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CMVtON. S. C.. THURSDAY. APRIL 17. 1958
A Threat To
Wildlife And Fish
A program that is a definite threat to
wildlife and fish in South Carolina is in, the
making by the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture, according to Director A. A. Richardson
,of the S. C. Wildlife Resources Department.
Richardson says he is alarmed over the
threat to wildlife and fish populations
through the use of highly toxic chemicals in
the planned fire ant eradication program in
the Southeast.
The Department of Agriculture. Richard
son said, plans to apply two pounds of diel-
drin per acre on infested areas in Alabama.
Florida. Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi,
while Arkansas. North Carolina and South
Carolina, and possibly Tennessee, may also
become involved. Twenty million acres will
be treated under present plans, much of the
super poison being sprayed from airplanes,
although there will also be ground treatment.
Laboratory work and limited field obser
vations, according to Richardson, have shown
that dieldrin. which is 20 times or more as
toxic to animal and fish life as DDT, is to
tally destructive to birds, fish and other ani
mal life in quantities well below the appli
cation rate for fire ant control.
Dieldrin washed into streams and farm
ponds by rainfall can bring devastating kills
of fishes and aquatic organisms, and diel
drin remains toxic for years after dispersal.
In addition to the direct threat to fish and
wildlife. Director Richardson pointed out that
the poison might destroy many of our song
birds. which do much to control insect pests.
He also cited the treatment of 2,000 acres of
Florida marshland with one pound of diel
drin per acre to kill sandfly larvae, this re
sulting in the complete kill of all fish and
crabs in the area.
Scrap The Delusion
Authoritative sources report that govern
ment spending, fedelhkl, state and local, will
rise this year from the present annual rate
of some 8120 hi^^on and that this will be a
powerful “prop” which we can count on to
hold up our economy. But where will this
money come from? Little of it will be “new
money.” created through deficit financing,
which would certainly la* stimulating but
would also further reduce the value of the
dollar and encourage individual and nation
al irresponsibility. Instead, this money will
l>e taken from people by taxation in thous
ands of guises, and when spent by govern
ment will certainly be no “prop.” Had it been
left with those who earned it, it would, for
the most part, have !>een spent anyway and
certainly with far more satisfaction ami ef
fect.
The necessary expenses of government are
very high. The essential costs of this coun
try's survival and position of world leader
ship are great. But it’s time to scrap the de
lusion that growing big government with its
ever swelling spending and taxation can
“prop” up anything. It can but lead to dicta
torship and enslavement.
Who Is Double-Crossed?
Under the law, government loans to the
Rural Electrification Administration are
made at a 2 per cent interest rate. That is
substantially less than the rate the govern*
ment now pays on its own borrowings. The
taxpayers make up the difference, which is
simply one form of subsidy to REA.
The administration has proposed to raise
the interest rate on these REA loans. And
that has brought blast after blast from REA
'spokesmen. One said the administration had
‘ double-crossed” the REA program, and that
proposed legislation would leave the co-ops j
“hopeless and helpless.”
This amounts to an admission that REA
can’t stand on its own feet, anti'that if it is
forced to pay anything resembling a reason
able rate of interest on the money borrowed
from the government it will be in grave trou-
ble. '
That to orte side, another important mat
ter is involved. The rural electrification move
ment is almost 1<K> per cent complete. Very
few farmers who want power can’t get pow
er. So REA has grandiose schemes for un
dertaking big power projects that would
serve industry and other non-agricultural ,
users w here power is now available. This |
would permit its expansion on an almost un- 1
limited scale. But it doesn’t want to pay its '
own way —it asks already overburdened tax- |
payers to carry part of the coat.
The Community
Life Recorder
In honor of National Newspaper Week, the
Putnam County Courier of Carmel, New
York, sponsored an essay contest among high
school students. The assigned topic was
“What My Hometown Newspaper Means To
Me." A distinguished panellof judges chose
the winner. She is Estelle Duhrels, of Carmel,
and her essay was devoted to what the home-
town paper means to an average, busy teen
ager.
Miss Duhrels listed many features of the
paper that help her keep contact with the
community — vital statistics, social and
church notes, news of sports and entertain
ment. the comings and goings of people, and
so on. Then at the end she said: ‘‘The home
town newspaper is an essential part of the
American Way of Life.’ It stresses the im
portance of the everyday citizen in the mod
ern world, and I am one of them!”
That is an interesting and accurate point
of view. The hometown paper is a unique
institution. Nothing duplicates it, nothing
can take its place. It provides a running his
tory of its community, and of the people
whose lives influence the community in one
fashion or another. It is the backbone of
community life and progress.
Readers of a California newspaper were
asked if they believed the paper should print
the names of juveniles who commit serious
offenses. The result: 58 per cent voted “yes,”
27 per cent voted "no,” and 15 per cent gave
no opinion.
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ALL THLS AND A TAX CUT. TOO?
Original)) set off by the Russian sputnik, and then
spurred on by the domestic rreesuon. there ha* been
some feverish activity going on in the Congrms during
the first three months of the current session Now that
Congress has recessed for ten day*, it would be s good
time to take stock of what has happened and what the
future portends.
In the first place. Congress approved another tem
porary increase of IS billion m the debt ceiling, to a
total of S2M0 billion
Then an emergency $1 9 billion housing measure
wa> passed which, strangely enough, while approving,
the President condemned in words stronger than are
usually used in vetoing a measure For one thing, he
said, it “means that a wholly unnecessary burden of|
up to SI billion will be added at this time to the al
ready heavy load on the taxpayers of this country *’
But the pressure was so great from all directions that
“something be done that he did not have the political
courage to \eto it. Nothing else than politics would 1
have caused him to approve a measure which he. 1
himself, labeled as “a wholiy unnecessary burden." 1
Then new defense spending authority of $1 26 billion
for missies was approved Who is to say that Dus'
amount could not have been taken from other phases:
of our $40 billion defense budget w ithout harming our
defense effort in any way - * But, no. it had to be new
money
.Also. Congress passed a $1 6 biUtop authorization |
for new Rivers and Harbors projects—the traditional
• pork barrel " item of the budget It remains to be
seen whether the President has the courage to veto
this measure, as he did have the courage to veto a
less fla 0 rantly extravagant Rivers and Harbors mea
sure after Congress adjourned in 1956
Now. on top of all this. Congress speeded to the
White House just be*fore its Easter recess another
emergency" $l 8 billion bill to accelerate highway
construction The passage of this measure illustrates
the completely inconsistent attitude of Congress, under
"stress and strain,"’ toward certain fundamental prin
ciples, principle's which the Congress itself recognized
when it passed the big Interstate Highway System
measure in 1956 When it was passed, Congress very
sensibly placed the measure on a pay-as-you-go ba
sis, and levied certain additional taxes to pay for it.
Now, Congress has thrown ‘‘pay as you go” out the
w nidow, w hich makes the 1 whole basis on which the
original measure was passed meaningless. Just be
cause- the additional taxes were not paying for the
highways as fast as they liked and just because this
was another “something'’ they could grab hold of to
offest the recession, the Congress appropriated this
additional money from the General Treasury—in oth
er words, borrowed money.
These are just some of the measures that the Con
gress has already passed, and do not by any means
include all the measures that are being proposed in
Congress to meet the recession
It would probably do no good at this late date, of
course, to point out that in their great haste to use
government intervention, as well as the desire of each
party to gam “political credit.” the Congress has been
placing the cart before the horse. In the 1953-54 re
cession, taxes were reduced, and, as a result of the
impetus thereby given to expansion and investment,
government total income was higher and total em
ployment was higher than before taxes were cut.
TTiere is no reason to believe that tax cutting should
not have been the first step taken in the current re-
cesion—or to believe that we would not have had the
same results. %
It may be that after the Easter recess, Congress
will go back and cut taxes anyway, but it would be
folly to believe that the resultant improvement to
our economy would be sufficient to pay for all these
pure spending ‘ projects, plus others that may be
added, m addition to the necessary oprraboas of gov
ernmeot To take cart sf the latter is all that
be asked af any tax
ROIC Officer At
College Promoted
The promotion of Hal Clay Ben
nett from first lieutenant to cap
tain was announced today by the
Presbyterian College military de
partment. ‘
Capt Bonnet thas served as as
sistant pfofessor of military science
and tactics at PC since lat Septem
ber and has another year remain
ing on his tour of duty here.
He came to his present assign
ment after attending the Advanced
Officers' Artillery Course at the
Fort Sill Artilery School
Doirymen Go To Ohio
To Purchose Cottle
Ed Copeland and R L Wickham
of (Minton, and P Eugene Brown
of the Bailey community, dairy
men. left Monday for West Chester,
Ohio, to purchase Holstein cows at
a dispersal sale. They were ac
companied by M L Outz, assist
ant county agent.
The sale was held Wednesday,
and the men are expected to return
today.
Selected For Instructor
At University Of N. C.
Of interest to Clinton friends is
the announcement by the Univer
sity of North Carolina that Mrs.
Wade Mobley of Red Springs, N
C., has been selected for instate-
torship at the university for the ac
ademic year 1958-59 She has the
choice of nine or twelve semester
hours of teaching and will be per
mitted nine semester hours of
graduate work per semester.
Mrs Mobley. th«. daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. George C. Belling-
rath, of this city, is head of the
mathematics department at Flora
McDonald College and plans to
work on her PhD. degree, com
muting three days a week and con
tinuing her classroom wo$ at thd
college the other three dfcys-
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Revival Services
At Calvary Baptist
A series of revival services will
be conducted at Calvary Baptist
Church April 21-27. Services will
begin each evening at 7:30 o’clock.
The music will be under the direc
tion of Mrs. Eva Land and the
church choir
Dr. James A. Howard will con
duct the services. Dr. Howard is
superintendent of Evangelism and
Associations! Missions for the
Baptist church in this state
Rev. J. W. Spillers, pastor of the
church, invites the public to at
tend these services.
Leoman Resigns
(cpntinued from page one)
Laurens County Democratic pri- #
mary on June 10 (or in the suc
ceeding second primary, if one is
necessary), therefore, will face a
five-year term of office, one year
of Leaman's unexpired term and
the four-year term to which he is
nominated.
Mr. Leaman's withdrawal as a
candidate in the primary was ad
dressed to R. L. Plaxico. county
Democratic chairman, who has
called a meeting of the county
Democratic executive committee
for Saturday morning to consider
whether or not to open the books
for the qualification of other can
didates for the office of treasurer.
Only one other candidate, George
S. Adair, of Owings, had qualified
for entrance in the primary
Mr Lea men. a resident of Cross
Hill, is completing 114 years as
treasurer He was nominated in
the 1946 pnmary to take office on
July 1. 1947. However. U»e death
of Treasurer T. Lane Monroe in
January. 1947, created a vacancy
and O L. Long, who was senator
at that time, recommended to the
governor that Lea man be appoint
ed to serve out Mr. Monroe's
term. He was renominated in the
primaries in 1950 and 1954
MIDWAY
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DRUGGISTS DISPENSE
Doctor and Druggist, two indis
pensable men in your community
who collaborate on your health
problems. In time of sickness they
are the most important men in your
life. Their skill assures you that
you are in safe hands. Place your
trust in Doctor and Druggist. When
you are ill both team up to make
you well. Bring your Doctor's pre
scription to our Rexall drug store.
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You’ll enjoy a trip much more, when you have
enough money to take in all the sights, with no
bills to pay when you get back home. It’s easy to
save for vacations, or any other purpose, in an
insured savings account here. A convenient
amount gets you started, and you may set your
own "savings pace.”
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8 SEPARATE AREAS AT CLARK HILL
APRIL 25 & 26
FRI. & SAT. - 10 A.M.
SALE TO 8E HELD AT
ElUAH HARK STATE PARK
O HURT CO. ARIA
O MTUK RIVIR ARIA
0 HICKORY KNOR AREA
O SOAR CREEK ARIA
O MODOC ARIA
O RIDGE ROAD ARIA
O KEG CREEK ARIA
O ROUSSEAU CREEK ARIA
INLAND OCEAN—70/000 ACRES OF SURFACE WATER
AND 1/200 MILES OF BEAUTIFUL SHORELINE
6(1110 A HIDEAWAY
fiETHEAT IN THE PINES
tfc. NEW DIMENSION IN
LEISURE.TIME FUN
\ • Water Sports A
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Pleasure
O Valued Right of
Privacy Guarded
• Fine Healthy Pines
• Every Factor for Increasing
Value
DOWN PAYMENT
SALE DAY—
20% or $100
(whichever is highest)
Plus $24.04 (Ceil of Survey)
Tfi* balance will be due within 90 days
from the date of tale. The down payment
ihould be in the form of coih, cathier't
checkt. Fo»t Office Meney Order or certi
fied checki, made payable to the Treoi-
trrer ef the United State*.
One of the largelt lake* Eo*t
of the Miuiuippi with 1,200
mile* of ipehpculor tettingi for
leiture time fun. One of the
South'* great**! fuhing "Hal
Spot*," perfect for iwimming,
booting, tkiing and all water iport*. A
vocation, weekend or permanent home
will bl an exciting family project.
injoy the b*»t in outdoor living with
privacy for the "r**l" of your life. Fopu-
lotion pressure and more leiture it mak
ing lakeside property scarce. Don't let
thi* chance slip by.
EACH BIDDER MAY
PURCHASE 1 LOT ONLY
To be used for individual cottage site*
only and developed for private recrea
tional purposes. Choose the lot you pre
fer now with your family. RapratOItte-
tivo on the property April 20 A 211
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