McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, July 31, 1930, Image 4
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-
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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-
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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.
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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.
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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