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PRE WATE&EE MESSENGER ? iiblished Every Tuesday by _ AS. W. BIRCHMORE, Prop. , gpp ' tion $1.50 A Year in Advance 88 Second Clas's Matter at, e Postoffice at Camden, S. C. | ^/Tuesday, March 31, 1031 : Taxpayers, gathered in COLUMBIA ?dV^ ire3enting the taxpayers league, :t one thousand people gather-xl i .eiumbia Wednesday and discuss- 1 the ever mounting1 appropriations j 1$ the steadily increasing deficits. ' ? the past few years, and -ent to legfisalture and senate their re- 1 fcs for relief. It is yet to be seen t attention will bo given the earn- ! appeals ot the over-burdened layers by their representativ?s. ' \r you have read these comments, ' ,'to the advertisement of the, tth Carolina Manufacturers A-o ition published elsewhere in this is i; of The Messenger, and note thit rincxcase per spindle, South Oro- ' ,'s chief industry, in taxes h:is a forty per ccnt in ten years. Will iere be any Mmit? How \jr.g i in 16 continual ;n*ren.- es be n.-vrV.vuivvJ thout destroying "uture nrosner'ty <our ftate? The men and women who n m d in Columbia Wednesday to plead relief feel the neeel of it. And if ie present legi-'lnture doe? not nf ?ri(f it, just watch what will happen In the near future, possibly not until Another election. The remark was ?made us a few days ago by a gen StJeman rot at all to b? considered in i^he wealthy class, that ho could "r.p port himself and family upon what he has to pay in tixe--. Wh< n .--.ich a condition exists .v here is the hope of material development ? If the app ro priation bill now before the House ?htid Senate, with its present -mv.t ! *lhents, is adopted there will he added |^p the state deficit, nearly if net fully another million of dollar*, :ind within it few years it will be necessary to )at a big state bord issue to take ?e of the deficit. It will take nerve 'Jo do it, but there should be heavy in g and mar.iyi consolidations of rds and* bureai s to make the rc ictions necessary, but they should i made. Practically everv farmer ?who has borrowed money from the tanks owes a considerable balance irried over from last year and the fear before, and not one out of ten tan scarcely hope to "pay out" this year. With good ueasons and1 better "ces next fall they may be able to iduce their accounts, bv.t to get a ' clean sheet it wiLl take several years. ? These and other such conditions are |:6taring the taxpayers in the face. Will the legislature wake up to the true ^'conditions before our people have lost all' of their resources? W' S.V |TO AID AGRICULTURAL COR PORATIONS ? The recent congress madte a liberal* i? appropriation to ai<l in the develop ment corporations and livestock com ^panio, which looks good to us. It seems to us that something like this will prove far-reachinr* in its benefic ial effects in the development of need fed enterprise?. In a letter received r by us a few daiys ago the following /^explanation is given: Tho $20,000,000 appropriation rn ? oeaitly made by Congress is being us ejd1 to help individuals organize agri cultural!1 credit corporations an<l live stock loan Companies, or to increase ;.Or rehabilitate the capital oif such corporations already in existence, t.h*? stock certificates of the corporation bed. .? taken as security. These cor porations should have n rapital of at least $25,000 and a portion of t.hi* should be subscribed by local inter ests.' The .loans under this Act can be made for a period of one year and hear interest at the rate of 3 '!> per cent per annum, and a renewal for a second year will be considered should conditions warrant. Thesr agricultural rredit, rornorat ions when set up mf^ke loans die ret to ?;farmers an/1 rediscount their note<s With the Federal Intermediate Credit ^Bank. A corporation with a capital 6f $25,OOD when under good manage ment should be able to rediscount four to six times their capita.! iwith the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank, thus giving a line of credit of from $100,000 to $i no, ooo. The following committee has been Appointed by the Secretary of Agri culture of the United States: A. L. M. Wiggins, > Chairman, Ifarteville, S. m and Christie Benet and Henry S. Johnuon of Columbia, S. C. An Kx ecutive Secretary has been appointed, offices have been opened up at the iMMtauArier* of /the U. S. Depart ment Of Agriculture, 1425 Main St., Columbia, S. C., and the committee Is ready to handle loans under this A PROBLEM THAT MUST BE* SOLVED South Carolina has a problem that jjiust be solved along with a number of counties, and that is the care of prisoners. The 6tate penitentiary is* overcrowded, bhere now being about the largest number of /prisoners in the history of the state^ The super intendent leports above nine hundred prisoners with a considerable increase as the spring terms of court are held. Then to add to that some of the counties are abolis/hing the expensive process of wokring the prisoners on chain gangs, and this will increase the number in the ^penitentiary. The Spartanburg delegation at the pre sent session of the legislature has in troduced a bill to abolish the chain gang system in their county where at least fo^ir gangs are maintained, claiming that they can save for their county some thousands of dollars. Several other counties have already abolished1 the chan gangs. With the ever increasing number of convicts, the problem of how to care i'or them looms up and ti must be solved in ?some way. The legislature has made n'> provision for enlarging the quarters at the staW> penitentiary. Something must be done about this matter and that in the very near fu ture; in fact it is needed to be done ,.ow. AN OLI) FALLACY One of the most persistent, a? well as one of the mo*t fallacious of mis conceptions, is that it is possible "to tax the rich to h^lp the poor." The rich, in this sense, usually means large corporation." with impos ing balance sheets. It is very easy to advocate increasing the tax on a million dollar manufacturing plant on the principle that the little fei'low will thus be relieved of paying part of his contribution to the cost of gov ernment. But it is an inescapable fact that any tax i* passed* on to the consumer. If we raise the tax on in surance, John Jones will find that his premiums will bp a little higher; if we add to the burden of electric util ities, Tom Brown's monthly statement will fatten. Even the largest of cor porations have no mag-ical way of get tine mone,/ out of thin air. J Ever^bu-incss is entitled to a fair profit, and must make it if it is to continue to exist. Overtaxing busi ness discourages industry and employ ment and adds directly to the cost of living for everyone. There is but one way of achieving tax relief ? for gov ernment to spend less money. i Caroilna.' That's a headline in a news stony from Columbia, and it means that the state has been forced to borrow that sum to meet deficits running over several years. The an nual appropriations have been falling | short of the expenditures about a million dollars a yoar. If the consti tution of the state had been obeyed i there would he no deficit. Should there be a deficit one year a sufficient levy under the constitution is requir ed the ?u?ceeding year to wipe it out. ' Death came quick to the bill intro ducer! into the legislature to abolish cajpital punishment in South Carolina. Tho vote to kill the bill was 73 to 17 for it. With crime rampant over the country, this was a bad time to intro duce sucrh a measure, yet is not with 'out some reason. Many good citizens hold the state has no right to take a human life, and eventually capital pTinishment may be abolished. N'nrmnn '^lakoney, a flreenvillo ne gro hoy, was Thursday granted a re nrieve of sixty dhys about fifteen hours before he was scheduled to go to the electric chair. Tie "'as sixteen years of age at the time he killed a | chain gang guard with a shovol. Tie maintains that h<> did not intend to kill the guar I but was forced to do jso. Tho pardon board wis given this case for consideration Thn -^day, but jtsked that the Covernor '-rant a re prieve of sixty (lavs in order tha' the facts might be more thoroughly look ,<*] into. We fe'<l sure tba' th'> f'<nv jornor's actio*) in j?r'>v !r" the reprieve j will meot with approval. EAST FN EXCl'KRT.ON One Fnro f ^1.00 Rot worn n I ? no'n'q So>ifho^?t April 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 1 1 h limited 15 day* roturniner. SEA BO A Rf) AIR mm: RY. FOR SALE? COKElt'S EIXIS KEEL Com* fiokl .uolootx?<) ; hand shollfxl. Pro<Iuc<vl Inst yoar 42R hti. fiv? a^ro | fltato contovst, flovorrrmmnt. tost,, nb- j Rolutoly pure, $3 bu.; 5 bmtbo'A or more. $2. r>0. Stato Department of ( AjcrietiRuno ptfv(v? 99 per oemf. jrfrrm- i itifttlon. Mrs. T^ee West, I 1, j CftiTHter^ ft. C. I RAMBLING THOUGHT By H. C. H. Raster L.illiea ,0 beautiful lillies of Easter, What mem'ries you bring back to me: The Savior at prayer in ihe darkness | In vhe garden of Gethsomane. ^The trial ani rentenee by Pilate, The cynical Priests looking on, The shouts of the mob in its frenzy ^Respect for authority gone. The walk all the way '-o Golgotha, The Bufferings endured there alone, * , Suspended 'twixt earth and the heavens The sins of a world to atone. 0 beautiful lillies of Easter, So regal, so white and so sweet; Fit emblems of love and devotion To lay at the dear Master's feet. This 'vveek I am offering you a few gems of thought from folks '.vho had real sen so. t A warm blunder in# man dof.s more for the world than a frigid wise ono. A man who get> into a habit of in quiring about proprieties*"'*!^ fx-rod iences and occasions, often spends his life without doing anything: to the purpose. ? Cecil. i A man :;s known to his dn>g by 'lis smell ? to his tailor by his coat ? to his friend by the smile; each of these know him, but how- little or how much depends on the dignity of the intelli gence. That whi.'h is truly and in deed characteristic of the man. is known to God or1, v. ? Ruskin. Every man, however good he may be. has a yet better man dwelling in him which is properly himself, but to whom nevert ho is often un faithful. It is to this interior and less mutable being that we should at tach ourselves; not the changeable every day num. ? Wm. Von Hu.mbolt. No one ought to enjoy what is loo good for him; he ought to make him self worthy of it, and rise to its level. ? ? Goethe. Wouklst thou that thy flesh obey thy spirit? Then let thy spirit obey, thy God. Thou must be governed, that thou mayest govern, ? St. Augus tin. A weak mind sinks under prosperi ty, as well as under adVersity. ^ A stong and deep one has two highest tides, when the moon is at the full, and when there is no moon. ? Hare. "Not that which is much is well; but that which is well is much". God loveth adverbs, and ^ares not how good, but how well. .The homeliest service, it' done in obea'ience and con.^ciene of God's commandment, is crowned with an ample reward. ? Bishop Hall. In counteracting our defects, we should be cautious not to blunder by inviation of others. We should search 'til we find where our character fails, and then amend it ? not attempting to become another man. ? Cecil. Besides the guilt of sin, and the power of sin, there's the stain of sin. ? Cufverwell. To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a sabre7 for though the wound may heal, the scar will remain. ? ?>adi. God hath promised pardon to him that repenteth, but he hath not prom ised repentance to him that ninneth. ? Anselm. We will now switch from sense to something rise. Over at court last week, the Jurors -.had to submit to a gas attack by the lawyers, ihe bootleggers got justice ? which they d'idn't want ? Blease started something, that prohibition a gents rame near finishing, witnesses caught the lawyers strutted, .md n good lime was had by fill. It was a sin and a shame the way that the poor bootleggers were squeezed: Tihe judge gave t.hcm ? v erything that they were entitled to, including jail sentences, they were facerl' by a lot of jurors, every one of whom they wanted to reject, the District Attorney presented evidence that could not be controverted, and the juries returned verdicts ftrictly I in accordance with the evidence. I Looks like u real hand winter is ahead of the fraternities. And I honestly bolive that the worf/t is yet to come. ?)R. II. M. PAOGKTT chiroimcactok Second Floor of Kn?hion Shoj Building Office hourn: 3 to 0 p. m., Tuoa doy, Thursday and Saturday of ea?:h week SUFFERED MISERY \ SURE AS SUE ATE "In ton years of suffering Sargon wa^ the only medicine that gave me lasting relief," stated Mm. Sadie Col ins, 22 Lee St., Rock Hill, S. C. "The ; MRS. SADIE COLLINS lightest diet would cause mc hours' ?of misery. My kidneys were over active, I was constantly troubled with . onstipation, hardly ever got a good night's sleePy-atuLweighod just a hun dred pounds. My stomach trouble vanished by the third battle of Sar gon; my kidneys became regu'.ar; and these wonderful S argon Pills over came my constipation completely. I got good sound sleep now, feel strong all over, and have actually gained five i pounds!" j Sold by ZEMP & DePASS, Agents 1 Practice Thrift and Economy by repairing things that have been use ful, and make them useful again. Va ? rious light repairs such as bicycles, typewriters, locks, keys, trunks and luggage, etc. JENKINS* REPAIR SHOP j 92G. South Broad St. Camden, S. C. 666 LIQUID OR TABLETS Cure Codls, Headaches, Fever G 6 G SALVE Cures Baby's Cold Notice of Final Discharge Notice is hereby given that one month from this date, April 24th, 1931; at eleven o'clock, A. M., I wil> make to the Probate Judge -of Ker shaw County my finail accounting as administrator of the estate of G. J. Baker, deceased, and on the same date I will apply ^o the asid judge for letters diamissory as said admin istrator. A. C. BAKER. Dated, March 23rd, 1931. CITa..^., i?i:. iters OF ADMINISTRATION The State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. By L. R. Jones, Esquire, Probate Judge. Whereas, W. J. Christmas made suit to me to grant him letters of Administration of the Estate of ana effects of Arthur M. Christmas Those are, therefore, to cite and admonish ail and singular the kin dred and creditors of the said Arthur M. Christmas, deceased, that they bfc and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Camden, S. C. on Gth day of April next after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to snow cause, if any i they have, why the said Administra tion should not b? granted. | Given under m> mind, this 21st day .of March Anno Domini 1931. L. R. JONES, Judge of Probate for Kershaw County Publshed on the 24th and 31st day of March, 1931 in the Wateree Mes senger and posted at the Court House door lor the time prescribed by law. E X C U R S I O N to CHARLESTON, S. C. A ou nt MAGNOLIA G \ R DIONS and MIDDLKTON GARDENS Friday and Saturday April 3-4 Friday and Saturday, April 10-11 Fare* from: Camden $1.00 Kershaw 5.00 ' Lancaster 5.50 Excursion tickets sold for all trains except Crescent Limited, and goo I returning to reach original starting point by midnighJt Wednesday follow ing date of sale. AZALEAS AND CAMELLIA JAPONICA in peak of bloom. World famous and unexcelled in variegated coloring and size of plants. Well worth the time and small ex pense to see these beautiful Gardens, I as well as other interesting places In i Charleston. j Excursion tickets at one and one half fare round trip will also l>e sold ^on other da/tes. i A ip | > 1 y to ticket agents, SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM WANTED to buy ralves from fix to ten month.* old. Apply to Henseley, 920 Broad St. F OR ? ~ SAFE T Y \ Triplex shatter-proof (glass windshield has saved many lives in collisions Every new Ford is equipped willi a Triplex shatter proof windshield. This is made so that the glass will not ily or splinter under the hardest Impact. It ha? paved many lives and prevented injuries !.: many au!c:n > :1c collisions. This shatter-proof glass windshield in just on:; i many features th:*.I new Fort! r. far itho\i. the price. Others arc the silent, fully enclosed tour wheel brakes, sturdy steel body construction, four IIo;> (laillc double-acting hydraulic shock absorbers, r ore than twenty ball and roller bearing-., cxtensne u.-e of fine steel forgings, aluminum piston?, chrome s'/.trou alloy valves, torque-tube dri^e, three-quarter fi<*r44i:? rear axle, Rustless Steel, and unusual el C ci 1' v. j ? 1.X manufacturing. In addition, you save many dollars because of :ow first cost of the new Ford, lew eo^t of or.eratio.i .t 1 up-kecp, and tow yearly depreciation. The Nr.w Fonn I->i: Li \k C.r?jfE LOW PRICES O F ? *??. O V A fx S $430 to $630 F. O. /?. Drfro/f, p/rii freight find drllvrry. ?flump<*r& nr '* sprrr t*m ?>*r- * of small rosf. 1'uu ran ftitrchatr a Fort.' on I tr- rr?* f/ir. m '? f/??* Author izt>;l Ford Finuncv Flam oj iLc L ni t'0.rSiJ < y i t U'l.i/irrv. 3&JJ-9E W. MARTIN HARNESS AM) SADDLE MAKER wfiwe'Hip er and Show Fining*) f rm VJaker mirt f'fp*ir?r Hlbjrf DKALKM 1114-1 ti- 1 H Hampton St. Ph?tnc BHLl COLUMBIA, S. C. A rri< si;ai:oaim> air i/\k kaii.wav company Schedules From and I ? > Camden, K. C. (!orreclc(| In Match 20, 10H1 I ,<;>i v. : 20 A. M. Eastern Cities Florida 0:540 A. M. 11:10 A. M. Eastern Cities Florida 11:10 A. M. 10:20 I'. ,M. Eastern (lilies Florida 10:20 I'. M 7:2.) A. ,\1, Florida K a.-- tern Cities 7:2") A. M. 4:l.'{ I'. M. Florida Eastern Cities 4 : 1 "4 IV M. 7:10 I'. M. Floridn - Eastern Cituvs 7:10 I*. M. PULLMANS- ( OACIIKS- DINERS For further information or reservat. < ns. call on Ticket Apent.. NOTKT, TO DEBTORS AND (UKDI/OKS All persons indebted to '..ho f>stsite of H. (J. Team, deceased, are hereby requested to pay same nnd aM persons to whom (he said H. (?. Team was in debted mo hereby notified, to present th??ir caiivs, duty a -<?<? ? ed, ? to the undersigned, within the time prescrib ed by law. M. A. TEAM, Administratrix, with will anno'xed, of the estate of H. CI. Team, de teased. March 21st. 1031. Camden, 8. C. r WFF.K-F.N I) F/\< URSION FAKES belwoon nil points in Southeast March 27? Oct. 2">, one aiw| 1-"> fares i roundtrip. Tickets sold all Friday, j Saturday and Sunday forenoon trains limited Tuesday midnight. 4F.AUOAUI) A I It LINK KAII.WAY. | THE RIGHT WAV TO* TRAVEL 'is by train. The saf??t.' Most*com I fortable. Most reliable. Costs less. I Tijrjuire of Ticket Agents regarding j f{?ca*1y reduced fares for nhort*tripi?. [SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM