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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, May 11 By SPECTATOR . . . COMMENTS ON MEN ANP THINGS I’n sident Eisenhower was on Governor Rollings fears th.it the giHKl ground when he said that the President, said too much, the Presi- sit<lo\\n affair should be dealt with dent perhaps implying that there local!) and not by Washington really was a right invohed. but one For Racing Fans - Fishermen Vacations at Beach or Mountains Plane Observers - Bird Watchers A RAKE Opportunity! HI Y NOW! Rapbr $50 prism $19.95 BINOCULAR Now you can buy the finest. 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As I have submitted several times, the right of a merchant or restaurant operator to conduct his busines. is nbt a matter for the jurisdiction of any authority, a merchant being fully within his legal rights in refus ing to serve anyone. Furthermore any person remaining defiantly in a store or restaurant is not asserting a legal right; he is committing a criminal trespass The Federal Constitution dot's sj>: ^Congress shall make no law abridging the right of the peo pie peaceably to assemble, and to etition the government for a re- dress of grievance." Phis applies to the Federal Government, being ihe tir>t amendment to the Federal Con s'nation If this had been intended to apply to the States such would have been stated—as m Amendment tv the first eight amendments are restrictions on the Federal Povier; the yth and 10th are supposed to be guarantees to the States. Th t Constitution ot our State (Ar ticle 1. Section 41 also forbids the General Assembly to pass any ftfw denying the right to assemble peace ably and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." A mass meeting may be held peaceably and a petition made for a redre-s of grievances, but there is no just grievance to be redressed unless a man be denied his legal right- There was no legal right denied to anyone if he were asked to leave a stort or restaurant! therefore there was no lawful grievance The peo ple who defied the store manage ment were guilty of criminal tres pass under our law. Furthermore a large undisciplined group cannot make a legal claim peaceably by- parading noisily in the streets The officials are bound to main tain ••the peace and dignity of the State * # # We are a nation bn wheels—and we are always on the go It is not unsual to meet our friends three thousand miles from home. “As you watch automobiles streaming along our streets and highways, you may sometimes, as I do. have a sudden awareness that what we are watching is. in many senses a miracle. Thi- mass mobility of our popula tion i- so commonplace, so much a part of our ordinary, every-day experience that only in these rare occasional moments do we give it a thought. Only someone from earlier times—a Rip Van Winkle returning from a magical sleep of a century or si)—could truly appreciate it. To his eyes, this actuality which we accept so casually would seem more marvelous than all our pres ent-day fantasies of travel to the moon It all began with the invention of the internal combustion engine in which vaporized gasoline could be compressed and exploded to force down a piston in a cylinder. This mo tion was harnessed to a crank that turned a wheel. 1 • -- J But think of all the additional ex periments. inventions, and plain hard work that lay ahead before this basic invention could usher in the era of the automobile. We needed s )> m & dependable means for exploding the gasoline va por Electricity was the answer, made available by the pioneer labors of earlier scientists. We needed a dependable fuel. Scientists drew it up for us from the depths of the .earth in the form of petroleum that could be refined into gasoline. Then there was the important step of mounting the engine on wheels and harnessing its force to make the wheel turn. Even after all this had been done, one more tremendous obsatcle had to be overcome before the automo bile could enter fully into the new age. This final barrier was the lack of streets and roads suitable for au tomobile travel. Mile by mile good roads came into being until now an immense net work of highways covers our coun try The whole face of the nation has been changed by the automobile. The full import of this tremendous evolution has been ably summed up by Erwin D. Canahan. editor of the Christian Science Monitor and presi dent of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. He said: “The internal combustion engine mounted on wheels, and provided with high ways, has surely done more to our economy, our cities, our countryside, our way of life, and all other aspects of our society than any other ma terial feature 1 am sure that nothing has affected our nation more than its mobility. And nothing seems to be more envied by the have-not peo ple in other lands’.” • • • 1 venture the opinion that 1960 will be a good year for bounteous har vests We need not be pessimistic about a late start; there will be en- Announcing ... A Private Dining Room — at — Whiteford's Restaurant 301 N. Sloan St. r Hi Club Meetings — Parties — Dinners Capacity Up to 70 / , * We invite you to use our newly constructed facility for any occa sion. A separate entrance is provided. Every effort has been made to provide an air-conditioned dining and meeting room to meet high standards of service, comfort, and convenience. / . ■ •/ • • For Reservations, Call 469 ough heat in May, June. July. Au gust and September to produce abundantly. We have it on the Highest Author ity that seed time and harvest shall not fail on the earth. So, when we can. let’s go ahead in faith, with all our energy, intelligence and means • * . The South Carolina Democratic Convention acted wisely, I think, in deciding to send an uninstructed ! delegation to the National Demo- ; crafic Convention. We have very little in common with the National Democracy except i memories You can t live on mem ories. If we would reflect soberly on Uie “general situation," we must admit jthat the case of either party it is '•‘neck or no beef.’,’ as we’ve often j heard. 1 cannot agree wholly that anx Democrat is better than any Re publican. We once thought that, but where are we now? As someone said, it isn’t the man that 1 was, but the man that 1 am which counts Again 1 ask w here we are? I agree that President Eisenhower failed to measure up to our expectations which were based on what he him self said. ~ ; True it is that Mr, Eisenhower \ has spent all his life far removed from politics, government, law and social conditions. True that he may have been badly advised. But even j a man of no experience or capacity to learn should have avoided some | pitfalls that he has fallen into. On the fact of it, we much charge Mr. Eisenhower with a ready ac ceptance of all the subtle schemes of blunder nig sociologists. But to say that any Democrat is better than any Republican invites a study of what’s what. Who is in full control of the Sen ate of the Congress? The Demo cratic Senators—by a fine working majority. Why didn't the Democratic Senate save us from the fallacies and folly of Mr. Eisenhower and his Republican followers? Who is in full charge of the House of Representatives? The Democrats Why didn't they save us from the Republicans? So you see: The Congress of the United States is completely under the control of the Democrats. How- can we excuse the Democratic Sen ate and the Democratic House and revile the Republicans'’ The truth is that neither the Democrats nor the Republicans are worthy of our support. I bear it said “We must not leave the party ” The party has left us. The only argument for remaining in the Democratic party is tte? mat ter of the Chairmanship of impor tant Committees. Well and good: but what did our party do to curb the Supreme Court’’ The Democratic party has no regard for the South. Truly there is no “Balm in Gilead” and “No dew on Herman ” Even so! What is the right course’ Not the politic or diplomatic, but the right course. Even in recent years there have been men who would not surrender; they fough and gained strength by fighting This one thing I know: we have no seat in our father's house; and the other crowd is just as bad. How shall you choose the better j of two rotten apples? • • • Do you think k has been cold? I met a man in Charleston who told me of a “spell of weather" in Michi- r gan yean ago when it was 65 de grees below zero!! I didn't Lake that with a grain of salt, but with a block of ice. But— “In northern Canada's rugged 20- below winter, communications men are rushing to shore up a weak spot in this continent's radar defense. “The $75 million project won’t en able the line to warn Canada and the U. S. in time if swift, southbound missiles flash by. But the U. S.-Ca nadian radar system will stand a better chance of passing along the word if enemy planes pass overhead "Onec the job is completed, the line, whose stations strefch from Western Alaska to Eastern Canada, junside the Arctic Circa?, will have a far more reliable link Jo the air raid i warning systems of cities in the U. js. and Canada. 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