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PMU FOUR ; t : I ^:v r* (t Mi i 1 ! ' , • ■ » »' ' I ;o .1 ¥: i .1 . i . t i I ! ; M 1. 1-r 2a^AiiD«|^Ag|Nin^0Aiioia^o|^^ QIt|r CHatniira (Et^anirb 1109 North' Broad Street Camden, S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY DaCOSTA BROWN Pnbliaher SUBSCRIPTION TERMS; All SubecriptionB Payable In Advance One Year ..........|2.00 Six Months 1.... 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, MAY 24, 194$ THERE’S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TOWN If you’d like to live in the kind of town, like the Idnd of a town you’d like, You needn’t slip your clothes in a grip, And take a long, long hike; You’ll only find what you’ve left behind. There’s n^ing that’s really new; . You knock yourself when you knock your town— it isn’t the town, it’s you! Real towns are not made by men who’re afraid, Lest some one else gets ahead. If everyone worked and nobody shirked, A town can be raised from the dead. And if, while you make your personal stake, ’Your neighbor can make one too. Your town will soon be what you want to see— It isn’t the town, it’s you! ' FOOD FOR THOUGHT The recent address of Dr. Maurice Clarke, rector of Grace Episcopal church before the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs of this city on the general theme of “Wlhat Camden Needs” was food for thought on the part of every citizen and taxpay er who has the welfare of Camden at heart. ^ Dr. Clarke pointed out the obvious diaheaitening lack of interest on the part of the powers-that-be in the matter of public welfare. In this respect private enterprise is so far ahead of the administration that a comparieon is odious. ’'Everybody’s business is nobody’s business” may be an old axiom, but it serves to remind us that we need a few com petent, disinterested and well paid men whose sole doncem shall the affairs of the city, to take over. In a time of pros perity, such as the present, when the administration does not unaertake essential services, it is obviously high time that steps be formulated that will l^d eventually to a consolida tion and improvement in the municipal government. Since the old styles of consolidations and commissions have been found wanting—something new-v-6omd^ing> tried and true in most instances, should be inaugurated. To wit— the city manager form of government. " If ifiiis reasoning is fallacious, screwy, or misleading in any way, the space for pointing out the fact is open through the medium of the columns of ^e Chronicle. Camden is progressive, Camden is growing, industry Is picking up, CaiMen is building in the American way. But our public services are woefully inadequate and are lagging behind. When there is no visdon, when virile leadersMp is lacking, people eithm* perish—or they do something about it CRISIS AND THE FARMER Whenever the people on this earth face a crisis their thinking gets to fundamentals. Then they worry about ^4 basic necessities of life, about shelter, about getting enough to eat and drink. * And at that time the eyes- of the world all turn toward the farmer.- It was that iway during the last war and the one before. It was the same way during the restless peace that came be- ±weem Today, once again, the *faimer has become a very impor tant man. Now, with the nations of this earth faced vrith hun ger and even slow starvation, the farmer is being looked to as a saviour of humanity and its civilization. Even in our awn land of plenty there is a tighitening of belts, a growing concern over future food supplies as this na tion undertakes to' feefd undernourished Europe and Asia. The farmer, who, unlike other people has never lost his touch with earthy things, is the man of the moment. It is in his hands that destiny has placed the key to the kind of world that we and our children shall share tomorrow. * f The world waits anxiously as the farmer goes about planting his varied strops. The world .watches trustfully as this same fanner harvests his annual crop of top quality pulp- wood which will be converted into paper and paperboard to move his foodstuffs to the far comers of thi* land and to re mote places all over the earth as well. The entire world awaits the farmer. He is at one and the same time, ruler and servant to the people of this earth.^ A COLLECE, BUSINESS or TRADE SCHOOi EDUCATION FOR YOU lies MAIN RTRUrr Yes, yotir tuition up to $500 per ordi- •chool year paid for 48 months of college, business or trade school. You also rweive $65 per month living - allowance—$90 if you have dependents. This is the opportunity open, upon their discharge, to men over 18 (17 w^ith pwrents* consent) who enlisf in the new Regular Army before October 6, 1946, for 3- yvars. Get all the facts abyour U.S. Army RecruitipaSta^i. COLUMRIA, a, a X*Ray the Modem Way rCeiMrsl tlaetrte PhotoJ The girl of today wsnta to bo healthy So she has s ehsst X-ray taken to find out whether ehe haa tuberculoela Regnlar ehett X-rayt are advo cated In the campaign against tabercnloals supported by the sale of Chrlstmae Seale being conducted from Nov. It to Chrlstmaa. PRANKE RAPS SELPTSH GREED OF VOTE GETTING (Continued from iinn page) day, there seems only a negative an swer.- “Why do I say this? Becatue ‘ in looking about we seen dominating evidekce of selflshnesa .upon every hand. “In the international ft^d the greed of a miighty nation and power Il.tics pr^ail because we too rapid- Iy'^4|sinte^ated our armed strength. And. ih^too rapid disintegration of our forces was largely for selfish vote getting purposes! "Thus we need not go abroad to observe the prevalonce of selfishness. In the case of our legislators and administrators the question is not what is best for humanity and my nation, but will re-elect me and we the elector—do not organise and de mand otherwise. “And who are we, the electorate, to cast the first atone? For, among Us .Is the farmer with 2 and one-half his prewar Income hoarding grain and falling to bring it forth in suf ficient amounts to help feed a starv- ing world—even when offered a 30 cents per bushel bonus by our gov ernment. But, Is this worse than the hoarding of shirts and other clothing by manufacturers and Industry for higher prices? Or Is It wona than when certain Senators try to milk our Treasury for 90 cents an ounce on 71 cent silver? Or when LaOuardia asks the striking miners to mine emergency coal for UNRRA only ,to be denied? Black nurkets In meats and other essentials offer further evidence of the same nature—too dis couraging to dwell upon. “You ask, wherein liee the remedy? - “Many assert, and among them some of our greatest? minds and lead ers, that the'Cure lies only In the moral regeneration of humanity. “BSvery professed Christian, in fact every professed follower of any re ligion thonld read the address of one of the greatest preachers of all time, Harry Ehnerson Fosdlck—^before the Protestant Connell of the City of New York—upon the subject of ‘One World for Religion Too’. In part he says: “In one realm after another we confront this oneness of the world. Let ns face the fact that this Is one world for religion too. “Religion ought to have been the greatest unlfyl^ force among menr- one divine power, one moral law, one famUy of mankind. Instead religion has been one of the most bitterly divisive forces in history. One thinks with sympathy, of that Irishman, sad dened by the long fend between Roman Catholicism and Protestanism in his little Island, who ezclslmsd, ‘Would to God we were all atheisM so that we could live together like Christians.' And again Rev. Fosdlck says:-—‘JSome Jday. _ a book.: mhst 4)a prepared by Catholics. Jews and Pro testants, presenting to ^Lmerlcan youth in the schools the spiritual heritage of our Western World, not as propaganda hut as basic know ledge. If they are to understand gven where our democracy came from and what It means.” In his address Rev erend Fosdlck tells that, ‘One day Lloyd George, driving thru North Wales with a friend, said to him, “The church I belong to is tom with a fierce dlsphte. One section says that baptism Is in the name of the* Father, the other that It Is Into tha name of the Father. I belong to oiia of these parties. I feel most strongly about It. I would die for It. in fact— but I forget which It Is.’ ” f“JBut Reverend Fosdlck would not reArlct a -united moral and splrltunl effort to only the Christian faiths— he would also Include such rellgtims as Buddhism and Mobammsdisai, which. In the ethical realm at least he regards as almost Identical with Christianity. “It Is 'not difficult to envlskm a war free world If such a united effort upon the part of all religion could bs made to prevail “The effort along this line could well be applied first in this Nstkst Perhaps a by-product would result tn Ida McDoweH Is Tourney Winner ShAts A Gross 89 To Gam A Nat 88 In Women’s Toumunent Little Ida McDowell was not to he denied In her guest for victory among the women of the Chimden gofl clnb for she Won the weekly women’s clss- Hic last Tuesday with a smashing 89-21-68. At that she massed up her shots on the 17th hole, taking a 7. She took a 45 going out and 44 com ing in for h6r 89 gross. In second place was Mrs. Ray Woolfe who shot 47-49.96-22-74. Third place honors went to Mrs. Peggy Kerr who shot a gross 91. carried a 15 handicap which gave her a net 76. Miss McDowsll’s 89 was not the lowest gross registered by a woman golfer on the course this season. Mrs. Dwight Partrids boasted of im 80 and Miss Patricia Buckley posted a J79. Camden Bows To Sumter In Extra Innings 8 To 7 Stupid base running and failure to toss in a relief hnrler to take over for Caulder cost the Camden pale hose an 8 to 7 defeat at the hands of the Sumter State leaguers Wednesday afternoon In a 18 Inning game. A crowd estimated at between 800 and 1000 fans saw the Sox mess up scoring opportunities repeatedly through base running strategy that verged on the grandstand order. Camden started the game with a rush scoring three runs on two hits, a sacrifice and two Sumter errors in the first Inning. Sumter scored two in the fourth on Gordon’s homer with one aboard and added the tying run in the fifth on two hits, an error and a sacrifice Mow. Tha visitors forged ahead in the eighth when with one down Gordon tripled and Bpps doub led as the Camden iaam blew up. Camden had seored nms In the flftt and sixth and tied up the gams in the ninth on hits by Robinson and Mims. In the twelfth Gordon again trlppled after Geddtegs had reached first on an error. Gordon then seor ed on Mathis’ single. Camden came within one of tying the score in the last of the 12th when Canlder singled and scored,Cox’# doubla Art Robinson ran for Caulder. The line score: Sumter 8 14 4 Camden 7 14 7 , _ ■ Following close npoB the' Derby success of Asiiault, a South CarMlna trained horse, comes word that South Carolina horses are making a name for themselves in the Jump race pro gram already under way on the lead ing eastern courses. The first Jump race of the season at Belmont Park in New York found Kent Miller’s War Battle, trained In Camden the past winter, winning the iBlle mid a half race over nine hurdlee. War Battle jcarrled high welgM, 158 pounds,-In a field of six. War Battle forced the pace all t^ way and taking the lead Just befoiw the last Jump beat Mat, the favored ,entry from the Mrs. F.- Ambrose Clark stable by three lengths. War Battle ran the distance in 2:60 3-5 and paid 17.10. It will be remembered that Mat, the dark horse with F. Kratx np won the Baron DeKalb race at the Victory meet on April 6. This was a -mils and a half over hurdles, the same dis- tahoe and type of race that War tie Won at Belmont park. In the Springdale cup race In Cam den a Kent Miller entryJ Battle Cruiser finished third with Picture Prince, a Weir entry second. Lan- castran. an Ambrose Clark entry, won the feature race but It was Itettls Cruiser that gave the spectators the thrills, leading naarly Gie entire route and faltering after the last Jump on a stumble. Grace Epiaeopsi ChufulL Dr. Maurice Clarke, Rector , Sunday Servlcea 8 A. M.—Holy Commnnlon.' 10 A. M.—-Church school. 11:16—A. M.—Morning prayer and sermon. DrivR Cnrefully—Snv* m Lifw. honest dsmocratio Government, the envy of all other nations la the woiid. And If this envy were sufficiently keen it would eventually bring shout honest, democratie governments thro^out the world. And Hsnsst democratic countries do not sssk wK^. “Many assert that even now the 8rd World War Is In tha making and so while Indulglnk In any such S|^sa- dld idealistic efforts let us keep o«r powder dry and be prepared to ade quately defend ourselves' untU we know that the rest of the world as well as we are morally regenerated. “It la regretable to havs to adaUt that In these days bayonets count for more than fine words and, high prim-’ eiples; and so let us ksep faith with those we honor today hy being fair but resMtite in all oor parsonal, na tional, and IntemstloBsl sftorts to ward a better world.’* u^yot/afn'0AcaM t YOU CAN PLY- tf you ore able to drive a car or rida « bkyclb, you hove the necessonr iMI with which to leom to fly. Ofied you've gotten the.'YeeT, youY find it's reoly eotier than drivMgo cor..*.nnd much oMrsfun. Our Ikensod instnictors givs you or* port instruction at o very nondnol cost. WFETS FITMB SHK -- Camdoi-I^rahied Hiwse Is Winner At Belmont Park War Battle, Dsrsod Bj Kent Miller, inniia TriffioB Event Daleeto Mat ■» David Baiun Again Draws Commendation Honors come easy to David Banm. local insnranoe man. He has won everything except the Kentucky Der by; a soH of elotbas, snbstantial checks, etc., have been forthcoming because of his progresslveness as an insurance agent ^ Latest In honor for his prdwess as a writer of hospitalisation insnranoe is a letter from the president of the Mutual Benefit Health and Accident Insurance Company, of Omaha, Neb., who thanks Mr. Banm for his appli cations listed and the other business written during Birthday Month. The president tells Mr. Baum that he helped to make Birthday Montii the biggest In the history of tha (Com panion (Companies. Vacation Bible School June 10 At Baptist Church June 10 win he a “big day” at the First Baptist church for t^ young people of the community. It win bs the openhig day of Vseatfcm Bfbla MELVIN F. Sp MMvln F. Gay, of ttls ysar swarded tbk ^ Award prssanted anaiafl* C. Chapter of the AmS£,v ot Architects to the or^ lor in architecture at lege. The annouiicema«r«?l at Clemsou’s 60th snfcJSl cues-Sunday. Silvw- Metw Grinds,To ^ Horn Recovered Seaboard Railwiy»i Tram Again Hiii Hdadliaes The famous Sliver Seaboard Air Line raflwif • to hit the first page of a? papers at regular toterisk. last winter the Meteor (, two bad wrecks, one here other near' (Cheraw. Last week the Meteor em\ grinding halt at a cromi^ of St. Petersburg, Fla. Motorista pasting along mI Jaeent highway saw memuii train crew come from the na start aearohing in the vwlij the right of way. They atv ( them pick up a black obJe^< upon all of them scttUii the train and It shoved off. Later these spectators It the Meteor had literally „ Its horn at a crossing; asl u stopped the next day to kail and found. It. - Over 300 Dogs Are Inoculated The dog inoculation progrm j gresslng at an nnnsiaUy ml according to Donald Monimj health Inspector. On May 80 and 81, soim were Inoculated by Dr. T. n. aaeisted hy Jack Bmaeea.1 gram U sponsored hy the dlf| department and U under Os | direction of Inspector Menl Dog ownere who have Mil dogs Inognlatad must Mmiil school. Thera be a dopartmentilt dona appeintmsat by for each age group from 4-18. Bnica at kii wnRs on T "^Jay-walkina** *cro$8 the street 1$ a very dangerous game: We knew a^gujT who made a try Forever ke^ll be lame. Every 3 Seconds,' An Accident. Every SH MimR^ An Accidiiitil DtMli ♦ Partial retuma from thirty-five States in fD the nation show that traffic deatiui for ^8 n months of this year amounted to 6,861 and ' 73,306. Are YOU Protected? DAVID H. BAUM, AGEN( Heedgiiertera For Accident, Health and Hoeidtalfaiario^ When in need of * x « •Medicines ,^Sick Room Necesaitiei or •PrescriptifHiB , Call At Out Store ACCURATE WORK, REASONABLE IN CITY. i ZEMPS DRUG SU w. Rebbi