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Tuesday, April 12th, 1927
YAK IN (J HOLD OF THE OARS
Thare are many "contrary winds"
1\> be encountered in life, and at
times they seem so fierce that we
nsk in fear and doubt, can we over
come them? Hut when one remem
I'.rs that in every life there corner
?"coMrary winds" threatening theii
destruction, yet there is a power un
v :.eon that urges them to press on
ward and to give hope and in* : tra
il an, they b. conic powerless to de
i troy. Progress maybe impeded, hopes
i.lcrferred with, temptations urging to
t..i unwise course, hard tasks awaiting
' ( dution, heavy burdens to bear, trials
c-i' temper, failures and numerous oth
t .* storms come, but they are always
i. challenge to real manhood and wo
i.-nr.hoocl. , In such times take hold of
" til? oa >? of life with a brave heart,
<i"'.c-rmined to overcome all obstacles,
rnd stor.dily and surely you will sec
them vanishing. Your heart will
tvase to beat like tri, > hammers, and
then as a result of the difficulties
\ ou have encountered you are strong
ii and better prepared for the voy
age of life, the dark clouds have roll
ed away, and the sunshine of hope
and happiness will follow. Taking
hold of the oars is a testing of hu
man strength and human possibilities.
When you turn loose, although it ma>
be but temporarily, the lost grouinl
will have to be regained and the dif
ficulties multiplied to that extent.
Friends whom you had helped, ami
wh< ".j you had reason to expert would
be true to you, but who failed
you, add to the fierceness
of the "contrary winds", but
this does not afford any excuse for
turning loose the oars, but on the
other hand to get a firmer hold and
push on. Think of what it would be
if ail of life was easy sailing. What
worth while things would we accom
plish? Wo would not enjoy the vic
tories we win under other ? circum
stances unless we had a struggle, and
th^rtJUprtfer%he struggle the stronger
onc^?row? wien determined to pul1
steadilV, unflinchingly upon the oars
and wm out at nU hazards. So keep
a firm ariip on theVoars of life? "keep
your hn)|(l >P/?Y V^e throttle, and
ycur eyeV^fpyn/\h<\ rail."
CAPITAiT PlhllSHMBNT.
It i? not an unusftil thing vo heat
jurors when they are being callcd on
in murder eases, to state, when asked
by the court, about the verdict they
are to render if they object to cap
ital (punishment, and if that would
deter them from rendering a verdict
of guilty if the verdict carried with
it the death penalty and it is not un
UBual for them to express their op
position to verdicts carrying the
death penalty. This opposition to
capital punishment is not confined to
jurors alone, for there are many in
the various walks of life who are op
posed to it, and Rome say in substance
that they do not believe the law ha;-,
a right to commit murder, holding
that the passing of a death sentence
is murder. It would not take much
persuasion to get many to reach a
ibout the same conclusion. Yet it has
been a law so long that we take it
as a matter of course that one who
deliberately takes a life must pay the
death penalty and it is accordingly
written in our stute books. There
are several states in the union that
do not innpose the death penalty, and
the number will likely increase as
civilization advances, still we are not
fully persuaded that the death penal
ty should not at times bo inflicted.
At the somewhat dramatic close of
the Bigham case in Conway a few
days ago reference was made to this
subject by former .Judge M. L. Smith,
V/ho represented the defense, in which
he expressed in clear language his
views with reference to this. Wo un
Iderstand from that part, of his re
ittarks to the court that the state
?should not condemn to death a pris
oner upon merely circumstantial ev
idence. There ate those who hold
?his view, but who would, for one
prime alone, be willing to impose the
?6ath penalty. Among other things
Hddreased to the coutr and jurors at
Bonway by Judge Smith, he is quot
?I as saying this:
I "Life is the greatest mystery in
Hn world. It originates in the purifi
Httion and sanctification of passion,
Blich has an unrestrained license. Its
?tfaion has given to the world the |
Beatest suffering and heartaches iu
? goes through this world. It is a
Bnflkt between the balser elements
Bd impulses and the higher or con
Bructive principles, and in that great
Brugftle it casts a moral wrock or a
Beat character in the end. And in the
Bdi as somoorifc^ha's said, you go
Hit upon an unknown sea of event?,
Bd the ? destination is doubt? the
Blmeman Is death.
BI4I wish to say it here, your honor,
that time Will cotitto in this Mtatt1
Ptui In Other fcivilliieti 8tAt&3 when
capital punishhient will not be toler
ated ? when a state will not have
the right to put its hand upon a eit
izen and destroy his life. It should
te that way now when a case is
grounded upon circumstantial evi
dence, when there is no eye to see and
i o one to say, 'I saw ? I heard'. 1
will tell your honor that it takes a
nan to go and spend the last night in
the death cell and see his anxious
r.rd restless moments going, to ariu*
with him whose life is to be taken a?
the first rays of the rising sun, t>>
lay with him until morning and hear
.he death decree read, to hear the
olemn procession of death headed
l,y the majesty of the law, to hear
he shifting of feet by the assembling
witnesses, to hear the sizzling ot
liming flesh and see the ?makv ? m,!
. rom the limbs and smell the od >r of
iuman flesh burning. I sa.> tne man
who condemns one under those cir
cumstances ought to feel safe now
and ever hereafter."
SHOULD WORK TOC ETHEli
There has been a eonstaiu attemp.
0 stir up class strife bet wet n far li
ng and industrial interests.
Since the voting of the McNary
ih.ugen bill, statements have ap ear
<' to the effect that iht farmers
\\ ere seeking class legislation becuu e
'.hey believed themselves omitted
! ) 0111 the present tariff schedules.
It is doubtful is such sentiment
:\er emanated from actual farnurs.
, ne has only to read over the tar
fi figures applying to our agricul
tural products t<> sot* the error i".
t. ch a statement.
Anyone who will take thi trouble
? > go through the lists of protected
.arm products will see that practical
1 everything the fanner raises i;
?overed by a good duty, while every
thing hi buys for farm use come*
i to the Uniteil States duty free.
The farmers and industry should
".''l permit themselves to be placed at
?:oss purposes with each other, as a
?/icthod of making political capita'
for any faction or party. Thiir in
terests are common and they n aid
wni'k together.
DANK IN(i H ABITS ENCOU it AC <?"
NATIONAL THRIFT
The American people have had
rruch teaching, particularly during
and since the World War, in iho doc
trine of thrift. We have made some
measurable progress along that line,
to be sure. A century ago the sav
ings banks deposits in this country
were less than $1,250,000; today they
are about $2."), 000,000, 000. Seventy
y< ars ago there were 8635 depositors
in savings institutions; today these
have increased to 10,000,000.
The size and number of banks and
similar financial organizations have
increased tremendously in recent
years, and a glance at the da;ly new*
dispatches indicates that this expan
sion has by no means reached its
n flximum. In the matter of dollars
and cents we as a nation are be
coming well placet! in the t\hrif\y
class.
RAILWAY AND ELECTRIC COM
PANY IN TE RC ON N ECT ION
Following the lead of the railroads
in combining their track and car fa
cilities in order to render the public
the most extended service with the
hast inconvenience, " ower station*
are today linking together so that
it is difficult, if not quite impossible
to tell from what plants the cur
icnt is being generated," says pros
dent Thompson of the United Gas
Improvement Company, of Philadel
phia.
"As the power is being developed
and put into the transmission linos
from a number of points, ami a:^
a demand occurs at varying points
at different times, various plants are
speeded up to meet the situation. In
rase of an emergency, such as a
breakdown in the service in some
one system or group, current may be
I assed through another syst< m to
1 rovide the service."
Attention Delegates to Southern Bap
tist Convention.
The Southern Baptist convention
meets in Louisv'ile, Ky., May 4th
The railroad fare will be one and
one-half regular rate, provided yoil
have a certificate. Those purposing
to go to the Convention can get a
railroad certificate and enrollment
card from me. Preachers who havo
clergy permits will save money by
using their permit**. He sure to.
write for your enrollment cards and
railroad certificates in time. CI I AS.
A. JONES, Baptist Douse, Columbia,
S. C.
A NEW FARM CROP
A suggestion thnt. t.h<> agricultural
problem might be solved t.o some ex - I
tent if poor farm mnds were con- i
verted into forests, was made by |
Pros. Coolidge in proclaiming April I
24 to 30, "American Forest Week,'*
and recommending Its observance to |
the Governors of the 4H state. I
"One-fourth of our soil," the Pros- j
ident said, "is better suited to tim- j
be* jfiWvintf thati anything elau, I
cttnhot es?ap? tha conviction that our
industrial and Agricultural stability
will be strengthened by bringing in
to full productive use this great. etn
pire of land. -
"Although much progress has been
made in public forestry, and hopeful
beginnings in iprivate industry, we
still have a vast aggregate of idle
or semi-idle forest land, and another
lnrge aggregate of poor farm land
that might more profitably grow tim
ber instead of adding to the prob
lem of agricultural overproduction.
"Our migratory forest industries
would be stabilized and made per
manent. Rural industry would be
greatly strengthened and vitalized.
Agriculture would find in silviculture
a strong ally, providing markets joi '
farm produce and for surplus labor.
Our farms themselves contain nearly
n third of our woodland?an enormous
potential farm asset if handled for
.?ontinuous timber crops."
The President said he proclaimed
.he seventh annual observance of for
est week, which Canada had decided
o celebrate at the same time, in
the Realization that "no other of our
internal problems is of greater mo
ment than the rehabilitation of our
'orests."
THE PEOPLE PAY.
Engineers on Eastern railroads
"\ave asked IT) jxa- cent increase in
wages. Other branches of railroad
l.ibor are also asking increases.
It is interesting to consider what
would happen to the common citizen
1' all the wage increases demanded
1 v railway employees were granted,
it" all the tax raising bills proposed
::i state and national legislative bod
y's were passed, and if all the wage
demands in other trades were allow- |
ed.
The cost of living would be doubled
in the twinkling of an eye and the
' roblem of living increased twofold. 1
I 'very increase in the cost of wage?
' commodities comes out of the ul
i mate consumer, hence demands for
?.?ncalled-for wage increases or com
: odity prices are really aimed at tin
consumer.
For this reason the public should
! ke an interest in these problems.
?r in the end it pays t.he bill. I: J
i; in favor of fair wages and fair]
? rices, but it should not be forced to
; ::y an unnecessary premium to eith
1 ' r labor or capital.
j
! The legislature last week voted
1 own the bill ?nroviding for licenses
I'M* motor vehicles to be issued in the
countics where they operate, and as a
suit they will have to be obtained
, i n Columbia as heretofore. Gov.
] Richards favored this change, but
jlike some of the other policies favor
] c d by him it went into th' di-."nrd
In his campaign Gov. Richards favor
ed certain reforms which would be a
: aving to the taxpayers and at the
same time a convenience to the peo
vile, but a majority of the present
U gislature seems not to favor the
iovernor's measures of reform only
| o a very limited extent.
j .Judge Dennis, of Darlington, has
ssued an injunction against all peace
officers of the state from interfering
| with the business of flying machines
j >'i Sundays. They are used for com
| n.ercial purposes but Judge Dennis
jdoes not see the difference between
j passengers using a flying machine
;:<nd an automobile. Well, maybe his
i reasoning is right, but we are unable
to see it as he does. Automobiles are
a necessary mode of travel now, and
maybe the airplane will be after a
! while, but it can hardly be considered
j .<rt as yet. The flying machine oper
jated here a number of times on Sun
I days at a good fee for a few minutes
I ride up in? the air, but we did not
think it necessary, while the use of
| automobiles is frequently a necessity.
TAXATION FALLS ON ALL.
[ Showing how the burden of tax si -
j tion falls upon everyone, rich and
poor alike, Professor William 1$. Mini
j i o, Chairman of the Division of Ilis
| lory, Government and Economies, at
I Harvard, says:
"Everybodiy who pays rent pays
[ taxes. The landlord is merely a mid
dleman who collects t.he taxes from
his tenants and passes the lump sum
| to the city collector.
j "Everybody who buys merchandise?
pays taxes. The retail merchant
? asses his burden along to his cus
tomers in the price of his goods. So
with everyone wh'o travels on a street
car, or goes to the theater, or smokes
a cigar. They all pay taxes, wheth
er they realize it or not.
"When the gas company or tele
phone company raises its rates, even
lightly, there is a great hue and
cry, with meetings of protest and
t'i< ry speeches. Every householder
legalizes who's who when it comes
to paying gas or telephone bills. Um
when the city tax rate goes up, it
leaves the great masses unmoved.
"That is why we have so much ex
tiavagance in government. People
rondone this extravagance becausr
they feel that their own j>ocketbooks
are not affected by it in any way.
Be Yourself'
In a cigarette, that means
natural tobacco taste, and
that, in turn, means
CHESTERFIELD
i\atnrat tobacco taste is
the good taste of good to
baccos put together right
and nothing else! And in
this day what a "find" it is!
Chesterfield
and yet , they're MILD
Liooirrr & Myurs Todacco Co.
"Extravagance and waste bear
more heavily upon the poor than on \
the rich. If we can drive into the
public mind this single, sinvle econ
omic fact we shall make dim cracjr
.'?cmpatible with oconomy? and \vp cat. >
accomplish it in no other way."
NOTICE OF DISCHARGE.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned administratrix of the es- ?
tate of W. II. A 11 red, de<'eased, will,
>n the 1 1th day of May, 1927, apply ;
to the Judge of Probate for a final
discharge as such administratrix.
MAUDE L. A LI, RED, \
Administratrix.
Dated. Apr. 12, 11)27. 1 i,
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C. !?:. WKP.STEK, Clerk.
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