Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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•mw* McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, April 25, 1940 ■■ firm MW M1A?C171tirra ber of non-citizens than any other ^IVlCiUoIUluEA state. The basic law, however. ”vhed Every Thursday .wished June 5, 19M | EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner Entered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of the second class. ttUBSCKIPTION RATES: One Year $1.00 Bix Months .75 Three Months.50 Modoc News contemplates that even aliens living in this courttry are entitled to be represented at Washington, even though they cannot vote for their representatives. State Decides How the Congressional Districts are divided is a matter for each POLITICAL CARDS FOR HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES I hereby announce my candidacy for the House of Representatives from McCormick County, subject to the rules and regulations of the Democratic party. Your support state" to*'decide, “^me ot them sha11 be hiBhly ap - Well, we are still having Aoril showers. Some planted cotton last week, and they are getting a little worried about it. Miss Rosalie Bussey has re- by electing them at large. -Any never decide it but elect all their members by the entire vote of the There is nothing in the Consti tution that requires the division of states into Congressional districts, and there is no law requiring a member of Congress to be a resi dent of the district which he rep resents. For in theory he does not represent any particular section of the population of his state but the whole citizenry of the Common wealth. More frequent is the custom of providing for additional members predated. H. E. FREELAND. turned home, after spending sev- ' state may do as it pleases in the eral months with friends at Green- way of selecting its representation wood. i in Congress, so long as it sends to Mr. J. M. Stone from Clinton is Washington no more and no fewer spending a couple of weeks here than the number to which it will with his brother, Mr. T. J. Stone, he entitled when the figures of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Clem were the 1940 Census have been tabu- dinner guests Sunday to Mr and lated and each state’s proportion- Mrs. W. S. Clem. | ate share of the total population Miss Betty Osborne from Parks- has been computed, ville was a week end visitor here It would be entirely within the to Miss Hazel Dukes. rights of the legislature of any Mr. N. W. McDaniel from Clin- state to enact a law providing that ton and Mr. v Otis McDaniel from the State’s Representatives in Augusta are spending this week Congress shall be chosen by the among relatives and friends here. Legislature, instead of directly by Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Johnson from the people. That was the way the Iva were week end visitors to the Senators were selected for the latter’s mother, Mrs. Mattie Key. first 125 years of our existence as Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Bledsoe and a nation. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Bledsoe from Saluda, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Faulk ner, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur'- White GUARANTEED ODORLESS DRY CLEANING Spring time is dry clean ing time! We specialize in Guaranteed Odorless Dry Cleaning, and offer you Moth-Proof bags for 10 cents each for those clothes you’ll wish to have dry cleaned and put up for the summer months. Can put several garments in one bag. Greenwood Dry Cleaning Co, “Dependable Cleaners’ , J. C. Dalton, Mgr. Changed in 1913 It was changed in 1913 to pro- from McCormick were visitors vide for direct election of Senators here Sunday evening to Mr. and iby the people of the whole state. Mrs. O. J. White. It took a Constitutional amend- Misses Rosalie and Lucy Bussey ment to do that. Washington is and Mrs. Donald Hancock spent still of two minds whether the last Friday in Augusta, shopping, i change has brought about an im- Mrs. B. M. Bussey has returned provement in the quality of the home, after spending two weeks Senate. There is a general feeling with her daughter, Mrs. Wingate that a great deal of senatorial Baldwin, in Savannah, Ga. (prestige and dignity has been lost, Mrs. Mamie McDaniel of Augus- 1 since Senators now have to play ta is spending this week here to the galleries and look forward with Mr. and Mrs. j. o. McDaniel, to their own reelection by the MASTER’S SALE -Un people. They no longer represent sovereign states; but merely the people of those states 7/ou ioan£ i/txu/i moneifd worUA-tfou utetni THE IDNGm Of THE LOT the very longest of all lowest-priced cars! I NEW EXCLUSIVE VACUUM- POWER SHIFT With Chevrolet’s Exclusive Vacuum- Power Shift the driver has only to move the short steering-column lever; tne vacuum cylinder (fastened to transmis sion housing) supplies the effort required to move the gears. >659 MASTER 85 BUSINESS COUPE While the Census Act passed this year merely fixes the total number of Representatives, there may be a fight in the next Session over the number to which each state is entitled. The Census figures will show around 133,000,- 000 population. Divided by 435 that would give about one Con gressman to each three hundred thousand inhabitants. It is going to be a hard job to arrange it so Washington, April 22.-The pur- ! h of^lteore^entetlvef^ h P° s e of the census is, primarily, to thteks V hould have Some will decide how many members each manS snmp Uio few state is entitled to in the House of get to ° so ™ e t0 ° few - Representatives. That depends, of WAfHMKRMf Othar medals slightly higher All models priced at Flint, Michigan. Transportation based on rail rates, state and local taxes (if any), optional equipment and accessories—extra. Faces subject to change without notice. course, upon how many members DON’T there are in the House and how MENT many inhabitants there are in each state. While the Constitution provides for the reapportionment of Repre sentatives after each ten years' census, it does not lay down any rules for doing it. It is entirely up to Congress itself to decide how many members shall sit in the lower House. The number of Senators is fixed by the Constitution. There are two for each state, or 96 in all; and CONFUSE UNEMPLOY- COMPENSATION AND OLD-AGE AND SURVIVORS INSURANCE Many confuse State unemploy ment compensation with Federal old-age and survivors insurance, according to Miss Martha Pressly, Manager of the Social Security Board Field Office at Greenwood. South Carolina. A man who re cently applied for unemployment compensation insisted that he had until some new states are admitted been paying the one per cent there will be no need to rearrange the seats in the Senate Chamber. That has had to be done a number of times in the House of Repre sentatives. The number of members of the lower House, however, has stood fixed at 435 since 1910. Censuses j related to the Federal since then have shifted the wage tax for more than two years. Now that he had lost his job, he felt that he was entitled to unem- plovment compensation. The employment service official explained to him that the wage tax which he had been paying was system of since tnen nave shifted the ap- ; old-age and survivors insurance QrrArrTr cnrrrw pat?ot tna portionment of the 435, but have and was not an unemployment not changed the number. Dela ware, for example, had two mem bers of Congress at one time and Vermont had three, but each of those states has only one now. Their populations have not de creased but the populations of other states have increased to the point where a fair distribution of Congressmen entitles them to greater proportionate representa tion. Florida Doubled By virtue of the Decree of Court of Common Pleas for County of McCormick, S. C.. here tofore made and entered in the case of Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation, Plaintiff, Vs. Ham mond Chamberlain, Defendant, I will sell on Salesday in May, 1940, being the 6th dav of said month, between the legal hours of sale, before the Court House Door in the Town of McCormick, S. C., to the highest bidder the following described property, to wit: All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in the County of McCormick, State of South Carolina, contain ing Seventy (70) Acres, more or less, and bounded on the North by lands of M. G. & J. J. Dorn, Inc,; on the East by Public Road and lands of Sadie Adams; on the South by lands of Marcellus Chamberlain, and on the West by Big Stevens Creek. TERMS OF SALE: For Cash. The purchaser is to pav for the preparation and recording of the deed, including the required rev enue stamps. If the highest bid der should fail to immediately I'TL : » vvir . r »,.ritir» G'lnKc complv with his bid. in accordance I J-JCTllULIctllU V><lUUb with the terms of the decree, the premises will thereafter be resold upon the same terms and at subh bidder’s risk. .... I The Democrats of South Caro- As no personal or deficiency .. ... . . . . judgment is demanded in the * lna Wl11 reorganize in April and action, the same being expressly take the initial step in setting up waived, the bidding will close at the machinery to conduct the the •''ale and will not remain open approaching primary elections, for thirty days. j, , ^ . . Possession to be delivered pur- County conventions are to be ohaser on December 1st, 1940. held throughout the state on the The property will be sold subject first Monday in May, which will to the unpaid taxes thereon in b M prior to the holding the amount of $46.70. 1 J Si/eit- T/u/U- Bull'd! Size means comfort. . . . Size mean»i luxury of appearance and of ride. . . . Size means value. . . . And size supremacy in the field of lowest-priced motor cats belongs to Chevrolet for ’40! It’s the longest of all lowest-priced cun. —measuring 181 streamlined inches from! the front of its sparkling “Royal Clipper’* grille to the rear of its torpedo-tailored Fisher Body! Get your money’s worth this spring. .. •! Get the biggest selling car in America— Chevrolet for ’40. ... Be good to yourself*' and eye it—try it—buy it—today/ "CHEVR0UTS first again r LEADS* IN SALES 8 OUT OF THE LAST 9 YEARS McGrath motor co„ inc. McCORMICK, S. C. Meet April 27th J. FRANK MATTTSON, Master for McCormick County, S. C. April 15, 1940.—3t. NOTICE OF SALE compensation tax, since employees in South Carolina do not pay un employment compensation taxes. Onlv employers contribute to the South Carolina unemployment compensation fund. He was there fore not entitled to benefits under the State unemployment compen sation law. To illustrate the difference be tween these two social insurance systems established by the Social Security Act, the employment ser- M , vice official pointed out that a Thus in recent years, Florida’s man who buys an ordinary life growth in population has doubled insurance policy but carries no V^.FJ^ >re . sen . ta *' ion i n Congress, and fire insurance does not expect to California has nearly three times collect fire insurance when his as many members as it did forty house burns down. Neither should years ago. No matter how small a worker who is insured under one the population of a state it is en- of the programs of the Social titled to at least one Representa- Security Act expect benefits under “ve- ; f^p other and entirely different Nevada has never had as many system. as one hundred thousand inhabi- Many workers, of course, are tants but they have the right to covered by both programs—job in representation, although in most -urance and old-age and survivors other states there are 300,000 or insurance. Old-age and survivors more represented by a single Con- insurance is a Federal system and gressman. This Congress has al- includes wage or salary earners in ready decided that there will be business and industrial establish- no change in the number of mem- orients employing one or more bers of the lower House. The persons. It nrOvides monthly pay- Senate passed a bill to that effect ments for insured workers when last year. The House has just they retire at age 65 or later, and passed a similar bill, with the ex- r>i5Q nrovides insurance protection ception of one point which the f or the families of insured workers. Senate included. That is one kind of insurance. The Senate bill provides for the TTnomnloyment compensation, or apportionment of Representatives j 0 b insurance, is an entirely dif- according to the number of “citi- t> r e”t system. It is administered zens” living in each state. That is bv the State government, with not what the Constitution calls vedeml aid and cooperation. It for. The Constitution specifically provides weekly payments to work- provides for the apportionment of e rs covered under the State law members of the House in proper- w ho are temporarily without jobs tion to “the wlmle number of free through no fault of their own. persons,” not “citizens.” Industrial and business concerns Indians not taxed are still omit- which employ 8 or more workers ted in apportioned Representatives pay all the unemployment com- among the states. The House has pensation tax that is paid in passea this census reapportion- south Carolina. Consequently, ployment because of lack of work, ment bill, changing the Senate’s on i y employees of these covered Insured wage earners with suffi- attempt to require only citizens to concerns are entitled to claim xn- cient previous employment will ^ i r r r be included in each member’s con- employment compensation when receive payments under certain Other Kinds of Insurance ln« stituency. they lose their jobs. i conditions and for a certain num- | plnilina T Inmiranep The purpose of that effort was The purpose of unemployment ber of weeks. These payments are ^ ® to keep New' York State’s repre- compensation is to furnish some not equal to the worker’s regular HUGH C BROWN County Of McCormick. In The Court Of Common Pleas. MARY BELL GARRISON, Plaintiff, VS: C. R. STROM AND W. M. STROM, Trustees. Defendants. PURSUANT to order of the Court in the above entitled matter, T will sell before the Court House Door in the Town of McCormick, County of McCormick, State of South Carolina, on Sales Day in May. the same being the 6th day of May. 1940, during the usual hours of sale, the following de scribed property: ALL that tract or parcel of land ki\own as Lot No. 3 situate, lying and being in McCormick County, State of South Carolina, contain ing two hundred and fourteen (214) Acres, more or less, said lands being a nart of the Estate of tehn T. Middleton, deceased, and bounded now or formerly as fol - lows: on the North by lot No. 2 and landS of Mrs. Mary John Bell: on the East by lot No. 4 and lands of Mrs, Mattie B. Rich; «on the South by lot No. 4 and Savannah River; on the W.est by Savannah River and Lot No. 2; this being the identical property conveyed to Mrs. A. M. Bell by P. C. Middleton, M. B. Rich and M. J. Bell on the 5th day of October, 1903, deed being recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court for Edgefield County, S. C., in Deed Book 19 at page 739. The bidding will be held open, as required by law, for a period of thirty days. TERMS OF SALE CASH, pur chaser to pay extra for deed and stomos. A deposit of ten per cent will be required of the highest bidder. J. FRANK MATTISON, Master For McCormick Co., S. C. April 15th, 1940.—3t. of these conventions the Demo crat clubs must meet. The fourth Saturday in April, which will be April 27th, is set as the time for the meeting of the Democratic clubs, when reor ganization will be perfected and delegates elected. Each club is entitled to send one delegate to the county convention for each 25 members or majority fraction thereof, to be estimated by the vote in the first primary in 1938. A president, a secretary, an executive committee, an enroll ment committee and other com mittees as provided by the con stitution and by-laws should be chosen at this time, also an exec utive committeeman to serve for the next two years. Be sure to attend the club meet ing. The State convention will be held on the third Wednesday in May. It is hoped that all Democrats in McCormick county will manifest an active interest in the affairs of the party. J. ARCH TALBERT, County Chairman, J. O. PATTERSON, Secretary, McCormick County Democratic Party. Refrigerators Buy a Westinghouse Refrigerator from us for $5.00 down and balance on small monthly pay ments. i. S. STROM PHONE NO. 76 McCORMICK, S. C. t 9)r Tar, Take a tip—take your trip by Grey hound ! You’ll arrive refreshed, ready for anything—and with money left over. Sample One Way Fares Greenwood, S. C. $ .40' Greenville, S. C. 1.10 Spartanburg, S. C. 1.60 Columbia, S. C. __ 1.55 Charlotte, N. C. „ 2.30 Jacksonville, Fla. 4.00 Knoxville, Tenn. 3.15 Asheville, N. C. __ 1.80 i Augusta, Ga. .65 Eig EXTRA tavings on Round Trip Tickets Strom’s Drug Store, Phone 95 McCormick, S. C. DR. HENRY J. GODIN Sight Specialist Eyes Examined Spectacles And Eye Glasses Professionally Fitted. 956 Broad Street Augusta. Ga INSURANCE Fire Insurance And Al) sentation from becoming too large, income to insured workers during wages, but they will help tide him r>r\T>*irsr'ir a since Ne .v York has a larger -lum • periods when they cannot get em- over until he can get back to w’ork., McCUKMICIk, b. C. * Help your fieeSh shine like the ★ * stars.. .nse €alox Tooih Powder * * <* ★ Many of Hollywood's brightest stars use Calox to help bring out the natural lustre of their teeth— , and you can rely on Calox too. Pure, wholesome, pleasant-tasting, approved by Good Housekeeping j Bureau. 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