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The Wateree Messenger Published Every Wednesday by CHAS. W. BIRCHMORE, Prop. Entered as Second Class Matter aJ the Postoffic? at Camden, S. C. Subscription $1.50 A Year in Advance Wednesday, August 9, 1933 Those who borrow trouble have no difficulty in obtaining a renewal of the loan. There is hardly any new stunt left for aviators except a non-stop flight around the world. And they thought Jules Verne crazy when he imagined a trip around the world in 80 days. It may be possible to write a sensi ble love letter, but it would not be satisfying to the recipient. One weak point in the codes we have seen is that no provision is made for meeting the payroll. If you know what you want the salesman will be less likely to sell you something you don't want. H. G. Wells says "scrap the na tions" to prevent war. But that would bring on the biggest scrap ever. The book "Why We Behave Like Human Beings" had a big sale in spite of the fact that most of us don't. ^Most men confide their business troubles to their wives, especially when the latter wants to buy some thing. Arthur Brisbane says a man should retire at the age of 90. We have about decided to take his advice if we can afford to live that long. Before marriage a man declares he will be master of his home or know the reason why. After marriage he knows the reason why. LONG PUBLIC SERVICE Of all the men who have served in Congress since the beginning of our government. Joseph G. Cannon, "Uncle Joe," of Illinois holds the longest record, 46 years, all of which was in the House of Representatives, although his service was not con tinuous. Justin S. Morrill of Vermont had the longest continuous record in Congress, a little less than 44 years, divided between House and Senate. For total service in the Senate, that of Francis E. Warren of Wyoming was the longest, moro than 37 years. But for longest continuous Senate record William li. Allison of Iowa achieved the distinction with more than 35 years of uninterrupted ser vice to his credit. None of these records are even closely approached by any present members of either branch of Congress and it i? likely that they will all stand for a good many years to come. THE FLYING MOLLISONS Although they crashed and were I both slightly injured ^in landing in Connecticut, the e...'t to west flight of James and Anny 'onson Mollison across the Atlantic should be classed aB a success. This couple have added a remarkable joint accomplishment to their notable individual records as long distanco flyers. Before her marriage Amy Johnson had flown alone from London to Aus tralia; from London to Tokyo; from England to Smith Africa, and had made many other flights which com pare with the best feats of men avi ators. This year sho was awarded the Seagravo Mermorial, England's most coveted aviation trophy, hereto fore awarded only to men. Molison is the first man to twice make the difficult east to west cross ing of the Atlantic, and the only man to make it alone. He has also flown from England to Capetown, South Africa; from Kngland to Australia; from England to Egypt; from India to Brazil by way of Africa. Mollison is 28 and his wife is 23 They were married on July 2!), 1932 He Is a native of Glasgow, Scotland, and joined the Royal Air Force when ho was IS. Before taking up aviation Mrs. Mollison was a London typist. In a year of many recordbreaking feats in aviation tho Mollisons' trar.n At.lantic flight will bo listed among tho greatest. A. B. Chester and his bride of Skip ton, Eng., are taking the honeymoon trip on horaeback through Yorkshire. POSTS WORLD FLIGHT In completing a solo flight around tho world in 7 days, 18 hours and 49 minutes, Wiley Post, one-eyed Okla homa aviator, set a record which is likely to stand for some time to come. This was accomplished in spite of a crash at Flat, Alaska, which almost ended the attempt. Post's former globe-circling flight in company with Harold Gatty in 1931 consumed 8 days, 15 hours and 51 minutes. On that flight Post acted a? pilot and Gatty as navigator. Post arrived in New York in time to exchange congratulations with General Italo Balbo, \v+io led 24 Italian airplanes in their flight from Rome to Chicago. The General said: "I am most glad on the last day of my stay in New York to meet Mr. Post after his splendid world trip. 1 think no single man will do what lie has done for a long time to come." WHAT OF HEALTH FADS? The subject ol" how to live long is always of inteiest, which perhaps ac counts for the eagerness of the average mortal to seize upon various methods which are recommended for promoting health and longevity, such as doing daily exercise to radio musfi and the like. However, there are many who are skeptical regarding the real benefits of strenuous physical activity. One of these wrote a letter to the Cleveland Press, pointing out that Walter Camp, famed athelete and originator of the "daily dozen," died at fio, while he, the writer, had never taken any kind of exercise to speak of and was still in excellent health, although a great-grand-father. He added that "the longest-lived people are the physically lazy but mentally alert." Commenting on the letter, William Feather, a well-known editor, declares that several years ago he adopted a vigorous health program, including vegetarianism, cold baths and the daily dozen, with this result: "Acute indigestion led to the abandonment of vegetarianism on doctor's orders. Another doctor recommended discontinuance of cold baths. The daily dozen are still pur sued, but faith in them has been shaken by the untimely death of their inventor." Still, we may find many who swear by the health fads and feel that their lives have been saved thereby. As the proverb has it, "What is food for some is black poison to others." A PREHISTORIC MONSTER After being buried for ages in the fossil beds of northeastern Utah, the largest skeleton ever discovered on land now stands in the Carnegie Museum at Pittsburgh a striking ex ample of the monsters which roamed the earth during the Age of Reptiles, many millions of years ago. This skeleton is that of a Bron tosaurus, of the dniosau-r order of rep" tiles, 100 feet long and '20 feet high. In life the animal weighed perhaps '20 tons. Alongside of it an elephant would seem as small relatively as a dog beside a horse. The fossil bed from which it was taken is the most extensive deposit of dinosaurian and other reptilian re mains ever discovered. It was found in 1011), and the site is under the pro tection of the Natidfial Park Service.. More than 200 tons of bones and other material of scientific value have been removed for study and ex hibition, with very little duplication of specimens. According to a statement by the Park Service, it is the belief of scien tists that these prehistoric animals were originally imbedded in a sand bar in some ancient river. This sand turned to sandstone and was covered by thousands of feet of other strata of rocks, the wh<le later having been forced into an upright position by a Kieat volcanic upheaval, which left the fossil bed exposed on a mountain top. Through the patient labors of scientists who are continually ex ploring among such records preserved in the rock.-,, as well as among the ruins of ancient civilization, salient facts in the world's history which weie totally unknown a few years ago are being brought to li^ht. After winning two National League pennants and one world's champion ship since he became manager of the St. Louis Cardinals in 1030, Cabby .Street has been superseded by Frank ie Krisch in an effort to check the slump into which the team had fallen of late. The Cardinals have had more different managers than any other big league team; in the year 1895 alone they had six. INFANT MORTALITY In the long list of accomplishments to the credit of modern medical science perhaps none has a greater significance than the success attained in the reduction of childhood deaths. Queen Anne of England, born in 1664, bore 17 children, only one of whom lived more than a year, and he died at the age of 11. Now large fam ilies of children often mature without a death. Through medical education and the treatment of early defects the child's chance of reaching maturity has been greatly increased, especially during the last half centruy. The lengthened average span of human life which now prevails is largley due to re duction of mortality among infants. In addition to regularly employed physicians and nurses by public health units, thousands of volunteer workers are cooperating in the noble task of saving babies' lives. For their effective efforts in thrs and other directions looking to the preservation of human life the med ical profession and those cooperating are entitled to the highst praise. THE ANGLERS SAINT One of 'lie most quaint and lovable characters in history was Izaak Wal ton, whose fame rests principally up on a notable treatise on fishing, call ed "The Com pleat Angler," published 280 years ago. It has been written of I him that "there is hardly a name In our literature, even of the first rank, whose immortality is more secure, or whose personality is the subject of a I more devoted cult." This year is a sort of triple anni versary of Walton, as he was born in 15D3, 340 years ago; published his most famous book in 1653, '280 years ago; and died in 1683, 250 years ago. It is also said of him that "multr tudes who have never put a worm on a hook have been caught and securely held by his picture <<f the delights of the gentle craft, and by his easy, leisurely transcript of his own simple peaceable, lovable and amusing character." In addition to his "Angler," he wrote several charming volumes of biography dealing with the lives of distinguished personal friends, of whom he had many, most of whom were devotes of the piscatorial art. In contrast with the vast majority of those who have gained lasting fame through war and strife, Walton has lived to charm succeeding gen erations by his gentleness, Kindness ar.d love of nature. He may well be considered the patron saint of fish ermen. Sidelight s An electrical robot that answers 180 questions has been set u>p on a prominent Berlin atreet intersection. When an attendant presses the ap propriate button the answer to a question comes forth on a printed card. The machine is designed to aid persons who want to find various buildings, stores and the nearest places to obtain certain goods or ser vices. The answers are free. When a mouse bites a snake it is news. This story comes in a press dispatch from Coalinga, Calif. L. E. Taylor tried to make pets of two rat tlers but they would not eat. V\ hen he tried to tempt them with two live mice placed in their wire <age, the mice chewed on the snakes so vic iously that one snake died and the other was rescued badly bitten. Many accidents have occured in bathtubs, but one of the strangest befell Mrs. Mary Benson of Denver, who got wedged under the water taps in her tub. With no one near to hear her calls for help, she remained there four days until neighbors final ly found and released her. After being held up on six dif ferent occasions, Louis Wajay, a young Chicago pharmacist, concluded that enough of anything is plenty, so concealed two automatics under his counter. When two bandits attempt ed the seventh hold-up, Wajay beat them to the draw, killed one and caused the other to flee. 'As Achilles was vulnerable in tlie heal, so is Thomas A. Hogdon of Skowhegan, Me., vulnerable in the ankle. He says that every time he is hit on the ankle he becomes blln?7 for a week or more. His peculiarity is giving veterans' compensation of ficials a preloxing problem in deter mining when he is blind and when ho Isn't. Snappy Stuff Laying a heavy smoke screen to hide their movements, thieves stole a truckload of oranges from the orchard of John Humiston, at Lind say, Cal. Elmore Lewis of Allendale, S. C., caught a three-foot alligator, a big catfish and a small petch on the same line at the same time with one piece of bait. Mrs. Dorothy N. Lowe, of Han ford, Cal., has an interlocutory decree of divorce from Baxter N. Lowe, the result of her third suit against him Following her theory that pleni\ of exercise will gain a long life,, Mrs Martha E. Jones, of Walnut Ridge Ark., walks several miles a day to keep healthy. Some one tossed a package in Johr Lovei's yard at Wichita, Kan., who gingerly investigated and found sev eral stolen bed quilts. When Donald Reamer, three, of Chicago, fell from the rear porch ol his four-story house to a concret( walk, his only injury was the loss o' several front teeth. A burglar broke into the home ot Deputy Sheriff Will Duval of Wil liamsburg, Kans., ransackinr the 'v>use and stealing the officer's cloth ing, badge and jail keys. Dale Horton of St. Louis is the seventh child, born the seventh daj of the week seventh day the month, seventh month of the year, about 7 o'clock in the evening, in 1917. Cuilty of stealing gas and electric ity by using "meter jumpers," the Rev. John E. Hester, of Los Angeles, was sentenced to a year in jail by Municipal Judge Crum. The shortest will ever filed in Erie Pa., was written in pencil on a piec( of cardboard by W. S. Halstead, 70 year-old farmer, who committed sui cide: "I will what I have to my brother, Pete." He had $1,565. Carl French and SteNa Porter werr married in Bellows Falls, Vt., recent j 1 y , using a marriage license which they had procured five and one-half years previously. Mrs. Rose Wach of Chicago charg ed in her divorce that when her hus band came 10 years ago with a bottle of liquor and she took it away from him, he closed up like a clam and hadn't spoken to her since. While I. Francis, of Mills, Calif., was away from home, thieves carried away his windmill and tower. Walking more than 100 miles from her home at Cresco, la., to Fenlmorr, Wis., Mrs. R. M. Moreland is visiting relatives in the latter place. Without being seen, a thief stole loot ranging from microscopes and typewriters to clothing and money from Kansas City General Hospital over a period of a year Tmprisioned in the county jail at St. Joseph, Mo., Gus Pusateri, alleged liquor vender, had the bars painted silver and his cell done over in reo and white lacquer. Because she wore six thick woolen petticoats, as is the native custom, n Kirl in Bratislva, Hungary, escaped injury whf-n her angry sweetheart fired a pistol at her. Arrest eel for intoxication, Mrs. Gertrude Loney of Chicago pleaded "he had to have a drink after one of her teeth was extracted, and the sentence was suspended. Mrs. Constance Hanley of Chicago was driven insane by the fear of the number 13. Miss F.leanor Kearney, a chorus <yirl of Chicago who had imbibed too much, landed in a cell for kicking off a policeman's cap. Mrs. Paul K. KeAton, of St. Paul was granted a divorce because her husband had forced her to live, with a nagging mother-in-law. Rev. G. A. Studder- Kennedy of London declared that "one does not meet a reasonable man in 10,000, and women are worse." Thomas Jordan of Wandsworth, Kng., admitted lie stabbed Mrs. Ellen Hurley, but said he did It because she pulled out his false teeth and threw them away. , Interpretations of President's Reemployment Agreement Interpretation Noh. 1 to 6 The President's Reemployment Agreement was written in language intended to be flexible to meet varie ties of conditions. As a result, in terpretations will be required from time to time as uncertainties in the application of the Agreement de velop. Interpretation No. 1 (concerning paragraph 7) Paragraph 7 means, first, thai compensation of employess above the minimum wage group (whether now fixed by the hour, day, week, or therwise) shall not be reduced,! either to compensate the employer for increases that he may be required to make in the minimum wage group in order to comply with the Agree nent, or to turn this Reemployment I Agieement into a mere share-the- 1 work movement without a resulting increase of total purchasing power, i This first provision of paragraph 7 is i general statement of what shall | NOT be done. The rest of paragraph 7 is a par- | ticular statement of what SHALL be done, which is that rates of pay for | employees above the min..num wane ' group shall be increased by "equitable readjustments." No hard and fast rule can be laid down for such readjustments, because the var iations in rates of pay and hours of work would make the application of any formula unjust in thousands of cases. We present, however, the following examples of the need for and methods of such readjustments: EXAMPLE 1. Employees now working forty hours per week in factories. When hours are reduced to thirty-five, the present rate p?? hour if increased one-seventh would provide the same compensation for a normal week's work as before. EXAMPLE 2. Employees now working sixty hours per week in fac tories. When- hours nre reduced to thirty-five, a rate per hour if in creased one-seventh might be insuf- i ficient to provide proper compensa tion. But, to increase the rate by five-sevenths, in order to provide the same compensation for thirty-five hours as previously earned in sixty, might impose an inequitable burden on the empolyer. The sixty-h^ur week might have- been in effect be- , cause of a rush of business, although | a forty-hour week might have been j normal practice at the same hourly wage. Seasonal or temporary in creases in hours now in effect, or re cent increases in wages, are proper factors to be taken into consideration in making equitable readjustments. The policy governing the readjust ment of wages of all employees in what may be termed the higher wage groups requires, not a fixed rule, but "equitable readjustment" in view of long stading differentials in pay schedules; with due regard for the fact that payrolls are beii r, heavily increased, and that employes will receive benefits from shutter hour*, from the reemployment of other .orkers, and f.otn st::bi i .? '! -mploy ment which may increase their yearly earnings. The foregoing examples indicate the necessity of dealing with this problem of "equitable readjustment" >f the higher rates of pay, on the basis of consideration of the varying j circumstances and conditions of the? j thousands of enterprises and employ | ments involved. Any attempt to define a national standard would he | productive of widespread in justices. I'he National Recovery Administrat } ion will, through local agencies, oh- J serve carefully the manner in which employers comply with their Agree ment to make, "equitable readjust ments", and will take from time to' time and announce from Washington' such action as may be necessary to ! correct clear cases of unfairness and J to aid conscientious employers in ? carrying out in good faith the term1? of the Agreement. When an employer signs an A^ree* ment and certifies bis compliance! AND A I, SO .JOINS IN Til K SIJM- | MISSION OF A CODE OF FAIR( COMPETITION before September 1933, his determination of what are I 'equitable readjustments" should he accrtpted, at least prior to September I, as a prima facie compliance with his agreement, pending action by N. It. A. n-ion the ('ode submitted, or any other action by N. U. A. taken to insure proper interpretations or ap plications of Agreements. This will afford N. R. A. an opportunity to survey the general results of the Re employment. Program and to iron out difficulties ami misunderstanding over Agreements that are of a sub stantial character. Interpretation No. 2 (concerning paragraph It) ^ A person who believes that some particular piovision in the Agree - ment, because of pe-juliai circum stances, will create great and una voidable hardship, should prepare a petition to N. R. A. asking for a stay ot this provision as u him. He should then submit this petition to the trade association of his industry, or if there is none, to the local Chamber of Com merce or similar representative org anization designated by N. R. A., for its approval. The writ|-n approval of the trade association, or such other organization, will be accepted by X. R. A. as the basis for a tem- J porary stay, without further investi gation, pending decision by N. R, A. The petit ion must contain a or mise to abide by N. R. A.'s decision, so that if X. R. A. decides against the petitioner, he must give effect to the provision which was stayed, from the date ot .'.he d.cision of X. R. A. The petiti n and approval ot the trade association or othei organiza tion, as precribed above, should be .forwarded t>> N. R. A. in Washington; and the employer's signed copy of the Presidt i t's Reemployment Agree ment should be sent to the District Office of the Department of Com merce. After complying with these i equi rements the employer will be entitled to rec.ive and displa> iho . )1 l\agl" !>y d livei ing his certifi cate of compliance t > his Post Office. Paragraph 11 is not intended to provide for gioup exceptions, but only to meet cases of individual hard ship. Interpretation No. I (c< ncerning date of compliance) It is expected that all employers d suing to cooperate with the Pres ident's recovery program will ,\jn I the Agreements piomptly and mail | them in. It is recognized, however, | that it will be physically impossible , in many instances to adjust employ ment conditions and to hire the nec essary additional personnel in order I to comply with the Agreement on August 1st. For that reason, pro vision has been made for issuing the Blue Eagle only upon the filling of a certificate of compliance. It should be possible in most cases to make I the necessary adjustments and file a i certificate of compliance within the i first week of August, and such ac I tion, taken as promptly as possible, will be regarded as carrying out the Agreement in good faith. Interpretation No. 4 (concerning paragraph 13 All employers are expected to sign the Agreoment, whether Codes have been submitted to N. R. A. or not (unlss such codes have already been approved); but after the President has approved a Code, or after N. R. A. has approved of the substitution of the provisions of a Code for Agreements in the trade or industry covered, conformity with the Code provisions by an emplo.vei will be re garded as compliance with his indi vidual Agreement. Interpretation No. ."> (concerning paragraph !? ) Where the .July 1, 1933 price was a distress price, the employer signing the agreement may take his cost, price on that date as the base for such increase in selling ptice a sis permitted by Paragraph Interpretation No. (> (concerning employments covered by the Agreement ) The following groups of employ ment jire not intended to be c >vered by the President's Keemplyment A g reemenl : I Professional occupations. 2: Employees of Federal, State and local governments and other pub lie institutions and agencies. 3. Agricultural labor. 4. Domestic servants. ?r?. Persons buying goods and sell ing them independently or persons selling solely on commission, provid ed, however, t h ;i t persons regularly employed to sell on commission, with a base salary or guaranteed compen sation, come within the requirements of the agreement. Interpretations No. 7 (concerning paragraph 4 ) rime nnd a Third For Hours Worked in Excess ?> f the Maximum by Em ployees on Emergency Maintenance nnd Repair Work. Hours worked in excess of the maximum by nmployees on emergen cy maintenance or r?y>air work shall be paid at. the rate of time and one third. (Continued on last page)