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TUB CUNltnt CMmmfCtM S. CX, Tkmniaj, 8>pt—fcw t, INi You Pay Hie BiD la tb«M days, federal, state aad local taxes take the cream from the earnings aad savings of the average U. S. family. The total tax bill today is a major problem for the head of the family. It mast be paid ahead of groceries, clothes, home payments, doctor bills and everything dee. It can be no other way. Govern ments can't run charge accounts for indi viduals. _ Near confiscatory taxes have been brought about by the people themselves. They vote for candidates for office and for public officials who promise them all man ner of luxuries for which the various levels of governments, local, state and federal, have no money to pay. There ia only one place for the govern ments to get money and that is from the people. The more the people seek to get from their governments, the higher will go the taxes they have to pay. It is as simple as that The people will get no tax relief from governments as long as they swallow the - Santa Claus bait of “something for noth ing” from the tax spenders. For every handout promised, they will pay through :he nose. If you think federal “gifts” come free, ’nink again—you will get the bill in some old or new form of taxation. Only you can control your tax bill and mounting inflation by using your vote to restrain extravagance in governments and tax waste of your earnings and savings. Rememoer that the bill for Santa Claus gifts from governments goes to you with your tax statement. from governmoit rwginual medical centers are real and vital. Tbete are eoond grounds for fearing that the traditional and all-important doctor-patient relation ship would be gravely weakened; that po litical interference would probabOy prove to be inevitable; that the presently existing organization of medicine, which has so dra matically proven its worth, would be upset; and that more and more bureaucratic domi nation and direction of medical practice would foBow. In the view of a member of the AMA’s board of trustees, “Medicare is peanuts compared to this proposal. These complexes could involve the government in health care for the entire nation." In this, good intentions just aren't enough. The continued existence of a sys tem of medicine whose achievements are unexcelled on earth is the ultimate stake. THE AMERICAN WAY to Viet Nam. In Viet Nam will be on the As Judge Learned Hand phrased it: “Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no court can save it; no constitution, no law, no court even can do much to help it" HOSPITAL NEWS = * - notified to file the Maggie Campbell,*Mrs. Helen verified, with the „ Chalk and baby boy, George and thoee indebted to Mrs. Eva Mae Oapeiand. 8r., Mr*. Zelda will please make Grant Lewis Hoftow Lester wise. _ Ivrater, tease McLendon, W. Grant and baby fM. M. McMQten, Mrs. Woodie Pace, William Wyatt, Mrs. Maggie Marshall, Mra. EOen Bamage, Mrs. Lillie Neal, Mri. Henry M, B. Lee Renter Newberry—Mrs. Roth Cope- atUHy c/o Henry M. Joanna, 8. C. Hunter Mrs. Merles Aug. 28th, 1MB. AH Wind But No "Sale” Stories Behind Words WUham kf 8. Pen field Crime And The Welfare Stale Is there a distinct recognizable conneo tion between the soaring crime rate and the development of a welfare state? If that seems a queer and idle question, a paragraph written by Keats A. Pullen, Jr., that appeared in The Baltimore Sun may cause you to do a bit of thinking. He says: “It is easy to understand why crime rises preeiptously in a socialist welfare state. Under socialism the state, in ac cord with its own arbitrary standards, re wards individuals for alleviation of pover ty. Under crime the individual, in accord with his own standards, attempts to reward himself for a similar purpose. In both in stances. old-fashioned standards of moral ity are buried in a morass of gimme." This is a harsh judgment but there is much evidence to substantiate it. The wel fare state, whatever else one may think of it, cannot but help undermine and even de stroy the ancient values which have sus tained civilization—independence, a sense of personal responsibility, individual pride, honesty, and a determination to take care of oneself and one’s family. Crime—like all the other immoraiitiea, to use the word in the broadest possible sense—will flourish when these values are Good Intentiops Aren't EjMwgB Medicare ia now law, aad time will tell how it will work out—and what its final coat will be. A drive is also underway to further inject the bureaucratic band of government into the medical arts. The establishment of a aeries of federal regional medical complexes to fight heart disease, cancer and stroke is now proposed. - • -. This is a grandiose plan, and the cost would be enormous. It ia difficult, in one way, to oppose it, for everyone wants to see these diseases, which account for 71 per cant of all deaths in this country, defeat ed. But top medical authorities art con vinced that it ia simply the wrong way to get the job done. The American Medical Association, for instance, ia vitally interested in reducing the ravages of these as well as all other ilia. The medical profession, and related institutions and organizations, are con stantly end increasingly working to find the solutions. But the dangers that would Babwn's Point of View On Wholesale Commodity Prices Babson Park. Mass . September 9—This is the time of year when commodity prices tend to strengthen. For the most part, the rise is season al. reflecting the quickening poise of business as autumn nears This year there is certainly enough zip in the economy to make for a little extra upward pressure on commodity prices. Here is what has been happening to these prices, and what we believe will happen next WHOLESALE PRICES CP FROM RUT Chiring the past year, strength in commodity prices on balance has been more decisive than for yean. The Bureau of Labor's comprehensive wholesale price index recently stood at HR.9. This compares with 100.4 a year ago; 100.6 two yean ago: and 100J in July I960 Industrial prices also were fairly stable for some yean before they started their present climb. The in dex for these industrials < which are labeled “all commodities other than farm and foods”) re cently read 102,5; a year ago it was 101.1; two yean ago. 100.8; and in July 1960, 101.2. A some what similar price uptilt has been traced in farm products, with this index now at 100, compared with 911 last year; 96.8 two yean ago; and 87 in July I960 Yet, despite the over all price strength of the past year, there have been significant sags in prices of many individual commodities. Among ire: Anthracite coal, cocoa beans, cotton, rye, aad wool. Hence, it is ritidly im portant to buyer* and sellers of raw —whether agricultural or industrial—to measure carefully supply-demand ratios in both domestic and world markets before commitments For, by and large, it is these supply-demand ratios that will principally determine the direc tion aad extent of price movements. INDUSTRIAL RAW MATERIALS Mounting production and transportation costs for industrial raw materials have been more di rectly responsible for price boosts in this group than has the impact of the war in Vietnam. Sup plies generally are fully adequate for requiro- ments in the months ahead . . . except, of course, Hy PATSY SIMMONS for certain metals. At the moment, only a handful of metals are in a really strong position, with supplies narrow- tonight. We forsee higher prices for steel prod- ^ ^ „ ... . , . . . . acts and possibly also for ingots, for aluminum, bxuy wlth a J f xptr f nc ^ °“ e <*, ^ P™ 1 ' and for zinc. But—unless there is a big widen- CUnton H1 * h - The r ** uUr §cho ° l leges for ^ flr8t a * they ing of the war in Vietnam-domestic copper and ^ U compo * ed 01 five one ' I " arched ^ while the lead prices will become more vulnerable to hour P* 1 ** 1 with a ^Irty-min- classmen remained seated. downward pressures by late winter And these homeroorn P eriod ^ the Next week the annual staff downward pressures win come from abroad morning and a homeroom pe- will begin one of its busiest tasks where markets are already showing weakness* riod duriftg ^ laa $ flfteen min ‘ of the year. The student photos FARM PRODUCTS AND LIVESTOCK ut * 8 °* tile tor ^ CUntonten will be taken While supplies of selected food items in the Laitt Thursday students went on Tuesday, Wednesday, and IMB-66 season may well be in dose with to ^ «y m to witness the fresh- Thursday. The seniors and jun- requirements, over all shortages wffl probably man choerieader tryouts. The iors will have three proofs made, be avoided'. Even so, as the season works along 7 rtudent body elected Jan Alex- from which they may choose higher prices for food win become mors likely ander •** Jean Mangum from tbebest ^ , and could even he marked. the four finalists, who were The Sentinel and Clintonian Clinton—Mrs. Emily Kinard, Mrs. Carrie BeU Hunt, J. D. Hairston. Sr., Willie Clark. Mrs. Louise Crowell, Mrs. Ra chel Hollingsworth, Mrs. Marie Goggins, Georgianna Jeter, Mrs. Shirley Campbell, Rober ta Dempsey. Mrs. Lillie Dey- ton, Mrs. Rosa Owens, Mrs. Linda Taylor and baby girl, Mrs. Mary Ellen Anderson, Mrs. Sara May McMorris and baby boy. Rice baby boy, Johnny Walker, Mrs. Betty Webb, Mrs. Martha Ray. Discharged patients indude: Kinards—Lucia Williams. Laurens—Fred Little. Whitmire—Mrs. Mary Farm er. Cross Hill—Willie Willis. Joanna—Mrs. Myrtle Bodie, Willie Mae Higgins, Richard Taylor, Charles Godfrey, Ruby Thomas, Mrs. Betty Ruth Headrick, Mrs. Mattie Gilliam, Mrs. Annie Rice, Mrs. Betty Consult about this “Outboard motor boats ered only to BMi by • Homeowner Policy—rat Inc hid toy any risks of loss or damage actually to the Would ‘all-risk’ Outboard Motor ance cover the motor on • submerged rock or stump, while the baste Homeowenr Policy would not?” BAILEY AGENCY M. S. Bailey A Son, Bankers, Building Dial Day 833-0681 — Night and Sunday 1*33-0323 Flash In The Pan The hammer of the musket, one of the early fire arms, contained a piece of flint. When the trigger was pulled the hammer descended. The flint struck a piece of steel at the rear of the barrel, setting off sparks which fell into a small depression containing powder. The burning powder in the depression, or pan, caused the powder in the barrel of the gun to explode. Sometimes the process did not work. The powder in the pan would burn with a flash without setting off the powder in the barrel. This misfiring was called a “flash in the pan." Thus anyone or anything’that shows great promise but fizzles out is called “a flash in the pan." Highlights From Clinton High By PAT8Y SIMMONS each gave a speech. After sing- Last week students were kept log the Alma Mater, the seniors Large corn and soybean outturns—stfil to Jinki Sadler > Joy Gault, Jean solicitors were selected and giv- come-ViU keep grain and feed quotes somewhat en their assignments tost week depressed for several weeks more and may even . C - ,?_ he d it8 p f p J n 2S' stude “ u ha y e flu? job of further delay the broad seasonal price recovery *. ng n tbe . Kynmasium last Fri- soliciting ads for the school which usually gets underway by early winter. mo ™!!L g v M ? mbe " °* ** ne I w,pap * r However, because of short grain craps abroad < ^ lnton ^ ? PP J 1 * d TT u Last / ear * aad heavy demand here at home, by late winter sic ’ ^ cto e«rle a ders kd pher. Seaman BUI Quarles will grain and feed prices should be well above^ear- ** cUm ^ <*** Howe in- put to use his skill with a cam- rartter levels. Look for more weskneM toan * J* 22 ,or Ufed State, Navy strength in best-fed cattle quotations and for no J£!? y T £ootbaI1 *?“?’ <**** BU1 - who J** b ™? ^ alrcra ? t more > ordinary easing in lower grades Fall ^OMy and Co-Captains carrier, USS Independence, is setbacks in hog prices will not cut very deep or Whltsel and Mike Sanders with an aerial flight troop crew be prolonged. The price strengthening of the past several months has resulted from rising costs of produc tion, marketing, and transportation rather than from Intensity of insistence of uptnrns In demand. Aad it has been helped mightily by climbing wages and soaring credit Actually it is these which have exerted upward pressures on produc tion, marketing, and transportation costs and, hence . . . uUtmately ... on prices. The uptrend In commodity prices may persist for another six months. Beyond that, they may have trouble holding UNLESS the war in Viet nam has expanded enough by then to trigger shortages not now contemplated. CLINTON, 8. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1968 Qlluttim QUjrmrtrU July 4, 1889 — WILLIAM WILSON HARRIS - IS, ISM PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Out-of< Bate (Payable in Advance) One Year MOO; Six Mentha onths $2.80 Year (SJ0 Second Class Postage Paid at Clinton. S. C. POSTMASTER: Send Form 3578 to CUnton Chronicle, Clinton, 8. C. The Chronicle seeks the aU times anoreciate wlm general interest when they are not be noticed. This paper Is of its subscribers and readers — the nd Madly advice. The Chronicle will gf a defamatory nature. 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