The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, May 01, 1935, Image 4
THE WATBBBB MBSSENGBS
Vmk Mshed Every Wedassdgr by '*
CHAS. W. BIRCHMORB, Prop.
Kateted ti JiMtd Class At
Ik* Posteffice at Camden, 8. C.
Sibacriptiofl fUl A Tear in Advance
Wednesday, M ay 1, 1985
In the United States Senate a re
ference to a Long speech has a
double significance.
Host educated Negroes are said to
be ashamed of their parents. Just
like most educated white folks.
Don't waste too much sympathy oci
that girl who has been asleep during
most of tho depression. She should
be envied.
The mystery about mystery stories
is how one plot can yield so many.
INSURANCE AND RECOVERY
i .
Considering the drain of depress
ion expenditures on the nation's re
sources, it is cheering to note that
individual Americans have begun to
rejbuild their estates for tftfe future.
Their purchases of new life insurance
increased moro than 10 per cent last
year, according to estimates of the
National Association of Life Insur
ance Underwriters. It was the first
year since 1929 that this item of the
collective family budget was higher
|than in the preceding year.
This is not only on encouraging
5ndex of present business conditions,
showing an improvement in individ
ual fortunes; it is also an indication
iof recovery thought. It reveals a
new stimulation of the desire of ev
pry far-seeing man to make provis
ion for future emergencies. Every
section of the United States (partici
pated in the improvement. In dol
lars, the total of new life insurance
(purchases is estimated at 14 billions,
an increase of more than a billion
and a quarter dollars over the year
1933.
The estimate sfliowe that, at the
end of 1934, the people of the United
states owned 98 billion dollars of
life insurance. This total represents
ftttfe Investment of approximately
one-half the entire population of the
country, and is an encouraging sign
(that the foundations of recovery are
being well laid.
During Life Insurance Week, be
ginning May 18th, the advantages of
owning life insurance will be stress
ed in every part of the country. To
every American will come this mes
jsage: "The sooner ycru (plan your
future, the better your future will
be." It is a message which Ameri
cans, with fresh memories of relief
rollB and of aging people out of work,
will consider thoughtfully*
A COLLEGE EXPERIMENT
At little Olivet College in Michigan,
with a student body of only 207 at
present, an interesting experiment is
being tried by Joseph H. Brewer, Jr.,
its 36-year-old president. It is basod
pn the theory that its students go to
collego to learn something, and that
unless they do really want to learn
there is little use in trying to force
them to do so.
Attendances at lectures and other
sessions for instruction is voluntary.
There are no roll calls or (penalties for
(non-attendance. Yet, strange as it
may seem, the percentage of attend
ance is very higlh. The aim is to
make the courses so interesting fiat
students will want to attend because
they will miBs something valuable if
they do not.
The systefrn is based on the thought
that self-education is the best, if not
the only, education. The instructors
{provide the plans and guidance, but
the students must exert ttoomselves
without being driven to accept what
fche college offers.
The students work largely in re
search and discussion groups of not
more than ten members each. Fre
quent papers are written by the
undergraduates as a basis for discus
sions and conferences. The instruc
tors confer individually with the
students, suggest their reading and
subjects for study, and act "as cata
lytic agents" on the minds of the
men, as Dr. Brewer has expressed it.
Forward-looking educators have
Jong realised the futility of much of
what passes for education in this in
creasingly complex civilisation of
out*. The Olivet experiment is tally
one of many new aipproacftiefl to the
Adueational problem, and as such ft
Will be observed with much Interest.
An Italian scientist has discovered
four "planetary masses** gravitating
tin/HO*. I . A k m
AN OUTWORN SYSTEM f]
Several years ago the late- .$hiqf
Justice Taft declared that Americam
H?Wm1 procedure was a disgrace
to the nation. A recent utterance on
the same subject by Judge Walter
B. Jones of Alsfcama is to the same
effect and is wortlhy of being widely
published. He said, in substance:
In the interest of justice and in
the nafrne of common sense a change
is needed in the ideas we have about
criminal trials. Instead of a pro
cedure in which one side works en
tirely with the object of finding a
defendant guilty and the other side
with the object of finding him en
tirely innocent, both sides disregard
ing or distorting tlhe facts to suit
|their opposing purposes, he suggests
Ithat everything should be subordi
nate to the truth, and then let the
chips fall w5here they may.
He pleads for doing away with the
absurdities of the average criminal
trial, for sweeping away all sham
and pretense, and tihte squelching of
technicalities which serve only to
defeat the ends of justice. In con
clusion Judge Jones declared:
"We are living in an age of the
airplane-machine gun killer and rob
ber, and yet we are apparently con
tent to hunt him in an ox-cart with
slingshot,"
NOT SELF SUPPORTING
From indications it appears that
this community and, country are not
self supporting for if it were there
would be fewer bits of pessimism and
[more optimism afloat today in our
business area. Some of the merchants
are just folding their hands and wait- J
ing for more Government monies ?
a dole is its proper name ? to trickle
into Sumter and then they believe
business will perk up. But wonder if
they ever stop to think that there is
something financially wrong when our
business is not healthy and comes only
in spurts, in proportion as the money
is doled out by Uncle Sam. We are
not self supporting in this county,
and if we were, business, always sea
sonal, to a certain extent, would be
more even and less effected by wheth
er or not the government relief bill
ihad passed Congress or not. In brief,
we are the victims, we might say,
of government spending, and as we
become more and more used to gov
ernment shops in the arm as it were,
we become less and less self support
ing.
It is high time for things to be in
vestigated and our reasons for our
being lees self supporting noted and
remedies applied.
We are not a self supporting com
munity apparently because it is lots
easier to let the government buy
prosperity for us.
But Santa Claus will not last for
ever at this pace. ? Sumter Herald.
FINAL DISCHARGE
Notice is hereby given that one
month from this date, on May 10th,
1985, 1 will make to the Probate Court
of Kershaw County my final return as
Executor of the estate of Anne E.
McDougald, deceased, and on the
same date I will apply to the said
Court for a final discharge as said
Executor.
LEWIS L. CLYBURN,
Executor Est. of Anne E. McDougald
Camden, S. C., April 10th, 1935.
ROTARY CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS
The following officers were elected
to serve the Camden Rotary Club for
the coming year: John M. Villeplgue,
president; Rev. A. Douglas Me Am,
secretary; William Nettles, treasurer;
J. H. Onbome, tho retiring president,
automatically becomes vice-president.
The Board of Directors recently elect
ed are: Dr. John W. Corbett, John K.
deLoach, John M. Villeplgue, J. G.
Richards, Jr., William Nettles, A.
Douglaq McArn and J. H. Osborne.
Tho new Board of Directors and otifoor
officers will take over their duties on
July first*
Mr. Villeplgue, tho new president,
Is prominent in business and civic af
fairs of Camden. Ho is manager nl
tho Villepigue Coal Company, and al
so tJfoo Camden Ice Company. Ho also
is coach of the Catmden high school
foot /ball teamrt and is recognized as
ono of tho best coaches in high school
circles of South Carolina.
Tho annual ladies night of tho local
rotary club was celebrated at Tho
Plnoa on. Thursday nigftvt and over ona
hundred persons wore seated at the
banquet* Various skits and Stunts
wAre pulled off that night at the ex
pense of tho various Rotarians. '
A now glacier, a new range of
mountains, and An extension of tho
Hnbbard glacier have been discovered
in Yukon Territory by a geographic
society explorer.
MILLION'S
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spend five billion dollars in America annually for pleasure
travel, but the Carolina 8 ? with unexcelled resort areas, historic and scenic points, now get only
M Insignificant share of these tourist dollars.
JTOURISTS are desirable because they bring and leave new money in our communities ? increasing
fMaployment, increasing consumption of local products and thus add to our prosperity and
Hwahli Tourists who become interested in the Carolinas will buy homes and make investments
in the Carolinas. It is time for Carolinians to awaken to our tourist possibilities as a means of
Increasing 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 tourist industry ? USE CAROLINA HISTORIC AND SCENIC STAMPS.
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CAROLINAS
INC.
Tke Carolina*, Inc.
Boa CO, Charlotte, N. C.
Without obligation*, plea** send full information
concerning Carolina*, Inc., and copy of the Carolina*
Opportunity Bulletin.
Name
Street City
The newspaper* of North and South Carolina
have donated the apace for this and a series
of advertisements which will appear for the
purpose of bringing fact* about the Carolina*
before their people, that they may be better
informed a* to the reiourcei, history and
industrial importance of the Carolina*, and
that they may know how they can a**i*t
in the broad movement to advertise to the
world the advantages of this favored section.
Keep a Good Laxative
always in your home
Among the necessities of home Is
a good, reliable laxative. Don't be
without on? I Do your best to pre
vent oonaUpatton. Don't negloot It whan
you (Ml any of 1U disagreeable symptom*
oomlng on. . , "We have used Thedford'a
Black-Draught for 31 years and have found
M a very useful raedlelne that every family
Ottght to have tn their home," write* Mr?.
Ferry Hloka, of Bel ton, Texaa. "I take Black
Draught for biliousness, oonatlpatlon and
?ther Ills where a good laxative or purjaUv*
Is needed. I have always found Blaok
Draught gives good result*."
BLACK-DRAUGHT
Charlotte Thompson to Present Play
The Junior Class of Charlotte
ThoVnpson High School will present
its annual play, 'Mr. Hob', Friday
May 3rd at 8 <p. m. at the school
house. If you want to spend an eve
ning filled with mystery,, romance,
thrills, and adventure, come down to
Charlotte Thompson to boo Mr. Bob.
Tho price of admission will ho ten
cents to dMldren and twenty five for
adults. Tho following is the cast of
characters :
Miss Rebecca Luke, a maiden lady
Iva Lou Arrants, Phillip Royaon, her
nephew- Charles Smith, Katherine
Rogers, her nieee- Naomi Walker,
Marion Rryant, Katherine's friend
Mary Moseley, Robert Rrown, law
clerk- Clifford McLeod, Jenkins, Miss
Rebecca's butler- Pete Mellette, Pat
sy, Miss Rebecca's maid- Doris Work
man.
About three million automobiles
cross the line between the United
States .and Canada eaeh year.
The Amazon valley In Ura7.il Is
said o have the largest compact body
of valuable timber In the world.
While rice in tho [principal food of
China, millions of Inhabitants have
never seen it, but live dhfiefly on
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POULTRY PAYS
Farm people of Kershaw County,
both men and women, boys and girls
are urged to develotp poultry enter
prizes where practical. Before going
into the poultry on an extended foasis
one should make up his mind that he
will give the enterprize a great deal
of his time and careful attention. He
should by all means produce on the
farm m,ost of the feed for his poultry.
About the dheapest home grown ra
tion for poultry is yellow com and
skifln milk. A farmer having a num
ber of milk cows can sell his sour
cream to the creameries (details fur
nished by the County Agent.) How
ever, to keep cows on a profitable
basis ha should have a good (pasture.
For the past six years we have
furnished wholesale poultry sched
ules to the various parts of the coun
ty, and we never stop running tlhfene
schedules until tho poultry is sold out.
Many more of our farm people are
finding a very nico profit in poultry,
but many more of them can be mak
ing uso of this as a sideline profit
if they would do so. Tho brick brooder
is, in my opinion the best, safest, and
most practical and most economical
method of brooding bnfby chicks. We
have many bulletins on various bran
ches of poultry production, which
bulletins can be secured free of cost
upon request of County Agent's Of
fice. Those interested in developing
their poultry enterpriz^s should ar
range to get somo baby dfricks as
soon as possible. Ho sure and get
chicks from blood tested flocks.
Henry I). Green, County Agent.
The department of plant breeding
at Cornell University has developed
f\n odorless cabbage, seeds of which
will bo on the market in two year?.
X- ray pictures reveal internal
structural lines now make It possible
to Identify choice pearls among oth
ers with the same outward apptar
CHEVROLET SETS RECORD
IN TRUCK SALES TO APRIL 1.
Detroit, April 26. ? The Chevro
let Motor Company today reported
that retail sales of trucks this year
to Ajpril 1, totalling 40,832, have set
a record for the first quarter sales
for tho last six years, and have boon
exceeded only once before in the his
tory of tho company, in the first
quarter 1929.
Special significance is seen in a
marked increase in registrations of
half ton trucks, says the Chevrolet
announcement issued by W. E. Fish,
manager of t)h<e truclc division, who
declared that this gain is a particu
larly healthy sign in that it is con
clusivo evidence that small merchants
whoso business was the first to suf
fer in the degression, are now com
ing back.
Chevrolet's smaller trucks, or half
ton capacity, such as are largely used
by these small business places, show
ed a 93 per cent gain in registrations
flo far officially reported, said Mr.
Fish.
The high rate of sales, of all class
es of trucks, which established tho
first quarter of the year as the sec
ond highest in the history of Chev
rolet, says tho company's statement,
is continuing unabated, sales for the
first ten days in April having shown
a greater per cent increase over the
snJYie period of last year tlhan it did
tho fir<U quarter. Total truck sales
for the first ten dny period of April
were 5,305.
NOTICE OP SALE
i Notice is hereby given that in ac
cordance witlh the terms and provis
ions of the Decree or the Court of
Common Pleas for Kershaw County,
dated AJpril 13, 1936, in the case of
W. J. Mayfield, plaintiff against
Sumter Jones, Individually and as
Administrator of the estate of
Thomas Jonos, deceased, Leonard
Jones, Bosco Jones, Mattie Jones,
Pearl Richacilaon, Dora Ridhardson
and E. C. Von Tresckow, defendants,
I will sell to the highest bidder for
cash before the Court House door at
Camden, S. C., during the legal hours
of sale on the first Monday in May,
1935, being tfh*o 6th day thereof, the
following described property:
"All that tract of land situated in
West Wateree, in the County of Ker
shaw and State aforesaid, containing
eighty seven and 9-100 (87 9-100)
acres, more or less, according to the
plat of Kershaw deLoach, Surveyor,
made from his survey of 22nd July,
1920. Said land is bounded north by
lands of I'otee, Jim Gripper, Jerry
Wood, formerly of Thomas Jackson;
east by lands of Dina Kelly, former
ly of Samuel Kelly, south by lands
of Preston Grey, formerly of the
estate of Capt. J. C. Rollings, and is
the same land conveyed to Thomas
Jones by Virginia W. Clarke, and to
her by M. B. Rabon by deed recorded
in book W. W. W. on page 129 in of
fice of Clerk of Court for Kershaw
County."
Terms of Sale: For Cadlf, the
Master to require of the successful
bidder, a. deposit of five (5) per cent,
of his bid, same to be forfeited in
case of non-compliance; no personal
or deficiency judgment is demanded
and tihe bidding will not remain opeci
i after the sale, but compliance with
the bid may bo made immediately.
W. L. DePAfJS, JR.,
Master for Kershaw County.
SALEM BN WANTED' Have op
ening now for reliable (talesman
ago 25 to 50 yearn to take care of
demand for Rawleigh household
products In Camden, Good profits
for hustler. We tfuminh ?rv?ry
thlng but the oar to ?tart yon.
Rawlolgh Co., Dopt flOD-21-g,
Richmond, V*. ,