Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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C„ under act of Coosr«s March L 187> , All articles submitted for publication must be signed by the author FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1949 The Governor's Message The annual message of Governor Strom Thurmond to Uhe General Assembly was, as was to have been expected, a very able and, and it is good to note that the members of the General Assembly seem to be in sympathy with most of the recommenda tions which he made. * The Governor gave his pledge to con tinue to battle for States’ Rights saying that “it is essential to the liberty of the Ameri can people that the devision of federal and state sovereignty be preserved.” “Concentration of governmental power on the banks of the Potomac,” he said, “is just as dangerous to human liberty as it was on the banks of the Tiber in Italy, or on the banks of the Rhine in Germany and as it is on the banks of the Volga in Russia. “We must not abdicate the proper func tions of the state in its constitutional sphere of jurisdiction nor suffer them to be lost by supine reliance upon the federal govern ment'where the duty is ours.” With this the people of the state have already indicated that they are in hearty agreement. Likewise there will be general agree ment in his request for statues on primary elections to “protect the invasion of politi cal parties by those who are not in sym pathy with their principles and objectives.” As was to have been expected the Gov ernor urged the legislators to ratify the constitutional amendment Hhat would curb gubernatorial clemency powers. This amendment would transfer pardoning pow ers to the State probation, pardon and parole board, leaving the Governor power only to grand reprieve and commute life sentences. * As the Governor said in his mes sage, “nothing has done more in the past to undermine respect for the law than the abuse of the pardoning pow er, Our people well remember how hardened criminals, murderers and even rapists were turned back on com munities in the state as a result of par dons being arbitrarily granted under questionable influences." Some of the pardons granted by Gov ernors in the past have smelled to high heaves. It is good to be able to say in this con nection that probably no Governor in the State has been as conscientious in handling the pardoning power as has Governor Thurmond. He has granted clemency only upon the recommendation of the proba tion, pardon and parole board. But Thur mond will not always be Governor and we need to protect ourselves against men of the type of some Governors we have had in the past. . An important recommendation of the Governor, we think, is that of home rule for the counties to take local legislation out of the General Assembly. Why should the time of the General As sembly be taken up on a bill to chance the lines of a school district in Kershaw coun ty when the entire Kershgw delegation is agreed on it? It is the rule in the General Aaaembly for local legislation, however good or however bad it may be, to be uncon- teeted where the delegation of a county is agyped upon it. This local legislation takes mudh time of the General Assembly and easts the state, very heavily because it has ttf be printed the same as state-wide legis lation and the time of the two bodies taken up in perfunctorily approving it Another agreement of the Governor wMch will meet with general approval is hit request for handling government fi- »nances on a pound basis with a balanced Budget We do not ttt&ve that South Carolina has ever had a man in the Governor’s of flee who state a g Thurmond To Visit The State The day after announcement was made that Alben W. Barkley had accepted an invitation to address the South Carolina Municipal Association at its annual meet ing in Columbia, news dispatches from Washington told of how Mr. Barkley was planning to cram the President’s Civil Rights program through the Senate by adopting a gag rule which would prevent Southern Senators from filibustering against the program. There are some people in the South, it seems, who like to be insulted. His “Rights? 9 Denied Him When John Gates, editor of the Daily Worker, a communist newspaper, was de nied permission to speak in Memorial Hall in Chapel Hill, he complained that his “rights” were denied him. It’s amusing how Communists will al ways talk about their “rights” under our form of government which they are trying to destroy and substitute therefor a form of government under whidh nobody would have any rights except the men at the hpad of it. But it was interesting to note thq£ Uhe University of North Carolina officials, at long last, had denied a communist permis sion to speak in one of the university build ings. ^ , The fire must be getting a little warm. Puzzling And Provoking Under the heading ‘Ts Europe Decay- ing,” the Dillon comments editorially as- follows: ^ t ‘ “The inconsistency of socialist coun tries and countries strongly tainted with communism is puzzling and at times provoking. They preach the doc- trine of socialism and communism and condemn capitalism, yet beg and ac cept assistance from the United States which is the world’s wealthiest and • most prosperous nation. If capitalism has succeeded so well in the United States it will succeed in other countries if the people really want to help themselves and to im prove their living conditions. “This attitude may be due to ignor ance, laziness, indifference or down right stupidity or it may be that many of these countries which have flourish ed over a long period of years are slow ly decaying socially and economically. ‘The pages of history are full of in stances in which empires have sprung up and flourished over a long period of years and then fallen into decay. His tory has a way of repeating in spite ot the efforts of feeble man.” All of wfoich is very true. But what is more puzzling and more provoking is that there are so many people in this country who want to tamper with and change the system of government that has made this the greatest nation on earth. HunktaQOitfimi) A Moacow is said reports mat a but do with all of ive with t With The ——- the home in the ieet quarter of a century. I B the “The big bully usually meets American Colleges, Dr. Kenneth his matchaooner'or later," says a L Brown, head of the organiza- wnter. And mat reminds us of tion, asserted mat American col- the story of the man who walked leges and universities lack integ- into a restaurant and inadver- rity. Be says they are more in- J open A big tatestod in getting additional tat man caUad o*: ^Shut' tte building than gegd ftarulta mem- ? Were you brought up in a ben end ere guilty at negh r The man dosed the door, the intellectusl and spiritual t*** iwigWas 3- I mwhkh comfortable and went over to the lego complete tor students in un will sorrowing man. Tm sorry- he ethiml way* faculty members uld a said, **1 didn’t to hurt your break solwnn contracts' at will i each person time?,heelings." Tm not crying bemuse end college presidents seek the'snnver you hint my feelings,”. was me company of rich widows to get self or S2 ttrSFJSSfs* the reply, “but 'the feet is T wPiS ho 5 es would He,be invited or would Be be» affairs nd hoi without _ office would He have * be.the general at- toward Him’ that article _ . - for him. Would you invite If He what to construct buildings and Him to be a guest in your home’ but brought up in a barn and every donnotories. He suggests that the Would you invite Him to socsd ‘ counting-house and affairs that you give? Would you “Is Europe decaying?” ask Dillon Herald. It may be _ _ some of the odor which Editor, tunel hear an ass bray, it makes ethics erf the ~~ ■—:—7 -rr ■''TT "oma you Jordan smelle probably is coming nae homesick.-, (the code of competition have re- vote for Him if-Jie ran for.office? from this country. — 'placed higher standards once What would be your attitude tol I “People don’t want to' be common in education. ward Him?—Greenville Observer shielded from temptation.- say a It is a rather serious - w I What has become of the old- fashioned American who wanted to make his own living and all that he asked was a chance? r husband who That shot her because she loved him dearly should have waited about three months. Spring is me time for don’t fro" 0 temptation," say a writer. Well they say that shortly after Admiral Byrd’s polar ex pedition returned from the land at ice, some one asked one of the men what he missed me most the other day while away. Temptation' me brief answer. , European o tome United countries are looking . now and then you come in contact with* the 'kind of a wastes lota of time itad States to save them from communism. The sad feat ure is there seems to be no one we can look to to save us. MM An elevator robbery on Wall Street in New York netted a gun man $9,8f7. Quite a lift! Dr. Frank P. Graham, president of the University of North Caro lina, has again denied that he is a communist The doctor doth protest too much. If the meek inherit the earth who will drive the taxicabs ir the big cities? “Every Man Now Wants To Re semble A Banker”—headline in Columbia "Record. How times change in 17 years. A national “Honey For Break fast Week” is scheduled. We have one at breakfast every morning. You can never tell what win influence the decisions of people. For example, historians have about decided now that the rea son the Pilgrims remained in this country was that they were crazy about rocks and trees and were tired of ocean travel. A writer thinks that large families are desirable. One beau ty about them is that at least one may not turn out like the others. wife who wastes lota of time wait ing for her husband to say some thing so she can contradict him. And that is one reason she prob ably has to wait so long for him to say something. Old Mother Nature sort of things. For Example, the womag we ever saw had ugliest disposition we ever saw. An agricultural paper says that the elephant is kin to die whale but we think that is a whale of a lie It may be true that “nobody loves a fat man” but the average fat man seems to be very happy about it * • mmmm According to a doctor the ter rific toll being taken by heart disease can be accounted for to part by the fact that people worry too much. Well, may be we need more people with the philosophy of thf old colored woman who was asked to what she attributed her good health. “Wett”, she replied, dis way. When I sits down I site loose and when I starts to worry, I go to sleep” Perhaps it’s better to be mar ried to a dreamer than to a snorer. . The average business man thinks there are only two sea- charge which Dr. Brown brihgs against the institution at higher * He says that lacks of integrity has brought college cat alogs tote disrepute. He says that the catalogs stress the develop ment of the individual student and picture a cirriculum deeply concerned with die development of die student Jpy contrast, he when one listens in on trustee meetings, when one watches the eagerb as he scurries around the coun try seeking the company of rich widows, when one sees the photo- whirh the college pub- one gathers the irrefut able impression that the item of major concern for the adminis tration is not the maturing of the individual, but buildin spacious, attractive Orangebur dings, large, buildings.”— g Times and Democrat. What Are The Answers? One of the most engaging articles we have read lately is one entitled “If Christ Should Come to Your City—” In it the author presupposes •one, the busy season and the dull one- > ' May be we oughtn’t to kick on cents a dozen for fter all an egg is a whole day's tfork for a hen. And then you probably reafl the other day where a new rich man had bought a Louis XIV bed but it was too small so he sent it back and asked for a Louis XVL . '«r3rV 7 v. : •' ' *, Speaking of newspaper errors, a Wilmington (N, C.) paper car ried a story saying: ‘The bride is to be resurfaced with brick, laid herringbone style with concrete mixture to the joints.” Is Drinking losing the love family , . . the Are YOU of your respect of your friends because you can’t curb your craving for drink? Is each attempt to quit drinking a failure no matter bow often or earn- estiy you rfbolve never to touch another drop? The amaiing tried and ' followed phy- and noses at Mood rectea ratner :• * i m ALU'liMIS SMITARIUH gMjMfcw 2*448$ Itay etqKplr 809 i. NORTH gt GREBMUE.&C. Disconcerting Neics A press dispatch says that a wave of in fluenza is sweeping over Europe and that it appears to be the worst form since the epidemic of 1918. In this day when people are flying back and forth from Europe every few days it is highly possible that tlhis disease may be brought to this country. No one who lived through them will ever forget the dreadful days of 1918 when the flu was taking such a heavy toll of lives in this country. We have all hoped that the country would be spared from anything re sembling such an epidemic again. Certainly it would be *well to begin tak ing precautions in this country—if there are any precautions that can be taken—** against it right now. Hk proof of tiite. harder to make the Strom further r than Is J. message Is Turn To The Right i The good fanners of this country ought to Mioot “gee" to the Truman adminiatr** gfcody ought to m»k. ft turn Not Understandable Isn’t it strange that a great state would have as the president of its university a man who has to issue a statement laying that he is opposed to Communism and all totalitarian dictatorships and who, accord ing to a noted radio commentator, was cleared by the Atomic Energy Commission for participation in its program over the protests of the commission's security hoard? ^ ‘ • , Isn’t it possible to get an educator to bpad that university about whose loyalty to the principles of Americanism there has never been and is not now any doubt what ever’ Not Necessary The News and Courier proposes “to the General .Assemble that It submit to the peo ple an amendment to the state constitution that no person not a member of the Ge eral Assembly be eligible to election to circuit bench." * >' This is entirely unnecesmilcy. - -A j, \ /V H We gtaad ^ oym tsw> -feet * -*¥**** n ** * “h^oppcctiof, pri. uafe wtouKiIHUn aldy from the ~ * of its 1 i r* -■ .c*» 00 oar own own doOtrs. dor “T- P» end t.mrryf rr, IS . & ^ * ;