Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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jr*** * — — THE XEWHEItUY tLX lYaTtfZsraii tPBMtiffMBo* M&'&y.-j.iCZ'sy'' • War Bonds Blast the Way to a Quicker Victory Over the Brutal Japs BUY them HOLD .in »i<■ PROPOSED EXPENSES STATE GOVERNMENT PUT AT $60,284,576 Columbia, Jan. 15 — A record- breaking $60,284,576 would be spent on state government in South Caro lina- during 1945-46. if the legisla ture, that opens’ its second week to morrow, should adopt appropriations of $22^228,'952 recommended ’ today by the State Budget commission. The proposed state expenditures df $60,000,000 would be accounted for through $18,228,000 in earmark ed state revenues, $8,243,373 in fed eral funds and $11,584,251 in institu tional and miscellaneous income, all in addition to appropriations from general funds. The state highway department’s budget of $21,000,000, the nearest approach during the war to its $23,- 000,000 1941-42 budget, was $8,500,- 000 more than it is spending this year, and accounted for the bulk of the proposed increase in state gov ernment cost. The highway department reported to the budget commission that it was naticipating $13,000,000 in state revenues, an increase of $4,000,000 above current revenue anticipations, and $8,000,000 in miscellaneous rev enues, compared with about $5,000,- 000 this year. Its expected federal funds would amount only to $2,600,- 000, which would be $500,000 more than ,it is getting this year. The cost of the state’s govern ment and its activities steadily has grown, but the jump proposed by the budget commission would be one of $9,000,000 from the current year’s anticipated expenditures of $51,468,-1 332. This would be the largest increase —one of almost 20 per cent—in years. Last year expenditures were $50,000,000 and the year prior to that, 1942-43, they were $47,000,000. 'Had the commission exceeded to requests of state agencies the p’.-o- posed 1945-46 expenditures would have reached $66,256,110, but the C'mmissin cut almost $5,000,000 off requests in drafting its recommenda tions for general appropriations, which account for approximately a third of the annual :ost of state government. The (Budget commission said the $1,400,000 increase in appropriations that it recommended in comparison with current appropriations was due to a proposed program of new salary schedules for school teachers,, to be based on a recertification program now under way for teachers. Generally, however, the commis sion recommended small increases especially for the state’s colleges and the state hospital. Reductions were made in many cases, principal among them being no funds for a national defense contingent fund and none for the Preparedness for Peace commission, which has an unexpended balance of $36,000. The State Council of Defense also was eliminated and the chief game warden, the state welfare depart ment and the comptroller general were accorded slight decreases com pared with current appropriations. The commission commented on expanded state revenues, attributing the increase primarily to income tax revenue advances, which it said should be regarded as temporary. It urged care in state spending by the legislature and suggested that $5,200,000 salted away from 1943-44 surpluses as a post-war reserve fund be doubled. A surplus of $1,733,000 for the 1946-46 fiscal year was predicted if the suggested appropriations were adopted by the legislature. On July 1, 1944. the state had a cash sur- (Continued On Back Page) White Bear By GEORGE S.BENSON Resident of Hording College Searcy. Arkansas BE WHITE BEAR is the name of a man who lives at Quapaw, Okla. He is past 70 and not rich but he is famous for his kindness and generosity for miles farther than you can see the smoke from his “tepee.” Some grandparents live in the past but not White Bear. His youngest child, an only son, has kept him young in spirit. The boy was a true Quapaw brave, in fact, a paratrooper. Finally to White Bear’s fireside came an ominous little yellow envelope ... a telegram from the War Department. The son had liquidated his obligation to the country that was verily his own. The tragedy took place in train ing maneuvers near Des Moines, la. White Bear hesitated no min ute after the news came. Prompt ly he drew his savings from the bank, all of them, and boarded a bus. A Hero’s AT Des Moines a busi- Funeral nesslike officer showed White Bear his son’s pall. The proud father was asham ed. The casket seemed far too cheap for one so great and noble as an American paratrooper, a Quapaw fullblood. White Bear frankly spoke his mind and the officer told him how much the government would pay toward a more pretentious funeral. The old tribesman took the suggestion and accepted the credit. At borne the young brave had ; been prominent and popular, lov ed and admired by many. Ha muat now return like a hero. Handsome things the father desired cost $72 more than the govanment’a fixed amount. White Bear paid without protest. Then the unhappy father left shipping instructions with the officer and disappeared. Out to ward the highway he went with out a dollar to thumb rides home in time for the funeral. Beyond FORGET for a moment His Day those jaunty horsemen of the plains whose hatchets retarded the Gold Rush. Forget also the colored tales of modern Osages rolling in wealth. Here is something more nearly true: Specimen of a vanishing race, sore of foot and dim of vision, trudging sadly homeward, quite ignored by hurrying traffic; a stranger in his native West, too proud to beg, too honorable to steal. South of Kansas City a short way. White Bear's time was more than half gone, his vitality almost depleted and his journey not yet half finished when help came. A suburbanite who had seen Indians before, sparing his tires along the highway’s outer lane, saw the old man witn perceiving eyes; dismissed him two hours later, strengthened with a $2 steak and humbled with a ticket home. How ideally American is this elder of the Quapaws. Front his eyes no gaudy tears, no simper ing about economic inequalitiea, no railing at “the system,” no carping about rigid Army rales. With admirable Independence be faced what might have been hit last crisis, alone, with bitterness toward none, ready with hit last' penny to glorify his scion, his ind bis racs. «T A mu It's Miss Mildred Jackson speaking, chief stewardess of Chicago and Southern Air Lines. And all Chicago and Southern planes rely on Sinclair Pennsylvania Motor Oil exclusively because this oil saves wear, helps costly airplane motors last longer. • Now that the motor of your car must last longer, too, give it the same protection against wear. Get Sinclair Pennsyl vania Motor Oil from your Sinclair Dealer. It stands up longer and lubricates better because it’s both de-waxed and de-jellied. our RtRwur Rtty qH SINCLAIR OIL S. C. Paysinger, Agent NEWBERRY, S. C. - ■ ■&