The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, July 17, 1928, Image 2
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.
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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
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