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TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Twenty-Eighth Year 8 Pages — All Home Print McCORMICK, S. C., Thursday, February 20, 1930 Established June 5, 1902 Number 38 Senator Robinson To Resign Near End Legislative Session At a citizens meeting held here Tuesday evening, February 11th, the * undersigned were appointed a committee to confer with Senator Frank C. Robinson and ascertain his plans. We have talked the matter over with Mr. Robinson and find that he has no intention of resigning until the end or near the end of the present session of the General Assembly. Mr. Robinson stated that he was very anxious to take up his new duties as a member of the Tax Commission, but feels as much in terest in McCormick County and his friends as at any time in his public service. Hjp thinks this^will be a long session and there' are some matters of State wide and local interest that must be dispos ed of and that he should see these matters through before taking up his new work, he assured this com mittee that McCormick County’s interest will be taken care of. . SIGNED: J. J. DORN, P. G. FOOSHE, C. W. PENNAL, Committee. February 18, 1930. txt Tax Is Proposed On Occupations COLUMBIA, Feb. 18.—The ways and means, committee of the House is expected to introduce this week a bill providing for li cense taxes on a large number of businesses and professions. The tax will lie against stores, lawyers, physicians, chiropractors, chiropodists, dentists, occulists, op ticians, optometrists, civil engi neers, electrical engineers, archi tects, landscape architects, public ^accountants, certified and non- certified, newspaper contests, pho tographers, garages, automobile dealers and salesmen, hotels, boarding houses, restaurants, serv ice stations, cars operating for hire, motorcycle dealers, whole sale business of practically every description, barbers, beauty parlor operators, undertakers, embalm- ers, coal and coke dealers, pressing clubs, cleaning establishments, sewing machine dealers, cotton buyers, detective agencies, direc tories, florists, ice dealers, laund ries, and various other businesses. Chain grocery stores will be reached by this bill. The license imposed on such mercantile estab lishments is $10 for the first groc ery, $20 for the second store, $30 for the third store, $40 on the fourth store, $50 on the fifth, and so on up to 30 .stores, each store bearing its tax independently and in addition to the others of the same chain. Thus for three stores the tax whuld reach a total of $60. For thirty stores the total tax against the one company would be $4,650. The tax for the 30th store would be $300. All stores over 30 would be taxed $300 each. The tax against each profession would be $12.50, where year's eam- Ings were less than $1,000. Above this amount of earnings the tax would be $25 each. It is pointed out that if this and other revenue bills proposed are passed, it will relieve the tax payer of the entire levy on property, for state pur poses. The state levy last year was five mills. Hotels and boarding houses would be taxed according to the type of service rendered and the rates charged. If a hotel or board ing house is operated under the American plan, there is a levy of 25 cents per room, where the rate is $1 per room. For hotels whose rate is $3 to $4.50 per room, the tax is $1 per room. Hotels under the European plan would be taxed 25 cents more on each room, un der the same rating, than is charged for each room in an American plan hotel or boarding house. txt- Experts tell us that heat will soon be made possible by use of the radio. Goodness, most of us are getting a plenty of hot air now ■ roer the sets. Mrs. W. D. Morrah Died Tuesday Mrs. Lillie Wardlaw Morrah of the Bellvue section near McCor mick died at 5 o’clock Tuesday morning at the Anderson county hospital. Mrs. Morrah had been ill for the last two weeks, and un derwent an operation at the hos pital about a week ago. Compli cations later arose and her death occurred Tuesday morning. Mrs. Mdrrah was 49 years of age. She was the wife of W. D. Morrah. The news of her passing comes as a shock to relatives and friends in McCormick, Abbeville and An derson counties. Besides her husband, Mrs. Mor rah is survived by four daughters, Miss Mary Ellen Morrah, a stud ent at Erskine College, Due West, S. C.; Misses Katrina and Billie Morrah of the Bellevue commun- itj', and Mrs. Elizabeth Funder burk of Matthews, N. C. She also leaves one brother, Mr. W. W. Wardlaw of Troy, and three sisters, Mrs. S. P. Morrah and Miss Emma Wardlaw of the Bellevue commun ity, and Mrs. Harvey Robinson of Troyj ■' Funeral services were held at noon yesterday at lower Long Cane church and the body laid to final rest in the adjoining cemetery, the Rev. Leon T. Pressly of McCormick conducting the service. Rural Schools Offer Many Problems WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 17.— ‘Tt is well known that despite the constant exodus from rural to ur ban communities the bulk of the children to be educated are still living in areas of low density us ually designated as rural and in cluding all places of 2,500 popula tion or less,” states Katherine M. Cook, specialist in rural education, United States Office of Education. “Recent data compiled in the Of fice of Education,” she continued, “show that 90 per cent of the schools are located in such areas, that in them 53 per cent of the to tal number of children are enroll ed, and 58 per cent of the total number of teachers are employed. Here apparently—considered from the standpoint of numbers alone— is found our largest educational problem. “That schools in rural communi ties are below the standard set for those in urban communities in length of term, type of buildings and organization, qualifications and salaries of teachers, regularity in attendance, holding power and pupil achievement, are well recog nized facts. The widest disparities in standards occur when small one and two-teacher schools, usually attended by farm children, are compared with those in more pop ulous and wealthier districts, cities in particular. “Studies .of pupil achievement measured by standard tests, gen erally indicate that pupils make better progress in consolidated schools than in one and two-teach- 2r schools, and still better prog ress in larger schools in larger school systems. Up to the point of i scnoci largo enough to have a teacher per grade, school achieve- nent practically parallels size^ of chool. There are in the United States 160,000 one-teacher schools. While the number has been re- iuced materially in the past de cade, progress has been spasmodic mo sectional even within states. Several important agricultural states have scarcely been touched by the movement for consolidating small schools.” T-y Watch next week’s issue for the announcement of Zander- Gump Wedding. It’s plenty rich! txt Some fat on meat is essential to tenderness and palatability, says the U. S. Department of Agricul ture, and meat consumers should not expect to get tender and ap- petizinc beef that is all lean meat. The iai or choice beef is white or cream colored rather than yellow. X Five kings and queens attended a royal wedding the other day, but | it sounds more like a bridge party. Mrs. M. A. Reames Died Monday Mrs. Mary Addie Reames, widow of M. A. Reames, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. J. May- son, in Edgefield county, Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock after an illness of two years. Mrs. Reames was 68 years of age on the 9th of this month and was a daughter of James H. Hazel and Mary Bodie, of the Johnstori sec tion. To mourn her loss she is survived by four sons, H. W. Reames, Columbia; J. L. Reames, Pleasant Lane; L. E. Reames and J. .C. Reames ,Callison; one daughter, Mrs. J. J. Mayson of Callison; two sisters, Mrs. H. T. Eidson, Charleston, and Mrs. Y. M. Powell, Johnston, and two broth ers, J. B. Hazel, Johnston, and N. B. Hazel, Orville, Ala. The funeral services were con ducted at Vernon Methodist church Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock by her' pastor, the Rev. E. A. Wilkes, with the following serv ing as pallbearers: Active—J. T. Bailey, J. L. Bailey, M. S. Mayson, J. E. Winn, H. L. Corley, T. C. Winn, P. T. Timmerman and G. C. Jordon; honorary—E. W. Callison, R. T. Mayson, G. R. Mayson, Ab ram Cheatham, W. L. White and G. C. Timmerman. X Quota For Mexicans Urged At Hearing WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 17.— Labor conditions in the Southwest and West are becoming intolerable because of the employment at low wages of immigrants from Mexico, according to telegrams, letters, and newspaper statements read before the House Commfttee on Immigration and Naturalization by Representative Albert Johnson, of Washington, and Representative John C. Box, of Texas. Influx of immigrants from Mex ico, Canada and countries in the West Indies is an economic rather than a radical problem, according to testimony of Richard M. Brad ley, an investment banker of Bos ton, who opened the hearing with a statement compiled in collabora tion with Thomas Nixon Carver, an economist of Harvard Univers ity. The statement dealt with im migration problems as a whole and their effect on labor conditions in New England. Mr. Bradley ad vocated that the present quota system of admitting aliens be made applicable to Mexico, Canada and countries in the West Indies group. He also favored the admission of certain skilled laborers for season al x employment, but only under visas approved by the governor or some other constituted authority in the state where the laborers are desired. Mr. Bradley declared that 30,- 000 immigrants into Massachusetts have taken jobs away from Amer icans. In New England, towns have been decimated by the em ployment of cheap foreign labor Grover C. Wilmoth, a Federal ‘mmigracion inspector, said a larger immigration force is need ed along the Mexican border He minimized previous testimony f iat the supply of native labor in the Southwest was inadequate be cause of climate and other con- iliDons more favorable to the Mex ican. He cited instances in which railroads, instead of hiring MpxI- 2z*vs in laying rails, have employ ed machin^i-y. He said that the quota restric tions might possibly work some hardship on crop production, as some farmers are accustomed to rhe Mexican type of labor. He fav ored the admission of certain types of Mexican laborers for sea sonal employment. X Before buying an electric wash ing machine find but about the kind of current it requires— whether direct or alternating, and see if that is the kind supplied to your house. If you have alternat ing current inquire about the cycle. tXl These are the nights when you pull up the cold sheet that was so hot last July. Census Taking Starts Here This Week JAMES M. GIBERT AND WISTAR HARMON NAMED Dr. Epting Thanks Voters The Supervisor of the Census for this district, Walter S. Peterson, Greenwood, S. C., announces the following appointments of enum erators for the Census of Distribu tion and Manufactures which be gin in McCormick County this week: James M. Gibert and Wis- tar Harmon. It is earnestly hoped that the business men in the county will co-operate in every possible way in securing the statistics desired by the Census Bureau, in this, a new venture, now being included in the statistics to be gathered. The Census of Distribution is not entered into blindly but represents the results of co-operative work by the business men and government authorities. It is the greatest piece of team work between busi ness and government that has been organized for a long time. For the first time in our com mercial life every business man in practically every line of trade and industry will be asked to take part. Facts and figures will . be gathered which will have a far reaching effect on the^ future prosperity of every business man in our country. When, within the next few days, an enumerator from the Bureau of the Census calls at your place of business to ask what may seem a lot of impertinent questions, re member that he is your represen- tive in the government. He is asking these questions' for infor mation for the government and not for the sake of satisfying curiosity. jXt Increase Shown In Cotton Used To the Citizens of the Town of McCormick: The mayor’s election has been held and the citizens have express ed themselves and they have chos en me for their mayor for the next two years. I want to thank them heartily and sincerely for the support they gave me and for the confidence they have put in me. I shall endeavor not to' be tray that confidence, but shall en deavor to the utmost to be worthy of the trust. I wish to say that I appreciate the manly and sportsman like manner in which my opponent waged his campaign. I trust that I have conducted fny campaign so as to warrant his admiration. On behalf of the city council and myself, I want to say that we want the co-operation of every citizen of the town, of every civic service, fraternal and religious organiza tion of the town so that we may strive with every effort to make the town bigger, cleaner and bet ter in every respect. I* ^ill be a wonderful thing to p*. /together. It will be the only way'"to accom plish things. But to pull apart, may mean disaster. I am saying through the paper just what I would like to say to each and every one of you, and that is, I sincerely appreciate the confidence. C, K. EPTING. South Carolina Tariff Association Low Bid For Bordeaux Road CONSUMPTION FOR JANUARY 124,000 BALES MORE THAN IN MONTH OF DECEMBER COLUMBIA, Feb. 15.—The South Carolina Tariff Association was organized at a meeting held in the city council chamber yest^raay, attended by a group of r.anufac- turers, farmers and business men from over the state. Dr. Wade Stackhouse, of Dillon, was elected chairman of the executive com mittee. The executive committee is com posed of the following: Dr. Stackhouse, chairman, rep T resenting the farmers; T. M. Mar- chant, Greenville, cotton manu facturers; M. V. Haselden, Char leston, fertilizer manufacturers; R. S. Small, Charleston, bankers; John T. Stevens, Kershaw, cotton seed crushers; T. W. Dennett, Charleston, truck growers, and H. L. Tilgham, Marion, lumber man ufacturers. The purpose of the organiza tion, as given in the constitution and by-laws adopted at the meet ing are stated to be “to organize, develop and vocalize sentiment in favor of a national tariff policy that will give the American pro ducer possession of American mar kets, stabilize investments in ag ricultural and industrial pursuits and protect American labor against foreign competition.” X- Department For The "Study Of Evil’ WINTER PARK, Fla., Feb. *5.— Establishment of a department for the “study of evil” with Mrs. Corra Harris, the novelist, as instructor has *been announced by Dr. Ham ilton Holt, president of Rollins College. In the list of bidders for road work announced by Chief High way Commissioner Ben M. Sawyer in Columbia Tuesday, Smith &• Mrs. Harris will deliver a series WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—Cotton consumed during January was an nounced today by the census bu reau as having been 577,235 bales of lint and 62,393 of linters, com pared with 453,892 and 52,544 in December and 668,286 and 69,359 in January a year ago. Cotton on hand January 31 was held as follows: In consuming establishnients of linters, compared with 1,844,248 1,830,096 bales of lint and 196,301 and 364,291 on December 31, and I, 768,165 and 204,001 a year ago. In public storage and at com presses 5,406,771 bales of lint and 94,350 of linters, compared with 5,914,422 and 85,657 on December 31 and 4,615,312 and 82,756 a year ago. Imports during January totaled 51,474 bales, compared with 36,190 in December and 54,939 in January last year. Exports during January totaled 728,737 bales of lint and 12,572 of linters, compared with 910,321 and II, 067 in December and 788,595 and 27,226 in January last year. Cotton spindles active during January pumbered 29,198,134 com pared with 29,069,510 in December and 30,750,168 in January last year. X Germinating Tests For Cotton Seed County Agent Thos. W. Morgan wishes to again call to the atten tion of the fanners of the county the cotton seed germination test ing service being offered by Clem- son College at this time. Any far mer may send a sample of his seed to Mr. R. W. Hamilton, Extension Agronomist, Clemson College, S. C., and receive the results of the test free of charge. In many cases where storm damage was severe on the cotton i crop this fall, there is a great ' probability of the seed being dam aged, and all farmers who have doubts as to the germination of ; their cotton seed are urged to lake j advantage of this, service. Bradfield of Macon, Ga., were the lowest bidders for 1.918 miles of grading and surfacing with top soil on Route 821 from a point on Route 82 near Little River to Bor deaux, the figures being $16,655.06. Awards for the work will in all probability be made this week and work begun in the very near fu ture. :xt De la Howe Gets $12,000 Waterworks The state Negro college at Or angeburg was cut from $120,060 to $108,054, a reduction of $12,006 or 10 per cent, the amendment adopt ed being offered by the Harley group last Thursday in the legis lature. The John de la Howe industrial school not only suffers no decrease but had added to its item the sum of $12,000, the amendment allow ing this increase being offered by Representatives J. O. McDaniel, McCormick, W. H. Keith, Green ville, and others. The institution, it was pointed out, is in sore need of a water tank and sprinkler sys tem so as to protect the main dor mitory from fire. Section 17, school for the deaf and blind, was left untouched, carrying a total of $114,940. X Bishop Finlay At Willington Church Next Sunday Bishop K. G. Finley of Colum bia will preach at St. Stephens’ Episcopal Church, Willington. next Sunday afternoon, February 23, at 4 o’clock. The public is cordially invited to the service. t\t Income Tax Notice An agent of the South Carolina Tax Commission, income tax div ision, will be located at McCor mick, in the Court House, on March 3, 1930, for the purpose of assisting taxpayers in executing state income tax returns for 1929. All persons should avail them selves of this opportunity of se curing aid which will be cheerful ly given without pharge. t Xt No one can expect to make a hit when they aim at nothing. of lectures to a group of advanced students. “The course,” Dr. Holt said, “will not take up the practice of evil and the history and philoso phy of it as compared to virtue and it is likely that the effects of evil upon history and life will be discussed.” ^“Evil is one of the oldest classics of human nature,” Mrs. Harris said in discussing the study, “and it is usually taught by people mor ally illiterate and mentally corrupt when it should be an important part of the education o* yoo. h, taught as a classic, carefully an alyzed and defined with reference to preparing adolescent people for dealing intelligently rather than emotionally or weakly with in stincts riot merely of the body but of the mind. “The sophisticated youngster,” she continued, “proves thnt he is unsophisticated by his insistence that he is sophisticated. A young man who is really wicked rakes an entirely different attitude. Fe pretends to the best of his ability that he is innocent and to oe found out is the last thins he wants to happen.” X North Carolina ; Buses Must Also ’ Carry Negroes RALEIGH, N. C., Feb. 13.—The North Carolina Corporation com mission must “within a reason able tiime” order that “separate but equal” accommodations be provided for negroes on passenger buses and in bus stations in the state, according to a ruling of the state supreme court. The decision, which was handed down yesterday, sustained a sup erior court ruling by Judge M. V. Barnhill. Action to provide bus accommo dations for negroes in the state was brought by the transportation committee of the North Carolina Inter-Racial commission. The cor poration commission contended it was without authority to Oxder such accommodations. The supreme court decision was written by Associate Justice Clark son, who in reviewing cases brought before the court in behalf of negroes declared that the negro has “the equal protection ef the law.”