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vf rir.'-iTT? ■' 1',^' '■ !V, 5 #, T; ,;,.V;- I#' ‘f,-! t- tv ..-ri^'., f- iT- ■ if?. ^A«E TWO itjr Qlambra QU^onirU 1109 NortU Broad Streef Camden, S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY Harold C. Booker - DaCosta Brown - - - Editor Publisher SUBSCRtPTlDN TERMS: All Subscriptions Payable In Advance One Year $2.60 Six Months . I ' ■ "■■■ t "T Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Camden, 8. C., under act of Congreaa - March 3, 1879 > All articles submitted for publication must be signed by the author ^ FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1948 Masaryk^s Final Reply The passing of Jan Masaryk, Czechoslo vakian foreign minister who reportedly committed suicide by jumping from the v/in of his official residence at Prague, has ~done much to focus the attention of the world to the plight of Czechs, who, it might be'said, have been taken captives .by the Communists of Russia. Masaryk was one of the heroes of the people of Czechoslovakia. The people of that country loved and trusted him. They looked upon him almost as a protector. His death has come as a great shock to them. There are those who believe that he did not commit suicide but that he was “purged” by the Communists. Every one realizes that this has been the practice fol lowed by the Reds in the past. They have slain leaders whom they felt would be stumbling blocks. They did it in Poland, they have done it in Russia and they will undoubtedly do it in Czechoslovakia. But, we are inclined to agree with the Christian Science Monitor that they hardly killed Jan Masaryk. They might have done so later but not yet. Says The Monitor: ‘The window through which Jan Masaryk plunged to physical extinc tion may have appeared to him as an escape from moral death. His situa tion symbolic of that of his country since the Communist coup, may have offered no more heroic or more effec tive alternative. “Whether this was suicide or not is still a question. Officials gave out con flicting explanations of his motive, after having held up the report of his fleath for hours. In any event it would seem unlikely that Dr. Masaryk’s enemies planned it that way. They had much to gain by keeping him as a ' front to .deceive the Czech people. “Jan Masaryk had, up to the time of the tragedy, unwillingly served that purpose, though he may have had the most patriotic reasons for remaining as Foreign Minister in the Communist Government. Whether he suddenly changed his mind about his course, or 'whether the Communists pressed him too far or were actually threatening him—these questions remain unan swered. But the fact is there: his pass ing is the movst unmistakable castiga tion of Czechoslovakia’s Communist captors that this usually adaptable, outwardly optimistic individual could now command. “Its meaning is read where his writ ten protest probably would not have been permitted to appear. Its message is heard where party-controlled micro phones would never have carried so important an opposing voice. Now, at least, neither the name, beloved in Czechoslovakia, nor the word of a Masaryk will mislead the people, “Despite all the Communists may try to do to twist the interpretation of this tragedy, it will remain a rebuke to them and a warning to the people of Czechoslovakia.” We have an idea that Jan Masaryk felt that he was helpless to save his people from the fate which apparently lies iii store for them. He felt, pw^onally, that death would be preferable to living under Com munism. He may have had the fond hope that his death might serve to awaken the people of his beloved country and the people of the world to the horrors of Com munism and tha it might be the spark plug which would set up a world fight against Communism. We doubt that the Communists killed Jan Masaryk. We doubt it not because we think that they would have hesitated to have killed him if it had suited their pur poses. We just don't think it suited their purposes. " We hihk Jan Masaryk was giving- his final reply to the Communists. It is true of cities as it is of men that “there is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries; and we must 'take the current when it serwea, or loee our Ventures.” THE CAMPBN CHAOWiCLE, CAMDEII, eOUTM CAEOtlWA, PHIPAY, III ARCH tt, IHS No Where To Go? Representative Joseph R. Bryson, of the fourth South Carolina congressional dis trict is quoted as saying that Southerners can’t leave the Democratic party because there is no where for them to go. We would like for Mr. Bryson to tell us where the Southern Democratic mem bers of Congress went when they needed vote on several occasions during the past six years to kill New Deal legislation that was very obnoxious to the South, such as the FEPC, the anti-lynching bill and the anti-poll tax bill. They knew where to go then in search of aid and they, got it be cause the Republicans joined forces with them each time* and helped them to kill the legislation. / Just last week the Republicans again joined forces with the Southerners to kill an amendment to a bill offered by the radi cal Congressman Marcontonio of New York, which would have cutoff Southern states from any Federal appropriations. Oh yes, the Southern members of Con gress have had somewhere to go when they were fighting the Democratic high com mand in Congress. ' But—it will not be necessary for South erners to vote the Republican ticket if they leave the present so-called national “Democratic” party. They can organize an other party—a party devoted to the prin ciples ‘of state’s fights, a party which will not cater to the whims of minorities, at the expense of the South The Curse Of Politics The United States “is much closer to war than most people realize,” United States Senator Burnet R. Maybank told friends in Columbia week before last. “1 am afraid people outside of Washing ton just don’t realize how dark the situa tion really is,” the Senator said, adding that “unpublished information gives me cause for great alarm.” James F. B]nmes recently said in a state ment that the^Uiuted States may face a world crisis within four or five weeks. It was hardly necessary for Senator May- bank and Mr. Byrnes to make these state ments to convince an intelligent man who reads the newspapers that a crisis was im minent. Every one ought to be able to see that there is grave danger of war ahead. But—Senator Robert Taft, of Ohio, is a candidate for President and he is opposed to the Marshall plan. In fact he would like to cripple it as much as possible in oder to gain a political victory. » Whal does Mr. Taft have to say about the world situation? He says that he has “no information to justify war hysteria.” Evidenly the Senator is not reading the newspapers, or else he must think that this country proposes to let Russia absorb the rest of the world and not fight until she tries to come over and take this country. Frankly we are disappointed in the Ohio Senator. We have admired his great cour age in other matters and we regret that his ambition to score a political point in his campaign for Presdent would lead him to attempt to lull this country in a feeling of false security. Every one must know that the situation with Russia is very grave, about as grave a? it could be. In fact it seems to many that we are much closer apparently to war now than we were when Japan struck so unex pectedly. ThinklnqOutLoud Why la H that “the other aide” always aeems to be* the beet or- sanlsed? Presideat Tnfmaa’s antiriK)!! tax legialation will probably result in lots of antis going to the polls this year. Lots of us were reminded last Monday that a man very often taxes his strength and then« the government comes along and taxes it again. May be the reason we can’t com municate with any of the planets is that they, too, are under Russia’s iron curtain.' When a physician gets sick he always calls in another doctor..He just-simtdy- can’t stand tO' take bis own medicine. A small town is one in which a rumor can be all over Mt by night. You can buy a poeket dictionary containing 1,000 words for one cent. Mere words are cheap. 'The war clouds are even more disconcerting now than the rain clouda It’s Just a question of time until this country will have to go bear bunting. As a general rule the less a man knows about a matter the stronger his convictions^are on it Senator ’Thye, of Minnesota, seems to be “hipped” on some sub jects. Those people who say that if the South leaves the Democratic party it will have no place to go must think there is a terrific dearth of building material in the South. “Far north in Canada a herd of wild buffalos still roam,” says a newspaper filler. Well, we certain ly don’t want a home there. Henry Wallace would evidently rather be left than President. - * Secretary of State Marshall ad vises us all to keep cool. Well, Gen eral, we have been positively cold for the past several months. I A writer says that married men have better quarters than bache lors. Yes, but they have fewer dol lars. In the war between the sexes there is a lot of fraternizing with the enemy on both sides. The most prevalent ailment in the average small town is rumor- I tism, A Bassberg man claims to havej "You should pay your income a strawberry tree and says it bears | taxes with a smile,” says a writer, goodsized strawberries. So it may'Yes, but they want cash, be that after a while money will With Hie Press A Little Story It is simple but beautiful. Every body has beard IL It tells of a man who lived in a valley with his three sons, knowing nothing of what was beyond the mountain. To celebrate their eather’s Mrthday, the three sons climbed the moun tain to find presMita One found a beautiful stone worn smooth by the weathe# and the grinding flow of glaciers. Another found a beautiful, rare flower at the snowline. The third found nothing though he climbed to tho mo-mtaln top. When the presents were brought th® third was embarrassed because ho had nothing. But straightening a try. “Do insects ever get into your com out here?’’ asked the visiting farmer. “Yeah,” replied the local farmer, “but we Just fish ’enj out and go ahead and drink it any way." , , With the politicians this is ys«. lip bit he said, -I went the mountain, and saw wae beautiful. Somed*,^* Then, the story j rejoinced beyond the gifts had given him hJ!! a boy who had cauS^l nlflcent vtalon of what uA the UmlU of the n^J^' which the three lirMi Christian Advocate. Polo In a recent editorial vs polo was the most lihsir to football a« the sport We did not meaa ball was going out this . next but unless the trend kl it is ee for the same W* lege baseball, which coslfc-il the pro competition. Ws^ the wish that South (v Btitutiona, partlcularly^T ones, would take up polo, i ber of college teams h gradually. Both VMI aid « have played at Camden thh. —The StAte. Subscribe To The be growing on trees. We are in favor of foreign aid provided we only give Rusia “lem on’’ aid. Seeing where, a little Maasa- chnaetts boy had run off from home becaose his parents had made him give away all but one of a Utter of puppiee, reminds ua of a story we saw the other day about a Ut- tle girl and her kJttens. SHie had been eouspelled by her perente to give-away all of the Utter except eaa She debated long on whicli one to haepk finally arriving at a dedaion. A few days y&mt a new bnbg arrived at heme of a neat door netibbor. Tha tttUo girl waa allowed alter a Inm days to look at the new baby. She cam# over, drew a lemi breath and said: “1 sore weulte’t have kept that oaa" ’This country whipped the reds once—that’s how come it happens to be this country. As paradoxical as it may sound, the Little Theater Is about the larg est in South Carolina. ’The President’s penKvnal phy sician may have made some money on the stock market but most* doc tors make it on the stork market. This being election year we may expect a lot of agitating, cogitating and expectoratlag. An agronomist says that tbs se vere cold WMther may have killed lots ot. insects and will thus prove benefieisl to the crops. And that iHings up the old story of the form er who was visiting another farm er in a different section of the coun- •r FARMERS LUMBERMEN ESTATE OWNERS mSTUREMEN .WOOD DEALERS. PULPWOOl OPERATORS, fa-' ■U'-n-r ftUUIIui Mut-Mwick ONi MAN CAN Fill AND CUt UF TO 12 CORDS POWi SAWl This one mon portable tow is used to fell timber-thm wii a simple adjustment, the blade b turned to cut up feAs logs. Easy and economical lo operatel Increases produdml Ideal for clearing wee<b and undmrfarush. Used wuy where for poles, fence posH, firewood, stumps, etc BOYKIN PONTIAC COMPANY, SALES — SERVICE — PARTS CAMDEN. S. C {-if*. V: Is a The Growing Southeast Speaking before the New York Society of Security Analysts at a luncheon in that city last Friday, Legh R. 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