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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.
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"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
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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. Roochester
And family
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Saturday Night
Sunday Lunch
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For Pleasant Eating
church Tuesday 7:30 p. m.
The Community Club will meet
Thursday (tonight) at the club
house at 7:30 p. m.
The RA Boys will enjoy a
chicken stew at the clubhouse
Saturday afternoon from 1
o’clock to 4 o’clock. ' —
husband and father, Harold Ray
Cauble. Your kindness will never
be forgotten. May God’s richest
blessings rest on each of you.
Mrs. Ray Cauble
Bill Cauble
Margaret Hedgepath
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