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THE WATEREE MESSENGER ( Published Every Tuesday by CHAS. W. BIRCHMORE, Prop. Subscription $1.50 A Year in Advance *" r- 1 ? - ? Entered a? ' Second Class Matter at the Postofficc at Camden, S. L. Tuesday, May 5", 11)31 ADJOURNMENT IN SIGHT Adjournment of the legislature is now looming in sight. As we do not know what all may come up this week we cannot state when this body will adjourn, further than to say that there seems to be a chance for ad journment this week. We believ? it has (been the longest session ever held in this state. It seems to us that there were those who were determin ed to have their way about legislative matters, especially as to appropria tions, while another group went there | fully intending to b? of benefit to ? their constituents. It has been a ' WfiJiry^Vflttatter for our law maker?, j Aside frotri completing the appropri- , ation bili this-week, they will likely j be called upon to elect a judge to j succeed the late Judge John S. Wilson ; Four capable men have been mention ed in this connection, but it is not ; certain that each of them will be named as canditates. If it should narrow down to only two candidates there will be no chance of a dead lock, and this business will not con sume much time. CRIMES THAT SHOCK All culn.es shock a community more or less, .'.nd the 'of fenders ire brought to the bar of justice and tried in. mo. t case-. During the past week n ;lio Piedmont section of out : late . otr.c of the more horrible crimes have boon before the courts, At Spartanburg i nineteen year old girl was convicted of laughter for the killing of her sweetheart. A "silver-haired" worn an was tried and convicted of murder for the slaying of her husband with an axe, nineteen gashes having been found in his head. The evidence a gainst her was purely circumstantial, but was so strong that the jury con victed her with a recommendation to mercy which automatically carries with it a life sentence in the peniten tiary. She had able lawyers to re present her, and the usual motion for a new trial was made, and if that ,, is denied then an appeal to the su preme court will follow. Another case attracting much attention is that of a man in Anderson, charged with murder of his adopted son with the alleged purpose of collecting a large sum of life insurance. Such crimen as these are not peculiar to the Pied mont section of our great state, but occur anywhere at times. Every court in practically every county in our state has to deal with some hor rible crime. Then in addition to these major crimes many young men are brought into court, charged with robbery, bootlegging and like crimes. The best solution for dealing with criminals has not yet been found in our opinion. Many of these young fellows are sent to prison or on chain gangs to work beside these greater offenders, and the process has but one result in most instances, and that i? they become hardened criminals. Some means of separation with eam ... est efforts to reform them is urgert'ly ?needed, but so long as white and col ored prisoners are locked up togeth er and nothing done to reform them, the punishment results in making them worse instead of better. As ono of our circuit jii^gcs said some time ago, the certainty of punishment was the greatest deterent of crime, and putting them in jail was not intended for punishment but to hold them a gainst the day of their trial. With the shocking crimes being committed those who oppose capital punishment will make but little pro gress in getting such a law repealed. We wonder if the good men and women of our state are doing all they can to check crime and make condit ions better. We suspect that many of them need to be aroused as to th-> awful condtions existing. UNJUST TAXES There may be many unjust laxos imposed, but we have in mind es pecially the inheritance tax. To us it looks very much like a hold tip game. A man toils and struggles, and by careful planning accumulates a considerable estate, upon which he pays taxes just as ail others have to do who own proprety, and maybe he has deprived himse)f of many things he would have liked to have had be cause ho wanted to leave his family abovft want, hut when he dies if he owns a certain -amount, then those j who inherit it must bo held up and ' ft .portion of it given to the state. 1 Thig Is law, but we regard it an un just law. Whu., has brought this to out mind is the fact that recently Col. Spring# died and loft a la-^e estate, and already North and South Carolina have the question up as to which state was his legal residence, and which will be able to collect something like $800,000 or a $1,000, 000 inheritance tax. All of the prop erty Col. Springi owned was subject to taxation, and he paid the taxes ? , vast sums each year ? and now that he is dead his large estate will go to , his legal representatives, in this case as we understand it, to his wife and son. His property left to his family will continue to be subject to taxes and this fortune to be collected in in heritance taxes is a hold-up. His estate will pay taxes and in addition I to this the state will collect an inher itance tax. No wonder that the thought comes into the minds of many no doubt to so arrange their property that such inroads will nut be made into it after death. The in heritance tax seems to us to be an unjust tax. COLUMBIA GETS THE HOSPITAL The engineer in charge of locating a iuitabl?- place for the government nospital for ex-service men, selected Columbia. Somehowe we thought that the Piedmont would get this, but felt all the time that Columbia Had strong claims by reason of it geog raphical location. We are pleased at the selection of Columbia, and regret that there was disappointment in ihej up-country, so strong that an effort to hold up the matter was made. What we were primarily interested in was for a government hospital to be located in ;he state, and that is what we are to have. We hope the I i it* j work, of construction -\wtt~now be speeded up. FARM GOSSIP Good gardeners are gamblers; they try something new each year along with the standb.vs. When a farmer fails to grow fruit, his family usually fails to have fruit. "W.atchful waiting" with remedies at hand pays better than "taking a chance" on bugs and spores. More and more South Carolina farmers are finding it profitable to help pigs make hogs of themselves. Frank Farmer says: "This is my busy season in the garden ? planting, resetting, cultivating, gathering." Prevention of Typhoid Fever Typhoid fever is a preventable dis ease that can and should b stamped out. Each year over 100, 000 persons in the United States an;l Canada have typhoid fever and about 10,000 die of it. It is difficult to cal culate the financial loss and human suffering when it is recalled that on the average each pi-rson is sick about eight weeks. How useless is all of it when practically all c;<uld be avoid ed, only a few simple precautions to be observed. First- ? He vaccinated against ty phoid fever and have all members of your family vaccinated. Second ? All persons having the dis ease or suspected of having it shoui 1 be reported at once to the local Health Board. Third ? Waste matter from persons having typhoid fever should be mix? I with chlorinated lime or carbfllic a> i ! to kill the typhoid gei ms, When proper precaution is not tak en in regard to the latter there is danger of getting the water and milk supplies contaminated thereby result ing in the spread of the disease. Much stress should be placed upon improved sanitation around the prem ises in order that the germs do _not L'nin admissi' n into the digestive tract of the individual from drinking water, raw milk arid raw foods. It is very essential that the breeding places for flies be d"str< ved and that the homes be properly screened a gai)ist them. In the event that a per ; >n becomes weak, ha^ loss of app'tite with some fever, being usually higher in the evening do n<.t fail to call your* d>c J tor who will scon diagnose the dis ease ms to whether it is or not ty phoid fever, advises Dr. A. W. Hum phries, director of the Kershaw County Health Depart im-nt . SPECIAL EXCURSIONS [ Friday* May K, IJKll Roundtrip fares from Camden to Baltimore, Md. A $11.50 Baltimore, Md. P. 13. ">0 Washington, I). C. I V.. V) Old Point, Va. 5>.'. Richmond, Va. 'KA'. Portsmouth, Va. 0.7 "t Virgnia Peach, Va. 10 ,!5 A npplies via Washington. 15 v a Norfolk and steamer. Proportionate fares from other points. Limit mid night May 13, HUH. .1. L. Carter, T. P. A I Arcade Blrl?., Columbia, S. <'. SEABOARD A IK LINE IIY | RAMBLING THOUGHT By H. C. H. "Ras" and "Al" having1 realized the impossibility of getting anywhere with just one campaign issue ? pro hi bition ? in 1932, have added the tariff .question, economics, etc as sails to Wlp the booze ship across the line. The news items are just "suckc-r bait"; both men know that Democrat and Progressive framed the present tariff, act, with ;he exception of bout -three items. Then all of the Democratic Sena- j tors but 5 voted against the bill on ( final passage in order to set thev | records straight wit^ the folks at home. , As to the economic situation Con- j gross is the law nu king body. an:'. ; the Democrats and Progressives ruled the Senate. They tried to pass the buck to the President, who has no law making power. Responsibility rests on Congress; no where else. Politicians are as ex;>ert at jug gling issues, as was the old side .show man who could? juggle a can non ball, an ostrich feather, and a bologna sausage at one and the same time." . Now about this "here Governor Richie of Maryalnd. Some folks say that he is a great man. That Ik- is fine Presidential timber. That's be er use he is a "wet". If he was a "(try" he wouldn't be noticed. 1 wonder if he deals with bootleggers? Yeah, he took an oath to support the constitution of these U. S. But what is such an oath to a man who wants a drink? It's curious how some people's in terest in "states rights" where the question of liquor i* involved. "%A lot of these alien- want to open saloons*; that's why they are so in terested in your personal liberty; them not having had any liberty be fore coming to this country, are the best judges of what it is. What they really want to do, is sell you liquor that they would not drink themselves they know what they put in it. A lot of Senators and lesser folk have been howling for the adminis tration to withdraw the marines fro?.* Nicarauga. The President has decid ed to do. Now the crowd i,s howling to have them remain, and want more to be sent. Wonder what would please 'em ? A lot of folks are cussing and have been cussing the President about this and about that. No, I never heard of anyondSNifig specific in anyone particular case. To be fair, just what has he left undone that should have been done? Dealing in generalities gets no where. No, no one offered anything better. Vatican City, April 27- Pope Pius XI in a letter made public today de clared that Fascism ? meaning the present Italian Government ? must "obey the church and its head" if^it wishes truly to be Roman Catholic.1' He further says: Now in order to be Catholic, not in name but in deed also, in order to be a true good Cath olics, there is only one indispensable means-jflto obey the Church ami its head and to think with the Cnurch and its head." The Pope is boss; not "Al" and "Ras". i Yes dear brethren, the great Dem ocartic rain-maker, Mr. Shausc, has raised the religious question again, and everyone who does not support the saloon candidate wiil "be agin him on account of his religion." Yeah, wo will hear them same words again; and the Democratic party will go down to defeat as usual because somebody at the head is always a greater noise maker than he is a vote getter. Yeah, our party leaders are great lime-lighters, and that's all they are. Yeah, I seen it: a kitten with hit <1 legs like a rabbit, and hops like a rabbit, and has the. courage of a lion. While it is only about R inches long, it started to walk right in on a full grown German Police dog. Yeah, it spit right in the dogs face. j "Nine men were believed killed wealing a perisco|>e for obvious reas ons.' Charleston News and Courier Hriefs. Yeah, the Editor is a "wet" Punk liquor is held up by the "wets" as a horrible example of what prohibition has done to the poor li quor addicts. loot's see: In the good old days a quart of so called good whiskey cost from *1 .f>() per quart upward, whole sale. Now, the kind of stuff usually sold by saloons cost the consumer 25c ( per half pint, which of course was ? $1.00 per quart. As the saloon- j keeper was supposed to make aibout 4/K) per cent profit, what kind of stuff were the poor suckers drink ing? The "flu" is not conducive lo poet ical inspiration. I had it. i Death of Dr. E- M. Belk Dr. Edward Montgomery' Belk died at his home in Kersnaw Monday morn | ing about 7 o'clock in his fiftieth ' year, quite unexpectedly to his many ; friends, and was buried Tuesday af- ] temoon in the cemetery at Taxahaw, the community in which he was born . and reared. The funeral services ; were held in Kershaw at the horn ? of his brother, I)r. J. R li^lk, and were conducted by Rev \V J Bradley, paster of the Kershaw Firsl Baptist Church, and Rev. J. F. II ffmt y.m\ pa<tor of the Kershaw Method: -t Church. Dr. Belk was born and reared at T .xahaw and recti wd his <_ duc'.tion in ihe public schools of I.m a-ie' ; county, following which he '.ook l'v course in dentistry at the Sou;l ei " . Dental College at Atlanta, G:i. 1!.: j , began the pra.tice of his p:\ i''ssior. i at 1 immonsville, where he remained j for about nine years. Form Tim- i nion-ville he removea to Cirecnvll!'.* and continued his practice th re until j he came to Kershaw aoout six year* ago to go into the drug busir.es> with ! his brother, Dr. J. R. Belk form;:". ! the Belk Drug Store. He continued the practice of denistry here, bavin;,: i his office in the drug store, until last j September, when he sold out his in - j terest. retiring on account of Irs d< - | j dining health. Though hi- h:a't'". did not improve, Dr. B Ik was cor fiued to his' bed only a very frw d -iy ?=? ' . >receding his health. ? . i I Dr. Belk is survived by his widow. 1 his father, S. D. Belk, one sister, of j Kershaw; nnd the following brother.-: W. J. Belk, Miami, Fla.; Dr J W Belk, j Kershaw; Dr. .1 S Belk, Greenvi'le" ' and Dr. G W Belk, Gastonia, X. C. j All of these came to nttend the fu'i , eral. . I i The active palllw?arers were: D R I Starling, R V TIellams, E B Chandler, E. J. Bailey, W F Hilton, Ree^ Blackwell, C? N ITouser and T. E i Lattimore. The honorary pallbear ers were: Drs. E. C. Brasington, L. T Gregory, W B Turner and .1 S Bla.kmon, resident physicians, and the following friends from TiiMTmons ville: R. K. Charles, J. Y. Crosswdl, jV E Mims, J E Raskins. All business houses in Kershaw were closed during the funeral ser vice, in respect to Dr. Belk.- ? The Kershaw Era. Death of Mrs. \i. S. Flbvd Mrs. Lottie Phillips Floyd, wife of ; Robert S. Floyd, died at her home ljust a short distance west of the town | imits about noon Friday, April 17, following a protracted illness of seV { eral month.* durai'on. Tlie funeral . services were conducted from the First Baptist Ciu.rch Saturday af ternoon by the past)., Rev. W. J. Bradley, and Rev ,J F lloffmeyer, n<is tor of the Methodise Church. Inter ment was in the Kershaw cemetery at the conclusion of the services. Mrs. Floyd was born in Chester field county April 1.5, 1 R59, b?.ng th" daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. jW. Davis Phillips, of that county. She | resided for several years in the ;.o;vr. ?of Lancaster with her broths:. J. .Thomas Phillips, until she wa.- ..iar .ried to Mr. Floyd December 2 1, 1 8 ^.O , the late Rev. .J S Croxton being the I officiating minister. To this union were born the following children, who I with hor husband survive: T. ! Floyd, Mrs. .1 II Mobley, Mrs. W. II. j Gay and W D Floyd, all of Kershaw I and vicinity. She is also surviv-rd by j I the following stop-i hildi en : Mrs. J F , IP.mmond, Mrs R P N'eal and Mrs E ; .T Bailey. Aiso by 23 grand hildren, ? lone great grandchild, 21 step-grand children, and the following brothers | and sisters: .1. R. Phillip-, Ken tucky"; W. I), ar.d B. F. Phillips, Tex as; Mrs Relton Owen; and Mrs S W TTornsby, r ? f Camd'ti. Mrs. Ilornsby , was with her <?' i ter in the last few , days preceding her death. rs. Floyd was a consistent mem ber of the Baptist Church and was ; most highly esteemed by all who knew her. She was specially kind nnd considearte to the tenants on the j farm, both white and colored, ann > (they attended her funeral attesting j their love for her and npprreiat ion of jher interest, in them. She bad been , i confined to her bed practically all the | time from January C,. She was taken to the Baptist Hospital in Columbia | March 2, and was operated on the 1 i following day. After remaining at! the hospital four weeks she express- j ed the desire to return to her home I to spend her last days there. In ad ! dition to making e< rtain requests in j advance concerning her funeral, she i selected the chapter nnd verse of | Scripture she wished to be used at. I the service. She passed away quiet- j Iv and pe ; < f .'!y with complete r< signatioq. The Kershaw Era. Antioch Baptist Church Sunday School If) o'clock, l.utl i Pate. Supt. Preaching 11 o'clock by , visiting preacher. j| A REMINDER by your JFert il iz r r D c a 1 j r No. 7 ju a Series appcjr.';;j :.i ,'iis i: c w . 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