Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Thursday, March 6, 1930 MeCURMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SoutH Q*roTin*. MESSENGER rubliohed Every Thursday Established June 5, 1902 EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner Enterrd at the Post Office at Me- Cor^iick, S. C., as mail matter of tfc^ f jeond class. DISPLAY ADVERTISING- 25 c«nts per inch for each inser- ticiK nothing less than 4 inches accepted for double column dis play nor less than 2 inches for single column display. Positions given at ONE-THIRD exrra. charge. FASTNESS READING NOTICES: $ per cent per line for each inser tion, average of 6 words to line. ’"ANT ADVS., 6 cents per line for each insertion, average of 6 words to line. TRIBUTES OF RESPECT, 6 cents per tine, 6 words to line. Ali advs, set in body type, 6 cents per single column line; extra charges for big type on all single column advs., except head and signature. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: —— Strictly Cash In Advance One Year $1.00 Six Months .75 Three Months.50 Cold Weather Hard On Grain The cold spell of the past five drys has caused considerable spec ulation as to the effects on small grain in. the sprout or just out of the ground, and it may be several days yet before the extent of dam age can be ascertained. The fruit crop is damaged badly, if not to tally Ir’Ued. The mercury dropped to 20 degrees above zero early Sunday and the wet ground froze every night since Saturday, how ever. the ground was not wet enough to freeze very deep. In shady places ice has not metled since Sunday. Very Utile small grain was sow ed last fall on account of so much rain, and farmers were forced to sowing, most of which beeiP^ done during the past three wcel -tXi- Want Land Worked Greenwood citizens have a move ment on foot to induce numbers of German farmers to come over, and settle on and work Green wood County lands. It goes with out saying that Greenwood will put this over if it can be done. The Greenwood people go after one development at the time and gen erally geo what they start out for. That county, like most others in the State, has tpo much idle land—good, fertile farms that would produce abundant yields of almost anything that can be grown in ;?ny part of the country. Good farmers would come near er getting the country back “on its feet” than would anything else right now. The backbone of the country has been weakened too much by good farmers moving to town and letting farms stand idle. Ihe country has some farmers who have made money farming under boll weevil and other ad verse conditions, but it is sadly in need of more of this kind. -X- Many Answers To Want Advs. by Arthur Brisbane _ Mont Blanc Is Advertised Light of the Mind Thinking Big and Small An Ancient Dread * Francis H. Sisson, vice president of the Guaranty Trust company, repeats what has often been said here, that the big problem is not production, but distribution. Business is on the up grade. Mr. Sisson does not agree with that distin- guished political economist, Solly Wertheim, who says, looking up, flat on its back, look ing up.” Mr. Sisson reminds merchants that with adequate advertising goods can be sold at a lower price than without advertising. • First, have what the people want, then let them know you have It. Consider Mont Blanc, nice mountain in Switzerland. One million and eighty thousand people visited Mont Blanc last year, spending more than $10,000,000 in lit tle communities near the mountain. Only 100 climbed to the top. We have bigger, better mountains, but they don't get the advertising that Mont Blanc gets, and they don’t take in the money.- It Is true that established reput^- ti«n helps Mont Blanc. It is also true that advertising helps to establish reputations, and keep them establishcd- v ——- There is no better work than dis tributing good books. They are the tight of the mind, stimulate ambition, develop good taste, prepare men’s minds for service in the present by making them acquainted with the achievements, discoveries and services of the past. Maj. George H. Putnam, veteran of the Civil war, and a most distinguished veteran of the book publishing profes sion, now dead at eighty-five years of age, represents public service in a high degree. New York's police force includes a “radical squad,” Selected to deal with rebellious radicals. Planning that squad in days of ex traordinary juvieperity, somebody was looking far ahead. As a rule, prosperity is more effec tive than poison gas In dealing with radicalism. Drivers’ License And Highway Patrol Bill One of the most important pieces of legislation receiving con sideration at this term of the gen eral assembly is the Drivers’ collected, but what then? We have a law in South Carolina* requiring horse drawn vehicles to _ . ~ -j carry a light when on the high- Bemg Considered ways at night, but we have yet to 1 hear of it ever being enforced. We have speed laws, but most of the speed laws are revenue meas ures in that those who enforce them would much rather hide be hind a bush and catch a speeder License and Highway Patrol meas ure, which passed the senate last' than to patrol the road, and from week, with amendments, and goes j th eir very presence there, prevent to the house this week for further speeding. study by that body. The text of the bill is as follows: That on and after July 1, 1930, “Business **Is every P erson before driving a mo- , tor vehicle in this state shall se- ! In the clash between unemployed radicals and police in New York, the photograph* show women struggling and figh.ing more violently than men. Nothing surprising in this. When women boiieve anything they believe it more violently than men. And wdten they believe, nothing is important com pared with their belief, and they care little what happens to them. Henry Ford will say in Capper’s Magazine for April that “It is just as easy to think big as it is to think small.” We have laws, laws, laws. More laws than even our lawyers know, and if this is to be just another ! law, then why pass it? If the fear of losing one’s right cure from the state highway de- i to operate an automobile will out- partment a driver’s license. This | wei S h ‘he (ear of death, and thus license will be issued at a cost of Prevent dangerous and reckless $1 to the driver and shall expire drivin8 ' and if licenses are su- June 30, 1930 unless suspended or s P ended tor flagrant violations, revoked. After this date license the bm might indeed be usefu1 ’ shall be renewed or issued for ai but if u 18 going t0 be enforced period of four years at a cost of malnly to coUect the addlu onal revenue, we don’t think it will ever prove much of a benefit to the state.—Anderson Daily Mail. X EITHER WAY $1. If the license is lost a dupli cate will be issued for 25 cents. The highway patrol would be under the supervision of the state highway department. Its members would be prorated according to the Ben Tillman used t0 be very registration of automobiles, pro- harshly criticised in the first years v.ded however that at least one of hls career and some who dls _ patrolman woulo be selected from liked hls inltla , tactics never got so they could say a good word re “ ! about him, though he mellowed considerably in his old age. Cravwford, in Sunday's Index- Journal, and hops on the Green wood drug stores for not buying ice cream at their own factory and the women folks for going to Au gusta and other nearby towns for the pretty clothes they wear. She says that the independent mer chants buy their vegetables and canned goods from out the state and ends up by advising the home merchant to advertise their home product and let the people know where to buy. That’s the idea, let the home merchant do a little advertising, it’s sure to help his business. It takes a magnifying glass to find the home merchant’s adv in most papers.—Abbeville Press and Ban ner. X South Carolina Prepares To Build Its Highways each county if that many were re quired. Patrolmen would be quired to furnish bond. The patrolmen would be furn ished with motor vehicles and would be required to wear uni forms. They would be given the same authority as sheriffs to ar rest without warrant and would be charged with the detection of crime and the preservation of law and order. In order to secure a driver’s li- ’ cense the motorist would be re quired to pass an examination to be prescribed by the state high way department . The department j nQt would be required to revoke the 1 license of any person for a period of 12 months upon receiving sat isfactory evidence of the convic- tioix- or of the entry of a plea of guilty and sentence thereupon, or of forfeiture of bail of any person charged with the commission of any of the following crimes: 1. Manslaughter, resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle. 2. Any crime constituting a fel ony in the commission of which a motor vehicle is used. 3. Convictions upon three charg es of reckless driving all within a period of 12 months from the time of the first conviction. The highway department may conduct an investigation and hear ing to determine whether the li cense shall be suspended or revok ed in any of the following events: 1. Uj>on receiving a verified com- In the strenuous days of his first campaign for the governor ship and the even more strenuous days of his campaign for re-elec tion, his favorite way of disposing of adverse criticism was to say he could not waste time replying to his critics because he could hot please them and, therefore, was not going to try to do so. He as serted that his enemies would damn him with equal facility and vehemence if he did or if he did started for himself as a commission man. lie begun “thinking big.” He had accumulated $17,000 in 1$G2 and took a partner, Maurice F». Clark. They invested their money in if crude oil “reiinery” in Cleveland. Some time ago Mr. Agnew of Modoc lost a good dog, and after making numerous inquiries about it in the neighborhood without gatting any information as to his whereabouts, had a little want adv. run in The Messenger. Next day afte,’ the paper was sent out, a man brought Mr. Agnew’s dog horac. Mr. Agnew was glad to get hia T 'ali:able dog back home. Dur- h'*. next few days, six - other f ; ''frj answering \he description of the cnc advertised for, were brought to Mr. Agnew. but ho had gotten the right cog and needed one cnlv. Tr;o weeks ago Mr. W. K. Char les got 40 inquiries about mules he offered for sale through the want adv. column of this paper, and last wee’; he sold fifty odd bush els of cotton seed as result of run ning a want adv. in this paper. The adv. appears here again this week, as he still has more seed to sell He also advertised in a daily paper, but all who bought seed from him said they saw the adv. in The Messenger. The cost of advertising is nom inalwhile the results are usually satisfactory. Try it! It is, after you get a start. For in stance. in ISO!), seventy-one years John D. Rockefeller, who begun work- plaint that any persons aff ing as office boy for $15 a month, with such mental or physical in firmities or disabilities as would constitute ground for refusal of a license under this act. 2. Upon receiving a verified com plaint that any person has driven a motor vehicle in a reckless or negligent manner, and thereby caused death or injury to any per son or serious damage to proper ty. 3. Upon receiving a certified complaint that licenses is an hab itual reckless, negligent or incom petent driver of any motor vehicle. The bill provides that any per son violating any provision of the act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than $10 nor more than $100 or imprisoned for not more than 30 days or both. -X- Driver’s Licenses If the bill to require all opera tors of automobiles in South Car olina to be licensed will decrease the number of automobile accid ents in the state, then it would be That was ihe beginning of “think ing big.” In 1S65 Mr. Rockefeller, who is now approaching his ninety-first birthday, and was then twenty-six, bought out his partner for $72,500. Standard Oil corporation papers were signed oa January 10, 1870. Standard Oil is now sixty years old. John D. Rockefeller lias been “thinking big’’ ever since. His best "big thinking” has been devoted to the tight against disease. Instead of using a few dollars to re lieve Individual cases, lie uses tens of millions to eliminate disease perma nently. Part of the criticism of Charles EvaiT Hughes when his appoint ment as chief justice was before the senate for confirmation or re jection, was of the same kind as that leveled at Tillman in the stormy days of the early nineties. He was damned because he had resigned from the United States supreme court to run for the pres idency at his party’s behest. But, suppose he had run without re signing, can you imagine the storm of vehement protest that failure to resign would have raised? A man should not be impervious to criticism. He can be helped by it. But, he will not be helped if he live in slavish fear of it and try to steer a course which will keep him clear of all criticism. Such people encounter the sever est and most justifiable criticism. —Anderson Independent. X OUR NEXT GOVERNOR (From The Asheville Citizen) Signals i«> protect pedestrians from automobiles are to be installed in big cities and “amber colored” lights were suggested. The police say: “Drivers will pay no attention to anything but red. That makes them stop.” , Why is it that red impresses men, and even the lower animals? Is it, perhaps, because men. for forty mil- .■ , . lion years, and animals through hun-ja wonderful piece of le 0 isiauon dreds of millions of years before man came, have known and inherited one great dread, the red blaze of u forest or prairie Are? If, through its fees, it will be more of a revenue measure, and will be promptly ignored, except for the payment of the license fee, then we believe it will be a big mistake to saddle any more taxes on the The national industrial conference board tells you that the wealth of the ... United States amounts to three hun. owners of automobiles. dred and sixty billion one hundred million. It sounds a lot. hat it is only $3,000 Automobiles are taxed about as heavy in South Carolina as they can be. The license tag- cost for each American, with about $500 amounts to considerable, and for extra for New Yorkers. That isn’t | ever y gallon of gasoline that is enough. i lise( j state collects a tax of six Human machines alone, leaving out. _„ f _ rvir . K n n -tNn mines, real estate, factories, are worth! <xnts. The automob le owner also more than three hundred and sixty J pays other property taxes on his billions. I car. Tins land and Its people are worth | The bill, as it has passed the whatever science and industry choose, senate provides for a fee of $1.00, to produce—certainly not mere bll- payable i n j u ly of this year, and Hons, but trillions. another dollar on January 1st, the Taxes may be bisger. ?™° nd dol!ar t0 P ay Ior a dr!ver ’ s President Hoover warns congress ucense for four years, that It Is Inclined.to spend money too Once we have gotten the driv- freely. An increase’©* 40 per cent In or’s license bill passed, what will taxes might follow any too liberal ap- result ? propriations. . _ . * Toe driver's licence fee can b 0 — l-w Via, The question of who is to serve as South Carolina’s next governor is one that cannot be definitely answered until after the next elec tion, but from the present outlook,, enough folks are going to want the job to make the race an inter esting one. Judge Mendel L. Smith of Cam den is being talked as a candidate and if he makes the race, will be a factor in it. Olin D. Johnson, a member of the house from Spartanburg and chief opponent of the $65,000,000 road bond issue is an avowed candidate on a platform of opposi tion to the bond issue. On such a platform, Mr. Johnston’s strength in the campaign will be just exact ly the strength of the state’s op position to the bond issue. Col. W. H. Keith, another mem ber of the house, and a veteran of the Greenville county delegation has also been prominently men tioned, and with these three, the race would be a hot one, but the newest political dope is that bond issue or no bond issue, the race for governor is likely to have a woman contestant, Mrs. L. H. Jennings, of Columbia .national committeewoman for South Caro lina being urged by her friends to make the race, and the lady her self reported as beihg interested in making the race. It might not be such a bad idea after all, to have a lady candidate in the race. It would be unusual for South Carolina, if nothing else. —Anderson Daily Mail. X NEED TO ADVERTISE After listening to counsel for the appelants for only fifteen minutes, the United States Supreme court indicated quite clearly on Monday that the validity of South Caro lina’s $65,000,000 highway bond is sue would be upheld. No formal announcement was made by t£e court but the questions asked by the justices declared that the Fed eral Constitution was not involved. Counsel for the appellants having stated that the expectation was to bring the case before the United States Supreme court under the fourteenth amendment. Chief Justice Hughes answered that the fourteenth amendment could not possibly be construed as an issue in the matter. When counsel then asked, “Am I out of court?” the Chief Justice replied. “It looks very much that way.” Apparently, therefore. South Carolina is abundantly justified in the assumption that the bond is sue will be upheld and that very soon the highway system project ed under this bond issue will be in course of construction. The plan, as announced, is to proceed simul taneously in all sections of the state and the work will giv^ em ployment to a great many people. There has been a good deal of feeling in South Carolina over the bond issue but it must be appreci ated on all sides that the time could hardly be more opportune for putting through a big construc tive activity of this character. It should be possible to secure very favorable contracts, for contrac tors are eager for work, and the prices of material are reasonable, while, as the chairman of the highway commission says, money can be had at very attractive rates. For an issue of this kind to have hung fire indefinitely would have been unfortunate and South Caro lina is to be congratulated upon the prospect that it is to be defin itely and finally settled se prompt ly. / X WHY IS A NEWSPAPER LIKE A WOMAN? We are in receipt of a clipping from a good friend containing a questionnaire, “Why is a newspa per like a woman?” And here fol lows the many answers: “Because you believe everything they say; they are thinner now than they used to be; they have bold face types; they are easy to read; well worth looking over; back numbers are not much in de mand; they are not afraid to speak their minds; they nave a great deal of influence and if thoy know anything they usually tell it.” “Because they always have the last word: because they car ry the news wherever they go.” The correct answer is: “Because every man should have one of his own and not run after his neigh bor’s.”—Athens Banner. X Honor Roll For Widenian School Everybody is interested in the efforts of the independent mer chants to out chain the chain stores and many of the people in Abbeville road with interest the impassioned appeal of Mayor An drews, of Greenwood, for the home merchant to organize against the chain. And now comes Mrs. E. T. Paul Edmunds Mattie Spence Elizabeth Wideman Jim Spence Blease Edmunds Fred Edmunds Mattie Bowick William Bowick Robert Edmunds Roy Spence J. Sue Spence Betty Findley Walter Wideman James Edmunds Bennie Wideman Lucindy Brewer. Page Number Foot r'y-.-T ■ .'■■i ■■ ■ Washington High School News The basketball season is over and the boys and girls are now enjoying a few days rest from the athletic field. The last games of the season were played in Calhoun Falls, and both boys and girls of Washington were defeated by a large score. The games were rath er uninteresting, due to the fact that the Calhoun Falls teams were too fast for the Washington teams, but our teams played well. The boys and girls this year have taken much interest in bas ketball and they are to be com mended upon the showing they have made for Washington. Even though they were not always vic torious, yet there are many other things equally as important as the score, such as, good sportsman-: ship, teamwork, etc., and these traits were always outstanding in the Washington teams. The girls’ team does not lose, a single player in the graduating class, so there will be excellent material for next year’s team. However, with the boys’ team it is quite different for'several of* the outstanding players will graduate. As follows: Charles Bussey, Ralph Gales, Joe Price, W. P. Parks, Jr., Fred Bailey and Hubert Williams have made themselves a fine ath letic “rep” by their excellent playing and their leaving will be a great loss to Washington. i We were indeed fortunate dpr- ing the past week to hear a very inspiring talk by Mr. Verd Petet- son. Supervisor of Vocational Edu cation of South Carolina. His theme was “The Importance of work” and he very forcefully brougpt ideas that would make every one try to do more efficient work, for he stated, “so many peov pie spend most time trying to get out of work, which never causes progress.” He urged teachers, as well as pupils to use every oppor- tunity for some purpose. The chapel programs for last week were as follows: Monday morning, Mrs. Roun tree’s room. Scripture—Leila Seigler, Claire Rich, Geneva Stone, Eunice Stone.. Play—“February” — The sixth grade. Tuesday morning, Miss John son’s room. Scripture—Edna Cartledge. Prayer—Nina Bussey. Reading^—“A Day In School”— Pat Franklin. Reading—“My Policeman Doll”— Eunice McDafiiel. Reading — “Addition” — Emily Dukes. Wednesday morning Miss Wood’s room. Scripture—T. R. Cartledge. Reading — “How Longfellow wrote”—Myrtle McDaniel. Quotations—Ethel Willis, Henry E. Bailey, Carolyn Dukes, Jack Rich, Mildred Blackwell, Marie Bussey. Thursday morning—Miss McKin ney’s room. “Mother Goose Rhymes and songs”—First Grade. Reading — “Cherry Cheeks”— Hazel Dukes. Reading—“The Dainty Daisy”— Amyelle Drennan. Reading—“The Pussy Willows” -Addie Bunch. Reading—“The Sky Garden’’— Hortense Cartledge. Friday morning, The high school Scripture—Blanche Middleton. Piano Solo—Anel Edmunds. The friends of Mr. L. V. Mayer deeply sympathize with him in the death of his grandmother, which occurred last week. tXI To get vigorous lettuce plants this spring, plant seed not more than 2 years old, advises the U. S. Department of Agriculture. How ever, fresh lettuce seed—that is, seed planted the same season it is grown—is likely to give poor germ ination. Seed grown last year is best. Though most growers use 2 pounds of seed to the acre when seeding directly in the field, the quantity may be reduced to 1 pound with good seed and careful seeding. This rate of seeding will reduce the amount of thinning of the plants necessary. In a hotbed - or coldframe one-half pound of good seed to the acre is sufficient.