Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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/ BariwII-Piopl+8—tfatl, Btniwll, 8. C, Thursday, January 21, 1137 sL____ about: Cttory V». S ANTA MONICA, CALIF.— Because their dictators are piling up armaments and build ing up armies at a rate un precedented, the German peo ple must, it appears, go on ra tions, cutting down their daily consumption of breadstuffs and fats, with the prospect of still more stringent restrictions. I But their overlords—a reasonably well-nourished lot, to Judge by their photographs —keep right on preaching that such compul sory undernourish ment is all for the greater glory of the ya ter land. I know of but one historic parallel to match this. It is to be found in Mother Goose, where it is poetically set forth: There was a piper Irvin g. Cobb had a cow And he had naught to give her 6o he pulled out his pipes and played her a time And bade the cow consider. • • • Signs of Disapproval. NCE, in Montana, I heard two v “' cowboys talking about the fath er of the sweetheart of one of them. “I’ve got a kind of a sneaking idea that Millie’s paw don’t care deeply for me,”, said the lover. “What makes you think so—some thing he said7” “No, because he don’t never say nothing to me, just sniffs. But the 'kther night I snuck over there to see Millie, and, as I was coming away, I happened to look back and the old man was shoveling my tracks out of the front yard.” The archbishop of Canterbury is likely to wake up any morning and find the British public shoveling his tracks out of the front yards. • • • International “Messifications.” TUST about the time the contest- J ing groups in Spain lose the twenty or thirty confusing names the correspondents have hung on them and resolve themselves into the army that's going to take Ma drid not later than 3 o’clock tomor row afternoon and the army that’s going to keep Madrid until the cows come home, a fresh complication breaks out in China. General Chang gets into a mbcup with General Chi- ang, possibly on the ground that he’s a typographical error, and the red forces of the north get all twist ed up with the white army of the north and the pink army of the north by northeast and so on and so forth, until the special writers run out of colors. Just one clear point stands out el the . messification. When the dust clears away some small brown brothers wearing the Japanese uni form will be found sitting on top of the heap. China’s poison is Nip pon’s meat, every pop. • • • Rationalizing the Calendar. 'T'HE plan to adopt a rational cal- endar is finding favor in admin istration circles at Washington, as in European countries. Every time this proposition — which is so sensible and seemingly unattainable—bobs up, I think of the little story of the venerable Ala bama pessimist who dropped into the general store just in time to hear the proprietor reading aloud from the newspaper that the proj ect for thirteen months of twenty- eight days each had been laid for consideration before the League of Nations. “I’m ag’in’ it,” declared the aged one. “It’d be jest my luck for that extry month to come in the win ter time and ketch me short oi fodder.” • • • Stunts in the Films. p'OR ordinary film stunts, current * prices are: Tree fall, $25; stair fall, $50 (each additional flight, $35); head-on auto crash, $200; parachute jump, $150; mid-air plane change, $200; high dive, $75; being knocked down by auto, $75 being knocked down by locomotive, $100; trick horse rict- ing, $125; crashing a plane, $1,500. It doesn’t cost a cent, though, for practically every slightly shopworn leading man, on or off the screen, to crave to play “Hamlet” on the stage. But it is almost invariably expensive for the producers who occasionally satisfy these morbid cravings. IRVIN S. COBB. • Western Newspaper Union. Shampooed Policeman (to woman driver)— Hey, you, what’s 'the matter with you, anyway? Lady (in traffic jam) — Well, officer, you see I just had my car washed and I can’t do a thing with itl Well-Expressed “What a long letter you have there.” “Yes, sixteen pages from Aileen.” “What does she say?” “That she will tell me the news when she sees me.” — Pearson’s .Weekly. News Review of Current Events the World Over Preadfent Roosevelt's Message Rebukes Supreme Court and Asks Increased Federal Powers—Wisconsin Uni versity Regents Oust President Frank. By EDWARD W. PICKARD C WtiUm Newspaper Union. '‘THINLY A aKIa President Roosevelt veiled but unmistak able was President Roosevelt’s rebuke to the Supreme court in his annual message on the state of the Union. Standing tri umphant before the lopsidedly Demo cratic eenate and house in joint ses sion, the chief exec utive said: “The United States of America, within itself, must continue the task of making democracy succeed. “In that task the legislative branch of our government will, I am con fident, continue to meet the de mands of democracy whether they relate to the curbing of abuses, the extension of help to those who need help, or the better balancing of our interdependent economies. “So, too, the executive branch of the government must move forward in this task and, at the same time, provide better management for ad ministrative action of all kinds. “The judicial branch also is asked by the people to do its part in mak ing democracy successful. Wa do not ask the courts to call non-ex istent powers into being, but we have a right to expect that conced ed powers or those legitimately im plied shall be made effective instru ments for the common good. “The process of our democracy must not be imperiled by the denial of essential powers of free govern ment.” Sketching the prog/am for his sec ond term, the President said legisla tion he desired at this time includ ed extension of the RFC, of his power to devalue the dollar and of other New Deal authorizations about to expire, deficiency appro priations, and extension of the neu trality law to apply to the Spanish civil war. Conceding that NRA had “tried to do too much”, he con tinued: “The statute ef NRA has been outlawed. The problems have not. They are still with us.” The President proposed federal and state supplementary laws to help solve the social and economic problems of a modern industrial democracy and challenged specula tion, reckless over-production and monopolistic under-production as creating wasteful, net losses to so ciety. It was indicated that later on he woulh seek enlargement of federal powers over industry, agri culture and commerce. No members of the Supreme court were present to hear the re buke by the President, but the house chamber was filled to its ca pacity and there was a spirit of jubilation that broke out in fre quent demonstrations. The loudest of these was accorded to Jim Far ley, the genial national chairman being fairly smothered with con gratulations for the November Dem ocratic victory. Sam Rayburn T HE senate and house met the day before the President ad dressed them and organized, with Mr. Garner of course as president of the former and Speaker Bankhead again ruling over the lower chamber. The one matter of interest in this pro ceeding was the se lection of Sam Ray burn of Texas as majority leader of the house. He had beaten John J. O’ Connor of New York in the caucus, hav ing the potent back ing of Vice President Garner and presumably of Mr. Roosevelt. Of the total of 16 new senators only two were absent, Clyde L. Herring of Iowa and William H. Smathers of New Jersey, both Democrats. Two new Republican senators were sworn in, H. Styles Bridges of New Hampshire and Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts. Immediately after the President’s address had been delivered on Wed nesday, both house and senate hur ried with the neutrality resolution Applying specifically to the civil war ih Spain. The senate adopted it Quickly by unanimous vote, but there were parliamentary delays in the house, and meanwhile the freighter Mar Cantabrico managed to get away from New York with Robert Cuse’s cargo of airplanes and munitions for the Spanish loy alists, valued at $2,000,000. G LENN FRANK, president of the University of Wisconsin, was re moved from office by the board of regents of that great institution, by a vote of 8 to 7, on charges that his administration has not been capable and that he has been ex travagant in personal expenditures tor which the state paid. Allegedly, Dr. Frank was ousted because Gov. Philip La Follete demanded it. As one regent said: “He has not been very Progressive.” Accused of play- imi n ‘V* A. P. Sloan ing politics in this affair, the lit Follete group replied that there is no politics in their attitude in the sense of political party affiliations or convictions, but that they have been extremely patient with Dr. Frank over a period of years, and that he has shown himself incom petent in many ways. The “trial” of President Frank occupied two days and aroused in tense interest throughout the coun try, especially among educators. Chairman of the Board H. M. Wilkie and Regent Clough Gates were the prosecutors. Dr. Frank made vigor ous reply to the charges against .him, declaring most of them to be “false statements.” He explained that he had spent university money for his household furnishings be cause there were none in the big mansion provided for the president, and he forced Gates to retract some accusations. As far as neglect of his duties for outside writing and lectures Dr. Frank noted that most of them were in Wisconsin, for which he never took any pay at alL He has been out of the state 137 times in ten years, he said, and eighty-eight of those trips were specifically with educational groups, alumni bodies or other university business. The remaining engagements, he said, were with groups whose prob lems were related to the problems arising in the various schools. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORA- ^ TION flatly refused to consider collective bargaining in its 69 plants except through local management. Whereupon 300 dele gates from those plants in ten cities met in Flint, Mich., and granted to a “board of strategy” power to order a general strike. The board is headed by Homer Martin, in ternational president of the United Auto mobile Workers of America, one of the Lewis C. I. O. un ions. Eighteen of the corporation’s plants already were closed by sit- down strikes and walkouts, and 50,- 000 of its employees were idle. The auto workers in their Flint meeting, besides creating the board of strategy with power to call a strike, approved of eight demands on the corporation ranging from rec ognition of their union to higher wages and shorter hours. They also appointed a committee to negotiate with the corporation. Alfred P. Sloan, president of Gen eral Motors, is on record as in sisting that no one union shall be the bargaining agency for the cor poration’s employees. As he left New York for Detroit he said: “Let them pull workers out. That’s the only way I know to find out how strong the union is.” Homer Martin has declared that “the question of recognition of the union is not negotiable.” William S. Knudsen, executive vice president of General Motors, declared the company never would agree to collective bargaining on a national basis and, despite strikes, would continue to produce automo biles as long as possible. Still there was hope of a peaceful settlement for the G. M. officials seemed likely, at this writing, to agree to a conference with the board of strategy. James F. Dew ey, conciliator, for the Department of Labor, and Governor Murphy of Michigan were active in the effort to further negotiations. One stum bling block was the insistence of General Motors that the sit-down strikers must get out of the Fisher Body plants in Flint before any conference could be held. Judge E. D. Black of Flint, who issued an injunction against the Flint strikers, was bitterly attacked by the union men. Martin petitioned the Michigan legislature to impeach the jurist because he admittedly owned General Motors stock and so allegedly had violated Michigan law by taking jurisdiction in the matter. The prime object of the C. I. O. is organization of the steel industry, and the crisis in the automotive in dustry was not expected by Lewis and his associates or wanted at this time. However, they are giving the auto workers their full support, mor ally and financially. IT WAS announced at the White *• House that President Roosevelt’s eldest son, James, will become a full fledged White House secretary and draw a salary of $10,000 a year after June 1. Until the beginning of the new fiscal year, James will act as secretary but will be on the public pay roll as administrative officer drawing $7,500. At the elevation of James to the secretaryship. Assistant White House Secretaries Stephen T. Early and Marvin M. McIntyre will become full secretaries. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By UV. HASOLD L. LUNDQUIST, Dtta of tht Moody Biblo laottarto of • WootomNowi Uaioa. Lesson for January 24 TWO MIRACLES OF MERCY LESSON TEXT—John B:2-S; S:S-18. GOLDEN TEXT—Tho Mint works that X do. boar witness of me, that tho rather hath sent mo. John 8:36. PRIMARY TOPIC-Jesus roedins Hun gry People. JUNIOR TOPIC—A Boy Who Gave Away Hit Lunch. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC— Why Did Christ Work Mlraclesf YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC— Tho Sifnlilcanco of Christ’s Miracles. The world is looking for super men, those who can work “mira cles,” and thus afford an easy solu tion for the problems of the home and of the nation. Men are ready to marvel at and follow in almost abject submission those who prom ise riches without labor, food with out toil, short cuts to comfort and satisfaction. Often they are con tent if they only have something over which they may exclaim “Wonderful l” whether it be use ful or not. The miracles of God, through his servants and the Lord Jesus Christ, are not mere marvels or wonders. They are not for the advancement of the cause of any man or for personal glory. They are the mighty signs of an omnipotent God wrought for the good of men, for their spir itual enlightenment and as a testi mony to the one true God. The two miracles of our lesson present Jesus Christ as a Lord of mercy and grace—ready to meet the needs of men. Deep and real was his compassion as his heart yearned over needy humanity It is suggested that^in the study and teaching of this lesson we vary our plan somewhat and present sev en seed thoughts found in the two portions assigned. It is also urged that the context in both chapters be read with care. l. We Are Impotent Folk (John 5:2). The words well describe not only those who lay helpless about the pool of Bethesda but they fit us as well. Oh, yes, we are strong, capa ble, fearless, but only until we meet some great elemental problem. Then we see that we are indeed “a great multitude of impotent folk.” The gently falling snow stepped the undefeated Napoleon. The silent fog can paralyze a na tion. Death, sickness—who can stay their hand? n. Despair Spells Defeat (v. 7). Long familiarity with his weak ness had bred in the man with the infirmity a sense of despair. Such an attitude invites defeat. It is unbecoming to a Christian. Let us not forget in the darkest hour to “keep looking up.” m. God Answers the Weakest Faith (v. 8). Jesus evidently saw in the man’s despairing reply a spark of faith. He who believes honors the name of God. We may need to cry “I be lieve, help thou mine unbelief,” but if we believe God will gloriously meet even our faltering faith. IV. God’s Command Empowers (w. 8, 9). Jesus told the man to "Rise—and walk”—the very thing he could not do for his thirty-eight years of life. But when the Son of God speaks to us he gives the power to respond to his command. V. Works Follow Faith (v. 9). The man arose, took up his bed, and walked. Man’s faith in God and God’s response to faith lead to man’s action on God’s command. Too many are they in the church today who have never stood up and walked for God. VI. Look to God, Not at Your Re sources (John 6:9). Humanlike, the disciples counted their money and found it was not enough to supply food for a multi tude. And then there was a boy, but he had only five barley crackers and two little fish. It almest sounds like a church-board deciding to close the cross-roads church and let the Devil have the boys and girls, because it costs too much to keep up Ihe work. God help us to trust and do on for him. “Little is much\ when God is in it.” VII. Followers for Bread Not Wanted (v. 15). ' Those who follow Christ because of business advantage and social prestige know nothing of what it means to be a Christian. He is not a bread - making king; he is the bread of life. Essence of Prayer Prayer in its essence is not so much the expression of our desire for things at all as of our desire for God Himself. 1 , Discourtesy Discourtesy occasions not merely suffering, but sin; and Christian courtesy is a “means of grace” to lill who have the happiness to re ceive it.—R. V/. Dale. The Day’s Work Let us make haste to live. For every day is a new life to a wise man.—Seneca. Grieving for Wasted lime He who knows most, grieves most for wasted time.—Dante. Ufimfi HftvKn? IMIIC Hints ITS easy to regulate a furnace 1 fire to meet the requirements of daily temperature changes. All you need to do la to understand the functioning of the check and ashpit dampers. Cheek Damper—a flap-like damp er, which should be located in the chimney pipe between the turn * Holding tfa Court* ' l Through light and dark, through rain and shine, tho carrier pigacu holds its course straight homo* ward. So Ufa’s aim may be whatever of failure checks business or whatever of mars our happiness.—R. F. Jo- honnot. damper and the chimney. When it’s open, it slows up the burning speed of the fire; closed, it quick ens the speed. Ashpit Damper—located below the grates and controls the amount of air supplied to the fire. To produce the best results, these dampers should work to gether—when one is open the other should be closed, and vice versa. In mild weather, when a slow, last ing fire is needed, the check damp er should be wide open and the ashpit damper closed. When more heat is needed, the check damper should be partly closed, the ashpit damper partly open. For ex tremely cold weather, the check damper should be closed tight, the ashpit damper wide open. The proper use of these two dampers insures the proper degree of heat at all times on a minimum amount of fuel. 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Ropoat garglo and do not riaso mouth, allow garglo to ramala on owmbronos of tho throat for pr^ long ad off act. Just Gargle This Way with Bayer Aspirin Here is the most amazing way to ease the pains of rawness of sore throat result ing from a cold we know you have ever tried. Crush and dissolve three genuine BAYER ASPIRIN tablets in one-third glass of water. Then gargle with this mixture twice, holding your head well back. This medicinal gargle will act almost like a meal anes thetic on the sore, irritated membrane of your throat. Pain eases almost instantly; rawness is relieved. Countless thousands now use this way to ease sore throat. Your doctor, we are sure, will approve it. And you will say it is marvelous. 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