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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1948
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE, CAMDEN, >OUTH CAROLINA, FWIDAY, FEIRUARY •, H4E
Looking After The Mails
President Truman has made many ap
pointments that have been open to criti
cism but his selection of Jesse M. Donald
son to be Postmaster General is one that
has met with general approval. Incidental
ly Jt is the first time that a man has been
promoted to the position from the ranks.
Mr. Donaldson has literally come up
from the ranks. He began as city carrier
In the town of Shelbyville, Illinois, shortly
after finishing a normal .school. He later
became a post office inspector and from
that position went to the Post Office De
partment in Washington.
The Postmaster General in the past has
always been a politician who was chosen
without regard to his knowledge of the
mails or how to handle them. We have
never known why this was the case but
in the past the place has generally been
reserved for the national party chairman
of whichever party was in power.
When President Roosevelt was elected
he appointed James A. Farley as Postmas
ter General, Mr. Farley having been the
party chairman. Be it said to Mr. Farley’s
credit that he was one Postmaster General
who took the job seriously and who worked
at it.
Since his resignation, however, the place
has been filled by politicians ahd the mail
service has declined considerably. Under
Robert E. Hannegan it reached a very low
ebb.
Mr. Donaldson therefore finds himself
with a tremendous job on his hands. It Is
a lamentable fact that many people have
lost confidence in the mails. It is not* un
common to hear people say that they place
a letter in a post office they have a feeling
of doubt as to when, if ever, it will reach
its de.stination. This is true all oyer the
nation.
Ju.st a .short time back a sack 'of mail
sent from\the Charleston po.st office was
lo.st somewhere. Last summer a sack of
mail from the Columbia post office was
lost ^mewhere and so far as we know was
never found. In thLs sack were many checks
being sent to hanks for clearing purposes.
Bu8ine.ss was inconvenienced seriously. One
hears in various places complaints regard
ing the slowne.ss' of the mails. Sometimes it
takes 48 hours to get mail from a point 40
miles away.
It is not unnatural that the department
should have declined In efficiency when it
is headed by a man who is chiefly in
terested in politics~and whose interest in
the department which he heads is prac
tically nil.
It is believed that under Mr. Donaldson
there will be a great improvement. It was
probably a realization of the fact that the
service had reached such a low state of ef
ficiency that moved Mr. Trumap to name
Mr. Donaldson to the job. } .
And if he does a good job of it it is
hoped that the next President' whomever
he may be, Democrat or Republican, will
see fit to»keep him on the job.
It Doesn't Make Sense
Would you want to take stock in a giant
new business enterprise that was being or
ganized if you were told that it would not
have a mahager but that it would be run
entirely by a board of directors who w’ould
meet occasionally, taking spare time off
from their other duties?
because you would know that such
a corporation could not possibly succeed
and that you would lose your money in
such an investment.
Well—a city is just a great big business
enterprise^-Jt-shcMild have a manager the
samela^ any other big business enterprise.
It may not go broke without one because
it has the power to make its stockholder^
keep on putting up money. The fact tlmt
it does not have a manager probably costs
its stockholders just as much perhaps as
it would cost the stoc^cholders of a big cor
poration if the latter did not haye a man-
ager.
Mltor Bill Bradford of the Fort Mill
les says that there is no subttitote for
There Wrtaialy isn’t on a
Kicking Out Of Harness
Forty-nine South Carolina legislators
last week signed a letter to the chairman
of the state Democratic executive com
mittee stating that “the character of„he
naicnal party has changed in recent years
to the point it no longer represents the
views, standards and policies of the South ’
and asking that the Democrats of the .state
be called into convention.
the letter stated that “th'e South’s dis
taste for some acts of the national^ party
has mounted until it now has reached the
point that we should reconsider our posi
tion in the national party.”
The letter cited the fair employment
practice commission measure, the anti-poll
tak bill and President Truman’s civil rights
rights report as “but a few of the measures
which southerners generally have found
repugnant.” —
Last week Representative L. Mendel
Rivers of the first congressional district
issued a statement from his home in Char
leston in which he said that “we ought to
weigh the possibilities of having a conven
tion in the South to reappraise our posi
tion.”
“President Truman,” said Mr. Rivers,
“has given us every conceivable invitation
to break our affiliation with him and his
crew. He is determined to make a guinea
pig out of the Souths and I for one favor do
ing anything necessary to let that bunch of
hitch-hikers now controlling the Demo
cratic party know just where we stand.
“I believe for the short time Truman has
been President he has made more pro
posals to ruin the South than any other
President in our history. I don’t kno-w what
we have done to justify this maltreatment
or these non-sensible concoctions,”
In Mississippi, Governor Fielding Wright
in his inaugural address declared that the
time has come for the South to either get
more concessions’ from the Democratic
party or get out of it.
Governor Jim Folsom of Alabama last
week Issued a statement urging the Demo
crats of Alabama to support him and blast
ing President Truman.
It is not surprising that the people of the
South should be revolting—^the surprise has
been that they have not revolted long ago
because of the insulterthat have beyn heap
ed upon it by the national party. More leg
islation seeking to tear down the customs
practices and ideals of the South has been
introduced and pushed by northern Demo
crats during the past ten years than any
time in the preceding 30 years.
The punitive measures aimed at the
South have been offered in an effort to
hold in the party of group of minority vot
ers in Northern states. The total vote of
this group will not compare to the total
vote of the South but the party big-wigs
have felt that they had the South in the
bag no matter how it Was treated.
The proposition being advanced now is
to organize the Southern states to the point
where they Avill control the election, which
they can easily do if they continue to stand
in solid array. This would certainly put an
end to the bid being made for the votes of
a group much smaller than the South at
the expense of the South.
To put in plain words the people of the
^uth are tired of eating the scraps that
have been thrown out to us froip the kitch
en. We want to go in and sit down at the
table in the dining room and have some say
so as to whjit the menu is going to be.
An Avssociate Press dispatch from Wash
ington says that the Democratic party lead
ers “refused to show any nervou.sness
about a rising Dixie revolt against the poli
cies of President Truman” and went on to
say:
“A Democratic committee official who
didn’t want his name used said he doubts
that the idea will ge^ very far. He made it
clear that the party organization is far
more concerned about Negro rotes in the
Northern states where most Presidential
elections are won or lost.”
And so the Northern Democrats still
think we’re in the bag, eh?
RussUtn Foreign Hl&lster Moto-
toT ought to sleep weD—lie Bee so
easily.
The bubble gum manufacturers
know how to paake money out
inflation.
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Thil^qOntloiid
The President's physiciin was
supposed to get all of the Inside
information that he could about
the President and not about grain.
Bell hop^ Pullman porters and
waiters coEqplain that travelers are
Retting much tighter. This, believe
It or opt, means that they are not
sa tipsy now.
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We are glad that we did not
learn to play a musical instrument
when we were young because if
we had, Julius Ceasar Petrlllo
might be our boss now.
Joseph Mindel, of Los Angeles,
sued bis wife for divorce claiming
the in if fit of anger one night she
jerked a button off of his coat.
Was it the “last button on Joseph’s
coat?*
Very often a boy who lUdh'ies
a chicken becomes hen pecked
, The trouble with some peopls
Is that they are only as good as
the dajr is long. /
^ In deciding not to run for Presi
dent, General Eisenhower must
have arrived at the conclusion that
it would be harder tc beat the
DemocrSia than it was the Ger-
mattA
About 30,000,000 Cow bides are
used each year by the United
Slates leather industry and this
probably explains why there are
none left for fathers to use.
Occasionally in an idle moment
we find ourselves wondering if a
man with two million dollars is
twice as happy as a man with one
million.
The franc baa been devalued in'
about the same proportion as
France.
y %
Who can remember the good old
days when it was the duty of the'
daughter of the family to fill the*
kerosene lamps, clean the chim
neys and clip the wicks?
Great Britain’s austerity. sus
penders are so limited In elsctic
that they normally break after
three months of wear. Perhaps that
is the reason it keeps its bands
in the pockets of our trousers.
One of India’s problems is said
to be that ft has too many ele
phants. It Is finding home rule a
big white elephant, which may be
the elephant too many.
What we need In this country
no.w is more hot air.
Would you say of all those peo
ple who are having to walk be-
fause they can’t get cars that the
war put them back on their feet?
Speaking of self service this sign
appears on United States Highway
No. 30 at the entrance of Nevada,
Iowa: “Road patrolled — Speed
limit 36 miles—11 every mile over
26—Write your own ticket”
The thought of mnning was
probably repugnant to General
Eisenhower.
If Theodore Roosevelt were alive
today, he would probably aJviae
that we “speak softly and carry a
big atomic momb.”
'“Europe is Just a great big head
ache,’’ says one commentator. Yes,
and that makes us thing of tke
story of the * little 6-year-old girl
who said: “Mama, I’se got a stom
achache.’’ The mother replied:
“That’s because your stomach is
empty. You would feel better if
you had -something in it.’’ That
«>fternoon the pastor called and in
the course of the conversation re
marked that he had a headache.
“That’s because it is empty,” said
little Nellie, “you’d feel better if
you had something in it.”
The ambition of the average man
is to be in a position where he
doesn’t have to have ont^
Europe now seems to have tried
everything as a solution for its
troubles but hard work.
A medical writer says that care
less sneezing helps to spread fin
and colds. Well you’ve beard the
old ditty:
I sneez^ a sneeze Into the air
It fell to ground, I know not where;
But hard and cold were the looks
oI those
In whose vicinity I snoze.
It seems now that those post
war blue prints were not bine
enough.
The story Is told of a Swede that
was being examined to see if
naturalization papeis should be
granted him that he was asked if
he was s&tlsfled v^Ith the general
conditions in this country add be
replied that be was. “And doer (his
government of onrs suit yon?” be
was asked. "Veil yes”, he replied,
*’only I lak to see more rain.” That
being the ease he ought to be
eminently satisfied with our gov
ernment now.
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tress starts to cmne when you put a
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And if used in time. Va-tro-nol also
helps prevent many colds from devel
oping. Follow directions in package.
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MORE INCOME-BETTER FARM LIVING
cJeffUorTGsUejeoiu
efUfIce
Point
Livestock aind Poultry: Continue to develop a
larger permanent income from hog^ beef cattle,
dairy products, chicks, and turkeys though better
breeding stock, closer culling, and better feeding
and maurketing.
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We can supply you with baby chicks and sup
plies for carrying out this point.
SEE US BEFORE YOU BUY
Camden Feed & Seed Co.
Camden, S. C.
PhiMte TIG’W
Should Pass It Now
The international situation being what it
is, Congress should pass the Universal
Military Training law immediately.
- Nobody w'ants war but when you see the
possibility of one staring you right in the
face it is foolhardy riot to prepare for it.
We were caught napping one time and it
came very nearly proving fatal.
Will we not profit by that experience?
Are we.gQing to commit suicide? '
AVOID WASTE-AVOID DEBT-BUY GOVERNMENT BONDS
The death of Mohandas Gandhi brought
world-wide grief. He was one of the most
picturesque characters of these rather
drab days. The effect of his death on India
Cannot be told at this time but wet have a
feeting that it may y^ mean blobdy revolu-
MORE INCOME-BETTER FARM LIVING
Point No. 2-^
WiM use of capital is essential for efficient
production. Stop in and discuss your financial prob
lems and credit needs with us.
The First National Bank s
OF CAMDEN
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“Frozen Foods for Better Eating”
The Noble Art Of
“HOG-RASSUNG!”
Are You a Noble Knight of the
. Ancient and Honorable Order Of
Annual “Hog-Rasslers??’”
Do you', mice a year^tum the whole famfly
out at the crack of diwn, freeze your feet, bum
$8.00 worth of cord wood, mess up $40 wenrth of
clothes, pans and kitchen floors, get salt in a ^IH
finger, and sniffle in your nose, just to **rasser'
a img ?
Do you bisut away with the old ^Vusty-trusty”
—4>um up SIX bits worth of matl*ofder ammunitkia,
break three azhaindles, dip up twice in the slop-
lolly of the pig pen—and fiiin tM^o perfectly go^
pork shoulders trying to get one poor... shoat sto^
somewhere ^between the snout and his fourth rib, is
the h(^e that he will bleed alean'?
Do you annually ruin the **rmin berrel”, poks s
hole in ^e fsunily wash Ixdler, spill a boot full
boiling water down your pants teg, and apFRhi yosr,
back, getting the “big ’nn” scalded-—only to bars
the hair set tighter than in a Fuller brush, and hart
the finished carcass look like a case of leprosy?
But why prolong the “ritual?” We alreidy
recognize you su a “dooly” qualified “Hog Rasslsr”,
who hasn’t yet learned how much easier, quicker,
cleaner and more economical it is on both you sad
THE HOG to have your killing done by YOUR
FREEZER locker**, not once'a year but a hof
every two or three months the year ’round, as yoz.
need ’em, and without regard to weatbe-*
Then, too, at the present price pork i
shouldn’t Sir Hog receive some considcratioo as ts|
the dignity and surroundings of his “departoM”<^
in keeping with his exalted economic standing it]
our national life. An3rthing less *hnn the very best]
would'be humiliating to him—and certainly thsrsl
is nothing, ANYWHERE, better than our slanghtf^j
ing service and facilities.
*8ure, we know it is spelled wrOft|^—but what of it
We know a lot of folks DO IT a lot wers* than ws spsH
iti And they haven’t been hung yet—although ws sotno*
times think they should be!
♦♦We are Past Exalted Hogg Rasslers from Wsj^
Back—but we use the Modern Way now!
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(insult Us About Your Hog
Rilling Problems
Your Freezer Locke
Operated by Carolina Frozen Foods
Rutledge Street
Opposite Fire Station
CAMDEN, S. C
“Frozen Foods for