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t \ •M s / JfTiursJay, 'Xoveroter 19, 1931’ McCORMlCK MESSENGER, McCORMICK. SOUTH CAROUNA PAGE NUMBER FOUR If tsA- WASHINCTON RV RADFORD MOBUfY (Special to The Messenger.) The stickers were being offered at one cent each in quantities and were to be used on car windows and other public places where they would attract attention. In his letter ordering the two concerns to stop selling the stickers Governor Smith threatened legal action if they failed to halt the sale. The feeling is growing here that the Roosvelt boom has passed its peak, and that Newton D. Baker is loom ing as the most logical standard bearer against Mr. Hoover, whose WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—John N. renomination is now certain. | Gamer, a Texas farmed, will be the The former Secretary of War re- next Speaker of the House of Rep- fuses to either affirm or deny that j xesentatives because of the success he will be a candidate, although the Democrats had in the recent his friends are urging him to come by-elections, which gives that par- ou t in^ the open. In spite of his ty the right to organize the Lower reticence, a^boom fqr him is grow r - House. By virtue of his office, i n g every day and he now appears Representative Gamer will become to be the most popular of all the one of the most powerful men in men in the running. Governor Al- Washington, ‘although the auto- bert C. Ritchie of Maryland is the oratic powers the speaker possess- most active contender at present ed in the days of Czar Reed and next to Governor Roosevelt of New Uncle Joe Cannon have been abol- York, although his chances for suc- ished. In spite of the yray his priv- cess are said here to be slim. It is ileges have been curtailed, his of- more than probable that he will re- fice is one of tremendous power, ceive a heavy complimentary vote particularly when the incumbent w hen the Democratic National belongs to opposite political faith Convention casts its first vote. An- i to that heldoy the President. j other early candidate will be Sena- It is many years since a dirt far- tor James Hamilton Lewis of Illin- mer has been Speaker of the House, 1 ois, but his .supporters and those of In fact one has to go back of Civil Ritchie are not expected to make j War days, to find a tiller of the more than a perfunctory fight for soil in the position. Mr. Garner’s their candidates elevation to the post comes at an •pportune time for the agricultur al party, as many of the problems now confronting Congress have to do with farm matters. While his constituency has more to do with cotton than with wheat and com, yet the underlying problems are much the same, and he can be ex pected to throw the weight of his decision in favor of the farming bloc. Garner’? own farming spec ialty is pecans, one of the big crops of all Gulf States. Political observers here expect to see the export debenture and equalization fee issues raised early during the coming session of Con gress. They claim that both meas ures will be defeated when they come before the House and that Mvi s.K'VJ FPANK PARKER SggiSSSDgg head of one of the largest indus tries in this country. “My directors are in a panic of terror for fear that Communism will become a menace in the United States,” he told me. “In the slump of 1921 our company lost $6,000,000 and these directors didn’t let it worry them. We have lost only $1,000,- 000 in the past year and they are scared to death.” How far down the line, econom ically speaking, this conservative trend may go I can only guess. I am inclined to think, however, that revolutionary radicals are not go ing to get much encouragement in the election of 1932. BOXWOOD— The most valuable vegetation that grows in America is boxwood, ii you have an old boxwood hedge on your place you can sell it for al most any price you want to ask for it. That is because it takes from a hundred to two hundred years for a boxwood hedge to grow to its fullest beauty and usefulness. From $150 to $500 a horizontal yard , is frequently paid by .wealthy men with country estates for old box wood hedges to be transplanted. j A friend of mine bought an old farm in the Virginia mountains recently for a few thousand dol lars. He found that the house was not in very good repair and he was wondering whether he had not paid too much for the property, when a nursery-man came along | and offered him $150,000 cash for the ancient boxwood hedge which surrounded the gardens! These boxwood trees were about ten feet high, and there were perhaps a thousand of them in the hedge. PROPAGANDA— Officers of the Army ,and Navy of America by the English, beaver skins were the main staple of com- merce between the nortl^un colon- j ies and the old country. Literally; millions of beavers were slaughter- j ed for their fur, the principle use; of which was to make men’s hats, i Beaver fur is still regarded by hat ters as the finest possible material for felt hats, but there is very little of it on the market, and the game laws of New England today impose heavy penalties on anyone killing the beaver. BUILDING— The biggest problem that con fronts President Hoover’s confer ence on home building, which will begin its session in Washington shortly, is the problem of finding a substitute for the .present system of second mortgage financing. Half the families in the United States own their homes, but most of them j have paid much more than they. should have paid, because of the ^ high cost of second mortgage | money. If the President’s conference can' work out a nationally acceptable j plan under which the young man! who has saved up a thousand dol- 1 lars can buy a home without hav ing to pay exorbitant premiums and interest on the balance, it will go a long way toward stimulating the building industry and all of the other industries that depend on it. FLYING— ! Twenty-five years ago only half a dozen people, friends of the Wright Brothers, had ever *seen an , |yj airplane in flight. Practically no- , g body else believed it would ever be possible to fly a heavier than air ‘ rv Ui Call on us for your Thanksgiving requirements in the way of live and dressed poultry of all kinds. We huy and sell. Also all kinds of fresh home-killed meats—any cut desired of beef, pork,..mutton, etc. FRESH FISH AND OYSTERS AT ALL TIMES Don't fail to try our old fashioned home made sausage pure pork, mixed, hamburger and veal loaf. Wc also specialize in grinding and seasoning sausage for the public. We also carry a fresh line of groceries, vege tables and fruits. Prompt delivery made at ail times. Our prices are reasonable. Call ’phone No. 18 or come around to see us. We appreciate your patronage. --CITY MARKET-- G. B. SMITH, Prop. Phone 18 Augusta St McCormick, S. C. are liable to court martial and BOOKS— The Chicago public library has not had any money from the city with which to buy new books for! they will cease to become political several months. That has not stop- \ _ n a A-a a _ _ j: • qustions of importance before an other year has rolled around. It is said here that there is a marked tendency on the part of the firming blocs to drop their lobby ing and rely more on the individual and collective efforts of farmers to better their condition. Legisla tion has not done much for agri culture, they claim, and they feel ped the young people of Chicago from taking books from the lib- I rary to read. Instead of the ui>-to- j date, modern novels, they are read- ; ing the great classics of literature. This is a good thing for the young people of Chicago. They are learning, if nothing else, that the newest books are not neces sarily the best books, and that a - j — -— ~~—* they can get further along by long-' well-told tale is always interesting time planning on crops and by in terjecting the issues of higher tar iff bn competitive articles that af fect the farmer. Bananas, cocoa- nut oil and other imports similar in character will come under fire, as they compete with American farm products. Another piece of legislation that will affect farming interests is the predicted probe of Fruit Industries, the California co-operative that has been pushing the sale of wine bricks with the knowledge of the Government. It is said an in vestigation will be had of the Farm Board’s connection with the Cali fornia grape producers and an ef fort made to bring the latter’s ac tivities more strictly in line with the " spirit of the Eighteenth Amendment. The advancement of Representa tive Garner to the Speakership will cause his mantle as Democratic Floor Leader to descend on Joseph W. Byrns of Tennessee. Repre sentative Byrns is little known to the general public, although from now on he will loom as an import ant figure in legislation. One of the echoes of the recent investigation of the Navy League’s attack on President Hoover for his economy program on naval ex penditures is expected to be an in vestigation of trie fcommittee which investigated Gardiner’s charges. Friends of Gardiner claim the President’s committee yas filled •with friends of Mr. Hoover and that such a committee was unable to ar rive at an unbiased report. One of the findings of the naval committee was the charge that the Navy League is supported by weal thy armament men, ship builders and others who are interested in oeeing extensive new construction, and that they tried to force the President’s hand in an effort to ob tain; a ‘ohance to bid on spme fat contracts. /.. Former Governor Alfred E. Smith of'New York, who ran against Mr. fioover.fpr the Presi dency in 1928, is felt to have elim- ftiated his . name as a candidate •ext, year, l?y his action in ordering two organizations to stop selling stickers ' furthering his candidacy. reading, even if it were written a hundred years ago. In my opinion, the greatest nov el ever written in the English language is “The Way of All Flesh” by the late Samuel Butler. It was* written in 1870 and its background is the England of the first half of the nineteenth century, but its peo ple, their points of view, actions and characters are just as true to life as v if the book were dated 1930 and the scene set in America. Fifty years from now very few of the books which have been pub- ished in the past ten years will be remembered at all. BRAINS— Dr. George W. Crile, famous sur geon, told a medical convention re cently that mbst of the heart and kidney diseases which are becom ing more and more of a menace are the result of the over-development of the human brain. The frontal brain or cerebrum, that part of the brain which we use for thinking, is a comparatively recent product of evolution. Civilization has de veloped the brain more rapidly than the physical body, and the strain that is put upon the body by the activities of the brain result in high blood pressure and heart dis ease, according to Dr. Crile. This is both interesting and plausible. the course of mil lions of years we may develop a human race with a body totally different in appearance and func tion from our bodies of today. But whether the man of that remote future will have a more highly de veloped brain than ours, and a body adapted to nourish the brain, or whether he will have degener ated into a brainless animal, is an other question. CONSERVATIVES— v I think therfe are plenty of signs of a definite swing toward what is usually called “conservatism” in politics. People are getting to be afraid of new ideas and new politi cal experiments. The conservative landslide in the English elections was something more than a mere reaction against the party that happened to be in power when economic Conditions become bad. I talked a few nights ago with the punishment if they take an active ^ part in political agitation for larg- ( er appropriations for military pur poses. Of eourse, every admiral and general wants to see more tax money spent on ships and guns than the country can afford. So there are organizations like the Navy League, whose purpose is to spread propaganda in favor of neavier armaments. President Hoover politely called j the head of the Navy League a liar j the other day. The investigation of the League’s activities, which he promises may put a stop to its ef forts to keep war expenditures up in peace iime'. RUBBER— Mr. Edison died just a few days too soon to learn that the goal of the last great scientific quest in which he was engaged had been reached by somebody else. This was the search for a new source of rubber. Mr. Edison sought it in plants. The new synthetic rubber is a pro duct of the great chemical research laboratories of E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Company, who have al ready begun to build a factory for its commercial manufacture. In stead of being made from a vege table source the raw materials out of which this artificial rubber is made are coal, limestone, salt and water. It is not yet certain that this new rubber will answer every purpose for which rubber is now used, but for many of such uses it is said to be superior to the natural product. At any rate, it gives the United States an independent source of rubber, from which we can never be cut off again in time of war as we were a few years ago, and the supply of the necessary raw ma terials is literally unlimited. BEAVERS— The most interesting thing that has happened in my part of the country in years is the return of the beavers to the Berkshire valley near my farm. It is pretty nearly a hundred years since the last of the beavers vanished with the last of the In dians from Massachusetts, but a few days ago some of my neigh- jbors, observing that there seemed to be more water than usual in a swampy pond just north of West Stockbridge village, investigated and discovered that a family of beavers had built a dam across the little stream and were busily en gaged in finishing up their winter home. This is a dome-shaped structure of logs and mud, with its entrance under water to pro tect its inhabitants from foxes, wolves and other enemies. Beavers have never been known to travel over land and how these got into the West Stockbridge swamp is a mystery. Unless they multiply and become a pest, these new generations of j beavers will have an easier life j thah did their ancestors. For two 1 hundred years after the settlement U. S. Education Bureau Is Urged machine. In that year, 1906, ev erybody was enthusiastic about lighter-than-air craft. The balloon with a motor propeller, what we now call a dirigible, was the thing, but nobody dreamed of anything approaching the United Stqtes WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. Crea- Navy's new airship, Akron, which!‘^n of a federal education depart- took 203 people on a ten hour voy- On President age the other day. In the last few years there have been wonderful improvements in airplanes. It is probable that ev ery plane flying today will be out of date inside of ten years ment headed by a cabinet member has been recommended to President Hoover by his national advisory committee on oducation. In a final report on two years of study, the committee also urged a and I hands-off ‘policy by the national To Let Contract For Star Routes THREE BUS ROUTES OPERAT ING OUT OF ANDERSON TO BE LET JAN. 19.—McCOR MICK ONE OF THEM Sealed offers for transporting mails over three star routes operat ing out of Anderson will be receiv ed by the second assistant post master general at Washington not later than 4:30 p. m., January 19, tb JthP nianp nf the future will g° vernment state educational ^ that the plane of the future will 0 reversal 1932 ’ according to Actmg Postmas- look and act entirely different from anything we are familiar with now. (GARAGES— This is the time of year when affairs. This would be a of federal policy for the last 65 years. The committee report, published many automobUe owners commit toda ^ convened a warning of dan- unintentional suicide by starting up unless President Hoover acts to their cars in tightly closed garages change existing conditions, and not getting outside as soon as I The proposed new government | ter Julius Wannamaker today- Con tracts will be let on that date for service on these routes for a four- year period beginning July 1 of next year, and extending through June 30, 1936. Local routes included in this or- (h „ fir „ 7 h r““ :: department would be presided over der are ‘ w0 busses operating be- the engine fires. In the pas* f , tween this city and McCormick, twelve months the New Fork State . nresident’s cabinet and one between Anderson and Department of Health reports forty chair in the^ president s cabinet. two deaths from carbon monoxide H- Job would be to untangle a: simllar examinatlons will be held poisoning in closed garages and „ 3 , ...v. thp committed for other routes now in operation. deaUi^from the" same'eaus'e fr ° m 3 to the governments educa> the states of South Carolina, death from the same cause. .. . .. . f . Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Missis- It is seldom safe to let a car run new Qecretarv WO uld act as 3ippi ’ Tennessee and Kentucky. at any season of the year without. ' American learn-I Successful bidders are required to backing out of the garage as soon a spokesman tor American learn as the engine starts. '-Some of the |ng. He would be bound by mw. deaths reported occurred because however, to keep hands off state the wind blew the exhaust gas back ! educational processes and to work into the garage although the doors for-decentralization of control were wide open. Carbon monoxide poisoning comes without warning, as the gas is entirely odorless. It costs nothing co oe careful. Jerre L. Dowling Named President “The development of adminis trative power by the federal gov ernment in highly specialized fields of education,” the report said, “presents a threat that can not longer be ignored. “Unless there is an early rever sal of policy, further federal par ticipation in highly specialized post bond with postoffice depart ment. Information and necessary blank forms may be secured upon appli cation at the Anderson postoffice. Mr. Wannamaker stated.—Ander son Daily Mail of Saturday. x No More Silk ’Chutes For U. S. Aviators „ WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—There OfP eoples Bank phases of education within the | will be no more ritzy silks ballooh- / l states will involve us in a form of ing over the pilot who recalls a qt 1 ”” I. .. 15 ^ inco-ordinated centralization with ! hurried engagement elsewhere CHARLES - > ° evils far greater than those which when his motor goes dead. Goodwyn R e • c - pp n nip<s characterize some of the European From now on parachutes may be man of the board o* t p - „„„ Q _ r ,vwoK.4-c- Tn-io rtovio-ar- homp-erown eot- State Bank of South Carolina, an nounced tonight that Jerre L. Dow ling, vice president of the Chemi cal Bank and Trust company of governments. The danger may made of modest, home-grown cot seem remote but it calls for our ton. Aiding the dixie farmer the scrutiny now.” bureau of standards has woven. By a vote of 46 to 6, the commit- tested and found satisfactory, a cai tsanx anu tee approved a statement that the new cotton cloth which is both New York, as ® en government was lacking entirely in light and strong enough to save dent of the eop es an “inclusive and consistent pub- the flier who has to bail out. s hc po i 1C y as to what it should or -IXi made* chairman ^ The 0 ex^cutTve shou.d not do in the fieid of edu- | LocaI p Q. Is Postal committee of the bank. Mr. Rhett ( ca T3 1 ^ n ^, Sr., will remain chairman of the board. The announcement said Mr. Dowling already has resigned his lairs - position with the New York bank By far the greatest stress was laid upon a withdrawal of federal control from state educational af- Savings Depository and is expected to arrive in Char leston Tuesday to take up his du ties with the Peoples State bank.^ The Peoples State Bank, with headquarters in this city, has 45 Receive Star Route Bids In January Effective November 15, 1931, the McCormick post office has been designated as a postal savings de pository, according to information made public by Postmaster J. B. Harmon, Jr. —iXt The Postoffice Department an- branches in 42 cities and towns of nounces that bids will be received South Carolina. It is capitalized at at the office of the second post- $2 000 000 and its statement as of master general untU 4:30 p. m., October 14, listed total assets at January 19, 1932 for carrying the $28 775 802.07, and deposits of $24,- mails-from July 1, 1932 to June 30, principal requirement for frost AAQ Ron os with a surplus fund of. 1936 on our star routes. The route when the temperature is not too * * 9 m ^^.1. i- a •_ « • m . • a_m4-1 The chief weather signs preced ing a frost are a clear sky, a tem perature of 40 degrees Fahrenheit or lower, and little wind, say Weather Bureau experts. The $400,000. Mr. Dowling is a graduate of West Point. He will come to the Peoples bank with ten years exper- ilnce in banking, which has tak en him to many parts of the Codn- try. He is a native of Alabama and is thoroughly conversant with the financial requirements of the South. from McCormick to Greenwood is high, is abundant radiation of heat included in the list which applies to a number of states. List of routes, forms of proposals and bonds-together with all neces sary- inf ownation-x will be* furnished upon application to the Greenwood postmaster or to the second assist ant postmaster general at Wash ington.—Greenwood Index-Journal. from the earth, with but little re turn radiation. A moderate wind usually prevents frost by mixing the warmer air above with the colder surface air. When heavy lower cloud* cover the sky they send back much radiation to the earth below, keeping it fairly warm and preventing frost.