Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r TBlJi TO OURSELVES. OUR NEIGHBORS. OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Thirtieth Year Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C. Thursday, August 27, 1931 8 Pages — All Home Print Number 13 Bl&ckwood To Summon State Assembly Soon SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR THINKS COTTON SHOULD BE BANNED Largest Plane Carries Forty Passengers Lr \ NEW ORLEANS, La., Aug. 22.— Governor Ib^a C. Blackwood of South Carolina announced here last night that he would call a rpe- cial session of the South Carolina legislature to consider legislation curbing the planting of cotton acreage next year. Governor Blackwood said he *did not know when he would call the special session. ‘Tm going to look around and see what the other states are go-' ing to do, he said. I’m not going to be the first one to call a spec ial session.” He made it clear that should the legislature pass a law forbidding planting of cotton next year, as proposed for all cotton mrmtiiSm The largest land-and-water airplane ever built, the $250,000 Sikorsky, has successfully completed its trial fliffhts near Bridcenort. Conn. The amphibian has a wing spread of 114 feet and is engined by four Pratt and Whitney Hornet motors of 575 horsepower. When loaded it will weigh 34,000 pounds. Test flights dis closed that it is, handled easily. WASHINCTON BY RADFORD MOBLEY Special to The Messenger National 4-H Club Radio Broadcast SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1931 12:30 TO 1:30 P. M. EASTERN STANDARD TIME Gov. Blackwood Calls Meeting Of All Farmers Saturday Conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture in co- gTOwin^ °P eration witl1 State Agricul- states at a meeting here yesterday, th ® U nited xi f tatea ! the law would not be effective un- 1 Manne Band - and the NaUonal states adopted Broadcasting. Co less other cotton similar measures . “If the other states participat- , ^ J _ ing in this conference do what Broadcast has-been received by the The following announcement of the National 4-H Club Radio they promised to do,” the govern or said, “I propose to call a spec ial session of the legislature, pro vided the other states carry out the spirit of co-operation voted here Friday. “There is necessity for haste. Whatever is to be done for the re lief cf the cotton farmer must be done soon if it is to be done at all. “All the cotton growing states we hope will adopt legislation sug-' gested by the resolution. 4 Tf they do, it will almost cer tainly raise the price cf cotton. If the act is passed it will be a conditional passage, the other states must pass similar measures, ~or the states.passing such acts will not be bound.” County H. D. Agent. All 1-H club girls of the county are urged to listen in on this program: Stars and Stripes Forever— Homesteaders’ Orchestra. Sen. J. J. Dorn and Rep. W. D. Morrah urge all farmers of w^Cnriivek County to attend | the meeting to be held at Mc- . <;orm»ek ce»ir 4 . hou«?e Saturdav | morning, August 29th, at 11 i o’clock. They want a full and I from the farm- | ers at this time and earnestly i request every farmer to attend | the meeting. ~ Dr. John Bauer With Power Rate Investigating Body CONSULTANT IS- INTERNATION ALLY KNOWN ECONOMIST OF NEW YORK CITY Second In History COLUMBIA, Aug. 22.—When the South Carolina legislature meets in extraordinary session to con sider cotton legislation, as Gover nor Ibra C. Blackwood plans it to tdo, it will be the second special session in modern history of the * state. In 1914 when Cole L. Blease was governor of the state, he call ed a special session which was the shortest in the state’s legislative history, lasting 29 days during which 42 acts were ratified. It al so was called to consider the cotton situation. COLUMBIA, Aug. 25.—Gov. Ibra Blackwood issued a proclamation calling upon all farmers of the state to meet at their respective courthouses Saturday to express opinions on his proposal to have Watching the Girls Develop!^ 6 S cnera ^ assembly ^forbid the through* 4-H Club Work— Mrs. Florence Poe Williams, Local Leader, Sussex County, N. J. j How the International Dairy- Judging Cup Was Brought Back to the United States— H. C. Barker, Dairy Exten- planting of cotton in *1932 in an extraordinary session here. County legislative delegations were called upon to attend the meetings, which are to be held at 11 a. m. Tomorrow the governor will write all legislators, asking their views on sion Specialist, University of Lhe Proposed special session.. had expected to send out COLUMBIA, Aug. 24.—In its ef forts to arrive at a correct deter mination of the power utility sit uation in the State, the South Carolina Power Rate Investigating Committee, through its chairman, Tom B. Pearce, last week employed Doctor John Bauer, internationally known economist of New York city, as a consultant. Doctor Bauer has had consider able experience on the so-called people’s side of the power rate question, and he is considered one cf the country’s outstanding ex perts in his particular line. Doc tor Bauer will spend a great deal of his time at Columbia in a con sulting and advising capacity to the technical experts employed by the committee, and Chairman Pearce thinks that Doctor Bauer BATRON ROUGE, La., Aug. 24.— The suggestion of Governor Ross 3. Sterling of Texas, that Louisiana be the first uo enact legislation to prohibit the growing of cotton in 1332 was ;nct tonight by Governor Huey P. Long, who telegraphed the Texas executive that the cotton holiday proposal would be a law in this state by the end of the week. The Louisiana legislature will he called to meet either Tuesday or Wednesday in a five-day extraor dinary session for the purpose of passing the law, the governor said. The law will contain the proviso that it will not be effective unless at least three fourths of the cotton Maryland, and William Chil- ccat, Baltimore County, Md. National 4-H Music Achievement Test—How music may reflect our; moods. Played by the Homesteaders’ Orchestra. Patriotism—Men of Harlech. Sorrow—Funeral March—Chopin. Romance—Serenade—Schubert. Regret—Humor eque—Dvorak. Joy—Spanish Dance—Moszkow- ski. Resignation—Moonlight Sonata— Beethoven. Religious Praise — Hallelujah— * *Handel. The Influence of 4-H Dairy Calf- Club Work on the Dairy In dustry in Marion County, Miss.—J. W. Rawls, Jr., Club Boy, Marion County, Miss. Yesterday and To-Day in 4-H Club Work—A. B. Graham, U. S. Department of Agricul- " turev The Star Spangled Banner- Homesteaders’ Orchestra. in other Southern states. “It’s Governor Long’s baby. Let him wash it first,” Governor Ster- ing said today in Austin. Answer ing this, Governor Long wired. “Alight, old boy we’re getting ready to wash the baby and dress it; it will be on our desk before the veck is out.” He the will be of invaluable assistance in COLUMBIA, Aug. 24.—His desk piled high with comment and sug gestions bearing, on the cotton New Irish Songster acreage is banned by similar laws pric * crlsis ’ Ibra a ® Iack : wood moved today to sound out members of the legislature on the proposal to pass a law to prohibit cotton planting next year as a move to raise the price. The governor announced he.was writing a letter and sending a ques tionnaire to every member of the General Assembly, asking for views on the legislative proposal and the calling of a special session of the legislature to consider the ques tion. The replies, together with the “sounding” letters today, but changed his plan. He explained cotton stand to night in an address over radio station WIS here. State Senator R. M. Jefferies of Colleton, an ad vocate of the proposal advanced at the Long conference at New Or leans to make planting next year illegal, also spoke in its support. United States Senator E. D. Smith, who has advanced a differ ent plan to aid the cotton farmer, will hold a conference here to morrow on the matter. He will speak from the radio station to morrow night. Governor Blackwood asserted the cotton belt of the south is eco nomically hanging in the balance. He said he wanted to determine three things before calling an ex tra session: “The sentiment of our agricultural people”; views of members of the legislature before it is convened; and the determina tion of Texas and other states on •„he scheme. Boys Off To Camp The following named 1-H club boys, accompanied by County Agent Rogers, left this morning at 8 o’clock for their annual en campment at Clemson College: Henry Hester, Troy. James Hester, Troy. James ^aulkner, McCormick. George Dorn, McCormick. James Arrington, McCormick. John Self, 7r., McCormick. Charles Crawford, Plum Branch. Harold Winn, Plum Branch. J. P. Sullivan, Callison. Leonard Miner, Plum Branch. Billy Hanvey, Troy. Bernard Creswell, McCormick. Sam Young, McCormick. Fred Young, McCormick. Preston Strom, McCormick. William Patterson, McCormick. Boys from three other counties will also attend the same en campment. the direction of the work along practical and efficient paths. Mr. Pearce says the committee is very fortunate in securing this interna tionally known economist who al ready has been in consultation with the committee, giving it valuable help in the initial stages of its or ganization. Closely linked with the employ ment of Doctor Bauer is the decis ion of the power committee to give thoughtful study to rural electrifi cation, of which Doctor Bauer, as a member of the marketing divis ion of the St. Lawrence Power Development of New York state, is expertly familiar. The committee will work in close harmony with certain groups forming in the State, the purpose of which is the erecting of rural lines to extend electric energy to rural communi ties and farms. No definite form ula has been arrived at by the committee, but it is compiling and correlating much information on this important subject. The com mittee itself believes, along with Doctor Bauer and other experts, that future agriculture will be de pendent largely upon the intensive employment of effective machinery • THOSE operated by electricity. It would J GOOD appear, according to authorities that the success of rural electrifi cation is dependent largely upon ’ow power rates and the construc tion of rural lines by farmers mu tually associated and incorporated under authority from the state. The Power Rate Investigating Committee has received a mass of detailed information from the con sumers and the power utility com panies and this data is being thor oughly studied by the experts in the employ of the committee. x WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 25.— There are more tenant farmers in the United States right now than ever before in the history of the country. The figures are giv en by the Department of Agricul ture which shows that 42.4 of all farmers rented their land last year, an increase of more than four in every hundred farms since 1920. In 1880 only one farmer in four was a renter. In cities the same figures are shown by the number of fail ures, one set showing that only one in ten stores did not fail in the course of ten years. These statistics on small business men need not be taken as discour aging, it is pointed out, as a lot of the changes were caused by own ers selling cut at a profit, or find ing the field had chamged over a course of years. In the case of farms the report is far from en couraging, as it indicates that far mers are unable to carry over their profits frern big years so as to take care of hard times. Panicky con ditions also have a bad effect on farmers, many rural tanks find ing themselves overloaded with frozen securities, like farm mort gages, and being unable to renew loans. This results in the more prosper ous part of the community increas ing their holdings of farm land and they then turn around and rent the land back to the former owner. The report doe§ not carry any suggesticn for a remedy. One cuiious thing about the re port is that it shows farms near the great centers of population in the Eastern seaboard, are showing a gain in owner-management. This favorable condition is said to be caused by the heavy buying of “de serted farms” by city people, who have capital enough to finance better methods of working the land than the old owners, and who bring an open mind to the problem and go in more for diversified farming, growing their own eatables and specializing in fancy crops, like mushrooms, new-laid eggs and other products that can be classed more as delicacies than necessities. Every big newspaper in the East carries long lists of small-farms for sale at prices ranging from $10 to an acre up, and they are finding a ready market among people tired of living in congested cities. X Blackwood Will Be Guided By Citizen Views FEELS * LEGISLATION CONSTI TUTIONAL BUT WILL NOT OPPOSE SENTIMENT OF THE PEOPLE SPARTANBURG, Aug. 23.—Gov. Ibra C. Blackwood, in a statement issued here tonight setting forth his position on proposed legislation to prohibit the planting of cotton in 1932, said he was “comfortably sure” the proposed act would be constitutional in South Carolina. Governor Blackwood plans • to call a special session of the legis lature to consider the question but he said tonight he would not do this if a strong sentiment de velops against the plan either a- mong the legislators or the people of the state. He said he expected :o make as thorough q survey of opinion as possible before calling the special session. Ke also explained that the plan, under the resolutions adopted at the New Orleans governors’ con ference, would not be put in ef fect in this state, if important other cotton producing states re ject it. After the plan was advanced, seme prominent state leaders, in cluding J. S. Senator James F. Byrnes, expressed the opinion that it would be unconstitutional. U. S. Senator Ellison D. Smith said lawyers with whom he had dis cussed the proposal doubted that it was constitutional. Governor Blackwood said “It is but natural that the constitutional question would be a conspicuous factor in this instance” but “per sonally I feel comfortably sure that the act would be constitu tional.” -1X1- Farm Tour Last Friday Bible Class Meets The Susannah Wesley Bible Free Tutoring School Opens On Aug. 31 WANTING TO MAKF ON SOME SUBJECTS HAVE CHANCE BEFORE REG ULAR SESSION OPENS For the benefit of those whe failed in one or more subjects ir the grammar or high school during the past school year a free tutoring school will open at nine o'clock Monday morning, August 31st, a the high school building. Thi' work will prepare you for the re examinations to be given Friday before the schools open Monday September 14th. In case you wish to remove a condition by examina tion and do not care to attend the coaching classes for the two weeks please come over to the school building and let it be known so such examinations can be planned ! general sentiment of the people of j of While at Clemson, the clubsters meeting with Mrs. A. C. Earnhardt will be instructed in various lines Friday afternoon, August 14th. Class of the Methodist Sunday, jihads of the departments, School held its regular monthly etc X The first McCormick County- Farm Tour was held last Friday under direction of E. L. Rogers, County Agent, assisted by A. H. Ward, District Agent, J. R. Hawk ins, Livestock Specialist and Mr. Floyd of Educational Bureau, Chilean Nitrate of Soda. An average of around 20 farmers and other business men were at each stop ping place. The different farm practices ob served were all practical in their respective lines, and the same methods could be used for eco nomical production by most any farmer. It is hoped that more farmers will attend the tour next year. XXI Schedule Of Home Demonstration Work For Next Week Monday, August 31, office. Tuesday, September 1, Bethany H. D. C. Wednesday, September 2, Plum Branch H. D. C. Thursday, September 3, Willing- ton H. D. C. Friday, September 4, Bellvue H. D. C. Saturday, September 5, office. Finally Made Good Card Of Thanks We wish to express our deepest appreciation to every one who was Frank Connors worked as a mes-* senger boy in New York Cky until two weeks ago. Then a theatrical man heard him sing and signed him up for five years at $500 a week. x , agriculture by the professors After a very inspiring program the state will govern him largely and extension specialists. The on friendship, the business was in his final decision on calling the program also calls for an amp ie conducted. special session, Governor Black- amount of supervised play and rec- Mrs. Wistar Harmon and Mrs. ^wood said. reation including group games, Claude Huguley were leaders of the!so kind and thoughtful to us dur- j Under no conditions will South swimming, baseball, etc. two interesting contests conducted ing our sad beraavement in the Carolina take legislative action on At all times the boys will be during the social hour. j death of our beloved wife and mo- the cotton situation, if other cot- under the supervision of the State Mrs. N. C. Nave assisted Mrs. t ther. May God richly reward each ton producing states, particularly Club leader, county agent and lo- Bqrnhardt in serving a delicious one of you, is our prayer. Texas, fail to do so, he asserted.^cal club leaders. ice course. I S. E. Rosenswike and Children. Conn., earned exactly $20 in four- * teen years of writing fiction. Then * !»e sent in “Brothers in the West" : to Harper’s and it won a $10,000 prize. - f