The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, June 27, 1963, Image 7
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TUB CLINTON CHRONICLE
Big Dm FooUahneM
A MATTER which haa until
recently been a local issue on
bath sides of the Sarannah
River, in South Carolina and
Georgia, is attracting national
attention. This is the proposal
to construct another big govern
ment dam across the Savannah
at Trotters Shoals in Abbeville
County. Because of its effects
on South Carolina, I have given
this matter great study, and
have concluded that this project
is not in the best interest of
our State or Nation, for the
following reasons:
FIRST, Duke Power Company
has offered te build the world’s
largest steam generating plant
in Anderson County near the
Trotters Shoals site, but the
company has indicated it would
not do so if the Federal Gov
ernment builds the Trotters
Shoals hydro • electric power
danu Duke would build a small
12-foot dam which would not
adversely affect development of
the Savannah River valley. The
government dim' would cost
178.7 million to construct, and
it would be so high that it would
flood 24,000 acres of land, in-
dudiug some of the best indus
trial sites in this country. The
Duke plant would provide 25
times the electric power pro
posed by Trotters Shoals, and
since steam power can be Ken-
era ted cheaper than hydro-elec
tric power, the Duke officials
have testified that they would
provide power to REA custom
ers at a cheaper rate than could
the government dam. In addi
tion to this, the Duke plant
would pay $7.4 million annually
in taxes to the Federal Gov
ernment and K million annually
in State and local taxes. The
government dam, of course,
would pay no taxes, only cost
tax dollars.
SECOND, the Mead Pulp and
Paper Corporation has an
nounced it plans to build a $40-
60 million plant on the Savan
nah River in Abbeville County.
However, the company has stat
ed that it could not erect this
plant if the Trotters Shoals.gov-
drhment dam is approved^ be
cause the government dam
would flood its site. The paper
null would provide employment
for 676 persons with an aver
age annual payroll of $6 million.
The average per annum wage
would be $6,600. An additiona 1
660 persons would be given em
ployteent in the woods, and at
ipulpwood market of JW-
would be. crortet .-not-
fte pulpwood pro-'u-vrs
than $1.8 million addition
•1 above the amount they would
receive if the same wood were
delivered to coastal mills. The
tax gains for all levels of gov
ernment would be $4 million an
nually.
THIRD, if the government
dam is constructed, not only
would the Duke and Mead sites
be destroyed, but other sites for
industries already making plans
to build along the remaining
29 miles of free-flowing water
on the Savannah River, between
the back waters of the Clarks
Hill reservoir and the Hartwell
dam, would be destroyed. This
would leave this area a virtual
industrial deoert
- FOURTH, the question boils
down essentially to one of de
velopment of the area by eur
free enterprise system or the
federal government. In this case,
private enterprise is both will
ing and able te develop the
area. In addition, private enter
prise could provide cheeper
power, and 25 times as much
power, as could the government
dam.
FIFTH, with the Federal Gov
ernment already owing $808 bil
lion, which together with other
U. S. obligations and commit
ments total about $1V4 trillion,
we should not commit the
eminent to new projects,
absolutely essential. $78.7 mil
lion, a minimal figure for Trot
ters Shoals construction, is no
small sum.
SIXTH, the government dM
would not provide major multi
ple benefits, as claimed for gov
ernment hydro-electric projects.
Besides providing electric power,
the proponents of the govern
ment dM have not cited any
major advantages to accrue to
the area from construction of
the dam, such as flood-control,
increased navigation, etc, except
for recreation. Interior Secre
tary Stewart UdaU has testifled
that the government dM could
be used as a great recreational
area for the teeming popula
tions of the East. He did net
stress, however, that such recre
ation would have to be subject
to government policies and
prders. '* ( a
WE DONT particularly need
government controlled recrea
tion areas in South Carolina, as
we have a plentiful supply of
good local recreation areas now,
but we do need more jobs for
our people, increased payrolls,
more tax receipts, better prices
o- our pulpwood, and cheapor
locviic power for our people.
BKBEATION NEWS
■■fT ' i hi Hi
speaking to the Laurens Lions
The KJwanis Club in the Dixie
Youth League thinks thirteen la a
lovely number, for it was the
thirteenth game of the season
that they were able to defeat the
Lions Club which had won twelve
straight games this season. The
Kiwanis Club had forced the
Lions Club into extra innings be
fore losing to them once before
this season.
Whitmire, in the Palmetto
League, knocked Joanna from the
undefeated ranks this week. All
leaders in the three leagues, Jo
anna in the Small Fry, Lions in
the Dixie Youth, and Joanna in
the Palmetto League, have lost
only one game each.
Dug to the rain the past week
we have three rained out games.
Lydia vs Bailey in Small Fry,
Exchange vs Kiwanis in Dixie
Youth, and Whitmire vs Hamp
ton in Palmetto. These games are
being made up this week.
There will not be any activity
during the week of the Fourth of
July as the mills will be shut
down.
Ben Hay Hammet continues to
lead the hitting in the Dixie
Youth League, but Wayne Avin-
ger, catcher of the Kiwanis, is
slowly closing in on first place.
Hammet is hitting .599 and Avin-
ger .553. Campbell of the Lions
Club is third with .537.
The Dixie Youth League has
several good catchers this year in
Avinger of the Kiwanis Club,
Campbell of the Lions Club,
Johnson of the Exchange Club,
and Patterson of the Moose Club.
All four catchers are hitting .400
or more at the present time.
John Henry Lott of the Joanna
Palmetto League, continues to
lead in the hitting, although he
dropped several points. Butch
Chandler of Joanna, is second in
the hitting, and Jerry Chandler
of ThornweU is third in batting.
' PALMEETO BATTING
ers in the following boys: Ted-
ards and Motes from the Lions
Club; Keith Kemp of the Kiwanis
dub; and BUI Willard of the
Whitmire Club.
DIXIE YOUTH BATTING
AVERAGES
Player—Team
AB
H Avg.
Hammet (L)
34
19
.559
Avfhger (K)
47
26
.553
Campbell (L)
41
22
.539
Power (L)
46
24
.522
S. Elrod (W)
40
20
.500
J. Sanders (E) —_
29
13
.448
Whitmore (E)
41
18
.439
Brock (K)
42
18
.429
Rikard (J)
33
14
.425
J. Lawson (M) u
36
15
.417
Lever (M)
41
17
.415
King (L) I
34
12
.412
Johnson (E)
40
16
.400
Turner (M) .
20
8
.400
Patterson (M)
43
17
.395
Howard (W)
43
17
.395
Adair (L)
39
15
.385
Johnson (L)
28
10
.357
Shields (W)
38
13
.342
Watts (K)
39
13
.333
T. Sanders (E) . . ..
36
12
.333
Laney (E)
49
16
.327
Pierce (K)
40
12
.300
LEADING DIXIE YOUTH
1 consumer would prpbably be the
loser In milk price war. He be
lieves that the war will break
many dfllrytnen, the supply will
be short, and milk from out of
state will come in. This out of
state milk could be from surplus
producing states that do not have
the health requirements of our
local dairymen.
In-
on
Gene Brown and Harry
graham recently appeared
Channel 4 along with Jerry Ben
nett, Associate County Agent, to
give the dairymen’s viewpoint on
the milk price war. *
MountviUe News
MAUDE BRYSON
Lt. and Mrs. Robert Finley and
family of Monterey, Calif., spent
last week with his parents, Col.
and Mrs. W. H. Finley. On June 2
Lt. JP’inley received his master’s
degree in physics from the Naval
Post-Graduate Sbhool in Monte
rey/
Miss Brenda Watts of Clinton,
was a recent visitor of her grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. G C
Watts.
■Mrs; Roily Bannister, Sr.,
spent last week in Raleigh, N. C.,
with her son and daughter-in-
law, Mr. and Mrs. Roily Bannis
ter, and her new grandson, Roi
ly, Jr.
Allen Counts of Greenwood, is
visiting his uncle, J. M. Sim
mons, and family this week.
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Tommie
were business visitors in Green
wood Thursday.
Mrs. Effie W. Fuller returned
home last week after spending
several days in. Columbia. She
was accompanied home by her
daughter, Mrs. Jack Lupree.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold McKit-
trick and family of Ohio, visited
his parents last week.
Miss Elizabeth Jones is visiting
in Houston, Texas, this week.
Mr. and Mrs. S. N. CJrisp visit
ed her sister, Mrs. Rhett Bryson,
last Thursday...
CLUB MEETS
The Cross Hill Home Demon
stration Club met with Mrs. Hugh
Jones on Tuesday, with 13 mem
bers present.
Mrs. Harold Bishop gave the
devotional. The program was en
titled “Care in the Home.”
Mrs. Janie Burns was
charge 6f recreation, which was
followed by refreshments served
by the hostess.
STRIKEOUTS
Tedards (L)—64; Motes (D—
62; B. Willard (W)—49; Hairston
(E)—33; Melton (W)—32; Kemp
(K) —31; Whitmore (E)—24.
LEADING PALMETTO
LEAGUE STRIKEOUTS
Motes (H)—54; Lott (J)—44;
B. Grady (W)—34; Bytier (BI
SS; Nobles (J)—33; J. Chandler
(T)—31; Tucker (B)—31.
’■-DIXIE YOUTH HOME RUNS
B. Willard (W)—4; Hammet
(L) —4; S. Elrod (W)—4> Camp
bell (L)—3; Motes (L)—3; Pat
terson (M)—3; Elsmore (W)—3;
Turner (M)—3; Avinger (K)—2;
Shields (W)—2; J. Sanders (E)—
2; Johnson (E>—2.
PALMETTO LEAGUE HOME
.AVERAGES
RUNS
Player—Team
AB
H Avg.
Lott (J)—4; B. Chandler (J)
Lott (J)
... 22
11
.500
3; J. Chandler—2.
B. Chandler (J)
20
14
.483
SMALL FRY STANDINGS
J. Chandler (T)
23
11
.478
Team w
L
Tucker (B)
26
12
.462
Joanna ^
1
'Nobles (J)
23
9
.391
Lydia 5
2
Hedspeth (B)
21
8
.381
Bailey 4
3
J. Willard (W)
25
9
.360
Hampton . 4
4
F. Cooper (L)
23
8
OAQ
ThornweU 0
8
Foster (B )
... 24
8
.333
DIXIE YOUTH STANDINGS
Turner (B) *
21
7
.333
Team yf
L
Motes (H)
_ 21
7
.333
Lions 13
1
B. Grady (L)
_ 25
8
.320
Exchange 10
3
25
8
320
WhitmirwTrnT —0—
0
Elrod (W)
_ 26
8
.308
Kiwanis a
7
Phil Motes of the Hampton Pal-
Moose 1 3
11
metto team leads
his league in
Joanna n
14
Sineerely, . --
(tu.1 /irepareU vt prmMtf at guverituttnl eiptntt)
strikeouts with 54. Lott of Joanna
is second with 44 and B. Grady
of Lydia is third.
In the Dixie Youth League
Buzzy Tedards leads in strike
outs with 64 and Tommy Motes,
younger brother of Phil, is sec
ond With 62 strikeouts. Bill Wil
lard of. Whitmire, is third with 49.
The Dixie Youth League has
several fine eleven-year-old pitch-
wmmmm
4th of JULY
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Team
Joanna
Whitmire
Lydia
Bailey
ThornweU
Hampton
PALMETTO LEAGUE
STANDINGS
W
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4
4
4
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News From
The County Agent
■■ L. QUIT. C—rty Age*
Roy Ferree, Extension Ento
mologist says it’s time to reno
vate the strawberry beds. If the
planting is large enough to use
machanical tools, harrow the
field three or four times with a
spike tooth harrow. Apply 500 to
600 pounds of 8-6-8 fertilizer per
acre and harrow the fertilizer
into the soil. For small areas,
use three pounds of fertilizer per
100 square feet.
DRESSES
25.00 Dresses Special—17.00
22.95 Dresses :7 Special—14.00 ,,
17.95 Dresses — Special—12.00
14.95 Dresses Special—10.00
12.95 Dresses Special— 8.00
10.95 Dreses Special— 7.00
8.95 Dresses Spedalr- 6.00
Natl—lly Advertised. Martha Manning — Carole King —<r Stacy Antes
•— Pat Perkins — Vicki Vaughn — Toni Todd t- Henry RosenfeM —
Henry Lee and Many More.
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One Group SWIM SUITS Va Price!
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All Sportswear GREATLY REDUCED!
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Calvin Robertson won the 4-H
tractor driving - contest held
Thursday at the Laurens County
Fair Grounds. Michael Parks of
ThornweU came in second. This
contest is held annually. The boys
are required to drive a tractor
through an obstacle course. The
driver must hitch to a two wheel
trailer or manure spreader. Con
gratulations to Calvin and to aU
the boys who entered the contest.
The Alabama Extension Serv
ice says that kerosene will help
open that clogged drain pipe.
They say pour a little in the drain
and follow with boiling water. If
this doesn’t work, call a plumb
er.
W. C. Nettles, Extension En-
tomoUgist, has advised that in
secticide used in fields that drain
into farm ponds are apt to kffl
the fish in those ponds. He ad
vises that run-off from treated
fields should be diverted where
practical and no insecticide
should be mixed close to a pond..
* The recent went zpeU is some
what like old times. Usually,
such rain doesn’t come until July
and August The rains, of coarse,
help pastures and foraffit crops
but are rough on wheat in the
field and ceMon. Grass is grow
ing. I SHU say that many term
ers trust Karmex too ter, and get
eaten up with crab ffimas.
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Cotton termers are advised to
apply three applications of in-
jflp
Some
age
lorurcrs arv auv
res applications
at May inters
Mflthw flsrtttts
on th
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