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THE WATEREE MESSBNGER Tuesday, July 20, 1926 Published Every Teusday by CHAS. W. BIKCHMORE, Prop. Subscription A Year in Advance i'litered sk Second Class Matter at the Postoffico at Camde", S. C. TO ADVERTISE SOUTH CAROLIN A An enthusiastic meeting was held in Columbia recently, which was atten'i od by capable business men from va rious parts of the state, to discus? an active personally conducted advert ing campaign with the Governor o' the state as its head. Various id?ia were expressed and out of them a' some good plans will be settled upon The advertising jarty will not stav out before some time in the fall, hik1 this is well, for just now in .he fa. of some bank failures here in <>u state, the party might be confront*' with this while they were tolling of tl. wonderful resources of our state, an making an effort to induce settle) to cast their lot with us. We n<?' more progressive people in our slat those who will be real producers an not mere consumers, and when we g<> them we must have more capital, so i we can induce real workers to come a montr us and capitalists to invest thei money here, we can make steady pro gross. We do not need or desire th Florida kind, for if reports comim from that state are true, land value are going down and the inevitable de flation has set in. We want to buil up our state upon a sure and saf foundation, and if we send a delega tion of safe and sound business me> out into the west and northwest w can and will attract attention. The Baltimore Manufacturers K<i cord gives hearty endorsement editor ially to the proposed advertising cam paign, and among other things says: Such interchanges of visits betweo( the states above and below the Masoi and Dixon line are of indescribabl value in many ways, in ways so con spicuous that they hardly need be e numerated or even recapitulated. B all means let South Carolina visit Nov England and all the states interven ing; let South Carolina break a roa for frequent travel by North Carolina and Georgia and Alabama and Missi sisippi ? by each and every state of th South. And one well may be sui prised if any state above the lin should fail to trse the same road south vard. Uncle Sam has a great, big family Its members should live in actual in timacy for the benefit of each and f.> the good of the family as a whole. CAN LEGISLATION MAKE A FARMER? ? So many political crimes havo beei perpetrated in the name of the iarmt that it is a wonder farm conditions aiv as good as they are. Right now th, country is witnessing a political bai tie which is advertised as in the in u rest of the farmer. Following are sample headline lrom the daily press: "Big Figli Brews on Farm Relief." '"Corn Bel Lobby Opens strong Attack." "Com promise Plan Fails." ' t,U!>t Agains West and Clash Coming." "Bittei ness in Corn Bolt Becoming Acute. "Political Upset Looms." Tariff No\ Declared Major Issue jn Vast Agricu'i tural Section of Country. All of this comment is inflammatory It emanates from Washington and i. lor the purpose of furthering clas legislation and advancing the interest of different politicians or politica groups. Secretary oi the Treasury Mellon i? noted for his clear reasoning on mat ters affecting the public interest, lie advocated loNver surtaxes as a mean of encouraging business and tax rove nues. He was attacked most vicious ly for his position, but when his sug gestions wore carried out, they wore more than justified aim the whole na tion has benefitted. In discussing so called farm relief measures, he show that farming ('iffers from most in dustries in that its output largel;, fixes the price, whereas in manufac luring, the price largely Controls the output. Mr. Mellons says that government can be of most use to the farmer ii working out the best methods ol dis tributing and marketing crops. II states that artificial plans to raisi the farmer by his own boot straps t]i* regard economic law. Inability ol many European countries to buy om surplus crops, is largely responsible for American farm conditions, an-': this situation cannot bo changed by prl<ie-fixing measures established at the expense of the American consumer Mr. Mollon's advice is sound, at though it may not be popular. The farmer's position will be improved Just as rapidly as ho increases his un derstanding of scientific farming, mar keting ami distribution of products. All- tho government legislation in the world and all the political promises that can be ma<le will not make a sue mi*?' cessful farmer, any more than they will make a successful doctor or engi neer. The elements of success rest with the individual. JUDGE HENRY'S ATTITUDE Elsewhere in this issue of The Mes senger we are .publishing some com ments made by Judge J. K. Henry, up on the opening of court in York county recently, with reference to bootlegg ers. He declares that every person who handles whiskey on a public high way is a potential murderer and give3 sound reasons for the strong language he uses. He sounds a warning that ii will be well for all law-abiding^ citi zens to heed. He refers with much force to the vicious habit of some boot leggers debauching boys by paying | them to make delivered of whiskey, thus training them t<> become boot leggers, and points out what will be the result on future generations. Judge Henry is not over-stating the conditions. We do not believe that a word he ;? 'ys can be successfully con tradicted, and it i.-. certainly the duty of every good citizen to back u - tin officers of the prohibition law. "Th. work of the liquor dealer is the most damnable this side of hell," he says ^rtong language, but isn't it true? You take the youth from G:"eenwoor who was twice sentenced to be ban get' in Florida. When he went to Florida he fell into the trap of a bootleggei who employed him to "run" liquor foi him, but on his third trial he was ac quitted. We alawys felt that he wa< framed up on, and was not guilty o the charge brought against him, bu older men not helping him to a clear life but on the contrary leading him t( debauchery, came mighty near causing him to lose his life at the end of i piece of hemp. Hut we do not have ti go to Florida to find cases that shod is Judge Henry j oints some of then out in this state and in his own hom town of Chester. He hits some of th< newspapers for their criticisms of of ficers who sometimes make mistakes To be sure that sometimes officers o' the law make mistakes, serious mis takes, and it is legitimate to point them out and to criticise them for it but on the other hand, there is a wa; in which officers can be helped an that is for their critics to obey the lav hemselves and to back up the officer, who are trying to cfo their duty There are very few newspapers ii south Carolina who do not uphold the law. There are one or two that per sistently fight the prohibtion law, an'' are constantly trying to point out it. failures, and if they would change heir attitude ? would reverse them -elves on this ? it might cause some t<~ believe that the millenium was about to dnwn, but because there are thos< .vho will sanction lawlessness and op pose the Eighteenth amendment, is no ?eason to be discouraged. Take a de finite stand as Judge Henry has taken xs Judge Watkins, of the Federa' >ench, has taken and other goo ' Judges and you will soon see that pro libtion is not a failure but a grand \nd glorious success, making for tht X'tterment and elevation of mankind md saving our young men from mak ng shipwreck of their lives. Judg< Ienry's attitude along this line is cor rect. His out-s,poken position will five hope and encouragement, and hose who know him, know that ht neans exactly what he says. HANK FAILURES. Our country has been shocked re cently by the number of bank failure. hat have accurred within the ,p?3 few .veeks. Something more than a hun Ired banks in Georgia and Florida iave closed their doors, and in ouv >wn state some disastrous bank fail *ro: have taken place, the most not ible amopg them being the recent Sank failure in Columbia. A number of these banks were operated much on the order of the chain stores, with this difference, the chain stores are owned by corporations who employ experts to check up on them and should they fail there is not a lot of innocent de positors to lose their earnings. In many instances in opening up these bain banks no doubt men without much if any knowledge of the bank ing business are put in charge of them, and when this is done the de positor takes a mighty big risk to put his money in them. It has become all too common to road a notice like this; "This bank is closed for thirty days and is in charge of the bank ex ?iminer." Some times we think th" hank examiner is not on his job or there would not be so many disastrous hank failures. We do not pretend to have any special knowledge of bnnk ing. We have made no special study "f it, but we believe that some law should be ennct.od to protect the stock holders and depositors, and especially the depositors. Senator R. h. Free man, of Marlboro county, is quoted as saying something along this line, and as he says it will cost the depositors and stockholders something but they would prefer to know that their de posits were secure. Hanks could give indemity bonds to protect their depositors. So many bank failure* over the country will have a tendency to make gome timid people attempt to take care of their money in their homes, and this would be a ruinous policy for not only many of them, for they wouHd take the chance of theft, fire and many other chances for los ing it, but it would work a great hard hip upon business everywhere as well us the banks who must depend lurgely uoon their deposits. After all, it is a matter that should . be worked out by the honest, cnpablo ! bankers, to devise safe and sound re-! medies, and this we believe it will ev entually lead to. Banks are absolute ly necessary to the growth and pros- ; verity of any community, and they! should be conducted cn safe and sound banking principles. When it conies t-i I a chain of banks the parent bank may. | not be able to carry the load, or th ? I chain may break and the parent hank po up. ! It has been estimated that news paper advertising has shortened by one-half the process of selling the ser vices of many industries. Compared with other motors, a la boring man has been rated by French investigators as having about one seventh horsepower and an efficiency >f 30 per cent. There are 2,058 more closed eU" tri ? ?ars in regular daily use today, than here were in 191!). Unpleasant though it is to admit it, stern experience seems now to have lemonstrated that the indifference of '.he great masses of the American puo ic to the economic waste involved in nreventable fires, will only slowly be overcome. Our annual fire loss is a >out $550,000,000 a year. Jeff Williams, 80 years old, was hanged in Columbia, Miss., on the lGth inst., for the killing of his wife. He was the father of nineteen children, a majority of whom plead for clemency for the aged man, but the Governor re fused to grant him clemency, If only a part of the things advo jated by the various candidates for Governor in the present campaign should be j-ut into effect then wf would have a less expensive govern ment. They each favor rigid economy \nd the most of them if not all are in favor of abolishing the tax commission ffice and having the duties of this >ffice devolve upon the comptroller -eneral's office, where it should be They are in favor of a reorganization if the highway department and th> number cut down. The people should have a voice in selection of those who \rc to look after their affairs, but as he tax commission js now constituted ind the highway department, the peo ple who pay the bill have practically io voice in their appointments. We 're beginning to get a bit hopeful that ome wholesome reforms may yet ?ome about. The candidates for congress from his district are to speak in Camden on he 27th inst., according to an an ?ouncement made from Chester a few Says ago. 143,409 Estate is Left by Late .Pub lisher Columbia, July 1G AP). ? An estate alued at approximately $113,409.72 nd "including the capital stock of The >tate company, which includes The .State newspaper, was left by Ambrose .J. Gonzales, owner of The State onipany and publisher of The Stati ..ewspaper, who died last Sunday a\ .lis home here. His will was filed to day with (i. Duncan Bellinger, judg .<1 probate for Kichland county, .sight beneficiaries were named. 1 he capital stock of the State com ,?any is left to William J*). Gonzales,) editor of The State, and brother to Ambrose ft. Gonzales; Harriette Gon I /.ales, of Osborn, sister, and Willian. rilliott, of Columbia, as trustees. Beneficiaries named in the will are: Ai.liam ft. Gonzales, brother; Harri ette Gonzales, sister; Alida Gonzales. f Columbia, niece; Ambrose ft. Hamp .on, of Columbia, nephew; Lucy Hampton, of Columbia, niece; and Mrs iertiude Barringer, of Sumter, niece. Bank at Kershaw Files I'lans Here Plans were filed at the Columbia Builders exchange yesterday for the new bank building to be erected at Kershaw. The plans are by Lafaye &. Lafaye of Columbia. The building will be two stories and will contain banking quartern, post office and lodge rooms. The building will be of brick, the lower stroy being stucco over the brick. Three vaults will be in the building, two for the back and one for the postoffice The State. News from Honolulu. Big drouth Grass skirts turning to dust. Likely rain before you could get there. Good formula for killing any com msnity organization: Knock the offi cials and break your agreements. Good railroad transportation is cheap "Thrrt i are (lire* things which make a notion great and powerful ? a f< rtile toil, busy workshops atul easy ottiriy anre for man and goods from place to place." ? Lord Bacon POOR railroad transportation, with its attendai^t delays and uncertainties, is expensive anil1 wasteful, irrespective of the charges for it. A.11 shippers know that. Dn the other hand, regular and dependable service greatly assists the economical operation of industry. All shippers know this, too. Thus the cost to the purchaser of railroad service must be measured as much by the quality of the service as by the actual charge in dollars and cents. But even the actual dollar and cent calculation ol railroad charges shows how cheap service on the Southern Railway System is in relation to other things. The cost of almost everything has increased about 70 percent in the last decade, but the average freight charges on the Southern have increased only 35 per cent. In relation to the cost of other things, transportation on the Southern is cheap. And when measured by the quality of service rendered, it is one of the cheap est things that can be bought today. S OUT ERN RAILWAY cme Southern serm SYSTEM t/ie South WHERE HELP IS NEEDED InMitTerence toward local probh m being (lis; layprl by the reclining cha receive his hare of the wood when it hand to the task, just as the indiifc nnd proper administration without a not even take the trouble to vote. Very often if it were not for a few these towns would go backward inste to do is as nothing compared to whit busiest. and most prosperous town i~ of booster residents, or residents wh> town on earth. Keeping Camden on the road to r operation of every one. 'i'bhose v. h ? else should not complain if things do busy and take n hand at the saw NOTICK OF S A !,!?'. State of South Carolina | V County of Korshnw | COURT OK COMMON I'l.KAS. The Farmers &, Merchants St:i? ? Hank, F'lnintiff. Vs. R. W. 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