The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, May 27, 1954, Image 11
Thursday, May 27, 1954
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
NOTICE OP ELECTION
Notice is hereby given that a
Primary Election of the Laurens
County Democratic Party for
nomination of candidates of
Fourth Congressional District for
House of Representatives from
Laurens County and for the fol
lowing officials of Lsurens
ity, viz., Judge of Probate,
ity Treasurer, Auditor,
County Superintendent of^Edtl?
cation, County Supervisor, tw|
Commissioners, two magistrates
in Hunter township and one
magistrate in each of the Other
eight townships, will be held
Tuesday June 8th, at precincts
named below. Polls will open at
8 a. m. and dose at 6 p. m. with
managers as follows:
Baileys—W. B. Ramage, J. H.
Barrett, James Jacks.
Barksdsale-Naroie—Mrs. J. H.
Power, Mrs. Juanita Craddock,
M. B. Abrams.
Berewerton—C. T Hughes J.
R. Buzhardt, W. P. Knight
Clinton City — John Clark,
clerk; F. M. Boland, Sr, HNiry
Young Sr., Mk Miriam Donnan,
Miss Kate Milafn, Mis. James P.
Sloan, Mrs. Marion Nabors.
Clinton Mill—J. F. Wier, Mrs.
Marvin Whitmire, Mrs. Eddie
Davenport.
Cook’s Stores—D. H. Garrett, L.
C. Patton, W. R BaUey.
Cross Hill—J. H. Shealy, Mrs.
J. O. Denny, Mrs. R. B. Segars.
Daniels’ Store—J. B. O’Dell, B.
L. Martin, J. Y. Martin.
Dials—P. H. Harris, J E. Hen
derson, Mrs. W. R Harris.
Ekom — Joe C. Coker, Roy
Cain, C. L. Phillips.
Gray Court—Mrs. R. E. Gray,
Mrs. W. Tj. Pace, J. B. McCuen.
Grays—Sam C. Godfrey, S. H.
Coker, C. E. McIntyre.
Hickory Tavern—M. L. Mc
Daniel, A. C. Owens, T D Tumb-
lin.
Hopewell—W. P. Dickson, Don.
Boyd, C. R. Workman.
Joanna — W. P. Niver, Sr,
clerk; Mrs. Rolfe Clark, Mrs.
Walt Byars, Byren Lown.
Junes’ Store—R. A. Cook, Jim
my Thompson, J. R Graydon.
Lanford—S. W. Prince, Mrs.
Pauline Curry, Mrs. Edna De-
Shields.
Laurens City Ward 1 — Mrs.
George Hill, clerk; W. Fowler
Bums, Miss Mary Blakely, Mrs.
W. H. South.
Laurens City Ward 2 — Fred
Walker, clerk; Mrs. Brooks Dav
enport, Mrs. R. W. Briggs, Mrs.
Bob' Lee.
Laurens City Ward 3 — E. A.
Medlock, clerk; Mrs. A. P. Walk
er, Mrs. Jack Walker, Mrs. B.
S. Jen mgs. _
Laurens City Ward 4—Miss
Lucia Barksdale, Mrs. G. C. Pe
terson, Miss Inez Hudgens.
Laurens City Ward 5 — B. L
Clardy, clerk; Mrs. Pearl Mon
roe, libs. Vemer Gillespie, Mrs.
Clyde Seawright.
Laurens City Ward 6 — Mrs.
Merle Byars, Mrs. Agnes Sherer,
Mrs. J W. Blackwell, clerk, Mrs.
Flora White.
Long Branch—Mrs. Roy Har-
-ris, Mrs. Sam Compton, Mrs. Joe
Poole.
Lydia Mill — C. O. Parrish,
clerk; Miss Mary Johnson, Sam
Hairston, H. W. Williams.
Mema—Mrs. J. C. Reeves, Mrs.
Robert Mahon, C. N. Adair.
Mt Olive — J. H. Culbertson,
Mrs. J. H. Jones, J. C. Chapman.
Mt Pleasant — J D. Lawson,
Henry McGee, Oscar Stribling.
Mountville—J. T. Stokes, B. P.
Watts, H. W. Bryson.
Ora — Sam Fleming, Craig
Hunter, W. T. Blakely.
Owings — Carroll Cook, Mrs.
Zeb Vance, Mrs. A. F. Cook.
Pleasant Mound—J. G. R. Mar
tin, Mrs. S K. Riddle, Mrs. Ben
Hunter, Jr,-
Poplar Springs—H. O. Walker,
Bascoe Elledge, George Godfrey.
Princeton—B. A. Elledge, Mrs.
lomgene Maness, Agnes R. Babb.
Renno—Mrs. Jaimes Copeland,
W. E. Bell, Mias Minnie Ray.
Shady Grove — W. B. Cause,
Frederick Johnson, Mrs. David
Pitt*.
Shiloh—Roy Wallace, Roy C-
Gray, F. F. Hellams.
Stewart’s Store—W. D. Stew
art, H. M. Cook, Earle A. Hughes.
Tip Top—T. F. Smith, Frank
Whitaker, J. fc. Blum.
Trinity-Ridge— Warren Tins
ley, Furman Thomason, Gary
Gibbs.
Waterloo—Mrs. D. C. Smith, F.
I. Golding, C. O Teague.
Watts Mills—J. L. Satterwhite,
clerk; James L Brownlee, Joe S.
Blakely, Pierce Thomas.
WoodviUe—T. M. Kellett, B.
V. Gray, William Wham.
Youngs — Mrs. Merle Knight,
J. G. Harris, H. H. Abercrombie.
R. L. PLAXICO,
Chairman
RAYMOND C HILL,
Secretary
Laurens County Demo
cratic Party and Executive
Committee.
47-2t.
NOTICE OF SALE
The Board of Trustees, Lau
rens County School District No
56, will sell at public outcry to
the higest bidder, either in or in
front of Laurens County Court
House, Laurens, S. C., June 7,
1964, at 11:00 a. m., the interest
of the said Laurens County
School District No. 56 in each of
the following deecrbied parcels
of real property:
L Renno School (White) four
(4) acres of land with brick
school building thereon.
2. Elzee School (Negro), two
and 93-00 (2.93) acres with two-
room school building thereon.
3. Gainesville School (Negro),
one^room school building.
4. Rosemont School (Negro),
four (4) acres of land with one-
room school building thereon.
Duncan Creek School land
(Negro), four (4) acres of land.
6. Antioch School (Negro),
one-room school building
7. Rock School (Negro), one-
and one-half (1 1-2) acres of land
with one-room school building.
8. Wadsworth School (Negro),
two (2) acres of land, with two-
room school building thereon.
9. Bethel School (Negro), four
(4) acres of land, with four-room
school building thereon.
10. Old Mountville School (Ne
gro), two (2) acres of land, with
one-room school building.
11. Goggans School (Negro),
three and 42-100 (3.42) acres of
land with two-room school
building.
The number of acres stated to
be contained in each of the
above described tracts of land is
approximation only. More
By SPECTATOR...
COMMENTS
on
MEN AND THINGS
an
complete information as to boun
daries, courses and distances of
the said tracts may be obtained
by inquiring at the office of the
Superintendent of the School
District.
The Board of Trustees offers
for sale, and will execute deeds
of conveyance for, its interest in
each of the above described par
cels, such deeds of conveyance to
be WITHOUT general warranty
Prospective bidders are required
to examine titles prior to bid
ding.
Terms of Sale: Cash, the suc
cessful bidder, immediately upon
the conclusion of the bidding to
deposit with the Board of Trus
tees a sum equal to twenty (20)
per cent of the amount of his bid
and to pay the remainder thereof
within ten days from the date
of the sale. In the event the suc
cessful bidder should fail to pay
the remaining portion of his bid
within the time aforesaid, said
deposit shall be retamed by the-
Board of Trustees and forfeited
by said bidder. The purchaser
shall pay for papers, stamps and
recording.
The Board of Trustees reserves
the right to reject any or all bid*
and-or tp withdraw any parcels
from sale. w
—BOARD OF TRUSTEES,
Laurens County School
District No. 56,
J. J. Cornwall, Chairman.
May 20-June 3
MUCILAGE
To make mucilage mix qual
parts of gum arabic and traga-
canth. Dissolve in hot water to
the proper consistency.
Did Columbus ever visit Qua*
lesion? Are you sure? If he did
not come to our great port he
died without visiting the site of
a renowned city. I need not in
sist on an answer. That part of
your history is interesting, but
you can live long, prosperously
and happily even though you
may not be certain whether Co
lumbus was Italian, French,
Spanish, German—or what-not.
As soon as the Soviet historians
begin a story of Columbus they
will claim him as Russian.
What have we learned? Has
the experience of men through
out the ages taught us how to
live? ptobably not
I have before me a copy of a
bill pending in the Senate of the
United States ’To assist certain
closes of municipalities to fi
nance vitally needed and specific
public works by providing for
a guaranty by the United States
of approved bonds hereafter is
sued by these municipalities.”
The people of the United
States owe two hundred and sev
enty-five billion dollars. That
is the public debt, the Roosevelt-
Truman debt, added to the Sec
ond World War and Mr. Tru
man’s Police Action in Korea,
plus our continuing spending.
That $275,000,000,000 is not all
the debt; every state, county,
town, school district—with few
exceptions—is in debt; and mil
lions of business concerns; and
more millions of individuals are
in debt. What is the limit to
debt? Shall we finally repudiate
alj debt and start afresh?
Every day I read of more
loans to towns, counties, school
districts. I refer not particularly
to this state. Loans can be had,
if desired, without involving this
nation of ours.
A lesson we should have learn
ed is that happy life does not
consist in the abundance of
things but in a mind and spirit at
peace Just as our fathers built
a great nation in days of strug
gle and strain so this generation
and the next might achieve
something without constantly
drawing on the National Gov
ernment.
I think the towns and other
entities which have credit can
get money euogh through the
sale of their own bonds; and
those unable to get money in
the market should not lean on
our National Government which
is already the most heavily in
debted country in the world.
Even in Congress there seems
to be an idea that an unfailing
flow of gold and credit is ready
to be tapped at any minute and
that all of us are stretched across
the poo! of Government credit
lapping up the stream which
flows without ceasing.
What kind of country are we
leaving to the babies being bom
every day?
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Pina Thirteen Other
Stereo in
South Carolina
Our Government is deeply in
debt; it needs more revenue and
less spending. What are we do
ing? We continue to spend and
we continue to create all sorts of
businesses which pay virtually
no taxes. More than that: we
give the money to create and
operate businesses which pay al
most nothing. As a matter of
fact, I think the enterprises cre
ated, sponsored and built with
Government money pay nothing
in Federal taxes. So we ope
rate our Government in debt,
while taking from taxpayers bil
lions of dollars to finance tax-
eaters.
I do not mention the pernic
ious idea of giving one citizen,
or group of citizens a preference
over pther citizens. I wonder,
sometimes, how Americans ever
hatched such a notion.
In plain, simple old American
language, you have heard R said
that every tub should sit on its
own bottom. So deeply ingrain
ed is that idea that many people
think it comes from the Bible.
Certainly America was created
under the teaching that all men
are equal and entitled to equal
treatment before the law. That
is what our Declaration of Inde
pendence means. No one is so
foolish as to think that all men
have equal stamina, equal men
tal powers, or equal social stand
ing: it means that all men are
entitled to equal justice in court
and from their government.
Nothing is more repugnant to
the old-time American idea than
discrimination in favor of one
class over another. For exam
ple, our Courts would not tol
erate a special rate on buses or
railroads for Georgians over
South Carolinians; nor would the
State allow a power company or
a telephone company to discrimi
nate in favor of one over anoth
er. Discrimination of any kind
is basically un-American and, in
my judgment, unconstitutional
It should, therefore, be invalid.
But we have made the idea pop
ular, notwithstanding.
One of our Government mon
strosities, almost born and crad
led in the Socialist spirit which
nearly tranefrwnied America
from the lend of the strong and
free into ffaa land of the da-
pandent weaklings, is the
nowned TV A
“The TV A. It’s the federal
government, taxpayer owned.
Congress-controlled, paying only
token taxes with negligible cost
of money, and no regulations,
and enjoying other and sundry
subsidies. That’s the govern
ment ownership way
“On the other hand, we, your
neighbors and customers, are
highly taxied and fully regulated,
must pay a full return on all the
money we have invested in our
property We can’t get the mon
ey, can’t develop our property,
can’t properly serve our people
gny other way. That’s the pri
vate enterprise way.
‘To date there has been spent
and appropriated upwards of $1,-
600,000,000 on TV A. Mr. Gor
don Clapp says TV A plans to call
for an additional one billion dol
lars in the next five or six years.
So, before TV A is 30 years of age
it will have expended m this
valley some $2,600,000,000 and
about $2,000,600,000 will be in
vested in power. It will require
$40,000,000 per year for a period
of 50. years to repay the govern
ment this total power investment
and to make the taxpayers
whole. According to its annual
statement, its net power reve
nues, paying only token taxes
and negligible interest, was $25,-
096,349 in 1952. So, the state
ments that TV A is paying its
way like any other industry and
can liquidate its government
debt in 40 years, or any other
period, is distressingly mislead
mg.”
If it is right for our govern
ment to set up an authority to
operate a power business—even
to the exetent of forcing every
private power company out of
business, then, why not set up
authorities in other fields that
are every bit as impressed with
the public service?
Mr. Moses of Arkansas says:
‘It is my firm conviction that
this TV A insofar as its electric
power operation is concerned,
should be put on the same basis
of operation as are investor-
owned utility enterprises with
which it is in competition. This
would be fair to everybody—tax
payers, consumer and citizens
alike. It. would giv« no group of
citizens any preference and dis
criminate against no state. This
would mean that. TV A would
pay taxes on the same basis as
are paid by the non-gov eminent
power prodtScing enterprises,
and pay annualy the interest on
the money invested in power fa
cilities at the cost of that money
to the government. An alterna
tive would be for TVA to sell its
own revenue bonds. Thirdly, this
would mean ,that TVA would
keep its books and report to the
Congress and to the people on
the same basis as the federal
and state regulatory authorities
require of the investor-owned
utilities.’
If these suggestions were car
ried out, the Arkansan said that
TVA would never again have to
go hat in hand to tlie Congress.
If its proposals are sound, it can
sell its own securities in the op
en market No longer would
states near and far point their
long fingers at the citizens of the
Valley, accusing them of taking
advantage of other territories, of
securing industries solely on the
basis of subsidized power and of
being the recipient of various po
litical-gratuities.
America now has hundreds of
different federal corporations
performing many business- func
tions,’ Mr. Mooes said, including
625 federal power plants. The
private utilities of this nation
pay $1,350,000,000 per year in
taxes. The more federal proj
ects that are built, thereby re
placing private industry, the
more and more taxes you pass on
to the people.”
NOTICE TO
CITIZENS OF CLINTON
WE LIST BELOW FACTS CONCERNING YOUR
NATURAL GAS SYSTEM
1. A large number of people made application and signed up to use Natural Gas who are
at present not connected and using gas.
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2. There are approipmately 400 customers in Clinton and 450 in Newberry who are using
Natural Gas.
3. The total number of customers using Natural Gas in Clinton and Newberry should be
„ ’ » ‘ • ' ' _ • ;
a minimum of 3,000.
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4. Now is the time for those not using gas to connect up to avoid the rush next fall.
5. The Authority has made it possible to aid and assist you in connecting up now. NO
MINIMUM BILL WILL BE CHARGED YOU UP TO SEPTEMBER 20, 1954. ONLY THE
AMOUNT OF GAS ACTUALLY USED WILL BE BILLED, UP TO SEPTEMBER 20,1954. NO
CUT-ON FEE WILL BE CHARGED TO SEPTEMBER 20, 1954. After September 20, 1954,
the regular and present charges will go back into effect. We urge you to make your arrange
ments now to connect up and be ready for the Fall and Winter.
6. A house to house canvass is now being made to help and assist you in every way possi
ble. If you desire information of help concerning your problems in using Natural Gas, call
your Gas Department. The person making the canvass will also help you if you need informa
tion about your problems of conversion or connecting up..
CUNTON-NEWBERRY
NATURAL GAS AUTHORITY
JOE P. TERRY, Chairman
J. E. WISEMAN, Secretary
KMG DIXON
CANDIDATE FOR
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
LAURENS COUNTY, S. C.
1
‘•Our economy is shifting from
a super-boom, stimulated by a
huge pent-up post-war demand,
to a more normal period based
largely upon replacements. De
spite the prevailing slackening
in business, there are strong un
derlying forces of growth that
will manifest themselves.
One of the strongest propelling
forces is population growth. In
the last decade, the number of
pedsons in this country increased
by over 19 million, or more than
twice the gain m the 1930’s;
while from 1950 to 1960 it is es
timated that the population will
ncrease by 28 million, or the
equivalent of twice the population
of Canada. The most significant
feature in the population trend
was the sharp increase in birth
rates since 1940. The group un
der five years of age increased by
5.6 milion from 1940 to 1950. By
1960, it is estimated that enroll
ment in the elementary schools
will have increased by 7 million,
and in the high schools by 2.3
million. This sharp Jncreasfc in
the number of young people will
require the building of hundreds
of thousands of new classrooms
m schools are already badly ov
ercrowded."
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Dixon’s Platform
1. Consolidate the offices of school district superintendents and
county superintendent of education under one central office thereby
eliminating thousands of dollars now wasted on unnecessary adminis
trative expense. ~
2. Eject all school trustees in our democratic primaries getting away
from our present form of appointment which is fast setting up a dicta
torship in the Laurens County school system. ~
3. One hundred per cent opposed to raising taxes at this time in any
shape, form or fashion.
4. Will fight at all times to see that all monies derived from the three
per cent sales tax go only for the purpose of education for your children.
5. In favor of a referendum for local option.
6. Advocate one fishing license to allow fishing in all counties in
South Carolina, doing away with all special permits.
7. Place all small loan agencies under the State Board of Bank con
trol.
8. Will work for and initiate legislation to provide for the financing of
the poultry industry by the financial institutions in S. C. Thereby provid
ing millions of additonal dollars for the Laurens county farmers.
9. Work to secure for Laurens county a just share of the new indus
tries moving to South Carolina. -
10. Continue to support the (urogram for good roads in Laurens coun
ty. -HS
Your Support In June 8th Democratic
Primary Will Be Appreciated
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