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TRUE TO OURSELVES, OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD.
Thirty-First Year
Established June 5, 1902
McCORMICK, S. C. Thursday, August 4, 1932
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Number 9
Campaign Meeting At .
Parksvilie Tomorrow
The second campaign meeting for
McCormick County this year will be
held at Parksvilie tomorrow, Friday,
August 5th, at the school building
midway Parksvilie and Modoc, and
is scheduled to open at 10 o’clock
a. m. There will be a barbecue on
the grounds. The general public
is extended a cordial invitation.
The county campaign was offi
cially opened with the meeting at
Plum Branch last Friday, which
was well attended by people of that
and other sections of the county,
The itinerary is as follows:
Parksvilie Aug. 5th
Willington *ug. 12th
Young’s Aug. 19th
Mt. Carmel Aug. 23rd
McCormick Aug. 26th
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Cotton Shirts To
Replace Wool In
Clemson Uniforms
STEP MADE TO MAKE MORE EX
TENSIVE USE OF SOUTH CAR
OLINA PRODUCTS
CLEMSON COLLEGE, Aug. 2.—
The decision of Clemson College of
ficials to adopt cotton shirts to
eventually replace wool shirts here
tofore specified in the uniform re
quirements of Clemson students is
another step in the movement to
have South Carolina people buy and
use South Carolina products, says
J. C. Littlejohn, business manager,
who announces that the new cot
ton shirt is a South Carolina pro
duct made at Ware Shoals, and
that Its adoption further reduces
the expense of attending Clemson
College. The contract price, he
states, is such that three of the cot
ton shirts can be had for one of the
wool shirts now required.
The new cotton shirt decided on
is a gray sanforized cotton broad
cloth which was adopted by the
uniforms committee as the best ob
tainable after samples of cloth and
shirts had been secured from vari
ous sources and tested in the Tex
tile Department of Clemson College
by Director H. H. Willis. The Bo
ard of trustees of the college has
authorized the action, and Col. R.
John West, the new commandant of
cadets, heartily endorses it. The
garment will bear a Clemson label
but will be made by the Ware
Shoals manufacturer under specifi
cations stipulated by the Clemson
authorities.
Because of existing contracts with
the wool shirt manufacturers and
because of wool shirts now owned
by Clemson students, the change
from wool to cotton will' not be
made completely at once, Mr. Little
john explains. When students en
ter Clemson irl September they are
outfitted with shirts, trousers and
caps by the uniform manufacturers.
The plan is to supply each cadet
this fall with three cotton shirts
as part of the uniform equipment.
It is expected that as the wool |
shirts give way more and more cot- j
tori shirts will replace them, so r
that toy another year the change’
will be complete. Extra cotton
shirts may be secured by students
at any time at the low contract
price.
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Utilities Not
Permitted To Ab
sorb Power Tax
Light and power customers in
McCormick will have to pay the
jiree per cent tax on bills sent out
August 1st and thereafter. This
tax was not included in the amount
shewn on the statements sent out
August 1st, inasmuch as the com
missioners expected to absorb the
tax before receiving notice to the
effect that they could not do it.
The notice reads:
The Bureau of Internal Revenue
has ruled that electric utilities,
whether privately or municipally
owned, may not absorb the new 3
per cent federal tax on domestic
and commercial power. The bureau
based its ruling upon the language
of the revenue act, which provides
that the tax for electrical energy
furnished is “to be paid by the per
son paying for such electrical en
ergy and to be collected by the
vendor.” If companies were al
lowed to absorb the tax for their
customers the door would be open
ed to competition between com
panies on the differentials repre
sented by absorbing or passing on
the tax. Moreover, if municipal
plants absorbed the tax this sum
would be lost to the federal gov
ernment as municipal revenues are
not taxable.
Before the bureau made this rul
ing considerable confusion existed
in the interpretation of the law, es
pecially in the case of municipal
plants, as shown by news items re
ceived from many scattered sources,
which indicated they were planning
to absorb the tax.
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J. Clifton Rivers
Dies In Columbia
STATE WAREHOUSE COMMIS
SIONER DIES OF HEART
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Predict Controversy Over St. Lawrence Treaty
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6 Loretta Turnbull. California,
times feminine International
ioat champion, couldn’t drive
nough to evade cupid, so this
rill marry R. B. Blythe, New
former personal representative
ionel Lindbergh.
COLUMBIA, July 29.—J. Clifton
Rivers, state warehouse commis
sioner, died at his home here to
night of a heart attack. Mr. Rivers
was stricken about 2 p. m. His
death came shortly after 10 p. m.
He was 56 years old. He was
bom at Mount Croghan, Chester
field county.
Mr. Rivers resigned his seat in
the legislature, where he had sat
for six continuous years, March 1,
1920, representing Chesterfield
county, for the office of state ware
house commissioner, for which he
was unanimously elected by the
general assembly.
The Rivers family is one of the
oldest in South Carolina. It was
founded by three brothers, John B.,
William and Thomas, who came
from England about 1750 and set
tled near what is now Charleston.
They owned large estates on the
islands and were planters and slave
owners.
The worehousc commissioner
completed his high school course
at Chesterfield and under a private
tutor was prepared for Wofford
college as a member of the class
of 1894, but because of sickness in
the family was unable to complete
his course. His early life was spent
on a farm near Mount Croghan and
in subsequent years he has been
interested in agriculture.
He left the farm and in 1910 or
ganized a mercantile business at
Mount Croghan and was actively
identified with that enterprise until
1915.
He served continuously by elec
tion as magistrate from 1900 to
1914. In 1914 he was chosen a
member of the legislature.
He was a member olj the Masons
and Woodmen of the World and
was a member of the Methodist
church.
Mr. Rivers is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Mary Ellen Allen Riv
ers; five daughters and five sons.
The daughters are Mrs. J. A. Dem- ,
by of Pageland, Mrs. J. H. Cook,
Mrs. H. J. Griner, Miss Lucy Rivers
and Miss Jessie Rivers of Colum- j
bia. The sons are L. J. Rivers of
Columbia, L. S. Rivers of Alexan
dria, Va.; W. H. Rivers, Duncan
Rivers and George Rivers of Co
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Registration Books
Be Open Three Days
In September
AND THEN BE CLOSED UNTIL
AFTER THE GENERAL
ELECTION
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U. S. Secretary of State, Henry L. Stimson, right, and Canadian Min
ister Wm. D. Herridge, left, are here shown signing the St. Lawrence
Treaty, the estimated $400,000,000 seaway, Great Lakes-St. Lawrence river
to ocean. It is already predicted that this treaty will face bitter senatorial
ooDnsitinn at the next session of congress.
Messrs. J. A. Christian, T. R.
Cartledge and S. H. Talbert, mem
bers of the County Registration Bo
ard, announce that the board will
i be in session at the clerk of court’s
office at the court house for three
days in September, beginning on
the first Monday, which will make
the session run the 5th, 6th and 7th.
Then the books will be closed until
after the general election in No
vember.
Bethany H. D.
(lub Has Meeting
Baptist Revival
Begins Sunday
REV. C. M. COALSON OF WABILEY,
GA„ WILL ASSIST THE PASTOR
Mrs. Georgia W. Reese
Dies At Modoc
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Clean Off Premises
The pastor will preach Sunday
morning on the subject “Stirring
Up The Eagle’s Nest.” Rev. C. M.
Coalson of Wadley, Ga., who is to
be with us, will not arrive until
Monday.
Several of our young people will
have charge of the Sunday evening
service at 8:30. The general sub
ject of this program, which is spon
sored by the Baptist Student Un
ion and is being presented in
churches over the South, is the re
ligious work being done by the stu
dents of today.
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Ask Closing For
Church Services
All places of business, offices,
etc., are urged to and requested to
close between the hours of 11 a. m.
and 12 during the week of August
8-13 on account of revival meeting
at Baptist Church. The city coun
cil and undersigned feel that the
citizens owe this respect to the
churches and hope that you will
close for one hour morning service
when there is a revival in our town.
C. K. EPTING,
Mayor.
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Livestock Reminders
August Attention
CLEMSON COLLEGE, Aug. 1.—
Livestock reminders for August at
tention of busy farmers are given
by L. V. Starkey, chief animal hus
bandman; C. G. Cushman, exten
sion dairyman; and P. H. Gooding,
extension poultryman.
Animal Husbandry
Full feed hog now weighing 100
pounds and intended for Septem
ber market.
Keep shade and water before
bogs during hot weather.
Make plans to sow some small
grain for forage this fall.
Give the sheep a fresh pasture if
possible; this may make them
lamb early.
Use oats for horses and mules and
save corn for hogs.
Give beef calves some grain in a
creep.
Dairying
Mow pastures to keep grasses
tender and to kill weeds.
Maintain milk flow by temporary
grazing of Sudan grass or Pearl
millet or by cutting green feed.
Prepare for heavy fail seeding
of barley, oats, and rye for both
grazing and winter grain to make
up for this season’s corn shortage.
Seed liberal acreage cl oats and
vetch for roughage.
■ Keep milk products clean and
cool and deliver promptly.
Poultry
Do not force the pullets into
production too early.
Clean and disinfect the laying
houses before using.
Free pullets from internal and ex
ternal parasites before housing.
Cull the non-producing hens.
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Cob is an old name for spider,
hence the origin of the word cob
web.
After an illness of a week. Mrs.
Georgia V/. Reese died at her home
at Modoc Sunday night. Funeral
services were conducted at the late
residence by the Rev. J. F. Warren
of Parksvilie and interment made
at the cemetery at Parksvilie at
3:30 o’clock Monday afternoon. J.
S. Strom’s service in charge.
Mrs. Reese was 66 years of age
and had been a life long member
of Modoc Baptist Church, and was
a Christian lady of many fine and
lovable traits.
She is survived by five sons and
two daughters, as follows: Messrs.
Clifford, Ernest and J. Morgan
Reese, Sr., of Modoc, W. W. Reese,
Augusta, and J. E. Reese, Columbia;
Mrs. J. W. McDaniel of Greenwood
and Miss Georgia Reese of Modoc.
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Card Of Thanks
The family of Mrs. George W.
Reese take this method to voice
their appreciation, and to thank
each one for the many kindnesses
shown us during the illness and at
the death of our mother.
We wish to especially thank Mrs.
C. R. Davis, R. N., for her kind
and faithful service, which was a
great consolation to us. May God’s
richest blessing rest upon each one
of you.
The Family.
By J. Morgan Reese.
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Gilgal Meeting
Starts August 7tli
The annual revival meeting will
begin at Gilgal Baptist church next
Sunday, August 7th, and continue
for one week. There will be morn
ing and afternoon services with
dinner served on the grounds on
Sunday. The remainder of the
week, the services will begin at 11
a. m. and 8:00 p. m. The pastor
will do the preaching in the meet
ing. The public is most cordially
invited to worship with us. Come.
G. W. GURLEY.
Pastor.
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Living Cost Has
7 Per Cent Drop
WASHINGTON, July 30.—A 7 per
cent drop in the cost of living be
tween December and June was
reported today in a labor depart
ment study of expenses cf working
men.
Living costs in June were 6.9
per cent less than in December.
1931; 9.7 per cent below June, 1931,
and 4.7 per cent less than 1917.
Food costs dropped 12.4 per cent
between December, 1933 and June
of this year; clothing 5.7 per cent,
rents 10 per cent, fuel and light 5 j
per cent, house furnishings 13.3 !
and miscellaneous expenditures 2.2 ,
per cent.
The average cost cf living, th:j
department said, was 20.3 per cent
less than in June, 1929 with food
decreasing 35.3 per cent; clothing
20.8, rent 16.9, fuel and light 10.3
house furnishings. 22.7 and inis-
On account of the prevalence of
typhoid fever in many towns of
South Carolina and fearing an epi
demic might visit our town this
fall, I urge all property owners to
have premises cleaned up by the
15th day of August, when an in
spection by the board of health will
take place. Have v/eeds cut, old
cans, trash, etc., piled near alleys
so the scavanger man can haul off,
wells filled where not used and gen
erally police up premises. We will
also appreciate if you wdll report
any unsightly places, weeds or filth
of any kind in the alleys, streets or
public places to the town authori
ties so we can have same cleaned
up. We are determined to do ev
erything possible according to our
means to prevent an outbreak of
this kind and ask the citizens to
co-operate with us in every way
possible.
C. K. SPTING,
Mayor.
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AUGUST
Farm Calendar
celiancous
cent.
expenditures
2.5 per
CLEMSON COLLEGE, Aug. 1.—
Important phases of farm work
that may not be negelected in Au
gust without loss are given below by
Clemson College extension special
ists—R. W. Hamilton, agronomist;
E. H. Rawl, horticulturist; Alfred
Lutken, entomblogist; J. T. McAl
ister, agricultural engineer.
Agronomy
Plan now for abundant winter
legumes for soil improvement, the
most economical way to increase
soil fertility.
Do not pull fodder; it is extreme
ly disagreeable, an expensive prac
tice, and reduces the yield of corn
Clean up weeds everywhere to
prevent seeding.
Horticulture
Plant fall crop of Irish potatoes
as late as August 15.
Beans planted in late August of
ten bring a good price.
After peach harvest cut out all
broken limbs, as a preventive for
shot-hole borers.
Plant the fall garden.
Insects and Diseases
Plow under old plants socn after
harvest to destroy insects.
Be prepared to fight the fall
army w’orm with poison and bar
riers.
Continue spraying tomatoes with
4-4-50 Bordeaux to control leaf
diseases.
Begin cleaning up the orchard
and destroy all fallen fruit.
Agricultural Engineering
Get mower and rake in good run
ning condition for hay harvest.
August is a good time to construct
and repair farm buildings.
Make grain storage buildings rat-
proof and tight enough to make
weevil fumigation effective.
Build a water cooling tank be
side the well for dairy products: i
may lower temperature 20 to 30
degrees.
Investigate possibilities of install
ing a hydraulic ram for a low-cos. 1
water supply.
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At Yuma, Ariz., a covered wago 1 '
used in crossing the plains in 1840
is being repaired so that it may be
placed on exhibition as a relic o'
the city’s pioneer days. The wagon
will have a place of honor in ih
city cactus garden at the Cot-
House.
The regular monthly meeting cl
the Bethany H. D. Club was held
Monday afternoon, August 1, at.
the school house, with the presi
dent. Mrs. •C. L. Williams, presid
ing.
After a short business session..
Mrs. Nell A. Stallworth took chargc-
and a most enjoyable recreational
hour followed. The cid and the
young alike joined heartily into?
each game of merriment and scxrr
everyone seemed to have forgotten
the sultry weather. A treasure
hunt climaxed the hour with Mru.
Milton Rush as finder of the treas
ure—a beautiful cream pitcher.
Delightful refreshments were
served by the hostesses, Mrs. R. HL
Quarles and Miss Lucia Quarles.
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Three NegroevS Die
In Elect ric Chair
COLUMBIA, July 30.—Three
young negroes were put to death
in the electric chair at the South
Carolina penitentiary here yes
terday. One protested his inno
cence until the end, a second con
fessed to a murder for which he-
was never tried and the third sto
ically refused to make a state
ment.
As he sat strapped in the death
chair, Evans Wood, small Darling
ton county negro, calmly confess
ed, ‘T killed a woman I was liv
ing with in Ohio in ’31.”
Wood received the death penal
ty for killing his commcn-law wife,
Hattie Samuel, last January.
Visibly affected and in a high
ly emotional condition, Booker
Copeland broke into song while
praying in the chair. “They didn’t
give me no justice, but Jesus
Christ will give me justice,” he
said.
Copeland said he was not guil
ty of the shooting of Henry Creech
McMillan white farmer of near
Lodge, Colleton county, in April.
Just before the current was applied.
however, he admitted he struck the
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farmer.
A youth of 19, Buster Tucker,
preceded Copeland in death with
out making a statement. They
were convicted jointly of McMil
lan’s murder.
The Seed Loans
(From the Yorkville Inquirer)
More than 37,000 farm seed loans
were made , to South Carolina far
mers, totaling more tha^ .$4,000,000.
Some folks may have an idea that
they are not going to have to repay
those loans to the government. If
there are any such they are cer
tainly due to have a rude awaken
ing.
Those loans were not intended to
be a dole and Uncle Sam is fully
intending to collect them to the last
red cent when they arc due. Don’t,
fool 5 r ourself by thinking otherwise
And another thing, don't think for
a minute that you can fool your
Uncle about how you used thr
money you borrowed.
About 700 loans were made in Mc
Cormick County, the total of which
was around $75,000.00.
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Back In The Ring
411.
Miriam A. “Ma” Ferguson oU
Texas is back in the political nn g >
again, leading all six opponents for!
the Democratic gubernatorial nomi-!
nation. This is her third attempt'
since defeated for renominatkm ■»
1926; arc! again in 1928.
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