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(Bambrtt GUtrmridf 1101 North Broad Straat - Camden, 8. C. PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY IJarold C. Booker DaCosU Brown - - - Editor • Publisher SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: All Subscriptions Payable In Advance One Year $2.60 Sue Months 1.60 Entered aa Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Camden. 8. C, under act of Confrees March », 187t All articles submitted for publication most be alftned by the author FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1948 s: 4 Deserved Compliment That was a splendid, although deserved, compliment that Lieut. J. J. Huggard of the United States Navy paid the Camden High School band for the performance it ut on between the (halves in the recent orth Charleston-Camden football game in a torrential downpour of rain and un der genera! adverse conditions. After saying that the performance com manded the highest order of praise, the Navy lieutenant added: “I have traveled all over the world and have seen many sights but don't recall any thing that moved me more deeply. The spirit to ‘do or die' was ipeet evident and this is the spirit that makes America so great a nation. I know the superb demon stration and enthusiastic loyalty of your Iband was in keeping with the highest tra ditions of your schol. The parents and fac ulty can be justly proud." If Lieut. Huggard were a Camden resi dent or a Camden native or if he had other ties with the town one might think he was prompted by such sentiment to write his letter. The truth is he )s not connected with Camden in any way, probably doesn't know a soul in Camden and perhaps has never even seen the town. That is what makes his letter all of the more appreciated. Camden does have a right to be proud of its high school band. We believe ii ranks with the very best in the state and it con tributes much not only to the high school football games but to other features of the community’s life. We have grown accustomed to being proud of our high school football team. It has been outstanding through the years. Our fine band is a development of recent years. On Being A “Liberal” Dred Pearson, who always beats the tom toms for the New Deal crowd, is con tinually referring to some one he likes, us ually a radical New Dealer, as being a "liberal". And this makes us wonder just what is meant now when you classify a man as a liberal". Henry Wallace claims to be a "liberal”. Rexford Guy Tugwell, who presided at the Henry Wallace convention, has always been classified as a "liberal". C. B. Bald win, who managed Henry Wallace’s cam paign, is classed as a "liberal". We see where Harry Bridges, who once was or dered deported from this country to Rus sia, calls himself a "liberal". Mayor Humphries, of Minneapolis, the man who introduced the South-hating resolution adopted at the last national Democratic convention, is referred to as a "liberal". Dr. Frank Graham, president of the Uni versity of North Carolina, is very frequent ly referred to as a "liberal". Dr. Clark Foreman, who toured the South with Wal lace, is referred to frequently as a “lib eral". Aubrey Williams, of Montgomery, Ala., who was NYA administrator under Roosevelt and is now trying to get the South to accept the civij rights program, is called a "liberal". Will some one who knows inform us just what is meant when a man is referred to as a "liberal". We’d like to know because we don’t want to be called one. Without Understanding In this day and time it is well to recall the words of the late Justite Brandeis, who said: "Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government’s purposes are benefkient. Mon born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-mind ed rulers. The greatest danger to liberty lurks in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without under standing." And that is the greatest danger to oar liberty today. • ' , < 4 ^ ^ . Whc’& Getting Ahead? t The radicals’ classic complaint against capitalism is that it tends to concentrate the wealth and income of the nation in the hands of a relative few, at the expense of the many. That ancient cliche is still A. use. Yet the truth is that just the opposite has occurred. The greatest gains in late years have been made by people in the lower and the middle-income brackets. As an example in 1941 there were 4,- 139,000 families in the $3,000,-$6,000 bracket—last year there were more than 13,000,000. And in 1941 only about 1,- 500,000 families had incomes over $5,000 while last year the total reached almost 7,000,000. Last summer a survey was made to find* out what classification of people were bet ter or worse off than in 1930, after mak ing allowances for changes in taxes and living costs. Such representative labor groups as coal miners, railway workers, etc., were all better off,’ and by a wide mar gin. But typical groups of executives, and stock and bondholders were worse of. No economic system in history has done as much as our free enterprise capitalism for the so-called jcommon man. The radi cals are trying to hide that fact. Only Solution To Problem It becomes more and more evident as the days pass that the only solution to the problem that is vexing South Carolinians can be found in -making the States Rights party a permanent organization. The decision of Federal Judge J. Waties Waring last week in which he ruled that negroes have established their right to full membership in the South Carolina Demo- cratic party is just further convincing proof that the state will have to (have another party. The States Righters do not want negroes participating in the affairs of their party and since the negroes do not favor the principles advocated by the States Righters they will have no desire to participate in that party. They do desire to participate in the affairs of Democratic party and those who have been recognized as the officials of that party in South Carolina by the na tional party are willing for them to par ticipate in it. In fact they were willing be fore the national convention met at Phila delphia because they elected a delegation on which members of both races were named. Since the States Righters do not wish negro participation in their party affairs they should go ahead and keep their party intact, hold their primary elections two years from now and let their nominees meet the nominees of the Democratic party in the general election. This ought to satisfy everybody, except possibly a few politicians who may be caught out on a limb. Christmas Seal Sale The forty-second annual Christmas seal sale is now under way and it is to be hoped that Kershaw county people will, as usual, be liberal purchasers. There is no more 'worthy cause than this one and in buying Christmas seals one is buying insurance for health and welfare of our community and nation. The program outlined by the local Tuberculosis Association is to educate, to locate, to stimulate and to rehabilitate; to educate the people in facts about tuber culosis in order that they may protect themselves and others, to locate unknown cases of the disease and isolate them so that the spread of tuberculosis germs will be broken; to stimulate -the interest of everyone in tuberculosis control; and to rehabilitate the cured case to the place where he can become self-sustaining in work suitable to his physical condition. So make as one of your Christmas sea son "musts" the purchase of Christmas seals. It is a pity that a larger crowd could not have seen the parade staged last Wed nesday night prior to the Matber-Jackson High football game. It was a very credit able showing indeed. The floats were par ticularly good and reflected the hard wori which had been done on them. Old Santa Claus is just around the tt*- ner. ' i' Go to ehurcl| Sunday. Does anybody happen to know whit has become of the organization in South Caro lina that used to work for prohibition? The News and Courier, Charleston, Is going-to say what it thinks, come Hell or high water. “President Truman Walks To Church Sunday”-—headline in The State. Has he flowed down to a walk? Are you doing your part toward making the Church Loyalty campaign a succees? n - - SU*. |g Thinkinq Out Loud If China should lose Suchow that would mean that we would have to Mod it lots more chow. A man has already started running for Governor of North Carolina in the next election which will be in 1952. Gee, but he must be a long-winded guy. • One trouble with this country is that children begin boesing their parents at the age of two years 'and before they have had any experience along that line v - . .-'fa J r -' 4 “A visitor to any of the coun tries behind the Iron Curtain cer tainly takes a risks," says a writer. Yes—grave risks! We sort of wish the administra tion-^ would let - : Representative John E. Rankin of Mississippi write the next note to Russia. Have you ever noticed that a S 'gman always likes to be on safe side? His ability to play the piano may have served Mr. Truman in good stead after all because he seems to have hit the right key in his campaign speeches. A business writer says that some real estate agents are given to grossly exaggerating the prop erty they have listed for sale. And that reminds us of the old story of the real estate man in West Texas who had just finished de scribing the glorious opportuni ties of that part of the country to a prospect. *A11 West Texas needs is good people and water,” he said. “Huh,” replied the prospect, “that ij/fil Hell peeds." #. 1 One source of wonderment through life to us has been just how merry a cricket is. “Sixty-Million Dollar Dam Near Anderson”—head lint It seems to us that on the day after the presidential election we heard some States Rights Democrat wring something “Anderson be d-d.” Who can remember the good old days when every child had some chores to do around the house? • . -j* • — It’s a wonder that Julius Ceasar Petrillo, the musical czar, doesn’t try to contra! cigar bands. “It pays to have, an imagina tion” says a psychologist You’ve probably heard of the man who asked his wiffe: “Is my face dirty or is it just my imagiration?” To which the wife replied: “Your face is all right—I can’t say about your imagination,” They used to dispense justice in court houses but now it seems they dispense with it Norman Thomas, the Socialist candidate for President, got one vote in South Carolina in the presidential election. Wonder if he was organized from the precinct level, too? Personally we are glad that money doesn’t grow on trees be cause we never were much good at climbing trees. in the form of a story readily understood by them. This nst Sunday morning he was speaking about Thanksgiving and related the following story which we believe to be very fitting at this time: ~ , A family had bathered in the dining room for tire annual Thanksgiving dinner. The table was bare of the usual delicacies found on the table at that time of the year. On each plate, how ever, were a few grains of parch ed com. The father and mother, and the children, sat down at the table with wonderment in their eyes. The mother called the fam ily servant and said: “Bring on the dinner.” The cook’s reply was like this: “This is the placed my order for turkey and everything else but all that came were these notes. The com was all that I had.” The first note was from the turkey raiser in a distant state and stated: “Fm sorry but all of our turkeys were killed this year and there are none for Thanks giving.” The second note from the peo- who ship cranberries stated: e bogs were so flooded that workers could not get into A Charlotte newspaper carried a big story one day last week about nobody knowing where the Governor-elect of North Carolina was. That’s nothing—there were lote of big Southern politicians whom nobody knew where they were during the recent presiden tial campaign. China ought to have had Prem ier Sun Fo now. These cost of living charts al ways seem to us about the same thing as a presidential poll. President Truman attended the Army-Navy game Saturday. The game was a big upset. The Navy, which had not won a game this season and which nobody thought had a chance in this one, tied the Army. The President must have been responsible. A writer says that somebody ought to put a stopwatch on long- winded speakers. And that re minds us of the long-winded fel low who had just about worn his audience out. Occasionally he paused for a drink of water. Dur ing one of his pauses a fellow in the audience was heard to remark: “That is the fust windmill I ever saw run by water.” Grave Church Auxiliary meeting of the of Grace Epis- on Tues- The month! Woman’s Auxi copal church day, Decern' the home _ o’clock at John M. VUle- mber 7 at 4 of Mrs. Johi. pigue on Lyttleton street with Mrs. Alice Marye as co-hostess. • I?* 11 1 ■" ■ 11 -■ Beware Ceaglis From Common CftMn Hmhumon it gMS light tO I to Ma Innun ■ pUtcm tod aid Lai raw, •dl.yon a With The Press May Be ' Vv One long in the radio game sug gests the way to overcome mike fright is to assume no one is listening. Which, indeed, may be the case.—The Milwaukee Jour nal. The common man has had his say in politics and now he looks around to other fields long ob livious to his wants and needs— large economy-size packages at lower prices for one thing.— Christian Science Monitor. , Vandals are people who rob an ancient grave before archeologists ~ sey City get around Journal. to it — Jersey You Can You can tell when an industry is losing money. Its leaders be gin to believe in government own ership.—Oil City Derrick. Thanksgiving Story The Rev. J. C. Johnson, pastor lyterian of the Bishopville Fresh; church, each Sunday has a words to just the same. Too often we take for granted the good things of life and never return thanks for them. On the other hand. If we have hard luck'or things don’t go right we blame everyone but our- sdves.—Lee County Messenger. You Can’t Stop It The South is changing not only politically, hut financially and economically. South Carolina is a typical Southern state. In many ways it is more typically Southern than any of the Southern In the last 20 years South lina has undergone a wonderful change. Until then it was dominantly an agricultural Cotton and tobacco wen ‘ money crops, and the of its people rose and the rise and fall of the income from those two crops. Men of vision began to preach the gospel of diversification, and now the state has a substantial income from many other crops. 'But at the same time industries gK ii m ^ommunicati FROM MR. BAnnr ®4*tor The ChrSaSe^^ I am in receint from Speaks.” has — —« u warming indeed. BERNARD vour r ^ eipt of 1 Tr;*. - I know of noth ■—*d me more th It U tw, M-BAI Sundv* Ssfr,*® Y. P. Black, president ' £r emn « worship, 7 p. n income from many other crops. before it reaches the 'But at the same time industries abundance, but don’t mi began to spring up, and today the mistake of selling the Soul state is rapidly approaching a —Dillon Herald.* U balance between agriculture and * _ — balance between agricul industry. When this ideal is at tained, South Carolina will be one of the most prosperous states of the union. Speaking at Florence the other to the young folks, day, A. L. M. Wiggins of Harts- is|ville, forma- under-secretary the treasury, who was recently elected chairman of the board of directors of the ACL and the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, few i he has to .say which something * dinner. I pick not get themes this & Tht our them to jew." ■ ’ . —■ Several other notes were of the same nature, including all of those things usually on the Thanksgiving table. The father had been in deep thought all the while and after being silent for a time said: “Our forefathers had only a few grains of corn for their first Thanksgiv ing and they did aU right We can eat our parched corn and be thankful that we have been Mess ed with many good things in the past.” The cook, seeing that the entire family had evidently profited from the little episode, opened the door and in the kitchen was all of the good things to make a per fect Thanksgiving dinner. We are sure that we did not tell the story as well as Mr. Johnson told it, but the thought is there said in part: , “Relatively the. South' is pro gressing faster than any other sec tion of the country. In the period from 1929 to 1947 the per capita income of the people of the United States increased 95 per cent Dur ing the same period, the per capita income in the South in creased 129 per cent and in South Carolina the increase was 208.” The tide, which began in North Carolina 35. years ago, is sweep ing southwestward. Already it. has reached over into Georgia and is seeping into Alabama. These eco nomic forces Are as irresistible as the tides of the oceans, and mere man is powerless to stop or cir cumvent them. The eyes of the nation are focused on the South, and if Hor ace Greeley, who, 75 years ago coined the slogan, “Go West, Young man,” were living today he say, “Go South, Young CITATION Ths State of South Carol County of Kershaw. By N. C. Arnett, Probate J Whereas, Noble Haye* o^AgnMttfi&gra? the Est effects of Levi Hayes. These are, thefore, to c admonish all and singii Kindred and Creditors of 1 Levi Hayes, deceased, th be and appear before me, Court of Probate, to be ; Camden, S. C.. on Deceml granted. Given under my hand tt November Anno foung irould wo Man.” Three generations have come along since the South threw off its political an deconomic shackles in 1876 and sentiment in changing, bub the South will cling to many of its most cherished traditions. ' It will have temporary sett&cks & 0 ' N. C. ARNE* Judge of Pn KERSHAW LODGE f A. F. M. Regular Comi ifcm First Tue« Each Month at ! Visitors Wei co* A C. IlcKAIN, L. H. JONES, Dr. Jtroma M. Ho Optometrist 1041 Brood Si. T«L & — X SS OR PHONE US Building Materials and Lumber Cement and Morlor-MIx MMDfN BUILDERS SUPPLY EO. (NEAR SAL RAILWAY FREIGHT DEPOT) W. DeKolb Street Phon. 9914 YOU CAN HAVE A STREAMLINED KITCHEN, TOO! 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