and should be handled by
private enterprise. These socialized business
es could he sold, and the money used to re
duce the national debt, or to cut fxaes, or
both. / •
But that i? only the beginning. Govern
ment business enterprises are tax-free, in an
»
age in which private
pay
federal taxes alone. On top of that, it is com
mon for government business enterprises to
operate at a loss, which means that they must
be subsidized by all the taxpayers. Once they
• were sold to private enterprise, the subsidies
would end and they would become major tax
payers. The gain to the nation over the years
would run into tens of billions,
One big reason for the government’s fi
nancial plight today is that it has gone far
beyond Constitutional provisions, and into
fields where it does not l>elOng and where its
presence is" wasteful and destructive. Thjs is
not just a matter of economics—super-gov
ernment is the greatest enemy of human
freedom that exists. The proposed ajhend-
tnent would give us the kind of government
envisaged by the founders.
SENSING THE NEWS
By THURMAN SENSING
Excculiva Vic* Pr**ideni
Southern States Industrial Council
Grand Jury Requests
Court House Rooms
For Use Of Court
Two rooms in the court house
adjoining the court room, now be
ing used by the County Service
T>ffice~gnti for storage, would be
made available for court use un
der a request of the grand jury
The request was made in the final
presentment of the grand jury at
the term of court in Laurens last
week
The rooms are needed for the
convenience of the court, espec
ially when two petit juries are
deliberating at the same time, the
presentment said.
“£etit juries and witnesses are
greatly discommoded by not hav
ing the use of the rooms for rest
and relaxation. When witnesses
are sequestered and separated
they are scrouged in places which
AN ANCHOR FOR HONEST MONEY
One hundred years ago last month, Lord Ma-
cauley of Great Britain wrote an American friend
commenting .on our form of government here in
the United States: He saw nothing in its compo
sition. he sard, to prevent us from complete inte
gration as a strong nation by at least some time
■within the next century (the century in which w’ej are mos ^ uncomfortable. When
StsTubonTaluS an^ no^ho?” He ^SS ^omeys have consultations with
observed that we would not be ravaged by Huns clients and witnesses no adequate
and Vandals from without, as was the Roman Em- space is available without being
pire in the fifth century, but by Huns and ^ an * i recorded use of these rooms.
■ dais .who) will have bwn engendered within your, , heref recommended
own country by your own institutions. . '
Lord Macauley's letter is well worth serious that the Clerk of Court take the
and careful reading. The observations and predic- proper aetipn necessary to make
tions he made therein have been borne out to such, the said rooms available for the
an extent dqring the piist hundred years that it is j above stated purposes before the
** * ‘‘ should wi
County FHA Employees
Attend Area Meeting
—_♦—
A training meeting for Farmers
Home Administration employees
of this area was attended two
days last week by Henry Mitch
ell, Laurens County Supervisor
for FHA, and James M. Latimer,
Assistant County Supervisor.
The meeting was held in' the
conference room of the Green-
ville County Schools office ouild-
ing. i-1
Many recent changes in hand
ling and servicing of loans were
studied and discussed. These
changes point out two main goals
which were also emphasized in
the summing up by Luther M.
Belk, Jr., state director. Goal one
is the prompt and efficient hand
ling of all contacts with the pub
lic and goal two is the advance
ment of sound farming and com
munity welfare through sound
agricultural credit.
County Bond Soles
Are $38,650 In May
^Series E and H bond sales forj
the month of May in Laurens
County totaled $38,650, it was re
ported by D. F. Patterson, county
savings bond chairman.
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frightening. ya^ingfV read the letter.
we , convening of the September term
business corporations
up t<> 52 per cent of all their profits in
Old Faithful Is Back
The old adage about bad pennies always
turning up fits certain proposed legislation.
A prime example is that Old Faithful—the
compulsory health insurance bill which would
force everyone to buy and pay for this kind
of insurance whether they wanted it or not/.
It has been knocking around for years and
has got exactly nowhere. Almost no one
thinks it will have any better luck* this time.
Even so, the reasons why it hasn’t been
passed and shouldn’t be passed can profit
ably be recapitulated.
First of all, the American people don’t
have to be forced to buy health insurance.'
They have proven, to a dramatic degree, that
they are willing, able and eager to take care
of this matter on a voluntary basis. In'1941,
only 16 years ago, health insurance was in its
infancy. As of -a recent date, 110 . million
Americans had hospital insurance; 94 mil
lion had surgical insurance; 58 million had
general medical expense insurance, and the
number keeps growing. A comparatively new
form of insurance provides protection against
catastrophic types of illness—those of long
for this year.”
The presentment noted that the
Laurens County Delegation in the
General Assembly has agreed
with delegations of the Nineth
Circuit to supplement the com
pensation of the Solicitor by each
of the four counties of the Cir
cuit supplying $600 per annum,
"thus affording him $2,400 per
annum in order that he may ob
tain clerical help to handle much
of the -voluminous paper work
and correspondence incident to
his official duties.”
The presentment was signed by
L. W. Bobo, foreman of the Grand
Jury.
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George M. Huguley
Named President
01 Country Club
reach the conclusion that we are steadily traveling
down the road he outlined, we should then care
fully ponder what might be done at this late date
to avoid the ultimate end he. forecast for us.
* Of course, there would be plenty of people, no
doubt a majority, who would claim we are not
traveling down that road and that, therefore, there
is nothing to be concerned about. It is to be hoped
that this viewpoint is the correct one—but there
is one thing sure: we should never reach such a
conclusion with our eyes shut!
There is one aspect of our economic life right
now that does deserve definite consideration—and
that is our monetary system. And it is here that
Lord Mac4Ula>’s commefit about the Constitution
would certainly apply—our tnonetary system is
all sail and no anchor " Like the old song, it is
"running wild, lost control,'' and unless we tie it to
something, unless we give it an anchor, then we
shall certainly see a disintegration of our economy
—and once bur economy is destroyed, we can be
quite sure our way of life will go right along with
it.
The anchor that our monetary system needs,
that it must have, if we are to operate with hon
est money again, is a gold standard. The unfor
tunate fact is that too many people simply do not
realize that a gold standard is more than a ques
tion of an ounce of gold being worth so much in
doHars and cents, it is a question of having our At ^ anftual mwti of ^
money tied to something tang*le, somethmg that Lakeside Count Club 8 June 6>
all history has proven to be the most adaptable for J ’
measuring^value; that, in truth, a gold standard is
a matter of morals, something that prevents gov
ernment from indulging in the extravagant spend
ing permissible under printing press money, some
thing that protects the savings of the people and
prevents wild and ruinous inflation.
We have been suffering from inflation since
our Government went off the gold standard in
1934, when the standard gold dollar was devalued
approximately 41 per cent and the dollar price of
an ounce of fine gold was increased approximate
ly 69 per cent—from $20.67 to $35.00. This increas
ed the Government’s gold holdings enormously in
value at the time and provided the Government
with many more dollars to spend. But what has
happened since? By February, 1957, the purchas
ing power of our dollar was 57 per cent below that ton
for 1939, and the price level was the highest on
record since the establishment of the Federal Re
serve System in 1914. Everything the Government
has to buy has risen relatively in price—and cer
tainly the Government is no better off.
And what of the large group of people living
on relatively fixed incomes? They are beginning
to experience a really serious state of affairs as a
consequence of this sharp decline in the punchasing
power of their dollar. The decline in the value of
insurance policies and savings accounts since 1939,
for example, reaches into many billions of dollars.
Yet there is nothing in sight right now that In
dicates any end to this continuing inflation and the
system of irredeemable currency Under which we
are now operating. If they are brought to an end,
it will have to be by statesmen, not by politicians.
Politicians never willingly give up access to a free
and easy supply of money. Neither political party
is giving us any leadership along this line. And
the statesmen are few and far between. Who will
cast down the anchor and bring a halt tq this wild
ride to ruin? . . • . '
SUMMER DRESSES
SPECIAL
£r
George M. Huguley of this city
was elected to the president’s post
to succeed R. H. Roper, Jr., of
Laurens. Rufus Sadler, of Clinton,
was elected vice president, and
Jack Sexton, manager of the club,
was also named secretary and
treasurer.
On the board of directors from
Laurens are new members P. W.
McAlister and Frank Waldrep.
Holdover directors from Laurens
are Russell Dendy, David George
and retiring president, RopeM
New board members from din-
are A. D. Salter and Jim
Wolfe. Retiring board members
are Frank Martin and Ralph Wil
son, Jr., of Laurens, and Tom
Baldwin and John Addison, of
Clinton.
President Roper and his board
were commended for their actions
during the year wfljich saw many
imprpvements come about. During
their ternris the club house was
pointed, grounds beautified, and
land for nine more holes of golf
was (purchased.
Mr. Roper thanked the delega
tion for their cooperation in the
grading, adding that “we all real
ize that recreational facilities are
one of the first things a new ip*
pustriy will want. We intend to
have a first class country ch*b
that our county can be proud of.”
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