McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, May 10, 1928, Image 4
Thursday, May 10, 1928
McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, South Carolina.
Wf, i Of gasoline and motor vehicle
flliCijv/ii.uflWjl* , taxes and other sources of revonuo
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it is practically certain that the ( trial expansion within the first four
funds available to all State highway months of the year is entirely satis-
departments for construction and factory. New plants have been add-
maintenance of roads and bridges ed and enlargements are under way. 1
will exceed $750,000,000, and local The development is also reflected in
revenues, expendable by county and lines allied with the textile industry,
local authorities, will swell the high
ways total to upwards of $1,300,000,-
000.
Details are not available concern
ing the work to be done by county
and local authorities. It is antici- 1
New Slant Given
On The Used Car
POLITICAL
CARDS
FOR SHEFIFF
I respectfully announce myself a
candidate for Sheriff of McCormick
County, subject to the rules and reg-
pated that the year’s work under the Mr. Grant Points Out That ulations of the DemocraUc Primary
State supervision will result in the Used Car Is Growing In election.
construction of nearly 9,000 miles of !
hard-surfaced pavements, upwards of
12,000 miles of less expensive sur- ! ;
faced roads, and 8,000 miles of road’ DETROIT, Mich., May 7.—An en-
Importance
I shall highly appreciate the sup
port of the people.
W. T. STROM.
adequately graded and drained.
X
DAVID R. COKER
(Anderson Dally Mail.)
FOR SHERIFF
Positions given
extra charge.
at ONE-THIRD
tirely new slant on the used car,
elevating it to its rightful place in
the industry, was taken here by R.
H. Grant, vice-president in charge of I hereby announce my candidacy
sales of the Chevrolet Motor Com- for re-electicn as Sheriff of McCor-
pany, in an interview just prior to mick County, subject to the rules of
sailing for a month’s trip to Europe, the Democratic party.
As evidence of the growing im-1 M. R. LeROY.
portance of the used car, Mr. Grant
POLITICAL
CARDS
FOR SENATE
Graves Announces
For Re-election
'g
“On-' man who will net ^profit by
the misfortunes of his fcllcxv men.” , ^ ^ ^ -r-w
This was said of David R. Coker. P°' nted out that durinK u ^ fl ^ j FOR SUPERVISOR
,'he well known Hartsville. S. C., < l uarte r 1928 - when thc Chevrolet
j fanner. For years Mr. Coker has dealer organization was moving 250,-
| devoted himself to cotton farming ' 000 * ew cars > * also was delivering
Corm.ck, S. C., as mail matter of He has been vcry success f u l and he at l ' e ' ai l ni - ore than 200,000 used cars.
has accomplished a great deal in the
Entered at the Post Office at Me
ttle second class.
fUBSCRIPTION RATES:
~ Strictly Cash In Advance —
One Year $1.00
Six Months .75
Three Months .50
—- ■ - ■■ 9 ■?- ■
One Day All The Year
We are coming again to the ob-
use cf pure soed is essential, if the
cotton farmer is to realize a maxi
mum profit from his efforts. Mr.
Coker has done much to broadcast
this idea throughout South Carolina
and many other states of the cotton
belt, and in this way he has made
a worthwhile contribution.
But Mr. Coker has other ideas, and
^ . one of them appears to be that the
servance or Mothers Day when our, -n . • > i • j i
., ., , ... . Golden Rule m one’s business deal-
thoughts turn more especially to the • , , ,, • • .
w ing , s with one » s f e n 0Ws is just as im-
This was made possible by a
development "of ~cottN"seedl~' It has | changing attitued toward the u-ed
long been Mr. Coker’s idea that thc| car on thc P art af •>»«> ‘he automo-
bile dealer and the public, Mr. Grant
I hereby announce my candidacy
for re-e’.ecticn as Stat- Senator f:on
McCormick County, subject to the
rules and regulations of the Demo
cratic primary. I shall highly ap
preciate your suffrage.
F. C. ROBINSON.
For Clerk Of Court »
_ _ j w. O. Graves, Jr., is today an-
I hereby announce my candidacy aoun(dn £ candidacy for re-elec-
for re-election as Clerk of Court for t 0 on as . S «Penisor of McCormick
McCormick County, subject to the ^ ount y ln the Primary election in
W. O. Graves, Jr.. Again To
Seek Office Of County Sup
ervisor; Asks Re-election
On His Past Record
Since Assuniinj
Office
rules of the Democratic party.
J. ARCH TALBERT.
FOR MAGISTRATE
one whom, of all living human be
ings, we ewe the most—the one
whore love is never failing and who
pertant, as the every day rules of
business and farming. The story is
told by a well known Andersonian of
I hereby announce my candidacy
fev Supervisor of McCormick Coun
ty, subject to the rules and regula
tions of the Democratic primary. I
felicit the suffrage of the voters on
my mcr'ts and the faithful promise
tc execute the duties cf said office
fairly ar.d economically, if elected.
I shall highly appreciate your sup-
pert.
W. M. McCUE.
never knew tej great a sacrifice, • -j . i
when the happiness and welfare of
her children are concerned.
Mothers’ Day is observed on the
second Sunday in May, this year fall
ing on the thirteenth, when everyone
who, w$pts to do hoihage to mother-
hcod will wear a bright flower for
the mother living*; a white flower
fpr the mother dead. The carnation
is fayored over all flowers.
Mothers’ Day was originated by
Miss Anna Jarvis of- Philadelphia,
Who founded the Mothers’ Day In
ternational Association; and the six-
ty-thjrd congress passed a resolution
fixing the second Sunday in .Mhy
Mothers’ Day and making it the
duty of the president to proclaim it.
The late President Wtil-on issued
the first Mothers’ Day proclamation
in 1-914. States also, have given rec
ognition to the day. In 1913 Ne
braska designated Mothers’ Day as a
state.flag day; in the same year
Pennsylvania made Mothers’ Day a
state holiday and rince 1912 gover
nors of Texas have annually pardon-
which somehow makes David R Cok
er stand out prominently among his
fellows.
v In the eastern portion of the state
at this time a deplorable condition
exists,; $s far as the fanners are
concerned, according to this Ander-
ronian. The weather conditions have
been very unfavorable to the cotton
crop, and almost without exception
the farmers in that region have found
it necessary to plant their 1928 crop
of cotton a second time. And when
this was found rccessary, they were
faced with a grave problem. The
scarcity of seed with which to re
plant the crop has resulted in the
present situation. Few seed were
available. The price of seed began to
soar, and indications were that re
planting would be a rather expensive
proposition for the average farmer.
The price of the seed in the barns
of David R. Coker did not increase,
however. Instead Mr. Coker reduced
the price from $2.25 per bushel to
. , - . . „ . &2 per bushel, when he realized that
ed deserving inmates of prisons on . ’ , . , ... . ,
nr ^ . t-U the farmers of his locality faced a
Mothers’ Day. 1
The original idea of Mothers’ Day
embraced the simultaneous observ
ance in every part of the world of
the day as an acknowledgement ofj
„ ,1 dor similar circumstances,
the love and reverence all men and
women owe to their mothers. :x:
serious problem.
Mr. Coker’s act was a big and
generous one. We wonder how many
others would have done the same un-
In addition, to the wearing of flow-| t i 4. ,* 1
r as tribute to their mothers, those, -lllClUStl. Icll
Development
•fan
whose mothers are living, but from!
whom they are separated, are urged
by the promoters of the observance J
to visit or write them upon Mothers’
Day.
Though we stress the second Sun
(Spartanburg Herald.)
Fifty-five
day in May as Mothers’ Day, it real- , ,
1 been established m Piedmont
industrial plants have
Caro-
ly rtiould be every day in the year,
for it is a background in every, llna . w!thm ,he last slx mon hs ' a V
heart. The love felt by a mother ‘ i ol . din e ‘o » made b >’ ‘ h *
for 1 er children and by her children
for her are things apart. They are
proved by service and sacrifice, not
by words. They need no special em
phasis.
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An Enormous
| Road Program
: Duke Power interests and announced
last week.
The Duke interests’ survey showed
that the new textile manufacturing
plants a re listed in 12 classes, which
is a diversity in that industry about
as great as in the diversity in the
development of general industry in
Piedmont Carolina. This survey in
cluded only the towns served by the
Southern Public Utilities company,
and the statement was made that
In keeping with the increased « :t may be assumed that the devel-
nurnber of motor vehicles, road con- oprmjn t j n these cities probably was
struction throughout the United more rapid than in the average
States promises this year to be on Piedmont town because they have
an even larger plan than ever before b enefitted probably in a larger
and a survey of all states reveals a measure from the industrial and
ccnstruction program for this year to advertising campaign which has been
include 20,000 miles of surfaced conducted by the Duke interests dur-
roado and about 8,000 miles of grad- i nR the past 14 months.”
ed and drained highways. Definite improvement in general
FOR SUPERVISOR
I hereby announce my candidacy
for re-election as Supervisor of Mc
Cormick County, subject to the rules
and regulations of the Democratic
primary. Your support shall be
highly appreciated.
W. O. GRAVES, JR.
FOR SUPERVISOR
I hereby announce my candidacy
for. Supervisor of McCormick County,
subject to the rules and regulations
of the Democratic primary. I prom
ise, if elected, to render honest and
efficient service and give due con
sideration to the needs and require
ments of each section of the county.
Your support shall be highly appre
ciated.
/
G. H. McCAIN.
FOR SUPERVISOR
said.
“Where the automobile dealer for
merly paid little attention to the
used car,” Mr. Grant declared, -“the
proportion of used car tc new car
sales has mounted so high that
used cars are now an important part
of his business. Today, practically
all the direct dealers in the Chevro
let organization have Ducoing equip
ment with which they refinish used
cars in a manner similar to the
factory. Cars arc gone over from
head light to tail lamp by skilled
mechanics trained in approved fac
tory methods. The reconditioned cars
bear an ‘O. K. Tag’ showing that
every vital part has been checked
They arc then displayed attractively,
and lenient time payments are made
available to the purchaser.
“The public owes directly to the
used car the wide range of prices at
which transportation may be pur
chased, and the wide variety cf mod
els from which selection may be
made. If there were no such thing
as a trade-in price, the owner of an
automobile, instead of turning it in
on a new model, would drive it him
self until its usefulness was spent,
just as he now uses his furniture or
his farm or garden implements.
There would consequently be no used
car mart for the man who’ wants to
buy a car at less than a new car
cost. Millions of present motorists
who were attracted by used car
prices would not now own automo
biles if there had been no used car
market.
“Every good automobile today is
built with many years of service in
it. The original purchaser general
ly turns it in on a new model after
he has driven it a few years. There
remains in the car many miles of de
pendable service which is available
to the man who needs transportation
on the basis of a low first cost.
“Of some 25,000,000 passenger
cars new registered in the United
States, it is estimated that approxi
mately sixty per cent are in the
hards cf their second or third own
ers. In other words fifteen million
motorists are now riding in cars that
wore purchased on resale.
-“Eliminate the used car from the
market, and a good share of those
fifteen million people would be de
nied the privilege of owning a car.
And most of the remaining ten mill
ion motorists would be driving cars
that do not measure up to their ideas
of k.tyle simply because they would
i ot be able to get a trade-in allow
ance, and would refuse to scrap
their cars with unused value re
maining in them.
“The result would have been a
great many less new car sales with
in the past twenty years, and most
of the twenty-five million present . .
motorists would have either no car l^OUllty^ V ^0111111188101101*
at all or a car that fell short of their,
August. I am asking the people of
the county to re-elect me upon my
record since I took over thc office. In
making the announcement I wish to
make the following statement:
I was elected County Supervisor
I hereby respectfully announce my for McCormick County in March,
candidacy for the office of Magis-| 1923, for the unexpired term cf Mr.
tratc rf McCormick County, subject J. h. Lycn, and again elected in Au
to thc rules of the democratic party. g US t, 192<, for a full term of four
I shall highly appreciate the sup- years. I have served as County Sup
port of the people. ervisor for about five years, and dur-
H. C. WALKER. ing that time I feel that I have done
a gicut deal toward improving the
roads and bridges in every section of
the County. McCormick County prob
ably has more bridges and streams
than any ether county in the State
according to size, and the roads are
hard to maintain on account of the
number of streams, the hills in every
section and the rough nature of the
soil. In spite of this, our roads and
bridges are i n better shape now than
they have ever been.
FOR MAGISTRATE
At the request of my many friends
I hereby announce myself a‘s a can
didate for magistrate of McCormick
County in the coming election, sub
ject to the rules and regulations of
the Democratic party. I sincerely
thank my many friends and the vot
ers who know me best fcfr their loy
alty to me in the past, also for their
promised support of me in the fol
lowing election.
R. L. BODDIE.
FOR MAGISTRATE
I hereby respectfully announce my
candidacy for Supervisor of McCor
mick County, subject to the rules
and regulations of the Democratic
primary. I shall greatly appreciate
the suffrage of the voters.
T. A. DOWTIN.
For Supt. Education
I hereby announce my candidacy
for the office of Superintendent of
Education of McCormick County, sub
ject to the rules r.nd regulations of
the Democratic party.
W. H. PARKS.
I hereby respectfully announce my
candidacy for the office of Magis
trate of McCormick County, subject
to the rules and regulations of the
Democratic party. Your support
shall be highly appreciated.
J. P. BRUNSON.
WANT ADVS.
WF PAY—dozen, sewing
buiTgalow aprons at
home. Spare tilde. Thread furnish
ed. No button holes. Send Stamp.
CEDAR GARMENT FACTORY,
Amsterdam, New York. 1 tpo.
FOR SALE 7
Bushels Whip-
porwill Peas at
§1.75 per bushel. Raymond Clink-
scales, Willington, S. C. 1 tpo.
SUPT. EDUCATION
|7Ap CAT I?—S* x Room Dwelling
rUli oALEj on ]ot j 00x 2oo feet;
lights and good well. Mrs. Essie B.
Herr.len, McCormick, S. C. 2t.
PAINTM1— First Class Pair ‘ tin g
1 milllllU at reasonable p r i C es;
work completed before pay; best of
I hereby announce myself a candi- recommendations furnished from sat-
date for Superintendent cf Education * s ^ ed customeis; 24 yeais experi
of McCormick County, subject to the
rules and regulations of the Demo
cratic party.
R. G. KILLINGSWORTH.
Counxv Commissioner
I hereby announce my candidacy
for County Commissioner of McCor
mick County, subject to the rules
and regulations of the Democratic
primary. If elected, I promise to
execute the duties c‘f said office as
fairly and economically as possible.
J. H BANKS.
present taste for style, durability and j hereby respectfully announce my! m i c j i 5 q
performance. I candidacy for re-election to the of- J
"Our dealers know that the used fj ce o: f County Commissioner of Me- 1 .
car buyer of today is the new car C ormick County, subject to the rules WANTED _Ml Ch C ° WS B - 1 have given the people of
buyer of tomorrow. They are anx- ; a nd regulations of the Democratic Cattle. J. L. Smith, ^ y £ b 0 best roads and bri
iou? to satisfy him because it means p r j mary> j shall again greatly ap-
m r ^ future business. By reason of the, prec i a t e the support of the voters in
The State reports also indicate conditions involving tne textile man-j unpiecedented demand for the Blg "ithe race for this office
s, a fact which basis b the textile industry of this| thafc represent better values,
aveling public a territory is anticipated generally.: “There is every indication that
C. C. MORGAN.
For Congress
our I am a candidate for re-election
that at Uast 240,000 miles <rf the to- ufacturing industry apparently . U grer and Bett ® r Chevrolet, our deal
tal of 288,000 in the State highway expected in manv well-informed I ers have a better variety of used
systems will be maintained this year quarters in the Piedmont sectin .' cars lhan e . ver before—cars that are
under the supervision of the State Continued expansion o n a scui u | better serviced, better finished and
highway departments
should insure the travel _ _
degree of road service. despite the difficulties experienced j used car tu rnover tbis year will es-j to Congress from the Third District,
Fur.Js estimated as available for by t be industry in recent months,! tabbsb a new b *Kh record even sub j e ct to the rules of the Democratic
expenditure during the year by the during which varying schedules of botb our new and used car , Party.
Side highway departments are about curtailment have been in effect.
25 per cent greater in total amount Construction records show that, even
than rimi’ar estimates indicated at with curtailment in cotton mill op-
the beginning of last season. Al- erations in force, there has been no
though ii is not possible, so early in important reduction in the rate of
the seasm, to anticipate closely the new building in this industry in
sales are bigger than ever before
during this season of the year.”
txt
FRED H. DOMINICK.
During the last few years, times
have been hard in McCormick Coun
ty, and the money available for keep
ing up the roads and bridges has
been reduced considerably. In 1925
and 1926 the appropriation for roads
and bridges was $20,000.00 each
year, and in 1927 and 1928 the ap
propriation was $18,000.00. Prior tCf
the time I assumed the office the
appropriations for roads' and bridges
in the county w’ere much higher and
larger than ihese amounts. The num
ber of convicts on the gang has also
been less for the last two or three
years, than formerly. | And yet with
all this the people of the epunty know
that I have kept pp the roads and
bridges better than ever. Although
most of the county is hilly and
rough, our roads are now better and
easier to travel than the cross coun
try roads of other counties adjoining
us. ; '
In addition to my record for main
taining the roads of the county I
would like to call attention of the
citizens of the county to the fact
that since I became supervisor I have
had the road from McCormick to the
Dowtin section top soiled; I have had
an improved road built from Plum
Branch to Moultrio’s Mill, a part of
v/hich has been top soiled; I have
built an improved road from Bor
deaux to connect with the McCor-
mick-Willir.gton highway; have
graded, drained and top soiled the
Court House grounds; and have re
built or repaired the following
bridges: Shinberg Bridge across
Cuffytown Creek; McKittrick’s
Bridge across Long Cane Creek;
Chamberlain’s Mill Bridge across
Little R ver; Bradley’s Mill Bridge
across Long Car.e Creek; Calhoun
Mills Bridge across Little River;
Cedar Hill Bridge across Little Riv
er; Gilchrist’s Bridge across Cuffy
town Creelq; Dowtin’s Bridge across
Hard Labor Creek; Price’s Mill
Bridge across Steven’s Creek; Moul
trie’s Mill Bridge across Turkey
Creek; Key’s Bridge across Turkey
Creek; Clarks Hill Bridge across
Stevens Creek; and I have also re
paired and rebuilt numbers of small
bridges and waterways. And prac
tically all of this has ben done out
cf regular chaingang funds without
additional appropriations. I am proud
of the fact that since I became sup
ervisor I have not had a single
bridge of the county to fall in or
cause a a accident.
In conclusion, I wish to say that
the coun-
bridges pos
sible with the means available. In
buying supplies for the chaingang I
ETIR CAf 17—World Star Paint have always patronized the taxpayers
EUIi oALEj £ 0 se jj s KUaran teed | a nd people of the county whenever
Paint for $2.25 per gallon. See G- i possible. I have tried at all times to
T. Baughman, agent, McCormick. S. please the public and to be courteous
1 and fair to all. I have endeavored
- - ■ 1 ■ -— m - ~ —lj—1—1:— 1 .■ : to handle the business of the county
to the best interest, of the taxpayers
and citizens. I am giving my full
our subscription Ii*. ! time to the duties of the office and
cnce on all kinds of work. T. L.
Mims, Eagle Cafe, McCormick. S. C.
FOR SALE-^X^J:
mick, Si C.
FOR SALE-^ “oH
$3.00 per bushel. W". Li White, Route
3, or White Hardware Company, Mc
Cormick, S. C.
I?An CAI1?— 0ne New six Room
EUli OilLEi Housej on two ac re
lot; electric lights, good well, garden,
barn, garage, etc.; on Augusta
Street south of court house. Address,
A. Z., cf. Messenger Office, MeCor-
McCormick, S. C.
The American child received a
Don't let your tin me be 1
off , , T
! pi’Opose to continue to do so. I am
just for the acurit of ()ne i 'oi j proud of my record and I believe the
lar. Send the dollar and or-
People of the United States spend larger cents worth in buying candy paper for anotliei
one-third of their total income for in 1926 than during the preceding
food. I year, a government survey shows, lygrr. You uon’t retjrc: ..
people of the county will re-elect
me in August for another term. If
elected, I promise to give my best
efforts to the duties of the office.
W. O. GRAVES, JR.