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FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1048
Those Days Are Gone
A story is now goin^: the rounds about
Eddie, a noticeably slow-moving and in
efficient clerk in a small-town grocery
store, who wasn’t in evidence one morning.
“Where’s Eddie? Ain’t sick, is he?’*^ ask
ed a customer. _ * ^ -
“Nope, he ain’t sick. He’s just not work
ing here any more,” replied the proprietor.
“Got anybody in mind to fill the vac
ancy?” responded ithe.curious villager.
“Nope—^Eddie didn’t leave no vacancy,”
replied the proprietor.
There's lots of ’logic in this story. Lots
of people who have been loafing on jobs
may soon find themselves out of jobs. The
day when one could hold a job and do as he
pleases is about over. The day when Jobs
are going o be held by those who strive
to please is coining back.
It would’be well for every man who has
a job to stop and take stock right now be
fore it is too late. Is he making himself so
valuable to the firm or individual that he
works for that a real vacancy would be
created if he should leave? If he isn’t he
had better J>^gin trying to do just that.
There is not the shortage of labor that
there once was and employers are begin
ning to cast about a little more carefully
now in the employment of workers. The
drone is going to find it harder and hard
er to get work. The record he has made
during the past few years may arise to
haunt him. .
It was Henry Giles who said:
“Man must work. That is as certain as
the sun. But he may work grudgingly or
he may work gracefully; he may work as
a man or he may work as a machine. There
is no work so rude, that he may not exalt
it; no work so impassive that he may not
breathe a soul into it; no work so dull that
he may not enliven it”
Keeping Up The Fight
The Mississippi Democratic organization
has gone all out in its fight against the
national Democratic organization and has
begun publication of a newspaper known
as “The States Righter,” a copy of ig^ch
WHS received this week by The Chronicle.
The publication is issued by the Mississippi
State Democratic Executive Committee and
the first issue naturally devbfeh much space
to the call for «the meeting of Southern
Democrats to be held in Jackson on May
10.
In its editorial announcement tho paper ,
states that it is being issued “as a voice
for lending expression to those who be
lieve in Jeffersonian Democracy.”
“As it enters the battle to preserve con
stitutional government in this nation,” says
the leading.editorial, “The States Righter
is dedicated to but one ideal: The preserva
tion of the United States as a nation in
which the ideals of human freedom are
maintained inviolate.
“We maintain th^t these ideals are
threatened on a world-wide basis today.
We are convinced that they are placed in
serious jeapordy right here in our own
country by such proposals as the Anti-
Lynching bill, Anti-Poll Tax bill, the F. E.
P. C. and anti-segregation proposals.
“As we raise our voice for the preserva
tion of liberties guaranteed by the states’
rights provisions of the constitution and as
established by clauses setting forth per
sonal freedoms We invite the aid, counsel
and cooperatiom of all men of good will
throughout ^Is great nation — North,
South, East and West. We believe«that the
issues confronting the American* people are
fundamental, and that in the aittWer found
today we will also find the answer to the
question of wheher or not our nation is to
survive.”^
Mississippi and Sooth Carolina have long
been known as the two most Democratk
states in the Nation. When these two states
kick over the harness it is a sore sign that
there is something badly wrong with the
p.Hrty.
No **Gold RushT Jusiified
Camden has secured lots of publicity all
over the country recently as the result of
announcements of new industries coming
here. As a result we face the possibility of
a great influx of people, many of whom
will be looking for jobs that do not yet
exist and may not exiid for several months.
As The Chronicle has stated once before
there have been no developments here that
would justify a wild boom. The city should
grow gradually to meet the needs as they
arise but there should be rp wild orgy.
It would be unfortunate if hundred of
people should come here looking for work,
find no work to be done and become strand
ed here.
There isn’t anything here to justify a
“gold rush” yet.
When They Needed It
The little town of Salley, Aiken county;
was recently visited by a tornado. Writing
in the Aiken Journal and Review about it,
Mrs. Ruth Earle Jones, the Salley corres
pondent, said:
“This morning the Red Cross of Aiken
and Orangeburg counties was in town do
ing what was needed. There is great need
fer food, clothes and general rehabilita
tion. Many of our negroes lost everything
they owned.
“This is the first time Salley has called
on the Red Cross for disaster help. You
can be sure that we are all glad that we>
always supported that organization 100 per
cent”
Camden has not in recent years had to
call on the Red Cross for disaster help and
we hope it never will. But it is good to
know that if disaster should strike us, that
wonderful agency would be here within 24
hDurs with help.
Ons way to maka Camdan grow apd
proapar ia for tpimtf oaa wim. ttvaa Wra to
do hit or W iTEdiag hart.
The Press
IhinldnQOiitlinid
Bz-Oofernor BUllc Amall, of Cleor*
SU, who la seeking the Democratic
nomination for Vice President, baa
alwaya reminded us of a poor horae
trying to prance.
If Joe Walcott does as well in
his return bout with Joe Louis as
Judge Ooldsborough did in bis with
John Lewis, be ought to knock him
out
When anything hits bottom it is
supposed to bound back so may be
the world will begin to climb back
up after a while.*-
I City Manajer Fonn
^ A city numager ia Winnsboro
woold not prore a cure^ll tar the
troubles, big and litUe. In our mid-
dle-sised town, but adoption of this
form of gorernment sbtold prore
a progreasire step in the right di
rection. — Winnsboro News and
Herald.
Bni h«Ma M ha tHi ailMs
smrywhore: “As soon as yen eon-
oede ahs^te <pcdltleal power ta
the Coaunnnieti yon beooma tbetr
aboointe slarea.’*
That is something ft>r the p^ple
In Anderson and ererywhere else
to paste In their hats while they
still hare hata. — Anderson Inde>
peadant
wishes ta take thfc^
Pi^>*hig thefr heartf^
appredatloa-ttor the
nesses shown them
cent loea of their
father.
Mm
There’s
iking similarity in
The Age Of Brutality
Officials at Loe Angeles, Caif., investi
gated a report that a cocker spaniel puppy
was clubbed to death as a result of orders
to a group of fraternity pledges to bring
“a fresh killed dog” to the fraternity house
for eating purposes, but announced that
they could get no positive evidence.
The matter came to light when John G.
Hallock, 24, an ex-air force sergeant, sent
a wire to the University of California Los
Angeles chapter resigning his pledge. Hal
lock told humane officers that ihe was “re
volted’* by the killing of the dog, which,
he said, resulted from ordere given the
pledges by an active fraternity member in
connection with “hell week” initiation
rites.
Hallock said the pledges were told the
dog must not be killed by poison becauw
they were going to have to eat it. He said
three pledges got the cocker from the city
pound on the pretense that it was .to be a
fraternity house mascot. They bouglitsome.
milk at a grocery store and hit the dog on
the head with a club while it was drinking.
Three blows were required for death. He
saw the limp body ca^ed into the frater^
jiity house basement, he said, but does not
know whether it was eaten because he then
left in diggust
The story told by Hallock is a most re
volting one and it is rather strange that the
authorities would drop the case because
they could get no positive evidence. We
can hardly see what mote positive evi
dence would be wanted.
We seem to be living in an age of bru
tality. What is the answer to it?
Camden Horses Winning
Camden-trained horses are winning all
of the big steeplechase events this Spring.
Last Saturday Petersky won the Maryland
cup at Baltimore. Previously Camden-train
ed horses had been winners at Richmond,
Middleburg and the little Grand National
races.
Harry D. Kirkover has long contended
that there is no finer training spot in he
world for horses than right here at Camden
and he has been responsible for many of
the horses being brought here for training
purposes.
Speaking before the Camden Rotary
Club, recently. Col, John P. Wall ex
pressed sentiments similar to those of Mr.
Kirkover, but he likewise stressed the fact
that Camden sorely is in need of more
stables, ite said that many more horses
would have been trained here last winter
had there been stable room for them.
. ’This is something that the city could well
look into, k ' * .
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neftrly ftll of ue big C. I. d. lead
ers.
”Aato Deetgnftre At Work On
lt50 Models”—headline. Well, sit
looks as if we will get one of th^nk
A Chicago dentist killed a pistol
with a hobby pistol. So. yon see,
it pays to hare a hobby.
The season for nndercoyer men
is about orer.
Just as fishermen get together and
tell of the big fish that get away,
we suppose shaiks get together
and tell of the men that get away.
Who can remember when bingo
was only played at camlyals and
with corn! *
A Minnesota man has jl horse
which he says he 'can only drlTO
at night Must be a nightmare!
In a magazine story telling of
the cremation of a well known man,
the fellow ' in charge of the cre
mation was referred to as the mas
ter of ceremonies. Wouldn’t it have
been more proper to have r^erred
to him as the toastmaster?
Henry Wallace didn’t do so well
in the election in Italy.
Bernarr MacFadden, 17-year-old
psyhlcal cnltnrist and hotel owner,
was married last week. MacFadden
is a lic<msed pilot, flies hid own
plane, plays tennis, swims and is
conducting a vigorous campaign for
governor of Florida. Physical cul
ture must be about the mos( re
munerative culture there Is.
FYom the length of articles some
people send in to newspapers they
must really believe that space is
limitless.
A Western judge ordered a new
trial in a case the other day be
cause he said he believed that both
sides had presented perjured testi
mony. And that reminds us of the
old story of a man who was suing
a street car company for injuries
allegedly received in an acident
The truth of the matter eras that
he had actually received his bruises
when his auto collided with a tele
graph post. And this had happened
a full mile from the street car line.
The idalntiffs wltneses swore to
the facts of the accident and things
were going very nicely fpr him
when one of their number was sud
denly beset with an attack ot con-
science and during a rocese repair
ed to the JJudge’s chambers and
confessed to the frame-up. The
Judge rushed back into the court
room with fire in his eye, de
termined to make an immediate
public revelation of the prejurers.
But he nas brought up short in his
resolution when the traction com
pany's attorney suddenly produced
three ’^Sfitnesses prephred to swear
that the plalnUff was drunk when
he boarded the street car.
No wonder President Truman
failed in the clothing business. He
Just doesn’t suit people.
Very few men live to see 100 on
the speedi^eters of their automo
biles
One thing stands out as a result
of that Inter-American conference
which was held at Bogota and that
is that Gogota is no place in which
to hold a nice IntesiAmericaa com.]
ference.
^en a Spring cold seems to have
more pep than a winter or sum
mer one.
During the discussion of the oleo
tax in the House it must have
sounded like a yodlers’ convention.
John L Lewis ^may like silver but
we have an Idea ha doesn’t car
for 'Ooldsborough.
The old-fashioned mosquito would
only bite girls on the hand and
faoA
Not An Experiment «
Camden, Btshopville’s neighbor,
which has been much in the news
the past few days because of the
decision of the duPont Interests to
locate a huge plant near there,
again came to the front when citi
zens decided to revamp their form
of City government A city manager
system, of handling city affairs will
be tried after b^ng approved in a
recent election. ’The city manager
form of government ia not entirely
new since Sumter has had that
form of city government for a great
number of years.
It has been proved that the city
manager system promotes better
and more economical handling of
local affairs. One man, who is a
specialist in his line, and who is
really efficirat, can keep up with
what is going on much better than
'P number of men can who devote
only part of th^ time to looking
out for affaire of the city.
It has been said that for a city
manager form of government to b(
successful that a town must be of
considerable size to warrant the hir
ing of a man of proven ability.
Somehow we are convinced that
perhaps Bishopville could afford
such a form of government, espec
ially if co-operation would be given
to a very efficient and earnest city
manager.
We aren’t advocating such a
change in our city government but
are merely pasing the suggestion
on for what it might be worth.—
Lee County Messenger.
Leaminfl The Truth
A couple of items from widely
separated parts of the world show
that folks are learning fast the
meaning of Communism.
In China, General Chlang Kai-
Shek declares his greatest mistake
in the past ten years was in “try
ing to get along with the Com
munists.” t
’That Just about makes it unani
mous. Like many another leader,
he hai learned a rather bitter les
son almost too late.
On the other side of the world
in Csechoelovakla a new type of
“culture” is being ground out in
that unhappy ex-republic.
One the long-hair types who
supported the Reds has now de
clared against them. A poet, Ivan
Blatny has resigned firom the
party.
He said the nation’s poets have
been given “a list of themes for
their poems.”
’That probably means that un
happy Blatny retains neither his
hair nor his head.
Mevies Under the
FRIDAY, APRIL 30
“DeKota”
with John W«yBo»Waltar Brennan
SATURDAY, MAY 1
“For The Love Of Rtisty”
T. Donaldaon -B. Woodall
Short Suhjoctst “SOS Your Antenna’*
and “Rockleaa Driver”
MONDAY^TUfiSDAY, May 3^
“TUlThe Goods RoU
Robert Walker-^udy Gariand
_ Short Subject News
WEDNESDAY, MAY 5
“Blondie Knows Besr
Penny Singleton—^Arthur Lake
Cartoon—“Frontier Frolics”
THURSDAY-FRIDAY, MAY 6-7
“The Mighty McGuirk”
Wallace Beery—E: Arnold
Short Subjects Cartoon
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