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The Wateree Messenger Published Every Tuesday bjr - C1IAS. W. DIKC1I MORE, Pro*. Entered as Second Class Matter el the Poetofflee et Camden, 8. C. Subscription $1.50 A Year in Advance Tuesday, . May 8, 1932 SHORT SELLING There are some people who think it is a terrible thing to sell some thing you haven*t got in the hope or expectation ' that before* you have to] - deliver it you can buy it at a price loyrer than you have agreed t<5 sell it | for. That is what so-called "short! selling" on the stock market means. Nobody quarrels' with the man who| contracts to deliver a hundred head of cattle, for example, at the present market price, because he believes that -- the iprice is going down and that he will be able to buy them for less and make a profit. Congre&a has been investigating short selling on the Stock Exchanne. It has not found any evidence that anybody engaged in short selling op erations was doing anything more serious than betting that the prices of stocks would go down, still farther. Sometimes they did and sometimes they didnt.' Several million people lost a lot of money inl929 by betting that stocks would go higher. That is all that most of the transaction^ ' on the Stock Exchange mean? let ting that the mancet will go higher or lower. Percy A. Rockefeller told the investigators that he had lost "many, many millions." betting that " the market would rise and fiad sue ceeded in winning only $550,000 of it ' back by betting that the market | would go down. Miat C. Brush, pro bably the biggest of air the stock market operators, frankly admitted % ihat-the business of Wall Street is ^racket like Al Capones," and he confirmed what we have long sus jpeoted, that people who are not pro ir fessional traders in securities are simply suckers, when they dabble in | ? stocks and are sure to lose in the long run, no matter which way the, market goes. | We think one of the principal trou bles of the United States these days ; arise* from the extension to every oorner of the country of facilitiesi for Vygti^bling on the stock market. Of jfyvbrse, there must be an open mar ket for the 'purchase and sale of stock S^bonds, and we don't know any way to stop human beinipyi from gambling, in one form or another. W?l? think that it is- jus<t as re $ j>rJ&nsiMe to tpmpt the unwary intc speculating on the Stock market, as it ? ft to try to take their money away 'from them by stelling them lottery $ tick?t*."7 ' f wjb'Ll soon know the worst are cheered by the news from . Washington that Congress expects to work by the early part of and shut down shop urafcil next 'Jj^tgnber. We have no inside infor-(| matrtort as to what the ultimate tax j^pnOgram will be, or how the pro posed reductions in - government ex 'f penditures- will finally come out. But have lived in this, world long o to know that any certainty ' even the worst, is betlter than an un ; frkjitninty. We know and hear of ^kany businesses and industries which ? are marking time, waiting to find out for sure what OongresS is going) bo do bbout taxes, before they ?art make 1: their plana intelligently for going a head. 'It may make all the differ " ence in the world whether one kind of a tax or another kind is finally de cided upon. But American business men and manufacturers have always had a hap?py faculty of adjuring < themselves to conditions as tfhey are, !? and when they know exactly what the ?- conditions are we believe tha/t there V^will be a rapid and general revival in< ^ manufacturing and trade. Before the end of' June tfhe Presi dential convewtJonis Wili have been held; and we will know exactly what eaoh party ^ platform, y and who it offers as. lbs candidate for the Presidency. That *U1 remove another uncerainty. And we can then enjoy * pleasant etmymer, hoeing icoi^ And <iiAin? and talking politics. . with the satisfying knowledge that there isn't W more ttwb we, as In dividuals ean do about the situation until election day. So we might as . weM tend strictly to our own business from the fourth of July to the elrfoth of November. Nurse? I kwt siglbt of the child, r>od gracious, why didn't you speak to a j>olioemant Nurse ? t was upeaklrtg to one all OAkoeb-I dreaded la*t night that borthr on I#wok? I loolttd to M J # tomt ?oh? RHYTHM Looking back, the record would be something like this:. Unbounded optimism; ^lew era"; everything's going to be all right. Collapse; disillusionment. Fear. Fear compels thought. "The fear of the Lord," says the Bible, "is the be ginning of Wisdom." Until we are thoroughly soared Ave do not start to recover. Congress was thoroughly scared when it convened last December, and it has been the most sensible Cong ress in a long time. Business has been thoroughly scared, and more constructive business thinking has been done than for many years. Bank ers foave been thoroughly scared, and we shall have a^ sounder banking sys tem. The greatest impression that this experience has made on me is a fresh realization of the rhythm of human existence. The race does not move '.n a straight line forward and up, much as we should like to think so. It swings. It swings too far to the right. In the course of these great swings it tdges forward. But most of us fail to sense the rhythm. We are looking for a fixed ness, a finality whfch does not exist. We do not realize that change is the one unohangin/j fact in the universe; that because a situation is so today is the one sure reason why it will net be so tomorrow. ] In these depression periods -we question everything. We probe with doubts. We react. And the reaction is beneficent. For twenty-five years we worship ped "scientific progress." Now we wonder whether a lot of this so-called progress did not conwrst merely of filling up the world aivs speeding it up. We begin to wonder whether less things and more thinking may not lead to the happier life. In education we have oeen devoted to the practical, to training men and women to do things. W are swinging back to the old fashioned idea thai education is an enrichment ot the spirit and not a filling of the brain. In government we have multiplied laws and bureaus and taxes. Now the worm is turning. The taxpayer rebels); government must simplify, deflate. We had a great period of nvsdi rected idealism, a passion for educat ing ?>yerybody, "improving" every thing, enlightening the world. Now we are beginning to suspect that the , older civilizaiQn? have fully as much to teach us as we have to teach them. Action and react'on, ebb and flow, trial and error, change ? this is the rhythm of. living. Out of our over confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hojpe. And out of hope ? pro?res6. Health *, tu Home i c Practical Studies for 'Wives and esVCothers By Dr. ERNEST H. LINES Eminent Authority and Chief Medical Director New York Life lnmrance Company BATHS AND CARE OF THE SKIN A GENERAL bath should be taken daily. The water for this fchould not be too warm. The temperature of tepid batha should be between 80 degrees and 90 degrees. The temperature for cold baths for adults is usually about 65 degrees. Warm baths vary from 00 degrees to 100 degrees and it is well to follow such a bath with a cold shower. In addition, the face and handta should be washed frequently during tKe day. The hands particularly should always be washed before meals and after going to the lavatory. The use of a nail brush helps to remove dirt and germs from around the finger nails. ? The skip needs this daily cleansing because of its own daily excretion. Sweating is fping on all the time and the watery part of perspiration evaporates, leaving a residue which decomposes. This causes disagree able body odors and also weakens the skin so that it becomes susceptible to tho development of pimples and boils. A brisk and thorough cleansing of the skin with soap and water removes this waste material and stimulates the skin to renewed activity, thus lightening tho locd of the kidneys and other excretory organs. T ektii and Gums The teeth should be brushed mom ing and evening and after each meal. Use a vertical up and .down motion, rather than a side to aide, as this cross motion does not olean the spaces between the teeth. Rinsing the mouth daily with a weak solution of common salt helps to keep tha gums hard and firm. A visit to tha dentist twice a year is as much a' matter of health insuranoe as is ? yearly examination by the family physician. - QUESTIONS i AH wives and mothers should be able to answer these questions: X. How warm should bath bo? a. When should faoe and hands be washed? ?? How should teeth be brushed and how often daily? (Orrrtckt, mi. kt.l. This is the third of a s*ri*s of 13 articles on Health in the Home, The fourth uriU be on Bzarcm, Sitep ami Rett. 0 May 5. 1891 M the meeting of School Exami ner* held at the School Commission er's office on the 24th tilt., there were only three applicants? all colored. The floral fair of the Camden Hort? icultural Society, takes' place at the opera-house th.i? evening, from 0 to 10 o'clock. Admiseiocn 25c; children 10 cents. The Good Tewrvplars. did not have their pierce last Friday aa was ex pected for a while, hut decided to powtpone that evervt until later m "he ReoR*;n. Mr, R. A. McDowell has healed up the blisters; on the west end of his house, caused by the burning of Mr. J. F. Smith's residence, with a gen erous application of whiite paint. The following named genfclomen have been appointed by the Trustee* of School District No. 1, to visit the Graded Schools, during the month of May, 1801: Dr. A. A. Moore, P. H. Nekton, J. H. Goodale, J. D. Kennedy, Win, D. Trantham. School District No. 4 intends call In* a meeting soon to determine whe ther not an extra levy will be as Vwsed for the ^public schools in thai district. There in practically no op pos4tton io'the e?tra levy. " ' hr ? * t ? . r'-'v- -- V- ; v = '? ?' v Douglas Anderson, infant son of lllfe kk&l ?**:& :<S. Mr. and Mrs. D. Wdthars/poon died on April 30th. Mrs. S. Wolfe died very suddenly last Sunday morning of apoplexy. ^ Capt. John J. Nelson, prominent citizen of West Wateree died Thura> day April 30th after an illness of several weeks. Re<v. M. L. Carlisle will deliver the Memorial Day Address. MAL 7. 1912. Camden Oil Mill closfes down its plant for the summer. Mayor S. BrawinRiton wan pain fully injured in a runaway accident last week. fV?t*xffice Department announces that free oliy delivery of mail will be >7in in Camden on June 20. - Miwsi Annie Blake Flateher and Mr. L. G. Brazil married on April 28th by Probate Judge McDoVell. Rev. W. B. Gordon, rector of Grace Wpiscopal Churrfti, celebrated the 45th amiiver&ary of h'? ordinartrion and his 78rd birthday anniversary by special church services May 6. ' ? ??? * Jenkins. Manning, nenrro, killed in self defenne, by C. B. Plate, prominent citizen of the Oakalnd Motion of Ksr-1 flh?w County. i > Mother S Dciy * Albert T. Reid Camden City Ministrels give a per formance at Lancaster. Dr. J. H. Harms, president of New berry College, will make the annual address -at closing of City Schools Tuesday mom /djlpgbAer of Mr. and Mrs, ? , XAod, aged 16 months-, died la^jj^Tueedtay-jnorning. W?k.- ? the world does not suit .you, -j & new suit for it. No otte is Insignificant to make a new*wuit the world if he gets the . ??t?jrtal recti one from God.' ? > ? " ^forever has loose ?crew? for jhten, aitd vacant lots for ?to build upon. "" ^ " fou are one of the engineers of the Jd, and also one of the oarpenters. ) fining to your view-point, tht i?V becoming worse, then ppt wittjj your duties. ' expects each man to rdare \t obrf^ptclea. He who dares much mu# ch mito has some seed of wo hich if ho finds* and sowe (?& flower of eminence^ defeats a man. A real ling other than a man'fi | i womatn'tsi a great many being* i International Sunday School Lesson. - International Sunday School Lesson for May 8. ESAU SELLS HIS BIRTHRIGHT Genesis 25:127-34 . Rev. Samuel I>. Price, D. D7~ Here is a fine opportunity for char acter study as you size up tho.se who occupy the stage in this lessen study, j Ehg out all the facts about Isaac, Re bedcah, Esau and Jacob and you will ' note what a mess can develop in what sfobuld be a weill regulated fam/'ly. These boys were twins but they do not manifest the usual interest that such brothers have im> each other. Both the father and mother had their favorites and this added much to the home difficulties-. Rebekah thought more of Jacob and Isaac doted on Esau, the firs<t born. As the first born, Esau wou.\d norm ally come into hi? father's place as the priestly head in the home and ?would inherit a double portion. Miuch trouble is occasioned today when a <F vV? ,1 will is made in which the ch'ldren do not "share and share alike," to use a familiar phrase. But Esau did not look forward to the honor of succeed ing hl& father as head of the family, while that was the very thin/? that Jacob was eagsr for, and nktto.l ac cordingly. Esau was a .hunter and came home one day with no bag but with a tre mendous hunger. Jacob was making Rome lentil ytew and Esau pointed to it'and begged for some of "that red." Wiley Jacob would not share his food until he hod exacted a promise to turn over the birthright privileges. Later a trick was played on almost blind Isaac, when he would bless Esau as> Jacob concocted a stew that would tas>te like venison, put fur on his hands to make them fell like hairy Esau and obtained the blessing This caused a break between the brothers and Jacob, with the connivance of hi? mother had to flee from the wrath of Esau. They did not meet again for twenty years. in one. She is the punctuation marks of humanity. No man has yet wholly understood i woman. Good women are the eyes of the earth. ^ ? Alter all, men are merely followers of women.. And women are lifters or toseera of men. Every great man is a tribute to vrtxmanhood. ; t >**V. :? It is the hand of womanhood which ?holds the star of earth. If the period is dtark use yourself in making light. If the time be hard, &ofiten it with your fai'.h. If much wickedness appears, seek to p<ee good ness. Men are creators if they wish to be. Baltimore had a farmer's weekly in 1835. Fruit farm* have small barns. BUi) V BUB : U By Ed KRESS Y vell-"my ma made I <MINE SUPPER MIT ^ \UEAVER AND BACON