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Thursday, March 15, 1928 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, South Carolina, Page Number Four* McCORMICK Published Erery Tkurads? Eatmblished Jum 6. 1992 EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Ownor. CIRCULATION: 1,506, and rrowing DISPLAY ADVERTISING — 26 cents per inch for each insertion; nothing less than 4 inches accepted ffer double column display, nor less than 2 inches for single column dis play. BUSINESS READING NOTICES, 6 cents per line for • each insertion, average of 6 words to line. WANT ADVS., 6 cents per line for each insertion, average of 6 words to Hne. TRIBUTES OF RESPECT, 6 cents Pot line, 6 words to line. All advs. set in body type, 6 cents per single column line; extra charges for big type on all single column advs., except head afid signature. Positions, given at ONE-THIRD extra charge. as any commodity. “Fifteen years ago public utii'ty managements of this country thought they had nothing to adver tise,” St. Clair said. “Now they have vastly changed their v'ewpoint. They are spending about $20,000,000 a year in advertising, and the invest ment is paying good returns. The electric railway industry -alone last year spent approximately $6,000 000 for advertising.” -txt- Paving Ftom Augusta Via- Edgefield-Green- wood To Greenville Entered at the Post. Office at Mc Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of the second class. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: W- Strictly Cash In Advance — One Year — $1.66 Six Mentha ....—.— .78 Three Mentha ....... 1 M The Man From • The Country Why do so many men from “the country” wind up in the chief execu tive positions in industry and in pub lic office? * Probably becadse they develop a stronger physical const'tution and a broader education on many and vari ed lines of human endeavor and ac tivity. The average man raised" in the city does not have the same op portunity for mental and physical growth. * The man who gained his early training away from the great centers of population generally has a broader vision of human affairs and a bet ter mental “yardstick” with which to see and measure the possibilities of the future. X Killed By Lawyers Would be a good epitaph to be written on the tomb of the West li bel bill which would give to the news papers that protection enjoyed by others. A careful study of those speak'ng against the bill will show that in the main they were lawyers. A leading lawyer of this section of the state, \er.ator from a large coun ty, led the fight on th ; s bill and yet we daresay this laywer has received much more “free advertising” from the papers of his county and those nearby counties than he has ever paid for. But it is plain why lawyers wish noth'ng done that might make for less litigation. It is said that one of the leading lawyers of South Car olina, whose name generally appears as counsel when a newspaper is be ing sued, subscribers to nearly every paper in South Carolina and makes it his daily business to read them to see if he can f nd in the same any grounds for bringing suit. We can herdly believe any lawyer would so lower his profession to do this and hope that this prominent lawyer has been mis-quoted, but the fact remains that it is becoming increasingly dif ficult for the press of South Carolina to be independent, as is the case in North Carolina, which state’s libel law was the basis of that introduced by Senator West.—Willisto n Way. JXI Why Not Advertise, Asks Mr. Coolidge A new President Coolidge story is told , by Labert St. Clair, director of advertising, American Electric Rail way Association. While the President was summer ing in the Black Hills, according to St. Clair, a group of northwestern editors, including one who was par ticularly interested in chess, called en him and the chess advocate got his ear. For ten or more minutes the chess player talked about his fav orite game and finally saitl; “Chess, Mr. President is the most wonderful game in the world but, unfortunately, very few people real ize its attractions. It is too bad that more don’t appreciate and play it. I wish there was some way that we could interest more persons in chess.” “Why don’t you advertise it?” the President asked. The Piesident’s remark, St. Clair declared- contained a good sugges tion. Chess, he insisted, could be sold to the general public the same Announcement is made that Aiken County has just taken a re-imburse- ment contract and Will pave at once the 9 1-2 miles in that county of the road from North Augusta towards Edgefield and Greenwood. It is well known that Greenwood is soon to pave this road from Greenwood down to within seven or eight miles of the Edgefield Lne, and is paving now from Greenwood to the Laurens line at W’.are Shoals; and that Greenville County is paving from Greenville southward to Princeton, in 9 miles of Ware Shoals. It is stated that Laurens County will pave the 9 miles of this road in that county—or surface treat it. The load in a few months will be paved from Asheville to Greenville. There rema n only about “fifteen miles between Green ville and Asheville unpaved under contract. Th s is going to give, prob ably this year, a completely paved road DrSm Asheville to Augusta that way, except for about 30 miles in Edgefield County. Now, how does that concern Mc Cormick County? It means that traffic from around Greenville will go over that road and this section will miss it—until we similarly im prove this road, or furn ; sh a pretty good road. Howevei, if Greenwood County paves to within several miles of Mc Cormick as is planned it will leave only about 30 miles of unpaved road in this county between Greenville and the Furey’s Ferry bridge—just about what is to be unpaved in Edgefield County. There will be 7 miles addi tional unpaved in Georgia. But will the topsoil road through Edgefield County be better than ours thiough McCormick County? There is a prac tical feature that has to be consid ered in all th s connection and that is that traffic will have to be ma ; n- tained over the Furey’s Ferry bridge since the tolls theie are going to be needed to pay the interest due by McCormick County on the bonds for its construction. If the road is not as good as it might be, or should be, in the face of the competition we may be put to it to pay the inter est on these bonds from the tolls. However, it is certain that ultimate ly when this road is made a first- class graded road, it will be able to take caie of itself. But at any rate, it is worth while considering wheth er the poorest parts of it ought not to be straightened, widened and giv en better grades—standard construc- t ! o n while it is be ; ng done. The concensus of opinion in the county will probably be before long that this road ought to be paved as soon as practicable. Then we would get our part of the traffic coming south from Greenville. If the traffic is encourag ed to become heavy the tolls at the bridge will accumulate in about two years, it has been said, sufficient to meet all the interest that w 11 be due by McCormick County and then the bridge will be made free with dimin ished traffic the tolls could consti tute a long, diawn out tax on our people. X Complete Paving From Columbia To Augusta Is Assured ^ 1,1 ■' ■ COLUMBIA, March 8.—Complete paving from Columbia to Augusta and almost complete paving from Canada to Florida through Colum bia, over the National Highway, was assured Thursday morning when members of the Aiken County dele gation in the legislature signed a resolution authorizing the Aiken County Boaid of Commissioners to i proceed with the sale of bonds and ! completion of a reimbursement j agreement with the state highway comnr'ssion, for the paving of sever al important h'ghways in Aiken County. All of the projects have an important relation to the state ' highway system and the highway progress of the state. Surveys of the highways thus au thorized will be under way within a few days, and C. E. Jones, chair man of the state highway commis- ! sion, stated in Columbia Thursday i that work should he under way with in sixty or ninety days. One of the projects authorized by the Aiken legislators is the highway from the Saluda County lire near Monetta. to the Citv of Aiken, ap proximately 21.5 miles, part of the United States route Number One. This is the only gap in the Columbia- Augusta highway not prov : ded w‘th paving. Arother of the projects is nine and a half miles of State Route 25, from North Augusta to the Edge- field County line on the Dixie high way. This road is an important route through the Piedmont section of the state and for central South Carolina is a part of the “Ridge Route” fiom Columtva to Augusta, by way of Ridge Springs. This ridge route thus having only about 17 miles left unprovided for, this being in Edgefield County. The third project involved in the program agreed to by the Aiken delegation members Thursday is five and a half miles of Un r ted States Route No. 78, from Aiken to Montmorenci, part of the ; Aiken-Charleston route. Chairman Jones of the highway commission, states that with the complettion of the Columbia-Augusta paving, under this new program, there will be little left unpaved for the national highway in all its length, one gap of s : xty miles in Georgia, which is to be let to con tract in June, and 35 miles of the highway in Chesterfield County, from the Kershaw County line to the Mailboro County line, and about six or eight miles in Marlboro County. Chesterfield has a plan for paving its* share, it is understood. S gning the agreement on behalf of the Aiken delegation were Sen ator Williams and Representatives Stanfield and Gantt. STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF THE FARMERS BANK located at McCormick S. C^ at the| close of business February 28, 1928. STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF] THE PEOPLES BANK located at McCormick, S. C., at the close of business February 28, 1928. RESOURCES Loa.'s and Discounts, __$ 163,684.60 Overdraiks, 3,977.10 Bonds and Stocks Owned by Bank, 74,118.00 Furniture and Fixtures, 1,500.00 Banking House, 4,000.001 Other Real Estate Owned, 27,723.58 , Cash on hand and j due from Banks, 53 380.27 j Checks and Cash Items _ 2,183.90 4Xt- S. C. WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL REVIEW In the drive for lawyer costs in gov ernment and business, economy and effciency go hand in hand and are of equal importance. Easley—<25,000 spindle mill costing between $500,000 and $1 000,000 will be erected 2 nrr'les from heie by Mc- Kissick interests. Chester—Two-story addition to be constructed to Baldwin Plant of this city. Ridgelard — Several hundred new desks installed in temporary quart ers of grammar school. Columbia — Farmers throughout South Carolina met recently in coun ty seats throughout state to discuss reduction of cotton acreage this year. Walterboro—^Curbing being laid on West Wichman Street. Walterboro—Contract let for con- rtruct'.on of new Methodist Church here. Walterborc—Sandy Dam school dedicated recently. Pickens—Contract to he let in March for grading state highway be tween here and Liberty. Pickens—3 business lots on Main Street sold and erect : on of modern business buildings on property con templated. Easley—Alice Mfg.. Company pur chases large tract of land near here for erecUon of cotton mill. Myrtle Beach—New school build ing here dedicated. Conway—Contract awarded for construction of fire house. Dillon—Plans preparing for new Masonic building to he constructed here. Easley—Work will be resumed im mediately on grad ng, preparatory to paving new route for Greenville- Easley highway. Sumte:—Carload of hogs shipped to Richmond from here on recent day. Sumter—F : rst shipment of hogs fed for market v/iil be made fiom here about March 20. Columbia—Bids received for road and hi idge construction projects to taling approximately $1,100,000. Newberry—Work to begin on con struction of overhead bridges at N Jal- apa and near th s place on Kinards road. Orangeburg—Local Post of Amer ican Legion consideis ejection of memorial to World War heroes in th ; s city. Anderson—Bids received for grad ing Anderson-Clemson College high way. Anderson—New steel span to re place central span of Seneca River hi idge of Blue Ridge Railway Com pany authorized by Southern Rail way. McCormick—$1,721 worth of poul try and cream was sold here on Feb ruary 8th. K ngstree—S. J. Tomlinson & Sons of Olanta recently purchased building of E. C. Burgess on Hamp ton Avenue and are i*enovating it prior to opening their department store. Peltor—R. N. Hanks to erect new businc .s building on property in rear TOTAL LIABILITIES Capital Stock Paid in, i| Surplus Fund, Undivided Profits, less Cui rent Expesses and Taxes Paid, __ Due to Banks and Bankers, Dividends Unpaid, Individual Deposits Subject to check, Time Certificates of Deposit, Cashier’s Checks, Notes and Bills Re-discounted, Bills Payable, including Certificates for Money Borrowed, $332,867.45 40,000.00 10,000.00 52.50 I NONE 20.00 I 189,183.52 *• | 92.149.10 1,462.33 I NONE NONE RESOURCES Leans and Discounts __$ 143 784.26 Overdrafts, 1,545.87 Bonds and Stocks Owned by Bank, 131.830.73 Furniture and Fixtures 4,968.42 Banking House, 7,988.14 Other Real Estate Owned, 31 636.20 Cash on hand and due from Banks, 139,995.13 Checks ard Cash Items, 660.71 Other Resources, viz: Overdrafts Sccu:ed, 8,316.46 L ; ve Stock, 1,122.49 4 TOTAL $332,867.45 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCorm'ck. Before »me came F. C. Robinson, cashier of the above named bank, who, being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true condition of said bank, as shown by the books of said hank. F. C. ROBINSON. Sworn to and subscribed befo:e me this 7th day of March, 1928. P. J. ROBINSON, Notary Public for South Carolina. Correct Attest: W. M. STROM, \ J. B. HARMON, J. C. BROWN, DIRECTORS. TOTAL $471,858.41 LIABILITIES Cap'tal Stock Paid in __$ 42,600.00 Surplus Fund, 4 000.00 Und vided Profits less Current Expenses and Taxes Paid, 1,667.72 Due to Banks and Bankers, NONE Individual Deposits Subject to check, __ 324,959.82 Savings Deposits, 13,237.54 Time Certificates of Deposit, 83,478.71 Cashier’s Checks, 1,914.62 Notes and Bills Re-discounted, NONE Bills Payable, including Certificates for Money Borrowed. NONE Reserve Fund Cairied on General, Individual or Savings Ledger, NONE of post office building and facing McGee Street. Belton—New ' Standard filling sta tion opens on Anderson Stieet near Southern Railway stat : on. Belton—24 new looms and carding and spinning machinery to supple ment operaUon of looms will be in stalled in new building of Blair Mills. Belton—Work will begin shortly on $2Q000 sewerage project at Belt on Mills which will connect with town system. X JES’ JEST Man Wants But Little Here Below, Nor Wants That Little Long— Woman Wyants But Little Here Be low, And W’ants That Little Short. Fl'p—“That boy’s got good stuff in him.” Flap—“W T here’d he get it?” The tall, proud girl turned haughtily to the white-robed figure. “Have you no heart?” she asked in a low tone. “No,” he growled. “Well give me ten cents worth of liver.” Bright Messenger—“W'illie,” said his mother, “I wish you would run across the stieet and see how old Mrs. Brown is this morning.” A few nrnutes later W’illie re turned and reported: “Mrs. Brown says it’s none of your business how old she is.” She-sez—“I have no sympathy for a man who gets diunk every n’ght.” He-sez—“A man who gets drunk every night doesn’t need sympathy.” Confession may be good for the soul, hut not in this case. Rev. George Washington Jackson had lost a fine, fat ’possum. Later at a revival, one of the griefstrick- en mourners would not be comfort ed. “Cheer up, brothah,” exhoited Rev. Jackson. “No mattah what yo’ sin, it will he fo’given.” “But not diss’un” sobbed the mourner. “Ah sho’ am a pow’ful sin- nah.” “Yo’ stole some white man’s chickens?” “W’ussen ’at.” “Oh, Lawd, help dis po’ lamb. Has yo’ used a razzuh?” “Wussen ’at It’s wuse n murdah, Brothaft Jackson.” “Den ah knows,” shouted the preacher, coming down from the pul-; pit, peeling his ceat. ‘De good Lawd, fo’give yo’ effen He fcls dat a \\a^ but ah’s gwine t> climb yo’ frame. Yo’s de skunk what stole ma ’pos- TOTAL $471,858.41 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick, Before me came P. G. Fooshe Cashier of the above named bank, who, being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true cond ; tion of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. P. G. FOOSHE. Sworn to and subscribed before me th s 14th day of March, 1928. ROBT. L. DENDY. Nota:y Public for South Carolina. Correct Attest: J. J. DORN, J. T. FOOSHE, J. E. BELL, DIRECTORS. sum. At the wedding reception the young man remaiked—“Wasn’t it annoying the way that baby cried during the whole ceremony?” “It was simply dreadful,” replied the pr m little maid of honor; “and when I get married I’m going to have engravbd light in the cornel of the invitations: ‘No babies ex pected’.” When Noah sailed the waters blue He had his trouble's, same as you. For foity days he drove the Ark Before he found a place to park. A question of etiquette—In case of an auto wreck, who should speak first? And should the man precede the lady through the windshield? Mazie—“Knee-length skirts have reduced street car and automobile accidents 50 per cent.” Mosey—-“Wouldn’t it be fine if ac cidents could he prevented entire ly?” Will ya? Yeh. So they were married. Doctor—“What you need, my dear young lady, is a little sun and air.” Patient—“Why doctor, how dare you! Why I’m not even man-ied.” No girl has any business in a parked auto in a dark lane. It’s a pleasure. No, dearie, you can not grow an electric light plant just by sticking a switch in the ground; they must he grown from the bulb. “Good heavens! Who gave you the black eye?” “A bridegroom—for kissing his wife after the ceremony.” “But surely he didn’t object to that ancient custom?” “No—but it was two years after the ceremony.” Mr. Campbell’s Home Burned Mr. A. B. Campbell’s home at Sandy Branch was destroyed by fire about 1 o’clock this morring. He and family barely escaped before the build ng collapsed, and were unable to save any of the household effects. —t\t- Dornville School Honor Roll Wiley Shannon, J. T* Shannon, Floyd Shaw, Etta Shaw, Fannie Lou Wells, Dora Ophelia Wells^. Ralph Williams, Elliott Williams. MRS. SALLIE B. DORN, Teadher. ——XXX Arc \ on A Lover Of Dogs? Remedy for running fits: Bromide of Soda given in ten grain capsules, three times a day as long as dog shows signs of fits; keep bowels well open with castor oil. Diet should be wholesome, nour ishing, with plenty of fresh water, clean sleeping quarters. The above preserption will cost you about ten cents at any diug store and the treatment is O. K. G. P. WATKINS. WANT ADVS. I DCT—O n e lumber chain 20 feet long, between McCormick and Dornville yesterday. Reward if icturned to W. B. Dorn, McCormick. UAD OAI I?— Pine Shingles at rUU atALito $3 5() per thousan(I . A. N. Jaynes, Route No. 2, McCor mick, S. C. 1 tpo. for sAi^r^ri^s i high vitality that are hatched cor rectly, and will produce long-bod : ed, even dark red stock. Three thousand ch'cks every Monday, reds exclusive ly. Set your hens to hatch on Mon days and give each all the chicks she can cany. James W. Cooley, Phone 81, Anderson, S. C. Price at hatch ery 15 cents each. —2 tpo. FOR SALE“°, ne p!,ir b » ck t mare mules—excellent con dition and will work anywhere. Will sell one or both. W. S. Lagroon, Kirksey, S. C. 1 tpo. UAD AI r — A few hundred rUK oALC* bushels Delta-typo Webber, Strain 5, Cotton Seed at $1.50 per bushel in new 5 bushel bags. Seed bought from Coker last year and are now absolutely pure. This cotton ; s Early, Drought resist ance, Bolls larg" 1 . Hulls thick, resists weevil punctures, picks goo^, length 1 1-4 to 3-8 inch. Produced last year equally as much as any short staple and sold early in fall at a premium from 8 to 12 cents. Why not increase your cotton acreage this year at least 25 per cont and let this be in Delta-type Webber, the cotton with a premium? R. M. WINN, Plum Branch, S. C. WANTED- M ^ tl ^ s McCormick, S. C. FORD BATTERIES $7.95 WHITTLE BATTERY SERVICE 922 BROAD PHONE 1166 AUGUSTA. GA. Husband—“Dear, will you please turn off the radio?” Wife—“But it isn’t on, dear. Now, as I was saying—” X Liver that has heen*fried with bac on and a little onion may be scallop ed with rice in a baking dish. Salt perk may bo used instead of bacon r ' 1 raw potatoes, th nly sliced, "n-. r ct\ IIIHLHMET COTTON— Middling 18 Strict Middling ’ 18 1-4 Good Middling 18 1-2 Cotton Seed, bu. 60 cts Breakfast Bacon 50 per lb. Eggs per dozen 20 cts. Bacon per lb. 12 1-2 to 18 cts. Meal per hu. $1.50 to $1.75 Flour per barrel $8.00 to $11.00 Butter per lb. 45 c ts. Green Coffee, per lb. 30 to 60 cts. Roasted Coffee, per lb. _30 to 55 cts. Rice, per lb. 7 to 10 cts. Grist, per lb. 4 cts. Molasses per gal. 50 to $1.00 Com per bu. $1.35 Fine feed, 75 lbs. $2.00 Oats per bu. 90 cts. Wheat per bu. $1.60 Cheese, per lb. 40 cts.