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I 1 4 >* .1 THE CHROIIICIE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete “ iMe Newsy and Reliol Volume III Site tiUtntmt Cljronirb If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Clinton, S. C, Thursday, April 26, 1951 Number 18 The News it Courier of Charles ton has been shooting at the forced retirement of judges. In the begin ning this was intended to bring about the retirement of judges who were of great age and either in firm or completely unable to serve In olden times an official resigned when he became unable to render full service; but that does not seem to be the rule today. To correct this unfortunate condition it was proposed to retire the judges, though why a judge deserved this more than anyone else isn’f clear. It is true that some retired judges are still clear-minded and vigorous and able to render the best service. What has always made me won der what the retirement of elective officials. In theory a man elected to office for a term of years is not a career man; he is an official for a definite term of years. The South Carolina Constitution prohibits life-terms; all officials must be chosen for a definite length of time. A circuit judge is elected for a term of four years. It is quite possible that he might be defeated. Supreme court justices are elected for ten years, but they too, might fall by the wayside. How. then can South Carolina retire a circuit judge or a Supreme Court Justice on a pension for life? Is flsk your neighbor* about 6E Refrigerators! Your lucky neighbors who own G-E Refrigerators will tell you just how dependable, how wonderful they are! And well show you the beautiful G-E models that give you so much for your money. You’ll always be glad you bought a G-E! SPACE! 25% to 30% more space than older refrigerators occupying the same floor space! i! FEATURES! As only General Electric can make them! DEPENDABILITY! No other refrigerator can sur- f ass this record: More than ,700,000 G-E Refrigerators with sealed refrigerating systems in use 10 years or longer! NEW 1951 SPACE MAKER REFRIGERATOR MODEL NCS-8 TRIM AND SRCCiriCATIO CMANOt WITHOUT NOTICS SAVES YOU $30 OVER COMPARABLE 1950 MODEL! • V* Over 8 cubic feet of stor age space, two deep fruit-and-vegetable Rolla-Drawers, spacious meat drawer, rustproof aluminum shelves. SEE OUR NEW G-E REFRIGERATORS TO EASY TERMS, OF COURSEI H. D. Payne & Co. CLINTON, S. C. Authorized Dealer GENERAL© ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS that not a way of beating about the bush and giving life terms? A pen sion for life is a perfect twin- brother to an office for life. The Congress has authorized pensions for Congressmen, a bad, piece of legislation, I think, butj there is this difference: the Consti tution of the United States does! not prohibit appointments for life, though the Constitution of South Carolina does. In principle, how-! ever, a Congressman draws pay for life though a term in the House is wily two years. The proposed South Carolina Sales Tax of three per cent will not only be used for schools, but has already bcome the political candy to be fed the state in so many guises that no spectacles are! strong enough to enable us to seei the stern necessity for this imposi tion on the people. So far as the schools are concerned, a one-cent Sales Tax would be more than suffi cient; the three-cent rate will be applied however, because the peo ple back home are expected to re joice in public hand-outs, some of them of no urgency; some of them savoring strongly of small politics. the Conress did so, why are we giv ing away ships and building more ships at the same time? The Executive seems to regard himself as such an Absolute Power that he may do as he pleases, but why does Congress act like so many lame ducks? War is an extravagant affair at best. One cannot measure bullets and bayonets in hot combat as he would in a store; nor can one be condemned for throwing off his coat or his boots in the fury of at tack. I do not refer to such losses as were brought about by men in the front-line, or on the march; what I should like to know about is the truth of the reports of calmly throwing overboard a lot of expen sive equipment; then the truth about sales of supplies to dealers in Europe, as well as in this coun try. What became of the hundreds of billions? It is suspected that special friends on the insidte are throwing this country to the dogs. America needs a housecleaning so badly that the odor of special privilege and official misconduct has become nauseating. There is but one way to clean house: we must put out those who are now in charge. The Republi cans would be just as bad in six teen years, but we must never let one crowd stay there sixteen years again! This crowd is supported by the politicians who want to save their personal prestige and power: the prestige and power of the Na tion call for a house-cleaning! FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 31st day of May, 1951, I will render a final account of my acts and doings as Administrator of the estate of George Watson Meadors, in the of fice of the Judge of Probate of Lau rens County, at 10 o’clock a.m., and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as Administrator. Any person indebted to said es tate is notified and required to make payment on or before that date; and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven or be forever barred. A. CLARK MEADORS, Administrator. April 16, 1951. 4p-10 FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 14th day of May, 1951, I will render a final account of my acts and doings as Administratrix of the estate of Robert James, in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens Coun ty, at 10 o’clock a. m., and on the same day will apply for a final dis charge from my trust as Adminis tratrix. Any person indebted to said es tate is notified and required to make payment on or before that date; and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven or be forever barred. ISABELLE FULLER, 'Administratrix, Box 194, Laurens, S. C. April 14, 1951 4c-10 SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRON1CL* There is a resolution of the South Carolina House of Representatives declaring that Santee-Cooper has a surplus and should pay to the State four million dollars now. I have refrained from discussing the resolution because I thought it would be discussed in the Senate and brought out so as to be inform ative, one way or the other. The question is: should the Santee- Cooper pay to the State treasury four million dollars? Certainly the truth will not hurt anyone; no one has misapplied the money; no one intends to misapply it; there is no question here of good faith or bad faith; all of us can agree on that; the money is not hidden, the San tee-Cooper reports it publicly. The only question is whether the Direc tors of Santee-Cooper have acted with sound discretion, and accord ing to law. in withholding surplus funds from the State treasury If they have, the General Assembly should say ao; if they have not. then the General Assembly should ^direct that the surplus, or what ever part of m should be paid into the State treasury. No good pur pose is served by hiding the reso lution in the Senate Finance Cesn- mittee That makes people think there is something wrong; some thing that has to be hidden, where as there is no question at all about that; the only question is whether the Directors have misinterpreted the law. If the State should receive four millions now from Santee- Cooper the Sales Tax could be for gotten; and the rest of the plush and gilt and tinsel could be thrown ' out of the window. I: The Diesel engine is playing quite a part in promoting economy in railroad operation. Nearly every road publishes statements of great savings through the Diesels. Now come the trucks with the same re port. They save money because their; Diesel fuel is cheaper than gas oline. Heavy, long-distance-hauling trucks are being won over to the Diesel. Some time ago an engineer friend of mine told me that there was an improved turbine, using coal, that would knock the Diesel out; and in a few’ years we may have either Atomic power or some kind of tablet that will make the Diesels and the turbines seem ex-, travagantly expensive If a man uses only ten per cent of their in tellectual potential is probably too generous by far, though I don’t want to seem ungracious about it. i An article in a big business paper brings the news that the railroads and the truckers are beginning to do business together. It seems that they have worked out a plan by which the railroad will haul trail ers over some long trips, such as from St. Louis to Chicago. After years of fighting the railroads and truckers are trying to work out a plan for their mutual benefit. It permits one to hope that before long all our power enterprises may cooperate in peace and prosperity, in love and forbearance, all serv ing the State usefully and construc tively; and all being under the same rules. The probes being made by Con gress are bringing to light some facts that are disgusting, but I still wonder when Congress will invite the Hooper Committee, or some* Committee of its own, to check on all the spending of the Second World War. At this late date we find that the Nations which owe us billions of dollars don’t regard the loan as a debt; some even hold today hundreds of ships and refuse to return them. Many, many bil lions of dollars were thrown away. Today we learn that surplus ships were sold for a song; and then re sold by the buyer for a fortune! We have seen our Government give away ships of war. This country has seemed completly crazy, from the top to jhe bottom. 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