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M'-t > Its- ■■ ■+ ' • I* / V * 4 TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR NEIGHBORS. «MJR COUNTB> ANP OlfR GOD. renty-Sixtli Year 8 Bages — All Home Print MoCORMICK, S. r.., Thursday, February 9, 1928 Ksiahlished June 5, 1902 Number 37 M .rSSi' tj . -Vi* ■' ^ V Court Convened Here, Monday • ■ ;The February term of Sessions Irt for McCormick County con-, yen-'d here Monday morning, Febru- 6th, at 10 o’clock, with Judge T. Sease of Spartanburg, presid- Judge Scarce was very brief iij, his charge to the grand jury, only tfck ng time to call attention to the oath and duty of that body. He con gratulated the grand jury for hav- * fng so few case^ of serious nature on docket; and said that he had not been here in six years, during which time the court house had been built, and he* would extend congratul ations for that. Court then got down to work with results as follows: The State vs. C. T. Cook, et al., white> true bill, indictment, murder. Order placed. on contingent docket. The State vs. W. R* McKinney, wh ; te, tnjje bill, v'olation of prohibi tion lair. Found guilty and re- ce ved a sentence on the county chain gang or-state penitentiary for a period of .45 days an d p ay a fine of $1.00. The State vs. Archie Willis, white, true bil) violation. prohibition law. Found Guilty and received a sentence on the county chain gang or state penitentiary for a period of 45 days and pay a fine of $1.00. The State vs. Frank Hodges, white, true bill, violation prohibition law. - Found not guilty. The State vs. Afton Dillashaw, ' white, true bill, abandonment, etc. . Case continued. ^ The State vs. Will Callahan negro* true bill, ■ violation prohibition law. Found not guilty. ^ The State vs. Robert Mattison, negro, true b : ll, violation prohibition law. Foundnot guilty, -v ’ 'flic State vs. Frank Wideman, white, true bill murder. Jury out at this-time. * The State Vs. WiHie -'GtdHebeaxfx. true bill, sentenced, bonded, escaped. Continued. Order to col- lectbond. The State vs. Archie Perriii, negro, / house breaking and larceny. Found guilty and sentenced to 1 year on chain gang.j ' The State vs. Archie Perrin, negro house breaking and larceny. Founcj . guilty and sentenced to 1 year on j chain gaing—tunning concurrently s with other sentence. The State vs. Henry Scurry, negro, assault and battery with intent to kffl. Found guilty and‘sentenced to oOUnty chain gang for 30 days or ,pay a fine of $75.00. ( The State vs. Will Jones, negro, house breaking and petit larceny. - Pleads guilty. Sentenced 30 days to county cha'n gang. The State vs. Will Jones, negro, house breaking and larceny.. Pleads guilty. S entenfced to 1 year, on chain "*sng. i The State vs. Will Jcjiea negro, house breaking and larceny. Pleads guilty. Sentenced to 1 year on chain gang. \ The State vs. Will Jones, negro, carrying concealed weapon. Return ed to magistrate. At the time we go to press this morning the jury on the Frank Wide- man murder case hasn’t reached ~ - decision. This jury went into the jury room about ll o’clock yester- day niormng. The jury on the case of The Caro lina Engineering Co. vs. The Town of McCormick made a sealed verdict about'9:30 last night. Court will open again at 9:30 o’clock this morn ing. and v er y likely adjourn • some time today. -m- Two Land Sales Made Monday Only two public sales were made here Monday by the Master, L. G. Bell, as follows: Alonza Seigler, vs. WideAan Do zier, et ah, 95.16 acres land, bid in by W. K. Charles, attorney; $450.00. Southeastern Life Insurance Com pany A Corporation, P laintiff, ys. E. B. Lewis, P. O. Lewis, J. L. Ken nedy, J. E. Bradley, and J. A. Tal bert, Deffndants; 620 acres, bid in by Southeastern Life Insurance Com pany for $5,500.00. ^ tXt No X-rays will be needed to see through a lot of forthcoming politi cal bunk. Report Of The Grand Jury For February Term STATE ✓OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick. To the Honorable T. S. S^ase, ~rf 'iding. Judge of the Court of Gen eral Sessions of McCornrck County at the February 1928 term: We, the Grand Jury, have passed op all bills and matters that. have Come before us and beg to make the following report: In a former presentment the Grand Jury recommended that the proper authorises warn drivers of lumber trucks as to admitting prop er space for people to pass and that th^y required to so load their trucks so as not to interfere with traffic when passing, and that the law be enforced against driving trucks and automob'les without lights at night. This recommendaSon has not been complied with and wo again call the attention of the Court and the prop er officers to these matters a"d urge that the traffic laws be enforced vigorously in ordor that the use of the highways may: be safe for the public. We respectfully recommend that the County Treasurer be authorized to charge off of his books the fol lowing deposits of the County Treas urer: Deposit in The Bank of Mc- Corhrck $2410.24; Deposit in The Bank of Parksville $825.90; and de posit in The Bank of Mt. Carmel $1474.11. ^ These banks failed come years ago at which times the County Treasurer had the amounts above stated on deposit with them respec tively and the Grand Juryj after an investigation, has concluded that there is no probab ; lity of recovering anything on ‘its cla : ms against them on the deposits and .makes this rec ommendation in order to save the County Treasurer from having to carry these deposits forward from time to time on his books as cash items., 4 ^ ~ ... We further recommend 'that the officials of the county Comply strict ly with the law with respect to ac counting for public funds in their hands. ^ We have appointed, the following committees for the year 1928: Committee on Roads, v Bridges and Cham gangs: J. M. Hemminger. Chairman, Frank Middleton, T. R. Cartledge, E. L. Hollingsworth and J. A. "Ca^isbn. Committee oh Magistrates: T. M Henderson, Chairman. A. J. Keown, G. G. Palmer. Committee on County Officers: J. J. Hester, Chairman, J. D. Dunlap, J. S. Strom and G. A. Lewis, Committee on Schools: J. P. Brunson, Chairman, R. J. Mann and R. L. Dowtin. ** We thank the Court and the Coun ty Officials for courtesies extended to us and co-operation given us dur ing the term. J. W. CORLEY. Foreman, Grand Jury. Dated this 7th day of Feb. 1928. * txx Basketball Game Here Next Friday tT McCormick basketball girls will play Ninety-Six on the home field, next Friday, February 10th. This promises to be a fast and interestr ing game, and basketball fans ar^ urged to be present. -m “Waking Up The Town*’ Due Here Re-organizing Boys’ 1 Clubs •» Mr*. Dai Lewis, Assistant Stat^ Boys’ Club Leaden, will be in the county on Thursday and Friday of this week .Tor the purpose of as sisting the .county agent in re-or- ganiz'ng the boys’ agricultural clubs. Last year clubs w?re organized at McCormick, Plum Branch, Washing ton Wfllington; Rob nson, and Reho- both schools. 151 McCormick County boys were enrolled in these clubs, and made the best showing that has ever bem made \n the county. Fifty- six of these boys) will receive certifi cates th : s week showing that they complete their work last year and V turned in completed record books. The names of the boys receiv ng ithese certificates from Clomson College are as follows: v McCORMICK—Levis McAllister, Ellington Jester, Ellis Marftin, Prescly 'Dillashaw, James Hestor, Wallace Talbert, James Bowick, Wil liam Moss, James Britt, Clifton Dfenrar, CarPsle Merritt, Benton Talbert, J. B. Price, George Dorn B Hie Britt, Herman Sandifer, Ron nie Dunlap. ,PLUM BRANCH—Neal Ridle- hoover, Edward Hodgens, Julian Stone Manuel Langley, James King, Archie Langley, Floyd Willis, Paul Kinnett,'Jack Wells, Carroll Winn, Roy Ridlehoover. WASHINGTON — Ralph Gales, Charles Osborne, Emerson Bussey, Warlick Kellar. ROBINSON — Cullen Sears, George Robinson, Thomas Robinson, Florence Sears. REHOBOTH — Marie Gilchrist Bernard Gilchrist. THOS. W. MORGAN, County Agent. x ' ' School Cost Is Gaining Fastest, Statistics Show “Waking Up the Town” is coming. It will be at the Dixie Theatre next Friday and Saturday. It is not a holocaust—it is a photoplay. Jack Pickford is the -star. Frank Condon and James Cruze are the authors. Norma Shearer is the leading lady. Alec fc B. Francis has the leading male character part. Claire McDow- i ell is featured in the principal fem inine character role. Ann May is the “vamp.” George Dromgold is the hateful villain. It is a very hu man picture with the star present ing a most appealing characteriza tion. He is an automobile mechanic. He has big ideas. But he’s a poor salesman and can’t put ’em oveil. Then the end of the world is pre- dicted__but that would be tcll ng! WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—Costs for operation and maintenance of schools increased 207.7 per cent in 146 American cities for which som parative statistics were available, the department of commerce said in a statement today, while the cost of general departments of the same cities increased only 137.6 per cent during the same period. In 250 cities of 30,000 or more population each', payments for oper ations and ma,intenande of public schools amounted to $607,059,853, or $14.51 per inhabitant last year, the statement said), pointing out that 35.7 per cent of the entire popula tion of Continental ' United States was embraced in these cities. The statistics relate only to schools un der the supervision of' the city cor porations or to independent school districts virtually co-extensive with the incorporated limits. . In addition to the payments for operation and maintenance, the department report ed approximately $44 000,000 in in terest on school indebtedness was paid in 1926, while $202,363,361 was spent for permanent improvements. Expenditures for peifmanent im- proven^ents to the schools exceeded those reported for any other depart ment of municipal activity except for streets, outlays for which were reported at $332,249,611. The school debt, $982,362,688, rep resented 29.1 per cent of the total funded debt, $3,271,956,520, incurred for general purposes by the 250 cit ies, according to the department’s statistics. The per capita for schools was $23.48., as compared with $11.95 per capita in the 213 cities having 30,000 or more population in 1926, it was stated. -xxx- Drives New Ford To McCormick j# Mr. J. T. McGrath, of the firm of McGrath Brothers, local Ford deal ers, drove a new Ford sport model coupe through from Charlotte, N. C.. to McCormick yesterday and it is now on exhibition at their show room. Everybody is invited t* come see this car. Farm accounting is more a ques tion of knowing what accounts to keep and what use to make of them tha n of kind of form or blank. Would Investigate Fertilizer Prices In South Carolina Chief B. D. Brown Defends His Record WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.—An of fer t<y 'co-operate wholeheartedly in making the investigafon of fert ilizer prices in South Carolina, re cently requested by the General As sembly, was made to Attorney Gen eral John M. Dan'el in a letter from Charles J. Brand Washington, D. tl., upon behalf of the National Fertlizer association of which he ; s executive secretary. <. Brand pointed out that last year the fertilizer companies operat : ng in South Carolina lost around $2,- 500.0140 in 1 : | nishing fertilizer to the farmers, and that throughout the country the industry lost $22 000,- 000. During the past seven years the total losses of the industry. Brand stated, amounted to $225,000,000. “We bel : eve that when the true situation is brought out in the in vestigation,” Brand declared, “the Attorney, General, the General As sembly and the public will under stand that the industry is rendering a great wealth-producing service to South Carolina and to the Nation, and at a very reasonable price. “For th‘s reason, and despite the fact tAat we regard the resolution simply as political sniping to bag campaign thunder, the industry wel comes the investigation, and through its. national association will assist as much as poss ble in ascertaining the facts of the situation.” Brand stated that the extremely low price of cotton in 1926 so crip pled the farmer’s buying power that in the spring of 1927 demand for fertilizer was at a low ebb, result ing in 19 peY cent less fertilizer be ing sold in the South. This, he ex pig'ned, forced the companies to cut their prices until farmers got their fertilizer last year ^at prices averag ing $3 a ton less than the actual cost of production and distribution. This wgs the disastrous result, Brand wrote, of the cotton farmer receiving only 8 to 12 cents for h ; s 1926 crop. The bulk of the 1927 crop, however, brought the farmer 18 to 21 cents and consequently he ; s in a much better financial posi tion. “This year, the fertilizer compan ies, acting legally dnd with proper self-interest, are endeavoring to get their cost of production plus a rea sonable profit—and no industry can continue to function for the best in terest of its customers unless it ob tains a fair profit. Executives of fertilizer companies would be de lighted if they could make a profit of 6 per cent on their investment.” Brand quoted figures from the Federal Bureau of Labor Starstics which show that the price of fertil izer is relatively much lower than the price of cotton. He stated that at present prices a bale of cotton will buy a fifth more 8-3-3, the an alysis most extensively used on cot ton, than it would back in pre-war days. “The present prices of leading an alysis of mixed fertilizers are less than 12 per cent above the 1913 level,” h^ explained, “but the price of cotton and cotton seed combined is 53 per cent higher than in 1913. The price of non-agricultural com modities averages over 50 per cent higher and products of the farm 37 per cent higher than pre-war. Thus the figures of the U. S. Department of Agriculture prove the relative chapness qf fertilizers.” txx M ( r. John Landrum In Recital At Plum Branch Mr. John Landrum, a well known accomplished musician of Green wood, S. C., appeared in a piano re cital at Plum Branch. Friday night, January 27th. He demonstrated his musical ability by the manner in which he rendered the various selec tions. Mr. Landrum is gifted with the art of playing popular as well as classical music, and all those who woio . much. I am very sorry that I am forced to resort to the newspaper to clear my record and denounce the accusa tions brought against, me by the Ho r. J. Moore Mars from Abbeville whih I was a witness in a liquor case tried in court at McCormick Monday afternoon. He took* advan tage of me in the court room and I have too much respect for the tem ple of justice to attompt to repudi ate statements in court s t o I must do so through the newspaper. ^ Mr. Mars insinuated that 'I had been run away from Calhoun Falls for making false accusations against criminals whom I brought to the bar of justice while serving that town as chief of police. I brand that as a falsehood without foundation, and can prove it to the satisfaction of any reasonable minded, sober think ing man. When Mr. Mars came down out of the court room L told him, as man to man, that any such accusa tion was a stra’ghtout falsehood and he didn’t have the nerve to repeat it on the outside of the court room. And, he d’dn’t. No man, it makes no difference who he is, can say such things about me and get off with it—except in three .places, the court roonb, . the church or the home—and I have mpre respect for these three sacred institutions than to challenge or ac cept a challenge in »them. No man can look me in the face and say that I ever told a lie on him or wrongly accused him. Several of my friends hers in Me Cornrck have told me that they be lieve Mr. Mars’ remarks were prompted by soms of the law viola tors—drunkards, gamblers, etc.—for the effect they might have in the election next Tuesday 'n electing men who are opposed to keeping me on as policeman. Be that as it may, I have this to promise you: So long as I am an officer of the law, wheth er it be in McCormick or elsewhere, I am going to use my energies to see that criminals are brought to the bar of justice—one and all alike, big or small—and that our homes streets and soc : ety are -pro tected so far as I am able to do so. I have never wrongly accused any man, and I never shall. I couldn’t say these things in the court room, but I can say them through the newspaper, and on the streets, and if there is a man living who can say that I ever wfongly accused him and had him suffer for something he didn’t do, I shall pay the dam ages, if it takes the balance of my life to do it A number of ladies and gentlemen from Troy, Plum Branch Parks ville and other neighbor 1 ng towns and communities have highly commend ed my work as peace officer by say ing that the town is clean and the streets rid of drunkards Several from Troy said the town is the cleanest in this respect thny ever saw it while a few from Plum Branch and Parksville say McCor mick now has the best of orddr and is the cleanest town in the state. A number of ladies and gentlemen here in McCormick 'have made similar re marks. I appreciate this very much and am only repeating it to help de fend my record and character. I ask you to read the five follow- lowing recommendations, one f.|o m the mayor and counclImen of Cal houn Falls, on6 from the mayor of Elberton and three others; call on me to see the original copies and wr'te to these parties and see if they have changed their opinions of m - *. My good name and character are as sacred to me as any other man’s are to him, and I am here to.tell the world that I shall not allow them to be dragged down in the dust by any body. Very respectfully yours, (Signed) B. D. BROWN, Chief Police, McCormick, S. C. February 7, 1928. The recommendations follew: Bids Called For On , Willington Road ■ On February 21st The following item is taken from* a notice asking for bids on different projects published in a daily paper ov^r the signature ’ of Ben M. Saw-r yer, Ch ef Highway Engineer ; of South Carolina: Sealed bids will be publicly opened at 11. a. m., Tuesday, February 21, 1928 in the auditorium of the Jef ferson Hotel, Columbia, S. C. for the construction of the following pro jects: State project 670 (road work) Mc Cormick County—the grading and surfacing with top soil of 13.497 miles of Route 82 between McCor- \ mick and Calhoun Falls. Work to be done cons'sts of necessary drar-r ir-f ard gruIjSpg. 182,749 cubic yards common excavation, 11A2& cubic yards rock excavation, 347 cubic yards execavation for struc tures 42,184 cubic yards top soil sur facing, 232 cubic yards class “A**' concrete,^ 190.27 cubic yards clase “B” concrete, 18,747 pounds rein forcing steel, 654 lin. feet corrugated metal pipe, 3 813 I'n feet reinforced concrete pipe and 5,032 lin. feet woods guard rail; all quantities approxi mate. Certified check for $2,300.00 ; required. i ficer, as being a man who will en force the law to a letter, without fear or favor to any person, and be ing a man whom you can depend up on to be absolutely thruthful, and believing in doing the right thing at all times. Therefore, we feel that we are- losing a very valuable man in many respects. B. C. WILSON, Intertdant- (Signed) L. P. Jones. G. T, Storey, J. J. Pressley, L. J. Hagood.. Councilman... Elberton, Georgia,. December 7, 1926. To whom it may concern: I have known Ben D. Brown for many years and know him to be a sober, honest and upright gentleman. Mr. Brown served the City of El berton as policeman and gave fa ; th- ful service. He made us a competent officer and I hated to see him leaver the city. Respectfully) THOS. T. THORNTON, Mayor, City of Elberton.. Calhoun Falls, S. C. December 21, 1926.'. To whom it may concern: This is to certify, that I have known Mr. B. D. Brown for the past ten (10) years, as a citizen of El bert County, as an officer of Elber ton, Ga., and also as an officer of Calhoun Falls, S. C-, and that ia ''ach instance have known to be at man of high character and morals,, and absolutely xeliable. I take great pleasure in recom-r mending him to any town or com munity as a des ; rable c ; tizen and al most efficient peace officer. Respectfully yours, JOE ALLEN.. Calhoun Falls, S. C." December 6, 1926. To whom it may concern: It is with a great deal of pleasure- that I recommend Chief B. D. Browm as police. He has made the best peace officer* that we have ever had, he has clean ed up this town and made it a good place to live, he is fearless in the discharge of his duty and a good citizen. If you elect him you will have mi man you will be proud of. Yours truly, D. G. MAHON. Calhoun Falls, S. C. November 20, 1926. To whom it may concern: This is to certify that Mr. B. B. Brown has served the Town of Cal houn Falls. S- C., since the first of nt cn’cvsd the recital very innuary 1926, as Chief of Pol ce and o acid variety to the oc- ( has discharged his duties as such in casion some vocal numbers were giv er by the grammar school and high school girls. a very satisfactory manner. We take pleasure in recommending! him to any one in need of a peace of- Calhoun FalU S. C. December 21, 1926. To whom it may concern: This is to certify, that I Jiave- known Mr. B. D. Brown, for the past- year, as a peace officer of Calhoun- Falls, S. C., and that in that capac ity. and also as a citizen of the com munity have found him to be b©-> yond reproach, and*take gieai pleas ure in. recommending him. Respectfully yours, J. P. HESTER-