McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, February 02, 1928, Image 8
McCormick messenger, McCormick, south Carolina.
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Daily Thoughts
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us up
by
10.7
IHiknds
of
income
a bird,
hens on
Mr.
jf housing.
I. John Wesley—VT have lost ten
minutes and they are lost forever.
Soldiers of the cross—Let
aqd be doing, time flies.
II. “Hush, here comes the preach
er.” Mah, who made me your judge?
There is one who hears infinetely
better than I.
III. No profanity should be heard
in barber shops now, because of
ladies.
There may be gentlemen present
too.
IV. *T regret I have only one life
to live for Christ.’’
. V. Jesus—“What wilt thou that
should do unto thee?”
Bartimacus “Lord, that I might
deceive my sight.”
Lord—Open our eyes that we may
see andbour ears that we may hear
VI. Bacon—“Reading maketh a full
man, conference a ready man and
Writing an exact man.”
Quality counts when reading? a
good listener makes a good conversa
tionalist; good writing comes from
these two.
VII. A little rouge adds beauty to
a pale chesk.
True beauty lies deep.
VTIL “Dirty water ne^er domes
from a clean spring.”
REV. E. A. WILKES.
Pljim Branch, S. C.
feeding, birds, and attention recom
mended by poultry specialists here,
says Mr. Neel.
Mr. K. Dowtin, of McCormick, who
was second, in the commercial class
averaged 11.18 eggs apiece, from a
flock of 678 birds.
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. Every family of your acquaintance
spends about seventy per cent of its in
come just for living, according to eco
nomic experts.
Think wbat this means—seven dol-
Jars out of every ten invested in food,
clothing, household utilities and all
the multitude of things that keep a
family comfortable and happy.
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It’s a big job to spend so much
money wisely and well. It requires
careful business methods to get the
best possible returns from each dollar
that leaves the family purse.
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The clever-woman goes for help to
the advertising columns of her news
paper. There she finds a directory
of buying and selling. She learns about
the offerings of merchants. She com
pares values. She weighs quality and
price. She' takes this opporunity of
judging and selecting almost anything
she needs to feed, clothe, amuse, in
struct and generally bring up her fam-
a y*
Do you read the advertisements?
You will find them willing and able to
serve you in the regular business of
purchase.
Advertisements Are Guardians Of
Your Pocketbook.
Read Them Carefully.
Highway Department
Receives $15,610,277
Thru Reimbursement
Funds advanced to the stato high
way department through reimburse
ment agreements during 1927 total
ed $15610,277, according to figures
received from J. W. W’lkes, secre
tary-treasurer of the highway com
mission, says The Spartanburg Her
ald.
For the same period the interest
paid counties through their treas
urers, and highway districts through
the state treasurer’s office totaled
$164,473.46. Figures are for 22
counties and three districts.
In a letter to Charles O. Hearon,
member of the state highway com
mission /from the seventh judicial
circuit, Mr, Wilkes said:
“I am sending yeu herewith a
statement showing the funds advanc
ed to the highway department dur
ing the year 1927 pursuant to reim
bursement agreements, and the in
terest which has been received on
said moneys.
“In each case except the three
highway districts the interest is
remitted -4x> the county treasurer
monthly, and in the case of the high
way districts is remitted to the
state treasurer monthly. The
amounts shown in the interest col
umn represents the interest actually
accruing during the year 1927,' and
these amounts have been remitteed
to tin ~ county treasurers and the
'state treasurer respectively.
“Except in the case of George
town County, where the money was
received in late' s 1926, only money act
ually turned over to the department
in 1927 is shown.
Figures By Counties
Figures by counties and districts
follow:
More Interest Being
Taken In Cotton
Seed Products
County
Amount , .^Interest
Anderson
$ 875/000 ^3
$3,693.14
jCalhou.i __ —
175,#6,00
1 124.70
Cherokee — __
500^000.00
6.247.34
Chester _
50,000.00
425.74
Colleton __ __
20,000.00
131.28
Dorchester
500,000.00
4,404.23
Edgefield
150 000.00
177.07
Fairfield
105,000.00
668.76
Georgetown --
*100 000.00
1,896.25
Greenville
2,100,000.00
13,048.17
Greenwood —
500400.00
12 063.80
Kershaw
600,000.00
5,195.58
Lexington
300.000.00
4,300.97
McCormick —
125,000.00
946.11
Marion __ —
650 000.00
10,510.95
Oconee
446,277.74
1,738.58
Orangeburg —
200,000.00
2 348.37
Pickens — —
250,000.00
2,672.30
Saluda
50,000.00
210.19
Spartanburg __
954 000.00
r»,l7l.*23
Union ——
535,000.00
2,929.42
York __
.1,000,000.00
13,311.08
Capital High-
way district
2,000,000.00
29 412.98
Coastal High-
way district
2 000,000.00
18,569.01
Mid- Coastal
Highway dist.
1,425,000.00
23 276.21
Totals —$15,610,277.74 $164,473.46
"■Received in 1926.
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McCORMICK, S. C.
Some Insects
Dead; Many live
CLEMSON COLLEGE, Jan. 29.—
Since the cold snap of the first week
in January, Professor Franklin Sher
man, entomologist and zoologist, has
been searching the vicinity where a
low temperature of two degrees was
recorded and finds many dead insects
of many kinds in many poorly pro
tected places, while better protected
ones of their kind survived. These
facts indicate that in the spring some
species will emerge in somewhat less
numbers than might otherwise have
been the case. But he specially points
out that this is no guarantee of the
safety of crops from insect attack
next summer for much yet depends
upon the weather for the remainder
of the winter and still in ore depends
upon the spring and summer.
Undoubtedly enough insects are
surviving so that they can quickly
increase to usual numbers say* Prof
Sherman 'who believes there is a
tendency to put forth much d pend-
ence upon the effects of sin?;'* cold
spells during winter. He i minds
us that it is proverbial tha. mature
provides for her children.
It is well known that mere';/ freez
ing temperatures is not fatal all
insect life else most insects voald be
killed in most of the United States
every winter says Prof. Sh rman.
Naturally the more exposed the in
sect and the colder the weather the
greater will be the chance of fatal
freezing while the more securely the
insect is hidden the greater are its
chances of survival. Sudden wide
temperature fluctuations are more
fatal than mere continued cold.
A blind man in Kansas City is
involved in a divorce suit. Prob
ably as a result of not keeping an
eye on his wife.
PARIS, Texas, Jr.n. 31.—Com
menting on the interest which is be
ing displayed over the South row fh
cotton seed products, S. W. Wilber,
of Paris, president of the Interstate
Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association
said today that the people of this
sect r oh had in the past, “left it to
the people in distant states and to
those in fore : gn countries to discern
the valbe of cotton seed products
and buy them at their point of pro
duct on nearby to where the cotton
seed are raised, and to pay thereon
the very high freights to the point
of consumption.”
Mr. Wilbur said that the cotton
seed was not only one of the South’s
great money mops now but that the
products from the seed were becom
ing more and more necessary in the
life of the South. The public, he de
clared does not realize for instance
the extent to which the cotton seed
crop is producing their requ : tements
in the way of kitchen and table fats.
As an Illustration Mr. Wilber took
Lamar County, in which Paris is lo
cated. This county last year pro
duced and sold 15,000 tons of seed,
which will produce about 4,000,000
pounds of refined cotton oil su table
for either salad oils or as a substi
tute for butter or lard. According
to the last government year book
there was a total of something, less
than 10,000 hogs in the county. Pack-
irg house statistics show that the
average hog ae slaughtered produces
about 30 pounds of lard.
*On such bas ; s 15,000 tons of seed
sold by Lamar County farmers will
produce enough oil which when made
into compound will equal the lard
wh ch could be produced from the
slaughtering of 136000 hogs. The
public does not realize the extent to
which the cotton crop is producing
their requirements in the way of
kitchen and table fats.
“The same 15,000 tons of seed
which we have above referred to also
produce 6,500 tons of cotton seed
meal, which is highly prized the
world over as a very desirable pro
tein concentrate for feeding or a
valuable ammoniate for fertilizing.
Ft om the standpoint of a protein
concentrate for feeding, 100 pounds
of cotton seed meal contains 33
pounds of digestible protein. On
such a basis of comparison the 6,500
tons, of cotton seed meal would equal
the digest’blc protein value of 585,-
000 bushels of corn. Lamar County
planted about 85,000 acres in corn
last spring and realized an average
yield which is estimated at 22 bush
els per acre making a total produc
tion of 1 876.000 bushels of corn. It
will, therefore, be mret surprising to
note that the feeding value of cot
ton seed meal produced from the
surplus seed which the farmer sold
was equal to one-third of the corn
produced in Lamar County fr up. the
last harvest. It is also regretfully
noted that the bulk of th's cotton
seed meal was shipped to the corn
belt farmers in Kansas, Nebraska,
Iowa, etc., where it was used in com-
binafion. with corn and forage for
the fattening of cattle. These ship
ments werq made notwithstanding
the further fact that our county was
later forced to import an amount of
corn or suitable substitute feeds
which are est ; mated to have amount
ed to 366,006 bushels. Not only have
we allowed those at a distance to buy
our meal at a very cheap price right
out of our bkekyard, so to speak, af
ter which we have imported corn or
corn substitutes to take its place, but
as a community we have lost consid
erable fertilizing value which would
have accrued to the land by the
feeding of the meal to the livestock
which are on Lamar County w farms.”
LOCWKET
COTTON— .
M ddling 17
Strict Middling 17 1-4
Good Middling 17 1-2
Cotton Seed, bn. .—60 eta
Bacon per, lb. 15 to 20 cts.
Breakfast Bacon 50 per lb.
Eggs per dozen 40 cts.
Bacon per lb. IB to 22 cts.
Meal per bu. $1.50 to $1.76
Flour per barrel — $8.00 to $11.00
Butter per lb. 40 cts.
Green Coffee, per lb. —30 to 60 cts.
Roasted Coffee, per lb. -30 to 55 cts.
Rice, per lb. — 7 to 10 cts.
Grist, per lb. 5 cts.
Molasses per gal. 50 to $1.00
Corn per bu. $1.16
Fine feed, 75 lbs. $2.00
Oats per bu. 65 cts.
Wheat per bu. $1.50
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Possibly a chess player is merely
a flag-pole sitter with a college edu
cation.
Cotton Ginned Prior
To January 16 In
South Carolina
Ten Reasons
The Department of Commerce,
through the Bureau of the Census
announces the preliminary report on
cotton ginned by counties, in South
Carol’na, for the crops of 1927 and
1926. The total for the state was
made public Monday. January 23,
1928. (Quantities are in running
bales. Linters are not included.)
County 1927
The Stat- 736.090
Abbeville 13,321
Aiken -- 18.009
Allendale 6,421
Andersox'i 54,768
Bamberg
Barnwell
Berkeley __
Calhoun
Charleston _
Cherokee
Chester ____
Chesterfield
Clarendon
11,119
13.431
2,190
12,974
665
18.205
15,268
35.205
9,160
Colleton 4,340
Darl'ngton __ 20 443
Dillon 18,482
Dorchester __ 4,225
Edgefield — 9,622
Fairfield 6,429
Florenc - ! 12,400
Grleenville __ 37 629
Greenwood ____ __ 13,034
Hamp'on 3,273
Horry 1,846
Jasper 762
Kershaw 24 270
Lancaster 13,482
Laurens __ 24,444
Lee 23,519
Lexington
McCormick .
Mar ion
Marlboro
Newberry
Oconee ____
Orangeburg
Pickors
Richland ___
Saluda __
Spartanburg
11,860
5,493
8,342
38,348
13,797
16,011
41,363
16.718
7,816
6,438
62,032
Sumter 18,877
Union 13,918
Williamsburg __ __ 7,684
York 32,252
All other 205
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1926
953.777
10.531
36.848
16 49^
23,964
21,390
29 244
5.430
20.849
1,570
12663
19,158
40,222
21,070
J2.186
37,779
39.380
9,366
19,396
11,466
32,632
13,897
13,311
7.505
7,195
2,728
33,272
16.658
17,212
44,764
23.380
6,926
14.192
56,014
20,638
6,437
75.881
7,084
17,794
13,835
30,914
39,875
9,375
21.278
29,361
2,613
Beware Of The
“Rabbit Fever”
Tularemia, a serious and often
fatal disease known also as “rabbit
fever” or “deer-fly fever,” has
spread so widely that the Biological
Survey of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture has issued a
warmng for the benefit of sports
men, lumbermen, cattle and sheep
tenders, farmers, and others of the
general public who may come in con
tact with the disease. This warn
ing has been endorsed by the Unit
ed States Public Health Service.
In nature the disease affects jack
rabbits, snowshoe rabbits, and cot
tontail rabbits. This provides a i ^s-
ervoir for infection of both wild ani
mals and human beings. No cas^s
have yet been recognized in commer
cial rabbitries, and care should be ex
ercised to avoid the intioduct’on of
tularemia into such places. There is
no danger of contracting the disease
from eating rabbit meat if it is thor
oughly cooked, even though the ani
mal may have been infected.
In the Western States the disease
is carried from animal to animal and
from animal to man by the bites of
infected deer flies and ticks Ticks
also act as carriers in the Southern
States Men also become infected by
handling rabbit carcasses. In the
East, such direct contact is the com
mon means of infection.
For protection aga’nst tularemia
the best known precaution is the use
of rubber gloves when handling or
dressing rabbits, or when skinning
other animals, that may be infected
with the d’sease. In the open.it is
wise to exercise care in avoiding the
bites of deer flies, ticks, or other
possible carriers. Wearing rubber
gloves is not an absolute protection,
for skilled laboratory workers who
are scrupulously careful ' because
they are aware of the dangers, of
ten contract infection.
I n addition to the wild rabbits
most affected by tularemia and man
Who may contract the disease scient
ists have discovered cases of tular
emia in California ground squirrels.
Columbia ground squirrels, Utah
ground squirrels, desert ground
squirrels, pine squirrels, yellow bell
ied chpmunks, pocket gc^Irers,
woodchucks, opossums, cats, porcu
pines, house mice, deer mice, rvadow
mice, wood rats, and coyote and
susceptibility is being investig.’tad in
ether animals. All possible c:v riers
of the disease should be handled with
For Divorce
of
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The chief of the lagal aid
ment of the Philadelphia bi
pubi c welfare, Romaine C. Lasarit;**
after a study of home conditions in
that city, thinks that there are ten
causes fo: divorce m this country.
Ho gives these reasons, as foil Mrs:
“There are ten good reasons " says
this welfare chief, “why womejl in
these modem t’mes leave home and
hubby to get along as host they can.
.“First, in my opinion,” he say]£ “i*
the inclination of the newly-wixk to
be extravagant; a desire to lir* be
yond their means. They seek *
neighborhood in which the rent
high or they buy furniture or
tomobile on the installment
Thus financial difficulties ari
ten leading to a quarrel a:
trangement.
“Second is incompatability, fdisili
lusionmont and irabTty to enj^jr the
samfe things together.
“Third is unreasonableness;, and
unwillingness to give and take jin the
course of married experience. !
“Fourth is intemperance; a great
er love on the part of the man for
bootleg liquor than happiness In a
home.
“F'fth, infidelity and in but ^very
small number of cases can tMs be
attributed to the wife.
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“SixLh interference by parent! L
“Seventh too many children.
“Eighth nagging frequently oa the
part of both but mor e aggres ively
and effectively on the part of dis
couraged husband.
“Ninth lack of diplomacy; a flying
off the handle ovor some small
consequential matter? that beco;
an obsess on with one or both.-
unwillir.gness to reason out
to a logical conclusion.
“Tenth no sense of humor as
plicable to the circumstances ari
in the course of married life.”
WANT ADVS.
F0RSAlE-““”;“-
from McCormick on Chamt
Ferry Road, on school bus Fne,
$3,600.00; good Ford car and
good condition, both for $100.00;
mule, owing-machinj
cheap. J. T. Drason, McCormk
C. 2
FOR SAir^vL 01
$25.00 per ton.
Branch, S. C.
W. C. Holley,
for sAixtrzz:.
McCormick, known as Davis
Twq |food houses and one bam.
particulars apply W. W. and Ne^
R. Pinson, executors of the wil
Mr. L. M. Pinson, Lincolton, Ga
6, Box 69. 4
FOR SALrr'LTto,
high vitality that are hatched
rectly, and will produce long-
oven dark red stock. Three thou]
chicks every Monday, reds exch
ly. Set your hers to hatch on
days and give each all the chic!
can carry. James W. Cooley,
81. Anderson, S. C. Price at
ery 15 conts each.
FOR SALE-'
■One Buckeye
cubator, 360 H
$25.00. Perfect condition. Mona
Jefferson. Meriwether, S. C.
REAL ESTATE-^ ,1
sale or purchase of property in
Cormick—tow n or county call on
M. L. B. Sturkey, McCormick, S.
1 tpo.
WANTED WIRE- W ^
for wire fencing; state kind,
ditidli, and amount in first letto
Care of McCormick Messenger,
Cormick, S. C.
HEMSTITCHING
[—and
10 cenl
per yard. Special attention to
orders. Mrs. J. H. Bush, Box 4,
Cormick, S. C.
FOR SALE- Ri r
Rich Cowan, Bordeat
per ton.
S. C.
4 tpo.
FOR SAIR-°” “J %
acity. One Belle City Brouder
capacity. Will take $25 for both.
Good as new. Mrs. Bertha
McCormick, S. C.
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Approximately enough, Pitts
burgh’s largest food store is run by
a Mr. McCann.
17AP C A11?—Several fresh All
Mm oALei cows; also pig#ll
shoats at reasonable prices. J.
Smith, McCormick, S. C.