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THURSDAY. JUNE 19, 1924
-.URGES STINE RULE
FOR THE UTIUTIES
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ATTORNEY GENERAL SEES MEN
ACE TO BOTH PUBLIC AND
INDUSTRY IN LOCAL SU
PERVISION
By JAMES S. MANNINGS
Attorney General of the State of North
Carolina
THE^QUOTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON. SOUTH CAROLINA
W. P. BALDWIN RUNS
FOR MAGISTRATE
Today's paper carries the formal
announcement of Mr. W. P. Baldwin •
k»\ candidate for magistrate of Hun
ter township. Mr. Baldwin is cor
nected with J. A. Bailey as book
keeper and has a large number of
friends in the city who will be inter
ested in his candidacy.
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ANOTHER CANDIDATE
OUT FOB MAGISTRATE
The list of would-be magistrates
' State regulation of the public utili
ties is a comparatively new govern
mental function. And yet within eigh
teen years it has been adopted by for
ty-two States. There must be a rea
son.
In round numbers the population
of the United States has increased
40% in twenty years. In that time the
demand for and use of street railway
service has increased 166%; use of
gas service has increased 207%; use
of telephone service has increased
1000%; use of electric light and power
service has increased 2000%. accord
ing to figures furnished by the North
and - South Carolina Public Utility
Information Bureau.
These estimates appear to explain
the almost universal adoption of reg
ulation of the utilities. The organised
community life of today—commercial
industrial and domestic—is built
around these public utility servicea
As they function efficiently or ineffi
ciently, so the community functions
efficiently or inefficiently, and be
comes attractive or unattractive to
new enterprises and new population.
The utilities, therefore, having be
come so vital apart of the public life,
the government in Its various units
has taken cognisance of them. Time
was when utility service was regarded
as strictly a private commodity. The
system then was one of a utility and
a municipality “horse-trading” or bat
tling over the terms of contracts and
each trying to get the better oi
the other. But utility service rapidly
outgrew local limitations; electric and
gas central station plants began serv
ing many communities from one large
system, often as many as 100 to 200;
transportation lines became not only
urban but interurban. A state-wide in
terest, therefore, rather than a local
one immediately came into existence
It was found that local politics,
graft and local prejudices often en
1 tered into the settlement of utilitj
jfnatters with expert engineering ad-
*^Vice, valuation, accounting, rates and
,service counting for but little, leav
ing the public helpless against either
jpoor or inadequate service or unjust
jRTtes, to say nothing of- ■Wocking de
velopment and driving capital from the
community.
Tbs common sense of the America^
public soon discerned that because
of the nature of the services of the
utilities, State regulation and super
vision were not only desirable but
necessary. So that, since the creation
of a full-fledged utility commission by
Massachusetts in 1906, the States have
r rapidly fallen into line. The ten
dency during these years haa been tu
extend the powers of these commis
sions and to increase their responslbll*
—11ies to th« pu bl i c. Due exception, .ill
.this regard is noted in the recent
for Hunter township continues to
grow. A new .entry in the person of
W. T. Putnam oi this city, will be
found in today's paper. Mr. Putnam
has resided here several years and
has a number of friends throughout
the township who will watch his race
with interest.
SOME FINE PEACHES
The editor of The Chronicle was
remembered this week by our good
friends Dr. and Mrs. A. E. Spencer,
with a basket of the finest peaches
we have seen in a long time. They
were grown in Dr. Spencer’s orchard
which is regularly pruned and spray
ed and kept in excellent condition.
For the delicious fruit we extend our
thanks.
Can You Tell It All In Less Than Ten Words?
Money For You If Can Tell It Best!
THE CHRONICLE WANTS A TITLE FOR THE PICTURE BELOW AND WILL
AWARD CAfeH PRIZES FOR THE BEST SUGGESTIONS.
$25.00 TO THE WRITER OF THE BEST LINE OR TITLE.
$10.00 TO THE WRITER OF THE SECOND BEST LINE OR TITLE.
ANOTHER CANDIDATE
FOR COMMISSIONER
W. T. Jacks, of this city, is an-
nounced in today’s paper as a candi
date for county commisaioner in the
approaching election. Mr. Jacks is
connected with the City Market and
his friends will learn with interest of
his candidacy.
W. D. OWENS TO
MAKE RACE AGAIN
(Write Your Title Here)
Mr. W. D. Owens, of Gray Court,
announces his candidacy in The
Chronicle today for the House.of Rep
resentatives in the approaching pri
mary. Mr. Owens made the race two
years ago and is well known over the
county as one of the substantial citi
zens of the Gray Court section.
SPECIAL SUMMER CLASSES
I will conduct special classes for
the summer for school pupils who
failed to make their grades or* need
special coaching. The classes will be
gin the second week in July, and
parents desiring to enlist their chil
dren are asked to communicate with
at once. Mrs. R. H. Hatton,
me
Phone 211, Clinton, S. C.
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action of the South Carolina Le^sla-
ture curtailing th» powers of its rail
road commission. This ia contrary to
the trend in practically every State
In the Union.
The public service commissioue
atand as arbiters between the pub
lie and the utilities. It is assumed
that disputes will arise between muni-
cipalities and their utilities. The com
missions. created by law, represent
the government. They are courts ot
appeal where fact and argument may
be presented and decision rendered
Such procedure fulfills the American
principle of representative goverir
ment.
The utilities, I am lead to believe,
'and by all means they should, invite
public discussion of their policies, ser
vice and rates. Such discussions
would tend to a better understanding
between the public and the utilities.
State regulation of the utilities M
not only desirable but necessary for
the following reasons:
First, because utility service is a
matter of such importance to our con
venience, welfare and progress that
the public has a right to provide for
Rs complete adequacy and continuity.
Second, because utility service re
quires for its provision the investment
of capital in such enormous propor
tions and the expenditure of such vast
amounts as to warrant safeguards
which only properly constituted gov-
•rament authority can afford.
Third, because utility service
should be free from political discrim
ination and the influence of localities,
thus placing it on terms reasonable
bot}> to the public and to the utility,
v- Fourth, because wasteful competi
tion is uneconomic and, therefore, a
-public injury.
• Fifth, in order that the public ser
vice commissions of the States may
be able justly and equitably to deter
mine and decide controversies that
may arise between the public utilities
the public, it is essential that
those public service commissions be
adequately provided with competent
•taffs of engineers and accountants to
’deal with the complex technical ques
tions that constantly arise, and to
make independent investigations to
r tain the facts upon whith theii
will depend.
Architecture Neglected
Architecture is perhaps the moot
aoglfrtrtl. perhaps the most observed
ot all the arts.
Magazines do not fill to chronicle
the latest achievements in the field of
drama, painting, sculpture end litera
ture, end now moving pictures, our lat
est form of art expression,, daily re
quire more and more front-page apac*
due, in large measure, te the extra
curriculum activities of their
it*. But of architecture we hear
little except in the journals devoted
exclusively to the Interests of the pro
fession, writes George S. Chappell In
the New Republic.
This apathy on the part of the aver
age man ia often only his fear of be
coming Involved in the technicalities
ot this most complicated calling. A
conversation between brother arehl-
tocts frequently abounds in references
to such mysteries as spandrels, soMt*
pendentives, fenestration and archi
traves, which leave the casual liitsnsf
cold not to say bored.
PlmMt Treee That Fit
If a cottage be modest, cosy, almost
diminutive. It should not be frightened
by the presence of somber old trees
of architectural tone that will grow to
gigantic size, dwarfing and lessening
jtyi original charm. Houses of medium
Mm and yet simple, unpretentious de
sign, should be surrounded by simple,
dignified elemints, such ss a lawn
with bordering trees and ahrub masses,
avoiding a show of overrlch color or
texture*In plant materials—In short,
the garment should fit the Individu
ality of the structure.
Mansions or homes of stately dimen
sions demand plants and flowera of
dignity. Dense, upright growth forma,
richness and fullness of texture, no
bility and masculinity of line, tone and
color are their fitting accompaniments.
Red Oak a Favorite
The red oak comes nearest of any
being the best shade tree for the east
ern half of ths United States, says the
American Tree association of Wash
ington, D. C. The red oak grows more
rapidly than other oaks and adapts It-
self to a wide diversity of soil condl
dons. Its f nk is straight and strong,
its top sj iu uetricaUy oval or round^
and foliage luxurious and turning a
bright ned with tbe approach of cold
weather.
Asparagus, the luxury crop of the
central California deltas, is bringing
war prices and better this year. These
delta lands furnish the'United State?
with 95 pef cent of the asparagus
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ten or less words which best tells the story in the picture you will win FIRST prize. The contest is open to every
body.— — , —
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picture—a line which in your opinion tells the story COMPLETE.
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It is easy money. Maybe by studying the picture for ten or fifteen minutes you can think of a line or title which
will be the winner. Why don’t you try—RIGHT NOW.
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knowing who wrote them. When they have decided which is best—hte identity of the writer will be learned by
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