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"i THURSDAY. AUGUST U, ItU. THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL. BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA 1932 DECREASES U. S. WEDDINGS, DIVORCES Centut Officials Cite Job Scarcity as Reason. Washington.—Cupid has been hit by the depression, but his interest enemy, divorce, has suffered even more- The bureau' of the census has dis closed that the third year of the de pression, 1932, saw a shUrp decrease both In marriagesvand divorces. The bureau gave^no reasons, but of* , flcials express their belief that unem ployment, reduced earning power, and lack of confidence in the immediate future were responsible. Marriages in 1932 totaled 981,759, the bureau reported, compared with 1,060,791 In 1931, a decrease of 7.5 per cent. The decline began in 1930 with * drop of 15.9 per cent. Divorces were 160,329 in 1932, com pared with 183,664 in the previous year; the decrease was 12.7 per cent, while the 1930-’31 decline was 4.1 per cent. » There were In 1932, the bureau stated, 7.9 marriages for every 1,000 persons in the country’s total popu lation of 124,822,000, as compared with 8.5 In 1931 when the population was 124,070,000. At the same time, there were 1.28 divorces for every 1,000 of population In 1932, as against 1.48 In 1931. In arriving at the national percent age decrease in the number of wed dings. the bureau found the declines in various states ranging from a drop of 43.5 per cent In Iowa to only 0.8 per cent in Texas. In ten states the bureau found in creases In the number of marriages. These gains were attributed infer- entially by the statistical census of ficials to eluding stringent marriage laws by skipping across a state to the nearest parson in a more liberal neighboring state. "All ten states,** the bureau said, “adjoin those In which recent changes made in the marriage laws require from three to five days to elapse be tween the application for a marriage license and the issuance of the same ** The ten states with the rate of their increased wedding activity were Missouri. 3.5 per cent; South Dakota. 2.7 per cent: Nebraska. 6.6 per cent; West Virginia. 1.7 per cent; Missis sippi. 3.1 per cent: Arkansas, 3.2 per cent; Oklahoma, leas than one-tenth of 1 per cent; New Mexico. 6 per cent; Arizona. 1 per cent, and Utah one half of 1 per cent For every divorce in this country during 1692. the bureau disclosed, there were 6.1 marriage*. This repre sented a distinct gain for the mar riages. Last year there were 3J wed- dings for every divorce. Nevada Lsada List. Nevada, with Its Reno, contiooed to . lead the (let of states la the ratio of divorces to marriages. Nevsds re ported nearly ss many endings as be ginnings of married Ilfs. There were only 1J weddings for every dlvnfro la the stale. New York and the (Hs- trtct of Columbia, on ths other band, reported 21.4 and 33.3 weddings for every divorce during the year. In Illinois during the year, the na tional slump In both marriages ami divorces was reflected, although the decline In divorces was by far the heavier. Weddings la the state mint- brrt-* 1 65.0M. the bureau revealed, for a decrease of 0.1 per cent. Divorces totaled 11,745. declining by 13.3 per cent from the preceding year There were 35 marriages for every divorce, and A.4 weddings for every 1.000 <4 population in the state, as compared with 1.31 divorces. Wisconsin reported 14.033 marriages during the year, for a decrease of 5.1 per cent from 1931. Divorcee totaled 2.338 In the state, declining by 10.9 per cent There were 6 marriages for every divorce and 4.7 weddings and 0.79 divorces for every 1,000 of popu lation. In Indiana, marriages numbered 36,- 105, dropping by 5.9 per cent, while divorces totaled 6522 for a decrease of 13.1 per cent. For every divorce there were 5.7 weddings, while fir every 1,000 inhabitants of the state there were 11 marriage and 1.93 divorces. LUMBER MILLS BUSY ' . AS PRICES MOUNT Payrolls Increase and Produc tion Show* Gain. New Orleans.—Long faces In the southern pine lumber industry, which ranks second to King Chtton as the big shot of Dixie pay rolls, ate bright ening. Employment has Increased, pricesj have gone up, and the piles of lumber weathering in jthe mill yards have di minished. After the stock market crash the Industry, under urgings from the White House not to create unemploy ment by reducing manufacturing out put, and assured that prosperity was just around the corner, carried on. During 1931 the price of lumber, un der the weight of piled up, unsold, un wanted lumber in mill yards, slumped rapidly. Operators offered their wares at lower and lower prices In an effort to move the product and raise cash to meet pay rolls, bank obligations and taxes. In January, 1933, the Southern Pine association reported- that for one week 17,974,000 feet of lumber were manu factured but only 15,606,000 feet shipped. Unfilled orders totaled only 16,013,000 feet^r - Then the nation went off the gold standard and by May 27 the file of unfilled orders had risen to 46,056,000 feet, a clear gain of 30,043,000 feet, or almost twice the shipments of the first week of the year. Shipments for the year to date, 512,- 922,000 feet, have surpassed produc tion by 71,009,000 feet, reducing piled- up stocks by that amount. The stock decrease, combined with the Increase in unfilled orders, shows a total gain in business of over 100,- 000,000 feet. During the week of May 27. the mills reported they shipped 38,541i000 feet, or more than the totals of the, first two weeks of the year. During that same week, production was 26.- 863,000 feet, an Increase which brought more employment and bigger pay rolls to be spent with the mer chants. Dramatic Fight* to Save Wild Fowl Are Reported Washington—DraoMtlc stories of men battling frigid blasts and treach erous terrain to Mve thousands of wa terfowl from starvation last winter •re told la a report of the biological survey. Fighting through icy weather. 20 to 40 degrees below aero. United States Game Protector Keoaeth F. Roukeo sod helpers oa foot aad sljd carried coco sad wheal donated by fanners aad aurtaosea to selected feeding sta tions Its southern Montana during • severs February frees*. There the grala was gobbled by thousands of half famished wild ducks, most of them mallards Earlier la (be winter Reservation Protector Hugh M. Worcester at the Upper Klamath Wild Life refuge. Ore gon. led a score of volunteers oa a . two day trip which resulted In lb* saving of 1.3UU Ice-bound ducks and 100 horned and eared grebes. The birds were transported to pens at ref uge hr m m ters f.»r re cry. Drilling for “Dry Ice** Boom* Field* in Texa* Midland. Tex —A new type of drill ing activity Is booming In this sec tion of Texas. The aearrh now la for rprbon dioxide gas wells which pro duce “dry Ice." Derricks ire being erected In Mora. Harding, and Torrance counties. The northeastern part of the state already has several “dry Ice" wells, which are proving to be better commercial assets tbsn oil wells. Woman Battle* 20 Hours • and Lands 400-Pound Fish New York.—Mrs. Oliver C. Grinnell. of New York and Bay Shore, with the help of Wally Baker, captain of her boat, the Oligrin. landed on rod and reel in the gray dawn off Fire Island, a 400-pound broadtail swordfish, after a battle lasting 20 hours. In making this catch Mrs. Grinnell, who is the bolder of the women’s Atlantic broad- bill swordfish record, experienced her greatest offshore adventure and at the same time inaugurated the 1933 North Atlantic big-game fishing season. White Men Forbidden to Fish on Reservation Pocatello. Idaho.—There was weep ing and waiting among sportsmen here when the Indian council ‘at the Fort Hall Indian reservation ruled that white men could not fish there under any circumstances. As _ the JT! tion includes choice fishing spots, wl sportsmen are pleading with Indians for a reversal of the order. Nine-Year-Old Writes and Reads 5 Languages Dalhart, Tex.—Bobby Ryan, nine years old, can speak and read five languages. He was born of American parents in Manila. Philippine Islands, where he had a Chinese nurse. He acquired a Japanese nurse when his family moved * to Yokohama and Tokyo. He learned the French and Spanish languages from books and conversation. Won First Frias Ore.—A baby roui«r won tor first prti* In Uw-siaiunJ Antelope Ha* 59-Inch Horn* Cambridge, Mass.—Horns 59 inches long—within 5 inches of the world rec ord—grace a mounted giant sable an telope which has been added to the rare animal collection at the Harvard museum of comparative zoology. The antelope was bagged by Prentiss Gray, of New York, in Portuguese Angola and presented by him. “I Love Hubby” Chib Cheers Up Spouses Puente, Calif. — Long suffering husbands here were walking prim rose paths following formation of •1 Love My Husband club.” The club, sponsored By the La Puente Valley Journal, was estab lished for the promotion of a more humane treatment of husbands. The club never meets, and has no dues. The sole requirement for members is the practice of devo tion to husbands. Husbands are behind the dab. “It's s great Ides." said one hus band. "We have s Ifotber’a day. aad a Father s day. bat tba poor bard working husbands aprssr to b* lorgottm altntfethsr." tt-f. w« oo oua PART THE SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF THE PRESI DENTS EMERGENCY RE-EMPLOY- ' MENT CAMPAIGN. The President’s Emergency Re-employment Campaign may be described briefly as a plan to add from 5,000,000 to 6,000,000 persons to the. nation’s payrolls within the next six weeks or so, through agreements made with the President of the United States by some 5,000,000 concerns or individual^, emptying two or more persons each. In order that this number of jobs may be made available, it will be necessary, of courge, for employers in many cases to shor ten working hours. The plan also provides for certain minimum wage scales which also in many cases will mean added labor costs for the employer. . The President’s Agreement, however, includes a pledge of co operation from the consuming'public, and it is thus anticipated that the employer, while undertaking a larger expense as the direct re sult of his agreement with the President, will gain aGGed patronage the just reward of his public spirted attitude. The fact also is to be borne in mind that where all employers act together to put people back on their payrolls or to'raise wages, no employer, as the President himself has pointed out, “will suffer because the relative level of competitive cost will advance by the same amount for all.’ It is to be understood that this plan is supplementary to the plan of cede adoption by variou 3 industrial and trade groups which has for it 8 putpose the elimination of unfair competiti n, the establish ment of more equable rewards for labor, the spread of employment and the control cf production. This plan for speeding business re covery, launched under the provisions of the National Recovery Act passed by the last C ngress, is rapidly being made effective, and therewi.l be no let-up on the diive to make its adoption wide-pread. The President's Emergency Re-employment plan will bridge time and bring the nation out of the depression more rapidly than if the code adoption plan were depended up.n exclusive'/. The President's Agreement also covers many business groups that would not be amenable to any of the code arrangements. And what is still more important, perhaps, the President’s Emergency Re-emp'oym value,! that are as price economic h story. The his recent radio address ent campaign carne s certain ; dess as patriotism at this jun m-e f made t to the mi* ion when he our quite clear in • *n the ba«i« cf this simple principle of e«rr)h>Hl) doing thing* t< (ether, we are starting out on his nationwide attack on unemployment. It win succeed if our people unde'staad it—in the big industries, in the little *hops. in the great eitien and in the small village*. There in nothing complicated about it and there is nothisg particular- I) new m the prinrtple. It goes hack to the basic idea of sonety, and of the Nation itself, that people actiag in a group can ncrwmp- lish things which •«» indmdual acting alone could ever b<-pe t* bring about." Thus we have i along sound linos c outline cf this orgr inunity < rgsnrxatK fitting enough, beci campaign u Uncle OS gf 1 > AfT rmed i attack d rectel re briefly, is an In ovary corn- lines, wh ch in Rs tmplaynurr id the nation it tallying to tho c-ior* just a s kpn ally a* though w* were actually engaged tn a war againat a for 01 gn foe. The local ccmmtUee ia m j«Jr y p of the active he i| Y rad* of tho !o*4- mg bthinec, and civic organ lUtlO ns. and ncltid* • also th e mayor. These ccmm'ttees tn the thot JEftfld a of cities and to twits t h rough ut the country were formed fcl lowifl g telegram* at 1 sent by General Johnson to th* prei 1 „ tj fl* fl „ * of Chamber* if Com mere# or similar tiade bodies ia every ion of the Unit *4 1 Sla'ei L The** pnigi if ! smpa gn • S rer»*rj d*- its Ag >y e: ng >f ne one! No. 3 Ha his charge. a the trj 1 ft ft *x Etch of 1 he** thr rr r.. < »t*ff, and ea: :h rr.aj 1 r his Each isptn.n ha* aev en or organ, nation* a:*, of our«< and inspirati nal matt ■rial 0: Administratio n in Washing^ matter has b* ren ship; ted %j fl about th* sj rr< more fie d worl p. c nvtantly su| f all kind* from the Ton. L terally tons a every-nook and corn The N. R. A. emblem, kn wn popularly a t i one cf the most nteresting and vital fea‘.ursR| Al! employers who sign the Pre-ident's Agreement are entit e| la display the Blue Eagle with the initials N.R.A. and the words “We of printoi is country. t Eagle, la campaign. Do Our Part. hants, manufacturer, and all others who have Lights of New York by L. L. STEVENSON —■ The old Gowanus house, over in Brooklyn, interests me. It was lost away back in 1906 and, as may be recalled, was found recently because a workman happened to stub his toe on It. Now men on the city’s unem ployed roll are digging it out, though it is uncertain what the park depart ment will do with It when it again is exposed to the lights of day. Civic and patriotic societies will probably assist In solving the problem, however, since, for the last ten years, they have been urgjng the city to make a search for the house. Their interest Is due to the fact that the Gowanus house was used as a block house by the Continental army in 1776, when the British, under Lord Howe, chased Gen eral Washington’s forces across Long Island. It is also believed that Wash ington used the house as his headquar ters for a short time. • • • How the Gowanus house got lost Is well known. Twenty-eight years ago a real estate boom struck the section of Brooklyn In which it stood. Con tractors filling in the waterfront were in such a hurry to get through with the Job that they didn't bother with tearing down the old stone house. They merely tore off the roof and ripped out the floors. Then they bur led IL When the city got around to searching for the house, the Job wasn't so easy. Engineers calculated that It had stood In a certain spot a short dis tance off Fifth avenue. Brooklyn, and the park department set unemployed men to digging. When they got down about 26 feet the decision was reached that the house wasn’t there. 8o a di agonal trench, 10 feet deep, was start ed toward the southwest When the workmen had progressed about 30 feet, one of them tripped over something. He kicked at It and discovered that it was s comer of the house for which be sod his fellows were searching. • • • Speaking of finding that which was lost reminds me of the gentleman, who. having meddled with strong bev erages entirely too freely, started to drive borne. When he had gone some distance be r*nlis*d that he might have trouble with the law because he was ana hi* to keep bis course. So be abandoned his car and balled a taxi cab. His reception by bis wlfs is not s part of this yam, however. s • • Ths neat mom lag tbs gentleman •roes very thirsty with a fine bend- ache and •• stecaBt rasa of tbs Jit ters Ms did faintly recall that bs bad left bis ear somswbsrs bat didn’t bars the •lightest recollection of the locality. But be didn’t rtt down aad worry shoot the matter. Instead, be ■erely railed the police department and reported that bis car bad been stolen. Within nn hour he received n ! report that It had been recovered and all he had to do was go after IL e * e Renew Your By Purificatioa jSij physician will tell you “Perfect Purificatioa of th* 8j is Nature’s Foundation of Psrfsst Health.” Why not rid yourself of chronic ailments that are under mining your vitality! Purify year entire system by taking a thorough course of Calotabs,—ones or twwa n week for several weeks—and asn how Nature rewards 70a with health. Calotabs purify the blood by acti vating the liver, kidneys, stoaaah and bowels. In 10 eta. an<LS5 eta. packages All dealers ^ (Adr.) g llll on tho Subject of knot aad foa ad. there’s that at or r of Charles M *ch • ab a. bn ad. whirl 1 h# took on •a ex ci irsloa tn New Tor k da ring war day a [)a the rt ■tarn the root doctor of the tra in asked the baas dryi nmer for his tick et The drummer ms* 1* a thor 1 ■ 0 h S eorrh of hla rlotl 11 flsp ■ - m with mo root ulta “I gues « l»e 1* it It he rl*! •*d "That a Imp leT ana; ina“tf $** * lb# COI adurtor. “Impoesi bln noth! Special Low Prices on all Waves and Beauty Treatments v \ We are offering our work at :he following ATTRACTIVE prices for the next two weeks: J10.00 Oil of Tulipwod Wave for $656 17.00 (Genuine) Frederic Vita Lonie Waves for $5.t0 150 French Method Waves $250 Manicure 50 Facial .7$ Tweeze .25 Eyelash and Eyebrow Dye, each .25 Violet Ray Scalp Treat ment, each $1.00 Or Six for $5.00 All work done by experienced operators. The Barnwell Beauty Shop Main Street. Barnwell. 8. C. VARICOSE VEINS. HaaUd By New Method This Isjectlesn. Me sa bsd. la that ss swtcUJr le •dwes say Urn* you sr returned the baas drum my drum twice today. uer. “I lost the right to display the inx:gnia by reason cf their having complied with the Pro-ident’ s Agreement, are permitted to hang it cn their walls, or in their windows, or cn truck, and carjl * anil, if they so desire, to stamp it on theiA products cr merchandise. It is, in fact, the desire of the Recovery Adminwtrati n that si! make liberal use of this badge of patriotism. Any person in the United States who wishes to co-Derate in the President’s Emergency Re-employment Compaign and be consider ed as a member cf the N.R.A. may go to the authorized e-tablish- ment in his locality and sign a s’atement of cooperation as follows: “I will cooperate in re-employment by supporting and patron- trtng gqtptoyery and wrykerx who are member* of No It. A.^ Any -uch signer will then be given and may hereafter use the insignia of consumer membership in N. R. A. Every phase cf the progress of this mighty campaign will be flashed in the newspapers of the country and announced con-tantly over the radio. In thi s way everyone will be in a position to know just what the campaign is doing from day to day in actually put ting people back on the payrolls and adding to the mass purchas ing power cf the country. While, a- has been stated, it is desired that liberal use of the insignia be made by'employer and consumers, it is to be remem bered that te official N.R.A. emblem is the property of the United States Government and may not be used or reproduced without au thority of the National Recovery Administration. The lists of all employers who sign the President’s Agreefent are displayed in local post-offices and it is urged that all employers who have net yet signed the agreement do so immediately and de liver them to their local post-master. With some minor exceptions, the terms of the President’s Agreement with employers is, briefly, as follows: Any employer of a factory or mechanical worker or artisan must not pay has than 40 cents an hour or work him more than 35 hour s a w^k, except that if the employer were paying les s than 40 cents for that kind cf work on July 15 the employer can pay that rate now, but not less than 30 cents an hour. As to all other employers—those on a weekly rate—the employer will pay not le^s than $15 a week in a city of over 500,000 population; cr $14.50 a week in cities of between 250,000 and 500,000; or $14 a week m cities between 2,500 and 250,000 population; or $12.00 a week in cities of less than 2,560 population, and the employer agrees net to work this class cf workers more than 40 hours a week, as to emp'oyer* who were getting a higher wage, the employer must not reduce their wages because of a reduction in their hour, and he shou'd general!} keep the usual pay differences a« between the lower and the higher paid employes. And sfter August SI, he must not work chi'dten under 16 years of ag*. There are, of courae, some other mins which apply to special esses, but the term.* of the agreement ae here cat lined cover the large bulk of caaes. If the example of many Manhattan restaurants is followed generally, the hoarse-voiced counterman who shout* his orders to the chef will be a thing of the past They now speak the or ders softly into a microphone and a load speaker In the kitchen does the rest Wonder what would happen If a counterman should forget and begin to Ctwm’ »,,aie*t*.—WNU asrvtss. Barter Exchange Provide* Man With Blood for Sale Fort Worth. Texas.—Sale 0/ blood to hospital patients is the newest serv ice offered by the local barter ex- I change.—Physicians -ealled—the—ex change when it became apparent a patient In City-County hospital would need a blood transfusion. Henry Ba ker, unemployed, was assigned the Job. i 1 Mayor Pay* Salaries Taunton. Mass.—When this city- found Itself unable to pay 55 employ ees of the street department. Mayor Andrew J. McGraw reached inio his own pocket and filled their envelopes. INSURANCE FIRE WINDSTORM PUBLIC LIABILITY ACCIDENT - HEALTH SURETY BONDS AUTOMOBILE ' , THEFT Calhoun and Co. r. a. rticit. “NOW I FEEL FULL OF PEP" After taking Lydia E. ham** Vegetable ‘ That’s what hundreds of < any. It steadies ths you ant better endurable. If you are not ns want to bn, *!** thh chanc* to help you. Got a from your druggbt today. KUdwpy’s Pills For Constipation Rewed Twice, Balk* at Third Divorce Little Rock, Ark.—When William Cook’s wife filed suit for her third divorce from him. Cook went to court and sought a restraining or der. Answering the divorce com plaint, Cook said: “On two occasions when divorces were granted, the plaintiff and the defendant/emarried within a short time. ’ “The defendant loves the plaintiff and does not desire to live apart from her and believes that if a di vorce lx granted he will within a short time be compelled to expend * sum of money to purchase an other license and have another cere mony performed . . . the plaintiff a aka that the complaint be dia- miaaed for want of equity red te nreveet multiplicity of auita." What They Am A sdM Mbabk vagaoM* which 4m* so* grip*, os** or dutmb Mh What They D*» Millions «l SMS mM MOMS 1847, At All A Co., lac.. New Y«h. N.Y. TO LOSE FAT w. *. way. TO Mss tat Si LY. tax* a halt