The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, May 05, 1931, Image 2
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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 . [~apsr
YOU know the fine crops mc.r.y f ; t mcrs
around here g et y^ar a t t : r year wuh Ch'l
e.in Nitrate of Soda. They side dress v.i.h
Chilean and i* pays th.cm well. T'ns ycr.r whli
Chilean sell: . j* at t1 :o lowest piice in yc: <
there's no s'.r.sc in thlu*;i;*? you can cconc:ni.:cj
with unproved fertilizer-;. Use plenty cT Chil
ean and you'll get a good profitable crop.
AND when you order, bo sure to specify,
X~a. "Chilean". It contains rare elements in
addition to Nitrogen that make it the super
nitrate. It is Kitrogcn PLUS, for it contains
iocvnc, boro.i, magnesium, plant foods in them
. 1 : ?i li Chilean is the proved
I : fiicc- ui'cjs vour cro.:s '.."''eh it. At the
r ' '"'.?'Ce p-" d in tVe 1 00 lb. l ag, it is
r ~ ;? y c ..r b; fore. Remember the
. ..-.v' ? Chilean (Crystalline)
r. w .1/ .1 . . . (?. il..' b^tll
/: . ; ; ?;/ r 'vwlc.
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