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4 « THE CLINTON CHRONICLE ' <# Thursday, October 19, 1950 Page Three ♦ in our region of swamps. But today he takes the wings of the morning and goes a hundred miles in a cou ple of hours, with all the rivers bridged, the roads paved and the hills shaved off. Towns and school districts never have enough money. Every year there are more people; every year more miles of water and sewerage lines every year the need for more and better streets, more and better playgrounds. We don’t catch-up with the need. Then we need more street lighting, more neighborhood polic ing, more traffic signals, more street cleaning, more garbage removal, more water, more fire proctection— COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS By Spectator Dr. W. W. Ball, the grand gladia tor of the News & Courier, remarks that no South Carolina leader rises to defend Jimmy Byrnes, except Governor Thurmond. Why should they? Nobody regards the remark by Mr. Truman seriously except as a fresh indication of a lack of judg ment and poise. “The State” pub lished numerous quotations from its files which take us back to the days of Mr. Byrnes’ retirement. We can recall also that Time Magazine wide- more of everything, ly proclaimed our Mr. Byrnes as the man of the year, didn’t it? Seldom does a man receive so much applause as comes to Mr. Byrnes because of the Truman re mark that Jimmy was a miserable failure. It is easy to form and express horseback opinions but it is difficult to measure the achievement of a man in Mr. Byrnes’ position. We Ameri cans had evidently gone about the Russian menace under many mis conceptions. Though Mr. Roosevelt seems to have been so grievously wrong we are bound to admit that many endorsed his course because of the problem of how to win the war. That hectic period must be remem bered in fairness to Mr. Roosevelt, There was a time when the Mayor of a town or city did little but look impressive and important; perhaps a wee bit pompous; but today the av erage Mayor is like a man carrying all the world on his shoulders; and some of it gets in his hair. One of the problems of a town is to extend the public services to all citizens. In most towns the public services are restricted to a few areas. It is unavoidable, but undemocrat ic, since we are all Kings, accord ing to the late Huey Long. I doubt if there is a town in the State ade quately with parks and playgrounds, unless it be Charleston. Today most towns are eager to- provide costly air field, but few pro- although he seems to have renounced i y ide good parking lots. Every town his professed principles, as well as needs parking lots near the center on the western trend of cotton. Texas is the largest producer of cotton but the second cotton state may be Cal ifornia. Most of us are astonished at the cotton production of California and New Mexico; we think of cot ton as a great crop of the South. At cotton conventions I learned of one farmer of Mississippi who plant ed 35,000 acres and had an average of 600 pounds lint cotton per acre. There are many fanners of the Mis sissippi Delta who plant large areas and produce heavy poundage. Last year I overheard farmers from Ok- danger clearly. It may be that cotton' from irrigated fields lacks some-i thing that our cotton has, but the problem is not a simple one. Higher taxes! Taxes to support the Nation are higher. This isn’t entire-, ly because of Korea; we continue to, spend Federal tax money on all the programs of our Socialist bureau-! crats; and we continue to throw away billions of tax money on the wild dream of resisting Communism throughout the world. If America! ; were strong and ready no one would pick a quarrel with us. Then State the Chinese and Korean rights. Mr. Byrnes, caught in a whirl of trouble, was always deeply aware of the grave threat of Communism. Roper C. Peace, well known pub lisher, told me in IMS of conversa tions with Mr. Byrnes in which Mr. Byrnes had told him of the heavy Communist cloud hanging over the world. Frequently w6 hear the remark that the State would be able to oper ate without a deficit if the State would use all State revenues for State purposes only and let the towns and counties raise revenue for themselves from other sources. That is a little like letting father use all the money for himself while mother takes in “washing.” Who are die people of South Carolina? The citi zens of towns and counties are cit izens of the State, but towns and counties are without the same op portunities for collecting taxes. If the State does not contribute to the towns and counties we shall have higher levies on farms and homes, for the counties and towns raise most qf their revenue from “Property taxes.” If the towns and counties spend the public money wisely then the problem might be to curtail grants for other purposes by the State rather than to reduce grants to towns and counties. We seem to increase funds for law enforcement as fast as we increase appropriations for the schools and colleges. In the days of the simple life a Sheriff might operate with one deputy; today the average county has quite a force. And this county force, along with the Highway Patrol and the Governor’s officers, are a num erous body of police. I do not say that we have too many; I merely wonder whether we are worse in conduct than our grandfathers. Of course we are a problem on the pav ed highways—and growing worse. Perhaps the automobile is the reason for our numerous public protectors. When a man committed a crime, in the long ago, he hid somewhere in the neighborhood, especially down lahoma and New Mexico talk of taxes are higher; county taxes are three bales to the acre! My greatest higher. surprise, however, was the speech of j We read that county taxes are the Mayor of Loa Angeles: his coun-; higher because of the consolidation ty averages 693 lbs. of lint per acre of schools and school districts. What and California intends to be the se-: is there about consolidation to in- cond cotton state. {crease the cost? Obviously a greater So you see what Mr. Agnew has in number of pupils will require more mind, yncontrolled acreage may re-1 teachers; probably more buildings; suit in a half million more bales in'but the mere fact of consolidation South Carolina, but the likelihood is surely cannot occasion higher costs; that California, New Mexico, Texas more likely the other way. At bot- and Oklohama may take the crop tom, the argument for consolidation from us, ultimately getting our cot- is to promote efficiency and more ton mills, also. At any rate, Mr. Ag- economical use of the school funds, new, as a farm prophet, sees this Is it failing in that? Engine Check for Fall Motoring Be prepared for the tough cold-weather motoring ahead. Let us check your tires, inspect and adjust brakes, lubri cate all bearings, inspect and adjust ignition, and tune motor. Low cost. Drive up now! f .,pCj/ MHO ifruvi' \m\iu West Main Street Cooper Motor Company Phone 515 And all parking lots should be pro vided with comfort and telephone facilities at reasonable cost. More people come to Columbia by bus and private cars in one day than come ' by plane and train in a month. Mr. E. H. Agnew, president of the South Carolina unit of the Farm Bu- ' reau, advocates continued control ofj cotton acreage. 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Textile wages in the South are up even more, while in this same period residence telephone rates in South Carolina have advanced on the average only 56%. Com pare that also with a 72% rise in the overall cost of living during this same 10-year period. In other words the price you pay for telephone service has gone up far less than wages, far less than family income, and far less than most commodities and services you buy. Meanwhile, the amount of telephone service available at your local service rate has increased immensely. Today through out most of South Carolina you can call and be called from nearly three times as many telephones at your local service rate as you could 10 years ago. Yes, any way you look at it, telephone service is still one of today’s biggest bargains in South Carolina. p. 7%. 7Ptc/4luu% South Carolina Manager SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE # AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY TIE BIGGEST NEWS IN MOTOR CMS IS SUIL OLDSMOBILE'SHOCKEr! 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