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r Thursday, July 28, 1932 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE NUMBER FOUR VcCORMICK MESSENGER Published Every Thursday Established June 5, 1902 out of hiding places and credits are Q uest i ou g F 0r 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 EXPLORING NEW FIELDS easier. Men who handle money ar beginning to look for good, long term investments, commodity prices are beginning to move upward, con fidence is being restored and when the crops begin to move a new im petus will be given to the upward movement which began, so it is claimed, about six weeks ago. It is well to keep in mind the fact that a nation does not feel a depression until three months after it begins and the turning point is not felt until about three months after it begins. If the present de- FARMERS’ AND TAXPAYERS’ LEAGUE PREPARED LIST TO BE ASKED CANDIDATES FOR - SENATE AND HOUSE September. tionnaire which the League would pression runs true to form the na- ; nke to have discussed by the can- tion will feel the full force of the ■ didates for the Legislature and upward swing about the first of should appreciate very highly your co-operation in having it in serted in an early issue. At a time like this I think the public should demand clear and definite statements as to the at titude of those w’ho aspire to the rxr- SLOWLY DECREASING (Spartanburg Journal). 1 x 1 The total number of illiterates thioughout the United States on Exploring is great fun. Do you remember those days of childhood vhen with fear and trembling we sought out the unknown places in the great bam or perhaps in the new he;use into which we had re cently moved? The anticipations ^ of finding something thrilling -^P 1 ^ ^ ^930, wa^ 4,283,753, or 4.3 will be entrusted with a large au- ec [ ... npr rpn 1- . of f.bp QS 753 TV^T , . i 3n?V'2 t Vi rAvi +• vr i v» r% 4- i w-* ^ ^ ties so as to promote American trade, having in mind that trade is 'Tjhp onI y fostered by the exchange of commodities among the nations. Special Proposals We further commit the Demo cratic Party to the adoption of a constitutional amendment chang ing the fiscal year of the state so that it will run from July 1 to June 30. We favoi’ the intsitution of an ef fective system of budgetary con trol of expenditures. W.e favor centralized information of all state and local bond issues and sinking fund. We favor the enactment of a lob bying control act. We favor a law providing for the instalment payment of taxes, with reasonable discount allowance for the prompt payment thereof. We call upon the Democracy of this state and of the nation to the duty of demanding that our public servants shall be pledged to the SE! Mr. E. J. McCracken, Editor, Messenger, McCormick, S. C. My dear Mr. McCracken I am enclosing copy of the ques- Legislature. As a board of man agers of the county, the delegation principles that are herein announc ■which in reality we were afraid to per cent ' 01 the parsons thority in a time of crisis. No cor- wm y 0U pledge yourself to sup- This instinct of exploration who were ^ en y ears old or over in poration would choose as a board port the following proposals of the so prominent in childhood con- t/he population, according to the of directors a small group of men League which we maintain are tinues all through life. Those peo- Fe deral census of 1930. The decrease for so large a responsibility with- necessary to carrying out the p.e who ksep it alive and feed it in illiteracy has been steady during out knowing definitely where they above platform? with continued exploration enjoy P 3,8 ^ tour decades, census sta- stand on issues which may deter- ! As to Salaries life t£e most. But where shall we tistics show, dropping from 13.3 per mine the solvency of the corpora- ! Salaries for all offices which be- explore? Surely we cannot go cen t in 1890 to 10.7 per cent in 1900, tion. May I request that you con- ing now occupied cannot be reduc- seeking for new lands or worlds to in 1910, 6 in 1920 and 4.3 in tinue to give us the benefit of your ed because of constitutional guar- discover, like that which Columbus 193 0- That showing is encouraging, effective co-operation, lending all antees be fixed at this time so that found. Neither can we be like un- but the fact that more than four emphasis to the higft importance of in case of vacancy the new salary to Admiral Peary and go to the und one-quartar million persons choosing only such men for the shall be in keeping with the eco- Nbrth Pole. What then? over ten are still unable to read and Legislature as are fully responsive nomy program. 9 ft ‘i’.iat’s the reputation our meats have established and we guard that reputation zealously. You’ll never get good meat here one time and poor meat the next —you can depend on us for good meat every day of the year. ALWAYS THE LOWEST PIUCES And here’s the most pleasing feature of our ser vice the prices zre always the very lowest, enabling you to he truly economical. Our meats are of high est quality. Depend on us regularly for real satisfaction. De livery service for your convenience. Old Fashioned Barbecue Hash 20 cents Per Quart Saturday --CITY MARKET-- . ' G. B. SMITH, Prop. Phone 18 Augusta St McCormick, S. C. / 3 B ■ B != J The late Mr. Edison developed his write throughout the states ;.ndi- instinct for exploration in the field cates a big project ahead. As re- of electricty, finding new worlds of gards the illiteracy the highest av- wonder and usefulness. Other men erage is among the elderly. Only are discovering new ways 1^0^20,538 of those returned as illiter- which to advertise or expand busi- ate in 1930 were under 21 years of ness. Stili others are prying into age, while 3,863,215 were 21 years of the secrets of knowledge wherein age or over. Illiteracy per cent- are the wonders of the mind. This ages for all age periods were lower is a great field. This»is the value ! for native whites of foreign or mix- of arf education. We do not send ed per centage than for native t>oys to college to teach them how ( whites of native parentage, the rec to make money but how to use orc js show, their minds in the exploration of the mind which is illimitable in its boundaries. What a joy there is in the birth of a new Idea! What a thrill to look into the unknown of knowl edge! And it requires hard work. It required hard work and sacrifice for Columbus and for Peary to ex plore, for Byrd and Lindbergh to to the needs of the moment? | All constitutional officers and ev Renewing the assurances of my ei T department of the government, grateful recognition of your fine state and local, be requested to ac- service, I am. Very cordially yours, NIELS CHRISTENSEN, President Farmers’ and Taxpayers’ League. Columbia, S. C., July 20, 1932. QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED Will you pledge yourself to unite with other members of the General Assembly so as to secure an organ ized effort in the General Assemb ly to enact the platform below into law, recognizing, that individual ideas must be subordinated to the general aim, and that the need is John D. Rockefeller is 93'years-! for representatives who will loyally strive toward unity of action be hind their own chosen Legislative leaders? -txt- THE WISDOM OF AGE (Dillon Heralw) kei id old. He entered business when he* was a young man and before he ended his active business career he undertake their venture, for Louis had struggled through several se- j Will you pledge yourself to sup- Pasteur to explore the wonders of vere business depressions. There- | port the platform of the Democratic the germ life through which he has * ore what he says about the pres- done more for mankind than any cn ^ depression is based on the phil- ether man or person outside of the Man of Galilee. One cannot ex plore the depths of the mind with out hard work and sacrifice, dut it pays a thousand fold. * \ THE CARELESS DRIVER (Spartanburg Journal) osophy of personal experience. Mr. Rockefeller has faith in the future. “Prosperity," says Mr. Rockefeller, “has always returned, and will again." There are millions of other men of vision who share this belief with Mr. Rockefeller. Thi$ old world has been here for several million years and it will be here for several mill ion more. It has survived many social, economic and religious up heavals. It has survived wars, floods, earthquakes and cyclones. The man who loses faith in th3 future loses faith in everything. Faith and hope are the foundations upon which the entire social struc ture rests. Of course, the world is coming out There is sound reason and com mon sense to the deduction of Chief Justice Blease of the Supreme Court to the effect that it is dangerous to attempt to pass an automobile trav eling in the same direction on a 5 wet highway, and more dangerous to attempt on such paving to pass another car moving in the same di rection while a third "vehicle is ap proaching. And yet this is the order of the day out on the modern highways of the state, frequently resulting in the loss of life and de struction of property. In such in stances to bring suit against the state itself, on the grounds of de fective roadbed, and the obtaining of damages, would soon bankrupt the comfhonwealth. Careless driv ing of cars cannot be charged up to the' state of South Carolina. The j individuals at the wheel can do' more to improve skid end such con-1 OTW , .. . . . ditions than all the suits and litiga- Party of South Carolina adopted at its last convention? This platform contains these pro posals: General Proposals for Economy and Efficiency We favor and commit the Demo cratic Party of South Carolina to the creation of no new office, the abolishment of all that afe not in cept a reduction in salaries to bring them in keeping with the economy program. Cut out all so-caljed expense al lowances which are in fact addi tional salaries. Cut out the payment of two sal aries to the same person where either is for full time employment. Allow no extra pay for members of the General Assembly. Further reduce Legislative ex penses. As to Supplies, Equipment and Material Secure reduction in the cost of all departments, institutions and com mission’s by better methods of pur chasing supplies, equipment and material through quantity buying and modern ways of making requ isitions and securing bids. Searching Inquiries Needed Make a thorough survey of all departments, commissions and in stitutions in order to eliminate such activities and offices as may be dis pensed with, and to establish uni form salaries and wages. Investigate the need for every expenditure and have compliance with the terms of the State anc* dispensable and the consolidation 1 County appropriation bills by con- of all others where it is possible; a drastic reduction in all salaries from the highest federal to the lowest state, county or school, ex cept where such a reduction has stant budget control. Legislative Reforms Make unlawful the election of any member of the General Assembly to any office within the gift of the already been made; the most rigid General Assembly, and prohibit a economy in the operation of every member of the General Assembly department or institution of the from serving as a trustee or direc- government; that no law creating for of any state institution, new continuing liabilities or broad- I Prohibit the appointment or em- ening the scope of those already in ployment of any member of the Statement of Current Loans and Bonded Debt of McCormick County -— " ^ JULY 1, 1932, COMPARED WITH JULY 1, 1931 County Bonds OjS as of June 33, 1931: 5Vs % Road Bonds ---$ 30,000.00 5 % Road Bonds 50,000.00 6 % Road Bonds SO.OOCf.OO 3 % Court House and Jail 40,000.00 5 l /2 % County Bonds 45,000.00 TOTAL OUTSTANDING COUNTY BONDS JUNE 33, 1931 $265,000.00 County Bonds 0|S as of June 30, 1932: 5 Ms 5 6 6 5 Ms % % % % % Road Bonds 3 70,000.00 Road Bonds 50,000.00 Road Bonds — 50,000.00 Court House and Jail 40,000.00 County Bonds 43,000.00 TOTAL OUTSTANDING BONDS JUNE 30, 1932 __ $253,000.00 DECREASE OF $ 12,000.00 School Bonds 0|S June 30, 1931: 6 % McCormick S. D. No. 4 $ 30,000.00 6 % Plum Branch S. D. No. 24 24,000.00 6 % Washington S. D. No. 25 28,000.00 TOTAL OUTSTANDING SCHOOL BONDS JUNE 30, 1931 — _ $82,000.00 School Bonds 0|S June 30, 1932: 6 % McCormick S. D. No. 4 $ 30,000.00 6 % Plum Branch S. D. No. 24 20,000.00 1 % Washington S. D. No. 25 26,000.00 TOTAL OUTSTANDING SCHOOL BONDS JUNE 30, 1932 — _$ 76,000.00 DECREASE OF _ $ 6,000.00 County Notes OiS June 30, 1931: 6 % Note Sinking Fund Commission $ 1,132.50 6 % Note Sinking Fund Commission _ T — 1,607.50 7 % Note M. G. & J. J. Dorn 10,000.00 6 % Sinking Fund Commission 15,272.50 6 % Note Sinking Fund Commission 15,000.00 6 % Note Sinking Fund Commission 15,000.00 of the present depression. It is existence be passed; that no new General Assembly or their close already on the way out, and in less than a year, probably, the world will look back upon Its present dif- tions that can be started. X LET’S GO! (Dillon Herald) “I agree with you,” said a local b:~smess man the other, day; “the worst is over and the trend is up- Ward. I hear less pessimistic talk and money is beginning to circu late. I have noticed a distinct im provement in my own business this •month, and best of all the old-time spirit of confidence is returning.” That is the way to talk, and this man was not talking just to hear bimself talk. He has sensed a change in conditions, but the tax be placed upon the people, but relatives to positions in the State that each department and institu- departments, institutions and com- tion so reduce its expenditures as mi ssions. ffculties very much like a person ! to operate within the income from ! County Reforms looks back upon or recalls a bad the present taxes, and wherever Reduce all county expenditures to dream or disagreeable nightmare. possible such expenditures be re- brin S them in accord with the tax- The man who has held on this duced and the state tax lowered P a y ers present ability to pay. long ought to tighten instead of or entirely eliminated from prop-' I ^ ave Legislative Delegations loosen his grip. Prosperity, as we 'erty; and that public improvement make up the County Supply Bills at have known it in the past, may not be kept at the minimum consist- ea s pr or ° be “just around the corner,” but ent with efficient government, if better times are not so far away, not entirely suspended. , „. n tv .. We further declare the essential of the Proposed Bills, showing the services of the state are the main- appropriations for the past tenance of public order, the collec tion of taxes and such educational and health provisions as may con form to the requirement qf abso lute indispensability; and that the and look hopefully into the future. X THINGS WORTH KNOWING after public hearings and itemized publication ;, s for the past and current years in parallel columns. Abolish the fee system in all counties, putting all county officers on a salary basis, except where the total fees received are so small TOTAL OUTSTANDING NOTES JUNE 30, 1931 ... $ 58,012.50 $ 51,032.64 : sole criterion tor the imposition ot that economy to the taxpayer would taxes should be the ability of the be served by designating fees rath- In the middle ages people sup- — — .. , posed that fits of epilepsy were people and the industries of the er T1 ^ r ? 1 ^ contagious. state to pay the levy and not the Provide for the administration of demands or requirements of the count y government by a board to tobacco various services fostered by the be elected by the peopleand _that the integrity of each branch of the A Spaniard introduced into Spain from the West Indies in state. ff nvprnment be resnected as 1559. | We affirm that the government state government be respec d a of the United States has been and stipulated in the Constitution (Art. 1 Section 14) and that supervision and control of administrative func- C. C. Fitzgerald, of Linwood, N. C., is as blind to the real condition of harvested ninety bushels of yellow the afflicted country as a responsi- . ... soy beans from a five acre field. ble government could be; we call “ons mj.he counties rest with ad- . upon our senators and represen Potatoes were brought to Europe tatives in congress to exert them- from South America before the selves to bring about such measures change is not confined Dillon or noddle of the sixteenth century. of relief as we have here recom- Dillon county. It is becoming uni- • versal. mended for the good of the state so j far as they may be appropriate to ministrative officials, it being the purpose to confine the legislative delegation to purely legislative du ties in Columbia. X The rare metal thallium, which , There are more than 250 differ _ _ __ _ This has been a long and wither- grips and tricks in the Japanese the nation, having in mind that the i is quite similar to lead, appears xng depression, but the end is in system of self-defense known as •ight. Men who study national and jiu-jitsu. •world conditions have been saying j for the past several weeks that the, The per capita use of narcotics in bottom has been reached and when the United States is given by one the bottom is reached there . is j authority as 245 milligrams, com- r __ bound to be an upward swing. | pared with 150 in Europe and eight I We urge the congress of the Unit- Idle money is beginning to move in Asia. led States to adjust our customs du- maintenance of the great program of the nation as well as the main tenance of the present salary scale of the federal services are entirely Indefensible and deserving of the severest reprobation bright and shining when fresh cut, but dulls quickly in the air. X Leakage of manufactured gas has been found to be the chief source of explosions in manholes which have resulted in loss of life and property damage. County Notes O S June 30. 1932: 1 % Note Sinking Fund Commission $ 15,000.00 ^ "o 4 -' ‘3i/" , 'ln nr F\md Commission 15.000.00 3 % Note M. G. & J. J. Dorn 7.500.00 3 % Note M. G. & J. J. Dorn ^ 7,500.00 3 % Note M. G. & J. J. Dorn 6,032.64 TOTAL OUTSTANDING NOTES JUNE 30, 1932 ___ DECREASE OF School Notes 0!S -June 30, 1931: 7 % Note M. G. & J. J. Dorn (Co.) $ 10.000.00 6 % Note Sinking Fund Com. S. D. No. 2 333.34 6 % Note Sinking Fund Com. S. D. No. 4 2,672.28 6 % Note Sinking Fund Com. S. D. No. 5 51.19 6 % Note Sinking Fund Com. S. D. No. 6 10.64 6 % Note Sinking Fund Com. S. D. No. 9 126.20 6 % Note J. A. Hamilton, S. D. No. 25 2,632.08 $ 6,979.86 TOTAL OUTSTANDING NOTES JUNE 30, 1931 ___ $ 15,825.73 School Nptes O S June 30, 1932: % % % % % Note Sinking Fund Com. S. D. No. 4 $ 1,232.62 Note Sinking Fund Com. S. D. No. 6 & 9 __ 255.92 Note Sinking Fund Com. S. D. No. 9 33.92 Note Sinking Fund Com. S. D. No. 2 166.67 Note J. A. Hamilton, S. D. No. 25 1,812.79 TOTAL OUTSTANDING SCHOOL NOTES JUNE 30, 1932 $ 3,501.92 DECREASE OF 1 9 HI A Decrease in County Bonds from 6-30-31 to 6-30-32 Decrease in School Bonds from 6-30-31 to 6-30-32 Decrease in County Notes from 6-30-31 to 6-30-32 Decrease in School Notes from 6-30-31 to 6-30-32 $ 12,000.00 6,000.00 6,979.86 12,323.81 TOTAL DECREASE OF COUNTY INDEBTEDNESS FROM 6-30-31 to 6-30-32 97 9A9 CT & 1 ,OUO.O 4 McCormick, S. C., July 25, 1932. i T. J. PRICE, Treasurer, McCormick County.