Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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BRISBANE THIS WEEK Stranglipg With Taxes Go See Alaska A 74-Year-Old Heart Iceland's Old Volcano ?The Supreme court decides that government has the power to tax a thing out of existence. This decision came with approval of a Ift-cents-a pouud tax on oleomargarine. The pur pose of that tax is to make It impos sible to manufacture oleomargarine profitably, and thus compel people to eat butter, whether they can afTord it or not. * Doubtless that is wise, in fact, It must be wise, since the Supreme court Bays so. But some day, when we have, as we shall huve, one thousand million people in the United States, and lack room for so many cows, it mny be de? slrable to have a good substitute for butter, and we may regret today's hostile taxation. See Alaska, and at the same time see the whole United States. Go through the Panama canal on a big boat and see what men can do wh(-a they use a nation's power. Or travel by rail, studying the cities of the coun try. or take your car, which goes everywhere and stops where you choose, jor fly. and see the world from above. 11 See Alaska, a magnificent empire far away In the northwest. See what Sewnrd bought for the United States for $7,200,000. A purchase that was called "Seward's folly." They took small chnnge like $7,200,000 seriously In those days. Hut It was profitable "folly." Alaska has yielded $419,701, 000 In gold, more than fifty times Alaska's cost alone. The "Juneau Empire." which ought to know, esti mates thot Alaska has been worth to the United States $2,500,000,000, after subtracting the cost price. The self supporting reindeer alone will more than pay for Alaska. In his poem beginning "Denr friend, thou art lost." Heine reminds his friend that fuersten haben lange arm# ("princes have long arms"). Samuel Insull of Chieago leorns that Uncle Sam has long arms also, and can reach out far to get what he wants. Mr. Insull thought himself safe on his chartered Greek tramp steamer, riding at anchor under the walla of Istanbul, oii the little strip of water that separates Europe from Asia. Bat Uncle Sam reached out his long arm, and Mr. insull Is arrested by the Turk ish government, and unless the Chi cago utilities magnate is able to per form some new wonder, , his arrest probably means the last active chap ter in his career. Mr. Insull is seventy-four years old, a man of Intense pride, nourished and Increased by success, through years of unquestioned domination. It will be hard for a heort seventy-four years old to stand the strain that will be put upon him. Nothing 1s safe, nothing sure. In Iceland, .150 miles east of Reykjavik, there stood a calm mountain known to have been a bad volcano In Its younger years, called Skeldararjoekull Cirka, a thick cap of Ice covering the summit, every sign of reformed old age. Inhabitants of Nupsstad village, close by the peak, In Skaptafellsbysla, felt certain that Skeldararjoekull Clrka's wild oats had all been sown. They had not The old voleono hfts blown the Ice j cap Into cracked Ice, nnd with light- | nlng flashes and roarings is In violent eruption. Some Ice-capped old men have act ed as foolishly, and as unexpectedly. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., gives $2,000,000 for a research laboratory that will be open to the scholars of the world. If anyone says, "He ought te spend his money In America," re mind him that Hockofoller-Standard , Oil money has been mode nil over the globe, not only here In America. You will find Rockefeller oil cans used as household utensils In the farthest cor ners of China. Ilremerton, state of Washington, re ports six bodies, two women, four mon, found bound, gagged, beaten, shot to death In a house ransacked by thieves. The crime wave hangs on. with pro hibition. Its foster-mother, gone. Two hundred thousand gathered in Rome to cheer Pope Plus at the end of a solemn ceremony establishing and confirming miracles performed by Don Giovanni Rosco, enrolling his name in the calendar of saints. A humble priest of Turin, in com paratively modern times, Father Rosco took the side of the miserable and poor so violently that he narrowly es caped being confined In an Insane asy lum as a lunatic. The old struggle between "the shell that pierces steel armor and the armor te stop any shell" Is decided for the moment In favor of the shell. Shef field, England, announces a shell that will pierce a plate of the toughest ar mor of the thickness of that shell's gun caliber and go on nine miles farther. Such shells, weighing nearly a ton, are expensive, but In war money ceasfs te / be Important. liiiMir > SUCH IS- LIFE? Upholding By Charles Sughroe 7>t: ? Mother of Eight Leads Stork Derby <$ ? ? Likely Winner of Odd Race Says She Isn't Trying. Toronto. ? Ontario's celebrated ten year "stork derby," purse of $r>00,000, looks like a walkaway for a contender who declares that she Isn't even trying ? Mrs. Grace hagnato, who has Riven birth to eight children since October of 1026. The stakes In the "stork derby" were provided by Charles Vance Miller, K. C.. prominent Toronto bar rister, who died In October, 1928, and who bequeathed the bulk of his for tune to the Toronto woman who gives birth to the largest number of children in the ten years following his death. With more than seven of the ten years now having passed and with the contenders rounding into the home stretch, Mrs. Grace Bagnato appears to have the inside rail position, al ways barring the possibility of triplets putting some "dark horse" Into the lead. Plans to Have More. Runner-up to Mrs. Bagnato In the contest Is Mrs. Florence Brown, who has had seven children since the race started, but who is today said to bo falling behind. Mrs. Bagnato, now only in her early forties, has given birth to 22 children, all told, and declares that, Irrespective of the Miller trophy altogether, she ex pects to have two or three more be fore October of In fact, she Insists that the $500,000 isn't even an inducement at all; although admitting that It, or "even a slice of It, would come in very handy indeed. "But we aren't thinking about the award, at all," Insists the Italian Walter J. Cummings Walter J. CummlngR of IIUuoIh Ir the new treaaurer of the Democratic national committee. He succeeds Franc C. Walker of New York, who resinned nfter he wan appointed .director of the national emergency council. matron, younger In appearance than her years. "We're Just raising the family that we consider Is our duty ? and finding It mighty difficult some times. If we win the $500,000, it will be fine, wonderful; but If we don't It won't be any disappointment to us, for we aren't counting ou it." Several attempts have beer> madQ, in the past, to cancel the "stork der by," on the ground tlyit Miller never seriously Intended bis estate to be so utilized. Several of his close asso ciates declare that be only drew up the will in question as a Joke, and that he Intended to propare a later testa ment, which would revoke It. but that be died suddenly, before having an opportunity to do so. Upheld by Courts. Regardless, however, of the spirit in which the testament may have been drafted, the Ontario courts have al ready ruled that It Is a valid legal document. The Ontario government, two years ago, moved to set the will aside on the ground that it was contrary to public interest, and to appropriate the estate, ultllzlng It for educational pur poses. A protest arose against such a step, however, with the result that the gov ernment abandoned its proposal. Soon afterward It became known that efforts had been made to "buy off" both Mrs. Bagnato and Mrs. Brown, and that certain unidentified men had offered -them from $50,000 to $100,000 In cash to asign their rights to the estate. It was suggested, but not definitely established, that these offers might have been made on be half of the government Both Mrs. Bagnpto and Mrs. Brown declined them, however, taking the stand that a bird In the hand Is not worth two In the bush when the bird in question Is the stork. tf Mrs. Bagnato ? mother of 11 living children and as many more dead ? wins the prize, one of the first things she planB to do Is to adopt a child, she declares. Then she and her hus band hope to buy a small farm, per haps about 15 acres, on which to raise their family. Comic Opera Is Making Strides Among Turks Istanbul. ? Turkish comic opera has made such rapid strides recently that It is getting Into trouble with the edu cational authorities. Complaints are made that it Is In terfering with the"serious treatise" ? straight drama ? and the educational ists have appealed to the new comic opera librettists and composers to cense production. The governor of Istanbul, however, says that there Is not enough money to be made as yet In Turkish straight drama, and so the lighter brand of the atrical entertainment will continue. Luminous Beauty Patches Bits of fungus which are luminous at night are used as beauty patches by native women of Samoa. ODD THINGS AND NEW? By Lame Bode LATKA Natives op northern OIBPRIA PRACTICE LATKA oft. winter sleep, like bears The PAmily SLEEP TWENTY- Two hours A DAY, RISING ONLY TO SlP TEA AND EAT ALACK BRtAD Living longer, r Eating poods containing calcium ano pmospmati mas j>B?CN POUND not ONIV TO BUILD STRONG _ftON6* BUT TO Of F 16T OLD AGB Gold and silver . Gold in the OCEAN WOUIO COVIR THt CAPIttX GftOUNK at Washington a thousand pmt Msf> \ WHILE THI SILVER f WOULD COVER r1 Central F*vj?k, N.y , OVER A, "THE PEN AND SWORD" By LEONARD A. BARRETT "The pen Is mightier than Mie sword." History attests no truer 8 t a t eiu ent Na tions which rolled for protection up on the sword, per ished through the sword. Brute force has never accom plished any results of permanent char acter. "He that kllli'th with the sword m list be killed with the sword." The cry is every where heard, let us have peace. The price for securing this peace is not to 1 be paid by the use of arms. Many in terpreters of history agree that the creation of firearms on so large a scale and the economic necessity of disposing of them primarily led to the greut war. Be that as It may ? It' goes without saying that no problem Is ever settled until It is settled right. The settlement of a problem depends pri marily upon the Influence of thought expressed in public opinion when the pen becomes mightier than the sword. The most powerful influence for moulding public opinion today is the product of the pen, expressed through Tennis Champion Now Lester Stoffen of Los Angeles Is the "biggest man" on the Indoor courts In more ways than one. The giant, third-ranking player In the United States, uncovered the best ten nis of his career, before 4,000 specta tors In New York, to dethrone Gregory S. Mangln of Newark, as national In door singles champion. th% public press. It Is an astounding fact that according to the census of 1930. "the total dally and weekly dis tribution of newspapers was fifty six million." It Is reported that of the twen ty-four million families In America, two-fifths are now reading chain news papers, and onty a' small portion of the remaining three-fifths do not have daily access to the metropolitan press. The newspaper Is the most vital and Important propagandist In the world, and Its Influence for good or bad Is unbelievably great. Our effort* at moral reform as well ns International good will (a matter of spirit and mental attitude) can be realized more through the ^nouldlng of public opinion by way of the pen than by the brute force of tho sword. ? by Western Newn^npor Union. Feeds Six Duel**; Brings Thousands Winnipeg. ? Raids of swarms of wild ducks, estimated to number at least 3,000, nro causing grent trou ble to farmers In the vicinity of ItOcky Mountain House, Alberta. Lacking sufficient natural feed, owing to unusunl conditions In the flve-mllc area of spring fed marsh at the heads of Haven and Clear crepks, they Are ravaging farmers' barnyards and stealing food laid out for cattle and poultry. This situation Is confirmation of the lUbllcal prophecy that broad nQst upon the waters shall come back Beveral Yold. ftevew years ago a farmer, one Huflden, fed three pairs of wild ducks over winter. Next year a larger flock came back to the vicinity and the number has Increased each year, Indicating that news has a way of getting around In blrdland. D-y Ltjdia Le Baron Walker In This Gay Window Treatment Color Achieves an Effect of Sunshine, and Flowers and Foliage Give the Cheer the View May I>ock. EJOW to curtain windows Id sunless *? * rooms or those In which the sun lies t?ut a very short time, so that the light filtering through, or falling on. the muterlal gives an impression of sunshine. Is a subject that every home maker has to consider at one time of another. It is amazing the difference In the cheerful aspect of the room, when the curtains are well chosen for this purpose, and when they are not. A dreary roonj can be transformed Into a plensunt one through correct cur taining and since the aspect of a room reacts on the spirits and even the health of occupants, the matter as sumes Importance. Let us take one of the hardest prob lems to solve, which Is the curtaining of windows opening on an areaway, a very narrow street, or close to a wall, which I' a common one in city apart ments. The Impression of sunshine and verdure can be Instilled Into the treatment by having pane or glass cur tains of yellow, and hangings of green. The range of suitable glass curtain materials Is from a good quality of cheese cloth or scrim, costing little, to expensive nets and lace. And for drnperles the Is from crepe to that the best that the purse can afford without straining Its strings will be chosen for the materials, and that tbe kind will be selected to Accord with the room, whether a main one or a minor one. The effect that Is sought Is not of elegance but Is one of color and artistry in bringing about specific results. choice silk I ii the window treatment of n living room with such problems us described, a yellow bowl of brass or pottery, or one of gay Italian or Spanish orna mental pottery is suggested to stand on the fill 1. If it holds a fern, a Chinese rubber plant, or a palm, you will have actual verdure to greet the eye. Also a colored glass flower holder. with growing ivy or wandering Jew trailing from It and silhouetted Agnlnst the yellow pane curtains Is effective. Curtain Arrangement. It is Important to remember that the curtaining must not be heavy enough to shut out the light. It will, of course, dim It somewhat but by ar ranging the draperies to fall over the frame of the window rather than the glass, and by having Hie pane curtains as sheer as possible a minimum of light Is dimmed. 'It Is only when the view through the window is to be actually shut off that the pane cnr talns need to meet. A secondary color scheme Is rose and green, either color may be used for the pane and either for the drapery curtaining. While this scheme does not convey the effect of sunshine but of gaiety the cheerful aspect Is stressed. Firelight rather than sunshine Is sim ulated. However, the color scheme of a room Is a determining factor. For pane curtains, tones rather than strong colors should bo chosen. Hangings may be more Intense but pure tone Is hard to harmonize with other colors In a room. ?. nell Syn<llc(it?. ? WNl) Service. Son of Cleveland to Enter Movies Kraneln orover 01?v?>land, lawyer, actor, Harvard Kfnrlunto ant) -?>n of the tatG President Oror?r 01?valand, photographed In hlM Hclmont (Mum.) hom?, with Mr*. (MflVtrtand, aftar nr?w? that. ha wnn about to enter ni>on a motion plcttiro career hart bean puhllnhnd. The yoiinfront ?<>n of tbo former Chief Kxecutlve, Mr. (Tleveland haw 'hlraady appeared In many theatrical performance.