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The Wateree Messenger -? Published Every Wednesday by CHAS. W. BIRCH MORE, Prop. . * Entered as Second Clue Matter al the Poetofflce at Camden, 8. C. Subscription $1.50 A Year in Advance " Wednesday, November 28, 1982 SHORT OB LONG? > ' A little dog was chasing a train.! One who saw the chase said: "I wonder what that dog would do with ?; the train if he caught it?" The Democrats have caught complete con-> trol of our government and the most important question is: "What are they going. to do with it?" The party is naturally intoxicated with their unprecedented triumph. It is the sixth time since the split of the party in 1860, which brought on the civil war, that the Democrats have elected a president. Tilden was elected in 1876 but was cheated out of the office. A sobering thought should come from the fact that sub sequent triumphs were short-lived. The leaders should go carefully over the history of the two administra tions of Cleveland and the two of Woodrow Wilson and see if any mis takes were made which caused the party's tenure of power in those in stances to last for such short periods. If the slight duration of their per iods of control of the national gov ernment were due to mistakes of ad ministration or legislation, then ev ery effort should be made to avoid repeating those mistakes during the Democratic administration which starts on March 4 next with the in auguration of Franklin Roosevelt as president and the going into office of a new congress with Democratic majorities in both branches. Cleveland was elected in 1884. The next election put a Republican, Ben jamin Harrison, in the presidency. Cleveland came back in 1892. In the next four presidential elections the Republican party triumphed. Then came the election of Wilson in 1912. That was not, strictly speak ing, a Democratic triumph as the Democracy was at a low ebb of vot ing strength. Bryan got more votes 0 every time he was defeated than Wil son did when elected in 1912, even in 1?96, sixteen years before, when the total of votes was considerably less. Wilson won in 1912 because Roosevelt split the Republican party. Did his first administration build up Democratic strength? Not so as you could notice it. It is true that Cali fornia finally pulled him back into the presidency. His strength in 1916 was in the slogan, "He kept us out of war." But, even then, had his Re publican opponent, ChaB E. Hughes, been wise enough not to snub Hiram Johnson in California that state would have remained Republican as it usually had been and as it was not that year by a small majority. And that second administration of Wilson was followed by three Republican victories. The Democrats have an other chance. What will they do with it? ? Anderson Independent. TWO ATTITUDES The transport problem is usually viewed from two distinct attitudes. One is that the railroads are being unfairly treated and that all common carriers should be regulated as much alike as is feasible. The other is that the railroads are a dying indus try and that there is no point in cramping the style of progress by ex tending strict regulation to their competitors. To many uninformed or unthinking persons, this last argument is a per suasive one. We see trucks carrying merchandise and freight Where, a few ^ years ago, the rails were supreme. We see buses ply the highways load' ed with passengers that once travel ed by railroad. It's easy to believe the "dying industry" argument. The figures, however, paint a diff erent story. The railroads still carry almost all the heavy tonnage of the country. They still move about 75 per cent of all freight tonnage. No other medium has arisen that shows any sign of being able to take their l>lace, particularly on long hauls. The problem, then, resolves into this: We must have a transport po licy that recognizes conditions as they are? not as they were or may be. There is a' place for trucks, for pipe lines, for airplanes, for water ways ? but that doesn't mean that the railroads have been replaced. The rails are and will continue to be the backbone of the nation's trans port That being1 true, any sound program must guarantee them a fair deal and allocate to each carrier its most useful place lit teh transport THANKSGIVING DAY Thursday is national Thanksgiving Day. It is a beautiful custom, this setting asidfe of one day in the year in which to return thanks to the Giver of all good things. Many people might say that they have nothing to be thankful for but then human na ture is prone to complain. If we pause for a few minutes we can find plenty of things to be thankful for both as individulas and as a nation. We should be thankful that this great nation of ours is at peace. That crops have been bountiful, that things in general are taking on a brighter aspect. So let us all with one accord pause and give thanks to the Great Giver of all blessings which we have had during the past twelvemonths. I thank thee for friends who are loyal, For dear ones, for love that is true, For home and the comfort it brings me When day and my labors are thru; For victories won o'er the tempter, For strength of my body of clay, For peace in our land of freedom And hope ? for the coming day. ASSETS The Messenger tafces occasion to call attention to two of Kershaw County's assets ? and they are very big assets too! We refer to her County and Home Demonstration Agents, Mr. H. D. Green and Miss Sadie B. Craig. Both are hard and earnest workers and have done wonderful constructive work in Ker shaw County. They have meant much to the county's farmers and farmerettes ? both young and old. No County can well afford to do without county demonstration agents. Kershaw County can't even consider doing without hers. And the pretty feature about it is that we secure them for half price ? the Federal gov ernment pays the other half." By all means let us continue to keep our county agents ? they are assets and very valuable ones at that. DORCHESTER COUNTY'S LOSS The departure this week from Dorchester County of two Metho dist pastors, Dr. C. F. Wimberly of St. George, and Rev. Thomas Kem merlin, Jr., of Grover, is indeed a great loss, not only to the individual communities in which these noble pastors resided, but to Dorchester County as a whole. But we must bow in humble submission to Him in whose vineyeard these pastors live and labor, and what is Dorchester's loss shall prove the gain of Camden and Buckville, the pastorates to which Dr. Wimberly and Rev. Kemmerlin go. Dr. Wimberly has lived and lab ored among us for four years, and during this time has won the esteem and love of all with whom he came in contact. He is without a doubt one of the greatest preachers in the Methodist Conference, and his going to a larger field of service is a crown well won, Camden is one of the best pastorates in the State, and in Dr. Wimberly they will find a man amply fitted, both spiritually and mentally, to carry on their great work. I Rev. Kemmerlin, while serving at Grover only one year, is no stranger to us, being reared at Bowman, Orangeburg county, not far from St. George. During his sojourn at Grover, Rev. Kemmerlin, 'tho only a young man, being his first year as a pastor, has by a great Christian life, shown himself worthy to be s laborer in his Master's vineyard, and his being sent to a much larger field for the coming year is a promotion well deserved. Rev. Kemmerlin is, we believe destined to prove one of the shining lights of Methodism. He ip a grad uate of South Carolina University where he finished four year's work in three, and, we are informed, that Mr. Kommerlin has been informed from Kmory University, the head quarters from which all the young ministers of South Methodist take their correspondence courses that he has made the highest average of any in the church. This is indeed a most unusual honor. While regretting the departure of Dr. Wimberly and Rev. Kemmerlin, both of whom we have become to love, the County Record extends to them our best wishes for a most successful work in their new fields. May their leaving us be only another step to wards greater and more useful work for our Master's Kingdom. And again, we hope to have the pleasure of having these preachers come "baik home", so to speak, sometimes and mingle again with folks whose love and best wishes shall follow all along life's pathway., ? Dor chaster County Record. WASHINGTON CURRENT COMMENT The election is over, and again the! country turns its eyes toward Con gress, which soon will meet in short! sessien. During the campaign, both' ^urties went softly regarding tho beer matter, but it seems likely thac the prohibition question will attract] the early attention of the legislator;:. I It is expected that alterations in the| Volstead Act will be urged on the ground of increased revenue, and with this aspect presented prominently, a lowering of the beer barrier may be^ tolerated by many who would othor-^ vise oppose such a step. Reports as' o what the new President will do art- |j ife, but he has denied some of them pecifically, and most of them gener ally, conference and consideration be ng necessary before questions cuv. >e settled which the papers here ami I broad have taken upon themselves | o decide off-hand. Among the rum ors that may be laid aside without a econd thought, is the one to the ef ect that President Hoover may re ign. The originator of the suggest on, however, deserves some credit .'or digging up a scheme that is cer ainly novel, even though beyond the- 1 bounds of possibility. The President ' has invited Mr. Roosevelt and his ad visers to a conference on the foreign debt situation. By the time this col umn is in print, the conference may have transacted its business and ad journed. None but the most bitter partisans ^on each side will repudiata the maxim that two heads are better than one. Mr. Hoover is to be com mended for extending the invitation, Mr. Roosevelt for accepting it. Be fore Washington is fairly over the worry caused by the pre-election pre sence of large bodies of men in th* capital to urge their demands upon Congress, the post-election presence of similar bodies looms large, and anxiety increases accordingly. There is nothing to fear from riot, sine? most of the marchers, whatever be the cause they advocate, are not of the rioting type. The problem, rath er, is to permit and even encourage, petition and remonstrance, with a minimum amount of suffering among the petitioners. It is in this spirit that the authorities of the District of Columbia have suggested that the marchers of the future exercise the forethought that should characterize the advance of the army, and not omit the customary baggage train and commissary department. Not withstanding its reputed prosperity, Washington has its resident poor to care for, and an unprovisioned group of visitors simply takes the bread from the mouths of those who may be worse off than the guests. The news items have beaten Eddie Cantor to it in at least one instance. A man named Dollar, alleged to be owing much on bad checks in an Eastern city, had his career termi nated by Policeman Dunn. A traveller, returning from Italy, says that every worker in that coun try has three hours for lunch, which raises some speculation as to what a solid and leisurely Italian dinner must be like. A paper remarks that a candidate for the Senate was defeated because he ran on the platform that he was needed to save the country from Com munists, Socialist, Nudists, and In fidels. Perhaps his general fanati cal tendency made it wise that he be kept at home, but on the other hand, It may be that an outspoken Petei the Hermit, preaching a crusade a Kainst the elements mentioned, might not be quite useless in the higher leg islative body. Armistico Day celebrations took on a quiet tone this year. There were parades and speeches, but the royst ering tumult of a decade Rao was lacking. The boys of 1918 had become sobered men. The khaki, although still bright, will fade as surely as did the blue and gray. The natives of an island in the | southern seas honor a friend by keep ing his burial place in mind. * When they questioned Capt. Cook, the ear ly explorer, along that line, he replied that no person subject to the will of the ocean could foretell his end or place of rest. . At Santa Cru* if Cuba, a twenty-foot mass of water, sweeping shoreward from the great deep, has taken a toll of about twuj thousand lives. Captain Cook was right. Ikort Spaa of Ltfe The average lifetime of a man hi the Sixteenth century was twenty year*. (Oven now In India, It l? enly twenty- six years. THJJ STRENGTH OF THB CHUKCl By Rev. J. Keels, Pastor of th? Presbyterian Church. Bethunc, & C How strong is the church to-day? The church is being attacked from within and without. There are those who fear for the future of the church. Articles appear in maga zines in which this question is ask ed, what is wrong with the church V Some say that the people in the cit and in the country do not attend church as they have done in the past They see empty churches, efnpty pews, empty pulpits, and empty col lection plates for the establishing of the church in foreign lands. Thero are those who would set "A new il .ttlo-Cry for Missions, saying, "Christianity must not longer make quarrel with the other major relig ions of the East." What would Paul, the greatest of all missionaries, say to that? The strongest attack comes rom with-in. There are members who do not support the church even .vith their presence. But regardless of all this the church is strong an<' her work shall go on. Wherein lies the strength of the :hurch ? If you think of the churcl" as under the rule of men and as be longing to man you can not realize her strength. The church is under the rule of Christ. He owns the church. It is being built by Him. "I will build my church ? ", He said Mat. 1C-18). The church's founda tion is Jesus, the Christ. Upon the confession of faith that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, the church is being built. If it were pbssible to take away this great truth the church would collapse. Don't worry about the church. There is nothing wrong with the church of Christ. There may be something wrong with some of the members. The church is the possession of Christ. He is the Head of the Church. The church shall stand and her work of winning souls for the Lord will not end until the Kingdom be brought in. The one who has all authority has said that the <jates of Hell shall not prevail against tlv. church. America's First Fork la 1633, the first fork was brought to this country. It was tn a leather case with a bodkin and knife. The owner wns Oov. John YVInthrop. Thanksgiving Was Originally . .A Day of Fasting and Prayer By Dobs H. Tisdalb Royal Baking Institute FTER the first har vest of the New England colonists in 1621, Governor Bradford made pro vition for a day of thanksgiving and prayer. In 1623 a day of fasting and prayer in the midst of drought was changed into thanks giving by the coming of rain during the prayers ; gradually the custom pre vailed of appointing thanksgiving an nually after harvest. These appoint ments were made by proclamation of the Governors of the several New Eng land colonies. ^ During the Revolution a day of na tional thanksgiving was annually rec ommended by Congress. In 1817 New York adopted it as an annual cus tom, and it spread through many of 193 MAJORITY FOR DEMO CRATS IN NEW SESSION The Democratic party will have a majority of 193 over the Republican and Farmer-Labor membership in the new Congress after March 4. Results of close races In Minne sota and California now having beon cleared up, the standing of the next House is: Democrats, 14; Republicans, 116; Farmer-Labors, 6. Total 435. On election day the standing of the House was Democrats, 217 with four vacancies; Republicans, 209, with four vacancies. There is on2 Farmer Labor member in the present Con gress. the states by the middle of the nine teeifch century. In 1864 President Lin coln appointed a day of thanksgiving, and since then presidents have issued a Thanksgiving proclamation, generally designating the last Thursday in November. 9 The original Thanksgiving was a day of prayer and fasting. The modern Thanksgiving is a day of feasting. Here is a recipe for holiday pound cake which will add to the attractiveness of the table: One cup shortening, one cup pow dered sugar, four eggs, two cups flour, two teaspoons cream of tartar baking powder, one teaspoon vanilla extract; one and one-half cups sliced citron; one and one-half cups walnut meats, coarsely chopped. Cream shortening: add sugar slowly, beating in well. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add sifted dry ingredi ents, mixing well. Add citron and nuts. Bake in 1 very large or 2 regu lar size greased loaf pans in moderato oven at 32S? F., about 1 hour. Compositor* Kept Busy Tfcs average daily output In the government printing office Is 8,.r>00, 000 ems of type sot. The yearly out put Is some 2.470.000.000 r?ins of type. Relieves Women's Pains Here Is an example of how Cardul has helped thousands of women: "I was very thin and pale," writes Mrs. F. H. Scott, of Roa noke, Va. "I suffered from weak ness and a severe pain In my back. This pnln unnerved me, and I did not feel like doing my work. I did not care to go places, and felt worn, tired, day after day. "My mother had taken Cardul, and on seeing my condition Bho advised me to try it. I have never regretted doing so. I took three bottles and it built me up. I gained In weight, my color was bettor ard tho pain loft my back. I am stronger than I had been In some time." Cardul is Bold by local druggist#. Get Our Prices On Job Printing And Save Money BEFORE YOU PLACE YOUR OKDER FOR YOUR PRINTING GEI THE MESSENGER'S PRICES. YOU Y : RE ABLE TO SAVE CON SIDERABLY MORE THAN YOU FXPE^^D ON YOUR WORK. WHY NOT CHECK OVER YOUR SUPPLY AND LET US HAVE COPY OF THE FORMS YOU NKKIj VERY SOON. WE'LL GLADLY GIVE YOU AN ESTIMATE OF THfc COST, AND IF YOU ARE READY TO PLACE YOUR ORDER, WE CAN RENDER PROMPT SERVICE. IN FACT ON MANY JOBS Wfc CAN MAKE DELIVERY WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS. We Are Prepared to Do Any Form of Job Printing Letter Heads Envelopes Cards Circulars Office Foim8 Church Forms Placards Statements Pamphlets Programs Menus Invitations Jta> Watrm jMrssiniflfr Camden, S. C.