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The Wateree Messenger Published Every Wednesday by CHAS. W. BIRCHMORE, Prop. Entered as Second Class Matter at the Postoffice at Camden. S. C. Subscription $1.50 A Year in Advance Wednesday, January 10, 1934 When is a politician like a dredge ? When he slings a lot of mud. Some husbands don't even daro to make a minority report. Our new monetary policy is en couraging male gold diggers in the West. Professional reformers will bo un happy in heaven with nobody to re form. A friend in need is one who always has an extra cigarette and a match. The pessimist is disagreeable, but he gives less foolish advice than the optimist. Juror are sworn to decide in favor of the side having the most convinc ing liais. A London chimney sweep has written two novels, and a reviewer declarer they am n^ smutty. ?4 We admire those who are inde pendent and courageous enough to agree with our views. With a surplus oi! almost every thing, the supply of gossip seems never to equal the demand. Another odd fact is that kinJ hearted persons and murderers agree in their opposition to capital punish ment. Bulletin No. 3082, issued by tho U. - S. Children's Bureau, announces V the important discovei y that milk ia good for childri h. , ? GREET |SiGS TO 1931 The United Spates has come to the end of one of ^he most momentous years in its history. It has been a year in which vast and fiprecdented experiments have been tried. It has been a year in which governmental problems and issues have, to a great er degree than at any time since the "World War, engaged the attention and interest of the public. It has been a year of trial and error, of achieve ment and failure. And finally, it has been a year of astonishing change. For the first time since government ?/was founded, there has been sweep ing legislation to control the wages ^ind hours of the entire working pop ulation, and the competitvo methods of virtually all industry. A dramatic and frankly experimental effort to ?solve the farmers' problems has be come part of the law of the land. Tho largest public works program we have ever known has been inaugurat ed. Everything that the present leaders of government believed would spur recovery, has been done. Ad visors who had no previous connection ?with politics have been called in ? and their plans have been adopted. Tho ?whole prestige of government, and ?the immense power of the public treasury, have been used whole heartedly and sometimes ruthlessly to bring us stability and prosperity. To say that these efforts havo been entire successes is to close our eyes to facts. To say that they have failed is to be unjust. They hav'e fallen between tehse extremes. Men have been put to work by the hund reds of thousands ? men.who had had little or no work for two or throe years, and had been forced to suffer the ignominy of organized charity in order to keep their families and themselves from utter privation. Wages havo been appreciably raised And the sweat-shop, encouraged by tho depression, has been eliminated. Child labor is on the wane. The CCC camps, whatever their shortcomings, have served to provide thousands of young mon with useful work undo/ larmy 1 pay and discipline, and have kept them away from debilitating and demoralizing influence*. And in' other fields tho ninis taration has much on which can , honestly pride itself. It has started a program, whereby tho transporta tion difficulties of the country may eventually be solved. It has done a, good Job in soldifying and safeguard*, ing the banking structure. It han attempted to protect the public Against stock swindlers and fly-by night promoters, who refped \t> fine a harvest in the boom years and even after. It has created machinery seek ing to encourage, home financing and' private construction. I ..This is all ofl the cYedit side of the ledger. The ent ties on tho debit sido aro not lestf in^iottant ? apd it does the country and tho Administration no service to overlook ? thorn. All great experimental movements breed errors ? ajid Mr, Roojjevelt and hia advisors would have been a great deal moro than human had they avokied -th'e'mr" If is"- Unquestionably true that, in working to bring re covery, methods, have I'been adopted,.) and laws passed, which will make j ?arid some of. the sprjngs^- from whence : recovery,), must everkually.- flow. Tho 1 case of the utilities is one in point. ' They aro great employers and tax payers. They are, by . and large, one of theViost progressive influences in the average community. Yet the in dustry. as. a- wholes (-owned by. millions of 'investors) is being politically castigated because of the sins of tJ)e few ? a policy which can profit no one. ? Again, in the securities act, certain provisions have made it impossiblo ^o issue legitimate industrial securities ? thus depriving business o? capital it so ely needs, depriving workers oi potential jobs, and depriving the public of a place to put its money, where it can do essential work. Ttye law was. designed to banish tjia seller of wide blue sky ? and it .seems to have banished tho seller of honest shares and bonds as. well. In brief, government, and the vot ing public, .must not forget that private .initiative and.- enterprise are still the most important of national ?ittribut$s. Government can do much to cure depression but after recovery \has commenced, it is industry and capital which will provide jobs, taxes, payrolls, p: ogress. Tho public, pur^e is not bottoii'liv-s. It can bo mora easily exhausted ;iian wo know. The Administration should certainly not be blamed for honest mistaken ? ui}? less it makes no effort to correct them. And now i:> tho time for that. In, .summing up,' the American people have (no best of, reasons for. ^ookin^ to the future with confidence. The country is still here. Tho land is no less fertilo.than.it was. It#, industries are no. less great. Its individual spirit is no le,ss potent., Its intellectual capacity is no smaller Fa'ctoiies, utilities, . railroads, insurp anca companies, mines, .banks, farms ? they are all still here, and they will bo doing business as .usual when new forces, new changes, of which we know .nothing now, have usurped thu center. o I th? stage. . , So? greetingi to 1934! WALLACE CONDEMNS HOG PROi. CESS TAX DEDUCTION ... A In .several sections of the country local hog buyers, small processors any others purchasing' live hogs fpr com mercial slaughter are, reported to be deducting. the whole or a part of the. amount of the- processing tax . frinim the regular- quoted market price., Commenting otv these. reports > Secre^ lary* Wallace stated: ."Country buy ers and others, who, in Settling with the farmer, rfiake a deduction, for the process ir\g tax on the?bill of sale; art penalizing th'4 farmer, and aro tending to frustrate the ..declared ^glicy of th? Agricultural A^ljustrqor,t" Act.. There is. absolutely .no excuse for 4 RU,ch. a practice.; and farm era ..should, ^^Tusi to 'sell. to any . buyer, who mf^kes.- qr proposes to :? make any. .such 'reduc* lions. Tho open market price for live hog. -i is customarily established tho majority of persons who slaughi ( ter hogs and who will pay- -the tax t6 ! the Government.;. They pay thp. full ? quoted price for the .live^hogs,. aJHli't ' addition pay tho-' A Government. tho i processing tav:.mH r>{ ' 'tho? proceeds from hog products,: Processor?, therefore, who deliberately deduct ? the ta^. from, bids- based,- on tho re.g^ nlar 'market quotations .really esgapQ paying. any;ttax/a( all.. The sum they pay the Government- is offset by the deduction they qrw*k^,in thorprjeo/fhey p:iv the sellt>r. Country .buyers who deduct the jtax from the price, offered farmers and who then resetf^tfyo liyo hogs to another person o t processor, simply are taking, advantage 'of the farmer to jeaTi/.e a -larger profit than is represented by^ tho us'u$l dif/arerit-., ial_ between the local sftjupiiiK -point and tho "main terming lSnnrkot.' This is because cY>Ontr?" huyc?s*>rho <io not slaughter'* tfo^s; are not' required to ( i Che ''processing. ta^. 'Names of h<i|fc piD-chafte^ Tjases fthouhf ho for warder? immediately s ? to Dr. A!* (V. 'Tllaclt, clitef VyI* 'tho corn-hog 6<vot4oti, AgfiiMiltUrtd 'Adju&tftiont AdmnitfctMl ' 'tiofitfWrfohintffoh, D. (V Will ?Wfra all power urtfle* existing lay? . to prevent, . fraudulent practice#' hi crtnndctfqn ^vith; t.hn" ooV I lection of p#Wees<drVg tnxea." 1 V ? ' , i ' , 1 > CAPITAL COMMENTS (Oscar D. Blacky Jr.) v* At such an early stage it is rather difficult to- get an angle as to just what is to transpire during this ses ' sion of Congress. Your guess is as good as mine, or hundreds' of others, for that matter. However, to get a crofes section of how the South Car olina Senators and Representatives feel as regards this session, some o? them wen seen, j Below are their views: j Senator Byrnes: "A short session ' with action speeded to expedite re covery. Tentative legislation to sup plement the recovery program which was inaugurated during the last ses sion, and amendments placed where nccessary in the recovery bills. I am ?satisfied that national recovery is more in evidence than at any time since President Roosevelt's inaugura tion. "People, generally, do not want the present program altered. Wo have progressed this far, and are definitely on the up-grade, and there is no earthly Reasons why counter legisla tion should be passed. Business con ditions are greatly improved, and it is evident that they will continue." Senator Byrnes, incidentally ia very close to the Administration, and knows of what ho speaks. Many W hite Ilouse Conferences find the Senator present to offer his advico or criticism, as tho case might be. Senator Smith, South Carolina's rural and Agricultural expert, is under cover until Congress gets going. Mr. Smith is one o i thj bus* iest men on the Hill. Agricultural legislation Ls to occupy a large por? tion of the stage this month with the result that your Senator will have to be on the firing Tine. He ia up there with the boys, agriculturally speaking. A bright note was sounded for the ; Southern farmer by Representative ! Hampton P. Fulmer, 2nd Congress ional District. "Tho Country is behind tho Presi , dent arid Congress. Tho President . remains the "power" in legislation and will continue to dominate the lawmakers. j ? "Agriculture looks good if the farmers will cooperate, and band every effort to carry out the policies J of Congress. If the 1934-35 program materializes, tho Southern farmer will' profit and benefit; to the exteri? that his cotton will brjng 15 or 20 cents. "-There ought to be some legislation remedying the serious situation con fronting the war veterans and their dependents. Tho Spanish War vet erans have a grave condition facing them diw tu the. economy aci." Representative John C. Taylor, 3rd Congressional District, appears to be rather wary pf the glib promises of ' his Republican associates. I 'Through their floor leader, Repre sentative Snell, the Republicans aver that harmony will characterize this session, ? but how far his statements go, I, can not say. ."The, recovery program has gone .too far in places, and not far enough in. others." When asked to explain his above statement", Mr. Taylor inferred that the , recovery program was slightly out of balance, but that he hoped to see it corrected in this session of Congress. ' ... Representatives McMillian, Rich . ards, and Mc Swain arrived in the city a few days ago, and are <So tied up in getting various things, straightened that they excused themslves from .any appointments, but promised statements for next . week. Representative Oft?f}uo remains indisposed at home in .South Carolina. His Seqre{,ary states that he has been quitfc sick, but that he is scheduled tfco arrive in a few days. Preced^rU Was again smashed Wed nesday when President Roosevelt re ceived word by phone that Congress was in session and waiting to hear his message. In times past, it was customary for a delegation to notify tiho President. Another example of the manner in which ho slashes through inconsequential*. All 'of which is remindful of that spectacular airplane jump in 19.18 from Afhany to Chicago. Tin received .word Hhat he was tho Democratic choice*' fof President. No notifying committee for him. He boarded the plane, ahfl raced to Chicago in time to mrtke Ap address before the con vention nominated "him. Rome tntpg( unusual in the political annuals (ffjttwt' eoWntfy, but nothing is unusual I). Roosevelt; he makes thfll^hiirtkirt problem appear simple, htici thw harder the knots are to un : tang^ft/.the fftore he relishes the sit haljwrt. j irich n fighter. Senate* lUiey P. Lftng, had boy of 'the Senate, refuses to he downed by P^li&eaJ. reverses. The center of a I Sidelights To the emancipation " of Turkish women by the dictator Mustapha Kemal the University of Michigan owes one of its most charming coeds. She is Kaize Shevket, a 20-year-old freshman from Istanbul, the only female member of the university's; engineering school, who plan? to be come key's first woman chemical engineer. I.er sister is an assistant professoi^U^liie-^Uiiiver?ity of Istan bul. Arrested for kicking his wife on a <eattl-' street, Herbert Hayes ex plained: "It was my wife, judge, and she didn't mind." Hut the judgu did mind, and gave Herbert 10 days in jail. One reason why no one eve :'ound the mythical pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is that the rainbow is not merely a bow, but a complete circle, therefore without an end. As ">r. Humpries of the weather bureau recently explained, aviato'-; high above the earth see it as a circld and the plane seems headed toward it:; center as long as it is visible. What sounds like a tal! story comes from Colorado Springs, where CCC crews are building a series of fish dams in a nearby stream. E. S Keithly, the supervisor, declares that as soon as the work is started on a dam a number 01 beaver;; ge; busy and assist in doing the job. American manufacturers are much [ disturbed because of reports that tho . Japanese are stealing thei .* ideas. Machines of various kinds bought in tho U. S. are used as models by the Japs, who duplicate them with cheap labor at prices far below their cos1, of production in this country. The patents being without protection in Japan, it is difficult to see how any thing can be done about it. I Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, fi7-year-old baseballczar, has been given a new seven-year contract at a salary of $40,000 a year.* After tho White Sox scandal of 1919, Judge Landis resigned from the federal bench to become baseball commis sioner in 1920, with jurisdiction over the American and National leagues and the American association. By his firmness and fairness he has won the admiration ?of players and fans, and has restored confidence in t 10 integ rity of the national game. Ridiculing the zeal of faddists for strenuous daily exercise, Georgo Jean Nathan points out that the laziest animals live longest, citing the tor toise and elephant, which sometimes reach the age of 200 years or more, as examples. On the other hand, hi? notes that active animals like the dog, squirrel and hare, die at a relatively early age. i DIZZINESS relieved by Black-Draught "I decided to take Thedford's Black-Draught, as I had been hav ing bilious spells," writes Mr. Chan. S3. Steverls, of Columbus, Ind. "When I get bilious, I feel sleepy nnrt tired and do not feel like doing 1 v work. , t got awfully dizzy. I know thon that T bnd better take something. Aftei* I found how good Black- Draught Is, thnt Is what I have used. T guess It rids me of the bile, for I feel bet tor ? don't feel like T am dropping off to sleep every time I sit down. That, to mo, Is a very bad feel'ng.' ffow you can get Blaok-Draught the form of a fiYRUP, for Chimjrhn. 'LEE COUNTY SINGING CONVENTION TO MEET The 90th Session of the Lee County Singing Convention will be held with Hermitag ? Baptist Church of Camden on Sunday, Jan. 14th at 2:30 P. M. We extend a cordial welcome to all choir? and singers to m?*(t kith us and especially urge the churches of Camden and nearby country I churches to bo represented by their choirs or singers. A warm welcome to all. L. A. M^OKK, President. political sto::.i in Louisiana, his Senatorial nest peopnrdized, and (Stripped of any patr<..iage, he still spniles. Rounding into the House | Chamber Wednesday to her the Pres. , Idents message, he strode tip to "Big I Jim" Farley, disperser of patronage, ami offered a hand-shake which bore all the marks of being sinceue. Congress got off to a running ' start and appears not to lack any of i the vim which made it the wonder ' I legislative body of t,h ;? century in its last Washington appearance. With plenty . of rest, untold recuperative powers and a noticeable willingness for work, i4 appeans anxious to finish h job suspiciously begun last Spring; that of giving these United States prosperity. Snappy Stuft Joseph McKay 01' Evanston, 111., honor student in high school, has admitted the robbery of 70 homes. Among those robbed were homes of teachetii ho disliked. The will of John Sporting, a farmer ol Peetz, Coloiado, contained the prevision for $1 with which a brother and sister could purchase ropes to "hanj; yourselves." jos2ph Calvern, a blind man of Belfast, was called by error as wft .ies ; to ai; automobiu wreck. A masked bandit held up Fiau AlgTi odiirlen of Vienna and took all her clothing, Including shoes and stock ings. After deserting his wife, Henry Rowecroft of Leeds, Eng., returned home in her absence and carried away th<! iamily bed. Joseph Scott of Tontypool, Eng., in arrears $140 on his rent, was ordered to ;,ay at a rate that will take 21 years. Caught with a bogus railway ticket Thomas Ferrar of London chewec i to a pulp and swallowed i:. Miss Kalheriae Fayne ol Cowes Eng., was fined $50 for posting let ter with used stamps. Mrs. Ella Gardiner of Chicago re warded a boy with a dime after he restored t< lie; p. lost pu rs ? contain ing ;>4,0oo. Mrs. John Low 01 Bournemouth Eng., had her husband arrested fo. driving his auto while dtunk and ho was ruled ol'i t he- road 10; r. yea;. C. M. Lautermilch of Tiffin, O., ate 15 pounds of saurerkraut at one sit ting. " . Andiew Ferguson oi Hull, Eng., who died at 98, had read a chapte.1 in the BiEle daily for 1)0 years. With a smile Oscav Zimmerlingfl, of Home City, Kan., obeyed a robber s command of "hands up." The robber got only 17- cents, but Zimmerlings had $27 concealed in his mittens. Thomas Hussey of Batavia, N. Y., has worn the same hat for half a century. ! ' ? * Geoffrey Gildans of London de clared his son a "snob" and left his estate of $150,000 to nephews and nieces. When Charles Thurstin of Chicago was found praying on State street, he said he was "awfully drunk." A titled artist of London and he;* husband have separated because ho objected to her painting unclothed men. ' Santa Claus was arrested in Bur lington, N. C., charged with violation of a city ordinance in distributing circulars without a licensc. i , A live sheep with grass growing on its back is a curiosity at Freu I Flint's farm at Braintree, Va. Supposedly dead for 17 year.?, 1 Charles Bretz appeared in court in i Sandusky, O., to claim an estate ? $3,000 left by a relative. 1 Testifying that his wife kept a knifo under her pillow and that "every night the knifo was thero I couldn't sleep," George Berkon, Jr., of Chicago was awarde<T a divorce. Answering a separation suit I brought against him by his wife, [)r Adolph E. Citron of Brooklyn, N. Y., charged that his mother-in-law not only accompanied him and his wifo on their honeymoon but also slept in thfl sami" bed A quart of *<fil hurled by a woman routed two robbers who attempted to hold up Charles Dominick in hir gaso line station in Ha/, el F'ark, Mich. Feminine residents ?^>f Seattle1, Wash , worn sunbonnets to mark the 82nd anniversary of tho founding of thfl city. After 20 years of married liljf, Mrs. Katie Lenz of St. Louis has divorced Arthur Lenz, charging her husband kept a catfish in tho bathtub for two weeks, preventing member* of the family from taking a bath. As Christmas presents, Albert ^.lt meyer, retired grocery storo and meat market operator of Sheboygan. Wis., sent 166 former pations liuvico that bills totaling $3,500 had been canceled and hi j books burned Testifying they were married in 1896 and havo 15 children, Mrs. Anna Sabola of Bratey, Ohio, sought a divorce from Joseph Sabola. A cradle possessed b.- Mrs. Florence Graves of Ontario. Calif., has rocket 5'J babies o I tli ? Gravej family since J 888. Cuenca, Spain, had its first divorco case recently when a man, 80, stied his wife, 79, on grounds of cruelty. Because he charged his wife was absent from Homo many night ; dur. ing the week and refused to tell him where she had been, John Morrow oi Detroit, was granted a divorcc. Mrs. Ratherine O'Brian of Duluth, arrested for drunkenness, wa;: freed when she said her mother-in-law had just died. WHY GET I I' NIGHTS I. ax the Bladder With Juniper Oil, Butlm, Etc. Drive out the imparities and excess acid- that can so irritation, burning and frequent desire. Juiper oil is plcansnt to take in the form of BURETS, the bladder laxative, also containing Buehu leaves, etc. Works >:i the bladder similar to ^astor oil on the bowels. Get a 25c box from any d;ug store. After four days if not relieved of "getung up nights" go Sack and get your money. If you are bothered with backache or leg pains caused fro:.i bladder disorders you are bound to feel better after this cleansing and ou get your reg ular sleep. "DeKalb Pharmacy, says BURETS is a best seller." Colored card board? red, yellow, blue, green, white and black at the Messenger office. Dependable Ambulance SERVICE KORNEGAY FUN?RAL HOME Phone 103 Camden. S. C. NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS All parties indebted to the estate of Jessie Withers, deceased are hereby notified to make payment tc the undersigned, and all parties, if any, having claims against the said estato will present them likewise, duly attested, within the time prescribed by law. ESSIE WITHERS, Administratrix, Camden, S. C. Camden, S. C., December 14th, 1933. SPECIAL TAX NOTICE An Act was passed at last session of Legislature allowing taxpayers in this county ton (10) years to pay their 1932 and back taxes in instal ments of one-tenth each year provid ed they pay current year's taxes each year before books close March 15 of each yoar. This applies to real es tate and personal property only when listed with real estate. Personal property taxes are in hands of Sheriff for collection as heretofore. Yours respectfully, S. W. HOG UK, Treasurer Kershaw County. WOOD FOR SALE? WILL HAVE for sale from 1 to 100 cords of wood. The wood is being cut to help the unemployed in hopes that our white and colored friends will givo us orders for same. Sell on yard or deliver. Chevis L. Greon, LongtowB S. (J. Uml ) r <* 1 ! "? Nol liinn Now Joseph 1 1 ; 1 1 1 v \y was Die run n who brought umlu'llns into common u^e In England, 'I e British museum has n rnrvlii-^ si - win:: :in Assyrian klna: lending troop** !nt'< h.ittle while car rying nn tin ' e!la Hate, 7dO It C. Owncr'i N?m*> I.ont nistorx maK-en no mention of nn owner of iIip Mayflower. The expedi tion was I i . i : ? > i < - o< I and equipped I ? y n group of In t ei est ed ini'i rhnnii nnd the ship's iln was one Thonuifl Jopor. T?* I .on g In (Jim An Inheritance tax Is t? very nn olent mode of levy. Lfrvptlans used It nnd so did the fJreekH. am! the Ro mans levied much heavier charge* thnn prevail In most states in thin country.