The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, January 10, 1934, Image 4
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.
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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."
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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.