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I T 4 —4 — 1 - . Thursday, June 15, 1950 in THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Page Five Goodyear Tires and Tubes BATTERIES AND ACCESSORIES McMillan Service Station Sinclair Products - Phone No. 2 Dr. Fred E. Holcombe OPTOMETRIST Offices at 200 South Broad St Office Hours 9:00 to 5:30 Phone 658 COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS By Spectator — Private and Public Power locked horns last week. , Senator Edgar Brown, who is Attorney .for the Central Coops, wrote a long letter to Mr. S. C. McMeekin, President of the S. C. Electric & Gas Co., charg ing many things and citing and quot ing a lot of power history. Mr. Mc Meekin comes back in equal vigor— and there we are. Blit, really now, where are we? f It is clear that the habit of run ning to Washington for money is an invitation to Washington to take a hand in our affairs. If we Soutn Carolinians are for States Rights, as we proclaimed in 1948, and again declared in our State bemocratic Convention last month, why are we calling on Washington for money? Is a little money our price?; or is an unnecessary loan of $9,000,000 the mess of pottage that we accept for our birthright? “Is life-so dear, or peace so sweet a& to be purchased at the price of County Hos 530 I N N £ R S P Rl N G —s T. E. Jones & Sons Complete Stock Household Furniture •■t That Satisfying Flavor Keep A Generous Supply On Hand! Swell With Snacks! plus tax PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING CO. GREENVILLE, S. C. ■v chains and slavery? Forbid it, mighty God. I know not whatj _ course others may take, but as for MlICS 111 StOtC me, give me liberty or give me death. |«U: / ,L wni . Cw C f om That is what Patrick Henry said, i n isn’t it? We have always applauded j ~ 7, t that. Well is patriotism something s Pc cia ‘ t° ~he Chronicle 'to read about and declaim?; or is Columbia, June 12 Total mileage lit something to practice? | ^ the 9tate highway system as of i • T , .. T the first of May was 21,006 miles, , -fir? ^ °, 1 i" tV 7 r: 1,"“ of which 530 miles were in Laurens taught that the Confederate »hher; according to a report the a’ a . n „ “ ^ fil South Carolina State Highway de- and died for the rights of the States.] . t 6 Nor is the Constitution a changed P ' document. Residents have changed; The primary system in Laurens | I Courts have changed; Congresses county consists of 244 miles, of which have changed; but the Constitution ^ miles of roadway consist of high still is printed in the books. It is, pavement, 164 miles of roadway' merely something to read; something are of bituminous surfacing, 0.8 mile embalmed in books, but never ap- * s improved earth roadway, and plied practically? ! 5 6 niiles are unimproved earth “The love of money is the root of roads. , ! all evil”, says the Book of Books?! In th e state secondary system in Are we Carolinians States Righters Laurens county there are a total of until a dollar is jingled in our hear- 286 miles, of which 134 miles are of ing? Are our principles for sale or bituminou? surfacing and 152 miles barter?; or do we declare to the are unimproved earth roads. There world that we have no principles- of a re no high type pavement roads or 1 Government? If so, we shall not' improved e^rth roads in the second- leave a sound government to the ar y system in Laurens county. [next generation; we shall leave a The primary system consists of government bending and bowing to roa ds which connect county seats and every whim of the moment.— It’s other Principal towns. In the state; worth thinking about. \ system, there are 8,659 miles in the This power controversy brings out Pri mai y roadway system and 12,347 a letter from a welf known citizen miles in the secondary system, of Sumter, Mr. P. M. Brown, also. You can do wonders with DiximaiD Ice Cream And it can do wonders for you! \ With the general hope for a new j day for the farmers all of us agree. Certainly my own interest in that is substantial. In thinking of the ABOUT ATHLETE’S FOOT 2127 Prominent Druggists Can’t Be Wrong Here’s what Stout of Parkersburg, i W. Va., says: “The sale of T-4-L has problems ol farmers I do not theor- been v pleasing. One customer i ; , 5 ?7,” y , Cm sald « first thing in six years lems on the basis of an actual farm. . ... „ 6 The News S. Courier of Charles- | » /y oNE HOUR 0 “"I M not completely pleased, your 40c didates, which » Wjlxto Oto-IjO*: back at any ^ s6>re . „> er controversy: don t tell us about McGe _.- qT.- gv* J ! your record; what is your intention? i 8 • Peaches ’n Cream On A Raft 2 Full Glasses In Each Big 12-oz. Bottle! What is what today? When all is said, the farmer wants abundant, dependable power, at all seasons, and at the lowest rate he can get from the power people. Look the facts in the face: from what source can the farmer get just that— abundant, dependable power, at the lowest rate? If I must answer that today I should be compelled to say that a ! power company with great generat-1 ing plants, both steam and water po wer, a hundred and twenty five miles apart is a more reliable sup plier than one dependant on water alone. Certainly that makes for abundant, reliable, steady power, at all seasons, and under all conditions It seems to me that conclusion is as clear as 1, 2, 3. Perhaps that is an unhappy illustration, for our friends 1 in the General Assembly are almost' completely lost in the fog of math- i ematics in trying to fathom the mys teries of 1, 2, 3‘. Perhaps I’d better substitute A, B, C. I thought of X, Y, Z, but the thought of hard times with Algebra might be more terrify ing than 1, 2, 3. The problem of the Legislature may involve X, but my Co-op breth ren needn’t worry about X; they have 5 1-2 mill rate today, against a 6.2 mill rate from Santee a year or ' so from now. 1 I am not discussing the alleged 4 I million dollar profits held back by | the Santee-Cooper. I don’t quite ' understand my old friend and class- ! mate, Josiah Evans of Marlboro; who makes that charge, though he is a man uncommonly able to know what ne is talking about, having served as a member of the State Public Service Commission. If Santee- Cooper bad 4 million dollars in re served, unpaid profits, why would Santee-Cooper be deeper in debt by a couple of millions? No doubt Mr. Jefferies can clear that up. It does not necessarily en ter into this discussion. My idea of clearing up this con-1 troversy is an old favorite of mine— that is for all the power men, public and private, to get together and i work together for the State. Let's forget all about the Wash ington bureaucrats. They are just as likely to run out on Coops and Santee-Cooper as they’ve quite clear ly twisted and mangled the truth about the South Carolina Electric & Gas Company’s attitude. The Apostle Paul gave us the key: “Forgetting those things which are laehind, and reaching forth unto those things, which are before, 1 press toward the mark.” What is before, in this power mat ter? Abundant, reliable, steady, low- cost power. What do we need? To build lines to those farmers not now- served. All the history can now be junked: Now we can get all the power we want. But we should be able to spend our time preparing for a greater State, greater needs. We need all the power. Why quarrel among ourselves when we should work together? Why be duped by the Washington Socialistic bureaucracy? j We know that there is no power shortage; we also know that many Co-op lines need strengthening in order to earry the heavier loads. The trouble is there. For example, a house that is wired for ten drop lights is usually not prepared to add to the lights, hot-water heaters, bath- ( heaters, electric ranges, electric pumps and a dbzen uses for the farm. New wiring is necessary. 1 That is why many of us have thought, the power was scarce; the trouble was not scarcity of power, but weak lines.' v ~' , I I am not a powdr man and-do not express thesq^ ideas as I’ve heard engineers express them; but you un derstand me. If the farmers are willing to bor row all the money, let it be used to strengthen their lines and to build new lines to serve other farmers; they pan get Santee-Cooper power, if they want it; or all the power peo ple phm together for steady power u- i.w • . la ;he State. I t FARMERS, WARNING! HAIL SEASON Is On Us Reports already are com ing in of fields beaten down by hail. Don’t delay. Before your fields are hit, get Hail Insurance. Robert E. Wysor, III 106 E. 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