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» ♦ / ' ‘ 4 f. : ; V; u Mjf: v Thirty-Second Year Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1934 Four Pages Number 35 S. C. Education Association Meets In Columbia On * v, • / * March 8, 9, 10 Ttie annual convention of the South Carolina Education Associa tion will be held in Columbia on March 8, 9 and 10. The general . meetings will be held in the Co lumbia Township Auditorium, be ginning Thursday noon, March 8. The council of delegates, which is the legislative body of the associ ation, will hold its first meeting Thursday morning, March 8, at 10 o'clock, in the Columbia High School Auditorium. Thursday af- temon and Friday morning, March - 8 and 9, the several departments will hold their meetings. Among the high lights of the convention are Dr. Florence Hale, director of radio program and past president of the National Educa tion Association; Hon. Paul Mc Nutt, governor of Indiana and past national commander of the Amer ican Legion; Dr. Hubert M. Poteat, professor of Latin at Wake Forest Colleee: Dr. J. C. Wright, assistant XT. S. Commissioner of Education; Dt: L. L. Jones, co-author of “General Business Science”, Co lumbia University; Dr. W. W. Rankin, professor of mathematics, Duke University; Miss Nora Beust, expert librarian on children’s V ,tyooks, University of North Caroli na; Migs .Ellen C. Lombard, spec ialist fii parent education, S. • office ,o^ educa.tiojr;^ Madame W. S. Gard, assistant director^ National, Junior Red Cross, , > On Thursday evening, the all- it Corporation of Columbia, S. C. state band, composed of school i Altogether there are 116 produce 1 children from all’ over the State, will furnish the music. On Friday evening, the all-state orchestra and a 300 - voice teachers’ chorus i .a.:v. will furnish the music. (Any school ■ pupils who will play in either the a . band or orchestra, of any teacher ' who will help in the chorus, is i ; urged to communicate with Mr. . J. P. Coates, Columbia, if he or .. she has not already done so.) The State Board of Education has agreed to give the two-days’ holiday, March 8 and 9, to those teachers who will attend the con- vention.v Fully 6,000 teachers will attend. The complete program will be in the nest issue of South Carolina Education. —:—;—txi——— The Republic of Andora, a small country lying between France and Spain, pays its president a yearly salary of $15. Mr. Edward Collier Dies At Lockhart, FJa. Mr. Edward Collier of Lockhart, ?la., died Saturday morning. His body was brought to Pliibi Branch, S. C., where the funeral services, conducted by Rev. O. L. Orr and Rev. C. W. Brockwell, were held in the Baptist Church, and interment was made in the Plum Branch cemetery this morning at 11 o’clock. Mr. Collier was 91 years of age, and was a highly respected citizen and business man of his native and adopted States. He was born and reared at Plum Branch. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. M. A. Sturkey of • Plum Branch; one brother, Mr. George Collier of Aiken; two daughters, Miss Louise Collier of Lockhart, Fla., and Mrs. George Brown of Inman, S. C.; two sons, Mr. Joe Collier of Dur ham, N. C., and Revr Miner Collier of Charlotte, N. C. He was a life long Christian and honored by all who knew him. txt Production Loan Group Organized 5 Production Credit Associations have now been organized covering every county in North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, the four States of the third Farm Credit Administration district, ac cording to a statement issued in Washington February 10 by S. M. Garwood, production credit com missioner,' The associations in the four Siates are capitalized and supervised by the Production Cred- President’s Mother in Typical Roosevelt Greeting j r Baptist Sunday Federal Land Bank , School Teachers At Makes 5,074 Farm Greenwood Meet Mortgage Loans IN MONTH OF JANUARY— TOTALING $3,071,232 About 24 teachers and officers of the local Baptist Sunday School of which G. J. Sanders, Jr., is superintenden', attended a joint meeting of the Abbeville and Lau-j nor^a"® loans made by rens associations, held in Green-. Fedr^-al Land Bank of Cn’’- n - wood Wednesday of the past week. bia during j anuary Dr. D. V. Cason, local Baptist NEW YORK: . . . Herewith is shown a most unusual and most interest- ing picture of the President’s mother, Mrs. James D. Roosevelt, in a typical Roosevelt greeting. The picture was taken at one of the three birthday parties which she attended here in honor.of her son’s birthday and for the Warm Springs Foundation fund. With Mrs. Roosevelt, as host, is shown Maj.-Gen. Per * E. Noiaii. Our Schools (By Wm. R. Watson) OPERA HOUSE ABBEVILLE. S. C. THURSDAY, FEB. 15th FREDERIC MARCH MIRIAM HOPKINS GARY COOPER in “DESIGN for LIVING” tibn credit associations in the four States, each covering 2 to 4 or more counties. Their total autfior- ized capital stock is approximately $6,400;000, making possible a max imum total of loans of approxi mately $32,000,000 through loans and discounts with the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Co lumbia, S. C. In North Carolina there are 31 associations having a total au thorized capital of $1,772,500; in South Carolina, 26 associations with a capital of $1,166,600; in Georgia, 34 associations with a capital of $2,015,000, and in Flori da, 25 associations with a capital of $1,500,000. In Florida there are two large production credit associations for citrus growers only, one located at Orlando to serve the northeast citrfcs industry of the State, and one at Bartow for the use of citrus growers in the southwest. All the local associations are au thorized to make short-term loans to eligible borrowers to cover the cash costs of producing crops and livestock, dairy and poultry prod ucts, cr for other general agricul tural purposes. THE LIBRARY Our high school library is sadly in need of books. We have no money with Which to provide even minimum reading requirements for pupils. If pupils do‘ hot learn worth-while reading habits now while they are in school the prob ability is that these habits will never be formed. Under'degression conditions, the proper and profit able use of leisure is a vita) prob lem. The trend of recovery pro grams points to increased leisure in the future. Reading for recreation and pleasure is one of the very best ways in which to spend time that otherwise might be devoted to un wholesome activities. Realizing tlie .esponsibility of the school in this matter, we have been racking our brain for some method of putting good reading material within the reach of our folks. We have finally nit upon the following plan: We are asking those who will to .enu us one dollar. The money .hus loaned will be used to buy leeded books. These books will be placed on a RENTAL SHELF in the high school library. School pupils or any person in the school community will be permitted to rent these books at 10 cents per week. This rental money will be used to repay those who loaned the money for the original pur- on^ise. Auer the loans have been .epaid the books will become the property of the high school library. Already there has been a gen- -rous response to the plan. After ihe books are purchased pastor and president of the Abbe ville association, presided, and several outstanding state and dis trict Sunday School workers were heard. Those representing McCormick Sunday School were as follows: D. V. Cason, G. J. Sanders, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Morgan, Charles Morgan, Miss Elizabeth Johnston, Miss Marie Sharpton, Mrs. C.. H. Huguley, Mrs. E. L. Rogers, Mrs. Frank Mattison, Mrs. J. S. Dukes, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Sibert, Mrs. A. J. Andrews, Mrs. W. J. Connor, Mrs J. P. Rush, Mrs. James Keown, Mrs. H. G. Sanders, Mrs. C. K. Epting, Mrs. J. W. Furqueron, James Fur- queron, Mrs. E. B. Brown, Mrs. W. S. Arrington, Mrs. J. B. Har mon, Jr., and Mrs. Jack Bradley. — tXI Processing Tax Exemption Given —^—4 COOPER OUTLINES REGULA TIONS AS TO PROCESSING TAX ON HOGS .!. Mt. Carn\el News Mr. and Mrs. Hunter McKinney were visitors in Augusta Friday. Mrs. Mabel Brown speilt several days in Abbeville last week. Miss Virginia Majette of Pensa cola, Fla., who is often a charm ing visitor of her aunts, Misses Lenniei '^d'piza Coviii,'here, with R 0 fc^ rt m. Coopfer, collector of a party of friends sailed on Feb. inter ^ al revenue , ha3 issued the 10th for a visit to England, France, ioUowing statement wlth referenc „- Germany, Italy and; other coun- 1 tries, also Egypt. She has the b&st wishes of many friends here. . Mr. W. H. Horton was a business visitor- in McCormick Tuesday. Mr. Edwin Parker was a busi- ; to thp processing tax on hogs: “The Secretary of Agriculture has exempted from the processing tax, hogs processed by the pro ducer thereof who, together with , o. his own family, employees, or ness visitor in Mt. Carmel Satur- househo]d sells or exchanges not day. more than three hundred (300) We were all glad to see a beauti-' iunds oI the oducts (dressed ful snow fall during the day Sat- meat) derived urday and we are also glad the any marketln Provided, snow and ice is all gone. Hope we such indivldual producer does not will have some pretty weather now. 5eU or exchange more than one Mr. Charlie Morgan of McCor- thousand a 000) pounds duri ng mick was a business visitor here the year last Wednesday. If the producer, Mrs. Hunter McKinney, Mrs. together with or ... . „ ^ , his own family, employees, — w.. A Scott and others were re- household proce5ses hogs pro . cent visitors in Abbeville. duced by him and ^ or ex . 1X1 changes more than one thousand Better Cotton Contest (1 * 000 > pounds of the products i . __ i (dressed meat) deHvfed therefrom, Kesumed 1 ills l ear during any marketing year, he shall not be entitled to the fore going exemption. If the individual producer sells Clemson College, Feb. 10. — The South Carolina Cotton Manufac turers’ Association having offered or exchanges during any market- to donate $2,000 for premiums to ing year products derived from farmers, the State-wide cotton hogs (dressed meat) in excess of contest will be conducted again this year after a lapse of two years, announces Dr. W. W. Long, director of the Extension Service. The cotton contest, begun in 1926 by the Extension Service for better and | staple and more economic yields. ciations, obtaining their voting on rentals. This opportunity is FRIDAY, FEB. 16th, Only $ Alice Brady — Maureen $ O’Sullivan — Franchot Tone Ted Healy — Phillips Holmes in “STAGE MOTHER” SATURDAY, FEB. 17th, Only W. C. FIELDS ALLISON SKIPWORTH in “TTLLIE and GUS” "XTRA SHOW Saturday Night at 10:30 , TTPNEL BARRYMORE Alice Brady — Mary Carlisle in “Should Ladies Behave” Admission 10c and 25c MON. and TUES., FEB. 19, 20 FUNNY JOE E. BROWN in “SON of a SAILOR” Borrowers may obtain loans by'p laced in the library, the success | was continued annually through becoming members of these asso- | ' j - -unuie or the plan will depend < 1931, premium money having? been given the first year by The State Company. Columbia, and there after by the Cotton Manufacturers’ Association. There was no contest in 1932 or 1933, but demonstrations to the same end were conducted by county farm agents. A great improvement in cotton staples resulted from the contests, stock in the amount of one $5 share for each $100 or fraction thcrof borrowed, and by offering adequate security. In the entire United States, ac cording to Mr. Garwood’s state ment, 557 associations have been organised in 43 of the 48 States, and cover 32 States completely. Their total authorized capital stock is approximately $57,000,000. The names of the associations and authorized capital stock in South Carolina follow: Sumter, Sumter $ 75,000 Greenwood, Greenwood 53.300 jRock Hill, Rock Hill 50.00. J Columbia, Columbia 65,000 Hampton, Hampton 40.000 $ Barnwell, Barnwell 50,000 Kingstree, Kingstree 40.000 Kershaw, Kershaw 50.000 JLpartanburg, Spartanburg. 100,000 Bcnnettsville, Benncttsville 40,000 Edgefield, Edgefield taken to urge any who are inter ested in reading to patronize the rental shelf. Persons outside the school may rent these books at any time dur ing the school day. Miss Wilson is our full-time librarian and will be glad to have anyone visit the library when the books are se cured. It is the hope of the school officials that considerabe interest will be taken in the opportunity we are offering. The library will prob- three hundred (300) pounds, but not in excess of one thousand (1,000) pounds, he shall be entitled to the foregoing exemption, but shall pay the processing tax on the. excess above three hundred (300) pounds. The processing tax on hogs is based upon the live-weight of the portion of the dressed meat in tended for sale. In order to de termine the live-weight of the hog represented by certain portions of the dressed meat intended for sale the Secretary of Agriculture ha; established the following conver sion factors, the proper use o' which will indicate the correct 5,074 for $8,071,202, according 'o a statement issued bv the Credit Administration in Wash ington Friday. This is practically the same as was loaned during December when 4,892 loans were made for $8,057,579. The loans by the Columbia bank from May 1, 1933, to January 31. 1934, totaled 13,928 for $23,471,664. These loans represent advances made by the land bank on its own account and those closed for the land bank commissioner from the $200,000,000 fund appropriated by the last session of congress for the refinancing of farm indebtedness. The loans by the land bank on its own account numbered 3,893 for $10,528,100. Loans made by the bank for the commissioner num bered 10,035 for $12,943,564. Total loans made by the bank from May 1, 1933, to January 31, 1934, by States, are as follows: North Carolina, $3,760,228; South Carolina, $6,520,753; Georgia, $6,' 7 (30,343, and Florida, $6,760,340. Borrowers have used most of the *£nds received from the bank for t h'' biirnose of refinancing existing indebtedness. Most of these debts ren-esent mortgages on farms. A relatively small part of the mon£y was used, for refinancing other debts of the farmers or to supply additional working capital. .., XXI — McCormick High School News The A section of the eighth grade had charge of chapel Friday. The following took part: •Scripture—Louise .Lovelace. Prayer—Odel Wiley. * Song, “The Bells of St. Mary’s” —eighth grade. Play, “No Peddlers Wanted”.* Bookkeeper — Morris Furqueron. Peddlers—Herman Tumblin, Ed ward Cheatham. Book Agent—J. B. Morgan. The seniors held a class meeting Tuesday, deciding to sponsor the fixing up of a rest room for the students. A cot, chairs, dressing table, curtains, etc., will be needed and are to be furnished by the eleventh grade pupils. i says R. W. Hamilton, extension live-weight, agronomist in charge of the work, who says in this connection: “In 1926, less than 20 per cent of the South Carolina cotton crop was 15-16 inch in length or longer. ably be kept open during the sum- , . „ , K iDuring the next five years, when mer, thus serving as a community , ° *.1. t ^ , library. Those who have not suberibed contests were held, the length in creased over the State until 75 per cent of the 1932 crop was 15-16 to see personally all the folks who should be interested in the success of this plan to enlarge the high school library and also establish the nucleus of a community li- 30,000 brary. 65,000 The need of library materials in 25,000 the grade rooms is acute. No effort 25,000 is being made just now to provide ^ Horry, Conway — 30,000 grade library books, but this will “DINNER~at EIGHT” Coming $ Greenville, Greenville 50,000 j have to be done within the near MON and TUES. FEB. 26, 27 $ Summerville, Summerville. 20,000 future if our grammar school is to Anderson, Anderson 50,000 retain its standard rating. to the loan fund are urged to do inch Qr longer In 193 3 the second so at once. It will not be possible year after the last con t e st, the WED., THURS., FEB. 21, 22 $ Oiangeburg, Orangeburg FOUR MARX BROTHERS $ Chesterfield, Chesterfield * in v* Marion, Marion “DUCK SOUP” average for a crop decreased so that only 65 per cent of it was 15-16 inch or longer.” Mr. Hamilton points out that a good staple is more important now than ever before because of the reduction in cotton acreage as r result of the government program Rules for the contest this yea will be announced soon by Dr Long. All the $2,000 donated b; the association will go for pre miums. Article Convdtsion Factor Per Cent Dressed carcass 132 Lard 110 All fresh, fozen, in cure or barrelled pork, dry salt- cured pork 132 All pickle-cured poirk 125 All smoked pork 140 All cooked, dried or canned pork 178 The result obtained when the number of pounds of dressed meat intended for sale is multiplied by the conversion factor listed oppo site that kind of meat, will be the correct live-weight of the hog sub ject to the processing tax appli cable to the month in which such hog was slaughtered.” R. M. Cooper, Collector. Columbia, S. C. February 6, 1934. GREENWOOD, S. C. THURS., FRI., FEB. 15, 16 WILL ROGERS ZASU PITTS in MR. SKITCH SATURDAY, FEB. 17th JACK HOLT — FAY WRAY in “MASTER of MEN” SAT. NITE, Feb. 17, at 10:40 PAUL MUNI in “The World Changes” MON. and TUES., FEB. 19, 20 £ Charlie Rugles—Mary Boland $ t W. C. Fields — Alison Skipworth—George Burns and Gracie Allen in ‘SIX of a KIND’ WEDNESDAY, FEB. 21 Chas. Laughton — Carole Lombard — Chas. Bickford and Kent Taylor in . “WHITE WOMAN” i: THURS., FRI., FEB. V m 2 ,~23 l JEAN HARLOW A in -ROHRSHFLL” 3 /X + + + ^4