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t Every Tuesday 'by BIRCH MORE, Prop. econd Class Matter. At ice at Camden, S. C. .50 A Year in Advance .ugust 18, 1931 r ; ftf TO MOTORISTS . . requires motpritss jto. ^ them when driving their a, "and 'if they fail to they are fined. More ... vere arrested in -Charleston if, (lays and . those who could {^satisfactorily that- 1 hey had ; but;did not happen to- have Jjjfohad hatf of the fine ? ?^tefUrfdVd them, but the <5th ad $10.00. We feel that this 'ia >et?, for it is difficult to al license on the per ght?-be put in the pocket gijiir some we happen to fo&ip, while others take ippck&? of their clothes, ?ffew days ag> one young a truck, wot stepped Afferent tinie? and had to license. That within itself v^^tOte? a iiuisan^ei If stopped ?nce, Why a second and a third time? Why not the "patolmah put a sticker on his truck for the next ones t<> see, and not having the driver stopped so often? A > prominent ' gentleman from Camden drove his car into a ^eigMboring town and was stopped, i-Rii'rf-when he looked fer his license ^V^ch he x honestly thought he ^ui^^With him, found a license which he had obtained for a colored man $10 drives his car for him some Jmes, and he made this explanation, and' w&s allowed to pass on after ?i ftote of the incident had been made. ? Jm he- drove on out of the town he ^:%as a aftain stopped and went over ?| same explanation, and was told ptehe.-WOuld take it up with the Pieties in Columbia. The gentle rM .Ranked him end icnvarked that never expected to arrive in Russia, but now he found himself pfeTfee law may be a good one, if it , is to bs enforced in this 'it will work an -undtie hard -So^a Simplificartjon of .the of enforcement . should be ? ? ?S FOR ItELlEF t of ? the cotton ^is , a problem on is familiar, at t\;'. 7" ~ n r*. >n. I'cr'jnstance, Gov, Bilbo, ,of lisslssippl, suggests that - two rows of cotton b> picked and one left to lljl^Qt in the fleKSU If this was' done throughout the cotton, belt it would reduce. the estimated ci'op of 15,000, ? 000 bales to 10$00,600, but where- it the farmer who would do slich a thing? Buy fertilized, work and toil ^ to m. ke a. crop and deliberately allow' Br& of It' fo'wtaftlh. ^ Ijftfofler to force a higher prieeMthan it fs n''-w being quoted at? No one will douibt bu't that a 10,000,000. bale ~ Crop would put niiore money, in the g$? poc^e.R of the fanners than, the 15, C(X>,00, but, would it not be wiser gM^ vto pick all of the cr.cip, store it away I y.vvand cut the* >?creaige at lea, t fifty per cent. for the next year or so? But this will not be done, and the cotton . farmer will have to be left to his fate, and when he gets to where he cannot^cultivate cotton, he can quit. We do believe, however, that to find additional * uses for cotton would help the situation. Why cannot the wom *n folk; werir more cotton clothing and Hfce meh likewise? And why not use _J| $jtton bagging instead of jute, cot , ton Sacks for meal, flour, sugar and ?|p! toftny ' other articles? Cotton is the mi staple crop of the south; let's make $$ cotton goods [popular. I/et producers ctton use cotton. Veflily, it is a ':flght for. life. Make a winning battle pfi of lt? but not by producing cotton and leaving one-third to rot in the field. This t? Iky about passing a law to (prohibit the cultivation of more than * specified smount of cotton, is non iwnse* ,The man who owns tho land Has; a:; right to plant it all in cotton Wartts to, and there will be no law to ^stop him. He must wake up to the real situation himself and If#' ...... '? TRUE P HOI /OS PHY It dtes not take the closet student M? to recognise a bit true philosophy everyday comments. For m??ny years The Messenger office haB '?11 joyed the patronafts of a number of colored ministers who have given us their orders for programs for lr chtirch meetings. At times w<? itt amysed at some of the sub i they httv<f selected for discusa wNle some of them were very itim tjmesln S two -days session they h*v. .bout ?ix separate SsollectiooB. Some v designate tM a myunt members are expected to fdve, instance, malee fifty cento, fee lea twenty" five cents, and visitors much as they can. Through all of their programs there is a predomi nant thought. of devotion. But get ting1 to true philosophy, one of our pofcd patrons came to us Saturday to get JWs progams out and we were particularly impressed with the clos* ing wards of the program, -fpl lotrasv ' M -i/] v "Now dear friends, onfe and all both white and colored, you are kindly in Vited to come up to Cedar Rock Bap tist church to he\p us put the pro pram oyer. iTie blessed Lord has bountifully ble-ssed us with a good <yopi Don't grieve about the low price of cotton7 take care- of your corn, peas, potatoes and the good garden -the year-round. Do the yifiht ting.'.' Now we submit that that was a piece of true philosophy. How much better off we all would be if we look ed at conditions as they come with a philosophical spirit. What we can not help we must accost. Every d?5 there are crossroads in life where one must make a decision along the lino of this statement: Don't grieve a bout the low price of cotton; take care fo your corn, peas, potatoes and the pood garden the year-round; do the right thing," will be playing the game of a philosopher. HEARTILY DISAPPROVED In another article published in this, issue of The Messenner, with refer ence to the" destruction of one-third of the cotton crop, we expressed our views before we ascertained the views of others, but we hardly thought that sensible people would really advocate the destruction of a ,part of their cotton, and we have since writing the article read the views of former Senator John L. McLaurin, who is a man ' of fine judgment, and he declares it would be "fas absurd as impracticable." That about covers the whole ground. Gov. Blackwood disapproves the plan, and call^_ attention to the fact that SouU>i<5arolina cut the acreage plantedMn cotton and is producing a smpiier crop this year than last year aycr Stoney, of Charleston, made a vigorous attack upon such a foolish proposition. Many others have done the same, Some suggested that the crop be harvested and one third kept off^of the market, which is a good suggestion as far as it goes, but that rVill only tend to pile up the surplus, jjeJhfcs of our state which has to its T~- V *- vT ******' forward with a pjan, r which is in brief for the federal farm board to buy half of the cro? and hold, it and have the farmers selling at i>fesent prices to the farm board to make contracts that are . cnforcible for these farmers not to ' plant cotton next year and when the cotton is sold for the nattfjfral advance in price be paid to those who s^ll to the ogvern ment, less storage charges and inter est, and in this way nearly half of the crcp would be kept off of the mar Keit and certainly a fair price could 4>e realized for the 1932 crop. Cer tainly no one \sould suggest seriously to the mills to deliberately destroy one third of the cotton they have in their warehouses, or one third of the goods they have in stock, and for the same reason no sensible farmer would take to the ' idea of destroying on cj third of his crop. The plan suggested from Wasl ingtGn is heartily disapr-cved, just/as it should be. Sentence Upheld Columbia, Aug. 11. ? The rupreme court affirmed the sentence J. T. Habb of Greenville county jail by Judge W II Townseml for contempt of court while Babb was serving as a juror in the case of J. Harmon Moore on trial for murder of the death of Sheriff Sam D. Willis of" Greenville county. Judge Tow risen d senteneced Babb Whon he found the latter guilty of talking about ^he case while serving as a juror and absont from the court room during the night. The court had instructed jurors the case was not to be discussed. R' j".? t :>v . .. Zc.o liojll1 l? t eV hi : p| L<*d to tile (line oi:.?-lni:.v IIS p Inie I for opening an nt!:v<!<- In v. nr. TJi'.m niifl Is kept se cret nt I'vm'.qiiirtrv.i arid referred t" as zero. It In m.i-Io known to the troops until ? ''?? I "si p-> vihle moment. Unh6d State*' "L*n ICngllah is t ho official ' Junguii.'fO of the United States. It haa been mtg ?gested b^ *ojiio philologists that the Speech oi the AtnerleiiMS he terme.1 the Amer!c.in IjiwVv^'^. h*if n > def'tilte ac tjrtn l ;v r '"''V !).? -n t . : In tlifs re :? J ? ' ? : -,i : ' . : l are pe 1 ?ill'tn1 (?> *;i ? i 'h ?Vd / <? a.o ti /uteri ? >v?.?rv: u.-Of'.a: ioSeSf '4gi . ? Dcci needs a Vacation, too . . . LV.\OTIIEI\ is bu:y planning her vacation ? the children's I-.c 1 1 r.: .. jt bo dcciJccl vpon ? but how can dad get awaj^ in;:) bV If C::rc vcj some way he could keep in touch w: e c fiicc for a few :nl:iutcs each day, he, too, could enjoy a \i,!! r.irned r*e:;t. T!.o :v.\z' cr is Vie ti'fhone, which gives quick and inex pensive voice cont.-.i.: wit'.: 'lie office wherever you choose to p,o. Py arranging to call f. office at a particular time, you '* ..,ny --rc y ur p.^-Toer ;;ro tern will be at the telephone to < . r* t'.:c day's r .<-ivitic'.? and receive instructions. This ^ Its you to use cheaper Station-to-Station service without lis!: of not finding your manager in. Join mother and the ehi'.dren in having a holiday this : r.mv.ier, while- dependable te>phone service enables you to j iiiT.-.-tr.^d ab.nl your business or to call your frfondt at l.o:..;. T:.. opciator wherever you go will gladly' tell Voiraj^tlt cost of calls to your office ? just ask for "Long Distance." # j " ? - v'' / \ Soothern Bell Telephone a 'id izlegrapn Company ( I n c o r p o r a I ? d ) PERSHSHS STILL !3 I KtL? to Ffssmiir^Eni I A. E. 7. Js ,?asy | \ j..{ Liz nr. ?r.-sr/: \ . c :* Paris. ? C.n. .Tiilui .7. Per- hh'r. whose W'.iil'MV'.v; h:.ir n * 1 e;ei-t mil iary bg ure k ? : 1 1 afford a t b ! 1 l<> Frenchmen and foreigners, is occupied willi post war servi -os which makes liis day a round of arduous duties hero. With U'och, .1 off re, 1 1 n 1;?. Wllsftn, demon, ceau, NerraU and Mangin gone, Pershing's on. y ?pa it and familiar face, jri'iiw n sr J'lor and more amiable^ ? ^i^iv ? .^ara, yifimosMos .-of more Hum a ww.de a'gei. ,VJ" Pershing spends much of ids time ? tiiesp days with the oPbdals of t'..e American battle monuments. comnils fdoiv and is lor.dlng a guiding hand to the completion <>f the i I notable memorials which commemorate Amer- | lea's participation in the war. Ills j services are sought for almost every I Important Franco-American activity, | and lie must exercise the greatest tact i in nceriMn.cc places on committees. ? C'^*irtaltied by Dsuiner. i hNot t!:o least lmporlaiit part of Vr hints' time is that spr>nt will) his id comrades of the yair, who nro ft 111 1 iiuidating tiie aftermath of the v.Mr. One of President Poumer's fiv.;t 1 ntcheons was given in Pershing's 1 onor. The Ameriwm has infinite re fpect for the venerable Frenchman, AvhiW-Uf^rded aristocratic Remit or, / who lost three sons in the war. At / tills luncheon were many of the great soldiers about whom Pershing spoke frankly in his war book. There were fJenoral Weygjwid and Ooneral (Ion rang, Minister of War Magi not, for mer French Ambassador Rorenger t P"d f'ol. M- It. i ' ?clalcd '. i ii i-..i i..ucii <4 the Ib-rrhk r ;u'mei:i i'nrl * and biographer of the late ambassa dor. National llco. General Pershing's prestige neeins t<> Increase In I'aris as years roll on. The tough Job bo had during tbr> war required a toii"h, unflinching soldier. ' They said Pefshlng was too much of i a disciplinarian; that N, these who needed to he disciplined. Ilut when IVrshng mdo up Fifth i avenue une bright afternoon at the head of the returning Amerieah army he was not the cold disciplinarian ; he I was the national hero. fienerai Pershing, at seventy-one years of age, Is perhaps no longer con- 1 sldered as a I'resldehtial pf*. Ibllity, but his knowledge of national, and lo cal politics still Is keen. "Hotter Farm Outlook" Seen by Bit? Magazine The Saturday Kvening Post, n very conservative publication, states edi torially in a recent i*Bue that, do. spite low prices, there are indications of better outlook fot farming one of these being "an actually improved de mand for farm property." " "Those who must sell a/t a marked Sacrifice are losers," declares the editor of that widely read national public nt/lon. "TKb imipt'oved ^ihTand V for farm proprety indicates 'that faiflt exiftt* in the future" of agriculture, he add". " J 4 EYES EXAMINED ? and ? GLASSES FITTED THE HOMEK ?0. CAMDEN,. 8. C..., ^ ? Jewelers & Optometrists More Than 20 Products Sold Off SMALL FARM A. F. Arthur, who operates the e quivalent of a 2 horse farm near j Aiken, markets annually more th n | twenty different kinds of things. His money products include hay, straw, rye, nirtlke and butter, chickens and "eggs,- syrup, vegetable's, sweet and Irish potatoes, honky, hogs, a c< and calf or so every year, nine to t.*V bales of cotton, and sometimes, ev > i i rabbits. Usually ho finances op v-'\ tions with sales made as ho goes lonp and generally finds that his fall [harvestings are mostly profit on the j I year's operations. ITe gives a pai r of each of two dwys a week to mar - keting. "The depression doe.K:i'l | s.c-are me at all," says Mr. Arthur. i I Togs (ict fJood Returns for Sunlcl ' County Corn "Half of Sumter County would bo devoted profitably to growing corn at a dollar a bushi^" says .1 M. I01e?fcer, demonstration agent for il.at county.. Ho declares that most {"'mu ter County farmers who have : '<1 corn in tho form of hogs -have not v ? , a dollar or hotter a bushel for it ever; this year. Four Sumter County fai - mers who kept detailed record* on hog raising last winter found tha production costs ranged from 4.37 t'? ; (>.09 cents a pound and that they <jot from 7.10 to 7.2H cents a pound for hogs sol/1 last March. The return's thus received for corn ranged from 04. G cents to $1.28 a buAhel. Polican'n Healthy App.ititf In Koi't .Myers, l-'la., tlmre Is a I ? i - . pollen n which talcs lis moa's at ,\ local flsh market. The propr'?e!i>r Sa\ < that it Consumes ahout ten pn yids <. Ash daily. MAnliind't Dint Fn no far as diet is Concerned tho mammalia are divided Into throe classes? -tho carnivorn, Jhe herhlvora, ami the fruglvora. The fruglvora, to which group man belongs, exhibit their superiority hy their cleverness in obtaining food -In concentrated formw : eonso<|udtitly the digestive ap paratus l? too sms'.l to d'"<"d sufficient ' giuss to K'.iiJ.'iln life nml Is not fitted . to nsalmllate It. '?:& ' I . ' V >).. i ' ' ) A | $0k'A$EST:; f. WVXLUE'' ? " f v ? , ? : .. ?- N EVER BUILT INTO A Ford Car 77ifl finaiiti/iil Ford Tudor Sedan (F. O. li. Detroit s pins freight and delivery. Bumpers and spare tire exi r%a at low cost.) WIIEN yon buy a Ford oar today, you buy what is unquestionably the greatest value in the history of the Ford Motor Company. Never before has so much beauty, comfort, safety and perforniance been ? offered at such a loy price. ' The low prico of the Ford is something to think about because it means an immediate saving of many ^ dollart r always arj important consi^fcattoft*. moro significant than price alone is >v^t ?y^ ^et- for that price. 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