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THE WATEREE MESSENGER Established 1884' _ Published Every Tuesday by ('HAS. W. BIRCHMORE, Prop. * SuhKcrFption $1.50 a Year in Advance m Tuesday, March 11, 1924. Entered as second class matter at the postoffico at Camden, S. C. ' THE COUNTY BOARD OF DIREC TORS. The Messenger ^ publishing this week a communication from Mr. Rob ert M. Kennedy, Jr., a well know.i business man of Camden whose pat riotism and strict integrity is known to every one who is acquainted with him, in which ho defends the county | board of directors, in whose hand.> ! our county affairs have been placed, j The personnel of the board is too well | knowp to need any endorsement at our hands, and we are sure that thoste who read Mr. Kennedy's communi cation will endorse his statement where he sayd "that our county af fairs nre in as good hands under this board as it is possible to. place them." He further says that "the members of the board in each instance, are making, big personal sacrifices to look after the affairs of the county for a nominal compensation, and were the county .to try to hire men of equal ability and earnestness, the salaries that men of thi.s type can command in any commercial enterprise would be beyond the reach of the taxpayers." 'The communication, we are sure, was prompted solely by a sense of fair ness and will be heartily endorsed by "the thinking taxpayers," to quote Mr. Kennedy's words. Vy>- believe the record will show that the board of directors have been careful in the expenditure of the county's funds and have effected ? i saving in the county's expenses. TAX EXEMPT SECURITIES. The indorsement . by the ways and means committee of the house of re presentatives of a constitutional a mendment to end the future issuance of tax-free bonds should meet with approval. The proposal is in line with Mr. Mellon's announced endeavor to keep a lurgcr ? hare of capital actively en gaged in business. If reduced surtax is one means of accomplishing this, elimination of t.-.x exempt securities is another. The administration must push the constitutional amendment with all the yigoiMt has put behind the Mellon plan if?it would impress tht country with the ..sincerity of its ? tax revision efforts. ? Milwaukee ( Journal. - I A WORLD LANGUAGE. A great world telepnonc system, making necessary tj all nations the use of a common ianguage, or a com mon understanding of language, will some day join all the people of the earth into a common brotherhood. Suph-is the logical conclusion of John J. Carty, Vice-President, American Telephone and Telegraph Co. The ultimate system of providing the communication of the world will consist of both wire and raoio, each supplanting the other in proportion to its capabilities, for each has its limitations, he says. "Thu.i science and industry will ultimately annul wa* and bring about an era of peace and good will." T'he recent action of <he Federal Trade Commission in attacking on the ground of monoply, the radio, tele phone and electric manufacturing companies which nre trying to devel op world wide cummiiriieation, will not encourage expansion alonft these lines. The Kershaw Era, commenting upon ?the provision made in the Kershaw county supply bill, for two constables at a salary of $125 a month with ex penses not to exceed thirty dollars a month pays: "Wo have no criticism to offer to the addition to the law enforcement forco of the county, but we venture to suggest that the enforcement of 'the laws in all of, the county, out side of the municipality, should he under the supervision and direction of the sheriff of^the county, who sl^oiuld be tho head of the law en forcement department. In fact, to 'ipfromote a better cooperation and Kj-mcre efficient enforcement of the law |f-' we? believe that magistrates' consta $j&--bles should be included in those who should be under tho sheriff's direction control. , I^M^To maintain three separate *?nd distinct; law enforcement department.' /'in a county, is to* invito conflict of j ithorlty and a shifting of re?pon that will not be calculated to ntfbte tho best service. There lid ,bo but ono law enforcement rtfttynt, operated from the same and all working in connection." is good logic in tho position takes. It had hot occurred it there will now bo three dis- , enforcement officials. With "ortdftlon there will almost j ,e sonio conflict of authority, i , thef provision has been madoj d can only wait and see tii&ly be from ~ I ' '?;< " I , '/ * SOLIDLY OPPOSED. ? *?. , So 'far es the l^aws has observed, no vpict ha;' been lifted by thd news papers or the public in defense of the sales tax1 b.ll proposed by the South Carolina Assembly. Those who have spoken have denounced the measure, and tho silence that exists is tanta mount to the belief that tho General Assembly will not be so foolish as to give the measure even 'serious con sideration. .No measure introduced in the Gen eral Af sembly in years holds such chaotic possibilities. Sufficient to condemn the bill is the fact that it is an innovation that should not be pro posed until it has been studied for a long time. And even casual study will convince anyone that it is an ex tremely radcal measure which is cap able of wrecking hundreds of pro ductive enterprises in South Carolina. The federal government coniidejed it as a means of securing money after >.he war but discarded it. If the fed eral government considered the sales tax impractical for its forty-eihgt states, woi/Jd it not be suicide for South Carolina to take no cognizance I of state boundaries and penalize the busino-ses within its confines? ] The sales tax bill must be killed! , The people are overwhelmingly a jfain?t it. There i> opposition on ev ery hand to this measure, but the gen uine tax reform ? revaluation and re assessment ? the support is almost one hundred per ?cnt. ? Greenville News. THINK THIS OVER. The farmers' and manufacturers' convention recently held in New York was a practical step in working out the theory of unity of interest between these two groups. | John M. Kelly of Baraboa, Wiscon sin, \j ce-president of the National ilol.itein Association, in discussing cooperative marketing and emphasiz j tng the necessity of modern buslnes I methods ii* farming, said: ? "No in dustry can survive and follow tiv ii.ethod ? obtained in farming. If Rock i feiler handled his business a 1 farming is conducted, gasoline woui.; sell iii five dollars a gallon to pay cost of operation. j "America's greatest problem is to teach the farmer how to produce on a- quality basis and sell on a paying basis." Commenting on the harm of high L.::es, George F. H?_-indel, vice-pres , ident of i'hoenix Trust Company of Otiuuia, Iowa, said that in some lo | calilies taxes on farm lands have in j creased in ten years three, four and , five-fold. In speaking of the Trees i urv'n plan for tax reduction, he aaid* 1 "This is not Secretary Mellon' j problem; it is not your problem 01 ? my problem; it is not the "problem of I the banker or the farmers, the man , ufuciurer or the mechanic, the land* I lord or the tenant. It is the problem I of all of us. It reaches into our poc | kets and takes twelve and one-haLf I cents out of each dollar 'it finds there; ' it reduces every ton of coal to 1760 | pound "7 it cuts a slice from a ten cent loaf of bread and two ounces i from every pound of meat. It will ' not bo solved by political bickering, : by crimination or recrimination, by ! demagogues or radicals but by the | sane, s ober thought and political ac tion of the sane, sober, honest people ? of this nation." CRUSH INITIATIVE? KILL A NA TION | Lenine is dead in Russia after a ! brief but stormy career as ruler of i that country. ; In England a labor governmet is j ty iide the dest.'nies of that great nation. What the outcome of Lcnine's teachings will be no one can say. What the change of control in England will ! produce, no one can forecast. This much is certain, however, and has been proved by pa.-t experience. When a i reformer or radical agitator starts ! out to ride the world he finds certain J established rules and practices devel ? oped because of the inborn traits of I human nature, and he cannot do just ! us ho pleases. j A government that crushes and kills j ambiton in the individual will not pro itiTO 's. A government that encourages ! initiative with its reward for energy will progress. I^enine's pr>iicy wreck | ed Russia and a similiar policy in Eng i land would wreck that nation. I Neither labor nor capital can be a dictator to the extent of crushing in dividual activity, without bringing a byul its own downfall. The legislature seems to be nearing its end. If this week does not wind uo the present session next week most likely will. Revaluation of all property in the state on n 100 per cent bar.is is pro vided in a new bill in the legislature. It may get through in time to become effective \vn 1N2T>. Really it looks like returns should bo made oil a 100 per cent basis. The greatest Hanger we can see in this is that It will bo so ea!y to increase taxes. A one mill increase under such conditions would mean more than Iwo mills under the present system of n 42 per cent val uation. < I 3 ALES TAX BILL WITHDRAW! Tho - almost unanimous oppbsitioj? to the proposed sales tax perhaps hafl much to do with its being withdraws from the Calendar, It is antu>uric?<fl that the legislature is about to soW? the financial problem by finding othefl sources of revonue ? or in fact iiV* croasing the tiix on some of the n sn sources previously discovered. A bmi' providing for the abolition of fraA tional business license stamps is en timated to raise $200,000; stamp dU cn chewing tobacco and snuff. $130M 000; increase of manufacturers taS to two tenths of one per cent., $300,E 000; and additional tax oApublic uta ilities,- $200,000.'- The-' JRte levy ol real e tate and'?pers8nal property wifi likely remain thf> same as leit yenfr-l] 0 mills. The appropriations for ptsnl sions has mounted up from the ojri-1 ginal appropriation some years ".ttgv when it was $50,000. It is mad/ $1,000,000 " this year. Suxely it cp.v not be said of South Carolina that she is forgetting the old soldier, who wore the gray. Judge M. L. Bonham who is pre siding over the present term 0f court, has made a very favorable impbessior. upon those who havo. had tyiy business in court tx<?ept the criminal class. We do not know how :hey feel to wards him. The sentences pas. ed up 6n some of them were severe onougr to make them feel that it is a SL-riou. thing to violate the laws of the state ] and the Jtidge is to be ^onmjended fo/J this. He is an able iAwyer and re-J fleets credit upon the high ofiice whicrr ho holcis. He was elected to the' Bench by the present legislature audi held court in Columbia for the first! time. v ? BUREAUCRACY, LABOR'S ENEMY1 j According to recently published statements, Samuel G'ompers, now| and for more than forty years head( ?>f the American Federation of l.aj bor, recently sounded a warning aj gainst political control of industry, j "I greatly fear a political .bureau] cracy," he said. "Tht portent ol .-ur:h a great machine ,js alarming, r "Our government., which, as an in stitution, 1 regard as the best in the world, is thoroughly competent in tht realm of political affairs and it ii just as thoroughly incompetent out side that realm. "Any effort to reconcile the politic al machrtfft! with varied industrial di visions and requirements of the co^n try can result only in most hopeleaj complication and conflict. ? > , i "I have said repeatedly, and. I be lieve I voice the ovenvhelming gen timent of the organized wage earn ers, that political government is In competent to direct industry. "It iB my belief that if the masse. of our people were fully conscious of what i9 taking place there would be less., clamor for governmental dom ination of industry." . I^EED OF LEADERSHIP. The party politicians have pretty thoroughly stripped the voter of hi' independence and hia courage. Glenn Frank has conceived the i deal President and describe.'', him in "The Man Who Should Be President' in the January Century. He says:"The next President should be a man of courage, should live in tellectually and morally enough above the battle of politics to enable him to think and to aotJ with the requi site realism and couragfK "The service suCh a president could render would help us bFjak the para lysis that has fallen i^on American politics. He* would help us reinvest the political process with reality. There is nothing more certain than tliat representative goverment is doomed unless we do away with the nnonymus blackmail which our democracy practices on its political leadership, with the result that courage gives way to cowardice and the statesman turns politician." FARMERS HELP THEMSELVES It is found that more than two bil lion dollars' worth of business was done last year by organizations of American fnrmers. It has long been said that the ag riculturist is primarily a 'buslnetii ?r/ftn, but it is only of late that ho has compelled recognition in this caj^ actiy by adopting the most up-to-da$e methods of business men in other line*. 1 ^ Collectively ho is the greatest of capitalists, also the greatest of pro duceres. His weak point has beet) distribution. Whne hen learns to distribute his products as manufac 'urese do, ho will have his business built upon a rock. Through co-opera tion and the employment of skilled executive vto handle his Roods, ho m?y do for himself more than lh$ gofV crnment can do for him.? St. Josep^ Gazette. '4 Fully 90 per cent of Aim-rican ih dustry is working under open conditions, according to Nool J^aiv gent of Now York, an industrial stAt istitian. mv If jcULLING HEN FLOCK " INCREASES PROFITS The first oasentlul for high e?g pro duction 1h healthy and vigorous stock, ?njB H. M. Wells, the extension poul tryman. of the University of Nebraska. Birds that have any physical defects should not be kept. The indications in health and vigor are noted by a good bright eye, a bright red comb and an active disposition. The poor layer will generally appear listless, In active ?n<i hfcve a posx appetite. The hen that Is first off the roost In the morning, the last on the roost at night, and has a full good crop of feed when ?he goes to roost, usually proves to be the hest layer. Certnlb colors or pigment changes also Indicate whether a hen Is a good layer or not, especially during the summer months nfter a period of heavy laying. These color changes can Points to Observe In Picking Out Layer*. be noted In yellow-skinned breed* The heavy luyers can usually be dis tinguished " by the faded-out appear ance of the. vent, eye ring, beak, skin, and chunks. This la due to the fact thut the laying fowl uses up the sur plus fat In the body for egg production, UBing It especially from the skin. The fat carries with It the color pigment | so 4that the good layer has lighter colored ahunks, skin und beak than bus the poor layer. Poultry profits are not based alto gether on the number of hens In the flpck, hut rather on the number of eggs thnt the hens lay. The elimina tion of the poor layer from the flock should begin ubout the first week In June or as soon a*? the production be gins to decrease perceptibly, and should continue during the summer and fall. The accompanying diagram shows tb? points that should be given special consideration when culling the poor layers out of the flock. ? Avoid Chilling Eggs in Gathering for Hatching (Prepared by tha Unlt?d Stat** D*partm??t of Af rlonUura.) Eggs saved for hatching should be gathered often enough through the day to prevent any possibility of the germs being killed from becoming chilled, says the United States De partment of Agriculture, and for beat results should be stored In a model*- ? ately cool place where the tempera ture Ib between BO degrees and 75 de grees Fahrenheit. It Is not advisable to hold hatching eggs longer than ten 4ays or two weeks before being Incu bated, and the fresher they are when act the better the chances of a good hntch and strong chicks. It Is harm ful to wash the eggs Intended for hatching, as the pores become filled and the air la shut off from the living embryo. It is also advisable to test the eggs In each setting for the removal of the Infertile ones, which will, give a better chance to those that are left* This should be done about the sixth or sev enth -day. A simple homemade tester can be made In a few minutes from a small wooden or pasteboard box of such slr.e that a common hand lamp, h iRntesn or a candle can be placed In It. A hole should be cut In the top directly over the flame, and another a little smaller than Cn qgg In one side opposite the flame. The testing should be done in a dark room. In testing, Hie light shining through the egg held against the hole In the side of the box, shows the condition of the egg. An Infertile egg Is clear, while the fertile egg will show a splderllko formation, a center with long, crooked threads, leading out ward, and this formation will float aa the egg Is turned. Feed Sprouted Oats to Poultry During Winter The poultry raiser who has not yet adopted sprouted oata as ? part of the hen's bill of fare, especially during the winter months, Is not only depriv ing his hens of feed that would be relished and which Is moat valuable In feeding for egg production, but la alao overlooking one of the best oppor tunities to nave on the coat of feeding. Spring R&'iige for Fowls Needed for Good Health As soon ns spring cornea, the fowls should he given the range of a large yard where ttiey^an pick green fpo<l and dig for worm*. If any of the fowls hnve diarrhea, add to ?ach gallons of their drinking watei^ona ten- i spoonful of powdered imirlat* of am monla. Supply this three daya, then give pure water three daya, than the medlcln*, and so on. Diet la more than madlolne In most Caaaa of lodt gaatlon. INDICTMEiNT OF FELDER BY FEDERAL GRAND JURY New York, March 7.? A federal grand jury to day indicted, three per sons for obstructing justice and at tempting, for a pric? of $65,000, to bring United States Attorney General Daugherty and other government pro secutors to protect men who ? since have been sentenced for using vhc mail9 in fraud which netted $175,000. Those indicted were Thomas B. Fee der, head of a well known law firm president of the Georgia society and defence counsel in several big boot leg cases; Gaston B. Means, a form er agent of the department of Justice and Elmer Jarnecke, secretary t. Means. Means, Jarnocke and nine others were indicted last October for usin^ the mails to defraud and engage in conspiracy through which 512. 00U cases and 12,000 barrels of whiskey were removed from licensed distill ereis and diverted Into bootleg chun nels. Felder is Mean's, attorney i: the case. Today's indictment charged the tri with having received $G5,000 fron. oflicers of the Crager System, Inc. and the Glass Casket company of A toona, Pa., of whom 17 since ha v. sentenced to terms ranging iroin a day to two and one-half-yeari in fed eral and county institutions after 40 persons indicted with them had bee: acquitted on charges against them dis missed. Safir has not been sent tc prison and his conviction is under ap peal. In additon to promising Safir an< his co-conspiratori, immunity iron prosecution, Felder, Means and Jar necke are charged with having prom ised to obtain from Attorney General Daugherty a letter stating that th< stock brokers' arrest was an error to obtain for Safir et al. certain busi ness records government officials ha seized; and to enable the brokers t< continue selling stock through th> mails without further molestation. Felder is the attorney who figure conspicuously in the winding up af fairs of the South Carolna dispell sary, and it is alleged obtained im mense fees and commissions. Late; if we mistake not he was indicted ir this state and Gov. Blease who wa in office at that time ordered his ar rest if he could be caught anywhere i. South Carolina. Felder was cau tious enough not to pass throug South Carolina after that. FOR THE EI9HT CORPS AREA. . Infantry, Field Artillery, Engineer?. Medical Department. FOR THE NINTH CORPS AREA Infantry, Field Artillery, Coast Ar tillery, Engineers. In addition to above branches en listmenta may be made for assign ment to posts as indicated: Camp Lewis, Wash... 6th Engineers Fort Douglas, Utah .... Infantry Cnmp Lewis, Wash Infantry Field Artillery. Fort Missoula, Mont. . . . .' Infantrv Vancouver Barracks, Wa.h., Infantry Lort Lawton, Wash Infantry Presidio of Monterty, Calif., Cavalry. Fort George Wright, Wash. Infantry Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo FieU Artillery. Coast Defenses of San Francisco Calif., Fort Winfield Scott Coast Artillery. I Coast Defenses of Puget Sound. Fort Worden, Wash Coast Artillery. Infantry, Field Artillery, Coast Ar tillery, Engineer. Banda: 33rd Inf. 14th Inf., 10th Band C. A. C., 11th EngrB. Band, 5th Band C. A. C. See recruiting agent now in Gam den. a stitch in Time. Camden People Should Not Nej?Iecf Their Kidneys. No kidney ailment is unimportant Don't overlook the slightest backachr or urinary irregularity.' Nature may be warning you of approaching drop sy, gravel or Bright's disease. Kid ney disease iR seldom fatal if treated in time, but neglect may pave 1h< way. Don't neglect a lamo or aching back another day. Don't ignore diz zy spoils, headaches, weariness or de pression. If you foci you need kid ney help begin using the reliable-, time-tried remedy, Doan's Tills. For BO years, Doan's have been found ef fective. Endorsed by Camden peo ple. Ask your neighbor! Mrs. J. A. Konnington. Watered Mill, Camden, says: "My kidneys wore in a terrible condition. ^ folt drowsy and sleepy mo?t of the time. I became awfully dfazy and dark Hpotn floated before my eyes. Some times my back felt as stiff an a board. I had nuch pain that someone had to turn me over in bed. I took Donn's Pilla an<l they quickly -fixed me up in A-l condition. I haven't boon troub led nine?." Pirlco 60c, at all doalors. Don't dimply a?k for a kidney remory ? jret Doart'? Pill* ? the name that Mrs. Kenslnfc*on ' had. Fontor-Milbui n ' Co., Utqk, Buffalo, N. V. . I Bids Invited. The undersigned school trustees of District No. 16 will receive bids for the erection of two school houses for colored children in School District No. 16, each building to contain three class rooms. Plans can bo seen at the office of R. W. Mitcham, archi tect, Camden, S. C. All bids mas', be filed with the board of trustee J by three (3) o'clock March 17th, 1U21. The trustees reserve the right to re ject any or all bids. A. E. MILLER, Chairman. 6. BRANHAM, W. M. GETTY S. School Trustees District No. 16. TAX NOTICE Office of Treasurer Kershaw County. Camden, S. C., Sept. -2, U2.t Notice is hereby given that iho books will bo opened for the collect ion of State, County and Schyoi l.ixvs from October loth, 1U2-5, to M.trch lilh, 1j24. A per.aUy of I p*?r cent will be added to all taxoo unpaid Jan uary 1st, l'J2o, 2 per cent i-Vbru^ry 1st, 1(j23 and 7 pujypbnt March loth, 1924. The ra'e p^^xentuiu lor Ivur&l.aw county is a.-> follows: >Mi!> State Taxes, U County Taxes, i' 1 -j Hospital, '* School Taxes, DeKalb Township Road Bonds - 2'* i'otal 21 Dog tax $1.25. All d^g owners are required to make a return of their dogs to the County Treasurer, who is required to furnish a license tag. All dogs eaugnt Without the li cense tag the owners will lv subject, to a fine of Twenty ($'J0.00) Do.iars. The following School Districts have special levies: Schoo District No. 1 '23 School District No. 2 1'.' School District No. 3 i." School District No. 4 '5 School District No. 5 t' School District No. 5. .> School District No. 0 l."> School District No. 7 8 School District No. 8 S School District No. 'J I School District No. 1L 15 School District No. 12 In School District No. 13 8 School District No. 14 1) School* District No. 15 8 School District No. 10 -1 School District No. 17 8 School District No. 18 15 School District No. 19 8 School District No. 2(t 8 School District No. 21 8 School Dist-ici No. 22 IS School District No. 23 11 School District 24 , 15 School District No. 25 8 School District No. 27 8 School District No. 28 8 School District No. 2'.? 8 School District No. 3'.) 8 School District No. 31 x School District No. 32 S School District No. 33 8 School District No. 31 15 School District No. \ "> School District No. 30 15 Schoo1 District No. 37 8 School District No. 38 8 School District No. 30 8 School District No. 40 25 School District No. 41 8 School District No. 42 8 School District No. 43 8 School District No. 44 15 School District No. 40 8 School District o. 47 8 The poll tax is SI. 00 All able-bodied male persons from lie age of twenty-one (21 ) to fifty (50) years, both inclusive, excep' re sidents in incorporated towns, shall pay $4.00 as a road tax except minis ters of the gospel actually in charge of a congregation, teachers employed in public schools, school trustees, and persons permanently disabled in the military service of the S'.ite and per sons who served in the War Hot ween the States, and all quarantine ?;-rv ce of this state and all re.-idents who may bo attending school or college at the time when said road tax shall b > come duo. Persons claiming disabili ties must present certificate from two reputable physicians of this county. All information with reference to taxes will be furnished upon applica tion. I). M. McCASK II,L, County Treasurer. NOTICE I desire to inform my frifti !s tha* I am local accent for (he Dally, Sun day, and Semi-Weekly Slate, Soutn Carolina's leading new^papfr, ami will appreciate the favor if von will allow me to send in your new or re newal subscriptions. Konowing are the rates: Daily and Sunday State, $'.?.0() ,i year. Daily, without Sunday, $7.')') a year. Serpi-Weckly State, $!.'.0 i year. All subscriptions mailed same day received. J. E. Gardner, ? Bethune, S. C. The regular commiimrii - "ii ?" Kershaw Dodge, No. 2!t, A r Ml., Is held 011 the .first I u e *. day evening of eat h trion 1 1 ? >u i ; Visiting brothers cordially M. Kil.l.lNOS. SI ' W. P. Nettles, W. M. Children Ory FOR FLETCHER'S C AST O R I A I?your section merely a rurr! r ? gion, or a solid and cohesive country community? Wh^t do you do to ward! Its organized activity;