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\t THE WATKREB MESSENGER ? -Published Every Tuesday CHAS. W. BIRCHMORB, Prop. ' . Subscription $1.50 A Year in Advance Entered as Second Class M atter at the I'ostoffice at Camden. 3. C. Tuesday, April 9, 1929 \ ' - MANY OUT ON STRIKES. For the past few days reports from the Piedmont section shows that many operatives in the textile plants are out on strikes. This is to be re gretted. We had hoped that our state would continue to be fr<;e from labor disturbances as we have been for some time past, but South Caro lina and North Carolina are having trouble along tihs line. We had hoped that there Vould not be any such conditions in our state, for the reason that they are not profitable to any one. ThiB is evidenced by the statement which wa smade last week that funds were being solicited to sus tain some of the strikers who are in dire circumstances aa a result of th strike. Whatever their grievances may be we hope that a satisfactory solution will soon be reached, and ?these real worth while workers may assumo a happy and satisfied atti tude. There seems to b.Q a friendly feeling towards them from the mill authorities, just as there should be, and if the parties to the grievances meet together for the purpose of ar riving at a just settlement, then all will be well. This we sincerely hope can and will be done. Wo do not like, to hear of large and important manufacturing plants being shut down, nor de we want to see mill operatives placed at a disadvantage and suffer loss of time and means of support. They are reasonable ipoople, deserving of every fair and just consideration, and they in turn should deal fair and just with the mills. Let us hope that the strikes now on shall soon be a thing of the feast. LARGE AMOUNT ADVANCED TO ^ FARMERS The State newspaper last week made some comments on the amount of monoy advanced by the federal government to farmers in the strick *en sections of the state. More than 6,200 loans out of 7,000 applications, The State says, were approved and the total advanced exceeds $1,600,000. Mr. White called attention to th0 charges being made by some for pre paring the parpers for the farmers, ranging from $3.00 to $5.00, and after denouncing thiB practice Mr. White said that county and communities have been organized to prevent such charges and to relievo the farmers if desired, of any extra coats incident to the loans. A number of the farm ers applying for loans in this county brought their papers to us to probate for them, and in not a single instance did we make any charges at all. We felt that this was a relief work on the part of the fedqarl government, arid we were very willing to give to the fanners, white and colored, who called upon us, our time without ?pay. We have not heard of any charges being made in this county by any one who handled the papers. MAKE EVERY DAY A BUSY DAY Saturday is usually referred to as the busy day of the week, due largely to the fact that a good portion of thb out of town trade makes Saturday their shopping day. If it rains on Saturday it is a disappoihtment to the morchants. We have often seen it here in Camden that on some Sat urdays the merchants wero .scarcely able 'to handle the trade? there was a great rush, whereas if it were scattered over the other days in the week the regular force of sales people could very well handlo the trade. But it has been getting so for some years that business is to ? Bome extent at least being scattered over the entire week, and the newspapers have had a hand in this. Saturday may always be the busiest day but by the us* of newspaper advertising trade Can be increased, and spread out ovej the week. Why not give this a try out? It will help business, and that is what wo pM desire. HELP US TO HELP YOU. The Messenger is very desirous of feeing a real help to tho busine? people of our city, and we have al ways been ready and willing to give Hberally of space in drawing attention to Canvden and whatever will be of benefit to our people generally. A gain this wsek we are presenting a page of advertisemnts of some* of . the peo<pl? who btllove in Camdon, *nd the generous spirit they exhibited to our canvasser places us under ob ligations to them and create* a <i< sir* to ho of still greater benefit. We want to keep Camden before tho ptiblio. every week. We have a good town, and w$ want evdry one to know this, and as many m*re good people as will do so to come here to live. Wo want you to think for this wee?c .honestly about Camden, what kd vantages H offers, what h*lp H has been to you and then how you can *help Camden. We want you to heJjr us to help you. We believe we can count on you. SOMETHING TO Tfc&lK ABOUT. "W? begin tjjflr ye?^ sf enlighten ment with more laws to prevent crime than ever before in history, and more people breaking them," said Warden Lewis E. Lawes of Sing Sing peni tentiary in a recent address befofe the New York Welfare Council. ''Such a condition should make all right mind ed people pause and think. ? * * "There are now in prisons through out the United States approximately 125,000 men, equal to the number of men in our country's standing army. More than 15,000,000 have been ar rested and more than 5,000,000 have strved jail terms ? ? ? Crime is, therefore, quite general, but its so lution is hampered by an antiquated system. Society brings only a small number of violators before the courts and but a small percentage, the 'small fry,' are convicted, and it must be borne in mind that certainty and cel erity of arrest and punishment are, outside of prevention, the most ef fective deterents * * * "The remedy lies not in 'hysteria or an occasionally aroused popuhHN resentment, which at best is only "temporal y, but in clear-headed public opinion based on intelligent and sound reasoning, which will do much toward minimizing crime. + * * We can wipe but much loss and achieve splendid results through organized coopera 1 1.1 ?? <*. Viated by almost every criminologist and authority on crime. We do not need more laws bu? fewer laws, 'quicker and surer punishment for '\hc transgressor, sound social educa tion and less sentiment and more scientific understanding of vhe prob lem. Only by these means can soci ety emerge victorious from the inter minable battle with the criminal. Lawes says is substan 7/ ptfmd w0 hav* th*W children memo Hm (A? dafly BiN? flection*, ft wU I prove ? pri* d$m Ktifai to (Am <* ?/tor ywrt. . ABIDING IN CHRIST'S LOVE John 16:9, 10, 12, 13, 14. Jesus said: As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. 10. If ye keep my com mandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. 12. This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. 13. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his frends. 14. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I com mand you. j PRAYER: Hold thQu me up and I shall be safe. STATEMENT Of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc., required by the Act of August 24, 1912, of The Wateree Messenger, published weekly at Cam den, S. C. Business Manager, C. W. Birchmore, Camden, S. C. Editor, C. W. Birchmore, Camden, S. C. Publisher, C. W. Birchmore, Cam den, S. C. Owners: (If a corporation give its name and the names and addresses of the stockholders holding 1 per cent, or more of total amount of stock. If not a corporation give names and addresses of individual owners): C. W. Birchmore, Camden, S. C. Known bondholders, mortgagees and other security holders, holding 1 per cent, or more of total amount of bonds, mortgagor or other secur ities. (If therQ are oone so state.) None. Average number of copies of each Issue of this publication sold or dis tributed through the mails or other wise, to paid subscribers during the six months preceding the date shown above. (This information is requir ed from dally newspapers only.) C. W. BIRCHMORE, Sworn to and subscribed before mo this 1st day of April, 1929. JOHN T. MiACKEY, Notary Public for S. C. FARM GOSSIP I ? Wfoat would happen to some farm ers if farms could ehoose their own ers? It's a wise farmer that knows a Mistake when he makes one. Verily, verily I say unto you, un easy lies the farmer's head that rests entirely on cotton. Clover growing on a farm brings tter luck than a train load of horsfe oe?. - ii i?" ~ KBOi/Jji) MM WOkLb WITH R a JENKINS While in the Valley of the Kings we .pent a half day visiting the Tombs of the Pharaohs. To visit all M the thirty-six tombs which have been dxscovered would take months as they are miles apart. . W? haf t? '??? 0?ly In th. mora ?ng to visit the tombs ?s we had to nde in open carriage over the great cemetery of the early monarchs of Egypt. Since it was so hot, dry and dusty we wanted to get back to the hotel by 11 o'clock because ih? heat was intense at mid day. Only had time to visit three tombs, that of Hamescs Seti I and of a Nobleman. The tombs range from one hundred to one hundred sixty feet back under the side of the mountain. They were tunneled down through limestone and some of the passageways reminded me of the passage ways in Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. The rule of Seti I was about 1320 to 1310 B. C. Seti called himself Osin in the inscription "on his own temple of the dead and magnificent temb in the Nescropolis at Thebes. While Seti I only reigned a short time there were many buildings prectcd of considerable size. He began the con struction of the great hall at Karnak of which I will write later. I visited the temple at Luxor. He erected buildings in Memphis and at Helio , The flrst tomb we visited was the tomb of Seti I. Just as we have robbers today so in the days of the Pharoahs there were robbers of tombs. Many tombs were entered by robbebrs in the days of the Kings, and when discovered in modern times there were signs of the robbers. So in order to foo> the robbers false or blind passage ways were made in the tombs in the tomb of Seti I, I 8aw one such passage way. Going down the main passage way we came to a turn. In the consturction of the tombs there were two turns,, one to the right and another to the left. The one to the right had been walled up but there was a large passage way behind it. When the robbers came to the seemingly end of the mam passage way they knocked on the wall to the right. As there was a hollow sound they took this to be the main passage way so they tore down ;the wall and followed this passage way to the end but there was nothing there. The real passage way was to the left. " How ever, it had been, filled up with stones and a stone wall plastered over it so as to show no signs. When the robbers hammered on the wall they thought it to "be solid and thus did not enter, thereby leaving the tomb and mummy of Set! I un touched. Just before we came to the tomb 1?' the K,n? we entered two other rooms. One of them had the mum mies of thre0 servants. It was the custom in those days that when the King died there had to be put to death three of the servants in his household, two men and one woman. These were put in the tomb of the King nearby. As I looked at thesft noted that the woman had 'a great amount of hair around the head The other room was of great in terest to me. It was called the re r?0m* The room about hirty feet long and fifteen feet wide. On the walls were paint ings life-size. At one end of the room, was the picture of a priest J offering up sacrifices to the gods Down near the floor was the picture of a huge snak* the length of the room and six Inches in diameter. Its head was near up to the altar on which the priest was offering sacrifice. Back near the tail was a man pulling himself through the coils of the serpent. The old be lief was that when a man died he had to pull himself "through the coHs of the serpent in order that he might live beyond the tomb. The body of Seti I has been pre rim At0 U9' 1 Baw h,m in the coffin down in the tomb one hundred sixty feet below the level of the ground. His discoverers had re ZTl thVid <Vhe COffin p aced a gjpss onA over It so that you may look upon hi, am| h(, hoW him n, he looked when he wa, tomb- S<rtl 1 *?? a In I thin man with an Intelligent countenance and fine teeth although ho had reached the thre.hold of old age before he died. ? wh?had ,,ve<l a" their 1'fe in this modem and unusuil ex perience to go down into these tombs dating back 8,000 years before Christ it is a bit novel. * As there are no electric lights in th* tombs we" had to carry lighted candles. After we *he mummy of Set! I, and Red out our candles had burned down almost to our fingers. When we saw they were going out we began to hasten our steps. The guide assur " h? COu,d us out with fj K not *?nt to be lost down thore with Seti I, and the dead I , double-quicked time and'wa* not long getting out to the ground above. ? ' ? Illy It UV. I'-U. KIIZWATKIt. I> It I HUD Moody Rib!* Itixtltu"* of Chit-ago. | ??. IU2P. Wentcm Nvwm>niii'i luion t .Lesson for April 14 HEZEKIAH LEADS HIS PEOPLE BACK TO GOD * ^LESSON TEXT*? I J Chronicles 30:1.' GOLDEN TBXT? The Lord your God la irracioUM and merciful. PRIMARY TOPIC? Helping others to 'Know God. JUNIOR TOPIC? Helping Othera to Knpw God. I NT 13 KM 121) I ATE AND SENIOR TOP IC? A Leader With a High Purpose. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP IC ? The Influence of a Good Ruler. I. Hezeklah Proclaims a Passover (vv. 1-12). The way for a sinning and divided people to get back to God and be united Is around the crucified Lord. The Passover wus a memorial of the nation's deliverance through the shed ding of the blood of the sacrificial lamb. 1. The Invitation was representative l>f the nation (v. 2). The kiny took counsel with the princes and the congregation to show that the procla mation was the expression of the na tlon's desire. 2. The tiuie was unusual (vv. 2-4) There was not sufllclent time to sanc tify tiie people, nor to gather them together at the regular time, bo they resolved Instead of postponing It for a year to hold It on the fourteenth duy of the second month. This liberty had been granted before In an exigon cy (Num. 0:6-13). 8. The scope of the invitation (vv 5-0). It included all of both nations who would come to keep the Passover to the Lord God of Israel. "Israel" Is now used to include both kingdoms. The effort was intended to win back the nntion which bad secede^. The messengers were authorized to sup plement the proclamation with urgent exhortation to restore a united nn tion. This urgent Invitation was tact fully put as follows: (1) It touched ancestral memories? * "Turn again unto the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel" (v. 0). (2) Recalled bitter experience ? "He not like your fatheta and brethren, who trespassed against the Lord God. and were given up to desolutlon, as ye see" (v 7). (3) Aroused yearning for captive kinsfolk ? ' Your brethren and children shall tlnd compassion before their cap tors" (v 0). (4) Stirred Instinct of self-preserva tion ? "ySo that they shall come again1 unto 1 1 1 ) 8 land" (v. 0). (5) Pledged forgiveness (v. 0). 4. Israel s rcceptlon of the Invita tion (vv. 10-12). Tills Invitation In Israel met with a mingled reception. (1) Some mocked. The urgent and sincere Invitation only excited, opposi tion and ridicule. (2) Some with humble hearts came to Jerusalem. In Judah. God guve them one heart to accept the summons to unite In the Lord around the great Passover. II. The Passover Kept (vv. 13-27). 1. Altars removed (vv. 13, 14). In the time of Alia/. (28:2-1) these heathen altars were erected In Jeru salem. Before there could be worship of the true God all traces of Idolatry must he removed. This voluntary act of (he people showed n right spirit. 2. The Passover killed (v. lf>). The zeal of the peoplo was shown In their going forward with the service, though the priests were not ready for their task. 3. The priests and Levltes ashamed (vv. 15-20). The zeal of the people put to shame the priests and Levltes, stimulating them to perform their duties accord Ing to the law as given by Moses. The Levltes then took charge of the kill ing of the Passover. Though many of the people were ceremonially unpre pared to take part In the most sacred service, they were accepted as wor shipers through the Intercession of Hezeklah. God accepted the purpose' of heart rather than the letter of the law. 4. The praise of glad hearts (vv. 21, 22). They continued seven days with gladness: (1) The Levltes and priests sang God's praise dally with loud in struments (v. 21) ; (2) Hezeklah spoke comforting words to the Levltes (v. 22). He commended them and their teaching of the knowledge of God. (3) They made confession of theli sins to God (v. 22). 5. 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