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Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday. May ft, 1958 Oil)? Clinton Cljrontrlp FMUhltehed 1M« Jub 4. ISM — WILLIAM WILSON HARRIS — June IS. 1955 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable in Advance) One Year $3 00, Six Months $2.00 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Poet Office at Clinton, S: C„ under Act of Conjreae March S. 1879 > ■ The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its 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 Member: South Carolina Press Association, National Editorial Association National Advertising Representative: AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York, Cnicago, Detroit Philadelphia CLINTON. S. C„ THURSDAY. MAY 8. 1958 Mother’s Day— Old And New Althouph Mother’s Day is a comparative ly new American holiday, its origin can be traced back to ancient times. According to J. Morris Jones, editor-in- chief of The World Book Encyclopedia. Rhea, the great mother of the Gods, was worship ped in Asia Minor many years before the coming of Christianity. Rut Rhea was a far cry from our modern version of a typical mother. The ancients ad mired Rhea for her majestic strength, and usually pictured her as traveling in a chariot drawn by lions. Her emblems were the lion, oak, and pine tree. The worship of Rhea became a part of the Feast of Hilaria. later celebrated by the Ro mans on the Ides of March. With the coming of Christianity, this and many other of the heathen festivals were re placed by church ceremonies. The honoring of Hilaria was replaced by devotion to Mary, who is still called ‘‘the Mother of the Church" by Roman Catholics. Some churches observe May as ‘‘the month of our Mother." The pioneers of our modem conception of Mother’s Day were the English, who set up a holiday known as Mothering Sunday. This event occurred in the middle of Lent. On Mothering Sunday all young men and women who were away from home returned tq visit their parents. Many English children had left home to sene as apprentices, and Mothering Sunday resulted in a great migra tion of youngsters returning to the old home stead. According to the World Book editor. Moth er’s Day was first suggested in the United States by Julia Ward Howe, who wrote that famous CiviUWar classic "Battle Hymn of the Republic." Juba Ward Howe proposed that we observe Mother’s Day on June 2. as a day dedicated to peace. The suggestion ap parently never received serious considera tion. l-ater. in at a convention of the Fra ternal Order of Eagles at Kansas City. Mis souri. <>ne of th** members proposed that a da> U- set a*ide to honor mothers. But. the credit for founding Mother’s Day falls to a Miss Anna Jarvis, of Philadelphia. Miss Jarus worked many years, traveling thousand* of miles, and giving all her time amt effort to the adoption of a special day honoring mother* everywhere. Kinall> on May M. 1914. after Miss Jartis had *iw*nt two years in Washington. Presi- •lent Wilson signed a joint ressJution order ing that the second Sunday in May lie ob- arrved ea* h \e.ir a* Mother’s Day. Where The Money Is Old illusions die hard. A conspicuous ex ample is the illusion that the rich pay most of the cost of government ; At one time there was much truth ip this. But that was in a vastly different age. Some facts presented to a House Commit tee by a spokesman for a group of Rhode Is land industries tells the sad tale. The indi vidual income tax produces about one-half of all federal revenue. The beginning rate is 20 per cenl, which applies to the lowest taxable income. From there it climbs, ladder-fashion, to a top of 91 per cent. An uninformed person might deduce from this that the 20 per cent minimum tax is a comparatively unimportant revenue produc er. He couldn't be more wrong—for 84 per cent of all income tax revenue is produced at the beginning rate. By way of comparison, in a late year the rates above 50 per cent pro duced only about one per cent of total fed- — t ! .l! i ei enue 4-H Spring Rally Be Held Satuittay At Cross Hill School The annual meeting of Laurens County 4 H members will be held Saturday morning at the Cross Hill school, beginning at 10:30. Martha Tinsley, president, will preside and devotions will be led by the Camak Senior 4-H Club. Accom ptishments of the year will be given by the president, and a report pf the nominating committee heard The nominating committee is composed of Martha TinsleyEarl Robertson, Mary Mungo. Jimmy Simmons, and Gene Marler. Mrs. T. B. Sumerel is adviser. Awards for girls completing four years of club work and over will be presented by the Home Demon stration agents. Entertainment will be furnished by the Whitten Village 4-H Club and Perry Simpson, mem ber of the Cross Hill enior club. A song period will be held under the leadership of Mrs. T. B. Sumerel, with Joe Shay as pianist. A picnic lunch will be enjoyed by the group, after which recreation will be held in the afternoon. Senator (continued from page one) in the state highway system. The delegation agreed to pave a section in Joanna at the past office and bank for a parking area, the county to furnish equipment and labor, with the Joanna Cotton Milks paying for materials used and for moving soil after grading. The delegation directed the’ at tention of the Board of County Com missioners to the section of law that requires bids on services that the county may need, including welding f<)r bridge building. War Orphans Are Eligible For Aid The reason for this is simple enough. There just aren’t enough rich people to pay the tax hills, or even to make a sizeable dent in them. Government must get its money from where the money is—and most of it is in the hands of people of small and moderate means. It is these people who have the greatest stake in efficient and economical government—and in measures which would get rid of non- essential 'pending and reduce the tax load. Children of veterans who died from disease or injury in active ser vice in World Wars I and II and the Korean conflict are entitled to educational benefits, Howard H Watkins, County Service 'Officer, stated this week ’ Generally, he said, the children must be between 18 and 23 years of age An eligible boy or girl may re ceive up to 36 months in school or college, being paid up to $110 per month. N Further information may be ob tained at Watkins' office in the court house in Laurens High School Track Meet Scheduled For Clinton Today .>—t.——• " The Class AA Conference track meet will be held here today at the Presbyterian College track. The trials will begin at 10 a. m. with the finals to follow at 2 p. m. A total of 11 schools have filed their entries for the meet. They are: Byrnes, Greer, Hillcrest. Gaffney. Laurens, Easley, Pickens. Carolina, Clinton, Palmetto and Newberry. Clinton High will probably bring the most well balanced team to the meet, and are slight favorites to take the meet. Such individual standouts include Colin Harley, of Laurens, a speedster in the dashes. Stewart Pace, Easley, will be the man to watch in the high jump while Johnny George, of Gaffney, is a standout in the mile run. Bel ton Jackson, Byrnes Hjgh, is a strong favorite in the 440. Four individuals will be qualified in each event along with four teams in the - relays to compete’ in the State Finals in Columbia on May 16. Telephone Service In Clinton Continues To Show Steady Growth Southern Bell Telephone Company announced today that its telephones in Clinton mcreasa^ by 24 during the first three months of this year As of March 31. there were 2,748 telephones here, I. A. Edwards, manager for the company said. Telephones in the state increased by 4,402 during the samd' period for a total of 340.236 in the areas served by Southern Bell. "Telephone growth is continuing at a steady pace.” Mr. Edwards said. "The company has caught up with the post-war demands in most areas and waiting lists are becom ing a thing of the past. "Southern Bell is planning ahead here in Clinton so that we will be ready to meet the demands we know are coming.” Southern Bell provides service for 74 exchanges throughout South Car olina while 51 independent compan ies operate 131 exchanges, or over IhaH of th* Mato'S StoH. Franzen Is Joanna Lions Club Leader Batting For Uncle Sam Human nature t**ing what it ia. we tend to envy people in the hig-*a!ary bracket*. But here’s a ca*e where thinjr* aren’t alway* what they seem. For instance, .'lujrger Ted William* i* the highest pa:<l player in ltasei>all hiatory. at an estimated salary of $135,000 a year. But. ac cording to H L. Gregory, sport’s editor of the Portland Oregonian, he’ll only have around $35,000 left after paying his federal and state income taxes. In other words, he (k»es a lot more batting for the government than he does for himself! Good Questions Why do labor leaders object to making se cret ballots in union elections mandatory? Why do they object to penaltes for failing to file statements of union finances? In a "free” country how can they have the jxnver to deny men the right to work unless they join and pay their organizations for the privilege? In a land where equal justice for all is .sup posed to prevail how do they have immunity ; from "anti-trust” laws that apply to all other organizations that combine to control or re- I strict production to gain their ends? More and more Americans are beginning to wonder whether the terms "democracy’’ and “freedom of the individual’’ are empty j phrases in the United States. Have workers iri businesses become the pawns of labor organizations go powerful and wealthy that they are above and out'side the laws that apply to all others? These ar£ g<jod questions. U. S. New* & World Report find* that the current buaineM decline is felt most severely in the factory towns arid smaller cities—the M ... places that have cut looae from their de pendence on the fanner but have not develop ed a broad SENSING THE NEWS By THURMAN SENSING ExBCubT* Vic* PrMidsai Southern States Industrial Council AN ANCHOR TO % DROWNING MAN No remedy more contrary to the private enter prise philosophy could be offered the railroads than that submitted by the Admmutration to aid them in their present financial plight When the Administration offers the railroads sim ply more Government inteference and controls rath rr than permitting them an opportunity to help them sHvev it is acting in a strange way to support the pm ate enterprise system uturh it so vocally advo cates But that is all the Admuustratwa plan proposes— to guarantee loans to the railroads for $700 million and thus, through financing, further strengthen and broaden control by government If the railroads are worthy of loan* they ran get them from private fi nam ial sources on their own account and nut through the taxpayers furnishing the money It la the duty of the Government to release them from the sea of re strict tons regulations and red tape that prevent* them Irum proving they can operate "on their own'' and without Government underwriting This is not an effort on our part to advocate any thing more for the railroads that we would advocate for any other phase of our economy that is ham strung by Government regulatory bodies and stifling labor union practices. All we are saying is that all phases of our busiMw* and industrial economy should at ail times be allowed to prove thier own worth If they cannot do it. then they should not survive, and will not survive except by means of Government own eryhip and operation in a free economy Perhaps Government ownership and operation of the railroads is what some people want—but it is surely not what the Administration wants and it is certainly not what the people of a free nation want We had a sample jf such operation in World War I when the Government lost hundreds of millions qf dollars operating the railroads, whereas in World War II they were left in private hands, served the nation more efficiently than they did in World War I. and were not a burden on the taxpayers. W'e have done many things in recent years, and are continuing to do many things, in the name of de fense—and certainly no segment of our transportation economy is more essential to adequate defense than a sound railroad system We cannot have such a sys tem when it is bound round and about with unneces sary costs and regulations Is it not much more sen sible to cut away the dead weights that bind the legs of a drowning man than throw him an anchor that will pull him under still further? And this again is just what the Administration plan does—pull the railroads still further under the sea of financial difficulties. When the $700 million loan fund is used up, the raliroads will be worse off than they are now. they will simply be further under Government control and will be needing further Gov ernment money To such a system there is no end. What the railroads should be allowed to do is to meet other forms of transportation competition on even terms. There should be no Government favor itism in any direction As it is how, regulation by federal and state agencies is so restrictive that rail roads are not permitted to do the things they deem necessary to put their affairs in some kind of fiscal order and meet the intense competition from other forms of transportation. They cannot change rates to meet rising costs without permission; they cannot end service on a spur line without somebody else’s say-so, no matter how; few people the line serves or how much money the railroad loses For many years, it has been quite clear that the railroads are simply not their own bosses; they are not free to follow sound business principles There is no excuse under present conditions for continuation of the transportation excise taxes, which in the case of nalroads run three per cent for freight and ten per cent for passenger fares Why not end these right now' And at the very least, the railroads should have equal treatment with other forms of No one should object la that la ear a rtm eceanmy d given a fju *ad Carl F Franzen was named as new president of the Joanna Lions Club Thursday night, succeeding Claude Lawson Other officers elected were Mac Duncan, first vice-president; the Rev C. F Hamm, second vice- president: L. T Lawson, third vice- president; Wendell W Hair, re flected secretary; and Clyde Tin dall. reelected treasurer Serving on the board of direc tors will be Claude Lawson. Parks Boozer. L R Thompson and W Wadsworth Niver. Newberry Singers In Concert Sunday A sacred concert will be given at the Joanna Baptist Church on Sun day evening at 7:30 o'clock by the Newberry College Singers, under the direction of Dr. Milton Moore The choir is composed of 60 voices The group recently made a lour in Georgia. Alabama, and South Carolina The pastor. Rev. James Mitchell, extends an invitation to the jwblic i to attend Bonks To Close M. S. Bailey It Son. Bankers. Bank of Clinton, and the Newberry County Bank at Joanna will be clowed Saturday in observance ot Southern Memorial Day. GOT ANYTHING TO FEED? HKD TAG HOG FEED $3.50 ( WS HORSE FEED (100% Grain) $4.00 1*1 ED MONT HORSE FEED <M5% Grain $3.00 25 I BS. 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