McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, April 26, 1928, Image 2
lay, April 26, 1928
McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, South Carolina.
Page Number Two
(From the Herald Tribune Washing
ton Bureau.)*
C. & W. C. Names
Officers Of Road
Annual Meeting Of Stockhold
ers Held At Charleston—
Grier Makes Report
——— w
CHARLESTON, April 19.—Elec
tion of c<ff : cers of the Charleston &
Western Carolina railway was held
at the annual meeting of stockhold
ers and officers here today. Divi
dends of 6 per cent were declared.
F. Barron Grier, president of the
road, made his report which was ac
cepted. He had no statement to make
regarding future plans for the com-
WASHINGTON. — If Congress
passes the farm relief bill in the
form expected and President Cool-
idge si&ns it, these acts can bring
-About one of those poltical turns of
fate which may make Frank O. Low-
den, former Governor of Illinois, the
next President of the United States,
observing polticians here said today.
Mr. Lowden’s weakness, apparent
ly, is not developing. The Illinoisan
has shown remarkable strength in re
cent Republican contests in several
states and now has more delegates
pledged than Secretary Hoover.
The farm relief bill will cdme be
fore the Houes probably next week
and is expected to be reported out
without much difficulty. Its passage
by the Senate also is probable. The
measure is now in such form, it is
learned, that it eliminates most of
the points to which President Cool-
idge objected when he vetoed the
original h&Nary-Haugen bill. The
equalization fee is all that remains
pn which the President might again
exercise the executive veto power,
and there is promise that a com
promise may be reached making the
new farm measure acceptable at the
White frouse.
Big Lowden Impetus Seen
If the Pres'dent signs a bill giv
ing relief to the farmer, i n the opin
ion of politicians here—anti-Lowden
men, as well as the Governor's sup
porters—the impetus given the Low
den pre-convention campaign will be
tremendous. Mr. Lowden, they say
will loom-as a safe candidate for the
Republican party and the logical
man to administer one of the most
important pieces of legislation, polit
ically speaking, the country has
known for years. Not only that, but
it is said, he will appear in the role
of the friend of agriculture, and at
the same time a figure not unac
ceptable to Wall Street. Thus the
East and the West are joined, say
observers.
It was pointed out that while Mr.
Lowden’s campaign is making strdes,
the boom which flourished for Mr.
Hoover for many weeks has percepti
bly slackened.
Lowden To Gain Most By Law.
The chances of former Governor
Lowden, it is said in many quarters,
must already be reckoned as equal
with thebe of Mr. Hoover, for the
nomination and if the pending farm
relief bill becomes" law Mr. Lowden’s
chances must be reckoned as better.
The claim that if nominated for
mer Governor Lowden would win 322
electoral votes in the national elec
tion, against 209 for Governor Smith
—assuming the latter is the Demo
cratic nominee—was made by friends
of the Illinois candidate in Congress.
Figures analyzing the probable elec
toral vote by states are offered to
support the claim. A majority, or
266 electoral votes, is necessary to
election.
Sm th Victory Over Hoover.
At the same time the Lowden sup- .
porters say Mr. Hoover can win only
204 electoral votes against Smith’s
827.
A table of figures sent to every
member of Congress, gives all the
electoral votes in New York, Massa
chusetts, New Jersey, Connecticut
and Rhode Island to Gcvernor Smith
against Lowden. The Illinoisan is
credited notably with the total elec
toral vote of California, Illinois, In
diana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Mich
igan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Missouri, Tennessee and Wisconsin.
Lowden Can Win Without East.
Although the figures are compiled
with an evident liberality for the
Illinois candidate, their purport is
that Lowden would be able to give
Smith all the electoral votes of New
York, Massachusetts, Connecticut,
New Jersey and Rhode Island—a to
tal of seventy-eight—and still be
elected President.
The table gives the following elec-
tc-rial votes to Governor Smith: Ala
bama 12, Ar zona 3, Arkansas 9, Con-
necticutt 7, Florida 6, Georgia 14,
Louisana 10, Massachusetts 18, M*!s-
sissippi 10, New Jersey 14, New
Mexico 2, New York 46, North Caro
lina 12, Rhode Island 5, South Caro
lina 9, Texas 20, and Virginia 12.
Total 209.
Aga'nst this line up it :s said that
Lowden would have the following:
California 13, Colorado 6, Delaware
pany.
George B. Elliott, newly-elected
president of the Atlant’c Coast Line
attended the meeting. Except for the
filling of vacancies caused by the
death of the late J. R. Kenly, no
changes were made in the list of offi
cers.
Election of officers was as fol
lows: F. B. Grier, president. A. W.
Andersen, vice-president; H. Walters,
Lyman Delano, George B. EH : ott,
Avery Patten, C. H. Phinizy, Wu S.
Montgomery, J. A. Brock, A. F. Mc-
Kissick, W. I. Johns, directors; E. B.
Grier, general solicitor; R. D. Cron-
ley, secretary; G. L. Mitchell, as
sistant secretary; J. J. Nelligan, as
sistant secretary; J. T. Reid, treas
urer; W. C. Yarborough, assistant
treasurer; J. B. Kirby, assistant
treasurer; A. W. Anderson, general
manager; R. A. Brand, freight traffic
manager; W. J. Craig, passenger
traffic manager; W. D. McCaig, gen
eral auditor. Members of the execu
tive committee are: G. B. Elliott,
chairman; H. Walters and Lyman
Delano.
John Wfilson df Sumter was elect
ed president of the Northwestern
Railroad Company of South Carolina
and G. B. Eli ott vice-president. Di
rectors are: John Wilson, G. B. El
liot, C. J. Shannon, Jr., Lyman Del
ano and R. D. Cronly, R. D. Cronly
is secretary; J. T. Reid, treasurer;
John Wilson, auditor; W. D. McCaig,
assistant auditor; W. C. Yarborough,
assistant treasurer; G. L. Mitchell,
assistant secretary.
Officers of the South Carolina Pa-
c’fic Railway company elected were:.
G. B. Elliott, president; Lyman Del
ano, vice-presidentS; P. D. Cronly, sec-
eetary; G. L. Mitchell assistant sec
retary; John T. Reid, treasurer; W.
D. McCaig,' aoditor.
ON THE WAY
TO SAFETY
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Let this agency protect your
interests.
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Insurance Agency
PHONE NO. 66
McCormick, S. C.
3, Idaho 4, Illinois 29, Indiana 15,
Iowa 13, Kansas 10, Kentucky 13,
Maine 6, Maryland 8, Michigan 15,
Minnesota 12, Missouri 18, Montana
4, Nebraska 8, Nevada 3, New Hamp
shire 4, North Dakota 5, Ohio 24,
Oklahoma 10, Oregon 5, Pennsylvan'a
38, South Dakota 5, Tennessee 12,
Utah 4, Vermont 4, Washington 7,
West Virginia 8, Wisconsin 13, and
Wyoming 3. Total 322.
110 Votes Less To Hoover Listed.
States in which Smith might win
against Hoover and not aga nst Low
den are listed as Illionois 29, elec
toral votes; Indiana 15; Maryland
8; Missouri 18; Montana 4; Nebras
ka 8; South Dakota 5; Oklahotaia 10,
and Wisconsin 13; a total of 110 said
to be the difference of sure votes for
Lowden and sure for Hoover.
Many Americans Have
Known What It Means
To Save The Pennies
(By S. W. Straus, President
American Society for Thrift..)
“He was compelled to go to work
when nine years old. His first job
was in a pottery works where he
had to endure a daily roasting before
a furnace. For th s he was paid 50
cents a day. Later he earned 90
cents a day. He left this place to
become bell-boy in a hotel in a near
by city.”
This paragraph appeared recently
in the obituary of a man who for a
number of years had been the pre
dominating personality and execu
tive head of one of the world’s great
est hotel syndicates.
It is not necessary to embellish the
story of E. M. Statler with the
statement that he early learned the
value of thrift, for, without this ad
vantage, he never could have risen
from such an inauspicious beginning
to become the head c»f a gigantic
business organization.
Speak'ng from the standpoint of a
business career no man can succeed
who has not served an apprenticeship
in thrift and learned to carry it into
every transaction in which he is en
gaged.
There are thousands of successful
men in business and in other walks
of l : fe whose rise from an humble
beginning has been due to the fact
that they at one time knew how to
scrimp and save the pennies.
Frank W- Woolwcrth began life as
a clerk in a store in Watertown,
N. Y. Gyrus H. Curtis, Philadel
phia publisher, started his career as
a newsboy. E. H. Harriman, earned
h s first money as a clerk in a brok
er’s office. Andrew Carnegie began
as a bobbin boy in a Pennsylvania
♦cottcfa mill. Charles M. Schwab was
a clerk in a small store and later
became stake driver for an engineer
ing corps. John Wanamaker began
his career as an errand boy. James
J. Hill clerked in a steamship off'ce.
Henry Ford was originally a De
troit machinist. Thomas Edison be
gan selling newspapers on trains
running out of the same city when
twelve years old.
Learning to save penn : es in the
face cf great hardships makes it
possible later to save nickels, dimes
and dollars.
Thrift’s gift to any man is not so
much the golden treasure of a bank
balance as it is the golden treasure
of a sturdy will and sound character.
XXI
Household Hints
Wise’n Otherwise
Melt a few marshmallows over
candied potatoes.
Peanut butter and cream cheese
form a good spread between crack
ers.
Add shredded lettuce td peanut,
butter sandwiches.
Cream cheese, maraschino cherries
and chopped walnuts blended togeth
er make a delicious sandwich filling
for a luncheom.
Serve a lemon sauce with pineap-
if.e fritters.
An excellent dish to serve with
fried chicken: Drain noodles when
cooked,, and mix with one-half cup
of coaise bread crumbs fried in but
ter.
Next time you serve smelts, try
broiling them instead of frying them.
They are delicious.
The flowerets of cauliflower sea
soned with salt, pepper and a little
vinegar and served with . a white
mayonnaise, make a good salad.
If you find it difficult to open
your fruit jars, just turn the upper
end into boiling hot water for a few
minutes and you will find that they
will open easily.
Pare small potatoes rr ^ place
them in the roasting pan v '.h the
meat about one-half hour 1> jre the
meat has finished roasting.
Clear soup thickened w'.th sago
makes a pleasant change.
To prepare spinach fo cooking,
shake off the dirt cut off 'he roots
and spe/iled leaves, put into the pan,
cover with water, sprinkle with salt.
Let stand until time to co >k. Add
warm water. Souse spinach up and
down in the water until free from
all dirt.
Fill the water-bag only half ful*
and then press Cui ail aii lx for
screwing on the top. The bag will
stay hot much longer, and will be
much (lighter for the patient to
handle. It is wise, also, to fill the
New System Of Col-
lecting Daily Weath
er Observations
An entirely new f— J --m of collect
ing and forward ng t-'’phi'
\vea 4V ter observations ha^ been "d
'-.■ot'V by the Weather Bureab o'* t’’
Un'tcd Stctes Department of Agr
culture. It will afford a much mor'
'■n’d and fVriblo means of d s cm
inating weather reports than th 0 g
circu t system which it supersedes
'"peed and flex bility are especiall
necessary : n view of the exnandin
interests of aviation, both commer
cial and military. The new syste-
does away entirely with the ciibuits
which tied up certain wires com
pletely, and regular commercial wires
are used.
The circuit system, which has
been in use since 1870, was an ar
rangement whereby the Western
Union Telegraph Company reserved
certain of its lines for the exclusive
sending of coded weather reports at
8 a. m. and 8 p. m. To receive and
transmit reports from the 200 regu
lar weather stations throughout the
country by this system some 15,000
miles of telegraph wire were with
drawn from commercial use for near
ly three hours each day. Observa
tions became available to the public
in from one to two hours later. Wher
it became evident that it was neces
sary for fl'ers to get reports on up
per-air conditions at an earlier hour,
conferences were held to discuss the
feasibility of shifting the time for
taking and sending observations. It
was found that the inflexibility of
the circuit system was amebig the
various difficulties to be overcome
before the needs of aviation could be
met in a satisfactory way. Many
other interests were also eager to get
weather information more directly
and earl'er in the day or the evening.
The new system, devised by an
engineer of the telegrpah comphny
has many advantages c^ver the old
plan. Regular morning and evening
observations from every station au
thorized to telegraph reports are
sert to two main collecting stations.
Chicago and New York. A special
organization is provided by the tele
graph company to receive the reports
as they come in and redistribute
them, by a system of rapid duplica
tion, to such local statiohs as have
requested them. Since regular com
mercial wires are used, there are
more channels for service ava’lable
in case of wire interruption by storms
or other causes. Each Weather Bu
reau office can be furnished with
the reports best adapted to local re
quirements withdut the necessity for
adujstments to the needs of other
stations. W)hen other facilit : es are
increased for taking earlier observa
tions in the day, changes in the
distribution time can be made with
out upsetting the system. Account
ing will be simplified since the new
contract provides for a fixed rate
per code word regardless cf the dist
ance messages are transmitted or re
distributed. All telegraphic weather
reports are made in code to avoid
errors and reduce expense.
To illustrate how the . system
works: Take Abilene, Texas, which
heads the list of stations. The re
port from this station goes to 140
other stations.
There are 140 blanks, already ad
dressed, in the Abilene pigeonhole at
the Chicago collection center. As
soon as the report is rece'ved from
Abilene, it is passed, with these
blanks, to duplicators who make a
stencil of the coded words and print
them on the blanks. Operators of
the wires connecting the Chicago of
fice with the points of dest : nation
dispatch the messages as indicated
on the blanks. Within 6 minutes of
the time a report is received in Chi
cago the necessary dupl : cations have
been made and the messages have
been duplicated to all pofnts of de
livery. Ten or more duplicators and
a group of sorters and messengers
are trained for and exclusively en
gaged on the work. Reports from
nearly 200 stations can be handled at
the centers in 35 minutes. In some
instances the original observation
may go both to Chicago and New
York. The Weather Bureau has no
concern, however, w'th the details
of collecting or relaying messages,
since the arrangements with the
telegraph company are on the fixed
rate per delivered word, and rapidity
of delivery is the chief considera
tion.
bag with hot water, pour that out,
and refill w'th more boiling water.
The first water takes away the chill
of the bag. and the second supply
cf water will stay hot much longer.
New kid gloves are not likely to
split when first worn, if they are
between the folds cf a damp
(not wet) towel for an hour or two
before they are worn. The damp
ness settles the proves and allows
them to stretch more readily.
SERVICE
We are prepared to render, on short notice and at
very moderate prices, up-to-date undertaking service
in or out of town and county. Embalming on short
notice and at reasonable price.
Free ambulance service in town or county. Call
or see G. P. or G. H. McCain or J. B. Smith
ariraiN
Undertaker, McCormick, S. C.
PHONE NO. 77.
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one of these outfits and prepare your
land thoroughly and quickly, and
thereby save time and money in get
ting your crops planted.
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McCormick, S. C.
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burdens and put your premises in first class shape.
We have a complete line of varnishes, paints, etc.,
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your most urgent requirements. If you want the
best, we have it.
The great variety of our merchandise will enable
you to buy almost everything needed in the annual
renovation of you r home and premises.
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Main Street McCormick, S. C.
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don't have to go <in y other place than the
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- McCormick, S. C.
—ff'e Also Serve Regular Dinners