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f I Tthursday, November 15, 1928 S. S. McClure Declares life Work Will Be Building The City FOUNDER OF McCLURE’S MAGA ZINE AND NOTED ECONOMIST IS VISITOR IN ANDERSON— WILL MAKE LIVING CON DITIONS IDEAL McCOKMILK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, South Carolina. — Page Number Eight The Anderson Independent of yes terday says: Industry’s inevitable trend southward, together with ideal 'economic conditions, forms one «f the great factors' which will ma$b i>r~fhe success of Calhoun Falls, Ik is stated .by Sj S. McClure, founder »nd fon many years publisher of the magazine which bears his name and new chairman of the board of di rectors of Calhiun Falls, Inc., when questioned here last night regarding the outlook for the proposed model city. Mr. McClure, who is a noted econ- om'st. is enthusiastic over the de velopment, which he declares will be his life work. At Calhoun Falls are offered all elements required in the building of a model industrial center while living conditions are such as to make for greatest possible con tentment on the part of workers, ’he pointed out. In planning the site of the big de velopment, every effort will be made to combine industrial efficiency with the best in homelife, for the purpose of bringing about .maximum and highest quality the greatest sati IEHs Others of the eluding Williams who will be in charge of laying out and develop ng the property, will ar rive here during the next few days and a round table discussion will be held at Calhonn Falls immediately for the purpose of mapping out nec essary details prior to beginning construstioi work. Mr. McClur^, who arrived in An derson Sundaygand left shortly after ward for Elbe&on, where he was the main speaker i Monday evening at a meeting held In honor of *the devel opers, will likely rpead a week or more in this eity. Upon request of President R. H. Bennett Lander College, Greenwood, he will address the student body there during the next few days, irhiHrift^i probable he will also spepar u^other cities of the Piedmont sectldo^at later dates. issing the heartiest apprecia tion of the beauties and opportuni- of the sc<po.i, Mr. McClure de- that heaceforth he was to be a South Caro^taian—-that Us, when not on the GeArgia side of the big lQ,000acre tract which Calhoun Falls >n i# living, Mr' ^ organization* in Eversi engineer Tuberculosis Testing Starts Next Week For Dairy Cattle A number of inquiries have come to the county agent’s office regard ing the tuberculosis testing work that is to start next week in McCor mick County for dairy cattle. This work will start early next week and will continue until every cow is test ed in the comty. Each farm in the county will be visited by the veter inarian .from the State Veterinary Department at Columbia, and every cow on each farm will be tested. Thio work is being done in the cam paign for ridding South Carolina farms of tubercular cattle. The ccunt es of Oconee, Pickens, Spar tanburg, Greenville, Cherokee, And erson, and Abbeville have already been tested, and McCormick County comes as the next county for the at tention of the department. Heretofore, in McCormick County, the county agent has had this work doie for farmers who requested it, but, this campaign is being carried on by the State Veterinary Depart ment at Columbia, and the county agent will not be actively engaged ,n the work. THOS. W MORGAN, . County Agent. tXI Public Must Combat Crime I Cupid Halts the | Elevators tl i By EDGAR T. MONFORT | An Evening With f the Spirits ? Y x Dy RING LAHDNER X (Copyright.) M •.~X*‘X* , X“X**X-*X**X**X* , X»*X**X«.X M i* G OING up!” Mary Wilson an- ' tl,c * Editor: nounced in a strained voice ns I ^ be other 1\ M. they was a hunch of us up in Yonkers talking about what she stood in her corner of the ele vator in the Deaver Medical building and waited for the people to crowd in. Her blue eyes smoldered and her little red mouth was compressed in a hard line in a vain effort to keep the quiver out of the lips that trem Big Steamer Sinks Off Hampton Roads terrible spirits you get around N. Y. now days and 1 of the birds in the party name Herb, says he knew where tiiey was some beautiful spirits and we said lead us to it and he took tis down toGS^and riaveaand they was a bled. When the car was loaded.she i *h*ctbrs name on the door and 1 said closed the door and started up, stop- | ,0 myself this guy will probably give ping mechanically at every floor. Mid- a prescription that will knock us way of the building the other elevator sped past on its way down. Sep arated only by an iron lattice work for a goal. I*»ut the doc took us in n inside room and introduced us to a lady whom they all call Medie, witch Mary found the momentary proximity ! 1 Iparn was short lor Medium so you Ipc., have trialism. Rei by North pressed his on the 'jrould can trial and termed, very foi and such plannii aa* cj lithe kind sed tor the mam- m Jem indus- ^progress made McClure ex- elief that th : s state was shold <d an era which it to ti»! top in indus- eneral development. He iself and his associates iate in finding such large located tract of land in ztion and aaaurted the/ were to make the most thorough afuF progress toward making lost outstanding project of its the eotmtry. >ng booster of President- t'fm\ Mr. McClure declared be the most man for the y since Geqge Washington, ig his travels in Europe, which he has toured extensively, about the only outstanding American names known to the masses ki the countries 'there were Hoover aid Washington, :Kenz*e, Mr. i also an has been he said. v Mrs. Elisabeth M. McClure’s daughter; official of the coi in Anderson during the past several days and accompanies her father on trips through the section. “Who’s Who/”* hcok qpntaining facts on notable figures give the following with respect to Mr. Me Clure: Samuel Sidney McClure, editor was born in Antrim, Ireland. He .Received his A* B. degree at College, later Receiving his K M. degree at the ^same institution. In 1907 he was franted the L. H. D. degree—doctor of litreature—by that college. He was edtor and manager of The Wheelman for the Pope Man ufacturing company later with the Devinne Press, New York. Reestab lished the McOure Syndicate the fUst newspapei syndicate in the ' United States, and in 1893 founded McClure’s magsline, of which he was editor until it Iras sold some years ago. He is a truste^of Kncx College, a member o? the League club of New Yt BriLsh Empire club for * authors in Londonj^nd the Cosmos « • i ir | • , ! ' ' YT • tl in W&shingtc of “My Aut 1‘Obstacles to I Lis ia New He is the au tography” 1914, kace;” L927. His 'ligPRhe of. crime depends not so much upon prosecuting offi cials and courts as it does upon the atftude of the people,” said Silas H. Strawn, President cf the Avne: ican Bar Association, recently. “When prosecutors and courts and juries know that the people are watching them, they realize that the public conscience has been awakened to act ion, and they are more apt to do c heir duty Thus, in the f'nal anal ysis the responsibility fer the re duction of ciime rests with the peo ple.” Bccore any great change or re form can be instituted it must have a background of pubi c interest and activity. A lax public consciousness must inevitably result in inaction or retrogression. It is apparent that today the ma jority of the pubi c looks upon crime as something apart from its own concern. The interest taken in im portant cases is mainly either mor bid, or that cf a sentimer.tal nrnority of professional Salvationists and sob- sisters who make martyrs of the most hardened criminals. There is very little leal, intell’gent public concern over our “crime waves.” There is practically no con certed public action to stop them. The result is, naturally, more crime and less regard for lav/. Our ent're legal system suffers from a superabundance of red tape. Complicated; unnecessary laws often allow crimlinal cases to be drawn out, through the medium of delays and “appeals,” over a long perioJi. and eventually, in many instances, justice is circumvented altogether.. And if conv'ctsd, the criminal has ready resource to parole boa.ds, pardon laws, good conduct reductions of sentence, repeals and other means to effect his liberty, with the aid Of well meaning but often misguided reformers. In one state it has been said that a sentence of “1'fe impris onment” means, on the average, about five years. Mr. Strawn’s re marks, coming from a high authority, are worth regarding. They indicate .hat the fault and the cure lie with ho public. Eyes examin ed. Spectacles, Eye Glasses, .nd Artificial Eyes fitted without Drugs, Drops or Danger. DR. HENRY J. GODIN Optometrist: »56 Broad Street Augusta, Ga. Wedding, Birthday and Anniversary Gifts of all kinds being received daily at attractive prices. GAMBRELL HARDWARE COMPANY Greenwood, •$. C. Well-cured seed co:n will yield a much bettor crop than seed original ly as gooJ but injured through lack of care. Good seed is often ruined because it is thought to be dry enough when gathered and insuffici ent care is taken to cure it. painful. She averted her head as it went by, but the operator of that other car stared in hurt bewilderment, looking up and watching until Mary was entirely out of sight. Straight from the country, untrained and uneducated, she had come to the city in search of high adventure, and she had found it in the elevator next hers, in the person of one Jim Thomas who concealed his agonizing timidity beneath the bravado of an abrupt, mi- approachable manner. But to Mary, whose beaus heretofore had always been cravatless and often overalled. Jim was a sheik, a fashion plate and an Adonis all in one. Mary had given him cheap little handkerchiefs, a neck tie that loudly screamed its ignorance of color harmony, and yesterday, c.n his birthday, a box of hopeless choco lates with a note inside: “To my dear man who I love.” And that last v was the straw that broke the camel's back, for that morning Jim had slipped her no answering note protesting Ins affection as she had visualized his do ing. She had waited until after ten o’clock before going to bed, certain that he would drop in and thank her at least. But not a sign of Jim, and at last she had tumbled into bed and had wept until she fell asleep. Her first feeling the next morning was one <>f bitter disappointment. But this soon turned to resentment, and when she went to work she jerked her elevator up and down, paying no at tention to Jim’s signal that they stop en route. All the morning Mary seethed with resentment and during tier lunch hour went up to Doctor Denver’s office and blurted out her intentions. “I’m goin’ to quit,” she said in a shaky voice. “Now, Mary” said the surgeon. “You’re the first elevator girl we ever had here and I took you on because you were in trouble and needed work. I’ve taken a fatherly interest in you and it seems to me you might tell me what’s the matter.” In reply Mary dropped her head on her arms and hurst into tears. “Is it as bad*as all that?'* lie asked gently after awhile. “Have you two young idiots quarreled?” “He—he—don’t 1-1-love me,”' Mary j sobbed. “Arc yen sure? I thought he did. Mary, 1 can prove whether you are right or wrong by making a fluoro scopic examination of Ids heart.” He led her into the X-ray room, turned on the current and looked at her heart through the fluoroscope. “You do love Jim Thomas,” said the doctor, and Mary’s heart gave a little leap at the mere mention of his name. “Yes, you really do. Now you run along and come back here as soon as you get off at six o’clock. I’ll see Jim right away.” ■When the doctor finally got hold of Jim it was easy to convince him that lie was’not' looking well and needed a little attention. “By'beorge,” said Doctor Deaver as lie looked at the pa’ient’s heart through the fluoroscope, “you’re in love. That’s what’s the matter yith you. Why don’t you get married and put yourself out of your misery?” “She—she wouldn’t have me,” Jim blurted out desperately. “Her pa own® a whole farm, a place as big as three see the kind of spirits we got and the 1 kind we thought we was going to get i was 1! different kinds of spirits. Medie j was a Medium rare blonde lady that could of lose MO or 40 pounds aid still talk back to Gene Tunney. Well, pretty soon .Medie and the doc stud our party went into still another room yet where they was about 20 other guests mostly female that looked like the end of a perfect wash day. A alma mater of oberlin college ast me to look at a kind of a close line that was stretched acrost the room and on it was a buneb-of toys such ap dolls and cooties and etc. witch Medie had t<dd her was for the baby spirits to play with when they got cross. We was all put around in a circle like Yale learning their signals in the 4th quarter. I tel next to Jack and Ids Mrs. from Yonkers and the rest of we skcpticnls was scattered around amidst the believers. “Is there somebody here name It” says Medie so I says yes it was me. “This is Edward” says the spirit and Medie ast me if 1 had a brother Ed ward and I says yes. So Medie says “This is your brother Edward that was killed in a accident a long wile ago wasn’t he?” So 1 says yes 3 yrs ago. Then Edward ssiid Hello there and I said lieHo Edward how are you and lie said hello there and I couldn't refute it sou..he left.Hie field with the last word and give his megaphone to a Irish comedian. “Oh. Here’s Put O'Brien’’ says the doc. “He is a funny Irishman that is with us every night, gel Ids brogue. So then Pat told a Irish story tiiat died even longer ago than Edward, but you don’t feel like razzing the ! spirit so everybody laughed the right i amount. Before the darkness had fell I had noticed a bird selling over to the left of tne that was a countryman of Norn Holmer and now all of a sudden a spirit spoke to him in Norsk! and lie answered back in the same strain and I never understood Norway before Imt as soon as these birds begin to talk I knew they was saying hello Knul hello there and etc. Pretty soon Medie NEW Y’ORK, Nov. 12—The Brit ish steamer Vestris, with 109 pas sengers and a crew of 210 aboard, was sinking 250 miles off Hampton Roads today and the passergers were taking to the lifeboats. The Jap anese steamer Ohio Maru was stand mg by. The sea was reported mod- e ‘ately rough. The nature of tilr Vestries’ disabil ity was not disclosed in tho series of SOS messages wh'ch she dispatched during the morning. Her captain William J. Carey, reported that he: starboard decks were awash, that she had a 32 degree list, and that im mediate aid was needed. In the message picked up by the radio corporate.*r of America an nouncing abandonment of the ship it was said that no steamer had yet reached the Vestris. There had been previous deports that the Japanese vessel Ohio Maru was standing by. The weather was reported moderately rough as the 129 passengers and the crew of 210 went over the side and too; to the lifeboats. The message 'ncluded the information that the radio operator was also leaving the ship as he did not believe he could get any further messages through. The second night since the steamer Vestris was abandoned off the Vir ginia Capes found more than 200 of the passengers and crew rescued but more than 100 still unaccounted for and hopes for their survival lessening with every hour. The Ameuican Shipper, first to ar rive at the scene, reported rescue of 128 persons. 36 of them passengers. The liner Berlin rescued 23 persons and started for New'York where it was expected to arrive about 8 o’clock Wednesday morning. The tanker Myiam saved 63 per sons and the battleship Wyoming picked up eight persons. There was one report that a dead man had been found by the Wyoming, but direct messages from the battleship made no mention of this. This would give a total cf 222 res cued and 117 unaccounted for up to early Wednesday morning. XXI Fords Thoroughly Tested At Plants Washington Trowel Used By Mrs. Coolidge Laying Conier-Stone WASHINGTON D. C., Nov. 10, The first iriortar on the cornei’-stone cf Constitute* i Hall, the $2.000 000 auditorium of the D. A. R v was Minted to Hie live ski jumper anil told [spread by Mrs. Calvin Coolidge with 1dm bis n>$#jU*.*t was going to die the historic trowel used by George ‘She was all right the last time I [Washington in laying the cornei’- Eilert. "Well she is ^ s t one c f the United States Cap'tol i with Masonic ceremonies. seen her" says going to die” says Medie and personly I think site was right as Ellen was uround 45 yrs. old and when a man got? that age their mother is seldom never trying out for the Vaasar basket bail tcata. e “Here’s a beautiful spirit, who does he want" says Medie next. “He says Jc::r bay.” ‘I.ols of .people call me that’' says lleib the guy that had broughten us there at $2.00 a crack. “Yes it is your father and he say? he was on the river once in a boat when h^ was a little boy and was saved from drowning and lie says something about a dog. Did a dog evei swim out and save your father*from drowning?” “Well no” says Herb after a terrible pause. “But a dog barked and roused up the neighbors and they come to the rescue.” "There that’s evidential” says the Joe and several female voices says wonderful. “ShislT’ says M^dle “is there some I or four city blocks. She told tne her- } one here that lost their wife?” self She’s rich.” “Have you asked her to marry you?” Jim shook his head. “Well, you come back here when you get off duty. I’ll give you a pre scription. You need a tonic anyway.” When Jim returned that evening he gasped with astonishment when he found Mary In the doctor’s private office. He flushed a ’dark; red, and turned quickly toward the door, bu: Doctor Deaver caught him by the arm. “Now, you young idiots love each other. I’ve proved it wnder the llu- oroscope. Best tiling you -eari do is to get married and be happy.” he said, leading Jim over to where Mary stood, white faced and trembling. As the -doctor left the room he smiled when he saw in a mirror tin* reflection of the.young couple who had suddenly overcome their timidity. “Lord, it wouldn't 'do ( to try that fluoroscope business ‘On 'everybody.” the doctor chuckled. u Nioe fix I’d be in if some one wrdte i !t up for one of the scientific jouftirils: Doctor Deaver, noted surgeon, 'riairtts—Good heavens!” Tile next day 'Bill 'JohnSdh, man ager of the Deaver Medical 'buildim: was made almost desperate by tin- complaints Cbrhlng in that both ele vators 'wer% either going up or com ihg ’down at the same time. ‘"They’ve sever done it before.” mused Johnson. “Funny how peopb* seem to suddenly go daffy that way. . . • Deaver was a fool to hire a girl, aosay.”- “I did” says Jack from Yonkers. “Hello sweetheart” says the spirit. “Hello Kate” ?.iys Jack. “Hello sweetheart” says the spirit. “She must of forgot my name” say? Jack in my ear. "She is a beautiful spirit” says Medic. A long about this time I got rest irs# f«rr a smoke and begin rattling a cigarette paper and a new spirh j whanged me -on the knee cap with a ! megaphone and says what have you | got there. “That’s Bright Eyes talking” say? ! Medie. "SImj wants to know what you i have got.” | "Tell her I got a sore knee” 1 says “lie sot lous” says Bright Eyes. Well i ey wa? a lot more of them , ihat give us all the latest news from i over Tl ‘ i-e like hello dear and heli<* i here nod hello mamma and fincl.-i Medie •ante to and turned up the lights ui ii we all shoved off to 58 st. “Well” says Herb. “Did you have .1 hrothei that got killed 3 yrs. ago?” “No” I says “But 1 know a man thsn uas a bi* ther Edward that ought to ot i »een kilt d 3 yrs. ago but what a bon: that do^ story?” •Well' he says “Bart of It Is true We use in have a dog once and he ust in hark.” Then Mrs. Jack from Yonkers bade, lack oui and we all thanked Her) tor faking us to where they was noijt ing but beautiful spirits and he aays u >ou want the bad kind you can go to • Medie eviL - — : Mrs. Ciolidge also put her own and the President’s cards in the copper container which was placed with n the corner-stone, and sealed with ap propriate ceremony by representa tives of Potomac Lodge No. 5, cus todians of the famous trowel. Mrs. Alfred J. Brosseau, presi dent general c.? the D. A. R-, declared that, “the building of Constitution Hall marks one more step in complet ing that far fhxng plan «f Maj. L’En- fant for making Wash’ngton the most beautiful city in the world.” She pointed out’that Constitution Hall is a memorial tc* the gioup of stalwart founders and patriots “who executed that pinccless document upon which rests our great institution of govei’n- ment, the Constitution of the United States.” In conclusion Mrs. Bros scau pledged the c*vganization to up hold the Constitution of the United States in both letter and spirit. X Keep the timber in all farm struc tures as d:y as possible. This means maintaining go<*l roofq strong foundations or other understructures a: d keeping soil or other water-hold ing matter away from wooden struc tures. X Gray mold, or neck i-ot of onions one of the most destructive sto.-agt rots attacking this vegetable, should be controlled by thoroughly and rap idly curing the onions at harvestnlg time to prevent infection. The casual fungus can grew and cause decay at coldstorage temperature and it is tot- late to effect control at the Fme of T-efi igei'ation. XXX Hard-hearted Hannah, The vamp of Savannah, Had nothing on Rough House Rosie SmJ us your order for Letter heads, Noteheads, Billheads Statements, Tally Sheets, En velopes, Cards, Posters. Cir cular Letters, Programs, In vitations, Fisitiny Cards, etc Moderate Prices And Es.iis- faction Guaranteed Ah. In the Highland Park plant of the’ Ford Motor Company at Detroit there i s a machine wh'ch tries with all the efficient fiendishness of arr engine of destruction, to shake the life out of a For<J Automobile radia- t 0> _i n the shortest possible time. Ten hours is the t : me allotted tc* this^ machine, known as an "agita tor,” to do all within its power to ruin a water-filled Ford radiator. At the end of that period the much '’ffepsed radiator is taken off the nia- cb,‘ne and examined by experts for any signs of damage and a biand new Ford radiator, also filled with water, is put on for another ten hours of torment. This agitator device is part of the testing equipment for radiators that are being built .for the new Model ‘A ’ Fc-rd car. When you watch it joggling and jolting and shaking the gurgling radiator, you have a feeling that no automobile driver could drive a car over roads and at a speed which would give it such a severe shaking up and still hold on to his wheel and his seat. Then the factory foreman tells you that within the per'c-J of ten hours this agitator gives the new radiator more and severer jars and jolts than the average Ford car will get in its whole lifetime of serv ice. And he tells you also that the great majority of radiators tested on this agitator cc*ne through the or deal without a sign of injury. Those that spring even the smallest leaks are rare indeed. Then the foreman takes you through the radiator factory and shows you why this is so. He shows you that every part of the radiator which is tcoiched by water is made of either copper or brass, which w : ll not rust and which will resist cor rosion to a high degree. He shows you also that the construction of the entire radiator is rugged and strong —parts welded and soldered together in such a manner that eng’ne vibra tion and road jars cannot shake them apart. To make sure that the finished radiator is free from l^aks or pot ential leaks, as soon as it comes off the assembly line it is given a severe ccmpressed air test. Filled with a‘r under high pressure and sealed, the radiate-:* is submersed in a tank of water. If there is the slightest sign of bubbles, due to escaping air, the radiator is thrown out as faulty. The foreman points out to you also the features of this new Ford radia tor which make it an unusually ef ficient unit cf the coo’ing system. The upper and lower tanks are large. The openings through which the wa ter flows from the tanks into the radiator tubes are bell-shaped, thus providing faster flow and faster- circulation of'the water. The tubes of copper and the fins of brass per- m't very* rtfpid ladiatic-n of the heat and therefere quicker cooling. Throughout the radiator of the new Ford car has been built in keeping with the greater power, speed and durability of the Model “A” Ford. The speedometers of the new Model “A” Ford cars have shc-vn remarkable accuracy in the measure ment; of speeds. Designed and built to maintain an accuracy of within three miles fast at seventy miles per hour, tfecse speeddmeters of the new Fords thus far have shown, in tests, an average accuracy of not more than one and a half miles fast at seventy miles per hour, or just one-half of the toler ance allowed. The allowed tolerance of three miles fast at a speed of seventy miles per hour mean§. translated in to terms of average driving speeds, that if the speedometer on the car indicates a speed of twenty-four miles per hour the actual rate of travel o? the car at that time is not le?s than twenty-three miles per hour, or that if the speedometer oh-ws a spoed of ilorty-seven miles per hour, the car actually is traveling 'It a s'pecd of net less than forty-five miles per hour. Whatever the speed limit allowed by law, tho drive: of one of the new Fords may be cci*tain that he is with in that 1'mit if his speedometer in dicates exactly that figure which is the legal limit. The speedometer which is standard equipment on the new Fords is on 1 of the best known and finest o' miakes. It is driven from a gear cn the drive shaft and measures speed from the revolut'ons per minute of the shaft. The tests of these instru ments that are being made regularly in the Ford Engineering Laboratory at Dearborn are interesting. The speedometers are tested against an electric tachometer, which in turn is checked with an integiating revolu- t'on counter, the most precise device made foi determining speeds in rev olutions per minute. txt The cr book tells bow, /but tho bank *>ook tells how muclv*