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< , ' : <:V » a ortnich ffl ctteuae FRUB TO OURSELVES. OUR NEIGHBORS. OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Twenty-Sixth Year 8 Pages — All Home Print McCORMICK, S. C., Thursday, April 12, 1928 Established June 5, 1902 Democratic Clubs | Ku Klux Klan To Meet April 28th To Advocate Press | Freedom In State Must Organize And Elect Dele- r°. C° unt X C ° nven *i° n ' Would Have Intelligent, Equit- Which Meets On First Mon day In May NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the respective Democratic Clubs in McCormick County will meet on thej fourth Saturday in April,' same being | the 28th day of April, at their usual i meeting places, for the purpose of | reorganiz'ng and electing delegates to the County Convention to be held at McCormick on the first Monday in May. The quaFfication for membership in any club of the party in this State and for voting at a primary shall be as follows: “The applicant for membership, or voter, chall be £1 years of age, or shall become so before the succeed'ng general elec tion^ and be a white democrat; he shall be a citizen of the United "States and of this State. No person shall belong to any *club or vote in any primary unless he has resided in the state two years and in the coun ty six months prior to the succeeding general election, and in the club d's- trict sixty days prior to the first primary following his offer to en roll, provided, that public school teachers and ministers of the Gospel in charge erf a regular organized church, shall be exempt from the prov'sions of this section as to ics- idence if otherwise qualified.” Each club shall elect a president, -a vice-president, a secretary and an executive committeeman, and one delegate to the Couhty Convention for every 25 members or a majority fraction thereof, based upon the number of votes polled in the fist primary of the preceding election year. The list of delegates from each club strouhr be certified' try by- the president and secretary of each club. I would suggest to the respective presidents of the clubs throughout the county, that they use every ef fort to have a full meeting of their club on the date above named, so that every club will be fully repre sented at* the Couhty Convention. W. K. CHARLES, County Cha rman. able And Comprehensive Libel Law New Councilman Take Over Office Committees Appointed After Oath Of Office Administered The new council went into offee at a meeting for that purpose Friday night, April 6th, the oath of office being adm'nistered to Mayor Aber crombie and the councilmen in the usual manner, after which elections were made as follows: Police Committee—C. H. Huguley and J. W. Corley. Sanitary Committee—C. R. Strom and C. K. Epting. Street Committee—J. L. Jennings 1 and L. N. Brown. , Chief Police—B. D. Brown. j Attorney—<R. S. Owens. Mr. J. J. Dorn, who was re-elected to the Board of Public Works Com- m:ss : oners, began his second teim on the above date SPARTANBURG, April 9.—The Ku K1 ix Klan ; n South Oar") i.ia wn* advocate “an intelligent, equitable and comprehensive libe'. law, ade quately <(ef‘ning the Constitutional gi^ranty of the freedom of the press,” at the next session of the State legislature, according to an nouncement here Wednesday by Al bert E. Hill, grand dragon and gen eral counsel for the organization in South Carolina. This move is a part of the Klan’s program of undertak'r.gs for 1928 which was adopted at recent meet ings in Spartanburg, Orangeburg and Florence. When the matter was presented by Mr. Hill td representa tives of every South Carolina Klan at the district meetings, he said, it was received with enthusiasm. This is the f r rst time any part of the H an program has been made public by Mr. Hill. “The peoples ” he declared, “are concerned with the question whether the press that serves them shall be free, and uncontrolled, or shall be- ecme a commercial and intimidated cieature afraid to raise a voice. The liberty of the press is the highest safeguard to a free and uncontrolled democracy, fre'm the intimidations of individuals and organized minor ities.” If properly drawn and divested of objULtionat/ e features, a statewide libel law will receive the hearty sup- poit of the Ku Klux Klan, the grand dragon assured. “In promoting this legislation,” Mr. Hill said, “We do not feel that we are the advocates. of newspaper publications, but that we are claim ing for ourselves, ind : vidually and as an organization, the right and priv ilege of having communicated to us through an untrammeled and fear less press, wholesome information concerning matters of vital interest. We j would not yield our support to fostering any movement cr institu tion that is unworthy. The citizens of this state are entitled to the ben efit of a press that is not to be em barrassed by the consciousness that an honest and fearless statement of existing facts and circumstances will subject it to suits for libel when it, has not tiansgressed the limits of justice, fail ness and propriety.” m- Enviable Record Made By Rheney He Started Out To Be, A Far mer But He Couldnt Stay Away From The Railroad Is Accorded High ' Honor 5 Are Bonded On A Liquor Charge McCormick Counjty Citizens Accused Of Making Liquor Five McCormick County citizens, two white and three colored, have been bound over to Federal Court by the local United States commissioner on a charge of making whiskey, the bonds in each case being fixed at $1,- 000. The men are Henry McKinney * and Frank Hodges, white, and Rus- > sell Freeman, William Anderson and ^ James Belcher, negrdes. The arrests were made near Bor- ' deaux by Federal Officers Arnold and Tolbert and it is alleged that the five were in the act of making liquor when the officers arrived. The still was destroyed and five gallons of whiskey were seized.—Greenwood Index-Journal of Sunday. X Cold water is “first aid” to egg stains. Mr. W. E. Rheney was bern in Jef ferson County, Georgia, on January 17, 1859. Worked on a farm until he was 21 years old. Started to work September 1, 1881 in the shops in Port Royal under J. H. Milton, M. C. B. woiked there until 1882 Then worked under Mr. George Riley M. M. unt l April, 1883. Fired for two years and was promoted to switch- engineer in the yard at Port Royal. Was promoted to main line Decem ber 1886. Engineer Rheney was initiated in to t he Brotherhood in February, 1887. W,eht to work for G. P. R. R Atlanta to Birmingham, in May, 1888 until March 1, 1889 Then with M. & N. G., Mar'etta, Ga., to Murphy. N. C. March, 1889 until September 1, 1890. Then returned to P. R. & A. (now the C. & W. C.) and has been here ever since. The Honorary Badge was present ed to Engineer Rheney on February 28, 1928, after forty years of con tinuous membership in the Brother hood. Mr. Rheney will go on a run out of Port Royal abdut May 1st, and Mr. McGahee, who now has that run, will come to the t \nderson Branch run held by Mr. Rheney a number of years. Mr. Rheney’s family will re main at their home in McCormick for the present. Developments In Postoffice Patronage Postmaster Genercd New Said To Be Taking Notice Of Traffci In Federal Jobs WASHINGTON, April 6.—Senator George, Democrat. Georgia, : s pre paring a resolution for an investiga tion of the patronage traffice in his and other S mtln m states. If La- senate votes for the proposition he will present evidence of instances in which pr'ces have been put on jobs. Representative Stevenson, of South Carolina, has a number of flagrant cases in his district and is ready to testify. He gave no names or details. Mr. George and his colleague, Sen ator Harris, are receiving many com- municat : ons urging them to demand a thorough inquiry into reports from Georgia that the Republican national committeeman, Ben Davis, a negro leader, is disposing of jobs to the highest bidder. Dur ng the last congress this pat ronage question came up but the re quest for an investigation failed. A resolution for an inquiry was defeat ed by an amendment to include pro vision for an investigation of the elections of senators in Southern states where the negro is “disfran chised.” Southern Democrats who were enthusiastic for the probe in pat’enage irregularities were oppos ed to the plan to “meddle” in elec tions. Senator George will not make pub lic specific instances un£il an investi gation is ordered, and then he will furnish witnesses and affidav ts. Two Florida postmasters were re moved from office today under charges that one had paid and the other was w iling to pay for a rec- omme’^datien for reappointment. They were Alvin L. Durrartce and Leslie Roberts of Frostproof and Avon Park, respectively. Pdstmaster General Newr, who ord ered their dismissal said in explana tion that he was advised Durrance had declared he paid $500 for a rec ommendation and that Roberts had expressed himself as not averse to buying his continuance in office. This announcement from the de partment came but a few days after the suicide of Postmaster Peterson of Douglas, Ga., and the discovery among his personal effects of letters asserting he had been forced to <con tribute heavily to Republican cam paign funds. The action of the pos^office de partment and the Douglas incident found leflecticrs today in both houses of congress. Senator Fletcher, Democrat, of Florida, announced after being told of the dismissal df Durrance and Roberts that he would support a senate investigation of federal pat ronage in the South. He said fur ther that he had asked the postoffice department some time ago to look into charges that patronage was be ing bought and sold and that today’s actidn, probably w r as an outgrowth of th's In the house a bill was introduced by Lankford, Democrat, Georgia, which would prohibit the acceptance of pay for political help in securing appointments or the acceptances of federal appointments by persons making political Jcontrbutions. A penalty of $500 fine or three years imprisonment would be imposed. Mr. New in announcing the dis missal of Durrance and Roberts de clared that the purchase of appoint ment recommendations would “not be tolerated” by the department. “No man” he said, “will be ap- po'nted who has paid for his endorse ment and any man will be summar ily dismissed if it develops that he bought his office.” Postmaster General New announc ed teday the appointment of Ruth Skipper and Horace G. Banks to the acting postmastership at Avon Park and Frostrool, Fla., respectively, re placing Alvin L. Durrance and Les- Te Roberts. The latter was removed yesterday, when New was told Dur- rarice had paid $500 for his recom mendation for reappointment and Roberts had stated he was willing to pay. I-X It has also been our observation that a lot of men who go to the dogs are usually willing to meet the the dogs half way. Thos. Dowtin Makes Good With Cotton Made Profit Of Eighty Four Cents An Hour For Time Given To Cotton Patch . Cotton Most Used Fibre Now Known To Man Thomas Dowtin made a profit of 84 cents for each hour spent on his cotton project which he carried on in conrection with h’s work in ag- ikulturc i n the High School. Tom had two acres which gave him a gross income of $227.5Q. To produce this amount his total experse was $62.80 counting labor, fertilizer and rent of land. Subtracting the cost from the income he has a r.et prof t of $164 70. He, spent 196 heurs in work o n the project and by dividing the net profit by that number, he has a net profit per hour of 84 cents. Thomas carried on this project in connection with his regular class work in agriculture. He also did creditable work in his other classes in the High School. He has been in the agricultural class for two years and has put into practice those things which he could apply to his farm. As a result he can claim the credit for making such a shewing as the above data shows. All th s is done in addition to his usual chores around the farm and icpresents what he did of his own accord. Thomas has selected cotton as his project this year and with the ex perience and training he has and his ability to work things out for h‘m- self has a good chance to make an other rdcord this year. He will be a credit to the community in which he lives if he can set an example as he did last year. —X 343 Pounds Butterfat Bought Last Saturday Bigger Output Expected With The Approach Of Spring And Fresh Grasses Receipts at the McCormick Cream Station last Saturday were 140 gal lons cream testing 343 pounds but terfat. The price paid was 42 cents per pound for butterfat, which net ted the farmers of the county $144.06. Receipts have picked up some for the past several weeks, and with the coming of grass it is expected that they will run ardund 500 pounds but terfat per week, or higher. Numbers of farmers are receiving nice weekly checks for cream from the station nov*. and this number should be increased. The cream sta tion is a permanent institution at McCormick, and no farmer need be afraid to build upon his da ry herd and count upon this as a market for his produce. It matters not what kind of a hole the farmers get into the dairy cow will pull them out every time if man aged right. Prosperity has always followed the dairy cow, and we-J mater j a j should lead some of it into McCor- m ck County. THOS. W. MORGAN, County Agent. -txr United States Has Two-Thirds Of World’s Supply NEW YORK, April 7.—“Cotton is the most important fibre known to man,” states George A. Sloan, sec retary of The Cotton-Textile Insti tute, Irtc., in announcing the results of an analysis of the qualities of cotton which has just been completed under the Institute’s direction. A re port of this study is published as a pamplet entitled “Qualit : es of Cot ton.” “In almost innumerable ways,” says Mr. Sloan, “cotton is the fabric of fashion and industry. “To Americans cotton is of im mense economic interest because the United States supplies upwards of two-thirds the world’s supply of cot ton each year. The production of the raw material, the manufacture and distribution of its myriad products provide the basis on which great American industries are established. The influence of this single agricul tural product d rectly and indirectly upon the growth and progress of the nation has been so extensive as to give it la: gc historical value. “We live in a world where cot toncontributes something useful from our infancy until old age and death. Throughout life we wear cotton in some form. We live in en vironments made artistically agree able by the use of cotton, we sleep in cottcn, we travel in cotton, we are sheltered from sun and stoim by cotton, we even eat the highly refin ed products of the dnee mysterious cotton seed.” In his summary Mr. Sloan points out that c otton has signified ad vantages by reason of its abundance, economy the great diversity of its usefulness, its cleanliness and great artiste qualities. It makes durable, comfortable fabiics which respond to a variety t<f special treatments and may be preserved for long periods without 'mpairment. “The world output of cotton,” the analysis continues, “is approximately five times that of wool; nine times that of flax; 60 times that of rayon. and 140 times that of silk. Abund ance is therefore partly responsible for the great divers’ty of uses. “There is probably no other fibre from which such a variety of pro ducts is made—cloth so fine as to be drawn through a finger ring, so attractive as to be suitable for ap parel and decorations, so heavy as td be used for sails, tents, awnings, bagging, and t : ies, sufficiently pro tective to be used as wall covering and serve as a base for plaster and paint, and strong enough for the cov ering of airplane wings. “Where scrupulous cleanliness is required in such hygenic fabrics as bandages, dressings, hospital un - forms etc., cotton is the standaid Mrs. Shrine Buried At Long Cane Funeral services for Mrs. Alma Elizabeth Shrine were conducted at Long Cane Icemeteiy this afternoon at 3 o’clock. The services were con ducted by Rev. James F. Bradley, pastor of Long Cane Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Shrine died at her home about two nrles from the city yesterday af ternoon at 4 o’clock. She was the daughter of Wade and Elizabeth Hall Ethridge and oiiginally came from the northern section of the county. Following her marriage to Mr. Char lie Shrine she made he r home in this sect ; cn and had been living at the Rkhie place about two miles below the c'ty for a number of years. Besides her husband, Mr< Chailie Shrine, Mrs. Shrine is survived by three children, Mrs. Louise Brown, of McCormick, Mrs. J. T. Whitten, Jr., of this city and Mr. George Shrine, of Plum Branch.—Abbeville Press and Banner and Medium of Monday. _ . j - ■ ■„ Eighty-two cents out of every dol lar we pay in federal taxes goes for war. That leaves 18 cents for Con gress to fight over. “Cotton fabrics are not only in herently clean but are also easily laundered. Spots are easily re stored to its original freshness in a way wdiich adds to its 'charm ard comfort for wealing apparel. “When first inti*oduced it was a luxury, and the old Indian cottons have never been surpassed in quality or beauty by any other textile. Skill ed craftsmen today are designing and producing fine cottons that have a distinct place as fabrics df fashion. “Cotton possesses h igh tenacity and is responsive to treatment wdiich gieatly enhances its resistarice to wear and strain. It is therefore use ful where strength is an important factor. “Fine cottons are so woven that the natural heat of the body may radiate freely, and the cooler tem peratures outside may leach the body. These are sheer and light, and therefore comUoiUabJe and hygenic. “It is also true that cotton can be woven into napped fabrics suitable for blankets and other warmth-giv ing articles. “Either in its raw or finished state cotton may be stored without serious harm from deterioration. It has a further advantage in that it is not >r M ' * to the ravages of moths. ^ ;.i may also be changed chemically w thout being destroyed. It can be rendered fireproof. It can be made waterproof and form a base Number 46 Interest Grows In The Cotton Contest Local Business Men And Firm* Contribute To Prizes For Best Yields A number of business men art® firms in McCormick County have au thorized the announcement of cash prizes for the farmers i n McCormieh County who, being entered in the State Five Acre Cottdn Contest, pro duce the highest yields of lint cot ton on their five acre fields in the county. These prizes are as follows: By J, W. Bracknell & Son and R. M. Winn, Plum Branch, $25.00 first prize and $15.00 second prize for the two h ; ghest yields of lint cotton pro duced on five acres in Plum Branch- Rehoboth, and Washington school districts. This includes all school dis tricts in McCormick County which are consolidated with these districts. By The Farmers Bank, The Peo ples Bank, and other bus : ness men oT McCormick, $35.00 first prize, $25.Of second prize, and $15.00 third prize for the three highest yields of lint cotton produced on five acres in Mc Cormick County. Farmers competing for these prizes must be regularly entered va the State Five Acre Cotton Contest, and must ab’de by the rules and reg ulations governing same. . x In addition to The Peoples arid Farmers Bank, others contributing t# the prize money for McCorniick County at large are as follow's: R. M. Winn, J. L. Bracknell. T. C. Faulkner, J. B. Blackwell, Thcs. W- Morgan, Stroms’ Drug Store, M. L. Gibert, W. G Huguley, Pipkin’s Drug Store, J. S. Strom, A. H. Faulknot, J. T. Faulkner, White Hardware Company, Patterson Clothing Com pany, McGrath Blethers. T. J. Britt Dr. C. K. Epting, Corley Brothers. R. S. Owens, Paul Brown, J. J. Dorn. W K Charles and the McCormc'k Mercantile Company These prizes are being offered be cause of the value of the State Five Acrfe Cotton Contest in encouraging the pi eduction of higher yields oT better staple cotton in McCormick County and throughout the state, and in distributing better planting seel among the cotton farmers. Bes des these county prizes, $2,00# is offered by the S. C. Cotton‘Manu facturers Association for the state' prizes. The first prize for the state is $600 and.the second is $300. Thei^ the state is divided into three dis tricts, upper, middle, and lower, arid a $300 first prze and a second prize of $100 is offered for each district. McCormick County is in the middle district. The only rules governing the State Contest are that the contestant plant a variety of cotton guaranteed to pu|l an inch staple under normal condit ions, and that he keep a record o* his labor and costs on h's five acros- The yields will be judged in the faH by the length of staple and number pounds of lint cotton produced on the five acre fields. This will be under the supervision of the county agent and a member of the Extension Ser vice. Varieties recommended to be it planted in the contest are: Cleveland 5, Cokers Extra Cleveland, Cleveland 884; Neely’s Ped’greed Cleveland Deltatype Webber and Acala. Anyone having five acres in one field should enter the five acre con test and boost cotton production m MfcCormick County. The 192 con testants produced an average of 60§ pounds lint cotton per acre at a cost of 7.9 cents per pou.-d. while at the same time, the state average produc tion for 1926 was 180 pounds lint cotton produced at a cost of 17 cents pound. If you are interested in entering the contest get in touch at once with Thos. W. Morgan, County Agent. Ap plications must be in by May 1. t\t Cheese should be kept covered m a cold place. for waterproofing fabrics. It sesses an excellent affinity for dye» and coloring matter. “By its lavish bounty nature has destined cotton for a large role im the everyday life and commerce of /the world. In its centures of useful ness it has influenced not o Viy a rn- [ culture, industry, and commerce bufe ' also the arts, the social and political life of the world.”