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THE WATEREE MESSENGER Tuesday, July 13, 192C Publis&ed Every Teusday by CHA8. BIRCHMORE, Prop Subscription $1.50 A Your in Advance . iTlered uh Second Cluas Matter ut the j Postoffice at Camden, S. C. THEY ALL HELP. The various organizations ;<jrm:d I in a community render a service >hr. | is perhap:; at times of a kind that at- ! tracts only ordinary notice, or in oth : e.- words we take them as a matter of ; course ? just pood things to have. Hu when you begin to investigate ther. you will find in many instance.; tha they are worth a great deal; th?-y ; help wonderfully. Take our chai.-.b ei of commerce for instance. It would be impossible to make a 1 t < i the many things that it has a.-rom plished for the community. When they see a good thing they take to i at once. Yes, that's a part of wlv: they organized for. They work, too in conjunction with other organiza ! tions. We have in mind anotluv or ganization that did a great deal fp ! this community while it was actiw j and that was the civic league. Son. i how we have not heard much abou' 1 the civic league lately. We know tha | it took a good deal of time and ener ! j.y of its active members, but thei work was appreciated. In a commun i y such as this it should be an easy matter to get together a hundred la dies to push the work of such an or ganization. But even if you cut t h ? -? number in half, or even down to one lourth, it would be amazing w.i.i veal help they could be. So we ar> going to call upon the ladies of ou: community to again make the civ league a real active, live organization There are so many things that the;, could do to render wonderful help Once they were in working conditio, they would see much they might, do and fur more than we could point ou to them. Several times -recently wt have felt that there were some mat ters of public interest Here that wi would like to call to the attention l just slich an organization, but w< wonder jf the ladies have actuallj grown weary in well doing? We ho;.< , not and we want to urge them to le their help and their influence aga be felt in' our community. The Mess enger will gladly give them any as sistance it can. pood ladies, it is u to you. Help! * MAJ. JOHN G. RICHARDS Maj. John G. Richards, who is ; candidate for Governor, elands ; mighty good charge to win ?<ut in hi race judging from the reports as th campaign progresses. The daily ja rera give but small space to th speeches of the candidates, for whic' they cannot well be blamed for th number is quite lnrgv?, but from wha we get in this way Mr. Richards im presses us as the safest mail in th race. He is opposed to a consstiti: tional convention; opposed to a reva' nation of property at this time*; an it making some comments on the ta commission office and highwa; x department that indicates that he i giving study to some important m av ters with a view of aiding in brimn about needed changes should he b elected Governor. A corre.v onden writng for some of the papers recent ly eliminated four of the nine cand' dates for Governor, and we notice that he placed Mr. Richards first a those who were really to be counts in the running. Kershaw county wi show her appreciation of her fello ? citizen by giving him a rousing goo vote. THE INHERITANCE TAX A correspondent of The State new paper wants the candidates for (???? ernor to tell how they stand on th Inheritance tax, if they favor it defend it. The correspondent reside* at Clover and happens to have th same name as one of Camden's for most citizens. He is seeking ligh( upon an important matter. Me want' the candidates to answer this que; tion: "Do you favor the present state inheritance tax, more common ly known as the death tax? "If so,' says this correspondent, "defend i' and let it be known that you are w I ling for the State of South Carolinr to strike a man when he Is cold ir death and take his earnings from hi widow and children." It is easy to ^understand that th Clover man (toes not favor this tax there are very few who do favor it w<> ? imagine. It is not right that, afh-r a man by his energy and industry har> acquired some property for his family after he is gone for the State to step in and claim a good slice of it. A gift from a northern gentleman who upent a good defll of his time in Cam den, amounting to $10,000 for th Camden hospital, was cut by the in herltancp tax laws of New Jersey the home of this gentleman prior t< his death. We understand that a tax zf $500 was deducted from the a- 1 ...ount willed to the hospital, and which "amount was generously made1 '??od by his widow. j Our present tax laws are well cal .lated to create a lot of tax dodgers, ul who can blame them ? Of , urse the Governors do make the : w? but they are supp'osed to have ? very large influence and can use h Mr influence to prevent the passage | ?i" obnoxious laws. At any rate it ; very well to know how the candi- j ites regard such laws. PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANTS It seems to be generally understood ' at Gov. A1 Smith, of New York, anil )'on. W. G. McAdoo are still grooming f r the presidency. The fight they ? it up in the last national democratic i invention should serve to eliminate ' leni. The weary days of balloting ir these two candidates weakened ?. e possibilities of democratic suc 0 ss, and should they again be placed 'm 'nomination there would no doubt ' ? another bitter fight and with jt t'se chances of democratic success vt nl(l again be made exceedingly ubtful. Gov. Smith evidently is a an of much force else he could not we been elected Governor of New "ork for three terms, and with a Re jhlican legislature accomplished as cuh as he has done, but it is under- j ' tood that he is a "wet" candidate j ?id the vast majority of the voters t' this country are for prohibition. Mr rcAdoo in many respects is a very miarkahle man, but whether or not ? deserved it, he has the taint of oil" on him on account of his con action as an attorney with the oil ?andal. The way we look at it is mt the democratic party needs a 1 -nl leader that the whole country vould have confidence in, and one vho c(fflld bring the factions togeth r. This will be necessary if a demo j rat is again elected president of the | Inited States. The nomination of i mith or McAdoo will mean another iluj" in our opinion. | SSESSM ENTS OF COI NTY CAN DIDATES There seems to be no fixed rule fo: ssessing county candidates. Tlv \ xecutive committees in each of th mnties adjust this to their owi leas of what is right, and there can e no complaint about this, but in >me instances the assessments an laced unnecessarily high we think, hey have never been excessive ir his county, and we are sure our ex cutive committee, in fixing the as p omenta, gave careful consideration o what would actually be necessary here is a certain amount of advertis ng to be done, tickets to be printed nd managers of election to be paid "o far as we know the secretary of he executive committee in this count.v as never received any pay for hi ervielx, hut he should- be compen sated for there is considerable work t* o performed by him. In Richlan,' county the assessment for Probat udge is $400 ; for Sheriff and Glerk f Court, if we mistake not, is also ?400. Such assessments are excess .e and will tend to keep some cap ble men from entering the race. Not iiany would like to put up $400 in ash to take a chance at getting elect 1. In our county the assessments .->r Probate Judge, County Treasurer nd sheriff have been fixed at $7fi. 'ounty Auditor $f>0.00. When these ssessments were made we doubt if he executive committee counted up n as many offering for these place-* s have already done so, and If they ach qualify of those already an ounced the receipts will be around ?le thousand dollars. This does not ike into account the candidates for >ad superintendent, where the as essments were made $50.00 and a umber of other offices. If the list mtinues to grow it might be possible or the executive committee to revisi ts list of assessments, although in orrv arisrrfi with some other counties hey are moderate, while perhaps in thre cases they are nbove what som> ounties fix. The committee, howev r, can be depended upon to do just vhat is right and necessary in th" natter. DEATH OF MR. GONZALES The announcement of the death of vlr. Ambrose E. Gonzales, president ?t' the State Co., who died suddenly t his home in Columbia at an early our Sunday morning, heart failure eing the cause of his death, was a 'teat, shock to his friends. Mr. (ion tiles was 09 years of age at the tinu j. f his death. No one was better fnown throughout South Carolina lian be was and there was no more atriotic and useful citizen than was Vlr. Gonzales. He devoted his time ind his (creat energies and capabili ies to the advancement of the cause ?f the people of South Carolina and >f his country generally, and he was bsolutely unselfish in what he did. Few men have accomplished as much ?s he did for the advancement and de elopment of his state, and it was all lone in a quiet., yet persistent manner Dollar Spent at Home Comes Back Every dollar spent in Camden comes back to the gender with interest, figuratively speaking. There is no wise ? use of m i:;W In the first place, we are assured of getting the best goods and ??{?rviee, and in the n-'xt place we are making an investment with the same cash. By patronizing our local merchants, we are helping to build up Camden's ; business section. This means larger stores, bigger assortments of stock and better service to the community. Visitors usually judge a town by t ie size and appearance of its business district. The storekeepers' abili ty to make a good showing in this res ect depend upon the local patroangc tiey receive. Bigger stores pay bigger taxes and the public improvements and oth v benefits that come from higher revenues are enjoyed by all. t iva t marked him as no ordinary man. : { e kept a level head all the time, and while he did much for journalism he >vas active along other lines. He had xtensive farming operations, and . ome how we always felt that this ranch of his activities coupled with t a desire to show what could be ac omplished on the farm by intcllig nco. In addition to his work as a 4*wspaper man and as a farmer he as also the author of some books. His death is a dinstinct loss to South arolina, and profund regret is felt nroughout the state .at his passing. FOR GOVERNOR What South Carolina wants and ught to have in the governor's chair s a man who is able to think without r.elo from the politicians, who haa trong convictions and is fearless e ough to make his convictions carry ?veight with his fellow citizens. A ?nan of strong and unyielding integ ity, and who loves God and his state o the point of sacrificing himself to airying put of the principles that nake for a greater and more God fearing State. ? Dorchester Eagle. TO REDUCE THE NUMBER The Yorkville Enquirer hears by ?grapevine" that the gathering of ?enators at My trie Beach recently de eded that they would cut the member hip of the State Highway Commiss on from fourteeri to three. The Enquirer suggests that they make it \ ;even, and The Sumter Item adds r-his: m "No, don't make it seven. Go back o five -the number constituting thj riginal commission. Five good men, vho have records of business success ind integrity, are sufficient to run he highway department ? and one of he five should be chairman and ?hief commissioner. There is no need of a twin-headed commission, sporting both a chairman and chie* ?ommissioner." Experience seems to indicate that 'he commission of fourteen members i.s too large, and when the general as sembly comes to highway matter* next year the body should be reduced n numbers.- -Spartanburg Herald. FOR SALK Puro bred Poland China pigs, en titled to registration. Apply to A I, I, EN B. MURCHISON, Camden, Route 4. Thedford's BUCK DRAUGHT Liver Mediciae Made from selected medicinal roots and herbs- Nature's own ?medy for Co^itlpatlotl and Indigestion. Sold Everyv/here HOW DRY I am/ The fellow In the car is comfortable, happy and dry. Not so the bird out irt the rain, however. He's "all wet"? and he knows itl What he should do is buy a used car on the GMAC Plan ? just a small sum do wn and the balance on the most favorable terms in the entire automobile in dustry. Easiest terms are only one of the ad vantages of buying one of our fine uged cars. Confidence is another. A wide selection of good-looking, recon ditioned, honestly priced cars is stHl an other. That's why more and more people are buying used cars from us every year. We will do our utmost to satisfy you when you come in. WELSH MOTOR COMPANY ( amdon, S. C. Jbr Economical Trantforf%iioB You can rely on a used car when bought from a Chevrolet dealer. i?rilon for Mat *4 uifd car* for ?l? at low price*. %S) 1V2J Chevrolet Mown Company J. P. PICK KTT, M. I) Physician & Surgeon Physiot horn pontic Treatment with Alpino Sunlight find Medical nn<l Surgical Diathermy Office {>49 Broad Street In summer milk should h?> heavily watered through tho row. Commhnity pleasure gathering* arc first stops towards community coop eration for business. Station, to Station CaUs Rc4ucc Telephone BU'3 TO make a = tr. tim.?o ? '".t.ition call \0'i merely tell the o^^n'o' t h ,-i t yr>i v. ; h to be connected with a c?>*t.v*i te'?pho"e a. the distant point. Von do net ask tar a particular person. The call enn be cor"-1 d * ;*<?> 'I y^'.i do not know the number of i t c1', Virc you are ca!li>*q. You ;.c'< to >??; om. nected with 'he tel^p ''.i-ir in f'r ' lir.Vs residence or v. i h the t- ! c :i o.". e i i tie of (ice of Jones & Company. Station ? to ? rtation service is brcciinp ri ? phone users under-, tar.d I make calls of this kin;!. Try this ser,,ice v.h n r nVirn roc "I or business calls. Yc u wll be si'-p-is'f' h-?v quickly you got your party. nul the small cost will please you. ?sk ?'L.onq Distance" fo>- ? and other detailed in'o ?n-,-*tr>,i about r> < ? clasr.cs of long cl.c..ri-? C 1 1 ? . MORGAN 13. S?,-IR. Carol nas "BLLL SYSTEM" SOUTHERN DELL TELE? MOKE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY One Police 0?tr (.'??? ft' ?' ? There is one Thing You Can DEPEND UPON When you buy your Groceries form our ston. , and that is you get prompt and satisfactory service if the goods are to be delivered %to you but the s*hief thing is that vou always get GROCERIES THAT SATISFY For we are not going to give our customers any thing but FRESH AND WHOLESOME GOODS. We look carefully after the selection of our Groc eries, and iisyou'eome to our store f?> buy you are sure to come again because vou find that we give you QUALITY SERVICE THAT SATISFIES ' 4 "If It's Good to Eat We Have It." W. T. SMITH. Phone (>4 1046 Broad Street. f J . I\. 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