Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Tells of Happiness In Land of Hitler The fact that Mr. and Mrs. Max Wurtmunn were Camden visitors for several hours laat Monday la worth little more than mention In the "peraonal" or "arrival" column of a newspaper but the fact that they had Juat returned from a six month's vIb 11 with relatives in Germany and had u i.?t to tell of conditions In that country, made their stay here of more than ordinary interest. "We were agreeably surprised wh?n we went to Germany laat fall to flTi'i conditions far from what they werf pictured in the press and magazines of this country," said Mr. Wurtmann, when (|ueationed by a newspaper representative. "We found our relatives very happy and very much more prosperous than when we were over several years ago. "The situation that appears to have been most harshly pictured in this country involved the reported collapse of the Christian faith over there. You may imagine our astonishment when we found German churches have greater congregations than ever before and in the public schools the teaching of religious education was never at such a high peak of efficiency and thoroughness. In fact I can say with all truth that I believe Germany today offers tho most comprehensive religious education of any country in the world. I'll the lirst eight years of schooling tho child is taught the history of the Jlible and also receives Instructions in tlie singing of hymns There ace several hours weekly when the pastors of the various churches come to tho schools and give classes to the children who are affiliated with their relive groups. On Sundays there is the usual Sundav school sessions in all churches As tho child advances he or she is taught religious literature. ehureh history. Christian ethics and kindred subjects. "We saw hundreds of new church Hiniciures under construction during the past se\eial months. "< >f course the Lutheran church Is the leading denominational group in Germany, but on? also finds the i'entinostals. :h?? MapJists. Methodists and denominational groups. When I tell you that the German people ate t o d a j a happy satisfied race, more like the Germans of piewar days, i am giving you facts. 1 'i-'.ted to a radio address b> Frank \eefe. a congre*-ma11 at Washington f. w no ill's age. and I hope that ( \ ry Amerran citizen will be guided by his preachment. He urged us to keep cool and to light against American participation in a European war. He warned against the wiles of British and French propoganda which got j us into the last world war and stVessod the sjhylor-k attitude since evidenced in the refusal to pay just debts of many billions of dollars. * "I am an American citizen, as is my wife. My children were brought up in the belief of tin? principles of American liberty. But 1 have brothers. sisters and cousins over In Gerimany and they are the kindest and most gentle people one could ever meet. And there are millions In tiermany just like them. My wife and ij traveled all over Germany during tho past five months and .,we did not see any evidence of this so-called terrorism that has been so blatantly portrayed by the newspapers and magazines the fruit of paid propogandists. People were happy, secure in their belief that Adolph Hitler will keep them at peace with the world. There is no uuemploymerit in Germany. "The thing that impressed nie most was the step taken by the govern nicnt to build line men and women from the youth of the nation. The country has gone in for physical oul tyire and there Is a government de c r e e against smoking and drinking among the youths. All this is hound to produce a tine race of people." Mr and Mrs. \Yurtnianu declared heir journeys through Germany were wi'hout incident They said they * i'!i' treated kindl> and extended ever) kcurtesy. John McCasklll of Kershaw Die* John A. (Bill) McCasklll, 39, salesman for the Baltimore paper company, died suddenly Friday night In AHheville, H. C., after a few hours' Illness. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McCasklll of Kershaw. He was a member of the 118th Machine gun company, leaving South Carolina with Company M, 118th Infantry. He served overseas eleven mohths, finished Marietta Business college, Marietta, Md., and for several years was with the Columbia Office Supply company, of Columbia. He Is survived by one brother, IT. D. McCasklll, of Florence; two sic ters. Mrs. W. C. Perry, of Camdon and Mrs. M. J. S. Droze, of Charleston Funeral services were held at four o'clock Sunday afternoon from the Kershaw Presbyterian church, the Rev. Mr. Porter, of Kershaw, and Rev A. I). McArn, of Camden, officlatitig. Burial was in the Kershaw cemetety. j NOTICE Notice is hereby given that curI rent will be off on May 14, 1939, from 3 p. m. to 6 p. m. on account Carolina Power and Light Co. changing poles on main feed line. I Municipal Utilities / "COTTON ED" SMITH - T"1" As ;t Southern senator-?old style ? Kill8<>n DuHunt Smith, of South CuroUna I* almost too-typical-to be true, says the Pathfinder. Ho was born ott a plantation during the Civil war, and grew up to bo a Democrat, a Metho(list, a gifted storyteller, a bombastic orator a rare Judge of hunting hounds. Last week, backed by fellow old-liners, Chairman Smith happily released from his Agricultural Committee a cotton hill which ignored Administration advlea on the subject. Then, as usuul, when cotton is In the tiewB, Smith proceeded to take over the center of the stage. Two weeks ago, Smith exploded a startling blast against the New Deal and its supporters. On the seuate floor, in u voice which once earned him the nickname of "Galling Gun," he roared thht his colleagues "are pourlug out federal money In the hope of votes." Senators leaped up In protest. Overpowering a chorus of voices, Smith boomed: "I do not'make myself auy, Aiore righteous than ayone else, hnt I reiterate that statement ... 1 spoke the truth as I saw it, and God help me, I will not take It back." Smith's rages are famous. ' Even more famous is, the fact, that he has dedicated his life to cotton. Snorting contempt for "winxlaw-sill agriculturists," he boasts that he is the only real dirt farmer in the senate. As a young planter, Smith was one of the organisers of the Southern Cotton association at New Orleans in lyOo. Ho was chosen Its chief agent, and for three years toured the south stumping for voluntary acreage reduction and crop restriction. A New Orleans newspaper dubbed the missionary "Cotton Ed." He soon found that while some planters would cut ucreage, others would increase theirs even more. Disillusioned, he decided to Tun for the United State senate. Cotton farmers were ripe for a savior, The South Carolinian jpromlsed to be it. As he stepped down from his spring wagon for each campaign speech, he plucked a cotton boll for his lapel, stroked It and said /loud enough for all to hear: "My sweetheart?others may forget you, but you will always be my sweetheart." Smith has kept his promise. Duriug the past eight years, he has sponsored three senate investigations of the crop. He wrote an early seed loan act; the Smith-Lever Act has regulated cotton trading since the early '20s. The senator also sponsored the SmithKerr Act establishing tobacco production quotas, hut he would like to forget It. Since 1933, Smith has grown colder and colder to restrictive farm legislation. It reminds him of the negro preacher who told his congregation: " There are only two ways. One leads down to perdition. The other leads up to degradation." Cotton Ed thinks that crop restriction will lead only to perdition or degradation. His own idea is to let the farmer grow us much as he likes, and to guarantee him a fair return on his produce by a law fixing farm prices. Cotton and tobacco are the chief crops -on the 2,000-acre plantation near Lynchburg. S. C., where Smith was born. The farm has been in the family ever since a grant by King George II in 1747. Cotton Ed became its manager soon after he graduated from Wo fiord college, at Spartanburg, S., C? in 1SSD, and is now its OWfier, As a fanner, Smith sometimes makes money and sometimes does not. His family obligations have made constant demands on his $iu,00u-ayear salary as senator. Some of these lie has been able to meet through patronage. Once, when his opponents charged that he had put a 76-year-olcl relative in a federal job, he unashamedly bellowed: "That's a He and a canard! That fine old lady is v_." Smith's first wife died in lN'dP while dicing birth to a son. who was killed m a tragic- hunting accident at tie .idi- of 21 Cotton Ed married Alittti Fatle>. of Spartanburg, in l'JbO. ami now h.is'two sons ar.d two daught-r1 n Washington. Cotton Ed lives at the big Wardman Park hotel with h:-> wife and two sons Ellison and Farley, both in their middle 2us. The two Smith daughters aro grown and also | live in Washington. once every two or three weeks when congress is in session, Cotton Ed goes hac k to his farm. Despite his 74 years and more than 200 pounds, he is still an ardent sportsman. IEhunts fox and turkey, and goes on oneday fishing trips during which he eats nothing and drinks only river water. Youngest son of a Methodist minister, "Ellie" Smith had a narrow escape from religion His two brothers became preachers and his two sisters married preachers. As the self-styled .black sheep of the family, the senator takes pleasure In being a mild reprobate. Although he sprinkles his speeches with quotations from Shakespeare and the lHblo, he is also famous for his rich profanity. He hates liquor but smokes long cigars and chews copious quantities of tobacco. He stays at home during the evening; In bed, be reads one and sometimes two "red hot" novels before going to Bleep. He calls bis favorite bunting dog Sally Rand. Now serving bis sixth consecutive term, which expires In 1946, Cotton Ed 1b the senate's senior Democrat in yeaf-s of service. His oratorical sway over South Carolina voters haB not been seriously challenged Blnce 1926, when he won nomination by only 5,000 votes over his nearest rival. In primaries last summer, Cotton Ed was confronted with a crisis. The New Deal supported his opponent, Olin Johnston. Still worBe, for the first time in thirty years, cotton prices went down during his campaign. Smith shrewdly shifted his strategy. Ever since his first candidacy In 1908. his platform had been built of only three planks: States' rights, tariff for revenue only, and white supremacy. Last year, to distract attention from tho cotton markets, he talked more than usual about white supremacy. His own stand on the subject has been famous ever since 1936. At the Democratic convention in Philadelphia that year, a negro minister read the invocation. Smith was aghast. "My God!" he snorted, "he's as black as melted midnight!" Spectacularly he stalked out of the convention. Smith loves the past; for instance, on his plantation are several rusty old cars which he is too fond of to sell; Even in 1933, when he became chairman of the Agriculture committee, he was lukewarm about the New Deal. My 1937, Cotton Ed's disaffection from tho administration had become pronounced. He opposed the court plan, federal reorganization, housing and wage-hour legislation. He is no New Deal liberal and he is proud of lr. Most South Carolinians, moreover, are proud of Cotton Ed. For him and his ldlosyncracles, they have an affection which has lasted thirty years. For his fierce conservatism, even NeW| Dealers have a grudging admiration. Seeking at once to excuse and explain Cotton Ed after his senate out-j burst two weeks ago, Senator Pepper, of Florida, declared Jhat "his opinions have ceased to be the current' opinions of his country," but admitted: "I | never saw a man who in his heart entertained those views more honestly than the senator from South Carolina." ' i Hitler Hlte A Few Nails on the Head Unfortunately there are very few rulers in thlfi world who measure up to unselfish statesmanship. Hitler Is a despot, and often wrong and dangerous. President Roosevelt Is at the head of a supposedly free Republic, and often a poor adviser. Whether we like It or not Hitler voiced two views in answer to Mr. Roosevelt, that cannot be successfully denied. That we were capltallstlcally kicked into the Wdrld war, and no plea of defense on our part. That his business Is to rule the, German people and Mr, _Roo8eveU's business should be to rule the United States. In other words, keep his proboscis out of the affairs of snapping and snarling Europe. MAY LIVESTOCK NOTES A8 I OUTLINED ?Y CLEMSOffcVl For busy farmers county agent W. I C. McCarley gives these timely re- 9 minders on the proper care of live, stock for May: Dairying?Plan for two tons of soy- 9 bean or peavlne hay for each mature 9 cow and one ton for each yearling. If a silo is to be filled this fall have ample ?orn or cane. Plant Biloxi soy- 9 beans in row with corn. Where cane 9 is used, plant Biloxi soybeans in separate field to run in silo with cane. Plant enough extra corn to supply eight bushels of corn-and-cob meal per cow this winter. Sow one-half 9 acre of Pearl millet for each cow for soiling or grazing purposes in July I and August. Do not graze perman- 9 ent pastures too closely. Clean out the barns and premises to save manure and destroy breeding places for "9 flies. 9 Animal Husbandry?Breed sows for "9 fall litters. Have all weanling pICTtSsB double-treated for hog cholera. Se? i|9 that the spring pigs are on territory not infested with Internal parasites. Feed lambs in a creep. Use oats rather than corn for the workstoclCv ; Treat navels of new-born anltnaH9 pine tar to prevent screw worm in- j festation. Poultry?Clean and disinfect the brooder house each week. Cull all ^9 weak, slow-growing pullets and sell fl as broilers. Cull the non-laying hen# 9 and sell. Do not keep boarding heaJ. 1 Remove males from laying flocks I when incubation season is over. Pro-9 duce infertile eggs. Provide shade for* growing pullets. .9 ?J t -v* '/!* I SMALL DOWN PAYMENT AND EASY MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS, AT 6% ON I 1 DEFERRED PAYMENTS. THESE HOUSES ARE OFFERED AT PRICES MUCH I I LESS THAN THEY COULD BE BUILT FOR. COME IN AND SEE US IF INTER. I ESTED IN OWNING YOUR HOME. WE LIST A FEW PIECES: I ji 6 rooms unci 1 bath , , 916 Fair Street i 6 rooms and 1 bath 201 DeKalb Street 4 rooms and 1 bath 212 Vfc Halle Street4 rooms and 1 bath 917 Lyttleton Street 5 rooms and 1 bath 1008 Lyttleton Street !: 8 rooms and 2 baths 1416 Lyttleton Street I I 6 rooms and 1 bath ....... 704 Lafayette Street ft- I 10 rooms and 2 baths 302 Laurens Strpet i 8 rooms and 1 bath 501 j Laurens Street j 8 rooms and ?2 baths 407 Rutledge Street 5 rooms and 1 bath 203 DeKalb Street 1 9 8 rooms and no bath . 913 Lyttleton Street 4 rooms and1 1 bath 811 Lyttleton Street w I 1 store building a 944 Broad Street j j 1 store building 946 Broad Street ! I 1 offke building Corner Broad and Rutledge Streets I I ENTERPRISE B&L ASSOCIATION I W. R. ZEMP, President C. H. YATES, Jr., Secretary I 1 | [S@(3$X^?0000 Fads Th&t Concern You - t[uuu.-1 ' "if SOUTH CAROLINA!!; ^ r R e^F ^ EXPENDITURE OF FEDERAtEMERGENCY RELIEf ADMIN ISTRATIOH (A4M.Zj-JU*e-J9) AS SHOWN IN NATIONAI EMERGENCY COUNCIL REPORT - I BEERS NATION-WIDE TAXES-OVER A MILLION ilfl DOLLARS A DAY... ? II COULD HAVE PAID THIS FIVE YEAR TOTAL IN |)Z/ o !Huge tax revenues to lift that much of the direct burden off you. A million new jobs. A new hundred million dollar market for three million acres of farm crops . . . and all because beer came back. How can we keep these benefits... for you and for us? Brewers of America realize this depends on keeping beer retailing as whole some as beer itself. They, want to help public officials in every possible way. They cannot enforce laws. But they can?and will?cooperate f . May im Mtuf you a booklet telling of their unusual self regulation program? Address: United Brewers Industrial Foundation, 19 East 40th Street. New York. N. Y.. ' VLL. a ? ^ I BEER...a beverage of moderation 0 U ~ 4?