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FRIDAY, V (Blfr (fUttnhnt (EiirmtUlr 1119 Nona isrood Street Cemden, S. C. PUBLISHED ON TUESDAY end FRIDAY EACH WEEK Harold C. Booker - DaCoeta Brown - - - - Editor • Publisher SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: All Subeeriptions Payable In Advance One Year .$350 Six Montha JL - 2.00 Entered ee Second CUae Matter at the Poet Office at Caaden, 8. C„ under act of Concreaa March I, 1179 All artlclea submitted for publication most he signed by the anther FRIDAY, DECIMBER 23, 1949 Merry Christmas ' The Camden Chronicle wishes for you a Merry Christmas. "It is Christmas in the mansion, Yule log and silken frocks— It is Christmas in tfoe cottage, Mothers filling little socks. * It is Christmas in the highway, In the thronging busy mart, But the dearest, truest Christmas Is the Christmas in the heart." It is such a Christmas we wish for you. Drawing The Lines Jack Kroll, director of the CIO’s politi cal action committee, was a Columbia visitor last week and \rthile there met with state CIO leaders to lay the foundation for political action in next year’s elections in this state. While there he made it plain that he does not favor the election of Governor Thurmond to the United States Senate next year nor of Hon. James F. Byrnes to the Governorship. Mr. Kroll said that in his contact with CIO leaders in the state he had found little or no sentiment in the state favor ing Governor J. Strom Thurmond for the Senate. On the other hand, h* added, "our people seem pleased with the voting record of Senator Olin D. Jcfonston.” Mr. Kroll in the course of an-interview with a reporter said he detects a strong undercurrent of concern over economic se curity throughout the nation and especi ally in South Carolina. He attributed President Truman’s election in 1948 to the fact "that the President "got below the surface and tapped that feeling.’’ The same results can be obtained here in South Carolina, Mr. Kroll added. To emphasize his point, he cited the possibility of Mr. Byrnes being a candidate for gov ernor of South Carolina. "People tell me be can’t be beaten," Mr. Kroll said, "but when you ask them why, they don’t have a good answer.’’ The reporter (W. D. Workman of the News and Courier) who interviewed Mr. Kroll then said in his story: "Mr. Kroll believes that Mr. Byrnes can be beaten and by tapping that ‘un dercurrent’ of concern over security. He censured the former Secretary of State’s Biloxi speech, saying that it was another instance in which men whose own futures are secure speak out against plans aimed at providing security for others.’’ And so here we have the viewpoint of a CIO leader from the North regarding South Carolina politics. He says he found no sentiment for Governor Thurmond for the Senate among the CIO leaders, and we dare say he didn’t. Governor Thurmond is not willing, they think, to tufn this country over to a labor government like unto that which has wrecked once proud England. He can see tnat the road along which we are now traveling will soon wreck this coun- try, the last citadel of free enterprise. He believes in keeping America as the home of the free and the land of the brave. The same applies to Mr. Byrnes. The CIO knows that Mr. Byrnes believes in a free America. He would not change the form of government 'Which has made this the greatest country in the world for one which has failed miserably everywhere it has been tried. If the CIO wishes to make an issue of the election of Mr. Byrnes and Mr. Thur mond, we believe the people of the state are ready for the battle. And we have no doubt as to what the outcome will be. Christmas Prayer May the forgiving spirit of Him to whom we dedicate this season prevail again on earth: May hateful persecution and wanton aggression cease. May map live in freedom and security, worshipping as he sees fit, loving hig fel low man. ^y... '- 1 May the sanctity of the home be ever preeerved. May peace, everlasting peace, reign aupreme.^^'//,^^ : ' V ; / i A Credit To Camden Every citizen of Camden, who attended the Christmas concert of the Camden Choral Society on Sunday evening, must have swelUd with pride at the wonderful performance. It was a highlight in the musical life of Camden. Over fifty fine local voices combined with a twenty-piece symphonette to give a magnificent concert of lovely Christmas music. It was an inspiring occasion. The Choral Society and Guy Hutchins, its able director, deserve the support of the people of the city in their efforts to lift Camden to the top in the world of music. We believe they will have it. Rural Section* Can Control An analysis of the United States Con gress made by the American Press shows that 79 per cent of the United States Sen ators are elected by a rural majority and that 54 per cent of Representatives repre sent more rural counties than they do urban counties. A rural county was con sidered one in whidh there is no town of over 10,000 population. The survey showed that in addition to the 54 per cent of Representatives who represent more rural counties than urban, many of the Representatives who are class ed as "urban" actually depend for their electfon on the people living in the rural areas outside of the small cities included in this district A survey by the Country Gentleman magazine showed that 59.8 per cent of the Representatives are actu ally elected by a rural majority. Thus it can be seen that the rural peo ple of this country can control the Con gress if they will only organize. The late Governor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois once said that America did not "look for its security to the smoke curling lazily skyward from the giant smokestacks in our overcrowded industrial cities but rattier to the little white homes nestling among the green acres of our country." That is true today. The rural people are 100 per cent Americans and they want the American way of life preserved. They are not willing to turn this country over to a labor. government or to Communism where they will become slaves of a despot. Given the light they will vote to preserve our present form of government. In South Carolina 85 per cent of the electorate is rural wfaich means that 85 per cent of the people who vote for a United States Senator from this state are rural. Of our congressional districts all are overwhelmingly rural except the fourth district which 50 per cent rural. The frst district is 89 per cent rural; the sec ond 63 per cent; the third 78 per cent; the fifth 86 per cent and the sixth 89 per cent. * So that the rural people of South Caro lina will elect our Senator and Congress men next year. If they want to make sure that this country is on a safe keel they had better be careful as to how they vote next year. They will want to know how every candidate stands on such im portant issues as the repeal of the Taft- Hartley law, for example. They know that this law gives them protection against labor leaders who would freeze or starve this country into submission and they don’t want if repealed. The Merry-Go-Round The Falls Church (Va.) Echo thus de scribes the merry-go-round on which we are now riding: “Mr. Truman spends in the name of greater public welfare. But that is some- wnat akin to the Roman philosophy of bread and circuses, and is just about as soun 1. It is a circle that requires a dole, then taxes to pay for the dole. As the first dole begins to pall another is prom ised, then more taxes. When the first two have lost their charm and an election is in doubt, another form of dole is de vised, and more taxes. Some day, and it may not be too^far away, the taxes will not continue to^support 'the ever more bountiful doles, and then is when the trouble begins. If European history is any guide, the answer then will be a drastic change in the form of government in a wild fling to keep the merry-go-round rolling/' What Would Happen? Copies of a Soviet propaganda maga zine have been received by a Charleston city school but the publication has not been released for student reading. Schools throughout the nation have re ported receiving the magazine "Soviet In formation Bulletin" which is published by the Russian embassy at Washington. ♦ We cannot help but wonder what would happen if the United States embassy in Moscow would send to Russian schools a magafcme bearing on life in the United States. Thinldna Out Loud Merry Christmas to & O. Plenty. Merry Christmas to Unde 8am, the modem Atlas. Merry Christmas to all of the taxpayers. •Merry Christmas to all of sur creditors. Merry Christmas to the readers of this column—all fire of ’em. Merry Christmas to Westbrook Pegler, who caUs a spade a spade. Merry Ckristmaa to that guy out In California who haa been work ing for the last SI years trying to invent perpetual, motion. Merry Christmas to Halle Selas sie, emperor extraordinary of Ethiopia, who hasn’t crashed the headlines since he regained his crown. Marry Christmas to Blm Gump. How ws wish we were on his Christmas list! Merry Christmas to - our old firlend, Col. Ed DeCamp of Gaffney, dean of South Carolina newspaper men and loved by all of them. Merry Christmas to Mr. Bernard M. Baruch, Camden’s most dis tinguished native son. Merry Christmas to the Wofford College football team, which is bound for the Cigar Bowl at Tampa and how we wish it would bring us back a fsw boxes of good Tampa cigars! Merry Christmas to that Nashua, N. H., man whose wife gave him a good boating the other day be cause, as he testified In court, he failed to wipe off his shoes at the front door and as a result trucked up a new jux 1° the living room. • Merry Christmas to the DuPont organisation and we hope they are as happy over coming to Camden as Camden Is over their coming. Merry Christmas to Mr. Harry D. Ktrkover, the beloved dean of Camden’s winter colony. Merry Christmas to the minist ers and more power to them In their fight against the devil. Merry Christmas to the people who grow the apples that go Into the making of apple pies. Merry Christmas to the Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, Clvltana and B. and P. W. clubs and the JayCeea and thanks for the fine civic work they have done during the pest year. Merry Christmas to all of the patriotic and fraternal organisa tions of the city and may they conUnue their fight to keep Old Glory flying. Merry Christmas to Chino Ber nal, the Cuban who played cen- terfleld for the Camden baseball team list summer and who made hard catches look easy and easy catches look hard. Merry Christmas to all of the ex-wives of the Roosevelt boys and of Tommy Manvllle. Merry Christmas to Winston Churchill and may I960 see him again in the ascendancy In Eng land. Merry Christmas to our mother- in-law and we hope this friendly greeting will inspire her to make us some more good peach pre serves next peach season. Merry Christmas to all our fel low cohorts who make It possible for this column of piffle to come out twice a week. Merry Christmas to Mayor O’Dwyer of New York, who may not be a model Mayor hut who ks now a model's Mayor. Merry Christmas to Col. Adeeb Shelshakll who says his army Is safeguarding the republican regime in Syria. Merry Christmas to Senator Harry F Byrd of Virginia, and long may he wave. Merry Christmas to the Camden High School football team who made a fine record the past sea son. Merry Christmas to Generalissi mo Franco who deserves to be recognized by this country.. Merry Christmas to Ralph Sig- wald, the 26-year-old golden bari tone of Charleston, who has Jump ed from rags to riches in nine months in the only country in the world in which this is’possible— America. . Merry Christmas to all of those public eating places which have quit serving cold mashed potatoes and English peaa at banquets. Merry Christmas to the poor old Hindoo who does the best he can do. Marry Christmas to tha police men who watch over the city while Jie rest of us sleep. Merry Chriatmaa to all—that is auT, except / the Communists, who. If they could, would abolish Chriat- ■ sad all Joy ia it At Christmas A man is at his^Hnest towards the finish of the year; Ha is almost what ho should bo when the Christinas seasoa’s here; Then he’s thinking more of others than he’s thought the seen the be fore, And the laughter of his children is a Joy worth tolling for. Ho is loss a selfish creature than at any other time; When the Christmas spirit rules him hs comes close to the sub lime. When it’s Christmas man Is bigger and is better in his part; He ia keener for the service that is prompted by the heart. All the petty thoughts and narrow seem to vanish for awhile And the true reward he’s seeking ia the glory of a smile. Then for others he is toiling end somehow It seems to me That kt Christmas he Is almost what God wanted him to be. If I had to paint a picture of e man I think I’d wait Till he’d fought his selfish battles and had put aside his hate. Pd not catch him at his labors when his thoughts are all of self. On the long days and the dreary when he’s striving for himself. I’d not take him when he’s sneer ing, when he’s scornful or do- pressed, But I’d look for him at Christmas when he’s shining at his best Man Is ever In s struggle and he’s oft misunderstood; There are days the worst that’s in him Is the master of the good. But at Christmas kindness rules him and / he puts himself aside And his petty hates are vanquished and his heart la opened wide. Oh, I don’t know how to say It, but somehow it seems to me That at Christmas man is almost whit God sent him here to be. —Edgar A. Guest. USURY CHRISTMAS! With The Press when two airliners fall Into the same river within a few weeks of each other, but the recent rash of craahee Indicates the need for in creased Inventiveness in improv- inf flying ability .and in developing safety devices of all sorts and rs- liable communication equipment, includlhg radar. In this one category there seems to be a wide open field of endeavor and accomplishment.—Hie State. Lightning Strikes Twice For the second time within a little more than a month an air liner has^oraj^ed into the Potomac The first tragedy resulted from a collision with a Bolivian fighter plane. The second occurred after the plane found landing difficult on account of fog and suddenly veered off course In trying to land by radar. It seems that two airports are located across Potomac river from each other. No doubt the locations were selected for natural advant ages of topography. But it seems that the stream creates a definite hazard So modern flying from which planners of airports might take hints in the future. At the same time it is realised that it Is difficult to locate large open, level spaces where they will not be in greater or leas proximity to some natural hazard. Then the speed of modern (flying craft makes such a hazard a dozen mUes away little more than a step. And, as the slxe of conventional aircraft increases, and their speed in proportion, the hazards will in crease with the fore-shortening of distance. ^ And there seem* to be no present likelihood that the heli copter will be greatly increased in size at any foreseeable time in the futura. It may or may not be significant 4 Water, Water . . . “You never miss tho water till the well runs dry,” wrote Rowland Howard in words that have be come a popular maxim. People ef approximately a dozen northeast ern states have become acutely conscious of a scarcity of water where the ’’well’’ is a watershed extending from Maine to West Vir ginia. New York City, in the midat of this area and with one of the most impressive water supply systems in the world, is calling upon, its citisena importunately to reduce their consumption, normally near 1,200,000,000 gallons a day. Res taurants serve water only when requested, school and hotel swim ming pools are left empty, washing of automobiles is stopped, and householders are urged to cut water use to the very minimum. New Jersey has proclaimed a stole of emergency in six heavily populated counties. Fhrmtn in several parts of New England have had to haul water for their needs. Many reservoirs are reported less than one-third full This might to operate in some measure to establish a kinship of feeling between the urbanite of tha eastern United States and tha western plainsman or number, whose first preoccupation is with the height of the water table and SANTA CLAUS? He rides ta the Bast, and he rides to the West. Of hia goodies ha touches not one; * ’ Ha eateth the crumbs of the Christ mas feast When tha daar little folks are- dona! Old Santa Clans doeth all that he ' can; This beautiful mission is his; Than, children, be good to the llttla old man, ' When you find out who the little man ha with getting enough water for his livestock or irrigated crops. Residents of Loo Angeles, how ever, can attest that this fellow feeling does not grow readily when the Interests of the city and of the irrigation farmers are in the seme water. According to the United Statee Weather Bureau, there has been no long-range decline in total na tional rainfall, though there are localised drought or semidrought conditions. Actually the shortage, so called, seems to stem not so uch from reduced rainfall as greatly Increased demands on water systems which have not been expanded for a number of years. Industrial uses, sir conditioning, growth of population have af- 1 the situation, this points to need of increas- ed facilities for storing, transport ing, purifying, and distributing drinking water In America ntowns and cities. It Is a reminder, more over, that even the most plentiful of natural resources have to be conserved and utilised with care— In abort, treated with appreciation and respect — Christian Science Monitor. much from ilifC Simple, unadorned thoughts are best at Christmas. So we would only wish you a joyful and happy holi- day season, when every step you take in- creases your desire to. be a friend to man. And a Merry Christ mas to you ' HEmCHIISTHlS riLi'JL COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK MEMBER or FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM OF FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION a i