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- 1 'J'.-V , . j 1 1. , v - - 1 ? ?? - -. -. IRICYCLE REPAIRS We have opened a bicycle repair department in connection with our machine shop and are prepared to handle all work promptly and at reaaonIable prices. DeKALR MACHINE WORKS I M. H. DEAL, Owner ELECTRIC AND GAS WELDING LATHE WORK BICYCLE AND GENERAL REPAIRS Weat DeKalb Street Phone 42 COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS (By Bpectulor) Spectator does apt wish to become ii political gossip, but he thinks ho ^ mily tfll what is being Haiti at limes. GoshIp haa it that one group or fur-. Hon will have an its candidates for J Governor Harnett It Maybank, of, Charleston, Wyndhani M. Munnliig, of Sumter, and Neville Bennett, of Marlboro; while the other faction will j have Hen K. Adams, of Columbia, and , H (!. Godfrey 1 think It abBtirb to Imagine Governor Johneton resigning In order to become a candidate for governor a second time. No ataount of quibbling could obBcure the wholly obvloua purpoue to evade the constitution. Of course, aa I've hinted a time or two, the constitution Ih a Htnall potato between friends, but It would look like a big potato putch in a race for governor, with high feeling throughout the state. Eloquence would burst forth like the water at Moses' touch and lawyers would rededicate themselves to the sacred pulladlum?and all that sort of tiling, you know. Of course some lawyers don't know much about the constitution but a little thing like that would not be allowed to stem the rolling billows of forensic oratory. Nay, nay. What haa occasioned a lively bit of talk Is the rumor that there will be a coalition of the lilease and Johnston forces against Neville Bennett. I think there is small probability of this. In the first place, Cole L. BleaBe never has been a trader; he lets others ride on his wugon, but he does the driving. Mr. Blease is too old a man to change his tactics. Again, Ben E. Adams does not need a coalition. Maybank, Bennett, Adams and Blease are capable and attractive men on the stump and will be the strongest team of speakers in u governor's race In many a moon. Nor must we overlook Tom B. I'earce and Wyndhatn Manning who have their friends and those candidacy commands not only great respect but u numerous support. | If Mr. Godfrey enters the race he will appeal to the cotton mill vote. I doubt whether he could carry it against Mr Adams. Furthermore, Mr. Blease is far from dead, politically, und he will always command a good vote. | Men have said that Dr. Carl B. Eppa of Sumter, will be a candidate for gov-' eruor. Nobody knows whether he will be a candidate, not even the band-J some doctor himself. "Doc" Isn't a politician, but he loves public affairs, lie is a line surgeon and has a big1 practice, but if he should decide that, the state needed hint ho would otter] himself. And he doesn t cure whether he is elected or defeated. He la no trimmer ami doesn't know how to' side-stop. Now look what a line up: Adams, Bennett, Blouse, Epps, Godfrey, Manning, Maybunk, lVarce?1 suppose, all J In all, the ublest group to be coil-1 sub-red for the governorship?and there are others. I I don't know whether Doctor Owens will offer ugatn. The doctor Is a hard-J working mayor anil always on the job lor Columbia. There seems to be a day [ reckon- t ing for everything. Not only do bankers and merchants want their money but even l iu le Sam calls for bis. We] have seen the government collectors chasing poor white and colored farmers around tobacco warehouses utul cotton lots, calling for what was bur-^ rowed from the national treasury. Of course the government is easy cm the nations o; Europe whnh owe us billions, but it is diligent m going aft? r the one gains farmer But a while back I'm le Sam h lit us money to save our homes irein r.tp.uious money-lenders and now heboid! the llotne Owners Doan Corporation has foreclosed mortgages on 02,2:11 pieces of property up to the end of November, libit!. Well, well. So we must pay after all. Articles are being used by us every day that our fathers knew nothing about. In comparison with the conditions of a few years ago we are greatly favored. The great corporations?rascals, scoundrels, unmitigated scamps, Incorrigible malefactors, and all that?have done something for us, It seems. Some people have the idea that we .m should belli bettor condition If the big corporutIons did not exist, and if business were done by small concern**. Suppose wo had an autoinobllo factory in Columbia inaklnK about twcn-| ty-flve taro a day, and one like it In Charleston. What would a car coat? If you could get a rcully good car at all it would coat at lcaat twlee aa much aa u car coeta today. Now did you know that the big corporations, the gigantic fellowa, like lulled States Steel, Weatlnghouau, Ford, General Motors, Chrysler, DuFont, General Electric, maintain great research laboratories, seeking to leurn how to do better and more cheaply the things that must be done and how to find new thlngB. We owe tho fine products we enjoy to this laboratory research; and we find new articles every month. It is worth knowing that our big companies will spend two hundred and fifty million dollars this year in laboratory research. Dr. E. H. Weldlein, President of the American Chemical Society and Director of the Mellon Institute of Industrial Res<&rch, Pittsburgh, says the United States Steel Corporation, alone, spent nine million two hundred thousand dollars in research in 1936. Spectator wishes to be progressive, but suggests that most people don't know anything about the proposed Child Labor amendment to the Federal Constitution. The fact that President Roosevelt wishes this amendment adopted is no reason why this state should adopt a blind me-too policy of follow the leader. The President has served the country nobly and heroically and is entitled to our eternal admiration and gratitude, but he is, after all, only a man, howbelt a great one. North Carolina repudiates tho proposed amendment and so does the governor of Massachusetts?a Democrat, too. Let's look into this a bit?calmly. Mr. Roosevelt has a supernatural responsibility to the ages, for he not only does his own thinking, but the thinking for thousands of men in public life. No sooner does tho President emit a thought than they rush into print, telegraph and mails declaring themselves two hundred and one per cent for the prol>osal. It may seem to some of them that the President is incapable of er-1 ror, his motive being exalted, but even Mr. Roosevelt may nod once in a ; while, though one would have to be uncommonly wide awake to notice it. ! The President's proposals relative to the courts contain so much meat for thought that 1 can't understand how any citizen can rush into ecstasy and vociferous applause 1 wish 1 might present this as a J great proposal of transcendent importance and discuss it as a matter of government instead of as a recommendation savoring strongly of political expediency. The President is impatient with the1 Supreme Court because it has thrown ' out Homo of the New Deal measures as unconstitutional. He thinks the' court is obstructing progress; he be-! lieves that the court is an obstacle to plans for social progress. I know that judges are just human; and 1 ascribe no superior wisdom or ! merit to them; but the President?a Democrat is today more like Hamilton than Hamilton himself. That may; be all right. I merely call attention to the strong swing of our party from tin old faith of our fathers. Gf course our fathers are dead and we the liv- , ing must so 1 \ e the problems ot the living Now let's reason together. Is tins a nation of states, or is it a compact, homogeneous bod v wuh certain sub<11 v isions tailed stales." If the stales just geographical expressions, Hun let us face the facts. it the 1 ? oiistitut ion is a compact by whuh 'the states make a nation then the jealous states still have all their sovereign dignity ami power 1 adj nut that it is hard to maintain any 'filth thesis How can we talk about the dangers of Federal encroachment when we vie with ono another in asking the National Government even to ' feed our hungry? Hut, assuming that the states don't amount to anything, I an> more, what about the Nation? Shall the President have a me-too court as well as a Mo-too Congress? Even though the court were In error shall we sacrifice the independence of the courts? Even If the President were always rl*ht there Is the poaai bllity thai some other ITeaideut may sometimes make mistakes. We might weigh the Importance of establishing u precedent of putting the courts somewhat under executive supervisIon It ue?,'iuft to me that the court should never de< lure an act of Congress unconstitutional except by unanimous vote. Hut If social theorists and faddists are appointed to the belieh there Mill never bo unanimity. The inferior courla should not bo ullowed to dot lure acta of Congress invalid excepl In cases 'affecting personal liberty. In all other cases It might be beat to certify the issues to the Supreme Court, with the trial judge a opinion. Something happened in the House j two weekn ago that is atill beyond j tiio power of my poor brain to underaland. Some one wiahcd to reduce the Stuto Property tux by one mill, the point wua made that thia would "put the budget out of balance" und preato. All the membera accepted the magic worda und withdrew tiie propoaal. Hut why, pray? One mill ia about |100,000. Jt la thought likely that there will be u aurplua of more than a million dollara. How, then, can one mill reduction "put the budget out of balance"? Are we Juat playing with worda? Wanted: information aa to the whereabouta of a member of the Houac who remembera hie pledgee of laat Hummer und who ia faithfully laboring for the taxpayera againat the tax-eaters and the golden-apendera. Reward if name of euch man ia aeut to "Hopeful," Box 424, Columbia. Boat: Somewhere between his home county and Columbia a member of the houae who promlaed laat summer to come to Columbia and to do something for the taxpayers, but who haa become so (irmly convinced that he should yield to those who want more pay, etc., that he can't see the taxpayers back home even with a long-range telescope and can't remember uny of his promises. It has been suggested that Spectator tell about the places of natural beauty in South Carolina. Rather a large order. Have you a place of grandeur? Write Spectator, P. O. Box 424, Columbia. He may go there to enjoy it and tell others about it. Have you ridden by Stateburg between Columbia and Sumter? Have you been to the Horse Creek Valley? Have jou seen the rugged beauty between Columbia and Carlisle, between Columbia and St. Matthews, or Brewington I>ake in old Clarendon between Manning and Kingstree, or the interesting landscape near Liberty Hill? Tell us what you have. The great sand Hills of Aiken county, on the road to Augusta are worth seeing. We are headed for new taxes or increased taxes as sure as shooting. Why does not the legislature cut the garment to suit the cloth? Very possibly something could be done for the aged, if all the surplus were dedicated to that relief, but after making i such an inglorious start as to bring i increases of more than a million dol- j lars right off the bat where will the old-age pension come from? When our j institutions get through eating the j watermelon "there ain't gwine to be no rind." All right then shall we buy ; another melon? 1 think the opportunity good for some man to run for governor on a platform of sharp reduction. Our grasping today may pave the way for destruction tomorrow. "But go on , brave boy; your success will be the ruin of us all," hh wffB said to Alcibiades. interesting Facts About Railroads Wilmington, N. C., Feb. 1.?The railroads of the I'nited States have passenger trains on 644 different runs where an average speed of 60 miles a nhour or more is maintained from terminal to terminal. Many railroads use specially constructed woven wire fences connected with the signal systems to warn train crews of rock or earth slides which come dangerously close to the rails. Because of increased prices, the cost of materials nnd supplies of all kinds, including fuel, used by the railroads. is now approximately $14u,Sj>5,eu?> greater annually than in May, io;i 3. More than fifteen million pounds of meat is consumed annually on railroad dining cars by the traveling public. Class 1 railroads in the past ten y^ars have paid $3,201,."k?8,5S4 in taxes to federal, state and local governments, of which amount it is estimated approximately 46 per cent went for school purposes. The railroads of the United States, Canada and Kngland recognize (our feet, eight and a half inches as the standard width between rails. John Francis, 83, retired genoral passenger agent of the Burlington railway, died at Lake Wales, Fla., Tuesday. He la survived by his wife, and daughter and a brother. Burial In Chicago. Walker Among List Of Casualties hilll I'l'll/o, < f Feb 18. All exploding. livo ii>c1> gun manned by marines killetf hU men unci Injured ten ubuurd the' demilitarized battleship Wyoming toduy? injecting startling reality of war Into peacetime fleet maneuvers. The explosion occurred during the culminating phase of the four-day sky, sea and land lighting in which 37,000 marines, 7f>0 troops ami twelve naval vessels engaged ul Sun Clomenlo 1siand, sixty miles offshore. Among those killed was Cupt. Edward .J. Trumble, I'nitod States Marine corps, attached to the Wyoming,' whq apparently was directing the gun*1 lire abourd the oldest battleship now in use by the navy. Captain Trum* ble'u home was in Alexandria, Vu, The Wyoming, commissioned In lbl2 und demilitarized in 1030, came to the ' I'ttcilic coast January 25 with ofli-; cers and men of the hrst brigade of J marines to participate in the secret fleet lauding exercise. It is the flugship of Keur Admiral, Wilson brown, commander of the ] training squadron of the fleet, its' commanding officer is Cupt. C. N. llinkamp. The tragedy occurred at .11 o'clock tliis morning (2 p. in. E. S. T.). The ship was ordered to proceed to the hurbor here with the ^victims. It wuh reported the Wyoming was firing its guns us a covering ship for the marines, who were landing In small bouts from this and a marine transport, the Antares, to dash through the surf in a landing operation. Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn, commander-in-chief of the fleet, radioed the Associated Press the following information: "At about 11:00 (11:00 a. m. P. 8. T.) today during exercises off San Clemente, a casualty to a five-inch gun occurred on the Wyoming. "Six dead, ten injured. The Wyoming is arriving at San Pedro at about 3:30 (3:30 p. m. P. S. T., 6:30 p. m. E. 8. T.). "Capt. Edward J. Trumble, U. S. M. C., Alexandria, Va., was among the killed." j Casualty List San Pedro, Calif., Feb. 18.?Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn, commander-inchief of the United States fleet tonight Issued the following official list of dead and injured, all members of the marine corps, in the gun explosion aboard the old battleship, Wyoming today: The dead: Capt. Edward John Trumble, next of kin, wife, Mary D. Trumble, 1416 King street, Alexandria, Va. Marine John Bauer, next of kin, mother, Mrs. Katherine Bauer, Cincinnati, Ohio. Marine Albert Enos, next of kin, sister, Alice Frazier, Cambridge, Directors of the chamber of commerce at West Point, Miss., has adopted resolutions in opposition to the President's proposal to increase the membership of the Federal supreme court, and requests Senator Harrison and Representative Rankin of Mississippi, to oppose the plan. The Chrysler corporation, builders of automobiles, with headquarters In Detroit, has announced a 10 per cent increase of wages for its employes, thus adding $13,000,000 per annum to its operating costs. Mass. Joseph W. Bozynskl, next of kin, sister, Mrs. Sarah Hershel, Pittsburgh, Pa. Clinton Lyrta Walker, next of kin, father, James H. Walker, Boykln, 8. Richard Frye, next of kin, mother, Mrs. Mayme Frye, Johnstown, Pa. Seriously injured: Whitney Ensley, Atlantic City, N. J. William Keenan Webster, Greenwich, Conn. Richard Parker Brooks, Mount Gilead, Ohio. David Roger Williams, Burgen, N. C. Arnold Byrd, East Fall Church, Va. David Joseph Roche, New York city. Slightly injured: James Owen Holland, Brewton, Ala. Robert Edwin Kennedy, Jacksonville, Fla. William Henry Lentz, Brooklyn, N. Y. Norman John Schluep, Chicago, 111. Mrs. Alice Cahill Dead The unexpected death of Mrs, A|j< Cahill, oldest daughter of Mr. a Mrs. W. W. Smoak, which occwri Tuesday afternon at six o'ckd brought sorrow to the many frioi of the family. Mrs. Cahtll'e deal was self-imposed, caused it Is thoutf by despondency, she never bs lng her full physical . strssj following a severe Illness living in Chicago. She a conscious when reached by her n ents and lived several hours alts She was taken to the hospital u given emergency treatment bat n not physically able to throw oil 1 poison which had gone through li system. Mrs. Cahill is survived by herbs band, Hawley S. Cahill, formerlyi Chicago; a small daughter, Catheria two years of age; her parents,n brother, W. W. Smoak, Jr., and ti sisters, Mrs. Clem Sobotka, Jr, < Knoxville, Tenn., and Miss GlisaM Smoak who is teaching in Beads! Mrs. Cahill was twenty-seven y? of age. She graduated highly disth gulshed from Winthrop collegatotl class of 1930, and later did iptdi work leading to a master1! tospe from the University of South Can Una. She was in the firBt group i Winthrop to be awarded the 8tm berry Leaf for work in debating 1 the time of her death she was tad ing at Cane Branch school. Ford past year Mr. and Mrs. CarlH a daughter have been making Will boro their home.?Walterboro PH and Standard. FERT1L1ZERS^| The Southern Cotton Oil Company I will be the fertiliser headquarter# of this section, Ah I ready many carloads of all types of Soda and Potathei have been received at their warehouses, and ship, ments of all types of the famous SCO-CO mixed fertilizers are expected daily. 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