The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, October 05, 1951, Image 3
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1951
THE NEWBERRY SUN
The Personnel
Of
Smiths Drug Store
" *
Extends
Very Best Wishes
To The
People At Oakland
And
The Kendall Co.
Comments On Men And Things
By SPECTATOR
“A peactime limit on Federal
income, estate and gift taxes,
written into the (Constitution—
the idea is - spreading like wild
fire. Congressional spenders, do-
gooders and breastbeaters are
in near panic over its sweep
and strength; so are downtown
bureaucrats. A Joint Resolution
to submit a proposed limitation
amendment to the States is in
the minds of some outstanding
members of Congress. They real
ize that the fag end of a dreary,
sweaty session is not an auspic
ious time to press for this re
form. But press for it they
will with fireworks aplenty at
the next session starting in Janu
ary,
Curent idea is to submit the
proposed 25% limit originated
and promoted by the American
Taxpayers Association of this
city. Twenty five State legisla
tures have petitioned Congress
to submit such an amendment.
When 32 legislatures petition—
only seven more—Congress is
compelled to submit the proposed
amendment, willy - nilly, under
Article V of the Constitution.
The tax rebellion, peaceful but
grim and determined, against
extravagant Federal levies largely
for State socialization, embraces
great groups of cibic and busi
ness leaders, tens of thousands
of individuals.
Many State and local Chambers
of Commerce, Sons of the Ameri
can Revolution, local women’s
groups, etc. have recently ap
proved the 25% limit. Many
industrial organizations have done
likewise; numerous industrial
leaders are working for it. Where
State income taxes also are
levied the situation sometimes Is
fantastic. In New York, for in
stance, the 9% State levy comes
atop a 94% Federal levy pro
posed in the pending House-pass
ed bill on income of $80,000 or
more. Result there would be
103% in taxes on income above
$80,000. In other States, con
fiscation would be almost in full.
Propaganda against the limita
tion, apparently from official in
stitutions. How can the Govern
ment pay interest on its bonds
if the 25% limit is adopted?
Such is one absured question, re-
gardles of the fact that around
$5 billion is necessary for that
item out of $50 billion raised now
by U. S. taxes annually. These are
DN THE SWIM I
This charming aquamaid is ready
for a dip in an inviting pool on a
hot summer day. She is in the fash
ion swim, too, in her figure-flat
tering swim suit of cotton ripple-
astic by Bates. The maillot style
suit is especially good this sea
son, National Cotton Council fash-
ionists report.
pretexts. The bald fact is that
the spenders are scared stiff and
are grasping at any argument to
continue their present power to
tax the shirt off your back. The
simple issue is this: Shall a
man, woman or corporation be
permitted to retain 75 cents out
of the dollar earned in peace time,
or shall the Government take
whatever it wills to be spent
as It wishes?”
Why doesn’t South Carolina en
dorse this?
Mr. and Mrs. George Sale of
Augusta, Ga., are spending a few
days in the home of Mr. Sale’s
mother, Mrs. G. G. Sale on Nance
street.
OUR WISH
IS 8
FOR YOUR SUCCESS
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OUR BELIEF
IS THAT
IT IS ASSURED
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WHAT WITH A FINE MILL
AND
FINE PEOPLE TO RUN IT
THE OUTCOME
SHOULD BE OBVIOUS
Whitaker Funeral Home
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Whitaker, Owners and Managers
Pete Roton Robert Merchant Wilbur Boozer
Korean Conflict Made 3tth
Parallel Familiar la World
A lot happens here and there
along the 38th parallel.
The Korean conflict has made
the 38th parallol _as familiar as the
equator in the minds of millions
of people. To many, however. It
is strictly a Korean waistband —
a line associated • only with the
troubled Far East peninsula.
Few latitude lines span more
land than the 38th, north. The
United States, China, and Rusaia
are among the dozen countries it
traverses in the three-sevenths of
its circuit that crosses dry land.
Pacific, Atlantic, and Mediterra
nean make it a ship’s voyage the
rest of the way. In sharp contrast,
the equator’s route is nearly four-
fifths by ocean; while the 38th
parallel, south, is at sea for more
than 18,000 of its 19,648 miles.
Seoul, Kaesong, and the Hwachon
Dam have become world-known
landmarks in the region where the
38th crosses central Korea. East
across the Sea of Japan, the paral
lel cuts Japan’s Honshu Island near
Sendai and 160 miles north of
Tokyo. Eastward, some 5,200 miles
of north Pacific Ocean without Is
land Interruption bring the 38th to
Drakes Bay on the California coast.
This is the bay, $0 miles north
west of San Francisco, that gave
refuge In mid-1579 to Sir Francis
Drake and his crew of the Golden
Htnde. The explorer named the
region Nova Albion (New England)
decades before a New England was
named on America's Atlantic coast.
As It touches a dozen nations,
'tike 88th crosses a dozen of the 48
‘American States. It pierces Cali
fornia’s 1849 Gold Rush country,
Yosemite Park, and Mono Lake.
{Next come mines and ranches of
southern Nevada and Utah and 14,-
000-foot peaks of the Rockies near
'Pueblo, Colorado; then Kansas and
Missouri fields of wheat and com.
Ey«-App«al Is Important
In Olarlffioatlon off Wlno
Consumers want their wine end
vinegar to be brilliantly clear—not
because they taste any better in
that condition but because they are
mere attractive to the dye. Cloudi
ness, or lack or clarity, la an Indica
tion that they have not been fin
ished; that is, no treatment such as
filtration or clarification has been
given to render them clear. Occa
sionally it may mean that the wine
or vinegar - has deteriorated or
.spotted by oxidation or by bacterial
action. In fact, “vinegar" la de
rived from the French words “vin
aigre”, meaning soured wine or
spoiled wine. Nature, if left to her
own devices, changes wine to vine
gar, and the first principle of wine
making Is to prevent her doing just
that.
Wines end vinegars settle and be
come more or less clear if merely
allowed to stand in well filled,
sealed tanks, barrels or other con
tainers; but they seldom become
brilliantly dear of their own accord.
The cellar master usually has to as
sist natural dealing. Consequently,
most wines and many vinegars are
“fined," which means that they are
treated with a small amount of
some clarifying or fining agent such
as gelatin, egg white, casein or
Bentonite day.
Contented Children
The proverbial “hand that rocks
the cradle’’ does more than “rule
the world." It helps to preserve its
sanity. According to Childoraft
books, disturbing behavior prob
lems in childhood "start In the
cradle when the Infant la left to
cry hi vain for help. Babies who are
neglected in this way often develop
into neurotic personalities later in
life.*' That is why keeping the baby
happy and contented should . be
considered more important by
mother than finishing the ironing
or getting dinner on time. In the
opinion ef child-? earing experts, the
email baby should have proirity
ever the bridge table, best-selling
novel, and beauty parlor appoint-
Inflatlon Impact Traced
On the Gcst cf Government
The dollar collected from the
heavily-burdened taxpayer today and
spent to run the over-all Govern
ment establishment—Federal, State
and local—has lost more than half
its buying power as compared with
1989 as the result of the inflationary
rise in prices of the last dacade.
The buying power depreciation
has bean greater in the sector of
Federal Government expenditures
alone, for the dollars it is spend
ing, buy only 48 cents worth in the
aggregate as compared with what
they bought before World War II.
The depreciation for State and local
expenditures has been exactly 50
cents. As against this, the consumer
expenditures dollar has retained 54
cents of its pre-war purchasing
power.
Thus the Inflation to date has
hit the Government expenditure
dollar harder than it has other
major segments of the economy,
according to an analysis made by
the U.S. Department of Commerce.
The latest figures are as of the be
ginning of this year, when the gen
eral price level was somewhat low
er than it is now.
The Department of Commerce
figures, therefore, give an indica
tion of what the inflation to date
has already cost the American tax
payer on the Government front as
well as in his own everyday living
expenses. They lend added force to
the vital necessity of winning the
current battle against the threat
of a new inflation and of maintain
ing the dollar’s buying power. This
is even more necessary in view of
the vast size of the projected ex
penditures for rearmament and Its
taxation implications with respect
to keeping the Government on a
pay-as-you-go basis. It is well to
remember, too, that every dollar
of Government economy means a
dollar less to be raised in taxes.
Priority Calls
Of all the telephone calls In the
world, perhaps none are as urgent
as those currently made through the
telephone exchange at the United
States Eighth Army Headquarters
in Korea. The calls may involve the
success or failure of combat mis
sions ranging in strength from small
patrols to a lull-scale task force
offensive. The Telephone Platoon of
the 304th Signal Operations Bat
talion handles an average of 31,000
telephone calls during each 24-
hour period on twelve switchboards
grouped in banks of six for local
and long distance convenience.
When the platoon first began its
Korean operation last July, an
average of 2,600 calls were han
dled daily. Later, augmented by
additional operators, the unit ex
panded its activities to facilitate all
telephone communication in the
United Nations Command. The
original platoon/ composed of five
men has now grown to include ap
proximately 100 operators. The unit
maintains eleven switchboard loca
tions throughout United Nations
oeoupied Korea. At the main phone
exchange, the operation is housed
in four multiton vans; two for the
local and long distance boards and
two for the scores of incoming and
outgoing lines connecting the 300
main phones and more than 50 di
rect trunk lines leading in and out
of Korea. *
TV Popularity Rising
Television is growing in popular
ity among teen-age youth at the
expense of movies, reading and ra
dio. This is the finding of a North
western University professor of
education. Dr. Paul Witty, who sur
veyed the high school students of
two Chicago area suburban com
munities, Oak Park, I1L, and River
Forest, HI. Prof. Witty’s study re
vealed that 44 per cent of the stu
dents interviewed now attend
movies less frequently than before
the advent of television. Fifty per
cent attend with the same frequency
as before, and only two per cent
go to the movies more frequently.
The Northwestern educator also
found that one-third of the students
rood less than before TV, although
the survey showed the literature
to be of relatively h;gh quality.
“Since he got modernized, the Doc has been performing
miracle cures!"
ONE GREASE
FOR ALL
Lubrication lobs.
'--X.
With just one grease, Sinclair
Litholine, you can lubricate
chassis, wheel bearings, water
pumps, universal joints • •.
of your car, trade or tractor,
winter or summer.
Farmers find it does a better
job at each lubrication point
than the "specialized” greases
they formerly used.
FARM ADVANTAGES ot-o-glan<e:
1. A finer grease at every point.
2. Loss danger of applying tho wrong groase.
3. Quickor greasing operations.
4. Smaller groase stocks — on# instead of 3 or 4.
5. Fewer grease guns.
6. Less waste.
W* dilivr direct to farms. Phono o. writo us.
Strother C. Paysinger
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