The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 01, 1949, Image 4
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FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1949
Mr. Byrnes’ Warning
Former Secretary of State James* F.
Byrnes told the graduates of Washington
v and Lee University last week that some of
the suggested new federal programs “point
inevitably to the welfare state." ;
“We are going down the road to “state-
ism,” Mr. Byrnes said. “Where we will
wind up no one can tell. But if some of
thte new programs seriously proposed
should be adopted there is danger that
the individual—whether farmer, worker,
manufacturer, lawyer or doctor—will soon
be an economic slave pulling an oar in the
galley of state.”
The distinguished South Carolinian said
that “too many people are trying to transfer
power to the government—we are not only
transferring too much power from the in
dividual to the government, but we are
transferring too many powers of state gov
ernments to the federal government. We
should not have the federal government
regimenting our lives from the cradle to
the grave.” i ..
We are glad that Mr Byrnes has spoken
out. His words carry great weight! How
else could he spend the remainder of his
life more profitably thap by'tossing aside
all thoughts of self and politics and bat
tling courageously for the preservation of
America?
(mHUmtings^
Referring to the speech made by Hon.
James F. Byrnes at Washington and Ue
University is which he exedtfated the Tru
man, legislative program. Senator Claude
Pepper, of Florida, said in the Senate:
“I must say as a Democratic , and a
Southerner, I regret that one who has
brought so much honor to and been so
much honored by the Democratic party,
should have given aid end comfort, unin
tentionally to those who are attempting to
obstruct the program of the President, the
party and the platform.”
The pebple of the South resent Senator
Pepper representing himself as a spokes
man for tye South. He has stood alone in
the Senate aipong Southerners in espousing
such dammable legislation as the Presi
dent’s civil rights legislation and much of
the other Truman legislation.
The people of the South do not look upon
him as their spokesman. They look upon
him rather as a traitor. > «
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In Truman 9 * Own State
A dispatch from St. Louis, Mo., to daily
newspapers last Thursday said:
“White and negro swimmers clashed
in St. Louis last night following the
abolition of segregated swimming
— pools. At least 11 persons were in
jured.
“Mayor Joseph Darst acted quickly
today to prevent a possible recurrence
of the flareup by prdering segregation
, re-instituted.
“At the same time, Supt. of Recrea
tion John Turner announced that the
site of the rioting, Fairgrounds Park
swimming pool, would be closed today.
Also ordered shut was Mulanphy pool,
where white and negro youths swam
without incident yesterday.
“Order was restored after the battle
when 400 extra-duty policemen com
manded by Darst and Police Chief
Jeremiah O’Connell converged on the
troubled area and cordoned it off.
“Police who investigated the out
break said that the trouble apparently
began outside Fairground Park.
“They said white and negro youths
swam in the pool together, for the first
time in St. Lous history, with no inci-
denti.
“As the negro youths prepared to
leave the park, however, they noticed
a group of white youths standing near
the gate and asked for police protec
tion.
“Police said the fighting began after
the negro boys left the park area. They
added that investigation proved that
some of the white boys carried base
ball bats.” •
This did not happen in Mississippi, Ala
bama, Louisiana or Georgia or any state in
the deep South but in President Truman’s
home state, Missouri.
It ought to serve as warning to the Presi
dent that his civil rights program if enacted
into law would lead to serious trouble all
over this nation. It is unfair to all races.
He Should Be Paid
A. W. Holman, Columbia attorney who
fought the extra pay for legislators case
through the Supreme Court and finally got
a decision that the pay was illegal has
never received a penny for his services.
A bill to pay him was booted down by
legislators at the last session, although ap
propriating money for almost everything
else under the sum.
Legal proceedings hive been instituted
now in an effort to secure some remunera
tion for Mr. Holman and we trust they will
be successful.
Hosiery Workers Wise
Employees of the Holeproof Hosiery
Company plant at Marietta, Ga., voted al
most 2 to 1 last week against affiliation
with the CIO Textile Workers Union of
America. The National Labor Relations
Board reported that the vote was 300 for
“no union” and 162 for CIO affiliation.
The election marked the third time the
plant’s workers have voted against union
affiliation. Growth of sentiment against the
union is reflected in the fact that in the
last election a year ago the “no union” stand
passed by only six votes while this time it
passed by 138 votes.
Most of the veteran employees of the
company are reported dead set against the
union, the agitation for one each year hav
ing been carried on by new employees who
haven’t been in the mill long. Perhaps the
new employees will learn better after a
while.
Camden 9 s Fine Golf Course
Camden has many things of which to be
proud and among them might be listed its
very fine golf course.
This course which was laid off by Don
ald Ross, one of the world’s greatest golf
course designers, has attracted the admira
tion of all who have ever played it.
Recently the greens on the course have
been reworked, the fairways have been
heavily fertilized and the course is now
rapidly getting in prime shape.
Camden has many new citizens and it is
hoped that they will avail themselves of
the opportunity of playing on this fine golf
course. Also it is hoped that the people of
neighboring towns may take advantage of
the opportunity.which is offered to them
to use its very fine facilities.
Where h “Everywhere”?
Says the Laurens Advertiser:
“Former Governor Ransome J. Wil
liams, in charge of arrangements for
the Barkley “harmony dinner” i.y
quited as saying that the sale of tick
ets is going well everywhere except -
Columbia. Everywhere includes Laur
ens. We presume, therefore, that they
have been selling well around here.
The buyers, though, have evidently
kept it a secret or just haven’t both
ered anybody to tell about it. Who do
you reckon has got ’em?”
“Everywhere” also includes Camden
and if there are any purchasers of Bark
ley dinner tickets here or in Kershaw
county yre have not heard of them.
Like the Laurens Advertiser we wonder
who got ’
era.
A dispatch from Benson, N. C., says:
“Senator Frank P. Graham all but stole
the show at the 29th annual state conven
tion today. A crowd of nearly 30,000
yielded to his rkdiant personality and fol
lowed his song leading.” We trust he
didn’t have them singing the Interna-
tionale-
It is to be hoped that the business firms
qf Camden 'will cooperate with the local
National Guard units in permitting their
employees who are members of these units
to attend the summer encampments.
Camden is suffering right now from
growing pains, but it. is far better to be
suffering from them than to be suffering
fijom rotting pains.
There is no cooler place in Camden in
which to spend an evening than the base- mSi^om^SJdate'
ball park—that is except when Orangeburg
la playing here.
“Illinois is known as the ‘sucker* state,” _
says a newspaper filler. Well, it elected pSTi
Adlai Stevenson Governor and Adolphus J. ’ *** N. C. arntctt.
Sabath to Congress, didn’t it?
Thinkinq Out Loud
It’s funny that nothing seem*
mny in real hot weather.
A new preparation ha* been in
vented foe baldheaded men. It
doesn’t make the hair grow bade
but <it shrink* a man’* head to fit
the hair he has.
The United State* has 1,125
species of trees and men up every
one of them.
It
to u* that the congress
man who stepped in between Rep
resentatives Cox and Sabath and
stopped the fight between them
should have been attending to hi*
own business. -
tinguishing characteristics with
husband has some dis-
which his wife is well acquaint
ed,” says a woman writer. And
that reminds us of the Kentucky
wife and her ever thirsty husband
who had come down from the
hill* to do some trading in the
settlement. The weary woman,
alone, was making her last pur
chase in the general store, when
she turned to an entering custo
mer, and asked: ‘Corvdia, did
vou see my Jeb anywheres out on
the street?” “I though I just reen
him standin’ in front of the har
ness shop,” replied Corvelia.
Shaking her head, the hill wom
an replied: “We bin in town near
two hours—couldn’t have been
my Jeb you seen—not if he was
stiU sandin’ ”.
In hot weather like this, we
can’t help but think how lucky
Robinson Crusoe was in having
his work done by Friday.
According to a newepaper filler,
if is ‘
the United States mail is handled
in more than 40,000 railroad sta
tions in the United States. No
wonder a letter arrives a few days
late sometimes.
It is said the ant has two stom
achs—one for himself and the
other for food to be shared with
other ants in the nest. We have
an idea that the ants in the nest
get most of the food from picnics.
Who can remember the good old
days when the ice cream freezer
was an object of endearment in
almost every home?
A dentist goes away on a vaca
tion to get away from the daily
grind.
It can never be said of the
Democratic administration in
Washington that it didn’t give a
dam. ♦
“Drivers’ Licenses In State
Reach New High”—headline. Let
us hope that too many of the
drivers do not do the same thing.
Perhaps since the railroads can
not reduce fares, they can run
their trains on slower schedules
sq as to give passengers i longer
money.
p for
A Socialist peer renounced his
socialism in the English House of
Lords last week. Re’s
would call a peerlc
what
peer.
we
When the a
the dog house
possible.
verage
he fie
man gets in
eas as soon as
Some writers insist that we
should give the people of Russia
A taste of Americanism and thus
cause them to turn against com
munism. How are you going to go
about giving’ 'em a taste of it?
We might not receive the recep
tion that the boy, who was afraid
of a big collie that lived next door,
did. One day in a spirit of adven
ture he climbed the fence into
a neighbor’s yard. The big dog
rushed at him with tail wagging
and by way of friendly greeting,
licked his face. The boy’s screams
brought the neighbor running out.
“Did he bit^ you, son?” the neigh
bor asked. “No,” replied the lit
tle boy, “but he tasted me.”
Two Dads Of Wan
Exports of raw materials are
increasing, but expans of
This is
to the heavy
shipments of mode
to foreign countries,
been hit the harde
Textiles have
hardest and many
mills have reduced to one shift or
a four-day work-week. That was
to be expected as an aftermath of
the war. _
As more machinery pours into
foreign countries there will be a
corresponding decrease in manu
factured exports. High wages in
thO'U. & and low wages in
countries also present a
Whfeh: is disturbing
manufacturers. The U. 8.
either bring the standard of liv
ing in other countries up to its
deacead to their levaL
^ would tteUe Stalin pink Jo tinted defeated Dewey. And'we
see our standard drop to toe level should remember as has been
of the world standard and maybe pointed out, that had Barkley had
standard
that is what he is planning and
waiting for before he strikes.
The only wars the Russians
have ever won were “cold wars.”
They enticed the Swedes into the
heart of Russia, destroyed every
thing in the line of retreat and
annihilated the Swedish army.
They lured Napoleon into Moscow,
burned their capital city and fled,
and half the French army froze
or starved to death on the retreat
to French soil
An economic war is no less dis*
astrous to the vanquished than
the loss of an armed conflict.—
Dillon Herald.
We Don't Need 'Em
Old Brother Peacemaker Bark
ley will find when he comes down
to Columbia July 1 to try to lure
the States Righters back into the
Democratic fold that about 90 per
cent of the voters in the last elec
tion thought the States Rights
party was pretty good. They did
not have to vote for the States
*1
tickets at
that the
party needs us more than we need
them. -
Any of our office holders who
hobnob with the Trumanites may
well be looked upon with some
suspicion. They may regret it
when the next election rolls
around.—Bamberg Herald.
Rights ticket; the Trumanites had
every box. It appears
national Democratic
The Barkley DfauMt
A group of politicians is arrang
ing a dinner in Columbia July 1
for Vice President Barkley who
is being brought to this state un
der the auspices of that minority
rhien
group which supported the Tru-
:ket in last fall’s
mam-Barkley tic
election. The plates have been of
fered for sale at $15-apiece, in the
hope of rounding up a big attend
ance tor the Kentucky office-hold
er who comas in the capacity of a
politician rather than vice preaf-
dent
Governor J. Strom Thurmond,
States’ Rights Democratic presi
dential candidate last year, has
announced that he will not attend
the dinner. He gave several sound
reasons in his refusal to attend the
“show.” Barkley, he said, “is com
ing to speak to those who pay $15
a plate to attend a political din
ner, which money no doubt will
ner, wnicn money no doubt will go
to Washington to promote toe
Trum an - Barkley civil rights pro-
since he has openly op-
policies Barkley is
e recommend him for
are told that the dinner-
is’ an effort to reunite
the political factions in this state,
It will be a failure in thl* respect
The truth is, the meeting is a
money-raising effort and its pro-
interested in
moters are far more ,
helping arouse strength and sup
port for’ the Administration m
Washington than in promoting
harmony in South Carolina. Bark
ley will find out, if he seeks such
information, that South Caro
linians stand on toe
^rsS&Ss
Johnston did about 11 o’clock on
the night of the election when
' that Tru-
pointed
his way
way toe whole civil
*1 alrea
have
the
gram would
enacted into law
session of Congress.
And who is to be the .
and bosses in toe
be a matter of interest to cer
tain persons as Barkley comes for
the political event which has
aroused little interest in the state.
The dinner it a Collins, Wil
liams-Williams affair. There is no
scarcity of tickets if you wish to
place Is “bucks” on the table to
support Truman Democrataif you
—Clinton
know what that means.
Chronicle.
Hari-Kari is a method of suicide
practiced in Japan.
The average monthly farm
es in the United States in
was $105.50, without board.
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MOTHER Ig A n
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Wednsaday tad 1
July | tat
"THE SMAKf
. with
Olivia DeHaviHu
Barkley civil rights pro-1
gram.”
Thurmond’s position is consist-^
Concrete Pavemer
your best investma
W7‘
state’s principal roads are be
of portland cement concrete, ki|hvi
funds are oooaorred because concrete roai
are long-lived and economical to «—M
Ask your public oSkUki
CONCRETE ROM
That Greensboro, N. C. man
who is trying to find Noah’s ark
on the heights of Mt. Ararat in
Turkey must be expecting another
flood.
You’ve got to give those Euro-
redit
pean nations credit for one thing
—they’re always broke.
The campaign being waged by
telephone companies to break up
the habit of responding to a tele-
phone ring by simply saying
hello reminds us that in Eng
land the response is “Are you
there?” Then, of course, if you
are not there, there is no use of
going on with the conversation.
We suppose in this cuckoo age,
toe Chicago girl who shot that
baseball player will get a refrig
erator, a mink coat, a diamond
mg, a kiss from the Mayor and
several fat offers of marriage.
r says that a baseball
small town has to have
A writer
team in a si
an angel. Yea, and it also needs
three good right handers and a
left hander with good wings.
MILLER’S for Lumber
FINA
Notice is
(^DISCHARGE
: hereby given that
one
sarAJbm ■p.'wss,
to the Probate Court of Kershaw
County her final return as Ad-
uinffyffu.L l 4 * 1 * J?* 16 0f
Henry D. Norris, deceased, and on
toe sauto ditto toe will apply to
dis-
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