The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 24, 1933, Image 2
Nobody's Business
Written for The Chronicle by CJee
McGee, Copyright, 1928.
Ownership Once Meant Wealth, Hut
Now it Mean* Poverty.
..Everybody everywhere is talking
about high taxes and extravagant
governments. Folks have a right to
talk about these things, if the men
who run our public affairs fail or refuse
to cut expenses an<i reduce our
taxes, this thing will be done automatically....
when folks quit paying
taxes.
..The only way to relieve the citizenship
of this country is relieve them
of their debts. Over 99 per cent of
our troubles is debt. These socalled
government federal relief schemes
wont amount to a thing in the world
in the long run except more debt and
more taxes.
..I know u family that owns a small
car, there are five children, one wife,
one husband, and one prqeious mother-in-law.
The gross income of this
entire family is less than 20 dollars
a week. The old man and his two
sorts smoke cigarettes and chew tobacco.
The old lady dips snuff. They
all drink an occasional soft drink.
They ride around frequently in an
old car. Their taxes last year a-!
mounted to about $83.00.
. Yl know another family, one wife,
one husband, one poodle flog, one |
German police dog, one chauffeur,
and no mother-in-law. They live
here and there and yonder. All that j
they have is invested in non-taxable
government bonds. Their income
front bond sources is about $84,000.00
per year. Their taxes last year possibly
amounted to $2*25.00, but no
more. The man not able to pay is
paying nearly all of the taxes except
income and inheritance taxes.
..Arthur Peterson owns a large farm, |
that is, it's in his name. He paid
"down" on this farm in 1920 the sum
of $3,500.00. He borrowed $3,500.00
from the man from whom he bought
the farm. Arthur still owes $3,500.00
on the farm, or orj^hnlf of its (onetime)
value. He hhs kept up the interest
on this obligation, but has
nearly starved himself and his family
to do so. Arthur pays $16-1.25 taxes
on this land, but the man who owns
the other h:11 f (by mortgage) pays
nothing.... in taxes.
..The proposed state and Federal
sales tax will just be another tax
levied on the weak and weary and
worn out. We don't need any newtaxes.
We need to eliminate some
of the levies already squeezing us
to death and reduce the other taxes.
No matter what it takes to cut expenses
and save the tax-payer from
utter destruction, that thing must and
w ill bo done.... either by the folks in
power or the folks not in power....
now. (This is supposed to be an article
telling just what one business
man thinks of things).
Society news from flat rock
..miss jennie verve smith was in
company with mr. hubbert green at
the pitcher show in the county seat
last night ami reported a swell time,
they taken supper at the owl caff and
got home befoar midnight, the subject
of the pitcher show was "night
life" and that is why they stayed out
so late.
..so manny of our radios have benn
repossessed here of late we do not
get to hear all of the programs, as
the drug stonr closes at about 9 nnd
all of us have to go home, the r. f. e
ought to do something about hedging
this repossessing bizness, and stop
foreclosures allso. we will be ruint
if this keeps up.
. .the egg laying contest which wn?
to of started in flat rock last wee!
has been hell up indefinitely, some
of our best hens have ketched sonx
kind of dissease which checks uj
laying excepp on fridays and sun
days, and to keep it from spreddinp
over the hen territory, the farn
demon strator took out papers ant
stopped the laying plans, watch th<
papers, i will keep the hens posted
. .a woman from new v >rk was ir
town befoar ohrismus -eiiir.g a smell
;r.g talcum powder for 1$. with c2i
as a down payment, and nearly all o
our wimmen folks bought a bottli
so's they could smell good er.ciurinj
the hollidays, but they have navvc
saw ha.r nor hide of their powder
or the yankee woman who sold same
she has benn reported to the govver
ment.
..The dog which was reported stol
in our collum last week has boni
returned to the owner thereof will
his tale missing, she has offered i
reward of 3$ to the person or per
sons who aweara out a warrant fo
the guilty partiea who cut off th
aaid tale with ewidence to convict
it waa amputated pretty close up fo
auch cold weather, rite or foam mn
kittie lou ebbotta anny inflanna
Zangara Regarded
As Colorless Man
Patterson, N. J., Feb. 15.-?jGiusepjpi
Zangara, the man who sought to
| assassinate Franklin I). Roosevelt,
had lived quietly and soberly for ten
1 years in Patterson and lluekensack,
' and never was known to harbor radij
eal or inflammatory inclinations, the
I United Press was told today.
While those, acquainted with him
knew him for his disinterested attitude
toward life, secret service agents
were working on the theory
that Zangara was a "lunch-hour"
radical, given to denouncing the existing
order to small sidewalk groups
in the New Jersey mill districts.
Ile0worked us a bricklayer, some-!
} times receiving a wage of $14 a day,
and once was a member of the local
Bricklayer's union. lie was laconic,
and he never cared for women,
t Whenever ho talked, it usually was ^
about his illness. He was thrifty,^
I maintaining two or three different)
I bank accounts and sending part of j
1 his earnings to his father back to.
Italy, lie was once a soldier in the !
Italian army.
These facts were gleaned from his ,
; uncle, Vincent Cafaro, and from Ca- j
! faro's neighbor, John Yearha, who I
I used to play checkers with Zangara. J
Yearha was at the uncle's home!
! when n United Press reporter called, j
They were reading a newspaper,
whose glaring headlines told of the
Miami shooting. They had not ^
reached the part yet, telling the name,
of the would-bo assassin. They did
not know Giuseppi had fired the
shots. They were so astounded at
the news that they scarcely could
speak.
Cafaro, the uncle, said that Zangara
was a very quiet man always and
that he never drank.
"No," he said, "Giuseppi never said
anything against the government or
against capitalists.
Yeurha said that Zangara's chief
characteristic was his quietness. Both
men told how he complained about
his stomach ailment and how he
seemed always to feel that ho was a
burden on every one.
j "I told him he ought to go back to
1 Italy and get married" Cafaro said,
"hut he said no, he was too sick.
He left for Miami la>t August on nc;
count of his stomach sickness and
, I didn't hear from him after that."
I Zangara came to the United States
j from Naples after he had left the
Italian army. He was an only child,
! and his mother died when he was
i five. Hi? father. Salvatore Zangara,
\ later married his first wife's sister,
i He lives in Ferruzzano Italy. Giuseppi
landed in Philadelphia in September,
192,3.
Since the time of his arrival he had
i been suffering from stomach and inj
tcstinal. disorders, his uncle said. In
1 P2f> he underwent an operation for
appendicitis. Because of his stomach
ulcers, his physician told him to work
outdoors and that was what led him
to become a bricklayer.
He was n member of the local
Bricklayer's union but was expelled
two years ago for non-payment of
dues.
When, in 1924, he decided to become
n naturalized American citizen,
he gave his name as Giuseppi, but in
later naturalization applications he
used the anglicized "Joseph."
For some time he had not been
writing home to his father, the uncle
said, and only a few days ago a letter
came, asking: "Where is Giuseppi?
Why doesn't he write? What is he
I doing?"
Political and civic leaders of Pat,
terson were unanimous in denying to,
day that any radical group exists in
Patterson, though they admitted,
"We have a few loud-mouthed radicals
around."
The United States senate concluded
) a long day's work Wednesday with
passage of the interior department
appropriation bill carrying $43,800,1000.
Its official calendar showec
"January 10." A recess each day in
' stead of adjournment since Jan. 1(
j I made what the senators refer to a;
"the legislative day" nearly a month
1 c> r. g
Washington cabinet makers now
1 have it that Senator Carter G1 a"
1 will not aeeept the position of aecrc
J,tary of the treasury in the Roosevel
^ cabinet. His health is not so goot
" 1 and he is 75 vonrs of age,
f ! |
r \ tion about the miscreants. she i:
8 I deeply mortyfied about his tale an<
' is ashamed to lead him around annj
* | more with a little pink ribbon.
. .some green veggertablcs are bomf
e I fetched into town, allso a few broile
n ' chickens, and it now looks like tha
h j we will be able to get along verr:
\ well with the red cross flour and th<
- r. f. e. jobs and other gowarment aid
r the salvation army is allso scatterinf
e relief where needed, but she attend;
u to the lick more than annyboddy else
r yores trulie
v. mike Clark, rfd.
k- corryspondent,
Back-To-Land Move
Needs Wise Guidance
Clemson Collie, Feb. 18.?-Tho
baek-to-the-land movement now becoming
general may, unless wisely
managed, throw many people from
the frying pan into the Are, thinks
1). W. Watkins, extension agricultural
economist, who says that it takes
time, equipment and labor and sou*
money even to grow foodstuffs and
warns that in the meantime people
can starve on farms as well as in
cities.
One fallacy held by many city
residents is that anybody can farm,
but as a fact farming is today a difficult
and complex business," Mr.
Watkins continues. "The chances for
u family without proper equipment
or experience to make even food and
feed supplies is remote; and as for
making money it is well to take a
look at the fact that farmers received
only 51 per cent of pre-war prices
for farm commodities in January,
1933, and paid 105 per cent of prewar
for things they bought."
Mr. Watkin? holds that it is not
a solution of city unemployment
merely to send people to farms. "It
looks ridiculous to bring out new
people from the cities and industrial
centers to farms with the price disparity
that exists between farm products
and the goods that farmers
buy. The farmer wonders why these
people are not put to work in cities
making or distributing the things he
buys at 105 per cent of pre-war
prices rather than coming out to join
him in producing at 51 per cent of
pre-war prices. The supply of farm
labor available in the United States
January 1 was 127 per cent of normal
while the demand was 54 per
cent, making the supply 236 per cent
of the demand. In South Carolina
thoi-ftupply was 112 per cent of norI
mah the demand was 57 per cent, and
the supply was therefore 106 per cent
of demand. Farm wage rates in the
South Atlantic states averaged $11.16
per month with board and $17.09
without board. With farm wages 74
per cent of pre-war there is nothing
in working on the farm as a wage
hand except subsistence.
"Four groups of people might reasonably
consider going to the farm to
J live: Those with employment in
I cities who can by locating nearby in
| the country reduce their costs of living;
those who have something to
! invest and wish at present low values
! to get established on farms; those
' without work and unable to live in
| the city who have friends on farms
to whom they may go temporarily;
those unemployed and destitute who
! can go to farms to subsist guided
J and aided by responsible organiza:
tions or individuals.
"People going on farms now should
! have wise guidance as to selection of
(lands, production enterprises and
marketing possibilities. Only in this
way can the movement be made to result
in net gain to individuals and to
society. A rural community that
gains a successful farmer through
this movement will be much better
off, whereas one that merely adds a
few families under conditions that
make it impossible for these families
to succeed will be worse off."
Hoy L. Peterman, a vice president
of the Southern Public Utilities company,
was shot to death in his home
in Charlotte on Saturday night. His
wife wildly hysterical, taken to a
hospital said she shot him during a
fight. After an investigation yesterday,
the coroner's jury returned a
verdict to the effect that Peterman
had committed suicide.
Both houses of congress approved
nnd the president signed all in a single
day an appropriation to turn over
350,000 bales of cotton to the Red
I Cross relief purposes. It was some,
thing oi a speed record for a single
. day.
Representative Joseph L. Hooper,
i Republican of Michigan, in a Lincoln
! birthday address at Greensboro. N.
j C.. said that the Republicans will
1 elect a majority of congressmen in
1 1934 and in 1936 will elect the president.
Despite the fact that the finance
* committee of the North Carolina genI
era! assembly declares that n genera!
j i sales tax would bo necessary for the
: next biennium, opposition to a sides
j tax is growing in both houses of the
R! assembly.
j Senator Robinson, Republican, of
' Indiania. ascribes opposition to the
cash payment of the bonus to "big
business, organized wealth and the
f Wall Street crowd."
t TAX NOTICE
V Notice is hereby given that a one
p per cent penalty has been added to
all 1932 state, county and school
* taxes left unpaid through January 1,
? 1933. And on unpaid taxes after
s February 1, 1933, an additional pervalty
of one per cent will be added to
regular asseaannents.
S. W. HOGUE,
Treasurer Kershaw County, S. C.
Camden, S. C., January 25, 1933.
\
Early Chicks Pay
Poultryman Best
Clemson College, Feb. 18.?Earlyhatched
chicks live better and grow
faster than late-hatched chicks because
the hatching eggs, having been
produced before the hens camfe into
the peak of production, are larger
and therefore produce stronger and
more vigorous chicks, advises P. H.
Gooding, extension poultryman.
"Broiler prices are highest in
March, April and May; hence, cockerels
from early-hatched chicks can
bo disposed of at a better price," he
continues. "Puliets saved from the
early-hatched chicks can be allowed
to grow slowly during the summer
largely on a grain ration which is
cheap and will allow the pullets to
make a big frame and store up a
largo quantity of fat before coming
into production. Furthermore, earlyhatched
fat pullets will come into
production early in the fall, when the
prices of eggs are high and they will
lay large eggs and hold up in production
during the winter months. If
they are handled carefully and fed
heavily on grain they will go through
the winter without a partial molt.
"Records kept by poultry raisers in
Tennessee show that those who received
60 per cent of their broiler
income in April and May made 83
per cent more profit per hen above
feed cost than those who received
above 50 per cent of the broiler income
during June, July and August,"
says Mr. Gooding, quoting A. J.
Caldwell, extension poultryman of
that .state. Mr. Caldwell also advocates
saving pullets from early hatching
for fall layers, because:
"Demonstrations show that poultry
growers who received about 17 per
cent of their egg income during September,
October and November made
78 per cent more profit per hen above
f^d cost than those who received
less than 17 per cent during those
months."
It is becoming increasingly apparent
in Washington that the next con1
gress will within six weeks after its
convening adopt some plan of currency
expansion. But of the numerous
plans proposed no one can foresee
at present what the plan will be.
Solicitor Carpenter is not satisfied '
with the verdict of the jury in the!
IYterman case in Charlotte, and pro- '
poses further investigation. Mrs. Pe- j
terman was exonerated from the j
charge of murder under which she j
was arrested.
Robber Killed in Act
of Rifling Drawer
Darlington, Feb. *12.?An unidentified
man discovered in the act of
robbing a wholesale grocery company
here was shot and killed by a policeman
early today.
The officer, G. M. Morrell, said he (
saw the man, about 26 years of age,
rifling the cash drawer of the Peoples J
Wholesale Grocery company. H.e|
said he called out and the man moved /
as if to draw a pistol. Morrell said |
he fired one bullet through the window
and the alleged robber dropped.
The bullet struck him in the head.
While the authorities attempted to.
establish the identity of the dead (
man they also sought a suspected ac- j
complice in the robbery. Fingerprints
were secured but no arrests
have been made.
Hopeful Sign For Newspapers.
Most people think newspapers are,
in so far as they ^re considered business
ventures, the worst sort of gamble.
They believe the adventuij* as a
business venture a most dangerpua
move. But N; W. Ayer and Son, one
of the oldest, sanest and largost of
advertising agencies has gotten sta-i
tistics covering the pnst two years, j
two of the worst years of a long period
of depression, and the astonishing
facts are brought out that of
more than eleven thousand weeklies,
the past year witnessed only eight
failures and out of more than two
thousand dailies, there were only 47
failures. We venture the assertion
that there is not another business
that, for the first two years can show
greater stability. Banking certainly
could not, for bank failures have been
many. In the field of merchandising
there have been a high percentage of
failures. Think of the thousands of
farm failures. Think of the manufac-j
turing concerns that have closed
down and quit! And, in the 47 failures
recorded for daily newspapers,'
it is probable that the most of them'
were attempts to break down the old,'
established paper. The battle, in such
cases, usually results in failure for
the interloper. That only eight weeklies
out of more than eleven thousand
failed, goes to show, we think, that
instead of the day of the weekly
having passed, it is really coming
into its own. There is, and will con- j
tinue to be a great field for the
weekly newspaper. And, we belive,'
there is constantly expanding room
for the smaller daily. The overhead
Medal of Honor
Is Voted Hobson
Washington, Feb. 9.?A congre*.
aional medal of honor for Richmond
Pearson Hobson, of Los Angeles, tor.
mer naval officer who distinguished
himself in the $panish-Americ*n
war, was voted by congress today
and the measure sent to the White
House.
The senate passed a house bill a^.
thorizing the decoration. Hobson
risked his life on June 3, 1898, by
entering the fortified harbor of Santiago,
Cuba, and sinking the partially
dismantled collier Merrimac in the
channel under peraiatent fire from
the Spanish fleet and fortifications
on shore.
W. K. Lattin or William Layton,
according to finder print records, attempted
Wednesday afternoon at
Kansas City, Mo., to kidnap the 11yenr-old
daughter of a banker. The.
child's attendant, locked in a room
while the kidnaper gave the house the
once-over, called the police and as
Lattin stood on a stairway the police
arrived. Seeing his game was up he
fatally shot himself, after first having
tried to shoot his way out.
Postmaster General Brown estimates
that 8,000 postal employes will
lose their jobs next year if the appropriations
for his department are I
trimmed 5 per cent. He says this
will require the consolidation of many *3
hundreds of rural mail routes, dis-u
missal of surplus carriers, elimination
of village delivery service, etc.
Brown says that $500,000,000 of the
$608,033,378 carried in the bill is for
salaries and wages.
Fire destroyed eight amphibian
planes and five hangars at Roosevelt
Field ,New York, last Tuesday, with
a loss of $100,000. !
for the great metropolitan newspaper
is too heavy, its consumption of
raw material too great, and its padded
pages too cumbersome to make it
secure. There will probably be considerable
less pages marking the
annual output of the larger news- ;
papers. Newspapers that carry magazine
features, that attempt too wide
a field for their endeavor, are probably
going to find breakers ahead. The '
radio is one of these. The loss in the j
personal element is another. But, j
taking it all in all, an established
newspaper is about the soundest in- ,
vestment that can be found.?The
Union Times.
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He wanted GOOD tires; tires that were safe and economical;
and he was willing to pay for them ? a rea- 1
sonable price.
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words, but by phenomenal mileage records. And ho didn't
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