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Page 61 The Southern Israelite H )LLEY MC TOR CO. AU1 orized dealers ales Service Let Us Demonstrate to You PHONE 147 AIKEN, S. C. Durban Laird’s IlLlC* AIKEN, S. C. Real Estate I nsurance Bonds Furnished Cottages and i states for Rent and for Sale. 'I T,( MS-HABITANT and A( IIOR POST FENCES Fn-Tout-Cas Courts Special Agents G. A. DURBAN, President and Manager A I WILSON j. w. WILSON E. M. WILSON THE WILSON HOTELS 'GRAM HOTEL, Cheraw, S. C. i L- CAMDEN, Camden, S. C. Wayne Hotel, Waynesbrro, Ga. MODERN IN EVERY RESPECT Tl e Camden Chronicle <)• NILES, Publisher PRINTING I advertising Camden, S. C. MY DREAMS AND I We have witnessed the glory that was (Greece and the grandeur that was Rome go the way of all flesh. We surely can testify that man and his dreams are God’s. Nor have we forgotten the ever- recurring schemes of contemptible nu n in power to destroy and annihilate the L\v. It is the commonplace of history, this dream of ridding the world of the Jew. It was the dream of Pharaoh, of Hainan, of Pobyedonostsev, and of countless lesser so-called statesmen. They have slaughtered us; they have humiliated us; they have driven us from pillar to post, hut, by the grace of the living God, we have outlived them. And we stand this day as a monument to God’s power and glory, testifying to His existence and to His control over the affairs of men and nations. “Ye arc my witnesses, saith the Lord.” And so, on this day of Rosh ha- Shanah the immortal sage of history again proclaims to a world swollen with its own importance, deluded with its superficial grandeur, intoxicated with its evanescent dreams—to it the Jew proclaims, “I and my dreams are Gods.” God alone is the source of life, of wisdom, of power, of glory. God alone is the manipulator of our dreams. Prostrate thyself, O man, and worship Him in humble adoration. Let this he the spirit of the day. Let it permeate our very being, “that every creature may know that Thou art its Creator, and every living being exclaim, the Lord, the God of Israel ruleth and His dominion endureth forever." THE MOTTO FOR THIS YEAR (Continued from page 14) problems of the populace amid which they dwell. Like their neighbors they should work out their own salvation. It is almost an impertinence for our philan thropic plutocrats to invade our communi ties, even against the consent of the rec ognized local exponents, with these pest ering drives for foreign contributions. Too long have our Jewish communities at least in the country at large been in the sad condition of the songstress of Canticles of which she complains: “They made me keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not kept. As to Zionism, if it has not reached its crest, it is about time that it did. At least for the present, if not forever, American Judaism should take the jk>si- tion of Rab Judah ben Ezekiel of Pum- beditha and declare Zionism not only an error but a crime. The motto of the New Year for Amer ican Israel should be: lo your tents, O Israel.” Raffalovich, Grand Rabbi Of Brazil, Arrives In U. S. New York, N. Y.—Dr. Israel Raffal- ovieft. Grand Rabbi of Brazil, and head of the Hias in that country, arrived in the United States from Rio de Janeiro on the Munson liner Western World. While in this country he will discuss the possibilities of Jewish immigration to Brazil. THE TEN BEST BOOKS (Continued from page 10) I he non-fiction list of recommendables is more meager. It includes “Crucibles,” the scientific book by Bernard Jaffe that won the $7,500 Francis Bacon prize of fered by the Forum Magazine; “Tales of a Vanished Land,'’ by Harry E. Bur roughs, and “ I he Riddle of Sex," by Dr. Joseph Tencnhaum. Two books that deserve more attention arc "Childhood In Exile" and “Youth In Revolt,” the first two volumes in the autobiography of Dr. Shmarya Levin. It is only by the sheerest accident that these two volumes did not secure a place among the five best non fiction lxioks of the year. If the list were only two books longer Dr. Levin’s autobiography would surely In- included. Other non-fiction volumes that deserve mention are “What Happened in Pales tine," by Maurice Samuel; "Portrait of Fhe Artist As American," by Matthew Joscphson; and "Times Square Tintypes,” by Sidney Skolsky. Emil Ludwig’s “Abraham Lincoln" and Jakob Wasscrmann’s "Columbus” were both rather unimportant. Wasscrmann’s pseudo-biography was irritatingly boring. Harry Rogoff provided a rather interest ing portrait of Meyer London, the late Jewish Socialist leader, in “An Fast Side Epic.’’ Stefan Zweig’s critical stature was not particularly enhanced with his latest volume, "Three Masters." 'There were two hooks on Jewish history pub lished during the year that deserve very laudatory comment. One is Abram Sachar’s "History of the Jews." Another is done by a non-Jew, H. K. Kcllctt, who writes a very entertaining "Short History of the Jews.” Both volumes can be recommended without reservation. In the field of the essay, Philip Guedalla’s “The Missing Mus?" was un doubtedly the best. Horace Kallen’s “In decency And The Seven Arts" could just as well have been left unwritten in its individual chapters. The only lxx>k of short stories of the year worth referring to was “Laments for the Living," by Dorothy Parker. She is easily America’s foremost woman satirist. 'Fhe few things that she has written take her far away from the saccharine domain of Fannie Hurst and Edna Ferbcr. She is the most original and creative Jewess writing in America today. Ten books are plenty for any average man to read during the year. I rather feel that the ten I have selected can take their place alongside an average collection of the ten best published by non-Jews during the past year. Without question several of those that have been included have seen their superiors in this year as in past years. It is not claimed that all of them are immortal additions to classic literature. They are merely the ten best of a restricted field. (Copyright 1930 by S. A. F. S.) Becomes Member of Carnegie Institute Board Pittsburgh, Pa.—Albert C. Lehman subscribed $10,000 to the Patrons Art Fund of the Carnegie Institute, inter nationally noted for its stimulation of art, and was elected as a member of the Board of Directors of the Fund. Loan & Savings Bank ♦ Camden, S. C. ♦ CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY IN BOTTLES Aiken Coca-Cola Bottling Co. AIKEN, S. C. G1BBES TYPEWRITER SHOP Distributor* WOODSTOCK TYPEWRITERS Official Service Station Phone 97H Hit Main Street, Columbia, S. C.