McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, August 25, 1932, Image 1

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1 iErCunuirit Last Campaign n Meeting To Be Held Here Tomorrow CANDIDATES SPOKE AT YOUNG’S FRIDAY AND MT. CARMEL TUESDAY The county candidates wind up their official itinerary here to morrow, when the iast. campaign meeting of the season will be held. The meeting will be held in the court house and will open at 10 o’clock a. m., adjourn at 1 o’clock for dinner and re-convene at 2 o’clock for the afternoon session. The ladies of the Methodist Church are making preparations to serve barbecue hash dinner at a small price. Two good meetings were held the past week—one at Young’s School House last Friday and one at Mt. Carmel on Tuesday. X Candidates Must File Expense Accounts t — Upon the conclusion of the cam paign and before the primary elec tion, all candidates are required to file a statement of all money spent or provided by them during the campaign for campaign purposes up to that time, and immediately after the primary election render an itemized statement, under oath, showing all further money spent or provided in said -election. This statement must be filed with the Clerk of Court. \ J. A.. TALBERT, County Chairman. J. O. PATTERSON, Secretary. Election Managers Can Get Boxes, Tic kets, Etc., Sat. 27th The boxes, tickets and forms for making lists will be ready for de livery by Saturday, August 27th, for the various precincts, and the managers of election shall call at the office of the County Chair man for same not later than Sat urday. The managers shall immediately upon tabulating the votes make an original and copy of the lists, placing one copy in the box, to gether with the tickets and return them under lock and key, properly sealed, to the Secretary or County Chairman. All unused ballots, poll lists, etc., shall be returned and elsewhere in this paper wiH be found rules reuglating the election; and it should be kept in mind that a strict enforcement of the rules is being asked for on the part of the Executive Committee. Every person shall have the right to vote without interference, and no one is allowed to assist a voter in mak ing his return unless the voter did not sign the enrollment book, and the managers of election will make the appointment of a bystander to assist the voter when necessary. J. A. TALBERt, County Chairman. j. O. PATTERSON, Secretary. X I Commands U. S. Navy | Barbecue Hash Dinner Tomorrow PREPARATIONS MADE TO SERVE rflNNER TO LARGE CROWD Everything is being put in read iness for the barbecue hash dinner the Methodist ladies expect to serve here Friday, when the can didates make their last appeals to the voters before the coming elec tion. A great crowd is expected, but there will be plenty of dinner for all. You may have your choice of barbecue hash or fried chicken. Potato salad, tomatoes, bread, pickle and iced tea go with either selection. This dinner will be 35c. There will also be pies, cakes, cold drinks, ice cream, etc., for sale. Come, eat with the ladies and help them build a new Methodist Church. All those who wish to remain in town for the Fiddlers’ Conven tion will be served supper by these ladies for a nominal sum. Tickets will be on sale at Strom’s Furniture Store, Smith’s 5 & 10c Store and Gulf Service Station. Would Help Those Unemployed To Get Work On Roads DR. EPTING WILL FORWARD NAMES OF APPLICANTS TO EMPLOYMENT OFFICE Dr. C. K. Epting is in receipt of the following self explanatory let ter, aftd states that he will forward to the Veterns’ Employment Office in Spartanburg the names of all applicants desiring employment, whether the applicant be an ex- service man or not. However, he states that preference will be given to the unemployed who have de pendents. The letter follows: Dr. C. K. Epting, Commander, The American Legion, McCormick, S. C., Dear Sir: , Through the funds made avail able by the Emergency Relief Con struction act of 1932 together with Federal aid, there will be some highway work in your vicinity. The Act provides that all labor employed by the contractor, except for supervision and for operation of power equipment requiring skill ed operators, shall be employed from local residents as far as avail able, preference being given to available ex-service men who have dependents. Where lists of avail able laborers are furnished the contractor by officially recognized local, state and federal employment agencies, such list shall be given preference in the selection of em ployees. Contracts will be awarded Au gust 31, 1932, to extend throughout the winter months. We, therefore, urge you to secure the names of all i ex-service men who can meet «.h3 | above requirements, and have them j register with us at once as we pro- w La. « pose to see that the regulations are carried out. If you cannot do this, please have your Adjutant or Service officer take this responsibility as it will be rendering a needed service in the war against depression. * Your co-operation is earnestly desired and will have the thanks of this office and the Legion officials of this state. Very truly yours, GEORGE M. PERCIVAL, Manager, Veterans’ Employment Office. X T. E. L. Class Meets Scientists Make Ready for Sun’s Eclipse, Aug. 31 st. 1 fjii k^sIS Mrs. J. L. McGahee Dies In Augusta People living in the New England states will have the opportunity of seeing a total eclipse (A the sun on August 31, weather permitting, the last that' will be visible in the U. S. until 1970. The duration of the eclipse will vary from 90 seconds to almost 3 minutes at certain favored points. Scien tists are making great preparations to obtain photographs which may dis close new scientific wonders. Photo shows Orestes H. Caldwell, president of the New York Electrical Society, pointing out the path of the eclipse as described in his radio broadcast a week previous to the event. The eclipse will be seen throughout the U. S. as a partial eclipse with varying degrees of obscuration. ; - i Farm Price Situation McCormick Public Is Slightly Better Schools To Open For Month July September 3th new photo of Admiral Richard Leigh new comamnder-in-chtef he U. S. Navy. He succeeds liral Frank H. Schofield. Ad- sigh boarded the flagship ita in California waters. The T. E. L.' Class of the First ! Baptist Church held its monthly business and social meeting on Fri day, 19th, at the home of Mrs. W. M. Strom, with Mesdames J. E. Britt, W. T. Strom and J. E. Brad ley as joint hostesses. The business being disposed of, the meeting was turned over to the social committee. Several inter esting games were played after which the hostesses served delicious cream and cake. Reporter. CLEMSON COLLEGE, Aug. 22.— “Farm prices stood at 57 per cent on July 15 as compared tc 100 per cent during the five-year pre-war period,” says D. W. Watkins, exten sion economist.' This is a rise of five points above June 15 prices of farm products which then stood at 52 per cent of pre-war. Perhaps no one now living ever saw the time when farm products would buy as little of other things as was the case in June. Hence the improve ment that has occurred comes like a welcome shower after a long drought. The chief cause for ela tion, however, lies in the hope that the bottom has been reached and that the future will see gradual improvement or at least a cessation of the sickening drop in buying power of farm products. It wiil be necessary for better farm prices to continue through a number of mar keting seasons before farm buying power will be back to normal. In the meantime city people who de mand and buy local or state grown produce are doing themselves a fav or, assuming quality and price are equal to that of outside commodi ties. Good increases have been experi enced in hogs, eggs, cotton ,and cattle, due to smaller supplies in prospect and in storage. For ex ample, eggs in storage on July 1 amounted to 6,340,000 cases as com pared with 9,507,000 cases a year ago and a five-year average of 9,- 865,000 cases. With lew priced small grains it looks like a fairly good year ahead for experienced egg producers. Less beef and pork are also in storage than a year ago or than the five-year average. With prices declining the storing of foods has been unprofitable but if the trend now turns upward with prices improving between the time of storage and the time of market ing, profits in the business of stor ing will encourage buying for stor age. This will tend to bring relief from extremely low prices during periods of seasonal surpluses. Cotton at about 59 per cent of pre-war is by no means high enough to justify abandoning the program of self-sufficiency that has been gaining real headway in this state during recent years. Last year’s crop at $30 per bale amount ed to more than the estimate of this crop at $40 per bale by about six million dollars foi^South Caro lina. It is hoped that one cf the lessons that recent experiences have indelibly impressed upon South Carolina agriculture is the advantage of reasonable self-suffi ciency in connection with the pro duction of foods and feeds and the upbuilding of our soil fertility. X Time is one of the most piecicus things on earth, yet most people spend it lavishly. The trustees of the McCormick Public Schools announce the open ing of the 1932-33 session Thurs day, September 8. The faculty will be announced in the next issue of the paper. New pupils entering from other schools and pupils who failed to make their grade last ses sion will be given an opportunity to stand examinations on the day of opening. W. C. ZEIGLER, Supt. McCormick Pub. Schools. X Death Claims Miss Tumblin PASSES AWAY YESTERDAY IN GREENVILLE AFTER SEVEN WEEKS’ ILLNESS Miss Eula Marie Tumblin died in a Greenville hospital yesterday morning at 11 o’clock following an illness of seven weeks. Funeral services were conducted at 11 o’clock this morning at Ra- burn Creek Baptist Church, Lau rens County, by the Rev. W. A. Baldwin and the Rev. Roy Leopard, interment following in the church cemetery. Miss Tumblin was 26 years of age and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Tumblin, of Troy. For some time she was stenographer in the office of the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company of Greenwood and had many friends here who have learned with sorrow of her death. She was a member of the First Baptist church. Besides her parents Miss Tumblin is survived by two sisters, Mrs. J. W. /Goff, of McCormick and Mrs. W. H. Beadles, of New Bern, N. C., and six brothers, L. T. Tumblin and C. P. Tumblin. of Greenville; W. A. Tumblin, Jr., Haskell Tumblin, Her man Tumblin and Raymond Tum- olin, all of Troy.—Greenwood In dex-Journal of Saturday. X s Population Movement The United States Department of Agriculture estimates that 1,472,00C* persons left farms for towns and cities in 1931, and that 1,679,000 persons moved farmward. The gain in number of persons living on farms was 648,000. For the year 1930 it was estimated that 1,766,000 persons moved from cities to farms and 1,727,000 persons moved from farms to cities—these two move ments almost balancing each other. There was a slight decrease in the number of persons going to farms in 1931, and a considerable decrease in the number going to cities. txt Nothing is so cheap as advice, but! the kind that is given away seldonij worth following. s ui BURIAL MADE HERE AFTERNOON SUNDAY Mrs. Mary Greeson Estees Mc Gahee, wife of Mr. James Lee Mc Gahee of Augusta, died last Satur day afternoon, following an illness of several weeks. She was a mem ber of the Methodist Church and was 55 years of age at the time of her death. She was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. U. Greeson of McCormick, and had many friends here who are grieved over her death. Mrs. McGahee is survived by her husband and the following sisters and brothers: Mrs. Ada Manning of Augusta, Mrs. J. T. McGrath of McCormick, Mrs. H. E. Burke of Savannah, and Messrs. Kelly and George Greeson of Augusta. Funeral services were conducted by the* Rev. W. S. Henry at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Mc Grath here at 4 o'clock Sunday af ternoon and interment made in McCormick cemetery. Pallbearers were Messrs. W. E. Rheney, George Washington, J. O. Hill, J. E. Mauldin, G. C. Weed and G. M. Scott. J. S. Strom’s service in charge. 1.xi Heavy Enrollment In State This Year Annual Meeting Baptist Woman’s Missionary Union EDGEFIELD ASSOCIATION, Glly- GAL CHURCH, THURSDAY, SEPT. 1, 1932, 10 A. M. FULL REPORT SHOWS 100,000 MORE NAMES ON BOOKS OVER THE STATE COLUMBIA. *ug. 20.—Enrollment for the Democratic primaries in South Carolina mounted to 417,599, the highest total in the history of the state, as reports were received yesterday from Union and Colleton, the last two counties to send in their figures. This year’s final count is more than 100,000 greater than the 306,- 765 of 1930, the year of the last gubernatorial election. Union and Colleton both showed^ Prayer substantial increases over two years ago, as have most of the other counties. Union jumped from 7, 368 to 11,045 and Colleton from 4,- 725 to 6,603. Compared by Counties Enrollment in the counties for 1932 and 1930, as reported to J. Wil son Gibbes, state Democratic secre PROGRAM Watchword: He Shall Reign— Luke 1:33. ‘ Devotional—Mrs. D. V. Cason. Hymn—Jesus Shall Reign. Psalm 24:1. Prayer. Vocal Selection. Greeting from Hostess Church— Miss Alma Williams. Response—Mrs. W. E. Lott. Introduction of visitors, pasters and their wives. Roll Call of Societies by the Pres idents of Divisions. Let W. M. S. Presidents respond by stating out standing points in the work of the year. Reports and Challenge the Nov.’ Watchword Brings: 1. In the General Work—Supt. Mrs. M. N. Tillman. 2. In the Divisions—Presidents of Divisions—Mrs. C. R. Pennington. Mrs. J. M. Bussey, Mrs. Douglas Wise. 3. In the Mission Study Work— Supt. of Mission Study, Mrs. W. W. Fuller. 4. In the Personal Service De partment—Supt. of Personal Ser vice—Mrs. W. M. Bouknight. 5. In the Finances—Treasurer— Miss Kellah Fair. Special Music—Mrs. J. F. Warren. Message by Vice President of the Division—“A Challenge to Let Him Reign in the Divisions”—Mrs. W. J. Hatcher. Song—Connie Maxwell Orphan age Children. Collection. Message—Miss Bertha SmitI), Missionary to China. Appointment of Committees: (a> Time and Place, (b) Resolutions. Election of Nominating Commit tee. Offering for Margaret Fund Stu dent assigned the Division. Song—Mrs. Olin Bryan. tary, follows: County Abbeville Aiken Allendale Anderson Bamberg Barnwell Beaufort Berkeley Calhoun Charleston _ Cherokee Chester Chesterfield Clarendon Colleton Darlington Dillon Dorchester Edgefield Fairfield Florence Georgetown . Greenville G H H J; K L L L L M It tl N O O P R S Si 1932 1930 6,681 4,337 _ 13,478 8,889 2,056 1,878 21,730 11,666 3,981 2,642 3,990 3,318 2,186 1,647 ___ 3,884 3,253 2,188 1,573 17,471 16,071 9,950 8,513 7,509 4,966 ... 9,140 6,912 . _. 4,062 3,10S . — 6,603 4,725 ___ 9,816 8,160 ___ 6,557 4,99. ___ .4,976 3,85£ 3,820 2,20< 3,739 2,961. — _ 15,347 10,717 4,139 3,22' ___ 34,688 22.43 ___ 9,037 5,98: ___ 3,987 3,12: ___ 12,644 io,or. . _ 1,807 1,22£ ___ 7,779 5.59f _ _ 7,167 6,053 12,135 9.452 4,513 3,452 _ _ 11,303 7,444 ___ 1,986 1,835 ___ 5,520 4,269 ___ 6,894 5,132 10,491 8,012 9,734 5.164 11,477 8,830 ___ 12,378 8,879 _ 21.454 17.281 ___ 4,177 3.849 ___ 30,758 23.985 11,045 7,368 ^. 6.071 4,461 ■ - 5,086 3.849 r._ 11,496 9,144 417,599 306,765 Dinner. Afternoon Session < Processional of Sunbeams. Lake Sunbeam Song. Lord’s Prayer. Address—Mrs. Chas. Griffin, State Supt. Sunbeam Department. Report of Associate Superintend ent—Mrs. Wallace C. Tompkins. Verbal Reports of Sunbeams Bands. Sunbeam Stewardship Declama tion Contest. Report as Supt. G. A. and Y. W. A.—Mrs. D. D. Bruson. Young Peoples’ Stewardship Dec lamation Contest. Song. Brief talks—Our Share in Making: Christ Reign in: 1. W. M. U. Training School— Mrs. W. E. Lott. 2. The Co-operative Program— Mrs. T. P. Lyon. Report on Obituaries. Song—Mrs. J. F. Warren. Report of Committee on Time ind Place—Miss Annie Lou Morgrj>_ Election of Officers. Report of Committee on Resolu tions. Adjournment. y Corbett To Promote | \ Ik James J. Corbett, former heavy- ? weight champion of the world, now-'^ 66 years old, turnrf his interest to the ‘ ring game again, ‘having obtained a > license to promote fights in Nev/ York this winter. . « m ■— « » — ■ ■■ ii i ■■■■ i war k\ \ \