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true to ourselves, our neighbors, our country and our god.
THurtielli Year
Established June 5, 1902
McCORMICK, S. C. Thursday, September 10, 1931
8 Pages — All Home Print
Number 15
HZeComiir k Ci 1 y
Schools To Open
Next Monday
.Exerci'Tes Start at Nine O elocK
Se^ieoaber 14th Faculty
is Named
TFt<“ McCormick High School,
together with the Grammar
SchooL will open the 1931-32 ses
sion Monday. September 14th,
at nine o’clock. A short program
will be given in the auditorium.
All the high school pupils will re
port to their home room teachers
of last year as soon as they arrive
,at school to get instructions, etc.
Registration started last Monday
and it is expected that every high
sch^I .<ricJcnt wi’l register during
^FTicf'vy. The sixth and seventh
( grades wi T ? come to the high school
' building for registration. All the
. gratmnrr grades will register Fri
day. All students entering the R
-eighth grade, who have not taken i
•the intelligence test, will report to ,
the high school building Friday
monrfnr. Sen*ember 12th. at nine \
o r c r ock for intelligence test.
The fsrmnltv is as follows:
High School: H. H. Shiflet, sup
erintendent; Miss Elizabeth John
son, Mathematics: Miss Elizabeth
■Kennedy, Latin and English; Miss
Grace McCord. English: Miss Sara
Bowfes. History: Miss Evelyn Ram
sey. Science; Miss Louise Corbin,
Commercial; Miss Grace Reid,
French and English.
GntAimar School: Miss Louise
Col I ms, 6th and 7th grades; Miss
Virsfnia Lieron. 5th prade: Miss
Florence Burgess, principal, 4th
, grade.* Miss Annie Harris. 3rd
grade; Miss Bertha Mabry, 1st and
2nd gn»des-
AU the patrons and friends of
the schools are invited to be pres
ent ct She opening exercises.
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The Vacation Casualty List
By Albert T. Reid
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Cotton Crop Placed'
At 15,685,000 Bales
107.000 Ircrea cr * Over
Kstimate of Previous Mont 1 *.
Price Dropped $6 to $7.50
Per Bale
WASHINGTON, Sept 8 —A gov
ernment t production ^estimate of ————
15,685^000 bales, the highest Sen- I In a letter lust received by The
tember cotton forecast since 1915, Messenger from Melvin Jones,
today gave little comfort to the Founder and Secretary-General of
growers. i Lions International, the Lions Club
The estimate mm* 101.000 bales of McCormick was commended on
a ho*- the August forecast of IS- the murk which
Local Lions Club Meeting Of Cotton
Comes In For Praise Growers To Discuss
Founder and Secrelarv Gives
Brief Resume of Work Done
by Lions Club at McCor
mick in Past Year
Marketing Methods
p. -m. on Friday, September 11, ac
Mr*~Jones p 0 **** 1 ^ to announcement made by
iate
declines on the ex-
ch? ,r, ' v es, ranging from $6 to $7.50 i the International Convention of
a bare. | Lions Clubs, which was held in
PTfvate estimates on the average Toronto, Canada, last month, he
were ehnewt l.OfWOOO ha^es lower j was happy to be able to include and
than fhe August forecast, but since I give recognition to the part the
states that, in Ids annual rrnort to L. Britt of the McCormick Coun
ty Advisory Committee of the
South Carolina Cotton Growers’
Co-operative Association today. Mr.
then they have revi^d their pre-
dfeffnns onward on the whole av
eraging about 15,100,000 bales.
The figure on the area left for
harv^e-t #n today’s reoort was 4n._
889/WO acres as compared to the
4O,nn*.0OO acres used as the basis
for the August production esti
mate.
The-e/ranve was not regarded as
unmnre? but an indication why the
agriculture department believes
that this year’s emp will yield
more than a million bales over that
of 1930 was seen in the condition
forecast.
On Sentembe^ 1, last year it was
rrt<'Tj''ted at 53 7 nnr cent and in
today's report at 68.0.
rmrjduction estimate for Sen-
tember 1. last year was 14.3^0,000
the final estimate, based on
girnimns. was 13.937 000.
An almost continuous demand
for some nlan to raise the price of
cettcm. now less than seven cents
at principal markets, and near five
at many small buying centers, rose
in the wake of the August forecast.
An indication that the cotton
farmer is moving his crop to mar
ket slowly was seen in today’s gin
ning figures. They were 565,160
bales as compared to 1,879,919 last
year.
Although the lateness of this
year's crop was undoubtedly a fac
tor in the staple’s slow movement.
local Lions Club played in the As
sociation’s program of Service.
The record of their service, as
taken directly from Mr. Jones’ re
port to the Convention, is as fol
lows: -
“McCormick—Secured permission
from C. & W. C. R. R. for farmers
to use station, pJatforin for their
cotton. Repaired paving on city
streets. Awarded scholarship med-
a 1 to public school pupil. Contrib
uted to public school fund for the
improvement of campus. Assisted
in filling of application blanks for
the Veterans Bonus. Induced city
council to erect street markers.
Provided clothing for. and assumed
expense of maintaining, two deaf
'->c £ r r o oh’Mren in a school. Eight
membership reports received; r»x
no time. One Key Member in
club.”
An accurate record of activities
'■s maintained at International
Headquarters which shows that,
during the past year, 16.625 activi
ties have been reported by the 2,500
clubs in the association. These ac
tivities have for the most part fall
en under the following general
classifications: Blind Work, Bovs’
Work, Child Welfare, Citizenship,
Civic Improvement. Co-operation
with other agencies. Education,
Farm Work, Public Welfare and
Safety.
Presumably because of the in
creasing need for service work to
day, 3,108 more activities were re
ported for the past year than have
ever been reported before.
At Court House Friday After
noon, September 11, at 3:30
Baptist Services
For Next Sunday
Rev. Cason to Preach at Buf
falo, Bethany and McCor
mick Churches
McCormick County
Farmer Writes Letter
Mr. E. L. Langley Endorses
Governor Long’s Cotton
Plan
An important meeting of all cot
ton growers of MeCojrmick County
has been called to be held at
Rev. D. V. Cason of Warrenton,
Ga., will preach at Buffalo Church
Sunday morning, September 13th,
at 11:00 o’clock; at.Bethany Church
at 3:30 o’clock that afternoon, and
at McCormick Baptist Church at
Court House at McCormick at 3:30 «- i vYAX +hot . at
d.-m on Fridav. September 11. ae- £**? © clock that evening Every
body is cordially invited to each
service.
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Prominent Speakers
To Attend Barbecue
Britt states that this meeting has
been called in order that all cot
ton growers, both members and
non-members of .the Association,
may receive first hand informa
tion about the services offered to
growers this season by the Cotton
Association. t
J. S. Harhcock. General Manager,
or some other representative of the
Association, will be present and
outline the various plans and poli
cies, as well as answer any ques-
iop* which may be asked in regard
to the Association.
••'changes in operating policies
including classing offices, local
warehouse, and transportation,”
continued Mr. Britt, “together with
the fact that the Association is
making high advances at time of
delivery, coupled with the present
low price of cotton, makes this
meeting of double interest to cot
ton growers. Present indications
are that the improved service of-
ferea by the Association this sea
son has awakened a new interest
in co-operative marketing of cot
ton and it is expected that the
volume handled by the Association
will be unusually large.”
Mr. Britt stated that he felt sure
that the farmers of McCormick
County will come out in full force
to hear these matters discussed.
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Sales Made Monday
By Tax Colleetor
Two Pieces of Property were
j- Rotighi by Iiulividuals _Six
Commander-elect Arthur of the
Department of S. C. is to be the
guest of the local post Friday ev
ening at their annual Legion-Aux-
Miary barbecue. Lt.Gov. Sheppard
will be the principal speaker of the
occasion, and other prominent leg
ionnaires will be presents All leg
ionnaires and auxiliary members
ire orped to come and make the
occasion a success.
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Rev. Campbell Makes
Quantity Good Syrup
United States of America, home
->f the brave and the free. One of
the leading nations on earth in
gold, silver, cotton, com, grain and
other resources. Why should we
not lead in brain and in wisdom
also?
We have over six million idle
ciitzens, over thirteen million poor
and scantily clothed, twenty mil
lion inadequately fed citizens. Joy
and happiness have been crushed
out of the lives of over nine mil
lion people on account of th*' pres
ent depression. Thousands are
"^adv to commit suicide. This
should not be the case in the U.
S. A. Some one has blundered, or
we are not our brother's keeper.
All hats off to Governor Long of
Louisiana* His olan for not plant
ing any cotton in 1932 is the best
and only solution that would give
us relief immediately.
1st. If we didn’t olaut cotton in
1 932 wp couid oractically get rid of
the boll weevil.
2nd. Cotton should advance from
^ cents to 12 or 15 cents within six
ty nr ninety davs, and cotton seed
^o 30 or 35 cents per bushel. This
would ffive us money to ease up on
our debts and buv legumes to en-
-ich our farm land.
3rd. It would give us readv
mnn°v to purchase cotton eoods o:
which nearly every family is in
dire heed.
This would give millions of our
neopie work and would replenish
the shelves of the merchants. We
would also have a little money to
spgre to buy farm machinery anc
equipment which is nearly depletec
in hundreds of cases. This would
also aid in giving employment to
the idle.
4th. It would enable the farmers
to keen un millions of dollars o:
insurance that otherwise would be
lost.
5th. It would enable us to pay
taxes.
6th. This would give us ample
time te fill gullies, build up ter
races, dig ditches and build up our
farms and give some time to re-
oairinv. nainting and beautifying
our homes.
7th. It will enable us to greatly
increase our grain crops and to
raise an abundance of hogs, sheep
and cattle.
8th. This would help hundreds of
boys and girls to attend schoo
for a full term in 1932 where oth
erwise they could attend only a
few months.
10th. This will be the means of
starting prosperity again through
out. the nation.
Some will argue that if we don’t
plant cotton in 1932 other nations
will increase their acreage greatly
and we will lose our cotton trade
That is not so. Why didn’t they
increase while cotton was 18 and
2u.cents? They can not greatly in
crease their cotton crop in one
vear, and by 1933 we should be
able to compete with almost any
nation on production, and I believe
f hat thousands of our farmers
would never plant all cotton again
ThPn our southland would blossom
and prosperity reign again.
E. L. LANGLEY.
Plum Branch, S. C.„
Sept. 7, 1931.
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Rev. R. E. L. Campbell says he
loesn’t think a man should make a
statement that he has trouble in
proving, and since he said at the.
meeting here on August 29th that k
he makes his own living at home. I
he thought he might best sub- j
stantiate the statement by bring- > i » * i - - xrr- i
ine to town smnp nf oack_ Good Advertising witr
Gallant-Belk Co.
Sells More In Dollars
And Cents To Date
LOCAL CLUB MEETS
The local Lions club held a very , ^ n ^
enthusiastic meeting on Tuesday Iracts iro lo eomity
night at the home of Judge H. C.
a £ umber Mr. J. T. Fooshe. tax collector for
dlsC |H ss " McCormick County, on Monday
ed. The club has been working mac j e (,i ie following sales of land
ing to town some of the excellent
syrup he made this year.
His crop of cane, or sorghum, was
good, despite the drought, and he
has already made a quantity of
syrup for himself and severa]
neighbors and has more to make
later on. Some cf his cane grew
13 fpet high and was full of good
iuice. He sold a good bit of the
freshly made syrup in town Sat
urday afternoon and has more | ... .. .
orders to fill on his next trip to I va 9 tage ® ^ iat ' s t© re s d© ac
town enjoy. There are 85 stores in th
ereat Belk chain of which tlr
Gallaht-Belk place is a membe
These stores are scattered through
the Carolinas, Virginia, Tennesse'
and Georgia. As a result of their
combined buying power and by rea
son of buying goods direct from the
factory in large quantities, thereby
eliminating the middle-man. they
Quality Merchandise At
Prices
We call attention to the one-half
and a quarter page adv. of Gallant-
Belk Co., well known Greenwood
mercantile concern, in this issu'
of The Messenger. This widel
; patronized store has many ad
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Joe M. Pearce
Dies At Waterloo
Friends here learned with sor
row last night of the death of Joe i _ _
M. Pearce well-known farmer of can' self goods* cheaper than’other
cponrp o rmhiif toionimna l ,,ilc i'jinjwxn^ ocuco ux xanu the Waterloo section, who died at stores
for the town and since the meet P revlously advertised for sa,e for Wf, hdme Iat K e yesterday afternoon I Referring again directly to the
ing. has been assured that “will ta ^ : acres ln the name of He was Greenwood store, Gallant-Belk Co.
S„’?««.^ ePh0ne COm - a MaUi^bidta by were, con-&
Columbia To Have
Hospitality Days Next
Monday and Tues.
Estimated That 20,000 Visitors
Will Go To Capitol City on
This Gala Occasion
COLUMBIA, Sept. 9.—The high
ways of the state will truly all lead
to Columbia on Monday and Tues
day, September 14 and 15, as on
those dates the capitol city is play
ing host to all the communities of
South Carolina.
Columbia Hbspitality Days,, a new
thing in this section of the coun
try, will bring at least 20,000 visi
tors to the city during this gala
occasion, according to those in
touch with the plans of the vari
ous committees working out the de
tails of the attractions to be offer
ed to the guests. It is believed
that the many unusual and novel
features that will take place on the
program will draw visitors from
all sections of the state, as well as
from neighboring communities.
The idea behind the Columbia
Hospitality Days is that the city of
Columbia wishes to express to her
friends and neighbors in sister
communities her appreciation for
the material part every section and
every resident, of the state has
played in placing Columbia, the
capitol city, in her present envi
able position among the cities of
the South.
The entire city will hold open
house on September 14 and 15. The
individual homes of Columbia will
have guests for those days, and the
public offices, institutions, business
houses and every other part of the
whole life of Columbia will be
ready and eager to receive visitors
during Hospitality Days.
In addition to acting as host to
the entire state on this occasion,
there will be an air and an atmos
phere of festivity about the city
comparably to Fair Week or to a
Mardi Gras. Main street will pre
sent practically a solid front of un
usual decorations, and other streets
of the city will also display over
the store fronts and on the side
walks a uniform array ot eye
pleasing colors and drapery com
binations. Flags, banners, and
signs on the streets, and unusual
window and store decorations will
do much to make Columbia exhibit
and appearance such as she has
never before shown.
The merchants of the city of Co
lumbia conceived the idea of Hos
pitality Days several weeks ago, at
which time it was decided by them
to discontinue having the “Dollar
Days” as usual, and to substitute
the Hospitality Days instead. After
careful deliberation of the plan,
the details were worked out by
committees as has already been
outlined in this article.
Full details of the plan will be
announced in the Columbia papers
during the latter part of this week,
probably starting on Thursday,
September 10, and from then on
through September 15, the press
will carry detail accounts of the
many varied attractions and
unique offerings that visitors to
Columbia will enjoy oil those dates.
It has already been announced
that the first ■'motor-boat regatta
to be held on Lake Murray will be
staged on Sunday, ; September 13.
The boat races will attract sev
eral thousand people, as thev will
be the largest and the fastest that
naw» ever neen ne'o m • ms sec*,i »u
of the country. The Tri-state Mo-
,or coat Association will sponsor
he affair, ^nd amateur m:i pro
fessional motorboat drivers from all
over the southeast are expected to
compete for the cash prizes and for
the cups.
Boxing bouts of an unusually
high order will also furnish r^nr’-j
to those who follow this activity,
with the program likely to be o”e-
ented Monday night, September
i4. Other attractions will be an
nounced later.
The general consensus of opinion
~ that Monday and Tuesday, Sep-
mber 14 and 15, will bring to Co-
umbia the largest throng of visi-
.-•j yet to gather there at one
:ie. as + hourands have already
unified their intention of enjoying
o umbia Hospitality Days.
sold more goods in dollars and
pany at an early date
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Auxiliary Holds Meet
“Cr*™" Harvey was one of the na
tional political giants of thirty years
f ag'*. He nearly elected Eryan and
» wu, «A 84, is forming a new party.
S. Dukes for $345.00. ducted at Waterloo Baptist church ; of the present year" than" du’rfm
J. W. Thompkins land, 50 acres, this morning at 10 o’clock and in- ! the same period of 1930 ^ Thf c
bid in by F. S. Bass, for $195.00. terment was in Waterloo cemetery, means that the volume of
That bid in for the county by Mr. Pearce was 59 years of age. actually moved from the sh^lv^ r
Mr. C. W. Pennal, auditor, includes: To mourn his loss he is survived by | the store has been orm thlrcf ^
60 acres, Jaynes & Mosely tract, bis widow and one daughter, Mrs. er this year ^
The American Legion Auxiliary j 651 acres, Hugh C. Middleton Sunie Scarboro. of Columbia: one | The Gallant-Polk r--
held its regular monthly meeting land. brother. M. J. Pearce, assistant ■ neves strong!v f--—- ~-
on Wednesday afternoon at the 4 acres, Conger Middleton land ehief of police of Greenwood, and 1 carries large ad vs in 7--.
home of Mrs. Y. E. Seigler. An 5 acres, Estate of J. W. Reynolds, wo sisters, Mrs. EJeise Helms, of , ger in nrr -Jv eve-v i —
e^ioyable program was rendered, 100 acres, Ella Lankford land. ! 3reenwood and Mrs. Preston Finley , round The'concern
after which the hostess served do- 125 acres, Blanche V. McCaslan if McCormick.—Greenwood Index-. rp’endirT p:;trotw,ge from McCor- ! has been read out of the Labor?
licious refreshments. I land, .. .i .. . 1 Journal of Tuesday, ' m LfTsrei.''' to. tMr j f which tnatjc bun £rcait»/ , —
Ramsay MacDonald, English*
prime minister who has formed a;
new cabinet from all the big parties*;