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J m i- ^ ** *• -• ■C< ^Thursday, November 5,1931 McCORMICK MESSENGI Published Every Thursday Established June 5, 1902 / McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK. SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE NUMRER FOUR 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 Three Months .50 Helping The Poor > we are to resist and subdue the * calamity.” The paragraphs quoted above were not written yesterday, al though they are very much the same sort of thing that many peo ple are saying today. They were printed in Harper’s Weekly on Oc tober 10, 1857, seventy-four years ago. If in these seventy-four years there had been no change we would have good ground for pessimism now. But everybody knows that taken by any of the French dele gation as being of any importance. The only thing Borah said that the President backed was his declara tion that every European nation must be left as the best judges of, its own security. Both the President and M. Laval agreed any action on disarmament must be held up until the Interna tional conference is held next year I to discuss that subject. They also agreed that the present costs of arming the rival nations has grown McCORMICK M. TALBERT, Mgr. At Pipkin's Old Stand Main Street McCormick, S. C. during most of that time this coun- to such an extent that the burden try has experienced good times is too great to be borne and that steadily getting better. I' What happened before will hap- pen again. From all that we can 1 see and hear we believe that the worst of the present situation is over and that conditions are on the mend. And we are certain uhat che pessimists who are still frightened no more The local Lions Club deserves commendation for sponsoring the ■"Penny a Meal” campaign for the purpose of raising money to help out of their wits have the poor and needy of this com- ^3^ f or their gloom than iid our munity the coming winter, and it is granUfat hers in 1857. 1 to be hoped they will receive en- x couragement in this undertaking! If you have a faucet that drips, and all those who can will place it probably . nee ds a new washer. Shut off the water, unscrew the cap nut, unscrew the stem from the body of the faucet, unscrew u he washer screw with a screw driver, -XXI- boxes in their homes or places of business and help swell contribu tions for this worthy cause. There are some amongst us who are going to need help this winter p U ^ on a new washer assemble the and we can think of no better plan parts and turn on the water. Far- than the one the Lions Club has mers , Bulletin neo-F, Simple 'decided upon. The small contribu- p lumbing Repairs in t he Home, will tions will not hurt any one and prove helpful for information of enough of them will be of muoh this kind help to some unfortunate ‘ person -this winter. t McCormick , has much to be .thankful for in this respect, for the per centage of destitute cases here is considerably lower than it is in many places. \ x Would Join Farmers’. Taxpayers’ League t _______ i ' * ' Mr. M. L. B. Sturkey, coroner of McCormick County, in an article elsewhere in this paper, suggests that MoCormick join the Farmers’ WASHSNCTOH BY RADFORD. MOBUEY (Special to The Messenger.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.— And Taxpayers’ League' and along More activit y has been dispiayed by with other counties offer sugges tions for cuts in next year’s appro- priation bill. He thinks State ap propriations can be cut $3,000,000 or the White House in the past few weeks than in many months. Con gress will meet a month from now and the spotlight will shift to Cap more in 1932, and he bel'ieves O ol-,“ o1 leges should not ask for so much so * there would be more money for the schools to run on. of successor to Speaker Nicholas Longworth of the House of Rep resentatives. Meanwhile the President has been g.appling with the immed- It would be well enough for Mc Cormick to join the league, and , , _ . . . +v%0 there's nothing wrong In offering iate problems that are facing t suggestions for reductions where country. Premier Laval s visit here they can be made. i 18 generally conceded to havb been Insofar as McCormick County Is of first importance, not because d concerned, we can not see where anything that was ac ua V ,any reductions can be made, for complished, but because it resulted in a thorough understanding be tween the two countries regarding the county is running on as little as it seems possible for it to do, and t if relief is to come in the way of lower taxes it must come from the State and not the county. The schools in McCormick Coun ty arc being run as economically as is possible, and a cut here or there either in the schools’ or county’s expenses would be very insignifi cant in the way 4 of reducing our taxes. The burden is not com- V't- t ing from present expenses, but rather from the* things v/e bar gained for when we thought we could always pay. —— X — •** HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF their individual aims and purposes. Before even the leaders of the governments of France and the United States clasped hands a def inite statement was issued that nothing that might be done or said was to be taken as having a bind ing effect on either country. That statement disposed of any possible criticism that Mr. Hoover was about to engage in any of the “en tangling foreign alliances” that political spellbinders use so effec tively in campaigns. The greatest good accomplished, diplomats here believe, was the clear enunciation on the part of the United States that it would not fol low England’s example and forsake the lifetiipe df most men who read the gold standard. That was this paper—has there been so much France’s greatest anxiety and to grave and deep apprehension; nev- prevent such action was understood er has the future seemed so incal-!to be Premier Laval s nain object culable as at this time. In our own in coming here. It was agreed at country there is universal commer- the conference that the aim of both cial prostration and panic, and countries was identical in desiring thousands of our poorest fellow “It is a gloomy moment in his tory. Not foj many years—not in good times cannot be expected to return until some solution is found : of this problem. In recent weeks, feelers have been put out for the purpose of sounding public sentiment regard- ing lie 'mposition of additional sales taxes. So far the only thing learned is that all are agreed «his country must raise more revenue in addition to the present means of raising money by incomd taxes, the customs, inheritance and other forms. Coupled with this :1s uhe known fact that sales taxes bear lightest upon the voter, if properly laid. Right after the war taxes were placed on all theatre tickets, auto mobiles and other articles which could not be classed as necessities. Most of these have been abolished. Those still survivng are cigarettes, tobaccos, patent medicines, playing cards and a few similar articles. The loss'from excess duties on beer, wines and liquors, has been heav iest and, of course, there is no talk of altering that condition by any modification of the Volstead Act by the present government. The new taxes may be applied on matches, radio sets, pianos, silk wearing apparel and other articles which can be placed outside of the necessity line. This is the only country in the world which does not tax matches, and an enormous rev enue can be obtained from them without imposing a burden on the public. It is more than likely that the sales tax will be among the early problems to be acted upon when Congress meets-early next month. Another question occupying the President’s attention is his plan to aid home builders. A conference of several hundred leaders in build ing and allied lines, along with the men who finance such operations, will be held hei;e on December 2. The President is aiding those work ing on the problem as far as it lies in his power. , Hi^ aim is to make borrowing easier for those who want to build homes for themselves by cutting the charges, both for interest and commission and making more money available for builders. A quick revival of building operations, it is said, will follow a satisfactory solution of this financial problem. / -ixt- Read these WEEK-END SPECEALS over carefully and come on to our store for a supply of these real bargains. S. C. Snap Beans can Okra and Tomatoes can. Tomatoes, 2 lb. can 2 for i < Phillips Lima Beans can Chestnut Hill Turnip Greens can Libby’s California Asparagus Tips, 10 1-2 oz. can Phillips' Mixed Vegetables can Dukcs* Mayonnaise 1-2 pt. jar Dukes Mayonnaise 1 pt. jar * Krafts ’ Mayonnaise 1-2 pt. jar Krafts’ Mayonnaise 1 pt. jar Krafts* Mayonnaise 0 3 oz. jar Krafts' Taste-T-Spread for only Krafts* Taste-T-Spread 1-2 pt. Peanut Butter y 16 oz. jar Peanut Butter 4 1-4 oz. jar Doles' Pineapple, crushed large can Doles ? Pineapple, crushed - small can Doles' Pineapple, sliced 10 slices to can Doles’ Pineapple, sliced 5 slices to can Breast-O’-Chicken, Fancy Tuna Sweet Mixed Pickles 32 oz. jar Pink Salmon can Banner Brand Sausage 1 1-2 lb. can • Morning Joy Coffee 1 lb. can Maxwel} House Coffee 1 lb. can Luzianne Coffee 1 lb. can Bulk Pure Rio Coffee, ground 2 lbs —— Flakewhite 8 lb. bucket Flakewhite 4 lb. bucket — Snowdrift 6 lb. bucket — Snowdrift 3 lb. bucket Doles' Pure Lard 4 lb. bucket Carnation Milk Be,by size Carnation Milk large size Eagle Brand can Vinegar in Bulk gallon Irish Potatoes 10 lbs. Prunes 3 lbs. Evaporated Apples 2 lbs 1 Matches 2 large boxes Fat Back pound Rib pound Sugar 25 lbs. Sugar 10 lbs, — FLOUR — Bound to Rise, Self-Rising 24 lbs. Moneys’ Worth, Self-Rising 24 lbs. Sunlight, Self-Rising 24 lbs. Polka Dot, Self-Rising or pfain 24 lb«. Capitola, Highest Quality Self-Rising, 24 lbs. — ' 6 lb. Sack Capitola FREE with each 24 lb. sack Red Band plain Red Band Self-Rising B» ERNEST CAMP JB citizens are turned out ' against even keel and that they the approaching winter without work in harmony to prevent employment, and without the oros- ma j or disturbances. While statements were issued Ham and Eggs De Luxe— Up-country people who demand ham and eggs in the true American way can get them at the swanky Waldorf-Astoria, the new $20,000,- 000 hotel, in exactly the same form . , , je . that Cal Coolidge gets his up in his to keep international finance on »»; Vennont home . m other words a would any pect of it. “In France the political caldron real farmer’s wife will cook it on the gold-plated ranges at the 47- 1 story holstelry. A ... . About ten American women will that politics was not discussed at cater to , he tastes of American _ seethes and bubbles with uncer-| the conference, nobod y be J ieve ^ bre d palates. Not all of them are tainty; Russia hangs, as usual, like that either Mr. Hoover or Mr Laval Yankees> either as a couple of co] _ *a cloud, dark and silent, upon the c o uld kee P off the subject entirely. ored mammies have been hired , 0 horizon of Europe; while all che|T ne y are both of them too | j Uggle corn pone and p o S sum for energies, resources and influences interested in the subject to avoid visiting southerners, of the British Empire are sorely £ome remarks, but, whatever they j The only thing the average Am .. tried, and are yet to be tried more sa i d > it was not disclosed sorely, in coping with the vast and erican will not be able to recognize Senator Borah did not overlook f rom the food his mother used to deadly Indian insurrection, and the chance to grab the political serve W i b be the price. We haven’t with its distrubed relations in limelight, however, and his inter- i earne( j that yet and will wait for China. t | view granted to the French news- 1 SO mebody else to tell us. We sus- “It is a solemn moment, and no papermen, startled the world until pec t jt will be about $2.50 for “ham man can feel an indifference later assurances from the White and » Y es, one order. (which, happily, no man pretends House made it clear that Borah was. s ome Tligh Prices— to feel) in the issue of events. | speaking only for himself and not| __ Restaurants here that have a “Of our own troubles no man can for anybody with real authority, millionaire following do not hesi- see the end. They are fortunately, Borah is chairman of the Foreign tate to charge plenty. One.place hotel and got his check at cost. He imported all his delicacies direct from Europe and had to pay top prices for out-of-season stuff. About 100 sat down to table and knew they had eaten when they finished. Hot Riding- Now the summer is over, city workers will have a rest from the . daily roasting they had to endure ; going to work and returning on the subway. Most visitors expect the subway to be cool on hot days, but, | on the contrary, it is as hot as a ooiler room. I in winter it is just about as cold | as the open street. Windows on the ! trains are always 16ft open co al low the smells to escape. In one car alone there may be twenty or, more different nationalities anu j nearly all of them have their own cookery. One can detect the odor of limburger, garlic, and a thousand other fragrances that appeal alone to the certain people who per petrate dt. They do say that some people here go out in the country for the sole purpose of catching hay fever which destroys their sense of smell. Mebbe so! : Trick Novelties— There’s a certain* German shop In the West Forties that sells the most curious things in the world. Hairiest Animal in All Creation / “Van Deusen of the Redwood Empire” a Mohair goat owned by j F. A. Pierce, Humboldt County, Cal., has hair five feet long, a world s recc-rd. wild over. And prices are more j than reasonable, a $5 bill being for | enough to supply the whole family ye , mainly commercial; and « Relations Committee of the Senate ' gets S event y -,ive‘'cents for a' baked They make suitable —Itch^! wZ* de^Tgltts They ~ are only to lose money, and by and Europeans consider that postj potato Another charges $4.50 for an y bod y- ° ne 18 j* wate p . heard of before. Card Of Thanks iminful poverty to be taught wis-J equivalent to the post of foreign 1 f det _ m |g non — be tter known # dean—the wisdom of honor, of minister In their countries. ! Jefferson, la., as tenderloin steak. faith, of sympathy and of charity in that plays tunes when you pick it up. The same idea is applied to Nobody in the United States has I One promoter entertained his cigarette boxe ®' perfume bottles —no man need seriously to despair, j any false notions about Borah's im- prospects recently at a big hotel and other knickknac s * And yet the very haste to be rich, j portance and his demands for a with a banquet that cost him ex- At the same place one can buy which is the oc6asion of this wide spread calamity, has also tended to destroy the moral forces with which We wish to express our most sin- . cere thanks to our neighbors and " ' — i othej. friends for their many acts of Regular dividends every three kindness to us during the illness months. Buy Telephone Bond and and at the deattl of our mother. Share First Preferred for Safety Mrs. Martha Tumage. The many reshaping of the boundaries of actly. $30 a person-and he didn't music boxes, walking and talking Ask any employee of the South kind deeds will never be forgotten. Hungary and revision of the lines give away any gold cigarette light- dolls, trie canes and a host of j Carolina^ Continental Telephone MRS. J. W. BANKS, of the Polish Corridor were not^ers either. He was “in” with the mechanical toys that children go Company.—Advertisement. | BARNEY TURNAGE. V