The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 06, 1948, Image 4
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FRR>AY, AUGUST 6,1948
Tp^Primary Next Tuesday
^It is to be hoped that po <hie will refrain
from voting in the primary next Tuesday
through fear that it will obligate them to
vote for President Truman or the national
Democratic ticket.^3‘he»^wilI not have to
take an oath which oWgates them to sup
port anybody.
Any Kershaw county ^roter can partici
pate in this election and then vote for Gov-
^ehior Thurmond in November for Presi
dent. As a matter of fact it is expected that
nearly every one who does participate in
this primary will vote for Thurmond and
•the States Rights ticket in November.
The Chronicle has only one bit of advice
to those who vota'next Tuesday and that
is they vote for the men who, in their opin
ion, can best serve the interests of Kershaw
county in the uncertain daya .which lie
ahead.
For the days which lie ahead are truly
uncertain. Here in the South there are two
clouds hanging over us. One is the threat
of war with Russia and the other is the
.vindictiveness of a national administration
towards this section. If this administration
should be retained in office we would have
much to fear at its hands. Fortunately the
odds are yery great that it will not be re
tained. The voters will see to that
The voters unfortunately cannot take
care of the Rwian situation , as easily.
Ju|rt what will come o.f it no living man
can foresee now but even through rose-col
ored glaMes the situatibn does not appear
bright ‘ »
The men who are nominated on next
Tuesday and who will be elected in No
vember may have to serve Kenhaw coun
ty through the most trying en in Its' long
history.
Don*t Fall In This Trap
The treasurer of the national Demo
cratic committee, Joe L. Blythe, of North
Carolina, who told President Truman a
short time' before he was elected treasurer
that hie (Truman) would carry the South
as usual, is now trying to put across a
rather fancy scheme to get some money
from the South for the almost empty Demo
cratic treasury.
According to a Washington story Blythe
realizes that nobody in the South ^11 put
up"any money to elect Truman but he will
ask the.people of this section-^p dig deep
in an effort to elect a Democra^lMpate.
Why should the people of this section
fall for any such trap as that? To begin
with the Democratic candidates in the
Southern states will be elwted without any
trouble. Why should we help to elect
“Democrarffc” Senators from Northern and
Western states who will vote to put the
civil rights program on us?
Besides the chances are that the States
Rights Democrats will be the ranking min
ority party in the next Congress anyway
because it appears now that Mr. Truman
may not carry over one or two, if he ac
tually carries any, ftates.
Mr. Blythe will have to look elsewhere
for. his money , for the national “Demo
cratic" campaign committed The South
may be gullible but it will not be gullible
enough to fall fbr this latest acheme.
Should Be Unanimous
The Charleston, Anderson and Green
wood county Democratic executive cdm-
mtttees Saturday unanimously endorsed
Governor J. Strom Thurmond for Presi
dent. The Kershaw, Sumter, Orangeburg
and Jasper county committees previously
had. done the same thing.
South CazoMna dmuld be unanimous in
Hi eoj^rt of Governor Thurmond and the
States.Righhi ticket^ and we believe thati,
eome election day, it w«l be practically
thgt
^ Hete^b a new angle: Fred McDonald, a
Mgro youth* aiq^eared before Judge Lo-
~ nine Rfix la toiliTl]le,/l^., on a diarge
{heU of wateriBliiloBa. Jn4go Ifix ruled
iSnS the eoariltaltpu foarantees thTe tikM
‘ ‘ ‘ ‘the-
Costffressnum Rickards
Kenhaw county ihonld, and doubtiws
will, give Bepnsenta«H. J. P. Ricfluirda a
resounding majori^ in race tor re-elec<*
tion in next Tuesday's pnsow.
Mr. Richards is a native m this county
but this in itself would not justify the
county in going ove^helmlngly Tor him.
But this, coupled with the splendid reooM
which he has made in tha lower house of
Congress and the fact that he is today re-
gardei^ as one of the most influential
Southerners in that body, does make it in
cumbent on thi county to give him an
mo^ solidly unanimoua vote for re-electipm
He is one of the highest ranking mih-'
ority members bf the powerful foreign af
fairs committee of the Souse. He is prgj^
ably one of the best posted men in the
Congress on foreign affairs. He has.made
two trips to Europie since the blose of the
war to study conditions on the contin^t.
We are confident that Kershaw county
Will stand, solidly'by this native son who
has more th^^ade good.. ^
Rank Hypocrisy '
George E. Sokolsky, whosu’column in
the New York Times is syndicated and
sold to newspapers all over the country,
conies to the defense of the South in its
fight against President Truman’s so-called
“civil rights" program. As he <loes on any
subject about -which he happens to write.
Mr. Sokolsky covers the situation regard
ing the South’s fight very thoroughly.
“Those Northbm Democrats," says Mr.
Sokolsky “who make such a terrific to-do
about racial discrimination' in the South
are generally liars—they will not live in
NejTo areas in their cities; they do not en
tertain negroes in thein homesfttey do. not
hire negro secretaries or clerks, except
political ones, which is part of the vote
getting technique; they dp not encourage
association between their children and
negro child^. In a word none of them
practice in ;thj^ private lives what they
preach for otMrs.’’
Mr. Sokolsky theh discussed the be-,
ginning of the racial problem in the South,
tracing it back to Thaddeus Stevens’ efforts
during the Reconstruction era to “create
an unassimilable minority politioal ad
vantage.”
“The Northern ci^etbagger and his
negro’associates*” he says “leftia the Ronth
a heritage of bitterness which has con
tinued to the present time. Franklin D.
Roosevek tried to solve this problem by
exporting negroes from the South to the
North placing them on relief rolls and forc
ing them into industrial enterprise on a
quota basis.
“The Northerners met the problem by
segregating negroes into ghettoes. Make
no mistake about that. In the North, the
negro is as segregated as in the South, in
spite of the lies the Northern politicians
tell. Harlem is a negro ghetto; the Bedford
district of Brooklyn is a negro ghetto pthe
ibuthside of Chicago fs a negro ghetto. The
technique employed in New York is for the
white to clear out as soon as a negro moves
in. If you want to see that process at woid^,
you can study it, if you are so inclined, in
the East Bronx of New York,”
Just two or three years ago, you will
recall, there was rioting in Detroit when
negroes tried to move into a white section
of the city, which bears out what Mr. So
kolsky says.
“The politicians,” the columnist con
tinues, “who are shrieking civil rights are
seeking negro votes in the Noi^em cities.
They are appealing to prejudice and in
dignation and they are fanning the flames
of race anta^nism, not because they want
to improve the condition of the people in
Mississippi, but because they want the
votes of the negro in Harlem and South
(Hiicago.
“This negro question is pitched on a high
emotional level and can result'in riots and
death. It requires thoughtful and conside
rate understanding. It comes upon us acute
ly when we dare not have internal dis
turbances. Those who have gambled upon
it may also have gambled upon the domes
tic peace pf the United States."
' The worst enemies the negroes of the
South have are the Harry Trumans, the
Henry Wallace and other agitators. The
bsst friend they Mnre are the Southern
White peoplb whoTbave lived among them
for mai^ ystrs peacefully, and who could
continue to Hve among them peacefully
but for the poittieal agitators who are risk
ing the domertie peace of the United States
in an effort to get votes.
MkinaOutlflpd
TTmt* h a difinite between Call-'
fornis and Florida aa to wkirii
prodtaqaa the bigreat lemoss. Wo.
thibk wasouH bat ppodneed th«
blfgMt one ev^ produced in this
couitnr. .
aad contrlbata to efrenrtaiar that
COM atom tfeer don*! karo voch
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JL maa who baa been attaodlng
the noriaa for 40 nan and win
la A Tary cloao obaenrar aaya thi*
1m oaanot doteot that there baa
been mveh duuM^ la Uie kiaalar
M^nitm in the laat 26 yean.
A loduunlth ouAbt to make a
good key man in any orgaotaatiotL
The DllK>n Herald makes a plea
lor the oonserratkm of the atate’s
forests. And that reminds na of'the
atory of the” forestry expert who
wu speaking one nl^t at a meet*
Im In S rural section nrgim wo-
tectiott for-treea. “I wonder if
there is' a man in this audience
who has erer lifted a finger to
piroteot oat‘ trees.” he shouted. A
meek Uttle man in the rear of his
aadie&ee raised his hand. “What
hare yon ever done to protoot-oar-
trees?” the speaker asked. ”I shot
a woodpetiker once,” tbk meek, lit
tle maa answered.
According to the ^nth Carolina
Researrii, Planning and Develop
ment Board, South «Carolina now
ranks flilrd In the nation in the
production of shirts. So there’s Is
no exerne for a man in this state
not ksaping hls shirt on.
"Wild Man 'Reported Seen Iti
Florida.”—-headline. Must be a
Comnnmist
Who can remember the good old
days when you ctmld take a fairly
nice trip on |60? _ _ ^
A fellow who burns up the high
ways will never'set the worid on
fira.
.A Maasnehusetts man left a large
sum of money In his will to be ex-
pemed in tiring to. brim about
better ralatkms between Uie North
and Soath. We know of no better
way tt aould be expended than in
tryim to bring aboat the defeat of
PresMsat Truman*. ^
The Democratic party to one
thing that cannot be held together
by boMat,
SoBwthtng onght' to be done
about the cost of liTing. It’s get-
tlm aa that by the time a man
and wfto pay income taxes, Inatall-
meiits' on car and home, buy a
few boads, take a few nice trips,
eduesda their children, attend' all
of tha motball and baseball games.
We ivesame the fellow who used
to wish that be had a mnikm dol
lars most wish now that he had
two 'million.
The wife of a railroad engineer
does not object whmi her husband
goes out on a toot.
We wonder how many members
of the feminine portion of our
audience ever had a shingles hair
.cut?' , <
Henry Wallace seems determined
to leave hto Marx on America.
We see where <Hie writer says
that anythlm which parents may
not have learned through exper
ience, they can now leant mm
their children —
WithTSe
A Writer says that college youths
are going to have to cut down on
their expenses or many of them
will have to drop out. And this
reminds us of the atory of the self-
denying father who asked hto son;
“Son, can’t you cut down on your
college expenses—they are almost
ruining the family?” To which the
son replied; “Well, I might pos
sibly do without any bookji.”
Some people i^ust find It diffi
cult to start wearing clotheg again
when winter comes.
A bridegroom out West tried to
get married with a dog license,
showing very clearly what sort cX.
life he expected to have to live.
A writer asks the editor of a
medical c<riunm if phlebitto to
Vof
Why Ffless Art Migfc
Before he became chtef adviser
to President Rooeeyiitt the Ifke
Harry Hopkins was a |2S0 a Mouth
social aecority worker is New
York Mate. He ngmst have been a
maa of remarkably stronr per
sonality. Ha sold the FresMstot on
tha Mea that the aatien ^eswld
spend its way back proQMrity^
That was tha begtaning aC tha
MO biUiott dollar debt tbat kaaga
over tha nation ilka a haavy bla^
cloud. Unlass a miracla happraa,
great graadchlldrea tha jrassnt
generation will ba paying tha debt
oft ’
If ^e *‘pump priMtof” hadkatep
pad whan anough-money had bean
put in circulation to revlva indna*
try tha Hopkins theory would have
been eoudd, bbt when pigs get to a
trough they will fight for peeltlon
until all the swill is gone.
Many people wonder why a |10
bill has ao little purpbaaing valna
It melts sway like the morning
mist. It is became ipen^Kte cheap
and iwices are high.
Before the New Deal staited its
spending orgy the circolating med-
30 it had rta^ to 28 billion dol
lars which amounta to an average
of J189.95 for the eetl|natad 14(
million Americans.
It is an elementary principle of
economics that as the volume of
clrcalating madinm increaaea tha
value of the dollar declines and
prices rise.
The only way to restore piioea
and wages to normal levels to to
decrease the clrcnlattBg medium,
but this neither party will do nn-
til the pork barrel becomes empty.
—Dillon Herald.
caused by the bite
djlea.
“Some p^ple are Just natural
born traden.” says a financial
writer. And tbat reminds m of tbb
story of the farmer who, to
crease bis small Inoome, made corn
tlrooms during the winter. One
prospective customer, a merchant,
offei^ to buy a quantity if the
farmer would take half of hto pay
ment In cash and the other half
in merchandise at cost. The farm
er accepted the offer. Tha atora-
keeper counted out the cash and
asked the farmer to select mer
chandise for the other half of hto
payment to which the farmer re
plied; “lil take the other half in
brooms. I know Just wbat they
cost you.” ’* ' '
Third Shirt'State
South Carolina has become the
third largest, producer of men's
cotton shirts.
This news, hearienlng and re
vealing, was carried In our tosua
at Wednesdgyl
For tlve five-weak period ending
April 5 (latest figtres from the
(federal bureau of the cenaua) this
date turned aut 91,700 dosen shirts,
or' 1400.400 indlvldaal garaants.
Only'Penhsylvanla and Naw York
now surpass South OroUna in out
put In attaining third placa, tbto
state supplanted New Jersey. ^
Many of these shirts are made
in small plants. Ornment factories
in South (torollna have grown from
about eight plants In 1940 to more
than' 100 now.' An<L they include
various items, shirts ^being ''<mly
one of the fields in whhA we have
developed a sixeaMe infhistry.
Sooth CaroUnais going forward.
Its payrolls are increasing.
It to coring tha deficit which
has so loag czlated due to tmport-
rw than
pmdueta.-
Ta OuSjS
^ apectoisIJS? .
got vndarwsy.
pouad for requMtir^-
houafng and imu!?*** H
plain erideneTS^S!^
hla poUctos upon ^
theary Mat If ? JT ^
Wanaca for
IxMU of Idaho.
wt, .«*!.*
ft^toadlng hto
tli« Oongrees. PriSSS^^
sued exacutlve
to prevent a&y
whatiioever or
pned forces a^vSTi
Playment of the OoSnJjB
are vote-eattoias
tha oplnioa of
▼Iwiu. will count UnSTi
TOtsCT who hate irg
Aa^e electkHi shaiM
the Fraaident sad ku
*®*^**^ are attemwH«,
Henry
for the votes of atowg
■o-called doubtful ,
If the Southeni mm"
through their DemocSi
parties; repudiate mTi
cast their votes fw
Thurmond sod WrlchL i
^Me.'at least, that ti-
Ucket wUl poU more
votes than the TjuMa
Orangeburg Times k ]
NOTICE TO
AND CREDITS
v-AlI parties indebtsi to M i
of Ralj^ Nesblt SbsMoB
by notified to make psTautI
nnderslgned. and on psrtial
having claims ogsint ttoi
tate wUl present then
duly nUtoted, within ths i
acribejl by tow.
CHARLES J. SHANNCX,]
Camden, 8. C., Jnlyit;
FINAL D1
Notice to hereby gtm u
month from this dote, ts
18. 1948, Jennie C YMA
make to the .probsto Gout i
Shaw County her fiml ni,
Ezeentrix of the estate d]
S. 'Whitaker, decsssed, odi
same date she will aiMj
•aid Coart far a Bui i
said Executrix.
N.C,j
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