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HeCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICC, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, September 22, 1938
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Six Months .79
Three Months AO
School Begins
School time is here again. Now
er within the next week or two
more than thirty million young
Americans will begin or resume
the pursuit of education. There
will be nearly 27 million children
between the ages of five and
seventeen in the public schools,
another three million or so in pri
vate schools, and close to a mil
lion and a half in colleges and
oniversities.
To maintain the public grade
schools alone the people of the
United States spend two billion
dollars a year, and employ 900,-
000 teachers, more than three-
quarters of them women. Add to
that the cost of operating the in
stitutions of higher learning, and
R is probable that we Americans
spend more on the training of our
young people in the hope of pro-
siding them with a better equip
ment for the problems of adult
Ife and of making them useful
citizens, than we spend for any
other one purpose beyond the es
sentials of food, shelter and
clothing.
No matter what the cost, it is
money well spent if it results in
making those who must carry on,
after the older generation of to
day has passed on, into happier
and more self-reliant men and
women than their parents were.
For that, after all, is the supreme
oblect of life. The test of educa-
fion is its results. All the book-
fcaming in the world is of no
value unless the process of edu
cation gives those who pass
through it some incentive to use
their brains to do their own think
ing, instead of letting others do
their thinking for them.
TOB&Y and
TEDDY idol
The other day the survivors of
•Roosevelt’s Rough Riders” gath
ered at Montauk Point, at the east
end of Long Island, to celebrate
the 40th anniversary of the return
•f their famous regiment, the
First U. S. Volunteer Cavalry,
tram the Spanish-American war.
The event took my memory back
to “Teddy” Roosevelt and his re
markable personality and career,
and the political history which he
made.
When Col. Roosevelt landed at
Montauk at the head of his troops
iae had the Republican nomina-
tion for Governor of New York “in
the bag.” He little dreamed that
jh three years he would be presi
dent of the United States. I was
with him throughout his cam
paign and during his term as
Governor. He got in by the skin
of his teeth. It was not a Repub-
Rcsn year in New York. If the
Democrats had had political sense
enough to nominate a war hero
to oppose “Teddy” they would
have beaten him. As it was, he
scraped through by a bare 18,000
plurality.
Teddy Roosevelt made enemies
of all the machine politicians, but
^ Row the common people of his
*§■»*» idolized him! No President
before or since ever had such a
hold on the public imagination,
except perhaps his fifth cousin,
Ftanklin.
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REFORMER showman
The people loved Teddy Roose-
welt because he was by tempera
ment a hater of oppression and in
pH his public life an apostle of
prtitical reform. The politicians
off his own party hated him be
cause he was a ’reformer.
As a young member of the legis-
tature he fought the bosses and
put through the first tenement-
Chevrolet-
August Sales
Chevrolet dealers surpassed pro
jected sales totals in both new
and used cars for August, when
42,606 new cars and 107,593 used
cars were sold nationally, accord
ing to William E. Holler, general
sales manager, as he announced
house reform bill. He was a con
summate showman, and. could
dramatize himself and the causes
he advocated in a way which ap
pealed to the public heart. He
took orders from nobody and was
the boss of whatever job he was
in. U. S. Civil Service Commis
sioner, New York City Police Com
missioner and Assistant Secretary
of the Navy “Teddy” stole the
show and made people like it.
When the party bosses dis
covered that they couldn’t give
orders to the young man they had
made Governor of New York they
tried to “kick him upstairs” by
getting him nominated for Vice-
President in 1900. He was elected
with McKinley and took office
March 4, 1901. Three months
later President McKinley had been
murdered and Theodore Roosevelt
was President of the United
States.
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RICHES interest
What made “Teddy’s” career so
interesting to me is that, although
he was the wealthiest man who
ever occupied the White House,
his interest and sympathies were
all on the side of the common
people. Rich men mostly hated
him, called him a “traitor to his
class.”
When “Teddy” first ventured
into politics at 23, as a candidate
for the legislature, his friends and
family protested. “You’ll have to
rub elbows with crooks, bartend
ers and all sorts of disreputable
characters,” they told him. “If
'that’s so then they are the gov
erning class,” he replied, “and I
intend to belong to that class.”
So sickly as a boy that his fami
ly feared he would never live to
grow up; his eyesight so imparied
that he had to have constant at
tention from oculists, Teddy
Roosevelt built himself into an
athlete by sheer strength of will.
Of all the men I have ever known.
I think of none who had such in
domitable courage and such per
sistence in the face of opposition.
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COURAGE boldness
I had many opportunities to ob
serve Theodore Roosevelt’s courage
in standing up for what he be
lieved to be the right, no matter
how strong the political pressure
to do something else might be.
He was never a compromiser for
the sake of expediency. He went
ahead and did what he thought
ought to be done* regardless of
political consequences.
I once heard him say that his
conception of the authority of the
President was that he could do
anything which the Constitution
did not prohibit him from doing,
whereas his predecessors had the
view that the President’s powers
were limited to what the Consti
tution specifically permitted him
to do.
It was that quality of boldness
and aggressiveness which made
“Teddy” the most popular Chief
Executive the nation had ever had
since Washington, and which
made him a menacing figure in
the eyes of every pedatory interest
which he opposed.
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HISTORY influence
“Teddy” made world history by
one exp'% which he undertook
on his own responsibility. That
was the. building of the Panama
Canal. For the adequate protec
tion of both coasts of the United
States the canal was essential, tc
move the fleet from the Atlantic
to the Pacific without a 3,000-
mile detour around Cape 9 Horn.
Without any authority but his
own high hand, he encouraged the
State of Panama to secede from
the Republic of Colombia, set up
its own independent nation, and
grant a concession for the canal
to the United States.
Our government later paid $25,-
000,000 to Colombia as balm for
our hasty recognition of the new
Republic of Panama, but we had
the canal.
It seems difficult to realize that
it is only forty years since “Teddy”
came back from the war in Cuba,
when one reviews the tremendous
changes that have come about
since then, and how potent the in
fluence of the policies and prin
ciples of Theodore Roosevelt still
are.
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the totals Sept. 8.
“Market indications for new car
sales during August projected ap
proximately 38,000” said Mr. Hol
ler, “but Chevrolet dealers ex
ceeded that mark by nearly 5,000.
In July they turned a market
trend sharply against its normal
course by selling 51,071 when pro
jections indicated a possible 40,-
000 new car sftles. The August
figures show that they are con
tinuing to sell at a higher volume
rate than the low-priced market
projections, and discovering new
car buyers at a rate that is just
below the June rate.
“Projections for used car sales
for August indicated that it might
be difficult for the Chevrolet
dealers to exceed the 100,000 mark.
The month’s total of more than
107,000 keeps unblemished their
astounding record, started 42
months ago, of selling more than
100,000 used cars each month. The
August used car sales total brings
their grand total to 7,083,062 used
cars sales since March 1935.”
Notwithstanding the record es
tablished this summer in new car
sales by the dealer organization,
used car stocks at the end of
August were 17,900 less than at
the same time last year, Mr. Hol
ler said.
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Traffic Accidents In
South Carolina Dur
ing First Half Of 1938
Cause $2,532,500 Loss
Columbia, Sept. 8.—In addition
to the toll in death and suffering,
reported traffic accidents in
South Carolina cost $2,532,500
during the first six months of
1938. '
At $10,000 each Jthe conserva
tive cost safety authorities have
estimated for a single fatality),
the traffic dead represent a loss
of $2,060,000, according to a state
ment released by the State High
way Department today.
Injury accidents cost $412,200,
allowing $300 for each personal
injury sustained, based on medi
cal and hospital costs and loss of
wages.
Property damage, averaging
$100 for each reported accident,
amounted to $60,300 for the first
six months, according to reports
of drivers involved in the wrecks.
The average cost per accident
for the State as a whole was $1,-
681.60. Accidents on State high
ways averaged $1,819.08, due to
the greater severity of mishaps
occurring in open country. The
average cost for accidents occur
ring in city streets and on county
roads was $1,409.11.
Accidents on State highways
accounted for 72 per cent of the
total economic loss, or $1,820,900.
Comparison of the costs of vari
ous types of accidents shows that
crashes with other motor vehicles
proved most expensive, with a
total of $725,100 loss incurred.
Pedestrian accidents cost $706,000,
non-collision accidents $664,100,
and collisions with fixed objects
represented a loss of $240,200.
J. S. Williamson, State Highway
Engineer, said that total costs cf
traffic mishaps in South Carolina
for the first half of 1938 would
be somewhat greater than these
figures indicate because of the
fact that many accidents are un
reported, and because minor ac
cidents, involving damage of less
than $50, do not have to be re
ported.
“The Highway Department is
doing everything that it properly
can to make the streets and high
ways of the State safe,” Mr. Wil
liamson said, “and all drivers are
urged to assume their share of
the responsibility of reducing ac
cidents in South Carolina.” *
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Services At Bordeaux
M. E. Church
Sunday Night
There will be religious services
at the Bordeaux Methodist church
Sunday night, September 25, at
7:30 o’clock.
Foster Speer,
Pastor.
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Camp Modoc News
Camp Modoc, Sept. 17.—Super
intendent L. A. Bodie will resume
his official duties Monday morn
ing after being on annual leave
for two weeks.
Foreman Arthur L. Grady’s
family motored up from James
town last week end for a short
visit. Mr. Grady’s family seemed
well pleased with the camp and
also the high country. They re
ported a pleasant trip and we are
looking forward to seeing them
again at an early date.
Mr. J. L. Wertz, FRD Road
Foreman at F-ll, will be trans
ferred to Camp F-7 to construct
concrete culverts. Mr. Wertz was
in charge of the construction of
the Turkey Road Bridge and also
several concrete culverts.
Four rehabilitation projects
have been completed by Camp
F-ll. We hope to get a good
many more completed before
winter sets in. These projects in
clude the remodeling, painting,
screening and adding new roofs
to the house, as well as new barns
and other buildings being con
structed.
A new moving picture outfit’
with a loud speaker attached for
playing phonograph records has
been received and will be install
ed at F-ll. This will afford the
men entertainment as well as
boosting the educational program.
The camp beautification pro
gram is in full swing at F-ll. The
educational building and wood
working shop have been painted,
new walk-ways are being con
structed and more shrubbery will
be planted. These improvements
will add much to the appearance
of the camp.
Turkey road bridge No. 1.05 has,
been opened for traffic. This is a;
steel span bridge with a ten ton 1
load capacity. Edgefield County
in cooperation with the forest |
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JESTER’S CASH MARKET
Phone JNo. 25
Main Street
We Deliver
McCormick, S. C.
When you are in town be sure and come by our
market and let us suggest your meat needs for you.
We will give you your choice of meats.
Prices are Reasonable, Meats the Best.
We carry a full line of Fresh Meats at all times
and are always ready to he at your service.
Special on Armour’s Dexter Sliced Break- OQf*
fast Bacon, per pound , iT . fcw
Armour’s Best Star Boiled Ham, Special, Jj
per pound i ™ ^
Fresh Oysters from now on at all times.
Fresh Fish on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
We highly appreciate your patronage.
Before selling your cattle and hogs, see us. We
pay the market price for them.
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service furnished part of the ma
terial for this bridge.
Visitors in. camp during the
week were: Acting Ranger Wag
ner of Greenwood; Jr. Forester
Grano of Greenwood; S. M.
Shanklin, Road Supt. of the Co
lumbia Office; Mr. Ed Vernon,
Associate Civil Eng. of the Colum
bia Office; M. E. Nixon Jr. Asst.
Tech, of Camp Bradley.
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