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THE CLINTON CBBONICLE OnW, S. tv Thursday, July 27, HHi7 3* There No End? A concentrated attack on costly nnd thoughtless federal fiscal polices *• '•"mtyas delivered on the floor of the U. S. vf onWljtouse of Representatives by Congress man Wendell Wyatt of Oregon. He ^^ointed out that, since 1960, the U. S. fv* population has grown 10 per cent; to- 4al federal spending has increased 83 — per cent; non-defense spending has in creased 97 per cent; the number of ^federal employees has increased 25 per cent; the cost for federal payrolls has ^icreased 75 per cent and the federal government has rolled up a deficit of *‘!$-60 billion. Congressman Wyatt stat- «*d that if the government does not re turn to a financially responsible out look immediately we could easily have $300 billion annual budget at the "‘taxpayer’s expense. cr hemently opposed by REA supporters. • The New York Daily News says edi- , I torially, “It is the threat of public dis- ' closure that has REA top brass hopr, ping mad.” It is long past time when the operations of government agencies shoyld be stripped of secrecy. REA should be subject to the same scrutiny and regulation as the invester-owned, tax-paying segment of the electric in dustry. THE AMERICAN WAY — He Deserves A Medal They say there is nothing new un der the sun. Perhaps not, but a hap pening in Wisconsin comes close to be ing just that. There, state Assembly- man Soik of Whitefish Bay has intro- ^^j#uced a bill that would require the edu- 2jfcl&tional system to insure adequate dos- of study of the comparative virtues 'of the free enterprise system, from kin dergarten through high school. The Assemblyman argued that all could benefit from the training in basic economic principles and cited figures which, he said indicated that high chool students, in particular, have lit- e understanding of the free enterprise stem. He said the basic purpose of is proposal was to make citizens more effective voters and consumers and said it would be carried out by stress ing economic principles in social stud ies. Of course, his bill has met opposi- .t^on from legislative members, who want to be sure that the shortcomings of capitalism are noted. ~ The shortcomings of capitalism have been noted by all and sundry, until it is a miracle the capitalism system still survives. It is an even greater mir acle when an elected public official has the temerity to stand up and advo cate the teaching of economic truth. $hich must inevitably call attention to a few of the virtues of capitalism and •“ •the U. S. free enterprise system. The ,. r Wisconsin Assemblyman is to be com- fended for his courage. Babson’s Point of View On: COMING TAX BATTLE Babson Park, Mass., July 20—Will Uncle Sam be taking a bigger tax bite out of your paycheck before the end of 1967? By Janu- ct ary, 1968? In his state of the union message last January, President Johnson recommend ed a tax surcharge of 6 per cent. Since then, neither LBJ nor the Congress have shown any insistence on upping the federal tax take. But the truce is about over. The tax bite battle will soon be joined amid sounds of ris ing fury. YEAR OF GREAT DEFICIT Our government’s new year has just be gun. It will end June 30, 1968. Economists, legislators, accountants, financiers—and just plain citizens who have been watching the U. S spending spree shift into high gear- are shocked by the prospect of a federal deficit that may hit the $30-billion mark for this fiscal year. D?spite this towering evidence of budget mismanagement, our Administration and our Congress continue to amble along a path of busincss-as-usual. Here and there you hear of the upcoming deficit as the “greatest in peacetime.” Unfbrtunately, the nation is en gaged in one of the biggest, though unde clared, wars in our history. Irene Dill arc) ElliottWrites ... No. 19 Historic Preservation For All That house w«a built' of brick made on the place, had a “swinging stairway,” and was reported have the fir8t magnolia tree to live so far upstate. Getting back to Mr. Easterby’s house, it was own ed and occupied by ‘ three or four gerteratlons of Byrds, two of ‘ whom were named , . * Downs. Historic preservation is a orations of propnnent famu- ^ ^ e F ra nfcs^Easterby blessed privilege of all, a too- ilies. The builder wa$ Col. tri ij es increase! There must Often neglected responsibility. John Drayton Williams, son be man y pi aces that I know Even the poor and illiterate of the Colonel-General James t ^ at cr y ou t t 0 be restored, frequently preserve household Williams who wps killed at j ( j 0 j m en- furnishings, not, unfortunate- the Battle of King’s Moqntain, tion; Belfast, ‘ built by Col. ly, from a sense of responsi- himself “. . . a signer of the John sim p Son 800n a fter 1770, bility but from necessity. For- Ordinance of Secession who hag been ** res ttt re d” by the tunately, it is now a popular was sixty-five years old at the per compan y which now pastime of the connoiseurs to time, and was the owner of owng it . but> i ns t ea( i of lac- scour the countryside buying Milton and White Plains, qU ering the original brick, a these antiques and relieving a owning six thousand acres ^ggg by which the Univer- little of the poverty of those from Milton to Spring Grove si bad ug i y plastered who are not aware that they through which land the Nm- exteriors bat* into beautiful own anything of value. ety-Six road passed.” (Quot- antique brick, the paper com- Family Bible, diaries, ed from family records of p an y painted Belfast white! clocks, stamps, coins, busi- Mrs. Charlie Foste ^> ne ® Isa ‘ ’The John Hunter House at ness accounts, medical ac- bel Witherspoon, 800 Adger f b e only Laqrens County counts, bottles—anything you Hoad, Columbia 29205). The b 0Use) if I’m not mistaken, happen to be interested in can wife of Col. Jol ? n Dra y ton included in BENEATH SO be the basis of historical col- Williams was probably Phoe- K j ND ^ SKY, was selected by lection and preservation. All be Young Watts; Isabel 18 In photographer-artist St. Julian these things • become more doubt about the nal ™ e * >" an because of the pattern for lay- valuable as they become old- anybody be certain. If so, . ng ^ be brick of its walls and er and rarer. Didn’t last Sun- please write Isadel—or me. c himneys. It also has the best day’s State carry a full page Maybe Mr. Franks knows the b oxwoo d planting Pve seen in on a teen-aged boy whose col- whole history of the house. up p er south Carolina. Both lection pf old bottles include Second to Mr. Franks^ I g 0 back, as do the plaster and one with the price of a niekle would place Ernest Easterby 0 ^h er interior details, to 1800 as a preservationist-restorer. Qr thereabout. Present gen- He bought one of the old Byrd tra tj 0 n owners are Mrs. Alice places when death and (le * ivicClintock Goodwin, who, I pression had forced d out of beUeve has rece hti y return- the family and made of .it the and ber brother, John beautiful cottage-style coun try house it had been from the beginning. I say “one of the old Byrd Places” for two reasons: the oldest of three Congl . ess Avcnuei Columbia interesting houses, the Mary- land-type small cottage 1 '" m Right to th* End Words By William S. Penfield 4 Ring The Bell The expression '‘to ring the bell,” meaning to HIGHWAY TO INFLATION Remember the days of President Frank- - « „ „ • i j : tin Roosevelt? He took office at the depth of i-Stic ceecl . is derived from a carnival device. “ ur „ mo f , sevcr t depression. His • brain -J- Th device haa „ be u mounted at the top. trust” (that was before the t me of the Coun- * trust unai was oetore me i me ot me t-oun- ,, , , • u. • i • „ cil of Economic Advisers) recommended that <,*$m?-ll metal weight is m e a he spend a great deal more than would be 7 that extends to the bell. The trigger, a spring like mechanism at the base of the device, is struck with a sledge hammer, forcing the metal weight up the slide. * Anyone who strikes th|» trigger in such a fray as to make the metal weight go to the top and ring the bell wins a prize. Hope- >, ✓ ejt Wilt* Youth Wants to Know By RANDY GRIFFITH w* 4*,1 Time For *“$ "Public Disclosure Growth of federal authority in re- ■ «ent years has been accompanied by a ’“•^spreading uneasines about the with- - -4»olding of information concerning gov- * > qrnment operations from the public. ' iZIlow, at least in the case of the Rural Specification Administration, a seri- , ^ tois effort is being made to compel sub- r mission to closer public scrutiny. Con- J vjy* ess » in rewriting the laws under which the REA will function in the fy- re, may require public hearings op ture rural electrification loans. Sipce 5)35, REA has approved some $5 bil- 1 i o n in tax-subsidized, low-interest v "' 1 Ibans. w J?. Approximately 98 per cent of the ^*tion’s farms now have electric ser vice available and are simply no longer in need of a taxpayer-subsidized, open- . ^ajirse rural electrification program. 5 ’S^Benceforth, at least, such loans should justified economifcally, and this can best be assured by public disclosure of e facts. Not surprisingly, the pros ect of public disclosure is most ve- taken in through taxes. This was called “priming the pump.” The idea was that the additional dollars spent by Uncle Sam would find their way into consumers’ pockets, and hence “prime” the business “pump fully, prosperity would be restored. Both President Roosevelt and his advis-^ sers were sorely disappointed. Busines and employment did pick up slowly for some years; but there followed the severe depres-^f sion of 1937-38. Unemployment climbed back - ** to a staggering 9 million. It did not subside^ ►* substantially until World War II vastly stim-^ k ulated demands both abroad and at home. ceuS. wartime SSs I agre that it tan, a very arty, chewed food or by foods ditions to U. S. money supplies. At the end peasant subject. But for once with ^ of hostilities, our tremendous monetary ex-*'Wt’« be honest. Hows’s your tons. S * WP n a <? pansion provided a broad highway to infla- breath7^ Sadly enough, you ba brprto, , tion. Wages and prices truly exploded. don’t know yourself if your teeth - breath is offensive. So take tention. Colds are also bad REPEAT PERFORMANCE %v*ry possible precaution breath makers, and especial- Right now it looks as if we are going to igainst bad breat.h It is one ly with a cold have x a repeat performance. The Federal fy ‘those delicately important don t feel like taki g c Reserve is upping the money supplies of the f»6e points of good grooming, your breath, nation at an 8 per cent clip. This at a mo- Always brush your teeth at If y° u always keep your ment when the government is heading to- least twice daily. And it the breath sweet, p e o p 1 e are ward a $30-billion deficit. The combination £ame time brush your tongue, much more likely to enjoy of an easy-money policy and a huge “pump yj* dental floss. And use an- being around you. priming” makes a renewed surge in prices ^t&ptic. Your local drufg —— almost a certainty. ,Jt«re has fine brands, and 1 That is what all the “hollering” will be even plain old salt water is about in the weeks just ahead. The “kick- alright. We do know some of the causes of bad breath. Den tists tell us that most bad breath is caused by improp- made into the glass? (Current price, of course, being many times five cents!) Clyde Franks is Laurens County’s leading preserva tionist. I would call him our APOSTLE TO THE PRES ERVATIONISTS, since he be gan with a missionary proj ect. Finding the old mansion home of Governor Gist, with iormal and informal gardens, all in near ruin, he bought the place, restored house and gar dens to the point of being Un ion County’s chief attraction for tourists, then quietly turn ed his “brain child” over to a green-with-envy D. A. R. and came back home to Lau rens to enter his second mis sionary enterprise. Hunter McClintock. Any further nominations from the floor? Please send mail to 512 built by Benjamin Byrd, who came rilin' 0\/PB\X7PTr , WT from Snow Hill, Eas'tern***! wYtAW Shore, Md., and married Jane Available tq you without a Downs, daughter of Jonathan doctor s prescription, our Downs before the 1790 Con- you? sus, stood on Mr. Easterby s mone back> Ga iaxon is a tab- place, facing Duncan’s Creek, i e t and easily swallowed. Get until it was burned many rid ot excess tat and live years ago. The most interest- longer. Gaiaxon costs $3.00 ing of the Byrd homes, from nnd is sold on'this guarantee: if not satisfied for any reason, This time it was the beau- ttful old WilUams-Ball-Watts- , Iouse or Brick House ^ stood near the Duncan’s asked. Gaiaxon is sold with this guarantee by Young’s Copeland house in the out skirts of the city. This house Creek Church a few miles be- historic through several gen- 1 o w Mr. Easterby’s place, ^ers filled was not only beautiful, but whiiuh a iew i«ui« uc- Clinton. Mail Or J20-6p-A24 LEONARD-MARLER INSURANCE AGENCY Phone 833-1121 29O N. Broad St. Consult. Us For All Your - *. ■ Insurance Needs You sjjrs Save ss w .$$ THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: The call of God is not an easy path; He challenges us to our best off” was done the last week in June by Mr. Martin, head of the Federal Reserve Board, calling loudly for an income tax increase. Then Mr. Ackley, top man in the President’s Economic Council, got into the bigger-tax lineup. HEAVY OPPOSITION TO BIGGER TAXES Despite the formidable support and pres tigious names plumping for increased income taxes, there is no guarantee yet that Con gress will vote them ... at least not soon. Many legislators are not convinced that ris ing money supplies will produce an auto- Views Of Our Readers When will your new-car dollar go farthest? Right now. MMM Of IICIUlNCt CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1967 ■ » aty* (Ulintjm (Efrrntttrlp July 4, 1889 — WILLIAM WILSON HARRIS — June IS, 1955 Established 1900 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable in Advance) Out-of-County f -s— s Second Class Postage Paid a,t Clinton, S. C. POSTMASTER: Send Form 3578 to Clinton Chronicle, Clinton, S. C. 29325 No responsibility is assumed by the polisher for omission or error occurring in A advertisements or news matter, but correction will be made in the next issue when * attention is directed to it. Ip no event wi? lability be assumed when merchandise is • sold at incorrectly advertised price. ! v The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of jts subscribers and readers—the pubhsher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advice. The Cnronicle will ij publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anony mous communicaions will not be noticed. Ibis paper is not responsible for the views gjj i or opinions of lu correspondents. HISTORICAL MARKER ! INFORMATION Editor, The Chronicle: matic pickup in total business. They do not, ,•* A plan is underway to com- agree with the Council of Economic Advisers 'fJtfe a book from the wording that the coming fourth quarter will bring a of historical markers of the sizeable upsweep in sales and profits. state. Those of us who have More important, the opposition points to found ourselves rushing down the Council’s earlier belief that a business tht? highways to the beach, up recovery would be underway by early July.-*h> the mountains, or to the Congressmen and Senators ask themselves7lakes and resorts, often wish “What if business does not surge ahead in!"we had time to read the the fourth quarter? If a new boom fails to»^«cds of markers we have “catch on,” we may be blamed later for^jqfct passed, feeling that we having killed the goose that lays the golden* £aitnot take time to turn business eggs.” That is why we predict that^i^nd? or to back up, to read an early tax boost will be hard to come by..„them. A remedy for this is The bigger-tax advocates may win in the* proposed by a state native to end; but the battle will be drawn out. And' compile in book form the the actual levy may not be effective before warding and location of the the turn of the year. •’flistprical markers of the compiler would appre- ^olkte information from any -interested person as to the lo- i^Mjon and wording of such >I*kues that none will be left out the work. Information of the’exact wording, with punc- 1*iaiion, the distance and di- e^Option from the nearest city Jown, the number of the or National highway up- V h i c h situate, and if own the name of the society or person by which erected, .with the date of dedication, v fthould be sent by letter to *! v Hfttorical Markers,” 308 Se curity Federal Balding, Co- rkimbia, S. C. 29201. Any interested person so do ing might be adding to the historical interest and know ledge of South Carolinians. —HARRY R. THURMOND , .308 Security Federal Building Columbia, S. C. Bert looking dollar-strefchers going! tmpala Sport Coupe (foreground), Chevelle Malibu Station Wagon (upper (eft) and Camaro Sport Coupe. i One Year, $4.00; Six Months, $2.50 One Year, $5.00 MemOer: South Carolina Pres* Association, National Editorial Association National Advertising Representative: AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York, Chicago, Detroit. Philadelphia See what your Chevrolet dealer is offering. 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