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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
A ——
: Take therefore no thought for the morrow:
son the mortow shall take thought for the things
of _itself. Gufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof —Matthew €:34.
Bvery detail is hateful, but it gives wisdom,—
Publius Syrus.
CATTON’S COMMENT
BY BRUCE CATTON
W " - —— .
-Among the unnoticed blessing of American life,
there is the singular little fact that the republic has
‘bred precious few orators and only three or four
“gredt speeches” on its list of things for schoolboys
to learn.
Why should a thing like that be a blessing? Well,
Donald ' Culross Peattie explained it recently in his
fascinating “Book of Hours.”
, Grgat.ors,tors, he remarked, are practically always
mlg%&-te men with something to sell. What they
are out to sell s, as often as not, something that
the sober good sense of the citizen is apt to sniff at.
‘Hence the salesmen have to beat their breasts and
mflkawfihe welkin ring in order to get their point
across.,
Since our republic was founded, how many “great!
apeeehqa hayve we had? Mr. Feattie suggests that
we have had only two—Lincoln’s Gettysburg address
and his second inaugural. And these are singularly
out of, line with the great-speech tradition, for one
is a .sober restatement of the case for democracy
‘and umpion, and the other is a calm appeal to people
to forget hatred and go about tidying up a bad mes®
in & spirit of Christian charity.
' Neitier of these speeches can compare with a
frenzied thing like Napoleon's famous address to his
arny-in Egypt, wherein he pointed to the pyramids
‘and reminded his lads that 40 centuries were looking
down on them. But Napoleon, like all orators, had
"@methmg to sell. Specifically, he was trying to put
‘the heat on these stolid sons of French peasants so
that they would bé cheerful about leaving their bones
in the steaming Nile valley for a cause which they
could not understand,
__And that is the way it usually is with orations.
They are a bad business, A nation whose history is
studded with them is a nation which has been in
some _exceedingly tight spots; for a great oration is
M always a curtain-raiser to hardship, and the
ora as likely as not is the man who is bringing
?gn,flwdlh"ip on.
"'Jt takes a bad atmosphere to grow orators. They
sprout and blossom when there is blood on the
moon and people can see the face of doom peering
out from behind the clouds. From the days of
‘Demosthenes, who did his orating when the Greek
ity states were about to be over-run by the crude
Macedonians, down to Hitler, who played the tre
molo on Germany's emotions at a time when the
country was falling to pieces, oratory is prima facie
‘evidence that there is trouble coming.
. As Mr. Peattie suggests, America has not been
‘productive of great oratory—and a blessing it Is.
‘We have had some hard problems to solve, and now
and then we have got ourselves into a tragic fix—as
in the 1860’s—but in the main we haven't had the
&mfld of atmosphere that produces famous orators.
m that fact is one of the best things in our rec-
. The recovery movement has been in progress now
for some four years, It has falterd and stumbled
_pretty badly, at times, but at last it seems to have
_gettled down to a steady gait; but the thing to re
member about it is that, from the very start, it has
_en based on a policy of heavy government spend-
Since the government can't go on spending much
rer, it is encouraging to notice that the business
summae recently made public by the Federal Re
_serve System shows indications that the recovery
movement is beginning to walk alone,
. Production, of such basic commodities as steel,
_minerals, lumber, autos, and cotton are sharply up
this spring. Employment and payroll indices are
W faster than the usual seasonal rate. And as
' publicly-financed work declines the amount of pri
viately-financed work is going up.
* It looks very much as if the time has come when
‘Uncle Sam can pull in his purse strings without
halting the recovery movement, ]
‘¢ ean, who spent five billions of dollars on va- i
‘cations last year, will spurge gven more this sum
* surveys indicate, KEuropean cuuntrles“
‘especially will benefit, reveals a noted travel agency,
| One of the principal reasons this will be so, it points
out &Ig 8 that there has been a lessening of political
|lf this is the case, tourists must obviously favor
countries that are unruffled by politics, and it is
‘quite possible that late this year dictatorships, that
gare steeped in it, will be very doleful, |
_ If they are hardly dampened by the shower of
- American gold, dictators may get the point that an
‘overe 4phll!l on political activity and bellicosity
% always pay dividends, Which would be a
Very good thing, |
. A new type of piston is split vertically in two
m\gma together at the top and bottom
.by rings. Longer wear is claimed for this piston.
_ Because rubber contains sulphur, gaskets of this
“ 1 should not be used between lens and re
. fivtor in auto heodlights. Enough sulphurous ecid
I 8 released to destroy the silvered reflector.
_ Approxmately 22.9 per cent of the population of
~ the United States is now past 45 years of age, ac-
SMALL TOWNS ARE COMING BACK
[ It has been said that automobiles and
‘paved highways are responsible for thej\
drying up of the country stores and small
‘towns in this state. It may be true that|
these agencies have contributed much to-!
'wards the reduction in business in these
‘places, but a report recently issued byi
the Department of Commerce shows that!
business is returning to the country stores|
ad small towns. In this report, the state-|
ment is made that retail sales showed an|
increase in March in the South over thati
of the same month in 1936, i
If this condition is true, as relates to the |
South, certainly it must be true in other|
sections of the nation. For the past quar
ter of a century, and likely for a longer!
period, many of the small towns of thei
country have suffered from absortion'
by the big cities. The country store—while ‘
it has not suffered as much in comparison |
with the small towns, it has, however, felt;
the drain considerably. ‘
Now that times are improving and the|
people realize the importance of tra.dingl
with the small town merchants and with
the country stores, there may yet come a !
revival wtih these important businesses
that will enable the small town merchant
and the country store keeper to once
more return to the picture of prosperity.
| We hope that the records of the De
' partment of Commerce are correct and!
|that these contributors to the upbuilding
|of their respective communities will con
' tinue to grow and prosper, and again be
| come the building factors in their respec
!tive sections, |
SUNDAY MOVIES FOR THOMASVILLE
For some months there has been quite
a controversary between the citizens of
Thomasville over the question of permit
ting the exhibition of moving pictures on
Sundays. The discussion finally reached
the stage of politics and in reply to a peti
tion for Sunday movies, the mayor and
members of the city council provided for
the matter to be settled by the voters and
authorized a referendum of the question
to be decided in an election. .
On the registration lists of Thomasville,i
the names of approximately eighteen hun-l
dred citizens appeared who were eligible|
to vote. The election was called and when |
it was held last week, only about four
hundred of the voters cast their ballots,i
a large majority of them voting in favor
of the movies. The mayor and members!
of the council had pledged themselves
that if a majority of those voting were op
posed to the movies, they would enforce
the ordinances which now prohibits Sun
’day amusements of this character, but on |
the other hand, if a majority of the voters
cast their ballots in favor of Sunday
movies—then they would repeal all ordi
nances or parts of ordinances prohibiting
such exhibitions. These gentlemen havet
kept faith with the voters and now Thom
asville is free to have Sunday movies to their
_hearts content and no one can interfere,
so Tar as the municipalty is concerned.
However, it is understood that some of
the citizens opposed to the movies on Sun
days will go into the state courts applying
for injunction proceedings through which
course they hope to block the opening ‘of
the theaters on Sundays.
The case has attracted state wide at
tention and much interst is being dis
played by the people in all parts of the
Istate. If the action of the mayor and
council of Thomasville holds good, it is
expected that a number of other towns in
,Georgia will follow suite of Thomasville.
WAITING FOR THE CALL
OF THE LORD
Ih the mo i
b citize‘rllg;?;niv (})‘t(‘) east Tennessee there
stand for their peculi . .
. ; uliarities, characteri .
jics and freakish man ivi b
B T ner of living, That
+ ssee has startled th -
on for the number of i Bt
R fron men of marriages contract-‘
Some of these marriz‘;V it P wives.l
dren wives of nine egvy A
husband more than yesra of age 4nd the
ithe latest sensatio : S'cor? o But!
state is a man who haancommg e o
and continuing his f a‘mted o i -
call of the Lord " I'f';%t e s
this appears in 'print it eet
[the voice of his Mast 4, wgll'have e
Iy that he will s
pangs of hunger, brou hhumebqd - o
i The Savannah’ Morg‘ L
‘menting on this st igl Sl
s Tennessees range case, says:
i R paper:mi)ntafmeer gets his pic
bl thes ly asting more than|
Lord speaks to hi SWH oF Nab Read The
an Tenneséeean ll’;l while he sings hymns,l
ceived no orders vzie?s, e Gulte, Sbvis
ously here is andthe ety ObVi-’
| person who needs hll. R o b A
is or is not in the ste R L
e omach. He does not
v at the approach to igion
is by the use of the head e are
always bheing practi c? ’ Absurdmes the
‘.unenlightened to cal.g: thseor::‘x?eire o e
lm ’?‘tl:?sn?rlla:ppp religion.” tson Jr she
‘gction by igdz’r;x:)cdl %?x?lnsg;;:i%t edßi‘nl'his
ing as he does his inspirations -
inary, pur 1 si eTt Hons
Doy overs o the cost o giving
‘h;s life as a toll for what hz %fi%e‘\)'f o
lhis religious duty. T
If Quinnat salmon produced normally
for 50 years, with every egg hatching and
producing fish, the waters of the earth
would not be able to hold them all,
Wheels made of laminated wood were
tried out in London subways to lessen
noise and reduce weight,
Custom rules that a Korean, passing his
wife on the . street, musgt ‘ignore her as
though she were a stranger.
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DID IT EVER
OCCUR TO ‘U’
The anti-lynching bill which
has been bobbing up in Con_
gress for the past half-century
has passed the lower House and
is now before the Senate.
The bill is directed at the South
ern States on aeccount of several
lynchings having occurred in this
section of the country in past
years. However, for the rast de
cade, the number of lynchings have
shown a material decrease. In oth
er sections of the country, the con
ditions have been much worse, es_
pecially the crimes committed by
the organization known as the
‘l“Black Legion.” These people are
charged with numerous murders of
!thOSe who did not agree with them
in their policies of depredations.
Besides the number of murders
brought on by labor strikes, through
!piokms, has. outgrown the number
of lynenings in the south
Whilé the anti-lynching bill
passed by a good majority, it is
a serious question and a prob
lem of whether it will benefit
conditions. ‘ |
There were 17 southern Demo
cratic congressmen who voted
for the bill. Just what excuse they
have to offer for such action is not’
known, but they lined up with the
“bloody shirt” crowd in casting
their votes. Congressman Brown,
of this district, was very pro
nounced in his oppesition to the
bill, and in the course of his re
marks, in oppostion to it, he said
in part: ‘
“The people of my state do not
believe in lynchings. 'The courts,
the press, the pulpit and the bar
are all opposed to lynching in all
of its forms., Howeyer, there is not
a father in the South who would
not infinitely prefer to see his
daughter dead than for her to be
come the victim of a negro rapist.
“Under these circumstances it is
not human for parents or relatives
to control their feelings, and I feel
that parents or relatives in all
other sections of this country
would have the same feeling for the
helpless victims of such brutes, ...
I for one know that the Federal
government ecannot improve upon
the law enforcement practiced by
the states. . . . The real friends
of the negroes are still in the
South, and everyone with the ex,
ception “of a few political leaders
| will admit this.
‘ll pray that it will. never again
be necessary for the Ku Klux Klan
to protect the South, but those of
you from other parts of this na
tion are shewing mighty little con
sideration for our conditions down
home. Do not come talking to me
ahout what you call the great hor
rible erime of lynchings, We can
handle our own troubles. You go
home and ¢lean up your own back
yards of some of this nasty pile
of crime, filth, disloyalty and dis
regard of law.” g
Ernie Myers, who runs a cof
fee shop in Decorah, Kansas,
alongside of a movie theater, is
leery of strange telephone calls
now,
“What's the picture tonight?” in_
quired a voice recently.
“Mind Your Own Business,” re
pliéd genial Meyer. That happened
to be the show's title, .
"Well, 1L that's the way you feel
Trouble With Another “Three-Horse” Team
A -by MARION WHITE ©1
CAST OF CHARACTERS
JOAN BARRETT, heroine,
secretary to John Hendry.
JOHN HENDRY, mining in
vestment head.
808 ANDREWS, Hendry’s
junion partner and Joan’s fi
ance.
SYBIL HENDRY, socialite,
John Hendry's niece and Joan’s
rival in love,
PHILIP HENDRY, 'Sybil’s
brother.
DOROTHY STARKE, Joan's
girlhood friend,
CHARLES NORTON, Cali
fornia mining promoter,
s = *®
Yesterday: Joan is invited
to Sybil's tea—a day, she
would realize later, that mark
ed the beginning of all her un
happiness,
Joan hag planned to leave the
office early on Wednesday, in or
der not to be late for Sybil's tea.
But at the last minute, a sudden
change in Mr, Hendry's plans de
tained her. She regretted not hav
ing time to run home und change,
because she needeq the cemposure
that fresh clothes might have lent
Sybil would be perfect and het
friendg would be perfect, and they
would be quick to note any im
perfections in her. Their attitude,
she felt sure, weuid be patroniz
ing. Socially secure in their, own
superiority, they were bending
down to her, a stenngrapher, and
their eyes and ears would be crit
ical,
She remembered what Bob had |
said about Sybil. ‘“‘Whatever s- |
cia] sucecess I've had, 1 owe it to
her . . . It had helped him in
his business, too. That would be
her job, from now on. She must
be able to do as much for him as
Sybil Hendry had. Because of
that, so much depended upon to
day. Upon her first meeting wit”nl
these women who would be her
neighbors,
Some of them she hag met at
the Spring Frolic. Because of
{heir friendship for Bob, they had
accepted her whole-heartedly, But
today she would be alone. ' And
she was not sure that Sybil’s
triends would be the same warm
hearted matrons whom Bob had
presented. . Today she would meet
the smart yvoung women, the well
poised, brililant young sophisti
cates. | ;
She was afraid of people like
that, She lacked the self-confi
dence to meét them successfully .
about it, all right,” the inquirer an
nounced, glamming the phone.
The citiund cfflAthe»ns are ail
locking forward to the action
of the mayor and council Wed
nesday evening at which time
it is expected the paving of an
approach to the cemetery will
be ordered.
This improvement is one of vital
importance to every tax payer in
the city. At some time or other,
some member of their family will
be put away in this cemetery, and
to be forced to drive over the pre
sent approach is an unpleasant re
minder. However, we are satisfled
that the city fathers will delay no
,onger in making this improvement,
which they realize to be one of the
greatest needs among the muniei,
pal requirements.
Then there isß the matter of
changing the name of Bloomfield
street Just why or for what pur
pose, no orme seems to know; the
only reason so far given has been—
“hecause,” but “because what”, has
not been explained, up to this write
ing. 2 ’ta.:’«‘- yfi\. u
CHAPTER? VIII
A SEBVICE,INC. L :
Parties still held a certain terror
for her, because she was never|
sure when she might meet another
woman from San Francisco—
someone who remembered. A girl
does not gather social assurance
during a lifetime of hiding from‘l
society.
Today she must not be afraid. .
She took one last personal in
ventory. The evening before she
haq a shampoo and manicure, Her
shoes were new, S 0 were her
stockings. She was glad it had
continued cold; she would not
need galoshes.
Her dress, which she had hoped
to change, would do. It was a
plain black silk, ideal for the of
fice, but glorified for the occasion
by a crisp new collar and a pair
of good clips. Her hat was new
end smart. Her plain black coat
she had worn all through the win
ter, but it was made of good ma
terial even though it lacked an
abundance of fur, and today it bad
been brushed within an inch of its
life.
As fax as grooming went, she
felt . confident. There was no
carelessness to warrant criticism.
Her train arrived in Green Hills
at 5:30, Sybil had suggested &
¢'clock, so she was not very late.
She started to walk from the sta
tion, then suddenly catering to
Sybil's sophistication, she decided
on a taxi. ¢ ‘
Her decisiop proved a wise one,
because Sybill herself was wel
coming guests at the door when
‘he drew up.
“Joan, -my dear!” she greeted
effusively., “it's so nice to.see you.
Do run upstairs, *will you? My
majid swill take your wiaps !
‘shall be waiting here for you . . .
Jeunings is mixing cocktails, and
1 musy wateh the door . . Oh
Marjorie! Gloria! I'm so glad you
both could come . . .”
1 Joan's feet sank into the deep
pile of the carpeting as she walk-!
'ed up the stairs. At the landing, a
pert little maid met her and!
\ushered her into a boudoir at the!
left—a, veritable stage setting of‘
lrcse and silver, This mus; @
| Sybil’s room, she thought, and she
%caught her breath at the sheer
luxury of it, In her simple black
‘ut‘f!ce dress, she felt a fitting com
panion to the maid, and her hands
trembled as she reached into her
bag for a handkerchief.
Two other young women were
freshening their make-up at a
vanity table, and they graciously
made a place for her, and included
her in theirirrelevant chatter about
the weather. Eventually she went
downstairg with them, Sybil met
them. She took Joan's arm and
!drew her forward, i
“Phis is Bob's fiancee, Joan Bar
rett,”” she introduced. ‘“Joan, let
me present Bess Havens and lLois
Stevens . . . though you've prob
ably introduced yourselves unstairs,
. . . Come, Joan, my dear, the
others are all so eager to Kknow
you, too.” :
~ She speaks, Joan thought, like
a person in a play, so charmingly
precise, as it she had rehearsed
every word carefully . . . but her
leyes remain colq and remote, as if
'she weren't there at all”
Sybil led her into the blue and
ivory living room, and Joan felt
a dozen pairs of eyes focused upon
her, and 10 times a dozen pairs
reflected from as many mirrors.
Mechanically she acknowledged
Sybil's introductions, praying that
she woulg not be forced to shake
hands and betray, by the icy mois
ture of her own, thg inner dis
comfort which she felt,
These women were to be her
friends and neighbors, yet of all
the eves and reflection of eyes
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‘which burned into her, there was |
l‘no pair which sparkled warmth |
and friendship. They were all
|-Sybil’s eyes, a dozen times over,
tcold and remotg and pnfriendl,v.
|though the lips that matched them
smiled and murmured charming
|phrases. The friendly, fleshy ma -
trons whom Bob had presented
Iwere not to be found in this group
Here were the cr'itics, waiting to
tear her apart. Here were the so
cial dictators, soothing her with
subtle smiles and velvety speeches
as their eyes watched with eager!
impatience for one slight excuse
‘to cast her from their circle. ]
Sybil leq her to the divan, where
she mighyt enjoy .the center of th2l
stage,
| .“Were all so very, very fond
|of Bob,” she explained engagingly
“that we feel we must know you
thorougbly,” * .
Joan knew that the words Sybil
was thinking were: “that we want
to know if you. are good enough
for him.”
“] hope you won't find us teo
dull, Joan,” Sybil chatted on.
“Compared with you, we lead such
empty lives”” Then, in explana
tion to the others: “Joan, you
“_l:ndw,;is Uncle John's secretary.
He tells me that he couldn’t do a
{thing without her!”
if the. words were intended for
flattery, the intention was lost.
Rather, Sybil had called attention
to the difference in their positions
and beneath the sugar coating of
her words there was a vague
sting. .
. The others, quick to seize an
\opportunny, followed up her words
tin the subsequent small talk. Did
it not require years of training for
'such a position? Or had she start
ied to work when she was very
young? Not really? Seventeen?
| Phink of it! Didn’t get to college,
then? How unfortunate! A good
fishing school, however . . . not'
even finishing school? Oh, dear!i
Well, it was just too, too wonder
ful what a young girl conld do for
herself these days . . . Oof course,
if one was that type. *
Jennings entered quietly, carry
ing a tray of cocktails. He walk
ed straight toward Joan, present
ing another problem. if she re
fused, she would be a prude and
a bore, a handicap to a man whose
lbusiness success depended upon
lhis wife’s diplomacy in social con
|tacts, If she drank but one, and
let its warm stimulation free hen
of the overpowering {enseness
which he felt, her laugh migh¢ be
come one note too shrill and the
critics woulq whisper: “What can
you expect from a common steno
grapher?”
She chose the middle course.
i Taking one from the profrered
!tray, she sipped a few drops
slowly, then quietly placed the
glass on the low coffee table in
front of her. Her hand, she no
ticed happily, no longer trembled.
Conservation did not lag; neither
was it pursued along a common
ground of understanding. Joan
could not he sure whether Sybfl'sl
friends were deliberately talking
over her head or whether they'
were just as deliberately parading
before each other. They discussed
the merits of the various orches
tras in Manhattan’s smarter night
clubs; they raiseq astonished eye
‘browg at one not yet familiar with
the Such-and-such club. They
complimented each other on new
gowns, ascertaining in nonchalant
but determined fashion the source
%ot each gown's origin. They praised
Sybil's cocktails, at the same time
}of[’ering suggestions from their
own infallible knowledge »f ligqu
eurs, They chatted of mutual
Itrlends in Biarritz, Palm Beach
and Nassau, presenting varied and
elaborate excuses for their own
deplorable prescncCe in New York
in January.
“By the way,” someone inter
rupted, “has Barbara Downs left
for Florida yet?”
“No,” Sybll replied, ‘I talked
to her yesterday. 'They plan to
leave the beginning of next week.
Incidentally, I asked her to stop
in thig afternoon.”
“Ts she coming?”
“A little later, perhaps. Her
!coualn is visiting her and they had
tickets for a matinee this after
lnoon."
“t's almost Blx now .. . "
Sybil looked at her tiny jeweled
watch. “So it {8 . . . well, per
hapg they are staying in town-—-"
The doorbell sounded as she
spoke. ‘. . ~ unless this is she
now, Yes, of course!” 1
She rose and went toward the
door, As she brushed past the low
coffee table. Joan picked up her
glass, lest it be knocked over by
the swish of Sybil's skirt, A mo
ment later, she heard Sybil greet
the late arrivals: ‘““Hello, Barbara
And Dorothy. I'm so glad you
could get here. We've jusy heen
talking about vou."
A moment later, she brought
them in to meet Joan,
~ “May T present Barbara Downs?
This iz Joan Barrett, Bob's fian
cee. And Barbara's cousin, Doro
thy Starke, from Seattle”
~ The cocktail glass dropped from
Joan’s suddenly lifeless hand,
shattered into bits on the glass
topped table. She raised horrors
stricken eves to meet the same
Dortohy Starke, from Seattle
whom she had last seen seven
yvears before, at a ‘‘sweet sixteen™
¢ (To Be Continued)
MONDAY, MAY 38, 1937
“Seven Were Veiled” ig the
fourth novel of Kathleen Moore
Knigiht and again features tpe
elderly, but shrewd Elishg Macom
bar.
The story gets off to g 4 fine
start with the murder of Marvin
Heath during the rehearsa] of the
wedding of his adopted daughter
Phyllis. Since Heath hag mudqi
awful threats if the wedding came
off, suspicion naturally fe]] on
Phyllis and her fiance, Christopher
Bryan; and information that a
veiled lady was seen leaving
Heath's study just before the ra
hearsal did not help clear up ma;.-
ters, for it was learned that seyen
of those present ‘wore veils on
that occasion.
The theft of Phylls' wedding
veil, an attack on Phyllis, the
finding of the body of an unknown
man in the woods on the estate,
and the attempted suicide of ane
‘of the guests tend to make the
~solving: of the problem a tough
~one, but Elisha is equal to the gc
casion. His shrewdness, added to
the fact that two or three little
things didn’'t go off just as the
lmurderer plannel, enable him to
make the arrest just in time to
| prevent two other murders.
Full to the brim with action and
breathless excitement, “Seven
Were Veiled” is bound to be pop
ular with mystery fans, and the
solution of the c¢rime will not
likely be found by many until the
last chapter of the ook,
-, H.
MURDER ON THE
MOUNTAIN IS A
“SEMI-THRILLER”
MURDER ON THE MOUN
TAIN, by Christine Noble Go
van; Houghton Mifflin. Com
pany, Boston and New York;
$2.00.
Perhaps it's our slight dislike
for the work of many women
writers, but “Murder on the Moun
tain” seems to fall short of being
a mystery thriller in the true
sense of the word.
In behalf of Christine Noble
Govan, it must be said that the
book is well-written and, as ad
vertised, is a ‘‘sound novel.” But
from the setting on down to the
action of the key characters, the
book lacks the action and speed
of a real mystery thriller.
“Murder on the Mountain”
would be good reading for a per
son 'who likes a well-written
novel with thrills ® pitched in at
varying intervals. Perhaps it is
more of a semi-thrilier. The plot
runs along toe slow to qualify for
our opinion as a true thriller.
A sprinkling of romance center
ing around Bruce McCale, an al
tractive young man of 28, a uni
versity professor of modern litera
ture, and well-rounded in practi
cally every field, and Nelsie Croth
ers, his sweetheart, employed as a
society writer for a daily news
paper. —H. J. R
Donald Montgomery Wins
Scholarship Key in
~ Delta Sigma Pi Contest
Donald Mongtomery, Cedartowl,
was recently awarded the Delta
Sigma Pi scholarship key given by
the central office of the traternity
to that mate senior who upon
graduation ranks highest in schol
arship for the entire course in
commerce and business adminis
tration. /
The Kkey was established by
Delta Sigma Pi in 1912 and has
become recognized as the highest
individual honor that any student
in the school of commerce cal
win. Approximately 470 of these
keys have heen awarded Lo date
and about 38 percent of these
have been won by members of
the fraternity.
Donald Montgomery is a member
of Beta Gamma Sigma, national
honorary society in commerce;
Phi Kappa Phi, national honorary
scholastic fraternity; and Delta
Sigma Pi, international profes
sional fraternity.
Pasture Improvement
Put Into Effect on
- 1,782 Project Acres
According to O. H. Hall, pro
ject manager of the gandy Creek
SCS project, pasture improvement
has been put into effect on 1,782
acres on the Sandy Creek project
area. Much of this Jand was tov
steep for cultivation. However, the
steeper slopes are not put inte
pasture, but are. planted to kudzu
or Serecia lespedezs OF planted
to trees,
Georgia farmers are hecoming
legume conscious according o Soil
Conservation Service men. Last
year 10,908 acves were planted 10
erosion resisting crops. These le
gumes serve the double purposed
of furnishing hay and saging the
soil,
More than 30 meadow strips
have been minted on the gandy
Creek and ecamp areas. These
meadow strips are located within
a natural draw, and are planted
to some thick growing crop, and
are used. for water disposal:
There are two decided advantages
in meadow strjps. First whatever
amount of soil that does silt out
from the terrace drainage is
caught and held by the yegetation
‘of the meadow strip. gecond, the
farmey can uge the meadow strip
},for pasture or cut for hay. Mead
ow strips are fnexpensive and
fairly easy to construct- The
i,"”msflfi;wh of the meado¥
strip depends on the width o! ihe
[W&%‘m the amount of