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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK. SOUTH CAROLINA
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PAGE NUMRER FOUR
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' Published' Every Thursday
Established June 5, 1902
edmond j. McCracken, ,
Editor and Owner
Entered st the Post Office at Mc-
.Cormiek. S. C.. as mail matter of
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SCBSCIITPTTON RATES:
StnctW Cash In Advance
One Year $1.00
Six Months .75,
Fe All Pay Taxes
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that
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han 3 1-2 p^r cent cf ohe
• he United States
r^vs mere than 96 per cent of .he
federal inccme tax, and ?ess than
7 per cent of all corporations :’.n
i xa country pay more than 95 per
cent of ihe corporation income
The average person, merely
glancing at these figures, might
decide that taxation is merely a
matter affecting the* rich individ-
Thomas A. Edison had the doctor*
worried when he took to his bed
after the recent hot spell. The 84-»
year-old inventor’s wonderful powers*
of recuperation were evidenced again
TkiS GPvE VTEoT IVi.AN
h :s TIMS
iJt
Six';y yaars ago a young tele
graph operator named Thomas A.
Edison invented a method of send
ing mesoages in both directions at
once on a telegraph wire. It was
the mo x st marvelous human inven
tion up to that time.
WASHINCTON
BY RADFORD. MOBLEY
(Special to The .Messenger)
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. T—
(Autocaster) — Government ener- '
gies are now being bent toward a ,
soluiton cf the unemployment sit-
The young uation that is exoected to confront
ual, cr the big business, and so man got $100,000 for his patent, the country next winter. The Presi-
nonehis concern. But. unhap- | which was a fortune in those days, dent’s adviser s ..have been working
piJy, taxes do ijot work that way. He began experimenting with w ith him ever since spring, trying
If a company is taxed a dollar or a other electrical inventions, and be- to devise ways ' to meet ^his ;on-
million dollars, there is but one fore the Centennial of 1876 his dition.
way it can raise the funds to pay name was a household word all Beyond'question, the Admlnistra-
—by passing the cost on to those | over the 'world. He invented, tion realizes that conditions ::or the
who buy the articles or services it among other things, the waxed me n out cf work are going co be
-slk. paper in which the package groc- much harder this winter than at
Every person in the country is a eries you buy are wrapped. He in- any'time since the stock market
tax-payer. When he buys food, vented the mimeograprt, the first crash two years ago. The big in-
pays rent, buys gasoline, takes qut successful duplicating . process, dustrial concerns, in most in-
an insurance policy or goes to a Sholes, first inventor of the type-
theatre, he automatically pays writer, came to Edison with his
seme of his mopey to government, crude model and Edison taught
The old saying , that death and him hew to make it work. Pro
taxes are inevitable is truer today fessor Bell had the idea of talking
than it ever was. And, as a result over a wire; Edison’s invention of
tax reduction, far from being a the carbon- transmitter made the
matter that interests- only the telephone a success. Dr. Brush in-
wealthy few, is a matter of tre- vented the electric arc light; Edi-
mendpus personal importance
each of us.
WAGES AND DIVIDENDS
to son conceived the idea of putting consultations with John Barton
I electric lights in small units into Payne, head cf the Red Cross, Sec-
| bottles, and inventfed the incandes- retary of Labor Doak, Arthur
i cent lamp. - In the course of his woods, chairman cf the Commit -
I telephone experiments he invented tee on Employment, and other
Ii is a most significant sign of the phonograph. A little later ho authorities for the purpose of
the times that the directors of invented the movies. In between 1 finding oilt what palliatives the
the United States Steel Corpora- he invented new and economical Government has with which to
tion, confronted with diminishing methods of producing cement and mee t the eominp- condition In id-
prenfe, elected to make their stock- developed the Electric storage bat- ' mUcn Mr Soover has spurred cn
holders Instead of their employees tery. those ’ having public works in
in an endeavor to orcats
and wion sentences of $100 or 30 control and elect the Speaker. Even
uays, t.iC . .wait was relieved of if the Republicans are shown to
their keeping far 30 da/s, and -hey be in control, they will still have
will have an opportunity co do the difficult job of conciliating the
some construction vork ..or Ander- Progressives so they will /ote with
son county on the chain gang, in- the Regulars.
stead of laying in jail, awaiting Representative Tilson of Con-
vr * a ** ' ’ necticut is the logical choice of
Sheriff Clamp will not tolerate the Regulars for Speaker, with
Kangaroo courts in the jail, and Representative t.nce of Vlassachu-
his method of sending unruly setts a close second. Luce is con-
prisoners *ho violate his rules, sidered the best hinker n the
straight to tne chain gang, via House. It is certain that the !ln-
magistrates court, ought co prove surgents wiT demand
most effective. Western man be chosen
ixt ™ long-drawn out fight may result
^ The Democrats are but little better
off if they gain control, as O • :*-
-.tsr rf Texas, the man nearest : n
line for Speaker, is not liked bv
Tarr.many. which has a powerful
bloc in the Lower House. That
would leave Representatives Crisp
cf Georgia as the second choice.
Crisp is the son of the Sp'oke" in
Cleveland’s last term and the
Hous^ as a wh^.e admits his abil
ity, the general consensus being
that he has the clearest brain in
the entire membership and is by
far the best parliamentarian.
In other words, political observ
ers here predict that the House
will be unable to organize in time
to pass the legislation required to
make the debt holiday effective. It
has been suggested to the Presi
dent that he convene the House in
November in order £o give it time
to settle the long fight and * its
elective officers and be ready to
pass the legislation desired by Mr.
Hoover. The only alternative, if
Congress fails to organize, is for
the President to assume authority
and arbitrarily extend the time :or
the German payments, an exercise
of power that would unquestion
ably bring down on his head the
ringing condemnation of his polit
ical opponents. For this reason
there is a growing feeling that an
extra session of Congress will be
called in a few weeks.
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INDUSTRIAL
REVIEW
stances, are faced with heavily de
pleted reserves, and the savings of
most workers have been dissipated
in supplying the family larder. As
a result there is less money being
held in reserve right now than at
any hme since the depression
started.
President Hoover has held :nanv
stand paft of the loss. They re-
'dneed the quarterly dividend from
$1.75 to $1, and at the same time
went on record for the main ten
dance of wages at the old scale.
Tfiere have been a few instances
of important industries resorting
to the old-fashioned method of re
ducing expenses by reducing wages.
On the whole, however, wage scales
have been maintaind throughout
the business depression in a way
that clearly indicates ^tRat tlte in
dustrial world realizes that any
degree of prosperity depends upon
the purchasing powermf the com
mon people, and that general wage
reductions, bjr reducing the pur
chasing power, merely delay the
restoration of business prosperity.
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It is not too much to say of Edi-
those
charge
son that his inventions have rev- jobs. He has been keeping closely
olutionized the world. They have in touch with aI1 plans b9ing car _
changed our manner of living, our rigd 0 ut by the various states on
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“WH VT IS TO COME’
By William Ernest Henley
What is to ccme we know lot. But
we know
That what has been was goed—
was good to show,
Better to hide, and best of all to
bear.
We are the masters of the days
that were:
We have lived, we have loved, we
have suffered . . . even .so.
L ‘ -
Shall we not take the ebb who md
ihe Tow?
Life was our friend. Now. if it be
cur
Draw th'"i"h it moil and break us!
—need rx 'are
What is to come?
habits of thought, our whole
scheme of things within one man’s
lifetime. His active brain never
stopped working.
The great electrical wizard’s ser
ious illness at 34 has again focused
the eyes of the world upon him. We
hope that he will recover his health
and keep on working until he is a
hundred. The world cannot af
ford to lose Thomas A. Edison.
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STOPPING AN EVIL
(The Record, Anderson, Aug. 7.)
Our congratulations are extended
to Sheriff Bud Clamp for his
prompt and drastic action in re
gard to the case of “kangarco-
ing” at the county jail this past
week.
For the uninitiated, we might ex
plain ‘ Kangaroo-ing” is a vicious
form of hazing practiced in cer
tain prisons and camps by inmates
upon newcomers. The newcomer
is generally given his choice of
paying a fine or taking punish
ment for “breaking in jail.” It is
a hold-up if the money is paid,
and the unfortunate prisoner who
has no funds, falling afoul a
bunch of jailbirds, is pretty apt to
be roughly handled.
On Tuesday afternoon a prisoner
was brought into the Anderson
county jail, and so long as some
of the attendants were around, no
attempt was made to extract a fine
from him. When the jailer went
to supper, however, five of the
prisoners took it upon themselves
to administer a lashing to the new
prisoner.
They beat the young nan sev
erely, before the noise of the en
suing scuffle brought jail attend
ants on the run. Sheriff Clamp
has
new public works and arranging
Federal plans to fit in with their
projects in order that the greatest
number of workers will be bone-
fitted at the least possible cost ts
the taxpayers.
The President has expressed his
gratification at the action of the
United States Steel Company is
cutting dividends and letting wages
stand. Kis friends hope that the
appeal made to John D. Rocke
feller, Jr., reputed owner of a ma
jority interest.in the Colorado Fuel
and Iron Company, will* bear sim
ilar fruit, v There is no question
but that big business capital is
taking a different stand during
this depression than it ever took
in any previous panic. Previously,
the first thought has always been
to cut down wages. Now the big
interests have come to realize that
a cut in the buying power of the
worker * means lessened dividends
and lower returns from capital.
One hears from all sources that
the shelves of the merchants are
practically cleared, and that many
of them are living -from hand :o
mouth, as far as stocks are con
cerned. Some industries have al
ready gone back on full time pro- ' ed nere.
Hartsville — Hartsville Gas Cor
poration’s main building to house
machinery for butane gas plant,
under construction.
Easley — Plans underway to im
prove local streets.
Lake City — Tobacco being re
ceived here in considerable quanti
ties.
Greer—Belk-McKnight Co., store
interior improved.
Newberry — Borden Milk Co.,
considering this city as site for
proposed experimental plant.
St. George — T. O. Berry and
W. Hubert Smoak erecting elec
trically-operated gin plant on
Highway No. 27, few blocks irefim
Main St.
Walterboro — Paving on highway
from here to Bells Cross roads
practically completed.
Newberry — Lake’s Machine
Shoo installed new electric welder.
Olanta—Olanta’s Bargain House,
new store, opened in Tomlinson
block.
Charleston — New air beacon. 3,-
000.000 candlepower, placed on ^op
of hotel here.
Easley — Highway shoulders
along Highway No. 2 leading into
town from west, built up.
Belton — Blair Mills, local Turk
ish towel manufacturers, received
order for 1800 towels for U. :3.
Veterans’ Bureau.
Chesterfield—^Watermelons load-
due tion and it is expected the rest
of the mills and factories will fol
low suit in a few months. Natural
ly this cannot be accomplished as
quickly as mills can bb
down and it is this in-be
tween period that the Governmen:
seeks to bridge over with temporary
jobs on needed public works like
post office, roads, levees and sim
ilar undertakings.
Another problem that is harry
ing the President is the question
as to whether Congress v/ill be
able to pass :he enabling ’egisla-
tion to permit the President’s ieb:
a rule that such practices at i holiday to become effective. Un
der the ifoung Plan, Germany is
due to make a heavy payment on
December 15 and Congress, which
Let th° '^nds their worst and
wildest blow, 1 ’the county jail are prohibited, and
Or the gold weather round us mel- when the prisoners took advant-
low slowf age of him, they soon found that
We have fulfilled ourselves, and we they were in for some real trouble, was relied upon by Mr. Hoover to
can dare, , Time lies heavily upon the sanction the postponement of chc
And we can conquer, though we hands of those who lay in jail debt, will not meet until Decem-
may not share,' - these hot days, but time won’t be ber 7.
In the rich quiet of the after-glow so irksome to pass for this quin- | The whole crux of the situation Ninety 3ix-Chappels road.
What is to come. tette in the future, because Sheriff lies in the fact that, for the first Belton — Railway crossing im-
■■ X——— Clamp hauled the whole crew up time in many years, the two ma’or proved.
T^ien there’s the parking hog, before Magistrate Harold Dean parties are almost tied in their tXT
It is A* reasonable degree of caution Is
Abbeville — Austin Drug Store to
move to new location in near fu
ture.
During June South Carolina con-
~hut 1 tracted for 449 miles of roadway at
'total cost of $2,989,804.—Belton
News.
Belton — The See Wee, local
sewing factory, operating at full
capacity.
Walterboro — New Way Cleaners
opened for business.
Liberty — Abbott Bros, of Seneca
planning to organize furniture
store here.
Lancaster — Paving on Highway
No. 26 to be completed from Elgin
to this place.
Belton — t Front of Geer & Mat-
tison Store being rebuilt.
Hartsville — Pig Tail Inn, new
barbecut stand, opened.
Contracts let recently for build
ing bridge across Saluda River on
are almost tied in
who forgets that anybody else be- early the next morning and charg-, number of Representatives.
side* himself *owns an automo- ed them with assault and battery, problematical yet as to whether the a part of true bravery, especially j
bile. ^ It didn t take long to convict them, Republicans or the Democrats will when he is bigger than yOwi ar^, i
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