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1 HE WATEREE MESSENGER . 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, July 2, 1929 THE BOY SCOUTS. We do not know so very much about Boy Scouts, but all we do know about them is decidedly to their credit, and it pleases us to learn of the progress of this splendid organization. One thing that we have noticed is that wherever there is such an organiza tion they have a Scout Master, and he is usually a high type of man, dean and enthusiastic, so much so that we catch ourselves thinking that he not only influences the boys for good but that the boys exercise an influence over him for good. We had a pleas ant chat a few days ago from one of the Boy Scouts of our city, and we looked into his manly face, and lis tened intently as he spoke of what it means to be a Scout. The Boy Scouts are being trained for a graet purpose. They can become very useful in any community, and when it comes to put ting something over that needs en thusiasm and efficiency, the Scouts come into your mind. No com munity has a greater asset than its young life. As visions come to us of the Boy Scouts in action, we see the great possibilities for building up a great and worthy citizenship, and we stand ready to assist the boys in any way we possibly can. There is every reason why all pos sible encouragement should be given such an organization. If you will take your eyes off of the manly fellows who are Scoots in spirit as well as in name, and then look upon another picture by way of contrast, you will see clearly a duty to perform. As we write these lines a picture of a num ber of young boys who are behind prison bars is lying before us. Sup pose they had been trained to be Boy Scouts. Do you suppose they would be what they are? Thousands of bright boys are today behind prison bars. It is your privilege not only to help the boys of your community who compose the Boy Scout organiza tion, but to attract the attention of boys whose habits are leading them in the wrong direction. Reports from all over our country tell of the crowd ed condition of our prisons. Our com munity is not exempt. Nearly a score and a half were in our county jail last week, and it it is not an un usual thing to find young fellows there. We have come in contact with them in our county jail time and again. No boy with the real Boy Scout spirit in his heart gets behind prison barst> but on the other han 1 stands a better chance of making n good and useful citizen. We are glad that Camden and our neighboring communities hive such organizations, and we Wish them all well. NOT A SINGLE HID FOR MIU PROPERTY The cotton mill conditions in th? New England states appears to be In a deplorable condition. There must be a cause for it. One of the best equipped mills in tho country was "put up for sale at auction, but there was not a single bidder for the prop erty. It had been in successful oper ation so it has been stated until the New Bedford strike took place. This is an object lesson which southern mills might profit by. The Daily News Record, New York, N. Y., in its issue of June 24th says: "One of the features of tho week was the auction sale of the equipment and machinery of the Sharp Manu facturing Co., which proved a bit? disappointment to all concerned. Th? book value of the plant estimated the machinery at $4,320,130. With real estate listed to the valua. of $1,742,900. Not a single bid was re ceived for the property and it has been announced that about one quarter of the equipment was dis posed of at the auction. The re ceipts of approximately $100,000 tells in cold figures the present lack of in terest in textile machinery." This item appeared on pnge 15, sec tion 1. On the front page another article quoted the auctioneer as fol lows: "He was of the opinion that the auction speaks for itself and was a serious reflection on the entire Cot ton Manufacturing industry. He was surprised, he said, that there were not more southern mill representa tives bidding on the equipment. The apathy of New Englnnd mill men In dicated a serious condition he declar ed, and suggested lack of confidence in the future, as many of the mills in New Bedford and Fall Kiver could have vastly improved their plants at trifling cost by purchasing some of the Sharp Mill equipment." GRAND JURY COMMENDS AN EDITOR (From Spartanburg Jounral) Seldom if ever does a grand jury in drawing its presentment commend a newspaper man for constructive work in his field and territory, but that is just what the grand jury of Fairfield county does, recognising the efforts of the editor of the Winnsboro News and Herald to arouse the farm ers to the importance of diversified agriculture. Following is the para graph from the presentment on this subject: The grand jury has noted the vigorous and effective campaign of the News and Herald for di versified agriculture in Fairfield county. The results of the corr paign are apparent, and we wish to commend heartily the editor for his efforts. We feel that The News and Herald is entitled to the thanks of all our people who wish to see agriculture ? the backbone of the country ? re vivified. THE FOURTH OF JULY Thursday will be Independence Day ? ? July 4th. It ii> a great national holiday, and the meaning of Independ ence Day should stir the patriotic spirits of every ture American. Un fortunately the day is frequently mar red by some tragedy, and it is there Fore well to make up your mind that so far as yau individually arc concern ed it shall be a sane 1th. Here's hop ing that you will have a delightful day. EXPORT TRADE OF SOUTH CAR OL IN A IN 1928. Exports of merchandise from South Carolina were valued at $22,538,080 compared with $36,280,316 in the pre ceding year, according to returns of the United States Department of Commerce made public to day by C. Grant Isaacs, District Manager of the Carolines office of the Bureau of For eign Domestic Commerce, Charlotte. In reviewing last year's exports, one should take into account the falling off in last year's cotton production throughout the stato. For the cotton year ending July 31, 1928, the pro duction of raw cotton in South Car olina, exclusive of linters, was 738, 550 running bales as compared with 1,025,991 during the cotton year 1926 27. Raw cotton ranked first in order of value among the commodities sent from the state to foreign markets during the year and was valued ft $13,814,019 compared with $27,379,554 for 1927. Other leading exports with camparative values for 1927 when a vailable were cotton cloth, $3,831,77$, and $2,524,630; leaf tobacco, $1,105, 140 and $1,470,862; cottonmill waste, $1,015,138 and $1,(583,400; boards, planks and scantlings, $754,091 and $764,4117 wood manufactures, $345, 699; edible animals and animal pro ducts, $246,695 and $180,677; asbes tos and manufactures, $113,403; and metals and manufactures of metal, $110,482 and $75,916. Chemicals and related products, machinery, vehicles and parts, cotton 'seed oil, and edible animals and ani mal products were included among the diversified commodities exported from South Carolina in 1928, and animal products were included among the di versified commodities exported from North Carolina during 1928. O. P. Hopkins, Acting Director f the United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Washington, under whose supervision the returns were complied, calls attention to the fact that these returns are based pri marily on through bills-of-lading, and, therefore, in case of some states they reflect but a part of the total for eign trade and for others include goods produced elsewhere. This is especially applicable to shipments of cotton piece goods, cotton yarns and other textiles, sold through selling agencies and generally billed to East ern houses. Approximately nine>ty per cent of this class of merchan dise moves abroad from Kastern sea ports, ? the bulk being shipped from New York. An examination of complete re cords would unquestionably reveal in creases in the movement abroad of Southern cotton goods nnd yarns. Exports of Southern carded and mer cerized yarn are being taken in larg er volume in the South American countries which are expanding their local textile industries? particularly Argentina and Brazil. Total exports of merchandise from the United States in 1928 were valued at $5,043,972,142 compared with $4, 758,721,078 during 1927, an increase of $285,252,064. FARM GOSSIl* A gully on a farm in a costly dec oration; dam it. Poultrymen who wish to know their pflTgH become members of the South Carolina poultry improvement associ ation. I Im^rcvc J I *' *rnn*!',n',i fefey&k-ol ' L tazm T ? ti \ m;\ i' M ri i /.w .\ i i i; n n i?.?n l:il> I. I lot I : -it ? ..f ? lit. n ji. I i 1 :?. i \\ . i .. v ? ? i-.. |u i I' nil ii i L.ecson for July 7 THE CTCrSY C~ E2CKIZL u:ssn.M " t::.\t - ::n Uui a 4-ii: id 4 1 ii ? I S i:i)|.|>K s' An I ttv?\ Slitlh (lie I .md li'ul I li.-ivt* iH' pl-iiMirv In t hi de:! 'h i ? f the \vi?-i;?it. .''ill Hint Hi* wicktd iiiin fimii lii> \\ i > urn) live I'KIMA !Y 'I'dHHJ ? I?zrl* il l. ? Mei acnttk'i i>I Gud. JCNIOli TUIIC? Kzrkltl, a Mes tCMKi'l uf 15 ml I N 1' K I ! 1 K I > I ATK A N I ) SKVtOK TUl' iC ? I'ra n ? iii'SN In I'rlo nil ship YOUNG t'Kol'l.i; AND ADULT TOP IC ? A I'r iplivt - I'nslor. KZi'lll1!' prnphfiiicd iii the land of lltG capll vlly Tlit* purpose of tils ministry \v i i s thrtefold (1) T(r keep before Hit* house of Is nif I ili.ii they were In captivity he ci ui st* or (heir sins (1-1:23). To show ill: I ( I* kI Is righteous In His vis Itiiliun of Judgment ii|ioii l liein t 7 :S. ( ?< ) To sustain I heir f;iitli hy assur ing llieiii ol their luitluiuil rentiini lint), the tninislinient ? >i llielr enemies, and 1 1 it*' r final exaltation i mong ilie nations when Messiah should reign CM : 1 1 :t i ) . 1. Ezckiel'c Call 2:1, 2). 1. ('omnium) to stand up (v. 1). He whs given u vision (f lite A1 mighty God on His thront of glory (ill. I). The purpose of this -Ision was lo give a synthetic grasp o'. ilie exe cution nf (lie divine will II rough the powers niid fortes which (Sol hud cre ated. Itefore (Ids vision llitf propliet fell prostrate upon Ids face. When one sees the diversity and complexity of the f.genilc,B employed, Including the aniinale and Inanimate creation Intelli gently moving forward, under t lie dl red Ion of the Almighty, ln? will he ready to face any tusk refitirdless of Its difficulty. 2. Tilled with the Spirit (v. 2). 1 ly the Spirit the divine energy en tered him and enabled hint to execute Ids commission. II. Ezekiel's Commission (vv. 3-8). 1. The moral condition of the peo ple (vv. 3, 4). (1) A rebellious nation (v. 3). This perhaps referred lo their Idolatrous practices. (2) Impudent children (v 4). Dnpu dent menus literally "hard of face." It means t he grossest perversity which caused them In slaml up In I lie pros c?rc of the prophets of Hod without a sense of guilt. 2: The charge (v. 4). _ - lie was lo deliver Hod's message. It was t?> be. "Thus salili the Lord Hod." 3. The dlllicully ol his task (vv. f>-8) The prophet was to deliver the tnes sage of Hiui whether they would hem or forbear, lie was to fearlessly exe cute his commission, though the a 1 1 1 tude of the people he us "briars, thorns and scorpions." A faithful minister's life and tcsil uioiiy will run counter to the world (II Tim 3:12). III. Ezekiel's Experimental Qualifl c.itions (2 ".U-3 :1(J). Before one can preach to others lie must have n personal experience. 1. Kilting the book (2 :!>-3 :!i). This book contained (iod's woes up on the s 1 1 ft' necked and rebellious peo pie. In or/lei to speak Hod's threat enings efl'ecilvely to others we musi I ii ward I. \ digest and appro|)rbife I hem ourselves. The ^result of this eating wns 1 1 hi I Kzcklel was made "hard ol fnce nnd forehead" to go against the people who were "hard of face and forehead." 2. Urged on by the Spirit (3:10 I I) In order to strengthen Kzekiel foi Ids tnsk. the wnnderfvd symbolism ol God's providential agencies which had been before him In chapter one was brought to his attention, assuring film that God would accompany him to his new destination 3. Knterlng Into sympathy, (v lf>) In order to minister to n people one must show that the message Is from the depth of the heart Kzeklel mln gled Ids tears with I heirs tV. Ezekiel's Grave Responsibility (3:17 21 ) Two things were required of him as a watchman over the flock. I. To hear the Wort) nt God's inoutl (v. 17) The source of his message was God s Word. This Is true today. 1. To sound the warning (v 17) After lie had heard Hod's message lie was to speak It out; I lien his re sponslhlllty was discharged V. Ezekiel's Courage ( 2-1 : 1 T? I H ) lie was lo be taught by a sorrow tin experience, lie was to turn ids fan from even natural desire Al tin death of Ids wife lie was r??rhbhh'i to mourn M> this means Hod sought t* Impress upon Israel the serious ness of the situation The SicU N??id Phy ?ici*n And II came to pass as Jesus sm at meat in the liouse. heboid mti n> publicans and sinners came and ?ni? down wltn htm and Ids disciples. An when the I'harlsees saw It, they sal unto his disciples, Why ealeth yi in Master with publicans and sinners Hut when Jesus heard that, lie sab" unto them. They that he whole nee' not n physician, but they that an sick. I am not come to call the -Ight eons, hut sinners to repent ii nee. - Matthew 10 to 13. 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? 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