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— * f » > Page Four COMMENT ON MEN AND THINGS By The Spectator Most of us were born in the Dem ocratic Party, but we were born American citizens, too. As a boy here in Charleston I was taught the lessons of the patriots; I de- aimed the speeches of Patrick Henry; I learned of George Wash- seeing-men, men of vision who built idea of planning our life for us. If there *is a plan there must be a planner, so these men are the plan ners. Little by little planning grew into controls. Today we are under the control of a body of men who do not even talk our language. If any benefit has accrued then we are like those crying for the flesh pots of Egypt, men preferring bond age to strenuous liberty. The America of our fathers was a land in which every man might make of himself what he could: J he sought no Government favor and | he had no Government controls over him. Men who built this ol<jl City—and built it well—were far- if necessary and then turning them out within 8 years before they also acquire the mink-coat habit. (A speech made by J. K. Breedin to the Kiwanis Club in Charleston.) The late Christie Benet, fine cit izen and lovable gentleman that he was, met me one day on ihe street in Columbia and expressed the gravest concern over the pros pect of the flooding of ^ Clemson property by the proposed Hartwell dam. More recently an engineer of Virginia, a Clemson man, has writ ten at length in the same vein. We are told that all this- is not true.: What engineer of recognized stand-; ing supports the contention that Clemson will not suffer? Some of us are nearmg the end of the trail. During the years we have seen many drastic Changes, seme of them not very good. Although I have been a student THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Lunch refreshed of government the shock to me is >ngton: I spoke in school tfte De-f 0 f materials more enduring than t, a rat ion of Independence; I read 1 bjonze—they built on the imper- , ccounts of the Partisan leaders 1 j s hable spirit of accomplishment, who roamed South Carolina—Sum- We have naturally fallen into So ft r. Marion. Pickens, $nd others. | cialism. as Socialism is Government Great figures were the men who | control. In regulations we are mak- -hood in the forefront of America’s; i n g the Federal, Government su- i 1 . 5 a cn ^ zen ’ no ^ as a s ^ u ° en ^ or P u °t! battle for independence. I still re-1 p rem e. It is supreme even if thet ^ a I have seen am-, v; re the memory of great men and , COU rts must twist the Constituion' ° ltl0Us programs submitted to Con-, r table achievement. bt'vond recognition: if seeks to be/Sress under a deliberate deception, j 1 h»„ been roared on stores of|supreme now in actual business op- t^MgjptedlJcwje ot thyj mm who had vision, who worked orations, competing with its own progtam. unaei complete misap • d saved, who become great lcad- | people This newest effort is to en-, Prehension, based on mtsmtorma- < - m a developing land. They built gage in the power business. 1 _ , c . „„ I well for we greatlv surpass alii There is only one remedy: we I In time of flood and storm we opportunities must rid ourselves of Truman.! become sympathetic toward pro- This, Trumamties and Trumanism. There ’ grams of flood Control; then again, must be no compromise; it is a na-; are easily persuaded that we tion we must save, not a mere po- should dredge our rivers and use; litical party. That men of our way I them for heavy freight, so that then i Coca-Cola t'ther nations in the w:d. rewards for the worker. > not due to exceptional resources - a: me. for other lands have as much; but it is due" to exceptional opportunity fostered by the Ameri- £. n way pf living. In recent vears We under the sway of men who have done little 'or_ nothing themselves ’but have borrowed from Europe the of thinking should control the Dem-jhj’ings U P navigation. It is a dou- j erratic,Party seems a fatuousJlopeL bie-barreted proposal that we spend ; <»--- t . . 7- i ^ • billions of dollar'; tn nromntf' use Kavc“ fafienlbuf unless Ms natiofiTs u.-sur-.i J' 0!!i'ms of dollars to promote use thorough cleansing and oration w T e should use our reconse-' rivers for navigation and set up ballots 1 an elaborate flood control. Merely independently, voting - LOVELY GlBSON/» EASTER. To bring Easter joy to everyone young ond old, near ond for. SEE OUR BIG DISPLAY-BEST SELECTIONS NOW! J. C. THOMAS, Jeweler “It’s Time That Counts’’ CLINTON AND JOANNA ICECREAM DiximaiD’s Sensational • * ;• New Flavor-of-the-Month Two of your favorite flavors combined into one deli cious dessert, one real treat! Yes, Marble Fudge Ice Cream is, a delightful, enticing blend of smooth rich Vanilla Ice Cream rich in ribbons of chocolate syrup! Enjoy some today—in generous servings at your favor ite soda fount, in handy take-home cartons from your favorite DiximaiD’s dealer! —> When It's DiximaiD — It's Better Made! AT YOUR DEALERS LABORATORY CONTROLLED A Division of the Borden Company Republican r a?- ^ Incident' Tsometimes hot em- —- phasized) reference is made to use of the water for generating electric power. Knowing some of the promoters of the so-called water projects and Navigation schemes I believe in their good faith, but they are be ing ^ subjected . to the persuasive} blandishments of the Washington | Socialist planners and they are car- j rying the nation rapidly to all-out I competition with its own citizens! and- taxpayers-. I’ve read this week an Associated Press dispatch from Washington which I quote; “The H-bomb plant in South Car olina on the Savannah river is ex-* pected to use as much as one bil lion gallons of water a day. That’s about the same amount of water as consumed by New-JYork l City in a day. ‘ | The information was revealed re- i cently behind closed doors of a| house appropriation .subcommittee! which made public today the testi-! mony of witnesses ’urging a $4,000,- : 000 appropriation to start the huge j Hartwell development above the H-; bomb plant.” ’ Well it may surprise you to hear that the A.E.C. or H-bomb plant before the Hartwell dam can poss- j ibly be of any service. Now is Jiis, will have been in operation long a fact or not? We have been accept- ] ing as a fact many statements ♦ ) * ► * * k • just what to eat is sometimes a ✓ problem, but what to drink with it never is. Coke is so good- right in its own frosty bottle. lOTTlEO UNDE* AUTHORITY Of TH* COCA-COLA COMPANY »Y "C*k»"ko GREENWOOD COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO., Greenwood, S. C. © 1*52, TH! COCA-COCA COMPANY wtuclTTaTrdown under close senit iny. All the talk about the water for the H-bomb is just so much window-dressing; it is totally ir relevant, as the lawyers say. If the H-bomb were dependent on the Hartwell dam it would have to op erate on mud, not water, on prom ises, not fulfillment; on dreams, not accomplishments. Now, as to the H-bomb plant us- ing so much water that .it may re duce the depth of water on the Sa vannah River and thereby impede navigation and commerce, there is more probability that in the pro cess of filling the proposed Hartwell reservoir the level of the Savannah river will be notably lowered. If you want to see that in operation observe the Santee river below St. Stephen: during the period from 11942 to the middle of this month 1952 the Santee was a succession of mud flats and islands, virtually be yond any feasible plan of naviga tion. The Santee Canal, a very fine bit of work, is a substitute, but I am showing what will happen to the Savannah river while water is being impounded in a vast reser voir. So, instead of promoting nav igation of the Savannah the H- bomb plant will be in operation long before the Hartwell reservoir will be ready, and the available river water for the bomb plant will be heavily reduced by drawing off river water into the reservoir. pillllHWIlHIIIIHIlllBlllllllIHlIlllHHlIHIlllllllllllHflHHllllllllHllllllHIIIlllllHtlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllKlllIB^ Annual LIONS CLUB Carnival! try to inform themselves? We seem to be running about willy-nilly grasping at every straw and sailing headlong into every mirage. The Hartvfrell project is really just another power plan. It is an imitation of T.V.A., Clarks Hill and dozens of others, mosi of them be ing a false idea of getting some thing for nothing. We need money all the time; we increase taxes all the time; and we build vast plants tax-free and set them up in com petition with private enterprises which pay hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes and which are own ed by hundreds of thousands of citizens who have risked their sav ings in order to have a legitimate part in the development of the na tion. NIGHTS Although the Qovernment is spending vast sums I do not beg the question of competent or incompe tent management by referring you to Government by favor, Govern ment by mink coat; Government by cronies; or Government by trades and deals such as we read of in the surplus-property transactions; I rest it on this: Can we rebuild our na tion under bureaucratic control or must we rely on the hard-headed men, the men of faith, to put their money and their genius to the great work their fathers did? lUBSORDB TO TBS CHRONICLE "Tha Paper Everybody Reads" Fun! Entertainment! April 25-26 mmm It’s For You...BE THERE! MR. 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