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CHaton, EL C, Tharaday, Norember 28, IMS THE CLINTON CHRONICLK I By SPECTATOR ... M ON MEN AND THINGS Some days a£o I met an old I friend of the quill in the post of fice in Columbia: Harold C. Booker, Jr., editor of the latest paper—The State Reporter. Har old is a newspaper man of ripe experience and deserves success in this new venture. • • e “Dieting has taken on the pro portions of a popular indoor sport. Everoyne’s doing it... or at least most of America’s esti mated 30 million overweight cit- zens have tackled one of the quickie diets that have come and gone since the discovery of the bathroom scale. The sad part is that most of these selfimposed diets of the ‘lettuce lunch and celery supper’ variety are usual ly worthless. Let’s fact it . . . over-weight is the result of an imbalance be tween food intake and energy output, a natural by-product of today’s tempting food and labor- saving devices. It’s easy tb put on weight, but seemingly impos sible to get rid of it. Its’ easy, too, to fall under the spell of the currently popular miracle diet that is so full of promises and som empty when it comes to re sults . . It seems to be true that some moderate “eaters’’ accumulate fat and weight, while some heavy trenchermen seem to carry heavy meals without increase in weight. Still it must be true that if we stop eaUng we shall lose weight. Do we want to reduce; or are we like the man who said, “If I can’t eat what I want what is the use to live”? Well now!! • » * American policy has been to keep other nations from this side of the Atlantic (and Pacific, too) but we are meddling in Europe, Asit and Africa. We should stick to our knitting on this side and deal with Cuba vigorously and effectively. Let us remember that Cuba owes her independence to the United States. We drove the Spaniards out of Cuba and then set up a government for Cuba ... bat only for those pro* pared for them! Unemployment is high — tt% among the young! . r . bat YOU can have a secure, well-paid, interesting office position. Prepare in a few short months. Modest tu ition, free placement service, big demand for graduates. Imagine yourself as a Sec retary, Accountant, Execu tive-Trainee . . . and take action now! Classes start December 2. Telephone or write today for free Bulletin. No obligation. Greenwood College of Commerce 3W Textile Balding Greenwood, 8. C. Phone OB S-*235 and gave it all to the Cubans. We don’t want Cuba ourselves but we should put the Russians out. Cuba is only ninety miles from us—too near for us to enjoy predatory neighbors. * » • As to “Foreign Aid” I think America should collect taxes for government in the United States and 1st the other nations fend for themselves. / • • • What about all the hubbub about Barnwell? I quote the Charleston News and Courier: “Since politics is a kind of bloodless warfare, feuds between politicians are more nearly the rule than the exception. In South Carolina’s legisla ture, intra-delegation battles are common and usually bitter. They are also unfortunate in that the best interests of the county con cerned almost always are ad versely affected. Any serious clash in Barnwell’s delegation would, however, dairi- age not only that county. It could split the 1964 General Assembly squarely down the middle and wreak legislative havoc that would be felt throughout the state. Barnwell’s is no ordinary dele gation. Its senator runs the State Senate. Its representative is un challenged boss of the House of Representatives. Between them, Sen. Edgar Brown and Rep. Solomon Blatt have for 30 years managed to steer Suoth Carolina on a sound and conservative course. Governors came and went. Legislators served their terms and departed. Only the Barnwell team endured, stronger, more en trenched with the passing years. Sen. Brown has been president pro tempore of the Senate and chairman of its Finance Commit tee since 1942. But his upper chamber service began much earlier, in 1929. Before that he was five years in the House and its speaker in the 1925-26 era. As much as anyone, the sena tor is Mr. Democratic Party in South Carolina. His membership on the State Democratic Execu tive Committee dates all the way back to 1914 and twice he was its chairman. As a member of the national executive committee, his influence has been felt in top Democratic councils. Probably Senator Brown has achieved every political honor he ever wanted, except a seat in the U. S. Senate. He tried for itr- three times—but the prize eluded him. Rep. Blatt has confined his efforts to the South Carolina scene. He came to the House in 1933, was elected its speaker pro tempore two years later and took over the gavel in 1937. A bitter dispute with then- Gov. Strom Thurmond moved Mr. Blatt not to offer for the speaker’s post in 1947. He came back to head the House in 1951 and has never relinquished the speakers’ chair. This, in brief summary. Is the record of the Barnwell delega tion, which some call the Barn well Ring. You can get an argument from almost anyone on the ‘ring’ des ignation. Some swear it never ex isted. Some say it is broken. A few think the ‘ring’ is still a pow MSMOCWPS with the personal touch ME / / v ^ % ■ r t v ft The CHRONICLE STATIONERY SHOP 1W-1I1 Guy Strut DM 8SS-0841 *Who is Working for the Kremlin’ ' THE CONGRESSIONAL Rec ords of August 2, 7, and IS, and the Senate Commerce Committee hearings on 8. 1732 are filled with information from public sources which prove that there is communist influence in and penetration of the current Negro demonstrations and agitational efforts in this country. 'Unfor tunately, all requests for inves tigations of these demonstra tions, which have caused vio lence and bloodshed across the country, have fallen on deaf ears and closed minds. The only an tidote suggested to solve all this —as if anything could, including complete surrender by the Con gress to all demands of the rioters—is passage of the Presi dent’s power-laden and uncon stitutional “civil rights” pro gram. FBI DIRECTOR J. Edgar Hoover has emphasized to the Congress and also to the public in Us hooks, “Masters of De ceit,'’ and “A Study of Commu nism’’ tkst a primary objeetiv# of the communists in this coun try is to foment end exploit racial strife sad disorders. In deed, the key propaganda terms used by the Communist Party USA are the words “equality” end “peace.” TESTIMONY by n former communist before the Senate In ternal Security Subcommittee in 1967 corroborates Mr. Hoover’s point about the Red goal in the U. S. A. Frank S. Meyer told the subcommittee: “The major drive ... to penetrate the move ment of the Negro people . . . has nothing to do with any In terest in the aims and desires of the Negro people, but is a realization by the Communist Party that that movement can be used as the most important and strongest cutting edge against the constitutional struc ture of the United States, by trying to develop a removal of division of power guaranties in the Senate, and secondarily, by the fact that they believe . . . that at this time in s prosperous country this is the only place in which serious trouble can possibly be stirred up, in which there are serious possibilities of developing what they call mass . struggles, of building up extra- constitutional and extra-legal actions, and so on.” HERE is a quote from Mr. Hoover’s book, “Masters of De- colt": “Tbo Party’s sole interesl. as most AnMrksB Negroes know, is to hoodwink the Negro, ex ploit him and use him as a tool to ball a oommanist America. ” LATER be told tbe House Ap propriations Committee on March t, INI: The sit-in dem onstrations in tbo South wero n mado-to-order base which tks *■ party fully exploited to further its ends.” THE EVIDENCE in the hear- ings and the Congressional Rec ord shows that the man most generally credited with inciting and organising the riots, Dr. Martin Luther King, has had top assistants with questionable backgrounds. One of these, Bay ard Rustin, has admitted being a former member of the Young Communist League and having served jail sentences for sex perversion, lewdness, and re fusing to serve in our Armed Forces. He has also been arrest ed on numerous other occasions. Now he is “Mr. March on Wash ington," serving as vice chair man of the August 28 march on Washington. How can ministers, rabbis, and priests march to Lincoln Memorial on August 28 under such leadership? V DR. KING has been a lectur er at the Highlander Folk School with admitted communists and pro-communist characters. This school has been dosed by the State of Tennessee and cited as subversive by the Attorney Gen eral of Georgia. There is much more public evidence in the Rec ord and even more to be ob tained by a penetrating investi gation into the current riots. THER1 IS SO question but that many persons participating in these disturbances are sincere ly seeking to obtain acme end other than advancing tbe cause of eommnnism. However, there are also some who are sincerely carrying out communist orders and aims in the Commnnist Party USA. A recent artlde by the National Editorial Association says Gas Hall, head of the CPUS A, has issued secret orders for Reds to infiltrsto the demon- __ strations, especially the march on Washington. COLUMNIST Holmes Alex ander has made the point that “if it’s true, as seems evident, that the communists are trying to exploit the dvil rights issue, the best way to spoil their game is to expose them.” The Wash ington Evening Star has alto stated that “all concerned—both white and colored—have a right to know just who is working for the Kremlin in this matter.” WITH THESE COMMENTS. I concur completely, as do many others who are likewise not sat isfied with the efforts to sweep this vital question under the rug with passage of more unconsti tutional “dvil rights” legisla tion and addition of more dic tatorial police powers for the Attorney General. Sincerely, XtoatoW ^^AA/1/nvBTut erful factor in South Carolina’s government. Perhaps it’s a question of se mantics. Certainly there is not, and never was, a ‘ring in the Tammany Hall sense. Efforts have been made to depict the pair as a Siamese-twin Boss Tweed. This was patently absurd if not outright ludicrous. A more realistic view of the Barnwell Ring is the picture of a loosely-knit coalition of lower state counties and interests, formed as a counter-weight to the growing political power of the industrial upper state and the big-city delegations. The small two-and three-man state delegations gravitated to the Barnwell leaders as naturally as iron filings to a magnet. Agra rian, traditionally conservative, the coalition was natural and even imperative to achive com mon politicial objectives. It was coincidental that this confederation found both its Sen ate and House leaders in Barn well. But there coincidence ends. No one follows for long a waver ing, ineffective leader. Neither Senator Brown or Rep. Blatt suf fered from either defect. But a team must pull together, not waste its strength on a tug- of-war. That is why alarm spread thrbughout the state when trouble arose between the Barn well leaders at the 1963 session. It explains the anxiety as the 1964 sesion approaches. Under the Barnwell leaders South Carolina has enjoyed re markably clean, effective gov ernment. South Carolinians hope this can continue for many more years. If the peacemakers are right, it will. I know well and appreciate both Mr. Brown and Mr. Blatt Throughout thirty-two years I have enjoyed occasional associa tion with both gentlemen in Barnwell and Columbia. They are a great team. I have jocu larly remarked that nobody “starts anything” in Barnwell County without first talking it over with Mr. Brown or Mr. Blatt; and those gentlemen have been accomplished and effective workers for Barnwell. And their influence roaches throughout the state. Patronize The Chronicle Information For Home and Garden Prepared by Fred W. Gist Department of Agriculture at Ben Street High School Vegetable Information There isn’t much to be said about our vetegtables. It is as sumed that your fall garden is in production. However, let me re mind you that it should not be allowed to be consumed by in sects. You should use recom mended sprays and dusts. A good one is always malathion and others. Fruit Information Peaches, plums and apples— You can start pruning after the trees are defoliated. Proper prun ing insures adequate spray cov erage and sunlight. Always clean up brush. If trees are complete ly dormant, start applying dor mant sprays. Malathion and parathion, etc., are considered good insecticides. Always follow the directions on the package for proper usage. Pecans—The girdler, a small grayish-brown beetle about one- half to five-eighths inches long with long feelers, is an insect which can reduce fruiting where there is a large number pres ent. They can be controlled dur ing fall, winter and early spring. Collect all severed branches and burn them, including those in the trees and those from hickory and persimmon trees if any axe nearby. Ornamentals It is assumed by now you have already planted your bulbs for spring flowers. If not, do so dur ing this month. Be sure that the soil is well pulverized to a depth of at least 12 inches. Use a small quantity of bone meal or super - phosphate at planting time. House Plants Tbs house is not the ideal place to store plants during the win ter. The reason is that Ught is poor, air is too dry, and most houses are too hot. In many homes, gas is used for cooking and heating and gas is a dsadly enemy to plants. A few plants may survive gas fumes, hot moat house plants will not. Ons of the best places for storing of plants is the flower pit, if you do not have a plastic greenhonas. The ideal temperature for house plants is a daytime bant f o around 70 degrees and a Iown* night tompreatore of •*•»*- gnat. A plant can stand a much THE AMERICAN WAY The Bible - Source of Melodious Joy higher temperature during the day, and plants growing in bright light can stand more heat than those in poor light. It is a good idea to move plants from warm rooms to a cool place at night. It has been said that the old-fashioned kitchen made a good place for plants. The kitch en in the daytime was warm from the stove and the steaming tea kettle kept the air full of moisture, then at night the room became very cool. Plants need just such a condition. Direct sunlight is necessary for part of the day for flowering plants such as begonias and am aryllis. Geraniums need a lot of sunlight. Bright and diffused light—just out of direction—for ferns and foliage plants. Shade which is just enough light to read by for such plants as san- severia, peperomias, and philo dendron. Artificial light is better than no Ught. Plants will grow in this light, but they do not live as long as when grown in daylight. Wa ter is necessary for plant life. The soU should be kept moist. Too much watering is harmful to plans! as it tends tb cut off air from soil and roots. Water should be given only when the surface of the soil is dry. The new self-watering pots make ideal containers. Soil for house plants is important; usually if nothing more is avaUable, a good garden soU will do. It should contain loam, organic matter, leaf mold, well-rotted cow ma nure, peat, etc., and some sand. The organic matter makes the soil meUow and crumbly and gives it ability to hold moisture, and the sand assures good drain age. From time to time a small amount of commercial fertUizer, 5-10-10, may be added at the rate of one teaspoonful to a 5-inch pot. For those who desire specific information the formulas below may be helpful. A good all-purpose soil may be made by using two parts gar den soil, one part of peat or leaf mold, one part of weU-rotted cow manure and one part of sand. If the soil is a sandy loam, use two parts of sail, one part sf well-rotted manure and one part of peat. If soil is a clay loam, use a mixture of two parts soil, one part manure and one part sand. «OOW NASHVU.ll. TfNNfSSH THE. WORLD S MOST WIDELY USED DEVOTIONAL GUIDE Read Matthew 7:24-29 ■ I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. (Matthew S:44.) Our religion can be true and meaningful only when it is ap plied in all our living, everywhere, and at all times. If it exists only as a theoretical doctrine, it is like leaven without meal. By its very nature, religion is something that moves and works through the heart and the whole being of a person. The religious man is not one who belongs to a church and goes to it every Sunday morning, that being all. In addition to those things, the religious man uses his religion and lives it all the days of the week. To follow Christ, we must do so not in thoughts only, neither in words only, nor in deeds only, but in all three together. That way we live our religion, and Jesus Christ will live in us. PRAYER Heavenly Father, we give Thee thanks this day for Thy Holy Word which enlightens our lives. Bless ug with a keen desire to follow always Thy Word and use our religion in all our doings. We pray this in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, who teaches ns to pray, saying “Our Father who art in heaven . . . Amen.” THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Our task is not only to hear and learn the doctrine of our re ligion, but also to live it. Please Bring Cards! 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