Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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MeCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, South Carolina. Page Number Fotrf satisfied, it wou^in’tj wo '^Rgars before ^ large, per Id Ikgfdn be .in the hole would* continue to e best and w'sest lesson for the to learn'again is the hard nec- being forced to depend more If arid the proper effort. It is lying what can be done when the rtityfbr it arises. Many don’t : how and- don’t care to learn, is where crime sets in. Many Iteal before they will make the Ice.' We frequently hear the on: “Who broke your banks?” make the -ariswer themselves in wise: 4t lt is the little fellow and l-small farmer. It is the so-called _ man who is too proud to work rand thinks it a disgrace to make his ' Children labor.’’ ] There are various remifications in aection with bank and other fail- ^The Mmislei-’s Son (From The Gastonia Gazette). : • ..’WT W : ' 'l -txt- 'v ‘.i/* J nrt'rf' . Another effort to revise the cal- ndar, so as to make each month exactly four weeks, is being by a committee of the of Nations. Several plans teen, suggested, but one pro- by M. B. Cotsworth, dhfec-i the International Fixed Cal- s, appears to meet with r, bis proposal is to divide ‘yeqr into 13 months of 28 days i, every week and month to be gin on Stmday, with the extra month inserted between June and July. It would be necessary to have an ad ditional day at the end of December, and' an extra day in Leap years, but these would not take the name of any day of the v week. Thus each day of every month would always come on the same day of the week—Sundays on the 1st, '8th, 15th and 22nd; Mondays on the 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd, and so on. From a practical standpoint the proposed calendar would have many advantages and would greatly sim plify the keeping of accounts, com puting pay rolls, ! calculating inter est, recording statistical data and the like. Sentimentally, it would play havoc with aimiversaries and church feasts by requhing other days to be sub- atituted for those now observed. Those who were bojpi on the 29th to 31st, inclusive, of any month would be legislated out of their birthdays. Still, the same thing has happen ed many times in the past when cal endar changes have been made, and no one appears to have been harmed by the process. fXt 5 , The Banking Mess l J ' (From The Calhoun Times.) Revelations are cropping out in many directions of the slack-twisted methods in vogue durng these later years in banking circles. Little or nothing is said about the fact that thr? state, all ‘ the while had an ex pensive bureau whose duty it was to protefct the people’s interest and pre sent or condemn in no uncertain terms these wildcat and illegal loans. Whdre the law was not violated, and only bad judgment d'splayed, we should not be too harsh about the penalties. Long since, a few leaders ■of vision and commonsense tried to Ifet measures through the legislature that would have saved many thou sands of dollars. The plea, however, that the people <at large would be injured was all powfcrful. It was as easy to estab- Tish a bank as it was a sew : ng cir cle. Some wanted them as annexes for their other lines. Many were started by disgruntled borrowers who couldn’t use the existing institu tion as they pleased. Besides over crowding, and wretched loans, there have been other reasons for the. num erous bank failures. The main one has been the radically changed atti tude of the public towards banks and debts in general. There was no de termined effort to pay. The upper most thought in too many minds was not how to meet bank and other obli- •gations but how to dodge them. They have not been a tithe as interested dbout old debts as about new bor rowings. That spirit is still ramp ant. With prevailing extravagance, if all debts were wiped out hy a stroke of the pen and half the wants Bad For Highways (From The Charleston News And Courier.) gasoline and lubricating oils are not to be had Sundays except for necessity or charity, South Car- pfina’s investment in better h 4 gh- ways will lose dividends. Where the motor traveler to and from Florida is likely to find himself in Sbuth Carolina Sundays, he will try to de- torir around th£ state. This is what happened during the crusade a year ago. / The eastern sections of North Car olina and Georgia are affected by the ban on Sunday gasoline sales in South Carolina. The Coastal High way passes through other states thai} this and if the motor traveler avoids South Carolina, he Will avoid North Carolina and Georgia towns on the Coastal Highway. Counties in these three states have paved or are pav ing their links in an all-paved route between Quebec and the keys of Flor ida. In spring, summer and fall, a heavy Sunday traffic moves into and out of Charleston over all •routes. Georgia and North Carolina towns are well represented. Unless they bring gasoline enough for the round trip, they are likely to be embarrass ed. Unless they are assured that they can get needed supplies, they will stay nearer home. Should gaso line stations be closed Sundays next summer the movement to the beach es will be lessened. It is declared by the state’s high est court that it is against the law to sell gasoline Sundays. Let the gasoline stations close down tight and relief will come. If gasoline is to be had (or necessity or charity r the situation will not be cured. Dras tic conditions affecting motorists are required to clear the air. Through organization the motorists can impress their views and an of ficial spokesman for the South Carolina Motor club is beginning to talk. Card Of Thanks We wish to express to opr friends our thanks and appreciation for the kindness shown us during our fecent bereavement in the death of our be loved brother, Albert B. Shelton. Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Howie. John Shelton. 2 for 1 Coffee Sale For a limited time we are running a 2 for 1 sale on Morning Joy Coffee, that is, we give you a pound of this famous coffee with every two pounds you purchase. The regular price is 55 cents per pound, but during this sale you get three pounds for $1.10. Mr. A*. H.' Whitehead, representa tive of the company, will put on a demonstration of this coffee at our store on Frday and Saturday, Feb ruary 3rd and 4th, and we cordially invite all the ladies and gentlemen to attend one or both days. M. L. GIBERT, Main Street McCormick. S. C. New Owners Of City Filling Station Bid For Your Trade We have bought the City Filling Station on the corner of Main Street near the depot and bid for a share of your trade by offering you the best gas. oils, accessories, and service at moderate prices. We will also do some repair work, furnish parts, and i keep your car in tip top shape. Give us a chance to prove that we render ^ first class service on short notice at reasonable rates. J. W. BANKS & SON, Proprietors, CITY FILLING STATION, Near Depot Main Street. McCormick, S. C. It begins to look as if the minist er’s son were a much maligned young man. The clergyman’s committee of th-* American Eugemcs society has just complete J a canvass of 100 leading ministers of America. It has found that two-fifths of these men were themselves tho sons of min sters. Ten more had clergical grandfathers. Thirty-eight more were the sons of church officers—jdeacons, elders and the like. Now according* to tradition, all ministers’ sons tread the primrose path with great rapidity. Tradition will not admit that they ever amount to anything. And yet, according to this survey, a huge per centage of ministers are themselves ministers’ sons. We’re not really surprised. Some how, we always felt that the parson age was, on the whole, a pretty good sort of place for a boy to grow up in. jXi High And Low Yield Of Com In The State Prize Winners r Get Big Trip To Florida And Cuba South Carolina does not produce enough corn to meet her own de mands for- that commodity. The people of this state pay from seven to ten million dollars annually for corn grown in other states. The average yield of corn to an acre in South Carolina for the five year per iod between 1920 and 1926 was 14.3 bushels. Th s s is an extremely low and unprofitable \ average and it is a reproach to the average farmer of our state. Very high yields of corn have been produced in this state and it is self- evident that the present low yields can bq increased to a profitable pro duction. Captain Di&o of this state produced world’s record of 255 bushels to the acre, and in 1910 a corn club boy, Jerry Moore, made 228 bushels"to the •aCTe. Of course, these would be rather fabulous yields for the ordinary farm acre, but there is a wide range between these pos sible yields and our present low av erage of 14.3 bushels. Most of our soil types are suitable for growing corn; hut corn is usual ly planted on land that has been de pleted of most of its fertility by our majoh cash crop, cotton, or upon the unproductiva land that is left over after the more fertile soils have been reserved for the main cash crop. The fertility of the low-yielding, corn fields should be built up by turning under manure or soil building win ter cover crops. When such prac tices are 5 followed, not only'is the fertility of the soil greatly increas ed, but the resulting increase of the organ’c matter in the soil greatly improves its physical condition. The incorporation of organic matter with the soil causes plant food to become more available, improves the tilth of the soil, and increases the water holding capacity to an extent that is much desired to tide the following com crop over dry periods. In ad dition to the use of winter cover crops, cowpeas, soy beans, or velvet beans should be planted as a com panion crop with the corn the fol lowing summer. It has been shown that ammonia is the limiting factor n corn yields and that there is enough residual phosphoric acid and potash left over /from a properly fertilized cotton crop to meet the ner'ds of a corn crop. Unless the previous crops were well fertilized it will be highly advisable to apply a small amount of Phosphorus and Potash to planting. Winter legumes and legume com panion crops will supply large amounts of ammonia w r hen turned under and nr’xed with the soil. The use of these summer and winter soil improving crops and the intelligent use of commercial fertilizer in South Carolina will inevitably result in a more' profitable yield of corn. txx In marketing the products from their woodlands neighboring farmers will do well to co-operate in order to 'itsure carlots of logs or other rough products for shippment. In well wooded sections, farmers co-opera tive associations can often afford to hire an experienced man to super vise the marketing. Such a man would naturally advertise and se-. cure competitive bids from purchas ers. It pays to investigate both local | and outside markets. It pays to use a written contract, particularly when! the cutting is done by the purchaser. * 1 * * A written contract with provision for arbitration prevents law suits. :xi I More than 100,000,000 rabbit skins, ; were imported into the United States I during the past year. Which indi-! ' cates that more seal and sable coats ! than usual are to be worn. P M Arant of Pagelai d, S. C, who'won the State-Wide Cotton Con test with the remarkable y'eld of 5,- 858 prunds of lint cotton on 5 acres will head the South Carol!.;a dele gation of crop champions on the Chilean Nitrate of Soda Educational tr p to Florida and Cuba early in February. He wall be accompanied by Mr. W. J. Tiller, County Agent of Chesterfield County, where Mr. Arant resides. B. R. Smith of Johnston, S. C.. who won the State Corn Contest with a yield of 503 1-2 bushels of corn on the same 5 acres where he produced his prize-winning cotton in 1926, will he a member of the par ty, as ^ell as Richard Sturkie of North, S. C., winner of the State Con test for Vocational students. He produced 3,991 pounds of lint cot ton on 5 acres. The South Carolina champions will go to Jacksonville, Fla., where they w’ll meet wirners of contests fiom other Southern states. The entire party will travel in special cars to Key Wcst„ where they will take a boat for Cuba. Elaborate prepara tions are being made for their en- terta’nment in Cuba. They will be received by .high Government offi cials and will spend a day at one of the large sugar plantations. Returning to the States, the par ty will stop at Miami and Palm Beach and after a motor trip .through the Everglades will visit Tampa, Oilando and other points of interest. Citrus groves and large commercial truck gardens will be in spected during the trip. All of the crop champions on this trip used Chilean Nitrate of Soda in fertilizing their crops. In every state of the Cotton Belt where State-wide contests were held last season, first prize,- together with practically all other prizes offered were won by users of Chilean nitrate of soda. B. R.. Smith of Johnston, who was a member of the Chilean Nitrate of Soda party on the trip to Washing ton last year in speaking recently of his 1927 experience said, “In 1926 I used nitrate of Soda on my cot ton and won second place in the Cot ton Contest, producing 5,684.5 pounds o( lint coUton of 7-8 inch staple on 5 acres. / “In 1927 I used nitrate of soda on my corn and won First Place in the 100-Bushel Corn Club, producing 503 1-2 bushels on my 5-acre plot. “I did not use nitrate of soda on my cotton in 1927 and did not get in the race, but I have already bought 30 tons of soda for my farm in 192$ and you can tell the boys I am going to run them a race on cot ton in 1928.” txr Cleanliness Pays Dividends Cleanliness and sanitation pay div idends—and large dividends—in greater social welfare and enhanced business prosperity, according to the view expressed by Dr. W. W. Pet^r, of New York, a health authority of international reputation. His paper on this subject, recently delivered before the Texas School of Sanitar- ians, at Houston, Texas, has aroused considerable interest among nation al and local health authorities. Dr. Peter is associate secretary of the American Public Health Associa tion, as well as health consultant of Cleanliness Institute. “Business -prosperity,” Dr. Peter declared, “depends in part on sani tary conditions, whether in the Pan ama Canal Zone, or on cotton and sugar plantations, or in industrial cities. The cost of malaria, typhoid fever, hookworm, tuberculosis, and other communicable diseases is measured in terms of m oney as well as of mortality. More sanitation makes possible the doing of more work for a greater number of days ^ach year, a higher economic stand ard of living, more physical comfort, and an increased enjoyment of life, all through the elimination or de crease of s ekness. “One of t he most important rea sons for the progress of sanitation in any country is a sense and an un- dertsanding of cleanliness. Where cleanliness permeates a people, sani tation is possible. Where cleanliness has not become an inward, innate part of the individual being, sanitary development is retarded. If this as sumption is correct, it follows nat urally that where still further ad vances in health conservation are de sired, the object may be achieved in part by fostering an increased sense of cleanliness.” To sanitarians, this must have, been palatable and pleasant doctrine.! The message was one that they 1 —BABY CHICKS— FROM P. P. F. 270 EGG STRAIN Our breeders as baby chicks cost 49 cents. If you want some good ici^cks from good stock, place your orders with us. Write for prices, they are right. CUSTOM HATCHING DONE J. M. RICH MERtWETHER, S. C. • • • • • • -o- COMING TO THE -o- DIXIE THEATRE Friday and Saturday February 3rd and 4th WILLIAM HAINES STAR OF “THE BIG PARADE” IN “SLIDE KELLY SLIDE” The screen’s modern baseball romance and comedy. A laugh in every foot and sometimes a tear for good measure. DONT MISS THIS EXTRA GOOD PICTURE ALSO—BATHE WEEKLY SHOW STARTS AT 7:45 p. m. Monday and Tuesday shows discontinued until March 12th and 13th. HE VEBt BEST SERVICE RENDERED AT PIPKIN’S Besides being prepared to accurately and prompt ly fill prescriptions day or night with the best of drugs at reasonable prices, we have an up-to-date line of drug sundries, toilet articles, etc .all first class, and offered at moderate prices. We have a complete line of Ferry’s Garden Seed, and Flower Seed and shall be glad to have you call and get a supply. Try our sanitary fountain drinks and ice cream Our drug store is a place of better service at lower prices. Parker Fountain Pens and Pencils. PIPKIN'S DRW SHE W. S. PIPKIN, Proprietor ’Phone No. 42 McCormick, S. C. would like to put before all business men and leaders of community life. When cleanliness and sanitation are once fully recognized as definite bus iness assets, industry will come for ward to an even greater extent in the promotion of higher cleanliness standards. txt s Under ordinary conditions o n the farm, 45 per cent of the pigs far rowed die before reaching market age. Under the swine sanitation sys tem devised by the late Doctor Ran som of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture, this loss was out to 23 8 per cent for the six years of the experiment at Blbomington, Illinois, the farmers there losing 11,322 pigs instead of about double that number. -txj- At an estimated value of 10 cents each, which is very low, the wild birds of the United States prevent an increase in the annual damage dene by insects of at least $444,000,- 000. Do all you can for the birds, urges the United States Department of Agriculture, a:'.d our bill for in- .c; damage v/IH still further de- During the winter, if dairy cows aie in the stable, they should -bir watered two or three times a day. Drinking cups in the stable enable the cow to drink as often as she de sires and are considered by many farmers to be a paying investment. It is a good practice to warm the water for the milking herd during the coldest weather, because it is probably cheaper to heat the water with wood or coal than for the cow to heat it in her body on expensive feed. This is especially true with higher producing cows. Heat the water to about 15 degrees or 20 de- drees Farenheit above freezing. X Many dairy cows are undersized and are low producers because they did not get enough of the right kind of feed when they were young and growing. After a heifer has fresh ened and is producing milk it is dif ficult for her to make up the growth she failed to get as a younger ani mal because of poor feeding. -IX* Equal parts of mayonnaise and chili sauce mixed give an agreeable change of flavor to a salad, es pecially good with plain crisp head lettuce or shredded cabbage.