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»AQE TWO TMl CAMDEM CMEOWiCLl, CAMPKII, SOUTH CAEOLIWA, FWIPAY; APWIUtgi, Ita A«i| wlU ‘ nlnh sri ss*’ ■ L. -r ■! .-i ' ? i H 5 . liM y .- I- H; r li ■ f <F . >«; f ■ ’p.-’ > •' ' f. r- ■■■ r ■ -■> .' t J r'\ -.fj; b' fi (!Iamdpn ((Urrontrir llcTft North Bro^d Street Camden, S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY Harold C. Booker DaCosta Brown - . - Editor - Publisher SUBScfRIPTION TERMS: All Subscriptions Payable In Advance One Year Six Months , Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Camden. S. C.. under act of Cor.feress March 3, 1679 All articles submitted for publU^tion must be signed by the author FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1948 City'Wide Recreation Winnsboro is considering the. advisability of setting up a' city-wide recreation pro gram and we note from the esteemed News and Herald of that city that Arthur JI. Jones, director of parks and recreation, spoke last week to a small group of people who are promoting the. idea. The meetihf was sponsored by the advisory board of the T.:en Canteen and at its conclusion the group decided to call another more repre sentative gathering in the near future to lay plans for definite action. Mr. Jones made the following recommen dation to the people of Winnsboro:: “(1) The duly constituted authority of the town (the council) should appoint a 5 to 7 man commission or committee, this group to have considerable discretion and authority, itself. [ “(2) Get the money and set up an ope rating budget of from $5,000 to $10,000. “(3) Secure a competent supervisor to run the program, let him work first with what he has on hand, then look to’the fu ture.’' Most cities and owns of any size are putting on recreation program now and they are highly advisable. But it is import ant that they should be entered into care fully because if they are not a lot of money can be thrown away with nothing being accomplished. Winnsboro is pursuing the right course in bringing in experienced men to advise with it before setting up a program. That is 'What any city should do. The recreation field has become so im portant now that there are many trained men who are engaged in it. Last week at the meeting of the district council on so cial welare, Galen Elliott, who is the di rector of the recreation program at Dar lington,<was one of the chief speakers. Mr. Elliott is giving his life to the field of recreation and is a highly trained man. Tnere are many others like him. They are aitVhiH to giv<^ edvico^ to citicA planning recreation programs. When Hope Flees Commenting on the situation in Czecho slovakia, a writer says that “one of the most damning things about Communism is that it kills all hope.” ^ Many are wondering if the Czechs, who never lost hope during the years they were under the heels of other desports, 'will lose hope under Communism. They are the first freedom-loving people to be caught behind the iron curtain and if their will is broken, as has been the case with other countries that have been caught behind it, it will be a tragedy. 1 When hope flees there is nothing else wortiiwhile left. Grace Noll Crowell ex presses it thusly in one of her beautiful pcerns: “Tills would I hold niorp prorlous than fine Rold, Tills would 1 keep although all else be lost;; Hope In the heart, that preolous, priceless thing, Hope at any cost. “And God, If its fine luster should be dimmed, ' If seemingly through grief It may be spent, Help me to wait without too much despair. Too great astonishment. “Let me be patient when my spirit lacks Its hlkh exuberance, Us shining wealth; H-ype Is a matter, often, God, I know OS strength, ol health. "Help me to wait until my strength returns, Help me to climb each difficult high slope. Always within my heart some golden gleam. Some quenchless spark of hope." It may be that in the case of Czecho slovakia “the heart bowed down by weight of woe to weakest hope will cling” and that the brave Czechs will not give up. We hope not, at any rate. Thanks To All The suggestion has been made that The. Chronicle should give thanks to all who have worked to bring the duPont plant to Camden. We would like to do this but we are not in position to single out the parties who hare helped. So many have done their part i|iat we hesitateto name aeme lest we omit who may (have 4one all that they eonld. A Stronger Air Force Representative J. P. Richards, of the Fifth Congressional district,* was on. sound ground when he told the lower house of Congress the other day’that “a program to build and to keep up-to-date an Air Force of at least 20,000 ’ planes in the face of world conditions today seems essential.” Mr. Richards told the House that we do not have adequate air power now and that t)je first essential is to build- it.^ “We have the atom bomb; Russia may s^-on have it,” said Mr. Richards. “In any event, we must have an Air Force large enough and strong enough to protect this country, and, if necessary, to carry the fight tb the enemy.” With this, every right-thinking American should agree. Mr.-Richards made one observation in his speech that should, be very* disturbing to the general public. He stated his belief that rivalries and jealousies between the different branches of the service had ob- Tcured the issues involved and had pre vented a proper allocation of funds to the Air Force. It is, unpardonable that our defense forces should be bickering among them selves when the life of the nation is at stake. The people ought not to stand for if. We should remember the case of General Mitchell, *who was crucified for insisting on a strong air force when later develop ments proved that he was 100 per cent right. Without calling names, Representative Richards referred to Russia’s preparedness for war. “There’ii only one powerful na tion hi the world today which could be considered a potential enemy on the battlefield in the inunediate years to come,” be said. “That nation has un limited manpourer and an active army five the siae of ours. That nation is building twelve times as^many' war planes today as is our own country. That nation has no Navy to speak of, except submarines, in wbi^ field the United States is far outnumbered. It would seem therefore that we should cut our pattern of defense to meet the danger confronting us.” Evidently some of the other defense forces are objecting that a 70-group air force would unbalance our defense system. Regarding this Mr. Richards said: “It seems stupid to me to talk about a 70-group Air Force unbalancing our de fense system. The thing for this Congress to do, in my opinion, is to provide money for this 70-group force and then balance our Army and Naval power on this basis. There wafr a day when manpower and fire power on land were dominant factors in any war. Later on sea power came into its own. For centuries Great Britain dominated the sea lanes of the world with sea power. During World War II, our Navy was our first line of defense. In another war our first line of defense will be our Air Force.” And then Mr. Richards made this ex ceedingly wise comment: “This is no time to allow petty jealmities to obscure the needs of the day. Neither time nor the national in- * * terest will permit neglect of the wel fare of the nation in order to pre serve outmoded tradition and the status of Commanders who have eyes only for their'own show.” Mr. Richards is 100 per cent right. Are WT going to allow petty jealousies between defense officials to endanger the life of a nation? We deserve to fall if we do. It seems to be difficult to make some army and navy men realize that the air plane has become the great factor in war that it is today. We recall very vividly hear ing a high army official say. a few days after the last world war in Europe broke out, that the airplane was only effective fo’* reconoitering and terrorizing purposes. And that apparently was the thinking'of our people in those days. They should have learned better durinff the last war. Mr. Woodward Camden lost a mighty fine friend in the death of Ernest L. Woodward, who died of a heart attack near Fanta Fe, New Mexico, Saturday night. He had shown his friendship for the city in practical wasns, having presented to the Sea1t)oard Air Line and the city the present Seaboard park and site for station and also presented^ the present Woodward airport to the city, hav ing not only purchased and donated the land but also built a fine hangar. Along with Harry D. Kirkover he was responsible for the present nationalMktb^ 008 Springdale race course. ^ Camden pe<^e wem deeply grieved loam of hia deaUi. ThhudnqOutLoud Russia seems to nave tne dest soil In the world. red- We werv-aomewhat surprised to see the old ‘ Dollar Days’* revived in som«r cities. We expected them to be “Two Dollar Days.” “There ia no limit to space” doesn’t mean parking space. Some people suffer from Spring fever the year round—it Just gets worse In Spring. There are so many things to worry about now that one hardly knows which one to start wonting about when he gets up each morn ing. • Water seems to cause more trouble In the Ohio river valley than liquor, ‘ .k, You may or may not be in terested to know that there’s still enough unmined coal to keep the coal miners striking for two hun dred yeara A safety group warns that more accidents happen in the home than anywhere else. May be so, but a person Just has to go home some times. Colombia isn't nations. the gem of the One way to keep your garden tools Is to tell any one who wishes to borrow them that they will have to use them in your garden. We see where a couple got mar ried in a picket line the other day. Formed another union, eh? George W. Harvey, champion of a drive safely campaign in Rich mond, Va., was fined $6 for driving too slowly. So it costs to lire in RlehmoBd. Every man thinks he will be an exception to the rule when be tries to get by with something that has brought dtofster to every other man who bias attempted it. Take Joe Stalin for example! He thinks he can get by with what Hitler and Muasolini failed at. Walterboro muat be a very queer town. The city council there was re-elected without opi^ition. A writer comments on the un fairness of some lawp and, points out the one that makea the owner of an automobile responsible for any damage the car may do even though It is being driven by a thkd who bad stolen it. And that brought up the ancient case In the Orient in which a burglar sued a houee owner because a window frame gave away in a house the burglar was trying to enter, breaking th,® burglar’s arm. The court ruled for the burglar but found that the real culprit was the dyer of a red tunic worn by a pretty girl, whose charms had distracted the atten- j tlon of th© workman who put In jthe window frame. This dyer was I sentenced to b© hanged frcfm his 'own doorpost. The dyer was found to be too tall for banging In that way 80 a short dyer was- substi tuted. Unfortunately there are lots more followers ’of women In thie old world than there are leaders of mea This being election year, lots of South Carolinians are showing symptoBs or having “running fits.” Mother always knows best. We, saw the other day where a boyj bought a suit of soft material al-i though his mother warned him that it would pick up everything. And It did. Within two weeks It had picked up a blonde, a brunette and a redhead. “ -FMdle Gllmose, Associate Press correspondent, hack from a trip to Russia, says he didn’t hear the Rus sians talking war. They are nfit al lowed to talk about anything but the weather, are they? “Every person wants individuali ty,” says writer. Yes. for example, the superintendent of a city school system was visiting a grammar school one ay. 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