Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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NO APRIL FOOL ii ! ami 1 <HAT OLD . I ? , 1 * ' 1' U. S. MARINE CORPS SEEKING YOUNG MEN Authority for the enlistment of a limited number of young men of excellent physical (]na 11 llc-atIons during the months of April and May, has been received by the Ih S. Marino CorpH Recruiting Station, Pont Oil he Building, Savannah, (ia, according to an announcement received today from Captain A. C. Small, recruiting olTicer in that city. The men enlisted will be selected from a waiting list of applicants who havo submitted their applications on official forms obtained from the Savannah office. To bo eligible for enlistment an applicant must ho white, single, between is and 2 7 years of age. G| to 7 1 im lies in height, and have at IcaM an eighth grade education. / Young men of this locality who do-ire to enlist at an early dale should I Avii:.. lie'- Savannah recruiting office u it hour delay | V a sp.-t d of "0 mil. - an hour the margin of >a!'oi v between \ ! i i * 1. s. i s i MJ7 toot I - ' I ' ? IIIII Hi ?1WIB ! ! I Stick to Uncle Sam Canadian money is good at I he Corner Drug Store, but It came very near Kilning U|> trouble, at least for one little fellow. The other day some tourists stopped In and purchased a radio from l>r. Timmons, paying for it with two lives and two twos in Canadian i>aiK?r money. They are very similar to our own greenbacks. Cutting them on display, since we don't see much of that kind of dough In iheso parts, one of the five dollar bills mysteriously disappeared. The police was notified, as were the hanks, and it wasn't long before the cashier of one of our hanks called tho doctor over, telling him that he had something for him. Well, he did The liw r, but the young fellow was trying o get i; cashed had a sixth sense that trouble was brewing, so he vanished Moral don't snitch conspicuous momo, sii<k to 1 111 !e Sain Hartsviile M * ? tiger. The Knglish language constantly is uml' i going I'hauges In the past i!?J s 17".oiin n.w w olds ha\e been add<d. w h i! "noon h;iw- leeotiie oVso ???>M III !> ?????OTP?TO COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS (liy Spectator) Spring hero, the little follow# are shooting marbles all over the pluce. Partners. alt steady-?Iota of time to plant cotton, Dou't rush In, Rom em her cool nights and lice work against! cotton. The l-iucastor News comes to me replete with attractive material. Friend Harton. once closely assocla tod flr-lth me, has treated the Lancastrians handsomely and 1 rejoice In sbetng their appreciative advertising response. The arrest of the governor of Georgia by order of the Federal court brings up u tine point of law and constitutionality. Probably Federal courts will rule that a man Is a man before the law; whether a governor or just anybody. The same would apply to a president If ho should violate a law of (roorgla, while In Georgia. Gut. those who cling to the old order of things challonge the right or the 'Federal court to arrest the governor of ti state. Of course Governor Rivers Is himself such a New Dealer that he should not deny the right of the Federal government to do anything. I spoke of the FIODKltAb GOVERNM10NT, but what we have Is no longer a Federal Government, but a NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, state authority ami importance being relatively uninipurtant today. After all is said about the case technically.?and 1 am aware of (he technical constitutional Issues It goes against the grain to have the official stale acts of a Governor brought before a United States Court. The point at issue is that the Governor having removed the Highway Commissioner, the Commissioner sought the protection of the Federal Court on the ground that his office had been taken from him without due process of law. Spectator hazards the guess that the "due process of law" was never intended to cover any such case. Easiness men are urging that we change, our pra.liee with regard to punitive damage awards. This is the second of thi' proposals endorsed by all the Chambers of Commerce of the State .the first being the rep-a! of the tax on intangibles which I disI missed last week in speaking of business tie-n i think it unfortunate , '.Lat iuuii working lor salaries and i wages regard themselves as eXi in i> d i I hat is a mi-understanding. .M of ; our business tin n work for salaries, j- v if own rbe buslnes.- a:.d L n ? 1 in ie)u e between wage* ( and ' v.u/ies | should be perfectly wiilioe i,>r someone to pay me handj -"Ueand caii j; wages. To go a j hit further, rho only difference bej ' A' ' ii wa-'es and salaries on one i hand, ami dividends and pro.'its on i tin- ntlier, j* that you are sure to get j "h - wag. s and salaries, w h- i '-as nojieeiy j*.sure of profits and dividends. ! Jo prove that, the records sh >w t!:at j during t!). d"pression the great busii iiesa uiiLe. prise.* of ; he United States | i'-ial "Ii- : wetity-seven billion dollars j.'i'om ii< :r surplus to juaiiiM'u their | * : g a!;! 'a : :o:i - ; and liie t ord also ' 'is a ir? . hundred per ? cut ill's, ,r w ag.-s in fifty >ea:s. togeth v''d a g aiacrense in taxation. I-. . *.:i., i the percent i?m:si - a y ..nine of d . t ; i .:n. . i once held a > my-.-,:' m em- o: tiie big' : ! - in t!n- I' ni;. d States, 1 n'.im reast-d w ages, but ; ' i me one .tip in dividends durum :!: f ve or six years I held the I sio, k I am trying only t> . stablish i IS ' > " ' 'hat in the long run we are all h , -i:iesmen. regard of the j kind \\e .have in the concern Igibor I i- h;jsine-s. and the man ;a overalls s a bu-lttcss im.iti ami do ,, Jot of | business to get his pay ; jus' as the manager may worry day and night how to keep his wheels going and make a good showing to his board of directors. So. then, when I ialk about business men. I am not advocating anything which L not for the general good, as I understand it. Perhaps some ot my r? ad? i i do not ; know about punitive damages. This j is what I mean; if a js>or plow-hand were to brush against w.- with his j car 1 should probably have my oniotj ions rise to the boiling pomy brush , off my clothes and go on my way; i i . * i ' j ",l! if that car or truck or <us belong"d to some wealthy com-. : n there I would be a suit against jr for thousi amis ef dollars A suit to make an [ example of a person for fraud or ; some flagrant act is something known | for many centuries, and the practice j conies to us from the English ComI men Law, which is the basis of most j of out idw . bill in South t 'aroiina we , have an unfortunate reparation for having so uoowed damage suits i w 11 * i .lie damage w a- small, nut the i defendant rh h. that 'hi- :illation do?*s us a great d-*i! of ha: in. adver).?i. g ( u r S.afe as ;,ic l) i|(py hunt^ng vrour.d of damage ? u . * lawyers, i Lis. of com Ke. is unj .> ;o m st law y ers As soon as It is urge.j fo -?strict ; the punitive damage prac'Re some' one raises the cry that the restriction would help big business Well let us be frank and ask the question, why not? Are we the enemy of big business? Or are we keenly anxious to get more big business to South Carolina? The bigger the business the more people who are employed; and the more wages paid, and the more taxes paid; so don't we all want more big business to come to our State? But I have an answer to that. Every j man who carries a liability policy on his car is paying nine dollars a year | mar** for the ordinary trve thousand dollar policy than is paid by automobile owners of Georgia, not to mention about sixteen dollars more than is paid in Kansas. That is what our insurance costs us because of the damage suit, practice in our State. We men who drive cars, little fellows we are in the business world, yet we pay to the insurance companies near1\ a million and a half dollars a year more than we would pay if we lived in Georgia. The insurance companies charge us higher rates because of the suits they have to settle under our punitive damage practice. Another good- answer was given by a friend of mine who is well known as an outstanding leader in the ranks Of organized labor. At a hearing on this matter before a committee of the House, Harle Britton used an illustration which was very apt and timely. H*; made the point that the Legislature passed the Workman's Compensation Act. which limits the amount which a working man may receive for injuries suffered in the place where he works; therefore, if a limitation of recovery is gtxnl for a working man. why isn't it good for everybody else? Th' to is no answer to Mr. Britton except that he is right There can be no excuse for limiting the amount of damage to a man who is hurt in actual employment, while allowing, Tom, Dick and Harry to sue for unlimited mms !r. many cases the actual damage Is more or less trivial or fanciful. but the idea is to got a big verdict under the pretext of punitive damages. Our courts aro prostituted when they become a theater of extortion. As soon as a suit is filed for twenty-five thousand or fifty thousand dollars that suit becomes a contingent liability against the company or individual. He must depend entirely on the whim of twelve men under the sway of tremendous emotions played on by an astute advocate. No one can embark upon a business with eny degree of assurance if .subject to the menace of a predatory practice. I am making no argument against the payment of the actual or just damage. Every reason of Justice requires that all men stand equal before the law; that the poor man and the humble citizen shall be fully protected against the rich and powerful; but equal Justice requires that we -{ should not prey upon anybody and make him a victim merely because he is big. t In the effort to draw favorable at! tent ion to South Carolina for new in| vestments I think we may find In this ] a plan in which all may cooperate. The pointed remark of Mr. Britton is to my mind conclusive; if It bo fair to labor to limit the right to suo and the amount for injuries it Is Just aH right and proper that the/same principle should be applied to all others. Poultry Raising Fits In Balanced Farming damson, March 23. Many acres taken out of cotton production under agricultural conservation program i may bo mxl should bo used in Increased poultry production for growing poultry feeds and grazing poultry flocks, P II Gooding, extension poultryinan advises. More poultry in South Carolina for home consumption would bo bonotlclul from a health standpoint as well aa a great waving In food expenditure. Kggs are an excellent source of minerals and vitamins in the diet. Furthermore, sales of surplus poultry aud eggs would bo a source of supplementary cash income for the farm family. Regarding the u^o of grains in poultry production, thus making profitable use of some of the land rotired from cash crop production, Mr. Gooding suys: > "Poultry are large consumers of green feed, which Is valuable to them because of its mineral content. Approximately 10,000 tons of pulverized hay or lis equivalent as green food are consumed by poultry In South Carolina during a year. > "Poultry nro largo consumers of grain. All classes of poultry In South Carolina consume about 7,000,000 bushels of corn annually, which is a big portion of the 26,283,000 bushels produced In South Carolina In 1038. I They consume about 7,750,000 bushels of wheat, which Is about th<e amount produced (1,771,000 bushels) in 1938. About one-half the feed eaten by poultry consists of grains, not including milled products, which come from the soil." Winston Churchill, first lord of the British admirality, served with the Spanish forces combatting rebellion in Cuba In 1895. BARON DeKALB HONOR ROLL Grade 4?Nell Fletcher. Annie Eva i Boone, Carolyn Busbee, Betty .Toe j Fa ulken berry. Elizabeth Hendrix, Oil- j ly Hortan, William Hortan. 1 Grade' o-^-Eoree Hornsby, Emily i Hornsby, Suzann Bowers, Margaret Catoe, Camilla Owens, Evelyn Workman, Howard M-eDowell. ? Grade 6?Douglas Barfleld. Grade 7?Mary Beach, Hazel Peach, Lucille Catoe, Edna Louise Catoe. j Grade 8?Marlowe Durch, Jewell Hornsby, Betty Hortan, Betty Hucka-j bee. Nancy Let; Owens. Leila Work-j man, Margaret Young. Gratle 0?Colio Vincent. Grade 10? Laura Ruth Waits, Helen t Faulkenb* rry. Grade 11?Hilda Owens, Margaret Drakeford, Jeanette Cauthen, Nina Young, Hoyt Owens. Cleo Smyrl. King Carol II Rumania, ported in official circles to h&ri^H rd at Nazi Germany's scbaj^^Ba pledged Russia and Hungary uHet guarantees of Rumania's froalll^H ? return for an unstemmed flowf^&r manian raw materials. ^AHBH9BDHHHBB9S^V/ J. M. Bailes H. F. O^Ha Bailes & O'Cai? ? GENERAL CIVIL Br ENGINEERING S and LAND SURVEYING*; Phones 1 DAY 92W NlGHfl j LANCASTER, S. C.B SEE US I F?R I Cole Planters I cole 1 Fertilizer Distributors COLE Planters' Parts i mmvi imam BARRINGER Hardware Company phone 21 I Make SuAe THAT YOUR COnl' GETS ENOUGH POTM 0 _r / PROFITS from cotton dwindle when fa I crop cannot get enough potash. Cotton nut I is potash starvation. Decreased yields, mors I wilt injury, and poor quality lint and fiber fl" result when soil and fertilizer do not supply 1 plenty of this important plant food. Experi* I mental work has shown that the value of Ht the crop can be reduced as much as $25 ! per acre due to lack of potash. A recommended application at planting gB" time is 400-600 pounds, .per acre, of a fer-^B< tilizer containing 6-10% potash. At chop* I ping time, more can be added in a nitrogen* potash top-dresser containing the equivalent of 50-100 pounds of muriate of potash. Ask your county agent or experiment eta* I tion how much potash your soil will supply ^B and how much to add to carry your crop through to profit. Then make sure that your dealer sells you a fertilizer containing enough potash to supply what you need. You will be surprised how little extra it costs. . Write us for iher in form at ion II and free literatureW 1 on the profitable^K fertilization o/^H, crops. AMERICAN POTASH INSTITUTE, INC. INVESTMENT BUILDING WASHINGTON,D.Cf. SOUTHERN OFFICE: MORTGAGE GUARANTEE BLDG., ATLANTA, QJ I??? III II I III I HI i I IIIMIIW IIII HI IIP Better Crops I Better Fertilizer! Representing eight of the leading fertilizer m facturers of the South ? goods made for Southef*B soils. We are in a position to save you money on yo^B needs for the coming season ? see us before buyinfB . -... let's talk it over. C. V. MASSEBEAIll NITRATE AGENCY CO^ MUTUAL FERTILIZER |>B REED FERTILIZER CO. 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