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/ L’ I P*«e Ten / v / . % f t i \ ■ \ / \ ^ THE CLINTON CHRONICLE T Thursday, May 3, 1956 By SPECTATOR.. COMMENTS on MEN AND THINGS J vertisements of things to sell—• and all that*’ Of course th'e ladies are our real bargain hunters— Are you interested in Ads—ad- a Soutji-Carolina"company charg es nin£. per cent less for electric ity than the national average and that we. in our homes, used $.- rnd they recognize bargains even 749 kilowatt-hours as compared when worn by their friends. i with the national average of Here is a new item—not at\ ad j about 2751 kilowatt hours last The Columbia Record carried this , year. news item in its issue of April 9. | w e might say dhat South Caro- "New York—Residential users ii na j s the "land of the cheap and of electricity are expected to pay ! abundant,life, eh° less per kilowatt-hour this year I was j us j a happen-so that I saw mng many papers just to keep abreast of the fast-growing state —an estimated average of -i saw those two items while scan cents compared^ with 2 64 in 1955 .—because^ they will use more power The increase over 'laiiT year is Estimated at 240 kilowatt- hours per residential consumer, bringing the average annual us age to 2,995 ” The Charleston Evening. PqsL 4 — —.,- ---r =r~rr ■ , . in j enemies, or grasping schemers, oi that same day. April 9. 'carried & e b Our courts were once regarded as the refuge of a citizen, the bul wark of his protection against en croachments of his neighbors, or this statement from Columbia: "South Carolina Electric and Gas Co., reported today that its natural gas sales increased 66 per cent last year and that electricity sales advanbed 20 per cent. , Almost 2>2 billion' kilowatts of power were consumed by r a rec- ord 165,233 residential, commer cial and industrial customers, the company’s annuaT report for 1955 said. . * ■ . customers ambitious politicians, or over- -zealous governments, or mis- When I hear public men de clare . agaihst splits and splinter Parties I find myslef thinking more of the orderly coui*se of gov eminent than of politics. . I The Congress, the President, all ] Executive Departments, and the Supreme Court are running wild like engines without governors. * * * ‘ The patriots who drafted our Constitution were far-seeing, men whp aim was to establish a nation ’of the people, by the people, and j h>r the people’, 'fhey recognized the frailties of men, and designed the Constitution to protect the people against them. They wisely divided power between the exec utive, legislative and judicial branches of government, so each would act as a counterbalance' against usurpation of too much power by the others. For a century and a half Ameri ca prospered and grew under that system, but for the last two dec ades there has been a gradual but relentless shift away from the sdlid foundations on which our nation was bcilt. More and more power has been 'assumed by gov ernment, with less and less free dom to the individual until, if chief-makers in high places, under , the trend continues, we will be cloak of legitimate power; or legislated into a paternalistic wel- Residential electric used an average of 3.749 kilowatt-! Federal Supreme Court, assumes hours'of electricity and that was powers beyond its rightful juns- 3 per cent greater than the na-! diction we become victims of a tional average The company sRid possible tyranny that should they paid 2.4 cents a kilowatt-j arouse all patriots to the defense hour, or 9 per cent less than the of our rgihts as citizens, average of 2 64 cents for the coun- ' We need a court of men who try j either know the law or whose ex- The 26.373 customers in Co- perience in practice has prepared lurribia and Charleston used 1.8 ! apply it sanely,’sounAly, equitablv million cubic feet of natural gas. | them to ascertain the law and to The company reported its total | the principles of our government, utility piant-mvestment at 181.3 and in complete harmony fare state. As Woodrow Wilson so aptly said, ‘The history of lib erty is the history of limtiations on the power of government’. Before World War II, Adolph Berle, Jr., then Assistant Secre tary of State, pointed out that the inevitable result of govrenment But when the cour itself, our'fi n a ncin g activities, previous- l ly considered a part of private well-intentioned, but uninformed ^nd misguided or misled leaders, like Mr. Eisenhower; or ‘arrogant men in government seeking by every mode of subtle or brazen ag grandizement, to assume powers beyond the Constitutional allo cation million dollars, an increase of 100 million since 1948. SCE&G serves 23 counties in southeastern, central and west ern part of the state. - Observe that in South Carolina. headquarters for iyith our Constitution and jurispru dence as accepted and practiced among us. No man knows all the law, but i we have men trained to discover a enterprise., would be. government ownership of those activities. He prophesied: Over a period of years the government will, grad ually come to owm most of the j productive plants of the United Stated. The accuracy of his pre diction is dsturbingly evident. Every American abhors the Communist doctrine of govern-1 ment ownership of land and re sources. Biit how many realize that today the Federal Govern ment alreadt- owns about 25% of the land area of the United Statse 1 ’ It has housing projects and business properties worth ment . . \ - . .. . e v Step up the efficiency of your office with the newest and best ideas in equipment. v:i < SEVERAL WALNUT DESKS TWO AND FOUR DRAWER METAL FILES Spartan Quality A full line of COMPLETE FEEDS for ✓ POULTRY V DAIRY CATTLE V r*- the law by research . I think I do not misstate the truth in saying that we have no man on the Supreme bench in Washington who was distinguish ed as a lawyer in varied eases before the High Court, no member of that court of the practical and successful service as the late John W. Davis or Charles E. Hughes. The most distinguished member of the court is Mr Justice Frank furter. himself born outside the United States, as I recall He is recognized as whaf-we call a leg al scholar: I don’t think he ever achieved renown as a Jawyer or trial judge. The other members of the court, with one or tw6 exceptions, were regarded as poli ticians. Perhaps we might improve the quality of the Supreme Bench by choosing men who have—served about $50 billion, and electrical power projects thaf^Will produce a fourth of all our power. The government is in the insurance business: it can fix minimum wages; can tell a farmer how There‘ it muc ^ can Pl ant certain crops without penalty. Through its bor rowing power it has mortgaged every man, woman and child in the nation to the extent of $1,700. Much of-what the government does not own outright, which is i communism, it regulates and con-1 trols, which is socialism. Only- 20 years ago the States and lo- calities collected 75% of all tax revenues, but today the Federal Government collects 75%. Through its taxing, regulatory and controlling powers, it has confiscated and transferred to itself at least one half of the value of all private property in the counrty.” •' HOGS BEEF CATTLE Top quality CONCENTRATES to mix with home grains for V DAIRY CATTLE J BEEF CATTLE ^ HOGS C-W-S Guano Co. 103 N. Adair Street acceptably as Judges of State Su preme Courts or Federal Courts of 1 Appeal. By whatever meth od. the man appointed to the Su preme Bench should be learned in the law. in the principles of law; i and imbued with respect and rev erence for our Constitution as it was prepared, ratified and un derstood by the states which rati fied it. with the declaratory amendments. * It is a serious thing wheh the 9th and 10th amendments can be smeared off by nine men who happen to be in a position to as sume a pow’er beyond their attri butions. If nine men are themselves above the law and beyond reck oning then no, man is safe; no property is sure; no rights are more than the whim of those nine men. Every American should fight to maintain the rights in herent in our citizenship; every state should reverberate with the forthright assertion of its reserved powers. “Since 1940, the population of the United States has increased by 35 million people. This is the ONE TYPING TABLE * OFFICE CHAIRS ONE MAHOGANY WITH LEATHERETTE CUSHION. SEVERAL FOAM RUBBER CUSH IONED TYPING CHAIRS. ALL REASONABLY PRICED 1 We Have in Stock All the Handy Little Items That Expedite and AAake Office Work a Pleasure. —Transfer Files —Paper Clips -Index Cards liTsniplion Pnarniacisls Get Full Value from Your Doctor’s Services;.. Fo'low his guidonce corefolly. Use the treatment he prescribes faithfully. 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Water ground levels are sinking at such a rate that many billion dollars must be spent for water resource projects. The soaring demand for raw 'materials, as a result of our eco nomic progress and military needs has pressed harder and harder on available supplies and forces us to become incraesingly depend ent upon foreign sources. With only 6.5 per cent of the world’s population, the Unite^i States con sumes nearly one half of the free world’s volume of materials. The surging population-is creat ing serious congestion on our highways which are built for 30 million cars but are forced to ac commodate 58 million. It is esti mated that by 1975, 85 million ears will be on the roads. A sensational growth has taken place in the suburbs. It is esti mated that of the 63 million in crease in population by 1975, 38 million, or 60 per cent, will be ab sorbed by the suburbs. The most significant shift is in the age group. 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