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j . Thursday, June 21, 1956 -I-* 0 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Page Eleven INVASION AND EXPLOITATION Some Hidden Facts In the Bowater Case To the Editor: — A still, small voice is raised in the hills of Pickens County by The Easley Progress in opposing thought to those who have per suaded the General Assembly, in this election year, to amend the “ancient statute” on alien land ownership to permit the Bowa- ters Southern Paper Company to buy up to 500,000 acres of land— the equivalent of a South Crolina county—to back up 9 paper mill on the Catawba river. After opining that Bowater representatives were thoroughly familiar with the statute and pointing out that the same news pages which mentioned the “ob solete law” related that only last year the statutes had been amended to permit another for eign corporation to increase its holdings, the paper comments: “It is not an ancient and out of date’ law. It is a very vital and essential law. The precedents being set in its amendment for special interests are extremely dangerous. Many of the other states have similar laws. To Texas as to Mexicans and Cali fornia as to Chinese it has been a bulwark against invasion.” Citing the fact that the unique Republic of Haiti which, by for bidding aliens from owning land, had for a century preserved its “low but free independence” had finally surrendered to develop ment boards and foreign invest ors, who will soon, if they do not already, control its destiny, the Progress cogently remarks, “It is hard to draw the line BE TWEEN DEVELOPMENT AND EXPLOITATION WHEN FOR EIGN INTERESTS ARE CON CERNED . . . where no one else is willing to present the other side, and is even unwilling to in vestigate if there be another side,” the editorial concludes, “we like to maintain die unique position of The Easley Progress in arivanring thonghta aU hesitate to mention.” The other side has been in vestigated but the facts and po tential impacts have not been presented to the public. On the contrary front page news stor ies have given the entirely falie impression that the way had been cleared by the Water Pollution Control Authority for the plant f t Thanks For Your Confidence! I appreciate the fine vote given me in the first primary and would be grateful for your continued support in the second primary. I Furman L Thomason r Candidate for County Commissioner to be set up. Only on inside pages was it belatedly mentioned that no permit had been granted. Yet, the Boweater interests are rushing ahead with borings on the site, buying land and mak ing other preparations with the obviohs possibility that before South Carolina awakens to the facts of hfe it will be in too deep to turn back and will be sold down the river. The permit de pends upon, whether Bows ter can give adequate assurance that it can and will treat its effluent so as to return the water to the Ca tawba as good as received. The question is, can it? Through the National Council on Stream Improvement, I am informed, hte best brains of the country on treatment of Kraft efflueht at various state univer sities have been carrying on re search to find methods of treat ing such effluent. They have not found an answer. The Scandina- vians have also- been long and equally fruitlessly at work on the problem. The Bowater representatives, by pictures, charts and explana tions, have shown that the com pany proposes to set up the same type of installations which it us es at Calhoun, Tennessee. In vestigation by water technicians sent to analyze the situation at Calhoun find that orily a 50 per .cent elimination o£ contamination is achieved, reduction by solu tion being depended on to go the rest of the way. Below Calhoun, Tennesse, fish are dying in what is termed, justly or unjustly, “the Bowater kill.” Whether the proposed installa tions at Catawba will succed or not is apparently from these facts, anybody’s guess, but the odds seem to be in favor of the negative. v If the magnificent hope and experiment should fail, who will make Bowater close down and move out? The answer is that South Carolina will be stuck, and with the bars against pollution down this state can expect an in rush of the wrong kinds of in dustries, with the result that our streams will be hopelessly con taminated and the splendid work started by the Water Board lost. Water that kills fish, kills in dustry. Why did Elliott Springs cancel his plans for expansion of his textile mills immediately af ter Bowater showed up on the scene? Was Dulles the real cuase—or the goat? ‘ Also overlooked in the rush to welcome Boweater is the fact that already millions of acres of South Carolina land are owned by outside timber and paper cor- / porations. With another 500,000 cares—an area equal to that of a South Carolina county—to be bought by Bowater, if others fol low suit we may soon awaken to find that the equivalent of a doz en counties of our state has been lost to industrial “invaders” and exploiters. The unilateral presentation of the matter has been attributed in part to a supposition by certain newspapers that a handy source of newsprint will be made avail able. Britain has a more acute paper shortage than America and the old rule can be depended on: “There’ll always be an England when dealing with an English man.” In fact, it is reported that 90 per cent of the J Catawba plant’s output is earmarked for export. The natural conclusion is that once the water control bars are let down the vast recreational advanUges and the things that make South Carolina a decent, live, which we spend good mon- gracious, and charming place to ey to advertise nationally through the State Development Board, will vanish behind the smoke screen of uncontrolled in dustry and South Carolina, lit erally, will be "sold down the river.” The Water Pollution Control Authority is the creation of a law of South Carolina, which charges it with the duty of keep ing the waters.of the state reas onably pure and useful. Enlight ened self interest would dictate wholehearted support of the Au thority by the influential citizens and agencies of the state. Those who have unilaterally and shut-mindedly pressured for this proposal and its activating legislation have assumed a terrif ic responsibility, for if it back fires they are helpless to rectify what would be a hideous blunder. It is to be hoped that the peo ple of South Carolina will not flounder after the will-o-the-wisp created by the blinding mesmer ism of money, but will give firm and universal support of the Wa ter Pollution Control Authority in its determination to hold Bow ater to the line by demanding full guaranty, with proof, that it can and will fully and adequately treat its waste. With all due respect and admi ration for our British cousins in certain matters, South Carolina is worth many times a hundred million British dollars. Let it be preserved in its God-given ail- vantages and virginity for South Carolinians. HARRY R. E. HAMPTON Columbia Dr. David T. Mixon —OPTOMETRIST— 201 N. Broad St. Phone 1308 Office Hours 9*5:30 FORD sets 500-mile record at Indianapolis Speedway Again proves nobody outperforms Ford ... dramatic demonstration of the kind of o ! . performance and roadability that makes all your driving more fun in a Ford! Ford's record .is timed end certified by the Vwted States Auto CM A Ford V-8 hurtled across the bride and asphalt surface of tough and testing Indi anapolis Speedway . .. whirling through the tight turns and OaAing over the straight stretches ... to set a mark that no stock car ever reached before! Previous to Ford's record run, no other stock car had gone even one lap at Indi anapolis at 100 m.p.h., but one of Ford’s laps was timed at the electrifying speed of 113.7 m.p.h.1 And Ford averaged over 107 m.p.h. for the full five hundred miles . . . close to the average set by the ex tremely costly, specially-built racer which won the Memorial Day “500*1 Ford fully realizes that the welter of claims and counter claims about “racing victories” (many of them completely con tradictory) must bfc confusing and disillu sioning to the public. Ford ran this race against time, over the true “Classic” dis tance and at the most famous trade in America, in order to dispel this cloud of doubt and disbelief and prove that no one outperforms Ford! Peter de Paolo, leader of the team of drivers that piloted the winning Ford, states flatly: “No other stock car could have equalled this performance!” And Pete de Paolo should know, for he was the first driver to win die “500” Classic with a better than 100 m.p.h. average. And now he comes back with a group of drivers to establish a stock car record with the great *56 Ford! Ford wrote this new mark large and bold in the record books. And the whole Ford did the trick. From the hood-full of throbbing horsepower to the road-hugging rear end. Ford demonstrated that it has what it takes to make your driving more enjoyable. Convince yourself that driving a Ford can be real fun. Test drive a ’56 Ford. There’s a set of keys waiting for you, so come in and see us soon. Hugh Boyd Named Gray Court Principal Laurens, June 9—Hugh Boyd, formerly principal and assistant coach at Mr. Zion Institute, the high school in Winns boro, has ac cepted Oie positrtny of principal and head coach Oray Court- Owings high school, according to C. K. Wright, superintendent of School District No. 55. Mr. Boyd graduated in 1949 from the University of South Carolina where he majored in history. He expects to receive his Master’s degree at the Uni versity this summer. Mr. Boyd attended Presbyte rian college for two years prior to World War II. The new principal and coach will direct all sports activities at the school. FINAL SETTLEMENT Take-notjce that on the 3rd day Of July, 1956, I will render a final account fo my acts and domgs as Executrix of the estate of Dr Frank F. Hicks, in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens County, at 10 o’clock a. m and on the same day will apply for a fin al discharge from my trust as Executrix. ; ^ Any person indebted to said es tate is notified and required to Gray Funeral Home Clinton, S. C. FI NKRAL DIRKCTORS ...and .. F.MHAI.MKRS phones ti qmHHN AMBI I.WTF SERVICE make payment on or before that date; and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven, dr be forever barred. MRS HALLIE HOLMS / HICKS, Executrix, Clinton, S. C. ^ June 5. 1956 “ 4p-28 ■/ THANK YOU _ FOR YOUR SUPPORT I wish to thank the good folks of Laurens County who gave me such a nice vote in my race for County Commissioner. Although I did not get into the second rcae, I hold no ill-will against anyone and pledge my continued interest in the progress of Laurens County. GEORGE M. PENLAND AT AUCTION! NINE UNIT i Jl NE 30 SAT. 10 A. M. Sunken Garden Motel Property of MR. A MRS. 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Experienced - Honest - Sober Help Us to Restore to Laurens County Fair, Honest and Sober Leadership . -- That is the Issue in the Senate Race Robert Wasson is a dirt farmer. He is a Christian gentleman. He is personally and politically dry. He is against the use of public funds for private gain. His neighbors love and trust him. He received 85% of the vote at his home box in the first race. You will not be ashamed to tell your chil dren that you voted for Robert Wasson.