The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, August 28, 1928, Image 4
Luclsy wehad
a Telephone*
''' 'Said Jim as he hung up the re
ceiver, "or I'd still be out of a job.
Just had a call to report for work
in the morning."
The other side of the picture: a busy
contractor needed fifty men in a
hurry. . . . "get them by telephone
' -it's the easiest and quickest way"...
the natural order from a modern
business man with no time to hunt
up those out of instant reach.
You will always be within instant
reach if you have a telephone. . . .
and a telephone costs but a few
cents a day. Any employee of the
company can take your order.
CHICAGO HANKERS
A FTER FRANCHISE
Would linn (Ins Pipe Line Into York,
Chester, Lancaster, Heath
Springs, Kershaw
(Chester Reporter)
Here's a letter to The Reporter
from Mr. R. E. Johnson, of Gaffney,
in regard to the gas franchise he
wants the city of Chester to grant
him, with a copy of the letter he has
addressed to Mayor S. C. Carter o?
t&e subject:
Gaffney, S. C.,
August 18, 11)28
Chester Reporter,
Chester, S. C.
Dear Sirs: ? Below is a copy of a
letter I am sending the Mayor of
Chester today, and I wish you would
let your readers have it with any re
marks you wish to make. We want
to run our pipe line from York
through Chester, Lancaster, Heath
Springs and Kershaw.
The Chicago bankers are ready \
with the money, the surveyors at
Pittsburgh are ready to come in the
field at once or as soon as a f*- w of
the key ciiies come in with their
franchises.
Every farmer on these pipe lines
can have city advantages. A fine
boost for small towns and rural sec
tions. Please mail me a copy of
this paper.
Mayor of Chester.
Dear Sir: ? Since we have already
secured over fifty franchises in the
two Carolinas, the bankers have
agreed to finance the whole project
at one time. All we are waiting on j
now is for a few of the towns on our ,
lines to send in their franchises.
You can speed up the actual work
of this project by calling your coun
cil meeting (special call meeting)
pans on the franchise and mail it to
me at once.
With all the towns around you
getting these city advantages I am
sure you will not turn this offer j
down. W<* are asking no favors, I
selling no stock, asking no guaran
tees for gas users, but are offering
you from forty to fifty thousand
dollars per thousand inhabitants of
Chicago money that will stimulate
every business in your city and give
you a new taxable industry.
Please attend to this matter at once
as we want to start work soon.
Yours truly,
R. E. JOHNSON. '
(Mayor Carter and members of
council to whom we talked say their
policy on this matter is one of
watchful waiting that the proposi- 1
tion looks too indefinite U> tie up the
town hard and fast in a fifty year
contract, and if it proves to be all '
right they'll come in later. Etlitor j
Reporter.
There's always compensation. If !
you serve cheerfully as K<>?t. the big j
boys praise your morale.
The best way to handle traffic
cop is to move your head up an I down
as ho finishes each sentence
Other oil companies are putting up
a bitter fight, but you'll notice .l.?hn
D. is still passing out dimes.
ADVERTISE WITH US.
FLOOD CONTROL |>US!1KD
(Jen. .lad win Directing Study on
M ississippi
Washington, Aug. 2fi. ? Major Ccp.
Edgar .Jadwin, chit f of engineers, i.>
actively directing the work of army
engineers in the survey of flood con
trol not only on the Mississippi rivei
and its principal tributaries, hut or
many other streams. Such stud; .
are being made a various locations or
a total of 110 different rivers, with
special attention being given to fiooci
control plans for tributaries of llu
Mississippi.
Secretary of War Davis, upon the
recommendation of Gen. Jadwin, has
allotted $1,575,000 for these surveys
and investigations for flood contiol
Of this total, $751,000 is being ex
pended on tributaries of the Mississ
ippi with a view to completing then
with the utmost dispatch.
EXCURSION
TO
WASHINGTON, 1). C.
Friday, August 31, 1028
Hound trip fares:
CAM DEN $1-2.00
Kershaw 12.00
Lancaster 12.00
Ticktts sold for all triins
August 31 except Crescent
Limited. Final limit reach
starting point midnight Sept
ember 5.
For reservations and infor
mation, consult Ticket Agents.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
SYSTEM
* Y Y- Y- Y
* Y- Y- Y- Y
LAST EXCURSION
TO
CHARLESTON. S. C.
Friday, August 31, 102K
Round trip fares:
C.AM DEN S3. no
Kershaw .... 3.">o
Lancaster . . 1.0"
Proportionate fare.-* from in
termediate points.
Tickets sold fur Jtll train-;
August 31 and No. !?'? leaving
Columbia 2:20 A. .\L. Sep'. I
Final limit midnight Tue<day.
September I.
SEE THE IIKAUTY I'NGE
ANT AT FOLLY I'.l \( II
ALSO THE FLEET IN
CHARLESTON II \KliOR.
For reservations an I infor
mation, consult Ticket Agent ?*.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
SYSTEM
Work is moving along in putting
the Shebeen store in g<><? I sh ipe for
the Smith-Klliott Music Company,
who will occupy it. A new fl ?or is
being put down and th<> walls an I ceil
ing will be brightened up.
Trip With the Candidates
Mr. Kditor: On Monday morning '
your correspondent left our home vil
lage in tin company of Hon. N. S.
Richards to attend the initial meeting
I of the county campaign party at I
Blaney. Rev.' John R. Hay of Hick-'
ory, N. C.. who was here on a visit !
j
[conveyed us to Camden by way of i
J Heath Springs and Kershaw on ac
count tf the approach to Beaver
C ret k bridge being damaged by high j
water. We hud as pleasant traveling
companions Misses Mary P. Hay an.!
Annie Righton McCaskill, who did no'
go any further but returned t > Lib
erty Hill with Mr. Hay. At Cam ten
we took passage with Mr. W. L. lie
Pass, (.[)?? of our popular can didatvv; |
who ha^ the honor of making "ih ?
race" ?vithi.ut a competitor and w??
can well imagine the feeling of satis
fied assurance that no doubt fills his
heart. The trip over the new paved
highway was soon ended, aad we were
ii. ill.- i i u > y littii town of IManey, trade
center of the Sandhill secti.-n o.'
\S ateree township, where a number of
good business houses supply the ace:'
of the people in the a Ijacent country.
Many nice residences and a modern
brick school building are added at
traction of the town. On arrival w.>
found a pretty good crowd of peopli
;.n i a number of candidates already o:
the job. The speaking was held i:. I
the auditorium of the school hou.-c
. hich was filled to capacity and was
presided over by Mr. Silas Ross. Th<
can<iidates were given goo 1 attention I
and most of them received applause
wlun through (we do not know wheth
i r they were being cheered because
they had <juit, or for something they
had said l. As the election \vi:l be
held be for-. this is lead we will noi
attempt an outline of the speeches.
After the meeting we ? that is your
correspondent returned to Camden
with Mr. L. 1). Ogburn and sevir.il
other gentlemen. I.ate in the even
? ing we left Camden with Mr. 1. .1. Mc
kenzie and a couple of other eon. van
ions for Buffalo school house, a larg.
brick building .where we heard some
of the candidates and Congressman
1 Stevenson again (but not a <'J. O U..
1 A M..' a'ddress as"w\> expected). We
1 spent the night at the home of Mr. W.
1 J. Mangum, who with his good wife
' ministered to our physical well-being
and with whom we went to Bethune
next day. Bethune is a pretty town
nicely located and is the trading me
: tropoli^ of the rich farming section of
1 east Kershaw. It has nice churches
? and a eommodius school house and
? a number of good business houses and
fine residences. A large crowd was
1 out to hear the county candidates tell
''what good officers they would m:ik.'"
?as expressed by the young minister
who made the welcome address, and
opening prayer. The meeting was
presided over by Mr. J. A. McCaskill,
who after the meeting closed invited
Hon. N. S. Richards and "your scrib:-"
home to dinner. Of course we ac
cepted and enjoyed an excellent meal
in his pleasant home at the hands of
his good wife who treated us with
pleasant cordiality. After a short
rest, our good friend, Mr. 1). M.
Kirkley brought us (your reporter)
us far as his splendid country home,!
where we spent a short while. We
wanted to reach Kershaw and as Mr.
Kirkley was not going there he asked
his son to convey us to that place
which he very kindly did. Then we
took passage with Mr. J. W. Thomp
son, a popular saksmin, for Heath
Springs where we met homefolks and
were soon home again. Wt wish
to thank all who contributed in any
way to our comfort on this pleasant
jaunt around the county. C.
"I Have a (iray -haired Mother"
I haven't space or time at my com
mand to tell what 1 recall about the
destruction and desolation wrought
l>y Sherman's raiders. But I will
i lo<e by relating one incident that is
different from iik >1 others th.it aiv
>i count" d of this dreadful horde of in
\<id? rs. I wis with my grandmother j
when a sipiad of them rode into her J
yard and nrocee'lcd to ransack th"
home. She ask> d the commanding of- I
I'icer to take his men out of her house. |
This is wh it, to his everlasting credit, I
if s.ai ! to ( 1 1 and mot her in reply to her
i c(|iie> t :
"Madam. I have any old gray-haired
mot lit r awiij back home. When 1
'-?ok nt you. I thiol- of her in yor r
|dne>
loimeliat ly they were gone. Mrs.
\l . 1 1. Kiln'orc, in 'Hie Progressive
l am er.
The closing of the stores for a half
day on Thur< :ay afternoons will he I
discontinue! after Thursday of this
\\ eek.
I I ma> l>e that none but poor nt e r.
lire handed, b:it a lot of poor speci
mens have escaped it litely.
The first of September is nearly
here, but the first bale of new crop
of cotton for Kershaw county has not
:is yet made its appearance. The first
bale usually comes in around the 20th
of Augut, but it is later this year.
Am I Justified?
The opposition resolved to discredit
prohibition by making its enforcement ?
as difficult and unsatisfactory as
possible. They proposed, to magnify
tho difficulties always involved in get
ting any great new reform under way.
They proposed to say a great deal a
bout how the law wis ''restricting
personal liberty", and "preventing !?g
itimate enjoyment of life's pleasures".
They did not remind us that Gladstone
was right when he said. "1 have lib r
ty to do right; I will thank anyone to
take away from me my liberty to do
wrong." They did not a\y, further
more. than even if a man might b?
allowed to hurt himself, there remains
fact that wh n he hurts himself
by drinking he also hurts his mother,
his father, his brother?, his sisters, his
wife and his children- or very oft .n
the woman who might have l> ???n hi?
wife but for his drinking habits, and
the children who might otherwise h w
blessed both him and her in their ma
Unity cr.i their age. "No n. liv.ti-.
to himself".
Moreover, while always i\ ferring ' ?<
the restricts n of ?n_'s pleasures, >h.>
? 1 -ties of prohibition forget to men
tion that its few pie isUres arc
bought at the price of pain ? and mu.-h
pain. Unquestionably some excellent
peoj)le have founl some so-ciil 1
pleasure in drinking Irinking within
the limit* which fluir superior p->i>e
and self-control make it possible for
them to observe. Vet should these
< xcellent people be willing to buy
Iheii pleasures at such a eost in pain
and sorrow, disaster and. disgrace, as
the drink evil requires for its exist
ence? Though I have self-control,
am I justified in siipoprting an insti
tution which will exempt me from its
toll uf death but will rob my n ighbor.
of his son or my neighbor's wife (.r
her husband and support ? ? Clarence
Poo, in The Progressive Farmer.
How to Avoid Lockjaw
''Please tell me in your column how
to avoid lockjaw."
Lockjaw or tetanus is caused by i
germ. 1 he home of this germ is us
ually in stable manure. Any wound
that particles of stable manure are
liable to get into may cause lockjaw.
Wounds received wh'le traveling on
the roads where horsi s travel or a
round lots or stables are always dan
gerous, and anti-tetanus (lockjaw sc
rum) should be given. Take no
chances.
Only a few weeks ago, not over f>0
miles from where I am writing, a
child died from lockjaw. This chi'.l,
while playing in a yard where some
stable manure had been scatter*, ri to
improve the grass, got i sma!l skin
ned place on his leg. The wound be
came infectcd from the, germs in the
manure, and the child died of lockjaw
in a very few days. Anti-tetanus se
rum would have saved him, if given
within 21 hours after the wound was
made.
Kvery one has heard that sticking
a rusty nail in the foot would cans
lockjaw. It might, or it might not. Lt
is not the rust that causes lockjaw,
but germs on the nail. There might
or might not be germs on the nail, but
my advice is to take no risk, but have
your doctor to administer anti-tetanii.",
serum at once.? Dr. F. M. Register, in
Th. Progressive Farmer. j
What to Do When Snake Hitlen
With the hot Weather, ?omes the
call to the camps and hikes to the
woods and the great outdoors. There
is much pleasure in outdoor life, but
ther are also dangers of which
snake bite is one that should not be
over-looked.
There is a preparation called Anti
vi nin that is an antidote for the hi$?
of the rattlesanke. copperhead, and
moccasin. It is to be administered
hypodermically. Before going on a
camping tiip, a package of this nnti.
dele should be secured, or at leist.
located at the nearest drug store. The ,
antidote should be given not later than
IJ hours alter the bite, ivnd the earlier '
it is given, the better.
Campers, hunters, fisherman, an I j
people just hiking through the woods, :
should use all precautions to avoid i
being liitten by snakes. Heavy shoes j
and heavy canvas leggins, or bather j
legirins, or puttees, should be worn f >r
protection. If you are so unfortunate i
as to get bitten, try to secure a doc
tor, and the Antivenin at once. The
l>ite should l>e eaut< ri/.ed imme li itely
will) hot iron or carbolic acid or nitric
acid. I><; not, under any circum
stances, give whiskey or alcohol. The
patient may get well in spite of the
whiskey, but not on account of it.
(live several doses (teaspoon to tnhle
spoonful) of aromatic spirits of am
monia. eor 1 the leg, and, every few
minutes, loosen the cord for 20 sec.
en Is then tighten the cord again. This ]
ten Is to let a small quantity of th
poison into t he. system 'it a time,
while otherwise it would spread
through. [)r. Register, in The Pro.
gressive Farmer.
IT PAYS TO A DVKUTISK
Empty Cotton
Flour
Can Be Used for Many Purposes
in Homes and InstitutionS'Such cs
10c each; 3 for 25c; or 95c per
Dozen
This Price Good for 9*) I) :i y s Only
BIG STOCK ON HAND AND MUST BE
REDUCED
Eleotrik Maid Bake Shop
APRONS
RAN DACES
HOOK COVERS
C J A IK COVERS
CLEANING
CLOTHS
CLOTH KS l'IN
HAG
COVKK EOR
CLOTHES IN
CLOSET
DISH CLOTH
DISH TOWELS
Din INC I- iU 1 I'
DCST CLOTH
HAM) HOLDERS
? HOT DISHES
ironing hoard
'OVER
LAINIIRV
Mop CLOT. I
SHEETS
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