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TM B WATEHEE MESSENGER I'ulbUihed Every Tuesday by * C1IAS. W. BIRCHMORE, Prop. > ? ?; Sufcjjription $1.50 A~ Year In Advance iterckNgs Second Class Matter at the ^tofftce^t^amden. 3. C. [ue?4aj> f^ptember 13, 1927 i/nsolved Last June^ShVjjjff Sam Willis, of Greenville, was rtiurdered just as tyc orrtered his garage about midnight The crime naturplly excited consider enable attention. ^Detectives were Hut on the case, and they gave to the public quite a surprise when they ac cused the widow of the slain offico and his war-tiihe comrade and inti mate friend, Deputy Sheriff Town send, with the crime. They were ac cordingly arrested, and later releasee upon bond. All of the evidence a gainst* them was purely circumstan t'al. They went to trial at the pre swnt term of the Greenville court, and nearly three weeks was devoted to hiring: teatimony. A striking fea ture in this case was the persister.'. protections of the innocence of th; defendants by their relatives on botr skies. Bond for Mrs. Willis was fur nished by three of her sisters-in-law and brother-in-law. They stood b> hw during the harrowing ordea! through which she went. Mrs. Willi was sure she would be vindicated and so was the deputy. Those who followed the proceedings of this cas" 1 evidently were impressed with tin lack of evidence to convict' them o. the part of the state. Able attorn .eys were engiajged on each side. Per haps more than a hundred witness*1 were examined. Finally the celebrated case reache.! the jury Thursday afternoon an I within a very short time they render ed a verdict of not guilty. Thus ended one of the most unusual case> ever tried in South ? Carolina. And with all the time ami money expend ed, the solution of the mystery as to who muroderd the efficient and pop ular officer is not arrived at but it left more difficult than it was before the trial of the two defendants. Tht State made out a rather woatk case, and to the average laymen there ap peared to be hardly sufficient evi dence to go to trial, yet such a crime should be thoroughly investigated and if possible the guilty party or parties should be punished. . . TAX LAWS SHOULD BE SIMPLI FIED A demand that Congress redraft the law of 1926 in the interest of simpli fication, will be presented to the House Ways and Means Committee by representatives of the National Asso ciation of Manufjaoturei-s, National Lumber Association, National Petro leum, National CoaV Association, Na tional Boot and Shoe Manufacturers Association, the American Mining Congress and American Cotton Manu facturers Association. It is pointed out that the taxpay er is required to take oath to his in come tax return, therefore he is en titled to have the substantive provis ions of the act atMed in simple, clear and understandable language. The new law should contain a clear definition of persons, individual, cor poration, partnership, trust, etc. who are called upon ta^d expected to make returns and pay tax. A clear state ment of allowable deductions is a ne cessity. Tax authorities allow as deductible expenses, contributions made by cor porations for hospital facilties, recre fjM^centers and reearch work when t.*^ activities are carried on umler jufisdictinn of the company, or by the ' municipality and paid for by the com pany in its local twees. However, if the corporation finds it cheaper ivnd? better policy to contribute to the maintenance of a local private hospi tal or other eleemosynary institutions, or to research activities of a business college, such expenditures are not per mitted as allowpiible deductions. The committee declared it appears that business corporations might rea sonably bo presumed to bo conducting tholr butrinens for the ptrofit and ad vancement of their stockhoklers, and that their judgment should not be ov erruled to expenditures for public ov semi-public purposes. It seemed to the committee members to be un ^wlse to permit the possible prejudice v of ia tax auditor to overrido the con sidered judgmentof a board of direc '?4ors of a business corporation in mat : tws of this kind. - - A WONDERFUL COUNTRY, Electric light i? displacing kero \'?ene in the country arxl rhr In the cities, yet ithe consumption of neither oil nor gas ha* decreased. .On the | contrary, more gias and oil areused I than at any other time. Now use! for itm have haen> found, and usee for eotricity besides for light are con ItiuiHy being developed. The use of tti ' riclty for power and heat has juit begun* - v '* * There is no limit in sight to the ex ; . .V ' pans km of the electric business, for population is continually increasing and wealth is accumulating. But the creation of thie business out of noth ing is but one manifestation of that stupendous miracle which is another name for 'America. During the time in which the elec tric industry hais been developed, the automobile business has become one of the largest in tii^ country, the ra dio itas hundreds of millions invested in production of receiving instruments the people have money to buy and maintain those things c " ' the money they have paid to the >ducers has gone in wages to huncl.c.is of thous ands of workmen and to dividends on hundreds of millions, if not b'llioiw, of accumulated capital. . * Thai is what electricity is doin^ for this nation. NATION'S CAPITAL MOST BEAU TIFUL CITY The wonder city that will be Wash ington in. years to corno is pictured in ' plans of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission which :all for an expediture of many millions of dollars for new plazas, parks, high- 1 ways, recreational centers, airways.! inner and outer boulevards, r.trcets, monuments, public build'r.gs. (> .-.id iums, underground garages, street widening and other improved Irarf portation facilities. Tentative plans provide uitimat 1 / for the addition to Washington's ^23 miles of beautiful, shady asphalt streets of several hundred miles o.' new thorughfares in the District o.1' C-olumbia and adjacent territory Maryland wnd Virginia. In respect to street improvemers . the District of Columbia is only no\.' beginning to come into its own agai: . Seventy-one streets are being im rov ed with asphalt this summer, and sev eral additional concrete and other type streets are to be resurfaced with nsphalt. Government ownership really mean ? politioal ownership. When it is put that way, it doesn't sound so goo-.l. Be sure your matches and cigar ettes stubs are not alight. whei. thrown away. Carelessness oaurc millions of dollars fire loss r,nnua!ly. BACK TO SCHOOL It is school time again. In the eav ly morning the children may be seen in troops with animated facos and i ~ high glee stepping lively in their on ward march to school. In the after noon they are seen again as their footsteps turn homeward with zer.i and quickened step, for a period c' nine months, barring off days an holidays, that is the inspiring sigh, whi&h meets the gaze of the interest ed beholder, rnd heMs led to do some thinking about it. Conditions are not now as they used to be. Fair back in the years gone by things were different. There was a 'time when school was a private mat ter. The individuals of the commun ity assumed responsibility for the ed ucation of their children? that is, a group of them did. Schools were maintained by tuitoin fees and those who sent their children to school had to pay the bill, so much per month or week for each child. Those who did not have interest ^onough in their children to 'pay for their education were privileged to keep them out of school. The result was that the vast ly larger proprotion wero out of school, and it might be said that edu cation was at that time a class dis tinction. But, ae time passed, people learned to have a different view about the matter ? 'that is, some of them did. They believed that it was not for tho best interest of the state and its cit izens to leave the education of the children to chnnce. Taxes were pro vided to aid in financing the schools and tho opportunity wa? given to those unable to pay to go for a few wtoks, or months, at least. Then with the passing of l!mo the interest in education grow apace, until now we believe that all children should be in school for the full term. We believe that, but we do not 4'et have it quite that way. The discordant note in our educational system now is, that, while we have the facilities, we do not have the full attendance that should be required after the taxpay ers have provided the means for op erating the schools. They nre not getting all they nre paying for. They are paying for the elementary edu cation of ?11 the children and a large proportion are not gelling the benefit : of what has beeen prttvkled for them. I Who in fcoinpr to correct the injustice thrt i? h^inflr done \o the taxphyern ?nd the children ? - Our legislature too should wako up and stiffen their backbone and got this matter correoted without further de lay. If?t every child in the state bo in the groups that hire taking advan tage of the opportunity provided for tbeir intellectual development. It has been made a state matter, let tho fttate do its work properly. ? The Ker shaw Km. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON Sunday, September 18th, 1927 ? SUBJECT: How to Prevent Divis ions. Lesson Text: 1 King 12:1-24. Golden Text: Pride Goeth before destruction, and a haughty spti.it be fore a fall. Prov. 16:18. A well known writer has said: "In general, pride is at the bottom of all ' ffi^eat mistakes." We have it very forcibly presented in the lesson far today. In a previous lesson we saw 'Solomon in all his glory, and were impressed with his hunibldriess of spi rit. He asked for wisdom, and thus pleased the Lord. His beautiful and impressive prayer could but inspire confidence in him. But liko his fath e- and grandfather, he made a ser ious mistake. He at last turned from the Lord. The result was that his people were ready fto rebel. 11c had a wonderful opportunity to learn by experience a wholesome le6son, but he failed to do it. He who will learn fiom the experience may be saved much trouble; he who is too proud to listen to the advice of those who have had experience may suffer harm. Two children are standing near a ra diiaitcn*. One who says, "do not touch that radiator, it is hot; if j^ou touch it you will burn your fingers." One child disregarding this admonition puts his hand on the i-adiator, and learns it is| hot, but is burned in the ! piocess. The other child, wiser than he, heeds the word of his elder and accepts the fact thiait the radiator is hot without getting burned. ' A young woman warned by her mother that if she went out in her party clothes without overshoes and warps she would become ill, disre garded the warning, left and over heated room, and went into the incle ment night scantily clad. She caught a cold, which resulted in a lingering illness and death. The people of Israel had been gov erned with a merciless hand, and be gan to complain, until finally their complaint cvmounted to a demand for relief. You should read the entire chapter from which this lesson is tak en. There is so much of human na ture in it. "To your tents, O Israel," wore never to be forgotten words. Je roboam, representing the depressed children of Israel, and who was the first 'labor leader', wont to Rehoboam with a demfcitnd tthat the burdens he and the poeple Whom he represented be. made lighter. The taxes of the country were made too high; tho peo ple were staggering under the burden. Had Re hoboam been wise, had he fol lowed the counsel of the old men, ho would have been king over ajl Israel, but he had been having a hilarious time with the young men, umd listen ed to them, and thus brought disas ter upon himself. His folly is an out standing incident of this lesson. He insrtucted Jeroboam and his delegat ion to return in three days and he would then give him his answer. It was during this time that he consult ed the old men, and was advised to heed their request land grant them relief. The old men naid to him: "If thou wilt be a servant unto this peo ple. this day, and wilt serve them, arid speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants forever." The young men, however, gave en tirely different advi?e. They told Re hoboam to say to them: "Thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker th|:in my father's loins. And now whereais my father lead you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke; my father hath chastisod you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions." With this decision there was only one avenue left open to Jeroboam and he sought that to the regret Rehoboam. "What the weak head with fftring ent bins rules, Is Pride, the never-failing viec of fools." Ten tribes revolted and established the northern kingdom, with Jerobo am as king. lie who will not take the advice of those who }<now will be o biged to j)ay the penalty Well, if you want good advice where will you get it? God will ad vise those who wish Him to. Sup pose yCtu turn to Micah 6:8 and copy on a card the words found there, and look at it quite frequently for the purpose of practicing its sentiment, and see if it does not steer you clear of many of the breakers of life. "He hnth shewed me, man, what is Kood; and what doth the I/ord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?" Idolatry led Solomon to hi ; "?? Aro you safe from idolatry? How of ten you find men who have hecomo no absorbed In buaineas that they aro not found at their accustomed place* of worship? They hlavo becomo idol ater*. There in a turning point in life. We all, like King Rehoboam, come to tho turning point* - -place* where the way of life parta before u*, and eternftl .destinies depend on the choice we make, whether we choose God or the world, Christ or self; to do right and bo true in the hour of temptatiop, or to walk in the brilliant and ia/ttraictive way of sin that leads to death. And usually we do not realize the impor tance of the crieis, out only know wh&t is right or wrong. To decide aright is to gain a kingdom; to de cide wrong is to lose it. The only way to be ready for the great chok>M is to choose wisely in small affairs. Be patient in little trials, and you will be patient under great provocation. Be faithful in little duties, and yoi wilf be faithful in great emergencies. PROFITS GO TO MASSES The real capitalists of this country ? the people who-Eupply the bulk oJ the money needed for new industria enterpriser ? are not the people of im mense wealth, but the givat middl cte?s, those who work in offices stores and factories. A recent inves tigation shows that more than 1,383 000 customers have invested in secuv ities of power and light companies i the last 12 years. Customer and employe owenrBhip of our public utility and industrial cor porations is bringin about true pub lic ownership in this country. And it ia public ownership by which the pro fits laccruing from public service and 1 business go to the mass of the peo ple, and not to the politicians. "You can't ^build a com:nunit\ wealth with is mudsills laid on land less, homeless farmers. ? Dr. E. C. Branson, University of North Caro lina. Scholarship in Lancaster and Ker shaw Counties Announcement has been made by the state board of education of its award of scholarships in the state colleges. We give only those from Lancaster and Kershaw counties: Winthrop College ? Kershaw Coun ty, Lillian Gay. Holdover, Jumelle Haile. Lancaster County, holdovers, Grace Rollings, Cooper Davis. University ? Kershaw county, Jas. Riley Gettys. Lancaster county, Sumuel J. Faile. Clcmson College ? Kershaw County, Claudis Elmer Watts, Thomas Earle Smith. The Citadel ? Lancaster, Brodie I'rigman. The foregoing list may not be com pltte, but these names are all that we have at this time. ? Kershaw Era. TO HOLDERS OK SECOND LIBERTY LOAN 4; PER CENT BONDS EXCHANGE OFFERING OF NEW TREASURY NOTES Second I.iberly I/inn bonds have been called for payment on November 16th next, and no interest will be paid after that date Notice is given of a new offering of United States Treasury notes, in exchange for Second l.ilierty lxmn Converted 4 per cent bonds The new note# will be dated September 16, 1927. and will bear interest from thai date nt the rate of 3 H per cent. Tlie notes will mature in five years but nuiy be called for redemption after three years. Interest on Second Liberty l.oan Converted 4 H per cent bonds surrendered and aooepted in ?I'-liarga will be pnid to November 15, 11)27 Tl o price of t ho new issue of notes, is 100 Vi- Hold er* surrendering Second Liberty I*oan Convert e<l 4 ! i per cent bonds in exchange will receive, at the time of delivery of the new notes, interest , on such Second liberty Loan Converted 4 M per ecnt bonds from May 15, 1927, to November 15. 19.7, less the premium on the new notes issued. Holders of Second liberty Loan Converter! 4 U per oent bonds who desire to take advantrvgn of this opportunity to obtain Treasury notes of the new issue, should arrange with their bank for such exchange at the earliest possible date, as this offer will remain open only for a limited period after September 16th Kurther information may be obtained from banks or trust oompanle*. or from any Federal Reserve Bank A. W. MELLON, Secretary of the Treasury. Washington, D. C.t September 6, 1927. W. (). W. MEETING Live Oak Camp, No. 49, W. 0. W., Tfiects the last Thursday evening in each month at 8 p. m. Visiting sov ereign^ cordially welcomed. U. N. MYERS, C. C. ;. E. WEBSTER, Clerk." NOTICE OF FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given that on Sat urday, Soptember 17th, 1927 /clock A. M., I will make to the Pro Sate Court for Kershaw County my 'innl return as Committee for Re oecca H. Miekle and will apply on ^aid dite for final discharge a? Committee. SARAH B. MICKLE. August 15, 1927. NOTICE Any one wishing curtains strotched >pply to 904 Campbell Ave PrW.es reasonable. WANTED ? Any lot owners in l)u Rose Park who would like to dis pose of their property are requested to 8'-" me at my place of business, the Singer Sewing Machlno head quarters, R. A. PURSER. COAL? Snvo money by letting ur put <n your wintor'fl HUpply of conl now. Phono 340 fn r ourr low delivered price*. CAMDEN LUMBER CO. 9|9|27 8t. 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