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Bm Wrtww Hmhibk BjBSa WSSSm S? QUI V. MWWW Prop. . .iwiCM. ntMi i ,aw.jm? i <&s ?? tif*~ A* QmI? 1 Q, <WldNllMCAtll?l?A4mpi . vitednesday, January 30, 1985 Folks must repeat; them isn't enough original conversation to go a T01U|da The pickpocket is not aristocratic, as he never loses the "common touch". We often wonder whether thoso noisy legislators carry on that way around home. . JjL An optimist is a man who expects to find a clean pair of socks without holes. We shouldn't be too hasty in call ing a man lazy. Tfcte (poor fellow may be suffering from voluntary in A French chei saya hia most tempting dishes are inspired by mu sic. Jazz should inspire a wonder ful brand of hash. An educator suggests a course in stock market buying and selling, but doesn't tell where reliable teachers could ba found. GOVERNMENT CANT DO IT ALL During the past few years, the {Federal government has been working to develop and (perfect farm organi zations. This work has produced ex cellent results ? probably no other federal farm relief activity Ihias been bo successful. Unfortunately, this has led to a danger that seepns to be an inescap able part of all government ventures Of the kind. A certain percentage of tfarmers have cotne to look upon gov ernment as their economic savior ? to believe that ft, and it alone, will iron out their troubles, solve their pro blems and bring them prosperity. Farmers who hold to this belief are obviously going to do little in their own bettiialf, , '.!w ^ . The fallacy of this attitude was well expressed recently by F. W. Peck, i cooperative bank commissioner of the Farm Credit Administration, who said: "It is fundamental that thtfse Responsible for the operation of bus iness cooperatives consider that theii success depends upon them and their supporting membership and not upon the government." In other words, government is tfote ally of coctperatives ?but it is not and should not be their administrator. It will do wfhat it earn to advance their interests ? but it will pot attempt to take over a cooperative organization and make it succeed. That is the province of management and the farmer membership. Farmers who look to government as a financial father deserve to fail. Farmers who determine to work out their own destinies deserve to succeed i ? and they will. GETTING DOWN TO EARTH In hia article, "The Future", in the Saturday Evening Post, General Johnson states some frightfully plain truths. The one oustanding point he made is that the confidence necess ary to encourage the spending of savings, the development ofl industry and the employment of labor, is lack ing. "No amount of belat>oring business and talking about timidity, by men wft*> never conducted a business in their lives, is gtoing to change these essential responsibilities," said Gen eral Johnson. Many thoughtful and sincere students of present day pro blems have pointed out this fact con (inously, . i The government cannot disoourago private enterprise by goifig into bus iness in cocnpetition with it tax exempt plants financed by public funds, and expect (pnrivate industries to go ahead. It simply cannot be done. It cannot Increase expenses of in dustry by heavier taxes. Nit A re quirements and extreme regulation iwhlch drastically limits or destroys earnings or opportunities, and expect the Investor to pour (Ms savings into labonr, but it cannot draw on the bax i>ayer to meet deficits as can govern ment operated industries. It has to iMe a chance to make a profit before It can risk its savings. Prfvwte business cannot compete with government business, and threats cannot change that situation. ' Rgardlees of whether one agrees *Hth General Johnson, many of htt statements Have for the first time Br? anted In plain language some of the underlying causes that are re laidlng o* preventing recovery* I ALL TAXES ARE SALES-tfAXES No form of txation is ?o bitterly assailed as the sales tax. The politi cal "friends of the common people" have been especially virulent in de nouncing it, on the grounds that the burden of the tax falls more heavily oci persona of email and moderate means tihsan on the wealthy. That is all very well. But a very vital point that the (peoplo do not retalize is this: There is no other kind of tax, so far as the effect is concerned, than the sales tax. Every tax must be paid, and paid in fu* by t^e ultimato consumers of , goods and products. Every tax lev ied increases the cost of necessities and luxuries wo need and buy and use. When we buy a pair of shoes wo must pay a score of taxes ? the tax that was paid by'tihte raiser of the cattle, by the railroad that transport ed them, by tho factory that tanned and cured the leather, by tho manu facturer, by the distributor, and final ly, that paid Iby the dealer is in cluded in the cost of the pair of shoes we get. That is true of food, clothing, entertainment and every thing else. The "common (people" ? families of moderate income ? havo tho most to lose from tax extravagance, and the most to gain from tax economy. There aren't enough rich in this country to carry the cost of govern ment for a week- ? all but a small part of government income stems indirect ly from workers and salaried people and from those who have a little coming in from investments. TJve sales tax by name may be unpopular ? but we all pay it. We carmot get rid of it ? but we can, by mass action, demand governmental economy, ef ficiency and retrenchment that will lower its cost. THE DEPRESSION TEACHES LESSONS Tfie problem of how to make your earnings of today work for you in old ago is tremendously personal. The (problem has been described as getting old men's dollars out of young men's incomes. Even in normal times, poverty stricken old ago constitutes one of our gravest social difficulties. Only a small percentage persons past seventy -axe^eHiSufficient financially rest must depend on relatives or privato or public relief. There axe grounds for forecasting t/h"at the present depression will bo the means of lessening this old age problem, and if it does that, hard times will have been woirth their cost. More and more men and women are investing money wisely and Bafely, with an eye to security and steady earnings rather than (possible profits. They are investing it in iife insur ance, anuitks and trust funds. They are determined that when their earn ing period (has passed, they will spend their declining years in comfort pro vided by their own thrift and fore sight when young. A MAN WITHOUT HATE There (has been published the in teresting autobiography of H. Rider Haggard, tho English novelist whose vivid tales havo entertained and charmed millions of readers through out tho world. This autobiography was written several years ago, but Haggard stipulated that it should not be publidhted until after his doath, which occurred in 1920. The author of "King Solomon's. Mines", "Sho" and forty-odd other stories reveals a versatile and kind ly personality and recounts his nd venfcures in various parts of tho world. Perhaps his most striking passage Is that in which 1h<e swys: "I have known many emotions, nil of them, I think, oxcept hate." What a fine thing It was to bo ?blo to say that! How many of us havo known all tho emotions except (Nate? CLOSING DATK OF NATION AT, CERTIFICATE POOL FEB. 9 rrho following is token from n let tor just received from Mr. E. I?. Deal, Certificate Pool Manager, Cot ton Production Section: We wish to advise you that effect ive ( February 9, 1935, no further Mvlen of surplus certificates will be made from tho 1934 ? 1935 operations of tho ]>ooL. It Is considered that by this date all jproducera would havo n definito Idea as to tft*eir need for aurplus certificates, nmd in order th^t our work along other linen may bo expo dited an well as that complete settle ment may be mado to tho participants to the pool, it is highly desirable that thin be done. ? Henry D. Ore on, Count* Agent, , , , , i 1935 Message From the HgySter Family } THE YEAR 1933 marks the Golden Anniversary of the F. S. Royster Guano Company ? fifty years of making fertilizers ? a half century of sticking hard and fast to the original Royster creed of making the best fertilizers it is humanly possible to make. This half century has been a period of wonderful progress in agriculture ?and during this time Royster has never stopped studying growing plants and plant food needs, carrying on exhaustive research work, testing every new source of plant food? -all in an effort to improve Royster Fertilizer year after year; ? During these fifty years the Company has confined its efforts to the man ufacture of fertilizers ? and nothing else. The ownership of the Company has remained in the hands of the Royster family, and is being handed down from one generation to the next. And, we take pride in the fact that the men who own and control the Company today are the men who actually run the business; On this, the occasion of our Fiftieth Anniversary, we take pleasure in paying tribute to the thousands of loyal Royster customers who have helped to make our success possible ? and to whom we renew our pledge of continued service; 1885 * L . % / N ? Mr. A Personal r Fj S, ROYSTER GUANO COMPANY NORFOLK, VIRGINIA Associated Charities' Report Of The Report of the Associated Charities of Camden-Kershaw County for De cember, 1934. Balance from last month . . $567.37 Receipts this month 245.75 Total $813.12 Childrens Home, Paid Out: i Groceries $00.62 Milk 28.70, Matron's salary and other hired help 94.00 Phone service 5.58 Clothing 1.75 Water & Light 9.05 j Medicine 6.00 Mackey Hdw. Co 28.70 Blackwell 10.00 David Wolfe 1.50 Boston Store 8.26 DePass' Drug Store 6.60 MoLeod & McLauchlin 4.00 DuBose & Co. (Ins.) 13.05 Pritchard Paifft & Glass .... 8.82 ^aintirup^T 13.00 Mrs". Hough 5.00 Rent (Trimnels) . 5.00 j Total $311.93 Balance $501.19 DOES THE PRICSOF SHAVING COMFORT Hrohak Junior fits all Gillette A Probak rax on Official Tabulation Of Election Returns Antioch Beaver Dam Bethune Blaney Brannon's Buffalo Camden Cassatt Charlotte Thompson Gates' Ford Hermitage Kershaw Liberty Hill Lugoff . . , Pine Creek Rabon's Cross Roads Ralev's Ratcliff's Shamrock Shaylor's Stokes' School House Three C's Westville TOTALS . . .. .. Hi o /. 'Jl < \ * tc ; ? o Mi K I 0| 9 0, 25 30 7 3 69 131176 o! 15 0 0 17o' 0 12 0 0 2 1 10 1 2 0 12 2 0 0 3 1 3 8 1851 74 NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS All parties indebted to the estate of William E. Johnson are hereby notified to make pajlment to tlhfc un dersigned, and all parties, if any, having claims against the said estate will present them likewise, duly at tested, within the' time prescribed by law. ROBERT C. JOHNSON, Executor of tho Estate of William E. Johnson. Camden, S. C., Dec. 22, 1934. . * S .P 3 B ? S 15! \) 361564 7 9 22 1 8 21 12 4 7 2 18 3 2 13 5 10 2| 0j 0 1 7| 13 Jk Regnlar oommanTeatlon if this lodge U h?M on the flrftt Tuesday In each montb it R p. m. Visiting Brethren sr? welcomed. N. R. GOODALE, JR., J. W. WILSON, Wor?Wnful Master Bilious Attacks ? For bilious attacks due to oonstt petlrtn, thousands of men and wom en taka Thettford's Black-Draught because it la purely vegetable and brings prompt, refreshing relief. **I hare tt*tdBlaofc~Praii?hV writes Mr. T.JU Austin, of MoAdenvllK N. O. "There Is ? paoksfe of it on my mantel new. X take tt for bilt ousnes*. If X did not take it, the gtsix1 srs-a: istsrisus to MUrre mm Unt Xkasw." SFhetfaHTs BLAOi niAUOHT Vegetable Laxative ^ / "This little pig i went to market'7 ....but he didn't like the stores he found, so he thought and he thought and he thought . . . . and he started a new kind of store ? and he called it P1GGLY WIGGLY A food storo whoro nobody has to wait her turn . . . whore only worthwhile foods are offered for salo . . . whore ovorything is out in plain sight so customers can soo and examine at their leisure tho things thoy wantl A now kind of store ? tho oasiost, most con venient storo you ever shopped in. Aisle after aisle of tempting things to oat . . . tho shelve* thomselvos your shopping listl After one trip you know just whoro to go for what you want . . . and ovory prico plainly markedl Courtoous, smilfhg attendants will gladly suggest but novor attempt to "sell" you anything ? you are tho bossl It's an advonturo in shopping . . , but so far denied tho people of this town. FOR BIG CONTEST1 COMING SOON! PRIZES! Watch this space for details about