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VOL. XXXIX: No. 16. Economic Highlights At Home and Abroad Happenings that affect the din ner pails, dividend checks and tax bills of every individual. National and international prob lems inseperarable from local welfare. Under present business condi tions, no news is apt to be good news. While business is show ing no particular improvement, j ihe decline has apparently been interrupted and a measure of, stability reached. It is hoped; that political movfcs during the' next few months will have in the a[ helpful effect on business future. i derwent^tirrmof financial Hqui dation with strengthening of our financial structure. This was followed by a similar period of commodity liquidation, which seems now coming to an end. The next step will doubtless be further commercial liquidation and readjustment to put many of our industries on a basis to show earnings in normal times. Since 1929 there has been a decline in foreign markets for JjnaSt 1 yearthe'Einf It showed is be ■ tendency to slacken. lieved. that once the problems of disturbed monetary systems and trade barriers are partially versed* and larger quinUtfcs reach "5 our farm products will foreign lands. Domestic demand for products is naturally awaiting industrial recovery. Even a slight change for the better in business gener ally, should cause marked Im provement in farm markets. Potential of bank the credit existing is thej equivalent money IJ'unu'Sy thisD’redDt n ‘supply‘ of the large. Member banks Federal Reserve have $600,000, 000 of excess reserves, and it is stated that these banks could ex pand their credits by $9,000,000, 000 without borrowing from the Federal Treasury. Interest rates on money are at unprecedented low’ levels. Latest reports on major indus tries show: Motion Picture—A naw align ment of the motion picture in dustry is forecast, with Rocke feller interests a large factor. The industry’s principal difficul ty is in real estate carrying charges on theatres built during boom years. Textiles—Future has hopeful appearance, with cloth demand steady. Oil—Refiners breaking even, despite low gasoline prices. Cigarettes—.December showed gain in consumption, as compar ed with decline in most other months of 1932. Tires — Price-cutting has bro ken out again, with resulting disturbance. Meat Packing —Outlook good for moderate profit during com ing fiscal year. Automobile—Sales continue to improve, with January well ov er a year ago. It is interesting to note that price reductions have resulted from improved ef ficiency, and not by reductions in dealer margins or in quality. In an effort to check rapidly diminishing passenger revenues, the railroads of the country are planning various classes of rate reductions designed to bring back lost business. February 1, western roads made marked pas senger fare cut. The seasonal decline in freight car loadings is showing a tendency to modern ate, as compared with the same period a year ago. With an estimated $1,500,000, 000 at stake in the form of mort gaged debt in nine states, mid (Continued on last page) __ GIBSON RECORD) ♦ Published to Furnish the People ot Glascock County a Weekly Newspaper rfnd as a Medium for the Advancement of th e Public Good of the County. GIBSON, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1933. “Not Crazy, But Ad That Way” (By Bascom Anthony in The Macon Telegraph and News) We are not crazy, we just act like we were. We are like a bunch of doctors who try to cure a broken leg by reading poetry to it. We are trying to cure our national ailments with a sooth ing poultice of money, when our lack of money is due to a lack of character. Well, when we have used up all our poultices and the patient, like the woman of the scriptures, is none the better), but rather worse, then maybe we will quit treating symptoms and go to work on the disease. Our ailment is not material but spiritual. It is not in things* but in us. You may dress a consumptive in royal robes and put him in a palace, but he is still a consumptive. He needs frlesh air and a proper diet. As our maladies are moral, only a moral treatment can eure them. We are by nature moral creatures and our natures is a moral problem. We complain justly about our taxes. Where do they g 0 ? \ part g oes j 0 tj, e courthouse and judges, jurors, clerks, sheriffs and bailiffs, when, if we were merely moral and decent we wou,d need none of the,n exce P l a smtdl Are-proof building with a clerk in it to keep a record of marriages, wills, deeds and such like. What a pile of money we would save if we did not have to keep all this machinery to hold rascals in check, A part of our money goes to jails, jailers, deputies, guards, chaingangs, penitentiaries, etc. What a motley crowd of human ity the taxpayer has to feed and clothe in trying to keep the life and property of society in safety. I doubt if all the hotels in our cities could accommodate them. If they were only moral after a very ordinary sort what a difference in our expenses it would make. Problems Are Moral And Not Material A part of our mone y 8° e s 1<)r banks, bars, vaults, guards, night watchmen, policemen, etc. What a crowd of policemen, and de tectives we have to keep by day and by night, when if we were moral we would need none of them. If we were only decent there would not he a Jock nor a vault on earth. All the protec tion banbs need wou,d be a paper wei 8 bl ke * p *• wmd from blowing the money away and a screen door to keep the rats out. Yes, our problems are moral and not material. 1 wish we were ail moral so that we didn’t have to hide our pocik etbooks, nor sleep with our pants under our heads. But there is no hope of that until we quit being a bunch of selfish smart alecs who think we can’ take a nigh cut on a straight lint, and who think we know more about how to he happy than the God who us does. I don’t expect to find such a country this side of heaven, and not even there if these broadly tolerant folks who ru b out mora ] distinctions, and that other crowd of sloppy sen their w»y and turn nl] sorts into heaven, ,n 11,81 evehl the angels will have to rent safety vaults for their crowns and Saint Pe er will have to set a strong guard over each pearly gate to see that it is not stolen—hinges, walls, paving and all. Unless we can cure the selfishness of humanity and make it moral, I don’t see how even heaven can be run without some sort of penitentiary . which to lock the selfish ln . souls , who , regard in up only their own desires, They would regard the Almighty as Victorian and Puritanic if he did not allow beer and bootlegging so they could all make whoopee and have necking parties. Back of All This Spirit is Standing I repeat that our trouble is not material, hut moral and spir itual. We all know this to he true whether we obey it or not. We all believe that back of all things stands that inescapable something we call spirit, and that is the dominant and final thing in all matters. We see it not and yet feel ourselves to he in its grasp. Some call it a “hunch” as if some one had nudged them, in the ribs with an elbow at the critical moment. Some call it the “breaks,” as if some one had tipped the scales in their favor when it stood poised in doubt. Varying forms of superstition give to the spiritual a name and source to suit themselves. Some call it “astrology” and think that from dear, coid far off worlds, comes a power for weal or for woe that grips them relentlessly. It is a bit pathetic to see our daily papers edited by intelligent and educated men harking back to the days of the early Phara oahs to resurrect this ancient faith in the spiritual and the un seen, and'dish it out to their readers as something by which to govern life and conduct. It all shows our undying faith in the spiritual and that it forever dominates the temporal. Few men believe that the laboratory with its scales and test tubes ever yet found and weighed all that was present in the test. Mr. Edison, who spent his life amid laboratory apparatus, found so many baffling things that he said no man knew one billionth part of one per cent about anything, Laboratory Tests Meager And Poor J We all have seen in print the results of the laboratory tests of the Component parts of a man. It was so meager and poor, and still the best that science could do. They found enough sul phur to make a few matches, enough iron to make a ten-penny nail, a fair amount of water, a little calcium and a few, other ma terials and salts. And that was all that learned scientists could find. What had become of all the high hopes and vaulting am bitions that once were there? Where were the heartaches, and holy longings? Where was the dauntless courage that went up sword in hand to defend the citadel of the soul against all de filing enemies? Where is the conscience, God’s deathless ally, that reproved, rebuked and encouraged with all authority, until finding its words disregarded, it climbed up into some higher part of the soul and beholding the wreck that disobedience had made, shed bitter penitential tears? Where all the holy God like aspirations, marred and crippled by selfishness, “like a swan with a broken pinion” that sang such deathless songs that an angel might covet them. All these are matters of the spirit, and are the only matters that do matter. They forever trans cend the temporal—will never lend themselves to the tools by which we measure dust and dirt. Such implements are good enough to mark the orbits of worlds and to tell theid weight and component parts, but they have no part nor lot in the things of spirit. The smile of a babe, the love of a mother, the sacri fices of a friend, all lie limitless distances beyond the realm. So let us come hack to where we started and end where we hSgan with the statement that is so commonplace 'that it sounds like a platitude, all our troubles are moral and because they are moral are matters of the spirit and not of the body. Then why poultice a head to cure stupidity, or why try to hush the soul’s cry by dangling toys before it? Why not submit our unholy spirits to the Holy Spirit? Why not turn to God and see if our troubles do not vanish as a midst before the sun, or be lost in the mighty consciousness of a regained decency and a re claimed moral rectitude. ‘'GRAFTERS BIBLES’’ A year or two ago, H. B. (Hell Bent) Edwards, then, a member of the legislature, produced what he called the “grafters’ bible,” a report of the state auditor showing expenditures of the State of Georgia. It was an interesting document full of evidence of nepotism and abuse of government. The United States Senate has its own “grafters’ bible,’’ hut it ha* not been made public. It was printed privately for the mem bers, to do with as they please. The New York Times has ex amined one and reveals its interesting entries, wholly in line with the revelations made by William P. Helm in his book, Swindle Shtet. Among the items were a barber’s bill for $8,000 and a mineral water bill for $8,500. Some of the other items were: kitchens and restaurants, $64,237; California redwood for manufacture into boxes, $599; stationery, $44,147.00. The New York Times, amplifying the report out of conjee ture, said that at 25 cents a bottle, 25,000 bottles of mineral wa ter must have been consumed by senators with whom Washing ton water did not agree. Similarly, an analysis of the barbefi bilJ show’s, according to The Times, that if each of the 96 sena- 4or s shaved every day except Sunday and paid at the market price of 25 cents a shave it would cost $144 a week and that the Wren, Ml Mi «. IH. . .«n ; ,- w„„d be $48 a week and that, (therefore, it would be‘ cheaper if the govern ment paid their barber bills without running a shop for them. The items are only a few of the numerous things thait have been brought out in the past year to show where the govern h ‘ s 8onc '? Unita ! sho ", idsc " ators $10,000 a year-normal salary-and then pay their barber bil.S and make up the deficits in (the House and Senate restau rants is beyond the comprehension of lay citizens who do not understand why their tax money should pay all the perquisites the senators and representatives have. The question goes deeper than that, however: The question really is whether government has degenerated so that it is run by men who are so attached to persona] consideration, even putty graft, that they can not consider the common good in a detached way, or an unselfish way. It is a form of petty graft for public) servants to use tax money to improve their beauty; it is a trival torm of petty graft that would be resorted to only by trival men. If the senate is concerned about its dignity—and it ought to be, for after all, it is our most serious legislative body—it ought to act in a dignified manner and stop all the petty grafting that brings it into contempt.—Macon Telegraph. BESSIE TIFT DRAMATIC CLUB WARRENTON MCH. 7 Ob Tuesday evening, March 7, the Studio Players of Bessie Tilt College will put on one of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated plays, “The Importance of Being Earnest,” a comedy in three acts, sponsored by the P. T. A. of Warrenton. The performance will be given in the high school auditorium at 8 o’clock. Admission 15c and 25c. It is full of humor, wit, fun, and just what you’ve been looking for to have an enjoya ble evening of laughs. The play is under the person al direction of Miss Lillian Ed na West, well known director and head of the Dramatic De partment of Bessie Tift College. The cast is as follows: John Worthing—Carol Terry, Acworth, Ga. Algenon Moncrief — Louise Waldrop, Acworth, Ga. 4 Rev. Canon Chasuble, D.D.— Helen McGinty, Norwood, Ga. j Merriman, butler—Jenny Lynn j Strick land, Douglasville, Ga. (Crawford, j Lady Bracknell — .. Rebecca Lineolnton, Ga. ] Hon. Gwendolen Fairfax—Re jbecca Lane, Mullins, manservant Chipley, Ga. Frances — Whitworth, Atlanta, Ga. Cecily Cardcw—Leith Carlton, Nashville, Ga. ' Prism Kathryn Rack — Icy, Millen, Ga. Scenes Act I.—Algernon Moncreff’s Hat in Half Moon Street, W. Act II.—The Garden at the Ma nor House, Wooiton. Act III.—Drawing room of the i Manor House, Wooiton. Time—The present. SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR Place—London. As shown above Miss Helen McGinty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. E. McGinty of Norwood, will portray one of the charac ters in the play. Miss McGinty is a graduate of the Warrenton High School. GOLD AND SILVER SLIPPERS RETURN The fashion tin given by one of the hotter shoe houses Is to d.ve the heels slid bows of an opera pump to match the gown or the accessories. This same house Is showing a slipper that can almost he said to embody every jo lor of the rainbow in e vivid pattern. Velvet slippers are exceedingly smart. Many of them have straps and Intricate trimmings of gold or silver khlskln. Some have both. Itetnrned to favor are khlskln gold and sliver slippers. A new note Is a combina tion of the gold and silver. The brocades are very smart. They are trimmed with the gold or sliver khlskln. Some houses are showing a trim of opaque kidskln. There are satin and moire combinations to be had and crepe slippers to he dyed. One-Sleeved Gowns Are Latest Freak in Paris Two sleeves do net nmke a dress. Paris couturiers are striving to per suade their clients that one Is quite sufficient. However bizarre may be your men tal picture of a one-sleeved gown, ln reality the creation Is sometimes effec tive. It's smartest, however, when ap plied to jackets. These leave one arm covered with a fabric contrasting with the fabric of the dress sleeve. The armhole of the "missing sleeve” Is trimmed with feathers, the other with fur. Sequin Caps* A shoulder cape of sequins on black net or chiffon ts charming worn with a simple evening gown. They can be bought separately to wear with differ eat dresses. Papers Comment On Davis Appointment J. C. Davis Named Solicitor General J. Cecil Davis, widely known Warrenton lawyer, Friday was appointed by Governor Eugene to be solicitor general of the Toombs circuit. He suc ceeds Marion Felts, who died early last week. Mr. Davis, who had been notified of his appoint ment, came to the capitol Friday afternoon and received his com mission. The new solicitor general is 40 years of age. For more than 15 years he has been associated with his father, E. P. Davis, in the practice of law. He is a graduate of Emory Univer sity and studied at Columbia. He is married and the father of one child, Martha Davis. The Toombs circuit includes the counties of Taliaferro, McDuffie, Wilkes, Warren, Lincoln and Glascock. Judge C. J. Perry man, of Lineolnton, presides over the circuit. Mr. Davis’ appointment runs until January, 1935. — From Crawfordville Ad vocate-Democrat. Mr. Davis Appointed Solicitor Governor Talmadge has ap poi f ted ^ Ir - Cecil P a Y is » of War_ JJ“ J*"’ Felts'^rfolkitor-ge^Ii of the Toombs circuit. The ap pointment takes effect immedi ate, y and ™ ns until the next Keneral election, which will be TeS to complete the four-year term, Mr. Davis is an able lawyer of Warrenton and is fully qualified lo bcdd the responsible place to ^ i n (his section.-From McDuffie Progress. Col. J. Cecljl Davis Appointed Solicitor Governor Eugene Talmadge has appointed Col. J. Cecil Da vis, prominent young Warren ton attorney, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Solicitor General Marion L. Felts. Col. Davis is one of the outstanding young lawyers of this section of the state, and his appointment meets with the approval of the people over the circuit. His ap pointment is particularly pleas Lincoln county, many having an attachment for him by reason of the fact that he came to Lincoln to secure his life companion, who, before her marriage was Miss Julia Dye, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Ware, of near Lovelace. Col. Davis will as sume the duties of his office at once.—From Lineolnton Journal. PUBLISHING A STATEMENT The Miliedgeviile Times car ried an editorial recently com mending the county and city for publishing quarterly statements of t,heir financial condition in the county paper. It went on to say that the citizens of the city and county are entitled to know just how much money is expended and they could know in no other way than from this statement being carried quarterly in the county paper. The practice of carrying quar terly statements in the papers for the benefit of the citizens is prac ticed by a great majority of the cities and counties in the state. In most of them, it is compulso ry. To anyone interested in the government of their community it is very interesting indeed and gives greater confidence in the officials.—The Covington News. Aid Woman 116 Jersey city, N. J.—On her one hun dred and sixteenth birthday Mra. Dora Meyers received approve! of an old-age pension from the state to help provide for herself and son, John, eighty-nine. Respect Carried Too Far “Respect for our ancestors,” Mild Hi Ho, the sage of Chinatown, “should not go so far as to convince us that they have provided all the wisdom and mor als of which the world has need.”—■ Washington Star.