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\ VOLUME LVIII, NUMBER 73. * NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1922. TV/ICE A WEEK, $2.0d A YEAR MCLEOD. NOMINATED ] FOR GOVERNORSHIP! I LEE COUNTY CITIZEN NOMINATED IN SECOND PRIMARY - - ! John E. Swearingen Defeated by: Hope For Superintendent of Education J The State, 10. Thomas Gordon McLeod Lee coun-j ty citizen, was yesterday nominated' governor of South Carolina in the. second Democratic primary over! Cole L. Blease, former governor. With fewer than 100 small pre-j cincts scattered throughout the state yet to report returns at midnight i gave Mr. McLeod a lead of 15,097 over his opponent. The vote stood: McLeod, 98,390: Blease, 83,293. i The outstanding voie will not make j any material difference, as fewer { than 10,000 votes are yet to be ^ VUUil tcu. j. H. Hope of Union defeated John E. Swearingen, incumbent, for the omce ui state aupcimcccucui wi ( cation. Mr. Hope held a decisive' lead over Mr. Swearingen throughcut the night. In a total of 178,071 i Mr. Hope received 104,543 and Mr. Swearingen 73,528, Mr. Hope's lead at midnight was 31,015. A. H. Gasque of Florence defeated P. K. Stoll of Kingstree, incumbent,'; for congress from the Sixth district. | The total vote counted for candidates for governor at midnight was| 181,683. The outstanding vote will; doubtless carry this iigure apove | 190,000. i Yesterday's vote was by far the; heaviest ever cast in the state. Tnej total official vote cast in the first pri- j mary for candidates vfor governor! was 173,567, distributed as follows:; Blease, .*77,798; McLeod, 6oTf^;^ GeofglTiC. Laney of Chesterfield. 23.-; 164; William Coleman of Union, 3,? 797; John T. Duncan of Columbia,] 1,780; J. J. Cantey of Summerton,j 1,260. The total enrollment in the state! is 226,581 and returns thus far re- ] ceived indicate that more than 30,- j COO voters did not go to the polls; yesterday. ! Statement by McLeod Thomas G. McLead issued from his headquarters in Columbia last ivght *\t 11 o'clock a statement as follows : "My first impression :'s a feeling - i ' of profound gratitude to trie men ana women of South Carolina for their zealous and unselfish support during the campaign. "To the people of South Carolina I dgsire to say that the keen interest shown in the issues of the campaign m3ke? the result an indorsement more of the principles that I advocated than of myself. "I shall endeavor as far as within i me lies to see that the affairs of the state are ^economically managed. We are living in times of depression and the hand of adversitv falls heaviiy / upon man. There must therefore be a fair and just distribution of taxation. We must not take a backward step and a fair and just distribution of the burden means the maintenance of efficiency. "South Carolina has no foreign element, ouk white citizenship are all one people, with the same traditions, hopes 2nd aspirations; and I sincerely trust that there will be no lines of division, but that together we may work out the destiny of a vigorous and valorous commonwealth. "I realize the great responsibility that I will assume as governor and I most earnestly beg the cooperation of all citizens, their sympathy an 1 their prayers, in my efforts to administer impartially the affairs of this state. In the campaign 1 made no personal attack upon any one. I am leaving it, as I entered it, without malice. I have no bitterness and covet the good will and sympathy of every one. It is my purpose to work out our problems for the best goo j of all. I will be the governor of all the people." io i each m INew&erry The State. Miss Vivian McNeill is leaving this week for Newberry, where she begins her third year as domestic science teacher in the high school. THE NEWS OF WHITMIRE, TOWN THAT DOES THINGS The Newberry Boosters Trip Was Greatly Enjoyed, Especially the Impromptu Speeches Whitmire, Sept. 10.?Well, the Newberry boosters "came and saw and conquered.'' It was lovely weather and the meeting was held in our beautiful and shady park. Everybody fell in love with everybody else?a regular howdy-do, glory halielujah time. It was "How are you-uns?*' And "We-uns are as well as common. thank you." As much handshaking as could have been pulled oft by 3 day politicians. We had some fine speeches, too. First, Mr. Sherard. general manager and vice president ot our mill, made an address of welcome to those who made us a visit and not a visitation. Then Came one whose name ought to be Sunshine, brt whose cognomen is Zach Wright. He said ic was '"so sudden" he had no idea of being called on for a speech, etc., but Mr. Sherard says he saw Zach's impromptu speech in his pocket. Mr. Wright gave us just a hint as to the good time he recently had away from home?saw ballet girls, etc. Zuch is a Methodist and naturally believes in failing: from grace, and had the boldness to accuse Ms. Sherr.rd of believing in his philosophy. But he missed the mark. Mr. Sherard is a devout Baptist and believes if you once get right and are put plumb under water you are all right, no falling in it. The difference between Zach and "Mr. Sherard is that the latter is the same abroad as at home. Mr. Eskridge was a little low spirited because, no doubt, ' -r 1 , U ine wa.gc'5 ui set:ti wu:rcis xiavi ^uiiu up, thus affecting hardware. His favorite song, Mr. Epting says, is, "I Love to Steel a While Away. ' Dr. i>errick overdid the thing--=thej'miik of human kindness" overflowed just everywere. He invited ail of us to come down and stay a whole week and we were geting ready to go when Prof. Wilson told us the doctor was not keeping house, and if we went we'd find him staying with his students, the old fashion way, a week at a time. He paid Prof. Will a nice ! compliment as to being such a fine ; teacher and Alpheus Watson was S mean enough to ask Wilson what he paid for that compliment. It may be a bunrn of Whitmire laymen will i | come down in a few days to your ! Methodist meeting. When we find out for certain that any of the Xewberry speakers have what they said so on.mt n nil tHp niltsiHp of ; the door, we'll be down. ! Rev. A. J. Simpson has gone to see his mother who lives in Alabama, consequently we went to the Baptist church today and heard ar. able sermon by Rev. K. D. Smith. Among other things he said the ballot was ! sacred and should mean something. This is true and should be printed on | every doorstep. There is more money being used here in the next primary than ever before. I : 'i1 i '?> & - > <*> ^ *> v $ <? > KiWANIS NOTES ^ J Q V ? <$> <f> *> < > & <?> <$> <?> -"?} <*> v$> I The week of September 17-24 has ! been designated as 'TTczistitution ! Week*' which will be celebrated in ! the 825 Kiwsnis cluc? in the United , States. i The Constitution of the United i States is the basic law of the govern; ment which for the first time in his! torv recognizes certain Unalienable . v-iAtc nf t'ln in^ivifhr-,1 neainst which ' the government must nor trespass. In this one feature the constitution merits the approbation and enthusiastic support of all right thinki in5: citizens. ! From the dawn of history to the writing of the federal constitution, ; the struggle on the part of the mass: es had had for its purposes the recognition by government ami sover' eigns of the unalienable r:ghts of the individual. The recognition given these rights by the feder-I constitution wiil be , th" keynote of the Constitution week j program which will be celebrated at the Kiwanis citii meeting at Willcwbrook park at 1 p. m. September 21. ; The club will be entertained at a picnic dinner by the Girl Scouts. The program will include an address by a prominent speaker. Every member | of the club is urged to be present. JUDGE SMITH TALKS GOOD j I STUFF ON CITIZENSHIP J i i ' . . . ! ; Taking as his subject, "Good Citi-. : zenship in Anderson/' Judge Mendel , j L. Smith, presiding in general sessions court here, spoke to a large ' congregation last nignt at the First ^ : Baptist church, and during the niorni in<r Sunday ichoul hour spoke lo the I Baraca class of that church, which . was attended bv members of the Ma- ! trons'. class as well a< by large num bers of Baracas. Judge Smith made . ;a profound impression upon his hearers. Judge Smith was formerly a circuit } i judge in South Carolina, our. during ^ ; the World war he resigned his judgeI ship and was commissioned a major i in the department of the Juuge Advo- , i c-ate general of the United States ! ? ( army. Although he has presided in court here but a week, it is generally ! conceded that the effect of the , court's work in that, time has been marked, and will probably go a long ^ way toward remedying the condition of lawlessness in this countv. ! I , In speaking before the Baraca class yesterday morning at the First j .Baptist church, Judge Smith brought a forceful message to almost 200 of the. leading citizens of this city, when j he defined the greatest need of the , world today as "genuine religion in the lives and hearts of men and wo- j men." God in the community, in the , everyday life of the average citizen, in business, ail of these, he declared , will go a long way toward restoring peace and prosperity. ! Judge Smith referred eloquently to . the devotion to the Word of God of . -l! ' our forefathers, tne use vestiges ui ^ which have almost lapsed into obscu- . 1 rity, and stated that it is a need of such religion today that the world is bogged in the quagmire of lawlessr,ess jjn4. eccnomic troubIes. "World evangelization/' he declared, "is the duty of the United States ' today." Judge Smith then asserted ' that the world is no nearer peace today, what with the inherited enmity . and the animosity existing in many ' European countries. "The duty of the church is to teach the cardinal ' principles of religion. In it lies the only hope." i ; As inxcusable as it is, and as humiliating as it has been in the past, he. declared in substance, "there is no # \ place where religion is more needed ^ than in some of our churches. There is no place where its absence is more . felt: nor its effectiveness more tellmg. f ; Judge Smith then related an ;nci-' dent wherein an individual was sue- j ir.g a railroad for the death of a'j kinsman. An old negro was on the 1 J ?/?-j Vi/v his' stand ana tesunea mat ^ lantern at the coming- automobile, in 1 which the victim was riding, and he i had not heeded him. Under a gruel- 1 ling cross-examination the old ne grc's story was unshaken, and de-:. fense counsel after the trial had. been concluded in favos of the rail--, road, questioned the old negro, after giving him $10 for his services. j. ' "Weren't ymi afraid," asked the', lawyer of the old darky. ,! "Yasrah, I's 'fraid somebudv was ; goiiv xo ask me if dat lantern was!/ lit." i ""The churches are waving religi-.!' ous lanterns each day," declared Judge Smith, "but when they take; their place boside the tracks of po- < * 1 i?? ^+ fl .J ty nil- ! litical anu mauscnai i.- \ i.s u; .... , coming- humanity, they fail because they arc waving a dark lantern; in it is not the real flash of true re. lisrion." Judpr? Smith profoundly imDres*ed . hi.; hearers with his masterly discourse. and Pcriodic?.;Iy mide eloquent references to the Bible and passage* therein bearing: upon the condition of the wcriu today. Miss Mary Wo~d i .Miss Maiy Wood, ">4 years of i<re. died at the South Carolina riate h )? pital Thursday night. after a loner iiincss. Her body was brought "to Newberry Saturday rn the 8Southern and was 'jid to rest in Trinitv chnreh graveyard at 1: oV;o;l:; st-rv'-.-es by Rev. G. V. Clarkson. ; Mi--.-' Wood is survived by .he f,>I, lowing1 brothers and sisters: James . R. Wood. Thomas B. Wood. Mrs. Sallie Black, Miss Lizzie Wood, Miss Ju| lia Wood and Mrs. Ida McSweeney ; of Greenville. I i KILLS TWO WOMEN AND SHOOTS SELF WALTER ALLEN DIES OF SELF INFLICTED WOUNDS Greenville Man Commits Suicide After Killing Wife and Mofcher-in-Law rhe State. Anderson, Sept. 12.?Mrs. Alice it ? 11: J i ,1..,,.\I,.e UCAJlISltr <Uiu iici uau^iivi, ~v? i o. Sallie McAllister Alien, were shot ind instantly killed this morning by Walter Allen, husband of the daugh:er, at Orr miil. After bhooting tile ;wo women, mother-in-law and wife, Vilen turned the revolver on himself ind. fired a shot into his own body, lying this afternoon from his selfnflicted wounds. The two women were shot a-, they sat at the breakfast tible in the home of Mrs. McAllister, mother of the wife of Allen. Waiter Allen came here from Greenville last night, leaving there at midnight, and being driven here jy G. 0. Scruggs, a taxi driver, who stated that they arrived here about 3:30 or 6 o'clock. Allen went directly to the house of Mrs. McAllister, and as he walked into the room he asked his wife where the gun was lidden, upon being told that she did not know, he. pulled out a revolver and said, "Well, what are you going to do about it?" / He fired first at the mother of his wife, and then at the wife, both being fatally wounded, and then turned the gun on himself. He died at a .... , little after 12 o'clock, physicians Doing: surprised that he lived this long as the bullet went straight through from temple to temple. From accounts, it seems that Mrs. Allen" had ctfftve home to- he-r-Jiiuther for protection from her husband as he is alleged to have abused apd ill treated her. She had been home about five weeks. The brother of Mrs. Allen, James McAllister, stated that Allen had always "treated my sister mean," but that this was the first time that she had left him. Mrs. James?I?lcAllister was an eye witness of the killing. She said that they were seated at the breakfast table when Allen fired a bullet into the throat of Mrs. McAllister and then fired a shot at his wife. Then he went into an adjoining room, and Mrs. McAllister said she heard a muffled shot and found that he had shot himself. This witness said that Mrs. Allen had been expecting her husband to come and try to make her go back to him, and as she expected trouble she had sworn out a peace warrant last Wednesday for her husband, and that it was now in the hands of the sheriff. Allen came to the home last Monday morning and Mrs. Allen thought best to have this warrant taken out for him. The Aliens have been married about eight years and have a daughter, who was w;th . her mother but was not at breakfast this morning. James McAllister had already gone to work in the mill. Mrs. Allen had also been working in the mill since she came back to her mother's home. The Aliens lived in Greenville, and Walter Allen was a mil! operative of that city. Mrs. McAllister, who was killed, was a. Miss Loll is of near Cheddar, and was sixty years of age. She has for many years in Williamston. comin r here to make her.home about sever, year ago. She is survived by another daughter. }.!rs. Lizzie McAllister M'.iyrieW, and two sons, James McAllister, who v.as a pitcher for Anderson in the Carolina league, and Jack McAllister of Greenville. Mrs. Allen was about oO years of age. Walter Allen is about ">0 yoars 11 1;? -3 I old ana nas uvea m .a:.- .i\ <.<iu Greenville for many years. There was no evidence that A<len was drinking, the taxi dr'vo:* >r;;-ing that if he had been tii:;: he did not knew anything about it. T-iis is the second killing that has happened at tis mill lately. About a month asro B. II. 1 lolly shot and kiii ed A. ii. Evans in his own home. Huiiy will go on trial Wednesday morning i:T the court now boir.jr heid here, over which Judge Mendel Smith is presiding. The funerals will be held at ?'edav Grove church Wednesday afternoon t HOME DEMONSTRATION , CONF CLUB GIRLS, ATTENTION'.! I j All Home Demonstration Sewing Bill t< club girls are requested to have the J ?Is six garments required for the year j ready for inspection by Sept. 20th. j This is very necessary as the county j Wa: winner's exhibit must be sent to the: ees o; district contest at Greenwood for the! ed an 26th. A free trip to the state fair as a is the prize given to the district win-j would ner, to this the South Carolina Bank- i house, ers association* has added $10.00 forjhowev first prize, $7.50 for second, and j report S4.5ft for third best if Won in state j posed contest at state fair in November. day o acts, i Club women, please rein en: her that u^eie the demonstration agent wants 100 pounds turkey, 25 dozen eggs, 20 ^ou hens and 10 pounds butter for Sept. b: 20th. Let her hear from you or re- Elii port to Mrs. Walter Longshore, com- amern munity market, or phone 342. of the l'oreig I A good dinner is in store for New- Eiii berry folk on Saturday?vegetables, | tion f beef, mutton, barbecue and hash will plan < be on sale at the community market, reciai: News of Excelsior i Excelsior, Sept. 14.?E. M. Cook . '5 i veten was the first of our farmers to get , , , ? a oon out a new bale of cotton. Mrs. Vinnie Swygert has been on a visit to Mrs. A. A. Singley. fixing I TT..,, \\T V PnnLr Via* hepn Oil a 111 ! M . JLU. VW*? j visit to her father's family in New- j a< . berry. * b>' 25 ! The Pentecostal people have beerr!-P!an holding a several days' meeting in!Perc( j Prosperity. The meeting has been I ^ ^ i well attended. ' v 11923 j John F. Wheeler has been confined were 1 to his bed for the past two weeks No sick. the a j Prof. Junius and K. W. Kinard ofjtion, Johnston, spent Friday n ijrht with j vet en H. J. Kinard and wife. Prof. Junius i years , is principal of St. Andrews school i there; near Columbia, while K. W. Kinard t aid o; will be a student of the Lutheran J paymi , Theological seminary at Columbia, j ser'vic The cotton crop? in this section ' also v , will be very short this year. \ ^ i The writer had the pleasure cf ?tj *1. * i* -vt-j I of th tending the opening of the Midway j j school on Monday morning. There - "a'^e was a good attendance of the people j wn5PF in the community out at the open-jwoa^ ' ing of the school which shows the j ?hjecl people have an interest in their was r school and they have a school they'Pu^^c all have a right to feel proud of. The J Pr?ha opening exercises were in charge of: Pr ' the principal of the- school, the Rev. Simm J. C. Wessinger. The exercises com- ation menced by singing a selected piece; w^re "after which a portion of Scripture I Th< 'was read and prayer was offered byjtion < 1 -1? ? ? ? ?/% ?. it'/Milr! Mr. Wessmger, wno aiso <t?i\.cu ivi j..v?.v Ithe cooperation fo the people along bent i ; with their school work the coming : will, : year and then they hoped to do I the o] something in the way of making pro- to a ] gress in the school the coming year, confe The main address was made by the may 1 | Rev. J. L. Cromer, the new pastor of j reach ; the Mt. Tabor pastorate. Mr. Cro- j Tw rnf-r is? srood speaker and his address {tor Si 'was along the educational line show-j Texas ;ing to the pupils the importance of j finally making use of their school days and j was a , not wasting, time. The school open-j sure. ! ed Monday morning with a bright: j outlook for doing good work this I Sal< year, with the Re.v. J. C. Wessinger T1 principal and. Misses Camilla Wes- associ singer and Bernice Derrick assist- Sept. ants. j o'cloc I 1 _ ; The Midway school has a nice lo- j Dr. 'cation right on the good public high-j pect i 1 way, and we hope this fall to see the j all pa : trustees of the school put out a j tric-t ; ! good many shade trees on the j bers. ' school grounds and then a little later some nice flowers, all of which will Miss J sadd much to the appearance of the A T> place. Move another time. j H. J. K. Th< auxili REVIVAL MEETING TO in the EE HELD AT OAKLAND urged Editor Herald and News: J . J . * I ' lictb V C l.l> V W.S^i v - - f I per that I will ncgi.n a rev.val meet-ing Oakland next Sunday nigh:., * Sv.pt. lTih, and will continue through *" 05t out the week. Song .services will be-. ,,]!i gin at 7 : J0. preaching at 8 <>':i.)cl: j u c-oc each night. The public is cordially i been inviteii. Come and bring some one , ev r n von | tne ?t Fraternally. I " \V. H. Whaiey. Castor, j fluent i i nity. i at 1 o'clock, conducted by the Rev.; memt ,W. H. Kcn?iey and the Rev. A. F. McKeown. FREES REACH AGREEMENT ON BONUS BILL 5 Be Reported to House 1 oday | lot to Be Called Until After f Tariff Report shington, Sept. 11.?Conferi the soldiers' bonus bill reach- j agreement late today and it nnounced that the measure j be reported tomorrow to the1 It will not be called up there i er until after the conference on the tariff bill has been dis of, which may be on Wednesr Thursday. After the house ;he bonus will go to the senate 1 also it is to be put behind the : \ i r major changes were made in ill 111 conierenee. They were: nination of the Simmons lment authorizing the financing bonus out of interest from the n debt. nination of the land reclamaeature which, under the senate embodied in the Smith-McNary nation bill, would have invoivl expenditure of $350,000,000. I ; limiting of the time in which ins mignt tile applications lor us to January, 1928. :eptance of the house provision ; tne amount to be advanced for or home aid to the amount of ijusted service credit increased per cent in place of the senate j of amounts ranging from 100 ?nt of the adjusted service credthe application were made in: to 140 Fer cent if applications made in 15)28 or thereafter, important change was made in ! djustcd service certificate opwir'n it? nrovisions for loans to ms by banks in the next three and for government loans' after. The vocatioai training Jtion and the provision for cash ents to veterans whose adjusted ! e credit would not exceed $50 vere unchanged. ch of the tjhree hours' session e conferees was understood to J been devoted to a discussion of ling the bill into such shape as [ meet the publicly expressed :ions of President Harding. ft epresented by some of the Rean managers that the measure bly would have a better chance esidential approval without the ons amendment and the recla:noption and, accordigly, those voted out. ire still was no official informats to whether Mr. Harding; approve the measure in its pre-j 'orm, but proponents believe he while opponents are firmly of pinion that he will not. Owing promised fight on the taritr diii j rer.ce report in the senate, it, :>e ten days before the measure es the White House. o of the ten conferees?Sena- j moot, Republican, Utah, and j voted against the bonus as1 7 perfected. Senator Simmons mong those supporting the meaj i:c!a Improvement Association ie Saluda School Improvement ; aWon will meet Saturdav night,: 1 16, at the school house at 8. k. Knotts and Col. E. H. Aull ex o be Dresent and wish to meet trents and children of the dis-' as well as all association mem- j I Mrs. R. C. Hunter, Pres. Ethel Mayer, Sec'y:rican legon auxiliary r0 will be a meeting of the; arv Monday night at 8 o'clock' ' Legion hall. Ail members are | to attend. ^adie Goggans, Pres. ?ol West. Sec. will be a joint meeting of' Vo. 2i and the Legion auxiliary J ay night, September 18. at 8! k. An interesting program has. for thk meeting, and i member of thrt i^gion and of! uxiiiary is urged i i?o present, i .,.i j ni:?.ke our in U Uii i.\J^ t k II . . uwvi e for goo:! f<-!t in thi> comrnuWe C".n do it. What say you >ers? Jomi B. Setzler. Publicity Officer. MOLLOHON BAND TO . GO WITH BOOSTERS i ON TRIP TO PROSPERITY AND LiTTLE MOUNTAIN ^ Promises to Be Big Affair With Good Speakers on the Program announcement nas just oten mauc public by the retail trade committee of the Newberry chamber of commerce that the Mollohon Concert band will accompany the boosters on their trip to Prosperity and Little Mountain Friday afternoon. At a meeting of the committee held Monday afternoon a sub-committee was appointed to see Mr. George W. Summer and Mr. E. S. Summer with re-, gard to getting the band. They very quickly and willingly consented and arrangements have /oeen made to have the band assemble on the public square at 1:30 o'clock Friday for a thirty minute concert, from which place they will go to the chamber of commerce headquarters for another concert just before the large line up of automobiles makes the start to Prosperity and Little Mountain promptly at 2:30 o'clock. All indications point to the fact that the trip to Prosperity and Little Mountain will draw the largest number of people and automobiles than have gone on any other of the trips fVinao lrmtm t.Vip trin will have a great time as in addition to the music there has been arranged a splendid program. Both Little Mountain and Prosperity arc preparing to extend a big welcome to the boosters and it is anticipated that a very larse crowd will be in attendance at both places, so come on, good citizens ' of Newberry, let's show the people of these good little cities how big Newberry can "turn out" when she tries. Let us line up a bunch of automobiles that will reach all the way from Newberry to Prosperity. Good Speakers The committee is unable to announce who Prosperity and Little Mountain will have to do their speaking, but every one can rest assured that this will be taken care of as both places are fortunate in having a number of orators and statesmen who are equal to any occasion. The speakers for Newberry have v been lined up and they will be in good "trim" when the clock strikes the hour for the program to begin. At Prosperity Mr. J. B. Hunter and Dr. J. W. Carson will speak. At Little Mountain Mr. J. M. Davis and Rev. C. A Freed will speak. These gentlemen are all known to every citizen of Newberry county, and we are sure they will carry messages of friendship and better understanding to our neighboring cities that will be enjoyed by every one. Everybody Invited As on other trips, the entire citizenry of Newberry and surrounding territory are invited to join in and make this trip a great succtss. All auto owners are invited and urged to load up his or her automobile and assemble at the chamber of commerce headquarters promptly at 2:15 o'clock ready to make the start not later than 2:30. Come on, let's everybody go! GRANTED MORE TIME Another Extension in Tax Payment Granted in Anderson The State. Anderson, Sept. 12.?The time for paying 1921 taxes has been extended, recently they were extended to September 15, artd today Senator Frank Watkins applied to Comptroller General Duncan for another extension and this was granted until October 1. Senator Watkins explained to the comptroller general that the cotton crop would net be begun 1 1?fUa fivcf Hnv to 06 marKeueu uciuic mt m .. of October, so farmers needed an extension of the time and this was granted. The melting pot works a wonderful transformation, but it can't make gold of scrap iron. It is fortunate that Columbus dis; covered America. Otherwise Europe [wouldn't have anybody to blame for j everything. ^