The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, August 30, 1933, Image 2
Plan Tail Lights
* for Pedestrians
Montreal. ? Pedestrian* who walk
along highways and country thor
oughfares In the province of Que
bec at night soon may be carrying
tall lights.
The province of Quebec safety
league, according to Arthur Gad*
boury, general secretary. Is launch
ing a campaign, urging all those
who travel afoot on country roads
to wear a small reflector on their
breast and back in order to avoid
being hit by automobiles.
First Bible to Reach
Australia Still Used
Sydney, N. S. W.? The first bible
and Prayer Bible taken Into Australia
were used at the recent service in
, St. Philip's church. The books were
carried by Rev. Ulchard Johnson when
he landed, 14r? years ago.
Mr. Johnson was the flrst chaplain
of the settlement founded In Sydney
Cove by the first fleet bringing set
tlers to the new continent.
Both books bear the Inscription,
"Botony Bay, 1780," but as the sail
ing of the fleet was delayed they were
flrst used in Australia on January 27,
1788. Ten years later they narrowly
escaped destruction in a fire which
burned down the flrst church.
Find Weather Forecasts
90 Per Cent Correct
Salt Lake City, Utah. ? Forecasts of
weather men are 00 per cent correct,
It was estimated from discussion of
meteorologists during the recent Amer
ican Association for the Advancement
of Science convention here.
Dr. Herbert \V. Kimball, of Har
vard university and president of tlje
American Meteorologlcnl society, told
of modern methods of predicting the
weather. Efficiency Is nearly 00 per
cent, he said. Many new facts have
been learned from recordings taken
from instruments released in free bal
loons. The Instruments nre often car
ried ten miles Into the air and often
become lost in the stratosphere.
Brita Is the Ideal Girl of Sweden
)
?Miss Brlta Jakobsson. \vlit? was select mi as the most representative girl ?
of iier native country In a recent contest in Stockholm.
Boy Appeals to Judge
to Help Save His Dog
Twin Falls, Idaho. ? Bobbie (Jlnde,
Twin Falls boy, appealed to Police
Judge Chester Wise to help him save
his "valuable dog,"
"I want a Job so I can buy a license
lor my doj;," the lad, only five years
of ape, told the judge.
"Is lie n good dog?" the Judge asked.
"You bet he Is," the boy replied. "1
just paid a nickel for him."
Ethiopia Is Melting
Pot for Many Races
Claims to Be Oldest Christ
ian Sovereign State.
Washington, D. 0. ? "Ethiopia, nntlve
land of Prince Desta Demtu, special
ambassador of Emperor Snlle Selassie
I, who recently was a visitor at che
"White House, Is 350,000 square miles
(more than seven times the area of
New York state) of rich and produc
tive northeastern African plateau,"
says a bulletin from the Natlonal Geo
graphic society.
"Also commonly known as Abys
sinia, Ethiopia Is mainly a mountain
ous region, much broken by deep val
leys. Arid, semi-desert country sur
rounds It on every side. It does not
touch the sea, although some Ethio
pian feudal chieftains Hke to grasp a
marine telescope as they pose for a
fornaal photograph.
"In the empire there are about 10.
- 000,000 Inhabitants, about one-hftlf of
whom are Christians of the true
Ethiopian (Hamltlc-Semltlc) type.
They are the Inheritors of an ancient
civilization under whose feudal form
of government are estimated to be sqv-'
eral million Moslems and pagans. The
latter are mainly negroes.
"Ethiopia Is surrounded by African
colonial possessions of Great Britain,
France, and Italy. As the Ethiopia of
Solomon's time, It probably Included
all of these adjacent territories, with
nn Egyptian frontier, and that part
of southwestern Arnbla known today
as the Yemen and Hadhramaut.
Malting Pot of Race*.
"The traveler Is not !r,r.? 'n Ethio
pia until he Is aware that the country
Is a sort of melting pot of Africans
and Asiatic* of many rr.ces. Some of
the blood came from ancient Palestine,
some from Arabia, and some from the
shores of the Caspian. The Ethiopians
claim with pride a strong relation to
the Semites.
"Ethiopia's front door Is the French
port, Djibouti, French Somallland.
Viewed from nn approaching steamer,
the port town's small group of white
wanhed stone and mud buildings and
pyramidal piles of salt glisten and
sparkle In the tropical sun. Evaporat
ing salt from sea water In Djibouti's
leading Industry. There Is Just s sug
gestion. of the immediate background
of trtwny desert and of the purplish
tnountMfi Shapes of Ethlopln In the
far distance.
"Dj)lb6Utl IS the terminus of the
B00-m(lft railway that llnkn the port
? with ,?$he Ethiopian capital, Addis
Ababa. Thr? Railway Is Ethiopia's
only modern connection with the out
side world.
"The railroad right-of-way skirts the
Harar district of Ethiopia, the center
of production of Ethiopian coffee. The
coffeft bean produced there Is Of ex*
cellent quality and ranks next to
Mocha In the world's markets. It Is
called longberry Mocha' and Is sold
to a discriminating clientele In the
United States.
'?^Ithoughthe Harar plant* are de
scended from seed Introduced from
the Mocha district of Arabia, Rthlo
pis IS the home of coffee. The tree
was found originally by Afab travel
ers In the Ethiopian province of Kara,
from which It took Its name.
"Addis Ababa, which, Incidentally
Is the home of Prince Destu Demtu,
sprawls In a forest of blue gum trees
with the church-crowned Mount Intot
to, forming a lofty background.
Becoming Modern.
"Although somewhat Isolated, the
city Is steadily Improving along mod
ern lines. In 1929, a one-story frame
building was replaced by a handsome
stone railroad station. At this build
ing the traveler not only gets n glimpse
of the capital's permanent and tran
sient population, but of some of Ethio
pia's leading articles of trade. They
Include bales of hides nnd skins, col
lected from interior provinces nnd
brought to Addis Ababa for export to
Europe and America: stacks of coffee
baps; piles of elephant tusks; and
bales of American cotton piece goods
which are h principal import.
"A . ride of twenty minutes on mule
or horseback or five minutes by motor
takes the visitor to the main part of
the city of the 'New Flower.' On one
of the two principal elevations of the
city is the ever-interesting market
place. There once stood the great tree
which served for generations as n gib
bet. In bygone days It sometimes bora
as many as seven criminals, generally
thieves. On the site now Is n fine
equestrian statue of the late Empero*
Menelik.
"Near the market are legations, con
sulates, hotels, and many modern busi
ness buildings. The city has about
200, <XH) Inhabitants, about fi.OOO of
whom are foreigners, including about
HO Americans.
"The other elevation of Addis Ababa
is crowned by s the group of buildings
which make up the Imperial palace.
"Ethiopia claims to be the oldest
Christian sovereign state. Christianity
was Introduced about A. D. 330. There
are about in, 000 Christian state
churches In the empire. A single
church may have as many as 300
priests.
"After the profession of priest and
soldier, farming Is the prlncipol oc
cupation In Ethiopia. The country is
very fertile, though methods of culti
vation in many districts are still prim
itive."
Dead Texan Aids Town Museum
History of Bad Man Financea
Big Building.
Randern, Texas.? Sam Bass would
turn over In his outlnw'B grove If he
knew how his deeds of violence had
been utilized by a peace-loving society
In the establishment of one of Its most
tranquil Institutions ? n museum.
For Sam Bass, whose career of
crime added to the color If not the
well-being of early-dny Texas, was the
foe of peace, and his nature was by
no meanR compatible with the musty,
static atmosphere of a repository for
dust-gathering relics.
Sam was forced Into his Inconsistent
role by J. Marvin Hunter, whose "The
Frontier Times" hns mnde this com
munity, 47 miles distant 'from a rn 11-"
road, known wherever the magnzine Is
circulated.
PREPARING for grid
Hoy Kngle. cftpt?ln-el?ct of tli?? Uni
versity of Pennsylvania foot bn 1 1 tonm,
keep* In condition during the summer
month* by toying electric conduits In
Philadelphia.
Hunter, n little more than ten years
ago, left the composing room of the
Sart Antonio, Texas, Express, and
cnme here to buy a small country
weekly. With him he brought an Idea
and a scrapbook ? and little else.
The scrapbook was filled with first
hand, autobiographical accounts of
stirring events In Texas history writ
ten by the pioneers who lived through ,
them. His Idea was that these events, |
supplemented by accounts of otherrt
he expected to gather, would make In- j
terestlng reading for Texans every
where and for others for whom the |
making of a great state might hold j
fascination.
"The Frontier Times" prospered, I
gained thousands of readers through- j
out Texas and the nation and abroad.
Hooks came In their course to supple
ment the magazine, all published here.
Along with ,the multitude of colorful
facts he dug tip. Hunter collected ,
Items redolent of Texas. Including fos- !
slls, peculiar rock formations, Indian I
relics and museum pieces from the era j
of pioneers. The collection finally |
overran the small print shojV
Hunter determined to build n mu- I
seum to house his collection. Hut n '
museum would have to he financed. I
Here Sam Hoss, long In his grave j
after the bat.tle of Itound Itock In j
which he was killed, came to the
rescue.
Hunter had written a book, "Au
thentic History of Ram Hass and His
dang." Hunter decided to market
enough copies to pay for the museum |
building.
Among the museum pieces are hun
dreds of relics including rifles, pistols,
muskets, spinning wheels, saddles,
cooking utensils and farm tools, lar
lats, spurs, powder horns, bullet molds,
and phofographs of early Texnns In
cluding rangers and desperadoes.
Old Coin C*eh? Found
Vlshy, Sweden. ? A cache of nnclent
gold coins has been found near here
on the Swedish Island of Gotland, In
the Bnltlc sen. Some of the coins date
back to 1411.
In CUu t?y Himialf
Kansas City, Kan.- 'Anders Mlndn
dahl had a commencement all his own
In graduating from the May wood rural
grade Hchnol. Anders was the only
graduate.
This Week
by Arthur Brisbane
Much Law, Little Action
Ho Missed Both Wives
Murder in a Blanket
About Crimfe
One trouble with this country Is
that It has too much lawmaking, not
enough action. A British person named
Bretherton makes this observation :
"Not the number or excellence of a
country's laws but the extent to which
they are obeyed Is the real test of a
civilization. In the last ten years the
United States has passed over five
hundred thousand legislative enact
ments. In the same period Greui Bri
tain passed seventeen thousand. At the
same time fifty murders are commit
ted In the United States for every one
committed In Great Britain."
The value of laws doesn*t depend
so much on "the extent to which they
are obeyed" as on the extent to which
they are enforced.
John Szabo. shoemaker, had two
wives and missed them both. One \
died seven years ago and one four |
years ago. He burled them side by
side, and when, sixty-flve years old. he
missed them too much, he shot him- j
self so that his body would drop on 1
both their graves. Ills request to an j
undertaker to bury him near them
cannot he granted. That graveyard
does not accept suicides.
He Is with them now. perhaps, or
perhaps with only one, depending on
the rule concerning those that have
two or more wives In the better land.
Perhaps the number does not matter
whore they are Just spirits. How
would Solomon manage?
A new kind of gang murder in New
York. A truck driver Is found wrapped
In a brown blanket. His necktie
showed that as he struggled he was
compelled to strangle himself. Noth
ing like that since a caliph, told of
by Marco Polo, tied a neighboring
chieftain, whom he had Just conquered,
in an oriental rug and had him tram
pled to death by horses, thus "avoid
ing bloodshed."
Governor Lehman of New York says
"professional gang elements preying
upon lawful Industry havo grown to
such proportions that drastic meas
ures are Immediately needed."
Mr. Mnlroone.v, formerly police com
missioner of New York, wants "an
American Devil's Island" to discour
age racketeers, and advocates the use
of the lash.
A grand Jury official tells Senator
Copeland that witnesses against gang
sters "stand before us terrified, per- ;
splratlon standing out upon them,
afraid to speak out." (
Itacketeers, it seems, keep spies
around the grand Jury room, and who- j
ever talks is quickly punished.
Mr. Medalle, United States prosecu
tor. tells Senator Copeland, Investigat
ing rackets, that he can name four Im
portant political leaders In New York
that are controlled by gangsters, and
work In co-operation with them.
Racketeers, according to Mr. Meda
lie, contribute to both of the1 political
parties. The federal government ought
to ask Mr. Medalle about his "four
leaders."
Agents of the United States gov
ernment are showing "regular police
men" how to catch criminals and
make kidnaping and murder unsafe.
The most Important capture Is that
of Harvey Bailey, accused of the
wholesale massacre of four police offi
cers and one prisoner In Knnsas City.
Mr. Bailey had said, "I shall never
be taken alive." But when, waking
from a sound sleep, he looked Into the
barrel of a machine gun he said, "Well,
It looks like it's Just too bad, doesn't
it?" and offered his wrists to the hand
cuffs.
For htrn It may be much too had,
as he Is wnnted for murder, connected
with kfflnaplng in Missouri. There
the penalty for ^either crime Is death,
and they Inflict It.
To build up a big fortune In Eng
land Is to work for old John Bull. He
takes his shnre when you die, the big
ger the fortune, the bigger his per
centage. Sir John Beeves Ellerman
died, leaving more than sev
enteen million pounds In cash and gov
ernment securities, and the govern
ment gets eight million six hundred
thousand pounds of Inheritance tax.
The total estate will be about thirty
million pounds, meaning nnother seven
or eight million pounds for the gov
ernment.
A determined person is Mahatm*
Gandhi of India. The British know
It, and fear him more than all the
savage tribes of the northwest fron
tier. An Idea, backed by sincerity. In
dangerous.
Now Onndhl, who has kept his word
always, tells England that If It does
not make concessions he, Gandhi, will
starve himself to death. The British
know he will keep hi* word, and
they yield sufficiently to keep the
brave, emaciated little creature living.
What 240,000,000 Hindu* might do, fol
lowing Gandhi's protest death,- no one
knows.
Irritating news for Mr. Hitler of
Germany : The original dictator, Mus
solini, whom Hitler Imitates, doea not
Intend to be No. 2 In anything, and his
great ocean passenger iihlp, Ilex, has
Just taken the ocean record away from
Chancellor Hltler'a crack slilp, Ruropa.
ttlt, by King Praturt* Syndicate, Inn.
WNII S?rr1o?
PRESIDENT SPEEDS
CODE COMPLETION
Agreements by Basic Indus
tries Are Urged.
Washington. ? President Roosevelt |
Intervened to speed nctlon on codes for :
the conl, steel and oil Industries which |
threnten serlotiS delay to the national 1
recovery program.
After returning from St. Louis, !
where he addressed an NRA rally, I
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, recovery ad- j
mlnlstrator, was summoned to the
White House. lie spent an hour with
Mr. Roosevelt and left hurriedly with
out comment.
Refore conferring with the Presi
dent. Mr. Johnson summoned his aides
and obtained latest reports on develop
1 mts In the coal Industry. William
Green. president of the American Fed
eration of Labor, brought late Informa
tion. The steel Industry has heavy
Interests In conl corporations, and on
the outcome of the coal fight may de
pend what happens to steel nnd Its
code.
Officials of the recovery ndmlnlstra- !
tlon admit apprehension over the |
bituminous conl situation. The In
dustry Is split over recognition of tho !
United Mine Workers of America nnd
over minimum wages.
In the vast conl regions of Pennsyl
vania. the problem is especially acute.
It formed the hasis of n conference be
tween Governor Pinchot and President
Roosevelt. The Pennsylvania irovernor
reported the feeling In his stnte ex- j
treniel.v tense. He frankly Informed
the President thnt it was vitally necos- I
sary thnt a conl agreement be reached j
without further delay.
As efforts were pushed to solve j
problems threatening the smooth pro~. 1
ress of the recovery program, the first j
serious dissension in administration
ranks ended in the resignation of Pr<if.
William F. Oghurn. nationally known
sociologist, from tho consumers' ad
visory board.
Ogbnrn clashed with Mrs. Mary
Rnmsoy. chairman of tbe board, over
policies. General Johnson and Secre
tary of Commerce Roper sought to
transfer him to tbe central statistical
board. Oghurn declined the transfer.
In ills letter of resignation he sharplv
criticized failure of recovery officials
to protect the consumer from unwar
ranted price Increases.
George L. Googo of Atlanta south
ern representative of American Fed
eration of Labor, submitted to Edward
F. McGrad.v of the recovery agency
r>00 complaints of textile cod?- viola
tions. Application of the agreement.
Googe said, actually resulted In pay
reductions for experienced workers.
Favors Cost Druggan
5 Months in Prison
Washington. ? Terrence Druggnn.
Chicago beer baron, lost five months
of liberty and landed in a segregation i
ward pending transfer to the Atlanta
penitent iary/f>eoa use of privileges he j
obtained at the Leavenworth penitenfl [
ary annex.
The Department of Justice said It i
had approved the action of the trial
board at the prison in taking ir>0 rki.vs i
of good behavior time from Druggan.
The department also announced
that Deputy Warden P. J Kearnev
had been suspended because of the
Druggan affair and thnt Chaplain
James A. Ording. Lester M Wnhler.
guard, and Vernon R. Swearingen. au
tomohlle mechanic foreman, had been ;
dismissed.
The department said that Robert FT. i
Hudspeth, warden of tbe annex, ha 1 I
been censured, but that it appeared j
no Name could attach to him except 1
for carelessness.
Michigan Boy Sentenced
for Murdering Mother I
Flint. Mich. ? Ralfe Mar-Donald,
seventeen-year-old slayer of his wenlthv 1
mother. Mrs. Grace MacDonald. plead
ed guilty In Circuit court to a man
slaughter charge and was sentenced to
serve from 10 to 1T> years In tlie state
prison at Jackson.
In accepting a plen to manslaughter
Instend of murder, the original charge j
Judge James S. Parker said he was i
convinced from a study of the case
records that the young prisoner killed
his mother In n fit of anger after a ,
quarrel. Mrs. MacDonald w?i beaten |
to death with a book end on May 27. i
Tobacco Strike in
Puerto Rico Settled :
San Juan. ? A str "*e of tobneco strip |
pers Involving more than fi.OOO persons <
wan settled, following a visit of Gov. :
Robert H. Gore to one of the strike
centers, where be was cheered by the !
w irkers.
Upon his return to bis office he re
celved a telegram announcing a settle
ment of the difficulties, which Included
a SO per cent wage Increase for thos#
receiving less than 75 cents if day nnd
20 per cent for those getting more than
that amount.
John II. W?t?ri Di?t
Washington.? John H. Waters, sev- i
enty-four, president of the National
Rftdlator corporation and of the Unit
?r' States National hank at Johns
town, Pa., who collapsed during a con
ference In the treasury, died In a hos
pltnl.
M?rfic?I Educator Di??
Chicago.? Dr. John M. Dodson, not- I
ed medical educator and until recently '
editor of the health magazine, Fly* la,
died at his homo of uremia, lift wan
?eventy-fotir year* old.
IMPROVED
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SUNDAY I
chool Lesson
(Bjr REV. P. B. FITZ WATER, D. D.. Mem
ber of Faculty, Moody Blbla
Institute of Chlcavo. )
?, 19SS. Western Newspaper Union.
Lesson for September 3
DAVI O
LESSON TEXT ? I Samuel 16 4-13;
Psalm 78:70-72.
GOLDEN TEXT? But the Lord said
unto Samuel, Look not on his counte
nance, or on the helKht of his stature:
because I have refused him: for th?
Lord seeth not an man seeth; for man
j looketh on the outward appeirance,
i but the Lord looketh on the heart.
I Sam. 16:7.
PRIMARY TOPIC ? A Shepherd Boy.
JUNIOR TOPIC ? A Shepherd Boy
| Who Became Klnp:.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
1 IC ? Why David Was Chosen KlnR.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC ? The Secret of True Greatness.
io'"o"l1v!5:.^epherd B0)' (I Sam
As a young man !??_ was engaged In
keeping Ills father's sheep. Such a
hut It hn,Ve ten',Pd to indolence,
hut it pr0V0(] otherwise
Ho became athletic. As he himself tells
" ' ,h0 <lofense of his father's sheep
. Rlew a ""n and a hear. His mu
as? ?onSbeP h m' !>rOUKht ,lim 8Wh fmn?
court J.|rn,,p<1 to '),nv ?t the royal
? I',0n' tno- h,> >?"> become such
? Pert mnrkstnan ns to throw his
tone to foil (ho Philistine giant.
J'. David Anointed King <10
ivy , n"UIT, S?nt to nnoim
Snn'l hl\ ^ sit,,?<'on was delicate.
Snul had lipcomc ? desperate charao.
or the divine commission to be
come known to Saul, therefore, would
Imperil Samuel's life.
r i~o\ ' 'ip, mothm| of selection (vv.
? I he Lord had mad.- known to
? amuol that one of Jesse's sons was
tn ho M?. liinjr. .tl),lr
' ' " (>n<> <" Jesse's sons had
o<n looked upon, and siill the Lord's
< ioice l,ad not appeared, when the
? hepherd lad appeared before Samuel
7 nCn
,0il W!,s "PPlled the Spirit of the
?-ord came upon him.
dom' ?aVid' 3 KiMfl With0l,t King.
While Saul was rejected, the time
had not yet come for David to he head
ie nation. He needed much traili
ng before assuming such responslhil
' ' ' ll)en- ,no* ??>e evil I nil uences in
augurated hy Saul needed time for de
velopment so as to he properlv dis
cerned and controlled
(I fcXV'* " ,'OV'" C""rl
a. He was called as n musician to
minister before the king (diaps. 10
Thb0 Vit'!?ry ?VPr n?liath <th?P- 17).
The armies of Saul and the Philistines
were arrayed against each other. Ac
cording to an ancient custom, the issue
was to he determined by a combat be
tween two selected champions. The
nation whose champion was victorious
was to rule. The Philistine champion
was Oollath. the giant. The sight of
Israels cowardice prompted David to
Offer his service. When Oollath be
held David coming against him, he
cursed him by his gods, showing that
It was not merely a battle between
Da\ld and Oollath, but between false
gods and the true C.od,
c. Friendship with Jonathan (chan
friendship has become Im
mortalized In the world's thought It
was unique In that It occurred' be
tween (wo men of rival worldly Inter
ests. Jonathan was the crowji' prim e
and therefore heir to the throne. Da
vid was heir according to the divine
P an. Jonathan knew this and waived
his rights to the one whom Ood had
chosen. In the establishment of the
covenant between them. Jonathan
stripped himself of his coat, robe, and
equipment, giving them to David. This
meant a virtual abdication of the
throne to David. As a friend, Jona
than ?
(1) Defended Oavld from Saul's
frenzy (P.); 1-7). *
(2) Revealed fo David Saul's mur
derous Intent (20 .M0-4O).
1'. David's life as an outcast. f'hnr>
ters 21 to :<l describe David's life be
tween his being driven out from the
presenee of Saul and his being estab
II. lied king. 1 he praise aeeorded him
following the viefory over Oollath pro
voked such violent Jealousy In the
heart of Saul that he sought to kill
David. lo escape Saul's wrath he fled
the country and feigned madness
o !V,', D'V,d- Made K,n? <" K?rn.
I .' 1 - 1 4 ; f? : 1 - ; ? ) .
L Over Judah (H Sam. 2 M i) iln
on the death of Haul. Ood directed
David to proceed to Hebron and lm
was there anointed king over Judah
2. Over Israel (II Sain. 5:1 r, ) Aft
er the death of Ishbosheth, the chil
dren of Israel came nnd formed a
league with David, anointing him as
kinK- n,,,V nsslgned as their
reasons:
a. He was their brother.
b. He was their leader In war
c. He was the Lords choice.
Fv^'-tinr Arm*
"The everlasting arms." f think of
them whenever rest Is sweet? how the
whole earth and the strength of It
that Is, a I mightiness, Is beneath every
tired creature, to give It rest, holdlnr
tin always. No thought of Ood Is
closer than that. --Adeline D. T Whit
ney.
to Rntr
Losses and crosses are heavy to
hear; but when our hearts nre right
with Ood. it Is wonderful how easy
the yoke becomes.? <!. ft. Hptirgeon.