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Bitered as second-class matter July 5, 1946 at the
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Editorial
NO SCARCITY OF DYNAMITE
Again some night prowler lias placed
high explosives, set tire to the fuse
and stood at a distance to see his handy
work. Again some one has destroyed
property maliciously, endangered life
and proved to all in the surrounding
countryside that the Tabor City area
still has a long way to go before the
law takes everything into adequate
charge.
When the unknown character placed
dynamite under the service station
residence on the Green Sea road in the
edge.of Horry county Tuesday night,
three murders might well have been
committed at one stroke. Indeed, three
murders may have even been planned.
In which case, the timing was slightly
out of kilter because a sudden decision
not to go home, kept the residents at
an oyster roast and saved them from
the catastrophic blast which shook the
town at three in the morning.
Many persons are speculating as to
the guilty party's identity. ΛΥΙ10 would
blast the tiny service station in the
forks of Cow Pasture road exactly one
month from the day four shots rang
out and a world war veteran fell dead
on the station floor.
The law is at work. Like the Gore
Lake explosions, tangible evidence is
scarce but progress can lie made. If
there has ever been a time that Tabor
City and the entire area needed to
awaken from this semi-slumber and rise
t«> the occasion and see that crime is
pushed away at arm's length for good,
now is the time.
There's scarcely a month that passes
that some real devilment is not com
mitted near here. Cuttings, shootings,
and more recently dynamiting seems to
be a fad among some sects. This is
the time to stop the scoundrels making
1 so uncertain here. This is the time
t» get hardboiled. This is the time for
the courts to clamp down as they never
did before and show the criminally
inclined that nothing short of the maxi
mum punishments will be doled out in
the future.
Light punishments have prompted
nnvh < t' the sec »ml offense crime here.
C< urts are failing to prove to the crim
inals that "Crime Does Not Pay."
H< rry county is guilty and so is Colum
bus county.
This sneak dynamiter may never be
caught ir if caught, it may never be
pr: ven. But it seems that every citi
?«·' should be doubly alert for any clues
r. --t might lead to the arrest and con
ν*.·τ;«·η. Many have been caught for
<* '?M"s in the past only to repeat them.
Wh t we need is more hardboiled
judfes and iurvmen to take'away somo
< f these third and fourth offense
'·' " ''es. Maximum sentences from the
!:· fining seems the answer.
λ snvs Bruce Barton, is |
- -'«y-hv-d^v rnd hour-by-hour bus- ·
If it's w' vrh doing at all, it's
worth doing all the time.
PEACEFUL REVOLUTION
The American people have reversed
the political trend they had followed
since 1930. With ballots instead of bul
lets they have set in motion a peaceful
revolution. Xo lesser term adequately
measures the Republican victory.
A tide which had begun to turn even
before tiie war quietly rose higher even
than most Republican leaders had hop
ed, swept that party into power in both
houses of Congress, and engulfed most
of the State governments outside of the
still solid South.
At a time when most of the world
has been swinging leftward, the United
States has turned sharply right. In a
period when nations all over the globe
have shewn a disposition to experiment
with various forms of regimentation,
the American people have revolted
against governmental controls.
How far-reaching and permanent is
this revolution likely to be? One an
swer is sure to be found in the suc
cess with which present prosperity is
stabilized. It is unlikely that there will
be a real economic "bust" in the next
year or two. But neither in this elec
tion or in any ether recent develop
ment has there been evidence that the
American people have learned how to
prevent economic depression and wide
spread unemployment. Neither is there
much indication that politicians—of
either party—are prepared to resist
the continuing pressures of special in
terests which push the Nation toward
socialism.
The result has been due plainly to
an inchoate demand for change. The
election was remarkable for the lack
of clearly defined alternative pro
grams. The vote was against the "Ins"
without requiring specifications of
what the "Outs" had to offer. Yet there
were sound instincts in the public's
action. There was a sense that a long
term in office had either achieved the
ends or removed the meaning of the
New Deal. The Republican-conserva
tive Democrat coalition in Congress
had blocked the Truman program but
was not carrying through any of its
own. The President had banked on re
pairing the Roosevelt laxity in admin
istration, but even there the signs of
confusion, fumbling and office-holding
deadwood multiplied.
Thus, while accumulated discontents,
particularly with controls ayd strikes,
accounted for much of the desire for
change, this election was not the re
sult of mere irritations over a shortage
of meat. It expressed some disillusion
ment with the results of the war, but
was by no means a mandate to reverse
recent foreign policy and return to iso
lationism, for lo!'ci/::i policy lias been
very clearly on a 11 n-partisan basis.
The next two years will present a
challenging test of the American sys
tem of representative government. For
it will be definitely a period of Con
gressional dominance. A President oi
the opposition party will remain in the
White House until 1949, but Congress
will have thereal mandate and power
for positive action.
There can be a period of sitting still,
waiting for things to settle down. There
can be a time of stalemate, with Con
gress and President battling on parti
san lines. But the public will hardly
be satisfied with such a result. The
mandate was conservative, but it was
not negative.
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in recent years tne jsepuiuiean ieau- ι
ers in Congress have had less of a pro
gram than the Republican presidential
nominees. But now it has the chief
responsibility. With the conservative
Democrats—and there were more con
servative than New Deal Democrats re
turned—they can override the Presi
dent on basic questions. This puts the
challenge of a difficult period directly
up to them—and to the good sense of
the American people. For citizens did
not abdicate their influence when they
pushed this revolution through the pol
ling booths. They still have a big share
in carrying it out in effective govern
ment.— Christian Science Monitor.
Somehow the spectacle of two women
sizing each other up reminds us of two
prize fighters shaking hands just be
fore the initial round.
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By Ted Kcsting
Cold nights coming up! Moonlight
ith the old zingo of the autumn!
tie birds are on the move!
That's the time to watch your
aterfowl. If they have not been
ing-clipped lately, now's the time
ι do it.
Don't wait until you feel like it!
ou may lose them. This advice
>mes from Horace Mitchell, game
reeding expert, and he has lost
lem that way like many others,
hey hear the call of the migrants,
• just the tang of the air does it. If
ley can fly, they* go up and off to
ie south.
Better catch each one and exam
ie it carefully. Do the catching
ithout commotion. Get the birds
:ound the feeding places. Put out
ime grain within easy reach of your
and. Sit down and have a smoke,
• just sit still. When a bird gets
»ar enough, just scoop her up and
Did her quietly in your lap so the
hers will not become alarmed. A
ance at the long, stiff feathers on
ie outer edge of the last bone in
ie wing is all you need.
If you find, on your inspection.
tilQt 3 DirCt nas just UCciu~iui/iv.*.i&
stiff stubs of feathers left from a
previous clipping job, that is okay.
Such a bird will not be able to fly
:ntil these stubs have been molte.
jut naturally and new feathers grown
:o replace them. Yanking out the
stubs (they come out easily if they
have been stubs for quite a tiir.e
will start the growth of new feathers
These must be clipped when they are
ilmost matured enough to carry the
bird.
Wing-clip only one wing. Cut ofl
enough of the ends of the feathers
but do not cut too much. There i·1·
no need to get into the skin or draw
blood.
Now it may be that you have
pinioned stock. The person tha'.
sold them to you may have told you
that they will never fly because ol
)?ing ire.:;ν You will be wise to |
)e cautious abut accepting this. J
The operation itself consists of cut
ting off part of the wing. It can be
done with a knife on adult stock.
You should not be fooled by any j
apparent tameness of your water- j
fowl. They may fly all around your ι
pi see and may come in to feed when
you call them or by hinging on a
dinner pail. They may eat off your
hands and eat off your shoulder.
But those are no signs that they
will not desert you the instant they
get the itch in their feet or the
urge to use their wings to travel.
Get those scissors and get down
to the pens right now.
STORES TO CLOSE
T2bor City stores and business
houses will be closed on Thanks
giving Day. it was announced yes
terday by Willard G. Cole, executive
secretary of the Merchants Associa
tion.
-QUOTES
OF THE WEEK
"Postwar college football has
no more relation to education
than bullfighting to agriculture."
—Pres. Paul F. Douglass, Amer
ican Univ.
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"For a buck a throw well let It !
grow!" — Purdue Univ. students
"strikint;" against union barbers'
$1 haircuts.
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•There can be no actual wa<re
increases for labor which are not
based in the final analysis upon
increased unit production."—Ϊ iw
Labor Union, TJaytim, 0.
The average American i·- r«*
a collectivist but an individualist
who wants to stand on h?s o?n
feet." — Vice-pres. Ray Living
stone, Thompson Products Co. ;
"The Pollyannasin pants on the '
j Federal payroll are getting mr
down!" — Frederick C. Othmar., I
columnist. ι
"There are no ideal men—bot
they're wonderful to have
around." — Jane Russell, wy.:ic
star.
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mantles more attractive with our fancy
j Candles.
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