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The Wateree Mttseagcr Published Evrry 'WtdaaHty by CHAS. V; BIRCHlfOHBt Fnp. ? ? ? i ? n i ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? a? (Entered a? Secend Cla* WHtir Ml the Feetefflee ?Jt Camden. 8. C. A \*? ?? Ad Wednesday November 14, 19S4 CHARLES W. BIRCHMOKE Nov. 10, 1860? Nov. 11, 1931 Expenses seldom fail to cocne up to our expectation*. Paleontologists, also, dig up many a bone of contention. The most practical and useful up lifter is the elevator boy. The more reasonable the wish the more likely it is to come true. Japan is nervy to demand a navy as large <as that of a Christian nation like ours. Those who decry vocal trafi ruing are reminded that a singer recently won a hog-callirig contest. Many highways are being widen ed, but tlfre striaght and narrow way shows no signs of traffic congest ion. BUSINESS FOR PROIT F There (hfas been quite a lot of Iooot talk latftly on the part of the more ing taking the "profit motive" out of business. If that means any thing, it must mean that in future a anan is supposed to go into business simply for his health, or as a means of finding a way to kill time. While it is true thac in some instances in the past profits have been too large, the appalling num ber of business failures which taave occurred do not indicate that the man in business has had any advan tage over other classes of citizens. In fact, he has taken greater risks and in many cases has not onlyi failed to make a profit, but has lost what he had when he went into bus iness. ?. . j Whenever business men are denied the opportunity to cnakea fair profit in consideration of their in- ; vestments, their efforts and thej trisks they take, it is easy to fore cast what will happen. More and more capital will go into hiding, business and industry will b? furth-: er stagnated, such payrolls as we have now will be curtailed, and un employment will increase. There haa been far too much meddling with business and industry by government bureaucrats already. It is time to give legitimate busi ness a reet, and a chance to work out its own salvation, free from further official harassanenrt. BEAUTY A CIVIC ASSET In spite of the apparent commer cialism of the age in wthrtch we live, it is evident to any observer that the American people are rapidly devel oping a greater appreciation) of th? beautiful. This i? not confined to the wealthier classes, tout extends to the great masses in the towns and villages and in rural districts New towns and new sections of the older ones are being laid out with wider (streets, with provision for larger lawns, more trees, shrub* benry and flower*, and a more at tractive setting generally. New houses show better architec ture and greater haarmony with thed ri surroundings, wfrrile unsightly yafd fences have largely disappeared. The net (results of all these modern de velopments is beauty. And aside from the satisfaction which t af fords the eye, it pays In dollars and cents. \ ' Beautiful cities, towns and village* attract people. They attract perma nent residents, thfey attract tourists and they attract trade. It is nat ural that a person selocting a trad ing center will choose a town that is beautiful and clean in preference to one that is unsightly and dirty, if other conditions are anywhefre near equaL ? Therefore, H behooVm UN au thorities of any community aa well as each individual citizen to tnake the most of their opportunities for improving the appearance of the place in which they live. Beauty, and cleanliness are among a town's txu* MMte. SKIMMED MILK STARVES BUSINESS Taxes are high ? exorbitantly high ? now. And if some public officials have their way, they will be Ihigher in the ' near futulre. The case of New York is one tin point. It is proposed that a gross receipts tax, and a municipal in come tax be levied on all business in the metropolis. The latter would 'be fixed at 15 j>er cent of the tax paid the federal government City officials justify their de mands on the ground that the city's income is no longer equal to its outgo. No ona knows what will happen to New York business if these new proposals go through ? but it takes no seer to forecast that the effects will be adverse, that busi nesses will Iretrench, or move away, tSrat people will lose their jobs, that investment income will drop or dis appear, that Now (York wtill find that hard times can become still harder. One does not have to be an alarm ist to say that present tax policies, which extend through every form ol government, are driving us slowly, but inexorably, toward national bankruptcy. During years in which national income has dropped, the cost of all government ? local to na tional ? ha3 steadily risen. Depress ion has spurlred the growtihf of bu reaucracy, the extension of political activities and official spending. It is high time that public offi cials reverse their thinking process and figure out, not how income may ibe increased to meet excessive expenditures., but how expenditures can be kept within the- bounds of reasonable tax income. We cannot nourish employment sustaining industry if we allow po litics to fatten on the cream and leave business only skimmed milk. THE AMERICAN SPIRIT To a great many citizens, Ameri* canism is just a word. They pay it lip service ? but they have a very pootr knowledge of its actual mean ing. Real Americanism is a spirit. It is that spirit wlhich inspired the founders of the country ? a spirit of unselfishness, self sacrifice, iron clad character. It gave us liberty of church, of press, of political belief. It freed us from intolerable mon archic domination and established a nation where the government was to exist for the individual, not' the individual far the government. Today, the Amorican spirit stands for these things precisely as it did in the past.. They are as important today as ever, and perhaps more important. The public is beleagured from many sides by those who would effect sudden and irrevocable ehange in the very foundation stones of our government. The advocates of fascism, communism, dictatorship and other theories aire always active ? and there is danger that they may seem persuasive to a people strug gling With great, yet temporary, problems. The public cannot be too strongly warned against seeking temporary benetflts at thq expense of perma , nent principles. lEven the worst of depressions pass- ? and we will be a sad nation indeed, if after this ona passes, we find th?at we Grave lost those constitutional guarantees of corporate and individual freedom that have made us great. HELP KIDNEYS IF your kidneys function badly and you h&ve a lame, aching back, with attacks of dizziness, burning, scanty or too frequent urination, getting up at nfcht, swollen feet and ankles, rheumatic pains . . . use Doan'a PUltt. Doan't are especially for poorly functioning kidneys. Millions of box^s are used every year. They are recommended the country over. At* your neighbor! MAN'S PILLS I *",.f THE REAL ENEMIES OP THE PUBLIC In a rcent editorial, the Saturday Evening Post observes that Ameri 1 can business is much cleaner and better than the politicians, through their investigations, have ried to re ' present it. The investigations of which the Post speaks have been carried on spasmodically fo? number of years, and during tihfe last five years have greatly increased in number.^ For the most part, they have been used to manufacture political ammunition. The investigators ? and membeis of | both major parties have been in volved ? have been less interested in giving the people a true picture of affairs, than in seeking to enhance their own leputations as enemies of corruption and friends of the pecp!e The result is that, wih'cn evidence was brought forth that in any way indicated that some individual con cern was dishonest or unethical, the idea has been subtly disseminated that it was representative of all in dustry. By this process, public confidence in the character and in tegrity of our business has been u n w a r ki n t ed 1 y sh ak en . It is as unfair to say that because one banker failed his trust all hankers are crooked, as it would be co point to a public official w^ho ac cepts a bribe and say that all public officials are of the same stamp. In both business and government theie are corrupt men who should be punished, but fortunately they are rare. No one opposes the pro seedtion of those who have failed their trust ? but the ends of justice and decency a re certainly not served b\ making i} appear that honorable and honest men, in business and pilitics, are equally bad citizens. What this country needs more than anything else now is confidence Those who seek to destroy confi dence to advance their own ends, arc the .real enemies of the common welfare. Are you one of these nervous people who lie awake half the night and get up feeling "all in"2 Why don't you do 'as other llfdxlt sleepers have been doing tor ' more than two generation* take Dr. Miles Nervine!) One or two pleasant effervescent ' Nervine Tablets or two or three teaspoonftus of liquid Nervine Will generally assure a night of , restful sleep. Ferfeapa;you will have to take Nervine two on three times a day Justat first \ Nervous people have been using Dr. lilies Nervine for 5Usnless-> nut. NervoumnBM, Irritability, lU*tle**neuw, Nervo us Indiges tion, NervouM Headtwhm, Travel ISicJcnese, for more than fifty; years. Very Much Improved After Taking Cardui **I havo fiufforod a great deal from cramping," writes Mrs. W. A. Sewell, 8r., of Waco, Texas. "I would chill and have to go to bed for about three days at a time. I would havo a dull, tired, sloepy feeling. A friend told me to try Cardui, thinking It would help me ? and It did. I am very much im proved and do not spend the time In bed. I certainly can recommend Gardul to other sufferers." Thousands of women tostlfjr Cardui benefited them. If It does not benefit YOU, consult a physician. 100,000 RURAL HOMES AIDED IN SELF-SUPPORT Nearly 100,000 families have been taken from relief rolls and helped toward economic independ ence in the first sven mocths of the FERA rural rehabilitation program. Ttrese families now ara raising the bulk of their food ar.d in many instances are exchanging horne g:won products for other necessities In Alabama a number of families formerly destitute already have re paid more than half of the advances made them under the program, and similiarly encouraging reports are coming from other s*tates. i In Ohio, 1100 families have b?enj removed from relief rolls through the rural rehabilitation program and more than 5,000 otitoer families have been aasited with capital goods and supplies. Under the Ohio pro gram 40,000 families will receive vegetables grown in 16,148 family gardens and 1,281 acres of com munity gardens. Georgia reports that out of 1140 families included in the rural re habilitation program August 1st, socno repayment has been made by 90 per cent. Approximately $400,000 has been repaid in labor or.- public works pro jects by 6,000 Alabama families who Wire advanced $629,000. The aver age advance per family in that state was $11.00, of which more than half represented work animals, imple ments, feeds and fertilizers. FERA files aro irepleto with "case histories" of families aided by tlh'is program. Throughout them all runs one dominant note ? the de sire of the average American family to be self-sustaining without the aid of charity. One ot tnee case nistones, seieci at random, follows: Crawford County, Arkansas: Family of three. Were in destitute circumstances without clothing or food. Advances were made for food, clothing, shlet er. Total value of capital goods ad vanced $125.00 which included one work mare and plow tools. Subsis tence to the amount of $93.08 ad vanced. This loan was paid in full by canned fruits and vegetables processed by the client and Ihis fam ily. Program has made them self sustaining. Despite drought, this client pro duced meat, fruit and vegetables sufficient to feed his family this winter. Ho also produced 50 per cent enough feed to take cars of his work stock and diary cows. In South Carolina and in Kershaw County, rural rehabilitation plays a large part in the FERA. In Ker shaw County there are today 40 families on rural rehabilitation. These families are allowed to repay the loan advanced them under tlhis program by working on work or production projects, repayment made from produce raised in clients garden, etc. In exar.vning the ease, histories of these 40 families, let us pick one at rtandom from our County. On 'June 1st of this year there was in this county n fairly of 7 who had for the past several years vainly struggled for mere existence. The land was actually barren: hard ly fit for raising peas. The morale of this family was at a low ebb; tiheir hope' for the future was brok en. ? A loan was made t*> these un fortunate people; then1 land was cultivated and at tho present tim-s, most of tho loan has been repaid by the work of several members of tho family on work and production pro jects. In fart, enough com has boon raised to feed his stock through out this year and the next. A total of $280.61 was advanced to this family of which $115.35 has been repaid. In the past several montllm, a total of $2,527.21 has been ad vanced to families under the (rural rehabilitation program in Kershaw Cour.ty of which a tttal of $590.70 has been repaid by work on public work projects and by produce raised and canned by the rural rehabifita tirtn client. Mr. R. 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This would mean that 35 more families have been takon off of relief rolls and placed in r. position of/ self support ing and self-sustaining pto|<|r\ Mr. I)eLoa(ftve is ably assisted ia this work by Mrs. Kvn frby. ?W? ? 1 Jl I V uri.itii/ii in Cdi n Water A - rordlriK to recent rt>S(?:ir<-!if>s, therfc ?ire ill lenst throe kinds of wntor In the ci' i'iui. in live [?l:int nnd nnlmnl life b> Iiik nininf iilned In flip Hint liiyer, decomposed orniinle mntler In the sec ond. while the lowest writer In from Hip onlar regions MUTT AND JEFF ? Jeff Isn't The First Guy That Got The Harpoon By BUD FISHER jerf, nv &<*, Voo'rf a vec<H for tmc Fisrt . -n>r>?y u?c"ll ?HO vtoODoWH A6AIM AND SEE ?F W6 CAMV 6?T CotAE MOR6 GOOO ? ICTUSES FROtA Trt?