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COMMENT
on
Men & Things
By J. K. BREEDIN
Senator Strom Thurmond is
a man of vigor and a man of
principle; he is one of the few
who recall that ancient docu
ment, the Constitution ot the
United States.
Senator Thurmond is < f the
Edgefield citizenship and Edge-
field specialized for years in
producing men, real men.
Recently Senator Thur.nom.
wrote an appreciation of the
Constituti m; 'the Senntoi likes
to hrowse in the document of
established value, though in re
cent year- the Constitution has
seemed too weak to keep up
with the abounding statesman
ship of the day. By inference
we understood that a scholarly
leader in the National Govern
ment repudiates the Constitu
tion as not being applicable to
the neers of the moment.
The erudite legal mind that
brushed aside the Constitution
is not a Joi es, or a Smith, or a
Brown, but a name not common
to us, or common to my com
mon fellow American. . What is
the' name? Well, I’ll haw to
look it up in Who is Wh o so
1 may know which is whai, how
and why.
My respected friend, Senator
Thurmond, might just as well
offer us a dissertation on
Greek Mythology or the Phil
osophy of Plato and Aristotle.
As to the Constitution: I
think the policy of the Govern
ment is to promote the number
of citizens of yellow skins. Any
law-maker could learn some
thing from a farmer about
mixing breeds, although our
farmers are men of reality,
mu mere theorists.
AM the talk about Civil Rights
seems to leave the Anglo-Saxon
out in the cold. Civil Rights of
the modern-day agitators is
primarily for the demotion of
white people. Doesn’t it seem
so to you?
So rampant is the speed of
abrogating Constitutions that
e' en here in our South < ’nro-
itna. we disregard the State
(’onstitution which says that
each county shall have a Sen
ator. What our State Supreme
Court will do about the recent
disregard of our Constitution
1 can’t clearly imagine. We
have become so indoctrinated
with Civil Rights, so called,
that we not only abide by Fed
eral Statutes and exactions but
we invite all such.
I can’t find in the Federal
('(institution authority for
much that is now being impos
ed on us.
Why our Governor doesn’t
stand up for autonomy, the
sovereignty of the State I
(.".n’t imagine unless it be that
we are running so fast for dol
lars, Federal grants, grants of
our own money, that money is
the one and only consideration.
'[’he Federal Government
muM. or may, or docs, inter
vene in every thing, choice of
teachers, juries, and what not.
So far as I know or have
heard, the Federal Government
docs not intervene in the se
lection of preachers, though
the Government may find cause
somehow, some day.
Even a little country restau
rant must bow to the Federal
Government. It isn’t a matter
of Rights; it is the exclusion
of rights and the fostering of
privilege.
Today we hace meddling by
theFederal Government, the
Government, having thousands
of people whose function is to
meddle.
I read recently that when a
Committee of Congress sought
to curtail some items in the
budget the budget officer made
it clear that the Congress was
presuming. Can you imagine
that? Since the Congress is
the authority to authorize
funds and control expendi
tures don‘t you wonder how
soon we shall have one Dicta
tor to replace the army of
special rulers who prowl about
with august airs?
Senator, you have done a
service in pointing out the er
rors in the name of law; but
as a lawyer and Judge you
have presented the case some
what beyond us ordinary men
of the street. However, you
have the facts and you have
the spirit and spunk to present
them.
Let me urge that you call
the attention of the thought
ful senators to the grievous
disregard of the Common Law
and common rights in the su
preme effort to carry favoi
with one set.
The greatest builder in S.
(’. A native of Fairfield, a
graduate of Clemson. a gen
tleman of refinement and
charm, a planner and builder—
S. C. McMeekin. I quote The
State:
“Twenty-one years ago this
autumn when Silas C. Mc
Meekin became president of the
S. C. Electric & Gas Co., he
presided over the fortunes of
a small utility. Its service area
was limited to 40 miles from
Columbia and served customers
in 10 counties with a total pop
ulation of only ‘JdfgOOO.
Today, McMeekin, contin
uously active as Chairman of
the Board and Chairman of
the Executive committee,
guides the amazing growth of
thecompany as it passes the
$400,000,000 mark in gross
plant investment.
Because ofthe growth of the
company, McMeekin has found
it expedient to expand the
executive level. In July 1000,
Arthur M. Williams, Jr., be
came president of the com
pany with McMeekin becoming
Chairman of the Board and
retaining the position of chief
executive officer.”
Among the wonders of our
day is Houston, Texas. Behold
a city which makes itself a
seaport by digging a ship chan
nel 00 miles long.
I quote The National Geo
graphic :
“Explosion on the plains:—
New skyscrapers sprout from
the heart of Houston and free
ways above its streets. Al
ready it ranks as the Nation’s
sixth largest city—population
1,200,000—and third largest
port, with annual tonnage ex
ceeded only by New York and
New Orleans.
And how Houston has grown!
In 1930 its population was
282,352; today the city proper
includes toward 1,200,000
making it the sixth largest
city' in the U. S.—after New
York, Chicago, Los Angeles,
Philadelphia, and Detroit. In
that same period the city area
has grown from 72.1 to 446.7
square miles. Its deep-sea port,
THE TRAVEL GIANT
A report was made Septem
ber 7 which further justifies
the opinion of many that South
Carolina possesses great poten
tial in the area of recreation
and tourism. Economics Re
search Associates of Los Ang
eles, California, divulged the
findings of an $18,000 survey
of the State’s potential vaca
tion market and the revela
tions—although not astound-
ingly new, gave many persons
new enthusiasm.
The survey showed that S.
C. has “a wealth of recrea
tion and tourist attractions.”
In commenting on the poten
tial vacation market, ERA.
said existing facilities and at
tractions form the foundation
for a greatly expanded tourist
and recreation industry.
There is a great deal that
must be done to develop the
potential. “The State mu£t
lead the way,” the report said,
“either through direct partici
pation, by financial assistance,
or by passing necessary legis
lation.” The report stressed,
however, that “ only positive
coordinated action” by the
state, county and regional
groups, cities, and individuals
can assure the success of a
concerted program of tourism
and recreation promotion.
The ERA report, only a “pre
liminary study of tourist rec
ranking third in the Nation in
tonnage, handles some 60 mil
lion tons of cargo a year, a-
bout half of it petroleum pro
ducts.
Looking east along the
Houston Ship Channel toward
upper Galveston Bay, I could
see a vast array of oil refin
eries, and chemical plants, at
tracted to the area by the
great store of raw materials
and access to deep-sea ship
ping.
The seven oil refineries have
a daily capacity of 717,750 bar
rels. Three refineries in Texas
City, near Galveston, increases
the total to 985,500 barrels. A
barrel of crude oil equals 42
gallons; thus the ten refiner
ies can provide the Nation an
nually with some 15 billion
gallons of gasoline, jet fuel,
lubricants and other products.
Pipelines from distant oil
fields in Texas, Louisiana, and
other rich producing areas
quench the insatiable round-
the-clock thirst of the refiner
ies for crude. Together with
related natural gas processing
plants, the complex forms the
heart of an industry that pro
vides about 75 percent of the
nation’s energy.
Among the refineries rise the
stacks and odly shapped tow
ers of some 30 petrochemical
plants. Materials used by
many of these are by-products
of the oil refineries, delivered
through a 1000 mile under
ground labyrinth of pipelines
called the ‘spaghetti bowl.’
Liquid lane of heavy indus
try, the 50 mile long Houston
Ship Channel winds past banks
lined with refineries, ware
houses, oil terminals, and
plants that manufacture pro
ducts from jet fuel to fertili
zer.
‘Houston dared to dig a
ditch and bring the sea to
its door,’ Will Rogers once
said. Dredged through three
shallow bodies of water—Buf
falo Bayou, the San Jacinto
river, and Galveston Bay —-
the channel links the city with
the Gulf of Mexico. More than
4000 vessels annually stream
into the port.”
reation potentials in South
Carolina,” leaves unanswered
many questions about how to
achieve the objectives. It will
be left to the initiative and
imagination of the Parks,
Recreation and Tourism Com
mission, the State Legislature
and individual investors to
come up with the solutions.
There should be no question
as to the advantages of a
good tourist - recreation pro
gram. A recent study indicates
that if all related activities
are lumped together, the travel
industry is a $60 billion giant.
South Carolina is getting less
than one percent of the nat
ional travel dollar, but we are
in the increase. With the
weight of the ERA report and
our new impetus in this direc
tion, we can expect our share
to increase in the very near
future.
County native
service Sunday
Mrs. Bessie Garrett Boozer
of Swansea died at her home
Saturday. She was born in
this county, daughter of the
late John Garrett and Emma
Cook Garrett, and had lived in
Swansea for the past sixty
years.
Among her survivors are
three daughters, one son, one
brother, Ernest Garrett, of
Prosperity; and six sisters,
among whom are Mrs. John
Livingston of Newberry and
Mrs. George Stockman, Mrs.
Huston Bowers and Mrs. Bach
man Counts of Prosperity.
Funeral services were held
at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at Good
Shepherd Lutheran church of
Swansea.
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
Sept. 17: Ernest Clary, R. R.
Bruner Jr., Harriett Dickert,
Tommy Kinard, Eddie 0. Gra
ham, Jesse W. Senn, Janice
Halfacre, Mrs. N. C. Shaver,
Mrs. Floyd Amick, Jenny Jones,
Annie Jane Clark, Marsha Ann
Schumpert, Mrs. William N.
Henderson.
Sept. 18: Ansel L. Wood,
Tommie Pitts, Tommy Kinard,
Andrea Rae Ringer, Hugh
Bedenbaugh, Allie Garlington,
Nancy L. Copeland, Carol T.
Ballew, Mrs. J. S. Nichols.
Sept. 19: Jeter Young, Berley
Wertz, Helen Stone, Mrs. Thos.
Cromer, Helen Derrick Hall,
Rev. P. L. Grier.
Sept. 20: Mrs. D. M. Lam
beth, Mrs. R. C. Neel, Jr.,
Henry Burton Wells, Walter
Hiller, Judy Walton, Charlie
Bradley, Mrs. Susie B. Con
nelly, Jean Amick, Rev. D. M.
Shull.
Sept. 21: H. H. Ruff, Mar
garet Harman, Tommy Riley,
Mrs. W. H. Chapman, Mrs. R.
L. Baker, Ansel Ridgeway,
Mrs. J. R. Bedenbaugh, Jr.,
Joe E. Webb, Van E. Price,
Minnie Lee Taylor, Mrs. J. H.
Wallenzine, Rev. N. R. Ruff.
Sept. 22: Richard Andrews,
Kay Dominick, Betty Kay
Richardson.' Lamar King, Jr.,
Esther H. Coats, Laurie F.
Spearman, Lynn Monroe, Mar
ian Lipscomb, Mrs. M. B. Ses
sions, Ralph L. Epting.
Sept. 23: Mrs. W. O. Miller,
Susan Hawkins, Cecil E. Kin
ard, Jackie Clarkson, Robert
Glymph, Edward Epting, Ger
ald Griffith, Ellen D. Addy,
Jimmy Kester, Mrs. Charles
Altman, Susan Nichols.
COUNTY BUILDING PERMIT
Mid-Carolina Club building,
12-room brick veneer and cem
ent clubhouse $68,247.
MARRIAGES
Milton Andrew Gatlin and
Maria Ann Sanders were mar
ried on September 2 at New
berry.
To get the kinks out of a
twisted monofilament fishing
line, tow it, with nothing on its
end, behind your boat.
—Sports Afield
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