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THIS WATEREiS MESSENGER, Published Every Tuesday by CHAS. W. BIRCflMORE, Prop. Subscription $1.50 A Yea? in Advance Entered as Second Class Matter at the Postoffice ut Camden, 3. C. Tuesday, August 28, 11)28 PRIMARY ELECTION TO DAY The primary election is being held today throughout the State. No state officers are being voted for, and the eounties are having somewhat of a monopoly the excitement with the exception of congressmen ana so licitors who are being voted for. Ev ery qualified voter should go to the polls today and cast their ballot for the ones whom they honestly believe will render the best service. It will be too late after the elections are over to say what might have been. As a good citizen you owe it to your self and to your country to partici pate in the flection, and in doing so to vote for the ones whom you be lieve will measure up to the require ments of the office they are asking for. ALL OVER? ALL OFF All tlie notification speeches have been made and all the acceptance speeches have been deliver*. d. This feature of the national campaign is all over, and now the candidates are off on their respective races. Gov. Smith's acceptance speech was duly delivered and those who were unable to hear him deliver his speceh have had an opportunity of reading it in the newspapers. His speech was a very able document, even if he did say that he favored a modification of the Vol stead law and the 18th amendment. So able a man as Gov. Smith is, it seems a pity that he does not back up his party along this line. In all other re spects no fault could be found of what he had to say. The notification speeches and the, acceptance speeches have all been made and the candidates now have the race of their lives be fore them. Senator Joe Robinson, candidate for vice president, will do some mission ary work in the Carolinas. He is to make an address in Columbia on the 13th of September. HIGH TAXES PREVENT PROG RESS In front of a home in a western town a sign informs the world of the high tax rate in effect. It says: "Taxes 0n this little home are $l(>fl."7 a year, or $13.80 a month. Il docs not pay to own your own home in this city." Commenting on this Cap iper's Weekly remarked that "such signs could in justice be put up in many American cities, and perhaps if they were something would be done about it sooner than will be." An exhorbitant tax rate will pre vent a community's progress more cer tainly than anything else. It is a bar to prospective home builders and business. Industries, to whom ta\es are of paramount importance, will pass it by in favor of other localities where a fair rate is charged. The wise community will refrain from voting bond issue and improvo ment programs for which it is not prepared. As much as possible it will pay as it goe9 along, so thai taxes may be kept down. In that direction lies growth and progress. FRESH AFTER LONG HAUL There are about 70 ;>rinv;ry mar kets in the Uniteel States, which con sume upwards of 92 per cent of the tive and vine crops. The state of Washington leads in production of apples, Arizona crowds California in yield of lettuce, Florida leads in grapefruit, North Carolina in strawberries, New York in cabbage, Indiana in onions, Maine in whi e potatoes and Virginia in sweet po tatoes, California in grapes. The necessity for a well-ordered system of railroad transportation for the successful marketing of these products is at once apparent when it is realized that much of this traffic moves under refrigeration, all of it requires expeditious service, and ia scope it embraces the producers, con sumers and markets of a continent. In 1027 about 43 per cent of Cali fornia's fruit and veg< tables required a haul of 3,000 miles to the 00 differ ent markets in which they were soi l; about 00 per cent of Washington'* went to 05 different markets with a haul of 2500 miles. Arizona's cantaloupe and lettuce sold in more than 00 different mar kets with a haul exceeding 2,000 miles. Over 82 per cent of Florida's ?products, 73 per cent of Idaho's, 01 per cent of Colorado's and 58 per cent of Texas' required a market haul of from 1,000 to 3,000 miles. A high quality of transportation service is evidenced when after a haul of from 1,000 to 3,000 miles, can taloupe, lettuce and such perishable products are placed on the tables of New York in as good condition as when taken from the vine and field. | LET UR LOOK AHEAD. Politics in this county have not been very distracting, yet there has been a commendable interest in the cam paign, but with the election of today there will be little left to attract attention, unless possibly a second race for representatives. There are five candidates for the houst and two to be nominated. It may take a sec- ! ond primary for this. With our pol itical campaign out of the way it is ' time that we should begin to look ahead. We are just on the opening of the fall season. We want that to be as successful as possible. You will always find someone ready to! | say that the outlook is poor, yet as | a matter of fact it was never better j than at this time. In making '.his i statement we ure aware that the farmers have had a difficult tine- in i cultivating their crops, and the mnu:;1 | shortage in the cotton crop is prom- j ised, but we must not depend upm j cotton alone. We have other )?'?; .fiv es to draw from, and we ventuie t ? , say that mory money is being s;>< nt i here now in improvement.- that has | ever been spent here bi'^xy.^ H ? ?:i?i -? are being hard-surfaced, rA'vj build-' ings are being erected, an i* tnei ? is ? ample employment for labor at re munerotive prices. It is time he w<*?e looking ahead for the good tilings in store for us. Itoys of Five Counties Have Fine I I! Camp. Clemson College, Aug. '2">. -From five Piedmont counties nearest Clem son College came 170 1-H Club, buys this week to spend thiee d:<y :.t Clemson in their annual c imp. mix:e\f the jolly pleasures of camp lit'.' with the more serous business of si mo tion in various phnses of agricultural club work. The Anderson county group numb ered 254. Oconee came next v ith Hi. Laurens had f>?r> and Greenville had 54, while Pickens having ;iiie:i iy he! ! a county rally at the Rocky H.;Uom Camp, had only 13. County farm agents S. M. Hyars, Anderson, <i . II. (iriffin, Oconee; C. B. Cannon, Lau rens; W. R. Gray, Greenville; and T. A. Bowen, Pickens, personally eon ducted their respective groups an.l helped in the instructional a nr. re creational activities. Besides routine lectures, demonstra tions, play hours, etc., there were special talks to the boys by I)r, D. W. Daniel, director of the Arts and Science department"; J. G. Gee, direct or of Physical Education; Rev. Ct. II. Hodges, of the Clemson Methodist church; and Rev. Harris of the Seneca Presbyterian church. To cap tlfe pleasures there was a stunt night Wednesday evening with loads of lun. The trucking business seems to have been quite profitable in .1 num ber of the counties of our state. As yet our farmers have not done so much along this line. I11 fact not enough vegetables have been offered for sale here to supply the local de mands. We should at least raise enough for ourselves and some to spare. FARM GOSSIP I.eing Some Nuggets from Farmers' Week. All that's best in American life is agricultural. ? Dr. Frank Hohn. Farmers cannot depend on political leaders to solve their problems. ? 1 n . John Black. The character, sinew, and brain of America is a farm product. I ? 1 . Frank Bohn. God certainly made the ( arolinas a paradise for poultry farming. Dr. |K. C. Branson. I cannot see any brilliant future for cotton growers in the South eastern states. Dr. \Y. .1. :-(>i!lm;in. Intelligent self-interest dictates hearty cooperation hetwvn town and country. ? Dr. Fv C. Branson. Never a cotton crop so small but that a smaller would have brought the growers more money Dr. W. .1. Spillman. Farmers have moved out from do mestic to commercial [mm duct ion, and subsist now not on products but nn profits. ? Dr. K. C. Bi inson. Farm Women, no longer eont' nt as mere housekeepers, are utilizing their vast "woman power" to create better homes, communities, and states. I Bess M. Rowe. | Leadership equal to that of other groups, better land utilization, tariff adjustments, livestock balancing, n sane farming system th<'se are some needs for a better program of farm ing. ? I)r. .John Black. Cheap labor is a cheap civilization. ? Dr. Frank Bohn. GOV KUXOR'S HESS ACTION SI'S TAINKI) < irmit Judge Orders Florence County ! Ne^ro Remanded t ?> Penitentiary Columbia, Aug. 2:5.--(AI?): The re- 1 voking !.y Governor Richards of at raidon granted Henn Hess. Florem. ! negro, was sustain d tcdav in an opinion by .Judge W. H. t nvnscn.l of the circuit court. The ruling 01: , Judge Townscnd, given at the end ! <>?? arguments of the ease before! f< llowcd the submitting u> )iim bv ?J. C. Townsvnd, master in * t j*.i ; ; ? of Richland county, of "findings i:; fact" obtained at a recent (r aring. The argument today followed th lepi-rt of the master \vh:. h ^ . rendered scveial day . s,g .. uhai j belli that 1:0 fraud had b ?. n ;>>? u tieed in obtaining the affi ! ivit ? | the woman in the ( use, \\hi;-h ^ a> use. I to obtain a suspension of sen tence and later a full md i unph t pa i dor. lor Hess, who was convi.-t ed in !? lorence county on a charg. ' l"p'. I he victim, a while w.i man v. her. she learned that she w..u!d probably fare a charge ,f perjury jm the state courts, after Uess ha": jbeen p irdoncd. repudiated Iter statcv mi nt contained i n the affidavit in which she exunerati d Hess from guilt. Represent ing ' ho state i:< ? [v \u ;... ing today was Attorny Gem va! l> ? ? I > iniel. a--i- : !,y < .... ,? ,_,t _ ! I-' dcrii-l;. negro ait rn? \ of I < ' -himbia. and A . !.. King, .,[? j. j jenee, appeared in behalf of Hess. j The at gumout i < >da\ centi red a ; H lir.il tWo questions |i! ipollllde I bv .the court. l)i,! -be woman know the contents of the affidavit ? ThU qu.s 1 1 ion. .aid th- curt, had h.-en i:,>w.., . !,y the master in the negative. ; I he other question involve.! v. as ( whet her the affidavit was obtai- e I by fraud or u-ed fraudulently t , , ob tain fraud. | If the pa.vm< nt of the $:?(> which j Hi' woman accepted after sig ;.-g .the affidavit was for the purp .s;- . f carrying out the fnud, bribery w.-ul r? suit, the court said. Counsel for Hess attempted to -how that all eft oris of the woman o\er a petit. d ol years to obtain money fr un R.ess for assistance that' she might render :n an effort to get a par Ion for him, had come from the woman, and no offers were made by Hi or member, of his fimily. 'or fri- nds. | No testimony to the contrary wa, in j eluded in tin record in the case. I In reviewing the testimony in : In case, Attorney General Daniel po nted out that John Timmons, Florence merchant, before whom the woman's affidavit was made, t-stified th it "Besg had suffered 1 >ng enough for what* he had done," indicating guilt on the part of Hess although tin affidavit over the Woman's signature stated that Hess was not guilty. I)r. Daniel also pointed out that Govern. .r Richards relied .on the faith and ac <tt!acy of the affidavit in pardoning him. "If this case results in Hen Hess going hack to the penitentiary for completion (,f service of the sentence of thirty years imposed on him at turn of eonvietion, it will result in an abominable, impossible and insu f ferab'e condition in South Carolina." said A. I,. King, in arguing that 11 proof of fraud had been offered. I he const it lit ion gives the govern or the right to pardon, but it does not give him the right to revok< a full .and complete purlin and re-in carcerate in the state penitentiary in a case like the one at hand," he continued. "The ? xecutive depart ment (jf the state government is at tempting to suspend the statutes." he declared, adding that "if the governor ? if the state wciv not interested in the case, it would never have reached t he ( ourt s." At the conclusion of the hearing t<> ' iy, Mr, King announced that the case would be carried to th Cniti i States supreme court if necessary in Icr to free Hess. lie also said that ' ?' v. as pi epai ing to fib- an up peal ir. the sl.-.tc supri me court. Hoolbifuer Cave Lancaster Officers Hot Race. ' it y and county peace officer* had a spectacular chase of a rum car mi Monday night about !? o'clock. The <tlic?*rs bar information that a rum . i.'ir would pass Mirough town at j 'bout that hour and made prenara : I ions to stop them. Accordingly () j ficc r dames Gardner took tin- city I truck to the (Jills Creek bridge and hanked it across the road. In the j meantime Constable dim Ferguson jand Connie Hell in a Chrysler road ? ler went to meet the r ir which 1 1 ? located on I he smith end ,,f Whit stre t, just after it had turne I out from Main --tree! at Chesterfield aw nue. They immediately gave eha-c and the driver of the rum car set ing the fact that he was h ing (hi ed, brought his smoke screen appa ratus into play and zig zagging from left to right, increased his speed to sixty miles nil hour, turning int > West Harr street at the d. J. Hlack mon corner so fast that ho ran up on the side-walk and grazed a tree. GOVERNMENT TO SiL ')V GRADE AND STAPLE OF CJTTON I". S. Department of Agriculture Hep resent at i\ e Visits City Making Arrangements. Congress has authorized and direct- j 1 ed the Secretary of Agriculture to I make and publish three or more es timates of the grade, staple length, | and tenderahility of the cotton crop ; a j it is ginned. This work is being conducted by the | Lurcau of Agricultural Economics, I * r. itc ri States Department of Agricul ture, through its Division of Cotton j Marketing. Estimates of the giade, s'aple, and tenderahility of the cotton produced weiv made last year for the State of j Georgia and a selected area farther west, including 27 adjacen* counties in Texas and Aklahoma. This year | tlie v.ork is being expanded to cover the ntire Cotton Belt, following the | satisfactory outcome of last year's uxpeiienee in reporting the grade and J - 1.: pic* length for the areas mentioned. The service will be conducted in oo i operating with the land-grant col leges, the agricultural experiment sta Itions, and the extension services ol* ' t he cot ton- producing slates. The reports will be issued m mthly, was the ease last season, beginning | in October and ending in April. These jrepo.ts show the percentages of tlie j various grades and staple lengths produced. The amount of cotton of j(jualiti<s tenderable and untonderabe ' on futures contracts will also be de termined. Tlie data secured last year showed I that the cotton examined from Geor | gin and the Texas-Oklahoma are i was j of high grade but that a considerable proportion of it was below average ? mill requirements in staple length, i Studies of Georgia mill consumption show that Georgia mills consumed ap ^ proximately 288,000 of 7-X inch cotton | but that Georgia produced approxi mately three times the quantity of short cotton re quired by Georgia mills. Georgia mills consumed over (300.000 j bales of 15-10 inch cotton last year, but Georgia produced only 172,000 bales of that length. Of 1,110,023 bales sampled from Georgia, approximately 3 per cent was less than 7-8 inch in length, and of 1,03-1, -131 bales sampled in Texas and Oklahoma, 22 1-2 per cent was less than 7-8 inch in length. The samples will be shipped from ? he cooperating gins to field offices in | Atlanta, Memphis, Dallas, Austin and El Paso, where they will be classed. I* ield men have been selected to work in connection with each office, to make arrangements with representa tive gins for samples, and to main tain contacts with ginners and cotton growers throughout the season. Ar rangements will be made with approx imately 1,500 representative gins throughout the cotton States, The samples submitted to each field office will be classified immediately and daily reports will be submitted in code to the Washington headquar ters. A system has been developed which will make it impossible for any individual, either in the field or at the Washington headquarters, to know or conjrcture the total figures in the final report. The report will eb issued only from Washington at an hour and date specified in advance. The Bureau of Agricultural Econ omics, through its Division of Cotton Marketing, is making at the same time a study of the qualities of cat ton required by the mills of the Unit ed States. The object of t>? two projects is to supply information which will benefit growers by enohl ing them to plan the quality of their production, so far as may he consbsit ent with their growing conditions, jn such a way as to profit most from tlie market demand. I Elmore R. Thorn, U. S. Department , of Agriculture with headquarters in Sumter, was here recently in the in jt'T'st. of cooperating gins, and told | us that the following gins were co operating: Southern Cotton Oil Mill. , Camden; Boykin's Ginnery, Boykin; land Truesdale's Ginnery at DeKalb. J The thick black smoke emitted by ?the nun car prevented tlie officers in the Chrysler from overtaking it,, -is I i he effect of the smoke sen en is to ?hide the exact location of the car as | it zig-zags to and fro and it also af i reels the eyes of a driver who may 1 run into it in attempting to follow a j j fugitive car. While Officer Card tics was waiting at the bridge, a mo ?torist arrived and asked to be allowed j to pass. lie gave orders to the [driver ol the truck to move it and ;i> o\v the motorist to pass and as he ? id co the rum car arrived at full -peed and shot past the bridge before l he officer realized what was taking p'aee. I he officers chased the ear for some distance up the Charlotte | road, bu: it had too great a lend and | I lie chase had to be abandoned. Lan laster News. OUR WANT ADS BRING RESULTS W E 1 : K - K N \ > K X ( ' { K;" ION 3 To SAVANNAH AN :> T\ I IKE From Sa\ annah Che raw JVIcBee Camden $7. 05 Columbia G. ) < > Denmark Fairfax : Proportionate Low Fares ? rem Other Stations Tickets sole! for all trains Li ida\> a::d Saturdays limited returning: to i\ach starting point by nid night following Tuo.-day. For further ini'ormatioon. see nearest Seaboar< Ticket Agent. S E A H O A R D A I R LIN K RAILWAY WILSE W. MARTIN HARNUSS and SAnM.lv MA KIM Whoh'sulo I tmilter and Shoe 1 iiultn^f Auto iii" Mak- r and Repairer illl.ti 1>EA 5. EH I Hiiir i>lou si. Phone ?>S2'o ('(Jl.l'MBlA. 3. C. BUY Your Tires Where Tire buying is Safe The safe way lo ho sure you are getting a tiro bargain is to buy a good tire from a reliable dealer and pay a fair price. In (bis way you play safe and are assured of satisfactory ser vice at the lowest possible cost. Buv (i()()I> YKAR A1JL-W FA ! I ) 1 K i KFAl) Balloon 1 ires from us. Let us do your \ I I ( AMZIMi. We are well equipped for this kind of work. MYERS SERVICE STATION Camden, S. (,. SICAI'OARI) AIK MM! Hlll.U W COMPANY Scheduler I 'rom an I n ( ';i S. C. Corrccled ( ? July I... M?'JK ? n r r >t'i r'oi A rrive 10:14 A. M. 12:2", P. M.x 10:10 I*. M. 0:10 A. M. | 4:35 I'. M . (<f J 7:25 I'. M. |' K:r-! "in ' I '..i t '-i n ' ! '<? Iv.i ! in < 't ' I' i - r i < ! t I' ' > i . ? !a M i I a ! ( ? i n ( ' i ) i ? I ' ?' 1 ( "i n (it i"s l*'a it < i n < it l'l:|| A. M x I I'. \\ I 'i : 10 P. M c. lo A M (a I '{ - I'. M 7 r. P. M x Stops to disch firiff pa^enj'er^ !'r>-..? Ham! t and beyond and to receive pjissonK'-'ra for Savannah and li y-.-i !, (3) Stops to discharge p?r-*scn>" '? Columbia and beyond and to re? ceivo passcnft-'rs for Hamlet and )> ><md. Pullmans, Conches I>iners. For further information or reservations, call on Ticket A Kent.