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/ THE CUNTOPi'CHRONICLE f Clinton, S. C A Matter For Consideration Laurens County legislators have receiv ed a definite and pointed request to do something about a situation that exists in practically all counties of the state. That is, to initiate steps to see that all property in the county is placed on the tax books and that assessments be on an equal basis. s Further, the suggestion was made that property be put on the books at its full market value with the tax levied at a given percentage of that- value. These communciations were made in person tot the members of the county legis- « lative delegation at an open meeting in Laurens recently by Lewis S. Hay of Clin-* ton, who appeared, he said, on behalf of a citizens committee. Mr.'Hay urged that the delegation enter into a mapping operation of the entire county in an effort to get all property on the tax books. He also suggested that past due taxes be waived for persons who will voluntarily list property that has not been on the books, with the implication that de linquent taxes be collected on property that is put on the tax books after mapping brings it ‘to light. J There is no doubt but that all property should be on the tax books, and that it should be valued and assessed equally and fairly. And a mapping operation, as the first step, is about the only way that all real estate and its owners can be brought to light ‘ ~ ■ > Mr. Hay - gave examples of two glaring wrongs the institution of such a combined program'as he suggested would correct. First he told of two pieces off city prop erty, lots with houses on them that had been assessed at $100 each, but recently sold for $9,500 and $18,000, respectively. Manifestly, the owner of the lower priced property had been paying taxes at double the rate of the higher priced property. He also told of mapping operations in ary Soviet economic practice which bleeds educated in bargaining tacUcs, statistical analy- . - .. ttcqr Knild nn thp ses - o rator y and debate, and human psychology, every satellite of the USSR to bu p ^ There will be drives for wages and. fringe Marxist fatherland. In this case, ApeJ’s concessions along a steadily broadening froht. death disclosed that East Germany was-re- Employers in relatively low-wage localities must . o look for organizing drives even in smaller com- quired to deliver to the Soviets mo e panics. Concerns already unionized will be con- 50 percent of all its.exports, but the Red fronted with new demands in terms of pay, bosses fixed the prices and these ranged from 15 to-30 percent less than the Germans could have gotten for their products if they had been permitted to sell them to anyone else. The other side of the coin was even worse. East Germany was required to buy from the Russians vast quantities of es sential goods—coal, crude oil, pig iron, etc. —-at fantastically high prices. Oil cost the Germans 81.5 percent more than current world prices; pig iron 36JT more. Think of this next time-you fead one of those magazine pieces' telling how life in the hours, health and death benefits, vacations, working conditions, and a roster of other items. This does not mean that management need be hit today, or even tomorrow. But it does mean that the trend toward tougher bargaining (look at the New York transit strike), new demands and more forceful organizing campaigns is al ready developing. - , z • Highlights From Clinton High PATSY SIMMONS THE 4mi rigV\ WAY Mountville News MRS. MAUDE BRYSON Correspondent Mrs. Francis S. Hunt has re turned from Houston, Texas first smeester averages, where she visited her daughter , * and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Carr and family CHS students are finally some- Horizon groups and their dates, what relieved now that exams are over and repdH cards have Essay Contest been issued. The report cards ' were taken home yesterday with' Upen tO jiUdenrS- a listing of exam grades and A conservation essay contest on “The Wonders of Water”, for . *. • T ■ 5th, 6th and 7th grade students Tuesday, Mrs. Timmons gave was announced the.past week by back the College Board scores, the Laurens County Soil and Soviet Union is gradually. becoming better.' Think of it the next time you hear ' a college professor—not really a Commun ist, mind you, only a Marxist—pontificate on the glories of Socialism as compared with capitalism. Give it some thought when you see some of these weirdies trudging around with their picket signs denouncing U. S. imperialism. . Ponder it the next time you hear cackling in the UN which express es the same idea. ■ i . And come to Think of it, we haven't 1 heard any protests in the UN on Herr Apel’s sacrifice, although it was obviously made to tall attention to Soviet imperial ism. Nor have there been any teach-ins. Mrs. Sarah S. Hunter of Lau- Thesp scores went to the seniors Water Conservation District. The rens visited her sister Dr. Ruth Stokes last week. Mrs. Arthur Alexander is in who took the College Board Ex amination ^>ver on December 4. Most of the scores were an im- Columbia with her daughter and provcroent over the first tests, which were taken last May. * * • This Saturday night is a big son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Coats for several days visit. • Mr. and Mrs. Olin Stewart and family spent Sunday in Spartan . _. . . . burg with Mr. and Mrs. Frank ^ ht Oakley. E. L. contest is sponsored state-wide by the South Carolina Bankers Association and the South Caro lina Association of Soil and Water Conservation District Sup ervisors. The contest closes on March 15. All essays are to be turned in to the local board of Super- Stewart hospital in Greenwood. The annual “Snowball” dance, - imnrftvin0 sponsored by the Clinton Camp visors by April 1. First, second — is improving oirls Inc' of Clinton will an d third- place prizes of $25, after surgery at Self Memorial bp ^ n j the ” ballroom 0 ’ f the $15 and $10, respectively, will Mary Musgrove Hotel. The Hori- be awarded by the Laurens Dis- zon girls and their secorts will trlct. The three top essays in the dance to music of the “Profits” local district will be forwarded from Columbia. * to the state Soil Conservation On entering the ballroom each Committee to compete in the girl will cast one vote for the State judging. State prizes^ are “Snow Queen.” Later on during $75 for first place and $50 for Editor, The Chronicle: the night the queen will be second place, to be awarded by Acting as spokesman for a crowned, after which refresh- the S. C .Bankers Assocition. group of citizens, I proposed on mn cts will be served. The dance Contestants can obtain re- January 10th to the Laurens w jn last from eight until twelve search material by writing to County senator and representa- o’clock. Chaperones for the the Soil Conservation - Service; fives that they take the neces- dance will be the leaders of the 901 Sumter Street, Columbia. Views Of Our Readers feob b.il Babson’s Point of-View On Young Blood Promising New Union Power * By ROGER W. BABSON . Pay to bearer on demand . Greenwood County that had turned up property valued at $3,183,264,14 that'had not been on the tax books at all. - How much property in Laurens County Babson Park. Mass., January 20 — For at least a decade the labor movement has been al most static. Organizing drives have been half hearted, ’and their results have been slight. Scandals of various sorts within $ome,of the big gest unions have been widely aired,. There has been an underlying intompatability between the conservative craft-union men and the AFL-CIO and the more ambitious “vertical” unionists that re-entered the Federation after years of separation. Stories Behind Words William by S. Penfield Steal One’s Thunder NEW VITALITY SLOWLY EMERGING iping taxation is a matter of conjec- But if such a situation exists or ex in Greenwood, its reasonable to sus- that, to a certain degree, at least, occurs in Laurens County. There has been much reluctance on the of delegations over the state to com mit their counties to such a program, large ly because of the fear on the part of many that it would be a prelude to raising taxes. But such need not necessarily be the case. At the present rate of taxation, even the first thought on the subject would in dicate that more tax revenues would accrue from property that is now undervalued and from that which is now escaping taxation altogether. We realize that the institution of such a program would be far-reaching and has aspects that are not apparent on the sur face. Over the past year or so, however, there have been changes brewing beneath the surface. Younger men have been moving ahead in the heirarchy of labor leaders, and they have begun to displace smoe of the old-timers. In brief there is a new pulse within the bodjl of organized la bor. Walter Reuther, who has been holding to gether his 6,000,000 members of the Industrie’ Union Deparmtent of the AFL-CIO for the past ten years, is getting restless within the con fines of the basically unventuresome Federation. Reuther is beginning to speak once more with a loud voice. He is pointing out that there are still some 15,000,00 unorganized workers who could readily be brought within union bounds His declared objective is to bring in what he calls the “working poor,” even if they have to be given membership without contributing any dues payments: What this would amount to would be adapting the Great Society concept to the unions . , . bringing up sub-standard wages and gaining fringe benefits — such as health and death insurance, pensions, unemploy ment and severance pay, etc.—for those not now covered. ' . . c‘ * John Dennis was an English critic and playwright who lived from 1657 to 1734. His play, “^pjiius and Virginia,” was somewhat less than a hit, for it closed after a very'short run. Dennis had perfected a device that produced a sound like thunder and used it in “Appius and Vir ginia.” . - . - *■* * * A few weeks after his play closed, Dennis attend ed a performance of “Macbeth.” A realistic-sounding clap of thunder from backstage caused- him to ex claim, “My God, see how the villians use me ! They will not let my play run, yet they steal my thunder!’ From Dennis’, reaction came the expression “to sary steps to equalize county property taxes. With regard to that proposal, I wish to issue two public challenges. The .first is directed to the county as a whole, whereas a continuation of the present prac tices would serve only the in terests of the relatively few who are not now paying their fair share. I should like, therefore, to challenge you, Mr. Dobbins, Mr. Abercrombie, and Mr. Lea gue, to show us, the citizens of Laurens County, whether you have the qualities of leadership which your respective offices de mand in such matters. The second challenge is to all the citizens of Laurens County, Unless I am badly mistaken, tax equalization will not be defeated by any public campaign against it; rather, if it fails to material ize, it will be because you, the citizens, fail to speak up in fav or it. Hence, I challenge you to show whether you have the cour age of your convictions. Let no man say for business or social reasons that he “can’t afford” to let his voice be heard. No one has a right to the benefits of our democratic, free-enterprise system who will risk nothing for its sake.. LEWIS S. HAY, - Clinton. steal one’s thunder,’* to adopt someone’s methods. •- si\ beans, lettuce and tomato salad, green beans, hot rolls, butter, and bananas in orange jello. OLD SCHISMS BEING BRIDGED The sort of vibrancy that Reuther- and some This whole, matter is eminently impor- o{ his younger followers create, can, be very, landowner in the state Upon re catching. Even many of those unionists who have felt that labor's days of growth were large- Forestry Personnel Will Assist Land Owners of State .' Friday _ , ' • Milk, sliced bologna, sliced Technical forestry personnel of. cheese chiUed p ineapple( potato the South Carolina State Com- salad, pickled beets, hot biscuits mission of Forestry offer forest ^nd butter. management assistance to . any IF YOU DONrr READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DON’T GET THE NEWS PHONE 833-0541 Your J mOAMRi < ~fr\pn1rie k Program Today, Friday and Saturday Ihe Big Comedy of Nineteen-Sexty-Sr k a,, \ ■! ‘*r i W, A . J J W TECHNICOLOR (Note: We feel an obligation to advise parents that, in spite of Jerry Lewis, this is not a children’s picture) 3:18, 5:16, 7:14, 9:14 — Saturday Start 1:00 P. M. Mon.-Tues.-Wed., January 24-25-26 ^ | AN OTTO PREMINGER FILM il m«ji—'i— Carol Lynley, Laurence Olivier, and Keir Duller 3:10, 5:10, 7:10 and 9:00 tant." Therefore it is worth the most searching consideration of the members of Hie legislative delegation in the General Assembly. Dramatizing A Fraud We’re not imparting any new and start ling information in pointing out that Com munism is the greatest fraud ever perpe trated on mankind, but now and then some thing happens which dramatizes the fan tastic extent of the swindle. There was such a case in East Germany only a few weeks ago when Erich Apel, chief economic planner for that Communist country, committed suicide. And what caused Herr Apel to take this step? Even he, Communist that he was, could no long er condone the greedy plundering of his fellow-Gennans by the rapacious Russians. So, with his death, the world learned another leeson about the Communist sys tem, which is supposed to end man’s inhu-‘ inanity to man and stop the exploitation of the oppressed. - What Apel was protesting was custom- quest, according Ao Leg are M. ly over are being stirred anew. The stand-off Duke, District Forester of the between AFL-CIO President George Meany and Newberry District, the far more revolutionary ■ Walter Reuther This assistance consists of an seems to be closing. Union members have long examination of the landowner’s recognized that Reuther. has his eyes -on the .. . ... presidency of the Federation, when the day woodland area, after which thd comes that Meany muststep down from his top forester gives the landowner In office. . .. • writing recommendations cover- Some 1,500,000 teamsters, who have been go- i ng the work that should be done ing their separate way under the direction of to improve the stand, maintain controversial James Hoffa^ may be back within it in a productive condition, har- the Fedreation fold before too long . Mr. Hof- vcs t timber products or any re- fa appears to be headed for jail, indicted on some forestation work necessary on of the numerous charges that have been brought the idle or understocked aareas. against him. His sqccessors are more than like- Also included are recommenda- ly to accept An invitation to re-merge with the tions for protection from fire, in- AFL-CIO onbe the Teamsters Union is rid of the sec ts and disease. No charge is forces that orgmally caused it to be cast out of ma de for this service, the Federations Readers may expect Reuther „ where cutting of timber is re- and his cohorts to take every possible step to commended, a forester of the cement all of the major union units together, state Commission of Forestry Jurisdiction will be clarified, and jurisdictional w m i a t the request o( the land- strife will gradually become old-hit. owner, mark the timber to be WHAT THIS MEANS TO MANAGEMENT cut> Pf° vl . de the landowner with „ . ' . „ „ an estimate of the volume mark- Employers in most areas and practically all ed for cutting ^ furni8h a Ust m wwT 65 * WU fCe i ^ imp f. ct of t . hl ® ® merg i?*> of prospective buyers, a suggest- rebirth of union determination and vigor Or- ^ form * advertisement, and gamzing drives will be hot and heavy, no longer a timber sales agree- half-hearted. Young blood will be encouraged nJrtLThere is a small clurge for leadership at all levels, with particular con- toe service * centration on men (and women) of outstanding Woodland ownerg ^ intelligence and resourcefulness. Leaders and who W(M]ld ^ this free candidates for union position, win be trained and examination and-or ™.»-Wn g as - CLINTON, 8. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 2$, 1965 Qttp Clinton Ctpronirl? Inly 4, 1S» — WILUAM WILSON HARRIS — Jams 11, 1966 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Rate (Payable hi Advance) One Year $4.00; Six Months gJO ” ‘“ | $6.00 One Year Second Class Postage Paid at Clinton, 8. C. POSTMASTER: Send Form MIS to Clinton Chronicle, Clinton, S. C. 28328 cooperation of its subscribers and readers — the ‘ ns and kindly advice. The Chronicle will of a defamatory nature. Anonymous views or opinions of its Press Association, National Editorial Asaociatton — rnmmm AMERICAN New York, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia sistance should contact the New berry District Office, S. C. State Commission of Forestry, P. O. Box 129, Newberry, or County Ranger Tom Hill in Laurens. Scbel District M School Lwch Mow 1, Week of 24-2$ Milk. Potato MONDAY beef with gravy, sweet souffle, rice, cheese bis cuits, butter, and candled ap ples. TUESDAY Milk, hot dogs with chill, mus tard, and onions, cole slaw with grated carrots, potato sticks,, butter and cherry pie. 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