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Thursday, October 15, 1953
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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fcver, so far as this state is concern- 1 half a mill per kilowatt hour.’" And people say, what shall we do about
tu, who fixes the rates? The South 1 further, “The Greenwood County; taxes? What will we do about this
t^arolina Public Service Commis- Commission ... is able to offer ru- or that? Many speak as though
sion. If Federal power is cheaper ral electric cooperatives a power they were living under King
it raises several questions: Why? supply at three-quarters of a cent George III, under a Caesar or some
Because Federal poyer escapes tax- per kilowatt hour.” Following the other dictator.” _
ation, for the most part. How do above, the Senator says that the cnrTK PA ROT TN4
we support the Federal Govern- privite power companies in South p 0 u\ T TY OF I AURENS " 1 ‘ ’
ment, the Counties and the schools? Carolina have fallen ii\,4ine with ' r-rutrt ntr pi fac:
By taxation. Then shall we take this progressive policy -^As I said IN COURT OF COMMON PLLAb
11 - . . Citizens Federal Savings & Loan
Association, Clinton, S. C.. Plaintiff,
Senators Maybank and Johnston
have been widely quoted recently
because of speeches and writings.
Senator Maybank has spoken
sharply against Government by
crises and Government by emer
gencies. The Senator very proper
ly condemned the FEPC clause in
the contracts for Commodity loans
to farmers.
I need not discuss the merit or
demerit of the so-called FEPC, as a
piece of political cdap-trap, to catch
votes. Even if one thought the gen
eral proposition had merit he would
recognize the all-pervading political
hypocrisy of it, and would know
that it is simply and entirely a
scheme to woo a bloc of votes. But
assuredly the inclusion of such a
clause in farm-loan contracts was
i ridiculous.
Senator Maybank had in mind,
probably, the practice in Washing
ton of declaring a State of emer
gency as justification for some ex
ecutive usuipation of authority
never dreamed of in our basic law.
Senator Johnston has been firing
his heaviest guns at President Eis
enhower. This' heavy cannonading
may clear the air and do good; it is
helpful to the cause of good govern
ment to keep the group in power on
its best behavior.
My friend, Senator Johnston, and
my friend, Senator Maybank, are
usually regarded as staunch advo
cates of what is known as Public
Power; that is the building of pow
er dams and generating plants with
Federal funds. Someone seems to
have given Senator Johnston some
inaccurate figures, unless my mem
ory is at fault. If so, I will gladly
make a correction.
A distinguished friend in Vir
ginia has sent me a copy of The
Congressional Record of August 3,
containing an extensive and lauda
tory account of the benefits from
public power in an article by Sena
tor Johnston. I am not taking ex
ception except to one or two points
which seem to obscure, or innocent
ly misleading, because the Sena
tor is not trying to mislead us, I
know. But the first question I
raise is this, in the third paragraph;
f “Federal *power . . . has been a
^ worthwhile force in breaking down
the restraints of monoply price
fixing”, of electricity.
The Senator did not refer spe
cifically to South Carolina, so my
question may be unnecessary. How-
off the taxes from the private pow- the Senator was speakiqg of con
* er companies' and order them to ditions throughout the ntaion. But
1 compete’'with those that pay almost! only so that we may keep the rec- vs Horace L. Prater, Defendant.
; no taxes? ; ord clear—and I am relying on my PURSUANT to a Decree of the
I have farming interests and have memory—is it not true that The Court in the above stated case.I will
nnection with a Co-Op. If the South Carolina Electric and Gas sell at public outcry to the highest
company gave a rate of five and a bidder, either in or in front of the
half mills to cooperatives three or Court House, at Laurens C. H., S.
four years ago? It was the lowest C., on Salesday in November next,
Government control all the power,! ever given, I read. At that time being Monday, the 2nd day of the
and sell to everybody, so as to treat | didn’t the papers carry a story month, during the legal hours for
all citizens alike, according to our about that five and a half mill rate?
American doctrine of equality be
fore the law? Shall we confiscate
( connection
Government sells me power for
j less than my ’ town friends, that is
i not fair to them. Then shall the
is the identical property conveyed
to me, the said Horace L. Prater,
by John C. Nabors by his deed
dated June 6, 1947, which deed is
to be filed forthwith in the office of
the Clerk of Court for Laurens
Count}*, South Carolina, for re
cording.
TERMS O SALE: Cash, the suc
cessful bidder, other than the plain
tiff herein, immediately upon the
conclusion of the bidding, shall de
posit with the Clerk of Court the
sum of 5 per cent as a guarantee of
his good faith in the bidding. The
same to be applied to the purchase
price upon his complying with the
terms of sale, otherwise to be paid
to Plaintiff for credit on the in
debtedness. In the event the suc
cessful bidder should fail to make
such deposit, or should fail to com
ply with the terms of sale, the said
lands shall be re-sold on the same
or some subsequent Salesday on
the same terms, at risk of the de
faulting purchaser.
The purchaser to pay for papers,
stamps and recording.
W. E. DUNLAP,
C. C. C. P. & G. S.
Dated this 12th dav of October,
1953.
all private investments?
Of course the Senator knows that
most of the cooperatives in South
Carolina are served by private
power companies. I think that is
a correct staement, though I in-
i vite correction, if I’m in error.
Senator Johnston probably is a
fine example of what we call pn-
I vate enterprise, individual initia
tive and self-reliance; he made his
own way; he battled against the
such sales, the following described
Or was it a page ad by the power property, to wit:
company. And then my friends of! All that piece, parcel-or tract of
Santee-Cooper made contracts with land with dwelling house and oth-
the Co-Ops at 6.2 mills?
I do not think any company can
er improvements thereon, situate,
lying and being on the north side of
sell power, even at 6.2 mills, to-| Ibe Goldville to Whitmire paved
day and break even, considering road about one-half (1-2) miles
the high prices of everything. j northeast of Bond Cross Road, in
The Senator will understand that i Jacks School District No. 2, of Lau-
my discussion of the philosophy of rens County, State of South Caro-
Govemment Power is a permissible lina, containing eleven and nine-
difference between friends: and tenths (11.9) acres, more or less, and
that the figures I have cited from being bounded on the north by
Here comes help
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Whatever your work, it
goes easier when you pause
now and then for an ice-
cold bottle of Coca-Cola.
Yes, sir—Coke helps plenty
... you work refreshed.
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lands now or formerly of Federal
Land Bank, 1996 feet thereon; on'
_ o memory will strengthen his fine ef
tides of discouragement and adver-jfort to prove that SoJlth Carolina (
sity and won his place in the world is the garden spot of the world. the southeast by the Goldville to
without Government help. So I Both Senators Maybank and' Whitmire paved road separating
make the point that the Govern-; Johnston have protested strongly the lands thereby mortgaged from
ment should get out of all business, against Government purchases
or take over all business, including from New England cotton mills be-
the farms and politics, as m Bus- cause New England may have un
sia. __ j employment problems. Our Sena-
A Russian knows exactly where (tors are contending that the Gov-
j he stands. He doesn’t stand. Still, j ernment should treat all alike, ac-
! if a little Government money is cording to the principle of equality
1 helpful, why not more? And if before the law. They are entirely
1 Government participation in one right and nobody can challenge the
1 business is good, then why not in soundness of that contention.
all? And if one group is specially
favored, why not all? And if one
business is built with Federal Gov
“One hundred years ago the
American people had no fear of
thereon; on the south by lands tff
Fred Johnson, 1800 feet thereon:;
on, the west by a public dirt road
separating the lands hereby mort
gaged from lands of John C. Na
bors, 451 feet thereon. Said tract
of land is more particularly showm
1 and described as to shape, metes,
courses and bounds according to a
plat of survey thereof made by S.
T. Martin, dated June 6, 1947, and
FINAL SETTLEMENT
eral tax at all—and very little of
any other taxes—why shouldn’t all
of us have tax-exemption? How,
then, would we operate the Gov
ernment? I dont’ know. Do you?
And how about the schools?
One feature of Senator Johns
ton’s article in the Congressional
Record I want to praise: he was
really advertising the South, as
compared with New England. In
general, as between us and New
England, the Senator was giving us
a great boost. He might have‘help
ed the cause, however, if he had
had to get all the facts. For exam
ple, he says _in the last paragraph
of page 1, “Rural electric coope
- - Take notice that on the 3rd day
ernment money, yet pays no Fed- what their government might do of Decem5er 1953 r will render a
— - - because they were determined that , , d doi
hem sovernment should serve as Administratr , x / D B Ni o( lho
them. The fiber of the People hasj ^ Crawford m
changed, has grown soft and afraid, the o((i of the Jud ot probat
Today we are fearful of our Su-, 0( Laurens Countyi at ‘ 0 . clock ,
preme L.ourt. .! m., and on the same day will apply
We are fearful of the laws passed for a (jna| dls(;ha , ^ ," it
by Congress and acts of the ch.ef as Administr atr,x. D. B. N.
executive. Why should we be| A n indebted said es .
afraid of our own servants, men in;
tate is notified and required to
P I hear oeonle ask what will wel make P a y ment on or before that
, 1 .,® ar P eo P le as £ ,*7 . date; and all persons having claims!
do if the Supreme Court holds that against said H estate wiU present ;
segregation in schools is unconsti
tutional. What would your fathers
and grandfather's have done under
the same circumstances? The Su
preme Court knows that the ,14th
ratives in my State are securing! amendment to the Federal Const^
their power supply at about three
quarters of a cent per kilowatt-
hour, and a number of them are
paying the South Carolina Public
stitution was never adopted by t^re
qualified voters of the states, nor
their lawful representatives; that is
not validly a part of the Constiu-
Service Authority only a little overltion and has no place in it. I hear
them on or before said date, duly
proven, or be forever' barred.
JEANETTE CRAWFORD
CHAPIN
— 12.. Elena Place.. ™™L_
-Bejleville, N. J.
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