The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, January 28, 1937, Image 3
Tfc« B«ww»n P—>1>^—U—l, Barawll. 8, C. TXrafay, J—ary a. 1W7
i
*
*
*
*
i
*
*+******++++
★
♦
★
★
★
★
★
if
if
if
STAR
DUST
| -M-Ovie • xvaoio *
***By VIRGINIA VALE***
O NE of the trade magazines
of the motion picture in*
dustry startled .the workers in
the business recently by pub
lishing a report on the popular
ity of the screen stars. For
months, people had been told
that Robert Taylor had climbed
to the very top: that he got
more fan mail than Clark Gable
did, that his name above a thea
ter was magic, because it drew
so many paying customers;
that, in short, Mr. Taylor was
tops.
But — according to this report,
Clark Gable is the screen’s most
popular actor!
Last year Shirley Temple held
that position. This year she is sec
ond. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rog
ers as a team come third, Robert
Taylor fourth, and William Powell
fifth.
In case you’re interested, the oth
er leading stars are listed in this
order; Myrna Loy, Claudette Col
bert, Norma Shearer, Gary Cooper,
Fredric March, Jeanette MacDon
ald and Nelson Eddy as a team,
Lionel Barrymore.
It is nice to report that James
Cagney’s new picture, “Great Guy,”
is one of his best.
It had to be. He
made it for Grand
National you know,
a new organization,
and if it hadn’t
turned out well we
might have had no
more Cagney on the
screen for a while,
at least. After all
his troubles with
studios it is pleasant
to know that he is
once more on the
big time and that
his comeback is really a triumph.
James
Cagney
Have yon listened to that new
radio program, “Do Ton Want to
Be an Actor?” If yon haven’t, do!
It’s very entertaining. People who
are in the audience are given roles
in scenes that are done before the
microphone, and after each per
formance the best woman perform
er and the best man are given
movie tests by Warner Brothers.
It’s quite possible that some of our
future stars will be developed in
this way.
If the radio programs given by
“Myrt and Marge” for so long
were among your favorites, you’ll
be glad to know that a new series
done by that popular couple has
started. It’s a family affair, for
“Myrt’s” son is now on the pro
gram, and “Marge” is her daugh
ter. The son, George Damerel, used
to go to the University of Southern
California, but he left college to
tour with his mother and sister
when they went on the stage. Looks
as if “Myrt” had built up a pretty
good business for the family by
writing those sketches, doesn’t it?
Grace Moore has had to abandon
her career on the concert stage
and on the air, temporarily, in
order to take a much needed rest.
She has been working hard in pic
tures—in fact, she has turned into
a real trouper, and the tempera
ment that used to cause so much
trouble is well under control.
In “Stowaway” you’ll see Shirley
Temple doing imitations of Eddie
Cantor and A1 Jolson and doing
them well. The funny thing about
it is that the child star never has
.seen either of them; just worked
the imitations up from what she
she was told about the two gentle
men’s work.
—■¥—
Hollywood is still shocked over
the suicide of Ross Alexander, al
though his friends
knew that he had
never ceased t o
grieve over the
death by suicide of
his first wife, Aleta
Freile, a little more
than a year before.
It was said that she
killed herself be
cause, coming t o
Hollywood from the
New York stage, she
could not seem to
get ahead in pic
tures. Young Alex
ander was doing very well with his
career, and his second wife, Anne
Nagel, is one of the screen’s pret
tiest young actresses.
ODDS AND ENDS . . . Remember
"The Shiek" with Valentino? Nino Mar
tini will appear in a picture hated on a
amilar ttory . . , Jean Harlow and Rob
ert Taylor will appear together in "The
Man in Possession" ... It isn't supposed
to he know that Joan Fontaine is Olivia
da Haviland’s sister, but everybody knows
it—and the fact was announced here in
"Star Dust" months ago, when the 'sighed
with Jesse Lasky . . . Once again "Mad
ame X" is to be screened, this tune with
Gladys George in the stellar role.
• Western Newspaper Union.
Ross
Alexander
IMPROVED
UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
UNDAYI
'chool Lesson
Br REV. HAROLD L. LUNDQU1ST,
Dess el the Moody Bible lutkate
el Chicsgo.
• Westers Newspaper Uaioa.
Lesson for January 31
FINANCIAL COST OF ALCOHOUC
BEVERAGES
LESSON TEXT—ProvertM >1:17: S3:SO,
SI; Matthew 24:«S-61: John 6:». 27. 35.
GOLDEN TEXT—Wherefore do ye spend
money for that which Is not bread T and
your labor for that which satlsfieth not?
Isaiah 55:2.
PRIMARY TOPIC—Why a Servant Lost
His Job.
JUNIOR TOPIC—Why a Servant Lost His
Job.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC—
What Drink Really Costs In Dollars and
Cants.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC—
Alcoholic Beverages—a Financial Asset er
Liability?
Temperance Sunday brings a
greatly needed opportunity to con
sider the entire question of intoxi
cating liquors. When the prohibi
tion amendment was under fire the
proponents of repeal contended that
it would reduce taxes, cut down un
employment, eliminate bootleg liq
uor, return men and women to tem
perate and decent habits. It is
worthwhile noting that not a single
one of these expected benefits has
materialized.
Taxes on liquor have not reduced
general taxes. After all, what de
cent American would want his taxes
cut with “blood-money”? Bootleg
ging thrives more flagrantly than
ever. Evasion of liquor taxes in
dicates that about half of America’s
liquor is “bootleg.” The specter of
unemployment still stalks the land.
And are our people temperate? One
could laugh if it were not so tragic!
The consumption of liquor is fast
becoming a national disgrace. And
the tragedy is that Christians have
for the most part supinely said
“What can I do?” and have done
nothing.
The repeal of prohibition was
brought about by the indifference
of American voters. The issue was
finally settled by the votes of less
than 23 per cent of the registered
voters. Where were the other 77
per cent ? Where are they now?
But our lesson goes deeper than
the matter of intoxicating liquor.
It deals with two contrasted modes
of living. What a man is deter
mines what he does. If he lives
for the flesh he will pander to its
tastes. If he lives in the Spirit he
will not only be right in his atti
tude toward liquor but toward every
phase of life, yes, even toward eat
ing.
Let us consider these two ways of
life—and weigh carefully our own
life decision. In which way do I
walk? Remember that one may live
to the flesh even though he is not
a winebibber. It is a matter of
heart interest and relationship to
God.
I. Living In the Flesh.
The word flesh in Scripture does
not refer to our physical flesh and
blood, except as it is dominated by
self-will. But when self-will rules
the body, and God’s will is ruled
out, a man lives in the flesh.
Our lesson gives a terrifying pic
ture of such a life. It makes a man
a senseless lover of pleasure for
pleasure’s sake (Prov. 21:17). He
is a lover of wine, a glutton (Prov.
23:20, 21), careless (Matt. 24:48),
disorderly and unfaithful (v. 49),
and a professed follower of Christ
because of what it brings him
(John 6:26). His end even in this
world is disgrace and poverty, and
in the world to come, eternal judg
ment (Matt. 24:51).
II. Living in the Spirit.
“They that are Christ’s have cru
cified the flesh with the affections
and hists” (Gal. 5:24). They are
therefore admonished to “walk in
the Spirit,” that is, to submit their
lives to the control and guidance
of the Spirit of God. In other words
seek God’s will, not self-will.
What kind of men and women are
those who live in “the spirit”? A
re-reading of our lesson texts re
veals them as, wise, faithful, dili
gent, temperate, not following the
Lord because of any gain to them
selves.
What is their reward? In this
life they are entrusted with more
work for their Master (Matt. 24:47).
The reward for Christian work well
done is more work. So if you are
lazy, don’t begin. But if the fires of
holy ambition to serve him burn
within your soul, go on, and he
will lead you further on until at last
in the world to come you will have
the all-sufficient reward of his “Well
done, good and faithful servant.”
Brave Men
All brave men love; for he only is
brave who has affections to fight for,
whether in the daily battle of life
or in physical contests.—Hawthorne.
Troth In Little Things
I have seldom known any one who
deserted truth in trifles, that could
be trusted in matters of importance.
—Paley.
Pinnacle of Knowledge
The ehd of all learning is to know
God, and out of that knowledge to
love end imitate him.—Milton.
Acts of Charity
One ect of charity will teach us
more of the love of God than a thou
sand sermons.
UNCOMMON
AMERICANS
By Elmo
Scott Watson
• Western
Newspaper
Union
M
“Garrison Finish”
'"THAT was a garrison finish!”
A you exclaim when the home
teem, which has been trailing for
most of the game, comes *rom be
hind to win in the last minute of
play. And when you say that you
are perpetuating the fame—not of
a baseball or a football player, but
of a jockey!
Edward H. Garrison was his
name and he started life as a black
smith’s helper in New Haven, Conn.
Then he began hanging around the
racetracks and occasionally was
given the job of exercising one of
the thoroughbreds. It wasn’t long
until he was a full-fledged jockey,
who made it a practice to hold his
mounts in during the greater part
of a race because he mistrusted
the staying power of a “front run
ner.” Then he began to boot and
whip as they came down into the
stretch where, as he said, “the mon
ey is.”
In 1886 one of these “come-from-
behind-to-win” drives carried an
outsider, Dutch Roller, owned by
James R. Keene, to victory in the
Great Eastern handicap at Sheeps-
bead Bay, N. Y., and after that a
“Garrison finish” became a by
word on the turf. But more famous
than that was Garrison’s victory on
Boundless in the $60,000 World Fair
derby in Chicago in 1893.
When the entries in this race went
to the post, Garrison begsu. to stall.
On one pretext or another, such as
fixing his straps and his saddle, he
n.anaged to delay the start of the
race for an hour and 42 minutes!
He spent most of this time on the
ground, thus taking the weight off
his horse, while the other horses
were fidgeting and wearing them
selves out under the weight of their
riders.
When at last they were sent away
tc the excited cheers of 100,000
spectators, Boundless’ jockey
trailed the field for almost the en
tire race. Then there was another
“Garrison finish” and Boundless, a
15 to 1 shot, came home the win
ner of $60,000—or rather $59,000 for
the judges fined Garrison $1,000 for
his part in the delay at the post.
“Snapper” won, lost and partly
regained a fortune in racing. He
quit as a jockey in 1897 and later
served as an official at numerous
tracks in the South. His last days
were spent in Florida where fie
died a few years ago at the age of
sixty-two.
John Smith T.
LJIS name was John T. Smith
* But that was too common. So,
in order to make people ren ember
his name he began signing it “John
Smith T.” As such it has come
down in history, albeit the figure of
the man who bore it is a shadowy
one. We know that he was famous
in the early days of Missouri as a
duelist and land speculator and that
he caused considerable trouble for
Moses Austin before that worthy
went to the Southwest to play an
important role in the history of the
Republic of Texas.
Historians are beginning to sus
pect that John Smith T. was deeply
involved in the Burr conspiracy, as
was another John Smith—a United
States senator from Ohio who
missed being expelled from the sen
ate by just one vote. But how prom
inent John Smith T. was in that mis
guided adventure is still unknown
and he is remembered chiefly be
cause he was uniquely successful
in escaping oblivion when “Fate
tried to conceal him by naming him
Smith!”
At least four others who at
tempted to thwart Fate thus are re
corded in the rolls of the United
States army. J. Allen Smith of
Pennsylvania changed his name to
J. A. S. Izard when he entered the
United States Military academy at
West Point but when he was gradu
ated in 1825 he resumed his real
name. One of his classmates was
Joseph Brice Smith, who was
graduated as Joseph S. Bryce, be
came a second lieutenant and re
signed from the army in 1832. At
the outbreak of the Civil war he be
came a captain of volunteers and
in 1865 was brevetted a major for
gallantry during the war. In 1830
a William Smith entered West Point
as “William D. Fraser” but he was
graduated^ under his right name. Ha
rose to a captaincy and was brevet
ted a major in 1848 for “merito
rious service” during the Mexican
war.
The fourth Smith who changed his
name rose the highest in military
life. He was Morgan Lewis Smith,
who for some unknown reason en
listed in the army in 1845 under
the name of Martin L. Sanford and
aerved as private, corporal and ser
geant during the next five years.
The outbreak of the Civil war found
him using his real name again.
He became colonel of the Eighth
Missouri infantry in 1861 and was
made a brigadier-general of volun
teers in 1862, holding that rank until
he resigned in 1888.
A Mental Inventory*
♦
Wishes Are but Wasted Thoughts
Unless We Work to Attain Fraition
IT is well in these early weeks of
L the New Year for us to taka a
sort of mental inventory of our
selves, and see if we are foster
ing any of the good things which
we openly spoke of, or silently
wished would materialize during
1937. Have these things already
gone into the dump heap of futili
ty? Have they been scrapped be
cause of no effort on our part to
further their becoming realities?
Are we aware of this scrapping?
Or do we still vaguely suspect
they will materialize or be fulfilled
just becuse we think of them with
desire?
Action Essential.
Most of us remember the Ma-
eawberism “Name a wish and
gratify it.’ There have to be things
set in motion before a wish can
come to fruition. Unless we actu
ally want a thing enough to try to
get it, we cannot want it very
much. Our New Year wishes if
they are to be fulfilled should be
more than thought-seeds by now.
They should have been planted
and tended and perhaps have be
gun to show tiny sprouts.
Diversity.
As wishes vary according to de
sires of individuals and avenues
of opportunity for them to materi
Foreign Words ^
and Phrases ®
Ad Kalendas Graecas. (L.) At
the Greek Kalends, never (the
Greeks having no Kalends).
Bel esprit. (F.) A brilliant mind.
Compos mentis. (L.) In posses
sions of one’s faculties.
De novo. (L.) Anew, afresh.
Esprit de corps. (F.) Loyalty to
one’s comrades; the spirit of sol
idarity. t
Improvvisatore, improvvisa-
trice. (It.) An impromptu poet or
poetess.
Mauvaise quart d’heure. (F.) A
bad quarter of an hour; an awk
ward or uncomfortable experi
ence.
Pays de Cocagne. (F.) The land
of Cockayne, an imaginary coun
try in which eveything is to be
had in abundance and without
labor.
alize differ, it is difficult to males
helpful suggestions except in very
obvious instances.
Making Wishes Ceme True.
Not every fervid wish can be
literally acted upon. But even if
not, it can be nurtured. Perhaps
in the quiet of one’s own room,
one can prepare oneself for calm
er and stronger progress, making
one ready to work and see things
through to a fine and a happy
finish. Whatever the wish, it is
but wasted breath or thought un
less one makes some attempt to
attain its fulfillment.
e B*n Syndicate.—WNU Service.
Continental United States
The term “continental United
States” is somewhat ambiguous.
Strictly speaking, “continental”
pertains to a continent, and “con
tinental United States” should in
clude all of the United States on
the continent of North America,
but as more commonly used the
term is synonymous with “United
States proper,” and excludes
Alaska as well as the other non
contiguous territories, dependen
cies and possessions.
DON’TWOT
FOR A COLD
1.1
3. Help build up
YOUR AUCAUNE MSBKVff
* 0
DO All
THRIII
LUDEN’S
CLASSIFIED
DEPARTMENT
FLOWERS
***»•* TW-L. Tyler, Y
REMEDIES
OVERCOME CONSTIPATION
1" »n e«*y pleasant way with the pro
of Natura. Send 10 cents fore trial packam.
AddreM ROVEBCO LABORATORIES,
S7U EeeUS Areaee, Cleveland, Ohte.
HOME WORK
J™ 0 %% rt Avgs. r t , g?iars?:
STN.. LOS ANOELES, CAUTOEMIA.
_ . MAKE MONET AT BOMB
Complete plans S1.00 postpaid. Good
SKI fi5SS.1SSxvssa^s
Costliest Shortenings
• The VsggtabU Fd in Jewel is given
remarkable shortening properties by
Swift’s special blending of it with
other bland cooking fats. By actual
test. Jewel Special-Blend makes lighter,
lender baked foods, and creams faster than the
coetltest types of plain all-vegetable shortening.
The FAMOUS
SPECIAL-BLEND
WHY DON'T MOU QUIT COFFEE AND
SWITCH TO POSTUM FOR 30 CAYS
LIKE THE DOCTOR SAID?
READ ABOUT FOSTUM'S
MONEY- BACK OFFER !
If you ere one of those who
safely drink coffee...try Postum’s 30-
day teat. Buy a can of Postum at your
grocer’s and drink it for one full mnoth.
If ...at fbe end of the next 30 days...you <fo no* Aaf
batter, return the top of the Postum container So
General Foods, Battle Croak, Michigan^ —we will
c °f T - 1»*L Kle« Itataree Syndicate. O. F. Cbrp.
Give Postuma&rfriaf...drink it for the hill 30 days!
Postum cootaini no cafiain. It is abxE»ly whole wbaat
an, roasted and slightly
in two forms...Postum C
boil or percolate...and Instant Fostuot modal
in the cup. It is economical, easy to aadta
dous. You may miss cofba at fint, bat after 30
you’ll leva Postum for its <
A Genaral Foods product
(This edbe eeakes Jma SO, IdStd
r
regC