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I J i TSUK TO OUB8KLVS8, OUB NEIGHBORS, OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. rhirty-Third Year Established June 5, 1902 McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1934 Four Pages Number 1!> Johnston Elected Governor; Harley, Lieut.-Governor | UNOFFICIAL RETURNS OF COUNTY PRIMARY Olin D. Johnston, young Spartan burg lawyer and world war veter an; swept to a clear-cut victory over the veteran Cole L. Blease, former governor and United States senator, in Tuesday's run-off Dem ocratic primary to nominate a gov ernor. In the contest for lieutenant gov ernor, the only other state office involved, J. Emile Harley, Barnwell legislator, won decisively from Joseph R. Bryson, former state senator and representative from Greenville county. Late yesterday the returns were: 1,453 of 1,474 precincts give for governor: Blease, 122,890; Johnston, 155,913. 1,451 precincts give for lieuten ant-governor: Bryson, 128,032; Harley, 143,004. , x Circulars Discuss Control Of Cotton Complete unofficial returns of j re-elected to the house of repre- the second Democratic primary sentatives by 49 votes, election held in McCormick Coun- i Cole L. Blease led in the gover- ty on Tuesday show T. A. Dowtin; nor’s race in the county by 276 votes, and J. E. Harley led the race for lieutenant-governor by 364 votes. The unofficial returns by pr< cincts are given below: N CLEMSON COLLEGE, Sept. 8 The Farmers’ Week address by Dr. Rexford Tugwell, Under Secretary of Agriculture, dealing primarily with the present and future, ad justment of cotton production un der the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, has been published by the Extension Service as Cir cular 133 for general distribution and for use in connection with plans for the adjustment of pro duction in 1935. A brief foreword by Dr. W. W. Long, director of the Extension Service, points out the importance ojf Dr. jrugwell’s ad dress towards a clearer under standing of the adjustment pro gram and the partj farmers must play in making it a success. A companion publication is Cir cular 134, Controlled Production of Cotton, by Dr. W. W. Long. This is an address delivered recently by Dr. Long before the Columbia Rotary Club, in which he discussed production control with particular reference to foreign production of cotton, foreign markets for Ameri can cotton, and their bearing on the South’s great money crop, Dr. Long stresses also the point that the AAA program is based on the logical principle of adjusting the supply of cotton to the demand both domestic and foreign so that the producers may have greater assurance of returns that will mean reasonable profit rather than loss. Both publications are for tree distribution and may be had from the Publications Department at Clemson College upon request. FOR HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES: T. A. DOWTIN W. M. FREELAND FOR GOVERNOR: COLE. L. BLEASE OLIN D. JOHNSTON FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR: JOS. R. BRYSON J. E. HARLEY PQ PQ 3 QJ P J 2; o H o U w PQ o H CO g B 3 j H W PQ CO d £ W PQ 49 29 6 36 30 9 54 t 37 9 31 22 6 28 • 13 0 55 42 15 15 31 8 38 15 28 15 l 10 21 9 16 PQ PQ S3 g OS £3 J PQ ■ 1 PQ P i-3 PQ B PQ B J PQ CJ rj i-} H J U' B MODOC CLl MX. CARMEL ( X u « PQ £ X i-3 PL, w J J *—4 CO PQ. t B H O PQ O B PQ PQ O H CO CO C' H PQ U PQ i-3 U X! B <! W o PQ o H w H *—< a Si -3 U CO C' O B O 1 H 9 36 ’ 47 1 38 55 10 | 92 16 11 27 3 16 20 163 43 11 7 12 i 42 10 5 24 17 94 66 1 17 48 18 42 20 7 27 50 98 32 4 45 10 ► /II 17 0 36 42 44 34 3 25 14 10 16 2 14 22 1 133 61 16 681 12 1 38 21 810 761 McCormick Schools Began 1934-’35 Session On Last Thursday Bordeaux JNews OPERA HOUSE ABBEVILLE, S. C. Thursday, Sept., 13th, Only, Cary Grant and Genevieve Tobin in “KISS AND MAKE UP’ Friday, Sept., 14th, Only, Rosemary Ames and Victor Jory in “PURSUED” Saturday, Sept., 15th, Only, Ken Maynard and Tarzan in “ALIAS THE BAD MAN” Mon.,-Tues., Sept., 17th-18th, Harold Lloyd and Una Metfc$l In “THE CAT'S PAW” Don’t miss this funny picture. Wed^-Thurs., Sept., 19th-20th May Robson, Warren Williams and Guy Kibbee in “LADY FOR A DAY” One of the best pictures ever made. See it. The McCormick schools began the .work of the 1934-’35' sessron on Thursday morning, September 6th. A brief, informal exercise was held in the high school auditorium. The devotional exercises were conduct ed by Dr. S. W. Reid. Rev. D. W. Keller spoke a few words of wel come. Supt. Wm. R. Watson made the necessary announcements. Thursday and Friday were giv en over to registration and assign ment of work. Monday morning the schools began operation on the full schedule. The enrollment figures show 151 pupils registered for high school work and 273 on the grammar grade rolls. The high school enrollment is twenty less than last year due to the withdrawal of the Edgefield County pupils and the establish ment of the 10th grade hi the Plum Branch school. The grammar grade enrollment is far beyond the total in this department last year. The first and seventh grades are se verely crowded. Forty-five begin ners are enrolled with a like num ber in the 7th grade. Shortage of funds makes it impossible for the trustees to provide adequate teach ing force in the two over-crowded rocms, altho efforts are being made to secure relief through Federal agencies. In the high school, several class es show from 38 to 43 pupils under one teacher. The commercial de partment shows 40 pupils asking for the courses, with only fifteen typewriters available for instruc tion. ^ Within a shorfejtime it is believ ed that all 1 possible adjustments will be made and pupils and teach ers will have, settled down to the regular routine of work. The list of teachers with theii assignments follows: Miss Edna Loskoski, Anderson, 1st grade, Miss Anne Harris, Belton, 2nd grade. Miss Margaret Patterson, McCor mick, 3rd grade. Miss Martha Bell, McCormick, 4th grade, Miss Julia Brown, McCormick, 5th grade. Miss Helen Brown, McCormick, 5th grade, Mrs. Bertha Harris, McCormick, 6th grade, Miss Elizabeth Johnston, Elko, H. S. Math., Miss Elizabeth Kennedy, Lugoff, H. S. English and Latin, Miss Grace Reid, Richburg, H. S. French and English, Miss Eugenia Swetenburg, Abbe- On Wednesday evening, August 29th, a number of friends gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Mitchell for an “old time fiddling. ’ Those that played the instruments were as follows: Mr. Fred Cason of Abbexille, Mr. James Gibert. of Willington, Mr. Sam Ed Cowan of Georgia, Mr. Clifford Cade and Mr. W. G. Mitchell, of this place, play ed violins; Mr. Norman Cason of Abbeville and Mr. Sam Cowan of Willington played banjos; Mr. Will Cowan, the bass violin; Mrs. S. C. bade and Mrs. W. G. Mitchell accompanied on the piano. The music was good and all seemed to enjoy it. It was a reunion of the musicians. They had played of ten together in the past, but it had been five years since they had played together. '; Miss Jane Cade left Wednesday for Hickory Grove to attend school next session. Mr. Albert Gibert and Mr. J. B. Harmon dined Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Mitchell. Mr. and Mrs. Sloan Cochran and daughter, Evelyn, of Laurens spent Sunday here with Mrs. Cochran’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Lind- ley. Mr. and Mrs. Jini Hughes and Miss Lucile Hughes of Abbeville spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. R. F. South and family. Misses Helen and Frances Lind- ley spent Saturday night and Sun day with Mrs. Creight Brown. x 100 Percenters In Baptist Sunday School In August No Instructions Yet About Sale Or Loan On Cotton Options V- This is to advise that I have not received any detailed instructions or blanks whereby farmers may sell or borro’w on their Cotton Options, nor any detailed instructions to borrow 12 cents on 1934 cotton. As soon as this information is receiv ed, publicity will be given. Regular Tax Exemption Certifi cates have not yet been received, however, farmers who have made application for allotment may ap ply for an Interim, or Temporary Certificate, which will permit them to gin and sell tax free approxi mately one-half of his allotment under the Bankhead Act. These Interim Certificates may be se cured by applying to Mr. W. W. Keown, Jr., Asst, in Cotton Adjust ment, whose office is upstairs di rectly over Mr. Orr’s Barber Shop. The other one-half of the Certifi cates will be deliveted immediately upon receipt from the State Allot ment Board. We can not deliver Interim Certificates to farmers whose application indicates# that cotton was planted in 1934 for the first time since 1927 until the regu lar Certificates are received. E. L. ROGERS, County Agent, McCormick, S. C, x Picture Shows Perfect Crime The following pupils were 100 per cent in the Baptist Sunday School in August: Anne Sanders, Bob Sanders. Ethel Witt. Carl Henry Strom, Tom Fuller Mary Dorn Haines, Marion Camp- Jjell, Mrs. Remsen, Hansel Cason. Walton Dorn, Mrs. Traylor, Mrs Harris, Mrs. Rudolph Strom, Rudolph Strom, Jr. / * Mrs. G. C. Patterson, J. S. Dukes, Jr„ G. J. Sanders, Jr., D. V. Cason. [ Loans Refinance Farmers’ Debts In McCormick County A total of $62,400 of Federal laud bank and Land Bank Commission er’s farm mortgage loans was made in McCormick County, South Caro lina, (state)', from June 1, 1933, to May 1, 1934, According to the Farm (Credit Administration. Of this total, larmers in McCor- Imick County Used approximately $50,900, or 81.5 per cent to refin- | ance their indebtedness. By refin ancing, farmers obtained new | mortgage loans which they used to [repay their old debts. They gen- | erally reduced their annual inter est charges in doing so. In a num- I ber of cases, scale-downs of indebt edness occured in connection with the new loans. These and other advantages benefited farmers pri marily. Secondarily, creditors benefited from the receipt of cash r6r bonds in exchange for obliga- | tions they held. Of the loan money used by far- | mers in McCormick County for re- I financing their debts, about $7,500 r it was estimated, repaid their debts to banks; $7,800, their taxes; $35,- 1600, their debts to “others,” cr j creditors not separately classified, including private mortgage lenders, | mortgage loan companies, retired I farmers and many others to whom | farmers were in debt. A total of about $11,500 of loans, the courity was used for pur- Mrs. Ella Adkins has returned to I P°ses other than the refinance gr her home in Atlanta, after spfend- of borrowers’ debts. Of this sum, ing several weeks here among rela- $9> 800 was used for the P urchase tives , of land and equipment, the con- Messrs. B. M. Bussey, Fred Bus- struction or improvement of sey, David Alfen and Ed Garner in £ s > and for general agricultural were visitors to McCormick Satur- uses, including the proyision c day morning. capital, while $1,700, the balance Misses Hazel and Vivian Bailey was used f° r purchase of stoc .< were week end visitors among rela- i n national farm loan associations, tives and friends in Augusta. for loan ^ ees ‘ e ^- Master Geo. E. Dukes, Jr., was a Throughout the United Stare^. week end visitor to his cousin, Mas- approximately $675,000,000 of lan a ter Henry J. Bussey. bank and Commissioners loans Miss Hazel Dukes returned home I were made from June 1, 1933, to Sunday, after a week’s stay among relatives in Augusta. Mr. Willard McDaniel from Greenwood spent the past few days here among relatives and friends Mr. and Mrs. Harris Gamer of Augusta were dinner guests here Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Garner Miss Georgia Reese returned Sunday to her home at Greenwood, 572 936 Modoc INews May 1, 1934. Most of these loans were made to refinance debts re sulting frbm the long period of lew farm income. Generally farmers pay consider ably less interest each year on thfr new than on the old loans. Land bank loans made through national farm loan associations carry an in terest rate of 5 per cent, but there after spending a couple of weeks is a reduction to 4 1-2 per cent un- . .. - - I+41 *Ti*1*r IQQft * T .no YVQ ITiAiiA here with her brothers, Messrs. J. M. and L. C. Reese. Messrs. Ed Garner and H. J. Bussey made a short visit to Au gusta Sunday evening. Mrs. J. O. McDaniel and Miss Lucy Bussey were dinner guests Sunday to the former’s mother, Mrs. Minnie Bussey. Miss Ethel McDaniel spent the past week with her sister, Mrs. Bar rett Edmonds, of Augusta. Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Reese from Augusta spent Sunday evening here among relatives and friends Mrs. B. M. Bussey was the guesi Never Occurs Sunday evening to Mrs. Laura ville, Commercial Subjects, Miss Martha Tate, Belton, H. S. Social Science, Mr. J. Ernest Young, Greenwood, H. S. Science. The seventh grade is being taught by the high school teachers. Miss Anne Harris is principal of the grammar school. Mr. Young is the high school principal and coach. Mr. Wm. R. Watson of McCor mick is beginning his second year as head of the local schools. Proving once again that you “can’t get away with it,” Para mount’s “Crime Without Passion,” the Ben Hecht-Charles MacAr- thur picture, featuring Claude Rains, Margo and Whitney Bourne, coming Friday and Saturday to the Hollywood Theatre, again explodes the fallacy of the perfect crime and points out that even the cleverest criminal must slip up in his plans somewhere and thus land in the clutches of the law. Written and directed by Hecht and MacArthur, “Crime Without Passion” is the story of the clever est criminal lawyer in New York who forgets his role as defender of criminals to become a murderer himself, and who bungles his crime. Claude Rains plays the role of the lawyer who makes elaborate Garner. Mr. Albert Howie returned home Sunday, after a week’s stay with relatives in North Carolina. ^ # . Mrs. J. B. Merritt of Augusta is spending this week here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Garner. Card Of Thanks From T. J. Price I wish to express to the voters of McCormick County my apprecia tion for the splendid support in re-electing me to the office of County Treasurer of McCormick County. It will be my hope and ambition to continue to render a construct ive service as treasurer. I will be found living up to my promises and using my best efforts to represent worthily and T. J. PRICE. til July, 1938.' Loans made direct by banks Carry a rate of 5 1-2 per cent, but there is a reduction to 5 per cent until * 1938. The rate cn. Commissioner’s loans is 5 per cent. Against these rates farmers in most cases had been paying from 5 per cent to 8 per cent, but on numerous loans they had been paying 9 per cent, 10 per cent, and even above 10 per cent. Until March 26 the land bank and Commissioner’s loans were made in cash. Commencing on that date they were made mainly in the government-guaranteed bonds of the Federal Farm Mort gage Corporation. These bond* ire exempt from all Federal, state, municipal and local taxation, ex cept surtaxes, estate, inheritance and gift taxes. They are guaran teed fully as to principal and inter est by the United States govern ment. In a relatively short psried after they were issued, they sold above par and had met a favorable reception from farmers and their creditors all over the United States. With the use of these bonds, the re financing program is going forward rapidly. W. D. Morrah is secretary-treas urer of Citizens’ National Farm Loan Association in McCormick County. Save Your Pennies— (A Mile Of Pennies) The Methodist Sunday School is endeavoring to save a mile of pen nies for their new church fund. Sixteen pennies make a foot, 5,289 feet make a mile. Figure for your- plans to cover the supposed mur der of his former sweetheart. It all of the people is only after a slip-up in his plans conscientiously. forces him to commit an actual — murder that he learns that his ( sweetheart is alive and only slight- York, studios as one of four new self how much money that would, ly injured, and that he, himself is Hecht-MacArthur pictures, “Crime be and save your pennies, the actual victim of his perfect Without Passion” employed the re-! All Methodists of the community cr i me sources of one of the most remark- and any other friends who are in- Produced at the Astoria, New able technical staffs. ^crested are asked to join/them.