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THE WATBKH.fi MESSENGER, Published Every Tuesday by CHAS. W. BIRCHMORE, Prop. Subscription $1.50 A Year in Advance Entered as Second Class Matter at the Postoffice at Camden. 3. C. Tuesday, July 17, 1(J28 AIR PORT FOR CAMDEN. Some time ago we spoke of the coming need 0f this community for a landing field for the airplanes that wbuld stop here, and now this med seems certain to be supplied. The chamber of commerce some time ago through its energetic secretary took the matter of a landing field site up with Mr. Ernest L. Woodward, of Leroy, N. Y., who owns a desirable tract of land, about ninety acres, just east of Camden. Through the in- I terest and generosity of Mr. Wood ward, who has spent much of his time in Camden, our community will not have to purchase the tract of land, for Mr. Woodward has very graciously tendered it as a gift, and this has been enthusiastically accept ed by the chamber of commerce and the young men's business league. These two organizations along with other interests here, are always look- I ing after new developments, and <h.?y are to be congratulated upon b .'ing able to secure without cost th" tra- t of land of so desirable a site. Il ..will not be long, before such a place will be a necessity. Machines fly over Camden canstantly, and mail machines have been in operation for some time, and our business people will soon be able to get quick mail service as a result of the landing ? field which is to be established at once. Let everybody get their coats off and go to work as one man to put the landing field in the condi tion that is necessary, and then let the machines come along! Camden has the good fortune to possess a friend whose permanent residence is Leroy, New York, who has means and is interested in Cam den. The immediate result is the gift of 100 acres of land two miles from town for an airport site. Suit able sites o" paved roads for such purpose are scarce within six miles of Columbia, but they are not going to become more numerous or less expensive. On the contrary. And we have got to have an airport. ? The State. CAMDEN'S SORROW During the past week two of Cam den's most estimable ladies passed away, Mrs. A. D. Kennedy and Mrs. Leo Schenck. Seldom if ever has this community been thus stricken with sorrow. Each of them filled an important place in the community, and each were held in the highest esteem. Their lives were benedic tions. How often their names were on the lips of the people of Camden in connection with some worth while service 1 Their deaths are a distinct loss to Camden. There were three funerals here in one day, for an aged gentleman, Mr. Henry Junes, also passed away. In Greenville it is Said that a black list is going to be kept of those who refuse to support Gov. Smith for president, and it is reported that some of them who put principles above politics have asked that their names be put on the black list. You can't scare a real clean, good man that way. When you try driving them the driving becomes a bin job. MARKS KINK SHOWING. The statement of the condition of the Camden Water find Light Depart ment published < lso where in this issue of The Messenger makes a fine show ing and is a clear indication that good business management has been put into this important branch of our city government. The figures are made up by a certified public accountant and are therefore authentic. The re port shows a net- profit from the Water department of $18.GC>2.H7, and from the light department of $37, jfey 027.75. With such a showing as this the Rinking fund for the purpose of taking care of outstanding bonds will bo very material in taking care of the bonds as they mature, and at W[ the same time for making improve- I ments to the plant from time to time as the city reequirements may arise. We wish to congratulate the city au '4ji thorities and those directly respon filble for these two departments for !&? the successful manner in which they have been handled. Good salaries if? paid the employees as should be | the case and a most satisfactory ser satisfactory ser gj vice has been rendered the taxpayers the consumers of water and lights. Every dog has his day, and thfi ? m _ farmer has his WEEK? at Clemson College, Aug. 13-18. mm-- , WM: A DISCOURAGING PICTURE. The News and Courier, under the caption, "Look on this Picture", says: "The federal prohibition agent in I Greenville says that 1,500 persons in and around that town are engaged J i in the liquor business. Within th? last six months intoxicants have been ' stored or transported by at least 150,- j 000, possibly 300,000 persosn, includ- j ing young men and women in South J Carolina. Besides there, the .whole number of bootleggers and moon shiners is perhaps 30,000. Picture all of these people, at least 200,000, all guilty, in jail or at work on the public roads, at the same time. 'What a pleasant sight." That is a very discouraging picture ' to look upon if the figures given are correct, and we are not inclined to question the corerctness of the fig ures for we have no direct informa tion regarding them, but what we do have in mind is that such a condition is liable to exist while the prohibition law is attempted to be enforced in the manner which has characterized so many convictions. When a viola tor of the prohibition law is given a sentence of six months four months suspended as we see it, he is only sentenced for two months. This is frequently the case. We believe that at the recent term of court here all or practically all, of the cases heard for the violation of the prohibition i law, like sentences were imposed. Then again many of those who are elected or appointed to enforce the prohibition law, are not in sympathy with the law and are themselves men who drink. We cannot see how an officer who drinks can be very active in enforcing the prohibition law. The law makers should amend the law and make a straight sentence of not less than twelve months for the first offense and double this for a second offense, and the people should see to it that sober, law-abiding officers are elected or appointed t0 carry out th'; law, and when this is done the num ber of bootleggers will be materially decreased. THE TOLL OF TflE DRINK HAJJIT ] My experience, I am persuaded, not very different from that of most other men when I look around nu and consider what a toll of death, disease, and disaster the drink evil has talrtn among men and women o my own acquaintance. The most, brilliant kinsman in my boyhood ' neighborhood, an aspiring and in spiring young man of noblest ideals and highest promise, fell a victim of drink, disappointed his friends, ruin ed his business, and brought failutv to all the high dreams of his youth. "So went also another fine conn-ad;' of my young manhood, one of the most gifted ycung men c f my gen eration, whose friendship and genius might even now be adding happiness I to thousands had not this sinister habit put chains around him he could not break ? as he told me in bitter ness not long before his death. On my farm now two men are working who all but suffered total "wreck from drink, and while each is now making a fine comeback, neither can ever recall the years or the oppor tunities that have been squandered. "He would have been d.ad in ten minutes if we had not found him" was the doctor's verdict reported to me this week concerning a gifted young i man who was thus barely saved from thi- almost fatal consequences of a I drirkimr party. And a friend who! shouivl be a leader in business, as was his father, who was also my friend, has sacrificed home and busi ness and reputation for whiskey, and ,'the bride who married him in faith and hope has had her own life wreck ed a9 well as his. And so it often is |? the woman pays also, and often! i more heavily than the ttout; ? Rig+it ' alongside Longview Farm at one point is a house in which only a few months ago a man of excellent social connections first shot the wife ho "had sworn to love and protect, and j then killed himself. | If a scarlet tombstone marked ev ery grave to which drink had brough. 1 its occupant in defeat and disaster. | the record would stagger humanity. | Yet it is the shame of our whiskey- 1 advocates that they never mention tragedies like these but treat pro hibition as if it merely restricted legitimate pleasures. Or the argu ment is made that "prohibition does net prohibit." Well, it will b.1 vio lated just to the extent that the peo ple by indifference or surrender per mit it to be violated. To yield to its enemies will only insure increased violations. If prohibition reduces drinking by GG 2-3 per cent, is it not | then a godsend and a success? I know that 30 years ago there were j 1 23 saloons within five blocks of j ! where I write and I am convinced j that not all our local bootleggers j and blind tigers covering a similar area and population today sell 33 1-3 j per cent as much whiskey as did j those 23 barrooms. ? Clarence Poo in I The Progressive Farmer. Local Marine Awarded Silver Modal, j For making one of the highest ' j scores in a rifle competition, held j recently at Quantico, Va., Strgoani ? Austin J. V. Roberts, of Kershaw, P. | C., was awarded a silvei nuvlal. TI.j match, known as the Kas'.orn Div ?i >n rifle competition, is held uniuriMy to I determine the leading riflemen nmo:-.,; ' the U. S. Marines in the carter" >?.<. , tion of the country. Serjeant Roberts, who i- a s. n of Wittiam S. Roberts, of Ket-cow. I' i- ? served in the Marine I :il:n -t continuously since 1 1 ? '? . ;<u i he t - cently reenlisted for at. ther l,.:n of > service at Annapolis, ?! II : >d ? well up amoriK the 1 i \ j recent matches at Qua ?. ,i: ! i one of the few medal wiu.urs in the ei mpetition. Sncttly after winning the medal he was s lect" ! as a member of the Marine Corps rille and pi-'.ol team, ami lift for Wakefield, Ma s., where the uaiii is preparing to take part m '>he -New Kngland matches. Later :i< tenia will ^o to (.'amp IVrry, 0., !? the National Matches. "?Stal and unprofitable" is the i it r-jui linn hahit uf Southern 1 .. ? mors. STATEMENT Of the Condition of the Camden Water and Light Department, as Furnished by A Crawford Clarkson, Certified Public A countant, Columbia, S. C. \ 9 CITY OF CAMDEN? WATER AND LIOHT I'LANT WATEll DEPARTMENT i Muy 1. 1927 to April 30, 1928 , IN COM e Water Sales . . Water Tap Fees Total income Labor Material, supplies, etc EXPENSE .$ 5,249.7?) 701.26 Total expense $23,6113.13 980.75 24,613.88 5,951.01 Net profit Water Department, operations $18 662 87 CITY OF CAMDEN? WATER AND LIGHT PLANT ELECTRIC DEPARTM ENT May 1, 1927 to y^Pril 30, 1928 ' INCOME Electric Current Sales Electric Tap Fees Total income Power I urchases Labor Mo* >;al supplies, etc. EXPENSE $66,639.54 385.00 $67,024.54 ? ? $28,060.28 .. 1,704.61 231.90 'lotal expense $29,996.79 Net profit Electric Department operations $37,027.75 CITY OF CAMDEN? WATER AND LIGHT PLANT INCOME ACCOUNT i May 1, 1927 to <Vpril 30, 1928 / Electric Department Opeartions Watt r Department Operations . Less ? Discounts allowed INCOME . . $37,027.75 . 18,662.87 $55,690.62 7,302.10 $ 5,625.00 Total operating income EXPENSE Salaries Office expense 1,076.09 Automobile expense 646.23 Insurance 659.83 Interest 145.00 Hud Debts... 39.19 Donation? Chamber of Commerce Christmas bonus Trnvi ling expense $48,388.52 350.00 100.00 75.00 Total expense Deduct Miscellaneous Income: Rents $058.75 Income from Sinking Funds 430.63 Recoveries on accounts previously charged off 7.82 Total Miscellaneous Income Net General Expense Net Profit for year ended April 30, 1928, transferred to surplus.. .$ 8,716.34 * 1,097.20 $7,619.14 $40,769.38 WKLk -END K\(TKSl()NS To SAVANNAH AND TY15KK From Savannah Tybee Cheraw .$10.6 3 AicBee ^.4o Camden .S7.-V) S.o ) Columbia (i.ii) ().S-> Denmark 'A.{Xy 4.70 Fairfax ? U.n) ;?.55 Proportionate Low Fi\ in Other Stations Tickets >oid 101 ; 11 uv.i Fridays anil Saturdays, limited lvlurnini!- to i ? ach ii-jr point by mid ? l . ? l? ' 1 1 1 following Tia-. day. i*'i?r further in l'oraiati-.ioa. sa1 nearest Seaboard Ticket A.u'eiU. S E A Ii 0 A R D A I K LI 10 RAILWAY WILSE W. 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