The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, February 14, 1934, Image 4
The Wateree Messenger
Published Every Wednesday by
CHAS. W. BIRCHMORE, Prop.
Entered as Second Class Matter ai
the Postoffice at Camden. S. C.
Subscription $1.50 A Year in Advance
T; Wednesday, February 14, 1934
The most provoking husband is one
who talks indistinctly in his sleep.
Rubber is produced from sap. And
a good deal of rubbering is done by
saps.
Many voters who could not" be
bribed with money are bribed by
politicians' futilo promises.
Most of us are not afraid of the
big bad wolf until heTJegins prowling
around tho garaga door.
Now the money changers may
leave the temple because they can't
find out what their money is worth.
Those chaplains who pray daily
for the Senate and House might ex
tend their supplications to include the
taxpayers^ ' "r
Genealogy, if pursued too far,
might discover an ancestor ^gwinging
from tho family tree by his neck ? or
? hia taiL
Nebraska constitution, lost for a
year, has been found. Maybe someone
will yet discover and restore tho "U.
S. Constitution.
Chinese girls have little opportun
ity to display originality as stenog
raphers, there being no spelling in
theii language,
Candidates worry because people
don't take more interest in politics,
but if they did it might be worse
for a lot of candidates.
A statistician estimates that there
are about 70 billion birds In the
world. WTfich may hefp to grasp the
significance of Uncle Sam's owing
hall that many dollars
DEATH ON THE RADIATOR
About one out of every ten of the
automobiles that use the public
streets and highways, should wear
as an emblem a large, ' staring
death's head.
It wouldn't bo a pretty sight. But
it would be an accurate symbol. Ten
per cent of motorists arc responsbilo
for our gigantic death and injury
toll. Not all of them, of course,
have an accident every year. But they
all take chances. They aro irres
poncsiblo or incompetent or congen
itally careless. They drivo cars with
defective breaks and steering me
chanisms and poor lights. They cut
in and out of traffic, missing oncom
ing cars by an oyelash and feeling a
thrill of achievement whilo doing it.
They pass on hills and curves, and
regard even tho most basic and sens
iblo tarffic laws as being inimical
obstacles which should ho avoided
whenever possible. They drivo at
high speeds when road and traffic
conditions make it exceedingly dang
erous.
And ? every year ? -they leavo be
hind them 30, 000 corpses and hun
dreds of thousands of injured persons
whoso solo .offenso was that thoy
happened to bo present when tho
reckless driver was taking one of the
chances he didn't get away with.
Yes, there should ho the emblem
of death on a long lino of automo
biles which othorwiso look no dif
ferent than any other cars of their
kind. This suggestion may make
Rome of tho reckless drivers think
twice beforo running a risk tho next
time.
Rev. Hilly Sunday, famed 70-year
old evangelist, who was once a pro
fessional baseball player, has been
holding a revival in New York, with
nermons punctuated with pungent
flayings In his od-timo manner.
Kpeaking of world conditions, ho
ftald: "Every nation reaches a crisis;
you can't hand God tho hot end of
tho poker." Another assertion was:
"I have got just as much ginger and
fcoba?co aaucofor God as over."
CONSTRUCTION PROBLEM GAINS
GREATER ATTENTION
The Federal government has start
ed a nation-wide farm housing sur
vey to ascertain the potential demand
for improved home facilities, the
cost of providing them, the develop
ment of stanJard specifications
adapted to the needs of various areas
and practical plans for financing
improvements and new building.
It is generally known that there is
a tremendous unfulfilled demand for
new housing, in city as well as rural
areas, due to the lack of building for
five or six years, and to the high
rate of depreciation of existing
structures.
One of the great stumbling blocks
to building now is that banks are
unable to loan funds because of in
elastic laws, and tho interest rates
charged by other agencies are often
so high as to discourage the prospec
tive builder. Both private and public
agcncies are now working on the
financing problem to develop some
plan whereby money can bo made
available for construction at reason
interest rates, and still earn a fhir
profit. There is also hope that there
will be sufficient change in the bank
ing situation to permit a little more
leeway in making building loans on
the basis of an applicant's general
character and reputation, instead of
on his liquid assets only.
If a major building wave can be
started, on the farms and in cities,
one of the biggest steps toward re
i covery and stability will have been
I taken.
In the meantime, those who can
build or repair now will be benefiting
themselves and the nation by start
! ing construction dollars rolling, for
let us liopo that never again can we
buy or build as cheaply as today.
; COOPERATIVES ONLY SOUND
FOUNDATION
In his speech to the Congress,
President Roosevelt repeated a be
, lief that is a basic element in his
I recovery program when ho said: "1
| continue in my conviction that indus
trial progress and prosperity can
| only be attained by bringing the
purchasing power of that portion of
our population which in ono form or
another is dependent upon agricul
ture, up to a level which will restore
a prop6r balance between every sec
tion of the country and every form
of work." 1 ; "
Whether or not time proves that
theory to be entirely correct, it is
pleasant to record that agriculture is
gradually moving toward the level
the president speaks of. Some of tho
improvement is due to government
legislative effort. But most of the
improvement must bo Taid to the
work done by the farmers themselves
through their cooperative organiza
tions.
These organizations have been tire
less in working to educate both the
general public and their members in
the fundamentals of farm problems.
They have been tho government's
best ally in promoting acreage re
duction and in seeking to balance
supply with demand. They have done
much in fighting tho farmer's bat
tles with tho middleman, and 1n ob
! taining a better economic break for
him.
Agriculture is definitely on the
mend and the farm cooperatives offer
( tho only permanent foundation for
i sound futuro progress.
I
FI N A NCI A L 1 N DEPENDENCE
Tho approach of Financial Inde
pendence Week, which is to ba ob
served March 19 to 24,, gives an ex
cellent reason for reviewing t"hn life
insurance industry's success in meet
ing the obstacles of depression, and
I rising superior to {Kern.
At tho end of 1932, the industry
had assets of $20,700,000,000 ? ns
compared with $18, 800, 00ft, 000 in
| 1930, and $17,000,000,000 in 1929. In
' tho year 1933 its investments wore
divided as fonows: Farm mortgages,
7.9 per cent; other mortgages, 24.7
p?'r pent; U. S. Government bonds,
! 3 4 per cent; state, county, municipal
| ami foreign bonds, 0.5 per cent; rail
j road securities, 15 per cent; public
' utility securities, 9.4 per cent; policy
| loans and premium notes, 17.7 per
' cent; real estlite, 5.8 per cent. The
small balance consisted of cash and
miscellaneous assets.
How wisely these investments were
made is testified to T>y The fact that
I securities In default were but 2 per
cent of the total securities held by
a group of representative life com
panies at the end of 1932, and Tiut .7
per cent of their totnl assets. In
other words, if all tho securities In
default woro counted worthless, the
policyholder would havo nothing to
: worry about. But most of them are
| far from worthless, inasmuch as life
Sidelights
Human nature being what it is, it
was inevitable that there would be a
lot of graft in connection with the
billions which are being spent by the
government for ?employment relief
and other recovery masures. Heads
of the PWA and CWA are trying to
lind means of checking the wide
spread racketeering that has been
reported. President Roosevelt rec
ently stated that he was receiving
between 200 and 800 lettere a day
complaining againsf "* irregularities
and political manipulations in the
CWA.
Secretary of Labor Perkins advo
cates the repeal of all laws which
exist in some "states aenying paupers
the right to vote. It would be fine
if, in addition to removing their
political disabilities, a law could be
made effective doing away with their
financial disabilities as well.
Only a short time ago the govern
ment was doing everything possible
to keep people from petting rum.
Now the Bureau of Chemistry r.nd
Soils is working on experiments
whereby it is hoped to produce rum
from American sugar cane which
will be equal to any foreign product.
In 1890 and English sea captain
named Ernest Schieffejin broug'm
100 starling and a smaller number
of English sparrows to New York
and liberated them in Central Park.
He simply loved birds and wanted
his pets to have a chance in America.
The pets soon became pests. Just
now the starlings are jnaking a
nuisance of themselves, especially in
Washington, where the Army's chem
ical warfare service has been asked
to try to exterminate them with its
deadly, hydrocyanic gas.
It is said that certain foreign man
ufacturers, noting the popularity of
NRA on American goods, are placing
the label on their wares which are
exported to this country. What will
General Johnson.do about that ?
Mary Goldman, the anarchist, who
was deported from the United States
to Russia in 1919, haa been given
permission to return to this country
for a short visit with relatives and
friends. Russia deported Tier" for
saying Soviet' rule was "a tyranny
a huhdrccP times worse than Czar
dom." She is now a British subject.
SCHOOL CHILDREN CONTRI
BUTE PENNIES TO PRESIDENT'S
BIRTHDAY FUND
A few of the schools of the County
observed the President's Birthday as
a holiday, but in most cases these
young Americans proved their loyal
ty by some special observation. In
many schools talks were made by
prominent citizens and the Charlotte
Thompson school sent thefr gift of
pennies to the Warm Springs Found
ation.
Habita of Boll Weevil
The boll weevij Is entirely help
less and without power of locomotion
In Its larvn stage, when It Infests tlx
scales and bolls of cotton plants. In
Its adult stage It moves from place t(
place by flight and files at night as
well as In the daytime. However. th?
boll weevil, unlike other weevils of
the same group of Insects, Is not at
tracted by 5ight and consequently can
not be snared in this mnnner.
Relieved By Taking Cardui
"I was weak and run-down and
Buffered rjulto a bit with pains In
my flldo," writes Mrs. Nick Bar
ranc.o, of Beaumont, Texas. "I was
norvoes. I did not rest well at
night, find my appetite was poor.
"My mother had used Cardui
with honeMcial result, so I decided
to tako It. I surely am fclad I did,
for It stoppnd the pain In my side
and built up my gonoral health.
I took seven bottles In all."
Cardui 1ft sold at all drug ntor?a.
companies usually ~ buy underlying
bonds which are a mortgage on ac
tual property. Further, a life insur
ance company has the tremendous
investment advantage of being able
to hold securities until tho market is
advantageous. It carries a large
cash reserve, usually sufficient to
meet all demands without forced
selling of assets.
Tho life insurance industry, as a
whole, is exactly as safn as the
United States! Its assets aro invested
in our basic enterprises that provide
jobs, taxes, progress, and sell neces
sary services and commodities to tho
public. A representative life com
pany's investments include tho whole
sweep of sound American trado and
commerce. That Is one reason the
public has faith in securing financial
independence through life Insurance. |
Snappy Stuff
?
Police in New Orleans went to
arrest James Sherman for an alleged
narcotic c?Iense", but when they
found that the stork was there, too,
they retiree! Jh'tnC bird's favor.
When Kichard Wright fo NoblesA,
ville, Ind., couldn't get his car starteu
he looked' under the hood and found
a kitten curled up beside the motor.
A bee farm established next to tho
Sunshine Health Club, a nudist
colony, at Sa'linas, Cal., caused the
nudists to move.
Mrs. Clara Edwards of San Fran
cisco has "Tile'd suit for divorce be
cause her"?iusb"and Forced her to eat
a package of cigaretes when he found
her smoking.
Louis Hart' of St. Louis escaped
from his burning home with the tail
of his nightshirt in flames.
'My ear has been worn out by my
'wife pulling it," testified Richard
Tobin of Chicago in his divorce suit.
An intruder who entered tho home
of C. V. Graham in Philadelphia took
nothing, but left a note saying he
enjoyed reading the Bible.
James Carragh of St. Louis pot a
warrant for Mrs. LouiseChapin, a
270-pound widow, who knocked him
down with onu punch.
Miss Vera Radden of Buffalo re
extracted and was discharged by her
employer.. j
Four days before her daughter was
born, Mrs. Everatte Dawes, of Wa
bash, Ind., contracted the mumps.
When the baby arrived, it also had
th? mumps,
A walking stick made from the
paper of 3,000 love letters won a
prize at a curio exhibition at Knod
dishall, England.
Miss Georgia Dodd of Baltimore
has given up her^Work as manicurist
to become a bootblack "because it
offers more profits and excitement."
Given a night's lodging in the jail
at Omaha, Clyde Muzzle, a tramp,
disappeared the next morning with
a sack of valves which had been
Mrs. Morelle Brayton of Lansing,
Mich., has a trained goldfish that
responds to her call and eats out of
her hand.
Mrs. Genevieve Gordon of London
had three completo winter costumes
of different colors mado for her
Pomeranian dog, Peggy.
Mrs. Louise May of St. Louis was
ejected from her daughter's wedding
when she went to the bridegroom's
homo without an invitation.
Charles Farnham of Cincinnati was
arrested for hanging his hat on the
extended hand of a traffic policeman.
After 26 years a postcard mailed
August 20, 1908, in Pasedena, Cal.,
to Miss Louetta Muchow of Freeport,
111., reached its destination Jan. 11,
1934.
When his car struck a pig on the
highway and overturned, Jess Street
man of Finley, Okla., was killed.
Joseph Lichocky of New York was
fined $10 for riving his horso a "nip
or two to brace him up."
When he happened to look up from
his work into his mirror, Roscoe V.
Cjyroll, a barber of Rock Island, 111.,
saw his small son, Jackson si ruck by
a car.
AmonK the 102 ^rnduatcs of the
high school at Yakima, Wash., to
receive diplomas this month is the
R?>v. John If. Soltman, pastor of the
First Evangelical Church.
Hyman Amove, pnst 70, went intn
court at Kankakee, 111., recently an/1
asked if he could havo a divorce from
his wife, also past 70, on tho ground
she deserted him boenuso he wouldn't
take her to dances and gay parties.
Twins were horn to Mrs. J. V.
Lurborrow of Duluth, Minn., at a
neighbor's house while her own was
burning.
Robert Marxon of Cardiff, Wales,
admitted that he paid his wife $635
to quit him and go away with a man
who loved he?.
SPECIAL TAX NOTICE
An Act was passed at last session
of Legislature allowing taxpayers in
this county ten (10) years to pay
their 11)32 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 year. 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 LIE,
Treasurer Kershaw County.
TAX NOTICE
After December 31, 1933, the
County Auditor will add one per cent
penalty to all taxes not paid which
wete assessed for year 1933. When
inquiring about taxes please state
school district in which you live or
own property.
Yours respectfully,
S. W. MOGUL,
Treasurer Kershaw County, S. C.
MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
There will be a meeting of the
Stockholders of the Outlook Shoppij
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. BAUIN? Secretary.
TAX RETURNS
Office of Auditor Kershaw County,
( Camden, S. C., December 16, 1933
Notice is heieby Riven that the Au
itor's Office will be open for receiv
ing Tax Returns from January 1st,
1934, to March 1st, 11)34. All persons
owning real estate or personal prop
erty must make returns of the same
within said period, as required b\
law, or be subject to a penalty of 10
per cent.
All persons between the ages of 21
and years, inclusive, are required
to pay a poll tax, and all persons
between the ages of 21 and 50 years,
inclusive, are required to pay a Road
tax, unless excused by law. All
Trustees, Guardians, Executors, Ad
ministrators or Agents holding prop
erty in charge must return same.
Parties sending tax returns by mail
must make oath to same before some
officer and fill out the same in pro
per manner or they will be rejected.
B. E. SPARROW,
Auditor Kershaw County
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 of
wood. The wood is being cut to
help the unemployed in hopes that
our white and colored friends will
give us orders for same. Sell on
yard or deliver. Chavis L. Green,
Longtow? S. C.
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Dependable Ambulance
SERVICE
KORNEGAY FUNfiRAL
HOME
t'hone )03 Camden, S. C.
Refpilar communication of
this lodpre is held on the
firft Tuesday in each month
it 8 p. m. Visiting Brethren are
welcomed. N. R. GOODALE, JR.,
J. W. WILSON, Worshipful Mastor
Secretary.
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LIQUID, TABLETS, SALVE,
NOSE DROPS
ChcckH Mnlarin in 3 days, Colria lirst
(lay, Headachea or Neuralgia ill 30
minutea.
FINE LAXATIVE AND TONIC
Moat Sppfdy RemoHlpa Known.
WHY OET UP NIOIITS
J, ax the Bladder With Juniper
Oil, Buthn, Ftr.
Drive out the impurities and excess
acids that causa irritation, burning
and frequent desire. Juiper oil is
pleaasrvt to take in the form of
BUKETS, the bladder laxative, also
?ontaining Bue.hu loaves, etc. Wotks
on the bladder similar to castor oil on
tho bowels. (?et a 25c box from any
drug store. After four days if not
relieved of "getting up nights" k?
back and got your money. If you
are bothered with backache or lep;
pains caused from bladder disorders
you are bound to feel better ^fter
this cleansing and you get yourV?8
ular sleep. j
Announcements
CANDIDATE FOR 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 bu honored with this
nomination and election. I pledge
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
candidate for Aldeiman from Ward
One in the approaching City Primary
subject to the rules governing tht
Democratic Party.
M. BILLINGS
FOR ALDERMAN WARD TWO
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for Alderman from Waid
Two in the approaching City Priiyary
subject to the rules governing the
Democratic Party.
GEORGK A. C RE Ell
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 tha
Democratic Party.
W. -I}.? PORTER.
FOR ALDERMAN WARD TWO
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for Alderman from Ward
Two in the approaching City P.imary
election.
W. C. SCARBOROUGH
FOR ALDERMAN WARD THREE
I hereby announce my nam*1 as a
candidate for Alderman from Ward
Three for the ~ity of Chmuen in the
Primary to bo leld in March and
will appreciate the support of the
voters.
F. N. McCORK LE
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FOR ALDERMAN WARD THRKE
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 WARD FOUR
Having served two terms as alder
man from Ward four of the City of
Camden, 1 am announcing my name
as a 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 appreciate the support
of my frfends and the voters of my
Ward.
T. V. WALSH, JR.
TA X - EATERS HEW A Ft E
Department of Commerce figures
show that total annual national in*
come dropped from $83, 000,000, 000
in 1929 to $38,000,000,000 in 1932, or
54 per cent.
Federal income tax figures for the
state of Oregon, now made public by
the United States Treasury, for 1931,
show returns dropped to the vanish
ing point. Statistics for 1932 and
and 1933, which were worse years, aro
not yet available.
Only 2.9 per cent, of Oregon's pop
ulation filed returns in 1931 and tho
total tax paid was $474,05J>, as com
pared with $2,387,270 at the peak In
1 928.
Delinquencies! In Oregon taxes
assessed on real estate by the stato
of Oregon and its political subdivis
ions, In 1932, totaled $18,379,999 or
43.77 per cent of the taxes charged.
In other words, nearly one-half of
Oregon's property tax is unpaid.
The condition of Oregon's citizens
Is no exception to the tax plight of
people in other states. New tax
raising schemes simply create more
delinquencies,
In the face of such a tax situation,
lawmakers propose new schemes to
put the state deeper into debt and
build up greater permanent overhead
and interest charges.
What the public needs is tax relief
or there will bo a greater breakdown
than at present in tax collections.