The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, July 27, 1967, Image 8
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
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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.
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CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1967
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! 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.
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