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NOBODY'S BUSINESS
By GEE McGEE ■ ■
i-Seven Easy Ways To
Go Broke
-Endorse bank notes promis
5usly for your friends (?),
2.
with the farming class, he is a farm-
I er, but the boll weevil gathered his
i crop of cotton for him last year
j and that's why he wants to get a
t job where no work is required. *
Truman's Platform Is Not Liked
In Flat Rock f
deer mr. edditor:
mr. art square, flat rock's chief
political prognosticator, has made the
Play with Wall Street, either statement publickly that unfits pres-' can’t be outlawed, and a law against
hav£ a crop alreddy planned that hej able to grind out.
would run against truman for pressi-1 . f ^ trum an7s fishing for votes
dent, and everyboddy believes that I the sou th,--he-has his hook in a
‘he would win over him. it is true; m jghty shallow pond, the time has
that mr. chance can’t rite a verryicome for meddlers to do the.ir med-
plain hand, and he is hot much of ajdling at home, so says dr. green, if
speller, but he thinks he could make j the north and west will tend^to their
grand speeches over the radio. j own bizness, the south will tend to
. — I its bizness. please print this.
mr. bert skinner says that lynching PfOVRS FAST RELIEF fOF
sident truman changes his flatform, ‘ same wont prevent them, he is
MIR MISERIES
buying or selling the market.'
3. Take tips from “know-alls." he will split the dimmecratic south violently opposed to lynching and he v
'CVIocst (if them are busted. , wide open and it will go republican, says he deplpres thejact Diat a single--— # j Rfogumatism, Neuralgia, Lumbago,
he says truman wont heebie to cram! one was ever hell, the only way to $ or#< jjjff Muscle*!
down' the throtes of prevent lynching is to (each folks ruh r , fr „ hing . Mn .if Neu-r«.b»lm ©•
( friends of truman) not to commit ,hf »nrc *pot. Injiantly, aching muscle! *t*rf
—Try to grow cotton under boll
weevtL.and present labor conditions.
5.—Si
cent of your,
with 1 the
you want
On
Dynamise Keg
M;.
n v .?
yf it >rs are still strongly
enh ■ h
! /
'Lpdcril aid ior our edu-
r ti!: l »r
. Kern "They are standing
i*’l y/
k o, ■
a; namite, l.abTe to ex-
a {
my minute. They see big
■Tiom\
y -.. \ ■
:n ’he federal treasury un-
ter J
r.e p
rogram, ignoring the aom-
p 1 h ‘ il t
ions
and embarrassments that
a if i;
u.uoJ
1 : . foliow when govern-
men’
.gu. i.
^ control of the schools.
We
IKK
1 better put state rights.
tr.id ’.
Kins
and principle ahead of
nmne
V. L
>ok at prsee.nl unrest, i^o-
htic-G.
,' chss
ens.^n, race discussion and
ugitat
;on
Trui
man Starts Fireworks
Pre
si dei
it Truman's message to
V.UH41
ess
proposing a 10-point civil
ri2ht;
■ ch;
arter for the nation has
?< tuetwii -a*
i avacrety-of reac-Uotis- and
fire'.vi
arks.
The most explosive is the
tiirea
t fn
>rr. the Democratic party
ever
hii, r
ecommeniat.on on matters
pertu
in.nn
to racial segregation and
the F
air E
conomic Practices Commis-
n'*n.
The
strongest opposition, nat-
101 per
salary ever^xfnonth.
6. -c-Try to K^ep up
Joneses.
7. —Purchase ever;
instead of what you n
8. —Sign security bonds\(or your 1
own folks and your good (?)N)eigh
bors. ’ ^
9. —Drink booze and enjoy (?
weekly benders.
10. —.Buy the tract of land adjoin
ing your own tract, and give a mort
gage bn both for-the down payment. ’
11. —Sell your merchandise on
ism. We often seem to forget that the cre( jjt to the'man who promises to
is us. p ay y 0U pay-day.”
12. —‘Lend-lease your money.« to
his doctrines
southerners.
! crimes that apparently call for qpick-
mr. slim chance says if he did not er justis than the courts have benn
in . . . the pain eaxj. U»J NEURA-
I MM io get last, long-lajcing reliff from-
the miscriri of ipuKular aches and paina.
legislative branch — congress
And the whole point of the Consti
tution is that all powers shall rest in
our hands to be delegated, to whom
we choose and returned when we
choose. This is the essence of democ
racy which has .been badly kicked
your neighbors on verbal-security
agreements.
13. —Stock up on merchandise at
high prices and—wait.
14. --Go j into the used car business
around in recent years. As an exam.-: 0T) a declining market.
pie. our treaty-making powers 15.—Run your business like Uncle
practically been relinquished to the ^. im run . n i n g hi s business. (Selah).
administration.
The time to recover our rights is 1
16. —Trade-in your automobile
every year on the year.
17. —Get into politics.
18. —Borrow’ some money from a
loan shark.
19. —Practice what you preach. |
20. —Buy enough stuff on today’s
ditTerent sides of the political fence.
How lucky we Americans are. in
spite of all our troubles. We can own
property, disagree with and criticize mar )< e t to last you 2/years. (Zoom!),
the government, run our own affairs 21.—Invest in the stocks that'most
and live any way we wish as long stock-brokers say is good. (Some
as w f e don t inlringe upon the rights ’em guess right),
of others, Live without constant fear i 22.—Buy or sell-a cotton or wheat:
of police, spies, change the manage- contract. . (Either w’ay you go is
1 ment," national, state, county and wron g), '*•
city whenever the majority so w'ishes, j 23.—Give a second mortgage on
and look our feliowmen in the lace your home'. (As if you could). f
with the wide which only a free 24c-Jilvest before you invest-igate.
1 25.—Keep on looking for better
* times (The present is OK, that .is
♦ he e.atipnal leadership of the Demo- gjg $todium Fund '1~2*^Q^ficfr^nd go to a hoMPiUl
.iauc party intends to continue to lApii-iatiire his alloeited $175- o-’ S C,C anCt ‘° 3 ^ pi A al
, . . .O iio H -epavd rhe legislature has allocated a, i 27.—Hide your money under the
Ku , , 000 in state surplus (taxpayers ; m attress or in the stove, and vote
President Truman has succeeded, mone y) th e University of South J for *ji ruman
in alienating both wings of the party Carolina for expansion of its football t anfl u - p o nur c PS o Hnetnrs il
.me Southern Democrats and the I stadium . The pub ij c is asking for en- aocto.s. !l
Northern liberals. There is talk of de tainment and the colleges are
IVos ient. and of tiivd—ctrttrra it tnrough commercialized;
man can feel.
u. ally, comes from the South, Which;
-jump
henry wallis is gaining
„ „ some
a new candidate for the Demo- • football: With many colleges, espec- j ground in flat rock. mr. .slim chance,
c: ativ nmoinatiort. Our choice is Sen- ;al ’ y t!ie i ar g e universities, the sta- sr . t says he likes his flatform better
H irry Byrd of Virginia. The so- dium is the most important spot on 1 than the flalforms of dewey and stas-
cd Democratic. party needs a the campus. sen and truman. truman's flatfcrm
,ti-mg. new leader. But most o! the, This‘enlarged, expensive plant will• j s ma de out of the same timber as
opposition talk will blow.off before beou»vidb‘cf largely for.’the Clemson- t he republican’s flatform, and both
t e conveni.on. Tiie big city mach.nes Carolina game woich has bex-ome same are working for the votes of
w stand by the President, regard- ’ 01 g money-making affair. For this,
t
everyboddy regardless of color, .creed
»•- »: the South’s indignation when game^ during fair week- is^-the- onlyg or religion.
■ .< ; ys" crack the whip.* t.me the big stadium is likely to be;
~ liiled. - I mr. chance thinks that if wallis
Still A Closed Shop The idea in Columbia is not to cur-' gets into offis, he wifi fire all dim-
Th t . house' of representatives last tail—but to spend. The legislature mercrats, and that will make a
‘on its decisive third can’t st .nd the sight of a surplus. 1 vacancy in the flat rock post of:is.
pruivbit the general I “S*—". >e believes that' by leaning to the
r; “S; Washington the Patriot ^
.la.' 62 to 111 And while the bill .AT en f. an h . Iat ?. ry — P. n01 ^|that would mean a fair living for
A’a 5 1»ll r ^. Ti ,*5
Ovisy (‘.u. t.u,
a judge-
nouse oi
.cfOK passed
:ending a bill to
one
iver
62 to'31 And while the bill
the nouse that body w : as WorId War L—omy mree omer soi-, all of the ch ances in flat rock, she
of its members'to d;e! ’ ! ‘ dan be said to have been the ^-oui^ need o assistants, and natural,
an opponent who ec,ual of G<? - or S e Washington in mill-! they would be chances.
, , tary ability. They were Lee. Grant: o
was a:so a member of the house. ~ „ • ... j
The bi'l -v ll >’o ’o the senate fo r and Stonewall Jackson. Time will, as to war with russia, mr. chance;
ivnud.-ationfit may be expected to rank the great AuuMast war ;
meet death there.
The pr; -..ce ot electing its owh
members to judgeships, commissions
and oth . -ffices has become common
this state. It is the usual proced-
«:e. a::- tnt ‘ ‘fega^lesst on Fobruar y 22 ’ 1732 - In 1797 he re ‘I we can,t whip them ’ mr ’ chance)
: thinks wallis can avoid that by going |
But as a pure, unadulterated pa-, over to moscow and telling stalin'
triot. no citizen of this nation — or,to quiet down amd promise to giveil
probably any other—can be classed | him chinna, alaska, jappan, man-
with the •‘Father of His Country"| chury and india if he wants them.'
whose birthday comes next Sunday, wallis knows how to handle the!
He was born at Bridges Creek, Va*,. commies, his idea is to jine them if)
tired to Mount Vernon where he re-• thinks dweey will not choose to'run.,
sumed the management of his large ; —-—
farming property during the last two) nir. art square of flat rock is think
ing of running for the legislature
on the wallis flatform. he is put of j
a job at pressent, and being a mem-;
ber of that boddy will tide him and |
aver uptil things get bettec
ale or house
o’. h:t qualifications,,trailing, ability t
anti tnara.ter, doesn’t have a China-:
mans chance. For this reason it is , ...
rare that outsiders" oiler because, and a ha « “ *>» *«*
if thev .i.c well informed, they know-December 14. 1. ,9.
the, cannot win agamst strong pres- | . * s •W «,•>»' bo / ^ n <> ws ; Wj**
t • unglon refused even to listen to those
sure, lobuy.og and commitments on • « . . . . . „ : u ic ._
'ne ns . de . who w r ould have crowned him kingubisn
! of the new nation. He declined also
The Mo: rah anp-otlice .ipP 1 ''®, j 0 bcc ept the Presidency for a third
bill should pass the senate P^c! term - thereby settii hg a precedent
icntiment is strongly in i^s favor. w hich was never to be broken until)
s our guess, however, tha, it ^ ■ 1 ( those, who supported the late Pr
oe Pigeon-holed by that body an | dent Roosevelt persuaded him that
the selfish and unfair practice con- under the leadership of one man only
touch :.g;U on by which legis.ators, cou j d | be na ti on hope to survive,
are chosen' almost invariably ^ or Congress can be thanked for per-
^it’n off.ces .illed by the gene:a a;> * ; f orm i n g it s duty with regard to any
sembly, v. nich rightly can be terme t u t ure Httle-conceits of this nature.'
as “ ‘‘ closed sho P-' And * n fairne ?j j We can’t expect patriots like Wash-
' u otizens d cannot be c aime j n gton every generation, but once in
that the legislature has a monopo y , a cer> tury or so it would-be so pleas-
>n •brains and ability.
ant to reproduce the type. We did it
, Z g. : in Lincoln. How wonderful if Mr.
Hope TOr the Free Mon Truman had been another. A r e badly
The country, particularly the South,! need, and could well use a Washing-
iias been suffering for' weeks from ton or a Lincoln in these troubled
an acute oil shortage for heating. A times.
Mr. Truman loves his country. We
all do—except those who prefer Rus-
break in ’he weather has been longed
for to ’relieve the condition.
Now many are telling us to shift | sia. But from out Presidents we ex-
back io coal. And as soon as a gei pc t more than from the ordinary
. eral shift is made, the czar John L.
Lewis will probably stop coal pro
duction again and back weTl go to
oil, regardless of the cost jn chang
ing.
This see-sawing may have r.“ ad
vantage. The pressure of the human
demand for, warmth will stimulate
citizen; and many of us had hoped
that his “State of the Union" and
later rhesse ges wou’d place him upon
a pedestai of patriotism if not good
politics. But* they followed the old
political vote-get ng line to the let
ter—replete vith noble but unsound
resolutions and garnished with the
sauce. He
the i”geh dty of the scientists, 'iiid jcitjiomary soak-the-r ch
this will heln solve Lewis' trouoles, missed the ball. ’
and unfortunately, those of his coai We need a leadership in Washing-
miners wlio still lap up the soft soaj) ton that $peaks with sincerity in
he ladies out to them. j terms of ;>My1C mntry First, Last and
Whenever the administrative j Always.” That was George Washing-
branch of our government arrogates
to itself powers which constitution
ally belong to the legislative branch
it is one .more move toward social-
ton the statesman.
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