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THE WATEREE MESSENGER Published Every Tuesday by CHAS. W. B1RCHMORE, Prop. Subscription $1.50 A Year in Advance Tuesday, October 29, 1929 "I HATE LIQUOR" Judge J. H. Johnson, presiding .t the Spartanburg court, in his charge to the grand jury commented upon the increasing crime wave and at tempted to point out some of the con tiibuting causes, and in the course of his charge he is quoted as using the I words at the head of this nrtiele. j Some of the causes he pointed out was ignorance, disrespect of the dry law, confusion :if licenses with per sonal liberty, the operation of courts under antiquated laws, failure of jur ies to return true verdicts, failure of judges to impose severe sentences, failure of parents to properly rear their children and failure of citizens to practice religious principles. Com mcntiny on the violation of the pro hibition law he is quoted among other tilings as saying: "I have no idea our best people who serve wines and liquors to guests intend any violation of the law. Many of them are leaders in the churches, and in service work; they have built the financial and business structures of their communities. ''This is the only law this type of people would violate, but in this re gard they are supporting and patron izing the bootlegners to the detriment of society. I often wonder if th<; law was revised so that people could have light stimulants in their homes and could procure them under lawful cir cumstances if the wave of lawlessness would not be materially reduced. "Do not und rstand me to say 1 am in favor of the return of hard-liquor. I am absolutely against it. I am not even advocuting the allowance of these light stimulants. But I wonder if such a system would not improve cor. ditions and increase respect for law and order. "If you will pardon a personal re ference, I have taken only two drinks of whisky in my life, both more than 2r> years ago as a medical prescript ion. I am a total abstainer. "I hate liquor. It makes beasts and brutes of men. It makes good men strike down their loved ones ar.d r>lnvs havoc with peace and happiness in the homes." A i-UBLIC SERVANT Rounding out 45 years of ''clean nn-1 constructive service to its com munity", as the Kershaw Era aptly puts it, is something to be proud of, and the Wateree Messenr<er is worthy of this commendation. The Messen ger and its editor, C. W. Birchmore, stand for the best things in commun ity life, as its weekly visits manifest to those who either regularly or oc casionally peruses it columns. At times we find ourselves at variance with the Messenger on issues, but that only indicates that it has its own principles and convictions and posi tively adheres to them. Tn nearing the half century mark of existence, the Messenger has lost none of the vijror and sane optimism that are vi tally esscn'ial in the weekly news paper field, the same as in other lines of newspapering. ? Spartanburg Jour nal. If it should be our goo I fortune to visit Snartanburg aryun one of the first things that we will do will be to hunt un the editor of the Journal and thank him personally for his very cor dial words of commendation and tell him how much we appreciated them. We have always contended that a newspaper ha 1 a character, and it could not be any better than the one who was responsible for what went in it>, and we were especially pleased that the name of The Messenger was com led with our name as standing for "the best things in communty life" Our friend says that " at times we find ourselves at variance with The Messenger on issues, but that only indicates that it has its own principles and convictions and posi tively adheres to them." That is n 1 fino compliment to us. and yet. in fa~t there is but little variance, for we both are striving for the beterment of those whom we serve and may at, times entertain different views as to how the best service can be rendered We feel sincerely appreciative of the words of commendation by the Journ al, Average freight rates are this year at their lowest level since 1922. ? Railway Age. "Fire losses are in effect a tax on every man, woman and child in the Uhltad States. This is one case where the 'taxpayers/ entirely by their own efforts, can reduce the rate." ? President Hoover, ELBERT H. AULL The anouneement of the death of Elbert H. Aull, for more than forty years editor of the Newberry Herald and News, which occurred suddenly at his home in Newberry Sunday night, brings sorrow to scores of friends throughout the State. For many years wc know Mr. Aull well and regarded him as one of our best friends. He was prominent In the affoirs of his county. At one time a representative from his county, later private secretary to Gov. M. R. >10- j Sweeney, and still later superintend- I ent of education for his county. He I served several terms as president of the South Carolina Press Association. | Mr. Aull was 72 years of ace. He is survived by his mother, nc-w ^0 1 years of age, three sons and a daug'n- i ter by his first marriage, and four sons by his second marriajv? and Ms second wife. We are grieved at the ! passing of our good friend. TlIK POLITICAL COW Gasoline taxes have increased from nn averai--* of only 50 cents per mo tor vehicle in 1921, to $13 per vehicle in 1028, according to the American Petroleum Institute. It is forecast jthat the average may be as high as $17 this year. Every state now taxes gasoline, with rates ranging from two to six j cents per rvillon. Thirty states col M-.ot four eents or more and seven states have a five-cent levy. Tiie in itere^t the press of the nation has t -k |en in the war against exorbitant gas , taxes is one of the most hopeful signs .for future relief. A survey of edi torial comment indicates that most editors favor a reasonable gasolin" tax. with revenue efficiently and hon estly expended for hinhway building ! and maintenance. It is likewise the editorial belief that high gas tax rates, diversion of revenue to other j purposes than road work and wast? i and inefficiency in spending money, , should not be tolerated. j To levy a tax against such a com modity as gasoline and use the pro ceeds for general purposes is discrim atory legislation of the most obnox ious type. And the tendency, noted by the newspapers of many states, of wasting gas tax money in building unsuitable and "political" highways, amounts to theft of the motorist's pr^erty. The general public must cooperate if the gas tax menace is to be effec tively opposed. Already rumbles are heard from several states as law makers plan to further boost taxes during the coming year. Gasoline is j in danger ,^f becoming a political cow, , to be milked whenever money is need ed for some purpose or otheri HAIRY VETCH Th" farmers of Kershaw eovmty, a Camden dispatch to the Columbia Re cord informs, are going to plant hairy vetch on an extensive scale, having ordered some 10,000 or 12,000 pounds of see'! through the county farm a gent. This is the initial step in a crop Wnt.inn nroqrram the county agent is promoting, in which he appears to have enlisted the active cooperation of many of the farmers. Hairy vetch, as agricultural exnerts assert, is one of the best crops for the win ter season. It. brings a profitable re turn and enriches the soil, ennbling the farmer to realize unusual yields on the acreatre whore the vetch has been produced. Either in the low countrv or the upeountry, as a cover crop hairy vetch cannot be improved upon in this state. ? Spartanburg Journal. IJo in Greenville a few days ago n thousand pints of Canadian bottled in bond ."Indian Hill Rourbon" whiskey was seized in a truck. It was esti mated that its value was $4,000. The truck and whiskey were taken to 'he Chief's office and unloaded and two janitors were set to work pouring it out. The report of this seizure and the pouring out process said "it re quired hours of work and civilian | snectators watched the operation."] | Isn't i? rather unusual to pour out, | nood whiskey? Why didn't the chief | l"keep it for medicine?" Well, guess1 they felt like obeying the law, which of course was right. V * + + + ** + *? + * * * + HALF MINUTE PULPIT * Hy Rev. T. M. Stevenson * * Presbyterian Church, Kershaw * ? *???****? + *** SUCCESS MAXIMS FROM AN OLD HOOK? Re willing to work. Prov. 22:29. He courageous in the face of re versea. Neh. 4:14. Cultivate the habit of thrift. Prov. 0:6-11. (Jive to every one a square dea'.. Rom. 12:17. Rejoice in your work. Neh. 0:3. Havo a fixed purpose and drive toward it. Heb. 12:2; Phi'. 3:13. * RAMBLING THOUGHT ? 1 * By H. C. H. ? ' "DeKALB" He came of a race both brave and strong: Whose figKffor freedom was hard and long. Trained, and accustomed to wars alarms, He knew no fear in a clash of arms. Though cautious in council, and not very old, In action the enemy found him bold. In the "Battle of Camden" ? almost a rout ? He faced his foes and fought it out. When others fled, he stood at bay; And did his best to save the day. With cut and thrust, and battle shout, He strove in vain to stop the rout. They hemmed him in on every side, But still he tried to stem the tide. Thoutrh wounded to death, he would| not vield. But fell at last on the battle field. ^ I When the sun went down to close the I day, The gallant DeKalb had passed away. ,They buried him in a beautiful town, Not very far from the battle pround. Near an ancient church, out under 1 the sky, Beneath a monument his ashes lie. Wars have come, and wars have gone; But name ? DeKalb ? is living on. I The Liberty Tree, that he watered ' free, Now spreads its branches from sea | to sea. Though his body now rests beneath ; the sod# ,11 is soul reposes on the "Bosom of | God." j Due entirely to my poor writing, ! the word, lonely, in the first line of the third verse of Agnes of Glasgow, published a few weeks ago, was printed lovely. At first I thought that the Editor had left his "spec" at home*; but he says he had 'em. My error. ? H. C. H. Communism and Communist Communism is a beautiful dream, in which all of the members share equally in the spoils taken from the robber capitalist; which includes all property owners. Communintfl own rio proporty. ^TKnt is the reason they are Communists, j In practice, the leaders are nothing ,but ''high-jackers", whose motto is, 'rob the robbers'. Not only rob them but kill them. Then there is no flare hacks. The leaders keep the spoils for their own uses. If their poor de luded followers object to that kind of division," they "are condemned and shot. "TT By the sheddinp of blood do they obtain power. By the shedding of blood do they retain it. With them "Might is right". That is, when they have the might. Otherwise it is all wrong. Freedom of speech is not tolerated. By their actions they ad mit that they believe in the same principles as the robber capitalist. Robbing a robber, is robbery. In other words just plain stealing. NOTICE OF LOST CERTIFICATE Notice is hereby given that stock certificate No. Ill in the Fidelity Building and Ix>an Association, issued to A. G. Whitaker for fifteen (15) shares, has been lost or destroyed and after diligent search same cannot be found, and notice is hereby given that the undersigned will apply to said association for a duplicate of same on December 4th, 1929. MRS. A. G. WHITAKER, Cam ien. S. C\, Oct. 28, 1929. THE LORD'S LOVE 4 John 17:23, 24, 25, 20. I in the nn:l thou in me, that they . may he made perefct in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. 24. Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. 25. O righteous Father, the world hnth not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. 20. And 1 have declared unto them thy name and will declare it; that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them. PRAYER: In boundless merey gracious I/ord ap pear, Darkness dispel, thP humble mourner cheer: Vain thought remove, melt down the flinty heart, Dmw every soul to choose the bet ter part. AROUND THE WORLD WITH E. B. JENKINS On the Beautiful Shores of Sicily Italy! A marie word to tourists I will long: remember my first sight of the shores of this sun-kist land. Our first port of call was at Paler mo on the northwest shore of Sicily. ' A mist hid the city partly from view as there was a drizzle of rain the morning we landed at Palermo. Palermo is called the Happy City, and its situation is beautiful to be hold. Within a semi-circle of rug ged mountains, girt about with or ange groves, rose gardens, palms and olive trees. As soon as we had driven a short distance through the streets of Palermo we realized that i we were in a strange land of stranre language, strange customs and man ners. Strange sights greeted our eyes: Donkeys with plumes on their heads, carts painted on the sides with Biblical legendary scenes, (dirt carts if you please,) cows and goats in A^t of homes while the milk man if^^^red the morning milk for his ^stomer. I saw a milk man at the door of a home, milking into a lonj? necked bottle. About half the time he missed the Jaottle, and to me it was amusing, and I laughed. An Italian standing near by saw me laughing, and he began laughing too. On down the way we saw long lines of spaghetti hanging from the sec ond story of homes with a few flies in it to add the flavor. We visited three noted and his toric buildings in and near Palermo. The Norman cathedral at Montreal, the cathedral in the city, and the catacombe under one of the Roman Catholic churches. The Montreale cathedral was out upon a mountain five miles from the city. This cathedral was built in the twelfth century. On the walls high above there are mosaics, inlaid tile in col ors with scenes from the Old Testa ment. These mosaics are said to be the most beautiful in all Europe. We went through the halls, the rooms, the gardens, and we gained an idea of how the monks lived dur ing the middle edges. The cathedral in the city is more modern, but as all the cathedrals in Italy and Europe are . built of stone and marble, they look ancient in Appearance. As we' were going through the cathedral, a younp lady who was a Catholic said to me, "I believe I will go over to the a'tar and say a prayer." There were al ??ar? All aloner the wall of the cath edral in little rooms or stalls. I said to her, "Say a prayer for me too. She went over and got down on her knees before an altar. I waited 'till ?he was through and then usked her what she said. Here was her prayer. ''Holy Father, Vir gin Mary, give Mr. Jenkins what he <K sires." She happened to be n daughter of a millionaire from Tor ronto, Canada with whom I travelled across the Atlantic. At our next port, Naples, her father gave me a cordial invitation to visit him (he had four daughters with him on the trip,) when I returned to America. Well, I was somewhat of a million aire mysqlf, as I had a million air holej in my pockets. For one time in my life I was hob-nobbing with millionaires. The next place of interest was the catacombs. We weno d>.wn a lon?- stairwway and came to a large cave or ccllar. Each one had a lighted candle to see his way. Wo turned into a long hall and I thought we had made a mistake for I thought we were in an undertaking establishment, and they hnd forgot ten to bury the dead. There on the walls, and sitting against the walls were hundreds of skeletons of monks who had died centuries ago. There were said to be 8,000 skele tons in those cellars or catacombs Each had a card fastened on giving name of the monk with the of his birth and death. By 1 time our candles had nearly gone out. I told some of the tour ists that if my candle went out . there would bo seme bones knocked over as 1 was going r,ut of there if I could find my way. About that time I turned a coiner into another passageway and from the wall about I ns high as iry head a large skull grinneel at me an some one was coming down the oapsageway and 'he light of the candle shone through the eyesockets and mouth. I felt my hat begin almopt to ri?e, and arout this time I bumpe 1 into n woman. I was ready jump a rail and pet out of that place in double quick time. While in Palermo I had the plea sure of visiting the residence (one as there are several) of the King of Italy. Up to that time it was tho most gergeous bu'U::i.x I ha ) ever seen. Built of ma-.blf, decorated with artistic designs, enrpeted with most beautiful rugr /.id* adorned with oil paint, In.r w1 -'"ws of stained glass, high ceilings with mur al paintings overhead. A palace in deed. Our own While House at Washington looks very plain, in com parison to many building* in Europe. (Continued next week) FAME OF S ARGON IS NOW NATION-WIDE When Sargon was first given to the world, well known authorities pre dicted it would become one of the great outstanding health-giving rem edies of the age, but the men of ?cience who labored for years to per fect it little dreamed it would become a household word in so short a time. According to the. statements of peo ple everywhere who have actually put it to the test, it is restoring literally hundreds of thousand* of weak, run down, half-sick, discouraged men and women by some of the latest and most advanced methods known to Medical Science. The demand for Sargon is probably without parallel in the history of the drug trade. In the State of Califor nia alone, it will require over one mil lion bottles to supply the people of California during the first twelve months after it was placed on sale. One big Nvw York firm, with wholesale houses in leading cities. | have sold and distributed 008,181 bottles in the past eight months, or at the rate of one million and a quar ter bottles per year. Kansas City wholesale and retail firms have sold and distributed over 300,000 bottles within twelve months or an average of almost one bottle for every family in the State of Kan sas. Texas dealers required nine car loads the first four months. In the Northwest, the Twin Cities of Minn eapolis and. St. Paul have been selling at the rate of over $100,000 per year, to say nothing of the immense whole sale distribution. Sales in other sec tions have been corresponding large. Back of Sargon's triumph in the drug stores is Sargon's triumph in the ( homes. When a suffering man or ( woman finds a medicine that helps jthem, they invariably tell their friends about it, and in this way the fame of Sargon is spreading from coast to coast, sweeping the country like a great tidal wave. No matter where you go ? North. East, South or West ? Sargon is brinp ing health to thousands, and many foreign countries are now clamoring for it. ZEMP & DePASS, Agents ' Adv. STATE TEACHERS (JET $10,611,000 South Carolina Spent More Than $16,000,000 on I'ublic Schools Columbia, Oct, 22 (AP).? Salaries paid out to teachers in the state sr im ported schools, both white and Ne gro, during the session of 1928-29 a mounted to $10,011,216.24, according to figures compiled by Miss Agnes Tennant, statistician of the* depart ment of education. Total expendi tures in the schools of both races were $16,654,236.36 for the year. Transportation to and from rural schools paid by the state amounted to $1,300,237.70 Money spent on buildings amounted to $1,810,359.38. Enrollment in the schools, both white and Ne.fjro totaled 466,491 of which number 248,682 were white students and 217,809 were Negro stu dents. There were 8,775 white toach ers on the payrolls of the state as a gainst 4,496 Negro teachers. VULCANIZING AND BATTERY SERVICE Prompt and Satisfactory Attention Given to all orders GOODYEAR TIRES and WILLARD BATTERIES Greasing and Car Washing Call upon us when we can be of service to you. Prices reas onable. MYERS SERVICE STATION Phone 38 Cor. DeKalb & Fair TAX NOTICE Treasurers' Office, Camden, S. C. August 14, 1U2D. Notice is hereby given that all State, County and School taxes for the year l!?2y shall be due and pay able between September 1 5th, and December 31st, 1929. Any informa tion with reference to taxes will be cheerfully furnished upon application. When making inquiry please state School District or Township. Very respectfully, S. W. HOGUE, Treasurer, Kershaw County, S. C. W. O. W. MEETING Live Oak Camp, No. 49, W. O. WM meets the last Thursday evening in each month at 8 p. m. Visiting sov ereigns cordially welcomed. M. G. HUCKABEE. Clerk. C. W. BIRCH MORE, C. C. DeKALH COUNCIL NO. 88, JR. O. U. M. meets in regular couiK'i! the 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month, at S o' clock. Visiting members welcome. D. J. CREED. Councilor L H. JONES, Roc. Sec. WEDDING INVITATIONS AND ANNOUNCE MENTS 100 HAND-ENGRAVED, $10.00 Imitation Styles at $.00 for the 1D0 Write for Samples OTT ENGRAVING CO. 1004 Chestnut Street Philadelphia FOR SALE OR RENT My part of the Peay place locatd a short distance across the rive:-, if interested call on Douglas Jon.:*., i^ongtown. REV. J. E. JONES, Chester, S. C. WILSE W. MARTIN II ARNKSS and SADDLE MAKER Wholeiialfl I. either ?*nd Shoe Finding* Auto Tup Maker nnri ltepulr<ir rflL.U DKALKH 1*14-16-18 llitmpton St. Phone KK2D COLUMBIA, S. C. SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY COMPANY Schedule* From and To Camden, S. C. Corrected to Auguat 11. 1929. Arrive 9:05 A. M. 12:21 P. M. X 10:01 P. M. 5:26 A. M. 5:23 P. M. & 7:41 P. M. From For Raatern Cities? Florida Eastern Cities--- Florida Kantern Cities-- Florida Florida ? New York Florida ? New York Florida ? New York Leave 9:05 A. M X 12:21 P. 10:01 P. 5:25 A. & 5:23 P. 7:41 P. M. 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