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S _ Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, August 8, 1957- JIhp (Clinton (H^rnnirlr lEHUbllshrd 1WM» . y .. / Jab 4. 1889 — WILLIAM WILSON HARRIS — lone 1 S. 1955 PUBLISHEID EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rato (Payablo in Advance) .One Year $3.00,. S:x Months $2.00 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Poat Office at Clinton, S. C.. under Act of Con^resa March 3, 1879 f . The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of it* 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 t Member: South Carolina Press Aasociation, National Editorial Association National Advertising Representative: AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York, C.iicago, Detroit. Philadelphia Plans Being Hade To Organize Air Force Reserve Flight Here CLINTON, S. THI RSDAY. AI GI ST 8. 1957 A Good Law The hill introduced by Senator Robert (’. Wasson, supported by members of the Laur ens County House, delegation, and passed at the recent session of the legislature, requir ing the securing of permits from magistrates of the several townships in the county for construction of new buildings costing $1,000 or more, is a -good law and should be wel comed by-the county’s taxpayers. The intent of the law is to get all new con struction on the tax liooks in order that such * r buildings might hear their rightful share of would result If the states knew they had to do their own -financing, they’d examine spending proposals with much more critical eyes—instead of seeking government aid for all manner of unnecessary projects. Then, best of all, there would be reaffirmation of the largely forgotten principle that local needs should be met so far as possible by lo cal action—a principle which lies at the heart of free, representative government. the tax load. Citizens of the countv who al- ' !• V ready have their property assessed for‘tax ation will applaud the move, and those who put up new buildings should be willing to join others in assuming their rightful obligations as taxpayers. It is a simple matter to comply with the law. All that has to be done is for the individ ual, firm, or’corporation that will own the building, or the contractor who builds it, to .make application to the magistrate in the township in which the building is to be locat ed, fill out a simple questionnaire giving the name of the owner, where the building will Ik 1 located, ami the estimated cost. The questionnaire will be forwarded to the County Auditor.'who will then place the pro pert v on the tax liooks. . ‘ ' Heretofore* all too frequently, many build ings in the county have been escaping tax ation. some for many years, because they never appeared on the taxbooks. It has never been feasible 1 for any agency, in the county to systematically see that all property in the county was returned for tax ation. It has largely been left up to the indi vidual to make his own returns to the Audi tor. That may still be the case under the new law, but at least it is one more way to get properly on the books. Members of the County Equalization Board, whose duty it'is to assess jyrpprff}' for taxation, or the Auditor, could not be expect ed to police the county and keep up with all’ new construction. In fact, anyone who already owns as-piece of land and puts a building on it, free of a mortgage, may escape paying taxes on the building for many years, and maybe as long as he lives, unless he makes a return himself. That is manifestly unfair to the.thousands of other citizens in the county who pay their taxes every year. We applaud any effort that is made to get ait property in the county on the taxbooks. * In connection with this matter. The Chron icle carried a news story'last Week stating that Sdhator Wasson himself was the only citizen in the county who had complied with the law since its enactment two or three months ago. Bright and. early on the morn ing the paper went out, W. G. King, Clinton contractor, called to state,that he also had made such an application foFaTmilding his firm is constructing. There is still time for anyone else who has started a building since about May 1 to stand up and be counted.. Get your permit today. Leesburg, Fla., Daily Commercial: “There’s nothing like a horde of ants to break up-a picnic. While we Rad a ‘picnic’ debating and philosophizing about Juan Peron, deposed Argentine dictator, a less newsworthy character from that country was busy infiltrating the United States from Mobile, Ala., to Wake County, N. C. The Argentine fire ant apparently arrived on a South American ship 24 years ago, by passed immigration officals and went to work t The ants reportedly have spread over 22 million acres.” Up To The States President Eisenhower belongs to that fast- growing group of authorities who, * believe that one way to bring about tax reduction is for the states to assume responsibility for some of the costly activities that are now car ried on by the federal government. The President proposes a “task force for action” which would have a three-pronged job: "To designate functions which the states are ready and willing to assume and finance, that are now performed or financed wholly or in part by the federal government; to rec- eommend the federal and state revenue ad justments required to enable the states to as sume such functions; and to identify func tions and responsibilities likely to require state or federal attention in the future and to recommend the level of state effort or fed eral effort, or both, that will be needed to assure effective action.As spocific. exam ples of programs in which there should be greater state participjation, the President cited slum clearance and disaster relief. It is an obvious fact that the federal gov ernment can only spond money which it has first taken from the poople and the enter-i prises of the states. It is also a fact that a substantial proportion of that money is ab sorbed by federal administrative overhead and that in most instances the states would get more concrete return out of each dollar if they did the work themselves Moreover, the money saving, important as it is, would be only a part of the benefits that • • •• • * • * • ,• • • • * • » ■•••**•••••••••••#••♦••♦♦#•♦••• ♦♦ #♦ »« •« •••• •*> SENSING THE NEWS By THURMAN SENSING Exvcutir* Vic* President Southern Statea. .Industrial Council »•*•***•♦***«#•#**«*«#•••#«•* eeeeeeee eeee • “AS" LAMBS TO THE^SLAUGHTER- One of the most degrading of the many degrad ing incidents that have followed upon the heels of the infamous Black Monday” decision of the United States Supreme Court of May 17, 1957, is scheduled to take place in Nashville, Tenn., when the public schools open in September, 1957. At that time the first grades in all the public schools of the city are to be integrated j • Thus will be upset a way of life that has exist ed throughout Nashville's long and honorable ex istence as a leading educational ce-nter in the South. At that time if history is .any guide, inte gration may take place but disintegration will set in. * The reason that integration of the first grades is so degrading is that these little children, enter ing upon their first experience in the educational system of the nation that will determine what kind of people they will be throughout their whole lives, will be offered up as sacrifices upon the altar of authoritarianism. Entirely innocent themselves of the meaning of the experience upon which they are entering and necessarily depending upon the guidance of those who control their lives, the authorities who deter mine these matters upon the local level will force them into a system and into an association that cannot help but bring about deterioration in their individual lives and into their culture as a whole First grade children cannot know Jhat choice of association ands purity of race are highly desirable in tins world, in fact are essential for the preser- vation of their freedom and the attainment of their highest capabilities as individuals. There is some thing wrong with one who has no pride of race-r and it should be.noted this applies to all races alike! . ^ . * Nevertheless, local officials—leading citizens of the Community—charged with the responsibility of operating the public schools are going right along with the plan. If these citizens believe whole heartedly in integration, why don’t they start at the other end of the school, where the pupils have at least by this time gained some measure of judg- - ment for themselves and some realization of what it all means, instead of forcing it on innocent be ginners who don’t kpow what it’s all about? That’s the Hitler-Russian way of doing things—brainwash little children in their formative years and' thus make them easijy governed in later life As a matter of fact, if the citizens of Nashville, who are so complacent about the whole matter, really believe in the principle of integration, then they should apply it to their civic clubs, country dubs, churches and everywhere else—regardless of whether or not these organizations are support ed by public funds. Or don’t they place principles first? These officials seem to be giving as a reason for their supineness in the matter the advice of their attorneys,, who tell them there is nothing else they can do, since the federal judge has said integration must proceed in fflashville on this basis. These at tomeys seem to be dpcile disciples of an authori tarian philosophy which freely grants the govern ment the unquestioning power to exact obedience and the right to determine what its people should believe or do. „It is a terrible thing for people to say that be cause the Supreme Court of the United States says something is the law'that jt must be obeyed and there is nothing we can do about it. This is a re version to the philosophy of the Divine Right of Kings. This argument was undoubtedly used dur ing the American Revolution by the Tories who said that whatever orders King George III handed down were the law and must be obeyed; that there was nothing that could be done about H. If every body had felt that way, there would never have been a United States of America. After all, the court of pubhc opinion is the greatest court in the world and to say that Govern ment in any of its branches cannot be questioned is the first step to some sort of dictatorial rule. Neither should the people of the Nashville com munity be thrown off the track \ff obnoxious out siders who might come into the community and conduct rabble-rousing efforts to maintain segre gation in the public schools. Such individuals do the cause they are supposedly supporting much more harm than good, so much so, in fact, that it can well be imagined they are actually in the em ploy of the other side. This is a matter for sensible, patriotic people to handle in a reasoned manner. The peal issue at stake in this whole question is that of states’ rights. If New York wants integration, that should be their privilege. If Mississippi wants segrega tion, with equal opportunity for all, that, also, should be their privilege. If we are going to com pletely destroy the right of the states to govern their internal affairs and place all power in the hands of a centralized Washington bureaucracy, then we no longer have the kind of government under which we have grown and prospered. We have, in ‘fact, betrayed the heritage left us by ottr forefathmers and tom down our of freedom: Air Force Reservists of the Clinton-Laurens area will soon be given their first opportunity for “at home” training that can result in cash retirement benefits, pro motion in rank and, in the case ofi officers, retention of Air Force commissions, it was announced ■here this weeks. This opportunity will come when a new Air Force Reserve flight is organized in the Clinton- Laurens area. Plans for this new flight as an affiliate of the 9980th Air Reserve Squadron in Green ville already are underway. Lt. Col. Ben S. Irvin, command er of the Greenville squadron, and T-Sgt. Bernard E. Cockroft, liai son sergeant of the squadron were in Clinton and Laurens this week making a preliminary survey. Colonel Irvin said members of the Clinton-Laurens flight will have regular training meetings at a site in either of the two cities. The definite location has not been chosen. For each two-hour training pe riod attended, the reservist will be awarded a point that will count toward promotion and re tirement benefits. A reservist completing 20 years in the Air Force-Reserve w r ill receive retire ment pay computed on a basis of total points received during that time. Retirement benefits begin at age 60 years. In most cases, each reservist completing 20 years of satisfac tory reserve service will receive a minimum of $50 monthly bene fits. Those in the higher enlisted ranks and officers will receive proportionately higher benefits, depending on their rank. Promo tions received through the reserve program help each reservist in crease his retirement benefits, Col. Irvin s^id. Arrangements also will be made' for specialized training courses, the Colonel said, and i members of the reserve attending | f such courses will receive one day’s pat for each two-hour course. ' • a member of the Clinton-Laurens flight will be no more eligible to recall to active duty than would be the case if the reservist was not a member of any reserve unit. • “At the same time,” he said, “the retirement benefits alone are as valuable as a commercial re tirement plan that would cost an individual $448 each year, or as much as $30,000 in a 20-year pe riod. Too, each man is eligible for promotion and we should have arrangements made very soon for pay courses.” LOSES BROTHER Word was received yesterday of the death of H. A. Boland which occurred early yesterday mofning at his home in Charleston. Mr. Boland was a brother of Mrs. Rhett P. Adair. Mr. and Mrs. Adair left yesterday for Charles ton where they will attend the funeral services. Lt. Col. Fred L. Ross On Assignment With Korean Military Group Lt. Col. i?red L. Ross, of Joanna, recently arrived in Korea and is now assigned to the Korean Mili tary Advisory Group. dfelonel Ross, son of John M. Ross, of Joanna, was last assigned as commander of the 13th Anti- Aircraft Artillery Missile Batjtal- ion in Chicago. He entered the army in 1941. He attended Presbyterian Col lege in Clinton and was formerly employed by Joanna Textile Mills Co. f . 8 College Students Make A's In Classwork 'Eight Presbyterian College stu dents made all A’s in their class- work during the second semester of the 1956-57 season, according to the Dean’s List announced today by the registrar’s office. A total of 42 students are cited for academic excellence by being included on the Dean’s List for their work of the spring semester. The eight alLA scholars are: Guy Blakely, Jimmie Ray Suttle and Mrs. Nettie Munphy Young, all of Clinton; William Franklin Har rington, of New Zion; John Knox, Jr.^ of Decatur. Ga,; Alan E, Mc- Kie, of Alexandria, Va.; Tommy Reeves, of Denmark; and Jim Shakespeare, of Hollywood, Fla. Others included on the Dean’s List are: Nancy Jean Bell, Joe Monte Bish op, Mrs. Joan Ray Brown. Paul Chandler, Mrs. Jacqueline Truluck Cook, Mrs. Priscilla Dickson Eich- elberger, Rose Moore Nettles and James C. Thomas, all of Clinton; Perry Hogue and Stanley Johnson, both of York)* John Cooper Hall v of Atlanta; Samuel J. Marsh, of Hemingway. Fred F. Burns, of Laurens; Gene Butler, of Conway; Guy Haddix, of Philippi, W. Va.; Dick Hamby, of Simpsonville; Curtis Lindner, of Decatur. Ga.; Miles McAlister, 61 McCormick; Tommy Richards, of Heath Springs; Blair Baldwin, of Blair; Hugh Burns, of Piedmont, Ala.; Jack Byers, of Greenwood; Ralph Chambers; of Chicago; Dof- othy Mae Chandler, of Olanta; Kit Delany, of Jonna; William M. Ha- good, III, of Easley; Jimmy Han cock, of Rock Hill. Robert Raymond Hill, of Mayes- ville; Milton Jacks, of Mountville; James M. McGirt, of Umatilla, Fla.; William G. Porter, of Ander son; Russell B. Prince, of Union; and Thomas Roy Wise, of Thomas- ville, Ga No Services Held At A. R. P. Church —.—— No,services are being held at the Associate Reformed Presbyte rian Church during August, it was stated by church officials. Dr. C.-Bynum Betts, pastor, and Mrs. Betts are spending the month at Bonclarken, Flat Rock, N. C., the summer assefnbly grounds of the Synod. Friends Of Erskine College To Meet At Bonclarken Saturday , On August 10 ‘Friends of Ers kine College Day” will be held at Bonclarken, the Associate R e - farmed Presbyterian conference grounds, Flgt Rock, N. C. The morning program, featur ing lay speakers of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, will get underway with an ad dress by Hazel Long, of the Dora- ville, Ga., church at 9:00 a. m. W. C. “Red” Myers, of DuA^West, will conduct the workshop scheduled for 10:00 a. m. And at 11:20 Dr. Elmer G. Homrighausen, dean, Princeton Theological Seminary, will conduct the Bible hour. ^ The afternoon session, conduct ed by Joe H. Patrick, president of the Erskine Alumni Association, will begin at 2:00 p. m. with a board of directors meeting of the Alunjni Association. ‘The alumni workshop is scheduled for 3:30 in Draffin Hall. E. D. Craig, of Gas tonia, N. C., chairman of the Liv ing Endowment, and Dr. J. M. Le- sesne, president of Erskine Col lege, will talk concerning the Liv ing Endowment for 195T. At 6:15 p. m. the “Friends of Erskine College” banquet will be held in the dining hall. And at 7:45 a musical program will be rendered by the Mecklenburg chapter of Erskine Alumni. Dode Phillips, who thrilled all the friends during his football days, will deliver the feature address immediately following the musi- * cal entertainment. All friends of Erskine college are cordially invited to attend and to make reservatione for the ban-, quet as s6on as they arrive. Sgt. Benjamin Ross At Fort Riley, Kan. Sergeant First Class Benjamin F. Ross, son of Mrs. Lula Rom, Beauregard street, Clinton, re cently was assigned to the 1st In fantry Division at Fort Riley, Kanscn. ,i Sergeant Ross entered the army in 1948. He attended Clinton High School. 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