The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, May 08, 1935, Image 4
THE WATEREB MESSENGER
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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.
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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.
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No experience or capital needed.
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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
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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*
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