Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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fhge Two — HcCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA ThiiKday, July 25, 1935 ■DBioND j. McCracken, Editor and Owner at the Post Office at Me- Oormick, S. C., as mail matter of CRn second class. VcCOBMICK MmSENGER Talmadge To Speak rnblished Every Thursday ^ Jolly Street Kptablished Jane 5, 1902 COLUMBIA, July 18.—Cple L. Blease of Columbia announced yes terday that Governor Eugene Tal madge of Georgia had accepted an invitation to speak at the annual rally at Jolly Street, in Newberry county, August 8. Senator Blease, who is to preside at the meeting, said Governor Olin D. Johnston of South Carolina and J. C. B. Ehringhaus of North Caro lina had been invited but he had - not received replies from them. I Other speakers are bo include Col. W. C. Harllee, of Dillon, South m'the indications that we see Carolina's only announced candi- and hear of make it look to us as date thus far for the United state3 if the drought cycle has come to an senate in 1936 ' and Dr ' 011n Sawyer end. This year, for the first time oi Georgetown, of the house of rep- In live years, enough rain has fall- tesentatives. •n, over the greater part of the The rallies at Jolly street nave avottt ivfien ucu tkackL. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.00 Bbc Months .75 Three Months.50 THE DROUGHT IS BROKEN drought-stricken areas, - to bring been held annually for a number the stored-up ground-water supply ot years and usually attract large ■p to a level where it can be reach- crowds. Walter Richardson of Jolly «d by the roots of the farm crops. street and Columbia is in charge of We would not be so bold as to arrangements. A day-long program suggest that the cure for the de- of speeches, a dinner, baseball and preasion may be found in this fact, dancing has been planned. But somehow it -seems to us to be Blease predicted a large attend- a hopeful sign for the future when ance at the gathering with ths Mother Nature comes once more to comment, “If we have good weath- the aid of the farmer and makes it er ’ my only £ ear is tde w00d5 possible for earth to produce her wU1 not , doIJ the crowd that wil1 bounty in its old profusion. ' de there.” I Lincoln-McCormick * • w ■ Highway Presbyterian College Again Wins ^General Proficiency” Cnp ■K - For some time now Lincoln peo- ge have been wondering why the, CLINTONj Jul ig.^ortng 93 o highway to McCormick has not out of a / 1000 Presbyterlan completed on the South Caro- CoUege , s ^ men at the Reserye Lincoln county,, at great cost, has McClellan Ala 5 aeair : won tlie buDtlt^ part of the road, which is now ready to be taken over by the highest ranking unit Thirteen Georgia highway department. ' fZin South Carolina authorities " as- coileges. from the states of N. C., Georgia authorities that they C ’ .f* ^ interested and would have a . ^ . p .. . end built by the time the aix cam f held e “ h ® * Uncoln end wa5s finished. i fo f, rlsing R , C Oo-operation Jn the matter of c °" e f es : h ^ is , the ' ourth H t ™ e the bridge across Savan- Vw. n! River was also promised 3lxth tlme * the thirteen tlmes the a 'South Carolina anything to its end of the road. no bridge is in sight for the luture. Chevrolet Trucks sell at the ■world’s lowest prices. Their six- cylinder valve-in-head engines use less gas and oil. And their strong, sturdy construction as sures faithful performance, year in and year out, with a minimum of maintenance expense. That is why we say—It pays 3 ways to buy Chevrolcts! See your Chev rolet dealer and choose the right Chevrolet Truck for your de livery or haulage needs—today! CHEVROLET MOTOR COMPANY DETROIT. MICHIGAN Compare Chevrain't loto delivered pricer and eaty G.M.A.C. terms. A General Motors Value. McCORMICK, - > - - S. C. And now, what do we find? • f nH • . ..' . , , has not done cup has been given that the P. C. unit has received the award.. In addition, the P. C. unit won the Rifle Markmanship cup and the Machine Gun Trophy. Thomas T. R is passingly strange why Mc-' Upshur ’ cf Sumter ’ s * C * and Lee At is passingly strange wny Mc Quarterman, of Charleston, S. Cannick county and South Caro- ^ students made the 4th do not do something to hasten 1 ^ ’ P - r ^ 4th completion of a project that Note Increase In Bank Loans will mean so much to them In a business way the ' road means more to McCormick than it 'docs to Lincolnton and Lincoln ’ county. ' The people are wondering what influences are holding it hack.— Lincoln (Ga.) Journal, July 18. and will shoot in the National Rifle Matches at Camp Perry, Ohio, late this summer. These matches at tract hundreds of individuals and teams from all parts of the United States and from other countries. x . Success Factors In Truck Farming SOUTH CAROLINA SHOWING EN COURAGING IN COMPARISON WITH STATUS IN OTHER PARTS OF COUNTRY Chevrolet Best June ; First Bale Of Cotton In Six Years Sales [Sold For 20 1-2 Cents ■ ...... . And Production On Savannah Mart DETROIT, July 11.—Chevrolet SAVANNAH. Ga., July 20.—Geor- # McCormick people are keenly in terested in securing a bridge ,over Savannah. River between McCor- CLEMSON, July 13.—Commercial mick and Lincolnton, which, as the ( truck crops in South Carolina rep Lincoln Journal says, would mean resent normally a value of about mom to McCormick in a business ’ $io,000,000, with only cotton and to- way than It would* to Lincolnton or bacco exceeding truck crops in to- Lincoln County, and numbers of ( tal receipts, say B. A. Russell and J. McCormick people have recently, l. Fulmer, assistant agricultural expressed themselves as being economists of the South Carolina Experiment Station, in reporting upon an economic study of the new truck area in Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, and Hampton counties. The published report on this study of truck crops. Bulletin 301, sales and production in June were gia’s first reported bale of cotton — | the largest for that month since for 1935 was auctioned off yester- COLUMBIA, July 20.—A state- ; 1929, W. E. Holler, vice-president day afternoon in front of the Sav- ment issued today by Chief State and general sales manager, report- annah Cotton exchange. "The bale Bank Examiner Thomas H. Daniel ed today. Sales in the United States was graded middling, 7-8 staple, said loans of South Carolina banks totalled 97,862 units. Total pro- weighed 415 pounds and brought and depositories to customers June duction, including Canada and ex- 20 1-2 cents per pound. 29 amounted to nearly $2,500,000 port, was 122,300. The purchaser was T. A. Ward, more than the total March 4. “These figures,” Mr. Holler an- j superintendent of the Southeast- “This showing,” the statement nounced, “not only surpass the :rn Compress & Warehouse Corn- said, “is in marked contrast to un- sales and production totals for any oany. The cotton will be added to official reports from the country at, other June since 1929, but with a large, which show either decreases single exception exceed the highest or very slight increases in almost totals for any month in years, all sections.” j “For the third time this year. Total loans and discounts June ^ une gave us a monthly production 29 were given as $22,779,535 666 Liquid - Tablets Drops Salve - Nose checks MALARIA in 3 days COLDS first day. TONIC AND LAXATIVE NOTICE OF TAX SALE the company’s stock. The first bale was grown by J. W. Cannon, of Cordele, and was gin ned there Thursday. W. T. Teasdale, superintendent of anxious to see action token at once toward getting the bridge built in the very near future. Senator J. J. Dorn told the Messenger yester day that everything possible is be ing done to get the bridge built and that he feels safe in saying Costs and Returns and Factors for that the contract for the bridge; success in the New Truck Area of suits will be let within the next three South Carolina”, gives in detail the com pared to $20,399,960 March 4. “The ‘spring quarter’ ”, the state ment continued, “is recognized in banking circles, especially in agri- h"''''hal7 ^7™r“k cultural regions, as a period of in creased loans and shrinking de posits in banks, due to expendi tures in the financing of farming operations and other activities de pendent upon agricultural pur- in excess of 100,090, the other two the cotton exchange, was the auc- months being March and April. In tioneer. Bidding started at 11 cents, no other year since 1929 has even It didn’t take long to push the price an entire year had three 100,000-car to 20 1-2 cents where, despite the months such as this year already vocal efforts of the auctioneer, the price held and the first bale was “As we enter th? second half of the year, we have already built declared sold. -txt- more than 60 per cent as many cars Production Loans as we produced in all twelve months of 1934—a year in which Chevrolet startled the industry by four months. “THE AUTO HORN” From The Spartanburg Journal. A couple of state exchanges, Tbe Greenwood Index-Journal and the Anderson Daily Record, as well as papers In other states com- ment upon the excessive use of the automobile horn. Such comment is very much in order. Next to at tempting to curb and regulate the results of surveys of the leading truck crops—asparagus, cantaloup es, cucumbers, string beans, and watermelons. It discusses also farm organization and management and the factors affecting profits. The bulletin may be had free from the Publications Department at Clemson College. Of the major truck crops studied, the authors point out, asparagus showed the most profitable net re turns per acre, string beans the least. Labor and fertilizer are the registering more cars in the last “However, deposits in the banks 3^ m0 nths than in the first half, and depositories in South Caro-; “gales of the Master de luxe GREENWOOD, July 17.—The Greenwood Production Credit As- lina this year were reduced only 1 models in June greatly exceeded socnation, comprising the counties about 1 3-4 per cent between standard model sales. However, the 5®^ Greenwood, Abbeville, McCor- Show Big Increase March 4 and June 29. WANT ADV. daredevil speed of the motor cars, there should be consideration forj ma i n items of cost in truck grow- the nerves and ears of individuals ing. who are puhiqhied by the incessant tntelc of the auto horn. A. horn on a motor car is indis- The farmers that make the most profits over a period of years, ac cording to the conclusions of the pensable. But it should be used .study, must have the following fac- with commonsense and considera- tors above average: Size of. busi- 'ior others. There should be ness, crop yields, labor efficiency, way to restrict its abuse. 1 mule efficiency, and marketing ef- But the problem while less im- ficiency. portant is as difficult of solution as that of making the highways aafe for those who ride and those Who walk. FOR SALE—81 acres on paved highway near Dornville. Good state of cultivation and some same period last year.’ state 01 cultivation anu some y-, j ti/t 1 timber. Two miles from city Ldgelield Mules limits. Buildings. Mrs. J. W. Wilkins, McCormick, S. C. Collide Head-On; MAN WANTED for Rawleigh Route of 800 families. Write to day. Rawleigh, Dept. SCG-77-SA, Richmond, Va. ■ BIMOUSIIESSU S. C. Liquor Revenue Runs To $306,682.60 COLUMBIA, July 19.—Total rev- enue from the legalized sale of liquor in South Carolina through July 18 is $306,682.60, W. G. Query, chairman of the state tax commis sion, announced yesterday. Total liquor licenses to date amount to 297. LOST-One small Elgin silver,‘ y » ere kU '* d 1 whe " they hada watch with leather band on it, head -° n collision w.th each other , “ w ’ a few days ago. The mules got out e ween C H ° n ^ C A/rnri( ! 1 o Tulv of the P asture and ran down a dirt Rock on road via Modoc. July | p h h be . 19, 1935. Reward for recovery, j tween Edgefle , P and Greenwood . Mrs. J. A. Hamilton, McCormick, ^ one ln the lead turned about S ‘ c * ! just as the other reached the high lower priced Standard models, im- an d Saluda, showed an in- proved this year with the addition c ^ ease of 63 P er cent in loans for of the Master blue flame engine, is y ear ending May 31 over the a tremendous success. To date, P rev l°ns year, according to the 1935 Standard sales show an in- re P° rt of J * c - Smith * secretary and crease of 107,727 units over the treasurer, at the last quarterly meeting. Other interesting figures show ing the extent of the business now being handled by this association for the last fiscal year are: 1,101 loans at an average of $215, to- -p 1 "Tl taling $237,202. The report also L>Otn Urop U6<1Q shows that 30 per cent of the far- mers of the four counties were EDGEFIELD. July 20.—Two served during the year. The ex mules belonging to Frank G. Byrd pense per loan was $2.88 and the of the Berea section of this coun- 1 operating expense per $100 was $1.34. The Production Credit associa tion of Third district, comprising the states of North and South Carolina and Georgia, had loans aggregating $7,000,000 to May 31 last year compared with ap proximately $11,000,000 to the same Under and by virtue of a war rant issued to me by the County Treasurer of McCormick County, I have seized the following described property to satisfy the taxes due the State of South Carolina and the County of McCormick, for the years 1932, 1933 and 1934, and the same will be sold to the highest bidder for cash on salesday in August, 1935,' during the legal hours of sale in front of the Court House Door at McCormick, South Carolina, and the proceeds of the sale will be applied to the payment of the said taxes and the cost of said seizure and sale, to wit: The property of Mrs. V. D, Lee, and is described as follows: One Hundred (100) Acres of land, more or less, situated, lying and being in School District No. 6, McCormick County, State of South Carolina, bounded on north by land of W. O. Brown; east by Long Cane Creek; south by land of J. S. McClinton; west by lands of Miss Jane Shanks and J. H. McClinton, and probably others. J. T. FOOSHE, Tax Collector, McCormick County. McCormick, S. C., July 16, 1935.—3t. NOTICE OF TAX SALE way, according to George Broad- date this year. FOR SALE—Poland China and wa t er> eye witness to the unusual Essex Pigs, all sizes. City Market, McCormick, S. C. MILCH COWS—For sale or trade for beef cattle. Jamie L. Smith, McCormick, S. C. occurrence, and collided, head-on Both fell to the pavement but got up. One of the mules went a short distance and fell dead. The other lived a few hours. The mules weigh ed about 1,200 pounds each. Other officers of the Greenwood association are: R. B. McDill, Due West, president; J. H. Watson. Monetta, vice president; and J. D. Arrington and V. L. Warner, Green wood; and W. H. Stuckey, Ridge Spring, directors. Under and by virtue of a warrant issued to me by the County Treas urer of McCormick County, I have seized the following described prop erty to satisfy the taxes due the State of South Carolina and the County of McCormick, for the years 1931, 1932, 1933 and 1934, and the same will be sold to the highest bidder for cash on salesday in August, 1935, during the legal hours of sale in front of the Court House Door at McCormick, South Caro lina, and the proceeds of the sale will be applied to the payment of the said taxes and the cost of said seizure and sale, to wit: The property of the Estate of Mrs. J. S. Britt, and is described as follows: One Hundred Thirty-Four (134) Acres of land, more or less, situ ated, lying and being in School District No. 6, McCormick County, State of South Carolina, bounded on north by land of A. K. Britt; east by land of C. J. Britt; south by land of Mrs. Minie Britt; west by land of Mrs. Mattie Watson, and probably others. J. T. FOOSHE, Tax Collector, McCormick County. McCormick. S. C., July 16, 1935.—3t.