The Gaffney Ledger from Gaffney, South Carolina • Page 4

I PAGE FOUU THE GAFFNEY LEDGER, GAFFNEY, S. C. TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 4935 improved in many ways, the high 1 THE GAFFNEY lo continue indefinitely the future. Gov- HARVEY WITHERSPOON War Calls and Loved Ones Part STATE MOTOR OWNERS vi 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 juu nuiuu lor reiiei are Known 10 ue PAY $62 ANNUAL TAX NORTH LIMESTONE STREKT Published TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY school holding a scholastic record in the Southern Association of Schools and Colleges unexcelled in the state. Marked advancement has been made during the 5-year period in the standard of work done.

Ho has been an active worker in the Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanis club, lie has served the GOES TOLANCASTER Former Gaffney School Super-intendoU Takes Up New Work. 4 St'' IVr Vehicle Cost Kcportcd if Much Heavier than Dis limited, and are offered only because workers can not find other employment. When such are tendered and refused, the government has done its part. Whether right or wrong, persons engaged in regular industrial work have a feeling that each one's job belongs to that individual so long as the work is satisfactorily handled. it Sossamon Ijttlejoiin Publishers F.

W. Sossamon Business Maimer S. C. LlTTLEJOHN Local Editor trict of Columbia. Columbia.

Anv 7 i i Clinton, Aug. 10. Junies Harvey Witherspoon, superintendent (if the Clinton school system for I i' I PoatoHice as sccond- at Gaffney, S. class matter. i rresiiyienan enurcii lor several years past us of its Sunday school.

The I men's Bible class of the church presented him with an engraved loving cup on the eve of (his going to his new residence and work. hide operators in South Carolina paid un average of per ve- hide in special automotive taxes during according to C. JMcCuen, Secretary of the South i Carolina Petroleum Industries Committee. few When a strike develops these workers do notUl i)ast lr' yi'lll's k'rt .1 mi i (Lancaster where he has necepted admit they have quit. They contend they thu )0sition ()f mmly t.mi,ilUonal are "on strike" and that the jobs belong to i supervisor.

them. One can see how there may be Mv- WRhm-spoon was born near I 111 I ill I iiiiii.iiiu li.nni.r (i 11,1 SUHSCRiPTION RATES: 1 Year 6 Months 4 Months win nil. in i.t.i.i i iwiiniv, II $3.00 tl.RO $1.00 justification for such an attitude on the part son of in J. 11. ltnerspoon and 'Mrs.

Phebe Witherspoon, daughter of Col. John I), Williams of 5 WEDS J. E. STRIBLING of regular workers in industry, but the same claim can not be accepted in connection with pure government relief work. Obituaries, cardH of thanks and notices of all Kinds purely personal in their nature or (if a noncy-making ratutfc are invuriably charged for.

Announcement Interests Hat-! i this county. He was graduated from Davidson college in 1 HIM with the A. H. degree. He then entered the University of South Carolina law school where he graduated in inOO, receiving both his LL.

B. and M. A. degrees. He became a graduate student at Columbia university, New York, and received his M.

A. degree from Lit 1 GASOLINE PRICES AGAIN. Reports received here say the retail price of gasoline has been cut in nearby places while practically all Gaffney stations are continuing to charge 22 cents. 1 The average vehicle in SoutjfJjLr ohna paid in state pasMe in federal gasoline (ax'H in license fees in tire and tube and other governmental excise taxes. The average automotive taxes of paid in this state were far in excess of those paid in the His-trict of Columbia, where the total annual motor levies amount to less than frll per vehicle, and they compare with a nationwide average of v' each.

This state, with its average of is not far behind Florida which has thu highest average in the United States of $73.39. It is significant that the District of lunibia's gasoline tax is 2c per gai Ion; while that of Florida is 7c. In announcing the results of this study, Mr. pointed out. that no eifort was made to include prop, erly taxes.

"In vcw of the fact that the valm. Off to East Africa and probable war in Ethiopia these Italian soldiers tay goodbye to their familicr: nt railway station in Home. For somo it is probably the hut goodbye. tle round; Personals and Other Items. Cowpens Battleground, Aug.

9. Announcement of the marriage of Miss Inez Blackwood to John Everett Stribling at Union November last year, made in the Spartanburg Herald Sunday, was of interest to numbers of people here, as Mrs, Stribling is a sister of Lillian Blackwood, of It is evident if Gaffney is ever going to re-! that institution, after specializing fnii. ti-nnlninn in molfnr rif nrl, fllSlOry IOl' 10UI' yeaiS His first work as an idiicntnr Is it Ethiopia or Abyssinia? be only I began in the old King's Mountain Swofi'brds I Military academy of York. From the gasoline companies, it will through the adoption of Mayor -Red bus this community. She has vi relatives here frequently.

She 4 municipal service station plan or by obtaining service from some of the independents. The latter probably would be the more desirable solution. We do not believe it would be out of place v. mere ne went to rort will in 11)08 as superintendent for three years. In he was elected superintendent of the schools, where he remained until 1 14.

From there he went to Gaffney, where he headed the city schools for six years. In 10:22 Mr. Witherspoon was I fit-. of the average automobile is only -iMl, it is obvious that automotiv for Gaffney business men who are tired of the taxes in this state have become ex ADDIS ABAQA i r. i 4 discrimination that has been practiced l'k' by the local board of trus- I tees to head the Clinton city against consumers here for years past to succeeding A.

c. Daniel, make an active, strong effort to induce one of i The Clinton schools under the the independent oil companies to establish a of Mr. Witherspoon TIIIO I A MASSES BACK ROOSEVELT. Federal relief officials are reported to have complained that the crop reduction policies of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration have increased the relief burden. That, no doubt, is true.

But it is merely a balancing off, or evening up, process. The fundamental principles of economics, like the law of gravity, can not be changed. There may be some shifting between relative classes, but in the end the sum total will be the same. President Roosevelt is trying to better conditions for the lower paid classes. He is attempting to bring the minimum wage up to a reasonable level sufficient to provide a decent living.

To succeed he does not necessarily have to upset the laws of economics, but he will have to secure a readjustment of the old systems which kept so many in poverty while the select few lived on the fat of the land. Just now President Roosevelt and his policies are bcirrg vigorously attacked, particularly by the Republicans and a few others who have managed to ride into various offices, or hope to do so, by calling themselves Democrats although they are by no means in sympathy with the purposes of the party. The fact that the masses of the people are strongly behind President Roosevelt was shown by a straw vote conducted recently by a prominent Virginia newspaper in that state. been employed at Lyman. Also of interest was the marriage of Nesbitt Blackwell and Miss Lucille Jolly, both of the Buck Creek section.

The Black-well family formerly lived here. Mr. and Mrs. S. B.

liuppe announce the birth of a son August 1. Mrs. Ruppe prior to marriage was Miss Maudia Thrift. Miss Maye Hayes recently visited Miss Dorothy Willoughliy at her home near Chesiu'o. She al spent Sunday wii.li Miss Cornelia Biackwell.

Mr. 'and Mrs. J. A. Scruggs and children recently visited Mr.

and Mis. J. I). Barris, of Cliff-side, N. C.

This community received a nice rain Wednesday night. There was much lightning with the cloud. r'" cessive," Mr. McCuen declared. "Gasoline taxes constitute by far the heaviest levies on motorists today and thereby constitute the logical means by which the excessive tax burden on motorists can be relieved.

"The data used in making the compulation were the official rigurPs recently released by the U. S. Bit-rcau of Public Roads, which shott 21, 103 vehicles registered la sit year, state gasoline tax collections as federal gasoline and oil taxes as $194,947,000, license fees as $304,938,000, and federal excise taxes, exclusively of those on gasoline and oil, as 1.S02." 1 Hade SeUiie M3UAC11SUIO Map of Quarantines Wise for Health Dr. 'Copeland Tells of Dangers When Bans 'Are Not Respected 4 very much, -o dry an I 0. The lain was needed as everything was dusty.

O. M. Harrill and Bfe hands hi ive vr i 'j 1 branch of its business here. A difference of two or three cents a gallon on the quantity of of gasoline sold in Cherokee county in a year would amount to quite a tidy sum, and since so many people operate motor cars would be pretty generally distributed. DOCTOR TO THE RESCUE.

A California doctor claims to have developed a method of freezing human beings for indefinite periods in such a manner that he can thaw them out again at any time without harm. In that case perhaps it would be a good idea for the government to make a contract with him to stow away the wont-work-ablcs until the rest of the folks get affairs straightened out. The cost of cold storage facilities would probably be less than the expense of furnishing food, clothing and housing. Later the "stiffs" could be thawed out as desired or needed. o- ASBURY CLUB PLANNING PICNIC SUPPER MONDAY 'eisonals and Other Npws been moving a tenant house on the Walter Hayes place here this week, which was on the right-of-way for the new road.

J. B. Scruggs and Miss Dora, and Miss Rosa Ellison spent Thursday in Spartanburg. Mrs. K.

E. Scruggs and daughter, Virginia, and Mrs. B. Z. Jolly and daughters, L.

Z. and E. spent Tuesday at Chesnee with Mrs. Ilollis llames and children. Sunday guests at the home of Mrs.

Rosie Garrett were Mr. and Holly Scruggs and sons anil Of i. 4 ji Scene at Addi Abibi I1 5 A Not of Kecent General Interest. (By Mrs. Frank Lipsey.) Rehoboth, Aug.

9. I ne Asbury home demonstration club will have a picnic supper Monday night at 7 o'clock at the club house. Every member and their families are invited to come and bring a basket. Friends and relatives of Mrs. J.

T. Baldwin will be glad to know that she is recuperating nicely at her home after undergoing a serious operation at the Mary Black Hospital in Spartanburg several days ago. Mrs. L. Reid, dietician at Mrs.

near Mrs. Josephine Scruggs, all of Gaffney, Mrs. Daisy Martin. J. M.

Cash, Mrs. A. B. Mar- Nobody's Business tin, Mrs. L.

Scruggs and baby, Ro Misses Mary and sa What is the correct name ol the African empire that may soon become the story of each day? I.s it Ethiopia or is it Abyssinia? P.oth have been used, resulting in confusion to tho reader. To! correct the trouble, the National Geographic Society has issued a bulletin wherein it is stated that the proper name for the African empire is Ethiopia because that name is used with the official sanction of the Ethiopian government and also on latest maps. Other names in the African kingdom have been misspelled, some so badly that' readers cannot identify them with the names on the maps. Even the emperor's name has been given an extra "1" in either his first or last For your information, tin- correct spelling of the name of "The Conquering Lion of Haile By Gee McGee and Frank Jolly. Logan Scruggs, of Camp Highland, near Greer, spent the weekend here with his mother, Mrs.

Viola Bloodsworth. Lonege, spent several nay; with her brother, Prof. E. B. Burn and family, recently.

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Jefferies RELIEF FOR STRIKERS ORDERED BY OFFICIALS FLAT ROCK FURNISHED A TOURIST FOR A NORTHERN TRIP. miss jennie veeve smith, our afticient scholl principle, has just returned back from a long buss trip to new york and niagara falls and cannady for and reports a wonderful vissit.

she had newer benn in but 2 states befoar this and it proved a remarkable education to hoi'. Fulp Receives Instructions to Provide for People Not Working. Columbia, Aug. 8. State Relief and son, Allen, of Washington, D-C.

are spending their vacation with relatives in this community. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lipsey and children, Mrs. E.

B. Burns and Lee Petty were visitors in Spartanburg Wednesday. Mrs. J. L.

Blackwood and son, Forrest, spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Petty.

Mrs. Albert Griffin, of Lockhart, spent a while Sunday with her brother, R. E. Petty. G.

L. Blackwood, of near Jonesville, spent Thursday with Lee Petty. Administratori J. I). Fulp said to- iu Vaul T.

SO MODERNIZE NOW day he had been instructed by national ERA authorities to grant relief to all persons unemployed miss jennie veeve saw the statute of liberty and went upstairs in its arms 155 feet which was built by the french who now owes us a war dett big enough to build over a million statutes just like this one. she also rode acrost the hudson vivver which vas discovered by robt. fulton in a steamboat. she vissited al. smith's umpire state building, but mv.

smith was not at home and she did not get to to him. she-went to the follies and to a night club, but she did not do anny drinking, so she says, she bought her a wide-brim hat which sets her off very sweetly and makes her look 25 years younger. By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D.

United States senator from New York Former Commissioner ol llcailh, A'cte York City OUR niESnXT Ideas about the quarantine) of persons and their homes can bo traced to the hygienic, precautions used in ancient Venice and other great seaports. Indeed, the expression "quarantine" conies from tho Italian word "quaranta," meaning It was tho custom to detain for a period of forty days all vessels having diseased passengers or sailors on board. This was tho beginning of tho maritime quarantine. Its efficiency is a matter of vast Importance. If it is imperfect widespread disaster may result.

When well conducted St Is the means of preventing the spread of disease from one country to another. It helps to detect and does much to eradicato disease. Vital Health Measure There are many forms of quarantine. For example, health authorities speak of niaritimo quarantine, cattle quarantine, house quarantine and state quarantine. Steps are now being taken to enforce "air for there is no doubt that longdistance (lying is a factor in the spread of disease.

Wo are familiar with house quarantine and know how important it is to follow the rules laid down by the local board of health. Yet there are many perrons who, without meaning any wrong, fail to follow these rules. Pueli carelessness is a menace to the community. For example, many mothers consider measles and whooping cough as minor ailments. They are too lenient in regard to quarantine of the sick child.

Serious complications, such as ear trouble, heart disease and Infection of tho eye often follow diseases like scarlet fever and diphtheria. Many cases of pneumonia are caused by too great haste in leaving tho sick room, before there has been complete recovery from a so-called minor disease. Most of these consequences would be escaped if quarantine were strictly enforced. Child Diseases Often Serious I can readily understand how great is the temptation to break quarantine regulations, especially when the disease is progressing withcut any setbacks. But.

when a patient is allowed up and around too soon he exposes hirasolf to tin possibility of catching cold and invites serious complications. This danger Is especially great In children. Most of the so-called childhood diseases, in and of themselves, are without danger. It is in the complications of the disease that the danger lies. To prevent serious complications and prolonged convalescence, follow the instructions as to quarantine laid down by your doctor.

Jlaste and impatience only pave tho way to trouble. Answers to Health Queries 15 President Calls Off Boy Scout Jamboree CM SWITCH Washington, Aug. 9. Can; cellation of the National Boy Scout Jamboree, planned here August L'l, was announced by President Roosevelt yesterday because of the prevalence of infantile paralysis in this section. The President acted after a Both of Virginia's senators, Glass and Byrd, elected as Democrats, have been opposing and trying to obstruct President Roosevelt's program at almost every turn.

In spite of this, the Virginia paper's straw vote resulted in 80 per cent for Roosevelt to 20 against four to one. Predictions like that made by Governor Talmadge, of Georgia, after his visit to Jolly Street last week, to the effect that South Carolina will turn against Roosevelt in the next election are so far-fetched as to be amusing. The Ledger would like to make a prediction of its own in this connection and that is, not only will South Carolina stand solidly behind President Roosevelt in the next election but Governor Eugene Talmadge's Georgia will do exactly the same thing. HOW QUICK CAN YOU STOP? Some time ago a questionnaire was submitted to motorists by the city of Memphis concerning the distance necessary for stopping cars going at given speeds. The survey demonstrated that the average driver has an exceedingly poor conception of stopping distances and that he believes he can bring his car to a halt in a much shorter space than is actually required, For example, drivers were asked how many feet would be needed to stop a car with four-wheel brakes moving at a speed of 40 miles per hour on an ordinary highway.

Two per cent of the drivers answered ten feet or less 15.9 per cent answered 11 to 20 feet; the heaviest majority, 23.2 per cent, answered 21 to 30 feet, and 14.1 per cent answered 51 to GO feet. The true answer is 80 feet and it was given by less than 6 per cent of the drivers. Only a minority of motorists realize that, no matter how good a car's brakes, it is impossible to stop within fifty feet that a car going 40 miles an hour will skid farther than that with locked wheels. Memphis has provided a good example showing that we vitally need continuous and intensive "schooling" for drivers and that the driver who has operated a car for twenty years should be given attention, as well as the beginner. Adequate knowledge of the limitations and capabilities of the motor car is a fundamental of accident prevention.

REFUSAL TO WORK. President Roosevelt has declined to recognize as a "strike" the quitting of relief workers in New York and elsewhere in an effort to enforce demands for higher wages. The president holds the action is simply a refusal to accept the jobs. That is certainly the logical view to take of the situation. There is a vast difference in regular industrial employment and in temporary government work provided for the especial purpose of aiding the unemployed.

Jobs in the former classification are expect- she was thunder-struck with niagara falls md she wondered where all of the watter come from that vvent over the to) of same, the rivvers mought have benn up that day she was there, she went into cannady, drunk some watter out of a boiling spring over there for clO. she brought a cannadian c25 peace and will keep it in her memoirs of the trip. conference late in the date with Hugh S. Cumming, surgeon-gen eval of the Public Health Service Commissioner George Allen, of I the District of Columbia, and Dr. James West, chief Scout executive.

A White House statement said the number of infantile paralysis eases "was not considered to be unduly alarming" but it i t. i. 13 she reports Feeing some fine cows in the north, allso bildings that almost reached the skies, she rode under the ground on a train that went 50 m. p. h.

she stayed 2 hours at mr. coney's island and went in a-washing for c25, and swum around a right smart in the atlantic ocean which comes right up to the houses over there. nftn UJ ST r-S was uecmeu wuuiu ue iu uiu i best interests of the Scouts and)C 1 1 i 1 tL. an couceineu io cancel uie oaiu- because of strikes and voluntary closing of cotton mills in South Carolina. He said Aubrey Williams of the national ERA office at Washington had notified him that the unemployed mill workers were to be given jobs on projects near their homes where practicable, with direct relief to be provided for those for whom no work was available.

Fulp said reports from Anderson county indicated an average of 50 families a day were being-added to the county relief rolls and that there were now 105,719 clients on state rolls. lie added that he would go to Washington Sunday to submit a complete report on the mill situation in the state to federal ERA officials and estimated that approximately in addition to the regular allotment would be needed to carry out the instructions. The administrator also said he had been asked to request continuation of the social service school at the University of South Carolina for which the ERA allotted $17,000 for administrative expenses last Chesnee Schools Open Wednesday Chesnee, Aug. The Chesnee public schools will begin the 1935-1936' school session on Wednesday, August 14, at 9 a. m.

First grade pupils will be enrolled at the grammar school building at 9 o'clock Monday morning, August 12. At the same time, all high school p-jpils who have not already done so will sign up for their courses of study at the high school building. W. D. Nixon, county superintendent of education, will make a talk at the opening exercise of the high school on Wednesday mornine'.

The grammar school exercise will be held at the grammar school building. 17771 ilM Mi til VviCyj boree. Mr. Roosevelt agreed to addi ess the Boy Scouts and their leaders by radio in their respective camps throughout the country at 8 p. Eastern Standard Time, Wednesday, August 21.

The White House conference was preceded by a meeting at the surgeon general's office, attended by health officers of Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina I I and this city. miss jennie veeve will possibly rite a book covering her trip, and will make lectures at the scholl audy torium this fall to let the childrens know the wonders of our great world ansoforth. the scholl board let her take this trip instead of going to a summer scholl as required by law everjw years, we are glad to have her back in our midst. yores trulie, mike Clark, rfd, corry spondent. 0 Didn't Have, Hut.

The sleight-of-hand performance was not going very well. "Can any lady or gentleman lend me an egg?" asked the conjurer, coming down to the footlights. "If we'd 'ad one" shouted a man in the audience, "you'd 'ave it before this." Vancouver Province. Looked Different. Fireman "Why were you kissing my girl in a dark corner last night?" Seaman "Now that I've seen her in the daylight, I wonder myself." IT, Maryland Catapult.

One Dead As Truck Crashes Into River Miss R. M. Q. I am bothered with constipation. What would you advise? 2: What will overcome piles? A.

This is usually due to faulty diet. For full particulars restate your question and send a stamped, self-addressed envelope. 2: Piles are usually due to faulty elimination. For full particulars restate your question and send a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Fayetteville, Aug.

10. M. D. Strickland, 26, was killed and Worth Cone injured when their i I automobile, with a tobacco laden- trailer, crashed in the middle of 1 a bridge over Rock Fish river ELECTRICAL CONVENIENCES IN NO way can you modernize home heller than hy Hie proper wiring of the renins. Mos! houses are iniidenmiiely wircil let moiieni use.

Here is a suggoslimi for your living mom u'hieh shnuM h(j wired I'm- eomfnrl ami emr. eu ienco. today's dccnral ive srlieme ainl llif pleasure Hie family, 1'i-ovide plenty ot convenient outlets one for every fifty square feel of Hour space is a good rule. Allow outlets fur the piano and bridge lamps and fur ilic vacuum cleaner, the electric fan, and by all means for the radio. ('eilirg and wall brackets give iilinninalinii.

of id don't frwref the Coi'J'ilfit't. W.NU Siavlce, J. M. K. Q.

Is sassafras tea of any benefit to the health? A. This Is an old-fashioned remedy. I doubt if it is of any particular value in promoting health. (Cojiiilinl, 102j, K. Inc.

today. Both were from Spring Hope. At a hospital, it was said Cone's injuries were not serious. An unidentified hitchhiker escaped serious injury. i.ainps pi, iv an pari In I.