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Wmrn> I HnHn ^M.Soine of the ca r.or are making, -to eay the least of it, a questionable campaign. The dig-' oussions they are indulging in is not ' to' their credit. Int the first place the boiki issue is out of date. The con stitutional rights of ? the .(people . Trffits Jiot infringed vp?m by the passage of the bond act. Had it been nec ess aay to have levied a tax upon- property to take care of the bond issue, we would have opposed it, for the taxpayers have about all they can stand now, but not a dollar is to be levie^1 for this purpose. Of course we utvder stund that a tax on gasoline and a motor car license is a tax, but it 4s also a good investment to take this money and build roads, which weaves tor owners much in the opera^on of their cars. That matter halT bqaflf ; passed upai> by the courts^ "the mo|P| ?ey is now being used" for building roads. How often jNfts it hapn&ued thAt bonds were issued tpr leaking needed improvements witfc}p^$ sub-' mittinp) it to the yoke jAfifeneT people ? Our river bridge W/& instance of that. 4. -The bridge was a necessity and bonds ? were issued without a vote of the peo pie, and the returns have been good, just like the returns from paved woads,will be good only in a much wider measure. Then) the question of prohibition is being made an issue in the campaign. "When congress pass ing aw act to repeal/ or modify the 18th amendment, and submits the change to the several legislatures, ? then prohibition might well be con f: %#ktetred an issue, but not a* matters r.tjw ftand, Theh ~the charfies of 11 ^?/quor being used tx> influence vote? in the bond tfct, is absurd.. No 'riatn^s ; -hive been called nor will any be call* j ed. The campaign should be patch ed on p higher .plan^. MAKES US A BIT CHESTY " ? -j - ? % ... '1.1 . The record Kenshaw county is mak ing along Agricultural lines, makes oouhty in tl J . reen ii "our'* agent, andi we here ?tk! now ''tell <the worjdu that as lib eral ns we ate, we do not warit an- 1 other county to have him,: font he is proving the very, man we need. As vV ';waa noted! in .The MJesesnger last week, he had been notified that K&r ahaw . county was leading the state irti sweet potato contestants,- this county having forty-nine contestants With Claredon county second with forty-one. This telegram was fol io w.edi by another, faying that KeJN shaw county was leading tha. otate in the five acre corn; contest. Sweet potatoes and corn, two very, imfcor- ] taiit articles for the farm. This is by no means all the accomplishment!* I of KerahaW county. Get a line on the \ijtee number of boys in the 4-H club, eftch jOTle active in some special endeavor, and these fellows are go in# aftej*. resluts. Through the efforts of the cpunty agent a number of pure bred cows and hogs have been added to the ' farms, and the poultry industry not been Overlooked. Home demon clubff and girls clubs are wide-awitko, showing the nodd work of . the county demonstration agent, Miss Alma Burgess. With two such tireless workers as Miss Burgess and Mr. Green, results are sure to fallow, and even if we get "double-ohest?#' we say, let the good work "go on, ' , AT LAST? A TARIFF! After long months of so-called de liberation, the tnrlff bill has finally hew parsed by <tihe Senate and Hotti* ami signed by the President, It It | generally agreed that the bUl is from a masterpiece, but is the Wet j that coaM' be hopifti; fotfi tin view of | ihe present tangled political situ^t ?#! ta tf # Hi Mi ? " , ?, / " LDER, YESy-BUT SOMETHING MORE. Chesterfield offers richness, aroma, satisfying flavor. * . ? ; BETTER TASTE ? that's the answer; and* that's what smokers get in Chesterfield full est measure ? the flavor' and aroma of mellow tobaccos, exactly blended and cross -blended. - Better taste, and milder too ! 1930, Ijoqett & Mye?3 Tobacco Co. THE PRESS IS THE REMEDY Optimism among the smaller news pagxers is a good business (remedy for depression in Our Country. Unem ployment Is not confined to this na tion of to way ?me^natton, but is more or less world-wide. A late state ment from the New Orleans Chamb er of Qamttv&toe declare* that indus trial and business1 conditions have re&ched almost complete normalcy. The Tnuwber of jobs is said to be in creasing hi moat of the regions called civilized* amd> wap?? are stiU above the ten-year average. The American fcr ese cam) do much to maintain pro-, gt^ and prosperity. Pessimism in a time of depression is an admission of defeat, America has the resources, both tangible and intangible, with which to meet and 'solve all (problems. ; tfHB PAJfcM ROAD SITUATION Of the 6,260,000 farm owner* fri the United State*,' 1,088,704 are aew ed by roads -which have been iwipfrov* wl. too- eome degree, aeoOrding to the American) Fawn Bureau. Over 2, 747,000 live oh road* which are prac tically unlnvpvovsd and are usually impaeeable during ittany m^nth* of tii*. .year. :- One gravel road*. . thaw 600,000 Ametri^an farmer? are aedufed of all-year hlu:h Here i? the problem that must be adequately met and aolved by every utate if agriculture is to progree* and prosper to tha fulleat defltee. At>he , vwf 192ft, there wane more mile* rfaeed *oade in the United IwImI of- ttio fln. ?ih? gee are the thousands upon thousands ( of miles of dirt and mud upon which millions of fortrters must wly. Those who have made thorough studies, of the farm situation and the ne?d for Telief, are almost unanimous ly of the opinion that one o^ the pre?- j eminent afctors in any permanent j and practical payjgmm must be the j construction, on a large, scale, oi econ omically paved, all-weather, year round, fawn-to-market roads. "4**r ? ?? ? ?' v 'v* WHERE THE FAULT LIES Fi-obably 999 people out of a 'thousand complain about rising taxes, And not oncHin that name thousand : ever takes tangible action) to reduce ; the burden. | If government is wasteful and lit*- ' efficient; if our public officials em bark -n extravagant, unnecessary im piv>vfnwnt programs involving) large bond Iseues for u? to any dufrtag fa- ; ture yeawf if experiments with gov- * ernmewt In business have Mat u* mid ? lions of dollars; and, as a result, in dustry and the inddvldu*l ate bent b?neAth a weight of taxes, it Is the fault of the American) public. / The people alone have the power, j through the vote, to keep, govern mental . expenses doWiv -? ? RfrTHA RVJffiLOUfi IK^tSoNS ' Within th6 peat few y*?r? 4K?re have been many mervelou* Invert- \ I ions. Wirel<*8 telofcraphy, the t?le phone, r?dk> and many othar* inv<*mt~ 1 tome have l*?n brought htto.VM imd ?re tU>H* conaidercrt imUKjxyn#?abUv One i of the most teeent invention* ig mart- j tionod frr an Aaaooiafced Prene rteW? | storyi under a New York date liri* ef July 8^ which ?' A Mori*** dream ?d?; Alexander waa^nwnit^d | it was done by lip reading over the tedeviaion circuit of American Telephone and Telegraph Comp&hy. Two partly deaf young women held conversation and talked with atmng era. \ Mi Be Evelyn Pan^y, who is unable to hear even ordinary cofltveraation, sat before the televisor at the Bell la-v boratorie?, two miles away, at the other end, sat Miss M&rie Pleas, whose hearing is 60 per cent impair? !. She is?a teacher of Hp reading. Miaa Parry is one of her pupils and winner of tftie yeur** lip reading champion ship of the American Federation (>t organisations for the hard of heanirg. Each cctokl see tho other's face- in natural cobra, the size It would I ap pear ft they eat about 10 feet apart NeWsaptpetrmeti watched the little (Iram* thxvm/^7, the monitoirV; !>(<( p hoole and llstented with special j>bore attachment*. "HeMo, Evely?V'4 said -Miss Plesa, "I am to start the conversation. Some roportem ?re waiting to talk to y6u." Thert Mia* tMens, wfio did not know reporters were eave^ropping, beftart t talk aboat mutual social affMrr. ? But oniy too1 a few woihda, for the. votes of tfre almost totally deafened girl at tha othear end broke In; '*0h! I can hear every word." ''Avmtt'yWL', thrilled! exclaimed her teatMft't -''i ' ' P' ' y* '{ "Nta^V thfe other lauffhwl, "I (?n hear on the phone," She meant see). "J am nnjxrleed At your getting ev ery wood, "said Mfti* Plesa. , "Why, it' juNt like being in clasv with you." I ?' V- ? a ? A :V ' t"T - r 1 1 T J i J' Iff lif* iffc fa.uV't . $ THE MOHT WAY TO TRAVEY* is by train. The sifastt Meat com * Costs tfssJ? Inquire <rf Ticket Agent* regarding treat!? reduced lares for shott*trfps* 80UTHK?JW RAItWAV SVaTEM Demand . , Reserve District No. 5 REPORT OF THE CONDITION OP Fit st National! Bank of Camden lit the State of South. Carolina, at the Close of Business on June 30, 1930 720.93 53,700.00 191,206.30 33,807.78 ; RESOURCES , Loans and discounts $124,969.45 Overdrafts United States Government securities owned Other bonds, stocks. and securities owned Banking house, $29,858,267 fctirnlture and fixtures $3,949.52 Real estate owned other than banking bouse 4, 1)26.60 Keservo with Federal Reserve Bamk 18,757.28 Cash arid d\*e ftrom banks .* 32,461.68 Out tide eheck$ and. other cash items 3,587.88 Red6iwi>tiah fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from U. S. Treas. 2,500.00 Oth^r asset? . 878.54 Total $767,011.34 V / / . ' , : , LIABILITIES ? < .r ' / Capital stock paid Hi >v . $ 7<f,(HH(.fl(i A 2MftO.OO ? 5,29s . 4 1 Refte>rvos for dividends, contingencies, etc 8,489.65 Reserves fo r interest, taxes, end other expenses accrued umtd unpaid 5,746.21 ttreqlfttin# notes outstanding ? ..... 50,000.00 IJkle to banks, including certified and cashiers' checks outstanding 39.87 1 145,694.89 403,738.31 BilW payable and rediscounts 48,004.00 . Toul I. ?787, 011.34 olbts; County of Kmhaw. * dtougham, Cashier of the abo.ve narn<Ml bank, do solemnly >ve statemont is true -to the beat of my knowledge and be V w. Van LANDINGHA.M, O^hier. tote mA this 2mrt day of Jyly, 1980, HUOHEY TIN DAL, Notary Public. Wmw^M ? ?