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The Wattree Messenger Published Every WednetdUy by CHAJk W. BIKCHMORE^ trf>n. < Satered u 8eeo?4 CUn Matter HI the MMMet it Camd*. 8. & Subscription 91-60 ? Year la Adr**c? Wednesday, January 16, 1935 Anyone will recommend a Bum cure for icold except the doe tor. Few write na are* free from occass ional slips; especially rejection slips. Honesty ia the !best policy, but Borne seem to think the beet cornea too high. ~ ? "Wrapped in thought over a sched uled sermon on "" Law Observance", a MidnSgan pastor failed to observe a traffic signal and was fined $8. Wo read that few gunmen drink, a statement which seems to be con 1'iimed by the accuracy of tlhteir aim. It is a trifle harder to love your neighbor as yourself when his radio keeps you awake far into the night. Judging HayuJ^e husbands most of them pick out, it appears that the ladies are not so hard to please, af ter all. A WUK1 MWH1LK tiUVEKNMKMT PROGRAM The recent proposal that railroad grade -crossing elimination be made a part of federal x-elief work during ' the current year is finding increas ing support. It* is supported by safety authori ties, who know that such a program would do much to reduce and event ually el."msinate the great loss of life due to crossing accidents. It is isujp ported by state governments, which realize the need for crossing elimi nation but have no funds /to devote to it. And it is supported by the general public and the business man who knows tlhat no form of public works could do more to take up the slack in employment and stimulate heavy industries while -at the same timo not interfering with any pri vate endeavors. This last (phase of the proposal is not e?peciall important, inasmuch &a federal funds are disbursed with the principal stress laid on^etting max imum employment for each dollar spent and encouraging private enter prise. In grade-crossing elimination, the greatest {part of the fwoney would go to workers, both on tDite Jjob and in factories supplying ce ment, steel and other materials. And the revivifying effect of this -would give impetus to employment. Safety, employment and public Welfare will all be advanced if the government accepts the proposal. There are some 30,000 grade cross ings which have no protection ? and each year thousands of lives are un necessarily wasted because of acci dents occurring at them. Here th? government has an Opportunity to be of the utmost service to all tJhe peo why u. s. motors most The world may go motoring to day on 9,152,282 miles of highway and there are an average of 3.6 au tqmobiles for every mile of road on earth. Undo Sam rou'd tak? ,h j^u:it of 8,0'12,730 miles by automobile with in the boundaries of continental United Statew, aWQfough he would have to do some retracing of routew in order to complete the trip. No pther half (kxzen icountrieR in the world combined can boost tho road mileage of America which explains in part, at least, the reason why this country (possesses almost three quar ters of all motofr vehicles owned by man. In additon to good roods, another (reason why Ajmerica is the greatest touring land in t)h<n world, is the nation-wide availability of ga/solino und oil. A car would practioally ho Jimited to it** tank capacity if it wore not for the loading oil com panion who have dotted tho entire bindscapo with service stations dis pensing othear familiar and complete ly reliable fuels and oils. Oonditons for motoring are ndt nearly as propitious hi other parts of the world. In all Africa, for ex ample, (there are only 862,848 miles of roads. Asia, with its teeming millions of ipoputatlon, has only a third of the road mileage o i this country, o* 1*061,462 miles. Australia, including all of Oce ania, has a mere 614,281 miles of (road, and Europe, including all o< Russia, both European and Asiatic tftf 8,864,667 miles of road. 1 "M? ! asgl ..111 THE SMALL STORES PuCBtmisti havo long predicted the gradual extinction of the small stores and their absorption by the national chains. One observer of trend toward the dominance of com bkuntiond of capital in the retail trade wrote: . "It is not pleasant to the small merchant to be dragged behind the counter as a salaried employee; a little spoke in a big wheel." But it happens that this doleful prediction is not of recent origin. It wag written and publislhed in the Springfield Republican in 1895 ? 40 years ago. At that time (the big de partment stores were ju^st getting under way. Since then we have seen added menaces to the Bmall retailer in the form of mail order houses and chain stores. Naturally those which have succeeded are the ones whicli have kept abreaistt of tttte times, a dopting new methods and policies as occasion demanded to meet the keen ,er competition presented by the larger enterprises. And a most im portant factor which has contribut ed to the succctss of retaileiy large and small has been intelligent, per sistent and adequate advertising. DOWN GOES THE PRICE Of H SHAVING COMFORT SHAVING comfort hit an all* time low in price with the announcement of Probakjunior ?the remarkable new double* edge razOr blade. Think of it I You get 23 keen, smooth- shav ing blades, uniform in quality, for only 39 i. You'll wonder bow. such^fine blades can be ?old for so little mofity. Probak Junior is the product ? of unequalled manufacturing methods nod matchless skill. This blade is automatically tempered, .ground, honed and stropped ? gives you wonderful shaving satisfaction.TryProbak Junior and see for yourself. Get them today ^(rom your dealer. Probak Junior fits all Gillette and Probak razors TAX RETURNS Notice i>9 hereby given that the Au ditor's Office will bo open for receiv ing Tax Returns from January 1st, 1935, to March 1st, 1935. All per sons owning real estate or personal property mtust make returns of the Bamo within said period, as required by law, or be subject to a penalty of 10 per cent. Tho Auditor will attend in person or by deputy at tih?e following places in tho county on tho dates indicated for receiving returns: Raley's Mill ? January 11th. Hethune ? January 17t.h and 18th. Kershaw ? January 23rd and 24th. Liberty Hill ? January 29th. Wostville ? -January 30th. Blaney ? -Jammry 31st. All persons between tho atfes of 21 ami 00 years, inclusive, nro required to pay a poll tax, and all pontons be tween the ages of 21 and 50 years, Inclusive are required to pay a Road tax, unless excused by law. All Trustees, {Juardians, Executives, Ad ministrators or Agents holding prop erty In charge cnuwt roturn satne. Parties sending tax returns by orvail must make oath to same before some officer and fill of?t the s:<mo in pro per manner or tfl*>y will be rejectod. B. E. SPARROW, Auditor Kershaw Ounty. STEADY WORK? tiOOl) I'AY RELIABLE MAN WANTED to call on farm??r? in Kershaw County. No experience or capital needed. Write today. McNESS CO., Dept T, Fr#eport, IIL BANKING EVOLUTION By R. S. HECHT President American Bankers A ssociation BANKING at one time waB a private business, but more recently has de veloped Into a profession ? a seml pub lie profession. This change has not ?ome suddenly but 1 8 the result or an .evolutionary proc ess. Backing hfis grown an^\chtulged with the growth and change of ouN coun try. The banker who lias survived the trials and tribula tions of the past few years has provon himself a man of courage and ability, and wo may well expect him to meet the problems that lie before him with resolution "and sound Judgment. Changes or momentous importance have occurred in our economic struc tures and bankers have had a difficult road to travel. Somo will argue that all of these changes were evolutionary and inevitable, while others look upon many of them as revolutionary and unneces sary. It is extremely difficult to trace with any degree of accuracy the real causes for many of our troubles and It Is not always easy In judging these de velopments tc distinguish properly be tween cause am. effect. Unfortunately It has become the fash ion to blame on our banking system all the troubles which the depression has brought. As a consequence wo hear jnyrch of needed reform of banking by law. No one wHl deny that certain de fects have developed in our existing banking laws which neod correction, and that certain abuses were com mitted which no one wishes to defend or have remain possible in the future. Never before were bankers more de termined than they are today to bring about whatever changes In our banking system aro called for by the public wel fare. * The best results can and will be ac complished by normal processes and gradual adjustments of our present prl vato banking structure ? suitably super vised by proper authority ? rather than by the passage or still more drastic laws, offering panaceas in the form of more government-owned or govern ment-controlled tlnancial organizations. The Basis of Good Lawa Lasting laws relating to any phase of human need are formed and modelled in the rough school of practical human experience and aro usually tho result ol sound evolutionary processes rather than of sudden impulses to change fun damental principles. If we analyze the new banking pic* ture which has developed during the past eighteen months, we cannot help fevrt. -cotttlu&lon that evo lutlonary changes which have tfUfcfca' place in banking, and the economic life ' of the nation of which it Is a part, have I Justified much of tho banking leglsla- ' tlon recently passed. As we look ahead and consider the new problems which are facing us we must inevitably come to the conclusion that some further changes in our banking laws will be come necessary. It Is not enough that bankers merely acquiesce In banking imposed by law. Zeal for evolutionary banking reform must be more aggressive than that. Banking practice itself, without com pulsion of law, can and should reflect the changes and lessons of the times and difficulties through which the na tion has passed and, even to a greater extent thnift law, render banking more truly a good public servant by volun tary self-reform. In no Bmall measure Is this accomplished by the better training of the members of tho bank ing fraternity and by Instilling con stantly higher Ideals in those who are ultimately responsible Tor bank man agement. Ah we march on Into the world of to morrow the banker has a groater op portunity for usefulness than ever be fore, and I hope that tho sorvico he will render to socloty will be so conscien tious, so constructive and bo satisfac tory aH to merit gonoral approval and assure him his logical high place and leadership. NATIONAL SAVINGS MARK INCREASES NEW YORK. ? The annual Ravings compilation of tho American Hankers Association for tho year ending Juno 30, 1934, shows that for the first time since 1930 total savings in all Ameri can banks recorded an annual Increase. A statemen' by W. Espoy Alblg, Dep uty Managor of (ho association in chargo of its Havings Division, in tho organization's monthly magazine "Hanking," says that savings deposited in banks as of June 30, 1934. gained 3.6 per cont ns compared with a year earlier. "The aggregato Is an increase over last year of $742,132,000, tho llrst since tho year which closed Juno 30, 1930," ho says. "This Is a notable achievement, for tho decline since 1930 had been pro cipitato and all-embrnr !ng. in thnt year savings had reached tho all time high of $28,478,031,000. A yoar ago tho amount was $21,126,634,000, a loss In three years of $7,363,097,000. This year tho figure stands at $21,.Xfl7,606,000. "Depositors, too, havo gained in num ber, going from 39,202,442 on Juno SO, 1938, to 39,662,174 on Juno 30 this year, a gain of 299,732. Four years ago there wore 62,729,432 depositors, or one de positor for oach 2.8 poraone in th? coun try. Now thoro la one account for ftach i.t persona." MRS. JANE AUGUSTA ELDREDGE VON TRESCKOW Entered into eternal rest at the home of her only eon, Egmont C. von Tresckow, in ZagTeb, Yugoslavia, on December 1^ 1934, Jane Augusta Eldredge, the widow of the late Egmont von Tresckow of Camden, South Carolina, at the age of 88 years. ^Born March 8, 1847, in Detroit, Michigan, she was (the daughter of Charles Eldredge and his wife Pa mela Janet WateiUnan and the eigihth generation of her New England family. Her grandfather, Christo pher Eldredge 3rd, left Connecticut 1801 to become one of the founders o? Binghampton, New York, and his homestead there remained in tho camily until 1932. Her education was obtained in Binghampton and Boston. On September 7, 1871, she was married in her mother's home at Orienta Point, Mamaroneck, New York, to Egmont von Tresckow of Doelzig, Germany, and (htere her only child Egmont Charles was bom a year later. Mr. and Mrs. von Tresckow and }son resided for a number of years in Europe, returning directly to Cam den where here cousin, Mr. Frank W. Eldredge, had established him self and family after working the Haile Gold pine near Kershaw, which belonged to vhis stepfather, Mr. James Eldredge of Binghampton. Her long life spent in many parts of the world was varied and interest ing and she was rarely ever separat ed from (her son, going with him and his wife from consular to consular post. She was a staunch Episcopalian and a loyal Daughter of the Almeri can Revolution, being a member of The Hofbkirk Hill Chapter at Cam den, South Carolina. Religious services were held in the Mortuary Chapel at Mirogoj, Zagreb, sprang up. Recently Siler died and left $7,500 to the Iboy, now a man, whose humane instincts and courage had rescued the poor dog and won the admiration of the casual passer by. Those who befriend unfortunate animals do not always obtain materia) rewards such as came to Otto Schmidt, but tlhfey inevitably have December 18th, tlfoe Lutheran Bishop Popp officiating and using a trans lation of the Anglican Service. Motrt of the Consular Corps, numerous local tivend,s -azvd --tho Amcriranr. Xnglisfi colony attended and the magnificent floral offerings testi fied to the respect and sympathy with which she was regarded. The interment took place at Camden, South Carolina, on January 8, in the old Quaker Cemetery, where i^hte was laid beside her hus band who preceded her over thirty years ago. Rev. iMr. Craighill of Grace Episcopal Church officiated. The pallbearers werre: Active, J, Kershaw Shannon, W. L. DePass, Sr, Stanley Llewellyn, A. Dalton Ken nedy, Robert M. Kennedy, Jr., John K. do Loach. Honorary: Charles J. Shannon, Dr. Sydney C. Zemp, Caleb C. Whit aker, Sr., Gersham C. Bruce, William M. Young, Henry Bissell Kennedy, Newton C. Boykin. J^hte is (survived by her son and a number of nieces and nqpihews. 1 Among those known in Camden and South Carolina are Mrs. Olivo Havi land Chesebro of Pleasantville, New \ ork, and Miss Olive Eldredge of iBakerfield, California, and her cous ins Miss Sara James Eldredge and tho fafimtily of tho lato Frank W. Eldredge of Camden. Owing to unavoidable circum stance Mr. and Mrs. Egmont von Tresckow could (not accompany tho remains and members of the Eldredge and Kennedy families re presented them. NOTICE OF FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is hereby given tlhat ono month from this date, on the 7th day c*f February, 1935, I will m?ko to the Probata Court of Kershaw County my final return as Adminis trator of the estate rif L. Y. Horton, deceased, and on tfti>o name date I will apply to the ?*vid Court for a final discharge as said Administra tor. ' J. A. BRIDGES, Administrator of the Estate of L. Y. Horton. Camdon, S. C., Jan. 8, 1985. FOR SALE Two crocheted bed spreads. Beau tifully made Ar*l will sell cheap. Write, Box 6, OHosterfleld, S. C. A fooster-c rowing contest at Reading, Eng., was won by a bird that crowed 30 titans in an hour. * A Nickel f 'j at a Time ? k . , ? ^ JIT costs ? few ccnti ? day to have a telephone ? hut H costs a* much or more to try to do without it. You pay for doing without a telephone a nickel at a time. Instead of calling the grocer or druggist, you have to make a trip. If you mutt get in touch with a friend, you iiuve to go in person ?r tend a message. And in bad weather, such trips are none too pleasant. When an emergency comes ami you want a dc-ctor, fireman or the police QUICK ? a few minutes delay may be costly. You would give a lot then for a telephone . . . Let the telephone go to work f? r you right away. Just get ; In touch with the telephone business ciilce. or any telephone em ploye you know. Then make a check, if you like, and you will find your telephone more than pays it* way in convenience, com fort and protection. Southern Telephone and Telegraph ? N C O R P O I : V C O AMAZE A [v'INUTE SCIENTIFACTS 27 ARNOLD Nearer the center Oh the l \rth, A LARGE; PART OP THE PEOPLE OF SlBERlA ARE P ARTHUR PROM the seat op their ? government at MOSCOW THAN they ARE prom THE CENTER OF THE EARTH. Two YEARS COLOR BLIND - Children do not DEVELOP COLOR SENSE UNTIL ALMOST TWO YEARS OLD. The heat of hibernation > TKc I ?,V" r':.\AT .RE Of WARV\ HOODED ANI.'.V/MS WHEN H!B?R latino is almost the same as THtU COLO SuRKOUNDI WGS. ? ? ? A ! e * ?tt Ike Meat* A poor quality face powder can make you look older than you are ... a fine quality can subtract five and ten years from your age. Now you know the reason for Djer-Kiss popular ity? You can choose no finer powder for face, throat and 50c shoulders. It ranks first, giv ing a petal soft powder film so thin that it is invisible and it stay9 on all day. FACE POWDER Now you may obtain an ador able V ant tie of genuine Djer KUs Perfume for only 25c. NOTICK OF FINAL DISCHARGE Notice is horoby ffivon that on tho 28rd day of January, 1935 I will mako my final returns an Administrator of the Rotate of Noil Iirnnhium and on the Hamo day I will apply to tho Pro bate Court for a final duscharfeo as flald Administrator. Im A. CAMPBRLIj, Administrator of Katato of Noil Ilrnrilitam. Camden, ?. C., Jan. 9, 1935. j