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, A:-. ^=r- } k 1 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Clinton, S. C, Thurndny, Doc—bwr S, 1>64 Private Industry Scores Again The myth that only the federal govern ment can create huge electric power proj ects has again been punctured. This time it is a private investment group, known as the Western Energy Sup ply and Transmission Associates, that is proving that a massive project—one that eventually will dwarf the TVA, the Aswan Dam and ether giant power producers— can be constructed without the use of a single penny of taxpayers’ funds. system would collapse, and we’d go down hill as a people at a dizzying rate. The size of profits varies from enter prise to enterprise, for maiiy good reasons. But the average is about 5 per cent of the gross national product. In the light of what the whole country gets in return, profit is a tremendous bargain. ANOTHER MYTH EXPLODED 1 In God We (Still) Trust ' We think it is time that our Supreme Court refused to hear some of the Sillyr, feckless appeals that have been addressed to it—such as the New York non-sectarian Work has been started by Western on a school prayer case, the Invocation of God in vast electric power complex that will cost over f 10 billion and will provide energy to consumers in nine western states—New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming, Idaho and Texas. An enormous new network of trans mission lines will supply local utility com panies with cheap and abundant power, Western says, and the consumers will bene fit from lower rates. Actually, the benefits will extend far a Federal oath of office and the Court's intervention to protect innocent children from subversion by the Lord’s Prayer and Bible readings in schoolrooms. Furthermore, we hope the Justices are setting a healthy precedmt for themselves in refusing to review the ruling of New York’s State Court of Appeals upholding the inclusion of the wdrds “under God’ in the pledge of allegiance to the flag. It should be mentioned, however, that beyond the consumers in the affected areas the attorneys-general of SO out of 60 states to all the nation’s taxpayers. That’s be- had previously filed a brief as “friends of cause the utility companies involved will the court” urging the Justices “not to re- not only supply private funds for the mss- move from our public life every vestige of sive project but they will continue to pay our religious heritage.” taxes, as usual; something the government- This should be s warning to the Court financed power plants do not do. to look to its own prestige. -r-nk Sooone a permanent by the agent. Refreshment* were member of the majorette corpe! served during the socW hour News of Bonds,Cross Roads ; MRS. N. A MOUSE drop-in given A community drop-in waa held CLUB TO MEET , at the home of Mr. and Mrs. The Shady Grove 4-H Club will £ T Blackwe n last Saturday meet next Tuesday afternoon, n Members of the commuis Dec. 8, at 8:45. Please notice attending brought mlacel- change in date. laneous gifts for Mr. and Mrs. ARTICLES GIVEN Wayne McCullough and Mrs. Mem"™!* Horn. Demon* Oration Club of Shod* Grove home Hill School faculty for the Thanksgiving holidays. Home. Wayne Morgan spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. TulUe Blackwell. Among the students home for Thanksgiving ware David Pitts, Clemson University; Kenneth Johnson, Georgia Tech; BfUf* Morgan, Greenville Technical home. A Majority b Not Always Right t The Supreme Court decision holding that all state legialaturee—the upper as well as the lower houeee—must be appor tioned solely on the bails of population hit the states like e bom bah ell. And ft la go ing to keep on exploding for a long time to come. For all of our history, ft has been com mon for the states to apportion their House of Representatives on a population basis and their Senates on a geographical basis, such as by counties. In this they have simply followed the federal system, as laid down in the Constftutioa. in which each member of the lower house represents about the same number of constituents, while every state is allowed two Senator* without regard to population. Unless this court decision is negated— and a constitutional amemhnent, apparent ly, is the only way to do that—the big centers of population will almost completely dominate state government, at the expense of the rural areas and rural people. Their problems and needs, which often are differ ent from those of the dties. will be sub merged and their voices largely stilled. A braking power on the exceases of majorities will be lost The argument for this reapportionment is that the majority should rule. Washington columnist Patrick Fox had something tmpreaaive to aay about that: “If a simple majority were always right, there would be no problem in letting it vote its way immediately on everything. “But a majority once knew the world was flat. A majority opposed the Ameri can revolution.’* Bsbson’s Point of View On: Power Transmission Ry ROGER RABSON Baboon Park, Maas., December 8—The utili sation of moving water to dates back to very wheels were employed to lift the water of rivers lor use in irrigation. Before the advent of elec tricity water power turned the turbines which powered msrhinss to —«i. the banks of rivers, and is the Saugus iron works. Stories Behind Words to William & TRANSMISSION, AND from the prime mover Is transmitted to the machines by mechanical or electrical means depends on the efficiency of the transmission, the nature of the load, the prox imity of the load, the convenience achieved, sad the cost. Where the load is similar to that in a grist mill, the power might be transmitted economically by mechanical coupling If i in various iacatious to bs on or off frequently, electrical power would be preferable. sre the capacity of a waterfall is large, the is usually distributed from the falls la the of electricity Because of the ecoasmks electricity from a power company mors cheaply than thev can make It themselves Par exam ple the Tennessee Valley Authority is able to senerute electricity at two-tenths at a cent per kUowst! hour Some of the largest hydroelectric in Russia, a. g. Bratsk. 4^00,000 kw, Nurek. 2 700000 kw. These compere with Toast The original meaning of “toast” was broad dried before or over a fire. It ir not known who started the custom, but In the 16th century it became popular in England to put toast into one’s drink. This drink, which acquired the name “toast.’ was considered a delicacy. A drink in honor of someone’s health or to some sentiment is an old custom. The performance of this custom came to be called “drinking a toast” to Whom ever or whatever waa being honored. Eventually, the word “toast” was used to refer not only to the drink but slso to the person in whoee honor it wus drunk. School.” Mrs. James Johnson Is a pa tient at Self Memorial Hospital in Greenwood. Mr. and Mrs. Joe McQuirt and Mrs. Maude Nabors were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald McQuirt on Thursday. Among those enjoying Thanks giving evening with Mrs. Maude Nabors and Mr. and Mrs. Joe McQuirt were Mr. and Mrs. Ron ald McQuirt, Mr. and Mrs. How ard Stanley and family and Miss Lynn Nabors. Mr. and Mrs. Earle Johnson entertained Friday night for sup per. Among those enjoying the occasion wore Mr. and Mrs. Richard Johnson and family, Kenneth Johnson who was home from Georgia Tech, and Mrs. Bessie Johnson. Miss Claudia Johnson spent the week-end with her mother, Mrs. Luther Johnson. Mrs. James Evans, Mrs. B. W. Cooper and Mrs. Frances Evans attended the meeting of the Pied mont Telephone Co-op recently. Mrs. Cooper and Mrs. Freeman Evans won turkeys. HD CLUB MEET The Shady Grove Home Dem onstration Club met Tuesday af ternoon at 5 o’clock at the dub house. A Christmas decoration* for doors and tables was given Highlights From Clinton High By CAROL SANDERS t»rand (oulc* on tiw Columbia River, 1,- football’ha* once again baan ard, and Fi C ou>f r2am *5 £ the topic of conversation la the very well on SJtfur, 1.MMIB kw. The total of the w-n- -j fug <wiiv the Nfoaara and the Robert Mooes Dams is h ^ U 01 ^ 3.000,800 kw ADVANTAGES Of HIGH-VOLTAGE LINES Baptists To Observe Week of Prayer Week of Prayer for Foreign Missions will be observed at the First Baptist Church during the week of December 1 through the 11th. At this time the Lottie foreign Missions will be taken. The schedule of meetings will be held as follows: Monday. December 7 at 1:00- Patter son Circle in charge of pro gram. Tuesday. December I at 8:80— The Langston Circle In charge Wednesday. December 0 at 7:80 —Business Women's Circle in charge. Thursday. December 1 at 8:80 - Runyan Circle In charge. friday, December 11 at 8:80 The Watts Circle in charge. Your MJADWKH. Program U M* IMMS sMyRaMH* Sob) ms mo TecJUicoCor* Shows 3:00, S:00, 7:00 and 9:00 P. M. Saturday—7:00 and 9:00 P. M. Only SPECIAL KID SHOW Saturday Afternoon, Dec. 5 Only Shm 1:00. 3:00 m4 5:00 P. M. Starts Wednesday, December 9 “Bridge 0s The River Kwai" off A Nation Without Profit If profit* were eliminated entirely, the coat of goods and services could be reduced. That’s * truism—though the reductions would be much less than moat people be lieve. And what else would happen? For one thing, there’d be no investment in new plants and equipment No one would put his money into these engines of progress if there was no chance to earn a profit in re turn. Along with this, the source of new jobs, and vast numbers of existing jobs would dry up. No one could or would start a new busi ness. It is the profit incentive that causes people to take the risks implicit in doing that Government treasuries would be drained —a large part of all the profit earned in this country is paid out in taxes. The na tional defense, like the economy, would soon be in a critical state. The whole American students did not talk about boys, teams played well, after a i Ye*. Tuesday night. Nov. 84. the slow start. _ ... . girls had a chance to demoo- The girts weren'ti There Is a trend toward higher and higher ^ tkinB ^ ^ gridiron, however, who got to voltages In transmission lines, because the power and spectators were hoard to Tuesday At the pep lues on the Urn decreases as thr voltage tarrsas eipreg , gy^ie that two girls Tuesday boys substituted for the «s. However, the cost Increases also, so that a U ams could be so skillful. cheerleaders, who were on the potot is finally reached at which the savings la *nd senior football teai^s ant traosmlsaloa equal, the latere* on the lave*- playadwM. but the sealer <knU la me*. Beyond this poi* it 1. uneconomical to out on top by a 41-36 team. Then IWay nig* * “** * exp * ll ‘ lTe ^ Th * Quebec Hydro- #cope after coming from behind halftime the CHS hand perform Electric Commission is planning to transmit pow. ^ ^ §ec1Ml quarter ed. and boy. substituted for the " ^ u ° UUn !*! “T2" Vaughn. Peggy Grady, majorettes, who were playing to Montreal at 700 000 volts. Her* and la Eu- and Linda Tiller did the scoring football. Mo* at the boys were i» div uwion of sending poww * one for ^ acniors, with the aid of not spectacular twirlers, but aev- a One line to block for them, sral people have remarked that Kitty Lou Hollis, Belinda Leon- Mr. Bouknig* should make led the yells for their million volts. At the Giand Falls on the Hamil ton River in Labrador there is a capacity * oonos 000,000 kilowatts, which could be trammlt- ted to the Manicouagan River developme* by a 700 kv line for use in Montreal and even for ex tension to New York City and other urban com munities la northeastern U. 8. A. It would appear that the loss in transmitting power from such falls is much less than most people think. The expense is almost wholly the inters* on the Investment in wires, towers and rig* of way. The cost of constructing such a high-voltage line is from $75,000 to $100,000 per mile. Hence to construct a line from Grand Falls to the Manicouagan River would cost some $40 million. Because of the very small loss in trans mitting power by wires, this will undoubtedly continue to be the method in use for some time to come. POWER USERS We are undeniably In an electrical age. So much power is seeded for the productioa of aluminum that alumhuim plants hove been built near large coal dRpootto or near lorgs sagreot of water power. The Aluminum Oniupaoqr of America exchanges power from TVA. TVA also sells power to the National Laboratory. Nevertheless, to some parts of tb clear power is now competitive wMi < fuels CLINTON, 8. C„ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, MM (EUnlon Gtynmirit July 4,1II0- WILLIAM WILSON HARRIS — IBM U, MM PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (payable in Advance) Out-of-County One Year $4.00, Six mouths $2.30 One Year M 00 Second Clasi Postage Paid * Clinton. S. C. POSTMASTER: Send Form 8879 to Clinton Chronicle, Clinton. 8. C. The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and read** — the publisher wiU at times appreciate wise suggestions and Madly advice The Chronicle will publish letters of nters* when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will be noticed. 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