The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, April 12, 1962, Image 2
Thursday, April 12, 1962
THE ('UNTON CHKOMri.E
Let The
Constitution PrevaU
Certain legislative proposals should be
opposed on broad questions of principle.
Two such proposals are now current. One
would give the President the authority to
raise or lower the individual income tax, in
crder to deal with possible inflationary or
deflationary developments. The other would
give him carte blanche to launch public
works projects costing as much as two
billion if he thinks it necessary to help pre
vent a recession or depression.
There is no sound argument, under our
system of government, for giving one man
an authority which the Constitution, in full
wisdom, vested m Congress. It is no re
flection on Mr. Kennedy or any other Presi
dent to say that one man’s judgment is
much more likely to falter than the col
lective judgments of hundreds of members
of Congress.
It is argued that giving such vast and
unprecedented powers to the President
would make possible instantaneous action.
But Congress can act in such matters., if ac
tion is needed, with only brief delay. And
if Congress surrenders the power of the
purse to the Executive Branch, the systems
of checks and balances established by the
Constitution will be weakened to the point
of impotence.
vidual or company whatever might be left
to them after the tax-gatherers had done
their work. Sounds crazy, but that would
make it easier to deal with a nation of
crooks. • '
From the Russell Kansas, News: “In
America, whne three or more people are to
gether they are apt to form an organization;
in England a protest committee, and in Af
rica, another mountry.”
Henry Hazlitt writes, in Newsweek: “It
is no accident that some of our most serious
unemployment is in the cial and steel indus
tries in which hourly wages have been $3.10
and $3.26 an hour respectively, compared
with an average of $2.34 an hour in all manu
facturing. And these job-destroying wage
rates are are the result, in turn, of the spec
ial powers and immunities that government
has conferred on the unions.”
Babson Discusses New
Ways To Make A Million
The Other Side
Washington correspondents tell us that
this Administration will use all of its for
midable resources in attempting to persuade
Congress to pass the bill which would pro
vide medical services to everyone drawing
social security benefits.
The Administration is entitled to this
welfare state idea, but the arguments
against it are many and compelling. For
instance:
It is based on the principle of compul
sion. All concerned would have to pay
whether they wanted to or not—and the
already high social security tax would rise
sharply.
It pays small attention to the vital ele
ment of need. While people of wealth-can,
and do, draw social security payments it
would leave out in the cold the millions of
elderly people who are not within the social
security system, and many of whom are
genuinely needy.
Other, and more sound tools, have been
provided to deal with the problem of medi
cal aid to the elderly. The Kerr-Mills bill
—which establishes a state-federal system
of help for the needy, with strong emphasis
on local administration where administra
tion belongs—is one. And now, a jointly
sponsored plan by the American Medical
Association and the Blue Shield organiza
tions, soon to come into effect, will provide
the low-income elderly with a wide range
of medical services at extremely moderate
cost.
Finally—and perhaps most important—
if the government is to provide, on a com
pulsory tax basis medical services for one
age group, why shouldn’t it do the same for
other groups? The end of this road is clear
as crystal—socialized medicine. This has
cost Britain and other countries heavily,
and has inevitably reduced standards of
medical care. '
Worthy of Shylock
The latest on revision of the crazy quilt
federal income tax system is a plan now
before Congress to enable the government
to get more of its taxes from a citizen’s
earnings before he receives them. It woulld
withhold 20 cents of every dollar of divi
dends, interest earned on savings adbonnts
in banks, savings and loan associations, etc.
If more taxes are withheld than owed, the
taxpayer could apply to the treasury for a
refund. There are already withholding tax
es on wages and salaries.
A depressing aspect of the bill is the lack
of confidence shown by the government in
the honesty of its citizens—it treats them
all as dishonest in order to catch the few
who are.
Tax revision can go one step farther—
require that all salaries, wages, and earn
ings be paid to the government, and then
have the government return to each indi-
Babson Park, Mass., April 12—When a young
person has a really useful idea and takes it to
a large concern to make and promote, he is often
discouraged when it is turned down. This is be
cause the head of the company asks only two
questions: (1) Is it a new idea? (2) Will it sell?
Unless it passes both tests, the big company will
not bother with it. However, there is always an
opportunity for a young person with selling abil
ity and persistence to start his own business.
THE GERBER PRODUCTS COMPANY
When I was a young man, my wife cooked cer
tain foods which she gave to our
baby daughter during the wean
ing period. Only within the last
forty years has anyone manu
factured “baby foods" to save
the housewife work. A young
man named Gerber, when grad
uating from Babson Institute,
told me that his family was in
terested in this idea. Soon he
went to Fremont, Michigan, and
developed the sales of the busi
ness.
The big food companies began to compete with
him. He, however, with persistence and enthusi
asm, kept ahead of them. Today “Gerber Baby
Foods" are known all over the U. S. and in many
European countries. The big food concerns had
had generations to manufacture baby food, but it
took Daniel F. Gerber to make a million from this
idea.
A FISH CHOWDER IDEA
Being a Gloucester boy, I always like a chow
der every Friday made from haddock. Today,
this haddock must be caught, iced, and brought
into Gloucester. There it is filleted. These fillets
contain only 40% of the food value; the head,
skin, and bones make up the other 60%. These
fillets are frozen or canned to sell for making
fish chowder. Some day some young person will
capitalize on the idea of grinding up the entire
fish and making “condensed" fish, just as Mr.
Borden made the first condensed milk. Instead
of having only 40% of the nutrient it will have
the entire 100%. When I speak to my Gloucester
friends about this they reply: “We are too busy
with frozen and canned fish; let some young per
son make this into a million dollar business.”
Every reader of this column should have a
little stock in one of the drug companies which
are working on two wonder chemicals—D. N. A.
and R. N. A. Many chemists believe they will
perhaps some time create life itself. The drug
companies are also working on a pill which will
lengthen the normal life span many years and
improve the intellect, the judgment, or the mem
ory of a person. I am certain that our present
methods of education will be revolutionized by
these new drugs. Here is another opportunity for
a young person to make a million.
SELLING WOOD FOR FOOD
At present, only termites and a few other ani
mals can digest the cellulose of the millions of
square miles of trees now in our forests. The Her
cules Powder Company is dissolving this cellu
lose into a liquid that humans can digest. This
will be the basis of a great new industry. Wise
is the young person who becomes an expert on
cellulose.
I once asked Thomas A. Edison what he would
like to do if he had all the time he needed. He
replied: “Make a cold light. My incandescent
light consumes too much electricty as heat. I
hate to think of the firefly being able to do some
thing that man cannot do!” He was also much
interested in birds. He said: “Birds are the only
natural resource (other than gravity) that has not
been harnessed. The land, water, sun, forests
... all are the foundation of great industries.
He believed that some day birds will be trained to
forecast the weather and do other wonderful
things. No large companies will bother with this,
but it offers great opportunities for young people.
AUTOMATION AND ELECTRONICS
I have not discussed these two subjects be
cause they are so publicized in magazines and on
the stock exchange. I am interested only in new
ideas which will develop into “big money’’ for
those with courage and ability. I like to call
them otlr "Sleeping giants;” ————
It would be unfair for me to close without re
ferring to a book entitled “IDEAS,” by Clinton
Woods of 2803 Goodwood Rd., Baltimore, Md.
Cost: $5.75 postpaid. He describes over 200 ideas
which some young person has had the initiative
to develop into big busines.
Several members of the 1962 PC tennis squad get together
for a brief meeting with Coach Gordon Warden before practice.
From left to right: Harold Hope, Coach Warden, BUI Tyson,
Tony Wilson, Tom Elliott and Beansie Frampton. — Photo by
Dan Yarborough.
PC Tennis Team Has Successful Fla. Tour
The 1962 Presbyterian College
tennis team has just returned
from a highly successful Florida
tour and is now in the midst of
an outstanding season. For over
a quarter century PC has receiv
ed national recognition for its ten
nis program and for many years
its teams have ranked near the
top in the country. The 1962 squad
is successfuUy carrying on this
tradition.
FoUowing a win over The Cita
del in the first home match of the
year on March 23, the team jour
neyed to JacksonviUe, Fla. to
meet the U. S. Naval Station on
Saturday the 24th. PC won aU the
singles matches and 2 of the 3
doubles to defeat Navy 8-1.
Next on the schedule was Flori
da State University at Tallahas
see on Monday the 26th. PC won
6-3 as Ed Caviness, Bean
sie Frampton and Bill Stone turn
ed in decisive singles wins to
go with Tony WUson’s and
Frampton’s five doubles win.
After spending a second night
at FSU, the team moved down to
Gainesville for a match with the
U. of Florida on Tuesday the 27th.
This match turned out to be the
most exciting of the year thus far
as the no. 1 doubles team of Tony
Wilson and Beansie Frampton
finally pulled out the last doubles
match of the day after being down
five match points.
Immediately after the victory
over Florida, PC left for Miami
and Wednesday and Thursday
dates with Princeton and the U.
of Miami. The only loses on the
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trip occurred here as Prince
ton and Miami defeated PC.
These teams are recognized as the
top two teams in the eastern part
of the United States and display
ed great depth and power.
Friday and Saturday the 30th
and 31st found the team back up
the state at Winter Park for
matches with host Rollins College
and Amherst College from Mass.
Exhausted from traveling great
distances plus matches every day,
the team pulled itself together and
with fine effort from the entire
squad defeated Rollins 6-3 and
Amherst 8-1 to bring to a close
an extremely successful tour.
On April 5 and 6, just three
days after returning to Clinton,
PC picked right up where it had
left off as it upset highly ranked
Harvard University two days in
a row, 5-4 and 6-3, before a typi
cally overflow crowd of several
hundred fans.
This week on Friday and Satur
day, April 13 and 14 at Clemson,
PC will be out to regain the state
championship which it lost last
year for the first time in almost
20 years. The loss of one of its
strongest players this past week
has weakened the team for the re
mainder of the season, but fol
lowers of the squad nevertheless
feel that PC will continue its win
ning ways over many of the
teams on the rest of its schedule.
Matches yet to be played in
clude Alabama, Tennessee, Mis
sissippi State, Furman, several
independent and club teams and
return games at home with Geor
gia, Florida State and Miami.
Coach Gordon Warden and his
entire squad of Tom Elliott, Bill
Stone, Ed Caviness, Tony Wil
son, Bill Tyson. Beansie Framp
ton and Harold Hope are to be
congratulated on the fine effort
being made to carry on their
school's tradition of outstanding
success in tennis; success that
has brought national publicity
and recognition to Clinton and
Presbyterian College for many
years,
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Laurens—A coroner’s jury rul
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gomery, Negro, came to her
death as a result^ of a “severe
beating and wound of the head
by a stick or other weapon in
the hands of Allen Cullen."
The jury further recommended
that Cullen, 63-year-old Negro, be
held for grand jury action. The
body of the woman was found
March 24 at the home of Cullen,
Rt. 1, Enoree.
Sheriff R. Eugene Johnson was
the only witness to testify at the
inquest conducted by Coroner
Marshall Pressley at the County
Courthouse.
The sheriff testified that Cul
len came to his office ot 8:40 a.m.
and said that his wife was dead
and he thought she had been “hit
with a rock.” Cullen told officers
that he broke off a limb and beat
her when he found her in the com
pany of another man shortly af
ter midnight, the sheriff said.
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blood spots were found at the
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bruises and lacerations covered
the entire body of the dead wom
an and he found a wound on her
left temple.
Coroner Pressley said Friday
that he had sworn out a warrant
charging Cullen with murder in
the death of the 42-year-old wom
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