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FRIDAY, JULY 2; 1928
The Republican Ticket "^
The nomination of Senator Arthur H.
Vandenberg for President by the Republi
can party would have proven much more
popular in •tlm,Boiith than the nomination
of Goverhor/i^omas E. Dewey. Some how
o^Ottier the (feeling had grown in the South
that Mr. Vaftdenberg would emerge as
the nominee after a prolonged deadlock
and in such an event many had predicted
that the Michigan Senator might even be
able to carry a number of Southern states
as did Herbert Hoover in 1928.
The lead built up by Governor Dewey
however,^ was too great to be overcome
and he was the unanimous choice of his
party on the third ballot. And this means
that he will in all probability be the next
president of the United States because it
is pretty generally admitted by Democrats
and Republicans alike 'that the chances of
the Democratic party this year are the
slimmest since 1928. Only a political earth
quake can win for them.
This being the case it is well to look
into just what sort of a man Governor
Dewey is and to ask what sort a President
he will make?
The New York Times, generally con
ceded to be the greatest newspaper in this
country and regarded by many as the
greatest in the world and which has al
ways been independently Democratic in
politics, says that there cannot be the
.slightest doubt in the opinion of the peo
ple of New York that Mr. Dewey has been
Protect Your Animals
The intense heat which we have been
having lately has been just aa hard on
animals as it has been on people and it is
tc^ be hoped that all who own them have
been considerate enough of them to see ^
that pfenty orgoordrinking watwis avail- -
able to them at all times. Too, it is to be
hoped that shady spots are available to
them.
In the case of horses and mules we hope
that consideration has been* shown them
because they can staled only so much work,
just as a human being.
IH^'well to remember that animals
feelings the same as people. They
suffer the same as we do. And they are
so helpless, so dependentupon us for
everything. Surely only a person with a
heart of stone can mistreat one. ^
highly successful in the office of Governor
of New York.
“The primary factor in this judgment,
we believe, is the competence of Mr.
Dewey as an executive and an administra
tor,” says The Times. “It is a quality
which shines with special brightness at
this time. The state’s ‘ business has been
managed quietly and efficiently at Al
bany. The competence of the Governor’s
administrative assistants and his depart
ment beads has bem high. ’The quality
of his judicial appointments has been ex
cellent And grantiiig that the office of
Governor of New York during a period of
widespread prosperity is not to be com
pared with Okt office of President of the
United States during a period of transi
tion from war to peace with a forced re
adjustment of rataliona with a power as
formidsMe U SBretot BosBia, the fact re
mains that Mr. Dewey has handled with
bkill and dispatch the important job to
which the pe(^le‘ of New York elected
hhn.”
^ And so judging by Mr. Dewey’s record
as Governor ef Hew York he ought to
make an excellent President of this coun
try. There is one feature about his nomi
nation that is pleasing to nearly every one
and that is that he has a most excellent
adviser on foreign affairs in John. Foster
Dulles. Democrats and Republicans alike
agree that he will make a most excellent
Secretary of State, a position which seems
assured tn him.
Govern^ Warren, the Republican nomi
nee for Vice President, is a very able mah:
So popular is he in California that four
years ago hp won both the Democratic
and Republican nominations for Governor.
A very pleasant-feature about both Mr.
Dewey and Mr. Warren is that neither is
an extreme partisan and if they are elected
we ought to have^ an administration as
free from politics as it is po^ible to have-~
which will be very welcome indeed after
our experiences of recent years. Another
plegsing prospect is ttiat Bfr. Dewey arid
Mr. Warren may be elected without the
support of certain groups whose support
always proves embarrassing to an admin-
istrarioB.
Case of Mistaken Identity-
A poll was recently taken to find out
what typical American families think' is
responsible for high living costs. Nearly
a third of those answering were of the
opinion that manufacturers are making
too much profit, and retailers’ mark-ups
are too large.
This is the perfect example of picking
a scapegoat, regardless of the merits of
the case. The truth is that if industry—
and particularly that part of it which
makes consumer goods—were to operate
at no profit the influence on prices would
be far less than most of us realize. In
other words profit—which is simply that
part of industry's gross income which is
kept by the people who own it—is only a
drop in the bucket by comparison with
wages, cost of supplies, taxes, etc.
On the retail level, the same thing is
true. A number of large chains have re
ported that they 1 maket as profR, less
than two cents out of each dollar spent
with them. Representative variety store
systems report that they make only about
five cents. And when it comes to mark
ups, too many customers don’t know that
stores of all kinds have^oluntarily reduced
them as part of retailing’s fight against in
flation—and in many cases they are now
less than OPA days.
Millions of >^rds have been written on
the causes of inflation. Wbat the people
should understand is that in a compara
tive, free enterprise economy prices are
as low aw the cost at doing bustness per
mits. And the merciless force of com
petition takes care of those who work on
the all-the- traffic-will-bear principle.
ThinkinqOiitlmid
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Perhsp* the draft in thla coi
ti7 nrUl cool Rosaia of a bit
Tha Repnblicans had to (o all of
tlte way from New York to Cali
fornia to get'a ticket.
A man was struck by lightnins
the otker day in Hydro. Okla. Hy
dro-electric poww? *
With The Press
-Enceufat* Ban Ta SSark
old.” Ha wonld lutm baao MloC Maw Teat.,
whaai tka IMS easranUon mat; aa a wiJI.
Tmnuut today Is M. ^ attUacta
HovoTor. ooca tka It^pari>llcaiiiir|<na to aaka oaT
Tbia world it such a' beautiful
place to waste on people.
Hpw much longer win this coun
try have to stand for those Rus
sian blockheads in the Berlin
area? k
The weather is said to ba un
seasonably cold in Idaho. Td ~s
whole lot ratker have It that way
than nnsaasonably hot.
The Republicaqs have already
started Warren on the Democrats.
American newspai
headline
writers may think t^ey have a
tough time of it but pity the poor
headline writers in India where
Chakravarti R&Jagopalchari has
Just been installed as India’s first
Indian governor general.
This is a great country. |t has
survived all sorts of things includ
ing the hall-point pen craze.
Something was said by one of
the speakers at the Republican
convention about the "hom of
plenty.” About the only horn of
plenty now is the saxophone.
Russia’s chief bccupatlon aeems
to be occupation of the unoccu
pied countries.
It takes all sort of people to
make a Democratic party.
The weather we have been hav
ing lately has been calculate to
make a man think that he‘was
stewed.
We’ll now see how vigorously
Mr. Dewey will prosecute his cam-
Growth of Auto Industry
The first United States automobile pow
ered by a gasoline engine was built by
Charles E. and J. Frank Duryea in 1893
at Springfield, Massachusetts. Within
the next 60 days the 100 millionth auto
mobile will be built.
Thus has been the growth of the auto
mobile industry.
We wonder now how people ever got
along without motor cars. During the
war when it appeared that the general
public would have to give them up every
one became panicky over the' prospect
Some people who had built homes in the
outskirts of cities or out in the country
planning to commute each day to work
either sold their homes or attempt^ to
sell them. ESveiTbody was wondering how
in the world they could get along without
their cars.
Our way of life has been built up around
the automobile. We have become almoet
.totally dependent upon them. This prob
ably accounts for the fact that each work
ing day, United States firms now turn out
about 14,000 care, 5,000 trucks and 190
motor busses. That's about 40 motor ve
hicle^ eveiy minute of every working day.
And yet the automobile companies cannot
begin to meet i^e demand for care.
Some people seem to think that
all things come to them who wait.
For example we heard the other
day of a man in Kansas who was
sitting .pn_ the j'uins of a house
that hadhoen blown away. A tour-
St passing by stopped to ask:
“Was this your house, my friend?”
Tee," answered the man. ‘‘Any of
the family blbwh" away with the
house?” asked the man. "Yea,
wita and ^tUdreik,” came tkk
reply. “Great Scott, man, why
aren’t you hunting for them?” ask
ed the tourist “Well, stranger, Fve
)een In this country quite a spell.
I ’The wind’s due to change this
ih^Rtoon. 80 I tlffure, I might as
well wait here 1111 it brings eiB
back,” replied the Kansan.
FrobaUy the grsBeat trtjgedy
coming out ol the New Deal phO-
.osophy 1* the belief that has grown
B the mUjda ot millions that they
sbonld be supported in fidl or part
by government through grants. In-
surahOe, and other beneflta.
A widespread practice ha* grown
up of dischargiht men at 66 who
are still perfectly able to work.
The government ha* set up a com
mission to study this problem as
It should have done long ago. It
should be chapged.
The Social Security Act. (forced
insurance hpon thb peopled set 66
A the age at which workera*could
retire and draw the government's
old age annuities If they so desir
ed. ’The provision bad no com
pulsory strings attached to It, and
625,000 worker* over 66 have dis
regarded their social security, pen
sions 4nd still continue at their
job*. This is to their credit, It
shows that they prefer to work
rather than spend y.ears in Idle
ness. On the other hand when
the government set 66 years It ea-
tablisbed a national pattern which
thousands of emidoyws have made
cuinpalsury, agatnst the wlahee at
their employees and the reenit ha*
been a cut down In production and
efficiency. Many men at the age
of 66 have years of efficient and
valuable service ^fore them. A
Harvard economist has madq a
atudy which shows that more than
half of the men dropping out of
employment at 65 were discharged
by their employers when they
wanted to keep on. ’They did not
want to Join the unemployed
and the report further shows that
this practice is growing.
’The happy man is the busy man.
The most miserable man is the
one who is forced, to retire from
an, active life and spend produc
tive years In Idleness. ’The law
should be changed. Workers over
65 should be protected from being
forced into retirement, regardless
of pressure by union labor or oth
er groups.. Able bodied men should
be encouraged to work and not
loaf because of government regu
lations or handouts. — Clinton
Chronicle.
were all set to reuame a EBeataB twmug tram %
ffesideatial candidate, until h# .
unexpectedly ca|d. No. Hmt wuo iBudenberg, but
iu 1595. Jauiee O. Blatee had leat
to drover Cleveland in 1884, but Senator VandenS!!!^ **>•
he remained popnlar with the par- aid l
ty leaders, and evecjdgtdy
the contestants In 1885 would be
Thmi In January. 1888, Blaine sent
«»<» opportuBesT-: £
a letter from Florence, Italy, de*
dining because of
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ploys upon
to full Into IsolatlMk. *
the seme as four yeurs before, also has a tm^enc^-
to
other words, a
conalderattons out-preniiii'’the o!J2SL‘*5|
BM Oeemv
entirely personal to inytoir to he ^ Dasfuy
the candidate nnlees he should be Tl« tteptibHcans omh ^
*seam«i4«Msanam1ur^.vpkiirfs9l WSlfo w/mma BRl'n
. j n. "^PUDIKaWlS OOOli lTz '
chosen unanimously—whWh was worse and thev w^,**’*
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They’re Independeet Now
The Republicans violated a Re
publican precedent in selecting
Governor ’Thomas |K Dewey of
New York as their presidential
candidate in 1948, the precedent of
naming a candidate who already
had been chosen before and de
feated. 1—
Unlike the Democrats, the Re
publicans, until yesterday, had
proved receptive to the argument
that “he had hie chance last time”
'There was no consideration of
Willkie again in 1944, nor of' Lan-
don in 1946, nor of Hoover in 1936,
nor of Hughes in 1929, nor of *W.
Howard Taft In 19li In 1926,
when some talk arose ^ Hughes
for 1928, he said flatly, ^ am too
obviously Impossible. Even so, he
had to reiterate hie refusal in a
letter from Paris In May. In 1812
Blaine again uald No; he was then
ir
The Democrats nominated Cleve
land in 1892, although he had lost
to Harrison in 1888, and won a vlc-
tOTy thereby, forun was three
-times the unsuccessful nominee of
the Democratic party. Re ran
worse in 1900 than 1896 and worse
in 1908 than in 1900.
Dewey is not the Republican
candidate that The Record would
have chosen: Despite his earnest
words about a united Amerlcu, the
New York governor does not dis
play the understanding at Ameri
can problems and of Southern
problems in partlcnlgr which
would make this real unity pos
sible. He is too mudi the politic
ian and too much tho machine po
litician at that to excite the en-
thuaiaam that the people of the
United States need in this parti
cular crisis.
As a inbstitnte—and it isn’t a
substitute—he does have, as dis
played In the offMe of governor
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Solution To Problem
Who can remember the good old dtys
when you could buy an Ingersoll watch
for a dollar?
Onh of Camden's great needs is a well-
rounded superyised recreation program.
Editor A. B. Jordan of The Dillon Herald
thinks that he h^s a solution to our elec
tion problems. He suggests that the elec
tions for state and county officials be con
ducted apart and separate entirely from
elections for Congress and U. S. Senator.
He thinks that the Federal government
would have no right to intervene In our
state .and county eWtions if they were
held separate from the others.
We can’t share his optimism. We think
that the present Supreme Court would rule
against even that.
One way to make Camden grow is to
trade at home.
The situation in England today must
make Winston Churchill.' /
Does Phtladeipbia have ,aa aati-noiae.
law?
The chalramn of the South
Carolina Democratic party has
certainly been Baskin in Ae lime
light recently.
This is too big a country for a
Vice President to be trying to run.
There have been lots of heated
conversations during the past ten
daya •
It’s s great pity people didn’t
save more during the depression
so they could live through this
prosperity.
see where a country news
paper got a big break the other
day. A man who hadn’t paid his
sutocriptioa in ten years got mad
about something and came in and
stopped his paper.
’There'll always <.be a Feurtb of
July.
It is estimated that delegates
to the Republican convention In
Philadelphia consumed 70,000 liot
dogs last we^. Sounds like a lot
of bologna to na
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A NATURAL FARTHER or
GOOD THINGS TO El
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A Georgian found an egg in a
nest will} a map of Georgia out
lined on it. Evidently fowl play.
We've never oared much for any
thing out of season and we paY-
ticolarly dislike a summer cold.
It is said that there will be such
a large cucumber crop this year
that it may be cucumberseme. .
We can’t resist the temptation
to obaerve that Joe Walcott it’in
the eleventh round.
. Wbat has .■hecome of the old-
fashioned man| who was always
tsOin6 his Velilldren 'th^
wonM all die In''the pobr house? •
A child speclJliflt sg^s that it is
wrong for parents to bribe their
ohAldren tp be good. And that re
minds os of the stofT ol the min
ister who was talld^ to a little
girl. "And what does yotir mother
do for you when you've been a
good girl?” the mtolster asked
her. "She lets rae stay home from
church." replied the HtUe girl
nNAL DISCHARGE
Notice is heeeby given thet one
month from this date, on July 17.
1948, Thomas Aaerum wtU make
to the Probele Oonrt of KetUhaw
Oonaty his flaal return as Adailaie-
trefor of the estate at Eva B. Blrdi-
met% deceased, tad on the laaae
date he will apply to ths aald Court
•we final discharta as sakKdA
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