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a i « * n i ^ t Page Eight THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, June 14, 1951 Must Fiie For Certified Cottonseed By July 1 Clemson, June 2. Farmers in South Carolina who desire to have cotton seed certified in 1951 should file their applications with the South Carolina Crop Improvement Association, Clemson, on or before July 1. 1951, SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE “The Paper Everybody Reads” Dr. Fred E. Holcombe Office Hoars 9:00 to 5:30 200 South Broad St. OPTOMETRIST Offices at Phone €58 according to Robert H. Garrison, In Charge, Seed Certification. Mr. Garrison points out there has always been a demand for high qual ity, true to type seed and that no doubt, this demand will continue. He says farmers were searching in every direction this past year for certified seed but the supply was very short, due to low germination. “Farmers who planted registered (purple tag) seed may apply for cer tification and if their fields and seed meet the required standards, their seed will be classed as blue tag cer tified seed,’’ he explains. “Those who planted blue tag certified seed may have their increase certified with a red tag, provided the standards are met. “It is most important that all ap plications be filed on or before July 1, for each and every field must be inspected. Application blanks may be secured from the teachers of agricul ture, or from the South Carolina Crop Improvement Association, Clemson,” he adds. COMMENT ON MEN AND THINGS By The Spectator V ff STOCK FEEDS! 100 lbs. PIG &. HOG FEED, Print Bags $4*75 PIG &. 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Whenever you shop, always take home six big, BIG 12-ounce bottles of Pepsi-Cola for the family! TWELVE full glasses—plenty for all! -J No Finer Value at Any Price! PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING CO. GREENVILLE, S. C. How about the bond issue of $75,000,000—is it unconstitutional? At one time matters awaiting ju dicial decision were not discussed. There is no valid reason why the courts should be above criticism; they are instrumentalities of gov ernment and the Judges are elected to office for definite terms; I re fer to State Judges. And Judges are men, fallible men, like the rest of us. One .may,...gay that our State courts administer justice without prejudice or bias as a rule, not withstanding our political method of choosing Judges, and regardless of the habit of choosing Judges! from the membership of the Legis-I lature. I have read in “The State” that! the. Attorney General of South' Carolina contends that the issuance of the bonds will not violate the! Constitution. Naturally the Attor ney General will argue in that manner because it is his duty to, defend the Act of the General As-; sembly. He makes a point, how ever, according to . “The State”, : which causes me furiously to; think, as a Frenchman would say., The Attorney General contends that since a tax—the sales tax—has been imposed as a shield and pro tector of the $75,000,000 bond is sue the Constitutional inhibition does not apply. Let me quote “The : State”: The CMnplaint of a citizen,! Mr. F. M. Rooney, declares that the bond issue will violate the Consti tution. The Attorney for Mr. Rod- dey, Mr. Clint T. Graydon, “says the bonds will violate a Constitu tional provision requiring submis sion of bond issues to popular vote. The State (through Mr. Callison) counters that this may be true of bonds secured only by the general faith and credit of the State, but is not true of bonds for which spe cific revenues are earmarked.” What does the Constitution say about this? Here it is—Section 10 of Article 10: ‘:To the end that the public debt of South Carolina may not hereafter be increased without the due consideration and the con sent of the people of the State, by guaranty, endorsement or other wise, except for the ordinary and current business of the State, with out first submitting the question as to the creation of such new debt, etc., to the qualified electors of this State at a general State elec tion . . . And the General Assem bly shall levy an annual tax suffi cient to pay the annual interest on said bonds.” That is a clear statement and, everybody can understand the in-: tention of the Constitution. As a ! State under Constitutional govern-! ment we should insist on interpre-l tatidns that are in harmony with the plain intent, rather than to construct the language in a manner! of violence in order to squeeze and' strain meanings wholly at variance with the recognized and common- sense meaning. What could be a more solemn ob ligation on the State than a State bond? Could we honorably repudi ate it even if we failed to collect a Sales Tax? Of course we are fa miliar with the Federal Constitu tion’s 1 prohibition against any State law impairing the obligation of a contract. But if we don’t col lect it—then what? The full faith and credit of the State supports the bond issue. It would be in support of it even without that provision, for the State must act as honor ably as a man. And the fact that a man gives security for a debt does not excuse him if the security fails and he has property. -'Opposition to the bond issue is not necessarily opposition to a i building program; it is opposition! to unconstitutional procedure and a! purpose to compel the General As sembly to recognize, respect and' observe the Constitution and to be! governed by it. The State quotes our Attorney General as saying that the Consii-! tutional prohibition does not ap ply because "The tax is earmarked for school purposes . . . ”. The Act providing all this probably violates Section 17 of Article 3 which says “Every Act or resolution having the force of law shall relate to but on* subject, and that shall be ex pressed in the title.” Does that mean anything? Or may men of good intention and zeal throw it aside? The Attorney General’s state ment, as reported in "The State”, may be read in connection with| Sectiori 3 of Article 10, which says:| “No tax shall be levied except in pursuance of a law which shall distinctly state the object of the same; to which object the tax shall be applied.” What does that mean? It fits exactly what the At torney says about the tax and its object, though the prohibition of bond issues comes much later in the Constitution—Sectioh 10 of Ar ticle 10. In this case we may let the Constitution interpret itself. Notwithstanding Section 3, Section 10 clearly rules out the Attorney General’s remark. Mr. Callison is a good lawyer, but the test is whether the Con stitution means anything in South Carolina. » • • I regret to depart from a purely local argument to tell you that there will be a scramble to have the state assume the debts of school districts, just as the state assumed county road bonds. In fact, the Act itself provides for it. In a manner, that fails to provide the equal protection of the law, though I do not cite that techni cally since it means so much one day and so little the next. Still it sounds well in a JFourth-of-July speech. In the county some im portant roads may be unpaved, while in another they are paving pig-paths. Of course it depends on who lives that way. • * • Personal Manning, S. C. Dear Chronicle Reader: I write The Spectator and would like to think that you read it, whether you agree with me or not. I think, like the poet Tennyson, “There lives more faith in honest doubt,” etc. So I present some facts and some opinions, knowing that the future of our State and Nation depends on men and wom en who think. I am concerned about our trend toward Socialism and the over whelming Federal arrogance. America is big and rich but it is neither so big nor so rich as to be able to substitute handouts for work; nor can we afford to stifle individual initiative by bureau cratic sway. My best wishes and regards. Yours very truly, J. K. BREEDIN (Spectator) June 5, 1951. against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven or be forever barred. ELIZABETH H. COPELAND, JOHN M. HATTON, Administrators. 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