McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, September 13, 1934, Image 1
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.