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PAGE 2—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, June 20, 1968 1218 College St., Newberry, S. C. 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class Postage Paid at Newberry, South Carolina SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Six months $1.25. COMMENT on Men & Things By J. K. BREEDIN What do you knctw about rivers? At once you think of the Kt'e.at Mississippi river, which, 1 >< >n.' ted by the Miss ouri, sends >uch a volume oi water to the Gulf <>f Mexico. You may not know that the Santee river is a swift stream of considerable size. The Santee, you know, start ed out by umtinp the two streams from the upper part of our State rommp down as the Mroad and Saluda rivers and forminp the Gonyaree riv er just above ('olumbia. It flowed through some miles and : he V atom • ri\n ■r joiiu'd it b(‘- ! 1 • w Kim in! in G la in' ndon coun- : y, or a> the UK 1 ■at Santce u a -hing tin • ."ho res of ( Jarcn- <ion and Oi rang* “bu r g count i" 0 It flows on to two out h •ts b(“- InW (loorgft own, as 1 rocall, lias fi\ .’e r vei ''- flowing to t he Allan: IC. You obser\ •e th a! all those rivers : Fnore •e, W ateror, San- toe. h; ive Indian names. 1 think Sant ee can i'-P quite a lot of water to the AtlanGc 1 mean. As the Sa 1 n t ee approaches within 3(1 miles 0 f Gharleston (this 1 S just my guess) it is ill vided m or dei’ t 0 help tlv Santee carry pow er to t h c Santee -( oope 1 ■ at ( >r near Bin- cpolis. in Be rkt ■ley county. That d iviTted part of the San- $2.00 per year in advance tee flows into the Cooper river and serves to carry more water to the Cooper river which floats great ships at Charles ton and at the great national naval station seven miles above Charleston. Kngineers tell us that the diverted water of the Santee carries a lot of silt and pollu tion into the water of Charles ton harbor. Charleston, as you know, lies between two rivers: the Ashley and the Coop-r. Some mav tell it this way: the A hley and Cooper rivers meet just beyond Charleston and form the Atlantic ocean! I have it in mind to tell ol the great Colorado river, which has not the glamor of the Mississippi, but is one of the great waterways of the world. <>f course my remarks about the Santee and Mississippi do not affect the great Amazon which rises in Peru and flows hundreds of miles before it reaches thebonler of Hraz.il on b," way to the Atlantic. As 1 have mentioned several times, the great Peruvian river port of Ipuitos is on tlie Am azon, L'TIHi miles from the At- lant ic. Do you gi asp tha , t ? 2700 miles up t he A mazon is the 1 iver port of Lpiitos, once the great pert tl: trough w hi eh wild rubbei \va S Y diipped from the wild- of 1 Nnu to Knp land and through 1 fug land all over the world. X (1 \v win at of the < ’(dor; ado ? The ( (dor ado rives runs a rbout 1 1 hundn ■d mile.", d; ishinj LI to 1 in' ( i u 1 f of (’aliform a Some one tells u> that along that 1100 miles can be seen some of the world’s must im pressive natural wonders. Rivers are very interesting, at least some rivers are at times. You know about the James river, eh? Well, what do you know? Is it a vast cur rent carrying great cargoes? Or is it ,emembered largely because somewhere about 1607 a colony of men and women lived on scant rations, while founding the Virginia aristoc racy? Even so! If the aristocracy gives fame what about the Carolinas on the shores of the Ashley and the Cooper? Yea verily. The Hudson river has fame as the stream from Albany to New York, passing by West Point. After all is said our Santee flows by Rimini. So what? You know about the Cum- babee, called Cumby? Down through or near Colleton coun ty, South Carolina. It does nut make Walterboro a sea port or even a river port. The Colorado river flows 1400 miles and is famous for the Grand Ganyon. As to rivers, do you know that we have two Broad rivers? Yes, sir, two! One is up in our Piedmont and comes down to help form the Santee river. Hut wo have a second Hroad river—out from Beaufort—a big stream. Black river is in South Car olina and is on' of the five rivers which flow into a n d around and near Georgetown. Kven so. Hut Black river has fame: it makes Kingstree a port, doesn’t it? Big enough and deep enough for a small flat raft. Even Manning is on Black river. Maiming, however, does not boast of its three or four little streams which are hits of Black river. Manning today is a sort of huh of Highway 301 and has no peace or quiet dur ing 24 hours of the day. When 1 ascribe so much to Manning 1 must admit that Florence, South Carolina, seems to be the hub. No one could overlook Or angeburg, for it is a thriving city. Yea, verily, Highway 301 through Florence, Turbeville to Manning and through Orange burg to Allendale and on south carries thousands and thous ands every day, even Sundays, when most of Manning citizens may be devoutly attending Di vine Services. In this discussion of South Carolina rivers and others we must not overlook Edisto, for the Edisto is what makes Or angeburg a great river port; and the Edisto meanders to- u ard the Atlantic and carries canoes down 10 a point near Waite rh< 1 ro, or dot •s i 1 make Canady.- a t ’ilie port ? ( Sir Wat. Wee r iver started life a. " ('atawba r ver but the : h e r. lea: 1 Hike (it 1 Vi •It ipment nea r Fort Mill : u rnei d the ■ : rean i into the Wate re e. 1 ' \\ w her e are t he IF •e Dee and 1 ..vnefles river . •) •> T h e y ■ 1 ‘ 1' 1 111 1 ■' a g i t - at e 0 mm. rt •e, you know and gi ' to n lake G leorge- town a n (1 b; t e\an ’pie ol nver d' \ pun r.t S; • \ ( be If; . O ' t e W ! 1 imi 1" t be a \\ ■ ' ; i ’ W 1: W I tb. all the." e r. \'er.', . 1. ? \ 1 ’ J ) ’ j ! ■ lane aa e, 1 > 1 i s - eept i!d e to many interpreta- tiom: (leorg etown is a wet ( nver town ) but not s ocially wet, e h? Pui you ever think that N. Charleston could teach the world how to organize and carry on effectively the aston ishing plan of caring for the children as a feature of very extraordinarily fine Christian service? Now then, they can take an infant and carry him through all the primary grades. That is a mild statement, for the actual service far trans cends the imagination of most of us. 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