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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday. May ft, 1958
Oil)? Clinton Cljrontrlp
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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.
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