The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, December 21, 1932, Image 4
The Wateree Messenger !
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CHAS. W. BIRCHMORE, Prop.
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the Poe toffies at Camden, 8. C.
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Wednesday, December 21, 1932
Congress being in session again, the
country may begin to breathe a bi?
harder.
Perhaps <we shouldn't condemn &
crook after all. Maybe it's only his
natural bent.
There appears to be no tariff on
the wool which politicians pull over
the dear people's eyes.
One trouble with the new deal on
war debts is that European nations
want to pick their own hands.
Minnesota proposes high taxes on
skins. In the case of many, taxes
have already taken the hide off.
The president-elect is still a little
unsteady on his legs, but he will not
be classified as a political lame duck
for quite a while.
Having made no suggestions about
ending the depression heretofore, w?
are constrained to recommend the
hanging of all economists as a
starter.
Colorado is demanding a simpli
fied form of government. All states
should have it if things are to remain
in control of simple-minded politi
cians.
CHRISTMAS
Throughout the Christian world
Christmas is celebrated in commem
oration of the birth of Jesus Christ
although the day or even the year
of that event is not definitely known
Observance if Christmas was first
pflVially set for December 26 by
Pope Julius, in the fourth century
probably because certain pagan fes
tivities were held at that time of the
year.
Even to this day many of the cus
toms w" * j Christmas
gins. This may be accounted for by
the fact that early missionaries did
not disturb the harmless native cus
toms of their converts to Christian
ity, but gradually merged them with
Christian observances. Thus the giv
ing of gifts, the decorations of holly
and mistletoe, the feasting and oth
er features of Christmas celebration
are of very ancient origins.
Christmas, therefore, may be said
to have a double significance ? one
religious, the other social ? the lat-J
ter perpetuating the customs of many
peoples. It is the world's most widely
observed holiday, and Its social ob-j
servance is by no means confined tc
adherents of Christianity.
No day is so generally pervaded
with the spirit of "peace on earth,
good will toward men." While there
has long been a tendency to com
mercialize the Christmas season, It
is marked by much genuine charity
and kindliness, and the cheery greet
ing "Mery Christmas" is usually r
sincere expression of friendliness
and good wishes.
season
pagan ori
ROOSEVELT'S AIDES
Ab this Is written no information
has come f^rom President - elect
Roosevelt concerning the cabinet ap
pointments, bu^ |he has let it be
known who will compose his White
House secretarial staff of three mem
bers. They are Louis M. Howe, Ste
phen T. Early and Marvin M. Mcln
tyre, all former newspaper men.
Howe has long been associated with
Governor Roosevelt and has been his
private secretary at Albany, taking
an important part in the governor's
campaign for the presidency. He wil
live as well as work at the White
House.
' Early is a descendant of General
Juba! Early of Confederate, famo, and
covered the Navy Department for
the Associated Press when Roose
velt was assistant secretary under
Wilson. Ho also accompanied Roose
velt during his vice-presidential cam
paign in 1920.
Mclntyre was once with the
> Washinton Timos and during the war
had charge of the Navy's press rela
tions, thereby coming into close Con
tact wlththe future president. For a
' yeir Mclntyre has been Roosevelt'*
press representative aitit was very
fcetivs during the recent campaign.
With these three able and expert'
enced newspaper men as his secre
taries, it is believed that Mr. Roose
velt's relations with the press will bp
#11 that ?ottld be desired.
large quantities of mail are being
received at the White House for Ifr.
Roosevelt already. Probably from de
serving democrats who want to be
postmasters.
Comptroller-General McCarl rules
that all veterans are entitled to the
three and a half per cent, interest
rate on bonus loans, even though i
early borrowers agreed to pay four
and a half? A victory for the vet
i erans! Some will gain almost a dol
I lar by the ruling.
| Autobiographies sometimes con
tain much that is interesting and
much that is true. But too often the
true part isn't interesting and the
interesting part isn't true. And much
that is omitted would be both inter
esting and true.
THE FEDERAL BUDGET
Following a Federal deficit of
2,472 million dollars last year, it is
estimated that the deficit for the cur
rent fiscal year will reach 1,146 mil
lion, in spite of increased taxation
imposed by the last session of Con
gress.
For weeks President Hoover and
his advisers have been wrestling with
the difficult problem of making endr
meet, and in his annual budget mes
sage to Congress recommendations
of a specific nature were made.
Economies proposed by the presi
dent would effect a saving of somr i
500 million dollars some of the largei
items being a reduction of 127 mil
lion in pensions and other allowances
to veterans, 180 million in road ap
appropriations, 148 million less for
public buildings, 55 million less foi
Federal employees, cuts in Army and
Navy costs, less money for the Farm
Board, Hoover Dam, and river and
harbor improvements.
But even these economies, if ap
proved by Congress would still fall
far short of balancing the budget, so
the president recommends the impo
sition of a general, sales tax of two
and one-fourth per cent, estimated to
raise 355 million. He made no men
tion of the possibility of legalizing
beer and imposing a tax thereon, as
is being proposed by Democratic
leaders.
Whatever else happens, it is cer
tain that there will be a considerable
increase in Federal taxation next
year, and the manner of levying i i
will be the subject of some lively con
troversies during the present session
of Congress.
SOME BAPTIST FIGURES
Statistics contained in the recently
issued Southern Baptist handbook
have been widely commented on, es
pecially in the South, and it might
be interesting to compare some of
the figues contained in that official
publication. They give some idea of
how the depression is affecting th<
religious zeal and spending habits of
an important American denomination
According to the handbook, South
era Baptists contributed lesa than
33 million dollars to their church
last year, a decrease of 13 per cent
from the previous year. A more fa
vorable showing is made in member
ship matters, however. There was e
gain of 94,288 members, the largest
gain since 1923, while gains were re
ported in the number of churches and
Sunday schools for the first time)
since 1925. The gain in Sunday schoo1
enrollment was one of the largest
ever known in a single year.
But in spite of numerical gains j
the financial showing is disappoint
ing to the authors of the handbook
who point out that while, the mem
bership of 8,944,566 gave less thar
33 milion dollars to the church, they
spent more than 85 million for mov
ies, about 35 million for soft drinkr
and chewing gum, 40 million for to
bacco and mn'o than 43 million for
cosmetics and other beauty aids
Which leads Dr. Alldredge, secretary
of survey statistics to exclaim, "Go*
pity and help us!'
We don't know how other churcher
would stack up in comparison witl
the above showing, but w< imagine
their habits of giving and spending
would average about the same ar
those of the Baptists. Folks will havr
their little luxuries when possible
sometimes, wo fear, even at the risk
of neglecting their church obligation;*
And how to change their ways in thir
respect is a real problem.
SNAPPY STUFF
Twenty-eight trampn lodging In
the poorhouse in Newmarket, Eng.
were invited to the wedding of MIrr
Dora Buckler and Charles A. Birch
M. C. Morlin of St. Louis wan suef1
hy a dentist for a Ret 6f faiRe teeth
he refuRed to pay for.
Eight years after losing both arms
in an accident, Alfred Thomas, of
Port Smith, Ark., learned to wielc
his knife and fork with his toe*.
KITCHEN CONTEST CU)^.,
The Idtchen contest . proved to b?
one of the most interesting contests
held for Home Demonstration Club
women during the past year. At the
beginning of the year 24 club mem
bers joined the contest, and moat off
them improved their kitchens by re
arrangements to save time and steps
Other members caught the contest
ants' enthusiasm and 180 women re
arranged their kitchen to make the/
more convenient. Many kitchen cab
inets have been made, and 4 home
made sinks have been put in.
Miss Harriette Layton, Asst. Stat
Agent in charge of Women's work
from Winthrop College, spent lar.
Tuesday and Wednesday in the cour
ty assisting Miss Sadie B. Craig, th
home agent, in scoring the kitcher
It was remarkable that so many im
provements were made for such i
small expenditure of money.
Mrs. J. J. Young of the Midwa*
Club won first prize. She ceiled he
kitchen, had a cabinet built in an<
convenient shelves built, a sink pu'
in and the windows and doors screen
ed. In fact, she has a completel'
new kitchen for $11.95. Most of th
carpentry was done by Mr. Younp
thu" eliminating that expense.
iC^cond prize was won by Mrs. E
E. Truesdale of the Lugoff Club.
Mrs. N. P. Gettys of Lugoff clul
won third place.
Honorable mention goes to Mrs. A
A. West and Mrs. H. H. West of Mid
way club. Both these ladies improv
ed their kitchens by rearrangement
and by building in convenient shelves
Neither spent any money.
The contest has proved so helpfu1
that the women are asking for an
other one next year.
Will you walk into my kitchen
Said the lady to her guest
'Tis the handiest little kitchen
You have ever seen, I guess.
The table has its rollers
Which makes it easy for me
To roll it where its needed
And it saves steps too, you see.
Over there's the corner cupboard
Over here's the homemade sink
And here's the new ice box
That keeps our food and drink.
Many new shelves have been added
On which to store my things
All this saves time and energy
To give to worthwhile things.
My kitchen work is cut in half
I am glad I joined the contest
I now have time to read and sew
I And then some time to rest,
i
Umbrella Nothing New
Joseph Hanway was the man who
brought umbrellas Into common use
In England. The British museum has
a carving showing an Assyrian king
leading troops Into battle while car
rying an umbrella. Date, 700 B. 0.
A woman telephoned Director O
H. Koch in Dallas, Tex., recently,
saying her cat had died and she
wanted the city to cremate it and re
turn the ashes toher.
On James Sheldon, when he was ar
rested in Chicago, the police found
400 stolen packages of cigarettes hf
was trying to sell.
Mrs. James Hirsch, of St. Paul
Minn., had her husband arrested foi
cruelty because he struck her for
talking to him when he was listening
in on his radio set.
In a divorce suit in Los Angeles,
Charles Falk explained that a shoe
in the hands of his wife is a danger
ous object.
Magistrate Julius Jacobs, of Liver
pool, fined his son for violation of an
automobile ordinance and then paif
the fine himself.
"Why, he even staggered in hif
speech, " said Policeman Michae
Kane of Thomas Benton whom he hj
arrested as disorderly in Gary, Ino
After seven months with her se\
enth husband, Mrs. Etta Stultz, o
Ottawa, Kan., has filed suit for di
vorce.
Sued for debt, Charles Yorke o
Chicago testified that his wife ha<
an income of $2,600 a year ago, bu
he "never saw any of it."
When Jacob Calendar of Chicag<
testified in court as to an accident
he said he could not remember th
date.
Alexander Baker's defense to th *
charge of stealing a bicycle in Nor
wich, Eng., waa that he stole to es
cape marrying a widow who wan
courting him.
William Adams, a well-known er
plorer, of Ely, Eng., has settlp
down for the reat of hia life with 8!
cats.
With tho recent release of a wo
man prisoner tho Lawrence Count;
jail, at Walnut Ridge, Ark., is omptj
for the first time In three years.
A voluntary martyr for the we
cause, Joseph West of Jollet, 111
asked the police to lock him up.unt>*
legal heer returns.
When Joseph Zeil, of Milwaukee
missed his first meal at home In 20
years, his wife asked police to searo?
for him.
?r* Walter Rowe of CMcagogaA.
fykf i ';I>obk ! in' which' h6j*' husban<
haa >Wddtoi $7M. "* ?''* '
The account of an automobile acci
dent as given in a court trial , at
which he was a juror was so vivid
that Walter H. Kieckhafer of Osh
kosh, Wis., fainted. ? ' *
The members of the Jonathan
Greek Church, hear Calwell, 111., are
keeping warm at evening and Sun
day services by using corn as fuel.
Mrs. Beverly K. DeTarr of Lo
Angeles has for the third time mar
ried a brother of her divorced hus
bands.
Because his divorced ^fe refuser
to kiss him, Teddy Knauss of Clevr.
land broke 14 windows, three lamp"
and pulled down all drapes and cur
fains in her home.
A $10,000 damage suit has beer
filed iby Mrs. Caroline Barker o
Kansas City against her son, becaus
he refused to heed her back set
protests and slow down their car.
Representative A. Piatt Andrew"
of Massachusetts, is the owner of ai
Alsatian violin constructed of f
boxes and strung with horsehairs.
Charles W. Morrill of Bronson, Me.
has used the same briar pipe for 60
i years.
George Clark of Porterfield, Calif,
told police that thieves visited hie
place one night recently and har
vested his entire crop of beans.
For two years and five month?
Patrollman Paul G. Woiford of Sy>
cuse, N. Y., had a fractured skull
but only recently did he find ou'
about it.
Charging her husband had ceasec
to "worship her gray hair" as h
avowed in ardent wooing before
their marriage a year ago, Mrs. Hat
tie H. Musgrave, 71, of Kansas City
Mo., is seeking a divorce.
Neither food nor clothing could br
taken to needy families in Lafayette
Ind., because a theief stole the Sal
vation Army's only truck.
Build Up Health
and Paint Go Away
WOMEN who suffer from weak
ness often have many aohes and
palna which a stronger state of health
would prevent
Women In thla condition should
take Cardul, a purely vegetable tonlo
that has been In use for over 60 years.
Take Cardul to Improve the general
lone of the system In cases cf run
down health and "tired nervea."
Women have found, In such cases,
that Cardul helps them to overcome
pains and make the monthly period*
easier. CARDUI la saf? and whole
some for women of all ages. Try It I
Notice is hereby ffiven, that after the 31st day 01
December, 1932, no discount will be allowed on the
payment of City taxes for the year 1932. All Citj
taxes paid between now and December 31st, 1932,
will be subject to a one (1%) per cent discount.
J. C. BOYKIN,
Clerk and Treasurer.
Camden, S. C., November 25, 1932.
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