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: THE WATEREE MESSENGER Published Every Tuesday by CHA8. W. BIRCIIMORE, Prop. v> ? - -- i Subscription $1.50 A Year in Advance p.ntfrftj as Second Class Matter at the Postoffice ?t Camden, S. C. Tuesday, August 5, 1930 THE CANDIDATES FOR GOVER NOR There are eight candidate* for Gov ernor this year, and some good ma terial from which to select a chief ex ecutive for South Carolina. They are limited in their speeches tx> twen ty minutes, which means that it takes two hours and forty minutes for all j of them to be heard. We do not think that the "tree aiuW have much on us, for when the candidates for Governor spoke in Camden we kept - our seat and heard each one. Mr. Herbert made a strong plea for law obsetvance and tax reform. No one could misunderstand his position. Johnson, of Spartanburg, and Keith, of Greenville, opposed the bond issue which is now being used for the con struction of roads, Johnson especially. Col. Keith seems to want to get rid of the present state highway com: mission also. These two candidates weie in turn criticised because while in the legislature they did not oppose a bond issue of $5,000,000 for build ing roads in their respective counties without submitting the issue to the voters. Mr. Lever made his position clear on law enforcement and the need of aiding* the farmers, ^r. McMa han, as stated in The Messenger last week, devoted his time to oriticisms of Gov. Richards and former Judge M L. Smith. Gov. Richards had made a purchase for the mansion and for the executive office out of the contingent fund provided by the legislature for the Governor to use, and Judge 'Smith, who* is an able lawyer was crit icised for being paid a fee for pro fessional services^ Gov. Richards is not a candidate in this campaign, and in making the purchases complaned of was entirely within line of his duty, and surely no one could complain of a lawyer accepting fees for profess ional services. It was evident that \the criticisms did not meet with the aipproval of those who heaird Mr. Mc Mahan, and the county chairman, Dr. S. F. Braaington, did the right thii\j by -mildly rebuking Mr. MoMaha/n by saying that so long as South Carolina elected to office Christian men of the L type of Gov. Richards and Judge p Smith, the state would be in safe hands. This is the home county of v Gov. Richards and Judge Smith, and b it was in bad taste to have made the i criticisms Mr. McMahon indulged in, L and it certainly did wot help him in ? his cannpagn, as he will find out. * Mr. Smoak defended the bond issue I and urged the development of the re sources of South Carolina, and favor I ed generally a constructive proptram l -and stood for the enforcement of the f: prohibition law. Mr. Blackwood, of iSpartarfourg, was "the last ajpeaker. He spoke under a handicap on account ? of his throat, tout made a good im '< pression upon his hearers. ^ Mr. Ashton Williams, who is re garded the "wet" candidate, favtored r^the sale of wines and beer and whis fckey for medicinal purpo?3s by drug gists. He is a man of pleasing per F sonality and with a clear and im pressive voice, and as we listened, to | mm, we thought what a pity that he ?L was not' using his talents in a dif fer ment direction ? fwhat real nood he oouUl s; ' accomplish. HOW CAN IT rfE? Quite frequently one hears the & statement that more whiskey is con sumed now than in the days of the ^dispensary or bar room. How con it be ? Are there not a number of peo k<.ph> still living who remember the dis ^pensary days, how tihe dispensary was packed on Saturday evenings and line formed out to the street of ? people rushing in to get whiskey? fcAre there not a number who remeir "?Wr ihe dispensary days when whisk ^fcjrwae shipped in here in car load /' Jots, and a draymen got his team in S teadiness to haul the barrels of whis-< ? key, with his coupling pole lengthen ed, and one load after another until j; time, . tb close the d^pensary, was ? hauled by him ? Really, - is there [ more whiskey consumed now than mere was then? iAod remember, Bjfcj that there were those- who pur phased whiskey from the dispensary | in the day time and dispensed it at a I profit at night. Yet in the face of (this Mar. Williams, wot Candidate for I I Governor, is credited with flaying) that Imore whiskey is drunk now than j [there was in the dispensary days. I Surely, if he is old enough to remem Iber the dispensary days, his memory [must be defective. We know> that Lpondltions are not what they should pe, that Ate law is being violated, bu| ^ ' '?& it is duo in p?rt at loast by tfo-called prohibitionists not takiftg a definite stand for its enforcement. "PROGRESS WITHOUT EXTRA VAGANCE ''Progress without extravagance" is a fine policy, and that is the plat form in brief upon which Mr. J. E. Swearingen stands in his race for State Superintendent of education. Knowing Mr. Swearingen as we do we know that if elected he will live up to that standard. Great progress was made under his administration whilt he was superintendent of edu cation. In the seven minutes he was given to sipeak to the voters here he made fine impression. With the large list of state canvassers the speakers necessarily were given a. lim it, and it was short in order that each I could be heard. , *!)!*** ******* * RAMBLING THOUGHT * By II. C. H. - * *!? **!******** "The Female of the Species "Father, dear father come home with me now" Dear mother returned with a "jag"; She mixed up her drinks, then smoked cigarettes, ^ And now she's as limp as a rag. Father, dear father, don't stand thek? and stare; The cops raided Tony's Last Chance Ja.-.ic And Sue slapped the Chief of Police, And Mae kicked a cop in the pants. > "Father, dear father, come home with me now", I must pack and leave town on the sly 7 The Mayor got fresh, so I pushed in his face With a bottle of Shivar's Pale Dry. j It was just a little wren \perohed upon a string stretched across my j sleeping porch. How it got there I jdo not know; there was no outside .opening to the porch. | My attention was attracted to it by its plaintive call; quite different | from its usual lively song. There was a tone of hoplessness in it; it had .probably tried to escape, but was pre vented by the wire screen. A short distajnee from the porch was the woods, its natural home" J nearer was the garden with its weeds, grasses and bum. All of this the lit ,tlo wren could see, but could not get ! to; hence the plaintive call. ( When I attempted to cutch it, it | made futile efforts to escape t/hroughr ; the screen. When I finally caught it, |rt cied out in fear until I coveted it | with both hands, leaving it free in side. It made no effort to escape un~ til I uncov#erd it in the garden; even then it sat in my open hand a full minute, before flying to the woods. The little wren remained silent un til I had re-entered the house; then it burst forth in a song of gladness. I felt amply rewarded for my trouble. It sang again yesterday. Now folks, a lot of us are in the tame fix the little wren was in7 we've been a little wild hei.e, y.nd n little wild there; tryinpv a little of this sin, an.!' kittle of ;hat t in. un tile we have wandered so far away from home, that we cannot get hack without help. With the little wren, it was the wire screen. tVith us it is our sinful habits. We have readied the point where nothing satisfies us. We rush about seeking something, we don't know what. Troubles pile upon us so fast that /.ve do not know what to do or where to turn; ar.d there seems no way cf escape. Like the little wren, we ate trapped. The trouble is we have |.v;t . ?.ucn with God. There is enly one way of escape: Repent of our un 1 semi out an S. O. S. for help. You w.l bo sui prised at how quickly it w;i! be answered. The Savior is never very far away, and ;s ready and willing Lj help us; but wo must do our part first. So, If you have wandered away :'rotr your God, Til by sm ycu are hedged .ill a round, Return, O, return to his Ghebeving arms7 'Tis there only that peace can be found. The devil has never yet healed a broken heart or a wounded spirrt. If you want to travel with Jcsu^ Chr'.st you will have to get off Lhe de . iVs highway. 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