The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, May 26, 1931, Image 2
ATKREK MEH8BNGER
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as Second Class Mntter at
Pestoffire at Camden, S. C.
* Tuesday. May 26, 1931
SfEijjIi! ~
OF CONSIDERATION
an article under the caption,
it More Corn," County Ageni j
makes this significant state.,
fy "The outlook for cotton is
Ksouraging." In the outset Mr. ,
in very properly sets forth that
>?" credit for 1932 will .bs "reatly
restricted, and the sensible thing to
do NOW to prepare for this con..
'{Mtion Which is almost sure to result,
the way to do that is to follow
gjjfhe suggestions of your country agent.
.We suggest that you read what Mr.
Green has to say, and urge you to
follow the suggestions contained in
hU article. You will profit by so
^doing, j
FIRE ON THE FAKM
During 1930 farmers suffered one !
the greatest fire losses !n ssrrL i
cultural history ? a total of rbout
^$125,000,000 according to the Nation
al Firp Waste Council, as compared
!"with aib-<verage of $100,000,000 in
3 "normal" years. '
j?t. This unusually reavy firo
| was attributed largely to ihe
,t- drought, which increased the common
&?. farm hazards such as highly combus.
t tible bu'ldings, isolation from ?h'<j
? protection of adequately equirpcd
}. fire companies, and general lack of
pire_qcenching facilities.^
Even so, the annual farm fire loss
canr.ot be justified! Nunjorous stu_
dies have been completed and others
are being made on how to veduce the
^ waste. Many authoritative booklets'
dealing with every pha^e of the .agrL
^cultural fire problem, are available.
^ The barrier in the way of prevention,
!'ot? course, fa the same on farms as
, in cities ? the refusal >f the individ.
oal to learn the fundamentals o? fire
/"'prevention, and his carelessness in
^permitting unnecessary hazards to go
uncorrected.
&Mt c*n"ot be questioned that the
^'annual fire waste has done much to
pprevent farm prosperity. Even if all
property were covered by insurance
h: -r-'which it is not ? no policy can
Compensate for destroyed buildings
I'" and crops, wasted time, devastated
land. Every farmer should take
steps to make his property as "fire,
pirdof" as is humanly possible.
"ONE MINUTE PULPIT"
i The Messenger Is pleased to Rive
^ to Its readers this week the "One
V Minute Pulpit", a sermonette prepar_
. eed by Rev. T. M. Stevenson, p; .stor
'?.of the Presbyterian churci$^>f Ker_
gKaw. These sermonettes will ap_
^'pear each week in The Messenger.
and we feel sure that our readers
' will experience profit and pleasure in
^keeping up with them. Jhese ser.
; mone'tes will be found brief and
% pointed, each carrying a thought
I worfh while. IV? times such as we
passing through, we need such
thoughts as are contained in these
^Onc Minute Pulpit" sermons In
fimanjfl instances no doubt they will
prove "stop signals" where some one
approaching the danger line, and
turn the thoughts in the rig'ht direc_
tion. We consider ourselves fortu_
;nate t6 be able to give these sermon_
ettes weekly to our readers, for we
\ are sure they will be glad to read
i'tfhem.
INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT
That government is dependent upon
industry is shown in a forceful man.
';net by the tremendous deficit that
now faces the Federal Treasury as a
result of 'he falling off in income
(axes.
This tax loss is duo to the slowing
up <*f industrial activity with reduced
output from factories, smaller in_ '
Comes for the wage earners, execu_
tives and investors.
It is obvk "us to a school child that
iridttstrial prosperity and government
stability . go hand in hand. Any moan,
ureat which discourage or destroy in? |
dustry immediately react on all the
people by heaping additonnl burdens j
on the taxpayer at a time when he is (
least able to pay.
to the present time, instead of
inching on governmental ex pen.
ires to correspond to the albility of .
people to pay taxes without real |
p, we have gone merrily on
public burdens.
>to our public utilities snd
which pa f upwards of a
a year In taxes, were
>ublicly-Owned proper., |
our socialist friend*
. What would hap '
:pay?rf |
Pressure is being brought to bear |
from various sources to inject thv
government more and more into bus
iness in competition -with private cit.,
izens and taxpayers. Carried to ity
ultimate conclusion ? the eli?ination
of private enterprise ? who would fi
nally pay the taxes under such a
policy?
WE FEEL LONESOME ,
The state highway department an- 1
nou.nces that contracts will be let on
June 9th for approximately $6,&00,000
for building roads and bridges and
a long list of projects are named, but I
running through the list we do not
see Kershaw county mentioned. Some
months ago we heard something a.
bout the paving of the road from
Camedn to -Bishopville, and supposed
that the paving from BL^hopville to
Darlington would follow. This is an
important road, and should be in
cluded in the paving program. We
hope those who have some influence |
with the highway department will
take this matter up and allow our
county to share in the road building
programs for this summer. We feel
lonesome in thus being left out.
A RUINOUS POLICY
The American people take railroad
service for granted. Whenever a
person wants to ride across the con
tinent, or has goods to be transport
ed, he kr.ows that a train Is waiting
to give him fast, dependable and e_
conomical service.
Railroad service and facilities are
better than ever before.
j But during February the line's
earned a net profit on their invest
ment of only 1.67 per cent. It is ob
vious that no industry tan continue
( to progress or give service under
such conditions. Railroad business
dwindles, while taxes rise and the
possible economies to be made in o_
peration become cpa&taQtly fewer.
The industry, in the opinmn of many
unbiased authorities, is on the verge
of a crisis that may adversely affect
every business and every citizen.
The problems of the railroads ? a
basic service industry, a foremost lax
payer, employer and purchaser of
^supplies ? are entitled to thorough
and intelligent consideration. A tax.
ation and regualtory policy which
was burdensome in good times s
proving ruinous now. If our fool,
hardy attitude toward the railroads
persists, the public will inevitably be
the chief sufferer.
Plant More Corn
Farm credit for 1932 will be great
ly restricted and reduced according
to present indications. Many farm
ers who will be unable to secure
loans to make the 1932 crop will
either have to discontinue farming
or elsebe in a positon to farm with
out help. We must go forward for
their is no turning back in the game
of life and a big majority of the peo
ple of Kershaw County are dependent
upon farming.
There is no chance seen for gov
ernment aid to farmers in 1932 and
it is very probable .that local banks
will of necessity restrict the farm
loans still more than in 1931.
This condition is going to divide
our fanners into two clases: first,
those who think that the future will
take care of itself and who trust in
luck"; and second, those who give the
matter serious thought and attention
and who actually take definite steps
to prepare for the inevitable condit
ions of 1932.
The farmer who realizes he must
do something should put in an extra '
amount of corn this year, an extra
fmount of food and feed stuff j
for his family and his live stock and
especially enough corn to feed a num. 1
her of hogs but the key note to the
whole situation is to put in a few
extra acres of corn as soon as pos8?- 1
ible. Re sure to apply the nmmonia |
side dressing when the corn is about
knee_high. Do not wait until the 1
corn begins to tassel and it is too
late for the side dressing to develop
grain on the cob.
It wotild be well for as many far
mors as possible to arrange to have
a few pigs or hogs to raise or fatten
on some of the surplus corn. Thes<
hogs will prabably prove to be a 'ife
saver. 1
? The outlook! on cotton is diseour,.
aging. \
Raise more corn. potatoes, hay,
hogs, chickens and get ?n extra miTk
cow or two if possible.
If a farmer is unable to ge*. a loan
with which to make his crop he is
still not down and out if he has a
Corn crib and meat in the *moke
house. Plant more corn at once for
1932 is surely coming.
HENRY I). GRBKN, Co. Agt.
THE^RIOHT WAY TO TRAVEL
It by train. The safest. Most*com
fortable. Most reliable. Costs less.
Inquire of Ticket Agents regarding
greatly reduced fares for ahort#trlps.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM ,
?J'.j *' . . <? ? "
* RAMBLING THOUGHTS *
? By fl. C. H. ? I
New En* land
Ju?t across from old Long Island
In northeastern U. S. A..
Ia the land we call New England;
Wfliy bo called I cannot say.
Years ago the ship Mayflower
Sighted land both cold and we 17
There she dumped her frozen cargo,
And ? they hav'n't thawed out yet.
Their descendants still are living
On that rocky desert land,
*Or they're trading with rum.runnera
Landing liquor on the strand.
You. can find them any evening
Swapping knieves and telling yarns,
While their women feed the chickens
And the critters in the Joarns.
Shut in through the long cold winters
Fed on "Cods" and maple beer,
They, of course, grow up "one_sided"
Robbed of every festal cheer.
Cold, austere, and much conceited,
There is little they don't know;
Everywhere outside New Englartti,
"People are considered "slow".
I
They all think the southern people
Ignorant and mostly "Cains";
Wlhile out in the western country
"Wild jack_a8ses" roam the plains.
Now they have a real Mioses,
Filled with vigor, prypes, and vim;
' No one in the wtboje wide country
j Has one half the ^?ns% of him.
Then there's> Tinkham, bawling loudly
Lab'ring?_undor mental strain;
Everybody knows tine reason:
He has Cannon on the brain.
I
Walsh and Bingham in the Senate,
Each day take a little snoozeT
Dream of p*ork and beans in Boston,
Washed down with a little booze.
Voiceless in their quiet slumber,
Broken now and then with snores,
'Til some one says prohibition.
Then they wake with mighty roar 5.
...
Cold and grasping is New England,
Yielding not from any stand;
Meddling in affairs of others,
Letting aliens rule their land.
Just a word to these here# "flam_
ing" youths p.nd youthes^es: any.,
thing aflame is soon consumed; You
ain't no Vesuvious; none of you.
| Yeah, this Camden Baptist church
has done it again. The B. Y. P. U
. put on another "all star" play. It
was good.
j Somebody is always breaking up
the "Wets" play house. Just when
jthey had succeeded in making a lot
of folks believe that most of uhe pre?
sent day lawlessness is due to prohi..
bition, along comes Prof. Jas. E.
Todd of the University of Chicago,
and proves from the records of his.
tory that all of the deviltry ig the
harvest of Wild Oats sowed by our
| forefathers. I quote just a iew
words from his article in the New
York Sunday Times: "In South Car.
olina, in Maryland and in Massachu,
?ettg it wag a common saying in
1700 as in 1776, that Colonial juries
would not convict men who ignored
Maritime law: And all the world
knew that the President of. the con.
tinental Congres? just before the
outbreak of the Revolution was n
notorious smuggler of goods into
Boston. __ \ ?
"One of the basic inheritances of
nearly all groups which composed the
United States of Washington and
Jefferson was lawlessness."
From Andrew Jackson to Abraham
Lincoln there was little improvement
*n the attitude of the people towards
law."
The Federal anti.slavo trade act of
1807. intended to make effective one
of the great agreements of the Na.
tlonal Constitution, was openly
flaunted from the day of its passage
until it became obsolete in 1801. Even
states ignored the law.
Member* of cabinets whose bust,
ness it wan to punish importers of
African slaves seem to have been
chosen with a view to non.enfnoce.
ment; authorities of the United
States in Provideice, New - York,
Charleston and New Orleans, gave
slight attention to the most brazen
violation of the law." Sounds right
modern, doesn't it?
HqYurther says: "Here was k
simple and highly important Federal
statute, a law which, enforced, might
'easily have prevented the War be.
tween the states."
Yeah, that law was passed at the
insistance of Thomas Jefferson.
Professor Todd follows the crime
record up to the present time. It Is
not a nice record. The gist of tho
whole matter is this: Laws that (n_<
terfere with the financial interest of
certaiii ineri, or1 groups of Will be
ignored by those men regardleas o i
consequences to their fellow citizens,
their country or the human race.
Greed i3 the foundation stone of aH
of it.
As to graft, it has been practiced
since long before Judas Iscariot sold
his Lord for |15. GO^the price of a
common servant.
Your friends can confer on you an
office, but not an honor. Honor de.
| w
pends on the manner in which yo.i
fulfill the requirements of tl^at office
whether it be political, fraternal 01
religious.
the danger of mob law
(The Dillon Herald)
The mayor of Pinewood, in Sumter
county, was shot to death as he sat
in his living room reading a news,
paper. The assassin fled, but a trai?
led to the thrsehold of two Negroes
? father and son. The Nogroes were
arrested and spirited to the penitent,
iary for safe keeping. Later evid.
ence established the innocence of the
Negroes and they were released.
But what would have happened if
excitement had been running high
and those Negroes had fallen into the
hands of a* mob? The lives of two
innocent men would have been sacri.
ficed to -the spirit of mob law.
Mobs are not moved by the impulse
of reason. If they were they would
not be mobs. ? The mob is an unor.
ganized collection of individuals,
without leadership, and acts on the
impulse of the moment. Its sole mo.
Itive is to take a life in revenge for a
wrong or another life, and the ques.
tion of the guilt or innocence of the
victim is submerged for the time be.
ing by the desires and passions of
the mob members.
Men who hold to tho belief that
mob law is a cure for social evil will
find a sermon in the Sumter incident.
The foregoing utterance by A. B.
Jordan, editor of the Dillon Herald,
is worthy of careful and serious
study and thought. Not only is the
mob a menace because of the danger
of taking the life of an innocent vie.
tim. but also because it is an unlaw,
ful act which so many seek to justify
Mobs cannot be controlled and in
some instances life has been taken
in South Carolina in cases where the
accused had committed only minor
offences.
However much it may be true that
certain crimes should be attended
with the death penalty, the guilt of
the accused should be established in
the legal way and the sentence pro.
nounced and carried into effect by
due process of law. In that way
only may sentiment be assured for
law and order which will guarantee
the protection of the life, liberty and
pursuit of happiness of all citizens. ?
The Kershaw Era.
YOU HELPED TO IX) IT
(The Dillon Herald)
Men who have seen expensive au_
tomobiles on the Coastal highway and
luxurious private care on the rail,
roads, speeding north or south, have
been heard to ask: "Where do th?y
get the money "
7 Last week the manufacturer of a
popular brand of soup and canned
vegetables died in a northern tftty. His
estate wa8 appraised at $114,000,000
or nearly double the value of a South
Carolina cotton crop.
The Herald wonders how many
South Carolinians helped to build up
that big fortune by sending their
money away for the same soups and
canned vegetables they could have
made or brought at home.
No doubt the ingredients of tho
soup or the canned vegetabes were
raised on South Carolina soils, sold
at a small profit or no profit at ail,
and bought y >ck at high prices.
The Herald has, of oourse, no crit? 1
icism to make of the manufacturer
of the soupH and canned vegetables.
Ho was, no doubt, a remarkable bus.,
iness geniu3 and earned every dollar
he mado out of his soups and vege_
tables. He was entitled to all the
good things that hi3 wealth placed
within his reach. If there is any
room for criticism the blame rests
upon the people who helped to build
up this big fortune with their own **
hard_earned dollars.
The number of southern pooplo wh?
ride in expensive automo/biles or de
luxe private earn is very, vefry small
Grover C. Outlaw
Orover C. Outlaw, 2fi, died yestor_
day at his residence on the Winns.
boro road after an illness of five
days. .t
Ho is survived by bis father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Outlaw;
one brother, Dalton Outlaw, and n
sister, Mrs. Carrie McClain.
Funeral services will be conducted
at Pisgah Methodist church at 4 o'?
clock this afternoOn by tohe Rev. Mr
Neeley. Interment will be in , the
^urchyard. ? The State, 21st.
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