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i / ( armu Twenty-Sixth Year 8 Pages — All Home Print McCORMICK, S. G., Thursday, March 29, 1928 Established June 5, 1902 r Hirin'** Ha, * Urge3 Immediate Cor porate Tax Reduction John E. Edgerton Asks That Poltics Be Adjourned To Grant Relief That Will Aid Industry And Business NEW YORK, March 26.—In an open letter ntade public today to Pies'dent Coolidge and to the mem bers of Congress, John E. Edgerton, president of the National Associa tion of Manufacture! a. urges the passage immediately of a corporate tax reduction measure on the basis already suggested Jby the competent government authorities, holding that the excess in the income tax returns over last year jut’fies a sane and reasonable relief to the only body of taxpayeis that has had its assess- tnents increased in the face of reduc tions for all others. ■ Mr. Edgerton pleads *w*th Congress • to adjourn politics for the moment -and grant the relief; takes to task - those who are making a political football of the issue, and scores those : business men who are helping to block reduction by ^clamoring for an amount far n excess of what the country can safely assume. Mr. Edgerton’s letter to President Coolidge and the members of Con gress fellows: Hon. Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States, Washington.. - My dear Mr. President: Having traveled the breadth of the countiy from coast to coast with in the last five weeks, and having talked to and with thousands of men in the manufacturing industries and various other, lines of business, I be lieve I can truly say that the great majority ; of these citizens are' look ing to you and to Congress for some measure of coiporate ircome tax re duction at this session. Three months ago there seemed to be 1 ttle division of opinion in Con gress that the business of the coun try should receive the benefit of a reduction ip income taxes, wh ch pre- 1 : minary reports indicated would show an excess over last year’s re turns. Now that we are certain of that excess, we seem, to face a chaotic situation h* Wash'ngton, brought about on the c'ae hand by those who f are seeking to make a political foot- - ball of the problem, and on the oth- , er by those who, knowing some re duction is right and due, are confus- ' ing and endangering the issue by clamoring for an amount out t>f all r proport 1 on to what the country can [ safely stand. And we have another group that believes we should have • the conservative reduction of one and one-half per cent determined by . those government authorities most able to judge; and st ; ll another group that would have no reduction ■ at an. The National Association of Manu- I facturers is a non-partisan body. It carries no brief for any presidential candidate of either party. It is con- dimed fundamentally and primarily • id the industries of the nation and what effects them. It has thousands of corporations in its membership and several million employes who are dependent upon the continued opera tion of those industiies. The corpor ations are the only class cf taxpay ers that have 'had their taxes increas ed (raised up to 13 1-2 per cent), while all others have received reduc- • tions. Ninety per cent of all the . business of the ccountry is done in the . corporate form and the stockholders number something more than twenty • million persons—nearly one-third of all our adult population. We submit that corporate tax re duction is the next logical step in any tax rel ; ef. It would be a great stimulus to prosperity. Industry , and business need it, for we are now passing through an era of acute com petition consolidation and confus on —but not consternation. We are un dergoing a gradual levelling down ' from our hysteria of war inflation of prees and wages. Manufacturers, as a whole, and general business, have accepted their lower profits with lit tle or no complaint. Consumers have benefitted by those shaded profits; but production costs and wages con tinue at a high peak with no attempt to crush them down. Reductions granted to the corpor ations would mean a corresponding relief to a vast body of stockholders, large and small and find their way to almost every individual in the country. Moreover, they would block ’a natural tendency toward unusual unemployment and lower wages, be cause it inevitably must follow that many corporations now on the edge will be able to continue in business instead of closing down. In view of the favorable growth in the national income, and the unfor- . tunate contentions in Washington, we beg to urge that ydu direct your specific attention once again to the subject, and that Congress adjourn politics for the moment and pass a rational measure of relief. You and your advisers have taken a reason able, conservative position, balancing the government expenses against the ^government income. You must ad- ^ here to the budget. The figures al ready suggested (approximately $150,000,000 in corporate taxes—a reduction of one and one-half per cent), will be an appreciable sav- ig to the taxpayers of the country. is unfortunate that any group of isiness men who know a reduction it and due should jeopardize $6,500 In. Prizes To Be Given Pupils And Teachers In Contest A State Wide Poster Contest School Officials Co-operate With Highway Education Board In Seventh National Safety Contest WASHINGTON, D. C.. March 28. —Offermk $6,500 in prizes for the best essays and lessons on street and highway safety, the Highway Edu cation Board is announcing to the schools the annual safety contest op en to elementary school pupils and elementary school teachers of the na tion. The competit’on is conducted each year with the active co-opera tion of the school authorities. Based on past experience, officials of the Board say they expect to re ceive essays, not only from each state in the Union and viitually every city of size, but from the ter- r tc ries and outlying possessions as well, such as Alaska, the Philippines, Hawaii. Porto Rico and the Canal Zone. The $6,500 in prizes is given by the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, and this year includes 422 state prizes for elementary school pupils, three nat onal prizes for pupils, and three national prizes for teachers, the latter totalling $1- 000 in cash. In addition, the pupil and the teacher whose essay and les son respectively are chosen as the best in the ration are given a trip to Washington with all expenses paid no matter from what section of the countiy they may come. This year, according to the rules, pupils are tb write essays of 500 words in length on the subject “Why We Have and Practice Traf fic Rules.” Teachers are given the subject “Objectives and Methods c'f Education in Street and Highway Safety,’* on which they are asked to prepare piact : cal lessons for use, not alone ; n their own class rooms, but by other teachers in the class rooms of the nation as well. Pupils of the fifth .sixth, seventh and eighth grades may compete, with all teachers in the eighth and lower grades are elegible participants. In the past six years it is estimat ed that mere than 2,500,000 elemen tary school pupils and perhaps half a million teachers, have written es says and lessons on the various sub jects assigned in connection with these contests, which have proved to be not only the most susta ned na tional competitions open to the schools but among the most popular as well. An average in excess of 400,000 pupils write essays ea^h year, it is said, while approx’mately from 60,000 to 80,000 teachers write and teach safety lessons to their pu- pils. The amount of $6,500 in pr : zes is divided into three groups, of which more than half goes to pupils as state prizes. Altogether, 442 cash prizes and the same number Of gold, silver and bronze medals are offered pupils who find their names on this safety honor loll of the nation. Each state and territory is entitled to one first prize and .one second prize. The first prize is a gold medal and a check for fifteen dol lars; the second award is a silver medal and a check for ten dollais. The number of third prizes , bronze medals and checks for five dollars, varies in proportion to the element al y school enrollment, New York, with its dense population being en titled to 25, Indiana to eleven Florida to four and Nevada to one, to cite certain examples. These prizes are distributed through the State Departments of Educat on. Finally, the essays which are chosen as best from the states are entered in competition with each oth er. The best of these papers earns for the writer a gold watch and a trip to Washington with all expenses paid, while the second and third na tional awards are handsome gold watches ctf suitable value and design. Teachers are not g ! ve n state prizes, but the three lessons chosen as best of all those written through out the nation earn for their writers chtScks in the amount of $500, $300 and $200 respectively, and the teach er whose lesson is ranked first also is invited to come to Washington as the Beard’s guest. The third division of the prize money is set aside for the travel e'^nses and entertainment of the pup.! and teacher whose essay and lesson earn national honors. Children Of All Schools In Mc Cormick County Are Invited To Enter Agricultural Boy Makes Profit On Cotton In 1927 business in general by quibbling for an excessive amount. In all the dis- sentions over the exact sum, the National Association of Manufactur ers is fully disposed to accept the figures arrived at by those who are most competent to reckon them from the viewpoint of our national finan cial safety. We believe it will be saner and bet ter business to pass this year a sum that s known to be safe and take no chance of impairment by arbitrarily demanding a larger amount, than to choose an amount inconsistent with the nation's earnings. As with individuals, so be it with nations: When prosperous, be cautious, lest we be profligate. Sincerely yours, JOHN E. 'EDGERTON, President. National Association of Manufac turers. The children of all the schools of McCorm ck County are invited to en ter a State wide health poster ton- test which is being put on jointly by the Department of Child Hygiene of the State Board of Health and the Child Health Education Service of the South Carolina Tuberculosis As sociation. Subjects assigned are as follows: Teeth—GradesI-III. Nutrition—Grades IV-VII. Prevent'dn of Tuberculosis or Pievention of Diptheria Junior High School or High School Posters may be original or copied, but what is desired by the promoters, is that the idea brought out in the pester shall be the main thing rather than perfection of execution. The contest in the <counties closes May 1, and posters should be sent to the County Superintendent’s office befo:e that date- as one use of the posters is for a display on May Day. The ncsters winning in each county will then be forwarded either to Miss Ada Taylor Graham. Department of Child Hygiene State Board of Health Columbia, or to Mbs Nell Whaley, D'rector of Child Health Education, South Carolina Tubeiculosis Asso ciation. Columbia. Prizes are offered to the winning schools as follows: First, for each subject, $3.00. Second, for each subject, $2.00. Third, First Aid Kit or Health Book (cho’ce). Fourth, Posters. Note:—Will teachers please mark “Original” if the pdster idea is orig nal with the children. The win ning posters and others will be dis played at the State Fair at Colum- b't in October. Please write on the back of each poster entered, the name of the child, the grade, school, and pest office address. XXX Nine Farmers Enter The Cotton Contest William Robinson Makes Good Profit On Two Acres Of Cotton William Robinson, a pupil in the local Agr’cultural Class, is another one that seems to have made a good ciop last year and realized a good profit from it. He had as his pro ject last year two acres of cotton wh : ch yielded him a total of 2,530 nounds which sold for $223.50. The total cost of production was $102.94. If we subtract the cost of producing the crop from the gross returns he has a net profit of $120.56. It will be noted that this woik was carried on in connection wjth his work thken up in the agricultural class and the actual wcTk done be sides the usual chores on the farm. In applying his time to such a ctivi- t'es he found a good way to add to his finances and at the same t me carry on his usual studies in other classes. The project is requ.red of all boys taking agriculture as a chance for the boy to put into actual practice the'se things studied m school. In other words the practice must accompany the class work. WilFam has been in the agricul tural class two years and has taken an active interest in those things which can be used in his farming practices. He can solve his °^ n leitilizer problems and f.’gure out the common problems which - come up on the average farm. Besides, he :s abreast with his other classes and will finish the local high school this year. If he stays on the farm and uses his skill he will make a good farmer. He is go’ng to make good on cotton again this year. W. A. MASON, JR.. Agricultural Teacher. _I~I Once Condemned, Is Now Free Man Mr. Branch Thanks Our Fire Fighters McCormick Fire Truck Res ponds To Call From De . la Howe Schbol Number 44 Blease Wants Action On Federal Land Bank At Columbia Interest Continues To Grow In Five Acre Race For This Year Interest continues to glow in the 1928 cotton contest, according to Thos. W. Morgan, County Agent, who says that to date applications have been received from nine farmers of the county to enter the five acre race for this year. A good many oth er farmers are also seriously consid ering the matter, and we shall prob ably have fifteen or twenty entrants from the county to enter before the last date for receiving applications. Those farmers who have entered the contest are as follows: E. Han- vey, Troy; J. J. Hester, Troy; W. D. Morrah, Troy; S. L. Britt, McCor mick; W> T. Ramsey., McCormick J W. L. White McCormick; R. M. Winn, Plum Branch; W. C. Holley, Plum Branch and W. O. Covin, Will- ingten. Mr. Morgan would like to urge that all farmers who are considering entering the contest this year apply to him for an application blank as soon as possible. The names of those entered will be published throughout the state soon, and we should be well represented here in McCormick Coun ty. The contest is open to all who have five acres in one field, and who will plant a variety of cotton guar anteed to produce one inch staple, and keep records on operations. XXX State Teachers Meet This Week Cost Too Much To Give New Trial, So Man Is Turned Loose ATLANTA, Ga., March 24.—After having heard the sentence of death passed upon him last May, for the murder of Beit Donaldson criminal investigator, Jack Lance today walk ed from his cell a free man when Superidr Court Judge John D. Humphries ordered the indictment quashed. I *4K 1 The nolle-prosse was made on iec emendation of Solocitor General John A. Boykin, follow ng decision of the state supreme court which granted Lance a new trial. Boykin declared that his witnesses were scattered, that he had been unable to round them up and that he felt there was insufficient evidence to warrant the expense of another trial. At the same time indictments against ten others, also charged w’th the murder in connection with the death of Donaldson were nolle-pross- ed. Donaldson was shot to death from ambush in the rodm of an exclusive hotel here on July 29, 1926, after he went to the hotel in response to a mysterious telephone call. Donaldson at the time was engaged in round ing up members of a “bunco syndi cate” which he had exposed here sev eral years ago. Lance was arrested in Jacksonville, Fla., shortly after the investigation began and had been in jail here since. Last may he was found guilty and sentenced to die in the electric chair. XXt Gospel Tent Meeting Starts Here Sunday GREENVILLE, March 24.—The various divisions of the chamber of commeice convention bureau are now engaged in completing the last minutes preparations for the enter tainment of the South Carolina Teachers association convention here Thursday through Saturday of next week. L. P. Hollis, president of the association, estimates there will be approximately 7,000 teachers in at tendance from every section of the state. Charles Withington. chairman of ^he motor coip division, announced th s morning that Mrs. F. L. Shakel- ford has completed the organization of the women’s volunteer motor corps. More cars are needed with men drivers for making the night | trips. The women’s car will be used for the motor transportation service during the morning and afternoons commencing Wednesday afternoon. More rooms in the pi ivate homes s*re reeded. r«ccording to H. E. Mc- i Donald, cha'rman of the housing d’vision. He has urged that all housewives and proprietors of room ing houses having rooms they can offer for the teachers to telephone I the chamber of commerce headquart ers without delay. It is understood i that each teacher is to pay $1 a day for lodging while attending the con- ventioto. » - . . ' , > David Brinkman, an evangelist from North Augusta will pitch his tent in McCormick near the Post Of fice. The first meeting will be at 8 o’clock on Sunday, April first, and continuing each night, except Sat urday. Friday nights will be especially for the young people. These meet ings are held with the desire that, through the preaching of the Lord Jesus Christ many here in McCor-1 mick may know God’s eternal salva- 1 tion as their own. In the preaching, there will be a heralding fofctih of the gospel as it is in the word of God. You will realize more the precious- ness of your Bible if you tome to these meetings. Come and see. ' XXX | Ambulance Struck By C. & W. C. Train ANDERSON, March 25.—Today about 1 o’clock the Charleston & Western Carclina train struck the ambulance of G. F. Tolly in which there were four young men, Ralph King, Horace Birnie, Arthur Hem bree and J. B. Hayne. They were tak en to the hospital suffering from cuts about the fa^e, bruises and min -1 or i ijimoe 'he f-mbui.. ce was lit erally torn to pieces. A patient from the hospital had been taken home, the young men re turning when the accident occurred about two 'miles below' the tity. Junior Senator Says Persons. Recently Convicted At Beau* fort Were Only The “Goats’* For The Higher Ups WASHINGTON, March 24.— mand for action by the senate banfe* ing committee on his resolution fotf an inquiry into the Federal LanJ Bank at Columbia, S. C., was m. de in the senate today by Senator Blease, democrat, South Carolina. Blease charged ^regularities “if not corruption” in administration of the bank and read a list of wit- r.erses who he said would be ready to testify to a senate committee. Senator Fletcher, democrat, Flor ida. suggested that the committee bad investigated the bank and that ‘h^ee persons had been convicted in a recent South Caiolina bank ng case. “Those persers were only the goat* f^r the higher upg,” said Blease- “They are at Beaufort. I want to get those at Columbia if thev are guilty as I have been led to believe.* The w^ne^ses, Senator Blease said, who would be ava’Table 'n the investigation were: Mendel L. Smith,’ Camden. S. C.; J. D. E. Meyer, Char leston; Ernest Cochran, Charleston; Edgar A. Brown, Barnwell; David Mittlq Beaufdrt; F. W. Scheper, Beaufort; Burt Rodgers, Beaufort; R. A. Cooner. Waeh ; ngton, D. C.. J. Swinton WTialey, Little Edisto. S. C.; Sam Edwards, Latta, S. C.;,F.. J* Nesmith, Nesbit, S. C.; J. O. Dedvin, Chattanooga, Tenm; WilFam J. Thomas, Beaufort; and Niels Christ en, Beaufort. On last Friday the administration budding of the De la Hoiwe School caught fire in the furnace room. Just a -tthe time that the building was tVscovered on fire Mr. Long and his assistants of the Highway Depart ment were passing, and they rushed along with others on the school grounds to help handle the fire. For- 1 tunately the school had a full tank of water and the hose already attached to the fire lines were gotten into ac tion and these gentlemen along with some other men who live near the school extinguished the fire. The school will probably be damaged to the extent of two or three thousand dollars, but this is covered by insu:- arice. The fire truck of McCormick gen erously responded to a call for help and the force gladly gave their as sistance as was needed. They stood ready, although the fire was under control when the tiuck reached the school, to bring the acid apparatus into use. The writer wishes to take this opportunity to express his deep gratitude to all of these gentlemen lor their ready interest and fine work in the matter of the fiie. Many other gentlemen of McCormick, Well ington, Bordeaux and the country came to the aid of the school. For all Of this splendid interest the school has the finest appreciation. J. B. BRANCH, Superintendent., tXz Little Boy Dies From Gas Burns COLUMBIA, March 24.—Testi mony that the Intermediate' Credit Bank of Columbia bad lost more than a million dollars was given, by off ciuri of the bank at the .recent trial of seven former officer- of the Beaufort Bank ard the South Caro lina Agricultural Credit Company on! charges of consp'racy to defraud the from burns caused by gasoline. On j federal institution. Three of the sev- Friday the school’s adm’nistration! c n defendants were 'convicted and Rudolph Campbell Loses Life In Accident At De la Hoive Rudolph Campbell, eight year old lad of the De la Howe School^ died Saturday night about 10:30 o’clock buTding was partially burned in its furnace room and the superin- scntenced to prison terms. In their defense, the seven on trial tendent’s office. Several thousand! sought to show that officials of the dollars worth of damage was done.; Intermed ate Credit Bank were Following the fire, the dchool me- j aware oi the ‘rregularities in the^pa- chanical force used a suction pump.! per which was discounted by the Beau- Columb : a institution for the fort concern. Mendel Smith was one of de fense counsel. J. D. E. Meyer pros ecuted the case as United States Dis- WILLISTON, March 26.—Joe A. Morgan local pharmacist, was fqund Biown was also of defense staff. R. A. Cooper, of Washington was cha'rman of the federal farm loaa board until a few months ago. Child Run Over By Train, Lives To Tell Story which was operated by a small gaso- oline engine, to clear the basement of water. A large can containing gasol'ne was set near the engine and pump while the cleaning up was be-1 ing effected. Thiee little boys, about I trict Attorney while Ernest Cochraa nine years of age, including the j presided over the trial as United Campbell child, wishing to play, took States district judge. Edgar A. the can and ran to the woods, where " they poured out the gasoline and struck a match to it. The result was the ignition of the clothing cf Rud olph. As soon as it was d : scovered he was af’re, several of the large boys raced to his rescue and tore his clothing from him. Immediately he was taken to the school nurse and doctors were summoned. Everything was done for his comfort and cure that could possibly be done. Fortun ately the hyperdermics gave him re lief from the fearful burns until he passed away several hours later. Fa ther and grandfather were at his bedside. Gerald Campbell, his broth el# is a pupil at the school. The body was taken to Greenwood and funeral services were (conducted at West Side Baptist Church Mon day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock by Rev. W. H. Bie:s. Interment followed in Coronaca. tXJ Youjig Druggist Drives Car Off Edisto Bridge Joe A. Morgan Drowns In Edisto River DOTHAN, Ala., March .26—Obvey Wright three years old, has been run over by a train and lives to tell the tale. Engineer C. B. Oliver saw what he thought was a bundle of clothing ia the middle of the track as he aoded more speed to the Atlantic Coast Line passenger train he was driving. Within 100 feet of it the “bundle* turned out to be a sleepinsr ch^d. Olivei Jammed cn the brakes ani$ ‘ dosed his eyes, knowing it was hopelM less. . . , Almost crazed with hdrror. Olivet! ran the full length of h : s train when! it finally did grind to a stop. And there he found the yougsteP —not a mangled mass as he expected —but a lustly bawling baby boy* Engineer Ol'ver carried the child to' Newville, nearby, and Obvey was taken to his mother .who, busy with household duties had not missed him. XXX ' ' 1 at 5 p. m. today in the driver’s seac HP —„k;i q Koon ! AWU VjrrCCIiVY UUU. Children Lose Lives In Branch of an automobile which had been driven from the bridge over the Ed'S- to River on the Springfield-Willis- ton road into the waters of the stream, swollen by recent lains. The car was submerged, lying on its side, and was located only after a search. Mr. Morgan was formerly employ- GREENWOOD, March 24.—Ruby* cd as pharmacist at both Spartan- nine, and Otis, seven, children of Mr* burg and Greenville. ! and Mrs. H. L. Bolton of the Green- Rescue of the body, after the | wood mill village were drowned id wreckage had been located, was af-. four feet of water in a culvert undel ' fected by heroic efforts on the part the Piedmont and Northern railway of Charles \\|hite, C. H. Trotti and near the city limits late this after- Q. A. Kennedy, Jr., of Williston and, noofri. Accompanied by the othev Jim Jumper, of Springfield. j children the brother and sister wentj The young druggist left his fath-, “to walk a mile” the mother sakL er s home in Springfield at about The little girl fell into the small 8:40 p. m. Sunday for Williston. stream and as she cried frantically While crossing the Edisto bridge, he for help the boy jumped to her res in some manner lost control of his cue. Their companions gave the machine and it plunged through the alarm and when found Ruby and Oti* railing into the middle of the river, were Clasped in each others arms. , Friends began a search for him tXl- when he did not appear at his work ‘ as usual and the river was diagged; when it was found that the bridge; railing had been tom away. ! I want to thank those who render- '"he funeral will be held in Spring- ed valuable services in putting out •", ■ [ Tuesday at 5 p. m. Mr. Morgan the fire on the Sandove: store l u Id- leaves his father, Reece Morgan, two ing yesterday. brothers, Judso n and H. A. Morgan, Also want to thank the fire de- and three sisters, Mrs. Rebecca Mor- partment of McCormick and other* gan. Mrs. Frank Sally and Miss Kate I who offered their services. Morgan, all of Springfield. I ' J. CHAS. TALBERT. , Card of Thanks J*