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IK^jjs'orth Broad Street Camden, S. C.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
Harold C. Booker -
DaCosta Brown - -
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- Publisher
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FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1948
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- Make It National
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If the Southern Democrats should carry
out their threat to withdraw from the na
tional so-called “Democratic” party and
form a new party of their own it would be
a mistake to call it the Southern Democratic
parj'.
While it is true that up to this hour
there have been only two strong 'national
parties in this country, this does not neces
sarily mean that this condition will obtain
forever. There are many signs that the ‘day
has about arrived when there may be a
complete realignment of forces in this
country, and that instead of having only
two big parties there may be three or even
four. Certainly if we are to continue with
only two big parties there will be a gen
eral realignment of forces within the two.
It is the belief of many people that if
the Southern Democrats withdraw from the
national party and form a party of their
own dedicated to state’s rights, segrega
tion of races and the preservation of prin
ciples which have made this the great
country that it is today, it would attract
strong nation-wide support. There are many
people in Northern, and Western states in
both the* Democratic and Republican parr
ties who are just as fed up with the con
duct of those two parties in catering to the
votes of minorities as are the people, of the
South and they would unite, it is believed,
with the people of the South in a party that
stands for the preservation of the ideals
and principles which have prevailed in this
country in the past.
There is no room in one party for the
people of the South and the so-called
“Democrats” of the North. It is like trying
to make oil and water mix to keep*them
satisfied in the same party. There i.s a
much more in common between the Repub
licans of the North and the Democrats of
the South than.there is in between the so-
called “Democrats” of the North and the
Democrats of the South. They are just as
wide apart in their thinking as the two
Pole.s. How they have managed to stay in
the same party thus long is one of the
mysteries of life. It has been possible only
because the South has worshiped the name
“Democrat”.
It is entirely possible that a new party
started by Southern Democrats if given
some other name than Southern Democra
tic party might soon become a strong na
tional party. Indeed it might become in
this country what the Conservative party is
in England with the conservative people of
ihis country lined up in it and Henry Wal
lace, Walter Reuther, Harry Bridges,.
Claude Peppeh, Glenn Taylor and people
like that lined up in a radical party.
How Mr, Roosevelt Felt
The “civil rights” agitation which has
the South .stirred to fever heat now was
really started by the late Franklin D.
Roo.sevelt. He started the wooing of the
negroes into the Democratic column and he
was the first to advance the FEPC legisla
tion. In fact, Mr. Truman is just carrying
out his policies.
In view of Mr. Roosevelt’s stand it is in
teresting to note in the Anderson Independ
ent that “in the office of the clerk of court
of Meriwether county, Georgia, there is a
certified copy of a deed executed by Mr.
RooseVelt as president of Meriwether Re
serve, Inc., forerunner* of wirm Springs
Foundation and that the fourth paragraph
of the deed reads as follows:
“Neither the land herein conveyed,
nor any part thereof shall be sold,
: rented or otherwise disposed of to any
negro or any other person of African
descent or to a corporation or associa
tion owned or controUed^y„negroes.”
' As The Independent saVs, nhis throws
a new light, on Roosevelt’s feelings about
negroes.”
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Do This At Once
If you haven’t already done so, ;nake a
memorandum to do thhs at once:
' (I) Pay your poll tax for 1947 if you
haven’t already done so.
(2) Register at the court house. ;
Assisting The Enemy
Editor A. B. Jordan says when he saw
in'* a recent issue of The Saturday Evening
Post a statement by one of its contributors
that England was^shipping jet-plane mot
ors to Russia, he had to reread the line sev
eral times to be certain that his eyes were
not deceiving him.
Mr. Jofdan then went on to say that ac
cording to the latest estimates Russia is
credited with 14,000 planes whil^ the
United States has only 3,000. The number
that England has is not known.
“No one blames England for expending
her exports to the limit,” says our Dillon
contemporary, “but it is both unwise and
foolish to sell weapons of war to a nation
that is likely to use them against you.
“A sane man would not be so reckless
and credulous as to put a high-powered
rifle into the hands of another man with
whom he is quarreling.
“In recent months it has been said time
and again that Russia is greatly increasing
its armaments and working feverishly to
perfect the atomic bomb. Why should Rus
sia engage in such war-like activities while
shouting from the house tqps that it wants
world peace ”
Editor Jordan did not Rave to clte*the
case of England shipping war equipment
to Russia. We are doing it in this country.
Steel locomotives which are just as vital
in war as air planes are being shipped from
this country to Russia and we presume we
are lending it the money to pay us for
them.
It must be an old custom of the English-
speaking people to help their enemies.
THE CAMDEN CHRONICLE, CAMDEN^ gOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH B. IMS
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Some Good Advice
The Winnsboro News and Herald re
prints a kindly warning which George
Washington wrote to one of his men at
Mount Vernon when he was leaving his
home to be inaugurated President of the
United States, as follows:
“Were you to look back, and had
the means, either from recollection or
accounts, to ascertain the cost of the
liquor you have expended it would as
tonish you. In the manner this expeiise
is generally incurred—^that is, by get
ting a little now, a little then—^the im
propriety is not seen, inasmuch as it
passes away without much thought.
But view it in the aggregate, and you
will be convinced at once whether any
man who depends upon the labor of
his hands not only for his support but
that of an increasing family, can af
ford such a proportion of his w^es to
that article.
“But the expense is ni the worst con
sequence that attends it, for it natural- "
lyv leads a man into the company of >
those who encourage dissipation and ’
idleness, by which he is led by de
grees to the perpetration of acts which
may terminate in his ruin; but sup
posing this not to happen, a disordered
frame and a body debilitated rendef
him unfit (even if his mind was dis
posed to discharge the duties of his
station with honor to himself or fideli
ty to his employer) for the execution
of it. An aching head and trembling
limbs which are the inevitable effects
of drinking, disincline the hands from
work; hence begins sloth and that list
lessness which end in idleness . . .”
This warning could well be sounded to
many men and, sadly, tb many women to
day.
Another Stark\Tragedy
The Communist hordes are sweeping
over Korea and it now seems that it will
not be long before* they will have it in
their control. And this marks another
tragedy in this era of tragedies.
*The people of Korea, we are told in a
pamphlet issued by The Methodist Church,
are a simple, conservative, family-loving
people. Eighty per cent of them are farm
ers. They make “good Christian^”, all mis
sionaries assert. If given a chance, Ko
reans could be a demonstration ground for
both Christianity and democracy in the Far
East.
But it seems now that Christianity will
have little chance in that country because
the Russians will not give it an opportuntiy.
Indeed they will be much harder masters
than were the Japanese.
It is stark tragedy to see these people
come under the domination of the Com
munists. These brave Christians will un-
doubtely be “purged”, which means, in
other words, that they will be slain simply
•because they are followers of the lowly
Nazarene. —. ^
And—do you l^now—that we have thou
sands of Gommdnists in this country who
would have the same thing happen in this
country if they could? And yet we protect
them by law imd give them the right to ad-
#lMh conditions iA
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ThinkbiaOutloud
If Uie Soulk lB going to secede,
lots of income' taxpayers hope it’ll
be before March 16.
The greatest shortage in this old
world is of the milk of human
kindness.
What has become of the old-fash
ioned man who would say that he
was feeling as fine as split frog
hair!
If you can't find it in the diction
ary, the atlas or the Encyclopedia
Britannica, you might get it at the
dime store.
The Democrats of the nation
seem to be somewhat in the fix
that the members of the party
were In a Kentucky* county once.
One of the party’s chieftains was
sent down to try to get them to
gether. ‘‘Why can’t the Democrats
of this county get together?” he
asked a man on the street of the
court house town. “Get together!
Why it takes eighty deputy sheriffs
to keep ’em apart,” the man replied.
A Chicago man has adrertlsed
that he will not be responsible for
any debts incurred by Uncle Sam.
A woman in Warebam. Mass., has
had four sets of twins in fire year.
Do you the suppose the deuces will
be wild when they grow up?
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"The Royal House of Siam is
looking for a white elephant,” says
a newspaper filler. 'The Democratic
party has one on hand it might be
willing to get rid of.
This has been a rather depres
sing wliiter. The thermometer has
hovered around 33 so much of the
time and somehow or other any re
minder of the early 30a is rather
depressing.
The General Assembly is con
sidering making the wren (he of
ficial state bird. From the way it
has been appropriating money it
must think the eagle is it.
One sometimes wondori^hich is
the worst—to be old and bent or
young and broke.
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In St. Louis, Mo., a will that has
been missing for fifty years has
been locate in a family Bible.
Which is the only sign we have
seen lately that the world may be
getting better.
Much aA ha« been m^e in his
tory about George Washihgton
having thrown a dollar artoss the
Potomac river. Just look at the
millions of ’em that President Tru
man has thrown across the ocean!
A story from Charleston sa3r8
that Charleston county Irish po
tato growers are planting their
croy day and night and a dispatch
from Florida predicts a heavy
acreage of Engiish* peas. Cietting
ready for a big banquet season
next fall, eh?
It’s a pity thXt'this country has
gotten away from the habit of read
ing the minutes of the previous
meeting.
'The plight of the Southern Demo-1
crats reminds us of the old story
of the man who asked a friend one
day: “What’s the election about
today?” The other replied. "It is
to determine whether we shall have
a convention to nominate delegates
who will be voted on as to whether |
they will attend a convention which
will decide whether we shall have]
a primary to determine whether
the people want to vote on the |
same question again next year ”
It does seem that every tax
payer ought to be allowed to claim!
a few Europeans as dependents ]
this year.
Somebody sold Loul9'anasI>ong.
Another one of life’s mysteries!
to us is why every old rooster in
our neighborhood feels it his j
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COMING ATTRACTIONS
Haiglar Theatre
Domsr Broa4 and Rutlsde# Bts
Friday^ and Saturday
Mar^ 5 and 6
It is Thrillinf Bxcitament and
Aiveataral
“MARSHALL OF
CRIPPLE CREEK”
Allan Lane as Red Ryder with
Bobby/Blake, Martha Wentworth
. Also Serial and Comedy
Monday and Tuesday
March 8 and 9 '
Bette Davls-^Humphrey Bogart
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“MARKED WOMAN”
,Af80 Wame^ Psthe News
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Wednesday and Thursday
*Marcii 10 and 11'*
“THE MAIN STREET
-KID”
A1 Psarce — Janet Martin
Also ^rial and Nswa
A IS-months-old alien has been
ordered deported from this coun
try but Harry Bridges stays on.
’There seems to be an epidemic
of bad Csechs now.
’The oldest *war on which our gov
ernment is still paying pensions is
the war of 1812. Well, thank good
ness, the revolution Is at least paid
for!
If it be true, that hell is running
pver, as one writer has recently
charged, and if there is doubt about
there being any more room in
Heaven, those who are here should
be duly than^ul.
In some Instances clothes make
the man and in others they fake
him.
President Truman said in bis Jef-
jerson-Jackson dinner speech at
Washington that “Washington'* bad
differences of opinion in his cab
inet but Washington was not the
first president to have differences
of opinion In his cabinet." And v-
had been thinking all along that'
Washington was our first president, j
Only 98,000,000 bushels of pop
corn were consumed last year as
against 253,000,000 in 1946. Do the
pop corn market popped.
When *we read of the pussyfoot
ing of some policians* on this
'Southern revolt we can’t help but
think of the young fellow who grad
uated from college and was bunting
a Job as school teacher. He heard
of a vacancy over in Georgia so
he hied himself there to appear
before the school patrons who in
those days elected the teacher. On
arriving in town he had heard that
the people of ,lbe two were divided
into two factions, one faction in
sisting the world was round while
the <^er insisted that it was flat.
Appearing before the board, the
teacher was promptly asked by one
patron if he thought the world was
round or flat. ‘‘I teach either sys
tem,” he promptly responded.
Sickening Announeamstit-
The radio speech made by Sen
ator Glenn Taylor of Idaho Monday
evening in which he announced that
he would be the running mate of
this nation’s “modern-day Bendlct
Arnold’’ was one of the most
nauseating farces this writer has
ever listened to. The “Benedict
Arnold” reference is to Henry Wal
lace, naturally, who has not only
aligned himself with Joe Stalin
and every scheming, bomb-tossing
Gommunist in the world in an ef
fort to make this great nation Rus
sian satellite, but has also become
closely allied with other anti-
American minorities who seek to
overthrow our government and way
of life.
It is almost inconceivable that%
former vice-president, a former
cabinet member could stoop to such
a low level. ’The above does not
take Into account that Wi
one of the worst enemies
South has ever had He
be satisfied nntll the i
and ideals the neo^. ^
section of Che natlon*TrS
and made a misdemeanor »
ticed. , “
But back to the speech a.,
lor—-He and Wallace ^
studio together at the *
speech was made and it .
like a (^munlstlc
love by Taylor for Wal^^
were actually surprisedT.,
talk did not wind up in .
tag embrace between the
audible klasea being sent'S’*
the air waves.
Our nation U indeed ii '
danger when such crartLa
nincompoops as these tv.c^
sort of a following —
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•When yon think of
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State Theatre
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FRIDAY, MARCH 8
“ROAD TO RIO"
Bing Crosby—Bob Hope
SATURDAY. MARCH 6
/THE LAST ROUNDUP"
Gene Autry
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SATURDAY, MARCH t
_ 10:10 F. M.
' ‘THE WHITE GORILLA"
Ray Corrigan—Lorraine Miller
MON. • TUES., MARCH., 8 - 9
"WELCOME STRANGER*^
Bing Croeby—Joan Caulfield
WEDNESDAY, MARCH' 10
“ISLE OF DESTINY"
William Gargan—June Lang
THURSDAY, MARCH 11
"OUT OF THE PAST”
Robert Mitchum—Jane Greer
ANNOUNCING
Important Schedule
Changes
EFFECTIVE MARCH 25, IM
Columbia — Florem
Columbia — Raleigh
Ask your local Greyhound Af«f
Did You Know...
THAT THESE TOWNS IN SOUTH CAROLINA
HAVE....
CITY MANAGERS
/ ‘ 5. Greenwood
6. Chester
7. Spartanburg
. 8. Gaffney
1. Sumter
2. Florence
3. Rock Hill
4. Lancaster
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9. Beaufort
THESE TOWNS ARE CONSIDERING dTY
MANAGERS
1, Columbia
This town is
2. Anderson
to vote
going
City Manager
Camden
Yes. . .
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JUNIOR CHAMBER OF