The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, November 28, 1963, Image 7
CHaton, EL C, Tharaday, Norember 28, IMS
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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.
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“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!!
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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
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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.
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As to “Foreign Aid” I think
America should collect taxes for
government in the United States
and 1st the other nations fend for
themselves. /
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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
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*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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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of the city of Clinton are requested to bring
their cards (or numbers) when paying water
and light bills.
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