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TRUE TO OURSELVES. OUR NEIGHBORS. OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Twenty-Seventh Year 8 Pages — All Home Print McCORMICK. S. C.. Thursday, July 12, 1928 Established June 5, 1902 Number 6 Candidates Must File Pledges By Noon Of Monday, July 16th Books Of Enrollment Close July 24th; Secortd Cam paign Meeting At Hope- well Church July 19th All cand'dates arc required to file pledge and pay their assessment by Monday) July 16, at 12 o'clock. Cam paign meeting opens the following morning at Bordeaux. Books of en rollment close on July 24th. Only those who failed to sign the enroll ment for 1926 cr have s'nco reached the age of 21 years, or have other wise become qualified' to' vote, should sign the enrollment. Registration certificates are not required, to vote in the primary. Under a Ruling of the County Ex ecutive Committee, so much of the Rule as requires a cert jTicate of transfer from one precinct to an other in order to entitle One to en roll, is waived. The Committee feels that this Rule is more applicable to large cities;, and inasmuch as a voter cannot vote in but one precinct, the Rule would probably work a hard ship in this county. Therefore, the enrollment cc<mmittee of the respec tive precincts will not require one desiring to enroll and who was en rolled' at another precinct 1 to obtain a certificate of transfer, but each applicant Lor enrollment who can qualify as to age and residence, should be allowed to s’gn the enroll ment bock. The Ladies Auxiliary of Hopewell Church has invited the Campaign Party to hold a meeting at Hopewell Church on July 19. The County Chairman, on behalf of the Executive Committee, accepted this invitation, believing that the candidates would be glad to ava 1 themselves of the op portunity of meeting the voters of that section at that time and place. This date has accordingly been in cluded in the itinerary as publish ed elsewhere. It is very important that all can didates keep in m'nd that pledge and payment of assessments are abso lutely essential, and this Rule must be complied with strictly. The Ex ecutive Committee would have no power to open the list after it is once closed. After the campaign and just prior to the first Primary, each candidate is required to file with the Clerk of Court an itemized and verified statement cf expenses incurred, and the successful candidates are requir ed to file an additional affidavit af ter the Primary, of all moneys ex pended to date. W. K. CHARLES, County Chairman. Livestock Special Train To Be Here Next Monday All Farmers And Others Inter ested Are Urged To See Exhibits The Clemson Collegc-Atlantic Coast Line Livestock Special T:'ain will be at McCormick on. next Mon day, July 16, from 2:45 o’clock in the afternoon until 9:00 o’clock that night. One of the largest crowds ever at McCormick is expected to visit the fain while it is here, and view the exh'bits and demonstrations furnished by the specialists in charge of the train. Upon arrival of the train, a short program will be carried out at the cars. This program will consist of a short address ofi welcome by Hon. F. C. Robinson, on behalf of McCor mick County; a response by Mr. V. W. Lewis, Livestock Development Agent of. the Atlant’c Coast Line Railroad; an introduction of special ists by the district extension agent. Mr. A. H. Ward, of Aiken, a short talk by Mr. Thos. W. Morgan, Coun ty Agent, and short addresses by the various livestock specialists in charge of the train. After this program the cars will be thrown open for n- spection of exhibits. During the af ternoon special livestock demonstra tions. such as culling poultry, judg ing da'ry cows, judging hogs, etc., will be given. This train offers a wonderful op portunity for the farmers of. Mc Cormack County to get some first hand knowledge On the care and at tention of good livestock, and all are urged to come out and see the train load of exhibits. Cannon Expects Many Democrats Entuim BOOKS KILL CLOSE TUESDAV, JULt 24 To Bolt Party Speaks Before Methodist Con ference At Junaluska Book of Enrollment close Tuesday, July 24th. All those who have not enrolled and who arc qualified should sign the Enrollment Book of his precinct oh or before the above date. If in doubt as to whether your name is on the Book, inquire of the Commit- tee. Each voter must enroll in precinct in which he ! ^ lives. ' 1 LAKE JUNALUSKA N. C., July 5.-^-Bishop James A. Cannon, Jr., of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, spoke tonight befoi'e the Souti.e’n Methodist conference at Lake Junaluska, on prohibition at the Houston convention. He declared that the conference to be held at Asheville, July 18, to organize for election of “dry” Dem ocratic senatorial, congressional and state nominees for publice office and for the defeat of Governor Smith was a natural outcome of the Houston convention. Bisht'p Cannon first read in full the statement which he made before the committee on icsolution,. oppos ing the adoption of a plank approv ing or disapproving specifically the principle of prohibition but request ing the adoption of a prohibition plank specially indicating the 18th I amendment and “law enacted pursu- CLEMSON COLLEGE, July 10.— ant thereto.” Corn requ res large amounts cf am-j The address was delivered before ! monia and water for profitable the Southern Methodist summer con- : yields. So fra this season, however, 1 ferencc n ow in session there. A large ! there has been too much water, and number of clergymen and laymen of ! corn has been stunted because the' the denomination we^e present. excess water prevented normal root Bishop Cannon declared that Gov- ^ ^ o growth and leached out the needed 1 ernor Smith in his telegram to the C ,, ^ gus . romc e o un ammonia. As a whole the corn crop Houston convention expressing his says a engineers egan is w e oVer the state is verv un p r0 mising determination to emphasize his mod- Survey Of Furey’s Ferry Highway Begins This Week Preparing To Make Specifica tions For Construction To State And Federal Standards Side Dressing Of Com Will Pay Handsomely First Campaign Meeting At Bordeaux Tuesday^ July 17th Speaking Starts At 11 o clock A. M.; Barbecue, Ball Game And Dancing The first campaign meeting of the year for McCc'itaiick County is scheduled for Bordeaux on Tuesday, July 17th, at which place and time candidates for the several offices in the county will address the voters present. The time for entering the races and filing pledges expires at 12 o’clock,, noor, on Monday, July 15th. The speaking at Bordeaux on the 17th is to be started promptly ai 11 o’clock a. m., and continue until the dinner hour, 1 o’clock p. m., and re sumed after dinner if necessary. Mr. A. L. Moragne will serve a barbecue dinner from 1 o’clock to 2:30, and have as added attractions for the occasion, a baseball game in the afternoon and a dance that night. Propose Removal Of Two Trains to survey and relocate the highway and if . js not lied with add t . j, j ‘he new Furcy's Ferry bridge pl;;nt food therc u a ect ' over the Savannah northward for ((jr a very ^ crop several miles in South Carolina, pro- Au cor l that has not paiatory to making specifications sh<)uId bc ^ dressed w th 100 t:) for construction to state and federal 200 pounds of rjtrat? cf soda or an of soluble standards. The grading contract will probably be let this month, July. The | road will be straightened and prob ably considerably shortened. The recent announcement of State lews, voiced a flat refusal to accept the carefully considered decision of the resolutions commit tee, approved by the convention, that the Democrat c party should not be branded as for or against prohibition equivalent amount am- -l a . Four-H Club Boys To Camp At Rocky Bottom The McO’mick County 4-H Club boys will camp at Rocky Bottom, in Pckens County, during the week of July 16, according to an announce- mert^made by Thos. W. Morgan, County Agent. To date around twen ty-five boys have signed up to at tend the camp, and more applications will come in during this week. The camp is being held in conjunction with the Greenweed County club boys, who will be there at the same time. According to Mr. Morgan, Rocky Bottom offers an ideal place for a camp. Situated sixteen miles above Pickens, in the foothills of the moun tains, Rocky Bottom consists of camp houses which are fitted with electric lights and running water, a large shallow lake fox* swimming and fish ing; high mountain slopes for hikes, and cool mountain air for good sleep at night. A regular program for study and recreation is being worked out for the boys, and, in addition to Mr. Morgan and Mr. E. L. Rogers, county agent of Greenwood County, several specialists from Clemson Col lege will be on hand to help carry the program through and look after the boys. The boys will be carried to Rocky Bottom in school busses, leaving Mc Cormick at eight o’clock in Tuesday morning, July 17, and returning on Friday, July 20. C. & W. C. Gives Reasons For Asking To Take Off Trains (From The Anderson Daily Mail.) j but. for the enforcement of it. monia, advises R. W. Hamilten, en-1 Ascei'ting that “such rejection of tension agronomist. If the heavier! t h e decision cf the convention was amount is used it should be put cn, a deliberate political action to em- _ ^ ^ t> , • nf 1 i;1 two applications, the first when, phaslze Smith's wetness,” the bishop Senator Frank C. Robinson, o? Me- u approachin( , knee . h Eh and | declared t doubtless was made to Ornuck County, that that road «*.„ hn.ehW to t E s.l get we; Republican votes but also an open attack upc'r. the posl- Experiments throughout the state Prdposals of the Charleston & Western Carolina Railroad to remove two trains from the Anderson-Mc- Cormick division, because the rev-1 enuc therefrom is not sufficient even to pay the wages of the crews, were yesterday laid before the traif c committee of the chamber of com merce by Albert W. Arderson, cf Augusta, Ga., general manager of the road. After hearing the statement of Mr. Anderson, the committee announced it would take no action on the mat ter, but would await the action of the South Caroli.\a Railroad Com mission which has been petitic*r.ed by the C. & W. C. officials fo:« perm s- sion to remove these trains. A hear ing will be held in the offices of the commission on July 19. Mr. Ander son stated. Attending the meeting were prac tically all members cf the commit- eo of which M. M. Mattison is cha’r- man. Shippers were invited but on ly a few were present.. Mr. Anderson teld the committee that the receipts from the two pass enger trains between he:<e and Me Corraick. which it is pronosed to re move, are barely sufficient to pay ;he wages of the engineer and fire man, not including the wages of oth- xr members of the crew as well as ther expenses incident to the oper- ot'on cf the trains. It is proposed to remove the train which anives here at 10:30 a. m.. and departs for McCormick at 2:30 p. m. The rew schedule would in clude a departure from Anderson at 7:40 a. m. and an arrival about 11 a. m. The crew of the latter train would be employed in the shifting in Andersen and in this manner it would be possible to retain both crews, Mr. Anderson said. The Sun day train between Anderson and Mc Cormick would be abolished alto gether, under the plan which will be submitted to the railroad commis sion. 4Xt- , , , , - , ithe second bc entirely graded to state and fed- ge j oral standards from the bridge to the ! Abbeville lire, about forty miles, and to the Greenwood line and surface treated in 1929, and that all the other state roads in the county would be similarly graded, and surface treated in 1929, has creatod a lively interest i.i McCormick and adjoining counties as well as in Augusta and Georgia. There 's no ether county in the reg ion of Augusta, except Richmond- according to a local highway enthus iast, which will have its state high ways graded and paved by the end of 1929 except McCormick County, itself one of the smallest counties in South Carolina, net Burke, Mc Duffie, Columbia, A’ken» Edgefield This shows a remarkable spirit of progress which w.ll, and shculd, at tract notice and commendation all over South Carolina and a wide area elsewhere. According to this gentleman, Mc Cormick County adjoins Greenwood on the north and the highway from Greenwood to McCormick is to be surface treated in 1929. On the south, McCormick runs close to Augusta. It is confidently believed that the modem improvement of the high ways of McCormick County will im mediately begin to attract settlers, aided by the nearness of the neigh boring cities, as markets and in oth er beneficial ways. It will benefit directly all farmers in hauling their crops. It will open the inter-state routes through that county, between Chicago, Cincinnati, Knoxville, Ashe ville, etc., and Charleston. Savannah, Flonida as routes “as good as the best” and bring much benefit in that way—providing a “show window” to some of the multitude of strangers who move from the northwest to and from Florida. Large Water Powers Two of the largest water powers in the south—that near Clark’s Hill and that at Calhoun Falls—requir ing dams 90 to 100 feet in height each, lie in McCormick County, mak ing that county one of the richest in power in the south. These two dams have promise of early development Indications are that dutsiders was lion of dry Democrat'! and especially have shown that an average yield of | dry southern Democrats who are thus 21 bushels per acre ca n be increased! r.otk'ied that they must surrender to 40 bushels by the above amounts ( their moral convictions to enable the of soluble ammonia appLed at the we t Tammany candidate to secure a right time. ! socalled Democratic victory.” The bishop predicted that thou sands of southern Democrats would about forty , ., , McC' r “ eci( ^ e they could vender no greater service to Democracy than to aid :n defeating “the wet Tammany cand.date lor president and thus maintain the self-respect and unity of southern Democracy.” He said the Asheville meeting was designed to prevent disruption of southern Democracy by supporting dry can didates for other .offices and defeat wet cand-dates. Bishop Cannon is cha’rman of the committee and member of the executive committee of the Anti-Saloon league. txt Wide Range In Cot ton Growing Costs its entire length of miles, with branches from mick to G’-teenwood and to Anderson, with numerous small towns and ade quate railroad facilities. Electric light power is now supplied daily to the farms and towns from McCor mick to Augusta, consolidated schools have nOw bee n erected for nearly all parts of the county. This immediate improvement of the highways taken with other things will undoubtedly promote settlement and development .. , , . , . n the county. The action reflects . credit upon the citizens and upon the public officials of the county and will doubtless prove, in results, a monument to their sagacity. The lands c'f McCormick are of an unusual good quality—like those >i Lincoln and Columbia; bordering the river, being good sandy and gravelly originally oak and hickory and with f.ne bottoms along the river and small streams. It is es pecially adapted to dairying, the Costs of growing cotton ranging from 8 cents per pound of lint to 59 cents per pound during the 1927 season have been reported to the raising of grasses and grain. Poultry, United States Department of Agri- •aising is already a leading indus-! culture by 992 cotton growers. Most try and no region is bettor adapt- 1 of the groweis reporting on their ed tc* peach culture and there are costs had yields higher than the large orchards in some parts of the county. No Added Taxation This signal development- of high ways in McCormick will mean no added taxation on property, it all comes from the state highway funds allotted to the county, but instead of waiting to take ednerete paving slowly over a period of some fif teen years, a reimbursement loan will be made for immediate construc tion, and the state funds will pay The neighborhood’s most desirable citizen is the man who can play a saxaphone—but doesn’t. XXX It is considered a good detour these days if your head hits the top of th® car six or seven times. j better begin to get in on the ground floor in McCormick County. Already the county, a long, narrow one along the Savannah Rive^, with an elevated picturesque and healthful ridge overlooking the Savannah valley, has the C. & W. C. Railway running uidate the principal for the type of improvement adopted, this to be re placed gradually by concrete. Rich mond County, Georgia, and McCor- had | mick County, South Carolina, not average of 154 pounds per acre re ported by the Federal Crop Report ing Board. The department has tabulated the octets by yield groups. Forty-five farmers reported yields of 60 pounds and under per acie at an average cost of 59 cents per pound of cot ton. On the other hand, 23 farmers reported yields of more than 500 pounds per acre at a n average cost of 8 cents per pound. Seventy-two farmers who grew freton 61 to 100 both the interest and gradually liq- pounds of lint per acre reported an only strike hands over the big bridge connecting them over the Savannah, to be opened this fall at Furey’s Ferry but in being the only two counties in this region to have all their highways paved at an early date. average cost of 26 cents per pound of lint, and 90 farmers who grew between 101 to 140 pounds to the acre reported a n average cost of 20 cents per pound ofi lint. More than half the group of 992 farmers had yields of 141 to 300 pounds per acre with an average production cost of 13 cents per pound of lint cotton. These farmers were among the group having the larger cotton acreages. Death Of Mrs. William McKinney Mrs. William McKinney departed this life Saturday afternoon, July 7th, at 3:30 o’clock. The interment was Sunday after noon in Beth; a cemetery at two o’clock, Rev. J. R. Hooten conducting the ceremony, with J. S. Strom, un dertaker, McCormick in charge. Mrs. McKinney was born in 1889 rear Troy and was a daughter of the late Mr. a.id Mrs. J. R. McCombs. She was married to Wm. M. Mc Kinney cf AbbTv'lle on June 24, 1908. Her death was a shock to all her loved ones. She was given best medical attention but nothing could stay the hand of death. She was a member of the B^chia Presbyterian Church and died in the faith. Her life has been one of serv ice and love. She was a loyal, de voted wife and mother, nc« sacr : fice being too great for her husbanu and children, who .‘n return loved h'T as only the noblest and bset can love, an adoration, sparkling from every eye when they spoke of mother. No one can take the place of mo ther. No one can smooth the rugged road like mother. How she will be missed in this home where she was needed so badly. • “Not now, but in the coming years we’ll understand.” She is survived by a disconsolate husband and nine heart broken chil dren, four brothers, J. L. McCorab of Troy,. R. S. McComb of Abbeville, J. T. McComb of Winter Haven, Flor- da, and J. C. McCcmb of Kansas City, Mo., and a number ov friends and relatives. May the Lord bless, comfort and strengthen the bleeding hearts of loving husband and children and heal the wound that only God can heal. •: x Income Tax Revenue Increases Greatly COLUMBIA, July 5.—Income tax collections for the first six months of 1928 showed an increase cf 8"72 - 929.55 over the same period :n 1927, according to figures announced to day by W. R. Bradley, director cf the income tax division of the Sputh Carolina tax commission. During the first six months of this year a total of $ll 783,8-11.6! was collected as compared to $1 ; 210,- 912.00 for the same period, en ling June 30, in 1927. Collections for June this year showed an increase of $28,140.91 over the same month in 1927. This year the June collections were 8104,451.- 54, while June, 19271. only gave $76,- 310.63. IXI Ladies To Have Hash At Campaign Meeting At Hopewell Church The Ladies Auxiliary of Hopewell Church will serve a hash dinner to the public at Hopewell Church on Thursday, July 19th, the day of the county campaign meeting at that place.