Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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N, JtlrCflvmicU csectincf Sessions Covirt Ran Fovir Days CIVIL COURT BEGAN LAST FRI DAY AND STILL IN SESSION Last Thursday when The Mes senger went to press sessions court was busy on the case of Kirk E. VThite, who was charged of mur dering Fred Mims. Chief Justice Watts Died Monday FUNERAL AT LAURENS TUESDAY AFTERNOON Ginnings Show Big Increase In Counties COTTON GINNED PRIOR TO OC TOBER 1 IN SOUTH CAROLINA: CROPS OF 1930 AND 1929 The Department of Commerce, through the Bureau of the Census, announces the preliminary report Chief Justice Richard Cannon Watts of the South Carolina Su preme Court passed away at his home in Laurens Monday morning j The jury re- after a long Ulness Funeral ser-1^ g . nned prlor ^ ceived the case at 1 o’clock that | vices were conducted at Laurens ^ counties> m South Carolina, day and returned a verdict of not Tuesday afternoon at 4 o clock and fQr the of lg30 and 192g The interment made in the famUy Plot , for the state was made pub _ in Laurens cemetery. ! lic Wednesday, October 3. Judge Watts one of the out- j (QuantlUes are in runni bales standing and long prominent in ^ guilty at 10:55 o’clock that night. Solicitor T. C. Callison was assisted by former Solicitor George Bell Timmerman of Lexington and F. OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOR 1929 A. Wise of the local bar, while Mr.(judicial and political circles of White was represented by W. K.; the state was 77 years of age, hav- Charles of the local bar and T. B. j ing been born March 15th, 1853. Greneker of Edgefield. The court j He was the son of John and Eliza- was engaged in this case all day beth Carwile (Cannon) Watts and Tuesday and Wednesday and until 1 o’clock Thursday. Thursday afternoon pleas of guilty were entered and defendants sentenced as follows: James Freeman and John Craw ford, house-breaking and larceny; Freeman on two counts two years and six months each; Crawford, four months. • was a native of Laurens county. After completing his education at the University of Virginia in 1871; Judge Watts returned to Laurens where he read law in the office of Col. B. W. Ball and was admitted to the bar in 1873. Judge Watts at the time had not reached his 21st year and was admitted to practice by a special act of the Gus Howling arid Tom Widemap, Legislature. In 1874 he associated violation of the prohibition law, six himself with Col. Y. J. Pope of Newberry, a partnership that last ed until 1880. The Chief Justice was twice married, the first time to Miss months each. Furman McDonald, tried in his absence for abandonment and non support, guilty. Sealed verdict'. Cannot be opened until February Alleine Cash of Cash’s depot and term of court. McDonald was here after her death he married Miss yesterday. He posted bond and Lottie H. Mclver of Cheraw. appealed for new trial. Linters are not included.) County 1930 The State 377,4227 Abbeville 3,766 Aiken 15,829 Allendale 5,773 Anderson 16,292 Bamberg —_ 11,946 Barnwell , 14,862 Berkeley 1,832 Calhoun 9,872 Charleston 404 Cherokee 3,971 Chester 5,814 Chesterfield 11,207 Clarendon 13,828 Colleton 6,574 Darlington 7,137 DiUon 11,394 Dorchester 4,660 Edgefield 8,297 Fairfield 3,303 Florence 7,216 Greenville — 12,211 Greenwood 4,790 Hampton 5,493 Judge Watts was first elected J. C. Driver, violation of the pro- to the House of Representatives (Wnrrv ^ hibition law, acquitted on a c^rect- in 1891 and in 1894 was elected " ^ ed verdict. I Judge of the 4th Judicial Circuit Civil cases were begun Friday, the first one being that of Mrs. Lillie E. Langley, as administratrix and was reelected to this position four times. He was elevated to the Supreme Court Bench as an of the estate of Julian J. Langley; Associate Justice, a position he held» who was awarded the sum of $25,-! until the death of Chief Justice ^ ' 000 by a jury in her suit against Eugene B. Gary when he was the Charleston & Western Caro- named to the highest office with- lina Railway company. Mrs. Langley sought to recover damages from the railroad on ac count of the death of Mr. Langley on March 25 as the result of a col lision with a work train of the railroad’s at a grade crossing a mile and a half below McCormick. Mr. Langley, whose home was at Phim Branch, traveled in this ter ritory for an Augusta firm. The plaintiff sought $50,000 dam ages and was represented by W. K. Charles, of McCormick, and J. W. Thurmond, of Edgefield. The de fendant’s attorneys were M. G. Mc Donald, of Greenwood, and T. B. Greneker, of Edgefield. The case of T. B. Wood, adminis trator, against the C. & W. C. Rail way Company was settled Monday for $10,000,000. The plaintiff was represented by J. W. Thurmond of Edgefield and W. K. Charles of the local bar, while the defendant was represented by Park. McDonald & Todd of Greenwood and T. B. Greneker of Edgefield. The suit was brought as result of fatal in juries alleged to have been receiv ed by Willie Blackwell several mrnths ago while returning to T^rksville on a railroad motor car f-' r m his duties as section man for the road on that division. In the same accident James Howard, negro section hand, was rightly hurt. His attorneys. W. It. Charles and T. W. Thurmond, asked $1,000.00 damages. The case was rompremised for $500.00 before leaching trial. The last case tried Monday was that of Mrs. Mollie McKinney Smith, against T. Howard Smith. The plaintiff sought $200.00 damages for her truck which she claimed was run into by Smith’s car on the highway. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $113.75. W. K. Charles represented the plaintiff, while the defendant was represented by Joseph Murray of Greenwood. Judge Rice suspended court from Monday evening until Wednesday morning through respect to Chief Justice R. C. Watts who died at his home in Laurens Monday, and in out opposition. Judge Watts was Aide de Camp to Governor Wade Hampton, 1877 and 1879 and was Chief of Staff of Governor W. D. Simpson 1879 and 1880. He was a Mason and ex president of the South Carolina Bar Association. iXx Cotton Co-op Deliv eries Continue Large Jasper 1,322 Kershaw 9,082 Lancaster 3,634 Laurens 7,251 Lee 14,549 Lexington 7,424 McCormick 2,406 Marion 3,487 Marlboro 18,774 Newberry 5,328 Oconee 4,683 Orangeburg 39,963 Pickens r — 5,385 Richland 4,537 Saluda 3,691 Spartanburg 18,964 Sumter 19,390 Union 4,285 Williamsburg 8,568 York 6,688 All other , 1,008 —txt The South Carolina Cotton Growers Co-operative Association, according to Association officials, received during the week of Octo ber lUh a total of 13,917 bales as compar^l with a total the week be fore of 12,215. Total deliveries for the season through October 11th amount to 39,059 bales and for the same date last year 3,521 bales. Thousands of tags have been mailed out during the past week,! and judging from the requests still being received for tags, the Asso ciation will receive this year the largest baleage in its history. Membership meetings were held during the past week at Sumter, Rock Hill, York, Chester and Dar lington. Those meetings, like meet ings held earlier, were attended by representative growers and a high degree of interest was manifested. The meetings at Rock Hill, York and Gfcester were addressed by Mr. R. B. Caldwell, President and Mr. J. S. Hatchcock, General Manager of the Association. The meeting at Dariington was addressed by Mr. Hatchcock and Senator E. D. -IX*.. There is one automobile in Russia to each 7,000 inhabitants. X There are 1,456 bears in the na tional parks, a new census shows. & Bradfield for possession of a Steam Shovel and damages amounting to $4,000.00, W. K. Charles and T. B. Greneker repre senting the plaintiff, while F. A. Wise and W. P. Greene appeared for the defendants. The case had not gone to the order that he and others connected juryas we started to press, with court might attend *the fun^^HM^^ications are that oral Tuesday afternQQflttk u _^ HM £j|^^^^^^HMkiMM , emainder of 1929 162,599 1,938 6,524 4,145 7,336 7,081 8,534 1,058 4,872 3,162 6,014 5,243 1,292 5.475 3,161 3,715 813 3.475 2,791 1,824 3,798 547 646 2,247 545 1,577 4,072 4.589 2,253 2.589 6,959 1,828 540 23,158 1,147 2,375 1,694 2,885 6,428 1,895 4,914 2,444 439 M. Kennedy Dead Preliminary Checks On Five Acre Prize Fields SHOW THAT MOST CONTEST ANTS MADE NEARLY BALE TO ACRE Preliminary checks on all five acre cotton contest fields in the county have been completed, ac cording to Thos. W. Morgan, coun ty agent, who says that indications point to an average yield by the 27 contestants completing of be tween four and five bales on the five-acre plots. According to Mr. Morgan, no exceptionally high yields, such as have been made in the past, will be made by any of the contestants this year. How ever. the average of the yields wil 1 be only slightly lower than in thr past. This has not been a very good year ior high yields of cotton in the ccunty, though the average crop is better than usual. The names of the farmers com- oleting their five-acre demonstra tions in the contest this year are listed as follows: W. D. Morrah. I,. C. Talbert, S. L. Britt, W. L. White, W. F. White, J. W. Fowler, Alfred Crawford, Sam Crawford, T. A. Dowtin, (2 plots) D. M. Ward- law, Roy and Earnest Ridlehoover, R. T. White, F. P. Deason, W. O. Covin, R. T. Mayson, E. R. Stroth er, J. M. Strother, H. M. Shaw, J. A. Ralph C. Freeland, WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 10.— The Department of Commerce an nounces a summary of the finan cial statistics of the State of South Carolina for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1929. The per capita figures for 1929 are based on an es timated population of 1,728,700. These statistics were compiled by Mr. F. Dawson Beattie, in care of Comptroller General. Expenditures The payments for operation and maintenance of the general de partments of South Carolina amounted to $14,112,851, or $8.16 per capita. This includes $4,119,- 874, apportionments for education to the minor civil divisions of the State. In 1928 the comparative per capita for operation and main tenance of general departments was $8.15, and in 1917, $1.82. The 557, interest on debt in 1929 amounted 1,230 j to $1,456,734; and outlays for per- 2 780 manent improvements, $11,606,735. The total payments, therefore, for operation and maintenance of general departments, for interest and outlays were $27,176,320. The totals include all payments for the year, whether made from current revenues or from the proceeds of bond issues. , Of the governmental costs ported above, $13,558,431 was highways, $2,374,129 being for maintenance and $11,184,302 for construction. Revenues The total revenue receipts were $21,653,726, or $12.53 per capita. This was $6,084,141 more than the total payments of the year, ex clusive of the payments for per manent improvements, but $5,522,- 594 less than the total payments including those for permanent im provements. These payments in excess of revenue receipts were met from the proceeds of debt obliga tions. Property and special taxes represented 25.2 per cent of the to tal revenue for 1929, 26.4 per cent for 1928, and 64.4 pet cent for 1917. The increase in the amount of property arid special taxes collected was 154.7 per cent from 1917 to 1928, and 5.3 per cent from 1926 to 1929. The per capita property and special taxes were $3.16 in 1929, $3.00 in 1928, and $1.24 for 1917. Business and nonbusiness licen ses constituted 59.4 per cent of the total revenue for 1929, 58 per cent for 1928, and 7.5 pet cent for Wit -v;' Receipts from business licenses consist chiefly of taxes exacted from insurance and other incor porated companies, tax on soft drinks, and of sales tax on gaso line, while those from nonbusiness licenses comprise chiefly taxes on motor vehicles and amounts paid for hunting and fishing privileges. The sales tax on gasoline amounted Western Division Meeting At Johnston Program for Western Division Meeting, October 31, 1930. First Baptist Church. Johnston, S. C. Theme—Laborers together with God.-l Cor. 3:9. » Object—To better equip ourselves of Mrs. Douglass Haggard received a message last night stating that her brother, Brig.-General James M. Kennedy, died early in the day in San Francisco, Calif. Burial will be made in Arlington cemetery, Wash ington, D. C., probably Sunday or'as workmen by a discussion Monday. Gen. Kennedy had been methods and by inspiration, in bad health a year or more and! 10:00—Hymn—Faith of our Fa- had been under care of specialists thers. in San Francisco the past several- Devotional—2 Tim. 2:15—Mrs. SL months. While his death had L. Watson. been almost momentarily expected Hymn—To the Work. the last few weeks, still it comes as 10:30—Roll call of associations; a distinct shock to his relatives and brief response by Supts. Recognl- countless friends. 66 The Town Doctor 99 DOCTOR OF TOWNS SAYS: A FEW MORE POINTED PARAGRAPHS tion of visitors. 11:00—Checking on work of the Division—Mrs. D. A. G. Ouzts. Hymn—Jesus Calls Us; 11:20—Address—Dr. Ayers. 11:30—Special Music. 1 Offering for Baptist Bible Insti tute. 12:20—Address—Dr. Gartenhaus* Announcements. Appointment of committees. Adjourn for lunch. Afternoon Session 2:00—Devotional—Laborers to- A pretty good slogan for every merchant today is the old one “Don’t pass us B U Y,” and it would be good advice for every consumer, for right now is the best time for everybody to “buy some- gether with God. 1 Cor. 3:9—Mi* thing.” Lawton. Hymn—Come, Women Wide Pro- How IS business anyway—your claim, business? Don’t give that old worn 2:30—Address—Mrs. S. L. Wat- out stock answer before you think son - re ’ it over, seriously. When you have 3:00—Departmental Conferences, thought it out on a fair and square j 1 W. M. S. Workers and presi- basis, then ask yourself this ques- dents—Miss Lance, tion. “To what extent am I per sonally responsible for it?” i 2 Y. W. A., G. A. and R. A. Work ers and leaders—Miss Lawton. •. 3 Sunbeam workers and leaders— The biggest three words in 1930 Mls * w * Hatc her. ’ 3:20—Reassemble m mam audi- selling (and everybody is selling you know) are Think, Work and Adapt. A man from the West tells some men in the East that they cry too much and plan too little. Just a nice way of saying “cut out the squawking and go to work.” Good advice and I know some firihs who, having had that told them several months ago, profited by it. “Be lieve it or not,” these very concerns are doing more business in 1930 than they did in 1929—not only do ing more business but making more money. torium. Findings from above conferen ces. » Brief .discussion how to become better workmen. 3:40—Application following the information and inspiration gained today—what are we as workkmenL going to do about it?—Mrs. W. JL Hatcher. Committee reports. * • 4:00—Brief Message of CcnsecMf- tion—Dr. Ayers. Dismissal. \ X — Exhibit Has Thomas Edison once said that, ; “the American people will go to! ' any extreme to avoid the necessity HORTICULTURE’S PART ON lessojfc of thinking.” That’s rather cruel, but 1930 is sure proving it. Why not do a little individual thinking? Why not get away from the opinion of the unthinking majority? Es pecially if that opinion is a de pressing one? Never in the life of anyone under fifty has there been the opportunity to “get going to go get it” that there is right now. The wise ones are already on their way. FARM TO BE SHOWN The lights that control the traf- to $5,227,064 in 1929 and $3,286,900 f‘c of business are green. They in 1928, an increase of 59 per cent.,may look red to you, but reraem- Indebtedness !bcr there are lots of people who arc The total funded or fixed debt outstanding December 31, 1929 wa c $41,150,242. Of this amount $35,- 516,160 was for highways. The net indebtedness (funded or fixed debt less sinking fund assets) was $40,853,503, or $23.63 per cap ita. In 1928 the per capita net debt was $22.17, and in 1917, $3.32. A large portion of the debt shown for highways represents advances made by the counties to the State for road construction. Assessed Valuations and Tax Levies The assessed valuation of prop erty in South Carolina subject to ad valorem taxation was $426,359,- 133; the amount of State taxes lev ied was $2,830,345; and the per capita levy, $1.64. In 1928 the per capita levy was $1.71, and in 1917, $1.66. X color blind and don’t know it. Take your foot eff the brake and step on the gas. Just because the othe: fellow can’t shift gears is no sigr that you have to sit there anc watch him, telling the world he rc a bum driver. Besides chat, you’re holding up traffic. Now is the time to dip livestock for lice, sheep ticks, true ticks, and W S Wall, Harold! mange * Th ese pests will be more ert Sear ^ ^ Wel i s | troublesome later on, when it will you bent as quickly as being bent Keow ' » • • > be too CO j d to d . p stock on pi easur e. Now is a mighty good time xo all business people of every com munity to think about where their automobiles will be parked durinr business hours of these fall days Parking their cars where customer cars should be parked proves Edi son’s statement, and is one sure way of putting a brake on business —their business. (Copyright, 1930, A. D. Stone. Reproduction prohibited in whole or in part. This editorial publish ed by McCormick Messenger in co operation with the Lions Club.) tXt Being bent on work never makes inn, and Alex Reddick. Checks are being completed on thfijfcve acre com contest plots in unty, and this work will be A resourceful man is one who, if Europe reports the tourists about ***** .all gone. They have just about given enough rope, will begin the next week. • J finished, the last one. [manufacture of five-cent cigars. CLEMSON COLLEGE, Oct. 13.— Importance of the horticultural ni dus try and the home garden WBi be featured in the educational ex hibit of the Extension Servic* of Clemson College at the state Fair this year. The development of the * horii- cultural industry will be illustrat ed with a moving train of cars; each carrying a card showing the number of carloads of a participar product shipped from the state.»• 1929. The all-year home garden wiH be emphasized by a Ferris Whed with a basket of vegetables for each month, and a vegetable ' bud get” with actual products. The health idea is brought out by means of a fort constructed ,af vegetables and manned by childi^m who are being besieged by of figures representing pellagra, malnutrition, goitre, rickets, ana other diseases that fruits and veg etables prevent. Three hundred trays of sweet potatoes will be exhibited by th* sweet potato contestants over the state, and demonstrations of stor age, fertilizers, grades, and pack ages necessary for their care *9 be shown. Other parts of the exhibit wK show results of experimental woxlc with a few vegetable and traBL. crops, and a model home plantaE with trees and shrubs propedy arranged. X Lightning never strikes twice bm. the same place. But this cant tae said of the family slipper. tXI The giraffe has no vocal cocis and is .literally dumb.