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V % Thursday, March 14, 1957 THE CLINTO:, CHRONICLE Page EleVes By SPECTATOR.. COMMENTS on MEN AND THINGS B. M. Edwards as I know him. ( be, occupied with great and grave problems of imposing magnitude, even wih several “big-wigs” sit ting in his office he would ans wer his telephone, “J. K.” come on here for lunch.” By the way' Mr. Edwards ans wers his telephone himself, some times holding two phones ait the same time. That is the essential democratic spirit of the man, completely without pomp of vain glory, swank or strut. And, I may interpose, Mr. Edwards does not lack for skilled, devoted, ener getic and gracious secretarial as sistance, for Mrs. Banks is no tably excellent in all phases of her work. However, B. M. him self answers the calls. And he may take time from a confere of outstanding men or big customers in order to speak to some very ordinary person sue has I, or some other “Fulano-de-tal,” as the Spaniards say, meaning just anybody. B. M. delights in being host, whether in the bank or down on the Edisto river. Hundreds of the state’s (and nation’s) most im posing figures have relished his skill in a bountiful provider, both of food and entertainment. B. M.’s pride is in service and helpful achievement; he is en tirely free from “side” and blus ter; he is, in extraordinary de gree, a man among men, standing out because of accomplishment. B. M. is a man of humility and his faith is deeply rooted in the o]d time religion of people. He not only believes in spiritual val ues, but he liberally supports all good causes; and he believes de voutly in his Maker. Comradeship with ‘‘B. M.” has been one of the richest privileges of my somewhat varied life. In recent years I have been happy The papers tell us that B. M. Edwards will retire on December 31 of this year as chairman of the board of the South Carolina Na tional Bank. In comparison with that announcement all the politi cal announcements, proclama tions and programs of recent | years seem pale and unimport ant. There is no other man in the state as widely known in our economic life as B. M. Edwards; no one more generally respected for his broad knowledge of busi ness conditions as well as admir ed for his extraordinary judg ment, based on a profound ap preciation of fundamental val- • ues. I know about those rare qualities, but I would like to tell you about B. M. Edwards as I know him, in the sweet comrade ship I have enjoyed with him for a number of years. “B. M.” is a captivating spirit, full of the milk of human kind ness, but a banker to his finger tips. He is never so happy as when doing something for some body. I recall many instances of his readiness and willingness to serve a boy or a girl as quickly— or more quickly—than a million aire. Once I told him of the am- ^bition of a quiet, modest, deserv- *ing girl. B. M. arranged at once. He called several people over the telephone and ardanged for the • young lady. That was typical of him. For some reason I don’t fully grasp B. M. has honored me with a degree of consideration that marks him as a chivalrous man, as knightly as the most courtly gentleman could be. Many people know of the bank’s private cafeteria, down in the basement, but few have en joyed B. Ms’, fellowship there as stimulated me, even inspired me. B. M.’s is one and the other is with a splendid man of construc tive ability and amazing accom plishment. He, however, is des tined to bless the state with many more years of conspicuous ser vice. ' * A. / There will never be another Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and, just as surely, I shall never know another B. M. Edwards. Ane one of my tenants would say, “There jist ain’t none.” • * • What about water? A few years ago we were not worried about water except when Santee and other rivers turned the country side into flood areas. Down in Peru I knew men who were rich when they had water; paupers when the dry land thirsted year after year for a flow of water from some controlled source. Quoting from Farm and Ranch: “Water-use headaches are de veloping in the humid Southeast. Not so many years ago our only worry about water east of the Missassipi river was what to do with toto much of it. But some thing new has been happening. Water is becoming important— and sometimes as scarce—as land. Take the case of . the Cherry Creek watershed in South Caro lina, for example. There, the town of Gaffney for years had been using the creek as its source of water. But when farmers downstream began needing a lot of water for - irrigation, there wasn’t enough for all users. The farmers had to stop irrigating or take legal action against the town. South Carolina’s water use law which affected the Cherry Creek problem is based generally on the common law or riparian rights, which holds that you have a right to use water from a sur face body of water only if you own land touching it. The same common law is the general basis SlROM illtMOND rowHS 1 ’ 1 * I have. However busy he might i in two friendships which have Pres nil'll ion LONG STUDY OF RESOLUTION For many weeks I gave a great deal of consideration to the reso lution approving militafy and economic cooperation with na tions in the Middle East at the President’s discretion I voted for the resolution when it was approved by a vote of 72- 19. I was oposed to the provis ion specifically authorizing use of $200,000,000 for ecorvoquc aid to Middle Eastern nations. I vot ed for the Russell amendment which would have removed that authorization because I believe we should try to reduce foreign economic aid instead of increas ing it. Nevertheless, when we were defeated in our efforts to remove that provision, I felt the resolu tion was too important to our country to vote against it. I want to tell you the reasons which brought me to that viewpoint. PEACE MOST VITAL ISSUE I believe every citizen of this country—-particularly every mo ther and father—is more interest ed in continued peace than in any other matter. Regardless of our preference to leave other nations td work out their own problems, I am con-, vinced that circumstances force the United States to recognize .the practical situation which exists in the Middle East. If we fail to for existing water use laws in alll ^ ‘nf.ltration -W Middle Eastern nations by the were giving every indication of launching attacks o nthe islands and on Formclsa. When the Con gress approved the resolution South Carolina. He issued in structions on March 5 to FHA of ficials in South Carolina. De tails of the loan requirements can be obtained from local THA offices. ‘‘dumping’’ of foreign goods in this country by price-cutting de vices. The bill will tighten up loopholes in the present anti dumping Law and simplify defini tions to make enforcement eas ier. thus protecting American em ployees and employers from, : rfcums against' sa'id floods of foreign made goods CO-SPONSOR OF FARM LABOR BILL I have joined Senator 'Stennis, 1 of Mississippi, in sponsoring a bill j _ rurvr to give the farmer greater protee- j r iwai. i i i tion than he now has under defi- : Take notice that on the 15th nitions of the Fair Labor Stand- I day of Apnl, 1957, 1 will render a ards Act. final account of my acts ond do- Because of a Supreme Court' ,n *s 85 Executntf of the estate of on the same day will apply for a* final discharge from my trust as Executrix. Any person bwietated to <jia ) id es tate is notified and required to make payment on or before that date; and i all, persons having estate '^jil present them on or before said date, duly proven* or be forever barred JANIE! lOl JJNGSWO RTH BEIJL. Executrix, March 7. 1957 +c W-28 decision and application of the! law’ by the Secretary of l^ibor. farmers have been subjected to undue hardships in ^connection I William East Bell, in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens County, at TO o’clock a rfi.. and with an overwhelming show of with the “first processing" * of unity .the Chinese Communists commodities This bill clarifies '-je ... con you count !h« factors ontoring into your proscription. Pharmacy deals with a multitude of details, and the many thousands of items in your pharmacist's stock prove the point. Your prescription specifies drugs, amount, strength, size, and dosage. Add to these the order of mixing, comparabilities, and hundreds of procedures and diversities within the know ledge of your phormodst. They multiply the selective factor of medicines, ond establish pharmacy os a most complex profession. AO of these skills ore employed to serve you when we All your prescription. Howards Your Rexall Store Phone 101 Southeastern states Industrial and municipal uses take up a lot of water, of course. And when you or your neighbor start ttiinking about irrigating crops from surface sources—riv ers, lakes or streams—you, your neighbor and nearby towns and industries become competitors for a water suply that may not be as plentiful as you thought. The creek which kept running all summer a few years ago can dry up fast this year when several heavy’ users start pumping out of it. . ^ Then your state’s w’ater use laws—which may have been good enough a few years ago, when water w’asn’t so improtant—may suddenly become inadequate Water use? laws of the South eastern states were written in a day when there was plenty of water for everybody. With few exceptions, they haven’t been brought up to date for highly competitive water use conditions. That’s why every- farmer has a big stake in his state legisla ture’s action—or lack of action— on water use problems. It isn’t just a problem of sur face lakes and streams. Most un derground water sources are shared by several users— and may be exhaustible ,too. In. a rural farming section near Chat tanooga, Tenn., a .huge, new of fice building now under construc tion may draw its big water sup ply through wells from a limited underground pool.’ .Under pres ent Tennessee law, there’s noth ing to prevent exhaustion of the ’pool’ by the biggest “user—the of fice building—leaving none for the remaining farmers who de pend on it for their water sup ply” * * * The resolution of the Georgia Legislature to impeach the . jus tices of the United States Su preme Court may appear to be an idle, ineffective measure, but it CEDAR ROCK Green Beans 303 Can Can 16 OZ. LOAF |Qc Bread 2'*25' +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ AUNT JEMIMA GRITS 10 c 2 Lb. Bag Quick or Regular LOOK! LOOK! LOOK! Wesson Oil Quarts 59 MAYFIELD’S (No Limit) Cream Corn 303 Can 10 STRAIGHT FROM CHARLESTON! BUD AND BLOOM Azaleas ea. 69 46 OZ. CAN ORANGEADE Hi-C 25 DIXIE’S PRIDE CANNED, 6 BOTTLE CARTON (Plus Deposit) Biscuits ‘f ^3° Pepsi-Cola 29' o i : — • SUPER PIGG'S MARKETS NO. 2—N. HARPER ST.NO. 1—GREENWOOD RD. Communists, I believe it is more likely we shall soon find our- Sblves faced with another situa tion such as the one which deveL oped in Korea in June, 1950 KOREA A TRAGIC EXAMPLE In my opinion the Korean War developed largely as a result of our failure to let it be known that we were interested in maintain ing the integrity of South Korea. Instead of letting our interest 'be known, Dean Acheson ,the Secre tary of State at that time, had made a speech in January ,1950, in which he did not mention Ko rea as being one of the areas in which we were interested. Korea was a tragic and costly experience to the United States, both in human lives and in our resources. We cannot charge the Sec|retary of State with causing the Communist attack on South Korea, but we must remember the lesson of Korea when we con sider our~Vital interests an try- mg to maintain peace in the Mid dle East. FORMOSA RESOLUTION EFFECTIVE Another instance in our foreign relations should also be remem bered. In 1955 the President re quested Congress to approve a resolution expressing our interest in Formosa and certain of the offshore lslands' of China. At that time the Chinese Communists is not ridiculous, it is the solemn act of a Sovereign State whose reserved, constitutional rights have been unlawfully transgress ed. The decision of the Supreme Court is a case of unlawgful le gality; that is, it is legal because it conforms to certain superficial rules, but it is unlawful because it is contrary to the Constitution itself, the supreme law of the land. While we are having a lot of shallow oratory about the decis ion, it is refreshing to have, sol emn action by a state in its Sov ereign dignity and prerogative. The most important and the most immediate matter before our Nation is not the Suez prob lem, nor the trbiulations of the Middle East; the urgent high prescriptive issue is proper dis tribution of powers, in strict con fonnity with the Constitution. Although the members of the Supreme Court do not’agree with this, aparently, the supreme law is not the monetary or current I social theories of any set of men, but the law as accepted by the ociginal States as the basis of the relation’ of the Sovereign States to the Nation which they created, they created, mark you It seems- desirable to repeat with emphasis that the thirteen Colonies which fought the War of i , the Revolution (as we speak of it) were not a Nation or Political State, but thirteen Colonies in re volt against Great Bntain. The British King, when he rec ognized his inability to suppress the revolt, recognized as inde pendent each of the thirteen Col onies. Each became thereby a Sovereign State or Nation, 5*>p- arate and independent. For rea sons which seemed good the thir teen States cooperated to estab lish a Union, a creation of the thirteen States for the common good, and the contract or com pact or agreement by which the thirteen established this agency for certain purposes they called a Constitution. Now, if we assume that the’ Agency has usurped the powers of its creators; that it has, by whatever process of aggrandize ment, absorbed the States, then we have a clear case of unlawful assumption of power by the Cen tral Agency, in obvious tion of the manifest intent ofwne founders, as well as in flagrant repudiation of the lucid provis ions of the' Constitution allocat ing to each its proper sphere of activity. immediately became more con ciliatory toward the United Stated. The lessons of Korea and For mosa show rather clearly that the nations-of the world respect the United States when we take a positive position in any matter DEMONSTRATION OF UNITY NEEDED The most important oint in ap- 1 proving the resolution was to demonstrate the unity and deter mination of America against the aggression of the Communists I am firmly convinced the resolu tion has had that effect and will help restrain the Reds in the Middle East. CONFIDENCE IN RICHARDS I am greatly pleased that a South Carolinian has been select ed by the President as his Special Ambassador to the Middle East. I refer to former Congressman James P Richards, of Lanmaster Ambassador Richards N r e t i r e d from - Congress as Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives. His vast experience over nearly a quarter of a century in the House of Representatives, as well as his experience in 1953 as a member of the United States Del egation to the' United Nations, give him th ehighiy important background needed to take a practical approach to internation al problems. The fact that Dick Richards Ls to lead our efforts to maintain peace in’ the Middle East gives me added confidence in the program. ADDITIONAL FHA EMER GENCY LOANS PROMISED Since >N Keturmng to Washington in January, I have held a number of „ conferences with Farmers Home Administration officials urging them to make it easier for the small fanner to’si^cure emergency loans. Administrator K H Hanson, of FHA, . has now promised me that additional emergency loans will be made available to. farmers in the definitions of "agriculture. 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