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* » : THE CLINTON CHBONiCLB # Clfaitoa, S. C, Thwraday, January 20, Whitten Village Parents Club Informs, Enlightens take effect January 1, 1964, should re-elect Presi dent Kennedy in November, 1964. But this is no time to talk about 1964. My Interest today is in discussing business in 1963 and my reasons for forecasting a "decline.' 1 To repeat: The real reason is the attitude of the President's brother, Robert, who should interpret the Anti-Trust laws so they can be used cooperatively to develop for eign trade abroad. This is what 1963 lacks. Busi ness leaders are scared. * "Ill-founded and, in part, untrue,” was the answer given Sunday to statements about conditions at Whitten Village by James Simpkins of Greenville, who was quoted in a news story Saturday sent out over wires of the Associated Press and widely published in newspapers of this and other areas. - • \j> • Simpkins, vice chairman of, a legislative- governor^ committee on mental health, said some children at the state school for the mentally handicapped in Clinton t "were caged like animals,” in enclosures with con crete floors and troughs, implying that me dieval conditions existed at th? institution. of the Parents Club, as stated in the final part of the statement, we feel, is well put: "Ill-founded and, in part, untrue, state ments such as Mr. Simkins has made do a great deal of harm. Surely the committee of which he is a member would be well ad vised to speak as a committee and to be sure that its members are well qualified and authorized to express their opinions, else the committee cannot serve its purpose which is to help the cause of mental health in South Carolina. . , “Dr. Whitten and his staff are held in • highest regard by the people of the state best qualified to know: the parents of chil- The report, naturally, greatly disturbed dren who are residents of the village.” citizens of the state, friends of the school, Friends of Whitten Village everywhere and especially parents who have children deeply regret the damage that has been there. done to its fine reputation by these ill-ad- It was the latter group, the institution’s vised remarks. As is "frequently the case in Parente Club, that refuted the charges and such situations, no amount of publicity can very definitely expressed their confktnce in entirely eliminate the false image that has the school’s director, Dr. B. O. Whitten, been erected in the minds of unthinking who came here in 1918 to get the school people. started and has been its directing head It simply points up the fact that ex- ever since. The institution was named for treme care must be taken to appoint quali- him several years ago. tied, responsible persons to posts which in - The board of directors of’the Parents themselve^ carry any semblance of author- Club held a meeting here Sunday in which ity. they took issue with criticism of the school and formulated and released a statement in which they sought to inform and enlighten citizens of the state generally, and parents V Stories Behind Words by William a Penfield Lei The Cat Out of The Bag The expression "to let* the cat out of the bag,” which means to reveal a secret, originated in the failure of a trick. > Long ago English fairs were primarily trade events to which fanners and merchants brought their goods to sell. Pigs were brought to the fairs in sacks. > Sometimes an unscrupulous person would take advantage of this practice by putting a cat in a sack and selling it as a pig. When a buyer insisted on looking into the bag, or by,accident the cat escaped, that "let the cat out of the bag. (Copyright 1962, WtlUam S. Cross Nil News PwrfMd) Hurricane Newt MRS. CECIL SCOGIN, of children especially, as to true conditions at the institution. They succeeded admirably- Their state ment was comprehensive, dignified and re strained. We feel it will be accepted by all concerned. It is published in full in The Chronicle today and we hope all of our sub scribers will read it. It comes from the group that, best of all, knows the tender, loving, concerned, responsible care and at tention that these children receive, from day to day. The concensus of the board of directors Babsoo Discusses What 1963 Lacks Tor a Mess of Pottage’ Southerners in the House of Represen tatives lowered the boom Monday on one of their Southern colleagues for "selling his birthright for a mess of pottage.” Representative Phil Landrum of Geor gia lost his bid for a seat on the Ways and Means Committed' when other Southerners withheld their support because the entire Georgia House delegation voted (10 to 0) in support of the Kennedy scheme to "pack” the House Rules Committee with liberals. The Kennedy forces had successfully sought to permanently enlarge the Ruled Committee from 12 to 15 members, which would make it easier to vote Kennedy legislation out of the committee to the floor of the House. It was claimed that a trade had been made for the support of the Georgians in exchange for the naming of Landrum to the Ways and Means Committee. But the move backfired- Other Southerners resent ed the desertion of their cause by the Georgians and they refused to vote for Lan drum for the committee post. - One Southerner is reported to have said, "When our own people put a knife in our back and start drinking our blood, we want to make.it ta^te as bitter as possible.” One of our own South CaroUnians, Rep resentative James C. Hemphill of Chester, of the Fifth District, also voted for the committee-packing scheme. He is a candi date for a federal judgeship in South Caro lina and apparentily didn’t want to jeopard ize his chances of being named to the post by the Kennedy administration. Senator Olin D. Johnston has a strangle hold on federal appointments in this state. Hemphill trotted along behind Johnston at his (Johnston’s) campaign appearances in the state last summer and fall and made a great effort to worm his way into John ston’s good graces by praising the Senator to the skies. He even left his own district and appeared before a meeting in Laurens County. We wonder what the people of South Carolina’s Fifth Congressional District think of Hemphill’s desertion of the South ern ranks. • Babsoo Park. Fla.. January 17—1 have been criticised for forecasting a moderate decline in 1963. I admit that most of the forecasts by oth ers have been for good business—"at least as good and probably mmch better in 1963." I sin cerely hope that they are right and I am wrong. My wise father many times told m£, "Roger, it is wrong for you fo mi lira ti others who really have confidence fas you. Tell them that you do not know if you wish; but when you make a state ment be sure you have the reasons therefor." Hence this week I will give you two reasons for my doubts about 1963: (1) Unemployment is sure to increase during 1963; those employed, (who, sta tistics show, should be more nu merous in 1963) will not get overtime work. This means they will not have so much "take- home" pay. The government figures for employment and un employment are very tricky. Actually, the government should make only one computation in this .whole area—namely, the total take-home pay of all wage workers. (2) An important second reason is that em ployers do not know how President Kennedy really feels toward the nation's business leaders. We know he is surrounded by a group of very liberal advisers—mostly college professors who have been dependent on endowed funds for their salaries. Very few-of them have ever been obliged to "earn a living" as most readers have. Fur thermore, the President himself is a very rich man enjoying trust funds set up by his father, Joseph P. Kennedy, who is sgkl to be worth over $300,000,996. In addkion. the President knows that business hindtri are in the great minority in terms of prospective votes; wage-workers not in business for them wives represent the big ma jority. IMPORTANCE OF lAROFR EXPORTS ' The government is constantly urging manu facturers to install new machinery and increase production. With the present excess of commbdi- ties, this means we must develop more foreign trade.. To do this efficiently our manufacturers should be encouraged to combine to form trade associations. They now do not dare to do this for fear that the President's brother Robert, who is Attorney General, win prosecute them under the Anti-Trust laws. These laws should eith er be relaxed to meet present foreign trade needs or else he amended so that they will apply to labor Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Bartley visited Mrs. Nita Bannister and children in Greenwood Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Gastley and Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Russell visited Mrs. A. J. Roper in Pied mont and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gastley of Pelzer and also visit ed in Greenville recent. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Scogin and Mitch visited Mr. and Mrs. John ^m\n\\A\ TODAY JAN. 17 F1U.-SAT. JAN ."''b-o Europe’s "common Market not only encour ages the manufacturing of one industry to work together, but also those of several different coun tries. Labor unions are encouraged, but are treated as these other associations are treated The Common Market was created to encourage co-operation—in direct contrast to what our Ad ministration at Washington is now doing. Read ers note what Governor Romney of Michigan, formerly prestdent-kf American Motors (Rambler Co.), said in his inaugural address. LOOK AT THE RECORD When President Kennedy took office, the Dow- Jones Industrial Average was around 650. Then it was manipulated to aver 700, after which came the big break of May 28, 1962. The market had gone up from around 275-30 during the Eisenhow er Administration. With the President’s father "Old Joe" now putting his money into real estate (which is much better tax-wise for Trusts); most businessmen fed that both the stock market and general business will decline in 1963. Without doubt the Cuban situation helped the President last year. I believe he is sure to he a shrewd politician to keep Cuba in the news until after the etectioa in 1964. This, along with a tax cut which Congress will probably pass in 1963 to Prognuas 5, 5, 7 & 9 p. m. 1 R. M. Teague in Augusta. Sunday. Mrs. Mace Young spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. George Weathers and family in Greenville. Mr. and Mrs. Odus Young and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Don Rice in Enoree and Mr. and Mrs. James Young in Laurens Sunday, Jerry Scogin celebrated his fifth birthday Jan. 10th. Mr. and Mrs. Hyte Herring of Winns boro visited Mrs. T. B. Burroughs Sunday and Mr. T. B. Burroughs who is in Greenville hospital. Msr. Lillie Brooks and Mrs. Annie Mae McNeely of Green- vtBe visited Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Black Sunday. Mrs. Pearl Smith still remains a patient at Bailey Memorial Mrs. H. E. Gibson of Columbia spent the past weekend with her sister, Mrs. M. C. Pinson and Mr. Pinson. Other guests in the Pinson home during the weekend were Mr. and Mrs. Walter Street- meyer of Cayce. Frlnds of John T. Stokes regret that he remains quite ill at the Bailey Memorial Hospital and hopes he will soon be better. Mrs. R. M. Turner and Mrs. C. S. Pinson were guests of.Mrs. Renie Setzer at Whitten Village Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Mills of Gastonia, N. C., spent the week end with Mrs. C. B. Mills. ** Sympathy is extended to Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Pinson in the death of the latter’s father, O. E. Wessinger of Prosperity, which occurred Saturday morning. Mre. H M. Turner and Mrs. M. C. Pinson were visitors in GreenviUe on Thursday. Mrs. Ike Eisenzimmer and little son who have been living at Statesville, N. C., are visiting her mother, Mrs. C. C. Williams, be fore leaving for Ohio where they will join her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Sheppard spent Sunday at Anderson with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sheppard. Mrs. Loueila McPherson and Mrs. Anna Meyer of Clinton spent last Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Lynch. Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Ingle, Miss Barbara Ann and Johnny Ingle went to Augusta, ‘Ga. during the weekend where they were joined by Mrs. Ingle’s sister, Mrs. Carl Jordon and then went to Rome, Qa. to visit their uncle, Tump Ridlehoover, who is ill. Mrs. E. W. WhitUe of Colum bia spent last Wednesday with , her mother, Mrs. R. F. Wade. CARD OF THANKS Hospital. We wiih to express our deepest The Bertha Smith Circle met at thanks to all our friends and tbj home of Mrs. W^T. Scogin neighbors for the cards, flowers, Monday 7:30 p. m. : and many acts pf kindness fol- The Brotherhood met at the lowing the death pf our beloved District 59 School Lunch Menu Week of January 21-25 — MONDAY ' Milk, hash, green beans, rice, biscuit, butter, gnd sweet potato souffle. TUESDAY Milk, spaghetti with meat sauce and cheese, spinach, beets, biscuit, butter, and ginger bread with apple sauce. WEDNESDAY Milk, fried chicken, lima beans, rice and gravy, biscuit, butter, and peach halves. THURSDAY Milk, sliced ham, sliced cheese, celery sticks, carrot sticks, potato salad, biscuit, but ter, and bananas. FRIDAY^ * Milk, fish sticks, steamed cab bage, whipped potatoes, corn bread, butter, and cranberry and apple crunch. CARD OF THANKS We wish to take this oppor tunity to thank Dr. George Bla lock and ..the nurses of Bailey Memorial Hospital for the kind ness shown us during the illness and dtath of our beloved hus band and father. We, also, wish tq, thank our many friends for their many acts of kindness. Your kindness will never be for gotten. May God bless all of you. Mrs. W. M. 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