The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, August 24, 1933, Image 3
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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
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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
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Each isptn.n
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Administratio
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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
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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.)
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“Impoesi
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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."
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w. *.
way.
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