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Paire Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, February 22,1951 =rv: QJbr (Elinton Qlhrontrlf Establish rd 1900 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY v Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): * One Year $2.00, Six Months >1.25 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C., under Act of Congress March 3, 1879. The Chronicle seeks t ie cooperation of its subscribers and readers— the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. Ttiis paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. X ' MEMBER: SOUTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION National Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia +++++++++++++++ W A ^ Farms & Folks ium-sized farm, Mr. Warner still cuts a lot of hay. He gets a good cutt ing from his kudzu in midseason. It comes out again and furnishes fall grazing while his winter grazing is the kudzu is cut for hay and the sun can get in while it is coming back. The grass is getting thicker there and 4he kudzu thinner, he says. He sells hay. But keeps a good re making needed headway. A lot of i serve of it for use if winter graz Johnson grass comes there too, after Ung should run low. And until we greatly improve our knowledge atoout management of grasslands, we had cetter keep that reserve of hay or grain straw to tide over the blank spots in the grazing picture. But with proper management, it looks like (Continued on page five) CLINTON. S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1951 Politics As Usual It is noted that John C. Williams, ot Spartanfoung, has been confirmed by the senate to be U. S. attorney for the Western District of South Caro lina. to fill a vacancy caused by res ignation. Williams, a former law partner of Senator Olin Johnston, was nominat ed for the federal post by President Truman on the recommendation of Johnston, with Sen. Maybank con curring. Politics as usual, the common prac tice by senators and congressmen of landing good paying jobs at taxpay ers’ expense, for their political friends and supporters. There is more ^ interest on the part of many in Wash- D«L: n J TL« TimPC mgton in dishiog out patronage and Denm U 1 ne 1 ,me: » seeking committee assignments than , , . , . in balancing the budget and giving , ture there re a t to taxpayers was the usual talk of 3 short ses - ing a motor veheile while under the influence of liquor. It should be un derstood that regardless of who you, are, if convicted of drunken driving you are headed for jail without any loop-hole. This will curb such driv ers because the certainty of such se vere punishment would cause drink ers to consider a long while before getting behind the wheel of a vehicle. Such drastic measures are being en forced in many courts throughout the country and with marked suc cess. A fine, immediately paid—will not stop these violators and danger ous drivers the highways endanger ing the lives of others. Sure jail sen tences will to a large extent. When the South Carolina legisla- /jfl /(/• t Jif-i: % * ' By J. M. ELEAZER. Clemson College Extension Infor mation Specialist Grassland In Greenwood \ Many an old cotton farm of Green wood Is knowing a new' glory with grass. Only a few years ago this awaken ing was young, in the demonstration stage. I saw the early plantings with County Agent Garvin and their SCS man, Johnson Craig. Now they have become widespread, and you see them along rural lanes anywhere you ride. But there are still vast un developed areas awaiting the bene diction that grass brings to a diver sified program. Last fall when I was there Garvin took me by to see Olin Warner. He “was in from the field, had had his bath, was sitting on the porch in clean fresh overalls, and hadn’t put his socks on yet. I felt like pulling my shoes off too. I can just rest fast er that way on a warm day. Mr. Warner’s farming centers around the 70 head of beef cattle he has. He has all sorts of grazing and has learned a lot about managing it. That’s a subject that we all in South Carolina need to know a lot more about. We have found out some re markable things about growing graz ing. But we know very little about grazing and managing it yet; so as to get the most out of it and take best care of it and our stock the year through. With that rrianiy cattle on a med- Cot Your fishing License Yet 1 Tor.r7»*’« $tone , See Our Complete Line of fishing tackle COX HOME & AUTO SUPPLY, Inc. 201 N. Broad St Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed Phone No. 12 ’ sion” which is heard each year and! usually turns out as an empty ges- The Santee-Cooper Grab ture 1 .vo members «»f the Richland, ^he North Carolina and Georgia county house de-ogation intro-lut-ed a g fcnera ] assemblies meet every other re-, .utioo yesterday charging tha. y^,- anc j a uend to two years’ busi- the Santee-Cooper political-kilowatt ness a j one session Th e North Caro- mat bine has $4,000,000 of state mon- jj na g roU p j s a b 0 ut winding up and ey, and would compel the authority headed for adjournment. The Georgia ;o ray into the state treasury this jjo^y completed its work last week CHERRY PIES 8-in. 45c — 9-in. 55c TINMAN'S BAKERY Phone 334-W amount "regardless of any bookkeep ing derices used in hiding money ac tually belonging to the state of South Carolina.” This is the most impartant move mack; in the legislature in several years, for if this agency is not check ed it will dnve taxpaying pifclic util ities out of the slate by substituting socialized power. The recent grab of Bumberg is an example. Who then will pay the taxes? Santee-Cooper should be sold and the proceeds turned over to the state. The people have little if any confi dence in its administration. And what makes its operation disgraceful is the fact that the “key men” in the senate who champion the project are on the payrolls of public power and' • drawing large salaries And Santee- TLg Q ena #. e Should Aff Cooper doesn't pay taxes. Lf it can’t 1 ne Jenare jnoUIO MCT undersell private utilities it is dumb, i l° wer house recently passed lor the latter pay millions annually P r<> P ose( ^ 22nd amendment to the in ’axes. i f ' s<lera l Constitution limiting the ten- j are of the Presidential office to two |_l _ _ C tl __• • | terms. The bill was sent over to the llaS auspicious Odors | senate where it is still unsettled and Tie report of the Fulbright com- a strong effort is under way by cer- and the members went home. The three bodies convened about the same time. Our state could learn a needed les son from these sister states. From Columbia the report comes that our legislative body, in session seven weeks, is not yet really ready to be gin its work, which is assurance that we may expect the usual long weeks before adjournment. And the prac tice, which is unnecessary and can not be justified, is expensive to tax payers. In comparison to many other states we are behind the times. Too much “politicing” and loafing is largely re sponsible for the procedure we wit ness each year. mittee on the political shenanigans of the Reconstruction Finance Cer tain members to kill the proposal. When up for discussion a few days poration is an eye-opener. It has re- age it was stated on the floor by a veaied what we have been saying 1 senator that postponement was de fer a long time, along with many j sired because Senator Jefferies (San- others that this gigantic lending tee-Cooper) wanted to speak against afte-ncy, the world’s greatest—should it but was unable to do so because of wind up its affairs and get out of an ailing tooth. The bill is to come business in competition with private up again soon, probably, and the peo- bnsiness. And yet in the face of these pie hope that body will support Sen- startling revelations of profiteers and | ator Taylor of Anderson in his fight the scandal explosive within the Ad- for its passage. Why are "certa'in” ministration, President Truman has members so opposed to the passing ignore^ the recommendations for re- ! of the amendment by our state? It is organization and renominated the' noted in passing, that some of the very five men a senate committee has twice refused to confirm. Tne RPC golden goose has a bad Gray Funeral Home Clinton. S. C. FUNERAL DIRECTORS EMBALM$RS AMBULANCE SERVICE Phone* 41 and Iff-J L. BUSSELL OEAT and V. PARKS ADAIR. Gen. Mgn. Samson folding furniture ... keeps the family happy at home Whether it’s for hearty snacks, home movies or a game of cards. Samson keeps the whole family at home and happy. Built to last a lifetime, beautifully designed ... in smart decorator color. 7’ 5 Deluxe Folding Chairs Spring Cushion Seat — Vinyl Upholstered Deluxe Folding Tables Vinyl Upholstered Top V0RRC —Easy Folding tJm AM a fall liaa af Economy Pieces IN NEW DECOtATM C010K TO HAIMONtZE WITH ANY I00M MOV IDG ETTA DINING SPACE WHEN COMPANY COMB T. E. Jones & Sons Complete Stock Household Furniture AMERICA^ LARGEST AND FINEST LOW-PRICED CAR ! odor and lacks public confidence. Arid to add to the disgraceful reports of high financing many of those cro nies on the inside have (Missouri backgrounds and many of the firms have been close to the Pendergast machine of which President Truman was a smooth cog when he went to the senate. Drunken Drivers Increase •Nearly 7,000 drivers in this state lost their driving licenses during 1950, for periods ranging from three months to five years, a report issued by the Highway Commissioner chows. The year’s end total of all suspen sions, revocations ,and cancellations was 0,803. Driving while intoxicated accounted for 61)997 of the with drawals, reckless driving accounted Sot 154. The commissioner’s report states that the reckless and careless driver was the “No. 1" killer on the high ways, and while he did not say so, drinking or drunk drivers is largely reaponsible for a large part of our rood carnage. During the month past over six hundred persons lost their Mcenses for some sort of law violation. This means as a protection to human life, that regulations must be tightened up and enforced. The National Safety Council tells u* that most automobile accidents are due to drinking, speed and care lessness. • What we need is mandatory jail sentences for those convicted of driv- 1 strongest opponents have Washington connections and are getting hand outs and pap for projects from the Administration. Thirty-one states have now ratified the amendment, Georgia and Arkan sas being the latest two that have voted in favor of the constitutional change. Our state is still not in the list because some of its senate op ponents attack it as a relbuke to the late President Roosevelt. That is pure politics which should have no part in consideration of this amendment. The two-term precedent served the country well from George Washing ton’s day to the New Deal era. Then it was shattered on the “indispensa ble” argument for a third and fourth term, for which we are now paying in many expensive ways, both on the foreign and home fronts. Already there is some agitation for a third term for President Truman, and that probably would be followed by a fourth term appeal if successful. The country can’t again stand such a ca lamity. Down with individaul per petuation of political power and pat ronage To Address Directors ED H. CHERRY, manager of the Southeastern division of the United States Chamber of Commerce, will meet with the board of directors of the local Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, February 27. 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