The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, August 18, 1931, Image 2
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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."
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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".
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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.
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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. When, high quulity i&CKWbin^^yltii low>
price, you may- justly take pride in^^vlng found a .
. most satisfactory pi|rchase. **'?', ^ ^ 1
; See" thi). Ford ? ride in it ? leurit something VMktr},
the value that is built into every J)drt? Xho *nprf> yOU ?
- -' Mdmdtout it, the tnorte lU |>e that, it ia , V ^
the car for you. It Is literally true that wlienvou "get
- the facts you will get a Ford." / ^
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