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THE WATEREB MESSENGER f PnMisfced Erery Wednesday bf CHA8. W. BIRCHMORE, Prep. Entered u gnosndi Class Matter at tkn Postefffc* at Camden, S. C. SvhKi'ljKlN WiO A Tear in Advance Wednesday, May 8, 1986 THE FLIGHT OP THE CLIPPER April 16, 1985, is a date that will go down permanently in the annals of aviation and transportation history. It marks the first, successful as well as practical transoceanic flight from a commercial standpoint. Captain Edwin C. Musick and five companion officers piloted the buge twenty-ton Pan American Clipper plane on a course as straight as that of a homing pigeon, from San Fran cisco to Honolulu, a distance of about twenty-five hundred miles, in the re cord time of a little more than sev enteen hours. In the past, ocean flights have been considered by a large majority of the public as spectacular stunts, indulged in only by daredevils who figured the (publicity was worth tihto risk. The ionly thing spectacular about the flight of the Clipper is the unspecta cular way in which it was accomplish ed. The flight was carried out on schedule almost to the minute. And after nearly a day in the air, the crew stepped from the plane clean atoaven, dressed in blue uniforms Without a wrinkle, and looking far! fresher than many of those on hand to greet them. In the words of Cap tain Musick, "It was aregular rout ine job." According to press report3, the Pan-American Air Lines plans to inaugurate an air route to tbo Far tEast within the next few months. After witnessing such proof not only tof the (possibility, but of the feasibil ity of such an air route, one'* mind 5s completely staggered witJh pictures iof speed, comfort and safety with which it will soon be possible to trav el to all parts of the world. Resi dents of San Francisco wlil weekend in Honolulu. And the trip to Shang hai, China, which now take* three weeks by boat, will take only forty five or fifty hours by air. ) SILVER SOARS The outlook for "silver prosperity" constantly improves. During the past ferw weeks silver quotations throughout tihe world have soared. This is principally due to the belief that the United States Government is determined to establish the price for new silver at $1.29 an tmnce. , Coupled with the liae in price, ac cording to the Wall Street Journal, there has been almost complete dearth of supply, as holders of the wthite meal cling to their stocks in the belief that still higher prices are in prospect. A good example of the trend is af. forded by Ja(pan, where the Japanese domestic silver dealers' association recently raised its price to 71.764 yen per kilogram? the highest price es tablished (by that group since 1919. By contrast, the price was but 45.697 yen per kilogratar* a year ago. Thus, it looks as if our long-de pressed silver mines are at last on the verge of brighter times. t r? ? battling adversity The American farmer is learning the truth of the old saying 'Troubles never come singly.' Last year the most disastrous drought of recent times gripped a vast area that normally is the most productive in the nation, and destroy ed grain, livestock and other produce. This year dust storms are equally as destructive. Adversity such as tMs dffnands the most aggressive, intelligent and couraigeous action possible. It calls on every quality of mind and spirit the farmer possesses. And it tests to the limit ths farmers principal weapon in his fight for stability- the agricul tural cooperatives. The co- ops and their members are not faltering. They are not giving in. As problems increase and grow, the) simply work harder. Questions of pro duction, of price levels, of supply and demand, of governmental policy to ward fawners, are being subjected t4 the microscope of hard logic. Under these conditions it is im possible to believe that the fanner will not pull through. And whto h? does the farm skies clear once more, he will have added an inspiring page )to agricultural history. k MOTHER! By Rev. Robt. P. Turner Text: "Her price is far above rubles." Proverbs 31:10. "O Mother, when I think of thee, Tis but a step to Calvary. Thy gentle hand upon my brow Is leading me to Jesus now." Thus sang the gentle [poet, and equally true is it that Easter and Mothers' Day have come to be close ly allied in thought of the Christ ian Church. We are told that woman was last at the cross and first at the open grave, the first place is forever hers in the life and heart of th? Christian religion. Background of The Observance As to the origin of Mothers' Day ? the day we observe the second Sunday in May ? a woman, Miss Anne M. Jarvie of Philadelphia, originated it She had her own mother in mind, of course, and the old fashioned home of her childhood in West Virginia; but out of that first local observance, witfc its children in white dresses and its white carnations came naturally the larger event we all have been en riched by. It was natural too that May, the month of memorials, given over by our Roman Catholic friends to the commemoration of Mary the Mother of Jesus, and fitting in per fectly with our Protestant traditions of patriotism, should have been the month selected for this day of moth ers, for this new memorial, this "holi day of the heart", which has crossed over all frontiers and all seas. On Mother's Day we should not miss the full significance of Edgar Guest's little poem: "Let every day be Mothers' Day Make roses grow along her way, And beauty everywhere. Oh, never let her eyeB be wet, With tears of sorrow or regret, And never cease to care. Come grown up children and and rejoice, If you can hear Mother's voice. A day for her? For you she gave Long years of love and service brave For you her youth was spent. There was no weigtit of hurt or care, Too heavy for her strength to bear, She followed where you went. Her courage and her love sublime, You could depend on all the time." There is an old Jewish saying, "God cannot (be everywhere; therefore he made mothers." It has been the pleasure of men to extol human vir tues. Patriotism is an easy theme. All men glory in heroism. Strength and courage insfpire action. Lofty sentiment, nobility of character, and simplicity of the soul are the most potent elements incident to human endeavor. We have been taught to love our neighbors as ourselves. We have our Damon and Pythias. We delight in the exemplification of brot herhood. But it is still true: "The hand tihtett rocks the cradle Is the hand that rules the world." A Mother is as different from anything else that God made as can be. She is a distinct and individual creation. In nature there is a morn ing, noon and night, but a MotheT has a place in the landscape of each. George Herbert knew mothers and children when he said: "One good mother is worth a hun dred schoolmasters." Who has not breathed with Eliza beth Aker Allen the theme of her appalling poem 1 "Backward, turn backward, O time in your flight Make me a child again just for tonight.w What man in his strength has not dropped upon his knees and given ut terance to his childish (pirayer: "Now I lay mne down to sleep, I pray tho Lord my soul to keep, If I whould die before I wake, I pray Thee, Lord, my soul to bake." "Mother's Day" is a day of romance, a day of thanksgiving, a day of let ter writing. Wo are transported upon the wingn of imagination bark to tho romantic scenes of life in tho homo which motherr made. "Mid pleasures and palaces Though we may roam Re it ever so humftilo ^There's no place like home; A charm from tho skies Seems to hallow us there, Which, seek through tho world Is ne'er met with elsewhere, ilfomo, home, Sweet, sweet hrjrrxo, Re It ever so humble, There's no place like home." When Was there ever a day when America could say with Napoleon: "France needs "nothing so much to promote her regeneration as good Mothers." In the nation as well as the Ifcome there Is no substitute for moth ?fr. Everywhere she la our first lirte of defense. Mothers die and take their place in the eternal gardens, but a Mother's love survives, and is an ever present help in trouble. No v-'onder Confucius said, "Woman thy name is masterpiece", and Bailey, "Thy name is song,'.' and Victor Hugo, "Thy name is enigma," and Shakespeare gave it up and replied witih a counter question, "Who is it that oan read a woman?" But All Women Are Not Good Don't think for a moment that ah mothers are what they should be. There are mothers who are indiffer* exit, silly, over sentimental. Lady Montagu must have sensed this fact when she wrote: "It goes far to reconciling me to being a woman when I reflect that t am tftvus in no danger of marrying one." But for me, next to God, we are indebted to woman, first for life it self and then for making life worth living. We would not hold that all women are good, they are not all good, but she is more delicate, more, wonderful than is man. "Woman has lifted man from the pit to heaven and jRho has dashed man into hell. But the greatest thing about woman is MOTHER. Motlher not by the num ber of children you bear, but by the deepest instinct of your nature, by the most powerful passion of your f oul. Mother is the name of woman, whether she bears and motheri her own children or mothers the children of others. When God sought for an example of His compassion He found it in a mother's love, "For thus saith the Lord ... as one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you." A Mother's Love Is IlnKc-sal How universal is a rnotjhcr's Love. In her veins may flow the bluest blood of the aristocrat. On her tap- J ering fingers may glisten tifte costliest gems, but she is still "mother She may be the humblest peasant, her back bent by the la'bors of the years, her hair whitened by the sorrows, her teyes dimmed by the disappointments of the world, and "her (hands scarred by tho toil of her life. But the love for the child of her womb, causes her to stand in eternal vigilance for his honesty and his worthwhileness. To those of you who are more for tunate tftran myself, whose mothers have not yet crossed over the river, 1 desire to say that you can do nothing finer than to show her in life your ap preciation of her love and sacrifice My heart aches at times as I say, "Oh, for the touch of a vanished hand, and the sound of a voice titoat is Btilled." What a wonderful sentiment is contained in the song: "Ireland must be heaven for my mother came from there." For I wonder if there is anything in heaven more wonder ful than a mother's love. So my friends on this Mother's Day let us ?ay witfli increasing reverence "My Mother!" DEATH'S CAPTAIN Tuberculosis, once described as 'captain of the men of death" , has been demoted, now ranking no high er than sergeant. Heart disease is now the "captain" claiming more than twice as many lives as any oth ler cause of death. Tuberculosis now stands sixth among fatal diseases. (Statistics for tihfc year 1933, tho last available, show that for every 100,000 of population in the United States, 202 died of organic heart dis ease. Next ca^me cancer, 99; Bright's disease, 87; pneumonia, 81; apoplexy, etc. 79, and tuberculosis, 01. Tho alarming death rate from heart disease and other maladies re sulting from a dogeneration of the blood vessels is attributed by many physicians to the stress and worry of our complex modern life. Excess ive mental or physical work, with In sufficient sleep and recreation; tho drive of ambition for success; bho in temperate use of stimulants, and otft* er modes of "burning tho candle at both ends," tend to throw a too heavy lui rden upon tho heart, and if long continued may end in collapse. Medical science at present offers little in the way of curative agencies for the condition which these habits bring about. The only means of re lief appears to be the abandonment of tho practices whic/H cause the trou ble Countless lives ar? shortened because people will not take sufficient rest to enable their bodies to recuper ate after strenuous mental or physical activities. HI'KADY WOKK ? CKK)1> TAT RELIABLE MAN WANTED to rtdl on farmfrra in Kershaw Cownty. No experience or capital needed. Write today. McNEBS CO., I)?]pG T, Fr*eport, 111. i Is This Spring Fever ? Or What? ~ SPRING is not only here ? it*s more than three weeks old. And while car owners arc think ing of vacation tours and week-end trips, automotive engineers warn that it's time to think about that oftimes forgotten part of your car ? the crankcase. For. the engineers declare, oil should he changed with the seasons ? just as you change your clothes. I While a heavy suit on a hot day j might cause you discomfort ? a di luted. thin oil in your car on a Spring or Summer day can cause j not only inconvenience hut actual motor wear and possibly repairs. In cold weather when engines run at lower temperatures, a light oil is necessary. Heavy oil under t h ?."<?* 1 conditions is liable to ber ime "stitf" when :!>(> car is idle, and so cause j trouble in starting due P"> the extra load imposed on the battery and ; start." g motor. Operating tempera- i tures run proportion.- cly higher as atmospheric temperatures n-e and as higher speeds are sustained for long periods of time. It is there fore necessary in Summer to use oils which offer the greatest decree of bearing protection and which will not be rapidly consumed. Although there have been great advances in oil refining during the past few vear<. one >hould be care- ) ' ful to determine the condition o: the j I oil in a car's crankcase at frequent interval-;, and change it when ncie<* I >arv. No oil. no matter how we!l | . refined, can stand up again>t d;rt ! j that is bound to filter i:i through 1 i vents, nor combat dilution by 1 gasoline that may be present in an automobile engine. r.ither one of J e > e tact-' imp.i vi the lubricating ; ?value of an oil. 1 >irt i? the ev :!n'- ! | worst enemy, for it down" niovir ? <? .? I firiently .is c i oils nnv - a period of time, especially at low temp< ratures, dilution will occur. 1 1 it: H -peed driving will al.-o cause the od u> !)*.? u.-ed up more quickly than dri\in;f at slow speeds. An engine laving worn cylinders. rincs and pi-l?ns will of course consume a much vrtatir quantity of oil ? especially at lm:h spei d than an inline wh.ivh i- in jjood mechanical c>indit'.i>n The oil level should he kept ?u r:.i;l at all times, the engine tuuU to cotiMiuic the oil .-till >re rapidly. There are three simple precau t i ? ? t ?. s f , Tow t<> man: avains; <. \ ? pen-re rt ;>..ir w>rk -mm a- hurm ?: inarm - >r -ci red cylinder-. The: e precaution- .ire: , \ P- m't t : v to d r ve too far withom efiau-jiivj. ?>d. 2. r.e -ntv > the ? >M<'it i.n: < : it " . v l>e in a dirty ur (hl'.r.t >1 ?I: your < d frequent ' v to How Does Your Garden Grow? ?yilESE attractive young ladle? are Miss Frances Chapman (left) and MIbs Annlce Pomeroy of Llthonia, Oa., photographed In Mtb. J. Chapman's turnip garden. The bountiful garden la typical of those which were grown through out Georgia by Garden Club ladies Itaymond Newt Scrvioe who received donations of Ameri can nitrate of soda for their proj ects, through the co-operation of The Agricultural Development Tlu reau of The Barrett Company. Mrs. Chapman grew about 25 varieties of vegetables and put up 550 cans, not to mention 150 cans I of orchard products. City Business Licenses Due All 1935 City Licenses on Businesses are due May 1, 1935. Pay these licenses during the month of May and avoid Penalty. J. C. BOYKIN, City Clerk and Treasurer of Camden, S. C. Summing It Up OhAractw in fornrml by tha forma tion of habit*, And habit* nre but tha poralntant rapfitltlon of cartaln acta. 8?Imc? *t Ptull Oo?rtiMtinlctthI? cllnonKMi omiM about 1* p?r cont of tlm <1onth* In th? Unit mi SUtML ? ? . . ?J For Bad Feeling Due to Constipation Oct rid of constipation by taking Black* Draught as soon as you notice that bowel activity has slowed up or you begin to feel alugKlsh. Thousands prefer Black-Draught for the refreshing relief It has brought them. . . Mrs. Ray Mulllns, of Lafe, Ark., writes: "My husband and I both takt Thcdford's Black-Draught and find It splendid for constipation, biliousness, and the disagreeable, aching, tired reeling that comes from this condition." With refer ence to Byrup of Black-Draught, which this mother gives her children, she says: "They like the taste and It gave auch good results." BLACK -DRAUGHT Regular communication of this lodge is held on the first Tuesday in eadh month at 8 p. en. Visiting Brethren are welcomed. N. R. GOOD ALE, JR., Worshipful Maste* (DOWN GOES THE PRICE OF SHAVING COMFORT S HAVING comfort hit an all time low in prire with th? announcement of Probak Junior ? the remarkable new double* edge razor blade. 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