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r • Sf->■» m ‘ PAGE TWO ■ ■ m • ^ : ^ (Eatttbpn ffibrontrlp 1109 North Brood Street Camden, 8. C. PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY Harold C. Booker ..... Editor DaCosta Brown . 1 . . Publisher SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: * All Subscriptions Payable In Advance One Year * $2.50 Six Months 1.50 Entered u Second Clasa Matter at the Poet Office at Camden, 8. C., under act of Concress March S, 1879 All artlclee submitted for. publication must be signed by the author FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1948 i -• * Our La»t Cha/ice The Chamber Of Commerce Next week will be a rather momentous week in Camden! The membership drive for the Chamber of Commerce will be staged and enough members, must be secured to enable the city to (have a commercial organization that can compare favorably with similar or ganizations in other cities and towns or we will fail to keep pace with them. Probably never in its history has Cam den needed a live Chamber of Commerce more than it needs one now. The/city has its greatest opportunity to grow. Many in dustries are looking our way and with a live Chamber of Commerce to treat with them many of them may locate here. Almost the first thing an industry look ing about for a new location does is to seek information about towns in which it is con sidering locating. The place it naturally goes to for such information is the Cham ber of Commerce. A city the size of Cam den that does not have sudh an organiza- tion is naturally looked upon as a “dead” one. • . And then, too, a live Chamber of Com merce will not sit around and wait for in dustries to come to it but will go out and hunt them, and endeavor to get them in terested in the city. It will promote new in dustries locally and that is one thing Cam den needs—more new industries with local ownership. There is another all-impelling reason iwlhy Camden needs a Chamber of Com merce and that is our tourist trade. There are many cities that would be willing tp spend thousands of dollars a year to get the tourist trade that Camden has. We have got to service the tourist business that: we t already have or we will lose it. And then a live Chamber of Commerce .. hy judicious advertising can probably se cure much more tourist business for the city. Camden has many advantages that no other cities in this section has. We al most have a monopoly in South Carolina. It is to be hoped that every one in Cam den will rally behind the campaign next week and that an even stronger Chamber of Commerce will result from it. The benefits derived from a Chamber of Commerce are oftentimes very abstract, just as the benefits derived from advertis ing. Coca-Cola Company has spent mil lions and millions of dollars in advertising and has built up an enormous business. But it dare not stop advertising because it knows from the experiences of others that you have to keep plugging away for busi ness. Pears Soap was once the most popu lar soap in this country. The producers of , ^ decided that they had built up such a business they no longer deeded to adver tise. Their sales fell off and they were never able to regain the place it once had. ^ It finally disappeared from the market. A Chamber of Commerce is a form of advertising for a city. The city that does not have one suffers. ng camdct camoincu. camdct. motth cxholoik nUDAT. OCT ... Governor Fielding L. Wright, vice preai- d#ntial candidate on the States Righto Democratic ticket, was speaking soundly when he told Aome 500 diners at a States Rights banquet in Charleston last week that Southerners will have /‘publicly by tlheir votes invited the next Congress to enact” the proposed civil rights program if they do not stand solidly behind the States Rights ticket in the November elec tion. The Mississippi' Governed said that the FEPC and other obnoxious anti-South ern measures would have beep law (had it not been for stalwart Southern congress men and senators in the last Congress, and then he asked: ‘‘But what chance will these men have in the next Congress when they stand up and fight these vicious proposals if our enemies can point to the fact that the people of the South by their votes support ed parties and candidates who have based their campaigns on the passage of these measures? ” T r ~ -- Governor Wright then declared: ‘‘I tell you that the South will stand solidly for J. Strom Thurmond on November second or you will see the end ofihe way of life we know and love so well south of the Mason and Dixon line.” The Governor has made a most telling point! Suppose South Carolina should vote for President Truman in the November elec- In Time Of Stress On the day the invasion of Europe be gan, the people of this country by the mil lions poured into the churches to meditate and to play. It had been many years since this country had seen such a spiritual awakening. Let us hope that we shall not agpin have that cause to go to our churches. But who knofWB? The clouds of war hang very low and every one must feel that almost any day now might see the storm break again. Let s don t wait for such an occasion to visit our dhurches. Governor Dewey sug- - gested Hie other day that the people of the country should be offering prayers that war might be averted. The suggestion was moat fitting. Camden has a Church attendance drive in progress now. Let us hope that the peo- , pie of the city wlil turn out in full force next Sunday and every Sunday thereafter and there meditate and pray that the hor rors of war may not again be visited upon the world. tion! When the FEPC comes before Con gress again in January and Representative Richards arises to oppose it, the propon ents of the bill will say to him: ‘‘Why your people supported President Truman over a candidate iwQio had opposition to the FEPC as one of the principal planks in his plat form—-what right have you to get up and oppose this measure?” If the States Rights Democrat ticket were not in the field, Mr. Richards might he able to cook up some sort of a reply for our support of Truman—he might say for, example: ‘‘Well, we didn’t see much dif ference between Mr. Truman and Mr. Dewey and as we (had always voted Demo cratic we just held our noses and went ahead and voted,for Mr. Truman.” But he is forestalled from making any such reply as that now by reason of the fact that the States Rights Democratic tick et is in the field. It offers every one in the South who is opposed to the FEPC and the other obnoxious anti-Southern proposal! a way to register their protest against these measures. And as Governor Wright said in Char leston if the South doesn’t stand behind the States Rights Democratic ticket in the No vember election we will see the end of ‘the way of life we know and love so well south of the Mason and Dixon line.” Specialists In “Cold” Wars Referring to the ‘‘cold” war which the Soviet is conducting against the Western powers now, Editor A. B. Jordan of the Dillon Herald says that the only war Rus sia has ever had was a ‘‘cold” war in 1812 when Napoleon made the fatal blunder of invading Moscow in midwinter. The Rus sians burned their city and fled. In the re treat to France more than half of Napol^ eon’s army froze or starved to death. ‘‘In 1905,” says Editor Jordan, “the Rus sians were defeated by the Japanese, and in the first World War the Russian armies collapsed and surrendered to the Germans before they got well under way. In the last defeated if the United States had not come to their rescue. Ob\{iously the Russians are not formidable in a ‘fighting war’ but are pastmasters in the art of conducting a ‘cold war’ ”. Edior Jordan might also have pointed out that little Finland fought the commun ists to a standstill for several months until finally overpowered by overwhelming num bers. H'-; If you kaven't broil to the Kershaw Coun ty VtOr yet go today. The Sweet Potato Orangeburg had a sweet potato festival last week. We are glad that at long last some city has paid tribute to this noble American institution. We know of few things that are better than a good baked golden yam with some good butter spread on it. And then the sweeto potato pie is no slouch! If made right it ranks high in the pie world, and is particularly popular in some sections, notably South Georgiy. The story is told that a South Georgian who was in Jacksonville for a day went into a restaurant in that Florida city to get a bit to eat The waitress asked him what he would have. 'Til take a piece of pie,” thq Georgian responded. ‘‘That sort of pie?” the waitress naked. “Thter pie*. Whnt the heck do you think pie is made of?” responded the Georgian. IhmktaqOutLjiid A correspondent who has ac- Perhaps that is why he is in such a good frame of mind. ,-w The throwing habit seems to be contagious. First Henry Wallace had eggs thrown at him in North Carolina, then Glen Taylor, his running mate, had peaches thrown at him in Idaho and last week the Braves had a Lemon thrown at them in Cleveland. The graduated tax must have been thought up by some college professor. “Is hell a reality?” asks a writ er. Has the wife of the man who asked that question ever found a letter in his coat pocket that she had given him several days bo- fore to meal? We see where one mill has cur tailed operations because of the poor demand for sheets so the KKK must not be going over so big after all. With Hie Press Over the fading gteen of the meadow, above the leaf-flecktd lake, the bluiah haze of autumn rests like a mute, softening the music of strings. Fall is not all cymbals and drums and brasses, not all reds and yellows on distant hills, and woodward arpeggios flash in the flights of lingering birds. ,But again and again the mists steal back like a shimmer of sound to unify the multicolored, many- —**-med whole. autumn, tunes, foo- Bark of dogs and cries of children Henry Wallace is a Presbyterian elder bu\ he evidently doesn't know much about the doctrine of election. The high cost of building has caused some wag to come forth with this one: v- “Little drops of water. Little grains of grit When you build a house Cost you quite a bit” It is said that President Tru man may join a California bank dency. We don’t know just what position the bank has in mind for him but he would make a good vice president in charge of noth ing. “Prosperity is dangerous,” says an economist. Yes but it’s such de lightful danger. Are there any liberals in Scot land? There was a Feller in Cleve land, Ohio, Sunday afternoon who needed a friend. The night has a thousand eyes, they say, out even with that many it can’t keep up with all that is going on. An edit should be they are that people aa to wha Yes, and put it in rhyme. Hie rest of us fed it as s gentle incommuni cable music made of a thousand sights and sound! too fleeting to remark but too piquant to paaa unnoticed. — Christian Science Monitor. \ ' ' Would Be v An American lollipops down to Berlin children, and it would be interesting to see a suspicious Russian testing one for the flavor of ideology.—Bos ton Globe. ' 4 W' ■ v Confusing y 4 The American language is con fusing to a European. One visitor, taking a specific point said: “When an American says he ‘plays second fiddle at home,’ I don’t are bright as the colors on the know whether he’s telling me he’s •s. Kitchen sounds ipake a a musician or that he’s married.” —Christian Science Monitor. > - *- - ”1 slopes. Kitchen sounds ipake « gentle percussion. And to match —some people say outmatch-^na- ture’s misty magic, rise the wav ering pillars of leaf smoke from roadside bonfires up and down well-loved streets. Poets catch it all now and then stance you may story of the old have heard the boatsman who rowed a boat for a Bishop w^en he went fishing. Performing a similar mission one day for an other cleric angler, he mentioned to the latter that he rowed for the Bishop. The minister then began to recount what a notoe soul the Bishop was. “Right you are,” said the oarsman, “except his swear ing." “Why the Bishop doesn’t swear—that’s impossible,” the minister exclaimed. “Oh” replied the oarsman, “but he did once any wav. He hooked a baautiful bass and got the wriggling fellow up to the boat, and just as I went to get him with hand net, he flopped clean off the hook, I say That’s to d—d bad, Bishop’ and he said, ‘Yes, it is.' But that’s the only time I ever heard him swear.” If the sale of cosmetics should be discontinued many a woman would develop an inferiority com plexion. Where was the nurse when President Truman was toying \with such a dangerous idea as sending Chief Justice Vinson di- ! for the Presi- rect to Moscow to deal with Stalin? In the old days a 12-year-old boy was 10 so he could travel for half fare. Now he is 16 so he can drive pop’s car, and don’t you think he’s not driving it? Some people seem to try to make weekends meet People jump to conclusions too quickly, says a writer: Yes. For instance there was the case of the old mountaineer who walked into a doctor’s office leading a gangl ing youth. “Doc,” b* said, “ f want you should fix up my son-in-law, t shot him in the yesterday and lamed him up a mite.” “Tut, tut,” clucked the doctor disapprovingly, “shame on you for shooting your own son-in-law.” “Wal, doc, re- :o what plied the mountaineer, fre waro’t for in- 1 my son-in-law when I shot him." A leading automobile concern is reported to Have developed and tasted a gasoline engine that saves 20 pe* cent on fuel over the pres ent standard motor. The facts concerhing the new engine are said tdrfhave been “buried” in a report entitled. “Fuel Oil for Diesel Engines/* compiled 1)7 the company’s tech nicians. Even a saving of 20 per cent would be welcome with the pres ent prices of gasoline, but it we are still behind i neconomy of automobile opera tion, though ahead of them in mead and power. The average European cat, we are told, has one or two cylinders and plus along at of 20 miles an hour scene 40 miles on a gallon of Another interesting and raising point in the report It fact that Diesel engines are far more economical of fuel oil than are oil-burning steam engines. It is stated that 38,000 Diesel loco motives could operate more eco- fufel oil nomically of than 3,000 oil-bumin* ite*>v. to a longer lif* * Scientists are •round with a ray , fe mora powerful than ^7 <1*7 now we exixS? »fm atom splittinTT' 1 Ctofom Crisis In ism . Th^will be no crop conti UJM* tor as cotton i? SeCTetanr ^Agriculture eason’s su 68 lew foan | Inasmuch as the eov^P 1 has guaranteed price budtwS?! cotton in 1949, the S? £i the eUpte down aiTd ^ u government to advaie" •urns through commodityTo The threat to the cotton i arise* however, if there it oop next year. Thu will me sent carryover and. in 10SA 8U PP° r t pro to 1980, there u no tellini the price of the 1950 crop ■^-Orangeburg Times and amt. Oil In the West Begtaming with the year the west began producing oil* the states of Texas, Ca Oklahoma and the leaders in prt this moat valuable commoditT 'these states, Texas and C the largest producers. MILLER'S for Lumber LEARN TO FLY -We wn $5.00 per Lesson Instruction • • f- ; ’’ • WeU Main tained Planes •Aircraft Sales.. Rentals Fly Over Camden - - - $2.00 Begley Flying Service WOODWARD AIRPORT — 8. a TO THE PUBLIC ,. * S. - . On this our Fifteenth Anniversary we take pleasure in submitting herewith a ropy of our financial statement as of October 11th, 1948, and invite your attention to the figures reflected therein. ~ • For your confidence, your patronage, and your support * ■ ’ i- 1 over the past fifteen years we sincerely thankyou and we shall endeavor in the years to come to render every bonking service consistent with sound and conservative principals. r . Stof m«irf of Th« Commwrcial Notional Bonk. CamtUw. S. C, October 11,1*48 LIABILITIES RESOURCES Loans and Discounts T $ 706,946.82 Bonds Owned by Bank 1,821,881.26 Documentary Stamps 762.48 Other Assets .... 5,250.00 Furniture and Fixtures — 7-,746.61 Cash and Due Us from Banks 1,137,728.40 Capital _ Surplus $ 50,000.00 ^ 125,000.00 Undivided Profits and Reserve Accounts .. Bills Payable Deposits L . 32,415.84 1 None ‘ T . 3,472,899.73 $3,680,315.57 $3,680,315.57 ■ THE COMMERCIAL !• - Q \ . < ; ;— J- 1 r- •: 7 ■.... .... ,.wl, *r-. v- traw Member Federal Rewire Syitem Member Federal Depodt Inturonce Corporation ’ 1 • ., J ■ 'i* • A 1 -* V / / J;.;, K.C. J. Caatoy CRUa >■'i i't > . *. Hmrrfmw**- . as. fV'Jl -.Jpg \%A,7® ' '**/ •*' . fSa'iaNrops »»■