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* ■■' ••% * ,W*irir* i M + 4 'A v * - > . i f 'yj MmWVt r ' ' L TBU* TO OUBSELV^S. OUR Tweaty^Sixlfa Year 8 Pages — All Home Print McCORMICK? w&2 Issued For Big Dam Near Modbe - V^-; >*^ 7 I -f federal po^ D. yi An Appeal From ' State ~Chairman Of Near East Relief fawaed Elec- £,i fr f.M - fc# COLUMBIA, Jan. 13.—We are al- for most ready to w nd up the grreat^st aMtJpUpt horse-' piece of relief work in the world’s w ^ the Savan- history, almost ready but not quite. 222 miles ftw—r 4ta mouth. Through the work of the Near East nade certain pro- Relief, 1,000.000 livos have been sav- W protect tttigS&m Mow ed. Th's is a conservative estimate. 6a. The phuft Is to coat A large per centsge of these saved ^HiVho tjbo greatest have V'en children. They have been in the ffigth except gathered ir.to orphanages, clothed, and ud8 larger fed and are being trained for self- Tngaloo support and usefulness. At .the age be <hei o/ sixteen they are cons'dered old w hat io enough to care for themselves. Many to ^o.^pt largest haye already been sent out. Many, ition hr however, were taken *'n as infants and of course are still under this Com- age. Seldom, perhaps never in its his tory, has America responded more splendidly to a call for help than in the support of this work. Now, how? ever, we seem to be in danger of growing “weary of well-doing.” Woi trmick County s’ Association .1 tributions that *has brought about a r^ag sdk deficit of some 3200,000. A deficit! Jas. H. Hope, State Superin- ^i n g very interesting about that. ■* & ’ Schools^ Will address the ^ except that unless met it means ^ McCormick Cinstty at. some of those' boys and girls meet ug of the County. ^hat we have been caring for will Association hare Saturday, ^ gQ out fr o m the sheltering 21st, at 11:00' o*clock. Every ( ^ the Orphanages into the rig- * k A^e county is expected t0 ^ p{ ^ Armenian winter. Just Smith’s Move For ^Platform Early Favored * .V *£!£f to hear Mr. »i Q 2“ ® a little more thought, just a little ndjoining .more facrificc, and, our work'will be , done. Surely we will not mar so fine a lecord by failure to “carry on to the end.” Perhaps you have not given any thing this year. Perhaps you have given but amid give a little more. Send your contributions to me at Trinity Parish House, Columbia, S. q., or direct to the Near East Relief Officii, Arcane* Building,) Columbia, s c , >A K. G. FINLAY, \ >' State Chairman. 4XJ- invited to at- ip me^n# will be hold, at 10^0 o’clock, one hour for the general assemb- ehosen for Round :^p the 'o 3! - ICS M , State Superintend- , who wiB attend the County Teachers’ Assp- , will give an Gm Hfeh School Auditor ium Friday evening, January 20th> at 7:30 o’Olock. The ^mblic is cord- ially invited to hear Mr. Hope. Ipoi Shot By E M. Colbert At LaFayette, Ga. LaFAYETTE, Ga., Jan. 14—Hen ry Wolpert, sides manager of the RpRer mill, was shot and muuded at an early hour Kg. E. M. Colbert, well ■javwu c tisen of the towu, is charg ed with the deed. The shooting oc- auried at the Colbert residence, Wtiere Welpttt and his wife had been living for several weeks. Some arose between the two men days ago and Colbert ordered Wolpert to vacate his rooms. Wol- poit had done «o and returned to the place to secure < some articles which he left there. Colbert secured a single-barrel shotgun and is alleged to have shot Wolpert in the back at close range. The injured man was rushed to a Chattanooga hospital, where he has a righting chance for life. Colbert was placed in jail awaiting the out come of the case. Wolpert formerly resided in At lanta and was well liked here^ Col bert, who is 70 years of age, has Bred here for a long number of Northern Mills Curtail Output NEW BEDl’ORB, Mass., Jan. 14. A concerted curtailment movement has been launched in'the fine cotton goods section pf the cotton industry, sponsored by dfte fine cotton goods exchange. A program limiting pro duction in thel first nine months of 1928 to 89 p4 cent of normal has been adopted. jBJ*i Slays Little Girl At Flint, Mich. BUNT, Mich., Jan. 16.—Adolph Hotelling, 47, an Owosso, Mich., church deacon, ciufc—id here tonight afbay his arrest in Owosso that he was the kHk? of five-year-old Doro- thy Schneider, kidnapped and slain last Thursday while en route home from kindergarten. His arrest and confession stunned residents of Ow osso, where he had taken a leading part in church activities and infuri ated townspeople of this place. He was taken to Flint by automoblie but spirited away from there almost hpmcdi&tely to avoid threatening mobs. Lute tonight he was lodged in the Lansing jail- M6re than 10,000 persons were gathered about the county jail here bombarding the place with brick bats, in the belief that Hotelling was within and a call for nat'onal guardsmen to disperse the gathering was issued by local officials. At Owqsso, where newspaper ex tras were issued early tonight with news of the arrest, the general re action of the populace was that of amazement. Hotelling was known there as an exemplary citizen. Only Sunday, two days after he confessed brutal ly dissecting the body of the child while here looking for employment, he had been honored by an elder ship in his church in Owosso. He formerly was engaged in contracting business but had been idle of late. He came to Owosso nine years ago from Sault Ste Marie, Mich. Hotelling, father of a family of five children himself, had remarked in Owosso that he “knew something of the case.” He was positively identified by a farmer who unwit tingly assisted him to escape after the crime by removing his car from a muck hole where it had become mired. Hotelling then confessed the deed. The only motive set out in the confession was contained in a statement that the Hickman case in California had been working on his mind. Police sat Owosso where he was arrested, however, declared he had also confessed to crimes against children there over a period of two years. The text of the confession was not immediately obtainable, as /Hotelling was ' being driven about the state to avoid mob violence. WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.—The suggestion of Governor Smith of New York for an early draft of a tentative Democratic platform \riH; be considered by tho committee arrangements for the June conven tion at its next meeting, to be held at Houston in April. In revealing this ’ plap today. Chairman Jesse H. Jumtfs also an nounced that a temporary conven tion hall seating 25,000 will be erect ed in Houston at an approximate cost of 3100,000. The present audi torium there seats only 5,000. Governor Smith in his letter read at the Jackson Day dinner said he believed/the Democrats had .“erred in the pari) by waiting for the nation al convention to undertake the en- t : re task of preparing a platform,” and advocated a tentative declara tion of party principles “at the earliest possible moment/’,’ Opinions for and against the idea have been expressed by members of the national committee here for a quadrennial meeting, and • now the suggestion has been definitely tabled by the arrangements committee un til April, when it will be taken up. Chairman Jones said, with many oth er,, proposals. Jones who lives ,h> Houston plans to consult with architects in New York tomorrow regarding specifica tions for the huge temporary con vention structure. Word has been given by H. A. Halverton, Houston land and tax commissioner, that the city will volunteer recently acquired public land known as Herman square for a site. This tract iq favored by Jones, since it is within easy reach of downtown Houston where the ma- ABHINGTON. Jan. 14,—The De- m-’nt of Agriculture’s cotton forecast last September was la* ed by Representative McDuf- Democrat, Alabama, today to have caused a $10,000,000 loss for ths farmers. Arguing befc tural committee his bill, wM^h department ire* House agr'cul- the approval of prohibit the predicting future prices of cotton; wheat and other crops, tho Alabaman asserted that such a* port under the authority of the ^overnmJnt was “unpardonable.” A rmmbcri of other Southern rep resentative, including Representa tives Garber, V Republican, Oklahoma, and Jones of Texas, Kinchelo of Ken tuck$C Oliver and Bankhead of Ala bama and Swank fo Oklahoma, all Democrats, joined in criticizing the department for issuing pr:‘cdv predic tions and <M /ared they favored the measure. ^ ’Defense of the teports, however, was offered by Lloyd G. Tenny, chief of the bureau; of agricultural eco nomics, who $aid that they were bas ed on accurate. information gather ed ’by the department and were is sued to aid the farmers >in the order ly marketing of their crops. “Speculators make use of such fates a? the law of supply and de mand which formed the basis of the deparfement’S' reports,” he declared ’but rite farmer does not seem to have the inclination or time to make a study of this principle, he asserted, and the department? endeavored to furnish him with such statistics Mr. Tenny: declared that the pr’ce forecasts had been abandoned by the department under order of Jardine, but planned to continue is Mesp$s. H.j l.vered broilers, ready for Of March, W market is at’ season. Many McCormk men are letting make clear mone of not Raising spring ‘market. 1 duced, raised at to ten weeks, .and" stantial profit. Result the county during the show that with reasonablyj one can clear $150.00 broilers placed on the mai ing February and March, an£ comes at a time when the houses brooder equipment is not in us should ship several cars of from the county every year* . THOS. W. MOR( County Agent/ —: x— ' jority of delegator will be housed. Houston’s succerifur eimWrioiri wtows «f acreage and * production bid b*d no relation to the Democrat- statistics. The outlook reports a?d- ic national copimittee debt, said Jones, who added that this approxi mates $225,000 and is expected to be wiped out by contribution! from wealthy Democrats. X * Pigeon Droppers Get $400.00 Cash From Colored Woman Here Two negro men worked the “pige on dropping” game on Minnie Tal bert of McCormick one day the past week and left for parts unknown with $400.00 of her cash money which she drew from her deposit ac counts with the two local banks to comply with requirements before her portion of the “pick up” money could be given her. Her bankers advised her to not draw the money, as they feared she was about to be “taken in” by some schemers, but the plot looked so good she couldn’t resist the temptation that time; however, she is not apt to ever make another such mistake or to have much confidence in/ rank strangers, regardless of their smooth talking and “get-rich- quick” schemes. It is reported that a colored man from near Bordeaux was caught the same way several weeks ago, giving the experts $50.00. They first de manded $100.00, but seeing they couldn’t get that amount, let him off with $50.00. He, too, was advised by his banker to not draw the money, but promised to soon come back with several times that much money to deposit, but he hasn’t seen nor heard anything more of his newly made friends. Four colored men tried a similar scheme on a colored man down near Chamberlain’s Mill one day last week, but couldn’t get him interested enough in their game to trust them with any of his good, hard earned money. Beware of strangers. ed the farmers to balance production “what should be planted and how mqch acreage should be sown in ord er to bring a, fair price,” he added t Previous price forecasts on cotton had not “caused-a ripple,” he declar ed, relating that a month prior to the September report, a similar fore cast had been issued. . In August, cotton had gone up to *bd#t 24 cents and at the time, the September pre diction was made public it had drop ped to 21 cents; he said. Chiton was due to drop in price at the time, he added, because excessive speculation had caused it to soar too high. —r-XXj Poultry Car Here Tomorrow 5ial ig. the chair, and a, ured prayers, ion was carried fturough the slightest hitch. iSNut be fore 11 o’clock Warden LaWes called the offjpial witnesses, four doctors and 20 reporters, into his office and. them that the time had come* he outlined the /procedure, avoid possible confusion, and then all started for the death chamber. The way led outdoors across the pris-. on grannds, into a walled court and so ‘through a door directly into the death chamber. > This is a large bright room, about 50 feet square, with four doors, four short benches for witnesses and the chair. Thete are no other furnishings. The plaster" walls are a light cream and the floorj- storie/ It is-a room giv'tig no impression of sadness but for^toC' central chair irith its straps and metal. v ' Besides the official UT.tnessel, - sev- to doctors, half a dozen guards, Die executioner, his assistants and the means to be a scout. He then out- were the only fines in the .lined to the boys the tenderfoot test ^ ySvhieh must be rtoed^lrilfi^kviio^ j *11 bad enterwi scarce- Organizing Boy Scouts At Plum Branch ' f At a call meeting last Friday after noon at the Methodist parsonage a group of some sixteen or'eighteen boys gathered to make plaits^ Under the leadership of l^etf. E. A.' Wilkes, for the organization of a Boy patrol at Plum Branch. At this meeting Mr. Wilkes ’made inspirational talk on what it an The Clinton Produce Company will have a poultry car at McCormick on next Friday, January 20, tomorrow, and will pay the highest prices of the season for live poultry of all kinds. Their advertisement and prices are given in this issue of the Messenger. These are the highest prices we have ( been able to get for poultry this season, and all who have culls or surplus poultry for sal^ at this time will do well to bring them to this car. THOS. W. MORGAN, County Agent. xxx Over Million Visit Ford, Automobile Show In New York «an become a scout. The date for the standing of this test was sst tor the next Friday meeting. The 'boyri'lirt nil full pt enthusiasm over the Roy Scout organization and believe'that’ they can live up to the requirements- After the business of the iperiing was over, someone suggested that we take a hike the next day.j The place and time were set and the next morn ing we gathered again, at the parson age, feeling as though we eould walk to Mexico. As. a matter of fact, we hiked only two miles, where we found a suitable' place for games. There we enjoyed play ground ball, relay races, Wrestling, boxing, other games and dinner. A short while after dinner we started in, and although we were a little tired from the day’s hike and play, we enjoyed our outing so much that we began at opce to make plans for another such trip in the very near future. ARCHIE LANGLEY, Scribe, ex-tempo XXX Dr. Walding Here For This Week NOTICE Beginning February 1, 1928, I will be in my office at the court house two days each week, Monday v?d Saturday, for the purpose o* collect ing delinquent taxes. T. J. SIBERT. Tax Collector, McCormick County, S. c. ■ ( January 18, 1928. 1 NEW YORK, Jan. 14.—A milliin and a quarter persons attended th's week’s national automobile show and the separate Ford industrial exhibit, ending tonight. New cars worth at least $2,000,- 000 were ordered. More than $350,000 was spent for newspaper and magazine advertis ing. Advertising authorities said the week’s advertising in nine New York papers and four trade journals alone would perhaps total $800,000. No estimates were obtainable for other advertising mediums. X Ever - cloud has a silver lining ex cept a war cloud. XXX All’s well tha^ ends well if you get on the right detour. Dr. Q. C. Walding, Assistant State Veterinarian, is spending this week 1 in McCormick County test ; ng poul try flocks for White Diarrhoea. This work, being carried on in co-oper- eration with the county agent, is be ing done th’s week on the farms of Messrs .G. J. Sanders, G. P. Furquer- on, H. T. Christian, W. E. Sheppard, J. E. Strom and L. C. Talbert Substantial progress is being made in this work in McCormick County, this week’s work bringing the total number of birds tested this year up to around 4,000. It is hoped that ad ditional work * can be done in the' county in the near‘future, and that eventually through yearly test : ng, that we can get rid completely of this disease that annually costs McCor mick County poultrymen thousands of dollars in baby chicks. On Dr. Walding’s last visit, flocks on Dorn’s Poultry Farms, and on the farm of Mr. E. C. Cheatham were tested. THOS. W. MORGAN, County Agent. X W .M. U. To Meet At Bethany Church The twenty-fourth annual meeting of the Woman’s Mission Union of Edgefield Association will be held at Bethany Baptist Church Saturday, January 28, 1928. ly before the^jwitnesses had -. seated theniselves or found steading room 'Skatg tbs walls, Mrs. Snyder was btOugbt or. - • r j : • * ' •t She ueitered' through a door be lt: nd th4 chair over which A large sign hasting the one word “sileriee” was Itatotfed. At fieri' her utterances were in comprehensible beyond the fact that she max calling on the deity. ' “Have knprey on^my soul” were the first words plainly distinguish able. 5 As she was strapped in the chair by four guards, the matrons stead . between her and the witnesses. - As the prison priests mumiured play*' erg. she was asked if she had any last worcL Then suddenly she seemed to real ize to the full the imminence of death and pulled herself sharply erect. Her voice came a shrill treble and her hands clenched in tense em- ^ otion. • “Forgive them. Father,” she cried, in this strange unnatural voice, “for they know not what they do.” - She was silent then, and as if afe^ some unseen \signal, the black mask was placed over her face and the executioner, Robert Elliott, standing- in a little alcove, pulled down the switch. . ’ It seemed to watchers that death: was so sudden it must have been en tirely painless. There was no strug-: gle and no outcry. Gray immediately followed, and: the process was repeated. When he was asked if he had any word, how ever, he made no response, merely^ continuing his soundless prayers, and the mask was strapped in place. Warden Lawes stood about ten feet to one side of the chair during both electrocutions, but he kept his head bowed, and, so far as could be told, he did not once look at either prison ers. As soon as Gray had been pro nounced dead. Warden Lawes open ed the door into the walled court, and solemn procession of witnesses back to the warden’s office began. •'When the office was reached, the main door was thrown open. “All right, boys,” a guard called to the reporters among the witnesses and all dashed to their waiting cars. There was a mad race of roaring engines then for half a mile to the roadhouse, where two score tele graph wires had been installed to carry the news reports of the exe-, cutions. IXI The biggest problem in this coun try is to keep the times and the peo ple both good. \ *