The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, June 21, 1933, Image 4
The Wateree Messenger
Published Every Wednesday by
CUAS. W. BIRCH MORE, Prop.
Entered as Second Class Matter al
the Postoffice at Camden, S. C.
Subscription $1.50 A Year la Advance j
Wednesday, June 21, 1933
A lot of folks take to bridge but
don't bring anything back.
They call it "legal tender," but we
have a tough time getting hold of
any.
It is now in order to have a Senate
investigation of President Roosevelt's
"brain trust."
Viscount Ishii says war between
Japan and tho United States would
bo absurd. But so are all wars.
A fat Alabama politician's bed col
lapsed with him the other night. He
should be more careful in choosing
his bunk.
Those who say wo are coming out
of tho depression should bo more
original. Dr. Julius Klein said it
three years ago.
It seems that tho lion-hearted
Senate isn't afraid to investigate
anything or anybody except Huey
(Kingfish) Long.
Japan and China have signed a
truce, which will probably hold good
until Japan feels tho need for an
other slico of China.
If they expect to reduce the cotton
crop this year they may have to re
vive the famous Farm Board idea of
plowing under every third row.
It is rumored that someone wants
to blow up Muscle Shoals. Wo have
known for a long time that it has
been full of political dynamite.
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From recent important appoint'
ments by President Roosevelt wo
conclude that the shortest cut to
fame is to first become a college
president. 1
Some fear that tho Macon may
meet the fate of the Akron and most
other dirigibles. Why not investi
gate this probable disaster before it
happens ?
Desertions from forestry camps
havo reached less than 1 per cent.
Under the prevailing popular ratio
we assume the boys will bo permitted
to mako it 3.2 per cent.
USEFUL EDUCATION
Those who criticize the cost of ed
ucation in this country almost always
direct their charges against the mon*
ey spent for what they call frills and
unnecessary extras.
No one anywhere raises criticism
against the cost of giving our young
people sound training in fundament
als, but it seems easy for educators
in many cases to get away from the
essentials and to waste at least part
of their pupils' time on unnecessary
or profitless subjects.
It is interesting consequently to
hear from Madison, Wis., that a mod- i
el house is undor construction there, j
sponsored by tho public schools hnmo !
economics department. Tho instructor
and tho students in one high school
planned teh furnishings of tho living
dining room. Other students were
held responsible for planning and i
purchasing tho furnishings of the 1
kitchen and laundry.
For these tw" rooms the expense j
was limited to $200. As showing
how sensibly the punils did the'*,
buying, it is reported that a house- !
hold washing machine -was the one 1
large piece of electrical equipment j
allowed in tho budget for tho entire
house. Tho students explained that i
this was choRen in preference to any'
other largo equipment because they j
felt that tho housewife could make I
her greatest savings in home opera
tion by doing the washing in tTie
house and with machinery.
Practical training such as these
Madison students are being given and
auch as many individuals do not re
ceive until they are pitched into the
midst of household responsibilities,
in the kind of education that every
thoughtful taxpayer will approve.
Walter J. Dodge of Portland, Ore.,
and hla brother, George S. Dodge of
Montebello, Calif., have completed a
chess fame which began ?<*ven years
ago by mall. )
A GREAT PUBLISHER DIES 1
Cyrus H. K. Curtis of Philadelphia
who started his business career at
the age of 12 with three cents of cap*
tal as a street newsboy, and became
one of the world's greatest publish
ers, died a few days ago at the age
of 83.
Born in Portland, Me., in 1860, Mr.
Curtis received only a common school]
education. His first publishing
venture was launched in Philadelphia
at the age of 26, when he became
publisher of a small periodical called
the Tribune and Farmer. Later he
established Ladies' Home Journal,
and afterward becamo head of the
great Curtis Publishing Company,
whose magazines include Saturday
Evening Post, Tho Country Gentle
man and Ladies' Home Journal.
He purchased the Philadelphia
Public Ledger in 1913, and the New
York Evening Post in 1923, and was
the active head of all these import
ant publications until he was strick
en with heart disease about a year
before his deafh.
planned the furnishings of the living
thropist, although his benefactions
were bestowed without ostentation,
His only daughter becamo the wife
of the late famed editor, Eaward
Hok, who was associated with Mr.
Curtis for many years.
F ew men who started to make
their way with limited education and
no capital have ever traveled far
ther than Cyrus Hermann Kotzsch
mar Curtis.
HOW FREE ARE WE?
It has always been the pride and I
boast of America t.iat it is "tho
home of tho free." But just how free
are we? With our hundreds of
thousands of federal and state laws,
to say nothing of city ordinances,
what citizen can go through a day of
24 hours without consciously or un
consciously violating one or more of
i hem
Yet, "ignorance of the law excuses
no man." And yet, again, not one
official in a hundred is familiar with
all the laws and ordinances which he
is sworn to enforce.
It is true, of course, that the ever
increasing complexity of our civiliza
? or is it civilization ? appears to
make new laws necessary from time
to time. But is there any justifica
tion for the orgy of lawmaking, with
its inevitable accompaniment of law
breaking, which this country has wit
nessed in recent years ?
The most disturbing result of all
this is that really serious crimes,
such as murder, burglary, arson and
the like are seldom punished, while
the ordinarily decent citizen is har
assed in his business and in his pri
vate life by a maze of laws and
bureaucratic regulations which re
And at that they are not enforced,
quire an army of officials to enforce.
It looks as if we are paying a tre
mendous price for government, the
principle object of which appears to
bo- the destruction of those funda
mental rights for which our fore
fathers fought and died.
C LA SS I FY ING MOTOR I STS
Among the measures designed to
reduce automobile accidents, a new
Connecticut law will be watched w;tb
interest. It provides different in
surance rates for various classes of
motorists.
Those whoso driving records indi
cate them to bo especially competent
and careful aro granted a reduction
from the regular insurance rates; the
next class pay the standard insurance
fee; those found to have been in
volved in minor accidents nnd slight
violations of traffic rules must pay
a premium of If) per cent; those who
have had serious accidents aro pena
lized 26 per cent, while those who are
shown to have been at fault in highly
serious and flagrantly avoidable ac
cidents must pay an additional prem
ium of 60 per cent for their insu
rance.
The new law has not horn in effect
long enough to enable one to judge
of its results, but it seems to be based
upon sound principles nnd may prove
to be of some measurable benefit in
reducing automobile accidents.
Use This Laxative
made from plants
Thodforrt'n Bi,aok-Db AtJGItT fa
tvade from planta that grow In the
ground, like tho garden vegetable*
you ont at ovory meal. NATUftffl
hnn put Into theso ,,lnritn an aotlv?
modlolno that ntlmnlnten tho hownln
to act ? Just ft* Nature put tho ma
terial* that mintaln your body Into
the vegetable foodn you oat.
In Diack-Drauflrht you have a natu
ral laxative, fro? from synthetlfl
dru*ra, ltd une does not make you
hav? to depend on cathartlo ohomfonl
flr-UffH to ffftt tho bowel* to aot dally.
Now you oon ant H Utah-Draught <*
tho form of a SYRUP, for
Sidelight s
Those who have predicted during
the last three or four years that
Babe Ruth was about done, finished
and washed up were given another
jolt recently when the Bambino
whacked out three home runs in one
day.
Science and invention have con
tributed much to the joy and com
fort of niankind, but they also may
conjure up new terrors, ono of which
is reported from Honolulu. A fel
low out there has invented a ukelele
which can be heard for half a mile.
An automobile radiator may be
used as a churn, but removing the
finished product presents difficulties,
according to a New Jersey motorist.
When no water was handy he filled
his steaming radiator with milk and
later had to pay a mechanic $3.25 foi
removing the resulting butter.
Upon becoming naturalized some
aliens Anglicize or shorten their
names. But a Greek who applied for
citizenship in Newark spurned the
suggestion of a clerk that a little
shotrening of his congnomen might
be advisible. He said Uncle Sam
would have to take him with his full
name, which is Constantine Pappa
dimitrilloupoulos.
Illustrating how it is possible to
form a widespread organization in
the United States on the slightest
pretext, a writer asserts that there
are now 18,000 members of the So
ciety for the Prevention of Calling
Pullman Porters "George."
The Atchison Globe declares its
town has a citizen who punctiliously
observes all the niceties of etiquette
in telephonic or other communication.
Even when saying his prayers he be
gins with: "This is Jones speaking."
Without doubt this is an ago of
specialization. One London photo
grapher advertises as his speciaty
the making of pictures of widows*
weeping beside their dead husbands'
graves.
A tragedy was averted by radio in
the home of a prominent North Caro
lina woman recently. Hie receiving
set was turned on, but tuned to the
wave-length of a silent station when
a negro entered and attacked the
woman. While she was struggling
with the brute the station came on
the air and the booming voice of an
announcer hundreds of miles away
frightened the assailant off.
Four hoodlums, firing from an
automobile, seriously wounded two
men on a Chicago street a few days
ago. The news dispatch ends with
the rather superfluous sentence:
"The gunmen fled before police ar
rived."
TOLERANCE GROWING
Most informed observers will agree
that in recent years a growing spirit
of religious tolerance has been man
ifested in the world, especially in the
United States. It is not. unusual to
find Protestant, Catholic and Jewish
clergyman appearing on the samo
platform in aid of some worthy
movement.
In recent months representatives
of these three great bodies of re
ligionists havo united in mass meet
ings and elsewhere to protest against
the persecutions of Jews by tho Hit
le.* regime in Germany.
Hut an incident hitherto without
precedent occurred a few days ago In
Cincinnati, when Rabbi James G.
Heller of tho Center Temple Jewish
congregation of that city was elected
a director of tho Cincinnati and Ham
ilton County Y. M. C. A. A Jewish
official of a Christian welfare so
ciety!
And why not? Rahhi Holler, ac
cording to tho Cincinnati Times
Star, "has so identified himself with
tho community life of this city that
it is quite impossible for any unprej
udiced observer to compilo a list of
its cultural and religious leaders
without including this distinguished
rabbi among such leaders."
The Ohio Y. M. C. A. organization
is to bo congratulated on its religious
tolerance and good common sense.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Herzborg of
New Yorktown, la., recently an
nounced the birth of their twentieth
child, a daughter.
A wedding ring lost 50 years ago
by Mrs. Elisabeth Looney of RlfchvHl?
Ind., has been found by Mm. Ida
Powell on a farm near Bentonvilla.
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THE 22 1ST COMPANY PSALM
Roosevelt's my shepherd; I shall not
want:
Tie makcfth mo to lie down on straw
mattresses;
Ho leadeth mo inside a messhall;
Ho restoreth to mo a job.
He leadeth mo in the paths of re
forestation
For his country's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the val
ley of
The shadow of poison oak and
poison ivy
I will fear no evil, for he art for me. (
His blankets and 0. D. uniforms,
they comfort mo.
He proparest a saw and an axo bofroo 1
me in the
Presence of my commanding offic
ers.
He anointest my mind with discipline
My shoes runneth over from
marching.
?Surely beans and ermpToyment will
follow me
All the days of Roosevelt's admin
istration I
And I shall dwell In a tent forever.-?
Lyman Hunted, Ft. Hancock, N. J.,
in "Happy Days," the authorized
weekly of the Civilian Conservation
Corps.
Think It Ow
Pmm 11m not In th? external world
ft Ilea within one's own aool.
AN AARON BURR TRICK
In Now York is tho 71-story build
ing of tho Bank of Manhattan com
pany, an institution whoso history
K<>es back almost to tho foundation
of tho tfovornment. It is recalled by
a recent writer that the institution
resulted from tho shrewd trick of n
lawyer, who was none other thnn the
notorious Aaron Rurr.
At the time the bank was project
ed the Kroup behind it were "in bad"
politically and hence: unable to obtain
a bank charter. They organized a
water company Instead, but in draw
ing tho charter Rurr added a clause |
permitting tho company to en^a^e j
also "in other necessary business."
The other business was construed to
include banking and it has been car
ried on ever since.
The structure in Wall street ad
joins the lot formerly occupied by
Federal Hall, the first national Capi
tol, where Washington took the oath
of office as President. That tract, is
now the site of the sub-treasury.
If Aaron Hurr and hi? associates
could look upon'tho scene today tl]M
would marvel at the developing!
which has resulted from their clove*
scheme for obtaining a bank charter.
Hecause they disagreed over radio
programs, Mrs. Catherine McAuley of
Flint, Mich., was disinherited by ber
mother, Mrs. Martha Morea.
A New Deal For
Liver Sufferers
Don't h? mlfltal *ny longer. Oalo
i "I. nnltn, oil*, mineral wntern, Imxm
.o pilln, herb tea*, powder*, etc.,
ive no Affect whatever on the liver.
Iipre are only two generally recog
nized Ntibfttancaa which actually caune
n <dugftl?h liver to increane it* pro*
Auction of Ml#. Hargon floft
I 'ill* contain both of them.
You M?'t f??l Well and atrong nn
tatt |Mt Uv?r furolahea plenty of
*rMk btu mmt 4*r. Without bile
foo?| (JofHii t <1 i k < ? n t properly? It JumI
fflrment* nml (leonyn ? ConHtip.-.l ion,
l!i\n, sour ?l mrw'li, lionrtncbos niul
?lervotiriix hm foiiovv.
Unlet** you Iwve trier! Silicon Boft
Mn?? I'IHh you enn hnve no i<l< i of
their efieet Von feel HtronRrr,
henlthler, hnppier ? life nnil color re
turn to fnrfeci eyes nnd ohee1<K? r.ppe
tito unci Oigenlion Improve rnpio.y.
Ontjr flOo for n full AO d?y troni At
font drntrflRt, or w?lt? O. V- Willi*, Ino.,
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