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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
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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.
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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.
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Production Loan
Group Organized
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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
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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.
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Processing Tax
Exemption Given
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COOPER OUTLINES REGULA
TIONS AS TO PROCESSING
TAX ON HOGS
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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.
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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.
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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
$
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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”
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THURS., FRI., FEB.
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