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Thursday, March 27, 1930 WcIstjHfitfOK P'1 £*SSi'j; o/i/.. cLsiJKAfICK., South (Jarultm* Page Number Eight LOML ITEMS The T. E. L. Class of the Baptist Church will meet Friday afternoon at 3:30 at the home of Mrs. J. E. Bradley. The assisting hostesses will be Mrs. E. B. Brown, Mrs. J. E. Britts and Mrs. W. L. Acker. A full attendance is desired. After spending the first few days at a house party at Caesar’s Head, given by the Zeta Mu Epsilon Sor ority of. Greenville Woman’s Col lege, Miss Carrie Lou Strom is ex pected home Sunday to spend the remainder of the spring holidays with her parents, Sheriff and Mrs. W. T. Strom. Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Crawford and children of Aiken spent Sun day here with friends. MisS fcthel Killingsworth of Rock Hill spent several days here the past week with her parents, Dr. uhd MTs. R, G. Killingsworth. Mr. Herbert Wrenn of Atlanta, j Ga., spent several days here the past week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. C, Wrenn. visitors in Mt. Carmel Sabbath af ternoon. Miss Irene Boyd, accompanied by her attractive friend, Miss cousins, of Atlanta, spent the past week end with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Boyd. They made the trip Friday with Mrs. Giles McLane of Atlanta and Mr. Buck McLane of Abbeville ana returned to Atlanta with them Sabbath afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Cason were /isiiors in Abbeville Friday. Misses Lily Parker and Juanita Curtis and Messrs. Jimmie Newton and Bob Holland were Abbeville visitors' Thursday evening. Misses Alice Wells and Martha Connor and Mr. Sever Williams enjoyed the marshmallow roast at the bridge Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. John Williams and la^e-Mer of McCormick visited Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Scott Sabbath af ternoon. ^ i ... W1LLIJN GTON NEWS ITEMS Winter seems loathe to leave us. Just as our good women began to draw out their spring dresses from their winter storage closets and to don their new spring hats. Dame Winter turned backward in her flight and caused heavy coats, furs and blazing fires to be quite as much in demand as they had been in January. • | Miss Leona Clinkscales came home for the week end, with her Rev. and Mrs. G. N. Dulin of i mother and other loved ones. She This announces the opening of a modem service station and first class garage, located on the comer of Main Street near the Dixie Theatre. Our repair department is un der the supervision of a skilled and experienced mechanic, and is prepared to do general repair work on any make of car at the lowest cost consistent with the best quality of w&k. All calls for service given prompt attention day or ni^it. (jrive us a trial and you’ll be well pleased. On Saturday, March 29, 1930, with the purchase of every five gallons of gas we will give one quart of Standard Motor Oil FREE. WILLIAMS’ SERVICE STATION J. O. WILLIAMS, Prop. McCormick, S. C. Where Service And Quality Are Supreme Standard Gas and Oils by Arthur Brisbane Federal Reserve Advises Russia Answers the Pape In A. D. 1001930 Gangsters, Cruel, Silent Los Angeles.—The federal reserve- chief tells business to go ahead boldly, showing more initiative, less hesitancy. Excellent advice. Business will ad vise the federal reserve, when and if prosperity booms again, to b'e 'ttss en thusiastic about promoting usury, and run the federal reserve more like a banking institution, less like a pawn shop. Reserve board financiers that forced 15 to 20 per cent Interest rates, hand ing hundreds of millions to money lenders and adding thousands of mil lions in value, temporarily, to Inflated hank stocks, need advice as much as any business man needs it. State Educators Canton, N. C.. announce the birth I was accompanied by her friend, —• - '-• L — - Miss Mattie Lou Cochran. rT ’^'' R. C. BURTS ELECTED PRESI DENT FOR NEXT TERM of a daughter, Ouida Arline, March 11, 1930. Mrs. Dulin is pleas antly remembered here as Miss Clara Abercrombie before mar riage. Mr. J. M. Wood of Meriwether was a business visitor here Mon day. Mr. R. F. Freeland of Plum Branch attended to business mat ters here one day this week. Mr. Horace Creswell spent Sun day with friends in Spartanburg. The public is cordially invited to attend a piano recital bv the music pupils of Miss Julia Hall’s class at the high school auditorium next Tuesdav evening, beginning promptly at 8:15 o’clock. Mr. G. J. Sanders has returned from Columbia, where he was a patient in the Baptist Hospital about a week. His condition is greatly improved and he is able to! see hi 111 ou t again, after his re- b© Up 4 r»oTvf i 1 Inoco T-To anH IMVe Tney returned to Iva Sunday afternoon.! We are always glad to welcome 1 Leona home, as she rarely fails to take part in the work of the Sun day schools. A letter from our former neigh bor and much loved friend, Mrs. John Schrimp of Starr, states that; she is slowly convalescing from a very severe attack of cold, with which she has been contending for; some weeks. This comes as good news to us, who, have been very j anxious over Mrs. Scrimp’s pro tracted illness. Johnnie Morrow, Jr., of Bellvue spent the week end very pleasantly in his parental home. Mr. Jasper Rush, one of Troy’s best, was gladly welcomed as a dinner guest Wednesday in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rush. Mr. Jimmie Boyd and family of Abbeville were seeing friends in Willington Monday afternoon. The friends here of Mr. “Nutnp” Cason of Mt. Carmel, were glad to responsibility for financing this work should be borne jointly by the , state and county. Provision should vJLOSC ijCSSlOll be made for matching the aporo- , priation from the counties adopt ing the plan with a similar amount from the state. County Organization x « j Concerning county organization, The Columbia. State of Sunday following conclusions from the gives the following account of the report were approved by the asso- ^ elation: “That a provision be made The three day meeting of the de- on basis of permissive legisla- partment of superintendents of the tjon for the adoption of a county South Carolina Teachers’ associa- un it plan for the schools of South tion that has been in session in ' Carolina by legislative enactment. Columbia came to a close at noon “That county boards of'educa- Saturday following election of of- tion be elected by the qualified ficers for next year and the adqp- j electors of each county, each tion of reports read by the chair- to consist of five citizens men of two commissions. elected from the county at large for five year terms after a proper expiration of each year has been R. C. Burts Rock Hill, was elect ed president; A. C. Flora of Co- u lumbia, vice-president and J. C. provided for TJTivt^ nror»r%illor» XTo ovri 11 c*^ Hungerpiller of Hartsville, secre tary and treasurer. Superintend- That within one year after tak ing office, each county board of Russia, inflamed by the pope’s pro test against atheistic propaganda, re taliates in vindictive fashion. In the Minsk district a fund is started to build an airplane, presumably for war, to be called “Our Answer to Rope 1’ius.” And from the Veronesh dis trict workers send to the industrial fund at Moscow ten carloads of church bells, sacred images, crucifixes, etc., to be melted down. That shipment is called “an answer to the pope.’’ P. J. RoBinson, who con ies ill at her hbme here, is re ported to be slightly better at this time. The condition of Mr. S. H. Tal bert. who has been critically ill at Tils home in the Buffalo section the past week, is believed to be slightly improved at present. Supervisor W. O. Graves, who has been a patient at the Green wood Hospital the past two weeks, is reported as doing as well as could be expected. Mr. R. N. Ed munds. member of the Board of County Commissioners, is substi tuting for Mr. Graves during his illness. Mr. J. O. Williams and family are occupying the Charles cottage on lower Main Street. Mr. Williams, cent illness. He and Mrs. Cason were afternoon callers Sunday in J the home of their friends, Mr. and Mrs. Will McNair. Messrs. George and Bill Lawton motored to Anderson Thursday, where the former has been under treatment for some weeks. He says he is very much improved, and hopes to soon regain his lost strength. One of .our most energetic boys, Wright Andrews, came in Satur day all smiles. And why not smile? He was returning from the river with seven pounds of fine cat-fish from his fish basket. Enough to prompt a boy to smile! Miss Glantis, Kirkland of Ridge Springs has returned home, after a very pleasant visit to her friend, Miss Louise McBride. Mrs. Milton LeRoy and Milton, Jr., of McCormick were gladly seen Monday night in the home of her sister, Mrs. Daisy Hemminger. It will interest the friends of little Mattie Giles to know there em Flora was president of the de- | ^ucrtion’anDoint a cour^ vh^p^rp^vfpnt a fr>r ganiation commission consisting rfov* 11 f t0 vlce "P ies ^ dent ^ or of the five members of the county acc< ? rdin S to ^ Pf 0- beard of education, the county i^ ade constitution SU p er j n tendent of education, two and by-laws of the association. | t eac h ers or principals of experi- the executive committee ■ er!ce within the matter of re-or- iprp TptiS 6 w °w SU ^r? WoftT ^nization. to be designated by the boro; R C Ske Whitmir^ind i stat - e . superintendent of ^edueaUon W. M. Albergoth, Greer. It was recommended by Mr. Ward and approved by the com- ! mittee on resolutions that further i “That the state superitendent of education approve the plan for the re-organization of any cqunty. “That incorporated towns or One item of news will be remem bered a million, ami ten million, years lienee. Nothing else in our age will be of the slightest consequence, even lOO.OOJ years from now. The news that will outlast recollec tion of this age of industrial and finan cial barbarism is the discovery of an other planet in our solar family, sail ing ground outside the orbit of Nep tune. Earth dwellers in the year one mil lion nineteen hundred and thirty, as they converse in the ozone area, thirty miles above the earth, will wonder how such primitive beings as ourselves could have discovered that planet. Similarly, we wonder how primitive cave dwellers could have made those interesting pictures of rhinoceroses and horses. study be made of the schools of the , cities with 2.500 population or more st.at.p hp marip hv p.nmmissions an- ^*3-^ *36 undd tn.6 City b03rd of state be made by commissions ap pointed by the president of the education. ‘That each county board of edu- who has been engaged in road con struction some time, is proprietor j has been a perceptible change in of the town’s newest filling sta tion and garage—Williams’ Service Station, on Main Street, near the Dixie Theatre. Rev. W. H. Barfield, Dr. C. K. Epting, Messrs. F. A. Wise, Frank Mattison and Newt Edmunds are attending the American Legion meeting in Columbia today. Mr. Troy West and family spent Sunday in Lincoln County, Ga., at the home of his father, Mr. R. F. West. X MT. CARMEI. NEWS her condition. She is still critical ly ill. Although she is receiving medical attention and has a graduate nurse, Miss Vioila Law- ton, with her, the nature of her case being acute, renders it one of anxiety to her relatives and friends. A number of her rela tives from McCormick were with her Sunday afternoon. Rev. E. F. Gettys and Mr. Albert Gibert were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. James Gibert. Mrs. C. McNair and little son, Edward, spent the week end at Starr with her daughter, Mrs. Broome. A message to Mr. Walter An drews from Augusta, Ga., Thurs day, brought the sad news that his brother, Mr. Tom Andrews, had suffered a stroke of paralysis. As quickly as possible, arrangements Misses Martha Connor and Juan- i were made and Mr. Walter An ita Curtis and Messrs. Jim Gam- drews and wife, Mr. Archie An- brell and Tonny Lock of Green- drews and their sister, Mrs. Geo. ville were Elberton visitors Sabbath Hemminger were en route to his afternoon. j bedside. He lived until Friday ‘ Mrs. W. A. Scott complimented ! afternoon. Mrs. Archie Andrews, her son, Tarrant, on his twelfth Mr. Sam McBride and Mr. Jim anniversary by inviting Lawrence Hemminger went to Augusta, Sat- Hardaway, Lawrence Hester, Jr., J urday morning for the funeral, and Gerard Tarrant, Jr., to enjoy • Mr. Andrews was reared in this the excellent dinner with him and ' community and the sympathies of also the beautiful cake with 12 these good people go out to his candles. It was quite a pleasant family in this sore bereavement, day for all. > Mr. and Mrs. Bobbie Cowan and Mrs. Cecil Gilliam and Miss Mr. Sam Cowan were guests at Juanita Curtis were shopping in dinner Sunday with Mr. and Mrs Calhoun Falls Saturday afternoon. Alex Lawton. Miss. Martha Connor and Mr. Guests Sunday afternoon of Mrs. Bever Williams of McCormick Ada Kennedy and Misses Carrie were Calhoun Falls visitors Sab- and Sudie Cowan were their rela- bath evening. i lives. Mr. Warren Cowan. Mrs. Will Mrs. Cecil Gilliam, Miss Juanita Cowan and Mr. Charlie Cowan and Curtis, Messrs. Bill Hester and family of Bellvue. Buck McLane enjoyed the dance Miss Francis Rush and her Sun near Edgefield one evening recent- beams have shown Mattie Giles, a ly. loved member of their band, many Mr. Robert Scott was a visitor in favo**s since her confinement to Elberton one day last week. her home. Their visits to her Mrs. W. A. Scott, Mrs. J. J. seemed to fill her life with sun- White and Mr. Robert Scott at- shine association and other reports sim- ! ilar to those drawn up this year ^ at P n . see ^ < , ou ^ an , d elec ^ a wel J | be made to the department of sup- tramed Professional expert to act | erintendence for a period of at i 85 . a . coun . ty 4 .. superintendent of least five years. schools, and fix^his salary. The association adopted a rec- “7 ommendation to have the survey iWf *11 A wL report and the report on “Improv- ” i-lMv v^lCllldlL V ing Our School Problems” forward ed* to the next legislature that it may consolidate ideas embodied with laws now in force in the i state. Favors Report Summary The association after considering the report on “Improving Our V For Frank Wideman Among the petitions to be pre sented to the board of pardons in Columbia tomorrow is one for Mr. Frank Wideman; McCormick DI1C ICTUUiU UIl 4.111LJ1U V111^ VSUI. A. . , , School Program” expressed itself Count yv con ^ lc i ed , of manslau g. ht - oo fr.iir.Trre- “That schools having er : sen t e nce d to four years un- pupils in the seventh Pnsonment; began serving sen- ^ - _ . . . i rovw'o rv»tr>HoT- *1 i o9Q Grounds, as follows: 200 or more and eighth grades should be en couraged to established junior high schools. “Where junior high schools are maintained, state high school di plomas should be granted to pupils making 12 standard credits in the ninth, tenth and 11 grades. “The state board of education should for a period of years, per mit freedom in the selection of courses of study for junior high schools. “Teachers should be encouraged to study junior high school prob- , lems and fit themselves for this j work in summer schools. Transportation. “State aid for transportation in South Carolina should be specifi- i cally provided for by law, should be in addition to 6-0-1 aid. and should be based on the cost per pupil-mile per day. State aid should in no case exceed 75 per cent of the cost of transnortation should be given only after the state board of education has on tence October 3, 1928. prisoner has been sufficiently pun ched. Among those recommend ing clemency are W. T. Strom, clientt; W. o. Graves, Jr., Super visor; and T. J. Price, Treasurer. IXI New Two-Cent Stamp Will Honor South Carolina WASHINGTON. March 22.— Postmaster General Brown an nounced today that a new two- ■:ent stamp commemorating found ing of the province of Carolina vJU be issued soon. The new stamp will also commemorate the ’50th anniversary of the founding of Charleston. S. C. It will be the same size and color as the present wo-cent stamp. Semi-circular ribbons enscrolled Gangsters are net Kind to each other. John (“LiMikcn”) Rite, described by police as “a bootleg racketeer.” mem ber of the “Bugs” Moran gang, lies in the morgue. Wires with which Ids arms, hands and ankles were hound when he was taken out of the Chicago river have heen removed. The police wonder who burned the tips of ids fingers in the process of torturing him before he was murdered, and why they did it. They will never know. Racketeers kill, and don’t talk. The Union Pacific railroad has bought $o00,U00 worth of line new motor omnibusses. Railroad men have passed the phase of contempt for au tomobiles. The Union Pacific will use 22 new omnibusses between Chicago and Los Angeles. 11 between Portland, Spokane, Boise and Salt Lake City. . , rt the lop and bottom will form a proved the type of conveyance used border enclosing a scene on the and routes followed. 5a y shore depicting the figures of “Each county should prepare a i colonial governor and a friendly report for the state department in- j ndian with two ships anchored in dicating routes of the buses and ' he bay. Under these figures will distances each pupil is transported.; be the wording 250th anniversary. In the upper ribbon will be the words “United States Postage” and In the low “Charleston. S. C.” The now stamps will first be ’seed on saje at the Charleston form of a This should be in the spot map. Administration Concerning administration, the following conclusions included in he report wp^e favored bv the as- i on’April 10 and at oP ‘Mar.’ txt tended the funeral of their aunt. Mrs. Pruitt, over in Georgia last Tuesday. Mr. Jimmie Blair of Savannah visited friends here one afternoon last week. Misses Sara CurtK Marv Hp“d- away and Gladys Scott and Mr. Robert Scott enjoyed a Weiner STRAYED—Couple of black male roast frt the bridge near Calhoun .pigs about eight weeks old. Falls Friday evening. rm’micate with D. L. Wideman, Pr. and Mrs. D. L. Bryson were ut/n s c* sociation: “That the time has ’ome in South Carolina when a nlan of supervision of nur elemen- j tary schools comparable to that for our high schools, should be ad- 1 opted. The purpose of this should be more thorough and uniform i training of pupils in standard el ementary work. “The plan of making the high school the unit of supervision rather than the county seems tlu , more feasible, since the needs of the smaller groups can be bette' met by making the local high schools the directing agency. Thir plan has been approved by the state supervisor of rural schools ther postnffices after that date s l-'v as prodnc f i or * v/i 1 ! permit, ’c” the benefit of the stamp cp 1 - •^nrs the new will be or pie at the Philatelic A« r cn' , v 'Washington. D. O.. on Anril 11 ’here will be 25.083.030 of these ’ev, T stamps issued. TV? \Ue*idin«? Teachers’ Meet In Columbia What people think decides what they are. Prosperity is to a considerable extent a matter of psychology. Once a man was fastened in a chair, ids feet put in warm water, and as a practical joke lie was shown a razor of which the blunt end was drawn across the soles of his hare feet, lie was told. “You will bleed to death painlessly in this warm water.” He didn't lose a drop of blood, hut he died. Don’t let prosperity die in that fash ion, killed by imagination. 7ho only pipe dreams that count ones that the plumber originates. W. S. Mims, principal of McCor mick colored school, and J. R. , . , . . Galloway, supervisor of colored and recommended by him in hi. schools, and daughter. Janie Mae. report included in the report of the 0 f Willington, are attending the state superintendent of education meeting of the State Teachers A<- for 1930. He recommends that a sociation for colored teachers statewide law be passed smee it Columbia this week would perhaps be easier to adopt it for all counties rather than make it optional in each county. “If a comprehejisive plan of sup ervision is to be adopted, provision rv»st be made to finance it. Washington High School News School is progressing nicely a this time and the number absen is gradually growing smaller as th< spring weather approaches. We had several visitors las week which made us very ftapp: and we only wish that friends o; the school would come more often Mr. W. W. Fowler of Augusta pait us a visit as well as our count: superintendent, Mr. Hamptoi Parks of McCormick and also Mr Butler Blackwell of McCormick. On Tuesday morning the pupil; of Miss Johnson’s room gave i very interesting program in chapel Scripture—Flack Bridges. Reading—“A Little Girl’s Let ter,”—Mary Bell Jennings. Song—“Lily and Rose,”—Nins Bussey and Marie Stone. Reading—“The Dead Eunice McDaniel. Reading—“Granddad’s Mildred Gilchrist. Doll, Spec The pupils of Miss Wood’s roo conducted chapel on Wednesdc and the program consisted of: Scripture—Mabel Cassels. Reading—“Spread Sunshine, Eunice Stone. Golf links, daily dozens, radio set ting-up exercises and other devices are designed for the man who leads a sedentary life physically. Edison wants to know: “What about the man mentally sedentary and inactive? Who will plan something for him?” Many millions need to he called early on the I radio with this question: “How long is it since you have exercised your mind? How much reading worth while do you do. and how much do you think as you read?” It is mental, not physical, inactivity that hurts a nation. in -txt- American women use several tons of face powder each year, but statistics have not been compiled The I to show how much gun powder. Mr. Edison is hopeful about a rub ber supply' from goldenfod. Chemists whe think it ought to be done by some synthetic process and victims of buy fever are less optimistic. The great inventor, eighty-three years old, says he wants only five years more to finish this job. and doesn’t ask to live one hundred years. The death of Primo de Rivera, for mer Spanish dictator, killed by heart disease, reminds you that being dicta tor is a wearing job. It takes such a man as Mussolini to stand It for a long time. The Italian ruler establishes a “mi nor” class of citizen, not obliged to enter the Italian army. This is planned to keep Italians in foreign countries interested In Italy. Wise Mussolini. President Hoover, like a good fain lly doctor for the nation, says nothin: or says things that are encouraging There is a great deal of value in tha Buy what you want, beginning witii n crood automobile; buy it now and grade ™ 3 Health Code-Second ian e BaUey~ The Sandman/'-Viv- Reading—“Scrub Your Teeth ” —Pamelia Edmunds. th ’ is wim£r‘' swat The ^"-cor- 6 Town,”— Jennings 8 Bussey? eal ^"-Henry _ On Friday morning Anel Ed- « C0 £ dac J ed thadevotfonaffn the Vhiid^t alway £ enj °y hearing tn h h? n m cha P el and they are to be commended for the wav exercises. they take part in the se ^rL al . mem , bers of the faculty spent last week end out of town ^ ^ r u4. and . ^ Irs - Mayer and littl* daughter in Greenwood; Miss Mc- n4e n fn ^^ CC i° rmick: Mrs * R °un- tree m Swamsboro, Ga., and Miss Johnson in Augusta, Georgia. “"** —- ■ ■ Doheny Acquitted On Bribe Charge w^^ HI t^ TON ’ March 22.—Ed- dnv d in L n5? he ? y , Was acquitted to day in District of Columbia Supre- of having bribed Albert The he Elk Hills 011 lease, Y^'^eame on the first bal- lot taken by the jury of nine men and three women. l 3 Y ear old multimillionaire stood stock still staring ahead dkrt of the ver - H C Fay thG JUry foreman , Chesley With the words “not guiltv” some of the spectators who crowd- ed the courtroom cheered, to be silenced immediately by bailiffs ■R^.hcny still stood but tears were For h mhn?t« WI Jv, hls wri nkled cheeks, not sob 1 S they came ’ but he did years his name had been clouded but for second time min ry Hi« d r h f 6ld him an honest f i rst . acquittal was on a ^ ha ™, ng conspired with thS lease - Th e f° r ™er secretary of interior also v-as adjudged not guilty of that wnc r f e ’ only f i ve months ago was convicted of accepting a $100.- 000 bribe from Doheny. n^ Irs ’ P oheny Pushed 'her way to thv. side of her husband after hearing the verdict today, and clasped him in her arms while she Wept. Jastic e William Hitz had lett the bench, numerous friends and relatives followed her within the french enclosure. They sur- rounded the Dohenys as they thanked members of the jury fo^* their verdict. * Some jury members wept and one, Emory H. English, who walk ed cn crutches due to the loss of his I'ight leg, Sat in his chair and cried when Doheny came over and shook his hand. Leaving the court room Doheny posed for photo- graphers and sound pictures. .course I am happy.” he said. I am only sorry that the same verdict .could not have gone to my friend Mr. Fall who deserv ed it as much as I do.” Fall was tried in the same court, free on bond pending appeal charged that the $100,000 which Doheny sent Fall on November 30, 1921 was a biibe prior to the negotiation of r. contract for construction of .. naval oil storage plant at Pearl Jarbor, Hawaii. That contract •ontajned a clause which gave the .uccessful bidder, Doheny’s Pan 'vmerican Petroleum and Trans- ( cart company a preference to the i ill's Hills lease. I Doheny insisted that the money j -Vas a loan to an old friend in need that it was given to rail without any thought of in- , I’acncing his official actions re garding the leases. j If the old wr*!:l weird i V - g for a v'}'it*'.:‘bW '• T a Vi hi •/ 5 * ' v ^ O ’t •.>>!» '