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McCORMICK MESSENGER
Published Every Thursday
Established June 5, 1902
EDMOND J. McCRACKEN,
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
— Strictly Cash In Advance —
One Year $1.00
Six Months _— .75
Three Months .50
in the words of Thomas H. Mac
Donald, Chief of the Bureau ' of
Public Roads, “for each'individual
so employed the total highway ex
penditure provides additional in
direct employment equivalent to
two other persons.”
Consequently, the 1931 road and
street construction program was of
benefit to about 3,000,000 men—
which means that it helped some 10
or 12 million persons. Seventy-five
to 80 per cent of the money spent
went to labor.
The best part of all is that road
building, even
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public loans. One reason for this
return of confidence is seen in the
implied determination of Congress
not to allow another dollar of •
American funds to be sent abroad.'
Lately the cry is American money
for American business. Let Europe
get from under its financial load
as best it can.
France’s ability to return to a
safe financial basis has been shown
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in the past six years, at the start
of which it appeared as though it
never could make a comeback. Now
it is second only to the United
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 1
when advocated There was a period in American States in its ownership of gold re-
principally to help the unemploy- history that still is referred to as serves. Any plan that is designed
ed is not a “relief” measure of the “The Era of Good Feeling.” It was to relieve Europe ,before our own
kind that costs taxpayers millions terminated about; 1825, after lasting^ troubles have been conquered is al-
1 of dollars which pay no return. Ev- from the start of the War of 1812, most certain to be killed by Con-
ery time a rural or farm-to-mar- by th e candidacy of turbulent Andy! gress. As one public speaker de-
ket road is built another town or Jackson. The'period was one dur-! dared the other day, this country
area is given a chance to progress, in S which everybody minded his | cannot be in financial difficulties
to develop and its inhabitants, own business and the politicians while it has $350,000,000,000 in
particularly farmers, have a chance were shoved into the background.
The economic depression from for greater prosperity, for a fuller Not a few students of history are ^ ^ ^
which the United States is lust social life, and for more advantage- likening the present situation in tion of the way to meet the budget-
emenring is the seventh major at- ous marketing of products. It is Washington to that which obtain- ary deficit of the Treasury was
tack of “hard times” that this worth repeating that the road dol- ed in those days. , The expected given by the Ways and Means Corn-
country has been through in less lar is a genuine, gilt-edge invest- cat-and-dog fight between Con- mittee tax bill, offered Congress
than a hundred vears The oeon’e ment which returns a high rate of gress and the President has failed for passage. The bill avoids impos-
who are scared almost to death for interest-not only in actual cash, to materialize. Instead, one sees ing ^
WE’RE COMING BACK STRONG
prime securties on which to borrow.
A hint as to the Democrats’ solu-
nuisance” taxes and will offer
f e ‘ a r that ^erica can’rcomV back but in benefits which cannot be on every hand a shicere^desire on plans to tax telephone^users ten
are not a bit worse scared than measured in money. . ,
tyt parties to make a very, genuine ef
fort to save the country from its
present economic ills.
| The Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration, now beginning to func
tion, has met with hearty approv
al from everybody. President Hoov-
jer’s choice of the men who will
, _____ '' control its policies is receiving
\ equally warm approval. General
The following record of industrial D aweSj the whole country feels, is
WnoopHintrc and aCt:iVit y liStS i^ 1115 Showing invest- on ^ man who can cut all rec j
bankruptcy proceedings and there ment ot capitali employment of la- ^ ^ make the new hu g e im-
Ziv n har 0 » r nv mnn^But we came ^ and buslness actlvlties and “P'' anclal giant work quickly and effi-
body had any money. But we came j portunities. Information from
back so strongly that m less than i w hi C h the paragraphs are prepared
twenty years our national wealth is frori local p a pe rSf usually of
had been multiplied by three.
were the same type of timid-mind
ed folk in each of these previous
panics.
But, as we all know, America
came back after every one of them,
and came back stronger than ever.
The first great financial crisis
was in 1937, when practically every
bank in the United States suspend
ed payment, half of the property
of the entire nation was sold in
S. C. WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL
REVIEW
the part of the leaders of both big cents an instrument; add one cent
a gallon tax on gasoline; perhaps
levy half a cent a kilowatt on elec
tric current; tax trucks which are
competing with railroads; and levy
further on luxuries. The big in
dustrial giants, which are said to
be carrying, all they can afford to
right now, are to be let alone, ac
cording to the Democrats’ plan.
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towns mentioned, and may be con-
We came back from the crisis of gijjered generally correct.
1857, went through a terrific and
devasting Civil War and again
much more than doubled our na-
Anderson — St. Mary’s Hospital
ciently. His work as head of the
Service of Supply during the war
showed that he is no respecter of
traditions when there is a job to
be done. Second only in popular
ity is the selection of Eugene Mey-
still have hogs to butcher and had
er as chairman of the board. Mey- Ueared they would have no suitable
tionai wealth in the course of six- opened at North Anderson recently.
teen years. Then we had the
panic of 1873, and that was follow
ed by another great revival that
again* doubled our national wealth,
until the panic of 1893: We came
back from that one richer than be
fore, and we did the same thing af-
Walterboro r— Southern Mattress
Co., opened new factory here.
Dillon — Shipment of cream
through local cream cpllecting sta
tion increased 90 per cent during
recent week.
er is a man who can be relied up
on, when Dawes outlines a plan, to
explain just how to go about
achieving it, without going into
details as-to why it cannot be done.
A third man who will be power
ful in the R. F. C. is Ogden L.
ter the crisis of 1907 and of 1920.
Everybody knows how rapidly our ’ ing formerly occupied by Cash Eco-
wealth increased between 1921 and 'nomy Co.
Bamberg - Wholesale Co., of Muls . Uader Secretary of the Treas-
Kirsch Bros, now located in build-
1929, how prosperous everybody was
in those fat years.
There is only one way to foretell
the future, and that is by studying
the past. It is as certain as any-
Abbeville — New Abbeville Coun
ty Memorial Hospital recently held
open house.
Bamberg — Hat Shoppe, Mrs.
Eloise Swinson, now located next
thing can be that we are coming door to Hooton’s Ladies Store,
out of the present crisis toward aj
greater and more widespread pros- Carry Store opened for business,
perity than we have ever known. Bamberg — Fogles Barber Shop
ury and for the past few months its
practical spokesman. Secretary
Mellon is undoubtedly feeling the
weight of his years and is leaving
most of his active duties, like ap
pearances before Congressional
Committees, to Mills. Mr. Mills
grasp of financial questions and a
newiy developed geniality have
Georgetown — Rogers Cash and mac le him a populai figure.
One of the main reasons why the
financial world has taken the
R. P. C. to its heart is the fact that
than we did against this one.
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Columbia, leased Flynn building on
Main Street and will open branch
And we should take greater precau- now located in building formerly
tions against another depression occupied by S. S. Corroll, jeweler. ls not altogether a new experi-
Union — Home Grocery Stores of It is such a close copy of
the successful War Finance Board,
that combatted the depression of
1921 and returned a profit of many
millions to the national treasury
without costing the taxpayers a
cent, that whole sections of that
Act have been bodily lifted and in
corporated in the new Act, chang
ing the name only where it occurs
in the War Board legislation.
Proof that the money that is be
ing hoarded by the workers
through fear of bank crashes can
be brought out of its hiding has
been demonstrated by the recent
offering of New York City’s notes
fo^r $100,000,000. That amount was
over subscribed in fifteen minutes
Hope For The Farmer ^tore.
| Bamberg — Elvin Sandifer sold
In a recent radio address, David Modem Dry Cleaners to Columbia
Lawrence, the w’ell-known political man recently.
journalist and editor of the United Denmark — S. S. Carroll, Bamberg
States Daily, said that the present jeweler, moved his stock of goods
transition of agriculture from an to this place.
unorganized to an organized basis, Lake City — D. M. Epps opened
constitutes the most hopeful fea- seed store next door to. his, furni
ture of the present agricultural sit- ture store.
nation. - ' Bamberg — Secretary of State
The co-operative movement is granted Bamberg Hardware Co.,
growing to a remarkable degree, charter to do business here,
not only in scope but in strength. Columbia — Old Columbia The-
There are now about 12,000 co-op- ater being remodeled. _
KEHOBOTIl
NEWS
This icy Monday morning makes
it rather unhealthy for the pig
family in this section. Good many
weather for it. I guess almost any
one could answer the northern edi
tor’s question whether it is winter
or summer; probably he knows
himself by now.
Mrs. B. S. Culbreath was elected
by the church lapt Sunday to suc
ceed Miss A. L. Morgan as Sunbeam
Leader. She resigned after 23 years.
We all believe Mrs. Culbreath will
make a fine, leader. She is a sweet
Christian* lady. , -
Several ffpin here attended fun
eral service at Plum Branch Sun
day afternoon for Mrs. Carrie
White.
Misses Bernice White and Vir
ginia Freeland spent a day and
night with their aunt, Mrs. Janie
Morgan, last week.
We understand Miss Helen Gil
christ is well pleased with her work
but keeps too busy to write very
often.
The local leaders for the H. 3.
Club seem very enthusiastic over
the work and even in these hard
times see where they can make
many improvements. Some of the
men are complaining oecause the
ladies want them to make kitchen
cabinets, shelves and other labor
saving devices. They wish it was
plow time right now, ha, ha.
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DE LA HOWE NEWS
erative associations in the country, Lake City — Building formerly
with a total membership of about occupied by Leader being re-ar- ‘ after the books were officially op-
2,000,000 farmers. They did a busi- ranged for Collins Department ened. The public, faced with the
ness\ totaling $2,400,009,000 last Store. i low P rices of stocks, refuses to in-
- year—an increase of $100,000,000 X
over 1930<
i vest in some of them, fearing not
Trees and men are alike In that' 0 " 1 * a further dr0 P but , the ris *
Thus, in spite of present depress- the most important body-building that they may be entirely wl P ed
out.
Now, with the Government put-
$350,000,000 bonds under the new
Act, that it is ready and willing to
ed conditions, agriculture should .material for both is nitrogen.
be optimistic for the future. The x
day. the first co-operative started a recent purvey indicates that ting its g uarantee back of the new
was a red letter day in the his- American cities are not so pro-' p a Pi ta l> the public has shown by
tory of farming. And the day the gressive as those in Europe in deal- its response to the first offering of
last group of unorganized farmers ing with refuse.
join together for mutual benefit, x
the farmer will have reached the It takes 1>65 o hours of labor a
goal for which the more progress- year to tend to a herd of ten dairy
ive n\,embers of his industry are cows> Michigan State College dairy
working. The time when a man specialists say.
could stand alone in his business x
dealings is past. He must join
with his fellows in the same en-
Miss Edna Mims spent the week
end in Spartanburg.
Miss Thelma Abbott spent the
week end at her home in Gaffney.
The friends of Mrs. F. S. Thomp
son will regret to learn that she is
sick at the D^ la Howe Infirmary.
Miss Bessie Peatross and Mrs.
Julia Clary were visitors in Abbe
ville and McCormick Monday af
ternoon.
Mr. Gettys and family moved in
to their new home February first.
Mrs. Moss Hinds gave a delight
ful supper Friday night to the chil
dren having birthdays in January.
Holy Joe is the affectionate but
. respectful name used by the mid-
deavor, so that all may prosper shlpmen
among themselves when
referring to the Naval Academy
, chaplain. On board ship he is
known as the sky pilot.
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Helps Everybody box strong enough to protect the
| foot against heavy blows or other
We have heard much of the value hazards has been devised for indus-
of road building as a means of al- trial workers.
and find a sound market for what
they have to selj.
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Road Building
Jeviating unemployment. Now it is
Interesting to see the actual re
sults. During 1931, the building
of rural roads and streets
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An elevator believed to be the
longest single-lift elevator in ex-
__ _ _ kept istence is to be built to carry vis-
something like a million men busy itors up from Caflsbad caverns to
In actual construction work—and,' the surface
put its money back to work. The There were seventeen in number.
Treasury was swamped with re-) Visitors to the school during the
quests from bankers and private past week end were: Mr. and Mrs.
investors asking for blanks, on W. C. Jarvis of Columbus, Ga.. Mrs.
which to bid for the new securities Beatty and two daughters, Misses
as soon as the first plans for the Beatty, Mrs. S. M. Beatty, Jr., and
new R. F. C. were divulged. When Mrs. Jackson of Iva, Mrs. Scott
the first official bids were asked the Chandler of Decatur, Ga., Miss
Treasury again found itself swamp- Byrd of Lawrenceville, Ga., Mr. and
ed with tenders for the securities. Mrs. Wilbur Blake of Calhoun Falls,
There seems to be no reason to Dr. C. E. Sullivan of Columbia,
doubt that the Government can ob- | Little Miss Hildreth Gettys has
tain all the money it needs when- ' returned home from Columbia, af-
ever it is willing to put its guaran- ter spending the week there.
THE BEST PLACE IN DIXIE IS CAROLINA—THE BEST
PLACE TO TRADE IN CAROLINA IS DIXIE STORES
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Stores UIA1L 1
) 1 UKLU Stores
Our Specials For The Week End Are:
PRUNES, fat and juicy, pound 5c
CHEESE, fancy Wisconsin, pound 15c
MACARONI, Skinners, 2 packages 15c
TOMATO JUICE, Scott Co., can 5c
APPLES, N. Y. State Choice Evaporated, pound 10c
PEACHES, choice evaporated, 3 pounds 25c'
RINSO, 3 packages 25c
LIFEBOUY SOAP, 3 cakes 20c
TOMATO CATSUP, 14 oz. bottle 11c
RAISINS, Layers or Clusters, pound 5c
BEANS, Pintos, 6 pounds 25c
BEANS, Baby Limas, 5 pounds 25c
CARNATION MILK, 3 tall or 6 baby 24c
SNOWDRIFT LARD, 6 pound pail ■ 74c
GRITS, fresh white 4 pounds s 10c
LETTUCE, large ice bergs, each 7 l-2c
CELERY, large stalk ^ 7 l-2c
GREEN BEANS, fancy, pound 10c
TOMATOES, fresh fancy, pound 10c
EGGS, Brookfield Cartons, dozen 15c
SWEET POTATOES, kiln dried, pound 3c
IRISH POTATOES, N. Y. State, 10 pounds . 19c
NUCOA, pound 17c
SLICED BOILED HAM, pound 29c
DIXIE SPECIAL BREAKFAST BACON, pound 24c
PORK CHOPS, pound 15c
BOLOGNA SAUSAGE, pound 14c
OYSTERS, quart 50c
PURE PORK SAUSAGE, pound 15c
SUGAR 25 pounds $1.17
SUGAR, 10 pounds 48c
JEWEL LARD, 8 pounds 59c
FATBACKS, pound 6 l-2c
WHITE FEATHER FLOUR, 96 pound sack $2.00
WHITE FEATHER FLOUR, 48 pound sack $1.05
WHITE FEATHER FLOUR, 24 pound sack 55c
No. 16 OKIE STORES No. 16
MAIN STREET McCORMICK. S. C.
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Edward Groth, former messenger and teller for the Hammond,
(Ind.) National Bank, when the last of the seven local banks closed up,
decided to open a bank of his own. He accepts deposits from workers and
merchants in the form of checks for collection and acts as a clearing house
:n the settlement of local debts. No laws are said to exist for the governance
Oi the Groth institution. _ .
Living Costs Remain
• High For Teachers
State Association Finds Expenses
About Same as Last Year’s
ROOM AND BOARD
REACH HIGH MARK
White Public School Teachers Av
erage Paying About $30 Monthly
Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Caldwell of
Chester were guests of Miss Essie
tee back of a loan.
Confidence has returned at last,
everybody in Washington is saying Guy Sunday.
even if it did require the Gov- j Mrs. T. O. Young and children
ernment itself to lead the way. It of Troy spent the week end with
is beyond question that private in- relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Wiley.
vestment channels will be enabled
to obtain loans themselves because
of the great confidence instilled by,
the oversubscription to the big R. Watkins.
Little Misses Estelle Wiley, Jen
nie and Mildred Young spent the
week end with their aunt, Mrs. J.
South Carolina public school
teachers, despite ~the depression,
are paying practically the same
amount for board and room this
year as during the 1930-31 session,
the State Teachers’ association an
nounced in a statement yesterday.
The organization recently com
pleted a study of many phases of
teacher costs. Of the total num
ber of teachers answering a ques
tionnaire the association said the
records revealed that the average
cost per month for room and board
is only $1.03 less this term than
that of last year, a
| Based on an annlal salary of
$800 per year for ^1 white class
room teachers the survey showed
that the average teacher pays
! approximately 30 per cent of her
salary for board and room for eight
1 months’ time. Should the same
(board and room costs obtain for
the full 12 months and should the
teacher have no other income ex
cept her salary, the per centage for
board and room on a yearly basis
would be increased to 44 per cent,
the announcement continued. The
association pointed out that few
teachers receive incomes during
the summer months and that it
was more probable that her ex
penses would increase for the va
cation period which in many cases
is spent in surhmer schools.
The association found that
teachers average paying $29.92 per
month for room and board for the
eight months’ teaching period. For
the 1930-1931 session, the question
naire disclosed, they paid $30.95.
Employing the same average for
the 8,543 white teachers in the
state, the association estimated
that for room and board alone for
the eight months’ term the expend
iture this year would approximate
$2,044,852.48.
Of the 5,724 replying to the asso
ciation’s questionnaire 30.9 per
cent were November 15, 1931, pay
ing between $25 and $30 per month
for room and board; 28.9 per cent
were paying between $30 and $35;
16.9 per cent were paying from $20
to $25; 12.9 per cent were paying
between $35 and $40; eight per
cent were paying $40 or above and
2.5 per cent were paying $20 or less
each month.
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