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’ *. : " ‘ '' - “ r i a . ®br (Sambnt flUpsatrlr 1119 Norm isrood Street Camden, S. C PUBLISHED 6N TUESDAY end FRIDAY EACH WEEK Harold C. Booker . Editor DaCoata Brown « > .' «* PnbliftBer SUBSCRIPTION ICBlfS: All Subscriptions Payable In Advance One Year —^...$3.50 Six Months 2.00 Entered «■ Second Ctase Matter at the Poet Office at Caaaden, 8. C* under act of Congreaa March I. Ii7» AU articles submitted for publication most he signed hr the author TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1950 A Crusade Against Crime Newspapers in many of the country’s major cities are attacking the operations of organized crime and the leaders. These papers began publication of articles on the subject last week, following a three- day meeting in Chicago of their crime re porters, who exchanged information. The stories appeared as Federal and local crime law enforcement agents from across the country met in Washington at whklh the federal government called for a nationwide crusade against crime, aimed at stamping out post-war “resurgence of underworld forces living in vice and greed.’’ The newspapers at the Chicago meeting last week were represented by veteran crime reporters who exchanged knowledge about racket operations in their own lo calities. They agreed to seek information in their home towns which might deter mine to what extent there is widespread underworld organisation. The papers cooperating in the drive are the Chicago Daily News, Miami Her ald, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Daily Oklahoman, Denver Post, Detroit Free Press, Louisville Courier- Journal, Minneapolis Star & Tribune, New Orleans Times-Picayune, New York Her ald Tribune, Omaha World Herald, Provi-, dence Journal-Bulletin and San Francisco Chronicle. ~Iirthg-firal of » series ot-a on the combined work of the group of nowspapermen, it was stated that “the rackets, dhief among them, gambling, fun nel off hundreds of millions of dollars each year from the legitimate trade chan nels.” - M< - “There’s a loosely knit federation in the racket world,” the article said. “Despite their seemingly catch-as-catch can work ing arrangements, the mobs blanket the country. There are connections sometimes clear, sometimes shadowy between Cos tello (Frank Costello of New York) and the Rkca-Capone mob of Chicago, the hoodlum set-up in New Orleans, with the bombed-out and shot-at Nickey Cohen in Los Angeles and with the rich gaming fields of Florida, Arizona and Nevada.” Jn the conference at Washington Mayor de Lesseps Morrjson of New Orleans, said that organized gambling alone harvests a “take” of $4,000,000,000 to $10,000,- 000,000 a year from the public. In a blunt, name-calling report to the conference the New Orleans mayor told the delegates that “there are two major crime syndicates in America today and that no state or community is immune from invasion. The Mayor said that one of the syndi cates controls a far-flung slot machine in dustry and engages in “allied gambling raokets” and the other “dominates the racing wire service.” The country was infested with rackets in the 20s and these were blamed on pro hibition. The country was told that the abolition of prohibition would put an end to these rackets. Now it seems that they have seized upon slot machines and other forms of gambling. Weather Prediction* The strange weather we have these days has caused ahnst all former signs, to fail. The weather bureau and the amateur forecasters alike have been missing it regularly in their predictions during the past year or so. It is true, however, that some age-old proverbs sometimes are more accurate in predicting the weather Khan modern-day gadgets and instruments. A scientific jury recently reached this conclusion. The jury, composed of three teachers of physical science and a meteorologist, studied 153 weather proverbs, gathered from all sections, to determine whether they have a basis in principles of .physical science. They agreed, finally, that 87 were valid. \ Some of the better known proverbs that the scientific jury believes true in predict ing the weather are: ' - “If the sun goes pale to bed, ’twill rain tomorrow.” “If the sun sets red, it will be a clear day tomorrow.” “Mackerel clouds in the sky, expect more wet than dry.” Our forefathers had to be their own weather forecasters. They didn’t get the weather forecast over the radio or out of the daily paper then because neither was accessible to most of them. They had to sort of study thfe weather so as to J>e able to do their own prophesying. ' And tRby didn’t do so bad at it. There is merit in Senator Kennedy’s bill to prohibit the posting of any bill, placard or other advertising medium on any tree or structure without the written consent f the owner of the property. It is father presumptions to use the property of an other pereon without getting permission to do so. Candidates for political offices have been notorious in doing this. A dispatch from Washington says that only two of the six congressmen from South Carolina were allowed to name census supervisors for their distrets. One was Representative Bryson of Greenville, who admitted that he voted for Truman in the last election and the other was young Representative Hugo Sims, Jr Spending Your Money • / Under the heading “Expensive Grass hoppers,” Editor Wilson Harris in the Clin ton Chronicle says: “The agriculture department’s bu reau of entomology and plant quar antine liired an airplane for two weeks for $27,840 to spread grass hopper bait over an area in the West •with a big, organized farm voting population. That was at a rate of $450 an hour. The plane, it was re ported was bought from the war as sets administration by a private com pany for $6,653. “A plane of the same type could d from-a.Jarge. com- mercial airline for about $150 an hour—complete with pilot, co-pilot and stewardess. “Thafs just one of tihousands of examples of how taxpayers' money is being squandered. It is to be hoped the grasshoppers got a good dose of that expensive bait But that is doubtful, for a rancher reported that the airplane corps in these high-priced rented planes were dumping poison at random. “And President Truman says we can’t do anything to reduce expenses and stop extravagance. He says sit back and enjoy life, for by and J»y all will be lovely, and we will (have the trillions. “In the meanwhile the federal gov ernment is running $5,000,000,000 a year in the red as we travel the road to bankruptcy at high speed.” One (wonders if anything will make peo ple stop and think now. If there is, the above editorial ought to set everyone to thinking. As Editor Harris says we are already beginning to talk in terms of trillions. Sooner or later the well is obliged to go dry. febeuaet il itso. News Ftm Htt kkoob Of CmA Comm;, ’ wM *?; & More aad more people ere wentto* te Nm'Iii Cemden. JL) If you haven't registered yet for the von dhould do so at once. Acting Like A Dictator Representative James B. Hare of the third South Carolina congressional district, a World War II veteran, is one of the younger members of Congress who does not hesitate to express himself when the occasion demands. Angry over the action of Speaker Sam Rayburn’s refusal to recognize members with preferential motions thereby making it possible for the FEPC bill to be called up in the House on Feb. 22, Mr. Hare said: “In all my experience, I have never witnessed anything that equals the high handed and arrogant decisions of the speaker of the House. “Today he acted as a dictator, rather than a presiding officer, when he refused to recognize members with preferential motions. “The speaker literally threw the rule book to the four winds and in doing so, said, in effect: 'Boys, I’m running this show apd I don’t care If you do represent the people of this country’.” The FEPC measures, Mr. Hare said, originally were written in Russia and have been sponsored in* this countfy by the American Labor party, which he said is controlled by Communists and Fellow Travelers. / One of the objections to keeping one party in power too long is that it tends towards dictatorship. That is just what ThinktaqOutLoud • • : " A Connecticut woman adrertlaea that the Is the world's champion Jam maker, tfet personally we don’t think she can beat Joe Stalin. ‘ •- ► . / : ‘'j ■ .TT » A newspaper filler says that deserts cover 24 per cent of the world s area. Tea bat the rest of it Is definitely wet. The times may be ont of joint but It seems that this nation has plenty of them. "The old man kissed hie wife on her reappearance" says a news tern from Chicago. Maybe the old gentleman's eyesight is bad. . - A Kansas City woman has Just cremates! her third husband. That's the way of the world! Some wo men can’t get husbands while others hare them to burn. * "Fathers and mothers ought to talk to their children every now and then about life,” says s family counsellor. Yes. they might learn something that way. A Boston doctor says that If peo ple would walk more they’d live longer. Yes, but they’d see less. ‘‘Why Is cotton caUed the fleecy stapler* asks a youngster: Be cause the people who grow it are continually getting fleeced. • ’ Education causes so many rows that sometimes we think It ought to be abolished. Midway MARY RAY and GRETCHIN WEST, Reporter! The J! A. C club held its second meeting Feb. 10. Since the birth days of two great, men come In this month, a historical program waa given on them. ’In this pro gram. Roby Ne8 Guest told about the Waahipgton Monument and the Lincoln Memorial; Betty Jean De- Bruhl gave the life of Abraham Lincoln, and the First Inauguration waa given by 'Maxine Holland. Last of all was a matching contest hv Mary Ray. In thin contest, there were famous sayings by fam ous men. Which the members of the club matched. Our next meeting of the J. A. C.s will be held March 24. The faculty has introduced an Honor Roll of Courtesy through which all pupils who are courteous in their contacts with people are recognised. Their names aro pub lished In our school paper and are put on the bulletin board The pupils who have been placed on the Honor Roll of Courtesy are: First grade, Leon Bracy; Second grade, Glen Carraway; Third grade. Rendel Ray; Fourth grade, Gail West; Fifth grade, Alice Reynolds: Sixth grade, Doris Young; Seventh grade, Bonnie Lee Dixon; Eighth grade, Jerlene Ray; Ninth grade. Betty Mae Hatfield; Tenth grade. Peggy Hall; Eleventh grade. Gretchen West, and Twelfth grade. Mary Ray. Bethune ESTHER SQUIRES, Reporter We are glad to have Ban WUr Hams from Union, to Join the 11th grade at our school. Ben. we hope you like Bethune. hot be careful, because there are some free girls arVnnd. , Some of our J. H. A. members attended the county J- H A. meet, ing which was held In Camden Monday, Feb. 12. Red Hilton waa a candidate for Queen of Hearts and walked off with first place. I The reason mohair is so scarce is that It is so difficult to shear a Mo. "Be careful of a live wire when you are taking a bath,” advises a safety expert. Why not play safe and Juat lock the door to the bath room? - A man who talks about himself too much la very likely to become a common, ordinary liar. What baa become of the old- fashtoned wife who’d "put the big pot in the little" one when com pany would come? A Chicago man boasts that he has the last word in a house. • We have <an idea he Is just bragging— that is 1C he has a wife. Oxftn hi essential to all apisaal life aad yet it waa not discovered until Just a little over a century ago. How did animal life exist before thent Up in Lovell. Mass., a merchant advertised for a boy one day and the next dhy his wife had twin sons. And yet some people think advertising doesn't pay! An article in a pet magazine says that whereas It used to be that only women, particularly spinsters, cared for cats, many men are now fond of them aa pets. And that reminds us of the story of one spinster who didn’t like them. ‘‘Cats,’’ she was quoted as saying, "I hate the very sight of them! I had a sweet little canary and some cat got that. I had a per fect "parrot and some cat got that I had an adorable fiancee and . . oh don’t mention cats to me." "Protestants Back Extensive Taxation To Cut Inequality’’— headline. Which makes one won der just what it is that we have now. It’s a wonder that Moscow does not claim that a Russian created the world. It Is estimated that the tele phone companies require one mil lion new telephone poles annually 80 why not buy n farm and go to raining telephone poles? ♦ —* According to safety authorities the three great menaces on the highways these days are drunken driving, uncontrolled thtynblng and indiscriminate ^.necking—hie, hike and hug. - V » Speaking of automobile wrecks it's amusing how the drivers of two cars which hook up try to blame each other. It is said that after one Vreck on! of the drivers Involved climbed out of his car and angrily approached a man on the sidewalk, mistakenly believing him to he the driver of the other car. "Say," be bellowed furiously, "where the douce was your tall light T’ The innocent bystander looked at, him in amazement "Whaddaya think I am—a lightn ing bug?” he aaked. Many a man wants work until he gets a Job. Just suppose marriage licenses expired each year just like auto licensee! The triable with most men Is that In obeying the adage that they should work eight hours and sleep eight hours they try to do both at the same time. .. •* >. — Who can remember when we used to have lots of cold waves in the winter that were supposed to have come down from the Mc Kenzie valley In Canada? Would yon call a gloomy girl a pesslmlp? According te a newspaper fillsr "testa indicate that cutting, shav ing or singeing do not make hair every man veer 49 ooiHK teeU- The last two games of the Upper District tournament were played Feb. IS, between the Midway and Mount Plsgah girls; also between the Midway and Bethune boys at the Armory. While both teams played well, the Mldwhy girls won but the boys were defeated. The trophy for the girls was presented to the Captains, Judith Young and Janet Hall. Antioch FAYE REYNOLDS, Reporter We ate very proud that Marie Stokes of the Antioch 10th grade won over six other contestants for the county J. H. A. second vice- president at a meeting of the J. H. A.’s on Feb. 14, at the Home Economics Department of the Camden High* school. Marie will compete for the district J. H. A. second vibe-president at a meeting on March 18, at Irmo. If she is winner there she will enter in the state contest. We all wish her lots of good luck. We sure are missing ear class mates these days, aa many are out sick with the flu. The attendance has been bed but maybe it will soon be better. Congratulations, Wildcats, for winning the upper fifth district championship! Their winning from ML Plsgah, Antioch and then the finals with Midway made this pos sible. Colonial Store To Restrict Parking In Its Concourse Parking in the concourse of the Colonial store on Broad street will be limited to two hours In the future. The management of the Colonial store stated that the business of the establishment bas grown to such an extent that the parking restriction would have to be ap plied, in order that the customers can be taken care of. The Colonial store parking area Is one of the largest in the city and has been free for public use ever since the store opened. Many motorists have Imposed on the genoroeity of the big super store by utilising the parking area for all-day occupancy and as a result there have been occasions when the capacity of the area has been overtaxed. In Columbia the Colonial stores, as well as other super stores, have a checker who issues tickets to car owners who drive into the parking areas. These tickets cost 25 cents and call for a limited parking time. When presented to the cashier in the store, they are redemmed at full value ox^jNtOte purchases. In the evefllTt&ere has been an overtime on the parking, there is no redemption. The fee system is not contem plated at the Camden store, it may CAMDEN’S Tm», Editor The Chronlcl*™ I have Just wed * . The 8Ute aewspapw? E* the author of MunTy*. who resented the pw tlag of ear dear oig „ were truly a canopy owT in the past ten or tweh*, present ooudltlons of a! I am aare, aid 1 are anay others like JL love the old trees, resnel cusatlon. We tried to treeg. We did object to the of the trees by those wW» ly knew nothing a beat tk 1 way to prune a tree. -rCi some of the trees were m Pletely off; while on aw limbs were cut to the tree, and than to the remaining limbs don j of the tree were cut 0 ter never coaid have wires. I. am sorry to say tL deed true that the trees L ed attention for boom also know that It la that'llmbe of trees do electric and telephone there is. a more kindly treating even a tree. The trees la question ed when the Town of Cu laid out ih the year ITU 1 Kershaw, who settled named the town does not find such of Chmden for a radius miles. They mean 1 who live here, and always remarked about owi ful trees. Their frisi has helped to make the l In Bummer more bearahs 1 The trees on LyttkUij used to meet In the ce&tej street from DeKaib to “Hobklrk Inn,” truly a vista. So, it la with a I look on my friends, and know that some 1 down. However, I aa that We are having wemm the trees whom I bet knows hpw, and lovss If ike writer at wishes proof whereof will show him many Celeste Diesel locomotives 1 placing the long-ossl but a return to coaMInti fives is predicted; tbsy steam turbines or turbines. be necessary to tabs that will limit the leges' te store enstomn >• The fourth and fifth grades gave verjrwrefcttve play last Friday 1 In chapel. The name of the play waa "Bachelor’s Troubles." The characters were as follows t'-’.' > Bachelor, Wllllard Cunnlnghatn; Society girl. Fay Rochelle; Old maid, Jean Elmore; Widow, Mary Long; Widow’s children, Delbert Hinson, Joseph Stevens. Ann Hol land, Betty Jo McCasklll, Iris Out law and Iris Self; Attractive young lady, Ina Reynolds. On Wednesday of last week Miss Fewell and Mr. Mullen met with the the Antioch Grammar and High school 4-H members. They both gave very interesting talks. On Tuesday, Feb. 21, Antioch will play Lydia at Lamarr. The first game begins at 7 p. m. The Antioch boys’ and girls’ basketball teams are entering the Eastern Carolina tournament at Timmonaville. The tournament begins on Wednesday, the 22nd of this month. • Boron DeKaib JUNE PLYLER and MARY BRAN HAM, Reporters The basketball tournament of the upper fifth district was completed on February 13. The referees were Mr. Arthur Robinson and Mr. M. B. Parriah. The timer and scorer was M. H W. Hast and Mr. C. J. Mclver. Antioch. Baron DeKaib, Blaney and Mt. Plsgah were the schools that were Eliminated. The highest scorers In the'flnal* were Midway girls and Bethune boys. The Baron DeKaib Beta club is sponsoring a square dance -at Baron DeKaib High school on Fri day night, Feb. 24, at 8 p. m. Hade By Sdwol Disli • 1950 U the year for real estate tax reterwl made. Also returns of paraowal propertj, buildings, transfer of real estate, poll and nail aro to be made. The County Auditor's open now for such returns and the boobs main open until March 1, 1950. All be made by School Districts. Du not wait urill last day to make your returns. AH bousebsUj and furniture used in the boms of the such goods and furniture an hereby from taxation. Household goods and jsed in business not exempt from taxatioi household goods and furmtuate used in botsb,i ing bouses, runted rooms and apartments, * 1 places of business. •The county auditor will bo at tka follownf | for the purpose of taking tax returns! February 2: Kershaw at Coafs Bat February 7: Blaney. February 3: Kershaw at Cm's Bus February 9: Mt Pasgah. / J. February 14t Bethune. February 16: Westrille. February 28: Liberty HtlL *4 ..‘a FRED M. OGBUR* KtfaJww County SERVICE YOU WILL REMEMBER Washing Greasing s Storage ...All Types Ttf. V JL Goodyear TH Fuel Oil •••1 of Anti-Freeze t i *rvVfry: q CAROLINA MOTOR COMPANY .... GASOLINE AND STORAGE .... 'S. C. Clyburn, Owiwr m RHONE 210