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An Appeal From
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Near East Relief
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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
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tributions that *has brought about a
r^ag
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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
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*£!£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,
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K. G. FINLAY, \
>' State Chairman.
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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
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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.
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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/
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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Ever - cloud has a silver lining ex
cept a war cloud.
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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.
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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.
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The biggest problem in this coun
try is to keep the times and the peo
ple both good.
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