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Page Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, September 14, 1950 Second Smallest Cotton Crop Since 1879 In Prospect Columbia, Sept. 9—Its second smallest cotton crop since 1879 is in store for South Carolina. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS By Spectator Bonneville power system on the low er Columbia river is nearing com pletion. Grand Coulee is under con struction and well on the way. Ex actly the goal which the League set up fifteen years ago. Washington is still findirfg Com-; “Pursuant to this plan—they pro- munists m high places. Down here | pose to divide the nation into seven it seems like a dream; we can’t un-■ districts as indicated by the map: (1) Federal-State Agricultural Statis- 1 derstancl how an y American can be The Tennessee valley in the South- tician Frank O. Black said weevil 1 ® Communist; we think it must be| east; (2) The Atlantic Seaboard to damage, the smallest planted acre- a ^ br }* ht y0UI } g men tL v/th age since 1874 and abandonment on ! woul d llke have this country un- Ohio valley in the Central North, vinnn oer the control of a dictator. There (4) The Arkansas valley in the Cen- . dC lcn nnn u 1 S e c op is too much of that anyway, even' tral South; (5) The Missouri valley down to 460,000 hales. herc amon g ^ Don’t you remember in the Middle West and North; (6) Production of 186,000 tons of cot- that some member of Congress said*The Columbia river valley in the tonseed is predicted^^^^^^^^^^ something about a public matter—a Northwest; and (7) The Colorado member of Congress—and Mr. Tru- ! valley with Boulder dam in the man almost slapped him down. Then Southwest. j this member of Congress bowed sub-1 “Members of the Public Owner- missively and said that his Com-)ship league and its friends through- mander-in-Chief having spoken he out the country may justly take cour- i bowed himself out. j age and inspiration from the pro- That a member of Congress would ■ 2 ress s ° * ar made.” Gray Funeral Home Clinton. 8. C. FUNERAL DIRECTORS ..And .. EMBALMERS AMBULANCE SERVICE Phones 41 and 399-J L. RUSSELL GRAT and V. PARKS ADAIR, Gen. Mjts. be so spineless was bad enough, but the commander-in-chief nonsense was nauseating. Right here we may note the development of an idea Then consider 1950. Where are we? “The master plan becomes a major threat. The major rivers of America are now in the hands of the power ,IADY for any IMIRGINCY* h i which is dangerous: too many i planners. Power projects shown Senators and Representatives in Con- above and on the government draw- gress think they belong to a team ing boards total over 45,000,000 kw. ; whose Captain is the President. Ev- —equivalent to the total installed en the Supreme Court of the nation! capacity in the U. S. in 1942. I seems to have the same idea as to. Under the discriminating prefer- re ation to the President. i ence clauses of the various laws, en- Of course Congress is full of two- acted at the behest of the planners, by-four politicians who hope to re- j control of the power output from main on the payroll by kow-towing, these projects is held tightly in the to the President and enjoying his! hands of the public advocates in the favor. They are the practical poli- Department of the Interior. Time ticians •who are a curse to the coun try. They have no principles: they are either Democrats or Republicans in name only; in reality they time-servers. and again that department has dem onstrated that the government pro duced power will be sold—not in are | the interest of either the local user or the Americtn taxpayer—but un- I recall that we South Carolinians der conditions that promote the were not impressed by the talk of schemes of those who seek a feder- Communism a few years ago: it ally-owned and politically-operated seemed far away to us, utterly un- national transmission system.” real, a mare’s nest or a scarecrow. After you consider that what do We are waking up. | you think of Socialism and its giant What amazes me is that books arc strides in America? widely circulated showing the well- . j ... .. ri- u,;--1 Stands with its eyes on the vote. A >\ hen illness strikes and you ha\e nerd for supplies and prescriptions, call us. No matter the time of day or night >ou can depend on un to make immediate de li* ery. McGEE’S DRUG STORE Phone No. 1 • immgincyS b Where does Congress stand? It planned, deliberate purpose to bringl L ianc * s *** about socialism in this country. AH; ^ or !)' niun , 1 ^ n* a ybe one who would this must be known to many men in de!> f ro y the form and the *Pirvt of Congress, but they are too busy look- ^ merlC ^ n ^ c,ve T ^ n ^? e )? t, c^i t ^ C ?w" ing ahead for themselves-to see these * r ? ss °J United States, in the things right under the:r noses. of Joyalty. ts aD effec- . , . . Itually cooperating in a blind scheme * f 1 have spoken and written much that we WO nder how men of com- about the Government in the power mon sense can be duped by the glit- busmess it u not because of ill- ter of p rotmses that, in other form, .eeling toward the San tee-Cooper, always brought disaster elsewhere for I was myself an enthusiastic ad- —— £o little in 6o$f“ Every businessman today feels the tug of swifter currents and warning of rapids ahead: labor shortages, stepgfd up production, problems of supply. ItV a comfort to know that, even when you’re at home, you can keep your finger on fast-moving events— by telephone. In business or at home, telephone service brings you today’s best shortcut to work done, action wanted, peace of mind restored—and at small cost. Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company. a big lift to better living How Fast Can Y ou Stop? The speed with which you can bring your car to a complete standstill in em ergencies, is an important key to how safe it is. If you’re not sure of your car’s brakes, better drive up for a check up, today! Motor Co. Phone 119 i n n mark of LUM DURR QUALITY KEEP DRV WITH TRUETESTED ROOF COATING D.E.TRIBBLE CO. LUMBER and BUILDERS SUPPLIES S;n (e l894 Phene 94 Clinton,S.C. locate of the second project—the | present arrangement—but all afaini? the f.r*t proposal, the one to issue State bonds. 1 need not say that I did not expect the great project to become such a political springboard I should like to appropriate the a >rds of Winston Churchill **1 have not always been wrong”; but an the public power issue I was wrung, not attacking the Sentee-Cooper. for we have it and should use it aa part of the great plan to develop the State And I have no doubt that public and private power can work ’ogether in this state Perhaps 1 aright say a word more for greeter clauty The San tee-Cooper beiongs to the State of South Carolina; it U managed by a Board of Directors appointed by the Governor, or elect ed by the General Assembly, as may j be thought best The state has full control of operations and by paying, the mortgage can be as independent of the Federal Government as is any private enterpriae So, in discussing public power, I am not always re- 1 f erring to Santee-Coo per. but, rath er. to the power policy of the Wash ington bureaucrats. Let us forget Santee-Cooper for! the moment and think of the Wash ington scheme, it was the dream of that great gentleman, T. C Williams of Columbia, who was Impressed by the singular circumstance thst the Santee river is forty two feet higher than the Cooper river at a point be tween them of about twenty-sixe! miles—as he told me Senator James 1 F. Byrnes persuaded President { Roosevelt to allocate the money to make the great dream a reality. Mr. ) Byrnes is, in truth, the real father jf i the project. Mr. Williams* idea was' j to generate cheap power and to make the Jamestown area the cement cen ter of the world. So far as I recall, nobody ever dreamed of waging a war on the power enterprise until a lot of bur eaucrats started their plan of Soc- | iahsm, striking first at the power ! companies, and taking over, or bank rupting them, then marching into other fields of private enterprise. I find that all this power scheme was begun by the Socialists in 1923. I have the booklet before me. Here is the outline of 1923: “Here is the program for seizing control of the electric power indus try: (1) Inter-connect the 2,318 mun icipally-owned electric light and : power plants. (2) Tie into the system the 11 hy- ; dro-electric power plants owned and 1 operated by the U.S. Government. j (3) Enlarge and expand all of , these units. (4) Develop as rapidly as practi- ical the hydro-electric power of all I rivers. (5) Coordinate the work of flood control, irrigation, navigation, and hydro-electric development. (6) Coordinate steam driven plants with hydro-electric plants. (7) Buy out existing systems. (8) Secure the necessary capital at low interest rates by use of pub lic credit. Then in 1925 they prepared a map for their operations, just about what the Government is carrying but now. In 1937 the Socialists published in their magazine their song of praise. Here it is: Public ownership of Public Util ities—Our dreams come true—Our plan for a public superpower system for the U. S. outlined and published in 1923 slowly but surely being re alized— Pioneers of Public Power ‘ Step by step this plan which the Public ownership league presented and. published fifteen years ago is being surely and steadily realized. ‘The Tennessee valley has become an outstanding reality and its achievements steadily mounting 1 Boulder dam has been finished. The -j*. !l looking for a Monetj Saver ? Belter Buii Buick I \ V' 017 ' 1 itis 'OU CAN SEE here bow smart is—don't have to be told that It's the most quickly identi fied car on the road today. You probably know that the en gine under that broad bonnet is a Fireball straight-eight valve- in-bead engine and a lively stepper in any company. 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