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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1966 1218 College St., Newberry, S. C. 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class Postage Paid at Newberry, Soutb Carolina. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in ad vance :Six Months $1.25. THE “SPECTATOR S” COLUMN Life is energy; energy is life; it is the power running through us and it is the power in the seed of corn which sprouts, develops a plant, then a stalk, then a blossom, then an ear with grains. If Moses were writing the Book of Genesis today he might well say that in the beginning the Great Creator created en ergy—life in whatever form, animal, vegetable—or electric. They say that energy is inde structible; then life, with what ever changes, persists, too. I am not a theologian; nor am I revelling in the unknown, unseen. Whatever theory we may have presupposes a begin ning; and whatever, whenever and however the beginning it was the handiwork of Jehovah. Man has made almost in credible progress within a few centuries; and we know more about thousands of the crea tions than we do of man. Man excells all other creations in splendor of his endowment but the Supreme Being made thous ands of things which we are just beginning to understand. If we do not understand el ectricity we use it just the same; but we do not under stand the vagaries, or peculiari ties of men—not to overlook the ladies. But the Supreme creation which the Eternal made avail able to man is energy. Let us look a bit at energy. “. . . Thanks to an ingeni ous system fueled by natural gas, piped in from the fields of United Gas Corp. and Hous ton Natural Gas—the tempera ture is maintained at a con stant, cool 70 degrees. The As trodome, in short, is the only ‘air-conditioned’ ballpark in the world (Houston). What’s more, pipeliners count on extending their markets still further through some Texas sized technological trail-blazing. For example, the liquefaction of natural gas already lets ships carry super-cooled meth ane from Algerian fields to Britain’s gas grid; now, it will permit utilities to store ‘froz en’ gas compactly. In addition, gas producers hope to cash in on Old King Coal, by turning black nuggets of power into gas for easier handling. Mean while, industry drills press on, keeping U.S. reserves at least equal to withdrawals, even as new natural gas discoveries abroad hold the potential for changing the entire European energy market . . . After World War II, natural gas went on a pipeline building binge. Pipeliners strung great networks across the country, and struck rich paydirt in one virgin territory after another. Consumers welcomed the chance to cook with gas, be cause of economy, convenience and cleanliness. By the ‘six ties, however, few large popula tion centers were still untap ped. And pipeliners, formerly the market raiders, suddenly found themselves fighting off competition from other fuel producers—not least, the reas cent coal industry . . . The fact remains that pipe lining is a huge, and growing, business. Just under the surface of the U. S. lies a sprawling, spaghetti-like network— nearly a million miles of gas lines— carrying 42 percent of all the energy fuel moved in the na tion . . . Underlying these sparkling projections is the surging de mand for natural gas . . . With markets nearing sat uration, of course, a lor g-range | need is to increase per capita consumption of natural gas—as electric utilities have done with their coal-fired power and light. Many lines now are working with gas-utility customers to ' sell consumer appliances. (In the past, only a few progres sive companies, like Arkansas ' Louisiana Gas, had such a pro- J gram). Here, the Astrodome has helped point the way. Texas Gas Transmission, for one, puts its weight behind a campaign | for gas-fueled air-conditioners, | furnaces, water heatdrs, clothes | dryers, incinerators and even! lighting products. Its utility customers, as a result, have , garnered roughly 90 percent of j the new-home market in Mem- ■ phis and western Kentucky— j even though gas must compete i in such areas with subsidized j TVA and municipal electric 1 power . . . Even more striking, gas com pany researchers are working on an idea which could add hugely to pipeline income. It’s the ‘total-energy’ installations. A gas turbine (or a gas or die sel engine) is used for on-site generation of electricity . . . Total-energy installations got, a big boost from New York’s power blackout last November. As lights went out all over town (and throughout much of the U. S. northeast, one ultra modern Manhattan apartment project remained happily ag low. The reason: Rockdale Vil lage, home of 20,000 New York ers, has a total-energy installa tion—serviced by Brooklyn Un ion Gas (and supplied by Texas Eastern —for heating, cooking and a full range of services . . .j How important black gold has become for gas pipeliners, j indeed, is evident in the case of Texas Gas Transmission. In 1964, its exploration and pro duction subsidiary added 20 cents a share to parent-company earnings. By last year, the contribution had reached 26 cents. This year Texas Gas has a larger number of shares out standing, yet the minimum ex pectation is for a contribution of 30 cents. Two pipelines are cashing in; offshore, where the oil indus try is spending more than $1 million a day for drilling rigs. In fact, Southern Natural Gas’ 87 percent-owned Offshore Co. is one of the leading suppliers of such equipment; much of the fuel for Southern’s own sharply higher 1966 earnings estimates has been provided by Offshore. Two of the biggest gas fields in the world are at Lacq, in Southern France, and Sloch- teren, in Holland. Meanwhile some 80 additional wells, pri marily for gas, will be drilled in the North Sea by 1970 . . .” I quote from Barron’s great weeky of Business. There is a lot of sweetness in life. I remember a sweet inci dent in my time in Peru. On a Sunday when no official business tied me to Lima I went to Chosica, a mountain town about forty miles (per haps- from Lima, the capital. Some Scotch ladies of the facul ty of a British College in Lima had gone to Chosica for the weekend. I wandered about and came to the patio of the hotel they were registered in. As I stood in the patio I heard the sweetest singing: the young ladies were having their morn ing devotions and I heard, sweetly sung, the 23rd Psalm, as arranged for singing— “The Lord’s m\ Shepherd— I’ll not want. He makes me down to lie. In pastures green He leadeth me the quiet waters by.” Well, the political campaign is over. The victors may enjoy their successful venture and the defeated may be sad and dis appointed. But the defeated need not feel heartaches; some one has to lose if two men con tend for the crown. The loser need not sing the doleful song “So runs my dreams, but what am I ? An infant crying in the night; an infant crying for the light; and with no language but a cry.” Rather, let us remember that “Men may rise on step ping stones of their dead selves to higher things.” Veriy, ver ily; many man’s success in life has developed from defeat. So let us bind up the wounds and work together for a great er State and a greater Nation, • BY THE WAY (Continued from page 1) own ears? He spoke two thous and years ago to a Roman mob almost exactly like the Ameri can mob and his name was Lucius Sergius Catline or Cati- lina. So, you will see that liberal ism is an old and deadly di sease in the world, and it al ways succeeds, and always brings down its country—when the people have become too fat with the gifts from government which they did net earn, and inflated wages and inflation, and prosperous wars, and bread and circuses. The liberal has known for thousands of years that if he wishes to destroy his country and then rule it for his own advantage and power and greed, he must first convince the people to let him take them under God, as Abraham Lin coln might have said. over politically to avenge the wrongs of society. Then comes the second step: governmental pampering, government gifts of money and free food, govern ment control ove'r commodities, government housing and spon sorships of the arts and sciences and the schools, special privil eges for so-called minority blocs, enormous taxes taken from the industrious and the free to support the lazy and the inferior and the haters of work, deliberately provoking riots, constant wars to keep the inflated economy from col lapsing, and government hand outs and foreign aid. The for eign aid bit is to bring other nations under the control of the giving nation, and was an old story with Babylonia, Per- I sia, Greece and Rome, and now America. After the liberal has the peo ple thoroughly his—and they are always his as they smack their oily and greedy lips and enjoy advantages they have not earned by hard work—then the liberal really moves in on them with the knout and the whip, with the sword and fire and the club, with finally, guns and concentration camps and mass acres. The fat sheep hnvo neith er the strength r-or the will to resist their murderers; they bawl a little and cringe and sob under their breaths. But, it is too late. Now the dark iron of slavery closes about them, and it is the end of their nation and the end of the old dream. There is an old saying, going back to the days of the guillo tine of the French Commune in 1796: “When the blade of the guillotine drops, it drops fast!” America is now roped under the blade. The blade Will drop at a signal, and the signal won’t be long in coming. t (T<r be continued next week) THURSDAY, NOV. 24th BEING A LEGAL HOLIDAY The institutions listed below ’will not be open for business. The public is urged to take notice of this and ar range all business accordingly. * * * * * Prosperity, S. C. ; V Chapin, S. C. S. C. NATIONAL BANK Newberry, S. C. THE STATE BUILDING Joanna, S. C. 1 •* ASSOCIATION U 4.; . mm X ' \ ;W‘. A ~ 1 -24 f if * ■/ yvw f' V,. v > J which reminds us city folk that we have more than a casual interest in‘farming — our very existence depends on the farmer producing enough food and fiber to supply our needs. Business, industry, and agriculture are “part ners in progress” and we must be ever mind- ful of our dependence on each other. We urge that our citizens participate in the programs arranged by our Farm-City Com mittee.