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— — - - —ST- ■^rr: tHE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, JUNE d, IdSO >JAk. 1218 Colleg-e Street NEWBERRY, S. C. O. F. Arm field Editor and Publisher PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY Entered as second-class matter December 6, 1937, at the Postoffice at Newberry, South Carolina, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In S. C., $1.50 per year in advance outside S. C., $2.00 per year in advance. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS BY SPECTATOR Ouzoo, Peru, deserves more than a casual reading of news paper headlines. Cuzco was the Capital of the Empire of the Incas. The Incas were not the common Indians of Peru, but El Inca, was the Emperor. Hundreds of years before Soviet Russia the Incas had established an empire based on agriculture. Every man had a job; every man, woman and child had food and shelter, clothing and medical attention. The State, the Welfare State, El Inca and his government, provided ail that. That was Social Security; the slaves of the South enjoyed that, too. Every slave had abundant food, Shelter, clothing, medical atten tion. That also was Social Se curity. Every prisoner in your coun ty jail is housed, fed, clothed; he receives medical attention. He needn’t worry about the future; in jail he has Social Security. He is not worried by bill collectors, nor rent collec tors; nor need he worry about leaks in the roof, nor the high cost of living. Well the Incas provided the food. Did they? No, there was the same deception then as now; the Inca controlled every man; every man 'belonged to the government; the Inca made him work; the Inca took all that he produced and gave back enough for his sustenance. The man himself did the pro ducing; the Inca took it all, giving back a part. And for the part he might enjoy every Indian was under the stem compulsion of the Inca’s auth- EAR STROM ' Thurmond ority all the time. He was bom, reared and burried under re gulations of the Inca. The Inca control was more benevolent than that of Soviet Russia; the people were happy, as happy as an Indian can be, for they seem to be gloomy people, not the exuberant, glad handing, spontaneous American. We Americans impress all others by our robust geniality. Cuzco was the Capital, the real seat of Government. It is still a monument to the Incas, a City in a bowl in the Andes mountains, eleven thousand feet above sea level. The fabulous riches of its churches amaze all visitors. We’ve been taught to won der at the Pharaohs of Egypt Whose pyramids and other con structions stand today like silent sentinals in the desert, pointing a finger to the grand eur of ancient times; 'but the Incas were greater builders than the Pharaohs, as men have just learned. One fortress, Sac- sabuaman, near Ouzoo, is . a marvel of engineering, yet a greater marvel of actual build ing. Great blocks of stone, some of many tons, were brought from places still unknown and placed in position without derricks or other known lifting devices, yet so firmley and so truly that the boast is made that a nail cant be driven 'be tween the stones, though there was mo mortar. The Spaniards were astoun ded by the riches of Peru; Cuzco was the South American World capital, so far as we can imagine that the City ablaze with gold, for gold abounded. The Inca was the god and all worshipped the Sun; so even today that is commemorated in the money of Peru, El Sol being the unit. El Sol means the Sim. ^ The earthquake in Cuzco may be as disastrous as would be the destruction of Athens, with its monuments and memories ci classical brilliance. ved in the United States Sen ate; and his journalistic enter prise is a notable accomplish ment. I quote Mr. Hall: Candidate for the United States Senate Every Tuesday Night On Your Favorite Radio Station © Two weeks ago I remarked about the probable flooding of Clemson property by the Hartwell project. Since .then some Clemson men have ex pressed anxiety about the pros pect, 'but one of them has brought me a statement by the President of Clemson who is quoted as being not only un afraid, but expectant of beauty from the lake at Clemson. My distinguished friend, Wil ton E. Hall of Anderson, has written me about the talk I made and has offered some' facts which I am happy to use. Mr. Hall, as is generally known, is one of the construc tive men of the State. He ser- Tickets... ROLL and STRIP Dear Mr. Breed in: In one of your recent releases to the press appears a refer ence to the “threatened flood ing of the property of Clemson College” when the Hartwell Dam is built on the Savannah River. As part of the over-all devel opment of the Savannah Valley, Congress has authorized the construction of the Hartwell Dam. This project is included in the Rivers and Harbors Bill which was signed yesterday by President Trumans. In the press release above mentioned you called upon Clemson men over the state to act now to “avoid needless des truction of the Clemson prop erty.” I should like to assure you, and through you the readers ol your column, that at no time has anyone connected with the Hartwell Dam Committee re motely considered the “destruc tion of Clemson property.” For the past 25 years I have been actively associated with South Caaolinians and Georg ians who are keenly interested in the development of the en tire Savannah Valley. One ol these major projects included the Clark Hill Reservoir •md Dam. The Hartwell Dam is the second step in this important program. / The engineering work on the Hartwell Dam project is in the oentative state. The Army Corps of Engineers and Clem son College’s own engineers are carefully reviewing and study ing the whole subject. Like all of us who are numbered among the Mends of Clemson College, ihey will most certainly refrain from “needless destruction of the Clemson property.” It has been reported that the Clemson football stadium would be flooded. The engineers may propose that a levee be built*to protect this stadium. In the vast .scope of engineering de tails incident to the Hartwell project, all of these problems will 'be carefully studied and solved in a manner that safe guards in full the interest of Clemson College. I am informed that about 600 acres of bottom land, the prop erty of Clemson College along the Seneca River, will be inun dated. The Seneca River floods this area from type to time, % washing away whatever crops* are planted on this acreage. Consequently, the loss to the college of this particular land would not be • very .great. In 1949, according to my informa tion, this particular bbttom land was flooded six or seven 1 times! Land on which Clemson Col lege is situated is about 774 feet above sea level. Tentative en gineering plans for the Hart well Dam would call for a lake that covers 56,500 acres, up to 660 feet above sea level. You readily see that should the en gineering plans be executed without any reservations, Clem son is, safe! Your kindness in publishing this letter in your next release will (be deeply appreciated.” the exixsting power lines and the power Company which is a South Carolina enterprise, in corporated by our State, taxed heavily by our State* and regu lated by the State of South Carolina. The origin of this Co-op bus iness is very clearly a device of Senator Brown to promote the business of Siantee-Cooper. Of course everybody remembers .hat Santee-Ctooper tried to buy die South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. and a Government man was in Columbia ready to pro mote the scheme with a Gov ernment loan; the Legislature of Squth Carolina knocked that In the head. Thep the Ssntee- Cooper tried to buy The South South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. has given a rate of 5% mills to the Coops. That is .that. Senator Brown says that this new rate will not last a minute if Santee-Cooper competition were out of the way. Mr. Mc- Meekin has offered to main tain that rate as long as the Coops want it; and he guaran tees it. I 'want to bring again one point out of the fog: there is no need to build parallel trans mission lines; and those lines will not be’ worth anything to the Chops. Regardless of all the history cited by everybody, the Coops can now get all the power they want at low rates without mortgaging anything, Carolina Power Company o® without borrowing anything. I Charleston and failed in that Our South Carolina Supereme Court (Oreech case) and the Legislature have stood in the path of the plans of Santee- Cooper. Now can it 'be that this new arrangement, this con tract with the REA, is just an other move to get around our Legislature and our Courts? As said, the people are not interested in a long history of negotiations. What is before us today? When a farmer buys his fertilizer he isn’t interested- in a long history of fertilizer: he wants to know the price of 4-10-4 today, delivered on his farm. Lawyers may enjoy a re hashing of long, windy prelim inaries, but we on the farm want to buy that fertilizer, not argue about it forever. All that Mr. S. C. McMeekin has written; all that Senator Brown has written may 'be boil ed down to this: today the repeat ,1 know the people are not interested in “ifs” and “ibuts”; they want something to day. It is possible that a great ser vice might be rendered by building new lines to serve farmers not now being served, but that isn’t the idea: the REA is either being used, or is glad ly promoting ihe hope of con trolling power. We know that it is one of the Washington bu reaucratic approaches to So cialism. In all this our Governor and our two Senators have passed the buck. There is a threat of Socialism; and we should not hook up Santee-Cooper with a Federal power pkm of Social ism. But let’s keep our minds on the real point: we need' and can use all the power in prospect: we need a program of coopera- (Oontinued on Back Page) Remember? Remember what a time you had getting coal this past winter? Of course you do, and you wouldn’t want to go through with that ordeal again. FORTUNATELY right now we have a stock of GOOD QUALITY COAL and can make prompt deliveries. .Let us put in at least a part of your winter re quirements now while you can get coal of GOOD QUALITY. Remember, you get much more Heat out of good coal. FARMERS Ice & Fuel Co. TELEPHONE 155 GEORGE MARTIN, Manager Sitting here in the lower part of the State, sixty £iv e miles from the clash of arms and heavy firing by the Power Company and Senator Edgar Brown, I have tried to boil this controversy down to its ele ments. With the sun bright and .the morning delightfully crisp (as I write this) I look up from the' newspaper strife and offer these observations: 1. We, the people, are not in terested 1 in a history of hear ings and wily strategy. We are not" interested in the stange ar rangement by which ten Co ops became one Central Coop in order to borrow milliions of dollars in order .to build lines that certainly,wall compete with Flowers and Gifts for All Occasions CARTER’S Day Phone 719 — Night 6212 Books Are Open For Registration Newberry County’s registra tion books were opened Tues day morning, May 9th, in the Courthouse and the Board of Registration will remain on duty through June 10 to issue certificates to qualified electors, it was announced. The books for the following precincts will be at Prosperity under the supervision of Mrs. Virginia L. Counts at the Mag istrate’s office; Central, Fair- view, Jolly Street, Little Moun tain, Midway, Oneal No. 1, Oneal No. 2, Peak, Pomaria, Prosperity N. 1, Prosperity No. 2, Stoney Hill, St. Paul, Union and Wheeland. The Whitmire books will be at City Hall under the super vision of W. C. Scott. All other books will be at the Board of Registration Office in the Courthouse at Newberry, stated T. E. Keitt Certificates will be needed, in the Democratic primary this summer under terms of'the new election bill. Senator Marvin Abrams of Newberry County said the books will be open each day (except Sunday) at least until June 10th, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Certificates in January, 1948, and subsequently are valid for a ten year period beginning that month. For Re-Election to the U. S. SENATE OUN D. Johnston \ Olin Johnston is seek ing re-election to the United States Senate on his own merits and the record he has made while Governor and United States Senator. AH Democrats of South Carolina are urged to learn the facts of the work Olin Johnston ha§ done by: ' LISTENING Over the folio wing radio SCbations each Monday night beginning June 5: Greenville—-WFBC—7:30 to 7:45 p.m. —* July 10, 8:30-8:45 Spartanburg—WSPA—6:45 to 7:00 p.m.—July 10, 7:30-7:45 Gaffney—WFGN—7:30 to 7:45 pm.—July 10, time not set Greenwood— WCRS—8:30 to 8:45 p.m.-July 10, 7:30-7:4? Newberry—WKDK—7:30 to 7:45 p.m^Juily 10, 7:30-7:45 — July 10, 7:30-7:45 —July 10, 7:30-7:45 7:00 p.m. — July 10, 7:30-7:45 7:30 p.m.—July 10, 7:45-8:00 7:45 pm.—July 10, 7:30-7:45 July 10, 7:30-7:45 July 10, 7:30-7:45 Charlotte—WJBT Columbia—WIS— Columbia—WCOS—6:45 to Columbia—WIMSC—7:15 to Columbia—WNOK—7:30 to Chester—WKGCD—7:30 to 7:45 p.m Sumter—WFIG—7:30 to 7:45 p.m. Walterboro—W1ALD—7:30 to 7:45 p.m. — July 10, 7:30-7:45 Charleston—WTMA—9:30 to 9:45 p.m.^Iuly 10, 7:30-7:45 Orangeburg—WIRINO—7:30'to' 7:45 p.m.—Judy 10, 7:30-7:45 Myrtle Beach—WMfftA—7:30 to 7:45 p.m.-^July 10, 7:30-7:45 Greenville—WIMRG—8:00 to 8:15 p^n.—July 10, 8:00-8:15 Rock Hill—WSRHI—7:30 to 7:45 p.m.—July 10, 7:30-7:45 Florence—WOLS—7:30 to 7:45 p.m.—July 10, 7:30-7:45 Anderson—W1AIM)—7:30 to 7:45 p.m.-July 10, 7:30-7:45 Augusta—WAGA—8:00 to 8:15 p.m.-July 10, 7:30-7:45 romance begins with * byTUSSY Midnight’s not a time... it’s a wonderful, romantic mood. 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