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(fiamftfu (El|rontrU 1109 N. Broad Street C' PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY jNO M. CANNON DaCOSTA BROWN Editors and Publishers SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: Alt Subscriptions Payable In At,va"?e ()*q Year Six Months Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Camden, S. C. All articles submitted for publication must be signed by the author. Friday, March 5, 1941 OUR QUOTA IS NOT ENOUGH The Kershaw County quota for the American Red Cross War Fund has been announced at $11.(300.00. We will raise this quota here in Kershaw County. In fact, we are so certain it will be raised that we have not the slightest hesitancy in putting the above heading on this editorial. This war in which our great nation and her allies are now engaged is being fought by men who love freedom; men who are willing to 4'ay down their lives to. preserve all those things which we sum up as "the American way of life. . The American Red Cross uses the talents of many individuals in bringing recreation, comfort, messages, and counsel to our fighting forces the world over, and to the families of these men on the home front. Comparatively few have the privilege or the special experience necessary for rendering such services in person to the men of our armed forces. But that does not mean each of us cannot make a direct contribution in this great and necessary work. . Not one of us can escape the personal responsibilities of an "all out" war. man, woman and child can and must make some real contribution to the ultimate victory that will be ours. The American Red Cross actually is an auxiliary of the military forces of the United States. It is a humanitarian and morale-buiilding arm upon which our fighting men lean heavily. , , , .. The multiple services rendered by tht Red Cross to our Army and Navy, both at home and abroad, must continue and be expanded. The same is true of the many services made available to the people who remain at home?services that soother organization is equipped or trained to give All of us know this. That is why we say our quota in the present Red Cross War Fund campaign is not enough. That is why we are confident-trie people ?f Kershaw County will prove the heading on this editorial wholly correct Wi* will meet our quota?and then some. MOTHERS AT WAR The war is costing fabulous-sums of money; in fact, the word "fabulous" is too weak; there is no word to express it. But to many of our people the money is the least of it. Mothers wouldn't regard all the money in the world as being worth as much as the sons of the home who have responded to the Nation's call. .I'm tempted to tell you something. Recently I was in a great bus station. I saw a mother cutting in quiet dignity that expressed the deep resignation of a mother. I thought she was a Cuban and addressed her in Spanish "Ks Ud. Cubana, Senora? No, Senor; Mejicana. Mi hijo es soldado^aca, tan lejos de mi pueblo." 1 repeat ''Are vou a Cuban, Madam No, Sir, I m a Mexican. My son is a soldier here, so >ar from our community." What does the war mean to this mother who came from Mexico to see her boy? And she speaks no English. What a long way through a strange country! All the coffee, all the sugar, all the gasoline, all the tires and all the taxes are just trifles to her, in comparison with the bov she gave. As I think of that mother she seems to typify motherhood's contribution. I felt ashamed to think of how little the war costs us who pay only in taxes or other paltry sacrifice. TRAGIC COMEDY If the people of this country really wanted to control inflation, they could do The country is faced with rising prices. Why? Read the headlines in the newspapers of a single day. A million and a quarter railway workers demand further wage increases. Hundreds of thousands of coal miners demand additional wage increases. One faction of ship- c yard workers announce they will withdraw their "no strike for the duration agreement if a National Labor Relations Board decision favors another labor faction. And then, labor leaders call on the President to reduce the cost of living. They all blame the farmer who is "short of machinery, short of farm labor, unable to pay war wages, bflt charged for everything he buys on a war-wage scale. Can the result be other than higher prices instead of lower/ The situation would be comical if it were not tragic. Unless we, as individuals and collective groups within the nation, show less greed and more love for our country, it is a total waste of time to talk about controlling inflation?no power on earth can #top it, until the explosion comes. I. _ I. -- - ? U ' 1 f -? " ( OUR NEIGHBORS' HEALTH Few people reatyJehow medical progress, such as has been made in the United States during the past generation, is being extended to tlhe other American countries. Not only in commerce, but in health must North and South America be . closely allied. The publications of the Fan-American Union and the Pan-American Sanitary Bureau indicate that certain problems of the South American nations, which may be as much scientific as economic, demand the aid of tiheir North American neighbors for ultimate solution. Good health is fundamental to human progress. The downfall of many a nation may be definitely related to malaria, plague, cholera or smallpox. Fortunately, the United States has been able to stamp out most of the great plagues which beset the wst of the world. Through philanthropic and other agencies it is giving its help wherever possible to aid other nations in meeting these hazards. If we can help bring to other countries some of the blessings that have fallen to this nation as the result of a tireless, independent, self sacrificing medical profession. we will be greatly benefiting ourselves. To illustrate, plague that is prevalent in Java, India and China, has been detected among rodents in the far west of the United States. It was carried here years ago on ships from the Far East. The mosquito that carries yellow fever been found in airplanes flying into the United States from other countries. A progressive and watchful medical profession, and the constant interchange of information from the health officials of all the Americas, is necessary for the salvation of all the American people. CUTTING BAIT The phrase, "social security for everyone," is the new political bait being prepared to lure the voter. It is a fine sounding catch phrase. There is something even greater than full-stomach social security, however. There is individual freedom?the right to do things for oneself. Political social security that makes one a virtual ward of the state in return for a full stomach and a place to sleep, destroys freedom. . Government can only 4 give to the people what it first takes away from them. It can tax or confiscate savings and redistribute them under the guise of equalization of wealth. But a nation will starve if a majority of the people do not have the individual ambition and incentive to work, and save, and produce new wealth continuously to take care of themselves and that small P?**~ rentage of unfortunate individuals who will always be wards of the state, and who should be cared for much better than they now are. .. Political planning of the lives of all the people in a nation can be carried too far, just as can parental planning of the lives of children?we face that danger in our country. The planners and spenders are beginning to outnumber the workers and the savers. "JIMMY" BYRNES FOR PRESIDENT Ashton H. Williams, formerly of Colleton county, now a citizen of Florence county, had a letter in some of the daily newspapers last week, urging active support by South Carolinians for the candidacy of James F. Byrnes for President of the United States at the expiration of the present term of President Roosevelt. We heartily second the suggestion and trust that a movement will soon become nationwide looking to the same consummation. At this time Mr. Byrnes is second to the President, being economic advisor, with powers second only to those of the President. . , . . . He is Presidential timber and would preside over the destinies of the nation with ability and wisdom. He knows his United States and the problems of the world at this time. He has sound common sense and the natural ability to conduct the affairs of this great office with signal success. He has gained in knowledge through the years he has been in public life. He is well and favorably known by men of all factions and political creeds. He has displayed courage and wisdom in his treatment of the problems of our country and knows its needs. He has the common touch and yet can consort with the great and powerful. The Press and Standard is for Byrnes for President. We think it time for South Carolina to have the honor of furnishing a chief executive for the United States of America.?The Press and Standard. About 1,300,000 women are members of AFL unions and 1,500,000 belong to CIO unions. The Railroad Brotherhoods also have women members. u Girls in Czechoslovakia are excluded by Nazis from all but elementary schools, and so are the sons and daughters of "progressive" parents. The 13-foot female statue of "Justice" formerly on top of a Canton. Ohio, office building has yielded 400 pounds of zinc to the local scrap drive. There's only one thing that everybody in the world is agreed on and that is the I value of friendship. " | Our First Acid Test?War Bonds and War Taxes i tyjft bond* J wtifavj Las AujtJit Efuunwt You've Done Your Bit ? Now Do Your Best l.i. 1 rtjiury Ucfoilmtnt j ? II I Urges Citizens To Support Efforts of War Fund Workers (Continued rrom nrst page) will be enough food to go around and that the distribution of that food will be equal. No matter which way you look at It, or how you may feel about It, that is just plain common sense and a true - exemplification of the American spirit of democracy. You pay thoee income taxea for exactly the reason that you are buying war bonds, the only difference being that taxes are compulsory and the buying of war bonds is voluntary. When you give to the Red Cross you are making a contributoln to one of the greatest war relief agencies in the world. I trust that a few people who are inclined to resent the demand made upon their purses will take a few hours somo day and visit the local Red Cross chapter headquarters here in Camden. It is an education, an education as to what the Red Cross is doing for all the people, and in a thousand different ways. As you watch these loyal volunteer workers of the Kershaw county chapter group laboring In the rooms of the headquarters, you may per-1 haps experience a sense of realixa- j tion as to what their efforts mean to?well, let us say?your son, your brother, or perhaps your husband. I dare say that when you leave the ( Red Cross chapter headquarters after having viewed the whole program of | activities, you will realize very definitely that tho? Red Cross really belongs to YOU. You never can tell J when you might have to ask its aid In one way or anothor, and, please pay attention to this, you can not expect It to' be on the Job ready to help and serve you unless you and many other good Americans have contributed your pennies. Your dimes, and your dollars toward making its oxlstance possible. j So many have asked where the money they contribute to the Rod Cross goes. It is interesting to know j that 95 per cent of it actually gets i where it belongs and does the most | good, for the figures will tell you that it costs but five per cent to operate this magnificient and gigantic i organization. i ????????? ! The Fourth Estate i 0 i Conducted By JNO. M. CANNON i ALEXANDER HAMILTON "The liberty of the press consist, in my idea, In publishing the truth, from good motives and for Justifiable ends, though it reflect on government, on magistrates, or individuals." You can't expect last year's advertising to hold customers against the keen competition of this year's business conditions. I POETS' CORNER" DEVELOPMENT latura Dick?on ft -1 I>ovelopinent*. this la the ittw Of everything that grows. Why plucks a rosebud from tuj ?u Hobs from the world a rose Who breaks au apple bough in bloo* In one short moment's time lh-stroys a bough of ripened fruit 1 Full in its lusty prime. ! An acorn that has shed its cup And rooted in the sod I May bask in suuny rays und drlog j The raindrops sent by God? Until it meets with careless tread. Half-crushing, beating, pressing. Then life is over?rain and dew; The sunbeams cease caressing. Who lets a child forget to pray And lift the eyes above: Unknownigly yet no less so Hobs Heavon of purest love ^THOMAS KRSKINM tin defense of Thomaa Paine) . . Government, In its own e?tl> mat ion, has been at all times a tem of perfection; hut a free pre^ has examined and detected lis errors and the people have from time to time reformed them. This freedom has alone made our Government whol it is; this freedom aldtie can preserve it . . THOMAS JEFFERSON "t)ur liberty depends on the fret; dom of the press, and that cannot bo limited without being lost." MATTHEW ARNOLD: "JournalUg is literature in a hurry." \ j Industrial eye accidents are eitfr mated to have cost 9,500,000 nian-dayi of work during 1941, enough time to build 17 destroyers. The FOOD that coma | in CAPSULES. % Because concentrated vitamins come in capsule or liquid form and are dispensed bjr the I pharmacy, they are commonly regarded as medicine. Actually, vitamins are food elements ] | essential to life itself. We all eat 1 vitamins every day. But often, an ] apparently well-balhnced diet may be lacking in one or more j vitamins. And in periods of stress and strain, the normal diet often needs to be fortified with ] additional vitamins. Your Phy* sician will be able to detect any H lack, and prescribe accordingly; 1 Consult him. and bring nil I prescription here to be filled, H DeKalb Pharmacol Phone 95 .1 FARM LOANS TO HELP OUR FARMERS PRODUCE MORE FOOD M You as an American farmer want to do everything possible to fill the breadbasket of our boys and their fighting Allies. Don't let a shortage of cash hamper you. Your government wants you to make full use of your land?and we will lend you money with which to buy seed, feed, equipment? and have run-down implements repaired. The Food for Freedom progTam is one of the nation's most important .wartime efforts, making fruits, vegetables, beef and pork WEAPONS OF WAR without which we can't fight through j to Victory. Take stock now of j the productivity of your farm, j ?1 Can it be increased? What do you ne'ed to keep it going at full cap&city? Come iir and discuss your affairs w4th<HB. The Commercial Bank of Camden MEMBER OF FEDERAL RE8ERVE 8Y8TEM ,.M MEMBER OF FEDERAL DEP08IT IN8URANCE CORPORATION r-i''-ti- ; r4snfl ^ " ' '* A