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TBUB TO OOBSELVVS, OUB NEIGBBOBS. OUB COUNTRY AND OUB GOD.
Thirtieth Year
Harry Arthur Suc
ceeds Stanley Llewllyn
As Legion Head
OTHER ELECTIONS AND AP
POINTMENTS MADE AT CON
VENTION IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, July 28.—Harry
M. Arthur of Union, 30 years of age,
today was elected commander of
the South Carolina department,
American Legion, at the closing
session of the legion convention
here today. He succeeds Stanley A.
Llewllyn, Camden textile man and
first “Yankee’* to head the state
department.
The legionnaires selected Aiken
as the 1932 convention city.
Other officers elected were: L.
A. R. Nelson, Charleston and Carl
H. Hart, York, vice commanders;
Dr. J. D. Setzler, Columbia, histor
ian; the Rev. Leach Hoover, Harts-
ville, chaplain, and Fred Graham,
Established June 5, 1902
Fant Says Banks
In Good Condition
McCORMICK, S. C. Thursday, July 30, 1931
8 Pages — All Home Print
Number 9
CONGRATULATES BANKERS OF
STATE FOR THEIR “ALMOST
SUPERHUMAN EFFORTS”
COLUMBIA, July 28.—Albert S.
Fant, state bank examiner, report
ed today that actual cash on hand
in state banks in South Carolina,
together with marketable stocks
and bonds, amounts to 47 per cent
of the deposits in the banks.
He announced the consolidated
statements of 109 state banks, one
private and 74 branch banks as of
June 30.
“The call for statements of con
ditions reveals a surprisingly grat
ifying statement,” Mr. Fant said.
He characterized the statement as
“well balanced and conservative.”
The consolidated figures show
that the banks had liabihties and
resources of $102,526,675.12 on the
date of the call; that $83,153,653.89
j was on deposit and that less than
Greenville, service officer. |
Members elected to the executive $2,000,000 in bills payable and notes
committee were: J. J. Altman, 1 re discounted were listed by the
Charleston; Take Wise, Newberry; banks.
D. Quade Hood, Lancaster, and L.
A. Hamilton, Columbia.
Mr. Fant congratulated the
bankers for their “almost super-
Col. J. Monroe Johnson of Mar- human effort” to place their insti-
ion, was named representative on tutions in the “best possible liquid
the national executive committee, i condition.” After reviewing the
Mrs. Louis A. Bikle, of Charles- agricultural prospects and certain
ton was elected president of the industries, he expressed the opinion
Auxiliary. Other officers chosen that the state has a bright, immed-
were: . ?.ate ::uture.
Mrs. T. A. Summer, Newberry,, Taking all in all, we have every
first vice-president; Mrs. John Lu-, reason to believe that conditions
cius, Greenville, recording necre- generally will gradually improve,”
tary; Miss Christine Wise, Saluda, he continued.
treasurer; ' Mrs. John Brookshire, “From an agricultural stand-
Chester, auditor; Mrs. W. E. Ma-, point, South Carolina gives every
gulre, Greenwood,- historian; Mrs. evidence of a bountiful yield of
W. C. Merrett, Seneca, chaplain; j cotton, com and tobacco, as well as
Mrs. J._ L. Henegan, Jr., Dillon, foodstuff generally, and with the
color sergeant-at-arms; Mrs. Carl greatest small grain crop ever har-
E; Morgan, Greenwood, national vested in the state’s history shows
executive committeewoman; Mrs. ^th'^ctf 6tn* agricultural interests have
jgtCa]” In Boyhood Pose
Boll Weevil
Infestation Increases
In All Sections
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CLEMSON COLLEGE, JuW 2P>-
Cotton is growing and fruiting rap
idly in all sections of South Caro-
ina, but the weevils are increasin''
at a greater rate than the squares
and bolls, says Director H. W. Barre
of the Experiment Station, whe
adds also that damage in many
fields is already serious. Examina
tions made by the Station in 83
fields in eight counties show infes
tations ranging from two per cent
to 82 per cent, an average of 46
per cent infested squares being in
Bamberg county, Union county av
eraging 10 per cent, and the oth
er counties ranging between these
two extremes.
In many fields the cotton is large
enough to shade the ground, thus
protecting weevils that are develop
ing in the fallen squares, and un-
Committee Sends
Out Questionnaires
For Information
WILL GO INTO EVERY PHASE OF
PLANT OPERATIONS WHERE
ELECTRICITY IS USED
der such conditions the weevils are days.
COLUMBIA, July 28.—Detailed
questionnaires requesting plant
and power information have been
prepared by the technical division
of the South Carolina Power Rate
Investigating committee to be sent
to the various utility companies
doing business in this state, said W-
J. Cormack, executive secretary of
the committee.
These questionnaires will go into
every phase of plant operations and
into all of the detailed methods by
which electrical energy is distribut
ed and sold. They are being blue
printed and will be forwarded to
the South Carolina power utility
companies within the next few
expected to increase rapidly, begin
ning general migration in the cen
tral and eastern counties within
two or three weeks.
Now is the time calcium arsenate
The executive secretary says that
during the past week letters have*
been mailed to some six hundred
and forty of the diversified indus
tries of the State requesting their
WASHINGTON
BY RADFORD MOBttY
(Special to The Messenger)
E. H. Cappellmann, Columbia, al
ternate.
Members of the state executive taining.
committee, first district. Miss
Washington Green Pringle; second
Mrs
J. Boggs, Jr.; fourth, Mrs. Eugene
Speers; fifth, Mrs. Hughey Tindal;
sixth, Mrs. B.T. Frierson, and sev
enth, Mrs. Roger Fahey.
A resolution that the auxiliary
sponsor 4-H club work proposed by
the Abbeville delegation, was ap
proved.
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put forth their best efforts to make
South Carolina at least self sus-
ihington Green Pringle; second, . I # • n/r a
. r. k. waiker; third, Mrs. a. ihirty-six Men Are
‘'Wanted Ui S. Navy
Eggs May Go Higher
CONDITIONS FAVOR PROFITS
NEXT FALL AND WINTER,
SAYS CLARK
CLEMSON COLLEGE, July 25.—
That farmers with eggs to sell dur
ing the ccming fall and winter will
be in a favorable situation, is the
opinion of O. M. Clark, extension
farm management economist, bas
ing his statement on the smaller
Thirty-six men are wanted for
the U. S. Navy next month says
Lieutenant Reynolds, Officer in
Charge of recruiting from this dis
trict. This is the largest quota
assigned this district in several
months and the many applicants
held up due to the small quota in
the past will welcome this oppor
tunity.
The recruiting month begins Au
gust 2nd. However, any young
men interested should see the re
cruiting officer before that date as
there are several papers which
must be filled out before enlist
ment is authorized. The qualifica
tions require, in addition to the
rigid physical examination, that
the applicant must have attained
at ^ast a seventh grade education,
number of fall and winter pullets _
likely to be in production .and che i must secure three character refer-
probablc lew level of feed prices, j ences anc j have consent papers
Discussing the present status and ! signed by parent or legal guardian.
outlook regarding production and
sa T * of eggs. Mr. Clark says:
“The receipts of eggs at the o"in-
cipal markets were heavier during
June than had been expected and
the consumption demand was dis
appointing considering the price.
Since the first of July, however, re
ceipts have been considerably oe-
low those ' for the corresponding
period of last year and below the
five-year average. High qualir*
eggs have been at an increased
premium.
“In spite of the prevailing ^w
prices of eggs they are higher re
latively than the prices of grains
and the outlook is favorable for
fall and winter prices especially if
there is an improvement in the
general business situation to im
prove the consumption demand.
The early season hatchings were
only about half those of last year.
The hatchings increased relative
ly as the season advanced but were
still below the corresponding per
iods of 1930.
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An eligibility and waiting list is
maintained at the local recruiting
office and the officer in charge
will gladly furnish any young man
who desires to travel and learn
with Uncle Sam any information
desired. Address. U. S. Navy Re
cruiting Station, Greenwood, 3. C.
XXt
Youngest^Real" D. A. R.
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 28.—
(Autocaster)—Efforts to build up
Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt as a
presidential candidate are concen
trating on his physical ability to
stand the strain of holding office.
conference of European Ministers
in London. They are limited to the * , 1 ” — " ~ ~
discussion of economic and finan- dust can be used most effectively monthly kilowatt hour consump-
cial phases that may be brought these counties. Two or three ap- tion for last year, the sums paid for
up, but there is a growing feeling! plications at four-day intervals it and the contractual relations
that economics and politics are be- wiu P rotect the y° un e bolls during these manufacturing companies
coming the same thing under a dif- , the next tw0 weeks - Flve pounds have with the power distributing
ferent name. In other words, of calcium arsenate per aeve should companies. He states, further, that
Democratic chieftains see in Hoov- be the maximum amount per ap- (a great mass of replies have been
er’s instructions the more or less Plication, advises Director Barre, received from various manufactur-
but four pounds if applied properly i ng concerns containing a large
is better. ! amount of information which will
X b e 0 f great assistance to the corn-
full adoption of Woodrow Wilson’s
theories regarding international
relations.
Mr. Hoover, his friends assert,
has displayed great courage in
dropping the “unofficial observer”
fiction, by means of which the
United States has been represented
at former international discussions,
and giving Stimson and Mellon full
power to commit this country to
1!F^
Trying to impart knowledge to
he fellow who knows it all is
pasted energy because he can’t ab
sorb it. :
Mrs. Angelina Loring Avery, 92, of
Willimantic, Conn., is the youngest of
the six surviving daughters of men
who fought in the War of 76. Her
j father was 74 at her birth.
The most recent article about him ^ ^
tells how he is actually one of the : definite action. Already Republi-
most vigorous men in public life cans inimical to him are seizing on
today, his only handicap being con- his actions as a means of discredit-
fined to his legs, where traces still j n g him in the eyes of voters but
remain of the attack of infantile f^is unfavorable turn is more than
made up for by the way he has
disarmed Democratic critics.
The “Chief” displayed in this ac
tion the same qualities that en
abled him to dominate in private
business and raise himself above
his fellows, and by his success as
head of the Belgian Relief Com
mittee and later as Food Admin-
strator during war times in this
country. He apparently is constru
ing his powers as President to ex
tend as far as he finds necessary
subject only to those limitations
expressly named by the Constitu
tion. It is being freely comment
ed here that Mr. Hoover is showing
more initiative than any .President
has shown in recent times and,, in
working for .the best interests of
L he country and the world in gen-
cral, is making himself the logical
candidate to succeed himseJf and
carry out the policies he is initiat
ing.
Political wiseacres here predict
that Congress will devote many
’eng hours during the coming ses-
hen, that starts in Decern oer, to
the Agricultural Marketing Act,
and that little action will result.
The main purpose will be to “sell”
the country the idea of the Mar
keting Act and not to take any
definite steps to change its pro
visions.
Democrats are expeted to center
their campaign attacks on the law
it is conceded here and the Hoov
er supporters figure thfeir best re
ply is to broadcast the benefits it
is designed to give. For this pur
pose the Farm Board has started
to build up a public relations sec
tion, C. S. Brown, of Arizona, al
ready being signed up. Others are
to join in the move and it is ex
pected that for the next year the
papers will be filled with reports
of speeches designed to placate
farmers and those dependent upon
them for their prosperity.
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The lark is an early
paralysis that nearly killed him
several years ago.
Mr. Roosevelt’s only signs of ill
ness now are that he has to rest
against a support while delivering
a speech, and that he requires
two canes to lean upon when mov
ing about. Otherwise he is physi
cally fit, his friends say, and well
able to stand the hardships of the
necessary campaign and the duties
of the presidency, if he is success
ful.
Millions of words have been
written about the strain of being
president. Both Hoover and Cool-
idge have thrived on the long hours
and responsibility. Mr. Hoover’s
only concession to the office has
been to work out half an hour each
morning with a medicine ball, un
der the supervision of Dr. Joel T.
Boone, the White House ohysician.
It is the first exercise he has ever
taken in his life and it has result
ed in taking off twenty pounds and
making him as fit as the proverbial
fiddle.
Mr. Coolidge bought himself an
electrical horse and found that
?ave him enough ohysical activity
President Harding refused to take
any physical exercise a>id his early
death is blamed more on that than
anything else.
The main purpose of the Roose
velt propaganda is to show that he
is strong enough to handle the
iroblems that will come to him as
head of the civil service army of
750,000 people, to say nothing of
the other executive duties he will
be called upon to discharge. He
resembls his famous fifth-cousin—
Theodore—in many ways. “T. R.”
was a physical weakling in his boy
hood and his gallant and success
ful efforts to build up a powerful
physique are known to everybody.
“Frank” Roosevelt has had an even
harder fight as his weakness did
not come to him until he was past
40, when an attack of infantile
paralysis forced his withdrawal
from public life for many months.
Democratic politicians are really
stumped by Mr. Hoover’s latest in
ternational move, in which he
granted full powers to Secretary of
State Stimson and Secretary of the
Treasury Mellon to sit in at the
Mjss Mary McCracken mittee in its investigations anil
I* J # deliberations. He likewise says that
Died Sunday Morning letters are being prepared for 450
J ~ ginneries doing business in thus:
Following a long illness, Miss state * an<i these letters will bo
Mary McCracken died about 10 maUed out the first of the week.
o’clock last Sunday morning at the The committee probably will ca
home of her niece, Mrs. J. B. Britt, u P° n a cross-section of homesteads
in the Bellvue section, with whom in every part of the State to gfve^it.
she had made her home the past information relative to the rates
five years. Deceased was 75 years and amounts paid for domestic
of age and a life-long member of P ower - , ^
the Presbyterian Church and the 1 A great deal of valuable in orma-
last member of her immediate tion has been turned over to the
family. She was the daughter of Power Committee by the South
the late T. J. and Martha Owens Carolina Electric Power Consum-
.McCracken and was born and rear- ers association, stated W. J. Cor
ed In the Flatwoods section, near mack ' and this is being analyzed
Abbeville. Besides Mrs. Britt, she is b -' the . technical division of Ore
survived by a number of other P° wer body. ^
nieces and nephews. ' ~
Funeral services were conducted Xll6 xOSt OlIlCC
at the residence at 10 o’clock Mon- ; yx . "D
day morning by the Rev. W. S. | UcpHTtlTldlt ISuyS
Henry, assisted by the Rev. Leon T.
Pressly, and interment made at Old
Willington cemetery. J. S. Strom’s
. . •
service m charge.
The new grave was made in the
shade of a pretty Magnolia tree
that deceased set out at the head
of her father’s grave some thirty-
five or more years ago.
txi
is an early riser
among birds, all of which doesn’t
mean rising early is any lark.
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The difficulty about laws with
teeth is that the teeth are soon
dulled from lack of use.
Card Of Thanks
1,500 Motor Trucks
ORDER WAS RECENTLY PLACED
WITH WASHINGTON BRANCH
OF FORD MOTOR CO., AND
GOVERNMENT’S LARGEST
ORDER SINCE WAR
The United States Post Office
Department recently placed .ar*.
order with the Washington branch,
of the Ford Motor Company for
We wish to extend our most sin- j 1.5C0 motor truck chassis, of which,
cere thanks to our good neighbors 1 500 will be 3-4 ton carrying capo.-
and other friends who were so . city and 1,000 of 1 1-2 tens carry-
thoughtful of us during the illness ing capacity. The purchase of the
and at the death of our aunt, Miss motor equipment was the largest-
Mary McCracken. Every act was made by a government department
highly appreciated, and we trust since the war. With this order
God shall richly reward each of Ford sales to the Post Office Do-
you.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Britt.
The atiove is the first photograph of
the Princess Yorinomiya Atsuko. She
was snapped on the 100th day of her
life at the traditional ceremony of first
using chop-sticks.
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partment during recent years
reached a total of 2,909 units.
The purchase marked another
ctep in the Department’s program
: building up its fleet of several
housand trucks and also to replace
some of the surplus trucks turned
over to the Post Office Departmentv
% v the Army at the close of the
war.
Deliveries are to start immedi
ately and continue as rapidly as
bodies contracted for are ready
‘or installation. The completed
rooks will then be distributed
| -ome 60 cities throughout the
! Jnited States.
| The order was placed with the
Ford company after an exhaustive
1 test conducted by the Department
| with the co-operation of the Bu-
1 reau of Standards. The tests were
under the supervision of W. A.
Jacobs, automotive engineer of the
Bureau of Standards, and William
Wolma of Chicago and Morris Car
rier of Brooklyn, motor vehicle en-
Many close relatives become dist- gineers of the Post Office Depart-
ant when you try to visit them. ^ment. «