Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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N BRISBANE THIS WEEK Sj , ? A Long Swim Money Flow# We?t ? $5 for $3.39 Not So Barren The new year, 1935, latest contribu tion of Father Time to the long chain of beads called "eternity," Is " here, and we are In It We fihall continue to read opinions and rumors, plans 'and criticism of plans. In our slow progress to pros perity's shore. It Is a long swim when you are thrown overboard In the mid dle of Lata) Superior. This country was thrown overboarJ\lp~ another lake of superior prosperity and unlimited expectations back In 1U-9. Farmers, newspapers- devoted to the farmers' Interest, big bankers of the Eust, are Interested In the fact that the money tide that for so long flowed from producers in the West to accum ulators in the Bast, Is now (lowing In tho other direction. The money tide goes out toward the farms of wheat raisers and stock. In the West and Middle West, and to the cotton farmers In the South. It Is as though the- Great Lakes had been tilt ed upward at the eastern end, and tho waters sent rushing toward the Rockj mountains. The tide will not flow long In that western direction, probably. Men that have the mortgages and collect the in terest accumulate the money, in the long run. Long ago, a man wagered that he would stand on Ix>ndon bridge offer ing genuine gold sovereigns for a shill ing each and tind few takers. The gold sovereigns were genuine, but no body would buy. Mel Smith, a circus ofliclal called "Lucky" Smith, bet that Los Angeles citizens would refuse to buy genuine $5 bills for $3.30. Hun dreds walked by, looked at the genu ine bills. Some cHed "Fake!" Only - two purchased. "Lucky" Smith won i $100 wager. Many Americans wish they had been as skeptical about certain stock back \n 1020. The distinguished Georgt. W. Rus sell of Ireland, who signs his writings MAI3," says, "I am always struck by the terrible barrenness of rural life In America." He thinks we must "And some way to enrich it," and If we don't, "then the disease which destroyed an cient Italy will eat into America. You will no longer feed yourselves, and you will be ertruck with palsy of bread and circuses." Mr. Russell may And greater rich ness In Irish farmhouses, frut It Is a richness of the. character and of the ? mtmfrnot Of surroundings. There Is little barrenness about, other than In tellectual, In our rural life with Its automobile, radio, moving pictures within easy reach, rural delivery, por celain bath tubs, mall order cata logues, prayer meetings, revivals, an nual circus, the public library, soon reached by automobile. [? Next summer our ships of war, "ven turing almost to Oriental waters," will engage In far-flung war games covers ing more than 5,000,000 square miles of the Pacltlc ocean. Ifow Interesting that will be, and how rapidly those ships Would come running home to hide away In port If a few large bombing planes should sail out from Asia, from Tokyo or Rus sia's Vladivostok, over those 5,000,000 B(|Ufire miles of the Pacific, and drop explosive bomb's and poison gas bombs on the battleships! I Geological explorers from the Ryrd Z edition, n?ar the South pole, report jortant veins of mineral quart/, dis covered In mountains along the coast of Marie Ryrd Land. If the geologists should bring back actual samples rich in gold, how quick ly men would And a way to reach those mountains, how Indifferent to death thoy weuld be in tho ofltort to get there 1 ' We have plied up In Washington already $8,000,000,000 worth of gold. What would happen If Ryrd should discover n mountain containing $1,000, 000,000,000 In gold? That would be overdoing It, for Instantly our $8,000, 0(H), 000 In gold would shrink In value to almost nothing, and the gold metal | would be only metal, not precious. | In Kansas a terrific dust storm, hid ing the sun, suggests that the Agri cultural department help farmers by developing some temporary covericrop that could be sown on wheat and earn fields when the crops come off, a nltro gen fixing plant if possible. It would protect dusty surfaces from high winds and be plowed under, contributing humus, before the next planting. In the Northwest, farmers have used the "duckfoot" cultivator, which cuts a path 00 feet wide, going through the roots Of weeds and not destroying the protection of the stubble from wind and the washing of heavy rains. ? j A wise motto of earlier days waet "When In doubt, refrain.* In Rnssla jyid other countries where the will of one takes the place of slow decisions by the majority, the maxim read*!* ' "When In doubt, shoot.** Moscow reports 14 more executed to avenge the killing of Sergei Klro?, making 117 lives tsken to explat* that ?ne murder. fe Kin* Sjro<Ue*t*, Im, v WNU S^rvtc*. SEEN? HEARD around the National Capital CARTER FIOjDHMh Washington.? Cotton is admittedly one of the most serious problems in the whole New Deal set-up. High officials will admit It confidentially, though their public utterances are very different, indeed. ' The whole question, of course. Is whether the United States can go on exporting enough cotton to keep the cotton acreage now being farmed busy, and yet maintain the world price of American cotton at high enough levels to mnke raising the cotton profitable. Enthusiasts about the AAA program talk vociferously about the natural ad vantages of America with regard to cotton. They refuse to see any cloud on the horizon. They insist that there is no other locality in the world where cotton as good as that raised in Amer ica can be produced except at costs ex ceeding American costs. As a general proposition, this is cor rect. Most countries that can produce cotton at lower costs than the United States have a product which compares most unfavorably with that grown in America. The few places that can produce equally good cotton have very nigh costs. Hut?the whole world is looking for a cheaper substitute for high grade cotton, and general^ where such a quest persists long enough, the goal is found. The Germans have been ex perimenting with wood pulp. They do not claim to have gotten very far ^== present they are in about the stage of American production of rubber from fv \Zr?t Il| Cftn be done succes8ful dolM ir ti "? ,,nr"0l""r poii'l In ? Ing it. I he costs actually exceed the cost of good imported rubber. The search for a substitute Is bv no means over. Incidentally, the Gen mans have had fair success In the last few months, producing a substitute for rubber from rye flour. They buy the rye flour from Poland. 8 "9 America produced cot ton without restrictions, there was not much point to looking for a substitute, because any given year there might faVoff C?!t0n CrOP' the Prlce wou|d es ed T; 1? nn;V?ne finnndn,1-v inter c8ted in the substitute would take a terrible boating that year. Keep Price Up aaNaOVT: tho"'ever. the definite aim of aif tl p m ?P Uie Price of cotton ?P and om, ' regftrdlcss of weather nnd other crop conditions, bv the slm pie expedient of reatrlcllng acre^n. year ThllT* ,">e ?W over eaf.K fhU HI Uhkh.80ts up a real prize for ^ovcier of a good substitute ^o actually the cotton pr0grnm ,B lr the same position as a company making a patented article, which it is sell ns a, ? nlce pront the fear that some inventor will come along with something either l-ist as Boo<, nr better, which will dJatrov the market for the patented article. ' I lem nn(1 entirely different prob Srt: the pen^le who earned ln ' "f 7 wo?kln?? in cotton fields but 1 8 ?f AAA restrJctlons, the fedo,n|Ve "? W?rk- At the the fede.a) government is taking care of them on relief. Thev are , the 2U.OOO.OOO now estimated to be sun por ed tlma. They are alao, of oonrae ?h. ? "C ""'"""tlop of Hie fact that the number of people on relief is not diminishing, despite the fact that busl ness is getting better. While the same problem applies to othor crops than cotton, the situation lv ?n r?TCt t0 thG lfl not near ly so serious. Cotton is the big export there T' "'Wny8 hft" he?n> Mf>?>ver I theie has not been much change in that situation as the country grew ble K?r in population. Exports f w , nnd other farm products have sYowJv !nAm7rlea8 p?pu,"f,0n ?r cities in America consumed larger and lnrtr<? ^rcentages of the total crop' C cot tor. maintained about fl.e same ratio as ;n:? '"n'"!ir eonamnptlon ?,| T Ight up to the rime when \A \ reatrlctlona hcran operate ?0 per cent of the total crop ported. Which explain* ?o, ,e 07 Z - Tax Increnaea Seen only are there in i>r. ? duel Ions by congress, even on "levies which there Is verv Li levlen j moving or ? ? are ? most certain before adjournment. slon n?Wfi' n0t, npn<?Mr enr,y ,n ses on a lot of a"min,sfrn,i"" counting Wi M. a , / mnneuvering about taxes " lt? fight to hold down the soldi"? bonus disbursements. Hut before the ji nn I taps of the gavels of the Vim I roaldcnt In the acnate and ,ho apeak ?r In the house m?w taxes win have been levied, or old ones boosted He cause the treasury needs the money nnd needs it badly. y' toiVT" " rlK"r""" oh'"'k""t of told Income t?x returns n? many cltI,,n, hnVft discovered^ L to their sorrow. n?t the total amount Jhl. br ,he Ma.nr; |^ this endeavor has been very dlsnn avallnhf K0mC'"' ?? ??! I available, hot there la ?? donbt a, the . accnrac, ?r ?or strangeiy enough, much as most people Zl] IT V"1*0 ovode income " U CO,W* to Siting down hit. ! Mw rHurn 'W n wnv* ?>< honesty, or fear, which r you prefer to believe. So, with the prospect of larger an propr a Hons than ever, there must be fh* "*ht for lower tobacco And liquor taxes, has been lost before the convening of congress? lost In Secretary Morgenthau's office. The trouble is that even figuring on an extraordinary budget, In addition to the regular budget of normal gov ernmental expenditures, will not Justi fy the administration in not raising taxes. 'For while it is an easy book keeping method to say that this or that item, say of public works or re lief, is extraordinary, and therefore should be financed by the sale of bonds Instead of by taxes* there are other complications. . In the rule laid down by President , Roosevelt when he sent his first bud get message, interest and sinking fund must be counted In the regular budget, though the sum on which they are calculated may be regarded as belong Ing in the extraordinary budget. Total Is Mounting Although there hus been consider able saving in Interest charges, due to the low rate of Interest the govern ment has had .to pay, the total is mounting, and It will be recalled that up to now the budgets of this adminis tration have eliminated sinking fund. This wajj done on the theory that dim Ing an emergency there was no point in saving up to pay off debt. But it Is obvious now that the ap propriations for public works, to prime the pump of business recovery, and of relief to keep people from starving and freezing, are not going to de crease In the coming session. In all human 'probability they must be In creased. And wMIe they are still re garded as emergency appropriations, and therefore to be financed by bonds ItyjJ**ffTTof taxes, there Is a growing o?eUef that the relief appropriations aFe never going to shrink to nny figure which was thought norma) a few years back ? even two years bark. For it is now clear that relief Is to be with the federal government always, the effort to make the local political units, states,, counties and cities, rake over their own problems to the con trary notwithstanding. ^ And It Is plain to the experts who have been working on budget figures under Morgenthau's direction that the present (low of receipts from taxes Is not sufficient to carry what cannot much longer be regarded as an emer gency load, but which must soon be classified as a normal load. In addition, there is fast approach ing a time when sinking fund require ments can no longer be deferred. It bas been hoped that a sufficient re vival of business would result in boost ing tax receipts to a sufficient extent to take care of this. Hut hardly to take care of the Increased normal load. About Public. Lands The old public lands question has been completely reversed apparently since the dawn of the New Deal. In former administrations senators from the western stnt.es complained bitterly and often about the fact that the fed eral government owned vast tracts of their land, which as a result were un developed, produced no taxes, and therefore added to the burden of the state government. The net result, they Insisted, was that their taxpay ers were unjustly assessed. Now It Is a southern state which protests ? not against federal govern ment land now jield, hut against the acquisition of government land, which will thereupon pass out of the taxing base of the state. In a recent telegram to Forestry News Digest, Governor Talmadge of Georgia says : "The federal government, according to reports, Is optioning large areas of land In Georgia for purchase, the area reaching Into hundreds of thou sands of acres. If any ol the agencies of the state are consulted about much of this federal land acquisition pro gram, It Is not known to tne. From sucl* Information as drifts in, it seems that options are being tal:eo on sub marginal lands, largely forrsf land and abandoned farms that aro now In con dition to use only for growing trees. If this land goes to federal govern ment ownership It Is removed from state taxation, removed without the state being consulted. "I certainly do not want land own ers or Georgia to have to compete with the federal government In growing timber or In producing naval stores, with the federal government using tax free and subsidized lauds and not obliged to make a profit. Oeorgln hss been getting a lot of wealth from Its forests and It looks as If a lot more is coming from our woods. Georgians, and not the federal .^government, should get It. It seems to rneTTmi. tlio federal government should at least co- * ordinate Its land purchase activities with some consideration for the rights of the state." Which, Incidentally, Is an entirely new Idea of "co-ordination" to many New Dealers. Tlio Real Answnr Apparently Governor Talmadge, In whose state lies what has actually been the winter home of Franklin I). Itoosevelt since his Illness, has soma backing for his opposition to this fed eral development. Tho real answer, of course, Is that In oeorgla the for est Is not Just a supply of wood, which can be cut only at something approach ing maturity, but n constant source of revenue because of resin, turpentine, etc., which nre tapped from the tree* very much as maple sirup Is In north ern stales, So that the Idea of putting Into for ests land, which has been abandoned so far as agriculture Is concerned, or on which farm families have starved In their efforts to eke out a living from a too Impoverished soli, does not ap peal. Cor>vrl?rht - V.'NU S?rvtr?. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY I chool Lesson (By HEV. P. B. riTZWATKR, D. D.. Member of Faoulty, Moody Blbl* Institute of OblcftKO.) O. Western Ntwtptwir Union. ? Lesson for January 20 PETER'S LESSON IN HUMBLE SERVICE LESSON TEXT? John 13:1-17; I Pa ter 6:6. GOLDEN TEXT ? Likewise, ye young er, submit youruolves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to an other, and be clothed with humility: for God realsteth the proud, and glveth grace to the hiimbie. ? I Peter 6:6. PRIMARY TOPIC? Why Jesus Washed Peter's Feet. JUNIOR TOPIC ? How Peter Learnod * New Lesson. intermediate; and senior top ? The Dignity of Lowly Servlco. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP IC ? Serving ChrlBt Through Serving Others. I. Chrl6t'8 Amazing Love for His Own (vv. 1-3). Jesus was *fuiry conscious of what was immediately before him. He knew that the cross, with all Its shame and anguish, was upon him; he knew that his disciples would shamefully forsake him In a few hours; he knew that one of that number would be the Instru ment in the hands of the devil In his betrayal; he was Hilly conscious of his Deity; he knew that all things were In his> hands. He did not withdraw his love from them because of their weak ness and the shameful failure which ho knew would soon be made mani fest. He not only loved them to the end of his earthly ministry, but loved them unto the "uttermost. " The word "end" mejins "uttermost" Ix>ve to the uttermost therefore means that he be stowed upon them his love, even to the extent of taking their place In death. II. Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet (vv. 4-11). He did not regard his hands too holy to do this menial service. The truo Christian does not allow his rank In society to keep him from acts of lowly service. 1. Steps Jn this service (vv. 4-0). a. Hp-fose from supper. b. Laid aside his garments. c. Toote-a towel and girded himself. d. Poured water Into a basin. e. Washed his disciples' feeL f. Wiped them with the towel where with he was girded. These steps symbolic- 'Jhrlst's entlro work of rpi?"?:pr.on. His rising from supper represents his rising from his pbce of enjoyment In the heavenly glory. His laying aside his garments symbolized his puttlug aside his ves ture of majesty (Phil. 2:7, 8). His girding himself symbolized his taking ! the form of a servnnt (Phil. 2:7). The water In the basin symbolized his ' cleansing blood ; his washing of the J disciples' feet, his actual cleansing of I them through his word (John 15:3;' Eph. 5:2(1); his taking his garments again, his returning to his place and position In glory. 2. Peter's Impetuous Ignorance (vv. 0-0). When he realized what the Lord was doing, he refused to have his feet washed; when he realized the peril of refusal, he desired to be fully washed. 3. The significance of this service to those participating In It (vv. 8-11). a. It Is n spiritual cleansing (v. 8). Fellowship with Jesus Is possible only as we are continuously cleansed from our sins (v. 10). The cleansing here Is not the washing of regeneration, but that of sanetiHcatlon. lie that Is re generated. that Is. washed In the blood of Christ (symhMiiv,-,] j,y baptism) does not need n repetition of the net; hu only needs t le cleansing of sanctitlcn tlon, symbolized by the washing of tho feet. After regeneration the bellevet Is ennfnmina.ed by Its sins ns he walks through this world. "Hirlst's blood ilea rises of all sins those who confess them. b.- a badge of hrNotherly affection (v. 11). 'i lis act showed Christ's aban donment to the service of his dlsch pies, (t Is n lesson much needed to da., '.' * need more and more to prac tice l>i jfherly love. r a.; expression of humility (v. 15). This was a lesson i uch needed by tho disciples, and much needed by us to day. They hml Just been disputing ns to who should be the greatest In tho kingdom. Thus their selfish ambition wns expressing Itself. On every hand we -see manifestations of pride, van Ify. and even arrogance, of those who I are professed followers of the lowly [ Jesus. d. K<|uallz>itlori (v 10). Tho disci ples thus stooping to servo each other In the name or Jesus Christ will hav? burned out of them the caste spirit. III. An Example for Us (vv. 14-17). The disciples of the Lord are under solemn obligation In tho spirit of hu mility to serve each other, oven Christ served his disciples. This ohll gallon rests upon his Lordship (v. 14). To refuse obedience to him is to set oneself above his Lord. The way to happiness Is implicit obedience to the l/ord. Stop wnd Liiton Do we not sometimes feel, In trial or perplexity, that others might help un If they would only stop and listen? Hut they will not, and In their constant hurry we know It Is little use to speak. Let us (juote the lesson for ourselves and Klve what wo ask. Your Wonderful Commitilon only Hod would dure to ask you to lo that which l? expected of yoti. No man would even expect of you thnt ahjch tlod counts upon your doing Paris Acclaims the Beauty of Lace By CHERIE NICHOLAS F*OK sheer loveliness whenever, wher ever, If ever has eye beheld n more entrancing array of lace evening gowns than those which are now gracing the midwinter social scene! When we say sheer loveliness we mean Just that ? sheer and lovely as the smart new laces and nets, chiffons and mar quisettes can make the party frocks and evening formals now so voguish. The Importance of lace and net and various beauteous sheers of similar character cannot be over emphasized. Reports pour in from l'arls In regard to the enthusiasm shown for gowns that are that thin and tlutterv and diaphanous they needs must be made over foundational slips of silk, or satin, crepe or lnme. In describing the group of distin guished lace fashions pictured, we are so enthusiastic abotft-^the superbly lovely lace frock to the Tight In the trio we are going to tell abwK^U first. It Is a wedding gown which is real style news, gives it an added touch of glamor and romance, too. More and more brides are Intrigued with the idea of lace for the all-Important nuptial event. One of the reasons, perhaps, Is that lace Is s?> luxurious and beautiful in itself, it needs no fur belows and Intricate cutting to en hanco it. Silver lace is particularly sumptuous and it m.-.kes a really thrilling wedding gown, Ardanse of I'aris, whose creations are ever strik ingly original, creates this exquisite bridal costume of this silver lace. It has a square court train which may be draped as a wrap, as here shown, which makes it practical for the bride to wear as an evening gown later. A white satin godet is Inserted at the side-front. The same satin borders the train, also the long sleeves. In the charming black lace dress CONTRAST SLEEVES lij CHKfUK NICHOI.AM 'l*he Idea of sleeves contrail inn the ? eat of the dress la holding good In mldseason styling. Advance spring fashions and resort modes also em phasize this f eature. Not only are In direct contrast hut the uiat *jwr of cutting sleeves and yoke In one Is Important, according to reports In regard to advance fashions. The din ner dress pictured Is of dull hlack vol vet with cut In one sleeves and yoke of sheer ribbed velvet which makes this dress practical for late Into the sprlng wear. A delicate rhlnestone necklace, Just the right lengl \\Jor 'tlTe neckline, adds formality, '/ ne wide rhlnestono t>racelet also sounds the glittering note which fashion demands for evening. In reality this dress Is part of a ?ult, having a simple, fitted hlplength Jacket fiistened at the small turnover collar with two handsome sil ver fox tails. F?*th?ir* on Gowna livening gowns trimmed with plica* ? nt feathers are seen In London. centered In the picture. I'atou has very ingeniously contrived to coax a youth ful little peplum to circle the hips and go ruffling down the hack. From tho picture one might easily fancy that net of large open mesh fashioned this dress instead of lnce. However, It Is really a rather heavy lace, smartly patterned In a conventional design which is younger looking than the more formal and ornate orals. There Just enough sophistication about this dainty frock to appeal to the bud "Just out" In society who aspires to poise and dignity. SpeakhK of the new net frocks, like wise the now-so-voguish marquisettes, they are going In for color for all they are worth, unusual tones such as rasj> berry, violet (said to he the coming big color), Marina blue, rust and dark red. In regard to the gown Illustrated to the left In the group, color adds to tho enchantment of the lace which fash ions It. For this gown of classic sim plicity Callot uses a gorgeous copper colored lame lace, posing It over a white crepy silk 3lip. The collar of white coq feathers is a grand climax. A word should he spoken In regard to the tendency this season to employ laces of a filmy texture both in colors and black. The newer black lace dresses hold one almost spellbound in their fragile beauty. Then, too, among recent showings are stunning lace modes which display a riot of fine knife pleatlngs which form wide ounces and bertha ofT shoulder decol lettes and shoulder capes and other captivating details. ?. Western Newspaper Union. NEW WRINKLES IN SPRING 5HOWINGS I opiums and pleat t> (ire the new wrinkles in advance style showings f'oi spring, and In last word touches for mid-winter costumes. Pleats are cropping out all over the place ? In evening govs ns and daytime frocks, used to give skirt fullness ir> back or front, or to add character to i? peplum flare. They are showing up even In hat brims and In scarfs, in bustle effect* on evening gowns and In whole skirts for formal costumes of tin* naughty nineties school. The tiered cape In starched net gain# distinct'. .i? if 'he net Is ideated. Sheer evening gowns are knockouts with voluminous skirts knife pleated from wai?t to floor., with an additional pleated peplum tlare on the fitted waist-length Jacket. Wide Belts and Princess Lines Are Now Emphasized Two fashion specifications wldei bolts and princess lines ? nre einphn*" slr.ed to a degree that makes It seem certain that there's to be no fooling about women keeping their waistlines well corseted and smooth. In either case. It must be carefully and thoroughly digested that It Is not a pulled In or nipped waistline. Wide belts are now shaped so that they havn a curved profile to coincide with tho natural waistline, and thus putting a stop once and for all to the abrupt cut at top nnd bottom that has been tbd big drawback In wide belts In the past. . Turtle N*rl? Collar The turlle neck collar Is ? feature of many sweaters and a novelty in tlil posing of this collar In a dark color nri n light sweater, such as wine red on s creamy off white. Turlcnrl Glovet This season gloves entirely streaked with parallel lines of pin tucking will be worn by the I'arlslenne with her pin tucked kldskln shoes