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»AQE TWO - > rr— T» M (Si|r (Svnt&nt QUjrmtlrU lilt Norm tsro*d Street Camden, 8. C. PUBLISHXD ON TUESDAY and FRIDAY EACH WEEK Harold C. Booker - DaCoata Brown - - • - - Editor - - Publisher SUBSCRIPTION TORMS: All Sobacriptiona Payable In Advance One Year $3.50 Six Months : 2.00 ■atered m Second CUm Matter at the Poet Office at CteUen. SL C, ander act of Ooasreaa x Marcfc l, l»Tt All articles eabaUtted for puMicattoa moat be al»aed by tbe aatbor TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1950 It Must Be Stopped The . fact that children appear to be responsible for the wave of vandalism re ported in some sections of the city causes it to be a matter of all the more concern because if these children are not appre hended and severely disciplined, what will be their respect for property, or even for lives, in the future? “Just as the twig is bent, so the tree is inclined" and unless a child is taught to respect the property of others, he or she may grow up to be a hardened criminal. Most certainly the person, be it adult or child, who would stop to throw rocks into the stained windows of a church should be punished and punished severely. It would be well for all parents to talk with their children regarding the prop erty rights of others and to counsel them against vandalism of any nature. Just the other night we'heard a rather eminent South Carolinian, in discussing the dark outlook for the future, say that even if this country should survive some of the other grave threats to its future, he was fearful that it was too late for it to survive the consequences which, he said, are bound to come from a complete breakdown of discipline in the homes. As we heard of the acts of vandalism here we could not help recall his prophecy that in a few more years property would not be safe because of the failure of parents of today to in still into their children respect for the xi gHts of others. ' ^ —— Every one should cooperate with the * officers of the law in their efforts to break up the vandalism being practiced in Cam den now. llhe guilty ones should be caught and an object lesson made of them. < Taft-Hartleu Law Invoked President Truman has been forced to invoke the Taft-Hartley law, a law frhich he has fought bitterly, in an effort to bring to an end a coal mining shut down that threatens the public welfare. The neces sity of the law must by this time have be come apparent even to the President him self. Whether the miners will obey and in junction which the President is preparing to secure cannot be said at this time. Mr. Lewis has intimated that they will not. If they don’t, the courts can impose such ex cessive fines on their union that it will be’ broke. The miners may not react like Mr. Lewis Uhinks they will. Their patience has been worn thin by his recent leadership. As the Anderson Independent says, “the three-day week, the frequent all-out strikes and other confusion during the past eight months have cost the miners plenty of money" and “it isn't easy for a miner to make ends meet on a three-day week and limited union subsistence funds can’t hold out forever.’’ And as The Independent further says, “thus it may develop that the Taft-Hartley Act—supposedly hated by all organized labor—may prove the only statute that will save the miners from the excesses of a power-blind leadership." The Taft-Hartley law h&s been vindi cated. There should be no further effort on the part of any one for its repeal. More Important “It would be more important that peo ple be free than they be well fed, if such a choice were necessary," says the Baptist Courier in an editorial discussing the trend towards a socialised government in this country. That is a very correct statement. Likerwise we feel tihat it would be bet ter for the children of this section to struggle along in the schools which we are able to provi# for them now rather than have them perhaps in finer school build ings but beinf^taught the wrong things and by the wrong people, as might be the case if the Federal government ever be gins to aid the schools and thereby assum ed control of them. / ' : i*' wftfi UIiiir.i'tilf *' - • V if The fact that there is no politics there, w - / Should Take Referendum Officers of the South Caretipa Educa tion Association, composed of the teach ers of the state, have reaffirmed that organization’s support of Federal aid to educaton. The South Carolina Education News, official publication of the teachers’ organi zation, in its February issue, carried an editorial in which it makes, light of the injection of the racial issue, calling it “phony,” and saying that “it would be a terrible thing if South Carolina is cheated out of Federal aid to education because of racial prejudice.” Here is the editorial from the publica- tion: - -• “About this time last year the Edu cation News took note of reports frem Washington that racial prejudices threatened the passage of federal aid to education legislation. At that time this newspaper said it would be a ter rible thing if federal aid were blocked because of race fears. “As things turned out, it wdt relig ious rather than racial—prejudice that stymied federal aid in 1949. We all remember the oratory of last sum mer that resulted in nothing. And we all know that any religious issue * involving federal aid already had been settled by the courts. “We now have ample evidence that the race issue will be injected in the federal aid fight this year. And like the religious issue, it is a phony. “The question of racial segregation in schools is before the U. S. Supreme Court even now—and it will be set tled, once and for all, in the courts. Federal aid to education will have no bearing on whether wRite and Negro children attend the same schools in South Carolina. 1 “The old cry of federal control has been raised again. That, too, is a phony. Senate bill 246 contains the strongest possible language to protect states rights and to prevent federal control of schools. “Furthermore the cry of federal control comes about 20 years too late. We’ve had federal aid to education for about that long. South Carolina now gets about $6,600,000 a year in federal aid for certain specialised fields. Yet the federal government does not control our schools. “So the Education News repeats—it would be a terrible thing if South Carolina is cheated out of federal aid to education because of rarial preju dice.” The Education News refers to the fact that South Carolina now gets federal aid for certain specialized fields yet the fed eral government does not control our schools. It could likewise have pointed out that many South Carolinians had for some years been securing government loans to • aid in the construction of apartments and not until quite recently did the Presi dent issue an order that there must be no racial discrimination hereafter in apart ments that will hereaftec^be built with the aid of government money. Who knows but that just as soon as the trap is set, Mr. Truman will not issue a similar order in regard to the schools? But leaving the racial matter out of the picture altogether, we would be just as opposed to federal aid for education be cause of the grave danger that before long the government would be telling us who shall teach in our schools and what they shall teach. This may be called “phony,” too, but the danger would exist neverthe less. Why play with dynamite? Hitler saw the advantage of using the school system of Germany, Mussolini saw it in Italy and Stalin early saw in in Rus sia. The school system is a sweet morsel. It is exceedingly difficult to believe that a majority of the teachers in South Caro lina are in favor of federal aid to educa tion. We know that much propaganda in favor of it has been sent to them from the national association and handed on down through the state association, but we still cannot believe that they are will ing to take this chance. Why doesn’t the South Carolina Edu cation Association, an organization that has done a great work for education and which heretofore has had almost the unanimous support of the people, take a poll of its members? Send each a secret ballot, with two statements, one written by a proponent of federal aid and one written by an opponent, and then ask its membership to vote on the matter. TME CAMDEN CHRONICLE. CAMDEN. EOPTH CAROLINA. TUEjDAT^FCTRPARTJ4 L , , == The movie, industry would enhance its standing very greatly if it would be unani mous in its decision to bar any movie in which Miss Ingrid Bergman might appear. It is good to note that many theaters have already announced that they will not show any more of her pictures. We trust that -ii — will follow suit, v IhhudnqQutloud The statement that one hydrogen bomb would destroy every living thing within a radius of 200 square miles brings to mind sn old story which we may have related in this column before. It waa to the effect that the world was destroy ed in an atomic war. Every hu man being had perished, all ani mals, birds, insects, in fact every thing had been destroyed except two old monkeys that happened to be in n deep cave and in some miraculous way escaped unhurt. They came out and surveyed the destroyed world and then the papa monkey said to the mama monkey, “ShaU we start out all over again or just forget It?” Any one whofhas ever attended a “hearing” before the National Labor Relations Board and observ ed tbs outcome, has a pretty good idea of how “trials” are conducted in Csecboelovskia, Poland, Ru mania and other European coun tries. "Bull Runs Amuck* In Nebraska City”—headline. A very common occurrence in Washington. The Republicans are reported to be ready with their 1950 principles, but how about their principals? It Isn’t a very difficult matter for a man to talk his head off In Rus sia or any of the Soviet satellite nations. With The Press Very often a motorist who is in too big a harry to get to his next destination gets there more quickly than be bad expected. Some busy men waste lots of time telling how busy they are. When the Missouri was aground, do you suppose anybody referred to its cammander as an “old stick in the mud?” “Women have more energy than men,” says a writer. Yes, and the average husband is awfully glad of it “The world Is headed straight for hell.” anys a correspondent of one of the Charlotte newspapers. The weather has been so warm In Cam den (his winter that one of the local pastors says he has been tempted once or twice to tell kit congregation that “this is it.” „ — f* . < :u There’s an old saying that “what’s sauce for the goose ought to be sauce for the gander.” but this is not necessarily true. For example, there were the two friends who met two days after a big party which they had attended. “Well old man,” said one of them, “how did you get along after 1 left you the other night? Did you get hom^ all right?’’ “No,” was the reply,, “a policeman saw me and he took me to the station and I had UT spend the night in jail.” “You sure were lucky,” said the first, ”1 got home!” A man just doesn’t have a chance now. The perking meters take all of his spare pennies and nickles and the government all of his spare dollars. i mmem / “Dead Man Killed While Cross ing Street”—headline. This is cer tainly tha age of marvels. The action of the President in Invoking the Taft-Hartley law has made tha coal world grin. That Missouri man who swallow ed 16 needles most have a stitch In his side. Another one of life’s sad fea tures is that ignorant men are al ways so much more willing to pass on information. It seems that old Mother Na ture tries to even things up as beet she can. For example some men have eloquence and other* brains. -w - : Ignorance of the lawmakers is no excuse. V Often a man’s wife objects to his loving his neighbor. Our pet peeve at 1 o’clock in the morning la the cup of coffee we drank tar upper _ What baa become of the old- fashioned man who let mo the/ do all of the writing to the children? . A A newspaper correspondent now on a tour of Europe says that the Swedes are the fairest people In the world and that they usually try to do what 11 right And that makes oa think of the old atory of a Swede named Olson in Min nesota who had a cqw killed by a railroad train. ▲ day or so later a claim agent for the railroad call ed on him. “We understand, of course, that the deceased was a very docile and valuable animal.” said the claim agent in his most persuasive manner, “and we sym pathise with you in your loss. But Mr. Olaon, you must remember this: Your cow had no bnslneas being upon our tracks. Those tracks are our private property and when she invaded them, nhe, tech nically, became a trespasser. Tech nically speaking, yon. as her own er, became a trespasser also. But we hava no desire to carry the issue into court and possibly give you trouble. Now than, what would you regard ns a fair settlement between you and the railroad com- vwmj 1 - »»»». Olson, Slowly, “ay bans poor Sweds term- bat ay shall give yon two dol- •sluts Ta Boy ieouta No organisation that has come into existence in the present cen tury deserve s greeter measure of public applause and confidence thsn the Boy Scouts of America, which this week is observing Ua 40th anniversary. It is a significant fact that the Boy Scent movement is one of which you rarely >w never hear n word of disparagement or ad verse criticism. Of many worthy and even noble organisations that cannot be said. But when did you ever hear any one speak a word against the Boy Scouts? . The one comment that might be construed ns unfavorable to the Boy Scoot movement is that it does not reach and include enough boys. And that la a high compli ment The number of boys It reaches and serves is not limited in any community, as s rule, how ever, except by the number of Scoutmasters and training person nel available. In any case, the Boy Scouts to day number about two and a half million in the Nation, and nearly 4,000 of them are Charlotte and Mecklenburg county boys Long ago it became a badge of honor and a high recommendation to any boy tq be known as a Scout. And every Scout has a right to be proud that he is a member of such a group. Scouting is not merely a matter of teaching a group of boys to do good deeds. It does that and much more. It trains the boys to live clean lives, to be loyal to that which is worthy, to observe the laws and to eschew crime and evil, to con duct themselves always as young gentlemen, to stand ready always to lend a helping hand to those in danger or distress or need, and to protect themselves and each other in emergencies or when dang er larks. It builds character. It providss wholesome physical and mental recreation. It is one of the highest com mendations of the Boy Scout that they almost Iqvariably develop into good and useful citizens,' that rare ly one of them goes bad, and that it is a rare exception if a man is ever found in prison or charged with crime who has had the good training and wholesome experience of a Boy Scout. This newspaper joins with others throughout the land this National Boy Scout Week in a salute to the Boy Scouts of America, noble organization of millions of our fin est boys!—Charlotte Observer. We Hope, It’s Not True Rumors' are dangerous things to trifle with, but at times a rumor is the basis pf a fact—the tremor Of an earthquake before the shock Is felt “From Columbia,’’ says the Dorchester Eagle-Record, - “come rumors that huge sums of mogey are to be spent in South Carolina this spring by ’out-of-state’ organi zations” in behalf of “state-wide candidates.” These things have happened in tbe past and there may become basis of fact for these rumors. South Carolinians are deeply re sentful of outside interference in their political affairs, and if a can didate is even suspected of hav ing the financial or moral support of outsideri he is likely to be re pudiated by the voters of the state. * The Eagle-Record thinks this will be the most Important election in years, “since the days of Wade Hamptoh,” and urges voters to be on their guard. If South Carolinians sell their state for "20 pieces of ailver" and later come to grief they will have no one to blame bat themselves. - ~ Bloney HELEN REYNOLD* and UWTTf MOORE, Reporter* The Blaney girls won their first two games of the 6th District by defecting Baron DeKalb by * ocore Good sportsmanship waa shown By the teams. ' ^ The Blaney band won first ptec/ on “Talent Time" Satnriay, Feb. 4. The band played ‘T^f**^** Hymn.” The band is directed ay MrH. vE. Bom. and we are very thankful to Mr. Burns tor the work he has done in the band. The members of the 9th grade presented an assembly pro*ra® in the school auditorium Thursday, Feb. 9, and after a short devo lonal t reading and several songs warn presented by the 9th grade ™ en V hers. Following this the band played several number*. The Juniors have begun prac ticing on their class play. Tltoy have not said when they are plan ning to have It The J. H. A. held its monthly meeting Feb. 9. Several business matters were discussed before the program was turned over to the program chairman. Plans to take a trip to Charleston were made and It was decided to ask the F. F. A. boys to go. Boron DeKolb JUNE PLYLER and MARY BRAN^ HAM, Reporters We are aorry about the loss of our 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Tatum, due to Illness. The basketball players are very excited over getting their pictures made. Some of the players had individual pictures made. The photographer also made pictures Monday night of the tournament The students that work in the cafeteria are now taking typhoid and smallpox shots. They were also fluoroscoped. The J. H. A. held a meeting Feb. 8, to elect a candidate for a state office. The ones elected will make stump speeches in Cam den Tuesday, Feb. 14, at the regu lar County J. H. A. meeting The one selected from Kershaw county will go to Columbia tt •March and' make their speeches at the District meeting. The win ner from the District will be our state officer. Wa. dQl& J&ijk they will do it South Cai If rollnShi TiAnr ~br "“ TlA' aaW bought by tee sordid gold of per sons of evil or selfish designs tee time has come for this great na tion which was founded by men and women of sturdy character to throw in the sponke and admit defeat.—Dillon Herald. They Were Ignored Harold Booker, editor of The Camden Chronicle, sought to find the proverbial Negro in the wood pile at the Truman love-feast in Raleigh recently. The effort was a failure; he conld not be found. Although the great national Demo cratic party la the self-confesaed champion of Negro rights, no Ne groes were invited or attended the Truman '‘good-will” meeting. Our colored friends might inquire of Ashton Williams and Maxcle Col lins just why they were ignored.— Bamberg Herald. MARY RAY as W1»T, f We ara all gh White, our fourti back with oa afte Substituting for illness, were Mrs Williford. The pupils has •roes ta helpini of Dimes Drive, been completed, everyone who « very worthy cau Through the < pils, teachers ant almost completed The proceeds ai the Junior-Senio The Midway~b won all tee gam ed ta the toura game we playe oeh. At the mi girls’ score was ahead ta the la a margin of i i The Midway Tuesday night, I Baron DeKalb. to 22 ta favor game played T1 >, with Blaney,' of 1C points. The boya’ tea game* they pla meat by tint The score was way’s tevor. score was 40 played Thnrsdi Baron DeKalb. being 26 and 24 All of these played at the and large cro them. Mfe EDITH WHI The ML Pla basketball tea Tuesday night of the tournai gah girls too thane girls wJ 28. The Mt. defeated by th a final score The ML *P) tioch girls V their second < ment and mi final score oi was high scor The ML Pii DeKalb boys night in a ve DeKalb took i of 29 to 2f. school took i program last der the din Seegars. Th' lows: The 1 Gardner. Pr Song, “Sleep A— - a-W- graae giru. coin” Jinun] Loot Doll,” Robs Threat Told the Tru “Unde Nedr The ML I and boys' b ward to m U. 8. poi aged 217 ml endini Spring and Summer Si CHAMBRAY