Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PAGE TWO I (Eamfon (Sl|nmirU 1109 North Broad Street Camden, S. C. — PUBLISHED EVERT *RIDAT * Harold C. Booker - - DaCosta Brown - - - . Editor Publisher SUBSCRIPTION TERMS- All Subscriptions Payable In Advance One Six Months ■••••••••• i»ov Entered aa Second Claae Matter at the Poet Office at Camden. 8. C- under act of Concreea March I, 1S7S All artlclee aubmitted tor publication moat be aliened by the author FRIDAY,-illNE 10, 1949 The Cate Of Gerhart Eider obviously political, to affect the 1 more Q f fortunes and eventuallv to ♦w-l:’ 01 me 1J A Disgrace To The State The South Carolina General Assembly concluded its annual session this week and it is a good thing for the State that it has adjourned. Scenes that would have been considered disgraceful even in the worst of the carpetbag days are reported to have been enacted in the Senate this session while, much of the time of the House has been consumed by two men who seem to, want to be in the spotlight. When we think of these two men we find consolation in the old saying that “they that govern most make least noise.” The thought 'has occurred to us as we have heard of the scenes in the state Senate that perhaps television may turn out to be one of greatest blessings this country has ever experienced. If the proceedings of the state senate could have been televised dur ing the past few weeks so that the people of South Carolina could have had an op portunity to have seen and heard all that was going on in that supposedly sedate body, there would probably be a clamor going up all over South Carolina today to clean up that branch of our government. The spectacle of men wljo are not in the possession of their normal faculties occupy- ; ing the floor for hours making all sorts of statements and defying the conventions is one that should cause all of the people of this state to hang their heads in shame. We want to take occasion to say that the Kershaw delegation had no part in any of this. The members from this county con ducted themselves as the gentlemen that they are at all times. It is to be regretted that the newspapers of the state did not cover the proceedings of the Senate, more in detail, printing at all ♦times just what was said on the floor. It’s getting^time for every one to quit protecting public officials who step beyond the bounds. Camden's Opportunity Says the News and Courier: “The congress will clear the title ef Porter Military Academy to the land that it occupies. Presupposing that Charlestonians will recognize an opportunity when it is before them, , they will contribute to the school’s ex pansion and endowment so that it shall be one of the best preparatory schools for boys in the United States. Another first rate private school for lads, in Charleston, especially if it be under churchly influences, will have attending students from dozens of American states.” Camden has an opportunity now to se cure a private school for boys. It would be a blessing to this community and of great service to the nation. Our prediction is that there are going to be more and more of these schools in the future brought about y the complex situation being brought upon us The Chronicle has commented several times on the fact that communists in this country when arrested are quick to demand their rights under a constitution which they are seeking to destroy. They take advant age of our guarantee of the right of free speech to try to destroy that right Twice convicted in the United States but free on bail, pending appeal, he fled the United States, was seized in England, was brought before an English judge, was freed on a legal technicality, and is now safe in Communist eastern Europe. The case of Eisler was judged entirely on legal grounds—on what his rights were under the law — and not on political grounds although a congressional com mittee had called him America’s No. 1 Communist and he had a notorious history 'of intrigue. One cannot but wonder what would have been the result had the situation been re versed and Eisler had been considered the No. 1 foe of the Soviet regime, had com mitted a Crime in Russia, fled, and was caught in another Communist country be hind the iron curtain. • To be sure he would have been whisked back to Russia, without the trouble of hav ing gone to any sort of a mock court hear ing and probably would have been “purged.” Th*e difference between communism and a democracy is that under communism an individual exists for the state while under a democracy the state exists for the in dividual. In Russia when government policy — which means the desires of the rilling group—conflicts with what a particular law calls the “rights” of an individual, the government policy comes first. Under com munism a man looked upon as an enemy of the ruling group which wants to stay in power, gets short consideration. It’s dif ferent in the domoertitie countries. As will be recalled by those who have kept up with his case, Eisler was convicted of contempt of Congress and of falisifying a passport. He was sentenced to prison but got out on bail while he appealed to a high er courL Thext he skipped to England. wah The Press »tS that candidate would mean am*. *[r*f*_ 0 nM n ized fe.-r Thinkinq Out Loud we fall i The little red school house may be gone but we have some big Red universities now. The long filibuster over the ap- potatment of Miss Faith Clarion’, appointment to the industrial commission is a reflection on the voters of South Carolina. 4 There was no principle involv ed in the filibuster. The govern or had made an appointment, as was his right under the law, and , it was up to the senate eitherta of M confirm it or turn it down. The question of confirmation was not allowed to' come up but, instead, it was interfered with by parlia- that candidate would mean suc cess later on for those supporting him ip this filibuster. , InSwrt,aplay wasbeiqgmade for individual votes. The •Is, will the scheme produce the total vote. and flu votes? It an depends on whether for-rt or not—Laurens Ad- do the news »**ocaLj Relriag The p Upon The Forgetful news cohliw*® i Pie, like Pie, like the ng S' nv Aly Khan have Rita Hayworth ned. so far as we are concert men sons. tary tactics for political rea- L No Nobody denies that The of settlement proved it “Stalin Fresh Air Fiend”— headline. Well, we -don’t know about the fresh tur part of it tenns of settlement provedit . _ Th' <*J«* 01 «“ MUwster w “ SouXSn gSKSn” u noUcTto them that a woman, though she dignation and anger throughout and k^rand free organi* ‘ - ^ South Carolina.' Women especially look] and racket^? ice by ‘gallant Mill «th . 7 ' . ... ... then that a woman, though she the first P«ri of d i be well qualified, must not expect wear present-day bathing suits. | to ^ important and respon- believe A tall tale is all right if it isn’t too long. _ _ . -T7. ■ . .. Isible office to which a handsome as a *al*ry is attached. Women must 1 SometX^ *** Some men think of women as the opposition sex. Another one of our pet peeves is trying to open a cellophane- wrapped cigar. a conven- We suspect that Actress ickers will now find B«1 opporturutyfor someprinter ^ ^ with minor “job.” and, 53."?” £ ,££."SSFffi! m Chairmanship with bow and natumliT toSI * SSTi W 1 , JB der water was put on the market Sam would most likely catch him tMen a at it I tion. I Many • man, too, looks on the We can t see that conditions rejection o£ the^ppointment as an have improved much since that iuugtration of nweerisy on the fountain pen that win wnte un- ^ of masculine office-holders Hpr watpr wa« nut on the market ^ o£f i ce _ seekers who ' 0 n the Martha Vic married life a Rooney. lot now of Mickey President Truman says stricter driving regulations are needed in w ucai ov , ul . llclII iaui this country- Yes, there’s entirely, when pleading for their votes, too much turning to the left I How long will the indignation “All husbands are alike in some respect,” says a woman writer. _ And that make us think of the town each morning and see what story of the ladies of the Tuesday Afternoon Literary Club, who last? Even It is interesting to «o ^wn 1 ® 0 m Thumb stature The booklet is f* school stude-' - fective She were discussing the general help lessness of husbands around the home. “I declare,” exclaimed one, “I don’t know what my husband would do without me if I left him alone for a week.” Another ex claimed that her husband was as helpless ai a new bom baby. “Girls,” cried a third one, “you think your husbands are helpless, but you should see mine. Why Harry is so helpless that even nfhen he sews a button on his coat or darns his socks, I have to thread the needle for him.” the people are “griping” about power. “Lpiight well know that what ia done ^Tor not done by a legislature will .Jbe forgotten by next week or to- rrow night, and when they go the stump next summer smooth Lows seeking re-election can ' change the subject” if an 4h« shopping is _ acquire with t One of the crying needs of this morrow night, and when they country is an institution that treat people who are drunk on The vigorous protest registered by hotel men at their recent con- guests pilfering sil- As nearly as we can gather, it seems that the Democratic party is in control of Congress but that no one is in control of the Demo cratic party. It is well that the Legislature adjourned because if it hadn’t those buzzards would probably have attacked the State House. There are two kinds of cats. Those of one kind sharpen their claws while those of the other kind put finger nail polish on them. In 1870 England and this country signed an agreement to returA to eich other a « . Camden has an opportunity to get in on the ground floor in this matter. We hope it will not throw it away. A Balanced Life The late Charles Evans Hughes, for many years chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, once gave this pre- ecription for a balanced life: <t> “Faith without Credulity. Conviction •without Bigotry. Charity without Condescension. Courage without Pugnacity. Self-respect without Vanity. Humility without Obsequiousness. Love of Humanity without Sentimentalism. Meekness with Power.” Sound Philogophu “When a lot of people get into debt the government takes over they lose their freedom, and then the government goes into debt and loses its freedom.” This is the philosophy of John Kay, a fanner and retired rural storekeeper in In diana. It’s pretty sound philosophy, too. There is no more pathetic figure in life to the 1 f °n« person who had been convicted of perjury in either country, but the English judge de cided that Eisler’s falsification of a docu ment in this country couldn’t bfe considered perjury under the meaning of the treaty, because it didn’t cover falsification of docu ments. So he refused to send Eisler back. And so Eisler won his freedom under the laws of Western democracies which he de spises and would destroy. If these democ racies were destroyed and replaced by communism, an Eisler who was an enemy of that new regime and committed a crime here and fled to England, would be bounced back in a hurry. In times qf war some constitutional guar antees are suspended. It seems to us that we are in a <war now—certainly an attempt is being made to destroy our form qf gov ernment and to make us subservient to Russia. This being true we cannot but feel that a communist in this country now is entitled to no more consideration than a German who might have been cau&ht here during the late war attempting espionage or to break down our morale Would have been entitled to. , Again we say the Russians must be laughing up their sleeves at what easy prejf we are going to be. They may not have to fight us to conquer us. We are rushing into their arms through our own stupidity. The New York Red ~Cro«fTiRs issued a list of ten swimming rules and one of them is “Don’t show off or try dangerous feats.” It will be hard to comply with vention about _ verware, towels, etc., reminded us of the story of the man who had been arrested for stealing towels on fellows usually emt News and < m - I, ■ ■ - Not So Powerful After All According to the W correspondents, even tion warts have come to the from a hotel. “Why did you steal conclusion that repeal of the prin -Hartley Act, and says. ■adding ud on whether you -P even financiallv change in thinking you those towels from the hotel?” J ciples of the Taft asked the judge. “I didn’t mean to steal them,” apoligized the pris oner, “but I had to have some- silverw thing to wrap the silverware in/ The Atomic Energy Commis sion’s laboratory in Chicago is named the Argonne and it seems very appropriate since some of its uranium treasures Argonne. A high ranking communist is about the rankest thing in the way of a person we know of. Some people have no respect for age unless it is bottled. A new anti-allergy drug effee five in curing qr^cpntrollgig com mon colds is named pyribenaf mine hydrochloride. Pith the poo.* druggist who sells a fellow a quarter’s worth and has to charge it. return to the one-sided Wagener Act, will never be accomplished. The temper of Congress, gs well as that of the public, is clearly against going to this extreme. What gives this matter a special significance is that after the last rational election the labor lead ers openly claimed credit for the maVo r-. and apparently believed that from then on they would be given blank checks when it came iously are Here is whaTffl about a< i v - —- *3 “As a "nupper , without advertkiJ giant newspaperfra to you. Makeuwof “MerchanUcowJ their best vataST* to know about thoa some specific facts goods and their pries and more of them* highly informative a If you want to t formed consumer, da to ordering legislation. le labor leaders have nev-» Yet the er been able to demonstrate any where near as much power as they claim—nor have they been able to control their own union members. To take one example, in the 1948 primaries the CIO-PAC group, which was most active politically, formally opposed 109 members of Congress who had voted for the Taft- ure. Of these, 97 vertming/ Newspaper adn been, is and will si one of the great* < national economic derson Independent won. 4 / '/>* V * v’rfga p| Market after Market Jo Coast • • -N r ry XJ^ ^ ’ dm Outsells all other c<iis~ except the three lowest-priced make IN 308 MARKET AREAS* w 8 Would Be Bad / r- It would be too bad if Camden should miss the boat when it has every opportuni ty to get on board. The United States is full of small towns that ^iled to take advant age of opportunity when it knboked. There are some in this state. Cokesbury, now practically a ghost town, might have been what ^Greenwod is today if Jt had not rejected an opportunity to get a railroad. The people of that town, then an educational center, thought a rail road would be a disturbing influence and refused to vote bonds for it. Today Cokes bury is just a rural center, having even lost its educational institution. Dallas, North Carolina, is another'strik ing example of what happens when people pass up opportunities. It likewise refused to vote bonds to get a railroad. Gastonia got the railroad and today it is one of the livest cities in North Carolina while Dallas is just, a mere shell of a town, having even lost the court house. Camden stands to gain much but it must be on the job and prepare to expand test it lose its opportunities. • .. • . a* . 3j From North, Sopth, East, and West, the records are pouring in. ActaS in 54 market areas, Hudson is outselling all other cars, regardless of pri In 254 additional market areas, Hudson is outselling all other cars exc< the three lowest-priced makes! Here s the car that offers—not just a little "more”, but the n of all the things you want most in a motor car. Yes, the N Hudson is— America's -4-MOST” Co i -Ci • *1 l-MOST beautiful ■' ■» -'K' . ' ' ■ 'V' 2-MOST roomy 3-MOST road-worl 4-MOST oB-r performs 3 * *-! Prlk * U Camden ia going to grow it will have to make «OM« take THI THRILLING HUDSON REVELATION DRAKEFORDS GARAGE I ; D#Kolb Street Si* - Xomden,