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li THE WATEREE MESSENGER r.: -J^Tf : b Published livery. Tuesday by CHAS. W. Ill HC1IM0HE, Prop. ? " .J "V ... ; 11 1 I1 1 ? I J Ifll l I I III I Subscription $1J0 A Year in Advance * 1 i ' ? - - . . ' j Entered as Second*. Claw Matter at I the Postoffice at Camden, a ' Tuesday, April 7, 1931 ' ~ ' - DRUM BEATS OP PROGRESS You should keep step with the drum boasts of (progress. How, do >ou ask? . Well, there is a strong movement be-' fag launched to popularize home pro ducts, and to create a market for x'ood And feed products raised at home. I Only rfi:ently we made the suggestion that purchasers of groceries ask for -canned goods ani other articled pro duced at home. In doing this you will be creating & demand for home pro- j ducts, and in this way you will- be X?. keeping step with the- drum beats of ft* P*"Ogres3. Here is a matter in which the chambers of commerce, the 'nar chants and! other agencies can render ; to their &tate a patriotic service and , ; .-ot only keerp money mow f^oing out Sj? the 8t.ate for m?ny of the neccss ~*4tiqs of life, but put more money lo - cally in circulation. Pluns for exhi bition of home products are going forward, and wo hope that many from Camden and Kershaw county will be ^interested enough to visit them. The leading producers of the state will ^display a wi:i<e variety of products, .vgfood, feed; textiles, elc. in Columbia , ; the week of April 20th. A similar ... exhibition will* .be made in Greenville Api'l ?'th, loth and 11th. live Ootton Manufacturers Associ*. ation :.j bearing the expense of cai*- [ rying: advertisements in the news- ' paper- of the state in furtherance of the "wear cotton goods week", and Governor Bl'afckwood has appointed the week of April 20-27 as "wear potton goods week." There is no ?:s reason why the people of South Car olina should not encourage this for g, it will be of great benefit to the state I?, at large. We hope that the people of ^ our own community will fall in line ahd give hearty co-op -ration to these movements calculated to bring about better times. It can be done, so let's say it WHiL be done, and go to it to make it a success. -? ' | PROMOTING BUS SAFETY weM established that bus travel, on any one of the modem, ^ ^ell-organized systems, is not only ^ econom,CaJ? aafe as well. This ; has ibeen the result of untiring effort on the part of bus manage ments to give the greatest possible ? protection to the persons and prop erty of their customers. \ In a recent address, Earl Hensley, Supervisor of Safety of the Pacific ivs greyhound Lines, gave an insight into the operation' of a large bus system. . ?'y aPPlicant for the position of , driver undergoes a rigid jthysical ex % ?minati6n- Other physical examina ' M?ns, embracing eyesight, hearing, r; the reason of nerves and muscles, & a?d *UUty *? dis-fcinguih colors, are A- given every six months. If necess ; ary' the ^rfver is provided with gashes, corrective measures, rest, or whatever is needed to bring him to tho poak of mental and physical ef ficiency. &fgj drlver' ,f ^ Piwses. the Sts, 18 given a copy of the state motor vehicle act to study. He is then .placed in care of a driving in structor and thoroughly toached for many weeks, not only in the art ot safe and prudtent driving but in tho v moral responsibility entailed by his position. Every motor coach, before embark ing on a trip, i8 inspected and tested on tbe road. Not until everything Satisfactory is it 'given its "clear y ance" card. If the' same rules could govern pri vate drivers ami their oars as govern buses and bus drivers the gigantic /. toll of automdbile deaths and injuries would drop to the vanishing point. EpiptMBNTAL 'tO THE COMMON WBLFAHE It is a remarkable fact that an in dustry which everyone admits to bo both essential and public spirited, has been so " over-legislated"^ ajftd over 1 taxed for more than 10 yeal^Uhat it has been unable to earn even five and 1 one-half per cent on Hs investment. The reference is, of course, to the railroads. Last (year their total oarn Ings were the smallest since 1917 and their net' operating income the small est since Adflfi. The percentage re turn -was 8.86 per cent, as compared With 4.95 per cent in 1929? an except' tonally good railroad year in conxpar l*on to Other year?^~and Was the %malto?t since 1921. One of the irvwvHsfolc results <4\ ad earning* was a decline employment and purchag Hlon directly ieflOJtcd In prolonging the deiMfess ' ' ion. Profitless industries -have no money to spend. A ruinous railroad policy is a detriment to the general public welfare, to say nothing of the welfare of millions of persons inter ested financially in the lines, either , through direct Ownership 'or through i savings accounts, insurance policies,) etc. v If railroad retrenchment continues, the public wilt pay for it iri delayed business progress,- in unemployment 1 and so on. Should the principle be adhered to that every business is en- { titled to a "living wage/', the > pub- J lie would benefit through stimulated industry and maintenance of employ ment and wage scales, k - ? NIGHT WORK IN MILLS We have read a goo^ <Jeal about night work in mills. The idea is to eliminate women and children under | eighteen years of age from doing ; night work in cotton mills. From a humanitarian standpoint this may be a fine t]>ing. We would much prefer [?to see conditions such that women ,woul,d not have to work at night, but be at home with their families, and I the same apiplies very largely to min ors, for home should be the best pjace for them, but we are not very mufch in sympathy with legislatives measures prohibiting women and minors frohi working at night, for it ma<y cause adided hardships. We would much prefer to see a measure like this a dopted by all parties concerned! of their own accord. We have too m?ny laws now, many of them no doubt in tended for good but because of the difficulty of properly enforcing them, they are violated to Buch an extent that they become inoperative. POISON LIQUOR 1 The city of Greenville has had at least eight deaths recently from pois on liquor. It is a crime to sell boot leg liquor, and certainly it is a very serious crime to sell poison whiskey. We cannot see any reason why men would get so vile as to nell poison whiskey. It is difficult to see why ( they would violate the law by selling whiskey at all, but to deliberately | take the lives of their fellow-beings ^ in such a manner passes comprehens- . ion. I CHAPLAIN AT THE PENITEN TIARY [ The house of reprssetatives last week passed to a second reading a bill to provide an all time Chaplain at the penitentiary, which the Era belives was a very proper action to ' take. Especially so in view of the fact ' that provision has continuously been made' for a Chaplain throughout | the years gone iy. but for part tim^e only.' If the intention 1? providing a chaplain for the confined! criminals be that they be given the humane ) consideration of interest in their spir- , itual welfare while under the control of the stater-then, in order that the | service may be a* really worth while one and not a makeshift of effort to discharge so grave a responsibility, j certainly the full time of one clregy nian will be busily employed to ren der his best service to such a number of unfortunates as are generally hous ed in the penitentiary. Spiritual in terest, to be worth while at all, may not be classed in any measure or de gree along with any other form of effort for moral reformation, which j has to only with fche( transient and material life of mankind. It so far transcends it that tho average person seems to be inclined to the bolief that aftor a person has transgressed the civil laws and been convicted and or Jdered to peYial servitude by the SAate, that ho thereafter is a hopeless case, unworthy of further consideration, so far as reformation and reclamation spiritually is concerned. Additonally, Ithey seem also to believe that such effort as spiritual interest is. not a part of the State's business. However, as the State has evidenc ed tho claim bhnt it is its business to provide some sort of helr> in that di rection, it should f?o the full way and at1 least employ, a full time chaplain-, in order that he may have opporunity' to his best In Interest of those over whom he Is called to exercise spirit ual supervision and <?re. That, and that only, is fair to the State, the Chaplain and his unfortunate charges, j The bill for a full time Chaplain should pass both houses and become law.~~Kershaw Era. FRUGALITY Is evidenced by saving more than by making and the same answer is especially applicable to things that are of mechanical use. To save things thai have been of \ mechanical use, they must be econ omically repalrrydi and -restored. Our effort* at* confined .<> light repair# of things thfit are either simple of technical fcnd we shall be pleased to oftyr our ' opinion on your rr.quire ; mcnts. Ml #?PAIR &HW Camden, S. C. | Memories of the Past A>3 I looked through some old musk That I'd sun g long years ago, . Misty shadows fathered pound me: Singers that I u*ed to know. i-p; ?- - Faintly I could hear their voices, Catch the strains we used to sing As we stood before the organ Singing praises to the King. .. ? ' 'Vb. ! ? Then the singers all departed >, As the music died away; And my heart was sad with longing For. those friends of yesterday. ? ? i Though denied! all earthly treasure While the years are flying fast, Nothing on this earth can rob me Of sweet mem'ries of the past. President Hoover has been blamed for everything but the Tammany rcandal. , i Can any one, "wet" or "dry, give a single common sense reason why in toxicating liquors ohould be used us a beverage ? A "dope" addict has just as :nuch right to purchase his particular nar cotic drug, as you have to purchase Hquor. The "pussonal liberty" argument is just as good in his cause as it is in yours; liquor being a habit forming narcotic. Yet the "wets" are raising no fuss over the narcotic laws. "Al" Smith is still insisting that prohibition will be the is3ue in 1932. Raskob r.ays, Amen. Tammany started its house clean ing by having a republican office holder arrested for accepting a bribe in 1927. . Yeah, Tammany knew all r.bout the bribe at that time; the bribe fjiver being a Tammany man. 'Tammany excuses its own rotten ness by saying that republican con trolled towns are just as rotten as New' York City. Maybe so; but that don't clear nobody in New York City. "The Wages of Sin is-' Death"; somehow, somewhere we will pay the price. There is no escape. There are two things that an Irish man never forgets: First that he is a Catholic, second, that he is Irish" and he is loyal to both. There are two things that the av erage Southern man never forgets: First, that he is a Democart, second, that it is more dtesirable to save a single Chinaman, Hindu, or other alien heathen than to save fifty of his own race. Through orders from President Hoover, over 100,000 aliens have been denied entrance to this county in less than a year, and many thousands of undesirables have been deported. "Wlhat wouldl "Al" have done? ^Al" being agin any restriction at all', the answer is evident. ? A lot of people are agin aliens, but are for "Al". No brother, if you take one, you have to take both. This here Funk and Wtfgnall dic tionary that tells school children that an ant is a hymenopeterous insect, without warning them against pro jecting with the business end of said ajit, says poetry ainjt poetry unless it .ex/presses something beautiful, lofty or sublime. When It don't do them things it's just plain verse. Then it ' aays that verse is a single line of poetry made up of a prescribed num ber of feet. Well I've got the feet anywafy; two of 'em; both number ten. Then it says that a versifier is a minor poet. Boiled1 down, it says that verse is poetry, but poetry ain't verse. If you want to have your mind run around in circles, just peruse the Raid dictionary. On the other hand, a guy named Fowler> Professor of Rhetoric in Am herst College, sayia: "The metrical arrangement of articulate sounds in verse, and not the superior -beaufy of thought or expression is the distinct ive characteristic of poetry." He further say? : "The aim of ipoc ti *y is to please, by addressing the imagination, the taste, the sensibili ties." Of course Mr. Fowler, being just an author of an BOO page English grammar, in which he touches on the origin of language from the Town of Babel, on "down the jrfke", and knows of all of "em from Hindu tp Hottentot, ain't no judge of poetry; not when <you stack him up agin' Punk and WagnalVs school dictionary. , l.I .MM. ... L.i, * LOST Certificate of Deposit No. 1100. Finder wilt please return. BANK OF CAMt>EN. WEEK-END EXCURSION FARES between all/ points In Southeast March 27? Oct. 25, one end 1*5 fares roundtfip. Tickets sold all Friday, Saturday and Sunday forenoon train* limited Tuesday midnight. yd i ft? ABOARD AIR LINK RAILWAY. RAMBLING THOUGHT By H. C. H. ___ v ' ' ' .... I does not terrace is likley to "lose i-fv'.r r vj . Acting, baying:, and planting orchard tree* is hardly half the job of producing good fruit. Permanent pagtuTeii produce* pro- | fits and promote' prosperity. A bulletin in the farmer 'a hand is worth two dozen on the shelves in the agricultural college. ? Frank Farmer says: "More of our farmers should follow the cow path to prosperity.' Sweet is one use of adversity ? it has brought more home gardens and health. ' ... . t Honor . Roll of Oak Ridge School for February 1st grade. Grace Hinson, Dorothy Jordan, Nell Young, Melvin Taylor, Annie Mao Dease, Eldridge Watson, Page Cauthen, Bill Young. 2nd grade. Jesse B. Watson, Char ley Payne, Earle Watson, Erskine Young. ?3rd grade. Fannie Mae Hinson, Louise Richardson, Elizabeth Baker, Myrtle Baker. 4th grade. Andrew Young, Ernest Moseley, Melvin Jordan, Roy Dease, Margaret Jordan, Addie Seegars. < 5th Grade. Addie Mae Young. 6th grade. Lue Ella Peach, Viola Hunter, Elizabeth Moseley. 7th grade. Mary Edna Baker, Lil lie Hunter. 666 LIQUID OR TABLETS Cure Codis, Headaches, Fever 6 6 6 SALVE Cures Baby's Cold Notice of Final Discharge Notice is hereby given that ono month from thio date, April 24th. 1931, at eleven o'clock, A. M., I will makeyto the Probate Judge of Ker shaw County my final accounting as administrator of the estate of G. J. Baker, deceased, and on the same date I will apply to the asid judge for letters diamissory as said admin istrator. A. C. BAKER. Dated, March 23rd, 1931. ? CITAxium Jb UK LEADERS OF ADMINISTRATION Th? State of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. By L. R. Jones, ' Esquire, Probate Judge. JWhereas, W. J. Christmas mado suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of Arthur M. Christmas Thdse are, therefore, to cite am1 admonish an and singular the kin dred and creditors of the said Arthur M. Christmas, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Camden S. C. on 6th day of April next after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administra tion should not be granted. Given under my hand, 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 Hou8? door for the time prescribed by law. EXCURSION to CHARLESTON, S. C. Account MAGNOLIA GARDENS and MIDDLETON GARDENS Friday and Saturday April 3-4 Friday and Saturday, April 10-11 Fares from: Camden - $4.00 Kershaw 5.00 I/ancasler 5.50 Excursion tickets sold for all trainn except Orescent Limited, and good i returning to reach original stprting I point by midnight Wednesday follow- I ing date of sale. AZALEAS AND CAMELLIA JAPONICA in peak of bloom. Wforkl famous and unexcelled in variegated coloring arnP size of plants. Well worth the time and smalt ex pense to aee these beautiful Gardens, as well ae other interesting places In Charleston. Excursion tickets at one and one half fare round trip will also be sold on other dates. Afpply to ticket amenta, SOUTHERN RAILWAY BY8TEM EAST ?R EXCURSION One Fate Pitts $1.00 Between all points Southeast April lat, 2nd, 3rd, 4th limited 15 daya returning. .^4 SEABOARD AIR LINE RV. 'A SUGGESTION by your Fertilizer Dealer No. 5 in * Series appaarin* in thia newspaper SIDE dressing with Chilean Nitrate gives ' crops the push that csnds them along with tig-paying yields ? and this year you can buy the best nitrogen ? Chilean Nitrate ? at lowest price in years. I am selling more Chilean Nitrate than ever, because ^nore of my farmers want it and want more of itT^V^iter get your order in. Delivery when you want it. EXPERIENCE of thousands of farmers with Chilean Nitrate proves that this nat ural nitrogen fertilizer comes out on top with Linger yields. Improves quality, too. Cot Chilean in the new JOO-lb. bag ? the bag w'ihout a backache. Be sure to say "Chilean" when you order your ni irate. '"Chilean" is tlio real thhig ? the natural nitrate. Remember t'lc Lwoliinds ? Original Chilean (Crystalline) and Champion Brand (Granulated) both natural nitrate. LOWEST PRICE in years ? NEW 100-lb. BAG The bag without a backache. ... Chilean Nitrate of Soda EDUCATIONAL BUREAU 810 Carolina Life Bldg., Columbia, S. C. n to ting for literature or information , please refer to Ad No. 69 WILSEW. MARTIN HARNESS AND SADDLE MAKER rttuWesale Leati.er and Shoo FinA.n Auto Top Maker and Rep*ir?t HIMi DEALEK 1 114-1 6-18 Hampton St. Pku*n? 08Z0 COLUMBIA, S. C. ?SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY COMPANY Schedules From and To Camden, S. C. Corrected to March 29, 1931 ? Arrive Leave Ij 9:20 A. M. Eastern Cities ? Florida 9:20 A. M. 11:16 A. M. Eastern Cities ? Florida 11:16 A. M. 10:29 P. M. Eastern Cities ? Florida. 10:29 P. M. 7:25 A. M. Florida ? Eastern Cities 7:25 A. M. 4:13 P. M. Florida ? Eastern Cities 4:13 P. M. 7:40 P. M. - Florida ? Eastei*n Cities % 7:40 P. M. PULLMANS? COACHES? DINERS For further information or reservat ons, call on Ticket Afixuvt. A SOLEMN WARNING From The Newberry Observer We wish to issue the solemn warn- , that the people of South Carolina aro in .peril of bankruptcy t/hemselves by spending more for the purpose of giv- j ing their children a better chance in life than the'yi themselves had. Statis tics of tho State Tax Commission whew that in the year 1929 the people of this state spent $7,444,218 on soft drinks. In view of such evidence of grinding want, incapacitating a peo ple to provide for themselves more than the mere necessities of animal existence, wh/it shall be thought of the prodigal extravagance of a legis- j lature which actually appropriates the huge sum of $3,000,000 (almost halrf as much, let it bo notod in horror, as the soft drink bill, for tho support / of the common schools)? Citizens, you are warned. It our land Is converted Into one universal poor house of educated drones, with ' mintH so enfeebled With the follies of book learning, the Lmpracticalities of agricultural instruction and home e conomics, the visionary ideals of "an enlightened citizenship", apd the stu- j pid notion that a people may be ben- ( e fitted by having their minds exposed to the lessons of suoctas and progress achieved by the leaders of the race, the fault U yours. The blood of a 1 ' ' ' ' ' bankrupted state and of the coming I feneration of an over-educated prolo I tariat, helpless to grope its "way In jthis modern world, he upon your own heads. NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND creditors All persons Indebted to the estate of li. G. Team, deceased, are hereby requested to pay same and alii persons j to whom tho said B. G. Te?m was in- \ drtbted are hereby notified, to present their claims, duty attested, to *thrt undersigned, within the time prescrib ed by law. M. A. TEAM, ;J Administratrix, with will annexed, of the estate of B. G. Team, de< > leased. March 21st. 1931. 'J Camden, F>. C. i DR. II. M. PADGETT CVUROI'HACTOK Second Floor of Fashion 8ho||fJ! Iluilding .1.- ?; ':i WM Office hours: 3 to f> <p. m., Tties doy, Thursday and Saturday of each week ??? ! '