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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, February 28, 1952
(jll)p CElintun (Chrmurlr
Established 1908
WILSON W. riARRIS, Edilur and Puoh&her
HARRY C. LAYTON, Assistant
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throughout, the nation is now un
derway and will continue through
the month of March.
This section of the county has a
quota of $3,650. Our goal last year,
$3,500, was oversubscribed. The
Joanna community makes provis
ion each year for its quota in its
Community. Chest, and its quota of
$450 has already been provided
for the 1952 drive.
From today's paper it w’ill be
noted that volunteer, workers : to
make the canvass have already
been named and will push their
work now that the organization is
perfected. It is hoped that the
i work can be completed in short
1 order, and successfully.
ing for chief executive James F.
Byrnes. . i *
South Carolinians, as well as all
Southerners, can avail themselves
of an opportuhity to make much
needed national adjustments by
eliminations at the oolls.
Thd former national Secretary of
State knows, as few men do, the
inner works at Washington. With
Mr. Brynes’ knowledge and ability
and the respectability enjoyed by
him throughout the South his ad
vice is eagerly sought.
Recently speaking before the
Georgia legislature at Atlanta, the
Governor asserted: “We in the
South can stand up and fight or lie
to which otheT’candidates are sub
jected.
For example: Just recently on
the floor of the U. S. Senate, Sena
tor Taft, by making his position
clear, for which the Senator
noted, exposed himself ^ to John L.
Lewis’ vitriolic attack for which
Mr. Lewis is noted. After the bat
tle, and shaking hands, Lewis re
marked: “There is something about
Bob Taft that I admire.”
Does anyone suppose that J. L.
would have conceded as much to
some other “big shot” at Washing
ton even less controversial to him.
No one, however, great or small,
can justly expect the prize to be
handed him oh a silver platter.
E. CONVERSE HENDERSON.
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down and take it.” There is much
The appeal of the Red Cross' hope in the statement.
{should not need to be emphasized ’ First, a reliable experienced
I or endorsed to the public, for its Democrat such as Senator Byrd |
record of service, local and nation-' ^ irginia, or Senator Rusell of ;jj
j al, entitles it to'the support of all., Georgia, would be preferred in the
A strong Red Cross means a strong-House. But by all means f*
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CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 28, 1952
er America, and with the present, make a change, if it means party >
Korean war situation its call fot\‘change. ' |«
relief service will be much great- j I do not believe it would prove
er than in peacetime. Its nume-i a dvisable to nominate and elect a ( j4
rous tasks include providing large , great and popular military hero for V
amounts of blood plasma for in- i president, with the exception of vj
slant use, training millions in first General Washington. One has on-|J.j
aid, instructing women to serve as j lv to scan the pages of history to
nurs’es aides, teaching home nurs-, note the miserable failures of mili-j
states forty per cent of high school 1 ! n g skills, and other important j taiy men in ^ politics. To mention >
W. R. SOUTH, Fairbanks Representative
209 E. Ferguson St, Clinton, S. C.
For a Complete Show-Yon, We Have Any Weight Goods
a few—Benedict Arnold, Wm. Hen
ry Harrison, Polk, Pierce, Grant
Politics In Football ^ graduates entering college are in-> i 0 ** 5 -
The South Carolina legislature adequately prepared * It added This means that all of us are
has openly entered the field of ath- that addi ' tion several years ago of aske d to support .the Red Cross in and Harry Vaughn
letics, a new function of that body. the t we if t h public school grade has its important work, an organization General MacArthur has asked
It recently voted-4©- require the , “resulted m but little improvement ^at rpany times in its history has that his name be not entered for
playing of the Clemson-Carolina jj n ^ acadeiTUC competence of stu- demonstrated its effectiveness in
football game at the state fair (dt?nts entering college." That fact 1 meeting national . emergencies. It
since the conference had ruled 1S a i readv generally known. , means that Laurens county has a
Clemson out of playing conference
games because of its violation of
the rules banning bowl games.
Clemson defied the ruling and
went right ahead and played, and
incidentally, made a big amount
of money.
. Things have come to a pretty
pass we say, when the legislature
spends its time pasing a law ' re
quiring two state colleges to meet
on the gridiron. And it should be
added that while the presidents of
the two institutions did no request
the passage of the bill they ex
pressed themselves as desirous that
the barred game be played. That
meant the same thing with the leg
islature as making the direct’ re
quest.
We know politics is in every
thing. Now it makes its debut in
legislative football.
A Timely Question
Senator Maybank, down at a big
barbecue at Barnwell a few days
ago .-pensored by that county’s leg-
ish.tive delegation for a group of
U. S. congressmen touring the
H-bomb plant area, took time out
t,i .nr. umc hirnself.as a candidate
The addition of the twelfth grade
responsibility and privilege. It
nomination.
But not so with General Eisen
hower. It is believed that General 1
Eisenhower, who is aware of the
, t wiv-unp cucit an Kji. wo u.c aorweta tv* (
do our bit to help keep the organi- accepted as commander of the
P in * a n ^A t— armies of NATO, would not desert
is largely a duplication of the 1 means that a11 of us are asked to! momentous unfinished task he has
eleventh grade.. That is the opin „ aUon geared and pre - ared for ac _
ion of many patrons and school tion day or night> whenever and the present position in which he
men - m | wherever the emergency comes. It can best serve his country. How-1
i, n II 1 * s ke Pt §°i n g only bv voluntary 1 ever > it the General entertains
William henry Belk gifts. Let'us look upon it as a per-! White House aspirations he should
William Henry Belk, head of the sonal obligation therefore to give I ponder the recently spoken words
large Belk chain of stores in the and help this community raise its! his superior in point of service,
Carolinas and other states, is an 1 quota. The Red Cross call is one, General MacArthur, who, in re
outstanding exarrvple of a self- | that should not go unheeded.
made, succesful business man an,d .
philanthropist. He was a South r-T'rrnc
Carolinian, a man who never LETTERS
sought publicity for himself, mod- THF PH I TOR
est always and possessed the high- * ^ I rlC
est character. In the business! r™
world and other fields, he will not Ed r iL or - The Chronicle:
soon be forgotten. i The people of
jdeting the placing of his name in
the primary, said -in effect: “Poli-
Tics is out of a“~professionar hrili- -
tary man’s realm.” There are to-
cay too many nincompoops in the
government.
If, after all, "Ike” still Insists
on running he can show the fight-
South Carolina ; ing spirit by getting out of uniform
Mr. Belk° was * a born merchant can a sur ge of pride and of and subjecting himself to the same
for re-election in 1954.
The senator is a party man, from
and went to work in a store at the
age of 14. When he reached the
age of 20 he decided to go in busi-
ness Tor himself in “Monroe, N. C.,j
and established his second store in 1
Chester. From that small begin
ning by hard work and honest
dealing, the Belk chain under bis
t supervision expanded to more than
300 stores doing a volume of busi
ness annually- amounting to multi-
pht-d millions. He. made a fortune.
being especially fortunate in hav- rigors, humiliations and brick-bats
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and in return gave away enormous j
amounts of money to philanthro-
the first was a prominent New' pies, chiefly through the Presbyte-
Dt-al spender, and then followed rian church of which he was a de-;
the Truman Fair Deal crowd until vout member. The John M. Belk
recently he, has been denouncing Memorial fund which he founded
the administration. Four years ago helped to establish 355 Presbyte-1
When Governor Strom Thurmond .rian churches, and manses. He
made a ^ fearless fight for “states: gave money to a number of col-
rights" ‘and against Trumanism | leges, hospitals and other institu-‘
with al! of its evils, Senator May- 'tions.
ba ’k. a'< ng with Senator John- Mr. Belk was one of the most!
eton and congressmen, didn't turn successful merchants in the coun- j
their hands to help in the fight, try. A man of character and enter-
They put the so-called Democratic prise, he will be greatly missed inj
party and loyalty above principle. [ his community and in the mer-j
Now that Senator Maybank is > chandising field where he was
seeking re-election two years! highly regarded,
hence, the voters of the state would
like for him to answer this ques- Qur Morale SIlDDma
tion: “If President Truman is nomi-! VyUr mura,e flipping
nated by the Democrats will you 1 ^ strange sort of lethargy cccms
vote for him for re-election?” A have crept across the -nation,
question that he and^Johnston and ^ mos ^ ^ lke a S rea t smoke screen,
thu six congressmen should be The same thing has happened in
made to answer without dodging. ‘ En ^ and ^ or a sounder reason. |
On recent television interview er there Socialism has taken the
that question ’ was asked Senator heai t ou * of the brave People. But
Mavb ink. ’ It was - reported he whlle we are bem S dnven hard to i
didn't answer it. He evaded. ward Sociall sm, state planning and j
— control in this country, we still’
Woring Still Blowing-Off i/To
Departed federal Judge J. Waites excuse as ye^ for deterioration in!
Waring from Charleston to New our morale.
York to make his home, gives ai What is the reason for it? Some
lengthy interview in The New people say it i&ybecause the execu-
Yo:k Times of his delight in get- live branch of our government has
ting oiit of South Carolina. He usurped the prerogatives of con-
poses as a great crusader, as he gress and that it is too late to fight
has been doing here, and says he; against "state control.” Some
expects to be very happy in New! think careless journalism, trashy
York In all of his rejoicing, no j television, degenerating broadcast-
ore would picture New York as; ing, subversive book-reviewing,
a Heaven. It is filled with crime,' subversive teaching in our schools
prejudice, racial hatred, gangster-! and colleges and a hundred other
ism and low politics that by com- causes have lowered our morale
parison exceeds our state. i and our will to fight for our con-
The judge who attempted to tinued freedom,
break down Southern tradition of i Probably they are right on all
a hundred years, has done more counts, but we believe the great-
harm in the South than any other
man. He says he is glad he is
gone to his rtew abode. The feel
ing is mutual. The pity is the
harm he has done is left behind
him. We hope he will enjoy mak
ing noises ‘up there” and that they
will not be audible down here.
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est menace to our morale to be
those elements of our society
which desire—and work for—the
destruction of our free enterprise
system. Some of these are social
planners, but the most persistent
and undermining are the brilliantly
j managed subversive elements
! which appear to control so many
channels of the dissemination of
news and knowledge.
Our one and only defense against
eventual “conquest” by /mer of
these groups is the congress of the
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School Committee Report
A special committee appointed
last year by the general assembly
in its rerecent report states that a
higher quality of instruction > s ; Unitof States which'h«s in' a "very
the schools and colleges,, -delegated its r«.
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appointed to study state institu-! bureaucrats . Congress S us. With-
tions on higher Jearimg, particu-1 ou , „ we wouU k hive nothing t0
say; with it we can—if we will—
rule this nation as we wish. Con
gress has lost touch with the peo
ple, and unfortunately, has given
tv-r.
larly with regard to duplication of
facilities, but recommended no im
mediate legislation. Senator R. T.
Wilson of this county concluded
with this statement:
“While recommending no imme
diate legislation the committee
wishes to reaffirm its belief that
South Carolina needs and demands
a higher quality of instruction in
its public school system and in its
institutions of higher learning, and
that such excellence is not to be
achieved by the expenditure of
additional money.
In the report the committee
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its support for many recent years
to Socialistic schemes and political
(pressure groups. Unless the peo
ple back home can arouse this
congress or secure a new one
through a general house-cleaning—
we have little hope of regaining
and retaining our self government.
J. C. THOMAS, Jeweler
The Red Cross Calls
The annual Red Cross
“It’s Time That Counts”
Clinton and Joanna
drive