The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, February 22, 1933, Image 2
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VILLAGE OF STONE AGE
I Persia Yields Two Most Re
markable Discoveries.
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;j|;' Chicago. ? Two chapters In the epic
Kpif human advance over a span of near
K U four thousand years from the re
fv. toote Stone age to the magnificence
I of Cyrus the Great have been dramat
ic Rally revealed by discoveries of the
Kj^trslan expedition of the Oriental in
Institute ef the University of Chicago,
p Vhlcb have Just been reported to Dl
V rector James Henry Breasted by Dr.
fc.-JDrnst Herifeld, field director of the
^expedition.
|v At PersepollB, the Versailles of an
^ dent Persia, the Institute .expedition
^ has discovered some of the most mag
^ nificent sculptures . ever uncovered by
' archeology. Within twp miles of }he
grains of the ancient palaces to which
| Alexander the Great in 880 B. O* set
- the torch during a drunken debauch.
Doctor Hersfeld has found a Stone age
-village of approximately 4000 B. a In
a state of preservation surpassing any
such discovery heretofore made.
The discovery at Persepolls'ls one
"? of the greatest and most important in
the history of archeologlcal research,"
Doctor Breasted said. "It not only j
far surpasses any archeologlcal dls
closure ever made In the history of
such research In Persia, but there has
never been any discovery like It any
where in western Asia since archeolog
?)': ' leal excavation began there almost a
century ago." < .
Wall Sculptures.
Doctor Herzfeld has uncovered a
' series of wall sculptures which, If set
together, would form a vast panel of
reliefs five or six feet In height, and
almost a thousand feet in length. The
carvings Include a series of historical
inscriptions of the gleatest historical
? importance.
The walls of magnificent palaces
which stood on the gigantic terrace
, of PersepollB, overlooking a mighty
plain encircled by mountains, were of
Bun-dried brick. But the colonnaded
halls, the windows, and the great doors
? were done In black stone which was
polished like ebony.
The sculptures were done here and
there on this black stone. Those dis
covered by Doctor Herzfeld depict a
magnificent durbar, or conclave, of a
great group of Persian and Median of*
flclals standing with the brilliantly'
uniformed palace guards of the ?ersl-'
an emperor drawn up at one side to
receive the ambassadors of twenty*
two subject nations who approach
from the' o^her side bearing their trlb*
ute to Persia.
The execution of the scenes, Doctor
Herxfeld reports, displays unparalleled
beauty and refinement of .detail.
It was the disintegration and fall, of
the great mud-brick walls that pre*
served the newly discovered sculp
tures, and protected them from the
ravages . of weather and vandalism j
through the nearly two thousand five |
hundred years since they were created. |
The carvings are as fresh as the day j
when the sculptors' chisels touched
them for the last time. No other
works of old Persian art have ever
been found in such perfect preserva
tion.
8tone Age Village. v
Doctor Herzfeld found the Stone age
village beneath a small (hound some
three hundred by six hundred feet In
area and only ten or twelve., feet In
height, within two miles of the ruins
of the great palaces.
The walls of the adobe houses are j
preserved in places to a height of six
or seven feet There is a narrow i
street or alley extending the length of
the little settlement, and a modern
visitor walking along it can look over
Into the houses. Through the doors
and the earliest known windows ever
found, he can see mural decorations
of red ochre water c6lor still discern
ible on the walla
Standing about on the floors are
household utensils of pottery, fire- |
places with ^burned clay fire-dogs still
in position, and pottery vessels still
containing the remains of food, espe
cially the bones of probably do^pjeteti
cated animals. In some of the dishes
lay the flint knives with which the an
cient people had last eaten some six
thousand years ago.
"Such remains," Doctor Breasted
said, "disclose to us the earliest pre
historic ancestry of the civilization
which reached Its culmination In the
palaces of Persepolls. The evidences
of the Intervening evolution are plen
tifully preserved all-around Persepo
lls."
New Problem for
Tax Collectors
Wilson, Okla. ? Two hundred
houses was the game Carter coun
ty tax officials stalked recently,
with the authority of Attorney
General J. Berry King In their
pockets.
The houses disappeared from
their sltee between tax assessment
and .collection time.
When 200 families moved from
this once booming oil town, they
took their houses with them.
The building sites remaining
were not worth assessed taxes.
King held that the houses were
part of the real estate and might
be traced and levied upon, If
found. - \
Many Oklahoma oil field work
era live In small "Shotgun" homes,
light enough to be raised on skids,
hooked on behind oil field trucks
and dragged to new locations.
Others 'live In "ready-made" sec
tional homes that may be dlsman- I
tied and re-erected by a couple of
men In a few days.
All of which constitutes a prob
lem for tax collectors In the oil
counties where population centers
shift with drilling activity.
AIR CORPS' HERO
Private First Class, Specialist Second
Class A rile n M. Farley of the Ninety
fourth pursuit squadron at Selfrldge
field, who has been designated the out
standing hero of army air corps activ
ities for the year 1932, upon the recom
mendation of a board of air corps
officers. He receives the Cheney award
which is given Annually for "the out
standing act or act8 of valor, self
sacrifice or extreme fortitude In a hu
manitarian Interest In connection with
flying." The act of valor which has
won Private Farley the coveted award
consisted In dragging a comrade from
a burning plane after extricating him
self.
Offers Baby as Bail;
Police Prefer Father
Duluth, Minn. ? Arvld Peterson, thir
ty-one, did not have the necessary $25
ball when brought to the police station
gp a reckless driving charge and wan
allowed to return home to get the
money. He returned with his seven
months-old daughter, asking Sergt.
David Perry to keep the infai;: as ball
during the night. Perry ordered two
patrolmen to return the baby'-to Pe
terson's home and locked the man up.
Gross Revenue of Panama
. ; Canal Declines in Year 1932
Waterway Tolls Smallest of
Any Year Since 1923.
...Balboa Heights, 0. Z.? -During the
last financial year the Panama canal
earned slightly over 2 per cent on the
Invested Capital of $553,000,000, after
all expenses had been paid. During
this period there was a decline of
some $4,000,000 In tolls and the net
revenue was $11,700,000 from canal
operations alone, with an additional
$12,000,000 from the operations of the
government-Owned Panama railroads,
which besides running the trans-Isth
mian railroad, operates a steamship
line, the government commissaries,
coaling stations, cattle industry, print
ing plant, and considerable real estate
In the cities of Colon and Panama.
Canal gross revenue totaled over
$21,000,000, or $4,000,000 less than the
preceding year and the tolls collected
were the lowest since 1923, and a de
crease of $0,000,000 from 1920.
The total amount of work under
Complying With the L*w at Berea, Ohio
The town council nf Berea, Ohio, 'a auburb of Cleveland, recently parted
uh ordinance quiring any animal, driven or ridden through the street#, to
be equipped fclth tal^llght#. It appllea equally to hora**, mule#, dog#, cat#,
monkey#, or any ether animal that can be driven. Mlsa Marlon Boehn It pic
tured here aa aim atarted en a late afternoon ride equipped In compliance
the latest edict of the town's aelo&a.
taken by the army and navy during
the last fiscal year was a record to
date and was approximately 33 per
cent of the total amount of marine
work handled by the canal's mechan
ical division at Balboa and Cristobal.
This was due in a large measure to
extensive repairs and work on sub
marines based on the Panama canal.
During the ensuing year the sum of
$2,400,000 has been asked for by the
canal governor for construction wo*k
to be carried out on fhe canal zone,
and in urging congress to approve of
j these measures, the governor draws
attention to the serious situation
caused by the depression, with young
Americans born or raised on the canal
zone facing unemployment, nnd the re
duced wage Bcale and low 'prices of
materials, intimating that the present
is a most opportune time to carry out
much needed work.
Repair Waterworks to
Relieve Unemployment
Columbus, Ohio. ? Citing the fact
that from the standpoint of construc
tion costs the present time Is more fa
vornble for waterworks improvement
tlinn at any time In the past 20 years,
Dr. H. G. Southard, director of the
stato department of public health, Is
urging Ohio municipalities to under
take such ' Improvements to aid In re
lieving unemployment, and to further
protect their woterworks system.
Pointing out that the Reconstruc
tion Finance corporation is ready to
loan money for self-liquidating project*
Doctor Southard mentions that Buch
loans have already been made to two
Ohio municipalities.
"Where bonds cannot be issued,"
says Doctor Southard, "nnd where the
Interest and sinking funds therefore
cannot be obtained without embar
rassment to other necessary municipal
activities, the financing of improve
ments by 'waterworks bonds' should
be considered. Such bonds are fo
cured against water revenues and not
against tho tax duplicate."
?fJxlstlng water rates, he believes, In
a great many Instances, would pro
duce sufficient revenues to pay such
loans.
10 Brothers and Sisters
Average 71 Years Each
Seattle, Wash. ? Edward Walton of
Seattle wants to claim some kind of a
record for his three t brothers and
sisters, whose ages total 771 years.
Walton said this Is an average of
71 years to the person. Walton him
Keif Mid he Is planning to celebrate
his setenty-nlnth birthday next March.
Next oldeat Is a brother sev&nty-seven,
and the ages range down to Isaac Wal
ton, the "baby" of the family who la
only flfty-Blx.
AH members of the family were born
In London, Ontaflo. Drought tip on
a farm, the families are all abatalnera
according to Walton. '
Iffiif Week'"
b Arthur B ri! b a n e
No Jen Per Cent ]
48 Opinions, No Opinion
To1 Change a Good Name
This Little Plant Thrives
Washington Is waiting fo^Englnnd's
proposition concerning the war debts.
Mr. Rainey of J^lnolB sny^J one bil
lion, or 10 ceqts o^tUedollar, the
most probable proposition. Is "sheer
nonsense." Mr. Rainey must prepare
for another shock, for the proposition
may include payment In depreciated
British or other currency, and possi
bly part payment In silver, at a price
about double the present value.
Would It not be simpler to say to
our European friends, "go ahead and
default It will be worth ten billions,
plus Interest, to know that your prom
ise to pay Is worth nothing." One
thing Is certain, any political party
accepting a 10 per cent debt settle
ment would net stay in power long*
Without losing his temper. Uncle
Sam might say: "You owe us the
money, if you don't Intend to pay,
don't." We could then proceed to col
lect Indirectly.
Two days after his Inauguration,
President Roosevelt will have a meet
ing of governors of the states, in the
White House, to discuss "what to do."
To let the governors come In, ex
press their opinions, get acquainted
with the President and each other, is
a good idea. But 48 opinions would
mean no opinion. If anything is to be
done, it must be done by one man
with the right idea and the power to
make others accept it
tavergne, French-Canadian cabinet
member of parliament, suggests that
Canada's name be chnnged from Do
minion of Canada to Kingdom of Can
ada. He says It would have been
called "kingdom" originally, but "fear
of offending United States sentiment
prevented."
Canadians fear nothing, as the old
Gauls told Alexander the Great, "ex
cept that the sky may fall on us."
And they certainly need not fenr
United States sentiment. It would
seem rather silly, however, for a free
people, with a king more or less of a
figurehead, three thousand miles away,
to call themselves a kingdom.
All we ask of Canada Is to increase
In prosperity and power and act as
a good pacemaker for this country.
Crisp county, Georgia, built Its own
hydro-electric power plant and Issued
bonds to pay for It Now the county
calls In bonds, paying them, principal
and Interest before they are due.
Of course, anything In the way of
Mpubllc ownership" is a fearsome thing
In the opinion of our "best minds."
But perhaps some that invested In
private power plants, Insull plants,
for Instance, wish they had bought
bonds of the little Georgia hydro-elec
tric Institution Instead.
A bill In the Massachusetts legisla
ture makes It necessary for nonresi
dents to buy a permit "before they
may dig Massachusetts worms for .fish
ing."
Calvin Cooildge, who fished with
worms, would, if present, have some
thing to say about that Nonresidents
will be puzzled by the worm-digging
rule, wondering whether It is Intended
to protect Massachusetts citizens that
dig worms as a profession and sell
them to strangers, or to protect the
worms from extermination.
It Is a new Idea In taxation. ?
Scientists have described variously
the difference between a human being
and an animal.
One says the human being is the
only animal that laughs. Another says
that man Is the only animal that
thinks.
It might be more accurate to say
that man Is the only animal unable to
mind Its own business.
In New York. 3.000 march solemnly,
in protest against Japan's war in
China. How does this concern any
body among the 3.0Q0. How many of
them know that those killed by the
Japanese are largely Chinese brigands
that the Chinese government has been
unsuccessfully trying to kill?
The difference between a man and
a bird Is shown in the plan to reach
the top of Mount Kverest Men strlv
InK to reach the top on foot have
tolled, climbed, fallen and come bnck
down, without success.
An airplane that will presently fly
over Mount Kverest, mapping the peak
and the whole mountain range, the
Valleys, foot by foot, with photograph
!c maps, recently made a test flight.
8f>.000 feet into the air.
?' It took only 74 minutes to climb
fefi.OOO feet. The flyers found a tem
perature 70 degrees below zero, but
were prepared and did not Buffer.
Iowa sends notice that farmers plan
? nation-wide strike. President Reno
of the Farmers' Holiday association
says thero will be a break "between
cities and farms," and cities "won't
know anything abdut It until It hrtp
pens.4' Then they Won't hnve anything
to eat
The only remedy, he savs, Is for the
government to do something.
Farmers consplririg to starve the
cities, while 12,000.000 people wander
up an(^ down Idle, might be a good
Idea and might not;
ft, I ItS. by K Ine.
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ROOSEVELT CALLS
"'" GOVERNORS' MEET
AsWs All of Them to Confer
With Him March 6.
New York.r-Presldent-Elect Frank,
lln D. Roosevelt has Invited the gov
ernors of the 48 states to confer with
him at the White House on March 0,
two days after his Inauguration, to
discuss ways and means of solving
national problems In which the gov
ernments of the states and the nation
have a common vital Interest.
In a letter to the governors Mr.
Roosevelt outlined five major subjects
which he felt should be considered
and Jointly Bolved by the nation and
the states.
"Because so mnny governors will
be in Washington on March 4th," the
letter says, "I want to take that op
portunity of holding a conference In
relation to a number of matters. In
which the federal government and the
stnte governments are mutually inter
ested. For that reason I want to In
vite you to come to the White House
on Monday. March 0th, at 11 :00 a. m.,
to nttend an Informal conference.
"It i 8 my thought that we should
discuss for our mutual benefit certain
subjects, such as:
"(a) Conflicting taxation by federal
and state governments;
"(b) Federal aid for unemployment
relief ;
"(c) Mortgage foreclosures,. especial
ly on farm Innds. and
"(d) Better land use by afforesta
tion. elimination of marginal agricul
tural land, flood prevention, etc.;
"(e) Reorganization and consolida
tion of local government to decrease
tax costs.
"It Is possible that other subjects
will occur to the governors or to me
as belnc essential for discussion,
"1 do not believe that more than
?one day will be required for this in
formal meeting. But it will give me
the opportunity of having the pleasure
of meeting many of the chief execu
tives of the states. I hope much that
you will be able not only to come to
the inauguration, but also to stay over
through Monday for this meeting at
the White House."
Little doubt was expressed here that
all, or nearly all, of the 48 governors
will avail themselves of the President
Elect's invitation. All but 10 of the
governors at present are Democrats, It
was pointed out, and are expected to
he In Washington for the Inaugural
ceremonies. ,
(
The house passed the legislative sup
ply bill carrying appropriations of $10,
568,000 after voting down an airtend
ment to reduce salaries of members of
congress.
The Supreme court upheld the va
lidity of the Missouri "bucket shop"
law. Missouri citizens sued to prevent
the Uhlmann Grain company from col
lecting commissions in speculative
transactions in grain.
The senate adopted an amendment
to the treasury-post ofllce bill to pro
hibit the use of any part of the $50.
000,000 for public buildings to go to
ward acquisition of further sites.
A proclamation certifying that the
Twentieth, or "lame duck," amendment,
providing for earlier inauguration of
President and Vice President, and a
new date for annual meetings of con
gress, is now a valid part of the Con
stitution, was issued by Secretary
StimBon on the receipt of more than
three-fourths of the required state ratl
flcrrtlons.
The house judiciary committee vot
ed 10 to r> against instituting formal
Impeachment proceedings against Fed
eral Judge Harold t/ouderback of San
Francisco, charged with administering
lucrative receivership positions to his
friends. By the same vote, however,
the committee agreed to bring in a
resolution censuring I.ouderback for
his ofllclal conduct on the bench.
Sandino Army Agrees
to Lay Down Its Arms
Managua, Nicaragua.? Followers of
the Insurgent leader, (Jen. Ad^usto
Sandino, have agreed to comply with
n peace settlement the leader reached
with President Sacasa and other gov
ernment odiclals, said a statement Is
mied by n member of a commission
Kandlno empowered to carry on pre
liminary negotiations.
The statement, Issued by Dr. Pedro
.lose Xepedn, said that after leavlnu
Managua upon the completion of the
conference, General Sandino went to
his headquarters In the mountains and
there told his forces of the agreement,
for peace he had reached. Ills officers
and soldiers then "unanimously ac
cepted" tlie agreement and promised
to heed the wishes of their leader.
They have laid down their arms.
Five Revetted From Flamn
Geneva, Minn. ? The William Hen
Son family of five, Including three chil
dren, were rescued In night nttlre as
flro destroyed the L. W. and Keul>on
Johnson general store and second floor
living quarters. The temperature was
14 degrees below r.ero.
Count Apponyl, A7, Diet
Geneva, Switzerland.? Count Albert
Apponyi, Hungarian statesman, died
herd After n brief illness. He was
eighty seven.
WASHINGTON BRIEFS
Long Flight of Tern k
Made Official Record
From northern Michigan to Tern,
South America, In nine months Is
the record of a common tern re
ported at a recent meeting of the
Inland Bird Banding association in
Chicago. Official records show that
the tern was banded at Lone Tree
Island, near Sebowalng, Mich., on
July 11, 1031, and in less than nine
months had turned up at Trnjlllo,
Peru, 500 miles south of the equator.
E. R. Ford, secretary of the asso
ciation, has expressed the belief that
this Is the farthest south recovery
ever made of a bird banded in North
. America.
The tern in. question was banded
by a graduate student ^t University
of Michigan. Both sender and find
er made reports to the bureau of
biological survey at Washington, so
that the Identity of the bird could be
traced.
To make Children
EAT
Don't force children to eat! The
girl or boy who has no appetite has
afasia ? which means the child Is
sluggish. But cathartics have caused
more constipation than they ever
cured I The "California treatment"
Is best ? Just pure syrup of flgs. Try
this for a few dayg, then see how
eagerly your youngster will eat
Stimulate the colon and that child
with a finicky appetite will devour
everything set before htm. Here's
the simple treatment that does more
for babies or older children than all
the diets, fad foods, or tonics.
Nature has provided the "medi
cine" you'll need to stir your child's
colon muscles Into proper action.
California syrup of flgs. Pure, de
licious, harmless. If acts on the
lower colon ? where the trouble is.
J t has no ill effects on the intestines.
Begin tonight, with this marvel
ous "California treatment." Any
druggist has California syrup of
figs, all bottled, with directions. Use
enough the first time to cleanse the
clogged colon of every bit of poison
and hard waste. Then just a little
twice a week until tho child's appe
tite, color, weight and spirits tell
you the stasis is gone. Whenever a
cold or other upset clogs the system
again, use this natural vegetable
laxative Instead of drastic drugs.
WARNING! There are dealers
t oho practice substitution. Be sure t ?
protect your child by looking for the
name CALIFORNIA on the bottle.
Blemishes on Face
and Shoulders
Almost a Year
Cuticura Healed
"For almost a year I wastxpfableit
with blemishes that took 'the form
of pimples and blackheads. My face
and shoulders were the affected parts.
The pimples were large and red and
my shoulders became sore from the
rubbing of my shoulder straps. The
pimples Itched and after scratching
them they festered and were so sore
that I could not sleep.
"People suggested many remedies ;
I tried all but to no avail. Cuticura
Soap and Ointment were suggested
and I was completely healed, after
nslng three cakes of Cuticura Soap
and two boxes of Cuticura Ointment."
(Signed) Miss Helen Mann, T515
Clarldge St., Phlla., Pa., July 21, 1032.
Cuticura Soap 25c. Ointment 2f>c
and ,r>0<\ Talcum 25c. Proprietors:
Potter Drug & Chemical Corp., Mai
den, Mass. ? Adv.
Long Life to Him
Most people's favorite writer is Ihe
one who signs the checks.
BACKACHE RELIEF ?
PERIODIC pains
every month,
backache, or the
weakening drain
from which women
often suffer, can he
overcome by the use
of Dr. Picrcc's Fa
vorite Prescription, i
Then, too, in middle
life it's just the right remedy for the
woman who *tiffer* from nervousness and
"heat flashes." Hear what Mr*. M. F..
Peake of VM W. Chase St, Pen.sacola, say*:
"For week* I felt ?* If I were dyinj? by
Inche*. I lost weight. my nerves were very
b*d, my hark and hips would ache terribly
and I had very little aleep at night After t
had finUhed two bottle* of I)r. Pierce'* Fa
vorite P'enerlptlon I wa* able to do my work
agalrv- jyifned In weight *nd the. weakness
never retoroed." Sold by drwRfclst*.
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