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THE NI$W YEA*
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twelvemonth has about j
j mid we are standing up
threshold of a new year. -Many
during the past year no doubt
>88 scores have weakened and
themselves what's the use to
Struggle on? But after all we have
plenty reasons to be thankful. There
have been no serious disasters, and a
merciful Providence has watched over
m, And now as we are about to launch
forth into the new year, we should
/take courage and press forward.
Wis hope all have had a merry
^Christmas and that the new year may
many blessings to one and all.
hope, too, that there will be fewer
.disappointments this year; that our
cr6ps will yield abundantly; that bus
iness generally will be good and that
peace ancNiapplness shall reign in
every heart and home.
In this connection the beautiful
words of Maltbie Davenport Baibcock
are very appropriate:
Be strong!
^W?e are not here to play, to dream to
? drifiijr
iWe have haul work to do, and loacU to
lift; ?
Shun not the struggle ? face it; 'tis
A- God's gift.
H''' V-';
Be strong!
Safe; not, 'The days are evils. Who's to
t blame?'
And fold the handB and acquiesce?
oh ahamet
Stand up, speak out, and bravely, in
B? Btrongl
matter? not how deep Intrenched
the wrong,
ow hard the battle goes, the day
? how long; J ,
jflaint not? fight on! To-morrow
comeivtiw song. < ; v;
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CORPORATIONS CANNOT PAy|
TAXES!
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In spite
In spite of all the political bunk to
the contrary, the giant corporations
do not, in" the exact sense, pay taxes.
They cannot. '
This is unfortunate but it is true.
The {people pay the taxes? rwhether
they be millionaires or day laborers,
and there are a good many' moire day ,
laborers than millionaires, even in]
boom times.: They pay taxes when
they write a check for the meat, elec
tric. Or grocery bill; when they pur
chase a house and lot of a package of
playing cards, when they eat a meal
of go to a movie, when they smoke a
cigarette or take a spin in the car.
J0bt gigantic corporations have no
magical means of producing money
from the air* They can get it only
ffr^n the people to whom they sell
their1 commodities or services. All
coils necessary to the running of a
business, whether they be taxes, lab
or1' or purchases of supplies', must he
pAvsed along to the customer. And
^^Jeibuitomer, in the aggregate, is all
of us. j; ..
Consequently, next time you hear
political demands for taxing* the rich
to'help the poor, dismiss them for
Wl^at they are usually worth ? noth
ing. It Would be pleasant if it we*e
possible,, But the inexorable laws of
garter rule otherwise? and they .re
laws that poHios cant repeal*
| i" ; ROADS AND TAXES j
a? reduction and stimulated road
are not necessarily antipa
y, a small fraction of money!
it by government goes to the cause
good roads. In all cases, When that
money is wisely and equitably spent,
each dollar is returned to the commun
1 rir and over again, in increased
travel and commerce, better
rtation and Communication for
dwellers, easier access to mar
schools, fire departments, and
gtSf*
r beware, of course of so
ileal roads"-? those arteries
>uilt With public funds in
there is no need or excuse
also, of j
'p4vtf?.
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drive prudently and carefully at all
ttmes.
(2) I will give due regard to the
rights of others, who are. as much en
titled to the use 'of street and high
ways as I am. v
(a) I will not be a road hog, nor
drive on thft wrong side of the road,
cut corners or drive at high rates of
speed when conditions are not favor
able. * v
(4) At all times I will keep my
lights, brakes, steering &ear and horn
in the best of condition.
(5) I will be watchful to do my
part to prevent an automobile acci
dent in 19^2.
'Many more suggestions will come
readily to mind. Our annual toll of
automobile fatalities is rspidly ap
proaching the 85,000 lives destroyed
because of negligence and careless
ness. The cure is up to the individual
driver. He must face and accept the
responsibility that is his when he
takes the wheel of his car, if thisneed
less waste of irreplaceable lives is to
be stopped.
TAX REBELLION PROSPECTS.
Most of us have received various re
ports, speeches and what-not issued
by the government. In newspaper
find magazine offices they come in
bales.
Last year the government printing
office turned out four billion copies
of such matter, at a cost of bout $20,
000,000. Sales to the public returned
$216,748 of this. The rest was free
issue, at the expense of taxpayers.
Most of this matter, furthermore, is
sent free through the mails, thus
building up the postal deficit, and a
gain taking money from the pockets
of taxpayers. Some of these publi
cations are, of course, valuable and
constitute a legitimate function of
government. But the bulk of them
are either useless or consist of politi
cal utterances which serve only to
glorify some "statesman'' or bureau
in the public eye. And we all pay for
it. . :
Twenty million or so dollars Is a
comparatively small item in the cost
of government. But the free-printed,
post-free document "racket" is a good
example of wastefulness and extra
vagance in the use of public funds.
The taxpayer is a patient, long
endifringa creature, j>ut cannot even
his ipatience be strained to virtual re
bellion Thfere are signs of it.
, The Massachusetts Tax Association
said recently: "Recognition must be
given to the gradually awakening tax
consciousness of the public, which
more rfnd more is causing the average
citizen to realise that expenditures In
government must be reduced or cur
tailed just as industry has been forced
to deflate its costs in order to exist."
?Exchange. ' ' i ,
The Messenger is carrying in its
news columns this week the proposed
supply biH"for Kershaw county. Many
drastic cuts will be noted in this bill.
All of which are in keeping with the
necessity of economy in governmental
affairs. tfhis will probably meet with
the approval of the taxpayers and
while it might be improved in some
ways, according to another article in
this week's paper, it is certainly a step
In the right direction.
For the first time in twenty years
Georgia Republicans have elected a
white man as National Committee
man. His election is being contested
by Mamie Williams, negress, of Sa?
vannah, which merely goes to show
that while two active political parties
in the South may be desira/ble, that
condition is still a long ways off.
? An Associated Press story in the
Sunday papers told of a 7 ,?00 word
encyclical issued by Pope Piua XI call
ing for the union of all christian
Churches that present day immorality
and unbelief might be combated? und
er the leadership and authority of the
Pope, of course. #
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.Lesson for January 3
THE SON OF QOD BECOMES MAN
LESSON TEXT ? John 1:1-18.
GOLDEN TEXT? Jesus salth unto
him, Have I been so long? tlmo with
you, and yet hast thou not known me,
Pnlllp? He that hath sapn me hath
seen the Father; and ihojp sayest thou
then, Shew us the Flrther?
PRIMARY TOPIC ? Jesus Comes to
Live on Earth.
JUNIOR TOPIC ? Jesu* Comes to Live
on Earth.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC ? Seeing God in Jesus.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC ? The Fact and Meaning of the In
carnation.
The lessons for this quarter are
taken from the Gospel of John, giv
ing an opportunity for the presenta
tion oY this great message from God.
In order Intelligently to present the
lessons of the quarter, tho teacher
must get hold of John's central pur
pose and bend every lesson thereto.
Happily the writer has plainly de
clared his purpose ? John 20:30, 31.
It Is twofold:
1. To prove that Jesus Is the
Christ, the Son of God.
2. To show that eternal life Is to be
obtained through faith In him.
with this twofold objective, John
proceeds lawyer-like to lay down his
propositions and to Introduce his wit
nesses one by one In their establish
ment The section for today's lesson
Is commonly called i;The Prologue."
li- The Pre-existent Word (vv. 1-4).
The eternal Son Is called the Word
of God because he Is the expression
of God to man. He Is the one who ut
ters to men the Father's will. God
has In these days spoken to us by his
Son (Heb. 1:1, 2). Observe:
1. The son is a person separate and
distinct from the Father (v. 1). There
Is at the samo time an Inseparable
union existing between them.
2. The Son Is ecernal (v. 2). He
was with God in the beginning. He
did not begin to exist when the
heavens and the earth were created,
neither did he become the Son at his
baptism, for ho was before all things
(Col. 1:17).
" 8. Thfe Son is divine (v. Vfr "The
Word was God." He Is a being equal
with God and one In essence with him.
4. The Wefrd of God Is the omni
potent Creator (v. 3). By him were
all things made, the world and" all
things therein. This refutes the gross
error which postulates the eternity of
matter.
5. The Word Is the source of all
life (v. 4).
6. The Word of God Is the light of
men (v. 4). Man's power to reason
has come, from' Jesus Christ. The very
faculties which the skeptic uses In his
Attempt to destroy ChiUt's work In
the world have been derived from
Christ. The conscience has Its source
in b ...
II. The World's Attitude Toward
the Word of God (vv. 5-13).
1. Men are Insensible to the pres
ence of the true light (vv. 5-10). So
dense Is the Ignorance of mankind
that the presence of tho very Lord of
Glory is unrecognized. Being thus
unrecognized, God, In his grace, sent
John the^aptlst as a witness that all
men might believe (vv. 0, 7). Man's
Ignorance can only be accounted for
by the malicious folindlqg of his mind
by the Devil (II Cor. 4:4).
2. The desperate wickedness of
man's heart (v. 11). The Word was
rejected by the chosen nation. They
wduld not receive the one whom God
had anointed to be their King. With
the Belf-rcveallng light, the earnest
testimony of John the Baptist, and the
glorious privilege - of becoming the
sons of God, the rejection of Christ
most certainly reveals the awful per
versity of tho human heart In its
natural state. "To be carnally minded
is death" (Rom. 8:6).
8. Some received Chrlsf and thus
became sons of God (vv. .12, 13). In
this section we; are shown how men
become children of God. It is not by
blood relation with the covenant peo
ple, "of blood" (grace Is not Inherit
ed) ; not by tho efforts of our natural
hearts, "the will of the flesh" ; nor by
the acts and deeds of others ? "the
will of man ; but of God."
III. The Eternal Word Became ln
oarnste, "Made Fleeh" (vv. 14-18),
In these words wo are taught thnt
tho entemal Word becamo the Ihcafc,
nate Son. The eternal Son of God be
came mao, born of a womnn. The
eternal Spn did not become n Jew, but
"flesh." He designated hlmsolf "the
Son of Man." He becamo really hn-"
man. The eternal personality did not
cease or become modified In any way
when he entered upon human relation.
The human and divine natures were
united In one person. This Incarnate
Son of God tabernacled among us.
WORDS OF WISDOM
Ignorance is "darkness," education
It light"
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Reproduced by permission of the copyright oicncra.
HE two boya who wrote "Now
That You're Gone" can always
be depended on for a good song.
Gua Kahn, who writes the lyrics and
Ted Fiorlto who is responsible for the
music, have countless hits to their
credit, and everyone on Tin Pan Al
ley considers them one of the most
consistent song writing teams in the
business.
"Now That You're Gone" is one
of the best they have ever turned
out, in my estimation, and I get a
r^al kick out of singing it on my
Crfemo programs. It's one of thoso
Blow, emotional numbers we call
"torch" songs and its melQdy is well
above the average. The lyric too is
unusually strong, picturesque and co
herent. These boys have undoubtedly
set out to write a song that would
stand out. I don't think there's any
question but that they have succeeded
with a bang.
In a song of this sort tho matter
of tempo is quite Important if tho
ono singing or playing it wants to
get the most out of it. I find that It
must be taken slowly, so that its melo
dy, which keeps climbing up the scale
to a climax, will not be fumbled and
its rhythm spoiled.
But any way? fast or slow? it's cer
tainly my "Song of tho Week."
Reviewed by
Report of the Associated Charities of
Caraden-Kershaw-County for Novem
ber 1931.
Balance fx*om last month $1215.48
Receipts this month 434.81
1650.29
PAID OUT,
General Charity ;
Zemp & DePaBs (Med.) 4.65
M. Baruoh (Clothing) - -? .29.77
DeKalb Ser. Station .78
Masseubeau Bros. ' 15.33
Allen Overall Co. 25.50
Williams Grocery 10.18
City Pilling Station 12.85
DeKalb Pharmacy 4.60
McDowell Printing 13.50
Mrs. Rabon (Grocery bill) 4.00
Mrs. R. B. Ross, (Rent & milk) 11.75
Stamps - 1.00
Transportation 9.25
Stanxped envelopes 4.15
C. C. Moore (rent) 5.00
Mrs. Gettys (Salary) 20.00
Stamps 2.04
Incidentals . 2.00
Milk (J. K. deLoache, Treasury) 5,9fr|
Transferred childrens home 201.5Q|
Miss S. E. Jackson, (nurse) 15.00
W. B. Evans 5.00
Lamoys Grocery 2.00 1
Mrs. Truesdale (milk bill) 1.40
Clothing 38.15
I. Wolfe (clothing) 14.75
Stamps 1.80 1
Clothing 42.63
Mrs. Gaskin (milk bill) 2.80
Clothing 11.08
517.46
CHILDREN'S HOME; /
Hirsch Bros. & Co. 8. 98
G. W. Monroe (plumbinjf) 4.75
Water & Light bill 9.57
I^abor and servant hiro 18.50
Briokmason 3.85
Williams Grocery 12.89
Willowbrook Creamery 11.25
Bell Telephone Co. ? 2.87
Redfe>am Motor Co. 5.35
Mackey Mer. Co. 1.03
Express Charges 1.80
School supplies (Fichel's) 8.74
Clothing 13.95
Barber 4.55
Labor and servant hire 13.50
W. A. Anderson (meat bill) 8.00
Mrs. Williams (Caring for sick) 2.00
Incidentals 3.00
Miss Moore (Salary) ' 15.00
Miss Jackson (Nurse) 5.00
I/amoy's Grocery 7.92
I^abor and servant hiro 18.50
Du Bose & Co. (Fire insurance) 10.58
W. A. Anderson (meat bill) 8.00
L&moy'A Grocery 6.20
J. J. Newberry 1.05
Labor and servant hire 18.50
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190
CHILDRENS HOME BUILDING;
Mackey Mor. Co. 1.52
Prta? (carj>?nter) 4.80 1
tabor (painting) 85.00
Carnlden Lumbar Co. 18.62
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Legal Notices.
NOTICE OF SALE
.Notice is hereby driven, that under
and by virtue of the Decree of the
Court of Common Pleas for Kershaw
County, State of South Carolina, In
the cause of F. S. Royster Guano
Company,, plaintiff, against Mary A.
Huckabee, individually and as Admin
istratrix of the Estate of E. M. Huck
abee, deceased, Minton W. Huckabee,
ot.alu defendants, I will sell to the
highest bidder* or bidders before the
Court House door in the Town of
Camden, State of South Carolina, dur
ing the legal hours of sale, on the first
Monday in January 1932, the same
being the 4th day of said month, the
following described property:
"All that certain piece, (parcel or
tract of land, with the improvements
thereon, situate, lying and being in
the County of Kershaw, State of
South Carolina, containing seventy
five acrer;, more or less, being bounded
as follows, to wit: On the north by
lands of the estate of Joshua Perkins,
on the east by lands of Tim Washing
ton, on the south by lands of T. T.
Yarborough, and West by lands now
or formerly of Cicero P. Blackmon.
The said tract of land is better known
as pact of tho Wilson Yarborough
djtnd.gnd is more particularly describ
said tract made
A. B. /McLaurin
dated January Tth, 1913, and record
ed in the office of tho Clerk of Court
for Kershaw County in Book of deeds
A. G. at page 18, and is the same
tract of land heretofore conveyed to
E. M. Huckabee by A. B. McLaurin
by his deed dated Nov. 12, 1919, and
recorded in the office of tho Clerk of
Court for Kershaw County in book
of Deeds A.,Z. at page 457."
That any one other than the plain
tiff herein or their attorneys desiring
to bid on said premises shall deposit
with tho Master as evidence of good
faith the sum of Fifty dollars in cash
or by certified chock, the deposit of
any unsuccessful bidders to be return
ed to them by the Master, and tho de
posit of the successful bidder to be
applied) to his bid; that if the pur
chaser at said sale fail to comiply with
the terms of sale upon demand, the
said deposit shall be forfeited, and the
Master miy on the name or some
subsequent aalesday,, without the ne
cessity of further notice or advertise
ment, resell said property at the risk
of the defaulting bidder; that any
party to the action may bocome a
purchaser at said sale upon compli
ance with terms of sale.
W. L. DoPASS, JR.
Master for Kershaw County.
Dec. 15th, 1931.
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CRED
ITORS.
All parties indebted to tho estate of
Charlotte Boykin are hereby notified
to make payment to _ the undersigned,
and all parties, if any, having claims
against the said ostate will present
them likewise, duly attested, within^
tho timo prescribed by law.
Edward James Sr.
Executor of tho Estate
of Charlotte Boykin,
Camden, S. C., December 23, 1981,
A CARD OP THANKS
Wo wish to thank the good) people
of community for their many
deed* of kindness and words of sym
patty/also for their deeds of hospl
y during the sickness and death
our loving wife and mother. May
W?.iw ?.t
SUMMONS FOR RELIEF
State of South Carolina,
County of Kershaw,
r COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
The First National Bank of Camden,
Plaintiff,
Vs.
Henry Bracy, Trustee, Henry Bracy,
Nancy Bracy, Archie Bracy, Sarah
Bracy, Jessie Bracy, Amelia Jef
ferson, Raehel Deas, Elizabeth
Johnson and Henry Savage, Defend
ants.
TO THE DEFENDANTS, Henry
Bracy, Trustee, Henry Bracy, Nan
cy Bracy, Archio Bracy, Sarah
Bracy, Jessie Bracy. Amelia Jef
ferson, Rachel Deas, Elizabeth
Johnson and Henry Savage.
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED
and required to answer the complaint
in this action, of which a copy is
herewith served upon y6u, and to
serve a copy of your answer to the
said complaint on the subscriber at
his office in Camden, South Carolina,
within twenty days after the service
hereof, exclusive of the day of such
service; and, if you fail to answer
the complaint within the time afore
said, the plaintiff in this nction will
a.?ply to tho Court for the relief de
manded in the complaint.
Dated November 2oth, A. D. 1931.
L. A. WITTKOWSKY,
Plaintiff's Attorney.
To the Defendants, Jessie Bracy, A*
melia Jefferson, Kachol Deas and
Elizabeth Johnson:
Please take Notice, That the origi
nal summons, of which the above is a
copy, together with verified complaint
in this action, was filed in the office
of the Clerk of Court for Kershaw
County on the '25th day of November,
1931.
L. A. WITTKOWSKY,
Plaintiff's Attorney.
November 28th, 1931.
FINAL DISCHARGE
Notice is hereby given that ono
month from this date, on the 1st day
of January 1931 at 11 o'clock A. M.
wo will make to the Probate Cjurt of
Kershaw County our final re v urn nz
Executors of the estate of Ellen M.
Williams, deceased, and on the same
date we will apply to the '-aid Court
for a final discharge as aid Execu
tors.
J. D. KIRKPATRICK,
C. D. GLOViiR,
WALTER A. METTS, JR.,
Executors.
Camden, S. C., Nov. 30th, 1931.
FINAL DISCHARGE
Notice is hereby given, that one
month from this date, on 26th day of
December 1931, at 11 o'clock A. M.
I will" make to the Probate Court of
Kershaw County my final return as
Administratrix of the estate of Wil
liam W. Brown, deceased, and on tho
same date I will apply to the said.
Court for a final discharge as ' said
Administratrix.
RACHEL C. BROWN,
Administratrix.
Camden,, S. C., November 20, 1931.
TAX NOTICE
State, County and School taxes
year 1931 payable between Sept. 15th
and Dec. 31stft 1931. According to law
one per cent penalty will be added to
all taxes not paid by Jan. 1st, 1932.
Dog taxes $1.25 each due January 1st,
1982. Any information concerning
this office will be given by mail.
When inquiring about laxe0 please
state school district in which you live
or own property.
Yours respectfully,
S. W. HOGUE, Treasurer,
Kershaw County,
' Camden, S. C.
Dec. 14th, J 931.
TAX RETURNS
Office of Auditor Kershaw County
Camden, 8. C., December 17, 1931
Notice is hereby given that the Au
ditor's Office will bo open for receiv
ing Tax-Returns from January 1st,
1932, to March 1st, 1932. All persons
owninff real estate or personal prop
erty must make returns of the same
within said period, as required by
law, or be subject to a penalty of
10 per cent.
The Auditor will attjMid in person
or by deputy at the following places
in tho county on the dates indicated
for receiving returns:
Bethune? January 13th and 14th.
Rajey's Mill ? January 15th.
Westville? January 19th. V
Blaney? January 21st and 22ml'.
Liberty Hill? January 20th.
Kershaw? January 28th and 29th.
All persons between the ages of 21.
and 00 yrnrs, inclusive, are required
to pay a poll tax,, and all persons be
tween the ages of 21 and 50 years,
inclusive, are required to pnv a Road
tax, unless excused by law. All
Trustees, Guardians, Executors, Ad*
ministrators or Agents holding prop
perty in charge must return same.
Parties sending tax returns by mkll
must make oath to same before some |
officer and' fill out the samo in prop
er manner or they will bo rejectod.
B. E. SPARROW,
Auditor Kershaw County.
FINAL DISCHARGE
Notice is hereby given that one
month from this date, on the 8th day
of January 1982, at eleven o'clock, A,
M. I will make to the Probate Court
of Kershaw County my final return
as Administrator of the estate of
Mary E. Blackwell, deceased, and on ?*
the same date I will apply to the iald
Court for a final diftcnarge as said
Administrator.
? B. W. MABSWAItoflSl
Adutalrtrttor of th? Eit*u ?f Mary
0.mLT& D?. 0th. 1M1.