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THB WATERED MESSENOSH, ? mk* -""f ? . "ubllshod Every Tue&dny b* AS. W. MUCH MOKE. Prop. Subaerlptipn $1.50 A tear in Adraic o Entered M Second Clean Matter at tN Poe toff ice at Camden. 3. C. Tuesday, April 17, 1928 BE KIND TO ANIMALS This week throughout our nation Is being: observed a? "Be Kind to An. imals Anniversary." The humane people who started this movement rendered a real service, and every ore owning or having anything to do with dwnb animals should pause and think of what it means to them to be kird to them. They cannot v speak fot themselves and therefore it is import ant that this be considered. Onlv recently we read of a very interesting incident where a child had been blown out of its home and the faithful dog was found bringing it bnck. This occurred in our owi. state, in Spar tanburg county if we mistake not, and i4, is only one illustration of tho friendship of the dog. United States Senator George (J. Vest delivered the following eulogy on the dog before a Kentucky jury in September, 1870: "Gentlemen of the Jury: The best friend a man has in this world may turn against him and become his en emy. His son and daughter that he has reared with loving- care may be come ungrateful. Thosq who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name, may become traitors to their faith. The mono, that a man has he may lose. It flies away from him when he may need it most. Man's reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill con sidered! action. The people who are prone to fall on their knees and do us honor when success ie with us may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our heads. Th<* absolutely un selfish friend a man may have in this selfish world, the one that never dc derts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his dog. "A man's dog stands by hipn in prosperity and poverty, in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, when the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his master's skle. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer, he will lick the wounds and sores that come in en counter with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince. ? "When all other friends desert, he I remains. When riches take wings and reputation falls to pieces he is ^ as constant in his love as the sun PH its Jourrtey through the heavens. If fortune drives the master forth an outcast into the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of accom panying him, to guard against dan ger to fight against his enemies, and when the last scene of all comes, and death takes his master in its em brace and his body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends pursue their way, there by his graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws and his eyes sad, but open in alert-watch fulness, faithful and true even to death." BUILD TO RESIST FIRE Every effort of medi>cal scionce haR been united to combat plagues and infectious diseases. Scientists have given their lives, willimgly, in tho dangerous tests and strenuous health battles which have been fought and won. With America's sickness and death rate decreasing and a remedy for nearly all the serious cpidomV's diseases found, it is high time that )' more attention is given to another serious problem ? fire! Many of our great industries have begun to recognizo the importance of fire prevention work, and for sound economic reasons have developed a i; program of fire prevention to render 1 themselves Bafer from fire. Those industries have accomplished remark_ ?ble results, and emulations of their example woukl contribute to the I Strength, durability and unhindered progress of any business. People must be more careful ? they must think about their own hazards; moreover, they must construct their building* soundly to reeist fire. It in indeed a shame if a man fa so care Jegg as to throw a lighted match into A waste paper basket, but if the re sultant blare destroy^ the building, that is a disgrace! A building shoukl bo so constructed that It would resist fire. One valuable lesson can be learned from a review of fire loss figures: Teach carefulness, but, more impor ts, build to rsstst fire) OreAI-ing much Discu^sift* feute 82 bt the StAte DemdcttLtk party is creating much discussion. Wo do not know for certain, but believe that Gov. Al. Smith'* chances for cap turing the^ democratic nomination for president, has caused all this discu* . sion. There are some Rood demo, crats who do not intend voting fo" him should he receive the nomina tion, and they are opposed to taking an oath to support any candidate whom they are unalterably Opposed to. So far as we are concerned, the rule may stand or it may be changcd. We do not favor thQ nomination of Gov. Smith, but it now looks very much like he is going to be a win ner. It is freely predicted that, he will be nominated cm the Democratic ticket, and Hoover will be nominated on the Republican ticket. We do not believe that the elimin_ ntion of rule 32 will split the dem? ocrntic party. In the event that Smith should be nominated an dthere were those who voted in the primary election who objected to voting for Smith in the general election, they will simply do as they have been do ing ? stay away from the polls. In our county with upwards of 4,000 votes in the primary election we c'o not vote 500 in the general election. Of course this should not be the case, but it is a fact nevertheless. There is at least one good argument for the changing of rule 32, or repealing it, and it is that a number of Re publicans now residing in the south who are good citizens, and while they prefer to vote in the democratic prL niaries for state and county officers, thoy wish to vote for the republican nominees in the presidential election. If some of the good southern demo_ crats were residing Tn the northern states, they would certainly feel like voting the national democratic ticket while they might prefer voting for republican candidates in their homo town. Taking this view of it, doing away with rule 32 would fit in very well. There are some democrats now who will not trouble themselves to vote in our primary elections becausc they do not care to be bound by an oath to vote for men whom they do not endorse. We shall have no re grets if the rule is repealed, nor will it troubld us if it remains as it is. Whoever the democrats nominate for president will most likely get the southern votes. ADVERTISING THE GREAT CIV ILIZER In 1883, the Mervine_Kahn Comp_ any store was founded at Rayne, Ac adia Pariteh, Louisiana. It now does more than $500,000 business a year in a community of 3,000 people. It started with one clerk; now it has 30. Its sales has a volume that many a city jobber would epvy. Writing of the fafcts, the company manager says: "We have done a general merchandising business, with dry goods as the bulk of- the business, catering to the trade of 10 parishes, and ADVERTISING IN EVERY PA PER' IN OUR SECTION." Advertising invites and fixes a standard of comparison, by which one's goods, methods, prices may be tested. Advertising creates demand; one who does not know of the ad_ vertised automobile, still drives the ox_toam, or rides pillion-fashilon, ot walks through jungle paths7 one who doesn't know advertized matches or electricity or gas, kindles a cave fire with a whirling stick, and gnaws half-cooked meat off the bones of the prey he has slain with stone or club. Advertising is Information and goodwill investment. Gov.* Richards, after reading an ed_ itorial in The. Messenger ^vbou(t ? nr^ro on the state farm, who has al ready served over twenty years for tho theft of $10.00, has made an in_ ventilation of this ense, and the re cord of the negro as a prisoner has not been very good. stated in The Messenger he attempted to make his escape once, ami was soon re_ captured and brought h ' ? and he is described as a "confirm- thief," hav ing attompted to stenl even while in prison, and the suggestion has been made to the Governor, that if (riven his freedom it is likely that he would soon be returned to prison for com. mitting other thefts. But in the face of this we do not feel that he should b?' made to Rerve a life time for the theft of $10.00. Tf released and then ho got hack fnto the toils again it would be his own fault. For the last year or so he is reported to have made a good prisoner. HIGHWAYS OF I'EAOj legislation ifl proposed TTTfigresR which would creare a national high- | way fund of $407,341,24r> from the money obtained from maturation of ^ bomlta accepted from Franco aR pay_ i ment for surplus war material, high. ! way equitnent and supplies. Thin monfty would br. distribute*! to the various fttatefl and such Rtfttea would not be required to contribute move than 20 per cent of coat of highway* no constructed, j Good national highways in conjuno* sOiJTH CARbtlNA WEEKLV IN DUSTRIAL REVIEW Busy Factories Are As Vital To Citi.s Ai.o Towns As Good Crops And Fair Price-; Arc To The Agricultural Section. Well_paW Labor Is The Farmer's Best Market. Eas!oy ? E'sley Fair will be held October 17-19. Hampton ? More than 4 miles o t road between here and Ehrhardt in Colleton County will be graded and surfaced' with sand clay. Bamberg ? Walterboro_Barnwell highway will be relocated in this county. Columbia ? Bids opened for state highway construction costing nearly $600,000. Gaffney ? New home for Salvation Army will be built here. Orangeburg ? Three carloads hogs, one from Holly Hill and two from th?>s city shipped recently. Georgetown ? Two car loads dem_ onstration fed hogs shipped recently, cn? from here and other from An drews. Georgetown ? Plans making for re_ buildirg bri?:k and steel kiln-, a; Brooklyn Cooperage plant. Beaufort ? Beaufort County Cham ber of Commerce to occupy new quarters in Truckers Association building. Union ? New front installed by Pal. imetto Drug Store. Bamberg ? $75,000 new Baptist Church dedicated here. Union ? New Rutledge Lodge lure recently dedicated. Spartanburg ? $100,000 new Mason ic Temple formally opened. ?Columbia ? Spartanburg was ban | ner cotton county of South Carolina in 1927. j Camdc-n ? $48,000 bond issue will be voted on April 17 for permanent im_ provements to streets and sidewalks here. | Seneca ? Prospects bright for good fruit crop in this section this year. , Columbia ? Bids opened for more I than $75,000 road and bridge work. 1 Newberry ? Several traffic signal lights to be installed here. , New Brookland ? 10 miles of Char leston road to be paved between here and Calhoun County line. 16,263 bales cotton ginned and to be ginned from 1927 crop in Oconee County, compared to 10,263 bales of 1926 crop. Columbia ? 102.3 miles federal-aid highways were completed in South Carolina during fiscal yead ended June 30, 1927. ] Columbia ? McLeod Infirmary of j Methodist Church of Florence with {capitalization of $10,000 chartered. Columbia ? Steady flow of cotton i and new contracts to South Carolina j Cotton Growers' Cooperative Associa_ ition continues. Sumter ? Negroes here pledge $2000 for equipment of new industrial school recently completed as supple mental unit of Lincoln high school. Sumter ? Eighth oar hogs recently shipped from here. Greer citizens vote on $110,000. bonds for better water system. America will prosper in proportion as its people demand broad-gauR|e policies which encourage investment arid; development, with resulting steady employment and good wages. Jungle law rules the coal industry, say.i an operator. And with perhaps a blind tiger here and there *n it too. tion with county roads, are one of the nation's greatest assets. They bring the states closer together and make agreements easier on national problems. Using money from sale of surplus war material to build highways of peace is a worthy project. LET THEM ALONE 1 . One of the moat intelligent remark^ ccncernin# railroad legislation made in many moons is a brief paragraph from the St. Louis Times. ''Gonffresa could do nothing that wouM serve more to stabilize all classes of com., merce and fndustry than to adopt a hands_off policy toward* the railroads. The greatest nnerl of the railroads today is identical with what it has been for the last fow yoars--to be let alone." There is a continual itch in the po_ litirnl palm to reach out toward! the railroads, with sufcffostijons for this and that. That it is a basic and ne.. ccssary in'-'ustry and that such tamp ering is dangerous deters them not at all. What the railroad* need is simply to l>e left alone to operate under the multitude of laws that now regulate and govern them. A1 Smith is resting in Ashevllle and is receiving a great reception in the tar heel state. There la bound to be some political aignifleance to hl? vis it even though he really came south to rest. The folk Just won't let Mm rest altogether. A BALE AN ACRE In spite of Weather and Weevil lVa BALES OF COTTON PER ACRE . . . Hon. W. D. Spearman, Pickeni Co., S. C., ??y?: "/ uted only 400 Ibt. of 'AA QUALITY' Fertilizer per acre without lop drening or toda and I have been informed by Ihoie who are acquainted with the cotton situation thit leaion that it it f>robt*bly t'<c belt crop in the Stale, the yield being aroiAid 1 1 j balei per acre. Thit it by far the bell crop I hate ever grown. and I have been farming for around 30 yean. I think thii it a very fine recommendation for 'AA QUALITY' Fertiliieri. I believe your for mula! are perfectly luited to toil condilioni in South Carolina,"? Sept. 23, 1927, 40% MORB COTTON ... Mr. J. R. l-u.k of Hone* Path, Anilcrton Co., S. C.. ??>?: "Thii year I ran out of 'AA QU A LITY' Fertiliieri before / was through preparing my cotton land and when / went back to get more , my dealer not having them in itock, tupplied me with another make. Th <? r.* lull it that one can lee to the very row where the other good i were applied. I am geltiiit around 40 % more cotton where the 'AA QUALITY' goods were uied." ? Sept. 9, 1927, 20% BETTER RESULTS , . . Mr. E. P. T?PP of Greer, Greenville County, S. C.. ?*>?: "I have used 'AA QUALITY' Ferliliteri now for around S ye,:ri and I am very much pleated with the result .< ob tained. In fact, I got around 20'?, belter rtsu.'ls than when I used another make. My cotton crop thii year will make around one bale per acre, despite the unfavorable weather. I can highly recommend 'AA QUALITY' Fcrtiliieri."?Sepl. 22, 1927. Cotton growing today is a business. Success in this business is achieved by getting profitable production, even in the face of adverse conditions. You want to get a paying yield of cotton per acre. Success spells the difference between a substantial income and pin money. Letters printed here are from success ful South Carolina cotton growers. These growers use sound farming meth ods and "AA QUALITY" Fertilizers ? the best fertilizers obtainable. Read their letters. They speak of facts and tell of results. Hundreds of other successful cotton growers have written us to tell of large returns from comparatively small invest ments in "AA QUALITY" Fertilizers. "AA QUALITY" Cotton Fertilizers produce these results because they are carefully and scientifically made for South Carolina cotton fields ? for your fields. They are manufactured by the largest fertilizer company in the world. They have back of them over sixty years of fertilizer experience ? over sixty years of successful cotton production. You can rely upon "A A QUAL ITY" Fertilizers to give you consistently good results. Insist on "AA QUAL ITY" goods this season, "AA QUALITY" FERTILIZERS Sold under a Double Quality Guarantee 1st Guarinlt * on the fronl of each bag ii on* of the following fumoui eld names that Hand for a fertilizer made to meet the exact need* of your eoil. "AA" Aahepoo ZelVa Agrico Pocomoke Coe-Mortimer 2nd Guarantee on the back of the bag ? the "AA OW.I JTY" Sea! guaranteeing that every sack coat . i ' ? > tinier*! plant - food material* mixed wi;h >;icii'.iIK' care. MANUFACTURED ONLY BY The American Agricultural Chemical Company Columbia Sales Department Palmetto Building, Columbia, ?. C. STATEMENT OF THE OWNER SHIP, MANAGEMENT, ETTC., RE QUIRED BY THE ACT OF CON GRESS OF AUGUST 24, 1918. Of The Wateree Messenger, published Weekly at Camden, South Carolina, for April, 1928. State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. Before me, a Notary Public in and for the State and county aforesaild, personally appeared C. W. Birchmore, who having been duly sworn accord ing to law, deposes and says that he i? the Editor and Owner of The Wa teree Messenger, and! that the follow ing is, to the best of hiH knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management, etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1918, om bodied in Section 443 Postal Uwa and Regulations, to wit: 1. That the names and' addresses of tho publisher, editor, managing ed itor, and business managers are: Publisher, C. W. Birchmore, Cam den, S. C. Editor, C. W. Bfrehmore, Camden, S. C. Managing Editor, C. W. Birchmore, Camden, S. C. Business Manager, C. W. Bireh moro, Camden, S. C. 2. That the owner is: C. W. Birch jmore, Camden, S. C. J 8. That (the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security hold ers owning or holding 1 per cent, or more of total amount of bonds, mort gages or securfities are: None. C. W. BIRCHMORE, Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2nd day of April, 1928. W. F. NETTLES, Notary Public. ICR NOTICE Mr. L. A. Haynes is in charge of Camden Ice Company's service sta tion, corner Market and DeKalb Streets, and will greatly appreniato a part of your business. I<ook for the sign? CAMDEN ICE CO. 2t-p OUR WANT ADB BRING RESULTS WEEK-END EXCURSIONS To SAVANNAH AND TYI5EE From Savannah \ Cheraw McBee Camden $7.55 Columbia 6.10 Denmark 3.95 Fairfax 2.80 Proportionate Low Fares From Other Si lions Tickets sold for all trains Fridays and Saturdays, limited returning to reach starting point by mid night following Tuesday. For further information, see nearest Seaboard Ticket Agent. SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY ? >.<)?) FARM GOSSIP ! Honest grading is the boat policy in preparing, products for market. Prank Farmer says: "In buying livestock I have found it best to buy the best." The home garden increases high living and increases high cost of living. Keeping the cotton acreage un'ler control will help keep the boll weev_ il under control. It coats tho fruijt grower lots of money not to produce good fruit through proper spraying. I>niry mathematics: y the daugh ter ocf a purebred dairy sire averages $00 per ycdr more than her mother for butterfat, what ia the sire worth in a herd of 20 cows? 'The plow is in my garden, The need ia fn my hand, And here are loam and sunshine Awaiting my command. ? Katherine Atherton Grimes. ANNOUNCEMENTS For Township Director We tak pleasure in announcing the rami' of Mr. Karl If. Bowen as a candidate for t he office of (iounty I ?ii ccior from Wateree Township to su <?<?< (1 hims' f, supject to the rules nnd rejrulat ions of the primary (flec tion. Mr. I! .w. n );;.4 nijfio us a very capab e and efficient officer ami we feel that li- ervi**es are needed for r.i other t' mi. I! LANKY VOTKUS FOR M \OIHTUATH I her hy nnnocn e myself a candi date f it* Magistrate from the Upper 'Division of Waleree Township, sub ject to the rules of the democratic primary. W. M. I'KAKK. It's hard to he serious the?" d'iys, 1 ul if you want to see an old-fash ioned, conscientious, oarneot expres sion come over a man's faco, just ?u-k him how he makes his home brew. ? Ex. Yhe modern girl may put on more powder, but |t isn't, her fault. She has more rubbed off.