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lartmdt TRUE TO OURSELVES. OUR NEIGHBORS. OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. lYear Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C. Thursday, September 17, 1931 8 Pages — All Home Print Number 16 tick Schools Ipened Monday number of patrons and r the McCormick High id Grammar School were lance at the opening ex- .1 Monday, September 14th. irson seemed to be in a co-operative attitude. The body was bubbling over p and enthusiasm to begin Irk for 1931-32 school year, ir remarked that he saw not ly face in the vast auditor- w faces. ery inspiring program was ited at the Hign School, was as follows: j—“America”, audience. Ivotional and Inspirational ad- by Rev. Cason of Warrenton, sss—“Co-operation,” by Dr. 1. Blackwell. «ely words of welcome and en couragement, by Mrs. Herbert Coleman, president P.-T. A. Pledge of Sympathy and Co-op- eration in every possible way was so sweetly brought by Mrs. Claude Huguley, ex-teacher, in behalf of the town and community. Then followed a heart to heart talk by Supt. H. H. Shiflet, in which he endeavored to show to the stu dents that the teachers have only their interest foremost in their plans and dealing with them. He begged them to begin now to fix higher ideals and strive to attain same. The benediction was pronounced by Rev. Cason. X Plum Branch H. D. Club Holds Meet Texas Rangers Padlock State's Oil Wells NEW OFFICERS ELECTED FOR THE COMING YEAR Comptroller General Writes Tax Collector In order to keep the price of oil up {he Lone Star State has chained up the pumps on hundreds of oil wells and set its famous rangers to guard them. Mr. Morris On The Dr. Weston To Speak Cotton Situation Here September 24 The regular meeting of the Plum Branch H. D. Club was held on Wednesday afternoon, September 2nd. in the home of Mrs. A. A. Holleman. The devotional was conducted by the president, after which the roll was called, each member respond ing with some article she needed for her kitchen. A very instruc tive paper on “color’.’ was read by Mrs. HoUeman. As this was the time to elect new officers, the following were * President. Mrs. A. A. Holleman. Vice-president, Mrs. R. M. Winn. Secretary and Treasurer, Mrs. J. A. Self. “ Mrs. Stallworth gave an interest ing talk on “The Life-Saving Kit chen.” The treasurer was requested to send in a portion of the money which the club had subscribed to The Marie Cromer scholarship fund. After a lively contest, delicious refreshments were served by the hostess. TXT lontrol Of Funds Theme Of Meeting r-ntrr't of public expenditures will be the theme of the 1931 con- n f the National Tax asso ciation when it meets in Atlanta October 12-16, W. G. Query, chair man of the South Carolina tax commission and secretary of the national association, announced yesterday. The program is now being finish ed and will be announced within the next ten days. Frank C. Rob inson, member of the South Caro lina commission, is among those who have already been selected as speakers. Mr. Query said yesterday that proper control of public expendi tures is the only solution to the problem of rising taxation.—The State. TXI Queen of Queens * # 1 Elizabeth Hicks Gioss, chosen queen of La Fiesta de Los An- geles, is a native of that city. Willington, S. C., September 14, 1931. Editor Messenger: In compliance with your request that I write you my views on th'j E resent economic situation, what I ave to say will be contingent up on no relief being granted to the agricultural people. I am not a pessimist; on the contrary, my friends, who know me best, say I am an optimist. As I see things, we have never, since the closing of the civil war, experienced anything like the pres ent. I have read quite a number of letters in the varipus papers from critics and ridiculers of the farmers who are facing financial destruction, and I feel sure not one of them understood the conditions the farmers are facing, nor do they sympathize with them. In fact I do not want any advice from that class of people, as they are not competent to advise: no man drawing a princely salary is com petent to advise, for he cannot feel our burdens. The average one horse farmer will do well to grow five bales of cotton per plow. The average num ber of human beings in this fam ily will be five. Then he and wife and children labor hard, all year to grow five bales of cotton worth, at 6 cents, $150.00, less one fourth to rent, leaves him $112.50, less $25.00 for one ton of cheap fertilizer that he must have, leaves him $87.50, less $15.00 for plow tools and re pairs, leaves him $72.50. For argument sake will say he owns his mule, and does not have the us ual rent to pay for that; further more, will agree he grows his own corn and raises his meat, which is not likely. Then this family of 5 has labored all year for the prince ly sum of $72.50. which will not pav the money he borrowed to make the crop. ns see horr the cotton seed will show up. The seed out rtf a ’eale of cotton wi 1 ! average r*rt<?sibly $4.50. Two dollars a^.d fifty cents of . this amount fo r bagging, ties and ginnine - . le^ve r him $2.00. It will tak" this to them till they can get out anothrtr -pi© tr» ©•© m-ip game way till the rtrr»r> is finished. So yrt\i ree there will be no money out of the cotto^ and seed to buv the good wife and pv»y clothes and shoes for the winter. As I see it. the^e can be no busi ness this fall and winter worth thrt name, no mone^ to pav taxes, none f o keen the schools running, none to support the churches. If I -'ave erred in my judgment some one can show where we are going f rt get bu'tnoss to supnort the peo- ole, I will be more than glad to know it; as I see it, we are going to “blow up.” So far as I am con cerned. the wnrld can have mv share of the growing of cotton at 5 and 6 cents. I think the legislature should pass a law to tally with what Tex as does restricting acreage of cot ton till this surnlus is used un. Al so I think the legislature ought to nut a stop to the waste of money building new roads at this time, till the emergency passes. A large number of these cars on the roads are either going to retire to the ca rages or onlv run soasmodically. Thus the gas tax will “blow up.” The gas tax. I am, informed, is running in some adjoining coun ties less than half the usual am ount now. There is no use to wait till these things hanpen and then weep and wail over it. Now is the , time to take drastic action to av ert this “blow up’ that will surely come unless something is done. There is no use to say if vou cut out cotton the farmer will have nothing on which to get credit next Dr. William Weston. Managing Director of th.? South Carolina Todine Commission, will speak here Sentember 24, at 8 n. m., at the high school auditorium. His dis cussion will center upon the rela- tionsnio of the iodine content of our soil to dairying. Farmers and others from all sections of the county are urged to be present.. This subject is very anoropriatc at this particular time, when if is quite evident that a large acreage heretofore awaited to cotton will have to be planted to something else next year. A survey has shown that McCor mick County is ideally adapted to producing feed crops of high iodine content. This meeting is sponsored by the local nost of the American Legion and the McCormick Lions Club. tXi Mt. Carmel H. D. Club Holds Meeting Saturday, Sept. 19ffo, Is Orphanage Day METHODISTS OF THE STATE PLAN TO WORK ONE DAY FOR THE CHILDREN AT EP- WORTH ORPHANAGE Mt. Carmel H. D. Club met in the ?lub room at the usual hour with 12 members and 1 visitor present. Scripture read by president and r^ayer bv Mrs. Hendrix, a visitor. The roll call was answered by nam ing something new for the kitchen. After the reading and approval of the minutes, re-organization or ejection of officers was to take place, however, the same officers were re-elected. The meeting of the Farm Coun.- cil was discussed, the lunch, time etc., but nothing definite was de cided. We would rather wait un til Mrs. Stallworth can be with us again as it won’t be the same with out her. A little contest of kitch en utensils etc., was next and Mrs. Connor won the honors. Mrs. Lawrence Hester and Mrs. W. H. Horton were hostesses for the afternoon and served crackers wjth iced tea and lemon. After a httle social time, the meeting ad journed. Reporter. ‘V Secretary Calls Meet Of Committee Of Edgefield Ass’n. It has long been the custom for the Methodists of South Carolina to observe an annual “Work Day” for Epworth Orphanage. The idea being for every Methodist to give his earnings of that one day to car ry on the work of caring for and training a large family of 325 or phans at Epworth Orphanage. This year the day has been set for Saturday, September 19, the offering to be made on the follow ing Sunday in all the Sunday Schools and churches of the de nomination. The 294 pastors and 727 superin tendents of Sunday Schools have made their plans for observing the day throughout the State. Many of the larger Sunday Schools have arranged a contest between the different, departments in the mat ter of giving to the “Work Day” fund. In many rural districts some good men in these communi ties who have a great deal of cot ton to pick have offered to furnish transportation and pay an in creased price for picking for all who will give their earnings of the day to the Orphanage. In fact, thousands of children of the church will find some jobs to do on Saturday, September 19, that they might earn semething to give when the “Work Dav” offering is taken on Sunday 20th. A goodly number of the Metho dist Sunday Schools take an of fering once a month throughout the year but “Work Day” is observ ed by all. As a result, just about the same amount is received from the “Work Day” offering as is contributed all the year through monthly offer ings. This year, more than ever before, a liberal “Work Day” offer ing is needed. Monthly offerings have been smaller consequently the need of a liberal “Work Day” of- 1 fering is great. However, hard j times may be, surely everyone can; afford to give one day’s work to J heln those who are less fortunate, hist ONE DAY out of all the davs ^f the year to help orphan chil- Iren. Thrt promotion committee of the Edgefield Baptist association will moor Tr»«4-p the Phim B’^nch church next Monday, September 21. at 11:00 o’clock a. m. All members of the committee are urced to be oresent for this first meeting since the meeting of tlm association. G. W. GURLEY. Secretary. year at the banks. He won’t have anv credit any wav at the present orices of commodities. I under stand there are millions of people in the United States on thp vorge of starvation. When thp children begin to cry for bread this winter and there is none to cive th^m. what is going ot hanpen? Well if the men have not the “guts” to do it. the women will charge over the cannon’s mouth for bread, and woe be to the man or men who will un dertake to hinder them or hold them back. If Gov. Sterling of Texas vetoes a hill the legislature enacts for the good of agriculture. Mrs. Ferguson will beat him next year “horsefoot and dragoa,” for the governor’s office. I know the political situa tion in Texas, “Rufus, Rastus, Johnson, Brown, what you goine to do when the rent comes ’round?” Respectfully, R. F. MORRIS. URGING COLLECTION OF DELIN QUENT TAXES AS RAPIDLY AS PPOSSIBLE Mr. J. T. Fooshe, tax collector for McCormick County, is in receipt of instructions from Comptroller Gen eral A. J. Beattie to press the col lection of delinquent taxes as rap idly as possible, and states that he expects to press collections as di rected in the letter, which follows: Columbia. S. C. Sentember 8, 1931. T r. T T. Fooshe, Tpy r^olloctor, McCormick, S. C. Dear Sir: Your duty and mine in the mat ter of delinquent tax collections is not a pleasant one and especially ’s that true under conditions such is at nresent: at the same time, here is another side of the pic ture. The most important activ ity with which the country is con cerned is the government and gov ernment cannot function without he collection of taxes. W'e have just one dutv to nerform and that is declared bv the stat utes in which no provision has been made for non-enforcement. The responsibility of enforcing the collection of delinquent taxes has been nlaced by the Legislature up on this office and no other agency of the government, nor representa tive of the government, state or county, has authority to exercise -unervinon of this important activ ity. The statute reouires that vou ’ook to this office only for direction in these matters. The present price of cotton is lower than had been anticipated, but the sunplv in most cases is greater and there will be a great deal of crtfton sold during the next few months. You have a great deal of unnaid tax executions in your hand* for collection and I know of no other course to nursue than to oroce.ed with the collection of these immediately. You are. therefore, directed to oress for collection of all executions in your hands with the view to e’eanine un 1928 and back by the first Monday in November, and 1929 by the first Monday in Decem ber. After that time, this office will reouire a report from you and will call upon the Legislature for assistance in the collection of any of these executions which you have beep unable to collect. There are several counties in the State which could reduce the an nual levy if the back taxes were collected. This means that those who have already naid taxes are required to nay a higher rate of tax than thev should be on account of +he fact that lenienev has been ex tended to those who have not paid. I shall ask your full co-operation to the end that we may make the rt^nper showing before the end of this year. Yours very trulv. A. J. BEATTIE, Comptroller General. txi “Daddy Long Legs” JANET GAYNOR’S ROLE “DADDY LONG LEGS” RATED AS STAR’S BEST SINCE “7TH HEAVEN” Plum Branch School Opens The formal opening of the Plum Branch School for the session of 1931-32 was held Monday, Septem ber 14, at 9 o’clock. Mr. J. L. Bracknell, chairman of the board of trustees, welcomed the old and the new teachers, assuring them that they would have the full co-operation of the entire board. The principal address of the morning was given by the Rev. O. L. Orr, pastor of the Plum Branch Baptist church. He chose as his subject, a passage of Scripture, “What doest thou here?” Miss Louise Bracknell, accom panied at the piano by Mrs. Ed Rice, sang, “The World is Waiting for the Sunrise.” The teachers for the school are: Miss Irene Langley. Miss Lucy Brown Mrs. Ella Lankfoid Miss Kate Britt Mr. Garvice L. Taylor. The enrollment for the first day was 103. with indications of a much larger number entering after the cotton picking season is over. Fairfield H. D. Club Holds Meeting The Fairfield Home Demonstra tion Club met at the home of Mrs. S. L. Long Wednesday afternoon, September 16, 1931, with nine mem bers and several visitors present. The devotional was led by Miss Alma Young, president and min utes read and roll called by tht secretary, Miss Ruth Young. This month being the time for the election of officers, the follow ing were elected: President, Miss Alma Young. Vice-president. Miss Willie Young Secretary and Treasurer, Miss- Ruth Young. We were sorry to know that Mia. Stallworth was in the Greenwood Hospital and couldn’t be with ua, but hope she will soon be well again. Mrs. Long served delicious lemon. cake and ice cream. txt- Reporter. Legislature Of S. C. Met On Monday The South Carolina legislature convened in extraordinary session \fonday, Sentember 14. to enact ’otton acreage legislation whil' Texas legislators, already at. work on the problem, were exnected ’rt begin a fight to determine what for their agricultureal relief laws will take. In Georgia, Eugene Talmadge, Georgia commissioner of agricul ture, announced Sunday that he would call a mass meeting of Geor gia farmers in Atlanta for Wednes day, to demand a special session of the legislature to pass cotton re- \ lief laws. Talmadge, an ardent supporter of ; the plan of Governor Huey P. Long I of Louisiana, to prohibit cotton planting in 1932, said he would call the meeting partly because the Texas legislature “needs en couragement to pass the Long olan.” which has boon disapproved by Governor Ross Sterling. The Long plan came up Monday in the Texas legislature along with the acreage restriction scheme which Governor Sterling had ap proved. The hope of every screen actress is to get a vehicle that is perfect ly suited to her talents. An ex cellent actress may by sheer tech nique and ability, play a role that “isn’t quite the tyne” and make it real and convincing—but she can always do infinitely better if the part fits her. In the case of Janet. Gaynor, however, this hope has been real ized—not once but twice. The first time was when she plaved the memorable “Diane” of “7th Heav en”—a role that might have been written to order for her unusual personality and her wistful appeal. Now the lightning strikes a sec ond time in her latest vehicle, “Daddv Long Legs” opening at the Abbrtville Opera House on Mondav. As the immortal “Judy.” the little orphan girl whose courage wins her eventual hapniness. Miss Gay- r*or e up in has a nnrt that measures nn to her own high standards of poignant charm. While Fox studio officials had long realized the apnropriateness of the well known Jean Webster play for their star, the neeuliar suitability of the part was not ap parent until Director Alfred San- tell and Sonya Levien. the scenar ist. began work on the picture. Both Miss Levien and Santeb were astonished to find that no al teration of anv kind in Miss Gay- nor’s part in “Daddy Long Legs.” was necessary or even advisable The part of “Judy” was so ideally suited to her that it was utterlv out of the question t ochange it in anv way. other than the unavoid able condensation of a two-hour- and-a-quarter plav to make an hour-and-twenty-minute picture. Warner Baxter is co-starred with Miss Gavnor in the film Una Mer kel. John Arledge. Claude Gilling- water. Kathlyn Williams. FHzabrtth Patfrtrsnn. Louise Closer Hale, Ef- fjp Ellsler and other favorites are also in the cast. Dowtin H. D. Club Holds Meeting The Dowtin FI. D. Club held iia. regular meeting on August 10, 1931. The following program was car ried out: Song. I Love to Tell the Story. Scripture, Matt. 7. Prayer by president. Minutes read and approved. Business, all officers were elect ed. The eleven club chairmen were appointed. A collection was taken for the Marie Cromer scholarship. On account of an operation, Mrs. Stallworth was not with us. We hope by the next meeting she will be able to meet with us. The October meeting will be in the home of Mrs. D. W. Dowtin. Reporter. TXT Price For Weighing Cotton Is Reduced The charge for weighing cotton, at McCormick and Plum Brandi has been reduced from 18 cents per bale to 12 cents per bale, according- to information given out by Mr. D. M. Bullock, cotton weigher at Mc Cormick, who says the reduction was made in order to keep the charge in line with the price of the staple. me charge for ginning is said t© be $2.65 for a 500 pound bale, or 40 cents per 100 pounds up to 609 pounds, and 65 cents for bagging and ties. x Jimmy Says "Prosit l” xV M New York s Miiyot Walter >.» enjoyiiig himself in Eiucnc, this f.hotogi aj>h taken in Hungary, indicates.