The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, April 12, 1933, Image 4
The Wateree Messenger
Published Every Wednesday by
CHAS. W. BIRCHMORE, Prop.
Entered as Second Class Matter a!
the Postoffice at Camden* 8. C.
Subscription $1.50 A Tear In Advance
Wednesday, April 12, 1933
One trouble is we do too much
thinking about unthinkable wars.
It looks as if a good many veteranr
may soon think the New Deal is a
misdeal.
We hope to see no more bank holi
days except on days when our note?
are due.
If the new farm relief bill really
helps the farmer it will have p
unique distinction.
Poor old Hindenburg! Who coul?'
have thought he would ever beconru
a Nazi rubber stamp?
How the mighty have fallen! It
two years Babe Ruth was cut froir
$80,000 to "$52,000 a year.
Judging from the number of it;
citizens who hold the title of Sir
England is the most beknighted na
tion.
Americanism: Worrying about
one's health one minute and passing
another car on a curve at 60 thr
next. II ?fflTJT
Japan wants Uncle Same to take
his fleet out of the Pacific, am'
would doubtless appreciate his blow
ing it up also.
The advent of 3.2 per cent bee
may be pleasing to many, but it wil'
hardly satisfy those who have ac
quired at taste for 15 per cent homr
brew at less cost.
Chancellor Chamberlain says Bri
tain's credit is now so good as to b<
"almost embarassing." Well, thr
way some of us used our credit in th?
past is embarassing us now.
SAFETY SUGGESTIONS
Motorists are given some sound
advice ia recent bulletins Issued tr
the National Safety Qotincil. Amonp
the admonitions areVtfhese:
Beware of carbon monoxide gas
by keeping the garage open when yov
start your car. The gas is deadly, but
you can neither see, smell nor tastf
it.
Have brakes tested frequently
When road is slippery don't apply
brakes or step on the gas too sud
denly. Take curves slowly. Watc)
out for car tracks. Be extremely
cautious when passing schools, play
grounds and other places where
children are running about.
In short, use head, hands and fe?t
to prevent acidents.
HEADLINE ENGLISH
Professors of English held a con
vention in Kansas City some timr
ago, and among other things discuss
ed the influence of newspapers ir
modifying the speech of the people
As might have been expected, somr
felt that this influence w~s good
while others thought it terrible.
In their search for short words
which will fit in the limited spatr
available to them, writers of news
paper headlines have developed a pe
culiarly effective, though sometime?
inelegant form of expression.
In the headlines, an investigatior
of which there are many, is called r
"probo," because five letters ar#
earier to handle than 13. Similarly
a collision is a "crash;" and agree
ment is a "pact," to denounce is to
"flay." An explosion is a "blast," an
athletic contest is a "tilt," and so
on. On the sport page "journalese"
does its worst.
Deploring what he considers th;>
evil efects of newspaper English, Dr
Hopkins of the University of Kan
sas said that teachers wor? duty
bound to take a stand against it, hut
significantly added: "In theory thai
is our stand, but it does us little
good to take that stand. We might
<hn well quit and let the language go
its way. It will anyway "
And that probably covers all that
is to be said on the subject.
A new two-motor transport i. ,po
plane designed to cut travel time be
tween Seattle and New York to IP
hours was announced recently by ar
airplane company.
A. If. Blair, of Westcllffe, Eng.
has devilled an ingenious stacking
method which enables him to holdi
27 golf balls in. one hand. I
SELLING BAD STOCKS
With utter disregard for blue sky
laws, one citizen of New York is sell
ing worthless stock with impunity
and has made a fortune doing it.
But this vendor of bad securitier
is different from many others. He
guarantees that the stocks he sellr I
are absolutely without value, after
buying them with the same under
standing.
This odd broker, R. M. Smythe
now 72 years old, has long been an
authority on stocks, and has the his
tory of about 800,000 dead corpora
tions. For 45 years he has beer
consulted by persons holding securi
ties and when he convinces them
that their handsome stock certifi
cates have no value, he sometimer
buys them at a nominal figure.
Then he sells them to bankers for
window displays, to colleges fo^
study, or to faddists who use them to
paper their rooms. But always hr
gives his guarantee that they are nc
good from a financial standpoint.
NEWSPAPER FACTS
Some interesting facts concerning
newspapers and advertising are con
tained in a new book by Fred J. Has
kin, veteran syndicator of informa
tion, from which the following ar*
condensed.
Egyptians used advertising 4,000
years ago. Most early advertising
was pictorial in character. The first
newspaper advertising is said to have
appeared in Germany in 1591.
It is estimated that about a billion
and a half dollars are spent annually
for all kinds of advertising in the
United States. More than 360 Amer
ican daily newspapers are equipped
to print advertisements in color.
The fastest modern newspaper
presses can turn out about 34,000
24-page papers an hour, and a some
what larger number of 12-page or 16
page papers.
The first news agency in the mod
em sense is believed to have been
that organized by Charles Havas of
Paris in 1835. In 1840 he established
a news service between Paris, Lon
don and Brussels, using carrier pig
eons.
James Gordon Bennett began the
publication of the first review of fi
nancial news in the New York Her
aid in 1835.
Am6rica's two most famous pub
lishers are getting along in years
Adolph S. Ochs of the New York
Times was 75 on March 12, and
William* Randolph Hearst will be 70
on April 29.
Newspaper editorials were origina
ted by John Dillingham, an English
journalist and one of them got him in
jail in 1645. Sometimes justly and
sometimes unjustly, other editors
have met a similar fate many times
since.
CHEMICALS IN WAR
The next war, if one should un
happily involve the great nations
will be fought largely with chemicals
according to many who have given
study to the development of deadly
gases which would be available foi
military purposes.
A recent publication- said to be of
authoritative authorship declare*
that while 30 asphyxiating gasep
were known at the beginning of the
World War, there are now more than
1,000, including many varieties of
"blistering gases, coughing gases
sne?zing gases, choking gases, vom
iting gases, tear gases and suffocat
ing smoke."
Fumes heavier than air might be
spread over wide areas, where they
would linger for days, killing every
thing within their deadly embrace
By means of such gases dropped from
airplanes whole cities might be wiped
out in short order.
A recent writer sees in these hor
rible possibilities a hope for peace
on the theory that in future states
men who consider resorting to -war
brought into play, to destroy womer
an/1 children as well as fighting men
will be restrained from doing so by
the certain knowledge that these aw
ful moans of destruction would be
brought into play, to destroy women
and children as well as fighting men. I
That these means would be used
in spite of all the treaties that, might
be made, can not be doubted
"Necessity has no law," and this is
?specially true of necessity in time
of war. Therefore, a great nation
which goes to war in future must be
willing to subject its entire popula
tlon to the risk of wholesale slaugh
ter, if not extermination.
Judjfo Joseph Sabath, of Chicago
celebrated his 68rd birthday by issu
ing a sort of emancipation proclama
tlon. ITe announced that in future
ho would not send husbands to jai1
for failure to pay alimony, if they
were unable to pay, but instead
would try to help them Ret job*.
Those who can pay and wont will fcot
the rap an heretofore.
Sidelights
A writer declares that Mr. Douglar
of Arizona, the new director of the
budget, is of Scotch descent. This
information, if true, should be re
assuring to the taxpayers. It may
also cause justifiable alarm among
a good many superfluous employees
on the Federal payroll.
Of all the emergency legislation
sponsored by President Roosevelt i'
appears that the new farm relief
bill has caused the greatest misgiv
ings as to its ultimate results. Ever
the President has frankly stated tha4
it is only an experiment. Othe'
'ers have signally failed, but there I
ers havesignally failed, but there ir
an insistent demand for further leg
islation in his behalf.
Reports of persecutions of Jews
by the new Hitler government of
Germany have been most conflicting
The truth seems to be that ther^
have been persecutions, but that the'
have been greatly exagerated. What
ever the ? extent to which the Jew
have been harassed may be, it ho
served to bring world-wide criticisr
upon the Nazi regime, and Hitle^
can't afford too much of that jus4
now.
I Yale students to the number o f
about 200, styling themselves "pL
rates," swarmed uninvited into r
fashionable "shipwreck" party ir
New Haven a few evenings ago and
proceeded to make a sure-enough
wreck of the place. Windows and
furniture were broken, among other
acts of rowdyism, and one policemar
was knocked out. Two students werr
J fined $5 each and the rest went free
| Which was a cheap price for thr
fun? if one calls it fun.
J American soldiers and sailors may
I buy their 3.2 per cent beer on mil?
j tary reservations, regardless of statr
| prohibition laws. First official per
| mission for opening an old-fashioned
j army canteen was given the com
manding officer at Fort Leaven
worth, in supposedly bone- dry Kan
sas, by Major General Hagood, com
manding the Seventh Army Corps
Area, with headquarters in Omaha
This is in accordance with the prac
tice in effect before national prohi
,'cion.
In contrast with religious persecu
tion in Germany and "Isewhere, many
instances of unusual cooperation
among leaders of various faiths have
occurred in America of late. A nota
ble one was the maeting in New
York on April 2, in which Protestants
and ews r joined with Catholics in
celebrating the beginning of the Ho
ly Year decreed by Pope Pius XI
the program being given a world
wide radio broadcast.
I
I
EASTER
By Ermine R. Maddox
Have you given much thought to the
resurrection this Easter,
To just how much the event cost our
Master?
Of the agony suffered alone in thr
garden,
And the decision there to purchase
our pardon.
The disciples were asked to wait, but
instead slept
While our Savior earnestly prayed
and bitterly wept.
Then he suffered, bled and died on thr
cross
So that neither you nor T needs bp
lost.
He was pla ed in a tomb which war
closed with a seal
And the broken-hearted Marys went
there to kneel.
1
The place was protected by Roman
Guards,
Who thought they could subdue the
the heavenly God.
But their minds were changed err
very long,
For Tie arose the third day, just at
dawn.
Th? fcrave wan found ompty ami rob
bnd of its victim,
And its captivft has bocomo forever
its Captain.
'Fho eaat tflowed with th? Morninfc'R
bripfhtnftHR
Whilo on hin fare won written for
Kivon^HH.
And flince over doath H? humbly
woara a crown,
Tho nun of our rouIr ahall never j?c
down.
Japanon conwtltuta 48 per cont or'
tho population of the Hawaiian In
lands.
FRONT PAGE NEWS!
A Real Remington for $
Think of it! Now you can buy a
real typewriter and get change
19 7 5
DftCK trom a twenty dollar bill I
Remington's new low-priced
Remie Scout is sturdily built, with
unusually legible and long-wearing
type. A thoroughly practical type
writer ? yet it costs only $19.75.
Dad, Mother, and the youngsters,
all will find a portable typewriter
the handiest sort of help with daily
correspondence and other writing.
Just ask them. Then, come in and
try a Remie Scout for yourself.
See the other popular Remie $ ^ ?
Scout, too. Writes both small '
and capital letters ? costs only
The Messenger Book Store
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business or occupation not named in
the foregoing schedule sbwll be ' fixed
by the Mayor and Clerk.
Section VII. Wherever in this or
dinance the terms, "persons, firm,
company, corporation or party" are
used, the same s'hnll include not only
the principals, but in their absence
sfiall include any agent, clerk or em
ployee 'having charge, management
or control of the business, calling, oc
cupation or profession referred to,
and such ngent, clerk or employee
shall be subject to the penalties here
in imposed for failure to comply
with the terms and requirements of
this ordinance, in the same manner as
if he, she or they were principals or
proprietors.
Section IX. This ordinance shall
go into effect on and from the first
day of May A. D. 1933, and ali or
dinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Done and .ratified in Council as
sembled, under the corporate seal of
the City of Camden, S. C., this the
3rd day of April, 1933.
R. M. KENNEDY, JR.,
Mayor
J. C. ?OYKIN, City Clerk.
Regular communication of
this lodge Is held on the
first Tuesday in each month
it h p. m. Visiting Brethren arc
welcomed. W. R. CLYBURN,
. E. ROSS, Worshipful Magtex
Secretary.
Black-Draught
Clears Up Sluggish Feeling
"I have used Thedford'a Black
Draught for constipation for a
long time," writes Mrs. Frank Cham
pion, of Wynne, Ark.
"If I get up in the morning feeling
dull and sluggish, a dose of Black
Draught taken three times a day will
cause the feeling to pass away, and
In a day or two I reel like a new
person. After many years of use we
would not exchange Black-Draught
for any medicine."
P. B. ? If i/ou have Chii.drkn, pivt
them the new, pleasant -tasting
BYRUP of Thed ford's Blaok-Draught.
Cuba is making pains for four
new gunboats, to be built in Spam
Evidently the Machado government
has forgotten or fails to appreciat*
certain little incidents of 35 year:
ago.
WANTS KISSING TAUGHT
As it is more or less generally
known, kissing has never been de
veloped to any great extent, either as
a science or as an art, among the
.Japanese.
Some time ago, Judd Mortimer I^ew
is, famous columnist of the Hopston
Post-Dispatch, visited the flowery
kingdom, and noting the neglect of
this delectable practice, humorously
suggested the establishment of a
chair of oscvulatlon at a Japanese
university, going so far as to offer
his services as instructor.
A forward looking native, who per
haps had visited the Occident, eager
ly expressed aproval of the idea, in
the following letter to Mr. Lewis:
"I am the only investigator on
kissing in Japan. Kissing must be
known of the Japanese, but they does
not care of It. The Japanese govern
ment does not permit to teach them
openly, even If it so important r
thing in social etiquette. I wrote
five times an essay on kissing, but
the Japanese metropolitan police
look them as the demorillzation.
You say you will he able to bo the
lecturer on kissing. The flay will
come, I am wishing, T myself will
teach. The Japanese government are
cutting the scene of kissing in the
film without the knowledge of It."
During 1082 American manufn
turd's exported 24,045 radio receiv
ing sets to Belgium.
$6 ' Washington - $6
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J. L. Waldron of Bakersville, Calif,
who has perfected a trap which pro
tects the animal from injury hut
automatically feeds and waters it
has caught neveral hears with thf
device.
In British Malaya spirits distilled
from rubber are being tested as a
motor fuel.
Canada is the largest producer and
the United States the largest con
sumer of asbestos.
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