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Letters To Minii From Her Dad Dear Mlnii It's klndu hard lo get ofr the subject of social legislation l( might be well, however/ to look behind the scenes of legislative action and see the causes of some of our backward IleHH. Political rings are the greatest ciirhto our (lemocratlc way of life. Some cull (hoHo evil inachineH "Power PolltlcH." Whatever you call/Hd'in I they are the KtumbllnK block ofpW>-1 Kreaa and the thorn In the flesh of Kood ^government. Tfo much kooh on behind the scenes In fyoth our state and national hot* ertimetilH Inatead of in the public arena us waa intended by the foundera. Too many great laHtiea Involving all of the people are decided In cloak roonia and hotel suites. Hut why doea ull of thla exlat? Moffcoy! Power! Oreed' Theae are the answers. You aee. It a eaay to explain why It oxIatB? but how doea It oporuto? Well, that's not ao easy. Hut thla Is the way It starts: A crooked, horse-trading politician gets elected to a governing botlv? any governing body. Help# wholly without scruples himself he soon dlacoverea that many of hla colleagues have a tendency In tlfat direction. Since they have been tarred with the aaino stick, the colleagues become cohorts. An old adage has clamored out through the agoa that every man has hla price. It's a dreudful fact bow nearly true thla la., This crooked politician, the arch traitor, the leader, ia a mutt of> glib tongue and Imposing of statue. His power lies, usually, In h|H ability to trade with and munouver those among hla follows who are elthor weak minded or without principle. Too often they are lacking in both mind and principle. , The political machine inuat be deeply rooted In the soil of the people to hold these saplings In our governing halls. Thus, It extends btuk home to every state, county, city and hamlet?the henchmen, the ward healers and the hangers-on are all consciously a part of a deliberate design to dofraud the people who are governed. Kach has his axe to grind. Political handouts, government jobs and support of questionable and grafting legislation are all a part of the payoff. Home of the hangers-on are so gullible Lhey ride with the ring Just to be on /Ui<j band wagon. Now, what's the payoff for our arch traitor, the master politician and his band of unprincipled puppets? Well here's an example of how It might (and sometimes does) work: IvOt's say, Just for the sake of pre? Renting a cnso that ooultl happen right here In South Carolina, that the sevoral Judges of probate who have large Incomes from the merry marHugo racket decided It was worth $50,000 to them (and It would be) to have the present marriage hill defeated. Being politicians themselves, mOBt of them would know- their way around the legislature well enough to locate tiho klng-pln. our arch traitor. Seeing the money In the bag. Mr. Big (we'll call. ?hlin for convenience) would no doubt advise that he thought things could he arranged. lie would then begin to horse-trade with his cohorts to see how?mueh of the spoils each of the puppets, would require. of course being Quicker of wit than his followers, Mr Htg would arrange to retain the major portion of the fifty grand for his efforts I bus. it this actually came to pass in 'bis theoretical case, the bill would bit defeated. Many instances of this same kind of thing can arise in one session of fi e legislature or congress or any oth- r legislative body. Cor Instance, there's tho whiskey question with the distillers who do an annual gross business of some sixteen million dollars In South Carolina. It would bo worth a pretty penny to them for whiskey to remain legal. <jn the other side of this same Issue are the bootleggers who would like to see prohibition returned. Then there are constantly questions of taxation of various kinds and highway expenditures and countless other things in which the right legislation might mean numberless thousands of dollars to the interested parties?and the wrong legislation (for them) might deprive these parties of the countless thousands Ds 'Ml a complicated structure where crooks and thieves can hide behind the law and cover up their dastardly deeds. A .BILL To Provide for the l-evy of Taxee In Kerehaw County for County Purposes for the Year 1943, and to Direct the Expenditure Thereof. Ho W enacted by the General Ahscmbly <>r the State of South Carolina: Section 1. That a tax aufflclent to meet that portion of the appropriation in thiH Act to bo ruined by a levy upon the taxable property of the County of KetHhtyw Is hereby levied on eucn property for ordinary county purpose# for the fiscal year beginning January^ 1 1943, which shall be expanded as herein provided, the amount of such levy to be determined by the County Auditor and Treasurer of said county. The funds accruinK to the County for the state on account of any other taxes paid over by the State or any Department of the State Oovernment for general county purposes are likewise appropriated along with the funds received for the said levy: Hem 1 Roads, bridges, convicts and maintenance of roads working organization, gasoline and gasoline distributions $45,000.00 Item 2. Salaries: Clerk of Court * 800.00 Deputy Clerk of Court 1,320.00 Additional Clerk In Office of clerk of Court 489 9~ Sheriff 2,400 00 Deputy Sheriff 1.800.00 Traveling expenses Deputy Sheriff 9999! Superintendent of Education 2.100 00 County Treasurer 746.20 Clerk to Treasurer 990.00 Au(llt()r 745.20 Clerk to Auditor 990.00 Judge of Probate Clerk to Judge of Probate . .. 900.00 Superintendent of Roads. Chain Gang and Publio Hulldings 2 200.00 Coroner (Including allowance for advice to and service before County Hoard of Directors, and advice to County officials.. 400.00 Clerk to Hoard of County Directors 780.00 Magistrates Salaries: Magistrate at Camden 1.300.00 Magistrate at Hethuno 480.00 Magistrate at Hlaney 480'aa Magistrate at Kershaw 480.00 ' Magistrate Upper Wateree Township 300.00 Three Magistrates In Plat Rock ' Township at $300 each .... 900.00 Salaries .for Rurnl Policemen, Hyffalo, DoKalb, Flat Rock ! and Wntoreo Townships, each $1800, payable monthly for^ 1 twelve months 7.200 00 Traveling expenses Rural Policemen for Huffalo, Flat Rock and Wateree Township. $25 per month each; and for DeKalb Township, $50 per month, for twelve months 1.500 00 Uniforms Rurnl Policemen .. U25.00 Janitor at Court House 699 99 -Janitor Agricultural building 360 00 'Zl 60000 Item 3. County Hoards. County Hoard of Directors . . 2.000 00 County Hoard of Education .. 150.00 Hoard of Registration (providing the Chairman shall receive $150 and the other two members shall receive $50 each ) 250.00 County Hoard of Equalization (if so much he necessary 1 750.00 Item 4. Jail expenses, including dieting of prisoners (If so much be n,.cessnrv) and to be disbursed only upon Itemized statement. July filed : with County Hoard ....>00.00 | It,-in 5 Jurors and witnesses 3.400 00 It,.m t; County poor 3.600.00 Item 7 Post Mortems. Inquests an,I l.um.cy ... . 1*0 no. Item S Public buildings, indud- j ing water, light, fuel and ill surance (if so much be neces' Simmering I' all down it is 'hp fault of the people. Some ol the men who are outstanding in these practices have been pointed out to the people. Put the mandate of the people sends them hack into offices of public trust. Others sent to represent the peop.f. are incompetent and are handy tools ' for the sharks The machines bapk 'home practice an efficient mass psy | etiology. It works now?but with education gaining ground every yenr ' we can look forward to the day when politics of this kind will he just a memory. I The people are beginning lp reason ' and learn. Newspapers and a few honest statesmen are informing the masses. Tills is the remedy It's slow but sure. 1 ,ove. Your Dad. j> s ?The cases In this letter are purely ficticious and any similarity to persons either living or dead, la of course, coincidenta.1. sary) 8,600.00 Item 0. Fruiting. postage, ata tlouery 1.400.00 Item 10. Miitcellunooua Contingent: To by expended at tho dlscre tiuu of the Hoard of County Director a 1,000.00 To bo expended by the Hoard upon the direction and approval of the Kerehaw County Legislative Delegation or a majority thereof 2,000.00 Item 11. County Health Department 4.000 00 Item 12. To Hupplement ealury of Tubercular nurse for Kerniiaw county^Kv. 1,000.00 iu-m 13. Vital S%tWtica (if so ' much be necesHary) . 260.00 Item 14 Supplies for Clerk of Court 660.00 Item 15. Telephone expenaoa 700.00 Item 16. Premiums for bonds of county officers 620.00 Item 17. School Lunch Projects. Including transportation of commodities, supplies, school gardens and salaries, rents. etc ' 8.600.00 Item 18 Nursery School*.... 200.00 Item 19. Clerk Heed lx>un Office 900 00 Item 20. Kershaw County Library 3.000.00 Item 21. Workmen's Compensation 676.00 Item 22. Associated Charities 2,000.00 Item 23. Home Demonstration Agent , 276.00 Item 24. County Farm Agent 276.00 Item 26. Negro farm agent, office rent 100 00 Item 26. Dental clinic 600.00 Item 27 Chamber of Commorce 600.00 Item 28. Service Officer .... 400 00 Item 29 County Council of Farm Women 250.00 Item 30. American Legion .. 100.00 Item 31 Fire Wardens .... l,20o.oo Item 32. l(ed Cross 300.00 Item 33. Camden Library .... 400.00 Item 34. Negro Homo Demonstration Agent 200.00 Item 36. Kershuw County Home Ciuards 200.00 Item 36. Expenses of County Audit 300.00 (IRANI) TOTAL $122,271.40 Last Year's Appropriation $134,649.04 Of That Amount Spent .. $125,950 62 Sec. 2. The Sheriff shall receive. In addition to his regular salary, ills necessary expenses and five (5c) per mile for each mile traveled in going and returning when called beyond the limits of the county on official business. such as searching for fugitives, conveying prisoners to the State Reformatory and to the State Penitentiary. etc. He shall receive also seven ty-flvo (76c) per day for dieting ench prisoner for each day or fraction thereof, while such prisoner is detained In tho county jail, or otherwise in his custody. He shall also receive fifty (50c) cents for each commitment and fdr each discharge of prisoners placed In his custody. Sec. 3. The Magistrate? of Kershaw County are hereby required to enter all cases brought before them on their dockets and to show on said dockets what disposition is made of each case, and they shall enter on said dockets all costs which may be assesflj ed against the parties of said case, and shall collect the same and shall, pay over to the County Treasurer monthly all fines and costs in criminal cases which may have been collected by them and shall submit their dockets to the Hoard of County Directors quarterly for audit. Sec. 1. The appropriations here made for tho salaries of Clerks to the various county officers shall be paid to said clerks monthly upon individual claims to he submitted to the County Hoard of Directors., Sec. 5. The unexpended balance from the appropriation made for purchase of road machinery and now in the hands of the County Tr* usurer amounting to THIRTY-SIX Hl'NDRKD NINETY-TWO AND 19-100 f$3.r>92 49> DOLLARRS shall ho used by the said Hoard for the maintenance of roads, bridges, or the purchnse^or repair of road machinery, and shall be in addition to the sum above appropriated in Item 1 hereof for such purpose. " Sec 6 The t'Merk of the Hoard of County Directors of Kershaw Couny is hereby authorized and directed to purchase stationery and other supplies for the several county offices on the best terms obtainable, except record books for tho permanent records In the office of the Clerk of Court, which shall be selected and purchased by the Clerk. Sec. 7 The superintendent of roads, chain gangs, and county buildings shall be elected by tho Hoard of County Directors and shall, under tho supervision of said Hoard, have general charge of tho supervision, repair and maintenance of the county roads and bridges, shall have charge of the county chain gang and shall purchase supplies therefor, shall have general supervision and management of the maintenance and repair of public buildings and other county property, shall purchase the necessary materials for such repairs, shall have charge of nil county road machinery, tools and equipment and fTTe upkeep, repair and maintenance thereof, shall purchase the necessary supplies and fuel for the various county public buildings. Sec 8." The Hoard of Directors of Kershaw County Is authorized and directed to borrow for the use of Kershaw county, for tho payment of the items above appropriated, the amounts needed to provide for* the payment of the same, and Bhall have no right to borrow for county purposes, or pledge the credit of the county, in excess of the total amount of the above appropriatroijis. except that they may borrow for the renewal or extension of existing indebtedness as may be needed for that purpose. And the said Hoard of Directors are authorized to execute notes or other evidence of indebtedness for the amount borrowed hereunder, and are empowered and directed to pledge for the payment of the same the full faith and credit oPl\ ershaw County and the taxes levied for the current year nnd all other funds from whatsoever source coming into the hands of the Treasurer and applicable to County purposes. Sec. 9. If circumstances arfse, which in the Judgment of the Kershaw County Legislative Delegation, <^r a majority thereof, require the expenditure of a greater amount . than hefetnabove provided for any purpose, br should in the judgment of said Delegation. or a majority thereof, the interest of Kershaw County require the expenditure of funds for the purposes not mentioned in this Hill and above enumerated, the said Delegation, or a majority thereof, shall have, and are hereby given the right, by resolution, to increase the amount appropriated for any item, and may also appropriate funds for purposes not mentioned or referred to in this Hill, which resolution or resolutions, shall be filed with the Board of County Directors for Kershaw County as their authority for expending the funds thus appropriated. and the Board of Directors may borrow, if necessary. such amounts as may be required to meet stu b increases or additional appropriations and may pledge the full faith find credit of Kershaw County for the payment of tho amounts so borrowed. Sec. 1". All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act arc hereby repealed. Sec. 11. This Act shall take effect upon its approval by the Governor. You can fool some of the people some of the time but you can't make an enthusiastic gardener believe that garden work Is drudgery. i IS AB LONGER THAN CD? Certainly looks that way, doesn't it? But they're the same length. I I ! You seo, you can't always rely on what your eyes toll I you. The only known way to be sure about your eye! sight is to have an eye examination by an expert optoi - njetrist. We'll be glad to tell you whether or not you I need glasses, without any obligation. 11 I '(Jjhe ^Hoffer Company JEWELERS and OPTOMETRISTS CAMDEN, S. C. I I --? -1 r- ? TW - ? I. M.I.I i* a WANTED Cattle, Hogs and Livestock. We Pay HIGHEST CASH PRICES For Sale 2 I Several Good Milk Cows Corrve By The Store J. J. TOLBERT 90S Broad Street News Items < of Interest to the Faring By W C. McCarley, County Agent Farmers in Kershaw County sold 200 dozen eggs through tjte county und home agent thu first week this was in operation. We think more eggs will he brought as more people learn about this method of marketing their surplus eggs. We paid 3l)o per dozen for thesu eggs and furnished crates to1 put them In. This 200 dozen brought the farmers who participated $00 On Wo will pay 30 I 2c per dozen Inginning Saturday morning and running through Wednesday afternoon Please your local paper for prices paid fo^^'ggs from weqk to week. Last spring Mr. W. R Capehurt bought the latest variety of Blue Klb bon Cane, in order to get this cane started In the county Mr Cnpehart agreed to not use any for the making of syrup. Instead he bedded this cane and he now has It at his farm located at IJoykln for sale. This Is an ex cellent cane for the making of good syrup. Anyone desiring to secure some of this cane should get In touch with Mr. Cnpehart immediate)'! as it lk time to plant this now. Farmers in Kershaw county are put ting forth an effort to help meet the shortage of food crops as indicated by the following list of people who are planning to plant sweet potatoes: J. (J. Richards, 10,000 plants; Sunny Knoll Plantation. 26.000 plants; James Rosborough, 12.000 plants; M. B. Burns, 15,000 plants; R. C. McCoy, 10,000 plants; H. !.?. Dlnkins, 40,000 plants; James H. Watklns, 10,000 plants; W. C. Gaudy, 10.000 plants. These plants cost $2.50 per thousand. Beginning April 1 anyone who buys or sells meats be required to have a license. The War Production Board located in the Agriculture building will have the responsibility of giving | these licenses to tho ones who desire j them Any farmer who kills his own ; moat ami uses It at homo will not bo i required to havo a license, however, if ho hoIIh it he wil bo required to secure thin license. This also Inc 1 u(Ioh the selling and buying of all livestock on foot. Heglnning Monday, March 15, Mr. John C Stowe, Set^-Truus., Kershaw Production Credit Association will ho in position to make loans to farmers who plan to plant peanuts, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, soybeans and other crops that are necessary for the war efforts This loan is made possible by Congress appropriating money for this purpose known as the Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation. This credit will be made available to farmers planting the above crops and all the security required is a mortgage on the particular crop that the loan < was made for. If you can get credit for these crops elsewhere you should do it. FARM. HOME AND 4-H MEETINGS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK . Monday, 2 p. ui.; County Library board meeting. J Tuesday. 3 p. m.: Oakland-Cassatt H. D. C. meeting, j Wednesday, 11:30 a. m.: Mt. Pisgah' Grammar school 4-H meetings. 12:15 p. m.. Mt. Pisgah High school 4-H meetings. 1:30 p. m.. Ned's Creek 4-H meetings. 3:30 p. m., Mt. Pisgah iL D. C. meeting. Thursday, 12:15 p. m.f Antioeh Grammar school 4-H meetings. 1 p. m., Antioeh High school 4-lL meetings. 3 p. m., Mt. Zlon H. D. C. meeting. Friday. 3 p. m.: Midway H. D. C. meeting. Saturday, ?9 a. m.: Country market. Soil ConservatioII News I (By V. T. Mullen M A detailed farm drainage 6ur79 being made on M. L. DuVal'* fowl the ,Boy kin community by the I yjfl Ulvor Soil Conservation <ll?trUi* DuVal's chief problem baa been proper functioning of tile a?9 w-hlch wan due to the tile outlet 9 covered by several feet of %\\[ Terrace lines were recently ruifl the District on W. li. Hatcllffi J in the Oukland section. Mr. g|9 built his terraces this week wiS^H tractor and disc tiller. - , i C. .11. Mitchell, farmer of the thuno community, has been piip4rS land for 7 acres of Kudzu and 3 a3 of Serlcca leBpedeza, These f; J nlal crops are being planted on *9 eroded l\nd not suitable for coutJ ous row crops, and In terrace outS Henry Joy, colored farmer of 9 Antioch section, has prepared 9 fertilized 3 acres of pasture lanjl his farm. He used lime and 9 phosphate as treatment and U 9 nlng to seed 4 pounds of White l3 clover, 10 pounds of Dallls gra??9 15 pounds of lespedeza per acre. ^ A complete farm conservation |9 has been written on Dr. W. D. c3 by's farms near Blaney. You can't grow vegetables will slogan?it takes a spade and a |3 ano other tangible things. Town Golfers In Surprising Upset; Defeat The Flyers (Continued from first page) ford and Hunter of Southern 3 to 0. So successful was the tournament that the Camden Country club has an nounced that a second event of a similar nature will be held Sunday. March 21, play to be started at 1.30 p. m. McKaln Posts First Birdie The first score to be registered on the club ringer sheet was a birdie 4 on the 543 yard 13th hole, the count being credited to J. E. McKaln of the Camden club. There are plenty of low markers already on the ringer record of the 'Southern Aviation school tournament. Woodruff, Harrison, H. A. Moorer, T. L. Murray and Chichester have posted par 5's on the 488 yard No. 1 hole; W. W. Pollard, Harrison and Sawyer have par 4's on the 496 second hole; Beebe has a par, 1 on the 371 third hole; Sawyer has a par 3 on the 172 No. 4; Harrison has a par 4 on the 407 yard No. 5. Beebe also sports a par on this same hole. Harrison and Beebe have both posted par 5's on 'the 523 yard No 6 Chichester has a par 3 on the 373 7th: the same golfer has a par 4 on the 314 eighth; Harrison. Burrows and Sawyer also list par on this same hole, Beebe's 3 on 9 is the only score posted for that hole. Beebe scored a par 4 on the 412 tenth hole as did Sawyer. Harrison, Sawyer. Woodruff. Beebe and Chichester all reported par 3's on the 133 yard 11th. There were no I .lingers on the 374 yard 12th to date, but on the 543 yard 13th par 5 scores , were posted by Burrows and Harrison. but with Beebe going them one better with a birdie 4 On the 168 fourteenth hole Beebe, Chichester. Harrison, Woodruff. A. R. Burrows and Pollard all have par 4's to their credit. On the 416 sixteenth | Beebe, Burrows and Chichester all sport pur 4's. On the 397 seventeenth j Chichester and Burrows have par 4's Wants?For Salel Received too Ifte for regular ctlygfl LOST?Three Yale keys on string, tween Mill and Broad SL pSfl call Tel. 668-R. Air Raid Blackout la Scheduled For Tonight 3 ?j (Continued rrom first pan) I when the civilian defense riemoblliM^H The public will know that the blifl out Is over when the street li^fl flash on. On Thursday. March 18, the yeQgfl signal will bo received at 8:35 the blue signal which will me&nifl blackingout of the city and will come at 8:60 p. m. The red tlpfl will sound at 9 o'clock and the secaH blue at 9:10. The blnckout endit^^J 9:22 p. m. The blackout tonight will cootiul for 55 minutes and the one on Mufl 18 will be on for 32 minutes. The threat of the Axis natioiul^H retaliate for recent American air with reprisal raids on American cidfl has prompted the civilian defeoMifl thorities to take extra precaiiiH against loss of life and injury civilians by stepping up the defd^H program. For this reason the practice raids must be carried ifl with full compliance with regulatkl^H Civilians violating any of the regil^H tions will be arrested and puniiki^^B according to the civilian defense thorities. The public is warned that afterjlM practice raids unannounced raldsW^M be given. These will come warning and for that reason it hooves all citizens to offer full <jfl operation on the practice affairs J listed, while on the 161 elghteeUB Boobe, Chichester, Woodruff, hurro^^H and Harrison have par 3's. American farmers in 1942 prodacj 20 per cent more food than in but 13 per cent of it went ? United Statds armed forces Mfl m our allies. COMING ATTRACTIONS ?AT? Camden Theatre )?oo?>?v?m<?oo?moooo< FRIDAY, MARCH 12 'Jon Hall, Maria Montez and Sabu "ARABIAN NIGHTS" In Technicolor SATURDAY, MARCH 13 Lee Tracy-Evelyn Brent "THE PAYOFF" Added "Overland Mail" and Comedies Sat., March, 13, 10:30 Show I George Zucco-Mary Carlisle "DEAD MEN WALK" SUNDAY, MARCH 14 Otto Kruger-Tlna Thayer "SECRETS OF A CO-ED" (What a night?Am I excited?) MON.-TUES., MCH. 15-16 Deanna Durbln "THE AMAZING MRS. HOLLIDAY" (The Shock of tho Town) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17 Ralph It I chardson-Deborah Kerr "THE AVENGERS" THURS.-FRI., MCH. 18-1? Theresa Wright-Joseph Votton Tn Alfred Hitchcock'* "SHADOW OF A DOUBT" i. ??i?^ J . .-"3 I I For The Person With Hearty m j I Come In Today For A Real Meal. '.9 I Steaks, Our Specialty! Plan To Come;? I For A Real Turkey Dinner? I Sunday. I Ear,ye^fT; ^8paragU3' Washed Potatoes, Stea?-| | ed Rlce' Potato Salad, Hot Roles and | We Serve Food On Timel. r |M & K COFFEE SHOP I