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CLINTON, S. C., FEB. 28, 1924
THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY
At the present rate it will only
he a few years until every family,
in the country will own an automo
bile of some kind. Since the advent
of the autonyobile only a few years
ago, the number of cars and motor
vehicles manufactured has steadily
been multiplying. TJJie latest #tatis-
tica show.-that the business is grow-
ing as rapidly in the rest of the
world as it is here in the United
States. In spite of the enormous in
crease in American
to this community. It is a matte; of
modientous importance, and needs the
careful consideration of ojjr^city an
thorities and all other interested par
ties.
The Chronicle has frequently had
something to say on the power ques
tion, because to our mind, it is the
most important problem before the
city today. If the city is to properly
develop in the future, it must be sup
plied with ample power facilities, and
the bringing of some such trunk line
into this territory, is the only way
that the peed is going to be satisfac-
•50 torily supplied. It cant be done with
a municipal plant equipment, and if
it could, the costs of production are
of necessity, excessive. Therefore it
is good business judgment on the part
of the city to face the problem
and to solve it in the most intelli
gent and satisfactory manner possible.
The Southern Power Company pro
poses to contract with the city lor its
needs, the city to do the retailing to
consumers as at present It furth
er proposes to contract with the mills
here and at Goldville for their full
power requirements. The extensive
enlargements of their properties in
centage of the world’s cars is just
what it was a year ago.
There are today in - the United
States, 15,200,000 passenger cars
and trucks. For all other countries
together, there are only 3,670,000.
Great BAtain comes second with
655,000 cars, Canada third with 642,-
and- France founh with 460,000.
Five of our states. New York, Cali
fornia, Illinois, Ohio, and Pennsylva
nia, each have more cars than any
foreign country.
These figures speak for themselves
and tell a big story. On the one
hand they indicate material progress,
on the other they tell of the enor-
mptfs amount of money that is being
put into automobiles, often times to
•the detriment and neglect of other
things. “Are automobiles a curse or
a blessing to the country," is a good
subject for debate for our high school
pupils.
to develop new territory, and it is
very fortunate for Clinton that the
opportunity is ours to become linked
up with these stupendous power in
terests. Several years ago the city
had an opportunity to bring the
Southern Power lines here but did not
think favorably of the proposition,
for what reason, we do not know.
% Now that the opportunity is present
ing itself again, it should be weigh
ed carefully from every angle and a
real effort made to link up with the
company in question or some similar
corporation.
There are several things that must
cars, our per- j ^ i n consideration as the ques-
« r*nr« is mat . -
TO OPPOSE DIAL
The past week brought the definite
announcement from Congressman
Jamoa. P. Byrnaa that h* w^l
candidate this summer for the Demo
cratic nomination for the United
States senate. This means that he
has his eyes oh the seat of our jun
ior senator, N. B. Dial of this county,
and that'the* place will be hotly con
tested fbk in the primary.
We hold no brief against CongreSs-
man Byrnes. During the thirteen
years he has served in congress he
has made an able representative and
rendered his district valuable service.
But we feel that i( is an inopportune
time for hhn to givp up his present
position, where in all probability, he is
able to ( serve better than he would in
the senate, This race already has
Senator Dial standihg for re-election,
and he is to be opposed by Cole. L.
Blease, who like the brook, “runs on
forever*"
The Chronicle feels that Senator
Dial is entitled to re-election and
should be sent back to his present
position by a large majority. The
•pinion is general throughout the
State' that ite has “made good,”
and that he has discharged the du
ties of'the office with unusual intelli
gence and ability. He is a man of
unlimited energy and sound business
judgment, and unlike a great many
politicians, he thinks before he speaks.
He stands well with his colleagues in
the senate, and during his first term
in office has grown in influence and
usefulness. He is in a position to
render the state better service in the
future than in the past. His record
clearly entitles him to re-election, and
we believe the voters of the state will
feel this way when they go to the bal
lot box.
tion is approached. An honest and
equitable contract should be secured
that will not work a hardship or do
an injustice to the city. 'The city’s
interests must be protected, and at the
same time, a fair and reasonable at
titude must be exercised towards the
Corporation in question. From in
formation wC have gathered, the
Southern Povfor Company does busi
ness in a reputable manner jmd shows
no disposition to infringe upon or take
advantage of the various towns and
communities it serves. Therefore, we
see no reason why the whole question
can’t be conaidered id a fair-and un
biased light, and a contract arrived
at that will prove mutual and satis
factory to the interests of all con
cerned. No other such contract, we
are sure, will be considered by May
or Simpson and his associates.
We trust that tomorrow's confer
ence will therefore result in some
thing definite. As we have before
stated, Clinton is suffering today for
a lack of proper power facilities, and
if the opportunity now before us
h yaiaed' t»/, may
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THE WONDERFUL SOUTH.
STARTLING QUICK GROWTH.
BUY THE LANDS OF NO REGRETS
THE “IF" CANDIDATES.
FALSE, FOOUSH ECONOMY.
This is written at Palm ,Beach,
happy land, where those with noth
ing to do are doing it energetically.
The blue sea is beautifully calm, the
breeze that sweeps across it is mild.
The water is warm. Human beings
are bobbing up and down in it.
The big hotels are packed.
Think what it will be in a few, years
hence at Palm Beach, Miami, St. Au
gustine, Jacksonville, all the marvel-
s tesorts of Florida, Georgia, and
the Carohnas when
chine annihilates distance.
Buy land in the South, well cho
sen, and you won’t regret it.
Those that live North know lit
tle about the South and the rapidity
of its growth, surpassing all growth
elsewhere.
Thirty-seven million people live in
the South. The value of their pro
perty is estimated at sixty-five billion
dollars. That sum, sixty-five times
one thousand million dollars, is a'
deal. Bui it represents only a frac
tion of the real wealth of the South.
Florida alone is worth several times
what is called “the true value of pro
perty in Southern States."
The thirty million of acres now
unemployed in Florida would yield
under ordinary cultivation an annual
profit of one hundred dollars an acre
—that’s a low estimate.
That alone would be three billion
dollars a year, five per cent on sixty
billions of dollars. Under intensive
cultivation, with irrigation and pro
per fertilizing, the thirty •million un
used acres of land in Florida would
easily produce a net profit of $500 an
acre, enough to pay off all public
debt of the United States with ease
in less than four years.
That is real wealth, and all that is
required to develop it is more good
population and capital.
Millions of good agriculturists that
would eagerly come here from Italy
and elsewhere should be welcomed
with open arms and helped to get a
start instead of being stopped at El
lis Island and turned back with
strange stupidity.
in twenty years. The building into
the city of these big trunk lines will
be an accomplishment extraordinary,
as We have before stated, about the
biggest thing that has oome our way
since the Seaboard railway was built
through here. It is not that we need
cheaper power, but ample power.
The saving of a few cents or dollars
on the family power fill is a matter of
small importance when we take into
consideration the great benefits that
will come to us by the placing at bar
^disposal of an abundance of cheap
power for future commercial and
manufacturing development. Anoth
er cotton mill in this community, or
other manufacturing enterprises that
are desirable and needed, will in all
probability never be realized until
this relief is given. But once Clin
ton can announce to the world that
it has an abundance of cheap hydro
electric power, together with an ample
water supply which is just about as
serious a need at present, we will be
in a position to go forward wi^h the
proper cooperation and leadership in
the community.
Tomorrow’s conference, if it results
in the linking up of this community
with these big power interests, will be
a big step forward in the march of
progress. It U a golden opportunity
thatf is ours—one that we trust will
not pass by^: unseized for it may be
years before it presents itself again.
In fact—it may never come again.
THE POWER QUESTION AGAIN
The power question, for several
months past before city council, comes
up agaim, tomorrow for consideration.
The news columns of todav’a oaper
carry the announcement of a joint
conference to be held here tomorrow
between the city and John W. Fox,
engineer of the Southern Power Com
pany, and the heads of the large man
ufacturing enterprises of the com
munity: The conference is expected
to result in some definite decision as
to'the bringing^* th* ttbnk l&fes af
this greet ‘hydro-electric company in-
Uncle John
Old Ezry Shiffless takes a spell,
in the early part of spring—it’s hard
to ketch him feelin’ well,—he never
works, by jing! He’ll tell ye where
the trouble is, and never miss a, spot,
—he’s pestered, with; the rheumatiz—
and his stomach hurts a lot. Last
week he got newralgy in the angle of
his jaw—which bothered hhn to swal-
teir jW the worst-you
And, also, he’s afflicted with an
The grusrih' of the Soath Witniii
the last few years is the marvel of
industrial and financial history.
Southern bank resources, exceeding
eight thousand millions, are 35 per
cent, greater than in 1910. Capital
invested in manufacuring has increas
ed from throe billions to oyer nine
billions in eight years.
plane service between New York
San Francisco. *
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That piece of unfortunate,
narrow-minded, short-sighted,
economy reminds ydu of the day when
members of OongVess were defeated
for re-election because they voted
money “for such a'nonsensical schenfe
as trying to tend messages on tele-
graph wires." ~
That item of a million and a half
for a flying service between New
York and San Francisco would be
the best possible investment that the
country could make. We appropriate
tens of millions for old-fashioned
ships of the navy and their upkeep.
Five millions spent on the develop
ment of the flying machine and on
marksmanship in bomb dropping
would make our naval collection of
floating steel junk unnecessary and
enable us to sink any fleet approach
ing this shore.
Flying ships above the water, in
visible submarines below the water,
will supply all the protection this
country needs at sea. And every
Congressman that votes against
machine votes against the welfare aKd
the safety of his country.
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Ex parte D. J. Brimm, Sr.
In re estate of’*’ Elizabeth Muller
Brimm, deceased.
NOTICE
To all kindred and those interest
ed in the estate of Elizabeth Muller
Brimm, deceased, notice is hereby
given that I will make my final re-
good turn to' Honorable O. G. Thompson,
Judge of Probate for Laurens Coun
ty, at his office in the Court House of
said County, on Friday, March 9, at
11 o’clock A M., and will at said
time apply to said Court for final dis
charge as Administrator Will Annex
ed of the aforesaid estate.
D. J. BRIMM,
Administrator Will Annexed.
Feb. 7-4tc
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Mr. Denby’s resignation clears up
the political situation. President
Coolidge is as fortunate in condi
tions that face the Democratic Party
as he is in the fact that the public
thus far holds him free of all respon
sibility in the oil scandal.
What is supposed to be the elimi
nation of Mr. McAdoo actually leaves
the Democrats without any recogniz
ed conspicuous leading candidate, with
the convention only a few months
away.
Nearly every Democrat mentioned
is an “if” candidate.
They say Senator Copeland might
get it IF it should prove impossi
ble to nominate Al. Smith.
Senator Reed, of Missouri, undoubt
edly the most forceful and hvailable
candidate, might get it IF he had not
made so many enemies.
It is said that William Jennings
Bryan might be drafted, because of
his known capacity to get votes, IF
he had not been Secretary ^f State.
Nominated or not, Mr. Bryan will
have a good deal to say about the
man that is nominated and also about
several that will not be nominated.
Hie House of Representatives pass
ed a bill for $729,000,006 to provide
funds for the Post Office 'and the
Treasury, and strikes out an item al
lastin’ cough, till it won’t be unex
pected if he’d up an’ shuffle off! This
spring he’s lost a splendid chance of
raisin’ garden truck,—he took the
“flu" and had it right—gol-darn the
blasted luck! He sets around the
live-long day, recitin’ of his woes
. . . If Ezry couldn’t eat an’ sleep,
he’d perish—mercy knows. . . . But
“Eat an’ Sleeps’* his middle name,
and has been, all his lifv -if this
ain’fc evidence enough—go talk to
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