Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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, '■I- .. V «»AM TWO ■""" ll|i ■ THI CAMDCH CHOOWICLi; tOUTH CAWOLIilAi WttO^Y* JULY % lf#_ WPP * K*’5> > y i Qltir Qlantiini (BliranirU IIM North BrotA StrMt Cuaden, 8. a PUBU8HED‘EVERT ERIIUT Harold C. Booker - DaCosta Brown - • - - Editor • PnbU^er SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: All Subscriptions Payable In Advance One Year ^?*5? Siac Mon^ Entered M Second Clate Matter at the Poet Office at Camden, 8. under act of Concreea March S, 187t All articlee anhmitted lor puhlloatlon moat be , ~ aigned by the author FRIDAY JULY 9. 1948 Youths And Ligihor In his address atBethune on last Friday, Governor Thurmond tobk occasion to ex press the hope somethin^ could or would tn point outjto/he youths of this country the dangers ^lap^dhdTtc Itquorsr Along this line it is iiAeresting to note that in Chicago recently a group of busi ness men recently signed a new Declara tion of Independence, as follows: “We are of the belief that liquor plays too big 8 P8rt in our social life. We are more than a little disgusted by the widely held belief that social events need or are greatly aided by the quality or quantity of the liquoj served. We ere dUmeyed at the eeemple we ere setting for the next gene- ration in this matter; for however minor a part alcohol has played in our own per sonal lives we are shocked that the young er generation, inheriting tremendous prob- * lems, might feel that liquor in any degree migiM solve them or pave the way toward their solution. “Indeed, v,e Rr® much more sane, when we consider this question in relation to our young folks than we are when we consider its importance in our own social life. We are, in short, arriving at the conviction that living in“thia world of present instability, in which we and our young people must live, the use of alcohol constitutes, for us, a constant and continuing threat and irri tant, and we-suspect its elimination may •reveal to us and to our friends an enjoy ment in living which will be fresh, invig orating, stimulating and original." It is intere^ng to note thM this state ment was voluntarily drawn up and signed by leading Chicago business men of their 0^ volition and are at the instigation of any church or of any temperance crusader. These men just sat down and thought the situation through and arrived at the deci sion that most people who sit down and think it through would consider. In Defense Of Landlords Landlord^2\vho stick ^o a policy of "not renting their property to people with chil dren have come in for much criticism in the past particularly from those people ..with children, who are renters. The McDowell News, published at Marion, N. C., has come to the defense of those who place a ban on children when they go to rent. ■ Speaking of the landlord who refuse to rent to couples with children, the News says that “'he has been called cruel, cal- ' lous, .and probably ^ man without friends," and‘then adds: “Property owners who advertise apartments to rent, excluding children, are numerous. It is one of the housing shortage headaches. It is better to be lieve that such landlords do like youngsters, but they don’t want their property abused. “It is suggested that parents might teach children to respect prop erty rights. Destruction by children can frequently be blamed upon the , parent who fails to control and coun sel the young. Lack of such training leads to willfullness on the part of the child. No McDoweJl property owner would refuse to rent to couples with ' children if He knew that th4 parents would be as considerate of his owner ship as though it were his own. “Both parents and landlords have a side in Ijiis rental issue." We agree with The News that a land- lor^cannot be blanied for not wanting to rent his property to any renter who is not going to protect it. And in this day when parental discipline seems to have become' a lost art, he certainly cannot be blamed, Bethune did itaelf proud again last* Fri- ' day when it entertained hundreds of peo ple at its annual picnic and home-coming. The community had ami^ed an excellent program which, was carried out without, k Mtch. Everybody htd k gpod time and will be back next year. We have just been havfaig too mneb vreather of a aort lately. FaeU About CommunUm The House Committee on Un-Aumrican Activities has issued a most interesting pamphlet entitled ♦*100 Things You Should Know About Communism in the U. S. A.* The back page of the pamphlet features this sworn statement of William Z. Foster, head of the Communist party in the United States: **No CommiuiUt, no matter how many votes he should secure in a na tional election, could, even if he would, become President of the pres ent government' Whhn x Communist heads the government of the United States^-and that day will come just as surely as the sun rises—-the govern ment will not be a capitalist govern-' ment but a Soviet government and be hind this government will stand the Red army to enforce the dictatorship of the pndetariat" . Thla gives you the hopes and ambitions of the Communists in this couhtiy ---- to make it subservient to Russia. The pamphlet poipts out that no nation has ever gone Communist in a free elec- tioi^. The Communists get control any way they can. Communism’s first big victory was through bloody revolution. Every one since has been by military conquest, or in ternal corruption, or the threat of these. Conspiaacy is the bi^ic method of Com munism in countries it is trying to capture. Iroq. force is the basic method of Commun.- ism in countries it has already captured, a In response to the question **what would happen if Communism should come into power in this country?" the following an swer is given; “Our capital would move from Wash ington to Moscow. Every man, woman and child would come under Communist dis cipline." The pamphlet points out that under communism no working man could belong" to a union because under Communism **all labor unions are run by the government and Communists run the governn^t." A working man would have to work where he was told to work, at what he was told to work and for wages fixed by the govern ment — ^ Children could go fb the'kind of school the Communists told it to go and nowhere else. They could gd as long as the Com munists would let them go and no longer. People would be permitted to read only what the Communists wanted them to read. There would be no Masonic lodges, Rot ary, Kiwanis, Lions Clubs. American Legion, or other such organizations under Communism. People would not be permitted to own any land. All land is the property of the government. They would not be pennitted to own their homes. They would have to live where the government directed them to live. People would have to get permits to travel about the country. A man who attempted to start up a busi ness and hire people to work for him would be guilty of a serious crime and be se^ely punished." One cannot choose his or her own friendg. Communists are in charge of the people from the cradle to the grave. The pamphlet explains one think we have been wondering about. In answer to the question “what is treason?" it says: “Our constitution says that ‘Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and com fort. No person shall be convicted of treas on unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on Confession in open court." To the question, “Are the Communists committing treason today'?" the following knswer is given: — “The Soviet^ Union has launched what has been called a *^cold war* on the United States. -Therefore Communists ar^ engaged in what might be called ‘Cold war Treason." It seems to us that the time has come to amend our constitution when it comes to defining treason. The pamphlet is^d by the Un-Ameri- Actiyitifs Cptpmittee gives much other- valuable information about Communism. It is a pity that one of these pamphlets can not be placed in .the hands of every good American cituen.. ThinkinQOutLDud Sovth Carolina Democrat* hare made (rid man Heinz look like a plket. He has been able to produce onlr 67 different Tarietle* of pliriUee. Bvea,if he wins the Democratic nomination now. President Truman will feet sort of like an unwanted child. A non-believer must be somewhat handicapped whei^ trying to give exjveaeKm as to just how hot he thinks the weather is. With The Pn The Russian a .crab. bear has become Probably never before has' the American dollar had such gWJd-by^ njornlnt we^ have clear the. lnl_jia# ciiu _ be achieved in a‘few ing power. A baseball runner is one man who always wants to get home as quickly as possible. "Why don’t men and women say the same sweet things to each oth er after they are oSarried that they do before?" asks a woman writer. Did you ever hear of a fisherman giving f bait to a fish he had al ready caught? Every boy is supposed to grow up and have an opportunity to be come President and also to decline an opportunity a la EUsenhowm:. r- No sronder there Is a scarcity of nearly everything. Radio network sponsors are giving so much away. •V Americans are versatile people. They can celebrate the Fourth of July oa the fifth just as enthus- lastleally. " Seaeu to us we have been put^ ting up with that Russian blockade around Berlin long enough. We are sort of like Mrs. Pierre Riendeau, the 7t years old woman, who asked for a legal separation from her 86- year-old husband. The judge asked her how long they had been mar ried. “Sixty years," she replied. Why are you seeking separation after all this time?” the judge asked. "Enough’s enough,” she said. The Russians seem to be having some difficulty in their efforts to veto Tito. An antomobile that will travel faster than sound would be a blessing for-the man at the wheel because then he ccTuldn’t hear the l^cksMt ^rivers. Tb6^ l^-year-old mountaineer wh«f has lievsr seen an automobile really doesn't know what’s been missing her. Perhaps the reason the Russians are trylng -tg en^ce that block ade of foodstuffs^ Into Berlin is that they want the Berliners get accustomed to having to live like Russians have to live. A hot dog vendor puts on lots of dog. Old Uncle Hank used to say that seeing two women kiss reminded him of two prise fighters shaking hands. A psychiriogist says that parents make a mistake id discussing their financial woes before their young children. ‘‘Nothing strikes as much terror into the heart of a child as the fear that some day it may be without food or clothing or a home.” he says. And that reminds us of the little girl who named her four dolls. Miss Astor, Miss Van derbilt. Miss Rockefeller and Miss Morgan. When asked why she had chosen those names, she replied: "BecauHo I don’t want them ever to have to want for anything.” About half of the world’s land area is uninhabitable and from the way* things are going now It may not be long before the other half Is alos. To be or n()t to be—-that is the question with General Eisenhower. ♦ - - A dispatch from Uysted, Den mark. says: "A tomcat chased a sparrow today in a Nystead styeet. The*coramotlon frightened a horse! which b(>lted and jumped up on the hood of an abmulance.'The horse frightened a woman riding in the ambulance with her sick husband. She fainted and could not be re vived for two hours.” Sounds like a Rube Goldberg cartoon. The pftft We enjoy most about the average speech is when the speaker pauses tet take a drink of water. _ I Some people are complaining that there’s too muclv nervous tension about peaoa. The ciuididates for the United States Senate will address the voters of Kershaw county Friday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock in the county court house. II ia hoped that tecpc ^11 be a; good turnout of the voters to hear them. \ » The #64 qiwrttDii-aow is; ^What is a Damoorat?" ‘ Miserable with backache? ^^HENj^yifimction bMly sad ^ywi-^ars iiMgmg bsdiscKc, wah (Sukitil, bwning, icsaty or too frtysal miesttgn sid ap .t wkw you fed tmd. nwvow, aflupMl... UM Desa'i mb. ?^**..*? for pooHy VoHdnq Ickhiqyt. f^ldos of^« m utui uvury yesr. iWy stu rtcoai- oooky ovur. AiltyMr Running A Nuwupapur B. 8. Latimer, of the Leu County Messenger, takes time off to dis cuss a few of the problems of running n weekly newspaper, after being taken to task for omitting the publication of a new* item. Hanrid Booker, of The Camden Chronicle adds comments in nn en lightening manner. There are so many problems in publishing n newspaper, that it would be boring to relate all of them. However: our friends, like the Conty Messenger r^er, may sometimes wonder why certain things are not printed, and it may^ be of Interest to'state a few 4actn' The Bamberg Hmnld la fMntad on Wednesday afternoon. With rare exceptions It I* In 4he post office before 6 p. m. To deliver on time we must have a few set rules. Work is begun on the paper Mon day morning, .with usually a few galleys of type set on Saturday. To make the mall on time it is necessary for all type to be set by shortly aftwr n<M>n Wednesday. Our friend* sometime* wonder why we insist on news articles being sent in Monday. Tuesday decks for several hours to set ad vertisements and arrange for the making up of forms. Not much news type can be set ’Tuesday.. Wednesday morning all matter left over from Tuesday must be set. as well as all late news that comes in. That takes all the time we have. ’There Is also the scarcity of new'sprint to consider. Paper* have to crowd as much matter into its pages as it can to avoid extra sheets. We have never run out of newsprint, but ,we have been on the bare edge several times. (We have two weeks supply on hand nov.) If a news story can be told in 100 words, we try to get It Into that space. All papers try to steer away from supm-fluegs words, and if we cut a faw words out some times. it is always with the pur pose of rnsktag the story moio concise and more readable. We hope our friends will un derstand and cooperate with us to make The Herald a better and more readable newspaper.—Bam berg Herald. ■Illusions About Atomio Aga There has been widespread ac ceptance of the idea that the hd- vent of the atomic bomb has prac tically ended the usefulness of oth er weapons and that there Is no limit to the destructive effect of the bomba, ~ Resr-Admiral William 8. Par sons, Navy director of Atomic De fense, says that most people have an exaggerated idea of the po tency of the bombs. He thinks that the mental shock occa^ionpti by the discovery of atomic wegfipn^ has "produced an impairment of critical faculties, whkh as allowed some dangerous iUosioo sto be ac cepted as facts.” The first UlBskm. aecoAlag the Admiral, eonoaraa ^ lafhal quality of atomic bomba. Whlla this ia greatar than with high aocplo- slve or fire bomte* should be understood that the blast damaks In Germany firom ordiaary high explosive bombs, during World War II, was “sqnivulsut to ssTsrul hondrsd atomic bombs.” Thia blast damage did not bring about a Oom- plets lost of military or industrial strength. While vktims of gamma radia tion. from utomic IxnnbB, snffef, Admirul Pursons says that thsy are “no better and certainly no worse” off tbsu victims of other man-msde caiastrophea. He ex plains that his purpose is to prs- vont the public from getting the idea that there is no., limit to’the area of dsotriictioa. ‘Tha saoond iUnaion, to which the Admiral addressed himself, re volves around the ides that atomic tomba deliver themselves, The de- divery of atomic bomba, and meth ods of defense, continue to be s stumbling block, in the words of the Admiral, who points out that “modem war has created mors problema” than have been solved. The third illusion, continues tl)a Admiral, is that large-scale pK> duetion of atmnic Energy for peace- years. Facts svailable today, he In sists, “do not support any «rosy predictions of cheap, abundant pow er from uranium and thorium in the fprseeablo future.” We give publicity to the state ment of the Admiral because it lu very important that the people of this countiy maintain a mental balance in thinking about atomic warfare. Moreover, there is noth- • be «rhr avaiubmty ^ hr Oruugeburg Tfanl^ Tbs teerut ■iiJjT' In u free . bs per^tted to whom he pleassTv.^te *0 In there is no secret ballot legislation AO such leglslatioi^'^ a«»«»nor Strom SLL « iMumerable o«^ ed himself as fa^w*', or AustraliS Carolina, and heTell ^ call u specS!!^ legislature to,put lothriation. but been done. Ws admit that a ha ti» bSiS'.. during thTmSi!? of the Assembly tint* for It dttiiag^ ?*] three months, that tli« - - Mon held forth. An cost the state lereSSi dollars, but If that’iXifl we are In favor of it *1 An election 1* not a if a voter cannot go ts b and vote for the candidiiii oonviotlcms dicate Is HeiL fbr the job—without fmrrfl or repriaal from his neW ’ der the present syuem no free elections in omI llna.—Fort Mill Tlmen^ •When you t^olL Thmiiof us... Mliil bar Company. Sales Phone 355-R «r Now is the time to get yjour frigerator in First Class Sl^pe fore the hot weather really gets Come by our modem shop or call for prompt and courteous service. New and Used Befrig«raion Radiob Snsiced - Latest Records Electric Fans — any rize ALL WORK GVARAmm WTmfs In a Name? ' % -‘Continuous Qualk< L / .Sri «»*»»■ AgWOtlTT OP fill edKA*COU,CO*eANY 67 COCA-COLA BchrrUNG OOilFAIfT CAMD^f V,,