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m' THC CAMOtN CHKOfitCLl, CAM! ^ * •OUTH eAllOLINA. : ■ f (Eattibrn <St|ranirle 1109 North Broad Street Camden. 8. C. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY •Harold C. Booker - DaCosU Brown - - - Editor - Publhher SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: All Subscriptions Payable In Advance One Year* |2.60 afac Months 1.50 Entered as Second Clasi Matter at the Post Office at Camden, 8. C., nnder act of CocKress March 8, 1879 All articles submitted for publication must be slipied by the author FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1947 Universal Military Training The response which the James Leroy Belk post of the American Legion has re> ceived from South Carolina’s congressional delegation to its resolution urging uni versal military training is very gratifying. Representatives Richards and Dom and Senator Johnston wrote the local post giv ing their unqualified endorsement to the program suggested by the local post and Senator Maybank has'on several occasions expressed his hearty support of such a pro gram. While the thought of universal military training might have been repugnant in for mer years, it has become a necessity in the world in which we are now living. When there is a great big bear roaming around as a constant threat to the pbace and security of the world, it is necessary that our nation stay armed to the hilt. The^ greatost argument for uBirersal military training can be found in the fact that the military academy at West Point is- now 322 cadets short of the authorised estfolment. As we pointed out last week this academy which in the past has provided most of the leader ship for the regular army, now has only 2,714 cadets in attendance and i9 suffering fr<nn the greatest deficiency in its history ol. 14S yearK The fact that voluntary military training does not appeal to the youth today as it did in fonnfr yean, makes universal mili tary a necessity because if our country is to be prepai*ed to meet other nations on an equal basie.we must take the same steps for defense that they take. There are other important phases to the resolution adopted by the'local legion post. For instance the maintenance of an rde- quate reserve for the various branches of the armed services and adequate finahcfal support is exceedingly important. Another phase of the resolution which . we particularly likg is that calling for ade quate bases for niilitary operations to be maintained beyond the continental bounds of the United States when and where such bases can or may contribute materially to our national defense. It is high time that the people of this country were ^wakening to the importance of our national defense. Last June Major A. Moultrie Brailsford, retired, U. S. army, a distinguished Camden citizen, said in an interview that at present we are woefully lacking in military strength. As he pointed out at the time, the President’s commission reported that “our forces are a hollow shell, the army has been dismantled,-the ground forces have only two and a t^ird full combat divisions ready for duty; our other services have been reduced in pro portion and our splendid war time intelli gence service is no more". We have almost been guilty of criminal carelessness in permitting our national de fense to get to such a low ebb and we hope tha+ organizations all over the country will lake the initiative as the James Leroy Belk post has done in demanding that a sy.stem of national defense be built up im mediately. It-; Lake City*8 Plight < The Lake City News hops all over that town’s city fathers for cancelling the or der for a new street sweeping maebihe, which it’says would have cost the stagger ing sum of $6,000. “When”, says the Lake City papery “one gazes' upon the tired mass of gears and wheels which noW strug^es up and down our streets scattering dust and dirt in every direction the/ obvious question arises when will we 'get a modern street sweeper?" The News then goes on to lament some raibre ahd askg: “Can’t we have anything modem?” And then it closes with this classic: “No jail, no administration building, no public library, no railroad working sig nals, no rat control, no nothing, but 70 mill municipal taxes 11" And now we anxiously await the reply of the city fathers of Lake City to this in dictment. ijCd Down this way we have to take it out ^^reanniBg a iviite Taking Christ Out of Christmas m An assistant superintendent of schools last week banned the singing of Christmas carols making reference to the Nativity and also banned any celebrations having “religious significance" in 23 Brooklyn schools. This action drew an immediate protest from the New York State Council of the Knights of Columbus which termed it “ah insult to all Christians" and demanded a public schools system investigation to have the order revoked. The order which was issued, by'the as sistant superintendent in charge of the public schools of two districts, stated: “Christmas and other similar occasions may be celebrated only as seasonal, pre vacation occurences. There must not be any reference in dramatizations, songs, or other aspects of the occasion to an> re ligious significance involved”, j And so it seems that the idea now is to take Christ out of Christmas, which of course means the abolition of the Christ mas season because the only excuse for observing it is in celebration of the birth of Christ. We have surely fallen on strange days when the children of public schools in one of the country’s great cities ,ar6 to be de nied the right to sing “Silent Night”, “Oh Como All Ye Faithful", “It Came Upon Te Midnight Clear”, “O Little Town of Bethlehem" and other grand Christmas carols that have come down to us through the ages. ThuddnaOutLoud The Camden High ’School foot ball team had to play to beat the band. A man who doesn’t know where he is solng often gets mad becanse he doesn’t get there. ♦ So far as we are concerned the Irish, can bare their potatoes and the English their peas. * _ The oceans will be grossed in 30 minutes, a flight, aroand_ the world twill require only, an "hour and a half and some one wit' fly to the moon within the lifetime of persons living today. Major Howard T, Markey, first ralnltary jet pilot in the United States, said last w^k. That’s nothing-rrit is possible to go to hell in a’railiot'e now. 'The - Russians ha^ve taken lots out of the countries they have oc cupied ahd have put back nolhing but lots of bad ideas. What has ' become of the old- fashioned man. who was alVays raying.that hd felt “as fit as a fiddler * The expressionf “lucky dog“ prob ably originated by reason of tile fact that a dog doesn’t hare to worry about taxes. , Almost every girl has her. fdvo- lite him.' Wo never did care for the ex pression that a man has “won’* a wife—it sorts of puts a wl'e in the class of a baseball pennant or something. The wedding dress of Princess Elizabeth is said to have cost 95,000 which is a lot of money to bo put in a dress that can’t even be worn around the house afterwards. History reveals that mistakes have been the beginning of many, great discoveries. Joe Stalin is the greatest mistake on earth and he may be the cause of the world discovering that we have the greatest system of government in the United States in the world. Scientists claim to -have found a way to make it rain by having aviators go up in planes and drop dry Ice down to cloud formations. Now why can't they find a way to prevent so much rain by hiving aviators go up and drop big blot ters down In clouds to soak up the moisture? “-Postwar American automobiles are becoming common on roads of Belgium", says a newspaper filler. So if you want to get a nev car may be you had better move to Belgium. A split second Is the length of time that elapses between the change of a traffic light to green and the time that the man in the car behind you blows his horn for you to go ahead. A Tokyo dispatch says that Jap anese girls now prefer Industrial ists to salaried men. The country is rapidy becoming Americaulzed. A medical association comrlains mat some patent medicines are over-advertised. And speaking of patent medicine ads we are re minded of the old, old story of the ..mall town church which was pre paring to buy some hymn books and which had raised some money for the purpose. A patent medicine salesman happened to hear of it and went to the church authorities and told them that hlsf company •^■ould be glad to furnish the I'ooks free If they were allowed to place a small ad in them. The church •mthorllles agreed. When the books came they were unable to find (he ad and didn’t locate It until Christmas time came and they stood up to sing a well known carol. Here is what they found; “Hark the Herald angels sing. Beachara’s pills are just the thing; Peace on f'urth, mercy mild, Twb for an adult, one for a child” Kissing Governors 0 Life magazine during the past few mopchs has carried a number of pictures showing big Governor Jim Folsom, of Ala bama, kissing young gii:ls. The newspapers of the country have carried some of the pictures also. It is not surpriaing that the newspapers of the Governor’s home state have reacted rather violently to such publicity and some of them have been very caustic in their remarks as those who read them in Life magazine last week can attest. We think perhaps the best comment was by the paper which observed that the un favorable publicity which Alabama has re ceived through Folsom should make the people of the state more cautious when they go to elect another Governor. We have about arrived at the personal conclusion that one of the qualifications for being Governor should be that a man must be married. That might help to save states like Alabama such publicity as it has teen getting through the maneuverings of Jim Folsom. • Your Life Expectancy If you were told that you had only one more year in which to live, how would you spend that year? ' Well, we see where one militarjr expert is quoted as saying the world may literally be blown off of the map within the next twelve months. He says that if war should come, and he thinks it may come at any time, that it is entirely possible that every vestige of civilization be destroyed. It is not a very cheerful picture whiph he paints and there will not be very many to agree with him in it, but at the same time it is one which might give us all pause. Where Help Is Needed In a communication to the editor of The Chronicle which will be found elsewhere on this page, Mrs. Margaret B. Pitts makes some vital observations regarding the fire last week which resulted in the death of two little negro children. The suggestion which she makes in her communication ought to bring a warm re sponse from the people of this community who. wish to do soniething to aid those who are in unfortunate circumstances. . There is suffering in this country as well as in Europe and in our anxiety to aid the suffering in other countries we should not overlook those in our own midst. 'Somerset Maugham, the distinguished novelist, playwrite and essayist, recently ?aid this: “If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its free dom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it iwill lose that too". There in a brilliant sentence is the tragic significance of the world-wide movement toward “security" at any price. > — Do your Christinas shopping in Cam Jen. You can find merchandise in the local stores that will meet your every need for the hoKday season so why go off to spend your money whei^ by keeping it in circula tion in jrour home town you are helping younelf and erery one else. WiSi Bie Press Late .Bird Crop Sportsmen protessinp to know ihe Ins and oats of th^ breed po tential of the Bob White or partridge have been heard to say that the early hatch and the late hatch had been successful hue that the middle hatch had been pom- pletely destroyed by the midsum- me; rains. Whether this be true or net the fact remains that many birds met the opening day of the season far short of foil growth. Although able to fly apparently as well as nhe old birds, indlTidoals killed on Thanksgiving day were fou'^d to t>e approximately the size of s robin, or about two-thirds grown. While the crop seems tjo be a fairly good one, the fact tbet so many I^Jrds are young may mean that they would he easily killed, which might result in only a tem porary, seasonal Increase In the. numbers. One huntev said h<» kill ed 28 *n two days on the weekend after Thanksgiving, which may or may not "indicate this posslMUty. —The State. A M ^ In 1 i Car Inspection We understand that State High way ComuiUsloner • McMlllsn has ordered patrolmen to stop at least two automobiles a day and .give them a pretty thorough check, to see whether or not they-are. Ip good running condition. If they are not In condltkm-for safe travel oh the highways owners will be in structed to have tlpem repaired so that they will pass an inspection at'a later date. This is all well and good, we think, but will touch only li fear of the ‘many thousands of tars and trucks operating on our highways. Right now new auto mobiles are still just as hkid to get as they were several years ago and a rigid Inspection might cause a number to be barred from the I oads.. Some ' have no business tlifere because of mechanical ’ de tects. Thejie should be barred but It would be poor policy, vre believe, to make examples of these few. If an inspection is going to be held It should be of s general nature and should include every single vehicle and not Juat a few. . Mr. McMillan hag also made the statement, we believe, that many (f the vehicles operated by the state highway department liself, are not in a condition to pass the required tests. Before Mr. McMil lan goes too far we would suggest that these vehicles be brought up to par since they are lust as dan gerous when operated on our high ways aa are veblclea operated by private citisens.—Lee County Mes senger. One cannot but wonder If the new automobilea are holding up as swell as their prices.' Believe It, Or Not- We can make delivery on the fol lowing Home Appliances be fore Christmas; e electric RANGES, Standard size •ELECTRIC RANGES, Apartment size •GAS RANGES, Maytag DeLuxe •WASHING MACHINl^, Wringer • WASHING MACHINES, - Bendix Automatic • SPACE heaters, Oil-Burning • HOME FREEZERS, ' Vertical and Ches^ lype • FLOOR f^RNACES,' Oil-Burhing • WATER HEATERS, Oil-Burnin/ •WATER HEATERS, Table-Top Electric •WATER HEATERS, Round, Electric • REFRIGERATORS, Servel, Kerosene or Gas • RADIOS, All Models. . - Ouf supply on the above items is . very limited and all sales will be made on a first come — first servfsi ba^ SHERRILL’S 622 DeKalk StneT Phone 324>l Communication Opportunity For Service -Brevard Place. Camden, C. Editor of The Chronicle: Sometimes it takes just such a tragedy as ocrurej In Camden last week, when two little children were burned to death, ta hringr home to a community the lack of a real necessity. In this casi* the absence of any provision* for the care of children whose mothers must go out to work. Surely ihere, should be a day nursery here where colored children could be cared for *’hile their bread winners are away from home. To my certain knowledge some women fearing fire, leave their children In bed for the sake of warmth, other fantilles are In actual want because the mother cannot go out ahd take a Job because sh« is afraid of what might happen In her absence It seems as If this^roject could be undertaken by some charitably minded civic qy religious groups at a very moderate cost A'room might be secured Ih^Ward One, Little equipment would Ite neces sary, there are several at lea*»t old er women, whor have been nurses m their younger days who would probably like to have such em ployment. The tragic death of theae little children should! serve to bring about better conditions for others so situated. It is up to tite citisens of Camden. ^ , j -i. ^ Very yonrt; ' MAROAunr a, wsm. ciRsim. ’LONE RANGER’ GUN & HOLSTER SET - - - $1.85 PULL TOYS FOR THE KIDDIES FOOTBALLS $1.50 — $6.95 BUILD THE NEW ‘HOT* SHOT JET RACER 60c per Kit DOLLS - . 75c anil $1.50 PEDAL BIKES - - - $^ Electric Trains — $14M ~ Also MECHANICAL WIND-UP TRAINS - - - $4J5 USE OVR CONVENIENT LAY-AWAY VlAN if CWkson Sup /v PHONE 22.W (Nirt