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~ ,r — — ’Js*- THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1927 \ . THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON S. C. Just to Service .r.,r '1C ? It is our business to serve, and to serve to the very best of our ability,, everyone who calls upon us. Th® gpreat- este and the least alike come to us, and all find us completely ‘ at *j|Jheir dis posal. Our service is for all, it was devel oped with that idea m mind. When there is need for a funeral director, call us with the assurance of getting the best we can give. FAILURE OF WATER BOND ELECTION A GRAVE MISFORTUNE niiiiiui D.E. TRIBBLE CO.Inc. FUNERAL DIRECTORS ‘Phone 94 NIGHT PHONE 2Q5 CLINTON. 5.C Hi m ^Jlieffost is amattecirf'yQur own convenience 1 ! The failure of the bond election „for town can be safely put at a tax of increasing the water supply leaves the $20,000 a year. The cost to the town people of Clinton face to fate "with an of interest on. $76,000 of bonds bear- extremely serious problem—a proWfeni which can only be solved by calling another Election as soon as it is legally possible, and putting it through after the people have been fully informed of the situation. The election would haue^been unanimously for the bdttds t the had the people voting understood ing five per cent would be $3,750.00 per year. It ought not to take the average business man in Clinton very long to figure out that there is only one thing *to do, and that is to vote the bonds. The engineer with whom city coun cil contracted, has just recently fin- mmm ~ situation. The following factors prop- ished very successfully a fine plant erly understood would make the vote for Chester, of which the Chester peo- unanimous^ in a second election. pie are very proud. His work here of The first of these factors is the course is held up until there is-money huge-cost, of pumping from the deep : wijluwhieh to proceed. J. E^Sirrine wells, with the q£jft%intyr that their A*Company, the leading engineers of declining water supply^ifTeventually this state, advise against any im- i give out. The Southern Power Com- provements on Beard's fork, by reh- •’ I pany invoice for current for Octoberof lack of water supply there, and 1927, was $1,606.88; the same month urge going to Duncan’s creek. The in 1926 $1,245.00; the same month in 1925, $1,083.00. plan proposed by the engineer, who has been employed by council, is to |* Mos? of the increased use of cur- a fifteen foot dam, .impounding j rent is for pumping water from the," ater * n a which would back up deep wells, due to failure of the water ^ rom the old Burnt, mill site, where ! supply on Beard’s fork, and that re sulting from* two and- three-quarter the dam would be located on the old county road, up to the concrete bridge years of extraordinarily small rainfall OI 2 ^he new highway to Sandy Springs ! fof this section. It is probable that a Qi s t am 'e °f about one mile, esti- the increase in the- electric current ma ^ e< ^ ca P ac ^y sufficient to run the monthly bill of the Southern Power ^ or one y ear * without any flow Company, due wholly to pumping from i. stream; that i§^ once the lake deep weds, e^eeeds $400.00 per month, ls filled. Such a' supply would be f 1 s EveryYear Hire spend more' than money colled me Taxes Additions Wagcs,r/r/“ \ T HE money which telephone subscribers and the public in South Carolina pay for telephone service is a large sum in the aggregate but it by no means equals the money spent in the state by the telephone company. Last year, for instance, the telephone company spent more money for taxes, wages and Similar operating expenses, and for additions to the plant in South Carolii lina than it collected fee telephone service. If the telephone company had depended solely on its it could operating revenue it could not have improved and en larged the telephone system to the extent of $1,063,000. Our ability to borrow money to make these additions and replacements is due to the confidence of investors in the management, and their belief that you are willing to pay rates for service which will earn a reasonable return on the investment. J The cost of everything used in rendering telephone service has increased enormously, but the rates have advanced so slightly that your telephone dollar now buys more than-any other dollar you spend. The margin between revenue and expense dwindling and the increased costs of furnishing telepl service presents a problem in which every'telephone user has a vital interest. • is rapidly telephone MORGAN B. SPEIR; Carolinas Manager SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY {Incorporated) or $4,80(1.00 per annum, wdth the cost increasing as the wells fall off in their yield. It would be folly to expect them to continue to last, since they arejle- clining constantly in volume. much cheaper to pump than the deep well supply; would be ample; would never stop the pump from lack of wa ter, giving a constant supply; would be much cleaner than the Beard’s fork , * j u i su PPl.v by reason of having a large The invoices for current used by the lak( . whk . h the wau . r w()u|d sedi _ of Clinton, October people of Clinton, October 1925, . .. ... - ... j 4. net. nr* n * u moc men t. the heavy silt falling in the up- amounted to $3,766.2<; October 1926, nor . $3,278.48; October 1927, $3,295.89. The decline in invoicing is partially due to the sale of the lighting system in the Clinton Cotton mill section to; the Clin- j ton (Cotton mills. Of course this re duces the purchases from the South- per part of the lake, while the pump ing would be done ,at the dam, the most distant point from the intake of storm water. In the meantime, there is increasing instead of decreasing fire insurance ern Power Comparty on the part of premiums, the possibility of cancella- the town. However! the cheap cook-! iton of fire insurance, a grave and ing rate has induced the installation growing risk to the very existence of of a good many cooking outfits and-^h 0 t° w n, and an onerous burden of refrigerating outfits, which has prob- cost, which the people ought not to be ably made up for the loss of several expected to bear. \et the vote went hundred monthly accounts in the mill; twenty-two majority ^gainst the village. bonds. . . The 'second factor of importance is This simply means that the people that Beard’s fork water supply is so were not informed*of the above facts, short that the pump stops very fre- or were so sure that the election would quently by reason of sucking air from carry that no one worked to carry it, a four-inch supply pipe. In other 1 "’bile a few did work to Jcill p It is words, the water is pumped down in ffo°d to be Conservative, andlBb6dy ' iff , the well from which the pumping is wishes the town any further iff d^ebt done, to a point where the pump sucks than >s absolutely necessary, but none in air with water. That stops the of those who voted against the bonds pump automatically, and cause? the "iould likely vote against them again superintendent or one of his men to *1 ^b e y understand distinctly that it visit the pumping station with great means a much more costly operation frequency to start up the pump again. be without the water supply than The reason for the shortage i^ first! to P a V it—costly to the individuals that the stream is flowing little wa- anfl ^ town government as well, ter; second, that the Clinton Cotton thereby the cost distributed to mill has a supply dam above the city ever ybody. -pumping plant, and when pumping, Mayor McMillan has done a very takes practically all of the water of fine and patriotic thing in getting up i the stream, so that the city plant is the petition for this election. The job unaljUt. to pump at all. . - is a big one. It is to be hoped that he Under these conditions it is impos-| will not be so discouraged that he will sible to keep the standpipe full, and Rive up the project and leave the pub- a proper supply in the groOnd level I be to suffer the results of the mistak- tank. The city is equipped with two en v °tc- However, only two members 1000 gallon per minute pumps, with j which it can elevate water from the ground tank to the standpipe. The fil ter—a double filter—will filter 15f)0 ; gallons per minute—500 gallons less than the elevating capacity of the pumps at the power house in town. The entire supply of standpipe, filter, of council, including the mayor, regis tered for the election. Only two oth er city employees^fegistered. Out of the four the writer is informed that one voted and worked agains^ the bonds. Under these conditions, the fiist thing is to wake up the city gov ernment. Public opinion ought to do ground level tank and sedimentation (h a U an d i n doing it, ought to wake * • ' -•—4. onn nnn. —i ! itself to a realization that we must basin amounts to about 800,000 gal lons when everything is full. have water. Without it we have suf- 1 fered severely from mosquitoes and The capacity of the pump at Beard’s i . . . . . . ^ ^ ft ! consequent malaria, causing sickness fork is only about 350 gallons per : , , . • ‘ .. . land endangering life, for the reason minute. The capacity of the pumper * * ’ r Rand, and Face Lotion IDEAL FOR CHAPPED FACES AND HANDS 25c and 50c — Get it at — SADLER-OWENS PHARMACY 4$ At Union Station' Phones 377 and 400 Phones 377 and 400 that there is not now enough water to flush the sewers, thus breeding mos quitoes, and hasn’t bebn for a long time past. Yet our people vote for mosquitoes and for malaria, and for higher operating cost of the water ; engine recently purchased for fire- 1 fighting is 7-50 gallons per minute, so 1 that while the entire equipment is am ple, except for one thing, it is all brought to nought by reason of the I lack of one thing, which is an ample . j c u- u “ , : TV • • i 't system, and for higher insurance I water supply at the original source of -r-u 4 • w * 4U • * ^ . .. rates. That is what the majority vote rpw water. The town is wasting sev- * • u i i *• . il , . t, . ® i meant in the bond election, eral thousand dollars a year in pump- t ing at extravagent cost the deep wells,! It might further be said that no en- I but it is face to fate with a certain terpnse requiring a considerable vol- j shortage of water at no very distant um « of water w<)u| d ever be located in date, bv reason of the fact that the Clinton until the water supply is am Madame Virginia WORLD’S GREATEST PALMIST AND CLAIRVOYANT Madame Virginia tells Past, Present and Future. This lady has usfed her wonderful gift since childhood.' She has astonished and helped thousands if people of every walk of life. She can help you, no matter who or what you are. No matter what your hope, fear- or trouble is, come and see this great woman and have your . mind pj]&*t ease. Reading strictly confidential. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Takes away all bad powers and evil influences. Tells you how to have success in business, love, marriage, health, law suits and speculations of all kinds. ^ Knowledge at Present Is Power In the Future. a Satisfaction Guaranteed or Money Back. , ' . Office No. 24 East Carolina Ave. Next to Western Union * CLINTON, S. C. . For White and Colored. well capacity, plus the Beard’s fork capacity combined, are not equal to the needs of the town, much less to ample fire protection. The Underwriters association” re quires a pumping^tapacity equivalent to 1500 gallons per minute. The fil ters could take care of such a supply if pumped into town. , The elevating pump even more into-the standpipe or ’ pump even more int othe standpipe or into the main, but the capacity of the pump at the original supply is only 350 gallons per minute, even if there was a great volume of water. As there pie. A number of concerns «are now considering Clinton^J^ut there isn’t a chance that they will come here un less they are assured that the water, supply will be ample and constant, and reasonable in cost. ' J. F. JACOBS. , Robber In Town!! W. C. Merrell, who is doing the plumbing at Clinton Mills for Mr. W r . Bailey, has opened a plumbing shop is not a volume of water, that pump on Wall street. He has a show room can only operate when the Clinton 0 f mo dern' fixtures and can furnish Cotton mills is not operating its pump- y 0U modern plumbing at rea- ing plant, and{f is threatened with the SO n a bi e prices, and ' first-class work- supply running_ so short that it will mans h$p. He can give good reference? not Be able to operate then, for if the an( j j g a man s j ee p S we u a t night i cotton mill should reduce the level of f or w h e n he installs a job of plumb- ? A—: 1 _ X A- — — — 1— * — A- A L_. . A • A ««* *«v« I s 4 , yi • v ing he doesn t rest uneasy about some o its lake to such a point that it would require the'flow of the stream to fill the lake in a period equivalent to the period when the mill pump is not run- 1 ring, then there would be no water supply whatever from Beard’s fork for the city. < ►! The deep w'ells cannot supply half of the needs of the town. 4n the mean- one taking fever or Sonic other dis ease from imperfect plumbing and sewer gas coming in through the house*.* Give him a chance and he will give you a good job. No matter how small or ,how large, he will take care of your needs at the earliest hour. ' Let him look after your steam heat- -vx: -v The Clinton Chronicle—$1.50 a Year limp the^eople pay horrible price in ing plant and te?t it out for the'fall high pumping cost, high maintenance use. « - * icost of the pumping plant at Beard’s i i*r ^ IVIT?!?!?!?! I fork, and a still higher price in failure; ' ; to get their insurance rates revised by 4 3Vall St. Phone' 91 lack of the pumper water supply for \- jfire protection. 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