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' "Ebursday, August 17, ^ 1933 AlcL'UKMlUK MESSKINiylin, MctiUKJMIUK, sUUTH CAROLINA A wvr ■cCORMlCK MESSENGER Published Every Thursday Established June 5, 1909 • ; EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner ■Mered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of flw second class. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: —— Strictly Cash Jn Advance One Year $1.00 ■tx Months .75 Three Months .50 make returns to the local office. Motor Truck Owners In addition to those whose princi pal place of business is in the dis trict, all merchants who have no principal place of business will send their reports and remittances to Mr. Cooper, the law provides. The list contains 320 miscellane- Of Three Counties To Meet In Greenwood Richmond Hilton, Leader Of Legion In State, Drow NOTICE OF TAX SALE The Allotment Plan And Cotton Acreage z' Clcmson College, ' Aug. 12 —To lie many people who are already beginning to wonder just what plan control will be applied to cotton production in 1934 to prevent a laiYe crop from offsetting the ad vantages gained through acreage reduction this year, D. W. Watkins, extension agricultural economist, ays that under the Farm Act the allotment plan seems to be the most likely and feasible plan. This aitctment plan applied to cotton would be approximately as follows, be explains: The average production of cotton .ii the United States for a period, my of five yearn, would be letsrai- ised. The average domestic con- mmption for the same period would be determined. Let us say it was 45 per cent of production. The vtanestic allotment of the entire belt would be 45 per cent of average production. The allot- :t to each state would* be 45 per of its five-year average pro- tion, likewise for each county each state. A county or- . Conization would take the county allotment and divide it among the cotton growers according to the overage production of each. The for basing individual allot- ts might be a two-year or a year period and allotments be adjusted pro-rata to fit county allotment. the purpose of raising the to pre-war parity levels the* of Agriculture would call a reduction in acreage, say of! 6ent, on the part of those who are to receive the jpoeflte of the allotment plan. The grower would agree in re- far benefits received under allotment plan to reduce his and would be paid by the Government an amount would in effect give him the | price on his individual al- it of approximately 45 per of his usual production. For rest he would receive nothing than the usual market price. 1 entire crop would be sold in the way, the allotment benefits 1 to raise his cash income' offsetting the possible loss from' m ihrlnc his acreage. Growers not emperating would receive the or- or prevailing market price their entire crop. The benefits for a particular year would be paid to cooperating growers who reduced acreage ac- VMKdfng to agreement with the Sec- jfctary regardless of the price of cotton for that season by reason of the fact that the processing tax would have been applied and col and the acreage would have reduced by the individual. The outlined here is very similar tm that now being applied to wheat. A joint meeting of McCormick. Abbeville and Greenwood Coun- ous items and 248 items under the ties’ motor truck owners will be heading of “wearing apparel.” Be- held at the Greenwood county sides this approximately 100 blank court house Wednesday night, Au- lines are provided for articles gust 23. at 8 o’clock, for the pur- which the compiler of the list for- pose of formulating an organiza- got or was unfamiliar with. tion for the enforcement of the Among the articles listed as be- truckers’ code of fair competition ing made “Wholly or in chief value in this area, F. M. Burnett, secre- from cotton” are adhesive plaster, tary of the South Carolina Motor anti-macassars, armature winding, Truck Owners association, has an- artificial flowers, balloon covers, nounced. bathtubs, bridge dodgers, sausage Similar meetings held in other casings, horse collars, bird cage sections of the state were largely covers, locomotive storm curtains, attended by truckers who were dredging sleeves* tackling dummies, unanimous in their adoption of the orthopedic heels, temporary houses, proposed code which embodies typewriter ribbons, shock absorb- practically the same hours as are ers, sponsons (canoes), suitcases, applicable to railroads. The tenta- swimming tanks, archery and golf tive agreement was adopted by all targets, poultry house windows, Southern states in meeting in At- motorcycle windshields and water lanta on August 7 and the nation- &? oor at McCormick, South. “ ! an ^ the proceeds of tfrmf Under and by virtue of a war- will be applied to the payment rant issued to me by the County 01 the said taxes and the cost of Treasurer of McCormick County, sam seizure and sale, to wit: S I have seized the f ollowing de- The property of L. N. Brown, and scribed nroperty to satisfy the tax- is described as follows: rv,iM*«K;o a, i.* » j ''s rtu* the S-ate of South Carolina One Hundred and Twelve (112) Columbia. Aug. 14.—Richmond n nd the r^nntv of McCormick, and Acres of land more or less* in H. Hilton, of Columbia, state com- the seme vah be sold to the high- School District No. 4. McCormick mander of the American Legion, ^ bidder for cash on salesday in County. S. C.. bounded on north drowned in Lake Murray Sundav ^ember . 19 ? 3 » no^pV 0 ^.^ of D * p * M ^ain. , . . . . , hours of in. ^nt o i tn.3 < j , now p # Robinson rf when a houseboat he was -aboard House Door at McCormich, South C. H. Calvert - east bv Ro^kv Cr«ek* turned sharply to go to the aid of Carolina, and the proc-ed- of the south by lands of Rice and O’Con- another vessel and HUton fell in- sale will be applied the pavmen" nor: west by lands of Rice and of the said taxes and the co3> cr O Connor, and nrobably others, and said seizure and sale, to wit - : known as Mach Hugb>v rOnoe. The nropertv of W L. Acker, .t; t. FOOSHE, Tax Collector.. McCormick County. McCormick. S. c„ Aug. 15, 1933.—3t. to the water. V. G. Lander, of Columbia, who with Hilton and a oartv of friends and is described as follows: wings. ' Gross Weight Required. It is nat sufficient for the mer- al recovery administration now has it under consideration. The code will allow the truckers chant to list the weight of the ar- t o operate six days of eight hours tides. He must, according to the €ac h and for seven days service the instruction on the forms, list also wee k may be 58 hours. Minimum the weight of the non-cotton parts wag es will be 30 cents an hour for of the articles such as buttons, drivers and 25 cents for helpers binding, or other material not of and derical workers. Time and one- cotton. After learning these third would be allowed for over weights, he subtracts the weight time and provision is made on a of the non-cotton part from the long haul for a 16 hour day, pro weight of the whole article, and vfcled the weekly total does not ex- then places in the space provided cee d 55 hours, for it the weight of the cotton part alone. s After this has been done, and were cruising on the lake in the boat, said that when Hilton fell overboard he threw him a rope and a life preserver and started to go to his aid. ' Hilton then called out to Lander that he “could make it” and Lander went to turn the boat around. When the boat reached the spot where Hilton fell into the water, Hilton could not be found. Hilton drowned about 2 a. m. His body was recovered in 35-foot syater about 11 a. m. by a squad from the Columbia fire department. The craft the houseboat turned to aid was a small boat owned by Ed Bustej - , which was stranded on the lake by propeller trouble. Its occupants later joined in the search for Hilton’s body. 1 Library Table, 1 Electric Table Lamp, 1 Hah Rack. 1 3 Piece Wicker Suite, 1 Wardrobe, 1 Dresser, 4 Dining Room Chairs, 1 Dining Room Table, 1 China Closet, 1 Buffet. 1 Cook Stove, 1 Refrigerator, 1 Writing Desk, 1 Singer Sewing Machine, 1 Wash Stand. J. T. FOOSHE, NOTICE OF TAX SALE Under and by virtue ^f a war rant issued to me by the County Treasurer of McCormick County, I have seized the following de scribed nronertv to sntisfv the + ox- es due the State of South Carolina and the County of McCor^ck. the years lo*)« 1977 joeo. io*»^ 1931 and 1932, and the same will be sold to the highest, bidder for Tax Collector, McCormick County, cash on salesday in September 1933, McCormick, S. C. August 15, 1933.—3t. NOTICE OF TAX SALE during the legal hours of sale in front of the Court House Door at McCormick. South Caro 1 ’"'’ a^d the oroceeds of the sale will be ap plied to the payment of the said taxes and the cost of said seizure All operators of trucks, teams and drays, whether hauling for hire or ( not, will come under the code and all articles so listed, he adds the. expected to cooperate with total weight of the cotton portions ^ The government will not deal with individuals and to realize the full benefits of the code motor truck owners in this state must af- Under and by virtue of a war- and sale, to wit: rant issued to me by the County Th^ pmoertv of Viola Callaham, Treasurer of McCormick County, and is described as follows: „ , . . I have seized the following de- Two Acres rf land, more or Funeral services for Hilton wnl scr ibed property to satisfy the tax- m School District ^o. Mc- be held at 11 a. m. Tuesday at Cam- e s due the State of South Carolina Cormick County. S. C.. bounded on den, his former home. They will be and the County of McCormick, for north?, south and west bv -Mrs. M. in charge of the American Legion. ^ to^the^hlg^ p! IX^n^XKeS bidder fer cash on salesday in J. T. FOOSHE. September 1933, during the legal T~" McCormick County. with honorary escorts from Richland and Camden posts. ths of his merchandise and multiplies this total by $0.44184 to find out how much he pays the government. Before going through this calcu lation, however, he must ascertain ’ filiate them selves with the South whether the article is taxable. If it Q aro iina motor truck owners asso- is all cotton it is taxable. If, on the c i a tion or some similar organiza- other hand, it is only partly of cot- tion which is reC ognized by the na- ton, the value of the cotton con- n ona i recovery administration, tent must be compared with the total value of all the other compo nents. If the value of the cottpn components is greater than that of the others, it is taxable. Otherwise it is not. Most Retain Records. -txt- J. A. Edmunds | John A. Edmunds of Santa Bar- j bara, Calif., died there on July 16th, Another section of the instruc- ^ a >°"* ^ He was 69 tions declares that every person re-' a | e an< ! a of “ c - quired to make a return “shall pre- S „ C “ born serve for a period 9 f at least four h * r * Ma . rc t h 3 - 884 E ,* Ie was a son of the late J. Alex Edmunds and Elizabeth White Edmunds. years from the date the tax be came due the complete records on which the inventory or inventories are based . Penalties are provided for hot , . „ _ _, not keeping charles H- and Joe F- Edmunds, of Besides his wife he is survived by one sister, Mrs. O. D. Price, of Mc Cormick, S. C., and six brothers, making returns, for records and for not paying the tax. If any merchant, however, is un able to complete his inventory by the time fixed, he may be granted an extension of 90 days by the col lector, but must pay interest on his tax for the time he uses beyond the deadline. The processing tax already is ef fective on wheat and articles made chiefly from wheat. It later will be extended to include field corn, hogs, rice and tobacco. txt Fencing Is Big Need For More Livestock Clemson College, Aug. “While there is not much 12.- argu- meht for fencing a cotton field. x. Merchants Must Check Their •» k Cotton Stocks Abbeville, S. C., A. A. Edmunds, of Edgefield, S. C., R. N. Edmunds, of Parksville, S. C., F. F. Edmunds, of Spartanburg, S. C., and W. J. Ed munds, of York, S. C. He had made his home at Santa Barbara the past thirty or more years. x CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS The United States Civil Service Commission has announced open competitive examinations as fol lows: Cost and Production Superinten dent (Shoe Factory), $2,000 a year, less a deduction not to exceed 15 per cent as a measure of economy and a retirement deduction of 3 1-2 per cent; Federal Penitentiary, Leavei4worth, Kans. This exam ination is reannounced for the reason that an insufficient num ber of applications were obtained from the previous examination. there is plenty of argument for fencing some of the land now in cotton and growing therein feed for livestock and thus reducing the cotton acreage in favor of more and | which closed recently, better livestock,” thinks Prof. L. VJ Steward (for filling the positions Starkey, head of the animal hus- of Steward at $2,600 a year and bandry department. A lack of good Assistant Steward at $2,300 a year, Foster Succeeds Late Commander Of S. C. Legion McCormick. S. C., Aug. 15, 1933.—3t. h^urs of sale in f r ont of the Court House Door at McCormick, South Carolina, and th? proc o eds of the sale will k - ' applied to the payment i^fyirn-ip 'tti TkVR'rrkim aivti of the said taxes and the cost of NOTI C E TO DEBTORS AND CRE- said seizure and sale, to wit: DITORS The property of Mamie Gilchrist, d ^ icnH AU Persons indebted to the late Thirty-Two (32) Acres of land, . _ ., . Camden Aue 15 Miller C Fos- more or less, in School District No. * Cheatham, deceased, are re- for S nmmin^nt in 24. McCormick County, S. C., Quested to pay same at once to the ter, of Spartanburg, prominent m bounded on nor th by land of Ar- undersigned, and all persons hold-' state and national American Le- thur chamberlain: east by land inK claims affain s t the said A a gion affairs,today was elected de- of T. Garrett Talbert: south by ' ng cla ^ s aga ^ A * G - oartment commander to serve out land of Edmund Chamberlain and Cheatham are requested to file Fv, , . f , tt west by Stevens Creek and proba- them at once with the under- the unexpired tern, of Richmond H., oth y ers . signed. No data will be considered, HUton, of Columbia, drowned Sun-, j. t. FOOSHE, day in Lake Murray. Tax Collector, McCormick County McCormick. S. C., Aug. 15, 1933.—3t. NOTICE OF TAX SALE unless it is itemized and verified. MAURICE C. WHITE, WALLACE L. WHITE. Executors Estate of A. G. Cheat ham, Deceased. Aug. 8, 1933.—4t. Under and by virtue of a war- ^L^fVcoM* <gE3£ Notice For Bids For The state executive committee named the Spartanburg attorney commander. shortly After funeral services were held here for Hilton. Foster was national vice-com mander in 1928 and was for sever al years department adjutant. He served overseas as a lieutenant in j have' seized * the ~ following"" de-’ rp • t* •V the 140th infantry. | scribed nronertv to satisfy the tax- 1 ranSpOrtatlOIl X 11 III IS More than 3,000 persons, includ- du* the State of South Carolina ‘ , x ing Legionnaires from all parts of tlle years ilOSl^nd^lOSSk and Sealed bids will be received un- the state, grieved at the tragic sam* will be sold to the highest til 11 a. m. August 26, 1933, for the death of HUton, paid final tribute bidder for cash on salesday in transportation of pupils from the front'of‘the school districts: . House Door at McCormick, South! WiIlin gton School District No. 2 Carolina, and the oroceeds of the!to De la Howe State School. ! Bordeaux School District No. 3 to McCormick High School. to the late commander x Twenty-One Die of the said taxes and the" cost of Un O.tate IXOaCISjSaid seizure and sale v to wit: ACCIDENT REPORTS SHOW 73 INJURED IN JULY The State, Aug. 11. Twenty-one persons were killed in accidents on highways in South Carolina last month, bringing the list of fatalities for the year due to this cause to 110. a statement is sued from the highway department shows. Twenty-two were killed in July, 1932, and the total for the ri”3t seven months of that year was 112. The report shows that although the number of accidents increas'd for the first seven months, the to tal for July was off by 34. that is from 114 in 1932 to 30 last month. In the meanwhile the total in- The propertv of S. T. Bailev Es- Flatwoods School District No. 7 tate. and is described as follows - to Sharon School. imr’To a«K CI ? S Tv 0f ! Milwa y School District No. 13 to land. mor«* or less, in School Di*-' , trict No. 25. McCormick County, S. Greenwood High School. C.. bounded on north by Savan nah Fiver Electric Co.,' formerlv Fuller land: east by C. & W. C. Railwav and State Highway No. soiVh and west by Savannah Electric Co., and probably , others. J. T. FOOSHE. Tf*x Collector. McCormick County. McCormick. S. C., Aug. 15, 1933.—3t. NOTICE OF TAX SALE Robinson School District No. 14 to McCormick High School. Bethany School District No. 13 to McCormick High School. Lyon’s School Disrtict No. 17 to McCormick High School. Vernon School District No. 19 to Sullivan High School. - All bids shall be addressed to the County Superintendent of Educa tion, marked on outside of sealed envelope, “Bid for Transportation of Pupils in Under and by virtue of a war rant issued to me bv the County Sc h 0 oi District No. Treasurer of McCormick County, and State, Aug. 15. ' Between August 31 and Septem ber 30 merchants ih South Caroli- will have to prepare lists of all goods made entirely or pre- Bwlh intlj of cotton, showing the of the cotton in these arti- fences, he says, is one of the most serious drawbacks to a profitable livestock industry in South Caroli na. In the livestock sections of the less a deduction of not to exceed 15 per cent as a measure of econo my and a retirement deduction of 3 1-2 per cent), Federal penal and I have seized the following de-1 shaU <* at the hour des - scribed orepertv to satisfy the tax- j ignated in this advertisement. Bids es due the State of South Carolina, will be opened and awards made by , „ ?, nd the County of McCormick, forU^g county Board of Education, jured last month was 76 as com- the years 1930. 1931 and 1932, and i * . „ u nrra pared with WS in July. 1932. The the same will be sold to the highest who shall have the nght to reject tota , for seven months of 193? bldder cash on salesday in any and alP bids, and to re-adver- total tor the seven months ot 1.3- September during the legal tise for nev/ and additional bids. J. W. CORLEY, County Supt. of Education. country, on the other hand, it is correctional institutions through- unusual to find a field not fenced. “It is often the case that when a field of oats is harvested if the out the United States. Junior Director of Social Work (Junior Warden’s Assistant), $2,000 YIMs inventory, which will be pre- both by wholesalers and re- is for the purpose of col- leefcfhg - Che process tax provided un der the' farm relief act. The law provides that all mer- dbsnts shall have 30 days after Jtagust 1 in which to get rid of ewKton articles purchased before the { itax went into effect, but that they pay a tax of $0.044184 per id. on all articles not disposed .The process tax will be collected the manufacturers on such Bitfsles purchased by the whole- jhAb - or retailer after August 30. Fferms to Be Sent Out. r 4^eial forms for the lists have Bbbu secelved at the^office of Rob- M. Cooper, collector of Internal me, for use by merchants who field were only fenced livestock to $2,500 a year, less a deduction could glean much clear profit from not to exceed 15 per cent as a the grain which is left on the measure of economy and a retire- land”, Prof. Starkey continues, ment deduction of 3 1-2 per cent;. “Likewise, a com field may be Federal penal and correctional in ready to hog down but because of stitutions throughout the country, lack of fence this crop must be har- | Assistant Director of Social Work vested and carried to the hogs in (Warden’s Assistant), $2,600 to dry lot at added expense, and much' $3,100 a year, less a deduction not of the manure never gets back to to exceed 15 per cent as a measure was 597 and for the seven just pas^, hours of sale in front of the Court 560. The number seriously ini urea House Door at McCormick, South last month was 23 and slightly in- Carolina and the proceeds of the .■ H c, sale will be applied to the payment McCormick, S. C. jurea , . . .. of the said taxes and the cost of Aug. 7, 1933.—3t. Recklessness due to liquor wa« sa i d seizure and sale, to wit: , attributed as the cause of four of The property of Estate of W. K. -rk i ^ last month’s accidents, while 1? Bradicy, and is described as fol- First Bale Cotton were said to have resulted f'-Ojn, Thirteen Hundred and Sixty this cause in July, 1932. (1360) Acres of land, more or less, Thirty-three of last month’s ac- in Schpol District No. 11, McCor- cidents were collision beriv' mick County, S. C.. known form erlv as Hearst Place, bounded on e5 \ - 11 '7’ nortb by lands of Sam Young and nr»r T M'rv maht vehicles and fixed ob- joe Cresswell estat? - Pnist, hv land McCORMICK COUNTY MAN AGAIN LEADS WAY IN motor vehicles: , 11 collisions be tween motor vehicles and fixed ob- joe Cresswell estate; east bv~ land jects; 10 between motor vehicles “f William Kennedy; south by and pedestrians, while 25 were nor.- ^ ands Sam Talbet and Palmers, Sold At Greenwood Brings 10 Cents the field on which the fe£d was grown. “Sometimes we firid a fence around a field which is too poor to grow anything. If this same fence were around a good piece of land much grazing could be obtained.' “In short, feed crops, forage crops, and permanent pastures are what it takfTs to produce^ live stock. These call for more and bet ter fences.’’ of economy and a retirement de duction of 3 1-2 per cent; Federal penal and correctional institutions throughout the United States. Full information may be obtain ed from the Secretary of the United States Civil Service Board of Exam iners at the post office in any city which has a post office of the first er the second class, or from the United States Civil Service Com mission, Washington, D. C. . rtest hv Long Cane. Creek and J. U. collision accidents. -jWardlaw Estate, and probably oth- Thirty-two of the motor vehicles ers. were damaged badly and 60 slight-I J. T. FOOSHE, ly. Sixty-one of the accidents M J,Cormick County, curred on straight road, 18 on Mc ^ ormlc ^ S- C.. curves, and 7 at public grade cros sings, while none occurred at rail way grade crossings. Fifty-five happened in the day time and 25 after dark. . . Aug. 15, 1933.—3t. NOTICE OF TAX SALE SELLING STAPLE Greenwood Index-Journal. Aug. 15. E. P. Winn, .of the Rehoboth sec tion of McCormick county,, has led the way again in selling the first bale of cotton of the new crop on the Greenwood market. He brought to town today a 500- pound bale and sold it to . R. S. Towles for 10 cents per pound. Mr. Towles paid a premium for the cotton since it was the first bale. Under and by virtue of a war rant issued to me by the County The report further shows that 55 -Treasurer of McCormick County, of the month’s accidents happened 1 bav f seized the following de- nn naved roads 14 on bituminous sertb®* 1 pro^rty to aattisfy the taxr. He said the local market this on paved roaos, on oiunmnou* es due t ^ e state 0 f South Carolina for strict midd]lni? surfaced roads, and 11 on unpaved a nd the County of McCormick, for, mon ' ln * 0 la * * roads. Careless driving caused 11 the years 1929, 1930, 1931 and 1932, about 8 3-4 cents. The cotton was aoridents reckless driving 18, and same will be sold to the;ginned at Mr. Winn’s home. the result of various causes. hours of sale in front of the Court of 011 * 111 y- ‘ 0 cenw-