Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE MAJESTIC Camden . ? South Carolina . * Wednesday and Thursday January 1st and 2nd Kins Vidor's Romance of Negro Life "HALLELUJAH" ^a^With Songs by Irving Berlin' ""ComS^So the New Orleans caba rets, the gambling hells, the re , vivalist meetings, the cotton fields, vividly pictured with thrilling dialogue and songs. The Literary Digest proclaims it the greatest picture ever pro duced. Friday and Saturday January 3rd and 4lh At last! The beautiful star you have boen waiting to hear! JOAN CRAWFORD in "UNTAMED" You'll love her voicc, her acting will sweep you off your fefet! With Robert Montgomery and ' Ernest Torrence. January 6th-7th Watch for Announcement Op ening Program on WESTERN ELECTRIC SOUND SYSTEM All -this week enp^neers from the Bell Laboratories are busi ly installing our new sound ? quipment, which will open Monday, January 6th, with a special program to be announc ed later. T!:nr Sound Pictures at Their Best Phone 546 ELECTROL Oil. BURNER Salts & Service E. G. Burke Plumbing and Heating Repair Work at Reasonable Prices Cor. DeKalb &' Fair SIa. m 26 Nation-wide Radio Programs Kent, 0., December 30 ? Martin L. Davey, president of the Davey Tree Expert company, is wagering 20 nation-wide radio programs that the people of America prefer old time melodies to either jazz or classical i music. The first program will be heard j Sunday afternoon, January 5, 1930, | from 5 to 6 P. M. eastern time, over I the Red network of the National Broadcasting company. It will be followed by a concert each Sunday afternoon until July. Mr1. Davey makes no claim to ex pert musical knowledge, but he be lieves that his experience as congress | man arid as nominee for governor of j Ohf'0 last fall has given him an in sight into what peoplewapt fo hear. "My first purpose in putting on this pronrom", said Mr. Davey, "h to commemorate the golden anniver sary of tho conception of tree surg ery by my father, John Davey. ; "His idea is resulting in tho pre servation of the beauty of America. It was only natural that I turned to the old' time selections as fitting to the subject. It seems to me ' thnt these are what people want to hear, because they stir the heart and bring, back fond memories. I encountered so much opposition that I am goin<? j through with our type of program i a deliberate test of public opinion." | Experts argued that a radio pro gram should b0 predominantly classi cal or Jaza. Mr. Davey's answer was that not enourft of classical musi<; Is* melodious and that jazz is a tempor ary erase of which the public has be come weary. Of the thirteen musical selection i on each program, 10 will be oldtimc i melodies an <1 three will be taken from i classics or semi-classics. Not one ( jas* number will be heard through the entire 26 weeks. Another unusual feature' is the dominance given to the pipe organ, which will be heard with every selec tion. Chandler Goldthwaite, famous afc a concert organist bqth in America and Europe, will be at the conao.e, assisted by an ensemble' of six vocal ists, violin and cello. W.JO. W. MEETING filtf Oak Camp, No. 49, W. O. W. each month at 8 t. m. Visiting ?ov meets the last Thursday evening lit erelgttg cordially welcomed. OW. mRCTIMORE. 0. C M. O. HUCKABEE. Clerk. jplM'ga Well, anyway the days are growing longer, and you'll have more time to work *nd to think about It. 1MB I I AKUU^U THE WORLD WITH E. B. JENKINS ?_ ? The Coloascum ? The Early Christian Calvary Of all the marvelous buildings and ruins in Rome, and there are acres of them, none can equal the Colosseum. This was one historic spot in Rome I greatly desired to nee, not because of its beauty, but of its relation to early Christianity. Colosseum is one of the m?st sub lime of historic ruins in all the world today. It is simple, majestic, unique, and stands in the midst of modern Rome a monument not to the builders, but to the heroism of those early Christians who perished ' within it i walls. The Colosseum was originally two hundred feet high, and would accom odate 87,000 pepole at one time. It is built of large blocks of stone, fas tened together by bands of iron. Dur ing the middle arys most of this was carried away for the purpose of erect ing palaces in Rome. Tho building is circular in form and great arches tall as our houses were equal distance all around the building. Toc'.ay, look ed at from a distance it appears as only a shell of a building. After the fall of the Roman empire the building fell into disuse. Then for cen'uries following the building was unsightly but about a quarter of n century afto when tourists ber.in to pour into Italy and Rome, the government hn 1 the Colosseum scraped and cleaned of ah the grass, moss, and shrubbery that grew within and around the walls. The Colosseum whs built for the purpose of giving the Roman people entertainment and excitement. It was uesd for game, gladitorial combats, and at the time of Nero it was used as a public place of execution of tho early Christians. Some forty or fifty years ago there were chapels within the cells of the Collosscum which were dedicated to the early Christians who had shed their blood in that place for their faith in Jesus Christ. Here on Friday afternoon a sermon would be preached. It was through the in fluence of Christianity that the r?ad itorial combats were abolished. The story is told of a monk named Tele michus, who one day leaped into the arena and begged a gladiator not to put to death his victim, just when he was ready to strike the fatal blow. Instead of listening to him the monk was put to death. Massive as the Colosseum is, two thirds of it has disappeared. In the fourteenth century it was used a a a quarry. Inl452 two thousand five hundred cart loads of it were hauled away to furnish material for build- | ings in Rome. 1 It was a sunshiny afternoon in May when we went out to visit the Colo- j sseum. As I walked through the a, | rena, I thought of the early Christ ians who had died there. All who re fused to burn incense to the emperor were arrested, and placed in dark dungeons of the Colosseum. Then they were brought out into the arena and wild beasts which had been kept for days in cells without anything to eat were turned upon helpless men and women. They were torn limb from limb by the hungry ferocius wild animals. To the 87,000 Roman people who occupied the seats this was weat sport. Then when the shadows gathered, crosses were erect ed all around tho arena, and other Christians were brought forth and placed upon these crosses. Under neath were piled large stacks of straw and brush. Then over tho bodies of the Christians upon crosses, pitch tor was put upon them from head to foot. When the darkness had settled torches were applied to the piles of straw and brush, and soon the flames were leap ing to the uplifted bodies of helpless men and women, and soon their bo-jles were wrapped in a sheet of fire. They died in their faith, hence we have in the world today, the church of the Lord Jesus Christ. As the guide showed us the dun geons where tho Christians were kept in solitary confinement, and the cells where the wild beasts were hud dled, my soul was moved, for I felt that I was standing on sacred pround. Down beneath my feet somewhere tho sand had been stained with the blood I of martyrs. While we were going Ifrom place to place I saw two well dressed Italians Allowing us, and sometmes minting with our crowd. When the guide saw them he said to us in an undertone: "Look out for your purses, they are pickpockets Eveh there in that sacred spot were those who would rob us while we were interested in what we saw and heard. (Continued next week). REGISTERED JERSEY BULL FOR SERVICE I havft a Registered Jersey Dull for service on my farm eight miles east of Camden. LEO MOSBLKY, Cam den, R. F. D. 2. Maudp- "Where is your chivalry?" Dl?1e ? "I tamed It in for a Buiek", TTTb'-'COcSSFUL fso^iavi/.:;?: :c By GRACE VIAtt GT.AY WHAT IS S-LF-RISING FLO 'J. IT ft; TliU Is n* question often usl.cd by women? Just what Is self-r;sin^ Hf?ur? From wlm t Is It made Hi.d wli.it are Hie udvantuges In using It? Well, ttrst of ull, self-rising lltuir Is o soft wheat Hour to which the miller mills [Hire monoculclum phosphate tint] blenruonato of soda, which Is really baking powder, and salt for scm-oning. So it In after all u ready prepared or pre-leavencd Hour. Using self-rising flour In the Imiiie three times each day has many advan tages. The greatest thing alumt It Is Its dependability. In fact, self-rising Hour gives the only source of n uni form biscuit .'ICTt times a year. Do not add baking soda or baking powder to It. When a woman mixes soda and but termilk. she has no way to tell ac curately about the acidity of the but ter milk without taking It to a labora tory, and if she wants to have a llrst. class biscuit, the soda and buttermilk must neutralize each other. In the self-rising Hour the leavening Is ac curately proportioned by weight and on a basis of a minimum, whereas, the other way is usually a maximum and guess work al that. Self-rising Hour is economical fur ali baking purposes. In addition lo the saving in the purchase of baking pow der. soda and 1 1 . It also saves eggs. The leavening is so generally dis tributed thai It does not require s<? many eggs. In the original recipe fot the standard 1-2-M-4 butter cake, fmir pggt, are required if using plain Hour. Substituting self-rising Hour in Hie Biime formula requires only two -eg:;s Use one egg to every one and a h.ilf cupfuls of self-rising Hour. You can take any of your own fa vorite cake recipes and change It Into n self-rising Hour recipe. Use one whole egg or two egg whiles lo each one and a half cupfuls of Hour, and add one tablespoon fill of liquid for each egg omitted from the original recipe. Omit all baking pow dor and soda. Do no unueccs?::r,v beating. Do not let batter stand aft er mixing. Hake at the correct tcm. peril t ure. The most common mistake In hak ing enkes Is In having too hot an oven Keep the oven at HfiO degrees F. SUCCESSFUL HOMEMAKING My ORACE^VIAll GRAY BAKE AT HOME Paklna nt home If n simple pi-oces* today compared to what It used to l?t? Formerly a woman had to measuM nit the Hour, the linking pr.wd.-r ami the Halt. If She were URlny soda ami buttermilk shu would have to kuobs nt the acidity of the nilk. ^siir.e dvyx her biscuits or cakes would he per fact while the next day they would he far from pah:tah!e. There was too much guess work In baking ?t home Today all guess work has been taken ; out of baking by the appearance on An Up-Side-Down Cake Makes a Doll oloui Dessert. the market of self-rising flour, Rett rising Dour has the leavening or hnk tug powder n ecu it.- el y proportioned by weight, and has the rigid amount of salt for seasoning. With self-rising Hour, baking at home Is n great Indoor sport. It In easy; It Is reliable; It saves from 2* to 40 per rent time in mixing biscuits and from '2.~> to <50 per cent In mix Ing eakes. Kurt her more, baking at home mokes tlte money go further. From nrtuul statistics we know that money gong from 20 to <10 per cent further than if one buys bakery goods. Why not try an l'pSUil*l>nwn cn' e foi dinner tonight? Here Is the recipe for that unusually' attractive dessert: Make a cake baiter M one egg its follows: Vt cup buttor Vi cup milk *4 cup auK&r l?,i cups nelf-rl? t cg? Ing flour Mi tup. vanilla Cream the butter thoroughly, add sugar and continue to cream until the granules have dissolved, add the un beaten egg and heat until blended: Add the Hour and milk alternately, then the flavoring. Kohl the Hour in quickly and gently, handling as little an possible. From this batter the Up-Slde-Down rake Is made this way: standard one *y.g % cup diced pine cake. but tor apple t cup brown minor 1 cup ratline or 4 lbs. butter dntea t cup nuta 1 oup cherry or ' other preaervea Melt the butter In an Iron skillet; add the sugar and stir until blended: remove the skillet from the Art; spread the sugar and butter mixture In an even layer; then add tha fruits and nuts In layers; pour the batter on top and bake In n slow oven about forty- five minutes. Loosen the cake fro; i it " edges, and turn out as quick ly us possible after taking It firta* oven. Serve with hard whipped cream. TO RENT Desirable Farm in Richland County REASONABLE TERMS C. W. Birchmore Representative Lewis Clyburn Would Change Laws in Regard to Bank ing in South Carolina A bill to reduce the poll tax in ! Lancaster county from five dollars to three dollars will be introduced by representative Lewis Clyburn, the local legislator announced yesterday. He says that by reducing the poll tax the property tax will be increased by $6,000 and that he believes that the people who own the property can bear this burden better than the av erage man who pays a poll tax. Representative Clyburn also said that he ia in favor ofthe complete abolishment of the state bank exam iners office but that if the office is kept he would like to see the bank examiners make a public statement to the comptroller general and that these reports be published in the lo cal papers. He said that he believed nornn me thod of insuring state and county funds in depositories where such funds were kept could probably be made and that such a plan would be in vestigated. He suggested the idea of having the Btate issue a blanket bond on all banks where state and county funds are kopt and that the bonding companies do their own checking up on these banks. He also favors a law which would make the publication of a bank's re sources compulsory at the time its doors are closed. In speaking of the matter of ap pointing city school trustees and county commissioners Mr. Clyburn said that he favored the apoin'.mcnt in principle rather than the present method of electing such men but that he would not look with favor up on a measure to appoint county com missioners at this session of the le,n islature because of the fact that ths Thedford's BLACK DRAUGHT Liver Medicine Made from selected medicinal roots and herbs? Nature'p own smedy for Constipation and Indlgest'.on. Sold Everywhere ? people hnve not had a chance to ex press themselves on tho subject. ? Lancaster News. What is the difference between a mother and a barber? The latter has razors to shave and the former shavers to raise. Landlay ? "And how do you fe^-l now ? " Lodffer ? "Just terrible! I feel <n if I was going to die." Landlady ? "Well, you can't dio here ? this is the living room." Greeting! At this Christmas Tide we are thinking of you, and extend to you the' season's greetings, and may happiness and prosperity he yours during the coming years. We take tfiis occasion to thank you for the liberal patronage he stowed upon us. MYERS SERVICE STATION