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THE WATERHB MESSENGER *Tt* y ' ' >* Published Every Wedaee fay by CHAS. W. BIRCHMORB, Prsp. Entered as Seeoad d*ss Matter at the Poet of flee at Camden, S. C. Subscription flit A Tear la Advance Wednesday, April 24, 1986 That new farm census will disclose that a lot of western farais have been blown east. The Stressa conference vied for publicity with the news tOmt Yvonne Dionne ihad cut a second toothy Before the advent of the radio we didn't have to listen to a lot of ad vertising ballyhoo along with our "recordings" If Louisiana doesn't get a cut of that relief pie we wouldn't be sur prised if the Kingfish made a Senate speech about it. We would foe interested to know the reactions of a philosopher wfoo runs out of gas ten miles from a fill ing station on a stormy night. A DEMOCRATIC WARNING Recent expressions by leaders in Congress indicate that they are be ginning to recognise the damage that is being done to private industry and employment by governanmt com petition. Chaii^man Steagall (Dem., Ala.) of the House Banking and Currency Committee is the latest to sound warning against continued use b of government funds to the paraly zing of private business. ' In asking that the new appropria tion for the Home Owners Loan Cor poration be held to tfife absolute min imum necessary for meritorious cases, Chairman Steagall told the House in open session: "There are reasonable grounds for expecting a resumption of normal business by lending institutions. But it is impossible so long as we stand ready to carry on this business in definitely with the help of the Treasury." GovernmenMn-business Is a two fold measure, (because it reduces the Operations of private organizations and individuals on the one hand, and levies heavier taxes on them to pay for the inefficiency of bureaucracy on the otlhter. And taxes take their toll constantly, ceaselessly, relenless iy. Mr. Steagall is correct in his con clusion. It is im(pos Bible for private business to resume noifmal operat ions as long as competitive business is carried on "with the help of the Treasury." TAXES PILED ON TAXES For a great many years a large part of the public has looked with dread to the appearance of Federal income tax day. Individuals and industries are forced to turn in to the treasury vast sum that might otherwise have been used for invest ment, building and the creation of employment. Now tihe citizens of the country dont face merely one Income tax day-millions of them face two and )Bven three. In tUhfo city of New York, for example, residents must pay the federal income tax, a state income tax, and finally a municipal income tax. A similar situation is injet by the citizens of New Castle County, Deleware, which is now lervying a county Income tax* in addition to the state and federal taxes, as a means of financing relief expenses, i The aim of legislatures these days soohms to be to pile up as many taxes on top of taxes as a long-suffering publio will stand. The upshot is that the tax collector, in many cases, 1* receiving all tho surplus a business or an individual earns. There is no money left for investment,for home construction, for industrial expansion And the cause of recovery suffers accordingly. One wonders muoh longer the public's patience will last. America is becoming one of the most tax ridden nations on earth- and only an aggressive, informed and active public movement against exorbitant ly expensive government can save us from eventual tax bankruptcy. SALEM EN WANTKDi Have op > anforg now for reliable salesman (age 25 to 50 years to take care of demand for Rawleigh household 1 products in Cacnden, (Good profits ' for hustler. We furnish every thing but the ear to start you. Rawleigh Co., Dept SOD-21-C, L Richmond, V* _ NO MAGIC Farm people now realize that there is nothing magical about cooperative institutions; they require cold, hard, practical business procedure, said the Secretary of the National Coopera tive Council recently. Any farmer who expects cooper ative managements to ipull economic rabbita out of a hat is obviously doomed for disappointment* And so is any farmer who believes that if he joins a co-op all of his problems will be solved in jig-tifcne, and his bank account will immediately start to swell. Sound cooperatives work jslowly and carefully. They plan for the long pull, rather tihan transitory benefits. They take no steps tihat are not building for a sound and pros perous future ? they seek eventual Stability, and they know that cannot be achieved through legerdemain. It speaks well for the foresight of the American farmer that he has stuck stubbornly to his cooperative during depression, when it seemed that little or no progress was being made. Now titoe fruits of that are beginning to appear; the farm in come is rising, new markets are being developed, the arduous job of adjusting supply and demand is slowly being completed. It looks as if agriculture is entering a period of genuinely better times. NEW RED CROSS JOB Plans for a new and important ac tivity, that of reducing the automo bile death and accident rate, are being made by the American Red Cross, which this year is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its incorporation un der its present charter. Briefly stated, tth*e proposal is to establisha set work of first aid sta tions along the highways and streets, using filling stations, police booths and offer existing facilities, the personnel of which would be given some instruction in first aid meth ods. Mobile first aid units would include public utility and highway commission trucks, tank trucks and buses, some of which already carry emergency equipment and persons trained in first aid. The possibilities of the plan are readily recognized, and tfhte expense of providing the necessary first aid kits and the training of personnel whose regular duties kept them on the highways would not be great. First Aid, the Red Cross believes, should wQtfenever possible be given at the spot where the accident occurs, until proper mjedical aid can be summoned. Many deaths occur frofcn rushing injured persons into ordi nary automobiles and speeding them to (hospitals without giving them temporary relief and intelligent at tention. The new undertaking is a most praiseworthy one, which will no doubt have the hearty cooperation of all who are able to assist in making it effective. ^ ? ? ? 9 W Probak Junior fits all Qlllettc A Probak razors Many a Friend Recommends BLACK-DRAUGHT People Who have taken Black Draught naturally are enthu*!a*Uo About It because of the refreehlng relief it h*a brought them. No won der they urge other* to try it! . . . Un. Joe G. Roberta, of Portemvllle, Ala, writee: "A friend reoommended Black-Draught to me a long time fft, tad It hu provtd It* worth to m*. )m*4k-r>r?*utht u food for oon?tlp*Uon. I find th4t Uklng BUok-I>rmifht prnytnU fth? bill out h*?dkoh?a which 1 to yn," ... A purely v?e*Ub1? modleln* ooSBSttpation, BILIOUSNESS H'i'KADY WOKK ? (IOOD i'AT RELIABLE MAN WANTED to call on farmdre In Kershaw County. No experience or capital needed. Write today. McNEH8 CO., Deft T, Freeaott, UL bale, OH MIL HELP BUILD THE COLUMBIA S.C. spend five billion dollars in America annually for pleasure travel, but the C&rolinas ? with unexcelled resort areas, historic and scenic points, now get only mm Insignificant share of these tourist dollars. > 3TOURISTS are desirable because they bring and leave new money in our communities ? increasing (Mapioyment, increasing consumption of local products and thus add to our prosperity and > (wealth ? Tourists who become interested in the Carolinas will buy homes and make investments ? I* M?e Carolinas. It is time for Carolinians to awaken to our tourist possibilities as a means of bier casing our ability to pay taxes and improve our economic status. The Carolinas, Inc., is the means by which all Carolinians can do their share in promoting the growth of the Carolina tourut industry? USE CAROLINA HISTORIC AND SCENIC STAMPS. CAROLINAS INC. Tha Carolina*, Inc. Box 60, Charlotte, N. C. Without obligation*, pleat* tend full information concerning Carolina*, Inc., and copy of the Carolina* Opportunity Bulletin. Name Street City The newspaper* of North and South Carolinu have donated the space for this and a eerie* of advertisement* which will appear for the purpoie of bringing fact* about the Carolina* before their people, that they may be better informed a* to the resources, history and indu*trial importance of the Carolina*, and that they may know how they can assist in the broad movement to advertise to the world the advantages of this favored section. BETH LINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, HONOR ROLL Eleventh Grade: Distinguished, Eliza Jackson, Arline Wagers. Proficient: Robert McCaskill, Nan nie Ruth Hilton, Charles Nicholson, Wilson Outlaw, Clarence. Heuistisss Tenth Grade- Distinguished: Grace Harton, Proficient: Richard McLaurin Price Baker, Margurito Jones. Ninth Grade- Distinguished: Frank ie Beard, Ila B. Mangum, Proficient: Juanita Nicholson, Rob bio Newton Marion, Ralph Hall. Eigthth Grade- Distinguished: Iris McCaskil], Lorene Blackmon, Mar-i garet Mcl/aurin. Proficient: Katherine Foster, Gerry Davis. Seventh Grade: Distinguished: Mar gie Jones, Jaurvita Railey. Proficient: John F. Blackwell, Mel'ta Haker, Clayton Ilorton, Margaret Am imons, Loutee Hinson, Myrtis Mun go, Ruby Jackson, Irene Mangum, Clarene Hilton, Alo~ie Hilton. Sixth Grade- Proficient: Alvo McCaskill. Fifth Grade- Distinguished: Mar garet Eubanks. Proficient: Vera Horton, Bruce Kelley Doris Lane. Fourth Grade- Distinguished: Tres sie Mao Davis, Sara Gordon, Sara Margaret King. Proficient: Betty Hammond, Walter B. Mungo, Evelyn Mangum, Elvin Jones. Third Grade- Distinguished : Eva J. Ratcliff, Vora Stewart, Martha Winbun, RalyVH .MoOaakill,. Proficient: Dorothy Winbum, John W. Smith, Sara Ruth Lyles, W. A. Johfnnon, Wayne Blaclcmoo, Nancy Horton, Violet Willismn*. Second Grade- Distinguished: Wil son Holley, Neil Kelly, Tola Gardner, Sara R. McKirvnon, Rosa Mc.I<eod, Caroyln Bethune, Rosa Horton. Proficient: Noll Davis, Evelyn Ham mond, Viola Horton, June Williams.! First Grade- Distinguished: Mar- J garet Braswell, Joyce Fowler, John N. Huckabee, Georgia M. Squires. Proficient: Frank Baker, Carrol King, Dorothy Catoe, Betty J. Hilton, Mildred McCaskill. ^ivm service Kxammatiionfl The United States Civil Service Commission has announced open competitive examinations as follows: Immigration patrol inspector, $1 800 a year, Department of Labor. Applicants must be of active type with good [muscular development, and i:i good health and sound physical condition. Because of the short time during which this examination is open, applications miay bo filed witJhf the civil service district office near est the applicant, as well as with the U. S. Civil Service Commission at Washington, D. C. Applications must ho on file not later than May 4. Minor laboratory Apprentice, $1,020 a year, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C. Optional subjects are chemistry and pfhysics. Applicants must have been graduated from a 4 year high school coiirse or have com pleted 14 units of r?4hv>ol work acceptable for college entrance. Ap plications must bo on file with the IJ. S. Civil Service Commission at Wash ington, I). C., not later than May 18. Full information may be obtained from M. IT. Moore, Secretary of the United States Civil Service Board of Kxaminers, at the post office in this city. ?INTERESTING NOTES ? Some snakes, like tfbe pythons have vestigial hind legs which they use in locomotion. Two tons of rose petals are reqtilr to produce one ounce of attar of rones. Florida extends farther weat than Chicago. Two presidents of tho United States, Jackson and Hayes, were born posthumously. Only two units of the federal k<>v eminent operate at a profit ? the ipatent office and the navigation bu reau. 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