Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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FdHraary 23, 1922 3&cCOR&fICK MESSENGER, AfcCORAflCE, South CutoIiuu. Page Number Four S. 19t3 ones in the United States in 1929} of law of being’ a lyncher, and, .of coarse, between our grand juries and Candy $ 1.000,000.COO, petty juries and other nfluences, a Tobacco 2,111,000,000 convicted lyncher s so rare an ani- Owi 'i CIRCULATION: UM. Soft drinks Perfumery and cos metics Admission to thraties, dues, etc. Ice cream CakCT, confections, etc. 350000000 * 750,000,000 800,000,000 250.000,000 Gardening Season Now Approaching; mal hereabouts as to merit classi fication as “unknown.” But the bill did provide that should any person be injured or misrepre- The garder.’ng season is approach- ne, and with t we should begin t * make plans for th' spring gardes. mu V WCX9VU LfTT .l-JCti -Vi u* lut^x v;— _ sented through hon«t mistake of ' Every family ,n McCormick County; _ typographical error, that if the' <r? n hav e plenty ° f fresh vegetabl S. C WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL REVIEW The pro~re.!ty ;'.ted ssoiooooo newspaper, upon the discovery of the the summer with a little. States Is not i. 2 master of the mem per inch for leas than 4 fl — Lnznrtons services .. 3,000,000,000 error immediatelv published a full planting ahead. Therefore, ent, but a stable aif Luxurious food, etc. - 5 000.000,000 explanation, exposing regret, it ‘ h “ and niakc out dit on. .as* r.g cor KANT MVS. FHR SA1 F _3r;,rH <«* i oft a . j, 0J)0 per ton. X. L’yWt n, R. 1, McCormick, S. C. 2 tpo. BULL Pa ~ n BUSOIESS READING NOTICES, per Him for * of C words fo WANT ADVS^ 6 cents per fine far nrh insertion, average of € woi ae. '' ^ ' . TRIBUTES OF RESPECT. 6 nr fine. S words to fine. AO ndvs. set in body type, € *■ single cilnn« fine; * big type on nil i Ha-, except bend and given at Joy riding, races, plea- would be liable only for actual dam- sure resorts, etc. 3,000,000,000 ages suffered by the said person. In other words, for an unavoidable me- Cost of luxuries $17,361,000,000 chanical error—ard they are. in School expenditures _$ 1,036,000,000 practice, unavoidable—a newspaper If the expenditure of a bOfion dol- would net b^ robbed if it made full lars for education sorely taxes the explanation and apology. But th's resources of a nation that finds it bill was killed. possible to expend seventeen billions — *X+ for luxuries and cine billions for rp oi i _ x’arms of public service other than A rOitCr OxlOH-IS educaticc, then the statement of the Carnegi? report is justified; if not, it is unjustified. Consider this data, which was com piled by the National Education as sociation and you cannot escape the a list of the seed you intend to plant Greenvilk—Piedmont Shirt this year. Then send in your order paiay, new i.-dustry. w.ll fetti? on so that you will be certain to have. West North Street, the seed on hand when thn time and j Andersor—South Carolina Savings the season ccme to plant. \ Bank of Charleston purchases C ti- As soon as the ground will do to - zens National Bank of .this c tv. work plant the following seeds: Kale, Gaffney—Efforts being made to mustard, spinach, lettuce, carrots, ''stablish silk weaving mill here. -Register*: i Jersey Bull for zc —/Ice at $2 00. K. rnd J. t_. Djvvtrn. R. 4, 2-1 nO>rwiW*k ) S- C. 2 tpo. » FOR SALE-^^;^ one Dodge Graham, 1 1-2 ton truck, rew t res, $175.00; both trucks in first clas3 condition. McCormlct beets, turnips, onion sets, cabbage,: Che raw—Bank of Cheraw and CTevroi t C?., Ivl cCormlck, 3. C. cauHlowvr and Irish potatoes. Bank of Chesterfield Coarty merge. Transplant to open field: Cabbage,; Columbia—Improvement of Myrtle or 5tra ^ ec * or " e 50 horse ^- . cauliflower lettuce onion seedMngs Beach road contemplated. w th white mn. e and tail. Work Developing ‘ and onion sets. Myrtle Beach—-New airdom"? on- about eight years old. If found noti- Make plantings in het bod Febru-; der construction here. fy Joe Whitten, R. F. D, Abbevilla, (Larry Gaunt in Athens Banner.) A few days since we met Mr. ary 15 to March 15: Tomatoes, Ea: 1- iar a variety. Sow seed 1-8 inch de'p. Transplant to 1 1-2 inches 2 tpo. conclusions that school costs do not Brownlee, a leading citizen of El- ‘; part each W2 >' i : hot bed 07 eoId ^ bu3 >’ Preparing ground for sprimr i*s financial sol- bert County at Calhoun bridge over f7311,6 25 s «>f ^ they are la: ge planting. S. CL. w mm i -ht eaten the nati vency; that we ail not allowing too the Savannah River. Mr. Brownlee many children the opportunities that' stated that the preceding Saturday come frort attendance in the upper he had finished taking options on and in high school; that the lards as far up that stream as the an people have not given the I S. A. L. bridge for a great lake to public school'too high a place among'be formed by the development of the institutions to the I Ti -tter Shoals extend’ng for several of worthy . miles down the river, starting at Calhoun Bridge and will get the greatest’ water power development and almost double present power. Mr. B:owa lee did cot tell us the came of the company controlling this power but we presume it is the Georgia Power Company. Engineers are also at work on a water power in Lincoln County. r-txi- * A nation that spends more than twice as much on tobacco and almost five times as much on hucur'ous food ft spends on education in. in fact. Handing far too little on the public schools and can well afford to double treble its expenditure for the in object of human and enlightenment. * that if be did that, ft was •B that could be expected of md he was conforming to the ef good eTi still have to get alto particular to take hold and carry on far in dabs far educational i far more is eh one should do and we most hold to da ■iMtodhing in sea, if we expect that a to keep up with the g if they if they a fittle.qff . their time to. such We should love our home o much, we should be so to see it go ahead, we should conscious of the gains that who have initiative or ability industry;, should be willing to giva am tone each week to helping for- We have heanf some of our peo ple answer this question in the af- vmat’ve and we are printing this editorial from the GreenvilD. Pled- tooat tor their benefit and we would- be glad to. have all who think we are paying too mack for education to read the article and give it serious consideration. Hie nation spends as mnch far candy as it does for education and nee as much far tobacco. And for joy rlifing three times as ma Think of these things before you even try to think that we are spend- g too much'for the education of the children of the country who are aoan to be extisens of the nation. Where we need to spend me money for wducarioa, as we se?. it, is in the rural or country communi ties of the nation so that every child ahaD have an equal opportunity with every other child. Many people whq will talk about ‘ending- tap much money for educa tion will speed mure money for to- cco and candy and joy riding than it would cost them to give their own children an equal opportunity with the other children of the nation. Un til the par rentage is greatly increas ed we should never say we are spend ing too much for the making of citi zens of our nation. 2X2 Dixie Theatre To Show Fairbanks Film “His Majesty. Tk* Am.rcaa’ Marks First Release Of “Kg Four.” * enough, and later to three inch pa per pets. Transplan" to open field as soon as darger of frost is over. Peppers: Plant in hot bed March 1 to April 1. Chinese Giant, World Beater, or long Rey Cayenne. Sow seed 1-8 nch deep, one ounce of seed, 1000 plants. Transplant to open field around May 1. Egg Plants: Plant in hot bed March 1, to April 1. Sow seed 1-4 inch deep. Transplant and handle like tomato and pepper. Rows in open field three feet apart; plants 2 1-2 feet apart in row. Black Beauty is a good variety. For further information regarding plans for the spring garden and plans for hot beds and cold frames, write the county agent. If you would like to receive the monthly garden letters prepared by Mr. A. E. Schilk tter, Horticulture list of Clem- son College, or would like to get bulletins containing gardening in formation, write Thos. W. Morgan, County Agent, McCormick, S. C. • -l-l Columbia—Work begun oa new S. C. athletic field near Felton School. « * Batesburg—Farmers in this vicin- EPR hlAI J? bu'bels Hast- ToU oALJZi in?s . 100 bushel Oats. &0 cents per bushel, f . o. b, Ridgeland—Hogs of county beiag Troy, S- C. Bright Pea Hay $25.00; vacc nated agr rst cholera. Oats Straw ? 15.00; Oats and Vetch Denmark — Plans being discussed $25.00. W. M. Bowen. Troy, S C. for construction of new Denmark 2t. Baptist Church here. ' Orangeburg—S’5.000 appropriated WAVTVII—Cows and Beef r furnishings and equipment for Cattle. J. L. Smith, McCormick, S. C. for furnishings and eqmpmer new courthouse here. Columbia led state in Fire 15 w w^- aaa a. —m. wme vention Week activities, according «WAi?rro- Go rL books for It is doubtful if any . motion pic ture was ever awaited with as much interest and anticipation in McCor mick as Douglas Fairbanks’ new pic ture, “His Majesty, the American,** which will be the attraction at the Dixie Theatrq beginning next Fri day and Saturday. w Something more than mere inter est in a motion picture Fes back of . ^ _ thix anticipat'or., for “His Majesty.'^ re to<U », b >' p ho ’^ l «* Motor the American** was banks’ first independent production Service. Schools For Chevrolet Dealers DETROIT, Mich., Feb. 2L—Of un usual interest to the millions of Chevrolet owners in the United States was, the announcement made THE LIBEL LAW Are We Paying Too . Much For Education The cost of the schools is ecor- nous and is sorely taxing the ability of the American people to support the conclusion an- in the last annual report of tile president and treasurer of the Caraegie Foundation for the Ad vancement of Teaching. Is that conclusion justified by the facts? The cost of all pubi c elementary ahd high schools hi 1920 was four- ©f one per cent of the nation’s L The cost of all public elementary and high schools in 1920 was less than seven per cent of the amount rey lying in the savings ac- df the banks of the nation in a year when the business de- most acute. The United States during the de cade from 1910 to 1920 spent less titan two per cent of its yearly in come on education. If this repre- senta an enormous educational ex- far a civilized nation, the of the Carnegie report is L. if it does not, that condu- ites in 1920 spent tor every dollar spent >lic for iesti- The Anderson Daily Mail says: Laws gov?ming the matter that newspapers may pr'nt in South Car olina are necessary, but as the Co lumbia State points out in an edi- to:ial today, those which govern the reparation a person may receive who has been damaged by a newspaper article are most extringent and un fair. The newspapers of South Carolina, so far as we are able to judge are a pietty conservative lot. We do not think at present there is a newspa per in the stat? that would viciously libel a man or woman—that would del berately seek to damage the rep utation of a single solitary person i n the state from malice. Fred West, of Abbeville who is now in the state senate had a bill be fore the assembly seeking to restrict libel damages to “actual” damages- in such cases where a newspaper has made an error and is willing to make correction within ten days af ter notice. The bill was defeated and that ends the story of this at tempt to bring about a change in the law. Concerning the proposed measure and marked the first release of United Artists Corporation, the so- called “Big Four.” In January of 1919 the entire amusement world was startled by the formation of the United Artists As sociation. This association was form ed by Mary Pickford, Charlie Chap lin, Douglas Fairbanks and D. W- Griffith. These aitists, conceded throughout the world to be the screen’s foremost producers, after having released their pictures for a number of years thiough various distributing com pan es decided that to assure their best work and in order to have full independence for the highest expression of their art. they would, upon the completion of their then existing contracts, release their own pictures, d-rect to the the atres of the country. This move for independence by the foremost artists of the screen was the most mportant and beneficial step that had be?n taken in the mo tion picture business since it assum ed its leadership in the amusement field. It means for the motion picture patrons that Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and D. W. Griffith would hereafter bo en abled to produce pictures in their own way. They will make fewer pictures than they have made before, and this in Itself will be an advantage. Here tofore they have been obliged to turn out a certain number of pro ductions within a given period and consequently have not always had the time to perfect their work. The first picture ~ made under these ideal cond’tions was “His Ma jesty, the American.” The manage ment of the Dixie Theatre feels, great pride in having secured this production for its city. The Dixie Douglas Fair- • Con, P* n 5 r that nearly 4000 men— heads of dealers’ service depart ments—are being called in ?o attend specially conducted service schools. -The^e schools, designed to place the service facilities of the company on a higkgr plane than ever before, arc being held during February and March for the serv’ce personnel of the Chevrolet dealer establishments throughout the country. The Service managers are bung summoned to the 45 zone headquart ers, located at key centers, where the schools are being conducted. Here, under resident irstructors, they are given a course in every phase of shop management. Among the principal subjects cov ered are shop arrangement; equip ment and special tools; appearance and maintenance; shop personnel; training of service personnel; oper- atirg costs; specializing the work of mechanics; compensation of mechan ics and the keeping of detailed and exact shop records. Upon completion of the course, the service managers are competent to go back to their own establishments prepared to conduct their end of the dealer’s business upon the high announcement of results of cortwt among hundreds of Chamber*? of Commerce recently. National Board of Fire Underwriters, in summariz ing results, reported loss of life had been greatly reduced as well as fire loss. Beaufort — Construction of new two-story brick building on Bay Street in progress. Abbeville—Hans completed for es tablishment of large New England drapery mill here. Miley—iNew Union Church here dedicated. 18 877 bales of 1927 cotton were ginned : n Sumter County prior to January 16th. Beaufort—Hardsurfacing of Beaa- fort-Pocataligo highway under way. Beaufort Ice Ciessn Company starts operations. Lexington—$2« 000 bond issue j voted here for street and sidewalk improvements. Georgetown—Four Mile Creek canal between here and McCleUan- vilD opened to traffic. Georgetown—Burned barber shop on Front Street will be rebuilt. Andrews—Farmers of this vicinity preparing for 1928 tobacco season. Charleston — Establishment of Episcopal Cathedral here discussed. Sumt"*:—Installation of duplicate cable system in white way district completed. Easley — Lyric Theatre building remodeled. Columbia—Bids receiving for con struction of Broad River Bridge on state highway No. 2 about 2 miles from here. Holly Hill—First National Bank of Holly H11 has assets amounting to more than $800,000. Kingstree — Improvements being made to business buildings and dwellings here. 11 119 bales of 1927 cotton crop ginned in Bamberg Ccunty prior to January 16th. St. George—Local school grounds b^ing beautified. Florence — Approaches to Mars Bluff Bridge will be paved. Tobacco acreage in Martboio County will be increased from 800 acres in 1927 to approximately 3,000 Tt 1928. Latta—Contract awarded for con- persocal 4mm- tion would be highly appreciated. I^. A. Wilkes, Plum Branch S. C. FOR SALE-—J, McCormick, known as Davis T-and. Two good houses and one barn. Fofc particulars apply W. W. and Newton R. Pinson, executors of the will of Mr. L. M. Pinson. Lircolton. Gal, R- 6, Box 69. 4 tpo. " FORSALE^tif"^ ^ cuhator, 360 egg. $25.00. Perfect cornTtion. Mona Me Jefferson. Meriwether, S- C. FOR SALE^rTnU per too.. Rich Cowan, Bordeaux, S. C. 4tpo. fl : 111 1 ii ■ i ' ■» Are You A Lawbreaker? IMIMKEr COTTON— Middling 18 Strict Middling 18 1-4 Two negroes were recertly ing about the legislature of their state, which was about to open. One asked th? other what it was go ng to do, and upon being told that it wan. going to pass more laws iTgurred why, in view of the fact that it had passed several hundred laws '•» year before. To this inquiry, th? other negro unconsciously made a very pertinent reply when he said they had to pass the new laws because the old ores were “broke.” With the tens of thousands of laws passed every year covering all sorts of trivial and personal matters af fecting the liberties and actions of the individual in his home, on the str?et ard vhile traveling. It is dif ficult rot to break laws. We are today passing law after law which makes it unlawful to do an act which the mere doing of, in itself, is not morally unlawtfuL Such laws are ha:d to enforce and more people become lawbreak?rs, feeling that they are not actually doing any- thirg wrong. To cite typical examples: A state traffic law says it is unlawful to travel more than 30 miles an hour on a state highway. A .driver on * country road with nobody in sight goes 35 miles an hour. He is a law breaker. As a matter of fact, he is doing no harm and can see no rea son for obeying the law if he can evade the “speed cop.” Another stat? law says that a man shall not own a pistol or revolver without presenting himself to the police and giving a complete record of himself for future reference. Americans have - always b?en gun owners. They can not see anything wrong in owning a gun. They do not take kindly to the idea of being classed with criminals. tt a Y" TTOR ^ A T IT Therefore, thousands of them are -H-*-A F vrx\ I jFi lawbreakers because they refuse to i obey a law which makes it unlawful here. standards evolved by factory offici als from the most approved methods struction of $$0,000 new schoolhouse known. This means that Chevrolet owners everywhere may expect uniformly efficient service and courteous at tention from the service departments of the wide spread Chevrolet dealer organization. FORD BATTERIES $7.95 WHITTLE BATTKRT SERVICE *22 BROAD PHONE 11*6 AUGUSTA. GA. r ?. 00<l Mv best Bermuda Mixed Hav t0 <*o something which in iteelf i, „ . Cotton Seed, bu. 60 cts - actually rot unlawful—namely, to and its provisions. The State says in Theatre has always endeavored to ; Breakfast Bacon 50 per lb. i OO own an< * use a gun- part: . choose its attractions with discrim- E?gs ^ dozen 20 cts j FUF 1UI1 Countless similar instances could Every new law which is Nothing in that bill purported to > na ton and regardless of expense. In j} acon por i b . \2 1-2 to 18 cts. give newspapers more latitude in case of “His Majesty, the Amer- ^j ea i pe*- bu. $1.50 to $1.75 criticizing saints or sinners, or in ican,” knowing what a Douglas Fair- pj our pe r barrel — $8.00 to $11.00 any manner whatsoever to relieve hanks film will be when the inimit- gutter per lb. 40 cts. the press of responsibility for any* a h^ e “Doug can put his best into it, Coffee, per lb. —30 to 60 cts. deliberate action. Under the pro- * be theatre management feels, and Roasted Coffee, per lb. -30 to 55 cts. posed law, if a newspaper designated Justly so, that it will offer to its gj C e > per lb. 7 to 10 cts. $16.00 Per Ton At my Packing House on be cited. Highway 4 miles West Furev’s Ferrv. a crook as a crook, it would be just as liable for damage as it now is. Under that law if a newspaper point ed out a lyncher, as a lyncher it would be just as liable for damages as if he were not a lyncher, provided patrons beginning Friday what Grist per ] b . 4 cts. should prove tb_be the very height Mousses per gal. 50 to $1.00 of screen entertainment. * $14^ Some of the funniest things we hear are said by people who take he had not been convicted in a court themselves seriously. W. M. ROWLAND, Meriwether. S. C. - not fundamentally sound, makes thousands and hundreds of thousands • of lawbreakers. Is it any wonder courts are jammed and the problem of law enforcement becomes more critical ? • I The situation offers a logical aa- ; swer—stop passing new laws, repeal “ thousands of useless laws now on l S Corn per bu. $1.10 Fine feed, 75 lbs. $2.00 We wonder if the inhabitants of 1 our statute books and enforce funda- Oats per bu. 90 cts. Mars were sufficiently educated to; mental laws which have an actual Wheat per bu. $1-50* spell and pionounce the name o: that; bearing on property rights, crime Cheese, per lb. 40 eta* -el'- rup comet. j and the protection of the nation. MHI |