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I i iiUCuvmtch • TRUK TO OURSELVK&. OUR NEIGHBORS. OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. \ Thirtieth Year Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C. Thursday, September 3, 1931 8 Pages — All Home Print ^ * * • * . ^ Number 14 1 " 1 ••••„. *%, r McCormiefc t ar^iers Oppose Extra Session ► On Cotton Problem APPROXIMATELY 300 FARMERS AYTENO MEETING AT ^OURT HOUSE SATURDAY J i — f-fsimn fro R\ 4 Ibu'rt T Rttifi - Uj SIMMzri M. i\CiH About 300 farmers of McCormick County complied with the request of Governor Ibra C. Blackwood and attended the meeting at the court bouse here last Saturday morning to discuss the various proposals to pat the ban on cotton next year and go on record as being in favor of or against the calling of an ex tra session of the legislature at this time to legislate on this question. The meeting was called to order by Senator J. J. Dorn, who immed iately asked for nominations for aecret»~y. Mr. Joseph Murray was elected secretary and Mr. Dorn elected chairman of the meeting. Mr. Dom outlined the purpose of the meeting and invited di~cussion. Dr. W. G. Blackwell was the first one to be h^ard frmn. He stated that he believed the meeting to gether of the farmers at this time would prove beneficial to them. He believes that the farmers should co-operate with each other at all times, but most especially now and that the law makers should recog- ntee the views of the farmers in this crisis. Dr. Blackwell said, "“It is time now to act. We have been foolish to plant so much cot- tan, but now we must sound the clarion call and make our stand bnown. Rich men are getting richer and poor men are getting poorer. I do not believe in the complete abandonment of cotton, bat if the other southern States do '.it we must co-operate with them. Wve acres of cotton to the plow might be a better plan, and if nec- easary, we should agree to that.” Mr. J. M. Garnett spoke next mad was opposed to cutting out cot ton for one year, saying, “we al ready have a two years’ supply on band, and if the boll weevils should be out of the way and an other big acreage planted the fol- lowing year there would be a big over-prodfection. - I would favor acres to the plow for four l Store your cotton and stay from the gin—don’t let any- aoay know what vou have—don’t ntn until April. If we do not plant paftton next year we would raise a two years’ suoply of food and feed- s and that would give more and time-for cotton the fol- a year.” Senator Dom said the five acre plan might •induce some farmers to add more plows, and that he ttwwigbt due consideration should be given to that phase of the tton. r. J. S. Dukes spoke in opposi- ttan to the plan of abandoning cot- ten next year for the reason that It would put so many poor men out «r work. He said the foreign emmtries would plant more cotton if we quit a year, and then there also was danger of losing foreign trade. In conclusion, he said, “I do not want to see the farmers res- They should raise plenty foodstuffs and not depend too on cotton. Under-consump tion is more to be blamed right now Jbr our plight than is over-produc- Mr. W. .E. Shepoard made mo- * tkm that vote be taken for and ** r ainst an extra session of the leg islature. Mr. T. A. Dowtin second ed the motion, and registered his opposition to an extra session, say ing in part: “The acreage ques- faon will take care of itself. There is nothing to be gained by legis lation. If we give uo cotton, all fhe other cotton growing countries plant all they can.” Rev. R. E. L. Campbell said each r»an should work out his own plan. *T worked out mv own plan and I don’t owe anybody a thing. I make everything I can at home in 'be wav of food and feedstuffs and live at home and make cotton as a surplus.” Mr. J. C. Brown spoke in opposi- fJon to the legislature being called 4a extra session on this ques f ion, r-vfng he thought arv move of this Wnd should start with Texas; and as Te^as is opposed to the plan of abandoning cotton. h° could see no u«e of the other States going any further with the plan. Mr. D. L. Wideman was opposed fir an extra session of the legisla ture and asked that the meeting go on record as being opposed to the ban on cotton. When the vote was taken. 13 were for the extra session, while 75 voted against it. Sen. Dorn stated that Reprcsen- tative W. D. Morrah had been ca’l- ed away and could no' att :id th : npeeting, however. bol~I of them would be governed by t 1 v' a lio . taken at tho nn i .'h~> ild I Ibe'Sfct'ra session be convened, thovT would vote a -ainst i e -mdoa- ; ment cf cotton for next year. T » 1 Will Observe Holiday "g O C A ^ ■i 3 / "0 ? f. WASHINCTON BY RADFORD MOBLEY Special to The Messenger Begin Campaign For Tillman Monument **• M,r. Garnett Writes On Cotton Question Plum Branch, S. C. August 31, 1931. To The Messenger: I have been thinking over this no cotton law for next year. I want to say you talk about unemploy ment, we will have it double and treble to what it is now. Such a law would just ruin all sorts of business and you never have heard of as much lawlessness on the-purt of a lot of poor white folks and colored if this law should pass. We just as well build two or three penitentiaries to hold the law breakers—its going to be bad enough anyway. If this law should pass I would say knock out the salaries of every office holder from the Governor down to the door keeper at the court house, school teacher and taxes. Let all share alike, no money coming, just as fair for one as the other. They ought to be much more able to lose one year than the poor old laboring field hand. I believe the Lord is paddling this boat anyway. The Bible says something like this before end of time: “Every knee shall bow and confess the Lord of all.” Everything points that the judgment is close at hand. All these ups and downs we are having are spoken of before the end comes. Let’s not depend on ourselves and the government, but go to the Lord on bended knees and ask Him to lead us out if it is His will, and let’s be submissive to His will. The Book says all things work together for good to them that love the Lord. I feel like these times are to teach us to be humble to God. J. M. GARNETT. Governor May Soon Call Extra Session The Legion To Entertain Auxiliary THIRTY SEVEN COUNTIES FAV OR LEGISLATIVE ACTION IN COTTON CRISIS LEUT.-GOV. JAMES O. SHEPPARD TO SPEAK Swam Bos porous COLUMBIA, Aug. 30.—Gov. Ibra C. Blackwood said tonight that he saw nothing “that would inter fere’ with the calling of a special session of the South Carolina leg islature for the purpose of outlaw ing cotton planting in the state in 1932. Governor Blackwood said he was “gratified” with the results of mass meetings held in county seats throughout the state yester day to determine the sentiment of the farmers on the calling of a, special session. At the mass meetings, 37 of the 46 counties voted in favor of the extraordinary session. The farm ers of one county—Colleton—de bated the question for several hours but failed to tak£ any ac tion. No meeting was held in Char leston county, where very little cotton is grown, and seven coun ties—Abbeville, Beaufort, Berke ley, Horry, McCormick, Richland and Union—voted against the pro posal. The governor said there had been no developments tpday and he wanted to wait until he had re ceived full reports from the coun ty meetings and had an opportun ity to study the proposal further before summoning the special ses sion of the general assembly. He said he was highly pleased “with the interest shown at the meetings and the results” and saw nothing “to interfere with calling the special session.” He intimated he would take de finite action sometime during the week. Governor Blackwood expressed satisfaction at the action of the Louisiana legislature in passing the anti-cotton planting law and "aid he had received reports that advocates of the plan were active in Texas. Texas leaders are sounding out sentiment in that state on the pro- oosal, the governor said he had been informed. He said Texas held ‘the key” to the entire situation and that action taken there would have important bearing on the movement for price relief. X j Schedule Of Home Demonstration Work For Next Week Thomas J. Lyon post ’Of the Am erican Legion will entertain the McCormick unit of the Auxiliary with a barbecue on Friday after noon, September 11th. This is an annual custom and all legionnaires are earnestly urged to be on hand with their wives or escorts. Hon. J. O. Sheppard, Leut.-Gov. of the State will be the principal speaker of the occasion and Harry Arthur, commander-elect of the Department of South Carolina/ is also expected to be present and probably other prominent legion naires. This year the arrangements will be different in this wav. The ladies will not be expected to bring bas kets as before, but there will be a charge of 65 cents per couple or 40 cents for the men who come without lady escorts. Get your tickets from Legionnaire J. F. Mat- tlson so he will know how many to nrenare for. The barbecue will be held in the town of McCormick. C. K. EPTING, Com. J At Fairfield H. D. Club Holds Meeting WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 2.— (Autocaster)—The teyes of the en tire country have been focused on the appointment of Walter S. Gif ford to head the President’s Re lief Committee. It is generally real ized that Mrf Hoover, in taking the step, has returned to a field in which he is conceded by everybody to be supreme—that of relieving distress. Gifford is the commander of five billions of capital and the employ er of hundreds of thousands of workers, as head of the American Telephone and Telegraph Com pany. The mere size of any prob lem means nothing to him, a valu able asset to a man faced with the prospect of caring for an unem- oloyed army of between five and seven millions of people out of work. His main task, however, will not be to deal out direct aid, or to draw upon the Federal Treasury for money to alleviate the suffer ings of citizens, but to co-ordinate relief plans now being made by the multitude of cities and states. President Hoover believes that every community is able and will ing to handle its own problem by raising a fund sufficient to care for its people out of work. States will handle the destitute rural dis tricts, he believes, and all that is left for the Federal Government to do is to correlate all these activi ties so that all will be taken care of without draining the Federal Treasury. Comment in Washington is that the President has come close to solving the condition and the working out of the plan will be watched with absorbing interest. Mr. Gifford is a man of deeds. He has the real set of figures as to the number who can be expected to ask for aid, along with the num ber of public works that have been set on foot to furnish employ ment. Most of these figures have been obtained by the Presidents Committee on Employment, whose active head has been Frederick C. Croxton, the man who handled the work under the direction of Colonel Arthur Woods. Mr. Croxton has been named chief assistant to Mr. Gifford. He brings with him all the figures he has lined up the last year and the new bureau will start fully armed with information that it would otherwise take months to get and assimilate. It is expected that immediate results will begin to ap pear and the criticism that Mr. Hoover is doing nothing to avert distress will die down. Democrats here are making capi- COLUMBIA, Aug. 29.—Meeting in the office of Governor Blackwood yesterdav. the Tillman memorial commission decided to begin an active campaign to comolete rais ing funds for erection of a monu ment to Ben R. Tillman, one time South Carolina senator and gover nor. Former Governor Richards, chairman of the commission, said he hoped to have the total amount by December 1. The monument is to cost $20,- 000 with $10,000 donated by the general assembly and the other $10,000 to be raised by private subscription. The former govern or said “several thousand dollars” already had been pledged. The monument is to be placed cn the state house grounds. The commission voted to have J. Austin Latimer, the secretary, con tinue his work, although he is mov ing to Washington as secretary to Senator Byrnes. txt Clem son To Open Session Sept. 10 CLEMSON COLLEGE, Aug. 29.— More than 500 applications for entrance into the freshman class have been received by W. H. Washington, registrar. These arc ih addition to some 700 applica tions for old students. A number of students have ap plied for advanced standing; hav ing graduated from junior col leges or attended liberal arts col leges previously. New students will arrive on September 2nd, with Freshman Week beginning on the following day. Old students return for make up work and re-examinations on the 7th and 8th matriculation for other old students will take place on Wednesday the 9th, and college will be open in full blast on Sep tember 10th when all students reg ister for classes. 1XI Miss Clara L. McComb Gets Loan Fund Fairfield H. D. Club had their regular monthly meeting on last Saturday afternoon at Fairfield school house, with seven members, 1 one visitor and Mrs. Stallworth. ^ ^ ^ ^ present. We didn’t have any pro- ;t* 16 recept letter to the gram or any business to discuss, so; President from Governor Roose velt, of New York, who is con ceded the best chance of being the eppesing candidate to Mr. Hoover in next year’s presidential race the entire meeting was turned qver to Mrs. Stallworth. She had some very beautiful handwork to show. She also gave instruction on how to make same. bene Yoking w L e re g ho a s n tess“ 1SS They 7116 lett « ; carriei a 1^-tion. ask- served delicious iced lemonade with cake. Mrs. S. L. Long and Miss Alma Young were appointed to go to Mc Cormick once each month to take; lessons in cooking. Our next meet- j ing will be in the home of Mrs. S. L. Long. , The President. X Pricket Is Principal De la Howe School ing if the Federal Government was dealing directly with Canada in re- Europe's Prettiest m The Peoples Bank of McCormick "will be closed Mondav. Septcmbe** in obccrvancc cf Labor Day. Anita G r **w, of the American Ambassador to Turkey, 22. is the first to swim the 19 miles ■cf 0.* .Dosi/orous. Monday. September 7, office. Tuesday. September 8th. Mt. 'r -nci H. D. Club, 3 o’clock p. m. Wednesday. September 9th. Fair- icJd H D. Club. 3 o’clock p. n. Thursday, September 10th, Dow- Jn H. D. Club, So’clock p. :n. Friday. September 11th, Meri- t wether H. D. Club, 3 .o’clock p. m. _ j - Ca.urday, September 12, office. .Prof. C. S. Pricket, of Bowden, Ga., has been named principal of the De la Howe State school for the coming session, according to announcement of the Rev. E. F. Gettys, superintendent. Mr. Pric- kett received his education at Wofford college and the Univers ity of Georgia and has had seven years’ teaching experience. The rest of the faculty is as fol lows: High school- Mrs. J. B. Branch. Miss Sarah Craig and Miss Edna Mims; grammar grades —Miss Thelma Alexander. Miss Bessie Peatross, Miss Nettie De- Witt, Miss Thelma Abbott and Miss Estelle Powell. Miss Heddt Kioslcr. daughter of a Vienna banker. 17. has. been ac claimed as the prettiest girl in all Europe. The Loan Fund Scholarship, of $75.00, offered by the McCormick County Council of Farm Women, has been awarded to Miss Clara Lee McComb. MRS. G. W, CADE. gard to the St. Lawrence River power project. As New York, which is the state most affected by the project, has been dealing with Canada ftself, Mr. Roosevelt natur ally wanted to know what the Na tional Government was doing, and if its work was conflicting with that of the New York experts. Instead of replying directly to Governor Roosevelt, Mr. Hoover turned his letter over to Under Secretary of State Castle, who re plied in an informal personal let ter couched in a patronizing man ner, saying that New York’s inter ests would be carefully watched. The Governor thereupon gave his letter out to the papers, letting th? public judge as to the merits of the controversy. The net result has been to make it appear that Mr. Hoover is using the project as a political football, the one point he tried to avoid by handling the situ ation in an informal way. The fault is laid at the door of one of Mr.* Hoover’s advisers but, politicians here say, it will not aid Mr. Hoover when he asks for votes from New York’s upstate farmers. The entire country is watching Governor Roosevelt’s other contro versy. the one with Tammany. T' v e rtter demands that the Legi h- •ivs inquiry r?w on foot, unco”: - ; ng Tammany’s political sins, bi or'arged to cover the entire state, ar l ?artieu ? arly .he upstate Dc- nrhlican citie';. The Tiger hope J to stall off action by the State Leg islature, which has been called into an extra session with the aim of increasing the powers of the in quisitors. It looks as if the Gove - nor’s action would result in addin ’: to the troubles of Tammany a” 1 reprisals on Mr. Roosevelt, are b - irg expected by the politicians. T' 1 c Governer is ° ro ’ning in nr''" > nationally by this controversy an l observers point out that both W ■- son and Cleveland, the last t /<> Democratic presidents, were elec l in spite of the bitter oppocitir. .i Tammany.