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TRUK TU OURSELVES. OUR NEIGHBORS. OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD.
Twenty-Ninth Year
8 Pages — All Home Print McCORMICK, S. .C. Thursday, January 8, 1931
Established June 5, 1902
Number 32
Marshal Joffre, Great
French Hero, Dead
FAMOUS FRENCH LEADER GIVES
UP TO DEATH WHILE IN COMA
PARIS, Francs, Jan. 3.—Death
came today to Marshal Joffre, last
of the chief French military lead
ers of the great war, after a fort
night's illness in which it was nec
essary to amputate his left leg. The
marshal would have been 79 years
old tomorrow.
The end was peaceful. Three
members of his family, Mme. Jof
fre, his son-in-law, M. Lafile, and
his brother, Fredinand, General
Issaly, his chief of staff, Colonel
Desmazes of his staff, his doctors
and a few others were present. He
died without coming out from the
coma which closed over hinl at
noon Thursday, his life gradually
ebbing since.
The announcement was made at
Assembly Has Hard
Tasks In 1931 Session
LONG TALKED-OF REDUCTIONS
IN TAXES AND REVISED ED
UCATIONAL PLANS AN
TICIPATED
COLUMBIA, Jan. 5.—The legisla
ture meets on the 13th, and an
important session it gives promise
of being.
Taxation and education are ex
pected to be two of the outstand
ing topics for discussion and ac
tion. There will be a change of
administration early in the session,
and during the first part of the
session a member of the state su
preme court and five members of
the state railroad commission are
to be elected.
The matter of finances will have
as its uppermost keynote the plea
for economy and reduction of ex-
Stroke Fatal To
Lieut-Gov. Butler
penses. The budget commission’s
8:30 a. m. A member of his fnili- proposal to reduce all state salaries
tary household, Captain Saint Cer-
nin, pale with emotion, emerged
from the hospital and in a husky
voice telling newspaper men: “The
marshal is dead, gentlemen.” He
displayed a bulletin signed by the
10 per cent will meet a storm of
opposition, based chiefly on the
contentions that such sweeping^ re
duction would hurt business # and
would also demoralize the person
nel of the state’s government. The
physicians, Professor Leriche and j legislature will also be presented
Drs. Boulin and Fontaine, which with the problem of what to do
with the state’s deficit, now far
into the .millions.
Under the head of education
there will be a proposal to change
the basis of apportionment of
state aid for schools under the 6-
0-1 law from school enrollment to
school attendance. There will also
be before the solons a proposal to
abolish the second district form of
school control, and substitution
therefor of a county unit system,
whereby all schools would be con
trolled by the county boards. Each
county board, it will be proposed,
would employ a county superinten
dent of education, a school man,
thus taking this office out of poli
tics.
The legislature will also have
before it proposals to ratify the
amendments to the constitution,
favored by the people in the No
vember election, for biennial ses
sions and for classification of
property for taxation and other
changes in the fundamental law.
On January 20, Ibra C. Black
wood of Spartanburg will bcome
governor and the administration
of "John G. Richards will end.
Governor Blackwood will deliver
his inaugural address before the
joint assembly and will be sworn
in by a member of the supreme
court.
The vacancy on the supreme
court which the legislature will
fill, was caused by the recent
death of Chief Justice R. C. Watts,
a member of the court. Associate
Justice T. P. Cothran or Associate
Justice Eugene S. Blease, will be
elected chief justice, and then a
new associate justice will be nam
ed, and a number of prominent
lawyers havd been suggested.
The five vacancies on the rail
road commission will fce caused by
the expiration of the terms of
Commissioners 'J. C. Coney of
Reevesville, Thor. H. Tatum o f
^ishonville, R. H. McAdams cf
west. J. H. Nance of Cross
Hill and J. E. Beamguard of Clover.
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set the end at 8:23 a. m.
Shortly afterward Professor Le
riche, Strassbourg specialist who
came to Paris to treat the ailment
which finally cut the marshal’s life
short, appeared and informing the
newspaper men cf the circumstan
ces of death, added that the mar
shal had been in a state of coma
practically all this week except for
rare intervals or five or 10 minutes
lucidity.
Family Gathers
At 7 a. m. today Dr. Fontaine,
feeling the pulse of the marshal,
became convinced that death could
be a question of only a very short
period of time. Urgent telephone
messages were sent to the family
and friends and members of the
general staff who gathered about
the bed.
Mme. Joffre knelt beside her hus
band and the chaplain after ad
ministering absolution at 8 a. m.,
went quietly and knelt in a corner
of the f-oom, still murmuring his
prayers for the dying. Dr. Fon
taine continued to hold the wrist
of the marshal.
Slow he counted the pulsations
and then amid a solemn hush brok
en only by the priest’s frequent in-
tonements, the marshal’s great
heart stopped.
The face took on its customary
serenity, lying white and placid
upon the pillow. Deep lines mark
ed it, ample evidence of the ef
fects of the great battle the mar
shal had fought for life.
At 11 a. m., the body reposed
on the simple camp bed of a sol
dier. It was clothed in white dol
man with the golden buttoned uh-
ifo“m worn in the colonics, where
much of the dead man’s pre war
military fame was wen, the hand"
were crossed, two candles we^e
n”-;ring on a small table beside
the bed and two nuns knelt near
by ' praying.
Funeral Wednesday
The body wi'^ be -'mblem^d thb
afternoon and then will he ir
rtate o’’ the Ece-e MiJite > ’”'\ in 'w
e'" dance with a ticel"? of the mar-
ahab
M. Lafile, the marshal’s sen-in-
Jrw, announced thi^ af ^ rn ' ,o n '^
the marshal would be burl 2d at
Louveciennes. He said it was one
of Joffre’s last wishes.
The funeral will be held nrut
week, eerhaps Wednesday.
Colonel Desmazes, the marshal’s
aide-de-camn, announced that he
would be given the sarrie kind of
funeral as Marshal Foch, who d^d
in 1929, with a service at the Ca
thedral of Notre Dame and a cor
tege through the streets of Paris, of Germany and General John J.
Burial will take place at the Pershing of the United States. Of
Invalides adjoining the tombs of | the French leaders of note only
other great marshals of France; Marshal Petain, defender of Ver-
which surround that of Napoleon, i dun, still lives, but unlike Foch or
His death removes from the Joffre he never was in supreme
world stage all save three of the command of the French armies,
great military leaders of the world | One by one, Haig, Cadorna, Foch
war. Field Marshal von Hinden-'and others have passed from the
burg and General Eric Ludendorff t scene.
UNION, Jan. 5.—Lieutenant Gov
ernor Thomas Bothwell Butler of
South Carolina, died in a hospital
here this afternoon, following a
stroke of paralysis last night.
Mr. Butler was stricken while
visiting at the home of his broth
er at Carlisle. He was rushed to
the hospital here but died two
hours after his arrival.
Lieutenant Governor Butler was
born in Union January 11, 1866,
the son of Dr. P. P. Butler and
Aarsinoe Jeter Butler. He at
tended the Unon county schools
and South Carolina College, now
the University of South Carolina.
In 1896 he moved to Gaffney and
began practicing law. He married
Kliss Annie Wood of Gaffney on
November 7, 1899, she died in 1926.
He served as alderman at Union
and mayor of Gaffney, later be
came a state democratic executive
committeeman, which he held for
25 years. He was a member of
the Gaffney board of public works.
During Governor Ansel’s admin
istration, he was made a colonel on
the governor’s staff. ,He was also
vice-president for South Carolina
in the national council of state leg
islatures.
He served in the house in 1901-
1902, in the senate 1903-1907, and
from 1919-1926; and was elected
lieutenant governor ip 1926, being
inaugurated on January 18, 1927.
Lieutenant Governor Butler had
announced he would be a candi
date for governor in the 1930 pri
maries but later announced ill
health would keep him from en
tering the race.
M^rs. G. A. Lewis
Died Saturday
Mrs. G. Arch Lewis died at her
home here at 12 o’clock last Sat
urday, following a stroke of par
alysis suffered at 9 o’clock that
morning. She had been in bad
health a number of years, but had
been up and about some time and
was making preparations Saturday
morning for special dinner on the
next day, which would have been
her 65th birthday anniversary,
when she was stricken.
Funeral services were conducted
at the Baptist Church at 3 o’clock
Sunday afternoon by her pastor,
the Rev. W. H. Barfield, assisted by
Ask Solons To
Work For Less
WOULD FIX MAXIMUM SALARY
AT $7,500.00
The budget commission has
recommended for the appropriation
bill of 1931, covering operating ex
penses of the state of South Caro
lina, the sum of $10,264,710.07—
approximately three-quarters of a
million dollars, $740,733.52 under
the 1930 appropriation bill figures.
The reduction was effected, the
budget commission announced by
“a uniform reduction of expendi
tures which applies to every de
partment of the state government.
“The Town Doctor
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DOCTOR OF TOWNS SAYS:
SUGGESTION FOR UNEMPLOYED
the Rev. Leon T. Pressly of the For 1930 the legislature appropri-
A. R. P. Church, and interment ated $11,005,443.53.
Mrs. Minnie R. Boyd
Public Sales
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Made Monday
TWO SALES BY SHERIFF, TWO
BY MASTER AND ONE BY
T. J. PRICE, EXECUTOR
made in the city cemetery. J. S. | The reduction as recommended,
Strom’s service in charge. |if adopted by the General Assemb-
Besides her husband, Mrs. Lewis, ly, will be effected largely by a 10
who before .marriage was Miss par cent decrease in the salaries
Eleanor Bartley, is survived by of state officials and employes. Re-
three brothers and one sister, ductions in appropriations of col-
Samuel Bartley, Edgefield; N. leges and universities were recom-
Bartley, Cold Springs; John Bart- mended, including Winthrop and
ley, Greenwood, and Mrs. J. H. the State university.
Rell, Greenwood. “The salaries and wages of all
persons employed by the state,”
the announcement stated, “in
whatever capacity, with the excep-
Died In Greenwood “ on of Tff? c ?“>tionai of-
ficers elected by the people whose
! compensation cannot be changed
GREENWOOD, Jan. 4. ! d ur i n g the terms for which they
services for Mrs. Minnie R. Boy , ^ave been elected, would be ef-
59, of Augusta, who died after an fec t ec j by this uniform salary and
illness of only a few hours at t e ! wa g e reduction, as likewise the
home of her daughter, Mrs. E. B -' com p ensa tion of members of the
Edmunds, Friday night, were co ^ _ General Assembly, who are request
ed to reduce their own compensa
tions in the same ratio that re
ductions are recommended for all
persons on the state’s payroll. The
ducted here by the Rev. Muller R.
Wingard, pastor of Immanuel Lu
theran church. Interment follow
ed in Edgewood cemetery here.
Mrs. Boyd had been in declining; maximum to be paid by the
Public sales were made at the
court house Monday morning as
follows: |
W. T. Strom, sheriff, vs. Lank
ford & Wood, one lot and one
building in town of Parksville, bid
in by A. B. Wood for $74.50. ,
W. T. Strom, sheriff, vs. W. S.
Pipkin, all fixtures, including soda
fountain, show cases, etc., and
stock of medicines, toilet articles,
etc., of his drug store in McCor
mick, bid in by J. A. Hamilton for
$650.00.
L. G. Bell, Master, made two
sales, as follows:
J. M. Paget, as executor of the
estate of B. F. Mauldin, deceased,
vs. Emily Moragne, et al., 116 acres
at Willington, bid in by J. M. Paget
for $400.00.
Janie L. Callahan vs. Florence
Callahan et al., 180 acres in the
Fork section, bid in by M. G. & J.
J. Dorn for $1,535.00.
T. J. Price, executor of the es
tate of Mrs. A. A. Edmunds, de
ceased, sold 142 acres 1 1-2 miles
west of McCormick to Capt. W. H.
Edmunds for $1,560.00, and 73
acres north west of McCormick to
Capt. W. H. Edmunds for $850.00.
health for several months, but her
sudden passing came as a shock to
her family and friends.
She is survived by the one
daughter and two sons, R. E. Boyd
and M. E. Boyd, both of Augusta.
She also leaves two sisters, Mrs. S.
L. Edmunds, McCormick, and Mrs.
C. N. Hamlin, Miami, Fla.
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Fairfield H. D. Club
Has Box Party
v Fairfield H. D. Club had a box
party at Young’s School House
Thursday bight with a large at
tendance. Proceeds from boxes
were $9.70. Then a cake walk for
$2.20. The club had made a quilt
and secured $20.80 by asking all
who would to give a dime and their
names were worked."on this quilt.
The quilt was ready for use and
sold to the highest bidder arid was
bought by Floyd Young for $10.25.
We wish to use this means to
thank one and all who helped in
every way to make this a success.
One Present.
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Traveling: Library
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Growing In County
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W. O. W. Meeting
On Tuesday Night
Mr. C. B. Long Will
Stay In MeCormick
All members of Maple Camp, No.
116, are urged to be present at
regular meeting Tuesday night.
January 13, when the newly elected
officers for 1931 will be installed.
Refreshments will be served.
C. H. FOOSHE, C. C.
C. H. HUGULEY, Clerk.
Due to a change in plans, Mr. C.
B. Long, highway maintenance
foreman, will not be transferred to
Abbeville as announced last week,
but will remain at McCormick and
in charge of State roads in this
: county. Mr. Beauford, who was to
'have taken over this work in Mc
Cormick County, will, it is under
stood, continue as maintenance
foreman in Abbeville County.
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Card Of Thanks
The Traveling Library for the
County Council of Farm Women of
this county is gradually growing.
Thirty books have been contributed
to this library by club women of
the county and there are promise:
of more. These books are being
collected by the Home Demonstra-
ton agent and will be carried to th"
different clubs of the county. Eaqi:
club will keep the books for z,
month and then they will be car-
state is $7,500 in the budget com
mission’s recommendations.”
The reduction in the expense
program was a fraction more than
six and one-half per cent. . The
commission said that a larger slash
in expenses could have been made
“except for the conflict with thp.
statutes as foi:, instance in this
case of the 6-0rl school law, which*
is automatic in its operation.”
One recommendation to the Genr
eral Assembly is that the teacher
load, as tfixed by the state, be in
creased 20 per cent, also that daily
attendance rather than enrollment
be made the basis of state aid^
which would make possible, the
commission reported, “a large re
duction in this particular appro
priation for 1931.”
The appropriation for the com
ing year for the 6-0-1 school law
(six months term) is the same as
for 1930, $3,500,000. This is by far
the largest item on the budget. The
commission reported that “to de
crease this appropriation without
changing the statutes governing
the operation of the law would
serve only to create a deficit.
The commission last fall heard
requests from state departments
and institutions at a series of hear
ings here. When they were con
cluded Governor Richards asserted
that the budget commission had
not received from the state de
partments as a whole the “co
operation” it expected.
Total requests for 1931, the com
mission said, “as made by the state
departments and institutions, are
larger than in any previous year
amounting to $12,264,418X5—over o
million dollars in excess cf the
1930 appropriations. Total recom
mended expenditures are practicai-
Election signs should come down,
and right now. Who’s going to pay
for it? It might be a good idea to
ask the loser of the election to do
so as a penalty for losing—the idea
might be good, but the practice
would undoubtedly fall short.
The winner might be approached,
but too often election winners take
the stand “I’m in now so why
should I be annoyed?” So that is
not so good, although these win
ners could be reminded that there
is always another election, and
here is an opportunity to win the
lasting good will and favor of ev
ery civic-minded individual in the
community. The winner might say
that he would like to do it, but has
no money with which to have it
done—just ask him, in such case,
where he got the money to buy
these signs.
There are many ways to influ
ence election winners to do this,
but of course you can not expect
them to do it unless you ask them
to. After they have been asked,
other measures can be employed in
case they refuse.
There could be no harm in ask-,
ing the city to “clean up for busi
ness sake.” A petition signed by
all members of your organization,
plus the signatures of all business
property owners asking city offi
cials to remove election signs and
other unsightliness at the same
time would be inexpensive and apt
to bring godd results.
If this fails, then appeal to busi
ness men and business property
owners for a fund to “clean up for
business sake.” Give your deserv
ing unemployed the job of picking
the tacks out of telephone poles,
removing election debris,: cleaning
up gutter refuse, pulling the dead
grass and weeds out of the side
walks and curbs of the business
section, cleaning the alleys, paint
ing out old, ^aded wall signs on
business buildings, cleaning up the
..rubbish on vacant lots, leveling off
vacant property for usd’ as auto
parking space, tearing down all old
tumble-down shacks that are eye
sores to the community, making
highway entrances and' areas
around depots inviting. There is
work for many men which will
pay your organization, every busi
ness man and every property own
er, whether business or residential,
a double profit.
There is nothing much for in
dividual glory in doing this; there
is little entertainment and less to
“whoop and holler” about; there
fore it will lack appeal to many
organizations. BUT it will pay a
profit, not only now, but in the
months and years to come.
For business sake DO something
like this, and then tell the world
you have DONE it—it will pay and
well.
(Copyright, 1930, A. D. Stone. Re
production prohibited in whole or
in part. This editorial published
by McCormick Messenger in co-cp-
:ration with local Liens Club.)
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ried to another club.
Most of the books which have two millions under the amount
been contributed are from the book °f the requests exactly $1,999,708.-
shelves of individuals who hav^ 04 less.
read and enjoyed their books and
“For 1931, as in former y;
Two Negroes Jailed
On Theft Charge
Isaac Morgan of McCormick and
Johnnie Dukes of Swainsboro, Ga.,
are lodged in McCormick jail cn
charge of breaking into the New
York Bargain Store here last Fri
day night. Morgan is said to have
had an overcoat on that had been,
stolen from the store when he
We wish to use this method of
^hanking our friends for the many
acts of kindness extended us at the
death of our mother, Mrs. Fannie
Sharpton.
■ The Family.
went in the store Monday to price
are now giad to pass them on to the largest recommendations are oveicoats. The overcoat was recog-
someone else. If there is any one!for educational purposes. Of the nized by the manager who had
in the town or county who has used | total recommendations of $10,264,- Morgan anested. Sheriff W. r.
books which they would like to'710.07, the sum of $5,265,116.17— Strom, Deputy Sheriff W. L. Brown
donate to this library, they will be more than one-half—is included in;^ n ri Chief of Police C. H. Ciawford
gladly accepted. Any good whole- the educational division. For the!traced Dukes to his home at
some book for boys, girls and ad- legislative department the sum of j Swainsboio, Ga., and biought him
ults will be used in this library and $117,852 is recommended; for the back eaily Tuesday morning.
it is hoped that enough books can judicial department, $239,790; ’ tor
be collected to get them in cireula- the executive and administrative j 64.
tion by the 21st of January. 'division, $176,610.28; for the char-| A total of $73,125 was recom-
! Books may be left in the office of itable and correctional divisions, j mended for permanent improve-
the Home Demonstration Agent, $1,336,845.98; for the regulative di-;ments. The total requested for
j and the doner is asked to put his vision, $1,585,799.94; and for the-permanent improvements Was
[name and address in the book. miscellaneous division, $1,542,595.-j$784,050. *