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Thursday, January 15, 1959 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE 3 •nth About . . . People You Know Items of Interest Concerning Clinton Residents Mrs. Roy Pitts spent the week end in Camden and Beth one with Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Grube, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Pitts. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Poole of Chamblee, Ga., visited the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs R. E. Poole, the past week-end. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Rose boro were week-end guests of the for mer’s sister, Mrs. Eric Medlin, and Mr. Medlin in Blaney and also visit ed other relatives m Camden. Mrs. Frank Miller spent the week-end with her daughter, Mrs. Lolis M. Hardy, and Dr. Hardy in Camden. ATTEND STATE GRANGE On Saturday Mrs. L. R. Adams, Mrs. P. H. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Sfaealy of Mountvllle, at tended the State Grange Leaden Conference in Cofambia recently. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Moore attend ed the Southeastern Fasion Show in Charlotte, N. C., this week. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Anderson of Greenville, arrived yesterday after- non for a few days visit with Mrs. Anderson’s sister, Miss Ruth Bai ley. Mrs. Clyde McCrary, Ken Mc Crary, Mr. and Mrs. Bill McCrary were week-end guests of their dau ghter and sister, Mrs. Eugene Sheorn, and Mr. Sheorn in Camden. Among those attending the South eastern Fashion Show in Charlotte, N. C., this week were J. B. Reeder, J. B. Arnold, Mrs. Joe Campbell and Mrs. Cecil McLendon of the Clinton and Lydia Mills Stores. VISITS SISTER Mrs. Billy McMillan has return ed from a visit in Asheville, N. C.. with her sister, Mrs. Rube Reyn olds and Mr. Reynolds. Their friends will be interested to know Mr. Reynolds, who underwent an operation on Saturday, is improv ing. Mrs. Ansel Godfrey and Mrs. John T. Young spent Tuesday in North Augusta with the former’s daughter, Mrs. Callie Gault and Mr. Gault. They were accompanied by Mrs. Carlisle Neely who visited her father, T. B. Lee, in Augusta. IS IMPROVING Mrs Inez Pruitt, Miss Jo Pruitt, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pruitt, of Greer, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Ramsey, of Whitmire, on Sunday visited their daughter and sister, Mrs. Sammie Wright, at the Veter ans Hospital, Augusta. Mrs. Wright, who has been seriously ill, is im proving. J. V. Bearden of Montmorenci, is spending some time with his sis ter, Mrs. Edgar Blakely. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Freestrom, accompanied by the former’s fath er, Frank Freestrom, left Saturday for a visit with their children, Mr. and Mks. J. A. Shorter. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Shorter in Charleston. Mrs. M. L. Campbell will return Friday from Prattsville, Ala., where she spent the past three weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Deason. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Corbett and sons, Lee and Tommy, of Columbia, were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Thurston R. Giles. Miss Cornelia Harris, of Colum bia,- spent the week-end with her mother. Mrs. Wilson Harris. On Sat urday Miss Harris, state president, presided at a board meeting of the Women of the S. C. Press Associa tion held in Columbia when plans were made for the state meeting in February, AT TRAINING SCHOOL The following from St. John’s Lutheran Church attended the Training School held .Sunday at Trinity Lutheran Church ia Greenville: Ratchford W. Boland, Mrs. T. M. Seaae, Mrs. C. C. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Boyce, Mrs. J. R. Reynolds, Mrs. Floyd Bundrick, and Mrs. Earl Farmer. Mrs J. V. Edwards haa returned from, a six weeks stay with her daughters. Mrs. J. V. Lipacombe. in Coral Gables. Fla and Mrs Arthur E Anderson in Lake Worth. Fla., and their families Mrs. T. B. Ginsburg is spending several weeks in New York. Mrs. Vera G. White was called to Washington, D. C.. on Sunday be cause of the serious illness of her daughter. Mrs. Leroy J. Crawford, the former Miss Irene White of this city. Her friends will be interested to know she is improving. Mr. and Mrs. Walter West and daughter, Sharon, of Kershaw were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Mclnvaille. G. N Myers of New York City, was a business visitor here last week. ATTENDS MEETING M. L. Campbell, manager of the Southern Bell Telephone Company for the Clinton area, has been spend ing the week in Columbia attend ing a telephone management meet ing. He will return here tomorrow. Mr. and Mrs. Julian M. Beil and children were recent jruests of Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Edwards enroutc from piberton, Ga., to their home in MJonroe, N. C By SPECTATOR- COMMENTS CD MEN AND THING since the State rhooMu the Board I State-, Coin missions. Departments being very little, probably not a of Directors If the State wishes to and Services, from the Governor, t••nth <4 • h.*t a piivatHpow**' com- exercise more authority it is fully erapowored to do so It is for the General Assembly to decide The governor may also have some pre rogative in the management And other state officials have a super visory prerogative the Supreme Court on down—all pany of the sa^me capacity con- have to come before the House tr d>utes and Senate, hat in hand and bowing In fairness to everybody for I low, asking, urging*, insisting on am not making this a personal or appropriations And today all the political question. d$e course fol- imtituUofis and serveies are most lojved by Santee-Cooper u in har- earnestly and soheittously pleading -nu*oy with the one sided Act of Safitee-Cooper Is in the news. I quote Major W. D. Workman in ITie News and Courier and Editor Robert S. Latimer, Jr,, of the Lee County Messenger. Says Mr. Workman: ’Tlie an nouncement that a $36 million steam generating plant is to be built at Conway strips the last ves tige of camouflage away from the Santee-Cooper development and ex poses it for what it is and always has been—a public power project. All the hocus-pocus about flood control and navigation now fades away into nothingness, for not even the most rabid public power advo cates can sensibly link a steam generating plant between Conway and Myrtle Beach with the purpose for which Santee-Cooper ostensibly was created. The Act creating the South Caro lina Public Service Authority (the Mr. and Mrs. Van Jones and chil-iofficial designation of the Santee- dren spent Sunday in Fountain Inn Cooper Authority) vested that agen- with her parents. Mr and Mrs R cy with considerable power, but W. Curry. | those powers presumably were link- iMrs. C. M. Bailey hnd Mrs. W. L. fed with the purpose for which the MarshaU, Jr., leave Friday for a Visit with their daughter and sis- Authonty was established So that there *can be no misun- ter, Mrs. W. B. Lea, and family derstanding oL what that purpose in Rocky Mount, N. C. was, the following is quoted from Mr. and Mrs. T. J. McCarty and daughter, Kathy, of Aiken, were guests on Sunday of Mr. and Mrs George Reid. While here they also visited other friends. CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY that Section of the Santee-Cooper act which spells out both the pur pose and a declaration of public interest: v TTie Public Service Authority is created primarily for the purpose Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Prather had of developing the Cooper River, as their guests on Sunday Mr and the Santee River, the Congaree Mrs Joe L. Beaudrot. Mrs. E. P River, and their tributaries up- Pratt, Mr and Mrs. Ernest Young, stream to the confluence of the Mr. and Mrs John C. Young. Mr. Broad and Saluda Rivers and up- and Mrs Louis Beaudrot, of Green stream on the Wateree River to a wood the occasion being to cele- : point at or near Camden and other brate the birthday of Mr Prather’s similar projects as instrumentali Mr. and Mrs. C. A Holland were ! S uter. Mrs. Joe Beaudrot tiw intrastate, interstate and week-end guests of the lattef’s sis- Mrs. R. A. Knight and Mrs. Alan foreign commerce and navigation; ter, Mrs Eugene Brown and Mr I Knight of Belton, spent yesterdav of reclaiming waste lands by the Brown, in Mt. Pleasant. IF YOU DON'T READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DO NT GET THE NEWS 74 with their daughter and sister-in elimination or control of flood wa law Mrs Thomas Baldwin ters. reforesting the water sheds Dr and Mrs C. Bynum Betts of such rivers and improving pub- were guests on Thursday of Dr he health conditions in those areas Mrs W J Reid, in! ‘It is hereby found and declared that the project authorized by this Mr and Mr* A. B Jacks. Mr chapter is for the aid of intrastate, mer’s sister. Mrs Fred Shields, in and Mrs Ed Templeton have re- interstate and foreign commerce Mt Vernon. Va . for a visit Ensign a^d M " ind n * v *** m and , ^ * ,d u mt i. l,:. -k,, r , they Visited Mrs . an “ v ' r and imnrovemrnt at intraatate in Hart is awaiting his ship to return Tv m pje<ons siater Mrs A. S Var to his base at Galveston, Texas borough, and Mr Yarborough Mrs William Henry is spending this week in New York on a buying trip for Pearle Henry Dress Shop. Mrs J. B. Hart and Mrs Carol Betts' aunt. Hart leave today to join Ensign Carol Hart at the home uf.the for- JANUARY SALE High Quality Brand Name Merchandise At Greatly Reduced Prices! SUITS REDUCED —IN 2 GROUPS— Regular $62.50 GRIFFON SUITS Now $19.50 • Regular $45.00 ALL OTHER SUITS Now $29.95 One Group TOPCOATS By Alligator Reg. $35.75 - Now $26.00 Sport Shirts-Entire Stock Reduced to S2.99 each (The»e are regular $1.00 to $5.95 value*) 20 SPORT COATS Reduced to $19.00 Valves to $29.95 A 14 SPORT COATS j Reduced to $28.95 1 Regular $55.00 Value — ONE GROUP DRESS SHIRTS $2.00 each Regular $4.00 and $5.00 Values Large Group of SOCKS Sport and Stretch 45c each - 3 for $125 ENTIRE STOCK OF WOOL SLACKS Now 25% off ALL JACKETS Men and Boys 25% off In Suedes, Wools and Gabardines FLORSHEIM SHOES Regular $19.95 Value Now $15.80 Regular $22.95 Value Now $17.80 Regular $24.95 Value Now $19.80 FREEMAN SHOES Values to $13.95 Now $ 9.95 Values to $14.95 Now $10.95 Values to $17.95 Now $13.00 All Sweaters Reduced to $5.95 and $7.95 LARGE RACK OF NECKWEAR Now $1.00 Regular $1.50 to $2.50 Ties BOYS Suits and Sport Coat| , Now Vs off ONE GROUP HICKOK JEWELRY SETS V2 price TIE BAR & CUFF LINK SETS Regular $3.50 and $5.00 Value—Vj price SPECIAL! 10 DOZEN ONLY SHORT SLEEVE SPORT SHIRTS 2 for $5.00 Regular $3.00 to $5.00 Values •** ■ — — . but at least they now have the bare facts before them—devoid of the trappings of navigation and flood control.” Now Mr. Latimer: ‘‘Santee-Cooper has recently an nounced that it intends to build a huge $36,000,000 steam generating plant at Conway. U already oper ates a hydro-electric plant, as well as a steam generating plant, near Moncks Comer. During recent j years, Santee-Cooper, supposed to be state owned and operated, has gobbled up service area after area 1 andlseems determined to grow larg er and larger at the expense of privately owned and privately fi nanced power companies. We wonder if it isn’t high time for the South Carolina General As sembly to find out whether Santee- Cooper is subservient to the State or whether the State of South Caro lina is subservient to Santee-Cooper Santee-Cooper pays little in taxes and does not have to comply with the restrictions imposed on elec tric generating companies not state- owned and operated. Personally we would like to see a move started to get South Carolina and Santee- Cooper out of competition with the companies which pay taxes into the state treasury. Santee-Cooper has an interesting history, in part cited by Mr. Work j man When the late T. C. Williams urg ed that the different elevation of the Santee and Cooper Rivers gave us a fall of forty-two feet, more or I less, he was full of enthusiasm and compelling persistence At one time it was suggested se-1 nously that the State of South Caro lina should issue bonds to the amount of twenty five million dol-1 tars for the proposed Santee -Cooper project I. for one. opposed it stren uously on behalf of the Farmrrv and Taxpayers League The project at that time of dcpresion and cheap prices probably could have been built for $25,000,000 But a general sentiment opposed pledging the credit of the state Incidentally that question may be raised today. Came Mr Roosevelt with the idea of fighting the depression bj more spending I do not know whs' part our Senator Byrnes had tn the beginning But Mr Roosevelt vir tualiy gave us the Santee-Tuop*; a> t tribute at apprectatam at Sena The Santee-Cooper is, then, as for more money But the word is creation, Should this condition con- much under the control of the Gen- out that the state facts; a deficit itinue’ eral Assembly as is Winthrop Col- of at least twelve million dollars This is not an attack on Mr’ Jef-> lege or the State University But R u t Santee-Cooper is a case of fcries; he is acting or his interpre- there is a vast differenqp: alike, yet special pnvilige it produce-, antf tauon-of the Law But, as old Judge totally different. Quite an anomaly power, and it controls its Hudson said to a young lawyer of grows as we look into details. i revenues absolutely It contributes Anderson who was citing the Code Clemson, Carolina. Winthrop, The a token to the State and Counties in support of’his position. "It does Citadel, the State Hospital, and all as it may please, the total so far (Continued on page seveni and improvement of intrastate, in terdate and foreign commerce and navigation and the development, sale and the distribution of hydro, electric power is in all respects for the benefit of all the people at the state of South Carolina, for the im . kvr _ . . . .i - IWr h..Uh Large Group Men’s Hat*-Values to S10, Now . . . $5.00 See Our Hush Puppy Shoes at $8.95 (In BruMhtd PigAkin) ALL SALK CASH AND PINAL Adair's Men's Shop ~Fm the Who CaresT n>or of Mr poratioo owned completely by the people at South Caroling and op- *** **' #r Mr. Rouarveli we • rated by said Authority tar the | benefit of all the people at the state the Public Service Authority shall 9r be required to pay no taxes or aa So far a» •essments upon any of the proerty Cooper project was somewhat dif acquired By it for this project or I***"* from moat others la this upon Its activities in the operation Project the Stale of South Caroima thereof except as the Santee-Cooper subject to provided . . . rertaia debt*, aad the Seale*- Caa These high sounding word* suf jP rr - ** I recall it. has borrowed ficed to got federal barking (and * omr money from bankers money) for the start of the Santee. A peculiar problem roafreota the Cooper project State Is SaMe*-Cooper a self gev At the outset, emphasis wax enung. independent date orgauza placed on the navigation and flood Lon. responsible to *> oar* Of control aspects of the project The generation of hydroelectric poorer, while admittedly important, was not given any paramount po R may be Invest your Christmas Conus in a fine DIAHOND from HAMILTON'S ‘100" m M Kaai* rfiMMftirn aaiovL earn ‘15T « atvwova aaiovL rvia *125 .00 |1* «• M> nil FREE With Aay lie# Milt Diamond For a short time only lovely > p.ece Wm R >gers Service for 4. with any B.ut Nde Diamond Ring selling tor 100 00 or more. Anti tarnish cheat in cluded selth IS 00 or up Tbpioce Senr. let for R with any Blue Nue Diamond ring selling for $DOOO or more Aatv tarnish chest Inrtudrd w:?h 2S0Q In the. initial stages of develop merit, care was taken to belittle any (ears that the power potential might pose a threat to private!) owned utilities of the area On that [scare general manager R. M Jef-| fanes had this to say in court pro ceedings of March It, 1937; ‘Our application very clearly dis closed our purpose to sell a Urge z mount of our energy to the power companies, and in (act so far as the application is concerned all of it except about 21 per cent which we thought we had a certain market for that would not compete with the utDity companies ... It is not my attitude to come before this court and try to persecute and prosecute these utility companies, because I have always said . . . that the Santee-Cooper project was not designed for the purpose of put ting any of them out of business ’ But with the passage of years and Santee-Coper’s growth of political as well as electrical power, the Au thority changed both its attitude and its operation. Ten years after that disavowal of anti-utility sentiment, Santee-Coo per was fighting tooth and nail to buy the South Carolina Power Com pany (A Charleston utility ultimate ly acquired by the South Carolina Electric and Gas Company). When that fight appeared to be lost, Jefferies told a Charleston ser vice club that Santee-Cooper would give the private Utilities ‘competi tion to the Nth degree.’ Within five more years, Santee Cooper was building a huge steam plant of its own alongside the hy dro-electric plant at Pinopolis and had teamed up with a combination of Rural Electric Cpoperatryps lq distribute public power throughoui lower and central South Carolina Now, another steam plant is in the offing, this one almost 100 miles distant from the hydro plant (and about the same distance from a large new steam plant netng built by the Caro >. G End of Annual Clearance Sale - Saturday, Jan. 17 5-Picce Wrought Iron Sofa Bed Group Reg. S189.95 J a | e 129-95 Solid Mahogany Sofa Reg. $289.50 $ a | e 169.50 2-Piece Suite (Sofa and Club Chair) (Foam - Nylon) Reg. $259.95 $ a | e 169-50 RECLINER Reg. $39.95 Sale 25-00 Deacon’s Bench (Unfinished) Reg. $29.95 Sale 2000 ELECTRIC BLANKETS (2 Yr. Warranty) each 1995 I TEA CART Reg. S8.95 Sale ' 3-00 These Are a Few of the Used Items We Have Going at Very Low Prices 1 Maple Corner China Cabinet (Ised) A Real Value for* Sale 25*00 I - 3-Piece Sectional (Charcoal) Used Reg. S219.95 11000 s Single Beds, Choice (Used) 1000 I Used Trunk (Clean) 1000 The Home of Natiomilly Ad»erti>ed Merchandix point. Hoover Vacuum (.leaner*. Mohawk Carpet Chef Gas Ranges, IVrfection Ga> Heater*. -Hot- Magic Drop Leaf Table and 6 Chairs - Reg. S149.50 $80.00 (Copprrtone KiaLsh — Krxron) Lawson Furniture Co. Joanna, S. C.