Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TSUS TO OUB8ILVS8, OUB NEIGHBORS. OUR COUNTRY AND OUR GOD. Fhirty-Third Year Mr. D. M. Bullpck^l Claimed By Death f The whole comtounity was sad dened by the sudden death of Mr. David Manly Bullock at 4 o’clock yesterday morning. He was ap parently as well as usual until about 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon when he had an attack of stomach trouble. He was carried to the Greenwood Hospital about 6 o’clock where he underwent an operation. AH efforts proved futile. Mr. Bullock had been married four times. His first wife was Miss Annie Hicks. Surviving this union A. P. Bullock, of Lexington, and IQrs. J. L. Cooper, of married to Miss laid, and two daugh- union: Mrs. Calvin rksville, and Mrs. J. L. )untville. was married to Miss Only one son, l^ck, of McCormick, sur- vnion. ia>' a year ago he was married to Mrs. Maggie Deale Holli day. She and two step-children, Mildred HoUiday, of McCormick, and Earl Holliday, of Oklahoma, to gether witn one brother, Mr. A. G. Bullock, qf Greenville, and one sister, Mrf. Tom Minor, of Ninety- Six, also survive. Mr. Bullock was 61 years of age. {&> native of Saluda, he came here in early manhood , and for the past 35 years has been engaged in the mercantile business in McCormick. He has held the office of cot ton weigher for McCormick for the Established June 5, 1902 Farmers Favor Changes In The Bankhead Act RESOLUTION ADOPTED ASKING 9 CHANGES IN ACT, 8 PER- TAINING TO ACREAGE.— SMALL FARMERS APPEAL HEARD McCORMICK, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1934 Four Pages 29 fcears. ""He was a member laptist Church' 7 jnfcre, and a meSbir of Mliie Loage, No. in, the convention to order and pre- COLUMBIA, Nov. 23.—The state convention of farmers declared to day for the retention of the Bank- head cotton control act and the voluntary acreage reduction pro gram in modified form. The 101 delegates elected at county meetings a week ago adopt ed almost unanimously, a resolu tion calling for nine changes in the Bankhead act, eight in the acreage agreements, and making eight gen eral recommendations for better agriculture. In response to pleas to aid the “small farmers,” the convention amended the resolution to request an exemption of three bales in stead of two as it had originally proposed. Its declaration included an ap peal for the South Carolina cotton farmers to vote in favor of the Bankhead law in a southwide ref erendum next month after Senator James F. Byrnes suggested that the convention make a recommen dation to guide farmers of the state. The clause, on the cotton control referendum “urgently recommend ed” approval of the act to prevent it from being completely rejected and “to preserve it for appropriate action by congress to remove its injustices, inequalities and defects.” A committee of nine appointed by Governor Blackwood, who called Eligibility To Vote On Bankhead Act A. P. M-, and,of the K. of P. order. ‘ Funeral services will be held at tixe Baptist church here at 3 o’clock this afternoon, with hj£ pastor, Dr. D. V. Cason, in charge, and the local Masonic order also officiat- jtag. Interment will follow in the MfcCormick city .cemetery. j. S. Strom, funeral director, in charge. ' T* f— jfames King Attains Place Uppei Quarter Of His Class COLUMBIA, Nov. S*.—By making high sou^w in the general culture and general science test given last ping to sophomores of the Uni- ;rsity of South Carolina, James L. King of Plum Branch attained a place in the upper quarter of his class. ^ • rt)PERA HOUSE ABBEVILLE, S. C. Thursday, November 29, Only, James Cagney, Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell in “FOOTLIGHT PARADE” Friday, November 30th, Only, Robert Young, Madve Evans and Ted Healy in “DEATH ON THE DIAMOND” Saturday, December 1st, Only, Fighting Buck Jones in “THE TEXAS RANGER” LOOK-Extra Show Saturday Night 10:30. Showing ^'sorge Raft in “LIMEHOUSE BLUES” Mon.-Tuea, Dec. 3rd-4th, Norma Shearer, Fredric Marsh and Charles Laughton in “THE BARRETTS OF WIMPOLE STREET” Wed.-Thurs., Dec. 5th-6th, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers, Four Mills Brothers and Ted Florito and his band in “20 Million Sweethearts” Don’t miss this picture. • Shows—3:15; 7:15 and 9:D0 sided over it, brought in the resolu tion- after statements adopted at county meetings had been read and debated with individual proposals for four hours. When Neville Bennett 1 of Marl boro presented the measure, J. W. Cathcart of Fairfield county moved to raise the tax-free quota from two to three bales. The motion carried and the resolution as a whole was then approved. Upon, motion of Captain L. C. Richardson of Anderson. The state session advocated the changes in the cotton program for the consideration of a proposed Southwide conference and to be laid directly before congress if the Southwide meeting fails to mate rialize. i In the Bankhead act the con vention proposed: strike out section A and 8D which “give extra allot ments to farmers who have no need for them;*’ increase the county quotas by the per centage saved by striking out these sections; con tinue section 8C; provide an allot ment for new producers; notify each producer of his allotment be fore planting time. Rights of individuals to vote in the Bankhead Act referendum which will be held in December will be determined in accordance with! the provisions of the act itself, accord ing to County Agent E. L. Rogers, who explains the provisions of the act which govern eligibility to vote. “An eligible voter”, he says, “is any person who signed a 1934 and 1935 cotton acreage reduction «>n- tract, any person who is or was] eli gible for tax-exemption certificates in 1934, any person who presents proof that he owns and has a right to produce cotton on a cotton farm, or any person who signs and files a witnessed, written statement that he has made arrangements to pro duce cotton on a cotton farm in 1935 by entering into a lease! or share-cropping agreement.” In case ownership and the right to produce cotton on a cotton farm are held jointly by two or more persons, all such persons are en titled to vote. The term “cotton farm” means any farm qn which cotton has been produced commer cially one or more years since 1927. Individuals who are in doubt about their eligibility to vote can obtain information from the community committee, which will have a list of eligible voters. * Individuals not listed as eligible voters may be permitted to vote, but ballots cast by such individuals will be placed in seated envelopes bearing the name of the voter and the notation, “Challenged”. Final determination of eligibility will then be made by the county com mittee without opening the envel opes containing challenged votes. If it is found that a challenged vote has been cast by an eligible voter the envelope will be opened and the vote counted; otherwise, the envelope will remain_sealed but will be preserved along with all other records of the referendum. No individual will be allowed more than one vote even though he may be eligible in more than one community or more than one county. Information On New Wage Scale LOCAL OFFICE OF FERA RE CEIVES A BULLETIN FROM COLUMBIA LAST FRIDAY that inequalities and injustices ex ist, setting aside a per centage of the county’s base acreage and pro duction for the purpose; have Sec retary of Agriculture Wallace give farmers immediate notice of the status of 1935 contracts; have pay ments under the contract made at time they specify. “Where a contract signer fails to comply with the contract after receiving payment from the secre tary, the secretary take such legal steps as are necessary to collect from contract breaker all rental and parity payments already mads to such person. A delegate from each conaress- ional district and two delegates at The local FERA office received last Friday a bulletin from Colum bia giving information regarding the new wage scale on projects which will be put into effect on No vember 30 on orders of Harry L. Hopkins, federal administrator. The 30-cent an hour minimum pay will be abandoned at that time and wages will conform to local pay scales. A committee will work out these details. Carrying out orders which he re ceived Wednesday from Harry L. Hopkins, national administrator, Fred M. Baker, state ERA adminis trator, has written county adminis trators as follows: “A meeting of your wage com mittee should be held immediately and a scale established for all types of work previously affected by the minimum rate. It is expected that this can be accomplished and put into effect not later than Friday, November 30th. “Please note that this should not in any way affect the amount of relief given to eligible relief clients or the number of work hours pre viously established.” The state administrator instruct ed county executives not to wait for his final approval “but put the changes into effect at once.” He said he would pass finally on all revisions as they were submitted at hjs .office. ' . x Members Seek Aid To Put New Roof On Long Cane Church Methodist Bazaar Next Thursday The ladies of the Mathodist Church will serve ! their annual bazaar at the community house on Thursday, December 6th, beginning at 12 o’clock noon. • - ? Come out and get a good dinner and help the Methodist Church building fund. Menu: Roast Turkey, Giblet Gravy, Brown Dressing, Cranberry Sauce, Steamed Carolina Rice, Macaroni Pie, ' Pickle, Celery and Salad, Pies, Coffee, and hot rolls. Children, 30 cents; adults 50 cents. x Rehoboth News large to a proposed Southwide con- “Alsc, impose a heavy penalty for | ference were elected. '■peculation and sharp practices in ■ The conference elected Governor buying and selling certificates; | Blackwood one of the delegates at permit free transferrance of cert:f- j large and h= as chairman appoint- icates with national pool transfer ence optional to the farmers; allot a minimum of three tax free bates to farmers who produce' that amount for one or more years of the base period of land now worked by them. Also, “that the 10 per cent state reserve be reduced to a 5 per cent state reserve and that a 2 per cent reserve be set up in each county, the state reserve to be administer ed and allotted by the state allot ment committee and the county re serve by the county committee, as their judgment dictate, free from all orders or suggestions from Washington.” Recommended changes in the voluntary acreage reduction pro gram follow: Continue the acreage reduction contracts in effect in 1935 with a 25 per cent reduction in acreage; increase the parity payment at least to the extent that the reduc tion in per cent of rented land will make funds available; permit chose who did not sign a reduction con tract in 1934 to sign one for 1935. ed Senator E. D. Smith as the oth er. The other delegates selected by representatives from their con gressional districts were: First District: H. M. Kinsley of Colleton; Second. Wyndham Man ning of Sumter; Third, Louis C. Richardson cf Pendleton with Dr. J. H. Johns of Westminster as al ternate; Fourth. Senator Carroll D Nance of Cross Hill with Dr. John T. Davenport of Greenville alter nate: Fifth, former governor John G. Richards of Liberty Hill with Henry C. Moore of Gaffney, alter nate, and Sixth, D. E. Coker of Hartsville with R. S. Rogers of Dillon as alternate. Walter W. Thompson, Landscape Artist, At Lander, December 3-6 Troy,' S. C., Nov. 23, 1934. Dear Friends of Long Cane Church: You will be interested to know that the old church of your fathers, (perhaps, the place where you first worshiped) is still active. A few* members are left in the com munity; these go there regularly, on the first, and third Sabbath, of each month, to worship God. This old church is dear to our hearts, not only because it is the place where we meet God, in solemn assembly, but also because of the sweet sentiment, and hallow ed memories, which are now a real part of it. In the latter of these you, doubt less share. It is possible that your portion in them is, even, greater, and more precious than my own. However that may be, we want to preserve the old church, as long as we can. We want to continue tc worship there, and to keep up the building, and the surroundings. Our present membership, how ever, is very weak. In fact, it is about all we can do to support a pastor, for part time, and to meet our obligations to Synod. Just now, there is urgent need of a roof on our church building, and we are endeavoring to meet this need. To this end, we are asking friends of the church to help us. And we thought you would want to have a part. The membership, here, can do about all of the work, but we haven’t the needed funds. The exact amount necessary has not yet been determined. We hope to get a durable roof, the kind will have to be determined by the amount we are able to raise. If you can help us we will greatly appreciate it. Send any contribu tions to me, or Rev. W. C. Kerr Abbeville, S. C. J. A. YOUNG, Elder. Troy, S. C. The little church held a very sacred service Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Florence Winn trained two choruses. Mrs. E. M. Morgan train ed two choruses. Mrs. Strom Cul- breath had the programme in charge. Mrs. G. H. Byrd brought us a splendid message in behalf of the Connie. Maxwell Orphanage. We feel proud. of one of our number to come back to us with such a forceful message so well worded and delivered with such ease. The contribution was the largest in several years, something over $15.00 in money besides quite a bit of provisions. The pastor express ed his appreciation of being allow ed to look on for once, but did have a few words of encouragement and praise to the faithful ones who got up the programme. Raymond Morgan played a violin selection, accompanied by his mother. Little Lauree Winn was the smallest child to take part on the programme. She has inherited some of the musical talent of her grandmother. Mrs. Jim Jennings entertained the following ladies with a dinner party last Wednesday: Mrs. Carrie Talbert, Mrs. Georgia Talbert of McCormick, Mrs. E. C. Rice and two children and Mrs. L. W. Ridlehoov- er and son from Plum Branch, and Mrs. E. M. Morgan and Miss A. L. Morgan. The day was most pleas antly spent. Mrs. Jennings is a pleasant hostess. She served a bountiful and delicious dinner of many good eats. Her guests al ways want to visit her again. Number 26 Long Cane Project Is Given Approval For $73,978 Cost WASHINGTON, Nov. 24.—The national forest reservation com mission today approved for pur chase 2,053,169 acres to be added to the national forests of the eastern half of the United States, a portion of which is in North Carolina. The following additions to na tional forests in South Carolina were authorized: Wambaw 27,935 acres, cost $616,- 638; Natahala 11,290 acres, cost $36,455; Enoree 37,818 acres, cost $184,319; Long Cane 14,505 acres, cost $73,978. 4,239 Bales Cotton Ginned In McCormick County To Nov. 14th Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick. COTTON: Census report shows that, there were 4,239 bales of cot- top. ginned in McCormick County from the crop of 1934 prior to No vember 14;. 1534, as compared with 4,852 bales ginned to November 14, 1933, crop< of 1933.'.// Very*Respectfully, JAMES E. BELL, | « Special Agent. Date, Nov. 23, 1934. Parksville News Modoc News Forest Hills Golf Course Opens Today The Forest Hills hotel golf course in Augusta is in wonderful condition Mr. Thompson, well-known New York artist, will exhibit his South ern landscape canvasses December .and will open to the public today, Authorize county committees to 3-6 in the Art Studio of Lander j and golfers from McCormick are readjust those contracts in their, College, Greenwood. The public is cordially invited to attend. Sum- counttes where it is clearly evident!cordially invited to see the exhibit. 1 mer rates will prevail. Mrs. J. B. Merrit from Augusta spent the week end here with her mother, Mrs. Laura Garner. Mr. William Reese has returned home, after spending some time at Bailey, N. C., working with the highway department. Mrs. Leo Hornsby from Clinton is spending the week here among friends and relatives. Mr. David Allen of Augusta wa? a week end visitor here to his mother, Mrs. Julia Allen, who is very ill. Mrs. Minnie Bussey was dinner guest Tuesday to Mrs. E. F. Bus sey. Mr. and Mrs. John Bunch were visitors here Sunday evening tc Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Bussey. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Garner made : short visit to Augusta Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. W. McDaniel were shopping visitors to Augusta last Saturday. Mrs. Fred Bass of Parksville mad r a short visit here Monday evening. Messrs. Geo. Garner and E. F. Bussey were visitors to McCormick on Tuesday evening of this week. Mr. John Self from Plum Branch was a visitor here Monday evening to friends and relatives. Mr. H. J. Bussey was a business visitor to Augusta on Monday of this week. Mr. George Garner was a week end visitor to friends and relatives in Augusta. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Johnson were visitors Sunday to the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rufus John son, at Cold Springs. v Miss AtiSe Bell Buchan anSspent Tuesday .night with Mis^ ^ Mkrr Bussey at Modoc. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Self and sons* Mid and Gary, Messrs. J. B. Buch anan and T. J. Mitchel made a. business trip to Augusta last Tues day. Mrs. Kate Robertsoh and daugh ter, Margaret, spent last Tuesday with Mrs. B. F. Parks. Misses Evelyn and Mildred Black- well spent Saturday night with Miss Margaret Robertson. Miss Earl Parks spent Sunday with Misses Eunice and Lois^ Stone. Mr. and Mrs. Drue Morgan spent last Sunday with their parents* Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Morgan. Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Buchanan and children, Odel, Jr., and Earl, Greenwood are spending this week here with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Buchanan. Mr. T. W. Savage has returned home after spending a few weekr with friends and relatives in Greenville, Spartanburg and Char lotte. Mr. R. A. Price and son, John, and Mr. Robert Buchanan made a short trip to Augusta Friday. Messrs. Pete Lankford and Jce ^rice spent the week end with relatives here. Misses Evelyn Winn and Edna Minor of Plum Branch spent Thursday night with Miss Annie Lou Lankford. Miss Sallie Mae Parks has re turned home, after visiting her sister, Miss Lucyle Parks, at An derson. The Y. W. A. held a business meeting last Monday evening at Mrs. M. P. Lankford’s. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Parks made a business trip to Augusta last Sat urday. * x Berkeley Pigeons Produce Winners ST. STEPHEN, Nov. 17.—Special. A pigeon whose sire is in the Dr. R. E. Mason loft at St. Stephen has been announced as the fourth best of 15,000 Homer racers in the Unit ed States. This bird has take* fourth place in the annual futurity sponsored by the American Racing Pigeon union and will share in s* purse of $7,500. 1 Dr. Mason’s loft boasts pigeons of the 1,000-mile strain and ont of his birds without training came- home from Louisiana, a distance of six hundred miles.