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Ss • r N THE CLINTON CHRONICLE .f $* Clinton, S. C., Thursday, January 10, KM13 Another Step Beginning laat Monday, we are now pay ing an additional penny to mail a Idtter. And there will be increases in the rates charged for other classes of postal matter. These were authorized by Congress in an effort to do something about the postal deficit, which has been running in the vi cinity of $700 million a yfear. Past increases in rates were offset by„pay raises given to postal workers. • It remains to be seen just hoiv big a dent in the deficit the pending new charges accomplish. At best, however, post office operating losses will continue at huge lev els. It is entirely unlikely that there is any way to entirely eliminate them and, at the same time, carry out the department’s his torical functions of contributing to public knowledge, enlightenment^ and entertain ment. But the government has shown too great a reluctance to place the parcel post service on a solvent basis. It is, and Ibng has been, a heavy deficit breeder. And the public ^enlightenment argument, w’hich ap plies to carrying letters, newspapers, v and magazines, certainly doesn’t apply to it. So—it looks as if another step, beyond the new rate increases, needs to be taken. this ydar in New Bedford, Mass., during the Civil War. But he was so busy map ping roads in the West and building light houses on the Great Lakes that IS years passed before he could get his rules togeth er. ^ . Turned down by all book, publishers of the day, he had the first edition printed at his own expense and gave many of the copies away. But his faith was amply ~ justified. Somebody i^ about to buy the 2,000,000th copy of the little book! Would- ’ be authors to whom publishers are cool may take some comfort in this. Nation's Business polled 225 leading business and industry executives on pros pects for 1963. Sixty per* cent of them say they expect business to continue on a some what sluggish" plateau, with the year’s over-all performance approximating that of 1962; 22 per cent forecast a general busi ness decline, and 18 per cent predict im provement. 1 Babson Discusses Florida Freeze Don’t Spend It - Yet Information on the Administration’s forthcoming tax program, leaked to the press in advance of the President’s mes sage to Congress on that subject, indicates a contemplated gross reduction of $8 to $10 billion in tax receipts, but to be offset by $3.5 billion of increased revenue that is now- seeping through those so-called’ “loop holes.” Furthermore, it has been revealed that reductions are to prevail over all tax brack ets, from the poor* man’s 20 per cent to the millionaire’s 91 per cent and including the 52 per cent corporate income tax. The avowed purpose is to stimulate business so as to relieve unemployment. Speculating on the efforts of a proposal yet to^be presented are rather idle, of course. But it now seems plain that there will be strong resistance in Congress to 1 tax cutting without similar reductions in spend ing, especially when the fiscal year that ends next June 30 is expected to show a deficit of about $8 billion. Rep. John Brynes of Wisconsin, for one, has declared that if the President will cut non-emergency spending, taxes can be cut, too. And he is expected to have plenty of company in both houses among Congress men and Senators who have been listening to constituents who are far more concerned about the welfare of this nation than in that of others on which we are wasting our substance. . ,• • The thought of adding even a “few” more billions to a national debt of $300 bil lion - ib disturbing to those of us who are naive enough to cling to the idea that na tions should pay their bills as well as peo ple—and who remember enough history to recall that a score of once-great nations have perished because they didn’t. Babson Park. Mass., January 10—The recent freeze was very severe. The newspapers say "worst in the century.” Statistics show that a similar freeze cam* “in 1899. Then nearly all citrus trees north of Orlando, Florida, were killed. This latest freeze hit the citrus belt or the cen tral portion hard; but also, the southern portion where many of the vegetables ark grown likewise had crops wiped out. The northern section of Florida, where the celery and other hardy'crops an* raised, suffers less damage from freezes. FLORIDA RECEIVED FULL WARNING There was no mistake bn the pairt of the around homes. Weather Bureau; for three days it had warned The State Commissioner has Florida of the very cold air sq much fear of this insect that coming down from the Arctic they were using airplanes to regions. But what could the check on them. From the air, it fruit and vegetable growers of would be fairly easy to spot dead Stories _ Behind Words ' V ‘ ..... 1 ■ - ^ I \ • _ v ' ■» ' William S. Pen field - cV* 14 , ' * * Quarantine A quarantine is an enforced isolation to prevent the spread of a contagious disease ' The length of the isolation varies according to the circumstances, particularly the na ture of the disease. The object it to prevent an epidemic. v - The word, or its forerunner, was applied to a period of thne that a ship was forbidden to make contact with a port when there was danger that a contagious disease might be brought in. . The practice was first employed at Veiiice in the 14th century. Because the length of the isolation was forty days, the Italians called the practice “quarantina,” from “quaranta,” iorty, 7 . * “Quarantina” was the forerunner of the English word “quarantine.” (Copyright 1962. William S. Penfield) Hurricane New* MRS. CECIL 8COGIN, Correcpoadent PHONE «SMM1 News From The County Agent M. L. OUTZ, Ceanty Age* The southern pine beetle, ac cording to Sam Marbut, Clemson Forester, has done tremendous damage to pine trees, in the Pied mont. This insect is very small, but he is a killer. We have lost many thousand trees in Laurens Mrs. T. B. Burroughs visited Mr. and Mrs. Early Herring in Colbert, Ga., last Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Holland and children of Charlotte visited Mrs. Mildred Branson and boys New Year’s Day. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lewis Nabors and Ronald visit ed Mrs. Branson Sunday. Dr. and Mrs. Mac Going of Williamson, * West Virginia., Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Eubgnks and daughter visited Mr. and Mrs. James Haupfear and family on Christmas Day. Mr. and Mrs. James Haupfear held the Cromer family dinner at l their home Dec. 30th. Those at tending were Mrs. Mary C. Davis of Greenwood, Mrs. H. P. Crom er, Sr., of Cross Hill, Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Cromer. Jr., and family of Cross Hill, Mr. and Mrs. William Cromer and family of Anderson and Mrs. Ruth Whit- ford of Cross Hill. Roy Haupfear visited Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Harris and family in Augusta last week Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Harris and family of Augusta, Ga. visited who j Mr. and Mrs. James Haupfear are still working may be losing i an d family New Year’s Day. cash social security retirement Mrs. W. p. Clark of Greenwood benefits because they have not applied for them, according to SOCIAL SECUfeHY Over, one million people the Greenville hospital. Mr. Bur roughs has been ill at his home several weeks and entered Green ville Hospital Wednesday for treatments. The Alberta Taylor Circle met at the home of Mrs. J. R. Bart ley Tuesday at 9:30 a. m. The Hurricane Baptist Church is holding a study course on the Book of Matthew this week Mon day through Friday 7:30 p. m. Mis Martha F. Pressly, district manager for social security in Greenwood.- Miss Pressly said that the changes in the law in I960 and 1961 permit many older people, to get social security pay- ‘ 1 Peacemaking General Everybody who has belonged to an or ganization of any irind is more or less fa miliar with “Robert’s Rules of Order,” the little book that rules the meeting. But who was Robert, the man who wrote it? Some great lawyer, college professor or politi- even fbr harvesting could hot be employed on the Florida do about it? Only the Indian River area escaped. The early crops had been picked. The second crop, in cluding the Valencia oranges, were not ready to harvest. Many growers built fires; but these liapf w, WtUm raised the temperature only 2 or 3 degrees. Growers who had adopted new schemes of spraying with water saw the spray itself freeze THE LOSS HAS BEEN VERY GREAT The Joss has come not only to the growers; but to all the pickers, the cultivators, and the teamsters It has thrown over a million out of work and thereby affected all the merchants and storekeepers. Worst of all, it came at the Christ mas season, when the people and the merchants planned on their best business. The canning of juice has been the greatest hope of the grove industry. If fruit—even though frozen—could be rushed to the canners while it was still sweet, such juice could-be saved; but the canners could only handle so much juice and were powereless to can the truckloads, of fruit coming to them. I have been in the midst of the situation and will say that everyone—richer poor —has helped freely in every possible wa; ALMOST EVERY STATE FACES A SUDDEN LOSS When I was a boy in Gloucester, Mass., out most profitable ‘‘product” was granite and we knew it could not freeze! We had great quarries and we shipped the granite to Boston, New York, Washington, and Philadelphia for use in erecting the largest public buildings. We believed we had nothing to fear. Suddenly, the invention of ce ment came, and Cape Ann received a great eco nomic blow. It was saved only by its fearless fishermen. The cities which grew up and prospered from coal have suffered greatly since the oil and nat ural gas industries have flourished. When I was a boy, every Gloucester home was heated by coal. I went to the woods with my grandfather when snow was on the ground to bring home on a sled kindling wood for future use. Even the farms of New England, once so prosperous, have been gradually abandoned. The farm machinery in troduced so widely for plowing, cultivating, and County . Some were valuable trees men t even though they ar* still working. Before the changes, an older worker who earned over $2,080 during the year couldn’t get any, social security benefits. Now, the same worker may get some benefit payments. A social security beneficiary gets all his checks If he makes no more than $1,200 during the year, Miss Pressly said. If he earns over $1,200, he may still receive some payment. The amount he pines, and they were furnishing B H C, an insecticide, to help fight the beetle. That is, as long as the money held out. However, that’s all over. It is up to the individual land owner to check Ifis own woodland. If dead pines will get depends on how much his are found, nine chances out of! earnings go over $1,200, and on ten, the southern pine beetle did it. Here is what to do. Cut all the pines out, sell the wood for pulp, burn the tops, and spray the stump with B H C in kerosene. The beetle seems to come from ^ ^ the blue sky. However, often! withheld; for earnings of times the insect will show up where timber cutting is taking place. They are inactive in the winter time. Let’s hope the freeze got him. Over 1700 cows were bred ar tificially in Laurens County dur ing 1962. In most all cases, the heifers are milking far ahead of their dams. James Jacks says this is the reason more people are using the service. It sells it self. If a dairyman really goes for QijyMity feed, and gives cows all'^hey trill eat, he can get 12 to 14 thousand pounds of milk, per cow. The bulls that are avail able are as good as can be found. Once a dairyman has a barn full of these heifers, it be comes a tremendous challenge to him to promise the quality feed, and enough of it to get the high production. This production is bred into the animal. It is then up to the dairyman to feed and manage it out of the cow. Dairy fanners should have his plans for 1963 to produce quality feed and. more of it. cal leader? Guess again. Henry' Martyn Robert, who authored the famous “rules” was a soldier, a West. Pointer from South Caro- lina and an engineer officer who roee to brigadier general and chief of engineers. He also headed the board of engineers that planned the great seawall at Galves ton. $ But the great achievement of his life, as Tom Mahoney relates in “The Peacemak ing General,” an article in the January American Legion Magazine, was his suc cessful struggle to write and publish his rules of order. These are the essence both of democracy and good manners: abide by the will of the majority; listen'to the mi nority; consider one thing at a tame; give everybody a chance to talk; keep discussion impersonal. " n N He recognized the need for such a book as a young officer when he had to preside at a stormy church meeting a century ago rocky New England farms. WHAT IS THE WARNING THIS FLORIDA FREEZE GIVES TO EVERY SECTION OF THE U. S.? (1) It is the need to be ready for a change; es pecially now that we are on the verge of the Elec tronics Age. JSvery industry in -rvery county of this great country is subject to change. • CARDd OF THANKS I wish to thank all friends and relatives for the flowers, gifts and cards sent to me while in the hospital. May God bless each of you. ..... Mrs. Cdky Campbell how much his monthly payment from social security would be if he were fully retired. For each $2 of earnings be tween $1,200 and $1,700, only $1 of social security payments is more than $1,700, $1 is withheld for each $1 in earnings. An exam ple. Miss Pressly said, would be the case of a married couple who are both 65. The man has. worked for $2,100 a year for the past 10 years and is continuing to do so. If he were not working he and his Wife would get $1,422 a year in social security payments. Under the old law, no social se curity benefits at all could be paid to them. Now, this same couple can get $772.00 in aocial security cash payments for the year. - Anyone who has reached age 65, and who hasn’t talked with the social security folks Should get in touch with the nearest so cial security district office promptly to find out how the changes affect him, Miss Pressly advised. 1 visited Mr. and Mrs? Cecil Scog- in and family Sunday.. Mrs. Boyce Wilson and Pam of Charlotte, N. C. spent Monday and Tuesday of last week with Mr. and Mrs. Dillard Young «nd family. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Kirby and family of Greenville spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Dil lard Young and family. • Miss Frances Grimes of Spar tanburg visited her aunt, Mrs. Pearl Smith Monday who is a patient at Bailey Memorial Hos pital. Mr. and Mrs. James Haupfear visited Jimmy Haupfear in Au gusta, Ga. during the holidays. T. B. Burroughs is a patient at IF YOU DON’T READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DON’T GET THE NEWS ° PHONE $33-8541 Program Your TODAY and FRIDAY JANUARY 10-11 SEVEN ARTS wains M*—~r- ASSOCIATES AND ALDRICH PRODUCTION Bette 'WMTEVERHAPPBfi) IbBflWJMIEr *-«-*, WARNER BROS. Saturday, January 12 One Day Only DOUBLE FEATURE Feature: 1:09, 3:09, 5:1$, 7:27, 9:36 ' ~ — Plus ALL CARTOON REVUE 50 MINUTES OF CARTOONS Starts: 2:04, 4:13, 6:22, 8:31 25c and 60c MON.-TUES. JAN. 14-15 TODAY’S Hi The Ihm aMnf «| teredMi m 9rm4m ESCAPE FROM FAS] BERLIN You’ve Seen It Adverttsetf On TV. WED., JAN. 16 gassM* MARTHA HYER When You Come 1 To See Us, Remember, We've Moved! Now in our new location next to M. S. Bailey & Son, Bankers, at 108 West Pitts Street. . ' tr , •. Qinton Realty & Insurance Co. 108 West Pitts Street Phone 833-2081 NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF MEMBERS The annual meeting of the (31 It is! members of the Citizens Fed- the knowledge that every community must diver- eral Savings and Loan Associa- sify more. This should be the goal of every ti 0 n, Clinton, S. C., will be held Chamber of Commerce. The watchword should in the office of the Association be greater diversification. at 220 W. Main Street, Clinton, The only way Florida or any other agricultural s. C., at 2 o’clock in the after- or fruit state will lick climatic prohlertis (for noon , on Wednesday, January droughts and floods may be as serious as freezes) ig, 1983, for the election of Di- is by attracting more industries. But even these rectors and for the transaction should be of different kinds. A city now depend- 0 f any other business of the As- ent upon the steel industry, or the paper industry, or any other one industry may be greatly handi capped by foreign competition. Prime Minister Macmillan has been telling this to President Ken nedy and he may be right in saying we cannot have world peace without more freedom of trade. This may mean that the "have more” natiops may need to give up more to the “have less” na tions. This Is what Mr. Macmillan was telling Mr. Kennedy in the Bahama Islands a few weeks ago. Florida and every other state should pre pare for great changes ahead.; ' ‘ sociation. J. SLOAN Secretary TODD, 2cJ10 CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1963 •rtf. vThr (Clinton (Chromrlp July 4, 1889 — WILLIAM WILSON HARRIS — 13,1966 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICS PUBLISHING COMPANY :■ —• Subscription Rate (Payable in Advance) Out-of-County — One Year H0Q Second Class Postaft Paid at 1 S.C. •oaks the coopsratton of Mg mbscribers wise suggestions and ktp#y advice, a they fro ail of • is not responsible fct the views — the publisher will at The Chronicle win publish letters of t. Anonymous communications will or opinions of its correspondents. 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