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i (Eamirtt ii< i t 1119 Norm aroad Street Cmdwi. S. C PUBLISHED ON TUESDAY and FRIDAY EACH WEEK PlHt' ^ Harold a Booker* - . DaCdlta Brown - - - - - Editor • Publisher SUBSCRIPTION TERMS: All Subscriptions Payable In Advance One Year $8.50 Six Months 2.00 EntereS m Second Claoe Matter at the Poet Office at Camden. 8. C, under act of Consreaa March I, lt7» ; All artldee submitted for fubllcatlon most be signed by the aathor FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1950 A Somber Warning That rwaa a somber warning that Sena tor Harry F. Byrd of J/irginia, gave to this country the other nigfht when he said that “three Federal programs now pending in Congress have America on the brink of socialism from which there wilhbe no re treat—ever.” ' The three programs listed by the Vir ginia senator and which he says will irre vocably commit us to socialism are (1) The socialized housing program which will not cost less than $20,000,000,000; (2) The socialized medicine program which, with in ten years, will cost $20,000,00(1,000 an nually* and (8) The Brannan farm price- support program. Said the Virginia Senator: “President Truman is recommending measure^ which will irrevocably commit this country to socialism should they be adopted.' “Look at what has happened to Eng land! Do we want the same thing? They are simply a few steps further along the pRth to socialism than we are at present. But we’re headed in the same direction— fast.” • This same thing has been said by Cecil Palmer, distinguished British auther and publisher, who is now in this country and who Friday night will address the South Carolina Press Association at its annual banquet in Columbia. Mr. Palmer has said in speeches which he has made in this country that he has been shocked to find how far along the road to socialism we have traveled in this country. The result of the election in England r known when this was writ ten but it may be that England has be come so submerged 1 In fOdalism that it cannot norw throw it off. That is one trouble about getting mixed up with it. Once you get in it so deep there is no throwing it off. . , That is one reason why we are afraid of Federal aid to schools. We would^rad- ually become more and more dependent upon Federal aid until after a while there would be no dhance to throw it off, even if we should like to do so. “Two decades of Federal handouts by a paternalistic government are bound to influence (he philosophy of all of us,” said Senator Byrd. “Therefore we must change this philosophy, even if it means some in dividual sacrifice during the readjust ment.” > One wonders at times if we haven’t be come so soft and so accustomed to easy- living that we are unable to make up our minds to put ourselves out, even though we know that we should. We just con tinue to burn the candle at both ends, hop ing that in some mysterious way it will last forever. But it won’t! Election Low Needed There is st the present time no election law on the books in South Carolina. If the present General Assembly should adjourn without passing one it would be committing a crime against the state The law should be a stringent one and while we have had not had an opportunity to study the one suggested by the special legislative commission, we would be dis posed to go along with same since it was prepared by a group of earnest men who have the best interests of South Carolina at heart and who have given much time to a study of the type law needed. If such a law rihould not be enacted at this session it might be the last opportun ity to get such a law enacted because without any restrictions in the voting this year, there is no telling what sort of a General Assembly we may have next year. The people of the state should demand the passage of strict election laws at this session of the General Assembly. TUB CAMBEK CHBOmCLE. CAMDEN. MOTH CMOUHJL FUDAY. FEBRUARY U HM K'WP .Pi T Out Loud Should Be In Writing T. V. Howie, a member of the Abbeville city council, has suggested that the coun cil require that* individuals «ndl. groups submit their complaints in writing to the council hereafter. He would not limit the complaints to the written complaint but he would allow them a personal appear ance to argue their position. The council, Mr. Howie suggests, then would “let the matter lie over” until another meeting so ae to allow the councilmen the opportunity to study the complaint in “its different aspects.” There is some merit to Mr. Howie’s sug gestion. The complaint filed with Council would then be a matter of public record as would the names of those filing same. Council would also have the opportunity, under Mr. Howie's suggestion, to read the complaint leisurely, study its various as pects and act upon it after giving it this study. By His Actions In his interview with Arthur Krock of the New York Times, President Truman said he did not have a socialistic bone in his body. I We agree most heartily wftth The State that “Mr. Truman will have to do more than talk to impress the American people with the assertion that he does not stand for Socialism.” In Need of All If tihe^e are any who believe that air warfare will make navies obsolete do not find their views shared by some of the best authorities. \ Dr. Vannevar Bush, the distinguished scientist who is also regarded as one of the best informed civilians on military matters, writes in his important book, “Modern Arms and Free Men” that “the mission of the navy will be as important, and as difficult, as it ever has been in his tory. We are a power in the world and we intend to exert that power, if need be, far from our shores to support our friends and strike an enemy where he is the most vulnerable. We shall still need to sweep enemy forces from the seas, whether they are under its surface or above it.” Weapons and techniques have cfhaged, but the role of the Navy has not. Once, for instance, the battleship was the ship of the line, the paramount striking force. Now, as Admiral Forrest P. Sherman has said: “For the foreseeable future, the fast carrier task force will be the principal striking element in our fleets—the core of their offensive power, available to strike far from our oiwn bases and to cover and support the operations of other services.” Today, as yesterday, the security of this nafion rests upon all the fighting services .-HlilY ground and sea. Each has its own vital job to do. # - On The Right Track Says the Newberry Observer: “A little Methodist College up in Tennessee is tired of Uncle Sam’s hand-outs and is registering its dis gust for the ‘so-called charit/ in the only way that will ever accomplish anything. “The little college in Madlsomrille, Tennessee, has refused tfae govern ment’s offer of surplus potatoes ‘with out cost/ “President D. R. Youell of the in stitution says ‘We’ll either raise our own potatoes or will buy them at the local market price/ And he continu ed, ‘The American people have got to put a stop, ih some manner, to this sort of government paternalism and I'm willing to let our little school take the lead.’ “He is to be commended on his £tand. Uncle Sam’s program of ‘pa ternalism’ will stop only when we re fuse the hand-outs. But there are too many of us too eager for the hand outs, for such to happen. “President Youell is leading the way, but he’ll have few to follow nim.” As The Observer says President Youell is leading the way but he*ll have few to follow him. Everybody has their hands out now for the government to give them whatever it sees fit to give*_ We grow more and more dependent on Washington every day. Soon it will be telling us what we can eat, what we can wear, where we can sleep, where we small work, what pay we will get for our work, what we shall learn, who sftiall teach us, and so on. Why He Attended United States Senator Olin D. Johnston was the only South Carolina member of Congress to attend the Truman $100 a plate banquet held in Washington last week. Tie told a reporter he attended the affair because the money would be used to help in congressional campaigns. A physicist of the University of Chicago, thinks that one Hydrogen bomb vonM, by its radio activity, destroy an area measuring 1,(00 by S.OOf square miles. If they keep on talking about it there will be lib necessity for bn tiding one because everybody will have been scared to death. - If aU ot the demands being made for higher wages are met, the gov erament will have to take over everything since it Is the only em ployer that has a mint A negro woman In Macon. Ga.. admitted pouring gasoline over her sleeping husband and then burning him to death to make things easier for a new love affair. Love will find a way. t “If there were no women in the world, who’d sew the buttona on trouaera?" asks a woman writer. And the natural reply, of coorae, la that if there were no women in the worlds no one would need trousers. With The Press Just 8s Sophistication: The art of ad mitting that the unexpected 1* Just what you anticipated.—Gas port. Everybody's Paying Them An article In several Sunday pap ers tells us that a man earning will pay |123 in taxes. We might add that a man earning only one dollar will pay taxes on that dollar in several different ways. The taxes that are paid are classed aa bidden taxes and are paid without the person ever realising Just how much is taxed by his various forms of governments. The quart of milk that you and your babies consume has 73 differ ent taxes. The loaf of breed that you bay is taxed in 151 different ways. Mentioning others: 100 dif ferent taxes on an egg,' 125 differ ent taxes on a ladies’ dress, 118 dlffseent taxes on a man’s suit of clothes. 150 different taxes on a cake of soap and 201 different taxes of a gallon of gasoline. On top-of all of this our state would impose one more cent per gallon on every gallon of gas used on our highways. If our citlsena were made to real ise what part they pay in financ ing our present spendthrift govern ment they might make more of an effort to go to the polls when elec tion time rolls around again. You pay whether you make a lot or a little.—Lee County Messenger. One trouble with this country, we are inclined to think Is that we have too mony government of ficials who seem to be color blind. They can’t see when a man is a red. The government farm support program certainly needs a lot of support. It is said that in Formosa a man has to do his courting through his best friend. Gee, but we are glad that we didn’t grow up in For mosa! The Roosevelt boys’ version of It seems to be: Marry in haste, re peat at pleasure. Somehow or other we Just can't get It Into our head that there are tany liberals In Scotland. Even the youth of the country seem to sense the way things are going In this country. We heard the other day of a little boy who waa asked 'by his aunt If he was studying hard In school. “Y ca ’ m >” the boy replied. “Well, keep it up and yon might be President some day,” the aunt told him. “No mam, I don’t ever expect to be Prealdent because I'm not a so cialist,’’ the youth replied. Speaking of Income taxes, you’ve probably heard of the tramp who waa found studying an Income tax . a—-* tad a half aggs sor wn man. woman and child hitte Untt* ed Stataa. If FeopU eggs, "President Truman, the phil anthropist, at taxpayers’ expens^ would probably iiMe A National Egg Month proclamation. But the difficulties are double. (1) The hens would itay on the job. piling up jnore eggs, (2) Hard ly anyone wjll eat dried eggs if 9* can h«lb JftT Even the, hungry British gag at them. All laat year Xey bought. atWsale prices and with our money, only about as many eggs as our Govenunaat dried last month. And It is re ported by a government official that the egga in the care are be ginning to smell. What stupidity, what nonsense. And it’s your money that is behtg wasted.—Clinton Chronicle. They Haven't Had Te Drink The Allied Youth, official organ of Allied Youth, Inc., an tlon “specialising in cation- among young people, de votes a recent issue to portraits of 55 football puvm rouof stars of ths^* from Doak Walker too’’ Justice on th,— of Walker « ^^**»“<* on throurti. of All-American and” 1 * ice mythical u b«d to drink, nnnk. You don’t have te We would uot argue thS: ball “graata’’ represent L. torel of totoltoet, Jit aeter. But, on the wSd/* symbolise, and righti/J. high school boys and c«2? totok <£ to ••totol,- 'Jjfc desire to appear mtnJ» 4V manly, m lest they appear less mVv nela so many youngsu^ pels with the crowd. For that reason, If a sturdy blow at what been calling ^ •they’- in behalf of thT? American youth to folio* hnstiairi Camden is rapidly approaching its gay est season of the year—March. Let’s make the city as pretty and as attractive as pos sible for it Every one is urged to clean up their premises and if you plan to paint your house any time soon do it now. It's good to live in Camden. The boal problem is a black one- / f : ' — There are about one and a half timet as many women as men to tha world and if we are to Judge by church attendance there will be three times as many In heaven. “One’s taste changes through the years,’’ says a writer; Yee! For example at 13 a girl wants s tall handsome man, with dark hair, brown eyes and broad shodMera. At 25 she wants a tall handsome tan. At SO she wants a man. That Chicago man who divorced his wife, the mother of IS children, probably thought she was overbear ing. * # Wonder If there are any old timers in the audience who can re member whed Fear’s soap was the popular soapt Very often a solo is so low you can’t hear it. It seems now that Uncle Sam Is not only not able to live within hla own income but also not with in yours. “You can’t trust a man too far,” says a woman writer. We thought she was going to say too near? A bridge player suffers when his lone heart la a-ktog. It seems as if some people will do just the vary .thing you don’t want them to do; For example a Wyoming man told a boy who had been going with his daughter he didn’t want to catch him hanging around his house any more. The very next morning he walked out and found that the boy had hung himself right in front of the house. One cannot but wonder at times just how secure the government’s security program is. A Montana woman, suing for divorce the other day, told the judge that her husband smoked too much, drank occasionally, was out late once in a while, spent too much money on fishing tackle, read the newspaper when she was talk ing to him, did not know bow to drive a car properly, was abrupt with her relatives, did not go to church often enough and waa once caught kissing a beautiful first cousin. “Your husband should be punished,” the judge told her, “so I won’t divorce him from yon.’' Come to think about It do you know of anything else that would be interesting and Inexpensive in helping you to pass away the time as ia your work? It appears that aaarly all of our atomic secrets have leaked oat “Of the 3MAWM dwelling houses or dwelling salts to Amer ica, some 2MAMH have mechani cal raft iger asst says a newt Oiler. What sett do th if Consider the Hen As stated here last week the federal Government is dumping 50,000,000 bushels of surplus po tatoes as the only way it knows to get rid of them. Most of them will rot in the meanwhile and the government taxpayers will stand to lose 9100,000,000. While the department of agri culture is destroying this mountain of spuds, South Carolinians are eating Canadian potatoes. A whole saler in Charleston said yesterday that No. 1 Canadian potatoes can be sold in that city for about 91-75 a hundred pounds cheaper than can Maine potatoes. That adds more stupidity to (he picture With the dumping potato policy settled upon, the government dk- cide<f the past week to give away its warehouse supplies of dried egga and dried milk that coat It about 1115,000,000 under the price support program. This la the third commodity the department of agri culture has placed on the Santa Claus giveaway list. This latest announcement said 73,000,000 pounds of dried eggs, bought in 1938 and 1949, and 169,- 000,000 pounds of dried milk ac quired last year have been added to welfare purposes which means the encoursglng of people to ex pect something for nothing. The school lunch program will be of fered the foods free, but we doubt If children will eat them. Taka the lowly hen. She works all day on one egg. It takes three dosen-—33 .dars’ work we are told— egga now ed away to a cava in Kansas by Government price-supporters. With 73,000,000 pounds in storage, which is about 2,<28,000,000 eggs—this is H tw Tt Relieve Bronchitis tight m i to asD yoa a ! with the i _V_ way it quickly or yoa fori Iroedufis ATTENTION FARMERS! » • • V _ «■ 1949 LOAN COTTON WANT Now paying good Cash Equity average market prices. Send gr< and storage dates to.... P. O. Box 323, Camden, S. Tax Returns For MSI To Made By School Districts S ’ * i ■' l Fjf • 1950 ia the year for real estate tarn returns tel made. Aleo returns of personal proper build mss, transfer of real estate, poAmnd are to be made. Tip County Auditor's office I open now for such returns and the books wiU i main open until March 1, 1960. All be made by School Districts. Da not wait uaftill last day to make your returne, AH household j and furniture used in the home of the such foods and furniture are hirghy from taxation. Household foods and xsed in business not exempt from taxation, secfti household foods and furniture used In hotels, i places of business. •The county auditor will bo at tho foUowiaf ] for tho purpose of takinf tan February 2: Kershaw at COatfa Bus Staboo. February 7: Blaney. February 3: Kershaw at Coat’s Bus Statha February 9: Mt Pisfah. February 14: Bethune. February 16: Westville. February 28: Liberty HilL : n • 1 FRED M. OGBURN, : ’ ' • . - Si.y.-V* I <*• W*« 4 d—r m4o* meet- on new 1950 Studeb [ All MODELS AND BODY TYPES ) -'ll save you Share in Studebaker’s success! 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