Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1 l * t - ‘ . ..... •** . ' ji V- Pape Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE COMMENT ON MEN AND THINGS By The Spectator Walter S. Montgomery of Spar tanburg, invited about two hundred of us to a luncheon in honor of B. TV1. Edwards, the distinguished banker. I had the pleasure of go ing with John A. dampbellj, presi dent of the South Carolina Nation- a Bank, of which Mr. Edwards is chairman of the board.- Going, Mr. Campbell had as his other guests J. M. Blalock, publisher of The State and The Record and B. M. Edwards, Jr Returning Mr. Campbell in vited John K. Cauthen of the Tex tile Association and David May- bank, cotton merchant, to join us. B. M. Edwards is an extraordi- : try man by any standard, but so c mal and warm-lhearted that the * nker is lost sight of in the charm- . .g comradeship of the man. Mr. Montgomery was host' at an : iusual occasion and the occasion as a splendid tribute to Mr. Ed wards in a delightfully informal Thursday, April 9, 1953 Special To The Chronicle. ! - 'Washington, April 8.—It is be coming more evident-- every day that the Administration is about to crack down on the free-wheeling \ members of congress who have j been having a field day during re-; cent months. Like an actor await- j ing his cue. President Eisenhower i has been standing in the wings with his legislative program in[ hand. He has been unable to get the legislators’ minds off of m-j .manner. Mr Campbell and his car guests. had a very joyous trip, both going and returning, as well as during the time in Spartanburg- For a long time I -have had a re- spect for S. C. McMeekin that has ripened into the liveliest aprecia- tion of his great qualities. If you don't know Mr. McMeekin, let me introduce him: he is president of -Hie 'Sfcath ^Carolina Electric. a^nd Gas Company, operating from Charleston to Beaufort and almost into Savannah, then virtually to ! Augusta and up to Abbeville, then to Columbia, Fairfield and arottnd. I had known Mr. McMeekin as a great operating official, a gr^rious t T die $or pasture land. The authority said that imports during March and April would be even heavier and would continue through June. A letter from S. Walter Pilgrim, the authority’s representative at Rock Hill, pointing up the signifi-1 cance of the fertilizer material | shipments last month, was read at the authority meeting. Mr. Pil- j grim wrote: ’The impressive thing j that I noticed is the fact that prac tically every county of the state was served direcly from our facili ties; and certainly our farmers and., manufacturers are benefitted due to the fact that had this cargo been shipped from another port, the in land freight rates would have been i higher and naturally tbe consumer would have had to pay the differ ence. If the people of the state could see this picture as I do, they would certainly be all out ior the State Ports Authority since so many are benefitted financially from the port operation. This certainly is an im pressive picture since a large por tion of the cities, towns and ham lets in South Carolina were served in just one month’s operation’.” vestigations and a number of other extra activities. One of his most recent moves was his statement on reducing taxes before the budget is balanced All that Eisenhower said was that he preferred to have the revenue the governrpent would get if the tax ut measure was not enacted But that was enough. Paniel A. Reed, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, who had a measure in the mill for a IQ per cent reduction in personal income' taxes, said he would aban don his efforts. He did not do it gracefully, however. Bitter and disappointed, he denounced the Re publican failure to cut taxes, as "dishonest' ajid getting office under false pretenses.” v \ The episode indicates the Eisen hower’s prestige in the country is greater than he perhaps realized. It is also an indication of what will happen w r hen the President makes a stand. would be to cut down on defense] spending. To put it bluntly, this is! very unlikely. Many observers go so far as to say they expect just the opposite defense spending. Such a belief seems to have a good foundation in fact. President Eisenhower admit ted at a recent news conference that his staff has been studying a proposal that would authorize such increased spending. He said, how ever, that no onclusion had been reached. It is a decision that the President will have to make him self, because his cabinet is report ed split on the question. ft This can be expected if the Presi dent decides now that greater de fense outlays are necessary; it will unbalance the budget even further, delay ta* cuts, and give the Demo crats ammunition for the 1953 cam paign? - And while this type of thinking is evident in some sections of the cabinet, Secretary of Defense Wil- Another indication of a stand by the administration was Presi dent Eisenhower’s statement that he doubts that any major cutbacks can be achieved in former Presi dent Truman’s 46-million dollar de fense budget in the face of today’s world tension. There had been talk in congress that one way to balance the budget! Competent Chiropractic Health Care THE R. C. BOLEN CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC Edward Arms Apartment Bldg. Greenwood, S. C. Phone 9-6210 EXPERIENCED — ESTABLISHED JAMES E. WOLFE AGENCY 103 N. BROAD ST. — PHONE 610 INSURANCE INVESTMENTS • AUTO • FIRE • GENERAL • STOCKS • BONDS • MUTUAL FUNDS son told a news conference he does not think we are fully prepared to defend this country. At the same time he expressed a belief that defense spending could be cut. The recent explosion of another atomic bomb in Nevada furnished scientists, military men and others with considerable important new facts. One of the most improtant was the fact that this counry needs an expanded civil defense program— one in which every communiy can participate. It needs new officials, new money, ahd new enthusiasm. The sooner the better. NEW/ UTILITY TRACTOR k BUILT FOR TOUGH k. FARM JOBS! V’ 1 '- I. Americas No J. 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However, Mr. McMebkin de- .ered an address in New York, an address to cold, unemotional bank- rs, and the stock of the South and Gas Com- make a pany "went up", advanced, a dol lar a share. That was an extra- ordinary response to a masterly presentation by Mr. McMeekin. "of The ad-' ’Yht n"~]~ re^TThe' i;ep6fT dress and saw the resultant re sponse of the stock market. I re called the two orators of ancient Greece: one delivered masterpieces of eloquence; the other arousd the people and they cried, “Let us fight Phillip.” ' So I wrote a note to Mr. McMeek in emphasizing and applauding the efectiveness of his address, but that modest and gracious son of Ck*mson College modestly smiles and says nothing. I was reminded of another re markable response to an address. Some years ago, Senator Edgar Brown delivered an address to the Council of State Governments and the Council applauded the Senator so highly that he was appointed as a member of an advisory commis sion of the Treasury, as I recall; and the Senator’s address was pub lished in the Congressional Record. One characteristic of the address es of both Mr. McMeekin and Sen. Brown was this: both gentlemen were discussing the practical prob lems, and both were addressing men who were specialists in prac- iical financing. These gentlemen seem do stand head and shoulders above other speakers, when we consider the immediate response in both cases and the magnitude of the results. I should say that Mr. McMeekin not only spoke of his great com pany, but analyzed clearly the eco nomic condition of South Carolina, drawing conclusions that make very interesting and stimulating reading. Mr. McMeekin, a native son of cld Fairfield and a Clemson gradu ate, knows his state and did us a greet service by his excellent ad dress. a a a with a ll rocket 8"! DON’T WAIT another day to drive Oldsmobile’s dynamic new Super "88”! It’s the most thrilling car ever built—you’ll feel the difference the moment spectacular action from the mightiest "Rocket” Engine of all time! You go with silken smoothness—with a tre mendous bunt of power in emergencies—but always with scarcely a whisper from under the hood! POWIt STEHtMO* makes every turn of the wheel delightfully easy—makes park ing a pleasure! And with DDWIB BRAKES*, feather* light pedal pressure is all that’s needed to bring this big, powerful car to a quick, sure stop! But you won’t care to •top for long. The Super "88” as designed for action! It’s even POWER STYLID, with sparkling new beauty to match its fabulous performance! Stop in today for a demonstration! * •TAaa# P»wr Ftaturr* ant Ntw Aatrauit Eya art optional at extra east. — ' • . , . X T .. ; fr ,, ‘Y*******.-*.-'* u» X’ - f —nj Here is an interesting statement of the service rendered by our South Carolina Ports Authority to, our farmers: 'Ninety-five towns and rural; communities throughout Sout h Carolina last month received one or more carloads of imported calcium! ammonium nitrate discharged' across state docks at Charleston for; distribution to farmers as fertilizer.' More than 200 carloads, some 12 million pounds, of the nitrate, brought into the port chiefly from Western Germany, Austria and Holland, were distributed during February as part . of the cargo movement at state docks. In addition, 128 carloads of sul phur moved last month to fertilizer factories of the state for use in making fertilizer mixes. Charleston state docks also han dled shipments totaling E40 car loads of nitrate and sulphur to many points in North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee, and to ag ricultural areas of the midwest, in cluding 90 cars to Indiana, 60 to Il linois, 14 to Ohio, 8 to Michigan, 6 to Missouri and several to Iowa and Kentucky. Calcium, ammonium nitrate is used as Hop dressing’ for growing ' crops such as grains and cotton and SWER ”11- HOLIDAY tom A General Motan Faint Timmerman Motor Company Phone 119, or visit 109 Gary Street YOUR OLDSMOBILE DEALER ALSO FEATURES TOP VALUES IN SAFETY-TESTED USED CARS