The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, February 17, 1931, Image 2
HE WATEttEB MESSENOBIK . :
Published Every Tuesday by
CHAS. W. U1UCHMORB, Prop.
ubsoription $1.50 A Year in 'Advance
Entered as Se.?Ond Class Matter of
the Postofficc at Camden, S. C.
. Tuesday, February 1*7, 1931
TURNING ON THE LIGHT
&.'? There is nc.t.hing more essential'
than turning on the light in matters
tin which the public is directly inter
ested. La3t week we carried a brief
artcle, under the caption, "Why Ad
vertise?". It l\ad reference to the
^.^advertisements of the South Carolina
iMSotton Manufacturers .Association.
?"-Those advertisements have been bring
ing to the attention of the taxpayers
of South Carolina vital matters ob
taining to the welfare of the state.
. ? They have been essentially education
pi1 al in their scope. We have the habit
jf of inking too many things for grant- j
ea without a thought of investigation.
The lime for readjustment is upon j
us. Our State has been in lino for ;
S a great forward step in industrial !
matters, and if we are going to stifle !
the efforts lor a state- wide develop- j
ferment by .excessive taxation, we will
f be killing the goose that 'rays the
golden egg. The figures given in
| these advertisements show what a
'I,, great benefit financially our cotton
mills have been, and many farmers !
who. have failed on their farms have
?..: been coming to the mills in large
numbers for work, and thousands of
families- have been the steady bene
[?:' ficiaries ">!* the mills. They fret jrood
wages and good houses to live in.
Millions of dollars have been poured
into the treasury in taxes assessed a
* gainst these mills. They do not ob
ject to paying their just proportion
of the cost of county and state gov
ernment. They are the largest tax
payers in the State. But are we not
>: endangering the prosperity of out
state by high taxes? We believe that
i~ we are. And is not the progress ol
I' our state being retarded by so many
leaving the farms? More than thn
?? ty thousand farms have been desert
? ed within" the past few years. There
If ? are two outstanding slogans that
^should be used at this time: Back
the Farm, and Reduction of Taxes.
The legislature is ever looking for1
s| new sources to tax, and with the al
||i>; ready heavy burden of taxes, the
state has a deficit of $5,000,000.
$ "Where are we headed to?
??_ ? We have been so impressed with
1^, these advertisements that we have
p; several times called attenion to them
#? editorially and have discussed them
p with a number of friends personally.
|; They have distinctively an education
al feature, for the figures given are
authentic. We have studied these
^advertisements and wondered why
jjvijiBUch information had not been given
long ago. We want every reader of
this paper to read them from time to
time as they appear. They have a
> real value to them for those who want
to know facts. The ship of state has
been driven over the breakers long
f enough. It is time to study real con
?>' ditions and avoid the great penalty
we shall pay if corrective measures
arc not enacted into law.
ONE HUNDRED ADDITIONAL
CELLS NEEDED
Col. J. N. Pearman, superintendent
of the State penitentiary, has inform
ed th 3 legislature now in session that
he needs one hundred more cells in or
der to properly care for the increased
number of prisoners in his care. We
do not doubt but that he is correct,
but this brings up the question agairy
of the increase of crime. Something
must bo done about this, for it is cruel
to work prisoners hard all day and
make them sleep on the hard floor at
night. Perhaps one solution would
bo to put a considerable number of
them on the farm and produce feed
and food stuff, but not cotton. This
of Course would require an increased
numi>er of guards and housing room
for them. Thoughtful men and wom
en should consider th? cause for an
increase in crime, and unitedly work
it) to decrease it. It has been our . opin
ion for some time' that the la\y is re
sponsible for much of tKe increase in
crime. - The general .idea seems to be
that the law has done its duty by in
flicting punishment, upon criminals.
No one would deny that, those who
violate the laws of our country should
escape juet p.unlshment for their acts,
but the punishment inflicted, -should
be with the object in ylev^ of reform- .
Ing the violator and cerate in him a
.desire for reestablishment in society
by a Worthy life. ^ut. this seem$ not
fto thought of, in many, cases. An
alarmingly lar#e per.oent. of convicts
are young white m?h, ^ho are serving
sentences to? their flfytM*^t? pf
lessness, and they,, are (Confined with
Hardened criminals, ami when ttiey
..*ra discharged they are worse crimi
than they were before* they were
. .y ' "rjti*
when they ? began their aentencea.
Many evils exist jurt along this line.
It Is not Christian but decidely pagan
What is the psychological effort upon
a boy in his 'teen age, serving his
first sentence, manacled with heavy
chains, and confined with hardened
criminal's? Do you not think that it1
would make him a worse crinriujal?
And before he is tried is confined
with all classes of white and colored
prisoners ? There is but one conclus
ion that you can reach, and that is
that the law is making him a wo^Se
criminal instead of reforming him. J
We do not condone crime7 it should
be punished, but at the same time
we shudder for the young man who
must go through witl. such an exper
ience. It is easy to say, oh, well, let
him behave himself. We verily be
lieve that so long as such treatment
is accorded youthful criminals so long
will crime increase. Then the unem
ployment and stringent times con
tributes to the incentive to steal and
do other unlawful ^cts.
Some humane men and women have
done much to improve conditions
but there is mu/ch yet to be done. The
solution for all such problems is
found in the lowly Nazarene, for "it
is a faitfhful saying, and worthy of
all acceptation, that Christ Jesus
came into the world to save sinners."
TIME TO HOLI) UP
Few men of prominence have been
| made the target for adverse criticism J
more than has Bishop James Cannon,
Jr., of the Methodist church. He is
I '
, a vigorous fighter and threw his
whole strength into the cause of so
briety by his vigorous attacks upon
whiskey. He was the militant leader
; of the prohibition forces. Then in
| the last national campaign he oppos
ed Gov. A1 Smith for president be
cause he was a wet candidate. He
has been the subject of senatorial in
i vestigations, and emerged from these
attacks victorious. Then some other
I charges were brought against him
jand he was duly acquitted by a jury
of twelve churchmen. Yet another
attack is made upon him by the ene
mies of prohibition, and they are go
jing to fall flat. It is time to hold up
on this aged prelate. He has render
' ed a conspicuous service to his church \
and to the cause of prohibiton. He 1
is now practically an invalid, and why
continue to hound him down? We!
admire his courage. I
"When times get better I'll buy" ? ?
and unless they don't I won't. Sure j
0. K. Unless the car starts moving
by itself we won't fill her with gas. i
(Unless the youngftter solves quadrat- ]
'ic equations we won't send him to ,
(school; unless business improves the
I merchant won't order goods; unless
(business improves the manufacturer .
'will fire workmen. Then the work
'
'men won't work. The manufacturer
! won't work! The merchant won't
'work. We won't work ? we' all go
^fishing. O. K. j
I Let's wake up and hitch the horse
in front of the cart. Let's "troynome
I of the things we're needing. Let's
[take some of these jobless fllows off
the street. We'll quit d priving our
selves of things we want ? and of
prosperous times. I-et the fishing
wait till another day. ? Greenwood
Index-Journal.
WHAT WILL THEY DO?
The question is being asked, what
will the legislature do about biennial
sessions? Well, it now looks like tho
| measure will finally be killed. The
i Senate has been true to its trust and
j/Med for it, but the house mem(bers
fare dickering with it, and it stands
?a slim chance apparently to muster
iup a majority of votes, notwithstand
ing that the voters each time the
matter was referred to them in the
general elections, voted for biennial
sessions. Prom our view point the
representatives, not to betray their
trust, sJiould vote for it. I)o they
realize that our state is in a deplor
able condition financially? A deficit
exists of $f, ,000,000. The taxpayers
are groaning under the burden merci
lessly put upon them. They are beg
ging for. relief, and if it does not
come ? mark what we say ? there will
bo an uprising of the people and po<
liticians will be relegated to the rear. '
We do not want, to see a revolution
in our proud old state, but there will
come a limit to forbearance, and thoso
who ignore tho repeated wishes of
tho people at the ballot box will be
sure to remem-ber them in tho next
election. There seems to be a politi
cal ring existing, and the army f
well paid employees and others are
holding up their hands in horror at
the disaster that will follow the will _
of the people if our representatives
regard their obligation. They tell tin
that it is big business that wa%r,s
biennial sessions of tho legislature. !
fSo far as that may apply to the big
corporations who are harassed with '
('increased tax burdens while they are !
serving the public is concerned, it J
Bolting .
To >K ihe party ti-ket,
So.* 'iople think a sin;
VVhr cr you do you may expect
Thn -ouble will begin.
T1k ..ty is their idol,
Thci. -oe, their guide, their stay7
The;, -t: not see why anyone
Should vote some other way.
Their faith in party leaders
Is real, strong, and true,
And if you do not feel the same,
They'll all get mad with you.
r** ? f
They howl for personal liberty,
When it concerns their booze,
But when you do not vote their way,
Your liberty you lose.
They swell with indignation,
Your name cross off the rollsT
Then ever, ever, evermore,
They bar you from the polls. x
It matters not that crooks control
The party and the state,
They say your sacred duty is
To vote the ticket straight.
Some people come into this life
squalling, and leave the same way.
Yeah, Bishop Cannon was cleared
of all charges against him, to the
great disappointment of the spot-light
preachers who preferred the charges
When Methodist ministers ?'n
hands with ihe liquor crowd in an at
tempt to discredit their own Bishop,
it is time that somebody resign from
le Ministry; and I don't mean the
Bishop.
Whenever the devil and preachers
play together, someone gets scorcheJ
The delectable A1 Smith is "rusty
cating" in North Carolina. It's fun
ny that he ignores this state, after
receiving such a handsome majority
in 1928. y
No, "A1 ' has not' forgotten the
New York Convention, and neither
has Tammany. Their breed never
forgoes? nor forgives. Besides, the
!? i / nacherly hates the
| dr. . r ' the South is dry; and -.he
Ins ,0 lovers 0f the Anglo
bax ^
r Hoover contributed one
? salary to Red Cross fund,
| ' complaining Senators con
| 1 '* . hot air.
<0'> has called a meeting of
J 'ja-nmora, etc. for March
|6.i. ..o j(|y knows why.
| An-.r.-ia?-;, do not speak the same
i *r r27 that is the reason they do
not if- ee.
| f .huil.h of Rome has blessed
|ai)(i very thing in the world? in
|Clii" - horses and autos ? but the
De?i . -atic Party. How about it, Mr
Rank i, 1 '
Tht? .-Late legislature seems to cn
jjoy tho pastime of voting for judges.
! Yeah, they elect old men so that they
; ean- wjoy ih? mm pastime .again in
a few years.
| Well, the public pays for the time;
past and present; they should worry.
J Isn t it about time for the new
governor to bust loose ?Better keep in
the limelight Governor; you will nev
?r get to the U. S. Senate unless you
toot your horn louder than the othev
fellow toots his.
Don't depend on your brains? the
(people want noise, not brainy. Don't
I t0? orient; the people want
( something to growl about, and some
one to growl at. Besides, no one ex
pects efficiency in government.
Yeah, the Democatrs are scrapping
, among themselvlells, and will keep
jftt it until tho 1 D32 convention is over,
t As usual Tammany will refuse to play
, unless they get the ball; not that they
I want it, but to keep someone else
from getting it. Besides the Irish
|l'ke a fight; that is the reason that
they have so little respect for south
ern democrats.
| would be a good idea to give them a
| rest from the annual upheavals cauK
hy the legislature. Many uhous
[ands of dollars could be saved with
( biennial sessions. The people de
mand it, and are going to have it ev
,en if those now with tho whip handle
shall crack the whip over their heads.
t Therr are many outstanding men in
^he state who have spoken on this in
! n? uncertain terms. - Are their opin
, ions worth anything ?
/ . ftwBLING THOUGHT
By H. (). H.
DeKALH COUNCIL
NO. 88, JR. O. U. \. M
in repf'ilar council
tho ? wl .'I 4th Monday
of j'i .'.nth, nt 8 '?
?,lnfc rm'iriborfi w??lcom .
A. W. HUMPHKIE9,
Counciloi
? . KS, Hoc. R??.
ibo to The Mo?senff<tr.
WCH * GJLtK\C&h6 i
L ASVEl U ] *YS
"Lt> lo tv.'o yet/rs Hk< I '.iy
! thought I c< i-tlvl b * ?k. t; c it .0 )y
|I bo*, an to h: ivril-.e lie t aejid- ^
aches that would la?t daya at a time. ;
| MRS. AMELIA CHRISTOPHER
Nothing I ate agreed with me. .1 was
badly constipated; and lost consider
jrble weight.
j "I took the Sargon and Sargon
Pills right along together, and aftc
the first fe?w doses I was decidely
better. Those terrible headaches
completely disappeared: I began to
eat without any ill effects afterwarvi
and have gained five pounds. The
Sargon Pills relieved me of constipa
tion and the entire treatment has done
wonders for me."
The above statement was made by
Mrs. Amelia Christopher, 115 E. Myr
tle St , Florence, S. C.
SOLD BY ZEMP & DePASS
Death of A. F. Young
A. F. Young, highly respected cit
izen of Kershaw county, died at his
home in the Oakridge section late
Friday afternoon, February 6, aged
seventy-six years, and was buried in
the cemetery at Shiloh Methodist
church Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock,
following funeral services conducted
at the church by his pastor, Rev. J.
F Hoffmeyer.
Mr. Young, who was an active
Christian worker, was -v vonsistent
menber of Damascus Methodist
rl.ui 1 for nv.v 'is. lie was en
.^ag 1 f; mil - li his '.ife and was
l k it ? ei' vbo.' n;d frie. d, who en
;jy?. 1 2 :sn t a. id as' i .< 'o- *11
l\v},o tnv iim. II" is i. v?n by
t !.*_? ryi rin.: ? hil hyiu 'Yi 1- F A n
,1 ? lu >ey ?" tl ?? i ; ' . i. F r
ieks> ;r V',; T. I) V.' , . ? - r,d
. Clan. r.Cf. You'g, r i < ui Kei huw*;
Mrs. D. B Lo e, h.r.shaw- Mr?. F'lla
? Hammond Bet-hune; Mrs. Earl Bul
ldck, Royersford, Fa.; and Mrs. C. A.
? Love, Columbia. The following
brothers ancl sisters, L. L. and L. G.
,Young, Mrs. Sallie Barfield, Harts
ville7 Mrs. Kate Barfield and Mrs.
Mary Gay, of near Kershaw; forty
four grandchildren and two great
grandchildren also survive him. Ern
est Love, William Young, Frank
Hammond, T. H.? Young, -Jr., David
Young and Lawrence Richardson,
grandsons of Mr. Young, were the
I pallbearers. ? The Kershaw Era.
NATIVE OF CAMDEN PASSES
/SUDDENLY
I Joseph E. English Dies at Worcester,
Massachusetts ,
Special to The State.
J Worcester, Mass. Feb. 12. ? It be
came known today that Joseph E.
jEnglish of 88 Dewey street died at
his homo yesterday noon at the age
of 58 years. He was born in Cam
den, S. C., the son of Vaughn and
Minnie (Pringle) English. He leaves
his widow, Agnes (Thompson), ancl
two sons, Joseph, Jr., and James T?.,
both of Worcester. He also loaves
a daughter Mrs. Minnie Brevard, al
so of Worcester, and two sisters,
Mrs. Katherino Jackson of New
Rochelle, N. Y., and Mrs. Anna Smith
of Camden, S. O , and 12 grandchil
dren. He Was a member of St. An
drew's Methodist Episcopal church
and prominent in the city of Worces
ter Affairs.
j The funeral will he at 2 o'clock
Ftoturda'y afternoon nt .St. Andrew's
.church here with the Kov. Thomas
|D. Stewart, pastor.
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