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I .,.■*1. *;* , ..,;r TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Twenty-Sixlh Year S. C. Legislature Closes Session COLUMBIA, March 10.—Closing the shortest session since 1921 the South Carolina General Assembly th : s afternoon adjourned sine die. A few members in each House re mained faithfully to the close as the gavels of presiding officers in each branch closed the second and final session of the 78th General Assem bly. The House adjourned at 5:30 o’clock, the Senate four minutes lat er. But little legislation was accomp lished today, though a few bills were sped on to ratification a n d free con ference reports on local measures were cons : dered. In transmuting to the House and Senate his final message, Governor Richards took occassion thank them for passing an appropriation bill low er than that of last year and in com pleting their work in a shorter per iod of time than any previous legis lature for the past seven years. An even two months and exactly 60 calendar days were consumed in the 1928 session. Last year’s meet ing occupied 103 days, the longest session within recent years. Governor Richard’s final message follows: “In transmitting to yo\\. this my final message, I desire to express my thanks for the consideration shown me, and to commend you for the zeal that has marked your effoits to dis charge the duties tjevolv ng on you. “This sess'On has been of short durat'On, and I feel sure that I ex press the appreciation of the people of the state when I say that you are to be specially commended for the earnest effort that you have made to complete your labors within the time limit prescribed by the consti tution. “I wish also to commend you for your action in materially reducing the general appropriation bill, and In this connection, I call to your at tention the fact that the bill this year, of slightly more than nine and a half million, is much smaller than that of 1927. But, of equal import ance is the fact that you have placed your stamp of d'sapproval upon the annual increase in appropriation of about a million dollars. I hope, and confidently believe, that this policy will be continued, with the proper regard for economy, thereby reliev ing a tax-ridden people of waste and extravagance, and at the same time, perm'tting the state’s institutions and departments to properly func tion. unhampered and uninjured. “Now that you have about conclud ed your labors for the present ses sion and are ready to return to your respective homes I take this oppor tunity to extend to each of you my best wishes for the health, happiness and prosperity of yourselves and your families. “I have no fu:ther messages or communications for the General As sembly.” Though a total of 489 measures were enacted by the assembly this session, the term was marked by l‘t- tle outstanding statewide legisla tion. Changes in the administration of the indirect tax law promised to have come effect in the revenue collected from this source. The fiist statewide compulsory school attendance law to be fortified by a money appropr ; ation for execu- t on failed when the appropriation for its execution failed when the ap propriation item was vetoed in the general supply bill by Governor Rich ards. A b’ll increasing the speed lim’t of passenger motor cars on state highways from 35 to 45 miles an hour has received executive ap proval. A House bill making jail sentences mandatory for convictions of storing or transporting liquor met death in the Senate when it was recommitted to the judiciary committee near the close of the session. The b ill was sponsored by the W. C. T. U. The usual flood of local legislation, fish and game bills and a number of changes in laws of a technical legal or financial nature were also enact ed. 8 Pages — All Home Print J. Me. T. Daniel To Address McCormick County Teachers’ Assn Mr. J. Me. T.. Daniel, State High School Supervisor, will address the McCormick County Teachers’ As sociation here Saturday. March 17th at 11 o’clock. Every member of the association is urged to be present, and teachers from neighbor'ng coun ties are cordially invited. The grqup meetings will be held at 10 o’clock. The subjects for discus sion are: High School. Means of Arousing Interest; Grammar School, Teaching Geography; P:imary, Num ber Work. X Opposed To Increase In Cotton Prouction McCORMICK, S. C., Thursday, March 15, 1928 Established June 5, 1902 Number 42 Editor McCormick Messenger: In reply to Mr. Winn’s article will state that I am not in favor of any increased cotton production, but am in favor of increased food produc tion. I have been on the farm all my life doing my own work, and find that when the cotton acreage ‘s in creased the food supply falls short. Just let any man increase Ivs cot ton acreage, doing the work himself and see if the other crops will be increased. I find that a large majority of the farmers plant a large cotton crop, and while giving it the proper at tention they neglect their corn and ether food crops. Mr. W’inn must have found some cheap laborers if he can increase acreage now, as a great deal more work is requ’red to make cotton than was necessary before the invasion of the boll weevil. As Mr. Wideman stated in his let ter, diversification will of itself re duce .the production of cotton, and the man whd practices it need not be concerned about what others may do, for he will soon make the discovery that he is better off, lives better, clothes his family and educates his children better and has more money at the end of the year than if he had raised nothing but cotton, let it bring whatever price it will on the market. Of course, every man has a right to his own opiniorV but this certainly ; s my view of farming at the pres ent time. Very truly yours, L. H. EUBANKS. Parksville, S- C. JXt Letter From McCormick County Supply Bill 4 — THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA—At a General Assembly begun to be Holden at Columbia, on the Second Tuesday in January, in the Year of Our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty-eight, and thence continued by divers adjournments to the 10th day of March, 1928, in the year cf Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty-eight. AN ACT—To provide for the levy of taxes for school and county purposes for the f’scal year beg'nning January 1, 1928, and to direct the expendi ture thereof for McCormick County, S. C. SECTION 1. Be it enacted b y the General Assembly cf the State of South Carolina: That a tax of twenty-four (24) mills is hereby levied upon all the taxable property in the County of McCormick for county pur poses for the fiscal year beginning January 1 1928, for the amounts and purposes hereinafter stated* respectively, that : s to say: (a) Roads and Bridges: Cross Ccurty Roads and Bridges, / $ 18 000.00 Clerk of Court, 500.00 Sheriff, 1,200.00 Treasurer, 600.00 Auditor, 600.00 Superintendent of Education, 900.00 Coroner, 100.00 Janitor of Court House and Jail -* 420.00 Supervisor, 1 200.00 Two County Commissioners at $100‘ each, 200.00 Clerk to Board of County Commiss'oners, 600.00 Judge of Probate 300.00 County Attorney, 200.00 County Physician, 300.00 Magistrates, 760.00 Farm Demonstration Agent, 1,500.00 Clerical Help Clerk of Court, 240.00 County Tax Collector, 1,200 00 Rural Policeman 1,200.00 (c) County Boards: Board of Equalization, 600.00 Board of Education, 42.00 (d) Jail expenses, including dieting of prisoners, 600.00 (e) Jurors apd witnesses, 2(000 00 (f) Contr'butions to County Poor, 1,400 00 (g) Post Mortems, inquests and lunacy, 200.00 (h) Public Buildings, including water, fuel, light arid insurance 1,000.00 (i) Pr nting, postage and stationery, 2,000.00 (j) Miscellaneous contingent 2*000.00 (k) Vital statistics, 123.00 (l) County indebtedness: Interest, $258,000.00 Road Bonds i 14,325.00 245,000.00 reimbursement bonds, 12,875.00 Bonds due April 1, 1928 - - - 4*000 00 - - Total 31.200.00 Less Interest due County and Gas Tax 10,000.00 Country Women Are Mr. John Hemminger Invited To Join The Succumbs To Illness U. D. C. Chapter! * Mr: John G. Hemminger of Will- ~ " ' , ington died at 4 o’clock. Tuesday af- For the benefit of those who may ternoon in the Anderson Hospital be interested and the information of where he ^ been for treatment . the those who may not know of the ex- past week , He had been in bad istence of such an organisation «> health the i ast several years, but irs Ithe county, the following is writ- dltion was not ala] . ming until _ __ # j ter1, about three weeks ago, since which McCormick has a very active chap- time he gradually we akened to -.tne ter of the United Daughters of the point of being unable ^ stand trec .. Confederacy, named Ann Carter, for men ^. the mother of our famous Confed- • JO _ i Ti u a. rt r vnVsUr, M r * Hemminger was 48 years of crate general, Robeit E. Lee. While . , v. a £e at the time of his death and yet very young hardly two years ® . , . , i i spent all his life m Wlill ngton, being old, the chapter has more than treb- ^ ^ “ , ’ . , . a successful planter and merchant, led in membersh p. ! , „ The U. D. C. is an organization and /or a number of years, post- of women over eighteen years of age, n l aS 1 ^ r ' „ ? 1 ° n ? me /\ composed of widows, wives, mothers. ° e r ® s y ^ na ?, urc ^ emjj . , i • j iiwaxoi loyal to the church’s every cause, sisters, nieces, grandnieces and lineal i ^ , ’ . - , . and following closely the good ex- decendants of such men as served . , , . ,. . ,, . ,, * , , . ample set by his venerable father, honorably in the Confederate Army, ^ ^ ^ „ the late Mr. J.. O. Hemminger, whose “good works yet do follow him,” tho he passed on some quaiter of a cen tury or more ago, all . of which prompts our pen to quote, “as is the fathfr, so is the son.” Deceased is survived by his wife, who, before marriage, was Miss Daisy Wright of Rome, Ga., and one son, Mr. Curtis Hemminger of Will- ington; also his mother, who lives at Carnpobello; two sisters, Mrs. Louise Jones of Carnpobello, and Mrs. Daisy Reeder of Cross HTI; four brothei s, Messrs. G. O. of Willing- ton, Thomas of Atlanta, Fair of Ocala, Fla, and James of Tampa, Fla. * Funeral services will be conducted at the Presbyterian Church in Will- irgfoft this morning at 11 o’clock by his pastor, the Rev. E. A. Gettys, and interment will follow in the Old Willington Cemetery. jXX ) Senator Robinson On Committee Post Mr. Garnett -JXX- During three months ending with January the Ontario government paid out approximately $50,000 in bounties for the destruction of 3,310 wolves. To The McCoimick Messenger: I see Mr. R. M. Winn is out again for a big cotton crop. He seems to th'nk T 'f we make a big cotton crop other crops will follow. In the first place, how does he expect to make big cotton crops when the bulk of our best labor has gone to automo bile shops and other public works to make big money, the boll weevil came and knocked our plans for farming sky high, then the hoppers came and then the weather condit ions have been awful bad as we see it, but I firmly believe it a provident ial thing. If the Lord blesses us w'th big money, we take it and throw it away in automobiles and in other things. So it is soon gone. Then we cry out hard times and high taxes; too late to lock the door after the hoise is gone. When we used to make big cotton crops and have to take such a little for it what did we see before th ; s time in the spring? Solid car loads of corn and hay come to Plum Branch. Our corn crib and smoke house and hay barn were in Augusta or somewhere else. I haven’t seen a sack of corn or a bale of hay yet, but I tell you what I did see a few days ago. I saw an old country negro selling four big country hams. I never saw anything like this when McCormick County made around 20,000 bales of cotton. Instead of selling meat, they had it to buy. J. M. GARNETT. Plum Branch, S. C. tXJ Ontario’s manufactured products now reach a total of more than a bil lion and a half dollars annually, in dustrial development having been greatly assisted by the use of water power. Total 21,000.00 Grand Total, 61,185.00 Less estimated revenue for other taxes 3,685.00 TOTAL 57,500.00 SECTION 2. In additmn to the amounts hereinabove appropriated, aix sums returned to the County from State gasoline tax, shall be expended for the construction and maintenance of roads not in the State Highway System; except such of sa'd funds as may be pledged to the Highway Department on reimbursement contracts. SECTION 3. In anticipation of the collection of taxes for the fiscal year 1928, the County Board of Commissioners and Treasurer of McCor mick County are hereby authorized and empowered to borrow on note or notes executed in the name of McCormick County by the Supervisor and Treasurer thereof whatever sum or sums of money may be needed to meet the expenditures above provided for, and to pledge as security for the same the County taxes for the said year. The said County Board of Comnvssioners and Treasurer shall borrow the said sums at the best rate of interest obtainable and from any available source. The South Carolina Sinking Fund Commission, if it have funds available for such purposes, may make the aforesaid loan to McCormick County upon terms as may be agreed upon between the said Commission and the Board of Cbunty Commissioners of sa ; d County., The amount borrowed shall not in any event exceed all revenues to be received from the taxes and other sources for the year 1928. The Treasurer shall require a depository bond or col lateral security in sufficient amount of any bank or banks receiving de posits of the county funds in such amount as shall be fixed and approved by him and the County Delegation. SECTION 4. The Supervisor shall publish quarterly :'n a newspaper published in the county a statement of all expenditures under the p? o- visions hereolV wh’ch statement shall be itemized and sworn to) the orig inal of which shall be a pubkc record and filed with the Clerk of Court. The County Board of Commissioners is hereby requiied to deliver to the County Treasurer at the conclusion of the year 1928 an itemized sworn statement of all unexpected balances from the various items hereinabove appropi iated, wh:ch said statement shall be f led by the Treasurer w.th the Clerk of Court and become a public record; and any such unexpended balances shall remain in the hands of the County Treasurer for General County purposes. SECTION 5. The Auditor and Treasurer are authorized and required to levy and collect a tax, as provided by law, to raise sufficient money to meet and pay amounts appropriated by law for McCormick County for the year 1928; if the levy here’n provided be either excessive or deficient, they shall xaise or reduce said levy to meet the appropriations herein made, taking into account all other funds on hand for the purpose. No money shall be spent otherwise than as herein specifically authorized, and none of these items shall be enlarged upon or construed as directory, i but are mandatory, and any unexpended balance shall be carried over to the ordinary County fund. SECTION 6. No money shall be borrowed by the County or interest paid ; on same for a longer period than the collection of taxes makes it necessary to yield sufficient money to pay the same, and no note in excess of the 1 sum provided by law shall be made by the County Commissioners except on written authority of a majority of the Delegation from sa^d County filed in the office of the Clerk of Court. SECTION 7. Any change made by the Auditor and Treasurer in the amount of levy as herein provided shall only be made upon the approval cf a majority of the County Delegation, said approval to be in writing and filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for McCormick County. SECTION 8. That the County Board of Commissioners of McCormick County be and they are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to ap- Navy or Civil Service, or those men unfit for active duty who loyally gave aid to the cause. Also South ern women who can give proof of personal serv'ce or loyal aid to the Southem cause during the war, and the lineal decendants of such women wherever living. The objects of this organization are memorial, historical, benevolent, educational and social—to honor the memory of those who served and those who fell in the service of the Confederate States; to protect, pre- seive and mark places made histori cal by Confederate valor; to collect and preserve the material for a truthful Irstory of the “War Be tween The States.” to record the part taken by Southern women in pat ent enduiance of hardships and patriotic devotion during the strug gle, as in unt ; ring efforts after the war, during the Reconstruction of the South; to fulfill the sacred duty of benevolence toward the survivors and towai d those dependent upon them; to assist descendants of wor thy Confedeiate Veterans in procur ing proper education, and to cherish the ties of* friendship among the members of the organization. Ann Carter is not. a town organi zation, but a county organization, a unit of the South Carolina Division, and any woman of. good character who. is entitled to membership will be welcome in the chapter. There is also a chapter of the Children of T he Confederacy, for boys and girls from infancy to eighteen years of age, who are des cendants of Confederate Veterans. A “Daughter.” JXJ Don’t forget the salt in the break fast cereal. Very often a lasting dis like for cereals is due to lack of proper salting. A teaspoonful to a quart of water is the usual amount needed. The State of Saturday says: Senator Frank C. Robinson of Mc Cormick County has been elected vice cha’rman of the senate finance committee, according to a report made to the senate yesterday by the committee. While this move aroused some speculation, Senator Gross of Dor chester, the chairman of the com mitted. said yesterday that is mere ly attention to a routine matter that should have been attended long ago, and ,is for the purpose of leaving the chairmanship of the committee in the hands of an experienced member in case of the inability of the chairman to serve brought about by resignation, retirement from leg islative duties or other reasons. / point a reputable physic : an, practhr’rg or residing in the said County, as County Physician and Health Officer, whose duty it shall be in addition to such duties as may be imposed upon him by said County Board of Commiss ; oners to co-operate with the State Board of Health ’n the en forcement of laws, rules and regulations of the said Board cf Health of South Carolina, and to supervise the control of any epidemic disease m the said County. SECTION 9. That the County Beard of Commissicr.ers of McCormick County be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to appo r.t a practic ng attorney, resident of the County of McCormick, as County At torney, who shall render legal advice to any County officer of McCormick County when so requested by any such officer, in addition to his duty as attorney of the Board of County Commissioners of raid County. SECTION 10. That the County Board of County Comm'srdoners are hereby declared td be the financial agents of McCornrck County and when any officer of the County desires new equipment, or supplies, or re placement, or extraordinary service n connect 5 on with his office, he shall file his request, in writing, with said Board of Commissioners and obtain the consent of a majority of said Board before ordering the pur chase of new equipment, or .supplies or replacement, or extraordinary service, and no officer of the County shall have any authority to make contracts of purchase or other obligations in the name of the County, other than the authority now confeired by law. SECTION 11. That no bill or claim shall be paid or approved unless the same be itemized and state fully, under oath, what it is for, giving the kind or quantity of the thing or commodity which it represents, in ad dition to the amount and time furn shed. SECTION 12. That any officer or employee who disregards any of the provisions hereof shall be guilty of misconduct in office and subject te removal, in addition to the punishment now provided by law. SECTION 13. The County Board of Education is hereby authorized to pay the sum of Five Thousand Dollars, if so much be necessary, for past indebtedness, and for which the school taxes of the County have been pledged. SECTION 14. The County Board of Commissioners are authorized te pay monthly the actual travelling expenses of the Supervisor, Sheriff, Rural Policeman, and Tax Collector when traveling in the actual discharge of their official duties. Payment of these claims shall conform strictly to the requirements prescribed in Section 11 of this Act. SECTION 15. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 16. This Act shall go into effect immediately upon its ap proval by the Governor.