The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, April 10, 1923, Image 4
TH9 WATUftBB MESSENGER
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Established 1884
Published Every Tjitiday by ?
CHAS. W. BIRCHMORE, Prop.
'Subscription 81.50 a Year in Advance
Camden, S. C. Apr. 10th, 1923
. MDo what is right.
Right things in great and Binall,
Then though the &ky should fall,
Sun, moon, and stars and all
You shall have light."
Selected.
PRESIDENT HARDING.
President Harding has been spend
ing his vacation in Florida, and leav
ing Florida he spent a few days in
Augusta, Ga. A cordial invitation
was extonded him to stop over in
Columbia for at least a short while
on his return to Washington. The
President had contemplated accept
ing invitation to stop over in Co
lumbia, but finding that he had tc
return to Washington a couple o:
d^ys earilier than he had intended,
he found that he would have to
decline the invitation sent him by Gov
McLeod. The PTC&idenJI is quoted
as saying that the sectionalism of
* the civil war has gone. In this he is
right to a very great degree, still
there is a trace of it as we notice
?from time to time some writers are
inclined to konck the south, and
whenever this^ is done they may ex
pect to be knocked in return. It is
well that the President, though Re
publican and a western man should
come 'South, and the fact is Presi
dent Harding in many respects is a
vei; fine man, and when an appor
tunity is afforded for him or any
other prominent northern :man to
minglo with our people, it goes far
towards cementing our great coun
try. We are always glad to have
the president of our country visit the
south, for the south is a part of the
nation, and the president is our pres
dent whether democratic or republi
can.
REVIVAL CLOSES.
The BiUy Sunday revival which
opeened in Columbia six weeks ago,
closed Sunday. During the past six
weeks thousands flocked to hear the
great evangelist preach, and best of
all thousands have been greatly bene
fitted by his preaching. A thought
ful'visitor fron\ Camden remarked to
us that he had npver seen such a
change in all of his life as there was
in Columbia. The town hardly looks
like' the same place from a spiritual
standpoint. In the barber shops, in
the hotels, in the stores offices and
eevrywhere people wero talking
about religion. A great awakening
has taken place. And it is not con
fined to Columbia, for the good in
fluences have permeated every sec
tion of South Carolina. Billy Sun
day and his party villi' ever be re
membered* in South Carolinn grate
fully, and the thousands who had an
opportunity to hear him are glad that
he has another engagement in South
Carolina. He is to open a campaign
in Charleston early in November. t
Major Mills on the Job
Not all South Carolinians who read
in morning newspapers yesterda^ the
announcement made at New Haven
by General Fries regarding im
portant progress attained in gas de
fense were aware that the technical
director of research and development
work for the Chemical Warfare
service is that sterling South Caro
linian, James Edward Mills, late Ma
jor of the First Gas regiment, Thir
tieth Engineers, A. E. F.
Major Mills is that deadliest of all
fighting types, a Presbyterian scien
tist! When he left his chair of
chemistry at the University of South
Carolina, in September, 1917 to entar
military service, a line of his qualifi
cation record which conceivably had
to do with his assignment to combat
Gormap toxic gas was: "Studied in
University of Berlin, 1904-5." His
sorvice proved of such value that in
1921, when he had resumed his teach
ing function, he was recalled by the
Chemical Warfare service and placed
in charge of its extensive research
and development undertakings -at the
vast Etlgewood arsenal in Maryland.
Creditable to its humanity, the
United 8tates has sot its face against
tho employment in warfare hereafter
of poisonous gases, but until men and
nations shall have undergone much
more growth in grace than may be
reasonably expected immediately, it
would not be creditable to American
common sense not to pursue studios
and provide devices for gas warfare
defense at least. It is therefore good
news that a much more efficient mask
has been evolved and that other nota
ble progress has been made in the
work which Major Mills directs.
__The State, Bth inst.
t . Major Mills is not only a South
Carolinian, but hq is a Camden man.
Hit father, Dr. W. W. Mills, was
pastor of the Presbyterian church
here for many years. Mr. L. T.
Mills is a brother of Major Mills, j
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STERN JUSTICE DEMANDED.
I Near Hartsvillo last Tuesday morn>
Jng at an early hour J. L. Youmans,
Federal Prohibition Agent, was shot
and instantly killed when ho with o
ther officers attempted to raid a still.
Three negroes and three white men
have been arrested in connection with
this crime and another white man,
John Barfteld, is being hunted, tho
latter being charged with having fir
ed the fatal shot. One of the neg
roes connected with the affair is said
to have squealed on the others. Dili
gent seach will be made for Bafrield
and it is hoped that ho will be cap
tured, and each of tho parties to this
murder should have stern justice
meted out to them. As Youmans
and the other officers were approach
ing the still one of the operators
threw a flasa light on him and fired,
And in ten minutes the officer was
dead. All law abiding men should
Btand squarely by the officers of the
law and aid them in every way pos
sible to break up this business. Uik
fortunately there are too many so
called good men who will patronize
this lawless element, and apparently
feel that they are not parties to the
crime. It may be necessary to sacri
fice a few good lives as in this case
and as was the case here in our own
county several years ago, to arouse
the people to a sense of their duty.
The man who patronizes n bootlegger
cannot call himself a law abiding cit
izen. He knows that he is aiding and
abetting the lawless element when he
patronizes him. No effort should br
spared to bring these guilty parties
to speedy justice.
Youmans was a brother-in-law of
Mrs. L. M. West, of our county.
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Echoes form the league of nations
are still heard. It. may become an
j issue in the next presidential elect
| ion with greater force than it did in
I the last election. It could be summed
i up as a great scheme badly mutilated
j and left to die. All because it was
j the scheme of Woo I row Wilson, and
i his political enenn ! .s did not want
i to, see him succeed They were will
ing to go to any lev ,-i.h to defeat any
thing that he m0. ; advocate. As
the years go by and ' this subject is
studied, its wisdom will become
more and more appai'ent.
DOES IT PAY?
Since the prohibition law was en
I acted many have engaged in the il
j legal manufacture and sale of whis
I key, and have been eneouraged in this
! lawlessness to a large extent by men,
1 many of them churc hmembers, pa
tronizing them. There are some
i who se^hi to have a kind of mental
{ reservation that the prohibition law
j is all right for the other fellow but
, their boasted personal libetry should
' not be interferred with. When those
j who claim to be lawabiding aloi\g
with church members, refuse to coun
I tenance the illegal traffic in whiskey,
j then the prohibition law will be abso
1. lutely effective. It is being enforced
: farly well under the present condi
tions. But this is not what we starl
! ed out to say. Does it pay to en
j gage in the illegal manufacture and
sale of whiskey? In Darlington
county a few days ago a constabls
I is referred to as a fearless man
: and a good citizen, was shot down in
| co'd blood because ho was discharg
j ing his duty. As a result o fthis act
| of lawlessness more than a dozen men
have found themselves in serious
i tiouble. Three neg^es and five white
men are in the Darlington county jail.
Five citizens of this county were
locked up in connection with this
deed.
John Barfeild, of North Carolina,
w^s charged with firing the fatal
shot. He escaped. It is reported
that follow prisoners in the Darling
ton jail have made the statment that
Ben Hall, one of the brothers confess
ed he did the shooting. Barfield
was captured after n determined
chaso near Bethune, with a bad cut
on his arm and very weak. He has
been taken to the Darlington jail. The
arrests made in this county involved
the parties to the extent that they
were charged with conspiring to de
feat justice. The evidence against one
was not considered sufficient to make
out a cane and he was discharged.
Disaster has overtaken the men
actually involved in this case in
Darlington county and they are go
ing to have trouble to extricate them
selve from it. The electric chair may
be the portion of Rome of them. "The
way of the trangressor is hard al
ways has been nn<l always will be.
Does it pay to be a law violator? To
aBk the question is to answor it in
the negative.
Henry Ford has bought a tract of
coal land, 125,000 acres and he pro
poses to show the public that coal can
be sold at a reasonable price and the
miners pnid a fnir wage. Ho has been
a signal success in manufacturing
and in running a railroad. We
hope that he will prove a success in
mining coid and putting It on tho mar
ket at a lower cost to the consumers.
Then when he Is elected President of
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DETROIT
At the new low price the Ford
Sedan represents a greater val
ue than has ever been offered.
It provides enclosed car com
fort in a dependable, quality
product at a minimum cost.
Your order placed now will
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the United States, we will whoop *?m
up for Ford nnd watch him run this
jrovei;nment on business principles, a
thine almost unknown to Kovern
mentnl affairs. More is wasted by
the government than perhaps any
other institution on earth. Any cor
poration that should attempt to run
jits business just as'the federal kov
I eminent dies ita affairs, would K<> in
to bankruptcy.
Money Mutt Not Le t'n ji jy rrp.io.*.
A federal law forbids* Mie photogre
)ihj of thA money of America.
Women and Stnte Capitals,
i Atiinist:i, Mnlne, <>no of the four
utiite ciipltiils bearing tlio million of
women, was named In honor of tho 1
daughter of Gen. Henry Denrborn.
Children Ory
FOR FLETCHER'S
Caffeine From Hotly.
One species Of American holly hn
Jecn found to contnln large amount*
?.if cnlteliic, 11s much ii m one nnd a
half per cent of the time being oh
(u 'n't! dl ifii - -si \ es
Home Town
Helps
FUNCTION OF "CITY BOOK"
Writer In Eattern Periodical Point?
Out the Value of Some Such
Publication.
We need a little boofc on "What Is a
City?" It should be a cheap little
book that everybody can buy, a simple
little book that everybody can under
stand, a sort of civic primer.
Suppose we live, as so many of us
do, lu an ordinary, medium-sized town.
Our "city book" should Inform us that
a normal town, with tlie number of In
habitants our town has, should have
Bueh and such functions, adding to the
simple requirements of the small vil
lage those other and more varied func
tions which the larger population of
Suoh a list, for our ordinary medium
sized town, might run somewhat aB
follows :
Smithy, storO( post ofllco, school,
church, dressmaker, milliner, barber,
drug store, moving pictures, court
house, Jail, fire company, hotel, hall.
These are not placed In any dogmat
ic order of Importance, or arranged
with great care.
A "pattern town" should be de
scribed suggesting the Income that
should be derived from legitimate tax
ation of Its number of citizens, and
showing Just what advantages a town
with such an Income deserves and re
quires.
Now what are the points upon
which we should base such a Judgment
j of towns? Just us a starter, w*
I might suggest these:
Health, beauty, virtue, public spirit,
j educational facilities, social facilities,
' administrative efficiency, admlnlstra
i tlve honesty, progresslveness, mlnl
! mum prosperity.
The health and beauty listed would
not mean the health and beauty due
to natural advantages, but the efforts
made by the town to Improve In these
matters. ? From an article, "Making
Towns Kit to Live in," by Charlotte
I'erklns Oilman, In the Century Maga
zine.
I
I PLEA FOR ZONING ORDINANCE
' Kansas City Newspaper Makes 8trona
Arguments for the Universal
Adoption of PUn.
Protection for the homes and boule
vards of Kansas City, Kan., can be
| hud only through zoning) Roy It. Hos
ford, city building Inspector has con- i
eluded. Such evils us Mr. Hosford
enumerates, the placing of shops or
stores on boulevard und residence ter
ritory, the building of garages In front
of homes and the failure to set back
residences a certain and uniform dls
I tance from the street, call for general
regulation which only a zoning ordl
nauco can give.
It Is possible for a group of proporty
, owner# in some sections of a city to
I get together and secure restrictions
i that will protect their buildings for
?j a period of years. Where this action
; has been taken not only more beauti
j ful homes or better business structures
1 have been the result, but property val
1 ues have Increased or have been stead
ily maintained. But this kind of ac
tion Is haphazard and often Is only of
temporary value. The question may
be settled once for all, and for the
whole city, by the working out of a
zoning ordinance.
i It Is such an ordinance that Kansas
City, Mo., must have soon, and that
Kansas City, Kan., Is planning to ob
tain. ? Kansas City Star.
Windows of House You Build.
In general, windows look best, both
inside and out, If they are grouped.
An occasional bay breaks the monot
: ony of walls, both Inside and out, and
even In a flat wall the group of three
or four windows separated only by
thin mulllons Is far more effective
than scattered windows.
There Is no doubt that the casement
, type of window, preferably leaded, Is
far more Interesting than the double
i hung, two-sash type, or that small
panes are more picturesque than large
* nes. Of course, small panes are
| harder to clean, but the question re
, solves Itself Into whether or not one
[ Is setting convenience above architec
i tural charm.
j To be thouKht of In connection with
windows are shutters. Fortunotely,
the battened-wood or panel type la
Krowlnc Increasingly popular. There
Is always the chance to mnko the solid
shutter Indlvlduol by Introducing some
special device, as the pierced operdng
In place of the conventional half-moon,
heart, clover or tree. The family
crest, or some device symbolizing the
name of the house, may bo cut In. ?
Delineator.
Doused Male Flapper.
It happened In a well-known down
town drug store during the rush noon
hour trade. A typlral F street "curb
cootie" dropped In and, koIok up to the
soda water fountain, started In to In
quire of the dispenser of soft drinks:
"S-s-sny ! do you c-c-ca-carry c-c-<?n
caramel ice c-c-cre? ?" ? but this Is a*
far as he got when the young man be
hind the fountain turned a siphon oi
soda on the stuttering flapper, who
beat n hasty retreat amid shouts o<
laughter.? Washington fiftor.
STATEMENT
Of the Ownership, Management,
Etc., required by Act of Congress c-f
August 24, 1912" of The Water jo
Messenger, published weekly nt Cuni
den, South Carolina.
State of South Carolina,
County of Kershaw.
Before mo, J. B. Wallace, a Notary
Public in and tor the State and coun
ty aforesaid, personally appeared C.
W. Birchmore, who, being duly sworn
according to law deposes and says
that he is the publisher and owner
of the The Wateree Messenger, and
the following is to the best ol his*
knowledge and belief, a true state
ment of the ownership, management,
etc., of th aforesaid publication for
the date shown in the above caption:
I That the names and addresseB
of the publisher, editor, managing
Jitor, and business manager are:
Publisher, C. W. Birchmore, Cam
den, S. C.
Editor, C. W. Birchmoro, Camden
S. C.
Managing Editor, C. W. Birchmoro,
Camden S. C
Busi^ss Manager C W Birch
more, v^amden, S. C.
That the known bondholders, mort
gagees, and other security holders
owning or holding 1 per cent or more
jf that amount of bonds, mortgages,
or other securities aro none.
C. W. Birchmore. '
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 2nd day ol April, 1<J23.
(L. S.) J. B. Wallace,
Notary Public for S. C.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
C A S T O R I A
The sweet potato crop was a record
brpaker in South Carolina last year,
according to the statistics compiled
by B. B. Hare, statistician for the
United States department of agri
culture. The total crop is given at
lt,r>03,lf>0 bushels produced on
101, 000 acres of land and valued at
$().7U3,38<?.50. According to this re
port Kershaw county had in sweet
potatoes 1,800 acres, and produced
171,000 bushels valued at $121,410.00
The crop in this county last year was
a large one, and the price was very
low. They have sold as cheap as
forty cents a bushel in Caniden, but
the average price was higher for at
first they sold above one dollar a
bushel and later on the price dropped
co fifty cents, and even as low as
forty cents. A potato curing house
would have paid for itself in the bet
ter pric? which could have
been obtained for the potatoes and
In saving them from rotting. Many
ushels have rotted.
A stone greatly admired and widely
jsed le tinciuat days was the tar^
tuots. Throughout tlie Kast even to?
lay, there exists nn Intense though
<tlll unexplained love of the turquols.
.t has been so Hdiulred since sometime
jrlor to 5000 B. C.. and was Iqtlmateljr
tssoclnted with Ilntlior. goddess of
notherhood, one of whose names wai
TU# Lady of the Turunda"*
NOTICE
* Vcs and Regulations Governing Au
tornobiles and other Vehicles on
Streets of Camden, S. C.
SPEED.
15 miles nn hour with 5 miles at
i^'ssings and curves on corners.
TURNING
All turns to be made at intersex
ions of streets and not in middle of
block.
PARKING AND STOPS
All cars to be parked at curb at
in angle of 45 degrees with driver's
RIGHT hand towards side walk.
LEAVING CARS
Cars must not he. left with en
gines running with no ono in them
capable of running same.
DRIVERS.
No one to drive a car under fifteen
years of age, and then they must, bo
nble to interpret the rules of the
road.
LIGHT.'!
Cars must carry two head lights
and one rear light; must be able to
not run on spot light at any time.
HORNS
Drivers must sound their horns at
crossings and turns, when passing
other cars and not as n means to call
people from houses or announce
their arrival.
DRIVING
All drivers are expected to drlvo
to the right, except when passing ft
rar from the rear, when they pass
to tho left.
RIGHT OF WAY
Cars running up and down the
nvenues,(or North and South) hold*
ing right of way over cars running
on streets, (or East and West.)
Cars barking out from tho curbs must
wait on cars running or in motion, to
avoid accident.
LEAKING.
All cars leaking gasoline or oil
must carry catch pans under engine
to protect tho >treets.
A. G. WHITAKER,
Chief of Police,