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« Thursday, August 30, 1928 MifORMICK MESSENGER Published Every Thursday mm Established June ft, 1902 McCORMICK MESSENGER. McCORMICK, SoutR Carolina. Page Number Four EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner. CIRCULATION: 1,300, and growing DISPLAY ADVERTISING — 25 cents per inch for each insertion; noth ; ng less than 4 inches accepted for double column display, nor less than 2 inches for single column dis- BUSINESS READING NOTICES, cpnt-? per line for each insertion, wvtu-uge oi C words to line. WANT ADVS., 6 cents per line for each insertion, average of 6 words to fine. TRIBUTES OF RESPECT, 6 cents Per line, 6 words to line. AH advs. set in body type, 6 cents f»er single column line; extra charges for tig type on all single column •dvs., except head and signature. Positions given at ONE-THfRD extra charge. Entered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of the second dsns. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Strictly Cash In Advance — One Year $1.00 Six Months .... .75 Three Months .50 Type That Is Needed Men wh<j can see the value of an improvement to the community be fore it is completed are the kind of men who are needed for leadership. All too often, thebe who are of a conservative frame of mind control the sentiment by reason of their po sitions and development is retarded. They have never tabsn a chance in , their business and they don’t believe in anything in which the element of chance enters. They lack vision. * The man who draws back always comes around after the improvement is completed and agrees that it is all that was ever said for it. They are to be admired for the po sition they take. They can’t be blam ed perhaps, because they have a type of mind that can’t visualize things. Being for it whe n it is done is some thing. txt The Benefits Of Highways » ■ .Highways are an investment that pays real dividends and shows pro fits, according to Frank Page, Chair man of the North (Carolina Highway Commission. In a recent speech, he shelved what benefits have come to that state from its fine roads. As the first item, Mr. Page listed relief to towns and counties and sav ings to road users, through reducing wear and tear and losses. Second, educat onal opportunities. Third, the rapid, cheap and safe transportation of agricultural pro ducts. Fourth, factories avoid congested centers and labor needs no tenements in town. Fifth, increased accessibility of •resorts and places of scenic interest. Sixth, the appeal good highways make to potential residents. Seventh, social advnntageq by do ing away with isolation. These are highway “dividends” that are paid in every state and every locality. A community that neglects building gcod and adequate roads is condemn'ng itcelf to me diocrity and retrogression. 1 ax Responsibility For The Parents Parents are at fault in more than "Tivety per cent r," th' 1 accidents in wh ch children are killed or injured by automobilesi the coroner of a mid west city has discovered. In the re maining ten per (nrt, motorists were speeding or driving carelessly. This same average may not pre vail in all parts of the country, but it is probably about representative of the average city or town. Nc* one condones reckless or care less driving of automobiles, but Community Success Success has been defined by a well known authority as the progressive realization of a worthy ideal. This definition is in terms of in dividuals, but it can be applied equal ly as well to a business or a com munity. It lays down the fixed principle that success is impossible without the element, of a worthy ideal. Therefore, communities that ex pect to be successful must have a worthy goal to which the energies of the people are directed. This community can expect to get al;?ad only by aspiring to achieve an aim that is within its reach, and by following a well defined program of action. Nothing is impossible if the ideal is worthy and the people are “sold” on what they are attempting to do. They can also make it a community of homes where people really ard where children can be reared to become useful citizens. txt May Eliminate S. C. WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL REVIEW DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STA TISTICS SHOW THAT WOKERS IN OUR COUNTRY RECEIVE TWICE AS MUCH FOR SAME WORK AS WORKERS IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. WAGES RISE FASTER THAN LIVING COSTS HERE President Calvin Coolidge Interest ed In u America complete c •nmissa*y a::d medical un its ard a band, camped f weeks “on locat on” with Griffith at Som- Y. Regular army officers DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE IS NOT A KEEN PICTURE FAN, HE IS INTERESTED IN GRIF- - FITH’S LATEST President Calvin Coolidge is not noted as a theatre-goer. Even in the days when as Governor of Massa chusetts, he ctecupied a modest room at the Adams House in the heart of Beltco.—C. F. Cox erecting new Boston’s thratre sectieii he was sel- stbre bulding here. dom seen at a playhouse. Belton—4Paving of Anderson street But there is one modon picture in nearly completed. j which he is interested, and that is Sumter—Rurdy street being hard- “America,” the big romart'c [ film surfaced to Broad street. j made by D. W. Griffith of the Amer- Sumter—Davis Implement Com- ican Revolution, which comes to the pany moves into new home at 111 Dixie Theatre, Friday and Saturday, live East Hamptcn Avenue. j Newspaper corespondents at the Lexington—Carload tomatoes ship- White House relate that not only did p*'d from here recently. i President Coolidge confer with Grif- Pickens—Matheney Motor Co., fith about the making of “America,” new firm, <v’ganized he:<e. j but that the austere and silent Chief Belton—Concrete being poured on Executive asked the producer for a number of still pictures of scenes from “America,” to show the home folks up in Vermont. Which betok- 4 01)Cy 9 F,tate b ghway link from here to Ab- 'J beville County line. bridegroom’s act of endowing her “with all bis worldly goods,” may be deleted from the Proestant Episco pal marriage ceremony when the forty-ninth general convention of the church meets here in October. That question will be among changes to be consideied by the house (•; bishops and the house of deputies, the legislative bod es of the church, in connection with efforts to adept the revised Book of Common Prayer. Slight revisions in the services at morning and evening prayers, and new prayers for social service, good Denmark—W c*rk commenced Olar-Denmark highway. Sumter—Poultry Farmers Field Day will be held here August 22. Lyman—Underpass being con structed at this place. Seneca—Contracts let foil surface treating highway from here to Lons dale, and from end of pavement at Courtney to Newry. Walterboro—Car of cured tobacco recently shipped from here. Greenville—Fiske Carter Construc tion Company Of Graenv'lle awarded contract to build 6 units of $10,000.- government, world peace and °^ber| qqq ra y on pj an ^ Industrial Rayon modern trends, alscV ai'e contained in Corp., at Covington, Va. The Fiddlers’ Convention which was held ia the high school auditor ium Monday evening was attended and thoroughly enjoyed by some five hundred tc< six hundred men, women and children. The music started about 8:40 and lasted until about 10:20. ^ The entire program was greatly Jdiere are accidents which the driver cnjo ^ e< ^ ^ the audience which called can net avoid and which are due en tirely to the irresponsibility of chil drerv Death or injuries that may make | Rpe ^ bound and was highly compli them lifelong cripples should ever be ment °d f° r the various feats he per- held up before children as the dang- on the violin, despite his age er that lurks in the street, in the sCOre or more years, form of automobiles, that may crush | n * Ce bttle sum of money was their little bodies and break their rea bzed for the school, bones. They can nc«t be warned too fre quently of this menace. They should be taught never to cross a street without first looking both ways. They can not be too cautious. The respon sibility is clearly upon the shoulders of parents. i Camden—New theatre building be- ___ WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. The - n g. erec t c d on site of old Majestic ens an unprecedented enthusiasm on bride’s promise “to obey” and the, J p ar ^. ^g president where mo on t:on pictu res are concerned. When one learns, however, that “America,” was filmed under the guidance of a special corps of re search experts and h'stoiians, includ ing representatives of the Daughter^ (•“ the American Revolution, the Sons of the American Revolution, The Lex ington Historical Society, and similar organizations; that Secretary of War Weeks assisted by turning over var ious regular army units, who appear in costume in the massive battle scenes; and that Griffith used his toric house-, actual battle grounds and the shrines of American liberty for the scenes, descendants of the leading families Revolutionary Days as extra people, and rums, pist ols, flintlocks, and even uniforms which saw service in the War of In dependence as properties, the inter est of even the President becomes un derstandable. And even had the subject and the unusual manner of making the film failed to make the average citizen enthusiastic, the fact that Griffith has broken all precedents by extend ing to every man woman and child an invitation to come and see the more massive scenes made, would give the general public a more per sonal interest in “America” than in any film prbduction ever made in this country. For the public took Griffith at his word and turned out to the extent of mono than 15,000 a day during the weeks the producer, hrs players, and United States regulars camped at Somers, New York, “shooting” bat tle scenes. The story of “America ” wr'tten by Robert W. Chambers, the no/elist, whose earlier books dealt with the Revolutionary period, and who is re garded in literary circles as an ex pert in the history of those days, is the story of the struggle of the col- oni.'s for liberty from Paul Reverc’s ride until George Wash ngtc»:i b 2- came President. All of dramatic incidents of the war, and its major battles figure in the film. Griffith established a spec ial research bureau to settle the mooted points of American h’story, and provide him with minute ard au thentic data. The selection of players was an other process which took up much time as Griffith and his advisory ex perts insisted upon getting types for the roles of Washington, John Ad ams, Hancock, Quincy, Otis, Pres cott, Warren. Gage, Howe and the other leading figures of Am rican history. The monumental task \vamater ially lightered by patriotic and his torical organizations which placed at the directors’ disposal the r collec tions of documents and relics and gave their advice and aid. His of - ftces were swamped with letters from every conceivable source offering as sistance of every kind, from the loan of historic flintlocks, to the request by municipalities of Revolutionary fame that he make scenes there, and use descendants of Revolutionary heroes as “supers.” The interest displayed in the com-; munitics where scenes have been tak- ’ cn, amounting to a revival of patrio 1 - tic enthusiasm, has also served to make the undertaking rest more lightly o n Griffith’s shoulders. The value of the assistance of the regular army cannot be lightly pass- ed over as it is a remarkable com- j mentary on the lavish scale on which ^ “America” is being made, as well as! upon the attitude of official Wash ington towards the project. Under instructions from Secretary Weeks, infantrymen from Forts Hamilton and Schuyler and from Governors Island, accompanied by the revised edition for which bishops, clergy and laymen have boen work ing for 15 years. Between 125 and 140 bishops, bishops coadjutor and bishops suf fragan, and between 600 and 700 clerical. and lay delegates will vote on the revisions. Littb controversy is anticipated, save probably over the proposal to eliminate the Thirty- nine Articles of ReFgion. These we:e set forth i n 1571 “for tho avoid ing c* diversities. Churchmen who favor their elimination point out that they are not and never have been a part of the Book of £c<nmon Prayer, but simply havis been printed under the same ccVer as supplementary. Whatever action is taken on the prayer book at the Washington con- vent’on will be of historical signifi cance due to the fact that revisions havj3 been rai'e. Only three revisions have been made in the history of the American church. The bcok was compiled during the 12 years between 1540 and 1552 by a commission head ed by Archbishop Cranmer, who was assisted by six bishops and six doc tors of divin'ty. The Right Rev. Charles Lewis Slattery, bishop of Massachusetts, says the change will elimirate many archaic expressions which have lost their meaning or are now misunder stood, and that the “Book of Ages” will (become also the bcok cf this gene:Jdtion. In England, where the established church is under state control, mat ters similar to those which will come before the general convention here in October have to be submitted to par liament for final rat'fication. Wide- spicad political controversy now wages in Britain over rev’sion of the Book of Common Prayer yet similar queutiens avi expected to be settled without difficulty during the meet ing of the church boiy in Washing ton. 1X1 Many Attend The Fiddlers’ Convention to no avail for repetition of several renditions. Col. A. E. Strother of Lincolnton Ga., * held the audience Walterboro—Glover Block of stores at Railroad avenue and Hamp ton street being remodeled,. Salters Depc-t—People in this vic inity busy curing tobacco. Dillon—Good cotton crop predicted in this section. ^onway—Plans mak’ng for con struction of new bridge across Wac- camaw River, ard new ;oad in con nection with bridge. Georgetown —Brdoklyn-Coop'erage Stave Plant here operating at capa city. Georgetown — Re-surfacing of Georgetown-Andrews highway sought. Georgetown — New roads nearly completed in GoM Hope section. Georgetown — Branch of B. & W. Dry Cleaning Plant at Lake City op ened here. Un:or—Improvements Iv’ng made to dwellings at Union Mills. Columbia—-Crop conditions throughout state are good, Sumter—Lincoln High School building being renovated. Hartsville—Hartsville Print & Dye Works with capitalizafon of $900,- 000 chai'tered. Columbia—South Carolina tobacco markets open.. Blackville—Baimwell County is most diversified county of state. Chester — Aragco-Baldwin mills will build huge addition to Wh’tmire plant. Charleston—Edisto Public Service Company and South Carol na Power Company merge as South Carolina Power Company. Ycmasseo — Ycmassee Furniture Company opened for business in building formerly occupied hy Breed en’s 10c ste-'e. Ycmassee — Ycmassee Chevrolet Company, i w concern. locates here. XXI Fire Threatened Main Street Block There may be sea serpents, but no body looks past the bathing suits to notice ’em. -txt Few curves ai'e dangerous unless The cily f're department was call ed cut about one o‘clc-:k last Friday morning to put out a fire which was rapidly gaining headway in Mr. Tyra Walker’s barber shop on the second floor of the old Bank of McCoimick budding, and within ten minutes af ter the arrival of the firemen they had the blaze under control and soon completely extinguished. The roof of the building was damaged by the flames and the contents mostly from water. The fire threatened one entire block of Main Street business build ings, which would in all probability have been destroyed if the town had not had wate r works and an up-to- date file fighting outfit and brave crew of firemen. and special histuical and technical advisers drilled the soldiers in the manual cf arms in use during the Revolution. The tactics and strategy of the War of Independence was studied and rehearsed. The battlefields of the Revolution were rebu lt under the guidance of Griffith’s special staff, and Com a high platfcom on the side of a hill overlooking a beautiful valley the di rector and his experts, through field telephones and mounted couriers, di rected the manoeuvres. Stripping off their khak : , the reg ulars, garbed as British grenadiers of King George Thi^d, and as members of the Continental Army, as Indians, and as Minutemen, refought the lead ing engagements of the Revolution over and over again. Later the famous Thirtf Cavalry, from Fort Meyers, Virginia, crack mountc outfit of the Army, restaged Morgan’s raid) with Major Wain- right, aide to Secretai^y Weeks, cos tumed and made up as Morgan, lead ing the charges, and Colonel Haw kins, commandant of Fort Meyers, as sisting Griffith in directing the charges. On every possible occasion Griffith used actal locales for “America.” Th’s necessitated the chartering of a special train to convey the director, his big staff of research workers, historical adviser:* representatives of patriotic organizations, technicians and players about the country, in ex pensive proceeding and a distinct in novation. In this way Griffith was able to stage scenes at Buckman Tavern and the Hanccck-Clarke house in Lexing ton Green, at Bunker Hill, Dorchester Heights, in and around Washington, D. C., and through the state of Vir ginia. Practically every shrine of American liberty was visited by this unique band of “tourists.” At the D xie Theatre, Friday and Saturday, 8:30 p. m. JXt Days Lengthen At Rate One Second Every 100,000 years A bank in a foreign country has closed after being in business 114 years. It was a case where the first hundred was the easiest. X- One of the rudiments of domestic some fool is coining as fast as you science is to know how to hurl a roll- are going. , • i n g pin straight, WASHINGTON, Aug,. 25.—The days are growing longer—at a rate of about cne second every 100,000 years. That much has been established through study of astronomical rec ords covering long periods of obser- vat’on which show that the earth is gradually slowing down as it revolv es on its axis. , Going further. Prof. Benjamin Bcs? director of the department of m^ri- d'an astronomy of the Carnegie in stitutio n of Washington and of the Dudley observatory at Albany, N. Y., has recently been led t . the conclus ion that, the rotation rate undergoes yearly and perhaps even daily charges, with alternate per'ods of slowing and speeding. He also has observed an apparent relationship between these fluctua tions i n the rotation rate a d the variable frequency in the occurrence of earthquakes. Thun far it has not been possible to foretell the amount o: change to be expected in the earth’s rotation but if this can be done and the indicated relat’onship can be rstablishel, he suggests, it may became feasible for scientists to predict periods of great earth quake activity. Edmund Halley was the first to note the decrca'i.' in the spinning rate of the earth, and Sir George Darwin, second son Charles Darw’n, as- cr’boj Ibis phenomenon to tbe fric tion pr. • need by the tides piling up cn slier s and dragging across the bottom <<f shallow seas. That, how ever, would account for only . two- thirds of the aggregate loss speed’ and Professor Boss believes that the difference can be ascribed to the existence cf similar tides within the earth as well as in the oceans. The discovery of the alternate speeding and slow’rg of the earth’s rotation is credited principally to Prof. E. W. Brown of Yalri. By com paring the observed positions of the sun, moon and planets, as recorded during a century of observation, with their calculated positions, he found that in some years they were ahead and in others behind the positions they should have occupied. The fact that the changes were simultaneous disclosed that the earth, not the sun, moon and planets, was out of step. When the earth was young it is calculated, it must have spun very much faster than it does now, proba bly making a complete rotation in about five heurs. Now much okter, it rotates once in 24 hours, bat despite this relatively great loss of speed a po rt at the equa L r travels at a rale of more thaa 1,000 miles an hour. WANT ADVS, RATES — 6 cents per line fo» each insertion, average of 6 words to line, or 24 words or less 25 cent* 24 to *30 words au cent* 30 to 36 words 36 cents 36 to 42 words 42 cent* 42 to 48 words 48 cents 48 to 54 words 54 cent* 54 to 60 words 60 cent* anl so on at the same rate. 1 ERMS — CASH to accompany order for each insertion desired. At this low rate we cannot keep books for this department, so cash: must accompany order in all case*. OLD MATTRESSES—made over as good as new, furniture repaired and upholstered. Liberal discount on all work delivered to shop and called for. Local references, all work guaranteed. Case* 1 Mattress Company, Ferry St. at Wardlaw, Abbeville, S. C. FOR SAF F -<50 ° Bushels of Hast- ing's 100 bushel Oats, at 90 cents per bushel f. o. b. Troy. W. R. Bowen, Troy, S. C. 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