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f V *'X Hr TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR NEIGHBORS. OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Twenty-Ninth Year 8 Pages — All Home Print McCORMICK, S. .C. Thursday. August 21, 1930 Established June 5, 1902 Number 12 if I LAST CAMPAIGN MEETING HERETOMORROW Comity Candidates To Fire Big Guns Here Last Time Tomorrow STAGE ALL SET FOR SPEAKING AND BIG BARBECUE DINNER The county candidates will shoot their big guns here tomorrow for the last time on the stump before the first primary, which comes off next Tuesday. The speaking is to start in the court house at 11 o’clock and will be the last oppor- tuunity the candidates will have to plead from the stump for votes in this year’s election, as this winds up their public speaking tour. Voters—ladies and men—and any others interested are urged to come early and get good seats, as it is believed that a record breaking crowd will be in attendance. Many who have not attended any of the other county campaign meetings are expected from town and coun ty. Sandwiches will be sold on the court house grounds and barbecue and hash dinner served in the park in front of the/court house. — X Election Managers Can Get Boxes, Tic kets, Etc., Sat. 1 3-7; The boxes, tickets and forms for making lists will be ready for de livery by Saturday, August 93rd, for the various precincts, and the managers of election shall call at the office of the County Chair man for same not later than Sat urday. The managers shall immediately upon tabulating the votes, make an original and copy of the lists; placing one copy in the box, to gether with the tickets and return them under lock and key, properly sealed, to the Sepretary or County Chairman. All unused ballots, poll lists, etc., shall be returned and elsewhere in this paper will be found rules regulating the election: and it should be kept in mind that a strict enforcement of the rules is being asked for on the part of the Executive Committee. Every person shall have the right to vote without interference, and no one is allowed to assist a voter in mak ing his return unless the voter did not sign the enrollment book, and the managers of election will make the appointment of a bystander to assist the voter when necessary. W. K. CHARLES, County Chairman. JOHN M. BELL, Secretary. jxt Candidates Must File Expense Accounts Upon the conclusion of the cam paign and before tbe primary elec tion, aU candidates are required to file a statement of all money spent or provided by them during the campaign for campaign purposes up to that time, and immediately after the primary election render an itemized statement, under oath, showing all further money spent or provided in s?id election. This statement must be filed with the Clerk of Court. W. K. CHARLES, . County Chairman. JOHN M. BELL. Secretary. THE EARIRS BANK RECEIVERS PROBATE WE ALLOWED TO START SOIT TTAIN MARRIAGE LICENSE FEE UNDER 1929 LAW ONLY ONE ACTION CAN BE INSTI TUTED; RESTRAINING ORDER PREVENTS OTHERS • —^ .y 1 -- % XT- School Opens Here September The 4th Superintendent W. E. Lnke. ha^ been in town since last Friday and is busv getting everything in read iness for the op^nin" of s^ool on Thursday, September 4 th. All patrons are asked to carefully car ry out the state school law in ref erence to vaccination for smallpox. No chiV’ can V* enrolled until he rr she has been successfully vac- rteg.ted. If narer^ 0 w ho are plan ning to enter children in school r-»i« cession would have their chil dren vaccinated rtebt away it would help the child and the school. -X Schedule Of Home Demonstration Work For Next Week Mbnday, August 35th, Annual Leave . Tuesday, August 26th, 9:30 a. m., McCormick Grammar School 4-H Jrs., and Sts. Tuesday, August 26th, 3:30 p. m., Wideman H. D. Club. Wednesday, August 27th, 9:30 a. m.. Plum Branch 4-H Club. Wednesday, August 27th, 4:00 p. m., McCormick H/D. Club. Thursday, August 28th, 9:30 a. m.. McCormick Hi School Jrs. Thursday. August 28th, 3:30 p. m., Fairfield H. D. Club. Friday, August 29th, Office, mak ing monthly report. Saturday, August 30th, office. The undersigned, on recommendation of a major ity of the depositors and unsecured creditors of The Farmers Bank of McCormick, S. C., were appointed - Receivers thereof by Judge C. J. Ramage. Among the duties and powers conferred upon the Receivers was that of bringing suit, against the Stockholders for their constitutional liability to the depositors of said Bank, (see 1929 Acts of the general assembly, page 200) and on the 31st day of July, 1930, the Receivers instituted an action against the Stockholders of said Bank, and at the same time in order to avoid a multi plicity of suits, and to save as much expense as pos- _ sible for the benefit of all depositors. Judge Ramage enjoined and restrained all other actions against the Stockholders. Under the law’ only one action can he instituted against Stockholders and this action has al- eady been commenced by the Receivers and is pend ing, and will be pushed as rapidly as possible. The original Complaint and Order in this action were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for Mc Cormick County on August 5th, 1930, and the action is being pushed against the Stockholders of said Bank as rapidly as possible. We represent the depositors and unsecured credi tors of the said Bank, and we are going to collect every doBaf from the Stockholders and creditors of the \ Bank and turn this money over to the depositors and unsecured creditors, as required, by law; and we ask that you carefully investigate all rumors and reports concerning the manner in which we are handling this matter before passing judgment on it. A list of the Stockholders can be found in the Clerk of Court’s Of fice and all the proceedings are on record there, and if anyone interested will take.the time, he will find that we are doing our utmost for the depositors and unse cured creditors of the Bank, and we earnestly ask for the cooperation of those interested of the depositors in protecting their interest. T. J. SIBERT, P. J. ROBINSON, J. S. STROM, Receivers. McCormick, S. C., Augtftst 18, 1930. ACTS OF 1920 GENERAL ASSEMBLY CITED Absentees Can Vote Only If 111; State Chainnan Rules i» view of the fact that the wrong impression seems to have gone out in reference to the probate judge's retaining marriage license fees as part of his compensation, 1 beg to hereby quote from the Acts of * rf t the 1920 General Assembly of South Carolina, page 1065, which f should like for you to also read from the statutes, the following: ; *No. 598 AN ACT to Amend the Law Relating to Compensation of County Officers: SECTION 1. Compensation of County Officers. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of 1 South Carolina: That the law relating to compensation ■ of county officers of the various counties of the Stale shall remain as now provided by law, except as herein after provided: McCormick County. In addition to the compensation now allowed by law for the Pro bate Judge of McCormick County, he he allowed to retain all fees for marriage lisenses.” L. G. BELL, Probate Judge, McCormick County! McCormick, S. C.* August 19, 1930. Auto Turns Over And Hurts Two Mt. Carmel H. D. Club Has Good Meeting THE FARMERS BANK RECEIVERS HAVE FARM PAPERS IN HAND ‘ While en route from Augusta to : Greenville the automobile in which Mrs. Rosa Lee Printup of 634 Fifth Street, Augusta. Ga., Mr. iC. T. Printup, 320 Merry Hill, At lanta, Ga., Mr. Henry Printup, 1135 Central Avenue. Memphis. Tenn., and Mrs. Mary C. Martin of Thom son, Ga., were riding turned over on the highway about three hun- idred yards below Mr. Joe Hamil- : ton’s home midway ParksviiJe and i Plum Branch about 10 o’clock Tuesday morning, slightly bruising | twp of the occupants and seriously injuring the other two. Mrs. Rosa Lee Printup and Mr. C. T. Printup were not badly hurt, while Mrs. Martin end Mr. Henry Printup were seriously injured ^.nd were rushed to a hospital m Au gusta in J. S. Strom’s ambulance, •which was immediately summoned ;and made a record run from Mc Cormick. The ill fated car for some un known reason became unruly and turned over twice, and finally stopped standing straight up on all four wheels as if nothing had hap pened:’ Sheriff W. T. Strom and others who went to the scene of the accident said that had the car not been a closed model with good top the accident would no doubt have been more serious—probably fatal. X Sweet Potato Crop 65 Per Cent Normal NO OTHER PERSON OR INSTITUTION HAS RIGHT MAKE DEMAND OR COLLECTION OF NOTES OF INDEBTEDNESS DUE THE BANK TO It has come to our attention that various reports being circulated to the effect that the Receivers of he Fanners Bank of McCormick, S. C., do not have charge of the farm papers due the said Bank, and we wish to give notice to each and every individual who has a note in the Farmers Bank of McCormick, S. C.. that we have possession of all notes, mortgages and evidences of indebtedness due said institution, and no other person or institution has any right or authority to make demand or collection of the indebtedness due The Farmers Bank of McCormick, S. C., except the Receivers thereof; and upon payment of the indebted ness evidenced by said notes and mortgages that the Receivers will deliver to them the cancelled notes. T. J. SIBERT, P. J. ROBINSON. J. S. STROM, Receivers. McCormick, S. C. August 18, 1930. -r a i • K figures recently released bv the United States Department of Ag riculture show that the sweet po tato crop for this year will prob ably be the shortest in many years_ The crop is shown to be only 0c per cent of a normal crop, which r the lowest since 1869. This, acrordinq’ to Tho c :. Vv. Mor- Igan. county agent, should make a 1 good opportunity for McCorjpick ! county farmers to save their po- | tatoes and sell to good advantage. ! While we are not a potato produc- iing county, the crop is very good Ithis year, and a number of farmers will have a surplus over the needs of their families. Fifty per cent of the potato crop in the county is lost every year on account of poor storage methods, says Mr. Morgan, and in practical ly all cases this loss could be avoided. Farmers make the mis- jtake of building banks too low, al lowing the water to seen in, not ! allowing sufficient ventilation in the . _ . of potatoes which allows bruised and damaged potatoes to go in the ibank* I It is possible to build a bank . that will keep the potatoes drv and allow them to give off sufficient moisture to keep through the* win ter, and this, with careful grading of the potatoes, will enable every one to save this crop. The coun tv agent will be glad to assist any one in building a bank of this kind. i x , Ladies and girls took up smok ing too late. Tobacco companies I don’t place coupons in the pack- agee anymore. .. . * - . The Mt. Carmel H. D. Club met in the club room Tuesday after noon, August 12, at the usual hour. Meeting was called to order of Madame President who led the de- votionals, scripture reading and prayer. Then all joined in singing. As the secretary was detained, the roll call and reading the minutes was left off. When the meeting was turned over to our very efficient home agent, she defined the duties of each one, what we must do to help and to report to our county chair man. She then gave an interest ing talk on fruit, and asked each member to report next meeting of ’4 different ways she served peach es. A discussion of the club party arose as the date set for it at the last meeting, was rainy, so it was decided to have the party at the school building on Wednesday af ternoon at 5:30 o’clock. After sing ing and playing some games, Mrs. Stallworth asked each member to respond to her name next time with a quotation from “Aunt Het.” The meeting then adjourned. Mrs. W. A. Scott and Miss Susie Patter son were splendid hostesses serving all kinds of cakes and a delicious fruit drink. At our meeting in July, I failed to get the minutes published, but we had a splendid talk from our home agent on menu planning to see what we are getting. Mrs. L. L. Hester planned a breakfast menu, Mrs. W. A. Scott a dinner menu and Mrs. H. O. Watson e menu for supper to see how many calories those meals would give. After planning for the club party etc., and playing games and sing ing, the meeting adjourned. Mrs. Rena McAllister and Mrs. D. J. McAllister were hostesses and serv ed a delicious iced lemonade o: fruit juice drink. x COLUMBIA, Aug. 18.—Only those absent because *of sickness it de velops are eligible to vote by mail in South Carolina, and Claud N. Sapp, state chairman, upon having his attention called to an overlook ed amendment to the absentee voting law, immediately addressed letters to all county chairmen ad vising them of the situation and urging that the word be passed around. He also sent the same let ter to all precinct secretaries. As the time is short, Chairman Sapp is ahxious that wide public ty be given the news. Inadvertently, the 1927 amendment, which re duced the absentee voting to those absent on account of sickness, was not printed in the party rules. Chairman Sapp’s letter follows: “Section 1 of the absentee vote’s act as printed in the appendix to the rules of the Democratic party adopted May 21, 1930, provides as follows: ‘Any person being a qual ified voter of this state, when ab sent on account of his or her busi ness or on account of sickness from his or her voting precinct during any primary election, may vote as hereinafter provided for.’ “I have discovered that the above section of the absentee vot er’s act was amended by the gen eral assembly in 1927 so as to read as follows: ‘Any person being a qualified voter of this state and absent on account of sickness frem his or her voting precinct or who on account of sickness cannot go in person to* his or her voting pre cinct during any primary election may vote as hereinafter provided for.* “It will se seen that the section as amended permits only those who are sick and cannot go to the polls, or who are absent from the pre cinct on account of sickness to vote an absentee ballot. “I am calling this matter to your attention for the reason that it ap pears* that the section as amended was overlooked in the 1928 election and has not been printed in the appendix to the rules of the party for 1930. , ~ - '“This being tbe statute law ot the state, I urge upon you the im portance of advising the secretaries and enrollment committees of the various precincts of your county in order that they may govern them selves accordingly in sending out absentee ballots,;, specifically t ii\r structing them that only those vot ers who are sick or absent from the precinct on account of sickness are entitled to vote under the terms the absentee ballot act. X Army Worms Here In Great Numbers Group Camps To Be Held At Clemsor CLEMSON COLLEGE, Aiur. 18.— The state club office at Clemson College announces that three group camps will be held at Clemson tlv* ftest. August 21-23, including 4-H club boys from Anderson, Laurens and Oconee counties; the second. August 25-27, will include Spartan burg and Greenville counties; the third group, August 28-30, will in clude the counties of McCormick, Greenwood, Cherokee, Union, Col- bank, and^ in^ careless grading leton, and Kershaw. Approximate- ly 1200 4-H club boys will be in attendance at these group camps Probably other counties will send delegations to the group camps, but definite arrangements have been made only for the above counties. Army worms seem to be about to take the county, according to Thos. W. Morgan, county agent, who says that he has received re ports of their dapiage to practical ly every variety, of crop in \he county. Coming at this time of the year, he says that the history of these worms is to last for one, two, or three weeks, and then disappear. However, in this time, untold dam age may be done, and every meth od oossible should be used to stop their damage to valuable crops. To prevent the entrance of army worms in a new field, plow a ditch three or four furrows wide with* a turn plow, going back the opposite way after the ditch is plowed out- and plowing the sides straight up and dowii. Then run a sweep on a plowstock up and down this ditch several times to pulverize the dirt in the bottom of the ditch. This makes a trap that the worms can not crawl out of, and this ditch should be plowed around the field to be protected, or at least plowed across the line of march of the worms. Where leafy crops are attacked, poison with one part of calcium, arsenate to four paifcfc of lime, dusted freely over the crop. These worms can do great dam- The programs will include tours _ of the college buddings, lectures by ! a ge“to the'eotton crop’ at this time professors of agriculture, and of the yekr. Many farmers claim recreation consisting of group, j that th ey do not mind an attack games, stunts, picture shows, andi of army worms on cotton, as It similar features.^^ 'makes it open quicker. However, Jx* [when the leaves are eaten from the Nowadays the school girl com- ; stalks the bolls stop growing, and plexion is 'kept at the 5 and 10 cent * ime the year* at le^rt' ai H H s third of our bolls are still far fr< mat stores and drug stores. 4 maturity.