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i McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA OCTOBER 31, 194k> -%?• i ^ HEW HAT FOR THE WIFE . . . Want to mmke 7®“*“ , lutppy? This hot should do the business, ond may be purchased for , *10 000 The hot Is o genuine 18-corot gold hot on display In » t£ crown is of w.t« .old *d.n«d with .old »d dlamir-f three-leof clip ond gold net veil. —: WORLD'S OLDEST BATTLEWAGON * . . Piloting the 149-yeor-old hull of the Frigote Constellation, oldest warship afloat in the world, en a tow-rope trip from Newport, R. I-, to Boston was a tough assign ment. Is was the Constellation’s first sea voyage in 24 years. She was built and launched at Baltimore. The city of Baltimore now wants the Constellation as a relic. _ . .... _ CALF SELLS FOR NEW RECORD PRICE . .. Seven-month-old calf. Noble Deborah, sold for a new world record price of $10,560, topping the previous record by $3,000, at the Curtiss Farms, Cary, HI. The calf was purchased by Mrs. F. L. Weyenberg, ThiensviUe, Wis. Shown with the calf is her dam. Quail Roost Noble Primrose, which was purchased by the Curtiss farms in 1945 for $17,000. J The Middles""^ By Bob Karp j WELUTHEeE'sYvtel U F* At!) AN INITIATION /VOue^'.* 5 STUNT I'M /TOoF-TVcrC? SUPPOSED XANDDO’.T. *r DO, AND I'M ) VO.r^& MO SCAPED TO/ J COV.^PO/ NOTICE OF ELECTION Pattern No. 8709 is designed for sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20; 40 and 42. Size 14, requires 3% yards of 35 or 36 inch material; 2Vi yards ribbon for trimming. ( Name Address Name of paper Pattern No Size..... Pattern No Size Send 20 cents in coin (for each pattern desired) to— Patricia Dow Patterns 1150 Sixth Ave., New York 19, N. Y. IT’S TRUE ily Theodor* Mniseh It cost $50 a ton to build the 500- ton wooden ocean-going ships of 250 years ago. Napoleon’s habit of pinching his officers’ ears when giving commands was one of the many mannerisms he copied from Hannibal, the great Carthaginian general of 2100 years ago. There are only 250 real long-horn cattle left in the United States. In the year 1859 there were more than 300,000 slave owners in the South. Sosias, a wealthy Greek of more than 2000 years ago owned 1000 slaves and hired them out at 3 cents a day. The British Navy in the year 1602 copsisted of 42 ships having a total weight of 17,000 tons and the cost was $900,000 a year. The human eye cannot focus sharply on a purple light. ^ BaLsa, lightest wood known, weighs only six pounds per cubic foot, or half as much as cork. -X- LOOKING AHEAD ==r= by Louit WaB, = * use rroNce* tooth brush FO* 6VESTS AMO ^ TRAVELERS 15 iMPKEtfNATHO WITH peMTlFI?l££ MO MAP£ Of SU&TM0E THAT VtCOH?OS& WWgM OEROSrTEP IN vVATER. APT El? USB . V"' 'w STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of McCormick. Notice is hereby given that the General Election for State and County Officers will be held at the voting precincts fixed by law in the County aforesaid on Tuesday, November 5, 1946, said day being Tuesday following the first Mon day, as prescribed by the State Constitution. The qualifications for suffrage are as follows: Residence in the State for two vears, in the County one year, in the polling precinct in which the electors offer to vote, four months, and the payment thirty days be fore any election of any noil tax then due and payable. Provided that ministers in charge of an or ganized church and teachers of oublic schools, shall be entitled to vote after six months’ residence in the State, otherwise qualified. Managers of election shall re quire of every elector offering to vote at any election, before allow ing him to vote, the production of his registration certificate and nroof of the payment thirty days before any election of any ooll tax th^n due and pavnble. Th° pro duction of a certificate or of the receipt of the officer authorized to collect such taxes, shall be con clusive proof of the payment there of. Before the hour fixed for noen- iripr thA noTls Managers and Clerks must take and subscribe to the constitutional oath. The Chair man of the Board of Managers can administer the oath to the other Managers and to the Clerk; a Notary Public must administer the «ath to the Chairman. The Man agers elect their Chairman and Clerk. The polls shall be opened at such voting places as shall be designated at 8 o’clock in the forenoon, and close at 4 o’clock in the afternoon of the day of election, except in the City of Charleston, where the polls shall be opened at 7 o’clock in the forenoon, and in the Chies of Chareston arid Columbia, where the closing hours shall be 6 o’ clock in the afternoon, and shall be held open during these hours without intermission or adlourn- ment; and the Managers shall ad minister to each person offering to vote oath that, he is qualified to vote at this election, according to the Constitution of this State, and that he has not voted during this election. The Managers have the power to fill a vacancy, and if none of the Managers attend, the citizens can apooint from among the Qualified voters, the Managers, who. after being duly sworn, can conduct the election. At the close of the election the Mer»aorers and Clerks -must proceed publicly to open the ballot box ard count the ballots therein, and con tinue without adjournment until the same is completed, and make a statement of the results for each office, and sign the same. Within three days thereafter the Chair man of the Board, or some one designated by the Board, must d Q - liver to the Commissioners of E - lection the poll list, the box con taining the ballots and written statements of the results of.the e- lection. At the said election qualified e- lectors will vote uoon th* ot^utlon or rejection of amen.dmeuts to tlfe State Constitution, as provided in the following JOINT RESOLU TIONS: STATEWIDE ^oMR'rr'TUTIONAI AMENDMENTS No. 1 A JOINT RESOLUTION propos ing an amendment to Section 4 ot Article X of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, so as to em power the General Assembly to ex empt from taxation household goods and furniture used in the home of the owner thereof. LOCAL CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS No. 2 l" Anderson County A JOINT RESOLUTION prooos.- Ing an amendment to Section 21 of Article V of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, so as to fur ther provide for the qualifications of Magistrates in Anderson County having additional jurisdiction, and to provide for the selection of ju rors serving such Magistrates. No. 3 Charleston Countv A JOINT RESOLUTION propos ing an amendment to Article X, Section 5, of the Constitution of South Caroina, 1895, bv striking out two provisos in said Section ^elating to the issuance of bonds bv the Charleston School District, comprised within the present lim its of the City of Charleston. No. 4 Chester Countv A JOINT RESOLUTION orooos- ing an amendment to Article X of the Constitution of South Caro lina, 1895. so as to provide that the General Assembly may authorize the City of Chester to levy assess ments unon abutting nroperty for the costs of improving streets, roadways, alleyways and sidewalks in said City: to issue certificates and bonds therefor, and to pledge such assessments for the oayment of such certificates and bonds. No. 5 Chester Countv A JOINT RESOLUTION orooos- ing an amendment to Article X ot f he Constitution of South Caro lina, 1895, so as to provide that the General Assembly may authorize the City of Chester: to extend water and sewer service to prop erty owners within and without the corporate limits of said City; to lew assessments upon property and pledge the same for the costs thereof; to issue water and sewer bonds, and to provide that such assessments shall be a lien upon property of such owners. No. 6 Chesterfield County A JOINT RESOLUTION propos ing an amendment to Section 8 of Article VIII of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, so as to pro vide that the General Assembly may exempt new manufacturing and industrial establishments in Chesterfield County from certain taxes. No. 7 Chesterfield County A JOINT RESOLUTION propos ing Tuesday following the first Monday, as prescribed by the State Constitutidh. ’ , The qualifications for suffrage are as follows: Residence in the State for two years, in the County one year, in th polling precinct in which the e- lector offers to vote four months, and the payment thirty days be fore any election of any poll tax then due and payable. Provided that ministers in charge of an or ganized church and teachers of public schools shall be entitled to vote after six months’ residence in ing an amendment to Section 5 of the State, otherwise qualified. Article X of the Constitution of I Managers of election shall re- South Carolina, 1895, so as provide J^uire of every elector offering to that the limitations of said Sec tion and any other provision or part of said Constitution shall not aoply to the bonded indebtedness of the towns or municipal corpor ations in Chesterfield County, and to authorize the issuance of bonds bv said Towns or municipal cor porations; to refund or pay any existing indebtedness' of said Mu nicipalities. No. 8 Kershaw County A JOINT RESOLUTION propos ing an amendment to Section 5, Article X, of the Constitution re- io*ing to the limit of the bonded debt of School Districts by adding a proviso thereto as to School Dis trict No. 1, of Kershaw County, South Carolina. , No. 9 Union Coun*v A JOINT RESOLUTION propos ing an amendment to Section 5. Article X, of the Constitution of South Carolina. 1895. so as to au thorize Union Hospital District of Union County, South Carolina, to issue bonds in an amount equal to twenty (20) per centum of the value of the taxable property em braced in said Hospital District, provided the qualified electors of said District vote favorably there on. No. 10 Union County A JOINT RESOLUTION propos ing an amendment to Section 5, Article X, of the Constitution of South Carolina. 1895, so as to au- f horize Union School District No. 11, of Union County, South Caro lina, to issue bonds up to twentv (20) per centutn of the value of the taxable property in said Dis trict, provided the qualified elec tors of said District vote favorably thereon. No. 11 York County vote at any election, before allowing him to vote, the production of his registration certificate and proof of the payment thirty days before any election of any poll tax then due and payable The production of a certificate or of the receipt of the officer authorized to collect such taxes, shall be conclusive proof of the payment thereof. Before the hour fixed for open ing the polls, Managers and Clerks must take and subscribe to the Constitutional oath. The Chair man of the Board of Managers can administer the oath to the other Managers and to the Clerk; a Notary Public must administer the oath to the Chairman. The Man agers elect their Chairman and Clerk. The polls shall be opened at such voting Places as shall be designated at 8 o’clock in the fore noon, and close at 4 o’clock in the afternoon of the day of election, except in the City of Charleston, where the polls shall be opened at 7 o’clock in the forenoon, and in the Cities of Charleston and Co lumbia whfere the closing hours shall be 6 o’clock in the afternoon, and shall be held open during these hours without intermission or adjournment; and the Mana gers shall administer to each per son offering to vote, oath that he is qualified to vote at this election, according to the Constitution of this State, and that he has not voted during this election. The Managers have the power to fill a vacancy, and if none of the Managers attend, the citienzs can apooint from among the oualified voters, the Manager, who. after be ing duly sworn, can conduct the election. At the close of the election the Managers and Clerks must proceed publiclv to open the ballot box and count the ballots therein, and con- A JOINT RESOLUTION propos- Itinue without adjournment! until ing an amendment to Section 5. the same is completed, and make Article X, of the . Constitution ot a statement of the results . for South Carolina, 1895. so as author-office, and sign the sajne. ize Clover School District No. 37., within three days thereafter the "'f York County, South Carolina, to chairman of the Board, or some issue bonds up to twenty (20) per one designated bv the Board, must centum of the value of the taxable deliver to the Commissioners of property in said District, provided Election the poll list, the box con- the qualified electors of said Dis- taining the ballots and written trict vote favorablv statements of the results of the. MANAGERS OF ELECTION Th° following Managers of Elec tion have been appointed to h^ld the election at the various pre- circts in the said County. McCormick—J. W. Britt, J. P. Deason, W. M. Harmon, Clerk. Voting place, Court House. Plum Branch—R. M. Winn. W. R. Freeland. W. F. White. Clerk. Voting place, Collier’s Store. Perksville—R. N. Edmunds, A. V. Morgan, W. M. Self. ODrk. Vot- ir" nlace, B r unsn r, ’s St^e. Modoc — W. McD*^ 0 !, T . K election. MANAGERS OF ELECTION The following Manager? of E- lection have been apprinted to held the election at various pre cincts in the said Countv: McCormick—Joe P. Holloway, J. T. Crcswell, Verna A. Rogers, Cl^k. Voting place. C^urt House. Plum Branch—J. C. Wi^n, Mar ion Winn, Horace Creswell, Clerk, r^ce Bracknell’s Store. Parksvile—Eugene McDonald, D. ' r ' T Blackwell. Mrs. Betty Barrett, , .t ClTk. Voting place, J. P. Btun- ”ince. E. F. Bussey, Clerk. Voting son » s store. place, Bussev’s Rtor°. I *^dcc--C. i T. Bussey. Wilbur Clarks Hill—W. H. Rvan, R. H. i wv.hp Mrs. W. McDaniel, Clerk. Wilke*. Jeff Sharpton, Clerk. Vot- voting place— •ng place— darks ill— TJ ommond, Rjhoboth—J. P. Talbert, E. M. )r L Bridges. Mrs. Jeff Sharpton, Mcrgan, Clerk. Voting place, Mor- Clerk Voting place, Sharpton’s gan’s Store. „ ^ ^ Store. Bell’s Store—D. L. Burnett, c. c. Rehoboth—B. E. Gilchrist, Mrs. Wrenri, Clerk. Voting place, D. L. B E Gilchrist. Mrs. B. S. g u i- Bnrnett’s Residence. White Town—Mrs. H. M. Free land, Mrs. Tramel, Clerk. Voting place, Tramel’s Store. Bethany—W. K. McDonald. E. W. Callison, Clerk, Voting place, Hollingsworth’s Store. TaDert’s Store—J. C. Dowtin, William Robinson, Dewey Langlev. Clerk. Voting place, Schocl Euild- ir". Lyon’s—J. E. Mosely, Mrs. J. E. Moselv, Clerk. Voting place, Lyon’s School House. Clatworthv’s Cross R^ads — Mrs. Mae G. Link, J. L. McComb, Clerk. Voting place, Mrs. J. J. Link’s Resi dence breath, Clerk. Voting place, Mor gan’s Store. Bell’s Store—S. C. Deal. Mrs. S. C. Deal, Mrs. D. L. Burnett, Clerk. Voting place, D L. Burnett’s Resi dence. 1 White Town—Claude White, Guy Jenpings, E. R. White, Clerk. Vot ing place, Tramel’s Store. Bethany — Ernest Christian, Y. E. Seigler. Mrs. Mattie H. Callison, CDrk. Voting place, Hollings worth's Storr Talbert’s Store—P. J. Dowtin, T. A. Dowtin Jr.. Mrs. J. F. Langley, Clerk. Voting place, School Build ing. Lvon’s—Reed Brock. Mrs. J. E. Bordeaux—P. B. Moragne, A. S. E Mosely, Mrs. Reed Brock, Clerk. Cade, Clerk. Voting place, Cade’s Store. Willington—T. W. Cowan, J. W. McBride. Mrs. L. F. McNair, Clerk. Voting place, McNair’s Store. Mt. Carmel—D. W. Harling, J. C Voting place. Lyon’s School House. Clatworthy’s Cross Roads — W. L. Darsby. J. T. Link. Grace A. Link. Clerk. Voting place, Mrs. J. J. Link’s Residence Bordeaux—C. F. Cade G. C. Mc- Covin. D. J. McAllister Clerk. Vot-j in tosh, Clerk. Voting place, Cade’s ing place, McAllisters Store. , Store. Young’s—T. O. Young, Mrs. T. Willi-gton—S. S. McBride Reg- O. Young. Clerk. Voting place, Lawson, Mrs. Viola Cowan, O. Young’s Residence. Clerk. Voting place, McNan s The Managers at ^ach precinct] ^ • Carmel _ Mrs w A Scottt named above are rw^sted to del- Mrs; A H McKinr , e y. Mr*. D. J. egate one of their numb o -- Tyr C 4iict,pr. Cl^rk. Voting place, L. the b^xes and blanks for the upotpr’c ntfioe election. The boxes will be d ehv- L - Heste y s ^n-ce. ered bn the 1st and 2nd of No-j Young s D. A. Young, Wiley vember, which is Friday and Sat-1Long, Alma Young. Cleii<. Voting urday, at the City Hall, J. O. Pat- , place, a . O. Young s Residence. terson’s Office. B. M. BUSSEY. D. J. MCALLISTER. J. L. BRACKNELL, Commissioners of State and County Elections for McCor mick County, S. C. Oct. 22, 1946. The Managers at each precinct [named above are requested to del egate one of their number to se cure the boxes and blanks for t“e election. The boxes will be deliv ered on the 1st and 2nd of No- NOTICE OF ELECTION i vember which is Friday and Sat urday. at the City Hall, J. O. Pat terson’s Office. J. FRANK MATTISON, J. M. HEMMINGER, J. P. BRUNSON, Commissioners of lection for County, S. C. Oct. 22, 1946. Federal E- McCormick STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County of McCormick. Notice is hereby given that the General Election for Representa- tives in Congress will be held at - " the voting precincts fixed by law Memb ershiD in a farmers’ co-nn in the County aforesaid on Tues- Memoersnip in a xarmers co-op day, November 5, 1946, said day be- does .iot mean Let George do it”.