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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, February 16,1961
Straws In The Wind
Federal development of hydro-electric
povCer has been a top political issue for the
past jreneration. Its success as a cut-rate
business competitor of the highly-taxed in
vestor-owned electric companies depends on
tax-exemption and tax-financing. It is like
a boxer demanding that his opponent have
one hand tied behind his back. The taxpay
ers never get a chance to vote directly on
federal power projects—that is done by the
Congress.
Now that the election is over, one may
comment on the public power issue from
the standpoint of principles involved with
out prejudice to either presidential candi
date.
The Democratic party has long favored
government-owned power projects. The Re
publican party has been more reluctant in
promoting them. The recent election throws
some light on how the people feel on the sub
ject in states where tax-exempt power
plants have been most actively promoted.
A gigantic government power dam was
touted for sparsely settled Alaska, but the
state went for Nixon. Oklahoma, where the
Arkansas river is a political target, followed
Alaska. The great Columbia river area where
public power has absorbed hundreds of mil
lions of tax dollars in tax-free federal hydro-
power followed suit, as did Kentucky and
also Tennessee, the home of TVA.
Asotin County, Washington, voted 77 per
cent against a public utility district and in
favor of service from the investor-owned
Washington Water Power Company.
Except for political purposes, there is no
reason for socialized electric power in the
U. S. Too much public money has already
been spent on such a program which under
mines our whole free enterprise system. To
assure reasonable rates for consumers we
have state and federal regulation of every
kilowatt of power and penny of income that
is produced by investor-owned power com
panies.
Tax - exempt government - owned power
plants simply deprive the states involved of
millions of dollars annually that would oth-
erwi.se be paid in taxes by publicly-regulated
electric companies.
Do-It-Y ourself
Fluoridation
If you are wondering whether your chil-
drbn arc going to have any teeth (of their
own, that is) when they grow up on account
of:
(a) they don’t drink water,
(b) they drink well, spring, branch or rain
water,
(c) the municipal water supply is not
fluoridated, or
(d) even if it is, maybe there isn't enough
fluorine in it: you can now relax—just as
soon as you’ve been to the grocery store and
bought some Maine sardines!
We have news for parents from one of
the world’s most famous hives of learning
and scientific investigation. While this in
stitution has no sordid interest in fluorine or
the fish business or anything else except its
own reputation, it has announced without
equivocation that each can of Maine sar
dines (drained and weighing 100 grams)
contains 4.5 milligrams of fluorine.
The statement goes on to mention that
"some of the literature” on the subject sug
gests that youngsters of eight to 16 need two
to two-and-a-half milligrams of fluorine a
day as protection against tooth decay.
“Thus,” report these impeccable scholars,
“a can of sardines will supply about twice
the amount of fluorine thought to be neces
sary for proper development of teeth for
growing children.” It should be noted, how
ever, that this investigation dealt with sar
dines from the coast of Maine—not with the
various species of small fishes imported un
der the name of "sardines.” Nor should we
forget that Maine is where the Indians
caught their sardines—and they had good
teeth, didn’t they ? »
We are just waiting for those Maine fish
ermen to hear about this, when we shall of
fer them a slogan in return for an all-expense
jet circumnavigation of the globe (for two).
It will read: “Half a can of sardines a day
will keep the dentist away.”
We never counted them to see how many
of these fishes they put in a can up in Maine,
but we hope it is an even number,
Postmaster General J. Edward Day says
he's going to fire many of the 60 highly-paid
postal executives occupying top jobs created
by President Eisenhower in the 15 regional
offices. Mr. Day charged that GOP filled
these jobs “on a purely political basis.” But
the Democrats, he said, “are filling them
w ith persons responsive to and a part of this
administration.” Wheelhorses of another col
or, so to speak.
Items of Interest From...
West Clinton
MRS. HUBERT LEOPARD, Correspondent
Telephone 833-1806
“It begins to look as if the price of liberty
is eternal vigilance and no ceiling on the na
tional debt.”—Dan Bennett.
Babson Discusses '
Human Nature And
The Business Circle
Babson Park, Mass., Feb Itj—I am writing this
column to further emphasize that Presidents do
not make or unmake Presidents. This will be
tested in 1964, and perhaps at the next Congres
sional elections in 1962.
INSURANCE AGAINST DEPRESSIONS
The Democrats are counting upon the various
stabilizing measures which have been passed by
Congress since 1930 and even before the depres
sion from which Mr. Hoover unjustly suffered.
Let me enumerate ten of these
tonics.
1. Social Security, which pro
vides billions of dollars annually
to millions of people in pension
and dependency payments. This
should be a real stabilizer and
prevent certain unemployment
which would otherwise surely
occur
2. Unemployment Insurance.
*«Cfr w UabMa presently about 45,000,000 work
ers are entitled, in an emergency, to unemploy
ment checks from their states. Added to this,
most states give old-age relief to specially needy
persons. This latter will be pressed by President
Kennedy’s proposed old-age-aid legislation.
3 Farm Price Supports, for which several bil
lion dollars are distributed annually to the farm
ers of the nation. This money will largely filter
through to farm labor which otherwise would be
reduced. Hence, this should help as an unemploy
ment stabilizer
4. Insuring Bank Deposits Shortly alter Mr.
Roosevelt took over the Presidency in 1933, near
ly every bank was temporarily closed to prevent
more bank failures and alleviate the financial
panic then developing The country was shocked.
This resulted in legislation to insure bank de
posits up to $10,000 and to provide more careful
supervision of banks This restored confidence
and helped stabilize employment.
5 Mortgage Loans were formerly written for
five or ten years at a rate of around 6 per cent.
New legislation permits them to be written for
20 years or more at an average rale of 4V^ per
cent This surely is a stimulant to building and
real estate, and hence to employment.
6. The Securities & Exchange Commission was
established to eliminate bucket shops" and to
give investors confidence to buy good securities.
Probably ihe Mutual Funds, which have had
such a tremendous growth during the past few
years, were greatly stimulated by the SEC. This
helped employment by resulting in the incorpora
tion of new companies
7 Government Spending was greatly expanded
and the money mostly comes back to the people
after the government receives taxes from the con
tractors. This has been the greatest stimulant of
employment. Although I pray for peace, I shud
der to think what will happen when this "shot-
in-the-arm" no longer exists.
8. Checking Wall Street Speculation. Specula
tion under controlled conditions is a good thing.
It/enables an investor to have a market avail
able to buy or sell stocks. But before 1929, very
little margin was required so that almost every
stenographer and elevator operator was buying
stocks. Starting at 55 per cent in 1936, margin
requirements have subsequently been dropped to
as low as 40 per cent and raised as high as 100
per cent, are now 70 per cent These under the
Federal Reserve System, stabilized Wall Street
and again gave it a good name
9 Labor Unions were encouraged by Franklin
Roosevelt. They prevented wageworkers from be
coming panicky and management from unneces
sarily cutting wages. Although certain labor lead
ers now go too far, these unions stabilized wages,
Irom which the country then benefitted.
10. Inflation — This may become most potent
oi all; but it needs no description here.
HUMAN NATURE MAKES AND UNMAKES
PRESIDENTS AND NATIONS
When 1 am in Florida, I look out on acres of
orange groves which are being sprayed to kill
worms which destroy the fruit. I once asked the
foreman in charge how many times he sprayed.
He replied: “Now we must spray three times
each season because the worms and flies get
immune to the old sprays, and we must contin
ually find and try new ones.”
Now this is how "human nature” applies to
the business outlook. Preceding periods of U. S.
prosperity did not have the artificial stabilizers
that our present period has, but they had others.
For instance, the Prosperity Era of 1848-1858
was inspired by the famous stimulated by great
Railroad Building. The Prosperity Era of 1898-
1906 was stimulated by Consolidations. In all
cases, the stimulator or stabilizer was not re
moved. Gold continued to come from California,
the railroads continued to operate; and we con
tinued to enjoy the development of oil and elec
tricity. But we finally became immune to all
these stimulations and stabilizers . . . because
there was no change in human nature.
( LINTON, S. C„ THL'KSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1961
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Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Jones and
Mrs. Harold Carson and children
of Greenwood, visited Mrs. H. A.
Adams Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Leopard,
Mrs. M. L. Butler and daughters,
Grace, Brenda and Linda, Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Leopard and
son, Larry, Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Griffith and daughter, Emma
Lee, and Ed of Saluda, visited
Mrs. Hubert Leopard, Mr. and
Mrs. Clifton Heaton and daugh
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Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Putnam
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lard in Joanna Sunday.
Sylvia King of Winthrop Col
lege, Rock Hill, spent the week
end with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Hall King.
Mrs R L. Adams, Mrs. Vera
Foster, Mrs. Hank Caughman
and daughter, Dianne, visited
Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Puckett,
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Puckett, Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Bailey in Whitmire
Sunday.
Mr and Mrs. W. D. McWatters
and son. Jimmy, visited Mr. and
Mrs. B T McWatters, Mr. and
Mrs. H. J. Osborne and son,
Johnny, in Great Falls over the
week-end.
Mr and Mrs. E. B. Stroud of
Whitmire, visited Mr. and Mrs.
W D. McWatters Sunday.
Rex Stroud and Mert McWat
ters visited Mr. and Mrs. B. T.
McWatters, Mr. and Mrs. H. J.
Osborne and son, Johnny, in
Great Falls Saturday night.
Myra Snelgrove of Winthrop
College. Rock Hill, spent the
week-end with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. Snelgrove.
Mrs. Claude Farmer and dau
ghter, Mrs. Nellie McCauley and
mother, Mrs. Lydia Howard, vis
ited Misses Annie and Kitty Put
nam in Laurens recently.
Velda Farmer and Hilda
Holmes visited friends in Colum
bia Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Vaughn,
Mrs. Elizabeth Ledford, Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Hopper and children
and Mrs. Clarence Gregory of
Greenwood, visited Mrs Susie
Hawks .during the week-end
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Putnam
visited Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Bal
lard in Joanna Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Elledge and
sons spent the week-end with Mr.
and Mrs. C. E. Elledge in Cross
Hill.
Mr and Mrs. M. D Finley of
GreenviUe, Mr. and Mrs. Ike
Smith and Jack Lawson of Buf
falo, visited Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Lawson, Sr., Sunday.
Mr and Mrs. Delma Horton
and family of Dublin, Ga., spent
the week-end with Mr. and Mrs.
Dessie Webb and Mrs. Evelyn
Sams.
Mr and Mrs. R. C. Oxner, Mr.
and Mrs. Cecil Wooten visited
Mrs. Oxner’s and Mrs Wooten’s
father, George James, on Sunday.
Mr James is a paUent in the
Spartanburg General hospital.
FAMILY GET-TOGETHER
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Thomas
and Rickey were honored Sun
day. Feb 5, with a family get-
together, dinner being served by
those attending.
Those attending were: Mr. and
Mrs J. Willard Wyndham of
Dublin, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
McLendon and family, Mr. and
Mrs. I C. McLendon, Betty Lou
and James, Mrs. Betty Samples,
Mrs. Clevis Wilkes and others.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Melvin
Heaton announce the birth of a
daughter, Rosanna Rudell, on
February 7 at Blalock Clinic.
Before marriage Mrs. Heaton
was Miss Magdalene Leopard.
BIRTHDAYS AND WEDDING
ANNIVERSARIES
Those celebrating birthdays on
February 14th are: Thornton
Meadors, Lewis Wallenzine, Mrs.
Margie Stone, J. J. Owens, Ricky
Ginn, Perry Brewington, Myra
Snelgrove, Lowell Rice, Gladys
Hughes and Dave Lawson.
James Harold Kirby, A1 Webb
and Tommie Ficklin celebrated
birthdays February 15.
Miss Judy Chaney, Carl Lusk,
Cecil Adams, Ronald Hedspeth,
and Johnny Harmon observe
birthdays today.
Kay Rhodes and Gary Laney
celebrated birthdays February
17.
Others celebrating birthdays
on February 18 are Barbara Bra
zil, Jimmy McMillan and Daryl
Hampton.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Holcombe
observe their wedding anniver
sary today.
Dennis Roberson will celebrate
his 12th birthday February 19.
Mrs. Emma Mayfield will ob
serve her birthday February 20,
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Patterson
observed their wedding anniver
sary February 14.
Jackie Holmes and Mollie Mar
tin will celebrate their birthdays
February 19.
J. L. Arnold observes his birth
day February 7.
CHURCH GROUP TO MEET
All women of Calvary Baptist
Church are invited to attend the
general meeting of the Woman’s
Missionary Union to be held at
7:30 p m., Tuesday February 21,
in the auditorium. Mrs. J.
Spillers, president, of the group
will preside.
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News
MRS. J. L. BOLTON.
Mrs. Minnie Dobbins spent the
week-end In GreenviUe with her
daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Lester West.
Mrs. Ruby Simmons, Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Watkins, Mr. and
Mrs. Brooks Simmons visited
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Templeton
Sunday.
Misses Nancy Starnes, Becky
and Gail Lamb spent Sunday af
ternoon in Clinton with Mrs.
Frahces Meeks.
Mrs. Charlie Mclnvaille and
daughter. Kathy, of Charlotte,
are spending the week with her
mother, Mrs. Minnie Dobbins.
Mrs. Florence Smith and son
of Spartanburg, spent Sunday af
ternoon with H. B. Taylor.
Mrs. Sara Cannon of CUnton,
visited Mrs. Verle Brice Sunday.
Mrs. Louise Starnes is spending
a few days with Mr. and Mrs.
Donald West.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Wallace of
Charlotte, N. C., were Sunday
guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. L.
Brewington. Argus Wallace re
turned home with them.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Strbling of
Union, spent Sunday with the
latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
M. Wofford.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Lamb and
Joe visited Mr. and Mrs. Glover
Watson Sunday..
Mr. and Mrs. Cebron Lanford,
Jennifer and Melony spent Sun
day with the former’s mother,
Mrs. Clara Lanford.
Miss Lucille Gossett spent Sun
day afternoon with Miss Gladys
Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Franklin
and children visited Mrs. LUlie
Parham in Union last week.
Sherry KeUy spent the week-end
with Mary Kate Lancaster.
Mr. and Mrs. Barney Bennett,
Barry and Jeffry, of Spartan
burg, visited Mr. and Mrs. H. P.
Bennett Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Stribling
of Lyman, were Sunday guests of
Mr. and Mrs. John E. Stribling.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Morrow and
son of Enoree, .wen recent guests
of Mr. and Mn. John Gideon.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Moon of
Newberry, Mr. and Mrs. Homer
Kirkpatrick and chUdnn of Gow-
ansville, were visitors of Mr. and
Mrs. A. K. Moon Sunday.
Mrs. R. G. Newman of Colum
bia, and Mrs. Sullivan Skinner
of Woodruff, spent Sunday with
their Inother, Mrs. CorTie Owens.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bailey visited
Devue Bailey over the weeke-nd.
Mrs. Louise Foster of Spartan
burg, spent a few days last week
with her parents, Mr. and Mn.
Clyde Waldrop.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Poole of
Spartanburg, visited Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Parham Friday.
Buddy Webb of Clemson, spent
the week-end with his mother,
Mrs. Cora Webb.
Mrs. Russell Starnes, Mrs. Ce
cil Stribble and children wen
Visitors in Union Saturday.
Mrs. J. H. Parham is ill at her
home.
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