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16 Wateree Messenger ibIUhed Every Wednesday bjpr IAS. W. BIRCHMORE, Prop. ; ud aui Second Claat MitUtf lS Poetoffice at Camden. 8. C. ftliMon >1.50 A ear in Advance petinesday, November 22, 198 - ' *8 fine to do a good turn, but few us do' enough i>f them to make us ScuVptore Should have a code. They are said to be confirmed chislers. The modern girl, like the lily, toils net, but when there is a car handy She spintf~some. Some people who can speak several |aft$V?vges are unafole to think clearly even in one. Bf : The price tag helps a woman to de ; cide whether "she likes the new coat she Ji about to buy. Ki $[' Some who clamor for justice would a louder squawk, if they really got - ^ The Italian cabinet can ,go into 4>e0tflon with a quorum present 'when ever Mussolini is awake. Morons who rocked the boat last ^Kuuiuer and got 'away with it are starting kitchen fires with kero aenfei%>fv sometimes wonder how the nice ?1e know so much about the ,y magazines they want to sup a write between three and ion dollars worth of checks y end some of them are good bank. . Jjfai'ii iiVtt.V. .. . . ' , . i . ? t explorer has discovered an tribe which is so heartenish Its members never try to reform neighbors. -*? old-fashioned lady who cor rected her erring husband with a illing ipin lias a granddaughter who, , its even more lasting insults with m automatic. ? Knuto Rockne is enduring pun in another world wo hope it ' doesn't include having to witness the performances of this year's Notre DMA.te.rn. ? LEARNING A SIMPLE LESSON The city of St. Paul, Minnesota, ' i a probable cafch deficit of one one-half million dollars and a ting ? tax deli aquency, according Minneapolis Tribune, and finds >rced to come to terms And ions prescribed by bankers if its isto be financM'and carried. *t respect Its condition is like the great majority of large towns throughout * the ielt have operated on a JJpi business-like way depfeso. ii settled down three year sago. This lit a situation where sol become virtually partners a city's affairs, and that cat* the bank has a say inistration, which is but the Minneapolis banks fi Paul the city authorities to the invoking of rigid l and use tax collections to Impressing obligations, I, city activities must be even suspended, accord stipulations of the banks, this new system thai since so 'many Ameri ities have found them _ to accept whatever ind financiers impose to the Tribune com wt analysis it is all within Income and arrives at that decision or finds it forced the demands of loan small difference. In only one choice power has ? it is hardly i terms forced end ' which no when he L THANKSGIVING DAY . ? . ? : ? The first Thanksgiving Day ob served in America was that proclaim ed by Governor Bradford of Plymouth colony in 1621, the year following th? landing of the Pilgrims. During co lonial days similar observances were held on various occasions. President Washington by procla mation set November 26, 1789, as a day of general thankspiving, but dur-. ing the early history of the Republic such observances were irregular, and the several states generally set their own dates for holding them. < It was not until 1864, under Presi dent Lincoln, that the last Thursday was settled upon as Thanksgiving Day throughout the United States. The fixing of this date is said to have been largely due to the- efforts of Mrs. Sarah J. Hale, an American author, who began agitating' for a uniform annual date about 1840. Each year she wrote to all state governors asking that they' name the last Thurs day in November, and gradually they fell in with her. idea. On the Pilgrims' first Thanksgiving Day wild turkey formed the chief constituent of the feast, and ever since turkey has been inseparably associated with the day's observance. THE NEW^GENERATION From the earliest times it appears that the problem of directing young folks in the proper wny has engaged the serious attention of reformers and uplifters ? and busybodies. A book on etiquette published in 1850 gravely warns young women of the perils of the waltz and declares that "unmarried ladies should refrain from the waltz altogether in public and in pivate." It is assumed that married ladies were supposed to be immune to its demoralizing effects Every once in a while someone digs up an old newsnaper or magazine containing an ai*ticle which throws light on this tendency to worry about the young (people of the past. Tho boys and girls of the present genera tion are likewise causing consterna tion among tho self-appointed guard ians of morality. But, the youngsters of today, in spite of Cheir seeming frivolity, are the most promising crop of future citizens the world has ever seen. Whatever their failings, they are not hypocrites ? and that can not be laid of most of their critics. A SENSIBLE JUDGE One of tho distressing results of sending men to prison indiscriminate ly for all sorts of offenses is that it often works a terrible hardship on those dependent upon them. Judge Nova of Brooklyn is one who recog nizes this, and in certain cases adopts practical means to protect, innocent victims of the law's operation. ? When Frank Bruno, who earns $50 a week, was brought before him re cently and pleaded guilty to having two wives, one with two children and the other with one, the judge said: "I would gladly send you to Sing Sing, but your two wives and their children woufd bo sufferers. You will pay the wife with two children $20 a week and the wife with one child $15." Thus five persons, who would have been deprived of sup|port through sending Bruno to the penitentiary, were provided for, while the culprit will be constantly reminded of his offense and is not likely to repeat It. That appears to be justice tempered with common sei^se. GOLD ANI*> EMPLOYMENT ? Mr. Roosevelt's latest announce on gold, In which ho pledged the gov ernment to offer a market at ths world price for as much of tho yellow metal as is offered to it, will have a salutary effect on thia country. Tho purpose of the plan as affect ing currency and1 credit .expansion is of only academic inteiwuv u> most of us. Its effect will doubtless bo an im portant expansion of mining activi ties, both here and abroad. Gold is like everything jjlse ? the wider and more profitable the market, the more effect will be given to finding and de veloping the product. Thousands of men will flnfl new work In the mining industry. 'Thous ands of families will receive their livelihood because of it. And millions of dellars wil be put in circuation, ?5 i>jrge through the veins of industry ind speed the work of recovery. ? . . . . *? faffulftr communication of thia lod** It heM on the ?flrit Toe?!*y in earth month ?t 8 p. Tti. Vlftitto* Brethren *t#1 *elcoWie<l. N? ft. GOOD ALE, JR., 1 1 W. WILSON, Worshipful Master! K" SELLING TO FARMERS ? -~ Business men of the country spend 850 miUidn dollars a year for adver tising -to reach city dwellers, but, only 30 million in reaching the farmers, according to Samuel R. McKelvie,! formerly of the. Federal Ftirm Board. J He added that this disproportion in | advertising efforts was all the more sti iking when it is considered that the farmers of the country have a normal purchasing power of ten bil lion dollars annuully. He might have gone further bj stating that no class of prospective customers aro more responsive to honest advertising than farmers and farmers' wives. Genrally they take fewer newspapers and other pe'iof.i-, cals than city dwelleis and conse quently read those they do take moit thoroughly. Merchants would do well to give more consideration to newspaper! which reach the rural population. A PLAN FOR COTTON The American Cotton Cooperative Association, which represents 250,000 cotton growers, has advanced a plan lor starting that industry on the road ' o recovery. Under it the price of cotton would be. fixed at 15 cents per pound. The Government would at once advance 4 cents a pound to holders of plow-up options ? thus, according to the As sociation, keeping '2,400,000 bales off and already gluttered market, inas much as the farmers holding the op tions will have to sell them to obtain cash if present conditions continue. Bona fide cotton farmers who have sold a -portion or all of their 1938 production would be given the right to buy in the open market a number of bales equal to that which they have produced and sold this season. This would give the benefit of higher prices to both groups of cotton pro ducers ? those who have and those who have not disposed of this year's production. s The Administration should give its most serious consideration to tl;c plan. It is directly in line with the recovery principles laid down by Mr. Roosevelt ? that the earning power of the people Bhall keep step with the rise in their expenses. At present) the cotton producer like many other farmers, is actually in a worse po sition than he was a year a&o ? in the light of livjng costs, his income is lower. The exchange /value of his product has gone steadily down. The cotton plan, once It is tried and proven successful, will point the way to similar relief measures for other grou(ps of organized farmers. It is an excellent example of the essential w?rk done by the cooperatives in furthering the interests of the pro ducer and the consumer. EVERYONE MUST HELP Not another winter like the last! That was the pledge of the new Administration when it camo into of fice. Every effort is being given to achieve it. It represents the most earnest hope of every citizen. But government alone can't do it all. We can spend money for relief ? and wo are, but there is never enough. We can build public works ? but there comes an end to that, and the public treasury is not bottomless. A large share of anyNdnd of relief effort must bo borne by the individ ual citizen. And this doenn't mean charity, vital as that is. The best kind of re lief is that which : ;^ds frtoney and provides jobs on projects which are permanently valuable, and gives those who pay tho bill something really needed. That Is true whether the work is done by tho Federal govern ment or the state, or John Jones down th? street. A dollar spent for a new house, or to repair an old one, does double duty. An extremely large share of it goes I directly to labor in your own town. The rest of it goes to various Indus- 1 tries, through numerous ipockets. It touches many states and communi ties. It is always growing -and by the time it has run its course it has done tho work of fifty or a hundred dollars. Tlemcimher that-? remember too that you have a selfish interest in building and repairing while prices aro still in the economic basement. California, home of the violin pro ! digieft Menuhen and Ricci, has pro duced another astounding child artist, Ruth ffleticzynski, 8*yeair*old concert pianist. After her recent re cital in New York, tho Times said of her rendition of a Chopin Etude that it "was articulated on such tremen dous proportions for a child that the audience, fairly gasped at several places in the performance." I n'liiiiifk ^OODRdADSPAY^P I ? . ? ' 7j It has been frequently asserted that good roads really cost nothing it. the j long-run, but yield u profit on the' investment necessary to provide them. According to Tholnas P. Henry, of the American Automobile, Associa tion, good roads have reduced \he cost of automobilo operation ,>from an "Wei age of 10 cents a mile to 6.43 cents V. : ;ii?i in theJaSt few years. Li; This means that for a trip of 100 miles the expense is now $3.75 less -than it would have been under aver age conditions in 1925, taking iht:> Account the r#3t oi ga-oline, the lcs: /wear on cars and tires, ana sc. me al lowance for lime saved. If these savings are only sufficient * 0 offset the additional gasoline and jther taxes necessary to build tin highways the motorist is still ahead .>f the game, because of the gi cater Satisfaction and comfort enjoyed . while on the road. ! ' SPEED POSSI HI LIT IE? ? Certain aviation engineers predict that airplanes may eventually attain a speed of 1,000 miles an hou:-; also that non-stop fights around the world will b? made. As the apparent movement of the sun, due to the earth's rotation, is less than 1,000 miles an hour in lati tudes above and below the equator, such a speed would present some interesting collateral experiences. For example: Traveling west, the might ci cle the globe in daylight, as the plane would keep pace with the sun. Traveling ea^t, the plane would meet the sun twice, so that it would apparently experience two days in 24 hours. Strangest of al\ if the plane Were flying somewhat faster than the visi ble movement of the sun, it might start out shortly after sunset and fly west to overtake the sun,' which would appear to rise in the west. Continuing its flight, it would finally leave the sun so far . behind that it would ap pear .to set in the east. A watch carried under either of these conditions might tell how long the plane had / been in the air, but would be of little use in determining the time of day at any given poiVit during tho flight. Sidelights 1 * . Harry S. Berry, assistant admin istrator of the public works adminis tration was dismissed because he cir culated a letter intimating that the government would not insist upon re payment of pulblic works loans. Still, a good many municipalities and other political units are borrowing on the strength of Mr.-Berry's theory. Commenting on the present trend toward government control of every thing and- everybody, Will Rogers says: "I haven't seen a copy of the Constitution in years; I guess they are out of print." . Mrs. Emily Mui(phy, 07, who died 'in Edmonton, Canada a few days ago, was the first woman in tho British empire to hold a judicial office. She was magistrate of the Edmonton juvenile court from 1916 to 1931, and was made a Lady of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem by King George for her patriotic service during tho World War. Bishop Whittirghimo of Ipswich, England, says it is all right for wo men to appear in church without hats, fie declares that St, Paul's supposed interdiction against women appear ing uncovered referred to veils and not to hats. Hats had not been in vented in St. Paul's time. In fact, bats as we know them were not made until about tho year 14^4, in Paris, and were not introduced into England until a cenury later. Tt may be surprising to many to know that there are now 18 Girl Scout troops for tho blind in tho United States. Mrs. Helen Wprd Stevens, a director of tho national organization, says that regular girl Acouting can be given blind girls and that few change* in the ordinary re quirements are necessary*, also that "tho g}rlg themeselves want no changes, no concession?/' Although the baseball season is some time past, belated mention may be given the SJbilsky toam of Houghton, Mich., com/posed of nine brothers, with the father as coach, which has a fine diamond record. A report of one of their innings might have read thus: "With BiWIaky on first and Sibilsky on second, Sibilnky singled, filling the base?. Then Stbil skyhit a home run, scoring four SiMlnky.." . ???" > STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF TheCommercialBank of Camden LOOCATED AT CAMDEN. S. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSI NESS OCTOBER 25, 1933 ASSETS Loai.s and Discounts $2,160.00 Bonds and Stocks Owned by Hank - 9, '650.00 Cash on Hand r. '.d Due-from Banks . . .^ 82,331.53 Check? and Cash Items 168.99 Other Assets: Bond, Interest, Acc:ued at time of Purchase 138.34 Total $94,437.96 LIABILITIES Capital Stock Paid in $30,000.00 Surplus 7,500.00 Undivided P:o(its Less Expenses and Taxes 36.16 Deposits : ? Demand $56,901.80 Total Deposits 56,901.80 i otal $94,437.96 Stat'? of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. Before mo came H. G. Carrison, Jr., Cashier of the above named bank, who, upon being duly sworn, says that the above is a true statement of the condition of said bank, as shown by books of the bank H. G. CARRISON, JR Sworn to and subscribed before me this 14th. day^of November, 1933. THOMAS ;H. DANIEL, ^Notary Public for South Carolina. CORRECT ATTEST: H. G. CARRISON, SR., R. B. PITTS, W. R. ZEMI>, Directors. DISTRESS AFTER MEALS Relieved By Black-Draught "I had wour stomach and gas," writer. Mr. Jess HigginB, of Daw sonvillo, Ga., "and often I would have bi)?ous spells. I read about Thr-dforu s Black-Draught and be gan to take it. It relieved ino of this trouble. I keep it all tho time now. I consider it a fine medicine. I take a j nch of Blaek-Dtf'rt.iKht after meals whon I need it. It lir-lps to prevent siok headache and to keep tho system in good order." Get a packagro at the store. Try It I Now you can g at Black-Draught in the form of a SYRUP, /or Childkkn. Celebrating her luuth biftnday, Mrs. Sarah i' ieki of Los .tvnguMfe kaiu bllb leifc aS u& u ciicivct. 1AA A->V> OllO A L'J.iCCkiUll Ox OiiCOOly OOma&w,; UitVi tuAw J tuk JLxJUKJ ti lit UliU Owt^/ uitvll i^QCuiUUui ox, x?/oo, iUCtuont) mvi.uuw any peimicy. <tuiy iiuoa luutiuii cun OtUO M itl UO 51 ? Utl kJ J 4 Aicii i* %? licii luv^uiiiu^ auuut tavwv.t> ?> iCuOC OvmuU uCllUOl ill nitll you live ux own piopti iy'. 1 onowing is a not, ox total levies JlOi' eacn 011001 ivisciici, xu; ootooi, v^ouui/y unu ovulu tuxes. iveikUio iuvviisnip j ivi Ills A>i.si,iict 1S0. 1 ' *0 xJlStilCL i<l O. it . OO s , xJtobiiCt/ xvO. ?* 1)0 '/ 2 iVi^tiicc iNo. o 10 iVlSll'lCl anO. 2o ^4 UlSkUCt iNO. IcJ ouiiaio lownsnip District i\o. 6 37 % IVlSO.lCt i\0. 0 ?174 -L/ISi, . .i, ?>IU. I 00 '?4 UlSl.lCt *NO. lb 2174 1 OloU lCt 1V0. k.O 26 '/ ? ivisi/. let No. 22 <10 lyisuici Mo. 23 4 District No. 27 ao UlSniCt 1N0. 21% District No. 31 2 li% uisirict No. 4U 40 Di<ttnct No. 42 21% ' Fiat ltock 'township District No. o 35 District No. 5) 36 Dist.ict No. 1U 26% District No. 13 24% Disuict No. liJ 36 District No. 3d 2t% District No. 33 36 District No. 37 36 Dist.ict No. 41 36 District No. 4G 26% District No. 47 21% Watercc Township District No. II 24% District No. 12 35'^ District No. 16 26 District No. 29 27% District No. 38 21% District No. 3D 2(5% Yours respectfully, ( S. W. HOG UK, Treasurer KerqhaM County, S. C j MIDWIVES MUST HAVE LICENSE Since from time to time someone is found practicing as a midwife with out a license in this state, it seems necessary to make a restatement of the Law in regard to midwives prac ticing in South Carolina. Thees laws were adopted and promulgated in 1925. At that time there were 4,000, working in this State. Each county was oiganiteed, taught, and given a chance to comply with the Law. Since that time they have been under supervision by County and State Health departments. In 1933 there are approximately 2,600 who have licenses and who are working. Listed by counties they are as follows: Ab beville 46, Aiken 68, Allendale 36, Anderson 78, Bamberg 27, Barnwell 36, Beaufort 160, Berkeley 114, Cal houn f?7, Charleston 192, Cherokee 32, Chester 30, Chesterfield 39, Claren don 58, Colleton 90, Darlington 45, Dillon 37, Edgefield 38, Fairfield 57, Florence 67, Georgetown 78, Green wood 72, Greenville 26, Hampton 78, Horry 52, Jasper 35, Kershaw 88, Lancaster 31, Laurens 41, Lee 34, McCoimick 42, Marion 61, Marlboro 38, Newberry 79, Oconee 46, Orange burg 125, Pickens 19, Richland 98, Saluda 34, Spartanburg 74, Sumter 73, Union 34, Williamsburg 75, York 48. Section 3. They (the midwives) shall report to the public health nurse of their community, whenever requested to do so. Section 4. When midwifery classes are held in a county by either a State or County Nurse, all midwives are requested to attend the entire course of at least ten lessons. At the con clusion of this course, certificates will he granted to those whom the instructor considers competent to practice. These certificates are valid for or.e year only -and must be renew ed each year by the county nurse dr the State Midwife Supervisor and may be withheld at the discretion of the Midwife Supervisor, or County Health Workers. Section 5. Every midwife must be successfully vaccinated. Section 6. They shall be subject to the public health nurses employed by the State Board of Health. Section 7. No midwife who has failed to othtnin o rhold a certificate as set for^h above shall practice mid wifery In this State. Section 8. Any person violating any of the above rules or regulations shall upon conviction bo punished as provided in Section 2314, Vol3, Code of La\(r? of South Carolina, 1922. (This section provides, that any one failing to Comply with any of the iuIos and regulations of the Execu tive Committee of the State Board of Health shall upon conviction, be fined not to exceed $100 or shall bo imprisoned not to exceed 30 day?. .TAMES A. HAYNE, M. D. State Health Officer. Dependable Ambulance SERVICE KORNEGAY FUNERAL HOME Phone 103 Cntmlcn, H. C. A DOLLAR'S WORTH ? Clip this coupon And mrfil it with $1 for ? aix week*' trinl / tibtcripiion to TUB CHRISTIAN SCIRNCB MONITOR Published by Trnt OjiKistMN gctcMca PunuAttma Booikty Bo*ton, Mftsanehusetts, I), n. A. tn it you Will And the dniiy good now* of the world from It* 800t*p*ol*l writer*, AS well *4 '<t<*pnv (merit* devoted to women's *nd children'# Inter wW, aport*. mimic, finance, education. rAdlo, ?to. You will be ?ln<i to welcome Into your home *o fcarles* an advocate of pcaco end prohibition. And don't ml** Rnuba, Our Do?, ?nd the Sundial and the other feature*, Tn* Christum Roibno* Momjtos, Back Bay Station, Boston, Mam. Pleas? lend me a six week*' trial subscription. 1 enblose one dolUr ($1).