The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, June 15, 1950, Image 13
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Thursday, June 15, 1950
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Page Five
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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
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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.
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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
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Here’s what Stout of Parkersburg,
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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 !
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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
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