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T L 7 Page Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE ^orjdjy^ajjtgiibw^lWi $lff (Slinton QIt|rnnirlr Established l— WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Prtllsher ... HARRY C. LAYTON, Assfetant PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable in Advance) . One Year $2.50, Six Months $1.50 Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Poet Office at Clinton, S. C., under Act ot Congress March 3, 1879 The Chronicle seeks the 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 Carolina Press Association, National Editorial Association National Advertising Representative: AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION New York, Chicago, Detroit. Philadelphia CLINTON, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1954 Voters Should Be Heard Now The sudden death of U. S. Senator Bur net R. Maybank early last Wednesday morning at his summer home near Flat Rock, N. C., removed a public servant who had rendered valuable service to the state and nation. He had held his Senate seat for 13 years and in the recent primary was nominated for a six-year term without op position. He held the distinction of never having been defeated in a political race from the time he first offered for Aider- man in the city of Charleston. The announcement of his passing brought regret to thousands of voters of the state. Before his funeral rites were held telephones got busy with meetings called to scheme for the election of Sena tor Edgar Brown of Barnwell as May- bank’s scucessor. The State Democratic Executive Committee met Friday and on a silver platter, with complete ignoring of the voters of the state—gave Brown, long time chieftan of the so-called “Barnwell Ring” the party nomination for a six-year term. With the convening of the commit tee a motion to provide for a general elec tion was killed by a vote of 31 to 18, these thirty-one persons thereby denying the 2,- 000,000 people of South Carolina the right to vote for a United States Senator. With the political machinery well oiled and in smooth operation, Brown’s name was plac ed in nomination by a number of executive committeemen, and a mtoion to make the nomination unanimous was carried with out dissent. This means that 49 persons nominated Brown as Senator, with J. H. Sullivan, executive committeeman of this county, included in the group voting for Brown. Not since 1892, when the conven tion method of nominating Senators was abandoned in South Carolina has this pro cedure been followed. It was the most high-handed political maneuvering in a smoke-filled room of professional politic ians the voters of the state have ever seen in action and shows the curse of tight con trol by political machines. What was done should be condemned by all citizens of the state—this little group usurping power to themselves rather than arranging, as they could have, for the voters of the state to select that nominee in a primary for a six- year term as Senator not to begin until next January. As soon as the meeting was called by Chairman Neville Bennett at the Jeffer son hotel it was clear that a majority of the committeemen favored appointing the nominee themselves rather than order a special primary for the purpose. The cards were stacked. When the vote was announc ed Brown accepted the nomination as the people were subjected to high-handed usurpation of their rights, such tactics not seen since the days of the Reconstruction period after the War Between the States. Senator Brown was of course opposed to a statewide primary. Coming from a small county with less than 3,000 votes, he has for long years been its political boss. No man dared to offer against him there. For years he has had a desire to go to the United States Senate. Twice he made the effort, against the late Sen. E. D. (Cotton Ed) Smith anf former Senator N. B. Dial of this county, eliminating Dial in the first primary, but losing to Smith in the run off. Again he was a candidate in 1938 when the late President Roosevelt tried unsuccessfully to purge Smith. Olin John ston who was then governor and who fin ally defeated Smith in 1942, also was a candidate. In a sensational, unexpected move Brown withdrew from the race only a few' days before the voting. Naturally, last week he was afraid of a primary and wanted to slip in as Maybank’s successor in the easy way, the cbbimittee having planned it that way before the voting started and the wheels were greased to make the planned senatorial boom click and win. The new nominee in express ing his opposition to a primary said it would be a “rump primary’’, controlled by “off-brand Democrats and Republican fol lowers.” It’s purpose, he said, would be to “ram somebody in.” Well, who was “rammed” in—and how. The issue simply and honestly stated is this—should the Democratic nominee be selected by a caucus of 49 persons, or should the choice be made at the polls by the majority of the some 300,000 voters who usually vote in our primary elections. It is the principle of representative government against which 31 persons vot ed—they didn’t want or dare face a pri mary. > Their man, Mr. Brown, said he would not run in a primary. He raised the objection of a “rump primary”. By that we suppose he means the 158*000 who voted for Eisenhower in South Carolina, including The Chronicle, thousands who place principle above blind party alleg iance regardless of w’hat happens, to the so-called socialistic Democratic party. Eis enhower by a small margin missed carry ing the state due largely to corralling the Negro vote. From all parts of the state, and prop erly so—there is growing talk of a write- in candidate for the U. 8. Senate in the No vember 2 general election. Yesterday Strom Thurmond announced he will en ter the write-in primary. There may be oth ers. Gov. Byrnes’ appointment of an out standing business man to serve out May- bank’s unexpired term ignored Brown’s nomination by a small political clique. Our next senator should be named by the vot ers- and not by 49 persons, including Brown himself. Eighteen of this 49 did have the cdurage to stand up unafraid and are on record as favoring a primary. The pebple have it within their power to make the choice. The Democratic voters are not pledged to support Senator Brown, the hand-picked candidate of the Democratic Executive Committee. In the filling of this important office the only person the voters had pledged to support is dead. The Dem ocratic voters took an oath at the polls to support the candidates chosen in the Dem ocratic primary. Senator Brown nor no one else has been so chosen for this post. Senator Brown of course, will not with draw. Therefore, the voters who do not approve of the high-handed, dictatorial method used, should concentrate preferab ly on one now r —a strong, proven man. Sen ator Johnston, who blows hot and cold at the same time regardless of the issue, said a few days ago that any candidate other than Senator Brown, whom he has publicly endorsed, would be an “Independent”. Such talk is nonsense, stupidity, political ballyhoo. Surely the voters know him by now. When has the point been reached when South Carolina voters do not have the inherent right to make their own choice of candidates, regardless of office? It is time for South Carolinians as free and untied voters to let their voice be heard and concentrate upon a leader who said when Senator Maybank passed away that the “people should fill the office in a primary election.” That man was Strom Thurmond, predecessor to Gov. Byrnes, one of the ablest chief executives this state has had during the past forty years. We believe as a write-in leader he can win. He would be a worthy successor to the late Mr. Maybank. Thurmond is the man versus dangerous Ring Rule manipulated by master politicians. BABSON . . . Discusses Business Ethics By ROGER W. BABSON Babson Park, Mass., Sept 9—I wonder how many of my readers have been misled lately by the rash of exaggerated claims and bait advertis ing on radio, television, and in certain magazines. Yes, and in mail order advertising also. Exaggeration Magniloquent! How glowing should the adjectives be that a company uses to describe its product? When do these superlatives trespass upon the bound?' of good taste? How far can the truth be stretched and still resemble credibility? At what point does the customer lose his faith not just in some prod uct, but in businessmen as a whole. All gaso lines can’t be the best! All tobaccos can’t be the mildest! All cars can’t give the greatest number of miles per gallon. AH detergents can’t warfi the whitest. Or, is something happening to the Eng lish language—or. to our ethics, maybe? Take toothpaste, for example. First, it was ammoniated; then it was chlorophyllated; to morrow, it will be flouridated! And, at this point the American Dental Association doesn’t think it at all funny. The doctors have been carrying on their own research with the claims of various manufacturers. Their findings were keynoted at their 94th annual convention when they said that any inference that ammoniated or chlorophyllated cleaners are effective against decay is pure spec ulation. Certain sales and advertising claims were branded as “ridiculous” and recommendations were made that they be considered by the Pure Food and Drug Administration. Certain Automobile Salesmen Complaints about bait advertising are current ly flooding Better Business Bureaus across the country. Only a short time ago our Secretary of the Interior made a blistering attack on the eth ics of automobile salesmen in a declining market. Boldly dishonest and acarebead advertising has appeared in recent weeks from coast to coast Unfortunately, even a few large city, thor oughly reliable newspapers have been used to promote questionable ethical practices. For in stance, one electrical appliance was recently ad vertised for sale. Salesmen were instructed to I L n ROOM MASMVmi. TfMMSSII IHE WORLD: M0SI WIDELY USED DEVOTIONAL GU'DE So. as much as in mo is. I am ready to preach the gospel to you also that are in Rome. (Romans 1:15. A. S. V.) Read Mark 6>7-ll Although there were already Christians in Rome, the Apostle Paul wanted to go there. He had something to give everywhere be cause he belonged to Christ. Since Christ had come into the world Paul wanted to keep going into the world. “To be a Christian is to be a missionary”—this was the theme of a youth camp in South India. The Christian young people there were saying something to themselves and not merely framing a catch phrase for the headlines of a program. Because they realized the universal obligation that is in the Gospel of Christ, they were to be missionaries. During the camp, when the call was made for mis sionary work in and beyond their own state, fifteen young men and women responded. x Christ’s mission for the Church always has new beginnings. It begins with anyone, wherever he may be, who realizes what it means to be a Christian. PRAYER Eternal Father, whose leva has called us to Thyself, enable us now in grateful obedience to know Thy love in Christ sends us into the world. Give each of us this longing and desire that all men may know the glory and power of Thy coming in Jesus Christ Thy Son. In His name we pray. Amen. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY “To be a Christian is to be a missionary.” Roland W. Scoff (India) Alt. Gen. Callison Says 60*Day Rule Not Mandatory 1953 Primary Ruling Shows Speedy Move On Brown Un needed Columbia, Sept. 5 — Atty. Gen. T. C. Callison, in a letter dated use the” “on sale” merely as bait. The sales technique was to up grade the customer to a more ex pensive model. If the salesman failed to do this, and was forced to sell the “on sale” model to his customer, he was fined. This fine was placed in a kitty and was given to the salesman who sold the greatest number of the more expensive models. .The sales manager who conceives this kind of sales gimmick either has a hole in his head, or ought, may be, to have one put there! There is nothing that will kill a cus tomer’s faith faster in a company or a product than that kind of misrepresentation. Ethics and Discounts “Bootlegging” is not always a fair term. What is illegal about an honest laissez-faire policy? Free trade has always been held to be both legal and beneficial and the law of the land has here tofore protected this free enter prise. It strikes me that the kind of selling that some people are calling “bootlegging” or “dis counting” may be more in keep ing with American free enter prise than price fixing and the legislation of profit margins. However, I may be wrong. These are times to weigh ad vertising, to question certain salesmen, and to buy cautiously. A buyer’s market does not mean the end of good business or of good business ethics. It does mean, apparently, that the boys in business will try the tricks of boys. The true businessmen will survive because they know that a fair deal, courteous service and honesty today are bound to re turn in the form of loyal custom ers and better sales tomorrow,. Ninety per cent of the news papers know this and are seeking to help such honest businessmen. These newspapers turn down all advertising which they feel will not benefit their readers. Yet, these newspapers like dollars as well as you do. I appeal to you to help support these local papers in every posible way. Jan. 13, 1953, said he had “on several occasions” ruled that names of candidates do n,ot have to be filed with-the secretary of state’s office 60 days before an election. Such a ruling would have re moved the urgency under which the state Democratic Executive committee acted Friday when it gave the party nomination for a six-year U. S. Senate term to State Sen. Edgar A Brown, of Barnwell. Some members of the committee at the Friday meeting were under the impression some action would have to be taken by midnight that night or the party would be fore closed from naming a candidate to succeed the late Sen. Burnet R. Maybank. Executive committeeman Robert MoC. Figg mentioned this opinion of the attorney general’s at the Friday meeting. He said Callison had said the provision was not mandatory and was put in the sta tues only to insure that names of candidates would 'be printed on the ballots. This argument was completely ignored by the executive commit teemen who did not even se^k further information on this point from the attorney general. Although Callison, in his letter, was apparently referring to a mu nicipal election, he ruled on a statue which governs “national, state circuit, count or municipal” elections. Answered Two Qnerries In a letter to E. H. Bowers, of Greenwood, published in the attor ney general’s last annual report, Callison answered two questions with regard to the election law. One question dealt with the terms of office of members of city coun cil. The other question, Callison’s letter said, dealt /‘with the time necessary for candidates to be cer tified under section 5-G of the election law." (The first party of section 5-G, dealing with the 60-day period, is identical with section SS-dld of the present state code of laws except that the word “title” is substituted for the word “act.”) “fl have, on several occasions, advised that the 60-day provision does not demand that the names of all candidates be certified 60 days before an election, but it is mandatory that when they are so certified, they shall be printed on the ballots.’’ The letter then discusses the question about members of city council, and is signed “yours very truly, T. C. Callison, attorney gen eral.” Section 23-312 of the code reads: “The nominees in a party pri mary or party convention held under the provisions of this title by any political party, certified as such by the secretary of state under this title for one or more of the offices, national, state cir cult, county or municipal, to be voted on in any general election shall be placed upon the appro priate official ballot for the elec tion as candidates of such party by the officer, commissioners or oth er authority charged by law with preparing such ballot if the names Jer authority, as the cate may be, at of such nominees are certified to least $0 days prior to tha date at such officer, oommisakmen or oth-ltha holding of the election.’' FLOUR SALE BWKEY’S BEST FLOUR — Plain or Self-Kiting — M Lb. Bog ONLY 25 Lb. bag . . 2.09 30 Lb. bag . . 4.08 POUR BROTHERS FLOUR — Plain or Self-RUing — 10 Lb.ftag ONLY WE DO ALL KINDS OF PRINTING—EXCEPT BAD , CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. 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