McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, March 13, 1930, Image 4

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Thursday, March 13, 1930 ■ t '' MrfORMICK MESSENGER Published Every Thursday Established June 5, 1902 edmond j. McCracken, Editor and Owner Entered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. C„ as mail matter of the second class. HfcCO'RMICK MESSENGER. McCORMICK, SoutH Carolin*. Page Number Foot DISPLAY ADVERTISING- 25 cents per inch for each inser- tlcn' nothing less than 4 inches accepted for double column dis play, nor less than 2 inches for siuPie column display. Positions given at ONE-THIRD extv? charge. • BUSINESS READING NOTICES: G per cent per line for each inser tion. average of 6 words to line. WANT AD VS., 6 cents per line for each insertion, average of 6 words to line. TRIBUTES OF RESPECT, 6 cents per line,.6 words to line. All 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. by Arthur Brisbane Bury Me in Pink Gandhi’s Appeal The King’s Maxim If War Did Come VOTED PAY INCREASE to handle their goods, and, the people should refuse to buy any- Hell’s Heroe s. •>? One must infer that members of , thing sold by the house. Plicr TTnrrmn TlrDmD Of the house who voted to increase 1 Lincolnton must keep her rail- £>12 Xlllllian Urdllld VJl their compensation from $400 to road, but it will never do it if busi- $600 per session, must have acted ness is continually taken from it on the principle that the only way as at the present time, to bring that consummation about ** ^ is allowed to go, the hope would be for them to act, and it ai }o struggle and sacrifice of years would also indicate that a long W1 N hay 6 heen in vam - . session is anead. For a 40-day' W e ^ ave it now and can keep session $400 is not so parsimonious, it if we will, iconsidering the average ability dis- l Your attitude is wnat. Woman’s interest in dress, strong played by the average law-making -IXJ- Lincoln Boy Has She started with a necklace, according to scientists. First an ornament around the.neck, then one around the waist, then a skirt and all sorts of things. A woman In California who mur- to be buried in white satin with yel low roses in her hand. A well-known actress in New York jumps from a twentieth-story window and makes two requests: first, that she be buried in pink satin; second, that her husband keep away from the funeral. years been confined to the constitutional limitation, and the legislators have upon occasion voted themselves! increased wage before adjourn- ! ment. If the increased figure is set to attract the best talent and material, Wonderful Memory The West, Coming i CHARLES BICKFORD, RAYMOND HATTON AND FRED KOHLER FEATURED IN SENSATIONAL VERSION OF PETER B. KYNE STORY i Washington High School News =*j (Lincoln, Ga., Journal.) “Hell’s Heroes,” Universal’s great human drama based on Feter B. Kyne’s famous story, “Three God fathers,” is coming to the Dixie Theatre on Friday and Saturday. It has a remarkable cast which in- William Leverette, 10-year-old eludes Charles Bickford, Raymond n un.uuxm« ^ that will Drove disap- son of Mr - and Mr ,?- G ' C - Hatton and Fred Kohler in the i H nnd k iPrt hprself asked nnlntine For ^he tvDe P of men bad- ette ’ of this P lace ’ has a most un " roles of the “Three Godfathers” of dered a man and killed herself ashu F ° r l h he igg^iativ?hails of usual and remarkable memory. Mr . Kyne’s story. th^ state are those to whom the ! In fact ’ hi8 accurateness m re-, Six we eks in desert country in compilation STny'figure would thmgS 15 lnflmtely 1 cornel Tlier^musTbe'nolood'tlrne’to'm- 1 This litt!e , boy ha ® a 1 ’°* )by 01 filming “Hell's Heroes." Universal crelse ?eeisllto?s’ g saSs any “knowing” the number of license; determined that the scenes snown tWA ?«= anort timp to ■ ta S s on automobiles. He can m- ; should be those actually described OfthaO thl hOuTfe^Ll^aTime O-^has in the St0ry ' h “ i n^V^J £» i SI llmerl ernment. “On This meant taking the entire company into the Mojave Desert in the heart of summer. For six weeks peal to the British gov- group^char^dwithengineermg I owned a car in 1929 , and he^ ever trough a land of intense desola- i bended knees, I ask Jhe scheme, whi<^ subjects them , gaw it he can g i ve the number as 1 t ion, of sun glare on wastes of *r this phenomenon — to the criticism that economy is a wpll 1 r ™-ir snnrt rart.ns and twisted you to ponder this phenomenon namely, the “impoverishing of India’s dumb millions’’ by Britain. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: — Strictly Cash In Advance — One Year $1.00 Six Months .75 Three Months.50 SAFf: DRIVERS Gandhi says, “I do not intend to harm a single Englishman.” He will only resist passively. Very touching, but not the attitude mighty good thing for the other fellow to practice.—Spartanburg Journal. ixt * WHERE IS IT? well. . | rock, sand, cactus Apparently, William pays no; Joshua trees, closer attention to people’s license Where is that “economy bloc” enoe. “What are the characteristics of ft good and safe driver?” That was the question recently asked by the American Automobile Association of several nationally known traffic and safety experts. The good driver has a high de gree of self-control at all times, this control manifesting itself in then, various ways. ■ ■— The good driver always main- 0ne i, Klustrv marches on to higher tains his car in such shape that it | and lligher ^ures. i* the cigarette that gains independence, not the at- that was so successful in blocking tltude o f a pvoplc ready for tadepeod. .‘° g n 0? ln ^eTas* “ySe?- I day when the vote came on the ibill to increase the salaries of the members of the house from $400 to $600? We ask you, where? They surely were not on the floor of the rallying to their battle cry Britain set a different example be fore the Hindus after the Sepoy re- bellion. The British put murderous rebels house, inside of cannon and blew them to ; 0 f “Economy, first last and all the pieces, knowing that religious super- , time.” Give some of them credit, slition would make the punishment most horrible. No rebellion of consequence since business, prosperity reigns. Every body always lias money to buy ciga- ret tes. When employment is lacking there is leisure to smoke more cigarettes, j and all feel that they must have them, j ly know that ^ey have done responds easily and quickly, thus \ assuring control of the car, as far as the. purely mechanical equation is concerned. The good driver regulates his speed in accord with the condit ions of the road over which he is traveling, and ney?r travels at such a rate that he' can not stop it within the “clear course” ahead. The good driver invariably ex ercises due regard for the rights of others and always applies the simple axioms of courteous behav ior. The good driver accepts the. One tiling most Important to all safety of the pedestrian as primary i business men in connection with the , tOiVsideration. I gigantic «• garette industry: Cigarette If you are hitting on all six you! men are the most aggressive, energetic are doing part to promote safety, t am j continuous advertisers in the insofar as your personal responsi- j bility is concerned. The points intended to be 1 those who voted against the in creased pay, but remember that those who hollered loudest for eco nomy in other departments, had nothing to say in opposition to raising their own pay. . The bill passed the third read ing in the house today, and now goes to the Senate. Maybe the Senate will kill it. and maybe it will not. We do not know, but anyhow, the members of the house who voted for the bill will certain- job or no job. Last year’s production was one hun dred and nineteen billion cigarettes, almost a thousand cigarettes per year for every man, woman and child in the United States. nation. stressed are not exhaustive, but they certainly em body some of the main moral and physical factors involved in safe and sane driving. If our memory serves us right, we recently saw a report of a speed record maintained on the public! highways of the state by a man who was delivering a certain pro duct from one city to another, which stated that he ran between 65 and 80 miles per hour over the entire distance covered—never un der 65 nor more than 80 miles per hour. Think of that! Endanger ing lives of motorists met and passed along the road—just for the | sake of making prompt delivery of; the product or making a speed j record, or possibly both. So it seems that the legislature could at this session enact no more needy law than one to reduce the speed limit and put patrols out to catch the speed demons. The Standard OH Company of Now Jersey sets an example to other oil concerns, voluntarily reducing its re finery operations by one-seventh. Refining is a continuous process, and must continue seven days a week, but only six days’ actual work will be done, to prevent overproduction. And most important, part of the good example, men will not be dis charged or have their wages cut. An English clergyman reveals King George’s six maxims, all hung up on the walls of bis library. The first is: “Teach me to be obedi ent to the rules of the game.” Excellent tor a constitutional mon arch. obeying the will of bis people. Rulers of a different kind. Alex ander, Caesar. Napoleon, bad a differ ent maxim: “See that you obey the rules of the game as 1 make them. all ! they could to get more money. Now, with the pay raised to $600 for 40 days, will the legislature be content, or will it figure that its members are working 40 days at $15 a day, and then go ahead and vote itself overtime pay for the number of days over 40 that the session requires, working in the meantime about half the time. Why not give the people of the state a run for their money? If the legislature member’s time is worth $15 j* day, surely the state ought not to be charged for time when the legislator is not actual ly working. Why not make it a straight union schedule job. Put in a time clock, and punch it, and pay good wages, but pay for time actually consumed in the capitol, and not for time used in traveling to and from the member’s homes, and the days that the legislature is not actually in session. The vote on the bill in the house today is not yet to be obtained, but we hope to get it, and print the vote by members, so that even though the memory of man may fail between now and the next election, those who care to, may clip it out, paste it on the clock, and have it ready for use nexu year during the campaign. Economy bloc! Ho, ho, ho.—An derson Daily Mail. 1X1 LINCOLNTON’S RAILROAD HOW THEY DO IT Some people possess the faculty ; of “getting next” to almost every 1 good ^reposition that comes along. This is especially true with regard to anything of exceptional value that is ofiered by our local mer chants. It saves them many dol lars in the run of -a year. Hew do they do it? They read the ads in every is sue of the home paper, never orritting even the small want ads. Every issue of this paper has something of especial value adver tised herein, something that many people would be glad to have. The persistent ad reader locates these things—and gets them. Keen your bargain eye on the ads of the home merchant. If he says it is good, or of especial value vou may be sure it is as he states. He can not afford to misrepresent his goods, even if he so desired. To do so would soon put him out of business. tXl We do not understand management of prisons, or our criminals are dif j ferent from other criminals Weeks ago. Warden Auburn prison. New York, told a re porter: “We are sitting on a powder keg.” Recently, a convict stabbed the head keeper of the prison to death. He knew that, the electric chair, nearby, would inevitably avenge that murder. Nevertheless, he committed it. General Ely, commanding the sec ond crops area, has a plan to defend New York city in war. lie would “mobilize the civilian services.” If modern war came the civilian services would mobilize themselves. And with them the six million popula tion of New Y’ork, as many as sur vived the first gas arid bomb attack, would mobilize themselves by scatter ing through the country, abandoning the city as rats leave a ship when it (Lincoln, Ga., Journal.) For years and years Lincolnton and Lincoln county longed for and worked to get a railroad. tv* ioit 4^-. tryvpn pnci county die get a railroad, which has meant Hoffman of everything to the prosperity and upbuilding of the town and coun ^Who will hvae the temerity to deny the benefits that have come as a result of having rail transpor .anon lacilitiss here? The railroad has been a blessing to the farming and business inter ests cf the town and county, and if it should happen to exist no longer, woe be unto the town s f u- ac-- growth. How many farmers in Lincoln “ountv are now ready and willing to go* back to the old wagon and mule method of hauling their f er " ti'uzer for a distance of twenty and more 'miles and carrying their cot ton to market via the same route? Shall we go backward instead of Land Values tags than anyone else, but, some how, in some mysterious manner, once a car passes before his vision, ;he license number is indellibly implanted in his memory and, the wonder of it is—he never forgets! While this is a particular hobby with the little man, he is unusual- y blight generally. He has made ;wo grades each school term and las every month made the “honor roll” in school. If a remarkable ability and alert memory count for anything, Will iam Leverette undoubtedly has a great future ahead of him in some ine of endeavor. X R. J. Southall Died In Augusta (Augusta Chronicle, March 8.) Richard John Southall, died at the residence of his son, J. R. Southall, 913 Seventh street, yes terday afternoon at 3 o’clock. He leaves to survive him two sons, T. J. and J. R. Southall, of this city: two daughters, Mrs. Mollie E. Blount, of Atlanta, and Mrs. Mat- tie L. Hill, of Augusta; 15 grand children and nine great-grandchil dren. He was a widower of Mrs. Savannah Franklin Southall. Mr. Southall was born in Pet ersburg, Va., on August 29, 1852, a son of Thomas J. Southall and Mrs. Susan Mims Southall. He came to this city as a young man and for many years was a prom inent lawyer in this city. He had also practiced in Aiken county, re cently had confined his activities to the McCormick section of South Carolina, until his retirement about two years ago. He was a descendent of the Walton family who came over with William Penn. The funeral services will be held from the chapel of W. I. Wilson and son, at 3 o’clock today, Rev. Thomas Walker, pastor, officiating, and interment will be in the Pine Forrest Baptist church cemetery, in Aiken county, S. C. The following grandsons of the deceased will be pallbearers: Rich ard, Herbert .Thomas and Wiley Hill and Luther and Richard Southall. -JXt Freedom Of Press Wins Another Vic tory In Courts For the most part the thermom eter stood at more than 120 de grees. The “Three Godfathers” probably suffered most. Tne roles of Charles Bickford, Raymond Hatton and Fred Kohler called for them to let their beards grow, and to wear dirty, tattered clothes. When they finally came out of the desert, a trio of scarcecrows would have looked respectable in com parison. The scenic background of the picture is vivid and awe-inspiring hi the extreme. In addition to the striking desert shots, there are in tensely interesting scenes of the famous “ghost city” of Bodie, Cal., once a great mining town, now in habited by only a handful of old- timers hoping against hope for “boom times” to come again. The exceptional cast of the “Hell’s Heroes” includes Fritzi Ridgeway, Maria Alba, Joe de la Cruz, Buck Connors and Walter James. William Wyler directed the picture which was prepared for the screen bv Tom Reed. Peter B. Kyne. famous author, personally assited in the prepara tion of his story for the screen. In order that the story should be in every degree technically correct. Universal sent Tom Reed to San Francisco to consult Kyne in the preparation of the story. Several weeks were given to such confer- 6 rices. Kyne later informed the studio that never before, in his knowl edge, had there been such co-op eration between studio and au thor. “Hell’s Heroes” is one of the best known of Kyne’s many sue cessful books. Universal consider ed it as, exceptional material for a picture, both from camera and dialogue angles, and the belief was more than justified in results. The film is a remarkable blending of The honor roll for this week is as follows: FIRST GRADE— Frances Robertson Hazel Dukes Sara Hcv/le Anyelle Drennan SECOND GRADE— Henry Jennings Bussey Pamelia Edmunds Willie Reed Fowler Mai tha Louise Rich THIRD GRADE— Edna Cartledge Gary Self Lewis Fach Emily Dukes Daisy Parks FOURTH GRADE— Nina Bussey Mary Belle Jennings Marie Stone FIFTH GRADE— Mildred Blackwell Carolyn Dukes T. R. Cartledge SIXTH GRADE— Evelyn Blackwell Mary Eckard Glenn Self SEVENTH GRADE— Floyd Drennan Eunice Stone EIGHTH GRADE— Robert Lee Joiner Lucyle Parks NINTH GRADE— Louise Cassels Alice Bunch T. J. Stone Anel Edmunds Marie Gilchrist Annie Martha Ryan TENTH GRADE— Blanche McDaniel Blanche Middleton ELEVENTH GRADE— Fred Bailey Robert Middleton Ruth Cartledge The chapel programs have been quite interesting and show that much work is being done, by both pupils and teachers. During the past week they have been as fol lows: Monday morning, Mrs. Roun tree’s room. Poem—Esther Jennings. Song--The sixth grade girls. Poem—Margaret White. and Tuesday morning, Miss John son’s room. Scripture—Pat Franklin. Song—“The Radio”—Third fourth grades. Poem — “Puppy Love” — Nina Bussey. Duet—“A Little Bird”—Edith Robertson and Lewis Rich. Song—“March Wind”—6 and 6 girls. boys romance, humor. adventure, pathos -txt- and Poultry Improve ment Group Making Fine Progress Now CLEVELAND. Ohio, March 8, Freedom of the. press won another victory here Thursday when the appeBato court overruled a con tempt cf court conviction of Louis LV Seltzer, editor, and Carlton K. Matson, editorial writer of the Cleveland Press, daily newspaper. The appellate court ordered Matson and Seltzer not to pav $500 fines nor to serve 30-day jail sen tences, which were imposed on them a year ago by a common pleas judge, Frederick Walther. In addition, the aooellate judges scor ed Judge Wanner for his actions CLEMSON COLLEGE. Mar. 8.— The annual handbook of the South Carolina Poultry Improvement As sociation, just issued under direc tion of Prof. C. L. Morgan, chief of the poultry division, shows a membership consisting of 250 flock owners and 13 hatcheries, repre-r senting all of the more common breeds and varieties of poultry. The handbook lists the hatcheries and breeding flocks according to grades and to stage of disease era dication. “The association.” Prof. Morgan says, “has a definite program for standardizing the quality of breed ing flocks, hatching eggs, and baby chicks with reference to breed, characteristics, egg production, and disease eradication. Standard flocks must meet to a reasonably high degree the breed and variety requirements of the American PonUrv Association, and must show evidences of high egg produc- Certified flocks must pass on tain or Wednesday morning, Miss Wood’s room. Scripture—Euzelia Seigler. Reading—“The Bluebird”—T. R. Reading—“My Tree” — Eunice Stone. Reading — “Old Man March Wind”—Claire Rich. Miss Me- James Thursday morning, Kinnev’s room. Reading -“Arithmetic’ Jennings. Play—“The Three Promises”— Henry Bussey, Vivian Bailey and Doris Williams. Friday morning— High school. Scripture—Lucyle Parks. A meeting of the S. I. A. was held Thursday afternoon in the school auditorium, with only a few ladies of the different communities pres ent Mrs. Ryan, the president presided and the following pro gram was given: Song—By all. Devotional—Rev. Pressley. Song—Third and fourth grades. Duet—Edith Robertson and Lewis Rich. Song—Second grade. Reading—T. R. Cartledge. Reading—Eunice Stone. Reading—Claire Rich. Play. Piano solo—Miss Bobo. Talk—Rev. Leon T. Pressly. Rev. Presslv gave a most inspir ing talk on the topic—“The Power of Love.” He said that love was one of the greatest things in the world and by use of many illustra tions he made his talk impressive to even the small children who were present. It was indeed a nleasure to have Rev. and Mrs. i Pressly with us on this occasion and we hope that they wall come is sinking. the patronage now being taken . In case of an attack by airplane, j py trucks. If the business Remain Same wliich would be the first sort of attack | interests 0 f the town persist in in a new war, it would not be neces sary for General Ely to worry about his suggestion for “guarding the wa ter supply.” After the first half hour, there wouldn’t he anybody left in New Y'ork to drint left the city. ! them" over to a private deliver in Lincolnton at a price in the cane and delivered an opm- j tion. , . ion that the rights of free news-I rigid inspection and must nsn^rs were essential to a free males from hens of ~0Q re?nle (better. All standard and certified Judge Walther tried and con- ; flocks must be blood-tested. South vie ted Mason and Seltzer on the i Carolina is o contempt charge when he took of- ■ point where oufficient h-c,i. du a fense at an editorial in The Press ity breeding stock is available nrViiov-i r>T , iHr»i , 7£‘rt hiim for granting within the stP.te for expansion and , again soon. ,, an iniunetton restalning Sheriff improvement of poultry." | During the business session the S, n T 1 Morinftv from stonning a| Officers of the association are: j secretary read minutes of the last forward. , nt n race track ! 0 P Suber, Whitmire, president; ■ meeting and called the roll. The The Journal is told that a show-(betting system a former secre- y! T. Dickert, Newberry, vice-pres- j president called reports from down is coming soon-whether t J?’ de f end ’ ed j^tson and ident; J. G. Wofford, Hartsville, chairmen of the various commit- not Lincolnton will continue toitaiy erf war, defended maiso Measurer; H. G. Seawright. Pend-; tees and after a short discussion keep its railroad. It can be kept ^ Seltzer. court decision leton> secretary; G. W. West, Spar- of some form of entertainment tor Professor C. L. Morgan, ed. M a .meeting of the McCormick County Board of Equalization in the auditor’s office on January 6. 1930, 0. motion was made and car ried that “land values remain, as a whole, as they are, except the different district boards may make proper adjustments to equalize values in their districts.” Mr. W. E. Sheppard was chair man of this meeting and Mr. J. M. Gibert clerk. g t ly Ll!said:' " tonburg; “We live in an age of pitiless Springs; „ publicity, where the freedom of the Clemson College: Dr. W. K .*_ewis, press and freedom of speech are Columbia: directors, paramount issues. And newspa pers should have the right to print what they please, always guiding themselves by the laws of libel. A free people must have a free press, o° U dn n nk' water^ The' 1 Veacl' *couldn r t salesmen makes Lincolnton every j ^\ t a t0 n ^eak P free S ly O its d views. ^ irml n audln the living would h. W ; week. _ ^Because a man gets on the W. S. Dorset, Ridge next month, the meeting adjourn- IIlLCt Co I/O WA VAAVW jr- allowing their merchandise to be hauled by private truckers, then we may expect the worst. Folks, it must not happen! Right now there is a wholesale house in Athens whose traveling i and goes back to Athens and turns iv.om nvpr to a nrivate trucker to -X- It is getting so that the rich class considers it quite offensive to be referred to as a millionaire. They object to being classed among the common herd. Ex-President W. H. Taft Dies Saturday i Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Mayer and 1 little daughter. Nell, are spending ! this week end in Greenwood. They ! were called there on account ot I illness of Mr. Mayer’s father. TXT Card Of Thanks William Howard TaR former. We take this means of express- president and iormer ch-Ci. justice,;. thanks to all of our neigh- died it his home m Washington bore and f r ends who were so good late Saturday afternoon. 1 ou 1U bench, it does not necessarily mean that he has changed his tempera- i vawaaywa *** ,4 m ent or tiis licibility to excited. An encouraging statement comes j US t a s high as the railroad cnarg- he c£m set hj mse if above from Mr. Edsel B. Ford, now in Flor e s. J ^ .... . r1rt mir mer _ the rest of mankind and sit in ida. He is one who talks rarely, and i Good God! What do our me iudement 0 n grievances m which : wrapped in <c «*--**—- workman. thinks first. President of the Ford chants mean by aHowmg tneir ( ^ tho injured party, we are es-I ousness after weeks of uMess. A j d Mrs w M McKinney, company, knowing the sales from day j goodsjo come m by t* 1 .; ™~ t „ c - tablishing a dangerous precedent, stroke from bnroenms ot tho art-. .te Saturday afternoon | d ki d t us dur i n{ r 0 ur illness. He passed peacefully from life, a ££ £ faithful physician. Dr. rapped in a merciful unconsci-; to day, possessing sound information; about business' conditions, he predicts steady improvement in buslnesii, par ticularly in Industrial lines. (©, 1980, by King Features Syndicate, Inc.) , -tXi- Doing so, they are “killin? ^ _ eoose that laid the golden egg. j g if that salesman and wholesale scientists are not agreed as to house continue to favor the private • ^ ow long ago man learned to r*o m eterv afternoon. trucker with this business, Lin- colnton merchants should refuse eries preceded death by a half; ' 1X1 hour. He was in his 73rd year. . | a man who isn’t loyal to his Burial was made in Arlington home town is not likely to be loy- C* C-iOCKt i Tuesday al to anything.