The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, May 22, 1928, Image 4
THE WATEREE MESSENGER,
Published Every Tuesday by
CHAS. W. BIRCHMORE, Prop.
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Entered as Second Class Matter at the
Postoffice at Camden. 3. C.
May 22, 1928.
OUR PRIMARIES
The primary system of nominating
candidates for public office has been
in force for many years now, and it
gives the individual voter an oppor
tunity to have a voice in the election
of the officials, which is right and !
proper. But there is one thing that I
is really defeating the object of the !
primaries as we see it and that is the j
excessive assessments of the cartdi- j
dates in some instances. In some {
counties they are much higher than I
in our county. One of the main ob
jects of the primary election system
was not only to allow the individual
voter to have a voice in the selection
of officials, but to allow any one dis
posed to do so to enter the race for
an office, provided he was a democrat
_ and other wise qualified to do so. If
the assessments are placed out of
reach of some otherwise capable and
worthy citizens, then the object of the
primary system is defated to that
extent. When this plan of making
nominations was first inaugurated the
assessments of candidates for the
House of Representatives was a very
small figure ? something like one or
two dollars. The highest assessment
did not exceed five dollars. No as
sessments are levied upon state offi
cers, and there will be none to vote
for this year. In our county there
will be comparatively few offices to
fill this year. Two representatives,
clerk of court, master, coroner, four
township directors and a number of
magistrates. To raise as much mon
ey as was raised two years ago, the
assessments will have to be excessive
in order to obtain as much money as
was assessed last year. There was
some surplus we understand, but the
executive committee made some dis
?position of it which they thought
proper and correct. Managers of e
lections at first served without pay,
but they are paid for their services
now. It is likely that they will con
tinue to demand pay or not serve.
Then in addition to this there are
other expenses that will have to be
met. This situation should be gone
over carefully by the county execu
tive committee a&l give the candidates
a a ww 11 as all others
concerned. If any on6 has any defi
nite views along this line that they
would like to express, we jvlll be glad
to publish them if they will sVend them
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KERSHAW COUNTY HONORED
A distinct and unusual honor came
to Kershaw county last week at the
meeting of the State Democratic con
vention. The most that any one
county of the Stato could hope for
would be one delegate to the national
convention, but Kershaw county was
honored with the selection of two
delegates. Governor John G. Rich
ards was elected a delegate by ac
clamation, an honor well deserved as
the chief executive of the State. Then
in naming delegates from the dis
tricts another one was chosen from
Kershaw county, Mr. W. L. DePass,
Jr., a popular and well known young
attorney. So out of the total of
eighteen delegates, Kershaw county
gets two--Gov. Richard3 and Mr.
DePass. Governor Richards was
chosen a member of the national ex
ecutive committee by quite a hand
some majority. With these honors
still another was conferred upon our
county. Judge M. L. Smith was
chosen temporary president of tho
convention and afterwards made per
manent president. Judge Smith was
also elected an alternate at large to
tho national convention. Thus it will
be seen that there were six distinct
honors conferred upon Kershaw coun
ty in the selection of officers of the j
convention and delegates to the na- |
tional convention. No other county
in the state can boast of such dis- j
tinct recognition. Theso honors
camo to our county because of merit, |
and the democratic voters of our
county have a right to feel proud of j
them.
\ PRACTICAL BUSmRSS IIAROMK
TER
Commenting on the business condi
, tions of tho country, Frank L. Dame,
President of tho North American
Company, operating electric proper- J
tie* In Cleveland, St. Louis, Milwau
\ liee and San Francisco, said that the
electric output of the North American
eystem totaled 1,438,387,572 kilowatt
hours during the 14 weeks ended
April 5, an Increase of 12.21 per cent
over the game period of 1927.
"Thli Increase," said Mr. Dame, 'Ms
? most encouraging sltfn of healthy
tnwilftss growth, since power output
reports of a system national in scope 1
?re an index of actual industrial pro- 1
? (faction, and forecast subsequent bus- 1
laeas activity."
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BETTER TELEPHONE 8ERVICE
The Bell Telephone System' will
spend more than (400,000,000 for new
equipment and plant facilities in 1928.
This is the largest construction pro
gram ever contemplaed in telephone
history. When we consider that this
is more than the entire cost of build
ing the Panama Canal, a slight idea
can be obtained of what this new con
struction really means in better tele
phone service to the public.
Plans call for 950,000 telephone
poles, which would be sufficient to con
struct over 23,000 miles of pole line
with 40 poles to the mile. More than
1,0^0,000 cross-arms will be used; and
19,000,000 duct feet of conduit will be
provided for underground lines. Over
17,400 tons of bare copper wire and
E,000 tons of galvanized iron wire will
be needed, in addition to 34,750,000,000
conductor feet of wire in lead covered
cables.
The contsruction program contem
plates additional long-distance circuits
in various part8 of the country, and
progressive development and iniprove
'ment of local telephone facilities, by
jthe various Bell telephone companies
in their local territories.
WORLD S LONGEST TELEPHONE
LINE
| Two long: distance telephone cir- j
Icuits recently opened between New
jYork and Los Angeles, a distance of I
1 3,412 miles, constitute the longest1
direct telephone circuits in the world
a and represent one of the latest a
chievments of telephone engineers.
Up to this time, calls between *he
'Atlantic and Pacific coasts had to be
; switched at Chicago. The new di
rect line goes through Chicago to
St. Louis and thence over the south
ern continental line to Los Angeles.
Telephone repeaters boost the cur
rent at various points, so that it is
almost as easy to telephone fi\?m
coast to coast as it is to telephone
acros3 a street.
I The voice over this line travels a
longer distance than over the trans
atlantic wireless from New York to
Scotland or over the return from Rug
by to Houlton, Maine. The distance
from Rocky Point to Scotland is 3,200
miles, and from Rugby to Houlton,
Maine, 2,930 miles. American tele
phone service is not even approximat
ed in other countries.
I
TAXPAYERS responsible FOR
HIGH TAXES
"People will never solve their tax
problems unless they possess the
facts," says Dr. Milbank Johnson, who
has made a thorough study of tax
fundamentals.
j "Anyone who damns officials for
crookedness and graft has a mighty
weak basis for solving his tax prob
lems. Anyone, however, who can go
:tc the officials of the community and
.show them- the actual facts, show
them the methods of obtaining those
facts, and arouse confidence in those
facts, will do a great work. You will
find that they are usually very glad
to follow any reasonable advice you
may give them.
''Taxpayers themselves, because of
their demands on government, are
responsible for high taxes. Until
they stop to think and to plan their
budgets for the future, as well as
those for the present, the taxpayers
are going to be in the same condition
as the householder or family that
takes no thought for the morrow."
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STRONG PROHIBITION ARGU
MENT
(From The Kershaw Era)
If any one can add strenghth to the
following prohibition preachment by
Senator Borah, we will take pleasure
| in publishing what they have to say
'The few words of Senator Borah are
certainly heavyweight:
J "The man in the automobile may
be opposed to the 18th amendment,
but he will immediately discharge a
[drinking chauffeur. The train may
| be crowded with delegates to the
j anti-prohibition convention, but they
would mob the engineer who took a
drink while drawing his precious
freight. The industrial magnate may
i talk critically of sumptuary laws, but
he will apply them like a despot to
the man who watches over the driving
power of his vast establishment.
When the exiRenoy of modern life de
mands a clear brain and instant decis
ion in or<*er to save thousands of lives
and millions of property, we are all
dry."
ItHK SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
May 27, 1928
The Wicked Husbandmen
TBXT: Mark 12:1-12
In tho parable of the householder
demanding fruit, our Lord Bought to
iconvince tho Jews of the sinful state
of their nation, nnd to warn thom of
the judgments they wore fast bring
ing upon themselves. It is an OKI
Testament theme workrd up with new
variations, and His hearers well knew
what was signified. It is one of the
fow instances in the New Testament
in which an image of the Old Testa
ment is almost exactly repeated in
a discourse by Jesus.
"A certain man planted a vineyard,
and set a hedge nbout it^nd digged
a place for the winefat and built a
tower, and let it out to husbandmen,
and went into a far country" (v. 1).
The words substantially follow those
of Isaiah in chap. 5:1-7 where Israel
long before had been characterized
as an enclosed vineyard. Lines of
demarcation had been laid down by
Jehovah, separating them from other
nations, and th<?y had also been iso
lated by their geographical position.
The "hedge" set abou** them, no
doubt, refers to the law of Moses
(Rom. 9:4-5). This separating waV
was finally broken down through th
sacrificial death of Christ (Eph. 2:13
15). Within the vineyard of Israel,
God has "digged a place for the
winefat" ? made every provision for
their prosperity ? and ''built a tower,"
giving them a unique testimony a
mong the nations. In other words,
everything had been done for Israel
to make it a nation of saints, and
? they were without excuse.
"He let it out to husbandmen and
went into a far country." Xhe Jew
were made the special stewards oi
Jehovah, while He withdrew and
gave them every opportunity to make
good. All of this was now about to
have a new fulfilment in the day of
their spccial privilege, for Christ is
presented in Luke 19:12 as a "noble
man who went into a far country to
receive for himself a kingdom and
return."
<lAt the season," the owner is rep
| resented -as sending '<a servant, that
jho might receive from the husband
men of the fruit of the vineyard" (v.
1 2). The proprietor naturally has an
, eye to the fruit. If the keepers were
'mere triflers, after personal honor
| and graft, He will discover it. It
| was an actual fact In Israel at that
I time that their leaders had complete
ly lost sight of God's purpose and
were socking only their own ag
i grandizement.
"They caught him and beat him,
land sent him away empty" (v. 3).
jHe is represented as again and again
I sending other servants (vs. 4-5).
I Some were stoned; some were beaten;
j some were even killed. Here we
lhave a picture of the constant oppo
jsition to the prophets referred to by
Jesus in Matt. 23:29-32.
But now a contrast is drawn be
tween the many prophets and the
"one son." The emphasis of the
original for verse (5 is as follows:
"There was yet one He possessed, a
Son beloved. He sent Him last to
visit them, saying, They will feel
ashamed of themselves in the pres
ence of my Son." We cannot fail to
recognize here the Son whose name
was called ''Emmanuel" (Mt. 1:23),
also called the "beloved" (Mt. 17:.r>).
The husbandmen said: "This is the
(Heir; come let us kill Him, and the
inheritance shall be ours" (v. 7). The
very fact that Jesus called the Jews
to repentance with more authority
than the prophets had done, enraged
them against Him. By putting Him
to death the rulers of the Jews hoped
to engross all church power to them
selves, and cause all respect of the
people to be paid to themselves.
Thousands since their day have
tried to gain an inheritance for them
selves by rejecting God's Son, but
inheritances do not come that way.
Those who seek an inheritance in the
! power and pomp of this work! may
count their eternal inheritance lost.
"They took him and killed him and
cast him out of the vineyard" (v. 8).
This was what they were shortly to
do with Jesus Himself. Furthermore
tJiey refused to admit His Gospel
after He was gone (Jn. 1 ; 1 1 - 12 ) , for
it. did not fit in with their scheme.
In casting it out, however, they scat
tered the good seed to the four
winds.
"What would the lord of the vine
yard do" in such a case? It is eftsy
to answer. Nothing could be ex
pected but that the husbandmen
should be punished and the vineyard
given over to thp control of other?/
And thus it happened to the Jews.
Within a short time after the cruci
fixion, their beloved city was laid
waste and the Jewish nation made
a desolation. Their dispersion and
punishment has, through the centur
ies, been a spectacle to the world.
I^et us not, however, pass this
parable . entirely over to the Jews.;
The church of Jesus Christ has suc
ceeded them in the vineyard. Weave
tenants also, and there are still
terms to be fulfilled. Only in so
far as the church honors its Owner
can it prosper. Already, fiu"ne who
wear the ecclesiastical cloth, are try
ing to put Clod's Son out of the vine
yard, ami dilute His Gospel to a point
whore its divine efficacy iR gone. I<et
us take warning! All mich attempts |
to such movements in thf: church will
find themselves in eternal ruin.
Turning to His hearers, the Sav
iour inquired: "Have yc not read this
Scripture ? The stone which the build- |
ers rejected is become tho head of j
tho corner?" From th passage in |
Isaiah, He now turns to one in
Psalm 118. A part of this very
Psalm had no doubt been sung by the
multitude fct the triumphal entry.
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Hero was a passage which the Jews
universally understood as applying
to the Messiah. Christ takes it to
Himself.
The Psalmist has been held to refer
to an actual incident in the rebuild
ing of the temple. A stone, which
after examination the builders had
rejected, proved of such excellent
quality that it was used for the cor
nice. As it was with this rejected
stone, so Jesus declared it would be
with the rejected Son ? and so it was,
for His resurrection proved Him "the
Son of God with power" (Rom. 1:4).
"This is the Lord's doing," Jesus
added, "and it is marvelous in our
eyes" (v. II). The incident in the
building of the temple, was indeed
marvelous, for it was a reversal of
all skilled human judgment.. Hut.
v/hat was this marvel to the miracles
of Christ? The exaltation of Christ
was "the Lord's doing" and all who
contemplate it must own it. In His
second coming all will be obliged to
confess that He is "the Headstone
of the corner." It is equally "the
Lord's doing" to exalt Christ in the
hearts of Christians and give Him
n throno there, and it cannot but be
marvelous to all who have had the
experience.
What reaction did Jesus get to His
parable? "They sought, to lay hold
on Him, for they kney that He had
Kpokrn the parable against them"
WILSE W. MARTIN
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(v. \2). It had been a looking -glass
and they had seen their own faces
iii it. The word of Christ is still
a looking glass that reveals to men |
the hatefulm ss of sin nnd warns (
them of certain ruin if they do not.
repent. Alas, how many there are
who, instead of correcting the con
dition revealed, shut the door and try
to break the looking glass! I
''They left Him And went, their
way" (v. 12). Men think to escape
hy getting out of hearing of His
message. The (Jospel is either a I
"saviour of life unto life, or a saviour
of death unto death."
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Daughter doesn't show off much
since ho came home from college,
except that she says ''This is she"
when she answer? the telephono.
Whatever else may he said about
the oil business, it's one game where
a beginner starts from the top.
If you play the game on the level
I you may rise high in the worl<l.
A prominent visitor in New York
| a?ys Chicago envies (Jotham her sub
? way system.. Well, it is good train
ing for mayhem.