The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 18, 1949, Image 4
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1949
A Splendid Theme
Last week was National Business Wo
men’s Week and the theme for the week
adopted by the National Federation of
Business and Professional Women was
“Boost your home town—it boosts you.”
This, we submit, was an excellent theme,
one to which we should all give deep con
sideration, for next to loyalty to one's
country, we would place loyalty to one’s
home town.
One would not think anything of a man
or woman who went around knocking his
or 'her own family. 'No one does that. If
there are things in their family that they
don’t like they try to correct them but
they never knock their family. •
We should all take the same attitude
towards our home town. If there are
things in it that we do not approve of we
should strive earnestly to correct them but
wc should not knock our town because of
those things. After all it is our town and
•we should strive to make it a town of
which we can be proud.
The besetting sin of most towns is
jealousy, which has been termed by some
one as the “ugliest fiend of hell.” It has
retarded the growth of more towns than
probably any other one factor. Joe Doakes
refuses to cooperate in any movement
even though it be a good movement for
the- town that Sam Doakes starts because
he is afraid Sam may get some credit for
it and vice versa. Colton once said that
“of all the passions, jealousy is that which
exacts the hardest service, and pay the
bitterest wages. Its service is to watch
the success of our enemy; its wages to be
sure of it”
Another besetting sin is the tendency
of people to think that they can get better
bargains and better merchandise else
where. They'll go to a large city and
buy the same things which they could bave
bought at home and for the same price,
^aud in buying at home fhey would have
helped their home town merchant that
much.
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Town pride and town loyalty is some
thing we should all cultivate. It was town
pride and town loyalty that made Atlanta
the metropolitan city that it is.
The business women should keep their
theme the year around and should hammer,
at it all of the time. It might do good.w
Mr. Olds Is Rejected
The United States Senate elevated it
self in fhe eyes of the general public when
it refused to be coerced into confirming
L^land Olds as a member of the Federal
Power Commission.
President Truman and Chairman Wil
liam M. Boyle of the national “demo
cratic” executive committee had pulled
every string they knew how to pull—in
cluding a threat of taking away patron
age from those Democratic Senators who
refused to Vote for the confirmatiefh—in
an effort to force Mr. Olds’ nomination
across.
The defeat administered to the Presi
dent was a stinging one and a just one.
There was too much evidence as to the
unsoundness of Mr. Olds’ views on free
enterprise! There are too many men
about whose Americanism no one can raise
a question who can fill the job acceptably!
It is gratifying to note that both South
Carolina Senators voted against the con
firmation of Olds. They are to be com
mended.
Paradoxical
It is rather paradoxical that at a time
when the United States national defense
ought to be strong and united, the Ameri
can Navy and Air Force should be locked
in a bitter controversy. It is unthinkable
that our strong arms of defense should
be warring with each other at such a time
in bur national life. t
Congratulations are due the Camden
Kiwanis Club on its selection of Dr. A.
W. Humphries aa its president for the
next club year. He has always been active
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Kershaw County F. F. A.
Kershaw county has a perfect right # to
be proud—extremely proud—of its Future
Farmers of America.
At the national F. F. A. convention in
Kansas City last week the Baron DeKalb
and Camden High school chapters were
awarded plaques in the national chapter
contest. The Baron DeKalb chapter won
th;s plaque last year, the first time it had
ever been won by a South Carolina chapter.
In addition William Jordan, a member
of the- Baron DeKalb chapter, won the
coveted'American farmer degree.
The splendid achievements of these
two chapters reflect credit upon their ad
visors, J. L. Talley and H. A. Small. •
There are ofher excellent F. F, A. chap
ters in the county also. All of these
organizations are filling a very vital need
in the schools and deserve Whole-hearted
support.
A Threat To Moscow
It is becoming increasingly evident that
the defection of Marshal Tito is the most
urgent problem confronting Moscow to
day.
It is apparent now that Tito has done
more than declare his independence of
Moscow. He has proclaimed and develop
ed a rival form of Communism, which
threatens the whole vast international
Communist system which Moscow has
painstakingly built up since the end of
World War 1 and which provides ore of
the principal—if not the prirlcipal—cor
nerstones of its foreign policy.
Information reaching this country is
that Tito’s new “national communism” is
gaining a surprising number of converts
from Moscow’s “international communism”
in numerous countries of Europe other than
Yugoslavia.
It is said that a Communist Party ap
paratus Tyrthout a single link "to Moscow
has been set up or is in the process of
being set up in western Germany. It is
also said that a substantial proportion of
French Communists have openly proclaim
ed themselves adherents of the Tito rather
than the Stalin doctrine. Further it is
claimed that the Austrian Communist
Party is seriously considering serving or
weakening its ties with the Cominform.
Other reports say that Communist party
leaders in Italy and otfher western Euro*
pean countries are having an increasingly
difficult time in “selling” Moscow policies
to their rank-and-file follows.
All of this leads ^to the belief that the
Tito revolt has spread far beyond the
confines of Yugoslavia—a fact of which
the Yugoslavs are well aware and which
they are seeking to exploit to the full. -
It is pointed out that one thing that
has helped the pro-Titoists considerably in
western Europe has been the weak show
ings ntitfle by the Communist slates in most
recent elections. Just last week the Com
munists made an extremely poor showing
in the Austrian elections.
One factor which has led to the spread
of the Tito doctrine is that there is a very
large percentage of the leftist population
of every country which values patriotism
and national interest above the interests
of the Soviet Union. They realize that
for all the lip service it pays to inter
nationalism, Russia is basically as national
istic in outlook and aim as Hitler’s Ger
many was.
It is thhs easy to see why Russia is con
cerned over the spread of the Tito brand
of Communism.
As to the differences between Tito's
Communism and Stalin’s we are not pre
pared to say except that Tito’s appears
to be the brand that each country can
operate itself while Russia would operate
al! of those countries using Stalin’s plan.
Both plans stink to high heaven but as
between two evils we would say that Tito’s
is the lesser one.
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Drunken Drivers
Says The Clinton Chronicle:
“As one reads the monthly reports of
the vehicle, division of the South Carolina
highway department it seems that drunk
en drivers are about to take the highways.
In the past month 508 driving licenses
were suspended, practica'lly all because
the drivers were driving while under the
influence of intoxicants, beer and liquor.
They should have been revoked, of course,
for a drinking man at a steering wheel is
a dangerous menace to innocent people on
the highways. 1 After investigations are
made, the usual report of officers gives
liquor as the cause of the accident”
Some of thele days, perhaps, our law
makers are going to do something drastic
about this drunken driving business and
make it a jail sentence without fhe altern-
iftte ef a fine.
Y, OCTOBER It.
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IhinkinqOutloud
The trouble with a coal atrlkb la
that it la not Just a miner incon
venience.
According to a aafety expert,
workers in an exploeiree plant are
4.1 per cent safer than they are
in their homes. And yet people
keep on getting married!
If M*ry h*d a uttle lamb today
it won)d hare great difficulty in
keeplnk up with her, that la if >he
la like the average Mary.
“Senator Young (North Dakota)
Complains Cost of Bread Too
High"—headline. That’s an old
complaint. . |
A motorist finds the average
pedestrian very approachable.
The bachelor viewpoint is that
not every sad-eyed woman has
loved and lost, but that perhaps
she got him.
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Many a man who recalls how his
father used to love the Democratic
party now wonders what became
of the party. •
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It’s difficult to get any one to
listen to you if you’re talking sense,
which may be one reason why
so few people talk sense.
A Mrs. William Govard of Los
Angeles, says in a patent medicine
testimonial that because her hus
band objected to her being so fat
she reduced 50 pounds in six
months. In this case it was not
a woman’s ego that caused her to
reduce but her Will.
A machine that thinks has been
invented. We’d like to see what
sort of a column it turns out.
"No two men have exactly the
same ideas as to the type girl
they want for a wife,” says a writ
er. Along that line it is interest-
iiW to note the type girl *a Cali
fornia man wanted. He advertised
as follows in the Wilshire Express:
"Wanted: Sensible, intelligent girl
between the age of 25-30 to be my
wife. She must be attractive (so
I will not have eyes for any one
else), a neat dresser, a good cook,
be an orphan. I have no in-laws
to offer so naturally I desire no
In-laws, must neither smoke nor
drink, be near-sighted (so she will
have eyes for no one else) and
must be both deaf and dumb.”
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A medical writer says that there
is a remedy for every ailment If
It can only be found. And that
reminds us of the wild-eyed man
who went (6 see a physician. “Oh,
doctor,” he cried, "I’m dreadfully
afflicted. The ghosts of my de
parted relatives come and perch
on the tope ef fence poets all around
my garden whan duak la falling.
I can look Into the gloaming any
evening and see a couple of doeen
spooks sitting on top of the posts,
waiting, waiting, waiting! What
can I do?” The doctor thought a
few minutea "Sharpen the tops
of the poets,” he finally advised.
“Chiangists Turn Red In France”
—headline. Just think of a red
Chinaman!
You can’t say that most county
fairs are just fair—there’* always
lot of carnival to them.
Every day that a Communist
writes a letter is a red letter day
wi»h him.
Mon$y can’t do everything. ‘ For
instance it may buy a finer dog but
It will not make him wag his tail.
The editor of a health column
says that people should not dose
themselves, certainly unless they
have full directions. Yes, for ex
ample, it seems that the Danish
airiines give their passengers
sticks of chewing gum labeled: "To
prevent unpleasant pressure In
your ears during starting and land
ing.” One day a lady pas^nger
appealed to the stewardess: "Help
me get this stuff out of my ears.
It doesn’t help me any”
The Army. and Nary seem to be
in pretty good shape Judging by
their recent football games.
On the day the Senate refused
to confirm one of his appointees
because it thought he was a “red”
the president appointed Mrs. Eu
genie Anderson of Red Wing,
Minn., as ambassador to Denmark.
When Oscar Lange went to in
spect his newly erected home at
Capac, Michigan, the other day he
fouhd that thieves had removed it
from Its foundation and driven It
away on a track,
get a lot.
With The Press
Must Be Ended Sometime
Although the war has been over
five years, the veterans adminis
tration has Just canceled restric
tions on the educational rights ot
veterans. Unless something is done
to limit the educational program,
some veterans will srtiU be college
boys when their beards have grown
down to their knees.—NeSrs ana
Courier,
Peculiar Argument
When Mr. JeWeries of the San-
tee-Cooper power plant, told a
Charleston civic club recently that
private power companies are fas
cist in nature, it was a peculiar
statement. Mr. Jefferies argued
that private corporations form
monopolies in that they are given
exclusive franchises In given areas.
If that is a monopoly and fascist
in practice, then Santee-Cooper is
in the same category. Santee-
Cooper not only wants exclusive
franchises in given areas, but it
wants exclusive franchisee in all
areas. It attempted the purchase
of the South Carolina Power com
pany, which X It had beea effected
would have given Santee-Cooper
exclusive power control of a Urge
section of the state.—Bamberg
Herald.
The Belgian King
One of tbs troublesome Issues
facing the Belgian Government is
the question of the return of King
Leopold, which seems, to be mov
ing to something of a climax.
The government of Belgium, In
volving a coalition between -the
Roman Catholic Christian Social
Party and the Liberals, is prepared
basis but plans to institute s refer-
to seek a solution on a national
endum even if the Socialists vote
against it
Interesting to Americans is the
fact that thq Socialists have un
officially insisted that, before the
King be allowed to return, sixty-
six per cent of the voters must
favor the restoration. Tbs other
parties do not agree on this per
centage but hold out for a vote
of fifty-five per cent.
The issue is up for debate in the
Senate this month and Premier
Gaston Eyskens hopes to have the
question settled by a referendum
this year or early in 1950.—Orange
burg Tlnies & Democrat.
But they didn’t
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One reason some people don’t
try to make a living is that it en
tails the use* of both common sense
and hard work.
A 4 Missouri man when charged
with evasion of the Income tax
■aid the reasoa he had never paid
any was that he didn’t believe in
It . And that reminds ns of the
school boy who was taking his first
piano lesson. “N yon play in the
high school hand, you already
know the elementary things, the
scales, for instance.” the teacher
told him. voh, no,” replied the
youth who doubles in brass, "oar
band leader last year didn’t be
lieve in them.”
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Iceboxes For Eskimos
News that Denmark is going all
out this year to help Greenland
electrify its four ’largest habitable
settlements — introducing radios,
flatirons and white porcelain elec
tric stoves—brings up the question
of what the United States is doing
for thousands of Eskimos who
come under its rule in northern
Alaska. ’ *’ » —.
Some 6,000 Danes migrated to
Greenland this, post -summer to
carry out the improvement pro
gram. According to Reuters, the
shipment ftem Greenland of sev
eral thousand tone of salted fish
to Mediterranean countries during
1048 suggested the possibility that
with more encouragement Green
land could be a very valuable colon
ial asse^ instead of merely an ex
plorers’ icy vacationland. Hardy
sheep do vpry well there though
forage Is scarce. And Greenland
holds tha key to weather that
eventually reaches western Europe.
Then there’s lead In Greenland
which Denmark can swap for dol-
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But Alaskan Eskimos may still
keep up with all the Joneaee up
north. If navy experiments now
going on at Point Barrow, Alaska,
prove worth while, aluminum Igloos
may spring up all over the North
land. For naval researchers are
toying with newly designed hous
ing structures made of a frame
work of aluminum beams covered
with a “sandwich” of resin-impreg
nated paper between thin sheet
aluminum. This gives a strong,
light, and highly insulated wall
r.l 01 10 out Arctic
blizzards. ,\
When the weather'
around 61 below, all
Only One?
The only difference betwwen the
smell try of yester-year and today
is that today’s child expects the
whole handful of change.—Chris
tian Science Monitor.
Slowly
The first person who knows a
girl is going tc get married is her
mother: next, the girl: third, all
the girl’s’ friends, and fourth, it
slowly dawns on the groom-to-be
that he’s hooked.—Grit
Definition
Lowell
nows commentator, recently quoted
his father’s definition of a good
public speaker: "Somebody who
knows how to make more than one
friend at a time.”—Western Re
corder.
CADGHT » a
Our President
Our preekteat, Harry Truman,
has always given most of the South
the impression that he is a cheap
Kansas City politician without
background or refinement, afcd his
actions over the week-end did little
to dissipate this notion.
A news story from West Virginia
where the president is visiting
friends reported in great detail that
he won fifty cents betting on the
weather (he said it would be warm,
and It was) then to emphasise his
worth as a prognosticator, he took
off his sport shirt and strutted
around in his underwear.
When the President of the Unit
ed States so far forgets the dignity
and prestige that in the minds of
most people go with the office that
he strolls around the couptry-slde
in his undershirt, then it’s time
for a change. In fact it’s past
time.—Pee Dee Advocate.
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Looking Backward On Camden
The following news items are
taken from The Camden Chronicle,
issue of Oct 16. 1925:
The roll of honor of the Camden
City schools for the first month
of the session follows:
Grade 11b: Charles Lorlck, Mary
Cureton, Margaret Billings, Sarah
DePass, Jumeile Halle, Ruth Rob
inson, Martha Slngletbn, Harriet
Whitaker. ,
Grade 11a: Carolyn Wooten,
Maud Dabney, Susie Wstklns,
Jemel Rabon, Pearl Jones.
Grade 10b: John Richardson.
Robert Davis.
Grade 10a: Gertrude Zemp,
Moultrie Burns, Willie Porter,
Louise Jennings, Alleen Funder
burk, Louis Lang.
Grade 9b: Evelyn Bruce, Virginia
Haile, Ellen Stewart, Dotty Zemp.
Grade fa: Mary Boykin, Joe
Moguleacu, Elmer Watts.
Grade 8b: Betty Cureton, Sarah
Mills, Caroline Richardson.
Grade 8a: Frederick L Graham,
Robert M. Kennedy, Duncan M.
Lang, J. RocheUe Sheorn.
Grsde 7c: Sarah Shiver.
Grgde 7b: Isla Mae Rhoden,
Dewey Dority.
Grade 7a: Elisabeth Zemp, Wil
lie Haile, Emily Pitts, Elizabeth
McCasklll, Lenora Rhame, Arthur
Brown, Geneva Jones, Carolyn
Hoostr, Mattie Shaw, Carolyn Mo-
Kain.
Grade 8b: Wlllene Hall, Mabul
Shirley.
Grads 6a: Phyllis Garrison. Alice
DePass, Emily Qoodale, Margaret
Goodale, Joe Jenkins, Margaret
McCoy, Solomon Mims, Sarah
Richey, Grace Robinson, Grayson
Shaw, Lois Turner.
Grade 5a: Samuel McCaekill,
Katherine Kennedy, Sarah Kirk
land, Meta Mogulei
Drawdry, Joseph L
Pitta, Emily Zemp
Elisabeth Gardner.
Bora to Mr. and 1
Creed, Thursday, Oct
Members of the J
poet of the America
planning to put on i
two nights in Novel
Hknsch Bros. 4 Co
advertisement of the
veraary sale.
OCTOBER IN THE
Harvest time has con
Aftermath of govts
Golden wheat to cm i
Trees of apples gY
Yellow pumpkins touch
frost
Conjure fragrant
Deserted kitchen garden j
Brown and faUov Um
Scarlet berries on a _
And maples etched b
October is s synonym,
Beauty’s other name!
—Catherlae
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