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I Paffe Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, August 18, 1949 alir (Clinton (Eljrantrlr Established 1900 WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and PubUs!*er HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year $2.00 Six Months $1.25 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office at Clinton, S. C., under Act of Congress March 3, 1879. The Chronicle seeks Ue cooperation of its subscribers and readers— the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not’be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. MEMBER: SOUTH CAROUNA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION National Advertising Representative AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York Chicago Detroit Philadelphia CLINTON, S. C.. THURSDAY. AUGUST 18, 1949 A Campaign Reward When President Roosevelt ‘'pack ed" the U. S. Supreme Court the American people lost most of their respect for that high tribunal; its members became astuete politicians lather than men of great judicial calibre. And look at the court to day. divided into two factions, each trying to outvote the other. President Truman is a politician, belonging to a Missouri machine about which not many "nice" things have been said. The President is loy al to his political supporters as he again showed a few days ago with rhe election of Tom Clark to the Supreme Court. He got the job be- «ause he is an adoirt politician, and probably more so, because he stood by President Truman during the dark days oefore last November's presi- dential election when almost every- 1 body said Truman didn't have a | ghost of a chance H£ fooled every body. including •trOnself. There is no evidence, or anything in the record to indicate that Mr. Clark has a great judicial mind He day. From what the public reads, some of therri should be indicted and put in jail. There is little doubt that a smooth, effective "influence rack et” has been working undercover in the handling of Government con tracts. The Virginia outcome is a healthy sign for the South and whole nation. It is a victory over socialism and totalitarianism. durihg the past week. The state probation, pardon and parole board voted against paroling the man named Bailey, who pleaded guilty in January 1936 to killing a Green ville city policeman. This was i the thud time his case .has been before the board, each time to be refused. The board did its duty, exactly what it should have done. A number of interested friends and relatives appeared at the hear ing for and against the parole. Some said he was a good boy and would "go straight". Others described Bailey as a cold-blooded murderer", as a desperate type of character. The murderer pleaded guilty to the killing though he insists that he is not guilty and was not even in Greenville at the time. His plea, he says, was made after an agreement between attorney Wyche and former Solicitor Leatherwood. The agree ment, which was reported confirmed by Wyche and Leatherwood, was that the solicitor would recommend a parole for Bailey after he had served ten years of the life sentence. Why such an agreement the public ' asks. A policeman was shot down in cold murder while discharging his duty. He was tried by jury and sen tenced to life imprisonment by the presiding judge. Nqw w'hy should 'that verdict be brushed aside in ten | years and the man given his liber ty. Is that fair to society? If death i sentences are to be given crimi nals, they should be carried out. There has been too much pardon ing during the past twenty-five i years by governors in the state. With some it became' a racket. It is to the everlasting credit of Gov ernor Thurmond that he put an end to thif racket. Now the responsibil ity is upon the probation, parole board and not with the gdvernor. Too many law offenders are be ing turned loose on probation, too many sentences are being suspend-, ed. too many short sentences are being given by judges. This makes <for a laxity, and oftentimes, a con tempt for law. There is a horrible. wave of crime sweeping the coun try, horrifying tragedies of every j conceivable kind. This crime wave will never be checked so long as the way of the criminal is rtiade easy. is a liberal, which means we will con tinue to have a 5-4 split on*most of the decisions handed down by the Let the Bill Die The $300,000,000 Federal aid-to- education bill died in the House La bor committee recently following a bitter religious dispute around the proposed use of federal funds for parochial and other private schools. The proposal is likely to stay dead until the powerful teachers’ union, its principal advocates, can get it up for consideration at another session of Congress. It is being said by many that the Catholics are responsible for the death of the bill. If that is true, the American people are indebted to that denomination. When you place a frozen dessert in the freezing tray of your refriger- 1 ator, line the tray with heavy waxed paper before pouring in the dessert mixture. Then the dessert is easy to remove and slice, come serving time i Prepare salad vegetables for read iness to serve as soon as they come in from the garden or market. Wash : them thoroughly under cold, running water, with a spray attachment, for easy cleaning. Let them drain on a cake rack, then store in refrigerator. You can make salads in double quick time this way on hot days, simply by tossing them together with salad dressing. IT'S FOR YOU! court. Our School Disaster The complete destruction of Bell Street school for the colored children of Hunter cshool district No. 5. brings •i heavy financial loss and genuine ‘:e4re: to the community. The fire. it> ( igin undetermined, came at a :n >t inopportune time, and raises a ...: lun.'olem f'T the district as to : o\ .ding facilit.es for the more than ♦'.no children housed there, and the . epla.emcnt of an adequate building in keeping with the one destroyed. The Beil street build.ng was a edit : > the community and the 1 race It was built in 1924 at . :. ;r ; r >ximate cost of $40,000 Its er«. '. n .vas provided by a bond is- i the 1 ite B H. Boyd, C M La c . and Dr. T L W. Bailey as ti ar-tee-. an.l J Harvey Witherspoon - - . e intendent Multiply the or- o-t by three, or probably m .re. and we will get a good idea of t ie , t o: duplicating the building now. What plan is to be made for a new building the taxpayers of the dis trict have nJt been informed by the board of trustees. It is certainly an inopportune time for an additional bond issue in the face of combined bond issues of $300,tt00 during the past year for school and municipal improvements. This means that the combined county, school and city tax levy this year will exceed 100 mills. The $34,000 fire insurance reported by the trustees will not begin to re place the building. The financial statment of the trustees in The Chronicle last week -shows operating expenses of all schools of the district of $179.494 06 against total income of $lo0.412 72, which shows there are no funds available for a new bufilding, other than the fire insur ance fund. The fact remains, how ever, that a responsibility rests upon the district to provide the Negroes adequate school facilities. How this is to be done is a serious problem | that must be given attention by the taxpayers of the district. Not Too Many Byrds Much has been said pro and con on the triumph of Senator Harry Byrd and his state organization in the recent Virginia primary. Senator Byrd backed Miller for governor. He got into the fight after President Truman’s public charge that there are too many B-Y-R-D-S in Congress To add further to his fighting spirit were the labor leaders outside his state and other liberals who were after his scalp. Some of his opponents now are laying his victory to the fact that he has thousands of lederal employees on payrolls, and that this great army of voters had lo support the Byrd ticket. Assuming there is a large patronage crowd in Virginia, this is different from no other state. In South Carolina and all other states, senators and con gressman always use their influence to build up patronage machines. They crave patronage power more than anything else. Byrd is conservative, just the op posite to -'President Truman. He is one of the most fearless and safest members of the U. S. Senate. Not a finger of suspicion, graft or shady dealing has ever been pointed at him either as governor or senator. That cannot be sai<J for all the New Deal ers, Fair Dealers in Washington to- This federal education bill is load ed with dynamite. It is a plank in the platform of those who advocate •he welfare ^tate. At tho outset we see the proposal charged with re ligious controversy, and once enacted, it would bring about racial and eco nomic problems which we have ever coped with before. Its advocates re fuse to see the dangers involved—all they see is the "big" money at the other end of the line to be poured into the states. Education is still a state and local responsibility, and when we turn it over to the federal government, local community inter est is gone. But the danger that should arouse the American peiple is the fact that when government pours out money, it controls its spending. It is inevitable that some >ort of federal control will show its head. It always happens in paternal istic enterprises financed by the fed eral government Look at the record »t the past sixteen years. And we -nould not overlook, this fact, federal government is not Santa Claus though millions think so. It has no money which doesn't come from the individual states. By the aid bill we would gain nothing except a new bureaucracy by shifting local respon sibility to Washington. And if mil-' lions are to~ flow into this state for | public school education, then tax-1 payers should demand a lowering of local school district levies or they j will be doubly taxed. The federal; government is already up to its neck in debt. It uses more red ink now than black. Where, then, are we to get the money to embark on this ex pensive and dangerous new social | welfare scheme. It is well for the country that the. proposal is dead. An aroused public should demand that it lie dormant in spite of agitators, mostly school i people and politicians. Let’s keep our schools. We have enough headaches and problems' ahead of us already without inviting more troubles. , Tribute To AA The Chronicle has a very high re gard for Alcoholics Anonymous, a unique organization that is growing in all parts of the country and one that has snatched back and saved thousands of men and women from a drunkard's grave. The organization started fourteen years ago by a country doctor whose career had been wrecked by heavy drinking. He came in contact with a- New York broker, a victim of drink, who had cured himself through service to others. That meeting resulted in the formation of the national organization we know today as Alcoholics Anonymous. In this short period, A A has done a remarkable job and its members stand ready day or night to go to the aid of a victim. It has helped thousands to “clean up” and then go out and help others and teach that the evil driffk is not in the bot tle. It is in the man or woman who turns to the bottle and loses his or her self control, sense of decency or obligation to his family. AA, we say. is saving many from habitual drunkenness and deserves the en couragement and support of every man and woman who is opposed t& the liquor traffic and the curse it brings. Let Verdicts Stand A North Carolinian, serving a life term in the South Carolina pen itentiary, lost another parole plea FOR SALE Seven-room house, completely remodeled inside and out, with electric lights, good well, newly painted three- stall barn; 10 acres good level land fronting Cross An- chor-Spartanburg highway, three miles north Cross An chor. near Burnt Factory bridge. A real buy for $3750. Will sell or trade for timber land. Inquire ... , DILLARD'S STORE, Cross Anchor or BERRY LI MBER CO* Phone 691-J. Cnion. S. C. Air-Conditioned FOR YOUR COMFORT AND PLEASURE Enjoy a delicious meal plus complete relaxation in the pleasant and cool atmosphere of our restaurant. 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