The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, August 09, 1932, Image 2
The Wateree Messenger
Published Every Tuesday by
C1IAS. W. BIRCH MOKE, Prop.
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Tuesday, August 9, 1932.
THE CLAN OF ROOSEVELT
One of the most curious illustra
tions of the fact that mo.st people
don't seem to know what is going on
in the world is the receipt by Mrs.
Theodore Roosevelt, widow of the
former President, of sevei'al hundred
letters and telegrams congratulating
her upon the nomination of her hus
band for the Presidency! It seemv
incredible that there is still anyone
in America who do<*s not know that
Theodore Roosevelt died in 1919.
There were also a good many
thousands who wrote to Franklin D.
Roosevelt, the Democratic nominee
for President, under the impression
that he is a son of the former Presi
dent. As a matter of fact, his wife
is much more closely related to the
late Theodore Roosevelt than Frank
lin D. Roosevelt is. She was the
daughter of Theodore Roosevelt's
brother, Elliott, and that makes her
a first cousin to the present Theodore
Roosevelt, Governor-General of the
Philippines. One has to go back
nearly two hundred years to trace
the relationship of Franklin D.
Roosevelt to Theodore Roosevelt, but
it is there.
The first of the name to settle in
America was a Dutch merchant nam
ed Nicholas Roosevelt, wno came to
New York in 1649. In 1742, the old
records show, there were two broth
ers Roosevelt, named Johannus and
Joseiphus. They were great grand
sons of the original Nicholas Roose
velt. One of them was the ancestor
of Theodore Roosevelt, and the other
of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Their de
eendanti in both lines accumulated
wealth and acquired high social po
sition, but rtone of them was ever ac
tive in politics until Theodore Roose
velt, just out of college, was put up
by the Republican organination in
t.881 for member of the Legislature
in what was supposed to be a safely
Democratic district, and surprised
everybody by getting himself elected.
And Franklin Roosevelt, his d'^-nt
cousin, made the same kind of a > n
sational entry into politics in iDlO.
when he was elected as a Demr>erat
to the New Pork State Senate from
a. district which had been regarded as
safely Republican,
One of Cupid's Traps
When a womun begins to discuss
love "Impersonally" with a man, she
Is tottering on the brink - American
Maci?7.iiiA
THE BONUS EXPEDITIONARY
FORCH
We do not sen how it was possible,
for the Washington police and the
Federal Government to take any oth
er action than that which they took
in driving^ the so-called Bonus Expe
ditionary Force out of the District of
Columbia. From all the reports, the
soldiers behaved with great restraint
and did an unpleasant ? job expedit
iously and painlessly.
Here was a misguided groyp of
men who had been lured to Washing
ton by promises which could never be
fulfilled.
But a few reckless f?mbers of both
Houses of Congress, evidently seok
? ing the soldier vote for their own re
election, encouraged these men and
their leaders to come to Washington
and demand the immediate payment
in full of the bonus which a grateful
nation hfd so generously voted to all
who served in the great war.
The authorities, of the District of
Columbia were tolerant and kindly in
the extreme toward these misled
petitioners. At the request of Presi
dent Hoover Congress appropriated
$125,000 with which to provide them
transportation hack to their homes.
Oomiparatively few took advantage of
that. Instead, hundreds of them re
mained in Washington, taking pos
sbssion of government property with
out authority, living in unsanitary
camps which were a public menace,
and refused to leave the government
buildings when requested to do so by
the police. Then they resisted by
force the request to get out.
Since Congress had adjourned arV
there was no longer the slighest. hope
of accomplishing their ostensible ob
ject, we can only as?ume that their
leaders deliberately sought to intimi
date the Federal Government and to
create a willful nuisance.
Wo cannot help feeling sorry for
?he innecent dupes of those who en
couraged and led thin movement, but
v/e are heartily in accord with the
President's declaration that the Gov
ernment of the United States must
not yield to mob rule nor tolerate
even the semblance of rebellion.
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Hi' i ? ? '
BRUCt BARTON
? ? -u)ritesof" THE*
MASTER EXECUTIVE"
Supplying ? w*<k-to-weelc inspiration (or the heavy- burdened who will hnd
every human mil paralleled irrthe c*|<nence? of "The Man Nobody Knows.'
HOVllOOD BACKGROUND
Many leaders in history have had
l superiority to personal resentment
and small annoyances which is one of
che .surest signs of greatness; .Jesus
infinitely surpassed all. He knew
:ha-. pettiness brings its own punish
ment. The law of compensation ope
rates inexorably to reward and afflict
is by and through our. elves. The mai*
who is mean Is mean only to himself.
The village that refused to admit
aim required no fire; it was already
Jealt with. No miracles were per
'ormed in that village. No sick were
healed; no hungry were fed; no poor
?eceived the message of encourage
ment and inspiration ? that was the
penalty for its boorish nesu.*. As for
Jesus, he forgot the incident immedi.
1 1 :?1 y . He had work to do.
Theology has spoiled the thill of
le us' life by assuming that he knew
sverything from the beginning- that
liis three years of public work were
i kind of dress rehearsal, with no
*eal problems ov crises. What inte
rest would there be in such a life?
What inspiration? You who read
hese lines have your own creed con
:erning him; I have mine.
Let us forget all creed for the time
being, and take the story of Jesus'
life just as the simple narratives give
t ? a poor boy, growing up in a pea.
unit family working in carpenter
?hop; gradually feeling his powers
expanding, beginning to have an in
fluence over his neighbors, recruiting
i few followers, suffering disappoint
ments and reverses, finally death.
Yet Jesus built so solidly and well
that death was only the beginning of
his influence! Stripped of all dogma
*v
his was the granes?t achieve
?story of all!
If we are criticizad for overemohi
;izing the human side of Jos s ' char
acter we shall have th.- sat', fact '?.)?; I
>f knowing: that ou.* overempha--"
:ends a little tj offset th: vc.y I
>verenipha.is which has ho an rt ? |
>11 the other side. Book>i an.! h . 1
ind books have bcan writt?" v.h rt '
him as the Son of God; sui !y w- j
have a reveren'. right to umi : 1>--i |
hat hi" favor't? tit'r fji h:n>-.!i' v.-.--. |
he Son of Man.
Nazareth whri.? rr tjrev. r %?. ;? ? p
ittle town. In the f-shi-mahl > . i:?' - j
>f Jerusalem it n*a .* quit th th!-/
0 make fun of Nazareth ciu.ii |
'.ies of custom and speech, ;ts s;v,n i l
?Sty of manner "("-in n*"" <re- ' th: ?- ? I
onto out rf Nazareth?" th.y a.- j
lerisiwly when tin report spiv i-: j
hat a new prophet had a-is.-n in that
ountry town. The q\V?stion was ?
yarded a< a complete rhuttal of hi-- |
1 retentions.
The (Jaldeans were quit-- em- i .u |
if the city folks' contempt. hut they j
>ore it lijrhtly. life wa n eheorfui
i ml easy -jroinjr affair with them. Tl\ j
-un shone almost ev <ry day; tin* land |
?vas fruitful; to mak'? a livir.c was I
lot hitler much to worry aboul. There i
-va.< plenty of time to visit. Families
vent on picnics in Nuzar th, as else
where in the world; younjr people
valked together in th:1 moonlight and
fell in love in the .spring. Hoys
'aujrhed hoist< rou. ly at their ganvs
ind irot into trouble with their
?'rank?,
And Jesus, the hoy who worked in
he carpenter shop, was a leader a
? m 011 g them.
ky Rpv. Ctafles E. Dunn,
1 Lesson for August 14
The Ten Commandments. 11. Exodu3
20:12-21
The final s;x Commandments in the
Decalogue are directed toward soc
iety, outlining man's obligation tto
his fellows.
The fifth Commandment sounds
archaic in a day of severe tension be
tween the older and younger genera
tions. Taking unfair advantage of
iheir freedom, children are sometimes
loath to admit that tnere can be any
merit in the ideas of their elders.
How refreshing to turn from flippant
irreverence toward one's parents
thoughtlessly voiced by representa
tives of the "younger set," to that
heartfelt veneration of Thomas Car
lyle, crying out to his dead mother,
I "Oh, pious mother, kind, good, brave
and truthful soul as I have ever found
in this world!'
It serms unnecessary to stress the
sixth Commandment, "Thou shalt not
kill/, in Church circles. Yet while
Christians very rarely deliberately
commit murder, they are a party to
those suJ>tlo forces that exact a heavy
toll in human life. Last year thirty
four thou -and persons were killed in
the United States by motor vehicles.
Also, think of those fated for a pre
mature death through under nourish
ment because of unemployment. Re
Th;* depression has hit the? business
nf going to New fork. Nearly <1.000,
000 feww persons visited N'ew York
'uring the past 12 months than dur
ing the previous year.
* * *
Nqw Yorkers are supposed to he
v.'ry nervous people. The explanation
given is the constant noise in the city.
New York, recently, maintained what
was known a* a no se abatement com
mission. ft even proposed to put
rubber tires on wheelbarrow.*.
* * +
Well, well. New York hat. shirs
are selling colored Panama hats. They
come in all color*.
* ? +
Over on Sixth Avenue there is a
sign in a gypsy fortune teller's win
dow which reads: "Have your head
1-p.ad by this great woman who stud
ied for ten years in Jerusalem."
? + *
Walking through the Cirand Ccn
tral station tho other noon, I saw a
grotfp of men and women come out
of tho station exit* laughing heartily.
j nember, too, the victim.-, of that relic
jf barbarism, capital punishment.
And then call to mind the millions
sacrificed on the altar of Mars.
In this age of domestic tension and
wrecked homes, due in large measure
to unwholesome over-emphasis upon
the physical delights of thr? sex rela
tionship, the protest of the ^seventh
Commandment against adultery is
mos/t welcome. We surely need a
new conscience concerning marriage,
a fjesh emphasis upon the necessity
of mutual loyalty and forbearance.
The eighth Commandment, condemn
ing stealing, is a reminder that all
things belong to God and are held in
trust by his children. For one man |
to take more than his rightful share |
of goods is to rob God Who i ; no res
pecter of ^persons.
How much we need the warning of
the ninth Commandment! Perjury,!
slander, back-biting, uncharitable I
surprising how prone we are to "run j
judgement are all too common. It is i
surprising how prone we are to "run j
down" other folk.
I The final Commandment has th?
approval of our Lord, who once ex
pressed the warning, "Beware of cov
etousne. s," and of St Paul, wha put
his finger on the source of our pre
sent economic distress when he ;:ai<>,
"The love of money is the root of all
evil."
.Shortly a man came walking out who
wa- plainly ma I thvaii'fh and thvoujjh.
Tip had no shoes. They had cither
been stolon durir.K tho niyht on Mr*
train or lost hy t ? i ? ? porter. Ho had
to tff't 'nit. Fortunately thorp ' s a
shoe storn if t V> :* station.
* * *
ThiM <> is a labor nn:nn h to ma i -
tip of house wrcvk rs. Anil ovj-ry
>no of t he m i a Russian .
* * *
Thfi" 'tic rr >?'<> hoot-blacks on the
street-* of New York than over before
Those n. . ti nnt ifipat-.- what they will
?oeoivp for .1 sh r. o hy th.1 quality 'f
the mon's ork . T h\"? usual charge
for a shme is a nicV.'d, hut mnro fre
quently a dim;' i s paid.
?y ?!?? *
I ' nomp'.ov ?(' avtistw >heiv? a re hun
drods of them here have received
p?-: mi ss <,n t'? svll h"ir p?in*injfs on
tho streets of the city.
* *
The other day tho New York pole
dumper' J, 40 ' p ' ')! shoti?""s
find rifips. ar.d tf^O other weapons in
cluding blackjacks, d dirks
and slinjrjhots into tho s *a. Thes**
we;i*~on?- hn 1 hope taken from crimi
nals during '.he Inst year.
+ + *
Tho 10 are rtpots in Npw York wlioro
pedestrian traffic is so heavy that
police ate required to keep persons
moving.
THE REAL MENACE
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Better Breakfasts
Bitter words at breakfast make a bleak and bitter day ?
Better breakfasts make you blythe and drive the blues away!
THAT'S the wholo explanation
of why we have been publish
ing for some time past sug
gestions of how to vary your
breakfasts and make them a meal
to look forward to Instead of
mare "grub" to be growled at.
And we hope that you'll agree
that our efforts are worth while
when you glance over the follow
ing menu.
Blueberries and Cream with
Dry Cereal
Deviled Cream Sauce on W hole
Wheat Toast
Coffee Gooseberry Jam
And here's the way to make the
second dish:
Make a cream sauce of*- three
tablespoons butter, three table
spoons flour and two cups diluted
evaporated milk. Add the mashed
contents of a 5%-ounce can of
deviled ham, and stir until smooth
and hot. Season to tasto with
salt and pepper, and serve over
hot, buttered whole wheat bread.
Serves six.
The Best Coffee
And to make sure that this is
really a better breakfast worthy
of the name, and not just one of
those ordinary every day break
fasts, use a brand of coffee that
is vacvium packed. Bitter coffeo
leads to bitter words, but the
brands that are vacuum packed
give yon the full flavor and aroma
of this rich breakfast drink. Noth
ing is flatter, on the other hand,
than coffee that has been exposed
to the air, allowing much of the
flavor and aroma to escape. ?
BUD 'n' BUB
By Kd KRESSY
GOULY-TMIS
( IS GREAT/
BUD N BuB HAVE FOUND A NEW FRiEWD*
THIS FR.IEKID, READERS, IS NOME OTHER
"THAN REX ROAMER*fcEX HAS JUST ABOUT
G0MPLE7 E D WORK ON A NEW ROCKE T PLANf
IH WHICH HE Will TAKE THE BWS EACH WEEK
70 SOME UNUSUAL PART Of THE WORLD TO
SEE THE STRANGE AND UNUSuAL THINGS
THAT ACTUALLY EXIST ? '
Gth BUB -AND REX SAYS HIS FRIEND SAM SINK
MAS A SUBMARINE THAT CAM TRAVEL ON
THE BOTTOM OF OC FANS AND SOME DAYS
WE CAkj TPAVEU yj|TH SAM- ISM^ THAT GREAT?
VE?|R Bcr/S- SAM AND | CAN
TAKE YOU TO ANY PART OP THE.
WORLD AND BACK .EVEN BEFORE
MOM WONDERS WHERE YOU
Ake?BE( READY NEXT WEEK
AND WEU GO TO THE WEST
INDIE* TO SEE A MOST j
UNUSUAL VILLAGE ZOOO I
EfcET ABOVE THE
{ f'\ SEA I
NOW rOLKS
this Rocket
plane can't
CAP.IiY us A LI*
BU'f WE CAW
Follow Bud
'n'BuB here
EACH WEEK'
THE PLACES
TWEYLL VISIT
And THINGS
they'll see
actually exist