Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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v. .r <* •,. Thursday, February 2, 1928 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICR, SoutM Carolina. Problems Of The County Press » (The Columbia State) ing them. The Greenville News, which clams the largest circulation in the state and prints on its title page “The leading newspaper of South Carolina,” The Charlotte Ob server, one of the world’s finest, the : New York World or the Chicago Under the caption, “The Other Tribune, might be able, if they look- Fellow’s Job,” the Dillon Herald ed carefully, to pick defects in The publishes the following editorial. State or 'The News and Courier, that part within quotations, or the even though The State and The first paragraph of this article: News and Courier are covering their “The State and The News and fields with efficiency and thorough- Courier appear to be very much dis- ness. It is a failing of human na- turbed over the quality of the news ture for the weak to look up to the the weekly newspapers of the state strong and the strong to look down are handing out to their readers, on the weak. When the lion opened The editorial critic 1 sms of these two his massive paw and smiling com excellent newspapers are no doubt placently released the imprisoned made in the best of spirit, but we j mouse he did not think of the are wondering if the editors could mouse’s weakness but of his own do the job any better if by chance they were placed at the head of the average weekly newspaper. They w r ould find problems and difficulties that are unknown in daily newspa per offers. All newspapers have their defects and the seasoned news paper man has no difficulty in find- strength. Later, the fable tell us. the little mouse released the smug gling lion from the net which had been spread by the crafty hunters Some big men do small things in a big w r ay and many little men do big things in a small way. Every man s not given ten talents. At certain Bale-an'Ocre and better yields prove the CROP'PRODUCINQ'VALUE of Calcium © Nitrate (Nitrate of Lime) 15% Nitrogen = 18.2% Ammonia 28% Lime (-56% limestone equivalent) Those farmers who have used CALCIUM NITRATE are its best boosters. They like it because of its excellent CROP- PRODUCING-VALUE. Results have shown it to be “The perfect top dresser.” The high calcium content prevents hardening of the soil, keeps it loose and friable, and reduces soil acidity. Easy to handle and distribute. MADE BY THE WORLD’S LARGEST NITROGEN PRODUCERS. Sold by dealert everywhere l Synthetic Nitrogen Products Atlanta, Ga. CorpOTatiOU New Y ork, N.Y. INCREASE YOUR PROFITNITROGEN WHY GET SICK? There really is no excuse for one-half of the sickness you fhtd in any comnfunity. People who get the drug store habit are invariably in good physical condition.—WHY? Because at the first symptom they drop in to see the drug gist. He gives them a simple remedy which costs from 25 cents to 50 cents. They take it according to directions, and what might develop into a serious illness is nipped in the bud in time.—HAVE YOU GOT THE HABIT? STROMS’ DRUG STORE McCORMICK, S. C. SJNin PLUS SAFER A SAVINGS ACCOUNT is the sane and safe road to future comfort. Any one can save money if they open a savings account and deposit their savings each week. Every fortune must first have a foundation. Let a savings account he the stepping stone to yours. This hank invites you to open both a sav ings and a checking account. A CHECKNG ACCOUNT enables you to keep an accurate account of your expenditures. The record of the payment is there in black and white in case of dispute. It is a fact that the man who pays all of his bills by check is more careful of his expenses than the man who just “digs down and forks it over.'* C7 A checkinjji account is a j^reat stim ulant to the habit of saving. times weekly newspapers from near ly every state in the union come to The Herald office and by way of comparison the South Carolina weeklies average pretty high.” The State adds the following: We would not have our courteous and straight-thinking contemporary misunderstand us. The caption of the article in Th'* State referred to by our Dillon contemporary indicat ed. as did the text, that it was at once the plaint of the weary and the song of the joyful exchange editor whose gem-seeking labors were poorly rewarded until he suddenly came upon Robert Quillen’s pearl bearing oysters, already opened and there for the taking. Now we are painfully aware of the fact that not one man in a thou sand can do excellent woik while mentally harassed; also that spright ly articles are not induced to spring to the surface during negotiations with an advertising prospect or when attempting to collect from those who having used the paper seem to imagine it subsists on indif ferent air. We know, too, that the person who, having three or four or f’ve jobs on a paper, can do any one of them particularly well, is exceed ingly rare. Again we know that while Mr. Quillen might fill three or four posts on his paper, he would, besides having exceptional equip ment for the execution of such work, be able to labor with a lighter heart and more joy than the one who ‘s obl : ged to get out of the paper money for the weekly expenses as well as for the accounts of the butch er, baker and candlestick maker. But should the average editor of the county paper have to carry all the load that is upon him, all his life? Is thoie no way out for the majority confronted by problems that seem so difficult of practical solution? The daily pi ess and even the relatively “big” papers have their problems and their tr : als, and tho : r workers work, but The State has long felt that the men who slave out their lives in the attempt to keep a paper going in the small town fur nish the large contingent of the martyrs to jouini.lism. “Circum stances” have twined around them l.ke the arms of an octopus. We have in earlier days seen the county editor furn sh 52 issues of his paper for the promise of one dollar. Many times, the publisher, without capital, had had to wilt for one, two and thiee years f.;r that dollar; often he never got it. We have seen that publisher have ad vertising rates, too low at the be ginning, yet jumped upon oy short sighted merchants until the pub lisher was forced by circumstances to cut them, first for one man and then for another, unt ; l the pi ice re ceived was not much above the cost of composition! In many cases the people of the community have not supported the community’s paper. The merchants of the community, needing a strong paper to help the town and to h'dp themselves, have proceeded to ham string it and render it next to use less by refusing it advertis ng at a cost that would enable the paper to develop and be of greater service to the town. It is a remarkable fact that while a strong, sane, balanced, progressive newspaper would b? FEBRUARY Farm Calendar Things To Be Done This Month ||£; I worth more to a town of 4,000 peo- j pie than a $200,000 factory, the ma- ||£i | jority of business men in such town would be tremendously active in get ting the factory, wlrle striving to k ep their support of the paper as near a starvation basis as possible. The really intelligent business man must know that any community with weak newspapers carries a terribly heavy handicap in the race. The problems of how newspapers may be improved; cf whether better papers would command better sup port and be able to reach a state of independence; of how the man with- !,(j out capital ca n furnish a paper bet- I ter than his community supports in the hope of winning such suppoit, are problems that should greatly concern press associations. What a community should do is seldom what the community does do; what the publisher should do is often what he is not financially able to do in ad vance of community support. There is the “vicious circle.” No, we do not pretend to be able to solve the problems of the pub lishers of weekly newspapers. But we certainly appreciate some of those problems, and have sympathy for those who are trying to make ; brick for building a town while the ! townspeople so vitally interested in the building grudge the straw for the bricks. Agronomy Make plans now for securing planting seeds of dependable quali ty. The cost of good seed is a small item in the expense of producing a ci op. Study your fertilizer requirements so that purchases may be made in telligently. Topdress small grains with avail able forms of ammonia the last of this month. Repair all farm implements so as to save delay when they are needed. Rebuild all terraces and clean out ditches. Do not burn the remains of last year’s crops. The soils of South Car olina ar' 1 already very deficient in organic matter. Horticulture Plow and prepare the garden and order vegetable seeds. Plant ornamental shrubs and trees in February and early March. Plant strawberries dewben ies and blackberries. Get a good garden fertilizer. An 8-4-4 ; s good for all kinds of vege tables. Plant asparagus, Irish potatoes, celery, sprng kale, lettuce, mustard, onions, parsley, garden peas, radish es, spinach, and turnips. Prepare the hot-bed for growing early vegetable plants such as cab bage, lettuce, pepper, tomatoes, and egg-plants. Plant sweet peas for blooming in June. Pant Diseases Treat seed potatoes before plant ing as best insurance against poor stands from rhizoctonia and black leg. Don’t bed sweet potatoes without treating them 'f you want better stands and higher yields. Plant wilt-resistart tomatoes. It is a neccessity now that wilt is pre valent throughout South Carolina. Watch tobacco beds carefully and pull out and destroy plants that are not normal. They may be ipfected with blackfire, wildfire, or mosaic. Don’t forget to spray dewberries th : s spring to prevent anthracnose. Order spray materials now and avoid delays. Entomology Prune properly and spray for San Jose scale while fruit trees are leaf-' less and dormant. Piune out shot-hole borer infested branches from peach apple, and other fruit trees and burn them. Destroy scale insects on all kinds of evergreens, ornamental and shrubbery plants, with some proven oil spray. When winter spraying is complet ed, wash out pump, hose, nozzle, and put away carefully for spring spray ing. Get a l : ne on materials for sum mer spray : ng or dusting. See your county farm agent. Fight the pecan twig girdler by collecting and burning all giidled twigs under pecan, hickory, and per simmon trees. Fumigate promptly all stored grains that are infested by insects. Animal Husbandry Haul the rock, wire and trash from the pastures and f’ll in the washes so that the manuring machine will work. Give special care to the lambing Edgefield Association B. Y. P. U. Rally Meets February 4th The Edgefield Associational B. Y. P. U. will meet with the First Bap tist Church of Edgefield Saturday, February 4th. A morning and after noon session will be held, and a pic nic lunch will be served at the close of the morning session. Delegates from the different churches wT bring their baskets. It is hoped to make this the best associational meeting yet held in this association, and a program to this end has been arranged. A new fea ture will be the awarding of attend ance and efficiency banners, the for mer going to the union sending the largest number of delegates in pro portion to the distance traveled, and the latter for the union bringing the best report of work during the past qua:ter. The unions winning these banners will keep them until the next associational meeting. The meeting will begin promptly at 11 o’clock, the following being the program: Keynote: “B. Y. P. U. a Church Task.” 11:00—Song and Devotional ser vice—Rev. H. M. Hodgens. 11:15—Words of Welcome—Miss Margaret Allen. Response—Charles Bussey. 11:30—One-minute reports from representatives of unions and lead ers. 12:00 Vocal duet—Miss Cornelia Winn and Miss Mattie Bann'ster. 12:10—The Aim of the B. Y. P. U. —Luther Hammond. 12:25—'Special Music — Mountain Creek Union. 12:30—The Value of a Tra’ned Christian to the Church — William Morgan. 12:40—A Chuich Program of E. Y. P. U. Work—Miss Hortense Woodson. 12:50—Special Mus’c — Edge c i°-d «v-rors. 1:00—Picnic dinner and social hour. 2:00—Song Service. 2:05—What B. Y. P. U. Means to a Young Christian — Mrs. Douglas Wise. 2:15—The Church Financing the B. Y. P. U.—Rev. G. C. Seidenspin- ner. 2:20—Music—Rehoboth Union. 2:30 The B. Y. P. U. Members Giving to Church—B. F. Adams. 2:40—Special Music—Bold Springs Union. 2:45—'Conference for discussion of Methods: Juniors—Mrs. John Mims. Intermediate—Miss Lillian Patti- son. Seniors—Miss Olive Mayson. Leaders—Jasper McDaniel. 3:15-—Re-assemble. Instrumental solo — Miss Maxine Seidenspinner. 3:20—Awarding of Attendance and Efficiency Banners. 3:30—President’s Address: Outlin ing Goals and Piograms of Work for i Year in Each Union—J. Strom Thur mond. 3:45—Business — Minutes. Time and Place of Next Meeting. Reso lutions. 4:00—Adjourn. X cal Wash slightly so? Use a felt cleaning the range. If there on the range, the^ rubbed over the tc while it is still ho? is much more satisf cloth and keeps the ha? coming soiled. Stick the points oi cork before placing work-bag. This will Wsvent being tern or cut in the bag.' An occasional application of oh! oil is good for inlaid woods, prevent ing the inlay and veneer from chip ping off. The oil should be rubbed in with warmed linen rags and wip ed off with clean cloths after an hour or so. Then polish the surface. Always keep pickles in glass or stone jars i n the dark. If preserv ed in gla - s jars, wrap blown paper around the jars to exclude all light. After having had fish for a meal, cover your silver with cold water for a few minutes before washing it. This will do away with the odor. If the dough for ginger snaps is nrxed several hours before using and set in a cool place, it will be easy to handle, and can be rolled thin without its sticking to the board or rolling pin. French dressing may be served with any green salad. To improve the flavor of lemon gelatine, add one inch of st ; ck cin namon and the thinly shaved peel of one lemon. When cooking figs and prunes, add a few drops of lemon juice. This improves the flavor. When making stuffing for poul try, try using nut-bread instead of plain white bread. This gives a tasty flavor. To on? quart of Brussels sprouts, add 1 1-2 cups of celery that has been cooked for five minutes. Serve with a cream sauce. What Makes The Home Possible? When creaming gutter and sugar for a cake, beat the butter first un- ! til it is creamy. Auto Topics y Jml - Cbtter Titi To create a true home, however | When making adjustments, nllnw Ebpiyi otip ImlE tioiit''! ^ modest, lequuos many things m : * o • ewes ana auow rncm one-nan pouni ’ 1 ‘ • i you remove a cotter-pin. re- P; pi m t iLLu iJiin Corntick, S. (1 6 6 6 is a prescription for I! C'dds. Grippe, 0?! ! {Mr i .lions Fever rA • Dengue, Malaria of grain per day with smoe rough- age. Provide separat-* lots and com fortable quarters for the sows that are to farrow in February and March. Lay the plans for the forage crops for summer, bearing in mind that soybeans are fine for summer and fall grazing. Sow a little grass seed on the per manent pastures. Get rid of those scrub bulls and replace them with animals of good breeding and conformation. Dairying Breed dairy cows in February to calve in November. Improve pastur? lands, draining wet spots and building up pool spots. Plan to grow three and one-half tons of silage and one to two tons of legume hay per cow. Repair pasture fences before the busy season. Poultry Get the brooder house ready for baby chicks. Be sure that the brooder is in woiking order. Dec'de on the number of chicks reeded and plan your incubating and brooding schedules accordingly, set- ' ing five eggs for each good pullet wanted in the fall. Do not hold hatching eggs longer than 10 days before incubating. K< t ;> ee.?' at an even temperature combination, but without insurance! protection no home would be possi- place it with a MCW OMC and bio to the average citizen. spread it well. Loose or bro- To b?gin with, its cost would be j . . . almost prohibitive. Building ma- k* * 1 pins on transmission or terials, if those who deal in them had motor assemblies may cause no fii'e insurance. \v r ould ultimately i , • > . ■, trouble that will send your ear soar in price. j J From the first breaking of ground crashing into another ear or up to the driving of the fnal nail, the on a croW( l e d sidewalk. savings of the owner might be wiped out in a few minutes by fire. After the home, which possibly represented the savings of a lifetime, was fin ished and occupied, there w r ould he the ever present risk of complete destruction by fire. Even if the owner wished to as sume this risk, it is generally neces sary to borrow' some money for home building purposes, and the ag mcies with money to loan w r ould not accept such a risk except at an exorbitant rate, without insurance piotection. With adequate issur- auce, the world looks upon money in vested in a home as a tangible as set. America has been called “the land of home owners.” Add the fact that America is the best “insured” coun try in tho world, and the link be tween the two becomes apparent. around 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Select hatching eggs w eighing 2' to 20 ounces to the dozen, oval in shape, have firm shells and proper I\o matter how careful you are such crashes are likely to occur. Insurance will make good your loss y both for damage to your car and to the person or property of others if in volved in a mixup. Get automobile insurance here covering fire, theft, colli sion, liability and property damage. Frank C. InsurantT Robinson Ajivney rv PHONE NO. 66 McCormick, S. C. re so much Has she lately ‘urned It kills the trernis