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4 TKursday, April 5, 1928 McCORMCK MESSENGER McCOKMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, South Carolina. Page Number Four Published Every Thnradaj Batabliehed Jane ft. 1*02 BDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner. CIRCULATION: 1.300. and crowing Editor Sees It m igti DISPLAY ADVERTISING — 26 cents per inch for each insertion; nothing less than 4 inches accepted for 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 per 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 and signature. Positions given at ONE-THIRD extra charge. l c this estimate of annual looses from thefts in a statement announc- iatered at the Peat Office at Mc Cormick, S. C, as mail matter of the second clasa. Thieves Organized • < • “Fences” organize i along highly —— | eff’cient business lines', dispose an- . . nually of loot valued at $500,000,000, Praising the South for preventing J Newton D. Baker, chair- attempt to make political cap.Ul out ^ o( ^ National ^ ^ of a Senatorial mvestigat on of pow- »» i v . J a. .. o mission. Mr. Baker, who was for- ei industry, the San rranciseo , _ t ' , , 1 . , 3 ... . „ merly Secretary of War, made pub- Chror.icle says editorially: “The South is the latent benefici- ary of power development the introduction in Congress of its future m further development It « ^ act , vitie3 wants no monkey wrenches thrown . , . .of receivers of stolon goods. into that development. . i r . ,, Concerning the work of the Com- “The South is equally positive that! » .. .. , ,„:ii mittee, Mr. Baker says: “This com any effect ve power development win, / , , , • • „ j „_+, mittee, with the advice of men who be done by private interests and rotp . . . , . . . rT.i oo„+i, have g ven much previous study to by the government. The South has? & , , . the question, has made an exhaus- under its nose a perfect example ol ^ » ...... , - government inefficiency in power de- survey of the situation, and from velopment. The contrast between the ^ statements of public prosecutors, fiasco of Muscle Shoals and the ef- ch efs of-police and,business firms ficient private harnessing of power throughout the country, ,s convinced for industrial progres has opened ‘hat the claim that losses from this Southern eyes.” an,ou 1 rt to more ‘ han $60 “-- After pointing out that Muscle' 000 . 000 y ear >y- 18 more ‘han Jn st - Shoals has for ten yeais been a football of polifcs and is earning on-| ly a small part of interest on money SUBSCRIPTION RATES: - Strictly Cash la Advsaea — One Year $1.M Six Months .78 Three Mentha JS9 WIDER ROADS Discussing the advantage of wider roads„the Chicago Tribune says: “It is contended that a rule against - slow driving should be enforced to prevent congest on of traffic. On a narrow road the flow drivers clog the lane. The answer is, there should be no narrow roads. “Road builders thought if they made the road hard and smooth and i well graded, they had la’d down an automoble read. They had not. They had built half a road. It ought not to be necessary to compel a driver to travel more rapidly than he cares to. Leisurely-minded people ought not to find that the age cannot tol erate their habits. There is much to commend them. They are probab ly more solid and substantial than hab ts of going nowhere at high speed. “The narrow road is just rext to no road at all. Four lines of travel are requ'red for days in which every other person drives a car.” The slogan “good roads” is not enough. Two more words must be added, “wider roads.” TXZ Missed Good Chance -txt- Split Shipments To Market C. G. Randell of the United States Department of Agriculture, who has been making a study of all the facts concerned with the co-operafve mar keting of livestock through associa tions at the terminal markets com ments on the practice of “split ship ments”, that is “shipments in which the shipper has consigned part of his stock td the co-operat ve association and part to some other agency. This if the shippers’ method of checking j tion> if this ° ter: -fie annual d ; ain 0 n the sales and service of the agencies coun ^ r y‘ s resources is involved. It is also their method of testing the service of the co-operq- tive if they never before consigned to it. Some shippers mamtain that this practice induces the salemen to make greater effort to give service in handl'ng their business.” “The practice is questionable,” Mr. Randell believes. “Frequently, on small shipments, it actually costs the shipper money, for then the com mission firms do not have enough stock to grade pioperly, so it will show to the best advantage. When a shipper establishes contact with a co-operative association and ships to it consistently, the assoc'ation under stands his needs and his problems and can render him the best possible service.” (From The Kershaw Era.) The legislature missed a very good chance to make a very wholesome im provement in the taxing laws of the state when it turned such a cold shoulder to the measures proposed by the special comnvttee of the leg islature’s own selection who wore charged with the duty of making a thorough investigat’on and present ing its conclusions in the form of a bill to that body. It was the ses sion just before an election and that may have had some bearing on the unw : llingness to ‘consider any change at this timet, but there are two great barriers to an early change of the k nd that is needed before taxes will be made anything like just and equal i n any appreciable sense. The one is, that not a large percentage of the legislative body will give the careful and thorough study to the problem that it needs to have, and that fact makes them, necessarily, doubtful to the extent that they are unwilling to support new proposals for change in the laws; and the other reason is, that too many of those who do study into the measures and understand them. al : gn themselves in opposition for the reason that they do net want such changes made. That makes change a difficult and doubtful mat ter always, however meritorious the change proposed may be. It will., per haps, take a constitutional conven- t : on to bring about a (change that will be really worth while, but it would be well woith the cost of one to hold it, if it could be effected in that v/ay. People do not 1 ke to pay taxes. They never did and they nev er will and those who have to pay most of them like it least and will contend the hardest to keep the tax es off of themselves, regardless of who has to pay out of proportion. For example, very few salaried per sons pay taxes, while every little farm owner has to pay in Taxes Do Not Stay Put “Taxes are the most important part of the fiscal systems of govern ment in the United States today,” says Vance H. Evars, Secretary of the California Taxpayeis’ Associa tion. “Taxes and public debts have grown at such a pace since the World War that taxpayers and officials are new developing a keen nterest in matters of public finance. “Taxes do not stay where you as sess them. The heat, which the ther mometer measures, covers eve: yone. Taxes, like the heat, affect every one. Taxes show themselves in our da’ly cost of living. There is no such person in this country, or in this state, or in any community, as a non-taxpayer. As has well been stated, every man and woman in ths country woiks between six weeks and two months out of every year to pay the national, state and local taxes. “What this country needs now more than anything else in the field of taxation is a simplification of the tax laws, common sense thinking, coupled with efficient and intelli gent administration. Involved laws and rules governing taxation have caused much dissatisfaction. The individual should have some idea of how much tax he will have to pay, without having to employ an at torney to aid him in the making of calculations. Our courts are today crowded with tax questions and in- tei pretat ; ons of tax laws. This checked cr reduced. ixt- How Weather And The Boll Weevil Rule An Industry How the weather may enter into the business of chemical manufactur ing is illustrated by recent statistics on the product 1 on of calcium arsen ate, the insecticide principally used to reduce the destrucVve wrought by the tfotton-boll weevil. In the year ended August 31, 1927, reports from all but three manufacture! s indicated a prcduction of more than 18,000,000 pounds in comparison with a little more than 5,004 000 pounds the pre ceding year. The small production i n 1926 was the result of a large carry-over stock fiom the preceding year. The insecticide dust had been manufactured in preparation for a normal demand during 1925, but owing to weather conditions the bell weevil did not attack the 1925 crop in sufficient numbers to wan ant the extensive use of the dust. In 1926 there was an 'ncrease in the number of boll weevils. This stimulated the use of calcium arsenate and thus d:s- pored of the surplus and left a com paratively small carry-over. With a further increase in weevil damage du:ing 1927, the manufacturers again began active production. X- Studying Up On Boll Weevil Problems Fifty Clemson Students To Be Trained As Specialists b or W eevil Control Jobs Capper, And Borah And Nve (From The Asheville Citizen.) fied.” Mr. Baker’s report shows that the solitary burglar 's disapearing, and the government put into it, the ^ h:s P lace is being taken by crim- Chrorvcle remarks: “But for the well organized who make thefts deep pocket of the American taxpay-|°f merchand : se on a large scale. He er, the Muscle Shoals power project, ^presses the belief that commer- would have been bankrupt long ago.” cially. organized thieves would dis solve their bands overnight if their “fences,” the : r market or outlet, were eliminated. With such tremendous thefts, burglary and robbeiy insurance is being called upon to protect the public from losses which, in the ag gregate are running well up toward the total of the annual destruction caused by fire in this nation. The casualty insurance companies are stepp ng into the bieach to repay much of the disastrous loss caused by robbery, but they must have pub lic c.c-operat:on along lines of crime prevention, just as must fire insur ance companies have similar co-op eration along lines of fire preven- CLEMSON COLLEGE, March 31. —F fty students of agriculture here are being chosen for two months ot intensive training that will prepai’e them as boll weevil control experts for employment among cotton e:s, according to Dr. F. H. H. Cal houn, director of agricultural in struction. Leading students in the senior, junior, and sophomore classes w.ll be invited to enroll in this course, which will be offered after the regular days’ classes a re over, explains Dr. Calhoun. They will be instructed in creates an element of uncertainty ^kC'sherma^entomolo^ which is very disconcerting both to public offic als and to taxpayers. ard people know what they are paying ■ of the time.” amount whether he makes a dollar “Oh, yes, stranger, or comes out at the end of the year me: chant responded ip debt, as he most generally does. ist. Prof. T. S, Bu e, agronomist, __ will conduct some lectures on cotton Our tax laws should he simple! culture in relation to weevil control. j + j . i ,, . .| f Prof. J. T. McAlister, agncultuial understandable, so that all ^: cnKin?er> vvill conduct laboratory studies of dusting machinery and : methods, familiariz ng the men with I most machines in use. Dr. Calhoun, { geologist, will explain weather con ditions which vitally affect the \yee- vil and will give students suff eient training in weather prediction to en able them to prepaie for changing weather conditions. At the completion of the course, students mastering the subject will he recommended to cotton growers who desire the’r services during “I don’t suppose you keep any thing so civilized as dog biscuit in th : s one-horse, run-down, jay town, some | do you?” the tourist snarled. the village pleasantly. come “Quite a few folks like you That citation is only a single one, through from the city, and we aim to summer vacation. The course is giv but there are many equally incongru- have everything called for. Have ’em mi i n the hope of rendeiing a dis „ , / •„ „ • , * > u 9» tinct service to' the state during the ous. Maybe a change will come in a bag or eat em here: —Boston some day. News Bureau. boll weevil season says Dr. Calhoun. next summer. Senator Capper, who declares that “for duplicity, craft and cunning the conspiracy of the Teapot Dome is the equal cf ary cf the majtr crimes carried out by unscrupulous and in famous freebooters in tho M : ddle Ages,” and rays that “the Republi can Party must make pla : n by force ful act’on that P indignantly repud iates the men who participated in the rape of the Government oil lands” calls himself a Republican Senator Borah of Idi.ho who is try ing to raise a “shame fund” to purge the RepubPjan Party of the Sincla r money insists that he is a Republican. Senator Nye of No:th Dakota who thinks the Borah proposal utterly foolish and misleading, as tending to persuade the people that “Harry Sin clair is the only scoundrel that has ever played with the Republican Party,” cla ; ms that he is a Republ : - can. But Capper and Borah and Nye, like Senator Nc'iris, have al ways been looked at askance by the Republican leadership as a whole. They belong to the left wing. It is the right wing that counts. Up to this time none of the Re publican leaders of good and regular standing hayc showa any concern about purifying the Grand Old Par ty. Senator Borah has been very act've in pressing his ouestionraiie t'n prohibition. He has gotten out no questionnaire on Sinclair revelations. Senator Capper says that “the Re publican party must purge itself from the oil smudge” and that “to regain the confidence of the party the leadership must free itself fiom the widen’ng circle of suspicion that this leadersh : p has tolerated too close a relationship with oil and other ex ploiting interests.” Yes, but how? Not one of the men prominently be fore the country as candidates fer the Republican nomination this year has sa d one word in repudiation of the conditions against which Capper and Borah and Nye inveigh. If Cap per and Borah and Nye are sincere in the'r fulminations they will come ddwn to cases. Senator Borah could render a real service if he would de vote himself to smoking out the lead- eis of Irs party on this issue. That, however, would take real courage and might injure Borah. txt Make orange gelatin sometimes for dessert—using fiesh oranges. Put one envelope or ounce of gelatin into one-half cup of cold water to soften for about 2 minutes. Squeeze as many oranges as you need to make 2 1-4 cups of strained juice and add the juice of half a lemon to in- tens'fy the flavor . Put one cup of water on to heat with three-fourths of a cup of sugar ,or less, depending on the acidity of the fruit. When the syrup is boiling, take it from the fire and put the moistened gelat n into it. Stir until the gelatin is en tirely dissolved, and mix with the or ange and lemon ju'ce. The latter are r.ot cooked at all. Strain into a large mold or ind'viduai molds. This des sert needs no sauce, but you may sci ve soft custard with it or plain or whipped cream. IX t A record of family expenditures shows habits of buy:ng. Looking back fet a year a good picture of what has been bought and why it was bought can be had. One can dis cover the influence of adveitising, of fashion, and of passing fadq whether the mail order catalogue, the install ment plan, and charge accounts are a convenience or a temptation, whether bargains are bargains or un necessary expendituies. None of these th : ngs—advertising, fashion, mail order, installment buying, cr charge accounts are necessarily good or bad. It all lies in the way they are used. txt lumlharkef COTTON— Middling 18 Str'ct Middling 18 1-4 Good Middling 18 1-2 Cotton Seed, bu. 60 cf® Breakfast Bacon 50 per lb. Eggs per dozen 25 cts. I Bacon per lb. 12 1-2 to 18 cts. I Meal per bu. $1.50 to $1.76 f Flour per barrel $8.00 to $11.00 Butter per lb. 50 cts. | Green Coffee, per lb. 30 to 60 cts. i Roasted Coffee, per lb. -30 to 55 cts. j Rice, per lb. 7 to 10 cts. Grist, per lb. 4 cts. Molasses per gal. 50 to $1.00 Corn per bu. $1.35 Fine feed, 75 lbs. $2.00 Oats per bu. 90 cts. Wheat per bu. $1.50 Cheese, per lb. 40 cts LEAH HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTS “LITTLE MISS JACK” A COMEDY DRAMA / AT WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL Parksville—Modoc TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1928. 8:15 P. M. THE CHARACTERS Maggie—A Girl of the Bowery Gussie Blanchard Jimmie—With No Taste for “Work” _—< Dandridge Blanchard Julia Trevais—Who Has Been a Mother to Jack Dqisy Blanchard Jacqueline—Little Miss Jc^k Clara Blanchard Doctor Carlyle—A Successful Phys'cian __ Prof. C. H. Larsdell Paul Sanborn—His Assistant J. H. Fleming Neena—The Doctor’s Adopted Daughter _ Elizabeth Blanchard Aunt Katie—The Doctor’s Sister Virginia Motes Rider—A Social Hanger-On Sam Story Drake—A Justice of the Peace Kenneth Story PLACE—New York City, TIME—The Present. SYNOPSIS OF SCENES ACT I.—The tenement home of Julia Trevors in the Bowery of New York City. Evening. A Pleasant half hour on tjie beach Mrs. Sunbeam Hill ACT II.—The library in Dr. Carlyle’s home in a fashionable quarter of the city. An hour later. When His Wife Gets Back Gussie Blanchard ACT III.—Same scere as Act II. Evening f<5ur months later. The Song is Ended Daisy Blanchard ACT IV.—A nrserable room in an east side tenement. That night. ADMISSION— 15 and 25 CENTS ATItHTION FAMB Farmers’ Week Assured Again For This Year Wc are offering first prize of $25.00 and second prize of $15.00 to the two farmers residing in either Plum Branch, Rehoboth or Washington School Dia- tricts who enter the State Five Acre Cotton Contest alid produce highest and second highest yields of lint cotton in this territory. The object of this offer is to encourage the pro duction of higher yields per acre of cotton of a bet ter staple. South Carolina cotton mills are demand ing cotton of full inch staple or better, and, we should improve our staple to meet their demands. Farmers who compete for these prizes must enter the, State Five Acre Cotton Contest and ahide by « rules governing same. For furher information see the county agent, or J. W. BRACKNELL & SON R. M. WINN Cotton Buyers PLUIVI BRANCH, S. C. A Tribute To Mrs. E. T. Christian CLEMSON COLLEGE, Aprl 2.— Farmers’ Week, “full of good things for farmers and their families,” will be held at Clemson College again this year, during the week beginning Monday, August 13, according to an nouncement made today by Dr. W. W. Long: director of the Extension Service and -chairman of Farmers’ Week Comnvttee. “The decided success of Farmers’ Week as held last year in late Aug ust and the many calls from all parts of the state for its repetition this year,” says Mr. Long, “have convinced the committee and the col lege authroities of the important service rendered, and the committee foeL that a similar event this year is mere than justified.” Following the general lines of last year’s Farmers’ Week, there will be. Dr. Long announces, a varied pro gram to furnish a wide lange of in struction as well as entertainment, inspiration, and recreation. To this end there will be general sessions, lectures, discussion, demonstrations, contests, special meetings of various farmers’ organizations, plays, con certs movies, etc. The comm.ttee will announce details from t’me to time as completed. All kinds of guns repaired and pistols fixed by G. T. BAUGHMAN, McCormick, S. C. A saintly woman entered into eternal rest when the long life of Mrs. E. T. Christian was brought to a close, at the home of her son-in- law, Mr. Frank Parks, on March 17. To her, death had no fears, having the comforfc : ng assurance that she would be accompanied by her Savior through the valley of the shadow of death. This good woman was a great home lover and spent a quiet, retired home life. Possessed of a sweet, gentle spir t, she was a kind, af fectionate mother; a devoted wife; a good fiiend and a splendid neighbor. Her devotion to her husband and children, and their devotion to her was beautiful. All that could be done by devdted loved ones, and a faithful physician could not stay the hand of death. The end came peacefully, and her body was tenderly laid to rest on Sunday ^fternoon in Parksv’Tle cemetery, the 1 services being conducted by her pas tor, Rev. H. M. Hodgens. The de ceased was a life long member of the Parksville Baptist Church, hav ing united with it when qu ; te young. She leaves to mourn her loss a de- ! voted husband three children, a num ber of grandchildren and a brother, Mr. W. N. Elkins of Augusta, be- I sides a host of sorrowing friends. But we mourn not as those who have no hope. “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lofrd.” To the loved ones | . we extend our prayers and sym pathy. ' A FRIEND. •