The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, October 02, 1928, Image 2
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Tuesday, October 2, 1928
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DIFFICULT TO SEE.
One of the difficult things to see
i8 how a voter who has an opportnni
ty to attend his club meeting, when
it meets to elect delegates to his
county convention, and his /epresent
atives to the state convention elects
delegates to the national convention
and then refuses to vote for his party
nominees. We repeat that it is a dif
ficult thing to see how they can
make their acts square with their
conscience. We admit that they have
a right to quit their party and 'join
the republican party, but even then
they should keep faith with their
party in which they have participated
In making the nominations and stand
by them for that election, and after
that join the republican party if thoy
wish to. Those who may go to the
extent of bolting the ticket will have
a stigma upon thein that they will
not soon recover from. The correct
thing to do is to keep your pledge
and vote the entire ticket from the
lowest county office up to the presi
dency. But boltl_ Well, we cannot
see how any honest southern born
white man can for a moment con
template such a step. We voted 'n
each of the primary elections and
took the prescribed oath without any
mental reservations, and we have our
registration certificate and tax re
ceipt, and we intend, if we live to
gee the 6th day of November, cast our
> vote for the whole~ ticket, county
ticket and the democratic presiden
tial electors, which means a vote for
A1 Smith and Joe Robinson, and shall
be glad of the privilege of doing so,
and with our vote shall go our wish
that they may be elected.
NOT COMMENDABLE
We do not consider the efforts of
some people and some newspapers
that are trying to show that the pres
idential candidates are corrupt and
unworthy ot the confidence of th?s
. confidence of the' people at all com
mendable. There seems to be some
"wild" campaigners on both sides. For
. instance, it is charged that Senator
Curtis, vice-presidential candidate,
took a drink on ?some occasion and
also gave a drink to several friends.
He denies it and the affidavits are
gotten up to prove it. Granting that
he did take a drink, that does not
prove that he is unworthy, of trust.
Some such statements- have been made
abo,\}t Gov. A1 Smith, especially as to
his drinking. And against Mr. Hoov
er blasting charges have been made.
No one has been able to successfully
contradict the statement that Gov.
Smith is a clean man personally and
he has four times been elected Gov
ernor of the great state of New Cork.
A great deal of the opposition to, him
is because he is & Roman Catholic,
but with men free from bigotry that
does not disquailfy him from holding
an office. We might say that we
prefer that he should be a member of
. the same church that we are a mem
ber of, but at the same time we do
not pretend to say that he would be
deserving of more consideration be
cause of that fact. We want to see
him elected president because he is
atjl&Jmd honest and we believe that
he will make a good president. The
oriticisms of Mr. Hoover are not in
good taste, many of them at least.
We believe that Mr. Hoover, too, is a
good man and capable of holding the
highest office in the gift of the peo
ple, but we do not favor him because
we are a Democrat and further |ie
cause A1 Smith is the choice of the
Democratic party and is a real leader
of men and well fitted for such a
? responsibility.
"REMARKABLE OIL RECORD
According to the United States
Department of Labor, gasoline was
the cheapest commodity in general
use last year. During 1927, as com
pared with. 1918, the price of gaso
line was but 11.4 per cent higher,
while such items a? house furnishings
advanced 128.9 per cent, coal 100 per
eent and .meats 50 per cent. .
The oil industry has made a re
markable record in meeting a tre -
mendous, growing demand for its
produots with a steady, low priced
supply. It has been able to do this
?by epochal progress in the matters
of drilling, refining and marketing.
There is hardly, a single element
necessary to the production of oil
that has not been appreciably im
proved in the past few years.
The remit has been economy and
efficiency in public service that is
outstanding even in this age of indus
trial miracles,
A field turned in the fall Is worth
two" turned in the apirfiff.
THB ELECT&IC NATION. v
It is Undoubtedly a fact that, the
frfeople of this nation do not realize
the tremendous, advantages they are
enjoying over the people of other
nations, u a result of the develop
ment whicn has taken place in our
clectric industry during the past 10
yean.
Electricity is a necessity hi even
|our smallest homes because it is a
labor saver and the cheapest and most
efficient form of illumination.
The development and interconnec
tion of large central station power
plants has given 24-hour electric ser
vice to the majority of the smallest
communities in our country". Resi
dents in these small centers of popu
lation receive service which people
living in many of the largest nations
in the world do not enjoy. Further,
they receive such service at rates
which, as a general rule, are unknown
fn countries other than ours.
The people of the United States
use nearly as much electricity as all
the rest of the world combined Be
hind this remarkable 8ervice which is
today being extended from the cities
to the farms, lies the driving for^e
of private initiative and enterprise
which is responsible for the electric
al development we enjoy. Millions of
investors have poured their savings
into *the securities of our electric
companies and it is said that this
industry iB today absorbing more new
capital to furnish even greater ser
vice, than is being absorbed by my
other line of industrial activity.
TRAINING TO PUT A CRIMP IN
CRIMINALS
At the recent National Shoot, con
ducted by the United States Govern
ment at Camp Perry, Ohio, to give
training in use of revolvers and rifles,
there were present a great mar.y
hundred rifle and revolver shooters
from all over the country.
In addition to other contestants,
there were 75 police officers compris
ing 14 teams of at least five men each
representing such cities as Los An
geles, Portland, Ntfw York, Detroit,
Seattle, Toledo and Hartford, Con
necticut. They wore sent to better
fit themselves to carry out their of
ficial duties in the communities they
serve, and thus render better public
service. The results of instruction
received by these men will be far
reaching and each year the number
of police officers sent to take this
course, increases.
Police-officers, fully trained in the
correct use of small arms, and pri
vate citizens who receive similar
training in these National Shoots,
and who go out and create enthusiasm
for this branch of sport and defense,
automatically increase th* number of
citizens who are better able to pro
tect life, liberty antf property in this
nation. Never did we have a greater
need for a straight shooting police
force to handle abnormal crime con
ditions as now exist in some of our
leading cities;
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HUGE SUM ASKED FOR.
Ti e Rod Cross, which recently an
nounced that $5,000,000 was needed
a^once to relieve the storm sufferers
In Florida gnd the West Indies, after
a complete survey of the situation,
now ask for $12,000,000. This is a
huge sum to raise but we do not doubt
from the reports sent out, that it is
needed. Contributions are pouring ir
from many sections of the country.
A report said that funeral services
would be held in Florida Sunday fot
2,500 who had lost their lives. It is
one of the most appalling conditions
the country has. ever known. While
many are speaking of short crops, the
scarcity of money and the evident
strugglo ahead, still we are so much
better off than the survivors in the
storm stricken region, that wo should
"be profoundly grateful and out of
what we have divide with the suffer
ers for they are our brothers. Again
we say how fortunate we are to have
in Our great co. ,try such an organi
zation as the J Cross, and we should
back it up to the limit.
THE POULTRY BUSINESS.
There is so much room, and so much
need in an increase in the poultry bus
iness in our county and stato that w?
wish to again refer 'to this. Kggs
produced at homo do not come any
where near supplying tho local demand
and if it was not for poultrymen n
other states producing enough for
South Carolina to get eggs the price
of this commodity would range around
a dollor a dozen. Eggs from Tennes
see sell for less in Camden than those
produced here. Tennessee and other
".tuteS are making money out of the
business while our stato is paying the
bill. On every farm in Kershaw
county there should be a good flock
of hens, and in addition there should
be established here several poultry
farms. The farmers have found out
this year that they cannot depend
upon cotton and all field crops are
rather disappointing this year. And
in this connection we might say a
gain that it will be well to put in a
good, crop of ?m*ll grain.
fcwkwith-Smlth -
Th? Era takes pleasure in publish
ing a fuller account of the marriage
of Miss Nellie Beckwith, daughter of
Mrs. J. G. Bickwith, of Spartanburg,
and the late Rev. J. G. Beckwith, who
served his first quadrenium as an
itinearnt Methodist preacher in the
South Carolina Conference on the
Kershaw charge. It was while serv
ing this charge that he and Mrs. Beck
with were married, and they were the
first to occupy the Methodist par
sonage in Kershaw, which was. built
while they were residents in Ker
shaw. They left many very warm
friends here when they removed to
another charge, and Jthe friendships |
still abide, hence the interest that
attaches here to the marriage of one
of their daughters. It will also be
a matter of interest that the remain
ing daughter, Miss Frances, is a
teacher in the Camden city schools.
The marriage account follows:
"Of much interest to their many
friends was the marriage of Miss
Nellie Beckwith, -daughter of Mrs.
J. G. Beckwith, and Mr. D. Moody
Smith, at Bethel Methodist church,
Spartanburg, S. C., Wedensday after
nopn, September '5, 1928, at 4:30 o'
clock in the presence of relatives and
close friends. C
The church was beautifully docorat
ed with ferns, white lilies and lighted
cathedral tapers.
Prior to the ceremony Mr. Edward
Brailsford sang "All for You" and
"At Dawning," and Messrs. Whilden
and Henry Woodward rendered a
cornet and saxophone duet, ''I Love
You Truly," accompanied by Mrs. C.
C. Kirby at the organ and Miss Mary
Lou Kirby on the violin.
To the strains of Lohengrin's wed
ding march the usheis Moultrie Burns
of Camden and Mrs. Alton Foster of
Spartunburg were first to enter. They
were followed by Miss Lucia Kennedy,
who wore a frock of Burgundy velvet j
and crepe and carried a bouquet of
asters in pastel shades. Miss Frances
Beckwith sister of the bride and maid ,
of honor, was next to enter. She was
becomingly gowned in King blue vel
vet and crepe and carried a colonial
bouquet of roses and asters.
The bride entered on the arm of
her uncle, J. H. Woodward, of Colum
bia, who gave her away. They were
met at the altar by ths grooiv and
his best man, Gary Lee of Murfrees
boro, Tenn.
Miss Beckwith's wedding dress was
of imperial blue and chiffon velvet
with hat and accessories to match.
She carried a bouquet of bride roses.
The Rev. C. C. Herbert, pastor of
Bothel Methodist church, officiated,
using the Impressive ring ceremony.
During the'' solemnization of the
marriage vows, Mrs. Kirby and Miss
Kirby played "A Dream," by Leib
straum.
The bride received her education
at Converse College and is a young
woman of attractive personality. She
is the eldest daughter of Mrs. Beck
with and the late Rev. John G. Beck
with.
The bridegroom is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. P. W. Smith of Greer, and is a
graduate of the Max Morris School
of Pharmacy at Macon, Ga. He is a
successful young business man of
Murfreesboro, Tenn.
The couple left immediately after
the ceremony for a trip through the
mountains of North Carolina. After
September 10, they will be at homo in
Murfreesboro. ^
The out of town guests present at
the wedding were:, Mr. and Mrs. L.
E. Brailesford and son, Edward,
Summerton, S. C.7 Mr. and Mrs. Jas.
H. Burns ' and sons, Moultrie and
Julian, Camden, S. C.; Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Woodward and sons, Whilden
and Henry, Columbia, S. C.; Mr. W.
P. Smith and Misa Rose Smith, Mr.
and Mrs. T. D. Smith and Miss Fran
ces Smith, Greer, S. C.j and Col.
Jimos Armstrong, Charleston, S. C."
?The Kershaw Era.
Snnd Hill Home Demonstration Club
MeetR and Re-elects Officers.
The Sand Hill Home Demonstra
tion Cl\ib hold its. regular meeting at
the club house last Thursday after
noon. ^Plans were made for entering
a booth at the Kershaw county fair.
The following officers for the com
ing year were re-elected: Miss Lau
ra Jones, President; Mrs. W. R. Tay
lor, Vice-President7 and Miss Rebecca
Jones, Secretary and Treasurer. Mrs.
Leonard Hilton was elected recrea
tional loader and Mills Gertrude Tay
lor,. publicity, chairman. ? Kershaw
Era.
A man in Ionia, Michigan, recently
received a life sentenco for the vio
lation of the prohibition law, to which
ha entered a plea of guilty. He had
previously been convicted three times
on larceny charges, and Michigan has
a law that sends those who aro con
victed for the fourth *time On a fel
ony charge to the penitentiary for life.
This fellow is out of the bootleg bus
iness permanently. It may take such
a law as that to stop the bootleg
bualMM.
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AN ORDINANCE
To Raise Supplies for the City of
Camden, S. C., for thte year 1928. i
Be it ordained by the Mayor and*
Aldermen of the City of. Camden, S.
?.*? hy authority of the same,
that the following taxes be, and the
same are hereby levied, for the cur
rent year from the first of January,
1928, to the 31st day of December,
1928, both inclusive.
Section 1. A tax of Thirty (30)
mills on each and every dellar of real
and personal property within the
corporate limits of the Cit> of Cam
den, S. C., from thg first day of Jan
uary, 1928.
Section 2. That all able-bodied
male persons between the ages of
twenty-one and fifty years, residing
within the corporate limits' of the
City of Camden, S. C., not exempt
from road duty under the laws of the
State shall work the streets, way and
all parks and public places under the
direction of the Street Commissioner
or others as may be appointed, for
such space of time, not exceeding six
(6) days in one year: Providing that
at the tjino of receiving such notice
any person may pay to the said City
of Camden, S. C., three ($3.00) dol
lars, commutation tax, which shall be
received in lieu of the work and that
person refusing to work, as afore
said, on said streets or public places
or to pay said commutation tax shall
on conviction before the Recorder of
the City of Camden, S. C., bo fined
not less than ten ($10.00) dollars nor
more than fifty ($50.00) dollars, 0r be
imprisoned not less than ten days no^
more than twenty days, and such
imprisonment may, at tne discrection
of the Recorder of the City of Cam
den, be accompanied with the addi
tional requirement of hard labor upon
the streets or public places 0f the said
City of Camden.
Section 3. The tax books for the
collection of the City Taxes will be
opened in the office of the said City
Clerk and Treasurer, Camden, S. C.,
on the first day of September, 1928,
and remain open each day, except
Sunday, from 9 a. m., to 1 p. m., and
from 3 p. m., t0 4:30 p. m., until the
first <lay of Octobcr, 1928, inclusive.
Section 4. That when the taxes
and assessments or any portion there
of charged against any property or
party on the duplicate for the cur
rent fiscal year, shall not be paid on
or before* the first day of October,
r)28, the City Cle~k ana 'lieisurer
shall proceed to add a penalty cf one
(per cent on the City duplicate, and
the City Clerk an<l Treasurer shall
collect thg Bame; and if the said tax
es and assessments and penalties are
not paid on or before the 1st day 6t
November thereafter an additional
penalty of one per cent shall be ad
ded by the City Clerk and Treasurer
on the said duplicate and collected by
the said City Clerk and Treasurer:
That if said taxes, assessments and
penalties are not paid on or before
the lBt 0f December, next thereafter,
the City Clerk and Treasurer shall
issue in the name of the City of Cam
den. S. C., a warrant or execution in
duplicate against said defaulting tax
payer in the City of Camden, S. C.,
signed by him in his official capacity,
directed to the Chief of Police of the
said City of Camden or some? mem
ber of the police force, qf the Citv
of Camedn, S. C., requiring and com
manding him to levy the same by
distress and gell so much of the de
faulting taxpayer's estate, real or
personal or both, as may be sufficient
to satisfy the city taxes of said de
faulter, and specifying therein the
aggregate amount of all his or her
taxes. The City Clerk and Treasur
er for every such warrant issued
shall have from auch defaulter, one
($1.00) dollar, and the Chief of Police
or other police officer shall collect
from such defaulter the following
fees in the execution of his office to
wit: For serving such warrant, One
*\$1.00)., dollar; for advertising sale,
twonty-five cents; for making sale
and executing deed of conveyance and
putting purchaser in possession, Three
($3.00) dollars; for all sum levied
as aforesaid, five per cent: and the
Chief of Police is prohibited from de
manding or collecting .any greater
sum therefor than is hereby allowed;
neither the chief of police nor the
City Clerk and Treasurer shall re
ceive fees upon a nulla bona return.
Section 5. Under and by virtue of
said warrant or execution the chief of
police shall seize and take exclusive
possession of so much of the default
ing taxpayer's estate, real or person
al, or both as may be necessary to
raise the sum 0f money named there
in, and said charges thereon; and,
after due advertisement, sell the same
before the Court House door in the
| City of Camden, County of Kershaw,
on. a regular sales day, and within
the usual hours for public sales, for
cash, give to the purchaser (upon his
complying with the terms 0f the sale)
a receipt for the purchase money,
but not make title to the purchaser
until the expiration of twelve (12)
months from the day of sale, if the
property sold be not redeemed as
hereinafter provided, and annex said
receipt to the duplicate warrant with
the endorsement thereon of his action
thereunder and shall, after deducting
from the proceeds of sale the cost and
expenses of said sale, pay over to
the City Clerk and Treasurer the tax
es, charges and penalties due and in
curred by sain defaulting taxpayer?
and upon written notice given, or in
formation ascertained from the
records, of any mortgage or other
lion on said premises so sold for
taxes, shall hold the excess, if any,
until authorized and directed by
proper judicial authority as to mode
of disposition, or by written consent
of the defaulting taxpayer- that the
said excess be paid over to mortgage
or lien creditor, and according to
priority if more than one PROVIDED,
that the owner or grantee or any
mortgage creditor may within twelve
months from date of such sale redeem
such property by paying to the Chief
of Police the taxes, cost, penalties
and expenses of said sale, together
with eight per cent interest on the
Svhole amount of the purchase price
of said land bo $old, and thereupon
the Chief of Police shall pay back
and refund to the said purchaser the
amount paid on his bid. with inter
est as above stated, and the bid by
the said purchaser shall be then can
celled and revoked, the owner or
WEEK-ENI) EXCURSIONS
To *
SAVANNAH AND TYBEE
From Savannah Tybee
Cheraw $10.65
McRee 9.45
Camden $7.55 8.30
Columbia 6.10 6.85
Denmark 3.95 4.70
Fairfax 2.80 3.55
Proportionate Low Fares From Other Stations
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grantee remaining in possession of
his said land: Provided further, that
upon failure of defaulting taxpayer
or other party interested to redeem
said land so sold for taxes within
twelve months as stated, the chief of
police shall make title to the pur
chaser and put the purchaser in pos
session of the property sold and con
veyed: ' Provided further that in
case of threatened wasto or dam
age to the premises by the own
er or any other party, during the
twelve months, allowed for redomn
tion, the purchaser as said tax sale
shall have the right to apply to the
Court of Common Pleas or a Judge
thereof for injunction against such
waste and for a receiver to take
charge of the property until the pnd
of twelve months for redemption un
less sooner redeemed: Provided fur
ther. when any real estate is sold
for taxes in the said City of Camdon,
it shall be the duty of the chief of
notice of the said City of Camden,
before delivering title to ?ftich real
estate to the purchaser at Such sale, |
to Rive not less than thirty days no
tice to any mortgagee or assignee of
any mortgage appearing on record a?
interested in such real estate of such
sale in order that such said real es
tate, as provided by law for the own
er thereof. Such notice shall either
be served on such mortgagee or as
signee In person or forwarded to
his last known post offico address by
registered mail, or when his where
abouts may be known it may be had.
by publication upon petition and or^ ?;
der os ia required in civil actions.
Ratified by the Mayor and Alder
men of the City of Camden, S. C.. .
in council assembled this 11th day of
September, 1928.
C. P. DuUOSE,
Mayor.
W. If. HAILE,
City Clerk and Treasurer.
No so'f-rospeeting bale of cotton I
likes a warehouse with sky for roof |
and ground for floor. That's
much freedom.