McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, August 27, 1931, Image 4
Thursday, August 27, 1931
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Mcf .UKMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK. SOUTH CAROLINA
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odly sitting around while abun- number of tons of revenue freight ion of J. S. McGregor, in the vic-
dant Nature grew all their food handled by the lines last year de- .nity of Ruby, Chesterfield county,
with the slightest possible effort creased almost 400,000,000. Freight this year. On all the McGregor
on their part. revenue went down $742,000,000, farms about 50 plows are op2rat3d,
“If you had a plow and a har- and passenger revenue, $144,000,- 12 of them by wage labor ani 33
row you could grow more food,” 000. Car loadings were lower than by tenants. In addition to arge
said the salesman. in an y y ear since 1922, number of grain acreages, there were planted
“And then ?” asked the native, passengers carried the least since on those farms this year about 50
“Then you could get money for 1903, and operating revenue the acres cf tomatoes, 5j of beans, '30
it and buy more land.” lowest since 1919. of Irish potatoes. 109 of hay orops
“And then ?” I The num ber of railway employes and 40 of cabbages.
“Why, then you could buy more declined from 1,661,000 to 1,483,900. “We used to advance $150 to >200
machinery and grow still more Total purchases for materials and a year per cropper to share *en-
food and get more money.” supplies were $291,000,000 below ants,” says Mr. McGregor. “The
“And then ?” 1929. Taxes were $48,000,000 un- total of advances to 38 tenants Jiis
“Why, then, after a while you der that year, due to lower earn- year was between $500 and $1.)00,
would have so much money you ings and the consequent decrease and about one-half of them paid
wouldn’t need to work.” in income taxes. However, ^aru- out, with crops already marketed,
“But I would be no better off, ings declined relatively more than before mid-summer. All will iavj
Senor. I don’t work now!” taxes, so that the percentage oi enough corn and meat *o do m-n
To those who hold to the ?uri- revenue consumed by the tax col- All have poultry and maintain a 1-
Itan doctrine that work Is a virtue lector was the highest in history, year gardens and most .f dun
Elsewhere in this paper are art- ^ jt se lf and that he who does : lot The only bright spots are in the have milk cows.”
ic'es showing that the governor of wor jj i S a sinner, the spectacle of continued increase in operating The new kind of farming has
Houth Carolina rjs seriously consid- ! an yk 0( iy getting a living without efficiency. Several new speed proved profitable for him and :hose
c-rmg the calling of a special ses- wor ki n g i s abhorrent. But when and economy records were estab- he represents as well as for ten
sion of the legislature at an early y 0U consider that in most religions lished and further progress was ants, declares Mr. McGrego;. Pro
date for the purpose cf putting i^ ea i 0 f Heaven is the name— made in safety, both for passeng- fits have not been large . ince th
the ban on cotton growing in this a pi ace where nobody has to work ers and employes. price collapse, says he. but th'"*
State in 1932. This would be with ^ raises the question whether In the interest of American pro- has been no falling behind. The
the proviso that all, or so many, p 0 i n t of view is entirely sound, gress and prosperity a way must be farms arc not near ready murkc;
cf the cotton growing States would There is no doubt that the habit found to increase railroad revenue for the perishable stuff now
take similar action. Now the gov- c f work builds character, even and thereby speed up activity of duced on them in -lie main. Th
emor says he would be guided by though the work itself may not be one of our greatest industrial em- situation was met by the retting .in
public sentiment, and he no doubt congenial. The happiest men and ployers and purchasers of supplies, of a cannery which absorbs : \oz
JkCORKICK MESSENGER
Published Every Thursday
Established June 5, 1902
EDMOND J. McCRACKEN,
Editor and Owner
Entered at the Post Office at Mc
Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of
the second class.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
—— Strictly Cash In Advance
One Year $1.00
Six Months .75
^ f V} .50
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On Banning Cotton
routs the gangs and triumphs.
Torchlight processions, joatieal
rallies, -he political machinations
of the underworld and other vivid
details embellish the picture. There
is a tense little drama, too, so that
Miss Dressier has a chance for
some of the character work that
endeared her in “Min and Bill” and
“Anna Christie.”
Charles F. Riesner, who filmed
“Caught Short” and “Reducing,”
j directed “Politics.”
The juvenile leads are played by
William Bakewell, of “All Quiet on
the Western Front,” and Karen
Morley, who recently appeared in
“Never the Twain Shall Meet.”
John Miljan, recently seen in “Son
of India,” plays the gang ruler and
Tom McGuire the crooked mayor.
Rosco Ates, stuttering comedian o£
“The Big. House,” is Polly’s hus
band.
You 11 readily agree when you try our good
m e ats. And always good, too, not iust occasionally
as is often times the case. All we ask is that you try
us once and be convinced that we are telling you
right.
will have a hard time making cal- woinen a re those who ioave found
culations of the number favor- work w bi C h interests them so much
ing. his plan and those opposing that they p re fer ?.t uo anything i
it. Newspapers carry articles every else But work merely for th? |
Newspapers carry articles every sake of ma king enough money no
day, column after column, from you won > t hav9 to wor k ; 3 r,ome- I
men of practically every walk of thing else aga in.
life offering plans to work out of Perhaps a lot of us are as foolish '
the perplexing situation, but after as that na tive thought he would be '
all is done and said and the smoke if he spsnt a i ot c f time and ef-
has cleared away, there still will be ; ort merely to avoid working.
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S. C. WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL
REVIEW
of the produce as well as a grea
deal that is bought from farmerr
not on Mr. McGregor’s places.
A million cans of vegetables
were shipped from Ruby last ; ? ea.
and about $100,000 will be receiv
ed there for products thus dispos
ed of this year.
‘Anybody can live well and be-
that age-old law of supply and de
mand which now seems to be the
rock on which the ship has struck
and is resting fast.
Suppose only the cotton growing j
states of America were to outlaw
cotton in 1932 and some leasable
plan wnrked out to take care of
the cotton farmers while they are
not making cotton, would not th2
other cotton growing countries
plant every row they could work
and the world still have a surplus
of cotton? How can -heir aid be
obtained in such a situation^ and
would this not be a big and costly
undertaking?
The wheat farmers, corn farm
ers, tobacco growers, and nearly all
o.thers engaged in any kind of
farming, are in nearly as bad fix
as are the cotton farmers today,
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PUTTING AMERICANS ON
THE JOB
The following record of industrial come independent by farming in
activity lists items showing invest- telligently under even present oon-
ment of capital, employment of la- ditions in South Carolina,” says
bor and business activities and op- Mr. McGregor. ' “But it can’t be
portunities. Information from done with a single product for a
! Which the paragraphs are prepared money crop. With land as cheap
rru Ac i3 from lccal ‘papers, usually of as it is now diversification is easy.”
Thera 4s food for taought for all towns mentionedj and ba con _,
state governments in a recent ac- sldered generaUy correct
tion by the Federal government, (
taken at the instance of the State; Pavln , cf 31 ^jieg C f Route No. i Last winter, S. B. Knotts, an on-
ef Massachusetts. Briefly, Mass - 21 pags{ng trough Ruffin and ex- terprising farmer near North, S.
chusetts asked the ^eds.al Com- tending towards smoaks, complet-.c., fed 48 steers which had been
missioner cf Labor to stop issuing . ....... _
. , , _ . ' _ ea. shipped to urn :?:om Tennessee.
abor permits to Frenea-Canad Bamberg — Rogers Store leased on delivery the steers averaged
larger quarters in .founding former- ioid pounds each. When he r.hip-
ly occupied by Faulkner-Kearse pod them away, 120 davs 'ater, -hev
Furniture Co. averaged 237 pounds heavier. H'
Columbia — Highway and bridge g 0 t them for 6 cents a pound and
construction contracts let under sold them for 3 cents a pound, and
State highway bond program since made a profit of $7 a head over
May, 1930, total approximately an d %bove a return for the feed
LOW PRICES_0ur prices are always the very
lowest on everything in the shop. You can enjoy
our good meat and yet be just as economical as pos
sible. We maintain delivery service for your con
venience. Just phone 18.
Our market is run strictly sanitary and the same
good service :nd high quality products are for all
men, women and children. We invite yon all to
visit our market and make a thorough inspection.
--CITY MARKET--
G. B. SMITH, Prop.
McCormick, S. C.
Phone 18
.Augusta St..
MAKES MONEY ON
CATTLE FEEDING.
Last winter, S. *3. Knotts, an
Washington thereupon cancelled
all existing permits and issued an
oi ler to refrain from granting any
more for a time. As a result hun
dreds of American workingmen are
back or. -he pay-roll.
The situation arose from the
closing down of many newsprint
$33,000,000.
Cheraw — Celebration
1 given them. In addition there
— — — — ... . , . . , to be were 600 loa.ds of compost, vliich
and it is hardly to be exoected mi ^ na a, w ere paper io* . n c .^ y on September 17th alone, says ftfr. Knotts, would have
most of the newspapers in the tQ comp , ete pavlng of y. iT made the op8ration profitable. Mr
that they will sit idly by and see
the cotton farmer get aid they are
not getting without raising a big
fuss
m
United States is nrfade. This action
threw hundreds of French-Canad-
Highway No. 1.
Camden — Brick warehouse near
Knotts has thus disposed of feed
nearly every year luring a decal"
ian woodohv.ppv.rs out of-vork and southern passenger station, owned a nd always has found the opera-
Cotton is a crop that farmers flocked across the border in- ^ h. L. Schlosburg, purchased by, tion profitable. He has
can depend upon as a money crop, c ' n _ rea ^ cu Thomas & Howard wholesale gro-
be the price 6 cents or 20. and Ung timbe 1 r for P ul P wood
encan muls.
about the only hope this paper can
see is a re-adjustment of prices
all along the line to the extent
that a pound of cotton w
buy its rightful proportion of
commodities. You may say this
cers.
„ , ^ ^ . Georgetown — D. C. Simpkins
. e " ; ! n i anS _ ; e . a .: SpeC ‘ a building addition to rear of Elite
Sweet Shop to house kitchen for
apiitude for chopping down -rees.
dll still l 1 take3 a s P ecial knack to fell a i unc h shop to be operated
jf other tree 80 t , hat 11 wlU not ln J ure 3tand - in connection with confectionery.
ing timber in its fall, and this is
an art that has long been mastered
Lake City — Plaza Cafe opened
for business in renovated building
would work hardships on too many , ~ ^ ~
classes, and that may be true, but i by fce ^ ' vo f t ksrs * T ^ iey are nu ch under new man agemcnt of James
we are all in the middle of a bad sought after by all companies who .
fix and that may be the best and ^ are :;eillng ::orests '
oeen
equally successful with hogs, hav
ing marketed as many as 450 in a
year. He still grows cotton and is
going in for asparagus. “If we will
adapt our habits and our labor to
it, cattle feeding is capable of rev
olutionizing farming in this sec
tion,” Mr. Knotts declares.
RANGED DAIRY COWS PAY.
While having a fenced pasture
I Georgetown — Celebration to pe 0 n their 590-acre place, Laurie C.
cotton! In fo:mer y ear f man y 01 these held here September 17th for ded- ! a nd J. C. Fowke, son and father.
only way out. If more .
could be manufactured and used, ‘ me ^ 1 emigra e 0 ; England j ca ti n g and opening of 100 miles find it well to range their dairy
that would be another step toward e f ame na t U 1 ra lzed, pursuing i p avemen f 0 n Route 40 between cows in the Western manner mueii
relieving the situation, but then the L e r ° r °?. er ? a 1 ^ g '. Recent ^’ Charleston and Conway. of the time. They aave a big
question bobs up as to where the; 0 ^ ev f r ’ s ^ ack |. Woodruff — Local branch of herd of mostly pure-bred Jerseys
money is coming from to buy the • fL 11 f 0C ^ by tbe hundreds ^ Brandon Corporation, textile or- an d do no farming that doesn’t tie
cotton goods here in the cotton,. 08 n an ^. 0 c er Yan kee 30as Mg an ization, to resume night work. i n with dairying, which they turn-
towns, waiting for hard cimes to
growing States.
Farmers got along on 3 cents
cotton about 35 years ago, and they
may have it to do again. At that,. . „
we beiieve most cf them would be 1 ^ nen ' an ellow-workei-s were idle.
better off with the cotton than t 0l Thls has a!1 been chan-ed by ac
quit raising it a year. Suppose the ' ld ?" rom * Vashin 8 tcn -
Other states might profit by fol
lowing Massachusetts’ example, ‘.it
might pay Florida to investigate
how many Cuban cigar-makers
are working in Tampa; Texas
Belton — Homer Clement opened e d to gradually. By ranging them.
end. Meanwhile hundreds of pool room in building vacated oy their cows get much grazing off
r rench-Canadians have oeen work- ‘
ing in the Maine woods while their
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POLITICS
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whole world quit for one year and
the boll weevils completely died
out, would not the next year’s crop
under favorable conditions yield a
big over-production and bring
back a situation similar to the might study >iow many Mexicans
present one—if not worse? are r khng nerd .vhile American
Gov. Blackwood has issued a ^ ow ^°y s are whittling; Kansas may
call to the farmers co meet at their i be em P lo y in S many Canadian har-
county court house on next Sat-; vest hands » and so on.
urday morning at 11 o’clock and Tk ere is hardly a state in the
express their opinion cf his plan. i^ n * on not be able to
Farmers should attend these meet- I return many of its taxpayers and
ings all over the State and make j citizens *o work by uncovering a
their views known at this time. | Slmiiar situation to that of the
It’s a long time yet until cotton alien wood-choppers in the Maine
planting time again, and we hope , ^' cods and following the lead set
any plan and all plans suggested, Dy Massachusetts.
will get due consideration before a; x- . hilarious blend in “°olitics
step is taken to put “Old King Cot-! The Railroads 111 1930 for handling SincIair 0iI P roducts , Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s new com-
Alford & Johnson. idle land adjacent their own.
Pageland — Ruby Canning Co. | The Fowkes operate on an old
purchasing tomatoes from this sec- cotton farm about 13 miles from
lion. * Allendale and 10 miles from 3am-
Dillon — Mail service improved well. They sell milk in both places,
at local post office. Their place is off main roads.
Conway — Conway Tobacco Mar- | Milking 25 to 39 cows and growing
ket opened for sales. about half the feed given them,
Belton — Cox Furniture Co. will their earnings above operating
occupy room vacated by Peoples costs average around $165 a month,
Mercantile Co., adjoining present they state,
location.
Ware Shoals — Ware Shoals
Manufacturing Co., contracted to
manufacture shirts for Cluett, Pea
body and Co. cf Troy, N. Y. New
equipment now being installed.
Kingstree — Lewis Re-Drying
Tobacco plant completely renovat
ed and remodeled this season oO
take care of greater quantity of
tobacco.
Presents Marie Dressier ami Polly
Moran in Their Latest Adventure
at The Abbeville Opera House
Monday and Tuesday, August
31st—September 1st
Politics and reform, the women’s
Belton — Central Filling Station . .
f vote and crooked officials, mingle
Tinstalling pumps and equipment ^ n hI _ H „
ton” on the shelf for a spell. The
safest plan now is “To make haste
slowly,” and take a good long look!, *
before making a leap in any direc- 8n f an radroads during
tion.
The complete operating statistics
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“AND THEN?”
1930 have just been issued. To
even the casual reader, they vividly
illustrate the plight in which our
principal transport medium finds
itself as the result of high taxes,
A salesman sent into the tropics unregulated competition and busi-
to sell agricultural machinery, ness conditions, says The Manu-
came * back with a story which facturer and Industrial News Bu-
illustrates a number of things. reau.
He found the natives content-1 As compared with 1929, the
in future.
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Other Lines Prove
Beneficial Farmers
(By Henry S. Johnson, Sec. S. C.
Bankers’ Association.)
edy-drama in which Marie Dressier
makes her first bow as a full-
fledged screen star at the Abbe
ville Opera House, Monday and
Tuesday, August 31st and Septem
ber 1st.
Marie and the redoubtable Polly
Moran go into politics to clean up
the town, organize the women and
get them to go on strike until their
RUBY FARMER MAKES GOOD.
Only about 200 acres of land were ( husbands capitulate to their politi-
planted in cotton on the farms op-' cal ideals. Marie sweeps into of-
erated by and un< ig£ stipends- fice, cleans out the crooked mayor,
YES!
Mr. Ford A. Owner
we have
GOODYEAR TIRES
for
$569 4.50-21 $ ^65 4.75-19
in the famous Pathfinder
—and in the New All-Weather:
$T85 4.50-21 4.75-19
More Ford owners ride on Goodyear Tires
than on any other kind. When one make of
tire leads all others in sales for 16 years,
there must be good reasons why. There are
—come in and let us show you.
History’s lowest prices on tires
for all -n- 1 — «nf ?-*r3
Near Dorns’ Ginnery
Phone 40
J. T. FAULKNER, Prop.
McCormick, S. C.
The Augusta market offers a ready cash sale
for your cotton immediately upon telephone or
telegraphic advices from you.
A great many of the railroads have reduced
their rates into Augusta. In the event that you
cannot secure these cheap rates, send your
cotton to us by trucks. All cotton shipped to
us on trucks is covered by fire insurance at our
expense.
Realizing that the price is exceedingly low,
whv sacrifice your product ? bend it to us and
we will place same in Bonded Warehouses and
advance you 80 per cent of the value. Our
rates for storage and insurance are very cheap
and will he furnished upon request.
PHINIZY & PHIMZY
Cotton Factors
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
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