Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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■ i_ / "\ s, mt THE CLINTON CHRONICLE 13 A enter Cut Pork Chops... Pork Loin Chops lb. t chop v4 U. S. Choice Rib End lb. Boneless Top Round or Pork Roast Loin End Pork Roast »> Pimento Cheese ’ . . . Superbrand Cottage Cheese 2 Palmetto Farm Sandwich Spread Perch Fillet Cello Wrapped Dressed Whiting .... 2 King Mackerel Select, Sliced 39 43 e ib cup to cup Mb cup lb. lbs Ib Beef Liver lb. 59c 49c 49c 39 c 29c 39c C Beef Roast Boneless Rump or Loin Tfips 46 Oz. Thrifty-Moid Tomato Juice No. ZVi Can Cross Roads S. C. Peaches cons 39< No. 300 Cans Van Camp Pork & Beans No. 303 Cons Thrifty-Moid Applesauce cons 49< -\ Astor or" “ House Limit I of your choice with a $5 00 or more order Instant Coffee in 6 oz. Jars! Sauer's whole Ginger.. . Chiffon Detergent 1 Va ox. Q C r boxes 22 oz. • • • • con 5 Lbs. Quaker Grits Vets 29c 5 Lbs. Quaker Corn Meal Mix 36c Plain or Self-Rising Limit 1 of your choice with $5.00 or more order Ballard Red Band White Lily Pillsbury bag Ib. Thurmond . Reports By STROM THI RMOISD. U. S. Senator from South Carolina MEANING AND IMPORTANCE OF STATES’ RIGHTS The most important single do mestic issue which will confront the American people when the Oon- 1 gress reconvenes in January is the issue of States' Rights—the problem of preserving the rights of the <ev Jeral states against ever-increasing national encroachment It is certain that a strong, punitive so-called ‘civil rights" measure will be push ed by the radical forces early in ‘he session, and in very large measure the future of States' R.^h’s in Amer ica will hinge on the outcome of the struggles which will develop over this bill - It is essential that the peof •• of this country keep in mind a* all-’ times a sense of-fundamental nv portarice of States' Rights. And in.. 'order to do that, we must, of course , be very clear m our minds as to just what we mean by the term There are some who would lave us believe that States' Rights .s no more than a time-worn Uliche which is employes! by Southerners as a de vice to facilitate the exploitation of racial minorities We know that *his is not '<> States’ Rights is an endur ing and valid principle which com pletely transcends the issue ot -ace State > Right is dmoly the V m lean Ujrm for the principle of •x'al self-government, a fundamental ind inalienable human right for which over the centuries, our ancesfers— both in Europe and in Aemerica— have fought, struggled, and died In the establishment of our Union, we recognized this right of self-govern naent, we incorporated it in our .written Constitution, an we gave :t its American n a m e of States’ Rights. Important as this principle of -elf rule is, however, States’ Rights is i more than that In our American i constitution system. States Rights is tile keystone of Individual Lib erty States’ Rights is one of the .two main principles which ’he Founding Fathers built into the Con stitution to insure that Americans would be forever free. The other principle relied upon | by the Founders was, of course, the principle of Separation of Pow ! ers—die independence of the three' , coordinate branches of the National i government. These two devices—the Nation-State division of powers, anti | the separation of the judicial, iegis- i lative and executive functions—con- istitute the basic framework of our I system of checks and balances The ultimate objective of this checks and-balanccs system, indeed the highest purpose of government, is the protection of the rights and | freedom of the individual citizen— ! the promotion and preservation of individual liberty. ‘'Liberty.” said | Lord Acton, "is not a means *o a higher political end It is itself the highest .political endf’ The Fourniers were determined that the nefcly-won liberties.of the American people must be preserv ed. They knew full well that the greatest potential threat to the lib- ! try of the individual lay in govern ment. That is why they were in sistent that the new government j Uiey were setting up be limited amt decentralized To tills end, 'hey carefully built the new government structure into a compound Federal Republic .1 round two basic prin ciples: Separation ot Powers and Status' Rights. Thus we can see that States Rights is no mere meaningless slo gan, but is a vital feature—an in dispensable elemen'. in fact—of ’he structure of our checks-and bal ances system, which is the very basis of our indivdmal liberty In keeping up a constant struggle /or States’ Rights, we are fighting not merely for a name but for an essen tial support of liberty: "the highest political'’fend.” IF YOU DON'T READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DON'T GET THE NEWS Phone 74 IN CASH HOME CREDIT COMPANY 113 North Broad Street