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1i (Samara QUpnmtrU 1119 North Brood Street Camden, & C PUBLISHED ON TUESDAY and FRIDAY ' EACH WEEK Harold C. Booker - - DaCosta Brown « - - - Editor Publisher SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: ble In Advance All Subscriptions Payabl One Year $8.80 Six Months 2.00 Entered as Second Class Matter at the Poet Office at Caadoa, 8. C„ under act of ConcrMa Camden, 8. C, under net Mnrck S, 1ST» AU articiee submlttad for snbUcation mast fee v signed fejr the nothor FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1949 Vhnecessarg Sugar Shortage In a letter to the Sumter Item, M. B. Morrow, well known Sumter citizens, calls attention to' a situation regarding sugar which may adversely affect all con sumers. Mr. Morrow, who is president of the Royal Crown Bottling company and who Is well known in Camden, is naturally in terested in the sugar situation, but, os he says, not only the soft drink industry should be interested in but every one else since everybody uses sugar. “The world has produced this year the greatest sugar o»utput in history, yet, para doxically, our own supplies in this country have been held down throughout the year to a hand-to-mouth basis," says Mr. Mor row. “The Secretary of Agriculture— through his power under the Sugar Act to set up marketing limits—has in effect so throttled the flow of sugar into our markets as to force a very serious drain on our reserves." Then the Sumter man makes this very alarming statement: “Recent government figures show that stocks of raw and refinod sugar this year have been substantially below thoee carried in IMS and bd- low even thoee in 1M7, when sugar was still being officially rationed. What is particularly alarming is that most of the Cuban sugar to which we have traditionally looked to get uf out of tight spots has boon sold in world markets. Hence when we turn to the Cuban sugar bowl to fill our own, wo shall find that it, too, is practically empty. ^ . .. t .... . • “Furthermore the problem is not mere ly to get through this calendar year which is the basis for current administration of the Sugar Act; it is also to assure adequate future supplies. Unless we end the year with a sufficient carryover there will be no sugar to meet our normal requirements during January and February, the ‘dead* months during which Cuba's new crops are ground and sent on their way to American markets." Mr. Morrow then goes on to explain the present situation which he says was brought on by the Secretary of Agricul ture underestimating our sugar require ments by over a quarter of a million tons. He first estimated that we would require 7,280,000 tons and not until September 13, did he raise it to 7,500,000 tons. In the meantime our consumption of sugar had suBstantally increased over last year’s rate and the most recent figures show that up to Sept. 24, we had used some 260,000 tons more than we had in the same period last year. At the same time, Mr. Morrow says that the Secretary has been equally slow in adjusting for production deficits that have developed in several of the producing areas upon which we depend for our sugar supplies. The delay has stimulated Cuban producers to sell in world markets rather than to take a chance on eventual permis sion to sell in the American market. Just another case of governmental bungling in Washington, it seems to us, and the people will have to suffer for it as they have to suffer much in the past because of it. The administration’s idea seems to be to create a scarcity in every thing and they may succeed beyond th^ir fondest dreams in the case of sugar. Secretary of Agriculture Brannan was probably so busy trying to push his social istic Brannan plan for agriculture through Congress that he didn’t have time to prop erly consider the sugar situation. , If you have to do without sugar any time within the next six months you’ll know whom to blame. The figures given in Tuesday’s Chronicle regarding the increase in number of man ufacturing industries in Kerthaw county, their payrolls and the value of their man ufactured products were rather surprising. A much greater increase will be shown in the next 8-year period, however. Violating Lottery Law . One of the many vexatious problems with which a newspaper has to contend is watching out for news or advertise ments that violate a law which prohibits publication of anything that pertains to a lottery. A merchant will decide that he want# to stimulate trade by offering a prize to be awarded to the person holding ^the lucky number when a drawing is held. The numbers will have been given out with purchases of merchandise. This makes it a lottery in the eyes of the post- office department. An automobile is fre quently given away at baseball games to persons who hold the lucky number. To print this fact constitutes a violation of the lottery law. People do not understand these, things and often they become sore at the news paper. There are some papers that will take a chance and print them and they may get by with it—and then again they may not. A newspaper out in Illinois had been taking a chance and had been getting by with it until some two weeks ago. A postal inspector happened to be in town the day one issue went to press, saw the lottery item in the paper and had the publisher arrested. The Publishers Auxiliary, a newspaper for newspaper folks, last week carried an editorial on the matter which makes sound sense. Said the Auxiliary: “Difficulties with lottery stories and ads, banned by postal laws and regu lations, are nothing new. “The plight of Lowell Nye, Harv ard (111.) Herald publisher, is similar to that encountered by non-metropoli tan newspapermen several times a year. “A story about a lottery is printed, the postal inspector drops in, there is * embarrassment and confusion, every one worries although usually nothing serious happens. "Unfortunately, while one editor* explains to his readers—in and out of print—that postal regulations forbid the publicizing of a lottery, the editor of a nearby paper prints all he wants about a similar drawing in his com munity—and gets away with it. “Hr. Nye proposed, before the Illinois Press association convention last toeek-end, a reBohition '; which would exempt not-for-profit communi ty organizations from the restrictions imposed on newspapers by the post Office department. “That isn’t a bad idea but it doesn’t solve everything. “Somewhere along the line there must be a standardized enforcement of the postal regulations on lottery publicity. One paper must not be permitted to break the rule' while an other loses prestige among his readers by observing the letter of the law. “Better still, rescind the rule. “If something is legal—and the in dividual ethics consider it moral— then, it is advertisable. “If it isn’t legal, it won’t stand in spection in print. “Most important, small town news papers can’t afford to be hamstringed by rigid lottery laws. They can even less afford the ragged enforcement which accidentally favors the offend ers and penalizes those who conform." The law* should either be enforced more strictly or rescinded.- It is not fair for some papers to take “chances” and get by while others live up to the law. A Billion Dollars Are you going to take the children to The people of this country now speak of a billion dollars in the same terms they formerly spoke of a million dollars. A billion dollars doesn’t seem to mean any thing to them. . * But have you ever stopped to think just what a billion dollars is? Well here’s some facts about it that might make you think! If you put a billion dollars together side by side, they would stretch out 96,908 miles—which is equal to almost four times around the circumference of the w r orld. If you put a billion one dollar bills one on top of the other it would make a stack that towered sixty-four and one-foalf miles into the sky. On today’s 40-hour week, it would take a man 2,935 years to run a billion one- dollar bills off the press. v If a person spent $10 a day, it would take 273,974 years to expend a billion dollars. If he decided to speed up the process and get rid of a dollar a minute day and night, it would take 1,902 years to get rid of the money. But Congress doesn’t fiddle around with a dollar a minute day and night It does things in a big way. Thinkinq Out Loud Isn’t .it a blessing that motor- don’t run as fair as they 223 like they are running? This is such an uncertain age. that yoqcan’t tell in advance how a football game is going to come out “good egg” now, you ai in effect that 12 of him worth 75 cents. - In the case of some women when their hair dye. turns gray, they Nobody seems to know whether this country is enjoying a boom. experiencing a recession or float ing along with inflation. When people make . of themselves they ought to be able to see themselves as others see them. ■ ft The old fashioned woman who was ^ood at tatting has a daughter who la good at tattling. It has always seemed to us that a man who has water on the knee 6ught to wear pumps. Mr. Vishinkfeky says that the conviction of those 11-Communist leaders in this country was a vio lation of their “human rights.” What rights does a human have in Russia? He met her in Friendship, Mo., saw her again at Kissimmee’ Fla.] her to Love, Va., and followed . _ _ T „ asked her to name the date at Ring, Ark. They were married at Church, Iowa, and settled down at Home, Oregon. She left him at Quitman, Ga. ths slz« of grapefruit Ml in Rom* re cently. Don’t they know that they are likely to force senators from Texas t* vote against the Italian aid program out of sheer Jealousy ■- —Bt. Louis Stat-Thnes. Amohg the not surpriskvg dis closures of the time is that Hon. C. Watlgren did not forget the grip and remained in good stand ing in the “Democratic” fraternity ‘ Mch Mr TriismIl Mr. BoyiRy mc* Grath and others are prominoat brothers. Another bro&er who has been remembered is Mr. time senator of New hnan has been _ the fraternity the initiation cere monies are an excruciating or deal) he is assured of good years in Washington in which he will never lack a dinner and a drink. Of prominent citizens who have been kicked out and kicked in Mr. Wallgren is the conspicuous speci men visible today. In due time The Gold Fort The legend, of Confederate gold" son area ‘ historical of man-hours of It’s nice to talk about gold if one doesn't have any of stuff, and that brings up the Leland Olds, Esq^now the prin cipal martyr in the dugout, will be raised again to lofty heights. He is a member of the fraternity in good standing. — News and Courier. ^ . the DrOC€SS€S Ox Old HEBR. v ‘t p So there’s the Fountain of Youth coming to life again, and i are Dr. Frantzefl is much closer to the secret than Ponce de Loon. Maybe in the next 100 years.—Anderson Independent the "missing in the Aader- d an for and the brings up tion: How much gold is buried at f« - ort Knox, Ky.? Your Unde Sam is supposed to a4,808^87,934!57 salted in underground vaults. But TSSLZ FT" “gesuL—Anderson deesbe have it all? Hran, Their Next Move “Greece is now in ruins and de hunger reigns everywhere, the Greek guerilla army, in It is the ambition of the aver age boy to marry a fire-building, lawn • mowing, biscuit - making wife. A perusal Of the sports pages over the weekend would lead to the belief that football is really developing into a kidring game. The coach of the Kentucky team kicked about the officiating in the of the 1 SMU the coach Mis- I U game, sissippi team kicked about the elating t ‘ officiating in the TCU game and North Carolina kicked because Louisiana State watered the field before the game there. Another stitution—i nap --seems got to be gbl automobile American m- We see where a man and wom an who had been going together for 48 years got married the oth er day. The old fellow was prob- too weak to resbrt any longer. medical writer says that many people permanently injure themselves and sometimes even die as a result of dieting them- sehraai And this reminds us of the Irishman who was placed on a strict diet by his physician. Call ing on him one day, the doctor found his condition worse. “Your husband’s not so well today, Mrs. Maloney," the doctor said to his wife, “is he sticking to the simple diet I prescribed?" "He is not sir,” Mrs. Maloney replied, "he says he’ll not be starvin’ himself to death just for the sake of liv ing a few years longer.” A former Dutch circus hand, Jan Gerrit Klifman, 50. eats news- at his home in Amsterdam, Holland, fvery day. With the newspapers he eats ten ounces of sugar and a pound of pears. He says the sugar sweetens the news but doesn’t explain what the pears are for. We have an idea he eats a pear to make the newspaper ap pear good. A communist has no Urge to go to church on Sunday. People ought to think things through, says a writer. Ye*, thaVs M A A — A. * -*• - * » - » « fontpelier, Vermont did, because his what that man, evidently 11U> XL f ? tested, that he had been thinking of buying her a mink coat for 25 years. Another one of, life’s mysteries is why friends, when they call upon you, will ring your doorbell or knock at the door very timidly, while salesmen will knock loudly and at length or keep up a regu lar buzz until you get to the door. dares announcing the cessation of ope rations, “to order to avoid the total destruction of Greece.” The proclamation of the Com munist army does not mean that the effort to overthrow the Greek government has been abandoned. It simply means that the Greek army, which has been tremend ously aided by American assist ance, has been able to drive the guerrillas out of the country and that, against these odds, the rebels are unable to continue warfare. Rumors in international capi tals suggest that the Greek revo lutionists, now reorganizing in Al bania, may be transferred to the borders of Yugoslavia. They will follow the same tactics adopted in Greece, try to take a border town and then set up a “people’s gov ernment.” The invasion will not represent an uprising of the peo ple of Yugoslavia but an attempt, on the part of foreigners, to over throw toe government of Marshal Tito. — Orangeburg Times and Democrat The Fountain Of Youth Since man came to realize that his years on earth were limited there have been efforts to find the key to longer life. Everyone knows the legend of Ponce de Leon and how he came to the Ntw World to March of a mythical Fountain of Youth. But poor old Ponca de Leon died like other men, and just as soon. Now from 572-year-old Upsala University comes word Of X-ray methods that promise epochal re- "what 40-year old Dr. Arne Franteell has done to tha last eight yean it to develop X-ray photography ao that soft'parts of the bodyTSw 1 m _. such as muscles, fat and skin around the bones, now can be pictured to ffreat detail. 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Use with At all drug storaa. Doans Pills what a calloused Repub- one Rep. Kearns of Pa^ to know. Says he: "Yeah, like everybody rise. I know how much we’re supposed to have, and I know $12,500,000,- 000 is supposed to be stored at Fort Knox, but how do I know it is really there, or how much is really there?” The New Orleans Item recalls that the late columnist, Heywood Broun, used to tell of the awful disaster that befell the little coun try of Graustark which once upon a time had the soundest currency on earth, backed up by a big cache of grid buried on a small WilntMl- Afler years of prosperity, Graustark needed a little of the grid—probably to fill the king's teeth—and sent a crew to fetch some of it The crew found, to its dismay, that the island had disappeared But as and with it all the gold. J^2ssSv£ real Wouldn't that be tain«. ful chance? WhaTtfn^^* cnance? 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' ‘‘ Xj Ar V' ' f t . v • m;*•;•^- ■*. *, ft j ——■ — Some men have to stay in the A moralist observes that there are times when almost every one is tempted to throw off restraints. You’ve probably heard the story °f the three old maids who de cided to be reckless and have a gay time. So they chipped in and bought a car and started out on a trip-They saw a tavern and went m. What 11 you have?" asked the bartender. “PU have a sarsparilla soda "said the first "HI risk it too, 111 have sarsparilla,” said the second. “And I’ll have sarsparilla, too,” said the third. "Oh, no,” •rid the other two, "you stick to bulk. 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