The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, September 09, 1965, Image 2
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
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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
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