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THE WATEHLii MESdfcNOfcR, Published Every Tuesday by <JH AS. W. BIRCHMORE, Prop. nbscription $1.50 A Year in Advance 'ntercd au Second Class Matter at the \>s toff ice at Camden. S. C. Tuesday, November 3, 192 7 ?OV. RICHARDS IN CAMDEN. What a genuine pleasure it was to ;he many friends of our good Gov ernor to have him spend the day ii. Camden! Gov. John G. Richards jkvas invitod by the fair association i ?ome and join with the folk at hom >n Friday. The weadher was idea. ?nd his visit was looked forward i with genu ine pleasure. When he ar rived at the fair grounds about mk. day he was greete<l by a host c flriends and as he mpvoJ about a mong them greeting first one an then another, it was easy to see ho\ sincere the friendship for him wa. We have been a friend of Governo. Richards for many years, and know ing him as we do we know that hi ??very purpose a sthe chief execuliv o( our great State is to render th very best possible service, and to d al' within his power to advance ever, worthy interest of his constituent-* He has been put to the te.;t sine assuming the seals of office. 1 every instance he lias stood fou square. He merits the he>arty cc operation of the pcopL of Sou In Cai olina. We were especially glad that i came over Friday to attend th.1 fai. His visit created a feeling of ci-. liality and helpfulness, just suc.i ill be worth while. lie is a Ker haw county man, and the first on om this county to hold the ofiic. 1 Governor. When the time come |or him to lay down the seals of o. ice, he will go out with cloan hand ,nd the well done of every good la\ biding citizen of our State. And ? 'ill be said truthfully of him tha. [e endeavored to carry out ever;, mpaign promise he made. That i.-> kind of Governor South Carolin;. in Gov. Richards, and he wil. ways be welcomed back in his hom inty, among friends where his lif*. been an open book, and wher^ public career has been one of sin 'ity, honesty and efficiency. A MINISTER'S SORROW I An aged minister in Charlotte, N. L a few days ago said that "no poor leacher ever tried harder to raiisu boys right than I did." His son \ just been killed by his Bister, IiO shot him to cktfend herself when came home drunk. The {young in began beating his wife when he home from a drinking party, his sistcjr tried to quiet him, |h the result that she had to shoot in self-defense according to pub id accounts. The Raleigh News arver made the following pertin comments upon the tragedy, ch shows where society comes in its just share of the blame: The minister spoke words oi h without a doubt. He had tried I how he had tried, to make the way ter for his boy than it had been himself. He had looked forward the day when his boy would occupy position of honor in (the world, ere were many days when the way >med so dark ahead that no ray light ould be discerned. In those !'k hours it was the thought of his ildren who would carry on that ye him strength to go on. 'Parents do not despair of them ves. They are ready to face dis ter ? for themselves. It is disas ? for their children that gives ihem icern. Parents do not fear death, I only their ideals may be exempli and personified in their Children, rlfice brings its own reward of tiafaction and happiness. |"The Catawba county minister hns lived in vain. He has preached greatest sermoni. Not his son ds indictod in the city of Char 8, but overy man and woman who and abettod in bringing him to ver and death. From all ae iints it was liquor that started n on the road to the tragic end kquor made by some moonshiner, ?uor sold by somo bootlegger. ?"Others knew about the manufac or sale. Others bought or sofd stuff. Others, many others, kra indifferent to the manufacture Sttle of the stuff. They talked on the other sklo of the street. 9y felt themselves too good to Ither with such things. They were lut indifferent. Enough for them to ttefcld to thoir own /business. No itter if others should be tempted "^"Tld their strength to bear." jgh 87 per cent of milk is wa ft the other 13 per cent is worth ? weight in gold to producers and takers. "Community life mako the ration" "i Theodore Roosevelt. Wo can i to make community life. A GoQl} &1GN l In the recent term of court "or < this county, there were a large mm iber of cases to be heard for violation of the prohibition law. They occp ' ?ied the center of the stage, so to rjpeak. Many of the defendants on ?ered pleas of guilty. This of course .where they knew themselves to be guilty, was to their credit. We have :;ften wondered why the presiding I ,udge would impose a sentence of six Months with four months suspandcd. I Why not make a straight sentence in 'accordance with the vio'^tion of ?he j aw? But the good sig hat we ob | xrved in the cases he* .1 at the r? j -ent term of court was that very I (*w of the def ndants 'eceivc 1 S3n j ences with several months suspend ed. nl most cases whey ?vor<? traight sentences, running from two ?months to sixteen month? and in at ! least ,one instance, a fine couple;! j vilh the sentence. j Thwe can be no exc.use for a lot | of young fellows prowling ) i mnd I over the country, selling whiskey. ? When they do this they knt.w .hat i iiey arc violating the law, and tiier.' . fore become criminals. In such <.as ' it is our opinion that the sen ten o:; uive as a rule been too light. It is ? ibsurd to say that the prohibition ; 'aw cannot be enforced. If vhin j great government of ours could with J n a few months get together ov?. ! four millions of men, and send over .Jwo millions across the wato:* tr I fight to make the country safe o: jdemocracy, why cannot a \?ffici?nt | force organized to absolutely ; break up the whiskey businc "3? When the courts get to turh; ling u;* >ii prohibition violators, giving ih.'m j sentences comm .nsurate with the e - lirmity of the crime, our ?ourts will j not be so congested with whiskey cases. Let the law with regard . i prohibition bp vigorously nforee.!. and those who patronize blind upvr ?? urn the light on their own actb and ?see if they have a clear conscience. Then we will have a safer and be'.'.e country in which to live. GOVERNMENT BY LAW The Coiv*ututJon of the L'nilivl States was drawn and perfected by the ablest body of men ever issenib led to launch and establish a Govern ment to be ruled by law. Three departments were civatc:; one makes the laws, another carries out the laws, and a third interprets the laws. Officials are chosen to en force the laws. The first article in the Constitu tion creates the legislative Depart ment?much the longest article, oc cupying more than one-third of the entire document. Every department acts upon laws, administers laws and is governed and controlled by laws. Very few indi vidual rights or proporty values have any existence outside of laws creat ing them. Our government is essentially cre ated to obviate and nullify the prac tice and effects of Communism, Bol shevism and anarchy in its operation. ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL. An eastern financial publication re cently criticized fire insurance com panies, because the companies claim ed that if *the underwriting loss they had suffered for several years past on writing fire and lightning insur ance could not be eliminated, rates for this insurance would eventually have to be raised. The article took the position that instead of raising rates, costs should be reduced. It overlooked the fact that insurance rates are one of the things which have not increased in price since before the war, and in many instances have actually decreas ed. This, in spite of the fact that the materials the companies use and the wages they pay have increased the same as in other lines of business. The article criticizing the comp anies also took the position that while money might be lost on writing insurance, the return which compan ies received from the investment of their reserves carried to protect pol icy holders, was sufficient <o show a profit ami offset the premium loss. Following the same line of argument one might claim that the owner of a grocery store should be expected to run it at n loss through chnrginig too low price for goods, and make up the deficit from income received from investments carried as a reserve. An insurance policy sold should show a . profit just the same as a bushel of potatoes sold should show a profit. Otherwise ? man's capital is ulti mately impaired and his business ' put in an insolvent condition. The public pretty generally reoog nizfrfl the fact that insurance is <he basis of all credit. It also under stands that regulation of legislation which undermines the stability of the insurance business weakens our cred it otructuro and lessens the security of every policyholder. Uncalled for and unjustified attacks on the insur ance business axe no longer popular, j COTTON Major John D. Frost forwards to The Herald a definition of cotton, which we pass along: Cotton is the 'overcoat of a seed that is planted and grown in the Southern states to keep the producer broke and the buyer crazy. The fiber varies in color and weight, and the man who can gueos nearest the length of a fiber is callcd a cotton man 'by the public, a fool by the farmer and a poor business man by his creditors. The 1>rice of citton is fixed in New York and goes up when you I have sold and down when you have bought. A buyer working for a group of mills was sent to New York to watch the cotton market, and after a few days deliberation wires his firm cO this effect: ^ "Some think it will go up, some think it will go 'down, I do too, Whatever you do will be wrong, act at once." Cotton is planted in the s^rir * mortgaged in the summer and left in the field in the winter. There are other VJcfinntions, but none' better than this. ? Spartanburg Herald . IN HAI) TASTE I ^ news story under a Camden date 'line was published in the Columbia | ..i'. nrd o! .hv a . . \ t nc<- to the visit of Ciov. RiT.-. > the county .air la-l Friday. The story starts out in a somewhat ul some manner, saying that "The ala baster box of parental affection ot the returning son was today shat tered in triumph against Camden's J former disagreement with him, and Kershaw county once more took into tender keeping its former citizen, 'Je-hn G. Richards, governor of South Caiolina. Hut to the closing par agraph especially do we refer as in bad taste. It says: "Kurshaw county was first to endors. the candidacy o! Governor Richards an.l in both prim aries of last summer this city and county piled up an cvcrwh?lmin;: n-. jority of votes in hi:; favor. Cuv;l 1 was in like manner first to offer of ficial rebuke to the Governor's Sun day law enforcement campaign and during his stormy attempt to close , UF South Carolina on Sunday his pro gram was denounced from the local : press, pulpit and practically every civic .organization. At least for the I passing moment, however, all wa?s ! forgotten and back home in Camden ?it was onoe again the governor's day." On such an occasion it was not j only unnecessary but in bad taste to have raked up the differences of I opinion as to the Governor's efforts to enforce the laws on the Statute ; books of our state, in which it is (true that he was opposed by a good many not only in Camden but else where. The Messenger, we take it, might be considered at least a part of the press of Camden, and we not (only did not denounce the Govern 1 or's efforts along the line of law vai forcement, but we endorsed his po sition and have not changed our po sition with reference to the Sunday low enforce-ment. And the state ment that tho pulpit joined in the j denunciation is too sweeping. If air civic organization passed resolution denouncing the Governor's action, we do not know it. We regret tha* such a news story was sent out from Camden and we are sure that art does not have the endorsement of the cit izens of Camden, whose guest Gov Richards was on F\riday. ro I rtko Up Flying Camden, Nov. 5 (AP)- Lotty Scho emmel, world champion long distance j swimmer, in Camden tonight enroute , from Lake George, N. Y., to Miami I' la., whore she expects to take u Iflyirg announced that she expected tc attempt an ocean flight from New ? ork to Paris next summer. The swimmer was accompanied by her two children, Harold, 11, and Ruth, 8. Thomas A. Stevenson, her trainer, was also in the party. Midway il?gh School Honor Itoll for October. I'irst Grade: Kathleen Anderson. Mary Rvelyrf Hunnicutt, Elizabeth McCoy, Willie J. [>ftrkor, Roderick Rosier, Dolly Stokes. Second Gmade: Margaret AnderJ son, Rebecca Raley, William McCoy ! Dorothy West. ' I Third Grade: George Shiver. j I'ourth Grade: Minnie P. And | son, Oralie Rrannon, Margaret Hoi- 1 land, Floree Rozier, Thelma Stoker. I Ruby Gay West. i I'ifth Grade: Virginia Bnannoh, 1 Nealy Elliott, Ellen Myers. Sixth Grade: None. Seventh Grade: None. Eighth Grade: Moneta West. Ninth Grade: None. I Tenth Grade: None. Eleventh Grade: None. A good line of school books and school supplies will he found at The Messenger Book Store ? Authorised Local Depository for school hooks at Camden. SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON November 12, 1927 HOSEA I REACHES GOD S LOVE Lesson Text ? Hosea 11:1-9; 14:4-8. The strain of rebuke and of fore warning of judgment has run through the prophecies of Hosea up to the eleventh chapter. Here the vhought turns to reminiscences of love, and to touching expressions of pity over the impending ruin of Israel. As the mouthpiece of God, the rophet says: "When Isrrc .vas a child, then I loved him c: ailed my son out of r y>t" ' . vh.r.k ; of the nation ua .... Ing :!r" me analogous to that of an ...Jiv.aaul, running from infancy, through youth lo manhood. How wonderfully God had mani fested His care over the fathers ol 1 : this nation! The descendants of Ab raham, Isaac and Jacob had been un ' dor His loving watchcare during al ? their oppressions under the Pharoah: Iv was by His call that Moses had bee' separated, trained, commissioner . and made, under God, the delivere i ol the people from their bondage. W may well afford to reflect upon God' ' goodness toward us ixv our chiklis'. : aid foolish ways. | It is interesting to notice that the v. ords, "I called my son out of Eg ' ypt,", are quoted by Matthew as nav ' ing an application to Jesus Christ ' (Matt. 2:15). As uttered by Hosea they refer hisotrically to the fact ol the Lord's goodness in calling Israe. ' out of Egypt. Matthew points to it ?las fulfilled in the infant Jesus, who I was for a time sent into Egypt, an i '?again brought out of it. This arose ?.from the typical connection between i the Messiah and Israel. He was the I 1 personified Israel, the true seed of ''Abraham. This discovers for u.< a ' bond of connection between the old and new dispensations. Each child of God is, indeed, called out of the Egypt of this world, ll is God's love as revealed on Calvary's cross that has made the way out. It is a call for us to arise, in the power i of the indwelling Holy Spirit, and : set out on our journey to the heav i j enly City. The pity is? that many iwho have started this journey have J paused by the way, as did Israel, to i offer meaningless sacrifiies and to iburn incense to false religions (v.2). Again and again, Got! in His love I has to stoop and pick up His way ward children "by the arms" (v. 3) and by His providences lift; 'them cut of the compromising situations into which they have gotten thom selves. Were it not for His prom ise: "I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness" (Isa. 41:10), most of us would stand little chance of reaching the mans ions above. "I drew them (not drove them) with the cords of a man" (v. 4). 'I '.as suggests the gentleness of God in dealing with Israel. He did not use cords hitched to a headstrong, un tamed bullock. The cords were "bands ot' love". In spite of their rebellious ness, God continued, as He doet with irs, to use all the sweet attractions which His manifested love naturally cieates. What responsibility is ours v 'o are drawn by the cross of Christ, '.he supreme manifestation of His love! "I wai> to them as they that take I jff the yoke on their jaws" (v. 4.) It | is the figure of the kind husbandman, j The yokes of oriental countries were | heavy and ill-adapted to the comfort I of an animal while eating. "1 I brought food to them and caused them to eat," He continues. Has our Lord done less for us? He puts an "easy yoke' upon us (Matt. 11:28-29) and He puts before us "the bread ot heaven' (Jn. 6:32). Oh, inestimable love! Who can afford to spurn it? Alas, how many are drawn who will" not come! How many, like the Is | raelites of old, hear the voices of God from the eross? in their men-', i uid afflictions; in the invitations 1 warnings of the Bible to which 1 pay no heed! Did anyone ever h< His voice in vain? Have not thous ands rushed on in their rejection < His call until the Lord had to " ? n sume their branches and devour tin -i I because of their own counsels"? v. P?) "How shall I give thee up?' (v. H). | This is God's thought as the hour ap proaches when judgment niunt fall up on a yeople fast reaching the limits ! of sin. These words and those or Chap. 14:4-8 can scarcely be height em*! in their beauty by any word of comment. The very heart of the God of lovo stands revealed. Remember ? this is the God of the Old Testament, concerning Whom some of the modern critics are mal< ing such a terrific fuss. He is pre cisely the same God revealed in the New Testament? the God Who laid bare his heart by giving His only be gotten Son to die for our sins. The Israelites were no strangers to the fact that "(rod is love." Of necessity, stringent and stern rebukes for sin had to bo given ? people who, although so highly priv ileged, persisted in hardening their , hearts toward God. Oftentimes t< r rlblo revelations of impending judg- , li.entR had to be given. For the sake of checking the progress of sin in the 'human race, wicked navions had to be completely cut off. When our learned critics beconfe as >vise as God, they will see thai, it was right, be cause absolutely necessary. This strain alone, however, noes not do justice to the tenderness and | loving <>ity of Israel's God. Over land over again God toid His people I that He had no pleasure in bringing luin even on the guiltiest sinners. 11\? did not then, and He does not now, punish in the spirit of vindict .veness. He will always .spare the .-.inner, and forbear even ,o chastise, it He can do so wisely and spfely. No sinner, howewr severely punish ed, can ever blame Gotl. It 1; our own refusal to confess and foisnke uur sins that brings the rod upon us. Lot us not fail a> notice the attrac tive characters by which God is in troduced in Chap. 11:1-8. He is the Healer of the deep-seated diseases of backsliding and apostasy (v. 1). Prodigals though we may be, He loves us freely (cf. Jn. 13:1). He 4ives Himself and nil of His infinite resources to restore and bless the wayward. "I will be as the dew unto Israel," He declares (v.f>). This silent, re i'j e.shing and invigorating force is the .?Scriptural emblem of the Holy Spirit. i?y this divine touch, the soul grows .ip rapidly and luxuriantly "as the lily" (v. 5). The life touched by this neavenly dew is the life of fragrance and beauty, h is the life vh.it, like the deeply rooted cedars of "Leban on" (v. 5), has a foundation that will withstand the fiercest winds. "His beauty shall be as the olive iree" (v. (!). A life thus divinely .nwrought will send its branches ia every dir.ction and will produce the elements which shall provide heal ng and nourishment for others. Assuredly these are not words to Israel alone. This spiritual healing, .his refreshing, this growth as beau tiful as the blooming lily, as fruitful as the. spreading olive, is for all who . will look unto the God of love and be wived. Lot these words become real ! ity to you today by lookinig away to that green hill b.yond the city gate, where God poured out His love to mankind in the gift of His Son, to atone for all our sins. Thirty-Cent Cotton A negro tenant farmer over in Greenville county recently sold a bale ol cotton for thirty cents a pound, a premium of ovtxr ten cents on the average grades. He used one of the Coker pedigreed varieties in produc ing this particultr bale, and as a re sult the staple was of a length and .the fiber of a quality to command thirty cenU a pound. He will mar ket several more bales produced from this improved variety of seed. Some day the farmers of Greenville, Spar tanburg and other counties of the Piedmont are going to \^ake up to the fact tluu it pays to plant the best improved seod. They cost more, to be sure, but the product commands a higher price than bumble bee cot ton with its short, stringy qualities. It would be interesting to know just what amount of Spartanburg county grown cotton is usod by the more J than thirty cotton mills of the county. 1 3 there any sound reason why the county farmer should send his ..otton elsewhere for marketing and that the local cotton factories must buy then cotton west of the Mississippi river and pay the added freight charges? i These are pertinent issues that go to 1 the loot of the agricultural problem from the local standpoint. But the j county cotton will continue to be of an inferior quality compared to the long staple length mills demanded until the farmers plant the right j kind of improved, pedigreed seed to make their yields. ? Spartanburg | Journal. The ease with which club boys marched right up to the front and took prizes in open competition at the State Fair is another illustration ' that "youth will be served." WILSE W. MARTIN HARNESS and SADDLE MAKER Wholesale l eather and Shoe Finding* Auto To" Maker and Repairei illL/ti DEALER 1 114-16-1K Hampton St. Phone brt/t, COLUMBIA. S. C MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS Rheumatism Whil^ in France with the American Army I obtained i) noted French pre scription for the treatment 0/ Rheu matism and Neuritis. 1 have given Iris to thousands with wonderful re sults. The prescription cost me notii n g. 1 ask nothing jor it. 1 will . mil it if you will send me your ad dress. A postal will bring it. Write * oday. i'AUL CASK, Dept. M-211, Brockton, Mass. NOTICIC The Board of County Directors of Kershaw County wjll, on the first .vlonday in November, 11)27, (being November 7th) during the legal nours of sale, before ..rie Court ilou ,o i)oor in the City of Ca m:!cn, offer to he highest binder for cash the I'oor ilouse Farm, lying about four (1) miles east of Camden, containing one hundred (100) acres, more or le-s. II. (;. CARRISON, JR., Chairman. PIANO TUNING I .I0W IS I* MOOKK All Work (iuttnintec <1 l KI KI'IIONII 212 W CAMDKN, SOirilf C AHOLI N \ ?I. V. I'ICKK.TT M I) ? Physician Si <?" >n Phyniotherapi utic 'i.e. imont ' with Alpine Sunlight ai d Medical * and Sutfrlcni Diathermy * Office 1)19 Broad fitioet ? 6 6 6 is a prescription for Malaria, Chills and l'tvu, Dengue or liiliious ievti . It k il Ih tho Kerm* W E E K E N ') EXCURSION TICKETS Now On Sale FRIDAYS AND SATURDAY;* TO MOUNTAIN AND ^ASHORE RESORI Cood Returning Tuesday Following ECONOM ICA I. RECREATION FO.. WEEK ENDS Enquire of Ticket Ajjents SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM MONEY TO LOAN On improved city real estate a !>'/,? per cent interest. Apply t< liENRY SAVAOK, .Hi., Attorney ( rocker Building. Y. ~? ? ? V ? ? ? ? ?Office I'hone Res. Kimball House* Y- Wal. 849H Ivy 7700 ? ? PRACTICE IN STATE AND ? * U. S. COURTS * Y HAYNE M. MATHESON * ? Attorney and Counselor at I, aw * ? Suite r?12 Peters Building * ? ATLANTA. OA. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? V STOVES AND R A NOES REBUILT? Stoves and Ranges rebuilt by Johnnie Brewer. If you have any work or need any parts notify JOHNNIE BREWER, Nil Lyttle ton Street. 3tpd~