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Thnrsday. July 31, 1930 McCGTRMTCK MESSENGER. MrCORfifiCK S«utV Oarnitn. Page Ni:mfccr Pouf if 4 eral assembly shall have the pow- trampled on: SlCtUulTUtll -fllBOOEillUlVIV er to f ncr ease the per diem of its “I advocate a law providing own members.” " that before the counties and cities Article 3, section 30: “The gen- can raise their levies that notice eral assembly shall never grant be given and a public hearing be extra compensation, fee or allow- held and that each year the coun- ; ance to any public officer, agent, ty expenses be published in parallel servant or contractor, after service columns with the previous year so rendered or contract made.” 'that the people may know how A member of the general assem- 1 their money is being spent.” bly is a “public # officer” and his * And another plank that seems to ‘ election is the making of a con- be heart to the core is the follow- tract between him and the people ing, headed “Economy:” for him to serve at the salary “Our people must learn that fixed by law for his office at the neither state, county nor town gov ernments are gold mines to be tap- 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. DISPLAY ADVERTISING— 25 cents per inch for each inser tion; 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 i time of ^ electi ^- ^ extra charge r This is a Question on which ev- ped, and that high salaries, roads, ' reading NOTICES* candidate for senator and rep- streets, schools and buildings all 6 per cent per hne for each inser- | resentative should make his po- cost money and nean higher tax- tion. average of 6 words to line. 'sition clear during his campaign, es and must not be indulged in ox- WANT ADVS., 6 cents per line The people should defeat any man cept for the necessary good of the for each insertion, average of 6 who will not specifically promise many and not for the benefit of words to line. not to vote himself extra com-" the few.” .. TRIBUTES OF RESPECT, 6 cents pensation and not to accept it if Mr. Herbert entered the cam per line, 6 words to line. voted by others. paign knowh to comparatively few All advs, set in body type, 61 Economy cannot be expected people of the state. His campaign- cents per single column line; extra from a general assembly which will ing has been on a high plane which charges for big type on all single vote itself extra compensation, in is a relief from the mud-slinging column advs., except head and defiance of the constitution. indulged in by some of the other This Week b Arthur Brisbane Quake, Gale. Tidal Wave American Building Ideas Nol Elephants, Microbes She Shot the Wife Already weakened, partly demol ished by terrible earthquake shocks, many houses, palaces and churches in Naples were leveled by a severe gale, adding to the terror and loss of life. Then came a tidal wave driven by the gale. Mrs. Dennis To Make Candidates For The Race For Slain Hus- Governorship Spoke band’s Seat In Senate i At Camden Monday After repeated earthquake shocks, with Vesuvius blazing menacingly in the background, a hurricane sweeping the city, thousands injured, two thou* sand dead, no wonder the people are frightened. signature. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: — Strictly Cash In Advance — One Year $1.00 Six Months .75 Three Months.50 SPARE TIME THOUGHTS Mr. Hutto has set a good ex- candidates for governor, ample and it will profit other can- X didates to follow that example and The World’s to promise, as he is promising, not to graft.—Anderson Independent. Longest Highway The appalling extent of Italy’s dis aster is due to the fact that in build ing even small dwellings, walls and floors are nearly all made of stone, roofs of heavy tile. Earthquakes caus ing even slight disturbance, separating walls, allow heavy stone floors and tiled roofs to fall through, killing the Initiates. A WORD ABOUT EDITORS (The Washington Post.) A trip by automobile from South .What, we wonder, are the ideas . .. __ ...... . . of the layman about the work in f™;™? ^ Y V When you put your thinking the office of a sizable newspaper. !?. S “^y enturous accom P- cap on after the evening meal. How many subjects come before an YtJYf 1 c ° m "^ nds seneral what is the trend of your thoughts? editor in a day? How many in- at ^ entl _ on - L ° n " stretches of unde- High price of everything you use. terruptions? How many calls?: veloped country must be negotiat- . n ed on such a journey. An ax with a ^ peas ' ... which 1k> carve a pathway through And if he happens tobe editor ^ u an £ dlspel ^ ab j e a g d _ and publisher, an active member . , ? , . * . . ’ ,. , . „ junct of the adventurer’s equip- of the board of an active chamber “ „ V 4 , of commerce, and a member of a “ ent ' ® ut th f e t f ay “ C< ™ “ These are a few of the multitud- service club, those calls and inter- Y“ S hemisphere will inous thoughts that flit through ruptions may be multiplied several ^ ,inked broad s m° oth hi S h - the average mind, with their long ways. The United States is now Business stagnation. Grafting prohibition agents; Boose scandals. Divorces in high life. < Murders and robberies. trail of dissatisfaction and disgust. Try a change of thought for a times. It is believed that Mussolini will order dwellings rebuilt of reinforced concrete. Ordinary steel framing is too expensive; lumber, scarce In Italy, Is too perishable to suit Italians. McClintlc-Marshall, an American concern, erecting the great bridge across the Hudson river, has devised a method of steel construction, ex tremely light, little more expensive than wood. Mussolini should invest! gate that. In ancient days men gathered to watch elephants, tigers, bears, rhi noceroses and other gigantic animals fight each other or fight gladiators. All interest centered on the big en emles of mankind. . setting in motion a force that will Of course friends suggest that ^ . * 4.1 4. J . . , .. .. speed the dawn of that day. , - - ~ 'certain hours be set aside for ^ / few evenings—something alongN'newspaper” work, and no- inter- . Sev * n y ® ars a f 0 ’ at the fifth m- xnese lines. - I ruptions be permitted during such . _ .. . Is the home life what it should reserved period. That sounds busi- .* tates at Santla S°, Chile, a resolu- be? Y 'nesslike and theoretically it is fine, * i01 ? adop ^ ed suggesting the Is the proper amount of care and but it does not work. Besides not desirability oL^ a Pan-American supervision being exercised over wlshlng to “turn down” any caller hl(;hway conference to study the growing chUdren? unheard, some calls within the re- measures best adapted to develop- Are -the best efforts being put served time may have information lbg a . n efn ® lent t pr °!? ram con - orth for J»e improvement of con-' r suggestion of pubUc interest. st ™ C , tl0 “ of a « tom ° blle highways ditions in the home community? |personally, the editor would' lose Y lth ‘” the d Y f ® rent c ® untr1 *® of Does the proper spirit of amity no t hing fropl such’seclusion, as it An J enca and between these differ- and unity prevail among the busi-jig our experience and we believe ? nt coulltrles - In 3 » bad ness interests of our town? ! that of most editors, that out of ,ing government ensineers, eco- Are you a booster of the home 1000 calls it would be safe to say no " 1 . lsts and ° ther A offlcla ls repre town, or are you a critic? | 999 woiad not be m the personal senting 20 -atin-American coun- Rembrandt painted a most interest ing scientific picture of an elephant, with its qtieerly made knees and deep wrinkles. He never heard of a microbe. Today human intelligence Is con oentrnted on enemies too small to he soon, far deadlier than any poisonous snake or ferocious tiger. Thoughts often come unbidden, interest of the newspaper man. tries visited the United States, hut it is not difficult to divfert them to certain lines if one so desires. Try it for the welfare of those about you. It m&y result in greater peace of mind for yourself. Dr. Thomas F. Rivers of the Rncke feller foundation shewed a gathering of scientists in 1’aris slides, explain ing experiments with psittacos ; s, or parrot disease. And Doctor Pfeiffer, learned Ger man. discoursed on the “Pfeiffer bacillus.” known to cause certain forms of influenza. CHARLESTON, July 23 - .frs KEITH AFTER BLACKWOOD FOR Ella Mae “Coney” Dennis w’ciow of j CHANGING HIS MIND Berkeley county’s slain senator, | will make the race for nomination I CAMDEN, July 28.—The recent as her husband’s success j: l state senate, according to a correspondent cf the New.! Courier, writing from Monok: ner. tnc killing of state senator E. J. Den- :coff nis at Monck’s Corner was referred and j to here today as candidates for Oor- • state offices began the last task 'of their speaking tour, that will Mrs. Dennis agreed today t) en- .not end until shortly before the ,er the primary / campaign a re-j polls open. Candidates for minor sponse to a petition present' d tc I state offices were heard at the her this afternoon by a commit- court house this morning while those running for governor spoke this afternoon at the school audi- tee representing a conference of citizens held for this purpose. The petition was signed by more than j torium. 80 names and is now being circu- | R. Beverly Herbert, Columbia lated throughout the county and gubernatorial candidate, after dis- other names added. cussing taxation, launched into a Mrs. Dennis read the petition speech on law and order, declaring and had but one question tc each that recent events in South Caro- “Is it my duty?” iina forced such an issue in this Informed that it was the opin ion of the petitioning citizens ;.hr replied : “Then I am ready to do my duty.” The announcement of her decis ion was greeted, the correspond ent said, with almost hysterical en thusiasm in Monck’s Corner. The tension, which has been in Berkeley since the shooting Thurs day appeared broken. The relief, correspondent says, was as obvi ous as it was general and today, he found, citizens of Berkeley who have heard too much of a threat ened out break began to be dis pleased at the report. txt Harris Assails / Blease Record At New Angle BLOW TO RURAL HEALTH conceptibn that rural life is ipher- «htly wholesome and healthful. The crystal waters of the old But such fact does not disturb made a " mspectl0 " tour ° f Ame y the editor. He is there to be of can h gh *T and - subsequently ' service and he expats to be called organized the Pan-American con- ^ ^ .. _ ference for highway education. U v? n v»i owever ’ . ere , ar i-^ip They also resolved themselves in- when his nerves do get a . little • J ... , .. - , ... . „ - to a committee on program for the frayed. After a day of peculiar ; , , . , . , . .. first Pan-American highway con- triate he may have to write some- . . , , ,. , . . . . . ." / . , gress, ^rtiich met at Buenos Aires thing in a hurry, and his frazzled r 1 ’ nerves may show in the writing. _ * , . .. , „ ^ , 4-4.^ *. From these beginnings there de- The examination of 3,478 male Be may o an njus c that vel °P ed Latin America a strong students in,a large state university ( some one's feelings And »f that sentiment for road improvement pf the middlewest shoved that a;sonae one ^ e ... ... . and for the construction of an in city of 50,000 or more is distinctly probably retorts m kind, with a lit- ternational hl h linking tho .nore healthful t^an small cities, tie poison spice thrown in. c of the nations of tb5 villages and countrysides., Once in a long whUe an editor ^ Plna u y . m 1929, the This is a blow to the common writes a personal letter to another p . Hishwav . congress and points out that which he re- ^ an American Highway Congress gards as an injustice. This was ^ op £ d a Program calling on all ® _ it 4.1 the South American countries to done in South Carolina recently. . . ... 4r xt • tann well, fresh food from ' field. The editor who had offended read'- ^ay ^ garden and dairy, the gymnastic ily expressed regret. Neither head meet the needs o{ intercommun- •exercise the plow, hoe and saw nor heart was responsible, but . cation their al subdivis . provide, the mental serenity that “nerves.” At the same tune he nrovide convenient goes with outdoor life and contact called attention to an article by ”. proviae convenient ** * , , . x, , „ >.. . . ... xi x.4 4. connections with the highway sys- with nature have been so lyrically the offended editor—a&ked him to. . . , , . x- rm. , ~ \ . 4x . . . . terns of neighboring countries. The extolled by orators and writers that read tt over and pass Judgment. sueeested was etven Im- th. tde. « the eo.h»» twins -You «e right," jnswer* u« oth- tSSSaZSidto inore conducive of health is firm- er, it made pubUc welfare second- the Unlted Sta - s Congress a few ly implanted in the average mind, ary in treating of a little side show months prior to the 192g meetlng> But we wi ave o g\e way o o our own. authorizing an appropriation of new ideas when convincmg proof is Well that is certainly of a help- t0 enaWe the Secretary of offered. And those of us who live ful spirit. The press would be bet- state t0 co . te with the sever . in the smaller communities should ter and more powerful for good . x ^ 4-v. • \ I;: , vxoo oxxwwxva - .x xx 4 i x al governments, upon their re- profit from the lessons our big city were there more of it. It is almost . reconnaissance sur- cousins teach, and adopt all of the inevitable that every editor, at q ’ . , .. . . . ., modem safeguards against disease some time, should give undue at- f ihim f no „ ib! - rollt( „, the that it is possible to utilize out- tention to some “little side show”- y ,jY! ,. , .* . , ,. *1.4 v » probable cost, the economic service side large centers of population. person or policy—of his own local- o . oi . „ oo v 4 -x and such other information as X ity. But when he can recognize it ., .. . x- ^ 4-v. v. ,' . would permit a visualization of the as a side show, he is fortifying . ? _« _x i • * 4 , x x. ... . whole undertaking of financing himself in a fight for public wel- A fare.-The State. and bulldm " an ter-American X . The germs dlscnssed are so small they pass through porcelain filters. No microscope is powerful enough to reveal them. Science is not even able to explain how the germ of grippe or psittacosis, after years of harmless inactivity, can suddenly spread world-wide, creating havoc In a few months. ST. GEORGE, July 28.—Leon W. Harris, candidate for the post held by Cole L. Blease in the United States senate, attacked the sena tor’s record from another angle here today. Referring to the Blease speech at Union when he said “to hell with the constTtution” and advo cated lynching for negroes guilty of attacking white women, Harris asked Blease if he had “clean hands” in this respect. He said the records .showed that Blease had issued 77 pardons, re prieves and paroles for person? who were under sentence for this crime while he was governor of the state. Blease made no reply when he spoke later. The real ovation of the day, however, went to James F. Byrnes, of Spartanburg, who was cheered lustily when he started to speak, when he finished and when dur- Calvin Coolidge wrote a history of the United States in 500 words to be engraved on a mountainside in South Dakota. Mr. Borglum, sculptor, carv ing the mountain, changed the text. Air. Coolidge disowned it, and wiping the course of his speech he probably write another. said his democracy had never been You feel as though you had re.u j q Ues t;i one( j an( j he was a f 0 i. of Moses coming down from the | „ . .. . mountain with the Ten Command- (lower of Woodrow Wilson in thio merits, and Borglum changing the respect. campaign. Lawlessness, unabashed prevailed, he said, Berkley, Sum ter, Greenville and Union counties were mentioned as places where recent crimes occurred. Bootleggers, slot machine opera tors and lynchers, were not for him in this campaign, he added. He was against lynchings, and “to hell with the constitution” then to hell with human lives, to hell with the schools and churches, he declared. Olin D. Johnston, Spartanburg, * another who is running for gover- * nor, gave a history of his career, his struggle to get an education, his opposition to the bond issue without a direct vote of the peo ple and continued to speak gener-‘ ally along the lines heretofore dis cussed by him. W. H. Keith, of Greenville, crit icized Ira C.. Blackwood, of Spar tanburg, also running for gover nor, for his alleged “change of position.” Another to receive his disapproval was W. W. Smoak, Walterboro gubernatorial candi date. Keither said his chief plank was for decency in government. A. F. Lever of Lexington, said he was “feeling most as well as I look.” He stressed the need of re- liejf^for farmers and said that re cent happenings in South Caro lina raised the issue of law and order in this campaign. WThen a citizen who has served 20 years in the general assembly is wiped out in a moment, it is time to do some thing about it, he said. Blackwood, who had trouble with his voice, spoke of his record and declared himself in favor of the enforcement of law, and said that lynchers and bootleggers did not expect assistance from him: X C. & W. C. Sale To A. C. L. Is Favored wording, possibly leaving out the word “not.’ Lady Owen, in I’aris, rich, titled woman fell io love with Doctor Gas- taud. He, she says, reciprocated until .she lent him 100.0(KI francs. Then he stopped reciprocating, went back to his wife and—only the vernacular de scribes it—gave Lady Owen “the air.” Blease pointed to his record, de claring he had held more offices than any other man in South Carolina, admitted he had oppos ed Al Smith for president in the Houston convention but .said he had supported the party, :aol Smith, in the primary. Blease said a Georgia senatoi Lady Owen thereupon shot the wife. Mine. Gastaud, three ttaies. principally In the stomach. Smoking gold-tipped cigarettes rap- Mean party. had declared a speech he made in Athens, Ga., had saved the state from swinging over to the repub- THE RIGHT STAND I Shep Hutto, a candidate for nomination for representative from Dorchester county, in his campaign speeches is making a plain,' straightforward declaration 66 This Man Herbert and building highway. In accordance with the resolu tion, engineers of the Bureau of Public Roads are now en route to Panama, where they will open a idly. Lady Owen expressed indignant surprise when the police refused to set Iter free. Who can read the heart of woman? Why shoot the poor wife instead of shooting the ‘‘air giver’*? All through the ages women have protected men and blamed each other. Dr. James Eads How, lifelong friend of poor men. is dead of star vation, leaving perhaps $1,000,000. He believed that abstention from food could cure anything. His theory cost him his life. Harris branded as a lie the ru mor that he was attacking one candidate so that the other can didate could be elected and offer ed to fight any person who made such a statement. \ A Destructive Insect EXAMINER SUBMITS REPORT TO INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION that, if‘elected, he will not take HAS REAL MESSAGE AND DE- fie i d office to co-operate with a cent oF pay more than the ac tual salary provided for the office at the time ; of his election. He makes it plain that extra pay, LIVERS IT WITH DIGNITY South American governments in the work preliminary to construc tion of a highway link between the (Newberry Herald and News) Beverly Herbert’s platform seems capitals of the American nations, sugar-coated as “expense” money, to be taking with the people of the Guatenmalp, Costa Rica and Pan will not find its way into his poc- state according to press comments.! ama have bespoken their assist- kets, as he is satisfied addition- A strong plank in his platform has ance, and South American nations al compensation no matter how to do with local taxation. There are expected to follow suit. The called, can only be taken by vio- is no denying* the fact that in projected highway, when complet- lation of the oath a member of numbers of school districts taxes cd, will be the longest, most pic- the legislature takes to uphold the have been levied when it was not j turesque and potentially the most constitution. ( the wish of anything like all the! important thoroughfare in the There are two sections of the people. High-pressure methods world. state constitution ^Fflch 'bear on have been used in doing this and j X- v this matter, as follows: *” * t | the following in Herbert’s platform' The right road is not always the Article 3, section 19:* “No gen- appeal to those who have been one that is worn by heavy usage. The best method of destroying the roundheaded apple-tree borer, a destructive insect enemy that the apple grower has to combat, is by His money is left to help the most worming with a knife and wire in unfortunate class of unemployed, the midsummer or early fall. When “hoboes,” wl^ose friend he had al- j castings are found, cut away the ways been. , ibark enough to trace the borers to The good example of sympathy Is j th - calleries If the cu ttine *s worth $1,000,000. wisely spent or oth- |* neir ga “ enes * “ me cu j' cmg ' s erwise But $5,000 spent on ambitious idone with caie, the wound usually youth might do more for the poor ; heals without injuring the tree, .if than $1,000,000,000 spent on confessed jit is impossible to hook the borers failures. | out or to crush them with the wire. insert into the hole a little cotton Doctor Wood, head of the Crocker dinned into rn b-n Cancer Research Institute, announces | D ^ in S a JPP® a n “° ca -b-n di^ul- the successful growing of cancer cells ; phide and plug the opening with in a glass tube. moist earth. The roundhead borer. That they are genuine cancer cells which is found throughout the Is known because, transplanted In th ® East, attacks trees of all ages but is bodies of ruts, they produce cancer. mast destructive to trees 10 years men naVe “worked with dead cancer old and younger. Borers are most cells. Now. for the first time, we have easily found and destroyed in the j ago, was president and general thpm alive, and capable of producing first few months of their lives. manager. human cancer.” v _ 1 txr. , The'railroad operates for a short distance in Georgia touching at Augusta. WASHINGTON, July 28.—The Atlantic Coast Line railroad’s pro ject for taking over the Charles ton and Western Carolina railroad company was favorably reported today to the Interstate Commerce Commission. W. T. Wilkinson, commission examiner, recommended the Coast Line be permitted to complete its purchase of the Western Carolina for $1,800,000. He suggested, how ever, the commission stipulate the Coast Line be required to maintain all traffic routes which the West ern Carolina now maintains in conjunction with other carriers. The examiner’s recommendation together with any further repre sentation by the railroad and com munity interests will be considered by the commission for final decis- ion. Its main line is from Port Royal S. C.. to Spartanburg, with branches from Laurens to Green ville, and from McCormick to An derson. COLUMBIA. July 23.—The Char leston and Western Carolina rail road, sale of which to the Atlantic Coast Line received a favorable report to the Interstate Commerce Commission today, was described by state railroad commission of ficials as a “trunk line” through much of the section of the state bordering on Georgia. Its main line had been operated for a year as a subsidary of the Coast Line. A. W. Anderson, of Augusta, who died several months _ The announewnt U tmporUat To doesu ' t take a telescope to see | the future, ft takes brair