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TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR NEIGHBORS. OUR COUNTRY ANT» OUR GOD Twenty-Sixth Year 8 Pages — All Home Print McCORMICK. S. C.. Thursday March 8, 1928 Established June 5, 1902 Number 41 McCormick County Should Increase Her Cotton Acreage Pope Is Held In Dynamiting COLUMBIA, N. C., March 4 S. Popr : charged with dynamiting Editor McCormick Messengers the home here of Mrs. Lena Snell To be exact, as shown by The De- Johnson, a widow, Monday night and partment of Commerco. Wash ngton, flowing her and a friend from the D. C., McCormick County -ginned in fccd> WSLS held for trial under $l0 ,000 oi o i - imo if? ORA* . . •• • 1917, 13,813 bales; 1918, 17,356; 1919, 16,955; 1920, 16,410; 1921, 4,- 39?; 1922, 1,723; 1923, 3,622; 1924, 6,029; 1925, 4,624; 1926, 7,145 and 1927 will show about 5,500 bales. You will see by the above figures that we have averaged for the past seven years 4,720 bales. It is a cer tain fact that we have reduced our production of cotton 75 per cent and I doubt very much that we have in creased all other crops as much as 1 per cent. We hear something about diversifying, which would be all right if done as told to, but the kind that has been done-in McCormick County for the past seven years has put our farm lands almost w'thout value, reduced our farm stock and the most of what, we have are old and worn out, also driven off a por tion of our labor. If any one doubts McCormick County diversifying, just let them step out in any direction and see where there was cotton, corn and other crops grown a few years ago, take a good look at^ the briars, rag weeds, broom sedge, washed away lands and houses falling down. I will repeat what I said in my last letter, “If we increase our cotton acreage, we will increase all other crops, and if we decrease our cotton acreage, we w 11 decrease all.” .. Now, if this is not correct we will certainly have to do other than what i we have done for the .past seven years. I bel ; eve if We would increase our cotton acreage 25- per cent this year, use four to six hundred pounds of high grade fertilizer p«r acre, riant nothing but good- seed, fully "rnch staple for the short, and witlTa determination to produce cotton and all other cropaj, with an average year, we would boast of mak-ng twelve to fouftoen thousand bales; then we would begin to see labor re turning, new mules bought and land values coming back. With reference to staple, oUr lands are especially adapted to producing inch and better cotton, just the thing that our Carolina mills want, and why We will plant a seed that produces a shorter staple is some thing I can’t understand. Now, Mr. Editor, let’s all pull to gether and not be satisfied with loss than ten thousand bales as a mini mum in McCormick County this year. The other crops will increase also, and l. think we will like this well enough to soon be producing 20,000 bales. Yours respectfully, R. M. WINN. r. S.—S’nee writing the above I will quote you a part of Orvis Brothers’ letter of New YorH. taken from Tuesday's paper. “Advices from South Georgia are that an in crease of 25 per cent is looked for there and at least 12 per cent in South Alabama,” Now, let’s do just like these sections advertise to the world that we ar^ increasing our cotton acreage, and possibly other sections will decrease theirs. In the face of Orvis Brothers’ statement, cotton advanced 20 points. If there is any farmer in this county who thinks our increase would^prien lower prices, SELL IT NOW. Father Admits Pushing Sons Into A Canal Exercises Abbeville Baptist Association Thursday, 15 Inst. Rally Exercises, Abbeville Baptist Association to be held at First Bap tist Church, Greenwood, S. C., March 15, 1928, Rev. R. E. Hardaway pre siding. Rev. W. H. Beiers in charge of music. 10:00 a. m.—Devotion — Rev. C. D. Garner, Ware Shoals, S. C. 10:20—Rev. W/. W. Sisk, McCor mick, S. C., “Our Immediate Task.” 10:46—Rev. J. G. Wilson, Ninety- Six, S. ^ “Our Program a Worthy Progriun” H-IO Round Table Discussion led by Dr. J. S. Dill, Greenville/, S. C. 11:46 Rev. Charles F. Sims, “Our Goal and How to Reach It.” bond yesterday at a preliminary hearing before C. V. Alexander, Ty- xell County recorder. Pope once was her fiance, Mrs. Johnson tesffied at the hearing. She broke the engagement with him, she said, when he objected to her continuing to wear “her first husband’s ring.” The pretty young widow, however, although testifying freely as to the alleged quarrel with the man she called her former lover, failed to manifest bitterness toward him. She was asked if she thought he was fcuilty of having placed the charge of explosives that early last Tues- ’day Vtore away a sect" on of her home and endangered the life of herself and Miss Mae Sawyer, a friend, who was visiting her. “I do not know,” she replied. “I have not expressed an opinion.” Pope did not take the stand, mere ly entering through counsel a plea of not guilty to the charge of secret assault with intent to kill. He told ’ newspaper men, though, that he knew nothing of the dyna miting until he heard of it while he was at a road camp near Vanceboro, where he was employed. txt Cotton Selected For Staple Standards Representatives of cotton manu facturers, shippers’ associations, and cotton exchanges met at Washington this week, at the Bureau of Agricul tural Economics, Un'ted States De partment of Agriculture, and com pleted the selection of cotton for use in making practical forms of staple standards under authority of the United States Cotton Futures and Cotton Standards acts. This work was begun at a similar meeting in Washington, January 16. Growers’ organizations did not send, represen tatives, but informed the bureau that they would be satisfied with any sel ections approved by the bureau. The bureau plans to recommend to Secretary Jardine that one bale of each length represented by these sel ections be set asido and officially designated, effective August 1, 1929, as the original representation of the official standard. These key bales will be kept in a vault wh’ch has b?en constructed for the purpose. In addition to the key bales, a number of other bales of each length have been selected for use in the prepar ation of types for public distribuUon. Lloyd S. Tenny, chief of the bu reau, has stated that “so long as this supply of cotton lasts it is not likely that we shall consider any further revision or modifications of the practical forms of the stand ards.” Organizations represented at the meeting just closed were: . American Cotton Manufacturers Association, lepresented by Sydney Bluhm and G. G. Cromer; American Cotton Ship pers’ Association, by R. C. Dicker- son; Arkansas Cotton Trade Asso ciation, by J. B. Hilzheim; Ark wright Club, New England Cotton Buyers’ Assoc ation, and National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, by R. L. Crittenden; Atlantic Cotton Association, by D. H. Wilkams; New Orleans Cotton Exchange, By H. Baumgarten; New York Cotton Ex change, by Wm. S. Dowdell; Okla homa State Cotton Exchange, by W. H. Maxwell; Southern Shippers’ As sociation, by W. J. Britton, and Tex as Cotton Association, by R. L. Dix on and H. G. Safford. X Card Of Thanks . Doctor Is Given Death Sentence INDIANA HARBQR, Ind., March 4 —A confession as strange as ever was made by a parent was signed to day by George A. Chishold. In it he admitted pushing his two young sons into tin industrial canal here Feb ruary 6. The bodies were recovered, one on February 22 and the other on March 1. In prevous verbal statements Chishold declared # he induced tin boys George, 9, and Edgar, 7, to jump in, telling them they would see the r grandmother, who is dead. Borrowing a pencil, Chishold, who was arrested when continued absence of the two boys was noticed without emotion, wrote the story of the tragedy, after an all-night grilling. It was witnessed by Chief of Police James Regan and his assistant, J. V. Hines. The confession related the father’s farewell kiss to his sons. It set forth that he told the boys to play cow boy and lasso each other with wire. This done, he lured them to the brink of the industrial canal, attaching a weight to each. He first pushed Ed gar into the cold waters. George, the confession showed realized in one brief instant he and his brother were doomed, but his screaming terror was stifled in the water as his we ghted body followed that of his brother’s into the canal. The document revealed that he had planned the same fate for Rob ert, twin of George, but for some reason the plans were not carried out. The motive assigned by. Chishold was the “nagging” of Mrs. Helen Lawrence, with whom he lived...- She complained about the boys tracking in dirt, Chishold said. Chishold, a World War . veteran, served overseas in the Canadia Army. He separated from his wife four years ago and left the children with his parents in Montreal. Last September he brought them back. George and Edgar wanted to go back to see their grandmother, Chishold’s mother, but she died while they were here, he‘ said. CHICAGO, March 6.—After three and a half hours of deliberation a jury convicted Dr. Amenti Rongetti of murder and f’xed his punishment at death for performing an illegal operation on Loretta Enders, 19, causing her death. This is the first death sentence passed in Cook County since electrocution displaced hanging as a means of execution in this state. His case went to the jury shortly before 5 o’clock. It was repoited that he was voted guilty on the first bal lot, the remaining ballots be’ng tak en to determine the‘ extent of his guilt and the penalty. « 1 5 He was accused of performing an illegal operation on the young wo man and refusing another operat : on that might have saved her life be cause she did not have- ; sufficient funds. . ,5.5 The doctor claimed thn state’s case against him was a conspiracy and that the young woman d d not come to the hospital until after she had undergone an operatipn elsewhere. Several witnesses told of threat^ to intimidate them and the court indi-* cated he would investigate their charges. tXt—— Play At Troy Friday Night, March Ninth Value Of Cotton In Three States Was $158,788,000 -tx*- Sow Grasses Soon For The Cattle We wish to extend our heartfelt | thanks to our many friends, who were so kind to and considerate of us, at the death of our dear hus band and father, Mr. J. B. Nelson. The floral offerings were beautiful ? were ,* arnree -tod May the blessings oi God abide with each of you. MRS. J. B. NELSON. G. W. NELSON. With spring and grass t : me com ing, it is high time we were think ing of improving our pastures and giving our cows something to graze upon besides broom sedge, native grasses, bitterweed, and wild onions. The t : me for seeding good pasture grasses and legumes will soon be here, and you will probably be plan ning to improve your pastures with cai pet grasd- lespedeza, bermuda grass, or Dallas grass. All these have their places in the pasture, and all make good permanent pastures. And you know that good permanent pastures mean money from daily cows, and other forms of livestock. Carpet grass cannot be beaten for low, moist, bottom-land pasture. It comes early in the spring, and grows late in the fall and makes plenty of grass while it is growing. Two of the best pastures I know of in Mc Cormick Country are carpet grass pastures. Carpet grass seed should be sown during March or early April. Lespedeza is a permanent legume, re-seeding itself in the pasture every year, and making plenty of good grazing or hay with a high feeding value. Lespedeza seed should be sown in March, on the hillsides of the pastuie, or in the low land. It does not require rich land to grow lespedeza. Bermuda grass and Dallas grass are best for the high rolling pas ture lands where the moisture is not so plentiful as it is in the bottoms. Dallas grass seed should be sown in March. Bermuda grass can best be put out from the stems and roots. I am makjng up a co-operative ' order for pasture grass seeds at the | lowest possible price for good seeds. 1 If you are planning to put out any | of these grasses get in touch with me at once and we shall figure out : T’eedr g.-j you: seeds. Yours for Detter pastures, THOS. W. MORGAN, County Agent. McCormick; S. C. “A Fortunate Calamity,” the three act comedy drama held under the auspices of the Y. P. C. U. of Troy, will be staged again at tin Ti-oy School Auditorium Friday night, March 9th. This play is written from a true incident of life and is full of comical and dramaric scenes. . r . ' * Cast of characters? Mrs. Merkle, the mother, Mrs Terrell Horne. Alva, her daughter, Emma K- Brown. Ruth, another daughter, Helen Brown. . ^ „ v Kate Vawtyle, the cook, Loraine Leard. Diana Johnsing, a servant, Mrs. Arch Tittle. Rastus Johnsing, a man servant, Arch Tittle. Joe Bower, a revenue officer, Bur ton Price. Bernard Guillion, a young man who is in love with Ruth, Foster Wardlaw. Albert Campbell- a villan, Reese Young. X ... Station Bought 34.0 Pounds Cream Here Last Saturday On last Saturday, March 3, the McCormick Cream Station bought 340 pounds of butterfat from the far mers of the county, paying them 46 cents per pound for same. This is the highest receipts since December, and from all indications the receipt^ at the station will continue to in crease during the spring. The price is still holding up well, as 46 cents is around the highest that butterfat has brought this season. Cream day has been changed from Wednesday to Saturday, and it is thought that this day will suit the farmers better, especially since the busy crop season is coming on. The Elberton Creamery, Elberton, Ga., is j buying the output of the station, and sending their truck here every Sat urday. THOS. \V. MORGAN. County Agent. tXI Indian War Veterans WILMINGTON, N. C., March 6.— In view of the fact that a large part of our population almost daily thinks in teims of cotton and cotton values it may not be amiss to here state that the United States Department of Agriculture estimated cotton lint produced in Virginia, North Caro lina and South Carolina, season, 192X to be worth $158,788,000. Add ing to this large amount the estimat ed value of the seed, $27,562,000 we have the huge sum of $186,500,000, which represents the value of the cotton crop produced last year in the three states mentioned. As considerable of this amount of money represonts purchasing power, it would seem that the cotton grow ing industry is well worth protect- ; ng, and that everything possible should be done to improve its condi tion. In this connection, PrfbfessQlr H. W. Barrc director of the South Car olina Exper ment station who is al so president of the Association oi Southern Agricultural Workers and chairman of the cotton production council of the associat e ; recently pointed out three grave dangers in connection with the future produc? tion of this important crop. These dangers may be briefly stated as: (1) the pink boll worm invas ; on; (2) the over-production of cotton of inferior staple; (3) the likelihood ! of a price s tuation this fall approx:- mate to that of 1926. . Regarding th' 1 pink boll worm in vasion, the report of the cotton pro duction council states that in some respects the pmk boll worm is the most destructive pest of cotton known, and the menace of this n^w pest to the cotton industry of this entire country is certainly as seri ous as was the invas’on of the Mex ican cotton boll weevil thirty years ago. The council thinks it important therefore, that the problem of ex terminating the pink boll worm “should receive from congress the utmost needed financial support; that prompt extermination may be accomplished.” That the South is producing now much more cotton of thrne-fourths nch and seven-eights inch staple than this country or the world will take at a profit to growers; and that the larger demand of manufacturers is for cotton of the fifteen-sixteenths inch, one inch, and one and one-sitf- teenth inch staple, is pointed out in discussing the quality ’ of cotton pro duced and consumed. The council feels therefore, ’that studies of con sumption and demand should be closely correlated w th studies of production and quality to the end that cotton growers may produce the kind and quality of staple needed by the manufacturers. On the probable pr.ee situation for 1928 the report says that the pr’ces received for the 1927 crop are likely to result in inci'eased acreage; that even on the acreage planted last Fiddlers’ Convention At Washington School Under the auspices of the S. I. A. we had the Fiddlers’ Convention in tj?e aud torium of Washington School Building on Thursday evening, March 1st, with a full house. Mr. W. O. Graves, with a number of his gifted musicians with their viol’ns* guitars and with Miss Graves at the piano, rendered most excellent music, which was thorough ly enjoyed and apprec’ated by both old and young. The admission fee being 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for children seemed but little to pay for such a treat. However, it amounted to $48.70 of which one half goes to the S. I. A. and the amount cleared from the selling of ice cream being $7.92, gave us a total of $32.27 which will be used for school improvements. We wish to thank Mr. Graves for this occasion, and we extend to him a most cordial invitation to' come again. MRS. M. C. CASSELS, Secretary S. I. A. XXX Many Attend Funeral Of John Reese Kenly ■ WILMINGTON, N. C., March 3.— John Reese Kenly, 81 veteran rail road bu’lder and president of the, At lantic Coast Line railroad, was placed to rest here today in Oakdale ceme tery. The funeral services were conduct ed from the St. James Episcopal Church this afternoon, by Dr. Wil liam H, Milton, rector, and Dr. A. D- P. Gilmour, pastor of Mr. Kenly’s Church, the First Presbyterian. Long lan^s of people filled down the a ; sles of the church by the bier as a mark of final respect to the man they cherished as a friend and lead er. Among them were ranking offi cials of his own road, high officers of other railroads, and mon employ ed by the Coast Line in all capacities from superintendents to laborers. Mr. Kenly died at 11:15 a. m., Thursday after an illness of only a few days. His death bringing to close a brilliant railroad career of 60 years, ovsr 50 of which were spent in the employ of the Coast Line. He was active in his executive duties up until almost the last minute before his illness confined him to his room. — X Fertilizer Tags Show Increased i Fertilizer Sale NEW] ORLEANS, March 5.— Secretary H. G. Hester, of the Now Orleans cotton exchange today re ported an increase of 369,305 in sale of fertilizer tags in ten cotton grow ing states from August to February, inclusive, compared with the figures for the same period last year. Total tonnage for the ten states was reported at 1,668,152 compared with 1,298,847 last year. A decrease | of 183 949 is shown in comparison year a normal yield per acre th:s > w it h the 1926 report when the total year will increase thr surplus and! tonnage wag 1)852>101> further depress the price, and t a i s t a tistics were compiled from this will result in a l° ss ^e growers, especially where yields aic low. Consequently the council rec ommends again that “every effort be made to produce better cqtton on fewer acres and more food and feed crops on more acres.” txt Money Received From McCormick imports to agricultuie bureaus and state boards of the number of fert ilizer tags sold by those slates as taxes. The table by states: State 1928 tons 1927 tons If there are any, in this state, who served in U. S. Army during any i campaign, or war against hostile In dians, lasting Thirty days or more, they are entitled to a pension. The undersigned requests, that they com municate with h ; m, object to form a State organization, affiliating with the National Indian War Veterrn mel. : i The Columbia State of Sunday says: A check for $120,000, proceeds from the sale of a bond issue of Mc Cormick County, was received yes terday by the state highway depart ment from the county treasurer of McCormick County to finance the paying of about 15 miles of the Mc- Cormick-Calhoun Falls - Anderson road in that county between route 20 and the Abbeville County line by way of Willington and Mount Car- Georgia —^ 351,527 N. C. 438,725 S. C. 333,129 Ala. ___ 237 850 Miss. __ .87,981 Ark. __ __ 14,094 La. __ 84,262 Texas 57,000 Tenn. 56,308 Okla. 7,276 Total --1,668.152 xxx 247,,978 367.135 293.136 119,800 85,572 10,561 74289 46.500 49.693 4,183 1,298,847 ion. Airplanes Next— At Popular Prices Henry Ford Saturday night an nounced that he w : U continue ex periments with his flivver planes and expects to soon have mass produc tion and manufacture them to sell at r» v v . v is to be reimbursed to WILLIAM MOORE, ^cCoimick County in 15 annual _ about the P nce of his Recruiting Officer for S. C. "^lallments of $8,000 each, beginning j 49 W. Russell Street, Orangeburg S. C. ojivtS. December 31, 1928, and ending De-‘ Cabbage can always be used for cemb^ 31, 1942. 1 salad if lettuce is not available.