The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, April 25, 1968, Image 18
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A Good Start
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Tho Greater ninton Planninpr
rnntmi^sGn reiently eompleted its
t'irM \ ear of acti\ ity. I’mler the yuid-
aaie of foi'im'r chairman Georye Gor-
rt Ison, tin 1 commission trot off to a
com,!, o.lid start.
Tlie tii st vtnir \\as a key om 1 ho-
, ■ i it set a pattern of thoughtful
• !'• wriioh should yo into planniny
■ • ,i •e -:t\ '- future. The commission
. 1-m jaitiated actions to relieve press-
mc iirooiems which would he eom-
po c-ded in the future unless provis
ion m ■; ! Ians ai'e made now.
A ninny the prnernms !'iit mG’d
ditriny the i ommissi.ei'- inau-uiral
year are : t lie "1! : nc - !o>ad" h\ pas-
prop.osal dt'-ie in • >o a'e\!ate O' ''A ,u-
town trat'fii : em miu- ; ,oui - ni of : c,,
Seaboard ( oastline Kailroad to r< i • 1 <•
one set of t rn< ks t’eroueh f *• • • e-
town area (to w hii u raid’oad ■ ' ' ;
aN have aer< e ! : . ■ ' " ' " r > ,i ■
oral fluids ’O a- u '’i ■ C ;
Prepare To
Choose
Pur'w out' of his TV nerforman-
< e< v,- ('it i v. I'resident Johnson s]>oke
. o' ■ * , a eo>me burdens" of his .,f.
'• i- ”n re than hiyh-flown philos-
, 1 ,,-sert that in a very practical
■a n-i eaG: of us shares the burdens
m‘ * h.at oft ire. The ultimate test of
o u- . tn!e!>tandiny of that fact is
comprehelisi, e * a \ e! p'-', 1
h\ t ion of fo ir pot • ' ;:, ! -
n.ew city h.all 11 o' ta : : . r
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fit •, tod on the choice or have let oi,r-
cs ho moved hy emotion. Ha\ e we
-G t ted t u e candidate who addressed
tii.- ' —no- or the yalleries?
The d'fficu'.ties in makiny a choice
arc no yreater this year than they
were 'o.ir \ ears ayo. They are no dif-
fert ut t’rom one Presidential election
to another. Our system of choosiny the
Ghirf Kxi'cutive works when many, if
not most. {>enple demand that the
landidatcs exhihit ability and virtue
in t xtraordinury deyree. Lool iny back
ju-t the span of one’s own experience,
tan bo useful in choosiny. For exam
ple. we cannot say what thy differen
ces in nur world miyht have been
had Wendell Willkie been elected ra
ther than Franklin D. Roosevelt, or
Adlai Stevenson rather than Dwiyht
Fisenhower. But those differences-
would surely have been considerable.
Which candidate reflected the yreat
er virtue in private and public life?
Which exhibited yreater abilitv?
Which addressed the issues and which
the yallery?
One of the soundest counsels, left
to us bv Alexander Hamilton, drew
attention to certain defects in Presi
dential candidates. He noted that a
candidate with ‘‘talents for low intri-
yuo and the little arts of popularity."
certainly does not merit our esteem
and confidence.
In onr aye of television, the im
portance of these talents may be may-
nified in the eyes of the candidates.
But they must not be magnified in the
eyes of the voter. When we, the vo
ters, prepare ourselves to count “ta 1 -
nts for low intriyue and the little arts
of popularity” as demerits, the pro
fessional politicians may be persuad
ed to briny forward more worthy cand
idates for our consideration.
A neighbor of ours says he de
cides which candidate he’d choose to
work for over the next four years —
that he figures he’ll be working for
him about five months a year to pay
his taxes. That just may be good a
basis for choosing as any.
Too Valuable
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Edward J. Michelson, an independ
ent and free-lance newsman who
wades through and ov^r the blizzard
of handouts in Washington to dig and
write as a newsman should, filed a
story the other day which began this
way: “Uncle Sam is cashing in on the
fact that silver is too valuable to be
used as money.”
He then reported that by minting
10 billion coins out of cheap copper-
nickel, alloy, instead of silver, the
Treasury had realized $400 million “in
profit, or ‘seigniorage’ last year and
close to $1 billion the year before.”
Seigniorage is the difference be
tween the government’s cost of mint
ing and the face value of the coins. Of
course there’s no metallic backing fur
our paper currency any more.
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Why Do People
Get Married?
Some Play Politics
With State's Finances
“The fil’d ”,
thing hr r.' ,;
its trmntaf' >n
is habit-:’"!”” in
gree. In almost every hanian bwart
there is a spark "f lar, *•!!'.' whit h, !an-
ned by the insidiuiis iniTanitc id' SI N’,
burns away the five tardinal I'ii't . ■-
of man — self-re-peri and self-ri’.-
ance. Psychologically, it lat- the .'"dl
producing impact of reviving '’ohm
goods — e\ ell it tlie.-e 'jtHids arc i"-
gally stolen.
“Nothing corrodes the human
spirit as deep!' - as subsj<,r/ed itileness.
As proven by the rioting and looting,
it leads to the de-dre for iilcgah ' -Pol
len goods. The experts say that many
people on SFN reach the point where
they are '.irtua.ilv beyond rehabilit.i-
tion. . . .
“The use (acceptance) of SFN is
encouraged, by the world-wide tunda-
mental weakness ot the mas- mind —
ignorance of the simple fundamentals
of how man produce- and exchanges
goods and services. There is no such
thing as something for nothing. F.very
economic good has a source, a destina
tion. and a cost that next bo paid.
And the man who pays nothing pays
the highest price of all.
“The tragic irony of SFN is the
humanitarian ,-pirit in which it is dis-
j pensed. The truth is that nothing is
more inhumane than destroying the
fabric of character. To the normal
man who wakes up in the monrng
with nothing to do. and nowhere to
go where he is needed, life becomes a
nightmare out of which he must make
sense or lose his senses.
This ‘ sense’ is that he is one o f
those special persons to whom the
world owes a living. And if it is not
a good living, or as good as he think-
he desert es,' his resentment against
society knows no bounds.
“LSD, STB and POT are frighten
ing, but SFN is worse . . . . ”
nightmares
state in the
P.v Tin: ( IIKONiri.I“S • I've gotten to the point."
Capitol News Bureau lie said, "that 1 let them put
i n|.I \1|5|.\ W hen Cov.ant thing they want to in it,
K hi-rr Is McNair asked the and they use me as their
t,, i,i: \ -embh to hold the whipping boy This is the way
a;, ’> -prndaw 'll: year, he a lot ot them get re-elected,
v,.- wed aware ut the real!- even good lellows."
No one disputes the wisdom
I in > lune emerged in the ol the senator or his words on
ancient pattern ot some law-how a state budget gets so
makers making political hay badly out of line despite pleas
wh.le other- croan and warn b\ the governor and legisla-
tfiat wrop.c is being done. tors who have
about putting t‘u
It is generally forgiven a | 1() ] (1
le^elator 111 attempt to pla-
ea’e -mne constituents hy The citizenry appears eith-
askmg lor funds that are not er careless or unknowing
.there In the usual case, if he a hout this fact o (legislative
-hould get a lavorable vote. hie.
the item is later deleted bv . . .,
Net. if it did not cheer the
tlie usual eonierenee commit- , , , , , . . .
. .. lawmaker who deliheratelv
tee that cets tin hill in the . . .
, sets out to upset state Iman-
ees. if it saw him as using the
This way he can blame the occasion lor his own benefit,
rommittee for ripping up hisdhe practice would end quick-
el iore and place the blame A'-
on it. It is difficult for his oppon-
An 1 the target often is Sen. ent to point all this out. If he
F-hk ar A. Brown of Barnwell, says that Sen. John Doe
\!most 80 now. Brown has should not have tried to get
-ended the li.-cal course of the his district that muhi-million
-tale for years beyond mem-dollar bridge because it
ory. a- he presides in the would topple the fiscal res-
powerful position of chair-ponsibility of the state. Sen.
man ol the Senate Finance Doe merely throws up his
Committee. hands and says Ins opponent
Ho says he's long since got-is against doing things for his
ten used to the hill winding district.
up with a load of political The politically honest man
amendments. knows that the final aim of a
state legislature should he the
Mate not one county or dis
trict. No one area should
bene!it to the detriment of
others.
But it appears to too many
to he only a little white he to
slip in a sop for the folks
hack home, and far more
than one lawmaker has been
known to tell that little white
he.
There could be a little set
of rules for the watchful ( it
izen who doesn't like a fib
ber. He might ask himself—
and his representative—some
questions like thus:
| —Did he consider that vote-
oriented move ol his to he not
only in the interest of his
area but of the whole state?
— Did he think of the im
pact it might have on the
state budget, which belongs
to all the people 0
— Did he try it with the
.certain knowledge that, if he
got he passed, it would he
cut out later by the cord t-
cnee committee'.’
Del he try to kid someone
— tho legislature a li’tle and
the home folks a lot°
If the answers aren't satis
factory, the voter can take
that action most dreaded by
the politician.
He can just plain go out
and vote for somebodv ol>o.
DR. IIFRBFRT SPAI C.H
Why do men and women
marry'.’ In the t inted States
the usual answer given is that
they fall in love. There are
many more reasons, many of
them never recognized. Some
ol these are given below:
1. COMPANIONSHIP. This
is a necessary part of a suc-
ee.-sful marriage, but com
panionship without affection
and mutual interests soon be
comes domestic monotony.
Solitude is a blessing com
pared to the boredom which
companionship alone brings.
2. PI.FASl KK A real mar
riage must he more than
pleasure; it must he happi
ness. Pleasure alone is like a
prett\ lace or a line pair of
-houldri of w hich one soon
tires.
8. Finn DOM He who
ones lor freedom usually
wants license. Incense bneds
u'llehncss and selfishness
brings forth h>nehne-s.
4 AI )\ I'. NIT KH. Marriage
is not land to explore and then
torsade for another Held of
adventure The adventurer in
marriage finds himselt for
ever seeking, but never find
ing. The good land is always
■ n the other side of the moun
tain.
,T KCONOM1C SHCCRITY.
It was Fsau who sold his
birthright for ‘ a mess ot
pottage" He lived to regret
it Those who marry for a
meal ticket may get just that.
But they eventually learn
that "man does not live by
bread alone.“
(i. CHIDDBKN AND FAMI
LY. Marriage is more than a
scheme of the Creator to pro
pagate the race. Children
brought into the world with
out their knowledge and con
sent deserve a home atmos
phere of mutual affection and
respect.
7. SKI.F - KF.AUZATION.
This places the emphasis up
on self. Self-realization brings
no comfort with the advanc
ing years. It is a lound.it mn
which crumbles.
8. SK1.F-R FSPKCT. Again
sell ishness is uppei mo I A
marriage for self-respect has
a way of turning into sour
milk which is not swallow, d
easily.
9. HAPPINFSS. Without
love, happiness is impos i
hie. Happiness is not to he
had in seeking it. It is a In
product ot devoting sell to the
wellare ol others.
10. LOY F. This is the only
enduring foundation upnn
which a happy and Nurcesslul
marriage can he retired.
There tire four loves in mar
riage: physical attraction, the
love ol companionship, the
love of children lor parents
and parents for children,
spiritual love. 'True love m
ma'rnage demand till lour ol
these. It includes parental
love, because a home vv it h-
out children is incomplete.
Love is the only solvent tor
the obstacles which beset the
pathway of marriage. It i
the only lubricant which can
oil the wheels of matrimony
as they grind the grist ol life.
It is the only cement which
can bind together two ditfer-
ent personalities into a la 1-
ing union. It is the only light
which can illumine the dark
and stormy days which come
to all.
Love has a way of blending
all other reasons for mar
riage into a beautiful whoh
Without it marriage may
survive through deference to
duty and convention. With it
marriage becomes a glorious
and happy mutual adventure
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BABSON HARK. MASS. — Now that Eas
ter i- ovgr and taxpayers have — or ought tc
have — paid up what they owed Uncle Sam
; in last year's earnings, one of the big ques
tion- is: How freely will consumers spenc
this summer?
CURRENT ECONOMIC STATUS
Upon the ultimate answer to that ques
Dion quite a good deal hangs. We are now ir
the eighth year of a cyclical expansion which
has chalked up a $300-billion increase ir
Lpj - National Product. But the business
community's confidence in the outlook is
dampened by a sizable number of uncertain (
Ties — political, military, and economic.
While industrial production just hasn't
made the long strides earlier forecast bv
some observers, with a strong boost from
inflation GNP has roared ahead at near-
; record speed. However, uncertainties — espe i
daily concerning possible government tax j
moves and the imposition of wage and prict ;
controls — have added a note of caution.
PERSONAL INCOME
Yet very much on the plus side in an\ |
assessment of the situation is the extremeh
t>gh evel of employment which promises L
< be well maintained over the near term at
I least. Unemployment is being held to 4D ol
| the total labor force. . . about as close t(
minimum as we can expect.
Perhaps the biggest plus of all is person
al income. Already at a record high it con
tinues to move smartly upward. The in
creases being registered reflect gains in sev-
t eral parts of the economy, including ad- 1
j.vanees in wages and salaries, in busines-
' and professional income, in rental re-
|turns, as well as in dividend and interest!
i payments,
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LIVING COSTS. SAVINGS
1 How much money people have available
• for discretionary purchasing depends ir
; large measure on what it costs them to ob
tain the necessaries of life: food, clothing
land shelter. Living costs go on climbing re-
Tfntlessly. At the end of February, latest
( month for which complete figures are avail-
r
l able, consumer prices were 3.7m above a
, year earlier — at a record 119M of the 1957
59 average.
But how much money is available foi
spending depends also on the amounts
dashed away in people's socks. And since the
i middle of last year, savings have risen
sharply, climbing to very high levels. This
increase in total savings and in the share ol
income allocated to savings is the consum
er's answer to rising prices and higher in-
| terest rates.
Boosts in total personal income and ir
income after taxes have, for some time, beer
outpacing increases in living costs. As a ro-
1 suit, a majority of the nation’s consumers
are in a favorite bu\ ing position even though
many people have not shared fully in tht
broad income gains achieved nationally.
CONSUMER ATTITUDES
People use their purchasing power in twe :
ways. Either they buy goods and services
or they buy financial assets (savings). Their
choice is limited by their income and/or r
their ability to obtain credit, as well as by
the cost of that credit. Purchasing decisions
are governed also by a balancing of the bene
fits and the costs of what is to be bought.
How will consumers react this summer?
Since uncertainty begets caution and res-
ramt, our guess is that by and large con
sumers will continue to buy more freely
ban last year. But spending decisions will be
further influenced by price and tax develop
ments, other government moves here and
abroad, our commitment in Vietnam, and
by business and employment conditions pre
vailing in local areas. While profligate spend
ing may be avoided, consumer purchases ol
goods and services will show further ad
vances this sumer. It should be the biggest
yet for apparel — especially sportswear,
sporting and camping goods; and resort ac
comodations will get the big play.
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