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TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR t NEIGHBORS, OUB COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Twenty-Ninth Year . 8 Pages - All Home Print McCORMICK, S. .C. Thursday, July 10, 1930 Established June 5, 1902 i Number 6 County Campaign Opens July 29th 4 . CANDIDATES MUST FILE PLEDGE BEFORE 12 O’CLOCK MERIDIAN, JULY 28TH The County ^ Democratic Execu tive Committee has fixed July 29th as the opening date for the coun- ty campaign. Under the rules of the party, all candidates are re quired to file their pledge and pay their assessment by twelve o’clock meridian of the day preceding the Of the campaign. There on candidates entering the try are required to file their with the County Chairman pay the assessment of his* of fice not later than twelve o’clock of July 28, 1930. This is very im portant, as there is no provision by which a candidate may be allowed to enter the primary after the closing of enteries. The itinerary for the County Campaign is as follows: Youngs, Tuesday, July 29. Clatworthy, Tuesday, August 5. Plum Branch, Friday, August 3. Willington, Tuesday, August 12. Parksville, Friday, August 15. McCormick, Friday, August 22. W. X. CHARLES, County Chairman. ~tXt (Dwelling Destroyed \ By Fire Tuesday Co*receivers Of Bank Express Appreciation We, the undersigned, wish to take this opportunity to thank those interested in the Farmers Bank of McCormick for their vote and confidence they have in us in electing us to liquidate the affairs of the bank. As you know, we cannot tell at this juncture just how much or what per centage the bank will be able to pay, but we assure you we expect to make the bank pay every cent possible and every person in terested will receive his or her per centage 'of the collection^ as rapid ly as we can disburse same. We wish to maintain your con fidence and every person with whom we have dealing will receive fair dealing from us. Under the 1929 State banking law three receivers get the same pay as would go to one. We, as receivers, are to get a stipulated per centage, and the length of time required'to do the work has nothing whatsoever to do with the amount we receive for our services. Your indulgence is solicited until we can make some collections. P. J. ROBINSON, J. S. STROM, T. J. SIBERT. X / Big Saluda Dam Is Now Completed Stabbing 1$ Fatal JHHHHHI * AO x pong JNegrO the big dam. This will take , Tom Tucker is in the county jail and Tom Dunlap is dead, as a re sult of a fight which occurred be tween the two young negroes near Mt. Carmel about 2 o’clock Sunday morning; according to information given out by Sheriff Strom. De tails of the affair* are meagre. txt 156,056 Vets To Be Benefited By New Pension » WASHINGTON, July 5.—The new ^ World War pension act will bring relief this year to about 155,056 dis abled veterans who never before have received compensation from the government, it was estimated today. The number of veterans benefit ing by the measure is expected to increase annually until a maxi mum of 380,622 is reached in 1935. Analysis of the bill which pass- C'X congress and x was signed by President Hoover during the clos- h'ur's if ’hi les^ion. disclose 0 that it was de^tened primarily to those disabled veterans un able to trace their disabilities to ^rvice origin. Thus with the bill in force, a veteran totally disabled will re ceive compensation of $40, even though his illness or injuries were received since the war. For a man 75 per cent disabled, ’ the compensation is $24 a month; •for 50 per cent, $18 a month; and for 25 per cent, $12, a month. Vet- The home and a number of out hduses of Mr. A. J. Hendrix in the! COLUMBIA, July 5.—The Saluda eastern part of town were destroy- dam, Columbia’s wonder of the ed by fire about 2 o’clock Tuesday, world, has been completed. The morning. The fire department was. Arundel Corporation pf Baltimore called out and again made a good which built the dam is putting the showing, but the fire, which was touches on now. The last of undertermineef origin, had gain- dirt was hauled today. This week ed too mufch headway when dis-;the Arundel forces will be busy covered for the flames to be ex-;with machinery and making ar- tinguished before ruining the i rangement for their removal to the buildings. Information is that i Lake Murray area, only a small amount of insurance! Margin Firror, general superin- was carried on the buildings and. tendent for the Arundel Corpora- Itoir contents. ition, stated today that within two ’ weeks his office will be closed here. The Barstow organization will remain at work on the power hoi&e which nestles at the foot of sev eral months yet to complete. Pow er will be produced early in the fall, it Is now expected. The highway across the dam will be of top soil construction at first. It will be oiled to keek down dust and prevent damage from the elements. In about a year, af ter the 4 earth has had time to set tle, it will be paved. The WHi^r in the big lake which will extend 32 miles up the Saluda valley, is now 318 1-2 feet deep. The complete depth, when filled, will be 350 feet. Though more than half of the lakes depth is already covered with water, less than half the volume of the lakes water has flowed into the basin, the remain ing 31 1-2 feet of depth will take care of more than half the lake's volume. Mr. Firror stated today that the Slauda dam is the biggest dirt project his company has ever tack led./ “It is the biggest dirt job ever, next to the Panama canal,’’ Mr. Firror added. X Atlanta Pastor Quits Abruptly ATLANTA, July 6.—Dr. Len G. Broughton today submitted his resignation as pastor of the Bap tist Tabernacle effective Septem ber 1, with ttfe statement that “under existing conditions I can not longer attempt the responsibil ities of the pastorate of the Tab ernacle church.” The statement, however, offered erans suffering from illness of!™ explanation of the “conditions” service origin, of course are still!which prompted the resignation, entitled to the higher rates pro-! Officials of the church will meet vided by the original World War Tuesday night to consider the ac f. | resignation. Dr. Broughton said The bill also carried a provision he would continue to live in Ac- granting $25 a month above all ^ an t a an d would enter general other compensation to the veteran evangelistic Arork. handicapped by the loss of an funded the tabernacle ..ii arm or a leg or by both arms and ye a rs ago and has been pastor of ~ / it for a total of fifteen years. VOTERS MOST REGISTER BEFORE TUESDAY, JULY 22 ENROLLMENT BOOKS IN TOWN PLACED IN PATTERSON'S AND HUGULEY’S STORES At a meeting of the County Democratic Executive Committee recently, the following Enrollment Committees, together with place of enrollment were fixed. Books of Enrollment opened in the respective precincts on the first Tuesday in.June and will remain open until the last Tuesday in July, which is the 22nd. Under the rules of the party a new enrollment is required; all persons who desire to vote will enroll in the precinct in which they reside. The respective Enrollment Committees are requested to se cure a full enrollment, and to have each voter sign the Enroll ment Book rather than to make his mark wherever it is prac tical. The Enrollment Committees ap> requested by the Executive Committee that Books of Enrollment must remain at the place designated in the notice and it is not desired that the Books shall be carried around. Such procedure, however, is per mitted in case of aged and infirm persons who are unable, without great inconvenience, to get to the place of enrollment before the Books are closed. Such matters are left to the discretion of the Enrollment Committees. In Wards One and Two, McCormick, Books of Enrollment shall not leave their place until after the clpsing hours of the office in which they are located, and in no instance and under no circum stances shall the Enrollment Books be sent out without it is accompanied by one of the Enrollment Committee. Enrollment Committees and places of enrollment for 1930 are: McCormick No. 1: J. O. Patterson, D. A. Bell and J. L. Caudle. Place of enrollment, Patterson Clothing Company’s Store. McCormick No. 2: P. J. Robinson, J. S. Strom and T. J. Sibert. Place of enrollment, W. G. Huguley’s store. Plum Branch: W. M. Freeland, W. R. Miner and J. J. Collier. Places of enrollment, Bracknell’s Store and Freeland’s Store. Young’s: S. L. Long, R. C. Young and J. C. Young. Place of enrollment, J. A. Young’s residence. ^ - Mt. Carmel: W. A. Scott, S. D. Wells and W. H. Horton. Place of enrollment, W. A. Scott’s store. Parksville: J. P. Brunson, W. T. Self and W. P. Parks. Places of enrollment, Parks & PercivaFs and Brunson’s stores. Lyon’s: Grady Bell, R. T. McKinney and C. L. Williams. Place of enrollment, R. T. McKinney’s. Dowtin’s: T. A. Dowtin, J. P. Robinson and J. F. Langley. Plane of enrollment, T. A. Dowtin’s store. 1 TOIHngton: J. If. Gttett, J. J. Hester and A. B. Andrews. Place of emoUment, S. E. Cowan’s store. C3atworthy*s Cross Roads: Charlie Dansby, Ernest Hanvey and J. J. Link. Place of enrollment, J. J. Link’s store. Rehoboth:' E. M. Morgan, J. P. Talbert and W. A. Winn. Place of enrollment, Morgan’s store. White Town: F. P. White, R. H. Wideman and Mrs. Sallie Holley. Place of enrollment, Farmers Supply Co. Clarks Hffi: L. C. Rich, Jeff Sharpton and W. J. Hines. Places of enrollment, Sharpton’s store, Clarks Hill; Bennett MercantHe Co., Meriwether. Bell’s Store: T. B. Bell, J. A. Callison and D. L. Burnett. Place of enrollment. Bell’s store. Bordeaux: A. S. Cade, John b! Harmon and Mrs. v G. W. Cade. Place of enrollment, O. G. Calhoun’s store. Modoc: G. C. McDaniel, M. M. Marshall and A. V. Bussey. Place of enrollment, McDaniel’s store. Bethany: R. H. Quarles, Sr., E. L. Hollingsworth and W. K. McDonald. Places of enrollment, Quarles’ and Hollingsworth’s stores. Nobody can vote in the August primary this year, whose name is not put by himself or herself on the enrollment book of his or her club this year. Enrollment two or four years ago is valueless as, under the party law, new roll books nriust be made up this year. If you value a vote in the Demo cratic primary, which' detennines who shall be your public servants, do not neglect to enroll, as otherwise you disfranchise yourself. It is the duty of every good citizen who regards himself or herself a Democrat to enroll and vote in the pri mary. Do not put off enrolling ’till the last minute. Some thing might happen then to prevent getting your name on your club roll. Attend to this important matter now. It is said that registering is heavier over the county than here in town, however, people don’t seem to be taking any un usual amount of interest in the matter. Voting is not only, a privilege; it is a duty. So, go on and register and be pre pared to vote in the primaries. Tuesday, July 22nd, is the last day to register. Do it now! Agricultural Teachers Attend Conference Messrs. W. H. Wooten and J. B. McCrorey, agricultural teachers of the Washington Consolidated and McCormick high school, attended the annual vocational agricultural teachers* conference at Tamassee, S .C., last week. At this meeting the past year’s work was discussed and plans for future activities were made by the 150 agricultural teachers of this state. Several interesting and helpful talks were made by the of ficials and agricultural leaders of Clemson College. The teachers stayed at the state F. P. F. Camp, but took their meals at the D. A. R. school. At this camp the agricultural boys of this state have an opportunity of spending one week of recreation each summer. First Generation Weevils Cause Heav ier Infestation j CLEMSON COLLEGE, July 7.— The first generation of weevils is 1 now out and active, and conse- jquently infestation shows a mark- led increase in many of the 80 fields in nine counties examined during the week ending July 5, by members of the Pee Dee Experi ment Station staff, in an effort to determine the current status of the weevil. Sixty-two per cent of the squares were found infested in a Bamberg county field, and 54 per cent in one Aiken field; while fields in Flor ence, Darlington, Orangeburg, Greenwood; and' Chester were found with over 30 per cent infes tation. On the other hand, says Prof. H. W M Barre, director of the Experi ment Station ,in discussing the re port, some fields are found in each county where infestation is quite low, emphasizing again the neces sity for careful daily examination of fields to make square infesta tion the basis for poisoning. Since frequent heavy applica tions of calcium arsenate might cause trouble, it is very important that every cotton grower find out where the weevils are before at tempting to poison them. -X- Negro Minstrel At Bethia School Tomorrow Night “The Chocolate Wedding” comi cal negro minstrel, will be present- !ed at Bethia school house Friday evening, July 11, 8:30 o'clock. The public is cordially invited to attend. ■Admission, 10 and 25 cents. “Black Clouds” amusing dialogue will also be given at this time. Added attractions of dancing and j singing and music by local musi cians. Leading characters are: Frances Wilson, John B. Wilson, Joe Wil- Go to the place in your precinct wjiere the enroll ment book is kept and write your name so you can have a say so in the primary this summer. Do this before Tuesday, July 22nd. or you may regret it. son, Mary Cason, Norman Cason, Ramey Cason, Margaret Dansby, Ruth Dansby, Rebecca Dansby, David Dansby. Bonner Dansby, Thelma Hall, Fressly Hall, Mary Gable, Mattie L. Gable, Fannie Gable, Evelyn Gable and Coleman Gable. Protracted Meeting Starts At Willington Church July 13th Protracted meeting starts at the Presbyterian church in Willington on Sunday, July 13th. Rev. D. J Woods, D. D., of Clinton, S. C.. will do the preaching. The public is cordially invited to attend thr services. X Three Magistrates To Be Nominated Coming Primaries The 1929 Acts of the Genera Assembly creating two lew Magis terial Districts in McCormic’ County provide among othe things, that in the primary elec tion of 1930 and every two year thereafter, that there shall o | nominated three Magistrates, cn to maintain office in the Town o' McCormick and shall be voted la in the following precincts: McCor mick, Young’s, Clatworthy, Tal bert's Store. Bethany, Lyon’s, Plum Branch, and White Town: one V Parksville, to be voted for in the following precincts: Parksville, Re hoboth, Modoc and Clarks Hill, and one at Willington, to be voted for in the following precincts: Will ington, Bordeaux and Mt. Carmel. The candidates for magistrate from the various sections of the county will take due notice of the foregoing. W. K. CHARLES, County Chairman. X ■ Sometimes we wonder how the (recording angel keeps count of all by McCormick Messenger in co-jp- (the fish stories. ieration with the Lions Club.) ' “The Town Doctor” * TO BE AMERICAN MEANS TO GO PLACES AND SEE THINGS? The average American believes that to travel is to live. We come by that belief honestly. It is a part of our make up and dates back to time of the beginning of this good ol’ &. S. A. If Columbus hadn’t had tke “urge” to go places and see thing*-; he would never been able to “seR” Queen Elizabeth on the idea of rigging up a few sail boats for Mm to go put to Sea, to see what tlieie was to see. Coldhibus was a sales man. He wanted to gc places, sjjd. he wanted so badly to go that he got what he wanted. Everybody that followed Colum bus across the briny deep had this same “urge.” They heard about this land of red men, wild chick ens, buffalo and honey; and*\nat being stick-in-the-muds, afraid to do something different from thiHr fathers and grandfathers before them did, they started and kept going until they arrived. After they had seen about nil there was to see where they first made contact with the promised land they still had the “urge”— they wanted to see how much more there was to see. At first they walked. Then tliey rode creatures whiqh walked. They next rode behind those creatures which walked until, desiring to ree more of that which there was tv see more quickly—and desiring trris earnestly enough—they invented that means—steam locomotion. But that fell short of filling Uic bill, for these people were the loiid of people that were never sati They wanted to see all there to see when they pleased and haw -they-pleased. So -came -antofro— biles. And here we are in this wonder ful day of 1930, with all Americ/ ris going where they please, wl*c*n. they please, as they please, wtJch makes “Going Places” the greatest and largest business in all t?ze world. And this is the average American community’s oppotfam- ity. Regardless of your line of busi ness, or what you do to makt: a living, you are affected by meter travel. Therefore it is good busi ness on your part to , encourage and do what you cau to help Mc Cormick get as much as possible of the business to be had from traffic. The problem that confronts most communities is not to get traffic, but to induce that traffic to step. Automobiles on a highway are to a town what pedestrians on ine sidewalk are to a store. The sf ^xe cannot sell the passerby unless people come into the store; like wise a town cannot sell the motor ist unless the car is stopped and the passengers alight therefrom. This necessitates a place for tbe motorist to stop or leave his car— and therein is the problem. Nit an unsolvable one however, if that, which is commonly referred to as the noodle” is used. The blggr. it problem is to get the people in tDe community to use “the noodle.” There has been repeatedly giv*;n in this column facts and figurer on the value of motor traffic- facts that are proven, showing th.it with hundreds of communities the possible or potential cash value is equal to and above the total pay roll of the communities. Like everything else worth while; - a community cannot sell itself to Motor Traffic, nor can a commun ity get the thousands and thoa- sands of dollars obtainable fr^m. this traffic, if they do not work and DO SOMETHING to get it. Other towns have taken he^d and ARE getting this business— ARE selling themselves to i!ie* traveler. McCormick can do like wise if the people, business er*i- cerns and business organizat. will take advantage of the oppar- tunity, “take telling,” and get go ing to go get it. (Copyright, 1930, A. D. Stone. Re production prohibited in whole or in part. This editorial published