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Thursday, July 5, 1928 McCormick South L/atvnuu POLITICAL CARDS FOR SHEFIFF I respectfully announce myself a candidate for Sheriff of McCormick County, subject to the rules and reg ulations of the Democratic Primary election. I shall highly appreciate the sup port of the people. W. T. STROM. FOR SHERIFF POLITICAL CARDS FOR SENATE POLITICAL CARDS For Clerk Of Court I hereby announce my candidacy for re-election as State Senator from McCormick County, subject to the rules and regulations of the Demo cratic primary. I shall highly ap preciate your ruffragc. F. C. ROBINSON. I hereby announce my candidacy for re-election as Clerk of Court for McCormick County, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. J. ARCH TALBERT. FOR SENATE I hereby announce my candidacy for re-election as Sheriff of McCor mick County, subject to the rules of the' Democratic party. M. R. LeROY. I hereby announce my candidacy for the office df State Senate from McCormick County, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. Your support shall be greatly appreciated. W. K. CHARLES. FOR SHERIFF 1 For Supt. Education I hereby respectfully announce my cand'dacy foi< Sheriff cc* McCormick County, subject to the rules and reg- ulati6ns of the Democratic primary. I shall highly appreciate yeur sup port. G. J. SANDERS. FOR SUPERVISOR I hereby announce my candidacy fer Supervisor of McCormick Coun ty, subject to the rules and regula tions of the Democratic primary. I solicit the suffrage of the voters on my mer'ts and the faithful promise 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 iind regulations of the Democratic primary. Your support shall be highly appreciated. W. O. GRAVES, JR. 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. FOR SUPERVISOR I hereby announce my candidacy for Supervisor of McCcrmick 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 Supt. Education 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 ar.d will try to show every appreciation by giving them service, if intrusted by them. J. W. JOHNSON. For Congress I am a candidate for re-election to Congress from the Third District, subject to the rules of the Democratic Party. FRED H. DOMINICK. INDUSTRIAL REVIEW The Superior Industrial Posi tion Of The United States To day Is Directly The Effect Of Our Belief In The Prin ciple Of Labor Con servation FOR SOLICITOR I hereby announce myself a -candi date for re-election to the •office of Solicitor of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit. 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 the Democratic Primary Election. T. C. CALLISON. House Representatives I hereby announce my candidacy for - the office cf House of Represen tatives from McCormick County, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. Your sup port shall be greatly appreciated. JASPER McDANIEL. SUPT. EDUCATION I am a candidate fer the office of Superintendent of Education of Mc Cormick 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 fer its aim the protection of interest of the children cf the county and the futherance of the cause generally. I shall gieatly appreciate your sup port. D. L. WIDEMAN. Plum Branch. House Representatives I hereby respectfully announce my candidacy for re-olection to the House of Representatives from Mc Cormick Cou.Tty, subject tv the rules and regulations of the Demo cratic primary. Your support shall be greatly apprce ; ated. W. D. MORRAH. FOR CORONER 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. 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 cf said office as fairly and economically as possible. J. II BANKS. FOR MAGISTRATE 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 cf the people. H. C. WALKER. FOR MAGISTRATE 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 preciate the support of the voters in the race for this office. C. C. MORGAN. 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 fc‘r 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 County Commissioner I hereby announce my candidacy for County Commissioner of McCor mick County, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic 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. 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 and pistols fixed bj ^ ^ ’ g. T. BAUGHMAN, iiiii isftMftfc s. J I hereby respectfully announce my cardidacv for re-election to the of fice of Coroner of McCormick Coun ty, subject to the rules and regula tions cf the Democratic primary. Your support shall be greatly ap- oreciated. J. C. MORGAN. COTTON WEIGHER I hereby announce myself a candi- J at3 for Cotton We ; gher of Plum Branch, under the rules and regula tors of the Democratic primary. Having served in this capacity fif teen years. I feel well qualified for the place, and shall apprecint support. S. W. WIDEMAN. you: COTTON WEIGHER I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Cotton Weigher at Plum Branch and agree to abide by the rules of the Democratic primary If elected I also promise a fait *'u' and impartial discharge of my duty to all. J. A. RIDLEHOOVER. Inside” Informal i on Pouring of concrete on Coastal Highway in Colleton County nearing completion. GreenvLile—Bids received fc r c n- struction of $1,000,000 new hotel at Myrtle Beach. Dillon—New post office building lor Dillon in prospect. Dillon—Reported that local plant )f Southern Cotton Oil Company will resume operations. Hardeeville—Contract awarded for construction of new school building here. Holly Hill—Farmers of this vicin ity busy with their crops. Easley—'Contract awarded for en larging Pecan Terrace Hotel. Greenville—James Chevrolet Com pany, Greenville, with capitalization of $50,000 chartered. Georgetcwr.—Prosperity Tailorng Company installs modern dry-clean ing outfit in local plant. * Bamberg—Large shipments of cu cumbers are being made from this point. Lexington—Peach harvesting in full sw.ng in this section. Willingto.i — New Presbyterian Church here dedicated. Bamberg—Tpbacco crop in this section ve:y promising. Sumter—Repa'ring and improving lr ; eal post office under construction Seven ml’.es of paving on Beaufort Ycmassce highway completed aod op ened to traffic. Spring poultry sales i n Cherokee Cour.ty totaled 54 000 pounds and netted farmers about $10,000. Fairfield County shipped flr*t co operative carload of lambs on recent day. Clem sen College—New Riggs Hall pi‘ Engineering dedicated here :e- pently. Modoc—Farmers here busy cuttjng grain and chopping ccfton. Gaffney—J. J. Schinzing w*ll es tablish nursery on U. S. Highway No. 20 about one-half mile from city limits. Dudley—Farmers in this section busy seeding ground. Livestock Special train will run through South Carolina between mid-June and mid-July. Gaffney—Poming ctf concrete for Jou.'.dat on cf new mill at Gaf:"ney Manufacturing Company's plant in orogr'ss. Gaffney—Branch cf Spartanburg 1‘vision of Vectp heaters, product of American Radiator Company, open ed here. Gaffney—Construction c|f $4,000,- C00 gas fuel plant by Great North ern Ut litics Company will start im mediately. Blacksburg —* Piedmont Springs' new hotel, the Frances-Jean, opened recently. Ruthefo^d—Great Northern Utili ties Company granted franchise to iurr'sh this place with gas. THINGS WORTH KNOWING The Babylonians sundials. told time with Winthrop College * Scholarship And Entrance! Examination The porcupine fish has a covering of sharp spines. During the war, German chemists added to the limited supply of oil by raising blue bottle flies by the bill ion and extracting oil from the lar vae. Almost half the working women in Binghampton, N. Y., are married, a much higher percentage than is usual in cities of its size. . The motet poisonous spider in the United States is probably the “black widow,” common in the south and much smaller than the feared tar antula. Bees may go as far as ten males in search of nectar, though the.r usual range is less than two miles. Aphids are particularly deadly pests to house plants because they grow up and reproduce so rapidly, a Coyiell University entomologist states. The orang-outang builds its family nest in a tree. Louisiana’s levee than 200 years old. system is more About 9,000 earthquakes are re corded in a year by scientific instru ments. While all maples contain sugar, on ly the sugar maple is tapped com- .aercially for its sugar. A true blizzard is a combination of high wind, intense cold and an abundance cf fine snow in the air. The international boundary be tween Canada and the United States, ncludirg Alaska, is 5,500 miles long. The director of a psychopathic laboratory says that criminals can be detected in their early years if proper tests a:o used. The Carquinez bridge in California is the largest bridge in the world de voted solely to highway traffc. A trade magazine says that there are 2,500 brands of perfume and 1, 200 brands of face powder on - the market. The examination for the award dj vacant Scholarships in Winthrop Col lege and for admission of new stu dents will be held at every County* Courthouse in the State on Friday, July 6, and Saturday, July 7, at 9 a. m. This examination will be held whether there are vacant scholar ships or not, as vacancies may occur after the examination. Applicants must not be less than sixteen years of age. When scholarships are vac ant after July 6, they will be award ed to those making the highest aver age at this examination, providing they meet the conditions governing the award. All who wish scholar ships should attend the examinatioih whether there are vacancies report ed or not. Applicants for Scholar ships should write to President John son before the examination for schol arship blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. For farther information and catalogue, address President D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, South Caro lina. — ..I. i . l Clemson College Scholarship Examinations Competitive examinations for the award of vacant scholarships in Clemson College will be held on Fri day, July 13th, 1928, beginning at 9 a. m., by each County Superintend ent of Education. These scholar ships will be open to young men sixteen years of age or over, who desire to pursue courses in Agricul ture and Textiles. Schola: ships are awarded by the State Board cf Edu cation on the recommendat’on of the State Board of Public Welfare. Persons interested should write the Registrar for information and application blanks before the time of the examinations. Successful ap plicants must meet fully the require ments for admiss : on. Each scholarship is worth $100.00 and free tuition, which is £40.00 ad ditional. Membership in the Re serve Officers’ Training Corps—R. O. T. C.—is of fnancial assistance. These examinations may also be used as credit toward admission in to college. For further information write— The Registrar, Clemson College, S. C. THE CITADEL An automatic f.re alarm of Eng- llsh invention is operated by a twelve pound weight that is dropped when a temperature of 168 degrees melts supporting wires. The number cf rod corpuscles in a human being’s body may in the course cf a s.ngle day vary by more than 300,000. A man nearly e ghty years old residing at Bath, Me., recently ate his first ice cream. He acknowl edged that he liked it and hoped to have some more. Third-class trains in England arc Goucher—Farmers in this section I to be equipped with' “couchettes,” busy chopping cotton. j ‘ so If a woman's hips are large in pro portion to her waist and bust, she should choose long vertical lines from the shoulder to the floor in de signing her dresses. These lines may' be stripes in the material, bands, or rows of trimming, rows cf buttons, tucks, and so on. Newberry—-New road from St., Lukes to Newberry under construc tion. Myrtle Beach—Construction be gins on new Presbyterian Church. Gi’eer—-New hotel with automobile storage under construction. Greer—Work of rebuilding Grand Theatre progressing rapidly. To whip cream successfully you must have the cream and the bowl very cold. If the kitchen is hot, it is better to whip the cream out of doors, using a dover beater. Or stand the cream bowl in a pan of cracked ice. To obtain the best whip it is well to use cream that contains at least 30 per cent butterfat and that has aged at least 24 hours. -JXI- Pruning White Pine In Maine that passengers can rest more com fortably at night. JXt Figures Show Hunters Increasing In Numbers The Military Collesc Of South Carolina Vacant Schol arships An easy dinner menu for wash-day may be acceptable: Ccld sliced corn beef or other meat; vegetable curry; radishes, baked bananas. Yo-j can use various vegetables in the curry, but a good combination contains rice, onion, carrots, fresh or canned peas, celery in about equal amounts, and seasonings. Cook the rice first. Cook the vegetables the necessary length Oi time for each in a small amount of water. Make a ring of the rice, and put the vegetables in the mid- clearer lumber when he is ready to die, pouring over them a sauce made CU L of the vegetable water, seasoned with - X" curry, salt, pepper, or Worcester shire sauce, and butter. In pruning white pine W. B. Deer- ing, of Hollis Center, Maine, gets good results with a 17-gauge steel saw blade about 18 inches long, 3 inches wide at one and 2 inches at the other, he reports to the Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agri culture. There are 4 teeth to the inch, set so as to cut with a down ward pull, and the saw blade is fast ened to a 10-foot pole at an angle of 30 degrees. Dr. Deeiing prunes on ly dead limbs from the 16-foot butt log. He states that with this tool a man can prune a tree in from 2 to 4 minutes, or about 100 running feet cf tree trunk in an hour. This means a rate of about seven 16-foot logs per hour and a cost of about 8 cents per tiee. Pruning off the lower limbs from the trunks gives him A vacant scholarship in McCormick County will be filled by competitive examination to be held art the coun ty seat cn Friday, July I3th. Appli cants must be at least sixteen and net more than twenty years of age, and must meet the educational re quirements for admission to the freshman class, which are a certif icate from an accredited four-year high school, covering fifteen units, or an equivalent examination. This scholarship covers tuition, board, hospital, laundry, rcom, and an allowance for uniforms. The Citadel is a liberal arts col lege, offering electives in civil en ginering, science, language and lit erature, and business administration. It has an excellent military sys tem, having been rated by the War Department continuously for many years as “distinguished military col lege.” An inspector says of it: “It is so superior in all its meth ods, it must be classed alone.” It provides thorough physical traning of all students under com petent supervision, and encourages all athletic sports. For catalogue and blanks, write to, COL. O. J. BOND, President, The Citadel, Charleston, S. C. During the season 1926-27 more than 5,750,000 hunting licenses for the taking of wild game were issued to sportsmen throughout the United States, including Alaska, and the “No building on the farm gives revenue to the States amounted to, so g r eat a n et return, year after more than $7,800,000. Although data' yeai‘, for the expenditure as a good Pumpkins contain more per cent of water. than 90 from our States are lacking, detail ed figures for the season compiled by the Bureau of Biological Survey of the United States Department of Agriculture show increases in num bers of licenses issued and fees re ceived over the pieceding three years. In the 1923-24 season, the licenses numbered 4.395,038 and the fees paid were $5,594,982. One year later, 4,904,740 hunters paid for their licenses a total of $6,190,863, while in 1925-26' hunting licenses to the number of 5,168,353 were issued, bringing a revenue of $6,8(2,812 to the States. During the season just past, New York State with 620,414 licenses and fees of $822,415 headed the list both in licenses and msney returns. IX! One of our exchanges says that no man can appear dignified in a bath tub. Which naturally leads to the question: why should he want to? hog house,” says E. Z. Russell, in charge of swine investigations for the United States Department of Ag riculture, “yet the hog house fre quently is the building of poorest construction on the farm.” Often the light and ventilation are poor or lacking. Other farm animals are protected by nature from heat and cold. The hog is not. Hog houses should not be too high, in the North. They should be located where the wa ter will drain away freely. In the North the hog house should have a south front. In the South, it is us ually better to have its length to the north and south with windows on both sides. Farrowing pens .. should always be provided with a guardrail, either permanent or removable to prevent the sow from crushing pigs against the wall when she lies down. This rail should be about 9 inches from the floor and leave a space of eight or more inches from the w^U*