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THE WATEREfl MESSENGER, Published Every Tuesday by C1IAS. W. BIRCHMORE, Prop. Subscription $1.50 A Year in Advance Entered as Second Class Matter at the Postoffice at Camden. 3. C. Tuesday, January 3, 1928 a mother's appeal* A mother living in a small village in North Carolina writes Governor McLean of that state to enlist his interest in stamping out the illicit sale of whiskey there. Here is the letter, as printed in "a Raleigh dis patch : I' am one mother among many who are suffering heartaches over the boys who are being led astray by the bootleggdrs who tvre selling their dirty booze. My boy got his first drink in this community. If yoji will use your influence, I feel sure that it can be stamped out. If you never had a boy who drank, you will never know what we mothers have gone through with ? sleepless nights not knowing what terrible thing would I happen to our boys who are drinking. 1 ''I want to ask a special favor for present, not later. Will you see that there is an officer appointed for the village, who will do faithful work in keeping order, etc.? This is a small village, but we med order. There has been some good work done by the officers in cutting down stillr, etc., but we need more ? someone who will keep right after the bootlegger. "If booze is constantly offered lo boys and where at most any time they can get it, what can we ex pect of the future generation? I hope you will use your influence in the future in this state in trying to save our boys." There are other small villages and communities and other mothers in other states, as well as North Caro lina, confronted with this problem. The responsibility of parenthood and the impelling desire to shield and pro tect the child cannot be passed up Those in authority, from the highest to the lowest, should present a solid, uncompromising front to enforce the law and aid in stamping out bootleg tfing. This mother's problem is one that affects many a home through out the country. In this age when it is taken for granted that youth must bo served and the sky seems the lim it for unbridled license and action, (all attributed to merely a gush or flow of youthful spirts) parents with any regard for their children's wel fare want temptations removtid from them as far as possible. An execu tive or law enforcing agency of a state cannot afford to ignore or treat indifferently such an appeal. Spar tanburg Journal. We understand that North Caro ina has a good Governor, and we do not believe that he will turn a deaf ear to the appeal of the mother who wrote to him, but will use his in fluence to stop the illegal traffic in ?whiskey. We know that South Car olina has n good Governor who is using his influence to stop lawless ness of every kind as well as traffic in whsikey. And if all those in au thority, as the Journal says, from the highest to the lowest, should present a solid, uncompromising front to en force the aw and aid in stamping out bootlegginig, we will soon have a better condition than we now have. We have had several bootleggers to appeal to us through- their friends to help got them out of trouble, but they are wasting their efforts, for 2, f!!, in 8ymPathy with them ajd feel that in a number of instances ey get too light a sentence. It is a business for which they have no oxcuso, ami it can only brin* ruin and dlftaator to themselves nn,l th?S(. Who patronize them. I THE TRACTOR-TOOL OF ALL WORK ''More tractors on the farms, the general use of tractors 24 hours a day, the tractor as a general utility tool/ doing all of the work on the farm from plowing to cutting hay these are some of the methods which aire being usod in North Dakota to cut farm production costs," says a feature article in the Forgo Forum. Throughout the country the mani fold uses of the tractor arc being increasingly understood atnd prac ticed. Farmers have found that it J replaces old, inefficient machinery fttld methods and is a money, labor and time saver. It has probably met m more enthusiastic response than Any agricultural invention since the cotton gin, to which it may be com pared in importance. All farmers should see tha/t they *e t full usage from their tractors, I a* it being done in North Dakota. There ate few lnjbors of agriculture whte h cannot be done quicker, cheap er and better with the aid of a trac tor. A farm of any size today with out one must be oonsiderod behind the times. HKypifvv-' W$w? ' SOMETHING MUST llK DONE There is too much crime going on if thfs country. There arc too many young white men who are roaming the country without any objective unless it is- to steal and commit other crimes. The condition has already grown alarming. Something should be done to chcck this condition which has become a great menace to the safety of the public. Moral suasion is allright in its way, but when every restraint is brushed aside and life and property is Ibeing endaqgefed, the strong arm of the law should be invoked. A large number Of offend ers are never brought to trial, while a number are brought to trial and the disappointing thought is tnal many of them become "repeaters." Right here in our own county we have had these ''repeaters," especial ly as it applies to violations of the prohibition law. Some ol them wet on the chain gang and serve a ? e*>v months, and the balance of their sentences are suspended. Then after awhile they are caught again ajul are given like sentiyices. '1 he State ol New York, we understand, adopted what is known as the Baume Law. Under this law the severity of the sentence is automatically increased I for the second, third and fourth of fenses, the fourth oifensc. v'ntailing life imprisonment. Crime seems to become y profession in many ar>e , and it is such cases that w > arc strongly inclined to favor the b.ii'ine Law. I Life imprisonment should be invoked only in the most extreme cases, but the general principles of Mich a law could be enacted with a salutary effect. For instance, take a violator of the prohibition law and make it mandatory upon the coui\ to pass ?.< sentence for not less than one year for the first offense. For a second offense make it two ytars; for a third offense four years, and for a fourth offense ten years, or something like that. Let the Mime thing apply to the stealing 01 au omooiles, and many of the other crimes that are now being committed and it will not be long before you will find that the crime wave is cool ing oil and not so much danger will threaten the peaceful, law-abiding citizens. There is plenty of work for any able bodied young man who real ly wants to work, but there can be no excuse for his going prowling around over the country, stealing. Laws with teeth in them will nave to be enacted if crime is to decrease, some such law as that will have 10 be passed it appears in self-defense a<- a good deal of the lawless ele ment seems to be drifting down this way to escape the severe penalties that would be inflicted should they become repeaters in their own com I munities. DIVIDING THE. PROFITS Because of the better long-dis tance telephone line service now a vailable, and because the- public is be coming educated to use the long dis tance service more and more so that the whole cost does not fall on a few scattered pioneers, the Bell sys em is able to offer a nationwide cut on long-distance 'phone rates. The reduction was not forced ; it was a friendly concession to a pub lic that has given the companies loy al support and which ig entitled to a division of the profits resulting from stormproof long-distance cables and constantly increasing efficiency. The reduction is in line with the announced policy of telephone offi cials to furnish the best possible ser i vice at the Uwest cost consistent with financial safety. POWER SYSTEMS BOUND TO GROW The American people make more use of electric lights and powi r, use more telephones and radios than all the rest of the world put together. | Dreams of great power plants op erated by federal or state govern merits or public ownership of tele phone*s are absurdities from the prac tical standpoint. Interconnected power systems are already in existence in till parts (if Our Country, and just as reserve banking systems have grown and will continue to grow, so will electric power systems continue to grow into larger operating units. Under fed* ral and state regulation centralized production of electricity and long distance transmission by in terconnected units result in increas ing service and declining rates. This is not bruo of politically conducted public service ? There are now approxmntely f>,fH)0, 000 stockholder owners of public ser vice properties. Most of these stock holders are also custom* rs, thus forming the largest body of inter related American citizens. They seem to be the mythical "power trust." Salaried executives must ! manage these eloctricaj properties I for the customer-stockholders effi- 1 ciently, or lose their jobs. The high cost of ignornnl farming was 100 percent too great in f927. | USING NATURE'S RESOURCES] In addressing the Sixth Annual , Asphalt Paving Conference at Atla.i- 1 ta, J. S. Helm, president of the As- 1 phalt Association, said: "Not so long ago, road building was largely a question of locating a road to avoid bad grtfdes, putting >n suitable drainage, bridging streams and if surface was needud, of spread ing gravel or of crushinig an:I spread ing stone. "Today there is a very highly :L veloped technology involving exten sive research, exact application . nn.i a consideration of the effect of Cli mate, traffic, soil conditions - .1 t er factors in designing and outh: t:. I modern pavements." | Mr. Helm pointed out that ihe A - ' phalt Association was organize.! . o. I the purpose of bringing iog.-..i . J trained engineers oskI highway e4< j perts who, by exchanging v \v , {would advance the interests of .ax j payers and traveling pubic re proving the quality of asphalt pave ments and making known ..he eon d.tions under which the greatest roa:! wonomy and service can be rendered. | Experts in all lines of road build ing are invited to the annual confer i ences in order that greatest good may ! result. Asphalt is one of nature's products i and the marvel is that greater use has not been in ado of it; many a I i vantages in hardsurfacing and water proofing highways at a reasonable expense. Meetings of road ?x perls, such as gather at the annual asphalt paving conferences, will result in great savings and mtfch good to c.11 sections. KNTOutAl.'K DOMESTIC slTIM.y the ? declare, lhul A '""mds should bo subjoct i Tln'c ? ougais general v , ' o'gaflization would limit >L' - ??5ed 5U0.0001 ^n?7cV?Un"um.n0t * ;irv r? iSxr;n'ht ?"'XS z. woui<i ?? cui.n?e Cuba, at C7S7: r j per pound tariff ? ' *-cnts | ?20,000,000 every y.,3 "> ?""l.v UuanUt' (th<' tested, i,. " "/Jt:7c,l;r'ou'ooot"n?w?aid t x? cf'a' ih?' Japan. n Ch,na ?nd 11 'a good policy W ? ?>? United States greatest sugar user in' tl " (?*>? every reasonaL LLTre ? p* th" ' '?KAN MSCORlTlN SO?^h car .... ? OI.INA .State during 1027 *",r "ear sir: I send' concerning lynching f? year as compiled bv Tn?b '' tute in th?. l>? , Tuskegee Insti a"d n?ttprznly! Hecm" persons iynehed i, ^ outside of jai|s. 4 of' ? thi' ]nw Wl'Vc hurnod'to death 2 u <'(,"th and then ih t er(> "ut to There were V , b?,,i0S bu?d . of of ,he law ing.s. ? af ,< '' ' Vf,"tod lynch ?tates Li M t ? T Norlh?" r< moved ?r lh(, m wr" t,r othl'- Preoni.fi a?Kmented ^rz:'kr- ,n m tint <1 to renel fiw . fo,'cp was <* Persons r Jh?J! ***' Vere thus save" n , '* '?an d? of mobs. "" Hth at thp ^ Persons lynched n< groes. !1k> offense- , Wr" Murder. 7. CIW -';hnWl were: rape - murder, i> ?(. -i, nil.enipj.ed rano ?< "'Zl?:rhttr* r'^Tr ?;zrr 7; Wi soJri 7 ?"*' " Mi9ai"i""'. ? '* 'n nessee, 2; Texas, |. ?South Carolina'-^ for?;i; twice too great \?J, *!* 1,1,1 is legumes for ' U'" UM "f little. >,,s ls twice too "A man comes out ? and sees the sky and 'he. woods and is a man a gain ? . Rut how few men see the sky and the woods."?- R. W. Emer son. GOV. RICHARDS 8 KITS PU08 I'ECTS BRIGHT FOR COMING YEAR 'Of Opinion State \N ill Make Progress j Along Many Lines of Endeavor in New Year. South Carolina will mrk? r.ot ibl ? j progress along .?:ir cu s ; . . u. r> I'oa-.or -agricu tu\;-! y. .. I'd educationally fin . uw ye; i .-w at :he thresho'.;:, In . . .* nnie.a , o Governor . oh.j G. Kl.-.ur.Js', who '.-aid yes'.en'.ay .h.v. he ; u ;h. j :lo ;I i -H >-t.U-- h:i ! ; tv.\ , on to look fc; v?a ? :! ?o ;i ir ? ?' ? >' .? consist r; " .1 van . o n. iw. "I v. ! pn.er.i.,, ..u.v , ' " ? ? "?Piat \v ;1 . la;. a i,!. * ?? ? i IK* go.. .?nor said yej.-yrday. i 'L' ;,k for ?? ?? i-K-nr. a. j-ailn . j j ? iiictirr.- I lie v'. . or .la, .? jouii.'inv, will o,;ea u,> .ic.y ? j ? h. .'.almuiit ^ Al.. i>4, j i?.->pe:\iv ' . neloj. . .rrru .Southern . hop.-; have been e [hire in Columnia :::? ! | the merger of tho At Ian tie Coast jl.ine with the ( i:iu-hft.?lJ._...u- e . . j t'. rs mean tho expenditure within ; in state of large sums <>/ money jii.'-o the d? velopnu-n. .1' mu !, [ io?y. I "In the nydro-c ectri;- V.v;.,. ,11 ,i j?ay, there is ti;.- great Fars; ...? j project on Saluda river -a iuj. i t j which, when eor.iplet d, u jt| . , t. j South Carolina third place anion.* j.lie tales of the union as regards j h> dro-elCctric power, only Caii.oniin jand New York outranking her. 1 he cotton mill has an important ro'e in the 1 i 1\ of South Carolina. During the year many ;|hv.i .viii enlarge their present pla.is and 1 -,v j te xtile plants will bo established. I Hie New England mills are liking ; southward, and South Cam.ii.a is j being looked upon witli i'avor as a I prospective home by many ..." jK..;c concerns. "So industrially, the state is faring a magnificent future. j I a'ks of Farming. "The life of agriculture depend* on an intensive system of .'arming. For yfcars diveraified agriculture has been preached from every hill top. ,Thosc- sermons are beginning to bear j fi uit and they have been hacked up [h^ the activity of the boll weevil. "The one crop system has long been condemned? now our ptople are getting out of it ? they have been driven to see the necessity -,>f diver sification. "Stc^ions of our state this year where the one crop system has been abandoned were mare prosperous, os a rule, than other section.; where the one crop idea is still adhered to 1 he central and the lower parts of ths, state suffered more this year from the weevil than the northern sec tion, whese a fairly good cotton crop was harvested, but it i. di versifica tion that we must look to. "Government figures, recently pub lished, show that the value of our | ciops this year was $72,000,000 above | the value of 1926. The production of jtiuck of ail kinds has ha<| much to do with this increase in value, I be I I if ve. ? "With the experience of the veur now closing before ft, I believe our farmers will diversify more and | more and steadily build up agricul ture. All of us are convinced that i ont' cr?P ick'? most be given up. Roads and Education "To be permanently prosperous, our people must be intdligent^must know how to take advantage of their opportunities. A glance at the prog jress we are making in education will | hearten any lover of his state. We have made groat strides during the past 15 years in driving out illiteracy ?it has been reduced to less than U j per cent, among the whites. A re duction in the percentage of illiteracy I has also been made among the N'e I groes. I "Our colleges are overflowing wi.h j students and our public schools are j ci owded our people are thoroughly | ?i oused to the importance of educa^ i tion. "Our highways bear a close rela 1 ?'?> ta on,- educational program , 'hey make possible the frequent in ; '"mingling of our people they en ! 'outage socio | intercourse, make it j possible for our people to become ac quainted as never before. They also J make ,t possible for children to at 1 <nd standard .schools even when j those schools are located at some distance from their homes. "An instance of the service our I highways render is found in the v.st j number of people who came to Co lombia during the holiday ;e?KOn i.o we the Christmas decorations o, the streets, "All of us take pride in our fine ?.vstem of public roads an, I in .he building program which is now ?n way. (Jnft fino fpnture <f (hjj Phaee of bhe state's development has with finance ? the state is not K"l"g into debt to build Its roads Jhe counties are issuing bonds and these bonds are to be retired largely through revenues from the gasoline tax. | "Al together, 1 think the future i v our state very tr-ipht ; h*e ?;uvei :u..,| ;?( ncluded. "1 hope ou: people w.ll , r.ot indulgo in extravagant buying of j i xjrit this yor.f ? that '.hey .vill ex iM'r caul. 0:1 in ih?:r expenditures. I like the 'pay-as-j, . v.- *.*' r.i thod of i u'.;i!i!incr. A man might well ; ; y th? sairo s> leni ;o his own ? ndtturcs."- The . tale. un^w Sh 4ep. A o ty jouivt woman .\en. out io ; . :.en a c v.ntry v.-hool. The chus in i' I t it met i" a :?.s bjf.r.> h.r. 1 h.? said Nov., i'.ii t :i it' i her" are 10 vhrvn ?> v ne >-:'e i* the ? ?;!( .ml one jum.s j\ how ny sleep will he !elt'.'" Ti. :? i?.) I a little tow-headed ! .'?-u^h.v. ?'!" " ianne:: "No sheep, ? . ? k r.? e;v' ? ?!' i the te ?hcr re ;o ?' !?; "? > \k: know better than * ? i: 1 . ' it' there w r 1'.; s \ i ' >r ?; of ih<> wail an.i ' . : ?un nine w uld be left." ; "NV " I'.t -si led i h?' ???hil l. ' If one | ill t ;? jur.nvd over all the o;hers well Id junto over too. Von know Yitr.ireti.-. !>i,! I !;now sheep." ?I'JKSII' v. . <!;j; ..'t? Old" ? "Vnnyson in I'iic'i M 'y i :mmi lac'k or pro,,-,r f.:r:n n;.uhinery i n .iu es losses ir ( t ad of profits. Too nryiy f -inner . in ?l:innin?r ihe v viar's work did not let Jieir think* i inn oxter. I even to th end of the > ear. I .nek. of reeords :i to;is, 'ive.sio.'K and other farm operations keeps .he fai liters n the dark an ! in debt. To the North asd Poush Fast Trains j. Frequent ! Dally Service I jDireci Rome via Seaboard Kwry travel :i:!va. : ,'u.- :! c n?o s. in roMif o-i.i; iv ! 1 if I . iliv.:. . a :? ?: r: v . y fiWM'il f ; !' it.; i X.'t'il V . uwy r.'.ways-- nu<:ii ; n ;?.!! . ; i train etju ' . i. i i : ?X "ar !.i i-st automat.. l y Si^r.a! : ' cm - Via Seaboard I For detailed ir.f. n. reserva tions an.: i i :u .. -.v-nsu! . C. W. SM ! , i>. !'. A., A rend .? ni l . . < "olum'-ia, S. ( lesiracle Loans waited Ii' you need fund- for rerac u. y-.)V?. nv.n , o ? lor buying or ! uiaiin^' a iioira, . ee a ?. I'.-uaiiy \ ' ? are in position tu make <oa ^ *c . .* I. ? .r.i ,a..t on desirable residence property in . 'aavl.a If you have surplus or i(.!e -avals ;i v. i *i to 1 >aa . te us- At times we require con a . -ai l ? ..'u-.id ; ard can arrange time e?' payni at to - 11 t your ear. . enienee Wafreree Bui'-lin;,- & Loan Associ~t on By. Jchn T. Maekey, Treasurer. WILSE W. 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S C NOTICK This i ; to inform friends an<l pa trons that I am no longer at the I'al jh e Karher Shop. You will find me at McKain's Barber Shop, Main St. '1 hanking you for past, pa! ronngo and asking your future consideration, I am yours, SCIPIO KNCMSII, 6 6 6 is a prescription for ( olds, ( j r i |i p e . 1" in. Dengue hill io us l e v 1 1 in (] iV ;il ;ii i a It talk the (terms M ( ) N !?: V TO I.DAN On improved ci'v real estate at t> '// ( ei cent int. rest. Apply mi hKNKY ;;avack, .;i: , Atiom.-y V rocker Huildinu. Y- * Y- Y- *Y Y- * Y- * Y-Offire Phone Ren. Kimball House* Y- Wal. 8t!?K Ivy 7700 * * PRACTICE IN STATE AND * V- t!. S. COURTS * ?Y II AVNE M. MATIIESON * ?Y Attorney and Ominsrlor at I, aw V * Suite 512 Peters Ituilding * ? ATLANTA, (iA. * * ******** NOTICE Any one wishing curtains stretched apply to 004 Campbell Ave Price* reasonable. IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE.