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THE WATKRH.fi Mfi&SENUBtt, f'ublUhed Every Tuesday by CH AS. W. BIRCflMORE, Prop. Subscription $1.50 A Year in Advance Entered as Second Class Matter at th? Postoffice'at Camden. 3. C. Tuesday, April 10, 1928 . CARNIVALS NOT ALLOWED ,T() OPERATE Recently several carnivals have un dertaken to operate in several towns of the state under the auspics of various local organizations. This is in direct conflict with an act passed by the legislature. Governor Rich ards had his attention called to this. ? and naturally he called upon the sher iffs in these counties where the carni vals were located and instructed them to prevent the carnivals from show ing. Then there wws a rush for in junctions to stop the Governor from seeing that the laws of the state were enforced, but the law is so plain fliat s th? injunctions obtained did not hold and the carnivals were stopped. A news atory from Charleston in the News and Courier among other thing.-, said: "Governor John G. Richards' lat est prohibition campaign directed at carnivals and the Woodmen of the World carnival in Columbia in particular, today ran afoul of ? the courts ? all in accord with the . precedents set in the chief exec utive's campaigns of last year against Sunday golf and gaso- " line." Wicked Governor! We wonder why he does not violate his oath of office and just let the law be violated. He should not interfere with' anything that the people are interested in. This "latest" act of his, as was to be expect ed, ran "afoul" of the courts, and the courts justified the Governor's action. Carnivals are permitted at county and state fairs, provided the manage ment desire to have them, but thoughtful people as a rule believe they are a hindrance rather than a help to fairs, and we do not hesitate to say that they should be excluded, for they never leave in their wake a wholesome sentiment. A HOPEFUL SIGN When influential papers, such as the Spartanburg Herald, take a defi nite stand against the liquor traffic tvhich can only be carried on in dx . rect-violafcion'of the state and nation al law's, there is hope for an improve ment in conditions. Too many news papers give encouragement to law vi olation with reference to prohibition as well as other law violations if they happen not "to be - in sympathy with the lews as -.they appear or* the statute books.- There are, however, some newspapers that. take the right view of' law enforcement as we see' it, and. the Spartanburg- Herald1 -is ably ed ited and its ideals- are< worth while. In a recent issue uixl?r the caption, "Liquor Losing Out;" it said: -* ' "Twentieth century* conditions of ?life, industry, business ? ^nd . sciei>cfl find no safe place for men to use strong drink. As country- after country gathers momentum along the pathways of .imodern progress; sponsible men seo that liquor cannot' be tolerated. And so 'today, comes President ObregOn,' of Mexico -and dof; cjares in his cajiriftfaign to sncced him self, that Mexico 'must liaVe prohibi tion. He says, ' 'Reactionaries* fiYfho. would overthrow the devolution; are hot our only enemies'" They have poworful allies in alcohol and gamb ling.' Then he enlarges on the de-, structive mischief wrought by, these evils. "It 'is surprising to hear 'from Mox-. ?ico that her chief executive, survey ing the nation's life, says liquor must go. Hut Obregon knows what he is talking flb6ul, if anybody' in Mexico does. ''In ' dlrf" tftof ' (56to'servttt?iVe Europe whirikey and 'bthei* strMig drlnks^nre steadily irtcurrifi#' tWerfrthity of able and* patrlo'tfc "Vftflffcrfo. v . ? In an nge rhpkily ~'S'(5c6i?rtiri#*Virir<?' technical ev ery da $ putting :5V> the Nhflnd& "of men contiguously' more* cArrfpliohted ' ahd powerful machinery, Inducting iSien into fcvrtr more highly organized" modes of doing (business, '(thrfro is' less and less tolerance for ah Indul gence that steals away mhn*s judfc " ment arid shatters his nefv?^. ' By the emfAf-this century there is every ^probability that liquor will be out lawed in every advanced imhtstrial nation' 'of the world." ? ? ? . ? BOY SCO IT DAY Friday, April 20th, will be Hoy Scout ' Day in Camden. This means that the citizens of this community ?will be given an opportunity to ren der a worth while service to the boys. It is proposed to raise fc sum of mon ey to enable them to have an exec utive who will devote special time and attention to this splindid organ ization. The average one would , probably say that a Boy Scout organ ization is a very good thlhg ^^fcave a community, as th a nuiViit>er of ways to an advantage. This i? no doubt true, but thei*? is also aftother view point to this mat ter as we see it. If the boys are organized and get proper training, many useful ideas will be implanted in their hearts and minds and will aid them to make good citizera and j in some instances nitve them from falling- into habits that will not be helpful to them. We believe in the boy, and we want to see. all the safe guards and best of influences thrown aiound him, and if .he can be made a loyal Boy Scout he will certainly b: under wholesome influence, and es pecially for this reason we hope th^t the drive which will be put on will be entirely successful. The Messen ger will be very glad to receive con tributions for them and turn it over to the proper ones. Stand by the boys! WHAT CAN. THEY DO? Some time ago we cajled attention to a matter that should leceive some attention, with reference to the dis charge- of prisoners from the chain gang, Several. days Ajjo a young white man came into our office who had just been discharged the day before from one of the gangs. He said hip home , was 1n Texas, and he wanted to work his way back home. jHe had sqrved only a short sentence on a bad check charge. When he left the gang he said that he had one dol lar. No work, a poor recommenda tion, and in the face of this is ex pected to conduct himself in an hon est and becoming manner. He want ed work he said, and we told him of nil the possible prospects that we thought of at the time. We hope that he will go straight, but th. temptation to go wrong must be pres ent under the. circumstances. In such cases if some provision could be ipade for them for at least a few days and aid given them to find work, it might save a good' many from a gain having to serve sentences on the gang. Some one suggested to us some time ago that prisoners working on the chain gangs should receive some small pay, at least five or ten cents per day, and when they were discharged whatever this would amount to be given them. This might be a solution of the matter, although it is not our suggestion. But it is worth considering. There can be no excuse for stealing pnd violating laws generally, and those who do so shotild be punished, but the fact that they are human beings should not be lost sight of, and a little lift when they are dis charged might save? them from fur ther acts of crime. Certainly it would save some of them. WHO WILL PAY FOR SHORTER WEEK? ? It has been announced that a deter mined demand will b? made this year f.or a five-day working * week. This means the sacrifice ji older'men, less keenly alert men, victims of past in dustrial accidents,' everybody who pruld not stand the swifter pace* It means a few more hours leisure for the. swift, though they pay at a great er nerve sacrifice and an earlier breaking point; but it means fewer jqds^ with the slower worker a job less derelict on every labor market. To' maintain "present production on a shorter work week, is to make ho l:ew jobs?" it only throws out men Who cannot get , jobs under harder c\>mpvetftioif. _ To cut production along with ,v ciit'''hj hours, in order to give *n^*w joliVs, Is to increase costs to every a desperate hazard, al most certimj to destroy any industry that tries it. ?*' FARM GOSSIP Spring hirit from- Proberbs 28:19 ? ''He* that tilleth his- land shall have plenty of ' fcrtfad." ? ' The soil-robbing farmer really robs himself and that's why he's as poor as Job's turkey. A- poultryman is known by the birds he keeps? good poultrymen, good birds. . *.-A# a profitable p\?du?cr a "hoard er" dairy, cow is * .good' beef ani mal. ? Frank Farmer, concerning the u*w> of legumes, quotes the Bible? -"He that knoweth to do right and doeth it npt, upto him it is a sin". The grower of inferior staple cot ton has to pay the freight on its shipment out of the state*; South Carolina mills demand better cotton. Trnln Kills Inspector Columbia April 8. ? (AP). ? W. R Hano^rk, 45, car inspector, for the Seaboard Air Line railway, was killed yesterday on the railroad tracks at Cayce. Ho was crossing the track when a train >of freight earn waj> Nwitched back, running him down nnd severing both legs. Hancock leaves a widow and two children. Claim. Paused by the C?MtyT6H8 of Directors! March 6, 1928. A. E. Miller, Road work $10 00 Midway Servdce Station, gas and oil . . 25 Oft 1 hreatt- Carson Company, sup plies jg ovr M"ket? supplies ' 321.00 Xlybyrn Motor Company, g-as WW <>11 19 30 McDonald Service Station, Inc. ffas and oil oa v: m ' S,yiurn' 21.35 bu. corn . . 21.35 S N. Horton, 43 3-4 bu. corn . 43 75 etc' son' 8uPPHes, guards, A. R. Shirley, 27.35 bu. corn 2 ^ Hayes Pharmacy, medicines . 12 06 Wm. A. Gantt, M. D., lunacy examination r. on 'H P* v?rker' bu- corn 2'0C I H. E. Munn, salary road sup I erintendcnt 12', on ;?lftweypMerC jnVle CP- 8UPP'ie? 198.22 j ' Bose, salary bridgekeep L. E. Wood, 7840 feet lumber . 2^8.72 ,C. H. Truesdale, 12283 feet 1 lumber 417 ro CnFf Sre/0ry' % U2 bu. corn . . eios 0 I v ? ^ <?" *as un:1 oil ^22 12 o. W. Hague, salaries self and ' an^ stamps 84 55 S. W. Hogue, Treas., Court vouchers in S" Rn ' T.reas? "ote paid Bank ?f Camden 10,000.00 ? McLeod, salaries self and jail janitor, stamps envelopes expenses aaq nn Stephen L. Clyburn, 12 i-2 cords wood . rn nn T. B. McLain, 200 lbs. carbide 13 00 Joseph E. Thomas, M. D., lun I acy examination .... * m Springs and Shannon, " inc " 1375 lbs. hay .n?/: 17 20 Lena M. Lineberger, salary D-?p Clerk .... .... ... 7/\ no Camden Iron and Brass Works repair work ' jn nn Myers Service Station," gas' and oil 8 04 B. E. Sparrow or bearer, sal ary and stamps rock W alter Jacobs, or bearer, sal ary janitor 40 00 cJ " r90oley* sa'aiT Deputy Sheriff .. H iornn es1 FOrd' saJary and exP<?ns No-Nox Service Station, ' gas 155'?? and oil 1 co J. A. West, salary bridge AunCpM p 100.00 Alma M. Burgess, salary and j T 136.36 w- Sanders, salary and travel 01 Rr J. M. Moseley, salaries and wag 1 'VnV"' OIlt? ???? ???? 836.60 ? B. Ojrburn, salary bridge G. rteB^uh! or bearer,' sai- 100 00 nry and expenses 165,00 ? ^HoSu.e- Treas., Regis trar Certificate 44 9k .A. Thorne or bearer, saiar C 1CP H LR"d h?1**" ?????. 220.00 " ? Hilton or bearer, salarv and expenses ... iKKnn B. M. Smith or bearer, salary magistrate on nn ' D#al ?r bearer? aa'lary ' bridge foreman i2Rnn j Russell, salary coroner.'. 41.67 ? ?.T!f Gettys. salary, stamps and paper fasteners 118 70 Margaret Smyrl or bearer, sal ary clerk to auditor ... 25 00 j Laurens T. Mills, salary eierk ? S p Ci "d SOO.OO *? Watkins or bearer, salary CaM ?Xn8eS /? - 156.00 C. M. Coleman, repair work at L-ourt House onn The R. L. Bryan Co., ' office Supplies . ... -K7 71 W. D. Trantham, iumber for W^eL&ek?Bafry'. ? lunacy * . Auto' FlpMipSVaUto ?rta ? . 155.82 Auto Electric Co., supplier 1 -i oo city Of Cadrnen W. 4 X. Deo't water and' lights . . 48 62 Mackey Mercantile Co., hard^ ware supplies .... .... 10 00 Burns and Barrett, hardware supplies ????,, 1/11 no Rodfearn Motor Company, au to parts and labor . . qq on S jf ?ogu,. Treaa., coupons ?? _ and commission oo? i n DeKalb Grocery Meat n.ao ?!? ^unn or bearer, drafts paid by Bank of Camden fi24 19 Carol, na Motor Co., Inc ras oil and supplies *88 1(5 Southern Befl Tel. & Tel. Co'" telephone rental John M, Villepigue & Co. 4 I tons coal * 1 or An I * Carrison and J, T. Get fcys, Trustee, right .of way R ?S CWnnSm N?* 34 254.00 ' supp|te^llam,'? KrOC"np? '?i H* A Garrison, right' of way and clay pits 94r.no riKht of way 00 Margaret R^kafel'lowj right of 66'66 way No. 34 .... TOTAL $19,787.88 LAURENS T. Mlf,LS, Clerk. Democratic Club Meetings. IJmkr tho mles governing the Democratic party, the precinct clubs 1 will be called, to meet Saturday, A ptil 28th, for the purpose of re-organ fzation, eleclion of ikw officers, and * ho election of delegates to the coun 1 y meeting to be held at the county seat, in each, county Monday, May 7, I when dvlejfates Will ibe elected to 'represent the county at the state con tention to be held on Wednesday, May I 10. Tho Vtate convention will ap ' prove or revise the rules of the Dem ocratic party, or ad?.pt m.?w ones, and | will elect delegates to .represent ! Polth Carolina at tho national con vention to bo hold at Houston, Texas, In June. "To live 'mongat lush and growing I, things tli liko to (jive the spirit wings." FOR nearly twenty years, the Model industry and it still is used by more automobile. More than eight milliol active service today ? an indication reliability and economy. Because of the tremendous iniJRnem which driven fo^p^o, three, and even five more years, tj^F Fd have in these cars and because so many of them Motor Company will continue to make replacem until, as Henry Ford himself saysw "the last Mo off the roa< For the F<9I^PRfor Company its full duty consists not only in mj at a low price, but also in keeping you as long as No matt< 'that lobile Lor money ydH havC invest All Ford replacem of the same materials and in the which your car was originally assembl price because of the established Ford p So that you may get the greatest use Ford over the longest period of time, we suggest that you take the car to the nearest Ford dealer and have him esti mate on the cost of any replacement parts which may be necessary. You may find that a very small expenditure will maintain the value of your car and will be the means of giving you thousands of miles of additional service. now, are made those from are low in i your Model T Ford Motor Company Detroit, IViiclii'-ari Governor Richards Indorses Tubercu losis Diagnosis Campaign in Lan caster County. Miss Bernice Steele, I*anca?ter County Health Nur&e, and Miss Bon nie Culp, teacher in the I>ancaster city schools, who is publicity chair man of the tuberculosis campaign in the county, were visitor.', in Kershaw last Friday and paid the Era officc a pleasant call while nere. They ex pressed themselvos as very much pleased that Governor John G. Rich ards had given his hearty indorse ment to the tuberculosis campaign jin Lancaster county in the following letter to Miss Culp: "I wish to impress the fact that I am in hearty sympathy with this great work, and hope that the peo ple of South Carolina, as well as those of I<ancaster county, will accept the effort offered by your committee in the spirtt in which It is intended. It is generally known that it is most dif ficult to arrest the. ravages of tuber- I culosis when the disease becomes so firmly established. The great hopo always is that the disease may be discovered in its incipiency, when there is some hope of arresting its ravages, and even stamping it out. This work is humanitarian in its na ture, and has for its purpose the ar rest of the ravages of this most fatal disease from which humanity suffers With assurances of my very besv wishes ami my hearty sympathy, I am Most sincerely yours, JOHN O. RICHARDS. Governor. 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