Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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3ljp (Eambpn dhromclp not North 'Broad Street Camden. 8. C. PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY Harold C. Booker - - DaCosta Brown - - - - - Editor - Publisher . SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: All Subscriptions Payable In Advance One Year *®«*.®*»«*.*».».****»*»»»»»*"**»»*»»^2*&0 Six Months 1*50 Entered ae Second Claes Matter at the Poet Office at Camden, S. C., nnder act of Con*rees March 1^1879 All articles submitted for publication most be signed by the author FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1948 THE CAMDEN The Real Victors Although Governor- Thomas E. Dewey, of New York, will in all probability be elected President of the United States on next Tuesday, the greatest victory will be won by those courageous people of the South who have lined up in the States Rights Democratic party to show Uhe na tion that the South is no longer the bag." Every since the days of 1876 the South had been solid in its support of the Demo cratic party. There have been several presi dential elections when the Southern states were the only states carried by the party. We followed the party so blindly, regard less of whom it nominated, that it began to look upon us as its slaves. In recent years the party in its efforts to get the votes of some minorities in the. North, has been advocating legislation that would tear down all of the traditions and customs of the South. Finally, and to cap. it all, President Truman proposed his Civil Rights program last year. At the national convention in Philadel phia the delegates from the South were openly insulted, jeered and treated in such a manner that the delegates from Mis sissippi and Alabama walked out. And, so, after submitting to insults and indignities at the hands of the party which it had kept alive, the manhood of the South rebelled this year against submitting to any such treatment any longer. The South or ganized its own States Rights Democratic party. , Unfortunately there are those in the South who will not stand by their fellow Southerners in this effort to demand the same respect and treatment that is accord ed other sections of the country. They pre fer, it seems, to continue to be servile to the crowd that has kicked them in the face and otherwise insulted them and who will attempt to force upon this section, by law, conditions that will be intolerable. The States Righters are assured of making a strong showing in every Southern state. It is generally conceded that they will carry South Carolina, Alabama, Geor gia, Mississippi and Louisiana and that they have a fighting chance in Texas, Ten nessee, Florida and Arkansas. One of the sad features of the campaign is the desertion by the party leaders in North Carolina of their fellow Southern* era. North Carolina, it appears, has sold its birthright for a mess of porridge. A North Carolinian, Joe L. Blythe, happens to be the treasurer of the national party and another North Carolinian, Kenneth Royall, happens to be the secretary of the army and because of this fact the North Carolina party leaders have stood by Tru man. It has been predicted by Drew Pear son, tihe Washington columnist, that Royall will be fired after the election because he hasn’t abolished segregation in the army, so that makes the North Carolina situation ~ all of the more pitiful. South Carolina has stood nobly to the rack and its people are going to give Gov ernor Thurmond their votes on next Tues day. Of this we are assured. It will be a proud day for this state. We will be demonstrating to the world that we have the old Southern courage and man hood that our fathers possessed and that we do not propose to allow any body to trample on our rights and traditions and get away with it without a fight. As for Governor Thurmond, he has made a courageous fight and has made a national reputation for himself. Everywhere he has been he has made a most favorable impres sion and even Boston and New York papers have praised him and predicted that he would be a forceful figure in the affairs of this nation in the future. Many people in the North have come to realize that we have our own peculiar problems in the South and they are be ginning to see that we will have to work them out ourselves. * And so we say again that the real vic tory in this yearVAlection has been won by the States Rights Democratic party. It’s your d,nty as a good citizen to go to Camden Goes Ahead ^ ^ i Ar , Last week was a significant one for Cam den. On Tuesday the progressive citizens of the city made sure that if would continue to have a Chamber of Commerce. The suc cess of the campaign Showed that our peo ple are determined that Ckmden shall con tinue to grow. The spirit displayed in the campaign was most excellent. Every one seemed united in a common cause and the success of the campaign showed wthat teamwork can and will accomplish. And then on Thursday morning the city was electrified by the announcement in The Chronicle that the finance committee of the Du Pont Company had approved the construction of the multi-million dollar plant here. While it had been known that the company had purchased land near here with a view to building the plant, the ab sence of any definite news lately had led some to think that the development might be far off. Now it is announced that work is to start next March an$ that that it will be push ed as rapidly as possible. The coming of this plant means so much not only to Camden but to all of South Carolina that our people are justifiably happy yver it. And then this week The Chronicle car ries the news that work on the addition to the Hermitage Cotton Mills is going steadily forward and will be completed soon. This is further fine news. There are other developments* in the offing so it can truly be said that Cam den is really going ahead in a big way. BOOTH CABOLIHA, FRIDAT. OCTOBER «■ MW the polls next/ and vote. -I,. q Out loud i When President Truman was a youngster he must have been told that If he didn’t do this, that or the other the “booger/ man would get him. And now he is ing to use that system on American voters. ft It’s our feeling that the Ameri can eagle could claw that Russian bear to pieces if the two should get into a fight. Would you say that that San Francisco man <who slashed a model the other day cut quite a figure? In football two halves make a hole and the fullback goes through. ^ With The Press Our Last fr> * M **— 1 . The Camden Chronicle makes the point that if a majority of Southern voters cast their ballots for Truman, Dewey, or Wallace, we krill miss our last and only op- jrtunity to register opposition to _ie Turman civil liberties pro gram. Each of these parties stands squarely behind the anti-South measures. - *' If the South casta its majority vote for eith< ier of the three, the winning party can very well take it for granted that its opposition to the Truman program is a of hooey, and that at heart it ap proves of the civil liberties meas- • ures, some of which are now be fore congress. Nobody seriously believes that the States Rights party will win at the polls; that is qui The Israelis have captured Beersheba and we suppose will now strike out for Dan. One marriage in every six ends in the divorce court, says a writer. The five other couples just fight It out to the bitter end. Everybody wants to get in on that is free, writer. example we have no desire to get into a free-for-all. A man must live within his in come or out he’ll go. The first colds of the season usually come with the first cold of the season. Just In Case Newspaper reports indicate that while President Truman has no chance of being re-elected, there is a possibility that the Republicans may lack about two votes of having a majority in the next Senate,— If this should prove to be the case, the Southern Senators would be sitting right in th& middle of the saddle. Before agreeing to vote with the Northern and Western Democrats in the Senate, the Southerners should exact an agreement that they will not vote for the civil rights legislation. If they will not agree to this then the South ern Democrats should name their own can didates for Senate officers and support them. There certainly would not be any point in the Southern Senators going ahead and voting with-a man like Humphries, who may be elected from Minnesota, to or ganize the Senate under the name of “Democratic”. The South has never had a worse enemy in Congress than Humphries would be and for‘the Senators from this section to vote with him and other Demo crats who are committed to the President’s* Civil Rights platform would be the height of folly. of his friends •and family to get him to stop drinking, a Fort Dodge, Iowa, man has been arrested 100 times on charges of drunken ess. He’s evi- “sot” in his ways. Must Serve As Warning An overwhelming victory of the States Rights Democratic ticket in the election next Tuesday would serve notice upon South Carolina politicians that they must hew straight to the line if they are to ex- pec our votes in future elections. \There are some politicians who have shied away from the States Rights Demo cratic party movement probably in the hope that by doing so they can get the votes of some States Righters when they run again, while at the same time, by not hav ing incurred the enmity of new voters by espousing the States Rights movement, they wil get their votes also. While it is too late for these politicians to save themselves now, an overwhelming majority for the Thurmond-Wright ticket would serve to prevent other politicians from pursuing the same course in future years. Has Fought Good Fight The States Rights Democratic organiza tion has had no more enthusiastic support er nor one who has done more for the caufte than has Senator R. M. Kennedy, Jr., of Camden. Mr. Kennedy has been in the thick of the fight from the very beginning, and has given liberally of his time, his means and his ability. He ihas been called on to speak all over the South and always he has responded cheerfully and has given the people who have heard him sound rea- eons for supporting the States Rights ticket Vote Next Tuesday The Chronicle cannot urge too strongly on the voters of Kershaw countythe im portance of going to the polls next Tues day to cast their votes for presidential elec tors. This election is one of the most import- ant that has been held in SojMh Carolina in many a day. So don’t let yon from voting. keep There is no telling what a child is apt to do in an aptitude test The Wofford College football team is evidently about the best team in this section to tie to. This country has plfenty of bull- rushes hut no Moses. Good barber shops are as far apart as the poles. Despite efforts famih chargef dently A man who doesn’t like music just doesn’t have sound judgment- Lots of people have a feeling that there is a terrific undertow to this wave of prosperity. Writing in a sports paper, a veteran angler says that it is very tiring to a veteran finsherman to go fishing with a bunch of novices. And that reminds us of the story of some newcomers to Florida who had arranged a night fishing party. Gathering their gear together shortly after dark, the pair selected what seemed to be a suitable bridge to cast from. They fished for an hour and then 'as the night went on they, got drowsier and drowsier. They both fell asleep and it seemed to them that it was only a moment later when they were awakened by,a terrific roar as an early morning freight passed under the bridge. _ __ _ quite impos sible. But we have a principle in volved, and if we vote for the principles we believe in, the next congress will know without/doubt that a large section of the coun try, involving some 135 electoral votes, is unalterably opposed to the congress enacting laws in vio lation of the constitutional rights iSs will It of the states, and congress will be glow to fling further insults at so large a portion «f the country. Congress and the administration will know that we will not take it lying down, and that 135 elec toral votes are at stake in the next and other elections. What the South needs is inde pendence of parties. We have been in the bag so long that the South is taken for granted by the two big parties — the Democrats that i> mvb a know they have us and the Re- S* not evSybody For -publicans know ^ey haven’t a ’ every uuujr. r w I chance. This can be changed. A big niajority vote for States Rights will be a show of inde pendence which the South has not known since the Civil War. It would do more to put the South on the political map than any thing imaginable. We sincerely hope the States Rights party is here permanently; we believe it involves principles of American- SpncE OF TjuT jn»« t*x booh 1M8. withii iSL? a penalty of <»■ - lor each o, the 'lii* «■ Ffbnmy • alty Of four (4) ) J^imposed, malj££ ^£2,. ••ven per cent ^ making in qu i OB'! Blame Tim South trfct number One of toe contentions of the j or own prooertv Wluch The following u > yelled in my ears and the din from toe bend was deafening. But the most annoying thing was toe trombones. Three slip-horn play ers were right behind me, and outside of niastlng in my ears, every time I forgot to duck their trombone slides poped me in the back of toe head. * But that won’t happen this year. Fm sitting in toe end one. Fm taking my radio along, just in case I can't see what’s going on.—Edi- can tor Bill Times. what’s _ Bradford in Fort Mill States’ Rights Democrat party is lot that the South was sacrificed by the national party for the purpoee of appearing minority groups in other sections of the nation. •The voting strength of these minority groups is not known, but it is probably much less than the he 36 mil million either of the major parties. But even if it should, prove to be only temporary and it induces South- err> voters to divorce themselves from the national Democrats, if only for one election, it will have substantiated its claim to exist- Bam ence- iberg Herald. In the old days when lieuor flowed freely at banquets, men wore swallowtail coats to them. Most tees. golfers prefer afternoon A Georgia girl who was run over by a motorist on a Tuesday married him the following Fri day. So you see, boys, you had better drive carefully. “Cashes Check; Drops Dead”— headline. He must have thought it was no good. ' — * , “Women have a great influence on the life of this nation’’ a Pennsylvania candidate told a fbminine audience the other day. And that reminds us of the story of the husband who came home one night to hear his wife begi complaining of what a terrible day she had had with junior. The husband thought to console her by reminding her thaf “the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.” “Well,” replied the wife, “suppose you rule the world for about two hours tonight and let me go to the picture show.** thing we’d like to lat they do Another know is what they do now with silk that used to go into women’s stockings A football team that can’t ahead is always kicking. go What has become of the old- fashioned woman who used to tie her money in a knot in her hand kerchief? —■ t 1 A member of the cist party est. 1939 was knoMli as A ADAMS HATS Amman Foremost Hots Sold By D. C. Dixon’s Bargain House im CAMDEN. a c Carolina - Clemson Game By the time you read this I will doubtless’be tromped to death at the State Faiar. Every -y^ar I 111 never do it time of*-aa . _________ game always finds me in toe big push. Last year I had a seat on the 50 yard line, but it was one of these box seats on the grdund lev el. The players’ bench and toe cheerleaders Were in front of me and the Carolina band and dfeer- ing section were behind me i saw the ball one time during the game —that was on a high punt And on top of this the cheering and band nearly worried me to death. The cheerleaders jumped up and down on my feet toe cheerero voting strength of the 38 mi people who live in toe South. Trie assumption is tyat the strategists of toe national party felt that the South “was in toe bag” anyway and the party had nothing to lose by appeasing thq minority groups. If a minority of minority groups in other sections are preferred by the strategists of toe national party to a stronger minority group ill the South the party lead ers can blame no one but them selves for toe split in the demo cratic ranks. .1 > tion to bring political pressure on the party cannot be denied to an other section. That would be man ifestly unfair. If the national party thinks it can win without the support of the South and is defeated toe South cannot be blamed for its de feat.—Dillon Herald. 'Men Of Distinction’ Another untouched portrait which, it goes without sayidg, is automatically ruled out for use in the liquor ads: The New York City man awaiting trial under $5,000 bail charged with beating and severely injuring a old widow and robbing ism which are hot to be found in cents! Police say he ovpininM to them: many.' tor. : “I had one -."^-Christian Sci. ; explame e drink too ence Moni- Also Right Add definitions: Nightclub—an institution where they have what it takes to take what you have.— St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “Nutting for Spinrtyii Township JgrtrictNa ^strict No. 2 g&nct No 4 gtoct No. ft —' District No. 25 SekodDirtrict No. 43 Buffalo Township * School District No* 3 School District No. 5 ~~ Sc^ 00 } District No. 7 School District No. 15 District No. 20 District No. 22 District No. 23 District No. 27 ^ District No. 28 District No. 31 District No. 40 District No. 42 " Flat Rock Township School District No. 8 School District No. 9 * District No. 10 District No. 13 District No. 19 District No. 30 District No. 33 " District No. 37 District No. 41 ~ No. 46 zm No. 47 _____ School Distrirt^n School District No. 12 School District No. 16 ~ ' School District No. 29 School District No. 38 School District No. 39 C. J. OUTLAW, aw County. 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