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Thursday; May 24, 1928 McCUHMICK M&SSt K M cCOR ft/1 * i\ t u« arotiU' Page Number Four McCORMICK MESSENGER Published Er«ry Thvraday ^ Satmbllshed June 5, I90S BDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner. CIRCULATION: 1.300. and growin* DISPLAY ADVERTISING — 25 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, if 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 dine. TRIBUTES OF RESPECT, 0 cents per line, 6 words to line. All advs. set in body type, 6 cents p*r single column line; extra charges for big type on all single column advs., except head and signature. Positions given at ONE-THIRD extra charge. REHOBOTH NEWS Miss Adalaide Chandler spent the week end with Mrs. E. M. Winn. Miss Chandler’s school closes Tuesday. She has given the Rehoboth School the last four weeks since the public term was out just to finish up the grades. She is an unusually fine tention, “such affectation cannot be moderate,” she points cut. “It must' continually strain for new effects or it ceases tc- challenge. So courses the action begun in the desire to ar rest notice become more and more bold and foolhardy until frequently there is a smash of some sort.” Citing examples from her own experience, Mrs. Cosgrave contends that many girls of the “wild” type really possess extraordinary poten- grades. She is an unusually fine ’ I respectfully announce myself a tialities which would win them last- young lady, and has given good ser- 1 candidate for Sheriff of McCormick Lng admiration and esteem of their v j ce to t j ie ^ sc h 00 j f 0 r the past two County, subject to the rules and reg- friends if wisely developed Quail- j years, and it is with much regret ulations of the Democrat'c Primary ties of friendliness, sympathy and | that the people give her to Plum election. consideration, she points out, are Br anch next school term. | I shall highly appreciate the sup- likely to go much farther down to- j Mrs. E. M. Winn has been elected, Port of the people POLITICAL CARDS FOR SHEFIFF ward winning lasting friendship than teacher for the rash and spectacular escapades and nex t school term, the flouting of convention. X W. T. STROM. Not Enough Carolina Cows Cntcred at the Post Office at Me Cormick. S. C., as mail matter of the second close. fUBSCRIPTION RATES: Strictly Cash In Advance —— One Year 31.00 Six Months .75 Three Months JO A Fence Needed. Around Reservior mUsk- J The Messenger wants to call to the attention of the mayor, councilmen, public works commissioners and the parents of McCormick, the great danger of some innocent little child losing its life in the town’s water reservoir—and all for the lack of a good wire fence to keep the little ones from gett’ng too close to the water. The ban&s are ateep and the water ' is. deep all, around the edges, and to fall into it would mean death to a small child or any one who can’t swim. A suitable fence can be erected for something like a hundred to two hundred dollars, and we don’t think there'is a person within the town’s borders who would object to the town council having the fenc.e_ built uhmed'ately, even if the cost should double the amount mentioned. The fence could be -built just-at the top of the bank with the top cf the fence leaning away from the pond to such degree that no child could climb . Cjver it. The children living nearest the pond are not the only ones in danger, for, without the knowledge cr consent of their parents, many of them go from other parts of town to play on the banks or near the pond, and the only way to keep them away from this danger is to build a fence that will turn them. We trust that the authorities will -look into this matter at once and Tuive the fence built without delay—« before some little boy or some lit tle girl loses his or her life in the water. —txt They Seek To Be Popular * t ~ The daring girl—the one who is the first of her group to smoke a •cigarette or take a drink, who wears the shortest skirts and affects the most shocking conversation—is us ually motivated by nothing mete than a pathetic desire to be populafc\ This is the conclusion of Jessica Cosgrave, president of the Finch School for Girls, who has been teach er and counselor to hundreds of girls through their teens. “The desire to be conspicuous in 'the hope that popularity may follow explains why every group has, and always has had, its extreme mem bers,” says Mrs. Cosgrave. The pathetic aspect she points out is that frequently such girls would rather ndt be considered “wild,” but lacking either mental or physical qualities and accomplishments which -attract others they seek to avoid mediocrity by making themselves conspicuous by their daring. “They do whatever is being done a little more emphatically than anyone else,” she says. “If skirts are long, theirs trail around them; if short, they go abeve the knees. If hats are large or poked, their features are extinguished by their headgear. 'They adopt the extreme styles in dancing and frequqptly go almost or quite over the line in acts of questionable propriety, or even mor ality, not—at least at the beginning —-because there is anything really wr<*ig about them, but because they are so anxious to be the first and most conspicuous in everything they do.” Although such types attract at- Rehoboth schoolj She. has taught j here before and we are glad to have 1 her teach again, and being one cf the community now., makes it nice for both the people and herself, as she can go from home to school. i Mesdames Alma and Janie Mor- ! gan, little Raymond and Miss A. L. \Vhere there is a milk cow for ev- Morgan spent a very pleasant day! ery 5.1 persons in the United States, with Mesdames Ida Bell and Sallie ' _ there is a milk cow for every 10.3 White one day last week; and Mrs.* FOR SUPERVISOR persons in South Carc'lina, the Pro- H. M. Freeland came over for the gressive Farmers says. afternoon. Reduced to counties in South Car-; Mrs. E. M. Morgan and Miss Adal- FOR SHERIFF I hereby announce my candidacy for re-electicn as Sheriff of McCor mick County, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. M. R. LeROY. I hereby announce my candidacy ^ „ .... f cr Supervisor of McCormick Coun- c-.m^ the iecord shows^that Oconee aide Chandler were shopping i n Au- ^ subject to the rules and regula . tions of the Democratic primary. I solicit the suffrage of the voters on of the younger set to a lecture at my mer , ts and the faith£u , promise Modoc Sunday afternoon. county has a milk cow for every 5.5 gusta Saturday. j persons and Charleston county one 1 Mr. W. T. Strom carried a number POLITICAL CARDS FOR SENATE I hereby announce my candidacy for re-electicn as State Senator from McCormick County, subject to the rules and regulations 'of the Demo cratic primary. I shall highly ap preciate your suffrage. F. C. ROBINSON. FOR SENATE I hereby announce my candidacy for the office of State Senate from McCormick County, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. Your support shall be greatly appreciated. W. K. CHARLES. POLITICAL For Clerk Of Court I hereby announce my candidacy or re flection a s Clerk of Court for McCormick County, subject to the ruics of the Democratic party. J. ARCH TALBERT. For Congress I rm a candidate for re-election to Congress from the Third District, subject to the rules of the Democratic Party. FRED H. DOMINICK. FOR SOLICITOR for’ every 56.6, Oconee rating first i n the state and Charleston last. Here is the state’s cow statistics: Persons per cow Oconee , — — 5.5 Cherokee — 6.0 Pickens 6.3 Abbeville — ^ 6.4 Chester 6.5 York 6.5 Saluda __ 6.6 * Lancaster 6.7 McCormick 6.8 Fairfield 6.9 Edgefield 7.0 Anderson 7.8 Newberry 8.0 Kershaw 8.2 Union — 8.4 Laurens 8.5 Greenville 8.9 Chesterfield 9.0 Spartanburg 9.0 Lexington 9.6 Berkeley 9.8 Williamsburg — 9.9 Miss Mabel Strom spent the week end with Miss Frances Strom. Mr. and Mrs. William Winn and baby were up in this sect : on Satur day and also called to see little Miss Maggie Lou Winn, who is quite sick of pneumonia at her home near Plum Branch. The little baby is having the best medical attention obtain able; two trained nurses are by her side. Mrs. Susie Winn has been with her little daughter since she was taken sick. The prayer of the peo ple is that the little girl will soon be restored to her usual health. A little son has come to abate with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reynolds. Preaching at Rehoboth next Sun day afternoon. tc execute the duties of said office fairly and economically, if elected. I shall highly appreciate your sup port. W. M. McCUE. 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. Aike n .10.1 Clarendon 10.1 Sumter — — j 10.1 Bamberg 10.4 Orangeburg —__ __11.2 Florence ____ 11.4 Dorchester 11.5 Greenwood 11.7 Darlington 12.0 Hampton 12.4 Barnwell 13.0 Colleton 14.2 Allendale 14.7 Dillon 16 2 Calhoun —16.6 Lee 17.6 Kerry 17.8 Mario n __ —__ 23.4 Marlboro — —23.6 Richland 24.1 Georgetown 25.9 Jasper 45.0 Charleston — 56.6 The Progressive Farmer asserts that “nearly all South Carolina” needs to “wake up to the necessity of gettirg more cows—'more cows for the home milk supply and more cows fcT commercial dairying.” Charleston County is “excused” be cause it is a “city county.” As conditions stand, South Caro linians are importing far too great a quantity of milk, cream and butter because the farms do not maintain enough dairy cows. The need for more and larger commercial cream eries will not ecYne until the “raw material” is available i n their neigh borhoods. Before milk and fresh cream are sold to creameries, enough should be produced for home consumption. This is primary. As it is, many country homes are, without fresh milk, and their butter is purchased in stores. The statistics furnished by the Progressive Farmer show that the tidewater counties are far behind the dairy parade. It is a conditton that has been stressed by demonstra tion agents for some years. The comparative figures drive home the poverty of dairy herds on and near the seaboard. So long as the people of coastal Carolina import cream and butter, they will be exporting many thous ands of dollars that ought to stay in circulation nearer home. So long as these conditions obtain, the prosper ity of the coastal region is hinaered. So far as Charleston County is concerned, the city of Charleston draws milk and cream supplies from other counties, a situation applying to other cities of Charleston’s size. By and large in this county the pro gram of the cow the hog and the hen should be more developed among farmers.—News and Courier. txt An echo is the only thing that has the last word with some people. Most Men Of The Greatest Value Be yond The Age Of 50 (By S. W. Straus, President of the American Society for Thrift.) Not enough attention is paid to the waste of the human element -in our economic life. We are learning short-cuts and processes of elimin ating this or that form of waste in business. But in the attitude of many individuals dr corporations through which either directly or by implica tion workers over 60 years of age are declared no longer useful, we have a form of misguided efficiency that is wrong both in principle and practice. There may be certain isolated types of work that ean be performed better by younger persons. These are forms df employment in which quickness and agility may count for more than anything else. But there are quite as many, if not more, lines of endeavor in which experience, judgment and dependability count for more than all other factors. It has become a sort of tradition that after workers have reached a stage where they are not quite as agile and active as they were in the days cf their youth, they should be set aside as so much worn out mach inery. But actual observation among individuals will show that this the ory, which is the antithesis of real thrift, cannot be applied in anything like the majority of cases. A prominent American surgeon recently made the statement that 50 was the average age at which 400 of the famous men of history had done their best work but that today the leaders in various lines of activ ity attain the heights of proficiency about midway between 60 and 70. According to this same authority, the practice of corporations, institu tions of learning and others in re tiring their men at 60 means a waste of their best grains for “85 per cent of the big things done today are the wotk of men past 50. There is no reason why a man who shows init iative up to the age of 60 should quit showing it after 60.” We have built up in social practice an insincere and inconsistent sym pathy for the elderly worker. The majority of these men and women do not need our sympathies nor our charitable inclinations. All they need is a just attitude and a decent ap praisal of their real worth. We could with high consistency do less talking about saving money and conserving natural resources and de vote more thought to the rightful conservation of the values of work ers who, because of their age, are discarded long before their days of actual usefulness are over. FOR SUPERVISOR For Supt. Education I hereby announce my candidacy for the office of Superintendent of Education of McCormick County, sub ject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. W, H. PARKS. SUPT. EDUCATION I hereby announce myself a candi date for Superintendent of Education of McCormick County, subject to the rules and regulations of the Demo cratic party. R. G. KILLINGSWORTH. 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- Yo e :r support 1 " SUPT. EDUCATION ciated. Supt. Education i - ' I respectfully announce myself a candidate for Superintendent of Education for McCormick County, subject to the rules of the Demo cratic party, and pledge n.yself to abide the results of the same. I shall be grateful for the support of the people and will try to show every appreciation by giving them service, if intrusted by them. J. W. JOHNSON. I hereby announce myself a candi date for re-election to the office of Solicitor of the Eleventh Judicial C-’:cuit. I pledge myself to be gov erned by the Rules and Regulations of the Democratic Party of South Carolina, and to abide the results of tho Democratic Primary Election. T. C. CALLISON. G. H. McCAIN. FOR SUPERVISOR 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. Coumv 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 of said office as fairly and economically as possible. J. H BANKS. I atn a candidate fer the office of Superintendent of- Educat'on of Mc- Co:mick County, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. A vote for me will be a vote for a progressive, educational program which will have for its aim the protection of interest of the children of the cqpnty and the i'utherance of the cause generally. I shall g:eatly appreciate your sup port. D. L. WIDEMAN. Plum Branch. FOR MAGISTR ATE County Commissioner I hereby respectfully announce my candidacy for re-election to the of fice of County Commissioner of Mc Cormick County, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. I shall again greatly ap predate the support of the voters in the race for this office. C. C. MORGAN. Comity Commissioner I hereby announce my candidacy for County Commissioner of McCor mick County, subject to the rules and regulations of the Demdcratic pri mary. Your support shall be high ly appreciated. J. J. LANGLEY. County Commissioner I hereby respectfully announce my candidacy for office of County Com missioner of McCormick County, sub ject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic primary. Your sup port shall be highly appreciated. R. N. EDMUNDS. DR. HENRY J. GODIN Optometrist Thirty Year.* Experience. A Specialist Examining Eyes and Fitting Glasses at Your Service. 956 Broad St AUGUSTA, GA I hereby respectfully announce my candidacy for the office of Magis trate of McCormick County, subject to the rules of the democratic party. I shall highly appreciate the sup port of the people. H. C. WALKER. FOR MAGISTRATE At the request of my many friends I hereby announce myself as 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 fdr their loy alty to me in the past, also for their promised support of me in the fol lowing election. R. L. BODDIE. KANT ADVS. FOR SALE -0 "? ® eef 0ow r E - Gibert, Mt. Carmel, S. C. 1 tpo. FOUNT)—O ne Cow which owner 1 can get by describing and paying costs. George B. Jenk ins, Rt. 1, Box 54, McCormick, S. C. 1 tpo. FOR SALE-^Jr.:™ Hay at $18.00 per ton. L. N. Chamb erlain, McCormick, S. C. CAD Q AI 17—50 to 75 bu. pure rUE oALCi Deltatype Webber Long Staple Cotton Seod at $1.25. If it’s not too late to plant Cleveland Cotton, it’s not too late for Delta- typo Webber. Also a few thousand ! Porto R co Potato plants aV $2.00 per thousand. Fresh from beds at my home. R. M. Winn, Plum Branch, 3. C FOR sale-° g ;i -rcoH $3.00 per bushel. W. L White, Route 3, or White Hardware Company, Mc Cormick, S. -C. UAD Q AT 17—O n e New Six Room rUE oALti House> on two acre lot; electric lights, good well, garden, barn, garage, etc.; on Augusta Street south of court house. Address, A. Z., cf. Messenger Office, McCor mick, S. C. WANTED-™--7 r d sS McCormick, S. C. UAO QA1F— World star Paint rim o/iLEi Co> seIIs g Uarantee d Paint for $2.25 per gallon. See G- T. Baughman, agent, McCqrmick, S. C. PRESSING CLUB FOR MAGISTRATE 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. FOR MAGISTRATE I hereby announce my candidacy for Magistrate of McCormick Coun ty. If elected, I will stand commit ted to enforce the law where magis trates have the power to do so. I shall appreciate any support I may receive, and will abide the results of the primary election. J. B. HOLLOWAY. All kinds of guns repaired pistols fixed by G. T. BAUGHMAN, McCormick, S. C. and I want to thank the public for the patronage I am receiving from both the colored and white people. I am do ng first class pressing club work, at regular club rates of 25 cents a suit by the month or at regular prices of 75 cents to $1.00 per suit to non-club members. First class work guaranteed on each suit or job. No smut, nor half way done jobs, all work absolutely done right, includ ing first class dyeing. H. W. TURNBULL, McCormick, S. C. LOCAL KADKET COTTON— Good Middling 20 3-4 Strict Middling 20 1-2 Middling 20 1-4 Cotton Seed, bu. 60 cts Breakfast Bacon 50 per lb. Eggs per dozen 25 cts. Bacon per lb. 12 1-2 to 18 cts. Meal per bu. $1.50 to $1.75 Flour per barrel $9.00 to $12.50 Butter per lb. 50 cts. Green Coffee, per lb. —30 to 60 cts. Roasted Coffee, per lb. _30 to 55 cts. Rice, per lb. 7 to 10 cts. Grist, per lb. 5 cts. Molasses per gal. 50 to $1.00 Com per bu. $1.35 Fine Feed, 75 lbs. $2.16 Oats per bu. 90 cts. Wheat per bu. $1.50 Cheese, per lb. ... 40