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I®., % i. THtCUNTON \ T CUHtort, S. Thwrsriay^ Jwmayy X2,1967 Dp. L Ross Lynn News of the recent death of Dr. # L. Ross Lynn at his home in* Tallahassee, Fla., was received in th^ Chiton area with regret. But at the same time it was .a* occasi6n that served to kindle blessed memories of a great and good man. Dr. Lynn was president of Thorn- well Orphanage here for 25 years, retir ing in 1943, and during that time not only did he {lo a magnificent work at Thormvell, but also he entered into and cdntnbuted mightily to activities in the city of Clinton. Extremely democratic, he made friends easily, attracting peo ple by his magnetic personality. He told the story of Thornwell wher ever he went, and during the years trav eled widely over the Presbyterian Syn ods of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida (which own and control the in stitution), becoming well known and greatly loved. He implanted a high re gard for Thornwell in the hearts and minds of Presbyterians in those areas and elsewhere. Sun’s larder, not only encourages waste of the taxpayer’s dollars, but the pro liferations of these programs creates chaos and a bureaucratic quagmire at all levels of government—federal, state and local. t While the Administration complac ently talks about creating a new part nership with the states and municipali ties, thoughtful legislators in both par ties are showing increased concern on the overlapping of expenditures and the duplication of effort, and are seeking ways to streamline the Federal pro grams. Any success in this endeavor would result in substantial savings to the American people. THE AMERICA# WAY 0 rri a YtHUK-ANt) fo’s TMV WuJ Babson’s Point of Vjew On: State Finances By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Mass., January 12. The tre mendous growth our nation has enjoyed-since the end of World War II poses new fiscal and other challenges for the states. On one hand, their role has been diminishing steadily as His greatest monument exists in the the federal government has gathered- unto rj zc ! TM lives of hundreds of men and women now in every part of this country, then boys and girls who were privileged to come under his guidance at Thornwell. The March of Dimes This is* the month when many of us used to hope for a preventative or a cure for polio when we contributed to the March of Dimes. Now we have vac cines which protect youngsters from this crippler, and the major emphasis today is on getting parents to see that their children are innoculated. The national collecting organization for the fight on polio has found another charity vehicle to ride — as all of these national organizations do, rather than disband and, of course, they do much good if they do not allocate too muoh itself more power. On the other hand, the prestige of many states has been expanded to great size and complexity. THE SHADOW OF UNCLE SAM The decline of our states and of their ef fectiveness in government has been a long time coming. It is traceable to' pre-WorltT- War-I years when the federal income tax laws was first enacted. But it was not untit the great depression of the 1930’s that the ball really got rolling. With the coming of the federal social security system and other broad social welfare programs — enacted by Congress, administered by the President, and financed by taxes collected by Washing ton — the shadow cast over the states by Uncle Sam grew longer. Then came World War II, a protracted and costly conflict from which America emer ged as banker and creditor to both victors and vanquished. The rebuilding of shattered European nations and their economies, of a badly beaten Japan, and the servicing of our own deferred needs — together with the fin ancing of a long and very expensive “cold war” — put new presures on our fiscal and natural resources. Federal government costs soared. ECLIPSE OF THE STATES Junior's Legacy Stories Behind Words income to administration. In spite of the development of two 1 During'tthe'rtwo' d'cadorthor'havc tol- polio vaccines some American youngs- lowed World War II, we were to discover ters are still struck down by the crip- the high price that must be paid for defense, pling or fatal type of the disease each year and most of this could be Avoided if communities, schools and, most of all parents, saw to it that all children were properly vaccinated This is a much easier fight than the old battle, led by Franklin D. Roosevelt among others, to find a cure and provide effective treatment after afflicition, and we have little excuse to lose. * Among news items appearing in pa pers last week was the fact that not a single new case of polio was reported in South Carolina during the past year. By William S. Penfieid Slothful The sloth is a tree - dwelling animal of Cen tral and South America. During the day this shaggy-haired animal sleeps, hanging by its four feet from a limb.. Algae, or tiny green plants, grow in its shaggy coat. This gives the sloth a great deal of pro tection, for he blends with th.e foliage as he hangs motionless. Af night the sloth moves about the trees eating leaves. Its movements are very slow and sluggish. In fact, it is the slowest of all four- footed animals. It is for this this reason that the sloth got its name, for the word is derived from “slow.”^-> A slothful person is like a sloth t— slug gish, lazy, slow. for tbe. type of social progress which the ma jority of our people had chosen, and for the leadership of the Free World to which we had fallen heir. We were to discover also that the federal government had grown so much and so fast — and was taking in so large a percentage of the country’s total tax dollars — that the states were hard.put to carry on their own functions with what was left. Pushed by rising costs of administration, labor, and materials, and by the expanding * need for services triggered by the postwar population explosion, the states — which had hitherto relied mostly on fairly nominal per sonal and corporate income levies — greatly* increased these taxes on income; in addi- Bv L C Hamilton tion, they turned more and more to sales ■ * . * taxes as revenue sources. And the end is not Clemson University Extension in sight. “CHALLENGE OF THE “CITY-STATES” Our prosperity of the past twenty years has compounded the problems of the states. There is too much reliance oh federal grants and too great a disposition to let an eager federal government monopolize planning and control the administration of social welfare programs, of highway development, and of the expansion of some types of educational facilities. FARMS . . • and . •. FOLKS Information Specialist 4 (Editor’s note: Harold Rogers,' assistant commun ications editor, is guest wri ter for this column while L. C. Hamilton 1s on vaca tion). By HAROLD ROGERS Time to Consolidate The 89th Congress alone passed sev- entiy-one new health programs, seven teen new educational programs, fifteen new economic development programs for the cities, seventeen new resource de velopment programs, and four new man- Also by and largej the statcs have not do ^ 0 "^n°the h fiel^ of/emote power training programs. These pro- faced up to the fiscal problems of their cities, control devices and automated Often state legislatures have imposed intol- operations ~ erable fiscal burdens by making the cities Devc| ments and break . assume responsibiUty for the cost of B™-, hn)Ughs arc pouring out. grams they had no part in enacting. This has/ • forced many cities — some of which are as What used to be regarded large as or larger in population than certain..^ 8 ^hstract, some - day states — to seek more and more direct fed- ruachmes are becoming bright eral aid. Thus is our birthright of home^rule possibilities in labor-saving and local government being whittled today. rea hties in the marketplace. THE FISCAL FUTURE , Some of the things being Tax Foundation, Inc. — a leading eompii- planned, produced, or now er of data in its field and noted for its care- availbble for home and pro- ful evaluation of such data — reports that duction use arc little short of the fiscal future of state and local govern- fantastic, ments is “much better than generally real- Bill Gladden, Extension Ag- ized”. Tax Inundation believes the states ricultural Engineer with can finance their expanding, programs dur- Clemson University, provides ing the next decade without extensive tax in- a preview of coming products, creases. Howver, we are not so sure. For the For one thing, he says, there’s next year or two at least, you would be wise the tractor with remote coij- to expect — and prepare for — mounting trols. A farmer with a fleet grama, added to the hundreds already on the books, help create what James Reston of The New York Times de scribes ay an “administrative monstros ity.” What is really needed is a massive effort to control, consolidate’ahd where appropriate, eliminate existing programs. According to Senator Edmund S. Muskie of Maine, “There are 170 differ ent Federal aid programs on the books, •^financed by ov^r 400 separate appro priations, and aministered by 150 Wash ington bureaus and over 400j regional offices empowered to receive applications and disburse funds.” # This untrammeled confusion in Uncle state taxes, spending and debt. CLINTQN, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1967 (jUmton (Ehrmttrlr Established 1900 July 4, 1889 - WILLIAM WILSON HARRIS — June 13, 1955 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable in Advance) Out-of-County » One Year, $4.00; Six Months, $2.50 — One Year, $5.00$ Second Class Postage Paid at Clinton, S. C. PpSTMASTER: Send Form 3579 to Clinton Chronicle, Clinton, S. C. 29325 $ The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the publisher will at aU times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anony mous commuuicaions will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of fc correspondents. No responsibility is assumed by the publisher for omission or error occurring in advertisemmts or news matter, but correction will be made in the next issue when fttyUou is directed to it. Jtn.no eve* will liability be assumed when merchandise is MlO m mCUTGCfly AdVcrtUCu price. MemOer: South Carolina Press Association, National Editorial Association National Advertising Representative: AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION — . New York, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia of these could sit in the shade and operate a switchboard while the tractors tended to the plowing. Practical adoption of the units is obviously a long way off for South • Carolina farm ers, but the Army is already trying them, Gladden says. On the home and business front, there are many other eye-opening developments in the electronic brain field. Some are coming. Some are heh?. Products manufactur- * ers are now working with or' delivering, Gladden says, ihi C elude these: — A TV set that can be turned off and on, tuned a^d adjusted by a wave of th£ hand; and a temperature-sen 0 ''' sitive oven that cooks to per fection. — A washer - dryer combi-‘ nation machine that cleans the clothes, discards the wa ter, drierf the clothes, and turns off when the correct dryness is reached. — A Central air condition ing and heating system that not only senses room temper- Youth Wants to Know By RANDY GRIFFITH IF YOU DON’T READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DON’T GET THE NEWS ers. As one matures, he will consider the Wishes o£ oth er people, including parents. That is, If the maturing is properly guided, the persoh Does your room look like room. will have a much deeper qual- a tornado just hit it? Often In part, I*agree. To spend ity of unselfishness ahd ap- teenagers become as violent too much energy having a predation of others, and destructive as the forces spotless room i| valuable —— > ■ — of nature which is clearly in time wasted. There are more ««These electronic gadgets evidence when you see the important "things to do. But are available in many forms, places young people live. This still, parents must be kept bu ^ ^hg cos j j S uk e the sef=- includes classrooms and desks happy. H vice, phenomenal.” which often receive bad treat- Let’s investigate the prob- But even at that, he thinks, men if the teacher permits lem a little more closely. You various automated systems it.» see, sloppiness is a trait of w j d p ro bably be on the mass Sloppiness is a trait in many se if - centeredness. There are market within two years, teenagers. “I feel more relax- so many things to under- Then ^ refinements are ed if things are scattered stand about oneself between made _1_ a8 they were in the around naturally;” I hardly twelve and twenty there is first bulky and eost iy tele- ever put anything away;” “I little, energy and imagination vigion sets and other applian- have a lot of stuff in a small left P ver for considering oth- ceg _ t he cost will gradually room and I can find it better -*■ be reduced through more buy- on the floor,” are usual ex ' want to now, even to prepar- ing and production. cuses for having a messy a meal.” • “As long as the economy It’s only a matter of time — Soes as it is now, Gladden ature, but controls air flow qbnr t t imp — hp feels until adds, “I dont see anything and humidity. the solid state system’is in- to stop it.” — A home computer that trclduced in quantity and elec- will automatically keep the tronically fitted to various bank'account .and household household uses, budget up to date, work out The only ho iding it tax returns, keep stock of back n0W) the Clemson engin- household supplies, and de- eer f ee i s> i s prohibitive cost, cide on the best way to store food In the refrigerator. There could be many oth ers of similar nature. And they will, when ready for mass marketing, become available largely because of a space - age development . called solid state systems. These systems are already at work in a number of elec trical or electronic products being sold. It gets technical . . . but in a solid stat^i system, func tions of rpqjiy separate elec tro - mechanical operations are combined into electrical circuits which.are incorporat ed into one solid chip of sili con. These chips are sometimes no larger than the head of a pin, but each can perform the work of many vacuum tubes or transistors in. electronic equipment of many electro mechanical devices in appli ances. “It has one of the biggest futures I know o(,” ‘says Glad den of solid state and elec tronic brain developments. “You can cover the field with it — cooking, heating, hflmid- ity, temperature* control or about anything else. 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