The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, June 17, 1924, Image 2

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Overone and a half fnji bfWHtrlbuted by,' tUna cbtton Grower?' j oclntion this month to h>!r, short staple cottc ?? to Co <hlngWM, V/WkUHk, under pa#ttry, informed MB* by officer# of the . $$S?RPP^ will be wailed IpJiMul of the month It ?!<<??*> Into" every county will bo the third pa: ; ' ? members on short Col. D. A. Geer of 4 best known business " In South Carolln, h f his duties as presldf clatjon and Is also ager, succeeding tendered his r years' service as _ manager and who man of the orgS The South Ca: In receipt of re the American association In ses strongly indors etlng of cotton, is composed of the entire count: to Texas says inv n ho wo $snefal s chair ittee. association is ns adopted by Manufacturers' at Atl&ntlo City cooperative mark aSBpciation, which " '.nulactures of New England e resolutions that co-operative marketing would tend to secure for both the manufacturers and producers a fair price for cotton# The resolution** follows: "Whereas, the old method of marketing cotton ..... has permitted an undue pressure on te market at the beginning of the Bea !: son and has fncouragcd speculation at various stages,, in the season; and, *;Whereas; ^uch conditions tend to M. ^ar^'vfolilSlt-irtuctuationB in prices of the staple' with attendant hesitation and uncertainty In the dry goodB mar ket; and,# "Whereat, thesp^evlls both in the co|tpn market and the cotton goods market ca fionly he corrected by an order and|ltinlform distribution of the cotton crop. fore, be it resolved, the "Th tlve handling a#d:\ marketing in by its producers eatr^best ^out these results, \ >Ved, further, That the Amer lean ' Cotton Manufacturer's associar in convention assembled this 21 I ,0f May, 1924, Indorse >he om]^ i idea of marketing as outlined, i^pat an adequate and unif^^MRb' :y $f .cotton may be secured ^fjffcthe anufacturers and at as high a price tir the producjp as the nature* and unrestricted la^ of supply and demand will permit. . Hartsville Leads In Health Work Nine pennants have Just been award ed to schools in South Carolina fa the Bpring contest of the modem health crusade. The winners are: Fifth grade of Warrenvllle, Miss Annie M. Aiford, teacher; fourth grade, Ben net^svllle, teacher, MIbs Bessie Pe gram; Klrksey school, Mrs. Louise M. Warner, teacher; Hartsville schools, third grade, Mrs. O. D. Duckett; fourth grade. Mrs. Thomas B. Watt; fifth grade, Miss Ruth C. Wilburn and Miss Louise Jenkins ; sixth grade, Miss Ethel Jenkins. ' TheBe pennants are given by the modern health crusade department of the South Carolina, Tuberculosis asso ciation twice a year to the schools which do the best work in practicing health habits# About 30,000 children have been practicing these health shores during the past school year hers in South Carolina. MIsb Carolyn M. flrunson, R. N., of Hartsville has been In charge of the child health work in that city. The children have been weighed and meas ured each month and show great im provement, according to the report re ceived by the crusade headquarters. Insurance Tax Showing Qaln. Steady gains In the volume of in surance business done in South Caro lina are indicated In returns from the Bocalled 2 per cent and fire depart ment exqulpment taxes, made public by John J. Mahan, state insurance com missioner. "We are getting back to the peak," Mr. McMahan declared. The counties' quotas of the "addi tional license fees on premiums col lected tor the semi annual period end ed December 81, 1923," now being dl? tributed, amounted to' $81,801.75, whilt the counties' quotas for the same pe rlod of 1922, paid in 1928, amounted to $69,474,47, For the first half year of 1928 the total amounted to 178.488.11. ^he ,fire department equipment tax ira distributed to those cities and v maintaining fir* ited for 1918 to 882,870.86 as kred with |8( " keystone Playing Brilliantly Eddie Collins, veteran stur second sticker of the Chicago White Sox, may again be with u pennant winner If hit team's ambitions ?nd hopes nre realized this season. Tills is an "International actlongraph" of Collins, showlug how he snatches up tlie hot ones and tosses his man out. Eight Spitballers on Major League Teams How long will It be before the spitball becomes a thing of the past In the major leagues? When legislation was passed against the use of the spltter 21 twlrlers In the big show were using It. These pitchers were given the right to continue its use dur ing the remainder of their ca reer In the majors. The number of pitchers still UBlng the molBt delivery has dwindled to eight. Seven of them are right-handers, one a southpaw. \ , In all probability Urban Shocker of the Browns will be the last to paRs out. Shocker has a grent reffertolre aside from the H^ltball, which he uses only occasionally. No pitcher In the major leagues n^lxes them up more than Shocker. ? conserving his strength at all times. ' Vassar's Jump Champ Ilelen Chapman of Hvanston, III., is sprint and broad Jvunp champion . at Vassar college, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., She does 100 yards in 12 seconds flat, and her broad Jump record Is 14 feet 11V4 Inches. She is a remarkable girl athlote. Baseball Disputes Less Under Judge K. M. Landis There are fewer misunderstandings In hasehull today than when he en tered the ofTlco of baseball commis sioner asserts Jud^e Kenesaw Moun tain Landis. Judge Landis also ex pressed the opinion that "more young ?tern are coming Into the big leagues itt recent years." v*fv,M^hlle there are fewer baseball disputes for me to decide," he said, "there are many more questions put up to ma. -Vjl am asked everything con ceivable about baseball ; the game, the teams, the players, the managers." "Hut I am glad It Is that way," he added. * r *' ^ ' V 'h?l . ? J I ? I ' .itiikVlii Joe Gand Was Greatest Ten Rtckard, In hi* syndicated memoir*, expretaed the opinion that Abe Attetl waa the greateat lighter he had ever **?a. Many other veteran !&? **? Uttofr.' At DiamondNofo Cynthluna of the Blue Grass league has released Pitchers Marcum, Illckey and Fields. ? ? ? Outfielder Jimmy VIox has been sold by LoulBvllle to Mobile of the Southern league. ? ? ? J. Patsy O'Rourke, former manager of the Bristol State Liners, Is now managing Montreal. ? ? * Outfielder Fred Leach has been re turned to the Philadelphia Nationals by the New Haven club. ? ? ? Frederick of the Blue Ridge league announces the acquisition of Jack Strain to play second base. ? * * Charley Rlgler, former National league umpire, has been licensed as a boxing referee In Cleveland. .' ? ? ? Fort Worth got down to the Texas league player limit by dropping Catch er Walgamot and Pitcher Goodbred. ? ? ? Southpaw Tommy Long has been sent back to Mobile by the Dodgers where iast year he won 21 and lost 7 games. ? ? ? Outfielder Herbert McHugh and Pitcher Russell Ross have been made free agents by Springfield of the East ern l^ftjue. ? # ? Ed Rosenthal, first baseman with Petersburg In 1923, has been sold by Frederick to Crlsfield of the Eastern Shore league. ? ? ? Outfielder Bob Row? haa been ?ent to . Grand Island of the Trl-State league under optional agreement by Winston-Salem. ? ? * Frank (Petey) Bedenk has been re stored to good standing nnd Is playing second base for Elmtra of the New York-Pennsylvania league. ? * ? Paul Schrelher, right-handed hurler, h as been obtained by Springfield of the Eastern league from the Dodgers under optional agreement. ? ? ? inxnager Jean Dubuc of the Ottawn team of the Quebec, Ontario and Ver mont league, hopes to do the bulk of the pitching for his outfit. ? ? ? President Veeck of the Cubs Is In favor of starting the season May 1. Hl? argument is that fall weather Is more dependable than spr)hg. ? ? ? The Boston Braves did a hit of Jug gling when they rnn short of Infieldern. Hunter Lane wns recalled from the Worcester club of the Eastern league. ? ? ? The Tyler club of the Erist Texas league, has obtained Pitcher Dewey Lyle from the Galveston club of the Texas league on an optional agree ment. , O'Hara After Title or Itt Dodge, Iowa, th? wnsAtlon, (wh6 Is After for ? craOk At th? titlA. iUtfLh $1 Al<lA?t?PI>Ml UMPIRES DO WELL ON FINANCIAL SIDE Some Draw $9,000 and Ex penses Per Season. Umpires' salaries have risen along with those of the players In the mujor leagues In the last 20 years. Twenty years ago, the top salary for the good guesser was $1,500. He paid his own living expenses, but the league was sufficiently generous to buy the railroad tickets. In those days, by the way, a dollar was 100 cents, not 30 as In these high and riotous modern times. And while their money went a long way In those days, no umpire wai able to retire or buy large blocks of real estate out of his salary. When the campaign had run Its course, most of them had to go to work ortce more until April. Nowadays, the high cost of umpires Is a problem tn the majors, as well as In the, minor leagues. A generation ago, four umpires were sufficient. Their combined salary amounted to $0,000. To this Bum, the league had to add $0,000 to $9,000 for traveling expenses. A circuit could get along on an outlay of from $12,000 to $15, 000 per season for umpires. , At present, each major league htis a regular staff of eight umpires and' usually carries two extra to provide for emergencies. This change was made necessary by the adoption of the double umpire system some seasons ago. The average salary Is $0JOOO. Hotel and railroad expenses bring up the average per man to $5,000 for the season. Each league can hardly hope to escape now wtthoqt a gross umplr# expense of $100,0w to $110,000. Recruit umpires, of course, are not paid as irtuch as the regulars. The new man usually starts at $3,500 and Is raised year by year as his efficiency warrants until his salary reaches the $0,000 level. ? " Such n salary, when It Is taken Into consideration that he Is free from Oc tober until April to engage In another gainful occupation, should give the average umpire sufficient funds to keep from turning panhandler when the day comes for him to quit baseball. But sometimes, on a July afternoon, when there are a lot of cloBe ones to call, and the umpire must flght both the' heated atmosphere and the torrid temper of players who dislike to have a declsloh go against them In a close game, the hard-worked arbiter Is wont to believe that the Job Is not worth keeping at $100,000 bucks per annum. Spnrt Nates C. O. T. Lundell has been elected captain of the Harvard freshman track team. ? ? * Horse racing, boxing and bicycle races are now popular In Berlin, Ger many. * ? * Chicago has more municipal golf courses than any other city In the country. ? ? ? Rome of the finest golf players de veloped In the United States learned the game as caddies. ?? ? ? Mingle O, 1 :58V4, famous Hoosler pacer, will again compete on the Grand circuit this season. ? ? ? John Levi, the Haskell Indian foot ball star, Is after a berth on the Amer ican Olympic track team. ? * * Nesrljr 40 English towns hold year ly rowing regattas, end several of them more than one In each summer, see Murphy (1800 and 1891) and Wink TO PUCE PALMETTO PEACH Young and McBrlde ? Tell of Tour Among Distributor*; Outlook Very Good. Columbia. ? Satisfactory arrange ments have been clo6?d for co-opera tive marketing of the South Carolina peach crop, according to reportB made to the executive committee of the growers' asociatlon In Columbia by the manager, T. B. Young, and the as sistant manager, J. N. McBrlde, both of Florida, who had recently visited tho principal Northern distributing centers and established desirable con nections.' Present at the meeting, which began with luncheon at the Jefferson, were the president of the association, A. Q. Smith of Columbia, the vice president, W. L, McCoy of McBee, and the sec retary, A. E. Schllletter of Clemson college, besides Messne. Young and McBrlde and the following commit teemen; W. M. Rowland of Meriweth er, J. J. Cudd of Spartanburg and Louis I. Guion of Lugotf. Manager Young and Assistant Man ager McBrlde on their trip north made a circuit beginning at Washington, going up as far as Boston and then around by Rochester, Ftyiffalo, Cleve land and Pittsburgh. They formed trade connections not only for the peach growers but for the dewberry producers as well and carefully stud ied market conditions. Messrs. Young and McBrlde strong ly believe in localization, or commun ity specialization, in commercail pro duction of berries and fruit. Unless a neighborhood grows enough of a given berry or fruit to make shipping in car-lots practicable, they say, and unless in fact that industry is domin ant locally, complications arise, both in production and in marketing. Mr Guion goes further and says that in tensive commercial fruit and berry growing is hardly compatible locally with general farming. South Carolina first carlot shipment of dewberries for the season was made from tho Guion 50 acre tract at Lug off, between Columbia and Camden; the second from McBee, there the lar gest acreage in the state is centered. Beans Shipped From Klngstree. Kingstree. ? So far this season 5 J carloads of beans have been shipped from this county under the direction of the market bureau, which is sponsored by the Kingstreo chamber of com' merce. Bean shipments are finished, or practically so, from this point and many thousands of crateB, for which there was no market, were hauled back home by the growers and fed to'hogs. Just now the bureau is busy chipping potatoes and Mr. Mr. Batter, who is in charge of the bureau, states that he is receiving a fair price for the tubers. Program For Jersey Meet. Greenwood ? The program for the an nual meeting of the South Carolina Jersey Cattle club and the dairy show of the Greenwood County Jersey Cattle club to be held here June 20, was com pleted'- at a meeting. The date was changed from the 13th to the 20th for the convenience of the farmer-mem bers who will be busy with their crops during the next two weeks. County Agent E .P. Gulledgo la expeoting be tween 200 and 250 visitors hero for the day. The program calls for a business meeting of the state club at the com munity hall froto 11 ft. m. to 1.30 p. m.; a barbecue at tho fair grounds frqm 1:30 to 3; the dairy show at the fair ground from 3 to 6 and a bancjuet at tho community hall in the evening at 8 o'clock. Abbeville People Plan River Span Abbeville. ? Plans were formulated at a get together meeting at Calhoun Falls of the Interested citizens In the county for a temporary crossing of Sa vannah river on the Calhoun highway pending the permanent location of the proposed Savannah River bridge. Tho people of Calhoun Falls have deter mined to build a road to Shuck Pen Eddy, where vehicles will be trans ported across the river without charge. The Elbert county (Georgia) authori ties will build the road Into Elberton. This means that the Calhoun highway will be open to the public within a few weeks. Commission Awards Contract. Rumter. Sumter county permanent road commission awarded to 1'rltch ard, Raines & Hazolhurnt the contract for paving 4.176 ^nlle^ on tho States burg road at a cost of $142,145 40. Oth er bidders wero C. D. Rjgby, Durham; SlmrronH & Cayrant, Charleston; T. L. Thrash, Florence; Slattory & Henry, Greenville, R. O. Laslter & Co., Ra leigh. This road, which Is on the state highway system, Is already paved for a distance of nix mlle? and the new work will commence at tho end o! the present paving. Bees Hive In Parsonage. Walterboro.' ? A rather unusual way In which to make honey has been brought to light by tho dlscovory of a home for bees In the Methodist par sonage at Cottagevllle. Three years ago a swarm looatod between the ceil ing and wall In the parsonage nad went to work mftklng honey. A few days ago Mayor Miller, A. V. Willis, Aqullla "Willis and Paul Ackorman robbed the parsonage bees ahd secur ed 187 poundi) of delicious honey after killing the bees. This fconey was gen ? ? bj ^he pastor. MOTHER! Watch Child's Bowels ( "California Fig Syrup" is Children's Harmless Laxative Children love the pfTusunt taste of "California Kip Syrup" und gladly take oven when bilious, feverish, sick, or constipated. No other laxa tive regulates the tendt-r little bowels so niceiy. It sweetens the stomach and stnrts the liver and bowels with out crumping or overacting. Contains no narcotics or soothing drugs. 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