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- T 4 * t # Paffe Two THE CUNTON CHRONICLE y Thursday, February 23, 1950 County Gets $7,388 Gas-Tax For Past Month COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS By Spectator •the ability and “patriotism of the in -the above stated case, i will sell at or some subsequent Salesday on the public men who guide the destiny 1 t U ^ taa ’ either in or in frdnt of the Court purchaser. The purchaser to pay for papers, Think of the possibilities: Our Planning Board could say that South public outcry to the highest bidder,' same terms, at risk of the defaulting either in or in frdnt of the Court House, at Laurens, S. C. r on Sales- stamps -and recording, V. R. FLEMING, ^ C. C. C. P. & G. S. Dated February J3, 1950. 2-3c Special to The Chronicle. Columbia, Feb. 22. We need more public revenue: .Carolina has unlimited power; and. ^ tu ^ ard ?,u eXt ’ being Monday, we should have all the power inter- the 6th da y of the month - durm * the ' The counties everybody seems to think that the ests pulling together for the state, legal , hour ® f ? r such s 4 a ^'^ follow " of South Carolina will receive a to: il State should broaden public ser- public and private power. \ in * described property, to wit: of $317 229 this month froth .the vices even though the expansion When a new enterprise seeks a lo- “AH that certain piece, parcel and m on fHh—m^rrm mx. ;uv Tdim; t fSjate Treasurer Jell D. Bates Laurens- county’s share o. the d.<’ ibut. >n will come to $7.3,> One Vent oi the six ent tax on ga$pline Is dinted to the counties monthly on the basis i(??ue inimbi':' of motor vehicle licenses sold per county. The remaining five cents’o" rh ■ in of tnc gnsortne should result in a seven milium-dol- cation it gets in touch with .the pow- land situate, lying and being lar deficit. I _am using the esti- er is a paramount consideration. 1 on ^be east side of North Livingston irate o’ a well-informed leader who Then, again, the power men know s Weet in the City of Clinton, County • ws the State government and its all about water for industries—an- Laurens, State of South Carolina, fi: .nee* as well as anyone. other big* factor. With pfacticSTT^Hd more particularly described as I wonder how we rah spend more friendly working together, our power. follbws: Commencing-at an iron pin mcney unless w’O have more reveh- people are our hope for the great on fbe east side of North Livingston NOTICE OF SALE u •; .and how can the State gvt more ncw day. revenue without imposing new tax- .he stat« tax is retained by the st ite es - Bat ( wc ar e pursuing a course highway dcurtment. which, is difficult to understand: We. The State, of South Carolina, Last “February the total distriba-* nccd mo.e revenue, but we steadily County of Laurens, fion came To $314,576, Of which Lau- ^ 0 H 0W a course which threatens to i n Court of Common Pleas reduce cur revenue. ‘rens county received $6,470. Gardening Suggestions From County Agent Citizens Federal Savings and Loan Look over the tax books of your Association, Plaintiff, County and then read the State V s. Treasurer's report. From what sour- jack w. Davis, Defendant, ces do we receive most of the re-, Pursuant to a Decree of the Court wenue'’ The Railroads, Cotton Mills Gardening should be foremost in and Power Companies. Railroads t are taking up some miles of tracks. :hc *:»<•* “ °'"; y f- armc . r J f m , th ' s Thousands oi dollars will be lost «. year, according to County Agent C. B. Cannon. He year's crop 1 ,, . , . , . ourl schools and other agencies by He says tha, due to last that j^ow we are threatening the (.uluie and to the sear- p,, Manioc T-J^ \A711 v r* ; ; tv 11 f money on most farm s, vese- 1ab:o> .v i!: be ’nos: : important in sup- ):> lemon t.n4 ti ie fa rriily food supply He • ;usses' L t'a at where land is .va: iab ’o cienei *> should consider !U \V .ocatio n for this vear’s garden He poi: 1*.' OU'! : that where the garden Power Companies. How? Well these Companies which paid to the State and Counties $4,841,497 last year are to-find themselves paralleled with Central Co-op lines through a loan of about nine million dollars as a 4 am on a Co-op line my- MclNTOSH'S ~ SHOE SHOP Send Your Shoes To U* for Rest Materials and , Workmanship. < m,';in< ■a lye.ti ?er .of infestation of nematode •tne: soil-borne diseases as wel . gradual build-up of insects, me instances a new location self, but there should be a way to serve our farms without building KEW PERSON : the same spot for sev nr succession there is dan- parallel lines at great cost. Even though there be no motive now to destroy private Companies, no one will care to invest bis mon ey in private power when a parallel line might be used to destroy the private company. I know many of the gentlemen who, Mr*. or as In is about the only effective control me thod. Mr Cannon calls' attention To re- vent suggestions given by A E. Sch- illetter, leader, Clemson Extension , * .u • . . . - i ,t f .. . I accept their statement that the par- Horticuiture Work, in the Garden Q „ n , u nac ^ are promoting the parallel lines and Letter issued by the Clemson Exten sion Service. Mr. Schillettef says: "I: troubled with root knot or'wilt m tomatoes, set plants on land where tomatoes have not grown before and -aho plant wilt-resistant varieties^ Mr. Schilletter suggests that as soon as ground will do to work gar deners .N.o-uld plant the—following} vegetables: Turnips for roots and for -reens, mustard, kale, lettuce’ car- t ts, beet-', spinach, Onion sets, cab- >ugt. cauliflower, English peas, and •lush potatoes. He says that plantings of No. 1 • l. ry Washington asparagus croons u.d .<c made in rows six left part. ■ inches in the row, prrd-sfx^to eight inches deep. They should be cover- < i two t )i three inches until the tops «gin to grow when the trench .is gradually filled. He adds that cabbage, lettuce and onion seedings snould be transplant ed to the open fields and that plant ings oi tomatoes, peppers, and egg plants, should be made in hotjpeds. Jrom February 1 to March 15. alle! lines are intended solely for our farms, mine. too. But the . recent news story that two of ,our power companies, working together, will spend $34,000,000 of fresh capital in new facilities brings sharply to j mind- the need for all thr power we; can generate. And men must leel | confident that their investment will: nof be destroyed by a competition | linanced with Government money, or they will not invest their money. I readily accept the assurance that the Central Co-op parallel lines are 1 not intended as a hostile gesture against the private companies. Sen ator Edgar Brown, tor example, himsel. a bu.->.n^niaii—anil. a man 4. M. O. Moo ney writes: "Bock in 1944 I wo* suffering from o bod stom ach misery. At times my stom ach ached liko I was real hungry, but eating only made me feel worse and my stomach would foel so full and gas point wore so severe I couldn't rost or sldop. I tried Scalf's Indian River Medi cine and it helped mo so much that I felt liko a now person. I would nat bo withoat Scalf's ia r.sy home. My grandson ta!..j 5c:.!f's every time he suffers wit'i stomach ache and it always give- him relief. 1-Jtavc caused several others who suffered os I did to try Scalf's and they all were greatly pleased with the results." S'=tf's is guaranteed to «otisf- - or money bach on ...’_• I’...; bottle. Try it today. street approximately one hundred and fifty (150) leet north of the southwest corner of the lot of land conveyed to Fred L. Tumblin by 'Mary C. Nash, et al, which is the 1 northwest corner of the home place ! of Fred L. Tumblin and Georgie Etta, S. Tumblin, and running in a north-, erly direction along North Living-, ston street a distance of eighty-five' (85) feet ton an iron pin, and run-' ning back therefrom in paraUe 1 1 lines in an easterly direction to the right-of-way of the C. N. & L. spur; track which leads into Clinton Cot- j ton Mills, and on which is located a' new five-room, cement block, compo-; sition roof house; bounded on the; , north by lands of Fred L. Tumblin, J j on the east by right-of-way of the C. N. & L. railroad spur track, on ; the south by lands of Fred L. Tumb- ) lin, and on the west by North Liv- : ingston street on which Jt. fronts for : a distance of- eighty-five (85) feet. This is the identical lot of land con- l veyed to Jack W. Davis by Fred L. I Tumblin by his deed dated August 9. 1947.” Terms of Sale: Cash. The success ful bidder, other than the Plaintiff herein, immediately upon the con clusion of the bidding, shall deposit with the Clerk of Court the sum of five (5) per cent of the amount bid as a guarantee of his good faith in the bidding. The same to be applied to the purchase price upon his com plying with the terms of sale, other wise to be paid to Plaintiff for credit on the indebtedness. In the event the successful bidder should fail to make such deposit, or should fail to com ply with the terms of sale, the said lands shall be re-sold on the same AMERICA S BIGGEST COLA VALUE! When you buy the big:. BIG 12-ounce bottle of Pepsi Cola, you get TWO FULL GLASSES in every bottle — yet you ALSO get top quality in every drop. Ounce for ounce, no finer cola! So today, tomorrow, ALWAYS — buy America’s BIGGEST cola value: Pepsi-Cola! 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CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO Beware Coughs from Common Colds That HANG ON Creomulsion relieves promptly because jit goes right to the seat of the trouble to help loosen and expel germ laden j phlegm and aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender, inflamed bronchial 'mucous membranes.Tell your druggist to sell you a bottle of Creomulsion with the understanding you must like i the way it quickly allays the cough or you are to have your money back. CREOMULSION for Coughs,Chest Colds,Bronchitis We buy, sell and trade Horses, Mules t and Cows. H. J. PITTS uananmni / ^OUR t ; CAR SICK? 1 'V ♦w. YOU/ ,m»* COOPER MOTOR CO. Phone 515 West Main Street tract that' has been signed. I can see a great need for all our power: the power of Santee-Cooper and the power, of the private com panies. There is no need for hostil ity; and all the power interest* | can cooperate for the development of the State. In so saying I speak with appreciation of Senator Jef feries and Senator Brown. What they would like to do can be done with out loans, or mortgages; and it can be done under the full power of our State Government. More than they are planning can be done, for a low er rate has been offered to us, a guaranteed rate, under full legal pro- itection. At any rate, do you want to in vest your money in a company vyhich has a sword - hanging ov^r it and a knift at its threat? Add if we do not invest in it how shall it raise the money to provide more facilitias for service? Would the Government provide us with power? Then' we lose $4,841,497 in tax revenues. We just can’t beat the old saying that you can’t eat your *ake and have it. *oo. It we lose $4,8 41,497 in S’ate revenue, including hundreds of thousa.n is of dollars in county taxes, shaii we as*, the government to o H -. erate our schools, build our roads and operate cur health and police service;? If what wc want is a sort of Russianized State we can easily , find a Stalin among us, for every body is willing to be the'dictator. but 'nobody wants to b'e the victim o: dictatorship. „ Those friends of mine whose ram ies I called are in positions oi leader ship in the State. They have attain ed high position through years of at tention to public affairs. They want to see a glorious era for our State. So do I; and so do you. With their business training they can see that ;,the development of our State does' i not call for threats and menaces to big public services; nor need a great enterprise like Santee-Cooper tie up I its funds to support a Co-op parallel line when it can sell all its power I at even, a lower rate to the Co-ops i without constructing a mile of line. I do suggest an investigation by ’the Legislature; .it is„ not, or should not be, a matter of politics: If men | like Edgar A. Brown, James H. Hammond, and Richard M. Jefferies will sit at a table with the private power managers with only the pur- pose to sehve the State, by giving abundant, reliable, dependable and cheap electric power, the whole mat ter can be resolved in friendly co-. operation, With better service and without a dollar of unnecessary in vestment. I have given a lot of thought to It’s YOUR money that pays telephone wages Southern Bell Wages.and Working Conditions Already- ' Are Among the Best — Any Increase in Wages Would Have To Be Paid By Telephone Customers — There Is No Other Way Wage Increases Can Be Paid You have a vital'stake in telephone wage nego tiations, for it’s the money you pay in to us that we pay out in telephone wages. FOR ALL OF THESE BENEFITS, THE EMPLOYEE PAYS NOTHING — THE COMPANY PAYS ALL Comments On Men, Things .... ... 2 this becauoe I have faith in the pos sibilities of our State; and faith in Telephone employees are well paid. Their wages compare favorably with the wages paid by (Jther concerns in the community for work requiring sim ilar skills. Telephone wage rates have been increased 117'. since 1939, compared with an increase of less than 70'. in the cost of Hying . Any way you look at it—wages, working condi tions, pensions and benefits — telephone employees are doing all right. And that’s the way we think it should be. It takes all these things t(j> get and keep good people. s 7' But wages are not the whole story. Telephone employees have the advantage of steady work, with no* seasonal layoffs. They get vacations vrith pay, up to three weeks, plus six holidays a year. In addition, they enjoy the real security provided by one of the best pension and benefit plans in any industry. Among other things, it provides: The telephone business is regulated in a way thaF Unions and most other businesses are not. Federal and State Commissions determine the rates we charge for service. Any, increases in telephone wages would force us to ask for an increase in telephone rates. WHAT ABOUT THE CONTRACT? A pension wdth a minimum of $100 a month, including Social Security, at age 65, and liberal provisions for earlier re tirement. Sickness and accident benefits, Up to a full year’s pay, depending on length of service. Death benefits, up to one full year’s wage, depending on length of' service. Southern Bell and the CWA-CIO are engaged in collective bargaining on wages at the request of the Union. We earnestly hope that a settlement can be reached that will be fair to the employees, to telephone users and to the company. Meanwhile, the public has every right to expect uninterrupted service under the present contract between the Company and the Union, which provides that, quot ing the contract itself, “UNDER NO CIRCUM STANCES MAY IT (The Contract) BE TERMI NATED EARLIER THAN JUNE 5, 1950.” SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY ■.■rr