The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 06, 1956, Image 2
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Austin Tells Local
Manufacturers Of
City's Water Plans
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Several Clinton, industrialists,
meeting with thfc Board cn Direc
tors of the Clinton Chamber of
Commeree. Tuesday, heard and
participated in a discussion of
the noe^s and plans for Clinton's
water and sewer system.
B R Austin, superintendent of
the Clinton utility department,
met with the group to explain
to them the needs and plans of
the city for improvements in the
water and sewer system.
Outlining a history’ of the Clin
ton water system, Mr. Austin
said the aged filter plant con
structed in 1923 was at that time
serving a Clinton population of
only 3.000. By 1935 Clinton’s
population had increased 25 per
cent, and by 1952 the capacity
orf the filter plant was approach-
ed.
In 1953. Mr Austin said, engin
eers were hired to make a study
of the situation and two plans
Thursday, December 6, 1956
were submitted and recommend
ed. At present plans call for the
building of a new filter plant on
the site presently used Clin
ton's maximum demand for wa
ter in 1952 was 900.000 gaHons
and in 1953 went to 1.000.000 gal
lons and reached 1,200,000 in
1954.
It was pointed out that the city
does not make a profit on wafer
which is one of the vital products
of the city operation. Consid
eration was given various types
of bond issues for use in obtain
ing the new water operation and
the revenue type bond was
agreed upon. 1
Clinton has reached a capacity-
in the‘present water and distri
bution system, Mr: Austin said-
We cannot grow without irp-
provement. A danger] exists
from a standpoint of fire and
• sanitation under present con
ditions if , the property use is
expanded.
One industrialist expressed the
opinion that small industry can
not expand here becuase of fac
tors brought about by water
shortage and other problems.
Another expressed the view that
his operation would be expanded
in the future The lack of proper
facilities for the use of sprinkler
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systems was pointed out in the
discussion.
The chamber directors were
told that the thinking today is
to obtain enough water for pres
ent needs of citizens and indus-i
try and as we grow to take care
of the additional as we have the
necessity.
President Jim Wolfe of the
chamber, expressed the desire of
directors that present industry
should be assisted in obtaining
adequate water supplies for their
needs and pledged coopreation of
the Chambef of Commerce in
seeing that those needs are met
where possible.
PC Meets Citadel -
Here On Monday
Presbyterian college's high-fly
ing cagers will entertain the new
Citadel team of former PC coach
Norman Sloan here. Monday
night.
Undefeated in twd starts this
year, the Blue Hose have been
living up to pre-season estimates
with impressive victories over
strong teams from the Parris Is
land Marine Base and Atlantic
Christian college.
The Monday night battle,
scheduled for 8:00 p. m. in Ue-^
Roy Springs gymnasium, will be
the last basketball game before
Presbyterian closes for the
Christmas holidays. Court action
will be resumed on January 7.
Presbyterian opened its season
last Friday night by sailing over
the century mark tp defeat Par
ris Island, 100-93. The Hosemen
traveled to Atlantic Christian on
Tuesday night to ha.nd the host
squad its first defeat in 34 starts
on the home court by a 93-81 j
count Co-captains Dave and j
Bruce Thompson set the pace in
both games. Forward Dave hit
the basket for 31 points and 33
points in the two games, while 1
center Bruce poured in 26 and 24 j
points. ,
WASHINGTON AND
" r A A A I I
SMALL BUSINESS”
By c WILSON HARDER
Between three cqrrent facts
• definite relation appears.
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1. —So far, in three months of
this year, business failures have
topped 1,000 per month, and In
all months the failures have
been higher than in correspond
ing months of 1955 and 1954.
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2. — Yet
every
recently,
cost of living
has jumped.
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3. — In ef
fort to head off
inflation. Fed
eral Reserve
Board has
continually in- c. W. Hardsr
creased interest rates.
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For a Jong time, the nation’s
independent 'business, in expres
sions of opinion through the Na
tional'Federation of Independ
ent Business, have warned of
these inevitable results unless
certain steps were taken.
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What have these steps been?
There are three that are fore
most.
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1.—Enforcement of anti-trust
laws. A large’ share of high rate
of business failures is due to lack
of enforcement of laws designed
to prevent a few big concerns
from using unfair methods lot
competition to destroy smaller
competitors.
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Z.—Failure of government to
put unions under, control of anti
trust laws. Thus Big Labor and
Big Business combine to make
deals damaging to independent
competition, and also increase
cost of goods to consumers.
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3—Failure to provide for
an equitable tax set-up so that
independent business can hold
back eafnings needed for expan
sion. Thus, while at one time
an independent enterprise ild
expand, or weather a st t
, c Nan-ir al K« • i
of savings laid by from earn
ings, today bank borrowings aro
necessary. And because heavy
bank borrowing alarms FRB,
borrowing js discouraged by
creating artificial shortage of
money. i '
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Thus, after 24 years of patch-
work, half measures, expedien
cy, opium smoking and general
fence straddling, there Is every
'Thdication a showdown is shap
ing up in the American politico-
economic system.
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Even the most astute politico
or bureaucrat will find fence
straddling uncomfortable, and
will have to face the issue of
the day squarely. There are Just
two questions to answer.
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1. —Do you believe the tra
ditional American free, enter
prise system is superior to mo
nopoly controlled business?
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2. —If the answer to this is
yes. then what are you doing
to preserve the free enterprise
system?
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This being an election year,
there is great talk concerning
full employment and prosperity.
Some -say the nation is having
it now, the opposition says na
tion had it until four years ago.
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Yet. no one discusses the pres
ent apparent brightness in the
tconomy on the basis of what
is behind_Lt. Is it due to foreign
give-away programs ballyhooed
ostensibly to defeat communism,
^nd to wars and rumors of wars.
Or is it due to an expanding
free enterprise system of busi
ness at home? " /
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Perhaps there is only one way
to analyse the economic situa
tion today. That is to Imagine
the result if Divine Power, in a
moment of wrath as exercised on
Sodom and Gomorroah, should
suddenly destroy all traces of
Soviet Russia. Is free .enter
prise in America today healthy
enough to take up the alack?
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College Students
To Meet In Columbia
For Mock Legislature
Somv 80 stlidents from 13 col-j
leges and universities in South-
Carolina will arrive in Columbia
Friday for the two-day session of
the first annual' slate Student
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Legislature^ , according to Phil
Moody, of Aiken and the Univer
sity of South Carolina, Vice-presi
dent of the Soujh Carolina Stu
dent Govermn'ent Association.
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Sessions LL the mock tlegisla-
[ture will pe held in the] Senate
and House chambers of the State
Hou.^e. Each member Stnool has
two senators apd, in addiiion, one
representative (for every/259 stu
dents enrolled.
Moody, chairman ofyrtie interim
council which planned the* legis
lature, 'said that me purpose of
the meeting is ’Herpromote inter
est in state government and to
give delegates practice, so to
speak, in expressing themselves
in presentation' of bills, resolu
tions and the^Jike." Each school
must introduce two bills or reso-
I lutions pertaining to state or na
tional issues.
Delegates to the convention
will register at 9 o’clock Friday
morning at Russell House on the
university campus. The first ses
sion will begin at noon in the
chamber of the House of Rep
resentatives. Chairman Moody
will give a welcoming address.
Delegates will meet in both
Senate and House chambers at
1:30 p. m., Friday to elect officers
and begin business sessions. Ad
journment is set for 5:00 p. m.
Joint sessions will continue Sat
urday morning and the group
will adjourn sine die at noon.
Delegates who will represent
Presbyterian college at the meet
ing are: in the Senate, Lyman
Harris and Hugh Burns; in the
House, Joel Patrick and Joel
Easterling.
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Tonight's Service At
Episcopal Church
Ends Revival Series
A Christian revival that began
Sunday night at All Saints Epis
copal church on Calvert avenue
will close with tonight’-s service
which begins at 7:30
The Rev. John A. Pinckney,
rector of St. James Episcopal
church, Greenville, has been de
veloping the theme, “O Lord, Re
vive Thv Church. Beginning With
Me."
On Sunday* evening the Rev.
,\Ir Pinckney spoke of the need
of men and wom^n to be spiri
tually •-en.sitive lo the'will of God
in their lives, to first seek God’s
w’ill and then go forth to do His
will.
Monday evening’s sermon Used
the text from Job 24:3, "Oh that
I knew where I might find Him,”
to bring out the question of what
kind of God are we really seek
ing.
In tonight's sermon, based on
the parables of the lost sheep and
the lost coin, the subject will be
God’s concern for each individual.
The subject of the concluding
evening will be man’s response to
God's concern and love for us.
The text will be the parable of
the prodigal son.
The congregation will partici
pate in the Lord’s Supper as a fit
ting climax of man’s response to
God’s love.
The Rev. Clyde L. Ireland,
priest-in-charge of All Saints, in
vites the public to the service to
night.
County Farmers
Get Fish For Ponds
Farmers in Laurens county got
82,000 bream for stocking 51 farm
ponds on Wednesday, according
to J B. O’Dell of the local Soil
Consrevation Service.
The fish were supplied by the
Fish and Wildlife Service hatch
ery at Orangeburg.
The ponds stocked vary in size
from 7 of an acre to 5 acres. Thev
were constructed during the past
year by farmers cooperating with
the Laurens County Soil Con
servation district.
In many cases these farmers
were given financial aid by the
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service in the con
struction of their ponds.
Thornweli Opens
Basketball Season
Thprnwell high school opened
its basketball season last Fri
day night at Little Mountain and
lost a close double-header.
The following make up the
girls’ team at Thornweli: Bar
bara Shaw, Alliene Dodgins, Jane
Wofford, at forward; Linda Ham
by, Patricia Vaughn and Jero-
line Stewart at guard. Some of
the promising substitutes are;
Jean Burris, Betty McMurray,
Mary Frances Bell, Harriett Hud
son, Nancy White, Shirley Har
rison, Lillian Cookson, Linda
Blair and Audrey Shaw.
The boys’ team comes from
the following: Millard Daniel,
Jimmy Clark, Maxie Gray, Jerry
Sweet, T i m m y Mdrris, Bill
George,,• Raymond Powers, Gor
don Timmons, Johnny Cookson,
Wayne Lewis, Billy Hines, Eu
gene Humphreys, and J. L. Dock-
ins.
Nora Lee Dodgens is manager
of the girls’ team and Johnny/
Gray is manager of the boys’
team. Donald Ward is the clock
operator. Mrs. Harriett McCord
coaches the girls, and D. S. Tem
pleton coaches the boys. Jerry
Stewart is coach of the Midget
boys.
The schedule is as follows:
Nov. 30—'Little Mountain there.
Dec. 5—Pomana there.
Dec. 7—Hickory Tavern there.
Dec. 11—Ford here.
Dec. 14—Gray Court here.
Dec. 18—Bush River here.
Jan. 2—Bush River there.
Jan. 4—Honea Path here. (Boys
only)
Jan. 9—Pomaria here.
Jan. 11—Silverstreet here.
Jan. 15—Hickory Tavern here.
Jan. 18 — Honea Path here.
(Boys only) *
Jan. 23—Whitmire here.
Jan. 25—Gray Court-Owings
there.
Jan. 29—Whitmire there.
Feb. 1—Silverstreet there.
Feb. 5—Ford there.’ «
Feb. 8—Little Mountain here.
Districts 2 class C tournament
will be held in the Thornweli
gym during the week of Febru
ary 11-16.
Clinton High Play
Basketball Games
Clinton high school will play
its first basketball game Thurs
day evening in the new high
school gymnasium. The. boys’
game will begin at 7 o’clock
against the Palmetto high school,
of Poize:, one of the .strongest
teams in upper South Carolina.
The girls’ game with Palmetto
will follow
This- will be the frist tune in
history of Clinton high that their
team has played in its own gym
nasium.
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