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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.
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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.” . -
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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.
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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
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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
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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 -
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