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Chronic Alcoholism
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n chronic alcoholism we are con
ned with an/ancient problem of
pest complexity. Various attempts
lave been mail6 t0 resolve it. Pro
blbltion had been tried some 1400
years before we ventured it. The
Koran forbids the use of fermented
drinks to all faithful Mohammed
an.5. Temperance has been preach
ed sinrp the pari lest times, as the
Bible story of Lot attests. But.
seemingly neither the threats of
purgatory nor the appeals to
rfUon avail to restrain a certain
percentage of human beings from
overindulging in alcohol.
Borcl has summarized its disas
trous effects in these words:
It accounts for from one-half to
threefourths of the crime, a great
share of suicides, of mental disor
ders, of deaths, of diseases general,
of poverty, of vulgar depravity, of
sexual excesses, of veneral diseases,
,nd of dissolution of families.”
More recently we have gained
added knowledge on the specific
disturbances which alcohol effects
on gastric function and on general
nutrition. Also the automobile
driven by an intoxicated person has
created a modern “accident prob
lem"
But in recent years, too, we are
less inclined, as apparently Forel
did, to point the accusing finger at
alcohol as the sole source of all the
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rather as a contributing agent, the
morr significant one being the per
jonality of the inebriate individual.
Seen in this light, chronic alcohol
ism is an illness or disease, -rather
than a crime, and its victims re
quire skilled and considerate treat
ment. not punishment.
In the opinion of many psychia
trists who have studied the relation
of alcohol to crime, the intoxicant
ierves merely as “the hammer blow
which fired the cartridge.” Were
the cartridge, that is, the aggres
sive, destructive, anti-social trend
ind impulsion absent, the hammer
blow- would have been without ef
fect.
The chronic alcoholic is most
likely a person who, for various
reasons, cannot fit himself into the
common social pattern. It is for
modern medicine, notably for the
psychiatrist, to discover why the
addict behaves as he does, and to
help him, whenever, possible, to
overcome his disability, ^
Those who are intimately asso
ciated with tdke individual who
ovrr-indulges in alcohol, must con
elder him an ill person, requiring
expert help. Preachment or shaming
him U seldom likely to prove ef
fective. for they are not competent
to remove or to affect deeply the
anderlving distressing and conflict
ing elements. The promise for cure
a better the sooner appropriate
psychiatric and other treatment is
instituted.
MIAMI ENTERTAINS
200,000 GUESTS DAILY
MIAMI, FIsl—The season's flow
of tourists from all comers of the
country and foreign lands finds
Miami playing the role of host to
about 200.000 visitors a day. Expert
a ministering to the needs of more
than 2.000,000 guests annually, the
city bivouacs them in some 350
hotels. 1800 apartment buildings,
and 15,000 private houses, accord
ing to John L. Morris, secretary of
the Miami chamber of commerce,
»nd Miss Caroline Duncan, who
lupervises the housing survey and
assists guests to find accommoda
tions.
In addition to supervising pro
ems of recreation, the chamber of
commerce stafl co-operates with
transportation companies, housing
authorities and real estate officials
In introducing new friends to the
Miami circle.
Plan Inaugural
Raleigh, Dec. w.—up)—a. Hail
Johnston, president pro-tempore of
■he senate and president at an in
,u*ural committee, said today that
wnate and house committeemen
*uold meet here January 5 to lay
Wans for the inauguration January
of Clyde R. Hoey as governor.
HOE Repairing
HOE Shines 5c
FREEMAN’S
Shoe Shop
AUTO repairs
On All Make Cars
~ Rogers Motors -
Fainting & papering
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Brllrr Be Sate Than Sorry"
Hollywood
Sights And Sounds
By ROBIN COONS
HOLLYWOOD. — A centralised
rumor-clearing bureau. If Holly
wood had one, could operate 241
j hours a day.
It would be kept busy enough, as
reporters can testify, checking:
merely on those routine reports1
that (If true) make news. The re-'
ports, usually ephemeral as the'
clouds of tobacco smoke In thej
; cocktail bars whence they fre-1
; fluently emanate, deal with mer
gers (romantic and business) and
breakups (ditto and ditto) and the1
assorted trivia of an extremely1
! self-centered community.
How Rumors Start
But turn the figurative bureau
loose on the origins of rumors, and
! it would come up groggy. If it's a
rumor of romance between two
! Aim players, that’s easy. The cou
ple “go together” a few tlmea— at!
their own urge or the publicity de-j
partment’s—and that is the an
swer.
If it's a domestic split, it’s almost
equally simple. The movie mates
have had a spat in a night club, #r
their servants have talked, or one
or the other has confided in a friend
i w ho has promised not to tell a soul
but will make an exception for you
and me . . .
It is fairly well established by
now that Shirley (Freddie, Jane,
Sybil, et als) is not a midget, but
in tlv Orient some of the fans find
it difficult to believe. It was the
| same way with Jackie Cooper, who
i has finally downed the rumor most
logically by growing into strapping
young manhood. Jackie Coogan,
before Cooper, followed the same
| course.
oimunc oimon, vno is not a mia
I get, is sometimes accused of being
an American girl who took the
French name and background be
cause she couldn't make the grade.
If it happened to be true. Simone
is my candidate for the Academy
award for distinguished perform
ance in a difficult role.
Recently, in a Culver City restau
rant whose walls are plastered with
portraits and stills of movie cele
brities, I thought I had the an
swer and a story. The girl In that
group of players In some forgotten
film was unmistakably Simone —
until you looked v?ry clqficly and
learned that In this instance Si
mone was pronounced Myma Loy.
No Hunting Allowed
Henry Hathaway would forbid
buffalo hunting on the "Souls at
Sea,” location even If Catalina Is
land authorities permitted It.
The director brought out IQ. Of
them from Yellowstone In 1936 for,
added scenes on "The Thundering
Herd,” and when the picture was1
finished the company sent them
to the island. The herd now num
bers 50, says Gary Cooper.
Hathaway, who had forgotten
about them until Cooper reminded
him, felt such a personal Interest
that he posted a "no buffalo hunt
ing” sign on the dally call sheet.
Which was a nice sentiment,
however unnecessary.
^TALK~
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PARENTS
Colleges And Earning
By BROOKE PETERS CHURCH
“It’s a pity education doesn't
keep up with progress in science
and technical fields. Here's Sam at
college studying history, music, lit
erature, philosophy. Some of the
boys even take Latin and Greek.
Will you tell me what use such
things are to boys going out to
earn a living today? Sam’s going to
be an engineer. What's the big idea
in giving him culture? You can't
eat or wear or live in culture!”
Then why send Sam to college?
There are plenty of technical
schools, which require only four
years for a complete course: and
TO
there are also trade school*. No
one ever advertised college as a
place where one goes to learn how
to make a living. The present fad
of practical education is one of the
results of the demand for a college
education for evctfyone.
Colleges should not be vocational
schools, nor finishing schools, nor
athletic associations. Nor should
they be used as parking space for
young people between 18 and 31,
nor as places where likely young
bond salesmen can make useful
contacts. They are centers of learn
ing and learning leads to knowl
edge whtph, to be thorough, should
be all inclusive, for knowledge is
truth, and truth cannot be obtain
ed by scratching over a lot of sup
erficial, predigested facts. To obtain
knowledge, one must desire it avid
ly and be willing to dig for it.
Colleges were founded for peo
ple who are willing to do this, and
the modern father who is trying to
force the college into practical and
material channels is destroying it.
The boy or girl who wishes to
be trained only in earn a living
has no place in college. If, how
ever, he wishes also to furnish his
mind, cultivate and broaden his
soul, in short to prepare himself to
live a full and satisfying life, a
college education can help him. *
PADGETT RESIGNS
GROVER CHURCH
Church Groups Hold
Interesting
Meetings
(Special to The Star.)
GROVER, Dec. 17. — Rev. Rush
Padgett resigned his pastorship of
Grover Baptist church Sunday
morning, after having served the
church faithfully for five years.
The resignation came as a surprise
to most of the congregation, and
efforts were made to cause him to
reconsider but to no avail. Rev.
Padgett plans to move to his farm
home near Lattlmore the first of
the year where he will be near his
work as pastor of Lattlmore Bap
tist church.
Mrs. Dovle Herndon la visiting
Mrs. Beulah Parker of Shelby.
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Smith of
Gaffney, S. C. visited Mr. and Mrs.
B. A. Harry Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Anthony
moved Into rooms at Mrs. Etta An
thony’s home last week.
The W. M. S. met at the Bap
tist ahurch Saturday afternoon
with Mrs. V. J. Hardin in charge of
the program "The Kingdom of God
is Peace.” During the business ses
sion the following officers were
elected for the incoming year: Mrs.
B. A. Harry, president; Mrs. J. L.
Herndon, vice president; Mrs. W.
I. Beam, secretary; Mrs. J5. C.
Hamrick, treasurer; Mrs. Rush
Padgett, pianist; Mrs. B. P. Bird,
mission study superintendent. The
following committees were appoint
ed: membership, Mrs. W. J. Moss,
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Personal service: Miss N. M. Liv
ingstone, Mrs. A. C. Baumgardner,
Mrs. B. P. Ham bright; Literature:
Mrs. Rush Padgett, Mrs. Carl
Beam; Stewardship: Mrs. 8. B.
Crocker, Mrs. T. S. Keeter, Mrs.
Howard Johnson; Social Mrs. W.
S. Hicks, Mrs. Lee Beam, Mrs. Eu
genia Black; Publicity: Mrs. V. J.
Hardin, Mrs. J. H. Bridges. The
following were elected as leaders of
the young people’s organisations: Y.
W. A., Mrs. Rush Padgett; Inter
mediate O. A., Miss Elena Randall;
Intermediate R. A.. Miss N. M. Liv
ingstone; Junior G. A., Mrs. A. F.
Collins; Junior R. A., Mrs. Alvah
Bridges; Sunbeams, Mrs. B. F.
Bird, associate Miss Sara Harry.
Mrs. Harry Is Hostess
Mrs. C. F. Harry was hostess to
the woman's Auxiliary of the
Presbyterian church at her home
Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Vance
Kiser directed the program. Miss
Elisabeth Dendy gave the devo^
tional, "Christ Pre-Eminent." Mrs.
William Hambrlght, Miss Ruth
Crisp and Mrs. Kiser presented a
playlet. Following the program the
hostess served Ice cream, fruit cake
coffee and salted nuts.
Mrs. Burris Keeter and children
spent Tuesday with her mother,
Mrs. C. W. Richardson of Kings
Mountain.
Miss Hazel earner Is visiting re
latives in Fredericksburg, Va.
Week end guests of Mr. and Mrs.
D. J. Keeter were Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Pearce and daughter, Viola
and Miss Marvedo Turner, all of
Greenwood, 8. C.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Anthony an
nounce the birth of twin daughters
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Montgomery
and children Ruby, Frances and
Billy, al60 their /jest, Miss Ruth
Williams visited Mrs. Nannie Nor
man of Blacksburg, S. C. Sunday.
The Intermediate G. A.’s and
R. A’s of the Baptist church held
a joint meeting in the basement of
the Baptist church Monday night
Miss Elizabeth Bird had charge of
the program; “The Christmas
Story and Needs and Results of the
Lottie Moon Offering.” Those tak
ing part were Julia Crisp, Myrtle
Baumgardner, Margaret Crocker,
Rosa Lee Lail, P. D. Anthony, J. B.
Ellis, Jr., and Frank Royster. An
interest4*s; number on the program
was a vocal duet by Lots Hicks and
Andrew Baumgardner. The leader
had nrprvnrpH a Email nhHetmoc
tree. Small red and blue bogs tied
with silver cord were passed for
each to enclose his or her Christ
mas offering for foreign missions,
and each one tied his own offering
to the Christmas tree. During the
social half hour the O. A.’s were
hostesses to the R. A.’s. Misses Eli
zabeth Bird, Rosa Lee Lail, Alwe
da Rollins and Betty Beam, the O.
A. social committee served punch
an dcakes.
The Junior O. A. met at the Bap
tist church Monday at 3:30. Mrs. A.
F. Collins, leader, directed an in
teresting program on the topic,
“The Kingdom of God is Peace.”
Outstanding numbers on the pro
gra mwere Christmas stories retold
by Dix Hicks, Ruby Montgomery
and Beulah Prances Moss, also a
poem by Mary Lou Beam. Sixteen
members were present. The Junior
R. A.’s met at the church at the
same hour with their leader, Mrs.
Alvah Bridges. After the programs
were concluded the two organiza
tions csme together for a social
half-hour. The leaders served fruits.
Dr. Zimmerman Dies
COLUMBIA, S. C., Dec. 16.—
—Dr. O. C. Zimmerman. 44, chief
of the personnel division of the U.
S. Treasury office here, died sud
denly yesterday in his office. He
waa a native of Charleston.
French Government Charges
Industry Sabotages Recovery
PARIS.—Charging "big business"
with blocking economic recovery in
Prance, the PopulaV Front govern
ment has started an official inves
tigation of this alleged sabotage.
Outlining the evidences of busi
ness reoovery since devaluation or j
the franc, Charles Spinasse, minis-1
ter of national economy, announced
in a recent radio address that car
loadings, department store sales, I
bank deposits and bigger orders re
ceived by wholesale shops and fac
tories proved unmistakably the prog
ress toward better times now \mder
way In France. But this improve
ment, he declared, is being hindered
deliberately by many powerful
French industrialists who are op
posed to the Popular Front cabinet
and its policy of social and labor re
forms.
“Why is it,” he asked, "that cer- ,
tain powerful industrialists still arc'
trying to check this evident rccov- j
ery? Giving as a pretext the salary
increases, they raise their prices in
abusive proportions and seek exag- ;
gerated profits. They compel cus- i
tomers whose stocks are exhausted
to submit to abnormally long deliv- I
ery delays, and refuse to quote firm
prices, rendering Impossible the cal
culation of production costs. They
try thus to stir us and spread abroad
in the country a feeling of uncer
tainty and anxiety, and then try to
put the blame for this unsettled
state on others.
‘‘Furthermore I dally receive com
>lalhts of even more serious of
enses. Certain iron and steel mills
if northern, central and eastern
’’ranee refuse to accept orders sent
o them, holding over the head of
he nation’s economic structure the
leavy and unbearable menace of a
hortage of raw materials.
“Other industrialists do not even
ittempt to deny their efforts at re
sistance. They only try to Justify
hem by pointing to the political,
ioclal and economic uncertainty
vhich they say hangs heavily over
heir business and makes any plan
ling for the future Impossible
These charges called forth a storm
if protests and dentals from var
ous employers' organisations. The
Somite des Forges -potent frdera
ion of Iron and steel manufacturers
-sent an open letter to Premier
jeon Blum accusing M. Splnaase of
leliberately seeking to stir up the
esentment of the general public
igftiast the steel industry by a series
>f "flagrant untruths.”
The letter presents a detailed re
utation of M. Splnasse's charges.
“The uncertainty overhanging us
n consequence of measures whfch
rill again upset completely the
•conomlc structure of our Industry
ind the Impossibility of buying raw
natcrlals for future delivery at. a
irm price prevent us from taking
in commitments for the future."
he letter states. “It is up to the
rovernment to take the necessary
iteps to establish economic security
Jyayssjewaui^iuauaijauaijaijpn
on a sounder basts."
This question of the effect of the j
40-hour week on the productivity of
certain heavy Industries Is. In fact,
one of the most serious aspects of
the present situation In France. Tti
Is estimated that Its sincere appli
cation to all Industry and commerce
—which has Just begun and Is being
rapidly extended—will entail a fur
ther sharp Increase In living costs,
optimistically estimated by the gov
ernment at 10 per cent and pessim
istically put by the employers at 40
per cent. A 20 or 25 per cent rise la
considered probable by most econo
mists.
But already the workers are be
ginning to demand a new Increase
In pay to compensate them for the
Jump In living costs since June. Re
tail prices continue to rise steadily,
and if a sharper increase follows
the application of the 40-hour week,
as Is expected, serious labor unrest
is liable to result.
It Is the operation of this "vicious
circle” of salaries and living costa
which underlies the present conflict
between the government and indus
try. There is little reason to believe
that the French business man would
deliberately "sabotage” a bustneaa
recovery from which he would be the
first to profit. On the other hand,
it Is perfectly true that many Indus
trialists are sincerely convinced that
recovery must precede, not follow,
the application of such labor re
forms as the 40-hour week. Accord
ingly they hold back from fear of
future lasses.
A puppy with six feet was among
a Utter of seven dogs homed at
Ocala. Fla , by an English setter.
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