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/ / THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, December 8, 1966 County To Lose Seat In Legislature l>aurers I'miruy stands to !<»>*■ <me ol it^ trm seals in the House of Representatives o' the South Carolina General Assembly, jaco • ■ . a ^news stbrj during t •« week V\ \\ 1>. Workman, lorrespondent for sev- t ra st..te newspapers. J i House of Kt-pre- ip - r to the vountie 1 m iL'4 menrl>ers of the s*. i.t.ifiVt s are apixmtiontHi a. ioni.ny to }H»pu]ation. I>i\ d.’ h- sfateV i&sCi.-MU./itwjnlfatibn ; . 124. aeeor.iinjr to Wvtrlvman, jAvesj, 19,214 ..' the - arroer of inhabitarfts ent.itlinjr a >>ant> t. ope •vp^esentative. Laut>‘ns i ourtr. accordi^ ‘ jtffr'rhe I960 rnsus. i-as a fKeaulation of 47,tUifi. Dividing rat i>\ 19.214 giWs the count j. more than t "suigh )►'puliation for two representatives. ut n<r: enough for three, which! it presently ties To keep the eounty's three^representa- • \e' in the House would require a popula- 'K*n of 57.642. Which means, th^t in. the HH>2. electlohs ■ ne oounty can name only two representa- i.ves. And that will continue U> be so for at' east "ter. years, untd the next census. Apd tner it uil! go, nack to three only if the ou - ty shows a rate <tf growth greater than *hf }.erventage for the state as a whole. The county will lose its rthihd representa tive :>ecause it hasn't kept pace with the state’s growth rate i»f 12.o percent since the ensus of I960. S.x other counties in the state wih lose one representative each. They are Clarendon, v olk-ton. Floren<*e. Marlboro, Newiiern and Spartanburg. , counties in the state will gain repre sentation: Aiken. Charleston. Greenville. Horry, Richland (two), and.Sumter. The other 143 counties wilk retain their present House. members.h^p„r' imS government when it goes into bu^ipess in any shain*. manner or form. As ajt example, j take the Rural Electrification Administra tion co-ops. They were created for just one i purpose—to bring power to rural customers who. for one reason or another, couldn’t be served on a norma] commercial basis. Hut now rural electrification is virtually univer sal—the job's been done. So the co-ops fi nanced b\ government money, at about half the rate of interest taxpayers must pay for that money, are moving or trying to move into urban and industrial markets which are efficiently and economically served by tax- paying private Enterprise. Once government, or a government agen cy of any kind, gets its hand in a pie. it goes after-the whole piie- HIS LAST DEFENSE — - f i. x wk "A jury under Hie American system is a group of twelve citizens who could not exert enough influence to U excused."—Franklin l\ Jones. Babson Discusses Mr. Kennedy Free Speech In The Senate While calling loudly for Civil K.ghts legi-- au- n to protect the rights of a minority. getting R< rrr W. Bab tne .aatra. majority in (.ongress reac- for a qakk strike at the rig muvr.t.t's tm "ter tnev will m<nv .-.s .-orm as C .ianuary. The ganiio: will i K a rule change t n.s t*. an »cjt nefore Fo succeed, they n u realize what is happening. S«> • ingres.- *r*ens n -v u-:th •c :ita ^ je. ’ ihe Sei the rg'nt of unlimited debate f e.i viei'htt is tne 'uie tf.at permits The filibuster mav have a bad L i j ii . 11. 'll ^ . .eme nu it has a useful purjAxse. It is the traditional and almost only defense o.t a Sen ate min-ri:.. against having its rights tramp- -• by the veil] of the majority. A fiabastei can be stop{>ed by a two rn ir os vote i’f senators present, but a :v\<*- ihirds v. >te is- hard to get. Each senator Knows that -orne day he. may i* ,n a min ority and may neesi the protection -•! the.fili- .-ooter in .m'issue of overwhelming’ impor tance to the peop’ie of his state. The lilera!.- probably will try to put through a rule to allow cutting-off debate by a -.rrpie majority vote of the senators pres ent. I'r.oer such a rule fhe-Senate would be come r.( thing .nrs-re *har. a rut»ber stamp for what-.er legislation is favored by the po- t.*ical party that ha- a majority in the Sen- r.te. It will inr „ .-an day w’hen thd Senate of the I'n.ted S*av.- ■eounes ^ rubber stamp for anviy.rv. t ectric power revenues reached •?242 miii.on for the I960 fiscal ♦ The Hand In The Pie F^e Tennessee Valley Authority reports that it.- ir.on th . ear This bgt •: i: - nrgeftce cau'.-est the Citizens Public'Exj*: titure Survey to briefly review TV As histor,. it .-aic AVh'en Congress built tnis multl-millk*n dollar colossus in 1933, it was supposed to aid an entire river valley by providing irrigation, flood control, naviga tion and. oh yes, any incidental electricity that rri>ght result as a by-product. At least, tnat V what its supporters would have us be- irieve in those early days. But what actually happened g’ • * ] "Wnat happened that those 1933 goals “avr been lurried on their heads and now V A s major business is producing and sell- -ng electricity. Irrigation. fk)(|d control and •avigation are now the inci(fental by-prod ucts." This is an txamp.e of the tail wagging ' ne cK»g with a vengeance. But it is typical Babson Park Mass . Dec &—This is not an article on the ejection, as its outcome has been covered lully b;. the new-papers. the broadcast-1 ing companies, and the magazines during the past two or three weeks This is a column strictly on the personality of Senator Kennedy. Being a Massachusetts man. like him. and knowing his lather. I can write frankly about him personally at the present time.' SKNATOR KENNEDY A DISAPPOINTED MAN Senator Kennedy is a tremendous worker and \er\ few rich men would make the sacrifices which he has personally made to secure this elec tion His industrious effort started tour years ago w hen he came near to getting the nomination for the vice-presi- denev on the Democratic ticket. He then laid plans and built up an organization unequaled in any presidential campaign. The great crowds which he attracted, and his personal advisers, led hi i to believe he would win by *a land slide On the strength of this, he made many statements as to t what he would do during the Kennedv honeymoon” oi one hundred days. A tliouch Senator Kennedy is naturally pleased :>• elected presidery. and move into the White House next January, yet in his heart he is a much di-appointed man He will have the honor and nre-t'ce of being president; but will not have the influence and power which he had expected Other than making appointments, both in the diplo matic service and at the head of commissions, about the only real power he will now have will be that of the veto, and even then Coneress may lias- legislation over his veto V ELECTION WAS TOO C LOSI Although Senator Kennedy won a majority of the electoral votes, these were not even unofficial ly confirmed until many hours after the polls [ dosed. His greatest disappointment was the very close popular vote, which has not yet been of- ficially determined. 1 will not discuss the legal aspects of the electoral versus the popular vote, but I do wish to make an important statement Although the popular vote in the recent election has no legal status, it has a great moral influ-' ence It surely w ill cause Mr Kennedy to remodel; the Democratic party and the presidency. His probable program is outlined in the Wall Street ! Journal of November 8. page 10 He may now be sorry he made certain of his statements during his campaign, as be may be forced to back dack' on many of them His influence with Congress will be much less than if he had won with a tairly good popular margin and were taking office with a mandate Irom the people Therefore, after the tremendous crowds which met him at every city, he is es pecially disappointed by his failure to capture a i majority of the popular vote It will be very diffi cult tb persuade Congress to pass any radical pro gram. even though the Republicans are in the rf.iKihritT A Congressman takes his ciue from what the people in his district think Every con gressman has figured out carefully what the popular vote shows as to Senator Kennedy’s popu larity in his respective district. WHAT OF THE FL’TL RE? Senator Kennedy’s campaign speeches said that if Vice-President Nixon were elected, we would have a ‘ do nothing” Congress during the next two years, and perhaps during the next four years. Unless something happens which cannot now be foreseen, the next four years under Presi dent Kennedy could record a "do nothing” Con-’ gress. Hence the great disappointment to hin^, as i well as surprise to most Democrats. This is 'why : Mr. Kennedy will go into the Wh'te House some- what by the noticeable absence of an •'unrestrict-’ ed franchise” from the people . Unfortunately, what happens during the ..next two years or more may be very largely in the hands of Mr. Kruschev One cannot tell whether he is serious or merely bluffing about Berlin and his relations with China and other countries such as Cuba He surely (Joe.- not want a nuclear war. furthermore, he may be replaced by Mr Molotov, or by someone else either more or less radical than Mr Kruschev. On the other hand, as Mr. Eisenhower pointed out in his famous Pittsburgh' address, a war could start from some accidental and unwanted incident due to the unpremeditated psychotic action of some flyer. As World War II: made Mr Roosevelt, so another World War might make Mr Kennedy; but I am sure he does nbTT want it to happen in this manner PC Giving at $46,439.02 for Year Presbyterian College’s 1960 an nual giving program moved steadily toward its record goal with S46.439.02 reported to date. Alumni and Public Relations Di rector Ben Hay Hammet an nounced today He said this amount had been contributed by 1,000 donors as alumni and friends seek to hit the $50,000 objective by the end of the year All previous records lor an nual giving at Presbyterian Col lege already have been broken. Both the total amount given and the number of contributors rep resent new marks for the PC pro gram The previous highs, scored last year, found 766 donors giv ing a total of $38,644 Of the $46.439 02 contributed thus far to the 1960 prograr^, Hammet said $30,316 50 has been received through the Living En dowment and 516.122.52 has'been given directly to the Walter John- | son Clu\>. alumni athletic or ganization . Of the Living Endow;- ment total. $3,144.06 was desig nated for athletic use. So the to tal amount raised for Johnson 1 Club purposes now stands at $19,266 58. also a ne\y record. Annual giving is a program through which friends and alum ni ol Presbyterian College con tribute to the current operating expenses of the institution Gifts are used to provide scholarship aid for deserving young students in need of assistance, to help' meet the need for new equipment in 'various departments, to bear sOmFlV the costs of the line arts program and to help with lacul- t>;, salaries USC Students Bring Soccer To Clipton; Meet PC Students A new sport came to Clinton last Friday »with the University of South Carolina's fnternation al Soccer team The team, com posed of foreign students at the university, does not compete as a varsiyt group. Paying their own expenses, the students are traveling to other campuses for the fun of playing and for the op portunity of meeting other stu dents The USC team played against a Presbyterian College group that had organized only two days earlier, under the direction of Thomas Stallworth, campus minister. Despite their inexpe rience. the PC squad held the score 3-0 in favor of Carolina. The Rev. Harry Peterson, Pres byterian minister at USC. is ‘each of the Columbia group The team, he says, is composed of students from eleven nations, including Jordan. Persia. Greece, I . - ■ IF YOU DON'T HEAD THE CHRONICLE TOM DON'T GET THE NEWS PHONE 74 Egypt, Iran. South Africa. Ko rea. and Japan. ‘ We hope that this team will stimulate interest in inter-colle- uiate soccer.” he stated. Soccer is a fast-moving, non-, contact team sport. A round ball 1 is moved up and down the field ! by kicking, slamming with head and neck—and any other way the player can do it as long as he does not use his hands and arms, with enthusi&'-m. and the local PC students met the new game squad plans to travel to Colt^r^ b a within the next few days m> meet the international team on home territory . ' LEECHES FOR SALE At one time, you could buv jars of leeches at most pharmacies. That was in the days when bleeding was considered a cure for many ailments. And leeches are good bloodletters! How lucky we are to be Irving ia this age of modem medications, with effective—aad pleasant—treatments for infections and other illnessea. Remember, reliable medications are important to you—they may mean the difference between pain and comfort... between life and death. So. when yoa are ill, see your physician first. Then come to us fir the medicines V prescribes. HOWARD’S PHARMACY YOUR REXALL DRUG STORE “On the Square’’ Phone 101 LOCKLEAR'S 307 FERGUSON STREET PHONE 833 appreciates your business. Now let us show it by your 3fee pi in jr— - , THIS COUPON WORTH I P TO $15.0(1 GOOD THROUGH JANUARY 31. 1961. No limit to numlrer of coupons, but one coupon for each job. 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T he Laurens Electric Cooperative has brought great advances -‘in our rural life during the past 21 years and it stands ready to sene the needs of the future. That’s why independent electric cooperatives throughout South Carolina, like the locally-owned and home-controlled Laurens Elec tric. plan to spend upwards of 70 million dollars within coming months to provide “Partnership Power” for every new RED need., 7 i We echo the prayer of millions throughout the world at this Holy Season ... that soon there will be a place for all men and. we at Laurens Electric Co-Op pray that each of you will have a most joyous Christmas holi day and a healthy and prosperous New Year. “WHERE THE CO-OP LINE GOES — PROGRESS GROWS!” LAURENS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INCOIfOIA'lD MOVE OWNED BY THOSE IT SERVES