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J THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Clinton, S. C., Thursday, July 6,196: Tax On Social Security Noting plans to tax Social Security benefits, Rep. Guy Vander Jagt (It- Mich.V said, “The Freaidaftt recently an- . . J Bounced plans to tax the Social Security lions of people who can afford to fi- V open-end program with rising and per haps uncontrollable costs.” The AM A spokesman then raised a fundamental question about medi cate as a whole. He said it covers mil- Tflf; AMERICAN WAY benefits paid to persons over 88. “The Social Security system was designed as a non-voluntary program. Taxes were paid on the money withheld to support the system; now the Admin istration wants to tax the senior citizen twice'; once when he pays the premium fpwt second when he receives the bene- nance their own health care, and cen tralizes direction of the program in Washington rather than permitting the flexibility and trial-and-error of health care programs administered by the states. He added, “Available tax funds should be used to give maximum health care to those who need help. Ependi- tures of public • funds on those who do not need help limits the resources fits from the program. . v “Congress will seriously question available to those who do need it.” this attempt to change the original in tent of the Social Security system anti pfac4 additional burdens on our already overburdened senior citizens.” Man cannot forecast the future by knowing the past, but he may gain a better idea of what may be ahead. The Real Villain Many business, as well as govern ment, spokesmen look for a continuation of inflationary price rises. There is a strong likelihood that we will again see t wave of protest sweep the country. But, in which direction will the protest be aimed? Will retailers once more be blamed for hdgh prices, when they are forced to pass along to consumers the consequences of government fiscal poli cies leading to a further decline in the value of-the dollar? ^ The retail distribution system and most especially the high volume mini- mlim price distributors in chain store and The person who always has an em phatic and final opinion should not be taken seriously. Irene Ditlord Elliott Writes... I » ■■■■■I ..H-I- ...■I I.II I > — No. 16 k } A Hutniliafing Comparison I quote today, from a couple and have plenty of storage whose name I will not dis- room.” close, for fear of repercus- Accompanying this sugges- sions: tion are two pictures, which I “Having recently been In here submit. First is that of Virginia court? houses (older the furnace room of the Lau- than Laurens) where the rec- rens Court House where valu- ords are beautifully kept, we able old record books and Can see no reason to destroy loose records are kept in the bur court house and old rec- heat and dust of the furnace, ords. second is that of the basement “Laurens too could build a “in a sparsely settled Vir- full basement under their ginia county court house, with court house, with steel the steel shelving and perfect shelves, and a new furnace, order afore-mentioned. * • v , y •» . Babson’s Point of View On: BUSINESS FAILURES Babson Park, Mass., June 29. More' peo ple are going broke . . . faster and for more money. Bigwig government economists fye keeping close tabs on this disquieting trend. What is behind it . . , and where are. we headed? ^ NUMBER AND LIABILITY Through the first quarter of 1967, U* S. Failures totaled 3,623. This compares* With 3,256 for the corresponding 1966 period—^ui’ The Witch-Doctor . increase of 11.3%. Even if this still ; jnild supermarket field are the strongesst al- uptrend should not be accelerated during^the lies of consumers. The president of W. remainder of the year, as we fear it mifjrbe, Stories Behind Words T. Grant Co., a large variety chain store, in an address, reminded his lis- tepers, “.. . the real villian in the mar ketplace is not the store manager — it is inflation — constantly rising costs and prices due largely to excessive gov ernment spending. More and more peo ple must come to the painful realization that they are paying for the government, which is growing bigger day by day — they are the people who must pay for the constantly rising federal, state and ci|y budgets, and the monumental social mand is going up faster than goods are being the number of business failures in 1^67— figured at around 14,500—would still be baiise for concern. Dollar liability of business failures for the first tliree months of 1967 totaled $340,044,000 —up 12.8% from $302,182,000 in the first quarter of 1966. If this pace should continue, failure liabilities this year could well run to a total approximating $1,500,000,000. BUSINESS CYCLE STILL LIVES Ordinarily during the early and middle stages of a business recovery, the number of failures is small and does not seesaw very much from month to month, or even from year to year. At such times, consumer de- keneftt programs which spend billions as though they* came from a bottomless well/* . x Any dispassionate look at the rec ord of American retail distribution will jshow a . rising performance curve that Over the years has brought direct and substantial benefits to every family in Sthe land. In view of this record, laying made, and sellers are firmly astride the driver’s seat. It is only in the latter stages of an eco nomic upthrust—when output is catching up With demand, or has already caught up With It—that failures begin to climb. Then they tend to multiply in close relationship. to the rate of slide-off in general business. “ * , By Wmiai^B. Penfleld Blue Laws During the English civil wars of the 17th Century, the Covenanters, or Scottish, Presbyte rians, adopted blue as their badge. After the Covenanters were overthrown and Charles II was restored to the throne, the expres sion “Presbyterian true blue,” later shortened to “blue,” became a term of derision applied to anything puritanical. In Colonial America certain laws were passed in Connecticut that many thought were overly strict or puritanical. These were called “blue laws. . - . Finally, on a sheet of note give these pictures and paper, with a beautiful etch- gestions careful considera ing of the Lunenburg County tjon? « . ii Court House, is this note: ' “Lunentjurg ((own) is a wide spot in the road. Laurens has fpr ,more peqple and much > more ta? mopey.” Your Can’t Mr. Plaxico’s com mission on the Court House ; i>. •» Dr. Ford to Head * Handicapped Center , Dr. Frauhton G. Ford has ^ been appointed director of a planning project to develop a > diagnostic and treatment cen- 0/^ *Mi!j ter for handicapped children; v according to Kenneth J. Dob- ' S on, superintendent of Pulas- ^ ki County Schools in Virginia. iMtH* Dr. Ford, who is presently associated with Radford Col lege as associate professor of Education, will asume his re* sponsibilities of director July l. The proposed center will bg ’ designed to meet a whole spectrum of needs of handi capped children. Professional skills of highly trained prac titioners and technicians will be available. Individual chil dren will receive immediate evaluation and appropriate service. The federal government re cently approved a grant of $60,000 for the study and plan ning that would lead to the operational phase of this pro ject. Dr. Ford has served in pub lic schools as regular class room teacher and teacher of ■ educable mentally retarded. He served as Assistant Profes sor of Education at Presbyter ian College, Clinton., He also held the position of Assistant Professor of Education and Director of Teacher Education at Limestone College in Gaff ney. Immediately prior to coming to Radford College, SUg ’ he served as visiting, assistant Professor of Education at Clerpson University. jy BET-BIG AND GET-RICH BUG However, it is not business slumps alone that trigger skyrocketing failures. In most Qf tiio • Instances it is poor management practices the blame for riamg prices at the dooi lead to ^ tragedy Qf failure Unwise of the retailer is illogical to say the least, expansion during a boom—especially on bor rowed funds—is a leading cause of business fatalities. Many businessmen, bitten by the get-big and get-rich bug, go ahead with sharp boosts in manufacturing or sales quotas. They fail to find out how far they can pru dently branch out, or whether they should branch out at all. And in the case of relatively new busi nesses which fall by the wayside when the going gets rough, it is estimated that a very large number run into difficulties when they are faced with the necessity of going out and doing a real selling job. In the lush times of a Soaring sellers’ market, little effdrt is needed to move goods. But it is far different when supply catches up with demand and ihflated volume begins to shrink. icare Men Members of the medical profession .have been working closely with Con gress and the appropriate bodies to take the kinks out of medicare. Some of the kinksfsii'e a growing snarl of red tape. T^ie head of the AMA, in testify ing before a Congressional committee, has recommended that government drotp out of the administration of Part B of med&are Which is the $3 a month, vol untary insurance phase of the act. He suggested that social security payments be increased so the beneficiaries can purchase their own private voluntary health insurance coverage. He pointed out that Part B has involved the fed eral government itself in “. . . the prac tice of medicine through rules, regula tions and statistical data requirements.” Mpreover, “the patient is dissatisfied because he finds he is getting less than hq expected, he experiences delays in •being reimbursed, and he can’t com prehend the unfamiliar . . . combina tion that is trying to take care of him ^ * . The Congress.. . . is additionally Concerned because it has created an WORD OF CAUTION Demand for all sorts of things is now lagging. That is the main factor behind the FARMS and FOLKS By L. C. HAMILTON Clemson University Extension Information Specialist rens, three sisters, Mrs. John While cotton farmers could leaves and is translocated to Harris and Mrs. Edwin Lyons well be saying, “Rain, rain, the roots, causing the grass of Laurens and Mrs. Henry go away,” our woodlands to die. Rearpes of Simpsonville; and owners are highly pleased Dowpon is specific for kill- 8 r£, ndchildren. with the precipitation. jug grasses and is not a ma- Funeral services will be May and early June rains, jor threat to the broadleaf conducted Wednesday at ,5:30 heavier than normal in most plants. P- m - at Second Street Baptist parts of South Carolina, have The' brick-like device is es- t-hurch by Rev. Grange S. multiplied the problems of pecially suggested for garden- Cothran and Rev. J. B. Ab- ers who don’t have a S p ra y-ercrombie. Burial will be in er. If you have been edging F° res t Lawn Cemetery, with a directed spray, and getting good results, there’s J J Brewing ton no reason to change. Cr <fe s Anchor - Thomas Here’s a hint, given by Jefferson Brewington, 74, of Clemson Extension weed con- Cross* Anchor, died Monday trio advisors: at 4:^0 a.m. at his home after To get a better kill, spray a long illness, or drag the “brick” over the Native of Union, son of the grass when th e temperature late Columbus and Texanna is above 80 degrees and when Morgan Brewington, he had plenty of moisture is in the lived in Clinton most of his life soil. Program To-day - Saturday, July 6-8 WAen in Southern California visit Univarsat City Studios' Tammy's Traded her Riverboat for a Society Mansion! cotton farmers. But if you’ve got trees, it’s okay. “The rains couldn’t have come at a better time,” says W. J. Barker, leader of Ex tension forestry work at Clemson University. Trees, of which there are more than 12 million acres in South Carolina, don’t grow well without lots of water. “We like to have about 8 growth rings to the inch,” Barker says. “But this year’s growth cycle, because of the increase in failures. Hopefully, things will drought in March and April, get better as we move into the second half of this year ... so that by autumn oveKall economic activity in the U. S. may again be on an uptick. But even if industrial production, Gross National Product, retail sales—and other indicators of economic progress — do' •(urn upward this autumn, businessmen must still be wary. For the cost of doing business-^ill increase substantially between now and year’s end, reflecting anticipated higher taxes and expanding wage and salary payments as well as inflated prices for materials. This means that profits will shrink further and the JrQlit margin squeeze will intensify. Of such^s^iff are failures made. So, whatever the s your business, keep a tight control on might have been mighty thin without the recent rains.” and was a farmer, a veteran of World War I, and a member of New Hope Baptist Church. Surviving are a son, Cope- Dewitt land Brewington of Newber- Cook, 62, of 763 T. Main ,St., ry; a sister, Mrs. Minnie Go- A Feature-Length Hit From the TV Show! »COLOR; Co stilling DEfflE M ftlf-M MATH SOW FM-UK IM-OMIHYGREEN Robert D. Cook Laurens — Robert A UNIVERSAL PICTURE What a normal growth ring died Monday night in Gallin- forth of Indian Trail. N. C.; adds up .to. in dollar value, is burg, Tenn., after a long ill- two brothers, Irvin Brewing- about $18 per acre on manag- ness. ton of Cross Anchor and Gu$ ed woodlands, give or take a Native of Laurens County, Brewington of Union: and four little for the quality of the son of the late George W. grandchildren, soil and the sunlight. and Bessie Taylor Cook, he Funeral services were con- Barker says the three main operated a barber shop and ducted Tuesday at 3 p.m. at ingredients that make trees was a Mason and a member New Hope Baptist Church by grow are sunlight, good soil, of Second Street Baptist Rev. James F. Bright and and water. “But water is the Church. Rev. R. L., McGraw. Burial most variable.” Surviving are his wife, Mrs. was * n New Hope Baptist State Climatologist H. Lan- Helen Ledford Cook; a son, Church Cemetery, Earle, N. C. ders, says May rainfall was p Darrell Cook of Greenville; — Shows— 3:15, 7 and 9 p. m. Saturday — 1, 2:45, 4:30, 7:15 and 9:00 p.m. NOTE: No Stop Off At End Of 4:30 Show -- 6:15. Night Show — 7:15 and 9:00 p.m. Monday-Tuesday a-of roughly two-thirds more than three bro thers, Richard, Hen- )&s. average. And in some places, r y an d Rudolph Cook of Lau- T.ina’e had CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1967 i (Eltntmt Gtyrmtirlp J*Iy 4» IM9 — WILLIAM WILSON HARRIS — June IS, 1955 ' Established 19M ^PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY 'jSubscription Rate (Payable in Advance) : Out-of-County One Year, $4-00; Six Months, $2.50 One Year, $5.00 Second Class Postaga Paid at Clinton, S. C. POSTMASTER: Send Form 3579 to Clinton Chroiflcle, Clinton, S. C. 29325 j The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers—the pubUsher .will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advice. The Chronicle will n publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anony mous communicaions will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of lu correspondents. No responsibility is assumed by the publisher for omission or error occurring in advertisements or news matter, but correction will be made in the next issue when attention i*~<Jlrected to it. In no event will liability be assumed when merchandise is j sold at Incorrectly advertised price. 1 Member: South Caroline Pres* Aesociation, National Editorial Association ^ National Advertising Representetiye: AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia June’s average “quota been reached by June 5. Even though enough water is necessary. Barker says there’s such a thing as too much. When the growth rings get too wide the struc tural strength of the wood is reduced. At this point the he says there’s enough, but not too much. Besides, the rains are especially good for the 55 million new tree seedlings planted in South Carolina last winter. “And,” as Barker notes, “if the forest is wet, you don’t have forest fires.” EDGING GRASS MADE EASIER Edging the grass from walks, flower beds, and gar dens can be simplified by us ing the. new solid grass kill ers. You just rub the grass with the device and the grass dies. One innovation comes in a brick-sized block with a han dle. The solid material con tains Dowpon, a familiar grass killer*,Sqrnp of the Dow pon corner* off on the grass • >_»•->e* j-^ j-* ^ + j- j'. OFFICE SUPPLIES CHRONICLE PUB. CO. rmMoum ficiums SMI ins »M SUM I 111 ”* 1 iitm. rf. RS P/ttiftBURNINS? WITH AN INTERNATIONAL ALL-STAR CAST BOWLING CENTER Year-Round BOWLING, 12 Modern Lanes CARPET GOLF, IS-Mles ROLLER SKATING, Best Maple Floor BILLIARDS, 15 New Tables Church Groups, Scout Groups, Birthday Parties: Special Prizes —* Call For Reservation Phone 833-2826 Clinton, S. C. 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