Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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jibk wS T, *'T# TWO JAXUABY Ml MM ®hp (ttambpn OUprontcU V MW road Street Camden, S^C. ON TUKSDAT and TRIDAT EACH WEEK Harold C. Booker • D&Coata Brown - - - - Publisher SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: All Subscriptions Payable In Advance One Year Six Months S«00 Betered m Second CUae Matter at tke Feet Office at Camden. 8. C* under act of March I, 1I7» an arUclee submitted for pnbUcatkm signed by the author FRIDAY. JANUARY 20, 1950 The Governor’t Menage or Tni Thinkinq Out Loud According to an expert, an an* tomoblle powered by atomic energy would coot several million dollars. Why—uo man could mortgage hla home for such a sum as that! South Carolina Dictator Congressman J. P. Richards of the fifth congressional district was ignored, it seems, when the appointment of a census director for this district was made. The appointment was made on recom mendation of Ashton H. Williams of Lake City, leader of the so-called Truman Demo- crate in the last presidential election. Mr. Richards was ignored because he placed the welfare of the people of his district ahead of the welfare of the party. He has declined to go along with Presi dent Truman in his program calling for the enactment of F. E. P. C. legislation and his socialistic measures. It seems that Ashton H. Williams would bo Die South Carolina dictator under the welfare state., which Mr. Truman would set up. One finds very much to commend in Governor Thurmond's annual message to the General Assembly of South Carolina. It does not appear to be the message of a politician but of a man who has a very earnest desire to serve the people of his state. He speafcs out with a refreshing boldness. .' J That the Governor had apparently for gotten politics when he was writing his speech is evidenced by his bold stand against Federal aid to education. The self-eeeking politician would have ignored this issue since (he General Assembly is not involved with it Many of the teachers of the state have gone on record as favor ing Federal aid and the%Govemor by his stand could have alienated some of them | The road to hen may be paved who may not have thought the matter through as has the Governor. Commenting on Federal aid to schools the Governor said: “Although the ponding legislation for Federal aid to education purports to safeguard local control of schools, we must not forget that one Congress cannot bind another, and that appar- The F. E. P. C. Bill Senator Clyde R. Hoey of North Caro lina, commenting on the President’s Fair Employment Practices Bill if quoted as having said in an interview: “I would not vote for any bill which would require any person of any race to work for another man against his will. Therefore, I would not vote for any bill which would. require another person to employ someone to work for him against his will.” The Senator then listed ten provisions of the measure which .he found to be ob jectionable: 1. It would deny freedom of contract. 2. It would deny the employer the right of selective judgment, in procuring his employees. 3. It would deny to employes the right of selecting their associates. _ 4. It would deny to labor unions the right to determine their membership or regulate their own affairs. 5. It would deny the employer the right to hire, promote, or discharge employes upon the basis of their efficiency, merit or faithfulness. 6. It would give to a commission the power to compel the employer to pay per sons who were never in his employ, and then force him to hire them. 7. It would subject the employer to investigation, harassment, fines, and pen alties, to be determined by a commission located in Washington. 8. It would deny the employer the right of trial by jury, and give him no right to a review of the facta found by the commission. 9. It would compel the employer to give testimony against himself, and expose fhis private letters, books and papers for the inspection and investigation of a horde of employes of the commission. 10. It would compel the employer to hire a person whom he did not wish to have in his employ, and deny him the privilege of selecting an employe of his own choice. ThisjwquJd no longer be a free country if ihe F. E. P. C. bill should be enacted into law. We would have to change the Words to the “Star Spangled Banner” and to “America” so as to omit any reference to the land of the free in them. Who Is Invited? Jonathan Daniels of Raleigh, N. C., one of the “liberal Democrats” in the South, has caded a Southern regional conference of Democrats to be held in Raleigh on Jan. 28. Governor Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, and Governor Fielding Wright of Mississippi, who led the fight for South ern ideals and for States Rights in the last presidential election, have not been invited. This means, of course, that the Raleigh meeting will be one of Truman “Demo crats.” If South Carolina ia to be represented it ought to be represented by X M. Hinton and J. JL McCray because they are prdb-; ibly the most local Truman “Democrats” I this State. seems that t0O»er or later there will to be a decision as to who's gantry ently the actum of Congress does net bind the present executive in the allo cation of Federal aid funds. Even if Congress should resist the every one knows that the live fiat that was applied to housing aid will be applied to educational aid,' and that it will not be given where separation of the races exists. And once the Federal camel gets his nose under the tent of public school educa tion in this country, the day will not be distant when some bureaucrat in Washington will tell us who can at tend our schools, who can teach in .them, what books our children shall study and what our children shall be taught.” ^ All of which is well put and in line with what The Camden Chronicle has been saying all along. The Governor’s recommendation for a program of enlarging and equipping the Medical College of South Carolina to in crease the number of doctors, nurses and technicians it can educate is wise. There are many communities in the state now without doctors and this is one of the arguments being advanced for socialized medicine, although it is a very fallaceous .Argument. But it is a fact that there is a crying need for more medical practicioners. It is good to note that the Governor again urges ehactment of the secret bal lot law in this state and laws for the pro tection of our primaries, if we are to con tinue to have same. The state’s Chief Executive urges the adoption of the reorganization plan No. 1 for the state government, which would combine eight state agencies handling the state’s finance, property and personnel affairs into a State Budget and Control Board and institute a central purchasing of supplies and equipment for state depart* ments and institutions. The central pur chasing agency would undoubtedly save the state lots of money. The Governor reminds the people that “law abiding citizens of South Carolina now go to bed at night knowing that when they awake in the morning they will not see, walking their streets, a hardened criminal given his freedom by the stroke of a Governor’s pen.” South Carolinians who have suffered much at the hands of pardon rackets con ducted in the past should be eternally grateful to Governor Thurmond for put ting an end to such. One is forced to agree with the Gover nor in his advocacy of home rule for coun ties. In 1949, he says, the General As sembly enacted 638, purely local measures as compared to only 88 state-wide acts. The state legislature, he says, should be freed from the burden of enacting purely local laws, to bring about shorter legisla tive sessions and more efficient state and county governments. It goes without saying that The Chron icle heartily agrees with the Governor’s denunciation of the administration in Washington. “We must be prepared,” he says, “to discharge increasing governmental respon sibilities to our people. We must realize that certain restrictions and conditions will be imposed upon allocations of fed eral funds which no self-respecting state hood can accept South Carolina today is in a better position than at any time since the War Between the States to stand on its own feet. We cannot and must not accept funds from Washington if to do so vrfH force us to sacrifice our institutions and destroy the sovereignty of the State.” The Governor says that what is «okig on in Washington today is “Pendergrastiam of iti» moot«tlia Hyp*.'” The 43kwun»r'a message taken tm the whole one to If am 4Ma*t bar# to wt, «r hare a ^ place lx which to lire or hare to wear dethee, ox get atone rerjr wCU on the pay With The Pres* could .1 Who can r—cWhcr the good old days when almoet erery town of any Mao had n More known a -The Bee Hirer No federal wages end hours law can atop that old tanas/, Dame Rumorf from working day and Another Office The proposal that a third office* building In Columbia be created W in harmony with the theory^ that a larger number of persona should be supported by the typof”"* *** made eligible aa working members of the Officebolderr Industry* It be that Smith. Jones nnd The births tone of the arerage man seems to be a grindstone. A boo keeper complains that there Is a drastic shortage of tig ers. That’s one thing the public can’t do anything about A Virginia farmer claims to hare ‘‘an old hen that ootcrow nay old rooster.’* Not a rery re spectful way for one to speak of his wife. Brown. Dick, Tom and Harry are hungry for more * 0T # ern “ ent are eager to labor for It, sweat for It POT for it In The News sad Courier’s despised and hated opinion, half the offices and desks In Columbia should be made per* manently recant by the general assembly.—News and Courier. bet It Is hell after yon get there. Our Idea of a smart man la one who knows what an isotope is. Speaking of eliminating unee* sentlals we newer could see the need of the -ph" la “phtleis." We always feel warty tor a bald* headed man when someone Is tell ing g hair-raining story. The most powerful argument we hare seen against gambling Is that the person with plenty of mpney doesn't need to win and the per son who hasn’t any can’t afford to lose. Who can remember when • Tirol Infection” wee called a “bad cold?” Another one of life’s pathetic scenes is to see two drunk men planning what they are going to do the next day. "Beauty Is only skin deep,” Is an old saying. Isn’t ugUnesa. too? The coni miners seem to be get* ting disgusted with John L. Lewis’ pollcy of ordering them out erery few days and then ordering them back to work. They may be like the new recruit during the war. The first day tie waa taken out to drill, the sergeant was putting a group through the usual commands —order arms, abont face, forward march, present arms, at ease, etc. Finally the recruit just walked off and started back toward the bar racks. “Hold on there, where are you going?” the sergeant shouted at him. ’’Well," replied the re cruit, “when you make up your mind what you want us to do. I’ll come back.” Too mihy men seem to think they can preserve themselves by getting pickled. If old biogenes should come back to earth, he would probably lose his lantern in short order. Every Inveterate Bridge player probably wants to be burled with simple honors. A man Just hack from Texas told ns he rode half a day In that state without seeing a tree. Where do the chickens roost? The arerage female has a horror orer erer going to waist. It has always seemed to ns that a. iamala gott shurald be called a buttress. A writer says that there la too much useless information being passed out to the public and too many facts being withheld. And that reminds us ot the story of the motorist who was lost Sud denly he saw an old man approach ing. “Hi!” he shouted. “Do you know the way to Lawrencerlller’ The old man shook hla head. "No, danged if I do" he said. The mo torist drore on slowly and when he had gone about a half mile he heard shouts behind him. He stopped and looked around. The old man had been joined by an other and they were waring him back. Slowly and painfully he backed his car down the narrow road. "What is it?” he asked. "This is my friend, George," said the old man, "and he doesn't know the way either.” An astronomer says that the sun is likely to explode any minute and burn the earth to a crisp in a few seconds. We were afraid several times last summer that that was what was happening. A Portland, Me., man sued his wife for divorce just a few days before they were to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. That’s one trouble with the world—a husband or wife rushes off to the divorce court before giving married life a fair trial. French Communists Lose In an effort to assist in •Qailh ping the French Army, the l-nited States will probably shortly dja* patch to Franco a considerable taanUty of military goods. One would presume that the people of France, without exception, would welcome the material means with which to defend their country. For some time, tho Communists hare dominated certain groups of French laborers, especially tho longshoremen 1 , who unload ships. Recently, at Cherbourg, the union attempted to promote a strike so that the military goods could not be handled, but the workers voted^ 472 to 290 against a walk-out. Notice is month from this 30th, 1950, Victor tor, will make to the Court of Kershaw Cc final return as Execul estate of Miss Anna S deceased, and on the he Will apply to the i This Is encouraging because the j or a Communists have counted upon their domination of French labor to prevent American military goods from getting Into France. They also seek, at times, by strikes to block the production of arms and thus to seriously hamper the build ing of the Western defense line in Europe. From newspaper observers In France, one learns that the army has been purged of Communist ele ments in Important positions and that new men offer the promise of producing an excellent military force. Because the French Army is expected to provide the quickly- available force so necessary in modern warfare, the improved pic ture increases confidence but the army will "be badly hampered un less it receives military aid from this country—Orangeburg Times and Democrat. Legislative Program With the beginning of another session of the South Carolina Gen eral Assembly in Columbia this week, our representatives can do tbe people of the state a real ser vice if they really desire to do so. One thing that should be done Is to give our counties complete home rule and relieve the legislature of the necessity of passing on many trival and purely local matters. During the 1949 session 8S per cent of the bills passed by our State Legislature were of a local na- have mom Uma to davou of an Important nature It not have to ta|e cars of •ago of ao many trivial k Another tklnf that the tare nhould do Is to provi Carolinians with a seen guaranteeing thorn tho vote as they please with* one "looking over their as they cast thair ballot Carolina needs n pennan tratkm law and simpler tions for voting. This ] piece of legislation—the i lot—has been “footbelief long enough. It is high action la taken. The Cltiseda hope that ent session of tho Genera ly will make history by sage of these two mem forma and many other p measures. U such a p aoompUshod the mem be General Assembly who across will have done & Una a real and lasting Greer Observer. FINAL DISCHA Executor. N. C. AH Probft Camden, S. C. Dec. MILLER'S For L Stale Hie 'Friday. Jan. "TASK FORC Gary Cooper, Jane Saturday, Jan "SHADOWS OF TH Whip Wilson, And SaL. 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