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fit** r Thursday June 21, 1928 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, South Carolina. * ./ McCORMICK MESSENGER You Cannot Lose Published E»ery Thar«d«y Established Jane 5, 1902 EDMOND J. McCRACKEN. Editor and Owner. CIRCULATION: 1,300, and growing 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, 0 cents per line for each insertion, average of 6 words to line. WANT AD VS., 0 cents per line for each insertion, average of 6 words to line. TRIBUTES OF RESPECT, 6 cents per linei C 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. ' i P -T day charge f. r keep, board, clothing and other expenses; Super-, Real Americanism 1 t ^ ent Permian said that the JACd-L ^ penitentiary could handle these men - readily, :*cr he had plenty of iron to Greensboro Record Asks oua-tcr them.—The State of Su. day. Where Is End Of Present ^ ' Trend Fat Aii^el In A Nightie Draped From An Airplane Government Operation of any kind, of business is a step toward social ism, ro matter how one tries to ! dodge that fact. And yet, both j houses of the Nat.or.al Congress Huntorons Adventure Of Abe have gene on record as fa voting and | author zlng Federal activity in both the electric power and fertilizer in-’, dustries. ! The Greensboro Record, which by the way, in recent months has edi-; torialized on national affairs in a Household Hints Wise’ii Otherwise When crumbs a"> used for drers- ’ g, nclr some butter and mix the c: unibs thoroughly with i; to dis- thc flavor. JES’ JEST vribut vegetables are salted just b' 4 - the.y arc done eookng, they Potasli One Of The Many Thrill Episodes In ‘Part ners Again** Comedy arc more tender tha i when cocked in .r sited water. hey ar: (Publ : Service.) Ethyl—“Ny Scotch uncle cent me hi; otture tn s morning” hi thy.-—“So? How docs he lo'.*k?” Ethyl-‘T do ft k.v v.\: I haven't had -t developed yet.” ' You had no business kissi g her. Page Number Foot 'After Midnight’ Shows What Life Is Really Like Delves Into The Core Of Things With Realistic Cinc- i malic Results i Entered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of tho second class. strikingly level-headed, analytical manner, senses the trend and voices a warning. It says: “Government ownership and opera tion of business enterprises is the first step toward socialism. That fact may as well be t'aced.” And the Five miles in the air suspended by a hock cn the vvirg of a speeding r'ryla.r.e, with nothing holding him -•'-•o h” J *> shred of a muslin night shirt! That’s what George Sidney, as Abe Potash, dees in “Partners Again,” the new Potash and Perl- mutter production, which is the at traction at the Dixie Theatre, Friday A p’rch of powdered sugar, and another cf co nstareh, beaten with the yolks of eggs, will keep an ome let from collapsirg. Use very spinach. Ltt’e water in cooking “I know it. It’s a pleasure.” I Pt Voice on Phone—“This Jack. Do you love me. Peg?” Crd Ditto—-“Of course^ dear.” 1st V. O. P—“Yon Th's is net Jack: it’s Paul.” 2nd Ditto—“You dcuble-crosser! Th's is not Peg; it’s Frances.” It is better to let a foi'e frosting it. cake cool be- / Have the oil for salad thoroughly chilled. dressing Record adds the further thought and Saturd just t0 ide that in placing the Federal govern ment in business, the individual fUBSCRIPTION RATES: V—- Strictly Cask In Advance — • One Year $1.00 . Six Mentha .75 Three Months .50 Down Through The Ages Although the death rate from au tomobile accidents shows an increase each month from governmental re ports, yet there is another form of accident that takes an even heavier toll, due largely to carelessness. This form of acc dent has been handed down from the ages, and is just the ordinary, everyday tumble C;< fall. Statistics show that the commonplace fall kills 3,000 more people every year than dees the au tomobile. > It has been discovered that nearly 15,000 persons are killed annually in the United States by falls of var ious sorts and that most of them arc the result of slipping on floors and stumbling on stairs of bu ldings. falling out of the cherry tree has always been regarded as the peroga- i.ve of every healthful boy. None cf Us ever looked upon a fall as anything serious—just an everyday occurrence. But one-fifth of the total number cf accidental deaths from all causes in due to falls. Of course, that refers to* falls in which gravity figures. There are all sorts of falls. Men fall f:om their high estate some times. It is not necessarily fatal, tut frequently is. Many fall in their -own estimation and often try self-destruction. Men fall in the estimation of oth ers and it is not always due to an accident. Viewed from every angle, the fall is a much more dangerous element . in sde ety than most of us ever im agined. States are bartering away their rights and powers. For, says The Record: “It constitutes the abject surren- movie fans with an hilarious thrill. The picture Is released by United Artists Corporation. Closely gripped in one hand, he clutches a hot water bottle, for be it known that this aeronautical ma- When you put a tack or a nail in plaster, if you wTl first stick the point into soap, it will not crack the plaster. der of another of the rights of the neuver of p otash>s was somewhat i„ States to the Federal government. voluntary . He was dl . a g gcd from a It is impossible to predict where such a policy will end.” The Record was discussing con- gi’essior.al authorization for the gov ernment to operate Muscle Shoals as a power and nitrate business. It in cidentally points out in its discussion the economic fallacy of government competition with private business. But the great question which The Record ra ses is “Where will this kind cf thing end?” If the Federal government decides that it should manufacture electric oower for the people and cheaper fertilizer for the farmers, why should it r.ot mine the coal which every home and every industry needs and consumes? Why should it not take over the furniture factories at High Point and Grand Rap'ds and make furniture cheaper than the manufacturers are now making it? Every home must have furniture; it Is a public necessity. The govern ment undoubtedly could make cheap er farming machinery than do the private concerns; the government could establish huge grocery ware houses and f tores and the price of foodstuffs could be made cheaper to e consumer. But to what end? What would become cf the high wages wh'ch the American laborer now receives ? What effect would this paternalism have upon the spirit of the hustling American business man? How would private capital w*hich is now working oill-time to make tins a great coun try behave under such a regime? Ne_ This new theory of govern ment functions can’t stand the Amer ican test. Congress has get cpff the straight road temncrarily and : lost in a maze of devious detou:s But the: e’ll be some level heads an: clear eyes to see the way out. can’t lose real Ameiica. ism.— Sendee. 4Xt th 1 O'.-: Pub! It -:x:- Local Taxes Take The Dollars Fifty Prisoners From Federal Penitentiarv One might almost say that when he writes the check fo; 1 his property tax,, the dollars go to local taxes and the cents take care of others. Local taxes ra se the revenues f or county, city, town, township and school, as well as most of the drain age, park, road and similar funds. How those figures have grown rirce 1913 is indicated by figures comp led by the finance department of the United States Chamber ci Commerce. The amount, has increas ed until eve. y day $19,000,000 must he earned to pay expend turcs by lo cal units of government. The increase , ; n taxes, it is pointed cut, grew faster than the population, so that the reverues thus obtained! (in 1926) amounted to $34.87 per! capita, instead of the $12.36 of 1913. Lc’cal taxes are heavier largely because we have demanded local im provements. In the period of high* prices improvements were made, at an excessive cost. Many a commun ity built a $100,090 high school plant, that a few years later would havej been just as proud of one costing cne-half that amount or less. We want more, not fewer local im provements. But these improve ments may be made on a sensible 1 basis. * * * Economic methods may| succeed the wasteful one s found too often on public work. If tax payers will interest themselves in obtaining value received for the money spent as vigorously as they protest high taxes later, their efforts will be re-j fleeted in local taxes.—•Topeka, Kansas, State Journal. J-j <- ft .1 One Hundred In All Will Be Transferred To Columbia » Prison sick-bed by Mawruss Pei'lmutter, for the aerial flight into Canada to es cape the wrath of indignant purchas ers of a now automobile the partners have been “distributing.” Many and ludicrous are the har •owing adventures of the partners on their first aiy voyage. If there is any thing an erratic airplane can do which was Overlooked by Henry King, the d rector, it is something as yet unheard of. Potash even went to heaven in this sequence of the picture—not really, cj course, but he experiences all the reality of it i n his visions as he dangles, a pitiful and abject figuie, to the bobbing wing of the plane. And what an angel he makes, in his nightie, with hot water bottle in aand; Sufl.ce to say, it is but one of a thousand laughs i.i this latest Samuel Goldwyn production of a Montague Glass stage success. “Partners Again—with Potash and Pcrlmutter” carries the United Art ists’ trademark. S'dney and Carr arc supported by a nctable cast, in cluding Betty Jewel, Allan Forrest, Robert Schable, Lillian Elliott, Earl Metcalfe, Lew Brice and many eth ers. The scenario is from the pen of Frances Marion. X Better Staple Cot ton Stimulated By New Service Ev'dence that cotton farmers are nanifestirg greater interest in the induction cf better staple cotton as ’ result of the publicaion cf estl- nates r n the grade and staple length f cotton produced in Geo'gia and reas in Texas a::d Oklahoma last car is being received by the Bureau f' Agricultural Economics, Un'ted States Department of Agriculture. In a communication just received at Washington, P. I. Barnes, in charge of the bureau’s Atlanta cottcn of fice, declares that “in talking to the head gin man oil the Georgia Co-ops I was told our wo:k the past season had stirred up a good deal of inter est wherever gins had co-cperated. In some sections new seed had been ordered and sold to the farmers at ost just to improve the staple in ;hcso section". In one scctio i 25,- 00 bushels had been distributed and rders for 20 000 bushels could not f.lled for lack of good 1 1-16 inch .tuple seed. The co-ops are putting nit better length staple seed where It is possible to do so, and : rom what ±t-y told me, everyone is co-operat- h g a. d taking lots of interest in this work.” Congressional authority has been If you wish gelatine to set. quick ly, add only one-half the liquid boil ing hot, and after the gelatine is dissolved, add the rest of the liqu'd as cold as possible. jThis greatly quickens the solidfying process. Canned vegetables should be opened and emptied from the can at least one hour before using. Few metien pictures have ever got- | tc.- under the crust cf 1'fc far enough > ^ show piciuregoers what life itself , s r: ally Lke. j “After Midnight,” Nirma Shear- . c-'s new starring vehicle for Metro- two-timcr! ( Goldwyr.-Mayet, which will open at the D.xie Theatre, Monday and Tuesday, has not only penetrated the crust but has delved deep intt> ; the core of life. “Dear!” It is like a chapter from life it- With a glance she tried to cow sc lf, la ther than a story irem toe him. But he only looked sheepish, of a human being. “Puppy!” she exclaimed. j Fo r some reaso n story tellers have He chocked—there was a frog in' always ir.s'sted on writing things his throat. Then realizing that he!^^ never happen, neve.* could hap- had made an as s of himself by act- j p?n and even sound illogical in their ing like a bear, he ducked. telling. Monta Bell, who directed “After Midnight,” and who wrote the Lord Egrce—“The first game of original story, has told a simple cricket was started m London in the story in a simple manner—thereby* th'rteenth century. Cynic—“Who is winning?” Care ard practice are required for successfully making croquettes. The meat should be chopped fine all the ingiedlent-s thoroughly mix ed, and the whole m'xture be as moist es possible without spoiling the shape. All meats should *■ be placed at least cne inch frJm the bottom of the baking pan. Use a rack made fo:* the purpose. A solution of boiling hot wate*" ard four cu \c-:S o ' nulver'zed alum r- one pound of goods vlll set s! :rl.‘rs. This Is what the * use li. ;ho dye houses. A good way to util zc left ovy •"arinn or oatmeal is to season wh 1 hot with butter, pepper and "alt and whe n cold shape the size of a walnut. Dip into beaten egg, then | in charge of cows, into chopped walnuts. Fry in deep fat. Jones—.“Your dog bit me.” A Neighbor—“He did not!” Jones—“Prove it!” Neighbor—“First, my dog has no teeth; second, he is not ferocious; thk'd, he is particular whom he bites; fourth, I have nd dog.” Now they say that the reason George Wash’ngtcn never told a lie was because he married a widow and knew better. “I just love card games.” “I like to play poker.” “Did you ever play faro?” “No. He was before my time.” The difference between petting now and fifty years ago is forty miles per hour. Fist Urclfjn- brought cur baby.’ Second Urchin— him, too.” ■’Doctor Smith ‘We take from City Barker (v'siting the farm)— “I suppose that’s the hired man?” Farmer (who had visited banks)— “No, that’s the first vice-president serve left-over p.G»J0S Gi- A good way td burke., cr ch.cken: ns bones, season with salt and pep per, d p i n fritter bat:ei and fr* a hot fat until a golden brown. Fifty prisoners out of the 100 who 3re to be sent from the lederal pen- icentia y in Atlanta had been reeeiv- :d at tno state penitentiary through cstc-day afternoon. The first -to irr ve came in late Thursday ef- :rrrocn, 25 i n number, and have al- endy been sent to the state farms where they wTl be worked. Twenty- live more arrived about 4 o’clock yesterday and have been quartered at the penitentiary until Monday when th( y, too, will be sent to one of the farms. All of the prisoners re- ce ved are negroes and will be used as farming hands at Boykin and Ha- goed, where state prisoners are worked. The remaining 50 will prob ably come in some time during the next week and will be white men. These will be used at the prison in the chair factory and in other ways, over by grade and staple, as of Au- j Busses are being used to transport gust 1, 1928, will also be issued as the men from Atlanta to Columbia. | soon as practicable after that date, i Several days ago Superintendent The service on grade and staple re- Pearman was in conversation with j ports will be conducted in co-opera- an inspector df the federal prisons ( tion with the land grant colleges, ex- who was here., and inquiry was made tension services and agricultural ex- as to whether the South Carolina periment stations of the Cotton Belt pentitentiary could and would be able States. to use these men. The government ^ ————$Xt ■ is at somewhat of a loss as to know. Dairymen interested in the com- what to do with the overcrowded con-] parative profits obtained from pure- ditions which exist at each federal bred and grade dairy cows may get given the bureau to issue grade and staple reports to cov^r the entire Cotton Belt this year. These repoit". will be issued beginning in October, 1928, and ending in April, 1929. each I repoit giving the grade, staple and tenderability of the cotton reported ginned according to the Bureau of the Census. A report cf the carry- Fish that have been frezen shouk be laid i.i cold water until thawei but should not b** allowed to reman in the water after they have become tlex.ble. txt He Ran A Newspaper A preacher at the close of one of his sermons said: “Le! aP in the house who are paying their debt', stand up.” Presently every man, wo man end child w'th c*ne exception arose to their feet. The preacher seated them and said: “Now, every man not paying his debts. A worn, hungry-lcoking in dividual i n his last summer’s suet assumed a perpendicular position. “How is t, my friend,” asked the m'nis’er, “you are the only man not able to meet his obligations?” “I run a. newspaper,” he answer ed, “and the brethren here who stood up are my subscribers—” “Let us pray,” exclaimed the min ister.—»Thc Pathfinder. IXI prison, and arrangements were made whereby Superintendent Pearman, with the permission of the prison information on this subject in Cir cular 26-S, “Comparison of Purebred and Grade Dairy Cows.” Write to board, would take 100 prisoners and: the U. S. Department of Agriculture, keep them at the rate of 80 cents j Wlashington, D. C., for the circular. McGuinness had been posted tc keep guard over the entrance of a :oad which led to an. old and unsafe bridge. Presently a car came along and he held up his hand. “What’s the matter?” growled the driver. At that moment McGuinness recog nized him as the county magistrate. “Oh, it’s yerself, yer Honor,” he said genially. “Yes, it is!” was the snappy an swer. “ Tis all right then,” said Mac, as he stepped politely out cf the way. “I got orders to let no traf fic through because of the rotten bridge; but seein’ it’s you, yer Hon or, Vs a pleasure—go right ahead, sir!”—American Legion Weekly. txt Boss—“Well, did you read the let ter I sent you?” Office Boy—“Yes. sir; I read it inside and outside. On the ins'de it said ‘You are fired,’ and on the u. said ‘Return in five days,’ o here I <im.” “Wrat s’ate in the u ion is men •"ed n the Bblc?” “Arkansas—VAnd Noah locked out the aik and saw dry land.’ ” Scotchman was discovered war- ier'.ng around Detroit with a pair of umpied trousers over his arm. “Car I help vou ir. ary way?” asked a kindly citizen. “Man,” replied the Scot who war evidently a newcomer, “I’m looking for the Detroit Free Press.” giving it magnitude and greatness. He has given to Norma Shearer the character of a young girl whose one g-'eat enemy i s life. He has written hl s story and transplanted it to the screen with nothing of the start Png nor illofrical in it . M ss Shearer is a young girl whose path is beset by circumstances—::ot phy sical heavies. Theie is no man waiting an oppor- turity to make her his victim. She conducts herself with dign.ty and poise in the midst of glitter and tirsel, and she never waivers until she gets to the point where every thing in lice, secm'ngly, has failei her. Even then she learns that with the assistance of love, she can yet conquer all. It is by far the best character we have ever seen Norma Shearer por tray upon the screen—and she has portrayed it in a manner that shows she needs nothing but an oppor tunity to prove her worth as a film star. She goes from dne end to the other of her wide range of acting without faltering. Lawrence Gray gives a good por trayal of the romantic male role and Gwe n Lee, sophisticated Gwen, burets out with a flame of acting that shows all she needs to become a star is opportunity. This will end Monday and Tuesday shows so see it. WANT ADVS, I ACT—one Iron Gray Horse Mule, we'ght about 1,000 pounds, last seen June 9th. Notify A. L. Morag. e. Bordeaux, S. C. FOR RENT Solomon’s 777th Wife— you really and truly in ‘Sol, are love with me 9*> Solomon—“My dear, you are one in a thousand.” And she snuggled closer. Mr. Harsh—“I got a note from your teacher today, son!” Jimmie H.—“That’s all right dad. I Wv,n’t say a thing about it!” dip It is often a mistake to cut small trees, says the Forest Service. Much of the wood goes into the slab and is T” ’.'*crt'rs they t-11 the story of i-'rrrc-r who in the days of tl o’n. ■ marl: canv > bustling into a fash iennole restaurant w'th a big valise crammed w'th bank notes. “Hooray.” he cried, “I’ve got a job in the state railroad, and here’s my tirst day’s pay.” “What kind of a job is it?” he was asked. “Well,” he answered, “you know there’s a chap at each staticn who goes the length of the train tap ping the axles with a hammer to see if everything’s all right.” “Yes.” “Well, I’m his listener.” X —Six room house on P.ne Street, furn’sh- ed or unfur ashed, w.th lights ani water. Apply to G. C. Patterson, McCo. mick, S. C. FftlllVft—Three hogs, which owner ' can get by describing and paying cost R. S- Martin, Route 2. Box 22, McCormick, S. C. , . . FOR SALE- 1 - 500 “ ° t f good Fodder at $2.50 per 100 bundles. W. N. Smith at McCormick canEle Company. 1 tpo. CATTLE 1 —Am paying highest market price for ho‘c*> berf cattle. A. H. Faulkner, McCormick. S. C. FOR SALE- 1?—Bright Oat Straw, baled, at $12 50 per ton in McCcrmlck or $10.00 per ton at my farm. J. T. Fooshe, McCor mick, S. C. WANTFn—^ 0r ^ c ^ orrn ^ c ^ Coun- TT/imm/ ty; Are you making, S40 to $150 weekly? Dealers start ing near you without experience selling Whltmer Medicines and home necessit'es do. You drive your own car or team and wagon and do business on our capital. No lay offs—permanent business for lar- m?:s, laborers, salesmen and others. White men write today for Whit- mer's “Everydr.y-pay-day-plan” for you. The H. C. Whitmcr Cempany, K 620F. 3 tpo. Eternal vigilance is the price of „ „ , , , , • . • Columbus, Indiana. Dept peace from household insects m | warm weather. Many of the most! __ _ __ troublesome ones feed on crumbs, scraps, and other exposed food. Thej FOR SALE-“l s i!. K Y m only way to beat these pests—ants.j House, on two acre cockroaches, and flies, especially—! l ot ; electric lights, good well, garden, is to keep food supplies in tight met-ibnrn, garage, etc.; on Augusta Street south of court house, i^ldress, A. Z., cf. Messenger Office, McCor- al or glass containers, and clean up sawdust piles, and what is taken j promptly any food crumbs that niay ( makes only a small scale of lumber] be scattered about. Never leave niick, S. C. ^ which is of low grade and low value, food uncovered.. Keep the .,garbage I I pail closed, and have it emptied reg- ANTED—Cows and Beef Young trees are growing rapidly and usually making the highest net moner return to the landowner. ularly. Rinse it out and line it with Cattle. J. L. Smith, clean paper each tmie it is emptied. McCormick, S. C.