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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1956 1218 College Street NEWBERRY, S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner 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: $2.00 per year in ad vance; six months, $1.25. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS By SPECTATOR The proposed Hartwell Dam—what will it do to Clemson College ? I recall vividly the earnest plea of Christie Benet to bring before the public the grave loss to Clemson College that would inevitably result from the proposed Hartwell Dam. I used that over many radio stations the letter of Mr. Benet, who was then Chairman of the Board of Clem son. As a courtesy to Mr. Wilton Hall of Anderson I later read his letter in support of the proposed construction. I find in The News & Courier an illuminating article on the damage which Clemson will suffer from the proposed Hartwell Dam. I am quoting that article, in part: “The Clemson College board of trustees has released the contents of a letter to Colonel T. Ed F. Rogers, district en gineer, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah, declar ing that the damage to Clemson, if its agricultural demon strations and experimental areas are flooded as proposed by Hartwell Dam Reservoir would be ‘enormous and irrepar able/ “The letter was written in response to a request made by Colonel Rogers ‘that the board of trustees advise (him) its plan and proposals for readjustment of the facilities to be affected by the project. “ ‘Months of detailed study of all Clemson College areas to be affected by the reservoir point inescapably to the fact that if the Clemson College bottom lands are perma nently flooded, the college will suffer tremendously as an educational center and that South Carolina’s agricultural research will be dealt a blow from which it may never re cover’, said R. M. Cooper, president of the institution’s board of trustees. “As currently planned, Hartwell Dam is to be built to a height of 660 feet above mean sea level. The result will be flooding of approximately 9,000 acres of Clemson Col lege land, including acreage of outstanding research lands that have been under scientific development during the 63 years existence of Clemson College. “The letter concludes with a listing of 17 items to be provided ‘before the College can surrender possession of all its lands below elevation 665’. The letter was signed by Sen. Edgar A. BroWn, chairman of the board’s sub-committee on Hartwell Dam. Full text of Sen. Brown’s letter follows: To compensate the college for the damages it would suf fer and to make the college whole would, in the first place, rim into a tremendous sum of money and, on the other hand, the expenditure of no amount of money would re place in kind and character some of the properties which would be lost. The situation here is entirely different from that which would be presented by the taking under eminent domain of the property of a private corporation organized and exist ing only for the making of money. This institution is wholly devoted to the public service of the state and nation. It was conceived and dedicated and is supported and sus tained primarily to promote the education of youth in the science of agriculture and the development of the agricul tural interests of the state and country at large. To achieve this paramount purpose, the college has been given and h^s acquired and developed unequalled demonstra- A Warning - - - A STATE LAW requires that no vehicle is to be registered unless taxes legally due by the applicant on vehicle concerned have been paid. Any person who obtains a license on vehicle concerned without having paid taxes, leaglly due, may have his license for driving, suspended for six months. This law makes it a duty of the Tax Col lector to furnish this information to the License Department of the State High way Department. BE wise and act without delay. TABOR L. HILL Tax Collector tion and experimental farms, plots and facilities on lands which are among the best in the nation. It has been the constant endeavor of the board of trustees for two-thirds of a century to develop such lands and equipment as will inspire and educate the thousands of students in the most approved methods of scientific agronomy, to provide and exhibit the best example of scientific farming for all who are interested in this fundamental need of our country so that, with its extension service, it may be of the greatest possible benefit. The effects of what is seen and learned and taught here have gone out to most of the American states, and to foreign countries as well. It is submitted that these historic acres with a record of scientific cultivation for a century are, as a matter of fact, irreplaceable in any location accessible to Clemson and to deprive the college of them would so cripple its usefulness that it could not, in the future, adequately continue to per form its trust. The board of trustees feel that their duty to protect the college and all its properties requires them to demand also the following: 1. The fair value of all its lands to be inundated or subject to flood. 2. Separately, or as a part of the above item (a) The value of timber; (b) the value of fencing, except that covered by the schedules attached; (c) the value of ditches, canals, dikes and other land improvements. 3. The cost of obtaining water for irrigation and for wat ering livestock on any lands now provided such water by ri parian rights if such rights are to be impaired on account of the taking of land for the Hartwell Dam project. 4. A sum to represent the increased cost to the college in perpetuity for the operation of facilities not now required, and for conducting its program of activities in more remote areas. An example of the former is the cost of operating the sewage disposal plant. An example of the latter is the fact that the dairy barns will have been removed some five miles away from the milk processing facility, resulting in increase in the daily cost of transportation. 5. A sum sufficient to enable the departments of the col lege to establish on other lands long range experimental work now conducted - on lands to be inundated. In many land use experiments, many years of control of the land is necessary before dependable results can be determined. Many such projects will be interfered with, and the sums already spent on them Will be lost to the college. This matter was considered and the report adopted by the board'of trustees at its regular meeting on June 11, 1956, and is transmitted to you by authority of the Board’.” Just why the proponents are so wedded to the proposed plan is a bit bewildering to me. Since the Hartwell Dam was proposed steam plants have produced most of the elec tric power. Even our own Santee-Cooper now produces most of its power by steam, notwithstanding the enormous out lay for the power by water. I am not reviving the Santee- Cooper case, but using it to prove that water powlr is no longer advisable. The T.Y.A. has found that to be so, I’m informed. • - • • , It is true that when T.V.A. and Santee-Cooper were plan ned many people thought water-power was eminently desir able and economical; since then, however, vast improve ments in production have virtually out-dated water power power as a dependable power. I again cite both our Santee- Cooper and the mammoth T.V.A. V : W ■ ■■ . -M W ^ * > — PricM fad. Tew 23 i*w*b > 2 diamonds, tiawd to six pradsion adjustments, unbreak- able mainspring. JuttSayTfewW/* W. E. TURNER Jewelers Caldwell street Newberry Prosperity News MRS. B. T. YOUNG, Correspondent Mrs. Hoyt Boland was hostess to the Crepe Myrtle Garden Club Tuesday evening, November 13. Mrs. J. A. Singley, program lead er, had for her subject, “Day Li lies—foolproof flowers.” Mrs. G. H. Caldwell gave glean ings. Mrs. W. A. Ballentine con ducted recreation. Mrs. Caldwell won the prize. During the business session the members discussed plans for the Holiday House which the gar den clubs of Prosperity will put on in December. During the social hour the hos tess served a turkey plate with all the trimmings that go with turkey, and coffee. The November meeting of the Iris Garden club was held Tues day afternoon with Mrs. B. D. Hawkins. The president, Mrs. Lucille Metts, opened the meeting by reading a poem, “It Shows In Your Face.” The leader, Mrs. Leroy Pugh, chose as her topic, “Bulbs and Fall Culture of Camellia Sasan- qua.**, Mrs. Wofford Cooper gave gleanings. The hostess called several games of bingo with Mrs. Wood- row Bedenbaugh as prize winner. The hostess served a salad plate, cake and coffee. Mr. L. B. Frick has returned home from the Providence hos pital where he underwent surgery. Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Scott of Ware Shoals spent Sunday with their daughter-in-law and grand son, Mrs. Austin Scott and Sonny, in the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Wise. Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Bedenbaugh, Rodney Bedenbaugh, Misses Sally Bedenbaugh and Judy Mills, visit ed Mrs. Rodney Counts in Orange burg Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Shealy and their two daughters, Phyllis and Mary Sue, spent Saturday and Sunday in Columbia as guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Weible. Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Singley were Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Dunlop and their two chil dren, Ronny and Debra, of Co lumbia. This was Debra’s first visit to her grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Luther spent Sunday in Columbia with Mr. and Mrs. Heyward Singley. Miss Jewel Connelly of Colum bia College spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dove Connelly. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Riley of Union were supper guests Sun day night of Mrs. A. B. Hunt and Mrs. Frances Spotts. Mrs. A. K. Epting of Green wood spent the weekend with her daughter, Mrs. Gurdon W. Counts. Mrs. Ej^ing was called to Pros perity because of the death of her brother-in-law, J. D. Dowd. She returned to Greenwood Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ept ing, who visited Mrs. Counts Sunday. Thanksgiving Day guests of Mrs. A. B. Hunt and Mrs. Fran ces Spotts will be Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Presslar of Sumter, Mr. and Mrs. James Hunt and their two daughters. Misses Joan and Janet Hunt, of Prosperity.- Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schumpert of Jacksonville, Fla., are visiting Mr. Schumpert’s mother, Mrs. Mattie W. Schumpert. Mrs. Schumpert will acdompany her son and daughter-in-law home for a visit. Mrs. Lenora Wheeler of Lan caster spent Friday and Saturday with Mrs. J. D. Luther. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Williams are visiting Mr. Williams’ rela tives in Meadow View, Va. Rev. and Mrs. James Shell of Lancaster were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Luther last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. James Arthur Bedenbaugh and their daughter, Anne of Laurens, were weekend guests of Mrs. Bedenbaugh’s mo ther, Mrs. R. T. Pugh. On Sunday they attended a birthday dinner for Mr. Bedenbaugh’s mother, Mrs. J. D. Bedenbaugh, given by Mrs. Bedenbaugh’s daughter, Mrs. J. W. Earhardt in Newberry. Sunday guests of Misses Susie and Mary Langford were Mr. and Mrs. John Langford and their two children, Mary Sue and Bob, of Camden. Mr. and Mrs. Cole Wessinger spent Sunday with Mrs. Wessin- ger’s sister, Mrs. H. W. Smith, in Cayce. Mrs. W. E. Hancock and Mrs. David Bedenbaugh attended the Homecoming and dedication of Grier Hall at Erskine College Sat urday. The circles of the U.L.C.W. of Grace Church will hold a joint. meeting Friday afternoon at 3:30, in the Parish building. LEGAL HOLIDAY NOTICE All Offices in the * COUNTY COURT HOUSE % will be closed THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22nd. . < . on account of J l|| THANKSGIVING Legal THURSDAY, November 22nd (Thanksgiving Day) BEING A LEGAL HOLIDAY The Institutions Listed Below Will Not Be Open for Business The public is urged to take notice of this and arrange all business accordingly. / ij&vCis Newberry County Bank NEWBERRY JOANNA The South Carolina NationalAank Newberry Federal Savings & Loan Ass n The State Building & Loan Association The PROSP ommerce , s. c. i ■> M V."