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w J A l TBUE TO OURSELVSS, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Twenty-Seventh Year 8 Pages — All Home Print McCORMICK, S. C., Thursday, June 28, 1928 Established June 5, 1902 Number 4 More Money Comes From Car Licenses Report From Highway Depart ment Shows May Netted $58,000 Lincense collections on mentor ve hicles during the month of May to taled $58,988.25, which brought the total for five months of 1928 up to $2,173,540.45. Giteenville County with $5,373.25 led the count'es for May collections, followed by Richland with $4,932.75, Spartanburg \yith $4,488.75 and Charleston with $4,462.50. Pet total collections to date dur'ng the current* year, the same four counties held the same relative posi tion/ Greenville reporting $197,379- 26, Richland $168,794.45. Spartan- buife $166,393.75 and Charleston $149,789. Collections of the counties for May and for the first five months of 1928 follow: Abbeville, $554,75, $22,406.50; Aik en, $1,730, $59,933.73; Allendale, $358, $12,691.75; Anderson, $2,248.25, $103,540.25. Bamberg, $514.25, $18,- 554.25; Barnwell, $659,25, $22,688.75; Beaufort, $683.50, $18,456; Berkeley, $532 ; 50, $15,438.51; Calhoun, $347,- 75, $15,411. Charleston, $4,462.50, $149,789; Cherokee, $1,099.50. $36,- 722.50'; Chester, $1,075.75, $37,354; Chesterfield, $1016, $41,963 50? Clarendon, $551,50, $21,230.50; Col leton, $666.50, $25,061.25. Darlington, $1,109.75; $49,951; Dillon, $650.50, $28,753.25; Dorchester. $568.75; $21,- 788.75; Elgeficld, $561.25, $23,801; Fairfield, $555.50, $20,440.25; Flor- ence^ $2,027.50, $78,848.50; Geo'/ge- town, $688. $22,048.75; Greenville, $5,373.25, $197,379.25; Greenwood, $1,715.75, $51,385.75; Hampton, $553, $20,192,75; Kerry, $955.25, $35,242; Jasper, $275.50, $8,025.25; Kershaw, $930, $39,561; Lancaster, $934, $29,313; Laurens, $1,245, $44,- 599; Lee, $517.50, $22,664.70; Lex ington, $1,399.50, $60,375,130; Mc Cormick, $360.75, $10,275.50; Marion, $750.75; $27,611; Marlboro, $1,017.- 75, $37,822; Newbe:ry, $1,335, $47,- 623.75; Oconee, $958,25, $33337.75. Orangeburg, $1,991.50, $76,963.50; Pickens, $1,031, $40,557.75; Richland, $4,932.75, $168,794.45; Saluda. $358,- 25, $19,588.25; Spartanburg, $4,488.- 75 $166,393.75. Sumter, $1364 25, $52,046. Union.- $845.50, $30,507 50; Williamsburg, $754.25, $22,079.75; York, $1,609.75, $68234.70; out of state, $597.75, $15,579.50. X Must Poison The Weevil Kellogg Invites 'Fourteen Nations To Outlaw Wars WASHINGTON, June 24.—Secre tary Kellogg today made public the draft of the treaty proposed for the outlawing of war and his note in viting 14 world powers join the United States in signing the coven ant in the form transmitted to the governments at the respective for- e'gn offices Saturday. In making public the proposed treaty,, which all of the 14 nations have agreed to consider, Secretary | Kellogg pointed out in his note that I the text of the draft is identical i with that proposed by the United .States on April 13, 1928, except the preamble now provides that the Brit sh dominions, India and all par ties to the treaties of Locarno were included among the powers called upon to s gn the treaty in the first instance. He also explained in the I note that the phraseology of the re- I vised draft in the preamble had been modified by the United States to meet the objections ra sed by other | governments and to expedite the negotiations and added that the change was in form and not in rub- , stance. j Identic notes and copies of the multilaterial treaty were sent to gov ernments of Australia, Belgium, J Canada, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, the Irish Free State Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Poland and South Africa. Secretary Kellogg’s r.o'.e recalled the 14 powers’ atten.tlcn to the orig inal proposal of M. Briand of France on June 20. 1927, for a treaty for the renunciation of war, and the * subse quent negotiation during which the United States submitted a prelimin ary draft of a treaty representing the form of a coVena.et th's country was prepared to sign to ether world i powers. It continued with a neview of the I circulation by the French govern ment on April 20, 1928, of a propos- | ed alternative treaty and Secretary Kellogg’s explanation of the treaty proposed by the United States for . the renunciation of war, before the American society of international law, April 28, 1928. X Orphanage Gets i Church’s Organ Congregation Disbands And School Benefits Baptists Plan Many Services Between Two And Three Hundred Revivals Items Of Interest To The Farmers Between 200 and 300 evangelistic meetings have been arranged to date by pastors cr Bapt’st churches who are planning to co-operate In the statewide evangelistic campaign to be corducted in Scuth Carolina dur ing the months of July. Augurt, September and October, it is an nounced by the Rev. J. L. Baggott of Columbia, who is aiding in the pro- mot'on of the campalgr. The prin cipal dates for the campaign aie September 9 to 23 for the western part cf the state, and September 23- October 7 for the lower half. Many preachers cf note from oth er states have been obtained for help in this campaign as well as the evangelists and singers oJ the home board rvangelistic staff. Many pas tors will serve as evangelists in their own ‘churches, said Mr. Baggott who est’mated that 200 or 300 other churches will announce their plans fer the campaign within the next two or throe weeks. The 50-day period of prayer be- glnring the campign begins July 22. Thousands of prayer-cards will be used during this period. Every earnest Chrlst’an, said the Rev. Mr. Baggott, is urged to join other thou sands' in prayer for a spiritual re vival in the state. Sunday, August 5, has been set as a day for exchange of pulpits over the entire state, while the following Sunday, August 12. will bo a day ilbr the taking of census in every church. Cottage prayer meetings w‘ll precede evangelistic meetings. X POISON THE BOLL WEEVIL Prepared Especially For The Convenience Of The Busy Man Due to next Wednesday’s being a holiday, cream will be bought at the McCormick Cream Station Tuesday, July 3rd. Careless Driving Continues To Lead In Cause Of Accidents Third Weekly Report Shows Need For Strong Fight * CLEMSON COLLEGE, June 25.— There has been a general rpread of tho bell weevil in the Piedmont sec tion since the repdrt for week ending June 16. The newly reported area extends rortboastward including Greenwood *nd Chester counties be tween. The averag'' weevil population per acre for the newly infested counties are as follow": Edgefield 7, Green wood 91, N''wber: y 12, Chester 188, and Lancas'er 26. There was no marked charge in the number of weevils per acre found in the coun ties cf tho Pee Dec section. There was, howevor, an increase in the squaiV; infestation in that section. Very good results have been ob tained from pro-souare poisoning, but this method of control is now be coming less effective, for in many sections the plants a^e developed to such an extent that the weevils are feeding on the squares instead of in the bud, which necessarily limits the eeHJectiveness of that form of poison ing. The standard dust method should now be used for control. Square in festation counts should be made fre quently and dust application begun when the infestation reaches 10 per cent. Information concerning this method may be obtained, upon re quest, for Extension Circular 95, “Controlling the Boll Weevil,” fttm county farm agents or the Publica tions Division, Clemson College, £?. C. , . * *x* Chicago’s new acquarium is to have salt water sent from the sea for its salt water fishes to swim in. GREENWOOD, Juno 26.—Connie Maxwell Orphanage is the benefici ary of a Baptist Church that has gone out of existence, its congiega- tion having been dissolved and the buildirg torn down some time ago. The current issue of the Connie Maxwell, orphanage publication, makes the following unusual an nouncement: “The Mount Carmel Church in the Abbeville association has been dis solved. One couple living at Mount Ca mel were members of the church and there were only eight others, al told, and they were reatterd. It ha. been mere than four yeans since ? service has been held m the church The bu.lding was gnng to ruin ant sj .t was decided to wreck It ant giv^ the nroccedr. to the orphanage A nice c«: gan has been sent us and ’Iso the communion ret that was formerly used by the church. Of course one hates to sco a Baptist Church disorganized, but it seemed to be impossible to maintain its ac tivity. We are grateful indeed to the kind friends, Mrs. C. A. Grant, and Mr. and Mrs. John D. Cade and others who were willing for the or phanage to be the beneficiary in dis posing of all property.” Quarterly Confer ence Plum Branch Charge Sunday The Third Quarterly Conference of Plum Branch Charge will be held at Asbury Church, Meriwether, Sunday July 1, 1928. Rev. J. R. T. Major will preach and preside at the con ference. Dinner will be served onj the grounds. XXX There ace 6,000 kinds of grass. T ast ~ r enr the boll wc'vil came to McCormick County in August and took at Past 3000 bales of (.'Ui* cot ton. Th's year he is here in large numbers in June, cur cotton is late, and we keep having ra’n. How many bales will he take this year? This is a matter strictly up to the farmers of McCormick County. By a consistent and intelligent use of cal cium arsenate wo can save our cot ton crop from the boll weevil. Oth erwise, he will take his part. Poison your cotton with calcium arsenate! The method you use in getting the poison on is not so im portant, just so you get the poisen there where the weevil will get it. At the present stage of the growth of our crop, the 1-1-1 mixture, made by mixing one gallon of molasses, one gallon water, and one pound cal cium arsenate, will control the in- festafen in your fields. Apply this mixture with a hand spray, a mop and bucket or a quart bottle with a V shaped notch cut down the side of the stopper. The bottle is good be cause it is light to carry and you can shake the poison on each cottdn stalk as you go down the row and without wasting it. Anyway, regard less of the method you use, get the poison on the cotton and kill the wqovils before they multiply by the thousands. Later >t may be necessary to dust. This is when the cotton has grown too large to be successfully poisoned with the 1-1-1 mixture. According to indications now, it probably will be necessary to dust. However, weather conditions and other factors will determine this. McCorm'ck CcVinty has the best prospects for a good crop that I have seen in the four years I have been here as county agent. If we can control the boll weevil, we shall, providence willing, make a good crop this fall. Therefore, fight the boll weevil! ■ Yours fdr a good crop, THOS. W. MORGAN, County Agent. txt Revival At Asbury Church There will be a revival at Asbury Church, Meriwether, beginning Mon day, July 16th, and continuing through Sunday, July 22nd. Rev. P. L. Patton! of Lander College will do the preaching. All are cordially invited. i ** \ t On June 22. the McCormick Cream Station was one year old. Dur ng the first year of operation, the far mers of. McCormick County have sold 16,043 pounds of butterfat through the cream station for a to tal of $6,908.07, or an average of better than 43 cents per pound for all butterfat sold during the year. The cream station was organized by Thos. W. Morgan, County Agent, and began operation on June 22, 1927. On the first d£y th^ receipts were 125 pounds of butterfat, for which the farmers received $46.37. The rectipts have steadily grown since until at present the average weekly receipts run around 525 pounds of butterfat each week, which bring in a n>ot income of over $200.00 each week to the customers. On the li:st buying date the number of customers was 23. This number, however, at the present time runs around 90 each buying day. The cream station is being oper ated by the Gedrgia-Carolina Da'ry Products Company of Augusta, Ga. r which firm sends a man on Wednes day of each week to buy cream from th,2 farmers cf the county for cash. The cream is tested at the station and each man is paid on the basis of the amount of butterfat his cream contains. The cream station i s proving a wonderful rt’mulus to the dairy bus- 1 incss in the county by furnishing a steady market for butterfat. A few farmers have added cows to their herds and increased their butterfat production, and many are growing into the business by raising theiv heifer calvco from purebred bulls, j ten c£ which have been placed in the county since the opening of the station. COLUMBIA, June 24.—Careless driving continued to lead as a cause of state highway traffic accidents, according to a report of such ac cidents during the month of May re cently laid before members of the state highway commission. Of 39 accidents occurng in May which caused three deaths, ten cases of severe injury and 26 of minor in juries, eight accidents were reported as being due to careless driving, against seven by reckless driving and six by speeding. “There were 18 collisions between motor cars and two with other ob jects” says the traffic accident re port. “Thirteen cars were overturned and six were driven off road. Twen ty-one cars were seriously damaged and 25 were slightly damaged. “Twe ty-seven the accidents oc curred in the daytime and ten after dark. Twenty-five were on straight roads, nine on curves, 11 on paved roads, 26 on unpaved roads one on surface-treated road ar.d one on a bridge. “Eight of the accidents were re ported as caused by careless driv'ng, seven by reckless driving, six by speeding, four by recklessness due to liquor, four by defect of car, one by skidding, and two cans caught on fire and were completely destroyed. “One person -rwas killed when truck turned over into ditch, one wb«3n radius rods came loose, causing car to run into another, and an aged pedestrian was ran into by a car and killed.” txt Man Is Killed With Knife At ' Baseball Game Tension Said To Have Starlet] When Son Was Choked 9 I The fifth annual shipment, of spring lambs was made from Me Coimick County On Friday, June 22 The* shipment, which was organized and sold by Thos. W. Morgan, local ccunty agent, was made up of 124 head lambs and 15 of old cheep, and required two cars to handle the load. Shipment was to McComb ard Block Livestock Commission Merchants : Richmond, Va. The lambs ranged in weight from 60 to 90 pounds each, and were in very good shape for marketing. A great improvement has fc'c-n noted in the quality of lambs ship ped during the past f‘ve years. This is the result cf the use of purebred lams on the flocks in McCormick County. The average price has in creased around three cents per pound over the first shipment which was made i n June 1924. The ic turns of the shipment will be announced when remittance is made by the firm handling the shipment. I Interest continues tc grow among the people o” tho county in the com ing of the Livestock Development Special train to McCormick on Mon day, July 16. The train will be at McCormick from 2:45 in the after noon until 9:09 o’clock that night, ard a large number of McCorm’ck County people are expected to be here to see the exhibits. The train started at Camden on Monday, June 18, and will make two steps each day in the state through July 19. Reports from other parts of the state where the train has been speak veiy highly of the qual ity and splendid arrangement of the livestock exhibits, and at each place hundreds of people have inspected the exhibits. July 16 will be a big day in Mc Cormick, and those who miss it will miss a wonderful opportunity to see some of the best livestock in the state and meet people from every section of the county, and from ad joining counties who will be here. Come out and look the train over. IXX Some of the candidates who advo cate light wines and beers, should j also embody in their platform a move for wider sidewalks. The Spartanburg Herald of Sun day says: Tension that originated a month ago when John Roper is- al leged to have choked a son of Frank Simmons is believed to haves, led to the fatal stabbing of Roper by Sim mons at a baseball game ten miles from Woodruff yesterday at 4 y. m. S'mmons claims he acted in self def use. Roper, his heart pio hed by a pocket knife as an autopsy lat er proved, d.cd 15 minutes after be ing v ounded. Occurs In Pasture When the stabbing occurred, ih'- men were in a pasture of the Pan Meyers farm about ten miles from Woodruff where a baseball cont'st between teams of Cross Anchor and Libe.ty Ridge was about to begin. At bo death u: Roper, the match was called. Simmons went to Woodruff sar- <.ndercd to Constable M. E. Mc- Abce. ard was brought to the county ■r. i here. He raid last night that about a month ago his son and an- Jther boy. net related to Roper, wore 'i cuing over a game of baseball and hat Rcpcr seized his son ar.d choked h’m. Yesterday, he declared, just bc-fo'-o the game, Roper passed a remark x 1 cerning a statement bv Simmons ” connection with the treatment his r; had received. Struck By Reck Roper, who had been drinking, ac cording to Simmons, advanced and Simmons picked up a rock to meet his attack. As he drew back his arm 1 o throw, Simmons says he was struck by Roper and thrown off his balance but his rock hit his adver sary’s head. As Roper once more started upon him with one hand in his pocket, Simmons declared, he drew out a pocket knife and struck an under hand blow, which landed over Rop er’s heart. XXX Grape juice makes a delicious hot weather ice or sherbet. Flavor with sugar and lemon to taste and freeze; if a sherbet is wanted, add a beaten egg white when partly frozen and continue turning the dasher until stiff. Remove dasher, cover the can tightly, pack with ice and salt, and set away to ripen for an hour or more. , . S. S. Convention At Stevens Creek Church Program Of Sunday Srhool Convention Of The Edge- field Baptist Association To be held with Little Stevens Creek Church Tuesday, July 10, 1928, at 10:00 a. m. Morning Session 10:00—Devotional, Rev. H. B. White. 10:15—Enrollment of Delegates (Reports received and committees appointed to digest and give a sum mary report later). General Theme—Bigger Sunday Schools: 10:20—The field: Unreached Mul titudes ard locating possibtihvies. Rev. W. L. Coker. 10:50—Reaching the Unreached, Rev. G. C. S.eidcnspinner. 11:20—'Holding your Gains, Rev. H. M. Hcdgens. 11:45 to 12:45—Better* Sunday Schdols, Rev. J. L. Corzine. Dinner Hour—12:45 to 2:00 p. m. Afternoon Session 2:00—Devotional Services — Rev. G. W. Gurley. 2:15—The D. V. B. S.—HOW?, Rev. J. L. Corzine. 2:45—The Real Sunday School Problem. J. H. Ccurtney. 3:00—Report of Ccmmlttees. 3:15—Award of Seals and Banner. 3:25—Election of Officers. 3:33—General Discussions. 3:43—Adjournment. M. B. HAMILTON, For Committee. X i Claims Youthful Bandit Robbed Him Of $50,000 BLISSFIELD, Mich., June 23.— An express messengers story that a lone boy bandit held him up on a tra'n and escaped with a currency shipment ef $50,000 was under in vestigation today. The robber, described by the mes senger zs being about 19 years old, boarded the train at Adrian and gained acce-s to the express car shortly after the train pulled out of the staticn. Holding the messenger at bay with a pistol, the youth, the messenger -said, ransacked a num ber cf raiil bags, r'ncluding' one known have contained about-$50,- 000 in bills cr" small denomination. As the tra’n slowed down at the station hero the messenger was hurl ed from the car and the robber fol lowing escaped in a waiting aute mo bile, according to reports to local official-. Offic : a s professed ignorance as to how the bandit gained access to the car, according* to iaih*oad depu ties. The car was not opened at Ad rian and the messenger was supposed to have been locked inride at the time the robLu\ boarded the car. Due r,o the presence of the ship ment oj cum: cy, the usual precau- tirns liad r. " o taken to safeguard it. 'fiie.leek; vv.re examined at Chicago where the train was made up anl as tY're was no eoi.sigr.rnont for Ad rian they shrald not have been open ed there. Boy Scouts America Plum Branch. S. C. The sc tut 3 held the’r weekly meet ing or. Saturday nlt rnocn, June 23, 1928, at tlvJee o’clock. Each scout repeate 1 the scout oath and gave his good turns for the last week. Prof. Thomas Collier, who is now home cm his vacation after teaching the last term in a school at Moncks Cor ner, S. C., gave us a helpful talk on scouting, which wc all enjoyed greatly. The Troop Committee will r eet soon tc make plans for our summer camp. We are all looking forward to this camp with joy. Patr^’g one and two will stand the second class test this summer in camp. At the meeting Saturday the two patrols decided the name they would go by, Patrol No. 1 took the Owl and Patrol No. 2 took the Crow. Our scoutmaster will order these two pen nants and a Troop Flag soon. EDWARD HODGENS, 4 Troop Scribe. ’