The Syracuse Journal, Volume 29, Number 44, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 4 March 1937 — Page 4

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The Syracuse Journal Published Every Thursday at Syracuse, Indiana May 4U>. IM St the postoffice at Syracuse, Indiana, under the Act as Congress of March 3rd, 1879 SYRACUSE PUBLTsmW~COMPANY7TNG7~ “ F. Allan Weatherholt, Editor \

Basketdall Tournament

|0 HOOSIER, interested in sports I need be told the sectional tournaI ments in the annual high school

Inuiana basketball contests will get underway this week. In Kosciusko county, fourteen teams \will compete in a number of fast and thrilling games at Warsaw. This tournament brings together for the second time all Ccounty high school teams. The unofficial or county tournament held a few weeks ago aroused considerable interest, but the sectional tournament is believed to be of much more interest. Needless to say, Warsaw, the county champs are being favored to cop the tournament, but fans from North Webster, Syracuse, Milford and Pierceton are eagerly awaiting the tournament, confident of victory.

dURAL and small town schools usa'ually are the schools to watch, aca'cording to the best sports observers

ana there should be plenty of fireworks in the tournament. The best officials and the best states talent will participate in the tournament, bringing together in Indiana a total of 781 teams. Alter this week end however there will be but 64 teams remaining to go to the regional games. The state ranks among the first in the nation for basketball, and the surviving team in the finals, the state champs will be quite correct if it Considers itself about the best in the world. Syracuse fans are boosting the hometown team and the local aggregation has a splendid opportunity to go far. Much depends upon the attitude of the individual player, the judgment of the coach and the support of the fans. If the coach continues to work as efficiently as he has all year, if the players play the type of ball we know they are capable of as a team, and the fans rally to their support and are hot afraid to cheer, Syracuse can come through with flying colors. IGo This Way I But Once

SEARS AGO we heard a little prayer which we have found quite easy to remember. It reads like this, “I go

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this way but once. In passing, may I face the setting sun, realizing that I have not willfully harmed any living creature? May I look back and know the world is a little better place to live in, because I passed this way?” For some unexplainable reason, we have found by observation, that in our little community, there are a number of individuals who have never had that thought, or at least who do not practice it. So we print it here, hoping it will do someone just a little bit of good. Unfortunately, in almost every small community, there are individuals, whose minds are small and selfish and whose ideas are so conservative they prevent progress of any kind.

Lt DISGUSTS us very much to enter |any loafing place and hear all man--11 ner of comment, gossip and criticism

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>of the other fellow. These loafers and gqssipers seem to have little else to> do, and in reality perhaps do not realize the damage they do by sorhe of their remarks. , In almost every case, when we pay any attention to this gossip at all, and begin a check-back on it, we find it filled with halftruths, workings of an imagination, and very often a definite desire to injure someone. Usually that someone is the type of individual who keeps himself busy minding his own business, building his own business or doing something worthwhile for the town. That individual may make mistakes. He may lose money. He may venture too far. But so long as he pays his way, so long as he hurts no one but himself, and so long as he is making a courageous effort to improve his community, he should not be ridiculed, criticized or talked about, by the idler, loafer or small minded individual who in the long run will reap the most benefit.

ENDANCY toi gossip is brought about by idleness, jealousy, fear and mis-information. In the newspaper

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business, it is essential to get facts and be able to prove them. flow unfortunate it is that this is not true the gossiper. What can we do about it? Yes, thereis an answer. The next time, you, Mr. Reader, hear one of your acquaintances make any statement about anyone which might be a reflection upon that individual’s character, business ability or future life, If you can laugh at'yourself, there’s hope.

make sure it is true before you repeat it. ! When you feel inclined to criticise the j or judgment of someone, think be? • fore you speak, and see how much better i you feel if you say something decent in-; stead. . Make the world a better place because you passed this way. Help the other fellow ’ who is 1 trying to do the same thing. Then ; - watch your community grow. A Definite Rural Program I

®T THE Farmers’ Institute held here {[last Friday and Saturday, there was aboncrete evidence that Syracuse

needs a definite rural program. In the first place, the exhibits were outstanding. and well worthy of recognition. Farmers’ Institutes provide the neighboring farmer an opportunity to exhibit his products and acquaint his neighbors with those things he produces. In the second place, the small attendance indicated that there is not sufficient interest in a rural program or in the neighboring farmer, in-so-far as the town-folks are concerned. A definite rural program with egularly scheduled Farmers’ Institutes will increase interest in the farmer and his activities, both in rural districts and in the town. The neglect, on the part of the community to foster a definite rural program is evident. This has been partially I due to the attitude of the Syracuse-Wawa-l see Community Chamber of Commerce, loci al business people, farmers themselves, and I this publication. In past, recent years, so we are informed, the Chamber of Commerce has held no farm program, other than to appoint an i Agricultural Committee each year, and to talk about what might be done. In looking over issues of the Journal, we find very ■ little has been published that would interi est the farmer until about twelve 'weeks ; ago, when The Journal established an Agri- \ cultural page. About two months ago, the newly organized Lions Club started work ■ on a long-time farm program, and shortly after, the Chamber of Commerce also got busy and organized the Farmers’ Institute. i No definite action on the Farmers’ Institute was taken until a few weeks ago. How-; 1 ever, the Chamber of Commerce had made j : an appropriation for such an enterprise six j months ago. i

|LL THIS means one thing. The I I community has awakened to the I'need for a farm program, and is do-

ing something about it, In future seasons, we venture to predict, the Chamber of Commerce, the Lions Club I and the Journal will give more time and at- ■ tention to rural activity, and a community I rural program. It is imperative, if S^ra-' cuse is to become the enterprising municip- j ality we believe it will, that the town-folks recognize the farmer and trade with him; ' and that the farmer recognize Syracuse as j his shipping point, mailing point and trad-1 ing center. We congratulate the Chamber of Com-1 merce Agricultural Committee for the ; splendid task it did. We extend our appreciation to farmers who attended the Institute and brought their products for exhibition. We sincerely urge that the affair be repeated next year, that it be arranged earlier, publicized more widely and thoroughly and that more local people show ' some interest. The Journal stands ready to : do its full share in this as in all worth- i while community projects. Public Understanding

N THE LAST decade, there has been a wholesome revival of interest by the individual in what his govern-

ments —local, state and national—do. That interest should be encouraged and stimulat- ■ ed, for the American people are intelligent enough to sift out the unsound and the silly i when they know all the facts. It is, therefore, an obligation of the i thoughtful and patriotic to assist in bringing about this public understanding, and to make clear the worth of our form of gov-' ernment, balanced between the executive, ; legislative and judicial. Under our plan of government, unlike • that of most others, the citizen is still the j sovereign. He has established a limited | Federal government and given to it such , powers as he thought it ought to have. All others he has reserved to the States or to himself.

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|OME of his rights, the citizen has Jdenied to invasion by anyone. These | S'are in the so-called “no man’s land.” !

That is not an accident, nor a product oi tne . courts. It is a deliberate reservation, creat- j ed by the people themselves. It could be < more correctly described as “every man’s land” or “no ruler’s land.” In coming months and years, there doubtless will be many proposals to take those rights away from the citizens. It, ; after understanding all the facts, he agrees to yield them, his will must be supreme, for f the United States is still basically a democ-, racy.

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It appears to me that the big business men, the “captains ofcindustry” as they were called a few decades ago have reached a definite crisis with reference to their permanence as part of. our modern social machinery. It is not merely that they will have to recognize a greater social responsibility but that they will have also to develop statesmanlike qualities if they are not to lose, in a wholly altered pattern of American life such leadership as they formerly enjoyed James Truslow Adams. Everywhere the depression is declining. The rise in world prices for raw materials is proof. But of all the dangers which threaten world recovery the greatest is the fear of a new European war. The mere thought of such a peril paralyzes the spirit of enterprise. When peace can be established in Eqrope we will enter an era of unprecedented prosperity. .... Georges Bonnet, French Ambassador to the United States. When nine justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, conservatives and liberals alike, find that a statute is badly drawn, as in the case of the NRA, it devolves upon the legislative branch of the government to do its part in making democracy successful by calling into action members who'can write their own laws, based upon the highly instructive and familiar passages of previous decisions of our courts David Lawrence. The two new capital ships which the President has just ordered built will be slower but more heavily armored than any others on the high seas. In finding this type peculiar to American needs, the secretary said a dreaanaught must have superior striking force and be able to “take it” from enemy ships U. S. News. If the foreign markets are going to take in the future only 5 or 6 per cent of our production, instead o to 12 per cent of it, we shall have to find new occupations for upwards of two millions of our workers who will be directly or indirectly displaced by that great change..... Cleveland Trust Company Business Bulletin. A movement is afoot in Congress to increase the wages of government employes, now said to average $1,400 a year. Perhaps they will be voted extra compensation. Were 80 per cent of the government’s employes to engage in a sit-down strike the country would not suffer.—Charleston News and Courier. Now as never before, with boom times predicted “just around the corner,” it is essential that the small in 4 vestor and-the public fully appreciate dangers of blind speculation. Lessons of the late twenties must not be forgotten. The class who pay income and inheritance taxes are the ohly class in the United States without a friend and without a chance on earth when the man says gimme Westbrook Pegler. Once more we come to that period of the year in which a rumble seat ride is the acid test of true love, hl Dorado Times. Floods in the Ohio valley and dust storms in Texas and Oklahoma indicate that even the weather has gonje democratic. The up-to-date young man, invited by dad to corce to the woodshed, will start a sit-down strike. New lork Sun. Those who forecast the destruction of small retail business in this country insult the little business man. While the United States on one hand plans though neutrality to stay out of war, on the other it is preparing for it. . , ; Secretary of the Navy Swanson, after studying the naval plans of the other sea powers has revealed ours. . Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man rich for the tax bureau gqys. . . - • ■■ I

A New Set Os Values

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lEOPLE ARE slowly changing their I outlook and adopting a new set of (values.

Under the former plan of American civilization, so much energy was devoted to obtaining the means to make life possible that none was left to practice the art of living. Hotels got larger, clubs more costly, waiters more insolent, sports more crooked, literature more decadent, women more j neurasthenic, and children more impudent. The morals and standards of the butterman were imposed on the major part) of our population. Offices, clubs, hotels F stadiums, night-clubs, automobiles, and oceqn linears were designed to fit the fat bodies and please the fatter souls of a group that rose to temporary importance. The ; few who scorned their leadership and example were called queer. Those days are gone forever. Let them 1 go. It is likely that we shall recapture a ; way of living that is far superior and much lpc<j: expensive.

a A.NY YOUNG women are now back ; ain the kitchen helping their mothers Ido housework that was once done by !

a £taff of servants. Boys who shot craps

‘Graduate Appeal’ BOMBAY, Mar. 4.—lndia’s film stars have beaten Hollywood’s publicity men at their own game. Tney have discovered “graduate appeal-” Many possess university degrees, and cinema advertisements giving the casts of new films are liberally and impressively be spattered with “B.Sc’s” and Ph.Dis’, producing an unusual e.. .ect. That’s Cold!! LOSTINE, Ore.; Mar. 4.—Oregon has its cold regions, along with Alaska; both Polar areas and similar spots. Proof of that fact was given by Mark Harris, who , visited his cow camp in mid-winter and nearly froze to death despite two stoves. Harris said he was unable to fry hot-cakes because the butter froze on top of the stove. •

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in the locker-room for a dollar a thow are now lugging their own clubs to save a sev-enty-five cent caddy fee. The dollar tip for a fjve-cent service is just a memory. Who cares except the fat blondes and their fatter escorts? We can find away of living and playing that is based on something other than expense, size, and quantity. The overhead of sports can be sheared to’ a traction of theii; former cost. Such recreations as camping, fishing, hunting, baseball, tennis, golfing, swimming, boatihg, arid riding can be brought back to the wholesome simplicity of earlier days. Reading and conversation can be revived. Informal self-served suppers can take the place of formal dinners. Bridge with small stakes can be as lively as the big-money I games.

dren bless the turn in affairs that compelled this nation to halt the madness of the late ’twenties. The dollars that vanished will be returned in satisfaction not quoted in the market because they are priceless.

‘Walls Have Ears’ LONDON, Mar. 4.— Old adage; j “Walls have ears;” is true in the case of the home of Thomas Luxton, retired farmer of Botley; Hampshire. Luxton and the builders can do pothing to stop the walls of his home being covered with ears of corn. Investigation revealed the sand used in the plaster for the walls was carried in truck previously used for transporting farm products. Window Pane Sets Fire LONG BEACH, Mar. 4 (INS)— K Reflected sunlight s through a window pane ac the V n * on Appliance electrical 3shop here ignited a drape inside the store, firemen on the call They were forced to smash the offending glass to extinguish the blaze.

THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1937

luCH REVOLUTION already has Ijone a long way. . 5 Most parents with growing chil-

Pocket-Size Radio COPENHAGEN, Mar. 4.—What is claimed to be the smallest radio in the world has been invented here by a Danish engineer, Mr. i Arthur Kielsen. It measures only i eight inches by six inches by one • inch and can .easily be carried, in • I a man’s pocket or woman’s hand- « bag. Despite its size, the set is I said to be capable of picking up • most of Europe’s stations. Massproduction of the sets is to begin immediately. Expensive Sneezes LONDON, Mar. 4.—Sneezes cost ■ truck driver Frederick Stone four ‘ dollars a time. Driving his truck ■ in Chesham, Buckinghamshire; he 1 sneezed twice; losing control of 1 the vehicle, crashing into an auto ! owned by Lord Chesham. Ac- ’ cused of reckless driving Stone ! was fined eight dollars.