The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, October 25, 1933, Image 4
The Wateree Messenger
Published Every Wednesday by
CUAS. W. BIRCHMORE, Prop.
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the Postoffice at Camden. S. C.
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Wednesday, October 24, 1933
A closc man seldom has many dost
friends.
Americanism: Having big parades
for the relief of the unemployed.
The jnodern suitor promises to love
her always ? even after they arc di
vorced
An optimist is one who hopes to
hear a radio comedian crack a new
joke somo day.
Striking miners did their bit to
ward the recent observance of Fire
Prevention Week.
Jim Farley and party returning
from Texas report that Jack Garner
was not really lost.
How the mighty have fallen! All
Notre Dame could do was to hold
Kansas to a scoreless tie.
Another obstacle to recovery is
that the pessimists seem to have
most of the money and are holdnig
on to it.
NRA sends out questionnaire con
cerning employment and wages.
Seems to be stealing Literary Di
gest' stuff.
England is investigating the L-2G
submarine accident. It will probab
ly be discovered that the victims are
still dead.
We won't really know who won the
World War until we find out how
much indemnity Herr Hitler will de
mand from tho Allies.
Government agencies with unwied
ly names are referred to by their
initials? RFC, NRA, CCC, AAA etc.
Now we have the Smokeless Coal
Authority Bureau, which unfortu
nately must function under the desig
nation of SCAB.
GETTING THINGS DONE
Criticism of industrial and business
leaders is never lacking, but when n
community desires some important j
and difficult public service performed 1
it generally turns to one of these
leaders for guidance. Wo are remind
of this fact by the recent selection
of Thomas W. Martin, president of
the Aalbama Power Company, to
head tho Birmingham Community
Chest campaign.
Like other industrial cities, Bir
mingham has been hard hit by un
employment, and its relief problem,
even with government aid, is a tre
mendous one. In view of Mr. Mar
tin's impressive record, it is no
wonder that his city turned to him
in this emergency.
His company is recognized an one
of tho most progressive and efficient
in tho country. This year it received
throe national prize awards from Jjie
Edison Electric Institute? ono for
"tho greatest contribution to the ad
vancement of rural electrification,"
another for "tho greatest contribution
to tho advancement of electirc light
ing of commercial and public build
ings," and a third for a paper relat
ing to commercial and merchandising
problems of teh iftdu&try.
What is of even more interest to
the general public is the fart that
the company's rates have been pro
grossively lowerod during a period of
soveral years, and they are now
among tho lowest, if not the very
lowest, in tho entire United States.
Mr. Martin's selection to head
Birmingham's relief organization is
?nwely another illustration of the
habit folks have of sookir.g leaders
who can do things when they want
' o get Important things done.
After his marriage to Mrs. Nettie
Knapp of Philadelphia Rolin Coodel
entertained the wedding guests with
a solo, "The Prisoner'* Seng."
THE WOMAN'S BURDEN
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It seems rather strange that so
many men who insist upon having
the most modern labor-saving devices
for their offices and business estab
lishments appear to be indifferent to
the needs for similar equipment in
thei: homes.
While this indifference is mostl>
unintentional, the fact remains that
the average housewife is unduly
burdened through the lack of facili
ties which might be given her at a
relatively insignificant cost. As a
recent writer on home economics apt
ly say^i- '"Women take the burdens
which fall upon [hem through the em
ployment of antiquated methods at
the risk of loyrrrg-their beauty, their
health and_their husbands."
But perhaps th ewomen themselves
are in part to blame. In many cases
they will insist upon the purchase of
a fancy piece of furniture, or some
other non-essential adornment for
the home when the same expenditure,
or less, might provide a modern
washing machine, or one of the many
devices which would li^fhtxn her daily
\ ,b<> a.
One woman writer says: "We
women need mo- iu sehold equip
ment, and if we v.-i>v!d s. ?rnly resolve
to pe.mit nothing to interfere with
getting it we would be much happier
and much pleasanter to live with."
And, as a parliamentarian might say,
her point is well taken.
BAD HOYS REFORMED
Like all other cities, Detroit has
had its bad boy problem. From the
juvenile court records it appeared
that in a recent year one out of every
eight boys from 17 to 19 years of age
had been an sted. Detroit led all
the big cities in juvenile delinquency.
Then a number of citizens took
notice to the situation and organized
the Boys' Club <>f Detioit. A four
story building was fitted up with
lockers, showers, games, workshops
and the like, and the boys were invit
ed to make themselves at home. The
membership now numbers nearly
4,000, -vith dues of 25 cents a year.
These boys are dra\yn from the
class which formerly roamed the
streets, engaging in all sorts of de
viltry. Now they spend much time
in their club, playing games or build
ing radios, airplane models, toys and
many useful articles. A specialty is
making toys for crippled children,
craftsmanship going hand in hand
with social education. .
Members of the clug seldom come
before the juvenile court any more.
With suitable outlets for their en
ergies they do not find it necessary
to engage in anti-social activities.
Great good has been accomplished
through the initiative of a group /of
forward-looking citizens who did not
believe that the "bad" boy was as
bad as he seemed to be. And results
have proved that they were right.
THE SUPREME COURT
It is interesting to note that while
31 citizens of the U. S. have been ele
l^vated to the presidency, only 11 have
been appointed chief justice since the
foundation of our government ? Jay,
Rutledge, Ellsworth, Marshall, Taney
Chase, Waite, Fuller, White Taft and
Hughes.
One of these, John Rutledge, was
never confirmed by the Senate, as
evidence of approaching insanity de
veloped about the time of his appoint
ment by President Wa hington in
17!>.r>, and Ellsworth was named in his
stead a few months later.
John Marshall served longer than
any other chief justice, 34 years, and
< I i c < I in office at the age of X0. Taney
served 28 years until his death at the
age of K7. Jay, the first chief justice
was the youngest at the time of his
appointment, being only 44. Marshall
was appointed at 'ho age of 40.
Among former associate justices of
the Supreme Couit, Joseph Story, ap
pointed at the age of 32, was the
youngest, while William Johnson was
33 at the time of his appointment.
The high ability and undisputed^
integrity of our highest court, have
always been a sourcrt of pride to
every American citizen. The court as
at present constituted firmly main
tains the best traditions of the dis
tinguished jurists who served in the
earlier day of the Republic.
After having beeen muto for sev
eral years Walter Schuet.ze of Ber
lin regained his speech while laugh
at a "movie."
Maurice Shapiro and David Schin
er were arrested in Atlantic City
when police discovered them selling
genuine $10 bills for $5 each.
THE NEED FOR COOPERATION
GROWS
The farmer who believes that be
cause government is seeking to do
certain things for him, he need do
nothing for himself, might ponder
these words of Governor Henry Mor
genthau, Jr., of the Farm Credit Ad
ministration: "I believe in coopera
tion both as a way of advancement
and as "a necessity for the American
framer. I don't believe any new xorin
of economy or new regulation of pro
duction will ever make it less neces
sary. It is more likely to increase the
importance of it."
Agricultural cooperation means
hat the farmer, in association with
his fellows, is taking definite steps to
help himself ? and is adopting the
soundest and most proven means of
achieving a given end. The govern
ment itself recognizes that ? and th<
careful reader of recent farm legis
lation will be impressed by the em
phasis laid on cooperative methods.
Indeed, Mr. Morerenthau says that tlu
new system amounts to a chair, of
hanks for cooperatives. The goven'
ment is going V help by providing
necessary financing, and the re<=t i
up to organized farmers.
During three years of depression
the membership rolls of the estab
lished cooperatives have constantly
grown. During the next few year.? ?
the ''years of recovery ? their rat*> of
growth should be immensely accele
rated. If that happens, and all indi
cations are that it will, agriculture
faces a bright future.
WHERE LS THE MONEY TO
COME FROM?
"The nation is soon to call upon
the public utilities to place huge 'cap
ital' orders for material and machin
ery in order to revive 'he 'heavy* in
dustries which are large employers,"
says an editorial in the Riverside.
California, Enterprise "A glance at
the present quotations of utility
stocks, which drop with each new on
slaught of the public ownership bri
gade, makes one wonder how they
will raise the money for an expansion
program." ^
Elsewhere, the Enterprise speaks
i/f demagogic efforts to "harpoon"
the utilities. That describes the sit
uation aptly. They have been attack
ed, on the one hand, with tax-free,
?ubsidized public competition, and on
the other by the assessment of many
special taxes which have appreciably
raised operating costs and ni many
instances imperiled the paying of
dividends. They have been the vic
tims of an insidious campaign of
half-truths and untruths. They have
subscribed to codes to lower working
hours and raise wages ? and in a
number of the states commissions
have said definitely that this increas
ed expense, made in the interest of
national recovery, at the request of
the President, would not be consid
ered grounds for rate adjustments.
That is the position the utilities are
in now. They have always been
among the first to expand and en
courage progress, when community
and national interests made it de
sirable. They have beeen, and still
are, one of the two or three greatest
tax-paying and wag-paying industries
And it is doubtless true that utility
managements are eager to do their
part in buying materials and supplies
to invigorate other industries. If they
are unable to earn or attract the cap
ital which would make this possible,
demagogic political policies which
have boon undermining thorn, must
take their full share of the blame.
MACK TO THE FARM!
National interest has been aroused
in a suggestion made a short tirm
Kr" by Editor Walter I'. McOuire of
the Southside Virginia News, Peters
burg, Vi.ginia, the suggestion being
that farm boys keep on the farm.
It's a simple suggestion, and a very
sound one. How much unemployment
'lis been caused by the trek from
farm to city is problematical 'but it
would make an impressive total.
These young men, for the most part,
are untrained ami inexperienced and
unfitted for factory work. They
rarely find jobs above the common
labor level. They are the first to be
dismissed when times get hard- and
the last to be taken back when recov
ery starts.
They know farming and the farm,
is where they belong, for their own
good and for that of the nation. Tt|
is fine the farm that thty have their (
chance to prosper and live happy and i
and useful lives. It's time the trer.d
was reversed ? with the farm-boys- J
I turned-city -boys going homo again.
Sidelights
In the annual selection of most
valuable big league ball players by
sports writers recently resulted in
the choice of Jimmy Foxx of the Ath
letics for the American, and Carl
Hubbell of the Giants for the Nat
ionals. Hubbell pitched two lull
games fir his team in the 1933
world's seri s and won them both.
Rev. John Haynes Holmes, the not-|
ed liberal preacher of New York, sug- !
gests a code for churches, urging
among other things "abolition of cut
throat competition" among various
denominations. He advises the
churches to accept the data of
sciences, to oppose war and light
poverty.
It is told of the late William L.
Veeck, president of the Chicago Cubs,
from 1919 until his recent death, that
he got into taht position in a rather
unusual manner. He was a sports
writer and razzed Owner Wrigely un
mercifully daily because of the Cubs
poor showing. Exasperated, Wrigely
sarcastically asked Veeck if he
thought he could do better. Veeck
said yes, and was given the job. Dur
nig his connection with the Cubs he
won two pennants, but lost bo' h
world's series, 1929 and 193:'.
A great and enthusiastic welcome
was given the Lindberghs on the oc
casion of their recent visit to Mos
cow. Time recalls that when Lind
bergh made his epochal flight from
New York to Paris in 1927 only one
Russian newspaper mentioned it at
all and that one gave it only three
lines of type, printed three days late.
Russians considered the feat "bourg
eois sensationalism."
Plate glass insurance is one of the
oldest forms of accident coverage, and
was first written in Philadelphia 6(1
years ago. In those days it ir, said
that Philadelphia afr excelled New
York in the way of modern *Tiops
making elaborate window displays,
hence earlier equipped with plate
glass windows.
Clyde Reatty of Hagenbeck-Wal
lace circus is generally conceded to
be the world's greatest lion and tiger
tamer. He got married the other day
which prompts the Dothan Eagle to
class him also as a great optimist
.and remarks that we now will see if
he really knows his business.
Lloyds of London, who write insur
ance or lay wagers on anything, are
reported to be offering odds of 2 to 1
that another Europehn war bill begin
within 18 months. We hope Lloyds
wrong, but if right we hope Uncle
Sam will have good sense to stay out
of it. Making the world safe for
something once is quite enough. It
seems that in the last war we made
it safest fo rdictators.
Nagging Pains are
Warning Signals
TEMPORARY pain relief remedies
may save you mueh suffering at
the moment, but putting a mask
over a warning signal does not
clear up the condition It was toll
ing you to avoid.
Whon periodic pains, duo to a
weak, run-down condition, dis
tress you, treatment for the cause of
the trouble should he stnrted without
delay. Take Cardul to build up against
the nairtclm? symptoms of ordinary
womanly ailments. So mnny women
praise CARDTTI. It must be good to
nave the widespread use that It has
to'lay. Sold at druK Htores. Try It f
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CHARLOTTE THOMPSON NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Smith are re
ceiving congratulations on th^ birth
<>f a daughter born October Hth at the
home of Mrs. Smith's parents, Mr. (
and Mrs. Joye in the Ar.tioch Com
munity.
Friends of Mrs. W I). Rranham aro
delighted to know that she is recov- I
rring nicely after a recent Illness. i
Miss Frances Dennis who is at- J
tending Draughan* Business College, |
in Columbia spent tho weekend at!
hnm?.
.Y! . s.' " X/.abeth Cillis has returned
home after a visit to relatives in St.
Charles.
Miss May Rush had tho misfortune
of having her car stolen lsst Wednes
day night from the Fair .Grounds.
Thus far tho authorities have no clew
of tho guilty ono but it is hoped that f
tho thief will bo caught and dealt
with and her car restored to her.
Mr. and Mrs. F M Melletto and sons
spent Sunday afternoon In Columbia, j
Mrs. Helms is the guest of he^
daughter, Mm. J B Cannon. I
Red Cross Poster of 1933
Appeals for Help for Needy
Shirley Poirier Depicts Spirit
Of Junior Red Cross in Movie
Tornado Is Most Frequent
Disaster; Causes Heavy
Loss of Lives
What type of disaster occurs most
frequently in the United States?
'\ li I h question Is aimwui od from
the relief annals of the American
Rod Cross which show over a period
of years that the tornado, or cyclone
as it is called in norno sections. Is the
most frequent and claims a heavy
toll of life. It swoops almost with
out warning, and in the terrific
whirlpool of its fierce winds It fie
stroys all in its path.
The I { ed Cross nave relief in 41
tornadoes in eighteen states last
year. The tornadoes killed 320 per
sons. injured 2.7.r?.r> and the Ked
(Jrost* ?ave aid to 21.73X who were
homeless, injured r? r otherwise vie
tims of the storms.
Toll of the Earthquake
When a severe ''firl hriuake killed 9T?
persons; i ii i ii roil 4,011 nnd d'*st royod
Boveral thousand homos in Southern
California hint March, tho Rod (5ro*s
was flr?t upon I ho ground wit h einer
goncy relief. It required moro than
throe months for tho Hod Ctorb to
restore the needy to a self sustaining
basis. Tho organization expended a re
lief fund of $41 1.000.
Serve* Under Five President*
John Marton Pay no, a retired Judge
and lawyer of international reputation.
Is serving Ills twolflh year as chairman
of tho American Itorl dross. Ills service
Is without pay. and Ms appointment l?
by tho President of the United States
He has served by appointment In high
public odlco under five prosldontn ?
Wilson, Harding, Cooiidgo, Hoovor and
RooBovolt.
Prepared to Save Livea
One of 111 o most valuable services
given to tin: American public hy the
Hod Cross is through its Life Saving
and First Aid courses. Virtually all of
the life guards at beaches and pools In
the nation ;iro Red Cross life savers.
Nearly every industry in America sup
ports the First Aid work of the Rod
Cross because it annually saves lives
of thousands of injured p< rvons. These
courses are Ian :ht hy Red Cross ex
perts In both lines, I.ast year <><>,354
certificates ivitc issued to persons com
pleting the First Aid course and 78,795
certificates for completing Life Saving
instruction.
War Veterans' Problems \
Not since the period of the World
War has the Red Cross faced n greater
problem in handling the claims of
World War and other vetenms. Duo to I
the changes in the regulations cover
in:; veterans' claims, chapters all over
the nation have been crowded with vet
eran applicants for relief and for ser
vice in preparing appeals. During last
year Red Cross home service work of
In 3,2<iS chapters dealt with Iho pro'j
lerns of 411,121 ex service men or their
families. The chapters also aided 7,340
men still In the regular army, navy and
marine corps.
An Army of Children
The membership In the Junior Rod
Cross last year was 0,020.800 hoys and
girls In schools, private, public and
parochial They enjoyed volunteer work
In hospitals and for orphans, the aged
and crippled, and also aided their
schoolfellows by providing attention
for their eyes, purchasing their glasses,
and giving many other types of service
to them. The Juniors aid their school
work by carrying on correspondence
nnd the exchange of portfolios with
fcchoup chlldron In other nations.