Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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u pv. Fwei or’ On Furey’s ;e Halted Side Of River Increase In Cotton Acreage Predicted Furey’s Ferry Bridge, Herald of last Sunday rfellow'ng story: outcome of condem- ings before the county lissioners of McCor- to be heard at McCor- iy, the E. M. Will- m Company, of Mon- has the contract to itructure of Furey’s above Augusta has ttions on the South of the river and will morning have their full employed in con- bridge approach on the of the river. The United States Department of Agriculture and other departments 'n position v to make accurate esti mates ind'eate that there will. be a "ubstantial increase in the cotton acreage in the south next* year. These departments make no estimate d¥ the percentage of increase, but they ‘are in a position to make their statements authoritive, and every cotton farmer should seriously con sider th s situation in planning for his 1928 cotton acreage. The history of cotton production in the south shows that the supply makes the demand, and the demand determines the price; while, at the same time, the demand determines to a large extent the future supply, t That is to say, an unusually large cotton crop over-supplies the de- 1 TRUK IV* *>tjKs»ELVfcS. OCR NEIGHBORS •• n « j i n t h ■ 01 •Sixth Year 8 Pages — All Home Print M* cOUMICK. 5. G.. Thursday, January 26, 1928 .1 the new steel and con- which got under way and, consequently the price *nd which was proceed- ^ g 0es down and farmers get very low steam until Daniel Me- p r f ces f or the staple that year. On OBf the South Car- accoun t 0 f this low price, the acre age and supply will be lower the next year and thejprice goes up. This see saw game goes on with high pro duction following high prices and low production following low prices, and the farmer is the one te pay every t me. Tin high prices catch him with a short crop and the low prices find him with a larg"! crop. ' Cotton brought comparatively good prices last fall, and it will be a nat ural tendency for farmers to plant all available land they have in cot ton next year. However, the thought ful farmer will not do this. The far mer who is able to profit by exper ience will not increase his cotton acreage next year, but will continue ...... . . , # . his program of deversification and of "‘the prosent difficulty f or tify himself against the low * McXie. s ] prices which will more than likely Herald’s correspondent at Me- come L-land const: uction there weelc, 'will not be JtBeraH representative scene Saturday after- id. > Delay Is Anticipated. / A. C. Williams, uncle of, E. M. the contractor, who is as foreman of the ‘job, told Id reporter, who with Fiank chairman of the high- mimittee of the local' chamber imerce called at the construc- that E. M. Williams had ky announced that he expected to bife the bridge ready for dedF by next Armistice 1 Day, No- Wiip.ams said he did not tPtidlpete any delay in the job advised Saturday night that IfcKie had demanded is a »n for granting the n across’ the' graven to him and his 'three and their immed : ate families the bridge is a toll bridge. Ihe Government estimates of the num ber of boll weevils in hibernation in . the South do not sound good for the Way for the. bridge landing co tton farmer and his next year’s " *^~~'*~****~'" «crop, according to experiment sta tion figures. The figures for South Carolina give 1,525 weevils going in to hibernation in the fall of 1927 pendent also said that the against every 48 in the fall of 1926, or nearly 40 times as many last fall as the fall before. Of course the cold weather has killed out some of the weevils, but all indications point to the fact that we will have a large infestation of weevils at the very be ginning of this year’s cotton sea son. Here is another fact that will ap peal to the thoughtful farmer. He will supply himself with calcium ar senate and proper dusting machin ery at the beginning of the cotton season, and will not plant more cot ton than he can properly fight wee vils in. An increase in the cotton acreage in McCormcik County under present conditions will very likely prove dis astrous next year. Put in a few more cows, hogs, and chickens, and Williams concern has con- ’ j^» s keep going. THOS. W. MORGAN, County Agent. tXJ Commission of South Car dined this pnoposit on and m requested McCormick officials to institute condem- proceedings to acquire the bridge' approach, jotiations Nut Successful, rmick County officials, the correspbndent said, made several •ffiete to arrange for this right-of- jvay-jfcy negotiations with Mr: Mc- Kie, hiving made several trips to the Meriwether sect : on where he lives to confer with him, but were unsuccessful and notice of condem- natioh of the bridge landing and ap proach -was served on Daniel McKie and his ■three sisters on January 7th. On last Thursday Mr. McKie ord ered the construction forces to dis- cont'nue operations on his land. The structed a camp oh the McKie lands 1 and considerable progress toward construction of the bridge approach es has been made on both sides of # •it* the liver. Mr. Williams said he PiaDO Recital BV hoped to be able to work in close T , harmony with Mr. McKie and that' Mr. JOIHl JLaiiarUm they were endeavoring to show him every consideration passible. The Austin Bridge Company, of Atlanta, will build the superstruc- tare of the bridge. At Plum Branch wm come on the scene later. Mr. John Landrum, the blind pi- Their forces an j g ^ > -win render a recital at Plum Branch School Auditorium, 7:30 ~ , o’clock, Friday night, January 27. The Messenger is informed that t e Landrum for a number of years jMeting of the county officials f<?r ( has a pp ea red in recitals all over our He purpose of condemning the prop- gtate a ' d other states and is in po _ «rty above referred to was held at s ;^j on ^ arrange for us a very in- tfce court house Tuesday, but the pegging program; one which will Mt come of the meeting hasn t been gHtgrtaij! the children as well as the announced so fit. grown ups, and one which Will be a treat to lovers of all types of music. Those who have had the pleasure of hearing Mr. Landrum agree that he is indeed a versatile pianist and will give us an hour of real enter- tainment. »v. Hi. a. Wilkes, Methodist paa- Steveral numbers by school^ chiL ter at Plum Branch, will preach at dren will be interspersed to add va- tbe De la Howe State School on next r i e ty to the program. Sunday, January 29, at 3:30 o’clock.) This entertainment is put on un- Services De la Howe Next Sunday Rev. Paul Kinnett, predecessor of Mr. Wilkes, was a faithful visitor at the school and often preached there der the auspices of the Parent- Teacher Association and a large crowd is inticipated. T All friends of the school are invited The price of admission is 30 and to attend the services roxt Sunday ,70 esnts. afternoon. j Don’t miss: Hear Mr. John -txt- Landrum, the blind pianist, 7:30 p. -T. The voice of the people is always m., tomorrow night at Plum Branch |jder just before an election. j School Auditorium. Arkwright Anxious That Work Start On Big Dam ATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 21.—P. S. Arkwright, president of the Savan nah R'ver Electric company, today made the following statement rela tive to the new 120,000 horse-power development on the Savannah River above Augusta: “While the Federal Power com mission has tendered the Savannah River Electric company a license for the construction of a 120,000 horse power development on the Savannah River, near Augusta this should not be taken as an indication that de velopment work can be started im mediately. “The Savannah River Electric com pany has not yet accepted the li cense tendered. In a development of this magnitude it is necessary to do such preliminary work before actual construction is started and it is ob vious that there are certavn condi tions which must be met before it is possible to begin actual construc tion work. Even under the most favorable conditions it will be impos sible to start work under several months time. Unt : l the preliminary work looking toward the construction of the project can be completed it will be impossible to make any def inite announcement as to when the construction will begin. “The Savannah River Electric company appreciates the onthus asm with which the people of Augusta and neighboring communities have welcomed the announcement that the license for the construction of this development has been tendered. We are anxious to begin development work as soon as possible. We should not like, however, for the impress on to get out that construction work involving the employment of a large amount of labor will be started im mediately when the probabilities are that it will be several months before anything can be done and possibly many months, unless the prelimina ry engineering work and the acquir ing of rights-of-way, etc., can be completed properly. “This development, of course, will mean much to Augusta and will add largely to the pay rolls of the com munity. We earnestly request the sympathetic co-operation o^ thq peo ple of Augusta and neighboring com- munifes in efforts to complete nec essary preliminary arrangements without which the development will be impossible.” txt Supreme Court Says No Gas On Sunday The Supreme Court of South Car olina handed down an opinion last Friday that gasol ne may not be leg ally sold on Sundays, but that un commercialized golf playing is law ful. In regard to golf, the opinion, by Justice Blease, said: “It is not unlawful for one to engage in the game of golf as an exercise, sport, or pastime on Sunday, but it is un lawful for one in any way or man ner to engage in golf as a worldly labor or business on Sunday.” Since Sunday laws apply only to persons more than fifteen years *old, cad dies under the age may be legally used. As to gasoline, the opinion says: “The sale of gasoline and mot or oils on Sunday, and the exercise of the business of selling those arti cles can only be engaged in under the law where it is done, as stated in the statute, as a ‘work of neces sity or charity’; that the burden of showing the necessity or charity must rest upon the seller and that guilt or innocence of any person charged with the violation of that statute must depend entirely upon the facts and circumstances of each case, as is the general rule in all prosecutions for criminal offenses.” These cases grew out of the effort made by Governor John G. Richards aeon after he became Governor in January, 1927, to execute the so- called Sunday blue laws, most of which were enacted hundreds of years ago for another nation and for a very different social and economic! condition. Several arrests were made 1 ,»|nd«r tbb Governor’s oru^idf 1 , but juries refused to convict m every case. The State appealed to the Su preme Court, with the results just declared. Rep. Morrah And Sen. Robinson On Important Com’tees In the general assembly now in session in Columb’*a, McCormick County’s representative and senator r! e still holding positions on im portant committees. Representative W. D. Morrah remaining as a mem ber of the ways and means commit tee, and Senator F. C. Robinson, who was for several years a member of the railroad committee, being assign ed the chairmanship of the banking and insurance committee. On last Friday Mr. Mbi^ah in troduced a bill to change the loca tion of Lyon’s vot'ng precinct in Me Cornrck County. Without reference. Senator Rcbinson on Friday intro duced a bill to autiic- izc and em power the state highway commission to make contracts for the reimburse ment of all roads that were built pri or to the act known as the “Pay as you go act,” and afterwards taken in as part of the state highway sys tem. Referxed to the committee on reads, bridges and ferries. XXI $10,243,432.71 Is Total Of Ap propriation Bill COLUMBIA, Jan. 24.—The appro priation bill for 1928 was' introduced in the house today by title, the print ed measure to be put on the desks of the members Wednesday. The to tal is $10,243,432.71. The budget commission recommended $9,992,000, and . the bill last year, as finally passed, was $10,198,000.. ^ It is expVcted that debate will start on the measure Thursday. In troduction of the supply measure af ter 11 legislative days sets up some thing of a modern record for ways and means committees in South Car- ohna*. . > : *> Among appropriations carried 'in the bill which d ; d not appear in the budget were $30,000 tot the sand hill agricultural experiment station, and $25,000 ’ for re-covexing the state house. An increase of $1,500 in the salary of Dr. Robert Wilson, Jr., dean of the Medical College at Char leston, was also inserted, the com mittee making his compensation $6,- 000 a year. The budget cut of $2,- 500 in the salary of Dr. D. M. Doug las as px*esident of the University, from $10,000 to $7,500 was accepted by the committee. Among increases pxovided by the committee over the budget recom mendations were: "Legislature, $113,795 instead of $103,440; University, $432,237 in stead of $428,65,7; Citadel, $196,291.- 41 instead of $187,070; Clemson Col lege, collegiate activities, $373,234 instead of $355,303; Winthrop col- leg : ate activities, $445,952 instead of $432,452; Medical College, $120,450 instead of $121,150; department of education, $3,520,248.75 instead of $3,512,773; peniteiltiary, $154,955.81 instead of $145,955; state training! school $152,556 instead of $144,171; 1 board of health $252,655.59 instead | of $239,444.50; tax commission, $218,951 instead of $197,165; com missioner of agriculture $96,468.50 instead of $84,468; Clemson CollegD public service, $278,707.85 instead of $222,072; highway department, $291,450 instead of $258,213, and commission state house and grounds, $35,404 instead of $10,404. A reduction was made in the at torney general’s office wh : ch was al- loted $18,629.50 instead of $29,029,- 50 recommended by the budget com mission. *X* Good Work Wins New York Trip WASHINGTON D. C., In view of the general public demand for ado United States of a defini with lespect to foreign inve of American citizens, and of the trouble that has been caused in Nic aragua, partially at least, on ac-. count of such investments. Senator Blaine of Wisconsin, introduced in the Senate a resolution proposisg certain restrictions upon American cib’zens making investments in for eign countries. 1. American citizens engaged in trade or commerce in foreign coun tries must obey the laws of these countries. 2. Investments made by American citizens are subject to the laws of the countries wherein they are made. 3. The Government of the United States will not assume responsibility for the fulfilment of contractual ar rangements made by American cit izens with foreign governments or with private citizens of foreign coun tries. 4. Before Amer can citizens can expect the Government of tho Unit ed States to take any act’on, with reference to their compla nts that they have been unfarily dealth with in foreign countries, they must first have exhausted the remedies avail able to them in the courts of such countries. 5. If, in the ojynion of the Presi dent of the Us^ted States, decisions made by the court of last resort in any foreign count: y deny to Ameri can citizens the same rights accord ed to nationals of other countries or violate the prisciples pf internat'onal law, and also in the event that the legislative or executive branches of such foreign governments shall re fuse to observe decisions of thei 1 : courts favorable to American citi zens, this country w:ll endeavor to adjust such differences through friendly negotiations and stands ready to' submjt the same to arbitra tion. 6. In no event will the Govern ment of the United States have re course to arms or resort to force in any manner to gain or preserve for American citizens rights and privil eges, in any foreign country beyond those enjoyed by the native citizens of such country. 7. For the security of the Govern ment of the United States, and to promote peace, the interests of the governments in this hemisphere are mutual. We owe it, therefore, to candor and to the am cable relations existing between the United States and the governments of the ‘world, to declare that we should consider any attempt on their part to extend priv ileges and engage in conduct not peemitted to the Government of the United States or its citizens under the foregoing declarations, as dang erous to our peace and safety. L_X Greenwood Negro Shot To Death next;cat Order o: the 11:30—. 12: in Chhmc ed tor 1 Wy Rid! well.; vr 12:30—(j nom: nation dent, ngtX Thomas sey. 1:30—I hour. 2: properly t: not, what 1 sey and S. 3:3i Home Miss; emphasizing sionary end gens and J< 4:00—Mil adjournment Items Of Iht< To The Is; T.* Garrett Talbert Goes to Com pany’s Honor Roll Meeting. T. Garrett Talbert, with other members of his agency, was in New York last week attending the honor roll convention of the Home Life Insurance company. Mr. Talbert connected hynself with the Columbia agency of the Hr- - Life early in October a d dur ing ciiree months paid for $140,000, insurance and the company gave him j this nice trip.—The State ctf lastj Sunday. 4 GREENWOOD, Jan. 22.—L. G. Waite, local plumber, held on a charge of murder by Coroner R. L. Faulkner, following an inquest into the killing of Herbert R ; chey, wag on driver for the Carolina-Georgia Service company Saturday morning on a business street, was released from jail yesterday afternoon under consent bond of $1,500. The amount was fixed by circuit Judge C. C. Featherstone, on motion of W. H. Nicholson, attorney for Waite. Testimony of the eye witnesses at coroner’s inquest was conflicting, L. H. Bone testifying that Richey was shot while he was striking at Waite with a stick which he had jerked from Waite’s hand; while J. F. Buchanan and Cleveland Caldwell, the latter a negro testified that Waite struck Richey with the stick and then shot him three times. One bullet went wild and struck a build ing nearby another entered the head beside the ear and the third making a flesh wound on the cheek. No evidence as to the cause of the Jiff culty was brought out at the in quest, bu); il is said to have been the result of a quarrel when Richey stepped his wagon too close to Waite’s automobile. Last week the. McCormick Cream Station bought 352 pounds butterfat from 54 patrons. The price pa‘d was 44 cents per pound and. the amount received by the fanners for this pio- duct was $154.88. The amount of buttorfat is increasing at the pres ent time, and indications point ta the fact that the station will buy around 1,000 pounds per week in the spring. The Clinton . Prodttce Company bought 2,552 pounds poultry at Mc Cormick last Saturday, paying the highest market prices, . The receipts to the fanners for the sale were $459.99. A poultry car will be* run from McCormick around the middle of February, and everyone who has poultry for sale should be looking forward to that car, as the prices paid then will probably be the high est we shall get this year. Now is the rime for dairymen to plan their acreages in carpet grass and lespedeza for this year’s and for the future grazing for cattle on their farms. Carpet grass should be seed ed in March and April in McCor mick County, and lespefleza should be seeded in March. The county agent will be glad to assist in sel ecting land for these crops, and in getting the lowest possible prices on the seed in co-operative orders. Plan to put in a few more da ; ry cattle, grow out some hogs for a car- lot shipment, and increase the num ber of chickens on the farm. Then plant around five or six acres of cot ton to the plow and plenty of feed crops to feed the family and th^sc arimals, and, let the boll weevil and low cotton prices come. THOS. W. MORGAN. County Agent.. IXt } “Power Farming” i Picture To Be Shown Here February 1st The International Harvester Com pany will show a moving picture entitled “Power Farming” at 1 che Dixie Theatre in McCormick on Wed nesday night, February 1, at seven thirty o’clock. This is an educational picture, and illustrates the develop ments that have been made in pow er farming during the past ‘ few years, and the number of uses that can be made of labor-saving machin ery on the farm. With our present shortage of farm labor, this picture should be of es pecial interest to all McCormick County farmers, and it is hoped that many will attend G fice show and leax*n more about tbe of machinery on the farm. THOS. W. MORGAN, County Agent.