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The Safest Bet
The prospect of federal tax reduction is
delighting a great many people. But, at
the risk of seeming a mourner at the feast,
it must be added that the proposed reduc
tions, even if they reach the enormous to
tal of $13.5 billion a year the President
suggests, will not solve the problem.
Take, for instance, what the well known
financial analyst, Sylvia Porter,,says in a
recent column “This year state taxes across
the land are heading up $1.5 billion, will
take an all-time high $22 billion from our
pockets. This year, social security taxes
are heading up $2 billion-plus, will take a
record $14.6 biIlion ffom our incomes. This'
year, local taxes in tens of thousands of
communities*are heading up by hundreds of
millions, also will hit unparalleled peaks.”
Taking money out of one pocket to put
it into another does no good—and, in tax
matters, more always comes out than goes
in. The point is that we need re-examina
tion and overhaul of the tax systems at ev
ery level of government—not just the fed-.
eral level. But it should be remembered
that nb tax system can avoid becoming
confiscatory in a welfare state. And that
is where the country is headed.
own and operate such industries as steel,
automobile, oil, electric power, railroads and
banks! f /
66 per cent said that though stiff pro
gressive taxation may be hard on the indi
vidual it was good for the country!
Tracking down the reason for these far-
out attitudes is not difficult. It stems from
the fact that less than 5 out of every 100
high school graduates have been exposed to
as much as a one-semester course in eco
nomics. i
Think of it! While most high schools
provide automobile driving instruction they
‘fail to teach the students how our econom
ic system makes it possible for them, or
their parents to own cars. *
It seems to us that the first order of
business for school boards and administra
tors should be a massive assault oh the big
void in the training of our youth through
institution of economics courses in every
high school in the nation.
Babson Discusses
Business Education
Threat In Every Home
It is’estimated by a recent United States
National Health Survey that 822,000 Ameri-
• cans are poisoned each year—and that of
this number, more than 300,000 are children
under five years of age. Further, more
than one-fourth of those who are fatally
poisoned during a 12-month period are in
the under-five age group, according to the
National Safety Council.
This means that poisonous substances,
both liquid and solid, constituted a more vic
ious killer than polio, diphtheria scarlet
fever and measles combined. It means that
the failure of adults to protect infants
against the obvious perils of drugs and
chemicals still remains a greater threat to
the survival of-our offspring than any oth
er medical problem!
And since these figures on unnecessary,
accidental, poisoning deaths were even
higher in 1961 than in 1960 for both adults
and children, it is apparent that the need
for such home-safety campaigns as the an
nual Bauer & Black “Clean Out Your Medi
cine Chest” drive is more critical than ever.
In its fifth consecutive year of striving
to prevent these all-too-common tragedies,
this manufacturer of first-aid products
urges these safety rules:
1. Keep all drugs and medicines far out
of reach ofchHdren.
2. Label all containers; mark prescrip
tions with date, dosage and patient’s name.
^ 3. DO NOT keep cleaners and other tox
ic chemicals in medicine cabinet. .~
4. POUR DOWN THE DRAIN all old or
unlabelled medicines. Never throw in waste
basket.
5. Before giving or taking any drug,
read label in a good light.
6. Safety-check your medicine chest
now and twice a year by these rules.
It is also a good idea, if we may suggest
it, to note what isn’t in the cabinet—as
well as what is—and stock up on the es-'
sential first aid items, pain and cold reme
dies that should be there.
Again this year—in spite of warnings
and advice—hundreds more who are now in
good health will die of poisoning. The
tinffe to make sure this tragedy cannot
strike in your household is now.
This Educational
Void Must Be Filled
Our youths have been called economic
illiterates which in plainer words means
they don’t know which side of their bread
is buttered.
This is a harsh indictment hut, unfor
tunately, it is well substantiated. Repeated
surveys have disclosed that high school stu
dents have much less than even a nodding
acquaintance with the principles of our free
competitive enterprise system.
Here are a few of the shocking revela
tions of youthful beliefs concerning the
proper role of the federal government in
our economy:
62 per cent said the government has the
responsibility for providing jobs!
52 per t cent said the government should
Babson Park, Mass., February 28—I am writ
ing this column in Florida overlooking a beauti
ful garden of snapdragons. The stalks are about
three feet high and the blossoms seven inches
above the stalks. They are in eight different col
ors Yet they have the same soil, the same wa-
, ter, and the same sunshine. „ , - .
WHAT AN AGRICULTURAL
EXPERT TELS ME
I had lunch today with a government expert of
the Agricultural Department. I asked him what
caused the difference in the size and color of these
snapdragon blossoms. He said that the care which
they received from my gardner
made some difference; but that
fundamenthally it was a ques
tion of inheritance.
We agreed that the different
stalks of the snapdragons might
be compared with young people
going to school. For some time
while at school they may not
show their defferent tendencies.
However, one child may be
B«s«r w; B*bMa smarter than another, just as
one stalk appears to grow more than another.
He stated that life is basic, whether In the tiny
snapdragon seed, or in the “seed” entering the
mothers’ womb and fertilized by the father. The
basic elements, whether of a plant or of a human
being, are known as DNA and RNA, which are
abbreviations for the life-giving chemicals.
WHAT ABOUT DNA AND RNA?
I then asked this agricultural expert if the law
of inheritance applies equally to snapdragons and
high school graduates seeking further education,
and he replied that the same basic laws of inheri
tance do apply: This probably means that a large
percentage of young people should not go to col
lege, as in such cases it is a waste of good time.
Applying the DNA and RNA forces to college
work is very important. Assuming that too many
young people go to college anyway, they should
give specific consideration to what line of educa-
tion they are. adapted for. This is very largely
neglected today by both the colleges and by the
parents. — — : — 1
WHAT ABOUT GOVERNMENT
SCHOLARSHIPS?
I believe in scholarships to help deserving
young people who know what they are fitted for
and who are earnestly seeking that goal, whether
it is science, medicine, law or some trade. I do
not object to carpenters, electricians, or brick
layers getting the high wages they do. Admiral
Kickover, who forced the Navy to become inter
ested in atomic submarines, is reported to have
said that educational experts and good teachers
should be paid more than most Congressmen
now serving in Washington.
He claims that education of young people is
now “topsy-turvy” and that our voters should
recognize this sad fact. Certainly, scholarships
are now goven out too freely. The young per
son’s aptitudes should be considered carefully and
the scholarships should be given only for the edu
cation of the student in the direction for which
he or she is fitted.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND POLITICS
Unless the above scholarship policy is follow
ed Government aid to education may do more
harm than good. This allies to the building of
fancy schools, and government aid to colleges.
There are too many f brass hats” amongst col
lege professors, as there are in the Navy and
Army.
This scholarship program would not rule out
higher education for children whose parents are
anxious to have their youngsters get college di
plomas, irrespective of their adaptability. They
could still be sent to private schools and colleges
to graduate and go into some business or profes
sion for which they are not fitted. This is done
today; and should always be possible.
INSTINCT AND EXPERIENCE
Two final questions for us all to consider are
these: (1) For our children, does success depend
more on education or upon natural instinct and
experience? (2) Are they naturally lazy or are
they ambitious?
One final thought: Parents can take out insur
ance which will greatly help their children get the,
equivalent of a scholarship whether or not the
college or the government gives one.
GIVE THEM TBS MISSING BOOK
HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS
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Stories
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Words
by
WUHam S. Penfield
Grazing sheep sometimes wiH brush against
hedges or bushes, which snag patches or tufts of
the sheep’s wool. ^
Sheep raisers who wanted to get the maximum
amount of wool from their Hocks used to send their
children out to gather the tufts snagged on the
bushes. _ _ r
Since the bushes grew haphazardly, the , chil-
dren wandered here and there about the fields in
their woolgathering.
A person who did not concentrate, letting
thoughts stray from one thing to another, was lik
ened to a child gathering wool in the Helds. Thus,
such mental wandering came to be called “wool
gathering.”
SOCIAL SECURITY
In social security’s headquar
ters in Baltimore, are kept earn
ings records of more than 9 out
of 10 American workers—every
living person who has been issued
a social security account number
card in the 27 years since social
security started. Every earned
dollar shown on each of those
110 million accounts had to be re
ported before it could be put in
the workers’ record. For every
dollar that hasn’t been reported,
or was reported incorrectly,
someone is short one dollar In his
account. These dollars will be
very important one day because
each worker’s earnings record is
used to figure the amount of his
retirement or disability benefits,
or the benefits payable to his
family, in case of his <feath.
Self-employed people, reporting
their earnings for social secur
ity purposes at the same time
they file their annual income tax
return, should be sure that Sched
ule SE at the bottom of page 1
of their Schedule C-l (or Schedule
F-l, is farming is involved) is
completely and correctly
in. For it is only from this
ule SE that the social security
people can make a record of self-
employment earnings.
To make sure your earnings
are correcUy recorded always put
your name on the Schedule SE,
even though it is also shown in
other places on the form. Be
sure, too, that your social secur
ity number Is entered on* this
form, as well as the earnings on
which you are paying social se-
curiyt tax. Copy this number di
rectly from your social security
card. Do not rely on memory or
a previous year’s tax return.
Every three years, it’s a good
idea to check the social security
records to see if your earnings
are on your account. Your local
social security office can give
you a post card form for this
purpose. And it can help straight
en out your account if all of
your earnings are not shown on
the statement you receive. (Self-
employment earnings for the last
full year may not yet be shown
because of the time needed in
processing and posting the earn
ings.
Hurricane News
MRS. CECIL 8COGIN,
PHONE S3MM1
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Clegg of
Greenwood, visited Mr. and
Mrs. J. R. Bartley Sunday.
Doug Lawson is ill at his
home with flu.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Young
and family visited Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Dickson in CoWpens
Sunday.
Mrs. Betty King and children,
and Hack King of Rock Hill,
and Mrs. Virginia Caldwell of
Columbia, visited Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Caldwell and fam
ily Sunday.*
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Watts
and family visited Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Kinards in Erhardt
over the week-end.
Mrs. Era Young celebrated
a birthday February 21.
> Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wick
er and sons of Kinard wer
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
W. D. Bishop and family Sun
day.
- Mrs. Carroll Young and Mrs.
Charles Young visited in Green
ville Friday.
Mrs. Carroll Young will cele
brate a birthday March 3.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Scogin
and Mitch, Mr. and Mrs. T.
B. Burroughs visited Mrs. J. M.
Scogin, Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Porterfield, Mr. and Mrs. Ear-
ley Herring in Colbert, Ga.,
Sunday.
Bruce Ellis, BU-1, is on a 30-
day leave from Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba, and is visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Ellis and other relatives.
J. O. Hueble entered Self Me
morial hospital in Greenwood
Friday. Rev. and Mrs. C. E.
Russell and W...D. Bishop visit
ed Mr. Hueble Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Reniwick
and Cecelia of Charlotte N. C.,
visited Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Dickert Sunday.
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The Woman’s Missionary Un
ion of the Hurricane Baptist
Church, will observe Week of
Prayer for Home Missions
March 4-8. There will be a
meeting held each day, and
members taking part In the pro
gram.
J. H. S. Reports
By MeUasa Turner
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In chapel |ast Friday, 8-D pre
sented a choral reading on the
life of George Washington. A
chapel program the week before
was given by Mrs. Hazel Gilfil-
land and the seventh grade cho
rus.
Mrs. Shadie Wilder and Miss
Ruth Hair attended a state coun-
celor’s meeting at Winthrop Col
lege in Rock Hill last Tuesday.
The Junior High School Sweet-
hart Ball was held last Saturday
week. Mike Seigler and Terry
Huntsinger were elected king and
queen of hearts by popular vote.
The flu epidemic has struck
Junior High, with many students
having been absent the past two
weeks. Also, Mrs. Marian Neigh-
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bon and Mr. James Longshore
were out of school. „
We realize the flu Is ssrioos t
and certainly Isn't anything to
joke about, but one of the Junior
High characters was stating the
fact that it all started one day
at school: when.he opened the
door and in-fiu-enza.
District 56
Sdiool Lunch Menu
Week of March 4-8
MONDAY
Milk, pork and gravy, lima
beans, rice, cheese biscuit, but
ter, cake with peanut butter ic- g
ing. ’ ■
TUESDAY
Milk, hot dogs, chili with beef,
onions, mustard, cabbage.and
carrot slaw, pork and beans,
buns, butter and brownies.
WEDNESDAY
Milk, chili con carnie with
beans, cole slaw, corn, corn
bread, butter, and cherry cob
bler.
THURSDAY
Milk, fried chicken, rice and
gravy, green beans, biscuit, but
ter, and tomato juice.
FRIDAY *
Milk, fish sticks, stewed toma
toes, creamed potatoes, corn
bread, butter, and peach crisp.
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