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% i Fage Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE available. Now if a bank in a town of two thousand people were sudden ly called on for fifty million dollars would it have the money? What would it do with all that money in ordinary times? It would “break it self” carrying so much unnecessary money. However, if there were a (sound need for fifty millions that small bank could tap the surplus mil lions of other banks. Of course that is the very elenment of strength of Power, electric power: is there a Jour great family of South Carolina shortage of electric power in South I banks: all its great resources are Carolina? That is not an opinion; ’ available to any one of its members, that is a fact. In this state we can But the small, individual bank could quickly arrange for all the surplus not reasonably carry such a surplus, power of any one company or all the It is clear that no concern carries •Companies so that the total power a stock or productive capacity un production of all plants can be made ( reasonably beyond the probabilities available for anv need I of demand. It must not be lost sight The South Carolina Public Service the ^ al P 0 " 1 " companies Commission can show from its reel 1 '™ ** sal<!s : the y dont " ant be ords that Santee-Cooper has sold 150,000,000 kilowatt hours a year to short of power. I mention this in details because the three private companies doing great damage can be done by the ♦business here; but those same com- statement that we did not have en- : panics had all the facilities necessary ough available power for a great aluminum plant. The truth probably is that we have available today, through interconnections if necessary, enough power, surplus power, to take care of a dozen aluminum plants; “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help.” But the incorrectness of that is brought out clearly by the following which is a denial of the first. I have been—and am—greatly in debted to many people. Years ago I was a guest in many Methodist, One hundred and thirty-six ipen don’t even know what they want to minor in. It seems that South Carolina Pres- j byterians have the upper hand on the campus. Two hundred and thirty- j five men call the Palmetto state home and there are 186 Presbyterians on the campus. There are 82 Georgians, 49 North Carolinians, 11 each from Florida, Virginia, seven from Indiana, four each from Mass., Ohio, Tennessee, ! and Texas, podnuh. The cowboy has !pot been identified. Second ranked church preference are the Methodists with 94 members. , Baptists rank a strong third with 88. cows which were thin, and put them on the kudzu in July. We took them off the latter part of November. They were in the best condition of any cattle we ever had. “The cattle had access to other pastures, but every time we went to the pasture, we found them graz ing on kudzu. “The kudzu'HaS'caught up the gul ly and we could wqrk it all right at present. “Kudzu has a^d£finite place in our grazing program. It will furnish grazing when other pastures have dried up. For summer grazing, I am sure it is an excellent plant. There are many fields in the district which, Thursday, March 8, 1951 if established to kudzu, would fur nish excellent grazing and improve the soil.” THE CHRONICLE Completely Coven Cllntoa’a Area for Advertlsen There lg No Substitute for N< paper Advertising \. to produce all that they needed; they found it advantageous to buy a part rather than use all their own steam facilities. When Santee-Cooper fail ed to carry out its contract—because of low water—the private companies | and the margin of reserve will still proceeded at once to generate for be ready for emergencies, themselves all they needed. To day I am not referring to the report the private companies have so much filed with the House of Bepresenta- more capacity that the increased de- tives, nor with the address in the mand for power is easily met and a Senate of my distinguished friend large margin of safety is mantained. from Barnwell; I am using informa- So today, we have enormously in- | tion which any citizen can get for creased private capacity, and Santee- Cooper also, as well as the early 1 himself. prospect of Clarks Hill power. We not only have all the power Millions and hundred of millions of dollars are being contributed by wo need today but we ship power,' our people to carry on the work of sell it to other states. The Public | the churches. Probably the more lib- Serviee Commission of the state will era l gifts are due to regular giving confirm this, I think. But what of an< i t° a conviction that we are fav- the future? Duke, Carolina Power ored beautifully by an abounding •& Light and the South Carolina Providence and should be willing to Electric & Gas not only have large; give more readily through a quick- reserves today but are spending per-' ened sense of appreciation. I do not haps a hundred million dollars for ^ish to sound a callous note by won- two or three years. They have to dering if anything maye be due to the look far ahead; great generators can’t exemptions from taxation. It may be be built and delivered in a day or ■ that niore and more of our people even a year. But all the companies find that their help comes from ^re building so far ahead in order Above, their only reliable, sustaining to have enough power and a margin, help. a large margin, in reserve. Now is it true that a great concern did not come here because of lack of If I may quote the Psalmist with a small change we may speak as he spoke: “I will lift up mine eyes unto power? Frankly I do not know, but i the hills. From whence cometh my as a businessman using a few grains of common sense let us look into help? Lord, My help cometh from the which made Heaven and that, just exploring the situation:, earth, there are some types of plants that The Psalmist means that though require incredible power. If such i he may look at the strength and rug- a plant suddenly, within a few days, i ged endurance of the hills they are should require as much power as five, but mute symbols of a great builder; hundred new cotton mills, would any (his help came from the Builder Him- company be expected within reason self. He looked to the hills; then to maintain that margin? Hardly; j he asked a question: then he answer- but South Carolina could get it eas- ed: “My help cometh from the Lord.” ily because all the surplus of all the In the King James version, with all power plants, public and private, is ■ its stately style, blended of simplic- interconnected and so made quicly l ity and wondrous imagery, this reads I Others are: Episcopal, 9; A. R. P., Catholic, Lutheran, Pentecostal Holi ness, three each; Christian, 2; and Christian Science, Church of God and Nazarene, one each. Only 12 students gave no prefer ence. There are only 88 on the campus now compared with 164 last year. Veterans have vanished almost. The women, too, have gone else where.' Their rank and file has dropped from 12 to eight. Total enrollment for the second semester is listed at 406 students. Kudzu Has Place In Grazing Program . By W. H. FLEMING Soil Conservationist J. W. Wasson, farmer and mer chant of the Hickory Tavern com munity, is a supervisor of Laurens ] County Soil Conservation district, i He is deeply interested in the soil conservation program of the district and in discussing the program re cently, he stressed the use of kudzu for erosion control and its value as a grazing crop. Mr. Wasson said: “In 1938 we planted about 8 acres of kudzu on badly eroded land which ( was almost worthless. The kudzu j was planted in rows about 15-20 feet apart and the plants were 3 to 4 feet apart. The kudzu grew and did well, but we did not make much use of it, | except to graze the mules on it in August. Then we bought 10 head of \ SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRON1CLB “The Paper Everybody Reads” THIS WOMAN , WEARS A 1 HEARING AID * yT" - “Impossible!" you say! Where’s the button? Where’s the receiver? The answer is that there is no button or receiver in her ear, yet sound is transmitted with power and clarity. 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