The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 28, 1937, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7
kments on men and things
(Uy Spectator)
be "extra pay" discussion brings
be fore again the fact that principal
count for much nowadays.
Constitution of the state is clear
it clearly forbids extra or addial
pay or emolument. The idea
dditional pay in the guise of "exte"
money is Just a legal quibble
nut an admirable one at that. One
concede that $400 a year is initiate
and yet recall that $400 was
gum set for a legislator's pay and
every candidate knew that. No
was compelled to become a candi;
no Clnclnnatus was dragged
i his plow (or law office) by an
ged citizenry that would not be
ed Nay verily.
lere is a principle at stake, but
; is a principle; or how.much is
Inciple worth? A lot of idle talk
been indulged in by some memof
long service, but the fact is
just last summer these men soil
the votes of the people and
man would have dared even in?
that lie would vote for or acjxtra
pay.
iy doe8 not the legislature mansubmit
an amendment to the
:itution so that legislators may
ientiously accept additional pay?
x the pay for the next legislapolnt
has been made that des
attention, namely that the
>ers of the house may save the
a million, even two million dolby
resisting the free spending
Ivitieg of the senate. I am bound
roil the truth of this,
s a singular tribute to Senator
that he has mesmerized the sen0
that whatever he says is ac1
without question. Mr. Sims,
h receiving a salary for services
as counsel i? not attacked, nor oveu '
challenged, becaubo of thla. 1 repeat, I
It Ih an extraordinary tribute both to
Mr. Hinib and to the buuate. it lu i
unfortunate, however, that members
of the general assembly are officially
connected with administrative or educational
services that must beck support
In the legislature.
Uist summer Colonel Kulp estimat
ed the cost of old-age pensions at 1
$800,000 a year; Mr. Sltna assured
the people that $1,200,000 would meet |
ull requirements. Today the senate'
bill of $2,000,000 Is pending, awaiting
u compromise with the house. Furthermore,
the senate went off on a sort
of educational spree, increasing the |
pay of teachers and lengthening the!
school term ut the same time. Then
comes an effort to spend seven hundred
und fifty thousand dollars for
new buildings for state colleges. Very
fine, indeed. Hut why stop? Why not
ten millions? Let us go all the way
ut once und rebuild the plants with
air-conditioned rooms, etc. Don't let
a few paltry millions cool our ardor.
We are progressive people in an opulent
state?and' the people themselves
are rich. All thia^talk of relief and
government loans is all poppy-cock;
we have the money, bo let's spend it.
Let's get out of our mean and petty
ways and pour out the money without
stint.
In some respects this legislature
makes me think of a lot of exuberant
boys spending dad's money?no balance,
no sense of proportion, no consideration
of underlying factors?Just
the ebullience of playing rich.
It just can't be true. Heading The
State Saturday morning I thought I
read this item: "D. M. Pinckney,
State Director of the National Emergency
Council, announced yesterday
South Carolina received $67,498,492 in
emergency relief funds from April 8,
1935 to March 31, 1937 Of course 1
must have dreamed that. Uncle Sam
wouldn't spend any money for relief
in this state; we don't need it. On
the contrary our people are prosperous
and "well-fixed." I admit that I
U6ed to think that our people were
poor, when I traveled about and saw
houses shabby and barns falling
down; when I heard farmers calling
for crop-production and seed loans;
when I saw fields lying out; when 1
was told on every hand that people
were borrowing "Government money"
for just every sort of thing. Why those
things caused me to suspect that the
country was not fully recovered, had
not been completely rehabilitated; but
after looking in on the legislature 1
knew that I was all wrong?the country
really abounds with wealth, the
land is flowing with milk and honey,
everything is lovely and the goose is
hanging high. That's what the legislature
indicates?and those boys must
know. If you think we are poor?you
are just mistaken.
What are the necessary qualifications
of a legislator? The Constftution
says certain things, but the Constitution?wen,
what about it?
I've heard it said that the Bible itp
divinely Inspired, else it could not
withstand the interpretations offered
by i18 friends. Of course one is reminded
of the prayer of the man "God
save me from nay friends; I can take
care of my enemies myself." On that
line of thinking we may regard the
Constitution as a document of peculiar
sanctity, for It certainly has a
hard time of it at the hands of the
courts and the lawyers.
Even so; but now what about tboso
legislators? A legislator should cultivate
a cheerful philosophy and a
bad memory. The cheerful philosophy
would permit him to see only beauty,
wealth, prosperity;^ the bad memory
would blot out all recollection of poverty,
campaign promises, high-sounding
speeches. It would also enablo
him to forget the wave of indignation
that swept over this state in 1931?""
because of extra pay. Our little legislature
will hurry at the last minute
?and compromise on money bills.
That last-minute hurry will cost tfiis
state about two million dollars a year
from now until Gabriel blows his
trumpet.
The legislature has become so soc- <
ially-minded that it Has lost its sense '
of proportion and forgotten the fer- >
vent promises made to the taxpayers '
Just a few months ago. This state
should reduce some of its taxes. We i
are told that there may be a surplus i
of three million dollars for the next
fiscal year, yet it is ontirely Impossible
to remove the five mill state prop- <
erty tax. which yields less than two 1
millions. The state could operate
next year as it is operating today and
save the taxpayers three million dollars,
provided of course, that business '
does not decline. But saving money
to the taxpayer is only the cheap
deception of campaign oratory; it is
mere buncombe. This legislature
I would do quite enough if it?continued
on the present baala, but allowing the
schools one month more, reducing the
school district usee accordingly. Add.
lag a month might heft the pupO^and
the taxpayers at the eame time. They
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REFLECTIONS AT SEVENTY-FIVE
Ambassador Jossphus Daniels Replies!
to Inquiry as to How. at Seventy Five !
(May 18, 1937) He Can Do as Much'
as When Twenty-Five.
You usk me to name ten rules thut
have governed my life. I am not conhcious
of hwvipg at any time adopted
rules of guidance which are responsible
for the fact that my eyesight Is
U?ii?ootJ Hml ,,iy Keneral health and
ability to work at 76 are about the
same as they were when I wuh 25, and
which have enabled me to achieve
Home measure of success. However
subconscious) my life may have been
influenced by the following practices
or rules of conduct:
Like Livingston, I have ever been
ready to go anywhere provided it iH
forward. My fundamental optimism
ha? been Ju.tMed by long e.perl
1 have seen tire growth of a new con
ception or social Justice which con
IT lhat ,he worW on the
threshold of a fairer distribution of
the fruits of man's efforts. J hope to
wlfl h BOl! thVom,nK (,ay when there
will be no under privileged, no slums
no denial or equality. I tt,? confident
that they are on the way ami that
stand6 l*eneratl0V w?l 'ail to understand
how our generation tolerated
semi-feudalism and child labor and
stand h6 h?Ur8' UM we ca",,t)l understand
how our ancestors tolerated
l?rrA.d2#"'?f. an"d ec?''? <c injunt
lees. As a publisher-enrployer and as
secretary- of the navy, I endeavored
to adopt standards that would recogze
the right of collective barKa?o'lay'a
"work. ""y "
My habits have been regular with
JVel l h?UrW Hnd Ple,Uy of Ume
hiLu TT' I,tlver Utted stirnu
wisdom U,Iy n ' 1 e?rly sensed the
said "-romn lJamln Franklin- who
l?o Temperance puts wood on the
i. h? a the burrp'. flour in the
tubs, money in the purse, credits in
clotan 5^?n 1 entment in the house
bodi tn,niif,he ch,Idren. Vigor in the
soirif In (hi i"?f ,n the braln ail<1
spirit in the whole constitution."
? a . b?y 1 was passionately fond
of baseball and almost slept with a
I ball and bat. I can prove by Connie
Mack that I still love It. However
t?ymnub1hlhy days,a8 u youthful country
publisher, I obtained all the everStay
I had w,tbout t,me out for
utinz !leed f?r exercise after
irstng my legs in reportorlal activity
n soliciting subscriptions and adveri8ements
and in collecting for the>
same, in sometimes propelling the nk
Dre?e? "InT,01" "."16 haud
press, and in other handy Jobs in a
are the ones entitled to first consideration,
though the teachers would
also profit by the additional month.
But to give another month arrd to increase
salaries in the same year is
like riding a free horse to death. So
with tire Social Security. Some of
our legislators have suddenly out heroded
Herod himself. A million dollars
a year is itself a huge sum of
money and by ail means should be
the maximum. Hut the public pie lias
excited some appetites so egregiousiy
that we must gorge at the public expense
without limit. Then comes the
calls for new buildings for the University,
Clemson, Winthrop, The Citadel.
All splendid, of course. But
Clemson, the University, Winthrop,
and The Citadel are neither hungry,
naked nor without shelter and have
no immediate necessities that require
that we offer up the taxpayer as a
complete sacrifice to the ambition of
either institutions or politicians. The
house of representatives could rehabilitate
itself somewhat in public respect
by standing for the taxpayer
against-the voracity of the pleaders
and spenders.
"Too much time spent" by our legislature,
says The Lancaster News.
Time? What's time to a legislator?
It's the "too much" money they spend
that hurts.
Ex-King Edward is now ready to
many our American "Wallie." This
is the greatest drama of all history.
A man, secure on the throne of the
greatest empire ever known, deliberately
renounces the throne with all
its pomp and glamor in order to marry
the woman of his choice. It refreshes
the spirit to think of this
man's decision. The King, his brother,
may enjoys thtr trappings of royalty
and play the principal figure in
the pageantry of the coronation, but
the heart of the world has been touched
by Edward. Mankind and manhood
will admire the man who was
too much of a man to be a King.
The Free Conference committee on
the Social Security bill compromises
between the two million dollar senate
bill and the one million dollar house
bill by recommending 11,519,999.96.
Many will remember that last summer
Senator Sims issued statements
and made speeches assuring the bill
would cost not more than $1,200,000.
Yet the senate, under the leadership
ot Mt Sims, passed a bill of about
12,000,000. Mr. Sims, in reporting the
compromise, says that this ($1,619,.
999.96) is a good beginning.
The Free Conference committee on
the General Appropriation bill hasn't
agreed yet. I hope the House will
stand Mke men for the original house
bills, both for Social Security", and
General Appropriation, even if *d.
Jourhment were forced without agreement.
? . y
^Narer before In the history of our
\y aUttves,twsa mpte rude
country newspaper establishment. Lator,
whon I tit Ik h t have found time for
sports, I hud forgotten how to play
and haw thought It wiser to reserve
all my strength for my serious duties.
I violate all th.. accepted rules that
prescribe a certain i>art of every day
,.\\hUul wxt,ri"la* Drulng the
World War I recall that Walter Camp
volunteered to keep the oahinet and
other officials fit by superintending
their exercise, giving his scientific I
daily dozen." I told hliu I needed I
o\ety ounce of strength for my daily
asks and could not Join his (-lasses
He predicted I would break down un
dor the War strain unless I exorcised
daily borne of my colleagues, who
ni'? i i! !0KB' laU'r wtml to hoH
pitals I did not lose a day or an
n"rJr,'!,i ,ny ???lel?l duties during
M ? ^y?r i wur' 1,4,H demonstrated
I..,'I, k7{,lnf <U for work dld 114)1 ioquire
devoting time to proscribed ex
1,1141 r??P?ct 1 may be an
exception to sound rules. 1 do not
advise this course for others. Quite
the contrary, Id like the thrill of
knocking a home run or kicking a!
I Hecau.se getting angry and losing
i coiitrol ?t temper injuries one's dls* I
LouLVi?". '"'I* ,< lAn,ri eff|ld?ncy. i have
sought to keep myself free from givinu
r>uU,,Wnit.h Temper 1h a blcssng
if kept under control. When it
hatmim-s V "i*" ll d4'?ll?>? Ms ,
reuso iK i V UK?fu,"4'??- For selfish
with sue ! lr,ed' ,)llt not "'ways
: u t4) lualntain equanimity
life and speech in personal intercourse
with my fellows
the8wtHJOUI',lUJiBt, 1 ear,y ,ea'??d
Hotabl in ? Khe det'laratio" of u
ico ihi n,! ?r* Who HU,d thut ?*o ?? ??
could measure up to his duty as an
n*nall'r688/ ??" h? r?U(1 1,1 h,H morn'
?g papti of the wrongs and initial-1
with inn ^or,d*. lle wa? ho stirred
ma ed ! m .0n? 1Ul he becftllla ani-1
his no we , ' M H ,eaolvu to <?o ail In ,
nis pown to redress the wronies ami
l? no't aT JU8',ICB- The
,1?'" '.n", of c'v" <loc<l" ?"<1
evil men fit]In short or lis public responsibility.
Righteous wrath Is as
merest u!s!!'0,1:"", ",llut'"c? "? keen
world <> ' In the
I have always placed loyalty as a
supreme virtue and a? the very mudHill
of character. Without loyalty to
convictions, to friends, to principles
to good causes, to religious faith, to
IiTh m u" !nan !"ay hopo U) achieve 1
his highest goal. loyalty, however,
a vlitue that may degenerate if it
causes one to condone wrong in
friends or makes one a slave to party
I have always been indifferent to
money or Its accumulation or the
confers 1 have nev4?r tr,"d
to make money or been actively asHsheflWith?
any enterPri8e estabished
for profit. I have ulways been
too busy with other things. Love of
evlinebutn;,a>i n0t b? th? ,00t of al1
II. but it is sure to canker the soul
?ho up ft>m',OU8 inipulses and corrupt
the public service. pi
I have always been in rloBe association
with youth and with men
of youthful and forward-looking ideas
Aiy closest associates have been mv
tour sons, tlie young men on the staff
of my paper, and older men who believe
the best is* yet to be " For
many years I taught a Sunday school
class of college students. That experZT
the best receipt for lookg
at things from the standpoint of
inll !hOW' il 8e a88?clations, followind
? guidance of a wise mother
wife Jb,eBH,nS ?f a true helpmate
wife, have crowned my life with hapfaJflon
8 t^rue ,neasure of salisfhlil
y h in the wl8dom of
these two women early influenced my
advocacy of giving the ballot to women
and opening wider doors to them.
From early boyhood I had deep
interest in politics, but resolved when
a young editor never to become a
candidate for public office. I wop not
willing to risk the temptation of writing
with a view to getting votes for
myself, or of being exposed to the
suspicion that editorial utterance was
influenced by personal ambition. I
have regarded editorial duty as public
service as truly as holding office. In
the positions I have held I have endeavored
to live up to the Cleveland
creed: "Public office is a public
trust."
A man is as old as his arteries
and his interests. If he permits his
economic, religious, or social arteries
to harden, or loses Interest in whatever
concerns mankind, he will lose
faith in his fellows and in his world,
thereby becoming prematurely old and
will need only six feet of earth. If
he maintains active interest In the
affairs of his home, town, his state
nis republic and the world in which
he lives, and seeks In every way *n
his power to improve the welfare df
his fellow men, particularly those who
may not he able to help themselves,
he will realize the wisdom of St.
, .'7b.e ^'den age is befofe
If? inu Ua' And lf he accepts
the philosophy of Cuyler as I have
kilt? ? i?: i"pvery 8tep toward Christ
kills a doubt; every thought, word
and deed for Him carries you away
Lr1OI,nh,. ,"rrrmB"t-" 1 aln Pentiumed
that there is no sere or yellow leaf
as one moves toward the sunset.
!!l?hwhat course will you graduate?"
un. In the course of time."
Gates Ford Club
Tho Gates Ford Homo DemonMtration
club mot Monday afternoon, May
10, with Miss Nell Seegers and Mrs.
J. f "Seegers iih hostesses. Tho meeting
waa called to order by tho prosldont,
Mrs. JamoH Fletcher. "America"
waa sung. Devotional conducted by
MIhh Kate West. Roll called and
minutes by tho secretary. Miss Noll
Seegers. Each member answered tho
roll call naming their favorite cake.
A business session was held in wfilch
the club h?use committees, gave their
reports. Also a discussion of how and
where we would hold our picnic sup-*
per for Charlie Mitchell and the Mountaineers,
who came to the Gates
Ford school house Saturday night,
May If), in order to raise more money
for the club house fund. Other business
pertaining to the club was discussed.
We then began the task of finishing
our yearbooks for the rest of the
year. Miss Fewoil has planned some
very Interesting subjects for our
study during our year's work. For
May we have our summary meeting.
For our June subject, miscellaneous.
July, reorganization. August, annual
picnic. Miss Fewell took charge of
tiie meeting and we filled out our
yearly reports. After thiH she gave
each member the month's project
song, the garden work for May and
a bulletin on "The Well Kept Farm
Home." The subject wus the "Well
Kept Farm Home." The first ?polnt
was cleanliness in and around tho
home. This included many methods
and it makes our homes more sanl-1
tary and healthy to live in. The next
point was repair. Miss Fewell gave
many points on repairs, such as repairing
gates, fences, windows, doors, i
roofs and steps. When some of these {
things are kept repaired, such as
gntcs and fences (hey save much time
in doing chores and add to the efficiency
and in general appearance to
the farm. During the summer months
a large portion of the farmer's leisure
time Is spent on the porch. If it is
repaired, the house looks bettor in appearance,
at the same time adds much
to the comfort and convenience in
tho home. We must consider our
walls and furniture when repairing
other tilings for |n this way we can do
lots in improving our homes. But we
must be careful in changing colors
for finishing walls and floors in .our
home. If we will try to follow sonic
of those points we can do lots in improving
our homos and farms, therefore
making our community a better,
healthier and more sanitary place in
which to live. After MIsh Fewell's
talk, which was enjoyed very much,
Miss Nell Seegers, Mrs. J. C. Seegers
assisted by MIbs Reba West served
sandwiches and tea.
Our meeting adjourned to meet the
second Wednesday in June with Mrs.
Sam Hunter. Thirteen members and
two visitors were present. Two new
members joined.
The Gates Ford Home Demonstration
club met again at the Gates Ford
school house Saturday night, May 15,
at 6 o'clock and gave a picnic supper
fn honor of Charlie Mitchell and the
Mountaineers, which was sponsored
by the Gates Ford Home Demonstration
club. Quite a large cfowd attended.
- Everyone present enjoyed
their music mill plays Much laughter
and fun was had during (ho performance.
The flub raised 126.74 with all
expenses iucluded. Tho flub wishes
to thank tho many pooplu who attend
I'd.?Contributed.
A Game Not A Game
A game and yot not a game That
Is Jumi what happened to the Ksso
White Hex and the Kershaw Guards
battle of last Friday nlaht In tho
Twilight softhall league.
The Guurds and the Sox Htaged a
battle that for sheer apeed had the
famous Hiawatha of the Milwaukee
Toad, tho llurlington Zephyr and a few
other speedsters of national fame nelually
backed off the mail because
'when they finished play, it had taken
them a bit over 31 minutes.
"Sounds screwoy to me," quoth the
recreational director. "Can't be did,"
said Percy Mays, leader of the Ksbo
team. "Too fast for comfort," said
Captain Sanders of the Guards.
Well, to make a long story short,
Director Heath believes there was a
scoring error and has ordered tho
game played over again on the afternoon
of June 2. That will bo next
Wednesday. ltussell will be on the
firing line for the Gourds again and
Hasty will curve them over for tho
Sox. In the game that was cancelled
from the record book, ltussell gave
up but two hits to tho slugging White
Sox while Hasty was nicked for four
by the Guards. In one Inning Russell
pitched but four balls. The first ball
to tho first batter waA souked into
deep center and found a resting place
in the mitt of n guardian of that garden.
The next batter likewise poked
the first ball pitched for a long drive
to left which was also picked out of
the air by an alert outfielder.. The
next batter watched a wide one go
by und then swung at the second ball
and slammed it on a line to short
where It wus collared on the fly.
New York's burlesque theatres have
been closed by the police this week
for the first time in many yenrs. It
all came about because most of tho
burlesque houses were entertaining
their audiences with "strip tease"
dancers?women who disrobed to
nakedness on the stage. The theatres
will make a court fight to regain their
alleged privileges.
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