The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, May 13, 1943, Image 7

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Thursdoy, Moy 13 # 1943 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE. CLINTON. S C. Page Seven PERSONAL AND SOCIAL NEWS Of GOLDVUE MBS. E. O. BAT. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Fufaner spent the week-end with relatives in Bates- hurg. Dr. and Mrs. M. J. McFadden visit ed relatives in Rock Hill and Fort Xawn over the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Blakely and son, Bob, spent the week-end with the former's parents in Mauldin. Pvt. Charles Franks of Fort Jack- son, spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Franks. Wade Jenkins over the week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Chandler of Newberry, spent Saturday with their daughter, Mrs. Ray Wertz. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Hall and son, Jerry, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. R. HalL Mrs. Ed Warren and daughters, spent the week-end with relatives in Columbia. Miss Myrtle Silvey spent the w$ek- end with relatives in Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. T. R. Bridges was called to I EJH19* Mt • vv 410 V>C14£wVI Miss Sara Osborne and Sgt. Lacey Langley last wek due to the death of Whitley with the ham, N. C, Mrs.' C Jean, Belton. Pvt Jim it several days last week tier’s parents in Rocking- her sister. Mr. and Mrs. Buford Wier attended the Wier-Clarkson wedding in New- Poag and daughter, berry Saturday, ting her parents ini Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fulghum of j Key West, Fla., 1 visited Mrs. Fulg- Byars of Camp Croft, lhuntt, » parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Tank Destroyers Wait for ‘Customer’ spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. i FradJ* over the week-end Hattie Byars Mrs. Cecil Farmer and Mrs. Tom Mrs. James Furr has Joined Cpl.! F ™* r v J? ed l 2 cil r " m€r at Jack * T ’ 1 Miss Martha Yarborough spent the zenoea vail. J week-end with her mother in Saluda. Mr. and Mrs. James Cooley spent! w> w Nivert Walter Regnery. J. the week-end in Anderson with the^ A. D. Barron are formers parents. (spending a few days in New Orleans, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Riding and La children spent the week-end with relatives in Pacolet. Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Keels and Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Sanders of Colum bia, visited Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ad ams over the week-end. • Joe Turner of the navy, is spend ing several days with his mother, Mrs. R. L. Turner. Mrs. James Addison and Mrs. John A; Addison spent Monday in Spar- tanburg. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Smith and small son, Skipper, of Ninety-Six, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Shu- iord Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Nix, Mrs. Har ry Johnston, Mrs. Gary Davenport and son, Gary, of Greenville visited Mr .and Mrs. T. L. Ellis and daugh ter, Miss Hazel Ellis, visited rela tives in Belton Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Andy Kimmel of Bethlehem, Pa., are visiting the lat ter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. . D. Beckham. Mrs. Leroy Upton and children are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Dean, in Spartanburg. With The Sick Mrs. J. M. Holsonback has return ed from Hays hospital, Clinton, where she was a patient several days. Mrs. H. G. Murrah has returned from Hays hdspital where she has been a patient. Little Patsy Poag is ill at the home ference between kilowatts and kilo watt-hours. As I said, the total ca pacity of kilowatts of all South Caro- Santee-Cooper taxes $36,192. The pays none of this. „ , . . . . , Taking $2,400,000 as the total of hna companies combined is 857,160. sales of power by the Santoe- Aaauming, then, that the reporter cooper, and subtracting $1,040J)M for debt service that would 1 $1,360,000 for everything else. Taking This is strikingly impressive, rather high, perhaps. If we take the statement of the A»- •f the U. S. shelf so the sMt of a vaHey ia the Blmerte area af Tanlaia, as they a Walt • coincide with the appearance ef an Axis . all the length ef Tunisia. B. farces Mrs. Jack Gilliam and Mrs. J. D.jof her grandmother, Mrs. L. H. Poag. Barrett Sunday. Mrs. Fred Ayers and daughter, Patsy, of Tigerville, and Mrs. J. W. Davis of Ninety-Six, spent Sunday with Mr- and Mrs. W. O. Stewart. Mrs. Bertha Rodgers and children of Augusta, Ga., and Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Hunnicutt and daughter, Shir ley, of Ninety-Six, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Hunicutt. Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Wood of New berry, attended services at Epworth Methodist church Sunday morning. Mrs. Fred Ross and daughter, Fredna, are spending the week with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Templeton in Fort Mill. Mrs. Thelma Foy spent the week end with relatives in Newberry. Mrs. C. B. Dickey of Greenville, is spending a few days with her mother, Mrs. R. L. Turner. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Clement vis ited relatives in Greer week-end. Mrs. ( Red Lever is a patient at Newberry hospital Eaj-1 Holsonback has gone to Duke hospital, Durham, N. C., for treat ment. Mrs. Gertrude Sample is ill at the home of her brother, J. O. Heuble. Harold Russell is a patient at Hays hospital where he underwent an ap pendectomy. Mrs. Lee Ellison is a patient at Hays hospital. Birthdays Martin Bolick celebrated his birth day Tuesday. Audrey O’Shields has a birthday tomorrow. Bonnie Arrowood observes a birth day May 16. Flo re 11a Campbell has a birthday today. Mary King observed a birthday over the j Monday, the 10th. j Aileen Dees celebrated her birth- Mr. and Mrs. Roy Templeton and.day yesterday, son, Jimmy, and Mrs. DeWitt Adams > Bonnie Brannon had a birthday of Fort Mill, spent the week-end Monday. J. L. Abrams observed his birth day May 11th. ^Mrs. Pete Schumpert has a birth day tomorrow. Mrs. Claudia Mae Furr observed a birthday yesterday. Miss Mildred Bozard has a birth- jday May 16th. observes A Private Citizen Speaks His Mini Spectator Comments On Men ond Things I had hoped to turn my mind to other topics sinice I am not fighting the Santee-Cobper in its proper field, but, merely opposing such an expan sion of it as would seem to threaten the state with a power octopus un der political control. The progress and prosperity of the great loW- country power development must be pleasant to contemplate. The Associated Press has sent out an intenpting story on the Santee- Cooper which the dailies carried on April 29. The story gives the follow ing information: “The Santee-Cooper is operating at actual capacity, that being somewhat under the theoretical maximum pro ductive capacity, naturally, and is earning $50,000 a month 'in excess of all expenses’. ” I’m not sure that we can call that a net profit of $50,000 a month, because accountants talk one language and we untechnical people talk another. At any rate, the Asso ciated Press states authoritatively, or as authentic, that the big “project” on the Santee is selling $200,000 of power a month and that $50,000 is above all expenses. _ At first blush I wondered if the usually accurate Associated Press had made a slip. The statement, under analysis, is confusing. It says that the Santee-Cooper is selling about 2,460,000 kilowatts, whch is almost three times as many kilowatts as all the power companies in South Caro lina generate. The total capacity of all generating companies in this state is 857,160 kilowatts; and this includes every type of generating company, steam, hydro-electric and internal combustion, and considering the full theoretical capacity of the Santee- Cooper. It may be that the reporter was not informed that there is a vast dif- was in error and that the Santee- Cobper is selling 240,000,000 kilowatt- hours there would seem to be another ooo'fi^" thlt"^ a net fcr 0 !™^ 40 ' 000,0 ^ ‘“S'iSrSS?" ^“’ th » S»ntw-Cooper i, o^ttaC todTc 0 . n u; 0 4i'v^To.- on - OT ' r - i " cost » 7W -' ably high, much higher than the pri vate companies charge. We know, as a matter of public record, than the ... . , . Santee-Cooper is selling 144,000,000; sociated Press and look at it kilowatt-hours at 5 Me mills, so that leaves 96,000,000 kilowatt-hours, thel^* of 240 - ()00 00 0 kilowatt-hour. ■ greater part of it said to be sold at!*?" •?•?** * 5 * mill f 3 mills, or less. The reporter must ^ a have been entranced by the view and kn ° w . tl ^ at not al 1 1 J t ^ e 240,000,0*0 the fresh-water trout. i kilowatt-hoUrs is sold for a rate a. mu i 4u , _ „ A (high as 5ft mills, but I use that 11*- There is another angle: The Santee-; ure . If ^ Santee-Cooper has a fixed Cooper^ is said to have an annual j of $i,040,600 on its bonds and nxn C nnn rge ^ mtcrest °J at l? ast . has a total income from sales of $1,- St’S! f JLTl 320 ' 00 ° U has ’ by ** ‘-iculatio-. 000,000 advanced by the federal gov- only $260,000 for all administrative “W®* 1 * 1 * Santee-Cooper is { and operating expense. selling $2,400,000 worth of power »{ . . , , ., . year/according to the implications of, Th * s * ^ a nous calculations don’t the public statement, that would !SS l with 0 "'“ <,,h « r mean that the company operates , t I »«>,00« a month "in excess of aU en- hi(h cost If, as the reporter tells us, “ , th * ^ the Santee-Cooper U.makiix a clear °« Cfteulatin* the bond chart* profit of $50,000 a month, that would a « am « ine recei P ts - be $600,000 a year. Now let us take for granted that the $600,000 a year is clear, net profit. We must remem ber that it does not include unless provision has been made for local property taxes. By comparison with the Lexington Water company, which is about th^ same size as the Santee-Cooper, we find that the Lexington company pays in state taxes $157,316 and in federal It only goes to show how one become lost in a maze of figures. Af ter writing all this I am completely t etble to see what in what. It may be that the best way i. to begin with $50,000 a month of net wer profit and count on the Santee-Coop er contributing to the state $600,000 a year, in lieu of taxes. But even then just one company is paying in all taxes $1,088,000 a year. THE FAMILY "Like A Letter From Home” BUYER MEETS r ri | rn in our ad OLLLljx columns i 1 ? $Wi ( BUY m WAR with Mr, and Mrs. J. D. O’Dell. Mr. and Mrs. VCTnor Ross and son, Verner, and Betty Dduglaa Ross of Greenville, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Ross. Mrs. R. L. Boyce has returned home from a visit with her sister, Mrs. J. B. Allsbrook, in Sumter. Miss Fannie Copeland spent {he! Mrs. Lila Phillips week-end with Mrs. George Addy In birthday May 15th. Clinton. i W. P. Rush ton had a birthday Miss Margie Crawford visited yesterday, friends in Columbia last Wednesday. F. C. Rowe Observes his birthday Mr. and Mrs. Grover Jenkins of May 15th. Greenwood, visited Mr. and Mrs. I E - A. Tinsley had a birthday Mon- 1 day.. Mrs. Alice Brown celebrates her birthday May 16th. Mrs. Annie Chapman observed a birthday Monday. J. A. Clark had a birthday Mon- d»y. Mrs. Troy Ellis observes her birth day May 16th. Clarence Fulmer had a birthday Monday. E. H. Hunnicutt observed his birth day Monday. Otis Lewis has a birthday Satur day. Mrs. Lester Hair observed her birthday May 8. W. M. U. Meets The Woman’s Missionary Union of Goldville Baptist church met last Monday evening at 7:30 at the home of Mrs. R. H. McGee with twenty members present. Mrs. Mason Rowland had charge of the program on ihe topic, “Our De nominational Colleges.” Mrs. Sallie Craig gave the devotional. Inter ring talks were made by Mrs. Mc Gee, Mrs. Louis Murphy, Mrs. Ralph Stroude and Mrs. Charles Murphy. A new member, Mrs. Walter Waits, was welcomed by the organi zation. - A business session was conducted by the president, Mrs. L. H. Poag. A committee on community mis sions was appointed with Mrs. Rolfe Clark, chairman, Mrs. Otis Murphy and Mrs. R. H. McGee. — — Mrs. Warren Clement, treasurer, was given a surprise shower at the close of the meeting. Th hostess served punch and sandwiches. /is . BONDS mr - r ■I DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE! SO FAR THIS YEAR THERE HAS BERN O FATALITY AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS v in LAURENS COUNTY Let's Strive To Make 194S a Safe Year On the Highways. This date but year. 6 Joanna club was the scene of a merry party on last Friday evening when the ydung people of Goldville, who are members of the junior and senior classes at Clinton high school, were hosts and hostesses to their classmates at an informaK dance. 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