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Harold C. Booker - DaCoata Brown - - - Editor - Publisher SUBSCRIPTION TORUS: All Subscriptions Payable In Advance One Year .$2.60 StfiK Months .................................. 1.60 M Second Clue Matter at the Poet Office at Camden. 8. C., aider net of Concreae 1 March I. 187f 11 I ■ All artidee aubmuted for publication most be signed by the author FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1948 Who U What? " 1 *1 ,■ A , '•••< Dr. L. A. Fletcher, of Leesvillf, who came to .South Carolina some seven or When we were asked to nm we stated that if elected we would give Camden a business administration and that is what we propose to do/' Commissioner A. Sam Karesh told the Camden JayCees last Thursday night. And those, who heard Mayor Savage, Commissioner Karesh and City Manager Tallent as they discussed their plans at this meeting were convinced that is just what the present city adminis tration proposes to do. The task whkh confronts the new ad ministration is no easy one. The city has many problems and it is going to require courage to meet them aa they should be met Camden is passing from the small town stage to the city stage. Many practices which are possible in a small town are not are stopped, as they have to be, some peo ple become “miffed" until their better judgement asserts itself. It requires a courageous administration to put s^ict business practices hito e#eet. Camden is fortunate in having such an administration in this era of its life. come out' on the of a Louisiana election. The Faith Of Our Fathers Every now and then somebody in the state busts loose with a statement that he is going to remain in the “party of our fath ers.” By this he means he is going to swal low Truman and his civil rights program. The national “Democratic” party of to day is certainly not the party of our fath- ere. We have an idea that if Wade Hamptn, M. C. Butler, Benjamin R. Tillman and John C. Calhoun of South Carolina; John B. Gordon, of Georgia, Oscar Underwood, of Alabama, John Sharp Williams, of Mis sissippi and other Southern leaders of yesteryear were alive now they would have formed a States Rights movement long be fore the present one was formed, because these men loved the South better than they loved a party name. If they could speak to those who are leading the States Rights fight today, we believe they would say to them “Carry on —let the South's welfare be your first con- cenu” 4 New Enterprise Although opening in a very modest man ner, Whttingg Products, one of Camden's new industries,^ hap very great potentiali- tfcs and bids fair to become one of the Hp industries in the state as its expan sion plans materialise. Camden is delighted to be the home ot this new industry. It is glad that William & Whiting, the head of the new enterprise, this city to locate it in. He will Had anxious to cooperate Selling Americanism The Kiwanis Clubs of the United States are doing a fine job in distributing more than 9,000,000 patriotic pamphlets, b on a Wide verity of subjects and destined to ahow that “It's Fun to live in America. Each of the seven pamphlets that have been issued up to this time have made dra matic comparisons between America's form of government and the totalitarian theory of centralized control of business, industry, agriculture, the church, borne and the school. ^ * *,* One of these pamphlets which we have before us now compares the imports and exports of the United States with other countries. In the year 1946 the United States imports were valued at $4,813,000,- 000 compared to Continental Europe’s $607,000,000, the United Kingdom’s $174,- 000,000 and Russia $26,000,000. Our ex ports were valued at $9,499,000,000 com pared to Continental Europe’s $678,00,000; the United Kingdom’s $499,000,000 and Russia’s $49,000,000. In answer to the question “Why?” this difference in our favor the pamphlet says: “Advantages each aa freedom—we work ers are free to work where we please ; com petitive enterprise—it may be a ‘hole in the wall' or a glue factory, but we're free to go into businees for outuelves; capital— we can invest a *buck’, a Tin' or a ‘thou sand* in anything from soup to nuts—in vesting in tools that provide more good jobe for you and me. Sure Uncle Sam is smart—let's keep him that way.” We have often thought that the civic clubs of this country, such as Kiwanis, Rot ary, Lions, Civitana, etc., had a wonderful opportunity to pot on a real job of selling America to Americana and we are glad to see that Kiwanis has taken advantage of the opportunity. 1 There is a very definite need for euch a work aa this. We feel that the schools should engage in more of it Wa hava with most standing that they are given to lying down on the fS-w..lwg 11 1 i One amusing part of WallaoCs visit to North Carolina was that the only place where he failed to get a hit was in the Win Salem baseball park. A hurricane is just a blow-hard. It was very fitting that John Abt should have been connected with ana. of the alphabetical agencies in the New Deal days. just goes, to show that, horses don’t have ai pgnea than humans. high miucn all. n>ore Robert Schuman, a popular Ha- has bean named pram- of France. This really looks like a Republican year. The medical fraternity must think that the average man is a mouse because it is noted that when they are experimenting on medicine to use on mankind they nearly always experiment , on mice lot-of money. The time has come to stop throwing money away. Why the terrible hurry, any- way?We have been getting along W. can certainly get along another tW We donot mean to give the im pression we are opposed to secret voting. We are decidedly in favor of it, and have repeatedly urged enactment of such a law. But we do not think the emergency is sufficiently great to call an ex tra session to get it especially when it is doubtful if it would or could accomplish the purpose— Bamberg Herald. Approved By The action of the Democrat support of Governors Thurn and Weight, meets with the *p- of the overwhelming ma- of those who have been ts in years past Any idea, entertained in Wash ington or elsewhere that there is strong opposition to the program being foUpwed, is wistful think ing. Any idea that, if given a chance at the polk, the Demo crats ot this state will “repudi ate” the action of the state con vention is an idle dream. , ,. —pemakriblt in * cify. When thane .practicea to Jhe SaMte ** gfS, U P. cost „ eight yean ago, now claims to be the bead JT l Ffi^Kgrdlfhe expected that a An extra aeatton woiid-co^a of the “Democratic” party of South Caro lina. Just before the Philadelphia “Demo cratic” convention a group of people met in Columbia and formed what they called the “Oftizena Democratic” party of South Carolina. This group elected delegates to the Philadelphia convention putting both negroes and whites on the delegation. The convention did not seat the delegation, hetwever. But Dr. Fletcher announced Thursday that the “National Democratic” party in Washington has promised “to back his group to ths limit” and added: “We have assurance that cur group will be recog nised.” There was another Truman delegation | sent to Philadelphia to attempt to be seat ed, this one representing the “Progressive Democrats” party of which J. R. McCray, of Columbia, is chairman. This party is composed wholly of negroes. The “Progressive Democratic” party was organized and was beating the drams fort Hairy Truman long before the “Citi zens Democratic” party was organized so it nK fist if the “National Democratic” party is to disown those who oppose Tru man, it ought to recognize the “Progres sive Democratic” party instead of the “Citi zens Democratic” party. Pethape the “National Democratic” party will justify its action by saying that the “Citizens Democratic” party represents an amalgamation of the whites and negroes since the “Cttisana Demoeratic**toelegatlon to Philadelphia had both whites and negroes on its slate while the “Progressive Democratic” delegation was composed solely of negroes. If the “Citizens Democratic” party is recognised by the “National Democratic” party and places an electoral ticket in the field It Is presumed fiat it twill have both whites and negroes 'on ths ticket since it seems to be the policy of that party to recognise the negroes officially and to do otherwise would be inconsistent Oh well I It went make much difference which “party” the “National Democratic” party recognizes because Truman will not have a chance of carrying this state any way. q Out Loud Wallace should have __ than visit North Carolina during the tomato sea- i, There must be a scarcity of ladders because you very seldom hear of a man climbinf to the top of one now. Our vacation was nipped in the bud-get this year. ■ • Russell Long has been elected 1.; . ; '•> "• v / The trouble with tropical coun- take the If yea find your memory is failing don’t worry — just forget a Mrs. Pellett is running for for a Western state on ticket Her eleva- a bitter pill for the to slallow. Assembly ought to pass a law re quiring a maado srt a permit be fore carrying a tomato. The food situation in Europe is such that even for peas there are queues. for granted that every one in the United States realized that this was the best coun- ry on the globe and that our form of gov ernment was the beat and, we have prob ably not instilled this fact into the young sters of this country as we should have. There is much work to be done along this line and we congratulate Kiwanis on its undertaking. We hape the other dvic clubs of the nation will take up the idea, too. Highway No. 1 It is good to note that the United States No. 1 Highway Association plans a vig orous campaign to secure more tourist traf fic along this route, and Camden should and undoubtedly will join wholeheartedly in the effort. This highway formerly had nearly all of the traffic from the Nertheast to Florida but other routes have drawn much of it in recent years. There is no better route than No. 1 and with a big advertising effort, it is believed that much more traffic can be cured this way. The State recently carried an interesting editorial on what the tourist traffic had meant fpr Walterboro. A recent survey re vealed that 269 persons there were em ployed in tourist service. The guests, most ly transient, spent $1/226,018 in Walter boro within a year. Camden has everything to offer that Walterboro has and much more. It Is high ly possible that many tourists en routs to Florida who stop over here for a night, might decide to spend It seems ting that the “N; should in the U: us to be very fit- McGrath of Democratic” party the smallest state Some of our daily and _ newspaper friends ere all bother ed op because Governor Thur mond refuses to call • special ses sion of.the legislature to enact an Australian ballot law and rein state Democratic primary laws, which were repealed a few years ago. The Bamberg Herald thinks the governor is right There is no assurance that « special session would enact any election laws, if called into extra The house has already gassed an Australian ballot Uw, the senate failed to concur. The same senators would sit in an extra session, and what rea son is there to suppose they have had a change of heart since last M lT also seems quite likely that ah extra session would not have the necessary time to work out satisfactory election laws in so short a time. We have had enough Commission lated on schemes, via radio, and aur- there is no loud, howl radiomen. A 1934 law has been re-inter preted and quiz programs, will be outlawed if the prise given any person is dependent in any way on lot or ebanet. The major networks were clut tered with about 40 quiz pro grams, riving away shout $Mfc* 000 in prizes every week. Most of the the prizes'were donated to “** sponsoring company by manu facturers who in turn got gras ad vertising. That’s why the radio men are not so upset They expect more paid advertising from those who have been ge" The commission is allowing a month’s grace period for com plaints. and unless radiomen can carry their point the rules go into effect September 10. Newspapers have for many years been restrained from using hard iTwiSTl “ d oCoSuS, teorimm of any Irlruj. well aa state and control newspapers sped Neither the c rather *han chance.—DfUon Her- J4A . t Deporting Reda The justice department will soon start proceedings to deport 23 top-ranking Communists who advocate forcible overthrow of the United States This is the righ Send these bums to a where they can “enjoy” full red “privileges.'’ But watch then fight daporta* tiou. Map# Flam M.C O’CAIN Registered ChrU Engtnaor PHONE 2113 Camden. S. C. .Way down in know what is 2?** nieSSS, the real hope the tibgjSjai! Irrigation meaning The statement made in Wash ington by one William J. Primm, " * assistant to , J. Howard rtjon of the Jr., described as an the national chairman, McGrath, that the action Democrats of this state was “de- Mratdy designed to aid the Re- iMkan partjTis meh nonsense at it is farcical. It might pay the officiate ef the rational party to investigate whatltomocrata have fallowed a comae deliberately designed to aid the Republican story/If they pursue the inquiry they will find mat it leads to the clique of big city bosses who have abondoned onncioles to catch the minoritv votes m doubtful states andtothe Mr Times and DISCOUNT ON CITY TAXES umist ‘Hi zine which S New York col- , a new maga- start in January, but its $130 a year, one must have had a rich heritage in order to subscribe to ICv ■ .'T mm Lots of hast records have been broken this summer but what we would have preferred to have of the hot lying ind- House committee Activities recalls which the Candler The Hiss dent before on un-Am to our mind a late Bishop Warren A. said to havf gregation in the course of “If God was still striking people dead for lying, like he did in toe days of Annanias, I wonder where I would be today.” There was some snickering In the congrega tion whereupon the Bishop shout ed: “I’ll tell you—I’d be standing here talking to empty benches.” The tramps have had a hard tone of it new for a good many years. They have been afraid to ask for work lest they get it mm . It’s impossible to please some people. We Saar the other day where a farmer bought and paid for two dozen decanters that were advertised at “$li a dozen f.©.b. When they same he raised cane because they were not foil of booze. “The average solar has been esttmetad at £200 de- F”, says a scientist We kndw exactly what that means but it seems to iu that it has been needy that hot here summer. A medical writer some doctors have a heard °f the breathless man who tor. he said, “cam you help me? My name isjopea.” “No,” replied T”K m Midway Schools Open TB