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THE WATEREE MESSENGER I m ... 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 S. C. Tuesday, June 25, 1929 MILITARY COMPANIES MAIN TAIN ORDER. Conditions became so threatening at Ware Shoals that three sheriffs asked Governor Richards to send ? guardsmen there to protect the rights of all parties concerned. Before the military companies were ordered out, R. E. Campbell, one of the strike leaders and who had been discharged, is quoted as making some very in flamatory statements, such as telling the strikers to arm themselves and that he would stand by them "until hell would freeze over." He seemed to disregard the petition of "Five Hundred Mothers" who asked Got. Richards to protect them so that they might work in the mill and earn a living for themselves and for their dependent children. These women stated in their appeal that they loved to stand behind the looms in Ware Shoals and earn a living and in doing so their children did not have to go to bed hungry, but "a few days ago we were literally driven from our work by a mob and cast out into the streets with nothing to carry home to our babies but fear of mob violence if we attempted to go back to work." The strikes are producing a great economic loss and the rights of hun dreds of laborers who would like to work has been abruptly interfered with. If there are those who do not care to work in the mills, it would be easy for them to move out. But right here comes the tug of war again. Those who refuse to work and at tempt to keep others from working, object to moving out. At "War# Shoals the strikers have been given an opportunity to return to their work. Many of them did return, but some are holding out and when no tice has been given them that if they no longer cared to work to vacate the mill homes so that they might be occupied by others who would work, a threat of legal proceedings comes up for them to remain in the mill homes and at the same time refuse to do other than obstruct the orderly process of operating the mil!*. We cannot sympathise with any such proceedings. We recognize the right of any one to change his occupation or to give up his job, but we cannot see any justification for trying to prevent those who want to make an honest living from doing so. Mar.y of the mills, to avoid hardships for their operatives, it is understood at times have operated their plants at a loss. We want to see fair play, and those who wish to work and earn a living should not be prevented from doing so even by the threat of stick ing to them "until hell freezes over.'' Of the $6,000,000 appropriated by congress to loan farmers who needed financial assistance, $1,326, 320.75 was loaned to farmers in South Caorlina. X>f this amount Kershaw county Warmers obtained $17,332. Horry county received the smallest amount, $801, while Orangeburg county re ceived the largest amount of any in dividual county, $156,868,50. Senator Blease is quoted as say ing: ''foreign northern influences" has instigated labor troubles in the southern textile regions during re cent months. Mr. Newton Kelly says: "It is a bout the stretchout system." Well, doctors will differ. RAILROADS GIVE GOOD SERVICE The people who ask for reductions in the cost of railroad service are oft en the ones who support proposed legislation which would add to the expense of operation. In various states, bills limiting the length of trains, the working hours of employes, the installation of so called "additional safety devices" and the like are suggested. Apparently their sponsors fail to understand thai i each new bill, if passed, would cause the railroads to spemU'hundreds of thousands of dollars which musi be paid by customers. In the past few years railroads have immensely improved the speed and quality of service, and their safety record is not exceeded by any indus try. In spite of burdensome legislatior. and the highest taxes of any rail roads in the world, our lines have pro vided the best service at the lowest rates. I/egislators would do well to consider the old maxim al>out "riding a willing horse to death." No good farmer is too busy to take time off to visit and study the how and why of other farmers' good crops. Mr. Kelly Still ??Striking" Editor Messenger: We note your ( long reply to our article of June 11th. . We still contend that the trouble at I the mills is about the stretchout sys tem and not by improved machinery. ' The Rev. Godfrey, of Spartanburg. John Duncan, of Aiken, and Dewey I Foster, of Spartanburg, all said in speeches in the house that it was not the improved machinery but the a mount of work reqhired to be dom with machinery for just a little more ^pay, and they were cotton mill hands. Now you seem to think we were mis taken when we said that one paper in Columbia, said the mills were pay ing the newspapers to priit for them. Now if you will look in the South Car i olina Gazette published in Columbia, S. C., dated June 5th, on first page, | column 3 you will find this: "The ' Cotton Manufacturers Association of South Carolina through paid advertis ing in the daily and weekly press of the state," and so on. Now in col umn 5, same paper, you will find these [Words: "The Cotton Munufactuers Association of South Carolina is buy ing liberal space in the newspapers of the state to present their side of the question." Now, we ask the read ers of The Messenger to look this up, read it for yourselves and draw yoyr own conclusions. Consistency thou art a jewel. There is an old saying something like this: Whose bread I eat his song I sing. Read between the lines and see if this is not the old fight bobbing up again between capi tal and labor. I believe the average reader will s^ it is. Hope we not have to reply, but will if necessary. NEWTON KELLY. In Mr. Kelly's first article he said: "Now the complaint comes from the amount of work demanded under the new system with LESS pay." In the above article Mr. Kelly changes his position and says: "Just a little MORE pay." We knew of course that Mr. Kelly was in error in saying that "One pap er in Columbia says the mills are pay ing the papers to represent them." The South Carolina Gazette does not come to our office, so we did not have a chance to read it for ourselves, but we do not question the quotation Mr. Kelly gives; that the Cotton Associa tion is paying for advertising spaco in the newspapers to present their side of the question. But buying ad vertising space and paying for it does not imply that they buy the opinions of the owners of the papers at all. When manufacturers of any article, preparatory medicines for instance, buys space in a newspaper to get their articles on the market, they do not buy endorsements of the news papers but buy space from them, the only consideration on the part of the paper being that it is a legitimate ad vertisement. Mr Kelly is unfortunate in his quotation, "Consistency thou art a jewel." MUI) AND DUST MUST GO. Twenty-five years ago in this coun try a good road was the exception, rather than the rule. Now we have the greatest highway system in the world. The growth in use of the au tomobile was responsible for this de velopment. Money spent for improved roads is returned in social nnd industrial ben efits. Highways are the foundation of community progress. Now n new phase of highway expansion is ap pearing, the building of secondary or feeder roads. Roads are being extended into rural districts as never before since meth ods have been devised for using as phalts and road oils to give water proof hard surfaces at a minimum of expense. HY LEGS AND WINGS In an editorial in the Wateree ^Messenger, commenting on a letter to that paper from Newton Kelly, mem ber of the house of representatives from Kershaw county, we find this paragraph: Again Mr. Kelly says: "One paper in Columbia says the mills are paying the papers to represent, them, and what they are doing. Nobody seems to represent or care anything about the workers' side." We have be"n keeping up fairly well with the strike situation, but did not see the state ment credited to a Columbia paper. Will Mr. Kelly produce the statement for us? Nor have we seen anything that tended to show that the paperi were not equally interested in the wel faro of the strikers. , Neither that nor anything remotely resembling it has appeared in eithpr of the Columbia daily newspapers. Mr. Kelly is probably like 90 per cent. < t the alleged "intelligent" readers. These actually do not read; they gather "impressions," and frequently do not get even the legs and wings of the farts. ? The State. Claims Passed by the Board of Coun ty Directors, May 7, 1929 S. W. Rose, salary bridge keeper $100.00 The* Peoples Meat Market, Supplies 92.20 Kershaw Real Estate & In surance Co., bonds 20.00 C. H. Truesdel, lumber .... 200. 25 L. T. Gregory, lunacy ex 1 amination - r>.00 Kershaw Mercantile & Bank 1 ing Co., supplies 380.39 The A*to Service Station, tube. . 3.00 C. W. Holley, lumber 130.23 F. B. Truesdale, supplies and l phone call 109.73 C. A. Johnson, salaries and I wages 512.05 ,C. W. Jordan, supplies .... 176.84 j Threatt-Carson Co., shovels I and nails 5.55 Clyburn Motor Co., auto parts ? I repairs, etc 279.70 Carroll Bowen, lumber 1169.48 'J. D. Bailey, lumber 269.17 I J. W. Sowell, guards and I expenses 401.50 Lorick & I^owrance, Inc., red lead, bolting and hooks .... 65.97 Gibbes Machinery Co., ker osene engine 200.00 j E. B. Buddin, pencils, pen points, etc 9.70 J. E. Jackson, repair work road machine 1.50 C. W. Birchmore, publishing . . 12.25 G. W. Monroe, plumbing work . . J 5.1 5 J. M. Moseley, salary Supt. of Distribution 100.00 Alexander Shaw, 3 bu. po tatoes at 80c . 2 10 J. W. Sanders, salary and travel 99.99 Alma M. Burgess, salary and travel 136.36 Gulf Refining Co., gulf venom 105.00 City of Camden W. & L., Dept., water and lights .... 25.99 Mackey Merc. Co., hames and hame strings 5.404 Southern Bell T. & T. Co,. telephone rental 40.01 Aussie West, salary bridge keeper 100.00 II. E. Munn or bearer, sal ary road superintendent.. 125.00 B. M. Smith or bearer, sal ary magitsrate 7.".00 J. W. Sowell or bearer, sal ary Supt. of chaingang .... 125.00 M. II. Deal or bearer, sal ary bridge foreman 125.00 B. E. Sparrow or bearer, sal-.. ary clerk hire & stamps .. 81. SO S. W. Hoguc, salaries self and clerk, stamps, etc 83.30 S. W. Hogue, Treas., com mission, court vouchers, etc... 24.17 G. B. DeBruhl or bearer, sal ary and expenses 155.00 S. W. Hogue, Treas., coupons R. R. and Bridge bonds . . . 5,875.00 H. A. Rabon or bearer, sal ary and expenses 155.00 S. P. Watkins or bearer, sjU^ ary and expenses 155.00 J. L. Hough or bearer, sal ary and expenses 155.00 The Barrett Building Mater ial Co., screening jail 75.00 J. K. Loe, meat and fish .... 8.10 Margaret C. Mayfield, Vice Chmn., approp, nurse .... 450.00 J. A. Thorne or bearer, sal aries maintenance 342.00 L. B. Ogburn, salary bridge keeper 100.00 T. B. McClain, 200 lbs. carbide 13.00 W. L. McDowell, salary and lunacy 80.00 J. H. McLeod, salaries self & jailor, jail expenses, phone bill, envelopes, etc. . . 529.96 Walter Jacobs or bearer, sal ary janitor 40.00 W. F. Russell, salary and postage 42.17 J. Team Gettys. salary, stamps and t. w. ribbon 118.66 The R. L. Bryan Co., office supplies 3. CO Walker, Evans & Cogswell Co., mortgage index 80.34 G. F. Cooley, salary Deputy Sheriff 125.00 Welsh Motor Co., garage rent and auto parts 27.95 Lena M. Linoberger, salary Deputy Clerk 75.00 Laurens T. Mills, salary clerk atly, fee, poor fund 575.00' Tho National Cash Register Co., repairing and paper .... 18.35 West Disinfecting Co., brooms mops, etc 51.50 MeCaskill & Lollis, groceries . . 61.15 Epes-Fitzgerald Paper Co., hurt cups 12.01 Auto Electric Co., Inc., parts and supplies 73.32 Galion Iron Wks. & Mfg. Co., blades and bolts 225.20 Jenkins Automotive Parts Service, auto parts 225.77 Carolina Motor Co., Inc., tires, gas, oil, etc (58.15 J. 1). Adams & Co., machine P?"ts 127.08 Armstrong Tree Service, Ltd., tree service & fertilizer . . 3.72 Rhame Bros., Inc., hay and oats . 305.55 City Filling Station, gas, oil, ^ parts, etc 20.85 C. P. DuBosc & Co., bonds .... 50.00 Davidson Insurance Agency, bond and liability policy . . 384.58 j J. W. A. Sanders, M. D., post I mortem amination 10.00 S. C. Zemp, M. I)., lunacy ex I amination 10.00 1 Springs & Shannon, Inc., oats I feed, etc 00.45 Electrik. Maid Bake Shop, 1 rolls, bread and cake 4.18 John Whitaker, hay and oats . . 208.08 I DeKaltb Pharmacy, drugs, | envelopes, etc 25.60 Jeff Hunt Road Machinery Co., machinery parts 450.15 Columbia Supply Co., hard ware supplies 80.15 Standard Oil Co., kerosene, grease, oil 47.50 Williams Insurance Agency., bonds and insurance 400.05 Camden Gas & Oil Co., gas ( oil 208.00 S. F. Brasington, lunacy ex ams. and Medical services . . 60.00 I Zemp & DePass, drugs, etc. . 11.75 H. E. Munn or bearer, drafts ?Bank of Camden 1,550.00 H. L. Schlosburg, sausage and hat # 7 75 Wolfo-Eiehel Co., clothing supplies .... 41.13 Citv of Camden, metal pipe, Haile street 601.25 N. H. Summers, 3 tents and two mule flys 588.27 The Health of Your Boy Would you build up extra re sistance in your boy so that he can overcome with the ut most indifference the many ills to which boys are seem ingly heir? KREAM KRUST BREAD, home baked from pure ingredients is one of the best health builders he can eat ? fresh every day. AT ALL FIRST CLASS GROCERS Electrik Maid Bake Shop DeKALB STREET CAMDEN, S. C. Camden Iron & Brass Works, washers, *tc 7.62 , Lorick & Lowrance, Inc., 100 lbs. red lead 14.75 Burns & Barrett, hardware supplies 112.62 Total $20,939.78 L. T. MILLS, Clerk. CARLOT SHIPMENT OF POULTRY Duo to the severe break in New York poultry prices, there will be no I more carlot shipment } unvil Novem ber. Poultry shipments nave been excep tionally good over the cntiv>! State this year. Since December 10th Kershaw county has mude ten ship- ' ments of poultry. 919 farmers have shipped 41,345 l*bs., for which they re ceived $9954.41. This is about 10,-' lbs. less than was marketed &y this method during ? similar perioj in 1927-28. This does not, luwi.vtr, in dicate a decrease in poultry in the county, but rather an increase in con sumption of the home marketing. Do not neglect your poultry flocK. Remember that there are two thing* which wlil determine your profits ? feoding and culling. Home grown feeds must be used by any livestock raiser if a profit is expe?t;ed. Most especially is it true of poultry. Cull close for egg production* nnd sell your boarder hens. Watch for the early molters ami get rid of them. With the satisfactory markets for poultry and poultry products which are now firmly established, the ben ' can become an important, source of family income. I Try them an a means of farm re lief. W. H. PREtfSLY, Co. Agt., Ker.ihaw Co. V- * * * * * Y- * * THROUGH COACHES * * Now in Service # V between * * NEW YORK * * COLUMBIA * * JACKSONVILLE, * * And * MIAMI * On * ^'CAROLINA-FLORIDA SPECIAL" No*. 191 and 192 * SEABOARD AIR LINE RY. * ****** A running1 start now in plans and preparations for fair exhibits will help win the race for prizes. Another need of Southern farme ers: A better apreciation of labor ?avinj? farm anil home equipment. FULL STOCKS OF CALCIUM ARSENATE AND MOLASSES Springs & Shannon, Inc. CAMDEN S. C.