The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, December 13, 1933, Image 2
This Week
b Arthur Brisbank
Kidnapers Warned
Jacksonville Cheerful
Says Bovah to Smith
One Snow-White Pig
A mob Is a mob, anywhere. North,
South, Fast or West. The six thou
sand men that gathered around a Cali
fornia Jail, howling for the lives of
two vile criminals, defying clouds of
tear gad. breaking through prison doors
and hanging their battered victims to
trees, are the same as any other mob
Thousands of them, the day after,
did not recognize In themselves the
man that had shared the mob's work.
Every man In the mob. on reflection,
will regret the treatment of Sheriff
Etnlg, who did his duty. Defending the
prisoners, he was knocked Renseless
and sent to a hospital. To Sheriff Emig
the capture of the kidnapers Is due.
He arrested one of them. Thurmond,
while he telephoned a threatening
message to the parents of the kid
naped man.
i
The rage of a mob broke loose after
the body of the kidnapers' victim was
found ? murdered, according to their
confessions.
All California, the mob Itself, will
regret the violation of law, to which I
no provocation should drive good cltl- j
zens.
But there Is good In evil. From this
lynching tliose engaged In the kidnap
ing Industry, or contemplating it, will
learn that kidnaping Is unpopular,
leads to death for the criminals, and
becomes, for them, more dangerous ev
ery day.
The two victims of the lynching, It
they know anything, now know that
crime, kidnaping especially, does not
pny.
Jacksonville Is to Florida what San.
Francisco Is to California ? a railroad,
business and financial center, and an
Important shipping center, soon to be
come more Important, thanks to Presi
dent Roosevelt. He will spend public
money, usefully, putting through, by
way of Jacksonville, a ship canal from
the Atlantic ocean to the Gulf, short-* !
enlng the route from New York to all j
Gulf ports, and to the west coast :
through the Panama canal.
Jacksonville, energetic and cheerful, I
good times or bad, Is more cheerful 1
than usual because fresh government ;
money was coming to town. The gov- I
eminent starts spending $l,.r?00.000 a |
week on public works In Florida, and |
Jacksonville's pay roll will be $2r>0,000
a week, In useful public work.
Those may be, as former Governor
Smith says, "baloney dollars," but they '
will be welcome, useful dollars.
Senator Borah rejects Governor
Smith's criticism of what Mr. Smith
calls President Roosevelt's "baloney
dollars." The Idaho senator says the
President's gold buying Is sound. H?
Uve9 In the West among farmers where
money is scarce. Alfred B. Smith lives
tn New York where they have about all
the money there Is.
Senator Borah says "the gold dollar
Is the most dishonest dollar ever cre
ated, except absolutely Irredeemable
paper money."
A practical answer to criticism of
President Roosevelt comes from the
Department of Commerce, showing
that the outside world Is using out
cheaper dollars to buy goods, thus giv
ing employment to American work
men. Our exports in October were at
their highest point since 1931.
Northern Florida presents an Inter
esting mixture of trees; palms strug
gllng against colder weather, Innumer
able trees with long gray moss hang
Ing down, some adventurous oaks from
the North, their leaves turning bright
red ? much to the surprise of real
Florida trees, probably ? and beside
the track half way between Jackson
vllle and the pleasant little town ol
Glen St. Mary you see perfect happi
ness.
It Is "hog-kllllng time." Two fall j
sized shoats, whose troubles are over i
lie on their side on a table, two cheer :
ful colored men enthusiastically
scraping off the bristles.
A full grown hog Is hanging head i
down from the limb of a tree. Is snow
white from hind hoofs to snout, with
* red line down the center.
There is happiness In the little or
rhard beside the black frame cabin
as those pigs are prepared for their
ultimate duty. All members of the
plg-ownlng family are present ? worn
en, old and young, children, big and
little, M 1th reserved places Inside the
orchard Inclosure. Neighbors, dozens
of them, lean on and look over the
fence. Their prophetic gaze sees, as
In a crystal ball, hams, shoulders
sausage meat, pigs' feet, sparo ribs,
head-cheese, blood pudding, through
the winter months.
You that languidly study the exten
slve bill of fare "trying to make up
your mind" can never know the thrill
that radiates from a snow white pig
hanging head down In a colored man's
orchard.
The unexj>ectod Is hard to deal with.
Kenneth Meeker of Montana, whose
business Is catching rattlesnakes,
shipped 100 big ones this summer to
?he Ohlongo exposition. His friends,
hearing him yell for help in a distant
field, aatd: "Some rattler has got him
At last." -When they reached him thej
found M mouse had run up Mis leg.
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WMT7
COTTON IS CONSTANT
COMPANION OF MAN
Has Earned Right to Be
Called King of Textiles.
Washington. ? Cotton' prices, cotton
surpluses, cotton production, consump
tion and export figures, new uses of
cotton, and, more recently, new regu
lations by the federal government lim
iting cotton-growing acreage, ? keep
America's heat known fiber constantly
In the public eye.
Why the great public Interest In
cotton?
"Because about one-tenth of the
population of the United States, and
many more millions of people on every
continent, depend upon cotton for a
livelihood and, because it is Indis
pensable to modern civilization," says
a bulletin from the National Geo
graphic society.
"(Jo where you will, by any means
of transportation In the civilized
world, and cotton will be your travel
ing companion. Step Into an automo
bile and you are supported by tires
containing cotton fabric. You sit on
upholstery thnt probably contains cot
ton threads, and are protected by a
top to which cotton contributed.
Can't Get Away From It.
"Or {jo yachting. Your ship, no doubt,
will be equipped with cotton awnings,
hatch covers and 'linens.' Or try to
evade the fiber by climbing Into an
airplane. You will discover that cot
ton fabric covers the airplane wings
and thnt cotton dissolved in chemicals
Is the 'dope' that protects the wings
from wind and weather. The engi
neers of our railroad trains wear cot
ton overalls, and the window shades
and seat covers of modern passenger
cars once were a part of the snow
white landscape of a cotton field.
Kven old Dobbin still wears a cotton
..lined collar, and the buggy he occa
sionally draws may have a cotton top
and bits of Imitation leather here and
there that cotton helped produce.
"Stroll down 'Main street' of a mod
ern town and cotton in many forms
strolls with you. You pass men who
wear cotton from their hatbands to
the linings of their shoefj. In white,
black and all the colors of the rain
bow. you observe cotton ties, hose,
shirts, suits, collars, uniforms," over
coats, and ,3hoe laces. The feminine
companions of the cotton-clad men
wear hats and dresses, and carry um
brellas of cotton.
"A glance at thousands of bolts of
cloth on department store shelves re
veals that between the time cotton
leaves the plantation and reaches the
retailer, it assumes many disguises.
For instance. If you purchase calico,
cretonne, corduroy, or chintz, you are
buying cotton. And the same goes for
a long list of textiles from apron
cloth, batiste and cambric through the
alphabet to velveteen and voile. ,
"In a typical American home, cot
ton has earned the right to be called
king of textiles. Step over the
threshold and your foot may alight
upon a cotton rug; pictures hang on
waits covered with cotton cloth; you
relax In a chair upholstered with cot
ton and listen to a phonograph record
which contains cotton, playing a re
cent 'blues' song Inspired by life In
the Southern cotton belt. Within eye
shot are cotton draperies, window
shades, sofa cushions, and chair and
table covers.
"In the dining room perhaps the
table 'linen' Is cotton or part cotton,
and cotton wicks protrude from ar
tistically designed candles. In the
kitchen one may discover a cotton bag
for crushing Ice, a cotton mop, cotton
wiping cloths; and perhaps cotton had
some part In the manufacture of the
linoleum on the floor and tbo oilcloth
on the table. Open the pantry door
aod again you find cotton. >?>ne of the
newest methods of packing small quan
tities of oranges, potatoes, and onions
Is by the use of coarse mesh cotton
bags. Of course the housewife long
has bought sugar, salt and flour in
cotton bngs, as well as cheese with
cotton covering.
No End of the Uses.
"Perhaps the bedrooms contain more
cotton than any other/ room In the
home. Cotton sheets, pillow cases,
quilts, and blankets for beds are wide
ly used, while in men's and women's
wardrobes are handkerchiefs, under
wear, night clothes, lounging and bath
robes, and house slippers of cotton.
In the bathroom hang cotton towels
and wash cloths, and a cotton shower
curtain, and In the medicine cabinet
Is fluffy cotton ltsel' as well as
bandage gauze. ?
"On the bathing beach cotton bath
ing suits and shoes are seen ; at boxing
matchetT~boxers swing cotton padded
gloves; at football games, cotton-lined
shoulder pads protect the players; at
the movies spectators view pictures
projected from cotton-made films ; ten
nis players wear cotton shoes ; on golf
links cotton flags fly on every green;
and at the baseball park, cotton-covered
bags mark three bases of the diamond.
"Cotton bagging for cotton bales Is
taking the place of Jute bagging to a
I
slight extent In some parts of the cot
ton belt; builders of cement roads are
covering 'green' cement with cotton
fabric Instead of burlap ; engine build
ers use cotton packing; oil refiners
and chemists employ cotton filter
cloth; and cotton conveyer belts are
popular In the baking and confection
ery Industry.
"One who holds In his hands a
pound of light, fluffy cotton, will find
it difficult to realize tlmt about 12,
OOO.OOO.QOO such handfuls were pro
duced on the world's cotton planta
tions last year. Pressed Into so-called ?
farmers' bales, those handfuls would
make about 24,000,000 bales.
"More than 40,<XX),(XX) acres, or an
area nearly as large as Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Delaware and Connecti
cut, combined, produce American cot
ton. The seeds are planted In rows
three to four feet apart. When the
plants are several Inches tall the rows
are hoed by hand, and healthy plants
12 to 18 Inches apart are left to de
velop. At maturity the plants are
virtually sturdy trees three to four
feet high. The cotton flower Is snow- .j
white when the bud bursts. Later It
changes through pink to red. The red
petals fall, leaving at their base a l
little green boll slightly larger than a
pea. The boll slowly swells to nearly
the size of a golf ball. Then It ripens,
bursts open, and In a day or two be
comes a mass of fluffy white cotton,
ready to pick. Practically all cotton
Is picked by hand but experiments are
constantly being carried out to de
velop machinery lo perforin this
work."
Kept Wedding Secret_for Months
Elinor Smith, famous aviutrlx who Is holder of several women's records,
nnd her husband, Patrick Sftllivan, Jr., assemblyman from the Eleventh dis
trict, in their New YorK home. The marriage of the couple, last July 30, was
recently tevealed, much to the surprise of even their closest friends. They ex
plained the reason for their reticence regarding the nuptials was the election.
Ten Millions Saved in
Year by U. S. Students
New York. ? During the school year
closing June 30, 1933, pupils enrolled
In the schools of the United States de
posited $10,332, .r>G9 In school savings.
It was announced here hy \V. Espey
Alblg, deputy manager of the Ameri
can Bankers association, in his annual
report on school savings activities.
For the second successive year with
drawals exceeded deposits, although
the excess of withdrawals over de
posits was less by $000,000 this year
than last, Mr. Alblg says, describing
the many ways In which withdrawals
proved the value of funds accumu
lated by this form of thrift In meeting
emergency requirements resulting from
business conditions.
"Three years ago school savings de
War Fear Speeds Up Defense
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European Nations Steadily
Increasing Armaments.
I'm rl h. ? European nations, obsessed
by fear of Impending war. steadily are
Increasing t ti?*i r armaments.
Two factors lie behind the Increase
In t ho arms bunion - 1 1??? fear that
Hitlerite Cermnny Is preparing for re
venge and Hip belief that tlip ^dis
armament conference will fall.
Frnnce has speeded up work on
frontier fortifications, stretching from
Dunkirk to Hasle and from Mount
Rlanc on the Swiss frontier to Nice on
the Mediterranean.
At the same time the defense min
istries have he??n modernizing their
forces and accelerating the mechan
ization of the army. Pierre Cot, ?i 1 r
minister, lias Just authorized the pur
chase of 25 I >e Woltlne pursuit planes.
Reports from London say that the
Rritlsh air ministry has ordered KM)
new fighting planes In addition to
the regular replacements. The planes
will have a speed of 2IV0 miles an
hour.
The Hrltlsh air ministry nlso has
ordered n number of trlmotorod flying
boats equipped with one and one-half
pounder rapid firing guns.
Itrltaln also Is expected to speed up
her 1033 naval building progrnin,
Relglum has Just appropriated 7.r>0
(KM), 000 francs to develop frontier de
fenses and enable her army to block
a sudden attack from the east ? mean
Ing Oermany.
This sum will be used to fortify the
Herve plateau, develop anti-aircraft
defense from the ground, buy new pur
suit ?n<l bombing planeA, Increase
munition stocks, artillery and small
wcnponR.
Keports thnt Germany had n plan
to attack France ti.v passing through
Switzerland induced the Swiss gov
eminent to . appropriate additional
funds for national defense. These
funds are to he devoted to Increasing
the reserve supplies of arms and muni
tlon.
Tunnel Sought to
Reach Gold Deposit
Cripple Creek, Colo. ? Gold de
posits worth $90,000,000,000 six
times more than the world now pos
sesses ? would he made nvnilahio
for low-grade mining operations un
der plans being sponsored hy Crip
ple Creek mining inert.
The plan calls for the digging of
n tunnel Ave miles long to drnln
the gold mines In the Cripple Creek
district and lower Hie water level
OOO to 7(H) feet. At present mining
operations are carried on aa far
down as the 2,400 foot level. Kngi
neers estimate thnt vnst bodies of
gold ore lie beneath tills ieveB
In addition to freeing the 'nines
of water, the tunnel would release
wnter enough to Irrigate 20,000
acres of the fertile Arkansas val
ley between Canon City nnd Pu
eblo, Oolo,
An application for a lonn of $1,.
000, 0(H) to finance the undertaking
lias been approved by Clov, Kd C.
Johnson and Is now before the goy
ernrnent officials In Washington.
posits reached the high mark of $29,
11 3,0011,'' ?'!? report says. "In three
years annual deposits In school sav
ings have shrunk by $18,800,000, thus
harking hack ten years In deposits.
During the year 1922-1023 deposits
amounted to $10,031,838, a sum greater
by $300,000 than that deposited this
year."
In 1922-23, Mr. Albig points out, but
0,808 schools afforded opportunity for
school savings as against 10,890 for
the year Just closed Rnd the number
of pupils participating was 1.790,851
as against 3,080,085.
Too Many Relatives
Sydney. Australia. ? Wong Wah
? lop, wealthy Australian Chinese, be
queathed $5,000 to the descendants of
his ancestor, Nein Hat Tsu, who died
hundreds of years ago. Netn Hat's de
scendants are estimated at 5,000, and
the courts are being asked what Is to
be done about It.
. HIGHLY HONORED
Jeffersonlan Democrats nre Jubilant
over the appointment of a "Kentucky I
Breckinridge" as first womnn delegato
to the Pan-American congress. Sh*>
In Miss Sophonlsbn Preston Breckin
ridge, Samuel Deutsch professor of j
public welfare ndmlnlstratlon nt tho I
University of Chicago. Her great
grandfather, John Breckinridge, served
ns Jefferson's attorney general, and
ber great -granduncle James BrWckln
rldge, helped found the University of
Vlrglnln. Her fnther served Ave terms
In congress from Kentucky, and bis
couRln, John Cabell Breckinridge, was
at thirty Ave Vice President with Presi
dent Buchanan. Her friends >wy that
she Is one of the most brilliant ever to
bear tho narno.
Be Elegant, Js Fashion's Message
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
Nothing lq^-Uje way of sump
tuous fabrics, fine laces, precious
furs, glittering embroideries antt
gleaming Jewels Is too luxurious to
satisfy fashion's ambition this season.
The bringing back of the formal
afternoon velvet stilt is perhaps one
of the most significant events in this
mode of elegance.
As every style-conscious woman
knows when the velvet daytime suit
de luxe is in fashion there is a lot
that must ho lived up to In the way
of endless accessory elegancies. In
proof of which we refer you to the
charming little outfit which costumes
the young modern seated In the group
pictured.
The velvet which fashions this mod
ish two-piece is a super quality l.vons
type. The fur Is hlack skunk which
was considered a most popular trim
ming in early Victorian days. The
frill of tine lace down the front and
peeping from lieneath the fur-cuffed
sleeves matches the lace of the blouse.
Of course you have noticed how like
a quaint basque of yore are the lines
of the pert little snug-fitting Jacket.
The wee chapeau is in perfect keep
ing with the theme.
Another trend In velvet daytime
fashions which should be mentioned
because of its Importance this season
Is that of the fur-bordered tunic suit.
The opportunities for fur and velvet
opulency offered,- Is beyond wildest
flights of imagination. Then there is
CAPES BACK AGAIN
a IN LATEST STYLES
Onpos are back again.
I.lttle waist length capes appear
with daytime and dinner gowns. Hip
length capes of fur or wool are worn
with street costumes. Long cloaks are
swept about the most regal evening
gowns.
Mlp-length capes for t>oth daytime
?ind evening wear are the newest fash
Ion note They appear In fur. wool and
-Ilk treated to new tricks.
lleim uses rich bronze seal and
_'alyaV tinted a nen gold beige called
?'chrome" to make striking hlp
iength capes for daytime wear. Some
times they are worn with a muff and
toque to match, aga I n they appear
with wool accessories matching the
frock.
Chanel designs hip and three-quar
ter Idigth wool rapes for sports and
travel wear. Deep green ribbed wool
frocks and suits appear with loose
capes, of the same fabric, swinging
from the sh?>iil''?'ra.
SHtiaparelli m-.iis trie hip length capo
to the evening style picture, with a
striking model of bright I'elplng red
taffeta having a quilted effect, worn
with a slender gown of silver gray
sat in.
Diadem* and Headbands
Grace Evening Coiffures
Sweet young things struggling with
hair In th<? "between permanents"
stage, find In the evening coiffure a
maddening problem. Vionet, Lanvin,
and other designers have taken pity
on their plight by creating diadems
and headbands which transform an
ordinary "hank of hair" Into a thing
of loveliness. The girl with the too
round face will look positively eth
ereal and (Jlsh like when she bedecks
her tressos with the Kusslan type of
diadem. The woman whose features
Incline tp the classic gains becoming
dignity with the Oreclan type of head
dress. Wither Is the quintessence of
rhlc for wear with the season's most
ravishing evening gowns.
S*p*r?tii Skirts
There Is always a place In the mode
for the smartly fashioned sepnrate
skirt. It Is a favorite of the college
I r I . for with a skirt or two nnd enoigh
blouses, she can give nn endless varl
ety to her wardrobe.
the strictly tailored short Jack
eted velvet suit which looks
smartest when topped wiltt h
beret of Its very own vol vet\
belong, who always dresses
the young tille so beautifully
presn^s the model posed to the
left in The group. It 1? done In
-4^1 it c-k net nnd lynns velvet. The
corded velvet tlnishlng on th<j
net llouncing Is repeated on the
shoulder. The fact that this
young woman Is wearing a hand
some glittering necklace and
bracelet should be tnken into
account for fashion regards rich
Jewelry ensembles sucli as this
ns a necessary luxury and proper
finesse to every formal cost tunc.
[f conclusive evidence be needed
that this is a seasiui In which fashion
creators have become luxury-conscious
to a marked degree, here you have It
in the regal evening gown poser? In
the foreground of our illustration.
American beauty velvet richly em
broidered with gold and Jeweled
stones fashions this exquisite mode.
The tunic line continues gracefully
Into n fish tail train lined with pink
satin.
While the average woman may not
be aspiring to the super formality
which this gorgeous gown bespeaks
yet It may he accepted as Interpreta
tive as to certain style trends which
may he tuned to occasions more or
less formal. For instance the Amer
ican beauty tone of the velvet em
ployed verifies word from Paris that
deep warm col-n inrrs in purple and
reddish Key such as the very new
blackberry and aubergine and various
wine shades are in the ascendency.
Also the prestige of velvet as me
dium-supreme for dinner and evening
gowns is here re-aflirmed. Then, too,
the tunic theme introduced reflects
the latest silhouette movement. Final
ly the elaborate Jewel nnd gold em
broidery Is Indicative of the mood
which fashion Is in to trim velvet
with heguildini: touches of bend work
nnd kindred effects.
?. 1933. Western Newspaper Union.
BROWN AND WHITE
By ('II KK I K NICHOI.AH
No, tlil? lovely evening wrap Is not
going to be described as featuring the
usual black and white contrast. On
the contrary the handsome velvet^
which fashions this stunning wrap
around short coat Is in a deep rich
brown. Von can scarcely vision bow
perfectly stunning white ermine is
with brown velvet unless you see this
wrap which Molynenui has created
In the original. The newest evening
colors trend to rich dark hues, espe
cially radiant browns and wine tones
and greens no dark they look almost
black. There is a new blackberry
shade which many designers are using
Instead of bia'k tlds season.
Broad Shouldfir Fashion
Is Marked for Oblivion
Designers are already making pro
vision for the passing of the broad
flhoulder. It Is doomed to die within
the next three months, according to
their astute reckoning.
One coat maker has evolved a bril
liant scheme. lie Is offering coats
with collapsible shoulder peaks. On
the day of the broad shoulder's funer
al, all you need do to be in fashion'*
swim Is to Remove the padding from
the specially treated armhole and
hnve the points stitched down