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The Water ee Messenger Published Every Wednesday by CHAS. W. BIRCHMORE, Prop. Entered as Second Class Matter al the Postoffice at Camden. S. C. ,.ii - Subscription $1.50 A Year in Advance v Wednesday, February 7, 1934 Worry makes thin people thinner and fat folks fatter. Propaganda: Any statement made by our opponents. The increasing number of women diplomats presages tho end of secret diplomacy. t L Maybe a man is sometimes char acterized as a "bird" because his eyes flit from limb to limb. Asked to name some famous twin cities, a bright schoolboy suggested Walla Walla and Sing Sing. Artist sometimes execute portraits c*f persons when it would bo equally laudable to executo thp originals. Candidates are most sincere in their desire to ably serve the dear people. In fact, they admit it them selves. A Canadian prison inspector, re cently sentenced for crime, will have the opportunity to perf<?t himself in his profssion. At last, it seems, Uncle Sam will build his Navy up to the strength designated by the "disarmament" conference. Obituaries often refer to an indul gent husband and father. In many cases "indulging" would be the more appropriate word. An Arizonia girl shot her father "at the command of a ouija board." Every gangster's family should be supplied with a ouija board. The story of an old-time Congress man who rode to Washington on a cow is being retold. And ho probably shot her husband when ho got there. THE REAPER'S HARVEST Each year sees many notable per sonages pass from the world's stago to "the great beyond," and 1933 marked the passing of a full quota of eminent characters. Among the hundreds of national and interna*1 tional fame who died were the fof 1 owing, with their ages at the time of death: Ex-Presider.t Calvin Coolidge, 60; Jim Corbett, 66, former heavyweight champion; "Texas" Guinan, 49, night club hostess; "Fatty" Arbuckle, 46, actor; Alexander Legge, 67, former chairman Federal Farm Hoard; Rear Admiral W. A. Moffett, 63, lost on the Navy dirigible Akron; Rev. C. II. Parhurst, 91, anti-vice crusader; Jack Pickford, 36, actor, brotohr of Mary Pickford; General Frances de I'inedo, 43, Italian aviator; W. L. (Young) .Stribling, 28, heavyweight boxer; Rev. Henry Van Dyke, HO, poet, ed ucator and author; T. J. Walsh, 73, U. S. .Senator, who died two days before he was to have become at torney-general of the United States; Major J. W. Bean, 100, oldest retired Army officer; Miss Mary C. Beard, 80, co-founder Boy Scouts; Major S. H. M. Myers. 94, aide to Sherman in Civil War; A. J. Cermack, 59, mayor of Chicago, shot by assassin attempt ing to kill President-elect Roosevelt; W. N. Doak, 50, ex-secretany of labor; E. H. Sothern, 73, actor; Rev. William Moon, 76, who had married 25,00(1 couples at Elkton, Md. A touch of irony is seen in the fact that Major Charles Bradley, who fAunded tho "last man club" of tho Rainbow Division, A. *E. F., and who doubtless hoped to be the "last man" of that division, died last year at Seattle when only 50 yearn old. Tho Norwegians are one of the tallest races in tho world while their next door neighbors, the Lappa, hre one of tho shortest. The United States has at least 85 Aperies of native goldenrod. FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS Although it is the shortest month, February perhaps holds the birth anniversaries of more famous Americans than any other. Among these, "Washington and Lincoln are preeminent, but two other presidents, William Henry Harrison and Millard Fillmore, were also born in February. This month also marks the birth days of David Porter, naval officer of the War of 1812; Zebulon M. Pike, soldier and explorer, for whom Pike*? Peak was named; General W. T. Sherman of Civil War fame; Horace Greeley and Henry Waterson, noted editors; Henry W. Longfellow and Sidney Lanier, poets; Mary Hopkins, the great educator who was president of Williams College foi- 36 years; Roger Williams, pioneer of religious liberty and founder of Rhode Island; Richard Watson Gilder, poet, editor and civic reformer; Dwight L. Moo'dy, evangelist; Peter Cooper and George Peabody, philanthropists; Joseph Jeffei'son, actor; Cyrus H. McCormick, inventor of the reaper; Thomas A. Edison and William F. Cody, the colorful "Ruffalo Bill." The February list also includes several famous American women, among them being Susan B. Anthony, pioneer suffragist, and two noted women educators, Mary Lyon, found* er of Mount Holyoke Seminary, and Alice Freeman Palmer, former presi dent of WellesTey College. Among living Americans bom in February, the most famous are Elihu Root and Charles A. Lindbergh. PROPERTY OWNERS NEED RELIEF Carroll D. Nance, senator from j Laurens County, is the latest entry I in the race for governor. Ho has I previously campaigned the state for that office, and has seen a number of years of legislative service. He makes the general statement in his fonnal announcement that he stands for "the relief of all property owners of the state from taxes." That kind of a pledge is catchy and goes over pretty well. But the overburdened taxpayer and property owner will want to know just how Mr. Nance or any other guberna torial candidate is to bring such a consummation about. If it means via the general sales tax then there is sharp difference of opinion and de cided opposition. South Carolina has too many of these so-called luxury or nuisance taxes now, and the more revenuo derived from such sources, the more money liberal-minded legislators will have in hand for appropriation purposes. Property owners, large and small, throughout South Carolina need re lief from increasing taxes. They would like to rally to soma Moses who could bring greater assurance than mero campaign pledges that property taxes would be lowered. But if in so doing heavy, outrageous ad ditional tributes are to be piled upon the shoulders of the taxpayers, it might bo better to endure the ills of today than fly to those we know not of. ? Spartanburg Journal. Report of Associated Charities Cam den-Kershaw County for Jan. 1934 Balanco from last month $341.98 Receipts this month 295.00 $036.98 Paid Out Childrens Home C. K. Lamoy, (gro) $8.14 Water & Light 8.95 Rent 5.00 Miss Kirk land, eggs 5.20 Hastings Co. (seed) I ,;>T S. if. Ross (gro) 7.37 H<>x Rent 3.85 Miss Kirkland, eggs 3. 00 Plowing 1.20 Lamoy (gro) 10.36 Medical servicu matron, Miss Scott 35.00 Telephone 3.70 S. H. Ross (gru) 3.20 Mrs. Truesdale, milk 29.80 Zemp Drug Store ,5B DeKalb iTiarmaey 18.56 Mar.key Hdw. 1.75 Camden Chroniclo .35 W. G. Wilson (Dry (Toods) 21.84 Thomas & Howard 25.00 Stamps (fax) .42 Servant hlro 79.00 ^ ( " $273.63 Halance $363.35 ASSOCIATED CHARITIES Children's Home Dept. WARREN II. HARRIS. Latah county, Idaho, has In it five towns named after colleges ? Wollesloy, Purdue, PHnceton, Yaffc and Harvard. Sidelights George Washington of Cleveland 0., lived up to the traditional vera city of his illustrious namess?e when arraigned in court, saying "I had a knife, was drunk, and scratched tho guy up a little." The judge said: "For being truthful when there is r.o evidence against you, I will fine you only $10." A Wisconsin lady, Mrs. Lillian Sheasby, aet a unique record by re ducing 44 pounds and getting paid j for it. Declaring that she had lost that much weight through worrying j over the alienation of her husband's ! affections by Mrs. S\tfilig, Myers, the] jury awarded her $2,600 in damages ? or about $56 a pound. Fiji Island cannibals don't think much of white folks as a regular diet, according to a returned traveler. He says the natives consider the whites too salty, but manage to eat them by rntldng their flesh with a certain kind of stew. Perhaps they never got hold of one of the numerous fresh guys who are in evidence almost everywhere. About 115 years ago young Johns Hopkins of Baltimore started a gro cery business which prospered beyond his expectations, and he became one of the country's leading financiers. He died in 1873, leaving more than seven million dollars to found the great university and hospital which bears his name. Perhaps no man ever had a finer monument. The doctrine of eternal 'punishment has been largely discarded by en lightened theologians, including rec ently Dean Inge of St. Paul's in London and tho Bishop of Liverpool, the latter saying: "The crudity of the | old pictures of bliss and torment shock us, and we are well rid of this teaching." A lot of us live" in tfife hope that the terrors of the hereafter have been considerably exaggerated. Only one enlisted man in activt service in the United Statea Army ia now entitled to wear the Congress ional Medal of Honor, the highest American military decoration* H? ia Master Sergeant Lloy<TM. Seibert of the Sixth Cavalry, stationed at Forf Knox, Ky. This decoration, authoris ed by Congress in 1862, is considered equivalent to the famed Victoria Cross of England and the Iron CrosS of Prussia. A mongrel pup in Rio de Janiero apparently defies the power of elec tricity. Sentenced to death with 11 other dogs for vagrancy, he was placed in a death chamber for elec trocution. When the current was turned on, all companions were in stantly k'llcd, but he remained non chalant. After several applications of high voltage juice the executioner rave up, had the pup pardoned and /mada a pet of him. NOTICE TO LANDOWNERS AND TENANTS Looking -to the future interest of farmers of Kershaw County ? both landlords and tenants ? I feel it time ly to notify all such farmers ? both landlords and tenants ? that before they make definite plans or enter into agreements for farming with one another in 1934 that each party should be particular to find out if the land to be farmed is covered by a government Cotton Acreage Reduc tion Contract for 1934-36. This notice is intended to protect the interest of all Concerned in thvj event that somo compulsory form of reduction is enacted by Congress, which seems highly probable at this time. Farmers producing cotton this year would find themselves in a very pre carious situation should they not pro duce such cotton under a contract and find when they attempted to market their own cotton that they could not do so. Such compulsory action by the government has not yot been passed hnt indications point to early action along that lone either by way of placing all gins under federal super vision and issuing gin tickets per mitting the ginning of only that cot ton grown on land covercd by a con tract or by placing exorbitant tax, perhaps of $50.00 por hale on cotton produced outside of a contract. HENRY I). GREEN, Co. Agent. Excavations in downtown Phila delphia recently uncovered cyprens stumps, one 17 feet In circumfer ence, which grew there In an earlier geological age. Nar Helena, Mont., there Is a cold natuml spring only a few feet from a warm one. Snappy Stuff A stream of water from a fire hose struck James Gorran of New Orleans, La., in the face and des troyed his eye sight. Because she didn't believe her husband's story that he had beert "detained at a baseball game" until 4 a. m., he struck her, Mrs. Fred Lenza told the couit in Chicago in obtaining a divorce. Fred Kratzer of Cincinnati, O., who has a weakness for plate glass win dows, was arrested after he had smashed eight of them, valued at $1,600, with a hammer. Unable to attend the funeral of her husband because of a quarantine, Mrs. Arthur W. Phirmey of Albany, N. Y., heard the services in her own home through an amplifier connected with the funeral parlor. Edmund Cooper, of Placerville, Calif., believed to have been one of the oldest white men in thu world, died recently at the age of 115. Rev. T. V Barker of Volney, Eng., complained to his superiors that the viscarage was so dilapidated that he had to wifte ffis sermons in a stable. "I've smoked a corncob pipe for years and years, and I think it has helped me, too," said Mrs. Mary Jane York, when she celebrated her ninetieth birthday anniversary at Seattle, Wash. I When thieves visited the Komo of John Cohrt, "of Chicago, the only ! thing they tr#>k was the back door, | including the hinges. Robert Clayton of Philadelphia was ordered to pay for a pair of shoes bought by his wife two years before he married her. Mmme. Madeline Malherbe of Bordeaux, France, died at the age of J 103, the same age at which her . mother passed away. Mrs. Stephen Bieth, of Joliet, 111., found gold nuggets in the gizzard of a turkey amounting to $6.50. Andrew Brone of Los Angeles had James Simpson arrested as a nuis ance for snoring so loudly that he was kept awake. I Five gypsy babies yelled so lustily when the gypsy band was lodged in a La Porte, Texas, jail that the au thorities released the whole band to get rid of the noise. The letter boxes of San Antonio, Texas, contained hundreds of un stamped letters, which puzzled the postal authorities until they found that the stamps had been eaten off by ants attracted by the gum. A savage horse bit off the left hand of 3-year-old John Williams, of Cheyenne, Wyo. Walter Charton of Chicago testi fied in his divorce suit that "my wift kicked me, bit me, scratched me, pulled my hair and then kissed me." Mrs. Ada Gloren of Detroit in quired at detective headquarters how long would she havo to support a "born tired husband." As a result of a quarrel with his wife, Antonio (ralsi, of Naples, cut off her tongue and then shot him self. After the death of Miss Mary F/dgarton of Neenah, Wis., relatives found 11 buildings full of old furni ture she had collected, including 50 old pianos and 30 organs. Mrs. Lillian Neighbors of Los Angeles yielded to the pleas of her young sons to play football and broke her ankle whilo running with the ball. Asked if he wanted a lawyer, James Crew of Chicago, accused of burglary, thanked the court and said he preferred to have a couplo of wit nesses. Summoned for a failure to put a license on hnr dog, Mrs. Edith Oacrae of St. Lotils pleaded -that the "poor little thing" couldn't wear a collar because it had a stiff neck. Because his daughter stayed out late at night Vrfelar Konther of Sterling, 111., branded her forehead with ? hot iron. SPECIAL TAX NOTICE An Act was passed at last session of Legislature allowing taxpayers in this county ten (10) years to pay their 1932 and back taxes in instal* ments of one-tenth each >ear provid ed they pay current year's taxes each year before books close March 16 of each year. This applies to real es tate and pezs^nal property only when listed with real estate. Personal property taxes ate in hands of Sheriff lor collection as heretofore. After December 31, 1933, the County Auditor will add one per cent penalty to all taxes not paid which weie assessed for year 1933. When inquiring about taxes please state n which you live oi respectfully, S. W. HOGUE, Treasurer Kershaw County, S. C. MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS There will be a meeting of the Stockholders of the (5utlook Shoppe held at the office of the corporation on February 18th, 1934 for the pur pose of considering tho liquidation of said corporation and winding up affairs of said corporation. S. A. BABIN, Secretary. TAX RETURNS Office of Auditor Kershaw County, Camden, S. C., December 16, 1933 Notice is he.eby given that the Au itoi's Office will be open for receiv ing Tax Returns from January 1st, 1934, to March 1st, 1934. All persons owning real estate or personal prop erty must make returns of the sann within said period, as required b;, law^ or be subject to a penalty of 1? per cent. All persons between the ages of 21 and 60 years, inclusive, are required to pay a poll tax, and all persons between the ages of 21 and 5U years, inclusive, are required to pay a Roavl tax, unless excused by law. Al. Trustees, Guardians, Executors, Ad ministrators or Agents holding prop erty in charge must return same. Parties sending tax returns^ by mai must make oath to same before som< officer and fill out the same in pro per manner or they will be rejected. QUIT ANY TOBACCO HABIT easily, inexpensively, without drugs. Chewing, smoking cigar ettes or snuff. Send Address. N. E. Stokes, Mohawk, Florida. WOOD FOR SALE? WILL HAVE for sale from 1 to 100 cords oi wood. The wood is being cut tc help the unemployed in hopes that our white and ^olored friends wil give us orders for same. Sell or yard or deliver. Chovis L. Green Longtows S. C. Yours respectfully, S. W. HOGUE, Treasurer Kershaw County. TAX NOTICE B. E. SPARROW, Auditor Kershaw County Dependable Ambulance SERVICE KORNFGAY FUNERAL HOME I'hone 10H Camden. S. C. Regular communication ? this lod^e is hekl on th? fim Tuesday in each montl it 8 p. m. Visiting Rre-thren ar welcomed. N. It. GOODALE, JR., J. W. WILSON, Worshipful Master Secretary. 6 6 6 LIQUID, TABLETS, SALVE, NOSE DROPS Checka Malaria in 3 days, Colds lirst day, Headaches or Neuralgia in 30 minutes. FINE LAXATIVE AND TONIC Mont Speedy Remedies Known WHY GET IJP NIGHTS Lax the Kladder With Juniper Oil, Buthn, Etc. Drive out the impurities and excess acids that cause irritation, buminR and frequent desire. Juipor oil is plenaaiYt to take in the form of BURETS, the bladder laxative, also containing Ruchu leaves, etc. Woiku on the bladder similar to castor oilson the bowels. (Jet a 26c box from any drug store. After four days if not relieved of "getting up nights" go back and get your money. If you are bothered with backache or leg painn caused from bladder disorders you are bound to feel hotter after thin cleansing and you get your reg ular nleep. j Announcements CANDIDATE FOK MAYOR I hereby announce myself a candidate for nomination for Mayor of the City of Camden in the coming Democratic primary election, subject to the rules governing the same. Should I be honored with xthis nomination and election. I pledgo myself to conduct the affairs of the City of Camden ;n a progressive manner; at the same time seeing that strict economy is observed. J. H. OSBORNE. FOR ALDERMAN WARD ONE I hereby announce myself as a candidato for Alderman from Ward One in the approaching City Primary subject to the rules governing th# Democratic Party. M-. BILLINGS FOIi ALDLRMAN WARD TWO I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Alderman from Waid Two in the approaching City Primary subject to the rules governing the Democratic Party. GEORGE A C REE II FOR ALDERMAN OF WARD TWO I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Alderman for Ward Two in the approaching city prima: y election subject to the rules of tho Democratic Party. W. B. PORTER. FOR ALDERMAN WARD TWO I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Alderman from Ward Two in the approaching Jity Piiinary election. W. C. SCARBOROUGH FOR ALDEF.MAN WARD TUP EE I hereby announce my nam'1 as a candidate for Alderman from Ward Three for the ^ity of Caiman in tlw" Primary to be leld in March an J will appreciate the support of the voters. F. N. McCORKLE FOR ALDERMAN WARD Tint:.' I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Alderman f-om Ward Three in the City Primary election subject to the rules of tho Demo cratic Party. JOHN 1. LANEY FOR ALDERMAN WART*. FOUR Having served two terms as alder man from Ward four of the City of Camden, 1 am announcing my name asxa candidate for re-election. Feeling that I have served the city to the best of my ability, I ask your support in the primary in March. LEON H. SCHLOSBURG. for alderman ward five I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the office of Alderman for Ward Five of the City of Camden subject to the rules of the City prim ary. I will appreciato the support of my frfends and the voters of my Ward. T. V. WALSH, JR. NOTICE OF ALLOTMENT OF HOMESTEAD Notice is hereby given to all cred itors of D. M. Barnes of Buffalo Township, Kershaw County, South Carolina, and to all others whom it may concern, that tho said I). M. 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