The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 17, 1950, Image 4
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1950
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Deserving of Thanks
The committee appointed last summer
under autboritjr of a joint resolution pass-
ad b? the 1949 General Assembly to sub
mit plans for a reorganization of the school
set-up in Kershaw county has performed
a very difficult task. Members of the
committee have given most generously of
their time and their thought in an endeavor
to arrive at a solution of the problems
which confronted them.
We doubt if any member of the com
mittee is fully satisfied with the report
which it is making. There are things in
it which they would perhaps have pre
ferred to have left out and it fails to in
clude things which they would like to have
included but they were faced with facts
and not theories.
When the people of the county go to
consider the recommendations of the com
mittee we hope they will take into con
sideration the fact that the men and wo
men who have made up this report have
come from every section of the county and
that they have given long hours to con
sideration of the facts before arriving at
their recommendatfons. The recommenda
tions, while perhaps imperfect in some re
spects, represent what in the opinion of
the majority of tbe committee were the
best that could be made in the circum
stances
The people of Kershaw county owe a
vote of thanks to the members of the com
mittee who are: J. G. Richards, Jr., Cam
den, chaifsnan; Mrs. M. U DuVal, Boykin,
. Bari Truesdale, Logoff; J. C.
offman,
ville; W. P. Estridge, Bethune; Jesse Ross,
Bfaney, and Ford B. Stanton, Cassatt, and
to the ex-officio members, Henry Savage,
Jr., Mayor of Camdenl Steve Lane, Mayor*
of Bethune; Arthur Jones, Mayor of Ker
shaw; K. T. Bowen, Mayor of Blaney, and
County Superintendent of Education Ar
thur Stokes. A.
The State Comes First
The Winnsboro News and Herald is on
sound ground when it says that “the af
fairs of the State of South Carolina trans
cend in importance the political ambitions
of the Governor, the Junior United States
Senator or any other individual or group
and we hope that the people will keep
this fact firmly in mind, difficult though
it be to do when the heat is turned on.”
It will be nauseating if the two factions
in the General Assembly devote this en
tire session to jockeying for political ad
vantage.
Legislation should be weighed on its
merits and dbpported or fought on the
same basis, regardless of who may run
for the United States Senate next year.
These are critical times. The statement
is often being made now that a trembling
civilization is hanging in the balance. Let
us hope that the members of the General
Assembly will not fritter away their time
making speeches just to get into print.
What a relief it would be to the people
of the state if they could think that every
man in the Legislature was there giving
his best thought to measures that would
be for the best interests of the state, cast
ing aside all political feeling. ^
But then may be we are just dreaming!
— — —"
“TM» ctd wo
ThinktaqOutLoud
A writor mjs that the man .who
gets ahead hi the future umst be
a specialist. The business world
will expect more and more of Its
employee*, he warns, sad the un
trained man is going to hare s
difficult time. And that reminds
us of the boy who was making
lore to s girt. “Margie." he said
is in
says a
mad a lot, of tL
With The Prase
before Mr.
how long it will be
gets around to
the! the
meat buy eeery man, who can’t
afford to buy one himself, an an-
Maybe ha is aartag that
for
election year.
Should Bring Quick
State icniitft * coofinnatiDB ot
Mias Faith Clayton as a member
of the state Industrial commission
should lead to reforms la the ad
ministration of tha Workmen's
The cost of living is no high
that barbers hare quit feeding
lather to their enstomers who get
It Is estimated that there are
46.060 violins, cellos, and other
stringed instruments In this coun
try. No wonder we are suffering
from a lack of kannoay.
If "labor la the divine law of
our existence’’ as some fellow said
, .. f.,-. mtr » our exuience as some imiuw wu
*o «her day. there are many who
I’ve over loved." The girl sighed.
Just my luck." she snapped,
"again I hare’ drawn an amateur."
are violating the
punity. .
law with im-
Nero fiddled—Mr. Truman play*
th* piano. /
Many'* man who recalls how his
daar old father used to lore the
Democratic party now wood
what has become of the party.
A Kansas man committed suicide
because be was not pleased with
the way thiags are going now. He
certainly chose a very emphatic
way of expressing his displeasure.
We don’t know Just what the
future holds but we hare an idea
It will hare its hands full
Every now and then we find
ourselves wondering if the old
ouija board will ever come beck.
When it comes time to get up
in the morning we all agree that
"time is the greatest of al ty
rants."
Who can remember the good old
days when a new pair of shoes
would squeak for a boot three
weeks?
ministration
compensation law. .
Governor Thurmond's- appointees
now held a M majority on tha
five-man commission. The gorer'
nor ha* promised to clean up. the
compensation scandal in South
Carolina and the opportunity now
is his.
Some changes may be necessary
in tha compooMtlon law to effect
thorough reform. The moat im
portant and moat needed proviaion
is an amendment to make lawyer*
tees. In contingent damage cases*
a matter of public record.
Certain damage suit lawyers iu
South Carolina have made ar. legal
racket out of workmen * compen
sation. Aa a result, insurance rate*
paid by employer* are far too
high, and this discourages new in
dustries from locating in- South
Carolina. ... ,
Even without changes in the law,
however, the industrai commission
can make and enforce rules bene
ficial to both employers and emr
ployes. Persons interested in good
government in South Carolina eag
erly await concrete action by the
commission.—New* and. Courier.
th* second greet conflict
elves to be wmul fa
in military and naval po*.
While the prsasut natio*
linlstratkm la spending
money than ell other
tions combined, with the en
of the years of the Second
War, It is continually cutthu
on appropriations tor the
service*.
And in Formosa, we «,
fronted with a situation «
show of force might pren
spread of .war sad we are i
pared to meet It.
It ia. appalling that w«
thus be making tfo same i
for the thlad time ie the <
We should not recouuaei
America become an intense
tarlsed country, hut we
most emphatically recomme
it be made sufOelently sti
protect itself sad* the fa
which it has. promised to
-The State.
Time To Crack Down
Sheriff W. E. Bryant of Darlington
county, reports that there hag been s 75
per cent increase in crime in Darlington
county in the past 30 days. A perusal
of the news columns of most newspapers
would indicate ^hat crime is now rampant
all over the country.
Regarding the situation in Darlington,
county, the Darlington News and Press
says:
“Except for the fact that still oper
ators made up a very great per cent-
age of the total offenses last year, it
is difficult to make a general state
ment about this report Other offen
ses ranged the whole gamut of hu
man viciousness: robbery, assault
burglary, larceny, (homicide, rape,
manslaughter. What causes underlie
this upsurge of lawlessness? Or do
the causes remain too deeply hidden
for amateur probing to reveal?
An ex-king is about the most
helpless thing in the world unless
It be a small stockholder.
They are going to hare an old
time singing in America*, Os. This
means, we presume, that every
now and then some one will hit
the right key. .
Urging the necessity of parent
education, a writer says that young
parents in particular, should be
trained how to discipline their
children, and train their minds
along proper ways of thinking.
And speaking of parents we are
A Danville. Va.. man celebrated
his 65th birthday hr blowing out
92 candles on his birthday cake
with one mighty puff. My—what
a politician he would have made!
One of 'the greatest troubles
with this country is that you never
know what the fellow who la driv
ing the other car is going to do.
There’s too much agitating, fol-
mlnattng, imitating and expector
ating in this coentry and not
enough "cogitating, meditating and
generating.
reminded of the story we saw the
other day of a father who said that
he had always dreaded the hour
when his little son would be asking
him questions which he would not
know how to answer. One day he
and the boy were sitting In the
living room of the home. "Daddy,"
exclaimed the little boy, "I have
a question l want to ask you—I
have been wanting to ask it for
a long time." The father wondered
to himself what It would be "All
right, son, what is it?" he finally
repUed. “Can you tell me how
they make brick?" asked the little
boy.
Time is moving along and It will
not be long before clttee will be
demanding recounts of their popu
lation.
Every taxpayer who wants to
pay more federal and state taxes
is urged to write his representa
tives in the General Assembly end
Congress to vote for increased a£
propria tions.
Sometimes we shudder when we
think whet will happen when the
old grab beg la finally emptied.
It wouldn’t be any trouble get
ting actors if all of the parts were
leading parts.
Would you say that a cannibal
loves his fqllow man?
The Same Mistake?
Says Ray Tucker. Washington
columnist:
“The plain but generally un-.
recognized fact 1* that, only three
years after the United States pos
sessed the most powerful navy and
air force in world.history, and.the
second strongest laud military ma
chine, we are now too weak to do
more than make a token aland,
against a Red attack on one of the
most vital Islands of our defense
system In the Far Pacific.
"We have only ten- fully man-,
ned and equipped. Army divisions,
and only two Marine divisions. And
they are scattered overseas and.
in this country. If we used them,
the terrain they would have tOj
vacate would be defenaeleaa.”
Mr. Tucker was discussing, the
possibilities of this country * at:
tempting to go to the aid of Chin
ese Nationalists on Formos*.
As to sending naval units Into
Chinese waters he declares, “Our
few flattops, cruiser* and deatroy-
ers would become easy targets for
bombers from bases, on the Chin
ese mainland. In such a contest
we would have tw call on- the air
force to provide an umbrella and.
that might mean large Scale war."
Of course the primary Issue Is
that of. a third world war. But
these statements point up another
fact in which all Americans should
have a vital intenest
Here we are, three years after
Treadlne Ofe-Thi* Ice
Business statisticians cU
when the liabilities of a
enterprise are no more l
per. cent of, its assets it
reasonably safe ground, hi
the liabiUMee begin to ex
per. cent of the assets tk
prise is; treading'.; on. thin
A government operates
fame principle. It is a
huge corporation, and.; ths
era and property owners
stockholders.
The estimatedu wealth at
tion is said to be five
binion dellarv althengh w]
old lekes was Secretary
Interior he made the aa
statement that, the real
tential wealth of the as
Into several: trillion del]
Counting potential .mesh
counting chWkena before
hatched; and to be on*
side we moot consider
wealth of Are hundred bl
lars ae shewn br the tax
Thar five hundred bill
lars Is the notion’s asssi
when we think’of its lit
260 billion' dollaran-our h
dined to stand ton. end. 1
add to this the approxln
billion doUara of .bonded
neas of the state* and <
liticsl subdivisions we has
indebtedness of 166’Mtlkl
or. 66 per cent of.onr aasc
If a private enteryria
dividual business owedit
it would—hare to curt*
pease* or gw intdfhaaknq
is the alteraatire that j
nation. This appalling i
has dawned upon the m
the mambers of the Con
there is developing in W
a strong economy-mind
ment.—Dillon Herald.
MUJJQrS&mbi
, “It jnay he that, in, order to have
^ — _ r the whole story, we should be fom«l
gewayTirUrClybtirn; Wesr ~ lo IS^^ToRiBS^Sgii^^
1
The Right of Free Speech
The mayor of Benson, N. C., and a
prominent business man of that town,
were called before a National Labor Rela
tions Board examiner the other day be
cause they had advised the employees of
a manufacturing plant in the town not
to organize an union.
The excuse for calling them was the
charge that they were acting as represent
atives of the manufacturing company in
advising the employees not to organize.
Both men stutly denied that they were
representing the company. They said that
they had urged the employees not to org
anize because they were afraid that if
they did organize the town would lose the
only industry it had.
“I thought we still had the right of free
speech,” said the Mayor. — -
• This is not the first instance of this
kind that has been reported in this coun
try. There have been other occasions
when men, who were in no way whatso
ever connected with the employer, have
been called before National Labor Rela
tions Board examiners because they had
dared to suggest to employees that they
not organize.
It seems that we are building up a regu
lar gestapo in this country which would
take from citizens the right of free speech.
It's about time the people were rising
in arms and demanding that something
be done about this, lest we get in the fix
that the people of Germany were in under
Hitler and the people of Russia are in un-
der Stalin.
Incidentally the National Labor Rela
tions Board's standing In the eyes of the
general public was not elevated by the
it filed against the white woman who is
counsel for the board by a negro woman
arging this white woman with alienating
case histories for each of the offend
ers. And even then, we might find
no basic influence which agitated
more than two or three at a time.
Causes, then, we must leave in mys
tery at this time. But whatever caukes
there were, it is clear that this county
has gone through a crime wave.
“We are accustomed to think of
crime waves as occurring in New York
or Chicago, or other large far-away
cities. It Is difficult to visualize a
crime wave in our own front yards.
But there it is; the figures prove it
And it is a most uncomfortable
thought.”
It is good to note that signs of an
awakening on the p“art of the general
public to the increase of crime in the state.
It may be productive of good.
It is our feeling that the courts them
selves must share much of the responsi
bility for this increase of crime. They
have become too lenient with criminals.
The sentences which are being imposed
are in most cases ridiculous. Hardened
criminals, finally caught and convicted,
are given light sentences with the greater
portion of them suspended, after which
they are turned loose to go out and com
mit new crimes.
We are told that most of the heinous
crimes are committed by former convicts
who have been released after serving
short sentences for some former crime.
Criminals have about lost all fear of
the courts. The judges are mucK to blame.
And the increase in crime is one of the
very natural results.
It’s time for the courts to crack down
on criminals and if the courts don't do it
the people ought to crack down on the
courts.
You could pay a thousand dollars mors and
not pot all the now beauty • • • extra room . . .
fcmovs rugqedneu of this groat now Dodge
. affections of the negro woman’s negro
Y
n<Ud job is being done on the
DeKolb and Broad streets under
of the parks and streets
It is a pHy that there is not
ve the work done
Congratulations Ip Order
We heartily congratulate Judge J. Rob
ert Martih, Chairman J. J. Reid of the
Industrial Commission and Governor Thur
mond for being the first to be denoonced
by Representative John Bolt Culbertson
of Greenville, in the present session of the
General Assembly. It is quite a compli
ment to them.
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Ask any Dodge deafer for a “Magi*
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< It is to be hoped that the General As
sembly will not give serious consideration
to the recommendation of the State High
way CommiaMoner for a one cent increase
on the gasoline tax. Gasoline is bearing
about all of the taxes it cab possibly stand
now and there is no nee<l for putting an-
ghms for
engineering and dependability.
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