The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, February 14, 1928, Image 2
THE WATER EE MESSENGER,
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Published Every Tuesday by
CH AS. W. BIRCHMORE, Prop.
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Tueeday, February 14, 1928
FOR BETTER RETURNS
, farmers last year actually'
money on their cotton crop. This
especially true where the boll
weevil appeared in unusually large
numbers. It will not do to trust to
the recent ' cold snap aa having de
stroyed the boll weevil. If the com
3 ? season is favorable to the pest,
there is but little doubt but that the
farmers will be confronted with a
?4- similar condition to last year. The
it; question naturally arises as to what
' to do. One thing which we pointed
;i' out last week, is that South Caro
i^ Hna farmers are sending out of the
, state seven to ten millions of dollars
for corn whioh they might raise right
here at home. We have no figures as
fc to the amount being sent out of the
state for bacon, beef, butter, eggs and
^ i-. many other articles that can be pro
yb dueed here at home. Last summer
farmers in this section read of the
i'^fine returns from the tobacco crop in
; those counties planting tobacco. In
jjiV/a pleasant conversation a few days
Jijago with Mr. H. G. Carrison, Sr., he
restated to us that he was going to
-. ' plant forty aores in tobacco ? twenty
acres on each of his farms near Cam
?den, This we believe is a step in the
y right direction. Now if a number of
\>; our farmers would plant from say
^ - five to twenty acre* in tobacco, and
raise a sufficinet amount to warrant
the building of a tobacco warehouse
.he.re. find, jwake J3amden a real tobacco
ipv market with a regular buyer or buy
Ijl'orS it would be well. Then a great
r ij deal more attention could be given
Igto trucking and poultry raising.
There is a way out of the woods if
we will look for it and adopt new me
|:?:thdde. The need confronts us; why
V:>not go to it?
$ BELIEF IN CONTINUED PROS
PER1TY JUSTIFIED
Hubert Hoover, in his report for
& fiscal year 1927, declares that the
|Jgfcte of real wages in the United
pStat?? during that period "remained
than anywhere else in the
or in any other time in world
hi?tory.n +
; He declares that this high level of
prosperity was the result of a gener
ppf *nd permanent progress, based on
*urw^?rnentaJ8. jgiving reason
belief that satisfactory con
' s; dttions will continue.
jjy Industry has made great strides in
^-efficiency, accompanied by the main
; .v^mnce of high wage levels without
(rise in price levels. There has bee<n
I dev?loPment in transportation
^?^^^^ies, -have 'maintained
Kf commanding position in foreign
P trade, while financial structure of the
tyjfpmtvy ia in a sound condition,
g# / Altogether, Secretary Hoover's
^report sohwa that the country is in a
|W: satisfactory condition. On the other
ij'^fcand, it points out sufficient "low
spote" so that we should not become
?:CAre!ess through overconfidence.
feThe fisherman who keeps right on
^ fishing and who doesn't rock the boat,
the fellow who brings in the good
tj catches. As a nation, we should fol
low this plan.
fljtf ** looks very much like the inde
xv<; terminate sentence act is going to he
repealed. This was recommended to
the legislature by Gov. Richamds, and
inclined to think that it would
|gH Well to repeal it. for we hardly be
g lteve that H worked the reforms that
designed to do, and then it
jttakes the pardbn record look much
^ rea,,y A prisoner
,!? ??ffen a sentence of from two to four
yCMrs, after having served two years
Cah get up the required application
showing that he has made a good
prisoner and has employment wait
, for him, and in such cases there is
nothinp: to do but to turn him out.
Willi this act repealed the judges will
straight sentences which thoy
expected to sorve unless some
reasons are shown for clemency.
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NEWS FOR THE FARMER
pi. Wilson, agricultural econo
of the Montana experimental
n, quoted in a news item, states
two -thirds of Montana's 1927 1
Wheat crop was raised on tractor
farms, of which there are now 7,000
I in the stat^. Speaking of the im
provement tn the efficiency through
U*e Of the tractor he says: "Three
years ago there were few farmers
anywhere in the world who produced
wheat with less than eight howrs of
mm labor to the acre. Today many
well-organised, efficiently operated
tractor wheat farmg raise their crops
with only two hows of man labor per
ve." H?re is valuable data for the
wise farmer.
DISCARD SHIFTY POLITICS AND
RED TAPE
The American citizen is one of the
most heavily taxed in the world. Hds
home and property are taxed, if he
buys a theater ticket he is taxed;
everything he eats, drinks or does is
taxed. Worse yet, if he owns a
share of stock he knows that for ev
ery dollar he receives as a dividcjxl
probably more than a dollar has been
paid out in taxes. And so it goes.
-There is obviously a cure far the
tax evil; and it is up to the taxpayer j
:o correct it Our national govern
ment as conducted with a fair degree
of economy ? but as much cannot- be
?aid for state and municipal govern
ments. Thousands of the citizen?',
dollars are wasted daily, when, legis
latures arc in session, by debating
absurd and unwanted laws Thous
ands more are expended in trying to
put these laws in the al^pady bulg
ng statute books. Bond issues are
proposed disastrous experiments in
municipal ownership are tried; and
he result is ? a few more millions on
khe tax bill.
A good, well-balanced, municipal
and state government, doing away
with shifty politics and "rod tape,"
?ombine>d with common sense, will
;ome nearer than anything else to ef
| fecting tax redi^jon.
H?CKMAN FACES TtfE GALLOWS
William Edward Hickman, the
slayer of the 12 year old Parker girl
in Ix>s Angeles last December, has
been found sane by the jury of eight
Tien and four women who heard the
case. Those who followed this long
tirawn out case evidently were im
pressed' tihat Jthe preponderance of
'.estimony went to show that Hick
man was sane when he committed
this terrible crime and that* he is
lane now. His plea of insanity was
to try to escape the ropo going a
round his neck. His brilliant young
attorney, Jerome Walsh, doubtless be
lieved his client insane and he mad?
a wonderful fight to save him. He
has attracted the admiration of
thousands of people everywhere, but
the odds were against him. But his
attorney has not given up yet. An
appeal will bo made, and there is no
tolling just when the curtain will fall
on the last act. "The Fox", as he is
solf-styled, seemed not to be worried
over the verdict but appeared jaunty
and in good humor. The Judge hctar
i ing this case took not over twenty
minutes in his charge to the jury,
and he seemed to be absolutely fair.
He told the jury that "a slight pre
ponderance of evidence is sufficient
to render the defendant a verdict of
acquittal." 4<If you find him to have
been temporarily insane at the time
of the crime, you must acquit him of
the act." It did not take the jury
very long, however, to find him sane.
The boy's shattered home life along
with other causes doubtless had "its
effect upon him, but these would not
justify thQ) slaying of the little girl,
and his plea of insanity was a weak
one.
ON THE RIGHT LINE
Representative Duffie, of Sumter
county, is trying to get through a bill
to require at least 25 per cent, of the
[voters to vote in a bond election be
fore the bond can be valid. He point
ed opt that Georgia requires that at
least 51 per cent, of the voters must
participate in the election before the
bonds can be issued, Mr. Duffie calls
attention to the many millions of
bonds issued in South Carolina, and
cites an instance whore $75,000 of
bonds were voted in which there we're
only a dozen votes, nine for and three
against. Many who do not favor a
bond issue, conclude that it will be
carried any way and do not trouble
themselves to go to the1 polls and
vote. Then when the bonds are is
sued taxes must be raised to meet the
interest. Bonds were voted here in
Camden recently by possibly less than
a dozen voters. We think Represen
tative Duffie very jponservative in
fixing 25 per cent, of the voters as
being required before bonds can be
legally issued, and his bill should be
come a law.
FARM GOSSIP
I/Ook at good implements before
you leap at cheap ones.
Frank Farmer says: "The differ
ence botween purebred seed and ordi
nary seed is all to the goods".
Shakespeare's remark, "His reas
ons are as two grains of wheat in
two bushels of chaff," hits off the
one-crop noil-robbing farmer.
A lesson for farmers: One man
with a steam shovel <loes as much
work as 150 mon with picks and shov
els. ?
A warning from Proverbs to farm
er? who defend on politicians for
form relief: "He ttoat tllteth his land
shall have plenty of bread, but he that
follweth afetr vain persons shall
have poverty/'
, '' A . * L?
ertillzer Association Ready to Coop.
? . erate Wholeheartedly
Washington, Feb. 10. ? An offer to
cooperate wholeheartedly 'In jnaking
the investigation of fertilizer Xfrpceis
in South Carolina, recently rtXjueet
od by the General Assembly, was
p.uade to AttqTnby general John M. (
j Daniel in a /letter tfom- Char lee J.
Srand, Wq$hing^n; D. C., upon be
half of thdroational Fertilizer Asso
ciation, of which he is executive sec
retary.
Brand 'pointed out that last year
>.he fertilizer companies operating: in
South Carolina* lost around $2,500,000
n furnlshig fertilizer to the farmers
^nd that throughout the country the
industry lost $22,000,000. During the
nast seven years the total losses of
'he industry, Brand stated, amounted
to $225,000,000.
"We believe that when the true
situation is brought out in the inves
tigation," Brand declared, , "the At
torney General, the General Assembly
ind the public will understand that
the industry is rendering a great
wealth-producing service to South
Carolina and to the Nation, and at a
very reasonable p<rice.
"For this reason, and despite the
fact that we regard; the resolution
limply as political sniping to bag
campaign thunder, the industry wel
?omes the investigation, and through
its national association (jyilli \assist
i? much as possible in ascertaining
the facts of the situation."
Brand stated tohat the extrem'lv
low price of cotton in 192(3 so orip
oled tho farmer's buying power that
n the spring of 1927 demand for fer
tilizer was at a low ebb, resulting in
j per cent lwa fertilizer being sold
n the South. This, he explained,
"orccd the companies to cut their
)rices until farmers got their fer
tilizer last year at prices avrnfein"
a ton less than the actual cost of
production and distribution. This
vas the disastrous result, Brand
vrote, of the cotton farmer receiv
ng only 8 to 12 cents for his 192G
M-op. The bulk of the 1927 crop,
towever, brought the farmer 18 to
'.1 cents and consequently he is in a
nueh better financial position.
"This year, the fertilizer companies
icting legally and with proper self
interest, are endeavoring to got their
':oat of production plus a reasonable
profit? and no industry can continue
At function for the best interes of
ts customers unless it obtains a fair
profit. Executives of fertilizer com
oanies would be delighted if they
?ould make a profit of 6 per cent on
? beir investment^*
Brand quoted figures from the Fed
? >ral Bureau of Labor Statistics which
*how that the price of fertilizer is
relatively much lower than the price
if cotton. He stated that at pres
ent *prices a bale of cotton will buy
a fifth more 8-3-3, the analysis most
extonsiveJy us?d on cotton, than it
would baok in pre-war days.
"The present prices of leading an
alyses of mixed fertilizers are leo
than 12 per cent above tho 1923 level,"
ie explained', "but the price of cotton
and cottonseed combined is 53 pea
cent higher than in 1913. The price
of non-agricultural commodities av
erages over 50 per cent, higher atv1
products of the farm 37 per cent
higher than pre-war. Thuo the fig
ures of the U. S. Department of Agri
:ulture prove the relative cheapness
af fertilizers."
Multiple Trip Tickets Offered by
Southern
Atlanta, Ga., February 10. ? Mul
tiple trip tickets, marking an Inno
vation in arrangements for passenger
travel by rail, have been announced
by the Southern Railway System, ef
fective February 15thA and will be on
sale ?t all ticket oWces, good be
tween all points up to two hundred
miles.
These tickets will be sold in books
good for 10, 20 or 30 rides. Where
the one-way faro is $1.00, the 10-rlde
ticket will be sold for $7.35, the 20
ride ticket for $11.55, and the 30-ride
ticket for $15.75. A similar reduc
tion is made for all points between
which these tickets will apply.
The multiple trip tickets are for,
use in day coaches and will not be
good in sleeping or parlor cars.
VULCANIZING AND
HAJTERY SERVICE
Prompt and Satisfactory
Attention Given to all
orders
GOODYEAR TIRES
and
WILLARD HATTERIES
Greasing and Car Washing
Call npon us when we can he
of service to you. Prices reas
onable.
MYERS SERVICE STATION
Phone 8R Cor. DeRalh A Fair
A February nunftet with rich crim
son horizon^ seen through a delicate
filigree of hare trees, makes up for
even tho most trying day.
HONOR ROLL OF THE BETHUNE
SCHOOLS
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Third Six-Week Period
First Grade ? Distinguished: Bob
bie Grtff in, 'Helen, Stogner. Profi
cient: Katharine Foster, Iria McCaa
kiil, Johns Den McLaurin, John Cope
lond, Morris Hyatt, Margaret Mc
Laurin, Gerry Davis, Rowena Holland,
Margie Jones, Crawford Thompson,
A. W. Hunter, Dot Haaty, . Johnnie
Moseley, Dorothy Horton, Catherine
Taylor. . -? >
Second Grade ? Distinguished: Cie
Jlia Derrick, Esther Love Hillhouse,
L-.ivcrn Jones, liobbie Newton Marion,
Iiu'nita Pate, Ava Shaw, Bryce Joy
ncr. Proficient: Ila< - B. Mongum,
CI o Ell'ott, Lewia Lee Neal, Ailleen
Hilton, Margaret Hasty, Beulah Mae
Dixon, Jack Gardner, Louise Man
?um, Ellis Padgett, Thelma Wages,
Herbert Hesrter, Robert King, Bud
Helms.
Third Grade ? Distinguished: Demp
?oy Stogner, Elizabeth Brannon,'
Jprr Gardner, Ray Gardner, Sarah
Vrrott, Proficient: Marguerite
Tc-nes, -Bethune McLaurin, Richard
\!-Luurm, T. R. Copeland, Henry
Th 'rrell, Grace Horton, Johnnie Hun
er, Pete Mangum, Erne3t Moseley.
Fourth Grade ? Distinguished?
"iarence Heustiss, Nancy Tompkins,
'^uby Davis, Arlene Wagers, Profi
cient: Ruby Campbell, Johnnie Brown,
Virgina Derrick, Hoy ward Davis,
'vice Baker, Evelyn Elliott,
Fifth Grade ? Distinguished: Mary
VI 'en McLaurin, Sarah Ruth McKin
jcn. Proficient: Keith Gordon: Law
ion Brannon, Dalton McLeod, Thelma
Raley, Frances Gaixlner, Alta Tol
'?): rt, Dorh Shaw, Lillie Mae Hilton.
Yyrtle Horton, Hattic Mae Mangum,
Ruth Raley, Ira Blackmon, Grace
Hasty.
Sixth Grade-? Distinguished: Thel
ma Davis, Elsie Mae llammnnd, Ida
Outlaw, {Lottie Outlaw. Proficient:
Mary Baker, Laurenee McLaurin,
Tressa Mae Hyatt, Gracie Mangum,
Gladys Joyner, Marguerite Foster,
Louise Ellis.
Seventh Grade ? Distinguished:
Mary B. Radcliff, Ruth Jones, Eloise
Estridge. Proficient: Josephine
Smith, Ruby Lee Horton, D. Stog
ner, Edna Raley, Forbig Morgan, Ru
by Pate, Edith Clyburn, Edith Camp
bell.
Eighth Grade ? Distinguished: Maa*y
Irannon, Mittie Davis, Margaret
True^sdale. Proficient: Elizabeth
Baker, Philip Brannon, Lewis Black
mon, Dorothy ^Derrick, Cary Gardner,
Mityred Hinson, Paschal McLaurin,
Lorena McDonald, Topsy McDonald,
Minnie Eddins McKinnon, Elizabeth
Raley, Eld?n Smith, Elizabeth Stog
ner.
Ninth Grade ? Distinguished: Mar
garet Hearon, Margie Parrott, Edna
Stokes, James King, B. F. Estridge,
Clifton, Saverance, ,Lawson Horton,
Proficient: Bernice Fields.
Tenth Grade ? Distinguished: Emi
j Blackmon. Proficient: Eva Baker,
\llene King, Cecil E&tridgo, Vance
Morgan.
, (Eleventh 'Gra|de ? Distinguished:
John Neal McLaurin, Jake Cato, Wil
!<ne Estrkige, Kathiryn Truesdale, Sa
ra Hammond, Proficient: Boyd C<Jpe
land, John Baker, Sedley King, Char
ley McCaskUl, Harold Gardner, Clara
Hough, Ix)ui8e Gardner, Rosa Lee
fields, Olga Brannon, Dorothy Par
rott.
To the North
and South
Fast Trains
Frequent
Daily Service
'Direct Route
via Seaboard
Every travel advantage?the
most in comfort? complete re
laxation ? dining car service
famed for its excellence? cour
tesy always ? modern all-steol
train equipment ? through sleep
ing cars?latest automatic safe
ty signal System ?
Via Seaboard
For detailed Information, enerva
tions and ticketn, consult
C. W. SMALL, I>. P. A.,
Arcade Bldg.,
Columbia, 8. C.
Greatly Reduced Fares
if COSTS LESS
TRAVEL BY TRAIN
?
THE SAFEST
THE MOST COMFORTABLE
THE MOST RELIABLE
Tickcts sold daily. Limit one day from date sale; one anda third
fare round trip, only 2.4 cents a mile. Limit five days from date
hale ; one and a half fare round trip, only 2.7 cents a mile- applying
within a radius of 150 miles.
A^or further information see any Southern Railway System
TLket Agent or write
W. E. McGEE, Division Passenger Agent,
Columbia, S. C.
Southern Railway System
Desk able Loans Wanted
If yju need funds for remodeling your home, or
lor buying or building a home, see us. Usually we
are in position to make loans in reasonable amount
on desirable residence property in Camden
If you have surplus or idle funds you wish to loan
see us- At times we require considerable funds
and can arrange time of payment to suit your con
venience
Wateree Building &,Loan
Association
By John T. Mackey, Treasurer.
WILSE W. MARTIN
HARNESS and SADDLE MAKER
Wholesale l eather and Shoe Findings
Auto To? Maker and Repairer
illl/iS DEALER
1114-16-1& Hampton St. Phone 6821
COLUMBIA. S. C
MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS
MONUMENTS
I solicit your orders for
MONUMENTS and MEMORIALS
All work Kuaranteed and prices 1
reasonable
Camden will hereafter be includ- ?
ed in my territory
LANCASTER MARBLE AND
GRANITE WORKS
Lancaster, S. C.
M. II. McNINCH, Proprietor ?
If interested drop us a line and
representative will call upon
you. 1
FOR SALE*~-No. 6 Clevolantl cotton
seed. First year firom , breeder.
1 1-10 staple high producer. These
seed havo been carefully selected
and ginned on private gin to keep
pure. Secure your seed awl you
will bo pleased with results. W. A.
EDWARDS. Kt. I. Westville, S .C.
DUCK PRESERVE? Most accessible
duck preserve in Stato, killed my
limit this preserve this month, pic
tures as proof. I also offer for
salo other properties good for duck,
deer, quail, other game. For de
tails address LAWSON OLIVER,
Hox 806, Georgetown, S. C.
WANTED? To buy Native Corn in
big lots Iti 2 or 3 oushel bags. If
you have any for sale, leave price
and amount at the Messenger ofiico.
6 6 6
Ih r prescription for
Colds, Grippe, Hu, Dengue
Millions JK'vtr and Malaria
it kills Iho ?orinH
MONKY TO LOAN
On improved city real estate ul
per Cfnt int-re&t. Apply to
HF2NKY SAVA(iK, JR., Attorney
Crocker Building.
?Office i'hone Ken. riimhnll Hotifle
' Wal. H498 Ivy 7700 <
? PRACTICE IN STATE ANI) <
? U. S. COURTS -
If AYNE M. MATIIKSON 1
Attorney and Counselor at Law 1
Bulte 512 I'etern Building '
ATLANTA, GA. *
NOTICE
Any one wishing curtains stretched
apply to 904 Campbell Ave I'rVces
reasonable. ?*>
WANTED ? Position as truck driver.
Have had experience"; careful and
attentive. Absolutely no reck
lessness. Apply to P. O. Box, 27,
Camden, 8. C. 2t.