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Convene Monday
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JUDGE M. M. MANN OF ST. MAT
THEWS WILL PRESIDE
OVER TERM
Sessions court for . McConhick
County will convene here next
Monday morning, February 2nd, at
10 o’clock, with Judge M. M. Mann
of St. Matthews, presiding.
Criminal cases on docket are as
follows:
The State vs. G. W. Tarrant,
white, indictment, obtaining prop
erty with fraudulent r intent by
means of bank check.
The State vs. G. W. Tarrant,
white,, indictment, obtaining prop
erty with fraululent intent by
cleans of bank check.
The State vs. Ernest Wood, white,
indictment, violation prohibition
tow.
The State vs. Tommie Tucker,
negro, indictment, murder.
The State vs. Lane CoUins, negro
woman, indictment, assault and
battery, high and aggravated na
ture.
The State vs. Dave Broadwater,
George Broadwater and Jim
Brooks, negroes, indictment, , As
sault and battery, high and aggra
vated nature.
The State vs. J. C. McDade,
white, indictment, violation prohi
bition law.
The State vs. E. D. Knight, white,
indictment, disposing of property
under motgage.
The State vs. W. S. Pipkin, white,
indictment, violation Section 75-
check law.
The State vs. J. C. Jackson, negro,
indictment, house-breaking and
larceny.
The State vs. Isaac Morgan,
negro, indictment, house-breaking
and larceny, night time.
The State vs. Bob Callahan,
negro, violation prohibition law.
The State vs. Daisy Parker,
negro woman, indictment, violation
prohibition law.
The State vs. George Patterson,
negro, indictment, violation prohi
bition law.
The State vs. Cliff Middleton,
negro, indictment, assault and bat
tery, bi«b and aggravated nature
with intent to kill.
The State vs. Dock Moragne,
negro, indictment, threat on life of
person.
Cases set for trial in civil court
are given below. In the event
criminal court finishes before
Thursday, matters not requiring
juries will be brought before the
court. The roster is:
Thursday, February 5.—J. L. Bos-
dell vs. Dixie Stores Company. F.
A. Wise, attorney fox plaintiff;
Heck & Johnson, attorneys for de
fendant.
A. K. Bntt vs. Mrs. Rebecca
Wideman. W. K. Charles, attorney
for plaintiff; M. G. McDonald and
F. A. Wise, attorneys for defendant.
Friday, February 6.—Mrs. S. E.
Buchanan vs. C. &-W. C. Railway.
F. A. Wise, attorney for plaintiff;
T. B. Greneker, attorney for de
fendant.
Stobe F. Prescott vs. Crenshaw &
May. J. R. Folk and F. A. Wise, at
torneys for plaintiff; W. K. Char
les, attorney for defendants.
Monday, February 9.—Mike Mc
Grath vs. Claussen & Lawrence. W.
K. Charles, attorney for plaintiff;
T. B. Greneker, attorney for de
fendants.
Mrs. Jane Belle Rush vs. R. L.
Faulkner and Gulf Refining Com
pany. F. A. Wise and T. F. Mc
Cord, attorney^ for plaintiff; J. W.
Thurmond and J. P. Murray for
defendants.
For Second Week
Petit jurors to serve second week
February term court, McCormick
County, are:
J. Luther Edwards, Troy.
W. M. Harmon, McCormick.
Donnie Banks, McCormick.
Wm. H. Gable, McCormick.
George Lawton, Willington.
W. Frank White, Plum Branch.
L. Hicks Hine^, Meriwether.
A. B. Link, Abbeville.
R. C. Talbert, McCormick.
Jas L. Mason, Meriwether.
Wm. M. Wilson, Abbeville.
Thos. J. Franklin, McCormick. .
W. B. Adams, Parksville.
Rallie Boddie, Parksville.
L. W. Lyon'Plum Brqnch.
Barney W. Weeks, McCormick.
W. E. Freeland, Plum Branch.
G. O. Hemminger, Willington.
O. H. Goff, McCormick.
T. W. Gable, McCormick.
Archie Willis, McCormick.
J. A. Gable, McCormick.
W. E. Keller, Meriwether.
Clarence B. Owings, McCormick.
Claude Holloway, McCormick.
Bryant Quarles, Plum Branch.
E. G. Jennings, McCormick.
O. B. Minor, McCormick. '
Robt. L. McKinney, McCormick.
Thos. B. Lindley, Bordeaux.
J. C. Drennan, Callison.
Jno. D. Rickey, Willington.
Joe F. Dillashaw, McCormick.
Jno. W. Roberts, Troy.
James C. Dowtin, Troy.
F. L. Middleton, ^Meriwether.
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Bills Introduced By
Our Law Makers
By S.< C. Counties
COTTON GINNED PRIOR TO JAN
UARY 16 IN SOUTH CAROLINA:
CROPS OF 1930 AND 1929
The Department of Commerce,
through the Bureau of the Census
announces the preliminary report
on cotton ginned prior to January
16, by counties, in South Carolina,
for th§ crops of 1930 and 1929. The
total for the state was made pub
lic Friday, January 23.
(Quantities are in running bales.
Representative W. D. Morrah on
Tuesday introduced a bill in the
house of representatives for a tax
collector for McCormick County.
Marriage license fees in McCor
mick county, now going 100 per
cent to the judge of probate, would
be divided 50-50 between the pub
lic schools and the probate judge
under the terms of a bill introduc
ed in the house of representatives
in Columbia Tuesday by W^D. Mor
rah of McCormick county.
A bill designed to make commer
cial automobile operators pay more
money toward the maintenance,
and policing of the highways in the
state was introduced in the senate
Tuesday night by Senators Ham
mond of Richland, Ard of Williams
burg and McEachin of . Florence. It
was read and referred to the com
mittee on roads, bridges and fer
ries.
All county and state officers will
be requested to extend the time for
the payment of 1930 property taxes
without further penalty until May
1. The senate amended the house
bill and returned it to the house.
That body adopted the amendment
and resolution Tuesday without
debate.
Before a man could secure a li
cense to marry he would have to
show a doctor’s certificate to the
effect that he was free of venereal
diseases under the terms of a bill
introduced in the house yesterday
by Representative J. W. Hanahan,
Fairfield. The bill, practically a
duplicate of one introduced by Mr.
Hanahan in the Ijpuse some years
ago, was sent to the judiciary com
mittee for consideration.
Tuesday, February 10.—Heath,
Bolster & Turner vs. W. C. Strom.
F. A. Wise, attorney for plaintiff;
J. W. Thurmond, attorney for de
fendant.
A. B. Douglas vs. State Highway
Department. W. K. Charles, at
torney for plaintiff; Attorney-Gen
eral for Highway Department.
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A pessimist can’t go forward be
cause he always has the brakes
pp to keep from going backwards.
Under the terms of a bill intro
duced in the house Tuesday by
Representative R. C. Holman and
W. S. Smith, both of Barnwell, a
tax of $1 per horse power on all
electric current generated in South
Carolina would be imposed. Ac
cording to Representative Holman,
this tax would bring into the state
treasury about $800,000 per year
as the total amount of electric
current generated in the state to
tals about 850,000 horse power.
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Luck is a thing which should be
accepted as it comes and which
should be treated intelligently.
Good luck is the most dangerous
because it is the most difficult to
handle.
Linters are not
included.)
County
1930
1929
The State
998,515
809,305
Abbeville
___ 17,492
17,570
Aiken L—
... 28,562
19,416
Allendale
... 7,091
6,335
Anderson
... 64,263
61,647
Bamberg
15,247
12,426
Barnwell
... 19,626
16,818
Berkeley
... 3,367
2,589
Calhoun
... 16,820
14,700
Charleston
... 1,595
1,826
Cherokee
... 20,859
21,279
Chester
... 23,498
17,905
Chesterfield _
. . 33,870
21,841
Clarendon
... 19,568
' 13,653
Colleton
.. 10,421
8,771
Darlington
.... 20,288
13,277
Dillon
„ 28,218
20,993
Dorchester
... 6,549
4,927
Edgefield
.. 19,235
15,052
Fairfield
... 10,738
7,342
Florence — __
__ 20,219
13,486
Greenville
... 55,768
49,153
Greenwood __
__ 18,038
15,845
Hampton
... 7,287
5,521
Horry
_ 2,065
2,155
Jasper
... 1,892
1,339
Kershaw
__ 21,840
14,033
Lancaster
___ 15,395
11,102
Laurens
___ 34,241
28,600
Lee - J—
___ 28,024
15,705
Lexington __ _
. _ 18,017
14,635
McCormick
... 7,496
7,548
Marion
___ 10,723
9,145
Marlboro
_U_ 45,288
33;059
Newberry
24,296
19,285
Oconee ‘‘ItT——
... 20,079
18,147
Orangeburg
___ 62,848
54,666
Pickens :—
... 25,231
22,001
Richland
... 8,745
7,985
Saluda
... 12,910
10,112
Spartanburg __
... 85,670
78,920
Sumter
... 32,344
19,593
Union
. 19,007
16,422
Williamsburg —
16,348
11,974
York
... 35,388
29,079
All other
.... 2,049
1,428
The Picture Of Your
Farm Home?
Have you framed the picture of
your farm home? Every farm home
with its surrounding grounds and
plantings forms a picture and the
picture is not complete without
the frame. The trees which sur
round this home make the frame.
This frame like all /picture
frames must be suited to the pic
ture. If the picture shows a large
home, mansion-like in structure, or
an old colonial home of tftie South,
Establishes New
Delivery Record
The South Carolina Cotton
Growers Co-operative Association
announced on Saturday that an
all-time delivery record was estab
lished during the week which end
ed January 24th. Prior to this
season the largest number of bales
received in any one year was in
1922-23, the first year of the Asso
ciation, when a total of 122,001
bales was delivered by members.
After that year deliveries declined
the trees which surround it should more or less abruptly until 1927-28
Prune And Spray
Orchards Now For
Better Fruits
If the expected yield is to be ob
tained from the home or commer
cial 'orchard, it is necessary to
properly prune and spray.
This work should be done im
mediately, certainly before the
buds begin to swell.
In pruning, cut out all broken
and diseased limbs, also limbs that
cross or rub each other. Cuts
should be made smooth, parallel to
and close to trunk of other limb.
Peach trees should be opened up in
the center to allow plenty of sun
light. All pruning should be burn
ed, as they will harbor insects and
diseases if left lying around the
premises.
As soon as the trees are pruned
they should be sprayed with lime-
sulphur solution (winter strength.)
Too many people buy good trees,
put them out and give them no at
tention. Naturally they are disap
pointed in results. It is just as
necessary to cultivate prune and
spray the orchard as any other
crop. The longer the orchard goes
without proper attention, the
harder it is to get into shape when
you do start.
E. L. ROGERS,
County Agent.
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American Legion To
Meet February 3rd
Thomas Jefferson Lyon, Jr., Post
| of the American Legion, will meet
Tuesday night, February 3rd, 1931.
All members are urged to be pres
ent. Matters of importance to
come up.
C. K. EPTTNG,
j Commander.
be large, majestic and stately. If
the home is a simple little cottage
or bungalow, trees which have a
less stately bearing may be used.
This frame must be unlike a real
picture frame in that all four sides
should not be alike. In studying
pictures of homes, the best effect
is found where the tall heavy trees
with the dark foliage, are massed
to the rear. Trees are placed here
which will overtop the tallest part
of the roof and seem to £ive
an over hanging protection. A
clump of elms with their heads
nodding together over the roof,
gives a pleasing effect. The tall
oaks, hickories, or pines also are
when only about 28,000 bales were
received. This was the Associa
tion’s first year after reorganiza
tion which followed the expiration
of all membership contracts with
the 1926 crop. A large increase
has taker; place since then. In
1929-30 approximately 82,000 bales
were handled for members, and
this year, through January 24th,
122,279 bales have been received,
thereby exceeding the 1922-23 to-
it tal by 278 bales.
The 1930-31 pools have not been
closed yet, and the Association of
ficials are hopeful' that several
thousand more v bales will be deliv
ered in the next thirty to sixty
Welded In Amos
V Andy Talkie
“CHECK AND DOUBLE CHECK’*
PRODUCED BY COMBINED
RESOURCES OF SCREEN
AND RADIO
gpod for the rear frame where the days.
roof runs tall. When the roof isj A special field classing service is
low, lower growing trees may be being offered growers who still
used always, keeping in mind that have cotton on hand. During the
the trees. should overtop the roof month of February the Association,
and form an uneven skyline. The upon request from growers, will
umbrella china, walnut and pecans send classers out to all points in
are excellent for the medium the State where a considerable
height .trees at the rear of the quantity of cotton is stored, with a
house. They also afford abundant
shade for the back yard and chil
dren’s play ground.
The side frames for the picture
are irregular in line. Here open
spaces are left for entrances and
interesting views and the trees
which are used are planted in ir
regular clumps, ~ never in two
straight lines along the boundaries.
The heavier trees are planted to
wards the outer portion of the
boundary line as this shuts out any
unsightly view and turns the at
tention back to the home grounds.
It is best to group the varities, nev
er mixing too many kinds “salt and
pepper” fashion as this gives the
grounds a mottled effect. Let these
groupings be composed of trees
which will add variety and interest
to the surroundings. A clump of
cedars may be used near a corner,
two or three red maples or black
gum will add color to the scene in
the fall of* the year, birches,
beeches and sycamores add variety
in bark and limb formation, while
wild crab apple, dogwood and red
bud are joyous with their blossoms
during the blooming season.
The view towards the house
may be framed between these
groupings in any natural forma
tion, but never plant trees in front
of the house. Tljis cuts off the
view from within and gives the
house a chopped up appearance
from the highway. A few well
choses trees which lend themselves
to such an arrangement, but the
best effect is secured by having an
approach of open lawn.
This arrangement of the home,
sheltered by protecting and friend
ly trees, adds beauty, dignity and
pfeace to the picture. Here the
family long to linger and here the
stranger pauses and reads “Wel
view to determining the approxi
mate value of such cotton, and au-
No greater realization of the
miracle of modem invention is af
forded than that contained in the
announcement that Amos ’n’ Andy,
until now two inspirational voices
that have thrilled millions of radio
listeners, will be seen as well as
heard in their first feature talking
motion picture at Opera House, Ab
beville, Monday, Tuesday and Wed
nesday, February 2nd, 3rd, 4th.
To Radio Pictures, offspring of
broadcasting genius and motion,
picture pioneering, goes the credit
for bringing to the screens of the
world “Check and Doublecheck,”
picture and phrase made brilliant
in the international language of
mankind by Amos ’n’ Andy.
For the millions who nightly at
7 o’clock have waited through the
four seasons of the year for the
heart-warming “Here They Are!”
magic phrase of illusion, “Check
and Doublecheck” will be the first
opportunity to see Amos ’n’ Andy
strut their stuff in sight and
sound. \
Next Monday, Tuesday and Wed
nesday, February 2nd, 3rd and 4th
at Abbeville Opera House 7 screen
will be immortalized those lovable
familiar characters who people the
nightly air visitations of the great
est entertainers in history—the
boys themselves; he “repotant”
Kingfish with his over-balanced
thorizing about ninety per cent of dignity and racketeering shrewd-
come.’
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Schedule Of Home
Demonstration Work
For Next Week
Monday, February . 2nd, 1:00
o’clock p. m., Plum Branch 4-H
Club.
Tuesday, February 3rd, 3:00
o’clock p. m., Bethany H. D. Club.
Wednesday, February 4th, 3:00
o’clock p. m., Plum Branch H. D.
Club at home of Mrs. J. H. Lyon.
Thursday, February 5th, 3:00
o’clock p. m., Willington H. D. Club.
Friday, February 6th, De la Howe
4-H Jr. and Sr. Clubs.
Saturday, February 7th, office.
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its value as an immediate advance
when shipped to the Association.
After such cotton is received, it
will be handle^ by the Association
in the usual manner. Final grades
and staples will be determined at
Columbia and the member will be
remitted promptly any additional
advance to which he may be en
titled under the Association’s plan
of financing all cotton delivered
to it this year.
In addition to having set a new
record for deliveries, the Associa
tion desires to call attention to the
fact that its membership has been
increased approximately sixty per
cent since August 1st, 1930. The to
tal membership of the Association
now consists, in round numbers, of
7,500 individual producers.
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Dual Purpose Trees
Distributed By State
Forestry Commission
Approximately one hundred
thousand long leaf pine seedlings
one year old are available in the
State Forest Tree Nursery for dis
tribution to property owners at
cost, according to a report just is
sued by the State Forestry Com- i
mission at Columbia, S. C.
This tree, according to the Com- [
mission, is one of the outstanding
forest trees of the Coastal Plain
region. Slow in starting growth in
the first two years, it makes up for
lost time when it starts to shoot.
Being fire resistant, it is especial
ly valuable for use in forest areas
subject to the annual practice of
woods burning, although planting
of any sort is not recommended by
the Commission unless fire contro!
is considered oractical. Longleaf
pine is the King of the Southern
pines, producing one of the highest
grades of lumber and producing
the naval stores, rosin and turpen
tine, for which this State was once
famous.
These seedlings are available at
cost to landowners interested in re
forestation and may be secured on
application through the District
Foresters, located at Spartanburg,
Walterboro and Florence, or by
writing direct to the State Forestry
Commission at Columbia, S. C.
H. A. SMITH,
State Forester.
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It has been commented upon
ness; the lazy Lightnin’; the en
tire roster of the Mystic Knights of
the Sea; that battered veteran of
the roads of the sky, the Fresh Air
Taxi; all the stirring, human, dra
matic and humorous sentiment in
the phrases and people that all
America eagerly awaits each night
in the year.
“Check and Doublecheck” is an
nounced by Radio Pictures as a
faithful depiction in warm, sympar*
thetic drama of the daily events in.
the humorous career of Amos V
Andy. To see. as well as to hear
these monarchs of entertainment
is n6w the privilege of all movie
goers.
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County Falls Behind.
On Cotton Report
The following report shows Mc
Cormick County winnings 52 bale*
below the same period a year ago^
and is the first time the 1930 fig
ures have dropped behind the 1929
report for the county. The next
report will be up to March 1st and
will be the final one for last yeartt
crop. The card reads:
Department of Commerce
Bureau of the Census
Washington, D.
• January 23, 1931. ’
Mr. Austin Abercrombie,
* McCormick, S. C.,
Dear Sir:
The tabulation of the card re
port ^hows telegraph summary to
be correct. There were 7,496 bales
of cotton, counting round as half
bales, ginned in McCormick Coun
ty, from the crop of 1930 prior to
January 16, 1931, as compared with
7,548 bales ginned to January 16*,
1930.
You will please furnish these to
tals to all newspapers in your dis
trict, being careful not to discrim
inate in favor of any of them.
Very respectfully,
W. M. STEUART,
Director:.
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NOTICE
frequently that the worst
Mrs. M.*E. Padgett our Countr
Chairman for the T. B. Seal Grant
Christmas Seals has asked me to-
make her final report. Will any
one who has collected money far
seas sold, also unsold seals, please
send them in to me that I may
never | make this report to headquarters
The automobile shows are hard happens and the same might well as early as possible.
tests for an auto owner’s vanity, ‘be said of the best.
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MRS. A. J. HENDRIX.